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His Speciality.

"Does your son show any particular
lthlethic tendency at collegeT
"Oh, yes; he's running through my
money" s.... n, -,
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Doetor-Did you give the patient
the insomnia medicine ordered?
Amateur Nurseries, doctor, but he
got so mad whenever woke him up
to give 1t to him.
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The Story of
Our States
BY JONATHAN BRACE
XXI.--ILLINOIS
MSsslase1SSM n KIA, the
SZes " INN oldest town In
Hsf EskLax lsl Illinois, is on
Nal cSAN3fgd1 the site Of al
Y NfI7 ~ysV Indian village
WI and it was
S2@aN here that
Father Marquette, after his first
discovery OF the Illinois river,
established Jesuit mission in
1915. -Four years later LII Sale,
the French explorer passed
through the Great Lakes, landed
at the Chicago river and pushed
on to the Illinois river, which Ne
named after the Indian tribes
living in that region. Here he
built a fort and sent his boat
back TO Montreal for further sup
plies. When his vessel did not
return he started home on foot
and succeeded in finding his way
to Montreal through a thousand
miles of tangled wilderness. He
gathered together another expe-
dition and returned to the fort,
which he had left in charge of
his companion Tonty. The fort
he found in ruins, but finally sue
ceeded in locating and rescuing
Tonty, who had been driven out
by the Iroquois Indians.
This riverway to the MisSissip-
nj became one of the leading
avenues of communication be-
tween the French in the North
and Louisiana. French settlers
soon located here and estab-
lished the most friendly rela-
lions with the Indians. In fact,
though the Illinois country was
ceded by France to England in
1863, the sentiment of the Indi-
ans and French together was so
hostile that 1T was several years
before the territory could be oc-
cupied.
During the Revolution it was
George Rogers Clark and his ex-
|: petition into tile territory north
OF the Ohio which captured Kas-
! kaskia and drove the English
; from this province. Various
/. states claimed rights to parts of
; this territory, but these were
+. finally ceded to the federal gov
4; eminent and In 1887 1t was
F.. formed into the Northwest Ter
| ritory. This tract extended from
D.! Pennsylvania to the Mississippi
I and was eventually divided into
{. Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Michi-
{ gan.
/. in 1878 Illinois was admitted
! as the twenty-first state with an
{: area of 56,665 square miles. The
state is one Of the most level in
{; the country and is often called
I the Prairie State. Politically
f. Illinois is the most important
f! state in the Union next to New
/! York and Pennsylvania as II has
(! twenty-nine electoral votes for
q: president.
: 20 by Mcclure Newspaper syndieate.)
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The Story of
Our States
BY JONATHAN BRACE
XXXII.-MINNESOTA
- hEI N n f.
MS1a4SSssssSM> M Sofa is
HNzA. eSNNM formed part
NHN1 .&~.sAAEN " from por-
llEFsss. [S ton of the
WsNSAsss SsM North W est
NS29s ~ territory and
&Ia5e. partly by the
Northeast section of the Louisi-
ana Purchase, 1t was the Mis-
sissippi river which was the di-
viding line between these two
large territories.
The Eastern section WAS ceded
by France to Great Britain In
1863 and became a part Of the
United States at the end OF the
Revolution by the Treaty of Par
Is In 1888. The Northwest ter
ritory was organized by con-
gress four years later. Then, as
this great federal domain be-
came settled and was gradually
divided into states, the Eastern
part of the present State of Min
nesota belonged In turn TO the
Territories of Indiana, Michigan
and Wisconsin.
AS to the western portion OF
the state, this was part OF
the Louisiana Purchase, which
I. was bought from France by the
|! United States In 1903. AS this
| region became subdivided, West
] ern Minnesota formed part
/ Of the Territories Of Louisiana,
/. Missouri and Iowa.
4. The first white man TO pene-
! trate to Minnesota was the
I French explorer, Duluth, who In
/! 1878 built a fort on Lake Super
I Tor and there established a very
/! extensive fur trade. Two years
! later, Father Hennepin and two
! companions were sent by La
] Sale to explore the Upper Mis-
I sissippi and reached the Falls of
/. st. Anthony, where Minneapolis
! now stands. But 1t was not I'M
/. til the Nineteenth century that
| permanent settlements were
. made. In 1922 the first mill was
I built at the Falls of st. Anthony,
! where were destined to arise
] such important successors. In
! 1871, Father Galtier built q
] chapel dedicated to st. Paul. and
! this vas the foundation of the
/! present great city of that name
I AS to the name Minnesota
! the state was so called from the
I river that runs through it, which
! Ia the Dakota Indian language
( makes the words Mime,
meaning Water" and "Sotah,
! meaning "Sky-colored" Some
| times the state is called the
] North Star State.H from III,
| motto on It's coat-of-arms.
Minnesota was admitted to tbs
I Union in 1858. It's area Is "a,
; 0S2 square miles and 1t is tn,
most important Of our whea
/; producing states. 1t has twelv,
! presidential electors.
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Accounting for II.

