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**************** * * * • * * Keep Potted on * * . ' » * HOME MATTERS * * . * 4 by Reading Your * * . •\ • * LOCAL NEWSPAPER + Devoted to Local and PUBLISHED BY ADIRONDACK NEWS PUBLISHING CO. *************** * * Mill Order Houses * EXIST BY ADVERTISING * To Get Business * Do Likewise. ESTABLISHED 1887 TERMS, $1.80 A YEAR VOL XLII ST. REGIS FALLS, N. Y., SEPTEMBER 29, 1928 NO. 35 MILLY COULD UNDERSTAND I «• hr D. J. Wtlah.1 M ILLY BRAND nibbled toast thoughtfully. She was break¬ fasting alone that morning because her husbund was out of town looking after some one of his many affairs. It came to her that he had not told her where he was going. That was odd. But perhaps In his haste he bad forgotten. It was lone¬ ly without him. For some twenty- eight years they had been breakfast¬ ing together, dining together, spend¬ ing their evenings together. For more than twenty-eight years they had loved each other truly, honestly and unselfishly. Now as she recalled the past Mllly Brand felt grateful thut she had more than she deserved out of life, for she was a very ordinary woman. The one great thing that had characterize^ her wifehood was service. Even In the old days before Roger began to make money and they had lived In two rooms she had always taken pains for his comfort He called her the Aaron of his endeavor, reminding her that Moses would have failed but for the faithful Aaron who held up Moses* weary hands. It was just kindness In Roger to say that, though she had done her best—at first with little, lat¬ terly with a great deal. For Roger had won rare success. This charming apartment *U their luxuries, their trips, and good clothes and social position had been earned by the work- Ings of his splendid brain. He real¬ ized that now she did not measure up to him for she was still only an or¬ dinary 'roman—ordinary in looks, manner and mental equipment They bad no children. She wondered some¬ times —nether her twin sons If ihey had lived would have been fine up¬ standing men like their father or merely ordinary persons like herself. In their stead Roger had educated two of his nephews and a niece of hers. All three young people were doing well. It was a pleasure to think of that— Anna, the maid, entered softly. Anna had a parcel In her hands. Thut was all. No mall. Mllly had hoped that Roger would send her a line. Wltb a sigh she opened the- small parcel. It contained a box of com¬ mon field flowers, slightly wilted In spite of the care that had been taken to wrap them. Tucked among them was a card so damp that the words which had been scribbled In Ink had run together. \I'm down here at the old home,\ she read. \If you want ko come, too, I'll stay and wait for you. Here's to n speedy meeting. .. ROGER.\ Mllly sat staring at the flowers, her lips parted, a look of puzzled wonder in her dark eyes. How odd, how in¬ comprehensible 1 But from her mys¬ tification emerged one fact—Roger wanted her to come where he was. An hour later she was on her way. As the train swept her away from town Into the open country she thought of the place to which she was going. The old house was Rog¬ er's boyhood home. It was the only bit of property he had ever inher¬ ited, and It was not worth much—a dreary old house, slightly awry, un¬ der towering poplars, with a field and a bill and a brook. They had gone down there the first few summers they were married, then their pros¬ pects had brightened and they began to go to other places where happy youth congregated. Roger tried un¬ successfully to sell the old home, gave it up and blr*d somebody in the neighborhood to look aftfcr It In the stress of life he seemed to have forgotten It—until now. She won¬ dered what bad taken him down there. It was luniet when she reached the small wayside station at which shs alighted. Roger was waiting for her. \Do you mind walking?\ he said. \I couldn't find a conveyance. But it Isn't far cross-lots.\ He carried her bag and they walked through the fields by the well-worn path, which was so narrow that she had to follow behind him. The sum¬ mer imell wns In the air, the fields were daisy white, buttercups golden, a bobolluk rose out of the grass, a mouse ran away as they approached. The old home, Its windows blazing with sunset light, welcomed Mllly. It hud been left Jast as they hud used It those nrst few summerd—bits of old furniture were here and there, yellowed prints on the wall, faded druperles. Yet It wus clean. Mrs. 1'euk hud attended to the iprlng houMecleunlug. And Itoger had built a fire In the firepluce, which he him¬ self hud constructed out of field stones. Close to the fire wus drawn s smull ruble and ipon the table wus supper— freub rolls, buked by Mn. Peak, hulled eggs, butter cookies and s teapot wulting for boiling water from the teakettle, which wus sing¬ ing on thf hearth. ,, \It take me back twenty years,\ Mllly :ald. She poured the tea with steudy hand, but her heart was trou¬ bled. Roger—there was some chunge In him. She had seen that the In¬ stant her glance fell upon his blessed face. \You like It, then?