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MAY 8. 1924. ' HUB PRODUCES m J1SLS BILL PROPOSES COMPROMISE BETWEEN GOVERNMENT AND PRIVATE OWNERSHIP. Washington?Further indications of h determination to forco a vote oil Heory Ford's bid for Muscle Shoals at this session of Congress was given by Senator Harrison, democrat. Mississippi. leader of the Ford supporters. During the Muscle Shoals hearing of the senate agriculture committee. Bentaor Harrison urged more speed in Ihe proceedings, pointing out that time waa limited and at the present rate it would be difficult to bring the measure to a rote in the senate before adjournment. He insisted that the senate be allowed to accept or reject the measure. which bas already passed the bouse. Near the clone of the session of tha t annate. Chairman Norrie introduced another bill for the operation of Musrle Shoals. The bill was prepared by James T Lloyd. Washington attorney, former representative from Missouri, who described it as a compromise between government and private ownership. I Mr. Lloyd said he offered the bills aa a suggestion for solving the Muscle Ptioal3 problem, and that he did not represent any special Interests. The I'ioyd proposal would create the federal chemical corporation with a capital of $10,009,000. and with stock ownership limited to American citizen*. It would lease Muscle Shoals f??r ?0 years and make addition^ to the property from government plans at the government's expense. Five directors, three appointed by the president and two by the secretary of agriculture, would control th? corporation None of the directors would be allowed to own stock, and the secretary of the treasury would have supervision over the corporation similar to his present control o\?*i banks. Fertilizer and power would be pro doced and distributed, and the prop erty held intact for the manufacture of explosives in time of war Dur'nj ti?e first \ear the government wouk appropriate $1,000,900 ?o defray ex pen sos and after that the opera till] coat* would < :>uie from profits frou the sale of fertilizer and power. Disastrous Fire at Pine Bluff. Hamlet.?The gloat or part of tht town of Pine Biuff. winter tourist r? ot't located 22 mites from Hamlet, to ward Aberdeen and Pinehurst. whs d ptrojred by Bra when ihe flames. o;i| il is t&OMght. la the kitchen of the Pine Bluff lun. consumed moe f th9 equipment of the voluutter fin doigmrtuicut before it could be rescue* ?sd brought info use. Th Pins Riul {Bus. the famous 'Mother" Pock fn feet&i. and two dwellings, one belong teg to lie* B A. Ires pastor of th Baptist church hero, and the other t !D. M. MrGlaghlit). were burned. Th tasi was estimated at about $4.r>'.0(t0. Expect Rak* Cut By Other Banks. * Washington.?Reduction of life r< discount rate by the New York R? err* Bank, front 4 12 to 4 per ceo to expected to be followed by sitnila reserve banks at Boston end PhiW dedpfcla. Secretary Mellon, among others. b< Rove the raductic 1 will do little t stimulate new business, inaimuch a he regards the general money sup pi as adequate and (be present rate easy. Nine Kilted at Chiplry, Ga. Columbus. Ga.?Nine persons wer killed and 30 injured at Chipley. nea here, when that section was a true fcy a tornado which visited South an Central Goorgia. Two o( the dea were white, both women Propart damage ?b estimated at several thoi end dollars. Officials o the Re Crwa here have gone to the scaaio, I aril*# distant. Red Cross Speed? to Stricken Area* Washington.?Tha Red Croat dlsai ier mobile unit in charge of Hoary \ j Baker, national director of iliszstc relief, and Marry * Richmond. le< Wsabinrton for the South to dire< rHM m the tornado areas of seven tale*. Tbe unit will supplement r? M work of Red Cross chapters i the stricken regions The mobile noil was dispatched o pereipt of tele phone messages frot Sou theru division headquarters : 'Atlanta. Oe. Five Are Killed By Gas Explosion. Kansas CitF-?Fire parsons wet kttied and several injured by a gas line explosion at the plant of ttj Interstate Refineries here. The bun ing gaseitne spread to slorags taafc and an hour later the Sm was n< aader control. bri burns Urges Japtlst Seminary Danville. Ta.?A new Baptist seoi asry lo cost $fc.60ft.