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The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-03-24
Fifty Years Ago

g woman in Lynn, Mass. was steep
ing herbs on her kitchen stove ac-
corning to recipe OF her own, to
furnish medicine for the women OF
the neighborhood. Today, stones
throw from the little house where
she lived, there is tour-storg lap-
orG,tory, making tie same medicine
for the women OF the world. Dur
ing the last year almost 800 tons OF
carefully selected herbs We're USED
in the manufacture of Lydia +
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
A woman's medicine for woman S
ailments. Have 70 utried it?-AdN'
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-03-24
Chamberlaln's Cough Remedy Aids
Nature

A we'll known travelling man who
visits the drug trade, says he has Of
ten heard druggists ask a customer,
who wishes to buy cough medicine,
whether it was for child or an adult
and if for a child. they almost In
variably recommended Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. The reason
for this is that they know there is no
danger from it and that it always
cures. There is not the least dan
ger in giving it and for colds, Group
and whooPing cough it is unsur-
passed.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-03-24
A Judicious Inquiry

Medicine that aid nature are al
ways most effectual. Chamberlain S
Cough Remedy acts on this plan. 1t
allays the cough, relieves the lungs,
aids expectoration, opens the secre-
tons and aids nature in restoring
the system to a healthy condition.
Thousands have testified to its good
qualities. Try it when you have a
cough or cold.-Adv.
The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1922-03-24
Chamberlain's Tablets

For Indigestion And OOhsIIpaIIU
THE incest and pleasantest med
cine 1 have used for indigestion and
constipation is Chamberlain's Tap
let's" writes Melard F. Craig, Mid
die Grove, N. Y. They work like a
charm and do not grippe or leave any
unpleasant effect.-Adv.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-07
Miss Benjamin Must Be
Questioned in Will Suit
Adopted Daughters Motion TO
Vacaie Order for Taking of
TeaiimonY Denied

Surrogate Cohalan yesterday denied
the motion Of Miss Anna Bolehi Ben
jamin 10 vacate an order for her ex-
animation before trial OF the contest
OF the will Of Park Benjamin, lawyer,
author and naval expert, by whom she
was adopted and who made hor the
principal beneficiary under his will,
which disposes Of an estate estimated
at about $500 900. The contestants are
the five children Of Mr.. Benjamin, who
include Mrs. Dorothy Benjamin Caruso,
widow Of Enrieo Caruso, 10 whom he
left 81 each.
Park Benjamin, a son Of the testator,
who applied for the order 10 examine
Miss Benjamin. said her testimony is
necessary 20 support the charges Of
himself and his brother and sisters
that their father was Of unsound mind
and under the influence OF his adopted
daughter when ne executed his will.
Mr, Benjamin said that through the
Vaccinations Of Anna Bolehi the chill
dren Of dceedent we're excluded from
the society OF their father during his
last illness" He also alleges that his
father made a will prior TO the one
now under attack, but that the testator
changed II because OF the dislike by
his adopted daughter "for one or
more persons named in same as bene-
feiaries"
New-York tribune., 1922-12-07
Mrs. Stephens Marriage
To Russian Is Upheld
Church Holds Nine. MOurom.
sky's Bigamy Charge Against
Vousiatsky Unfounded

Russian Orthodox Church authorities
in New York City ave declared void the
marriage ceremony between Amastaee
Andreivitch Vonsiattky, Russian rof-
ugee, and Louba Gourcvitch, alias
Mouromsky, who said she was married
to Yonsiatsky In 1921 at Yalta, crimes.
yonsiatsky In February Of tls year
married Mrs. Marion Buckingham
Stephens. Nine. Mouromsky, as she was
generally known, declared Vonsiatsky's
marriage 10 Mrs Stephens bigamoua.
Clarence Blair Mitchell, counsel for
Yonsiatsky, in a statement issued yes
terday aaid he had received notification
from Metropolitan Platon, Of the Rus
sian Church here, that formal invesH-
CATION by the Church authorities had
established that the Yalta ceremony
was Invalid and Vonslatsky's union
with Mrs. stephens legal. The mar
rage certificate issued ~ Yalta, Il was
added, had been cancelled.
Attorney Mitchell said the ceremony
taken part in By Vonsiatsky and Nine.
Mouremsky, AZ Yalta, was performed
for the special purpose Of aiding Nine.
during a threatened eyacu-
alton Of Yalta BY the Russian forces.
The ceremony was performed by virtue
OF false documents and was known by
New-York tribune., 1922-12-07
Moore & Mccormack Add
Five Vessels to Coast Run

