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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-01
Alexlcan Fdk lore Story Is Tie Mspirution fr Bio Gnctus Candu Indushu

TaHE endless procession of numero,.
ties 6 cacti which greet the eyes Of The
passenger Oh the transcontinental tr,,n
crossing the ash-gray deserts Of w.s.enn
america .lN attracts the Travellers notice A.
49, on That expanse from the Canadiao
Doraer to the Rio Grande bounded m tha
ssSt " Nebraska, Kansas. Oklaboro anS
texas and on the west BY the Pac;sc o."
are FOUND millions of cactus plants.
Inc traveller inevitably wants r. knon.
49, tney are good for; and the old .t;n,er
se'uctantiy comedies they have few ,sas
mere is q widely circulated legend ths.
Lutner 5urbank has made the cactus 49,
economic plant by taking the spine ont ~ H.
inc cattle people were eager r. bo1;o,s ~ -.
!sssno. Many invested considerable none.
= tne EFFORT to cultivate the s~pineless cactus,
oue they found, after much patient Il.
lois, that the cattle will not eat the cac+,,,
- Is q curious paradox that the snec;os
% cach which animals fear most !. ~
! plant which has the greatest soasoS.-
vaiue. The needle bristlinr cactus colo.
qulally known as the "niggerhead" AMI,
cotanicaly as the Visnaga, is. the foundat,on
ZOE an industry that is growing amaz;ns,u
Inc manufacture of cactus candy is one ~
tne most substantial enterprises in tbe st.ta
Of Arizona. ''a'e
slnsularly enough the business owe. =.
existence solely to a romantic legend CIR.
rent among the sad.eyed Mexican descend.
ants OF the gentle Toltecs, who were the a..
ceseors OF the barbaric Aztecs. This poetic
tue Is told BY many humble poems when thew
espy the Visnaga cactus near the desert
trail. They still secretly believe the fahle
ma invest the plant with supernatural quail
tiles. They believe there is imprisoned
within the Visnaga cactus the soul Of q
beautiful maiden. The white pulp is be-
ieved TO- be a symbol of her purity. The
armor OF thorns covering It's tough rind .is
supposed to have been placed there BY the
sun'god who Is in love with the maid,
This legend forms the basis for the Toltec
wedding ritual, which is still practiced. b,
the Mexicans in the intimacy Of their own
communities.>
After the young man has ascertained that
bis suit is regarded with favor, he retires to
tne desert and searches exhaustively for the
choicest specimen Of the Nsnaga cactus.
Then, out in the heat of the blazing sun, be
removes the myriads of thorns with his bare
hands. After this difficult operation has
been finished he peels away the tough rind
BY using only his teeth. If his courage and
ardor for the maid still survive, he must
then cut the glistening white pulp into GER
tain small white disks. This is supposed to
signify the amending nature Of his love.
Next, he boils the pulp Aom sunrise until
noon and he then sets forth for the high
mountains, where he immerses the substance
Ia cold, clear spring water. Finally he
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-01

the ritual which binds them together for
ever.
D. A. Donofrio, a highly respected citizen
of Phoenix, Ariz., of Mexican ancestry,
heard the legend and learned the ritual when
ne was a small boy. It gave him the hint
which led to the first, real development of
the manufacture Of cactus candy on a com.
mercial basis. The practical directions of
the ritual virtually form the process .by
which the sweetmeat is made in large GUAM
titles.
Crews of trained workmen are sent out
into the desert in mofortrucks. They Sc
lect cacti ranging from two to five feet high
and shear them close to the ground. The
thorns or spines are all trimmed off before
the plant is hauled to the factory. There it
is cut into circular slices an inch thick and
each slice. is again cut into small squares
before it is sent to the sorting room. In
the sorting room experienced workers select
the ripe pulp from that which is not-suitable
and send it to the cook, who boils it in plain
water until the fiber is destroyed.
i Next, it is cooked in sugar strip and after
it is removed it is allowed to solidify for
two weeks. 1t is then cooked in it's orig
inal strip again at a higher temperature
and is allowed to solidify for six weeks.
Finally it is cooked in another pure sugar
strip and is dipped in a crystal. The
process of manufacture is then complete.
The perfected candy is a delectable sweet
meat. 1t is translucent and looks much like
certain homemade marshmallows favored
with mint or rose tints.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-01

