Films Help to
Foreign Trade
Motion Pictures a Si'ent Partner
of Uncle Sam in His
Export Trade.
stock and handling It in its many
phases from the farm to the home
table. The Argentine government has
shown special Interest In the introduc
tion o f American methods o f handling
live stock, as it has indeed In the agri
cultural practices of the northern half
of the continent generally.
As evidence of this, the Argentine
embassy in Washington has already
Latin People Disposed to Pattern A ft purchased ten films on these subjects
er What They See on Screen That
for educational use in Argentina nnd
Pleases Them— Aids Live
has frequently had United States de
partment bulletins translated into
Stock Introduction.
Spanish for home consumption.
The Buenos Aires & Pacific railway
Washington.— Uncle Sam has ns a
silent partner in his export trade the has also been n heavy purchaser o f
such films for use along its system. Its
motion pictures.
IIo w the “ movies” are developing representative In this country was re
trade and spreading confidence in cently negotiating with the United
American goods and American meth States department of agriculture for
ods, and creating an Americanized at films showing the swine industry In
mosphere which should prove the the United States, and in making ar
strongest possible asset toward per rangements for the Introduction of
manency of trade in South America, American swine in Argentina.
It Is planned to show important
is told by Dr. Julius Klein, commer
cial attache at the American embassy,
Buenos Aires, who was formerly chief
o f the Latin American division, bu
reau o f foreign and domestic com
“Cut Pay, Pm Not Earning
merce.
It,” Says City Employee
The Latin people, he points out, are
disposed to pattern after what they
Cleveland, Ohio.— “ I nm not
see in the motion pictures that appeals
earning the money I nm getting
to them. Thus the films have made
and I want my salary reduced.”
them fumlllar with the appearance of
This Is the request sent to City
American automobiles and o f what
officials by Gottlieb Pfahi. He
they can do. The movies have cre
is sixty-seven.
ated n demand for American-made of
He worked for the city for fif
fice furniture by showing the fittings
teen
years. When he made the
o f a business magnate’s office, which
request he was foreman o f a
the South American merchants In
bridge repair gang.
their prosperity are eager to copy.
Last March his right arm was
As regards ready-made clothing—
affected by paralysis. H e cannot
the South Americans, particularly In
use ft now.
Cuba, have gotten Into the linblt of
That’s why he asked for a sal
ordering a suit o f clothes like their fa
ary cut. His request was granted.
vorite hero wore in a certain film.
CREATES DEMAND FOR GOODS
Thus the merchants have conve to
stock up with good lines of ready
made clothing, which are very popu
lar. The movies have had a like e f
fect on industrial development
A ll this, Doctor Klein emphasizes,
has happened naturally and has not
been forced as trade propaganda.
Boom to U. S. Trade.
The more use that can be made of
educational films introducing indus
tries comparable with their own indus
tries— such ns agriculture, cattle-rais
ing, mining— the more benefits to
American commerce will result Such
films can and should carry a romantic
scenario, such as appeals most strong
ly to the Latin temperament, with cut-
ins on our methods in industries simi
lar to theirs. As we show them a new
and better method their confidence In
us and the output o f our industries
grows cumulatively.
Germans and Itnllnns particularly
have been thus endeavoring to Ingrati
ate themselves in South American
countries, Doctor Klein says, and the
influence o f the Italians in the South
American markets from an economic
and commercial viewpoint must be
reckoned with.
Amerlcnn manufacturers o f farm
machinery are now co-operating with
the Philippine department o f agricul
ture and natural resources, In an en
deavor to arouse in the farmers of
those islands a true appreciation of
the possibilities by using such ma
chinery. Motion pictures nre being
prepared to show the most approved
methods o f cultivation, preparation of
seed, use of farm machinery, harvest
ing and storing crops, and methods of
packing and handling where these
processes are involved.
Aids Live Stock Introduction.
Introduction of American breeds of
live stock and poultry into South
America, particularly Argentina, Is to
be aided by the use of motion picture
films, prepared for this purpose by the
United States department o f agricul
ture. These films also w ill show
American methods o f breeding live
National Anthem Turned
Policemen Into Statues
Boston. Mass. — By playing
“The Star Spungled Banner”
over nnd over an Italian band
kept two policemen, who ordered
them tc stop, standing at salute
in the Fells reservation, near
here, until their arms dropi>ed
numb and helpless. A few Ital
ian women and children, who
were along for an outing cheered
and applauded in great glee.
