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The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-08-09

Sea lions, marauders of salmon, are
to be fought by the Canadian govern
mcnt A patrol steamer left recently
from Vancouver, equipped with ma
chine guns to be used against the
Ions.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-08-09

Manufacturers in Sweden are max
ing a new type of cut glass, cheaper
than plain glass and more beautiful.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-08-09

The recent attempt to scale Mt
Everest required 80 coolies and 800
yaks 10 carry climbing material.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-08-09

New Orleans will install the auto
matte phone system, replacing the
present manual system.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-08-09
Students of Spanish
Find Good Openings
In Porto Rico

San Juan, p. r., Aug. S.-Students
from ten or more of the United
States have enrolled for the special
Spanish course at the University
Summer School at Rio Piedras, and
Miss Josephine Holt, in charge of the
school, is more than pleased with the
fact that students have been attract,
ed from such wide territory. Mas.
sachusetts, Connecticut, Virginia
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-08-09

the job. We can then an Start over.
Maybe most of US will, after the ex-
perience, be glad to go to work
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-08-09
urNsER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press l. eNciuSNtiS en-
titled I" the use for repuOhcatIo" :" - .
di matches credited to il or not othcrwlse
credited in this uapcr and also the iosai
news published therein.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-08-09

tween lnJ bananas anu JdHiaiSa'
Dody Carey, cashier aboard the AL
bury. was sent to Miami by the Brit
ish Commissioner at Bimini, to tell
the story of the hold-up to the Brit
ish vce-consul and state and federal
officials here.
Tie Albury was at anchor at Cat
Key, Carey said, when an auxiliary
schooner said to be the Falcon APP
pearcd. Three men were aboard the
Falcon and after anchoring they
boarded the Albury and Informed
Captain Edgecomb they wished to
purchase cargo of liquor. They
we're entertained by Edgecomb during
the forenoon while the crew piled
S2lOO worth of liquor on deck to be
transferred to the Falcon, according
to the account.
At noon the Albury's crew, e%-
ccpt Edgecomb and Carey went be-
low Carey was working or his
books in his stateroom when one Of
The visitors appeared, PORTED p'S-
'Dl at nlm anu OIuclcu uIhi W i'''ii'
aver what cash he had. Carey gave
Tim more than $4,000. The other
visitors in the meantime had gone be
low and covered the Albury'S crew
with pistols. Edgecomb was pacing
the deck within view of the cabin
when one of the men saw him. The
master was ordered to enter but see
ing the pistol turned his back. y
shot was fired and the captain fell
dead
The crew Of the Albury was lock
ed in the cabin and the visitors de.
parted. The prisoners, Carey said,
rcganed their liberty within few
moments.
The Falcon, which had been alb
sent from Miami several days, hav-
ing been loaned by it's owner, to a
man said to have recently been re-
leased from the Florida penitcntiary,
was found at her mooring in the har-
bor here the next morning, having en-
Nered port sometime during the night.
The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-08-09
Liquor Pirates
Ply Florida Waters

