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Evening star., 1924-10-05

as an equitable measure. divorced
from all considerations of legal obli-
cation or eIpediency. to compel
Ulster to accept arbitration on her
boundary. it is pretty certain that
such a proposal would be defeated.
1t is established that the British
negotiators of the London treaty did
not contemplate boundary changes.
that should seriously curtail the ter
! ritory of Ulster or seriously affect
her economic status: or can it be
supposed of the Irish negotiators that
they deliberately inserted into
treaty purporting to be peculiarly
of pacifist intention proviso packed
with lead illuminate. 1t seems obvious
that the famous proviSo was un-
derstood by both parties to the
negotiation to contemplate a bound
airy "rectification' in the usual
technical sense of that term--an af-
fair Of give and take, with little
advantage on the balance to either
the Free State or Ulster. The notion
that obtained currency in the Free
State Immediately after signature of
the treaty, that the proviso insured
award to the Free State of the
borough of Derry and the greater
part of the counties of Tyrone and
Fermanagh $50 insuring also the
economic ruin of Ulster) was Of later
and illegitimate birth But il was
lovely child: and when the Irish
Republicans loudly asserted its legiti-
macy. the Free State champions dared
not fatly deny il. OF course, Sir
James Craig became alarmed for
what boundary commit ission might
do and got his back up, where it has
remained
There is. of course. danger of
nasty "blow-up' over the business
How may il be averted? The Brit
ish government still hopes against
hope for last-minute settlement.
"out of court" between the Ulster
and Free State governments. Fail
ing that, there is hope of Ulster
keeping cool pending an award by
the boundary commission consti-
tuted pursuant to the new act and of
the commission rendering award ac-
cording to the intention of the Lon
don treaty (as l have interpreted iD.
Fine, as regards Ulster. But what of
the effect of such an award in the
Free State, where such high expecta-
tions of the award have been aroused?
Fall of the government. fat in the
fire. heaven help US all,
But j have been assuming the bill
enacted, whereas it has not yet got
by the lords. / think it safe, how
ever, to assume that the lords will
not dare to throw it out, much as
they would probably like to do so.
They would throw it out only at
peril of the very existence of their
order.
The above are few thoughts on
what is easily the most vivid ques-
tion of the hour.
X X X
France.-The French budget for 1925
exhibits genuine balance; the first
since 10 years. The so-called "extraor-
dinary" budget. showing sums "re-
coverable" from Germany which were
not in fact recoverable, has been dis
carded. Campaigning for the pre-
miership, NJ. Herriot promised to drop
M. Poincare's recent tax increases, TO
boost the salaries of state employees
to the total tune of 1900. 900. 900 paper
francs. and without new taxes or in
| crease -pf old rates, to balance the
budget; n promise obviously impos-
sible Of fulfillment.
What has happened Is this. The
Evening star., 1924-10-05

new budget is thirtytwo and half
billion paper francs tabout one bill
lion eight hundred million dollars) as
against the twenty nine billions of
the previous budget.
The item for increase of pay of
state employees is seven hundred mil
lions only. Poincare's tax increases 8
are retained: moreover there are to
he new taxes and further increases
of old rates. There is to be rigid en-
forcement of taxes hitherto but in
differently enforced.
Since, even with Poincare's in
creases, the revenues for 1924 will be
short of the eStima by two billion
francs. about six billion francs must
be collected in 1928 more than the
total of receipts in 1924. The new
budget" says Finance Minister Glenn
entel, marks the end of the policy of
raising loans to meet normal charges.
There must be in future no special
appeals to the national thrift except
for consolidation of the floating debt
or completion of restoration of the
devastated region.
The ating debt of short-term
loans which it is proposed to CONSOLE
date. amounts to about sixty-four
billion paper francs.
:: X
Arabia-It is rumored that the Wah-
habis; those fanatic tribeSmen of
Nejd in the interior of Arabia have
captured Sacred Mecca. One hears
that they are backed by the Indian
Moslem League and the Egyptian Ma
tionalist committee.
The Wahhabi empire reached its
zenith early in the nineteenth CEN
tury. In 1901 Wahhabi army cap
tured Mecca and destroyed the tombS
of the Saints there. and all objects
savoring of idolatry. In 1910. they
desecrated the tomb of Mahomet and
removed it's treasures. 1t was this
act that caused the then reigning
Sultan to call on Mehemet Ali. Pasha
of Egypt. to invade Arabia and crush
the Wahhabi power. He complied and
accomplished his task, destroying the
Wahhabi empire, which had come to
include most of Arabia. and compel
ling the Wahhabis to retire to the
Nejd oasis. Now, it seems, the Wah-
habis are like to recover the lost en-
pire. If they do. twill be hard on
the more lazy going Arabs.
According to dispatch just ar
rived from Cairo to be received with
.caution) King Hussein of HejaZ,. who
calls himself Caliph of Islam, has alb
dicated the throne of Hejaz. If this
is true it is fairly certain that he
will abdicate the Caliphate, his pre-
tensions to which do not seem to have
found general favor in the world Of
Islam. According to the Cairo dis
patch, the Wahhabis have not occu-
pied Mecca.
X X X
70 United State Of AmericA-The world
fight was officially completed on the
arrival of our flyers at Seattle on
September 2S. The official start was
made from Seattle on April s. Twenty
seven hops were made, an average Of
4S3 miles to each. The flying time was
Is days six hours.
There are. over 100000 men and
women out of employment in New
York City, the worst condition since
the Fall of 1921.
On September %. Robert T. Jones of
Atlanta, Ga, aged %, won the. ma
tional amateur golf championship,
beating Mr.. Won Elm Of Los Angeles,
9 UP and to play.
Evening star., 1924-10-05
Paper May Be Made From Waste

