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Test Vote Indicates World
Court Resolution Will
Win in the Senate.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
WHAT was regarded as a test vote
on the world cowrt proposition
was taken in the senate Wednesday
I and It indicated that ttie upper house
1 will pass the resolution for American
; adherence to the tribunal. The vote
; was on Senator Reed's resolution call*
| ing for an investigation of the financing
of the world court propaganda.
The foreign relations committee reported
against the Missourlan's tueas!
ul*e on the ground that the proposed
inquiry "would tend to delay action
| on the world court proposal." Reed
1 then presented his resolution to the
senate, and made a characteristic
speech accusing the international
hankers, especially the house of Mor
gan, of putting up the money for the
l propaganda and attacking the settlements
of foreign, war debts. His resolution
was defeated by a vote of 5-1
to 16.
The senators voting for an investigation
which many of them declared
! they welcomed because, as they said.
It would "show up the world court"
were:
Ashurst (Dem? Ariz.), Rlease
(Dem.. S. C.). Borah (Rep.. Idaho),
Brookliart (Rep.. Iowa). Dill (Dem.,
Wash.), Frazier (Rep., N. D.). Harreld
(Rep., Okla.), Hiram Johnson
(Rep., Cal.). Ilowell (Rep., Neb.), La
j Follette (Rep.. Wis.), Mi-Master (Rep.,
| [ S. D.), MeNary (Rep., Ore.), Norris
f (Rep., Neb.), James Reed (Dem..
Mo.). Schall (Rep., Minn), and
j Wheeler (Dem., Mont.).
Opponents of American membership
! In the court admitted*after this that
the adhesion resolution probably
j would be carried, but they were plani
ning to delay the final vote as long as
j possible, hoping to "educate the counj
try" on what they call "the crime of
the world court's Mosul decision," and
; other "injustices'" with which they
I charge the court and other "menaces"
j which they see Ip it.
^ ' j Senator Bruce of Maryland rather
I dismayed the world court advocates
; Tdesday by ^frankly declaring the
i resolution was a step toward Ameri|
can membership In the League of Xa-,
1 tlons. Said he:
"The entry of the United States
j into the world court would doubtless
I be followed eventually by its entry
; Into the league of Nations. . . .
I Nothing can commit us to the full extent
of our International duty except
membership in the League of Nations,
i . . . In other words, I am for the
world court with or without the
League of Nations; preferably with
j it, but cordially even without ft."
Senator Willis of Ohio, who the day
j before had made an eloquent spqech
l in, favor the court, was heard to
|say- sadlfv;' "We can take care of our
enemies, but God save us from our
friends."
PRESIDENT COOIJDGE sent a special
message to congress announcing
the government's plans for participation
in the preliminary disarmament
conference called by the League
(>f Nations and asking for an appropriation
of $50,000 to defray the expenses
of the American delegation,
"pie horse foreign affairs committee
Sroinptly adopted a resolution aulorizing
this expenditure and rejected
an amendment to instruct the
American delegates to presep4_a resoI
lit ion to outlaw nations that start
A'ars of aggression.
In his message the President said:
i "Participation in the work of tite
preparatory commission involves no
ciommftment with respect to attends
ance upon any future conference or
conferences! on reduction and llmita/
t^oh of armaments: and the attitude
of this government in that regard
cannot be defined In advance of the
calling of such meetings."
I While stating that in his .opinion
ttjis is neither the time nor tlie place
to discuss the agenda of the prepara
If/ales to Pay Visit
to Canadian Ranch?
jLondon.?The prince-of Wales will
vi^it his ranch In Canada during the
present year, according to reports currept
in court circles.
(The report has set tongues w agging,
- jh iiiwa la much coniecture as to
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trip.
