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The Penn's Grove record., 1922-02-10
WHY ITALIAN GOVERNMENT
FELL
A Visit To The Vatican and EulOgy
of Pope

ltaly's Ministerial crisis eXemplifies
the perils and inconvenience arising
from the "bloc" system in parlia-
mentary government as distinguished
from political divisions along general
party lines.
Numerically strongest of the "blocs'
which maintained Premier Bonomi in
power was the Catholic Centre. To
placate them the government took
official cognizance Of the death of
Benedict XIV. through a Minister'S
visit of coincidence to the Vatican and
the half-masting of flags. Then it
was announced that a eulOgy of the
late Pontiff would be read in the
Chamber as on the death of all for
eign potentates.
But when Premier Bonomi assembled
the rostrum on Thursday, it was not
to read the promised eulogy, on which
the Catholics insisted, in spite of acri-
monious opposition of other "blocs"
in the majority. Instead he announced
the resignation of the Ministry. Ire
concilable opponents of the Vatican
and the proposed eulogy of Benedict
XIV. had ranged themselves in oppo-
sition to him, and he could no longer
command a majority.
Earlier criticism of the Ministry
because the Italian delegates at the
Washington Conference did not have
Italy included in the four-Power naval
treaty was rendered nugatory by the
publication on Thursday morning of
the final five-Power treaty, to which
Italy was a party. Exclusion of Italy
from the Anglo-French agreement
was another gossamer cause for criti-
cism. So the fall of the Bonomi Min
istry resolves itself into a disaster re-
rulting from an Intellectual attempt to
govern with the aid of d~iscordant
'blocs," which break apart on slight
occasion.
The two-party system may have its
disadvantages but it is vastly prefer
able to such a state of affairs as this,
and the consequent spectacle of Sig
0 Orlando or some other statesman
trying to form another cohesive COM
bination of 'blocs" to support a new
Observation-Disclosures, 2.4.22.
When the Italians at home drew
the line on recognition of the Pope by
the State, it might be wise for Amer
lean politicians to take notice, as many
citizens do.
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"VAMPS" WHO
MADE HISTORY
A FAMOUS CASE OF FATAL
BEAUTY"
BY M C. YOUNG.
70 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.

THE name Helen of Troy brings to
L our minds eye a woman young
and slender and of SURPRISING beauty.
AS a matter Of record she had red
hair and was forty years old when
she started on her great adventure.
But all the ancient world agreed that
Helen was its finest ornament. Al
though she lived 5000 years ago her
fame still endures.
When Helen was a little under TWEEN
ty, her father, Tyndareus of Argos,
found his palace filed with almost
every kinglet and princellng in Greece,
demanding her hand. He fOresaw that
no matter where her choice fell, there
would be future trouble. SO he bound
all of them to an oath that they would
protect the h%earthstOne of the favored
suitor.
Helen made q strange selection,
Menelaus, king of Sparta, a ploddlng,
m~iddle-aged man. He took her off to
his palace and after a while many
things were said about her. But the
two lived In seeming contentment for
twenty years. Then came Paris, son
OF Priam, from the great city of Troy,
He was young and handsome. 1t had
been fOretold that his city would be
destroyed through him. Helen prompt
ly "vamped' the stranger guest.
They fled one night for his ship and
sailed for Troy. Menelaus mourned
her as one distracted and called on
Tyndareus to make the nobility OF
Greece fulfill Its promise. on they
went, In 1000 ships, to the city of
Troy, standing lea the ~present-day
Constantinople.
The Trojan war lasted ten years
without result. Helen had long since
tired Of Paris. Then he was brought
back dying from a night sortie. Long
ago, dear" he said, 1--WE were glad
we who never more shall be together.
VIII you kiss me, once? It is ten
weary years since you have smiled on
me. But. Helen, say farewell with
your old SMILE"
She kissed him, he died, and soon
afterwaryl she wed his younger broth
er, although all Troy reviled her for
bringing upon It such a war. One
day the Greeks apparently sailed away
and great was the rejoicing. But the
beslegers left behind their famous
wooden horse, which the TrOjans mis-
took as an Offering to Neptune for a
safe passage home. They brought the
horse into the city. That night a Sc
cret door in the horse was opened
and Helen led those within to the
gates, which they unfastened to the
returned Greeks. An indescribable
slaughter followed and the city was
burned.
Helen went back to Sparta as the
wife of Menelaus. When he died the
women rose against her and she fled
to Rhodes, whose queen had lost a
son In the Trojan war. And she had
poor Helen publicly hanged.
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Habits of CraYfsh.