Miami, Aug. Shy the Associat-
ed Press). ).--When Bobby hies himself
to the hayloft or crawls under the
house and in wide-eyed wonder Pc
ruses a paper-backed chronicle OF
Morgan, Captain Kidd, and other
gentry who roamed the seas under
the Jolly Roger, he usually expresses
regret that he did not live century
or two ago so he could have joined
the adventurers.
The boy may not know it, but the
sea rovers are on the job again and
the escapades of liquor pirates OIL
the southeastern coast c. FLORIDA ana
in the Bahamas, if recorded III book'
might cause Bobby to l~G2rd Nor
gan. Kidd and Company with less
awe. Morgan and Kidd were forced
to depend upon sails for motive pow
err but the modern pirates has gas
oline motor and puts to sea IL boat
that will move faster Than 2ny sail
ing vessel ever built.
He overhauls liquor runner,
holds it up, steals all, or as much OF
its cargo as his vessel will carry,
wovcs his hand to the lucklcss owner,
and disappears to land his loot at
: some unfIeuuented cove on the Fiori-
da coast. Others have landed on
small keys in the Bahamas wh re car
5 goes of liquor for rum runners nave
! h,cn assembled. and raided the ware
houses.
2 Official reports of piracy have noe
been frequent. The liquor smugglers
= who have been held up at sea charge
: the occurrence to profit and loss ana
f make no complaint because they are
;. la,vbreakers themselves. The pirates
c naturally do not tell about their OPP
n erations but numerous stories of hold
l. ms and robberies leak out through
: uoderpround scources and there Is
o every indication that prohibition OF
: fcers are not the only people the
II Honor runners are constantly on the
lookout for
}. Hanform Mobley, IS, held IN Jal
ii at West Palm Beach as one of th'
ic four men charged with the robbery o
4 the Band of Stuart, at Stuart, Fla
al several months ago, also has pi
a racy charge hanging over him. Jus
- what part he is believed to have tax
n en- in a sea hold-up the federal au
l. thorities have not stated but the
have announced that if Mobley wa
granted his liberty on bail, or wa
acquitted of the robbery charge, n
would be arrested Immediately on
% federal warrant charging piracy.
The most recent case OF allege
ts piracy to be made public octtilaily re
.d suited in the shooting to death
ri George Edgecomb, negro master
-, the British schooner William II. "A
nd bury, at Cat Key, in the Bahamas
be short distance from here, and tn
ha theft of between $4,000 and S3,oI
= from the vessel The robbery OF
&c CURED July 20. The Albury, accor'
!. ing to British officials, has been el
!. paped in The ,.,a--Sa.,ssas;as. tra.<t''T
fWSaon ,.,I-RahamaS and Jamaica. I
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-12
Potash YIELD IN GERMANY
FAR II, EXCESS OF 1918
For First Time Since the War BEGAN
Producers Expect Lsr1e
Sales Abroad.


For the first tine since the start ~
the World,war Germnny's potash pro.
duction this tear promises ,o exceed
the 1912 ohiipui. Tho German Potnsh
syndicate Was told by Is director
general. Herr forthmann. that The
total sales at home and abroad during
1872 MAY he expected to rrarlt l.. 500
600 double hundrcdWclghi, sd favor.
able Is the demand In. 1913 he POT.
ash output Of Germany VAS approx
matcly ll.0O0C00 double hundred.
we ght.
tpto the end Of last September tho
years production approximated To-
100000 double hundrcdwclght Of pure
potash, compared with G,21i.OoQ dur.
ing tho corresponding period of 1921.
Herr Forihmann said, addressing the
annual meeting ~ the syndicate \
further increase in prices seems I'M
avoldahlc. II was pointed out. aS pot.
ash prices have not kept pace with
the rise in other fertilizers. coal and
agricultural produce Expenses for
labor, fuel and materials have mount.
ed so high that profits can come out
OF present prices only II production
remains uninterrupted.
The foreign demand IS encouraging
and German agriculture and industry
ARE making such inquiries that good
sales Of potash may be counted on
during the last quarter Of this year.
The ability Of the railroads to handle
II Is the biggest problem. Herr Forth
mann said, adding that the carriers
had hitherto been unable TO meet the
demand Time and labor were OK.
PENDED heavily in roofing the open
cars while others We're in such bad
condition that the potash suffered in
transit from Indictment weather.
BY computing sales prices on new
basis In 1929, the syndicate hopes TO
wipe out injustices which previously
have so operated that the 40 ncr cent
potash fertlllzlng salt. In heavy de-
mand for domestic and agricultural
uses, brought n smaller profit IA a
finished product than the various raw
phosphates produced NJ lower costs
aud greatly desired abroad
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-12
MANY ELEPHANTS ARE
PNEUMONIA VICTIMS
Tn S Disease Carries of 95>Per Cent
Of the Animals Dying in
Captivity.