Rumor still persists that the prince
will marry during the coming year,
and Princess Astrid of Sweden is stil
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for proposed new State Depa'tinent bull
tnrv rnmmksinn or to assess tbe nros- I 4
pects of any conference which may
later be convened, the President said
he understood that all aspects of the
question of disarmament will be thoroughly
discussed before pi ins are
completed for a later conference. (
"The council of tlie League of Nations
believes," said the P-esident,
"that the time lias come for studying
the practical possibilities of the reduction
and limitation of armaments s
and expresses the hope that at this v
time, when all the nations of the li
world are convinced of a common t
need, it will be able to couni on the I
co-operation of the governmet t of the r
United States in a work which so
closely concerns the peace of the
world."
INVESTIGATION of the irtiflcial }
A control of the prices of rubber, coffee,
Egyptian long staple cott >n, cam- e
phor, iodine, nitrates, potash, mercury
I and sisal wus begun by til i house
committee on interstate and foreign '
commerce. It Is largely aimed at
Great Britain's government lly monopolized
production of rubier and
Brazil's control of coffee. Secretary
Hoover was the first witness, and in 1
a long and carefully prepared state- y
ment he declared the conditions under
inquiry constituted "a growing menace
in International commerce and relations."
What he has learned of the secrets '
of governments which have set out to
enrich their nationals at the expense
of America, Mr. Hoover deemed too J
sensutional and inflammatory to submit
to the committee in open session,
He asked and was accorded an ex- 1
ecutlve session In which be i old the J
onmmittpp the inside storv of these, r
governmental manipulations and gave (
Information on others now be ng- con- ]
templated. To have disclosed these j
matters openly, Mr. Hoover feared, j
would provoke international discord. ,
Secretary Hoover revealed, among |
other things, that the Coolidge admin- .
istration had sought without success s
to Induce Great Britain, Bra til, and ]
the otlier nations involved t > aban- ]
don manipulation of the production J
and price of the commodities n ques- ,
tlon. He opposed reprisals or other ,
offensive measures. I
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THE house passed the first of the ,
annual apprmriatlon measures, ,
that for the PostTlffice and Treasury ]
departments. Carrying a total cf $867,- j
600.000. including the allotments for I i
the enforcement of prohibitioti. Bills ,
were Introduced in both housei to au- ]
tliorlze appropriations of $1.">0 000,000 |
for public buildings, one-third of
which shall be spent in Washington.
Representative king and
Senator McKinle.v. both of Illi- 1
nois, have introduced their measures '
designed to relieve the farmer. The
King bill would create a government f
corporation with a capital ol $200.- 1
000,000 "to take loans for agricultural 1
purposes. McKinley's bill seeks to 1
place farm commodities on t tariff '
equality with otlier commodities and
provides for the Issuance of export
equalization debentures to stimulate
exportation of farm products. The (
debentures would he negotiable and
would he received by the treasury at L
pur in payment of import duties.
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N'KAIILY all the house aineimnienrs ,
to administrative provisi >ns of |
I tlie new revenue bill were approved ,
by the senate finance coin init tee. ,
which then recessed to 'peril it the ,
Democrats to prepare their tux pro- .
I gram. This program will prov de for |
j a total tax reduction of S IPO. HX1000 j
I instead of the $.'t2-".000.0()0 provided
| for in the house hill. Secretary Meli
Ion says the latter amount should not
| he exceeded.
WAK debt settlements made with <
Italy, Rumania. Belgium, (tzecho- |
slovakin. Latvia and Ksthonlai were <
approved by the house ways and 1
means committee, but that will Italy '
will be opposed on the floor if the !
house by a considerable number of 1
j representatives, led by Kainev ^>f Hit- I
i tiois and Hull of Tennessee. T1 ey in- |
tend to tell congress what they think i
of the Mussolini dictatorship. The I
Rumanian settlement has resulted in 1
tlie recall of Prince Bibeseo," minister <
j to Washington, who will lie given an- '
otlier'post. . t
picked as the likeliest bride, despite I
denials which have been freely made \
by both the British and Swedish }
courts.
