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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-10-11
BY JOHN q. o'eRIEN


From the gold mines of Alaska, the
asphalt lakes Of Trinidad, the silk
worms of China and the rubber trees
Of the Dutch East Indies, come some
Of the essential materials in the con.
struction of the telephone as it has
been perfected today. Many and vari-
GUS are the products required in this
delicate piece of mechanism, and al
most every part of the world is called
upon to furnish these necessary raw
materials.
Gold and platinum, for example, are
to be- found in every telephone. To
be sure, there is not great amount
Of either in any one particular tele-
phone, but when it il remembered
that all the Bell System telephones,
placed side by side, would reach
around lakes Erie and Ontario, the
amount Of these valuable materials
used in their production is volumin-
Gus. Gold is used for contact metal
in an alloy with platinum and silver.
Most Of the gold comes from Alaska,
but it is also obtained from mines In
California, Colorado, Arizona and
Montana.
Platinum, which most people think
Of only in terms Of watches and wed.
ding rings, comes chiefly from Colon.
bia, although small deposits are also
found in some of the western states
Including Oregon, California, Wash
ington, Wyoming, Idaho, Arizona, New
Mexico, Utah, Nevada and Colorado
Formerly most of the platinum came
from the Ural Mountains until that
source of supply was cut of.
Silver also is used in the contact
metal as it combines well with gold
and platinum and resists the effect Of
sparkling at contacts, which are
opened and closed. Most of it comes
from Canada, Mexico and the western
states in the United States.
Into the cores of the receiver coils
goes Swedish iron from Norway ant
Sweden. Domestic iron is used in thu
diaphragm and magnet heel piece
Recently steel has been used in thu
tubes and bases on desk stands ant
also in the terminal plate, washerl
and screws.
Copper in the telephone may b.
most easily detected in such wire
as the receiver terminals and col
terminals and in the windings Of tn
coil. It comes chiefly from the Butt
district in Montana, but is also oh
tanned from the Lake Superior dis
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-10-11

cause, in three years time, Mr.. Hard
ing, and Mr.. Coolidge between them
have cut 95,5O4 public servants from
the list. Mr.. Wilson, in two years
time, cut the public service down from
war peak by 277,575 employees. The
smaller number figures heavily when
Republican economists check up &C.
counts. The number three times
larger doesn't.
There is, again, the matter Of a
budget. The greatest constructive
law ever written by a Congress- the
campaign textbook calls it-entirely
a Republican achievement. But what
Of the fact that Woodrow Wilson went
to Congress to urge budget law and
the fact that Congress, then Republi-
can, refused to enact such a measure
until his, term had almost ended, in
an effort to discredit him? Mr.. Will
SON vetoed the measure Congress
passed, on the ground that its provi-
sions affecting the Comptroller Gen.
eral invaded the prerogatives of the
President. That he was right the Re.
publicans themselves admitted a year
later.
again, there is the triumph of a
tax reduction, with Mr.. Coolidge urg.
ing it. But Mr.. Wilson when the war
was over went to Congress to- propose
tax-reduction bill. Beating that bill
was meat for a Republican Congress
1t fitted in with the accepted Repub
lican tactics of making the Wilson
Administration as unpopular as pos
sible.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-10-11
,ijOLIDGE CLAIMS
SHOWN AS FALSE
lew York World Recoun..s
Waste And Graft Under
Present Administration.
AXES NO MEN ION OF FALL
residents Talk Of Econ
omy" Saves Him From Dis
cussing Campaign Issues.

resident Loolidse's Claims OF econ
! are reviewed and refuted in an
..orial recently published in the
W Yo.k '. orld unaer the caption,
emmy Wise, Pound Foolish" One
one the eX3ray ..gaaces and spoila-
i; committed by Republican Off
$ of the k1arding-Coo dge admin
ration are reuounted and inter-
,ued in this editorial. Here is what
World said:
II am for economy the President
VS.. After that I am for more
onomy'"
What better issue to go campaign
g with two months before election ?
emphasizes none of the Presidents
arrels with his Congress. It brings
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-10-11
TELEPHONE BOOSTS SALES

Inc, now rely upon the telephone
as big and profitable source Of
business. For example; during the
month of April, although there was
a slight decrease in the number Of
calls made by salespeople in all
stores, the actual percentage of re-
sponses and sales was higher than
for any month since the telephone
campaign was started. Salesclerks
in the various stores of the Roos
chain made a total of 1851 calls,
and 1855, or 81 per cent of this num-
Der made purchases.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1924-10-11
The Telephone Rate
Hearings

