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The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16
Fasting to Cure Fits.

Epilepsy may be cured by fasting,
Or. Hugh Conklin told the 26th annual
convention of the American Osteo-
pathic association. Epilepsy, accord
ing to DIR. Conklin, is caused by the
improper functioning of certain glands
In the bowels. By fasting for % days,
taking only water, a cure may be eff
fected, he said.
''Many people," said DR.. Conklin,
"fast 80 days and are never afflicted
by fits again. The longest fast which
any patient ever took under my direc-
tion lasted 60 days. Out of 81 tests in
which children were used as patients
only two still are affected by the dis
ease. The children all were under the
age of eleven years, but we effect
cures in older patients in from 90 to
90 per cent of the eases we under
take"
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16
PROBABLY SAVED MANY LIVES
Lighthouse Keeper Proved Ian oi
Resource and Courage in Time
OF Emergency.

The Indians called the island Natis-
cotte-the country Of wailing, and un-
Der the modern corruption Of Anticos-
Il 1t has added to It's terrible renown
Its whole history, from the day 1t was
discovered by Jacques Cartier in 1884,
to the present, is a record Of human
suffering.
In August, 1869, the family of Ed
ward Pope, keeper of the Ellis Bay
lighthouse, was stricken down by ty-
phoid fever. and to add to his misfor-
tunes the revolving apparatus of his
light broke. The government steamer
had gone, and Pope had no means of
communicating with the marine de-
partment at Quebec or elsewhere.
The light revOlved or flashed, as the
technical phrase is, every minute and
half; and If it flashed no more 1t
would probably be mistaken by pass
Ing vessels in that region of fog for
the stationary light at the west point
OF the island, and thus lead to dire
loss Of life. Pope found that with a
little exertion he could turn 1t and
make 1t fash, and at once determined
to I'LL the place Of the automatic gear.
Accordingly, this humble hero sat In
the tHrret, with his watch by his side.
turning the light regularly at the al
lotted time every night, from p. m,
until a. M, from the middle of Au-
gust until the first of December and
from the first of April until the end of
June when the government steamer
came to his relief with a new appar-
atus.
All through the first season, Pope's
daughter and grandchildren were Ill
unto death, with nobody save him to
nurse them. He waited on them ten
derly through the day, but as night fell
on the iron-bOund coast he hastened
to his vigil in the turret, doing his
duty to the Canadian government and
to humanity with unflinching devo-
tion.
In the second season his daughter,
who had lived through the fever, took
turns with him in the light room.
This man may have saved thousand
lives. He died in 1872, and his deed
well deserves to be chronicled, for of
the heroes of AnticostI, as of the long
roll of her victims the world knows
nothing. Montreal Family Herald.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16
MANY COLLISIONS
I'M MEMPHIS YARDS
FIVE EMPLOYEES INJURED AND
THREE ENGINES TOTALLY
WRECKED
PASSENGER TRAIN ESCAPES
Railway Officials Refuse TO Give Out
Any Information Until After
investigation

Memphis, Tenn Officials Of the
Nashville, Chattanooga and st. Louis
railway were investigating a series of
collisions which occurred in the Mem
phis yards in which five railroad en-
ployes were injured, three engines
wrecked and a fast passenger train
barely escaped disaster.
The officials refused TO make any
comment until they have thoroughly
Investigating the accidents.
The collision occurred, according to
witnesses, when~ L. A. Shell, engineer
pm switch engine, seeing that a
trash with an incoming freight train
could not be averted, threw the loco
motive into reverse and leaped safely
from the cab. The switch engine was
not derailed by the impact, and with
the throttle in reverse it started down
the track toward the city at what
witnesses say was speed of between
40 and so miles an hour.
George w. Ellis, engineer on a
Frisco locomotive switching nearby,
saw the wild locomotive dash down
the track and with his engine gave
chase on a parallel trick while his
fireman blew the whistle continuously.
A Rock Island switching crew heard
his warning and leaped just moment
before the wild locomotive crashed in
to the engine.
The fast Memphis andNashville train
scarcely had celared the track on
which the engine raced.
The injured are; F. w. Phillips, en-
gineer, Queensbluff, Tenn; L. ]. Sa-
viori, fireman, Memphis; w. w.
Holmes, brakeman, Lexington, Tenn:
l.. NJ Powell, brakeman, Darden,
Henn., and C.. M. Holmes, Memphis.
Their condition is not believed to be
serious.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16
Readlustment Of Wages Brings
Close Approach to Nor
maloy In Pits.
LURE OF THE HILLS DRAWS
People Leave Populous centers to
Combine Pleasure Trip With Pros
pectIna-compIexIon Of Mining
Has Changed.

