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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-09
AFTER THE FAKE PROMOTERS
American Legion on Watch to Detect
and Expose Organizations Victim
izing Ex-Service Men.

The harpies who prey on public
sympathy and the vampires who at
tach themselves to every legitimate
and worthy campaign for the relief of
human distress, have been flying in
focks behind the trudging army of job
hunting ex-service men, The police
courts are revealing the sordid opera
tons of scores Of avaricious persons
who have been conducting money-rais-
ing campaigns on a get-rich-quick ba-
sis, on the pretense of assisting unem-
ployed World war veterans. Some OF
these fy-by-night promoters have
formed large organizations, using as
dupes veterans who are, themselves;
honest, but have been induced by ur-
gent need to grasp at the straw of a
job which the swindler bangles before
them.
Behind a shield of FEASIBILITY, the
promoter sends his money solicitors
out upon the public. Needless to say,
little of the money raised actually is
used to assist the unemployed ex-
service men. The promoter takes good
care to see that his account books, if
he keeps any, never record the full
amounts which have been extracted
from the sympathetic public. And If
he makes a pretense Of accounting for
the way the money is expended, this
accounting is only a clever construc-
ton of falsities, intended to protect
the promoter, If he is made the sub
ject of inquiry by public officials. The
system by which he operates precludes
honesty.
These swindlers often copy the
names and methods Of organizations
which are legitimate and have repu-
table sponsors. The names the EN-
ployment swindlers select for their or
CARNATIONS only too often inspire pub
lie confidence because they may easily
be confused with those of long-existing
public charitable societies. The Amer
lean Legion is constantly on the watch
to detect, expose and prosecute organi.
cations victimizing ex-service men.
The public should come to know that
any organization ostensibly for the
help of unemployed veterans should be
regarded suspiciously If it does not
have the Legion's Endorsement
ican Legion Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-09

Driven by little steeple compound
engine, in the pride of her youth she
could make ten knots. However, what
with old age and boiler scale, the best
she could do now was six, and had
Mr.. McGuffey paid the slightest heed
to the limitations imposed upon his
steam gauge by the supervising in
she would have been limited to five.
Each annual inspection threatened to
be her last. and Captain Scraggs, her
sole owner, lived in perpetual fear
that eventually the day must arrive
when, to save the lives of himself and
new boiler and renew the rotten
timbers around her deadwood. She
had come into Captain Scraggs' pos
session at public auction conducted
by the United States marshal, follow
ing her capture as she sneaked into
San Francisco bay one dark night
with a load Of Cinnamon and opium
from Ensenada. She had cost him
fifteen hundred hard-earned dollars.
Scraggs-Phineas P. Scraggs, to
employ his full name-was precisely
the kind of man one might expect to
own and operate the Maggie. Rat
faced, snaggle-toothed and furtive,
with a low cunning that sometimes
passed for great intelligence, Scraggs'
character is best described in home
ly American word. He was "ornery."
A native of San Francisco, he had
grown up around the docks and had
developed from messboy on a river
steamer to master of bay and river
steamboats,. although it is not of rec
ord that he ever commanded such a
craft. Despite his "ticket" there was
none so foolish as to trust him with
one-a condition of affairs which had
tended to sour disposition not nat
urally sweet. The yearning to COM
mand a steamboat gradually had de-
veloped into an obsession. Result
the fast and commodious S. S. Mag
gie," as the United States marshal
had had the audacity to advertise her.
In the beginning, Captain Scraggs
had planned to do bay and river tow
ing with the Maggie. Alasl The
first time the unfortunate Scraggs at
tempted to tow heavily laden barge
up river, light fog had come down,
necessitating the frequent blowing of
the whistle. Following the sixth long
blast, Mr.. McGuffey had whistled
Scraggs on the engine-room bowler /:
swearing horribly, he had demanded
to be Informed why In this and that
the skipper didn't leave that dod-gast-
ed whistle alone. 1t was using up his
steam faster than he could manufac-
ture it. Thereafter. Scraggs had used
patent foghorn, and when the hon.
est McGuffey had once more succeed
ed in conserving sufficient steam to
crawl up river, the tide had turned
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-09

entertained the largest assembly of ex-
service men and women since the war.
The career Of Mr.. Hutchings Is
closely interviewer with the progress
of Kansas City, which he visualized
In 1900. when he decided to live there.
Since then he has organized the Kan
sas City Advertising club, he has been
president Of the Rotary club and the
Automobile club, and has participated
In every movement for the advance
ment of the city.
During the World war he was given
the immense task Of organizing the
Liberty loan campaigns in the Tenth
Federal Reserve district, but civilian
service was not enough for him when
his country was involved in a war.
He organized Seventh Missouri Ma
tional Guard company, and served as
its captain. Later he was transferred
to the motor transport corps of the
regular army, serving at Camp Meigs
and Camp Merritt, in command Of
headquarters motor command No. 49,
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-09
PARKER'S
Records His Mower Mileage.

