J un6 22, 1926 I MaMy I Ntews I letter WEossip at Staff Cavapmkitr i.f at ftorld Centers ts pt Population BY H. R. KNICKERBOCKER. national News Service Staff H Correspondent- June 21. —Riivtiia'a. wave has just now reached H crest and is beginning to sub- The occasion, as usual was the ■t Soviet election. htiebands in Russia etiil that woman's place is behind plough. Some of them have way to Soviet enlightenment, Bt the majority continue to rely ort Be ancient Musrovitr adage that ■A chicken is not a bird, and a wom ■n i» not a human being" I Btitr every Soviet election the BpuWs are jammed with wives com ■aining against their husbands. A Hpieal grist from the docket of the Moscow provincial court was the : Andreyvitch. charged with Hating his wife because she received Bpcnty-two more votes than he did ■ the village election. ■ Simeon Simeonovitcli, charged Bith tying his wife to her bedstead B> keep her from attending the elec- Bon. ■ Anton Petrovitch, charged with Backing his wife in the cowshed for ■ hree days during the election cam paign. In the village of Rutzum, province if Honiel, a record of 100 per cent in wife-beating-was hung up by the in dignant males of the village on the night before election. All the women had gathered in the school bouse for i a meeting. The husbands organized j «n masse, raided the school house, i drove the women home and that night I the loeal militia was driven frantic, trying to rescue first one wife and I then another from domestic dis cipline. A more practical solutior was j found by the women of flip lit!gee Seresnyaky, province of lltyazaa. They defied their husband on ' e.ee rion day, turned out to the last woman,and elected their own eamli- 1 iatcu to the village Soviet. There ms not been reported a single case if wife-beating in Beresnyaky since :bo U>wh mothers assumed adtnin stration of the law. The favorite months for marriage II w r e»t Bvtkiin are July, Angus! and >e*cmber,c when 30 per cent, of tiio otal marriages of the year take ilace. Expensive than $60Q,000 was spent ft unsuccessful effort to fHthe Pennsylvania Repub ■> -nomination for re-elec ffa by friends of Senator Wharton Pepper, tes- before the Senate in- BgatiUg committee re { -j • ■ i W* ' 11 ""' ** ,lliri ir " 11 • - * ' 1 p,LY AND HER PALS JUST EGGING ON PA ~ | | Hp AMYBUDDy INjThiS flgk. • • -3»• ■ ~ * : . . * . ' • •*• • +'%'”* - ' j ' , ‘'’-*r- —irinr-imimr-wr , m -„- ,« Dinner Stories I ! “I heard you gave a party , last night, old chap. What was it to cele brate ?” , j “It was for my wife. It was the tenth anniversary of her thirtieth i | Beggar (accosting man on street)! I‘‘l've seen better days, sir—” I | Man : "Sorry, but I’ve no time to j discuss the weather.” "A portly gentleman,” began a; fhui.ing smoker, as the train emerged' from u tunnel and the smoke began to clear away, “who Was riding in an elevator at tile Biit'.css, the other day, became incensed at a fellow passenger who unmentioually stepped on "his toe. “ ‘Say, you, fool,’ he snapped, ‘do you think me feet were made for an f idiot to walk on - '” “‘lt seems that way,’ was theqaiet | rejoinder.” Teacher—Well, what did you do 1 during your vacation? Pupil—l forgot everything I learned | before vacation. Wifey—You used to say I was the ; light of your life. Hubby—Y'es. but I didn't suppose , you were going to get put out at every little thing. ! Mrs. Aiden—l want a cook, but she must be capable. Head of Employment Agency— , Madam, I have several on my list capable of anything. i TODAY’S EVENTS Tuesday. June 22. 1928 I Centenary of the birth of Henry J. Clark, eminent American naturalist. King Haakon VII. today completes his twentieth year on the throne of I Norway. Fifteenth anniversary of the coro nation of King George V. and Queen Mary, of Great Britain. Third day of the twenty-eighth In ternational Eucharistic Congress at Chicago, witli imposing ceremonies oil Soldiers’ Field. Tile Crown Prince and Crown j Princess of Sweden and theirNparty | are to spend today in Detroit, visiting j some of the great automobile plants. I President Doumergue and Premier i Briand, of the French Republic are . lo arrive in Ixindou today to spend three days as the guests 1)f King I George. I > W. Swectser, winner of the i . British amateur golf championship, is to’ he Welcomed home tonight with a grant banquet at the Hotel Biitmore, New York, ' The first national lip-reading con test is to be held in Philadelphia to day_ in connection with the conven tion' of the American Federation of Organizations of the Hard of Hear ing. I JTOUS SNEEZEIT ' ~~ SMt mr \-r -=j| HE HftP MORE BRAIN'S [ NOW Do VA SEE f" \An4l7—H ' ncwQJOUUS ftwv that '/. T