<>0C will be racoti aeodod to the Southern Baptist Coi ration when it meets this month i Atlanta. Dr J. M. Sholbume. of th cHy. chairman of the special commi tee appointed to make recommend A tioos on the subject. announced. The fire cities which will be ncei tloned In che report as seeking tl seminary are Richmond, Va.. Biimini ham. Aih . Macon. Ga.. Jefferson Cit; Tenn.. and Greenville. S. C.. It at Uted. jlURS OF LURISTAN I NATIVES OF PERSIA 1 I r ! Ancient Province One of the Most Ba-.kw&rd Regions. ilisoatches ' i litj; that Tfbcrdti (roups have siitxhipd lite I.urs of Luristan open a vi<a of I history which is almost as Ions ami ! fully as alluring as the revelations of Tutankhamen's toiub.*' says a bulletin from the Washington henthpi,tilers of the National CJeoirrantih- soeiotv. "I'j'rsid itself Is the only land of <Md Test anient times which retains its I Identity, name and nationality to this day. and rite Lurs are believed to he the aborigines of this ancient country. Persia Still Primitive, i "The laws of the Medes and Persians have heroine a synonym of Immutability ; Persia Itself, almost rall! roadless, primitive and Isolated, is ossein laliy unchanged. And rh? remote Lnrfstun province, on its western herder. corrugated by mountain ranges, is one of tiie most backward and unaltered regions of all Portia, j "Lurlston nominally no-opted Mo ! hainmedanisnt. hut th? l.urs pay s? ant ! -attrition to the Komi) or to the prnphj *t. Their religion embraces ?) phllo i soptiicul belief (n reincarnation and I the practice of ancient heathen rites. "The Plant of the Bonk of Ksther In eluded hurislrn and the ruins of Susa. j within the border* of the present prov! I nee. yielded t * excavators of reeent | years specimens of pottery hearing geometrical designs, reminders that some of our mat hematics, especially our algebra, came from Persia. Where Wine Came From. "Some of our finest fruits and flowers, much of our jewelry, and the wine i which n<? longer Is ours, are Persian gifts to our civilization. A Persian . | legend attribute* the discovery of wine | to a queen's toothache. t "A sluih had placed grapes In a jar , i to preserve them and they fermented. I j so the stoy.v runs. Thereupon his tnaI jesty marked the Jars 'poison.' After j sleepless nights with n throbbing iuo. lar. the queen determined to ?'ii : her | misery and swallowed a liberal portion of the 'poison.' ' She fe|| into a deep sleep, and j 5 when she awakened the pain had gone! r Therefore. tie.* native will tell %- u. the I Persian word for vvltle I <? this day means "sweet poison.' r Alexander's Last Campaign. ) "A superstitious general nr.gbt hcsl taic fo invade Parisian. There Vlc.vander the <'.resit made his last cam palgti. offering up fhe enemy a* human * | sstcrilices to the spirit of :iis fr . r | ||? phaest ;on. Tliere. too. Antlochus : s: IV attempted to loot the temple*, was s driven lino the 'shameful retreat' litentlotted In Maccabees, and shortly after a j that experience lie lost his reason. i b huim'v <)tin:i<-|i and polo to western il i peoples. Persia has for America two T modern points of contact An Amorl s < an body of experts is trying to put j Hie country on a sounder economic o basis. and oil bids fair to overshadow 0 , all other products of the ancient king , dom. Herodotus Strikes OH. "Neither o these contacts ha naw, j however, for as early as tlic reign of Shah Abbas. In the Sixteenth century. '* i Persia engaged British military men to lt train her army. And Herodotus made r the first report on her oil when he 1 wrote: " 'Near Arderlcoa la a well which produces Three different substances, ? for asphalt, salt and oil are drawn up , from It in the following manner: It fa ' 1 raised by a balance beam, to which. In stead of a bucket, half a wine skin 1r I attached. Having dipped down with i this. a man raise* it and pours the j content* Into a reservoir. It is then * : poured from this Into another and aeir j suuies the different forms; the asphalt * and the wa^t Immediately become solid. ^ ! buc the oil they collect and the Perj slana call it rhaudinance. It la black * i and emits a strong odor.