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Evening star., 1924-01-08

There are many things children
would never think of doing if they
weren't told not to.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-09-05
America Winning Heats in
Contests Whose Stakes
Are Millions.

Washington.-Uncle Sam has been
winning heats in one Of the most dra-
matte races ever staged by trade-the
raw silk transport race.
The course is $500 miles. Swiftest
steamships, special trains for which
speed limits are waived, seaplanes and
airplanes participate. But there Is
no cheering crowd in the stands. be-
cause every mile Of the race Is con-
cealed with the closest secrecy. The
stakes are millions.
In 1918, 81 per cent Of the United
States huge silk imports from Japan
came In foreign steamers but within
two years steamers flying the Ameri-
can flag In the Pacific have obtained
an important share of this valuable
trade.
Why silk Is rushed from Yokohama
to New York at breack-neck speed.
understanding the best passenger
service. and the thrilling details Of
this contest against time over the
worlds longest race course are told
In the following bulletin issued by the
National Geographic society:
Excepting gold and silver bullion.
silk probably Is the most precious COM
modify, weight for weight, carried on
large scale by commerce. A single
special train will bring $5.O0O.O0O
worth Of silk. Just as 1t costs dearly
to ship money. high charges are put
On silk shipments. The saving OF two
lays sailing time between Yokohama
and Seattle Is said to make a diffG-
ence of 30 cents bale at New York.
Interest on the millions Of dollars tied
up multiplies at the rate of thousands
IF dollars day and, In addition. there
Is costly insurance.
New Silk Course Record.
The worlds record on the Yoko-
hama-New York silk course was set
up a few months ago when the Orient
was brought within IS days. hours
and s minutes of Manhattan. Laden
with $5,500.00O worth Of raw silk, the
President Jackson made Seattle on
the ninth day. A United States mail
seaplane met the liner at Victoria
and winged its way to Seattle. 100
miles away. 1t brought port docu-
ments and forwarded cargo papers to
New York before the President Jack
son locked.
Special port forces moved the rich
consignment in three hours to a spe-
cial silk train waiting with steam up.
The swift Oriental limited passenger
trains take 20 hours to reach Chicago !;
the REFER" as the silk special Is
known to railroaders. makes it In IS
hours. Twelve cars were required
for the President jackson cargo.
With Queen Silk goes a heavy Gordon
Of train guards armed to the teeth.
When the treasure train safely reaches
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-09-05
New Record in
Raw Silk Race

New York the shipment is divided
quickly among the consignees for stor-
age in warehouses or dispatched to
mills in such famous silk towns as
Paterson, N. j.. or Woonsocket. r. I.
Carried on Mystery Train.
Few people know when the "reefer"
Is on the rails. Like ship Of war. 1t
virtually runs under sealed orders.
Railroad divisions seldom know wen
it is coming or where 1t is going un-
til 1t and orders arrive.
The previous speed record for silk
shipments was made when the Presl-
dent Grant landed $10,0OO,000 con-
signment at Seattle. The "reefer"
brought this product Of billions Of
caterpillars into New York in Is days.
4 hours and IS minutes out Of Yoko-
hama. Night air mail will be a boon
to these New York silk merchants. Be
fore silk shipments can be released
many papers must be approved and
inspected. Seattle has one Of the two
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-09-05
MOVEMENT TO POPULARIZE
NATIVE FILMS in CHINA

to produce Chinese pictures. and
perhaps half dozen of these have
been exhibited with varying degrees
of success. AS they necessarily were
made by unskilled actors and more or
less inexperienced directors, they have
appeared crude in the eyes of the Chi
nese used to the finished foreign pro-
auctions. These films are being sent
tentatively into the centers of the in
terror, where 1t is necessary to throw
up temporary mat sheds in which to
show them.
A Shanghai picture man explained !:
"It is altogether problem of educat-
ing the Chinese people to the NOV
les" He then went on to tell the ex-
perience of Snowman who invaded
the interior with number of films.
The people wouldn't go to see the pic
lures, and so the Snowman adopted
the expedient Of paying his audiences
to come, doling out handfuls of cash
to each person who entered the make
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-09-05
Fund of $1,25O, 600 Sought
to Combat the Malady
in the Empire.

