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The Washington times., 1923-03-30
IMPORTANT
PROBLEM
SOLVED
Frenchmeh's Claims, IT Cor
rect, Bear Out Theory Long
Accepted as True.
By GEORGE FRANKLIN.

by GEORGE FRANKLIN.
Static electricity, taken from
the air, has been harnessed up
by a French scientist, who, with
apparatus measuring three yards
IN area, lighted ten lamps of fifty
candlepower each, according to
information received in local sci
entific circles today.
He Explained Experiment.
Chary of committing themselves
90 the admission that a solution
has been found to the problem of
obtaining a universally available
power when the world faces the
fuel shortage forseen in the future,
washington scientists declined to
challenge or endorse the correct
ness Of the French savant's claims
or question the Importance Of the
discovery claimed by him.
Up to the present time scien-
lists endeavored to secure an elec-
tric current from a single point in
the air. They were successful but
IN q small way.
The reason for this was that
the negative and positive electric
currents neutralized each other. 1t
Ia well known that ultra violet rays
striking a. conductor charged with
electricity neutralized the current.
On the other hand rays of the
sun, which are rich in ultraviolet
rays, discharge electricity on strik-
ing q conductor, thus forming
negative current, which I succeed
ed In capturing through antenna
posed toward the zenith.
Now as to positive currents, on
which the ultra violet rays have no
effect, they are caught at the eaua.
tor. In pittiIlg the two currents
thus obtained against each other
: ] obtained considerable power.
With apparatus measuring three
square yards I succeeded in light
ing ten lamps OF so candle-power
each at the same time and gen.
Grated sufficient heat to warm
Q small apartment
Sees Great Possibilities.
Prof. Guillot announced further
that with larger equipment it. will
be able to light up a city. He
declares his experiments demon.
etrated that electricity can be OBJ
tanned in the way he describes at
nominal cost.
When Professor Guillot'st an
nouncement was shown to DR.
Emile Berliner. the latter said: 81
Without knowing more of the
scientific data connected with the
experiment. I would not attempt
to value the importance of Guillot's
discovery. Science is always on the
threshold of new discoveries and
what seems impossible today is
realized tomorrow. That is the his
tory OF science. can readily
understand how important 1t would
be to have solved the problem of
utilizing static electricity. 1t has
long been known that light con-
tains power. Some twenty years
ago, / believe. a newspaper was
published on a press driven by
steam generated In a boiler, by SUM-
light. The power was available so
long as the sunshine continued.
But to discuss the Guillot discov.
cry. must know more about 1t.
It is truely wonderful. IL all that is
reported in connection with it is
true
At the Bureau of Standards.
The Washington times., 1923-03-30

WE SERVE YOU WELL
The Washington times., 1923-03-30

partment OF Commerce used to the
utmost by the SPECTATORS.
President Harding has wisely
called for an investigation In re-
gard to the effect of the present
tariff upon this unwarranted rise
in price and has stated, according
to the press, that If the tariff on
sugar has had it's effect upon the
present market, he will reduce the
tariff under his rights of the
flexible tariff rates" 1t is to be
hoped that the investigation by
The Washington times., 1923-03-30

President Harding, the Department
of Commerce, or some department
with power to investigate win also
unearth the fact as to how and
why the misunderstood statement
was given such great publicity.
1t would seem that the present
status and general conditions are
ideal to unearth the cause Tor the
speculation ana the names OF the
spectators. Housewives are ask
ing what can be done; to them we
say:
Buy as little as possible; ana we
The Washington times., 1923-03-30

and all but $125.0OO,OoO have been
repaid, Starek said.
While the corporation will con.
ttnue to loan money, 1t will aot loan
to country banks merely to repay
city correspondents, Starek declared,
and each application will he scanned
to insure the money going for direct
relief to agriculture.
Vacation Nears End.
President Harding was greatly in
terested in the report of the War
Finance Corporation, as he expects
to dwell considerably on the agri.
cultural situation and what has been
done to help 1t when he makes his
swing through the West this summer.
With the end of the Presidential
vacation in sight, Mr. Harding is
already beginning to slack down in
his play" and devote some time
each day to consideration of official
matters. He Is continuing confer.
ences with Chairman Lasker of the
Shipping Board on the Governments
merchant marine policy, but no de-
cision has been reached as to the
disposition of the fleet.
The Harding party will leave st
Augustine tomorrow night. starting
northward by easy stages Easter
Sunday will be spent in Augusta
Ga, where the President and Mrs
Harding will attend church services
The length OF the Augusta stav is
uncertain, but it is not expected the
party will remain there more than a
week.
The Washington times., 1923-03-30

would ask that grocers, Gamers,
bakers and all cooperate by q vir-
tuaI boycott on sugar.
Consumers have not forgotten
the sugar lesson Of 1890. We were
told at that time that sugar famine
was imminent. This proved to be
wrong, for. after the different fac.
tors had stocked up well with
sugar, hundreds Of tons came from
hiding, but the consumers were
forced to pay high prices
The Lamar register., 1923-03-28
ELECTION NOTICE