He--Statistics show that more bach
elors are criminals than married men.
'She--That Is because the bachelors
have nobody TO blame 1t on.
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Same as Now.

In days OF old when knights were bold
And barons held their sway,
They took their orders from their wives
Just as men do today.
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Naturally.

"She made pointed address at the
club yesterday"
"What was II on?"
spin money"
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solon,on's Perfume

King Solomon made 10000 golden
perfumery censers for the temple OF
Jerusalem. .l
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Queer.

It's curious. but it's often said.
And l should like to know
Why some men toll to earn their bread
Aud others work for dough.
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"Thls automobile seems to be dis
abled somewhere. What's the trouble
with herr"
u guess It's her rheumatic tirsaiS
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The Story of
Our States
BY JONATHAN BRACE
XXVI.--MICHIGAN
zeSW THE French
MN SM I missIonar-
{: !: :: : !: !: !: !:
%E3 1ssa s1M citrate into
&SSss.s Nj ichigan.
Their first visits 10 this region
date back to 1910. Ii was not
until 1868 however, that the first
actual settlement was made,
This was the mission at Sault
Sainte Marie, founded by Father
Marquette. Mackinac was es-
tablished few years later, and
Detrolt's growth was slow.
After the French and Indian
wars the English took over this
territory, and in l774 II was for
many declared q part of Canada.
Detroit rapidly grew In impor-
lance and during the Revolution
was the base Of operations for
many raids by the British and
Indians against the Americans.
BY the terms Of the treaty Of
Paris in 1888 this region became
q part of the United States.
What is now Michigan, Wiscon-
sin, part of Minnesota, Illinois,
Indiana and Ohio was known as
the Northwest territory. After
Ohio was set off as a separate
state the Lower Peninsula Of
Michigan was Joined to Indiana
territory. In 1905 Michigan be-
came separate territory with
about it's present boundaries.
There was, however, great
dispute over a small strip Of
land in the extreme southern
portion which was claimed by
Ohio. This almost led to blood
shed, but was finally settled by
Michigan releasing her claim to
the disputed area and receiving
us compensation an addition to
the Upper Peninsula. On this
basis Michigan was admitted to
the Union in 1887 and became
the twenty-sixth state.
Michigan has a unique sltua.
ton, as 1t is bounded by the
three largest of the Great Lakes,
and divided into two peninsulas.
This gives 1t a coast line larger
in proportion TO Ns area than
any of the other states. 1t is
named after Lake Michigan,
which is the Algonquin word,
'Mlchi-gan," meaning great
sea-" It is entitled to Is votes
In the electoral college.
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: OuaCkenbush s. CO. :
Troy
FfOSLEsR Y

qualities that fashonA
topDoub heel
$500 SPORT HOSE $500
O.
clocks $z5U
Wonaen,s Sweaters and ScQrS
Of andda n of
to
with band $3.50
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SON II.
Sn1lL. Is
!
&c zR& sseZl -.
Worse Than Appendicitis.
odious.

HIill--AIcShorte has sold poem to
Scribblers, entitled an lode to a Fair
Lady"
Hulls-Has he? Well, he is more
competent to write verses entitled
lowed to a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Tit
Bits. 4.s.ke - ''--'--'i
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A crop Of Ivory.

Her mouth was not so very large,
Yet, In n confidential minute,
She told the dentist that she had
Three well-developed achers In II.
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Encyclopedias is the roughes!
sliding board ever saw!
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1920 CENSUS FIGURES
READY

\ Town Officers and Business Directory
Revised to Date
Evening star., 1921-10-23
ELLIS ISLAND DECLARED
lNHUMAN BY TRAVELLERS
Charges of South African Couple
Attract Wide Attention
in London.

