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Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-10

day. This year 1t is April 10. Last
year 1t was March q.
The proponents declare that this
simplitication will dispense with need
for printed calendars. saving about
$25,0OO,0O0 year from this alone"
Naturally the manufacturers of calen.
dars are not delighted with this bill.
Would leap year proposals from the
fair sex be confined to Leap Year day7
Would landlords claim an extra
months rent2
Well, 1t might be good thing, but
1t would be trlfe difficult to get
started.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-10

There Is no one moment In the
course Of whole year when new,
fresh frock looks more delightful than
II does Just about now, observes a
fashion writer in the New York Times.
That is because, perhaps, IT stands In
a class by itself. All the nice, proyi-
dent, thorough-golng people have their
winter wardrobes and are wearing
them, and are satisfied with them.
They look forward to sprlng-the cor
rect time to wear new clothes. But
here and there one sees Il totally
new frock that suits the season, has a
new note of design, and that has given
an unmistakable inspiration to Its
wearer.
About these midseason gowns there
Is also that accentuated note Of ind-
viduaIity which the height-of-the-sea.
son creations sometimes lack.p These
ln-hetween affairs are constructed with
certain single purpose in view. They
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-10
THE INFANT TERRIBLE

We had planned to go picnlcking
one fine summer day. and were look.
ing for some friends to make our
party complete. After calling up nu-
merous acquaintances and finding
their plans were already made, we
decided to ask Mary Brownlelgh--a
loI " person. She was delighted
Al Was well--we settled back in our
and prepared to enjoy the trip,
y en Jane. my small sister, heaving q
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-10

JINGLE SAM is to have another
~ canal beside the big ditch at Pa
mama. 1t is the Cape Cod canal, the
purchase of which for $l1,500,000 Is
now before congress on recommends
tons by Secretaries Weeks, Hoover
and DENLY. The project was conceived
two centuries ago, says the New York
Tribune, and at different times was the
subject Of various proposals, all of
which failed of fruitlon. 1t was not
until seven years ago the canal was
completed, cutting the long arm of
Cape Cod off from the rest of Massa-
chusetts.
The canal runs through the towns OF
Sandwich and Bourne. 1t connects
Cape Cod bay and Buzzards bay, short.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-10
ALL.WEITE FOR FRENCH WOMEN

bouffant frocks of the jeunes files.
One of the prettiest and typical of the
simplicity of all had full -bloused
bodice of silver lace with round neck
and short pulled sleeves. The skirt
of light blue taffeta flared over a petit.
coat of silver lace by means of its
cordings Of taffeta, which pulled 1t the
entire length.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-10
FATHERS? NIX!

In the holiday seasons when the toy
shop windows are glitterlng with all
sorts of splendors, nothing is more pa.
thetic' than the group of middle-aged
and white-headed folk who elbow the
children aside to obtain a glimpse Of
the railways, the dolls. the boats and
all the other delights Of the world In
miniature. The sentimentalist re-
marks, Poor things, they are wishing
they had enough money to buy that
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-10
TWILIGHT.

At the equator, where the suns
daily path is perpendicular to the
horizon, the earth turns through this
zone of twilight In about " hours.
In the latitude Of the United States,
the average length of twilight ex-
ceeds IN hours, Its duration being
greatest In midsummer. when II Is
more than two hours At the actual
poles of the earth, twilight is about
on months In duration. II the earth
had no atmosphere. there would be
no twilight; the blackness of night
would then Immediately follow the
setting sun.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-10
conylcts Win Diplomas.

Diplomas were awarded to SOC
prisoners In the eastern penitentiary
by Pennsylvania State college re-
Gently. The prisoners, according to
Penn State professors, mastered their
studies as readily as the average col.
lege student. The diplomas were
awarded for vocational courses. Ac-
cording TO Warden Robert ID. Nc
Kenty, most of the graduates will re-
main with his institution for post
graduate courses.--New York Evening
Post.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-10

doll for little Annie or that pony cart
for little Alec" Bosh They are wish
ing they had enough courage TO buy
them for themselves and play with
them brazenly before whole family
Of amateur allenists Robert Hlllyer
In Harper's Magazine.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-10
New Sweater.