The latest device whereby the subur-
banite can lord it over his neighbors
is small dial attached to his lawn
mower which keeps record of the
mileage. Because it is more i'm
pressive the total is marked in feet in
stead of miles.
81 pushed the mower 10000 feet
this summer" said the man who intro
duced the novelty, "while both the fell
lers that live near me have only done
10000. The idea is to see how much
you can use the thing without having
the knives sharpeneG." York
Sum-
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deck and leaped furiously upon it
| with both feet. Six times he did this
| then with a blow of his fist he
| Knocked the ruin back into a SEM
blance of its original shape and inn
mediately felt better.
IF was you, skipper, I'd hold my
temper until 1 got to port; then I'd
git jingled an forgit my troubles in
extensively" somebody advised him.
Scraggs turned. In a little square
hatch the head and shoulders of Mr..
Bartholomew McGuffey, chief en-
gineer; first, second and third as
sistant engineer, oiler, wiper, water
tender and coal-passer of the Maggie,
appeared. He was standing on the
steel ladder that led up from his
stuffy engine room and had evidently
come up, like whale, for breath of
fresh air. 'The way you ruin them
bonnets O. yourn sure is scandal"
Mr.. McGuffey concluded. IF had a
temper as nasty as yourn I'd take
soothin' strip or somethin' for it,"
Before proceeding further with this
narrative, due respect for the readers
curiosity directs that we diverge for
period sufficient to present brief
history of the steamer Maggie and her
peculiar crew. We will begin with the
Maggie.
She had been built on Puget sound
back in the eighties, and was one hun
bred and six feet over all, twenty-six
feet beam and seven feet draft.
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CHAPTER II.

Captain Scraggs and The Square
head partook first of the ham and
eggs, coffee and bread, which the
skipper prepared. Scraggs then pre-
pared similar meal for Mr.. Gibney
and McGuffey, set 1t in the oven to
keep warm, and descended to the en-
CINE room to relieve McGuffey for din
ner. Neils at the same time took the
course from Mr.. Gibney and relieved
the latter at the wheel. BY this time,
darkness had descended upon the
world, and the Maggie had entered
the Jog; following her custom she pro-
ceeded in absolute silence, although as
partial offset to the extreme liability
to collision with other coastwise craft,
due to the non-whistling rule aboard
the Maggie, Mr.. Gibney had laid a
course half a mile inside the usual
steamer lanes, albeit due to his over
whelming desire for peace he had
neglected to inform his owner of this !;
the honest fellow proceeded upon the
hypothesis that what people do not
know is not apt to trouble them.
Captain Scraggs read the log and
reported the mileage to Mr.. Gibney,
who figured with the stub of a pencil
on the pilot house wall, wagged his
head, and appeared satisfied. Better
go ford" he ordered, "an' help The
Squarehead on the lookout. At eight
o'clock we ought to be right under the
lee o. Point San Pedro; when whistle
we ought to catch the echo thrown
back by the cliff. Listen for it."
Promptly at eight O'clock Mr.. Nc
Guffey was Mortified to see his steam
gauge drop half pound as the Mag
gie's siren sounded. Mr.. Gibney stuck
his ingenious head out of the pilot
house and listened, but no answering
echo reached his ears. "Hear any
thing?" he bawled.
Heard the Maggie's siren," Captain
Scraggs retorted venomously.
Mr. Gibney leaped out on deck, Sc
rlected small head of cabbage from a
broken crate and hurled it forward
Then he sprang back into the pilot
house and Strengthened the Maggie on
her course again. He leaned over the
pinnacle, with the cuff of his watch
coat wiping away the moisture on the
glass, and studied the instrument care
fully. 81 don't trust the DANCED thing"
he muttered. "Guess I'll haul her off
coupler points an try the whistle
again."
He did. Still no echo. He was in
clined to believe that Captain Scraggs
had not read the taffrail log correctly,
and when at eight-thirty he tried the
whistle again he was still without re-
suits in the way of an echo from the
cliff, albeit the engine room bowler
brought him several of profuse char
acter from the perspiring McGuffey.
"We've passed Pedro" Mr.. Gibney
decided. He ground his cud and NUT
tered ugly things to himself, for his
dead reckoning had gone astray and
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only individual who was, in truth and
in fact, his own man. Neils was
steady, Industrious. faithful, capable,
and reliable; any one Of hundred
deckhand jobs were ever open to
Neils, yet, for some reason best known
to himself, he preferred to stick by
the Maggie. In his dull way it is
probable that he was fascinated by
the agile intelligence of M. Gibney.
the vitriolic tongue of Captain
Scraggs, and the elephantine wit and
grizzly bear courage Of Mr.. McGuffey.
At any rate, he delighted in hearing
them snarl and wrangle.
However, to return to the Maggie
which we left entering the tule fog
a few miles north Of Pillar point:
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-09
The Greater Danger.