Anchorage, Alaska. = Readjustment
Of wages, bringing a close approach to
normalcy as applied to mining, has re-
suited in return Of the pendulum
toward greater mining activity than
has been experienced in the history Of
Alaska since the boom days.
While the Alaska railroad was build.
Ing It was impossible to obtain help
for mining operations, owing to the
good wages In railroad construction.
Even now there is a general short
age of miners throughout the terri
tory, and every man of experience who
cares to work is employed. Mining
takes on an entirely different COM
plexion than a few years ago; atten-
ton Is being given to gaining access
to known placer deposits suitable for
hydraulics and dredges, and aside from
this phase Of the placer situation
there is little doing save where old
timers have a little piece of ground
from which they may sluice out a
grubstake for the winter, and who do
not care TO take out a fortune.
Mine Much Quartz.
The other phase of the renaissance
In mining is confined to quartz, and
Judging by the encouraging discov-
cries, the apparent permanency of ore
bodies and ability to mine econom-
lcally, the outlook for quartz is ex-
cellent.
Additional prospecting In the VIII
low Greek district has disclosed a
more extended area, and as rapidly
as trails and roadways are extended
the prospector is bringing commercial
properties into being.
So great has become the lure of the
hills that almost all the populous
centers along the railroad are under
going a midsummer quietude, every
one who has a grubstake and many
engaged in other lines of business
taking advantage of the ideal condi-
ton In the hills to combine a pleasure
trip with prospecting.
"How much does it go to the pan?'
has been supplanted by "What does it
run to the TONI" and "How is the crop
looking?"
Even when big cleanup comes in
there is no excitement, as these things
are becoming everyday occurrences.
Alaska at present needs more In
terest In quartz mining, especially
from outside capital, it is stated, for
local capital is carrying the peak Of
development and the lack of larger
capital is retarding rapid development.
Geological survey engineers are now
making Reconnaissance along the rail-
road belt and the result of their find
ings is expected to have a tremendous
effect upon all classes Of mining, and
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16
POLICE USE PAPER BULLETS
Tear Gas 6ombs Also Part Of the
Equipment Of the Law Enforcing
Powers Of Detroit.

Detroit, Mich.-Tear gas bombs and
paper bullets are now part Of the
regular equipment Of the police In the
fourth city in America.
Police Commissioner Inches felt that
machine guns were needed by Detroit
to help In dispensing mobs. So the city
bought a number of sub-machine guns,
to shoot 1900 bullets a minute, but the
commissioner was afflicted with kind
heart and couldn't bear the thought Of
the steel jacketed bullets moving men
down just because they happened to
be disorderly.
DIR. Inches suggested that paper bull
let's be made, containing a charge Of
minute bird shot. 1t Is said these
paper bullets will not cripple for life
or kill any person, no matter at what
close range they are fred, but will
stop any mob.
The bullets we're found to have Just
about the necessary speed and hard
ness to get under a mans skin and
make him want to hunt a doctor in
the quickest possible time.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16
Malls for the Far North.

Post Office regulations, stamps and
q new imprint bearing the name "Ak-
lavIck' are now on their way to the
Arctic circle, where the Dominion gov
ernment soon viii open the most north
erly post office In Canada. Aklavick
Is trading post on the delta at the
mouth Of the Mackenzie river. Two
mails will leave the new post Office by
steamer during the season of open wa
ter, and one mail by dog team during
the winter. the latter being the long
est and most lonely postal route on the
continent.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16
German Soldier
Gold Brick King

came the revolution and he became a
self-styled doctor Of law and arrived
In Berlin with many decorations and
the uniform Of an officer. where he was
welcomed by the Garde Cavaliere.
Schuetzen division, and assigned as q
court officer to the Relchs criminal de-
partment Of the organization. He tried
several tricks on the men who were
being caught and himself was SEN
fenced to six months In prison for
petty crimes.
6orrows Huge Sums.
Discharged again, Sebeste borrowed
huge sums Of money on the pretense
Of being former officer and swindled
a widow Of an officer out Of 10000
marks, and stole her papers and those
Of her brother-in-law, who was re-
ported missing during the war. With
these credentials he secured money as
a discharged officer and went to work
for barristers, who were obliged to
discharge him for giving away secrets
to other firms.
Later he was imprisoned again, but
emerged triumphantly and succeeded
in joining the Berlin police. where his
swindles brought him his latest SEN
tenee.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16
strike Injunction Virtually conflrmed

