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Confident of Finding
Gold in PHILIPPINES

Veteran miners of the Philippines
believe that army aviaiors will dis
cover ere long ;he mother lode Of
auriferous ore, the existence Of which
is said to be proved BY the golden
particles 10 be found In almost every
river Of the island Of Mindoro.
II was In this island that Major
Reinberg Of the aviation service,
searching for convenient landing
places IN the unknown Interior. re-
Gently found white tribe" which
no white man had seen before. This
region has for years defed the ef.
forts OF explorers. II Is surrounded
by jungles and mountain peaks. m
Tested by deadly serpents and Is the
haunt Of the "tamarao," feroclous
beast not found 10 any other part Of
the world and said to be a cross be-
tween deer and water buffalo.
The country has remained cut OF from
civilization. although the Wild Man
vans OF the coast have always been
aware Of secret trails leading to It.
In these iungles Colonel Mitchell.
then Brigadier General Mitchell OF
the air service. last year secured his
-tamarao~ trophy. for that much-dis-
cussed officer Is known to the army
as a mighty hunter.
Mindoro's name is enough 10 attract
adventures. Tor Il is Nina de oro,"
or gold mine, In Spanish. Long be-
fore the Spanish explorers passed that
way the island was frequently visited
by Chinese traders who exchanged the
commodities Of Cashay for gold dust
with the Manyans. Ancient brazen
gongs OF Chinese origin treasured IN
Manyan communities bear out this
statement, although the spaniards
never found much gold IN the eoun-
try. Perhaps they were harsh and
cruel with the natives or too buslly
engaged in fighting the Moro raiders
from Sulu. who eventually wiped out
many Of their settlements.
Not little American capital has
been expended in prospecting for gold
in Mlndoro. bgt the efforts Of the
prospectors did not produce enough
Of the metal to pay expenses. though
entlclng 'eolors" were frequently
found.
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Nothing on Hin,

Button Gwinnett Rush, an Augusta
capitalist, Is justly proud of the fact
that one Of his ancestors signed the
Declaration Of Independence.
A few days ago Egbert Cohen, a
wealthy young realtor. walked into
Mr. Rush's office and found him sign
ing checks.
"AhH," said Mr. Cohen, after a min.
ute or two, you're a great little sign
er, aren't your"
q ought to be- said Mr.. Rush.
zone Of my ancestors, you know,
signed the Declaration"
.WeIl.r said Mr Cohen complacent-
ly. Il guess you haven't got anything
on me. One of my ancestors signed
the Ten Commandments"
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Tablet in Honor of
Washington's Rrothel

A bronze tablet In memory Of Col
Charles Washington. founder Of
Charles Town. Va fnow West vlr.
ginia), in 1856. was unveiled at exer.
clses in charge Of Bee Line chapter
d. A. r.. which erected the tablet in
the historic courthouse at Charles
Town, w. Va. last year.
Citizens and officers of the county
gathered. Miss Frances d. Packette
fifth great-niece of Charles Washing
ion. unveiled the tablet. Col. B. d
Gibson Of Charles Town was master
OF ceremonies
Col. Charles Washington. brother Of
George Washington, was born on May
.. 1873. He served under his brother,
General Washington, in the Revoiu
tion, after which he returned to his
estate in Berkeley county.
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Dehorning Wild Elk
No Joke for Cotvboys

Missoula. Mont.-The task OF round
ing up $50 head of elk to be shipped
from Moiese, IN the Blackfeet Indian
reservation, to Middleboro, Mass. has
proved to be no sinecure and has re-
suited in delay in starting the con-
signment Of wild animals to their new
home in New England hills.