than in lumber manufacturing; that
fence posts consume twice as much
wood as pulp and paper making, and
mine tim mbers half as much. Although
the paper makers consume only 33S
per cent of the annual timber cut of
the country, they suffer from a
practical shortage Of. pulpwood and
import large quantities.
Correlation of the lumber and
pulp Industries in many parts of the
United States is considered. the ideal
arrangement" Under proper forest
management. such as prevails in
sweden, the report calculates that
the United States should be able to
produce perpetually 100000 cords
of pulpwood as an incident Of lumber
production.
Evening star., 1924-10-05

get instead the big Italian" variety.
which has an inferior flavor.
At Uncle Sans Forestry Bureau the
reason for the change has been made
known. Twenty years ago in Bronx
Park, New York City, an outbreak of
chestnut blight was discovered, and no
one has yet found a way to stop the
blight, which has since spread through
southern New England. New Jersey,
Pennsylvania. Maryland, Virginia, the
Carolinas and on down into Georgia.
Uncle Sans experts in forestry, after
making careful study. are advising
chestnut timber owners that there will
be a terrible destruction of chestnut
timber by this blight in the next ten
years. and that they should sell their
timber as soon as market can be
found.
Evening star., 1924-10-05
'Chestnut Hunting" Days Are Gone

"Where are the chestnuts of yester-
years?" we find ourselves asking these
days when the sharp tang of early
Autumn reminds US of the long
associated smell of roasting chestnuts
at the street corners. so dear to the
heart of city folk. especially in the
northeastern States.
For the last few years there has been
a difference-in the chestnuts. The
street vendors are still occa sionally
seen with their smoky, fragrant char
coal stoves, but the chestnuts they
purvey are scarcely ever the little
native fellows of toothsome memory
that recalled hunts in the woods.
brushing away with forked stick the
leaves that had fallen over the nuts
as they burst from the burr. We now
Evening star., 1924-10-05

Plans to eupply all the paper re-
guirements of the United States with
oHt cutting any timber primarily for
this purpose, but by simply using
the surplus materials from lumber
.-unufacture, are now under way
through proposed integration of
the pulp and paper industry with
the lumber industry. Startling facts
regarding the waste of valuable pa
per pulp material are disclosed in
survey just made looking to eco
nomic and efficient conservation of
the timber resources in order that
the pulp and paper supply may not
be wiped out.
It 10 shown that more timber is
used In the United States for fuel
Evening star., 1924-10-05
Worlds Oldest Mines.

Copper and turquoise mines on the
Sinai Peninsula are among the oldest
in the world so far as any record is
They were worked by the
Egyptians in 37o0 B. c. Xenophon
wrote in 355 B. c. Of the silver lead
mines in Greece.
Evening star., 1924-10-05
ny HENRY ". BUM.

