MOUNT AIRY, NORTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 8th, IMS
ADVANC8
EARTHQUAKE OF GREAT
VIOLENCE SOMEWHERE
MOO MILES DISTANT
TWUJ Swmp the Ha
wiilu Skorti—Wit«i Ap
ptrwlly Result of hit—n
Earth Shocks Out inJVcihe.
Honolulu. Fob. I.—Revo* tidal
mm this afternoon swept Hilo bay,
Inland of Hawaii. The wavea reach
4 a maximum hrighth of It foot.
The waves apparently the roault of
intense aarth shock*, brought doath
to a number of peraona.
One Japanese vaa killed when the
Mataon Navigation company's lighter
Watioa struck the railroad bridge
across the Wailuku river. The vic
tim fell from tho bridge and perished
in the wreck. The body of one Jap
anese fisherman has been recovered.
Four others are miaaing.
On the ialand of Oahu four wavoa
struck Haleiwa, with secondary ef
fects visible in Honolulu bay where
the water rose and receded a maxi
mum of six feet.
A section of the Oahu railroad
tracka, ekirting the ocean at Molra
lesa, about four milea west of Halei
wa, was washed out, as were several
bridges. Persons who observed the
wavea aaid "tho whole sea seemed to
rise up."
The heaviest damage waa at Hilo,
where the only deaths, those of Jap
anese fisherman were reported. At
this place the tidal wave swept out
the railroad bridge over the Wailu
ku river and swamped practically all
the asm pans in Hilo harbor. One
sampan was seen on the crest of a
wave running at full speed It disap
peared and those aboard It are miaa
ing.
The stores on the Hilo waterfront
were thrown into the streets, their
foundations being swept out by Up
rushing waters.
Many drivers of automobiles aban
doned their cars when they aaw the
huge waves sweeping towsrd them.
The Standard Oil tanker Poane waa
in evident distress in the bay here
tqnight. She waa believed to bo oa
a sand bar. vrtihtltng fbr assistance.
On the iriand of Maul, a tidal wave
brought serious injury to Dr. L. C.
Smith. wtwaa automobile waa hgrM
' by tha wave trir a fanaa.
The hlfh water* waa had aver
atraata of tha watorfront at Kahalol,
wreeklnjr the wharf and datirojrte*
tha fralirht In tha plar build Inga.
Tha wtu rf ahad virtually waa damo
llahad and tha watar covered tha
wharf office to a dapth of throa faat.
Tha Kahulul damaira la aatlma^ad at
*800.000.
Several larva lumbar arowa were
driven aahora avanat tha houldera at
Kahulul. Mud covera tha atraata ai d
flah of all nisei ere re found in tha
roadu »wapt by tha wavea.
Get* Hi* "Money" for Confed
erate Bond.
Northhampton, Mm*.. K*b. 4.—
Payment In Confederate currency of
$#00 for a Confederate bond iaaued In
lHfl'J haa been received by Abner Lee
Squigxins, of Washington from At
torney General George Napiei, of
Georgia. Mr. Squiggin* who la
■pending the winter here, aent hi* re
quest for the payment of the bond
addre*«ed to " President Jefferson
Davia, Confederate states of Ameri
ca." The letter fell into the hand* of
the Georgia attorney general.
The letter to Mr. Squlggins fmm
the st'^roey general'* offlee read:
"Please find 1*00 in Confederate
currency which we *ent you recently
in exchange for your bond. Thia let
ter v» first aent to Worthington,
Ma**., but returned to u* a* unclaim
ed. With beat wiahe* for your pro*
perity and happiness."
In hia request for the redemption of
the bond. Mr . Squiggins laid he
"wanted to fix up the house ao he
might accomodate summer boarder*.'*
The only fox farm in Great Bri
tain is located near Alness, Cromarty
Firth. Ross-shire, Scotland. Tha ell
mate is suitable and the first six
have increased to 60.
Well diggers in the Caribpu Dis
trict of British Columbia threw up
fine nugget* and sand impregnated
with gold while digging a well in
searrti for food cattle water. The
gold-bearing sands extend over •
large area.
OUR DUMB CREATURES
(This is one of a serin of editorials which will be published in
The News from time to time with the hope of Increasing the interest
of the general public in the proper care of the dumb creatures about
us.)
THE HORSE.
If man Is to use the animal* that
live about him and use them profit
ably then he must know much of
their habits, their ne<'<]» and the law*
that govern them. Believing that
many reader* of this paper can bene
fit by a better undemanding along
thin line we are giving apace to these
articles. In former iasues of The
News we have written about the do ft
and the cow. The horse deserves
more than passing notice.
