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The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-08-06

The big questions in the Development Oh Alas :1a
ahs 0s and above politics They have to do with
policies that will make Alaska more rssonrcss now
will open the way to the development, u Between
locked up and that will nvl'e ss'as sod
1910 and 1920 the population Of the teril'0ry ooo
IS DER cent The population today 0ny '1o w.
against 600 in 1910, and the decline naS 0ssn IL tic
pioneering white settlers. The b,.
Dificulties of transportation form one OF the Dig
.. h,,,;oro AGAINST Alaska development. we are
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-08-06
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some may SCOT at
the authenticity of the rapid
ly-growing claims Of the Baker
family upon the $500. OOO, 600
heart of Philadelphia, there
is no doubt In the mind
of Myron C. Baker. 800 Bel
mont avenue, Chicago. as to his
right to benefit should the
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-08-06
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g. Aldine
4. New Bingham.
5. Colonnade.
6. Green's.
Z. Walton.
8. Rittenhouse.
10. ST. James.
IL. Academy of Music.
IL. Walnut theater
ID. Adelpha and Lyric theaters.
IA Keith's theater.
10 Garrick theater.
49, Reading terminal.
90 Broad Street station (Penna.)
81 Baltimore and Ohio terminal.
% Historical society.
o. John Harrison Laboratory of Chemistry.
"a Academy of Natural Sciences.
o. University of Penna. museum.
g. United States mint.
q. Baldwin Locomotive works
g. Academy of Fine Arts.
g. Central post office.
80. Odd Fellows hail.
81. Masonic temple.
80. Franklin institute.
"a. Betsy Ross house.
30. Christ church.
81. The BourSe.
49, Custom house.
80. Carpenters hall.
IL Central high school.
AZ. Philadelphia Textile school,
49, Drexel institute.
49, Scottish Rites hall.
a. Wanamakers theater.
4S. Shuberts theater.
So Philadelphia College Of Pharmacy:
81 Philadelphia Art Alliance.
81 Chestnut street wharf
Z Subway Elevated stations.
So you see, the Baker heirs will draw down
considerable If
o1pl9o lie of ho 20 IQl
estate that "there amt no SIGH animile." The
MAYOR of Philadelphia asked John S. Broadway
chief counsel Of the bureau Of legal aid. for 9
report Here Is his report:
.It appears that there was an estate Of Jacot
Baker, q Revolutionary veteran, handled In tht
Orphans Court Of Philadelphia county The rec
ords there show that 1t was disposed OF about
1S47 The estate consisted Of about $4,000 Of
$1,000 as shown by the account which Is among
the papers Through some means extensive In
formation has been spread around to the effect
that portion Of this estate consists Of 99-yeal
lease OF certain real estate In the city OF Phil
adelphia, part Of which is occupied by the pres
emit city hall, and some additional real estate OF
which the city Of Chillicothe is situated.
saThe information further is given that the rea
estate in Philadelphia was held under 99yea'
lease which has Just expired, and that, therefore
the real estate is available for distribution among
the various heirs Of Jacob Baker. In consequence
of this, the newspapers in various parts Of th'
country have printed articles on the subject, stat
ing that the estate is valued at $500 600 OO(
and that there are about 800 heirs. Consequent,
many people with the name Of Baker are inter
ested In obtaining share Of this estate, and w
are receiving a great many letters and inquiries
with reference to 1t.
"a search Of the records fails to disclose an!
such lease or any such property right, at leas
so far as the law in Philadelphia is concerned
The Orphans court reports to me that they con
slider the whole matter a fraud the Registe
Of wills Office says the same"
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-08-06
BEFORE A,aska's Future Can Be Planned
There Must Be Central Con1rol

Rv ALBERT B. FALL. Secretary OF '''
The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-08-06
Use of Poison Gas in World War Child's
Play Compared to Future

BIZ BRIG. GEN A. B. FRIES. Chemical Warfare Division
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04
P0LICEHUNT TRIO
OF WOMEN SAID
TOBE BEPICKPOCKETS
Series of Thefts Reported
By Shoppers i'm Busy
District.