Manchester, Engiand.-More than
100000 persons in the British empire
suffer from leprosy, 1t is estimated.
In this day Of advanced medical
science leprosy can be cured. So the
British Empire Leprosy Relief associa-
ton has been formed to raise funds to
wage a campaign against leprosy In all
parts of the empire. For this pur-
pose $1.250.O00 is needed.
To arouse interest In the work q
public meeting took place In the Man.
chester town hall recently. Lord
Mayor Jackson, who presided, intro
duced Sir Leonard Rogers, Fellow
of the Royal Society, one Of the
scientists responsible for the discovery
Of the new cure. In an interesting
survey Of leprosy and its treatment,
first by segregation and latterly by
means Of both segregation and injec-
tons of preparations from oils. Sir
Leonard said the disease still exists
in European countries, including Rus
STA, Turkey. Crete, Spain and Portugal.
"Leprosy is not highly infectious. as
used to be thought. and 1t is not
hereditary" he continued. I'm 700 cases
l have investigated In the last six
years 1t was found that at least 20 per
cent had lived in houses with other
lepers before contracting the disease,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-09-05

seaplane mail services In the United
States, hence Queen Silk will suffer no
embarrassment of delay. Night air
mail will hasten dispatch of silk ship
ment papers to New York SO there
will be no slip when the dusty reef
err" reaches the Hudson.
Although silk culture originated In
China and the very name China finds
it's birth In term meaning silk peo-
ple," the United States looks to Japan
for most OF this raw material. Amer
lean mills are weaving nearly 10000
600 pounds of raw silk annually. Of
which about so per cent comes from
Japanese mulberry orchards The
ugly little silk worm Is treated with
great respect in the Orient for 1t
brings to the Far Eastern peoples
more than $300,00O.0O0 from the
United States alone.
Queen Silks throne is as solid as
the year 1t was set up by Chinese
princess. centuries before the birth Of
Christ. The Western world began to
worship her when the crusaders went
to the East ito kill the horned devils
and returned to initiate the fine gen.
tlemen they found there" The mer-
chants of Venice, thriving on the
Vests new knowledge, like the mer-
chants Of New York today, guarded
Queen Silk well; this single city-stats
built 300 men-of-war to convoy its
silk fleets.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-09-05
About Nine-Tenths of the Huge Popu-
latlon Never Have Seen a
Moving Picture.

Shanghai.-Out of an estimated
population of somewhere, between 4OO.-
100000 and 5OO,OO0O00, 1t is believed
that 90 per cent Of the people OF
China have never seen motion pic
ture.
For this reason an effort now under
way to provide movies acted and pro-
duced by Chinese Is interesting.
In China's largest centers and in
the treaty ports the picture screen
long has been commonplace and
mixed audiences of Chinese and for
eigners are thrilled over the film ia
vorites, just as are audiences in the
United States. But hitherto the spo-
radio efforts to popularize the movies
in the interior of China have failed.
Within the last year several COM
panies In Shanghai have undertaken
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-09-05

shift theater. The showman's money
gave out before his films. which were
Of foreign production. had gained
popularity. and thus his efforts came
to naught.
Later enterprises in Shanghai In
clude one started by China's largest
publishing concern, which is making
efforts to improve the quality of the
pictures, the acting. costuming and
settings. Several of the country's
leading actors of the speaking stage
have been recruited for this work.
which is being confined to plots based
on stories purely Chinese.
How the efforts of these organiza-
lions will be received by China's in
articulate masses. and whether Chi
nese Charlie Chaplin or Mary Pick
ford in silken trousers will capture
the country. are matters as difficult
to conjecture as the answers to any
other of the country's many questions.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-09-05
Britain Starts
leprosy Fight

