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Show THE FORGOTTEN HEROES ir'LPE" News Review of Current Events the World Over A Jolly Old Tar and Brave A MERICANS remember Stephen Decatur as a brilliant Amerl can naval odieer, and s the man who offered the famous toast "Our country, In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but. right or wrong, our country 1" Hut If It bad not been for a brave American seaman, Decatur might never have uttered those patriotic words. It happened during the war with the Barbary pirates. Decatur, at the head of his men, had overhauled and boarded a Trlpolitan ship, the captain of which had treacherously murdered Decntur'a brother after surrendering to the young American. In the desperate fighting which followed, Ste phen Decatur singled out this captain for his victim. Decatur lunged at him with a boarding pike. but the barbarian parried the blow caught the weapon and, wrenching it away, lunged at the American. Decatur had drawn his sword and as he parried the blow, his weapon Droue off short at the hilt. The Trlpolitan struck again and wound ed the American in the chest and arm and a moment later the two hand-to-han- d were clasped in a struggle. At this moment another Trlpolitan came up from behind and raised his long curving Moslem blade to strike Decatur on the head. It was apparently all over with the American commander, fur there was none of his crew within reach except one man, a seaman named Reuben James. James had been In the thick of the fight ond both his arms were disabled. But, when he saw the predicament of the oflieer, James did not hesitate for a moment. He leaped In and with his head caught the blow aimed at Decatur. Cut Decatur's troubles were far from being over. The two men, locked In each other's arms fell to the deck. Wrenching one arm free, the Trlpolitan drew a long, keen Democrats Win Control of the Lower House in Roosevelt Defeats Smith in "Popularity Contest." Next-Congres- s By EDWARD W. PICKARD any doubt TI1ERE Is no longer party will be in control of the house la the next congress. In Tuesday's elections the Democrats that tured cap some- what dubious honor, and in consequence will elect the speaker, John N. Garner of Texas being their certain choice for the position. Able, experienced and popular, he will be a capable successor to the late Nick Long- John N. Garner wortf) , Five vacancies In the house were filled Tuesday, and the Republican upset came in the Eighth district of Michigan. There Michael J. Hart, Democrat, and advocate of prohibition modification, defeated F. O. Eldred, Republican. The Eighth is the district that sent Joseph W. Fordney to congress for many years, and no Democrat had won there since 1806. In Ohio J. B. Hollister, and Martin Sweeney, Republican, Democrat, were elected ; Joseph Democrat was winner in New York's Seventh district, and Edward L. Stokes, Republican, was elected to succeed the late Representative O. S. Graham in the Second Pennsylvania district. These results made no change In the party Its vote for the nomination of Senator James Hamilton Lewis, and asserted Lewis should be considered not only a "favorite son" but a strong figure in the party, who is entitled to "the nomination. When Senator Lewis was told of all this In Chicago, he gave out a statement In which, though he is a decided wet, he said the economic issue of Jobs and food comes before the liquor question. "I appreciate the constantly exof me by pressed Indorsement Mayor Cermak," said Senator Lewis, "but as to the political platform being only wet or dry, I have to say I am sure the mayor and myself recognize that In the present hour the American public is more concerned to know where many of its people will get something to eat before they consider what they shall have to drink. "Also, It Is more urgent at once to consider places of shelter for homeless families this winter than for places to enjoy a beverage. The prohibition question is one to go along with food, clothing and homes for the needy millions, and with aiding the returning prosperity that is now on the way to our nation. These are the concerns altogether of the national democracy." Which statement increases the esteem In which Senator Lewis Is held by those who recognize his sound Judgment in national matters. "The President asked ns to come down and talk over this mutter with iu," Strawn said. "We have no quarrel with the President about Hr. Hoover did not criticize short Eelling. That sometimes is neces sary and has to be. What he did criticize was bear raiding, and we assured him we had a machine