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The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-26
oeRgLlcr RICHLY LADEN.

Synopsis. - Captain Phineas
scraggs has grown up around the
docks Of San Francisco. and from
mess boy on a river steamer. risen
to the ownership OF the steamer
Maggie. Since each annual in
spection promised to be the last of
the old weatherbeaten vessel.
scraggs naturally has some dim
Guilty In securing crew. When
the story opens, Adelbert r. Glib
ney. llkable. but erratic. man
whom nobody but Scraggs would
hire. Is the skipper. Nells Halvor-
sen, a solemn Swede, constitutes
the forecastle hands. and Bart Me-
Guffey. wastrel OF the G.bney
type. reigns In the engine room.
With this motley crew and hls an
cient vessel. Captain scraggs Is
engaged In relghting garden
truck from Halfmoon bay TO San
Francisco. The inevitable happens.
the Maggie goes ashore In fog
A passing vessel hailing the wreck.
MIR. Gibney gets word to towing
company IN San Francisco that the
ship ashore Is the Yankee Prince.
with promise OF rich salvage.
Two tugs succeed In pulling the
Maggie into deep water. and she
slips her tow lines and gets away
In the fog. Furious at the decep-
ton practlced on them. Captains
Hicks and Flaherty. commanding
the two tugboats, ascertain the
Identity OF the Yankee Prince"
and. fearing ridicule should the
facts become known along the wa
ter front. determine on personal
vengeance. Their hostile visit to
the Maggie results Ia Captain
scraggs promising to get IA new
boiler and make needed repairs to
the steamer. Scraggs refuses to
fulfili his promises and Gibney and
McGuffey strike" With marvel
Gus luck. scraggs ships n fresh
crew. At the end OF a few days
OF wild conviviality Gibney and
McGuffey are stranded and seek
their old positions ON the Maggie.
They are hostilely received. hut re-
main. on their way to San FRAN
cisco they sight a derelict
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-26
Innocent, at uoro.

Mrs. Youngbride-Jack. dear. well
have TO send that refrigerator back.
Every time the iceman puts Ice in II,
II begins TO leak.--Boston Transcript
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-01-26
CHAPTER v--con,lnued.

"Spoken like mani do not think.
Scraggs, for once In my life have
you where the hair is short TN
willin' 10 dig In an help out In n
pinch. but it's gettin' so me an Mac
can't trust you no more. We're that
leery of you we won't take your word
for nothin'. since you fooled him on
the new boiler an me ON the paint !;
consequently. we're or you an this
salvage job unless you give us n clear
ance. In writin'. stain that we are
not an never was pirates. that we're
good. law-abidin' citizens an aboard
the Maggie as your guests. takin' the
trip at our own risk. When you sign
such paper. with your crew for wit.
nesses. I'll demonstrate how that bark
can be salvnged. My imaginnilon's
better'n my reputation, Scraggsy. an
amt .workln' II for nothin'l'
"Gib, my dear boy You're the most
sensitive man ever sailed with.
Can't you take little joker"
"Sure. can take little Joke. It's
the big ones that stick In my craw
an stife my friendship. Gimme a
fountain pen an leaf out o. the
log book an I'll draw up the affydavii
for your signature"
Scraggs complied precipitately with
this request, whereupon Mr.. Glbney
spread his great bulk over the chart
case and with many twist and flip
Of his tongue on the up and down
strokes. produced this remarkable doc
ument:
at Sea. on Point Montara.
"aboard 8. :. Maggie.
"of San Francisco
.June 4. 10.
This is 10 certify that A. +. Gibney
ESQ. and Bart McGuifey. Esq. Is law
shldin' sitlsens OF the U. S. A. and
the constitOotion thereof. and In no
way pirates or such: and be II further
resolved that the said parties hereto
are aboard said American steamer
Maggie this date on the special invite
OF Phineas p. Scraggs. owner, as his
guests and at their own risk.
witness my hand and seals"
Captain Scraggs signed without
reading and the new mate and Neils
Halyorsen appended their signatures
as witnesses. MIR. Gibney thoreupon
folded this clearance paper into the
tiniest possible compact BAT. wrapped
IL In piece Of tinfoll torn from
package Of tobacco, TO protect II from
his saliva. tucked II In his cheek and
with sign for McGuffey to follow
him. started crawling over the cargo
aft. BY this time the Maggie was
within hundred yards OF the dis
tressed bark and was ratching slowly
backward and forward before her.
I'm all my born days" quoth Mr.
Gibney. speaking a trifie thickly be-
cause OF the document In his mouth
81 never got such n wallop as Scraggs
handed me an you last night. don't
forget things like that In hurry.
Now that we got vindlcation o. the
charge o. piracy again us, I'm achin'
20 get shet OF the Maggie an her crew
so II yourl kindly peel of all OF your
clothes with the exception. cay. OF
your underdrawers. Wen swim of 10
that bark an give Phineas p. Scraggs
an exhibition OF real sailorizin' an
seamanship."
whats the big idee?" McGuffey
demanded cautiously.
"Why, we sail her in ourselves
me an you an glom all the salvage
fnr ourselves. Tell with Scrnggs an
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-31
1000 At CAMP Meeting
Former Opera Singer Relates Her
Experiences at Pitman