and that at least 80 per cent had slept
in the same beds with leper. At
tendants on lepers frequently get the
disease. which Is essentially one of
house infection; children are especial
ly liable to 1t.
Segregation" Sir Leonard con-
tinued. is Of undoubted value, but 1t
is slow method and there are great
difficulties in carrying 1t out In the
tropics. 1t is inevitable that as long
as we have nothing better to offer than
isolation. amounting to Imprisonment
for life, the leper will hide the disease
as long as possible.
Up to a few years age the only.
remedy Of any value known was the
old Indian remedy of chaulmoogra oil,
and its nauseating qualities were such
that most lepers could not take
enough. In 1915, at the request Of
Doctor Heiser, who had obtained some
success by means of injections, /. with
the aid of chemists, began research
work which resulted in the extraction
from this oil OF salts, solutions of
which, when injected proved far more
effective in destroying the leper baciAi,
1t was the first instance known of tha
destruction of bacilli within the tis
sues by vegetable substance. Today
similar valuable preparations are be
ing made from six different oils and
used in the treatment of leprosy.
"The next advance came in 1919.
when two American workers, Pro
fessor Dean and Doctor Holman, dis.
covered compound called ethylester
chaulmoograte, which can be injected
directly into the muscles instead OF
into the veins. and as this Is less
troublesome it is now in general USE"
Americans Aiding Lepers.
After giving figures from several
sources showing the remarkable sue
cess obtained in treating the disease.
Sir Leonard said that at present only
10 per cent of the lepers in the Brit
ish empire are getting the advantage
of this Decentralization the
Americans are applying It to every
leper in their domInions"-and that
the British Empire Leprosy Relief as
ISOLATION is being formed with the OBJ.
ject Of bringing 1t within the reach
of all.
At the Strasburg international con-
ference last July. Sir Leonard con-
Guided, a resolution was passed at his
suggestion that nations are not justi-
fed in segregating lepers for the bene-
fit of other people unless they provide
those lepers with the best possible
treatment.
Sir William Milligan of the Royal
infirmary. Manchester, said he had
seen a case of leprosy in Manchester
He could not forget the impression
made upon his mind by lepers while
he was in Vienna. Some of them were
most revolving. Manchester, having so
large an interest il countries like
India. the Malay peninsula and Africa.
has a special duty to help In the elm
ination of this disease.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-09-05
Might Haze More Weight

"Mebbe some o. deshere lawyers
said Uncle Ehen. would place mo-
'sponsibility on de Ten Commandment
If Moses had put In sumpin' bout
whereas an be It resolved"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-09-05

a THOUGH the Soviet government
"A always has ample funds for prop
uganda purposes, and although 1t has
been exporting wheat for some time,
it is likely that soft-hearted Americans
will soon be asked again to give their
money to save Russians from starva-
ton. The Moscow government, it is
reported, admits this years crop fail
ure Involves 60 per cent of the planted
area and that a famine as bad as that
of 1921 is imminent. Unofficially. the
blame for the situation is laid to ex-
orbitant taxes, forced loans. monopoly
of commerce and the artificial dehation
of agricultural values
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-09-05

nISPATCHES from Shanghai said
~ that city, hitherto immune from
the fighting of the civil warfare in
China, was about to be the scene of
a battle between the rival armies of
Kiangsu and Chekiang provinces. For
eign residents were calling for gun
boats and marines, though 1t was not
believed they would be molested. Pre-
sumably the row is due to the plan
Of Gen. WI Pei Flu, war lord Of Chilli.
to GUST the governor of Chekiang as
a preliminary to attacking Chang Tso-
Lin, his rival.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-09-05

Chicago IN the beauty pageant at a
maries by both former Gov. Cole l..
Blease and Representative James F..
Byrnes, who will have to have rum
off primary.
In Montana the returns to date from
the Republican primary indicate the
nomination of Frank Linderman for
senator and Joseph NJ. Dixon for gov
ernor.
c ENATOR WHEELER. vice presi-
- Dental candidate on the LaFollette
ticket, planned to open his campaign
September / with speech on Boston
common. But he was notified that he
must be in Montana that day to face
trial on the indictments charging him
with misuse of his senatorial office.
The LaFollette- Wheeler leaders were
Infatuated, and Chairman Nelson de-
sclared the action of the Montana dis
trict attorney was "a clear indication
that the Department of Justice is to
be used as an adjunct Of the Repub-
lican committee in this campaign"
FRANCES signature to the London
L agreement for putting the Dawes
plan in operation was authorized by
both the senate and the chamber of
deputies. the opposition being in a
hopeless minority. M. Poincare.
though attacking M. Herriot severely
on several points, supported the pre-
mier on the main question of accept
ing the agreement. In Germany the
prospect was not so rosy, for the gov
eminent could not see It's way to OBJ
tanning the two-thirds vote necessary
to pass the Dawes bill in the reichs-
tag, unless the Nationalist permitted
defections in their delegation. The
Communists disrupted the debates
with riotous actions and the president
Of the reichstag was compelled to call
Id the police. The Socialists and
bourgeois parties are eager for dis
solution of the reichstag, but the call
ing of new elections would greatly re-
tard ratification of the Dawes plan
and cause serious economic and politi-
cal troubles in Germany.
Owen D. Young has gone to Europe
to take the position Of temporary
kagent general for reparations, and it
is understood the permanent agent
general will be S. Parker Gilbert. for
mer undersecretary of the treasury.
Rufus G. Dawes of Chicago, brother of
General Dawes, has gone across to
help put the Dawes plan in operation.
n IEUTENANTS SMITH AND MEL
IL SON early last week made the
short hop from Fredericksdal to Iyig-
tut, Greenland, and prepared their
planes for the last flight over the sea.
to Indian Harbor, Labrador Lieuten-
ant Locatelli of Italy and his compan-
ions, who were lost on the flight from
Iceland to Greenland. were found by
the American cruiser Richmond three
days later. floating in their broken
plane 125 miles off Cape Farewell.
They were uninjured, but the plane
was so badly damaged that Locatelli
asked that it be destroyed.
First test flights of the ZR-2, built
in Germany for the United States. re-
vealed serious defects in the huge
Zepelin's engines. 1t may be neces-
| sary to install a new set of motors
before the airship starts across the
Atlantic. In other respects the trials
were quite satisfactory.
IN ISPATCHES from Shanghai said
| II ~ &ha% ntAx1 hikha~ko iy,,va1no fror,,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-09-05