'Landslides and the like are not
the only things to be feared in the
Alps" says an American traveller.
can American bride and groom were
spending their honeymoon in Switzer-
land. One day, as they were climbing
over the difficult passes, admiring the
scenery, they suddenly came upon a
bear.
"Oh, Henry, lookr' exclaimed the
terrified wife. Lets run for the val
ley, quick!"
But the young man stood still, I'M
decided. Impossible! he said
Impossible"
"Yes, my dear. Why, we'd run right
into the clutches of the hotel keep
ers Philadelphia Ledger.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-09
american Poisonous snakes.

There are four poisonous groups Of
snakes within the boundaries Of tho
United States. These are: "the moe
casin, RATHER, copperhead md harln-
ouin. ALI are easily distinguished BIZ
their large, broad heads, deep-set
black eyes, small neck, stout bulky
body and short tail. The most dam
gerous of these perhaps Is the mecca
sin, for 1t usually rests on branches
of low trees and shrubs and strikes at
passing victim. However. 1t will re-
frain from striking unless irritated
and will give battle only when teased
or frightened.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-09

recommend your medicine to anyone
who is ailing. You may publish my testi-
nonial if you think it will help others. -
Mrs. CARRIE WILLIAMS, Overpeck, Ohio.
For more than forty years Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has
been restoring women to health who
suffered from irregularities, displace-
ments, backaches, headaches, bearing
down pains, nervousness or ''the blues. !"
Today there is hardly town or hamlet
in the United States wherein some
woman does not reside who has been
made well by it. That is why Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is now
recognized as the standard remedy for
such ailments.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-09

he was worried. The fog, If anything,
was thicker than ever.
Time passed. Suddenly Mr.. Gibney
thrilled electrically to shrill zip from
Captain Scraggs.
whats thatY Mr.. Gibney bawied.
81 dunno. Sounds like the surf
Glib"
"Ain't you been on this run long
enough to know that the surf don't
sound like nothin else In life but
breakersr Gibney retorted wrathfully.
81 amt certain, Glib"
Instantly Gibney signaled McGuffey
for half speed ahead.
Breakers on the starboard bow
yelled Captain Scraggs.
sport bow" The Squarehead cor.
rected him.
sOh, my great patience!" Mr.. Glib
ney grcaned. They're on both bows
an we're headed straight for the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-09
The leather MedaI Winner.

"Was there, any excitement at the
shore last summer" asked Esther.
EYES," replied Dolly. Zone day as
/ was sitting on the pier a man who
couldn't swim fell off. / ran to where
there was coil of rope for just such
purposes, and threw it to him."
Perfectly great! And pulled him
out?'
mo, 1 didn't have anything to pull
on. 1 threw him the whole COLI
American Legion Weekly.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-09
WOMAN AS STATE ADJUTANT
Miss Honorah Sue Cuttings of San
Francioco. First of Sex to
Hold Legion Office.
Miss Honorah Sue Cuttings, of San
Francisco, CAL, is the first woman to

hold the position
Of state adjutant
Of the American
Legion. She was
appointed to that
position by the
commander Of the
California depart
ment, pending the
election Of a per-
manent adjutant.
Miss Cuttings
was one Of the
first women to en-
list In the service
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-09

mgS is usually the
motive power be-
hind it."
This is a com.
mon remark In
Kansas City re-
garding Albert E.
Hutchings, gener-
al chairman Of
the third annual
national conven-
ton Of the Amer
lean Legion, un.
der whose direc-
ton Kansas City
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-09
Wyandottes Win Favor.

Our American breeds at the trap
nested, egg-laying contests, held the
past year throughout the United States,
were in the -lead-White Wyandottes
especially winning great favor.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-09

DeIOre anu dlCer my
baby was born. I
suffered with back
ache, headache, was
generally run down
and weak. / saw
Lydia E. Pinkham's
We G e t a bic Com
pound advertised In
the newspapers and
decided to try it.
Now | feel fine, take
care of my two boys
and do NV own work.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-09
stop the Pnin.