A very chic new sweater faces In
front, the eyelets and the lacing be-
ing of different shade than the
sweater. Most sweaters boast cuffs.
pockets and belt of contrasting
shade. This combination proves as
a rule most effective.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-10
Rage for Short.Haired Furs

The rage for short-haired furs Is on
the increase. 1t is predicted that next
sprlngsand summer we shall find sup
Pile skins used as freely, and In much
the same way, as lengths of charmeuse
or chiffon velvet. The Partisan fur
riers have brought dyed rabbit to an
extraordinary pitch of perfection.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-10
Progress Reported.

"Have your meetings brought any
results"
"We've accomplished little some
thin In the way Of spellln' reforr,,"
answered Farmer Corntossel. We've
managed to get the supertluous X re-
moved from bloc"
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-10
Umbrella Charm.

Like many other trades, the umbrella
merchants have been under a cloud
metaphorically speaking-through the
year, but every merchant now takes
heart Of grace and prays that all good
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-10

people will soon begin carrying and los
Ing their umbrellas In the old profit
able way. Few take precautions
against loss, but In London club one
umbrella Is notorious for bearing on
gold label the strange device:
"Cursed be he
Who stealeth me-"
Someone, attracted by the idea Of such
a deterrent charm, asked the man who
carries this umbrella where he might
buy a similar one. He received the
somewhat shame-faced answer: t.
er-borowed It."
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-10
Who stealeth me-"

sigh Of relief, announced to Mary,
1--WE had an awful time getting some.
body to 90 riding with us. We asked
pretty near everybody In town."--Ex-
change.
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-10
White Velvet. Black Lac.

White velvet and fine black lace
are used together by smart dress.
makers. Row after row of narrow
valenciennes lace dyed sapphire blue
was used to trim black velvet I'm
port
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-10

liCOuutiObu, oh $uh>
" Champlain, immortalizet
"a % by Ethan Aliens cap
IA ture, zip the name of the
EY$1 Great Jehova land the
: izSZT Continental Congress" is
49, being restored. For
Massac, In Illinois, the Starting point
Oh George Rogers Clark's wonderful
campaign which fixed the western
boundary Of the United States at the
mississippi instead Of at the Allie
ghenies after the Revolution. Is pro-
,nounced unchanged by recent floods.
The long disputed site of Fort Creve
Occur In Illinois, built by LaSalle In
1851. has been officially fixed.
Fort Ticonderoga Is at the point
where Lake Champlain receives the
outlet of Lake George. 1t was the one
supposedly invulnerable spot on the
waterway from the st. Lawrence to
the Hudson, "the Gateway of the
Great War Trail" Its history Is
fascinating. II was here that Cham.
plain found the Iroquois entrenched in
rude stockade in 1909 His firearms
won victory-and turned the Iroquois
Confederacy into the implacable foe
of the French, and made this country
English instead of French.
The French built the first fort in
30, at the beginning of the French
and Indian War, and called 1t Fort
Carlton. In 1857 1t was Montcalm's
headquarters. In 1853 Abercrombie
made his famous unsuccessful assault
In which the noted Black Watch regi-
ment, who could not go forward and
would not go back" was nearly wiped
out. In 1859 Amherst forced its
evacuation by the French.
In the Revolution 1t was taken, May
10, 1915, by Ethan Allen and his
Screen Mountain Boys July 8, TIT,
II surrendered to Burgoyne. 1t was
evacuated by the British in 1880 and
abandoned. Fire devastated 1t. The
settlers carried off Its material for
their buildings. After peace, Gen. De-
Witt Clinton Of New York decided Its
site, containing 600 acres, to Columbia
and Union colleges. Finally the Pell
family of New York bought 1t and are
now restoring 1t, with the cooperation
of Col. Robert NJ. Thompson, father
of Mrs. $. ii. p. Pell, and Of Alfred
G. Blossom, architect.
Search of American, Canadian,
| British and French archives has been
Fmade and II Is in accordance with the
data gathered that the restoration Is
being made. Many relics have been
\collected into museum. The hull of
The Revolutionary schooner Revenge
lies on the Pell estate.
" Fort Massac Safe.
Fear that retaining walls constructed
TO protect the site of old Fort Massac
from the food waters of the Ohio
river had been damaged by recent
high water has been allayed by in.
spection of the walls, according to the
state department of public works.
Alarmed over reports that the site
was in danger, the department caused
its examination to be made as soon as
the high water receded.
Marking the starting point of the
exploits of George Rogers Clark In
the Northwest territory. the site Of
Fort Massac near Metropolis has been
under state supervision since 1908,
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eLZZ1J. 0vMlbX0xR0M> 40