DRESIDENT COOLIDGE announced
the appointment of Edgar Addison
Bancroft of Chicago as ambassador to
Japan and of James Rockwell Shelf
field of New York city as ambassador
to Mexico. Mr.. Bancroft is gradu-
ate of Knox college and Columbia uni
versity. an eminent lawyer and an au
thor. He succeeds Cyrus e. Woods
who resigned in June. Mr.. Sheffield.
who takes the post made vacant by
the resignation Of Charles B. Warren.
also is a distinguished lawyer and
writer. has served in the New York
legislature and is former president
of the National Republican club. He
is a graduate of Yale and of Harvard
law school.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-09-05

G ECRETARY OF COMMERCE.
y HOOVER has issued call for the
third national radio congress to meet
in Washington on September 80
Among the questions to be considered
are: Interconnection of broadcastine
stations for the handling Of national
events; revision of the present fire.
quency or wave length ALLEGATIONS tc
reduce interference; use of high fire
quencies or short waves; classification
of broadcasting stations, possible dis
continuance of class G stations; lin
itation of power, division of time. zon-
ing of broadcasting stations; means
for distinguishing the identity Of anna
teur calls from foreign countries: in.
reference by electrical devices other
than radio transmitting stations; re
lations between government and com
mercial services
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-09-05

c ENATOR NATHANIEL B. DIAL of
- South Carolina. was defeated for
denomination In the Democratic pri-
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-09-05

A MOTHER of the great packing
"A companies-Wilson 4 Co. of Chi
cago-is in trouble. Last week il was
put In the hands of receivers by the
United States court in New York
where 1t is Incorporated. Its opera
ton will be continued by them. For
some time bankers. lawyers and rep
resentatives of the $l2l .O0OOOO com
pany had been trying to work out a
plan of financial reorganization with
out recourse to the courts and they
had made substantial progress when IA
small stakeholder upset their work
by having temporary receiver ap-
pointed by New Jersey court.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-09-05

DOST OFFICE INSPECTOR WILL
LIAM FAHY. one of the most IA
nous thief catchers in the government
employ. who has been stationed In
Chicago for several years, is himself
In Jail accused of being the "inside
man" in the $2.OOO000 mail robbery
which was perpetrated at Rondout
ILL.,, on the night of June ~. The rob-
bers on that occasion shot and killed
one of their own band. and several OF
them were caught. Others escaped.
and 1t is believed by the authorities
who have been watching Fahy that he
divided the loot with them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-09-05

maries by both former Gov. Cole L.
Blease and Representative James F.
Byrnes, who will have to have a run
off primary.
In Montana the returns to date from
the Republican primary indicate the
nomination of Frank Linderman for
senator and Joseph NJ. Dixon for gov
ernor.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-09-05

