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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-10
CONNECTIONS OF
LONG STANDING

People who did business with
London three hundred years ago
have maintained their connections.
thru their descendants. 90 that nat,
uraiiy n mar In position he turns
20 his London connections.
The methods OF procedure have
changed "a good deal even In the last
ten years.
The individual princes Of finance
have disappeared. death has exacted
It's toll. and where that has not In.
tervened. banking amalgama,ionn
have done the rest The individual
financiers such as R0thchilds. Sway.
thing. Panmure Gordon. Morrison.
the 0urneyn. the smithn. tho Mills.
and the curries- OF them world
famous n generation ago-have dis.
appeared.
in their place. in charge OF the
wonderful machine. nrs five banking
institutions. known an tho Big
Five" which In tho course OF n gen.
GRAFTON have mopped up the thous-
ands Of private banking concerns
and today control the millions which
are tho icverag, OF British credit
without the big Five" there would
probably have been an enormous a.
nanclai crash during tho world war.
Tho smaller industrial concerns
couldn't have maintained themselves
against iha pressure. Tho big
Five" working In harmony with the
Bank Of England. stood up like ths
Rock OF Gibraltar
THE greatest of tho big Five"
II tho London city and Midland
bank. and its head IL Reginald Me.
Ksnna. who has Just returned here
from tour In the United States.
Now the strange thing about this
10 that nc great bankers OF London
today are individually poor men.
They are professional bankers.
working on salaries which would be
considered exceedingly small In
America
Personally they neither speculate
nor deal In money
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-10
ALL u. S.
BUT FOR MEALS
French Girl Can't Go Ameri-
can Salads

MOUNT VERNON. Ia. Nov 10
Mile. Lydie Goblin. from Leuze
likes everything in America but the
meals.
'aThey are terribiel" The indict-
ment was softened by a laugh.
THE salsd--fruit and greens all
stirred up with mayonnaise--I do
not like III"
Mile. coqblin. a French student AZ
Cornell college here. Is studying for
her -. A. degree and also IL In charge
OF French conversation classes.
She admitted high regard for
Americans And she likes Germany.
But the Engiish--they are very
rude sometimes, rude TO foreigners. !
Ike you Americans better. You are
more IKE us"
Than which there can be no higher
compliment.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-10
ALL A NATTER
or ExPEDIESCy

There In no race OF contest for
superiority. The finAnc.er of the
London market would not mind two
pins n he had 10 so 20 New York
for financial direction. n wouidn',
worry him In I'll. least IL he had 20
go to New York or Hpltxbereen. 4,
In not question Of civic or national
pride II Ia a matter OF expedi.ney
Here IL the financial machine.
built up. developed. completed thru
years and years and years OF ex.
perienc. and p.rsonai touch.
Put II this way. and Il will be
better underm,ood b. American read.
srs. Why do people when they talk
OF ready made clothes inatintively
turn TO Rochester. ~. TT Because
Rochester thru years Of experience
and effort has b~com. tho principal
ready made clothing town OF the
world. That Ia a trade mark and as.
SGT. The same applies 90 furniture
In Grand Rapids. Mich. Il applied "a
beer In Milwaukee. II applies to corn
and beef In Chicago.
Tho Chicago pork packers know
all about pork packing and tho grain
brokers hav. command Of their
business which gives the rest OF tho
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-10
NURSING CROWS
IN POPULARITY
Girls Desert offices for the
Hospitals

CHICAGO. Nov. i0.-America's
Young women are deserving the
typewriter. the shops and the movies
enter the nursing profession. ac-
eording TO Mary r.. Wheeler. super
mtendent ~ the Illinois Training
Hhooi for Nurses.
Nursing In more popular today
taan II has ever been before" she
ssh- Our nursing schools are over
crowded."
Miss Wheeler declared one OF the
enisf reasons for the popularity Of
me hospital profession with the
young women was the change In the
system OF schooling.
Aursing schools are being put on
an educational basis. and are not un.
ger the strict military discipline they
were formerly" She said.
The young woman of today is an
independent creature. and she re-
scented the old military discipline.
conducted on an educational
oasis. with the I'D tilted on disci-
pine. our nursing schools have at
racted unprecedented attention. and
raised the standard OF the profes-
sion"
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-10
DEDICATE new
TEDDY STATUTE
Portland to Pay Tribute on
ArmiStice Day

