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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-09-25

For Sale-A used reed baby
buggy as good as new. also a baby
swing.-J. c. Smith. Bruno. MINI.
25w4-lts
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-09-25

For Sale-A small young team
of horses.-Askov Hardware Co,
25w4-lt
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-09-25

For Sale Good cooking apples
at SOC per bushel.-A. M. Chal.
leen. Pine City. MINI. 25w4-1t
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-09-25

For Sale-Ford one ton truck,
New tires. Guaranteed mechan-
ically.--Askov Garage. 25w4-1t
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1924-09-25
WANT COLUMN

Apples-80c a bushel at A. NJ.
Challeen's store. Pine City.
25w4-1t
Evening star., 1924-08-03
MANY POSITIONS OPEN
TO LIBRARY WORKERS
School Graduates Overwhelmed
With Offers of Places. AZ of
Whom Accepted.
BY the Associated Press.

CLEVELAND. August 2-Several
times many positions as there
were young women to fill them were
offered the 4S girl graduates Of the
School of Library Science of Western
Evening star., 1924-08-03
SOLDIERS DEATH BRINGS
MEMORIES OF NAPOLEON
Held Theory That Last of Dynasty
Was Slain in South Africa in
Political Intrigue.

BY the Associated Press.
MARIPOSA, Cal, August THE re-
cent death of Capt. .. r. sydney at
his home here recalled an event sig
nificant in French history.
Capt sydney was in Africa in 1879
on business for the British govern
ment. One day he found the body Of
a man who turned out to have been
the Prince Imperial of France, the
only son of the eX-Emperor Napo-
leon Ill 1t was presumed generally
a the time that the prince was slain
by Zulus, with whom Great Britain
then was at war. But Capt. sydney
noticed that the heart had not been
cut out of the body. tribal fetish of
the Zulus in dealing with their enc
mics. and he always contendad that
no Zulu fired the shot that cloS"1 the
career of the last of the Napolc'ns.
1t was his theory that the prince was
the victim of a political intrigue.
The prince imperial was great
nephew of Napoleon Bonaparte. He
was serving as volunteer in the
British Army a the time of his death.
His mother. the eX-EmpreSS Eugene,
lived until 1920.
Evening star., 1924-08-03

Bearing the signature of George
Washington, first President Of the
United States: of Thomas Jefferson,
Secretary of State, and Edmund Ran
dolph, the first Attorney General, the
1ourth patent ever issued in this
country, antedating the establish
ment Of the United States Patent
Office by many years, has Just been
brought to light. The patent was is
sued in the year 1871 and is the only
authentic facsimile/ copy in the pos
session of the Patent Office of patent
granted IN the early days Of the
American Republic. There are no
similar copies of the first, second and
third patents existing.
Francis Bailey of Philadelphia was
the inventor to whom the fourth
patent was issued, and was granted
the patent by President Washington
on January 81, 1891, the second year
of Washington's presidency. The
patent was issued for the invention
of a new method of punches and
matrices for making printing types.
Before Patent once.
A that time there was no patent
Office. All patents were granted by
the President of the United States,
countersigned by the Secretary of
State and the Attorney General, and
delivered to the applicant personally
by the Secretary of State. Jefferson's
signature as Secretary of State ap-
pears on the patent twice. Generally
regarded as the father of the patent
system of the United States, the
fourth patent issued in this country
bears witness to his strong personal
interest in the establishment of an
orderly system of registering inven-
tions. The patent also bears the
great seal Of the Nation.
The patent reads as follows:
"Whereas. Francis Bailey Of the city
of Philadelphia, in the State of Penn
sy1vania, printer. hath invented ce-
tain methods. not before used, for
forming punches, by which to i'm
press on the matrices of printing
type. whether such types be for let
ters or devices, as well as to impress
on any metal or other substance ca
pable Of receiving and retaining i'm
preSSions various marks which are
dl dlff;cult to be counterfeited and the
said invention appears to be useful
and important: These are. there
fore, in purs suance of the act entitled
An Act to promote the progress of
usefN arts to grant to the said
Frant Us Bailey, his heirs. administra-
tors md assigns. for the term of
fourteen years, the sole and exclusive
right and liberty Of using and yend-
Evening star., 1924-08-03
TRADE UNIONS GROWTH
IN GERMANY is SHOWN
Banks Established as Feature of
Organization Are Patterned After
Similar Institutions in U. s.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
BERLIN. August 2.-Germany's first
trade union bank, which was estab-
llshed after the success of the labor
banks in Seattle, Cleveland, Chicago.
Washington, New York and other
American cities was assured, has been
reported to be doing a thriving busi-
ness in new building of its own in
Berlin's business district The trade
union temple. begun in 1922, is a
modern five story building, the ground
floor of which is occupied by the
labor banking establishment. A IL
brary. assembly rooms and Offices of
the trade union officials are located
in the upper floors.
The development of trade unions
has made remarkable progress
throughout Germany since the revo-
luton Of 1918, which brought about
the formation of the republic. After
the German workrnen came back from
the war by hundreds of thousands
and discarded the uniform for civilian
clothes, they Joined the unions in
great numbers, and labor officials
soon realized that the old headuuar-
ters which had served them for years
were inadequate.
Therefore, the new labor temple
came into being. and it is today the
headquarters for labor activities
throughout the country.
Evening star., 1924-08-03
GARMENTS FOR REFUGEES
NAVY ACADEMY DONATION
Clothing. Including Overcoats and
Suits of Duck. Intended for
Greek Sufferers.