* ** t-1 0 < Roman Amphitheater in Heart of Philippopoli* ^ PhillppopoMs, Bulgaria.- ?jtrcheoloj gists are stirred by the discovery of 1 . what is evidently a Rouaan amphithe^ J ater la the city square. DJumaia. The workmen were digging foinda ,t j tlons rec ently for t new structure, when four meters neiow the surfscs ^ ?>f the square they came tifwm a flight I of marble stairs of massive cena'roc>n ! .. .. .... ? .V. u_ _ uou ana curiae* w??rn arno??iu i.y m? a rrnil of many feet. _ Official* summoned from the mtiti aeiina zmrt ? their preliminary opinion that theae marhlf stops, a little leys than a meter wide. were the aisle of j an amphitheater The archeolcglsts ^ af Che ethnological nuieum at Soda i will make further inquiries and ponslWy continue the ercaiatloo ?i * ? *** ? **##****#*?**?*#**? " i J New Method Used to j * Heal Severe Burn* * ' t * ^ i * IxHidon.?LNsfiguretr.ect from j J Injuries by burn* la prevented J * by a new way of treating burns * J Just tried at the London ho* Jj[ I * pital * * ? The patient 1* left without * * dressings or bandages of any de- * *" * script Ion. the pin f. affected be- * ?* ing simply washed with boraclc * * ^ ?cld, and atearate ot nnc Is ap ^ ! 11;,lu>cl- i K" ; * Little utedleal attention Is re- + ! * quired afterward the burns be- * 1-1 * na allowed to heal on their own * * * rHE WATAUGA DEMOCRAT?EVE 5.0. FACES m " OF REBUILDING;' SOVERNOR ISSUES PROCLAMA- l>; TION ASKING AiD FOR THOSE " W MO I O.C.T WO MP*; I .1 Washington.---National funds for the \ American Rod Cross were made avail- tl able for continuation of the xten- r si sl\e relief operations rendered by Red ti Cross chapters in the south s tornado ti belt. One of the most pressing weds of the homeless is for shelter. Sev- tl eral hundred tents purchased by the Rod Cross arc being set up and equip* pod for immediate occupancy. Ample It Red Cross supplies are on ha mi to si care for the home.ess. :i A telegram receieed from Joseph C. v I^ogan manager of the oouth^rn divi* n sion. states that local authorities in stricken regions have placed the en. I tire relief situation in the hands of r the Red Cross. The Red Cross dis* r aster-mobile unit arrived at Colurn- :> bin. S C.. and immediately began relief operations. Columbia. S C.?Their dead buried, I injured cared for in hospitals and tbe 1 needy provided for in concentration' camps directed by American Red i Cross relief workers, citizens of South , ^ Carolina Rirded themselves for the task of reconstruc :<?n after the series of twisting wind storms which swept the riate Wednesday. By executive proclamation Governor Thomas (* ,.M< T,eod railed upon the public to aid the sufferers from the , tornadoes which killed 73 jersons, maimed scorer., ioss serioulsy injured hundred. wre? h?*d the homes of per. | haps a thousand and damaged property with losses which may reach two op more million. Realizing the immensity of the task, the executive urged that contributions be made "willingly and liberally as 'thousands of dollars will likely be needed to *arry forward the work of relief While the two daily newspapers in Columbia were designated by him to receive contribution the governor added that the central relief committee .vould also receive funds. The general fund, he said will he disbursed by the centra! Red Cross committee. No expense will be attached to the administration of the relief fund it was added. Thirteen counties suffered front the windstorms, according to the proclamation Food and clothing wore the