Day Is Saved
by Golf Ball
Amateur Champion Sees His
Shot Go True by Remarka
ble Roundabout Drive.
MOUSE IS CAUSE OF IT ALL
Champ Hurls Ball at Fleeing Rodent,
Miuee, Ball Rebound«, Hitting
Walter, Who Drop« Tray and
That Ende Mouse,
Uhh^o,—Seated about a table at
dinner In a loop reNtaurunt recently,
three Hammond rvsldents carried mi
un animated conversation about golf.
Earlier the talk hail dealt with uul-
nrnU, a. tlllclul ice und Admiral Him«'
speech, but had veered uround due to
a sincere effort on the part of two
women present to please their mule
escort, Freddie B«>ckmun, cliatupluu
amateur golfer of Hummumi.
Since this story deals particularly
with Freddy, It must lie understood
he bus several laudable characteris
tics und accomplishments, Beckman
really Is a good golfer. Back In civil
ization he is at a disadvantage be
cause of ids acute bushfulness, but
thia affliction Is remedied for him tn
Circumstances demanding Instant ac
tion.
Beckman was very polite and nod-
ded briskly whenever he was appealed
to during the golf discussion, but sig
nally failed to register enthusiasm.
striking the wall with a thump,
bounded back und titled snugly In the
exact middle of u rotund waiter's an
atomy.
The waiter had remained to all ap-
peurames petrified after the ffrst
shriek, following the discovery of the
rodent, but at the advent of the golf
bull lie bounded Up with a bowl. A
platter of fisid und drink In his hands
fell to the floor und Ills nouns rose
louder us he suw the extent of the
casualties.
As the platter fell, Beckman
watched It with pop eytm, und then,
ns the lust echo of the crush died
uway, he murmured to his compan
ions: "By gosh, I got thut mouse after
all.”
Yes, you have guessed It—the plat-
tor killed the mouse. Freddy's shot
cost him *7.70 und a g >if bull, how
ever.
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killed gf sm jog, llumieddt
county, after It hud seized In Its
tentacles eight yeur old (Jeorge
1'etersoo, son of u Eureka tug
captain. The octopug lasbed out
with the other tentacles and
wrenched an oar from the hands
of a sister, who was trying to
rescue the lad. With another
oar she «tunned the anhnnl,
which loosened Its bold on tho
boy nnd crawled to nearby
rocks, where it was beaten to
death.
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a faggot of wood, a pair of white
gloves nnd a rose.
Strangest of all these curious terms
of tenure is one requiring the repre
sentatives of the manor of Swannacot
With a full passenger list of persons and "personages." the latest and biggest and most luxuriously-equipped ad
and St. Mary Week to present them
selves at the ducal court clad In man dition to the fleet of the French line docked at New York recently. The photograph show« La Paris endin? her
tles of goatskins. The present-day (puiden voyage at the pier. The vessel is of 33,700 tons. Its four screws driven by oil-burning engines of 45,000
Incumbent, Bethuel Hutchings, stoical horse power.
...
WALES GETS FEUDAL GIFTS ly endured this attire over the ordi
son of Martin Pes, whom old Leport
nary clothes on a broiling hot day.
was accused of killing. Salvatore Is
Ceremonies 600 Years Old Are Revived His nr>|>earance suggested a blend of
flow some forty years of age. Thea
on Visit of Prince to
a modem country tourist and Robin
there were Mario and Arnold Stangonl,
Cornwall.
son Crusoe.
sons of the first victim, well able to
The prince, much amused at the
remember
the horroj of dielr fuUl^l
Launceston, Cornwall, Englund.— variety of gifts, solemnly "confirmed
milrder, Arnold In the unTrorm M aa
Picturesque feudal ceremonies of (JOO all the loyal tenants In their hold
ardito (storm troopers), with two sil
years ago were revived here when the ings."
ver medals earned by prowess tn the
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prince of Wales, who Is also duke of 1
war.
TWO
SWEPT
THROUGH
TUBE
Cornwall, paid a visit to the old-time
the crimes, no one was ever punished
Code of Honor as It Is Enforced by
After the benediction, old Paul Le
capital of his duchy. Launceston has •
the law.
pori and Salvatore Pes solemnly em
been a royul borough since about Erls Worker« Carried Nearly a Mils
in Sardinia, Corsica and
Agreed to Attend Mas« Together.
braced and wept on each other*«
When Temporary Dam Let* Go
1080.
Then some one having authority shoulders, amid the intense emotion
Elsewhere
In
Storm.
The ceremonies included the presen
suddenly listened to reason. All the and loud applause of the crowd. The
Golf Ball to R««cu«.
tation of rent and “offerings of fealty"
hostile families—the Leporis, the Pes, kissing became general and there were
Erle,
Pa.
