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The Washington herald., 1921-03-26
AIRMAN DESCRIBES
HOW 4-MILE DROP
NPARACHUTE FELT
Breaker of World Record
Tells Experiences on.
Long Fall.
NJ LIEUT.. 4. L. HAMiLroN.

cHANUTE FIELD. RANroUI.
III. March 25---How does one feel
when one leaps into space from an
altitude OF more than four miiess
Wednesday morning. March IS.
Lieut.. Harry waddington informed
me at breakfast that jeremiah. Ill.
his favorite ship. would be ready
for an altitude flight at 1880 or
II o'clock ana asked me n 1 would
be ready to jump. We had dis
cussed the daring adventure the
previous night.
Calls sergeants.
told waddington l would be
-ail set" and called Sergts. schu-
maker and Kemensky. We decided
to use Schumaker's parachutes. q
fne set and quick on the trigger.
dressed light but warm.
The rear seat of the plane had
been taken out. so I made myself
comfortable on the floor. The cam
vas stream lining was fastened
down and I was all snug in my
nest.
The darkened cockpit, the roar Of
the motor and my comfortable posi-
tion made me sleepy. so / dozed of.
The next thing / knew a blast Of
frigid air struck me.
Harry had ripped the steam line
cover off.
1I-stood up. BY means Of sign
language-for you could not be
heard above the roar of the motor
in that rare atmosphere-he told
me that we were over $4,000 feet
up. As 1 climbed over the side I
shook hands with him He cut on
the motor and as he shouted good
luck leaped into space.
Lights Cigarette.
A fraction of second I pulled
my rip cord, and in less than fifty
feet the parachute spread. A shroud
line had knocked my goggles from
my head. and they lay on top on
my front pack. l put them in my
pocket and took out a cigarette for
a smoke
The parachute commenced pitch
ing and plunging. and soon / had
feeling that all was not well. The
chute" pitched and surged, then
suddenly everything was quiet-not
breath stirred for fully 1000 feet.
Then another current of rough air.
I began to get weak
This continued to within 5000
feet of the earth, when it eased up
a bit. At about 1000 feet. 1 opened
my second chute" / fioated down
more leisurely and passed over a
hedge fence in front of a farm
house. / made a good landing, slid
ing In the same manner that a ball
nlzVar haa
Waves to Comrade.
stood up and waved with all
my strength to Harry to let him
know / was not hurt. / saw him
heading straight for the field.
lay down after getting out of the
harness. Soon heard someone say:
SAre you hurt?'
i opened my eyes. A group Of
local farmers had gathered around.
From them I learned where / had
landed. / had drifted from Rantoul
TO this point about nine miles.
Lieut.. Waddington returned with a
small ship and we few back to the
feid
or course I was delighted when
Lieuts. Stromme and Shovlis, the
board Officers at Chanute Field, told
me- had broken the world record.
They found the altitude at which
1 bad jumped to be 23,700 feet above
sea level. This was taken from q
sealed calibrated barograph attach
ed to my outfit.
Copyright, lsz1.)
The Washington herald., 1921-03-26
Hard Times in Japan.

IOfko. March 25.-JudiciaI offf-
cers OF Japan are appalled, at the
9reat number OF bankruptcy cases
which took place as result OF the
e4t financial slump which struck
We empire In March. and which
I1sted throughout the year. While
1gures nave been compiled for the
nrsf ten months ofs1s2o only, II 10
seovn tnat during that period no
les than -l.4zo bankruptcies took
p,.ce. wnhe. as the number IN
creased during the end Of the year.
t1e total II likely to roach about
xO01 -
The Washington herald., 1921-03-26

The average school term provided
In the United States Is a little over
100 days, or eight months. AL
tnongn the States provide twelve
years of elementary and secondary
schooling, the average Americas
child goes to public school only 81
The Washington herald., 1921-03-26
dbe Wasbingtun 11erald
EXCLUSIVELY IN WASHINGTON
IMONDS-Is the author of

G IMONDS-Is the author of
~ a History of the World
War which is nearing a sale of
100000 copies; for SIX years he has writ
ten the leading article for the Review of
Reviews; he is Intimately acquainted with
the big men and big affairs of the world;
the wizardry of his vision has brought him
FIRST rank among analysts of world events.
He is in Washington. and his articles ap-
pear in The Herald two to four days a
week, and every Sunday.
The Washington herald., 1921-03-26

CULLIVAN-I the man
- whose clear insight into
national and international pol
itics. coupled with his incisive logic. have
given him a worldwide reputation. He
interprets for readers of The Washington
Herald the political developments as no
other writer does. His articles appear in
The Herald several times a week. in add
ton to a special article every Sunday.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-14
Of These Have Ex-
pressed The Preference Of
Going To South America;
Some Planning To Come
To United States.

