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a * * * * By Reading Your * * » * LOCAL NEWSPAPER * Keep Posted on HOMK MATTERS By Reading Your *************** * Mall Order Housts * EXIST BY ADVERTISING * To Get Bualneea * Do Likewise. PUBLISHED BY ADIRONDACK NEWS PUBLISHING CO. ESTABLISHED 1887 TERMS, $1.80 A YEAR VOL. XLIII ST. REGIS FALLS, N. Y., FEBRUARY 2, 1029 No. 1 JUST A VILLAGE WOMAN ((8) by D. J Walsh, t N ELLY WARD pinned on her simple black hat that Knte Collins, her longtime milliner, had fashioned for her and peeped Into the glass with a crit¬ ical frown upon her gentle brow. Did she look nice enough? She patted down her coat collar, brushed a bit of lint from nor skirt and took up the small bag purchased a few days previous at Johnson's store. From top to toe she looked neat, quiet, ladylike. She loved that word—ladylike. All her life she had tried to conform to Us suggestion as her mother and grand mother had done before her. In that way, as In many others, she was as old fashioned as they. Her husband was waiting for her In the newest car—a black, long-nosed brute built for climbing the raoun tain between their village and the large adjoining town where his busi¬ ness Interests were located. He was a stout, elderly man with a square chin, quick gray eyes, the most force¬ ful type of the successful go-getter. As she climbed In beside him Nelly looked back at her home with Its look of plain, practical comfort Against the spring green of grass and foliage It looked as white as snow. Bhe admired any white house; she loved her own, and she sighed at leav¬ ing It because she might be about to leave It forever. From windows and doorways her neighbors waved her farewell. Mrs. Rckert flapped her check apron, Mrs. Cowan flirted a dust-rag, Letty Dim- mlck signaled with a handkerchief crisp and scented, as Nelly Ward knew, with rose leaves. A little child shouted to her and old Tim Oreen, limping toward the grocery for news, swung his battered hat at her. Bhe responded cheerfully, but her lips trembled. The great car ate up the road. Ho¬ sea did not talk much; he was re¬ viewing the speech he was to make at the big dinner that was to follow; Nel¬ ly sat holding the bag, thinking deep, grave thoughts. Over the mountain they went and down the other side Into the spar¬ kling town where Hosea's big factory belched black smoke. Yet, In spite of the smoke, Weston was s beautiful place with Its flne residences, smooth streets and glittering business sec¬ tion. There was a flock of cars before the Weston honse, and Hosea ma¬ neuvered tho black brute Into Its place among them. His manager was there and his directors, the president of the bank, prominent club men and wom¬ en, representatives of all the big firms In town, all gathered to do Hoftoa honor—an honor In which his wife was to share. ; Nelly knew only two persons be¬ sides her husband, and during the splendid banquet that followed she felt lonely and a little shy. The food, too, puzzled her. She liked simple home cooking, and these ex travaffanres of food aroused In her a tnlnt distrust. Although she was es¬ sentially healthy, she wondered If such a mixture as lobster, alligator pears and strawberry Ice could pos slhty set well. The banquet lasted for hours, and Nelly was heartily glad when It was over. Hosea's speech had made her more nervous thtin It had him. A good man, Hosea. her husband for thirty- five years and the father of six dill dren, who were all either married or away from home with affairs of their own. \Well Nelly,\ Hosea said aft he helped her Into the black car. \That's that Now I'm going to show you the bouse I've picked out for you.\ It was a splendid house, vast, tow¬ ering, set In the midst of beautiful grounds. A millionaire had built It and only a millionaire could live In It. It had garage room for Hoses's four cars, a rose pergola, a fountain and a drawing room that could hold seventy people. \If you want this house It's yours Nelly,\ Hosea said proudly. \And you can go the limit In buying stuff for it\ ••It's grand, df»nr, M Nelly said. \Rut —what's that building on the rl^ht?\ \That's the Weston Memorial li¬ brary. A beauty, eh?\ \And this place on the left—.who owns H?