The crayflsh may be described as q
fresh water lobster, and usually lives
a purely aquatic life, keeping to the
river-bed. Some of the crayflsh found
in A~ustrana, however, have forsaken
the water and excavate burrows In
damp soil. The tunnel leading to the
heart of the burrow is free from wa
ter, but water is always present In
the chambers at the end where the
crayfish lives. They do much damage
10 artificial -watercourses in the min
ing districts by Kidding the banks
and dams.
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Frankfort. KY, Jan. 27.-The
teaching of "Darwinism, atheism, ag-
Mysticism or evolution as it pertains
to the origin of man." in any school
which receives support from the State
is forbidden in a bill which RePresen-
tative Ellis, of Barren County, has IN
PRODUCED in the Kentucky Legislature;
Violation of the provision of the bill
is made punishable by a fine of from
$40 To $500 or from ten days to one
years Imprisonment, or both.
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Wo9@hRmn MNGlMRA6 H 5
Famous Scientists Declare that Tremendous Advance
ments of the Future Will Come From
the Chemical Laboratory
No. VIII
Told In Eight sketches)
BY JOHN
LOOKING FORWARD

Mankind, after passing through the
stone age, the bronze age and the
varying phases of civilization now
faces the dawn Of a new era. Thomas
Edison, in a recent interview, declared
that we have entered into the Age OF
Chemistry and the remarkable achieve
mcnts OF laboratory workers serve to
substantiate this statement.
1t is difficult to prophesy how great
will be the contribution OF chemists
to our present civilization, but SO
much has been accomplished and so
great IS the expectancy that it Is evil
dent why thoughtful men are insist
ing that the public should be awak-
encd to a full knowledge of the signll-
n of the science of its national life.
The synthetic chemist has been able
to produce practically all necessary
war materials and thousands of arti-
cles invaluable in peace times, mostly
from coal tar, but it has only touched
the fringe OF its ultimate development.
Synthetic foods and substances so
deadly as to make war impossible may
be expected from the researchers.
Edwin E. Slosson, in his splendid
book, Creative Chemistry" quotes
one Of the greatest French chemists,
BertheIot, as follows:
The problem of food is a chemical
problem. The day will come when
each person will carry Tor his nour-
ishment his little nitrogenous, his pat
Of fatty butter, his package of starch
or sugar, his vial OF aromatic spices,
The Penn's Grove record., 1922-02-10

The largest leper colony in the
world is under the American flag.
AT Culion, Philippine Islands, s.
900 of the 100000 lepers on the
earth have been quartered since
1906. When the flag was carried
to the Philippines. leprosy was ram
pant. Lepers worked in cheese fac
tories, grocery stores and tobacco
factories, and as coachmen, school
teachers and clerks. Quietly the
Government opened its colony at
Culion and brought there all the
lepers in the territory.
The lepers at Culion have their
club houses, their open air theatres,
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Panorama of culion Island and Its HarbOr.

and their motion picture entertain
ments. Most of the natives till the
soil or are otherwise usefully ocoH-
pied. They live in nipa houses and
have their own ice and electric
plants.
These are the conditions report
ed to the headquarters of the IN
terchurch World Movement by rem
resentatives making a study OF lie
leper colony. The study is being
conducted to ascertain what g e
Protestant Churches, through :
closer cooperation which IS ire
large purpose OF the m|oesacar,
may do to help the lope-s.
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Snails Purify Water.

To purify water the Chinese put a
number of fresh-water snalls into a
pail of water. These devour the or
ganlc matter the water contains and
therefore act as filters.
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Proved KipIlnn Wrona.