orders are sent to the kitchen department by
suitable signals, so that they may be under
way by the time the patrons reach the dish
carrying shelves.
Having given their orders they descend
BY another stair to the level Of the track.
where they get aboard the first train that
comes along with an empty table. The train
is driven by electricity, and each table is
provided with q lighting fixture and a motor
for operating q fan. Also, in the middle Of
the table, there Is a fountain OF drinking
water supplied through a hose connection
from 4 reservoir beneath one Of the cara
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-01
Ainerant Lunch Room Where Diners 7ravel Helping Themselves as Then Go
G1 ~ coLEoeA

past shelves from which they can help them
selves to the dished articles of food they pre-
fer. Coffee, milk, sandwiches or other foods
are at hand to be picked up.
There is an entrance platform, where the
customers are carried by an automatic stair
way over a bridge that crosses above one of
the loops of the endless tramway. This lands
them on a platform where they may observe
the days menu and give orders for any
dishes they may particularly want. These
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-01

MOT many years ago there was a patent.
granted for an eating arrangement
adapted to hurried food consumption at bar
restaurants. An endless belt carried : Il
series of seats whose occupants while feed
ing were automatically conveyed along the
front of the bar (from which they could help
themselves to what they wanted) and We're
dumped off at the end after a certain num-
Der of minutes. a
A great improvement on this idea is a
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-01

brand-new invention, credited to Lazarus
Muntean, Of Highland Park, Mich ;-~bich
takes the form Of an eating establishment
on a very large scale. wherein an endless
tramway runs around a middle space pro-
ivided for cooking and serving purposes, the
customers being carried BY cars coupled to
trains.
The whole affair is a development OF the
cafeteria system. Each Of the above men
toned Gays carries d square table and four;
seats. The little trains are continually NOV
ing along the endless tramway, and the
people seated q khe tables ARE borne slowly
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-01

job with the setting of the sun. When he
arrives at the prospective BRIDES home he
finds her family, as we'll as his own, set
tied in a great circle. The youth and the
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-01
Giant cactus, sometimes attain
ing a7heightsof seventy-five feet
a weird, uncanny sight, with
branches resembling exclama.
ton points

crystallizes the sweetmeat by treating it
with wild honey which he has previously
procured.
1t is presumed that he has finished his
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-08-01

lips, which is the signal for the bride to set
her teeth in the other side. They eat the
candy between them and when their lips
finally meet the magic touch consummates
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
Lloyd Georges
Hopes Of Irish
Peace Brighten
Continued from page enc,

present rate they will soon be hun
dred times as destructive and terrible,
In peace the burden was crushing: in
war the effect will be too terrible to
contemplate.
Disarmament is the only road to
safety for the human race Suspicious,
fears, MISUNDERSTANDING even quar-
rels, are as inevitable among nations
as among individuals, and if deadly
weapon is ready at hand one day they
will strike. The American conference
has the future of civilization in it's
charge; therefore, / earnestly pray for
its success.
War With u. S. Unthinkable
Twenty-Five years ago Lord Sails
bury in this room expressed the salts
faction which the people of this coun-
try felt at the peaceful solution which
had just been reached of our last seri-
Gus difference with the United States
of America. Every man who is man
of British blood has been taught to
regard serious quarrel with America
as unthinkable. That attitude of mind
IS in itself 81 guaranty of peace between
the two countries.
but this conference, held under the
auspices of America, ought to carry
US stage further It is the inculca-
tion of similar attitude toward and
between all other peoples If that is
achieved at this assembly the Wash
ington conference will be the greatest
event of the last nineteen hundred
years"
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
Hitchcock Talks OF TiUo
arms Limitation S1,ags
Senator Says France Desires to
Maintain Her army, and
Tnpnn VIII Ask Guarantees

LINCOLN, Neb.. Nov. g. United
States Senator G. NJ. Hitchcock, Demo-
crat, of Nebraska. to-day told 5000
University of Nebraska students gath
cred to approve the Washington con-
ference that the conferees will find
two great obstacles to limitation of
armament-one presented by France
and the other by Japan.
France" said the Senator, with her
great army of 100000 men will object
to military disarmament unless, and
until, she can be assured by other
nations of protection from Germany in
case she disarms The question is
whether the other nations will be able
to give France such guaranty"
Regarding naval limitation, he de-
rlared an entirely different situation
vas found.
Upon the Pacific" he said, "is to be
fought out the great tournament be-
tween Occidental and Oriental civiliza-
ticn. Whether this tournament is to
be one O. war and bloodshed or wheth-
er il is to be one of trade and COM
inerce may depend somewhat upon the
results reached at the approaching con-
fe, ence. Indications are that Japan
will consent to disarmament providing
an agreem ent can be made by the terms
Of which she will be guaranteed what
she considers to be her special rights
and interests"
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
Cabinet
VotesR sRejection
OF Irish Union
Continued from page one)