\ \Summer people. It's opened for only two or three months during the year/ 1 She got Into the black car and they returned homeward. Hosea talking gnyly all the way of his vast new plan*. Nelly silent and self-ahnega tive. A smell of food greeted them as they entered the house. Sarah, middle- aged and beaming, for many years mote of A housemate than a servant to Neily Ward, stuck her head fn at the door. \Supper's ready when you are,\ she said. In the pretty dining room, lighted with sunset gold, they sat down ro homemade bread, green onions, thin slices of corned ht»ef, sponge cake and tnrt plum preserves In a stemmed Klaus dl«h. Tulips filled an old fash loned hi tie howl that had belonged to Nelly's mother. \I didn't think I could Mt nny thlnu.\ llosfa remarked as they left the tntile \I will say for Rarah that she knows how to assemble f«od. M Nelly cleared her throat \If we move to Wetton Buruh wont go with UP,\ she said. \Why not?\ ,llo*ca struck n match on the heel of his shoe and lit his after-supper cigar. \She won't leave her daughter nnd grandchildren. I don't blame her. Hut —1 wouldn't know bow to keep house without Sarah.\ They sot down on the pordh, ttoiea smoked and Nelly crocheted. A cat¬ bird poured out his native Imitations from a nearby syrlnga. \Say you'll DIIM all this when wo got to Weston,\ Hosea said. He turned and looked at his wife. Her face was averted, but she put up her hand to her cheek. \Nelly I If you don't want to fo tell me so,\ he sold tenderly. M lt Isn't a question of what I want, dear, It's a question of how I can help you most,\ she replied. They sat In long silence. Suddenly Hosea slapped the arms of bit chair with his palms. \I see how It ti. You've lived here all your life,\ be said. Her hands trembled as she attempt¬ ed to take a stitch with her crochet- needle. He did understand more than she had ever dreamed he could—that It would be tearing her heart out to leave her home, her old neigh bore. Mrs. Eckert came running across the lawn with an offering of flowers. \1 want you to have some of my black tulips, Nelly,\ she said. Then anxiously stating the real errand: \Did you decide today about going to Weston to live?\ Nelly dtdn't answer, but Hosea did. \She's going to stay here, 1 * he said. \I'm going to stay here, too, ail the time I don't have to be attending to business In Weston.\ \I'm so glad I\ Mrs. Eckert replied. \I've been just about sick all day for fear Nelly would go.\ \Uosea Is giving In to me,\ Nelly said, shakily. \1 bate to soy It, Helen, but even If I am Uosea Ward's wife I'm Just a village woman who loves her neighbors— 11 she could gtt no far¬ ther. For Hoses had quietly risen, gone to her and kissed her. . Immense Variety of Colors in the Stars Poets write of the sliver moon, but as a rule the moon's light Is as nearly white as It can be. There was s scare at Bombay when the moon appeared a Cambridge blue color, and later turned vivid green. This freakish color was not due to anything In the moon Itself, but to moisture In the atmosphere previous to the breaking of the monsoon or rainy season. Sometimes at sunset In winter, when It Is quite clear and freezing hard, the western sky opposite the sunset will show a beautiful pale green Instead of blue. When you see this you can be sure the frost will break within twenty-four hours and be followed by heavy rain. Tho sun seen through a fog often appears a dull crimson hue. In the Arctic region a halo Is sometimes seen around the sun, with three or four mock suns In the halo. This phenom enon has been noticed ev«n In Eng¬ land, and was seen by observers at Tonbrldge one winter day twenty-six years ago. Over one mock sun was an Inverted rainbow, while all three mock suns were of an Intense white. The real color of the sun Is blue. Our atmosphere makes It appeal yel low or golden. If you could rise above the earth's atmosphere the sky would appear black and the sun a blazing blue. Few people except astronomers have ever noticed the amazing vari¬ ety of colnr* In the stars. Most of us are aware that Mars Is red—It may be that the vegetation of the planet Is of that color—but there are other stars much redder. One of the con¬ stellation Cepheus has been called the Garnet star, and Is almost the color of a ruby. While the majority of stars shine with a pure white light, there are no fewer than elghty-flve of those vis- Ihle to the naked eye which have tints of red, blue and even lilac— London Tlt-Blts. Sawt Without T««th Many persons unfamiliar with in¬ dustrial advance will be unable to un¬ derstand that there Is such a thing as a toothless saw, but nevertheless smooth-edged metal disks are used ex¬ tensively for cutting materials which could not be severed by the usual toothed saw. These saws are coming Into greater use every day, being made possible hy the high speeds which are attained by the use of electricity. One of these saws, revolving at a low rote of speed, would be shattered Instantly when applied to a piece of hard roetnl, hut revolving at a very high speed It cuts through steel like a kitchen knife going through a piece of cheese. Herbal Remedies Some people still use old herbal remedies. 