PORTLAND. Nov. i0.-Portland'r
Arfnistice day celebration win center
chiefly about the dedication Of an
equestrian bronze statue Of Col
Theodore Roosevelt. which DIR. Henry
Waldo Coo. % Portland. Hfe-lonx
friend Of Roosevelt, has presented to
the city and dedicated to the children
OF America
The bronze II Of heroic sine. and
viii bs one OF tho few such statutes
rracing Portland parks II ia tho
first equestrian statue TO make the
city It's home
A. Phimisfer Proctor. OF paio Alto.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-10

Theophile hossi has been
selected By Benito Mussolini
TO FIJI the important position
of minister of industry in the
nep Fascist cabinet.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-10
RELIGIOUS EXILES ARE FINDING REFUGE IN CANADA
London Claims World
Financial Supremacy

world complete confidence In that
capacity.
That Ia why the international H.
nancisrH OF London. With their con
troll Of the Intangible machine. have
the pull
Another illustration. Queen Eliz
aboth's merchant Adventures whom
she sent out. tho Froblshers, ths
brakes. and the Raleighs-to gather
in the golden harvest. laid n foundn
ton OF personal influence across the
seven seas which has never been dis
rupted
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-10
Miner Caught in
Coal Fall, Dies

cENTRALIA. Nov 1o.-Hugh
Lindsay. 80, miner at the Tono coal
mines, is dead here today as a result
OF injuries received when he was
caught in a fall OF coal yesterday
Lindsay was married
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-10
ny DAVID l.. BLuMENFEID

LONDON, Nov. To- In London still
tho financial center OF the world
or has the heart OF finance been
transferred To Now York;
The answer given exclusively to
tho United preaa by the president OF
one OF the worlds biggest and moat
influential banking concerns To- that
London remains and will continue
10 remain tho head OF world finance
There may be more money In
America In. he explained.
but the machinery for world move.
ment which exists in London. which
has been built up thru generations
OF adventure. expansion. failuo and
success. cannot be scrapped by the
mere passing momsntary influences
Of world incidentB-such az warn and
financial crashes.
when the war was ov,r. and the
accumulated savings OF five hundred
years OF British world trade had
been passed over tho United States
To pay for war material. this. unitiat-
Ell said. This means the passing OF
London az the headquarters OF n.
nance. This means that In future
New York and not London will set
the pacc1
But just as Vienna. the capital OF
ruined and wrecked state. re.
mains the financial headquarters OF
central Europe. particularly tho Hal.
kan country, just as Frankfort.
turnout tho generations and oven
into the heights Of imperial Ger.
many continued-and atill continues
to hold tn. German financial scap-
trc. 10 does London with tta race
OF financial experts. sehooled In tho
history. tho ethics and ali the secrets
Of universal money matters. oontins
to direct and attract tho worlds
money market
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-10
So, 900, 900 to Be
Spent by Railway

Including 80 locomotives and 1000
cars. equipment totaiinK ss.ooo.oo
has been ordered by the San Fran
cisco transcontsnentai railway lines.
according 90 Charles A. Forrest. cen
trail agent for the Pacific coast.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-10
DINNER TABLE HuuOR

Are you fond OF chicken, Mr..
r1ipp7"
Both kinds. msdam-the kind
that's killed TO dress and the kind
that's dressed 60 kill."--Boston
Transcript.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1922-11-10
REDUCED HAZARD

What do you think about
the yellow perfi7
West--It's dying out. There aren't
"shriy as many Chinese laundries
there used TO bc.--New York
Sun.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1922-07-08