State OF Colorado.
County Of Prowers,
city of Lamar.-ss.
Pursuant to the provisions of the
General Statutes of the State of Colo
rado. made and provided. in relation to
and concerning elections in municipal
corporations and cities Of the second
class. notice is hereby given to the
qualified electors OF the city OF Lamar r,
Colorado, that a General Election will
be held In the several election wards
OF said city Of Lamar. in the State
aforesaid, on
TUESDAY. THE BIRD DAY OF APRIL.
\. D., 1923.
That on the said 3rd day of April,
1923. at said election. the following Of
ficers are to be elected.
One Mayor at large. for a term
of two years.
One city Treasurer at large. for
term Of two years,
One city Clerk at large. for
term of two years.
Two Aldermen for Ward l for
term Of two years.
Two Aldermen for Ward 2 for
term of two years,
Two Aldermen for Ward for
That said election will be held at the
voting places in the several wards in
said city. as follows:
Ward Court House
Ward City Hall
Ward 9-Eckles Tire Service. 22s
North Main Street.
places in the several wards in said city
will be open from I o'clock \. NJ. to !
o'clock +. NJ. of said date.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. the City
Council OF the city OF Lamar. in the
State OF Colorado. has caused this no.
tice to be published and posted: as re,
quired by law. under the official seal
OF said City. this nth day OF March.
\. ID. 1923.
C. a. LACY.
City Clerk of the City of
tSEAL). Lamar. Colorado,
First Pub. March 81. 1923.
Last Pub. March 2s. 1923.
The Lamar register., 1923-03-28
Teeth as welI a. Finger Prints.

The unhappy criminal son is likely
to have no chance to escape the penal
ty of his misdeeds. Nor is anybody
likely to have a chance TO hide his
identity for innocuous reasons, since
in addition TO the plan for the univer-
sal finger printing, the rogues' gal
leries of the country are now adding
minute descriptions OF teeth.
Recently a prisoner on Welfare Is
land who had been sent up under an
assumed name was discovered 10 be Il
state prisoner who had broken parole
and sent back to Sing Sing to serve
out the remainder of two-year SEN
tsnce. His teeth revealed his identity.
The Lamar register., 1923-03-28
A North Dakota By-PrOduct.

Merely an Incident in the semi-so-
cialistic program of the North Dako-
ia Nom Partisan League was the state
guarantee bank deposit law.
1t was an act to create fund by
assessing all state banks to pay de-
positors in state banks that failed
through mismanagement, dishonesty
or otherwise.
Since the law was enacted, 10 state
banks closed; in two, deposits were
paid in full, 10 were reopened and AZ
busted state banks with their deposits
guaranteed" by state law are owing
their depositors from S5,OOO,OOO to
81 ,OOO, 900.
These unpaid deposits are supposed
to draw interest at per cent, or from
$3.50, 900 to $3.50, 900 is added annually
to their liabilities, while the guarantee
tax at the outside would produce S24O,-
900 year.
1t will be seen that under its most
favorable operation the state guaran-
tee law would fall short of paying the
interest alone, while the principal
amounting to from five to seven mill
lion dollars, will constantly increase
under the operation of the state guar
antee law.
This law is an incentive, bootstrap-
litter to bring fake bankers into the
state. 1t has failed in Washington as
we'll as North Dakota, and is one of
the semi-socialistic rainbow myths, in
tended to produce honesty and COM
potency in business where it does not
otherwise exist.
The Lamar register., 1923-03-28
WHEAT BREAD LONG IN USE
According to Tradition, tho Chinese
Knew Of II Some Two thousand
Years Before Christ.