From the earliest recorded history
of the human race the horse has play
ed a large part in the life of man
kind. In the early history of the race
be was used in war more than as a
beast of burden. The part he has
played in the wars has been large.
Many of the great battles of the
world were fought, one might say on
horseback.
The horae ha* a small stomach and
is not able to take • large quantity
of food at one time, hence he needs
to be given feed at frequent intervals.
All that we said about the needs of
the cow in the way of protection
from the weather applies with equal
force to the horae. The life in the
-wild state waa almost identical with
the wild life ft the cow, and thus
Bature has not provided the horae
with protection from the weather
that the bear, the beaver and other
wild animals have. He needs • home
where he is protected from the wind
and the weather.
There is no animal that is more in
telllfent and batter able to respond
to treatment than the horse. He is
qaick to learn and slow to forget.
This is shown in the memory he has
for a road he once travels. If he
goes along a highway once he will
maember it almost as wall as ean
Ms master. Ha is highly nervous
and will respond to noiae or rfcvmo
tlon as readily as a man. This' is
shown in times of battle, when the
■and of the bogle is made for charge
ho M'omi to know what la coming aa
well as hi* rider.
Not many are able to grasp what
all this means. and thus we have
many horses that are worth but little
for the reason that they have been
ruined in training by some man who
was not familiar with the nature of
his animal. Many horses are ruiner
for any useful work by rareJesa hand
ling, the over use of \fie whip, over
loading and such like. The horse
that is balky is one that has been so
handled that its confidence in its abi
lity to do the work required 4« de
stroyed. Once the animal loses con
fidence in itself it teems never to re
gain it. Hence once a halky horse al
ways a balky one, as most folks
know very well. If more people
could understand tbe high nervous
condition of the horse fewer of them
would he ruined by careless conduct.
There ia no hardier animal than
the horse, and if properly used he ia
rarely sick and lives to a great age.
And yet ignorance of his needs and
rnrvleaaness about his feed and drink
shortens the life of the average
horse to a point that a large number
of them are unfrofitable to their
owners.
I no none mnouia oe lea ma oiicn m
throe time* a day and hia sleep
should be as carefully guarded is the
sleep of hla matter. For while the
hone sleep* only a abort time, pos
sibly never more than two hours, he
stiffen aa much from loaa of sleep
as does his master if hia slumbers an
disturbed. There la no more cruel
practice than to allow a hone to gc
without hia dinner, for he needs It ai
badly aa doea hla master. *
Of all the animals we have about
us we suspect that the hone la rs
reiving the wont treatment and needi
the protection of the law In hia be
half. Wise men have written i$ in
to oor law that we shall not abus<
animals, bat public sentiment has not
yet hseaws responsive to (He law.
TURKISH PEACE MEETING
A FAILURE.
After Hum M—tha of DWctu
iIm riirnpMw Pmn rail
to Aim With thm Turk*.
Lauaanne, Feb. 4.- The European J
•tnteaman Kara failed to nutore.
peace In tha Near Caat. and tha con
ference railed for thia purpoae de-'
finitely ntlapeed tonight after daa
perate efforts to aave it effort*
which were continued up to tha very
moment I.ord Curton'a train left. Aa
the Turka emenred from tha confer
ence today they told the Aaaoclatad
Pre*a that peace aeemed tmpoaaible. <
Never In the hiatory of political j
conference were auch amazing acenea
r/itnoaaed aa marked today'* track
ending of the negotiatlofla, which e*-'
tended over ahnoat three montha.
Practically the whole diplomatic
world ran after timet I'aaha, head of
tha Turkiah delegation, trying to in-'
duce him to algn the treaty, hut J
Mwatapha Kemal'a favorite general,
with gentle amlle, waa immovable.
He aaid "no" to all— Americana,
Rritlah, French and Italiana.
The conference failed bacauaa tha
Turka refuaad to accept the clauaaa
concerning the future economic re
gime in lumey, una. 10 some extern,
because thev tmuM not accept the
allied formula dealing with juridical
guarantees for foreigners, which
were to replace %hr existing extra
territorial privilege*.
Briefly, the Turk* wanted to strike
from the treaty all rlauses binding
them to recognir-e contrasts and con
cessions granted by the old Ottoman
empire. They maintained that they
nhould be left free to study *tbese
questions, and if necessary, re-open
negotiations concerning them with
the interested countries and people.
