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Evening star., 1924-01-21
MINERS WAGE SCALE
DUE FOR REVISION
Formulation of Agreement Chief
Business Mapped Out for
Biennial Session.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. January 21.--
Confronted with fewer perplexirg
problems Of internal organization
than at any assembly In previous
years. the sixth biennial convention
of the United Mine Workers of Amer
lea Will convene here tomorrow.
Strife between strong leaders within
the ranks of the miners that has led
to turbulent scenes at past conven-
tions now seems to have been allayed.
Formulation of Il wage scale for
the miners of the bituminous fields is
undoubtedly of foremost Importance.
The present contract with the opera
tors expires March 81 next. The min
erS of the anthracite fields are work
ing unGer an agreement which does
not expire until August 81, 1925.
Committee to Draft Agreement.
Drafting of a wage agreement for
tn" hituminous field Will be under
taken by a committee to be appointed
by President John L. Lewis soon after
the opening Of the convention. Sub
mission of this committees report. II
is anticipated. Will provoke the usual
discussions and will bring forth, II Is
said. a demand among the delegates
for Incorporation Of 4 section calling
for siX-hour day.
There is understood, however. TO be
strong sentiment among the miners
for renewal Of the present agreement,
with no change as to either wages or
hours Of work. should the conven-
tion ratify in subst" nee the present
agreement il is believed that II Will
he accepted with little parleyinS when
the miners representatives meet with
the operators at Jacksonville, Fla,
February IL TO undertake negotia-
tions for Il new contract.
Many Resolutions In Hand.
Preliminary to the convention Of
ficials Of the union have been getting
into shape more than six hundred
resolutions which have been sent in
by various members for conSldera-
tion at the biennial meeting.
President Lewis. as is customary.
in his report IS expected to review
TIL" settlements of the various strikes
that have been conducted by the min
cr>. OF which the most important was
the general strike Of 1922 in the btu
rnirous fields The 1923 anthracite
strike and its settlement will proba-
bly, be dealt with by Philip Murray,
ice president. in his report.
NJ serious efforts are anticipated
in behalf of Alexander Iowat, the
turbulent leader of the Kansas min
ers, who was expelled by President
Lewis.
In New York city in 1920 there were
2.SlI,4 40 females, an excess OF more
than $1,000 over the males.
Evening star., 1924-01-21

In New York city in 1920 there were
2.Sl1, 40 females, an excess OF more
than $1,000 over the males.
Evening star., 1924-01-21

A large percentage Of people
still let film hide the beauty OF
their teeth. Yet millions know
how to combat it.
Look about you Note the pearly
teeth you Gee in every circle now.
Mark what they add to beauty
and to charm. Then let this plea
SAINT test reveal how multltudes
now get them.
Evening star., 1924-01-21
P0lNCARE SAYS FRANCE
WILL WORK FOR PEACE
In Address at Inauguration of War
Memorial Declares for Cause
of Universal Concord.
Hy tAe .Associated Press

PARIS, January 21.--Premicr Poin-
care, speaking at the inauguration OF
a war memorial yesterday stated that
France was determined to work for
,'eace and to serve the cause of uni
versal concord by defending the car
rving out of treaties and by main
tanning the rights established by
them.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-05
PRoHIBIcE v koRskU BuDE zRUsENA.
OSVEDCUJE SE, ASH TAX. JAKo We SPOJE
NYCH STATECH

