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Evening star., 1925-08-27
WELCOMED By GERMANY.

BERLIN, August 27 CP).-The Ger
man government reply TO the French
security note, dispatched to Paris last
evening. consists Of a brief acknowledg-
ment of the notes receipt and the
statement that it was 'perused with
interest" The reply also welcomes
the suggestion for oral discussion of
the security problem. Both Chancel-
lor Luther and Foreign Minister
Stresemann have begun their long de
ferred holidays. and in official quarters
1t is assumed that there will be no i'm
portant developments in the security
pact debate for the time being.
DR.. Friedrich Gauss. chief of the
staff of jurists attached to the foreign
office, has been selected as Germany S
delegate TO the conference OF Juridical
Experts which will consider the
security question at London.
DIR. Gauss Veteran.
DIR. Gauss has devoted especial at
tention to the legal phases of the pro
posed security pact. He is a veteran
in the service and is credited with
having had decisive influence in draft
ing the governments important diplo-
matte documents.
The government in an official com
munique issued after receipt Of the
fTenCn note points 10 It's Tepedleu as
sertions that realization of a security
pact is impossible so long as the ques-
ton of Germany sharing in the
colonial mandates is unsettled.
It also remarks that the security
negotiations have thus far taken place
under the banner of Conciliation, and
that further occupation by the allies
of the Cologne zone, (which is unlaw-
fully occupied" is not in harmony
with that spirit.
Germany has done everything to full
fill the allies disarmament conditions,
the communique says, and never in
history has the disarmament of a ma
ton been carried out so thoroughly.
The press comment on the French
note is extremely varied.
The moderate and socialist journals
describe the communication as very
conciliatory and consider that il pro-
vides q suitable opening for oral ne
gotiations between the powers.
The newspapers representing the
Right parties, however, profess to see
no advance whatever toward the con-
clusion of security pact.
Evening star., 1925-08-27

with British and French statesmen
the formulation Of an agreement that
will make warfare again impossible.
Germany. according to unofficial ad-
vices reaching here from Berlin, has
agreed with the French representa-
tons in the note that the time for an
interchange of ideas regarding the
situation by written communication
has come to an end and that a round
table conference is the better method
for disentangling the snarled skein
Of controversy
Three Essential Points.
In their note to Germany, which
was made public in the various capi-
tails of Europe last night. the allies,
through France, insisted on three es-
sential points-that the treaty of Yer
sailles should not be modified, that
Germany should enter the League of
Nations equal in status to the other
members, and that provision be made
for compulsory arbitration of future
disputes.
Just how far Germany will go to-
ward full acceptance Of the allied sug-
gestions cannot be foretold, but II is
said she considers the note more con-
ciliatory than the previous communi-
cation sent her by France on the sub
ject.
1t is declared that Germany does
not adhere to the argument set forth
in the note that her non-nnembership
in the League Of Nations presents any
reason for non-fulflllment of general
disarmament, because she once had
offered TO join the league. Also the
Germans are said to admit that the
question of a guarantee system and
arbitration remains far from being
solved.
Evening star., 1925-08-27
LEHIGH MINE CLOSES.
Accumulation Of Unprepared Coal
Causes Shutdown.

HAZLETON, Pa, August 81 CP-
The first mine in the Lehigh field to
shut down until new wage agree
ment is reached between the anthra
cite workers and operators was that
at Oneida. near here, operated by the
Lehigh Valley Coal Co. Officials said
today the suspension was due to an
accumulation of unprepared coal
which is taken from Oneida to the
Jeanesville breaker TO be broken into
marketable sizes, the amount on hand
being such that three days will be
required to get rid of 1t.
Operators of other mines said their
collferies will be kept going at full
speed until quitting time Monday aft
ernoon, the final day Of the old wage
scale.
An average of 37,35S tons of an
thracite is being sent to market daily
from the 81 collieries on the Halle
ton and Mahanoy division of the Le-
high Valley Railroad, which is a high
figure.
In anticipation of a suspension re-
tail dealers in this vicinity have
stored fuel. and II. was predicted to-
day that no immediate need would
follow shutdown. Ii was felt here
that IL a suspension comes IL will not
be of long duration.
300 Workers Go Out.
1ANSFORD. Pa. August 81 LPl.
Differences over the paying of yard
age in certain class of work led to
n strike of 500 mine workers today al
the No. IA colliery of the Lehigh Coal
and Navigation Co. There was little
hope entertained that the strike will
be settled before the anticipated sus-
pension takes place next Monday.
This was measuring day in the mines
in the Panther Creek Valley, and but
little coal was produced as a conse-
quence.
Evening star., 1925-08-27
FAMOUS FALSE SON
GAINS HIS FREEDOM
st. Clair, Who Claimed He
Was War Hero, Released
With tuberculosis.
BY the Associated Press.