They could not, they said, accept
the economic burden imposed upon
the new Angora government by the
old Turkish regime, which had hand-.
ed out concessions right and left In j
the form of capitulations; they insist-)
ed that vast concisions had been
granted without fair return and they.
wintat liH» ll(M to ie»lae all of thai, j
The Turks agreed to • formuU
whereby foreign legal advisers would,
be appointed to re-frame the legal |
code and be empowered to receive!
complaints from foreigners that the i
law was unjustly administered, hut
insisted that the advisers he selected
not by The Hague permanent court j
of international Justice, but by neu
tral countries which had not partici
pated In the great war. They abso
lutely declined to g've the advisers
control over all ar^rsts of foreigners
or domiciliary searches, maintaining
this was a violation of their sov
ereignty.
Further concessions as to both
economic and juridical affairs were
submitted to Ismet Pasha at the last
' moment by the allies, but he h-mpin
ed obdurate and declared that Turkey
| ouM not si cm such a peace.
In a formal reply to the allies to
day, the Turks pointed out that there
was an agreement on SO per cent of
the articules of the treaty, and re
| rommended the signing of the treaty
based on questions already settled,
and leaving the others for future
negotiations. To them the funda
I mentals of peace appeared to have
been attained.
When Ismet Pasha and Rii> Mur
' Bey arrived at Ouchy for the final
session confidence reigned in allied
I circles that they would sign. Neither
Ismet nor Rlza had been to bed dur
ing the night and they appeared hag
gard. and weary as they entered the
elevator; they looked like men going
i to their execution and not like men
on their way to sign a document
which would end the war and the suf
ferings and woe of millions of peo
ple.
The failure of the near east eon,
ference ha* caused a recurrence of
alarmist reports of a secret military
convention betwe^ Turkey and Rus
1 sla. An eminent European states
I man, who was one pt the main parti
cipants in the conference, said to the
rnrr-typoodent a few days ago: "We
are confronted here with incalculable
forces, ffho knows whether peace
can be obtained?"
In view of the existing economic
situation in Europe it is these incal
culable and myrtsrioui fprces which
have created the note of genuine
alarm in official circles, for if the
Turks have refused what Mnyd to
the allies a reasonable peace it ts be
lieved they most feeL sore of them
selves and their future. , '
British India raises nearly
000 mm of peanuts each year.
V,.' ■'.'.■I- ■
2.000,
SHOULD FAY FULL
AMOUNT
alumni B« Mtd« to
Comply With Tanas Laid
Down in Act.
Waahington. f»b. J.—Foreshadow
ing tha flirht in proapact In Congraaa
o*ar *N-ept*nr« of tha British debt
settlement, Senator MrKaltar, ifcm#
ri|it, Tennessee, speaking lata today
in tha senate. declared Congress, a*
the- i»pnwnutivt of tha- American
people, had no right to "grant such
a bonus or subsidy" ta tha British
government m contained In the sattla
mant approved yrsterday by the Bri
tish cabinet.
The Tennessee senator said that
propaganda was being sent out to In
fluence Congress Into acceptance ot
tha propoaed settlement, but added
that he thought it would be "some
time before Congraaa agree* to any
nurh proposition."
The Ameriran rommittae, Senator
McKellar asserted, had no authority )
to make any proposition mirh aa that
accepted by the British cabinet. He
added that the only proportion which
could authoritatively be made to the
Britisfe government waa the propoaal
outlined in tha debt funding art,
namely interest at 4 1-4 par cant and
payment of principal in 36 year*.
Bailing hi* calculation* on the as
sumption that the principal of the
American loan to Great Britain would
not ha reduced during the period cov
ered by the proponed agreement.
Senator McKellar a*«erted that the;
"ta*" which would be imposed upon j
the American people by tha proposed j
reduction In the interest, rate would
ba tM.7n0.000 a year for tha firat 10!
year* and 1141,000,000 a year during
th<? remainder of the period. Great
Britain should be required to pay "no
more and no leas" on its debt to tha
Fmted States, he declared, than thi*
rovernment must pay those from
*-hom it borrowed tha money, its own
taxpayer*.
rM»n»u>r uenrtvn, repuoucun. wn
consM, asked whether Senator Mr-1
of settlement for France, Belgium
and other nation,* to which money wan
advanced.
The Tennessee senator replied he
would not because he did not consid
er them able, ax was Great Britain to
nay what they owed. Senator Mc
Kellar insisted that he was opposed to
any settlement -vith Great Britain
which would not require that nation
to pay as high an interest rate on the
loan as th*s government had to pay.
Ex-Kaiser and Wife Pout at
Each Other
London, Jan. 3).—The correspon
dent of the Yorkshire Evening News
wiring to his paper from Doom says:
"In spite of elaborate efforts to
hide the truth I have discovered that
the second marriage of the former
German emperor has been a com
plete failure And that at the present
moment he is living in one part of
the castle while his wife and her
children are in another. I am told
that a very few weeks sufficed to
bring about the breakdown.