\ Roger said. Ha buttered a bit of roll, but Instead of eatiuK It luld It upon his plate. Milly looked into his eyes. \Of course, I like tt. You remember, deur. It was your own Idea—not com¬ ing here any more.\ •*Well—we were young and we liked a stir. Those pluces at the seashore uuU (lie iwuniuiiiH we *eu( to fur¬ nish us with the amusement we both enjoyed. But now—we are getting on in years, my deur.\ \Yes Milly wulted. She knew with the uufalllng premonition of her love that Roger wus slowl> preparing her for something. \This wouldn't be so bad if the house were fixed up a bit It wouldn't take much time or money—\ \I should love to do my bit toward fixing it up, Roger.\ He smiled at that \And then—it wouldn't be bad just to live here for a year or two, say.\ \It wouldn't be bad to live here always, Roger. You know how I feel. Anywhere with you Is home.\ He reached across for her hand! She placed her slender fingers in his broad palm and he squeezed them. His kind gruy eyes were a little dim. \Suppose—\ he said, rather hesitat¬ ingly, \suppose—I'd lost money and we had to economize from now on b. living here? You wouldn't mind, Mil¬ ly ?\ So that was it I A crushing load lifted from her heart She had 1 een afraid of something so different—that Roger's health had been undermined by those long years of work and struggle. She laughed. \What Is money? We can do with very little. Just let me show you what I can do with a sack of flour 1 I haven't forgotten how to make cake and biscuit, let me tell you, Sir Rog¬ er 1\ At her i te, light as a happy girl's, his face brightened. \If you have lost your money 1 hope you won't make an effort to re¬ gain it Please, Roger, don't go back to that grind. Let's stay here and r.In vegetables and posies and read and walk and play pinochle and—and get acquainted again. You don't know how hard it has been for me to give you up to your world and live lonely in mine.\ And now tears were In her dark eyes though her lips were still smiling. He arose, went to the window, looked out, blew his nose and came back to pul his arm about her shoul¬ der. \The mth Is this, Mllly,\ he said. \I have lost some money, but not enough to cripple our income serious¬ ly. It's only that I am tired. And being tired my thoughts have been playing pretty hard around this old place where I was a boy. I've hankered after It until I Just had to come and tee It And now I'm here—I don't want to leuve. I sup¬ pose thut's one of the penalties of age —to yearn after the old scenes. I want to fish In the brook tind pick strawberries on the side hill and listen to the crickets In the grass. I— I want to live over my boyhood. That's It, really. Can you .understand, Mllly—dearest wife?\ Could (be understand? She put her arms about his neck and drew the gray head close to hers, pressed her soft cheek against hli tired face. In the blessed silence that followed their hearts caught step again. Touri$t$ Enjoy Vint to Ancient Tern pie $ Favorite excursion resorts of for¬ eign residents of China's capital, are Buddhist temples scattered through the western hills outside Peking. Some are so small and deserted that they are rented out entirely as summer cot¬ tages to perspiring city dwellers, who do not mind vacationing in a temple atmosphere. Others are large monas¬ teries crowning mighty hilltops and furnishing shelter for Innumerable monks. These dirty and apathetic In¬ mates seem oddly out of tune with the decaying beauty of sacred walls and courtyards. The larger monarterles, like Chris* tlan hospices of medieval Europe, rent vacant rooms to the passing traveler. The latter is expected to furnish his own bed and bedding and, especially If he is a foreigner, to provide his own food. After one look at Chinese cul- Unary methods In vogue in a monas¬ tery kitchen the visitor from overseas is really anxious to comply with local custom. Thus has grown up a habit among foreigners resident In Peking of taking their own \boy\ and cook, camp beds, donkey caravan and pro¬ visions and \doing\ the