New Yoik, The recent death OF
Hattie the Central Park 100 elchant,
from causes said to have been due to
lack Of exercise, is declared BY George
Power, trainer of the II ppodrome Gle
plants ard protab one CT tha Best
informed elephant men in the coun-
try, to have been the first elephant
fatality from such cause that has
eer come to his knowledge Power
in addit on to his experiences In the
training OF elephants, probably la
been present at the births and at the
deaths Of more elephants than any
other American trainer. He asserts
that pneumonia, and not lack Of exer-
( G Sc or disease due to improper feed
ing, is responsible for rs per cent OF
the non-aceidental deaths IN tbs coun-
Try. Power has been present at the
death CT -four elephants two Of VIII oh
belonged to him or to hi fatGer.
Three died Of pneumonia, and that
had symptoms OF pneumonia, and that
disease might have been the cause OF
her death though It was OF ella y
cred I'd to advanced axe, Gays tht
Evening Pest
The / rst elephant that Power saw
de was Carrie, an elephant used Il
the Hinpodrome. but which no,
belong to him Carrie was more thar
l00 years Old aad probably died Of old
age, but Possibly .compll ,ated viii
pneumonia. one Of Powers own Gle.
plants Adah. died Of pneumonia in
the II bpodroi1e tables. and ,pss than
a month later her mat Lulu. a'st
alcd of pHenmjh Il lis ste vas b. 'ng
uuloadei from a CAR az Jack3onyille
pa. he saw aa e'eihant die o.
pnelnlQii q n lhe winter quartors o.!
the Johnny Jones Circus. at 81 Louis,
and knows Of several other elephant
that died 81 the same d ease.
Power was present az the birth
Of two elephants The fir was Julie,
daughter OF Jennie. the dane ng queen
Of the HippoGromc Jul was born ii
the lIippodromc stables She was 10
tunat IN The choice OF good mothee.
and was reared with little troublo. Sh,
Is now eleven years Old. ald probab
" Il rot attain her full measure o.
growth for another eight or ten yeats
The other elephant was born in pits
5urgh bu; only lived TO Sc seven years
Old, dying OF pneumonia while appear
ing in yaudeV lc IN the Wet Thi,
elephant wa disowned by rs mother
and was reared by hnnd layeelyCupun
rice and milk. and with Great d.ffsch
ty. ,lh a. auofdt-H iU
l''There are'scve.a al hundred roo ele.
Ihants scattered over The country
which live in small inrlosuros aad
VIII ch seem TO be aontent in their cap.
tivityi said Power The average Gle.
plant knows how 10 exercise lt.c'.
evon when chain d Many OF tie zoe
elephants. OF course are eNefc sed reg
'ulariE. a used for certain work. ano
this IS 81 Good thing But there ar,
msny elephant In zoo which were
pronoGnced rad" by c'rcuses because
they wee nu longer safe to handle
and these 1--we FOR years in small yards
into VIII ch even the ke pc seldom
enter.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-12
THE SIMPLE LIFE
FOR BABE RUTH
Famous Ma tadon of Swat Plans on
Making Hay While Sun Shines
at Sudbury, Mass.

