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THE BURNSVILLE EAGLE
BURNSVILLE, N. C., FRIDi, JANUARY 23, 1931.
News Review of Current'
Events the World Over
Ten Italian Planes Make Flight From Africa to Brazil
at Cost of Five Lives—Doings in Congress—
Unemployment Decreasing.
By EDWARD W. PICKARD
ITALY’S
I macla”
"air
conquered
I the Atlantic ocean,
I but at the expense of
I five lives. Of the four-
I teen big seaplanes
{hat started from
: Home for Hrazll, ten
made the flight across
the sen aucce.ssfully.
Two crashed Immedl-
; ately after the take
off at Bolama, Portu
guese Guinea; one
man was killed in the fall of the first,
and the entire crew of four perished
when the second fell and burst Into
flames. The two replacement planes
that were In the squadron were or
dered Into flight after these mishaps,
and both of them were forced down
by mechanical trouble not far from
the Brazilian penal island of PernnD-
do do Noronha. Their crews were
picked up by Italian destroyers thai
were patrollng the route.
Of the ten planes that got across
safely, the first to land at Natnl,
Brazil, was the one piloted by Gen.
Italo Balbo, Italian air minister, who
commanded the armada. The second
was piloted by Colonel Maddalena,
holder of the world’s distance and en
durance records. General Balbo was
highly elated by the success of the
flight, saying It was greater than he
had expected, despite the misfortunes
at Bolama. The aviators were given
a great welcome at Natal, and later
In the week, when they flew on to
lUo de Janeiro, were tlie recipients of
a wonderful ovation In that capital
city. The planes are all to be sold to
the Brazilian government, hut may
first be flown to Buenos Alrwi and
hack. They are of the Siivola-Mnrch-
etti type adopted as bombing
pliines by the Italian navy and on the
traupntlnntle flight each carried four
men jind radio telephone and telegraph
N early seven months of Intensive
and careful work by detectives
and newsi)aper men has resulted In the
arrest of tlie man wlio Is declared to
be the murderer of Alfred Llngle, a
reporter for the Clilcago ’miuine. The
law authorities In Chicago a.ssert thni
mysterious crime that excited the en
tire country Is now cleared up. The
ncciised man is Leo Brothers, a gun
man of St. i-ouls wliere he has a long
police record. lie was quietly arrested
in Chicago on December ‘Jl. t)ut the
capture was kept secret wlille the of
ficials completed their tnvestigatjin.
Brothers, who In Chicago went un
der the name of I-ouis V, Biuler, an
».wers the de.scrlptlon of I-Ingle’s ussas
sin and Is said to have been positively
tdentllled by witnesses to the murder
Tlie olUcinls declare he was hired to
slay Llngle, but refuse for the presold
to tell who hired him or to name the
witnesses who Identify him. Neither
would they reveal any of the proof
they say they have of his guilt.
C O N G HESS no
sooner resumed
Its session after the
holidays than the
opponents of the ad
ministration resumed
their triniblesome tac-
lies. Those centered
for the time being
largely about the np-
in accord with the wishes of the
Nicaraguan government. President
Jose Moncada stated he believed
It would be unwise to withdi
the marines at this time;
added that be would like to Insure ad
ditional co-operation of Nicaraguans
with the United States force In an
effort to stamp out banditry. His gov
ernment. be said, Is trying to obtain
a loan of $1.(H)0,(K)0, part of which
would be u.sed to strengilien the na
tional guard for this purpose.
as that
vere be-
work, especially by
r>EST news of (he h
L> many thousands of
ing put back
the rnll/ouds and the automobile
ufaoturers. The tension of the unem
ployment situation was appreciably
lessoned. The Chicago & Northwestern
i^’Slem returned nearly 7,000 em
ployees to their jobs In the mechanical
and ear departments which had been
closed since December 24. These de
partments were reopened on a three
day a week basis. The Monon lines
took t)nck nearly 800 men on a part
time basis, and the Santa Ee and the
Hock Island lines were preparing to
give at least temporary Jobs to hun
(ireds. Other thousands, mainly shop
men, were returned to work by tlie
Illinois Central, tlie Norfolk & West
ern, the Missouri Pacific, the New
York Central and the Southern Pa
cific.
