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Seaweed Harvesting
Big Holland Industry

THE harvest of the sea is a term
commonly applied to the prod
uct which fishermen secure from
the deep, but 1t is not generally
known that a regular harvest of
seaweed is a well-established indus
try.
A United States Consular report
gives an interesting account Of the
gathering and storing Of this har-
vest in Holland.
In order to obtain the best quality
for commercial use, the seaweed is
mown from June to August with
scythes. as 1t grows straight AMI
its top nearly reaches the surface of
the water.
The mowers work when the tide
is low. standing in the water, but
clothed in . watertight garment
reaching to the shoulders.
Formerly one scythe was used at a
time. but now several are fixedd to q
line, which the workers draw to
and fro like a saw above the base of
the weed, similar to the process
pursued in cutting weeds in the
Thames.
The product is spread out on ad-
jacent fields to wither in the sun.
When 1t becomes black II is placed
in bitches to soak in water. The
fresher the water the blacker the
weed turns, and the blacker 1t is
the higher becomes its price.
After a few days in the ditch the
weed is again spread on the field,
and when thoroughly dry is taken
into warehouses, where II Is made
up by means Of press into bales of
about 100 pounds each, ready for
market.
The fully.prepared seaweed is
chiefly used for filling for mat
tresses and the Ike. But during the
past twenty years many expert
mcnts with seaweed have been made
In the Netherlands. during which,
II Is statd, some fine qualities Of
gelatine were produced.
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k<TY NDER a Shady Tree"
More musings by the a
thor Of WENrorn a paraoIe

More musings by the au-
thor Of From a Pergola"
appeared in April.
I'VE notice a new note--a deeper,
a more human note-in the work O:
Mr.. Adrain Rose. There is a throb.
bling pulse Of life in Under a
Shady Tree which was lacink in
From a Pergola.'
Adrian was enchanted about the
"throbbing pulse" He began to
think Of writing a novel or even a
play. Amber thought that some
short stories might exploit the
human note" without losing the
whimsical delicacy of his ordinary
genre.
In the meantime he began to
think Of going back to his draw.
ing. For some reason or other he
didn't dis@ss this with Amber He
toyed with the idea alone, happy
and a little guilty with his secret
plans. Perhaps 1t might even end
in a little show.
And then one day Amber said,
Don't you think It would be
nice change II you took up your
charcoals again? We might even
organize a hale e';hlh.t on?'
He looked at her. Mortified. why
he couldn't tell.
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DUAL ROMANCE LIMITED
i'm MCCORMICK DIVORCE
Continued from Page 81

Continued from Page 81
Mccormick found a haven nearly
nine years ago. She had met DR..
Jung in New York. and believed he
could cure the neurosis from which
she was suffering.
Sympathetic as he was with the
teachings Of DR.. Jung. Mr.. McCor-
mick considered Mrs. Mccormick
plans to advance" lungs doc
trines. and found a psychological
school Of her own bizarre. He found
that Mrs. Mccormick already had
set herself up as a maestro" and
had enrolled a number of pupils.
One Of these was Edwin Krenn, a
young Austrian architect. Krenn
came to Zurich to study psycho-an-
alysis and soon became attached to
Mrs. McCormick's cult"
Mrs. Mccormick seemed to be in
tensely interested in her young
pupil. An investigation Of his life
Is said to have been made by agents
Of Mr.. Mccormick in Krenn's native
country and In Switzerland. These
reputed facts were presented to
Mrs. Mccormick some time ago.
BY way of answer she appointed
Krenn her private secretary. and
when she arrived In New York Oh
the George Washington late in Sep
TENDER last Krenn was with her.
Passengers on the vessel had an
inkling of the difficulties of the Nc
Cormicks when they noted thu sad
bearing and frequent spells Of weep
ing Of Mrs. Mccormick.
Young Krenn seemed the only
one who could draw her mind into
less somber channels. Each morn
ing Mrs. Mccormick sat in a port
side steamer chair with rich robe
Of muskrat skin tucked about her.
Passengers saw merely a pale. mid
dle-aged woman who wept often.
She seemed to be labor ng under a
great strain.
k,ehn q Ioni fuli.fG ccd young
man sat generally IN the next
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steamer chair to Mrs. Mccormick.
Often her maid brought tablets,
white. In brown containers. Krenn
would swallow one and then Mrs.
Mccormick would take one.
Mrs. Mccormick spent hours with
krenn. He was always nattily at
tired and handsome In, a way,
though one leg and one arm seem.
ed bit shorter than the others.
Mrs. McCormick's only lex.
travagance" was a pair of white
kid gloves which she donned each
morning. Several times she re-
moved one Of these immaculate
gloves and said in German to
Krenn:
list das cine schone yunge
hand?" c'Isn't that a pretty young
handrJ
Invariably, passengers said, Krenn
would bend over, kiss Mrs. Nc.
Cormick's hand and reply, also in
German:
yes, Madam, II Is q beautiful
young hand"
Sometimes Krenn would remain
on deck with her until late at
night. He seemed able to soothe
hire, even when the ministrations
of her private physician. DR.. Hart.
mann twho accompanied her also
from Zurich), failed.
The oldsters Of society still, re.
call the brilliance of the McCor.
micks marriage in 1895. The bride
was Edith Rockefeller, daughter Of
the oil king and direct heir to his
wealth. Today she is in her
fiftieth year, but then she was
twenty-three. Harold Fowler Nc
Cormick, of the same age, sprang
from similar stock. He was the
son and heir of Cyrus Hall Nc.
Cormick, head Of the International
Harvester Company, and able then
10 nrasire million for million with
the Rockefeller Glen. The alliance
vas che Of the great money merg.
srs In American history.
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Princess Bibesco's Book
Deals FraYllxlv With ] ife

