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- TWTTDCT11V' nmriDW 'v" - - . S1I1GEII SUFFERS TRIALS If ITALY Lfiss McVane , Was Victim of Many Persecutions Dur ing the War. SCOFFED AT IN STREET : AwricM Ambassador Put Wheels In Motion and Her Blackmailer la Sent to Prison Puccini Planned an Opera for Her. New York. "If there was lack of artistic temperament In the original composition of Miss Dorothea Alastalr McVane, her experiences as a profes sional singer in Italy would have made good the defect, for she so im- ' pressed the great Puccini that, at his Instance, she made her operatic debut as Mlmi, in his "La Boheme," carry ing through the part with success when she was In the first stages of typhoid fever; she fell under official -suspicion as a spy in Taranto, where there Is an Italian naval station ; she underwent a siege of blackmail that resulted in sending two oppressors to prison, and she became the betrothed of a young noble, who was killed In the war. In addition, her progress toward a career was hampered by the stern op position of her father, Silas Marcus lie Vane, formerly professor of history . and International law in Harvard, re tiring as emeritus professor. After ward the family became so proud of the young singer that they established a borne 1n Rome, where Professor Mc Vane died at about the beginning of the war. v Scoffed and Hissed. In connection with the spy and blackmail episodes it seems that Miss McVane unwittingly snapped her raro- , era when the lens was pointed in the direction of masked batteries. Soon she became the object of scoffing In the street, she was hissed at the op era, she found herself unable to get letters to her friends or to hear from them. She became so nervous and dis pirited that she wished to go away, regardless of her operatic contract, and was threatened with arrest If she tried to go. When, at last, men nn noyed her with threats of publishing the spy story and thus ruining her career unless she paid money to them, she contrived to get word to the American ambassador In Rome, who pat the wheels-In motion for a black mail, trial, whereby Miss McVane was . cleared and the men were punished. She was led to' adopt singing as a profession on the advice of artists and others who heard har voice In Paris, where she had gone merely to perfect her French. When her French Instruc tors sent her to Milan, with letters to tbf composer Puccini, she knew the : leading roles in 20 operas. It was re ported that Puccini intended to write an opera for her, but the war ab f orbed him in other affairs. ; . Something of a Psychic " Miss McVane Is something of a psychic. The story Is that both she and her titled lover believed firmly In ' tht survival of personality after death and tha ability of the disembodied spirit to communicate with the living; and that they exchanged vows that the ne dying first would visit the surviv or on earth. Ever since the lover died Jhe la Jtaid to have been expecting such ytsit "Miss Mc Vane's sisters are Miss Edith McVane, managing writer and novelist, and the Baroness Dodeman de Placy, whose husband Is a French cavalry officer. The McVane home in Rome was long a favorite meeting place for social, literary and artistic celebrities. OWNERS OF FLORIDA BARRED Copy of Ponce de Leon's Grant Fails 4 to Qualify Colombian Women ; for Admission. V 1 New York.4 A copy of Ponce de .Leon's grant of Florida, signed by the king of Spain, was shown to immigra tion officials by four Colombian wom en, bat It failed to qualify them for admission to the United States. Evidence of possible ownership of an entire commonwealth f the United States, acquired by Inheritance from the seeker of the fountain of youth, was not sufficient for Immigration In spectors, who ruled that the women and thirty-one other passengers must stay aboard the steamship La Tour aine because they had not nMled out form 228." " An appeal has been made tc the state department. The Colombians In clude Senora Teresa de Tanco. wife of the former Colombian minister to Peru ' and sister of the minister to England. . Volcano in Lake Kills Fish. Klamath Falls, Ore. Residents of Klamath county are at a loss to ac count for the unprecedented eruption which occurred last week in Diamond lake. Thousands of fish were killed and waters of the entire lake were dis colored. Diamond lake is located about nine miles from Crater lake and is a favorite bannt of fishermen. News of the disturbance was brought to Kla math Falls by R. E. Clanton, state master 3sh warden, and H. D. Stoat, deputy game warden. Mr. Clantcn and Mr. Stnt believe the destruction of the fish was caused by an under-water -volcanic eruption. - CAPT. GEOFFREY BLAKE j v . . 