Londyn, a. ffnora = Prohibce Norvezsku lest ma DO
kraji zruseni Pfcny proc vada dosp6la rozhod
nu sou havn1 hospodafske Norvezsko nen bohata zes
kurs jeho pen4z kesa Musi mti vice dhchod nesnaze
da toho docf kdyz obchod lovnami bude uveden
zakopity dane nan alepy. Tato stuace
zamlouva horn prohibenikdm ale protesty ejich as
pomohou.
Ackoli byo zabaveno mnoho podloudnickych lodi Il
hovin Mich, vymahan prohbce stale $25OOOO rocne
skutetnosti vynahana nebyla.
Norvezsko e dosud mokre pres vsechny prohbicnf "a
kony nejenom jest to pomerne snadne ziskat hovny
lekafsky predpis avsak podoudnctv vyvnuo pravde
ny vyplacejic obchod Norvezsku zda byt
tok pitt jako dnech predproibcnich ale stat mse
ably mel duchod ohoto obchodu vnaklada penze je
no zastaven
Odpdrci prohbice tvrdf nevymahani melo zly dcne
ma zdravf obyvatelstva Staska dokazuje re zo
cny spachane oplymi osobam, sou pfiis cetne.
Prot zrsen prohbice Norvezku bude energicky pra-
covano jet pravdepodobno re teto Rampant dostane
znarodn podpo nebot Norvezsko bylo jednou bas
pencd sucha, n6z poukazova sou mirou pychy Via
da vsak rozhodla zrseni prohibce tomo SVEN od
hodlani media zvikati
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-05
WILSON vELEBEN Y kONGREsU.
TAKE SENATOR LODGE vA$EL MA
Mem MN0n0 DOBREn0.
JMENEM DEMOKRATICKE MENSINY PRO
MLUVIL SEN. ROBINSON.

Washington, 4. dnora. Kongres zanecha dnes WASN'T
We srancke debaty, ez zua tam nedavnych dnech,
city pamatce Woodrow Wilsona Oba domy sesly po-
edn ako asak bylo to enom aby vddcove vsech
odstinn poickeho minen moh vzdat hold zesnulemu
presidentu pfija resouce nhz je vzpomnano suzeb
jez narodu prokazal
Senator Lodge Massachusetts, repubkansky vIdce a
jeden Wsonovych nevasnvesich poickych nepfate pf
pojl senaoru Robinsonov Arkansasu demokraticke
vidci senate, chvalofeci driv9jsiho presdena.
"v sympat smutku" pravi senator Lodge 'stojime
sklon9nymi havami tomto okamziku, smunem pamat.
nem jenz tax sesan by mas moudros vsemohouc Pro-
zfetelnosti, jez spravue osudy clovecenstva.'
Repubkansky vddce pravil ze republkansti senator;
vyslechli hlubokym zarmutke oznamen smrti Wiso
move Spoecne veskerym lidem teto zem6 pokracovai
my citi jsme velmi hlubokou sympa utrpen presi
dena Wlsona behe eho dlouhe nemoc kere snasel bez
stezovani 81 stakovou srdnatosti.
"Pan Wilson byl muzem podvuhodne schopnost sill
neho charakteru Skrze pracna lea myseni stud
svo 81 znalos historic hospodafskych otazek theor We
du potiky vlady jez budiy jeho obzvastn zajem. On
reora stare savne university ktere byl alb
solventem. Pan Wilson by muzem pczoruhodnych schop-
nosti pevne vile.'
presdenta Woodrow Wlsona zpdsoblo zarmutek celem c
vilisovan&m svet9.
"Jeho odchod", pravi "znac{ konec karery oslavepe
JakON vce naSf vlasti
ejf nejvetsi kris pfechazf do historic minen rozdele
nym do moudros nekterych eho smernc zahranien
lky. Az zmatek ucnf misto kdnenu pfesvedcen. s1
zaume vysoke mso mezi savnym muz vsech vekh vd!i
svym vznesenym idealdm.
Konetny rozsudek clovecensva bude spravedivy pies
vsechno ds podvrat ej Jz byo pozorovat oziven eho
popularity toto nabude silly mijejicim ety Vhdcove
vekch krisich neohou pocati chvkovou oblbu Vrol
cnost akou venova svemu dkou jest ceou nesmrtel
nosti vsichn kdoz Sill zasti 81 nehynouci slavu
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-05
D0NAHEY VYzivh K UcTENf Will SOMA.
zADA, ABY We SKOLACH v OHIO vZPOME-
NUTO BYLO EX-PRESIDENTA.