The hurt of burn or cut stops when
Coles Carbolisalve is applied. 1t heals
quickly without scars. SOC and Coo by
all druggists or send 30c to The ]. w. Cole
Co., Rockford, Ill-Advertisement
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-09
Community co.operation.

Successful plant-disease control can
be had only by community co-opera-
ton.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-09
Gle
AMERICAN
0lI-I:G|0N@
Copy for This Department Supplied by
the American Legion News Service.)
BOOSTER FOR HIS. HOME TOWN
Bert Hutchings Served as General
Chairman for Legion at Kan
sas City.

"If there is anything going on for
the good of Kansas City, Bert Hutch
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-09
Ward OFF Diseases.

Ward off diseases by keeping the
hen house clean and sanitary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-09
BEFORE AND after
CHILDBIRTH
Mrs. Williams Tells How
Lydia E. Pinkham'sV Vegetable
Compound Kept Her
in Health

Overpeck, O.-"Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound helped me both
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-09

of her country during the World war.
She joined the navy as yeomanette
u 1917.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-09

Screen Pea Pirates" is combination of and land
narrative told in the nmitable style which has given
Peter B. Kyne stories such strong pull with the reading
public is jolly rollicking and has thrill
and punch
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1921-12-09

W. n. u. Minneapolis, No. 5o--1s2f.
New-York tribune., 1921-04-20

MACEIO-See Para
MADEIRA-See North Africa. Acres
MADRAS-See Bombay
MA !.MO-See Gothenburg. Christiania
MALTA-Sec North Africa
MANASSAS Para
MANIT.A-See Honolulu, Kobe, Singapore
MANzANILfo-see Havana. Naval sta.
tion
MARAcAIHo-ses Maya gues. sa. Ju.s
MARSEILLES-See Genoa
MARTINIQUE-sea st. Thomas
MATADI-See Casa blanca
AELBOURNE-Sss FresmAntle, Lyttel.
ton
MIRAGOANE-se Cape Haiti
MOLLENDO-See PattA
MONROvIA-Se Casa Blanca
MOROCCO-see North Afr!cA
NATAL--Sec Para
NEWCASTLE-Ses London, Rotterdam,
Auckland
NoRRKoPING-ses eothenburs
NORTH AFRICAN -POKTs-Ses BARGE
NORTHERN N1GKRIA--see cauarsss
OPORTO-See Lisbon.
ORAN-See Algiers
PARAMARIBO-Ses Trinioaa
rERNAMBUco-sss Para
EpEliI p5s GOAvE-See Cape Haiti
.fiSCO-Sec PaitA
foNCE-See Porto Rico. Arectbc
PORT AU PR1NCE-see Cape Haiti
PORT De PAIX-See Cape Haiti
PORT NATAL-See Cane rovus
PORT SuDAN--Ses Aden
PORT SWETTENHAA-Ses PeuanR
f4lRIuGuESE ANGOLA-See Casa
PORTUGUESE coNoo-s.s can.r,e.
PORTUGUESE 0UINEA-Ses Caunries
10oGRESo-Scs Vera Cruz. Havana
New-York tribune., 1921-04-20
Ports Not Listed Alphabetically In
Guide Can Be Located as Follows:

ySABO-See Gothennurg
I ACCRA--Ses Casa blanca
l ADELAlDE-See Freemantle, Lytteiten
/ Ai.ExANDRIA-See Java Algiers Pi-
I ALGOA BAY-see Cape Town
AMSTERDAM-Via Rotterdam
ANTIGUA--See st. Thomas
ANTOFAGAsTA-S Crstobal Paita
ARICA--See Cristobai. Paita
ARROYO-See Areciho
BAHIA-See rara
BAHIA BLANCA--See Pernambuco,
Rio de Janeiro
BARBADOS-See st. Thomas
BATAviA-See Penang. Alden
BATUM-See Constantinopls
BEIRA-See Cape Town
BELGIAN CONGO--See Canarics
EsGHN---See Cnrtstiania, Trondhjem.
BlLBAO-See Lisbon. Nigo
BRAILA-See Constantinople. Algisru
BRIsBANE--See Auckland
BUENOS AYRES-See Montevideo. Ric
de Janeiro. Santos
BURGAS--See Constantinopie
CABEDELLO--See Para
CADIZ--See Genoa.
CAl4LAO--See Cristobal, Fai4e
Honolulu. Karacht.
Trieste. Alden, Bombay
CAMEROON-See Canaries
Havana
Swansea
Kingston. Cape Haiti
Trinidad
Para
DaitA
CHEREOyRG-See Southampton
CHfNv vANGTAO--Se Yokohama
- See ChristianiA.
Trondhjem
Honolulu. Karachi, Alden
Paita
New-York tribune., 1921-04-20