principal needs, according to a statement made at headquarters of the central state relief committee. It was pointad out that the need for medical suppha* is not so pressing ?n the scattered districts, most of the injured having been ? arried to hospitals. Bonus 8HI Goes to President. Washington.?Congressional notion on the soldier bonus bill uwr ocui| plcted with adoption by the house of ; the conference report on the measure, i which now goes to the President. The report, already approved by the senate, was gi.en house approve! by x viva voce vote. During twenty minutes discussion which preceded action on the report Representative McKenzie. republican. Illinois, sharply criticised the house conferees for accepting a senate amendment which would confer thn i bill's benefits on femole voemeti ot ! the navy. "Most of them received more pay I during ;he war than they ever had ! before,'' he said. " Granting them a i bonus simply gives the Pr. . .lent just ground for vetoing the bill. It is a I plain hold up. Representative Garner. Texas rank* iag democrat on the ways and mean* j committee, replied that there wal more reason to include female yoeroen j than fields clerks, a great proportion of whom, he declared, came from oF ? ficee of senators and representative* I and never were near the firing line. Ha pointed out that Mr. McKenzie. In a bonus bill which he introduced, bad included field clerks among haned; ctanes Arriving at the White House, the bill was sent tc the treasury departKoent for compilatien of an estimate of 2*e cost ia the form approved by the tire houses amd for preparation of a neport by Beeretary Mellon as to hia views. It also probably will be seal to the veterans' bureau for a report from Dirasior Mines relative to Kt administrative provisions. Mr. Coolidge has giveu no indie*Mes Held in Cube Denied Freedom. Haven*.?The five leaders of the stores* aod Patriots' association arrested in Havac seortly after the re voH ot soldiers m Santa Clara, were Atoned their freedom by the three Judge* heard their habeas corpus jlir - They were remanded to ttd mbrii Jail. Twenty Killed In Sumter County. Sumter.?Further reports and mora detailed information secur ed add to j the severity of the tornado which passed oaer the northeastern portion of; Sumter county. The Met of dead snd j Injured i? practically unchanged. Late; reports ah owed a total death list or 20. ' The lit* includes only one white man. j Bdward Dirk, as previously reported, J and lv* negroes. The devastation Is I eqaully complete In each section eietted. although at some places in Its path the wmd ueeaied to touch ifttfe a tighter hand than in orfbera. * RY THURSDAY?BOONE. N. C ?OUNT M'KINLEY IS T~~ SINKING INTO EARTH ~ r daska Residents Say Peak Drops Two Feet Annually. t; Mi'Kiuiey Park. Masks..-- T?*a?5it ion .\ a* it thai Mount MeKmley, the i??f* si si peak on the American continent, , a) unit two feet a year from it? ti tlaiai :<It if of 'JOJ&H). UesUVots of the region are ?"n ! I ? ?i- h?|?peits. 'Oiev ;?ut " i" is an awnici' of four ?;>rtlojuuko jt looks a year, and contend the luoun- ' v. i;n settles about six inc?iev with each ^ r. iior. ; \ i'.v way of attempted continuation. ^ lo-y refer to tiic AUmiH.hu islands. j ? According to recent reports front | ^ I"- nt'tl'u- sources. n?- one mo slate lite | K-afiou or altitude of many of the nmll islands in the Aleutian archipel- i Ko. One day an Island may appear J# re!l above water and the next day it . mv have vnnishod. Numerous small islands, including ^ tojjoslov. are reported to hate disap- ' eared without a trace. Roposlor is ' era I led as the island which suddenly ! IH^nrod while the crew of the roast , 'unrd '-utter Hear looked on. in 190fl. t-'i if thiwo t < ?