western hill monasteries thut lie off the main line of travel. Under the able generalship of the \number one boy\ the donkey caravan soon pushes ahead to set up camp In vacant quarters rented from the priests. Toward dusk barking of dogs behind high stone walls betokens ar¬ rival at the monastery's outer gates, great creaking panels that remind one of the entrance to a donjon keep. Then *a hurried punorama of monks wltb flaring torches raised high above their heads holding snarling watchdogs at bay. Then the comfort of quarters all made ready by the \boy a first-class dinner from soup to nuts, served In style, but prepared on a two-by-four charcoal bruzler. A stroll through moonlit temple courts hoary with the age of centurlea. At last bed, the comfort of one's own sheets from home, but under the shad¬ ow of the \great god Bud\ himself.— From a Bulletin of the National Geo¬ graphic Society. Telephone De Luxe A telephone set de luxe, made espe- daily f< - Mustapha Kemal Pasha of Turkey, has been built by a telephone company at Stockholm. Every \lsfble metal pnrt of the apparatus Is gold plated, the handle is made of pure ivory, while the cords are spun with gold. On the buck of the Instrument the Turkish emblem, a star and cres¬ cent Is inlaid In white and scarlet enamel. 1—President Coolidge receiving an English setter pup from Claire Wildner of Superior, Wis.. Just before his return to Washington. 2—Commander Donald B. MacMlllan greeted by his sister, Mrs. Fogg, on his arrival at Wlscasset, Maine, from his latest Arctic exploration trip. 3—Walter J. Kohler, anti-LaFollette man, nominated by Republicans for governor of Wisconsin. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Maine Election Notable for Size of G. O. P. Majorities; Smith Nails a Lie. By EDWARD W. PICKARD T HOSE who still place faith In the old saying \As Maine goes, so goes the nation\ are now free to place their bets on Hoover; for the Repub¬ lican ticket won a sweeping victory In the state election last week. How¬ ever, no one had doubted that the G. O. P. would elect Its candidates, and the significant features were the size of their majorities and the total vote. The former was n surprise to even the most optimistic Republicans. Wil¬ liam T. Gardiner defeated E. C. Mo- ran, Jr., for the governorship by near¬ ly 8T>,000 votes; and Senator Frederick fflale's majority over Herbert E. Holmes was approximately 80,000. The Republican majority wns more thnn # double what It wns four years ago and four times what It was In 1020. The total vote was about 8fi,- 000 1088 than It was In the last Presi¬ dential year, but analysis shows that the loss was mostly sustained by the Democrats. The Republicans had made an especial effort to get out their vote and the Democrat* were frankly apathetic. The Republicans elected all four of the state's con¬ gressmen. Naturally, Republican National Chairman Work rejoiced In the Maine outcome and found In It presage for • Hoover victory, asserting that the campaign In the Pine Tree state was waged largely on national Issues. On the other hand, Democratic Chairman Raskob saw no omen In the result, saying hU party had made no espe¬ cial effort there ciui no national is¬ sues were decided by the Maine elec¬ tion. He was \surprised the Repub¬ licans did not poll a larger vote.\ The records show that since 1840, In 15 out of 22 Presidential election years, the result In the Maine state election has correctly foretold the out* come of the Presidential election. T EXAS provided an tutting Inci¬ dent In the campaign when Its state Democratic convention opened In Dallas. A motion that only those delegates loyal to Al Smith be seated started the rumpus. The anti-Smith crowd, led by former Governor Col* qultt, promptly bolted, and as they re¬ tired from the hall there were Innu¬ merable flHt fights. The regulars pro¬ ceeded with their business, \cordially Indorsing\ the national platform and Smith and In the same wt of resolu¬ tions calling upon \all officers of the government and all members of tho party\ to rnlly for tho \destruction of the truffle In alcoholic liquors/ 1 Tho bolters, about 300 In number, held a separate meeting and adopted resolutions rlitrurterl/Jng tho nomina¬ tion of Smith ns an unfortunate error. They left the direction of tholr future activities In the humln of an execu¬ tive committee headed by Alvln S. Moody of Houston. W ITTLE Senator. Robinson, Demo¬ cratic Vice Presidential candi¬ date, wns making a whirlwind speak¬ ing tour through tho South, Governor Smith gave such time as ho could spure from state duties to confer¬ ences with party louder* and to fur¬ ther refutation of charges made In tho deplorable \whispering campaign.