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down and sent his second shot in high grass under a tree. on the edge Of the practice putting green. McHugh was well on in two and Goodman pitched over the tree IS feet from the pin.
 The Californian rolled his putt close 10 the hole, clinching a four, and Goodman holed his long putt for sensational four that was too late 10 save him. McHugh tap ped his ball in and was the victor, 1 up.
 second Round Pairings
 The pairings for second round match play, at IS holes: Lawson Little San Francisco, vs, Gene Iiomans, Englewood, NJ J.. Charles Rocknor Philadelphia vs. SJohn Lehman, Chicago, George Voigt, New York, vs. Charles Seavor Los Angeles, William F. McPhail. Bos- ton, Vs. George Kocsis, Detroit George Non Elm, Los Angeles, vs. Maurice McCarthy, New York, Jess Sweetscr, New York, vs. Jach Ahearn, Hamburg, N. Y, Bobby Jones, Atlanta, ys Fred G. Hoblit- gel, Toronto, Fay Coleman, Culver City, Calif., vs. John McHugh, San Francisco
 Jess SWeetscr put on q great spurt coming home to eliminate Phillips Finlay, the long wallopins New Yorker. One down at the turn Sweetscr won four Of the next five olHs and clinched the match on inc l1th by sinking a 25-foot putt for birdie two.
 George kocsis, the Detroit you'll
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EXPLANATION YESTERDAYS CARTOON lnn1a Pint Gene feder for the Waco Texas On August 7th 9a scheduled night 
 the Waco club having made IS the eighth eight of which accounted for by Ryes spectacular performance The Siverfsh svesh "sck belong the fnny
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STOCKS SLUMP IN
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who holds the Michigan state title downed the veteran Francis Ouimet with a fine exhibition. He took the lead on the sixth hole and was never headed thereafter, winning by and ?. Ouimet's usually reli- able butter failed him in the
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Dave Ward Eliminated

Dave Ward of Grand Rapids, Mich, was eliminated this morning in the concluding playoff for quail flying places in the championship matches Ward was put out at the third hole of the play off which was
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BRITTANY $ PREMIE:R MEETS DELEGATES
 TALK FQR H0UR
DISCUSSION ENTIRELY GENER- AL IN NATURE; TECHNICAL
 PROBLEMS NOT TOUCHED

LONDON, Jan., 18, (E1-The full American delegation to the Naval Conference, headed by Secretary of State StimSon. chairman was re- ceived by Premier Mcdonald at a meeting which lasted one hour and a quarter, during which time the entire American delegation, for the first time, conferred with the en- tire British delegation.
 The pressure of duties and final rush in preparations became so heavy for most of the officials con- cerned, that they cancelled week. end plans in order to hold them selves ready for an immediate call.
 It is stated authoritatively that the discussion was entirely general in nature, technical problems not being touched upon.
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0ID STOPES IF TREADNELL MINE
 CAUSED CAVEIN
TRAFFIC IS SUSPENDED BE- TWEEN JNEAU AND TOWN
 OF THANE

N JUNEAU, Jan., lB, (P--A sub marine landslide, perhaps cav- ing in of some of the old stopes in the Treadwell mine extend ing halfway across Gastineau Chennel in some places, is given as the cause of the collapse of the Standard oil Companys dock and warehouse last night.
 Products from the warehouse, which were strewn in the Chan nel, and other wreckage were washed up on Douglas Island
 Skiffs were used to salvage oil and gasoline eases. Thane High way, near the scene, is also cav ing in and traffic is suspended between Juneau and Thane-
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N]RTH AND SOUTH SUFFERING FRON .
 WINTER. WATER
LOW TEMPERATURES OF 26 BE- LOW REPORTED IN EAST;
 HIGH WATER, MISERY

UNDATED, Jan, 18, (P)-King Winter held the north and middle west and several of the southwest ern states and made his, influence felt turnout the western half of Dixie.
 Tn Arkansas and Tennessee he hampered levee workers who are battling with high water in the Mississippi valleys interior streams, while in Indiana the cold clasts brought added misery to marooned families in the flooded districts
 The lowest temperatures report ed were in Duluth and pcs Moines of 26 below and in Chicago the temperature is 15 below.
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TRADE COMMISSION
 INVESTIGATION POWER
 ACTIVITIES, Is ENDED