ATLANTA. August 27.--Robert E.
st. Clair. who, as q prisoner in the
Atlanta Federal Penitentiary last year
was the principal in q case Of mis-
taken identity when he posed as Ur.
ban Johnson Bergeron, Menaha. Wise.
war hero slain in France. and was
hailed as their son by Bergeron's par.
ents. has gained his freedom.
This fact was made known here to.
day. %ilen Il was learned that St.
Clair gained his freedom By g. special
order OF Attorney General j. @. Sar.
gent, after recommendation or parole
board which met here several weeks
ago. He is said to be suffering from
the last stages OF tuberculosis and is
not expected to live more than a few
months
Evening star., 1925-08-27
FRONTIER SECURITY
OFFERED GERMANY
IN NOTE BY FRANCE

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CONGRESS IGNORED
ADVICE ON POSTAL
RATES, NEW AYERS

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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-09
Let Chin Foliage Go
Rather Than Worry

The old man had always worn
whiskers. He had a curious friend
who one day got courage enough to
ask one question that long had puz-
zled him.
"Say, john" he said, "when night
comes, do you sleep with your whis-
kers under the covers or on top of the
coversW
WELL" replied the whiskered man,
1--WE never really noticed" SO the
whiskered man began puzzling in his
own mind whether the whiskers were
under the covers or on top. That
night he placed the whiskers beneath
the covers, and that didn't seem right.
He put the whiskers on top Of the
covers, and that didn't seem right
So he got out of bed, shaved them
off and has been without whiskers
since.-Indianapoli News.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-09
Sleeping With One Eve

Johnny, age seven, was an impor-
tant member of that class Robert
Louis Stevenson called the sleepy
heads" His mother always had great
difficulty in getting him out Of bee
mornings in time for school. Johnny's
uncle had recently come to their home
for a visit. During the war he hac
lost his left eye and wore a glass sub
stitute. One morning, several days
after his uncle's arrival, Johnny't
mother had at last succeeded in arous
ing Johnny. When he finally opened
his eyes he remarked: Mother, dc
people with one eye get as much sleer
as people with two eyes ?'-Indianap
oils New.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-09
Chick Embryo IN Gloss

For the first time in history, the de-
velOpment of the embryo of a warm
blooded animal has been carried on
under such conditions that it can be
watched. This feat has been accom-
pfished by two scientists at the Uni
versity of Leyden, Drs. j. P. M. Voge-
laar and ]. B. van den Boogert, who
have placed common hens eggs, with
the shells removed, in small glass
dishes in an incubator, and have sue
ceeded in keeping the embryo alive
and growing for five days. Hitherto
the only way in which embryos could
be studied has been by placing large
numbers of eggs in the incubator and
removing and opening them one by one
at intervals. BY this older method it
has been possible to study closely
spaced stages of development bat not
to observe the growth as a continuous
process, now made possible by the new
way.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-09
Can't Class Flapper
as Modern Product