"Those who are near the ex-aaiser
have been struck by the grave alter-.
ation not only In his mood but in his
character. He is said to have been'
affected very unfortunately by the
operation for gland transference he
underwent before his second mar
riage. His own children have not
forgiven him for the second marriage,
and the step-children avoid him.
"His mean* are reduced and his'
private expenditure strictly limited
He is living today under moat un
happy family conditions. He can
command neither service, affection
nor companionship and the break
down hi his domestic arrangements is;
painfully apparent to the very few
r-ho visit him."
Dr. Frod Cook Held on Liquor
Charge in Ttim.
Port Worth. Feb. 2.—Dr. Frederick j
A. Cook, Arctic explorer whose claim
of discovery of the North Pole stir
red the world several years ago, was
arrested yesterday by federal author- I
itieb on charge* of having liquor in
) his possession. He was released on
$600 bond. His attorney in a state
, ment, denied the charge, saying that
: the arrest was caused by his wife
T'ho filed suit for divorce yesterday.
Mrs. Cook, according to the attorney,
. Vmew the former explorer was under
investigation by federal anthoritiee
j in connection with his oU | rom otknw'
! and feared his wealth would be tlM
[op by the proceedings. g
LEGISLATURE WORKING
ON GAME LAW.
Sport Lann WmI to 5mm
utnM Mufr rrottciffl.
bblfh, Jan. SI. -Sportsman of
North Carolina were Katharine Kara
tonight to appaar bafora tha aanata
committee on game law* tomorrow
aftamoon in bahalf of tha state-wide
game bill prepared by tha North
Carolina Gama and Fish Develop
mant league, and Introduced today
by Sana lor Parker, of Wayna.
J. U Dalanay, of Mecklenburg, will1
rhampion tha bill in tha aanata, and
it la looked upon aa practically cer>
tain to pans that body. It also K-i
strong support in tha hou r-, a:.J uwa
in* to tha advocacy of it among tha
sportsmen of all aectlons of North
Carolina, proponents are enthusiastic
ovar the outlook. Tha measure la
qulta similar to tha Wada bill prev
iously Introduced, but drowned In |
committee, and it will have the sup
port of the New Hanover representa
tive.
The principal oppoaitlon Is expect
ed from Currituck county on account
of the pratical monopoly In migra
tory birds and the large holding* of
rich aouthern sportsman, whose li
cense fees amount to some tlS.000 re
venue annually.
The bill providea for a three
month* season In quail and other
gafi* binl* of similar nature, and for
suitable law* protecting fur bearing
animal*. A game commission would
be'appointed, and a chief game war
den, with deputy wardens in each of
the counties. An annual license fee
of $1.2& would be collected from hunt
ers, with the provision that boys un
der 17 year* of aire could hunt under
the licennse of their parents or
guardian. The warden would ret the
25 cents, while the dollar would go to
the support of the game commission
and Its office of administration of
the laws. The warden in each county
would get one half of the fines and
the other half would go into the funds
nl'ing with the license money. The
surplus money would be used for pro
pagating game.
The sale of afl game birds would
he prohibited, though rabbits could
be sold as formerly. While the open;
season for game birds would he for!
90 days, the power to shorten the sea
son in any county wherein the citl- ]
xen* thought it ought to be shortened j
for the protection of the game; but'
the commission would not have the \
power to lengthen the season beyond ;
90 daya. The non-resident license
fee would be (lb. which is the same
as that charged in most of the other |
itates. A bag limit of 20 partridges i
diilv is set, with suitable hag limits]
for other game. There would be
complete protection of game during
the breeding season* and until the
young of each s|*cie» is large;
enough to take care of itself.
While foxes are protected along;
with several other predacious ani-1
main, .the commission would have I
power to allow such animals to be |
taken in other manner thaa specified!
in the law, provided thesa animalsj
become so numerous as to become a i
nuisance or hurtful to crops or other]
frame.
Cattlemen to Meet at Roanoke,
Virginia.
The eleventh annual convention of |
the Southern Cattlemen'* Associa
tion will be held at Roanoke, Vir
ginia, March IS, 14 and IS.
The association, which embraces
twelve of the southern itatea, haa
done valuable work in the develop
ment and improvement- of the cattle
industry. Its annual meetftiga are of
unusual interest and educational T»*-|
ue, and the meeting' this year ptefbis
es to be one of the beat tvtrbnd.
Sales of registered beef "cattle will
be held during the convention. The
sales at Roanoke will consist of over
one hundred head of Shorthorns,
Hereford! and Aberdeen-Angus se
lected from among the leading herds
in the South.