that would turn over to combat this when necessary." Recently wheat prices have been moving upward most gratifyingiy and the Chlcagoans said everyone in the market was optimistic and glad to see the fanners benefiting. STAGE COACH it BY Elmo Scott Watson HELPER "TAH T'MFy Arthur W, Cutten, the veteran and sometimes spectacular trader In grain, was reported to have made huge sums in the present bull move ment is preparing for ft EltMANY gotiations with France to ne- - ob tain a reduction of reparations, and as a powerful argument will cite her debts abroad. The Reichsbanb and a bankers' committee has com pieted an investigation of these for eign debts and concludes that every cent that Germany makes through exports will be needed for at least ten years to pay Interest on the amortized short and long term loans granted Germany by foreign countries. Germany points out that this year, which Is far above the aver age, she has earned a surplus of of foreign currency $000,000,000 through sales of goods abroad. This sum was swallowed entirely by in terest due on money borrowed abroad, Including Interest and amor tization on Dawes plan loans and Young plan loans. of wage scales for n EDUCTION railroad workers seems to be coming closer. As forerunners, sev eral roads cut salaries; and the officials of the Amer ican Railway asso- ciation, leading rail executives of the nation, at their line-u- TALES ( By E. C. TAYLOR man answered. ''I have nothing to trade," said changing them." The highwayman holding the lead team thereupon called out to one of his companions hidden In the trees by the roadside to shoot Luman. The robber leveled his pistol at the stage coach driver and pulled the trigger. There was a snap, and Luman owed his life to the fact that the night air was damp and the powder would not explode. While the highwayman holding the horses was turning the lead team around so that it faced the opposite direction from the stage coach, the girl called out from the darkness of the roadside, and or dered another highwayman to bind the driver. One of the ribbers mounted part way to the driver's seat, and wrapped the reins tightly around Luman's arm. Luman saw an ad vantage, and started violently lash Ing the highwayman with the ends of the reins. The beaten robber backed off, and as he did so, the horses still attached to the stage coach leaped forward, broke from the lead team, and leaped over the barricade on the road. The coach came within an ace of capsizing, but Luman's skill with the reins kept it on Its wheels, and the coach and its passengers flew Into Frost meeting Hi Chicago reduced has warned Russia a voluntarily JAPANtime 215; about troop concentraby 10 per cent their Farmer-Labor- , 1. There are still tions on the Manchurian frontier; pay from the assotwo vacancies to be filled One is China has Informed the League of ciation, and then in the Fifth New Jersey district, Nations that Japan Is steadily exto disproceeded and It is likely the Republicans will tending its hold on Manchuria and cuss the wages of win there, but they will still have shows no sign of complying with the workers on the one vote less than the Democrats. the league's demand for evacuation roads. The other vacancy, In New Hamp- before November 16; and the JapDaniel 'Willard, Daniel Willard shire, will not be filled until Janu anese forces continue their advance president of the Baltimore & Ohio too late to affect the election toward the zone of Russian Influrailroad, testifying before the speknife. Hut in the flash of a second ary 6, the of cial senate committee on the forma speaker. ence, fighting battles with Chinese before he could plunge it into the Democrats also scored heavily in bandits and now and then bombard- tion of a national economic council. Ameribody of the New Jersey, where their candidate, ing a Chinese town. The League of declared the railroads would be able can, Decatur managed to draw a A. Harry Moore, won the governorNations Is worried, and no wonder. to build up reserves and thereby be 6mali pocket pistol and shot the barship over William Baird. Jr., after The Moscow newspaper Izvestla come a stabilizing force in supply barian through the heart a bitterly fought battle Into which charges that Japanese militarists, ing employment during the depres So terrible was the wound which both of them Injected national poli"invented the fable" of possible sion, if the recapture clause of the brave Reuben James suffered from tics, standing, respectively, against Soviet Interference In Manchuria In transportation act were eliminated. the blow which he had taken to