Kipling wrote that East and West
never would meet, but a bride and
bridegroom bearing those names were
married in South London, recently,
and went to live in North street, Chap
ham.
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FARM AND NOME FACTS

Take you tonic out of egg shells
now, instead of bottles later.
Some folks houses are real homes;
others look as if they were trying to
run a 'hock" shop.
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FARM AND HOME FACIS

Land needs clover, clover needs
lime. Have you got the lime?
Anyone who aims to play are VIII
his potato crop this year, Will nave u
do something more than just play.
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suited to his per-
sonal taste all
manufactured eco
6mically and in I'M
limited quantities ;
allindependentof
regular seasons and
all free from patho-
genie microbes, the
origin OF epidemics
and the enemies OF
human life. On that
day chemistry will
have accomplished
worldwide revolu-
ton that cannot be
The Penn's Grove record., 1922-02-10

There is one great difference be-
tween pie and talk"
"What is that?'
"If you mince your words you are
aot so likely to have to eat them"
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estimated. There
will no longer be
hills covered with
vineyards and field
with cattle. Man
will gain in gentle
ness and morality
because h c will
cease to live by
carnage an de
structon Of liyiHg
s. The
earth will be COW
cred with grass,
flowers and woods
and in ii the #hu-
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released by the Institute of American Business. New Yorkl
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Different COIors OF Paper

the Utility Business Paper, and you will
find that L saves you time and money.
Let us show you the advantage Of stand.
ardixing your paper and YOU printing.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-11-25
MARION DAVIES AT
LIBERTY SUNDAY

An exquisitely beautiful picture oil
ancient and modern Ireland is I'M
folded in 1.-The Brides Play" the lat
est Cosmopolitan creation for Para
mount, starring Marion Davies, which
will be seen at the Liberty Sunday
night. Miss Davies again takes
a double role, much as she did in
Buried Treasure" save that in this
case she portrays two different girls
"a lovely, fair-haired daughter of
Erin of medieval times and a spright-
" and winsome brunette beauty OF
today.
'"The Brides PLAY" was adapted to
the screen by Mildred Considine from
a story in Hearst's Magazine by
Dom Byrne.
Miss Davies is seen as an appeal
ing, kindly girl, fresh from school
whose guileless heart Is won by a
worthless and worldly poet.
Supporting Miss Davies is Wynd
ham Standing, an actor popular with
all film fans.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-11-25

now it would perhaps be hard to
find a single one opposed to it, said
Mr.. Rustgard The Territory has not
been ni2gardly in taking care OF
those in need. it does not ask who
they are, where they come from or
what kind of a life they have led;
the principle thing is that they need
aid. No doubt, he said, but the
present laws governing the old age
pensions in Alaska can DC improved
upon& and when the next legislature
meets in the spring, ii the proposed
beneficiary changes are presented in
the proper form, uhcy will without
doubt so through. Furthermore, they
will have his earnest support, he
said
Entertainers
Several vocal and instrumental Sc
lcctions were rendered during the
evening as a part OF the program,
which added greatly to the entertain
mont.
A violin solo by Miss RIGA Niemi,
accompanied by Miss Mamie Reusi;
a piano solo by Miss Esther Cashen,
a vocal solo by. Mrs. VIM. Jarman,
a reading by Miss Selma AaMo and
community singing led by Mrs. Jar.
man for the final were all very much
appreciated.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-11-25
DOUGLAS ISLAND NEWS
OLD ACE PENSION MEASURE IS
THOROUGHLY EXPL Aimed DURING
PUBLIC MEETING BY OFFICIALS

The subject of "Old Age Pensions
was thoroughly discussed at pnD-
lie meeting which was held in the
Eagles Hall in Douglas last night
at the Gull of the Community Club Tor
o. A. p.
President of the Club, Elmer r.
Smith, presided over the meeting.
Gov. Scott C. Bone was the dlrst
speaker on the program and while he
had not prepared set speech Tor
the occasion, he gave in an informal
manner his views on the subject
Idea Sound in Principle
Governor Bone congratulated the
people of Douglas for the fine spirit
being shown in their quest for the
old age pensions. The idea, he said,
was thoroughly sound in principle.
Speaking of the sentiment when
,T,efses for old age pensions, he said
IS that which causes the issue to
he of the utmost Importance to US.
Many worthy citizens have become
helpless through no fault OF their
own. Conditions are such that they
bear down heavily upon the wage
earners and when they need assist
,ance should not have to suffer the
stigma of being sent to an institution
where they are more or less re-
strained but should he given pen
sion as reward for good citizen
ship and in their own homes-that S
where good citizenship begins, he
said.
Credit to Alaska
Governor Bone said in part:
at is to the great credit OF Al
aska THAT irnmedi lately upon being
vested with Territorial form OF
government it gave consideration to
its old and needy residents. It did
not establish poorhouse, but in
stead Pioneers Home, as you all
know. The first legislature, in 1913,
appropriated $4,000 for this pur-
pose and the Home has steadily
grown in the nine years of its exist
ence until it now provides for the
wants of an average of so inmates.
The second appropriation for the
home was $4,000, the third 100000,
the fourth $4,000 and the fifth
$85, OOG 1t is as its name implies, a
real home and i believe that it is
today on a better basis than ever
before Politics has no part in its
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-11-25

