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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-05-23
TELLS or PLOT
FOR UPRISING

On March IS. in Vera Cruz.
Mexico. Mr.. Ward gave mo $50.
600 to take 10 revolutionary Tcgu.
clgalpa." he said.
This leader was TO dlrcc. an
armed uprising which would over.
throw the government. The steamer
Tohuantepcc left Vera Cruz with
arms and ammunition for the Hon.
duran revolutionisfs. Tho actual
military movements against the nd.
mlnlsiration were 20 be conducted
from the Casino EspanoIo In Vera
Cruz.
However. before reaching Tegu.
ciEalpa. ! received counter ordcrS
which caused me 10 deliver the $50,
900 TO n Mr.. Harp in Guatemala .
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-05-23
SAYS HER ESCAPE
PROVED EASY

Mrs. Phillips also made a free
statement OF her part in 1t. She
came here from Mexico. she saId
In the firm belief that the revolu.
ton would be successful and that
unlimited power and money would
be hers.
Starting her story at tho begin.
ming Mrs. Phillips said:
My escape was easy. There was
nothing sensational about IT, | flied
some OF the bars Of the prison and
quietly left, passing right under the
moses OF the guards.
Thru arrangements that had been
made In advance. It was not difficult
for me to leave Los Angeles for
Mexico. There | met Jesse Carson
and my sister. Mrs. Eta May Jack.
onu
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-05-23
CARSON Is HELD I.
HONDURAS PROBE

Carson mentioned the names OF a
number OF persons who. he said.
were involved and they arc being
investigated. Meanwhile, Carson,
Instead OF being sent back to the
country rs being held here pending
investigation into charges OF con.
splracy against the public order.
This story OF the plot. IL true.
probably explains the organized ef
forts that have been made 10 liber.
ate Mrs. Phillips since her arrest.
On one occasion considerable
number Of men were involved in
such an attempt,
Every precaution Is being taken
to, get Mrs. Phillips out of tho
country before un armed attempt is
made to free her, A special auto.
mobile, guarded, was sent to fetch
the mail pouch containing the OK.
tradition papers.
Mrs Phillips and her sister were
unexpectedly placed in an automo.
bile and whisked away toward Puer.
to Cortez. one of the Atlantic ports
Of Honduras. She was escorted by
Cndersheriff Biseailux. Detective
Hunter and Los Angeles authorities.
Just before, her trunks were
opened and searched by Hunter.
who sought important papers. The
United States minister stated that
Mrs Phillips would enter America
thru New Orleans.
Her sudden removal from Tcgucl
galpa caused much surprise here.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-05-23
SHIP FOLLOWED
WITH MUNITIONS

Walking out Of Los Angeles coun.
y jail. under the nose Of the
guari. she escaped to Mexico.
joined Carson. was captured by Mex.
lean rebels, liberated. hid in wild
volcanic region. and finally started
for Honduras with a fund OF $50. 900.
while a steamer loaded with mum.
tons followed her down the coas,
But the plot. by which the Tiger
Woman" was TO have been set mn
as tho first lady OF the land was
frustrated. and she found herself in
q cell, arrested for extradltlon TO
California TO serve time for beating
Mrs. Meadows TO death with ham.
mer in a tit OF jealous rage.
Carson. in a statement 10 tho
Honduras authorities today. made a
fun confession Of his part in the
conspiracy 10 tear down the exist.
ing government He said many
Americans were involved in the plot,
which WAS directed from Vera Cruz,
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-05-23

Star want sds viii nelp you buy
and sell. Phone Main OG00 ana place
your I'D now.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-17
Be Rid Of That Ache.

