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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-03-03
BONN Islands
Bird Paradise

nese known to have viewed them, who.
like Left Ericsson In his discovery of
America, was driven to the islands by
storm.
Political conditions and crudeness
of transportation facilities, not lack of
value, long doomed the Ogasawaras to
remain without Inhabitants. Like most
lands Of volcanic origin they have an
exceedingly fertile soil. Because of
warm currents their climate Is N eff
feet tropical, although they are just
north of the Tropic of Cancer. Man
could have existed on them without
raising his hand In work. Wild beans
and profusion of edible mushrooms
grew in the valleys and wild pine
apples and other fruits on the hill
sides. Palms and tree-ferns furnished
shade sand greenery. And In other
ways the islands were like Garden
of Eden when they were explored by
the crew of an American whaler in
1923. There were no quadrupeds and
only few harmless reptiles, and the
birds, unmolested by any living thing.
were entirely without fear Of man and
could be caught by hand.
"At the present time the islands
produce all the Japanese cereals and
many vegetables and fruits. and are
stocked with the common domestic
animals. There also are wild goats,
sheep, pigs and even dogs and cats,
descendants of animals left by the first
settlers. OF course the production
from the islands amounts to little, for
those large enough for development
have an aggregate area of only about
thirty square miles.
Had Many Claimants.
"Although they are closer to Japan
than to any other nation. the Ogasa-
waras came near not being q Japanese
territory. There is nothing to show
that the Japanese knew of their ex-
istence before Prince Sadayari Ogasa-
wara was driven to their shores about
the end of the Sixteenth century.
whereas the Spanish explorer. villa
lobos first sighted them In 1913. The
Ogasawara family made the islands
theoretically a part of their feudal
land holdings, but they did not settle
them, and when Japan drew more Sc
curely into its shell in 1886 by for
bidding its subjects to construct sea-
going vessels, all touch with the
islands was lost for nearly hundred
years, and again from 1923 to 1861.
Abel Tasman, Dutch explorer, sur
veyed some of the islands early in the
Seventeenth century and American
whalers explored them In 1923 and
1924. In 1927 British admiral
claimed the islands for his country.
"The Ogasawaras received their first
settlers in 1880. They consisted of
few British subjects from Hawaii who
seem to have led the expedition, few
Americans, Portuguese and a handful
Of Polynesians. They considered them
selves a British colony. As late
as 1875 these settlers and a few
others who had been added lived on
the islands without any government or
organization and without educational
facilities Of any kind, trading with the
whalers who by that time frequented
the waters. In 1851 Great Britain re-
nounced all claims to the islands in
favor Of Japan, and that year an un-
successful effort was made to plant a
| Japanese colony. Later efforts were
successful and the population now il
almost entirely Japanese"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-03-03

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Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-03-03
Region About North Pole Is One
OF Most Inaccessible
Places in the World.
COVERED WITH FlOES OF ICE
Makes Footing Of Explorers Danger
Gus in Dash Northward-Gulf
Stream Helps by Opening Up
Occasional Passages.

