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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-22

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-22
Coolidge
to Reply
to Davis
BULLETIN

AUGUSTA, Me-. Aug. 23.-De-
olaring that the Ku Klux Khan
Is contrary 10 the letter and
spirit Of the constitution" Gen.
Charles G.. Dawes added his
stamp Of disapproval TO the
hooded order here today.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-22
BY WILLIAM J. LOsH


BY WILLIAM J. LOSH
DLYMOUTH. W. Aug. 23.-
L President Coolidge will re-
ply TO the challenge Of John W.
Davis, his democratic opponent
TO join in public condemna.
ton Of the Ku Rlux Khan and
thereby remove that subject
from political debate this year.
whether Mr.. Coolidge will accept
The challenge and Join with Davis
and Senator La Toilette. who pre-.
viously had condemned the khan
and ruled II out OF the field Of
campaign issues. or whether the
president will hold that II is not an
issue and therefore requires no fur.
Their utterance beyond the one he
made in his acceptance speech.
none OF his advisors could say to.
day,
II was understood here that ar.
engagements had been made for Gen
eral Dawes. during his speech at
Augusta. Me. this afternoon, TO
discuss the question in such n man.
ner as to constitute temporary
reply TO Davis until Mr.. Coolidge
decides upon his own course in the
matter.
Davis challenge dropped into
the quiet Of the village here with
something akin To a bombshell
effect last night. Secretary
Slewp, together with newspaper
men, motored from Woodstock
10 Colonel Colleges home and
caught the president just rs he
was retiring.
Mr.. Coolidge read the word Of the
challenge by the light OF a lamp in
the parlor and then decided TO make
no statement until he had full copy
OF the Davis speech.
Because the khan issue had nearly
wrecked the democratic convention in
New York republican leaders had not
thought Davis would revive IT. and
1000 HirEt Chic6aEof.
1000 Forks Drilling CO.
100 Johnston Piston q Ring Co.
2OO0 Nevada Bellevue Ming.
90 Pcrfecto Gear & DIE
80 Rlckrnhacker Motors.
1000 Western Smelling x Pwr
We Will Buy
Aero Alarm common.
Frank l.. Best Inc
Central Finance.
Hirst ChiChaEof
u, S. Silver Fox, Minnesota.
Ash us for prices and information
on all classes OF stocks and bonds.
Foreign Bonds
Daily quotations on all German. Aus
trian Polish and Italian Bonds.
Look up your holdings and ask us
for information about them.
H. NJ. Herrin & Company
Established 1896
Stocks and Bonds
Ell iot-5296. III Cherry st.
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RIVER bottom
BY JOHN "

EXT0RTION was charged in
Il Saturday, with the janitor
paid employees Of the county, as
trigue.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-22
biz Homo Cheap

Right on street car line, ~ tracts
cleared black soil. big house. fine
for store and Oh station. Price only
month COS gFH Ave Semitic
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AUTOS FOR SALE
Eldridge Buick
Jsed Cars

Selling USED CARS Ia like cate
lHE Good h huIfanmr food
llhr WVllrEaUHfIru ruatumHff.
- hpund to 90 Euud. hut
when you yHt hot miurr pir."
pig WIZ yauar sou ta demand
palm kiurT" Just saa ,TfHr
satIafrd customer 81 hound
GO knock tbr company tEat
mas cold htu The car NO in.
ll.i that every customer we
sli De- Thoroughly Huflafirl
~. lr-d our lSEn-tAE nE-
lt II NJ ENT coon.
'LfAN, iiEALTHFUL nusr.
htla ihc results are reflected
e., llbllt-S % b. And
DEMAND FOR QUIZ CARS
l9ss BUICK t-0HNDEE O.
PASSENGER SEDAN-Egrap
pfd with heavy bumpers. motto
meter and Goodyear silver
town Cord Tires See IhIa car
200 ne original finish aud ho
satisflgd that the owner gave
10 ihe Nr2 beet 0f care. Down
payment i5ssuo
1881 muck E.cYIINpEu g.
PASSENGER TOUI,iNg .Tbi4
ear has been rebuilt tu
cur own Buick shops ana
nothing but gruuiue UuIgk
parts We're used % ia conc
plfiolA equipped with an uvr-
fhAlA eAtgaa kctuiahrd in
fhr new btCO fiulHh with
~ secs new vHr guarantee.
Down payment Nss5
lss3 MUCK d-rYItNnEE g.
PASSENGER TOuHING-This
yHr has now Goodyear cord
Tires on thr rear wheels and
Eaod cord tires uu the front
wheels one good spare and
tube D. painted rich tna-
room and trimmed iu fet
black We guarantee b. 1885
down payment
MODEL c-sg QUICK t-CYIIN-
DEFY With good cord tires.
New top and curtains that
uprn with the doors Thir n
noot email ear FOR man
~ moderate means and
should Eivr him thousauds IN
miles or economical trans
purthiou Our price be- 895
down and SIS month
USE YOUR CREDIT
Eldridge Buick Co.
EAat.0sI2. sos 4. Pike 81
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L o A N S
CONFIDENTIAL LOANS