HREE famous American
forts are just now Inf
the public eye. Fort
Ticonderoga, on Lake
Champlain, immortalized
by Ethan Aliens cap
ture, zip the name of the
Great Jehova land the
Continental Congress-" is
hninp restorad Enrt
Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1922-03-10
Fort creve Occur

More than twenty years Of investiga.
tion has been ended by the announce
ment at Springfield. ILL.,, that the his
toric site of Fort Creve Occur. on a
bluff across the Illinois river from
Peoria. has been definitely decided.
Evening star., 1922-03-31
SCIENTISTS s.GHOS7v' OF ANTYGONI,sH
SWEARS THAT SHE NEVER HAUNTED
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HALIFAX, N. S., March 30.-It's
a lie! It's all lies! was never sub
conscious in my life. I never set
any fires or did any of the things
printed in the papers"
There Is q still, small voice cry.
ing out in the wilderness. It is
tho. voice Of Mary Ellen Macdonald !
It b crying out against the edfct Of
"science" that there was no other
'"ghost Of Antigonish" than Mary
Ellen, herself.
Science has had its fling, which
has been far and wide. Now, for
the first time, is Mary Ellen's side
of the case presented. She and
her foster parents have been Sc
cluded In the rough winter-bound
country ever since DR.. Walter F.
Prince gave to the world his re-
port on the strange happenings in
the Macdonald home.
1t. was no easy task to induce
Mary Ellen or any of the Mac
Donald's to talk. They are sui
lenly resentful of the imputations
against Mary Ellen. and SO are all
Of their neighbors and friends. y
They say they never would have
consented to let DR.. Prince have
possession of the haunted" house,
with his single bells" and jour-
nalists, If they had known he har-
bored any suspicious against the
girl. Most Of all do they regret
having spent Q night in the house j
Evening star., 1922-03-31
WOULD HALT ACTION.
. ON BALL RENT LAW
Vice President of Housekeep-
ers' Alliance Wants Exten-
sion to Await Investigation.

A letter urging that legislation ex-
tending the life Of the Ball rent act
be. postponed until further investi-
cation Of conditions existing in the
District has been made was sent to-
day to Senator Ball, chairman of the
Senate District committee, by Mrs
Flora Mcdonald Thompson, vice pres
ident of the Housekeepers' Alliance
Mrs. Thompson insisted that the rent
act is preventing home ownership in
the National Capital.
She said, in part:
"On behalf of the home makers of
Washington and Of the Housekeepers'
Alliance. of which organization 1 am
vice president, also chairman of a
housing committee, composed of Miss
Ellen A. Vinton, Mrs. Henry B. F.
Macfarland and myself, wish to
Join with Mr.. Henry Brigham, ex-
pert of the Commissioners housing
committee, to ask the postponement OF
the extension OF the Ball rent act
Speaks for Home Ownership.
I'VE. the home makers of Washing
ton, stand for home ownership, we
are opposed to legislation which in
theory and in effect makes permanent
tenant class.
CAS- home makers we sympathize
deeply with those tenants who have
been subject to rent goueing. we sus-
gest that their relief is to be sought
In home ownership, and in this con-
neetion we oeplore the Ball rent act
as a measure which in reality (and in
reality intensifies the ills OF tenants
by practically placing a ban on home
ownership.
The Ball rent act has brought into
dtsrepute the whole matter Of home
ownership in Washington. 1t has
made ultimately ruinous the indiyi-
duafs investment in home ownership
in the case of the in
dividual Of moderate or small means.
1t places the income producing quail
ity of the investment In the home on
terms of ineQdality with all other
investments, since the Ball rent act
destroys the contract rights of the
owner of the home. When the owner
of a home is in need of realizing on
his investment his income subject
to the hazards of the Rent Commits
sion may not be figured as means
CONTINUED on Page ., Column ~
Evening star., 1922-03-31
|. c. c. FINDS WASTE
BY BIG RAILROADS
NeW,York Central and Pennsy
! Lose Millions in Repairs
Outside Own Shops.