TLOSE on the heels OF the qualifications OF the dnsGz
- ingy frank diary Of her mother, Mrs. Margot As
qth ,cfe of the former Prime Minister Of Great Britain
the Princess Antoine Bbesco. their daughter Elizabeth
Asqah scife of Prince Bibesco, the Ruanian Minister
Washington, has published book equally frank,
titled ~ Haze Only Myself to Blame"
Inherting all the vey rit and keen analysis of her
clever mother she has added to this collection of brilliant
short stories grace and piQuoncy all her They gve
definitely fresh vie of life and Rping By observer
hose perceptions are Keyed to top notch The book is
dedicated to her husband By special arrangement The
Washington Times 10 enabled to publish seraHy Sun
day some of the most Interesting chapters of Princess
Bibesco's book. This Is the third
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Atmosphere Six Times
Higher Than Everest
By the Scientific Correspondent of
the London Daily MaI.


7 ,oNDoN. Jan. II. - Somewhere
far above our heads, the last
outposts Of our little world stand
face to face with the nothingness of
space.
During the last century many at
tempts were made to reach and
chart the boundary Of our atmos-
phere. About the year 1912 a record
ascent was made by pilot balloon
from Godhavn. Theodolite observa-
lions from the ground showed that
It reached the extraordinary height
Of 127.s55 feet, which is equal to
about twenty-four miles. or more
than four times the height Of Mt.
Everest. Scientists, however, did
not rest satisfied with this knowl-
edge. but pushed forward their re-
searches, attacking the problem by
tube used in physical laboratories a
glow is produced by the passage Of
electric discharges through rarified
gases, and there is strong reason for
believing that the beautiful aurora
of northern ATTITUDES is a similar
phenomenon. though on a far grand.
err scale.
1t is therefore highly probable
that the presence of an aurora In
the sky also denotes the presence
of rarefied gases at the same aiti.
tude. In a recent issue of Mature
It is announced that DR.. Carl Storm
er has completed a series of care
full measurements of the heights of
different parts Of aurora.
From the ends of forty.mile base
line he took simultaneous photos of
the tips of the aurora streamers.
Calculations from the measured tilt
OF the cameras show that these
steamers extend upward to very
.r"at heights. The .at"st altitude
observed being 37C miics--or sixty.
five times the height VI Everest.
The Washington times., 1922-01-15
TOUT COMPRENDRE"

DRIAN ROSE thirty and difficult imagine that he
had known other impossible associate
him with the teens those glorious gawky years shy clumsy
ecae and foundeng plungs unknown
the immature glening twenties fixing bubbling
and bursting and adventure chay Of turning experience
No. thirty he had been long lived ter
between thirty and forty ordained
When said he would always referring
rather than quality and he liked the
word used. He had a horror Of the unfledged.
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'n''s'r fne chapter from Prin
= "ch win appear
- .ay in The Washington
In,,s.
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ri Have Only Myself to Blame
An Amazing Book of Frank Revelations
by the Titled Daughter Of
Mrs Herbert Asuplith