1 was talking to a Held worker whom I knew very well, writes \l.ooker-On\ In the London Dally Chronicle. He said his liver was Inclined to be sluggish. \1 know what to do.\ he said. \1 shall dig up n root of burdock, scrape It, add a leaf or two of coltsfoot, and put the lot Into H cup of tea. That's never failed me yet.\ \Burdock Is often called \dork.\ It grows everywhere. CottHfoot, too. An my friend says. \It's cheaper than doctor's stuff.\ J Renovating. • His Wife—We oiii;iii it* hove a nev oar. Thin one looks disreputable, i Hardy Upton-Can't afford It. nil I'll fix up thin old bus—wimh It up uml yut a fresh mortgngc on It 1—Horace M. Albright who has succeeded Stephen Mather as director of national park service. 2—Secretary of Agriculture Jardine laying cornerstone for new structure connecting two buildings of Department of Agriculture In Washington. 8—MaJ. Gen. Francis Parker, new chief of bureau of insular affairs of War department. NEWS REVIEW OF CURRENTEVENTS Kellogg Anti-War Treaty It Ratified by Senate and Signed by President. •y EDWARD W. PICKAftb U NDER the able leadership of Sen¬ ator Borah, the Kellogg treaty re¬ nouncing war as a national policy was ratified last week by the senate. The vote was 80 to 1, 8enator John J. Blalne of Wisconsin being the only one to remain steadfast in his opposi¬ tion to the pact. All others who had been fighting the treaty fell Into line after Senator Borah agreed to the submission of a report from the for¬ eign relations committee setting forth the American understanding of the meaning of the pact. This report said that the committee approved the treaty with the under¬ standing that it does not curtail the right of self-defense; that each nation is free to determine what constitutes the right of self-defense. It also ststed that the Monroe Doctrine In a part of our system of national defense and that there is no obligation on the part of any of the signers to engage in punitive or coercive measures against a violator nation. It might be well to reprint the two essential articles of the treaty. These are: \AUTICLE 1. The high contracting parties solemnly declare In the names of their respective peoples that they condemn recourse to war for the solu¬ tion of International controversies, and renounce It as an instrument of national policy in their relations with one another. \ARTICLE 2. The high contracting parties agree that the settlement or solution of all disputes or conflicts of whatever nature or of whatever ori¬ gin they may be, which may arise among them, shall never be sought except by pacific means.\ President Cool Id RO, It Is said, con¬ siders the successful negotiation of this treaty the high accomplishment of his administration. Skeptics and cynics consider It a mere gesture that, In a crisis, will amount to little or nothing. Between these two views Is the general opinion of mankind, that the pact Is a big step toward world peace that must have a power¬ ful moral effect whenever there Is threat of war between any of the signatory nations—and these Include almost all the nations on earth. Some of the senators who voted for the treaty did it with a laugh, agreeing with Senator Glass that It is \not worth a postage stamp,\ but that Its defeat would psychologically be a bad thing. In Europe the ratification was greeted with Joy by the governments. On Thursday President Cool Id ge signed the treaty In the presence of the cabinet and members of tho sen¬ ate. , i W ITH the Kellogg treafr out $f the way, the senate started In an the debate on the administration's 15 cruiser bill which, according to Sen¬ ator Hale of Maine, chairman of the naval affairs committee, would go through with only 10 or 12 senators In opposition. The pacifists kept up their strenuous fight against this measure and there was danger of a filibuster developing to defeat It, but Mr. Hale said he had assurances that this course would not be adopted. Since It was brought out that wars of self- defence would not be affected by the Kellogg treaty, the supporters of the cruiser bill felt that the paclftat argu¬ ments against It were refuted. The opening speaker for tho measure was Senator Swanson of Virginia, Demo¬ crat, who declared the proposals con¬ tained In the bill.were moat moderate, not exceeding In any degree the re¬ quirements of our navy and \not to be construed In any light an competi¬ tion on our part an they only seek to bring our navy up to the ratio estrtb- llshed at the Washington conference— •they even fall far short of this.