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Find Supreme Struggle in Final
Mile as They Make Only Run by
Motor Car From England to India.
Continual Battle With Sand-Bafaing
Pursuers With a Dust Screen-Sta-
bling Horses in the Palace of Xerxes.
Theft of Ammunition.
heft OF Ammunition.

Moving frequently at n snaips
pace through mud and sand and
over rocky roads, and at times at
raining bursts OF speed. Maj.
Forbes Leith and two companions
have now reached Persia in their
hazardous journey by automobile
from England to India. This was
familiar ground to the author be
cause of his service during and
after the World War. but his
knowledge of the country made
travelling no easier.
In two preceding articles Maj.
Forbes Leith has related the perils
and difficulties experienced in their
slow progress through Asia Minor.
Among these was their sudden en-
relOpment III a sand storm, through
which they drove blindly. Felix,
the plucky little car used through
out the journey. did not fail in
this or in other instances.
AS the Persian border was
reached. one of Maj. Forbes-Leith' y
companions. Allan Wroe. was
stricken by fever. leaving the
writer and Montague Redknap TO
carry on TO their goal.
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train from Dalbandin, and the sta
tions are really only watering posts
for the trains. They are also forts
for the protection OF the line, and
each station contains q detachment
of Baluchi levies. They are built to
withstand a. siege, the doors are
armored, and all windows open into
an inner courtyard.
The next r1ve days We're il perfect
nightmare, during which we did moth
ing but fight the sand. When the
sand of the plain was hopeless We
took to the railway, and bumped
over the ties, and when the tires were
impossible we went back TO the sand,
and, crawling few miles a day, we
struggled on to Dalbandin, where
there Is IL British garrison.
When we We're seven miles from
there and humping over the ties a
motor trolley came out TO meet US
with three Britishers on board, Mr..
Pigutt. the subdivisional officer, and
CAPT. and Mrs. Franklin. the former
OF whom was commander Of the gar
rison. We rested for day and, act
ing on advice. we took to the ties,
again and had fairly good going, DO
ing the 102 miles TO AhmedWal IN
IA hours. From here we left the nne
awhile and as far as Nushki, IL niles
away, We AGAIN SlfuSeieu Will oui
old friend sand for four and one-half
hours.
Nushki, in Baluchistan, is typi-
cal mort Invest frontier station only
five miles from the Afghan border.
II contains a strong garrison and
every one lives behind barbed wire.
We lunched with Maj. kirkwood, IN
command of the troops there, and
picked up our last dump Of petrol.
and with only 90 miles to go we took
TO the hills for the first time for over
800 miles.
For the first 90 miles the going
was good. but the track eventually
petered out to nothing, and after d
further five hours fight with sand
we put into Kirdap station for the
night. Here we We're depressed 10
the utmost by the station master
who told US that the four miles OF
road ahead of US in the WasSil gorge
had with its two bridges been washed
away in 1917.
We moved on, but on our arrival
there we found he was right. Our
own two shades were useless, and sc
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BY r. 4. {. FORBESLEITH.

I'VE hours run from Teheran.
- the capital of Persia, brought
us TO kermiSher. where the
i Indo-European Telegraph Com
pany kindly placed their rest
house at our disposal. Here we were
right in the Salt desert, every stream
was of salt water, and even that from
the deepest wells was very brackish.
Even making ii into tea with lots
of sugar could not disguise it's flavor,
and a very large lot of whisky was
necessary to make il anything but
Aauseating.
An hours run from here brought
us 10 the shores of the great salt
lake of Kun. which is very slowly
drying up. AS II came into view il
vas q beautiful sight The lake on
our left was a mass of silver. and the
plain, which was once the bed of a
much larger lake. stretched for miles
10 saucer edge of great rocky noun
tains
The extent of vision was tremen.
dous, and the caravan track. which
was perfectly straight. was visible for
miles. Redknap estimated that we
could see miles OF it, and
thought miles. but the speedorn
eter showed US that we were both
wrong, and the distance visible even
tually proved to be IS miles. At that
distance small dots which afterWard
proved to be camel caravans could
be plainly seen with the naked eve
in the clear atmosphere, and the air
was SO crisp and cool at that hour OF
the morning that it was good to be
alive.
Two more days of desert and We
emerged onto the fertile plain of Ispa
han, where the domes and minarets OF
the ancient capital of the shahs shone
brightly in the face OF the setting sun
and an hour later we We're enjoying
hot baths in the British consulate az
guests of Mr.. Bristow, the consul gen
eral. 1spahan is beautifully situat &c
on a plateau at a height Of 5000 feet
and has a perfect climate It is a
lasting monument to Shah Abbas III
who Is responsible for most of the fine
buildings in the city.
1t was here that the game of polo
originated, and in the huge madam
tsquare). which is nearly 700 yards
long. the old original stone goal posts
are still to be seen. In the sixteenth
century polo was played over the
whole area of the rnaidan by so play.
ers to side.
The River Zenderud, which is 900
noble bridges. one of them 1000 feet
long and containing "a arches. Ispa
han was taken by Timur in 1887
when 10000 of the inhabitants were
said to have been massacred.
During the seventeenth century il
reached the climax of its prosperity
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Corundum Discoveries.