THE course of the present hearings before the Public
Service Commission may have given the public the efro-
that this Company properly cooperating
Commission Peoples Counsel providing the inor-
sideraion of the Nothing this Copanys actions
before the Commission justi6es such impression.
G The operations of this Company confined to a
Statewide service Maryland but patrons for
other
connecting lines of other telephone companies This
requires relations for the interchange of telephone
traffic with the American Telephone & Telegraph Company,
which the Long Lines system of the country as well as
with telephone companies adjoining States with which
business is directly nterchanged.
ct Our Company also has other long established con-
with the American Telephone & Telegraph
Company These known and In all their phases
considered number of times by the Maryland Commits
sion in previous
ct Appreciating that these relationships properly
matters furnished the Com
all information requested of connection with them
and furnish additional information which the
Commission before considering their
ableness and propriety affecting telephone operations
Maryland.
IT There no relationship with any other telephone
pany which deal about which all pertinent information
had books and records and which will be
through We ask the public be patient
believe that opposing the Commits
sons right to considering
portant matter.
~ THE CHESAPEAKE AND POTOMAC
AG TELEPHONE COMPANY
49, OF BALTIMORE CITY
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-14
ENGLISH ALSO TO FLY AROUND GLOBE
To Start Flight In Opposite Direction About Time U.
 s. Flyers Start

LONDON. Jan. 13.-English avia- tors will try to match exploits with the American airmen when the latter start their round the world flight from Seattle. next April. by a flight in the opposite direction.
 Equipped with powerful Vimy Amphibian plane of 450-horse power, Squadron Leader A. s. McLaren, dis tinguished English pilot of long war and post war experience, will attempt to circumnavigate the globe soon after the American teams start.
 The English flight is backed by the British air ministry. which has given the leaders a special course of trdin- ing. ThA route will be by way of Egypt, Mesopotamia. Persia, India, Burma, China. Japan. the Aleutian Islands, Canada, New York, St. Johns, N. F., and thence to Greenland, Ice land, returning to London.
 It is possible the Britishers and Americans will cross one another's path in mid-ocean and the flight will create an animated friendly rivalry between America and England for supremacy in international flying.
 Apart from the credit of the first encirclement of the glove the eater prise will form an interesting test of endurance for the machine and en- zines.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-14
MELLON TAXhs 0N DOCKET TODAY
Ways And Means Committee To Hear Views On Pro. !. posais For Reductions

WASHINGTON, Jan. 13,--The House ways and means committees will get down to cases tomorrow on the Mellon tax bill. Views of interested parties will be presented on proposals of the Treas ury Secretary for reductions in tax rates. While several score of wit nesses have asked to be heard the committee has so limited the time of each that the publie-hearings prop ably will be concluded this week.
 While the hearings are In progress republicans en the committee will continue their efforts to reach an agreement as to what qualifications, if any. should he made in the pill A majority of the republicans be- lieve a compromise is necessary particularly on the surtax rates, In order to avoid a long fight in the House during which radical changes in the measure might be effected.
 Whether or not Secretary Mellon will appear remains to be deter. mined. but the committee has decided to call several experts from the treasury department to explain the results of the revisions proposed as affecting both t"dustry and the feu- eral treasury.
 Representative Watson. Pcnnsylva- mia, republican member of the ways and means committee. indorsed the Mellon biii in q formal statement is- sued tonisht. He estimated that the enactment of the measure would re-, suit in a saving of more than s32.Oo0.O0O in income tax payments Dy the residents of PennsylNanla alone
 "Burdensome taxes" he said, give birth to anarcniSm. socialism and lay the foundation of greater inaeritance taxes. which would oventuahy maisg the nation heir to the accumulatee wealth of indiNidualS.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-14
BANDITS V|CT| I'M
 DIES 0F WOUNDS
General Wu Pei-Fu Offers Reward For Rescue Of
 Woman Held By Outlaws