Then the bandsmen fled.
Soou after the tumultuous
strains had begun resounding
through the woods Policemen
Jordan Frost and Huberts ap
peared and informed them they
must stop, as they were in the
state reservation. The lender at
once ordered “ The Star Spangled
Banner" played.
swine-breeding farms, the work In thf
big Cldcago packing houses nnd the
preparation o f the product for thf
table. Pictures will be made of the
various types o f American hogs, and
an effort will be made to give 3ome
idea o f the vnstness o f the industry in
this country.
C A TTLE RUSTLERS USE AUTOS
Cattle Are Now Taken Across the In
ternational Boundary by New
Method.
Beginn, Snsk.— The mqtorcnr, 11
seems, has achieved another success
by winning its advent into the cat
tie rustling business.
The old nnd
well-known practice o f cattle rustlers,
when they used to drive their stolen
herds before them, is now a thing of
the past. A few days ago three calves
were stolen from herds near Bengough
nnd spirited across the international
border by two motorcars. Three of
the rustlers were arrested on this side
of the line nnd two others In Mon
tana and are now awaiting trial.
Adrianople Is a
Beautiful City
was the Journey’s end to a tired avia
tor.
Charming A lo ft or Afoot.
Seen from aloft, the city, surround
ed by poplars at its outer rim. Its
house gardens within the city showing
green vines nnd flowers, Its outlying
fields bare, aroused memories of Mar
din on mountains, Dlarhekr by the
Tigris and hosts o f other
Turkish
Strangers Treated Kindly In an A t cities, always sleeping In beauty,
whether visited by sunshine or moon
mosphere of Friendship— City En
ligh t
dures Its Shabby Gentility
The longer the stay In Adrianople
With Pride and Calm.
the more the charm o f its beauty
Adrianople, Thrace.— The decadence grows, a charm that Is as great afoot
o f two centuries, present political and as nloft.
Adrianople Is n city thnt hns the
economic disintegration, wars with
out end, and an uncertain future, have tone o f country friendship about it,
been unable to destroy the ineffable not unlike n county seat o f the South
charm the Turks originally gave to The center o f the agricultural exchange
Eastern and Western
this city o f eighty-odd thousand souls. business o f
Adrianople Is still a holy city In faith Thrace, It Is frequented by pensnnts
and in nppearance.
Romance still nnd traders of Turkish, Greek, Bui
garlnn, Jewish and Armenian nation
abides here.
“ The Orient is the only place left alities. There Is record o f but one
to Europe where cities seen at close American ever having done business In
range are beautiful,” remarked Jules the city, nnd he came here from Paris
Sebotln, a French aviator, while vis and bought up all the brooms.
W hile no day knows what the nex*
iting the most beautiful of all mosques,
Slnan’s masterpiece here the mosque day may bring forth In the way of
o f a thousand windows but one, erect political strife nnd crime, today the
ed at the order of Sultan Sellin II., in city preserves this tone of friendship
nnd order. Strangers ns they go along
the sixteenth century.
The first Impression o f the city hns the streets or visit the shops nre
The
been one o f Infinite beauty. Arriving trented with kindly concern.
courteously
from across the lofty Balkans In an Turkish officers salute
airplane, the city had been seen with nnd there Is no glint o f hostility In
a rush, n plnce of spires, nnd slate the eyes o f the Turkish soldiers car
domes and red roofs, plnnted at the rying their new rifles, recently dis
Intersection of three rivers. It had tributed to them by Col. DJefer Tnyar
been a welcome sight. It had come at Bey.
The decadence o f Adrianople goes
the end o f a four-hours’ ride, and !t
at a dignified pace. There Is little or
none o f the seething squalor and dirt
nnd noise nnd poverty o f Constnnt!
nople. There Is none o f the clamor
o f Constantinople’s street cars and
automobiles.
Pride In Shabby Gentility.
There are a few ragged beggar
children who besiege the stranger, but
for the most pnrt Adrianople endures
Its shabby gentility with pride and
calm.