Women pickpockets. who have
been operating among downtown
81 oppers for the last month. reaped
a harvest in a series of thefts Sat
urday. totaling s164. and consider
able trinkets. according to police,
who. claim there are three in the
gang.
The victims as reported to police
are: Mrs Lulu Linezey, 1746 Lanier
place northwest. robbed of IS: Mrs.
James NJ. German. 1880 New Hamp-
shire avenue northwest. So: Mrs
Elsie Bsrgdorf. 1909 North Capitol
street, 81; Miss ]. McMainara, 63l
Ninth street northeast, S4T; Miss
Katharine Roberts, 1919 Thirty
fourth street northwest, S72; Sirs
Winnie Sagnetti. lie Third stree,
northwest, S25; Effie Leonard. l4lO
Thirty sixth street northwest, So.
and Miss Ruth Gladman 2211 Tenth
street northwest, 50.
For several months. according to
police, a trio of pickpockets, be-
heved to be a mother. daughter and
another woman. have -baeh success
fully robbing customers in down
town stores.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04
SPURS STATE DRY
DIRECTORS TOACT
Haynes s Elk s Enforcement
Results; Wheeler Raps
Van Buren.

The state prohibition directors,
under the recognized system. are
urged in a letter to them by Pro-
hibition Commissioners Haynes TO get
up on their toes in enforcing the
dry law. The letter in part fol-
lows:
In the perfecting Of your State
organization nothing must guide
you in the selection of the person
mel, except the determination to
deveIop the highest uossibl" deEre"
of efficiency. In other words, real
results must be produced. or neces-
sary changes will be made TO pro-
duce them. Your permit division
will pass upon permit applications
for manufacture. use and with
drawals. The Washington once
will soon know the degree of depen-
liability to be attached to the respec-
tive Offices approval or d .sapproval
and will confidently expect that lit
tie deviation will ever he necessary
in our general policy of supporting
the recommendations of State direc-
tors
Wayne b. Wheeler, counsel for
the Anti-Saloon League. thus pays
his resnects to Mr.. Nanhuren, wh"
resigned from government prohibi-
tion because he said he disapproved
the fanatical trend materializing in
enforcing the drv law.
The vets professed to get COM
fort from the fact that Mr.. VAN
buren,, recently chief OF the legal
d'vision of the prohibition unit. criti-
cized provisions in the bill as adopt
ed by the House. He gave the i'm
preston that he resigned because
the law was enforced unreasonable.
He resigned for reasons other than
those which he announce. He knew
he would be discharged If he did
not"
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04
TO LEAGUE
MEN ON THE BENCH
By ALTMAN

delegation of prominent North
Dakota people is in Washington TO
protest against the appointment Of
either Andrew w. Miller, Of Bis
marck, OF Seth w. Richardson. of
Fargo, to a new Federal judgeshIp
in that State. The members Of the
delegation claim that Miner and
Richardson are afiliated with the
Nonpartisan League. which. IL rs
lleged, furnishes the main support
of each in his candidacy for the
judgeship.
Senator Porter J. McCumbor. Of
North Dakota, has indorsed one OF
the candidates and his colles que.
Senator Edwin +. I.add. has indors-
ed the other. Senator McCumber
has not been affiIiated with the Non
partisan League. but Senator Ladd
was elected TO the Senate last No
vember a Republican with Non
partisan League Endorsement. The
delegation has submitted to the
President a list Of eight Nor'h pa
kota lawyers, any Of whom would
he satisfactory to the delegation.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04
DIES MYSTERIOUSLY
WHILE VI OT0RI NC

BELAIR. Md. July 3-Authori-
ties are investigating the death ot
Mrs Jacob S. Schneider. of Bridge
port. Conn, wffo. with her husband.
q 1O-year-old daughter and a
chauffeur. were motoring this aft
srnoOn on the road between Rising
Sun and ConOwingo. when the ma
chine struck a pile of rocks and
Mrs. Schneider was thrown out of
the car She was treated by DIR. Lee
Hughes. near Gibson. for a broken
arm and minor bruises. The party
then proceeded
When they reached here tonight
II avs found that the woman had
died. Physicians said she had been
dead about an hour. A cash was
found over one of her eyes. and the
opinion was expressed that death
was due to hemorrnage of the
brain. DIR. Hughes is alleged to
have said that no such injury was
present. Mr.. Schneider Is being de-
tained by police pending an exami-
nation.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04
BERNSTORFF'S WIFE,
TO GET PROPERIYH
HELD SINCE War
Court Orders u. S. to Re-.
turn Possessions VAL
ued at $1,000, 600:

Justice william Hitz in Equity
Court Saturday directed Thomas W.
Miller. Alien Property Custodian. 20. {,
turn over PROPERTY. money. stocks
and bonds valued at more than a..
100000 20 the law firm OF Peasies
and Compton, of New York. a.
agents for Countess Johanna Bern,
storff. wife Of Count Johann Bern
storf1. former Ambassador TO tins
United States from Germany. ~.
The countess. who is a daughtes
Of the late Edward Luckemeyef. q
New York merchant, filed suit or
February 2l last to recover the prop
erty. which she claims was onlaw-i-
fully seized under the trading with
the enemy act" sy -
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04
Meat IS to 40 Per Cent
LOlDer Than Year Ao0

CHICAGO. July 3.-A statement
issued by local packers today in
hicates that the price of meat has
been reduced considerably since last
June. Some cuts are now selling
IS to 40 per cent below that OF last
June. Pork cuts and Boston butts
took the greatest price slump. ac-
cording to the statement. Pork loins.
from which the chops are cut. show
ed decrease of more than IS per
per cent. and skinned shoulders are
down 40 per cent. Boston butts
also are 40 per cent lower than in
June last year.
'Fore-quarter beef cuts. chuck,
plate and brisket are wholesaling
at unusually low prices. Sufficient
chuck can be purchased for 81 to
feed twenty men doing physical la
Dor, il is said.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04
Duchess of Marlborough
Weds Col. BaIsan Today

LONDON. July 3.-The announce
ment that the Duchess of Marl-
borough and Col. Louis jacques Bal
san will be married tomorrow morn
ing in the dingy Covent Garden
revister office, caused astonishment
In fashionable Mayfair. The friends
Of the former Consuelo Vanderbilt
had anticipated a society wedding
in her palatial West End mansion.
Both the bride and groom were
most anxious to keep the place Of
the wedding secret but II became
known yesterday. Following the
civil marriage they will go to the
Chapel Royal. at the Savoy. where
the religious ceremony will be per-
formed and where the blessing will
be given.
Following the church ceremony
the couple are going to Cannes,
France. to begin their honeymoon.
after which>they will take up their
residence in Paris.
The duchess is staying with her
son. Marquis Blandford, while in
London.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04

facial and body massage, haircut,
muscle-restorins. and a shine. At
least that's what II looks like.
And when they get this done the
bell rings again, and they go at II.
When Dempsey come on ! had an
idea he was just little worried
over what Carpenter might do to
him. I don't suppose there was but
one thing troubling his mind. and
that was the natural fear which all
big, heavy men of his type have Of
a quick feller who may turn out to
he smarter. than they are. Smart
ness is one thing they fear. and
in the second round, believe me.
Carpenter sure had the big felIer
worried. Well. you know the rest
Dempsey had him down twice in the
fourth, and the second time the
referee taught the Frenchman how
to count up to and including ten.
But he went down lighting.
.'- Dect.ion Proves Nothing.
Yes. Dempsey won and after all
don't know does this prove anything
except that sheer brute force, using
brute force as its only weapon, can
still lick skill, intelligence, clever
ness and beauty. Somehow al
though don't really know any
thing about II. hate to admit that
Dempsey was the best fighter. !
don't honestly feel he was. feel
kind of like l had seen a Persian cat
fight a grizzly bear. The scientific
books all say that cats has a good
deal more intelligence than bears,
but that's not saying a cat can lick
one in a tight. Then again. a Rolls
Royce roadster is a whole lot finer
machine than a cotton coal truck.
but that don't help il any in a head
on collision with the truck. And
unless I miss my guess. there was a
whole lot of people in the arena felt
the same as I did. OF course there
was a lot that was glad to see
Dempsey win, but I got hunch also
that so long as the majority like to
see brute strength win out, just so
long this poor old world OF ours is
going to remain a savage. primitive
kind OF place and the most hopeful
thing about this fight was that the
large percentage of sympathy was
with Carpenter. Well, US ladies
dS
Carpenter got licked but he has
a personality which Dempsey can
never win from him. Dempsey may
hold the heavyweight championship
OF the world and the L. S., until
some weightier, more insensitive
'nimal takes 1t away from him, but
Carpenter has got something bet
ter worth having. He had the price,
less gift of magnetism and believe
me that will be his forever and will
keep him kind of a place in the
world which will last long after
Dempsey is submerged by the glory
or some newer champion or / miss
my guess.
And now one word more. Boxing.
girls, is another exploded mystery
which the men have been trying to
keep to theirself and whIoh we
ladies have now pried away from
them. 1t amt half as awful, half
as bloody. half as devilish in any
way as they have been letting on,
am sorry to say. Don't be scared,
girls. il there is a fight and you
want to go to il. Never hesitate
but rush right in where your grand
mother feared to tread. for I'll tell
the world. prize fight amt got a
thing on a weekend bargain sale,
Respectfully yours.
Marie La Tour,
per n. ". p
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04

