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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1924-03-06

Walter =. Ordway has returne,
from business trip TO Boston.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11

1t took a good deal of time and pa.
tience to argue down this sort of
thing, but he made progress. Kit
was weak on experience of sociology
and law, but he had the sense to use
the Councils own weapon against
them, the power of boredom. Point
after point he won from them by the
sheer force Of reiterated statement
First murder, then rape, destroying
trees, arson, fouling fish nets, adul-
tery-the Code Nuei gradually took
shape. Imprisonment was revived
the old German Jail renovated and a
jailer installed. People were tried
for offenses, acquitted or convicted
according to sound principles, impris
oned lin a few cases)-aetually Ian
gushing In obedience to justice as
he saw it. The neat mind func-
toned.
One thing worried him from the
very first. and he knew no rest till
he had righted it. There were two
springs on the island, both on the
thickest part, near the main village;
and by their medium skin diseases
were kept fiourishing. 1t was Kit
idea to place strict tabu on all bath
ing and washing in them, and sur
round them with a neat coping and
pavement of coral blocks. The Coun-
ell protested; fresh water. though
brackish, made much better wash
ing than salt, as Nuei would know
IL he tried. Nuei had tried; he was
not placing a tabu on washing IN
fresh water, merely a tabu on wash
ing in the common supply. The Coun-
ell were impervious to this logic, as
they were to the references he made
to Naituvi's and the smaller villages
comparative freedom from yaws; all
they could see was an infringement
of liberty.
The King was guilty of playing
politics. He had observed that the
two Naituvian chiefs and one Nara
van. representatives of springless dis
tricts. were inclined to be amused at
the thought of the more fortunate
ones being partially deprived of their
natural blessing. He talked with
them privately, got, them talking for
him and finally won a majority Tor
the measure. The coping was built,
the tabu launched, and within lew
weeks yaws actually showed a de-
crease.
We have with us today" said Kit
in grim triumph. "the Surgeon Gen
eral Gorgas of the South Seas.
III.
A man of the lower class died,
leaving a widow, one lie tBlossom),
and two young children. Kit found
that he was expected to adopt them
all. 1t came in very neatly, as they
could live in the stockade and keep
house for him, thus relieving Aitaki
wife of the burden. Ue quite unmis-
takably limited that she was not un-
willing to receive her new possessor
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11

would have kept him alert and hum.
BILE was missing. The one remaining
danger OF the arsenal was solved by
ridiculously simply method that he
kicked himself for not having thought
Of at once; he transferred the paddock
from the tool box of the dory to the
unbroken hasp Of the iron door. then
oiled and buried both key and file.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11

believed that the Nashua might call
on the chance of finding him: she
could not have been far away when
he left her. Then that hope died.
and the roaring empty ocean. laugh.
ing increasingly. day after day,
seemed to kill all faith in other re-
lief Then his security: Tenguiu was
perfectly quiet. and the anxiety that
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11

The thing he privately thought of
as "rurquinism" cropped out in curl
ous little ways. lie recognized II,
he criticised IT; but his loneliness
and responsibility. by perfealy com.
prehensible process OF thought, de-
manded that a certain minimum of
it be respected. Damn 1t. he owed
some things to himself
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11

and take my word on everything
from England to obstetrics, don't let
me get swelled head! Don't let me
be like Tarquinius Superbus! Keep
me a good fellow, Lord-I've simply
got to be a good fellow.
1t was hard. His loneliness and
his very safety made it harder. For
the first week or two he had half
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11

There was the matter of signing
the documents which the neat mind
decreed should memorabilia each act
and law In his first expansive mer-
riment he had signed them Chris.
topher r." christopher the King.
or whatever had suited the fancy Of
the moment. His act of accession to
Tenguiu he had signed "Christopher
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11

Z 1 This presently came To appear
absurd and undignlhed. yet he could
not hting himself TO use his ordinary
signatore; king WIS n king. lie
presently compromised on .Nuei X:
10 his subjects he Vas universally
known as Nuei. and no other name
was really appropriate.
To he Continued remorrow.l
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11

The cowboys lingo is also inter
esting to the tenderfoot. When ne
ia thrown from a bronx or wild
steer, he calls 1t "eating gravel inc
word "Broncho" is from the Mexican
word for mean" 1t has been short
ened to "bronk" in cowboy parlance.
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11

NY own experiences with horses
have been altogether unsatisfactory.
When I am on one / am always re
minded of the cartoon of the man on
n horse who was asked; '"Where
are you going?"
"IIow do | know?" he replied ASK
the horse"
The Omaha morning bee., 1924-11-11