Columbus O.. a.. lnora. - Guv A. ". Donahey provo
ani vydanem dnes vzyva obcanstvo Oha ably uco
pamatku expresidenta Wsona zastaven veskere obvyk
cnnos deset inut b6hem pohebnich obradu stTed
odpoedne.
Guverner oznacuje byvaleho presidenta ako 'muced-
nika vec svobody cvisace zada aby "osvedcena byla
mu pocta vdecnost akych 81 jeho suzby svrchovane
slouzi.'
Uzavfeni vsech obecnych sko cd hodn odpoledne
staven obchodni cirnost dese minut spusten pull
zerdi vech vajek dobu trce dn konani pametnc oh
fadI vsech kostelich state nedeli TO- jest
zadano guvernerem
Rovnez odporucuje aby obecnych skolach pred jc
zavfenim We hodiny vzpomenuo byo prmerenym zpdso
bem zesnuleho expresdena ably podobne stao sch
zich spol r0znych obcanskych organisaci ez konany
budou tento tydsn.
Dnes zaroven jmenem statu Ohio guverner postal
strastny telegram pf. Wsonove.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-05
P0VSTAlCI v$uDE UsTUPuJi.
DALSf MEXICKE vOJSKO PRESTO PRES
AMERICKE UZEMf

Ell Paso Tex, 4. dnora - Pribzne 45O Yaquskych In
dand projeo Ell Pasem nes byl dopraven dale do uarez
odkud pojedou jh pomahat Obregonovym armadam bo
il proti De La Huertovym rebeldm.
Mesto Mexiko, 4. 1nora. Nasledkem cinnost pro-
revoucnich sorgansovanc sedaky state Guerrero
ebeska armada pod gen. Romulo Fguerou byla donucena
couvnouti smerem Iguale, die zpravy odboru valky
We state Morellos dve m6sa bya obsazena revouciona
FL avsak vee vladnfho voiska zaca jich obehanm je
st, re podaM vypuditi rebely
Esradovo povstalecke vojsko pokracuje SVEN 1stu
pred nedavno zahajenym tazenm Obregonovym Gau
daajaru die depesi obdrzenych zde rapuato Francisco
Coss $50 rebskymi naezdnky byl porazen Los MIN
bres state Coahua ztratou crnac zabch die zpra
obdrzene zde Cd gen. Posa bude d.
La Ascension Gaeany ably Cossovi zabrano vejt do
statu Nuevo Leon.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-05
BYVALf DELNfCI v. KRA,
LOVSKEM PALACI.

Londyn, 4. lnora. - Tri
muzi, kteff vysli ze rad del
nickych, byli povefeni povin-
nostmi v kralovske domacnosti
d9lnickou vladou. Thomas Grif
fiths, driv6jSf delnik v pie
ch&rn6, stal Sc pokladnikem
kralovske domacnosti; John
Parkinson, jenz zacal pracova
ii v ,uhelnych dolech We v6ku
10 roku, jest kontrolorem kra
lovske domacnosti a John Da-
wilson, jenz zaGal svoji kari
&ru v obuvnicke dime, jest ko-
,moffm. Vsichni jsou d6lnicky-
mi cleny sn6movny poslanec-
ke.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-05
zHoUBNA vICHkICE.

