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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-09
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ead festivals as table decorations, one
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advertising Aliens Foot Ease. the ANTI
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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-09
CHAPTER XIV
The Way Of the Cross,


There had been wild doings in Doug.
las since the Chief Constn ble's VISIT to
Government House. Stones had been
thrown and windows broken. At length
the Mayor. not without personal risk.
had read the Riot Act from the steps
Of the Town Hall.
The result had been the reverse of
what the Governor expected. The
police, small force. had charged the
mob with their batons. but they had
soon been overpowered. Then the
soldiers from Castletown, n little com :
pany Of eighty. had attempted to init
midate the crowd with their rifles. but
twice as many stalwart fishermen, com :
ing up behind. had disarmed them.
After that the people had surged
through the streets in delirious tri j.
umph.
At ten o'clock the throng was
densest outside Government Office,
which stands midway OH the steep de
clivity of the Prospect Hill. The police
and the soldiers had as much as they
could do TO guard the doors of the
building. The space IN front Of 1t was
packed with people of both sexes and
all ages. They were squirming about
like worms on an upturned soil. There
were loud shouts and derisive cries.
Down with the Governor"
Tell him the steamer leaves for
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-09
MURDER TRIAL ADJOURNED
Montreal Clergyman 10 Accused Of
kiIIino His Hail Brother

Montreal. June 0.--(By A. P.)-
Trial of the Rev. Alelard Delorme for
the murder Of his half brother, Raou!,
today was adjourned until Thursday
by Justice Monet in the Court of King s
bench.
The delay was asked by the prosecu-
tion because alienists employed by the
Crown have not been able to complete
their examination of the accused.
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Victor" she said. 'do as your
heart bids you. Don't think of me
any longer. | am with you In life or
death. II you have to 90 to prison I
will go with you, and f.
Unable 20 say more she broke away
from him and hurried into an inner
room.
The front door rang as Stowell pulled
II after him. and when he walked down
the drive with high step his head
was up and his ravisned face aglow.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-09

Vincent Astor to Build New Home
New York. June 0.--Having inner.
tied two extensive country estates, one
in the upper reaches Of the HUDSON
River and the other in Newport. Vim
cent Astor will vary family tradition
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-20

pared and reported bears the approval of all
parties interested.
It became imperative in order to protect the
public against swindlers of the Ponzi type to
have federal law operating against blue sky
securities Evidence was adduced before the
committee showing the American people are
annually robbed of $500, 100000 in gold bricks
wildcat mining and oil stocks and other get
rich-quick schemes. Although AZ states have
blue sky laws the fact that the federal govern
ment had none made it easy for those interested
IN marketing these fake securities to evade the
laws of state by opening an Office in another
state and thereby becoming engaged in inter
state commerce, over which the several states
had no control. 1t is to stop this evasion of
state laws and assist all states in protecting the
people against the many dishonest schemes that
the Denison bill has been proposed.
Briefly the bill makes it unlawful for any
person, corporation or company in any state or
territory to use the United States mails, tele
graph, telephone. express companies, railroads
any other interstate commerce agency of
transportation communication for the pur-
pose of selling offering for sale, or advertis-
ing or soliciting subscriptions in any state for
securities or stock which, under the blue sky
laws of that state, are forbidden. It also pro-
hibits the use of any interstate transportation
agency or the mails for the transportation or
delivery into any state or any stocks or secur-
tiles which the blue sky laws of that state
forbid sold within the state. The bill
is patterned after the Webb-Ken act, which,
prior to the federal prohibition amendment,
prohibited the shipment of liquors from wet
states into states that dry. The bill, if it
becomes a law, will not attempt to designate
what securities are outlawed and what are not.
1t will merely assist the several states in en-
forcing their laws against the blue sky prac-
tees by making it impossible for parties out
side of a state to do business within that state
through the medium Of the United States mails
any other interstate medium of communion
ton or transportation.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-20
Maintaining National Parks.