Just put those weary, shoe
crinkled. aching, burning feet into
a Tiz bath.
Tiz is grand. glorious for tor
tured feet 1t draws the swelling
and poisonous exudations right out.
Ends torture and puts your feet into
per feet condition.
Your shoes won't seem tight and
your feet will never hurt or get
sore and swollen. Think of It, no
more foot misery-and you will
wear smaller shoes. Get a box Of
Tiz Mt any drug store and get in
stant RELIEF for a. few cents.---Adv.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04
INSISTS PEPCO
STOCK SHOULD
BE DISTRIBUTED
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.


tate street car transit by requiring
the joint use of the street car
tracks within the District. which
power alone could have improved
the trsffic during the war, and is
adequate to accommodate the de-
mands of the present emergency.
But II is futile to look to the COM
mission for any solution Of the pres
ent problem. so long as its primary
intent is to protect the w. r. f.
The inexorable requirement is that
the w. r. & f. Co. shall be wound
up and wiped out and become only a
liquidated memory. There is no use
postponing the inevitable.
The case requires surgery, and
clean surgery at that. No other ef-
fectual remedy will or can be found.
This is the one clear and ehectual
way for the Improvement and unfit
cation of the street car service and
the settlement of the street car
muddie for the city of Washing
ton"
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04
NelDsies Charge CoLored
Man Appropriated Funds

Alphonsa williams. 'colored. q
years old. living at 437 Neal Place
northwest. is being held at the First
precinct police station on three
charges of larceny after trust and
one of robbery
Police say that williams has taken
money from four boys ostensibly
to buy papers but in reality appro-
pristinE the money for his own use
Lewis Patton entered the charge
against Williams. saying williams
once picked his pocket during a
friendly scuffle.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04
Boston Riddles to Get
8 Tons of Ice Cream,

BOSTON. July S.-The glorious
fourth will be celebrated throughout
greater Boston with all sorts of pat
riotic events. But to the thousands
and thousands of kids here. the prin-
cipal feature Of the big day will be
the distribution by the city of eight
tons of ice cream-free,
The city has also bought more
than 100. 900 cones to hold the cream.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04
HAYS PROPOSES
POSTAL SAVINGS
BANKS REVISION
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
bank in competition with the pri-
vate savings banks, but rather
hopes to make il valuable feeder
of established banking institutions.
The present treatment of depos-
itors in the postal savings banks, he
believes. amounts almost to fraud. &"
The government, he says, has prof
j itsered at the expense of depositors
to the sum of S1,72O,0OO in the past
year alone.
The government. according to
Hays. can get at the country's
boarded wealth. but private banks
cannot Seventy per cent of the
present 5OS,00O depositors are of
foreign birth. or foreign etraction.
and they. as well as their country
men who are accustomed to postal
savings abroad, will trust no one
but the United States government.
Predicts Prosperity Era.
Business in the United States is
certain to improve. the Postmaster
General says. A lot of business. he
thinks, is really sick-"staggering
under the shell shock OF war and
the debauch Of etravagance." But
there is a great deal more that is
merely maIingering."
What is needed" Hays said. ''is
the common sense of courage and
confidence. The greatest era of ex-
pansTon and prosperity the world
has ever seen is ahead of us. The
question Is when to start We pro-
pose to make a start.
The postal savings system must
be reformed. with a treatment of
depositors that has amounted az
most to fraud. with the number of
, Offices receiving deposits reduced
from 1888 in 1912 to 6,314 in 1920,
and with no real effort to secure de-
posits, the postal savings, never
theless. has practically twice as
many depositors as an yother saw
ings bank in the country. and pays
less than half as much interest on
deposits.
PronteerinE by Government.
with s1s1, 900. 900 on deposit last
year from 50S,000 depositors. and
with the law providing that . per
cent interest be paid. the govern
ment. because of the system. paId
less than 1is per cent interest to
those depositors. and by re-deposI,-
ing at 2ia per cent made net
profit over all interest payments
and expenses of S1,720.000. This
was sheer profteering.
The government is in the bank
ing business to facilitate and in
crease the national savings and TO
promote economy and thrift. The
postal savings has not scratched the
surface
The s1.OoO.OOO 900 hidden away is
needed in circulation now. II a
billion dollars can be brought out
or the stockings and closets and
saved from waste and Wildcats il
will do inCalcuIable good. IT will
make general bank depositors and
ultimate government bond owners
out of the timorous. 1t will give
small capital chance for an honest
return, the same as large capitai.
1t will furnish the tonic to conclude
the business Convalescence in the
country and will help make economy
and thrift a national trait"
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04
WidoIps' Picnic InUites
Lonely Hearts to Park