In Detroit and Cleveland the auto
mobile factories were humming again.
Twenty-two thousand men were re
called to the plants In the Detroit
area Monday, and In the Ohio city not
only the motor car makers hut many
other Industries added to their pay
rolls.
R E.'-roNDlNG to a
rAoliitloii of (he
-senati^.fsuing for In^
yecretnry of La
' William N. Doak
I led that approxl-
4tHi,(IO() aliens
V illegally re
siding In the United
and that of
otal, 2.") per cent,
M.W. Littleton or DO,000. are de
port hie under the
provisions of the In iilgratlon act. In
order to facilitate tli
of deporting undesii hies who are II
legally residing in ili
federal program
country, several
Ricardo Alfaro
o p r I a 11 o
for
suggestions were tm ile by Mr.’ Doak
for changes in the i
them one for sire
relative to the dci-^nation of those
aliens “who
gunizations which advocate the
throw of the goven|ient of the Unit
ed States.” j
That Inst phrase, Ibf course, means
chielly the communtts, and It Is in
teresting to note tlijt a big nntl-(
munlst mass meetin —
by Martin W. Little
Carnegie hall, New
at which a resoluflo
exclusion of thos*
adopted. Ilepresenltt^-'
Ing civic, patriotic. 1
organizations if Ajk
the meeting, and C"
ton Fish told sometil
of Ills congresslon.'l
vestigntiOD Into the
Beds.
satisfy Patman. "Our nation," said the
Texan, "is the wealthiest on earth. It
owes less In proportion to wealth than
any other country. It has given bil
lions of dollars to other countries in
recent years and much of it was used
to pay their own veterans adjusted
pay and bonuses up to $7,000 each.
“We can pay the veterans in cash
now by selling bonds at the lowest In
terest rate in the history of our na
tion and retire the last one of those
bonds In three or four years. By di
verting payments from the public
debt, which is already overpaid up
to this time, no Increase in taxes will
be necessary now or later.”
P ANAMA started
the New Year ofl
wltli a bang and add
ed that country to
the list of Latin
American nations that
have set up new govr
ernments by force
This revolution, how
ever, lasted less than
twenty-four hours
was accompanied with
very little bloodshed
When it was over
Florenclo H. Arosemena had given up
liis office of president and was under
arrest at the home of a cousin whc
was one of the revolutionists, the gov*
.ernment was in the hands of a junta
and Dr. llarmodlo Arias was named
acting president.
The office of president was at once
offered by cable to lUcardo Alfaro
Panama’s minister to the United
States, asking him, If he accepted, to
return at once from Washington. Al
faro took only four hours to decide
and then accepted the call and began
to wind np his affairs in the American
capital. Ile Is a veteran liberal and
has been minister In Washington foi
nine years. It was believed by the
revolutionists that his close relations
with the American government would
tend to hasten the recognition of the
new regime by President Hoover.
For a day or two it seemed likely
that Panama City would be attacked
by a smalt army of arnied farmers
from the Chepo district where is the
country seat of Vice P-esldent Tomas
Duque, an adherent of Arosemena.
But the provisional govei iraent placed
machine guns on the hlg^iwuys lead
ing Into the city, add the counter re
volt faded Into noth.ngness.
Secretary of State Stimsoh con.
ferred with President Hoover^ on the
V'l'ai w
tlons were that the Alfaro; goverm
inent would be recognized aftbr some
delay. .
M ODIFICATION of the so-called
consent decree of IfilA). ordered
by JiKstice Jennings Ba'iey of the
District of Columbia SupVeme court
greatly loosens the restrictions im
posed on the big packing icompunie.s.