Henry Buckle. the great English
historian. was one OF the first to point
out the Importance Of food as vital
factor in the progress Of II nation
Bread has done more than all otter
foods combined in changing man
from savage to a civilized being
The peoples Of the earth may he
roughly divided into two ma jor
classes In respect TO the food they
eat-the rice enters and the bread
eaters. Such nations as Japan. for
merly rice eaters. are becoming more
and more like the western nations
in the consumption OF bread.
OF course II is not known when
bread was first used, but according
to one tradition Ching Noung taught
the Chinese how 10 make bread from
wheat more than 1900 years B. c.
Even in the time OF the patriArchs
both leaven and unleaven bread were
staple foods among the Hebrews Fer
mented bread was known at an early
date among the Egyptians. The
secret became known to the Greeks,
who communicated It to the Romans.
With the conquering legions OF Rome
the invention spread throughout
northern Europe.
The Lamar register., 1923-03-28
TRACE ORIGIN TO SANSkRIT
Term india" Believed to Have Beer
Derived Through the Greek and
Early Persians.

Best authorities agree that India"
10 the abstract form of word de-
rived through the Greek from the
Persicized form OF the Sanskrit sind
hu." q river" pre-eminently the In
dus. The word has become familiar
since the British acquired India. and
is now officially recognized ip :he I'm
pcrlal title OF the sovereign. The
natives OF India can scarcely be said
tn have II word Of their own by which
10 express their common country"
snys the Encyclopedia Britannica. "In
Sanskrlt. II would be called 'Bharata-
yarsha. from Bharats, a legendary
monarch of the Lunar line: but San
skirt IL no more the vernacular of
india than Latin is of Europe
The name 'Hindustan,' which was
at one time adopted by European
geogrsphers, is of Persian origin.
meaning the land Of the Hlndus.' as
Afghanistan means the land OF the
Afghans.' According to native usage,
however. 'Hindustan' is limited either
to that portion OF the peninsula lying
north OF the yindhya mountains. or
yet more strictly TO the upper basin
Of the Gsnges where Hind is the
spoken language.
The East Indies as opposed TO
the West Indies.' is an old-fashioned
and Inaccurate phrase, dating from
the dawn OF maritime discovery"
The Lamar register., 1923-03-28
EsTHAY ADyERTIsEMENT

Notice is hereby given to whom it
may concern that the following describ-
ed estray animals We're taken up near
Holly and Lamar. Prowers County. Col
orado. on or about March 20. 1893. to-
wit: one dark grey Horse Mule. yrs.
old. one brown Mare Mule. yrs. old
one brown Horse Mule. yrs. old. un-
branded.
said animals being unknown to this
Board. unless claimed by owner on OF
before April p. 1923. said estrays viii
be sold by this Board for the benefit
Of the owner when found.
State Board Of stock Inspection
Commissioners.
Denver, Colorado.
First Pub. March IS. 1929.
I.aat pub. Aprn 4. 1919.
The Lamar register., 1923-03-28
Notice OF Stockholders Meeting.

To the Stockholders Of the Prowers
County Home Association.
You are hereby notified that the an
nual meeting OF our association will be
held at the Eagles Hail, on North Main
street Lamar. Colorado. on Tuesday.
the 2ith day OF April. A. d. 1923. at
500 o'clock D. M.
The said meeting is called for the
purpose OF electing officers for the en-
suing year and for transacting any 9TH
er business as may properly come be-
fore said meeting.
tSeaD.
First Pub. March IS. 1923.
Last Pub, April is. 1928.
The Lamar register., 1923-03-28
Rotary PIo. for Snow.

A Wisconsin inventors rotary plow
for highways throws snow in stream
200 feet to one side and is equipped
with picks for breaking frozen snow
and ice.
The Lamar register., 1923-03-28
EsTnAY AD,ERTIsEMENT

Notice is hereby given to whom II
may concern that the following describ-
ed estray animal was taken up near
Wiley. proWers County. Colorado. on or
about March Is. 1928. to-wit: One red
notified face yearIinE heifer branded
Said animal being unknown to this
Board. unless claimed by owner on or
before April Is. 1928. said estray VIII
be sold by this Board for the henefit
of the owner when found
State Board Of Stock Inspection
Commissioners.
Denver. Colorado.
First Pub. March IS. 1928
Last Pub. April 4. 1923.
The Lamar register., 1923-03-28
For Sale.