If Senator Cameron of Arizona has his way
there will be no more money spent in develop
ing and improving the great national parks un-
til he is assured that the public generally will
benefit by the expenditures instead of one or
two corporations and a few wealthy people. The
senator complains that corporation gets
the concessions in all the national parks and
reaps a handsome profit from the public, and
that many of the appropriations are Gisbursed
in such a way that a few milionaires benefit
instead of the many common people who help
to pay the taxes.
Largely at the iustgGton of Senator Cam
eron an appropriation for developments in
Grand Canyon park in his own state was cut
from the appropriation bill. If Senator Cam
eron is right il is well to call halt all such
appropriations until such matters can be set on
d batter footing But with the constantly in
creasing number of delighted visitors to our
national parks every year, and these by no
means confined to the millionaire class, il would
he a great pity if a wave Of adverse sentiment
were allowed to stop any legitimate develop
ment which helps to make the wonder spots of
America convenient and accessible for the aver
age traveller.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-20
Limits in Fire PROBING.

Opinion OF experts based upon observation
OF the most recent Chicago FIRE is that the sky
scraper that is free from fire has not been
built. The reports of this con1agration which
wiped out entire business block are not es-
sentially different from those attending the
other great fires of recent years, Baltimore and
San Francisco. There was the same almost I'M
believabe intensity of heat that caused window
glass to melt and run like water The same re
markahle celebrity in the spread Of the flames;
a building one minute intact would be the next
a blazing torch. Fire, in short. in group of
buildings of comparatively modern construc-
ton, and complying in every respect with
safety regulations, may be even more difficult
to control than a fire in buildings with highly
height of upper stories only makes more diff
cult the problem of quelIing the flames Despite
all this the freproof Burlington building in
West Jackson boulevard did not wholly belle
its name. The flames swept into it, and largely
deyoured its contents, but the building stood
and is credited with having checked the
progress OF the fire to the rorthward 1t served
as great fire wall and thus protected other
property 1t saved its neighbors, although it
could but partially save itself There is moth
ing in the Chicago fire to prove that freproof
construction is wholly futile, even though the
term is not to be accepted literally.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-20
Leadership OF the Air.

While American congressman and senators
have been building political fences in the old
home district, and while Washington officials
Have been reading Main Street" playing off
a golf match. England has set out to win the
supremacy of the air. British army and navy
leaders are firmly convinced that the airplane
and drigible may be the first line weapons in
the next war, and with their customary thor
oughness the British have set out to study the
airship problem and develop air leadership.
& The United States produced the first airplane
and airpanes were flying in this country before
British inventors had made any Roadway at all
in heavier than air flying machines. Amer
leans led Britons in the drigibles. although
Germany perhaps led them both. 1t was Amer
lean inventors who developed the Liberty
motors which served we'll in the late war
ma chimes 1t was American engineers who de-
yeloped quantity production for airships and
American inventors developed at least three
fourths of the improvements which are to be
found the latest airplanes and dirigibles.
Yet Britain, always anxious to attain leadership
in important fields, is now distancing America
in the development of the airplane and drigible.
1t is time for Washington to wake up.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-20
Attacking a Treaty.

II doesn't make any difference whether only
two powers or more signed the Pacific treaty if
was an agreement between each of them and
each and all of the others. Senator Lodge was
right when he defended the use of this prepo-
sition instead of among" The men who drew
up this treaty were not tyros in the use of the
English language, whatever else they may have
been. Senator Ashurst, who objected to the
treaty grammatical grounds, certainly had
not consulted the authorities The Oxford die
tionary and Websters dictionary both sustain
the use of between to express a relation of one
thing to more than one other thing Then
comes Senator johnson with the objection to
the treaty the ground that it is an alliance
that says must" to the United States
This is pure sophistry. In the first place
it is not alliance in the sense that it binds
this government either for offense or defense
and it does not say must" to the United States
except insofar as the United States says must
to itself by signing it The United States can
not enter into any kind OF diplomatic agree
ment with any other nation without accepting
the obligations Of that agreement. It cannot
maintain even peaceful relations with other
governments without binding itself to some
thing. The objections that have been raised
to the treaty up to this point have been nothing
but hair-splitting sophistries with no founda-
ton IN truth. The men who raise them might
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-20
Paying for Dead Horses.

