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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-08-15
Old Cornish Tongue
Soon to Be Memory

"Nebbuz Gerriau Dro Tho Car
noack'' was the title Of an address de-
liyered to the members Of the London
Cornish association by Trelawney
Roberts, one Of the few men still able
to speak the old tongue Of Cornwall.
Translated these mysterious syllables
emerge as "a Few Words About Corn
ish."
Cornish, Mr.. Roberts pointed out, is
not quite so dead as Is usually be-
lieved, and he produced as evidence a
postcard written by little girl OF
eleven, who had learned the language
from her father, says the Living Age.
Prince Lucian Bonaparte is responsible
for the legend that Dorothy Pentreath.
who died in 1857, was the last person
who spoke Cornish, legend that is
perpetuated on her tombstone.
The old lady used to swear at tour
lists in Cornish, usually ending with
the words-in discreet Ugly
black toad!" in exchange for the cop
pers lavished upon her by the visitors.
John Davey of Zeenor. who did not die
until 1891, could speak it fiuently.
Ninety per cent Of the place names
in modern Cornwall show traces Of the
old language. In spite Of the profane
achievements Of Mistress Pentreath.
Cornish. boasts few Oaths. AGod's
curse in the kitchen" is regarded as an
alarming expletive.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-08-15
ENGLISH FAR BE-
HIND IN GETTING
TELEPHONE HABIT

1--WE have long way to go,A says
q recent writer in the Yorkshire
Evening Post of Leeds, England, be
fore we develop the private telephone
habit to anything Ike the extent they
have it in America. but" he hopefully
adds! I'VE are progressing very stead.
ily."
AS matter OF fact, the latest com
parative figures on the subject show
that in the course OF year, the
English people average only about
eighteen telephone calls per capita. as
against TIA telephone conversations
per person annually in the United
States. In other words Americans use
the telephone nine times as much as
Euglishmen.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-08-15
Oysters Hearty Eaters

oysters apparently live to eat.
Prof. ThurIow G, Nelson of Rutgers
college, who has made study OF
the lives and diets of these favored
adjuncts of the diet of man, has found
that eating is their main activity. AT
least 1t takes up the most of their
time. But they like a warm dining
room.
If the temperature Of the water In
which they live IS as high as SO de-
gress Fahrenheit Professor Nelson
found the oysters ate abodt 20 hours
day. At least they kept their
shells open and soakeA IN water in
through their silh aurSas @at period.
Bat sudden 4rsp Ia temperature
often resulted in decrease in the
number of hours of activity. When
the water temperature fen below 4O
degrees, the oysters seemed to lose
their appetite and feeding practically
ceased.
joyment of their rations on the part
of the oysters may be seen from a
consideration Of the minute size OF
the creatures which form their food.
Most Of these, diatoms, spores and
pieces Of algae, are so small we need
microscopes to see them. and it takes
many millions Of them to keep an
oyster on the active list. Science
Service,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-08-15
Do AtOdy With Mosquito
and Malaria Vanishes

1t is estimated that the deaths annu-
ally from malaria number some TIVE
millions. and this figure may probably
be multiplied by two or three hundred
If we would arrive at the total num-
Der Of people In the world affected by
the complaint.
Malaria is mainly a disease Of the
tropics, and is caused by a minute
parasite in the blood. The parasites
in one malaria patient may number
anything from one hundred to thou
sand millions. In many cases there
are more parasites than there are peo-
pie on the earth, and for ages 1t was
believed that marshes and malaria
were in some way connected.
Sir Ronald Ross discovered that It
was not the marsh, but the mosquito
which bred in the marsh which was
the originator Of the disease, and he
declares that the parasite Of malaria
Is, to the mosquito which carries 1t,
as dime would be to hippopota-
mus!
When disease-carrying mosquito
bites, it injects saliva in which are
the malaria parasites. These are car
ried into the human circulatory sys-
tenn and so throughout the body.
The cure for malaria is quinine, but
the prevention Of malaria Is the de-
struction Of the mosquito in which it
breeds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-08-15
RACE FANS HEAR
AS WELL AS SEE