Pitman. n. j.. July 31.-Other great
men OF all ages are but ant hills COM
pared to Christ towering a. a mountain
above the clouds. said the Rev. George
J: Johnson. of Ocean Grove. In scoring
biblical critics before an audience OF
1000 persons at the first Of the biz
sundays OF the hhy- second annual
Pilman Grove camp. meeting.
Nearly 1000 persons turned out last
evening. for the big song service in the
auditorium, preceding the main preach
Ing service, at which the sermon was
delivered by the Rev. s. w. McWiI.
iiams, pastor of the Tioga Methodist
Episcopal Church. Philadelphia. Miss
Virginia Shaffer, converted opera
singer, threw hush over the vast audi /.
ence yesterday In her singing of old gos. Z.
pei hymns in a wonderfully rich. clear
voice. Miss Shaffer related her ex-
perence which caused her to leave the
Chicago Opera Company, at the meet
Ing yesterday afternoon. and sang sew
seal Of her favorite hymns.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-31
FRENCH BATHERs MODEST
Marine Toilets 90 From One Ex,
trene to Other

Deauville. France. July 31.--Twice
as much clothing is now worn by the
fashionable woman for bathing as for
walking and dancing.
Deauville this year sees the strange
paradox Of bare legged bare -armed
women wearing fimsy decollete gowns
taking ten on the casino terrace, while
others dot the sands swRthed in
voluminOus bathing suits Of fantastic
pattern, often not showing square
inch of skin below the ncck.
Miss Virginia Stuart. Of New iOrK.
created a sensation by wearing crimson
tights from head to foot. with a cape
of cabalistic design floating from the
shoulders. while Gladys Potter. pretty
young daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fran
els J. Potter, Of Chicago. wore a ''sen
gown" of vivid yellow with n black
crusaders cross. embroidered on the
back.
American visitors here now include
Thomas I. Blumer, Frederick Lewisohn.
Martin Sweeney. Frederick Lincoln,
Arthur II. Scribner. Gilbert Nathan.
Mrs. Edwin NJ. Scheftel. William
Reardon, all of New York Lindley NJ.
Garrison. Of New Jersey Frank J..
Stresprenter and Thomas II. Gibbons,
Of Chicago: J. J. Lnngton. II. l.. Fen.
ner, Mrs. Morris Dallett, of Philadel.
phia
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THE PEOPLES FORUM

