OPEN SHRINE TO
DEAD EMPEROR
Alleged Thief Leaps 40 Feet and
Lands on Auto.
VOODOOISM IS
FAITH OF HAITI
Strange Ceremony In Japan» In*
eluding Vaudeville, Marks
Two Days of Worship.
Then He Tries to Take 30-Foot Plunge
to Railroad Tracks» but Police
man Gets Him.
Admiral Knapp, Investigating
Conditions, Tells Shocking
Tales of Practices.
BUILDING COST $10,000,000
linpreaeriv» Manifestation* of Loyalty
Featured the Solemn Shinto Cere-
men lee— Voice* Silent Dur
ing Worship.
Tokyo.— A fter six years' labor and
an expenditure estimated at $10,000,-
000, the national shrine to the late
Emperor Mutsuhito was opened re
cently with solemn Shinto ceremonies,
•ud amid Impressive manifestations
of loyalty. For three days the popu
lace of Tokyo celebrated the occasion.
Every street was decorated with bunt
ing, and from the humblest door lan
terns were displayed at night
The municipality gave a flower show
and open-air performances and the
atrical performances In Hlblya park,
but fo r the most part the festivities
were co-operatively organized by the
citizens In different wards. At hun
dreds o f central points stages had
been erected, where vandevllle shows
were given and there were fireworks
both night and day.
Thousands From Country.
Over 260,000 persons from the coun
try districts visited the city during
the festival.
The shrine Is a typical Shinto build
ing of plain wood, and of the simplest
possible construction.
H ie opening
ceremony was attended by over 2,000
persons and officials, and lasted about
three hours The central feature was
the delivery to Prince Ichljo, warder
of the shrine, o f the name tablets of
the late emperor, and their Installa
tion In the Inner sanctuary.
Prince Kujo, a relative o f the em
peror, delivered a commemorative ora
tion to which Prince Ichljo replied.
TTie shrine was thereafter opened to
the public and at least 500,000 people
worshiped before It during the re
mainder of the day.
The scene where these multitudes
if people were paying their respects
• .lie memory of the dead emperor
see Impressive. The main entrance
V. the shrine Is by means of s new
and very broad road about two miles
'(< length. Along this road all the day
and evening two great strings of peo
ple poured, one going to the shrine,
the other returning.
The whole o f this roadway was
"lan tly lighted and decorated wrlth
, ;v and ornamental lanterns. But
.•uce the torll at the entrance to the
shrine had been passed a great change
.n rie over the scene.
The modem
•.trig wss left behind, the gold and
. -si ornamentation ceased and the rest
* f the way was made under the shade
o f gtgm'ilc pine trees, which might
tin re been part o f the virgin forests
st old Japan.
Pilgrims were admitted In groups of
about 200. Their Journey ended In a
small paved courtyard Inclosed with a
low wall. The shrine, a low, severely
plain building, was opposite the gate
way, and by the dim light of two large
paper lanterns shoot a dozen whlte-
snbed priests were seen moving slow
ly hack and forth within the doorway.
They were sweeping up the coins that
twined continually oa the steps o f the
S h rlM .
Voice* Are Silent
Not a sound could be heard except
the tight hand-dapping of the wor
shipers calling on the enshrined spirit
e f the emperor. No human voice was
beard. There was not even an nudtble
prayer; In complete silence the multi
tude paid their respects to the spirit
e f MelJI and passed on.
On the two following days the
shrine was again visited by hundreds
o f thousands, and the proceedings
were enlightened by wrestling and oth
er public entertainments near the
shrine. The crown prince, on behalf
o f the emperor, worshiped at the
shrine on the second day.
It Is Intended to associate the young
men e f Japan especially with the
MelJI shrine. A huge stadium will be
built In the grounds of the shrine,
and tt Is expected that the principal
athlattc evfnts o f Japan will be con
tacted there In the future.
HAS LIVELY EVENING
New Tork.— This ia how Alex Ur-
banufT, twenty-six, an unemployed tail
or. accused o f having robbed a woman
o f her pocketbook
containing $10,
spent an evening.