PEKING, Jan. 13.-(By Associated Press. )-Prof. Barnhard Hoff. an American missionary. died today in a hospital at Siangyangfu, Hupeh about two weeks ago by bandits. who also shot down, his wife and kid naped Mrs. Julian Kilen, co-worker of Northfield. Minn., when they raided the mission at Tsaoyang.
 Mrs. Hoff is expected to recover Mrs. Kilen still is missing.
 offer. Reward For Woman.
 Gen. Wu Pei-Fu. leader Of the Chinese military party and comman der of the northern provinces. or fered today a reward of $l0,00o Tor the rescue of Mrs. Kilen.
 Mrs. Kilen is reported to nave peen sent a few days ago, apparently well, in Juchow. Honan province.
 Professor Hoff and his wife were missionaries of Swedish branch oi the Lutheran church in the United States.
 The first details of the raid on the town and mission or Isaoyans Were received here January 3. On January II the manner in which MT. and Mrs Hoff were shot was learned.
 Shot A. They Run.
 After the mission was invaoed tnt three missionaries were warneo aes however. not knowing the Chinese dialect, which the bandits spoke, at, tempted to run away and both were shot down. But Mrs. Kilen, veteran missionary, who understands tht bandits tongue. overheard them plaI to take Mrs. Hoff with them; Mrs Kilen promptly sacrificed herseli persuadins the brigands to take he | instead of the wounded woman.
 Thus Professor and Mrs. Hoff wer' uer left behind and Mrs. Kilen was car ried away. Professor Hoff was sho through the lungs. His wife's wount Is in the shoulder. Husband and wif' ,t' were removed to a hospital In 'h' nearby town of Slang Flung 1u. The bandits were traced to HoraI nrovince. but there the trial appar ently was lost. Officers of the Amer fcan legation at Pekins nave peer in Honan province urging Chinese or | Ncials to take more drastic step' against the bandits.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-14
RECON MENDED MOVIES

Motion pictures recommended by the national better films committee, showing by Mrs. M W. Shell. city amusement in- spector. are as follows:
 TrIanon: "Boy of Mine" Strand: "Around the World With the
 Rialto: "where the Pavements Ends" Musketeers.'' young people. Capitol: "The Rustic of SIX" Odeon: "Shoot Elm Up" Royal: "Young and Dumb" juveniles "Lovey Dovey." juveniles.
 Loew's: "Lucretia Lombard;" "Be Your ''isi Princess: ''Monoy Carroll" '"rhe Green Cat" young people.
 TAvoodlawn and College: "Bluebsard's Limti;'' Brass" young people; '"rorablt David, :" mature audiences; "Alwayps Au- dacious." especially recommended, young people: "The Alarm" juveniles.
 'Tol able David." mature audiences; "The Up" young people; Mighty Lak a Rose" Robinson crusoe." No. {. juven- '''Ii Five Points: "shriek of Araby." youns reople Trail of the Lonesome Pine young people; Ragged Edge;" "Rurnins North Birmingham: "shriek Of Araby,' young people; "The Country Kid" juven- iles; "Blood and Sand" especially recon Franklin: "The Country Kid" juveniles "Blood and Sand" especially recon mended ~'Shriek of Araby," young people "Biood and sand" especially recon. Avondals: "Life's Greatest Question: ''Western Hearts"
 Saa@Dloa' Sa%a5s .dsii ESitle of smiinx slhn Thru "Driven," especially recommended.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-14
BID &AIN .URGED|C0TT0N PRICE |S |by FARM BUREAU LOWER LAST XALF
Decided Decline Sets In After Values Show Inclination
 To Go Higher

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 13.-Prices were higher in & small way in the cotton markee up to the middle of last week. but they sagged In a rather decided way later. From gains over the preceding weeks close of 24 to 4e points there was & drop to declines under of 58 to II points. March traded as high as 34.S4 and az low as 33.50; October traded as high as 2s.12 and as low as 27.30. The close was at net de- clines on the week of A to S2 points, the last sale of March being at 33.S9 and of October at 27.44. In the spot department, middling lost 62 points. closing at 34.00 cents against 27.25 on the close of this week last year.
 Reports of a good spot demand, both in the local market and in the interior. we're the main sustaining influences, but they were offset. eS- pecially late in the week, by unfavor- able accounts from dry goods and mill centers. The ginning figures to January of 9,0S7,13s bales, issued by the census bureau, caused more or less selling as they were larger than to crop guessing under 10.00o,000 bales.
 Selling At End Of Week.
 A great deal of the selling Of the latter part of the week was due to private estimates of small domestic consumption of cotton during De- cember, one private bureau guess being 450,000 bales / while another bureau was said to have issued figures of 3s2,000. They compared with 532.000 bales consumed in No- vember and 528,000 in December of last year. Consumption figures are likely to be & controlling influence at the first of this week because the census bureau will issue its Decem- Der mill report on the opening Mon- day. It seems likely that more at- tention will be given weather con- ditions ip the interior because of the backwaTdness of blowing as the re- suit of continued wet weather Further rains would be regarded as highly detrimental, but cold weather would be looked upon as favorable because of its probable effect on the boil weevil.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-14
Speaks Five Languages, But
 English Happens Not To ~ Be One Of Them