An innovation in automobile race
announcing made a distinct sensation
ut the Flag Day races at Altoona. A
Public Address System was the means
whereby Starter Fred Wagner's voice
was easily and distinctly heard
throughout the throng that jammed
the grandstand at the Speedway when
Jimmie Murphy won the International
250-mile automobile race.
Wagner's voice was carried above
the noise of sixteen cars roaring
around the great wood bowl and the
cheers and chatter-of $1,000 fans gath
cred to witness the classic. Thus the
crowd was instantly and fully in
formed as to all the incidents Of the
race-incidents that ordinarily many
would neither see nor know about.
The Public Address System consist
ing OF q microphone. vacuum tube
smplifier. control units. projectors and
storage batteries to supply electrical
energy was mounted on q REQ truck.
Amplifcationists of the Western Eiec-
trio Company manned the truck, which
was parked inside the oval directly
behind the timers ONCE. The micro
phone was mounted at the starters
position. where 1t picked up the start
er's voice. transmitted it by wires to
the vacuum tube amplifier on the
truck whence. after being amplified
thousands Of times, twas carried by
ires to groups OF horns mounted on
nAss erected in front OF the grand
Skdhd. From these horns the speak
voice was clearly and uniformly
btributed over the area where the
Ikns were seated.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-08-15
Viands Haze Many Names

The wiseacre says that the express
sion .sWelsh rabbit" is a perversion OF
Welsh rarebit, but this is mistake.
The man who first made this sugges-
ton had no sense of humor.
AS matter of fact, the table fur
nishes many examples Of names OF
viands which have an alias Of the
same humorous description as Welsh
rabbit, Sailors, for instance. call a
shark steak "Folkestone beef. and
fisher folk commonly call smoked her
ring "pigby chicken"
A similar instance to Welsh rabbit
is provided by poached egg ON toast
being known as Scotch woodcock."
and an Australian leg Of mutton as
Colonial goose."-London Times.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-08-15
Famous the World Over

Epson. England, is in the county OF
Surrey, 15 miles southwest u London.
Epson was formerly celebrated for q
mineral spring. from the water Of
which the well-known EPSON salts
were manufactured. A number Of the
sons Of medical men are educated at
the Royal Medical college. and adjcin-
ing the school Is home for aged
physicians or their widows. The prin-
cipal attraction Is the grand race meet
ing held on the downs, which Is at
tended BY hundreds of thousands Of
v,nnNona
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-08-15
No Secrets in I4is Life

A man who had amassed a fortune
by his own efforts liked to annoy his
wife by telling credulous acquaint-
ances about fictitious early hardships.
Placed next to a dowager at dinner, he
was sure to tell the following story:
~ never learned to read or write
until was twenty-one. My principal
garment up to the age Of twelve was a
coffee bag. Down In the mountains
where was raised brand popular in
those days was triple x. and you can
see a triple x across my shoulders to
this day.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-08-15
NOMINEES NAME
SAKES WORK ON
SWITCHBOARDS

While the public is reading about
the Democratic nominee for PFesi
dent. John w, Davis calmly goes on
with his work at the KearAy Works
of the Western Electric Company,
Davis Is an instructor In the inspec-
ton section Of the Waverly Shops
and the work done by him and his
fellow workmen in the factory cabling
department is an important factor In
the manufacture o; telephone switch.
boards.
In the general service department
Of the Kearny Works there is another
J. W. Davis and he too is employed in
the manufacture of telephone com,
munication equipment.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-08-15

The loud speaker In the crews
recreation room is occasionally a
source OF entertainments when some
radio program Of special interest Is
being broadcasted.
When John Paul Jones commanded,
"All hands to quarters" a hardy bo's'n1
blew the call ON his little pipe and
followed It up with a lusty shout down
the main hatch. With the passing
years. ships grew SO big that it would
take several minutes for a call to be
sounded in every part. So several
years ago the Navy Department began
to consider the telephone as means
Of speeding up orders.
The Arizona" was the first bat
tleship to be equipped with loud
speaking system. That was In 1916,
the very earliest days Of loud speak
ers, and results we're 80 encouraging
that the Navy has equipped all sub
seqpent large ships with these sys-
TENS. Navy officers have co-operated
with engineers Of the Western Eiec-
trio Company In adapting each ad-
vance in the art to naval needs. The
system installed ON the West Vir-
ginia." our latest super-dreadnaught,
has 100 loud speakers, placed SO as to
cover every part of the ship. These
instruments are grouped on five cir
cults. any or all Of which can be con-
nected to receive calls. BY emitting
certain circuits for certain special or
ders. those within earshot of these
lQld speakers are not annoyed by
Is that do not concern them.
The system is operated from any
Of three talking stations: on the
bridge, while the ship is cruising; on
the main deck aft, while in port; and
in the ship control ROOM durine
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-08-15