= Back in 1872 Ohio city borrowed 100000
to pay for certain waterworks improvements
The money went into the new pump and the
new mains. The pump and pipes have long
since worn out and been replaced. and 81 1000 900
has been paid in interest on the loan, but the
city still owes the original $500 900. and appar-
emily expects to continue paying interest on it
Indefinitely. Here is notable example of mu-
nicipal payment for dead horse 1t may have
been all right to make the loan in the first
place, but it certainly not right to make it
without any provision for paying it off auto
rnatically before the benefits obtained from the
loan were used up. How many scores of Amer
lean cities are now borrowing money right
along in the same improvident way? How
many cities are borrowing not merely for per
rnanent improvements-which may be only
emi-permanent-but for current expenses?
How many OF these dead horses will have to be
paid for by generation that has derived no
advantage from them. and will have trouble
enough taking care of its own burdens?
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-20
The Cooking of Cereals.


Pardon me-" writes Mrs. J. NJ.
O., but your way of cooking wheat
would be just like cooking beans
for dinner in five minutes. Please
let me give your readers my way.
have cooked wheat for years. Put
three pints of wheat in the kettle
not later than O'Clock a. m. and
let it boil 80 minutes. then strain
and wash it. Repeat this three
times, for the water will be brown
and strong in flavor, especially if
you use the red wheat white wheat
is better). Now push the kettle
to the back of the stove where it
will simmer slowly all day, but
don't let it quite stop boiling till
5 o'clock. Now put the wheat into
a gallon crock with three teaspoon
fuls of salt, cover and put in the
oven until 10 O'Clock, then set it in
the coolest place you have, For
breakfast serve about three table
spoonfuls in three cups of milk.
Prepared in this way the wheat
will keep sweet and fresh for
week, except in hot summer wealth
err, 1t is very palatable when sery-
ed with raisins and cinnamon at
lunch"
Whole or entire wheat (the wheat
as it comes from the threshing ma
chineD cooked three hours in a dou-
BILE boiler is nevertheless a very
palatable and wholesome breakfast
dish and withal a prophlyactic
against the Caily insult, the great
American pill habit. And valetu-
dinarians who have the bad habit
of believing all they are told by
Tom. Dick and Harry about what S
good for what ails them, ought to
be intrigued by the knowledge that
this breakfast food, purchased IN
bulk from farmer, is unsurpassed
in flavor and nutritive value, espe-
cially as regards a5similable forms
Of calcium Climel, phosphorus and
iron.
There is popular notion that
oatmeal is rendered more digestibIe
if cooked for hours. This notion
is wrong. There may be some rea-
son for prolonged cooking of oats
in making Cruel for an infant as
yet too young to digest starch flor
the starch digesting fermentS are
wanting or weak in carly infancy.
There is no good reason for pro-
longed cooking of oats for persons
over two years of age. If a child
over that age or an adult Graves
raw oats or oatmeal the craving
may be gratified with nothing but
benefit to health. If the taste is
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-20
CURLING Fake Stock Promotion.

II The house interstate and foreign commerce
committee has reported favorably, by unan-
imous vote bill to prevent the of the
United States mails and other agencies of inter
state commerce for transportation securities
sold contrary to laws of the states and for
promoting securing the sale OF these secur-
tiles. Briefly 1t is bill to prevent the sale Of
blue sky and wildcat stocks. It Is the first at
tempt of the federal government TO stop the
sale of such securities. The author Of the bill
is Representative Denison of Illinois. Mr..
Denison and his colleagues have been at work
upon the measure for months Working with
them have been representatives Of the states
which have blue sky laws and also representa-
tiyes. Of financial tnteeeGtzr Thesssal ss=pre-
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-20
The Daily Short Story