—
Carl
Henderson
nnd
Axel
It was just after the conversation tn kind, according to ancient custom.
the Seazzus, the Spezzigas and the solemn vows of mutual love and re
had swung back to animals that Beck Ilie mayor presented to the prince 100 Mackl, employed In the construction
Vasas—far more hostile than the Mon spect
of the Mill creek water tube, were
man's moment came. Ills companions,
shillings nnd one pound of pepper on swept nearly a mile through the 18-
tagues
and Capulets, agreed to attend
Airs. Elene Meyn and "L. M.," hud Just a silver dish.
Th« Last Combat.
a service of reconciliation together.
foot concrete tul>e when u temporary
finished their dessert when un uprour
This Is the story of the latest rec
Their famous feud has been respon onciliation. Two families carried on a
To Sir Hugh Molesworth St. Aubyn dam let go during a terrific rainstorm. Most Per«i«tent Disciple« Are Among
arose near the bund.
sible for no fewer than 75 homicides feud until they were both nearly de
the Most Mild-Mannered and Most
Both men were working inside the
A woman shrieked and another und fell the duty to offer n brace of grey
during the last 15 years. It all began stroyed. They fought like wild beasts,
Hospitable People In th« World
a third. As one |H-rson, patrons of hounds. According to ancient usage, big tube when the dam let go. They
with the murder of Prof. Pier Felice concentrating every nerve, every emo
thut entire end of the restaurant rose they should l>e pure white, but the were carried to the lake ami thrown
—Ceremony of Reconcili
Stangoni, a widower who lectured at tion, in the business of killing the tra
nearest obtainable approach was a out upon the sand. Both will recover.
to their feet und mounted chairs.
ation.
the technical institute of Sassari. ditional foe. Year after year. In am
Nearly an inch and a half of rain
“it's a mouse und coming this way," well-matched piebald couple.
What
he had done is not quite clear. bush and open fight members of both
Another ducal tenant tendered n fell in 20 minutes, flooding many cel
cried Mrs. Meyn to Freddy.
New York.—Vendetta still flourishes
Some say he had flirted with a Miss families fell victims of the Implacable
There wus no question It was a sec pair of gilt spurs, and others present- lars and Interfering with traffic.
hi many parts of the old world, but
Pes and then refused to marry her.
ond just made for the amateur golf
rancor.
In no place Is it more firmly estab
Another story is that he was unin
champ of llitmiuond. ills hand stole
Oddly enough, however, the two
lished than in the Island of Sardinia. tentionally killed by a mischievous
Into his coat packet nnd brought out
Why It flourishes there is » mys boy from an unfriendly village. Any heads of the respective clans, sturdy
a golf ball. It was one he had made a
men,
remained
unmolested.
tery still unsol veil, for the Sardini how, the professor was taking a coun old
hole in "1" with Just the day before,
Youths and even children were laid
ans themselves are probably among
try walk with his three boys, Albert,
and he was keeping It as a souvenir.
the mildest mannered men In the Mario and Arnold, when some one low, but the chiefs remained, like stal
Balancing the ball in Ids hand, he
world. Travel all over their Island lurking In the thickets suddenly hit wart oaks, undisturbed by the raging
gazed earnestly at the fleeing rodent,
and you will be received with the him on the forehead with a bullet tempest of crime.
bended straight for him. Then he
At last they remained almost alone.
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from a catapult and killed him in A few more murders and they would
swung ids arm in a long underhand
There are few inns, except in the stantly.
stroke nnd let the ball fly.
in Germany, to "convert your valu two or three chief towns, but inns are
have been the solitary representatives
Bolshevist Leaders See Final ables
There was a sensational trial and of their slaughtered lines. They took
It flew across the ten feet of space
into dollars as frequently as you not needed, for every door is open
between Freddy and the mouse with
Haven of Refuge in Our can, or, better still, into South Amer to the stranger, the best of fare Is of the suspects were acquitted. A few no special precautions to guard
months later, however, one of them,
a swish. Perhaps the mouse moved a
ican currency."
fered—nay, lavished with open hands Martin Pes, was killed. Thereupon against -attack. In fact, one afternoon,
Neighboring Continent.
tritie or maybe the ball was not ex
one of them was riding quietly back
Says Lenin Is Weakening.