Birmingham. Ala, 4. Inora
Domov Rev. Wallace Carpen.
terra, presbyteniho duchovnf.
no. byl znicen cyklonem ne.
daleko. odtud a jeho manzel'
ka a nejstarsi syn ma mfste "a
bitf. sest jinych clend rodiny
Rev. Carpenter mezi mimi, by
10 vazne poran6no a jsou W
zdejsi nemocnici.
Evansville, Ind, 4. dnora.-
Tornado, prov&zen6 destSm q
krupobitfm, zachv&tilo Haub'
stadt, Ind, sedmn4et mil NJ
sever odtud dnes pozd9 odpo,
ledne, zpdsobivsi skodu odha'
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-05

Akron, 4. Inora. - Petice
nesouci podpisy 100000 zdej-
sich obcani, budou predloze-
ny v pravidelne schulz NEST
ske rady Ultra odpoledne, ia.
dajici, ably sluzba ma poulic-
nj draze byla zavedena bez-
odkladn9 pri 6centovem jizd-
nem. Podpisy ma petice ziska-
vail zrizenci poulicni drahy,
kteri pfisli o zamestnani.
Obchodnfci a majitele diva.
del a jinych zabavnich mist
nosti ST st9zuji, ze zastavenf
dopravy ma poulicni draze zna
mena pro ne tisfcov6 ztrAty
denne a budou pry donuceni
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-05
.zkDAi zPET P0uLIcNf kkRY.
pETICE JEST OPATRENA 10000 PODPISU
AKRONSKYCH OBCANU. sae-

propustiti n3ktere re svych
zamestnancu.
Mayor D. C. Rybolt dnes
vecer prohlasil, ze jedine "a
da lid, aby pfitomne svizele
snasel trpelive, pokud Sc mes
tn nepodaff pfivoditi trvale
rozlust9ni dopravniho profile
mu. Jest to pry jeho 1myslem
dokazati, ze doprava We m6st6
mIze ibyti obstarana autobusy
a automobily.
S jin& strany Sc vsak pouks
zuie, ze die Gislic samotnych
mestskych dfadd. tento expe-
riment stoii' mesto $166 den
n9 8 yyhlidkou, ze bude stati
ieSt9 vice v budoucnosti.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-05
dovanou ma 100000. Sadly a
Getne hospodafske budovy mi
cetny q telefonnf draty pretr-
hany a sloupy povaleny.
ZEMkEL NASLEDKEM VEL
KE NAMAHY.

Y Ma dvofe pfi dome (. 6632
Co@tier ave. s. E. skladal 32-
lety Albert Belinaky, 6812 Nor
ran ave., naklad. kdyz poied
nou spadl ma zem 2 zernfel.
Iako pncinu srprti rozpoznal
koroner Hammond velkoI ma
mahu. Po zennfel&m muM zde
zbyly dv6 nezletilk dEky.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-05
UPRCHNUvsf TRESTANCI
ZABITI.

jefferson City, Mo-, 4. 1no.
ra. = Tri trestanci, kterf u.
prchli z Missourske st&tni trest
nice dnes, byli zastreleni krat
ce po 8. hod. veGernf vezen-
skymi hlidaci, ktefi je >dopa-
dli a vypudili z mastale asi dive
q pil mile cd mesta, die zprav
obdrzenych v trestnici. Muzi
vyb6hli z ma$tale q byli po.
stfflsni hlfdaci, kdyz bezeli
pies volne pole, pravf Gfednf.
ci.
SveÌŒt = World. [volume] (Cleveland, Ohio) 1911-1939, 1924-02-05
|POHREB BEz v$ELIKE OKAzAL0sTI.
JE TO PRANiM Pi. WlLsoNovE
4 DcERY zESNuL LEh0. .,.....