And Bob had returned from the plow TO
his she'd
Like the dove on her nest. he reposed from
all care.
II his wife ana his youngsters contentsd
were there
have passed by his door when the eve
And the h,li ana the landscape were fsdins
away, -
And have heard from the cottage. with
\ Grateful surprise.
The voice Of Thanksgiving like incense
And I thought on the proud, who could
look down with scorn
On the nent little cottage. the grove and the
thorn, u.
And 1 felt that the riches and follies Of
life
Were dross 70 contentment like Bob and
his wife.
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Letters 70 the Editor
MssnIne o. "Rsssllatloe'

TO the Edttor Of the EUertN0 Ptoi6 Ledoer:
Sir--fiaving read your editorial un-
der the caption Of Hate Won't Solve
IT, in Wednesday evenings issue, July
28, and while I am not disposed to In. I.
dorse these radicals general policy. !
feel that a. far as your editorial is con.
from a readers point Of view, at least.
You have not, except by innuendo, dis.
closed the construction placed upon the
word ''retaliate"s In the quotation
Now In your opportunity to retaliate
for treatment you have received In the
past" There ere 10 many lawful meth {.
DDS Of retaliation, presumably just 30
many az there are unlawful, and there
is not thing in the aforementioned
quotation to lead one to put con. .
struction upon the word ''retaliate, y
pro or con.
Az q reader Of all the LEDGER pub .
lications, and a. one who IL impressed
that they have given organized labor
more impartial hearing in regard to Ia :
Dor controversies than any local news.
paper, ! feel constrained on behalf Of
some thousands Of your readers who,
like myself, haven't had a View OF the
infammatory circular in question. to
ask the reason Of your assumption that
re.aI,aoh Wus mesnn III t"e
~" ..H ..,ro ,.,
In Tue carrier Suo.aon ,n u."s.
iaoor ON tns tanrosus ~ .n.' S".n
| try, mdNiauanx. l Ieei tn"t w"oso
| ever was responsiuie .oI tnu' s'".en en-
ganized effort on the part Of the rail
nmion. ond i. woniln't he Ssr astray
A. sa. IN. st.w..ie ~ those tw.
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EDWARDS REVIEWS GUARD
N4th New Jersey Regiment Pa.
rades at little White House"

Callp Edwards. Sea Girt. n. j.,
July 3l.-Troops Of the Hath Regi-
ment, New Jersey National Guard,
were reviewed by Governor Edwards
yesterday from the lawn Of the Little
white House." The parade came late in
the afternoon, and relatives of the SOL
diers who had motOred from South Jer.
sey points attended.
Religious services were held in the
mess halls and In the open air during
me morning. Rev. Father Healy and
captain. Charles Dubell, oficiated at
the Catholic and Protestant services.
Each outfit enjoyed a spread in
its mess hall, special dishes In many
Instances being brought to camp by
relatives and friends.
An airplane attached to the camp
seve flying exhibition during the
afternoon.
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SOLDIER TO BECOME PRIEST
Colonel A. P, s. Hyde Resigns From
Army to Don Cleroyman's Robes

San Francisco. July 81. - Soldier.
Twenty-Five years and veteran of three
wars. Colonel Arthur l.. y. Hyde, for
ty-five years old. who arrived Saturday
at the Preside from Port Amador.
Panama. Canal one. announced today
his intention to quit the army to don
the robes Of an EpiscOpalian clergyman.
Colonel Hyde. II graduate Of West
Point. while commanding in 1910 at
Fort Flagler. Wash, where there was
no resident chaplain. was ordained to
the priesthood Of the Episc0pnlian
church. Later. while stationed at Sc
attic. Colonel Hyde accepted a call to
the pulpit of st. Clements church. a
post he left to go to France as COM
mander of the Thirty ninth Field ar.
tillery.
Upon his return to America. Colonel
Hyde was appointed to the general staff
Of the army at Washington. where he
remained until 1910 when he was sent
to the Canal Zone.
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TRYING TO RESCUE 100
MAR00MED PASSENGERS
One Attempt viii De Made Today
Near Laehlns Rapids