If you are a sufferer with lame
back, backache, dizziness, nervous
ness and kidney disorders, why don't
you try the remedy that your own
neighbors recommend? Ask your
neighbor!
Mrs. j. E, Bass, FOG McGarrah ST.,
Americas, says: 81 can hardly de-
scribe the misery l endured from
lame back several years ago. When
did my washing terrible pains shot
through the small of my back. | had
such severe backaches l had to go TO
bed. Ny kidneys acted too freely.
tired easily and hated to get out of
bed mornings. l was so nervous
was almost ready to fly to pieces. l
used DOan's Kidney Pills and two
boxes cured me. l felt years
younger"
Price Coo, at all dealers. Don't SIM
ply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mrs. Bass had. Foster .Milburn Co,
Mfls., Buffalo, N. Y. adv
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-17

lodged and for whose arrest the
officers were out recently at night
when the sheriff and Bert Cain
fired upon each other, each think
ing the other was the negro. Jones
ran away and later was located in
Detroit. ,..,1
Sheriff Noble secured extradi-
ton paper. and had a fight of more
than a week in the Detroit courts
but had to leave Jones when his
case was appealed. Sheriff Noble
left today at noon for Detroit upon
receipt of a telegram in which he
was ready for him. 1t is probable
that he has expended all the
money he had in the effort by le-
gal process to keep from returning
to Cordele for trial.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-17
FIND BODY. OF BABE
WKAFFkD I'm PAPER

ALBANY, Oat. 1.-THE body
Of an unidentified baby was dis
covered Saturday afternoon near
the old negro cemetery just north
of the Georgia Northern trestle on
Athe west side of the Flint river, re
1Anains unidentified, Persons who
viewed the little body declared
that it was deccmposed to such a
degree that it was impossible to
say if it was the body of White
child or negro. 1t was wrapped
in an old shirt and an Atlanta
newspaper bearing the date OF
June &c, but there were no marks
of positive identification. Police
and sheriff's officers made an in
vestigation, but there was nothing
discovered leading to Lheidentity
of the child or the cause of its
body beng unearthed. Opinion
was expressed in some quarters
that the body had been buried in
the negro cemetery and that some
animal scratched it up.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-17
DEATH RATE AMONG
MOTHERS INCREASING
Public Health Nurse Lauds Wis.,
ltlng Nurse Plan in Effect At
Rochester, N. Y.

DETROIT, Oct. 1I.-In spite of
national legislation and other or
canned effort to reduce maternal
and infant death rates, medical
"d public health workers today are
having to face the fact that the
present high mortality among
mothers is on the increase in this
country, was the declaration made
today by Miss Mary Laird, Direc-
Tor of the Public Health Nursing
ASSOCIATION of Rochester, N. Y. in
an address before the delegates at
tending the annual meeting of the
American Child Health Association
bat Hotel Statler. Miss Laird's
Dtopic was, "Can the Public Health
Nurse Do More to Reduce the
Death Rate of Mothers and In
tants?"
After two and a half years,
study of the nursing needs of the
city," said Miss Laird, tracing the
development of this first expert
ment in working out visiting
nurse service for Rochester, I'VE
were convinced that the most neg
lected phase of nursing work in
Rochester was skilled nursing care
for its mothers. So we staIted in
tenslve maternity work in one dis
trlct in conjunction with the gener-
al service. Our plan was to in
crease the number of nurses and
have a continuous service, begin
ming with prenatal care and main
tanned through the mothers con-
valescence, all done by the same
nurse in her subdivision of the
district.
I'VE were first attracted to. this
district for our demonstration be-
cause OF the increasing numbers Of
our mothers working for wages
either in the home or in the fac
tories and by the fact that all of
the babies admitted to the Infants
Summer Hospital from this district
showed greater neglect than the
babies from any of our other dis
t1lcts.
Describing the efforts of the
new maternity clinic to bring its
prenatal service to expectant
mothers through the assistance Of
the practitioners of the district,
Miss Laird made a plea for more
adequate training of the physician
and the nurse from more funda-
mental maternity health stand
points during their medical and
training course. The medical and
nursing schools might protest, she
said, against putting one more
thing into their already overcrowd
ed cmricl&.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-17
POSTPONE CAMPAIGN
FOR MOULTRIE 'Y'

.MUuLTRIE, Oct. 1.-THE an
nual Y. M C. A. membership cam
pagn has been postponed, it is an
nounced by Secretary Kenney. The
dates were originally set for Thurs
day and Friday cf this week but
because of illness in the family
of j. R. Hall, one of the leaders
in the campaign, it was decided to
postpone it.
1t was indicated Monday that
two days next week would be Sc
leeted.. This, however, will be dis
cussed tonight at meeting at
which b. Y. Chambers general
chairman of the membership cam
paign, will preside.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-17
Forsyth Street, Next 10 Bank Of
Commerce. Americas. Ca.
RAILROAD SCHEDULE