1 if V I ! th --.IZ'IJ I .-.j?, -Elite .V.y l g British naval attache at Washing ton. NOW TREAT SOLDIERS Revel in Baths Once for Million aire Huns. Red Cross Refits Salsburg Watering Place for' Rheumatic Roumanians. Bucharest. The famous suit baths of Snlshurg. where tin- millionaires of Austria, Hungary iind the Balkan states used to spend their summersf now ore curing rheumatic Roumanian soldiers. I Stripped of all ihelr luxurious fur nishings during the war. the Snlsburg baths have Just been refitted with the aid of the American Ke! Cross for ue us a military hospitnl for chronic rheu matism resulting from trench war fare. Five hundred soldiers are there, recovering from rheumatism and sim ilar diseases contracted while under going the hardships of war. , In times of pence thousand of tour ists visited Salsburg, bigli up in the fransylvunian Alps, southwest of TvronsUult. Many came for the daz zling social ifp. vith. Its mngn'fleent hotels and gay casino, it was perhaps the chief sliowplnce of eastern Europe. When the (Jennans pushed the Rou manians out of this district early In the war General Maekensen and Ills staff took jmssession of the town and staged luxurious revelry there. When the (Jennans left they looted the place, stripped Ihe hotels of taix'stries, fur niture and brass fittings. Even the equipment for the medicinal baths was wrecked. Under the direction of MaJ. George C. Treadwell of Albany. N. Y ami several American phyxiclans, the baths were rentte'd sufficiently to care for the soldiers. KILLS CAT; TROUBLE RESULTS Policeman Shot Woman at Same Time and Court Gives Her $1,150 Verdict, Minneapolis. A Cat which more thnn u year ago perched on the back fence of Mrs. Carrie Miller's home, caused litigation which has been in the courts ever since- and which re sulted in a verdict of (1,150 in favor of Mrs. Miller. The cat was alleged to be an in valid. Its peculiar actions had caused neighbors to summon the police and Sergt. William F. Mealey was dis patched from the North Side precinct station to shoot the animal. He took a shotgun and fired while the cat was perched on the Miller fence. He killed the cat, but stray shots hit Mrs. Miller, whom Mealey could not seo on account of the fence, inflicting painful though not serious wounds. Suit was brought against Mealey and the Hartford Accident and Indemnity Co., his bondsmen. CONSCIENCE FUND GETS 4c New York Woman Sends Stamps for Theater Tax She Had Not Paid. Albany. A certain "Mrs. B." of New York city felt so badly over not paying the war tax of 4 cents on two moving picture show tickets last week that she sent two 2-cent stamps to State Treasurer Wells for the con science fund. He has turned the money over to the United States inteinal revenue collector at Albany. Lightning's Pranks. Marrietta, Pa. During a heavy elec trical storm a bolt struck the residence of Charles S. Spangler and knocked out a beam In the middle of his garret without tearing a . hole In the root. The outsJde was considerably damaged. Tire ensued, but the downpour of rain extinguishes it. At the home of B. Ratinga the bousw was struck and (he kitchen "apsef without causing a fit. UNIVERSITY NEWS. Correspondence of The Daily Gazette.' CHAPEL HILL, Deec 31. A total of more than 100,000 volumes is now in the library of the University of North Carolina, according to Dr. Loim R. Wilson, librarian. Thie make . the I niversity library one of the three largest libraries ; in the Booth, the other two of virtually the name size being thoce at the I pivprsi- j ties of Texas and Virginia I In his annual reiort to President tliase ! of the University, Dr. Wilson announces the number of volumes on August 13, 1919, to be SS,:il8, which included .",163 volumes a-quirpd during the preceding year. Since August three important ad ditions have been made, the Weeks col lection and the Andrews nod Zocller gifts. Thwse are at the Unlf:ty noiv and arte lHinR catalogued. 