\ Informed that he was accused, In a letter, of being \rilHguHtlngly Intoxi¬ cated\ at the New York state fair at Syracuse, he Issued a formal denlul of the charge, which denial was bnckod up by the statements of men who wore close to him all during the day of his visit to tho fair. One of his defenders wat one of the gover¬ nor's political opponents, Stute Sena¬ tor Fearon of Syracuse. Others In¬ cluded the newspaper correspondents who accompanied the governor. The letter was said to have been written by a woman of Syracuse to one In Pnrkershurg, W. Vn. Republican Chairman Work hns strongly repudl- dnted tho whispering campaign as an offrnse to common decency equally harmful to the candidute maligned and to his opponent. He says Hoover is also the object of scurrilous and false attacks. The Post Office depart¬ ment has taken steps to stop the send¬ ing of the vicious statements through the malls. In one Instance a lot of post cards were confiscated. Plans were completed for Governor Smith's tour of a fortnight, Septem¬ ber 16-30, during which he speaks in six western cities. TTERBERT HOOVER had a long *A conference with President Cool¬ idge Immediately after the latter's re¬ turn to Washington, and while there was no announcement of the part the President would take in the campaign, it was said he probably would make one or more addresses In New Eng¬ land. Mr. Hoover Is now directing the organization work of his campaign. The radio part Is already In opera¬ tion. The candidate's first real cam¬ paign speech was ready for delivery at Newark, N. J., Monday. National officers of the national Woman's party met In Washington and decided to support Hoover be¬ cause, they stated, his position Is In advance of that of other Presidential candidates. They said they opposed Smith \because he opposes equal rights for women In Industry and has had a long record of opposition to equal Industrial opportunity for wom¬ en and has actively sponsored laws handicapping women In earning their livelihood.\ W HEN Hoover, praising the Kel¬ logg anti-war treaty, hailed it as one of the great achievements of the Republican administration, Secretary Kellogg showed signs of displeasure for above all things he does not want the pact dragged Into partisan .poli¬ tics pending action on It by the sen¬ ate. Said he: \I do not think the treaty for the renunciation of war should be made a party Issue In either the campaign or the senate, and I can¬ not conceive that It will be.\ Reser¬ vations to the treaty, by the senate, will be vigorously opposed by both Mr. Kellogg and Senator Borah, chair¬ man of the senate foreign relations committee. They believe there Is nothing In the treaty that Imperils the Monroe Doctrine or other vital Inter¬ ests of the United States. Despite the fact that most of the nations of the world have accepted the Kellogg pact, Secretary of the itavy Wilbur believes the United States should go right ahead with its navy construction program. He said as much after conferences with naval officials In which both the Kellogg treaty and the mysterious Anglo- French agreement were discussed. Other officials said the Navy depart¬ ment would concentrate on senate ap¬ proval of the slxtoon-shlp bill and later w oil Id try for tlio adoption of a large buVUMng program. F OMfAL negotiation* looking to¬ ward complete evacuation of the Hhlnclnnd nml final sottlnmont of rep¬ arations wore opened In Geneva by the representatives of Oormany, Great Britain, Franco, Italy and Japan. The first discussions of Germany's plea woro promising, although an earlier speech by Premier Ilrliind, attacking. Chancellor Mueller's statements of Gorman fulfillment of her pledges, had created some doubt of ultimate agreement. London dispatches said Groat Britain and France were In accord on these points: First, perfect co-operullon among the allies. Second, Implicit recognition o*f the fuet that tho occupation must con¬ tinue unless the Germans give other guurantoos for the payment of the reparations. Third, a political guarantee by Ger¬ many that the plan for the union with Austria will not be pursued. Fourth, the consent of Germany to the control of the demilitarized zone of tho Rhlneland for 25 years. Fifth, the Ormuns to take the Initi¬ ative by presenting concrete proposals. G ENERAL Primo de Rivera, pre¬ mier of Spain, uncovered another plot against his dictatorship and caused tho arrest of several hundred