\ P nRRIDKNT-KI.K(T II ft O V E n found HO much to do In Washing¬ ton that hlH departure for Florida again was pontpoi^ed until Mondny, and It now seem* certain that he will have to abandon his projected visits to the West Indies and Mexico. Wash¬ ington correspondents said they had authority to state that Secretary of the Treasury Mellon had been asked to retain his portfolio In the Hoover cabinet and had accepted. It was also asserted that' Ambassador Morrow would not be the new secretary of state, pre/erring to continue his ex¬ cellent work In Mexico, and that Hen¬ ry P. Fletcher, ambassador to Italy, probably would be selected to succeed Mr. Kellogg. Other rather positive guesses are that William J. Donovan will be attorney general and that a man from the Far West will be sec¬ retary of the interior. During his stay in the capital Mr. 1 Hoover made • definite arrangements for the calling of a special session of congress, starting early in April, to take up farm relief and the tariff. Speaker Longworth said the ways and means committee of the house would have a tariff bill ready for considera¬ tion at the beginning of the session. It has been holding hearings for some time. Mr. Hoover also, conferred with Senators Edge and Wesley L. Jones, wet and dry leaders, and agreed to ap¬ point, soon after assuming office, a commission to Investigate all phases of prohibition enforcement The members will be men outside of con¬ gress and will be as nearly unpreju¬ diced on the question as possible. Congress will be asked to appropriate money for the Investigation, but it was decided no legislation was needed by the President to appoint the com¬ mission. A CCORDINO to a decision of the **• United States Supreme court, rendered last week, the Chicago sani¬ tary district may not divert water from Lake Michigan for the sanita¬ tion of Chicago. The present diver¬ sion of 8,000 cubic feet of water per second through the sanitary district canal Is to be reduced to a small frac¬ tion thereof for the purpose of main¬ taining the navigability of the Chica¬ go river only. It will be within the power and dis¬ cretion of congress, however, to in¬ crease the volume of diversion even¬ tually to the present amount or more for the purpose of navigation of the projected lakes to the gulf deep wa¬ terway. Although the decision casts doubt oh the power of congress to au¬ thorize diversion for sanitary pur¬ poses only, the diversion permitted for deep waterway navigation would be sufficient for Incidental sanitation, particularly In conjunction with the septic tank sewage disposal system now In process of construction. Members of the Illinois delegation In congress Immediately began plan¬ ning action to save the deep waterway project by getting enabling legisla¬ tion, and Senators Deneen and Glenn laid the whole problem before Presi¬ dent-Elect Hoover. R EAPP6IITI0NMENT of the 435 members of the house of repre¬ sentatives on the basis of the 1030 census, effective In .1032, seems cer¬ tain. Little opposition was expected In the senate to the measure passed by the house by an overwhelming viva voce vote. The bill provides for automatic reapportlonment by the secretary of commerce every ten years in the event that congress, at the first ses¬ sion following each census, falls to enact a reapportlonment bill. B ACHA SAKAO, son of a poor Af¬ ghan water carrier, may become the king of Afghanistan. His real name Is Ilublbullah Khan and he is the leader of the rebels who have been besieging Kabul, the capital. A few days ago King Amanuilah rescinded some of his reform measures and then abdicated In favor of his brother, Innyntullah. But this did not satisfy the rebels and they continued their attacks on the government forces. Amanullnh fled, but Innyatullnh was cornered In Kabul and recent reports said the city, with the exception of the citadel, was In the'hands of Hani- nullah's followers. Priests and tribes¬ men In the .Tallalulmd area Joined the Insurgents and the city of Jagdalak was reported captured. This revolt In Afuhnnlntan Is