Tlie Armour. Swift. Cudahy and Wil
son concerns are now permitted to
igage in the manufacture and sale
of nearly all classes of food com
raodltles. But they ure not allowed to
enter the retail field. Justice Baile?
holding that retail activity by the
packers "would probably result In nl-
nioat complete nnnlliilation of the In
dependent retail grocers."
of NEn YORK
COEDS SHOW LACK
OF SENSE IN DIET
"NOAH” PREPARES
FOR 1932 FLOOD
A girl, pretty L young, rented a
room in Brooklyn It was In one of
those houses whe lodgers are per
mitted to cook Llfl- own meals and
the girl was partl;Ar to see that the
little gas stove t./in working order.
She paid a weebjroom rent in ad
vance, as is the tom In such cases,
went out and bou 1 a small bunch of
flowers, came baeknd put them In a
glass, plugged thlheyhole and door
cracks, lay down,.nd turned on the
ga-o.
1
When at last tMopened the gas-
fllled room, the t^was asleep for
ever. Her purse Hd a little money,
bur neither tliere or on her clothes
could any Identifyg mark be found.
The police finally llscovered. in the
waste-paper basH. a torn and
crumpled sheet o paper with the
name.s of some illurators on It. They
visited the first o? on the list, told
him he would h.-e to go to the
morgue and see bhe could Identify
the girl.
This didn’t makenuch of a hit with
him, as he is bturally a highly-
strung, nervous fetnv, but he took a
friend with him ail accompanied the
police. For purnoss of this story, we
will call tilt rrlenrilohn Doe. It was
night. As the jirty reached the
street, the policema feaw a large auto
mobile and evidenly knew the chauf
feur, because theyfisked him to drive
them around to th morgue. He said
he would, as he uiM on his way back
lo the garage andlTad nothing to do.
They told him thejtory and the name
of the artist and iis friend.
It seemed to tl-- artist that the
morgue was a dni’a and mysterious
place. j
They showed bin the girl, and It
was a bit of a relief to him to dis
cover that he never had seen her be
fore. When they came out and shut
the door behind them, the automobile
was -Still waiting. They started toward
it, when suddenly from the dark door
way they had left, came a walling
voice, saying:
‘‘John Doe! John Doe!”
To say that thi 'artist and his
friend were startle^would be to un
derstate the ca.s(^^Bo and trembling,
they hung.on other. ^ Innrrh
"Don’t hi- scaredWcnlled the ehauf-
feur. ‘T just could^ resist It. I once
wn.s a stage ventriloquist. I called
’John Doe.’ because I couldn't remem
ber the other guy’.s name.”
presided
. was held In
Tk city, Friday,
calling for the
disturbers was
cs of the lead-
-or and church
ra took part In
xessman llamll-
of the findings
mmittee of In-
tlvltics of the
Fort
drought relief. Ttie
house passed the hill Sen. Caraway
riirrying
for this purpose, hut the senate
promptly aineiuled it by adding $1.V
(HXVHKI for the purpose of loans to
farmers for food. Senator Caraway
of Arkansas sponsored this move. He
declared he knew there was extreme
suffering In the com try districts of
his Slate, and his assertions were
strengthened by the reports that hun-
lred8 of farmers had rioted for food
at England. Ark,, and were appeased
to some extent by gifts of food from
the Bed Cross.
John Barton Payne, head of the
Bed Cross. In testimony before the
rommlttee on appropriations, denied
lliere was n riot at England and said
Hiat fkX* persons had been quietly fed
after ’’about forty men came In with
some excitement" and demanded food.