Washington.-"Th top of the world
the region around the North pole,
which is constantly Turing adventur-
Gus spirits through the frozen Arctic
waters and now daring ambitious pl-
lots of airplanes, vies with Mount Ev-
crest for being the most inaccessible
place In the world" says u bulletin of
the National Geographic society from
Its Washington headquarters.
Where Siberia, Alaska, northern
Canada, Greenland and Arctic Russia
dodge hither and yon on the Arctic cir
Gle they practically inclose great
area of ocean more or less crowned
with Ice. Greenland's most northern
area, Peary Land, and Grant Land,
which lies to the west, push themselves
out nearest the pole.
Why Polar Travel Is Hard.
IF, from Cape Columbia on the
northern shore of Grant Land. the Arc
tic ocean would freeze over In a solid.
smooth block during the months of
dead winter, intrepid explorers could
probably push their dog sleds over to
the pole with less difficulty and danger.
The area of the ocean, instead. is COW
cred with innumerable foes or cakes
OF ice. These surge back and forth,
bucking up and piling upon each other
until they form ridges 80 or 60 feet
nigh, which crack and break with the
current of the water and the velocity Of
the winds.
Though there is always water pres
ent, the lanes between the ice blocks
are not wide enough for ships to sail
through, but they often make 1t i'm
possible for men walking or making
their way by dog sled to get back to
safety after they have left their boats.
This condition is encountered even In
midwinter months when the tempera-
ture runs to 80 and 60 degrees below
zero. Stefansson says that these strips
of open water are more serious than
the deepest masses of the softest snow
or the most craggy and slippery Ice
ridges
Gulf Stream Helps Explorers.
"The Gulf stream, however, whose
magic breath brings heat and life to
regions which would otherwise be cold
and barren, thaws out some of the ice
In the northern Atlantic where it
merges with the Arctic ocean. thus
permitting boats in the waters of
Greenland and the Scandinavian coun-
tries to penetrate further north than
Is possible on the Pacific side. Polar
explorers have taken advantage of
this fact by pushing northward on this
side rather than in the vicinity of
Boring strait.
"Peary, when he overcame almost
insurmountable difficulties In pushing
out over this more than six hundred
miles of floating icebergs, marked out
route which future explorers can
follow, as well as established the fact
that determination and enthusiasm.
combined with a knowledge of the
problems of the undertaking, can con-
quer most, If not all, of the difficulties
attendant upon exploring the worlds
geographical features
"In the area through which Peary
pushed he found much of interest.
From the southern coast of Greenland,
where the willow and birch trees grow
only from Is inches to three feet, and
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-03-03
Now She Doesn't Need To.

I remember when a girl would al
ways look about her to see IL the men
were looking before she climbed into
one of the old-time high carriages
G. f. K. in Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-03-03
He Knew Which.

"Now, tell me. which animals did
you like the best. Johnny?" inquired
the parent. after taking his small son
to the zoo.
"The dangerous" replied Johnny.
you mean the kangaroos. read
the name on the board: ''These AMI
mails are dangerous"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-03-03

Just say to your grocer Red Cross
Ball Blue when buying bluing. You
will be more than repaid by the re-
suits. Once tried always used.--Ad-
vertisement.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-03-03

Her Opinion Of Him.
He-'T would rather have man
call me knave than a fool" She
"Of course. It's the truth that hurtA'
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-03-03

Many a woman has lost an ardent
admirer by marrying him.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-03-03
Naturally.

Ethel-she swears she's never beer
kissed.
Clara-Is that why she swears?
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-03-03
Riaht.

Right.
"Mahel. why don't you wear sane
clothesy' "Folks would think me In
sane II l did"
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1922-03-03
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Examine carefully every bottle Of
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for infants and children, and see that It
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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-05-05
CHILE LAUNCHES
ARMS REDUCTIONS
EVERY COUNTRY IN SOUTH AM.
ERICA TO BE INCLUDED IN
DISCUSSION If APPROVED
Proposal Made TO Make Lower Arna.
ments Part in Agenda at San
tiago Conference to Be
Held Next Week