A point of controversy rises about
Becky Sharp. Some women critics
say that she was all mercenary; that
she strove for worldly position alone,
and is therefore ruled out Of the circle
of young women whose main object Is
to charm for charms sake. But Becky
is certainly among the flappers by very
reason of the fact that she employed
her green eyes and her demure charms
to her own great personal satisfaction.
She placed her little nets everywhere,
and was always gratifed when bum
bling male fell in.
Amelia Sedley, though the chaste hea
roine, was by no means devoid of the
cunning of Hanoverian girlhood. Her
eyes were constantly cast down, but
she could see as far through her eye
lashes. She was, if anything, the more
dangerous flapper of the two, as her
modest allure never frightened off her
admirers. She was "a good little
thing" There are still a lot of good
little flappers who conquer by seeming
self-effacing.- Notes.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-09

tional income approximately doubled,
in Belgium more than doubled since
prewar days
While taxation in the United States
and Great Britain increased in about
the same proportion, and these two
countries levy the highest per capita
taxes among the allied nations, the
greater material wealth and produc-
tivity of the American nation make its
tax burden comparatively lighter than
that borne by any of the European al
lied countries. Net revenues in the
United States, moreover, are spent
largely for universal education, good
roads, public buildings, parks and 9TH
er reinvestment of the taxpayers mon
ey, the conference board analysis in
dicates, while the proceeds Of taxation
in Europe are to great extent alb
sorbed in paying the cost of past wars.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-09
Huge Increase in
axes Since 1914
United States Pays $7,716,-
100000 Annually.

New York-The immense financial
burden imposed upon the principal ma
lions associated during the World
war against the central powers is
analysed in a comparative study Of
taxation in the allied countries made
by the national industrial conference
board.
Taxation in the United States nomi-
nally has more than trebed since pre-
war days. The total amount of local,
state and federal taxes levied in the
fiscal year 1924 amounted to ST.
716,00O,O00 as compared with $2,194,-
100000 in 1913-14. Taking into ac-
count the decrease of purchasing pow
er of the dollar during the war decade,
this represents an actual increase in
the tax burden of two and a quarter
times that. of the last prewar year.
Per Capita Tax Doubled.
Per capita taxation more than dou-
bled in both the United States and
Great Britain. But Great Britain
1924, six years after the signing of
the armistice, led all allied countries
both in amount of taxes levied per
head of population and in the proper
ton of total national income diverted
into channels of governmental expend-
itures. France, Italy, Belgium and
the United States follow in order, ac-
cording to the burdensomeneSs which
their respective tax systems imposed
upon their people as measured by the
relation of taxes to national income.
British per capita taxes, amounting
to SPILL in the fiscal year 1914,
had risen to $3.50 in 1924, in terms
OF 1913 purchasing power; per capita
taxes in the United States, figured on
the same basis, increased from 500. 70
in 1914 to $45.27 in 1923-24; in
France, from $2470 to $2953; in Bel
GUM, from $11.39 to $17.76; in Italy
the per capita tax remained the same,
SLABS, taking into account the lower
purchasing power of the 1924 currency.
Comparative figures for Germany are
not available.
Increased Relative to Income.
In both the United States and Great
Britain taxation in proportion to ma
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-09
World War History
in HOOver's Library

for procuring all important official
documents of every nation throughout
the war and during the reconstruction
period. Three-fourths of this mate
rial already has reached the library.
The manuscript collection includes
$4,000 reports and communications
bearing on conditions in Europe during
and after the war This file is sup
plemented by copies of private papers
of men who were active in world af-
fairs of the time.
Files of Newspapers Gathered.
The library has collected from each
country involved a file of newspapers
in sympathy with the government, to-
gether with those of two opposition
papers, representing the left and the
right.
Mr.. Hoover graduated from Stan
ford in 1895. He is a member of the
board of trustees.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-09
Policemen Use Tear Gas

Tear gas such as was used during
the World war is becoming more and
more weapon employed by the po-
lice in big cities in arresting violent
criminals who resist. One policeman
equipped with tear gas can now ar
rest a man or group of men with
greater ease than 20 officers could
formerly. Thp gas is loaded into
the night stick or billy club and re-
leased by pressing a button Police
are being instructed by men who
had experience with the gas during
the war.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-09
Famous Irishn1an