Contracts with outside locomotive
construction companies during 1920
for the repair of engines cost the
New York Central and Pennsylvania
railroads each approximately $1,000
900 more than the same work would
have cost in their own shops, the In
terstate Commerce Commission in
vestigation found today after an in
vestigatfon.
The Atlantic Coast Line railroad.
however. which also contracted re-
pair work out to locomotive construc-
tion shops during 1920, was justified
in so doing, the commission held,
even though it also incurred excess
sive costs. Five members of the
comnaiesion dissented from findings of
the majority censuring the Pennsyl-
vania and New York Central.
Probe Follows Labor Complaints.
The commissions investigation was
Instituted upon complaints originally
flied by the American Federation OF
Labor and railroad unions, which al
legged that the railroads named, by
sending locomotives in need of re-
pairs to the Baldwin Locomotive
Works. the American Locomotive
Company and other construction con-
Germs were evading railroad labor
regulations and at the same time in
curing extraordinary and unneces-
sary costs.
The charges, so far as they con-
cerned tho New York Central and the
Pennsylvania were sustained in part
by the commission. The cost of repair
work done for the Pennsylvania. the
said. Included in some in
Stances work paid for twice"
fhe commission concluded as to the
New York Central that the "evidence
does not indicate that any sinister
disregard Of respondents interests or
otherwise dishonest motives entered
into the award or execution of the
contracts A similar finding was
gard to which the commission con-
cIuded that the "imputation OF an ul-
terror or dishonest motive has no sup
port in the record"
Unwfse Financial Step.
On the general aspects. the majority
Of the commission held in the Penn
sylvania case that 'the record indi-
Gates that at best the respondent was
precipdtate in resorting to outside
shops, at an added expense Of more
than $3,c00.000, almost Immediately
upon Its resumption Of its properties"
at the end Of government control
Commissioner Potter, dissentins
from the majority, asserted that the
commission was not charged with
any duty or responsibility to review
the Judgment" Of the managing OH
GERS Of the Pennsylvania, and that
the commission held mo rowing com
mission to investigate and criticize y
commissioner Lewis. in another dis
senting opinion, asserted that "re-
sponsibility of management should
not be impaired by intimidation and
menace of public censure except in
instances of extreme provocation."
The railroads In defending their ac-
ton In letting out the work to out
side shops argued that heavy traffic
and anticipation of its continuation
justified the management in making
unusual efforts to put locomotives in
condition. ..- ....-...- : -.
Evening star., 1922-03-31
PLAY SPACE FOR PUBLIC.
Survey Of Ground, Washington to
Great Falls, Proposed.

Preliminary to the development Of
a great public playground on the
upper Potomac which will make
Great, Falls the Niagara of this Sec
tion Of the country, Representative
Ltnthicum of Maryland today intro
duced a joint resolution for a survey
or the banks of the Potomac river
from the city of Washington to and
beyond Great Falls.
The resolution proposes an appro-
priation Of $4,000 out Of the federal
Treasury to defray all expenses of
this survey, which would be made
under the direction Of the chief of en-
gineers of the Army.
The resolution also calls on the
chief of engineers to submit an es-
innate Of the cost and recommen-
catfon as to the advisability of the
creation of an extension of the park
system of the District of Columbia in
this area and the protection of the
watersheds of the Potomac river.
Evening star., 1922-03-31

with DIR. Prince. r
never set any fires. l never un-
tied the cattle in the barns I never
plated the tails Of the horses Il
would have been afraid to. First they
said ! had a sweetheart who did It;
tell you. / don't care who DR.. Prince
self" - $3.50 -.
Mary Ellen stood with, hsr foster
parents. who nodded their ascent from
time to time. Her eyes. playful most
OF 1he time, snapped. \ ,e;.s- -.
But DR.. Prince says you were not
cu!pable. that you did It while under
subconscaous influence the reporter
explained.
T don't know what culpable is,''
said Mary Ellen promptly, '.but 1
was never subconscious in my life.
never faint"
Mary Ellen always has been a
good girl. and never has done any
thing of this kind" put in Mrs. Mac
Donald with a motherly arm about
the child. =,
That is true" said the foster
father. a reverent man of seventy
Both tie MacDonalda are certain
other human being was 20 blame for
anything that happened.
And despite the clean bill Of health
given the place by the noted Dr.
Prince they have not gone back to
their old home, and their nei9nbors
az well as themselves say. thsy never
The world at larsS may bsIisve DR..
Prince and his psychic4l conclusions.
but Antigonish county absiisses Mary
fc.,,-t.,s& rea,st
Evening star., 1922-03-31
TOURISTS IN GERMANY
.a MAY GET TAXED LNlMERCZFLLLY