The ndinlnistratlon does not think
tongrossional appropriations for food
are neeessary or wise. The radicals
and perhaps some other members of
rongress more than Intimate that
l*reslilent Hoover niul his advisers are
iMild blooded and heartless in this mat-
E ight United Slntei marines were
nuilnished and kllU'd by Nlcnnigu-
an bandits on New Year’s day. and ns
a result the senate, on motion of Sen
ator Johnson of California, called on
the State department for n compre
hensive report on the use of our mn-
riiies In the Central .American repub
lic. Evidently the old question Is to
be debatwl again in congre.ss. How
ever. Secretary of State Stlmson said
the administration plans to kin-p the
marines In Nicaragua at least until
after the 103’J elections. This will be
[1 B. NUTT of
lonni commlt-
oinniittee that
ed his author-
T reasurer jos:
the Uepublicati
tee told Senator N\
Robert 11. Lucas cm
ity and made a niistA of judgment
In pledging the natlo I committee'
special account to sc re the $4,000
he borrowed to flnaiic* Is nnti-Norrls
propngniuhi. But -Mr. iiitt said he
didn't blame Mr. Lm for fighting
Norris and added that > had loaned
Lucos $11,WK) a few d ago to pay
off the bank loan. T committee's
special account, be s:, was not a
slush fund but was itej to help
out in certain congres ml districts.
M ore trouble for
the aduiinistra-
tloii’is brewing In the
matter of Immediate
payment of the World
war vetenins' adjust
ed compensation cer-
llflcatcs In cash. Rejv
rt'sentnllve Patman id
Texas, sponsor of (he
hill for such paymeiit,
said it was likely the
house would discharge Aor A.
the wa.vs and means Ttfenberg.
committee from fur- I
ther considorallon of thewsure so
that action could be obtal. He as
serted a petition for thisurse had
been signed by nieiiibersm many
slates who believe, wltlm. tliut
unfair tactics have l)eeu loyed to
defeat the bill. ,
Senator A. E. Vandenbof Mleli-
Igan, an adminigtrator suier, was
actively staking to bring it some
sort of c'>mproiitl8e. He fa’legisla-
Hon lo permit Veterans torow up
to 00 per cent ,of the ultV value
of their certltlc^tcs. But Uoesn’t
O NE day after flat
ly denying the re
port that he was
about to resign.
George Akerson, sec
retary to President
Hoover, handed In his
resignation—to the
considerable relief of
the Chief Executive’s
supporters. As hla sue-
ces.sor prominent Re
publicans in Wash- Frankli
ington are urging
Ueprt-.entatlve Franklin Fort of New
Jerse.i.
Sir. Fort will leave public life on
March 4, Ho was the unsuccessful
dry candidate for the Republican
nomination for the United States sen-
ate la.st spring, being defeated by
Dwight W. Morrow.
r^R.tNCE laid the Lion of the Marne
I at rest with all possible honor, and
the name of Joseph Joffre, marshal of
the republic. Is now added to those
of the other famed leaders in the.
World war who have passed on. Clad
in the black tunic and red breeches he
wore In 1014, Joffre lay in state fop
two days In the chapel of the war col
lege, On his breast was only one dec
oration. the Medallle Milltnire which
is granted only to army commanders
and privates. Tuesday night the body
was taken on a gun caisson, escorted
by cavalry holding torches, under the
Arc de Trlomphe to the Cathedral of
Notre Dame. Wednesday morning Id
the cathedral the services were con
ducted by Cardinal Verdier, archbish-1
op of Parfs. The remains were then
placed In a vault In the chapel of the
Invulides besides the biers of Na- [
poloon, Foch and other national
herces. They will remain there for
several weeks and will then be burled
at the Joffre country home at Lou-
vcclennes, not far from Paris.
hen the news of the marshal’s
death was given to the world, mes
sages of sympathy poured In on the
family and the French government
from all counlrle.s. German war com
manders and the German press were
ns lavish in their praise of the doinj
man us were tho.ie of the allied na
tions. One of tin- warmest tributes
came from Gen. Hermann von Kuhl,
the man whom Joffre defeated at the
Marne. All of which was highly grail
fylng to the morshal’s mourning ful
low countrymen.
(O, t»Il. \V«*t«rQ Ntw»04P4r Uolon.»
That Is the end of Ihe story, but I
might say that the police never Identi
fied the girl. None of the artists whose
names she had written down had ever
seen her. Apparently she had thought
of trying to get work ns u model and
had copied their names out of ranga-
zine.s or a telephone hook. The car.
by the way, was said to belong to a
dignitary of the church.