Washinton. a. dnora = Telesne poznstatky Woodrow
"sona ulozeny budou sedu krypte Betlemske kape
vehke protestantske epkopani kathedray vyhzeici
udo reky Potomac projdou posednimu odpocnku pod
napisem vytesanem kamen mad kaple "Cesa K
miru". So s1'
Pohfebni obrady hod. odpoledne domove o. vii.
sonove ma uc $3.50 kapi Petra Pavla jez chi
vysoko mad Washingonem vrchu ST. Alban jed
noduche a soukrome
Rakev p Wlsonova bude prostymi voaky z ar
mady, namofnctva namorncke pechoty 30 osmi kaz-
deho odvetv sluzby Nebude nych znamek re OBJ
rady lsou valecneho presdena Spoenych Jest
pran rodny Vada nabida veskeru pompu stanho porbu
rakev Wisona mea byti 20 Pennsylvania
lako ona Warrena G. Hardnga pred meme
pax vysavena rotunde kaptou z tomu konany pf-
pravy.
Avsak prani pf Wisonoye dcery Margaret rozhodo.
valo Rakev bude pohrebnm miste ma de-
lovem voziku Obradu donna slcastni pouze
nejddvernejsi pfatee Wilsona Obradd kapl sleas
nj asi 500 osob Pro mste iedne tenn kdoz
vykazou ky cd odboru sat bude vstup aby s
predeslo navau Jsto vsak Jest re desitky tisic lid
cich kolem obydl Wilsona kolem kathedray vzda po
sledni poctu dfivesmu presidentu spojenych Statd.
Nebude zadne nadhery edina uniformly vojaku budol
svedc tom, ze posednmu odpocinku ukladan jest
valy vrchn veiitei vsech brannych sill naroda |
Telesne pozdstatky Wilsona budou uozeny krypt4
Betemske kape vede rakyi epsk
panic bskupn wasntonskych do z akev bude spust9na
po odsranen mramorove desky lodi chramove Rozhod-
mutt valem miste posedniho odpocnku bude po
zdeji, avsak jest pravd6podobno, odpocvati ST.
Albans nebot je budovaeld kahedray je
jiz Betl6mska kape dosud jednou dohotovenou
cast aby tato kathedraa staa amerckym
skym opatstvm mistem nemz by ukladani byi posed
nmu odpocinku slavn muzove zeny naroda. Ma kahc-
dralu byo az dosud vynaozeno Sd 100000 die promnycn
planl celkovy naklad 81 vyzada $14OOO,0OO.
P. Wilson byl presbyteranem pi Wilsonova hasi
epkopani crkv Epskopani diecese washingtonska
ucn kahedrau narodni nstuci kde neby by bran zadny
zfetel ma denominacni rozdily
Obrady donna We 3 hodiny odpoledne vykonany budou
Rev. James H Taylorem Central Presbyterian kostea
Wilson chodva kdyz by presdentem Pri druhych obra
dech kapl bude spolupdsobti Rev Tayorem, James E.
Freeman bskup protestantske epkopani decese washing
oneke Rev. Dr. Sylvester Beach, farar kostea
val p. Wilson, kdyz byde Princeton, N. ].
President pi Cooldge-ova scastn obojich obrada
stredu Clenove kabineu budou ednym ostatnim
pfmym zasupci vady pr pohrbu vede yojenskych
rakve Pfedseda nejvysho soudu Taft jedny zc EXPIRE
sident, rovnez Sc sucastni
Ia cestne nosice rakve menovani vchni clenoye p Viii
sonova kabinetu nekter osobn patee zesnuleho kruh
lrednich Ii obcanskych.
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mohl najiti zamestnani. Okol-
most tato jej patrn9 dohnala
k zoufalemu tinu. Kdyz Sc wee
ra po nem rodina 'jeho sha-
n9la, nalezIa vychfadlou jiz je
no mrtvolu viseH v kilne ma
dvorku pfi jeho bytu.
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starry KRAJAN 81 zOUFAL