something to spare the fatherland
from the same fate that befell the
Austrian Tyrol, which was eaten
bare by the American locust
swarms. President Harding really
ought to have no objections to-
ward helping Germany financially
in this fashion. When the Ameri-
cans do come then the individual
Germans should receive them with
dignity and show them what they
think OF their dollar parasitism,
which preys upon Germany's mis-
cry"
The Lokal Anzeiger also prints
an article suggesting that Ameri-
cans coming to Oberammergau for
the Passion Play and to other
popular placet be charged 400 per
cent more than the native Ger
mans, in order to make up for the
difference In the value Of Ameri-
can and German money. The gov.
ernment now requires of each
traveller . complete list of his bag
gage as he enters the country and
win charge 200 per cent duty on
all goods bought by him while ia
Germany. -
Evening star., 1922-03-31
HOTEL IN BAHAMAS BURNS
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press. e
MIAMI, Fla. March s1.--A radio
message from Nassau, N. p. shortly
before noon today reported that fire
which wrecked the, s00-room Colonial
Hotel this forenoon and for a time
threatened to destroy the city was
under CONTROL :, -
The hotel, one of the Flagfer chain
owned and operated by the Elorida
East Coast Hotel Company, and a num-
Der Of cottages nearby were burned. to
the ground. There were no casualties
The number Of guests in, the hotel at
the time of the fire is ot-known here,
but it is believed there were not many,
as.the tourist season is near it's close.
The Colcnial was a frame structure
and was built about twenty years ago.
The first report Of the Nnre was. re-
ceived here shortly before 3 o'clock,
when q radio message asked that help
be sent. ,;e.s I a.E,:-i-..- .. 4. !. =.
Evening star., 1922-03-31
PENNSY TRAIN DERAILED.
Dozen Persons Slightly Injured
When Cars Leave Tracks.

HARRISBURG, Pa. March 31.--The
Pennsylvania railroads Dominion ex-
press, which left Buffalo at 7:45
o'clock last night and due in Wash
ington at $40 am. was derailed
near Halifax. eighteen miles north of
here. early today. and about a dozen
persons were slightly injured. They
were looked after by DR.. B. A. Thorn
as, Philadelphia, who was on the
train, and proceeded to their destina-
tions. Among those slightly hurt
were r. Spencer, Atlantic City: Mrs.
w. c. Roosevelt. Yorktown. Va. and
T. Herring. Baltimore.
A coach and five following sleepers
were derailed and went over an en-
bankment. but remained upright.
Three other coaches, a sleeper and
the locomotive remained on the
tracks.
Evening star., 1922-03-31
BY GEORGE w1TTp.
By, Wireless to The Star and Chicago D
News. Copyright, 1922.

By Wireless to The Star and Chicago Daily
. News. Copyright. 1922.
BERLIN, March 31.-"Gentlemen
must pay" is the slogan of a newly
organized movement to tax for
eigners. and particularly Ameri-
cans, coming to Germany this sum-
mer 800 or more for vising their
passports. In an editorial the
Deutsche Zeitung of Berlin de-
mands that heavy tax be imposed
upon every American who visits
Germany. ,.l
Americans" it says. "who want
to come to Germany and use. per-
haps. the money made by manu-
featuring arms and ammunition
and selling them to the enemies OF
Germany in the war must be made
to pay heavily Tor the privilege of
corning. here or be; told. to stay at
home. According to the newspa-
pers, 100000 Americans are al
ready booked for Germany, and it
is high time that Germany does
Evening star., 1922-03-31
REPLY Is PRELIMINARY.
Other Nations Will Follow Lead
Taken by France.
By tie Associated Press.

By tie Associated Press.
State Department officials, after
considering the reply of France to
the American note on payment Of
costs of American Rhineland occupa-
ton, said today that further COM
munication on the subject might be
expected.
The French reply was said to be of \
preliminary nature, and details Of the
position taken by France were not
disclosed, officials explaining they
could not do SO until the French gov
ernment had authorized publication
Of the note. This authorization the
State Department was seeking today.
Oncials indicated that the French
note would be followed by similar
notes from the governments OF
Great Britain, Italy, Belgium and ia
pan replying to the identic notes ad-
dressed them last week when the COM
munication to the French government
was delivered.