target practice and battle. A two
stage vacuum tube amplifier assures
sufficient power to give good transmits
sion. It's first stage has two tubes in
parallel, and its second stage 10 tubes.
The large number of tubes was used
not only from power consideration,
but SO that the failure Of a tube would
not affect the operation Of the sys-
tenn.
But the loud speakers have not
made the bo's'n's pipe obsolete. No,
indeed; he toQtles his calls as Of old;
only he throws some switches and
steps up to the transmitter before he
pipes up. First he blows; then for
the benefit Of those who aren't famil-
lar with the little tunes he plays, he
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-08-15
Real "Robinson Crusos''

Alexander Selkirk was an adven-
turer, born in Largo. Scotland. in
1876. He was a skillful seaman and
made several voyages to the South
sea, In one of which. having guarded
with his commander. he was put
ashore on the island of Juan Ternan-
dez with few supplies. Here he lived
alone for four years and four months.
when he was rescued by Capt. Woods
Rogers He returned to England In
I'LL. and is said to have given his pa
pers to Defoe. who. from them. wrote
the story Of Robinson Crusoe." Sell
kird died on the ship Weymouth In
1923.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-08-15
Amateur Gets Busy

According to Good Hardware, an
order recently received by q seed firm
runsl aPlease send me one dozen
strawberry seeds and one bee and hive
complete. one dozen plum seeds. ten
square yards Of grass, six wall flowers
with sections of wall and one safety
lawn mower and pillow combined. Send
also enough baskets to hold the straw
berry and plum crops and back combs
for the honey. The grass should be
green and the seeds favor unpopular
with the chlckens."-Roston Tran
script,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-08-15
SIMPLE ENOUGH

In calling telephone numbers In Ger.
many, instead of giving the number
by single digits. they have a habit
of giving It in blocks of two. Thus
257S would be twenty-five. seventy.
eight" That seems simple enough in
English, but try it out in German and
it becomes "funf-und-zwanzig, acht-
und-sieb-zig."
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-08-15

shouts the words of the call.
The ordinary wire telephone Is much
used in carrying on the various activ-
tiles of the "West Virginia" A bat
tleship is busy place. with its equip
ment to be operated and kept in per-
feet order and its more than 400
officers and men to be housed and
fed. Save time and steps-Tele-
phone!" is nowhere more applicable
than on shipboard. The switchboard
of the West Virginia" has o capacity
of 2O0,lines, serving telephones located
in every part Of the ship. While at
her dock, the switchboard Is Con
nected through the Navy Yard board
with Bell System lines for Official
business.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-08-15
TELEPHONE soosrs SALES

San Francisco. Roos Brothers.
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 total Of 1851 calls.
and 1855, or 81 per cent Of this num-
Der made purchases,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-08-15
WHEN SICK, THEY WANT

A child in pain runs to Mother"
for relief. So do the grown-ups.
For sudden or severe pain in stomach
and bowels, gripping cramps and
weakening diarrhoea, Chamberlafn's
Collie and Diarrhoea Remedy has
never been known to fail. Buy II
now.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-08-15
Halls Catarrh Medicine

Those who are in a run down. condi-
ton viii notice that Catarrh bothers
them much more than when they are IN
good health. This fact proves that while
Catarrh- is a local disease, it Is greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE con-
sists of an Ointment which Quickly
Relieves by local application. and the
Internal Medicine. q Tonic. which assists
in improving the General Health.
n !. Cheney q Co. Toledo. Ohio.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-08-15
WHY NOT ALWAYS FEEL
FIT I?