0HE following is A brief sum-
mary of the most important
news of the world for the
seven days ended October 4.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-09-04

the Mormons to give it to the Gen
tiles. Perhaps it was due to more
rapid communication, that nothing
came of this proposed measure.
Feeling was then very bitter be-
tween the Mormons and the Gen
tiles, with plenty of reason OF both
sides, for their antagonism.
The pony express had been in
operation about a year before the
opening of the Civil war, when the
whole country was eager to learn
have waited weeks instead of days
the latest news from the seat of
strife. Without the express, Salt
Lake, Nevada and California would
for information of what was oc-
curing in the east and south.
Word of the firing on Fort Sumter,
that set the North in a blaze,
reached San Francisco in eight
days and fourteen hours. After
this the business men and officials
of California raised a large sum of
money to be given to the riders
who made an extra effort to for
ward the wal news. They re-
ceived three hundred dollars for de-
livering a bundle of Chicago pa
pers telling of the battle of Anti
etam, a day ahead of schedule
time.
The quickest journey made by
the ponies was that which carried
the first inaugural address of Pre-
sident Lincoln from St. Joseph to
Sacramento in seven days and sew
enteen hours. The San Francisco
business men gave a fine gold
watch to the rider on the Califor-
MIA division, who made the best
time through the Sierras on the
trip.
The route chosen for the ex-
press was that later followed, for
a greater part of the way, by the
Concluded on Agricultural Paee.)
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-09-04

to fifteen miles. A messenger was
expected to ride three stages, or
stations, before being relieved, but
changed horses at every station.
These horses were not Indian pom
les, but American stock, and chos-
en- for speed and endurance. This
fact often saved the life of the mes
senger when pursued by Indians,
as his mount could easily outrun
theirs.
At length, with all preparations
concluded, Russell sent a long adj
vertisement of this contemplated
new, and more speedy means of
communication between the East
and the Pacific coast, to the New
York Herald, in which journal it
appeared on the 10th of March,,
1860. He likewise sent the same
advertisement to the Missouri Re
publican. The opening paragraph
and heading of this announcement
read as follows:
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-09-04

In Sacramento, the departure Of
the messenger eastward, was cele-
brated in true western style. People
flocked in from the neighboring
cities, and from the surrounding
country. The business houses
were closed, and the city decorated
lavishly with flags and bunting
across the principle streets floral
arches we're built cannons doomed
from the surrounding hills; brass
bands played enlivening music"
and local orators grasped the OPP
portunity to instruct the populace,
after the manner of their kind. 1t
was said to have been zone of the
proudest days ever celebrated on
the Pacific coast"
The rider from Sacramento was
mounted on a beautiful white
horse, and left the city at a terrific
pace, covering the first fifty-five
miles-his run-in two hours and
forty-nine minutes.
1t was the messenger from the
west who first reached Salt Lake
City arriving there April 9TH, four
days from Sacramento. The mes
senger from the east arrived two
days later, on April 9th. Until
this time the residents of the Nor
mon capital had been accustomed
% eastern news that was from
six weeks to three months old, and
could scarcely credit their be-
ng, through the pony express, but
'ix days mail service from St. Jo-
,eph, and seven from Washington,
D. C.
One Of the first dispatches that
vas brought by the pony express
o Salt Lake, told of a proposed
ill about to be introduced into the
States Senate which, if it
passed, might have changed the
lame of Utah Territory to Nevada,
md taken the political power from
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-09-04

on the farm, it was exactly IL min
utes from the time the belt was pull
ed unil the machine was again chew
ing into grain a mile distant.
A fleet of big tank wagons is used
for removing the grain from the
threshing dump. Every minute six
half-bushels of wheat are dumped
into these tanks, which when they
have their load of $50 to $50 bush
els, trundle off in trains to the rail-
road in tow of a tractor, to deliver
their freight to the waiting cars,
which speed it off to Minneapolis.
A number of local farmers under con-
tract operate the bundle and tank
wagons.
A small army of men is working
on the farm all the year round, but
its numbers are at the peak during
these hot days of harvesting, thresh-
ing and shipping the ripened grain.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-09-04
By Martha Edgerton p1assmann.

