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Churches Are Scolded by A. C. Bedford t> Crime is one of America's oat*i| standing industries, according to A.j CL Bedford, chairman of the Standard Oil company, and the blame for our national lawlessness rests not upon | th? police or tlie courts but upon the j churched i |,' if i, * The churches, in the opinion of j Mr. Bedford, have not kfP* abreast of j the tjmes. They hav# lost out to the automobile and the motion picture. The movies, which draw as many peo ple every day as the churches do in a Week, seem to have usurped tire place of the church, and have became one of the most powerful influences. not always for good, in American life, he said. , .j ^ "What do you consider the causes of our crime w*ve?" Mr. Bedford was asked, *?.[.'> \ "I am not sure. Whether it is primarily Immigration, ineffective pro hibition, post-war moral breakdown, or something else, 4s open, to argument. I cannot help but think however,* that there must be a remedy at hand. I wonder if we are making the best use of our thousands of churches? "As a business proposition, the church must keep abreast of the times or be left behind, h There has been a great change in the relationship between communities and their Churches In the past 15 years. The church Is no longer the center pf social actlvity-that it was before the coming of the motion pic ture and the automobile." Visitors to Rome this summer will havq^ chance to witness not only the stately observances of the Holy Year to which all Christendom is Invited by the pope, but also the silver Jubilee of King Victor Emmanuel III. Repre sentatives of nearly every foreign power will take part In the festivities in connection with this anniversary. Under this king, who came 'to the throne when his father, Humbert, was assassinated at Monza July 20, 1900, Italy has attained a* size and degree of importance nevA* equaled by her In modern times. He has been untir ing and unfailing In his patriotic en deavors, and during the World war be fully lived up to the high traditions .of courage of his forebears of the iHouse of Savoy. Says one writer of him : I MIt may be doubted whether any other sovereign of his dynasty has I*** ? ever acquired such a> degree of per sonal influence upon the people of Italy as King Victor Emmanuel. This in fluence Is based mainly upon the universal belief in the sanity of his judgment, in his profound sense of Justice and of fair play and in his honesty of purpose." % Masaryk, President of Czechs, at 75 Thomas Garrigue Masaryk, Presi dent of Czechoslovakia and universally admitted to be one of the greatest European statesmen of the day* has Just celebrated his sereaty-flfth birth day, ?nd on the same day there ap peared in Prague his volume of war memoirs. In which he tells of hie Ef forts to establish the Csechosiovak re public and gives his views on, the va rious phases of the World war. President Masaryk has had a re markable career. Born In southern Mocavia, the son of a coachman, he was apprenticed to the blacksmith trade, but soon left the forge for school. He entered the University of Vienna In 1872 and completed his phil osophical studies 1a the University of Lelpsic. After graveling la Russia and Germany and lecturing in Vienna uni versity, he was glven\ a chair in the Czech part of the University of Prague In 1881. Ten years later he entered the Austrian relchsrath and soon became one of the political leaders of Bo hemia. Siding with the allies in the W/>rld war, he became an exile and his wan derings took him all over the world. Carson, ; Desert Rat," Wins Big Fortune in sight, Carson keeps ing other Inventions. "No flapper Is going to get hold of me. and I'm not going to try to tare humanity with my money, because It can't be done; charity wilL only In crease the army of grafters." So spoke George Campbell Car son, flfty-elghf-year-old miner and self styled "desert rat/' srtio ha df Just learned at his California home that the United ..States Circuit Court of Ap peals had rendered a decision that makes him the potential possessor of a fortune whicfi may amount to $25, 000,000. The court's decrge held that the American Smelting and Refining company had infringed on v(^anpo's patents on devices to faciliUie copper ore smelting, and his counsel estimat ed the stmriltft mm from that com pany at $5,000,000. Similar suits were pending against other concerns and it was estimated that settlements with them would bring him about $20,000,* 000 more. Still, with all his wealth on working in his little laboratory where he Is perfect Quits His Business to Aid Humanity Raymond E. Brooks, graduate of Colgate university in 1906, has retired from the presidency and active man agement of the successful New York business concern which be created to become executive secretary of- the Col gate Alumni assodalfon, because he believes that in that position he can render a considerable service to hu manity. His salary will be about one eighth of what he has be?n making. "The business word needs" uni versity-trained meq," says Mr. Brooks, "but it needs, them equipped in the right way for the work they will un dertake. ? "I feel thsit I can be of real service to my alma mater and to the business world by applying such business ex perience as I .