CORUNDTM is first cousin TO the
- sapphire and the ruby. but lacks
their brilliance of color and trans
parency. 1t is a most excellenJ
abrasive material, better than emery
which is impure corundum. in that re-
spect, but for long time its rarity
made it too high priced for general
use. Some time ago, however, valu-
able deposits of corundum were found
in the mountains north of Kingston.
Ontario, and these have furnished a
large supply of this material. Traces
of sapphire have aiso been found
among the deposits, but no specimens
Of the precious blue gem have reveal.
ed themselves.
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In Alright Bags.

OBSERVATIONS were made at
~ the National Academy of Sciences
in Washington recently on five sub
jectS three men and two women
placed in an alright bag through
which a stream of heated. dry air
(aboUt 50 deg. c. was pa Ssed. Loss
of weight was five to thirteen times
greater than normal, oxygen con
sumption increased slightly. while skin
temperature was fairly uniform and
only one degree or so above normal
owing to the cooling effect of perspira-
ton.
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1t was agreed that one Of US should
become the husband of Maria Dau-
rignac, her younger sister.
Later we discovered the second VIII
of our dear uncle. Then we regretted
the more having come 10 terms with
that woman, who was already seeking
to force US TO execute the compromise
without acknowledging the clause Of
honor as to the marriage.
You see our situation" concluded
the alleged Henry. I'VE have the
spirit Of the law, the second will, and
the secret clause. But Nine. Humbert
has the letter OF the law and the
signed compromise. We shall, there
fore, be condemned TO accept il; but
as Nine. Humbert has grave financial
embarrassments we beg YOU to use all
the resources Of legal procedure TO
make the case drag on. In time we
may force her TO Il more equitable
compromise.
So was built up the base of all the
Humbert borrowing.
X X \
VINO it was that posed as Henry
Crawford has never been known.
He was seen but three times. lie in
structed Parrnentier in endless letters,
and Parmentier instructed great law
yers of Paris. Vast fees and codrt
costs We're paid in cash. by letter.
On her side, Therese told her story
to great law firms of Paris. An i'm
mense series of disputes, compromises
and delays crowded the law courts.
Foremost lawyers. studying the
! case" for astute money lenders, found
this mass of absolutely genuine pro
cedure-and computed the terrific to-
| tails paid in fees and court costs by
ThereSe and the Crawfords.'
1t never occurred TO them-how
could it?-that the Crawfords had no
existence. And naturally they as
sumed as truth the basis Of il ail-the
| story of the SIG 900 900 legacy plus ac-
cumulations,
In course of time, by coquetry or
crookednesS, a most mysterious and
| convincing element was added. A
mass of French per cent govern
| ment bonds aggregating 100000 900 by
| count of more than one French bust
ness man was "seQuestered' in the
Humbert ffreproof safe by legal agree
| ment with THE Crawfords"
Do you understand? The mere
| legal constraining of Therese Hum
bert to thus 'Immobilize' the sup
posed bulk OF her supposed legacy
in this manner occupied months OF
procedure-while gaining time for
Therese and Roman to borrow
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place in the Cour des Complies old
Gustave had facility to fish up the
securities of lapsed or confiscated eS
tateS, sequestered or forgotten for
tunes and even bonds that should be
Cancelled for the profit of the State,
being without present legal owner or
tainted with some illegality.
Now, 1t is thought that old Gustave
might thus have collected a hundred
million francs worth. more or less, OF
the commonest French government
securities-unregiste 3 per cents of
the r'anra-yEhinh ~ would have been
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point, after covering ~ miles in II
hours TO get this short distance.
We then followed the line and
bumped 18 miles in the dark to
Warechah station, where we found
there had been q raid the previous
night. Every drop of water on this
400 miles of line has to be carried by
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dangerous to sell on the market at the
time.
Years later, perhaps, prescription
might make them a safer sale.
Perhaps today, tomorrow?
Here we have the poignant picture
of Romain Daurignac, with francs
in his pocket, arrested for a misun-
derstanding about q pair of Accent
cloth slippers, for which Sister
Therese sat waiting, brooding, i'll her
chill little apartment, broodiug, Won
dering, calculating-can they do it?
how, in few months, prescription will
be ripe, now, to sell bonds, with Sc
crecy and care, beyond the dream Of
avarice!
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and borrow, and affording this
obvious touch of explanation why
they could not touch her immense for
une-yet-although it was right
there, in their hands, for money
lenders to see and touch at rare in
tervals.
What were those government
bonds?
They are still the mystery of the
Humbert affair.
Behind them, in all theories, turks
the brooding genius of old Gustave
Humbert.
lie did not care for money He
seemed, rather, soured against the
world in q placid way and secretly
Evening star., 1925-10-25

