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Milford chronicle., 1923-06-15
MILLVHLE

Children's Day services will be OBJ
served in the M. e. Church Sunday eV-
ening, June 18th.
Phillip West of Jersey City is spend
ing a few days with his wife.
Mrs. L. c. Lynch has purchased a
new seVen-passenger Buick sedan.
Master Donald Evans is spending
some time with his aunt in Philadel-
phia.
Mr. and Mrs. Ward Bennett enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. H. o. Derrickson
of Omar on Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ringler Of
Bishopville, called on Mr.. and Mrs.
w. R. Ringler on Sunday.
Mrs. Janette CULLEN is visiting
among her children.
Thomas Daisey Of Glouchester, N.
J., is spending the summer months
with his relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. r. Ringler and
Mrs. Lula C. Lynch entertained Mr..
and Mrs. Lydia Evans to dinner on
Monday.
Miss Elizabeth Nelson is spending
the week in FrankfOrd.
Milford chronicle., 1923-06-15
ST. JOHNSTOWN

The sermon that was preached by
DR.. w. e. Gumby Sunday afternoon
was enjoyed by all.
Miss Leila Tatman is on the sick
list.
Mrs. w. B. Hatfield is ill at this
writing.
Several children of this community
have the whoOping cough.
Mrs. Rena West is very i'll with
typhoid fever.
Milford chronicle., 1923-06-15
Pretty Safe Announcement

"Signor Bambino bends
railway rails Of three yards long into
two right angles. If anyone present
has a railway line Of the requisite
length on him Signor Bambino WIn
perform the feat here and hoWF
Milford chronicle., 1923-06-15

There will be festival at st. Johns
town Church Saturday evening, June
10th. Everybody come with a full
pocketbook.
Milford chronicle., 1923-06-15

M
, 1923-06-20
EDITORIAL.

Looking toward the budgetting OF an
increase Of the appropriation for light
ing the streets and public places in this
town and FreJeriks ed all night instead
Of until IL D. M, as at present, a list IS
being circulated for the signatures sof
those who favor the object and VIII thus
express their support of it, to be append
ed to a draft to BE- submitted to the prop
er authorities for action. There i3 tttie'
reason to doubt that this movement Will
Be popularity received in view Of the oene-
fit it contemplates for the community
which is plunged into utter darkness at
midCIght Just when the s0litarlnass OF the
streets expose the v ayfarer to danger,
and virtually becomes an aid to the com
mission of crime 1t might also be sug,
g4sted that additional lights be installed
in certain quarters now only sparsely or
inadequately lighted, as "Freegut' sec
ton and some even less obscure points.
1t will assist the efforts Of MessrS. D.
Armstrong and A. r Mcintosh, who
have the Christinn5ted list IN charge, II
interested parties see these gentlemen
without further delay.
, 1923-06-20

cess men of the island are clamoring for
change to permit at least Of a resump-
tSon Of the liquor trade for foreign ac-
Count.
Objection is also made 10 the Introduce
ton of the Federal quarantine system,
which does not permit a vessel 10 get a
health clearance between sunset ana sur
rise. Under the Danes St. Thomas was
a tWenty-four-hour port. Today, when
business is most needed, a good many
ships that might otherwise put in for
coal or oil pass by.
Congress owes it to the national honor
and to the people Of oar most recently
acquired territory to make up for six
years Of neglect by sending a commits
sion to the islands. 1t should not consist
Of members Of Congress. even Ct the
ablest sort. because they would be un-
willing TO give the necessary Tine. Con
greSs sent a commission OF its OWn mem
bers to the islands in 1920. 1t stayed
two days on St. Thomas, half a day on
St. John, and three days on ST, CrOiX,
learning little and accomplishing nothing.
What is needed is a small commission
containing political, industrial, and 8gri-
cultural experts who VIII spend two or
three months on the islands with a view
to making recommendations for a new
political system and an economic revival.
The Nation, June 9TH.
, 1923-06-20