TO \ ( / »SbP OOOL- \ , i-rwa \ ( rt-tOMJMwoU \ \ \ ) ifitir w arts CA ; j//’ ” • V > MHBHMCTOes 1 JtoiT tMMSUlfc.rU'f- > OOtMA-'IUKTS l WFHT' Vv >foOO ( < i v a mHiii ' SRMI-ANNI'AE INSPECTION | ] OF STATE MOTOR BESSES Now in Progress by the Vehicle I)e-: parimonl of Corporation ( Jmmis-' sion. _ ' .! Raleigh, June 21. —The semi-annual I inspection of motor busses engaged' j in passenger traffic on the State high- 1 I ways is now in’progrcss by the motor vehicle department of the Corporation t . Commission. This includes and in-1 j spection of brakes, motors, steering j j gear, tires, axles, in fact a thorough l .j inspection of all the mechanical parts I j of the busses, as well as the interior I | equipment pertaining to the comfort | of the passengers. Licenses of all, drivers are also being inspected. ! “Not a thing is overlooked that pertains to the safety or comfort of the travelling public,” said R. Otis 1 Se.f. secretary of t’ae commission and head of the motor vehicle depart ment. It was pointed out that at pres ent there are 522 licensed motor ear ners doing business over the high ways of the state, probably as large if not a larger number than in any 1 other state. Os this number 210 arc large passenger busses, carrying any- INDOOR SPORTS SScT-V MV <*£ mM I] C M p^aa,; - sxissfi* 1 * ' W6N FOK B6K. \ ' ( M W ; vrom.vwash/ai&toej.-ji- ... — -frrrT; THi: CSWC6ZZ SgL*’ TRIkUNEs i where from 10 to 30 passengers each ;! 1 220 are sedans or touring ears in j regular bus service, on roads where j Pile business does not warrant a large j bus, and 83 are trucks, doing pas ■ senger and freight service. i Attcn- I tion was called to the fact that six ; years ago there were not more than I six large passenger busses in the en tire states. The combined mileage of these j busses is estimated at 05,000 miles a ! ( l«y «nd the combined equipment rep- I resents an investment of $3,0(M).0(M). | The operators of these bus Hues spend | $53,1J)0 annually for the maintenance of union bus stations, which are re ! quired by • the state. The bus own ers at first were opposed to Pile union terminal idea, but now have been coin p.etely sold on the idea and would not now have any other system. North Carolina is the only state that requires these union terminals. The estimated income from the bus lines in North Carolina is $295,000 a month and the business is growing every month, so that motor bus trans- j portation in North Carolina is rapid ly becoming one of Pile state’s big-' gest businesses. 1 • . JSr- " ~ . ".-a-fee -1 ALMttfeT SECOND rr HELEN KELLER Has ,*egained Speech Bttt Nrtt Sight FeMowiug Attack of Nfcnfogltls in CNBUhcod. Cednr Springs, S. C., June 21. Miss Ituby Miller, lU, blight and cheerfu', and with her small girlish %ure, bobbed hair and youthful man-; ner- net appearing over 14, is a stu dent of the South Carolina school for deaf and blind here. At the age of tliPee. die was left deaf. dumb, arid b ind by an attack of tlie dreaded men ingitis. Although site is still deaf, she can hear —hear throtigh the medium of the delicate sense of touch in the sensitive tips of her fingers. She does not remember ever having ‘heard a sound: she does not know what sound is. Yet slie can talk, speaking with an inflection, which, although it is teomewhnt quaint, is remarkably wejjk modulated, clear and very elinrm ingf: She can barely recall having : at one time many years ago seen a I herd of With all three ‘handi caps Ituby is well educated. She has a sense of humor, is very witty, 1 and a delightful conversationafist. Indeed, her remarks jle progress during the twelve years she has been a stndent at the Cedar Springs in stitute. of which Dr. N. If. Walker is superintendent and his son, W. L. Walker, is principal, has earned for ’-‘Or the name pf "a second HehSn Kel ler.*’ Dr. Walker used this term in speaking of her in an interview a few days ago, and there have been many widely traveled visitors at the sehool who have heartily agreed with him. The young Woman is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Miller, of Co lumbia. For nearly six years after the attack of meningitis, SvhiCa eaine at the age of three, her mind Was vir tually a blank, receiyfng uo impres sions whatever, the main avenues hav ing been cut off. The task was a very tedious and patience-trying one, but Doctor Walker ami his assist ants did not despair. Today they are richly rewarded. Cedar Springs lies four miles south of Spartanburg. It was established in 18411 by the fattier of the present superintendent. The present Doc tor Walker has been superintendent for over fifty years. 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