revolutionists who were hatching a coup d'etat. The dictator In a state¬ ment to the press said those tuken into custody were politicians and others who \live and prosper by pro¬ voking disorders,\ and . declared the condition of public order In Spain could not be better in all th.e country* Another dictator has been offered a crown, but probably will decline it This one Is Marshal Pllsudsky, who was offered the crown of the \Polish empire\ by 1,500 delegates of the monarchists of that, country. He al¬ ready has refused a like honor sev¬ eral times. pHARLES EVANS HUGHES was VJ elected a member of the per¬ manent court of International justice by the League of Nations to succeed John Bassett Moore, resigned. Mr. Hughes accepted, saying he deemed it a privilege to serve on the court Since the United States is not a mem¬ ber of the world court, Mr. Hughes does not officially represent this coun¬ try on the tribunal. G EN. JOHN J. PERSHING cele¬ brated his sixty-eighth birthday last Thursday and Secretary of War Davis took the occasion to present to the famous soldier four foreign decora¬ tions conferred upon him since the World war. These were the Order of the White Lion, class 1, conferred by the President of Czechoslovakia; a medal commemorating the first cen¬ tenary of the battle of Ayachucho, conferred by the President of Peru; knight commander's cross of the Or¬ der of Vlrtuti Militari, conferred by the prertdent of Poland; and a Vene¬ zuelan \Bust of Liberator,\ two lapel buttons and an album of photographs conferred by the President of Vene¬ zuela* J OHN COOLIDGE, son of the Presi¬ dent and Mrs. Coolidge, has ob¬ tained a position as a clerk in the general offices of the New York, v»»w Haven & Hartford railroad In New Haven, Conn., and lam HCOA U..UII earning his own living. William Wood, •ecret service operative, will continue to act as bodyguard of the young man until March 4. Miss Florence Trum- bull, daughter of the governor of Con¬ necticut, returning from a motor trip through Europe, admitted to reporters that she was likely to become John Coolldge's bride sometime next winter though not before Christmas. E ARL ROWLAND ef Kansas wen first place In class A of the aerial derby across the continent from New York to Los Angelei. He drove a Cessna monoplane and was In the air 20 hours and 80 minutes. Most of the planes In all three classes made the transcontinental trip safely, an4 the finish was a great light for the crowds gathered at the Los Angeles field for the air races and exhibition. Of the nine planes that started In the nonstop rare across the continent not one completed the trip except that piloted by Art Goebel, and that noted aviator had been forced to stop at Presrott, Ariz. The contest was there* fore declared no race. , One of the aviators taking part in the locftl exhibition was Lieut. J. J. Williams of the army. He crashed early In the week and died of his in¬ juries, whereupon Col. Charlei Lind¬ bergh reported at army headquarters there and asked to be assigned to take the place of his dead friend. There¬ after the \three musketeers\ In little Boenlng fighters were led by Llndy in their nmneuven. H IGHLY successful tests of the new submarine safety device called the \lung\ were held off the coast of Maryland. Three navy divert went down 155 feet In a diving bell, and, equipped with the \lung crawled out and made their way to the surface safely and with no discomfort. It was made known that several scores of these devices are being constructed and their final test, that of being used for actual escape from a flooded sub¬ marine In 225 feet of water, will be made next month by the same divers. The naval officers expressed a belief that last week's successful test will result in the equipping of all of the 78 submarines in the United States navy with \lungs\ for each member of the crew to be placed In the escape compartments of the undersea craft. P ORTO RICO was struck by a trop leal hurricane that caused damage of several millions of dollars, mainly in San Juan which bore the brunt ol the storm. Tornadoes In Nebraska and South Dakota killed fourteen person* and ruined thousands of dollars wortb of property. LIBYAN DESERT MAY BE A GARDEN LAND Newly Discovered Sources of Water Give Hope. Washington.