Revelations i'm This Collection of Brilliant Short
Stories Give Fresh View of Life and Living
by an Observer Whose Perceptions Are Keyed
4 to Top Notch Dedicated to Her Husband, Who
. is the New Minister From Roumania to the
United States.
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Career Like a Tale
From "Arabian Nights"

LOrimcr' career was one of tbo,o
Arabian Nights tales with which tho
history of the poor boy in America i
cmbcllishcd. The son Of a preshvtorion
minister Of Manchester. EngIund bo
was brought to this country whom five
years old. His father died before he
was twelve, and the boy, left tho solo
support OF widowed mother with q
large family, quickly turned from the
atmosphere of a religious home and
adapted himself to the ways Of the
street ARAB" those best suited to
his uneven struggle.
First, he sold newspapers. then he
added shoe shine stand to his activ :
tiles. After turn as bundle boy in a
laundry he became II street car con
ductor before he was twenty-one and
took his first fling at politics with q
ward club organized in his mothers
zsatchen.
'p 1856 he laid ths\ypdations for
pslitical career the Il became q
Stable and he fees from
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that position until he was able to launch
forth in the real estate business in the
rapidly expanding city of Chicago. Six
years later he again became politically
ambitious and ran for clerk Of the
superior Court. Hc was defeated.
Then commenced the upward political
, climb which resulted in his election TO
the United States Senate after a dead
lock in tho Illinois Legislature threat
"nod to disrupt State politics. and his
loss Of th" coveted toga. charged with
obtaining it by bribery and corruption.
1.orimcr's financial difficulties by no
means began with his banking nctivi-
tics after hc had been expelled from
tho Senate. As far hack as 1905. when
he was n Representative in Congress,
his financial transactions were publicly
questioned. At that time Chicago news
papers raised Il hue and cry about
certain large sums which I.orimcr and
his associates seemed TO acQuir" after
tho passage of numerous bills favoring
public utility corporations.
Bribery figured for tn" first time in
Lorimcr'S career. however. during the
first senatorial investigation into the
conditions surrounding his election. Al.
though IL was widely hcrald"d at the
time by members of the opposing par
ties that Iorimer had been merely a
compromise candidate. the announce
mont that fifty three Of the los votes
which elected him came from hereditary
political enemies. Democrats. was fol-
lowed with numerous open charges thar
bribery had broken tn" long legislative
deadlock which lasted from January 20
until May 9G. No investigation was
made AT The time. however. and the
matter was apparently forgotten pub.
licly.
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BLOND BILL LORZNlER, FACING BLINDNESS,
. TOLLS Nv TROPICAL JUNGLE TO RECOUP FOR7UN

10 clock. La Sale street was crowded
with an anxiohs throng. When the
doors failed to open on the minute ex-
element grew and detail Of mounted
police was added to the little force al.
ready sent 10 keep 'em moving
Two hours before the bank was sup.
posed to open the city treasurer, NJ. d.
Flynn. had notified the bank authori-
ties that he would be on hand at the
opening hour to collect on checks the
city's funds of $65O,OOO then on de-
posit. Flynn received the reply that
the checks could not be honored
When the crowd was at Its height the
doors were opened and many of the
leaders managed to crowd in. They
were promptly ordered out as they
stood grouped before the empty tel!ers'
cages. Then, when the doors were
closed another bank official took his
stand just inside. and IL n depositor
managed to break through the police
lines he obligingly handed out n card
bearing the inscription 20. K. Reitz, y
telling the eager depositor It would be
honored at the Corn Exchange Bank.
Those who were given such cards were
told at the Corn Exchange Bank that
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bers, stared away. In turn he for
warded his resignation, which was
promptly accepted.
In his own story of his life the former
Senator pictures his antecedents as
humble, and his father as religious
man who labored in the fields as u
farmland to keep body and soul to-
gether when there was not sufficient call
for him as Presbyterian minister.
When the Lorimer family arrived in
America they settled in Ohio. Not
prospering there they moved to Illinois.
where the elder LOrmer died when
BILLY" was but ten years old.
When the little money left by the
father was spent it was up to the oldest
son to provide for the family. This he
did by selling newspapers and delivering
route each morning, continuing on
downtown with his sh0eshinc box and
picking up as mucr as he could on the
way. His earnings grew to as high as
$50 weekly with this combination of ac-
tivities. u,
Through the ,Strious stages of bundle
boy for a,.lauddry and almost every
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Says His Life Work
Is in South America

