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. 1 1 CHARLOTTE SUNDAY OBSERVER, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1920. SKr;vrw FACED TERROR FOR Japanese Blamed f,or Slaughter of Koreans. Whole Provinces Have Been De vastated Could Have Won Sympathy Given No Rights. by ciiarm:s j:d iu iioi.ri: Shanghai, Kcl. 1. Korea, tin; Uclglum of tho far rant, has Item t ho playground of Mars. for .Mongol. Manchu. t'hliic-v. and her own rival trilics have swcpl vutlilossly backward and forward over her lands devastating hamlets, vil lager, cities and whole provinces, mas. sacreing her people and lcav.ng termr and destruction in tiler wake. And in nearly every instance it lias been from the Japanese that she has sitf lercd most. Ieo)lo Slaughtered. When the Japntiese led hy Hlde yoshi Invaded Korea m the sixteenth century whole provinces wire laid waste, people were slaughtered t.y the thousands and conditions e steel that have not been forgotten hy the Ko reans to this day. Then came tho Kussi.ni and Jap anese rivalry anil the lUisso-.lapancso war, with Japan again tho ictor in 190;. Following the Japanese protoctoi ate which culminated in annexation of the country by Japan in l!il. Japan had the sympathy of must f the western world up to the time of the close of the Kusso-,Ih panose war and had she show n faith in fulfill ment of her treaties not only would sho have avoided the present revolt of Korea against Japanese domination, but. further, she could have created a contented colony. Korean rule was corrupt and parasit c ami the lot of the masses was undeniably hard. Through contrast. the Japanese .ould have won lovally had she seen fit to carry out her promise of an honest admlnlstrat on, material ben efits to the Korean poople, certain freedom and fari dealing. Hut, using the same tactics that she has applied In China In the last few yiarn, Nippon showed her Intention of closng her grip on the unfortunate nation. Support of corrupt Interests, stuffing of official posts with dummies instructed to foreclose the nation's In dependence and similar methods were employed. The Koreans must shoul der a share of the burden. They sat supinely by while the Japanese, stood over finporor and cabinet w th drawn swords anil forced a conquest as clear ly as though by armed Invasion. Had she given Korea fair play It would have made China, similarly facing decay, less resolute in her op position to Japanese encroachment; opposit on that lias taken the form of a boycott on Japanese goods and which has becmo so widespread as to have caused genuine concern m Nip pon's commeix'ial circles. Tho Korean was iriven almost no centuries. . ,Khts In, his own country. lie has Japanese no pol tical representation and the few petty otlbes doled out to natives or the country ure thoroughly safe guarded by Japanese advisers who hold all the authority. There is in freedom of speed. No gathering, even oY a social nature, of more than Ihreo persons is allowed. There Is no freedom of press. There Is no newspaper printed in the Korean language and edited by a Korean published In that land. Prom ses of reforms have been - made last March, In fact, when 1111 ron Sai'o inaugurated u raw ad ministration but thus far th. y have ! ii carried out only m a minor de cree. And if they A'.'re carried out in full it is doubtful if the v.)lt of the Xoieans would subside. They have risen ag i!ns' assimila tion; th.-y maintain llui'. their race linrst liv '. .'ru'v li e Hermit K niom his ot ciiii." t Ir- 1 'ermi t King b n. 1 1 : I ly Swuttcr l.nw. An oH'.i'al ordiiiain. bi one com n unity, is on ren i d and this Is ;.-ily instantiated, pr.r.id" that . ery i- i an li.ive a lly v. atter, :n th. interests of sanitation. The Inevitable inspector found that one family of live persons had only BATS AND CRABS RICH SOURCES OF COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS BY S. P. VERNER. (Written Especially for Tho Observer) The heavily Increased demand for nitrogenous commercial it-iinzer oM , . , - bringing into tho market rnateritilsf wero aIwa8 regarded as more of a cities and towns. Tho crabs never have been esteemed for food, and little thought of before. Latin American countries are finding new sources of profltablo business in dis posing of what was regarded u.s waste unt 1 recently. Two of theso are of n sort that may bo expected