Here there are none o f the
fallen houses nnd dusty streets which
characterize the majority o f the cities
o f Asia Minor.
Prayers are called from the mina
rets ns. o f o ld ; also the old nnd new
bazaars do a slender business In sell
ing American and European calicoes
nnd homespun cloths and Turkish
sliver mounted pipes nnd cigarette
holders, nigs. Junk, to passing peasant
customers; or else when these are
lacking they swap with each other, nf
ter the happy manner o f all the Or!
ent.
Decadence seems to have heightened
the beauty o f the mnlestlc old mosque
o f Sultnn Bn.vztd. The windows are
broken In, the locks are ntsted In the
doors, the grass is growing up between
the flagstones, the fountain In the
court no longer sptushes Its water In
the sunshine, and the Interior o f the
mosque Itself Is slowly deteriorat
ing.
Few worshiper': come here, but on
the drowsy Friday afternoons, the
Mussulman's day o f worship, come a
devoted band o f musicians and slng-
I ers. The avltor stumbled upon this
Mrs. Longdcn afforded quite a thrill'to a record crowd at Brooklands, Eng- group and one o f the red fesed band
land recently when she donned her goggle* and started In the 100-mlle racei saluted with the simplicity o f the Turk
Mrs. Longdon was among the leaders when she was forced to retire on t o and said, “ Allah esmarladlk.” — "May
count of engine trouM*.
l God abide with you.”
Airman
Describes
Romantic
Charm of Mosques and
Gardened Homes.
DECADENCE OF CITY GOES ON
Woman Rides in Motorcycle Derby
Remarkable Escape Due to Crotch of Tree
As B. A. Edgar was driving through Westfield, Mass., one o f the oldest nnd biggest elm trees of the town sud
denly crashed to the ground. By sheer luck Edgar stopped his cur so that the crotch o f the tree saved him from
almost certain death.
Arctic Rescue
Very Thrilling
* -
Vardo that the soviet government was
equipping a new expedition.
Soon afterward we received n di
rect Inquiry from the Kanada ns to
our position, which we Immediately
telegraphed -both to the Kanada and
the Solovel, at the same time asking
them to give us theirs. The Kanada
replied asking us to stop for a con
versation, nnd In the conversation
which followed with Commissar of
Captain Gives a Plain but Graphic
Marine Mikhallnff and Captain Mokn-
Account of Perilous Voyage— Ex
loff o f the Knnndn It wns explained
citing Race in Ice-Laden Sea
that the vessel had been dispatched
— Joy Hard to Describe.
by the soviet government In order to
give assistance If It should he neces
London.— Cnpt. Otto Sverdrup's nar sary or In caca there should be diffi
rative of the rescue of crew and pas culties o f any sort In consequence of
sengers from the Russian steamship the political changes which had oc
Solovel Boudlmlrovltch, which drift curred since the Solovel had left
ed helplessly for months In the Kara Archangel. It nppeared also thnt they
sen. Is a thrilling tnle of Arctic ad had orders to bring the ship hack to
venture.
Captain Sverdrup’s story, Archangel direct.
as printed In the London Times, fol
Exciting Race in Ice-Laden Sea.
lows :
A fter the conference wns over,
It was In April last thnt I was en therefore, there began nn exciting race
trusted with the task of planning, between the two ships.
The lee
equipping and leading n relief ex through which we had to force a pas
pedition to the Kara sea in order to sage was very different from thnt we
senrch for and if possible to rescue had hnd to tnckle before. This wns
the crew nnd pnssengers on board the ordlnnry polar Ice nf the Knra sen,
the stenmshlp Solovel Boudlmlrovltch, closely pneked, with only a few stnnli
which at the end of January had be gaps of open wnter. I hnd very little
come Jnmmed in the Ice outside the hope o f getting through, nnd thnt we
W hite sea nnd afterward was carried (lid succeed wns due only to the re
In the ice through the Kara straits markable qualities of the Svlntogor
into the Kara sea. There the vessel as nn Icebreaker.
drifted dangerously nbout. She had
With full steam up from all o f her
left Afchangel provisioned for only ten hollers she hurst her way splen
two months, and food, coal and fuel didly through the strong pack Ice.
were falling short.