Moore & Mccormack are negotiating
with the Shipping Board 10 buy five
additional vessels for intercoastal
service, II was learned yesterday. It
is expected that two ships will be put
in operation this month and the rest
in January. When the new ships have
been added the feet will consist Of
eight vessels Of more than 10000 dead
weight tons. The itinerary will be New
York, Philadelphia and Baltimore on
the Atlantic. 10 San Diego, Los An
geles, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle,
and occasionally Vancouver on the
Pacific. Struthers & Barry are
agents on the west coast.
Ofheials Eaid yesterday that they are
confident Of the future Of the inter
coastal trade, despite unsettled rates
which have prevailed for several
months. The service Is 70 be in
creased, Il was said, because OF the
demand from shippers.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-07

both parties at the time 10 nav. :.
legal or religious sanction. T"
According 70 Mr.. Mitchelps A.
rnent the investigation b. tbs ,s
authorities occupied nearly a year
New-York tribune., 1922-12-07
Building Employers
Not Likely TO Order
Lockout tAfterJan.I
MAY Refuse Recognition OF
Either ii o d Carriers
Union; Assert Inter
myer Did Not Arbiirate

n..D,t. The declaration OF the ineee-
nendent Hod Carriers Union tnAI y
viii refuse 20 nmalgamate WIN W
International Bricklnyers helPeIsa
trnior. as ordered by the booANvou
comm ittee. continuation OF the War o.
tween the two rival unions IL not l.s.S
"a hiring about the threat OF aho,ns'
lockout in the building traces Oh 'N"
This ~as learned from building
trades employers yesterday ihey &c
norted that their position Aitet tne
frat OF the year, when present cor
,,aets with the unions expire propaoy
viii be refusal 10 recognize either
union, perm tting a continuance OF VIZ
tuallv the old "smoldering" situation
wbieh existed before the brieklayers'
acting in sympathy with the inter
nationals called several strikes NO
vember i6. which brought about a oek'
ant order and the Intervention OF the
Lockwood committee.
The employers Joined with ofi-,als OF
the "independentsT In denouneing the
announcement Of Samuel Untcrmyer
chief counsel TO the lockwood commit
zee. that an amalgamation had been ef-
fcctcd and the entire dispute ad iustea'
The employers declared no real arbi-
tration OF the controversy had been
held. as provided for by committee
decision. and backed the contention OF
the .Fndependents" that a representa-,
tive OF the latter'a organization had
not taken part in the special proceed
ings which resulted in the order for
ANA lgamation.
The independents" who are charged
bv Mr.. Untermyer with being con-
tfolled by the employers, issued
statement IN which they declared that
Mr. Untermyers sole victory In the
situation was that he had forced the
resignation OF Giovanni B. Dioguardl
as president Of the union.
Mr. Untermyer termed the ANAL
gamatlon order as fair, and said the
"action OF a few men" would not be
permitted 10 disturb thu building In
dustry. lie predicted the stand OF the
independents" can and will be easily
eireumvented
III full settlement Is not reached,
and soon" Mr. Untermyer said last
night, means to force one will be
taken by a reeonvening Of the Lock
wood committee on December H."
New-York tribune., 1922-12-07
$l5-a-Day Plumber
Still Unregenerate,
Employers Assert
Trade Declares S5O,OOO,-
600 i'm Contracts May BE
Tied Up Because of Arii-
fetal Famine Being Made