Washington.-A temporary eyrder re-
straining United States Marshal Sny-
der from interfering with the Interna-
tional Brotherhood of Electrical Work
ers and its prosecution of the railroad
shopcraft strike in excess of the scope
of the injunction granted by the gov
ernment in Chicago, was the result of
the legal attack LAUGHED by the electri-
cal workers organization against the
Chicago writ Justice Bailey of the
District of Columbia supreme court,
who issued the order, refused to i'm
pose similar restraint on United States
Attorney Gordon, named as co-defend-
ant by the Union, but announced that
his decision was without prejudice to
a renewal of the petition after the 18th
instant, when the Chicago order ex-
pired.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16

dope" Ring Is Smashed In Raid
New York.-The leader Of the larg-
est narcotic ring in the United States.
according to the police, and the head
quarters in New York, from which
heroin, cocaine and opium were dis
pensed to hundreds of persons each day
were held by federal authorities fol-
lowing spectacular raid by sixty
agents on the Hotel Longacre. Nine
persons are under arrest, including
the assistant manager and the clerk
Of the hotel, prominent vaudeville
actor, and Charles Rogers, "the king
pin dope seller of the country, accord
ing to the agents, who fought off his
captors with long knife before sur
rendering. Narcotic Division Chief
Ralph Oyler, of the department of JUS
tice, led the rail in person. A Gordon
was suddenly thrown around the hotel.
Everyone was ordered to remain in
side.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16
Many Hungry Wanderers In Mexico

Mexico City, Mexico.-When an en-
terprising American woman in Mexico
City recently opened Hole in the
of homesick "staters" who tire of
chiles and friioles and yearn for hot
cakes and doughnuts, she started some
thing" An epidemic of shops, restau-
rants and t@e like, reminiscent of back
home," has broken out, and the Amer
leans are showing their loyalty by pa
tronizing them literally. A stroll down
MADEIRA avenue discloses white-cap-
ped, white-aproned gentleman in an
expansive window performing well
known contortions with griddle cakes.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16

Bootleg Liquor Causes Eleven Deaths
New York. Brooklyn authorities en-
gagged in a losing fight to prevent fur
ther deaths from bootleg liquor. Al
hough more arrests were made and one
source Of supply Of poison whiskey
raided. the number Of deaths SO far
rose to eleven, while several more VIC
tins were either Ill or blinded. Dis.
trsct Attorney Ruston. leading the raid
ers. said he would search all restau-
rants, groceries. candy shops and 9TH
er places in the red hook district ike
" to sell liquor.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16

Bill Passed Creates Fuel Distributor
Agency And Empowers 1. c. @.
To Order Emhargoes

Washington With only seven neg
atiye votes recorded. the senate pass
ed the first Of the emergency coal
bills, the house measure designed to
check profiteering and control the dis
tribution Of coal. The vote was 40
to an dthe measure as amended was
sent to conference.
Passage Of the profiteering bill was
followed Immediately by consideration
Of the fact-finding commission meas
ure but final action on it was deferred
by sudden and at times heated de-
bate over provisions which would d.
rect the commission TO study the ques-
tion of naturalization Of the mines,
along with other phases of the indus
try.
The commission bill was amended
to direct the agency to make a sep
arate investigation OF the anthracite
industry and to inquire into any "or-
ganized relationships" between min
ers and operators, If they exist The
change was a direct result of the re-
cent settlement OF the anthracite tie
up.
The commission is ordered to make
its report on the anthracite inquiry
not later than July next year, which
would be one month in advance Of
the expiration of the wage contract
for that industry. A report on the
bituminous study is due, under the
bill, in five months from date OF pas
sage.
An effort by Senator Shields. DEM
ocrat, Tennessee, to amend the bill so
that representatives Of both miners
and operators would be specifically
prohibited from membership on the
commission was rejected.
The fight on whether the commission
should be directed to inquire into the
advisability OF naturalization is ex-
pected to be resumed soon as re-
suit Of an amendment to strike out
that section Senator Stanley, demo-
crat, Kentucky, begged the senate to
let the sleeping dog lie" and discuss
giving patient medicine which you
know neither will kill him or drive
him crazy"
Senator Borah. republican, Idaho.
sponsor of the bill, denied insinuations
that the proposition would lead to
open issues but added that even II It
did there can b emo solution Of any
question by lodging and evading!"
Senator Cummins. republican. Iowa,
who had introduced a bin similar to
the house anti-profiteeing measure.
announced he would seek early action
on the conference. The house, how.
ever will not be in session until an
early date and no action therefore can
come on the bill before that time.
The measure, besides creating a fed.
eral fuel distributing agency and the
post of federal fuel administrator. con-
fers broad powers on the interstate
commerce commission, with respect to
embargoes on coal shipments. The
fuel distributors is empowered to de-
termine coal supplies and require
ments and to investigate charges of
profiteering and may recommend to
the commission the Withholding of
cars from mines or dealers found to
be taking exorbitant prices.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16
CHANGES COLOR OF HAIR IN JAIL