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Nearly every one In London claims i
to know All alxiut the prince's plans i
for matrimony, hut it hose few"persons i
who are really close to the prince of t
Wales are frank to admit that they \
do not know Just wl\at plans he lias J
made. |
In the best Informed court circles j
it is believed that pcsalbly the prince i
may be given an opportunity to meet J
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oliefs imported to man t ho {rondoding
in Washington.
^ IpM. T. II. PA NO AT.OS. premier
s-J of Oreece, set up a dletatorship
or that country with himself at its
end, and postponed indefinitely tlie
enaforial elections which had been
lie Cause of political trouble. Next
lay lie formally declared the Greek
epublican constitution null and void
nd explained that' his action was
nade necessary by the quarrels of
larliatnentary politicians. lie was
upported by the army, but the navy
ras holding o(f. I.ater I'angalos said
ie had discovered a plot for tlie reurn
of King George to tlje throne,
lis (irst repressive 'measure was diected
against the monasteries.
rjUNT.ARY Is "enjoying" one of the
greatest sensations of recent
ears. A conspiracy to forge thirty
>11! ions of French francs was uncovered
a.nd one of the first men arrested
vas' Prince Ludwig Windlst hgraetz,
tead of one of the oldest and most
Illustrious families in the country,
ie confessed and other prominent
nen were taken into custody, includng
noblemen and army officers and
lie chief of the state police. Appar?ntly
the state printing machinery
vas Used by the forgers. The Social
democrats assert the fuscisti of Ilunrary
engineered the plot to get funds
'or a movement to place Archduke Al)recht
on the throne. He tias been
seeking thut honor but the legitimists,
leaded by Premier Count Uethlen,
lave insisted that the crown should
ro to;I'rince Otto, the little son of the
ate Eroneror Charles.
PRINCE CAROI. of Rumania, haying
renounced his fight to succeed
0 the throne and his membership in
he foyal family, retired to Milan,
Italy, ' where it was reported lie was
laying devoted . attentions to Mme.
ilagda l.upescu, the beautiful wife of
1 Rumanian major. To interviewers
le said his action was taken "for the
;ood |of the soul," was purely personal,
and that the stories to the ef'eet
that he was jilotting against (lie
Rumanian monarchy were unfounded.
\mong the many rumors were stories
hat ;Carol quit because his mother,
Jueen Marie, insisted on supporting
I'romier Tti-atlnno: and that the uueen
tiad forced Carol to the act of renunciation.
It was reported, however,
[hat both Queen Marie and Trim-ess
llelene, Carol's wife, were going to
Milan to try to induce him to rescind
his action. Meantime the king hud
tccepted the renunciation and Crime
Michael, little son of Carol, had been
proclaimed heir apparent.
QCEKN MOTHER MAHHHKRITA
of Italy, widow of the assassinated
king Humbert, died Monday at
Bordigtyiera at the age of sevent.v-foui
rears. ' All her later years had heen
spent In charitable activities and she
vas greatly loved by the people. Afer
anlj elaborate funeral In Rome her
tody was laid In the Pantheon' beside
that of iter husband.
L
IK THE two chief warriors of China
keei|> their words, that distracted
ountry nitty have :t period of peace.
Marshal Chang of Manchuria, after
winning a great victory over [lie part
>f liis jarmy that revolted, and gaining
possession of Mukden, declared he
ivas about to retire permanently from
public ife. About tlie same time Cen?ral
Keiig, who had occupied Tientsin
ind Peking, announced his immediate
retirement. Nest came, the official
innoumjsement that Ttntn Chi-jtii had
irepared a mandate for his own resgiiatioti
as president.
Americans were considerably
interested in the sudden mar iage
of Ellin Mackay. datigliter of
"larencei Mackay, the multimillionaire
^resident of the Tostal Telegraph
'oiupanyS and Irving Berlin, once a
Bowery 'waiter and now called the
'song king." The young couple,sought
VIr. Mammy's approval of the tnilr-iage,
but up to the time of writing
le lias withheld It. Indeed, it is reported
in| New York that be has made
i new will which cuts the bride off
from atijl share in Ids millions. Mr.