'When officially placed on the library lists, they will push the total above the hundred thousand mark. The Weeks eollecthtn is the largest and most complete single collection of litera ture on North Caror.na history. It in- I'ludeK books, pamphlets, bound and ini- bound newspapers ami periodicals, maps, j and reports of State officers and Mate In stitutions. The Andrews gift was made ' by the family of the late Col. A. H. An- j drews, of Raleigh, and contains much j material mi railroad matters, ami on ! North Carolina and foutliern history. The ) oeller gift, made by Mr. K. V. (teller, of Tarlioro, relates almost entirely to ! pharmaceutical work. I In the annual report of the women's, clulis' division of the Bureau of Exten sion, directed by Miss Nellie Kohcrsnn, i figures show that during the past year J.L'imi women in 124 clubs have studied ( courses prepared and published by the I'liivcrsity. These courses of study in- elude program outlines prepared by the I'niveisit.v at the request of clubs and al so outlines suggested by the I'liiversity to clubs. Two outline were prepared by Mrs. T. W. Lingle. Her course on the historical background ami literature of the (ireat War has been studied by HOfi women in 42 clubs. Her course on Amer icanization i: now being studied by I. .110 women in 7.1) clubs. In October n course on Citizenship, prepared by l'rof. J i. D. Carroll, was issued and thus far ' 7 clubs with a total enrollment' of 7S . women have adopted it for their year's ' work. More than half of these clubs lire ia North Carolina, but the others extend as far west as the Pacific' Coast ' 'The winter quarter at the University will begin January 5 following the two weeks' holidays at Christmas. The scat tering of the students to their homes and oljf many members of the faculty, to pro fessional meetings has reduced Chapel Hill to a small quiet village. Many new ; Tjitid States. -ami these brief communl stud?BM are expected to enter the Uni-jty fetches furnish indication of the ex versity at the oix-nii g of the new quarter. 'tent to wiiith Norm Carolina has partiei Fnder the quarter system adopted this , )ate i the wondetful expansion of enter year by the University many courses are I prise. - ' repeated each quarter and students enter ing at this time of the year can arrange their, work so that the late entrance will not be a serious disadvantage. EGYPTIAN CORN GROWN IN MECKLENBURG. Confederate Veteran Thinks It's Same That Grew In Joseph's Day. Charlotte News. Corn said to be directly descended from that which Joscpn hoarded against famine in Kgypt and to buy which Jacob sent his eleven sons down into Egypt, Is now growing in Mecklenburg county, ac cording to W. Vance Turner' a Confeder ate veteran of Charlotte. Mr. Turner said Saturday the corn was brought from Kgypt by a tourist from South Carolina who was trailing down the Nile, and that this tourist gave several ears of corn to an Abbeville, S. C, friend of Mr. Turner's. The Charlotte man, not having the space in which to plant the corn of historic lineage, handed the three ears to his friend, (ieorge Williamson.l living Tour nines nortnwesi or tiie city. " 1 expect to get a good report on that com the next time 1 see Mr. Williamson," said Mr. Turner. Describing the com,- Mr. Turner said there exists little doubt but that is is tiie same kind which was grown in Egypt In the times of the Pararoahs and of Jacob. He desi ribes the corn as much like bar ley, and each grain is surrounded by a tiny sheaf, as if to protect it. For this reason, Mr. Turner does not believe that this varietey of corn would be of value in the United States, except for feed for stock. The average size of the ears does not vary greatly from American grown corn. A flexible steering wheel shaft for tomoliiles is u French invention. id IM5GIY The MIOCJrCS Mo Co Lo NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION THAT WILL PAY YOU IN MONEY, TIME AND HEALTH BECOME A REGULAR PATRON' OF PIGGLY WIGGLY Many reasons could be given why the above statement is true, but the old adage "the proof of the pudding is in the eating" still holds good. Come to PIGGLY WIGGLY and prove by an actual test that this, statement is true. Better look at other stores before you come to PIGGLY WIGGLY. You may think this strange advice but we mean it. We like to have our customers feel sure that thev are doing the best possible thing when they deal with us. Did Smithfield Organise First? f Greensboro News. 5 , - The correspondents of the'Daily News are writing fascinating stories of prog ress and achievement in North Carolina towns during this year..