lief when he released the woman with
10 others. arrested IN raids in SnaFl-
ton, Michigan City's vice district. All
spent ten days in jail. The one with
the changing hair must have carried
hair dye In her vanity case.
Blamed II won't have to do some
hOusecleaning IN the jail before 1t viii
be fit for male prisoner" he said.
sThey smoked cigarettes. They blowed
the smoke In the face Of my jaller and
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16
Irish Would Join League OF Nations

irish Would Join League OF Nations
Geneva.-An Irish delegation has ar
rived to seek admission to the league
of nations. Influential delegates at
tending the third assembly of the
league say that if the Irish parliament
adopts the Free State constitution
drafted some months ago, and Great
Britain gives her consent, the admis-
sion Of the Irish Free State is quite
likely to be approved. Hungary is en-
rountering more difficulty in connec-
tion with her application for member
ship. Serious objections were raised
to Hungary's admission.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16
Newberry WIN Be Issue In Own state

Detroit, Mich.-Seating of Senator
Truman H. Newberry of Michigan in
the United States senate, an issue
that has found an echo in number
of primary elections throughout the
country this year, has been the key
note of the senatorial campaign now
drawing to wlsirswind finish in this
state Just how the voters of Michi-
gan feel about the Newberry question
is expected to be made known in the
biennial statewide primary Senator
Charles E. Townsend of Jackson, So
nior senator from Michigan, was one
OF Senator Newberry's strongest sup
porters when the latter was under fire
in the upper house of congress.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16
RUSS CANCEL ENGINE ORDER
Financial State Of Government Makes
Paying for 1000 Locomotives
impossible.

Stockholm.-After having ordered
1000 locomotives from an engineering
firm here and having received 300 OF
them, the Russian government has In
timated that 1t Is now unable to pay.
When the contract was made II was
agreed that the engines were to be
paid for as they were delivered. and
the manufacturers obtained guaranty
for their money.
1t is now considered probable that
the soviet government will cancel the
balance Of the order. 1t is believed
the present financial state of Russia
and the failure Of the Genoa and The
Hague conferences is responsible.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16
AUTOS HIT; BABY SLEEPS ON
Child In Car Not Awakened by Sc
rlous Collision In New
York State.

Tarrytown. N. VA slx-months-old
baby in an automobile slept on after
the car had cOllided with another and
thrown out John Ryan Of 81 Marquette
avenue, Yonkers. who was rushed to
the Grasslands hospital dying Of a
fractured skull.
The accident was at Elmsford. when
Mr.. and Mrs. Percy McElreath of
Rockaway, N. J.. were on their way
to catch a ferry at Tarrytown. Ryan's
car shot across In front OF them and
turned over as 1t was struck. Ryan
was the only one hurt.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16
Japanese Economic League Formed

Tokio-Preliminary to Japan's par
ticipation in the international chamber
Of commerce the Japan Economic
League has been organized. Among the
promoters are Mr.. Inouye, president of
the Bank of Japan; Kenzo Ikeda, pres
ldent of the One Hundredth Bank; DR..
Takuma Dan of the Mitsui firm: Rata
Fujiyema, chairman Of the Toxic cham
Der of commerce, and other promi-
nent business men. It was explained
that the object of the league was to
discuss and establish the economic and
Industrial policy of the country so that
the foundations of commerce and in
dustries might be placed on a sound
basis
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16
Veteran OF Many Wars Is Dead