Chief among the difficulties encoun-
tered by the cowpunchers who were
pressed into service was that Of de-
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horning 100 bull elk so they could
be shipped East in electrlcally-lIghtel
express ears without Injury 70 each
other
Vicious and fleet of foot the bull
elk presented a problem far different
to the routine Of the ordinary range
roundup. 1t IS no trick for the
'puneherH to throw, hog-tie and brand
a steer but to capture and dch0Fn a
bull elk is another thing The prob
lem finally was solved by herdlng the
elk into small corrals, then roping and
snubbing them to posts. In this po-
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finder; Franklin the more genial phi
losopher; Burr outshone him in tiaz
zling gifts of mind and charm Of per
sonality; Madison was the profounder
scholar; Sam Adams the more ardent
eontroversalist. Yet in the sum total
Of his abilities Washington outelassed
bis contemporaries. He was the man
Of the hour. destined to bead the young
nation as chief executive when con.
struetive genius In that otiee was
more important than eloquenee. schol.
arship and intellectual brilllanee.
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sltion the antlers were removed with
saw.
Those In charge Of the work were
unable to say when the first shipmenr
or ten cars would be started east.
put hoped that ii would be soon. and
op'ned II wouldn't seem bad to get
nack 10 the quiet haven of buckins
.oronchos and long-horned steers.
The herd was started originally by
lhe United States biological survey,
but multiplied so rapidly that the
range, heretofore reserved for bison.
vas endangered.
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Substitute for Rubber

High rubber prices are reported to
have stimulated a revival Of an in
dustry In Texas By which a substitute
for the natural product is derived from
guayuie, plant growing wild and
plentiful, much like sagebrush says
the Popular Mechanics Magazine
About I per cent Of its bulk. experts
assert, can be converted into a rubber
like substance BY an extraction proc
ess, the material being used for water
proofng cloth and for making foot
wear.
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sssamnmhannsmna : = =

DTHERE may the wearied eye 70.
w pose
When gazing on the great.
Where neither guilty glory glows.
Nor despicable stateg
Yes II one = the first - the last - the
best
The Cineinnatus Of the West.
Whom envy dare not hate,
Bequeathed the name Of Washington
To make men blush there was but one
Lord Byron's ode 70 Napoleon
n n ~ n A@ n n n n HE
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NEWS review OF
CURRENT EVENTS
Mussolini Threatens Ger
many and De6es League
in South Tyrol Affair.


ITALY. as represented by Premier
4 Mussolini. and Germany. through
Foreign Minister Stresenann aud the
reiehstag. said lot Of nasty things
about each other last week and the
alarmists would like to have Il ap-
pear that peace was threatened. But
hosfilities, at least fer long time.
are quite out Of the question. The
row. Of course. is over the treatment
Of the German minority In southern
Tyrol. the recovered territory which
Mussolini insists must be Italianlzed
In a speech TO parliament Mussolini
said: Italy can. il necessary, carry
its tricolor beyond the frontier 1.-THE
Brenner passj, but never will lower
IT," He declared the policy IN the
Tyrol would never be changed but
would be carried out .'obstinately.
methodically and precisely And he
added III the Germans attempt a
boycott. we will answer with hoyeotts
squared. II Germany takes reprisals.
we will answer with reprisals eubed. =
Germany's formal answer was a
declaration adopted by the relchstag
that 1t vigorously rejects the Italian
prime minister's collectively nniusti-
fable and insuliingly phrased at
tacks and sneers, and reasserting
right to support the demand Of the
German minorities under foreign SOW
ereignty for lust treatment. Doctor
Stresemann stigmatized Mussolini's
address as 'soap-box speechifyinge
and asserted the Italian government
had broken Its promises to safeguard
local traditions in southern Tyrol. He
more than intimated that Germany
would lay the matter before the
League Of Nations.
Mussolini's reply was Immediate
and sharp. He told the League of Ma
tions to keep Its hands off. He made
these three points
81. That the non-Itallan population
Of south Tyrol are outside Of those
minorities which became objects Of
special accord in the pence treaties.
80. That Italy will not accept any
discussion Of this matter by any as
sembIy or council.
'ss That the Fascist government
will oppose with maximum energy
any plan Of this nature. because 1t
would feel Itself guilty Of a real crime
toward the fatherland II, for 100000
Germans. the peace and security Of
42,000.000 Italians. who surely form
-the most homogeneous and compact
national bloc in Europe. should IN any
way be compromised"
These declared Premier Musso-
iini. ~are not menaces for which any
ambiguous dilemma is valid. They
are an affirmation OF dignity and
force
Berlin officially considered the incl
dent closed until it should be taken
up by the league. Meanwhile the ftal-
Ian authorities In southern TyroI said
they had uncovered plot by Bavarl-
ans to revolt against Italy. and raids
were made near Lavarone in which
80 persons were arrested and quanti-
ties Of arms and ammunition were
seized.
