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
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" 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
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j
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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?
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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.