The easterner regards polo as one
of his most dangerous sports. 1t Is
polite bean-bag compared to the COW
boys sport of bull-dogging steer.
II there Is anything more daring than
the cowboys leap from a horse go
ing lickety split to the horns of a
steer. then twisting the animal TO
the ground with n wrestling hold l
have never seen 1t.
Evening star., 1924-06-29
Aims of Bond Issue Explained;
Many Bank Clerks to Get Holiday
Interest Question Pussling-Luncheon
Largely Attended-Matters BeforeI.C.C.
Bankers on VacutiOns-Out

terday for permission to issue s1,740,-
600 per cent equipment trusts, pro-
ceeds to be used to purchase 1000
automobile cars.
tentative value Of the Norfolk and
Western Railroad ompany as of June 30,
1915. $237, ,472, 0S9, was given out by
the Commerce Commission yesterday.
This valuation compares with the
capitalization of the road, bonds, etc,
1886, 765,200
Business Outlook.
That the outlook of business is for
quiet summer is the view expressed
by the Mechanics and Metals National
Bank of New York, in it's July letter
to customers.
production in most lines has been
adjusted to smaller demands" re-
ports the bank, land prices on the
whole are more stable after an i'm
portant measure of liquidation. Basic
production is much below the peak of
this year and last. and Is at the low
est point since the summer of 1922
This means that consumption in
many lines, even at the present re-
stricted point, must be outrunning
output.
Extreme movements bring their
own correctives, and it is reasonable
to believe that the rapid shrinkage in
output In some materials has made
supplies subnormal to such an extent
that an upward turn in the output of
those materials cannot be long de-
layed. But no boom is in sight Sup
plies in the hands of retailers and
Jobbers are far from being as un-
wleldly as they were in the setback
of 1920-21, and there is little of the
distress selling which marked the de-
fation of that time. Most manufac-
turers. operating under the restraint
OF falling prices and limited sales,
have sharply curtained their output
and inventories to the needs of the
moment. Certainly this is the time
IN such basic industry as steel
where the country's output, with
prices at the lowest average Of three
years. is down to less than half of ca
pacity.
TO give a thought to the favorable
influences of the current situation,
they include these: Underlying trade
conditions are sound; there is a large
reserve buying power throughout the
country; foreign conditions are i'm
proving; the available supply of
ranking credit is the most satisfac-
tory in years. Though not all that
had been hoped for, tax reductions
are an accomplished fact, and the
country Is partly relieved of one of
its oppressive and unnecessary bur
dens. rise has occurred in the price
or wheat to the highest level in more
than year. and corn has advanced to
Its highest level since 1920"
Evening star., 1924-06-29
CORN AND OATS JUMP.
Agriculture Department Reviews
Sharp Grain Advance.

New high pricelevels were reached in
both the corn and oats markets dur
ing TIE week ending June Fl, states
the United States Department OF Ag-
riculture in it's weekly grain mar
ket review. Continued unfavoraole
that the crop was in serious condition
in many sections caused both the fu.
ture and cash market for that grain
to advance sharply during the week.
July future prices advanced cents
and cash prices in most OF the mar
kets were to 10 cents higher than
at the close of the previous week.
Toward the close of the week buy
ing became less active, rs there was
a feeling in the market that advance
had been greater than general condi-
tions would warrant.
The wheat market continued very
firm Spring wheat prices reached
new high levels and hard winter
wheat sold at steady prices notwith-
standing the increased receipts of
wheat.
Evening star., 1924-06-29
CHAIN STORE STOCKS
LEADERS ON CURB
Make Largest Advances During
Week-Durant Motors Drops
to New Low.

By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, June 2s.-Chain store
stocks made the widest movements
on the curb market the past week,
many of those issues advancing to
new high records. 2 and w Grand
Stores ranged from 62 to S5 and Nc
Crory Stores moved up from 7SA to
85. National Tea declined from 1913 to
1S0 Proctor & Gamble was traded
in at ia to 10, being down 25 points
from it's last preceding sale.
There were wide movements again
in many of the utility issues. Ameri-
can Power and Light led this group
with an advance of Is points to 255.
United Gas and Electric rose from
81 to 81 and Appalachian Power de-
clined from so to II. Dubilier made
new high record, advancing to
above 80. Yellow Taxi was another
strong stock, moving up from l9 to
23A.
There was initial trading in Den
yer and Rio Grande, new stock sales
being made at 26. Durant Motors
was one of the weakest features, fall
ing to the new low of 12A.
Evening star., 1924-06-29

s. Emigrants assisted under the Brit
ish empires settlement act number
to date 32,479 to Australia, 1902 to
inNew Zealand and 1851 to Canada.
Evening star., 1924-06-29
AROUND THE CITY
BY Mamie Lancaster.