—the fatted calf Is Instantly slain, the
actly round—at uny rate, the shot
"The Octobrists,” the letter adds, cellars are ransacked for the oldest the authorities arrested Professor to Sassari, accompanied by a servant.
udsMsi by a hair.
meaning by them those communists wine. Indeed, you might almost start Stangonl's father-in-law, Paul Lepori, A few miles from home a shot re
a vigorous old man, and be was ac sounded from behind a hill and he bit
Gets the Rodent.
who participated In the October (1917) a vendetta by refusing hospitality or
quitted for lack of evidence. Assas the dust. He shook himself and rose
A gasp went up. nnd ended In a
revolution, “are frequently sending wanting to hurry away too soonl
sinations followed with furious rapid
shout of wild laughter, for the ball,
their families abroad. Soon, It may
So long as you do not smile at the ity. Nicholas Vasa was seriously to his elbows, but he knew that his
hour had struck.
Intercepted Correspondence of Com be, I shall send my wife across to you. women folk you are an honored guest wounded one day and killed the next.
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He called quietly to his servant.
In
which
case
try
to
put
her
up
as
for a much longer time than you wish Members of the various families
munist Officials Shows That Many
“Take off the saddle,” he said.
best you can.”
to
remain.
But
the
etiquette
about
Widow Gets Half Cent in
Octobrists
Ar«
Sending
were found dead in lonely places or
When this was done he took cover
Referring to the political situation, women Is as strict as In any harem
disappeared and were never seen very stealthily behind IL pointed his
Their Familiee Aboard.
Breach of Promise Suit ¡!
this communist wrote: “Illltch (mean land in the East, and no Intercourse
again. An immense amount of prop gun in the direction from which death
ing Lenin, that being, his middle name Is allowed with strangers.
erty was destroyed. Great numbers
'' London.—One-half cent dam- !>
Reval, Esthonla.—According to re by which he Is popularly known in
Next to Sardinia In the vendetta of Innocent people went In daily fear had been let loose upon him.
ages was awarded to Mrs. Wlnl- ! > cently
Then he bade his servant run to
Intercepted
correspondence Russia) Is weakening. Zinovleff has business comes Corsica, where the peo
fred Conies, a widow with two !> from communist officials in Moscow grown too fat. Trotzky alone re ple, after all, are not very different. of their lives.
ward the town, shouting as he ran:
children, of Blackborough road, 11 to communist agents abroad, advising mains as of old the unrecognized Na
Ceremony of Reconciliation.
"My master Is dead!”
There Is plenty of bloodshed in Sicily,
Relgate, who sued William U. !> them of the "inside situation" in Rus poleon, hut he is ‘evolutlonlzlng' also.” but It is organized by a secret so
Two hundred members came from
Deceived by Ruse.
Cromwell, a motor engineer's '' sia, South America Is looked on as a
The man who had fired the shot
In connection with the sending ciety and has nothing to do with ven far and near to attend the ceremony
'' clerk, of Brighton road, Redhlll, '>
of reconciliation.
was completely taken in by this de
haven of refuge by many of the abroad of the families of the Oc detta.
I for alleged breach of promise of p less hopeful Bolshevik leaders In event tobrists, this letter goes on:
The boys of Tempio seminary vice. First, he peered out cautious
Albania runs the blood-feud on'very
marrlnge, which she said was ! > Russia becomes too hot for them.
“Will you kindly keep a detailed similar lines and Albania's hereditary walked first in the procession. Then ly ; then his whole body appeared
made n few days after the death !>
One of these letters, rerently pub account of their arrivals nnd of their enemy, Montenegro, oddly enough, came Monslgor Sanna, bishop of Tem above the hill. It was the chieftain
of her husband, who was serv- I' lished in n Reval newspaper, the Pos- means? Further, by a decision of the
cherishes almost the same traditions, pio and Castelsardo, followed by the of the other family.
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Ing with the Rhine army,
The wounded man took a long, de
lednle Novostl, advises one of the offi military department of the party, I whereas the Serbians, the cousins of parish priest, the mayor with an Ital
cial's friends, who now is apparently want you to withdraw from the banks the Montenegrins, are bloodthirsty In ian flag and an enormous crowd from liberate aim, fired and saw with sat
Penitential isfaction that he had hit his mark.
all the deposits at your disposal and quite a different way. It is probably the whole countryside.
put them In safe hands.
not an accident that feuds and feudal hymns were sung and mass was cele The servant came running back, re
Bring It to Switzerland.
ism have the same derivation, and brated In the open air amid deep emo called by the shot, and to him the old
man said grimly:
“Bring to Switzerland a third of the clannish traditions must have some tion.
“Tell them to bring two biers, for
Then
Father
Deligios,
a
famous
'Iron fund’ nnd hand It to B----- . The thing to do with the custom, writes
Franciscan preacher, spoke of the we are two dead men.” And so it
rest can be left In Germany for any Herbert Vivian.
beauty of Sardinia, the hospitality of proved.
eventualities."