Firat returned the purse containing
the money at the Bridge Plaza ele
vated station In Long Island city,
where he Is accused o f purloining It,
when hla alleged victim confronted
him.
Ran when his accuser, Mrs. Mary
Howell
of 322
Crescent
street
screamed for the police.
Leaped from the end of the station
platform t'o the tracks.
Made record speed for four blocks
when pursued by a special policeman
and a crowd o f men.
At a point over the Diagonal street
viaduct he almost ran Into an ap
proaching train.
T o snve himself he leaped 40 feet
for the street
He landed on top o f a swift pass
ing automobile and was bounced off
to the roadway.
He saw Mounted Patrolman Kav-
anaugh coming toward him, ran to
the railing of the viaduct and was
about to leap to the tracks of the
Long Island railroad, a <11 stance o f 40
feet, when he was Intercepted.
Taken -to Hunter's Point police sta
tion he was finger-printed.
Suffering from shock and other In
juries, he was removed to St. John’s
hospital.
Here he was found to have sus
tained a bad Injury to his left leg and
shoulder and possibly Internal Injur
les.
ORPHAN FINDS HOME
Miss Clara Brown, Los Angeles,
while visiting the Diamond Bar ranch,
was moved with sympathy by an or
phaned two-day-old pig. She took the
little one. and now "Diamond" enjoys
all the comforts o f a pretty home. Hla
happiest momenta are at meal time,
when Miss Brown feeda the “ baby," as
the picture shows.
Taken Frees Canopy Over Plymouth
Rook, Which la Being Reset
te there Level.
Plymouth.
Maes.— The bone* of
• m m o f the Pilgrim fathers were ex
posed fo r a time when the box In
which they have been kept was taken
from the can spy ever Plymouth rock,
where It had rested since IMA.
The record* do not Identify the
bodice, hat the two relatively well-
p reserved skulls sad other bone«
found la the casket are reputed to be
those e f members o f the colony wbo
Jtod during the erdoal of the first win
ter.
T h e canopy Is to be removed and
the reck reset under conditions that
wfll bring It again to shore level.
Heart la Urn Right Place.
lad.— Firemen hoisted a
ladder to recrue a pigeon sue-
over a high ledge o f Nt. Mery's
The pigeon was entangled la
Women In the crowd which
Native la
Strongly
Superstitious»
Fears Evil Eye and Stands In
Great A w * ef Voodoo Priests
and Prleeteaeea.
Washington, D. 0.— That 95 per cent
of the native* of Haiti believe In the
African Jungle faith o f voodoolsm
which requires the sacrifice o f human
beings and the drinking of human
blood Is declared by Hear Admiral H.
S. Knapp In his report to the secre
tary o f the navy on Investigation of
Haitian conditions.
Admiral Knapp cites
a shocking
case of the trial o f a voodoo priest,
who Is reported to have killed 18 chil
dren, whose blood was drunk and flesh
eaten by persons present at the rites.
"Voodoolsm Is prevalent,” says the
admiral's report, “ and the further one
goes from the coast into the Interior
the more openly Is voodoolsm prac
ticed. Voodoolsm Is essentially snake
worship, and In Its extreme rites It
requires the sacrifice o f human beings
and the drinking o f their blood and the
eating of their flesh.
Orgies at Sacrifices.
“ The human sacrifice Is called the
‘hornless g o a t m i n o r sacrifices of
goats are made. These religious cele
brations, if the word 'religious’ can
be applied to such affair*, end In dis
graceful orgies o f debauchery.
It Is
very difficult, of course, to determine
Just how extensively the beliefs are
held, but qome Haitians themselves
have asserted that probably 95 per
cent of the total population believes
in voodoolsm to a greater or less ex-
tent.
“ O f course, the contrary Is strongly
held by riologlsts for the Haitian
character. It seems certain, however,
that whether It be the effect o f voo
doolsm or not, the average Haitian Is
strongly
superstitious— superstitious
with the superstitions o f the Jungle.
He Is afraid o f the evil eye, or, as It
Is called here, the 'ounnga,' and stands
In great awe of the voodoo priests and
priestesses.
It Is also believed the
educated classes are not free from
much of this superstition, even where
they deny belief In or the existence of
voodoolsm.