these OF, bet they will look as real
as hers"
The woman said she bet so, too,
and the girl bubbled on:
Me and my friend are going on
moonlight tonight, and Nom got me
real cute little white voile with
low neck and sleeves, and if 1 don't
let on L just paid 10 cents for them
real. could they? They couldn't tell
the difference. Do you honestly think
they could?"
The woman said mo, indeed" but
she knew better. She could take her
affidavit that the many ladies-most-
ly dowagers-whose lost or stolen
pearls get into headlines would see
only too acutely the difference be-
tween fabulous gems on their own
time distorted necks and wax beads
on the callow slimness of outline re-
Vealed by the cute little voile. And
would be raphsodically glad to swap.
II only the exchange included the
soft. fairness of youth
And if you don't believe il, ask
Father Time. He knows.
X X
THERE is a long road that leads
to black iron gate. Automo-
biles and busses whizz by, going and
coming, but on the faces of the pill
grims who walk there is something
of the eternal silence that lies behind
the gate. Saturday, for one time, a
woman found a resting place under a
forest green tree, but this is about an
earlier day when she was walking
and I.
She was very old woman and her
basket was so weighted with every
colored flower that a younger woman
going the same way took 1t for the
remainder of the distance. There
were blossoms enough to deck a
party rather than a grave, and as
they made their pilgrimage the old,
oldj woman explained the cause of the
profuSion:
This is the anniversary of our
wedding. When we stood up L car
ried a bunch of roses like these, and
he wore one in his coat. The supper
table was trimmed with these pink
roses and the parlor was dressed in
bushels and bushels of field daisies
like these. My husband was a dear
| lover of posieS and though he had
long work hours he had to have his
little time every morning in the gar
den-he was such handsome young
man-everybody remarked it. His
hair was brown, with wave to it,
and he had blue eyes and a skin as
| fair as girls And only twenty-five
when he was killed in the civil war,
| and me not out of my teens. / haven't
| missed coming to his grave a single
Sunday except for sickness, once in
a while, since I laid him hereafter
| Gettysburg. Oh, nam, it has been a
! long time, but l know that he will be
waiting for me when 1 come Oh,
yes, please God, he Will be wait
| ing"
And, as the younger woman paused
yesterday before the little ridge of
raw, brown clods with it's one wreath
and tin vase of roses, she wondered
| if-if-she had found him waiting at
that other eternal gate?
And if he would recognize in the
| tooth1ess and time-bent creature the
wife he had left "in her teens?" And
if it would make a difference?
And if he did not know her-would
all else that heaven could give her
compensate?
Evening star., 1924-06-29
BALTIMORE LIVE STOCK.
pecial Dispatch to The Star

fPfclal Dispatch to The Star.
II BALTIMORE. Md. June 2S-The
live cattle market rules steady but
generally quiet under moderate re-
ceipts and slow movement, especially
on common to ordinary stock. De-
mand fair for choice spring lambs,
but common thin stock as well as
old sheep moves slow at the lower
values quoted and are really not
wanted. First quality beef cattle,
however, is in good demand at full
Quotations.
Quotations today at Light street
wharf: Beef cattle, first quality, lb.,
s to 9; medium lb., 6 to z; bulls, as
to quality, h.. to s; cows. choice to
fancy, h., Az to 5k; common to
! fair, b. 2 to 4. Oxen, as to quality,
-Ib., Az to 61. Milk cows, choice to
fair, head. 80 ooa5o.oo. Calves, veal,
choice, lb., Sk; ordinary to me-
..dium, lb., to s; rough, heavy, COM
mon, lb., 5 to 6. Sheep. choice. lb., 4
to 5. Old bucks. h.. to 4; common,
H.. IL to 2. Lambs, spring. choice,
ID, IA; fair to good. lb, II to 13:
common, thin, h., s to 10. Hogs,
straight, h., to s; sows, h., to 6;
stays and boars. h., 3 to 4; live pigs.
as to size and quality, h., to 10;
shoats, as to size and quality, lb.,
S to 9.
Evening star., 1924-06-29