on our spring and a main leaf broke
from sheer weariness. This had
been on since leaving London, and,
considering that we had not used
shock absorbers, it was marvellous to
think it had stood the strain.
Finally we struck the railway
line 1t miles from our starting
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amused to build up a vast financial
mares nest. just to exercise his tor
tuous ingenuity and make fools of his
uluStrious colleagues of the Paris bar
himself sitting in the shadow, let
ting Therese and Roman do their
stuff
X X K K
nNE theory is that they We're gen
~ uine per cent, for very small
amounts, bought legally and raised"
TO aggregate vast sums.
Another theory seems more likely
and more fascinating. From his high
Evening star., 1925-10-25

I'VE hours run from Teheran,
- the capital of Persia, brought
us To kermiSher. where the
l. Indo European Telegraph Com
pany kindly placed their rest
Evening star., 1925-10-25
By STERLING HEILIG.

OClUUFI ..
"HE phantom millions again
haunt Paris. Therese Hum
bert and her brother Roman
i Daurignac have reappeared.
.I1,r- of tloir hr.if,
, 1925-08-12

porgant factor in the success of the enter
prise. Thus, a new relationship is de-
veloped. Today American enterprises
are performing a very great service to
the countries in which they as operating.
This result has been due in Iur.s cart to
enlightened SeIf-interest."
Dr.. Bernadotte E. Schmidt, professor
OF history at the University of Chicago,
reporting on conditions in Europe. said
maj Jugo oIaVla has a really national
government for the first time in its his
Tory and it is fairly good financial con
dition. Count Antonio CiDpico. Fascist
delegate 70 the institute, pointed out
that q general agreement had been
reached between Italy and Jugo Slavia.
He sald mat public opinion in Bulgaria
tended toward a union of that country
wiz Jugo.Slavia to create a great Bal
kan nauon, and warned that such a union
would menace the peace of Europe, N.
Y. Sun.
, 1925-08-12

on land, as the result of the develop
ment Of a duplex sending and receiving
apparatus.
News Of the first successful test OF this
type of service was made public upon
the arrival of the North German Llovd
liner Columbus. Experiments nave been
progressing two years on German yes
sells.
the lates, system is beng installed on
the German liners Columbus, Muenchen.
Deutschland, Stuttgart and Albert BalIin.
Booths such as used in hotels and de.
partmenC stores are ready for passen-
gers VINO wish to talk privately with
customers and friends on other ships or
land.
Conversations aave been held at a dis
lance Of 700 miles, IT was explained bv
Carl G%erstung, Chief wireless operator
on the Columbus.
Mrs. morris Sampler, OF No. 1928 West
Saventy.sixth street, a passenger on the
Columbus, conversed with her sister.
Mrs. Emil Berolzheimer, widow of the
brother OF Philip BeroIzheimer, on anoth-
er liner. Exchange.
, 1925-08-12
CAPITAL KHAN PARADE CUT FROM
100, 900 10 5000.
Only Washington Members Are to
March August s, Grand
kleagle Announces.


