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Good for Shadows and
WiI-o'-the.Wisps.

THEY'RE getting billion dol
lar wages in Barmecide
money-good for face value
THROUGHOUT Utopia-good for
shadows and -o'-the-wlsps
and imagination. But a billion
q day won't fill nursing bottles
nor soup pots-merely graves.
OF course, constituted au-
thority should intervene. Tax
Dives for the benefit Of Laza-
rus. Seize crops and compel
fat to share with lean. But,
it's too late to consider what
ought to be and what might
have been.
Deaths at the door. Death,
without shroud or coffin. A
betrayed and deserted nation is
perishing within ring of steel
and callousness. Traitorous
greed and insatiate creditors
have in turn looted and locked
the larder.
The enemy has finally pushed
through to Berlin-the ancient,
bitter enemy of all our kind
the Horsemen of the Apoca-
lypse. Famine is on the ground,
pestilence riding hard behind.
Dollars or Deoths-Thot's
the Issue.
We fought the Kaiser and
smashed him. We fought mill
tarism and broke its might.
We didn't lift arm against
women and children-but to
deny them salvation is the same
thing.
We snatched Austria from de-
struction, established sanctuar-
aes for Armenia's refugees and
Syria's waits, drove plague out
Of Russia, rationed her even
while soviet emissaries were
plotting our own destruction :
now, let's fulfill our duty in
Germany.
We've more wheat than we can
market, more apples than we
can MUNICH, more pork than we
Continued On Pasa 3. Column 4
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Wide
World
by Herbert Kaufman


TN 1918, Germany laid down
the sword for the cross.
France insists that it's
double cross and acts accord
ingly.
Paris interprets non-payment
of indemnities and reputation
of reconstruction agreements
as defiance of the Versailles
treaty. So NJ. Poincare takes
such recourses as opportunity
offers and impotent allies pro-
testingly permit.
The goose refuses to lay,
therefore choke it until eggs
are Forthcoming. A kill-or-
cure remedy for q desperate
situation. And one more likely
to. kill than cure.
1t isn't killing SHINES. He
probably has much more cash
in British and American banks
than his total properties orig
inally cost. Thyssen, too, and
the other industrialists.
The kaiser's not settling any
part of the bill, nor the
Junkers, nor the great landed
proprietors, nor the farmers.
Chemical magnates continue
to ship to the four corners of
the earth.
Bertha Krupp's income may
be a fragment of the millions
that Essen once yielded, but
that fragment quite suffices
for accustomed Injuries and
comfort.
The mobiles, the great mer-
chants and manufacturers, the
exporters and the agrarians,
upon whose shoulders the re-
sponsibility for der Tag" is
laid, are not found staggering
up to Calvary.
ssWOn1en and Children
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RACING RESULTS

BOWIE RACE TRACK, MD, FRIDAY NOVEMBER %, 1923.
off Starts Won
Cfnder Owner,
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SECOND
Cd DehIFaIr Bnrescnel:
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SEVENTH
90 H
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raikht 5000 place.
prominent all the big Sing
pound; lamb
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teid) $3.50 straight
md
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Six and one-half furlongs. Two-year-olds
Won ridden out; place driving. Winner, b. c.
Rancocaa Stable. Trainer. s.. Q. Hildreth
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-10-26

same to the family neighborhood. The
principal use of undertakers Is In car
Ing for bodies pending removal.
''In the great city of Peking there
are no tramcars. People get about In
carts and jinrickishas. Motor cars are
In use, and tear through the few wide
streets with reckless Indifference to
pedestrians. Oriental chaufeurs are
generally speed fiends.
"The Chinese have convenient
plan for meeting the rise and fall In
temperature. When winter comes
they simply put on more suits-suits
to suit, so to speak. These are peeled
Off In the spring and by summer they
are almost down 10 bedrock
"Japan shows great progress since
was there 20 years ago. Tokyo had
some great Office buildings. like those
in American cities, and new Impe-
rial hotel that attracts much attention
and comment on account OF its novel
and artistic features. There Is moth
ing quite like 1t anywhere In the world
and It Is much discussed In the press
and In private by architects and trav-
elers. 1t is great pity that 1t was
destroyed"
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-10-26
Crosses Ocean
I'm Small Boat

