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The Cordova daily times., 1922-03-27
35,0OO MINERS
 FAMILIES ARE
 IN HUNGER

i NEW YORK, March 27.-Thirty- five thousand families of miners in West Virginia are in danger of star yation because of the wide unemploy- ment in that State, according to Fred | Mooney, secretary of District IF of the United Mine Workers of America. | Mooney came to New York with Frank l.. Snyder, editor of the West Virginia Federationist, and W. T. Harris, president of the West Vir- ginia State Federation of Labor, raising funds for the destitute miners.
 "There are 10000 miners in West Virginia out of work today" Mooney said. Among them are many who have not worked more than three months since the armistice was signed in 1918. They are from the Kanawha fields. and the Grafton fields in northern West Virginia. LITTLE WORK AVAILABLE "Mines in the Kanawha field have been operating less than 10 per cent i nthe last four months. In the Graf ton field, out of 121 mines seventeen are operating part time, which is generally about two or three days a week.
 "A few days ago talked to miners at Michigan and Elmo, w. ", who had not a bit to eat for three days. At Beach Glenn, w. Va, in Fayette County, they have only worked four teen days in 1920 and 1921. In Mount Clare there are 600 miners who have worked but thirty days in the last two years.
 "The Blooming Rose Mine Camp, in Moone County, has no food at all. In many of these communities where there are independent stores, as in Smithers, West Virginia, the stores have been closed since they suspend ed business, about December 1. In Bellslow, West Virginia. there are sixty-three families, and for nineteen months they have suffered without ever making a direct appeal for re- lief
 AIN TERRIBLE CIRCUMSTANCES"
 "Many of the statements about l these conditions in West Virginia have been questioned by the State 1 officials and by their so-called in vestigators Mayor c. w. Campbell of Huntington, w. Va, made a per sonal investigation at Winifrede, a little, place about twelve miles from the State capital On his return he made a personal donation of $25o aid started a fund as Mayor of the city of Huntington to relieve the destitute families. There are 29S families in terrible circumstances at Winifrede.
 "The resaon for the unemployment in West Virginia union fields, as we see it, is because the operators want 1 the miners to berak their contracts with them and go to work, at greatly l reduced wages. The contracts which
The Cordova daily times., 1922-03-27

Good board and room at the Lake, view hotel $45 per month. Break fast served at 6:15 a. m. Mrs. John Leedy, proprietor. 11-tf
The Cordova daily times., 1922-03-27
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The Cordova daily times., 1922-03-27
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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24

Notwithstanding all that has been said and
written on the subject, it remains for the ordinary
mortal to understand why, if a merchant agrees to
deliver a given quantity Of goods at a given. time,
the workman who agrees to begin work on Monday
morning at atgiyen wage is not in hondr bound to
tl.fiil lns promise. We are not dealing entirely in
tangible: commodities. We deal in the faith and
iklscnorsof men who make promises. The man who
makes a promise which lie does not intend to keep
is a rascal, and it makes no difference whether his
status be that Of employer or: employe. And the
man whether employer or er1ploye, who makes
IA promise and fans to make every reasonable effort
Ito keep it is lacking in the honor-upon which alone
relations between members OF society can be based
securely. :.
\ Mr.. Gompers himself has in the past opposed
!strenuously the very practices which are. justified
iby the doctrine WINCH he now proclaims.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24
EVENING EDITION:

Glare Claremont, however, wa not
at home, nor could I find her. lscaiied
up the Star, but Speed was U on an
assignment and could not be !ocated.
Ravenal;y too, must have LETT ms Den
could tell me nothing. Unable to car
nv out my mission, Was EnAlly
forced to 70 back to the laboratory.
trusting that Kennedy had made
Al I entered. Kennedy was appar-
emily finishing up his work. I.couid
see by his manner that he 9 DIS
covered something. ! told him hast
lily Of my, failure to find Miss Clare-
mont. and even before l had . chance
tn ask a question, he ibeckoned me
over to his table, where. before him
In a rack, stood atest tube about g
full bf some liquid.
1T didn't have very many grains or
! the stuff" he remarked but from
even the few that I hadl rave dtscov-
cred that 1t. is not soluble In water,
| although very soluble in alcohol.
That's as far as / went with n lew
grains, for I soon found that l must
haveia great deal Of the stun IN the
| solution of the liquor"
He picket up another test tube In
which 1 knew that he had separated
some of the poison. whatever 1t was,
from the liquor. Then he took from
one of the shelves above his labora-
tory table a. bottle labelled "Alchonc
Potassium Hydroxide." He poured
some of 1t into thea test tube. me
.colorelss liquid in the tupe Slowly
turned. a brilliant red.
AS 1 watched the transformaflon'
Kennedy reached for q bottle OF sui
Iphuric. acid. The liquid had scarcely
turned red when he poured q lew
drops of the acid into it, picked ~
the tube with a holder, and held It N
! the flamer of q burner until the liquld
boiled. This time it changed to a DEL
icate shade Of violet. go
A Wcll.Known Drug.
THAT is the test for s%antonln." Z.
"santonin? 2" L repeated. What tS
that?"
where it is sometimes called Levant
Worm-seed. 1t comes from ~the/uried
Flower tops of a plant known as Ar
iltemisia santonica~ ! suppose | should
have recognized it from It's enect. y
one does not expect to see 1t here in
New York. 40
"Its most noticeable affect is what
it does to vision. Everything thht
Kato and DR.. Gilbert told, US of Grah-
by was quite typical. First the VIC
time sees everything about him vel
low and if enough Of the drug has
been taken, this yellow vision gradual
ly changes to green, insensibility, con-
WILSON'S and death follow.
placed in food or drink it's slight
taste can be easily masked, although
sometimes even a small amount has
lbeen known to produce unexpectedly
'Tbad results"
7 looked at Kennedy in amazement
and horror.
1.-The green DEATH" I exclaimed.
He nodded, I'VE know What it was.
but we are just as far as ever from
knowing whence it came"
CONTINUED Tomorrow Evening.)-
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24
MONDAY EVENING, APRIL "a, 1922.
LADY AsToR AND "MARGor."

Persons from abroad who have distinguished
themselves in their home countries are always in
teresting visitors. Mrs. Asquith, who recently
made a brief tour of a small part of the United
States, has just returned home. Her amazing book
OF "reminiscences had attracted attention to her, and
people naturally wondered what a woman so gifted
III many ways, and SO caustic in her comment, would
have to say about the United States. 1t is not too
much to say that "Margot's visit fell fiat" She said
some things which had the appearance of cleverness,
and in her petulant irritation over the failure of
many people to take her seriously she displayed
that lack of humor which is often noted in profess
sional clever people.
"Margot has gone, and Lady Astor has come.
The latter seems likely to carry away with her more
pleasant impressions than did her predecessor, and
to leave here feelings of greater friendliness. 1t
may be that this is because the ideal of Mrs. AS
quith is elevearness, that of Lady\A stor> seems to be
Lady Astoris Great Britain's first woman mem
Der of parliament. An American girl, she was ia
nous as a beauty in her earlier life. She has proven
herself capable of fitting herself into a new environ
ment, and in that environment she has taken a po-
sition of leadership. Familiar with the ways oil
polished society, she was able, through a strenuous
campaign, to hold her own in gatherings where the
rough and ready rather than the polished methods
were called for. In her parliamentary service thus
far she has shown that she has a cool head and
sound judgment. Her talks on this side have been
marked by earnestness and balance, and she has
won favor wherever she has gone.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24
PAVING PRICES.