Babe Ruth's faults have been fully
advertised but as his virtues are sell
dom publicly extolled it seems no more
than fair that the famous fence buster
of the Yankees should receive more
than a passing cheer for what, seems
to be a genuine effort at repentance.
Next spring the Yankees will open
their new s3,OO0,000 stadium ard Babe
Ruth has determined that he will
come to this magnif cent playground
better man than he has been since
1921 when he hit SO home runs. 4
/ The babe was not spoof1ng when he
recently dined his New York fellow
scribes and announced that he had
joined the back to the farm move
ment. lie also Voluntarily pledged him.
self to year Of complete sobriety in
order that he m ght regain his leader.
snip Of the home run hItters.
Ruth is leading the simple life on
nj lit G farm near Sudbury, Mass, a
small acreage purchased when he was
pitcher for the Boston club and be-
fore he had attained great fame and a
stupendous salary. During the winter
of 1920 and 1927 the Little farm was
seldom visited by the Bambino. lie pre-.
ferred the flesh post of Broadway and
LIFE beh nd the foot.ights.
a season in which his homerun ef-
forts were excelled by several other
hitters and a world's series in which
he was II colossal failure, Brought
lspth to relsation OF his pIedicament.
Al twentyeight he was in danger
or sinking .nto obscur.ty, because he
had not Improperly conserved the talent
with which nature SO generously en-
fdowed Inn Burning tic Candle n Both
ends effected his batting eve and a
third winter n the cities threatened
TO put on weight that would be fatal
70 his ambition. IA H0d By
The Babe IS no fool. lie took coun-
sci with some real friend ! and then
determined to begin training for the
season OF 1923 without delay.
Upon his return from barnstorm.
ing trip IN the West few week; ago
Ruth made his plans 10 return to the
farm with Mrs Ruth and Hrs title
daughter. At that time the big fe'.
low was N better shape physically
than he had been at any stage during
the baseball season. His weight was
down and his eye was clear Babe de-
telmined to keep them SO.
Each day he Is "out of the havr
early and each night he goes to bed
about the time Broadway is lighting
up. By chopping wood. mending fences.
repairing machinery and doing other
chores hat are ceascless grind on
the farm during the short winter DAYS.
Ruth is keeping in spend d condition.
lie. is losing more weight, despite an
enormous anpet te and h IS hard IN.
ing himself.
When lie reports at Hot Springs
next March the Babe should be equip-
Ped for season He has eschewed
his trends of the bright lights aud
abandoned his cornwall habits. His
ambition now Is 10 save money for the
next few years and then retire to a
life of independence. ,t#
The Babe isn't a bad fe low: in fact
he has been one OF those good fell
lows good to others but not TO him,
Sc I. He has seen the red light ahead
and he Is putting on the brakes.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-12
M0ONSHINERS HOLD OUT
IN THE KENTUCKY WOODS
After Two Deaths tn. Dry Agerti r.:
tire TO Organize a New
Campaign.

i'rcnchbure, Ky. Dee 12-Prohib.-
ton officers have FOR the time being
lcfi the fed 10 the gang Of aoonsiin-
e.s under the leadership Of Robert ana
Charles Ballard after two prob bit.on
officers, Robert Z OAR and David
rreadway. had he n killed within TIE
last two days-the worst toll taken
Kentucky since the Volstead law
became Ell sctive
Aimed With ong-rauge files, pistols.
;hotsuns and plenty OF ammunition
md a supply OF provision the out.
avs are believed 10 be iirmiy en-.
trenched in caves in the rock which
lbound n the, almost inaccessible sec
don where they are now in control
county officers are unwilling to ven.
,ure after them, while the Federal au-
th0rit.ei said today that 1t would be
uicidal for them 10 remain.
While trailing the despergdocs bull
lets were constantly fired AT tle OH.
GERS by outlaw sharp hooters hiding
tdl up Ia lHt ilbNNAd ~ anu WHICH IL
mountaineer was sightcd he would dis
appear before the officers could open
fire,
Governor Morrow offered today S50)
reward each for the two Ba.a DIS.
rhey are believed 10 have at least
ten mon " Ia them in the wids. Rob.
ut Ballard is regarded as the real
leader OF the land. lie Is noted
maI&sman and is net exp ctcd 10 BE-
caItlrcdi aiYe
Samuel Comins, statS Prohibition Di
rector who mas taken ie. onll charg
II the campaign, sa to-day that tae
Federal forces Mou d not out the
chase crti tn mardercrs Il Dun and
rieadway had been taken. He d..
lined to say what cou - his men
would pursue Il is believed 'tlat oil,
Gals " Il lie sent in siar'y IN tie holc
OF surpr,s NJ the outlaws here is
no chance for aay considerable bod,
II men to reach lie moon hlLe terri
,lry thout being seen H. Ia gaug.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-12
BENNINGTON BRIEFS
News Of the Town and Village and
Advertisements