AS rti2"u. am interested in
"r"rything that goes on in the Tntcd
States first. l.ormcr says in dis
~" ing his work. "hut my life work
! - now in South Amcrjrn. and it will
y" thor" for some Years. If II were
NOT Cor 'hr dn"t"rS' talk about my
'F'S and th" constantly increasing rain
would hnv" stayed on the JOB until
"II our plans were compctcd
Shopping in I'll" hu'S Of Indians.
, camping IN thc "r"n and living In tho
tiny hotels of villngcs have given no
an insight int" tho charnrtcr OF tho
people. nave come 10 love anil nd-
mir" them. feel at home among .hcm
Th"y "omucnSat" me for solrr of thc
'hiHgS which ar" lacking. N'bcu I
''"N mp at tn" Southern Cross and the
h"autifu country ON all sides / think
of th" folks NJ home. and hone tbot
come day, when transportation is
opened, they may come and admire thc
beauties of nature aS I have found
them in this strange country.
Il" country and tn" people Of Soutn
America should be better known IA tbc
h"opI" OF tn" United States. Thot
country down thcr" need, American
capital. lt needs railroads and other
improvements to give it it's fun chonr,
before the world. Deveopmpnt would
max" the country one Of the wealthjest
most progressive and happiest in the
world"
y number Of Chicago capitalists and
several from Philadelphia are said to
he interested in tho reclamation and
development projects of the company
represented by Lorimcr
III tortrn" seems destined to follow
'I'Iomd Blll L"rim"r. Hardly Ind
h" quit Chirngo after the bnnk ruilrrc
expressing his intention to make good
despite" previous disasters. than he mo,
with serious accident.
~" had gnn" to the hamlet of Jones.
vile, Ill.,, 10 work back gradually to
SoIv"ncy through the agency of a small
Sawmill He got into overalls and
plunged into manual labor as he had
"on" wear" before ms hoctblark in
Chicago. While adjusting log to tbc
Jaw derrick chain. broke directly
over his head. Involuntary throwing
up his arm as he heard the snannjrg
sound Iorimer caught the full force of
the laShing chain on his forearm. THE
arm was broken in two places. Local
physicians failed to set the bones pron.
"rly, with the result that Lorimpr bod
to be taken 10 a Chicago hospitaI
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humble position in the moat- packing
industry, Lorimer's health broke down,
and he was forced TO seek employment
In the open air. finally obtaining ii job
as street railway conductor. 1t was
during the Blaine campaign and as Il
conductor that his first political ten
dencies came to the surface. lie took
the defeat of Blaine as personal sor-
row.
In later years, when politicians and
powerful influences wanted to know why
Lorimer in his local campaigns had
never fought with McKenna, later the
notorious 'IIinky- Dinky," Lorimer al :
ways recalled an incident of his news
boy days.
The second Sunday nc had been sell
ing papers several boys spied the new
conner in their ranks. and took his pa
pers from him. Without sufficient cap
Yital to renew his stock and apparently
without friends to take his part
billy Lorimer was heartbrOken. A
larger boy, newsie and bootblack like
himself, found him in detected at
titude and inquired ,his-irouble. When
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Illinois Legislator
Admits He Got Bride