Washington steps have been
taken to extend Limitation Of arma.
ment to Latin America, it was
learned authoritatiyely Thursday.
An agreement between the repub-
lies from the Rio Grande to Cape
Horn to limit armament is about to
be proposed by Chile and already tina
plan has been informally discussed.
The Chilean proposal is that the
question Of limitation of armament be
taken up at the fifth Pan-American
conference to be held at Santiago
next March.
II this proposal is approved, the
Santiago conference viii be in effect
another international disarmament
conference.
The Chilean foreign office, it was
learned, has communicated to the
Chilean embassy here the desire of
that government to initiate a discus
sion of plans for limitation of arma-
ment in Latin America, at the San
/ tiago conference. The ambassador
has been instructed to sound out the
question here.
Ambassador Don BeItran Matthew
has already discussed the plan infor-
| mally with DIR. L. S. Rowe, director
general of the Pan-American union.
It is understood Matthew will shortly
! propose that the question of extending
Limitation Of armament to Latin Amer
lea be included in the agenda for the
conference.
If the commission on revision of
program for the conference approves
the inclusion of limitation of arma-
ment in the agenda, it will then be put
before the governing board of the Pan.
American union and with unanimous
favorable action by that body consid.
Grafton of the question will be assured
These negotiations are expected to be
completed within the next three
weeks.
The present views of the Chilean
government are that limitation of ar
mament in Latin America should be
aachieyed through reduction and
limitation of the expenditures by the
various countries, this method beinf
preferred to ship by ship, or gun by
gun reduction and limitation.
The Washington naval limitation
treaty provides for scrapping and linn
itation in terms of sips, but it is be
lfeved that the Chilean plan wouIc
be wiser for Latin America, as thu
purely financial reduction and Iimita
ton would afford an immediate econ
omic benefit. BY this method also
an agreement could be extended auto
matfeally to both military and naya
ornaments
1t is not the intention to include tn,
Unitetd States in any Pan-Americal
agreemen on limitation of armament
for fear it would upset this country'i
relations with the other powers in tn
Washington naval disarmament treaty
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-05-05
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never
Suspect 1t
Applicants for Insurance Often
Rejected.

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an interview on the subject, made the as
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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-05-05
womEN's LEAGUE MAY APPROVE
Sale of Nitrate Plant Held Important
to Food Supply of Nation


Baltimore.-The committee on res
olutiohs was expected to report at
Thursdays session of the convention
of the Naional League of Women
Voters, resolution urging the govern
ment to accept the offer of Henry
Ford to buy the Muscle Shoals nitrate
and power plant. 1t was incorporat-
ed in the report of the committee
on food supply and demand and it
was understood the resolutions COM
mittee would recommend it's adoption.
While the women of the South were
reported to be lining solidly in favor
of the resolution, it was the talk in
convention circles that considerable
opposition to it was developing among
Northern delegates. The Northern ele-
ment was against the resolution as
one on which the voting ''would rep
resent snap judgment" it was said.
The resolution committee was not
expected to report until the afternoon
session. after the adoption of the bud.
get and "a plan of work"
Election of officers was the last
thing on the program.
The first meeting of the day was
given over to the discussion and adop.
ton of committee programs.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-05-05

upon Germany August and all prf-
yate radio telegraphy and telephony
suspended.
1915-Radio communication between
America and Japan is completed. The
stations were located at San Francisco
and Tokyo with relay station at Hon
olulu.
The American Telephone and Tele-
graph company succeeded in radio tel
ephoning from Arlington station at
Washington to Hawaii, a distance of
nearly 5000 miles.
Secretary Daniels of the United
States navy transmitted telephone
messages from Washington to the
Brooklyn navy yards
1916-President Wilson and the mi
kado of Japan exchange messages
over the new transpacific radio sery-
ice, which is formally opened.
191T-Senatore Marconi visits the
United States and aids greatly in re-
cruiting for radio operators for the
United States army.
1e1S-WireIess telephony progressed
rapidly, being used to great extent
In the equipment of airp1anes.
Several new long range stations
were erected in the United States, it
being claimed for one built at Annapo-
! lis, Md, that it was capable of COM
munication at 1900 miles. The United
States government also opened high
power station at Bordeaux.
In September of this year radio sig
mails sent from a point 1900 miles
away We're received in Sydney, Aus
| tralia.
1919-With the exception of the
three transatlantic fiights-that of the
| U. S. NC-4, and the British flights of
Alcock and Brown and the dirigib'~
R-34, in which radio communication
played an important part In keeping
the ships of the air on their courses
no very great progress was made in
raGio telegraphy, although radio tele-
phony was being pushed along quietly.
Restrictions upon amateur receiving
and sending were lifted by the Ameri-
can government.
1920 This was the year of the radio
| telephone, more attention probably be-
ing paid to this branch of radio than
to its older brother, telegraphy. Sew
eral broadcasting stations were opened.
1921-This year was another radio
telephone year. 1t was marked by
the opening of numerous broadcasting
| stations.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-05-05
PROGRESS OF RADIO
THROUGH THE YEARS.
Wireless Research Began Long
Ago, But Development Has
Beer Swift Lately.