Oliver St. John Gogarty, noted in
his native Dublin as a wit and satir-
ist, has been at various times a poll
tician, physician and writer AS
senator of the Irish Free State, he was
captured by insurgent forces and was
forced to swim the icy Liffey to save
his life. Escaping to London, he be-
came physician, and upon his return
to Ireland produced a volume of verse
that won the poetry prize at the Irish
games. Critics of Gaelic verse place
him with Yeats and Joyce.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-09

been received from British capitalists
for the construction of a sanatorium
above the snow line of the mountain
to be used by tubercular patients.
The plan includes the building of an
extraordinarily complicated aerial rail
way for the ascent of the mountain.
Part of this line is to be an ordinary
funicular or cog incline railway. This
is to reach as high as the grades up
the mountains side will permit.
From there on an aerial line, cars to
be run on cable. much like elevators
dropped into mine shafts, will make
the further ascent possible.
The investment is to reach $50O,O0O
The POpOcatepetl crater will not in
terfere with the plans, it is said, as
it is proposed to build the road and
terminal on the side of the volcano
facing Mexico City, while the sui
phuric eruptions and smoke clouds
that the mountain emits continually
make their exit from its internal cald-
ron from an opening on the east side
of the mountain facing the city
of Puebla, although the smoke spread
above the peak is visible from Next
co City.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-09
Recalled Mofter on Car

Just as a young woman on a south
bound street car rang the bell prepar-
atory to leaving the car, the other day,
a woman seated beside her asked:
Pardon me, bat will you be going
near a telephone?"
The girl said she would; whereup-
on the other said: "Well, will you
please call up Westport XYZ and tell
whoever answers to please take the
potatoes off tire fire, water the plants
and leave the laundry on the side
porch? And thank you, so much"
And so far as the other passengers
know the young woman did.-Kansas
City Star.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-09
Paradise on Earth

The Islands of the Blest were an i'm
aginary group of islands in the Allan
tic ocean beyond the Pillars of Her
cules, whittier the favorites of the gods
were conveyed without dying, and
where they dwelt in unending bliss.
The region was one of surprising love
illness, and abounded in natures rich
est and rarest products. They were
called by the Greeks the Happy Is
lands" and by the Romans the "For-
tunate Islands. kansas City Star.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-09
War on Suggestive Movie
Titles Bringing Results

Hollywood, Cal.-The fight against
suggestive titles to motion pictures has
made definite progress during the last
six months, Win H. Hays, director
general of the industry, declared on
mis- semi-annual trip to the Hollywood
film plants
1.-THE press books for the coming re-
leases of pictures contain only three
Objectionable titles Mr. Hays stated.
1.-THE open-door policy Of the produc-
ers and distributors has met with
gratifying response all over the coun-
try in the shape of letters of sug-
gestion as to the improvement of mo-
ton pictures. Further suggestions
from the public are solicited"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-09
BREADFRUIT HAS
MYTHICAL ORIGIN
Filipinos Believe 1t to Be
Gift of a God.

The mythical account of the origin
of breadfruit is typical Of the Turan-
ian culture which still grips the soul
of the common man in the Philippines
despite four centuries of Christian civ
iIiZation.
According to the breadfruit myth,
there was once a prolonged famine
which was so severe that the people
were reduced to the extremity Of sub
sisting upon "araea," a sort of reddish
earth declared to be edible.
A poor man and his wife had only
one son. whom they tenderly loved. Not
being able to bear the sight of the
slow starvation of this son during the
fearful famine, the father vowed that
he himself would die and become food
for the child He asked the special
boon of Bathala, god of gods in the
Philippine pantheon. that when he
should be dead Bathala would convert
his remains into food, and Bathala
granted the prayer. Thereupon the
father told the afflicted mother to
grieve no more, but when he should be
dead to bury his head in one place,
his vitals in another and his body in
another. When she should hear the
sound of leaf Ealing, then of an IN
ripe fruit, and then Of ripe fruit,
she would know that his prayer had
been answered and hers and the child's
life were to be spared.
Death came to the father. The
widow buried the heart and stomach in
the garden near the house, and Bath
ala lost no time in complying with his
promise to a father ready to sacrifice
life itself for a suffering child. Soon
the widow heard a leaf fall, then an
unripe fruit then a ripe fruit. In
paroxysm of fear and hope she looked
out into the garden-where behold q
breadfruit was growing! 1t was al
ready full of ripened fruits curiously
shaped like the human stomach! The
famine was broken, the childs life
saved, as the father had wished. Now,
with many varieties of breadfruft
growing without the least care through
out the Philippines, famine is not likely
to recur in any degree of intensity;
and if breadfruit does not suffice, then
there are bananas and coconuts, each
of which no doubt has quite as miracu-
lous an origin as the breadfruit itself.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-09
Boss Vetoes Pay Boost
Voted Him by Ernployees