1922 FORD TOURING Mechanically
o. X. New battery, new paint,
less than year old and just like new
1915 for quick sale. Geo. C. Harris.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23
MELLON FAILS
 TO. REMEMBER
 HIS REMARK
Treasury Head Has No Recollection of Bonus
 Comment

WASHINGTON, FeM 23 - The statement of Chairman Fordney, of the House Ways and Means Con- mittee, who yesterday repeated what he said had been a statement made to him by Secretary Mellon with reference to the use of the moneys received in payment on the nations foreign debts for the payment of a soldiers bonus, received startling check today. When his attention was called to the remarks of Rep resentative Fordney Secretary Mellon said that he had no recollection of making such a statement. On the contrary, he pointed out that he had always taken the position that the principal of the foreign debt, at least, must be used when repaid for the purpose of redeeming the nations Liberty bonds.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23
BILL WEARS END WITH
 LAST VOTE TOMORROW

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-The Ship subsidy bill was near it's end today in the Senate. Through an agreement reached behind closed doors a tenn porary armistice was declared in the filibuster which has effectively blocked it's being brought up for action since last Monday. An agreement was reached for adjournment at six o'clock, minor bills to be taken up to- morrow, after which the shipping bill is to be proceeded with There is a possibility, however, of a vote in the meantime on a motion for recommit- tai. Administration leaders have con- ceded the measure "as good as dead" vote for recOmmital will come not later than tomorrow night when the bill will be "interred with proper ob- sequies."
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23
BUYS BUILDING SITE

The trustees of Afford John Brad ford Post No. 4, American Legion, have purchased a lot 50x1O0 feet, run ming from Second street back to the rear of the Circle City hotel, at Ju- neau. There are four small buildings on the lot at present.
 While the Legion Post is not pre- pared at present to carry out the plans it has formulated, it is the intention at some future date to rage the pres- ent buildings on the lot and erect an up-to-date building which will include club rooms, a dance hall, gymnasium with shower baths and other modern accessories. The proposition of a swimming tank is also being consid- cred, but as the only venture under taken there in that line proved a costly and losing one, it is doubtful if it is carried out.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23
PL0TIERS ARE
 CAPTURED IN GENERAL RAID
International Gang of Five Hundred Is
 Nabbed OPERATORS WORK FAST Bad Money Makers Are Taken Without
 Warning

NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-The Inter- national counterfeiting system whose operations were laid bare yesterday by Secret Service agents, has been wrecked through the arrest of from five to six hundred persons con- nected with the ring in a dozen countries of the world What is declared to have been one of the greatest criminal plots ever un- earthed by the Government Secret Service, was brought to sudden end by swift and powerful action that followed the labors of months, and which gave the perpetrators no opportunity either to suspect that they were being watched, or to make an escape. The Federal authorities today are prepared with evidence for prosecutions which are believed to entitle the counterfeiters individ- ually to the maximum jail sentence of forty-five years.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23
RING LEADER
 CONSPIRACY
 ID BE nABBED

SPRINGFIELD Mass, Feb. 23.-A warrant for the arrest of Joseph B. MarCinO, who is declared to be the leading conspirator in a ring that has fleeced investors of from half a mil lion to two million dollars, was is- sued today. Marcino, who is now in Mexico and who will be greeted with the warrant on his expected crossing of the border, will be arrested on the specific charge of having robbed the First National Bank of Warren of $213,O00 worth of securities on Feb ruary 6. Other larcenies are charged against him as the result of a career in frenzied finance, during which he obtained thousands of dollars from credulous investors. In anticipation of his return, the Mexican border is now being watched
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23
S0VIETS WILL
 BE METH0DISTS
 AYCLERCYMEN

CLEVELAND, Feb. 23.-Belief that the Russian Soviet Government will adopt the social creed and principles of the Methodist Episcopal Church was expressed at the sixth annual meeting of the Council of Churches of the Methodist Episcopal Church in session here, yesterday. The Gov ernor of the Council has requested the church administration to appoint committee to assist in the reor- ganization of the Russian churches. For the purpose of replacing with the Methodist organization the Greek Orthodox Church which has been banished from Russia, three Metho- dist bishops are to be sent to Mos COW in April, it is announced.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23
TWO SENATORS HERE IIiN ROUTE;
 CAPITAL. CITY