Shows of sale cattle will be held
preceding each jale. This will not
only tend to assure sal* offerings of
high quality bat having the cattle
placed by competent judges before
they ate sold should be of benefit
and interest to prospective purchas
ers, especially those Just starting in
the purebred basin—. Total
mimns amounting to
seven h«mrfted dollars will be aerat
ed at khe three shews. \ ,
/£>*►—"1 wonder what Sir Waited
Raleigh said to the Queen when be pot
hia coat dowa far her?"
He—"Probably, •Stay an *, Kid.'"
CAPITAL IS RAIDED
Washington, M. t-J, L. Askar.
revenue agent from Um bntadv
mountain* who cam* to Washington
three weeks are and has put la Us
time since in guises ranging from aa
•■heart driver to a Kentucky rolooal
at a fashionable bail, today directed
mora than Ml capital revenue afMta
and police in liquor raid* on M piacaa
nettirir the arreat of about W par
anna, including woman, and the
confiscation of mora than MO r*l
lona of intoxicanta.
Evidence for the raida, which wan*
begun in fiva polica preclncta at 11
o'clock th.» morning and were not
completed until lata In the day, tha
moat all-inclusive campaign conduct
ed in tha city line* tha advent of pro
hibition, was obtained almoat entire
!y by Asher.
Tha flee precinct itatlon* preaantad
their buaieat appearance* hi year* aa
bondsmen hastened to gain the ra
Ic-aa* of prisoner*, practically all at
whom were held for $1,600 bail. Bad
polka and re*at ie agents guarded
prisoner* and directed the storage of
huge supplies of corn whiskey, bond
ed good* and wine carried in fro**
the, rnided homes in govenUMMt
trucks and automobiles. In only ona
instance were the raiders disappoint
ed by failure to find the good* ^
scribed by the Kentuckian.
Asher first drove iAto the under
world in quest of the bootlegger*'
rendezvous aboard an ice wagon as a
helper. He then switched to an ash
cart and quickly caught the trail of
victims as he picked up the "emptiee"
in all corners of the city. Then as a
coal wagon driver be got into the
homes again, assisting in storing
away the coal and modestly accepting
pint bottle rewards. He later ap
peared as a piano tuner and again aa
a lawyer.
Before king Asher had won tha
confidence of the principal bootleg
gers in various sections and, by aid
ing to store away Aha good* in hi*
capacity a* a wagon driver and help
er, gained knowledge of numerous
and clever hiding .places for the
mods.
With this evidence in hand, th*
raider* went quickly to secret cache*.
the*e including hole* in the wad.
baby crib*, pianos, victrola* and
chicken coops. In one home, more
than 10 gallon* of liquor was found
tucked away behind the wall mold
ings in various rooms.
One woman was reported by Asher
to be selling liquor in baby milk
nursing bottles and the police con
fiscated more than a dozen such re
ceptacles, well-filled, from her home.
A* a retired Kentucky cojonel at a
recent ball, Asher wa* introduced to
«everal alleged bootleggers, who were
srrested today. He posed as an
aprent preparing to ship considerable
whiskey here from Kentucky.
So complete was the agent's dis
guise that while returning to police
headquarters one day as a tramp with
several quart bottles bulging from
his pockets he was' arrested by his
immediate superior before the officer
discovered his identity.
The raids were conducted under
the supervision of I.ieutenant C. O.
Davis, of the. police force, and R. G.
Ruby, Washington chief of revenue
agents. In two instances the agepts
raided four homes simultaneously
within one city block.
Man Who Wrote Hymn Bea
His Ninetieth Year.
The Her. It V. Sabine Bartng
tflould, ramponr and author of the
faiAoss hymn, "Onward Christian
Soldier*." in about to begin hi* nine
tieth year. Thi* venerable nquire
pamon is now passing the remainder
of his life in Devonshire. He has Just
completed his memoirs, which will ap
pear in a few weeks.
"Onward Christain Soldiers," waa
composed in 1MK while Mr. Btrtaf
Oould was conducting a night school
for miners and mill (Ms. At WhK
mmtide the stndents had to climb a
stoop hill to get to the e* -nth foast
of St. Psul, and to eneowrs i thus ho
rrots hi a few mhrataa the hymn by
which ho will always bo rumwbtred.
Among bis pupils was a beantifnl
hasel-eyod mill girl named Grace
Taylor. The preacher fell In lev*
with bar, and, though bo was modi
older than she, he bad h« ednested
and then married her. They bad a
large family of boys and gMa, all at
Iw 4M ki
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