Five hundred overcoats, as many
suits of duck. besides other articles
OF clothing, are being baled at the
United States Naval Academy, An
napolis, for shipment tD the Greek
refugees in Greece. 1t is the acad-
emy'S donation to the war sufferers
OF that country. many OF whom died
the past winter from exposure due
to lack of proper clothing. Credit for
securing the clothing. it is declared.
belongs to Mrs. William r.. Fendall
of 2ul3 y street northwest, chairman
OF the Workroom committee Of the
relief for fathcrleSS children Of
Greece Through Capt. john Dorm.
L. >. n, retired. the need for clothing
among the Greek refugees was
brought to the attention OF Admiral
Henry b. Wilson, superintendent at
the Academy. who consented to the
disposal in this way OF the uniforms
accumulated at the Academy follow
ing graduation exercises.
Commander II. w. Bagley, execu-
tive officer at the acadamy, is super
NiSinS preparation Of the shipment
1t was first planned to have IA corps
a day at the acadamy removing the
insignia from the uniforms. The
party was enrolled when Commander
BaSley secured the services of local
women to do the work. The baled
clothing will be delivered by acad-
emy trucks at the Baltimore wharf
from where it will be shipped.
More than a hundred Thousand
fatherless children have been regis
tered in Greece. The Society for the
Relief of Fatherless Children in
Greece has placed several hundred OF
them, but reports reaching head
quarters here indicate that the work
has only started.
''OnIy those who have come into
close personal touch with the Greek
situation realiZ. tie proportions OF
the tragic sacrifice made by that
count. during the war" said Mrs.
Fendall. The plight OF the thou
sands OF war orphans passes de-
scription. | fully understand how
much Americans have contributed
toward the succor of European war
victims. but in these fatherleSs and
motherless children a huge task con-
fronts us and it cannot be evaded.
The Naval Academy donation of
clothing will be a godsend to the
adult refugees and relieve just that
much the tax on resources which can
be devoted to the orphaned children"
Evening star., 1924-08-03
Most
Poetical People,
Professor Finds

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, August Americans
are far more poetical than hte Ger
mans of today, according to DIR.
Erich Neuner, co-editor of the
l<uerschner Literary Calendar,
which catalogues every known
poet and writer in the country.
Or. Neuner states that one Ger
man to every $4,000 claims author
ship to d published volume of
poetry, while the corresponding
American rate is said to be ! to
every 1900.
OF the / 800 books of verse pub
lished annually in Germany only
from / to 10 per cent are of some
value to posterity, the doctor
AYERS. In 1914 there We're about
5000 German poets, he says, but
the high cost of printing and pa
per, together with the general
trend of political and economic
European life. are disCouraging the
rhymeSterS.
Evening star., 1924-08-03
CROWD OUT MEN.