rapid and anxious calculation and
found that with luck could pull
through If I rationed myself to one
cup Of water per day for all purposes.
Needless to say the 'all purposes were
drinking.
MY staple diet was potatoes at this
time. l soon found that they tasted
delicious when boiled In sea water in
their skins. That's a fine dish.
Except for the loss Of the water
everything was ideal. slept regular
ly eight hours and spent the greater
part of the morning idling on deck.
So passed 1000 miles In day dreams
Sometimes ] fished for bonitas. twenty
to thirty-pound monsters, with har-
poOns. Sometimes I would fish over
the side of the boat and nearly fall
asleep in the warm wind which
caressed me.
Like all sailors, l love reading.
had brought with me fair-sized II
brary, mostly books of adventure and
those connected with the sea. Some
times the sea was little rough, but
the wind was astern the whole time
and there was not shadow of a
strain on my tiny vessel. But sud
denly Nemesis descended upon me. ]
had with me carefully prepared wind
chart, which indicated that the wind
should be following for the rest Of the
voyage to New York.
Unconscious for 81 Hours.
"This chart led me in wrong. In the
space Of As minutes the wind from
being astern began to blow in the op-
posite direction. Then followed Ii
days of calm. and. after that terrific
squalls Of rain, with the wind still IN
the wrong direction.
II was soaked to the skin. In the
cabin was foot of water, not from
the sea, but from the rain. The pump
broke and the water rose higher and
higher In the cabin. AS fast as baled
1t out Ii came In again. On the fifth
morning Of the downpour came a
fever with a sore throat. Although I
was wet to the skin, burned like fire
inwardly. My throat became so in
famed that l could not swallow solid
food and with great difficulty could !
pass liquids down my throat.
"On the seventh day my temperature
rose to 104.5 or thereabouts. ! be-
came unconscious. The last thing re-
member Is trying to repair the main
sail and pitching head-first into the
cabin. When awoke everything was
awash. BY making my reckonings I
estimated had been In state Of
semi-stupor for about fifty-one hours.
There had been strong wind, heavy
squalls and rain all that time.
Gales for Twen,y-six Days.
''Then came the worst period Of the
whole voyage. The winds still blew In
the direction contrary to that which
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-10-26
Aged Resident of Lewiston, Me-,
Says He Saw Captain Kidd's
Chest in Sheepscot River.

Lewiston, Me.-Moses King. Jr.,
ninety-odd years of age, Of this city,
has seen part Of the lost treasure OF
Captain Kidd and has now invented
dredge with which he expects to re-
cover the lost gold from The mud OF
the Sheepscot river. Maine. The con-
struction of the dredge and the pro
posed expedition In search of the bur
led treasure Is being financed by DR..
Wing, whose place Of residence Mr..
King refuses to divulge at this time.
when was about twenty years OF
age" tells Mr.. King, ~ was one of the
company which my father took to the
Sheepscot river to hunt for this pirate
gold of Captain Kidd. With him, be-
side myself, was man named Trask
and professional diver. While
father was the head of the expedition,
the whole program originated from
the story Trask told my parent.
Kin Of Buccaneers.
According to Trask, his great.
grandfather was one of the bucca.
neers who sailed with Captain Kidd.
This elder Trask was one Of the crew
which helped Kidd to dispose Of the
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Will Hunt for
Pirates Gold

loot they secured from their victims
In the Sheepscot river. He left a will
In which he gave the treasure to the
fourth generation of his family. This
brought 1t down to the man who went
with father and me to hunt for It
more than seventy years ago. Accord
Ing to the map and WILL or whatever
other directions Trask had, the spot
where the treasure was buried was
about four miles above the town Of
Wiscasset. Me-, in the bottom Of the
river.
I'VE went to the place as near as
was possible and for period Of about
two months the diver searched the
river bottom but without success.
Chest Found by Diver.
"This diver, who was Scotchman.
in addition to hunting over the bottom
and probing into the mud In the hope
of locating the treasure. used device
which he had invented for locating
gold.
"At the end Of two months he one
day located great chest In the mud
Of the river bottom. It was such q
one as would be expected to be used
by pirate in which to keep his gold.
Our expedition had no equipment
ready then with which to hoist the
chest to the surface, so the spot was
marked by keg buoy anchored there.
The next day we returned with chains,
cables and windlasses with which to
raise the chest. but the buoy was
gone and during the night the action
of the water had so changed the sand
and mud of the river bottom that the
diver was unable to locate the chest.
Holsted Up on Anchor.
"A couple of days later vessel an
chored near that spot and when her
anchor was hoisted to the cat head.
there on one of the flukes was a great
chest, but 1t gave way and sank to the
bottom before 1t could be secured. Our
diver searched for time longer and
then the quest was given up"
According to Mr.. King, DIR. Wing
heard of this story some four years
ago from friend of the Lewiston man.
He was interested and sought Mr..
King and told him that he would
finance experiments in the building Of
a machine for graphing for this treas
ure and for an expedition to get II.
The offer was accepted and the ma
chine now being experimental with In
the vacant lot near the home of Mr..
King In Lewiston's suburbs is the re-
suit.
1t Is scoop-like arrangement, at
tached to powerful derrick. which
can be lowered Into the water, with
Its several rake-lIke arms wide open
and then, when on the bottom. brought
to a close, In doing which II digs down
into the mud for some ten feet, over
a radius OF more than 20 feet In diam
eter. bringing mp any sizsbls object
which may be there.
Already Mr.. King and DIR. Wing
have made a survey Of the Sheepscot
river and Mr. King has located the
points where his tather's expedition
worked more than seventy years ago.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-10-26
Judge Escapes
Pirates, Quakes
Plate Marks Pew
Used by Harding