By Cable to The Star and New York World.
Copyright, 1921.
LONDON, October 22.-Wide atten-
tion has been attracted to the charges
made by Mrs. Mark GIanvil of South
Africa of inhuman treatment to which
immigrants are subjected while de-
tanned on Ellis Island. New York
harbor. Ono OF Mrs. Glanvil's specific
allegations is that she had to beg on
her knees for milk for her sick baby
while they were held on Ellis Island.
Americans travelling abroad are ap-
prehensive that. unless charges of this
charact cter are properly explained or
the alleged conditions are ameliorated,
some European countries will soon
place annoying difficulties in the way
of Americans who wish to visit them.
The United States government has
been advised by some of its officials
abroad that the only way to prevent
other American ports is to give
United States consuls authority to re-
fuse to wise passports when it is seen
that the quotas from different coun-
tries permitted to enter the United
States are about to be exhausted.
Heretofore United States consuls have
been unable to refuse vises.
Besides the charges by the Glanvils
Of mismanagement on Ellis Island,
there's have been other protests made
directly to American consuls in Europe
recently by persons who had been de-
-ained there.
Evening star., 1921-10-23

ceding year. only one tornado as
sumed the proportions of major
disaster, the report said. This oc-
CURED last April in the border sec
tions of Texas and Arkansas with
the city Of Texarkana as the center.
The famine In China, calling for ex-
penditure by the Red Cross of more
than s1,O00000, was the most serious
Of foreign disasters in which the or
ganiZation gave aid.
instantaneous Response.
The report declared an increasing
effectiveness on the part of the Red
Cross to deal with emergencies was
manifest during the year. Through
its chain of chapters, linking ytrtu-
ally every county in the country with
national headquarters at Washing
ton. the Red Cross, it was said. has
established a network of communica-
tion through which instantaneous re-
lief may be dispatched to any part
Of the United States.
Through its nursing service, its
home hygiene and care of the sick,
classes and health centers, and In
numerous other ways designed to ac-
quaint masses of citizens with proper
methods of living, the Red Cross car
ried ita message of health into all
parts of the country. The American
Red Cross nursing service, the re-
serve of the Army. Navy and public
health service. at the end of the year
had enrolled 37,7s7 nurses, an increase
of 1854 over last year. More than
$4,000 certificates were issued to wom-
en- and girls who completed the Red
Cross course in home hygiene and
care OF the sick, and through its 26O
health centers the Red Cross reached
sG.252 persons with health informa-
:
Evening star., 1921-10-23
PIERS GIVEN SHIP BOARD.
Three Army Docks Turned Over by
War Department.

The three piers in Hoboken and
Brooklyn held by the War Depart
ment have been turned over to the
Shipping Board. Chairman Lasker an
nounced yesterday. The transfer
gives the board thirty-four berths
in New York for its own ships and
for those of private owners which
will be used, it was said, to "end the
stranglehold OF profiteering that. 1t
is alleged. has been going on. The
board has set an average rate OF
3k cents per ton per day for its
docking facilities.
The board has chartered six steel
steamers of the lake type to the
United Steamship Company and Lykes
Brothers of Galveston. Tex. 1T is
understood the vessels Will be used
in the West Indies trade.
The board today offered for sale the
ex-German steamship Callao of s.226
gross tons. The vessel is now in
New York and will be sold las is and
where is" Bids will be opened No
vember Z.
Evening star., 1921-10-23
TELLS HOW POLICEMAN
WAS BRUTALLY KILLED
Woman Admits Using Ice Pick and
Helping Sweetheart to
Shoot Officer,

NEWPORT NEWS. Va. October e.
Bertha Johnson. sweetheart Of Carlo
Meekins, negro, charged with the
murder of Policeman Robert de Forte,
September %, has told corporation
court jury her story of the killing.
She declared she stuck the officer In
the head with an ice pick, holding
his arm while her sister, Marie Has
kins, struck him twice with an az
handle, and that she knocked the off,
GERS pistol from his hand, kicking
1t across the floor to Meekins, who
placed the pistol at de Forte's breast
and fired.
AS the officer reeled backwards
through the kitchen door into the
yard, the witness said Marie Kaskins
hurled lamp after him. Meekins
fled. to be followed a few minutes
later by a posse, including authorities
of several cities and counties and
ku Klux Klansmen.
With the introduction Of the john
son girls testimony, which followed
innumerable clashes over various
items of evidence between the states
attorney and Louis Wendenberg,
counsel for defense, the state virtual
ky completed its case. A night session
may be held today in an effort to
get verdict before Sunday.
Evening star., 1921-10-23
OF SH0PMEN
DEPENDS ON OPERATORS
Official of Machinists Says if Roads
Obey Board. Strike in His
Branch Is Unlikely.