Berlin, Jan. 27.-Students of eco
nomic subjects assert that at least s.
100000 Germans are preparing to
leave the fAtherland for the United
States, Mexico and South American
states as soon as they are able to raise
passage money. or obtain admission
in the case Of the United States.
A majority of the would-be emil
grants have expressed a preference to
go to South America.
Official and unofficial quarters have
displayed considerable uneasiness over
the class of men who are now emf
grating or preparing to- emigrates The
head of the government immigration
office said:
The most ~able-bodied, enterpris-
ing sons of Germany r leaving. The
very poor. the Communists, the radio
ais. the Bolsheviki. generally are re-
naming with US. It is the family of
some substance which is moving OUT
One cause Of this emigration Is con-
ceded to be the war taxes and particu-
larly the income tax. which virtually
prohibits the salaried man from lay
ing something aside for the rainy day.
ize the banks. They are boarding a
little bit Of salary each month, against
the day they can emigrate.
In spite OF the general agreement
among political economists that Ger
many is overcrowded and that unless
radical readjust1nents are made with
In n year the nation will be able to
support only SO per cent Of the pres
ent population, suggestions have been
made that the government take imme-
date steps to regulate the number
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-14
ADVERTISEMENT.
Cocoanut Oil Makes
A Splendid Shampoo

II you want to keep your hair in
good condition. be careful what you
wash it with.
Most soaps and prepared shampoos
contain too much alkali. This dries
the scalp, makes the hair brittle, and
is very harmful. Mulsihed cocoanut
oil shampoo (which is pure and en-
tirely greaseless), is much better than
anything else o can use for sham
pooling. as this can't possibly injure
the hair.
Simply moisten your hair with
water and rub it In. One or two tea
spoonsful of Mulsified will make an
abundance OF rich, creamy lather, and
cleanses the hair and scalp thoroughly.
The lather rinses out easily, and re-
moves every particle Of dust, dirt, dan
druff and excessive oil. The hair dries
quickly and evenly, and it leaves it
fine and silky. bright. fluffy and easy
to manage.
You car get Mulsined oil
shampoo At most any drug store. It
Is very cheap, and a few ounces 10
enough to last everyone in the family
for months. Be sure your druggist
gives you Mulsified.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-14
no FIGHT RUM RINNING

Detroit, Mich, Feb. 14.-In an eff
fort to halt wholesale rum running
into the United States from Canada
and thus throttle what is said to be
n of the chief sources in the country
for illicit liquor, government prohibi-
ton agents during the coming year
will confine their energies largely to
northern Michigan, particularly in the
vicinity Of Sault Ste. Marie. This
statement was made here by Frank d.
Richardson Of Chicago, supervising
special prohibition agent here for the
central division, comprising the states
of Michigan. Wisconsin, Indiana and
Illinois. Mr.. Richardson announced
he had authoritative information that
liquor was being smuggled~ the
United States at Sault Ste Marie by
sAirplanA, boat and train"
Detroit and the immediate vicinity
been found to be the best policed
district in the central division" the
agent said. Northern
Michigan II one Of the worst and that
distrfct.ssto be cleared Of .~bootIeggsrs.
rum runners and similar2law vtoiators,
1ust ~ we c1eAhAd IN Hurley. WIS.,
Mr.. Richardaon declared the added
Appropriation granted BY congress for
sprohf6ition work would double the
.1cope ~ the agents activities IN Mich
irlGn. The additional funds VIII 81
IaxAilable 1uIys1,sand tho increased &C.
'tivtty VII bssin With that date, no
issid.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-14
REINDEER MEAT
PROMISES TO BE
USED IN AMERICA
Washington.