IN NE of the greatest ~enterpris.
es ever undertaken in Amer
lea, the land of great enter.
prises, was the establishing anc
operating during the early sixties
of the pony express between St
Joseph, Missouri, and Sacramento
California, a distance of 1880 miles.
Antedating as it did, both trans
continental telegraph and railroad,
it proved to be of incalculable val
lie, especially to those living in the
far west.
It's promoter was William H.
Russell, a freighter of Fort Lea
venworth, which was then the main
outfitting point for the Plains and
the Pacific slope. Mr.. Russell took
but about a half a dozen others in
to his confidence, among these be-
ing the notorious Jack Slade, and
his operations were a profound SCI
cret until everything was ready for
the opening of the line.
Going to Salt Lake City, he pur-
chased a couple of hundred horses,
which then commanded an exhor-
bitant price. In some instances he
paid as high as two hundred dol
lars a head. The remainder of the
five or nearly five hundred horses
required we're bought elsewhere.
Meanwhile riders were secured;
and these required careful selec-
ton. They must be not only good
riders but, like jockeys, of light
weight. Few exceeded one hun
dred and thirty-five pounds. All
we're frontiersmen, and we'll pre-
for the life they entered. The
saddle, bride, and leather pocket
in which the mail was carried,
weighed but thirteen pounds.
Along the route the riders would
follow, stations we're built and
at intervals of from nine
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-09-04

Field pitchers are paid 81 a day, ma
chine pitchers SIS.
In addition there is in operation a
bonus system. Harvesting of 1000
bushels a day adds SO cents to the
daily stipend of the men of the crews
and the harvesting of $500 bushels
adds rs cents cents; the harvesting
of 5000 bushels adds 81 to the daily
wage.
Fed On Farm.
The men are fed on the farm, and
a camp is also maintained in COM
plete for their comfort. Mr.. Camp
bell and Boss Tom Evans are mess
members with the help. The cooking
is of the best. The food is standard
and strict cleanliness is observed in
all details of the feeding. Mr.. Camp
bell believes in system there as well
as in the handling of the machinery
and of the crops. Better work is OBJ
tanned, in his opinion, and the dan
ger of sickness among the workers
is reduced, SO that the operations go
on, as a rule, unhampered, and speed
is one of the ESSENTIALS of the Camp
bell operations, owing to the over
head, the danger of damaging wealth
er and the shortness of the seasons
Recently a number of different
motion picture outfits have visited
the farm taking films of the opera
tons for showing in theatres over
country. Owing to the magni-
tude OF the operations, the scenes are
proving a big attraction on the show |
house screens.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-09-04

On the appointed day a large
crowd gathered near the stable, and
the Pattee House, St. Joseph, Mo-,
to see the first messenger set out
his lonely route. They had not
long to wait. At the firing of a
cannon, the rider, wounted on a
black horse, sped up the street to
the express office where he was
given the pouch containing the let
tiers, and then dashed away to the
waiting ferry boat that conveyed
him to the Kansas side of the riv-
er. 1t is said hat St. Joseph was
in gala attire in honor of the event,
with flags flying and the band
evidently it had but one-playing
the popular airs of the day. Dis
patches on the first trip were de-
livered in San Francisco in eight
days from the date of starting.
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-09-04
ITO SAN FRANCISCO IN
EIGHT DAYS
By
THE CENTRAL
AND CALIFORNIA

PIXIES PEAK EXPRESS co.
The first courier of the Pony Elk
press will leave the Missouri ri
e on Tuesday, April 8, at 5
O'Clock, p. M, and will run reg
ularly weekly thereafter, carry
ing a letter mail only. The point
of departure on the Missouri HI
yer, will be in Geographic com
munication with the East, and
will be announced in due time"
The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1924-09-04
A MILLION DOLLAR
HEAT CROP ON
CA MPBELL FARM
SINGLE TRAIN OF so CARS SOLID
TO BE SHIPPED; ~ CARS
HAVE ALREADY GONE

Cutting and Threshing Operations
On Campbell Area Near Hardin
Expected to Yield 100000 Bush
els; is a World Mark.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-02
BETS ARE EVEN
ON RAIN At
OPENER
Weather Men Fear St. Louis
Jinx Is Coming to the
World Series Games

Officials, of the weather bureau
were laying even money today that
rain will break UP the first OF the
world series games to be played
here Saturday. 1t was even money,
take your pick.
For the Sunday game, however,
it was a 8 to bet that the game
would be called off or at best be
played in q drizzle.
The calse of the unpleasant out.
look has its origin in the west.
ut may be the st. Louis ink
again. it was said.
Disturbances are gathering out
In the west that will move pretty
close to the Capital tomorrow night
or Saturday morning. Rainfall,
however. may be delayed until Sat
urday night after the game.
Weather Bureau officials were
confident that rain or shine, there
will be none Of the codl, raw weather
that has accompanied several world
series in the pats.
The temperature will become
milder tomorrow and remain IN that
condition until the first OF the week.
Forecaster Charles L. Mitchell
will continue to scan the western
horizon and pull for a dark, pleas
ant day.
IF the rain holds off, It will be
an afternoon made to order for
Walter Johnson" he said.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-02
DINNER GIVEN BY
PRESSMEN's UNoIN