held an attempt is certain to be made
to broaden the issue.
There is absolutely no possibility of
Lloyd George going to Washington
until the whole situation is cleared up,
and that seems impossible of accom-
plishment for fortnight.
The Unionist members said in the
House of Commons this evening that
the Irish situation must be regarded as
critical, and for that reason Parlia-
ment should not be prorogued. Cham
berlain replied that the session had
lasted long enough, and that if neces-
sary the government could summon
the Commons to q new session.
LONDON, Nov. 9 (By The Associated
Press). - Ulster representatives will
take no definite decision on the Irish
dispute, it was learned. to-day, until
they are in possession Of the detailed
written statement of the negotiations
between Mr.. Lloyd George and the Sim
Fcin delegates, which the British Pre-
miev has promised them but which he
telephoned he was too busy to prepare
today.
Forecasts Of the Kings speech pro-
roguing Parliament, which it is thought
will be delivered tomorrow, are to
the effect that it deals almost exclu-
sively with the Irish situation. Pre-
mier Lloyd George presided last night
over Cabinet council at which the
terms of the speech were said to have
been discussed
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10

Italian navy than that Of f-any other na~
tion. Apparently this problem Of the
relative strength Of the French and
Italian navies is an entirely new prob
lem, 40 far as the Washington confer
ence is concerned, comparable with the
contrast in strength between the Brit
ish, Japanese and American navies,
which had hitherto been assumed to be
the only naval problem which would
confront the conference.
The French also point out that their
Far Eastern possessions. especially
Frnch Indo-C China, where 20,000,00o
persons live, make 1t necessary that
with the restoration OF normal times
they should have strong navy, capa--
BILE Of keeping open their lines of
communications.
"Only the fact that we did not have
the slightest trouble with any of our
overseas territory during the World
War prevented an unspeakable situa-
tion," said prominent Frenchman to
the Tribune correspondent to-day.
"Also, it should be understood, that
in fighting the war the French were
obliged to put every ounce of their
strength into the army. The navy,
especially as the British came SO
quickly to our aid, did not need to be
strengthened. There still remains, as
every one knows, the necessity OF
maintaining an army capable OF resist
ing the Germans"
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
George
Is Coming to
Arms Council
tcsntlnusd from paus ons,

ton officials that there was hope the
conference might possibly be con-
cluded by Christmas, but that on the
other hand many feared it would drag
out until spring.
M. BRAND, as he made very clear in
an interview given while still on the
Atlantic, is intensely in favor Of get
ting action quickly at the conference.
which is working for speed, and his
enthusiasm on this point has already
enlisted an optimistic following.
Incidentally, however, the French
have several problems to present which
had not been fully realized on this side
of the Atlantic. For instance, it had
been assumed, following the action OF
the French government on this years.
naval appropriation bill, that the
tators so far as the consideration Of
naval ornaments is concerned.
French Want Sea Power
Since their arrival here, however,
the French have insisted that their
temporarily, and that they have no in
tention of remaining out of the arma-
ment race permanently.
France, prior to the outbreak Of the
World War in 1914, they point out,
was the third naval power. Now she
has dropped below that place, and with
this years appropriations she has
definitely moved herself even further
down the column.
But the French point out that this
cannot go on. They say they must
have sea power on the Mediterranean
equal at Seast to that of any other
L.
territory is on both the north and
south sides Of that sea, and it is i'm
perative to them that communications
between the African possessions and
France be kept open, no matter what
conditions may arise.
While there is no definite mention Of
any other country, it is obvious from
what the French say that they are
incvr concerned with tho size of the
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
20 Hurt i'm ssL'' Train Crash

twenty persons were injured yester-
day, four seriously. when two-car
wooden train on the Second Avenue .Io
hit the resr of an empty steel ses1yay
train standing in the Fisk Avenue Sta
tion at Winfield, Queens. The four
were taken to st. Johns Hospital.
The subway train of six cars. had
been standing on the reserve track all
night and had just been switched to the
main track for use in rush hour traffic.
The motorman in charge Of the wooden
train, George Kessler, of Elmhurst.
said after the accident that he did not
see the tail lights of the standing train
if they were lighted. The first car Of
the moving train was demolished.
Kessler and Conductor Dennis Horri-
gan, of 154 Forty y-second Street, Coro-
ma, were slightly hurt.
The most severely injured, all pas
sengers, were Philip PHILIPPE. "a First
Avenue, Manhattan; William Whalen.
5 East Seventy-third Street: Angelo
Ferandi, 1914 Orchard Street; Nicola
Sico, PA East Tooth Street, and Dom
mick Christman, 427 East Hath Stteet
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
Patrolman Bites Runaway
Horse, Saves Children