The high cost Of plumbers and
plumbing, more especially the al
legged ambitions Of the former 10 work
the least for the most money, we're
discussed at length yesterday In the
hrst Of a series Of open meetings held
BY the Association Of Master Plumbers,
the employers organization In tho
trade, 20 bring TO the attention Of the
public abuses said TO be fostered by
the workers. The meeting was In
Terrace Garden.
II was charged that $4,000 worth Of
plumbing contracts for 1928, In Man
haitian and the Bronx, may be tied up
because OF an artihcally created famine
In plumbers; that employers arc forced
10 pay plumbers $40 to SIS day and
guarantee overtime despite the fact
that the union scale calls for only 50
day, and that the Plumbers Union
IA exerting unlawful practices and
rules more oppressively than ever be-
cause OF the failure Of Samuel Inter
myer, chief counsel 10 the lockwood
Committee. to fulfill a promise made
more than a year ago that he would
force the organization to reform.
Some twenty representatives Of the
Plumber Union were among those at
tending tho meeting, but all declined
an invitation 10 comment on the
charges made or 10 Offer any defense
Of the organizations methods. Mr.
Untermyor. 10 was announced, had been
sent a registered invitation 20 be pres
ent. but he did not appear
A summary Of the alleged union
abuses cited By the various speakers as
seriously affecting the Industry FOL
lows:
/. Refusing TO permit each journey
man plumbeF 10 have a helper. When
two men are required on a Job, both
must be journoymen. according 70 the
union rules. Changing Of this, II was
estimated, would cut the cost or con-
struction from 8 to 10 per cent and in
crease the amount OF labor available
about % per cent.
2. Refusing the cutting Of pipe By
machine or 20 allow II 10 be done IN
shop or factory instead Of on the job.
This practice, speakers charged, nade
the cost OF pipe cutting 30 per cent
greater than II should be and used
from 10 20 20 per cent more labor than
was necessary.
3. Forcing plumbing fixtures that
are sent 20 Jobs 90 be dismantled and
reasscmbled by union men,
I. Prohibiting recognition OF tne
cards OF union men coming from other
scetions Of the country, though they
belong 20 the same union.
g. Keeping apprentices out or thc
union and refusing 90 allow helpers
10 handle tools, which prevents the
latter from learning the trade.
The speech was made BY william
Thompson, president OF the assoeia-
tion.
while we In the plumbing business
have completed our work in going
through the last building year, he
said, at has tried US TO the breaking
point and cost US more than we were
paid for H."
New-York tribune., 1922-12-07
Shipping Board Claims
Commission Dissolved
Principles Of Negotiation Now
Clear; 70 Millions Demanded,
Settled for l8

Prom The Tffbanc's Washington bHTcau
WASHINGTON, Dee. 6.--The claims
commission Of the Shipping Board
headed BY Judge W. D. Meals, Of Cleve-
land. viii; cease 20 function after re-
viewing a hall dozen eases still pend
inc before il. Chairman A. d. Lasker
of the board announced to-day. The
chairman said the necessity for the
commission continuing as court 10
hear evidence on claims no longer eN-
isted. inasmuch as the board has form.
ulated definite principles on which All
future clnims can be settled. ne
chairman denied the report that Judge
Meals and his associates had resigned
because of dissatisfaction with the
Kramer In which the board modihed
the settlements agreed 10 By the claims
commission. -,
Chairman Lasker said that Judge
Meals desired 90 return 10 MS private
practice, but that other MEMBER o.
the commission would continue WIN
the board as negotiators. He SAID the
settlement Of the unliquldated claims
was now n matter OF negotiation
rather than Of argument before the
claims commission. Since the com
mission was created in September
1921. claims involving a total Of 1885,
OOO. 600 have been doeketed before H.
he said. Out Of this number settle
ments have been made on claims ag'
gregatiag $40 $4,000 for a total pay
ment by the government Of SIS, ,ooO'ooo
Offsets amounting to sll,00O,00O and
counter collections OF S2,0O0,0OO have
further reduced the actual cash pay
ment by the government, Chairman
Lasker said.
Referring to the report OF wide
spread disagrcements between inc
claims commission and tha board
Chairman Lasker said that in the cases
involving a total Of s79,500,oOO the
difference OF opinion between the com,
mission and the board never exceeded
quarter Of a million. He paid .
tribute TO the work Of Judge Meals
and the other members Of the cor is
sion, including A. W. Teele, +: w
Wood. Captain r. NJ. Watt and o. 7
! VI. Brown.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-07
Alvin Uniermyer Tells
OF Brothers Exemption
Denies That Irwin, Who Is n
Lawyer, Was Excused From
Draft ns n Farmer

Alvin Untermyer. speaking for MS
brother Irwin, now on his way 10 Law
same on a business trip, yesterday Is
sued statement denying that irwin .
lawyer, was exempted under the diai'
Mr. Un,ermycr's statement was IS
.,sd In reply 10 an assertion made N
wsshington yesterday by Thomas w.
Miller. Alien Property Custodian, tna'
an investigation should be MADE OF "
wins war record. .
Terming Mr. Millers statement W. un,
oualihedly false, Mr.. Untermyer s"sS ns
his brother, as every other lawyeT OF
~ ~ awn age with a non-dependent fam
;iv Vas about to respond with them 70
G ,Ss esll TO the eOlors when the war
snded. The eanard, he said was ex.
nloded during the political campaign
Of 1920
New-York tribune., 1922-12-07
Izzy and Moe Have
Car Repaired, Then
Seize Garage Rum
Find $4,000 Worth of Inn
ported Liquor and Bot
Ting Plant in Repair
Shop; Suspects Arrested