Arrival and Departure of Passenger
Trains, Americas, Ca.
The following schedule figures
lblished as information and not
uorantoad.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-10-17
ALEX JONES LOSES
FIGHT; MUST RETURN

CORDELE, Oct. 17.-Sheriff c.
o. Noble has won his fight to bring
back Alex Jones, Cordele negro
against whom a serious charge is
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the conservation of food fishes; and
by the Bureau of Standards with an
exploitation of the work OF this i'm
portant branch of the Government in
the development of industry. The
exhibit of the Department of Agricul-
ture includes the work of the Forest
Service in connection with the utiliza-
ton and conservation of our country's
forest resources, and the activities of
the Bureau of Public Roads in con-
neetion with the improvement of the
vehicle highways of the Nation.
The Interior Department, through
its Bureau of Mines. offers an inter-
esting exhibit of methods of safe
guarding the lives of men engaged in
mining operations, with especial por-
trayal of the ventilation of mines far
below the surface. The Geological
Survey also represents the Department
of the Interior. with display Of maps
and map making.
One of the exhibits which attracts
particular attention is that of the
Public Health Service, under the
auspices of the Treasury Department.
This is an exposition of industrial and
child hygiene and the methods de-
veloped for combating malaria and
other contagious diseases. The Treas
ury has further impressive exhibit
In the operation OF a plant for the
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an impressive scale. To these are
added exhibits of extensive and strik-
ing character by enterprising Amer
lean business concerns.
A notable feature of Uncle Sans
participation is that the old gentleman
used his sense of the practical in
planning the building intended to
house his official exhibits. Instead of
the usual temporary structure the
United States erected handsome
building of permanent character on
ground purchased with view to its
desrability for future use as well as
for exposition purposes. This plot of
ground constitutes one of the best
sites in the exposition grounds, and
after the close of the fair the building
will become the home of the Ameri-
can Embassy. In this way the $780,
900 expended for site and structure
gives the United States one OF the
handsomest buildings at the exposi-
ton and the outlay becomes a per-
manent investment instead of an ex-
pense.
Our Oficial Exhibits
The exhibits installed by the United
States Government cover wide
range. The Department OF Commerce
is represented by the Bureau of Fish
cries. with display portraying the
utilization of fishery by-products and
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continent in its entirety. An oppor-
tunity OF this scope has never before
been available and it Is because of this
comprehensive scale that the exposi-
ton at Rio is attracting world wide
attention and arousing the interest of
the civilized globe in the vast wealth
of South America. month at the
fair does more for the student of hui
man progress than could be accom-
plished in years OF travetethrough our
sister nations of the Southern Hen1is-
phere. In displaying the products of
the soil, the mines, the forests and
the industries of the Continent the ex-
position affords an opportunity to see
everything at a glance.
United States Participates
1t is not only Latin America that
has had hand in making the cen
tennial great exposition. Many
foreign nations have availed them
selves of the occasion to cement rela-
tions of friendship and commerce
with Brazil and It's sister nations, and
In this way the enterprise has been
made worlds fair in the true mean
ing of the term.
The United States is one of the
foremost among the participating ma
tions. Under a congressional appro-
priation of 1000, 900. the Government
has establishment official displays on
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printing of Bank Notes. installed by
the Bureau of Engraving. The War
Departments display of military maps
and map-making, together with their
photographic reproduction. and the
Navy Departments exhibit of radio
and other activities, complete a COM
prehensive and satisfying collection of
offerings from the United States Gov
eminent.
Baseball Wins Favor
AS a manifestation of international
friendship the Battleship Nevada OF
the United States Navy took up its
station in the harbor of Rio de Janeiro
at the opening OF the exposition. From
the day of its arrival this great vessel
has been an object OF admiration and
its officers and crew have received
constant and cordial hospitality at the
hands of the authorities and the pop
ulace. Yankee baseball has become a
fixed institution In Brazil as result
of the missionary work of the blue
Jackets, and the frequent games be-
tween sailors from the Nevada and the
local teams have aroused enthusiasm
worthy of Big Lacquer.
Rio de Janeiro itself is city of rare
beauty, with ceaseless charm for the
visitor. The entrance to IT'S harbor
affords picture unrivalled--a blend
ing of urban beauty and mountain en-
vironment to be found at no other
place in the world.
The exposition will continue until
March 31st. covering period of al
most seven months.
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land promising of all desert plants is
alfalfa-an alkali-tolerant clover, Gull
tivated and bred specially for drought
resistance by the Moors Of ancient
days in Spain and Northern Africa.
Some OF the plants native to our
deserts have leaves so small as to be
hardly distinguishable as such. Other
species. to reduce evaporation to
minimum. have thorns instead of
leaves. 1t is all a question of econo-
MIXING moisture. The Indians who
inhabit such regions are driven to
adopt corresponding methods. When
rain comes-for rain does fall occa-
sionally in the dryest deserts-they
bring the rills together, and, having
got moist spot no bigger perhaps
than an ordinary room. they SOW corn
or beans of quick-maturing varieties
which have been developed through
many hundreds of years especially for
usht-resista
Desert Flowers
THE flowers OF the deserts are ex-
treme!y beautiful-the cacti bearing
brilliant yellow and red blossoms: the
yuccas gorgeous blooms of yellowish
white. in clusters: the century plant
umbrella shaped panicles OF white;
and the mesquite yellowish, sweet
smelling flowers which attract the
honey-bees for miles around. Some
of the finest honey in the world of
delicious flavor. is derived from the
nectar of the mesquite blossoms.
1.-The soil of our deserts is mar
velously rich. because through ages
the mineral salts that>nourish plants.
being not leached out by water. have
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he size and shape of a beer-keg and