This office is maintained for the con-
venience OF employed men and
women who find IL necessary. at
times, TO borrow but do not have
bank security or do not want
friends. neighbors or relatives 10
know they need money. II you
are working and have q reputation
for honesty, we will loan up to
500; absolutely no security or
siEners. QUICK SERVICE. LOW
CHARGES. Small weekly or
monthly payments. Come in any
time. You are under no obligation
Il our plan does not suit you.
Employees Loan Society
SOS Empire Bldg.
9i4 Second Ave. Near Madison
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KENT RANCHES
s.E THIS Five acres. aII uIraTa3
nearly acre Sour rHsfH.FHg water
fur tr.EHIIru. fUn new house.
~ city aI ltruts good road HN
far 5000 Terms More land cam
hH bought. lf MOI largo enough
FWUufT-nrTr ranch. about eight
cleared house and uHfHHIIIIurH.
good wrIIs electric NHhf. 40 rode
from school. Goa KENT EsHtYu biFle
way only $500. Terms This
IH rpUnugIIT good land
Rive acres lH valley. urH-Huif mfEH
haufs good buildings. au lWr
proved
several five and fa-rrrr trHrtf
DOW Il UfgGAE
Kent a'yaHH. Phone rsW
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-22

EEWAUErM VALLEY LANDS
Highest type Jewel valley aud bottom
land loo The EufiHWrHl for general
farming. d1lyIuF. poultry uHH-
lHFEa Wurhu region ~ Industry
and rHyr0iiH schools. TgndH. sWa
UIuEmrut aupuTtuu.NUH You viii
b. amazed az The fertility uf the
soil and tbr general ftueaH ut This
region FOR rrttlHFa. 20 aFTrr or
more $40 A. tt5s raHT terms Gail
or write GrHHHm Land tumpa ny.
zoos American Bank IidEa seattle.
Fig51- 500 raah. lf4 ACRES. just
north ~ fIiEr cleared lu fruit
trees aud berries 8sfG1m house.
chicken house. city water and
light can az 9tl3 Fremont ave
MIg Ifaf. UaEF
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-22
sc AUTOS FOR SALE
We Have Cut the Price
on All Our Used Cars