Montgomery, Ala.-An insect bite,
received while picking berries, was
fatal to Alan Stern, who came out un-
scathed in the blowing up of the gate
of Peking during the Boxer disturb
ances in China. Stern died in To-
cal hospital. He served during the
Philippine insurrection and also was
with the United States army in Mexico
border service and during the world
war
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16
Three Are Dead; Two Are Wounded

lnrSe Are Dedo' Two HTS WouhuSu
Houston, Texas. - A spectacular
shooting, in which three were killed,
one dangerously shot and another seri-
ously stabbed, occurred at the town Of
Sealy, Austin county, Texas. A feud
between two families, the cause being
politics, is said to have precipitated the
deadliest pistol battle Texas has known
in many years. The feud was fought
out on the main street of the town.
The dead: Fritz Schaffner, his son.
Robert, and Luther Bell The Eschaff-
ners are from Sealy; the Bells from
Bellville. The wounded are: Ernest
Schaffner, son of Fritz Schaffner. stab
bed in body, expected to live; Thomas
Bell, brother of Luther. Bell. shot in
body. expected to die. Both families
ire prominent Schaffner was a we'll
to-do real estate agent at Sealy. Great
excitement is reported from both towns
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16
Women Not seeking National offices

Washington.--Cla of women who
fought for the vote that women would
never clamor loudly or in great num-
bers for political offiye, have been
substantiated in reports Of Republi-
can primary returns reaching Republi-
can national headquarters here, accord
ing to Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton. vice
chairman of the Republican national
executive committee. The claim that
women office seekers would run for
county or municipal positions rather
than state or national, also has been
shown true, Mrs. Upton added.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16
National Dairy Congress is To Meet

Harline, Minn.-The National Dairy
exposition, to be held at the state fair
grounds here October TIA, promises
to be the largest and most popular in
sixteen years of constructive work.
according to Col w. E. Skinner, gen.
eral manager. Returning to the
Northwest for the second time, the
National Dairy association, which is
staging the exposition, desires to prove
that diversified farming with high-pro-
ducing dairy stock pays in money. A
correlated object is the education Of
the consumer in the greater use of
dairy products"
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16
Fishes Up Diamond He
Lost -Four Years Ago

Valentine Bernhardt Of Bay
onne lost a 5000 diamond ring
In the shallow waters Of the
Shrewsbury river at Water
Witch, N. J.. four years ago. He
searched the river bed for
weeks. but the ring was not re-
covered.
The other day he went for a
launch ride on tbs Shrewsbury.
Just as he passed the spot
where he had lost the ring q
friend dropped a hammer into
the water. The boat was
stopped. Bernhardt put his hand
into the water and found the
ring beside the hammer.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16

PauIIn Frederick Is Cut Out In WIN
Norwich, Conn. Pauline B. Ruther-
ford, known to the theatrical profes-
sion as Pauline Frederick, win receive
nothing from the estate Of her father.
Richard c. Libby, whose viii was adj
mitted to probate here recently. The
value Of the estate is not known. The
document was dated June of this
year and read in part: Il give and be-
queath to my daughter, Pauline Beat
rice Rutherford nothing, and mention
this omission to show that the same
is intentional and not made by mis-
take"
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16
-Four Rlders injured II BrIdae splII

Tarrytown, N. Y.-The clatter of un-
earthly hoofs has been stilled. but the
spirit of the eerie rider who chased
the Ianky Ichabod Crane through
Sleepy Hollow seems still to live. The
1ther day four men came to North
rarrytown hospital. They were victims
Of an accident. Their machine, as it
rolled onto the bridge of the headless
horseman, made famous by Washing
ton Irving's story, swerved. It toppled
over, on the precise spot where the
weird horsemen spurred close to the
flying Ichabod.
The Semi-weekly leader., 1922-09-16
Employment Gains Reported BY Cities

=hHtOyhtVhA SNttS hSRQi w. ~ StAs~S
Washington.-Of 65 leading cities in
the United States, 80 reported increas-
ed employment during August as COM
pared with July, while only % record
ed decreases, according to the indus
trial analysis for last month, issued
recently by the department Of labor.
The soundness of business, it is said,
is reflected in the employment in
crease in many industries, surmounting
the reaction of the rail and fuel stu
alton. OF 1,428 firms usually employ
ing more than 500 workers, or total
of 100000, considered in the analy-
sis, the August 81 reports showed
a decrease of only 1881 from the num-
Der of July 81, and this drop was at
tributed to the normal labor turnover.