Almost year later Charles A.
! White. member of the Legislature
who voted for Lorimer for the Senate,
made a signed confession under oath
that he had received bribe for his
vote. That was the beginning Of the
end.
The White incident resulted in the
several persons, all Of whom escaped
conviction. The same charges were
filed finally with the United states
Senate and the first investigation there
resulted in I.orimcrs clearance. In
1911 the Illinois Senate by vote of
80 to 10 asked the Helm Committee in
the Senate " investigate once more. On
March 1 By vote of 4G to 40, the
United States Senate had upheld the
Senator from Illinois. AS result OF
the second investigation, however, he
was ousted.
Tho scene Of the Illinois Senator S
dismissal was one of the most dra-
matte ever staged in the historic halls
of Congress. Calm and apparently
unmovcd, I.orimer sat like Il marble
stotue as the words were read which
cast an indelible stain upon his life.
He had never been known to give In
TO a political foe, and defiance marked
his bearing that day as the Senate
gave it's decision
Worn with the strain of defending
himself against the vicious attacks Of
bis colleagues, showing every evidence
If fatigue, yet with firm and dignified
trsod Blond Bill" Lorimer, discred-
;.od in the service of his country In
ono Of the highest positions it had to
offer. walked from the chamber amid
-, intense silence. Tears ran down the
faces of many in the galleries as they
watched him go, and the strain on
tho floor was equally tense. 1t could
hoyo been staged no better in the
worlds greatest theatre. ''Bill" Lori.
mer passed out of public and political
life defiant to the end.
Despite the fact of his political down
fall from the national standpoint, Lori
mer still retained some influence in
Chicago and State politics. Republican
candidates for Office constantly sought
his favor, and asked his expert ad-
vice. Having ruled with AN iron hand
and being, popular alike with. Repub-
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Bronzed with the suns of tropic
climes, emaciated from tropical
fevers and with a grizzled beard
hiding the thin features once so
rotund and smiling; suffering in
tense pain at times from cataracts
which threaten him with total blind
ness, Lorimer today still radiates
something Of the indomitablc spirit
which took him from lowly levels to
the seats Of the mighty.
81 am in excellent health, with
the exception of my eyes, hc says.
"Thc outdoor lifc ha' been beneficial
to me. | am much thinner and my
waist line has been reduced by half.
] find that my old trousers are too
big. This, however, is due TO rough
ing it and riding muloback in tho
open.
Upon the success of an opcrat ion
on my eyes depends my return to
South America | have commune
Gated with Colonel P. J. II. Farrell,
who served for three years, during
and following the war, as chief eye
surgeon of the American EXpcdi-
tionary Forces He was also an army
surgeon in the American forces
during the Spanish-Amercan War
and in addition to this he was for
four years eye surgeon in st.
Joseph's Hospital in Chicago have
faith in him"
In his work in South America
"Bill" Lorimer is striving to wipe
out the past. In purgatory of
loneliness, the sixty-one-year-o!d eX
plorer and former national figure
has been suffering privation, danger,
back-breaking and soul-scarring
labor in his fight to "come back"
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daughters, were the result Of the un;on
Thwarted in his political ambitions by
his dismissal from the Senate. n nation :
ally disgraced figure, "Blond Bill, Lor-
inner turned to the field of finance for
his next great venture, and, backed
by the powerful influences that had
nodded his political career, Joined hands
with r. {. Munday in the great bank
ing interests controlled by the staid
La Sale Street Trust and Saving,
Bank, one of Chicago's foremost finan
cial institutions.
Then began the second and most ser
ious of all his misfortunes, for although
his political disgrace in Washington
affected him at home with certain
classes, the thousands of poor deposi !.
tors who suffered from the bank crash
were up to that time still his friends
and many of them had placed their
money on deposit in his bank as n tes =.
timony of their unshaken confidence,
| When the crash came unexpectedly
there was very little that was good in
life, for Blond Bill" Lorimer.
On the fateful morning of June IL.
l0l4, reports of the big banks failure
spread like wildfirc through the down
town districts of Chicago loAg before
ihehour scheduled for opening. Before
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that institution had no funds for such
n purpose.
Before the scandal which involved
millions of dollars belonging TO Chicago
firms and individuals had died down,
Lorimer and Munday, with dozen
other officials of the bank, were indicted
on charges of cmbezzlement and mis-
application of funds. Lorimer and
Munday with the others were dropped
from the State bankers association and
their clubs pending trial, after all
concerned had pleaded not guilty to the
charges.
Indicted on thirty six counts. Lori :
mcr was the center of a sensational
trinl. which started March |, 1914,
when he commenced his desperate and
finally successful defense. His attorney
charged that the newspapers alone had
been the cause Of his clients financial
downfall as they had published stories
of the insecurity of the La Sale Street
Bank month prior to its actual in :
solvency, causing an unprecedented run
Of four weeks duration.
with IA cash reserve Of Ga per cent
the attorney asserted, the bank b.d
met all demands. even those far in or -.
cess of all previously similar cases Tia
further asserted that I.orimer, although
president of the bank, knew virtu.I,,,
nothing of the actions of Munday, its
vice president, who was charged with
appropriating funds of the bank for th' m
use OF chain of commercial concern.
he was operating privately and with
outside capital. ..a -"
Munday, charged with conspiracy 70