Philippines are CroWding out men III
a number of courses open to both
sexes in the University of the Philip
pines and other CO. educational iESti-
tutions. according to statistics com
piled from reports of the last Schoo.
year.
Il the University Of the Philippines
out of 46 graduates in pharmaceutical
chemistry A. We're women. out OF
II receiving the degree of doctor of
medicine ( were women. out of
a total cf 4SS receiving degrees from
the university during the year just
closed 10 were women.
Evening star., 1924-08-03
BEDBUG is "BAPTIZED."

IOWA CITY, Iowa, August e.-The
bedbug, variously and many times
profanely named. has on y within the
past year. after 166-year search,
received a monicker that will satisfy
sticklers for scientific eXactnesS, ac-
cording to DR.. Cs W. Stiles, assistant
surgeon general of the United States
Public Health Service. who is
Summer session lecturer at the Uni
versity of Iowa. Hereafter on the
roster of science the bedbug will
be known as "CimeX IectuiarIus.
AS secretary of the international
commission on geological nomen-
clature, Dr. Stiles took prominent
part in the baptismal rites.
Evening star., 1924-08-03

Reserve University this summer. The
offers all came within two weeks Of
graduation. The university an
nounced that each girl considered
several positions and that A. sccepred
places. all at good salaries and prom
Using futures
Although the School of Library
Science has the second smallest en-
rollment of the nine COLLEGES of West
ern Reserve University, il draws it's
Evening star., 1924-08-03
FOURTH PATENT EYER ISSUED
IN AMERICA is UNCOVERED
Bears Signatures of Washington, jefferson and Ed.
mund Randolph-Issuedt to Philadel.
phia Printer.

ing to others the said Improvement.
according to the true intSnt and
meaning of the act aforesaid"
The patent was written in long
hand in the old style English SPELL
ing. 1t was issued at the National
Capital, then located in Philadelphia
before Washington had been estab-
lished as the seat of Government.
Evening star., 1924-08-03
Tact Defined.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Cuthbert-Father. what is tact?
Father-Tact. my boy. is what pre-
vents a gray-haired man with a
wrinkled face from reminding a
Youthful looking woman with a COM
plexion of a rose that they We're boy
and girl together.
Evening star., 1924-08-03

ritory and its graduates go 10 wide.
ly scattered cities.
Cleveland girl graduate is calns
farth@St away from home-Hopv'S,i Z
while girl from Honolulu has Sc.
cepted position in the New York
Public Library.
The natives OF Turk stan consi eI
yawning to be a reprehensibIe act
and Indicative Of a state of prepared
ness for the reception of demons.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
A Young American.

The highest of honors has been
paid to an American in the appoint
ment Of Seymour Parker Gilbert. jr.,
former undersecretary Of the Treas
ury. as permanent agent general of
reparations payments. Mr.. Gilbert is
only 80 years of age and is probably
the youngest man ever to be ap-
pointed to position Of such respon-
sibility. He will be. in effect, receiver
for Germany. His choice for this duty
is high compliment to the American
young men.
Mr.. Gilbert may be styled a by
product of the great war. In 1918
he was chosen 10 act as counsel in
connection with the Liberty loan flo
tations. and two years later became
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
by appointment Of President Wilson.
President Harding not only retained
him in office, but promoted him to
the newly created position Of under
secretary. He resigned last year to
enter a New York law firm.
The war developed much executive
and administrative talent among the
younger men of this country. The
new responsibilities were met and
borne successfully by men in the
twenties and thirties. They did the
work assigned to them in the great
national emergency with energy and
skill. 1t was their opportunity, as
we'll as their duty, thus to aid the
country.
In this present assignment as agent
general Of reparations payments Mr..
Gilbert will be the custodian of i'm
mense funds and the supervisor of
German finances. He will be. in ef-
feet, the exchange ruler Of Europe.
Doubtless there will be establishment,
perhaps some misgiving, when this
young man arrives to take charge
at Berlin on the part of German
statesmen and financiers of much
greater years.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
Unsafe Scafolding.