WASHINGTON, Jan, IS, P- The Federal Trade Commissions inquiry into the publicity activities of the Public Utilities, ended with Commissioner McCulloch declining to accept documentary of detailed evidence presented by the power companies in an effort to show how much of their propaganda was against the government ownership. This was issued as defensice measure.
 Bernard F. Weadock, counsel for the Utilities and McCulloch clashed frequently when Weadock attempt ed to place in the record 96 exhibits which he said showed the extent I the proponents of government own
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COURT POSTPONED

Because of the unavailabil- ity of airplane service, Judge Clegg of Fairbanks, has found it neces- sary for a second time to postpone terms of the district court in the Kuskokwim district. Winter terms were to have been held there es- pecially for the purpose of natur- alization of aliens. Court was to convene at McGrath and at Bethel. Judge Clegg has now set the dates ahead to March g and 28
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CHICAGO PASSES BILLION
 IN FINANCING FUR 1923

CHICAGO, Jan,, 18, H-For the first time in its history Chicago passed the $1 1,OOO,O 100000 mark as a security market in 1929, according to Lawrence Stern Gz Co.
 The survey shows that the total stock and bond issues underWritten by Chicago investment houses dur ing the first AM months reached $l,115,OOO,oOO
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FLARED UP AGAIN

WASHINGTON, Jan., IT, R)- The capitol's prohibition contro- versy flared up again with declar- ation prepared for the house by Representative La Guardia of New York, who said there was more drinking per capita in the state of Idaho than there is in the city of New York
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While it might take more than one swallow to make spring. it only requires shot of post-Vostea hc ker to make man jump out of his boots
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Complete In This Issue