In order to prevent misunderstanding it should
be pointed out that renonstrances against paving,
for which petitions are being circulated in the Goth
district, are entirely unnecessary at this time, mas
much as the city commission has nothing before it,
and win not take any steps toward paving unless
assured in writing of a proper demand for such i'm
provement.
The man who is opposed to the paving of the
streets, no matter what the price, may very we'll
make that attitude known, as, if the majority in a
given district is in that frame of mind, the improve
ment will be blocked, and the territory must re-
main in a state of nature.
1t is. obvious that the man who desires paving
provided the price is reasonable is interested in
knowing what the price will be. There is just one
way in which to obtain that knowledge, and that is
by calling for bids from responsible bidders. If the
conditions were such as to make it reasonably GER
tain that the prices for contracts let this year would
Ibe prohibitive, it would be a waste OF time to invite
bids. But # the prices in sight are such as to make
it reasonably probable that bids can be obtained at
figures which will make the letting of the work this
year an advantage and an economy, those who de-
sire paving at a reasonable price are interested in
getting the lowest figures which will be offered by
responsible men.
In the present instance the property owners
have before them a situation never before presented
in the history of public improvement in Grand
Forks, namely, an estimate by the city engineer rs
per cent lower than the cost of similar work last
year, and this estimate guaranteed by a responsible
business man who declares that he will be one of
the bidders on the work. The property owners,
therefore, have the assurance that the cost of the
improvement will not run above this figure, ap-
proximately $3.50 per inside fifty foot lot. That is
the absolute dead line. Under no circumstances
will a contract be let on a higher basis. There is
the presumption, amounting to a certainty, that the
bids will run lower than this, how much lower no.
body knows.
The citizens have the maximum price. They
can ascertain the minimum by asking for bids. If
that price, when ascertained, is not satisfactory to
= majority of the people interested, contracts will
not be let.
The present proposition is not to pave certain
streets, but to ascertain definitely and beyond all
question for just how little money those streets can
be paved. This is a phase of the question which
interests all who desire paving if it can be had at a
reasonable prize. Those who prefer the dirt road
in perpetuity are, Of course, not interested in pro-
ceeding further.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24
SAUCE ONLY FOR THE GOOSE.

Contrary toN the statement in the old adage,
Samuel .Gofapers insists that what is sauce for the
goose is not also sauce for the gandcr. He holds
that it is wrong for an employer to violate his con-
The employe to violate his contract if another en-
Ssployer offers him a higher price for his services.
Mr.. Gompers is one of the most conservative of
great labor leaders. His conservatism has caus-
nd the radisal element in union labor to be lined up
zgainst him on several occasions. If the principle
|whsich ne now enuneiatcs is conservatism one may
Nvelfinquire Just what is radicalism.
5s8sss Esor years we have been familiar with the
ssspecious arguments against the application to COM
g6duaatiionss of employees Of the same rules which apply
decentralization Of employers. The latter, we have
lbxen told, operate for the purpose If establishing
5prices 81 commodities for profit, whereas the en-.
p1oyes are dealing in human labor, which is declar-
..ed iSot "a be- i commodity, but something quite diff
xefeent and sacred, and not properly the subject Of
1eeSisl4tion 81 regulation,
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24
Many Advocate Marriage
Of German Diplomats
To Foreign Women

Berlin-(By the ssociated Press.)-
Marriages of German diplomatists to
wealthy foreign women despite Bis
mark ancient veto have found many
advocates here even under the i'm
peria! regime. are roundly Condemned
by the junker organ DeutscheN Zeit-
ung. WHICH says: Now. more than
ever. the chase for richly lowered
brides is presenting irresistible att
traction for budding diplomatist ), but
experience has shown mat such
unions often lead to the s~ubservience,
of German husbands who temporal
mentally are too prone to worship
foreign ways and customs, to the no
hticai interests served by their
d~omineering Anglo-saxon partners.
THU. husbands representing Ger
many abroad, cut deplorab,e figures
both durinA and after the war, al
though since the pomp Of the inn
perial court has departed manysdiplo-
matte husbands have been discovered
with Democratic symnathies and Lean
ings. AZ. s.@
The writer asks how much this
change Of mind is due to Americas
wives. who formerly, almost without
exception, posed as ardent monarch
ists. but returned to the democratic
falth as soon as the glitter of German
court life vanished.
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ter. I should say, sir, that he had
taken a drink" r
Without waiting to hear more,
Kennedy hurried down the hall, to the.
first floor, over the English base
ment. A, moment later, as we fol-
lowed, he entered the library.
A Sudden Move.
II took away the glass and put the
decanter back in the %cellaret," ex-
planned Kato.
Kennedy turned toward a beautiful
mahogany and glass cellaret in an
alcoven of the den.
(which decanter ?".he demanded.
Kato pointed it out.
As he did SO, Kennedy benz forward
and lifted it. but his eyes were %
on the decanter. With two sheets OF
paper, which he picked up from a
writing dask, he scraped up the slight
lust which had collected on the shelf.
Then he, folded UP the paper into
which he had scraped the dust and
drew from his pocket a small cas-
in which he always carried some min
he poured a bit of the liquor and
plugged the test tube, restoring it TO
his pocket.
81 ~ SSly u "o!u VI IA
ton further. Kennedy excused him
self to DR.. Gilbert. and we were on
our way up to the, laboratory. 1t was
a quick ride and silent. Kennedy had
but n idea, and that was first of all
to discover the manner in which
CRANKY had met his sudden fate.
In the laboratory he set, to work
at once, examining first under a mi
croscope the few grains Oh dust in the
paper. l stood beside him, eagerly
watching, as finally he looked up
from the ey-piece.
Some sort Of powder" he remark
ed. "colorelss OF perhaps w,itish,
shining flat rhombic prisms."
Held the dust and powder to his
fnose. but 1t evidently had no odor.
Under a hand lens with a pair of
tweesers he picked out what I as
sumed to be some grains and placed
them on his tongue. His face indi-
Gated that the taste was a Bit acrid.
but I could not tell whether it gave
him a clue or not.
He turned from the microscope,
taking the test tube from the case
in his pocket. Quickly he poured the
contends into a larger test tube. and
l saw that he was making a hasty
: qualitative analysis.
re TO Tell Clare.
| knew that it would be some time
before Kennedy discovered anything
Il think. Craig" I suggested, Miss
Claremont should know ABOUT this,
and perhaps Ishad. better tell her."
Craig nodded assent. and, delighted
by the mission which at least served
AS an outlet for my own excitement,
: hurried out.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24