to becor. o a permanent industry as long as tho prices Justify. Hat guano and dried crabs are being purchased by the tlllzer factories in the I'nlted States at prices that are causing cxploratlo is for new bat caves and the collection of the shore-crabs in many parts of cen tral America, where the information has reached the natives that thes.; materials are salable. nuisance than anything olso. They are easy to catch, but It has not been regarded, as worth whllo U catch them for tho sake of any plantations, as it was easier to plant bey i id their range, ltut it ought to bo profitable to catch and send them to local buy ers for shipment to fertilizers factor ies at present prices. Dried crab con tains phosphate, n'.l'.egei; anl ;ime. The vam,iiiv and oilu.i I if. Is manu facture nitrogen on a large scale whore they i.iiij'riyi:.! in numbers in limestone caves, and the bat fauna is very abundant In Central America. The nocturnal habits of the creatures ln- The crab as a source of fertilizer : volving their sleeping in the day-t me. Is almost something new under tho and their gregarious instinct In roost ing, has made It easy to sittdy them, sun. Hitherto it has been only as ll bye-product of the fisheries that tho ugly crustacean has helped to raise cotton and corn, butjt has been found that the species of crab that only few will cat, the hard-shelled resident along the shore line of central and northern South Amer'ca, makes good soil food, and the crabs occur In quan tities sufficient to make it worth while to collect them. They are very much In evidence In Panama. They were long the bane of the people of Colon who wished to have flower or vegetable gardens. They live in holes 111 the earth above high tide to a d stance of 200 yards from the water. An acre of low coast land will show as many as 60.000 of these holes, big and small. This crab Is the hard-shelled variety of a tropical species, and Is vastly more abundant along the Caribbean shore than far- and to collect facts about their riat ural history. It Is a safe estimate that tho bats in the republ c of Panama aro making not less than I'u.OOJ tons of nitrogenous fertilizer per year, worth more than a million dollars, and all of It In caves and other places where it Is not lost, und may eventually bo recovered. A local entomologist on the Isthmus sees no reason why bats may not be put to work as a regular Industry. A colony of ten thousand bats would give a man an Income of a hundred dollars a month, without feeding them they destroy all sorts of noxious In sects, moths, caterpillars, mosquitoes, (they might solve the boll-weevil prob lem if bred in sufficient numbers), and they can be induced to rojst in ar tificially furnished quarters. The bat has beon foolishly exter -eats tender grass, roots. decaying vegetation, certain sorts of Rea-weed four swatters. A 1 0-months-old baby ,.,1V i.,. n" ,,., ,, ' The fi.i.illv lvim i ' r . . . ' R was without one. The family wus tilled ltut not all ofTlciaJ oppression Is so i : i wa I as t Irs. Don 't Be Weak and & Inefficient MM! connsra IMOGEN a MlUn. flkribi Tsule ' mi faasrsl Imltr " St?, ' mu. Don't drag around from day to day in a worn-out condition, lacking energy, ambition, strength and endurance. If you are nervous, pale, thin and easily exhausted if your di gestion is poor, your blood impover ished, your kidneys, liver and bowels luggish TAKE MALTOGEN Thii preparation is a compound of well known medicines that aid in the digestion and assimilation of the food, build up the blood and purify it hy increasing the elim inative powers of the kidneys, liver and bowels. It is complete in itself and all that nature needs to tone up the entire system. Maltogen increases your weight. It builds up a reserve of strength and endurance, thus enabling you to resist disease. Maltogen is exactly the thing that convalescents need a general reconstructor of worn-out bodies. For Sale at Good Drug Stores $1.20 S5 cane, etc., planted too near the water. Fortunately It does not go far from salt water. The possibility of selling these crabs Is an Important fact for the rosidonts along tho coasts, usually fishermen and small fanners of limit ed means. They constituto a distinct element In central American popula t on, choosing to live In their huts along shore mainly because of their love of independence, and genera