II one should compile statistics OF
accidents due to the collapse of scat
folding on buildings being erected, re.
paired or taken down the total would
he impressive. 1t would surely stir
public authorities, builders and work.
men to greater care in the conStruc-
tion of such equipment. By the break.
ing of scaffold set up to facilitate
demolition of q building on + street
one man was killed and two of the
three men injured We're sent to a hos.
pital yesterday with wounds of a Sc.
rious character. Considering the
height from which these men fell and
the debris in which they were caught,
1T is remarkable that all of them were
not killed.
1t is believed at this time that the
cause of the collapse OF the scaffold
has not been determined, but an in.
vestigation made soon after the ac.
cident by the District building inspec-
tor suggests that the fall was caused
by it being overloaded with brick
taken from the building that was be.
ing razed. This would indicate care
lessness. The matter should be gone
into thoroughly, and there might be
Tightening up of regulations cover
ing the construction of temporary
scaffolding. Public officers and build.
ers might take increased care that
the regulations be observed The man
in immediate charge of construction
or demolition of a building should be
watchfui that the temporary struc.
ture shall not be loaded to the danger
point. Material should not be piled on
these structures except in small lots
for immediate removal. Workmen
who put up buildings or take them
down face hazards enough in the reg.
ular course Of their work, and the
scaffolding should be bui.t strong and
kept safe.
Evening star., 1924-09-04

gator, who notes that the most dan.
gerous crossing in the country is
another in the same County Of Gran.
ford, the cure Of which was under
taken several years ago by the rail.
road under an order of the utilities
commission A property owner in the
vicinity appealed to the court, de.
cision resulted in holding up the i'm
provement and to date the crossing
remains a deadly menace to the COM
munity. The work of elimination
should have been completed long ago
and the question Of damages and
property rights determined subse.
quently.
1t is estimated that the grade.
crossing elimination work now
pending and under way on the Jer-
sey Central line in New Jersey will
cost more than 12,OO0,00o. Therein
lies the reason for the loss Of time
and loss Of life. Grahe-crossing elm
ination on wholesale scale would
cost a tremendous sam of money.
more than the railroads can afford to
spend and probably more than the
States can spend in assuming their
share Of the improvements. But the
work must be done eventually. 1t il
not conceivable that these death
traps should be permanently main
tanned while traffic is increasing on
the highways of this country.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
Action by Congress Needed.

In the matter Of making fireproof
all the orphan asyluIps and buildings
in the District used, as homes for
old and sick people, Corporation
Counsel Stephens has advised the
commissioners that legislation by
Congress will be required. The ques-
ton brought 10 public and official
notice by the chief of the Fire De
partment cannot be settled by the
municipal authorities until authority
Is specifically given them by Con-
Gress. The corporation counsel OBJ
serves on the side that the situation
emphasizes the need for broadening
handling purely local questions. That
matter was under discussion last
Winter and will probably be brought
before Congress at its next session.
II is said that Il committee of Dis
trict officials has in hand the draft
Ing Of bill to enlarge the authority
of the Commissioners, but that such
bill has not yet been put in such
shape as to he submitted to the
Beard of Commissioners. A bill ex-
tending authority of the Commission
erS in local matters will be presented
10 Congress. with the support of the
District government.
Ii has been shown that some of the
public and semi-public institutions in
Washington caring for orphans and
the old, poor and sick carry on their
work of mercy in buildings that fall
far below requirements of the Fire
Department. No criticism Of the in
stitutions can be made. They do
noble work and have been doing it
in some cases for a longer time than
any man among us has lived. They
have made the bes. use of funds
given them. They cannot set up a
modern fireproof building just be-
cause the fire chief proves that their
ancient building is a firetrap. The
charitable part of the public which
supports these institutions must put
up the money. 1t is a work that
Washington must do and there is
plenty Of money with which to do it.
Most persons find it hard to save any.
thing for charity, rainy days, old age
or anything else, but most persons
waste d great deal Of money. Prob.
ably there never was a time in the
history of the world when the av-
erage man made so much money and
spent so large part Of his earnings
In what he calls pleasure as he does
now
Evening star., 1924-09-04