management. The aim is to conduct
it efficiently and to give to the ola
men who live there all reasonable
comforts. The large majority OF
them are most deserving. They are
contented and happy. In the mean
time an up-todate hospital has been
established and the Territory has de-
monstated a genuine pride in the
upkeep and maintenance of the In
stitution. 1t is to be regretted that
it is not situated upon a farm. One
small garden plot was cultivated
with great profit during the pas.
summer.
Progressive Step
But the establishment of this
Home was only one progressive step
on the part OF this Territory. In
1915 it created an Old age pension
system, appropriating $4,000 for al
lowances to needy old mon and wo-
men. The expenditure in this direc-
ton was then limited to $4,000 per
year. A deficit Of $4,000 was COW
cred by an emergency appropriation
in 1917 and the sum OF $4,000 was
made available for the. ensuing bicn-
MUM, 1918. This was increased
to $4,000 for the lbiennium. 1920.
The legislature of 1919 amended the
law to provide that any estates left
by deceased pioneers, unless a wife
or husband survived. should escheat
to the Territory This enactment
provoked some dissent and the num-
Der of allowances decreased in 1920
81. For the next biennium, 192l-22,
an appropriation of $4,000 was pro-
vided and the number OF allowances
has steadily increased.
Pensioners
There are today in Alaska 133 old
age pensioners, of whom 115 are
men and only 10 women. The First
Division has 40, the Second IS, the
Third 81 and the Fourth "A. To
these 1873 pensioners the sum OF
$4.944 was disibursed during the quar-
ter ending September 80, 1922. The
allowances for the last six years
have run as follows:
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-11-25
DOUGLAS HAS REAL YACHT;
Gurus OF KETCHlkAN

Paul Kcgel, who left here about
three weeks ago for Ketchikan, re-
turned from there Friday aboard the
yacht Eurus, which he purchased in
the first city, while shore.
The Eurus rs "a 50.footcr by Is
foct beam of IL tons gross cruiser
de lux. She is heavily built with a
large cabin and equipped with a
20 horsepower Union engine. For
merly she was used as a mine tender
in and out of Ketchikan as wei es
for pleasure travelling.
It is understood he will use the
Eurus both as work and pleasure
boat. Later on he expects to re-
place the gas engine in her with a
Diesel engine to secure greater econ
omy of operation.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-11-25
Observations Prince Seattle Portland and San
arem a m p.

The that central the Gulf of Alaska
"a hours,
high Pacific
the being 3d. inches Portland. Oregon
is colder this Kobuk Valley Kodiak,
over
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-11-25

Always Busy-Why? There's a
reason. See Morris, the carpenter.
adv
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-11-25
THANKSGIVING PROGRAM
SUNDAY.

The Sunday School of the Pres
byterian Native Church will give a
THANKSGIVING program Sunday even
ing at 1880 o'clock. This program
will take the place of the usual
service
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-11-25

z. M. Bradford, local postmaster,
was a passenger from Juneau on the
steamer Jefferson for Seattle, en-
route to Portland, where he will
spend the holidays with his parents
and Mrs. Bradford and their two sons
Mrs. Bradford and their sons will sac-
company him North, shortly after the
holidays.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-11-25
STUART HOLMES AT
LIBERTY TONIGHT

love, honor and CD" VIII be seen
at the Liberty tonight.
The big Feature presents Stuart
Holmes and Ellen Cassidy in ro-
mantle drama, but it's plot has been
studded here and there in its nara
ton by the gripping thrills that al
WAYS are associated with aviation
and in depicting the aeroplane Incl
dents.
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-11-25

Il am thoroughly in sympathy
with the idea of old age pensions
and commend most heartily the work
of the Fraternal Order of Eagles to-
ward This end Just how such
system may be best worked out is
problematical In my judgment, it
should be handled by the states rath-
er than by the Federal government.
There are today entirely too many
The Alaska daily empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1912-1926, 1922-11-25

LONDON, Nov. 25.--Chhncellor of
the Exchequer Stanley Baldwin plans
to start December &c for the United
States on the debt funding mission
He will be accompanied by the
Governor of the Bank of England.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-12-15
GRAPHITE and Siberia.