Circle No. will hold a food sale
al the Methodist church Saturday
afternoon.
There viii sbe meeting Of st.
Agnes Guild at the parish house this
evening AT 7:45.
Dr. and Mrs. Claude NJ. Campbell,
who have been In New York city for
season, returned to their home in
this village Monday evening,
Miss Agnes Murphy, chief oper-
ator at the local telephone exchange,
is spending two weeks vacation
in. Albany.
"Manslaughter' Is tale of the
mad modern age with its prollegate
waste of life. 1t Is the masterpiece
of the worlds master producer.
See William Russell in THE Great
Night. One OF New Yorks finest
finds his heart beat on the beat and
Ed. 8 Of "ln The Days OF Dngfaio Bill
liarte Theatre tomorrow.
There's a peach Of q llttla Kid in
~ P''fh Nhil otd'' INK l''lOtHl
Dalton and he's the cause OF al the
trouble and action and final happiness
in the picture Ilarto Theatre to.
day.
The Monday evening Thinble club
net Monday evening at the home Of
Mrs. Robert Dodge Of School street
Refreshments were served and so.
cial hour enjoyed Mrs Dodge ex.
poets to leave soon 10 join Mr.. Dodge
ut Bellows Falls. who're they expect
to make their future home.
John Eonlan, who for some time
hna been making his homo with
william Mccarthy at Old Bsnnington.
has gone 10 North Bcnn'noion 70
mike his home with his daaohior,
MRS Harry Love .tsro.
We arc giving very gener9u;
cleanup reduction on the balance Of
our winter coat stock The Muir
rays.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-12
TUESDAY, DECEMBER u, 1922.

The coal prospect is slightly bet.
tor due to six weeks of especially
warm weather for November and De.
ccrber but the northern sections Of
the United States are still in extreme
danger from lack of fuel Practically
every house heats space that is not
used and this is particularly so Of the
houses Of the well-to-do. 1t should to
be n matter Of pride with every pa.
triot TO economic in fuel for the next
three months, even though he may not
need to personally, but that his less
fortunate neiGhbcr may not suffer.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-12

Payment OF victory notes ,andgwar
saving stamps has begun partly from
new loans by The federal government
and partly through the savings effec.
ted bythe recent Congress whichithas
been much abused but has done more
In saving money than any other Con.
gress that the United states has ever
been blessed with. The first bills to
be paid are the victory notes OF the
series a. b, c, ID, y, and F. These
notes are called for redemption De.
ccmher 10 ana no interest win be
pad after that date. Every holder
should watch out and get his money,
dealing only with the government or
with reputable bank Payment of
war saving stamps has already begun
and the conditions are precisely the
same. Do not trade war saving
clamps or government bonds for any
other security. Tho only safe thing
is TO sell them back to the govern
mcnt and then invest the money anew
In something equally reliable. The
swindlcrs and crooks OF the United
states expect to reap harvest of 4
hundred million dollars by film fam.
ming people out of war securities in
inc transfers at hand. Every indi-
vidual holder should take the lesson
homc to himself and deal only with
The postonices in realizing on all war
saFing stamps,
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-12
MISSIONARY RELEASED
Fad reer Fed By Chinese Bandits
Since Oe.ober

P,khe Dec u s(By the Assoclat.
I'd Prtesl Anon l,undeen Of Newman
Grove, Nebraska, q missionary kid.
Mapped by ba9dit' q nonan province
asst October has been reloa ed. Three
other Americans are still held and
Tie d plomatic corps has appointed
commission to negotiate release.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-12
QUAkERS As WHALE HUNTERS
Remarkable Race OF Sailors Pro-
dueed in the Early Days Of the
Country's History.