tions of them have grown up In thinly spread out settlements between tho ther north. It is chiefly herbivorous i ni'nated In many regions. He helps to maintain the equilibrium of nature ns much as any creature known. He is usually harmless tho vampire is now known not to be nearly as dan gerous as once thought, and tht vam pire is only one species in a big genus, and there was no good reason for his destruction, except ugliness, and the small boy with his gun did the coun try real damage when he made the poor creature's hideousness tlfo ercuse for his death. Rut they still exist In enormous numbers In tropical Amer ica, and a wlso policy will conserve them. Brevard, X. C. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Any rader rn gt tht answer to any qumtlon by wrltln The Charlottn Ob wver Information Bureau, Fredrrlo J. Ilaskln. Director. Wanlilnf ton, I). C. Tho burr a a cannot aire advice on trial, medical, and financial mattrrs. 1It full name and addrraa and melon two rent stamp for mtnrn poatace. All re plies are sent direct to the Inquirer. THE HASKIN LETTER. BY FREDEIUC J. HASKIN SHALL WOMEN SMOKE? I 'Washington. J). ('.. Feb. hlt J may prove to io tne nrst name in . .... . . 'the war against the use of tobacco is ir possiDio ror a citizen or the i ln ,h i-nited States particularly as l ,. , w.'u,: also a citizen JlpjH 'The beverage . II . SWalt Harrow tones and enriches the II , . II blood, brings the glow of health. I ! II It sharpens the appetite, revives U ! 1 II mental energy. n U Drink it with your meals ljw a U and between meals jl J B The Tonic cftheAce fjlJl Order it by the Case llKL I c-Valaer BottIing Miim V 'tK lItrl lu lor y As'ifF "$4 , ', O. pm "fy- 'i ... ' ''ll' iU ' I ' I (, t I , ' la l . Q . fnited States to be of another country ; W. D. C. ; A. Some foreign countries do not i expatriate their own nationals who ' come to tho I'nlted States and are naturalized. The native land of some ; of these naturalized Americans still regards them as citizens. Under the laws and regulations of the two coun- ; tries this man Is n citizen of both. Q Is there such a product grown ; as colored cotton? r. n. A. A Georgia planter is just re ported to have produced cotton, the staple of which Is a pronounced t'reen. . Agriculturists and scientists ha long ' been endeavoring to produce a cotton i plant bearing a colored fiber. Q. Is the same 12-hour clock sys tem used In Itrazil as In the United Statos? O. T. F. A. In Rrazilian time the "4-hour I svsyiii is quite generally followed. j Thus dinner might b served at 19 i o'clock. The hours are counted from !. midnight, and run from one to l!4. ! ; Q. What country or countries have taken over tho German colonies In j Africa? j I B- E- I i A. The United States public health I service says that typhoid Inoculation I I should bo repeated every three years, I While Inoculation against typhoid' fever has proved highly successful, the public health service says that : there should be no relaxation of ef- ' forts along sanitary lines. i Q. Van you tell me what the i stamp language is? . W. M. S. A. It Is as follows: Stamp placed ups'de down on left corner I lovs you: left corner crosswise my heart is another's; straight up and down goodbye, sweetheart: upside down on the right corner -write no more; in the middle at the top -yes; In tho right hand corner at a right angle . do you love me?; In the middle at the bottom- no; in the left hand cor ner at r'ght angle T lint you; top cor ner nt right I wish your fr'endshlp; on lino with surname accept my love; same upside down I am en gaged; same at right angles I long to see you. Q. Does a United States copyright for a musical composition Insure lu ternatiorail protection ? G. W. P. A. The Copyright ofllce says that n copyright obta ned in the United States does not insure protection in foreign countries. If protection is de- ! sired in nny foreign country, nppllca- Hon must be made to the copyright i office of that country. Q. Who is the author of the quota - tion "All things ciime to liim who will ' but wait?" M. i:. O. A. This quotation Is from Long fellow's student's tale In his work en ; titled "Tales of a Wayside Inn." The same though, worded somewhat dif ferently, lias been ued frequently by other authors. Pisraeli in his "Tanrred." says that "Kvervthlng comes If a man will only wait." Q. What is the