the size and shape OF beer-keg and
completely covered with formidable
spikes. to protect It against thirsty
animals. When the top of 1t is
chopped off with machete, the in
terror is found to be a mass of pulp.
the bulk of which is the freshest and
purest of drinking-water.
"A characteristic and very useful
plant of the deserts is the MESQUITE
a big bush that produces beans which
are a valuable cattle food. Many
years ago Jesuit missionary took a
notion to introduce this leguminous
shrub into the Hawaiian islands,
where. marvellous to relate. 1t has as
sumed an entirely new development.
Transforming itself Into magnificent
tree. comparable to the New England
elm-graceful, with long limbs loaded
heavily with pods.
Date Palms And Melons
1.-The soil of the deserts differs from
that of humid regions In that II con-
tains an excess of salts-common salt
carbonates and sulphates of lime,
soda, ETC.. all of which are grouped
under the popular term 'alkali.' The
date palm has been bred for thou
sands OF years in the Old World
deserts to resist alkali, and there is
today hardly any wild plant that is
equal to 1t In this respect. Some of
the finest varieties of dates. fetched
from African GASES, are now being sue
cessfuily grown in Arizona.
Certain varieties OF melons. with
small leaves and deep root systems.
have been successfully developed In
the deserts. But the most valuable
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accumulated in it. over vast areas
1t is hundreds of feet in depth.
Brought down by foods from the
mountains. 1t has been distributed
over the valley floors in a finely
divided state. so that It contains few
stones. easily titled, It requires no
fertilizers. and. when water is supplied
by irrigation. 1t yields astonishing
crops.
Valley or Death
There are. of course, deserts of
various degrees. In respect of bar
renness. Here and there-as in
Death Valley. for instance-the condi-
ton reaches an extreme. In describ-
ing such a desert, my friend, DR.. w.
j. MCGEE, has written: The animals
are peculiar in structure. Even the
Indians gathered in the moister spots.
have shrunken and withered appear
ance-half mummied before death
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Worlds Fair At Rio Marks One Hundredth Ami
versary of independence From Old-World
Rule All South America Shown
in Birds Eye View.
BY NORMAN c. McLOUD