Bp ;
Ea9arlGnezl
THE G IN SPIRIT.

The ftlCa IN Sf1ktII. ~.
There is no door to sorrow barred.
Grief holds contemptuous disregard
OF pride and pomp and fortunes gold,
And pleasures which are bought and
In this the rich and poor are kin: ~
Death calls and all must let him in.
Still there are rich men in woe,
And plainly does the difference show.
AS one with wealth may grace his
" board
With food the poorer can't afford,
So one who's richer in belief
Has more TO soothe the pang Of grief.
The man of greater faith can bear
His hours of anguish and despair,
His lonely days n nights and weeks
With peace which money vainly seeks;
Faith can a wealth of strength supply
Which gold and silver cannot buy.
Just as the rich Of purse provide
Comforts to poorer men denied,
So those of greater faith. in woe,
Have dreams the faithless cannot
know;
Rich Of spirit. they can face
The days of grief with nobler grace.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24
CHAPTER III.
The Green Death.


l reflected on the danger of the
visit. not SO much to ourselves as to
CRANKY. If CRANKY knew that Glaze
had been to see us, others might know
it, too-might even know Of Granby's
own attempt at secret communication
and assistance to>her.
kennedy. I saw also. felt that we
mus observe the conditions Of the
girl. Yet the Black Menace had COW
cred up its tracks SO we'll that after
our talk with Ravenal we had noNpoint
of attack. Every lead hat had oc-
Cured so far seemed to have been x
hausted. We were practically forced
into starting our investigation with
CRANKY. II we could only see him
cnce secretly We might never need to
see him again until such time as he
him $ :, E. determined that the meeting
Accordingly, when our cab stopped
on the corner of Madison Avenue and
Thirty-fourth street.. and Kennedy
jumped. out and paid the driver. I
knew hat he was doing everything In
walked pack into the Murray Hill dis
trict Of old houses, turning n
and endeavoring to See that we were
not trailed.
Finally we came on the block, on
Park Avenue on which 1. knew the
CRANKY house to be. in that little ba-
sis of splendid dwellings between
Thirty-fourth and Forty-second
streets. AS we walked up the strce,
We could see that a closed car was
already standing before the door.
|the heuse and at others near 1t, then
both up and down the street Instead
of going in he walked about the block
! When We had nearly completed TIL
circuit. he turned, and we doubled on
our tracks. No. one, apparently, wa.
paying the slightest attention to what
we We're doing.
Admitted at Once.
The closed car, however. was still
standing before the house when Ken
nedy-turned into the English base
ment and rang the bell.
1t a just IA moment that we wait
ed. A Japanese butler opened the
door, and his beady eyes slanted at Us.
subtly. Before he could even refuse
to admit us, Kennedy had stepped In
side followed by me.
give Mr.. Cranky my card" said
Kennedy briskly. Tell him 1t is yer.
important"
The Japanese took the pasteboard
and fingered it, glancing at it out Of
the corner of his eye and then at US
In perfect English he paired. But.
sir, Mr.. CRANKY cannot see anyone
just now"
Cannot see anyone?. 'Why.?"t i,
There was a ho:se of someone COM
ing down stairs, and / saw q rather
pictly middle aged a with a Van
Dyke beard. AS he caught sight of
us, half way down. he looked quickly
over 1t the butler.
Who are these gentlemen, Kato?'
he asked.
"Dr. Gilbert. I believe" has:ened
Kennedy. before the Jap could reply,
recognizing at once the well-known
society physician.
"Yes,' returned the doctor. slightly
elevating his eyebrows.
II don't believe that we have eyer
met" introduced Kennedy, taking the
card FROM the Jap and handing It 10
the doctor, "but perhaps you have
heard of me At the university ~
DR.. Gilbert glanced at the card.
then his manner changed as he look
cd W at Kennedy. Oh Yea yes.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24
8YNoP6Ys.