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MYTH the unexpected aid Of 16
w Republican votes. the senate not
only voted TO repeal the inheritance
tax but added s100,OO0.000 to Its com
mittee's cut of 1852, 2,0OO.o 600 in the gov
ernment revenues, Taxes on automo-
blles and trucks, admissions and dues
were wiped out At this writing it Is
believed the bill will be passed by the
senate before the week ends. 1t is
not considered likely that the inheri.
lance tax repeal will stand In confer
ence. More probably the house pro
visions reducing the rates from
maximum Of 40 to 20 per cent will be
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NTHILE there has been no doubt
w concerning the attitude Of the
Roman Catholic church toward com
pulsory prohibition. that attitude was
formally stated for the first TIME last
week by William Cardinal 0'Conneil
of Boston, the church's ranking pre-
late in the United States. He de-
clares the Catholic church applauds
voluntary total abstinence and needs
no persuasion to fight against intem-
perance. but that Compulsory prohi-
bitten in general is hatly opposed to
Holy Scripture and to Catholic tradi-
tom
Ale, wine and their like. the car
dinal holds. are not In themselves
evil. He stresses the fact that they
have their lawful uses. ranging from,
the sSorene honor paid TO wine.
along aitA bread as the matter Of tbe
holy eucharist to their original work
Of moistening ard enllvening the Ia
borer's rough fare"
1T has been made clear a thousand
oAuCof ut duNSf Uidt we VIII work
with cur separated brethren as tenn
peranee men, but not as the tools Of
those whose confessed policy is world
wide prohibition BY installments.
Cardinal O'Connell called attention
to what he called an atfemp. by pro-
hibltionlsts TO entrap the pope bv
begging him to give his moral sun
port to secure the observance Of the
law Of prohibition" md added that
the ruse had failed badly.
Cardinal Mundelein OF Chicago de-
clined to discuss prohibition. holding
that 1t Is purely political issue. He
added: II have always found that
when the American people wanted
something hard enough they were
usually successful in getting It IN the
end. II the American people do not
want prohibition or want it in a
modified form, there is a congress as
their servant, and If this congress will
not do their bidding. let them get an
other congress that wili.r
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restored. Other slashes made by the
senate may be abandoned in the con
ference. for the reductions are far
below the margin Of safety set by the
treasury officials.
Chairman Smoot told the senate It's
action In repeating the automobile
passenger-car levy. Involving loss Of
S70000000 in revenue, "Nvlll ruin the
bill" while Senator Couzens tRep.,
MichJ countered with the charge that
it was "a damnabIe outrage II you
take the taxes of dead millionaires
and not relieve these burdensome
levies"
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n ERMANY's petition for entry
" into the League of Nations was
received Thursday by Secretary Gen
eral Sir Eric Drummond The coun-
ell was called together at once and
arrangements made for a session Of
the assembly to receive the new mem
ber
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FORMATION Of the new 100000.
oo0 Ward Food Products corpora
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a NCIENT laws are being invoked
"A in both Tennessee and Aiassa.
chusetts. and their enforcement may
lead to revision Of the laws in those
states In Tennessee It Is the blue
sunday law which has been resur-
rected. It prohibits all work except
acts Of real necessity or charity" on
Sunday, and II has been invoked es-
pecially to close gasoline filling sta
tions on that day. Its general en-
foreement would stir up things bit.
In Brocton, Mass, Anthony Bimba,
a Lithuanian and the editor OF Com
munist paper. is about to be put on
trial for ~wilfulls biasphemIng the
holy name Of God by denying and CON
tlnuously reproaching Cod The
blasphemy statute has been on the
statute books for 22a years and none
Of the present generation Of local law
makers or defenders Of law breakers
remembers Of its having been invoked
previously. Bimba Is also accused OF
"inciting the overthrow Of the consti-
tuted government Of the common
wealth Of Massachusetts" The Joint
committee on rules Of the Massachu-
sets legislature has reported favor
ably on a motion TO establish a spe-
cial commission to study obsolete
laws Of the state and recommend their
repeal.