We Have Cut the Price
on All Our Used Cars
Last week ue advertised number
80 GOOD Used ears at really Bar
hrr. especially Gardeners aud other
nlEl priced care. and uu took iu
galg number az mighty good
lAshi laHi Cara These have been
rrruudltuBrt aud $50 have rut tht
hgirk '1 ,,g- ,a. % move l ih,."
rNrlA ear rs listed htioW and YOU
CAN'T EiAF ItEN Ar the
FOLLOWING PRICES
NASH Sport TouHnE ruuy
equipped with trunks bumper.
HraTN tire, spotlight. HWIur,
ETC. We have rut the price
( t.l RA.rh al" i".rarr ..-.. $3.50
. Ford SEDAN late as Hare.
i.sbl ana other ssirss f6s
was real value az ttta, How
.FoWp rouE-rats Haa
slauuuF wiuIahivId aud 20
body and iF boa good condition
Last week Nr adytrtlHrd this
Tor $500 it D. now cut turs.-. 300
FORD TOUR 1l Model Bump
rr spare tiTe curtains open
with doors and other extras
CHEVROLET -al TuuW uegr
"a "a dandy little car and NJ
WAS real value ut yafs DO
won't last long al tho price OF sls
WELL Touring This car
overloaded and AN new rItyr
tllNAl equipment We adErT
Used ihis car for tltu SIS
FORD TOUR Is Model This
particular Ford DO "a dandy
-Four uuW tires. other extras
\ SNAP uf ..-..............- EHS
STtTE q Passenger. This
Sport car has been thDralY
"FrIhaulrd, M NJ BOZ excellent
condition and w. priced ai
haAa which IVES $500 below
IGAUnNEE raurIBr dris ''V
mai baked enamel looks iiLt
nov Wr have sold n number
" these popular madrlH ht
ht-n. and this Hnr De- Uut too. Egs
iit l'r'N la.sruFrr over
hauled and fep8inisd ilaa
number 81 extras. including
Westinghouse shocks worth
alone nyyr 800 This car Hd
AglllarI tlr $50. now rut 90. $40
ET-.l TuufiuE lHnka
llhn new rHT Dandy ruh-
tyr and An mechanical COM
1Illnh was sos, but priced
Tor 11igh sale ut t...r.ss..r 600
fuuE TERMS MAKE OWNERSHIP
EASY"
Smallwood Motor Co.
iostE, Pike at iim.r EAst-tosg
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40 viii pay you ~ get our prices
before buying OF selling.
WE WANT THE FOLLOWING;
Beet Universal Lock, Central III
nance. Forks Drilling fnTst chi
rEug8f Mine Di GlorEi0 Fruit
unite ElrkerbucEcr. Star and Du-
rant Motors
goa Marion 81 II. iOt-g4bG
just on End Ayr, OPP. Natl city Bls.
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65 FOR SALE-WEST
SEATTLE
2 Good Buys

I-raum bungalow. consisting n
large living room Kitchen with
bullt-lu features. hot aud cold
water. large aud airy bedrooms
with closets beautiful bathroom
between large garage only one
block 10 car $4,000, on very
raHr terms
Also "a smaller bungalow with ?
rooms rHmpiTtr. garage, Tor $500,
Come and see thls and tell me
whut sou can pay down and tho
balance will De- $50 per month
Including interest GHlI al tZUs
W. Aia4lH &C. W. 2gsg
open nights and Sundays
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-08-22
USE YOUR CREDIT
Eldridge Buick Co.
EAat.Osl.. sos l.. Pike 81

Almost New Cars az discount
LQuk them over and see for your
self We believe we have the
finest and latest stock OF tsvd
Cars iu the city.
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90 FOR SALTWATER
FRONT
Biz Sea

'harr lots only $40 down. so per
month while rHfg Iart, one block
from bIE cement 10Th Ave ~ D.
highway Lumber furnished bt
wHuifaalr ,uHf. 20 minutes from
duWuiHH n. slrrfrlU lIEHtH and rity
water bHht pHg your IHFd earned
money out fur rent any longer,
dozens q view homes going up.
SEQ Da N4'l ur Lumpmau. suB sTd
Ave- today
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62 FOR SALE-REAL
ESTATE
Root Brothers Specials