Those who turn out articles under
the name of some prominent person
have become commonly known as
“ghost writers." a new wave of in
terest In the collection of autographs,
especially among schoolboys, has giv
en this profes.sion a new twist. There
are now “ghost autographers.” If
some of those most In the public eye
stopped to write tlielr names for nil
who ask. they wouldn’t have time for
anything else and also would develop
writer’s cramp. So fiubstitutes auto
graph practically everything except
their checks.
Although he happens to go with a
crowd who have their .shirts made, a
man I know, for reasons of economy
and because he thinks they are just as
good, buys his at the nearest furnish
ing store. Everything la alt right ex
cept the sleeves, whicirare always too
long. For a couple of years he has
been trying to persuade his wife to
shorten them. The other day she met
him with a smile, saying:
"Well, those shii|s||are all right
now,”
“Great.” said the
tainly were sweet to
"Yes,” said the
right now. I boughtj,
garters.”
man. "You cer-
fii those sleeves.”
• fe, “they'll be all
'you a pair of arm
Young Women Are Criti
cized in College Research.
Columbia, Mo.—Smearing lipstick
on too tblckly, failure to manicure
the finger nails properly, not eating
fruit daily, being hungry too often
between meals and contracting colds
easily are just a few of the things
rblch may be the tell-tale Indications
that a college girl Is not overly Intelli
gent—or, to be scientific about tt, not
3Ty high In her “1. Q.”
These facts and many other Inti
mate glimpses into the life of college
girls have been brought to light by
the research of Mrs. Esther Steam,
professor of chemistry at Christian
college, a girls’ school here.
Many Are Dieting.
The Investigation showed that 36
per cent of all college girls are dlet-
ig to reduce tbelr weight.
In making the study, the twenty-
ve students ranking highest in the
Intelligence tests were compared to
the lowest twenty-live. Two hundred
and twenty-live other cases were con
sidered.
Ninety per cent of the low "I. Q."
group use lipstick, while only 70 per
cent of the other group employ It,
the report showed. Over 50 per cent
of the high group give doily care to
their finger nails, while only 25 per
cent of tlie lower group do their dally
manicure.
Seemingly the mentally bright get
that way by practice, for they spent
average of fifteen hours each week
at their studies, while the lower rank
ing students spent only 11.9 hours.
Fruit Aids Mind.
It would also seem that being Intel
ligent is another manner of keeping
the doctor away, for 48 per cent of
the high group never went to the In
firmary, while only 28 per cent of the
low group escape medical attention.
While both groups use candy In
about equal quantities, only 50 per cent
of the low ranking students eat fruit
each day, as compared to 75 per cent
in ■ the other group.
Dumb Man Talks by Aid
of Scientific Device
Ne,^ Orleans.—Science has provided
a nf^ voice for Harry T. Maguire,
was equipped with an artificial larynx
Hr U. VV'.,«l-ily »I1 on.-:Jr.ocr.
aicgulre lost Ills voice six months
ago when an operation on his throat
necessitated Ihe cutting away of his
larynx to save his life.
Woody has been using an artificial
larynx for six years, speaking dis
tinctly through it. Ho obtained the
one which Mr. Maguire used from Dr.
E. 1. McKcs.vm of Toledo. Ohio,
Woody also had a special silver
tube, which he has perfected, made
for Maguire. This fits Into the wind
pipe and attaches to the hreathing
valve. This hreathing or check valve
Is fitted into a rubber hose through
which the breath passes. The hose is
held in the speaker’s teeth while talk
ing. A voenphone Is fitted about an
inch from the upper end of the hose.
Pacific Coast Man Sure Sea
Will Engulf Us.
Olympia, Wash,—A dry land Noah
Is continuing preparations for bis per
sonal escape In an ark when the Pa
cific coast feels the wrath of the Lord
and sinks into the Pacific ocean.
There Is no question in the mind of
William Lound Greenwood, sixty, but
that folks along the Pacific slope are
going to get a surprise some fine day
after the year 1032.