London, .kune 18th The Austrian loan
proved so 'Cpula~ and applicants only got
sucu q comparatively small allotment Of
the amount they applied for, that deal
ings were started on the Stock Exchange
this morning at a Eve percent premium.
Some excitement attended the opening
sales. Applicants for large amounts re.
ceived ten percent of what they request
ed, while small applicants were fi,ed on a
Is percent basis.
Boston, June 18th. Cotton renewed
its advaL with d sharp rally on Monday
of approximately a cent q pound, or S. a
bale, July cotton sold at $3.50 cents d
pound, at the bottom Of the two months
decline, which ended a little less than a
month ago, July sold at 3.69. The full
extent Of the recovery is therefore five
cents a pound, or rs dollars a EaIe. The
highest for the year for July cotton is 80.
IA, or TWO cents above current prices.
New York, June 15th,-The break in
the raw sugar futures market unsettled
the early maket for spot raw sugar and
prices were nominal today. No sales
were reported and refined appeared to be
cut of the market entirely,
Moscow, June 10Th Lord Curzon's
reply to the last Russian note, covering
the points in controversy between the
two nations, is considered in official cir
cles here as eliminating the possibility
of a break with Great Britain. The
meaning of the note, however, is not ex-
actly clear to the Russians and they have
, 1923-06-20
LOCAL

The show at st. Mary's Hall last night
yas indeed a fine drama, well laid and
acted. There was also some additional
instrumental music by pupils of the Ju-
Nor High School which greatly enhanced
the evenings programme.
, 1923-06-20
Political PeOnage I'm The Viz
DIN Islands
By ARTHUR WARNER.

(Tbe Nations Special Correspondent IN
the Caribbean
st. Thomas, MUrch /.
Concluded from yesterdays AUj8.)
So far Congress has increased rather
than relieved the industrial distress Of
the Virgin Islands While ignoring them
in other respects, it has extended to them
several Federal laws without any adj
vance knowledge of their inevitable con
SEQUENCES. Chief among these is the
Voistead act, which was applied to the
islands by special legislation in 1921,
although it was not extended to the
Philippines. Without regard to whether
the prohibition enforcement law is good
or bad for continental America, it is OBJ
vious that it has decreased the industrial
opportunities of the Virgin Islands at a
time when there was most reason for
conserving every possible Vestige of
them. 1t has made useless the mOlasses
of the St. Croix sugar factories, hither-
to used for the famous Santa Cruz rum,
while it has deprived ST. Thomas Of a
once considerable commerce in the sale
and transshipment of liquor. The bust
, 1923-06-20

TONIGHT!
Industrial Brass Band
Special Faewell Concert in honor Of
of Mr.. ThorTeald Henry Wilson. EX-Mu-
stefan u. S. N. Leader of a Local Or
chestra, and member of The Christian
sted Industrial Brass Band.
= PROGRAM =:
March 49,. Ye Crucians.. p. Delemos. arr.
Forbes.
dedicated to The Christiansted Literary
and Debating Club
Waltz Home Sweet Home Hildreth
Foxtrot. 49,. ..... Martha. ..... Sanders
March. 49,. II Election Day. ...SarauW
dedicated to D. Hamilton Jackson)
Waltz. ..... Tout a Vous ..... Sarauw
dedicated to Governor H. H. Hough
Foxtrot... Blue Danube Blues Kern
One Step. Oh Mandy Lou-Sweet Mandy
Lou. .Threlkeld
with Vocal Chorus)
EXTRA S.
ANTHEM.
A. SEBASTIAN FORBES,
Conductor.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-13
Russ Have New
Court System

branches. One will be for criminal
cases, one for civil, and the other a
court of appeal. There will be also
district courts to try cases Of local
Importance, and the peoples" courts,
corresponding to police magistrates,
will operate In each village and city
district to try minor offenses.
stuchka 10 Chairman.
Peter Stuchka, Lettish lawyer, who
gained fame as the bolshevist dictator
of Latvia when Riga was in the hands
Of the communists, has been named
as chairman of the Supreme court.
Another Lett, NJ. Karkin, will be his
assistant. In the criminal, civil and
appeal branches, however, the SUI
preme court judges are mostly men
who served In responsible positions in
the revolutionary tribunals, all COM
munists tried and true. Jacob Peters,
who headed the "cheka" at Petro-
grad during the Red terror, is one Of
the judges Of the criminal depart
ment.
NJ. Kursky, commissar of justice, will
be chief procurator or attorney gen.
eral in the new court system, but the
active prosecutor will be Vladimir
Krylenko, formerly chairman of the
revolutionary tribunals.
New Jury System.
A peculiar feature of the new sys-
TEN is that species of ''juror" is in
troduced. There will be two Of them
in each case, sitting beside the judge
and having full powers to question
witnesses and attorneys. They will
retire with the judge to decide upon
the guilt or innocence of the accused,
a majority vote Of the three serving
to convict or free the prisoner.
Panels Of these prospective jurymen
are now being selected throughout Rus
sia. The various trade unions and pro-
fessional organizations select them
from their own numbers, and they
must be ready to go into court at
any time they are called upon. The
Moscow quota of jurors is 1000 When
they sit In trials the jurymen are
paid, not by the government, but by
their employers. receiving their regu-
lar days wages for the time passed
In court.
When the new court system is In
full swing. 1t Is expected that most
Of the lawyers appearing will be men
trained In the law courts Of the old
regime. Professional unions of law
y.rs are being organized, subject to the
approval Of the soviet authorities.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-13
Gain Shown in G.
Nations Health
Decreasing Death Rate From
Contagious Diseases in
TWenty-Year Period.