Washington, Feb. 14.-Santa
Claus reindeer have promise of be-
coming a factor in the meat supply
of this country as they are in Scandi-
navia, where reindeer meat last ear
sold at a higher price than beef or
mutton.
And the government is going to aid
in putting the infant industry of
Alaska on it's feet by experiments in
increasing the reindeer's weight to
about double its present average,
scientifically breeding them, locating
ranges and scientifically studying
their diseases, papasites and grazing
problems. Provision is made in the
agricultural appropriation bill of this
year for that purpose.
DR.. E. w. Nelson, chief of the
~biological survey, in urging the APP
preparation told congress there are
about 200. 900 reindeer in Alaska, Of
which about three-fourths belong to
the. natives n about Ione-fourth to
the government and to white owners
who have started a commercial indus
try in reindeer growing for meat.
These reindeer multiplied from ian
original importation Of 1880 animals
made twenty-eight years ago, for the
benefit of the Eskimos.
People have asked me what the.
future of the industry is likely to
be-" said DR.. Nelson. II have replied
by asking them the question: If
1880 reindeer in twenty-eight years
produced the present 1000 0 ami
mails. what is likely to be the increase
from 100000 animals in the next
twenty-eight years?' The increase is
almost unbelievable. In other words.
the industry, properly handled,
should have a great future.
THE Alaskan firm which has
started the industry exported 1900
head to Seattle last year. They have
established Jour small cold storage
plants at points on the Alaskan coast.
where the reindeer can readily be
driven down for slaughter to be re-
frigerated and loaded for shipment.
I have recently been studying the
possibilities Of the Alaskan reindeer
industry when we'll developed. I be-
lieve Alaska contains available range
to maintain from our to five million
reindeer. The estimate has been
made that it would take care' of 49,
600, 900. but I think that is too high.
give million reindeer would give
an. output Of about 1,250,000 reindeer
a year. Dressed for market one now
averages $50 pounds. Taking this
weight aid the present value Of rein
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-14
1eer meat, the fully developed rein
lean indNSfrsx In Alaslsa .ha..ld s.iold

deer meat, the fully developed rein
deer industry in Alaska should yield
approximately $4,000 900 a year.
Reindeer have been in Alaska twenty
eight years and their increase under
crude methods of handling has been
almost startling. Under proper scien-
tific supervision and modern methods
the industry should develop very
rapidly.
There are big herds of wild Carl
bou about the Mount Mckinley
region. some bulls of which dress up
to about 400 pounds. We plan to
capture some bulls Of this stock and
use them with an experimental herd
OF, reindeer cows for the purpose or
building up a higher grade OF rein
deer, having greater weight and in
creased hardness. Il believe it VIII be
practicable in less than ten. years to
have the,r reindeer of Alaska running
from ESQ to 800 pounds to the car
cass. instead Of $50 pounds as at
present. The increased. weight would
increase the value of the fully devel-
oped Alaska reindeer industry enough
to bring the potential output around
$50. 1000, 900 at present values. That
is more than the fisheries Of Alaska
produce.
~"stefansson, the Arctic explorer,
was here recently. He is interested
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-14
M0REB0YS AND
GIRLS WILL GO
n BACK TOSCH00L
Falling Wages Cause Office
Boys and Stenographers
3.. to Leave Work.