Help those gassy pains in stomach.
Weakened sluggish liver, and stop
harmful costiveness with Chamber
lain's Tablets. Good digestion, active
liver, easy regular movements to-
gether with an enlivening OF your
mental and physical forces follows
their use. Small cost, only Csc.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-08-15

Even in his own land of demo-
cracy, where all men are supposed
to be equal, the aviator looks down
on the chauffeur.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1924-08-15

I. You never know how to take some
people. but they are apt to be the
people you don't want anyhow.
Evening star., 1924-04-15
PLEASED AT FINDING.
Macdonald Tells of Attitude Be-
fore Commons.
Ry the Associa ted Press.

BY the Associate ted Press.
LONDON, April 15.-The first Off
cial expression of opinion of the
reparation experts report from Prime
Minister Macdonald came in the
house of commons today when he
announced that the government had
learned with greatest satisfaction of
the unanimous signing of the experts
findings.
The experts reports constitute, in
our opinion" said the premier, IAN
unbiased and carefully thought-out
endeavor to aid the governments con-
cerned in their task of reaching a set
element of this vital and long stand
ing problem"
The practical value of the applica-
bility of the experts conclusions and
tinued Mr.. Macdonald, have, more
over, received prompt and unreserved
recognition by their unanimous adop-
tion by the reparation commission on
April II, subject to the willingness of
the German government to cooperate
in their execution.
Certain of Assent.
The British government feels that
the reports, supported by such au-
thority, must command general as
sent and there will be a universal
desire to use the opportunity which
end the existing unsettlement.
"One feature deserves special en-
phasis. 1t is explicitly stated in the
report of the first committee that it
is an indivisible whole and that the
Signatories in the terms renounce all
responsibility if certain of their res
ervations are adopted and others re-
Sected.
VIII Support Whole.
His majesty's government" added
the prime minister, attach so much
Importance to the agreed recommen-
dations, which can be brought into
immediate operation, that they are
prepared for their part to support the
scheme in it's entirety, provided all
the other parties concerned are will
ing to take the same course, and on
April 10 they communicated that
view to the governments concerned,
including the United States"
After the prime minister had made
his announcement on the experts re-
port Stanley Baldwin. his conserva-
tive predecessor, declared the pre-
mier would have the united support
of the British people in his attitude,
This declaration was received with
cheers.
Evening star., 1924-04-15
BY the Associa ted Press

BY the Associated Press.
TOXIC, April 15.-Eyes of Japan
today are anxiously turned toward
Washington and immigration has
become an all-absorbing topic. The
people are following each detail of
action in the United States Congress
as chronicled in newspaper extras.
Official concern, already deep as a re-
suit of the passage by the House
of the Johnson immigration bill, was
further intensified by news of the
Senate's overwhelming refusal to in
dorse the 'gentlemen's agreement"
Foreign Minister Matsui, in a state
ment today to American newspaper
correspondents, protested against ex-
clusion of Japanese from the United
States, declaring I'VE have cause for
grave anxiety and we appeal against
any action which can only wound US
to some extent and bring little salts
faction to you"
A cabinet meeting was held to dis
cuss the problem, after which, accord
ing to vernacular newspapers, new
important instructions" were dis
patched to Japanese Ambassador
Hanihara at Washington. The ques-
ton was considered also at a meeting
of the koseikai and Chawakai parties
IN the house of peers, and leaders of
both parties demanded a stiffening of
Evening star., 1924-04-15
WRITTEN REPLY EXPECTED.
French Think Germans Will Pre-
sent Conditions.
By the Associated Press.

PARIS, April 15.-It is expected in
reparation circles that the Germans will
forward a written reply shortly to the
invitation to send a delegate to be heard
by the reparation commission concern
ing settlement on the basis of the ex-
perts' report. 1t is thought likely the
Germans will notify the commission
they will send a representative to open
negotiations as soon as they have had
time properly to study the lengthy docu-
ment.
The German translation of the re-
port, which was made under the di-
rection of DR.. Meyer, secretary OF
the German reparation delegation in
Par1S, was ready almost as soon as
the report in French and English was
printed, DR.. Meyer having been fur
nished with proofs before the cor
rectionS were made, SO as to facil-
itate the task. In consequence he
was ready to send the report in prac-
tically complete form the day before
1t was presented TO the commission.
1t is supposed the Germans now
have had ample opportunity to grasp
the general principles of the plan, al
though they may want a few more
days to study out the manner of
presen ting certain conditions which
they are expected to offer previous
10 negotiations. One of these con-
quarters, will be that the French and
Belgians withdraw their troops as
we'll as their civil administration
from the Ruhr, while another Is
likely to be that a foreign loan be
assured before the reich promises to
pay the amount provided for by the
experts during the ensuing year.
Evening star., 1924-04-15
new D. A. R. BUILDING
DECLARED NECESSITY
Resolution Provides for Audito-
rum Large Enough to Hold
Membership.
CONGRESS ADOPTS COL0RS
Blue and White Formally Author.
lied by Delegates.