Miss Edna Horak, Baltimores first
woman justice of the peace, is only
eighteen years of age
Evening star., 1924-06-29
FRANCE FACES BOOTLEG
AND HOME BREW PROBLEM
Drink, ins Imitation of Absinthe,
Long Ago Prohibited, Being Sur
reptitiously Manufactured.
BY the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PARIS, June 2S.-France, with all
her wines, is facing a real bootleg
ging and home brew problem in the i'm
itation of absinthe. This drink, made
from an aniseed base, was prohibited
score Of years ago as DANGEROUS
to the health and as responsible for
much insanity. 1t was quickly i'm
itated under other names in a little
milder form, but the drinkers would
not get the milky appearance in their
absinthe when water was dripped in
to 1T, which was what seemed to
fascinate them.
The law limited these drinks to 40
per cent alcohol. which was too weak
to dissolve the aniseed and other es-
sences in sufficient quantity SO the
alcoholic strength has been gradually
increased surreptitiously by the boot
leggers and the home brewing" of
old-fashioned absinthe is facilitated
by the governments inability to
prevent individuals buying the IN
gradients and doing their own mix
ing.
Evening star., 1924-06-29

ber declining to 24s5. The closing
tone was barely steady at net losses
of 13 to 20 points on all months eX-
cept August, which was nominallv
unchanged.
The amount of cotton on shipboard
awaiting clearance was estimated at
80. 600 against 81, 1000 last year.
Evening star., 1924-06-29

The increase in value of the vari-
Gus issues since those low prices
were reached has been about as fol-
Flows: First liberties, 1915, 900; sec
ond liberties, 1000, 900; third liber-
g ties, s6SS,000,000; fouth liberties, ST.
: 2S4.000, 900
= The total increase for all foots up
: 81, $40, 100000.
Evening star., 1924-06-29

the cotton market today. The more
urgent demand for July appeared to
have been supplied and that delivery
sold off from 28.28 to 289s or 80
points net lower under a little
liquidation, while new crop months
sold II to 20 points below yester-
days closing quotations, with Octo-
Evening star., 1924-06-29
Flour 10 Cents Higher.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 2S.-Flour,
unchanged to 10 higher at 7.30a7.50 a
barrel. Shipments, 40,14S barrels.
Bran. 21.00. Wheat, No. / northern,
1.23 y a1.2S1s; July. 1918; September,
1.21; December, 1.22N.
Corn, No. 3 yellow, 91a91A.
Oats, No. 3 white, 52ha52&.
Flax No. 1, 2.41a2.46.
Evening star., 1924-06-29

NHERE is a fashionable florist
shop. and the other morning,
for one time, there lay on the
floor by the counter where a
Evening star., 1924-06-29
COTTON PRICES DECLINE.

NEW YORK, June 28.-A tendency
to increase estimates of the crop, and
prospects for continued good weather,
seemed responsible for declines In
The Washington times., 1924-09-06
RICH MERCHANT
KILLED BY
GIRL
Body Found With That of
Discarded Sweetheart
In London
By IntarnatIonnl N.u. s.rr,e..

d. LONDON, Sept. "a tragedy
touching both extremes Of society
was discovered here today when
the bodies of rich and fashionable
man was found bullet.ridden beside
that OF a girl servent in Battersea.
The man was Albert Joshua. a
wealthy forty five.year-old man,
who recently retired as director of
one of the biggest department
stores in London. The girl was
Emily Mercer. aged twenty-five, a
pretty domestic.
Police found letters indicating
The girl shot Joshua and then killed
herself. These letters revealed also
that intimate relations between the
two had existed for some time
There were five bullets In Josh.
ua's body and one in the. girls.
Both apparently had been dead tol
several days.
a number Of love letters were
found among the girls effects.
The police theory is that Joshua
tired of the girl after maintaining
her for time and was killed when
he threatened to break off the
relationship.
Joshua, q married man, has two
daughters. His home is one Of
the show places in the fashionable
West End.
The Washington times., 1924-09-06
DIR. CARMICHAEL
ESTATE GOES
TOXIN
Brother Receives Request and
Balance Is Given to
Two Sisters