(have gained to develop ing, through co-ordination of {Uumn' and university management, a mon wwful ^tionship between business and educational efforts. Service ex what is needed. If more men think lees of the Hew Animals and Birds Live on Plain Described by Major Hingston. New York.? In the straggle of bird and animal life for existence on the Inhospitable tracts of the Tibetan plateua, high above the limit of the Himalayan treeline, only those species which are specially protected by na ture are able to survive. Some inter esting material relating to the condi tion of the wild life in that forbidding portion of the earth's surface was re cently submitted to the Royal Geograph ic^ Society of Great Britain by MaJ. R. W. G. Hingston. a naturalist at tached to the last Mount Everest ex pedition. * ,t There Is in Tibet, according to Major Hingston, a range of temperature char acteristic of the desert. The dlffer rence between day and night Is often represented by as much as 50 degrees. The rainfall is so unnaturally scant that the dry atmosphere splits the skip and nails, and prevents the ordinary decomposition of flesh. Fierce winds blow across from the main range. These are very similar to the sirocco, or the hot southerly wind blowing I from the African coast to Italy, Sicily I and Spain. Protective Coloring. The majority of the birds are pro tectively colored. They ail live on the open plateau where there is nothing to conceal them from view. The desert cbat has white patches on Its wings which disappear from view when the bird Aights. The hlgh-altltude moths which frequent the moraines ft 17,000 feet furnlsft an extraordinary example of an adapted species.. Their under surface is very consploons, but it Is completely concealed when the Insect' flights. Their upper surface, more over, is a mottled gray that blends with the granite and the decomposing grit The smaller birds escape the winds by getting behind obstacles. The larks, finches and ground choughs feed on the sheltered side of th? village and walls. The choughs face the wind when feed ing on the pastures, and the ravens do likewise when scavenging for ref use. The lammergeyer always faces it when descending for bones, snd the SOWN BY MR HARDING This is (he sack of wheal *u,cu uie state of Kunsas sent 'to Washington to be presented to President Coolldge by Miss Vada Watson, whose portrait, appears on' the sack. The grain toil} grown from seed sown by the 'tat* i President Harding when be was on his way to Alaska. ' 9 kite* persistently come round to wind ward before swooping down to take garbage from the ground. Xo shelter their offspring from the flaying winds, a great number of the birds make their nests In boles. The butterflies and moths, the* wonder of naturalists, show many Interesting adaptations. They escape being swept sway by their unwillingness to fly. When they settle down, their resting attitude Is to. spread their wings, press* Ing them close against the grooud so as to offer as little resistance to the air as possible. Their wings are stiff and rigid and their bodies are clothed with fur. Many of the wildest birds have lost their sense of fear. The ruddy shel drake - snd the bare-beaded goose, which In India are among the_ most tlnild of biras, In Tibet swim sbove the ponds \te^r the villages as fearless ly as in a city park. The hill pigeons feed as boldly in the mountain settle ments ss they do In a metropolitan square. The same tameness has been observed In the case of some of the mammals. Wild sheep, for example, are naturally very timid. They are said, however, often to visit the caves In the Himalayan mountalna, where they accept food from the hands of thet hermits. The mammals are usually clothed In Cougar Not So Menacing a ^ Creature as If Gen erally Supposed. Washington, D. 0.? kThe * cougars which recently have been causing alcrm in Washington state are not ?e menacing as thej are reported to be, according to a