Mount Hope, In British Columbia,
will sink into the Fraser river, ac
cording to the grizzled "Captain Billy”
Greenwood, wlio never skippered a
boat in Ills life. The coast line will
disappear. Victoria, Seattle, and all
cities as fur south as San Francisco
vlll be swallowed up by huge waves.
There will be a second Inundation,
1 then California will get what’s
coming. In the north the ocean will
be halted by the Cascade mountains.
In the south the land will sink
as far back as the Rockies.
Panic and death will be everywhere,
but “Captain Billy’’ will calmly knock
r work In the sawmill where he Is
nployed, board the "Ark Second"
and sail to safety In a craft that
sallormen say couldn’t float In a calm
lake.
Greenwood told all about It, In the
astonishing cabin of his astonishing
craft.
Eight years ago he started the ark.
It will be completed by 1932, when he
expects first forerunners of destruc
tion of the Pacific coast to start.
Unlike Noah, "Captain Billy” will
take no animals along, aside from his
two dogs.
His craft Is the despair of seagoing
gobs, but Captain Greenwood Isn’t
rled. Noah was no seafaring- man
himself. Greenwood pointed out.
Silver By-Product of
Other Ores, Bureau Says
Washington,—More than half the
world’s production of sliver Is derived
from ores valued chiefly for other met
als, according to a study just com
pleted by the bureau of mines, De
partment of Commerce.
The work was undertaken after the
recent decline in silver prices to a new
low level had provoked Inquiry as to
the extent to which the white metal Is
n^ hv-pnyliict cf.
to maintain Us prodiK^wi In spite of
low prices.
The bureau held that since only
one-third the world’'- silver production
Is from ores that derive more than 70
per cent of their value from sllv
price is of less weight In Inducing
production than In the case of other
metals associated with it. Many mines
depending upon ore.s worth les.s than
$10 a ton, of which silver at 50 cents
an ounce makes up more than half the
value, prolmhly earn little If anv profit
at present prices, the hurenii said, and
production curtailment Is likely.
Slexlco, producing more than 90 per
cent of the world’s silver derived from
snch ore.-will be the most seriously
affected by a further decline.
EIGHT BILLION PACT
OK’D BY 4 RY. LINES
Commerce Commission Giv
ing Plan Attention.
New York.—After five years of ne
gotiation and controversy, the presi
dents of the eastern trunk lines for
mally announced a plan for consoli
dating the chief railroads lu their
territories into four great systems.
With a mileage of about 60,000, these
roads comprise about one-fifth the
mileage of the entire country. Each
of tlie four enlarged systems will be
worth about two billion dollars.
The announcement was made
through the issuance of a copy of a
letter which has been sent to the Inter
state Commerce commission.
It is signed by General Atterlinry.
P. E. Crowley, president of the
York Central railroad; Daniel Will,
president of the Baltimore & 0
railroad, and J. J. Rernet, president
the Chesapeake & Ohio railroad.
Each of the railroads whose presi
dents signed the letter will become t
basis for an enlarged trunk line.
While tlie plan, os announced, is the’
culmination of many years of effort.
Its completion at this time Is the re
sult of the Influence brought to bear
by President Hoover. Important con
struction by the eastern roads has
In many cases been deferred because
of the uncertainty as to their future
under a plan of general consolidation,
which, It was known, eventually must
be devised.
It was the belief of the administra
tion that on agreement on consolida
tion would be of benefit, not only to
the railroads but to the country us a
whole, by stluiulatUig industry.
Under the terms of the plan the four
railroads represented at the confer
ence would be enlarged as follows:
The New York Central will receive
the Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern railroad and a direct connection
with the Virginian railway.
The Pennsylvania will receive the
Wabash. Detroit, Toledo & Irontoii
and the Norfolk & Western and cer
tain rights over the Lehigh Valley.
Rights on the Nickel Plate will go to
the Pennsylvania under arbitration.