Zle sc zachoval osud k 61-
rletAmu krajanu Fredu Housko
vi, 11120 Hulda ave. S. E.
Byl delSi dobu nemocen, col
bylo hlavnf pfekaxkou, ze ne
Evening star., 1924-10-15

pose the royalist commander so in
differently skilled in the trade he fol-
lowed
Mr. Blood knocked the ashes from
his pipe, and drew back to close his
window. AS he did so, his glance
travelling straight across the street
met at last the glance of those nos
tile eyes that watched him. There
were two pairs, and they belonged to
the Misses Pitt, two amiable, senu-
mental maiden ladies who yielded to
none in Bridgewater in their worship
of the handsome Monmouth.
Mr. Blood smiled and inclined his
head, for he was on friendly terms
with these ladies, one of whom, in
deed, had been for a little while his
patient. But there was no response
to his greeting. Instead, the eyes
gave him back a stare of could dis
dain. The smile on his thin lips grew
a little broader, little less pleasant.
He understood the reason of that hos
tility, which had been daily growing
in this past week since Monmouth
had come to turn the brains of WON
en- of all ages. The Misses Pitt, he
apprehended, contemned him that he,
young and vigorous man, of mill
tary training which might. now be
valuable to the cause, should stand
aloof; that he should placidly smoke
his pipe and tend his geraniums on
this evening of all evenings, when
men of spirit were rallylng to the
Protestant champion, offering their
blood to place him on the throne
where he belonged.
If Mr. Blood had condescended to
debate the matter with these ladies,
he might have urged that having had
his fill of wandering and adventuring,
he was now embarked upon the ca
reer for which he had been originally
intended and for which his studies
had equipped him; that he was man
of medicine and not of war; a healer,
not a slayer. But they would have
answered him, he knew, that in such
a cause it behooved every man who
deemed himself a man to take up
arms. They would have pointed out that
their own nephew Jeremiah. who was
by trade sailor, the master of ship
which by an i'll chance for that
young man had come to anchor at
this season in Bridgewater Bay-aad
quilted the helm to snatch up a mus
ket in defense of right But Mr..
Evening star., 1924-10-15

James Duke of York did first cause
the said late King to be poysoned,
and Immediately thereupon did usurp
and invade the crown"
He knew not which was the greater
lie. For Mr.. Blood had spent third
of his life in the Netherlands, where
this same James Scott-who now pro-
claimed himself James the Second, by
the grace of God, King, ct cetera-
first saw the light some 6-and-30
years ago, and he was acquainted
with the story current there of the
fellows real paternity. Far from be-
ing legitimate-by virtue of a pre-
tended secret marriage between
Charles Stuart and Lucy Walter-it
was possible that this Monmouth who
now proclaimed himself King of Eng
land was not even the illegitimate
child of the late sovereign. What but
ruin and disaster could be the end of
this grotesque pretenSion? How
could it be hoped that England would
ever swallow such Perkin? And it
was on his behalf, to uphold his fan
tastic claim, that these West Country
clods, led by few -armigerous Wings,
had been seduced into rebellion!
Quo, quo, scelesti, ruitis?
He laughed and sighed in one; but
the laugh dominated the sigh, for Mr..
Blood was unsympathetic, as are most
self sufficient men; and he was very
elf-Sufficient; adversely had taught
him so to be. A more tender-hearte ed
man, possessing his vision and his
knowledge, might have found cause
for tears in the contemplation of
these ardent. simple, Nonconformist
sheep going forth to the shambleS-
escorted to the rallying ground on
Castle Fieiu by wives and daughters,
sweethearts and mothers, sustained
by the delusion that they were to
take the field in defense of Right. of
Liberty and of Religion For he
knew, as all Bridgewater knew and
had known now for some hours, that
it was Monmouth's intention to de-
liver battle that same night. The
duke was to lead a surprise attack
upon the royaliSt army under Fever
sham that was now encamped on
Sedgemoor. Mr.. Blood assumed that
Lord Feversham would be equally
we'll informed, and if in this assump-
ton he was wrong, at least he was
justified of it. He was not to sup
Evening star., 1924-10-15