Ogdensburg, N. r.. July 31.--(By
A. P.)--Attempts TO transfer the 900
passengers aboard the Rapids Prince
when she grounded just after shooting
the Lachine Rapids last night will be
made today by sister ship. -
The Rapids Queen, In command Of
the most expert navigators Of the river,
will leave Prescott for n run down the
rapids, where the river men will try
to maneuver the. steamer into posi- :
ton alongside the imprisoned Rapids
Prince. There will be one trial, and
only one. for II the rescue ship once
gets below the grounded steamer Il
will me impossible to get her back up
the rapids again for another attempt.
The Rapids Prince il hard and fast
on Q ledge Of shelving rock 200 yards
OF Heron Island. The rapids roar and
tumble along both sides Of the island
and the position Of the ship is regarded
as dangerous. Rapids steamers Shoot
down the rapids to Montreal, making
the return trip by canal.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-31
DENIES EVOLUTION THEORY
Man Perfected by God. Missionary
Alliance 10 Told

Asbury Park. n. j.. July 31.-The
present .physicn being of man is not
the work Of slow and uncertain evolu :
ton. but is the changing Of the hearts
and lives OF men from the corruption OF
sin into new creatures. declared the
Rev. +. II. Senft. Of Philadelphia. be =.
fore the Christian Missionary Alliance
In annual session here yesterday.
Th" descent of the Holy Spirit. the
speaker declared. was just MS real and
palpab'e as the birth of Christ. and only
q world dee.n in mnterialism fails to
comprehend it.
Man is not the result Of slow and
uncertain evolution from the lower to
the higher form Of life. but of God
come down to man in his low estate, to
give him a new heart and vision of life
and its meaning. Man is the fruition of
the work Of a supernatural person. who
changes man into a new creature" he
said
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'5SUSPECTSHElD
|INCAMDENASSAU[T
/. esbecca Pisrson Too III to Face
Man suspectsd Of A.
tacking Her /.
BROKEN RAIL DELAYS TRAINS

Three suspects have been arrested BY
Camden police In connection with
the attack by Negro on fifteen.
year.old Rcbecca Pierson late Satur.
day night in a field near her home In
Camden.
The girl is in the West Jersey
Homeopathic Hospital with bullet
wound in her back where her nssailant
shot her when she attempted to escape
from him. Her condition IL 40 serious
Il was thought inadvisable TO bring the
three Negroes to her bedside for iden-
In case the shot proves fatal. the
police are depending upon the girls
mother. Mrs. Marguerite Piereon. Peter
Tilean. a boarder in the girls home.
and william Coins. who lives next
door to the Persons, to identify the
assailant. They heard the girls
screams. ron to her rescue and Crap.
pied with the Negro. He held them of
with his pistol while he backed into
the cornfeld.
Two Of the three suspects virtually
have been eliminated, but third Is
said BY Tilean and Coins to resemble
the man who attacked the girl.
\ Miss pierson, who lives at 1145
Ticga street, was on her way to a store
two squares from her home to buy Ice
cream. As she was walking along the
dark road next to the cOrniield, the
Negro jumped from behind some stalks
Of corn and threw his arms around her.
He then dragged her into the field.
jammed his fingers into her mouth and
threatened to kill her II she screamed.
Miss Pierson screamed and her
mother and the two men went to her
rescue. At ltheir approach the Negro
released his hold on the girl. but shot
her as she attempted to run.
Passengers on West Jersey and
eeashore Railroad train were in danger
at 8 o'clock yesterday morning when n
broken rail was discovered near the
Pine street crossing in Camden by J.
". Gundy, the crossing Waterman. who
ran down the tracks and tagged the
train. which would have been derailed.
Trains that followed were delayed
several minutes. The broken rail was
repaired in about an hour. The electric
trains run to Atlantic City, Ocean City
and other points In South Jersey.
Falling on n broken bottle Yesterday,
Elsie di Frisco. five years old, Of J33
South Third street. Camden, almost bled
TO death before her parents could take
her to Cooper Hospital. The jasged
glass severed two small arteries and a
was stopped by the hospital surgeons.
The child's condition is critical and il
may Re necessary to have n blood trans :
f,pt tn hoo 1ifo
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-31
Declares Dry Act Enforced