* i. i T>-i i/-? I fr>>uLw tlif dame Is placed on Mount Katmat and ?c *avaloff volnmoes. wliicb Intermittent- j y ?5cnd out dense clou'ls of ainoke and I lauie. i Cyanide Gas Is Used to c;l Rout Rats in Fortland cv Portland, ore.?Cyanide rbb is rout- **o rtq the enemy In Portland's campaign o't ip'uinst rats. II S. Speer. commander-in-chief of he land and sea forces ;n the rat ami nljrn. has driven the pests from 1X1 heir chief breeding places, the in- fo inerator dumps and the fills In Dunl- H uiy park and Alameda. rr. William *'?. Halher superintendent r larfiape disposal, has reported that liere v as not a rat left in the dump ?i fills, where four years hro the city ai '.\ I tended at r.ne time $300 on poison ta ivlthotlt effect. ! c0 "\V.? must still he on on>* guard ;u liere, sa.vs Mr. Speer. "because orca j , -:"naUy a rat Jumps from a garbage L*, truck Householders tuna? learn to',,; covers on their garbage ?-an?. . And iIk* residents of South Portland must learn not to throw refuse in the igttl'fc*. "Wo have splendid co-operation from t'apt. Jacob Speior. the harbor-1 master. and from the doek commission. Wo have worked together to make ??ur p< terminals rat-proof An evidence r.f ' our effective ofTort ?nnie in our finding * virks of flour ?n terminal No. 1 an ton. lied by rata after 'he fourth ni^ht ! in the same loectlon. 1 81 "We are responding to c good many *" requests from residences. We applied j V( the cyanide gas. from the tank which'*' T carrv on my hark, to nno of five tut hole* on a lawn and found the ga* li puTed out from the four other hole* j ri The owner of the home reported the ? next week that thr,-e had been no fur- p thei sign cf rata on the lawn " c: ! ii Girl Recover* Following j ? Operation on Her Heart | Baltimore. Ma. An operation on lJ the human heart apparently micceaaful | In every way. and in which the organ;0 w?a actually bared by the aurgeon'a jy knife, waa described at the meeting cf ^ the American Surgical association here ? recently by Dr. Klilott C (hitler of h Harvard Medical school, who per r' formed It. He told of having Inserted j d his linger In an orifice :ti the heart to 1 s cure a valvular *h?-eaae and that the jr patient Is atiil living, eleven month* 1 later, ant! Improved. Doctor Dut'er said that the patient h \\ mtk ? fnuri^pp v?-m r old lrlrl i m*> of t the orifices of her heart was so siuall g that It waa Impossible for the organ I h to function. The child waa threatened j f with death bemuse of this situation. h The sack In which the heart Is In-'t closed was opened. The organ Itselfjc waa exposed. Wltili It heat, the deli-; i rate operation of opening the orifice i was performed. The sack was ctoaed and the patient slowly recovered. Woman Keeps Record on 1 Top-of-the World Weather a Seattle. Wash.? Daily weather oh- ^ Nervations In the land of the midnight c sun. as the United Atotea' farthest 1 north weather station, at I'o4nt Bar 1 row. Alaska, are made by a woman Four or dve times a year aha Menus a c report to the on Pride world by d?>g c team, roast guard cutter or trading fa vchooner j The forecaster and recorder is Mrs. ? Mollie Ward C5rei*t. wife of the stir r geon In rtinrge of the Presbyterian | hospital at Point Barrow. She ha* been I th# government"* top-of-the-world | wont her observer since IfCO. Bears 11 Tailleaa Pups Sflverton. Ore.? Puts v. a spaniel st the Hagae kennel*. has given Wrth r? II bobbed failed pupa. She I* herself of the fiipped-tall variety. If dog* are to be taiileas. why bother with tall* In flie beginning? Not a one of the 11 ma kA.n o ?a1I ? I.. S fenrlews with dog fancier* hare not r*v?-alM ? aimilnr case In dog h!stor> Goes Blind Through Stuiy York. J'ji.?Ha*(I snnly to tit him for entrnnee rxaioiiiaflmi at the W#m I'oint inilitary academy raneed Fml eriok Kihv-khniim. .Jr.. (<? h?M-oinc blind I The young man. who an Infantry- ! man. will recover his sight after M . long rest. surgeons predicted. j ? j ? I Fit HERO'NE PASSES ! AWAY AT WILMINGTON. Mrs U. L Bjerly 35. who ws> adJy burned iu the i'riiK-^ ? i? .iter lire, died a J. the W ulker ! :iorial Hoapilai irom injuries '; i ? i' i .1 an vmui t ' i ii" a friend thought trapi-d in idauDg stroctnre. When the hr? - aried Mrs. By- j rly esvaped from the bttildinjr but , tceuibering a lr . ud in the buildshe returned to aid her in esaping. The other woman had ! e?