Prohibition Agents lay EInstein and
Moe Smith. seated In the front seat OF
rickcty and ancient touring car,
drove into an automobile repair shop
At Gil West Forty-sixtn Street yester-
day afternoon and told the proprietor,
John Steel, that the car needed repairs.
Presently IEzy and Moe drove out again
- o get a search warrant. When they
returned they arrested four persons,
including Steel. and seized whisky and
gin valued az $4,000.
The agents found the ground floor Of
the building was used Gs n repair shop
The second floor contained eompiet'
bottling plant, and nearly $500 quarts
OF imported whisky and gin, most OF
which bore the stamp Nassau" The
third floor was used for training dogs.
The three men who were adding dis
titled water TO the liquor before bot
Ting Il when the agents arrived, gave
their names as Michael Clark, 202 Nir-
einia Avenue, Jersey City: George
Chober. 1es New York Avenue, Jersey
CITY. and James Leone, $50 G.enm0re
Avenue. Steel lives al 400 West Thirty
fourth Street. All four were taken 90
the West FOrty-seventh Street police
station charged with illegal possession
Of liquor.
Twenty bags OF copra, each coniai ia-
inr small box IN which four bottles
Of whisky was packed In straw, were
seized and turned over TO the customs
yesterday by nying squad.
ron operating under the direction OF
+. ". white. Surveyor Of the Port.
The copra had been consigned from the
West Indies aboard the Cayo NJ. Amoi'
which arrived in New York, December
4. Customs officials have long sus-
pected that liquor was being brought
into the country in eopra, which Is not
subjected ordinarily TO Official scrutiny
rince n rs on the free list.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-07
Delegates Named To Attend
Far East Lines Conference

Az a meeting Of the North Atlantic
Far East Conference ycsterday' J. D.
Meehan. Of the Barber Lines, and J. T.
Korn. Furness. Witty & Co.. we're ap-
pointed delegates to the session Of the
Pacific Westbound lines In Vancouver
January 8. While no specific in
structions we're issued 20 the Eastern
representatives. II is understood they
will take an active part in efforts 10
bring about o strong eoni~ enee OF
Western companies plying to the
Orient
Following the restoration OF the
North Atlantic-FPr East Conference
several months ago, considerable pres
sure has been brought to bear on the
Pacific Coast companies 20 take the
same step looking toward stability IN
rates
New-York tribune., 1922-12-07
Repaired Liner Sails To-day

The Lloyd sabaudo liner Conto Ros-
so, after having one Of her propellers,
which struck a submerged object on
her trip here, repaired in drydoek, will
sail again to-day for Naples and Genoa.
The vessel is taking out 2,i00 passen-
gers, the largest number she has ever
carried.
Among those booked TO sail are
Count and Countess Morelli, Baron
Gennaro Barra Caraeeiolo, Michele
Berardini, banker: Commander Giovan'
nj Grasso, famous Italian tragediani
Captain Piero Civallero, Ricardo Pas
sacantando, Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Clark
and their sons, Kimball and Robert;
Miss Ella Sergeant GeTnon and Mario
Mazza,
New-York tribune., 1922-12-07
Ritz.Carlion to Run
Leviathan's Restaurant
Hotel Company Given Catering
Contract; May Extend to
Other u. 8. Liners
F-e, ne Tr4bsae's Wdthisgfoa Barfdn

Prom ne Trbtact HoshiHgicH b"sat
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-The Ship
ping Board to-day signed a contract
with the Carlton Hotel Company
OF Delaware BY which the restaurant
Of tho Leviaihan will be catered BY
this company. The contract. Chair
man Lasker said, assures the Levia-
than Of a restaurant service superior
20 any other passenger liner In the
north Atlantic. a.
Chairman Lasker declined TO dis
close the financial arrangement with
the Ritz-Carlton company, but ne de-
clared that the contract was 90 drawn
as 10 provide the exclusive service TO
government vessels and that Il may
later be thought Advisable 10 sdd this
service 20 other large government pas
serger liners.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-07
Owls President Loses AppeaI

CHICAGO, Dec. 6.-The United State7
District Court OF Appeals to-day ar
frmed the decision Of the United States
District Court at indianapolis, holding
John w. Talbot, supreme president or
the Order OF Owls, guilty Of violation
Of the Mann act. Talbot had been
found guilty Of taking a girl from To-
peka, Kan, TO South Bend. Ind.
New-York tribune., 1922-12-07
Grace Line VII CarrY Mail