Voodoo Followers Feared.
"Haitian officials high in place will
not take action against persons ac
cused o f voodoolsm, whether because
o f their own belief In It or because of
fear born of their own knowledge of
the extent to which voodoolsm Is prev
alent among the population or of In
curring enmities. A voodoo priest has
been lately tried and sentenced, and
the proceedings of the military com
mission are now In Washington await
ing action.
"This man la said to have killed, at
one time or another, 18 children,
whose blood was drunk and whose
flesh wss eaten by persons present at
the rites. The practice of similar voo
doo rites Is confidently believed by
those most fam iliar with the situation
In Haiti to be not unusual In the re
mote places, although It Is very diffi
cult to obtain any positive evidence In
corroboration."
OLD WOMAN MAKES QUILT
Squirrel Found in
Stomach of Trout
Columbia, La.—Can fish climb
a tree or do squirrels take a
both occasionally? This Is the
question being asked by Q. T.
McSween.
While he and his
(laughter, Mrs. Annie Wear,
were fishing In Horseshoe lake
they caught five unusually large
trout, two o f which appeared to
be Homewhat overfed. On open
ing them, a squirrel was found
In one. and a two-pound gar fish
In the other.
How that trout got that squir
rel Is the puzzling proposition.
OLIVER TW IS TS ’ JAIL CLOSED
BONES OF PILGRIMS MOVED
KILL HUMANS, DRINK BLOOD
Gruel Pet of Fameu* S t George's
Workhoua* In London Qoee to
Museum.
Makes On* for Her Grandson That
Contains 5,760 Pieces ef
Patches.
FOR PREVENTION
OF BLINDNESS
RAVAGED BY LOCUSTS
Province in Argentina Swept by
Plague of Insects.
Wonderful Progress Made by the
National Committee in That
Direction.
Disappear as Suddenly a* They Come,
Leaving Desert of Country
They Pas* Through.
Buenos Aires.— A plague o f locusts,
like that which In ancient Egypt “ cov
ered the face o f the earth,” this year
dear ended upon the province o f Santa
Fe. Similar offensives are almost an
nual events In one part or other o f A r
gentina.
The locusts come suddenly and with
out w’arnlng. Where for a year or sev
eral years perhaps not one of the In
sects has been seen, a veritable cloud
of them will one day appear and settle
on Hit- ground. These usually come
from the northwest, from the vast al
most uninhabited tracts In Bolivia, It
Is supposed. They cover the earth like
a moving carpet, gradually moving on.
At first little damage Is done, aside
from the Inconvenience of having lit
erally millions of the Insects covering
everything and even penetrating the
houses. But as they progress through
the country they bore holes Into the
earth, preferably in hard spots such as
roadways. Into which they deposit
their eggs. Within a short time the
larva are hatched and come forth. At
first these cannot fly, and It Is at this
stage that they devour every living
plant within their path, with the ex
ception of a few species such as w il
low trees.
A little later the Insects develop
their wings and, leaving the country
through which they have passed a
desert, they disappear almost as sud
denly as they came. Where they go
to has never been discovered.
Argentina has had recourse to many
methods of fighting the locusts. The
nation maintains organized locust
fighting squuds, something like those
formed to fight fires, and these are sent
every year to the sections invaded. In
addition, every rancher Is held respon
sible for fighting the pest In his own
locality.
One o f the methods employed Is to
dig trenches In which the Insects are
collected, afterward being burned. But
no matter how many millions of them
are made away with In any such man
ner, It Is Impossible to block the pest,
owing to the great extent of Argentina,
much of which Is still very sparsely
settled.
WORK IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Conservation of Vision ClasM* Grow
ing In Number as Educators Dle-
oover It le Practicable to Open
Classes in Small Cities.
New York.— More than 4,000 sup
porters o f the work of the National
Committee fo r the Prevention of
Blindness were reported at the sixth
annual meeting In this city. Tills re
port shows a remarkable increase
from the 66 charter members In 1915.
The work fo r the last year showed
much progress for the conservation
of vision In the public schools and col
leges.