—Parts of the Libyan desert, one of the world's most arid areas, may bloom forth in colorful gardens, productive grain fields and erchards of luscious fruits, according to reports from Egypt that recent sur¬ veys have disclosed many sources of water in regions hitherto believed dry. students of geography will receive the report with a question mark for there are many other undeveloped dry spots on the map which appear less impregnable to agricultural de¬ velopment, says a bulletin of the Na¬ tional Geographic society. , A map-minded person might de¬ scribe th. Libyan desert as \the larg¬ est blank area on the map of north Africa with a cartographer's smallest marks indicating a few oases.\ It is shut off from the Mediterranean by a narrow populated strip which Itself sizzles in the hot African sun. On the east the fertile Nile valley lends the Libyan owners moral support by showing what might be done with their sand-swept land, but on the west, the arid expanse of the great Sahara, of which the Libyan desert is really a part, swings the pendulum of sentiment from optimism to toe extreme of pessimism. The southern extremity of the desert penetrates a short distance over the border of Darfur state, Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Libya is largely peopled by the 8enussl sect, a sort of reform ele- •rent of Mohammedanism. Jealous of their power in the desert region, they repel attempts of strangers whom they believe enter their domain only for predatory purposes. Even un¬ known Moslems are carefully watched and a traveler with a surveying in¬ strument Is regarded as a spy in an enemy's fortress. Birds Migrate Aeross Desert. Rufra, one of the most important eases and headquarters of the Senus- si sect, has been visited by only a few white men. It really consists of five oases, one of which has a Mohamme¬ dan \university.\ A salt lake two miles square in area is also an inter¬ esting feature. Tbeaje shaded spots are 400 miles from the nearest point on the Mediterranean. Between is naked desert land save for a grove of palms now and then which form welcome stopping places for parched caravans. The journey to Kufra Is a supreme test of physical endurance. For ten days ut a time not a blade of grass or other evidence of life Is seen save, perhaps, a snake, mouse, Jackal or fox which may scurry across the hot sands. In the migrating season birds alight on the shoulders of Bedouins and after a drink and friendly pat, fly off again. Birds have been known to fly 250 miles in the Libyan desert without *7ater. But neither Journeys through the air nor overland are al¬ ways successful as dried wings of birds and the whitened bones of camels frequently testify. Once on the southern edge of Slwa, the oldest of the Libyan oases near the northern border, desert hardships begin. Blinding sandstorms Impede progress of the traveler and cause such deviations from routes that Bedonln guides, who depend upon their shadows for compasses, some¬ times are lost Varying temperatures, from 110 in the day to near freezing tt night, coupled with the plague of malaria from the Infested swamps in the neighborhood of many of the oases, are also difficulties to over¬ come. Oasss Seldom Attacked. Not many years ago caravans were frequently raided and oases plundered by marauding tribes of desert nomads. At Slwa and Kufra, one is reminded of the thrilling tales of these desert raids by the mud houses built on the high places and the mud walls sur¬ rounding them to repel enemies. While the desert still has its thieves, the onses are now seldom attacked and the Inhabitants no longer carry their rifles on their shoulders while cultivating their olive and date groves. Jalo oasis in Cyrenalca, one of the desert's chief commercial centers on the route to Kufra, Is an Important Itartln; point for caravans. Here camels and men may be hired. With camels and perhaps an Ara¬ bian horse or two for transportation; and with <1 tea, rice, ran old goats' milk butter, skins of water and a few other necessities, many caravans start f\r the Interior. Tea Is one of the favorltj beverages of the Bedouin on a monotonous desert Journey. It is a black brew made of a handful of tea and a like amount of sugar. After boiling the concoction is bitter sweet and all but unpalatable to the stran¬ ger, but It Imbues the drinker with remarkable vitality which Is needed when the hot plains and mountains of sand of the desert are encountered day by day. Drawing It Fine Camden, N. J.—Swimmers may legally splash In private lakes so long as they don't touch bottom, says the state Snpreme court Touching upon the private property would represent trespass. . Cat Comes Back Kingston, 8. C—Penelope, a cat, came back. William Warlen took her for an 80-mile ride and dropped her from his car. A few days later she mewed greetings at his door. WHALING HAS LOST ALL ITS ROMANCE Modern Methods Reduce It to Commonplace Affair. Lerwlck, Shetland Islands.