SeTYGO W ulfCi -liletiiJ q ooAA AAhNASI<N
of the pampered beauties. Everyone
made fun of him; Kafur took 1t all
good-naturedly. But it was not long
before they stopped laughing at him,
at least openly. Kafur, by devoting
himself to study and to serving the
emperor to the best of his ability,
was beginning to rise.
Then at last Al-Ikhshidi, finding
that he could be trusted above all
others in the palace, and exceeded
everyone il understanding and carry
ing out his orders, elevated him to
the dignity OF prime minister. In
Egypt, Syria, and other parts of the
Egyptian empire, Kafur stood next
to the emperor himself.
Be it noted, too, that in Atkins
hidiS palace were some very ale
and intelligent slaves. Among them
were Fatik Al-Manjin, Surnamed the
Great, a Greek by birth, later to be-
come a powerful king; and Yakub
Ibn Kills, a MohammedaniSed Jew
who himself, later rose to be king
of Egypt.
In those days slaves included men
of learning and even kings taken in
battle. Euclid, greatest OF all mathe-
maticianS, was a slave.
L. will thus be seen that Kafur had
formidable rivals for the emperors
favor.
After serving as prime minister
several years, Kafur at last found
the full power in his hands. Al
Ikhsdidi, dying. had left the throne
to his eldest son, Abdul Amyur. But
he, being minor, Kafur was named
regent.
Kafur now left for Egypt to place
the young king on the throne. But
no sooner had he departed from
Damascus that Sauf Eddaulah, Emir
of Aleppo, and great foe of the Ikhs-
hidi dynasty. rose in rebellion and
seized Damascus, with the intention
of making himself master of the
empire.
But Kafur, returning with an
army. defeated him and forced him
to take refuge in Greece. Years later
Eddaulah returned with a powerful
Greek army and seized Aleppo, but
Kafur, again going after him, utter
" routed and killed him, then
marching into Greece taught the in
habitants there a severe lesson.
-
Other foes of the empire were
similarly treated, among them being
the black King of Nubia. The Egyp-
tan empire was now stronger than
it had been at any time since the
DAYS of the Cleopatras.
Then Abdul died, and was sue
ceeded by his brother. Ali, who also
died not long after. .Kafur. who all
the time had been the real ruler.
now set the heir aside and mounted
the throne himself
All the while he had been ruling
with such wisdom and kindness that
even his enemies began to forget his
blackness and his ugliness. Among
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Surely enough handicaps have been
named to suffice for half a dozen
men But the worst has not yet been
told. Kafur was eunuch. Destined
for the harem, he had been taken at
an early age and emasculated. His
manhood and virility had been re-
moved by the surgeons knife.
Yet, in spite of all, he rose to the
heights of splendor-rose until ne
was absolute master of that white
civilization into which he had been
dragged lik, an ox-rose until proud
princes of the royal blood, courtiers,
merchant princes, great poets,
writer's, and even kings fawned on
him.
Miraculous is the might of the
human spirit when it decides to rise
in spite of all obstacles. Slavery
and mutilation", says Geographic
Universelle, "far from having de-
graded the soul of Kafur, caused
rather to shine forth his genius. !.
This man, coming from the lowest
depths of degradation had all the
virtues of great king"
Baron de Slane, noted translator
of Arabian literature, says: This
able statesman was originally slave
employed in the most mental duties
and treated with the greatest con-
tumely. But the poor Negro eunuch
whose prominent belly, Splay feet and
perforated lower lip had furnished
such subjects of laughter for his fell
low-slaves had become the master
of an empire" Qbn Khailikan's b.
ographies0
Having been brought to Egypt,
Kafur was sold to native of Old
Cairo, named Ibn Abbas; but the lat
ter, finding himself hard up for
money, took him one day to the
market and offered him for sale.
Nude, ugly, the slaves ring in his
lower lip; fat and unshapely as only
eunuchs can be, Kafur stood on the
block while the paSSerS-by laughed
at him. The Prince Al-Mejan, con-
troller of the emperor's household,
riding by with his splendid escort,
heard the laughter and stopped to
look.
Then he, too, laughed loud and
long. BY Allah! that eunuch surely
took the grand prize for ugliness.
But how could the Prince Al-Me-
Jan ever have guessed that he was
laughing at his future emperor?
Then brilliant idea struck the
Prince Al-Mejan. What a fine thing
it would be to take that ludicrous
crao f,,ra opd p1acn him among the
beauties in the harem of his master,
the Emperor Al-Ikhshidi.
Action followed thought. How
muchP Ibn Abbas, casting his eyes
over the splendid apparel and es-
cort of the inquirer, named high
price. In reply the prince tossed him
is pieces of gold. about fifth OF
the sum asked. Ibn Abbas shrugged
his shoulders, but needing the money,
pocketed 1t. The sum was small,
but for Kafur it was good bargain,
he decided.
To the harem Kafur went, while
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By J. A. ROGERS.

You have heard of men
who have had to struggle
against great odds that life
had imposed on them; per-
haps, even you yourself might
feel that you have a COM
plant or two in this regard.
Maybe you're justified, but
have you heard the story OF
Kafur?
Kafur had all the usual
handicaps and then others.
No one with health and
strength need be discouraged
after hearing what he had to
undergo.
First of all he was black
ga deep, shiny black" A
black skin, when possessed
by a man in parts of the East
was an object of contempt;
perhaps one had better say,
of hate. The cause? 1t is
not necessary to go into it
here; suffice it to say that
the black woman was ad-
mitted into the harem of even
the Caliph or Emperor on an
equality with the white one,
and that her sons, as we shall
show another time, even
sometimes sat on the throne
of the mighty Mohammedan
empire.
The period of which We are writ
ing is the tenth century: Kafur was
born about AID. 908. The prejudice
was against the pure black man.
largely; anu while there were no seq
regation laws, it was strong.
Another handicap. Kafur was as
ugly and as fat as walrus, and
waddled around like one. He had
splay feet, fallen arches, and a huge
belly, and when he walked on the
streets he furnished amusement for
the small boys who flocked around
him.
This is how the most noted poet
of that day described Kafur:
"a Negro whose lip is half as large
as himself, and whom they style the
moon of darkness" Almost in the
same breath. he is called hippo
potamus."
This poets name was Al-Muttana-
bi. We shall hear more of Kafur and
Al-Muttanabi Their encounter was
most interesting.
To continue the enumeration OF
Kafur's fandicaps: He had been
caught wild in the Sudan, and not
only was he unable to read or write
but he was an entire stranger In
Egypt. Egypt, at that time, still had
an advanced culture. It was then
dominated by white people. descend
ants of the Greeks, the Ptolemys,
and the Romans.
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KAFUR. THE MAGNIFICENT BLACK GENIUS