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n REAT BRITAIN's coal commits
~ sion has recommended that the
government buy and operate all coal
mines, shutting down all those that
are not paying a profit and re-employ.
ing the workers in profitable pits. It
does not advise any reduction OF
wages or increase Of working hours
underground
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ITALY has taken decisive step to
suppress the Senussi tribesmen in
Cyrenaica, North Africa, column Of
troops having taken possession Of
their headquarters. the oasis and city
OF Jarabub, which controls the trade
routes between central Africa and the
coast.
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tion, which Is called by some the
baking trust was attacked by the
government IN suit charging viola
tion OF the Sherman antitrust law
and the Clayton act In taking thia
step the administration believes 1t has
nipped in the bud a scheme TO form
a gigantic bread monopoly comprising
substantially all the wholesale baker
les In the United States. The suit
seeks not only the dissolution Of such
combinations as already have been ef-
feeted by the baking corporations In
volyed but the consummatlon OF the
main merger. recently Incorporated
By William B. Ward, the bakery mil
lionalre.
Ward and bis associates call the
merger the Corporation with sour
because Of its plans for community
enterprises and for the gift Of one
tenth Of Its profits to charity.
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COMMANDER FRANCO. the Span
- ish Columbus Of the air" with
his three comrades successfully com
pleted the flight from Spain to Buenos
Aires and was given a tremendously
enthusiastic welcome to the Argentine
capital The distance covered by the
plane was o,232 miles and the flying
time was only go hours and 81 min
utes. Each stage Of the journey was
covered in almost the exact time fixed
for the distance
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TT APPEARS probable at the time
Of writing. that settlement OF the
long anthracite coal strike Is at hand
A tentative arrangement was reached
by leaders OF both sides and the
miners full scale committee was called
20 Philadelphia to ratify It. The Joint
negotiating committee Of twelve was
then to meet and make it public.
1t was stated unofIicially 10 wilkss-
Barre that the arrangement was sub
stantiaily as follows:
First that President Coolidge be in
vited to mediate the differences be.
tween the miners and operators.
Second that pending the mediation
by the President the miners shall re-
turn to work or. under certain con-
ditions, remain on suspension until
the decision is made known.
Third, that In the event the media
flon decision Is unsatisfactory Presi-
dent Coolidge shall be asked to sit as
Judge and make a decision on the
question az issue.
This decision te be binding on both
sides, with the proviso that either side
may appeal on questions of fact with
In ten days
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CEcRETARY OF WAR DAVIS sus-
y poets that officers Of the army air
service are using dlsloyal means IN
their fight for the creation Of a sepa-
rate air corps, and he has ordered two
separate inquiries, one by Mai Gen.
Mason NJ. Patrick. chief Of the air
service. and the other by Maj. Gen.
Ell A. Helmlick. the Inspector general.
It is charged that officers Of the air
service have been preparing and cir
culating letters asking all officers to
get busy and fight now fora sepa-
rate air service and to appeal to
their congressman TO vote for the
wainwright bill. Action on The part Of
an army officer TO influence legislation
by clandestine means Is expressly for
hidden under general order %. 1t is
asserted by some that General Pat
rick himself will be involved in the
inquiry because Of his recent testl-
mony before the house military az
fairs committee In favor Of the Vain
right bin, and that committee in
CURED into the purposes Of the inves-
tigetlon and the possibility that It
would result in gagging army Wit
nesses called by congressional com
nittees.
Secretary Davis formally denounced
the separate service plan. and also
issued bulletin telling his concep-
tion Of the duties Of the air service.
rThe mission Of the air service Is to
assist the ground forces to gain stra.
teglcal and tactical successes by de-
stroying enemy aviation, attacking
enemy ground forces. and other enemy
objectiyes on land or sea, and. in con
junction with other agencies. to pro
tect ground forces from hostile aerial
observation and attack. the bulletin
stated. In addition, it furnishes
aerial observation for information and
for artillery fire. and also provides
messenger service and transportation
for special personnel"
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ferent from those you'd have suggest
ed for her!