significance of the abbreviation "Ksq." as used after a surname ? I. I,. P. A. "K-w." is the abbreviation for the word "K quire." which !s the title of courtesy used chieflv In Great Hr'tnln. It or ginnlly applied to the landed gentry, and, therefore. still carrljs with it the linpl'cation of gentility and position. When it is written after the surname the prefix "Mr." Is om'tted. It is now used quite generall In lmgland. Q. What is ii star route? F. G. H. A. The postidllce department savs that a star route Is a mail route that Is lei by contract, usually from a. rail road town to some In und postofflce ' through sparey settled territory. It got Its nnrjjaJf the use of a star in : t'o postoffl T department records to distinguish it from other mall routes. As peiqiat ion grows in the territory of th --r routes, rural delivery Is substl f ew newly applied to women waged here in the Women's Citj' club. More than 2,000 representative wo men of the national capital belong to this club, the membership list In cluding wives of cabinet member-;, women of oongr: sslonal circles, a prominent professional and. society women. The club is housed in i beautiful residence overlooking La fayette square, just across from ih white house. At on time duiinff re pairs on the executive mansion, the present club was the temporary home of former President Roosevelt and his family. Immediately upon the opening of the club, house in November pressure was brought to bear upon the board of directors for permission, not only for the masculine guests of the club to smoke, but for the members thom 8 Ives to enjoy this privilege. It was suggested that a smoking room be furnished where members of the club and their feminine friends could In dulge themselves1 with a puff at their favorite fag. Tn response to the demand the board gave directions for the furn ishing of suitable quarters for the smokers, designating a large front i room on the third floor as tho pros pective smoking room. The furnish ings were purchased and a notice posted on the club bulletin board to the effect that In accordance with the wishes of the members the smoking room would be opened within a short time. Tho notice was observed by members who gasped and exclaimed and then the battle was on. "Outrageous," declared Mrs. Emma S. Hhelton, president of the District of Columbia Women's Christian Tem perance union. "I am simply amazed ; that they even contemplate such a thing. I shall certainly oppose the move." "It's unwomanly," declared Mrs. Court F. Wood, former president of the District of Columbia Federation of Women's clubs. "Smoking Is to be recommendtd neither for its clean liness, nor its thriftlness. I am sure tho majorlty of tho members will op- i pose It." "I believe In letting women do as they please," was the retort of the opposition, voloed by Mrs. Mlna C. Van Winkle, head of the woman's bureau of the District of Columbia police department, and prominent In social work among women. "If they want to smoke, let 'em. I do not, but it is because I don't like to do It." "If this club is going to be either a kindergarten or ay Sunday school, I shall send in my , resignation," de cared other members, who were dev otees of the weed. For two months the argument be tween the opposing factions waxed hot and furious, until the harried board of directors decided to put the matter to a vote, setting an early date 1 In January 'for the decision. This j meeting was well attended. Friends and enemies of My Lady Nicotine ' turned out In full force. There were ! so many arguments pro and con that 1 a final decision was postponed until another meeting In February- At the February meeting the smo kers won. and the board of directors was Instructed to complete the prep aration for the smoking room. But despite the settlement of the cUspute In favor of the smokers, the oher ! side declared the war was not over. ! Mrs. Theodore Moore, vice president I of the W. C. T. U., hinted that the matter might . culminate In a natlon- wide campaign on the part of her I organization to abolish the cigarette. I "Th time Is not ripe as yet." sho said I ominously, "but " Possibly this incident will preclpl- fate the long-threatened fight-to-the-I finish between the anti-tobacco forces of the country and tho tobacco lnter- ests. Alarmed by the reports of th among young lng to their more swdentary