Part of Their Code of Honor.
They found the chieftain with his
The writer constantly refers to the
The great difficulty that govern her people, always generous except
head
resting on the hard pillow af
when
carried
away
by
traditional
ha
ruling councils of the Bolshevik! as ments find in suppressing vendetta Is
"the Olympians,” nnd remarks that that Its disciples regard It as part of treds. He alluded to the 75 victims forded by his saddle, and In death he
“our Olympus is going the pace too their code of honor. Men who go to and Invoked the blessing and pardon still clung to his gun. After this last
tragedy the few survivors of the two
fast.”
church regularly and observe all the of heaven on the survivors.
families consented to make peace, for
Then
the
members
of
the
hostile
“From January.” he says, "the situ religious feasts—black-coated gentle
ation In the council of the pnrty nnd men of infinite respectability, who families were divided into two long it seemed to them that they had car
In the central committee hns come to could be trusted anywhere with un flies and went up side by side to re ried out the law of vendetta to its
n point to the Inst degree. The result told gold and frivolous females—nev ceive the episcopal l>enedlctlon. There bitter end.
But vendetta is In their blood—the
of these conflicts wns the expulsion of ertheless consider it their sacred duty was Paul Lepori, "Uncle Paul,” as he
very
children play at vendetta, just
is
known
to
the
whole
countryside,
the
Comrades Krylenko, Bontch-Bouro- to slay the second cousin twice re
vletch, Duhov, Blumenthal and many moved of some one who has killed a tnther-in-law and alleged avenger of as little Spaniards play at bull fights.
others. This wns the Inst gesture of member of their family in legitimate the first victim, now ninety years of A trifling accident or a petty quarrel
the gny pnrty gods. For a word said self-defense. Indeed, there is a stigma age, and very hoary, but still erect may easily lead to another feud last
ing for centuries and spreading a reign
against Illltch, Krestinsky or Zinovleff, on their whole clan if blood has not and vigorous.
Beside him was Salvadore Pes, the of terror over whole provinces.
even not in public, ostracism is immi been wiped out with blood, if many
molars have not repaid a single tooth.
nent.”
It ceases to be—It never Is, In fact—
personal affair. It Is Just primitive,
RACING FRAUD IN GERMANY a savage
justice.
In Sardinia church and state have
Promotar« Fix Thing« So No One
been frantically at work for genera
El«« Get« Any of the Money.
tions trying to suppress the vendetta,
Berlin.—Horse races in Germany but it is very slow work.
generally were honest nffalrs before
From time to time, however, rec
the war, hut scandals nre the rule onciliations do take place. Sixty-five
nowadays. Typical of the rest were years ago there was a solemn cere
the recent Carlshost races, under the mony of forgiveness between two fam
auspices of the Strausberg Racing ilies that had been at war for two cen
society, which so arranged matters ns turies, killing one another and de
to keep not only nil the purses but stroying one another's cattle and
also the amounts of the totalization farmsteads.
It made an enormous
sensation, and marked an epoch In the
and registration fees.
Four horses ran In the so-cnlled history of the Island. Only the other
Fredersdorf race. When the Jockeys day there wns a similar event, for
had galloped over more than three- which the parish priest and the mayor
quarters of the distnnce they began of Temple, amid the savage rockland
trotting, so that the first horse ar of Angina, are Jointly responsible.
rived nt the starting point seven nnd
Almost endless negotiations preced
a half minutes after the agreed max ed the formal kiss of peace. No one
imum time.
wished to forego his vengeance; the
According to the rules no purse wns honor of five hostile families was at
Mrs. Mary J. Burton of Los Angeles Is pointing, tor the benefit of Miss
A recent terrific wind and a torrential rain conspired to drive thl» Sits-
Barbara Babcock of Salt Lake City, to the wonderful view of southern Utah's pnld nnd the money placed on the stake. Again and again, for a whole
"Dixie country” as they stand on a high plateau. The girls are members of horses nnd the registration fees went generation, men and boys have been sfsslppl steamer on the mud flats. The old vessel, one of the last of the «tern-
n party opening the new scenic road from Zion National park, Utah, to the to the treasury of the Strausberg Rac stabbed, and though everybody knew driven variety for which the Mississippi was once famous, has been abandoned
ing society.
the culprits and all the reasons for by her owners. Her back is broken and her aides are all wrenched.
north rim of the Grand canyon.
Where Vendetta
Still Prevails
DIFFICULT TO STAMP OUT
REDS LOOK TO
SOUTH AMERICA
SAY LENIN IS WEAKENING
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Scouting for a New Scenic Road
Old Steamship’s Back Is Broken