To the Editor Of the Erenino Public Ledger:
p Sir-One OF the weakest arguments
ever presented by the vets for the re :
peal of the prohibition law is that lit
can't be enforced" as echoed by wv.
A." ina recent communication.
Prohibition II being enforced. as ID
shown by the thousands Of arrests all
over the country and the many mill iOns
Of dollars worth Of illegal liquors seized
or confscated.
United States statistics and estimates
show that the amount Of liquor con :
sumed in the country today is only a
drop in the bucket as compared to the
halcyon days when it could be secured
on any street corner for few cents.
The Government statistics show a vast
decrease OF arrests for drunkenness to-
day as compared to the era before pro-
hibition went into effect, which is the
only fair comparison to make.
Why bewail the fate Of the fools and
imbeciles who risk their lives and health
In drinking the poisonous bootleg whisky
and try to blame the prohibition law for
It? The prohibition law IL no more to
blame for It than is the anti dope law
to blame for the victims Of the dope evil
who in defiance of the law consume the
dope poison.
II "W. A." and his tribe Of anti
prOhibitionists are sincere in their
sOlicitude for the welfare of the victims
Of the bOOtlegger, let them show their
sincerity and loyalty to their country
by lending their MD and influence to
enforcement Of the law instead Of doing
all In their power to weaken the effort
to enforce the law.
The chief argument of the anti pro .
hibitionists today is that the prohibition
law cannot be enforced, and to make
their argument more effective they use
all their power and iniisence to encour-
age the bootleggers by ridiculing the
law. by reviling the officers of the law,
calling them sneakers, spies and In .
formers" az was done by &c. r. K
lately; by falsely claiming that II was
enacted against the will Of the ma ajority
and by virtually making heroes Of those
who defy the law.
These nullifcatiOnists are striking al
the very foundations OF all law and or
der, for II they once establish the prece :
dent that the quickest way to have a law
repealed Is by defying its enforcement
II will mean the end of all laws against
which a considerable minority or class OF
citizen is opposed.
The time will never come that every
citizen will agree as to the wisdom oi
any law. There are always some tC
disagree: but II we are to continue ia
maintain civilization and a democratic
form of government the minority must
as loyal citizens. respect and obey the
laws enacted by the will Of the ma =
jority. WILLIAM JONES.
Philadelphia, July 90, 1922.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-31
GAMBLER DIES POOR
Man Who "eroke Bank" at Monte
Carlo Lost Money Quickly

Paris. July I.-tBy A. P)-Char.
lie Deville Wells. one Of the many
men "who broke the bank at Monte
Carlo" according toe popular report.
and Is said to have done SO in the early
nineties. died In Paris on June %, in
such abject poverty that his death has
passed unnoticed until now, more than
a month afterward. lie was eighty zone
years old.
Wells. after a record run Of luck at
Monte Carlo, according to the story,
soon became bankrupt. lie had
many other vicissitudes. including sew
eral terms in jails and penitentiaries in
England and France for obtaining money
under false pretenses. He used many
get rich quick schemes. One of them
was a system whereby he claimed any
roulette wheel might be beaten by a
player with n sufficient bankroll. Ap-
plicants for the system, however, gem
orally were relieved of their bankrolls
before reaching the roulette wheel.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-31
So Bills Not "UnIuckv"