Without reserves, he said, the roads save his commander's life that his and for the policies of the Hoover order to cover plans for an extenMoore's could not do much to mitigate the victory sion of their own occupation northcomrades felt sure be would die. administration. to a landslide, and ward. amounted almost The militarists hoped, the situation, but on the contrary were Happily, however, he recovered and his admirers, all very wet, at once newspaper says, to "weaken the compelled to cut down their work lived to serve his nation in the navy put him forward as a desirable can- resistance of other imperialistic pow- ing forces. lor more than 40 years. didate for the Democratic Presiden- ers by the prospect of n conflict with Mr. Willard gave scant Indorsetial nomination. the Soviet Union, a conflict much ment to a proposal by Senator Rob A Lost Grave in Poland t Without opposition, Martin desired in Imperialist circles in Eu ert M. La Follette, chairman of the COMB 20 years ago there was In Conner, who is only forty years rope." . committee, to set up a national ecotroduced luto congress a bill ap old, and a Democrat, was elected nomic council with the object of sum of $5,000 or governor of Mississippi. propriating "the business on Adams advising of the Navy SECRETARY such part thereof as shall be neces On the basis of incomplete rework. a hand In the con. . to bring back from Its turns it appeared that sary Judge Ruby troversy between President-Hooveburial place in Poland , Laffoon, Democrat, had won the and the Navy league. Indeed, he CONSIDERABLY more than half burg. the body of Joel Barlow . . governorship of Kentucky, defeattwo took the nations Invited to the disLuman told the authorities that hands, Despite a favorable committee re ing Mayor William B. Harrison of and there are those armament conference next Febru- the bandits he saw were all heavily on bill it was that to allowed port Louisville, Republican, by perhaps 1 who declare he also ary have accepted the bid of the disguised. He did not get a look at die and so a last chance was lost 50,000 votes. his foot in it League of Nations to take part in the gun girl or two of the high put to play tardy honor to a patriot r armament building holi- waymen with her who had remained First Mr. Adams is- a Who was Joel Barlow? He was a If YORK state had an sued a statement day, but the league officials were in the dark shadows of the pine NEW native of Connecticut a graduate of Its own that was inin which he took a uncertain whether the holiday was trees. The robber who held the from Yale In the class which Infor two reasons: First, it In effect because almost all the larg- bridles of the lead team, he said: fall out of the pacteresting cluded Noah Webster, Oliver Wol- gave the voters an opportunity, aporganizations er states had made reservations. wore a long dress like a Mother : ifist cott and other future notables. which have been asHowever, it was asserted in Geneva Hubbard, and the one who bound parently, to express preference chaplain during the Revolution, and as between Gov. Franklin D. Rooseserting that the that the primary purpose of the the reins around his arm wore a editor of the American Mercury velt and Al Smith, for a constituUnited States was agreement was to create the proper white vest, dark pantaloons and a Hartford, Conn., and the author of tional amendment providing for retoo much "psychology' and that this had black mask. They were never cap spending a famous national patriotic epic forestation of deserted farm lands In Washington tured. on its navy much been accomplished. W. poem, "The Columbiad." H.Gardiner was submitted, and it was warmly It was declared the holiday was In more than Great When the attack was first made A friend of Washington, Hamiladvocated by Roosevelt and as Britain. With figures and facts he effect so far as the United States on the stage coach, Luman told the ton, Jefferson and Madison, Barlow condemned by Smith. The demonstrated the falseness of this was concerned. passengers of the Impending dan was sent by President Madison In warmly amendment was carried by a two to and he rebuked those who had said ger and asked their assistance, but 3812 as an envoy to France to warn one vote, Tammany and the Repub- It harshly. Ah! said the observBritish parliament was as- - they crouched in their seats and iNapoleon of the gravity of the sit- licans being In favor of it This, ers In Washington, that shows there "TpIIE sembled for certain formalities, made no effort to help him or de uation created by French depreda to political observers, put is a split