Berlin isi a Jew and Mrs. Berlin a
'alhoiic. ji She is ltiglily educated,
videly traveled and has been prominent
in spciety.
.
Princess KAstrid, but there is doubt
.yhetlier Anything has been settled as.
ret.
No definite datej lias been set for
lie prince's propdsed Canadian trip
ind it is not known whether the prince
ntends tolj visit the United States. If
he prince heeds ;>aternal advice he
Mil probably not visit the United
States, fot|l it is whispered that neither
ihe king nor the jueen was greatly
kleased with net results of the last
rislt which thk nrince m?<ie ?n
fork city. ) I
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t TOLD IN 8HORT PARA- 1
I GRAPHS FOR BUSY PEOPLB X
Clarkton.?Costoa Cain of Bladenboro
tkras accidentally shot in the
thigh ^rhen a shot gun in the hands
af Wiljbur Packer went off unexpectedly.
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High Point.?The Guilford county
board [of commissioners have appropriated
J100 per month for the High
Point (library, it was announced by
Carter!Dalton, president of the library
association.
Wington-Salem.?During the year
1925 there were 688 births recorded in
Forsyt^i county, against a total of
242 deaths. These figures dd not include
t)he births and deaths in the city.
Rockjy Mount.?The Tidewater Power
conipany, with state headquarters
at Wilmington, is vitally interested
in a |)ower expansion program for
eastern North Carolina1 and a survey
is already under war, it was learned
here.
Wasljiington/?Petition for the estabishment
of a postofTice at Cloudland,
In Mit chell county, was received by
Senatof F. M? Simmons, through
Senatoi- Tyson, of Teneusese, from
James A. Maher.
High Point.?Births Were more than
double the deaths in this city during
J?~,l-~ ?? fio-ureS compiled
IV 6'0 f (ItCUJUJiig kV -- o by
the j vital statistician. A total ot
891 births as against 374 deaths was
recorded in the 12-months period.
Washington.?John Hbdges, aged
80, wad found dead by Guy Sawnner,
of Washington township. The body
lay alpost in a ditch bhside the road
about three miles frop town, near
the Robt. Bright place.
Gastonia.?Frank C. j Abernethy,
prominent banker of this city, his
wife and two small children, underwent
the Pasteur treatment following
the discovery that their ijousehold pet
dog, an Eskimo Spitz, hlad rabies.
Albemarle.?The board of county
commissioners at their regular monthly
meeting, ordered an ejection to be
held in this county on February 16th,
for the purpose of voting on a bond
Issue of $250,000 for building a new
court house.
Raleigli.?At Governor AJcLean'e
request, |he warrant charging tip executive
with exceeding the speed limit
in Nashville, N. C., |on December
31, will be withdrawn, and another
will be issued for Hugh Davis, the governor's
chauffejy
Kinston.?The successful effort of
the local Daughters of the American
Revolution to loqate the grave of
William Herritage, colottiel secretary
and local celebrity, has hot discouraged
the women, who are searching old
graveyards in two or three counties
for the remains.
Raleigb^-Deputy Sheriff L. L. Bla
lock, of Lexington, arrived at the
state's prison with Leon Strum, an
escaped prisoner, whom he brought
back from California. Strum escaped
from state's prison three ydars *ago
while doing twenty-five years for second
degree murder.
Durham.?A movement which may
result in every railroad track now
entering the city of Durhi m, and literally
cutting the city in twain, being
removed and placed on ,'1 he outskirts
of the city, has been started by Uie
members of the board of council, and
the city attorney has besn given Instructions
to proceed wiiili an investigation
with a'view of I ringing this
about.
Asheville.?A full gro+ n mountain
eagle, "large as a turkey,' and weighing
fully 20 pounds, is t sing exhibited
in a cage in the office )f Dr. M. M.
