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Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-08-08
CARRY MAIL DESPITE PERILS
Storms in the Arctic Often Endanger
the Lives of United States
Postal Workers.

Throughout the United States and its
possessions the government has estab-
lished one of the most efficient and
greatest postal services in the world.
Promptness in delivery OF the mails
has always been its motto, as records
of the post Office department show. In
the far north the mailman" expert
ences the severest hardships, as evil
denced by the history Of the Alaskan
postal stations.
In the Arctic the mailman" is usu
ally not called upon to make extensive
overland trips more than once or
twice in the long winter night. These
trips, however. are fraught with i'm
mense hardship and danger.
Working from the seacoast postal
station at Tanana, ALASKA, from which
stations in the bleak, interior of north
ern Alaska are served, the dog siedges
which carry the mail must travel GOO
weary, perilous miles overland to the
"fartheSt north" office, at Point Bar
row. One trip winter to this office
is seasons work for the mailman
on that route.
The trip means weeks upon weeks
of the most arduous travelling, in utter
loneliness, with only the savage, half
wild dogs of the team as companions
all the time under the pail of the long
Arctic night, only relieved by the shift
Ing, terrible glory of the northern
lights.
Many cases are on record where
mail carriers, travelling behind their
dog teams, have been caught in dead
ly billiards. and lost. In almost every
case the mail has been rescued by
searching parties and taken through
to its estination.-Joseph Edgerton
in the Washington Times-Herald
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-08-08
Embraced by Monkey.

A horrible experience befell letter
carriers wife of Babylon, n. Y, when
a monkey dropped on her shoulders
from tree and embraced her. She
lonely stretch of road, between Baby
Ion and Lindenhurst when something
dropped as If from the sky and land
ed on the seat beside her. When hairy
arms encircled her neck she screamed
and an unidentified rabbit hunter ap-
peared on the scene and shot the
monkey. The dead monkey was
brought back to Babylon, where the
woman will have it stuffed as a me-
mento of her unusual experience. The
monkey is believed to have escaped
from a ship off she coast near Babylon.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-08-08
West Franklin,

Harry Hardison of Bangor spent
the weekend with his father, E. O..
liardison.
Frank Blaisdell has gone to
Brewer, where he has employment
Mn. and Mrs. Harry Clarke are
receiving congratulations on the
birth Of a daughter, born August 4.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. S. DeBeck re-
TUNED home Tuesday evening from
a trip through the White Mountains.
They were Joined in Waterville by
Mr.. and Mrs. William Luce and
Mrs. Mary Luce.
Mrs. Georgie Goodwin and little
son are visiting here.
Mr. and Mrs Frank p Milanson
have returned to their home in
Wakefield, after two weeks visit at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs H. G.
Worcester.
Aug. 6. NJ. F. B.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-08-08
East Sullivan.

Mrs. H. o. Johnson has been en-
tertaining her brother, Eugene G..
Clark, and brother-in-law, w. c..
Smith, at Echo Glen Farm
Mrs. Theodore johnson is at home
for the summer.
Robert Baldwin of Brooklyn, N.
Y, is at the E. w. Doyles for his
annual vacation. His daughter,
Mrs. Lee Dixon, and her two chill
dren, are also spending the summer
in town.
1.-THE House on the Hill again
sends forth its beams, the John Cary
Springs of Boston arriving Satur-
day. The Springs have been in Eu-
rope the past winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. E. Doyle met with
rather thrilling escape on Sunday
A large car, in passing their road
ster, had difficulty on the newly
made roadway, and Mr.. Doyle, put
for the woods" as the only way of
escape The car felt the effects of
this treatment.
MI and Mrs. A. s. Campbell of
Chelryfeld and Brooklyn, N Y,
were calling on their cousins, the
Hills, Sunday.
Mrs. Mary Bunker is with Mrs. C.
w. Doyle, who still remains ILL.,
Aug. Z. II.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-08-08
Bayside.

Charles Chamberlain and wife of
Connecticut are at Miss +. Morris
cottage at Birch Point.
Mrs. H. E. Hooper is at G. E.
Wakefield's.
Charles F.. Jordan and Frank So
KEEL of Bostonssare at Birch Point.
They Will be joined this week by
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Leighton and
their son John and his wife, of Ev-
erett, Mass.
The Misses Priest and Miss NJ
Jones were at the Jones camp for the
weekend.
Walter Cushman and family are
at the Dorgan cottage.
John Ray and family entertained
a few friends at clambake on
Birch Point recently.
Mrs. Sarah Googins Saunders and
Miss Frances Ellington of Bangor
are with Miss Morris at Birch Point
cottage.
Aug g. Spec"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-08-08
Rifle and Shotgun Combined.