sciousness. Probably such an end,
though shocking and tragic, was most
fitting for this veteran OF the turf.
He died ''in harness"
l. Geers was a high credit to the
American turf. He was clean,
square sportsman, devoted lover of
horses. 1t was said that he could get
more out of a horse than any other
driver, though he never used a whip.
He trained his own horses and man.
aged them with understanding and
affection. He was never suspected of
any trickery on the turf. He never
bet but once on race, and then as
a youth he won, it is related, SO cents.
Yet he died very wealthy man. He
had earned more than s1,500,000 in
purses.
Geers was a silent man, who, it is
said, only waxed loquacious in the
chief indulgence, ice cream, of which
he ate great quantities. He was an
inyeterate smoker. 1t has been es-
timated that he consumed during the
training season no less than two dozen
cigars a day. But he never drank.
And he was never known to utter a
livelier epithet than "doggonit." Truly
a strange combination, especially in a
turfman.
Here was a man who made a career
Of horse racing. made it honestly and
successfully. and who won and held
the esteem Of multitudes of the peo-
pie by his squareness and his devo-
tion to an honorable sport. He will
live long in the memories Of Ameri-
can admirers of horse racing. and his
example should stimulate young men
Of a later generation to concentrate
upon their tasks and to hold the high
est standards of conduct if they would
bring success in whatever lines they
| may choose for their lifework.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
New Jersey Grade Crossings.

A report has been Submitted to the
Public Utilities Commission of New
Jersey by an investigator who has
examined into the accident Of August
81, in which four persons were killed
at a railroad crossing at Crawford,
n. J. He recommended that the COM
pany be directed to station a f1agman
at the crossing daily between Z am.
and pm, and also to arrange a
visible danger signal. This empha-
sizes the fact that an obviously dan
gerous crossing had been tolerated
the public. 1t has required shocking
fatality to bring about even so slight
a protection as a watchman for half
Of the day and a visible danger signal.
There are hundreds Of such cross
ings, perhaps thousands of them, in
this country, many of them near the
centers of population and in the
crowded area Of heavy road use.
In his report to the Public Utilities
Commission the Investigator said:
elimination is the only positive pro.
lection for grade crossings That
is incontrovertible. All other safe.
guards, flagmen, gates, signals,
whether lights or bells or signs, are
only makeshifts. Elimination must
come if the roads are to be safe, and
il the railroads themselves are to be
protected. In this particular case at
Crawford the train itself was de.
rallied and serious damage was done
to the company's property and many
of the passengers were injured.
A typical case Of delay in this
most important work Is disclosed in
the report Of the New Jersey investi.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
"Pop" Geers.

For more than half a century fre
quenters Of county and State fairs
in this country have been seeing a
little bowed man sitting in a sulky
driving horses on the tracks. Many
Of them have gone to see him drive
because he vas famous as handler
of harness horses. He was known all
over the great circuit, especially in
the Middle West, as Pop" Geers.
His real name was Edward F. Geers,
but few would have recognized him
by that designation. He was Pop
years ago, even when a comparatively
young man.
Yesterday Pop" Geers was killed
on the track. His horse stumbled and
fell, throwing him ahead, and then,
In recovery and plunge, stepping on
- - died without regaining con.
Evening star., 1924-09-04
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.

Truthfulness.
To tell the truth we're carefully ad.
monished;
To come across with "all and
nothing but;
Yet, if you stop to think, you'll be
astonished
To note the sorry caper truth may
When a friend to help along a radio
revel
Has made a little talk. refined and
glib.
And says, How did you like it, on
the level -
Then it's perfectly permissible to
fib.
When a lady to her dress has called
attention;
When an author asks you how you
liked the play;
When a golfer pauses modestly to
mention
How we'll he thinks he's getting
under way;
When the darling of the home has
just recited-
When any criticism you must
You'll never keep 'em friendly and
delighted
Unless you now and then prevari-
cate.