the finest in all Arab literature. They
are known as the Kafur-iyat.
Muttanabi came to Egypt on
Kafur's invitation. Fafur loved learn
ing and by rich gifts he attracted
great writer's, astronomers, mathe-
maticians, and philosophers to his
court, until for learning it stood in.
ferior only to that OF the Calph al
Bagdad. HE loved the society OF
learned and virtuous men," says lbn
Khallikan, land treated them vito
marked honor"
Muttanabi had been the special
attraction at the court Of King Ham
dan of Greece and by presents and
the promise of the government OF
Sidon, Kafur had enticed him away.
In those days poets were a very eS-
sential par of court life. Their role
was 20 sing the praises of the ruler
and their poems, taught to the mass
es, served the same purpose as the
newspaper today. To be Poet Lau-
reate was q great honor, even as 1t
is in England today.
But Muttsnabi, in addition to be-
ing a great poet. was a cynlc and
a cutting satirist, with little, If any,
love for anyone else but himself.
Naturally he deSpiSed Kafur for his
blackneSS and his previous condition,
but tempted by the glittering prize
he lavished praises on. him.
Here are some of Muttanabi's reci-
tations to the court:
whether I wish or not to praise
Kafur, his noble qualities dictate to
me and I must write. When man
leaves his family behind and visits
Kafur he finds himself at home
again." To be hospitable in the East
was to possess virture of the high
est order.
praise bestowed on other men is
falsehood mixed with truth, but that
which thou receiveSt is pure from
alloy. When I obtain proofs OF
thy friendship I condemn wealth and
look on all other men as dust. Were
it not for thee I had always been a
traveller, every day changing towns
and companions. For me thou art
the world; to that world l am at
tached, and were I to leave thee I
would return"
It is related that Muttanabi said:
when I went into Kafur'S presence
with the intention of reciting verses
he always laughed on seeing me and
smiled in my face but when l re-
peated these lines he listened at
tentively:
Opinions may differ but not re-
garding thee. Thou art without a
rival and a lion where other kings
are mere wolves. Nay, In this COM
parison if the word, wolves, was not
pointed out and the reader took it
for, flies he would make no mis-
take"
This is much more clever than it
sounds, for the words, "flies" and
wolves" look so much alike in Ara
bi, that one can easily be mistaken
for the other.
Muttanabis flattery, however,
reached. it's summit in the following
passages: (He is describing the horses
that bore Kafur to Egypt
"They went to Kafur and neglected
all other men: for, he who seeks the
sea despises the riyulets. They bore
us to the dark pupil of the eye Of
the age and left behind them the
white and its corners"
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One of the Most Astounding Stories
Ever Printed!