Root Brothers Specials
NEAR WAILINGFuHp AVE
Gn9n Llrri HONE
Tho lut p ", l0l every room
ls laFHr end iEHl uuH 100 iirrt
rlaHH condition, ana Do H9 much
hrItrr than the places usually
offered around thIa price, THAI
there is genuine HurprHl lu
5Hrurr far YOU a MUCH EET-
4rEE HOME ron LITTLE
MONEY 80 mnrtEaEv.
rAlrATiNE AVE HlAtTh
NlG f-UuDM EUNGAlpW
cur no IaHaU TERMS
Aa neat aud substantial home
aH One could WIHh. Large Use
ing room TuaI bungalow uFHlEu
and Ha meet and rIruu Ha Now
pin massive fireplace full baHrr
Wrul paved drive 40 garage
handy 90 cat Huh paving
YOU'LL LIKE TINS pNI.
4 HIT,rElt CLASS BUNGALOW
ONLY Ih MONTHS OLD
HaIf biurt iu paved boulevard.
$50 can show you HHu' thing as
little better value than Wr have
boon able tn OFFER iu some time
Everything Iu thIH pretty huua
raIHW Boz just like ugw aud the
lawn iH just lia0 "a velvet can.
pea and there are huudrrd1 ~
dUIIarH worth OF beautiful
shrubs. tbNluU lot 90 alley A
MOnItEH HOME UNDER
PRICED At $4,000. TERMS,
30 mortEaEr
SIZE lrae-ot 1000 stone WAY
Root Brothers, Realtors
LLLLLL l. LII l. T. 1. IL l. 4
s Can You Beat 1t?
S3,150-Only $500 :
= Cash
! Located in the North :
Is End
rs ) Rooms and =
Basement
FURNACE FIREPLACE
= LAUNDRY. &
bungalow style. on nice lot 90
au alley With GARAGE. VIII :
show aus time bot make IL =
ruappy HH This viii not last =
iHuE
MI ifss-o1g6 or MElrss,sssL 8
Is Landon's Have 1t =
1891 81 tsta 80 open evenings i
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES !.
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We VIII Sell, Subject

2 INVITE YOUR INQUIRY RE-
iAEDihG OUR PARTIAL PAY
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B. 3. Odom G. Co.
Stocks and Bonds
FOG HoEe Bldg. Annex
MA in-3G75
Stocks Offered

7 A<NSNAAS - - - -
900 Anderson Bros Inc. .. f0.02i1
300 Burnley OH ...,....... IS
1900 Beacon Coal Mines ..,.. Special
1000 American Bottle Cap ... Bid
1000 CcutanB Petroleum ..... Bid
1000 Forks Drilling ......... .0s
s000 Forks on ..-...-.... OH.
500 Plnta Bay Mining ... 80
l0v1 silver Crest T. q. ... .0T
10000 Wellington Oil COlo.. OF
W ANTED-Senttle Lighting. pfd.
Best Lock. Best Universal
c. j. Steeple
, llG Cherry ST. MA in-5s9a
Buy English MaTcOni for market
raise.
NOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN that
the sale u FORKS DRILLING
COMPANY stock viii be with
drawn from the market Aug. %
7 No sale OF stock by the Company
viii be made afBr that date until
I further notice.
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Five-RoOm BungaIOW

Fanny fWUIHNFd- On IEFcI lot WIN
----- L-L-L-L L-n-- around ~
New Britain herald., 1924-10-22

which the Spanish dictionary defines as river plants in South America resembling floating island began to drift by, Usually only few would be joined together. but oc- casionaly our boat would swing abruptly aside to avoid patches which had collected about some floating uprooted tree to form is- lands fifty feet across,
 Stranded "Islands" a Menace
 "These camalotes make their ap- pearance in times of high water, being carried out into the current from the adjacent swamps, They always harbor many snakes. In 1905 great flood brought so many of these islands down the river that they stranded on the banks near Buenos Aires and thus constituted a public menace. Thousands of snakes, with an occasional wild boar or other animal which had become marooned, went ashore ime the thickets between Palermo Park and the river, and large force of po- licemen armed with machetes had to be put 10 work killing them.
 By the third morning the ter ritory of the Chaco lay 10 the west of us it's largely meNplored swamps and jungles covering an area of at least 20O,000 square miles. in north- ern Argentina western Paraguay. and southwestern Bolivia. Were it not the home of the quebracho. that tree which is so important a source of tannin, the region would be even less known than 1t is.
 Tn the forenoon we reached Cor rientes, capital of the province of the same name. It is a typically Spanish-looking sleepy old place, with It's one-storied whitewashed brick homes showing only blank walls to the narrow, filthy. roughly cobbled streets
 "Immediatcly above the city the river is very wide, but thanks 10 high water, we were able to stay close to the west shore, behind a string of islands, Fresh-water gulls, small cranes, and large, dull-blue kingflshers vied for interest with the basking on the sunny banks.
 "Soon we reached the confluence of the Parana and Paraguay rivers, and continued up the latte-.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-22
Alleged Klansmen Held
 For Looting of Church

