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Regaining the International Polo Cup Cuba Is Free of ‘El Pote’ Island Republic Rejoices at the Death of its Richest Mil lionaire. GRUEL POWER OF WEALTH Here 1» n remarkable action picture taken during the poTo gatnes ut Hurl Ingham, England, In which the American team re<maured the International trophy, it shows n sharp tussle In front of the American goal. Havana.—"El Pote” Is dead and all Cuba rejoices. The peasant wiio be king In 1690 with power to seize and came u millionaire many times over destroy off the American coast all and used his wealth to wield a cruel pirate ships. Having liecn given ships power died as he had lived, haunted and crews to accomplish the purpose, and hated, a victim of his own power. lie gayly set sail across the Atlantic, In 40 years he established a career around the Cape of Good Hop* to I lurid with tragedy, dark with sordid Madagascar and the Bed sea to ravage , scheming, tremendous with both sue- i East India waters and convert to his ' cess and failure. A year ago reputed own uses his captures. Then he hied the richest man In Cuba, be came to himself, so the story goes, to West a miserable end at Ids own hands, and Indian waters and burled his super almost his last words were that the fluous treasures before he finally went wealth which cost 1dm 40 years of to Boston where he was captured, sent unremitting toil to accumulate did not to England for trial, was executed and yield him one hour of happiness. his body left to dangle In the wind Jose Lopez Rodrigues was known to for years as a warning to sailors.” virtually every one in Cuba. He was a strange, sinister figure, and even In death he furnishes a remarkable ex COCKATOO KILLS BIG ROOSTER ample of what can be accomplished Bird, at Outs With Barnyard Fowl, by the constant, ruthless application of power to a single task. Ferve el Wins Battle at Mar Pote (the pot bolls) was his watch tinez, Cal. word, his motto, the rule of his sordid life, and it wns from this that he came Martinez, Cal.—A bitter battle was fought at the home of B. F. Rhine, to be called “El Pote,” the name with local merchant, by u two-pound cocka which millions became familiar. For years he thrived, at the expense of too and an eight-pound rooster. The diminutive cockatoo proved others. Then the fortunes of war that weight does not always prevail, turned against him, and, fearing the for after taking a severe grueling for loss of all his Ill-gotten gains, he com almost five minutes he grabbed the mitted suicide by hanging himself with a twisted sheet rooster in the windpipe with ids sharp Filthy of Body. beak, administering the death blow. Not more than five feet in height, According to Rhine, the pair had been ut outs for several weeks. One "El Pote’’ had (Tie powerful, thickset morning the cockatoo wns perched on frame typical of the Gallego peasant. a bush In the back yard when the He wore the oldest clothes he could rooster spied him. The heavyweight find and was fou! of mind nnd speech barnyard chumpion made a rush ut nnd filthy of body. his smaller enemy, spurs and beak. Jose Lopez Rodriguez was born In The cockatoo, however, dug his Spain and emigrated to Cuba in his claws into the rooster’s breast, and fifteenth year, fleeing from the hard pulling himself upright administered conditions of the Gallego peasant life. the death blow. In Havana for a while he worked with pick and shovel, but as soon as he he abandoned such hard manual FLIES 300 MILES AN HOUR could labor to work for an old second-hand Monoplane Invented by Italian Engi book dealer, peddling the books from house to house. One morning his aged neer Said to Need Little employer was found dead in his bed Landing Space. and young Lopez Rodrigues, who slept Rome, Italy.—An airplane capable on the premises, was arrested on sus of landing without the need of a large picion of murder, but after spending aviation field, able to travel more than some time In prison he was released 300 miles an hour and. If necessary, to for lack of sufficient evidence to in meander along at only a few miles an dict. The widow of the murdered book hour Is announced as the invention of an Italian engineer, Epumlnonda Ber- seller continued the business and I-opez Rodriguez, after his release tuccl of Rome. The inventor reports that he has from prison returned to his old em already tried out the machine on a ployment. One morning the widow small scale and regards his first ex was found hanging In her room, but, periments as indicative of the success no evidence being found to confirm of the invention. The new machine a suspicion that there had been foul is primarily Intended for aerial war play, a verdict of suicide was returned. chasing and is to be armed with a ma By the time the young employee had chine gun. It is a monoplane. saved up some money and he bought the business. Piles Dollar on Dollar. MILLION IN MEXICAN CAPITAL Living upon almost nothing and Population of City Is Estimated to working tirelessly, he steadily in Be Twice That of Ten creased his trade and piled one dollar Years Ago. on another until with the passage of the years his fortune grew to re Mexico City, Mex.