f.n Intending result of International scheming. The Afylinn minister to Paris says It was brought about br llrltlsh Intrigue, lie declares fit-eat Britain never forgave Amanullnh for forcing the recognition of his coun¬ try's right to diplomatic relations with other nations in 1919, and when, during his recent visit to Europe be went to Russia and came under Soviet Influences, the British vowed to get him, and incited the tribesmen to re¬ bel. The Russian government is be¬ lieved to have had a hand in the si- fair and may yet come out winner. . BRAMWELL BOOTH, aged and sick, refused to retire as commander-ln-chlef of the Salvation Army when the high council of the or¬ ganisation asked him to do so, offer¬ ing to let him retain the honorary title and dignities. So the council, after deliberating all day, declared the old general unfit to continue In his high office, the vote being 05 to 8. General Booth was quoted as hav¬ ing Issued the following statement while the council was voting to oust him: \I shall resist by every means in my power this attempt to deprive me of the leadership of the Salvation Army. I have not much money, but I will spend what I have in defending my position. I should be a coward- worse than a coward—a skunk—If I quite because there is a bit of a rum¬ pus. 1 * » J riERPONT MOltOAN and Owen • D. Young with Thomas Nelson Per* kins as alternate, were agreed upon as the unofficial American representatives] on the board of experts that is to devise a final settlement of German repara¬ tions. Great Britain suggested these names and they were accepted by France, Belgium, Germany, Italy and Japan. The program was to obtain the consent of the men selected, pro¬ pose their names to the reparations commission and then ask Secretary Kellogg if the American government had any objection, to which he would reply in the negative. All of which was made necessary by the determina¬ tion of this government to have no of¬ ficial concern in the business. T HE long quarrel between the Holy See and the state of Italy is about to be settled amicably, according to dispatches from Rome. Cardinal Gas- parri and Benlto Mussolini have con¬ cluded an agreement by which the Vatican grounds are to constitute a completely free and independent ter¬ ritory under the sovereignty of the pope. A precedent for this is found In the existence of the republic of San Marino within Italy, of Monaco with¬ in France and of Andorra surrounded by jurisdiction of other states. J OHN D. ROCKEFELLER, JR., and Col. Robert W. Stewart have been engaged In a desperate battle for con¬ trol of the Standard Oil company of Indiana, and It is reported that Rocke¬ feller Is winning. Stewart, who Is chairman of the board and who had some well remembered troubles with the senate, refused to resign at the demand of Rockefeller and was sup¬ ported by President E. G. Seubert and the other members of the board of directors. Thereupon both Rockefeller and Stewart started out to get proxies for the next annual meeting, set for March 7. Before the end of the week It was believed Rockefeller had ob¬ tained more than 61 per cent of the voting proxies. John D., Sr. f joined his son In the fight, making It harder for Colonel Stewart. N ORTHERN EUROPE was. swept last week by terrific gales and snow storms. 8teamers and sailing vessels were wrecked, train service stopped and rural districts Isolated and burled In snow. The loss of ha* man lives was considerable, and great numbers of cattle perished. Off the coast of China t Chinese steamer, caught In a storm, ran on a rock and sank, about 300 natives being drowned. M RS. GEOUOE H. RUTH, es¬ tranged wife of Babe Ruth, fa mous baseball player, was burned to death In the apartment of a dentist in a suburb of Boston. Her Identity was discovered by accident. Wyntt Earp, last of the celebrated frontier gunmen wild helped preserve order In the old West, died In Holly wood, Calif. Count Chlnda, lord chamberlain of .Tnpnn and former ambassador to Wellington, passed away In Tokyo. SLAYER WHO FEARED KISS IS GIVEN LIFE Youth It Sent to Prison for Killing Girl. New Tori.