Olivet, Mich.-Methods Of putting
into business the principles of allow
ing workers to dictate the salary of
officials, handling executive business of
the company through council of
workers and making the same rules
for workers as executives were out
lines by William P. Hapgood, presi-
dent of the Columbia Conserve COM
pany of indianapolis before the con-
ference of the Fellowship for Chris
tan Social Order
Hapgood declared he allowed his
workers to decide what his salary
should be, had repeatedly refused in
creases of salary and had protested
that his salary was already TOO high.
AT present, the speaker said profits
are being used to buy out the sock
holders. The goal of the workers is
complete ownership of the business.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-09
Collection Endowed by Sec
rotary of Commerce.

Stanford University.-The Hoover
war library, endowed by Secretary Of
Commerce Herbert Hoove, at Stanford
university. has received 44,500 books
and pamphlets, in nearly all languages.
Every one bears in some way on the
World war.
The largest number, $4,000, are
printed in Russian; 10000 in French,
5000 in English. The rest are divided
among Hungarian, Italian and other
languages.
Many of the items, printed or out
Of print, are irreplaceable. 1t offers
students facilities duplicated nowhere
and paralleled only by the Musee de la
Guerre at Paris.
Documents of All Nations.
The program of the institution calls
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-09
Lack of Tourists
Arouses the Irish

Dublin.-At the Rotary club
in Dublin complaint was made
that the tourist traffic, particu-
larly from America, had not
reached expectations this year.
One member who had returned
from America said he was hui
inflated there by the questions
asked regarding Ireland, by the
J doubts expressed as to whether
the country was safe for travel
ers, and by the impression that
Ireland was in backward state
}. of civilization, with pigs in the
drawing ROOM"
P. J. O'Brien, secretary Of the
Irish Tourist Development asso-
citation, answering these state
, ments, said that, while there
had not been anything in the
, nature of an American invasion,
the arrivals at Cobb tOtaled
more than 1000 a week, and the
traffic between Ireland and Eng
land on one of the most import
ant services was practically
double what it was last year.
, The transportation companies
concerned were satisfied with
, both results and prospects.
In Ulster, the tourist traffic
is reported in excess of previous
years and in several districts
has reached the pre-war stand
ard.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-09
Forest Fires Cost
$38,OOO.OOO in 1924

Washington. = There were
nearly $4,000 forest fires in
1924, which swept 100000
acres Of public and private
lands and did $3S,OOO,0OO dam
age exclusive of injury to young
growth, watershed protection,
wild life and recreation facili-
ties.
The figures, gathered by for
estry officials, are said to be ac-
curate and to indicate how GRIM
inal is the carelessness of those
responsible for much of the loss.
Many Of the worst fires, it
was reported, occurred in sew
eral of the southern states and
in California.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-09
Promising Boy Musiciar,

James Whitehead, youth OF twelve
in Morecambe, England, recently de-
feated 80 adults in violin competi-
ton He was pronounced a musical
marvel by the judges who sat en-
tranced by his music and the facility
with which he played. He plans to
follow musical career.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1925-09-09

Mr.. X. M. Collins of Woodhaven,
~ ", says, "Instead of plodding
through my work YEARLY on account
of sick headaches and sour stomach,
I now enjoy good health and ambition,
can do more and better work and life
is worth living. / have never before
given my uame to advertise a medicine,
but you cannot imagine how different
I feel since / discovered Carriers Little
Liver Pills"
Carriers Little Liver Pills tonic the
whole system through the liver and
bowels. They act as a mild and effec-
tive laxative, in a gentle manner with
out any bad after effects.
Recommended and for sale by all
drug stores.