between the President the election of a speaker fend themselves. tions upon American shipping and according the governor definitely at the head and the secretary. Then Mr. Adams including They were all western merchants to demand that they cease. house of the Edward Algernon After of the Democratic party and rele had several talks at the east to buy goods, and White traveling Fitzroy was given the job again waiting In Paris for several weeks Smith to second place. House and gave forth another state and until November between them they carried $00,000 then without seeing the emperor, Barlow gated adjourned The New Yorkers also elected an ment, very brief, expressing his when the session was to be for- In cash. was ' finally told that Napoleon and thought Tammany "unqualified disapproval" of the per- 10, assembly, When they reached the Highland wished the conference transferred by King George. New York city despite the sonal attack on the commander In mally opened Meanwhile to Wllna, Poland, where the emper- swept Mac- - house In Frostburg, of which George Prime Minister of political corruption, the chief of the navy by President Wil- Donald was or was directing the march of his charges busy selecting his cab Evens was proprietor, the grateful retain control of the liam . Howard .Gardiner of the Republicans inet. He found time, too, to receive passengers took up a collection legions into Russia. So to Wllna the ten votes. Navy league. lie followed up this Mahatma Gandhi and to American envoy went, a trip of more legislature by put before with which to reward the brave by telling the correspondents that that utmost the gov- stage coach driver. It was so luthan 3.000 miles, much of it over the gentleman he had no Intention of resigning a bleak country of bad roads and ernment would grant India in the dicrously small, though, Luman said from the cabinet of ith leaders other several few inhabitants, and it took him This was later, that he Indignantly refused It way of The White House announced not the Illinois Democracy paid a visit made public but is known to "They were a mean set," was his three weeks to make He was accompanied by his sec- to New York that was held to be of that the committee to Inquire into be far short of the demands of the comment the accuracy of Mr. Gardiner's as- Nationalists of India. considerable politi Luman gave up driving stage retary and nephew, Thomas Barlow, sertions would consist of Admiral and scarcely had they arrived in cal significance. He On Wednesday King George re- coaches In 1S39, and for several Hugh Rodman, retired; John Hays ceived Gundhl In Wilna than they found that Napo- was looking over Buckingham pal- years after that Interested himself Hammond, famous engineer; Ernest ace, and leon had passed them on the road the Democratic pos It was a stnte oc- in detective wotk and punishing though Lee Jahncke, assistant secretary sibilities for the In the night and that their the Hindu leader Insisted In robbers of the mall coaches that trip was of the navy; Under Secretary of casion, in vain. There was nothing for Presidency in that wearing only his usunl garb, a loin rattled along the National road. State William R. Castle and Eliot cloth Roosevelt. His life was threatened so fre them to do but to take their weary region, and cloak. former assistant secWadsworth, quently, however, that finally Lucius way back to Paris. But on the way Smith and Ritchie and Messrs. retary of the treasury. W, Stockton, president of the Naback the elder Barlow, exhausted by of Maryland, POR several years a score of tional Hammond, Wadsworth and Jahncke Road Stage company, feared the cold (most of the time it was 14 he let the Demochemists have been working on are members of the Navy league, for Luman's safety. Luman then below sero) and the hardships of crats there know of a rub process making synthetic and these three, as well as Mr. Casmoved east of Cumberland, where the trip, fell ill and died on Decem- very plainly that tle are all close friends of the ber out of acetylene and salt and he continued his activities, and unber 20, 1S12, at 7.arnowIec near Cra- the party in Chiwater, and the other day the Amer- til cow. Ills nephew planned to bring cago and Illinois Senator Lewis President. Mr. Hoover said the ican Chemical recently lived In Unlontown, Pa. society in session in a committee's would 1931. Western NewiwADer Union.) on Insist must be Investigations Ms body back to America, but Fate was Akron told the Intervened. Napoleon was retreat- candidate who is wringing wet and limited to "assertions of fact" by were successful. It