bulletin from the Wash lngt6A (D. C) headquarters of the tional Geographic society. "The cougar, or mountain lion, while powerful enough to be dangerous to man. Is In reality extremely timid,** says the bulletin, based on a commu nication from Dr. EL W. Nelson. "Owing to Its being a potentially dangerous animal, the popular con ception of it la that of a fearsome beast, whose savage exploits are cel ebrated In the folklore of our ^fron tier. As a matter' of fact few wild animals are less dangerous, although there art authentic accounts of wan ton attacks upon pAple, Just as there are authentic instmnoaa of buck deeri and moose becoming aggressive. It! has a wild, screajmUg cry which is thrillingly impressive when the shades of evening are throwing a mysterious gloom over the forests. In the moun tains of Arizona one summer a moun tain lloft repeatedly passed along a series of (edges high above my cabin at dusk, uttering this loud weird cry. popularly supposed to resemble the scream of a terrlfled^woman. The mountain lion Is usually noc turnal, but in regions where it Is not hunted it not infrequently goes abroad by day. It ls!a tireless wanderer, of ten traveling many miles in a single night, sometimes In search of game and again In search of new hunting ground*. I have repeatedly followed Its tracks for long distances along trails, and In northern Chihuahua I once tracked one for a couple of miles from a bare rocky hill straight across the open, graasy plain toward a tree thick coats of hair. The oi41n&rj yi la the best example. Next to Its body la a layer of wooL Over tl*1" * '? * hairy coat that hangs down apron from tfiriTufe body, ei around Its lags* Its neck Is i with a strong mane, and behind lit sop* ports a large tall of thick and bushy hair.. When the yak Is grazing, be takes every advantage of his natural armor. The animal makes sure- to feed with his back to the wiiid. Ths thick tall acta as a kind of winc^ proof screen. The long hair around the hind legs adds-to the shield, while the head, being kept low, is sheltered by the body and protected above by the hairy mane. i Certain btfds of the plateau, as a help In securing food, have formed communities with other animals. The most Interesting of these is the morfse hare community. They are engaging animals about the sfie of s large rat, They live In burrows on thb open pla teau. A number of birds, with per fect confidence, associate with these mouse-bares. The birds are all of the see-eating species, and they find spe cial attraction near the mouse-hares' holes. As they _ do not In any way molest the hares, and as they perform a very useful service for the latter, they are extended the privilege of eat ing their fill In peace. i Biggest Bed Sheet Fitzgerald. Ga. ? A two-acre tobacco field belonging to H. K. Silgh, five miles south of here, has a canvas cov ering of 10,000 square yards of to bacco i cloth to protect the young plants from the frost This probably is the biggest bed, sheet known to his tory or science. More Than Dangerous Water Has Now Cut In 80 Far Ttpt 6eve-al Properties on Beaeli , #1 Ara In^Danger. Cape May, N. J.? The Villa formerly the Hotel Carlton, now by the Bisters of St Joseph of Cbeit nut Hill, Pa., and many other vain able properties along the Delaware Bay shore snd the seashore at Cap* May Point are menaced by the en croachment of the bay and ocean. Hundreds of thousands of dollars ha** been speat in the past few yearai to protect the beach front, but the sia baa washed In seeeral feet during the winter and It la feared fbat at the next hlgb tide the water will get In behind the Villa Maria and wash out the un derpinning of this old four-story struc ture and the priest house near by. The old Hotel Shoreham end a hand some cottage known a* the Mother house, up near the Cape May light Plague of Seals Besets Fishermen of Wales Kevin, England.? A plague of seala along the south Carnarvonshire coast recently put the fishermen temporarily out of business and caused the govern ment ministry of fisheries much an noyance. On one occaalon the seals swarmed into the fishermen's favorite haunts In such numbers that the gunboat H. M. 3. Doon was dlspatbhed to Carnarvon bay, and, with the aid of residents along the copst, who brought out their bunting pieces, 15 seals were killed in one, drive. It, has been established that the <eto1s have a breeding place in caves near Nevin, and the government is considering what steps to take to rid ?he roast of the nuisance. The seals of this colony are known as tbe,com non seal and the gray seal, which have inhabited various parts of the Bri{l*h coasts for many. generation*, bat not In inch numbers, ordinarily, fa to cauaa I in inconvenience to fishermen. The fur of tj?