With the ceremonies of inaugura-
tion written into history, the thirty
third Continental Congress of the
d. A. r, meeting in Memorial Con-
tinental Hall, settled down to busi-
ness today, accepted a number of
committee reports and received sew
eral important resolutions.
One of the first acts the delegates
committed today was to formally
adopt blue and white as the society's
official colors. Although they had al
ways been worn by the national and
state officers, and were used on the
society's pennant, blue and white had
never been definitely adopted as the
official national colors. e.,=a-.
Arrangement of CoIors.
The question was placed before the
congress in the form of a resolution
which pointed out that although it
is customary for military and pa
triotic organizations to have distin-
gushing colors for their banners, the
d. A. r. had never taken such action.
The resolution provided that the
colors should be arranged in three
g,
the central white stripe to carry the
insignia of the society and the
legend, National Society, Daughters
of the American Revolution"
The resolution precipitated a brief
but spirited debate, the first of the
thirty-third congress. Scarcely had
ing it when half a dozen delegates
jumped to their feet and demanded
to know whether it would mean dis
cardinE the society'S pennant, which
has been in use for more than twenty
years. Finally, one of the delegates
be recommitted to its committee until
the congress could determine whether
or not the new banner would result
in the old one being discarded.
Resolution Is Adopted.
bated the merits of the motion pro
and con, the question was put to
the congress and the motion was
lost without the formality of a record
vote The question on adoption of
the resolution was then placed before
the delegates and it was almost unan-
imously, thus Immediately making blue
anu Willie Tic tOilSidi hdlioudl SOlOIS
of the D. A. r.
A resolution that may be the basis
for a warm battle on the floor was
presented by Mrs. Howard H. Mccall
and would empower Mrs. Anthony
Wayne Cook to appoint committee
whose duties would be to submit to
the thirty-fourth Continental Con-
gress next year plans, specifications
and methods of financing a building
to be placed on land in Washington
owned by the society, which build
ing shall contain an auditorium ade-
quate for the future proper seating Of
our ever-increasing membership"
Although 333 alternates to this con-
gress were refused admission because
there were not enough seats in Me-
mortal Continental Hall, the resolu-
from every section of the auditorium.
1t was referred to the committee on
resolutions and will be reported out
probably by Thursday.
Site Not Determined.
Whether or not it intended that
Memorial Continental Hall should be
raised and an entirely new structure
reared on it's site, or whether the
movers contemplated using other
land was not stated, but these ques-
tions are sure to precipitate an ex-
CONTINUED on Page 2, Column 10
Evening star., 1924-04-15
BELIEVE BOB-HAIRED
BANDIT HIDING HERE
Baltimore Detectives Say Girl and
Accomplice Have Had No
Chance to Leave D. C.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

BALTIMORE, Md, April 15.-De-
tectives who have been following the
trail of the bob-haired blonde bandit
and her male accomplice since the dar-
ing hold-up and robbery of lunch
room here last Friday today an
nounced that they are positive that the
couple is still in Washington, where
they went shortly after the robbery.
This is made positive, detectives
say, through the finding of the baggage
of MIR. and Mrs. Gilbert" at the Union
station in Washington, where it had
been left. Gilbert is the name under
which the couple stayed at a rooming
house here, where they paid a weeks $
rent in advance but left the second
day. The taxi driver who took them
to the station said they asked him the
time of the next train to Washington
and bought tickets.
All railroad stations and roads In
Washington have been watched, and
detectives here believe the couple ara
laying iow'' in the Capital