| anu IL 10 OCiONC0 ~ Wv uNeAA,'sth
who have been watching Fahy that h
divided the loot with them.
~ SWALD GARRISON WILLARD
~ editor Of the Nation and one o
the most obnoxious of the so-calle'
"intellectuals" of America. stirred VI
hornets nest in the institute Of Poll
tics at Williamstown. Mass. by
speech In which he charged that thu
United States government aids Aineri
can bankers and capitalists to explOi
weaker countries. especially in Latil
America. by supporting loans. and in
vestments with the use of militar.
forces controlled by politicians with
out principle" He declared: "rh'
blood of 5000 Eaitians slain by on
American marines and of the 400 dea'
in Vera Cruz. mostly women and chill
dren. dishonors our good name. espe
cially when involved with SO sordid ;
! business as debt collection"
Rear Admiral Harry Huse. retired
Indignantly replied: Il have been d
years in the navy and have neve
known a case where the navy wa
sent to collect debt. The Statement
that 5000 Haitians were killed by ou
marines is outrageous. II is not true
When charges like these are mad
against our gallant forces they shoult
be sustained by more than. mer'
statement" He added that the state
ment that the Americans killed won
en- and children at Vera Cruz was /
lie. Willard said he got his inforna
ton from men on both sides. one .
whom was an American admiral. bu
he declined to give that individual
name. Rear Admiral Hilary P. Jones
also denied the truth Of the state
lnents made by Willard. liberation o
whom is one of the crimes committed
in the name of liberty.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-23
Sports
BROWNS BEAT
SENATORS AND
ADVANCE PEG
Sisters Team Goes Into Tie
For Second Place in the
Americans

Chicago, May 23-The ST. Louis
Browns advanced to second place
tic IN the American League by de-
fcating Washington. to ! yester-
day. Wingard, although unsteady,
outpitched Zahniscr Of the Senators,
Chicago beat Philadelphia, 3 to
2, with Thurston and Burns stag
ing a thrilling hurting battle for
eight innings. The New York Iank-
cCs resumed their series with Cleve-
land after hrcc-day lay Off defeat
ine the Indians, to 3. Meusel got
Il homer with two on bases. After
winning five straight, Boston lost
to Detroit, 6 to ,.
In the Nationals the New York
Giants went into second place by
winning a hard hitting and poorly
played game from the Cincinnati
Reds, to 6. Both Ryan and Lu-
que, who started in the box, were
Knocked out. Nancc's home run with
one on base gave "Dazzy" another
pitchers win, and Brooklyn beat
Pittsbubrg, A TO >. The Chicago
Cubs retained first place, winning
from Boston, 6 to -. Philadelphia
beat st. Louis, a to /, Carlson pitch
ing nice game.
The unruly weather, with lots Of
rain, has caused huge losses to ma
jor league baseball clubs this sea-
son, probably the worst losses from
postponemcnt of games the maj ors
have suffered in years.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-05-23

season. 1t brings together the lead
ing college golfers Of the land and
the tournament is always productive
OF brilliant golf.
Dexter Cummings Of Yale is the
defending champion this year. Dcx-
&c, is brother OF Edith, the CHI
cago maiden who won the women's
national last summer. lie is one OF
the most promising of the younger
players, a giant in size, long hit
tel and splendid iron-shot player.
Cummings tore things wide open
in winning last year, carrying away
the medalist honors and continuing
on through the finals in thrilling
style. Rudy Knepper Of Princeton,
a seasoned tournament player, was
his victim in the finals.
Cummings will face stiff oppesi-
ton this year, due to improved fields
in the east and south, and he will
have to be at his best to win. Prin-
ccton will be strong with Burton
Nudge and A. J. Shannon. Harvard
has Captain Clough and Charley
Pierson, both stars, among others.
Yale looks first to Cummings, Of
course, but Frank Wattles, sopho-
more from Buffalo, should not be
overlooked. Williams has lost Jimmy
Ward and Ira Couch and both will
be missed. However, in Captain II.
W. Comstock, winner Of the western
New York amateur championship
last summer. Williams has formi-
dablc entry for individual honors.
Dartmouth has Captain Sheehy,
former Vermont state champion,
veteran in intercollegiate play and
he is likely to be dangerous. Penn
sylvania and Cornell do not appear
tc have any outstanding candidates
for the title but golf is dark horse
sport and you never can tell.
The south will bank heavily on
Files Crenshaw of Alabama, who re-
Gently scored victory over Freddie
Lamprecht of Tulane, a player who
gave Chick Evans stirring fight In
the western amateur last summer at
May field.