Juneau, Alaska.-A brass
plate now marks the pew In
the Indian Presbyterian church
at Sitka where the late Presl-
dent Harding attended public
religious services for the last
time before his death at San
Francisco. On the plate are in
scribed the words: President
Harding occupied this pew on
Sunday, July %, 1913; his last
attendance at public worship"
Only a few members of the
Presidents immediate party ac-
companied him to the church,
and 1t was not generally known
he was to attend services there.
When the collection plate was
passed, the President dropped
In gold coin. The sermon
was preached by Rev. r. A.
Buchanan.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-10-26
Dayton, O., Jurist Tells Of Expe-
riences on Trip to Orient
Saw Upheaval in lava.

New York.-For some time the re-
gion which has just been swept by the
great earthquake has mad lesser
Quakes. according to Judge Charles w.
Dustin of Dayton, Ohio. who recently
returned from trip around the world.
Judge Dustin spent much time In the
Orient and had many thrilling expe-
riences.
my trip was all without accident
or mishap Of any kind, although l had
several narrow escapes" said Judge
Dustin. I'm China, was on one
steamer that had shortly before been
captured by pirates and hence was
provided with an armed guard. The
passage from the second class to the
first class cabins was, also, barred by
an iron door. The plan Of the pirates
had been to ship as second class pas
sengers and, at signal, to attack and
rob the first class. Another steamer
was. week or so after my passage on
her, captured, Nrobbed and beached.
Later she was fioated and resumed her
voyage.
Was On "MilIion-Dollar Train"
Il was also a passenger on the cele-
brated 'Million-Dollar Train which
was, two weeks later, captured by
bandits and Its occupants robbed and
held for ransom. And. strangely
enough, tha. train was held up at
about the same locality, not by ban
dts but by wreck. We were de-
tained for IL hours and hundreds OF
natives came down from the noun
tains and looked us over. finally con-
cluding thet we were not worth rob-
bing and LIT us alone.
Il was n Peklng when the police
struck becstse their wages had not
beon paid, and In Yokohama, japan,
when thert was very distinct earth
quake shock. While I was In Java
there was an upheaval and an island
thrown up in the neighboring sea over
which had but recently sailed.
$50 ] was not without thrills
mostly of gratitude-for the continu-
Ing care. may I presume. of guardian
angels.
China On Verge Of Chaos.
II am not scared or discouraged by
the dangers of travel in the Orient and
hope soon to make another tour to
more out-of-the-way places. I,shall
probably, however, omit China until II
has a stable government. At present
there is one government In the north
with a parliament and an official class,
but without credit or an efficient per-
sonnel. About the only tax which 1t
IL able to collect and use for the most
necessary purposes is the salt tax
'In the south there Is only a tenta-
i've government, with a few soldiers
and no parliament. Able men are at
tempting to establish government
there and overthrow the one In the
north. but 1t. too, has no credit and
little cash.
Fortunately the leading men of
China were educated in American and
English universities, are high-toned
gentlemen and even religiously in
clined; and as race the Chinese
people 'despise war. They admire
scholarship above everything and not
military genius. A soldier Is classed
with the butcher. They have bandits
and outlaws like other nations, but
they are few in proportion and when
caught are summarlly dealt with. A
more belllgerent people would have
been in revolution long before this.
Ancestor worship continues In
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-10-26
Many Slaves Still
Held in Africa