—The good old days of Moby Dick, when the sailor of a whaling boat muttered a prayer or a curse and then let fly his harpoon at the heaving back of a whale, are gone. . Science has come to the fore and the romance has vanished. Harpoons are no longer thrown by hand, but propelled hundreds of feet by harpoon guns. The only link with the past is the ineviable smell of blubber, which modern chemicals are doing their best to eliminate. The latest contribution of science to the art of whaling has just been announced. The whaling fleet which has Its headquarters at South Georgia and South Shetland islands is to go out this season equipped with wire¬ less telephones. The fleet will consist of a mother or factory ship on which the whale will be cut up and reduced to its many component products, and three whale catchers. All will have tele¬ phone sets and direction finders, by means of which they can work their way back to the factory ship in fog or snow storms. The whalers always have fear of losing the \mother' 1 ship in fog when no wireless is carried, and the assurance of being able to find her in any weather by the direc¬ tion finder reduces considerably the time wasted in waiting and also the anxiety in the strenuous life of whal¬ ing fleets. The fleet which works out of the South Georgia headquarters will be attached to the central office by tele¬ phone. The office set will be similar in power to that carried by the whale catchers, but with an additional unit enabling it to be used as a telegraph transmitter on the normal wavelength for ships. During the last two seasons elab¬ orate experiments have been carried out with wireless telephones on whal¬ ers. Their efficiency with unskilled operators was demonstrated when the Southern Queen was lost at the end of last season through striking a submerged Iceberg. A call by telephone brought the fleet of whale catchers hurrying to her assistance, and all bands were taken off In safety. Approves Sting of Bee as Cure for Rheumatism Kansas City, Mo.—For some years It had been maintained by the oldest resident of Olathe, Kan., that nothing was quite so effective for rheumatism as bee stings. Of course the younger generation scoffed at this remedy and suggested medicine and trips to health resorts. However, F. B. Baskln, president of the Patrons bank and secretary of the state grange, had suffered for six weeks enough rheumatism, to test all of the accepted good luck charms—a potato, jack rabbit ears, and snake rattles. The bee sting was at least different, and although he did not class himself as a believer, when his son called to him that bees were swarming on his farm he hobbled out Wltb a turkey wing he attempted to \hive\ the swarm. The medically inclined bees believed he had come for treatment. They stung him twice on the face, once on the arm, once on the back, and once elsewhere. The day after his experience Mr. Haskln attached this note to the hive: \Since taking your Little Butter Sure Cure treatment I have been completely relieved from my rheuma¬ tism. I may not be a new man, but I certainly am a repaired one. I recom¬ mend your treatments to all who have hardihood, fortitude, and rheumatism. The marks of the five stings are all but cleared away. Little Butters do the work.\ It Didn't Work Boston.—A Caucasian prisoner ar¬ rested at night was black as coal when arraigned next morning. Police were puttied until they found that with a piece of burnt cork he had tried to conceal the Identity of an old offender. Believe) in Signs Washington.—Belief In signs Is sav¬ ing life. Reiteration of \stop look, listen\ at railroad cronlngs is cred¬ ited by the American Railway associ¬ ation with helping In 1927 to reduce crossing fatalities 4 per cent Swedish Wild Moose Eat Up Match Wood Toekoeplng, Sweden. — The Swedish wild moose Is threaten¬ ing the country's match Industry by feeding too generously on the aspen trees, from which matches are made. Thus the Vaestervlk Match company, In the central prov¬ ince of Smaaland, is asking the government for permission to kill the moose, regardless of existing game laws. For some years the factory has tried to raise these trees, but the attempts have been frustrated by the \monarch of the Swedish forests.\ Unre¬ stricted killing of the fastidious animals, which prefer their aspen young, Is regarded as the only remedy. i> o % i BACHELORS DEFEND UNMARRIED STATE Replies of Baltimore Men to German Statistics. ' Baltimore, Md.