—The seventeen-year-old murderer, who was afraid of a kiss, has been sentenced to prison for life. He is Vincent T. Rice, a Staten Island boy, and be slew bis fifteen-year-old sweetheart, Alice Joost when she asked him for a kiss. Having heard two alienists express their oplnldo that the boy's act was committed tinder the Influence of an impulsive terror of Intimacy with girls —probably the effect of a too intensive religious training on a backward mind and an undeveloped sexual Instinct— Justice Selah B. 8trong allowed the boy to change his plea from not guilty to guilty of murder in the second de¬ gree, i The opinion of these two mental ex¬ perts corroborated the statement Rice had made in his signed confosslon, that the murder was unpremeditated, an act born of his exaggerated horror of a kiss which he said Alice Joost offered to give him. •reaks Down and Weep* Rice, a pale, good-looking boy neatly dressed in a brown suit and maroon tie, who had sat stolidly chewing gum and leaning on bis band during the taking of testimony, showed bis first sign of emotion when, after the court* room had been cleared, be suddenly began to weep on his brother's arm. After Ifedlcal Examiner George Mord had described the condition in which he found the body of Miss Joost the night of November 2, Mrs. Lucille Joost, mother of the dead girl, a white-haired woman ail In black, calm¬ ly told how, when she returned to her home that evening, she found her daughter's body across the bed in her room, with a gash on her forehead and a piece of electric light wire tightly twisted around her throat. Then Rice's confession, signed the dny after the murder, was read. In it Rice told of his afternoon with Alice In the Joost home, how they sang and played the piano, how, at dusk, Alice tried to kiss him, and asked him to \be a i good sport\; bow her actions and words filled him with uncontrol- able anger, bow be struck her down and then, overcome with fear, stran¬ gled her with wire. , Afraid of Kiss. l Then came the scientific description of Rice as a young man deeply re¬ pressed sexually, afraid of girls, afraid that to kiss them might cause him se¬ rious physical harm, who reacted with terrible viplence when a girl offered him a caress. Dr. George H. Klrby, an alienist of 1111 Park avenue, engaged by the boy's family, was called to the stand. He bad examined Rice In jail, be said, and found him constitutionally Inferior. \Do you think/ 1 asked the district attorney, \that this murder was pre¬ meditated r \No ID my Opinion, it was not,\ Doctor Klrby testified. \I look upon bis whole act as impulsive and unpre¬ meditated.- Q.—How did the defendant explain his act to you? A.—He said be had struck the deceased in order to pro¬ tect bis honor and preserve bis health. Q.—How would you describe the defendant's life? A.—It was one of Intense repression. I attribute this to his religious training and the home Influenced Doctot Klrby went on to explain that Ride had had epileptic flu from the age of one to four, and that these had undoubtedly resulted In his being mentally and sexually retarded. Some¬ where, he said, the boy had acquired a real fear of Intimacy with girls, which would explain his abhorrence, when, \t\ his confession was truthful, the girl attempted to kiss him. f Air-Traffic Copt Make •. 219 Arrests in Year Washington.—Air-traffic cops have made 219 arrests without a single complaint that the aerial bluecoats were sleeping on their posts. Fifty inspectors of the Department of Comtngrce air regulations division, charged with arresting and prosecut¬ ing air-traffic violators, have been on the job throughout the country for more than a year. Slxtytfive of the offenders drew fines ot $3,000 to $6,000 for their of- femes, ! while 116 were reprimanded, bne hundred ninety-five cases have come o) for hearing since the division was organized. Charges Included landing In un¬ authorised sections, low flying over congested areas, stunt flying with pas¬ sengers! aboard and carrying explo¬ sives. Princess Gets Tortoise From Japanese Diplomat London.—A valuable tortoise, a pres¬ ent from a Japanese diplomat, Is the latest pet of little Princess Elisabeth, daughter of the duke and duchess of York. | The tortoise has markings ot red and orange, denoting Us aristo¬ cratic {pedigree, and has been named \Madame Butterfly.\ One of the first things i the little princess does on get¬ ting op In the morning Is to go Into the garden and feed her tortoise its eabbage leaf. * i Serioiu Problem One crying need of the dny seems to be! a method of disposing of old •utnraobtlee. So many have been dumped secretly on vacunt lots In the Bronx thnt the board of trade Is dis¬ easing the problem. GREAT CLEMENCEAU LEADS LONELY LIFE Visitors Are Ghosts of Dead Whom He Loved. Paris.