A testimonial reception ana ain
ner to the scale committee Of the
Webb Pressmen's Union was given
by the pressmen's local union No.
s at the New Ebbitt last night.
Seventy-five members Of the union
and their guests were present.
Among the speakers were william
McHugh, international vice presi.
dent Of the pressmen's union: John
J. Manning. Of the labor trades de.
partment Of the American Fedora.
ton Of Labor; Matthew VOL, vice
president Of thes American Fedora.
ton OF Labor. and Cornelius Ford
former Public Printer. Cornelius
Ryan was POSTMASTER.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-02
OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY
FETE TO BE OBSERVED

The feast Of Our Lady Of the
Rosary will be observed with
solemn ceremonies at Holy Rosary
Church, tomorrow.
Solemn high mass will be ceIe.
|brated at 1880 o'clock by the Right
Reverend Paolo NarelIa, auditor Of
the apostolic delegation. An elabo.
rate musical program for the mass
has been arranged under the di.
|rection Of Miss e. Slattery,
|organiSt.
The annual procession Of the
Rosary win be held at 4 o'clock.
More than $50 children, in fifteen
groups, symbolozing the divisions
|of the Rosary, are to march
through the neigIlborhood led by
the boys band of the parish.
"A sermon will be preached by the
Right Reverend L. Manzetti, Of st.
Mary's University, Baltimore, ana
pontifica1 benediction will be given
by Archbishop Pietro Fumasoni-
Biondi. apostolic delegate.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-02
BE A BLUES BOUNCER.

MANY letters state that fans
Of the column are going to buy
Bouncer buttons when they are
ready and that the interest in
the organization is very much
alive. Here's bright bit Of
verse on the subject from an oc-
casional contributor
/ intend TO be 8 'sBouncer."
And with the 'Bouncefs" stand;
With smiles upon my cOumtenance,
4 friendly grip within each hand.
With cars to hear the troubles,
OF those dOwnCaet and lone;
With lips to speak but kindly words,
And the erring ones cOndOne.
With mind to think no evil,
And eyes no fault to see;
Such traits make up the "BOuncers'
creed,
So o tBOuncer'' viii be.
HI b0umce the blues, wherever found,
And with Q cheerful smile,
iii show the folks dOWncast and lone
That life Ii etiII worth while.
And III make it my endeavOr,
As journey ON each day,
TO do some act 81 klndnese.
Naught but cheerful words hi say.
And IN treat the other fellow
As 1 wish that he'd treat me;
For that 10 what true .'BOuncers' do,
30 q 'BOuneeR" won't YOU bet
PANSY BUSH.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-10-02
PHIL BAKER IS
COMING HERE
FOR SERIES
oIdtimer Brought First PEN
nant to Capital Back
In 1883

"Phil" Baker and "Bucky" Har-
ris, a great pair. says the old
timer.
Most of Washingson's baseball
mad fans have never heard Of
Philip Baker, now Of Akron, Ohio,
but any old inhabitant, who lived
here when Florida avenue was the
boundary Of the. city limits, can
remember him well.
Brought d. G. Pennant.
Phil was as excited as Clark
Griffith himself when the word was
flashed through the country Mon.
day that the Bucks had won the old
flag.
Phil Baker was catcher and cap.
tain for the first, and until this
year, only pennant winning team
which ever represented the National
Capital. He captained the Wash.
ington team in 1888 when it won
the pennant In the Eastern League
The Akron Times is raising a
fund among the baseball fans OF
that city to send Baker, who is now
a pressman. here, to see the world
series. He will call on President
Coolidge Saturday morning.
Phil is sixty.eight years old
Forty Of these years have been
spent waiting for Washington tc
win another pennant. That's why
he was so excited when he was
told Monday that the team piloted
by Bucky Harris had finally cop
ped the bunting.
Baker made his debut with Horn,
ellsville, New York, early In the
seventies. In 1875 he came to
Washington and in 1878 he was ap.
pointed captain Of the team.
Went to Baltimore.
He resigned from this position
In 1880 when the washington team
withdrew from the leage, and went
to Baltimore for the next two years.
Whyen Washington returned to the
baseball world, In 'S3, Phil came
back to his own town and cap
tanned the team which swept the
league.
After capturing the pennant,
Baker remained with the team un.