Burlington. Vermont Oct. 22.- The trial of William McCreedy and Gordon Wells, alleged members of the Ru Klux Klan, who are charged with burglary in connection with a break at St. Marys cathedral in this city on the night of August Q, has been set for thls afternoon in Chit tendcn county court The two men are at liberty under bonds of $5,O00 each.
 William Meyer, klan organizer. de- clared by Wells to be the instigator of the attempt on tie cathedral, ac- cording to the police, will be tried later He is held in jail in default of S5,0oo bail.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-22
HUNDREDS AT FUNERAL

London. Oct. 22.-Hundreds of persons eager to pay tribute 10 the memory of the late Admiral Sir Percy Scott hravcd a biting wind in Parliament Square today standing outside St. Margaret's, Westminster, during the funeral services at which the king and admiraltyNwcre repre- sented. The body will be cremated after which the ashes will be con- signed to the sea tomorrow.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-22
BUYS BOX AT OPERA

New York, Oct. 22.--Formt Judge Ebert H. Gary. chairman ( the board of the United tSates Ste, Corporation has bought from tn estate of the late Henry Clay Fricl a parterre box at the Metropolita Opera House. 1t was announced tc day. MT. Gary refused to discuss tn purchase price, The highest pric known to have been paid for bo is $200,000.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-22
IN TOLEDO TODAY
Bryan, However. Makes Only short stop There-Will Speak Tonight At Norwalk, Ohio.
Fly The Associated Press.

Fly The Associated Press,
 Chicago, Oct. 2g, -- Governor Charles w. Bryan, democratic vice. presidential nominee, left today for Norwalk, Ohio. where he will speak tonight after trip Nby automobile and train from Robinson, Ill.,, where he completed his tour of southern Illinois last night.
 En route to Chicago from Marsh all, where he went by automobile from Robinson, Governor Bryan's drawing room was broken into by passengers of the sleeping car when smoke from an emergency heating plant filled the car and led them to believe the candidates quarters had caught fire. Investigation disclosed a porter had filled the heater with waste which had smoudered,
 The candidate was due to reach Toledo this afternoon but planned to spend only a few minutes there.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-22
Corpiilent Romeo

Gathers England-Harry Mar5en, the heaviest man in Gathers, has won Harriot- Smithey, the belle of the town, for a wife by playing a banjo beneath her balcony for six months. q played beneath her win dow every night" Marden explained. regardless of whether she was at home when I started my concert Sometimes when she would come home from a date with somebody else, she would hear me playing out side. In time, I became a habit with her"
New Britain herald., 1924-10-22
PARMA TAKES OUT
 ITS VANITY CASE
Argentine River Going Through
 Its Annual "Make-Up"

Washington, D. C., Oct. 22.-Can- ada has a Kicking Horse river; Ar gentina has the Parana which per forms that way, and just now is in- ! dulging in its perennial delta trick of tearing down islands and rearing up new ones.
 A trip up this beautiful, eccentric stream is described by William E. Barbour in the following communi- cation to the National Geographic society:
 We left Buenos Aires one cool. showery morning in December Gear ly summer) on the side-wheel, 12- foot-draft steamer Berna, and after being out of sight of land for hours, in a turbid, muddy sea, reached the confluence of the Uruguay and Parana rivers and turned northwest up the latter. The stream was miles wide, the color of coffee with cream, and broken by numberless marshy islands. The shores on the left were covered with plantations of poplar and willow.
 Argentina's Second City
 Next morning we made our first stop at Rosario, the second largest city of Argentina and a notable ship ping point for grain and flaxseed. It is located on high clay bluffs west of the river along whose banks there lie huge grain warehouses and ele- vators which cut off our view of the city proper, with it's 250,000 people, a large part of whom are Italians. The water beside the Rosario docks is deep enough for ocean freighters, and the city serves as part of out let for great agricultural section.
 About sunset, imposing white stuccoed church towers came into sight ahead, and rounding a great bend we came 10 Parana, capital of the province of Fntra Rios, IL is a town upward of 5o,Ooo people, and exports large amounts of hides and cereals it's wharyes are equipped with travelling cranes and backed by solidly built concrete warehouses.
 When day came the character of the country had changed. On each side stretched endless reaches Of low, partially inundated country densely wooded with strange tropical trees, interspersed with an occasion. al feather-duster' palm. The wide flood was dotted with islands, large and small, among which the buoyed channel meandered. Camalotes,
New Britain herald., 1924-10-22
Former Dowager Empress
 Of Russia Makes Protest