NEW YORK. Jan. 13.-Princess Larisse Kourakine, the young Rus sian woman whose husband was murdered in Archange1 in February. 1922. failed yesterday in her third attempt to establish herself in New York. For five days the Prin- cess, had been diligently working behind the scenes" as her friends delicately put 1t. in Spanish-Amer- ican restaurant, but yesterday they told her she was not syllable. despite the fact that she speaks five Ian guages and studied music at the Pet rograd Imperial conservatory.
 Princess Kourakine reached here in the November quota from Cher bourg with her brother, Nicolas Fili- monoff, formerly a colonel in the Royal artillery guard. Her brother was sent back because. the quota was filled. Princess Kourakine, however, because of her wartime nursing rec ord and her musical training, was permitted to land.
 Three restaurant jobs are, all that have come to- the Princess thus far. Perhaps the chief difficulty Is the small amount of English she has at her command, for she protests. she is strong healthy and willipgsto work.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-14
LABOR, LAW AND CAPITAL ALIGNED
United In Nation-Wire Con- certed Effort To Modify
 V0IStead Act

NEW YORK, Jan. 13.-(By Asso- ciated Press, ,)-Labor, law and capi- tai have joined in a nationwide con- certed effort for the modification of the Volstead act, 1t was announced tonight by Austin c. Fox, chairman of the board of the Moderation league.
 The American Federation of Labor. the Constitutional Liberty league, the Association Against the Prohibition amendment and the Moderation league have combined their forces for the campaign, he said. The legisla- ganizations will ask for hearings be- fore the resolution committee of both the republican and democratic na- tional conventions to urge their re- quest for a national expression on the subject.
 The legislative committee members are James Duncan. chairman, tirst vice president of the American Fed eration of Labor. Mir. Fox represent ing the Moderation league; Col. Julian Goldman, Boston. attorney, treasurer of the Constitutional Li' berty league; Capt. W. H. Slayton, president of the Baltimore Steamship company and head of the Association and James Obergfell and Albert J. Kugler, both of the American Fed eration of Labor.
 Plans now under way call Tor united effort on the part of the com bined forces, not only in legisla- tive campaigns, but in crystallizinS the sentiment of the voters.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-14
THE PASSING SHOW COMES THURSDAY
Gala Entertainment Promised By Winter Garden Revue
 At The Jefferson

Real distinction is given to local Messrs. Shubert's annual proouction of "The Passing Show" The big or ganization Is scheduled for an en- gagement at thee Jefferson theatre January IT. IS and 19.
 This Passing Show" is certain to make this a gala week of entertain ment inasmuch as the noted Willie and Eugene Howard are the featured players. This pair of comedians have so firmly established them selves with Passing Show" produc- tions that when you think of the highly descriptive title you are bound to think of, the famous brothers.
 Combined with a remarkable cast of supporting actor folk 1t IS anate cago, Philadelphia and Boston have fairly capitulated to the extrava- ganza.
 4 Prominent in the big cast are the noted Lockfords, team of dancers brought from Paris by J. J. Shu. bert for the Winter Garden produc- tion; Helen Rhenstrom. noted com edy prima donna; Peggy Brown dancing is an outstanding feature of any organization; Emily Miles, whose previous appearance in Winter Gar den spectacles is q fond memory to theatregoers; John Quinlan. the peei of all singing tuveniles: Wilbur dt Rouge, for years a Broadway actol of distinctfon; Emmet Douglas, o1 London Gaiety fame. Marc Lockford who gives an impersonatiop of the Prince of Wales; George Gilday and the beautiful Frances Winters. form a prominent part of the big cast. Oi course the Messrs. Shubert have maintained their splendid reputation in having scores of pretty girls who form a delightful animated back ground for the various singing and dancng numbers.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-14
PRINCESS LOSES THIRD JOB
 BEHIND SCENES" IN CAFE