Leonard, veterinarian. 8^ North Lexington
avenue. The hui e bird, the
only specimen of the ^ nd seen in
Buncombe county in many years, was
captured by a farmer a f^w days ago,
Greensboro.?Mrs. Liitie McFarland,
who lives near Guililord College,
sold 886 pounds of huj er in 1925
from the milk that she received from
three cows. This amout t was sold
after the family used all ^hat it need
ed. Mrs. McFarland thihts that the
large quantity of pure yellow butter
that she got came as a rejuult of feeding
cotton seed meal and soy beans.
Mount t Olive.?Somewhere Within
ho mnfinfto of Dunlin rtmintv ther?
lives another "meanest" man. About
five miles southeast of h^re in Duplin
resides W. A. House; a helpless
paralytic. He has a wife and two or
three small children. About Christmas
time .acocrding to reports, some
one visited his barn and stole his entire
harvest of sweet potatoes.
Kinston.?The highest legitimate
price paid for tobacco here during the
past four months was $1 a pound, according
to buyers. A number of sales
at that figure were recorded. In a
few instances $1.10 was paid for "sen-<
timental" reasons, mostly by warehousemen
who bought the weed
privately from growers.
Jonesboro.?Lacy Watkojn, is dead
as the result of drinking wood alcohol.
According to information, Watson
drank the poison in ignorance of the
deadly effect. A physician was called
but shortly after his arrival Watson
$ed in great agony.
Durham.?William T. Johnson, of
PIttsboro, was exonerated by Sheriff
John F. Harward of responsibility for
the death of Miss Nancy Hutchlns, 23,
who was fatally Injured when struck
by Johnson's truck at tie corner of
Cleveland and Hdlloway streets.
Greensboro.?Hie board of stewards
of West Market Street Methodist
church here, largest and richest congregation
in the city, bought |64,000
worth of real estate, th< deed being
slgped, upon which to enct a parsonage
for the director of religious eduoation
and to provide for izpanston }a
religious education, ..
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By JOHK DICKINSON SHERMAN
HAWAII Is making tentative
I >lang for an elaborate celebration
In 1928 of the one
hundred and fiftieth anilversary
of the discovery of
the islands by Capt. Jumes
A Cook. It Is to be hoped that
tuch an observance of this
? < lscovery Is made?and on a
icale befitting the lmpor
tance to the United States
of the voyiglng In the Pacific of this
famous English navigator. For this
importance Is large. Captain Cook set
In motion forces which had a much
ornn for Influanoa nn Hia norl u Hovolnn.
ment of A nertca thin a casual reading
of our history reveals. ^
Here Is a brief chronology ot the
Hawaiian islands useful In connection
with this story: '|
The Islar ds were probably known to'
Europeans as early as 1527^ but were
<put on the map by Cook in 1778. He
was killed there by natives t{ie next
year. The natives were a seml-clvlllzed
peofle- of Malayo-I'olyneslan
stock unde* a feudal system of government,
.with a king on each of the
eight harilt ible islands. In 1790 King
Kamehamelia of Hawaii subdued his
rivals and founded a kingdom that
lasted until 1894. Christianity was Introduced
from America In 1820 by missionaries.
In 1840 Kamehameha III
promulgated a constitution establishing
civil r ghts. In 1852 came suffrage
and a legislature. In 1894 there
was a successful revo'ution against
Queen Llliuokalanl and a republic was
proclaimed. In 1895 the queen abdicated.
A?i ust 12, 1898, Hawaii was
annexed to the United States. June
14, 1900, It lecame a territory.
Cool 's Several Voyages.
Capt. Janes Cook (1728-79) was the
son of a Yorkshire farm laborer. He
volunteered in the Royal navy in 1755
and four years later was in command
of the Merc ury at Halifax. The Royal
society selected him to command an
expedition t) the Pacifle to observe the
transit of Venus.
This first voyage (o the Pacific was
In 1768-71. On his second, 1872-75, he
sailed 60,00) miles and encircled the
Antarctic region from New Zealand to
Cape Horn.
tin Pnolt*? flrcf 'fttnpo ho hurl ?