Clare C1aremont, niece OF Martin Dale,
known as wealthy society and club man,
who is found dead in his home on the
night Of Clare's coming out party, en-
lists the services Of the famous Craig
case is apparently one Of suicide. n
Clare finds that her estate of q million
dollars and Dale's own fortune have gone
of Ravenal, famous detective. and Jack
Speed, young newspaper and society
man: aids her. A letter signed by THE
Black Menace warns her to call of these
two assistants. Ripley CRANKY, New
York clubman, writes Glare.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24
SCRAPPING NAVY

The process Of scraping the ships which, are to
go into the discard by virtue of the terms of the
.arms-limitation treaty is already in progress and
is being pushed rapidly. Along a thousand-foot
which purchased the discarded vessels has it's
plant, ships ranging from the Battleship Maine to
the little Al Plunger submarine, which is describ-
ed as the grandfather of all under-sea craft. are lined
up awaiting or undergoing the process of destruc-
ton: Armor plate is being ripped from the sides
Of the Maine in sections weighing 80 to 40 tons.
These are swung into an upright position and are
cut by an oxy-acetylene fame into pieces 2 x feet
SO that they can be fed into open-hearth furnaces.
IN this particular scrap~there is.a valuable con-
tent of nickel steel, and this will be put in form for
use in the automobile and similar industries. Mach
lnery is being broken by massive pile drivers, and
after treatment in the furnaces it will reappear in
forms suitable for use in harvesting and other agri-
cultural machinery. Copper, brass and other fit
tings are sorted, and these will be used again in new
fittings for other machinery, and for all sorts of uses
in the metal trades.
Many of the destroyers are being put in condi-
ton for commercial work, as their .swiftness and low
draft make them valuable for the navigation of shall
low waters. Where this cannot be done to advan-
tage these vessels will also be reduced to scrap.
By no means all of the s%crapping that is being
done is the result of the treaty. That agreement has
the work, and has very largely increased it.
But many Of the ships that are now being cut up
would soon have gone to the junk heap in the natur-
al course. There are few things less useful than an
old war ship, and under modern conditions a ship
grows old very quickly. The Spanish war is not
very distant, but a complete. generation of war
has become obsolete since that time.
The disposition now being made of these YES
sells represents the fulflment Of the spirit ofthe bib
lical prophecy on a scale never before witnessed.
Children Of Russia won't remember money
long, an official says. If present conditions con
tihuc they'll have no need to remember it.
Y&.EGIH EEaAY
Mary Roberts ,Rinehart says the female limb is
not beautiful But hasn't that word been relegat-
ed to the limbo Of forgotten things7
Football coaches very much resent the atteIhbt
70 lessen their prestige by making them members Of
the college faculty.
The man who pays cash often sleeps OF. tick
The difcfenSx befaxeei, sec and saw Is IN tense.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24

There are 40 different types OF
ouoys used at sea, cachsof which has
a meaning of Its, own.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24

Football coaches very much resent the atteIhb
lto lessen their prestige by making them members 0
the college faculty.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24

The difference bcfwceii sec and saw Is III tense
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24

Mary Roberts ,Rinehart says 1.-THE female limb is
not beautiful" But hasn't that word been relegat-
ed to the limbo Of forgotten thingsl
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24

The man who pays cash often sleeps on tick.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1922-04-24

Children Of Russia won't remember none,
'ng,. an official says. If present conditions con
they'll have no need to remember it.