life, yield to the habit with far greater abandon than men, and the woman who en Joys h. r cigarette can hardly endure being separated from It for any length of time. The question of smoking In the Women's City club la brought Into the argument.1! These women, they point out, were accustomed to smoking In their own homes, and could not spend even ,a few hours away from that home without their tobacco, while a man. even a regular smoker, can, and frequently does, go for hours without even touching tobacco of any kind. "The nervous constitution of a wo man," they argue, "can be compared to that of an adolescent boy, and the effects of tobacco upon her is similar In its effects on Immature youth." "The most serious factor, however, is the Innate physical difference be tween men and women. Involving a difference In responsibility, a differ ence In duties and privileges. It Is admitted that the tobacco habit whei contracted must be satisfied at a) times. The woman must bear he children for nine months, .. durlni which time the undeveloped child I drugged by tobacco Jn the blood o: the smoking mother. She nurses net child for many months, and' if tht mother uses tobacco, it is present ir. distinct quantities In the milk. "No taaton can maintain the vlgot which has characterized the Ameri can people if its women smoke. Ar earnest appeal should be -made to th women to refrain from the use of to bacco In the name of their country' welfare, no matter what strict justlc may declare their right and prlvllegi to be." One of the most costly books in the world is a Bible In Hebrew. An offer of its weight In gold was once made, and It was ascertained that this offer amounted to $102,000. which was refused, and the volume Is still In the library of the Vatican. has just been glrlSi tne jiethodHt Episcopal board of i temperance has already fired the opening shot, particularly stressing the injurious effects of the habit on the h nlth of women. They deplore the habit as a "phase of the present 1 i feminism that claims for women wry privilege enjoyed by men. Con- rning the Justice of this demand her - can be no question. Concern ing its expediency, much can be said." Women as a rule, they claim, ow- Constipated ChildreniGIadly Take California Syrup of Figs" For the Liver .find Bowels Tell your druggist you want genuine California Syrup of Figs." Full directions and dose for babies and children of all ages who are constipated, bilious, feverish, tongue coated, or full of cold, are plainly printed on the bottle. Look for the name "California" and accept no other "Fig Syrup." ffrv lliTi Wit "Mr. Banjo Himself" Chas. Ryden Astoria World! Renowned Banjoist Now with Garber-Davis Novelty Society Orchestra Address at New Central Hotel Charlotte, N. C. 'UlinilllllflrCllll 1111 l!l!fl'WWilill!;(tifT,im,;fffli,!f SlimmitM'HltmMMtem tiiiiiimtfliliiliil IlIUUdKlMIWIWUUUHWIls The 1'ulted State ban been supph -lug English cotton manufactures with raw material since 1 7 J 1 . IS XSfa Most Beautiful Car inAmerica The Newest and Finest of AH Light Sixes In these days of advanced engi' neering it is a very simple matter to design a six'Cylinder motor that is both powerful and speedy. The complications arise, how ever, when to. these qualities, must be added new standards of dependability and economy of operation. There, in one paragraph, you have an explanation of the three years of experiment and testing behind our new fivepassenger "Glen' brook" model. A few months would have suf ficed to, produce the "average" power plant and chassis but we have never been interested in "average" achievements. So we worked for three long years, patiently meeting and solving every problem that confronted us. Then came the final test" the merciless trials of power, speed and endurance and the proud realization that our car was indeed the finest of all light sixes. The rest of the story you probably know, for the public has rendered its verdict in no uncertain terms. The "Glenbrook" stands unchal' lenged as the greatest dollar-fop dollar value in the field of five passenger motor cars. We predict that it will, main tain this position for several seasons to come. PAIGE-DETROIT MOTOR CAR COMPANY, DETROIT, Michigan TRIANGLE MOTOR SALES COMPANY Charlotte, N. C. 204 N. College St. Phone 2751 m jj llilBI, jl
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