- Several 'of them appeared in yesterday 's paper. This has been tiie banner business year in the Of the towns for which reports were made in the Sunday paper, Smithfield is unique in having a house building corpora tion in operation, with actual results in a dozen residences constructed and nine nine others begun. We believe that some other places in the State have also accom plished something in this eld of enterprise, notably Gastonia; but little Smithfield, which apparently is not going to remain little, has at least the distinction of hav ing organized the first company for this purpose. The provision of homes at rea sonable price for sale or rent is of course the first essential, the bedrock fundamen tal, of any real economic or industrial expansion for any community. Every body confesses a realization of the sound ness of this proposition; but the principle is one that has had little more than lip service. The communities who have ack nowledged conviction by their acts are strangely few. They must be considered, in important, respects, as the more prog ressive ones. CARBANfcA WINS IN BULL-FIGHT CONTEST. MK.XK'O, CITY, Tuesday, Dec. 30. The spirited fight between congress and the executive department relative to 'bull fighting in the federal district ended to day with a victory for President Carran za, government adherents absenting them selves from the senate and thus preventing a vote on tho bill which would permit the conducting of fights. Prohibited by presidential decree sev eral years ago, bull fighting seemed like ly to return when both houses recently voted to resuiiid the decree. President Curran'za objected, however, and return ed the measure to congress. Tho cham lier of deputies aguib passed it, but the senate failed because of the lack of a quorum. Out CHINESE NOT TO BE EXPELLm. Chinese will not be expelled from the state? of Sonora on January I under the stale labor law,- according to' announcement this evening by the Chinese legation and r.: ; . nr. i - , iiiu pijcau iuiajsii wiiice, wuicn STSueO. the Xederal government was preparing to send, military forces to prevent.. deporta tion should such action become necessary. The supreme court debated for honrs to day over the constitutionality of the Sonora labor law under which the deport tions were to be carried out It was re ported that a vote taken by the court re sulted in a decision that the law was con stitutional, but formal announcement of" this determination should be withheld oa til January 2. AIR SQUADRON JOINS IN PUNITIVE EXPEDITION. CAIRO, Dee. 31. An air squadron i joining in a punitive expedition against Dinka tribesmen who attacked a British) column in the upper Nile region earfjr this month. SENOR DID NOT EVEN j KNOW MR. BUCKLEY MEXICO CITY, Tuesday, Dec. 30. Testimouy given before the Fall commit tee of the United States senate investi gating .Mexican affairs by W, F. Buck-' ley, an American lawyer, formerly of" Tampico, who said that Luis Cabrera, secretary of the treasury, had declared that the "menace of the American ire Mexico must be removed, ' ' was called to . t . . ... a! o v". , , . win uibt;iii.iuii kil torruur jHUtcia lQl&y- The secretary, in answer, declared he did! not even know Mr. Buckley. NO FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING U. S. SAILORS.. MKXICO CITY. De. :u. Foreign, office officials still declare they have noth ing to make public regarding the twi American sailors under arrest at Mazat lan. It is understood the sailors have the freedom of the city, but that they are still facing trial. GENERAL WOOD FILES ANNOUNCEMENT CANDIDACY", PIERRE, 8. D., Dec. 31. Major Gen eral Leonard Wood today filed a formal announcement of his candidacy for the the republican presidential nomination with the South1 Dakota secretary of state. of
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