Chicago. Feb. 1.-THE ONCE boy
ts going back to school. Fourteen.
hfteen and stxteen-year-old girl
ste~nographers are re-entering high
school. Falling wages In the indus
trial and commercial world are send
ine boys and girls thousand on thou
sand Of them, into the class rooms
lured them away.
Increase in school membership In
the United. States during 1920-21 is
approximately 100000 over 1919
30. according to a survey just COM
pleted here by the Better Schools
Service, a bureau Of the American
Federation of Teachers. In the large
has averaged 10 per e n although
the figure for the whole nation is
nearer rs per cent owing to tho de-
cline in efficiency Of the rural school,.
The resumption Of immigration is re-
sponsible for a large part Of this In
crease. the report shows, New York
and Chicago having been forced to
set up extra quarters called steam
er rooms for the newly arrived for
eign children.
Estimates show hat the 10000
900 figure for the present school
membership Of the nation must be in-
creased by 1900. 900 at least" said
VIM. T. Mccoy, chairman Of the
Better Schools Service. He con-
tinued:
Immigrants send their children to
show more avidity for education than
did their predecessors in the years
before the war. But the greatest
rush is among the boys and girls who
quit school to take advantage of high
wages in industry. Now the war in
f1ation is gone. these young people
are swarming back into high school
to fit themselves for work other than
manual labor.
"a greater proportion Of children
from the homes OF skilled and
manual laborers are seeking higher
education than ever before, due to
the fact that both parents and chill
dren often worked at high wages dur
ing the war period with the idea of
spending accumulated money in fur
ther schooling for the children. This
is shown in the fact that the heaviest
proportional gain has been in nigh
sch-7's where this age is represented.
1.-THE greatest rush of attendance
has taxed the already overcrowded
schools 10 the limit. In large cities
n in mining and industrial centers
schools are over-puptled and under
teachered to the point where the work
none Is bitterly unfair to the chill
dren. The increase in attendance has
come at q time when the number of
teachers in decreasing and when the
building Of schools has stopped. Au-
thorities agree that the best work can
b one in school with there is one
teacher for every rs pupils and vet
he average for the Is largest Amerl-
can cities is owe SO pupils per teach
er. Philadelphia having 46, Chicago
a.. st. Louis and Milwaukee 40, New
York SO. Los Angeles 81, Newark So.
Baltimore Sc and Detroit IS. These
averages will grow much higher for
h increase in numbers OF pupils
cannot be matched by building now
proposed"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-14

A negro wanted to buy some insect
powder. The clerk asked if he should
wrap it up and she replied:
mo, jes' dust it on me-"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-14

A mar feels that he is foolish as a
lover; thinks he is foolish when he
proposes. and knows that he Is foolish.
after marriage.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-14

in the lease granted by the Canadian
government for a great area for rein
deer grazing in Baff1ns bay region.
He informed me that in the Scandi-
navian countries of Europe about
10000 reindeer are killed for meat
each year. t H..
"We\are talking about helping to
build up Alaska, and here is one
thing that is right in sight today, a
fine. big industry for Alaska. and ]
do not know of n other like it in
the immediate future. The future
looks so promising that the expendi-
iture which we contemplate is trifling
compared with what the outcome is
likely TO be-"
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-14
Fiue Million Germans. Plan
To M0ue Out as Soon as They
Can Raise Their Passage M0neu

and quality of emigrants. With this in
view a new law is being drafted.
1t is argued that this tide Of emigra-
ition could be turned back upon Ger
many to good purpose. Germany's arid
lands, if irrigated or drained, would
be capable Of supporting 10,000.0 900
additional persons. it is said, and the
government has been urged to make
these lands available to the numbers
now locking into the cities.
DR.. Max Hirsch who, writing in the
Berlin Tageblatt, says: Germans who
are preparing to emigrate at this time
should. for the sake Of the fatherland.
reconsider" Unrestricted emigration
eventually will result in a weakened,
probably aenemic, race. he believes, in
view Of the character of the men who
are leaving.
Others fear the exodus will result
in an impaired German culture and
suggest the advisability of state aidsfo
the intellectuals who have been hard
est hit by economic conditions.
Under the present German law an
emtgrant is permitted to take out with
him $4,000 marks, tax free.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-14

Many a girl looks sweet on the out-
side but so does a sugar-coated pill.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-14

Perhaps moonshine does i'm p
with age-when 1t gets a chance.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-14
STILL PROTECTED.

Picking, Jan. 10.-(Mail.)-The es-
cape of General Hsu %Sbu-cheng,
known as little Hsu." from the Jap
anese legation compound and the fact
that eight others of the Anfu clique
who took refuge there last summer
are still being farbored under Japan
Of frequent exchanges Of commune
cations between the Chinese foreign
Office and the Japanese legation.
The present status Is a deadlock,
China protesting that there Is no
admitted precedent for giving such
refuge to political offenders and de-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-14

Our Willie pitched a cartridge up,
And on the stove it struck.
We hadn't bought his school books
yet, q
Oh, were We not in luck?
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-14

manding the surrender of the remain
ing refugees. Japan cites p~recedents
and declines to give up her proteges.
DR.. Yen, China's foreign minister.
has informed the Japanese that the
Chinese refugees were regarded rs
having committed criminal as we'll as
political offenses." but the Japanese
minister. Mr.. Obata, replied that 4
criminal charge makes no difference
as the Japanese are sheltering the
refugees on political grounds.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-14
HILARITY