Blood was not of those who argue.
AS I have said, he was a self-suf-
flcient man.
He closed the window, drew the
curtains and turned to the pleasant
candle-lighted room. and the table
on which Mrs. Barlow, his house.
keeper, was in the very act of
spreading supper. To her. however,
he spoke aloud his thought.
IT'S out of favor I am with the
vinegary virgins over the way"
He had pleasant, vibrant voice.
whose metallic ring was softened and
muted by the Irish accent which in
all his wanderings he had never lost.
1t was a voice that could WOO Sc
ductively and caressingly, or COM
mand in such a way as to compel
obedience. Indeed, the mans whole
nature was in that voice Of his. For
the rest of him, he was tall and
spare, swarthy of tint as a gypsy,
with eyes that were startlingly blue
in that dark face and under those
level black brows. In their glance
those eyes, fianking a high-bridgec.
intrepid nose, were of singular pene-
tration and Of a steady haughtinesS
that went we'll with his firm lips.
Though dressed in black, as became
his calling, yet it was with an ele-
gance derived from the love of
clothes that is peculiar to the adven
turer he had been, rather than to
the staid medicus he now was. His
coat was of fine camlet, and 1t was
laced with silver; there were ruffles
of Mechlin at his wrists and a Mech
lin cravat incased his throat. His
great black periwig was as sedulous-
ly curled as any at Whitehall.
Seeing him thus, and perceiving his
real nature, which was plain upon
him, you might have been tempted
to speculate how long such a man
would be content to lie by in this
little backwater Of the world into
six months ago; how long he would
continue to pursue the trade for
which he had qualified himself before
he had begun TO live. Difficult of be-
lief though 1T may be when you know
his history, previous and subsequent.
yet 1t is possible that but for the
trick that Fate was about to play
him he Nigh have continued this
peaceful existence, settling down
completely to the life of a doctor in
this Somersetshire haven. 1t is pos
siSle, but not probable.
He was the son of an Irish medi-
Gus by Somersetshire lady in whose
veins ran the rover blood of the
Frobishers, which may account for
certain wildness that had early
manifested itself in his disposition.
This wildness had profoundly alarmed
his father, who for an Irishman was
of a Singularly peace-loving nature.
He had early resolved that the bo,
should follow his own honorable
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profession, and Peter Blood, being
quick to learn and oddly greedy of
knowledge, had satisfied his parent
by receiving at the age of 20 the
degree of baccalaureus medicinae at
Trinity College, Dublin. His father
survived that satisfaction by three
months only. His mother had then
been dead some years already. Thus
Peter Blood came into an inheritance
of some few hundred pounds, with
which he had set out to see the
world and give for season a free
rein to that restless spirit by which
he was imbued. A set of curious
chances led him to take service with
the Dutch, then at war with France;
and a prediction for the sea made
him elect that this service should
be upon that element. He had the
advantage of a commission under the
famous de Ruyter. and fought in the
Mediterranean engagement in which
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Indifferent as the result of a neglect
ed wound, he was suddenly over
whelmed by inconsistencies. He took
ship from Nantes with intent to cross
to Ireland. But the vessel being driv-
en- by stress of weather into Bridge
water Bay, and Bloods health having
grown worse during the voyage, he
decided to go ashore there, addition
ally urged to it by the fact that it
was his mothers native soil.
Thus in January of that year 1885
he had come to Bridgewater, poses
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that great Dutch admiral lost his life.
After the peace of Nimeguen his
movements are obscure. But we know
that he spent two years in a Spanish
prison, though we do not know how
he contrived to get there. 1t may
be due to this that upon his release
he took his sword to France, and
saw service with the French in their
warning upon the Spanish Neither
lands. Having reached. at last, the
age of 80, his appetite for adventure
surfeited. his health having grown
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James Buchanan, President of the
United States from 1857 to 1861, held
many prominent posts before he was
eected Chief Executive He had been
Representative, Senator. Secretary of
State and Minister to Great Britain.
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sor of a fortune that was approx
mately the same as that with which
he had originally set out from Dub
lin IL years ago.
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