Doctor Randolph Bryan Car.
michael, who died few days ago,
by his will dated June 16, 1929.
filed for probate today, directs that
his brother, Coalter Bryan Car
michael Of Fredericksburg, Va. re-
ceive $4,000 and such other moneys
as he may be owing the testator.
He is also to have all personal ef-
fects, including clothing, jewelry,
books, pictures, furniture, medical
and surgical instruments and ap.
paratus, with the exception of tes-
tator's X-ray apparatus and acces.
sories and supply of radium which
articles are to be sold the proceeds
to be added to the estate.
The brother is requested, il any
of their kin should become a grad
uate in medicine to give him such
medical books as may be Of use
to him, but should there be no
such kin, to give such books as the
brother may deem advisable to the
Mary Washington Hospital at
FTeueIlCkSDuTB, va, as q memorial
to their father, Doctor Spotswood
w. Carmichael. The rest Of the
estate is to be equally divided be.
tween testator's sisters. Ellen Spots.
who'd Carmichael. and Fannie Tick
er Carmichael, both Of Fredericks.
burg, Va. The Union Trust Com.
pany Is named as executor.
Margaret T. Wyman, by her will
dated July 8. 1917. filed TODAY.
directs that her grandson Albert
Wyman Nicely have all her per.
sonal effects, including porcelain
and silver objects, brass bedstead
and the picture of his grandfather.
Albert U. Wyman, and 81 900 on
deposit at the Riggs Bank, which
he Is to receive when he is twenty.
one years OF age, The rest Of the
estate is to go to the daughter.
Helene Wyman Nicely. Richard o.
Sanderson is named executor.
TestatriX died December IL, 1922,
Her flat silver of the dragon
pattern is given by Emma G.
Pratt in her will dated October IA,
1915, to her three stepchildren and
the rest of the estate is to go to
the son, William Francis Davidson.
Testatrix died September 2, 1924.
The Washington times., 1924-09-06

able to get the knack of every.
thing the Englishman does.
For example, there are the UNI
trellas. The prejudice against UNI
brellas has existed in the United
States for years, not so with Eng
lish. Not only the lesser mobiles.
but the prince himself carries them.
Long Islanders made a note of
the matter the other day at the
Meadowbrook club, where the polo
ponies playing in next weeks
matches were on exhibition.
Got Off Wrong.
They saw Lord Wimbourne bring
a party of British sportsmen over
to see the mounts. Most of these
smartly tailored Britons carried UNI.
brellas, even though it was a bril-.
liantly sunny day with not sign
OF rain. The Americans asked
about it and were told that--wel!,
it's English. Naturally, they took
1t up If it was English.
So yesterday all the Americans
brought smartly rolled umbrellas
to Grace field with them to see
II. r. H. practice at polo. A tor
rental rain fell just after the final
chukker was being played.
Not an Englishman had an nm.
brella. Every American had one
1t will not be because 100 men
working three days and a huge sum
OF money did not do their best il
the Prince Of Wales does not en-
joy himself tonight at the dinner
being given by Clarence H. Mackey
at his Harbor Hill estate at Roslyn,
Long Island.
The affair will be the most lavish
to be given for the British heir.
The Mackey estate is reputed to be
the greatest on the island.
Eighty-five invitations have been
sent out for the dinner. A thous.
and more were extended for dane.
ing that is to begin at II p. m.
The Prince of Wales arrived at
the James A. Burden estate, where
he is living during his vacation in
this country, at 4:30 this morning
after q night of dancing at the
home of Rodman Wanamaker, II.
He had dinner at the Wanamakes.
home and danced until the latu
hour.
The Washington times., 1924-09-06

Most American of the English
is the prince himself. He aston.
ished select Long Islanders today
with his gum chewing, which is
as American as bacon and eggs.
He chews gum as speedily and
quietly and expertly as his newest
and thoroughly American friend,
Will Rogers, of Oklahoma, Holly
wood and West FOrty-second street.
The prince also showed on the
polo field that he could chew
blades of grass as languidly as the
farmers of Kansas.
Fancies u. S. Auto.
Another thing to which Wales
has taken a fancy is one of q
fleet of American-made automo-
biles which the manufacturer put
at the disposal of his party. Sew
eral times of late H. r. H. has
disdained the foreign cars that
crowd the Burden estate garage
for the American motor.
His royal highness' prediction
for cheap American cigarettes is al
ready known.
So is his aversion TO be photo
graphed. But even that dislike for
the camera, which is part of the
everyday life of public men in
the United States, is shrinking.
There were indications that in
time the prince might even be as
easy to ''shoot" as the American
statesmen who view with alarm
just before each election day.
Today d photographer eluded
those who usually surround Ii. r.
activities. He got his box right
before the prince and was about to
work the shutter when Inspector
Burt, of Scotland Yard, started to.
ward him.
Got His Picture.
II don't mind, Burt" said the
prince.
The photographer got the pic.
ture. Wales appeared quite hard.
ened to it and got into his motor
car.
Long islanders, however, are not
becoming Englishmen as fast as
the British are becoming Yankees.
Try as they will. they do not seem