To tlie Baltimore & Ohio will go
the Ann Arbor, Heading, Central Rail
road of New Jersey, Western Mary
land, Buffalo, Rochester and & Pltts-
New Fabric May Cut
BMls fer Pressing
Bradford, England.—The discovery
of a process which may appreciably
cut women’s pressing bills and solve
one of the greatest problems of the
dress trade 1ms Just been made known
here. It is a creaseless fabric which
Is (0 make its appearance for the
spring fashions.
The new material Is made from a
coinhhmtion of artificial silk yarns
with fine woolens. It will have a
"crepe" finish, and is expected to
start a new fad.
Dyers have been bu.sy experiment
ing with the colons most suitable for
the new fabric. They have decreed
that “prune” shade dresses will be
very popular next year. The new
"prune” shade materials will be both
in wool and silk, both for evening and
afternoon wear. Electric blues and
pearl grays also will be popular, they
predict
Car Won’t Do 50 j Proves
It for Judge and Cop
Omaha. Neb.—Leo Curtis was haled
Into court and fined when police from
the speed detail testified he was driv
ing 50 miles an hour when they waved
him to the curb.
Curtis protested his old bus could
not go 35, the Omaha limit, let alone
50,
Judge Lester Palmer was Impres.sed
and sent u plain clothes man out to
try out Curtis’ machine. lie was
promptly pinched by the same men
who caught Curtis. He swore be was
going only 34.
Judge Palmer ordered all speedom
eters on police cars tested.
Some men went A a seaside resort
to play golf and p t up at a hotel.
One of them, who ta res his game very
seriously, annoiincec that be was go
ing to bed early sojthat he would be
fit to shoot the gam^ of his life In the
morning. The othefs gave him time
to get to sleep and «ien called him on
the telephone. One of them told the
serious golfer he \vj: sorry to disturb
him, but that he wa the trouble man
of the telephone coipany and that a
break (n the clrcul; had been traced
to his room. The linn protested that
he wonted to sleep but was told that
Hie break had put the whole circuit
out of order and th^^ repairs must be
made at once. Woi
from the telephone
lie stand three feet
Would lie go to th
and speak? The
■IS requested. Cor -ig
telephone, he askei
“Could you heai
“Yes.” came Ihe i
tanil on your he;
hen go back to be
The golfer lay
re out the
who needt
e. 1>S1. B*fl)rB4ca 14.1
he stand a foot
M speak? Would
.way and speak?
'*ldle of the room
> each time did
ick to the
|ie tpen?"
^v. jtNow, please
mn-Lspeak. and
.vou^jlg mutt.”
ake jnost of the
Edison’s Home Town
Plans to “Light Up”
West Orange, N. J,—The home town
of Thomas A. Edison recently made
plans to “liglit up” after It was
charged the town was the "moat poor
ly lighted.” The board of trade agreed
a committee should be named to “do
something about It” after Terence A.
Mulvey. president of the board, said
Strangers were “shocked" at the badly
lighted streets in the Inventor’s home
city.
Inscription Reveals
“Modesty” of Queen
Cairo.—The cnm-el hieroglyphics
covering the obelisk built to the order
of Queen llatasoo have just been de
ciphered by a group of Anglo-Egj-ptlan
experts. The Inscription concludes:
‘I. Qut'cn llatasoo. have caused this
obelisk to be erected here, that trav
elers from all over the earth may
come to see—and seeing, say. ’what a
wonderful woman she was.’ ”
Arab Stallion Once
King’s Brought to U. S.
New York.—Sllrage, a snow-white
Arabian stailiou, who has been rid
den by the king of Egypt, an Arab
chieftain and a titled English lady
set his hoofs for the first time on
demoeratlc soil. The steed was pur
chased by Roger A. Selby, shoe man-
ufacturer of Portsmouth, Ohio, from
I-ady Wentworth of Su.ssex. England
He wilt spend his remaining days on
Selby’s stock farm.
high & Hudson River, and the Chi
cago & Alton.