But it is all very modern, and per-
haps there is cause for thanks instead
of disturbance, since it can be so easily
guided into true artistic paths. If the
little lady stopped to explain herself
she might disclose only deep long
ing for color, individuality, freedom,
all perfectly good things. She win
not exceed the bounds of good taste
If you surround her with fine exam
pies of that which she Graves.
Colors of marvellous depth and
brilliance the world has never since
equaled are found in Old Master
paintings, or their fine print repro
auctions. Many French prints are as
delicately daring as any tiapper could
desire, yet possess a naive refinement
you must applaud yourself. If her
tastes are quite spectacular, give her
the best in modern art-pictures suf-
ficiently colorful to capture her fancy.
Many futuristic subjects are very eff
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keep certain pictures that, while not
so much, artistically speaking, are
comfortable old scenes he loves.
Geraldine, at the height of her mod
ernistic career, would have a riot of
color and fantastic design assault us
from the walls Junior likes adven-
ture and travel pictures, and is for
ever dragging in posters that feed his
fancy for these things
And-most delicate situation Of all
the dear silver-haired grandmother
longs for the art of another day, and
finds the formal hanging of pictures
not half so satisfying as the hit-or-
miss manner of putting up pictures.
as they used to be hung. What to do?
Such a situation is nicely handled
by compromise. Let pictures for the
community rooms of the house con-
form to some well-planned furnishing
scheme SO that harmony reigns
throughout. One arrangement that
pleases practically everybody is sug-
gested by the sketch above. There is
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dignity without too much formality.
Plenty OF rich, warm coloring is fur
nished by the upholstery of the divan,
and lamps, bric-a-brac and other &C
cessories. Important color tests are
sounded by the inspiring ship picture
in the dining room seen through the
open doorway; and by the colorful
landscape on other walls, of which we
catch glimpses. We may assume that
there is a charming central picture
over the fireplace of the room shown
here-for doesn't the placing of the
divan Indicate a hearth fire? And
must we not have a picture over the
mantel?
Then-for individual rooms study
each personality and its natural de-
sires, and bring in good pictures that
express them. You will find each ma
ture is peculiarly content If its per-
sonal environment suggests that which
lies closest to the heart
There are fine though inexpensive
REPRODUCTIONS of the beautiful paint
ings covering almost every subject
and ideal There are exquisite mod
ern treatments, vivid enough to charm
the most bizarre, yet giving offense to
none. And there are quaint old
fashioned groups that are highly ar
tistic and very fashionable today. Not
to mention the classic subjects that
have lived through the ages
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Banana Production

The principal countries producing
bananas are Costa Rica, Guatemala,
Honduras, northern Panama. northern
Colombia and the island of Jamaica.
Bananas are not grown commercially
in the United States There are, how
ever, paintings in Florida. Louisiana
and California. No bananas are pro
duced in Europe, Asia or Australia
but they are produced in South Amer,
lea, Central America and the West In
dies. In southern Mexico bananas are
grown for local use, but they export a
negligible amount.
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fective in their proper settings. OF
many OF these excellent color repro
ductions are made, and these are not
expensive. Decorative panels lend a
mysterious enchantment that is vel
come to any young girl.
Right within the home, yes, within
the four walls of her own room, you
can give this modern young lady an
environment that will satisfy .her
startling tastes, yet remain true to
the best the world knows in art.
And it will surprise you to see how
strong bond of companionship such
a course makes between you and the
generation that so often feels that
mother just doesn't understand.
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pERHAPS no single item Of furnish
= ing causes so much discussion and
interest in the home as the choice Of
pictures. Chairs and tables, rugs and
hangings are selected as matter Of
course. And then comes the thrill of
getting the pictures, which will add
the last touch Of beauty to the other
furnishings. and to the room in gem
eral.
Everyone has his Individual opinion
on the matter. Mother has been do
ing an art course at the club, and is
afire with the possibilities the right
picture holds for the right place in
each room. But father has a wish to