~. Ia nT1aaCSAO-Ses Mayaxuez, San yuan
| Da DDAI,UM EY--See Canaries
I'AiHEN-See NYokohamA
DAkAR-See Casa Blanca
DA IN Y--See Yokohama
Ci-AHOA BAY--See Cape Town
DEMERARA-See Trinidad
DOM!NICA-See ST Thomas
DuALA--See Casa Blanca
| OO-NDEE-See Hull, Dundee
| nuNED1N--See Lyttelton
| Ef1S LoNDON-See Cape Town
MTrri ri.See Java. North Africa
FAJARDO-See Arecibo
| FREETOWN--See Casa Rlauc.
EERpEMSH Ep CONGO-see Canaries
HN"NCH GUlNEA--See CsnariesA
| EuNCHAL-See Casa Blanca
"nLAI AIA--See ContAnsinopls. AlRterA
| GHENT-See Antwerp. Hayrs
GIJON-See vixo
GOLD COAST-Ses Canariss
GONAIVES--Sec Cape Haiti
GRAND BASSAM-See Casa Blanca
GRENADA--See Trinidad
ouPE-See st Thomas
lLOlLO-See Singapore
IQUIQUE-See Cristobal. Paita
1QUITOS--See Para
IVORY COAST-See Canariss
JEREMIE-See Cape Haiti
LAGOS---See Casa Blanca
LA GUAYRA-See Mayagwey, San ruan
LA PLATA--See Montevideo. Santos
Pernambuco
LEITH--See Leith. Hull
LEVANT-Ses North Africa
LIBERIA--See Canaries
LlMERICK--Seo Cork
LON E'---See Casa Blanca
LONDONDERRY-Sss Belfast. Cart
New-York tribune., 1921-04-20
PUERTO CABELLO-Ses San Juan
PUERTO COLOMBIA - See Kingston,
Cape Haiti

|, PUERTO CABELLO-Ses San Juan
PUERTO COLOMBIA -- See KingstsA
Cape Haiti
RANGOON---See Karachl, Aien. Bombay
RED SEA PORTS-See North Africa
REVAL-See Copenhagen. Gothenburg
RIO GRANDE DO SUI-See Rio 10
Janeiro, Pernambuco. Para
ROSARIO-Sce Atontevides
EAGUA LA GRANDE-See Havana
SAIGON--See Honolulu
ST CROIX-See st Thomas
ST KITTS--See st Thomas
S,r LAURENT-See Trinidad
ST LUCIA-See st Thomas
ST MARC--See Cape Haiti
SALAVERR1-See Paita
sALoNICA--See Pirssus. BarcelonA
SAMA RANG-See Penang. Adsn
SANTA FE-See Monteyideo
SANTA MARTA-See KinEston
SANTANDER--See Vigo, Coruna
SECONDI-See Casa Blanca
SENEGAL-See CanAries
eHAN0HAI-See Honolulu. Yokohama
SIERRA IEONE-See Canaries
SLlGO.-Se~ Cork
sMYRNA--Ses AlgisrA Piraeus. BARGE.
SOUTHERN NlGER1A--ses canarte.
sTAVAN ER-see Chrisrania. Trondh.
sTocKHoLM-ses Gothenburs. Chris
sURABAYA-ses Penang. Adsa
sYDNDY-ses Auckland. Freema.t,.
TAKU BAR-See Yokohama
TALCAHUANo-ses PaitA
TALTAL--See Paita
TCCOPILLA-See Paita
TOGCI.AND-Sec CAnAriee
TUXPAM-See Puerto MEXICO
vALPARA1SO--see cristobal. pAita
vARNA-Ses Constantinopls
W1LLINGTCN-See AuckInnA
WEST ATR1CA-zssss Asorss
New-York tribune., 1921-04-20
Sailing for
United States

New York From Rotterdam
Apr. 22-F. ]. LUCKENBACH (FM)
Luckenbachf Jines
May 13-FLORENcE LUCKENBACH CIV
Iuckenbach Lines
From Hamburg
Apr. 2S-F. j. LuCKENBAcR (FM)
Luckenbach Lines -
May 4--ANDREArF- LUCKENBACH tFn9
Luckenbach Lines
Philadelphia From Rotterd.n
Apr. 22---F. ]. LUCKENBACH (FM) -
Luckonbach Lines
From Hamburg
Apr. c6--r. ;. LUCKENBACH (FA1
Luckeuback Lines
"