—Defending their \single blessedness,\ Baltimore bach- elors both differ and agree wltb the German statistical bureau, which, ac¬ cording to Berlin cables, has uncov¬ ered by scientific evidence that mar¬ ried men live longer than bachelors* but bachelors, widowers, and divorced men take first prize for good conduct. \Married men do not live longer.\ said Philip B. Perlman, former city solicitor. \As has been said by an authority on the subject, it only seems longer. It is, however, very true that we bachelors are more virtuous and therefore we should have the first prize. \It Is this virtue and goodness that makes our lives pass so quickly and seems to make them shorter. The' statistical bureau Is absolutely Incor¬ rect on Its first results and absolutely- correct when tt refers to our good conduct.\ \Feminist Propaganda.\ William H. Cbaffe, permanent chair¬ man of the Bal des Arts and one of the best known bachelors In Balti¬ more, said a part of the German con¬ clusions are nothing else but feminist propaganda. '*Tbe whole trouble is the girls can't find us,\ he explained. \We bach¬ elors are too cute for them. Becasse we elude tbera and stay by our nnas- salled firesides and they can't locate* us they think we are six feet under. \The glrlt are trying to make those German statisticians believe we die young as a means of making us corn* out of our biding places and prove we don't** \Ready to DIs.\ There can be no doubt about our good conduct I ara very glad some¬ body b'as found that out They say the bird files sigh when It escapes from a cage. We have no cages to escape from and, therefore, our con¬ duct Is always according to Uoyle or Emily Post.** . Frederick R. Huber, municipal di¬ rector of music and one of the city's \eligible bachelors,\ said he U \ready to die right aow.\ \If good conduct of bachelors Is n criterion,\ he added, \then all bach¬ elors are ready for the undertaker. The good die yetoog, you know. I don't know anytflt&g about married men living longer or why, because I've never had the marrying habit\ J. Wallace Bryan, attorney, was skeptical about the German deduc¬ tions. , \If I remarked about them,\ be said, \I might give away my friends or myself. I think discretion Is the better part of bachelorhood right now.\ Other well-known bachelors did not hesitate to give their private opinions, but ai one remarked, \We bachelors never are understood, and, no matter what we say or do, we get In bad.* 1 Syndicate to Dig for Pirate Gold in Florida Jacksonville, Fla.—Gold, precious stones, pirate loot perhaps the money the United 8tates paid for the Louisi¬ ana territory—that Is what a treasure- hunting syndicate of Jacksonville business men hope to find la a big Iron chest which they say they hare located In the quicksands of the 8u- wanee river. Once, they say, they lifted the con¬ centrated essence of wealth to within a few feet of the surface, only to see It drop back. But they saw that it was about 8% by 2ft by fiVi t—t and very heavy. They are quite sure It contains the loot of pirates who ones nsed the Florida coves. It is supposed they buried the chest In the sand, not knowing It was quicksand, and only modern engineering machinery can get It back. There Is also a theory that the $1^,000,000 paid Francs for Louisiana never reached Paris. It Is thought this treasure may bs con¬ tained In the chest. The treasure was located two years ago by a river man known here only as Uncle Tom. He went broke try¬ ing. Then the Hoover Lease Develop¬ ment company was formed and went to work. It Is digging about 25 miles from the mouth of the river at a place called Old Town. The nearest village, Cblefiand, is 14 miles away. Reindeer Herd on Long Trek to New Pasture Edmonton, Alberta.—Eleven tfcoti- sand, six hundred reindeer ana going on a long trek from their Yukon range to deeding grounds on the shore of Hudson bay. The herd was gathered 80 years ago with 1,240 animals as Its nucleus. Natural Increase accounts for the ex¬ pansion in numbers and also for the movement to new fields for grating. The shortest and easiest route • cross country 111 be sought Even so, the journey Is expected to consume 18 months. Progress of ten miles dally Is planned, with long halts whenever necessary for rest and grazing. • complete stop will be made during the breeding seasons. Quit the Job Utrecht, Holland.—A spinster here has eight pet cats which have three meals a day with her. She kisses them all goodnight A maid, ordered to do the rame, threw up her job, and the mistress had her In court for qulfr tlDg without notice. Tbe maid won, .