Now nnd then she was beaten nnd
The big, powerful Icebreaker Svla- hnd to hack nnd make a fresh attack
togor was placed at the disposal of nt full speed. It wns not often thnt
the expedition by the British govern more than two attempts hnd to he
ment nnd sent over to Bergen. IleTe mnde, Hut It happened sometimes thnt
she was quickly manned, equipped and the maneuvers had to I k * repeated nine
provisioned fo r sLx months. W e left or ten times where the Ice wns 20 feet
Bergen on May 1.1 and arrived at thick or more.
Tromso on the 17th. There we lay
At first the Kanada hnd n little
until June 7— a very painful period start, hut the ,oles were soon changed.
of waiting for tis nnd doubly pnlnful The Svlntogor went ahead nnd con
for the Russians hungry nnd cold on tinued to increase her lead, nnd when
board the Solovel, who had been in at Inst, at 7:10 In the evening, we
formed by wireless that we had sighted the Solovel far away north
started.
ward on the horizon, the Kanada hud
At Vardo we shipped 60 tons of sup fullen far behind.
plies more, nnd having left on the
At about the snine time we re
evening o f June 0 anchored on the ceived the following message from the
morning o f June 12 In Blelushya bay, S olovel: “ We see your smoke In the
Novavn Zemlyn, where we took on south, 20 degrees enst." W e were de
board 600 tons o f coal from the steam lighted by tills message, which made
ship Hnrde, which had been dis us realize thnt our hard-tried nnd
patched direct from Troinso.
nnxious friends on hoard the Solovel
were In high hopes o f relief.
Up Against Strong Ice Barrier.
Thrilling Night on Icebreaker.
W e passed through Kara straits
In the Svlntogor nil were keenly
practically untroubled by Ice until the
morning o f the ICth, when we en alive to the anxiety and seriousness
countered n large mass o f old close- o f the situation, and followed with
packed polar Ice. It wns clearly no enger Interest the display o f prowess
use trying to force a passage through given by the Icebreaker during these
this; we had to try to find the newer hours o f the night. Of the crew all
n: d more penetrable lee which had who were not nctuully keeping watch
drifted from the west Into the Knra were on deck hour after hour discuss
son through the strntt. We steamed, ing and marvelling nt the carrying fea
therefore, In n northwesterly direction, tures o f this extraordinary drama.
hut ns there appeared no Improvement Some stood leaning over the rails so
In the conditions wo turned about and ns better to fn jo y tb<* sight o f the
went In a southeasterly direction until great Mocks o f Ice, now crushed Into
fragments before our bows, now
the polar Ice was pnssed.
Then, fortunately, n breeze sprang hurled In n whirling mass nlnng the
up from the northeast nnd made a con ship’s sides— nnd nil to a wild accom
siderable Improvement In the Ice con paniment o f deafening crashes In the
ditions. Then we steered north In the Ice, and o f groans nnd walls nnd
direction o f the Solovel, and about shrieks from the hard-pressed vessel's
8:30 in the evening, according to the hull nnd rig and engines.
Suddenly nn Ice lbs- would rise and
last position received from her by
wireless, we reckoned thnt we were threaten to fall over the ship’s rail,
within about eight or ten minutes dis and then the sailors were not slow In
heating a retreat to safer quarters.
tance.
On the 18th the weather clenred, nnd Others, who stood In groups right for
having taken the necessary observa ward In hows, fared no better. When,
tions In the morning and nt noon we as frequently hnppened, ttie ship
continued our voyage nt 1 p, m. At crashed nt full speed against n really
the same time we received a wireless high solid block of Ice, nnd nt the
giving the position o f the Solovel, same time rose several feet In the air
which was considerably further north a shower o f spray and Ice splinters
flew over the deck nnd forced the Im
than before.
A little later we suddenly enught prudent spectators to a headlong re
«Ight o f the Russian Icebreaker Kann- treat.
In the meantime we were npproach-
da, steaming after tta. She had had
the advantage o f the strong northeast Ing the Folovel, hut It wns a slow busi
wind, which had parted the Ice, and ness. The Ice became worse and worse
our long wait for the purpose o f tak In the last stage, and It was mid
ing observations had also helped her night when we reached her. An hour
to overtake ns. On June 17 our wire more was required before we could
less had picked up a call from the moor the Svlntogor by her side, so big
Kanada to the Solovel. which con and thick were the surrounding Ice
firmed the rumor we had heard at floes.