Suggestion that railroad shopmen
will remain outside the ranks Of rail-
road strikers was made in a state
ment yesterday by e. c. Dawson, secre-
|tary-treasurer of the International
Association of Machin;sts. which has
l. rs. 900 men in railroad shops through
out the country and is recognized as
one OF the leading organizations of
the shopmen'S division of organized
| railroad labor. numbering upward of
100000 workers.
The hinge on which a strike of the
shopmen will swing. Mr. Dawson pre-
dicted, is the recognition which the
railroad operators give to the rail-
way labor board.
Our stand depends upon whether
the railroad operators can be made
by the Labor Board to live up TO
| their rulings and regulations" Mr.
posed the Esch- -Cummins act. Great
| ing the Labor Board. We have lived
up to all their rulings. Railroad
operators have not. Take the case
of the A, b. and A. railroad out OF
Atlanta. That was the first case OF
non-recognition of the rulings of the
board. The Pennsylvania has lately
| taken stand which is practically in
defiance of the rulings OF the board
regarding their dealings with em.
ployes and the methods of choosing
the representatives of employees.
II the Labor Board Is supreme and
the railroad operators are compelled
to obey it's rulings as labor is com
PEELED to. j do not think that the
! machinists and shopmen will violate
| their tacit agreements to abide by
! the boards ruling. If such is the
| case. l do not look for d strike"
/. The strike ballots of the shopmer
I s,,x
| of the executive heads of the va.
rious organizations in Chicago. Civ.
| ing the heads authority to call a
strike in their discretion,
Evening star., 1921-10-23

the big fight will be over present rules
which have been built up by years of
practice and through negotiations
under federal control.
Twenty-FOur Substitute Rules.
The shop crafts rules under federal
control were made into a national
agreement which the labor board now
Is revising. Already they have issued
twenty-four substitute rules and laid
down part of the issue which we will
have to meet. We have not yet COM
mitted ourselves on that subject.
When all the revised rules have been
promulgated by the board then we
will again assemble the general chair
men for whatever action may be
deemed necessary.
When the present crisis appeared,
the shopmen were in a position where
the big four thought they could drag
us along with them. We put the
question up to them: If we go along
with you. does 1t mean that there
won't he any settlement until the
settlement is satisfactory to all?'
Counted ON Union Spirit.
1.-THE brotherhoods answered that
We couldn't expect them to do that
and when they got a satisfactory
settlement they would return to
work. When men sit down at the
table with you and look you in the
eye and tell you that when they get
theirs they'll leave you and let you
go your own way. then. 1 tell you,
you had better go your own way
first.
"The brotherhoods counted on our
trade-union spirit to go along with
them. But when their cooperation
in that spirit fails to go beyond their
own group. then we must take care
of ourselves.
I'VE felt the injustice of a wage
decrease without a corresponding re-
duction in rates: that is profiteering
at the expense of our living standards.
but the pending question Of rules is
of even greater Importance"
Evening star., 1921-10-23
FAVORS S9)0,O()D,0D|
| R. R. DEBT FUNDING
Senate Committee Report
Bill Amended to Broaden
Financing Operations.

The administration bill for fundin
s500,000,000 of railroad debts was rel
ported favorably yesterday by the SEM
ate interstate commerce committee wit
amendments by Senator Cummins. rel
publican. Iowa. chairman. broadening
the financing operations.
One of Senator Cummins' amend
ments would authorize general sal
by the President Of railroad secur|
tiles now in the hands of the directol
general of railroads. In addition II
authorizing the War Finance Cor
|poration to purchase railroad obliga
tions. the Cummins amendment would
permit their marketing through prI
vate sources. Under the present law
the President is limited to sale ol
about s300,000,000 of equipment trus
certificates held by the government
Limits Funding Purchases.
The bill as amended by the commit
tee limits the entire funding pur
chases of the War Finance Corpora
tion to the original maximum O
$500, 900, 600, but the amendment au
thorizing the President to sell to othe
purchas asers than the War Finance Cor
poration might result. II was said, i
private sale of more railroad securi
ties and aid the carriers flnanclnt
operations TO that extent
Another amendment by Senate
Cummins adopted by the committe
safeguards the government agains
railroad ella inns for ''inefficiency of la
bor' during government control. Tn
amendment would bar forever an
claim by any carrier for "inefflcfenc'
of labor" should the carrier settle il
accounts with the government TIL,
director general also would he pro
hibited. in the claims negotiations, 4
consider "inefiiciency of labor" 8
factor.
Adopts House hill.
The committee acted on the Hous'
bill, amending il and deciding 4
press it before the Senate, rathe
than the original Townsend bill, re
ported previously by the committee
Senator Cunmins announced that h
would call up the bill in the Senat
Immediately after disposal of the ta,
revision and anti-beer bills.
Evening star., 1921-10-23
43 DISASTERS ENLISTED AID
OF RED CROSS DURING YEAR
Range Of Service Was From Relief In
North Dakota Grasshopper Plague
to Chinese Famine.
Forty-three disasters, ranging from