The Chesapeake & Ohio allocation
comprises the Nickel Plate. Hocking
Valley, Erie, Bessemer and Lake Erie,
Pere Marquette, Wheeling & Lake
Erie, Chicago & Eastern Illinois, and
the Lehigh Valley.
Allocation of the Ann Arbor to the
B. & o. previously had not been In
dicated. This will give the B. & O. an
entrance into Michigan whicli U would
have received If plans it formerly fur
thered for acquisition of the Wabash
hud been carried through. The Wa-
ba.sh now controls the Ann Arbor.
While this division of the eastern
railroads represents a triumph for the
Chesapeake & Ohio and Baltimore &
Ohio, the two roads which stood to
gain most by consolidation, it also
means the collapse of oilier schemes
for consolidation put forward by am
bitious railroad heads.
Abner Monday Finds III
Luck Falls on Mondays
1-08 Angeles.—Monday sure Is blue
Monday for Abner Monday. He has
quite an extensive record at the Holly
wood police station. The books there
show that he has been arrested 17
times on Monday, all arrests having
followed asserted drunkenness, which.
In all probability, caused his Mondays
to be bluer because of a headache.
He Is fifty-three.
8 Marines Slain From
Ambush by Nicaraguans
Managua, Nicaragua.-Insnrgeuts at
tacking from ambush killed eight
United States marines and wounded
two In a skirmish between Ocotal and
Apall. The wounded wore brought
here by airplane.
The dead: Aron, Irving P„ pri
vate, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Bu.sli, Lambert,
private. Bay Minotte. Ala.; Elliott,
Edward, private, Dos Moines. Iowa;
Ilarbaugh, Joseph IL. private, Wash
ington. Pa,; Kosieradski, Frank, pri
vate. Buffalo, N. Y.; Lilz, Richard J.,
private, Indianapolis, Ind.; McCarthy,
Joseph A., private Chllllcothe. Mo.;
Pulrang. sergeant. Port Lyons, Colo..
The wounded: Hutcherson, Mack,
Shreveport, La.; Jackson, Frank Aus
tin, Lawrencevllle, Ga.
Vet Who Sells Apples
Has Job, Census Ruling
Washington.—The unemployed vet
»ho sells apples on the corner has a
Job. This was the ruling here of the
census bureau, which Issued instruc
tions that persons selling apples be
counted ss employed in the 20 cities
v/here a census on unemployment Is
being taken. F. A. Gosnell. who re
turned from an organization trip to
Chicago and other cities, suggested
the ruling.
ainder of the ght trying to fig-
lainfril death for
killh
Cat Cautet Craah
West .Newton, Pa.—A cat riding on
(he rear seat of an automobile was
the Innocent cause of a crash here.
When the cat meowed. Jasper Yex,
Colllnsburg. driver of the car, turned
to see what It was all about The ma
chine hit a telephone pole. The cat
was uninjured.
Pet Kitten Saves
Woman From Shot
Waterloo. N. Y.—Mrs. Louis
H. I ry always has been fond
of her pet kitten, but she Is
fonder than ever of It now.
Mrs. Kearney passed the kit
ten In her ward and stooped
over to pet the animal. As she
did so, a bullet whizzed Just
above her head.
The sliot was blamed on small
boys.
Rule on Dry Law on Jan. 21
'Vashliigton.—Tlie Supreme court
ndvniicel to January 21 the hearing
of the government's appeal from tlie
decision of Federal Judge Clark of
New Jersey, who held tlial tlie adop
tion of the Eighteenth amendment was
illegal.
150 Old Autoi in Bonfire
Lincoln. Neb.—.More than l."0 nnfo-
moblles, mr)del- of yesteryears, were
turned Info a pillar of fire at rho
state fair grounds here In the annual
bonfire of the Lincoln Motor Trades
association.
Came Net* $240,000
I.ns Angeles.—Receipts for Hie Alaba
ma-Washington State tournament of
•o-ses football clash approximated
■240.0C0. according to unofllclal esti
mates.