The pessimist says that he believes
in equal rights but his wife won't let
him practice them. 4.
A vampire is a woman who can
make an ordinary appearing man
realize just how handsome he really
is.
Many a mar after a night out
makes his first false step at the head
of the stairway.
A polite man is onew no listens
with interest to things he knows all
about when they are told him by u
person who knows nothing about
them.
No more I'll smile a smile so sweet,
And say: Boys, I am going to
treat;
No more I'll be a gosh-darned sport
With Moon" at twenty bucks a
quart.
Wifie-"If you stay out one more
night, I'll leave you forevermore.''
Hubby-"Is that threat or a prom
Use ?"
A Springfield, Ohio. judge says the
women must stop coming into his
court room attired ir peekaboo waists
and skirts. What's become
Of the old-time theory that justice is
blind? :.
A new coat of paint will make an
old house look like new, but it's diff
ferent with a woman.
Our Willie pitched a cartridge up,
And on the stove it struck.
We hadn't bought his school books
yet,
Oh, were we not in luck?
Perhaps moonshine does improve
with age-when 1t gets a chance.
Many a girl looks sweet on the out-
side but so does a sugar-coated pill.
A negro wanted to buy some insect
powder. The clerk asked if he should
wrap it up and she replied:
mo, jes' dust it on me-"
A mar feels that he is foolish as a
lover; thinks he is foolish when he
proposes. and knows that he is foolish.
after marriage.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-02-14

ALEXANDER McCALLUM DEAD
Minneapolis. Feb. 12,-Alexander
McCallum. 81. years old. and for Sc
years a resident Of Minneapolis, died
today. For moro than a quarter Of
. century he had been railroad bridge
contractor. He was born st Lanar!l.
Ont. and came to Minneapolis \
1861. He took an important part in
the railroad building In the early days
IN the west. middlewest and southern
cities.
The New York herald., 1921-01-02

III health, with too pany children and
husband too sick to work; she was
nnally helped by social agency, which
sent her TO the country to rest. DR..
Myerson sees i'm these agencies the
only possibility of relief in such cases
Then there Is the woman whose heart
is bitter with discomfort because she
cannot have the clothes and comforts
and perhaps luxuries that her neigh-
Dor has.
Married life is often positively, un-
happy or a humdrum affair. DR..
Myerson has diagnosed so many cases
that he Is able to write a good pre-
scription. Love and intimacy need
not exclude form. Manners and morals
are not exclusive of each other. II the
marriage ceremony included the vow
to be polite 1t might leave out al
most everything else" To the woman
he gives this perhaps bitter pill TO
swallow: "A woman claims equality
for her virtues, yet demands a tender
consideration for her weaknesses" In
other words she should be a better
sport and do her part to live up TO n
fifty-fifty agreement To the husband
he says: sympathy and attention IL
judiciously administered are of incom-
parable power and efficiency" And to
both he offers this excellent tonic:
Marriage to be successful Is based on
graceful recession OF the ego i'm the
cosmos Of each OF the partners" IL n
man and wife took spoonful of this
tonic every morning they would avoid
many physical as well as mental ills.
''Ye shall know the truth and the
truth shall make you free" Many
difficulties in married life arise be-
cause men and women have no knowl-
edge Of the psychology and physiology
OF the sex life. Reason and love should
go together, and instinct should guide
happiness.
II am the captain of my fate. the
master of my soul" will be the cry of
women in the future. More and moro
women are knowing the satisfaction
of independence In business or profess
sional life. They will not marry ex-
cept 'on a basis Of absolute equality.
DR.. Myerson acknowledges that they
cannot resist the powerful instinct TO
marry and have children. but he Is
sure that an increasing number will
refuse to merge their individuality
wholly into that OF a wife-mother.
Society must be organized In some
way so as to make other interests pos
sible. And yet so wise man as DIR.
Myerson does not help us a great
deal with this problem: he has only
simplifled cooking and community
kitchens to suggest.
Some claim that Arnold Bennett
knows women as no other man In the
world, others would give the laurel to
w. l.. George. But these two gentle
mfh had better get acquainted with
Dr Myerson.