Conan Doyle. speaking of the people
in the large audiences at his lectures
on spiritualism. 1t is to be feared,
for his case. that his modest assump-
ton cannot be relied upon as sound
enough to prove his case.
History says that the first Ken
lucky newspaper was established
when the town of Lexington Offered
to give John Bradford a lot" If he
would establish newspaper.
When a barge line steamer sets out
from New Orleans, La. to st. Louis,
Mo-, with a tow of 1880 tons Of
freight it begins to look as if the river
traffic has been reversed as well as
revived.
Lawyers and casuists may long
speculate on what was the exact Of
fense of Gov. Small" when he was
state treasurer of Illinois and vast
sums drawn from peculiarly segre-
gated fund" were lent through a
queer bank" that seemed to confine
its business to lending state money to
few concerns, but it may be remarked
that this will never happen again.
Whispers of Irregularities in handling
state funds reached Gov. Lowden. He
made inquiries but the then state
treasurer assured him that everything
was alright. This did not satisfy him,
80 he caused to be framed and intro
Guced into the Illinois legislature a
bill that compelled the advertisement
CT all funds for deposit. That law is
so carefully drawn that no "conspir-
acy can circumvent it,"
GEORGE A. RITTER.
st. Louis, Mo.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1922-07-08

not imprS or tolerate such an in
humane, and unchristian act and un-
usual hardship of deportation upon
an innocent girl under such peculiar
circumstances as exists in her case.
This girl should be released and called
back to America from Turkey at
once, and permitted to land on free
American soil.
When the next Democratic state
convention is held. the Democrats
should graciously acknowledge the
appointment by President Harding of
a Democratic postmaster at Sandwich
on the Cape.
Life is one thing after another"
remarked the man who was watching
a dog chase a car.
Mrs. Anna DiclSie Olesen. who won
the Democratic primary nomination
for United States senator in Mlnneso-
ia. is the first woman to obtain such
a nomination. but Miss Ann Martin
Of Nevada beat her by at least two
years in trying for one.
At the formal presentation at Buck
ingham Palace. King George received
Chief Justice Taft on the status of
an ex-ruler. The American Fedora
tion Of Labor also gives him the same
status. with the emphasis on the Eek"
There is nothing better than a pint
OF fresh milk and handful of crack
ers or some bread and butter or some
cakes as a late bedtime lunch every
night to help the ordinary skinny"
put on needed weight.
This question of what's Democrat
or what's a Republican is enough to
make the voter swear.
An ancient Saxon law has been un-
earthed I'm England. technically known
as the doctrine of coercion" under
which a wife virtually is the property
OF her husband
In a new fuel the combustible part
OF Coal IS conserved ana the ASH Is
eliminated, It is believed that this
new fuel will find a market for the
poorer grades of coal and present new
opportunities to railroads and steam
ships which are dependent upon high
priced fuels.
A lake. rich in carbonate of soda,
has been discovered near Kulumda,
Siberia.
| The waters of the. River Jordan in
Palestine are to be developed into
power to the wheels of new industry.
| In China any citizen who abandons
any of his lineal ascendants shall be
liable to penal servitude for life or for
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1922-07-08
Gompers Is a Democrat

Samuel Gompers, the great labor
leader. has just been elected for the
forty-first time president of the Am
erican Federation of Labor. This is
probably the first time he was ever
elected to this position without oppo-
sition. This time it was without a dis
senting vote Gompers is a democrat
and strongly believes in the principles
Of the democratic party. II he had
not been a democrat it is doubtful If
he could have been reelected this
time. Labor has come to recognize
that the republican party is for the
big money interests first and the la
boring man can take what Is left. All
labor knows that democracy is for the
masses and proposes that labor shall
have equal rights with capital and it's
share of the fruits of its labor. Comp
ers has been safe and conservative
and II labor follows his advice will
reap its harvest OF equal Justice
Moberly Democrat.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1922-07-08

term Of from TO is years and
shall upon conviction be deprived Of
all civil rights.
Nearly fifty thousand million dol
lars is invested In insurance on the
lives of Americans.
The oldest post office building in
the United States is in st. Augustine.
Florida. This is said TO be the oldest
town" in the United states.
Six hundred letters written by
Charles Dickens to the late Baroness
Burdett -Coutts. sold recently in Lon
don for s2,150.
Becky Thatcher" the little school
girl in the Mark Twain book on ad-
ventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckle-
berry Finn. is a real person living to-
day in Hannibal, Missouri. the old
home of Mark Twain. She is Sc years
of age and is "matron" Of the Home
OF the Friendless there.
A journalist OF the old school
which meant that his intellectual and
cultural concerns embraced as wide a
range as the world-has left our New
England stage in the death of Charles
Goodrich Whiting, for many years
editorial writer and literary editor Of
the Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
What really is love? Do you know,
and will you tell us? The love Of
Damon and Pythias was the apotheo-
sis Of friendship The love Of Cleo
patra with Caesar and Antony, and
her attempt to 'vamp" The Man Who
wouldn't, was political expediency
that degraded Sentiment. This mod
ern junk-nobody knows what it is
God is Love, for He so loved the
world that He gave His only begotten
son, Jesus Christ. that whomsoever
might believe in Him should not per-
| ish, but have everlasting life"
'I am not a personality in myself.
they came because they were inter-
ested in the subject" says Sir Arthur
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1922-07-08
ApMINIsTRAToR,e NOrIcE