The report continues;
"Conservation of vision classes In
the public schools are growing In
number as educators have discovered,
through the efforts of our committee,
that it is practicable to open such
classes even in cities smaller than
the largest
The present census of
such classes Is 62, o f which 12 hnve
been established within the last year.
So far as known, the classes which
now support such classes Include Illi
nois, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minne
sota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania
and Washington. There Is no more
hopeful part o f our work than this,
and we nre proud to hnve contributed
a considerable part to the establish
ment o f these clusses.
Blindness in Children.
"The chief cause o f blindness
among children Is due to ophthalmia
noeonatorum. The percentage this
year Is 22.5 per cent as compared
with 15.7 per cent for last year of
those who have newly entered the
residential schools.
This disease Is
an Inflammation of the eye usually
contracted by newly born children.
The percentage Is even higher In the
public classes. We have reason to re-
gret-thls unfortunate relapse. This Is
the first year but one that has not
shown a considerable decrease, but we
are quite sure that our figures are
more accurate than In the years gone
by, and possibly some of this Increase
Is due to the greater accuracy of our
reports. W c must faithfully and per
sistently pursue our fight against
babies’ sore eyes and continue to re
duce the number o f children who need
not have been blind.
“ Trachoma's victims (one o f the
most dreaded of contagious eye dis
eases) hnve been discovered In sev
eral states where It was not suspect
ed this scourge could be prevalent.
Not less than nine states have during
this year Initiated or renewed their
fight against the spread of trachoma.
In Illinois, particularly, there has
been a marshaling o f the forces for
systematic operation In the stamp
ing out o f this disease. In all cases
It has been the function of this com
mittee to serve as a helpful agency In
this work.
DOG WEARS AUTO SPECS
Caused by Wood Alcohol.
"Wood alcohol poisoning still causes
much blindness through drinking this
substance masquerading as a familiar
stimulant. Tills condition was not a
surprise to us, and we had Issued a
warning which was used throughout
the United States. Much activity re
sulted because o f the newspaper ac
counts of the dreadful situation, and
considerable work has been done by
them toward eliminating this cause of
needless blindness.”
H. F. J. Porter o f the Society for
Electrical Development delivered the
annual address. The subject o f Mr.
Porter’s address was "Through L ife ’s
Windows.” lie showed the great de
pendence o f man on healthy and well-
cared for eyes, which he compared to
a pair of motion picture cameras. "In
deed, the motion picture camera Is
made In Imitation o f the eye," he con
tinued. “ The better the condition of
the lens and the better the Illumina
tion o f Ihe object the better the re
sult of the photographer’s effort. Just
so with the more perfect Instrument,
the eye. ami It behooves every one to
see that his eyes are kept In good con
dition and free from eyestrain due to
Improper lighting. As It takes a long
er time to take a good picture In poor
light thnn In good light, so It takes
longer to obtain a good conception of
what Is before us with poor eyesight
and In poor light. Employers are wise
who provide against accidents from
poor lighting.”
Even the bow-wows are being fitted
out with goggles fo r motoring, accord
ing to a report from Boston, which
states that goggles fo r dogs have been
placed on sale there.
A prominent
Boston woman who Is In the habit of
taking her dog on motoring trips start
ed the fad. The dog was suffering
from eye strain as the result o f riding
out on windy days.
The photo shows Towser with his
specs.
Medford, Wla.— Mrs. Jackson Moon
o f Perktnstown has Just completed a
quilt consisting of 6,700 pieces for her
grandson, William Woods of Wausau.
The pieces were collected from
friends and neighbors. Work on the
quilt began last April. Tw o weeks of
continuous sewing made Mrs. Moon's
Angers so sore that she was com
London.— The Palestine de
pelled to abandon the work for a time,
partment of antiquities, which
resting her fingers by spinning for a
had charge of the exploration
neighbor.
work being carried out In the
Mrs. Moon, although seventy years
city o f Ascalon, announces the
old, does her own housework, enter
discovery of some huge marble
tains much company, helps with the
pillars and statues, says a dis
milking, churns three times a week,
patch from Jerusalem. The de-
markets her butter, and no sick rela ;|; pertinent has also unearthed
tive or friend can And a better nurse
some medieval and Fourth cen-
than she.
| tury churches and moslac pave-
In the past twelve years this Indus
; monts at the foot o f Ut€ Mount
tiious lady has pieced IS quilts each ’ : of Olives, leading Into the Oar-
made up o f thousands o f pieces, all
: den o f Gethsemane.
sowed by hand, for Mrs. Moon does
not like to sew on a machine.