Four-barreled guns are a recent, In
vention of an eastern gunsmith. They
generally have two rifle and two shot
gun barrels, although the arrangement
is occasionally varied. Two shotgun
barrels of the same gauge are usually
placed on top, while below them are
two rifle barrels, one of high caliber
and the other of low caliber. In some
designs the rifle barrels are placed one
above and one below the two shotgun
barrels. This type Of gun, it is
thought, will be of particular advan.
tage for hunting in territory where
a wide variety of game abounds. The
weight of the guns is about eight and
a half pounds.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-08-08
Surry called on Mrs. Ray Gaspar
and Mrs. J. A. Stackpole' Wednes-
SargentVille.


Mrs Celia Downing, who has
spent several months with her
mother, has returned to New York.
Mr. and Mrs. Pitt w. Danforth
and two daughters, of Newton,
Mass, are at their cottage for few
weeks
Charles Persons of Atlantic City,
N. j., is the guest of friends here.
Miss Edith Snow is visiting her
niece, Miss Ruth Sargent.
Mrs. Fred Bennett has returned
to her home in Somerville, Mass.
Philip w. x. Sweet is spending
several weeks with his mother, Mrs.
Julia H. Sweet.
Mrs. John Foster and two chill
dren are visiting her mother, Mrs.
Inez Brown.
Mrs. Leonard Wesson and son, of
Elizabeth, N. j., are visiting Mr..
and Mrs H. w. Wesson.
Mrs. Cora Conroy of Brooklyn, N.
Y, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Sarah
Billings.
Y Miss Stella Grindal of Lynn,
Mass, is spending the summer with
her father, Ernest r. Grindal.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dority and
two daughters are at home for a
few days.
Ernest Robbins, who is employed
at Dark Harbor, spent Sunday with
his parents.
Miss Nellie Cornell of Lincoln,
Mass, has been the guest of Miss
Hattie Harding.
Llewellyn Beedle and a friend, of
Orono, spent last week in town.
Mrs. Seth Blodgett of West
Brooksville has been visiting her
parents.
Aug. g. Sim"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-08-08
To Protect Plants.

Growers placed parchment cones
over the hills of cantaloupes to pro-
tect the young plants against insects
at the suggestion Of the county extern
sion agent in Dona Ana county, New
Mexico. 1t was found thatsthe tenn
perature under the cones remained
from five to ten degrees above that of
the outside air, so that plants under
them were not injured by a light
freeze which killed unprotected plants
in that district. The growers stated
that the covers paid for themselves in
securing better and more uniform ger
mination aside from the protection
against insects and frost.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-08-08

social feeling which was so manifest
between the sailors and the B. U.
players. There was a small at
tendance, but much good-natured
kidding was exchanged between the
fans on both sides and among the
players. The umpire came in for a
marked amount of it from all sides.
The score by innings:
B. U. 0 3 6 l Ill
U. S. S. l.. 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 O. l
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1923-08-08
SUMMER SCHOOL NOTES
Boston University o. Administration.
E. Dauphinee, Correspondent

running board of a Ford, they we're
taken over to Bucksport, where they
boarded the boat for their return
Evening star., 1923-10-06
THREE MOTORISTS
LOSE LICENSES
Washingtonians Charged
With Reckless Driving and
Mtoxication.
specisf Dispatch to The Star.