Washington.-The country should
be congratulated ON the big improve
ment in the health Of the people be-
tween 1900 and 1920, according to
Surgeon General FL. S. Cumming Of
the United States public health serv-
Ice, who has just issued bulletin
on the subject.
During that 20-year period there
was a marked decrease In the death
rate for typhoid, malaria, scarlet
fever, diphtheria and Group. tuber-
culosis of the lungs, meningitis. bron-
chitis and all forms Of pneumonia.
E Heart Ailments Lead.
AS compared with 1900, there were
In 1920 increases in the death rates
for influenza, whooping cough, cancer
and other malignant tumors, diabetes,
cerebral hemorrhage and softening
and organic diseases of the heart.
The largest number Of deaths to
100000 of population in 1920, as dis
closed by the census figures, were due
to organic diseases of the heart. with
pneumonia, tuberculosis of the lungs,
acute nephrItis, Bright's disease, can
Ger and malignant tumor and cerebral
.hemorrhage and softening coming
next.
Although later figures are not COM
plete, the census bureau announces
that provisional figures for the first
nine months of 1922 indicate a slightly
higher average death rate than for the
corresponding period in 1921.
The death rate for rhe first nine
months in 1922 to 1000 Of population
was III, as against 11.6 for the same
nine-month period of 1921.
Table Gives Figures.
The following table gives the num-
Der of deaths and the rate In 100000
of population In the registration area
Of the United States by important
causes for the years 1900 and 1920:
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-13
FREED BY woMANs CONFESSION

ator Gore and former Representative
Alice Robertson, pressed the investi-
gation Of Tidwell's continued protes-
tations of innocence. Finally ne was
released form Atlanta penitentiary
upon a Communication of sentence rec
omended by Attorney General Daugn-
erty and Assistant Attorney General
Grim.
After President Harding's commu-
tation widows deathbed confession
In Oklahoma revealed that Tidwell
had been convicted Of numbering her
husband ppon perjured Testimony.
"rhe Lord has been wanting me to
tell 1t for all these years, and / am
afraid He won't forgive me for not
telling It," reads the afidavit of Mrs.
James Brown, the dying wife Of the
man for whose alleged murder It'd
well passed twenty-five years In pris-
on in Ohio and Atlanta federal priar
ona
One OF Browns sons, himself be-
hind prison bars today. was said 70
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-13
Indian After rs Years in Prison
Is Now Enjoying
Wealth.

Washington, d, Glow half
breed Cherokee Indian, Charmer It'd
well, languished from his youth for
a quarter Of century in federal pris-
ons before being released on base
less murder charge, was revealed In
tragic story told by the Department
OF Justice. Freed from the charge
by a deathbed confession after his
years Of suffering, the former prison
er is now enjoying the wealth Of In
herited Oklahoma oil lands.
Three presidents. Roosevelt. Taft
and Wilson, denied pardons to Tid-
well upon reports from three former
attorney generals. Knox, Dickerson
and Gregory, that an evidence in the
murder case pointed positively. al
though circumetantiiIly, to, the pris-
oner's guilt. FrfendA Including SEN
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-13