was experiments stated that not a pussy-footeIn reply to a Mr. Gardiner. Spade's a Spade ing from Russia and the Cossacks the substance Is not a substitute he said: question, Ted may not be a bridge expert In were following fast his wake. So a for natural but rubber supple- but he knows his cards. "If Governor Roosevelt was wet T ELEGATES from the Chicago One day they burled Joel Barlow In Polish ment, and also that It may find uses s Board of Trade called on Pressent to a neighbor's to bor soil and the younger man barely es- enough for Alfred E. Smith and wet In lines where real rubber Is not he to be elected ident Hoover and told him tiie busicaped from the Cossacks and finally enough for New York suitable. Certain Important differ- row a spade that Dad wished to governor, lie is wet enough for us." ness committee of the board had ences from reached Paris. natural rubber are use. But the neighbor said he had In addition to Ritchie and Smith. devised means to check bear raids Then Ted's attention was Had congress acted on the bill InOne claimed. Is more resistance to none. A. In the grain markets. Silas Slrawn. attracted to a card game that was troduced in the Fifty-firs- t congress, he said, former Senator James keroof action gasoline, swelling Joel Barlow would not now be a Reed of Missouri would qualify In president of the Chamber of Com- sene, and other solvents. It Is also In progress and running to the merce of the United States, who acforgotten hero. But the ravages of that respect more resistant to oxygen, ozone and table he picked up an "ace" and Mr. Cermak, however, declared companied the group, said the Presthe World war erased every trace some other chemical compounds excitedly exclaimed: of his grave, and America's debt to positively that the Illinois delega- - ident appeared satisfied with the which "attack rubber. "Why, here's a spade." Hon In the convention would give I steps being taken. him is still unpaid. It was. ( '51 19.11 Wentirn now Is: The house make-uocrats, 217; Republicans, p Dem- Sen-net- . one-yea- thr A V ; it (. r. E 1931. Western Neimpaper NVwapftper (,'nion.l Union.) - Lu-nia- "I am satisfied with my trappings and not desirous of ex- ;-- ' The Gun Girl TpHE Gun Girl, a little more dar- fng, perhaps, but not so quick on the trigger as the gun girls of the large cities today, made her appearance along the National pike as early as 1S34. She was accompanied by four men, and it was only the courageous conduct of Samuel stage coach driver, that this highway girl and her highwaymen aides were repulsed. Samuel Luman was one of the best known and best equipped driv ers on the old National road. He was a giant In stature, and reputed to be fearless. He began driving a stage coach in 1832. On August 12, 1S34, his coach was waylaid In the mountains between PIney Grove and Frostburg, Md. It was night, and Luman's teams al most ran into a rude obstruction of logs, stumps and brush that had been placed across the road. The spot was lonely, and sur rounded by a thick growth of pine trees. Luman was unarmed, and the only gun among the passengers in the stage coach was an old brass pistol, which, however, was not brought into play. As the stage coach reached the barrier across the road, one high wayman stepped forward, seized the bridle and ordered Luman to descend from his seat and surrender the mail and money the coach carried. Luman refused. "What do you want?" he temporized. "We are traders," the highway- t f f W'A t hits- Jig - -- irfv j i Gold Insurance He carries it with him, ready for just such times. That little box of Bayer Aspirin. If he catches cold, what of it? Bayer Aspirin will stop it. If his throat feels sore, he will end the soreness with one good gargle made from these tablets. Dangerous complications can follow the neglect of "a common cold!" Every case of tonsilitis began with "just a sore throat I" It's a wise plan to take aspirin after any undue exposure to bad weather, or whenever there is any chance that you've caught cold. If it's genuine aspirin it can't possibly hurt you; and how it does banish the aches and pains caused by colds, neuralgia, neuritis, lumbago, and even rheumatism. Bayer Aspirin will insure your comfort through the worst cold season. The more susceptible you are to colds, the more you need it Does not depress the heart. fctii .iit 't m - i'i "i...aM ii m Viwimi Beet Carried to Work Luman. i0 : Grazing the bees In the blooming heather to make up for the failure of the clover to blossom earlier in the summer was the novel device resorted to this year by farmers on the west coast