Senators F. E. Chamberlin, of Sew ard and John w. Dunn, of Ruby, greeted Cordova friends last night while the steamer Northwestern was in port They are on their way to Jul neau to attend the coming session of the legislature. The other members of both Houses from the Second, Third and Fourth divisions will go to the capital on the Admiral Watson, which will arrive there about the day before the legislature convenes, March 5.
 Senator Chamberlain is serving his second session in the Senate, the only other old member being Senator Hunt, of Ketchikan, and both have been men, toned for the presidency of that body in the new organization, but as the latter has no desire to serve in that capacity it is generally conceded that Chamberlain will be the choice of his colleagues. That he will make an ex- cellent presiding officer is not ques- toned, and his selection will be an honor appreciated by the Third divi- sion.
 Senator Dunn served one term in the lower House. He says the Ruby district with it's vast quantities of low-grade ore, is lying dormant, the same as other rich districts in the Territory, for the lack of roads and boats. The lack of communication is sadly felt, especially in the Koyukuk section, but it is hoped that a govern ment wireless station will soon be built. The Senator states the possibil- ties of securing the wireless station look very favorable at the present time. Prospects for government boat service on the Kuskokwim river also look very good.
 Senator Dunn states there is no par ticular legislation he will work for this year, but that he will actively support any bill which will be of benefit to Alaskans, especially for the miners and prospectors. He strongly hopes of being able to secure from the leg islature next month some aid for the ospector-financial assistance, etc. The Senator has been in the Ruby dis trict since 1911, where he has prac- ticed law, and followed the mining and prospecting game. He was elected for the long term last fall. On his way to the coast Senator Dunn visited the Alaska. Agricultural College and School of Mines at Fairbanks, and is loud in his praise of the wonderful work President Bunnell of the College is carrying on. Many Alaskans have taken advantage of the special short course now on at the college, about sixty students being enrolled.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23
KANSAS POLITICIAN
 DIES; SHORT ILLNESS

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 23.-Webster Davis, former mayor of Kansas City, and Assistant Secretary of the h. terior under the Mckinley adminis- tration, died here yesterday from in- flammation of the heart. He was 61 years of age. Davis made the nomination speech which made Will liam J. Bryan a candidate for Presi- dent at the National Democratic Con- vention which met here in 1900.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23
PARTY LEADERS CONCERNED BY
 FORD'S BOOM
Democrats of Michigan Fear Party Split
 In 1924 ATTITUDE FORD UNKNOWN We Want Henry Talk Brings Anxiety to
 Convention

DETROIT, Feb. 23.-The possibility Of Henry Ford being endorsed as the party's Presidential candidate in 1924 over shadowed all other business or the Michigan Democrats when they met here yesterday in State convention to adopt platform and nominate candidates for minor State offices. Fear was expressed by some of the leaders that the proposed endorsement of the flivver manufac- turer might result in a split in the party and turn the national conven- tlon from jollification over the party's success last November into a divided camp. No statement was forthcoming as to Ford's personal attitude on the proposal,
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23
THIRTEEN ARE DEAD
 IN TENEMENT FIRE

KANSAS CITY, Feb. 23.-Thirteen persons, of whom six were adults and seven were children, were burned to death, and three others are still missing, as the result of a fire which yesterday destroyed a room ing house in the lower section of the city. Between thirty and forty persons were occupying rooms on the second floor of the building when the fire broke out. In the panic which followed many jumped from windows, some of whom escaped injury.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23
AGED FUGITIVE
 SURRENDERS TO AUTHORITIES
Confesses to the Murder of Four Men Years
 Ago

BALTIMORE, Feb. 23.-Charles F. McCandless, a man sixty-two years old, and giving his residence as Hurst, Texas, appeared at police headquar- ters yesterday and gave himself up as fugitive from justice. McCandless confessed to having killed four men between the years 1900 and 1910. He declared that he had been living under an assumed name, but wanting to visit himself up.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23
CR0NKHITE CASE IS APPEALED TO
 SUPREME COURT

WASt!INGTGN, Feb. 23.-Proceed- in@a were instituted in the Supreme C""rt yesterday in an effort to obtain final decision as to the jurisdiction of the Federal Courts over the case of the alleged murder CTS of Major Alexander Cronkhite
 Captain Robert Rosenbluth, who has been indicted for the murder by Grand Jury sitting at Tacoma, has so far successfully eluded all efforts to be brought to trial by the Federal authorities, on the ground that Camp Lewis was not Government ground at the time of the killing of Cronkhite.
The Cordova daily times., 1923-02-23
MINE WORKERS FREED
 OF MURDER CHARGE
INDICTMENT THROWN OUT
 ON MOTION PROSECUTION

BERKELEY SPRINGS, Va., Feb. 23. The case against c. Frank keeney, president of the United Mine Work CTS of West Virginia, who was to have been brought to trial as an ac- cessory to murder in connection with the Logan County industrial disturb ances, was brought to an abrupt end today on motion of the prosecuting at torney, who alleged that witnesses had been tempered with. Judge J. M. Wood, sitting on the case, threw out the indictment.