London.-The revival of the
slave trade in Africa was re-
Gently discussed by John II.
Harris, the well-known author
ity on slavery.
There is STILL" he said, IAN
appalling amount of slave own
Ing In the world. Probably
there are not fewer than 500.0 600
slaves In the various territories,
north, say, of the Zambezi. At
the outbreak of the war there
were more than 100000 slaves
In German East Africa, and 1t
will take good many years be-
fore they are all set free.
"In Abysslnia a large part of
the population of 1O,000.0O0 are
slaves"
The League of Nations has
agreed to try to solve the Abys-
sinian problem.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-10-26

the chart Indicated. For 20 days
met gales and winds of unprecedented
force. The winds were head winds.
and a terrible strain was put on the
sails and spars.
"All the time had to repair broken
gear. Every day, almost every hour,
something fresh was broken. Accord
ing to the Beaufort scale, in a period
of three weeks, the best denotation of
the wind was force eight, which Is
about thirty-five miles an hour. Most
of the time It was force ten, fifty miles
an hour, and for quite long time II
blew me under extreme hurricane
was hitting the Firecrest ten miles
faster per hour than the speed Of the
average express train. can only give
you true picture of this period by
presenting extracts from my log. Here
are two typical days:
"'Aug. 20. I write this during the
worst storm l have encountered in my
twenty years knowledge of the sea.
There has been hurricane blowing
all the night. How the boat lived
through II l do not know. Wave after
wave Is breaking aboard. I have not
slept for three days. If was not so
wet l should fall asleep as j am,
which would mean the end. Wind
force IL. Extreme hurricane Is threat
ening. Sea is nearly, abeam.'
"'Aug. 25. Five days of incredible
winds and rains. The elements have
not let up once. AS fast as I repair
one piece of gear something else
breaks. Miserably cold and shivering
fits
Buried Under Huge Wave.
81 had scarcely jotted down this last
item." continued Gerbault. when, as
II impelled by some force, i went on
deck. was standing by the mast
when noticed on the horizon an enor-
nous wave rushing toward the boat
I do not wish to exaggerate, but the
wave was at least 80 feet high.
'T had just time to climb the rigging
when, with tremendous force, the
wave broke over the Firecrest. The
whole boat disappeared, entirely en-
quilted by the sea. Tons of water
thundered overhead. Then the wave
passed, and by miracle the ship
righted herself.
"At this moment the wind reached
the greatest height of Its fury. For a
short space 1t may have been blowing
more than seventy miles an hour.
"Just then another wave. not so big
as the first, but certainly "a feet high.
broke over the boat For moment
I thought I must sink. but the ele-
ments seemed to have spent their fury.
and I was able to bale the water out.
"Eighty-four days out ] fell In with
the Greek steamer Byron. This was
the first vessel had seen since hud
left Gibraltar. I semaphored and ut
first they seemed not to understand
me. 1 feared they would pass An
without further ado. Finally they sent
a boat, ,reprovisioned me and gave re
medical supplies for my still sore
throat and slight fever. :.
Making very slow progress. sigl Z
ed the Henrietta Of Boston. wes,t
aboard for several hours and tastfd
some Of the delights Of civilization.
"The Henrietta loaded me up with
fresh meat and fruit. Seven days n
ter I sighted the American coast. I
fetched up at Fort Totten quite ly
chance. The last 50 hours I have NOT
slept wink. All ] want now h to 70
IN bod and sfav there forever.~
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-10-26

China. There is temple at Canton
especially devoted to 1t.
Country Dotted With Graves.
There are no general cemeteries In
China and the dead are buried wher-
ever 1t Is most convenient for the fam
lily. The very poor Of a city are bur-
led In the city Commons The sur
rounding land may be GUILTY. ated, but
the graves themselves, usually conical
mounds, are sacredly preserved. The
consequence Is that the whole country
Is dotted with graves, the veneration
for which interferes with the construc-
ton Of railroads and highways. When
Chinaman dies away from home his
remains are cared for until 1t is con-
venient and sanitary to remove the
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-10-26

Child Dies Under Fathers Truck.
Blufrton. O.-when the two-year-old
daughter of Harry Long ran out to
meet him. she fell under q truck he
was driving and wee killed Instantly.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-12-28

luchadores GAIA al suelo agobiado pu-
netazos, exhausto de fuerzas por el te-
rrible trabajo a que sujetaba sus mus
cuios.
Pero ahora Ell pugilista no solo Sc en-
trena debldamente para poder resistir
los golpes, sino en- su trabajo de en-
trcnamiento adquiere rapidez Sc ense-
ia a pegar fuerte y con efecto, para
poder ganar la pelea en- el menor ITEM
po possible, por 10 que ahora, en- lugar
de los gladiadores de otro tempo, te
nemos Ell pugilista agil, que deleita a
las multitudes con los conocimientos
que ha adquirido en- Ell sublime arte dc
la defensa y ofensa con los pufos, que
es ell medic que la Naturaleza nos con-
cedi6 para defendernos y atacar a nues
tros enemigos.
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cRoNIcAs c1ALENAs
MR .sYKEs:

MR. SYKES:
En- La reciente vista que hiciera a
este distrito el sr Arthur j. Sykes, ms
rector General de Agricultural, hizo al
tos elogios del trabajo realizado en- Ill
cho ramo en- las escuelas rurales, bale
la competente enthusiastic direction
del sr. Antonio Reyes, Inspector de
Agricultural. AL efecto, ell Sr. Reyes
nos mostro una copia de una carta que
lie enviara el sr. Sykes desde el Depar4
tamento de Instruction felicitandole a
6l a los maestros por ell excelente ira
bajo. Esto indica que el distrito de
CiaIes marcha siempre a la cdbeza de
los demas Ae la Sisla
TORO NEGRO En- este barrio Sc
ha hecho tambien I'M buen trabajo es-
collar. Prueba Gle clio, la Ultima vista
del inspector Sr. Sandin, qrlien en-
union de los Sres. Reyes y Coira gira~
ron una vista de inspection. Quere-
mos fablar un POGO acerca del trabaio
de La srta. Margarita' ARIZONA, la que
EN- union del joven Martinez, dirigen
dicha escuela. A pesar de que es Ell
primer afio cue trabaja recibio elogios
por su buena disposition, metodos usa-
dos y progreso de los nidos. su traba-
jo ha sido arduo puede decirse que
est& al alcance de otras maestras de
expsriencia. Nuestra felicitacion
COhRESPGNSAL.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-12-28
UNA PELEA I'm LA CASA DE
MARCANO

: Mientras Sc celebraba un bale er
la casa de Andres DTarcano del barrie
'.Pajaros'' de Bayamon, Sc desarrolic
una peiea entire los asistentes secun
dino y Andres Rodriguez Y Julio En-
riquez rasultando este fltimo grave
mente herido Y con la perdida total dc
IN ojo.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-12-28

PARA NAvIDAD:-- Regale a su nijo
I'M libro de dibujo magico. En- ''The
Magikid'' pueae dibujarse todo y no
Sc acaba nunca. De venta en- las ten
das importantes. Distribuidores: Saliva
dor R. Min Inc, cristo 16, San Juan.
12-31
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roRrALEc1ENDo Ell ABDOMEN

Jimmy DeForest, ell gran entrena-
dor americana, ell mismo Que prepare al
ahora campeon mundial Jack Dempsey
para su encuentro con Jess Willard, en-
un articulo cue escribi6 en- ell periodi-
co neoyorkino 1.-THE World, trata de
10 necesario que es a, I'm pugilista ell
poseer abdomen fuerte, y dice 10 81
guiente:
Es un crimen ell enviar una lucha
I'm pugilista que no tenga I'm abdo-
men bien desarrollado, pues I'M golpe
fuerte, bien colocado en- la region alb
dominal puede ser causa de serios tras-
tornos en- la salud del que 10 recibe.
Hay un sinnimero de ejercicios inme-
jorables para desarrollar los musculos
del abdomen, siendo ell mejor de elloS
ell siguiente: Estando acostado sobre el
suelo, levantandose las piernas, que de-
ben estar rigidas, 10 mas alto que Sc
pueda, repitiendo ell ejercicio hasta que
Sc siente un ligero cansancie.
Por falta de espacios no continuance
dando conocer los m6todos de entire
namiento de Mr.. De Forest, pero en- Ell
pr6ximo articulo describiremos los ejer-
cicios con que entren6 a Kid Nc Coy,
uno de los mejores pugiles que Sc han
conocido.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-12-28

ARRoz, MAIz &-se vende on mo-
limo, de piedras, sin uso, fabrication
cspaaola para moler inaiz, arroz etc,
con s'es cedazos mecanicos, ' para mo
tor de I'm caballo. Produce harina del
grado que Sc desee. Informes: Tetuan
No. 26 San Juan. Box 523. IL
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Malt I Tonic
San Juan, P. r, Die. 1923.
p. R. Brewing Coz,
San Juan, P. R.
Muy se6ores mfos y amigos:
Hace mas de dos meses que
mi esposa Viene sconsunniendo stl
-excelente producto
MALT TONIC


y acaba de dar luz un hernno
so nii1o en- las meiores condicio-
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La satisfaction que este nos
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los por su buen producto y reco-
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cr5dito y anuncio de este aftf-
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clio PRACTICE de la n1isnna va que
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su atento amigo y S. S.,
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