Wireless research started many
years ago, as far back even as 1927.
Even the radio telephone Ia not re-
cent perfection; rather 1t Is that intro
duction to the layman of the human
voice and music has suddenly popular
lied something that wireless men had
thought pastime or amusement. Here
is the chronological record of wire
less:
182T-It was found that the mag
netic discharge from a leyden Jar
would magnetic a steel needle.
1881 - electromagnetic Induction
was discovered between two entirely
separate circuits by Michael Faraday.
1837-Cooke and Wheatstone of
London, England, and Morse of the
United States take out first patent for
electric telegraph.
183S-K. A. Steinhell Of Munich
suggested that a system of wireless
teIegraphy could be established after
his discovery of the use of the earth
return.
1910 Joseph Henry (U. s. Al pro-
duced the first high-frequency cleo
trio oscillations, and stated that the
condenser discharge is oscillatory.
1912 ~ Wireless experiments were
made by S. #. B. Morse by electric
conduction through water across
Washington canal and across wide
rivers.
1S43-A wireless system for trans
atlantic communication was suggested
1845-Water was used as conduct.
ing medium in wireless experiments
across a wide river.
1849- Intelligible signals were act
ually sent across a river 4,500 feet
wide In India, but the cost was found
prohibitiye for commercial use
1S67-The electric waves that art
now utilized In wireless telegraph!
and telephony were predicted In al
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-05-05

distance of % mIies BY radio signals,
1901 Radio communication started
with five i.lands in the Hawaiian
group. The first British ship is fitted
with the wireless telegraph
1902 Radiograph signals received
aboard vessels at sea at 1900 statute
miles. Signals received from dis
lance of 1000 miles.
1903 King Edward receives ra-
do message from President Roosevelt.
High-power stations We're ordered by
the Italian government First trans
atlantic radio message sent. Tele-
graphic news service for ships at sea
is started. Marconl knighte1 In Rus
STA.
1904The first press message was
sent across the sea.
1905-Patent suit started in New
York between the Marconi and De For
est company.
Patent for horizontal dlrectionaI
aerial is taken out. This was great
step forward In long distance work.
1906 international conference is
held In Berlin, at which most Of the
countries of the world are represented.
190T-The use of steel disks for
producing notes were successfully
tested.
Radio stations In Ireland and Nova
Scotia were opened for limited public
service.
1908-Radio stations opened for I'M
limited public service between Great
Britain and Canada.
1909 Steamship in collision with an
other Off the coast of Florida sue
ceeds in calling assistance by radio.
1910-Marconi receives messages
| 6,700 miles while on board ship going
| to South America.
Spanish radio company formed.
/ 1911-Canadian government leased
radio stations for 20 years.
| 1912-Radio distress signals from
/ the Titanic bring assistance and save
lives Of TOO passengers.
/ 1913-Tests were made between the
/ Eiffel tower in France and the sta
ton at Washington. During the trip
into Central Asia an explorer received
his longitude and time signals from q
distant radio station
1914-Marconi and radio officials
start test of wireless telephone be
tween vessels of the Italian fleet. The
test was continued between vessels or
the high seas and voices were heard
with clarity at distance of A miles
One day radio telephone communica
ton was kept up constantly for 1:
hours. Great Britain declared wal
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-05-05
kIna las Marrow Eseap.

Geneva-A narrow escape from ser.
ioas injury of King Gustav of Sweden
in the automobile accident at Gren.
oble. France, was due to the fact
that he was sitting in the chauffeur's
seat, it was explained on his arrival
here, Physicians found only contu.
sions. The automobile, in which the
king vas travelling from Nice. was
ssrucf hS machine owned by a
Geneva banker. The kings chamber
lain was graveiy injured.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-05-05
HARDIN PUT BACK
ON HIS FEET TWICE
Was Relieved Of Both rheumatism
and Stomach Trouble by Taniac,
States Los Angeles Man.

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and was so nervous / couldn't sleep.
well, Tanlac did good job for me
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I'm feeling strong and energetic like
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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1922-05-05

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