specisf Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE. Nd, October g.
Speeding appears to be the rule Of
Washin gtcp motorists driving over
Maryland roads. as half Of the ten
DlstrN drivers penali8ed this week
for Violations of the state motor We
hc.e laws were for exceeding the
speed limiet OF thirty-five miles an
hour. and two had their licenses re-
yoked for reckless driving. according
to the weekly report of the autmo-
bile commission. made public today.
northwest. and Walter c. Duke, 1903
south Capitol street. both lost their
right to operate a car in Maryland
on charges Of reckless driving, the
latter beng charged also with failing
to stop after an accident, while X. L..
Stursis, 612 II street northeast. had
his license revoked on a charge or
driving while intoxicated.
Those charged with speeding IN en-
ceeding the speed limit of thirty five
miles an hour were: Edward j.
Fletcher. 1916 S street northeast;
Joseph Jarvis Holhurt. 1706 I street
northwest; Roland G. Morrisette. 1888
FLORIDA avenue northeast: Merton
t. w. Schultz, 1929 Vermont avenue
Harry r. Ruell, 52a sth street, had
his license suspended for fifteen Gays
for using markers of another car ana
q. Z. Jenson. 319 A street northeast.
ten days for operating car without
= license.
Evening star., 1923-10-06
PROPERTY REQUESTS
WILL BE SET ASIDE
Court Makes Preliminary Ruling in
Estate of Michael Kelly,
Wealthy Virginian.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND. Va. October 6--Judge
William A. Moncure OF the chancery
court has announced that the court
will set aside all OF the property
transfers made In the last few
months by Michael Kelly. an aged
business man and horse fancier. to
several persons. The formal written
opinion is not yet completed. but the
decision will hold that the man wes
not competent to manage his anairs
and that the appointment of COM
mittee to look after him was correct
and proper.
Kelly had accumulated fortune,
and more than q year ago ne began
to transfer property right and left;
and then 1t was that relatives inter-
ceded and had the court name a man
to take charge OF Kelly's affairs.
The committee began action for re-
cession Of property the old man had
disposed Of There were several
transfers, and In all that have been
heard the court DEGREES that the es.
tate shall be kept intact and that
those who entered into transfers OF
property with him must adjust the
same as were prior to the transfers
being made.
1t ia expected that the case will be
carried to the Supreme Court, there
being perhaps q dozen lawyers inter
ested III the matter.
Evening star., 1923-10-06
Man KILLED BY AUTO
HAD PREMONITION
Run Down Before, He Feared He
Would Lose Life Under
Wheels.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK. Nd, October 6.-Pre-
rnoni.ion that he would meet death
some day under the wheels OF an au-
tomobile was fulfilled last night when
william Roberts, fifty-nine years old
this city, was run down by an auto
mobile and so badly injured that h.
died a few hours later of a fractured
skull. Two years ago Roberts was
struck by an automobile at jug
bridge, three miles east of Frederick.
and hurled over a thirty-five-foot EN-
bankmenE Severely injured, he
crawled to q negro cottage early In
the morning after lying at the foot
of the embankment unconscious for
hours.
Last night he was riding a bicycle
without lights, when run down by ar
automobile operated by c. B. Cooker
LIE Gore, this county. Booker claim:
he did not see Roberts until after tht
crash. Roberts was taken to the hos
pital by Booker. The dead man is
survived by q wife and three children
Evening star., 1923-10-06
DETOURS IN MONTGOMERY
AND PRINCE GEORGES
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md, October 6.-The
following detours in Prince Georges
and Montgomery counties arc listed
in the detour bulletin Of the state
roads commission for week ending
October. IL: tas.
Montgomery county, Lees corner to
Beallsville-At Lees corner to.0), fol-
low new road, turn sharp left (1.5),
turn left (2.5), turn sharp right f3.0).
turn sharp left (3.2). regain state road
at PooIesville. turn right (3.5), to
Beallsvilie (6.0). Length Of detour,
six miles. Condition, good.
Prince Georges county, Defense
highway-At end OF concrete turn to
left on cinder road (0.0) to Seabrook,
turn right (0.6) to Blendale. turn
right across Pennsylvania railroad
tracks f1.5) and go straight on dirt
road, turn right at fork (o.2 and re-
gain main road (2.o). Length OF de-
tour, three miles. Condition, fair.
Evening star., 1923-10-06
REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS
ASKED FOR ARLINGTON
Representative Young, Addressing
Meeting, Declares Change Of Ad-
ministration Needed.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
CLARENDON, Va, october 6.-The
surest way to get bad government IN
your county. the surest way to bring
about the careless handling of your
pub ic affairs, is to permit the same set
of men to control your county govern
ment year after year. The way to get
the best results from public servants
is to prove to them, occasionally, that
they haven't an ironclad guarantee or
an immovable stranglehold upon the
public offices they hold
With this expression as the keynote,
Representative George NJ. Young OF
North Dakota, speaking in the Airing
ton county courthouse asst night under
he ausrices of the Arlington County
Republican Club, made an appeal to the
people Of the county to try republican
officials for a while.
II. s. Mason, republican candidate
for county treasurer, and c. II. Bow
beer, republican candidate for commits
'ioner of revenue, also addressed the
meeting.
/, was announced that II. Scott Ryer
Of East Falls Church had accepted the
republican nomination for supervisor
in Washington district.
Evening star., 1923-10-06
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
WORK IN ORCHARDS
Party From Warrington, Taking
Vacation In West Virginia,
Picking Apples.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
SHEPHERDSTOWN. W. Va. Octo-
ber 6.-Realizing q desire for m out.
door vacation and At tho same time
earning a little money by the sweat
Of their brow" as we'll as assisting
in an emergency need for labor. are
the controller: J. 8. Beggs, Federal
attaches from washington who are
guests of E. Lee Goldsborough near
here for some days. They are spend
ing their time picking apples along
with the other hands. learning
good deal, they say. about country
life, and picking up coat OF tan
without cost.
+, John o. Lewis of the ONCE OF the
controller of the currency. who has
been here in previous years. is acting
as boss picker and packer. In the
party are also w. E. Buell.. ONCE OF
the controller; J. S. Beggs. federal
Trade Commission: Lelan Chandler.
agricultural student; j. -. Lille, De-
partemnt of Commerce.; Herbert Por.
ter, Department Of Agriculture; 3. +.
Shrout. jr.. agricultural student; II
A. Robertson. government printing
office; j. w. Robertson. agriculture!
student; Roy L. Smith. Panama Canal
Commission: Howard Watkins, chem
ist, Department of Agriculture.
Evening star., 1923-10-06
Solar System of Atom.
rom the Popular Mechanics Magazine.