Washington Bureau.
Washington, July 29.--Its proportions
dWindIing from original totals of LOO, 600
and 15O, 900, the Ku-KIuX Khan parade in
Washington August s sank to day to a
maximum Of 5000 l.. A. Mueller, grand
kleagIe fer the District of Columbia. in
the first official announcement regarding
the parade, declared to-day it was to be
local, to be given by the Washington unit
and would have mo national significance
Whateve"."
Back Of the great disparity in the
figures given out by the grand kIeagIe
and by the whisperings OF the advance
agents several weeks ago are stories Of
clashing views OF klan officials and iric-
ton with the District of Columbia autho-
rites and police over the parade. In
some quarters it is charged that it has
been discovered the parade Will be c3lu-
paratiVeIy mnager and hat Grand KIea
gle Mueller IS paving the way for jhe re-
ception Of this fact by the public.
Mr.. Mueller said ii Has possible there
would be as many as 5000 Kiansmen
present and tina, few would come from
other places.
, 1925-08-12
WIRELESS PHONE CALLS
UP" u, S. WARSHIP 5000
MILES AWAY
From the Herald Tribune's London
bureau

London, July 2l.-GeraId Marcuse, an
amateur radio operator, of Caterbam, Sur
rey, talked on the telephone wireless to the
radio operator Of the United States cruis-
er Seattle, 800 miles east of Australia,
tor twenty minutes tins morning. This
Is believed 10 establish a record for wire
less teiepnony with an amateur set.
Narcuae used a low wave OF 45 meters.
This morning he GOT in touch through
code with Lieutcn ant Schnell on the
Seattle. The signals came through so
strong that Marcuse suggested they ny
telephony, with highly satisfactory re
suits.
, 1925-08-12

~Idt CbtltlOi tHGII'
There are tremendous coal reserves
III China, not yet developed. Il is est
mated that China has the largest coal
reserve ir the world, the UnIsed States
being second, although China's prOduc-
jIo0 OF coal being comparatively small.
Many people suppose that japan is
turning her eye towards The Philippines.
There are 400, 900. 900 tons Of ore there,
practically ready fer the steam shovel,
Out IN the W0rau production, this is a
comparatively small amoun The grade
Of the ore, and It's v|eIation 10 the coal
supply, since it is not Of good grade and
contaminated with foreign products.
makes it questionable that a large steel
center could develop from it, yet it is un-
deubtedIy an outstanding factor OF the
hasten sltualOU.."
Or. Ii. foster BAN, formerly director
OF ne Unued States bureau oil Mines es-
una,ed lhaO there are 5000, Geo, 600 TONS
OF non ore in die Far hasten area, vi
which The largest single deposit is in
CHINA. but, he saId, the opportunity to
oeNe.op The Chinese mines is moi en-
coulaglnI.
SO tar as Poland is concerned. hmIta-
uou Of almaments must Wait uUlil secur-
ly has been achieved, Count Alexander
~ohizynskI, Foreign Minister OF Poland,
salu III all interview today. He sai0 that
IOI&nO has VlVlu TecUIlecti0nS Ut lis eX-
pe'Ience 10 The eighteenth century.
POtanu cannot consider d discussion
OF its frontiers, sand Count Skrz} uskI.
u &c any char ges are made in the
Boundaries established 10y the treaty Of
Versailles, the whole eastern settlement
Vii be open tc question and Jhe Ikell-
hUoC OIL War greaJy increased,
Danzig Corridor Necessary
Jhe Danzig corridor is necessary if
The Is, 600, 900 FolIsh people aie 10 keep
III luuch WIlh the world"
Concerning proposals for a conference
on cot ion OF land forces, JIe count
sa.u: 'Ihere are two theories, one is
tuat disarmament should cone hlst and
mat securl!y Would follow. The otheris
llataecurIty shouIu first be attained and
tlai disarmament could then follow. Pc
iard subscIIbeS 10 The latter theory"
IupeluI prospects Tor a comm rcial in.
Naslon OF HOuIh America was described
ty IN Leo S.. Rove. director Of the Pan
American Union, Who reported 10 a con
Ietehce on 'Cutetandlng Problems in
II.el american keiatIons." In The last
lu3ilteu years TINS countIy's trade in Lat
IN America nad increased threetold, he
SAD.
since the beginning Of the present
century, he SaIG, we have advanced
, 1925-08-12

Washington. July 21.-Radio experts
here Tonight declared lhag The conversa-
Jion between ar amateur wireless opera
Tor in England and the cruiser Seattle
off Au ralIa establishes q record for tele-
ph0ny On short wave lengths. The Seat
tie was about 5000 miles air inc from
England. 1T is a remarkable feat. >"
said w. E. DoWney, radio expert of the
Department Of Commerce
The British Marconl Compq.y's beam
station in England had conversed by teIe-
phone With Australians, but used an ex-
tremeIy high power commercial set.
, 1925-08-12
LONG DISTANCE RADIO PHONE
USED AT SEA.