of Sweden. The wet and cold spring stunted the clover, but the heather bloomed profuse ly and at night the bees .were transported in their hives to the ridges where it abounded. Straightened Out ' Doctor Did that medicine straighten your husband out all right? Wife Yes, we buried him yesterday. Labor There is no substitute for hard work as an ingredient for success. It Is every man's constant compan ion, and usually his best friend Look askance at these "soft snaps," they generally end np In hard Grit. bumps. One Point of View According to a scientist the aver age amount of absolute rest during a night's sleep is only eleven and a half minutes, there being muscular or mental action during the remainder of the time. One Point of View good to have money and the things that money can buy, but It's good, too, to check up once in a while and make sure you haven't lost the things money can't buy. It's Two Vegetables Daily "Two fresh vegetables from the garden every day in the year" Is the slogan adopted by members of the garden clubs of the Gulf Coast states. year-'roun- d Too Advanced for Belief Archimedes (287-21B. C.) was so far advanced of his age that his principles did not become estab- lift Sun Diminishing Sir James H. Jeans, British astronomer, calculates that the sun is diminishing at approximately tons a minute. 230,-000,0- Testing Metal The hardness of metal Is tested by pressing a diamond into It and examining the resultant marks under a microscope. Ambition's Result Ambition often puts men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same posture with creeping. Swift Geological Term In geology is the science that treats of rocks as mineral masses, especially with reference to their microscopic character. That's Honest lie has to be mighty good to be worth anything, and a fellow ought never do It unless he's darn A slick at it Think Is Over Worrying Is the one game. in which, if you guess right, you don't get any satisfaction out of your smartness. A jriiiir 1 - .A drv.l, nil and far from the nearest railroad or highway, the mine has been hitherto inaccessible for economic exploitation. Now the mining company has applied for government permission to gain access to the mine througli the Abisko national park. Grandstand Hideaway . Klukker Do you enjoy baseball, Mr. Rukker? Rukker No, I only go to get away from the bill collectors. Kitchen Conveniences The modern kitchen is theJnouse- keeper's office as well as work-shoA small desk unit In the wall and equipped with cookbooks, pamphlets, and recipe files, as well as a telephone, is convenient You've Got Us There president says that in Europe students are trained to think, while In America students are trained to remember. Well, suppose one can't remember what he was thinking? A college Testing Device For testing the resistance of steel cylinders a water pressure machine has been invented that can develop a pressure of a million pounds to' the square inch. Brings Moon Close The enormous telescopic instrument at Mount Wilson with an enlargement of 2,500 diameters brings the moon within approximately 31 miles of the earth. Make Important Decision Once a year the French acadenja through the medium of Its 40 ln mortals, decides what new words, if any, shall be added to the language. Shaking Man's Faith in Self is easy terribly eas- yshake a man's faith in himself. take advantage of that to bren man's spirit is devil's work. G. B, it Shaw. Insatiate Jealousy Jealousy Is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart. George Eliot . , -- A Really Rodents Prairie dogs are not dogs, and. they do not live on true prairies; they are rodents of the plains and Rocky mountain foothills. Great Power of Love Love is of all the passions the strongest, for It attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses. Voltaire. Named for Resemblance The Australian lyre bird got Its name from its tail feathers, which resemble a harp or lyre In shape. Rotten Business There are times when business is rotten because It's a rotten luisl- - v. ness. The Voice Tells There Is no Index of character so sure ns the voice. Disraeli in " "Tan-cred.- zette. Summing It Up Infinite is the help man can yield to man. Ocean "Tramps" tramp vessel Is one which picks up a cargo wherever possible. A 1 afi New York AmerfCTinT What "Off" Mean. When the average golfer says he's oft his game he means the best game he ever shot Arkansas Ga- - Old Mine to Reopen The copper mine at Sjangeli in northernmost Lapland, soon will be reopened. Located close to the Norwegian border 2 lished until the Fifteenth century. t .J |