CHICAGO, July 3.-If the mar
riage license bureaus are besieged
by clamoring males IN the immediate
future, there will be a reason.
The widows picnic.
It's to be held tomorrow at Wash
ington Park. Every widow and
widower is invited. The only pass
port needed is a lonely heart. It's
to be an afternoon and evening at
fair. More than 400 guests are ex-
pected.
Mrs. Anna Orr charming widow.
originated the idea.
No one would be surprised to
learn that many widowers have
signed away their independence i'm
mediately after the event.
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04
Get Beauty ParIor Rub.

Well, l expect you have seen
many fight your own self, SO l DO
not need to describe this. Yet !
will tell. for the information of
them which has never seen one,
that 1t amt as horrible as a person
would naturally expect. Also,
every time the bell rings each
fighter is took to his own particu-
lar corner, where he sets down and
IS waited on without raising a
finger to help himself. white the
9rowd of helpers turns in and gives
him a regular beauty parlor treat-
ment. including a manicure, shave,
The Washington herald., 1921-07-04
Dies in Ancestral Home.

LSNCHBURG, Va. July 3.-Frank
t ,Burks. II years old. is dead at
FOX Hill" near Sandidges Am
herst county. in the house where he
was born and spent all his life. The
residence is located upon farm
granted by King George II. of Eng
land to Richard Taliaferro. one of
Mr.. Burks' ancestors.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-13

lied upon to stop in the right place
A lighted candle in tub has been
tried on the Sambre within living
memory--in this case with the
added extravaganza that the candle
was expected to go out when the tub
arrived at its gruesome mooring
The loaf and mercury is probably
as old as any other member of a
fairly large family; the addition OF
the mercury may very well derive
from some popular backwash from
the laboratories of the early alche-
mists. Mercury--or, more exactly,
a refined and unearthly essence of
that metal--was the "primu ma
terra" of the philosophers, which
was to be transmitted, by suitable
handling, into gold or any otl er re-
CURED element. Mercury has cer-
tainly a most clinging affection for
gold, as any one who cares to risk
spelling a ring of that metal can
prove for himself, but we never
heard that even the alchemists be-
lieved that it had an affinity for
drowned bodies. However, from
the theories of alchemy to this curl
Gus type Of divination is not too
large step for popular superstition
to cover.
New-York tribune., 1921-02-13
Old Superstition Revived

THE Middle Ages seem to
have revived in Cheshire, but
the report which claims sue
cess for the experiment is more
sanguine than convincing. The
story is told by The Manchester
Guardian that the body cf a
drowned man has been discovered,
after all the usual dragging opera
tions had failed, by floating a loaf
containing mercury down stream,
With the result that it pulled up
over the spot where the body lay.
Granting that the main fact is ac-
curate (Which is a big admission on
so bare a story, it is az least pos
sible that, IL the loaf did stop, it
stopped for the same reason as the
body--because both had been borne
by the same stream into the same
Pouling place of eddying currents.
The possibility at least puts senses
into q good many similar supersti-
tions. For even in folklore it is
not necessary that the mercury
should be included with the loaf. In
some counties the bread alone will
do the trick. Elsewhere button
from the clothes of the drowned
person, fastened to piece of wood
that will float II, has also been re-