and no connagrations. The heating
and cooling and ventilation of buildings
will be done automatically by elec-
tricity he says.
Means may, and perhaps will, be
developed" he says, ito send out en-
ergy broadcast by wireless, just as we
now broadcast speech, and to pick up
this energy anywhere. This will be
dependent on our ability to prevent
waste of the energy when not being
used. At present, radio waves are
absorbed in space as they travel out
ward from the generating source. Elec-
tricity Is always at our service at the
end Of wire. The generating ap-
paratus keeps on going, but the current
is not used until The consumer closes
the switch. The energy, however, Is
not wasted. Once we are able to work
out a similar system for wireless we
can have broadcasting stations con-
stantly supplying energy for every
need, ready to be picked up as occa.
sion requires it.
Now as to atomic energy. l may
disagree with the form of the pres
ent theories, but the underlying fact
of the great store of atomic energy
Of radioactive substances is undeni.
able. Were we able-and If we shall
be able-to harness this energy, we
should have a force beyond anything
known before in terms of power. Now,
the discovery of how to utilize this
energy may come at almost any time,
eherent reasons why the energy can be
given off only at one definite rate.
never faster or slower"
But don't think for a moment that
Steinmetz, just because he prophesies
along readily understandable lines. has
no imagination. The other day, in
public address in New York, he
made prophecy like this:
The future Of the human race rests
with the biological engineer" who
may enable the world to support many
times its present population by pro-
ducing "energy corps" after coal gives
out and by feeding the human race
Directly on nitrogen-fxing micro-organ-
isms.
The bacteria and other microscop-
ical plants and animals take the nj.
trogen from the air and hand It over
to plants, which hand It over to cattle
or furnish It directly to man In the
form Of seeds. There is tremendous
waste in each Of these steps. 1t may
be possible for the biological en-
gineer. he said. to cross and recross
bacteria and other nitrogen producers
until he has produced strain which
may be used directly as food.
And with this prophecy from Stein.
metz who can doubt that new age
Of marvels Is upon us7
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-13
= Gold Output Gains.

Montreal.-Canada was the only
country to show a marked Inn
provement in gold production in
1912. The Dominion now ranks sec
ond best producer in the empire and
third in the world. In 1922 Canada
produced gold to the value of s26.-
100000, compared with S19,400.000 in
1921 and $16,5OO,OOO in 1920.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-13

| the sciences Is the American Associa'
tion for the Advancement Of Science.
Its existence means that today the
accumulated fund Of scientific knowl-
edge Is so vast that research is no
longer possible on q one-man basis,
and that cooperation among many
workers Is of necessity the motto OF
the day-co-operation not only among
different branches Of the same sci
ence, but among different sciences.
Science now recognizes as the great
est single work being done today the
investigation of the structure and
nature Of matter. 1t pools the interests
of the physicist, chemist and astrono'
mer so completely that 1t has been
set apart under the specific name OF
"atomic physics" as common meet
ing ground Of these sciences.
"Atomic physics" contains things
hard for Mr.. Everyman to understand.
But this may be said: There used to
be eighty or ninety elements" each
composed OF "atoms" different from
those in the other elements. Now we
have decided that there are just two
'.ultimate particles" the "electron'
and the "proton," and that matter
consists of these two, grouped In va
rious ways and numbers to form the
various atoms. In short, the different
elements, instead of being funda-
mentally different, are fundamentally
alike, the difference among them be-
ing In the number and arrangement OF
the electrons and protons In their
atoms. These electrons and protons
are incredibly minute.
These electrons and protons have
been found to be the fundamental
units of both matter and electricity.
Grouped, at rest an disable they are
matter. Free and ungrouped they are
static charges of electricity. Thus
matter and electricity are one and the
same thing, In different forms and
under different conditions.
over this discovery there Is great
excitement in the scientific world The
scientists hold that In atomic physics
Is the future of civilization. They
hope to disrupt the atom with large
conversion into free energy. They say
that pint of water, on this basis, con-
tains enough energy to drive the
Leviathan across the Atlantic at full
speed. So,, when the coal and the oil
are used up we shall have a new en-
ergy to keep us going, and to perform
new wonders for us.
Steinmetz, being hard-boiled
scientist, makes most Of his predic-
tions along less sensational lines. He
says II Is a crime to burn coal for
heat without saving Its mechanical and
electrical energy, and that soon all
coal will be burned at the mouth Of
the mine, and its energy transmitted
in the shape Of electricity. The same
Us true Of OIL and gas. So, also. we
have scarcely begun to utilize our
hydro electric power. As
IT can see," says Steinmetz, "the
whole country using electric energy
supplied to It by network Of inter.
connected generating stations like q
railroad system, 80 that the widest
possible economic distribution may be
obtained"
Then. when everything IA electrified
] there win be no smoke In the cities
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-13

days Of James the poor people of
England made fairly good bread
from barley, and rye bread. which ia
darker than bread made from wheat,
IL extensively made In northern En
ropean countries which are admirably
adapted to the growing Of that grain.
Probably the most unusual substance
ever used for making bread was en-
ployed during the siege Of Paris By
Henry Nv. Because Of famine the
soldiers and inhabitants Of the city
made bread from the bones taksn from
tombs and charnel houssa
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-13
Supreme Tribunal, With Seat at
Moscow, to Have Criminal,
Civil and Appeal Branches.