VII VyVVi? 111 "I I UQV sauva u
mortality of 46 per cent. On his second
lie had made such excellent and
radical arrangements for health that
he lost only one mnn out of 118. For
this service he was made captain and
the Royal scciety gave him the Copely
medal "for service to humanity and
the maritime world."
i Upon the hffer of a reward of $100,000
for the discovery of a northwest
passage from the Pacific Cook volunteered
to take command and sailed
with the Resolution and Discovery In
1776 by way of Africa. In 1778 he dlsMoisture
in Space
The weather bureau says that the
amount of water vapor that can exist
as an Invisible gas in a given space
Increases with temperature up to the
boiling point. Hence warm air can
contain more moisture than can cold
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air. As a ruie, inereiore, i.nere is
more moisture in the air in the summed
time than during any other seaSon.
During the winter, however,
the air, though having less moisture
Great American Poet
Sidney Lanier was one of the foremost
American poets. As a young
man, he entered the Civil war and
served until takau a prisoner. The experience
of way affected his health
and caused tuberculosis. Much of his
mature life was spent in Baltimore,
where he was connected with the PeahnHw
Institute and- lectured at Johns
Hopkins university. Probably his
greatest poem Is "The Hymn to the
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covered an island of the Hawaiian
group. Then he surveyed the American
coast until stopped by Ice In Bering
strait. The winter of 1779 found
him back In the Islands, where he discovered
Hawaii and Maul. He named
the archipelago Sandwich Islands,
after the Earl of Sandwich.
Cook was killed In a small affair
wlfh notlvofl rtr% Homoll ftrDr tho fh^ft
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of a boat. Copk landed February 13 In
Kealakeua /bay with a lieutenant and
nine marines'to seize the king, take
him aboard and bold him hostage for
the retufn of the stolen boat. The
obelisk which marks the spot of his
;death was erected In 1874.
Now we jump from Captain Qook,
the officer of the English navy, to John
Ledyard an American soldier of fortune.
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Soldier of Fortune.
I John Ledyard (1751-88) was born in
Groton, Conn., studied law, went to
Dartmouth for missionary training,
passed several months with the Iroquois
and in 1773 went to Gibraltar as
a common sailor, enlisted In a British
regiment, was discharged and as a
corporal of marines accompanied Cook
on his last voyage. In 1782 he deserted
from a man o' war at Long
Island. Thereupon he published from
memory his Journal of the Cook expe- i
dition, the British having confiscated
the original. He tried In vain to Interest
American officials and merchants
in a trading expedition to the
northwest coast of Nortty America.
They did not believe in his Journal?
or In him. *1011784 Ledyard was In
England and France, vainly endeavoring
to organize! a similar trading expedition.
In 1786, with the assistance
of Sir Joseph Banks, he set out on
foot from Stockholm, ostensibly for
Arctic exploration. He arrived in St.
Petersburg early In 1787, but at
Irkutsk was .arrested and deported,
reaching London with difficulty. He
died under inysteMous circumstances
abOut 1700 at the head of an exploring
expedition of the African association.
The truth wa"fc that Ledyard had a
big thing: triangular trade?New'Ehgland
to the Pacific Northwest with
trinkets and notions; to China with
furs; back home, with silk and tea.
For Cook's last expedition had this
experience: The sailors bought furs
to keep them warm from the natives
of the northwest coast. They traded
trifles for seal skins and sea otter
skins, j Touching 3at China, the furs
commanded extraordinary prices, the
Chinese having no heating In their
homes and no Woolen cloth. A vermin
infested sea otter skin was worth a
hundred dollars. The sailors were
than during summer, has more nearly
all It can cpntaln. Its relative humidity,
as It Is called, or ratio of
moisture present to all that would be
necessary to produce saturation. Is
large, although its absolute humidity
?actual amount of water vapor per
unit volume?is small.