rrom the Popular Mechanics Magazine.
An interesting account OF the mod
'rn theory OF the atom Is given In a
.ecent work by Prof. J. a. Fleming
Briefly. 1t is a solar system In minia-
ure. "The nucleus" says Prof. Flein-
ng, corresponds to the central sun
and the negative electrons to the
planets circulating round It. II we
desired to make q model. say OF a
1efium atom. we might place a
sphere, say the size of football. at
I certain position to represent the
positively charged nucleus.
Then at distances of about one and
4 quarter miles we should have to
locate two golf balls to represent the
two negative electrons and to assume
that these We're revolving round the
foot ball. The actual size of the
atoms is SO small that a million
placed In a row. like marbles In con-
tact would occupy length less than
the thickness Of the thinnest sheet
off tissue paper"
Evening star., 1923-10-06
Christmas Tree
Bar, From Other
States Sought

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BALTIMORE, Md. October g.
Christmas trees from New England
will be barred from Maryland this
year II Gov. Ritchie complies with
a request of State Forester Bes-
ley and E. N. Corey, state en-
tonologist, to Issue q quarantine
against them.
Mr.. Besley explained that there
Is danger of the gypsy moth be-
ing brought into the state Ii i'm
portation of the New England
trees is allowed.
''As there are plenty of trees
for Chri tr1as use right here in
this state. 1t VIII work no hard
ship either on. the dealers or the
children to quarantine the New
England trees" said the state
forester.
Evening star., 1923-10-06
'Made''' e'''Lightning
May Deuastate
Foe in Next War
By the ciated Press.

By the Associated Press.
DEL MONTE. Calf, October e.
Guarded intimations that the fu-
ture might develop. by appiica-
ton of the law of high voltage
discharge. a new industrial utensil
and a new weapon. were contained
In a statement today by Prof.
Harris J. Ryan of Stanford. Uni
versity, at the American Institute
Of Electrical Engineers here.
Robert S,bley. former vice presi-
dent Of the institute. commenting
on Prof. Ryan's revelations. de-
clared the new law might mean
that in some future war our scien-
lists may be able to hurl a dew
astting bolt of lightning across
the ocean"
Prof. Ryan confined himself to
q discussion of the law itself, but
he said control to some extent"
of man-made lightning blasts was
DO Sible and that I'VE are tenuing
toward control"
Evening star., 1923-10-06
Belgium Opens Arms to Princess
BaTlished 20 Years for LOue

An allowance sufficient TO enable
her to live comfortably has also
been granted the princess. The
first installment of this annuity
reaches her on Thursday In time
to permit her to bury the body
of Count Mattachich. the Austrian
nobleman and army officer for
love of whom she sacrificed every
thing twenty-seven years ago. Lou
Use announced thaht er first care
would be the erection of a monu-
ment on the counts grave.
Evening star., 1923-10-06
MANSLAUGHTER JURY
HUNG IN FREDERICK
Evenly Divided on Verdict in
Death in Automobile
Crash.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FREDERICK, Md, october g.
After four hours deliberation the jury
in the case of Jo~eph Blair. indicted
for manslaughter In connection with
tho death of Charles Gilbert. this
:'ty. was discharged by Judge Glenn
4. worthington. The jury was evenly
divided for and against conviction.
Blair operated an automobile which
crashed into q telephone pole near this
city about six months ago. Gilbert.
occupying the rear seat, was hurled
rom the machine, dying from injuries.
Blair was fined in a lower court for
operating an automobile while under
the influence OF liquor.
Evening star., 1923-10-06
Moros Among Fiercest.
81. aavs,trra Ns~.x,ne