—Georges Ulemenceau, who has wrecked many cabinets but won the country's gratitude in the war, is bit¬ terly conscious of a great loneliness in the evening of his life. When his sister died recently, friends gathered at his Paris some and one of them asked: \How many 'official* visits do yon receive? How many ministers, now msny marshals call on you?'* The Tiger began, in what all thought an evasive way: U I sleep little; old men sleep little. Often at two or three o'clock in the morning I awake. I would be bored In bed, awake, so 1 get up. I come out here, with difficulty, for some¬ times my legs go back on me, and here, in the silence, I talk with the dead— 11 \It is during those night hours,\ went on the aged man who so often governed France, M alone with ghosts, dear ghosts, that I have written my memories of Claude Monet Ahl There come many ot the dead, at night, Into this room. \That Is my destiny. 1 see them go, one after another, those I love, all of them.\ Then, facing the one who was so anxious to know who remembered him, the Tiger snapped out: \I am alone, monsieur, atone.\ Russians Clamp Lid on Old-Time Music Washington, D. C—The thorough¬ ness with which Soviet Russia is attempting to supplant utterly every part of the old order which existed before the revolution Is un¬ limited according to the reports brought back by travelers who have been investigating the Bolshevik ex¬ periment It Is the fixed Intent of the Soviet leaders to remake Russia so completely as to leave not a memory of the old days of the csar and the nobility, or, at least, not a pleasant memory. Knowing that Intangible as well as tangible things have s di¬ rect bearing upon the thoughts and aspirations of a people, the Russian officials have gone so far as to cen¬ sor music and to encourage a whole new school of music Andrew Fletcher of Sal toon, a Scotch philosopher, is the author of the famous observation: \Let me write the songs of a nation and 1 care not who makes the laws.\ The Soviet leaders apparently have every confidence in that statement and have effected a complete revolution In music in the last decade, Just as they have cuanged the social order, remade the government altered all practice concerning property owner¬ ship and generally set up a new Rus¬ sia. With as much care as was devoted to the dissemination of propaganda of a political and economic nature, the Soviet government created a special deportment charged with the revolutionizing of music Suitor Chains Girl to Bed Post for 3 Weeks New York.—For three weeks, forty- roar-old William E. Miles, senior*, hold his ttfteen-year-old bride-to-be in captivity, chaining her nude body lo a bedpost so no more youthful sheik could carry her off and marry her before her elderly admirer could save up for honeymoon expenses, it was re¬ vealed. Mrs. 8ophla Sader, landlady of a rooming house, beard groans ema¬ nating from the room and told her busbnnd, who called the police tt lib¬ erate the girl. 8he, however, told them to mind their own business and get out asserting her sweetie could make her a prisoner If he wanted to and In any fashion he chose. Next day the girl left ner trunk with the 8eders as security for two weeks' back room rent and with the money Miles might bsve had to pay out for that item they tripped to the city hall where a marriage ceremony was performed. Get* $12,500 a Barrel for Bottled Crude Oil Oklahoma City. Okla.—The market price fur the grade of oil produced by Oklahoma City's discovery gusher is around $1.66 a barrel, but one pro¬ moter Is selling s barrel of it for $12,000. He gets 25 cents for a dram bottle of fhe oil attached to a postcsrd. There are 61,200 drams to a barrel, assuring him a net profit of $12,500, at least if he disposes of every dram. The bottles sre bought for souvenirs and for gifts to be sent to other parts of the country. High Cost of Wives Is Worrying Chinese Men Shanghai. — Chinese business men whose Importance^* rated according to the number of wives are protesting against the Increased price of helpmates. 81nce Nanking was made the ciplul and Nationalist officials spent so much time In Shangnal, the price ot a good wife had risen alarmingly. Lower class Chinese still can obtain young girls for as low as $100, Shang hoi currency. ••••••••••••••••••••••Of SEEKS QUIET AFTER TEMPESTUOUS LIFE \Black Hawk\ Settles Do#n in Gas Station. Alpena, Mich.