~~" ? ? aarticulaa value t-juse. also are said to be In some . danger. It la at thla point tbfT Del aware bay and the Atlantlc^Min meet In the Kips, which can be plainly dis cerned 1 * Many experts have sought In the past few years to find aome way to bnlld jetties, dikes or watla which will withstand the. tides when the wind Is high. The owners of the Lanknau villa, which la occupied by the Ger tnac sisters of the German hospital, at Twenty-first and College avenue during the summer months, hare part ly stopped the Inroads of the aea In front of their handsome summer rest hou*e by means of a Jetty built by Lemuel EL Miller. Jr., former eit;- en gineer of Cape May. Mayor Edwarc^.VV. Springer, together w!'b thf other commissioners of Oape May Point, has appealed to the govern ment through Congreasman Isaac Bacharach and 8enator Walter BL Edge. ?' '/ ' i 5* 1 SPRING STYLE HINT ' This 1* a sprlnf style Up brought hMijNmJkortii central New OqIm SHPfflKl la thm Am. uSSaSi.'j.i. v".'4* . .. > ?'?? JmVlswi MCBT. ? JS1 less desert mountain, for which It was heading, some eight or ten miles awaj. . "Although Inoffensive as to people, this cat Is such a fierce and relent less enemy of large game and live stock that It li everywhere an outlaw. Secure* Prey by 8tealth. "A mountain lion usually secures Its prey by a silent, cautious stalk, taking advantage .of every cover until within striking distance,, and then, with on? or more powerful leaps, dash ing the victim to the ground with all the stunning Impact of Its weight . "In a beautiful live-oak forest oa the mountain of San Luis Potosl I once trailed one of these great cats to the spot where It had killed a deer a short time before, snd could plainly read in the trail the story of the admirable skill with which It bad moved from cover to cover until It reached a knoll at one side of the little glade Where the deer was feeding. Then a great leap carried it to the deer's back and struck the victim to the ground ijrltb such violence that It slid 10 or 12 feet across the sloping ground, apparently having been Ulled on the instant" \ Kills Trapper I Cottonwood Falls, Kans. ? Daniel Klott sixty -eight, farmer, of Stronj City, died recently as the result of Injuries received from an explosion of a bait be was setting out to catch coyote*. Some ^Family Booneville, Ind. ? Digging up two groundhogs hr had chased into their burrow, James sharp found, besides the groundhogs, two blacksnakea, a rattler and a sleep owl living together. Credit Belong* to Mormons The 'Mormons have the distinction of being the first people to use the present system of Irrigation. Cape May also has a serious prob lem. Experts say that the closing of the inlet at Ihe northern end of twor mile beach and the building of the government jetties at the entrance to Cape May harbor have caused the trouble. A delegation will go to Washington to see If the Jetties can not be extended a half-mile, or if a book cannot be put on the eastern end. Aliikani Get Cream, Milk Delivered on String , Nome, Alaaka. ? The milkman here doesn't worry about spilling his milk. He calls from bouse to house and de livers a block of frozen reindeer milk or cream equal to a pint or a quart. A .white qord frozen into' the block of milk serves as a handle to facilitate delivering. 1 The blocks of milk and cream are tastily drapped In oiled pa par looking for all the world like ice cream.' One feature about the milk businesii here It that so long as It remains frosen there Is no deterioration in the quan tity or quality. I partraent of Melaneslan ethnology at the Jleld museum. Chicago. The dec* orations onvthla dusky flapper's shoul der are not stuck on but are "grown1* by cutting the skin and then rubbing' the wounds with a poisonous clay that causes enprmtras scars. ? . ; * :? f I Seed* of 500 Yew* Ago Soon to Bloom in U. S. v Chicago.? Lotus seeds, dortnaa* since 1429, are to produce blooms In Chicago within a few months, as the result of the werk of Dr. A. C. Shull, a botanist of thf University of Chicago. These seeds fell from withered plants in the Gobi desert, some decades before Columbus salleds for America. Professor Ogha of John Hopkins uni versity dug them up in Asia and pre sented them to Doctor Shull. Doctor. Shull points out that these seeds are the oldest in the world, so far is is known, and that they will produce a strange flower of the Oast even though they have been ? " " in the Gobi deeert since this
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