under both arms. and flew bach
down the long fights of stairs and
across the street to the Office OF
NJ. d. Harrison & Co, insurance
agents. They. too. owned a vault
with combination locks.
She was making her second raid
on the home vault when Crane
wide-eyed and painting, appeared
on the scene.
What? You here?" he gasped.
"Of course. Did you think Id sit
down to supper and let everything
burn to especially that be-
loved citation OF yours?" The brown
eyes flashed. but this time there
was mischief as well as indigna-
ton in their brightness.
He leaned against the doorway
and studied her. his eyes catching
a deal of the merriment from hers,
but none of the anger.
This building is afre," she
stated. in meaningful tone.
There are still a few books in the
vault which Mt. Williams might
care to save.
Pardon me-" he corrected. leis-
urely, the building is no longer
afire. came up to make sure
everything was all right here"
And you find someone has burst
open the vault and made away with
half the contents she added, dry
ly. L wish I'd stayed home and
eaten my crackers and cheese"
He laughed. Crackers and
cheese | say, let's go down and
have a real supper, you and l."
She hesitated 4 shouldn't think
after what you said that, that"
"Oh. forget it," he Interrupted.
And I'll do the same"
Promptly at $50 Doris appeared
at the office, but Crane was there
before her He was seated at his
desk, oring over 4 we.ghty tome
and trying to look natural.
Good morning. Mr., Crane!" She
spoke cheerily and he deigned a
civil reply as she crossed the room
ia her desk.
"Well, of all things!" she cried
would you look at this!'
"A whole host of little red hearts,
with Cupids and arrows and all the
fxings. Whoever could have put
them here? The janitor?''
She looked both amused and wise
as she asked the last question, and
to his utter discontinue young
Crane realized that his complexion
must be in perfect keeping with
not unlovely mass of curly hair and
a silly row of valentines.
Hearts, Cupids, Arrowsr"
What do you suppose I care about
such trumpery as that? I'm inter
ested in that Maxwell case. Say,
was it Monday or Tuesday Will
liams said he would be back?''
Monday" Doris answered prompt
Iy. and with a most unbusinesslike
sigh, quickly suppressed, she re-
joiced that the Monday so dreaded
only the day before was not to be
her blue Monday after all.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-20

California seems to be suffering with a sur
plus of prosecuting attorneys who apparently
are unable to properly diagnose a murder case
Suspicion and evidence are widely divergent
The fact is that the state has not developed any
direct evidence against Madelynn Obenchain
Neither has it developed any facts strong
enough to directly attach blame for the death
nf Virginia Rape upon Fatty Arbuckie The
suspected guilt or innocence of either Mrs
obcachain. or Arbuckle should net enter into
the question. It's an age old maxim that a de
PENDANT is innocent until he is proven guilty.
And the state of California will never he able to
convict either Mrs. Obcnchain Fatty
Arbuckle.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-20
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
4 Daughter Exposed.

My daughter drives six miles to
school each day. She has 80 pu-
pills and five grades. Do you think
the exposure will cause her to de-
velop tuberculosis or rheumatism
She generally seems to have bet
ter health in the winter time, but
she has had two spells of rheu-
matism in summer.
MRS. T. l.. E.
Answer-No, the drive is rather
beneficial to your daughters health
in every respect That her attacks
of rheumatism came in the summer
should make you doubt the inf1u-
ence of exposure. so far as that
group of diseases is concerned.
oily Scalp.
Please publish something which
will give relief from an excessive
o;line5s or grcasiness of the scalp
and hair. MISS l.. A. S.
Answer-Resorcin, 40 grains; sal
icylic acid. 90 grains; bay rum,
ounces. ANY toilet water may be
substituted for bay rum if suffi-
GENTLY alcoholic to keep the ingre-
dents in solutionD Rub a few
drops into the scalp each night
and morning, bearing in mind that
resorcin sometimes stains very
blonde or white hair yellowish-
Flax Seed.
Is it safe for person with
chronic constipation to use whole
fax seed. about three tablespoon
fuls a day. internally? | have been
taking it about a month and I find
it a perfect relief. NJ. NJ.
Answer-It is, perfectly.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-20
HEALTH TALKS
By William Brady, NJ. {
Noted Physician ard Aurnor.