Uncover Huge Ruins at
Garden of Gethsemane
London.— St. George’s workhouse.
Just south of Ixmdon bridge, where ,
Oliver Twist had the audacity to ask
Run Big Bill In "L ib re " Taxi.
Baby Oatrlch Scrappy.
for a second helping of thin gruel, has !
Mexico City.— In the belief that they
Vancouver.
Canada.—Jonathan,
the
been closed by the poor law authorities
were graciously being extended the
and the Inmates have been transferred first ostrich chick hatched In Canada. freedom o f the city, several Texas ex
Is progressing under the car* of Zoo
el sew here.
cursionists halted a taxicab marked
The gruel of which DtckenP child Manager F. Green In Stanley park
"Libre” and toured the city half a
It
was
at
first
believed
that
the
rare
hero and his fellow sufferers pertook
day.
and
valuable
bird
would
not
live,
and
« a s made In a copper cauldron, which
When presented with a rather large
la to he presented to the Southroark tt wae takeu from It* parents and bill they protested, telling the driver
placed
In
the
Green
home.
Appear
borough council's museum.
hla car was labeled "F ree” and was
ance of weakness proved deceptive. |
part o f an entertaining committee's
for Jonathan quickly whipped the
"Floating Crematory* for Jape
courteeles.
Tokyo.— Tokyo will soon have a houae cat and won s decision over the
The bill was paid when they were
"floating crematory," the first e f Its family spaniel
reliably Informed that every taxicab
kind In Japan.
“at liberty” or "reedy to hire" Is
A Boom Been Punctured.
Tw o specially constructed veseela e f
marked "Libre."
Washington Courthouse, O.—ITUs
160 ton* each, with fadlltlee far ere
meting 30 bodies at a time, will be city and farmers In the neighborhood
Burled let the Wrong Town.
used
The vessels will be anchored of Point creek had the “ thrill of oil"
New Albany, Ind.— Although noth
at a wharf at Hhlbura, and. after when It was reported all over the sur ing le known here concert ing Samuel
funeral services have been held on face of the creek. It was learned lat- . Peacock, oversea* soldier, whose body
'(oarrt. they will leave for a point er that tt was part of 8,000 gallons arrived here for burial, member» of
it>out seven miles off the bay for the which had escaped from a wrecked the American Legion took charge o f
railroad car.
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Return Hero Medal.
Coonellsvllle, Pa.— While a negro
woman held up Mrs. Annahetle Gemas
along the West Penn street car line,
near the Gemas home, two negroes
searched her, took her pocketbook.
containing about $30. but returning a
gold service medal which the wom
an’s husband, the late George Gemas,
had been awarded for service In the
Spanlsh-Amerlean war. The trio halt
ed Mrs. Gemas with the request,
"Please give us your money, lady."
Something Funny, All R ight
Tlltonvllle. O.— There was some
thing funny about the chicken dinner
served Mayor Charles Beswlck. He
was guest of honor at a stag party
where the chicken was served In lib
eral portions
On returning home
Reswlck found that 15 of hla choice
pulieL* bad dlsappearodL
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'® . 1920. by M cC lu rs N e w s p a p e r S yn d ica l,- l
During the early part o f an after
noon I was sitting on the veranda of
a pretty little cottage well situated in
a town o f central New Hampshire.
Mrs. Dawson, ray hostess, on com
ing out, remarked: “ Here are George
and May coming;” and looking up I
noticed a young couple.
“ What Is the special Interest?" I
asked. "W ell, If It Isn’t just like me
to forget that you do not know them
and probably have not heard their
story. In a town like this nil ncv.
Is meat and drink to us. and I will
you the story about George nml .1'
I f you care to listen.