Extensive deposits of graphite exist
in northwestern Siberia, on the left
bank of the River Kureika, near the
junction with the River Yenisei, 80
miles from the mouth Of the latter
river. The graphite area forms hori-
zontal plateau, the elevation Of which
varies from 20 to 30 feet above the
normal level of the River Kureika. The
plateau contains two layers of graph
ite. which Is of solid steel-gray color.
soft and of an excellent quality for
the manufacture OF pencils. 1t is be-
lieved that in the future these graph
ties will supply Russian demands anG
that large quantities will be available
for export The chief sources of
graphite have been CeylOn. Bohemia.
Germany. France and the United
States. The annua! world production
has been approximately 10000 short
tons.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-12-15
The Modern Girl.

If the modern girl is freer than her
predecessor, she is. like her brother.
more Self-possessed. Her range of
experience and of information is
wider and her desire to know greater.
She has seen more of the world and
heard more of 1t, If not directly, then
by the vicarious efforts of scores of
agencies. She has no doubt broken
through many irrational taboos. but
she is trying hard TO replace them
with standards more suitable to the
complexities of life in this generation.
And If it is put to a male vote wheth-
er she is to return to the dress, man.
ners, temperament and mental out
look of her eighteenth or even nine
teenth century ancestor, there will
only be an Insignificant minority to
vote against her as she is.-Balti-
more American.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-12-15
QUAKERS AS WHALE HUNTERS
dueed in the Early Days of the
Country's History.

In earlier days, days when Ameri-
can clippers swarmed on the seven
seas, whales were the only oil fields
Men went out not TO hunt whales for
their bones, but they slung the har-
pOon for the same reason that men
sink a shaft in Texas today The
first and greatest of all whalers were
Quakers.
The chief whaling communities
those Of Nantucket and Buzzard's
Bay - were originally settled by
Quakers," Raymond VI. Weaver
writes in the course of his chapters
on whaling included in his book.
Herman Melville. Mariner and Mys-
tic"
THE inhabitants Of these districts
In general retained in an uncom-
mon measure throughout the golden
age of whaling the peculiarities Of
the Quaker. Never, perhaps, in the
history Of the world have there been
mated two aspects of life more
humorously Incompatible than whale
hunting and Quakerism. This mat
ing produced, however, a race of the
most sanguinary of all sailors, race
of fighting Quakers-in Melville's
phrase, 'Quakers with a vengeance
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-12-15
Rat Trap Good Burglar Alarm.

A common, cheap rat trap-the
fiat kind with a stiff spring which,
when released flies up and comes
down with killing force on the back
Of the rodent nibbling at the trigger
can easily be converted into a bur-
glar alarm warranted to scare away
the boldest night marauder.
Three holes are bored through the
wooden base of the trap. 1t is then
fastened on end to a shelf or the
floor. In two Of the holes insert
blank rim-f1re revolver cartridges.
Through the third hole lead string
from the trigger to the door or win
dow to be guarded. The instant the
door or window is moved. the trap Is
sprung by the string, permitting the
spring to strike the cartridges and
explode them. - Cleveland News
Leader.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1922-12-15
Seems Act of Providence.

A London magazine once published
in its "CuriOsities" photograph of
an Indian boy who was born without
arms, and was giving exhibitions in
England of shooting with a bow and
arrow. This number of the magazine
actually reached the boys father,
Red Indian dwelling somewhere in his
camp in the wilds of North America,
and he recognized in the picture his
son, whom for years he had lost sight
of. The JOY of the boys family, on
learning that he was alive and making
a career for himself. may be imag-
ined. 1t is difficult to say which is
the more extraordinary-the fact of
an English magazine reaching so very
unlikely a reader, or the almost incred-
ible coincidence of his finding his sons
portrait in 1t.