sthose who lid not forgive him, how
ever, was Fatik-al-Manjin, the
Greek already mentioned. Fatik had
been the great favorite in the palace
before the coming of Kafur, and
had never forgiven him for having
supplanted him. He pretended to
scorn Kafur, and when Al-Ikhshidi
bad died he had left the palace. The
thought of having to ride in Kafur's
train was too much for the naughty
Greek. Years later Kafur had him
in hi power, and could have ordered
his execution but the undetermined
black was above petty revenge.
Kafur was quick to recognize merit
and to advance those possessing it..
Among those he rewarded was Yakub
Ibn Kills, the Jew already mentioned
Ibn Khallikan Q211-1282) Arab his
torian, says in his famous biogra-
phies: "His master (Kafur) did not
fail to remark his conduct, and adj
mitted him into his privy council.
He rose to such heights in Kafur's
favor that all the chamberlainS and
mobiles stood up when he entered and
showed him the deepest respect.
At his death, Yakub left 1000 slaves,
white and black"
Kings, princes, and mobiles GRO
yelled before Kafur and took great
pains not to offend him. The follow
ing story is told by Ibn Khallika1,.
A certain very wealthy noble, named
Tabataba, was in the habit of send
ing gifts of sweetmeatS to his friends,
Kafur being specially favored.
To him Tabataba would send two
vases of the choicest delicacies every
other day, adding cake that was
folded up in a napkin and carefully
sealed.
An enemy of the nobleman, hear
ing about the cake, wrote to Kafur,
telling him that while the gift OF
the sweetmeatS was proper, the cake
was intended as an insult, being, he
alleged, a delicate sarcasm at Kafur'S
former condition.
At last news came to the noble
man of the affair. whereupon. says
Ibn Khallikan, "Tabataba saw that
some envious person was trying to
ruin him and mounting his horse
rode off to see Kafur and told him
that the cake had been baked by
his own daughter as tribute of
purely religious motive and not out
of feeling of pride or haughtiness."
eff, however" continued the noble
man. your Majesty wishes it dis
continued, I shall do So"
"By no means" replied Kafur,
"from this time forward I shall eat
no other" And calling his cham
berlain he babe him bring magnifi-
cent necklace. which was sent off BY
slave to Tabataba's daughter.
BY far the most noted fatterer of
Kafur was Al-Muttanabi. one of the
greatest poets and satirists in all the
history of Islam. He sang Kafurs
praises in verses of the purest beauty,
which are said by critics to be among
ooA Nox.ooc l.,
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The terms of The arrangement provided
that upon Jacks wife signalling him that she
had received the stipulated sum Jack was to
let the fight end in Wizards favor. The sig
nal was given and the plans carried out in
the twenty-sixth round This is the only
manner by which Willard could have won.
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Jack was throughout the encounter, full
master of willard. Hi; golden smile was evl-
dent. At times he could not resist the temp,
tation to display the defensive skill that mad
Jack wss disheartcned when he found that
his surrender was i'm vain.
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The arrangements to fight Willard were
made in close and guarded secrecy. Curley
frankly told Johnson during one of their con-
ferences that if Jack lost the fight to Willard
that he could return to the United States un-
molested. Tormented by the desire to see his
mother and his friends, Jack consented.
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BY far the most noted f1atterer of
Kafur was Al-Muttanabi. one of the
greatest poets and satirists in all the
history of Islam. He sang Kafur's
praises in verses of the purest beauty.
which are said by critics to be among
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The existence Ol rich complex ore deposits in tha region of the Skel'efte River, Sweden, has beor known, cr at least suspected, fol hundreds of years, but not until 1924 were they located.
 Tn that year the CentralgrupDens Aktiebolag demonstrated the value of a recent Swedish invention
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 After its remarkable discovery in the Boliden field 1t was decided to form two separate companies-one to operate the claims lying east of the railway, including Boliden, and the other, those west of the line.
 The richest veins located in the region are those at Boliaen, Mala- mas and Menstrask, the first named being the best and mot accessible. The ores contain gold, silver, cop per, arsenic and lesser amounts cf zinc, lead, and copper pyrites. An annual ore production of l20 GOO metric tons is planned by the two companies, and, it IS believed, will be obtained beginning this year.
 The deposits cover ll.5OO square meters. A typical present specsr1en of the ore contains 30 percent arse- nic, 2 and one half per cent cop per, 50 grams of gold, and 100 grams of silver per tom The noteworthy of gold found in the ore has given the mines the reputation 0f being the Swedish Klondike.
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NEW COUNTERFEIT NOTE
 FOUND IN CIRCULATION

WASHINGTON, Jan., p, P)- Announcement ifs made that anoth- er counterfeit federal reserve note has been discovered In circulation by agents of the Secret Service, De- partment of the Treasury. The note the announcement said is a $IO denomination and purported to have been issued by the federal re- serve bank of New York.
 The counterfeit is deceptive, altho the bleached appearance of the face of the note should instant " excite suspicion
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Miss Eunice Mays, who resigned her position as assistant in the of- flee of Clerk of Court, several mon thS ago and returned to her hou,e at Berkeley, was married there Dec ember 27 to George Boyd, popular Valdez young man who is at pres ent taking a course in engineering at San Francisco.