Patrolman Peter J. Bellochi, of the
East Twenty second Street station,
saved four small children from possible
injury by swerving a runaway horse
into an IL" pillar at Seventeenth
Street and Third Avenue yesterday
morning.
.Bellochi saw the runaway horse,
which was hitched to a wagon Of the
New England Pie Company, of 500
East Fifteenth Street. just before it
reached Sixteenth Street. Stepping in
front OF the animal, Bellochi caught
its bride, but slipped and was dragged
half way up the street, when he saw
four small children directly in the
horses path. Getting the horses ear
between his teeth, the patrolman
slapped the animal, with the result
that he swerved into the pillar. Bel
lochi received only minor Injuries.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
Big Tim Murphy Convicted

CHICAGO, Nov. s.-"Big Tim" Muir
ply, union leader, former State Rep
resentative and alleged gunman, was
found guilty to-day by a jury in Judge
Kenesaw NJ. Landis's court of plot
ting the 100000 mail robbery at Dear
born Station last April. Vincenzo Cos
mano. union president and protege of
Murphy; Edward Geirum, alleged driv-
er Of the bandits car, and Paul Vo-
lanti also were convicted.
Murphy was convicted on two counts
OF conspiracy to rob the mail. Each
count carries maximum penalty Of
two years imprisonment and $4,000
fine. Cosmano and Geirum were found
guilty on the conspiracy charge also.
A charge of robbing the mails was not
sustained by the iurv.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
Balfour and His Party
Sleep in Jersey City
Statesman, Who Will Be British
Arms Conference Chief.
Stavs on His Train
STAYS on His I

Arthur James Balfour and party Of
British delegates to the Conference on
the Limitation of Armament, en- route
to Washington from Montreal, arrived
in Jersey City just before o'clock last
night. The party passed the night on
board special train, which was
switched into train shed and which
will proceed to Washington this morn
ing.
The head of the British delegation
would make no statement for publica-
tion, but through Sir Arthur Willert,
member of the party, announced he
would have something to say when he
gets to Washington. The information
WAS volunteered that Balfour had re-
tired
Other members of the party are Sir
Maurice Hanley. Sir Robert Gordon
Lord Caysn and Vice-Air Marshal
Higgins.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
announced to-day. The secretariat fol-

lows:
Basil Miles, ;, Butler Wright, Ed
ward Rcll, Philip II. patchin, Henry
Suydam, F. b. Mayer, w. P. Cresson,
Lithgow Osborne, Seth Low pierrepcnt
and ]. G. D. Paul, secretaries; Warden
Mckee Wilson, 7. L. Daniels, jefferson
Patterson, ]. 0. Dcnhv and John NJ.
Vorys, assistant secretaries.
Several groups were designated in
the technical staff as follows:
Under the subject of limitation of
armament:
For the Department of Statc--Henry
r. Fletcher and j. Reuben Clark.
For the War Department---Major
General George o. Squier, Major Gen.
eral C. G. Williams, Brigadier General
William Mitchell, Brigadier General
Amos A. Fries, Colonel John A.
Palmer. Colonel b. II. Wells, Licuten-
ant Colonel Stuart Heintzelman and
DR.. Louis Cohen,
Roosevelt, Admiral Robert E. Coonts,
Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, Cap
tain William v. Pratt, Captain Frank
II. Schcfeld, Captain Luke McNamee,
Captain Samuel W. Bryant and l.. w,
Austin, radio.
Chemical Warfare-professor Edgar
r. Smith, University of Pennsylvania,
and army and navy officers.
Under the subject of Pacific and Far
Eastern questions:
John Van A. MacMurray, d. C. Poole,
Professor E. 7. Williams, N. T. John
son. E. l.. Neville, Professor G. II.
Blakesiee, Stanley K, Hornbeck, J. S.
Abbott, f. P. Lockhart, j. P. Jameson,
Robert F. Leonard, F. l.. Mayer, J. 0.
Denby and J. l.. Donaldson.
Legal ouesticns: f. K Nelson.
Chandler p. Anderson and Professor
George G. Wilson.
Economic questions and merchant
marine: W. S. Culbertson and Daniel
N. Cox.
Communications Leland Harrison,
s. W. Stratton, J. H. Dillinger. Walter
S. Rogers and army and navy officers
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
w ar Debts Not
Parley's Affair,
BRAND Asserts
He Says He Believes Discus
sions Will BE Held to
the Questions Set Down
in Announced Program
Frances PositionO Outlined
Explains His Country Has
To Be Prepared for Ger
man and Russian Courses