both hemispheres and from the seven
seas are making the sightseeing and
commercial pilgrimage to Rio de
Janeiro.
The fair opened on September
seventh-the Brazilian Fourth of July.
1t was on the corresponding date in
1922 that Dom Pedro renowned his
title as regent of Brazil under the
King of Portugal and proclaimed the
South American country an independ-
ent empire. All the greater signifi-
canoe attached to this Declaration of
Independence because of the circum-
stance that Dom Pedro was a son of
the ruling monarch, King John vi,
and the further fact that for several
years Brazil had held the proud posi-
ton of the chief unit of the Portu-
guese Empire.
This latter circumstance was due to
the invasion of Spain and Portugal by
Napoleon in the early part of the nine
teenth Century. This invasion prompt
ed the King to betake himself with
his family and court, to his American
Kingdom of Brazil. From Rio de
Janeiro he ruled over the Portuguese
possessions in the old world as well
as in the new. There Is evidence that
King John intended to fix the seat OF
his government permanently in Brazil,
but after few years the clamor of
his Old World subjects forced him to
return to Portugal and leave his son
in charge as Prince Regent. The
Brazilian Empire was succeeded nv n
Republic in 1889.
King Johns wisdom and foresight
laid the foundation for the tremendous
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Day after day the air is 100 Fahren-
heit or more in the shade. and dry
so dry that basin OF water evap-
crates in an hour: so dry that no
drop OF sweat is shed by hard-pushed
horses or toiling pedestrians. Here
thirst abides: and here one sees tom-
bless skeletons whitening in the sun.
and staring skulls showing teeth as
they bowl along before the sandstorm.'
But these are extreme and unusual
conditions. Considering our deserts
in general way, 1t may be said that
they are delightful places to visit, and
even to wander about in-particularly
IL the wandering can be done in an
automobile. Collectively they may be
described as the great American Won
derland. and. as time goes on, they
Will become IN steadily increasing
degree the resort of tourists. health
seekers. and holiday
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EW WORLD independence is
having it's second centennial cele-
bratlon in the great exposition
= - now under way in Rio de Janeiro.
When the United States celebrated
its one hundredth birthday. by the
centennial at Philadelphia, Brazilian
independence was slightly more than
SO years OF age. That was in 1875.
Today the Philadelphia exposition
finds its parallel in a similar celebra-
ton in the metropolis Of Brazil.
The great fair at Rio serves in a
striking manner to emphasize the
kinship of the countries of the West
ern Hemisphere. Just as the thirteen
States cut loose the ties which held
them to an Old-World monarchy in
1776, the people of Brazil freed them
selves from Portuguese domination in
1922. AS was true in the United
States, the development of Brazil has
to a large extent dated from its Dec
iaration of Independence. With spirit
resembling that which prompted our
own nation AZ years ago. the people of
Brazil are now celebrating century
of self-government through the me-
alum OF a w Oriu L air, uSSlBHeQ 10
reveal the progress and possibilities
of the country.
A Great Exposition
The exposition at Rio Is a worthy
expression of Brazilian enterprise. In
extent and splendor 1t has earned
place among the great fairs of the
past 80 years. and it has already
bestirred worldwide admiration. The
success of the undertaking shows~con-
slant expansion and the people of
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ITO draw water from such great
depths. of course, artesian' wells are
required. But already there are such
wells by thousands in our deserts. In
former days no desert in this country
bore a more dreadful reputation than
the tornado del Muetto Journey of
Death) in New Mexico, where the dis
lance from water to water was eighty
miles. At the present time. however.
the crossing of this waste is made safe
by-weIls at intervals of FIVE miles
such wells incidentally supplying
artificial ponds. called tanks at which
cattle drink.
"A we'll of this kind is equipped with
pumping machinery driven by a wind
mill. Vast areas Of deserts in the
Southwest. particularly in Western
Texas. are fairly dotted with such
windmills. the raising OF great num-
bers OF cattle (Which feed on the
sparse vegetation) being thereby rem
dered practicable.
Possibilities For Sheep And Cattle
1.-THE time is destined to arrive when
our deserts will contribute very large
ly to the meat supply of the country,
maintaining vast herds Of cattle and
immense flocks OF sheep. This will be
brought about by an extension of the
artesian well system. tapping the un-
foreground reservoirs. and by the de-
velopment of drought-proo forage
plants that will flourish In such
regions For some years past our
agricultural explorers have been
seeking such plants in deserts all over