Duplex Sending and Receiving Set Sue
cessluI on Liner, officers Report.
Wireless conversation now can be car
ried On between ships at sea in much
the same manner as by regular telephone
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-02
Why Worry

Worry is nothing more or less
than a form of fear" so Professor
John Robertson says in The Hy-
gienist.
Many man will confess he is
worried. but would be ashamed to
admit his fears. We are all re-
luctant to say the least to own that
We are the victims of fear. 1t seems
a cowardly thing to be beset by fear.
This undertaking which we call life
is a voyage, sailing out into unknown
seas. We do not know exactly where
we are going or what storms may
overtake us. The manly part Is to
remain steadfast and be sustained by
a genuine faith in God.
Worry is not related to it's general
circumstances; it is mental atti-
tude or habit. If We were to take
100 optimistic people, buoyant and
unworried. and compare their cir
cumstances with those of 100 other
people who are continuously worried,
we should find that the first 100
would really have as much to worry
about as the second.
Worry is not produced by the way
things happen to you. but by the way
you happen to things.
If you are a worrier, the cure for
your worry depends on your tenn
permanent. There is no doubt but
that a strong and abiding faith In
God inspires many a heart with
courage and hope and confidence.
You cannot say that you are a real
believer in Christianity If you go on
year after year indulging in worries
and fears and apprehensions.
One of the very best antidotes to
worry is to keep your physical self
at it's best. Put your health in the
best possible state. if 1t is not al
ready. Get your conscience clear by
honest and right living and then
walk ahead fearlessly.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-02
Forming Staff for
Annual Membership
Drive. Augusta "Y"

Several team captains for the
forthcoming Y. M. c. A. drive have
already been secured and the re-
mainder necessary for the proper
conducting of the drive will be
named within a day or so. Gen
erai' George E. Macomber will have
as his adjutant. J. Fuller Ingraham.
chairman of the membership COM
mittee, who will assist him in the
general oversight of the campaign.
Two opposing armies will be in
command of Col" Robert B. wal
liam and "Col." Ralph Weber, aid
under them will come their captains
who will have charge of the team
workers. Although not yet assigned
to their armies the following men
have enlisted as team captains,
Maurice B. Dow, George H. Macon
Der, G. Cony Weston, DIR. Lewis
Johnson. Arthur S. Merrill and lie
roy S. HuSSey.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-02
City Life Believed Conducive 4
Insanity

The startling statement that mental
disease is nearly as twice as preva-
lent in the cities as in the rural dis
tricts of America is contained in an
article by Watson Davis, Managing
Editor, Science Service. in July Cur
rent History Magazine. DR.. Davis
attributes the assertion to DR.. Horatio
M. Pollock of the State Hospital Com
mission, New York, who recently
completed extensive research in this
field.
According to DR.. Pollock's findings,
as quoted by DR.. Davis, mental dis
ease in the future will be largely a
city problem; it appears that the
complexities of our large cities re-
quire more adjustments than many
individuals are equipped to make"
The solution, DR.. Pollock adds, lies
in Strengthening the individual and in
lessening the stresses of city life. He
urges a union of efforts to this end
on the part of parents, teachers,
physicians and research workers, on
the one hand, and of employers, in
dustrial leaders, city builders and
economists on the other. DR.. Pollock
adds that his research showed that
men are more prone than women to
suffer from mental diseases.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-02
Summer Salad

Half loaf is better than no va
cation.
The summer girls prepare as for a
previous engagements.
Absence makes the pile of picture
postcards grow larger.
The screen that draws the biggest
crowds in summer is the fly screen.
| People who are afraid of freckles
never make hay while the sun shines,
Miss F'lipp remarks that the sheik
who shivers like a hairless Mexican
poodle has no business on bathing
beach.
The summer girls prepare as for a
military campaign; they look for
ward to a series OF brisk engage
mentS.
The summer traveller who always
has better food at home never offers
a reasonable explanation as to why
he didn't stay there.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1925-10-02
FARMlNGDALE

Benjamin Noyes of Augusta. with
his family has moved onto the farm
on Maple street. owned by Harold
Pullen of Augusta who recently
bought it of w. IT, Taylor.
Herbert Howe and wife have re-
turned from a visit ID Massachusetts.
Mrs. Benjamin Weld accompanied
Them to Lewiston, Wednesday.
ID. ]. Carter and mother, Mrs.
sames Carter, were calling on old
friends and neighbors this week.
Mrs. George Seeley passed Sunday
N West Gardiner the guest of Mrs.
J. E. Crane.
Frank Ausplund, who fell a few
oays ago and hurt his shoulder. is
a little more comfortable at this
writing.
Miss Angie Reynolds was a caller
az Mfs. James Carriers, Wednesday
evening.