-n rescued by firemen before J Irs Byerly r? turned It was upon j r return to the upp r store s of he building that ?b? was ;>adly urr.ed about the head and body. , . S. CABR OILS IN CHICAGO 'RMtR CH6EF OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS PASSES AT DAUGH- | TER S HOME. cornea Seriously III on Train While i Traveling to Ch.cago From Durham Home. nki.4.,. u?c i..i >c rr former commander of the United nfederate Veterans, died ai the me of his daughter here about 10:1G lock Tuesday night. General Carr left his home at Dur,m. N C., where he was a well known nker, Saturday to come to Chicago r a visit with his daughter. Mrs. C. Flowers. Un the train in conacted Influenza and was seriously when he arrived here. His condition grew worse and sevcrspecialists were called into consultion. They announced thai he had infracted pneumonia and that his ill's was complicated by a heat afction. I! was slated a. that time ai he probably would not survive the ght. He died at id.15 o'clock. Raleigh. Th? announcement of the atli in Chicago of General Juulian Carr. former commander in chief rhe United Confederate V -terms, ought sorrow and .-adtiess to thoutnds of fcis ? Id comrades and friends irougnout Dixie For years clem , al ur: a very wealthy man. had <> u i? friend of the needy Contederate i-:t ran. his widovv or orphans. It is lid that General Cart had never faii1 to aid a veteran ??r the family of a p'eran vh c help was actually need I. 'The !a?rh string is always hangig on the outside for my old coin*des," the genera* was often quoted ? having said, la addition to suplviug ihe necessities oi life to many r the old soldiers- or their families, eneral Carr paid the college ex Morrison was awakened by tb? log's niggin gat the bed clothes tc Ind the house in flamei With th?i lelp of hi* wife, and has cousin femes Morrison he carried five chU Irer.. ranging in age from three tc line years, to safety. Two of th*m tobert and Richard, had bees errsr Mttte by smoke eases ot numerous nods ana uuugiis oT bis oiri fr>ends General Carr was always a conspic0119 figure a; state and general Cod sderati' reunions. Perhaps many au Id soldier will mis* the reunion this ear as the result of the death of icueral Carr In former years all an M Confederate soldier had to do to e sure of attending a reunion was n lei General Carr know thai he was nabte to pay his expenses. it is aid hundreds of veterans went 10 the eunioit every year at the expense of lenera! Carr The General apparently was never ny happier than when he was with he hoys of the thinning ranks of ;ray. At the democratic convention icid here several wveks ago ne w*a requectiy seen with locked arms with lis old "pals." swapping stories of he battles in which they had partilipaied r>i> years ago. lie always visted th? Confederate soldiers* home lere when visiting in Raleigh. Ten Per Cent Tax on Radio Set*. Washington -The senate gave approval ? finance committee aniendnents 10 the revenue hill imposing 1 JO per 1 eni tax ou radio sets, reluring automobile taxes, repealing the apitu' stock tax. and restoring to the >111 thf tax on drafts, checks and >romiaso: y notes. All were adopted practically wi*hrut debate or opposition in rapid crier after more than two hours had een spent in discussion of minor proposals Further contests arc expected. however, on the radio and auto nob tie rates. Approval of these amendments left mly vital provisions of the bill to be aken up. These include the income ax rates, redaction on earned in sum the corporation tax. estate and fift t?xe*. publicity of returns and he board of tax appeals. Proposals o fax incomes from tax exempt s>ecurties also are 10 be disposed of. Coilie Saves Lives of Eight. L*niberton. N. Y.?The lire* of jerion* w???