Notice is hereby given that Letters
Of Administration, upon the estate Of
John Wright, deceased. have been
granted t.. the undersigned, . by the
Probate Court of Buchanan County,
Missouri. bearing date Of the 21st day
of June, 1922.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them 10 me for allowance, within six
months from date of said letters o.
they may be precluded from any BEN
eft OF such estate; and IL said claims
be not exhibited within one year from
the date of the publica ton Of this
notice they will be fore yer Ezrs'ed.
(Son) MARY A. WILLIAMS.
Attcsted: Public Ad Micistrator.
Fred NJ. Wansey, CLERK OK lTcfa1e.
I62D
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1922-07-08

OF the preachers antagonists were
placed under arrest. At their trial be-
fore "a justice in Weston Harry Vaugn,
Richard Fields. Lloyd Kelley and Pete
Brown each received a fine Of $500
and six months in the county jail.
while Ira Kelley received only a $500
fine, which he is endeavoring to pay
TO keep him out OF jail. At the trial
some little excitement was caused by
mn objection on the part Of some col
ored person, when the attorneys re-
ferred TO the defendants as "Niggers"
and for a time small race riot
seemed probable. But the negroes
took a second aud wiser thought and
things quieted down.-Platte County
Landmark.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1922-07-08

"Eu." W. NJ. Stone, pastor Of the
calorcd Methodist churches at Weston
aaI Platte Cit, has failed in a mark
ed Gpgreo to get along smoothly with
his congregation, at either place. It
Is reported that ,nls bcliiserent s-r-
want Of tho Lord has even found it
necessary tc carry a shot gun on his
preaching dates and at times to break
oYcn the church doors 10 reach his
pulpis. So strong did the dislike OF
some Of tho colorsG folks Of Weston
for tho reverend srow, that they pro-
ceeGed to run lin out Of town. first
bOmbardinE his residence with rocks
end breaking all the windows In said
Comlcile II was then chat the sheriff
entered the wild west lIan'l an1 five
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1922-07-08

he, "that Mr.. Ford does not own
these dams but he is given the use
Of them. Hence If the dams should
break the government must stand
not only the cost of rebuilding, tue
must pay any damage that arifes
in consequence Of the escape Of tbs
impOunded water. How many nil
lions, or even billions, this is gong
to amount 10 in the course of 100
years we do not know and neither
do you"
If Muscle Shoals is turned over
to Mr.. Ford. Mr. Kearns SAYS,
Ford would not have TO pay taxes
on the cost of the dams at any
time during his l0O-year period.
The company TO be organized by
Mr., Ford would be a private com.
pany, be alleges, doing business for
itself and uncontrolled or unhamp-
cred in any way by any utility
commission, either State or FEEDER
al, except that il this company
makes fertilizer it must make il
at profit not to exceed 8 per cent.
II Mr.. Ford's proposition is ac-
cepted, the Congressman declares,
Ford will receive privileges and
rights denied to every other man
or group Of men in the United
States.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1922-07-08
We Might Polish Up

You can shy all the bricks yco
want at old England, b,.t she did one
big thing for this country She gave
us the occasion to take a day off TO
celebrate and from that time on the
Fourth of July has been the big day
of the year-Macon ChroniGia.
Yes. and now there are lot .;
supposed Americans who want 20
apologize for our activities IN making
Fourth OF July possible, Il would be
well II many would polish up their
independence and loyalty to this cou1-
try before the day OF independence
again arrives.-Moberly Democrat
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1922-07-08