Desperate Battle Fought by Ice
breaker With Great Floes
in Kara Sea.
SHIP DRIFTS FOR MONTHS
The whole crew o f the Solovel and
all her passengers, 87 altogether, had
gathered on deck nnd were greeted bj
us with a resounding hurrah, to which
they responded In the same w w .
Their Joy Is not easy To describe. To
drift without aim, almost without
hope, in the darkness and cold of thl
Tolar night, with hnd nnd Insufficient
food, In cold nnd unclean quarters;
and In constnnt dread of getting so
far north thnt rescue would be Im
possible— thnt Is nn ordeal so hnrd
thnt It Is not every one who would
come through It entirely unscathed.
Immediately after wo arrived thf
cnptaln o f the Solovel nnd Ms w tfi
nnd all the pnssengers, seven In num
ber, enme on bonrd. They were invit
ed Into tile saloon nnd trented to re
freshments, which they evidently ap
preciated. One of them said it waj
like coming into pnrndlse after thelt
anxieties. The pnssengers nsked lenv«
to transfer to the Svlntogor ns they
were greatly exhausted nnd needed
medical attention nnd better diet, nnd
I wns glad to bo able to grant their
request. Then we set to work to pul
provisions nnd coal on board the Solo
vel, so that the crew could at one«
prepare a proper meal with something
better to ent and drink thnn they had
had In the last few months.
8econd Relief Ship Arrive*.
About four o’clock in the morning
we were awakened hy loud hurrah«
from the crew o f the Solovel, who
were hailing the arrival of the Knna-
dn, which hnd nt Inst nlso go. through,
Had the Knnndn not been so fortunate
ns to get Into the lane mnde In the
Ice by ttie Svlntogor, It would hnva
been hardly possible for her arrive
so soon. Next day wo shipped more
coal nnd provisions on bonrd the Solo-
vet, and were helped with hearty good
will hy the crews of the two Russians.
This done we started In the after
noon o f June 20 on our homeward voy
age, the Svlntogor lending nnd the
Solovel and Kanada following.
At
first the Ice was loose nnd fairly onsy
to get through, but afterwards It be
came closer nnd more difficult to force,
There wns fog, too, which mndo It Im
possible to keep proper observation ol
ttie Ice conditions. Consequently we
often had to stop n fairly long time,
especially ns the fog prevented the
other two ships from keeping with us,
It wns evening on (he 21st when we
reached the Kara Ren entrance, nnd
there wo wero ngnln obliged to stop
for thick fog.
W e resumed our vnyngo nt 2 o’clock
next morning steering for the mid
dle (ff the Knra strait, hut nt 2:30
p. m, were unlucky enough to ground
on nn unknown sandbank. W e nt once
began to tranship coal to the Solovel
nnd Knnndn In order to get the
Svlntogor afloat ngnln, nnd nfter un
loading 060 tons of coal we nt Inst got
her off. A diver from the Kanada ex
amined the ship’s bottom nnd pro-
notinred the dnmage not serious. 8o
we continued our voyage to Blelushya
hay, where we handed over more pro
visions nnd supplies to the Russians
nnd took on coal from the Horde for
our voyage hack to England.
A fter n cordial leave-taking from
our friends on the Solovel nnd Knnn
dn these vessels left us on Juno 29,
shaping their courso for Archangel.
On July 1 we hnd completed our coal
ing nnd next day nt 2 p. in. we begnn
our homeward voynge.
* Wife Deserted 40 Years
Ago Applies for Divorce
Stinbury, Ta. — Claiming thnt
her husband deserted her a year
after their mnrrtHge forty years
ago, Mrs. W illiam S. Fenster-
macher, sixty, brought suit In
the
Northumberland
county
courts seeking nn absolute di
vorce. In all those years, she
says, her hushund never mnde
nny effort to make up their dif
ferences.
At the snm® time Charles II.
Smith, sixty-eight years old. and
Mrs. Sara 8. Herb, sixty-six, o f
Ashland, were granted a license
to wed. His bride-to-be has been
married twice, while Smith, a
building contractor, was wed
once before.
i
. • • e e e e e e e e e * .