10 the Editor OF the Evening Pubic Lcdoer:
Sir-in getting a fve.doliar bill changed
today received two-dollar BILL two ones
ana some silver. friend who was with
me laughingly advised me not to tax. ~.
" bill. saying II was un,ucky What 4.
the origin Of that superstition, II II Ia A
superstition? II was not the nrst time
had heard the suggestion Of "unlucky..
two.dollar bills MARIAN r.
Philadelphia. July %. 1922
There II no national or universal sinner
stition regarding the two-doliar bill, Indeed
there are uncOunted persons who would
gladly accept the glft Of as many a., the
Giver was pleased TO confer. proba bIy
tho reason the bill is considered uniucky Is
that II Is easily mistaken for II One-dollu r
bill by some persons
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Questions Ans,vered
&c. r. K" Repeats Question


TO the Editor Of the Evening Be6iic Ledger:
Sir-There recently appeared in the
EVENING PUBLIC LEDGER Il letter
signed by Mr.. Brown, of Gordon.
Pa. in which he essays to answer three
questions of mine dealing with the Vol
stead law, along with lot of abuse, In
which l am classed as a law break ing
boOtlegger, for daring TO question the
honesty and virtue Of Volsteadism.
lie passes BY the second question with
the renar k that it is vague and trif.
ling For his benefit III repeat the
question and at the same time tack on
a corOllary question. viz:
Why was It, If liquor is the terrible
poison the Chicago gentleman claims
that the prohibition authorities in Colo
rado asked and the Washington au
thorities removed all restrictions on tn,
use of liquor. in fact annulled the law
Was u for the purpose of quickly kill
ing on the poor survivors of free and
unlimited use of this so.called poison !
g. F.. X.
Philadelphia. Pa, July 20. 1929.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-31
NO DIVORCE RINGS IN PARIS
But Jeweler Offers to Make One for
American

Paris, July 81. An American n
woman Yesterday made a search of Rue
de 10 Paix jewelers. for one OF the much
talked of divorce rings, which she in.
tended to present to one Of her friends
as joke, After diligent inquiry for
this broken arrow rink all she found
vas the assurance of jewelers. who
would be glad to make one for her.
Commenting on this one Of the lead.
ing New York and Paris firms explained
that they did not expect any demand
for broken arrow rings AZ most divorced
people were not dcsirous Of wearing an
advertisement of the fact. The ring,
10 far. exists only in print-it wa7
Invented by a bright Paris column
writer.
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GOING TO SWITZERLAND
Mccormick to Motor There Witr
Mathilde on Her Arrival

faris, July 81. - Madame Gamma
Walska Cochran said yesterday she ha :
not yet been officially notified that her
a,vorce decree has been finally granted,
Gut expects her formal notification to-
lt Is learned that Harold F, McCor-
mick will meet his daughter Mathilde
mere upon her arrival from New York
shd motor with her to Switzerland,
SSnere they will bs guests Of Mrs.
stanley Mccormick at the Ptangins
Enateau, formerly the residence OF
emperor Karl Of Austria Hungary.
is reported that Mathilde's wedding
70 MAX Oser will either be sOlemnized
strict privacy in the castle or the
Issroy city of Geneva. but 1t Is under
vod on good authority that the date
mas not yet been set,
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EXPERTS TO APPEAR
IN OUvEEN ART CASE
Attorneys viii Cross. Examine
italian Authorities :

Paris, July 81. = Wei. known au.
thorities on italian old masters will
give evidence here In September In con-
ncction with "La Belle Ferroniere''
picture controversy. Their testimony
will be taken and they will be cross
examined by Attorney Sherman. repre-
senting Duveens and Attorney Ringross
for Mrs. Andree Hahn, with repre-
sentative Of the American Consul pres
ent to make the disposition Official.
Prof. Ventura, the celebrated art
historian Of the Rome Academy and
Seymour Ricci. cataloguer Of italian
works in the Louvre. are the only two
number Of others are expected who on
account OF being out Of town are not
yet agreed upon.