WASHINGTON, Nov. o.--General
principles upon which questions at Is
sue are to be settled will be laid down
in the first days of the Conference on
Limitation of Armament and Pacific
and Far Eastern questions, according
to the opinion expressed to-day by
Premier BRAND, of France, at a. confer
ence with American newspaper corre-
spondents. He discussed freely the
work of the armament conference and
the spirit in which he and his associ-
ates will approach it.
"My conception of the first days of
the conference" the Premier said, 'is
that it will consider and lay down the
principles upon which naval armaments
land armaments and pacific questions
arc to be settled. 1t will be for the
conference itself to decide the range
Of discussions, but my feeling is that
it will not go beyond the lines | have
indicated and as stipulated in the
agenda already approved by the partici-
pating governments
"Will the question of European debts
to the United States come up 2" he was
asked.
~ do not think So" he replied,
"Francc has no disposition to bring
forward the question, and l do not see
that any subject not upon the program
could be considered without the con-
sent of all the governments repre-
sented."
In discussing the size of the French
army, NJ. BRAND said:
"Our army has been reduced greatly
and is in process of further reduction
We are going to the extreme limit
consistent with the security Of France
II may say, of Europe. We are in the
presence of a disorganized Europe
Germany is disarmed as to artillery
and small weapons, but with sixty mil
lions Of people and with an industrial
power that could create arms and war
material with great rapidity.
eve are in the presence of two vol
canoes. On the other side of Germany
is Soviet Russia in full eruption. The
German volcano is rumbling. The only
barrier is Poland. Should that barrier
fall we would have the two countries
.of eruption uniting. We must have
alities affecting the world. The United
States will understand the significance
of that duty, because she sent so many
men across the ocean for what | may
call world reasons.
France comes to the conference" he
continued, "asking for nothing, solicts
nothing and has in the background no
thoughts of things to be obtained for
herself.
"We come" he added, because we
have been invited by the United Stotes
government. 1t is to the hof.or OF
President Harding that he has invited
several governments taking part in this
conference in the interest of the
solidarity and peace of the world"
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
Charter Board To Be Named
Sreciat Dispatch to The Tribune

Special Dispatch to The Tribune
ALBANY, Nov. 9z-The charter re-
vision commission, authorized by the
1921 Legislature to work out plan
for new charter for New York City,
will be appointed within few days,
Governor Miller announced tonight.
The commission, which is to number
fifteen members, will serve without
pay. The law creating the commission
prescribes that all members are to be
that the Mayor, the City Comptroller,
one of the five borough presidents and
a member of the Board of Aldermen
shall serve.
Dr. C. Floyd Haviland, for eighteen
years in charge of New York City
hospitals, has been invited by Cover
nor Miller to become chairman of the
State Hospital Commission.
New-York tribune., 1921-11-10
General Strike Isolates
Rome in Part Darkness
Differences Between Rail Work
crs and Fascist, il, Convcn-
fiOn. Cause Trouble

ROME, Nov. (By The Associated
Prcssl Rome tonight is completely
isolated by reason of general strike
called to-day by the Chamber Of Labor
because of differences between the rail-
way workers and the Fascist, who are
holding convention In Rome.
No trains are arriving or leaving
the city, and partial darkness prevails
owing to the electric light workers
having quit their jobs.
Some of the workmen's Organizations
at meetings this evening voted in favor
of continuance of the strike until
all the Fascist attending the conven-
tion leave Rome. "How will they leave
if no trains are running?" asked one of
the leaders. Let them arrange that"
was the reply.
The Fascist are holding parades, but
aside from some disorder during the
day between railway men and the Fas-
cisti the city is calm. Strong patrols
of carabineers and royal guards are
on the streets.