SANTIAGO. Chile. Dec. "a con-
tract has been signed between the De-
partment Of Posts and Telegraphs and
the Grace Line, By which the line will
carry mails between Chile and the
United States and intermediate ports.
The hrst steamer in the new service
will leave Valparaiso December 20.
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alarming change in him. was re-.
minded, l recall, of Il friend ] had
had in college who had thought he was
in perfect health and had gone to an
examiner for life insurance. and had
been refused, and was trying to deny
to himself and others that anything
could be the matter. But with Corvet
/ knew the trouble was not physical.
The next year his wife left him."
."The wear Of--?" Alan asked
'That was 1897. There was NO
question of their understanding and
affection up to the very time she so
strangely left him. She died in France
fl me spring Of 1910, and Corvet's
first information of her death come
to him through a paragraph in q
newspaper"
Alan had started Sheriff. looked at
him questioningly- -s1.|5; ..-"
1.-THE spring Of 1910" Alan ex-
planned, "was when l received the
bank draft for fifteen hundred
| dollars"
| Sheriff. nodded he did not seem
surprised to hear this; rather 1t APP
peared to be confirmation Of some
thing In his own thought. >r
"Following his wife's leaving him."
Sheriff. went on, "Coryet saw very
| little of any one. He spent most Of
his time in his own house; occasion
ally he lunched Mt his club at rare
Intervals, and always unexpectedly, he
appeared at his office. l remember
that summer >, he was, terribly dis
I turbed because one, Of hts ships was
lost. The sCorvets record was broken ;
! a Corvet ship had appealed for help ;
n Corvet vessel had@not reached port.
And later In. the, fall when two
deckhands were washed from another
| of his vessels and drowned, he was
again greatly wrought UP, though his
ships still had. almost gfayorablesrecori
In 1902 I proposed to him that | buy
full ownership in the VESSELS j partly
II controlled, and ally them with those
! he and Spearmnn operated. Since
then, the firm name has been Corvet,
Sheriff., and Spearman. -
"Our friendship had strengthened
4 and ripened during those years. The
intense activity Of Corvets mind,
! which as n younger man he had Ill
rected wholly to thes shipping. was
directed, after he had isolated himself
In this way, to other things. He took
up almost feterishly an immense num-
/ Der Of stnd,es-strange studies most
of them for n man whose youth had
been almost violently active and who
had once been 4 lake captain. I can.
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shin mad suffered serious disaster.
Eorvet was not yet rich. hut, unless
accident or unUue competition inter-
vened, he was certain to- become SO.
Then something happened" n W i
Sheriff. looked away at evident loss
how to describe 1t. e. ~, e..
."ro the ships p. Alan asked him.
"No; to him. In 1890. for no APP
parent reason, q great change came
over him. - r
/ S.In 1S96r' ~ g. }n'r-.. i1'.';-; -s,,~
e. ',rhat was the year" a,,
Alan bent forward, his heart throb-
bling In his throat. THAT was also
tile year. when was brought and left
with the Weltons III Kansas" he. said.
Sheriff. did not speak for moment.
IL thought" he said finally, "it must
have been abeat that time; but you
did not tell my daughter the exact
date a.. %,
+, ""What kind of change came over
him that year?'''4 Alan asked. 4.
Sheriff. gazed down at the rug, then
at Alan. then past him. "A change
in his way of living" he replied. THE
Corvet line Of boats went on, ex-
banded; interests were acquired in
other lines: and ,Coryet and those
allied with him swiftly grew rich. But
in all this great development. for
which Corvet's genius and ability had
laid the foundation, COrvet himself
ceased to take active part. He took
into partnership, about year later,
Henry Spearman, a young man who
had been merely a mate on one OF his
ships. This proved. subsequently to
have been a good business move, for
Spearman had tremendous energy,
daring. and enterprise; and no doubt
Corvet had recognized these qualities
In him before others did. Since then
he has been ostensibly and publicly
the head of the concern, but he has
left the management almost entirely
to Spearman. The personal change
to Corvet at that time is harder for
me to describe to YOU" 5"
Sheriff. halted. his eyes dark with
thought. his lips pressed closely to-
gether: Alan waited.
"When l saw COryet again. in the
summer Of '96--I had been South dur
ing the latter part Of the winter and
East through the spring. was I'M
pressed by the vague but, to me,
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CHAPTER III

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