Forty-three disasters, ranging from
the grasshopper plague in North Da-
kota to the Chinese famine, called
for emergency relief measures by the
American Red Cross during the fiscal
year ending last June 80. according
to the portion Of the society's annual
report dealing with peace-time serv-
ice. made public today.
The disasters resulted in the death
in the United States of $50 persons
and the injury of $500; caused prop
erty damage estimated at $4,000, 600:
affected 81 communities and rendered
$1,000 families homeless. Attendant
relief activities resulted in an ex-
penditure by the Red Cross of
The summary of the years disas-
ters as given in the report showed
that Red Cross relief was furnished
in the case Of seventeen fires. five
floods. seven tornadoes or cyclones.
one devastating storm, three explo-
sions. including the one In Wall
street: one building accident, two ty-
phoid epidem!cs. the more serious be-
ing that at Salem. Ohio, which affect
ed 9 per cent of the population
a smallpox epidemic in Haiti, train
wreck, the Tulsa, Okla. race riot, the
famine in China, affecting millions of
persons; the famine among the In
dians of Alaska, the grasshopper
plague in North Dakota and an earth
quake in Italy.
Pueblo Flood Relief.
The most serious disaster in the
United States was the Pueblo flood
last June, in which the Red Cross as
sisted In rehabilitation.
In marked contrast with the pre-
Evening star., 1921-10-23
national COUNCIL.
TO RAISE $4,000
Limitation of Armament
Workers Claim Backing Of
100000 Persons.

Fifty thousand dollars will be
raised as the first step in the work
Of the National Council Of Limitation
Of Armaments in co-ordinating al
national and state groups working
for arms reduction. according to an
nouncement made yesterday by Frede'
rick J. Libby, elected as permanent Sec
retary of the council.
At Thursdays session committee
on cooperation was authorised &c
seek cooperation with organized Ia
Dor and other bodies in the campaign
for the Limitation OF ornaments.
Claim 6,OOO,O00 supporterh
The permanent organization has
designated 532 18th street as
the new national hadquarters. ana ac'
cording to Secretary Libby the rep
resentatives of members and CO.
operating groups attending the ses.
sions now hold credentials from ap.
proximately 100000 persons.
All groups working for the reduc'
ton Of armaments through the ma.
tional council will be centralized In
the new headauarters' wnich wa
Gen. Grants civil war headquarters
opposite the State. War and Navy
building.
Spccial arrangements will be made
for accommodation of American and
foreign visitors to this city during
the conference. library OF cur
rent literature on the conference, botr
from American and foreign view
points, will be compiled.
Organizations Represented.
Among organizations represented
at the council were the following:
The National Grange, lnterna-
tional Lyceum Chautauqua Associa-
tion, World Friendship Information
Bureau, American School Citizenship
League, National League OF Women
Voters, National Education Associa-
ton, General Federation of Womens
Clubs. National Congress of Mothers
and Parent-Teacher Association, Y
W. c. A.. National Consumers League
National Women's Trade Union
League. National Milk Producers' AS
ISOLATION. National Board Of Farm
Organizations. National Women's
Christian Temperance Union, Vet.
Grams of Foreign Wars. American AS
sociation of University Women
Friends Disarmament Council. Eel
lowship of Reconciliation. Women's
International League, Women's Peace
Union, Council of Women for Home
Missions, American Union Against
Militarism. Foreign Policy Assocta-
tion and Society to Eliminate Eco
nomic Causes Of War.
In addition to these organizations
the Federal Council of Churches
with a membership of 100000 peo-
pie, was informally represented by
DIR. E. c. Watson.