—Familiarly known if \Black Hawk, M \The Poet Ranger\ and M Doc, M George H. Connor, sixty- one years old, wanderer and adven¬ turer, has found security from the dangers of a tempestuous career at a little gas station, called by him \Ranger's Rest,\ which he operates on U. S. Highway 28, a few miles north of Alpena. He got the title of Black Hawk through having been adopted by a roving tndian tribe In Mexico In 1881. \Doc\ has been a ranger, practicing physician, chiropractor, lamberfrfk, bricklayer, railroader, tool and die maker, contractor and entertainer. Be Is s prolific writer of poetry which he signs with the sobriquet \Black Hawk/ 1 Life of Adventurer. Connor bos led a life of action and adventure. He lived In Texas, ArUona and Mexico in the early '80s when tuose sections were spots which at¬ tracted the adventurer and the out¬ law. He has been shot three ttm»s and stabbed twice and has had 21 bones broken. He Is s musician of considerable ability, playing the guitar to the accompaniment of verse whl£b- he writes himself. ; Connor Is a picturesqne character. Scores of tourists passing his Ranger's Rest stopped dally during the height of the tourist season, attracted by his appearance and held as Interested au¬ ditors by his ability as a conversation¬ alist. He wears always the western sombrero snd other clothing affected by the plains ranger. His mnstarhe and goatee add to hU personality. Connor was born h West Ray City, son of J. B. Connor, lumberman. He ran away from home when nine years of age and obtained employment tn the lumber camps of Michigan, peel- Ing spuds and doing chores. Later he drove a tote team and then was grad¬ uated Into the realm of a full-fledged lumberjack. Doc went to Texas tn 1881 and re¬ mained In that state, Arisona and Mexico for four years. While there he had many thrilling experiences and adventures. He returned to Michigan and re-embarked tn the occupation of river driver. He worked In the vicin¬ ity of the Au Sable river for years, but also did lumbering on the Rifle and Ocqueoc. Almost Killed. Connor said that while he carried on flirtations with peril in the South¬ west one of the closest calls with death was while employed In An- Sable, April 18, 1885. repairing a giant Gram mill burner. This burner was 80 feet high with a 20-foot neck at the top, giving tt a bottle shape. The burner suddenly collapsed while Con¬ nor was working on the fourth scaf¬ fold. 8eventy thousand bricks rained down upon him and the five other workmen on the job. Four were In¬ stantly killed One died from the effects of being buried under 187 tons of debris. Connor was the only one who survived and was released only ; after having been Imprisoned under tons of bricks for flve and one-half hours. \The agony which I suffered— buried alive—cannot be described,** \Doc\ says in telling of his experi¬ ence. Subsequently he worked fn Detroit where he went to night school at De¬ troit college. He qualified as a doctor of medicine and practiced six years in Detroit He also followed the profes¬ sion of chiropractor for one year tn Canada. The prosaic character of his profession and the demands It made upon him were too severe and be quit practicing. North China to Punish Bribery With Beheading Peking.—\Off with their heads\ Is - the order Issued by the Chi hi J provin¬ cial government for officials who are caught taking bribes of more than SAOO gold. The order has been sent out to all magistrates. Cspltal punishment for corrupt offi¬ cials is a new regulation In China, where officials have regarded \squeeze\ as a part of their jobs for centuries. Some of the most notable officials In the past have been roost notorious for stealing public funds. But the Nationalists declare they Intend to discourage this practice and ' will make an example of the first of¬ ficials In north Chins who are caught It has been rumored thst Nationalist officials have stolen large portions of the public funds, following age-old precedent Stone Age People Made Toys to Amuse Children Stockholm.—Whether or not there was a Santa Clans In the 8tone age primitive people provided toys for the amusement of their little ones. Ivar Schntll, archeologist of the state his¬ torical museum, has found miniature stone objects, clearly meant as play- rhlngs for children. One of these was a tiny but well made stone ax 2.5 centimeters tn length, evidently fash- loned bv some fond 8tone age daddy for his little boy to piny with. Fair Esekaag* Pittsburgh.—J 8. Trees, who baa made money tn oil. 's giving s peach orchard to the school for boys at Warrendale. In return he Is getting an elm. wrighlng forty tons, which will cost bin fA(W to move to ais estate.