Moscow.-The revolutionary tribu-
nails which, along with the dreaded
"cheka," were instruments of Red ter
ror during the worst period of the
bolshevist revolution, passed into
history the other day when a new
and permanent court system was in
augurated throughout Russia.
While founded upon lines not un-
like those of the court systems Of
some other European countries, the
new Russian courts have some partic-
uarly communistic features all their
own.
The Supreme court of Russia, which
will sit in Moscow, will have three
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-13
Eqypt's Area

Egypt has an area Of about $50. 900
square miles. The bulk Of the country
consists Of inhospitable sand and des-
erf. Practically tie only settled por-
tion consists Of very narrow band Of
cultivated territory on each side Of the
Nile. The Nile valley and delta, the
only settled portion Of Egypt, have an
area Of 1920 square miles, almost ex-
acsly one-fourth tho size Of New Y0rk
.Aate. This marrow area contains ths
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-13
Misdemeanor to Feed
Pigeons in Los Angeles

Los Angeles, Cal.-Feeding pigeons
in the downtown district will be a
misdemeanor subject to fine not ex-
ceeding $500 or six months in the
city Jail when an ordinance passed by
the city council becomes effective.
The ordinance was passed to aid the
park department in driving pigeons
from Pershing square, downtown
park.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-13
Wealthy Widow Heals
Mans Broken Heart

s The wounded heart Of J. Fl.
/, Buckler. travelling salesman Of
Minneapolis, Mimi. was healed
to the extent Of $500 when set
tlement, out Of court, was
reached in his suit for $4,000
damages against Mrs. Ellen Lilly.
wealthy widow. who, he says,
promised to marry him, but
baked after he had secured the
license.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-13

|de9sest population in the world. At
thd moment It should come to approx
mabely 14,0O0,000. II New York state
were as densely peopled 1t would have
nearly 60.O00,0 900 inhabitants, while the
United States would on the same basis
have 10000, ,0OO. Exchange.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-13

more interesting than In
his well-known part of electrical
wizard. For he Is no dreamer like
Edward Bellamy, nor Is he fic-
tionist like ii. G. Wells. On the con-
trary, he is hard-boiled scientist and
electrical engineer, whose motto is
efficiency" whose name Is joined in
tho scientific world with those of Edi-
con and Marconi.
Steinmetz elimination of "Impos-
sible" from the vocabulary Of the
scientist is startling, because 1t prac-
ideally says that phenomenal expan-
zion of the use of electrical current in
the last generation is only start.
For example: Edison was the guest
cf honor at recent banquet in New
York in celebration of electriclty's
fortieth year in the commercial field.
by way of an object lesson Edlson's
first commercial electric incandescent
light was lighted. 1t was of fifteen
candle power. Then Edisons latest
lamp development of 10000 candle
power was turned on. During the
banquet 1t was incidentally stated that
in New York state alone S154, ,S30, 900
Is invested In Edison interests, as
compared to the original capital Of
$4,000.
In brief, the first central generating
station in this country forty years ago
had a capacity of 600 kllowatts, 90
customers, and maximum transmits
sion of twelve miles. There are now
approximately G,0O0 plants, generating
14,O0O,000 kilowatts and serving TO-
100000 direct customers, with trans
mission of $50 miles.
But this electrical expansion is only
n straw showing what way the wind
blows. If you are more than fifty
years of age you were born in differ
ent world from this. / myself was
out Of college when I used the first
telephone Installed In residence in
Chicago and heard the first conversa-
ton between New York and Chicago.
/ saw the first motion picture thrown
on the screen, rode in one of the
first automobiles, and there are the
phonograph, X-ray, airplane, wireless,
radium, and so on. In less than a
lifetime Americans have built up the
greatest mechanical nation on earth.
1t was once thought that with the close
of the Nineteenth century there was
nothing left to invent. Now we know
that our knowledge Of natural forces
was crudely elementary. Now we
know enough 70 understand that the
age of scientific marvels has just ar
rived. The man born now willtat fifty
be living in world as different from
this as this is different from the world
into which his father was born.
An American clearing house Of all
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-13

have corroborated the deathbed con-
fession Of his mother, that Tidwell
was convicted on perjured evidence.
The man who committed the murder
was said to have been q former
sweetheart Of Mrs. Brown and has
long been dead.
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-13

Many BrsadmakIno Matsriala
The Irish make potato bread. and
IN Iceland Goldfish are beaten into
powder and made into bread. Ir
some countries rice. which u not 20
nutritious a. wheat. Il used. In the
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-13

individual libraries In early Rome
sometimes contained oo.0Qo volumes
The L'Anse sentinel., 1923-04-13

An deaths .sss,sss i.l4a5Ss 1850 l.sos.o