To the EdilOf OF Inc ObSSlNeI'
President Ebert of Germany very
truly said at the funeral Of Wallet
Rathenau that "the bullet which
struck him was aimed at the German
republic" 1t may be hoped that the
assassin missed that more remote tar
get.
Soviet Russia hates capitalists, but
could use a billion of tainted money If
it were not Russian, but real.
An English spirltualist claims re-
Gently to have heard a speech by the
late William f. Gladstone, which
seems to indicate that the old gen.
tleman means to keep it up through
eternity.
Mr.. Bielasli was happily liberated
by the Mexican bandits before the cry
was heard in this country, "Bielaski
alive or his captors dead"
The male species, despite the ten
denotes of the times, cannot be driven
too far with safety. A Mississippi lad
shot his "stepmother" because she
said she would cut his throat II he did
not finish the family washing. Who
can say that the most docile dishwash-
ing husband may not rebel?
The Senate has voted to keep wood
en- shingles on the free list.
The strike for the present in the
anthracite mines has been abandon
ed The strike for the present then
will continue only in fact.
That an assassin is not necessarily
coward is illustrated By the discov-
cry that one Of the murderers of Sir
Henry Wilson, who gave his name as
James O'Connell. is Reginald Rudd,
who served three years in France with
the Irish guards.
recently communicated with Sec
rctary of Labor Davis in behalf of the
Armenian maiden who was "deport-
cd" and thrown into the hands of the
"unpeakable" Turks after she had
arrived with her parents and brothers
at Ellis Island L. s. A. This innocent
girl was born Of Armenian parents in
Constantinople, Turkey. it is said, and
because Of this fact her deportation
was ordered by Uncle Sam, but her
! parents and brothers were permitted
TO enter ard remain in America. Tur-
keys "quota" Of immigration percent
lage was full at that time-so Secretary
| OF Labor Davis held. Now insist
| that this Armenian maiden be per-
! mitted to return to her parents and
| brothers in America Immediately. ]
hold our federal constitution itself will
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1922-07-08
EXECUTRIX NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that Letters,
Testamentary, upon the estate OF
Thomas j. Stewart. deceased. have
been granted to the undersigned. by
the Probate Court of Buchanan
County, Missouri, bearing date of the
27th day of May, 1922.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit
them to me for allowance. within six
months from date of said letters, or
they may be precluded from any ben
eft OF such estate; and IL said claims
be not exhibited within one year from
the date of the publication of this
notice. they will be forever barred.
(SeaD KATE STEWART,
Attested: EXecutrix.
Fred NJ. Wanger, Clerk of Probate.
(64)
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1922-07-08
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that Letters
of Administration, upon the estate of
Sherman Mcdonald, deceased, have
been granted to the undersigned, by
the Probate Court OF Buchanan Coun-
ty. Missouri, bearing Cate of the 9Th
day of May, 1922.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to- exhibit
them to me for allowance, within six
months from date OF said letters, or
they may be precluded from any BEN
eft OF such estate; and If said claims
be not exhibited within one year from
the date of the publication OF this
notice. they will be forever barred.
A true copy. Attest:
MARY A. WILLIAMS,
(SeaD Public ministrator.
Fred NJ. Wanger, Clerk of Probate.
(520)
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1922-07-08
EXECUTORS NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that Letters,
Testamentary, upon the estate of
David NJ. Kinnaird, deceased, have
been granted to the undersigned, by
the Probate Court OF Buchanan Coun-
ty. Missouri. bearing date of the LIST
day OF June, 1929.
All persons having claims against
said estate are required to exhibit them
to US for allowance, within six months
from date of said letters or they may
be precluded from any benefit of such
estate: and if said claims be not q, q
hiDisS, within one year from the da q
of the publication of this --.ice. tht n
will be forever barred.
y. b. DEAKINS,
(ScaD j. w. GIBSON,
(Attested: Executors.
Fred NJ. Wangcr. Clcrl: OF Probate.
(624)
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1922-07-08
How Prohibition rrohIbIts

iowa has been . prohibition state
much Longer than Missouri. We eur.
pose shat qcrounts toy Lee Icing on
Co all the curves OF getting iraoXies.-
ing erinks. In tha. state beer o. any
per cent desired ;s easily chtal2able.
There e. little rrctense OF enforce
fEent q. tine law and makins G; tecr
goes nerr.ls On and the consrmptiur
Of ii much McPcrly Doao
crst