“ Now," said she, “ I mentioned i
George and May were coining, as ir
only lately that they hnve been s - ...
together. This was not always so
she continued. “ Since their early d-
they had lived side by side on f:i
about three miles nut from the \
lage, and as a necessity for the .
panlonship of playmates they »
more rather thnn less together.
"P>ack from the house about a n
or so there Is between the farms pipi
ly divided ns to ownership, a pi«'
wood'nnd that was the plnyernn
G o r g e and May until the tin
<•:
when the village school and acini'
were unable to tench them more
"George, graduating first, wii
leave for college; and while It's
thusiasm rati high In his pie; ,n
for new scenes, fi ar clutched at
heart of May that George, wlii'
was away, might h .irti to car n
for the university city and Its ;
people, and forget the home ill
“ Two yi ars o f v altlng tn 1
ness, walling fur C >rge, had ,
“ One of May's favorite wnl'-.t \ ,
down through the wood'nnd to '
meadow where ran tlie little h
that, an old Indian hasl et weaver I.
told her, was rallied hy Vs people ,
‘Wishing’ hrook. He told her the ln-
d'nn legend, and he said that anyone
who drank o f the water and breathed
a wish at the same time, would have
the wish granted.
“ And here on this nftern <>n, tired
from her exertions in the work o f the
morning, taking a hook, she sought for
the Inst time, she said to herself, the
Wishing brook and Its charm. Finally
reaching the hank, she stooped over
the strenm. and cupping her hands,
brought the water to the I pvc I o f her
lips and unconsciously said aloud;
'Dear hrook, let me have my wish.
Send my love to George, and let It
bring him home to me safe.’
“ It was Just as well for her pence
o f mind that she had not seen two fine-
looking young men who, when they
saw her approachyig. stepped behind
trees where, watching her. they could
remain unseen.
"She was conscious only o f a deli
cious sense of rest; and as she sat
there M seemed strange that on th
other aide o f the brook, which seemed
wider thnn usual, there were several
Indian tents that she had never no
ticed before. And the young people
—and the children—surely she knew
them, but only In an Indefinite way. Tt
was strange, also, that none of them
apparently noticed the brook— perhaps
the children had been told to keep
away from It. Rnt, see 1 Here comes an
Indian maiden. ‘Certainly,’ said May.
'T know h er; perhaps she will come
and talk with me.’ The Indian maid
approached the brook; dipping Into
the water with a cup made of hlrch
hark, she looked to the heavens :
cried aloud: ‘Oh, Great Spirit o f th
Wish, send my love to my brave in
bring him safely hark to me.’
“ May was all ready to call out, «•'
the maiden and the tents slowly f"
from view, and In their place-was it
house o f an early settler. ‘Well, thn
seems queer,’ May thought, ‘and .lir
as I wns going to speak to her. N
I wonder who occupies thnt old-fe
lonel little house, and where il
came from. I thought thnt 1 knew
the people that live near here. I
sure that I do not know this girl
la coming now, although- her cl.
look like some that are in our a'
at home.’ This wns going thr ugl
mind as another girl came toward I
“ She, too, came on. and as
looked at her she smiled a weir
The girl wns thinking deeply,
ly that she never noticed May ■ d
smile. Dipping a pewter mug
brook, she lifted it to her lips
cried aloud: ‘Maker of the Unix
send my love to my man and bri .
here to me.’
“ May could stand their Ind •
no longer. Even this Inst g
now was accompanied at the I
side by the Indian maid and her
together with the colonial pi Id
her lover, also clad In the r
early settler, did not notice tc •
"Only this last girl, the one
looked like her, was alone, and
must be made to speak anil tell who
they all were and why she alone had
her wish unanswered.
"A s May called out. she heard an
unrestrained laugh, and opening her
eyes she lost sight o f the lovers, and
there In ilieir place stood George lnny
Ing and calling to her.
“The brook had resumed Its nornm
size, and as May stood up Georg
leaped across the brook, and as In ar
swer to her Irish, he came near and
clasped her In his arms."
George and May are again come
toward-» the honse. hut this time fn e>
the opposite direction. Between th*
eomiqg and their going. If Indleatioi -
count for anylhng, these two will i>*
together for Ufa.