for oatmeal cooked only few min
utes, that is the wholesome way
to cook oats for that particular
taste. Then, too, there is a spe-
cial advantage in a shorter period
of cooking oats for many diges-
tons, for when cooking is not too
greatly prolonged considerable
starch remains unconverted to dex-
trim by heat. and this unconverted
starch in part reaches the colon
where it undergoes Tactic fermen-
tation and Tactic fermentation in
the colon of man is a benignant
state because it opposes putrefac-
tive decomposition there. A lot Of
plain people, as Josh Billings call
ed them. are taking expensive lac
tic bacillus cultures in a rather
vain effort to accomplish precisely
what a daily indulgence in dish
of short cooked oatmeal for break
fast more certainly insures.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-20

@. Kindly inform me of the
length of the coast line of the Unit
ed States. ]. L. V.
A The length of the coast line of
the United States together with all
its colonial possessions is 2S,983
nautical miles.
Q. How old is the American Fed
Grafton of Labor?
a. The American Federation of
Labor dates from November, 1881,
when the Federation of Organized
Trades and Labor Unions of the
United States and Canada was
formed. The American Federation
of Labor as such did not come into
existence until 1885. but in 1889 it
acknowledged the continuity of its
existence by dating the proceedings
to 1881.
@. Did Vernon Castle fly at the
front in France during the war?
F. Z. H
A. Vernon Castle served at the
front in France for a year, making
about two hundred flights over the
enemy lines. He lost his life in an
airplane accident in Texas.
Q. What are the various color
gradings for cigars? H F. o.
A. There are five distinct color
grades for cigars: Claro. a very
light brown; Colorado Claro. a light
brown; Colorado. medium brown;
Colorado Maduro. dark brown.
and Maduro. a very dark brown, al
most black.
@. What is the "Hush Money
code or cipher? G. A. C.
A. A cipher once published in
London consisted of the sentence
Hush Money. by Charles II. Ross
Esq" which represented the Is let
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-20

'ters of the alphabet. n standing for
A, U. for B. and so on TO Q for Z.
There are repetitions, but not such
as to be confusing when the clpneF
is used.
Z. what is civil death" G. D.
A Civil death is a legal term, ap-
piled to person who on account OF
crime has been convicted and SEN
fenced to life Imprisonment. there
by losing all civil rights and con-
sidered, in law, dead
Q. What was the origin Of the
spOils system in politics? h r
A. The spOiIs system is as old as
politics and the distribution OF pa
tronage to reward friends, but the
name grew out of the saying aftrlD-
uted to William L. Marcy a prom
inent New York Democrat. IN 1905,
''to the victors belong the spoIls.
Q. Has there ever been a world
champion checker player
A. There has never been an estab-
lished worlds championship for the
game of checkers. However Inc
late James WylIie of Scotland mas
been rated the greatest master OF
the game.
@. Is there any way of disslpatlnS
fogs at sea? L. NJ
A. The Cottreli process Of COR
Quoting high tension electric cur
rents through vapors has been par
TALLY worked out for overcoming
fogs at sea. The process for TINS
purpose consists in sailing a smai
electricity operated airplane al
tached 10 the bow of ship ana
passing high tension currents ne
tween a pole on the airplane ana
pole on the ship. thus precipltaLng
the intervening fogs.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-20
GANDHI PLEADS GUILTY.

Amedabad, British India, March
90. - Gandhi, Non-cooperationis
leader, pleaded guilty to all charges
by the Acknowledgement before he
was sentenced to six years; took all
blame for disorders at Madras.
Bombay and Cahuri Chauri. and
added if liberated he would con-
tinue his work.