By The Associated Press.
 Paris. Oct, 22. The recent manl- festo Issued at Berlin by Grand Duke Cyril of Russia, declaring him self Emperor of all the Russias, is disputed by former Dowager Em- press of Russia, Maria Feodoroyna, in Q. letter to Grand Duge Nicholas Nicholalevitch. who is now living in France.
 The former dowager empress says that Cyril's action was premature since she still hopes that the Rus sian royal family is not dead. She addresses Nicholas as "the eldest member Of the house of Roman off, and says "our future emperor
New Britain herald., 1924-10-22

will be designated by our funds mel tai laws In union with the orthodt church and the Russian people"
 Grand Duke Nicholas, in publisl Ing the letter. dlsapproyes cyril's d tltude and appeals to all Russia people to carry on 'the holy task liberation of Russia"
New Britain herald., 1924-10-22
Battle Hood

Lynmouth, England = Removing their shoes and stockings, waitresses worked with cups and pails hailing out the West Lyn tea rooms when 8 sudden flood followed downpour of rain, Meanwhile patrons fled to higher ground.
New Britain herald., 1924-10-22
ELECT CONN. NEWSPAPER.

Norwalk, Conn, Oct. 22.-At B meeting of the New England daily newspaper association held yester- day in the Copley Plaza, Boston. the Evening Sentinel was elected 10 membership in the organization.
Evening star., 1924-12-19

tractors retained percentages, have
been in charge of Mr. Kearney as
warrant clerk for many years.
1t was announced last night Kearney
had furnished Controller James w
Fleming with a detailed list of the
bonds, most of which he is said to
have put up as collateral with bank
ing and brokerage houses. According
to Kearney's own statement, 1T was
said, he sold outright two $1,000
Liberty bonds.
The disclosure that certain bonds
were missing came as result of an
order for an inventory issued by Con-
troller Fleming early this week.
1t is expected Kearney will be ar
raigned today. He gained wide
reputation as a capable State official
and was prominent politically and
socially in Albany. He was regarded
also as a shrewd investor.
Steps were taken last night whereby
the missing bonds may be recovered
in whole or in part today.
Evening star., 1924-12-19
FRANCES TORTURE
j CAMPS NEAR END
Government Soon to Abolish
Military Prison Stations
in Desert.
BY CONSTANTINE BROWN.

By Cable TO The Star and Chicago Daily News
PARIS. December 19.-The famous
Biribi camps in the Sahara Desert
where soldiers are sent for long
terms OF punishment for grave breaks
In discipline, will be abolished soon,
according TO Gen. Nollett, the French
minister of war.
There were the last vestiges of the
fieudish medieval torture to be
found in civilized country, and for
years leading public men. such as
Georges Clemenceau and President
Millerand. and, naturally, all the So
cialists, have been trying to induce
the government to abolish them.
Submitted to Torture.
Under cover of punishment, sol
diers were sent to Africa to do work
of public utility. They were submit
ted to the most abject tortures,
guarded by black soldiers, and made
10 work IN the blazing African sun
/ 0 or u hours a day under the super
vision of non-commissioned officers
recruited from among the most hru-
tai indi viduals in the French army,
mainly from the foreign legion.
II man was unused to the hot sun
and became physically exhausted, he
was stimulated to work by a whip or
rod. Resting outside of the hours
scheduled for it, even for a few min
utes, was punishable by exposure TO
the blazing MONDAY sun for hours
without water.
Covering the naked body of the of
fender of camp discipline with honey
and tying his hands and feet and eX-
posing him to the bites of millions
of flies and mosquitoes was one of
tho most frequent punishments, and
when the men. driven to desperation.
tried TO escape the sentries did not
bother to recapture them, but simply
shot them down.
When men who were sent to Biribi
were strong enough to stand the
hardships and not die. they inyari-
ably returned completely broken in
health and spirit
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