From the Adventure Magazine.
The Moros OF the Philippines are
direct descendants OF the Malay pi-
rates that infested these seas for
centuries, and the ancestral microbe
is still extant. They are probably
as fierce and reckless as any people
in the world, and under their own
leaders are accustomed to obey the
law Of force and nothing else. A few
hundred old rifles are scattered
through the islands, and the posses
sion OF one almost carries with 1t a
title 70 nobility. To be without a
knife ts q shame and disgrace.
Evening star., 1923-10-06
Daddy's Fault After ALI.

From New York Snn.
The small boy had climbed on to
the table and his father told him to
get down, as he was sure he would
fall.
The child took no notice, and short
Iy afterward fell. AS he was cry
ing he said between his sobs:
DADDY. why didn't you catch me?
You knew i was going to fall-you
said So"
Evening star., 1923-10-06
Recalling a Famous ouip.
From the Springfield Republican

From the Springfield Republican
II was to Lord Morley. then a COM
uaoner, that q once famous Quip at the
expense Of Theodore Roosevelt was gen
orally credited. Morley had stayed In
the White House while on visit here.
On being asked to describe Roosevelt
on his return to England he was said
to have answered that he was "a cross
between st George and St. Vitus."
Roosevelt heartily enjoyed many stories
at his own expense, but this one he did
not like.
Evening star., 1923-10-06
FROST IN MARYLAND;
MERCURY DOWN TO SO
Special Dispatch to Tho Star.

Special Dispatch to Tho Star.
HAGERSTOWN, Nd, October g.
Frost here yesterday did slight dam.
age to truck patches.
The mercury dropped to SO de-
grees, which is the coldest October
weather in the past seven years.
Fruit growers welcome tho frost, de-
claring that 1t will color the fruit
and make it saiable quicker.
Evening star., 1923-10-06
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS. October 6.-The inter-
cession Of Queen Elizabeth Of
Belgium In behalf of Princess
Louise has caused the lifting Of
q ban that existed for more than
twenty years against the return
of the eldest daughter OF King
Leopold to her native land. Louise
now Is free to take up her resi-
dence in Belgium II she so desires.
Evening star., 1923-10-06
Needless Trip.
From the Topeka Capital.

From the Topeka Capital.
An exploring party Of the Smith
sonian Institution went all the way to
Mongolia to discover some eggs that
were 10000 900 years ,old. We agree
with the economists who continually
point out the extravaganza Of needless
travelling.
Evening star., 1923-10-06
FRI Will Fly
Ouer Shenandoah
Valley After Test
Bx the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
HARRISONBURG. Va, October
6.-The Navy giant airship. the
ZR-1. which Is to be christened
tho Shenandoah, In honor Of
the Shenandoah valley of vir-
ginia. will visit the valley for
which 1t is to be named as soon
as the test flights are completed.
according to telegraphic infer-
nation received here from Secre-
tary Edwin DENLY of the Navy
Department.
The Secretary's communication
was in response to messages from
Harrisonburg and other towns in
the valley inviting naval avia-
dirigiblo here for an exhibition
flight.
Evening star., 1923-10-06

Artificial teeth should match the
wearer's disposition as well as his
features, according to the newest
f1-at- Of IentiStrv
San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-03-14

full condition according to the bulletin.
Information from Trinidad, through
sources deemed reliable, indicate
financial conditions of the island TO
be in bad shape, according. to L. L.
Purcell. general manager of the asso-
citation. Most Of the business houses,
outside Of n few old reliable con-
Germs, are struggling to make both
ends meet.
While Trinidad is British posses
sion and is administered as Il British
crown colony, says Mr.. Purcell, i'm
ports from the United States are APP
proximately SG,000,000 greater than
from the mother country. Great Brit
ain, and about Al per cent of the to-
tai. The principal items Of import are
canned goods. butter pnd substitutes,
dry goods, flour, machinery, soap,
hardware and lard. Until conditions
on the island show some improve
ment, great caution in the extension
of credit should be practiced, Mr..
Purcell advised.
Conditions in Cuba and other
islands in the West Indian group
show continued improvement and
should be cultivated by local exporters,
he said.