She speaks Russian, French, German and two South European tongues. She is quite willing to continue working behind the scenes" in re- staurants until something more suit able comes along, such as place as governess or companion or music teaching.
 Five days work" said the Prin- cess. last night, with a shrug. "To- day, yes; tomorrow, mo-"
 For a week after landing the Prin- cess was cared for by the Russian Relief society. Then they told her she must make some arrangements for herself, and so she went out and found an employment agency and asked them to get her job. She said nothing about being a Princess. They got her job in restaurant and judging from her explanations in French, German and gestures, last taurant is no place for a Princess.
 After several weeks Countess t1lya Holsto1 of No. GA Riverside Drive, heard about the young Princess struggles to get a foothold in Amer ica and communicated with her. The Princess was found at the Countess's home last night, clad in severe black gown quite devoid of ornamen- tation, and insisting that working in "a restaurant was nothing at all after Russia. Her friends, however, hope that somewhere in New York the right place for Princess Kourakine can be found
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-14
HUSBAND SLAyS WIFE THEN ENDS OWN LIFE
Tragedy In Central Part Of Mobile
 Causes Much Excitement

MOBILE. Ala, Jan. 13.-Special Leased Wire.) - George Edward Lewis, B5, a lumber buyer of Shreve- port. La, shot and killed his wife room at the Commercial hotel and then killed himself this afternoon Lewis and his wife had been sepa- rated for the past two years and he came here during the Christmas holidays and agreed to . divorce He returned this morning from Shreveport, La., and Is said to have atfon with his wife. Mrs Lewis told him that she did not see how he wanted to 50 back to woman from whom he had been separated foy two years and had agreed to divorce, if is. stated.
 a'WelI, no one else will have you" Lewis said. according to a statement was an eyewitness to the tragedy, and then he fired two shots. After the second. Mrs. Eastburn said. she ran from the room and was in the hallway when another shot was fired. This last shot Is supposed to have been the one that ended Lewis life the bullet entering his head. Mrs Lewis was shot once through the head and once through the eye. Mrs Lewis came here four years ago and for three years was employed in the hotel where she was killed. The couple formerly resided at Metropo- lis, III, and have two children. Covell Lewis, son. is employed here as a soda dispenser. and a daughter, Mrs. Charles Marteil, is a resident of Shreveport, La.
 The killing and suicide, which oc- cured at Government and Royal streets. one of the principal places of the city, caused great excitement, a crowd of over thousand people gathering at the scene.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-14
1 MINISTER AsSA|LS 1. RICH AS MENACE:
West Virginia Law And Order League Head Calls Million-
 aires Parties Nightmares

WASHINGTON, Jan. l2.--The Washington Post publishes an &C., count of prohibition conditions fin the Middleburg section of Loudoun members of the millionaire colony of that section are charged by the Rev. c. H. Marsh. pastor of the Meth odist Episcopal church at Middle burg, with being the greatest menace to the successful conclusion of the campaign he has headed for four years to clean up conditions there.
 "moonshinng" and other laWless conditions in the section as head of the Law and Order league. MT. Marsh was quoted as saying four attempts have been made against his life, the last time shot having come through his parsonage window, and his house and automobile have been burned. Despite the assistance given by the prohibition commis- sioner in recently assigning special detail of enforcement officers 10 as- Law and Order league still encoun- ters many difficulties in its cam paign against bootlegging.
 "The greatest menace to the suc- cessful conclusion of the campaign of some 300 members of the league for which I speak," MT. Marsh was quoted as saying. "is the rich, in some case noveau riche, who have descended upon this part of the coun- try because of it's tradition and it's adaptability to the sporting in clinations. The fox hunting season, lasting of a period of several months, is a nightmare for the self-respect- ing citizens of this community. Parties, which I am reliably informed border on orgies, are staged fre- quently at some estates during this period.
 "The worst of 1t all is that some or tbe hona ffde citizens are invited to these parties and suffer the re- sultant shame"
 The Post said that several socially prominent owners of estates in the Middleburg section, when told of the minitser's assertions. received them with apparent amusement and ex- pressed the opinion that he had evil dently been misinformed as to con- ditinn9