In earlier days. days when Alnerl.
can clippers swarmed on the seven
seas. whales were the only oil fields
Men went out not 10 hunt whales fur
their bones. but they sung the har-
poon for the same reason that men
SINK u shaft IN Texas Today. The
first ana greatest or air wllalers were
Quakers.f ~ q AAs-A
Tho chief Whaling, Communities
those ofAAantucket and Buzzard's
Bay were oflgInsllyg settled by
Quakers.r Raymond NJ. Weaver
writes IN the course Of his chapters
on whaling, included 4 In his book.
Herman Melville, Mariner and Mys.
tic" A
1.-THE Inhabitants Of these districts
In general retained In an unccm-
mon measure throughout tho 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 Quakerlsm. This mat
Ing produced. however. a race of the
most snngulnary of all sailors. race
of ishting QuakerS--in Melyille's
Phrase, 'Quakers with a vengeance.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-12
HUMAN STILL
convicts In Prison Made Their Own
Drink
ION

Prison authorities Investigating the
ineGcciiNeneSs Of the Eighteenth
amendment in the Iowa pcultenilary
discovered that convlcls had Invented
human sim"
Gathering weeds growing in the
prison yard. the prisoners placed them
In buckets OF water, according To The
investigators and after the connection
reached ihs desired degree Of fermen
latiom the inmates swallowed it. FOL
lowing it up with chaser Of water
in which sugar and yeast had been
dissolved
The result, tho Investigators dis.
closed, was startling iag that lasted
Indefinitely The prison yard weeds
have been cut.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-12

sail West. BY the very same winds
that blow. Ills the set of the saiIs
and not the gales. That determine
where they 60 Life Insurance ar.
ranged To fiji your means, and needs
will make your ship come safely to
port. National Life lns. Co. of Vt.
Mutual Earle $. Kinslcy. General
Aren't. Mead Building Rutland, VT
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-12

Each Is cent package OF Diamond
Dyes contain directions so simple
any woman can dye or tint her old,
worn, faded things new. even IL she
has never dyed before. Buy Diamond
Dyes--no other kind--then perfect
home dyeing Is guaranteed. Just tell
your druggist whether the material
you wish to dye is wool or silk, OF
whether it is linen, cotton, or mixed
goods. Diamond Dyes never streak.
spot, fade, or run.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-12
srlds, 60, killed on Honeymoon.

While they were visiting in Spring.
field, H., during their honeymoon.
Mrs. 7 J. Foste. SXty.Six years old,
was Killed. aud her husband. n J.
Foster Scypnty.lhrcc wears Old. cS.
capped injury when They were struck
by motor carNhlc crossing q street
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-12
Fear Of rruam onlo.r eat,I 70 aox

Fear OF tho irmut officer according
Ia police. cauSel The death nf RAY.
mond NovIcki. nine ycars dd. ar Chi
cago. whose bod, was found nndcr his
mothers he'd The child dved under
the bed and died 'yhee az agrui ranncd
1t the door his tpler oll officers.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-12

II is announced that the new Zeppe.
lin for the United States will be the
last word in air craft. That is the
trouble with the drigibles that we
have been buying abroad. They were
last words. not TO say dying gasps.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-12

A wife whose husband Is under ar.
rest on The charge of passing n bad
check told him: 81 hope never see
your face again." which probably is
not far removed from what the fel
low who cashed II said to the check
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-12-12
MorayIans rirst in Ohio.

Missionary ministers OF the Mo.
rdNian church were the first white set.
tiers In Ohio. In lT22 these men laid
The Foundation to the town which they
called Schoenbun, IN The Tuscarawas
valley If the unknown wilderness.