* sa^ed by a collie dog when he farm house of I**ite S. ^<jm?oD wiri?"1 to the ground. The dog sacri it* nWn 1 i f? PAGE SEVEN SAC a ED CARVINGS FOUND IN BOTTLE All Appurtenances to Death ot Christ on Cross Shewn. t,r?j jur/./J* ?i Uj *tn aBtiqaeJ dUK "*i' ;ht* ruin- ol at* am ifiit cttif-; li? l\t>r*t. U;tl>. w ? L Jias ju-T L?vcn i?r- v.,iit to tlmir ;.n? lit on. 1: - a hoi tie, in which there is a cur? ; :i \ -?r\ed r- pio a ?.t all the in. slrMi.?*iit> Usvu in il'i* crucifixion of Jesu> v'hnst It - u n r? v. neek? d lk>tt'* . willi a v.o-?<ifii sJoppei. The curving* are ;?iv\emed irom coning out \ a 'T arm of wood, to which th? > ane f?>;eu?l. Not -ri:? fiie eur\ rg 1 it the bottling i'M'i! k> ' skillful workmanship. How tii- articles were < :.rv<-?! placed in t t?*.ttie and the c? mainer seated is- ii niyutcry. Many of the piece# <*ontttlned are iarjjw than the bottle's opening. The theory that the maker blew the hotUe around the work after 'I* ratrspletion is given little credence. because the wood is wltn d to the has?- of the flask It is pointed out that had the molten glass hern put around tin carwngs the. paint oil them, winch is intact. would have heen scorched. The cross, of course. i* The iirinciptil feature of the work. A*op It is a rooster. The spear, tne garment tjhriat w??re? the dice with which His slayers gambled. the tools with which the cross was made, the ladder, the sponge fvouo which the Savior drank, the hnnd which slapped Him and numerous other and : levs important articles all arc faithfully depicted. On the cross a~e the litters "I. N. K. I..*' which some authorities claim stand for tho I.rin words meaning! "Testis of Nazareth. Kinf of the Jews.*', Th?? nrttst's name is lettor*??< crudely on ti.o hnse tlilis: "Majocco Bortolcx of Torino, Italy. "Mah Jongg Queen" Who iii^ to U. S. j I JkSrK. Joseph i'urk StitbcOrK, heller, j known ?i? M?h Jonpp.' *bo intra-1 du('?4'l the popular pnmr- into rhis ooiin-l ; r \, as well jch having written most of; the rules of the pan;*- Mrs flRhooek,j in iiu?u's-? eostr.iue. was photographedi ow tlie grounds of hotel itt Pasadena, i <'nl., just before an exhibition ;:air.e. ^ France Has "Demon Ray" to Wipe Out Her Encmi? Paris.? I pon the e\e <?f t!ie armis-l ! tice France possessed a "demon ray," I | lhe inosd terribh i.nnihitating fori**?] j which i!i?? mini: of man ever conceived.! | with which. Micntlsts claim. ihe en i | ' .v German army could hove been' cHl and every man. woman, child 1 and animal in the German <ities wiped( out. Tills was revealed m Paris fol lowing (llJH'Hssioiis of Grindem Matthews' Invisible radio raj. with which the British arm is planning !o guard London. A hoied French scientiM. whose name is kepi secret. iIIm ihitw! the i "demon ray ' ac<hleulwl1> while mn ' ducting laboratory espcriim ids .n the autumn of this. KrciW'l mithnritirsl commandeered the indent ion. A ppa ralus for iatttieninu the deal h dealing i rur? whx t?+i.ug insihlieii to annihilate fii?k German army uavy and air forces when the armistice was declared. The invention then was abandoned until the present, when It \* believed ; It wiil be secretly reconsi ructed an a counter-weapon to the Ma if hews ray. Boy of 6 Killed Playing With Hi* Mother'* Pistol New York Ernest. six year-old 6on I : ??f Mrs. Mamie Shine. found a shiny , new toy under his mother's pillow and | look it To play with while she slept, j The toy wan a loaded revolver. Sev eral moments later u shot awakened Mrs. Shine and she ruahed into the j parlor to flr.c Ernest on the floor, an - onsrJous. * ballet in bi? eh est. The revolver wn? discharged when Krnest drhpped it heavily to the floor ^ Mrs. Shine was released by Magls 'rate Barrett In Harlem court, to take ^ ??:rtrse of her boy's body, after putting up $TiOO bond for appearance There are two other children at the Shine I apartment at 233 Eiiat One Hundred j Third street. The father 1? e&ployad nights.
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