Wood Ante Active
The British wood ants build such
large houses that their homes seem to
be almost as big as some apartments
in American cities. The dwelling Is
Museum Worth Visit
Mummies of ancient southern Utah
cliff dwellers, weapons, agricultural
imp ements and other relics, declared
by some archeologlsts to be among
the finest specimens In existence, are
housed In a small museum of the Mormon
church, located In Temple block
In S alt Lake City. The museum, vialted
annually by thoasanda of tourists,
also contains many rsllcs of Morpioneers,
such a* spinning wheels
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with difficulty restrained from ?
vessels for another trip to the As
can coast for a full cargo of fun,
stead of returning to England.
In 1784 Cook's own Journals i
made publjc. And then the New 1
land merchants who had set I^dji
down for a liar sat up and took i
tlce. Boston, Salem and New Ti
merchants put in $50,000 and Septj
ber 30, 1787, two vessels sailed fi
Boston; the ship Columbia, Capt. Ji
Kendrlck; the sloop Lady Washing!
Capt. Robert Gray. In August of !J
the Columbia sailed back Into Ron
She was under Captain Gray. Capi
Kendrick had chosen "to trade sb;
was making Canton trips and was]
ing to buy up all the Northwest ti
the natives.
"Hall to the Chief!"
Gray was received like a conqutr
He was marched up State street S
rkt*s%f?0acfnn cIMa hv urith I'm
A" O.VA*, ...V. a
Attol in helmet and cloak of seri
and yellow feathers?the first s
wallan ever seen In the United Sta
Got. John Hancock gave a dirum
sifrty, to whom Gray related his i
jpfntures. Yes,, things were as I
^yard had said. And the Columbia;
been the first 1 American ship at 1
Hawaiian Islands and the first Ata
can ship to sail around the wrt
And, quite as important to the 5*
Englanti merchants, the voyage i
paid! J
So, as John Ledyard lay dylnji
Africa, his Pacific Northwest dm
had come true. "For the Columbia a
sent right back. And thus began a
triangular trade that was to eirt
the seaboard of the new nation.
Consider now some of the resulii
Captain Cook's last voyage and i
your imagination run free.
On tlie second voyage of the Cola
bla Captain Gray discovered the 0
lumbla river. Figure the effect of tl
,on the "Oregon" question of hall
onntnrv lflfpr.
The Americans hod n prnrti
monopoly of this triangular tral
The Russians were barred by Chin
law. The English were kept ouj
the conflicting privileges of two p
monopolies: The East India conjp
held the'exclusive right to trade ?
China but could not send Its shlpi
the American Northwest for furs i
would not allow the South Sea e
pany to do any trade with China
the Americans combined with the 1
slans and the Russians worked s(
along the coast until the Monroe I
trine of 1823 was necescary to i
them.
John Jacob Astor, a financial i
commercial genius, attempted to fnt
a city at Astoria in 1810 to cu: cot
this triangular trade the long arid if
gerous voyage around the Horn. I
ure the influence of this advo
guard on the march of the Araer
people across the continent: on
Mexican war and the occupatie
California; on the building of
transcontinental railroad; on the'
ging of the Panama canal.
And, finally, figure what the p'<
slon of Capt. James Cook's "Sand'
Islands" means to the United Srf
in the Pacific, as a naval base nnil
tection to the coast of the mafnl#
With It?and a fleet?we are saf?
dome-shaped and as much as two'
In height. Lest their beautiful Ik*
be destroyed by enemies, the ants n
stringent precautions when retir
for the night. Sentinels are pof
all around the dome, ready to 1
the alarm at the approach of
enemy. The entrances are bloc
with great pipes of twigs, so that
occupants cannot be surprised.
Job of cleaning away the twigs In
morning Is a strenuous one, but
ants do'not mind It, as the} bei
In safety first.
and household Implements. Whi
said to be the finest house bull
Utah, it Is nearly one hundred J
old?stands Just outside the main
seam Dunaing.
Illuminating Fluids 1
Different fluids were used In theJ
type of lamp at different periods^*
oil, Including crude, heavy whfl
was employed, and later lard
substituted In certain of these la
The lamp-barnlng petroleum and k]
came ? ^nsldarablj latar. a