—The population spectable dimensions. When, after the wealth of Cubans of Mexico City has Increased more than 100 per cent during the lust ten had been drained,by three years of years, according to recent estimates revolution nnd embargo, the American based on statistics, which fix the fig fleet blockaded Havana in 1898, “El ure at appsoxlmately 1,(MM),000. This Vote"—for by that time he had come Is far above the normal Increase and universally to be known by his sobri the Influx of persons Is attributed as quet—was able to acquire for cash due to revolts. Housing conditions, large properties for a tithe of their as a result, are bad. and suitable value, and when the Cuban republic dwellings are ut a premium. wns set up he was a rich man among men who had been ruined. The latter were compelled to go to him for cash which he alone was able to lend. And so It came to pass that many of those Pirates Again Sweeping Seas --- •-------- Theory Put Forward as Explana tion of Disappearance of American Vessels. PIRACY FOLLOWS GREAT WARS Island-Dotted Areas of the Oceans Of fer Lurking Places for Sea Rovers— Piracy Has Flourished Since Early Days of History. to have covertly countenaced ns well us helped exfiedltlona by buccaneers, and In the West Indies the.trade re strictions placed by the various moth er countries led to acceptance by many Island governors of wares brought by navigators whom they knew to lie freebooters and whose methods they could not afford to question. Piracy Road to High Office. "Perhaps the most unscrupulous and wily of the perverted sen kings was Henry Morgan of the Carlbbees. He wns a magnate, an indomitable ruler, a crufty strategist, and a commander of genius as well as a pirate par ex cellence. In fact he flirted with one danger after the other always to come out on top. He marched Into Puerto Principe In the hear» of Cuba and took It despite every resistance. He outwitted with uncanny cunning the officers at Porto Bello In Panama, one of the strongest cities near the Car ibbean shorea nn>l the storehouse for the riches which had tieen brought by Spanish galleons and mule packs from the Interior. He escaped with an Inestimable amount of gold and jewels, ingeniously employing a fire ship against the Spanish to accom plish bls escape when he was bottled up in Maracaibo lake. Finally he took and sacked the city of Panama. Then leaving his companions In the lurch, he sllp|s*d away at night with all the booty to Jamaica. Ingratiated himself with the governor, and was clever enough to get himself into the graces of the English king who knight ed him and made him lieutenant gov ernor of Jamaica for his ‘long ex perience of that colony.’ "In our boyhood, stories of Captain KI<1 were frequent. The subject of the narratives was r<-ally a respectable sailor In the merchant service with a wife and family In New York when lie was commissioned by the English Peasant Trod Down Mdlions as He Piled up Riches on Misfortunes of Others—Lived and Died a Brute. Washington, I). C.--The theory that pirates are again Infesting Atlantic waters bus been put forward In con nection with the grounding of the Car- roll Peering and the mysterious dls- appearance of three other American •teamships. "An epidemic of piracy has followed tn tlie wnke of nearly nil of the greet wars. Even ns recently ns 1815 rest less souls who hud smelled the blood of buttle and felt the Intoxication of danger became loath to settle down In to the ¡s-aceful ways of men and commerce, and chose the wide sens ns an asylum because they refused to live under the law," says n bulletin of the National Geographic society from its Washington, D. C.. headquar ters. Gome Famous Pirate Bases. "Beside the broad oceans which of fered Infinite chunce for escape there have always been the Island-dotted nreas which furnish excellent lurking places from which these exponents of absolute freedom might take their quarry for examination and long di vision among them. The Greek Archi pelago, the Barbary coast, the East Indies, the China shorea and the Span ish Main, within the shadow of our own doors, have been pirate bases for centuries and given to the world a wealth of stories of breathless in 11 ¡ terest. •'In ancient times these sea robbers “Dips” Robbed of Haven off the const of Greece. Italy, and When Art Center Moves : Asia Minor with their thousands of light, swift vessels, or ‘sea mice* ns London. — Burlington House, they were called, ‘taxed' merchant the present home of the Royal shipping so heavily that they lightly Academy exhibition, does not and rightly termed their base of op seem to afford such a tine harv erations the 'Golden Gulf.’ They est for pickpockets ns the great flaunted their black ting in the face room nt Somerset House, where of mighty Home, which remained Im exhibitions were held until 1837, potent against them until Pompey with remarks the London Morning almost unlimited resources nt Ida com Post. A wooden dado ran round mand curbed their operations. the room, nnd when after the Pandora’s Box of Piracy. academy resigned possession, ‘‘Ferdinand ami Isabella unwitting this was removed In the course ly. In their decision to drive the Moors of renovations, the narrow space from Spanish soil, let loose upon the between It and the brickwork World and particularly upon Spanish was found to be stuffed witli In shipping, then nt tne height of Its numerable purses, ancient ami pride, a fearful horde of during and unscrupulous avengers. modern—an eloquent testimony "In the early days of Moslem pow to successful pocketpicking nnd cleverness In disposing of recog er one of the caliphs wrote to his gen nizable property. eral mid asked 1dm what the sen was like. The general answered, "Die sen Is n huge beast wldch silly folk ride like worms on logs.’ Consequently the caliph gave orders that no Moslem should voyage upon it, but they soon learned that they must conquer It if they were to hold their own among other peoples, and they subsequently furnished some of the most audacious and picturesque of the pirate figures. The James Brothers of the Seas. "Two of the most daring and in genious of these were the Barbarossa brothers. ‘Red Board’ terrorized the Mediterranean world from Constanti nople to the rillars of Hercules. The excellent harbors nnd the Island hid ing places made It possible for him to defy the fleets of Englund, Italy, Spain and Holland, to levy rlbute on all the vessels that passed over the highway, to capture the richly laden Papal galleys bound for Romo In Mos lem defiance of Christendom and chain the Christians to their oars. In 1510, nt that time notorious nnd Im mensely wealthy, he changed the base of his operations to the island of Jerba, off the const of Tunis, where Ihe Fates censed to smile so kindly upon him. After many hard-fought battles nnd vicissitudes of fortune lie fell before the forces of Charles V of Spain near Tremizan on Afrlcnn soil. He hail actually escaped, but upon learning that his faithful fol lowers were close pressed he returned to die with them. The career of his brother Kheyr-er-dln is scarcely less romantic. "Piracy on the American coast When this photograph of little Warren Harding and his two sisters was among the French nnd Spanish naviga tors began before the days of the Eng made in Caledonia, 0., the six-year-old lad's father probably told him: “Jou lish colonists. Queen Elizabeth Is said will ba President sitae day.” When Warren Harding Was Six to whom the government of the young republic was entrusted were bls debtors—which he never allowed them to forget He secured a monopoly on nil Cuban printing, for which scandal scores went to Jail. Then he got control of one of the biggest banks and wrecked that, "borrowing” no less than >11,- 000,000 without security of any kind. He loaned millions, bnt always de manded from 50 to 100 per cent in terest. It Is believed that after the pay ment of all debts the estate of Jose Lopez Rodriguez will be worth some where around $10.000,000, proving that it was not the fear of penury that drove him to end his life In the fashion by which his employer 40 years ago had died and which had marked the beginning of his own pros perity. Hogs' Snouts Do Plowing. Woodstock, Ont.—Hogs take the place of plows and harrows in the cul tivation of one of the best producing small apple orchards In Ontario. Most orchardlsts plow and replow and har row and ditch the land between the ' rows of trees. J. W. Tuttle of Cur- rie merely turns In a drove of hogs.' WOMEN’S WATCH TOWER The National Woman’s party Is com ing Into its own again and has bought a new home which will be a regular “political watch tower” to the capitol, which Is within a stone’s throw. The home is one of the most historic in Washington, having been the meeting place of congress from 1815 to 1819 while the capitol was being rebuilt, and was the scene of President Monroe's inauguration. $66,000 Thief Given 3 Years ----------- Memphis Teller for 12 Years Missed Vacations to Shield His Shortage. COURT GETS HIS CONFESSION Began With $100 Holdout and Lived in Hope of Making All Good—Nev er Missed a Day or Was Late —Strain Was Terrible. Memphis, Tenn.—Alex V. Smith, for merly note teller for the First Nation al bank, stood convicted, but elated with a three-year term, given to him after he had confessed to a $66,001.37 peculation and pleaded guilty. . During the 12 years Smith was con nected with the bank he never took a vacation, never was absent or late In reporting for duty. He told reporters In order to cover up the shortage he had to be continually on the Job. John D. Martin, Smith’s counsel, read a copy of Smith's confession to the court Ln his plea for leniency. The confession says: “I, Alex V. Smith of Raleigh, Tenn., do hereby make confession. "I was born in Liverpool, England, on June 8, 1883. I left England and came to the United States when I was about twenty-two years old. After a short stay in New York city I came to Memphis, Tenn., and became a bank clerk In the employ of the Bank of Commerce of Memphis, where I worked for about nine months. I then en tered the employ of the First National bank of Memphis, Tenn., and was con tinuously employed there until Janu ary 13, 1921. I was note teller at the First National bank for about 12 consecutive years. During this time I gave diligent attention to the du ties of the position. Began With $100. “About 11 years ago, one day after the vaults were closed, to accommo date a customer I took a deposit of about $100. That night I used this money to pay a debt, hoping to re place it immediately. It was never replaced, and the shortage grew, until January 12, 1921, It amounted to $66,- 501.37. "My method of concealment was throughout the entire period of short Sylvia Pankhurst Toasted by Reds «----------------- age to hold for a day or two, then re mit, being in the manner always short in my remittances. "I married about eight years ago, and at the time of my marriage my shortage was comparatively small. My family consists of my wlfie, aged thir ty-one years, and three children, Alex V. Jr., aged seven ; Jim Mangrum, aged six, and Jay Shaw, aged two years, nine months. “The moneys which I embezzled from .the bank were absorbed in my personal expense and extravagances. I have not dissipated money in gam bling or speculation. I have, of course, entertained the vague hope that I could make restitution of these peculations, but have been crushed with the realiza tion that this was impossible. Strain Has Been Terrible. “The strain of my situation has, of course, been terrible, and I have suf fered immense mental torture for years. "I have been unable to obtain suffi cient sleep or rest except through the use of Intoxicants, and have been com pelled to resort to the same means as a stimulant to enable me to discharge the regular duties of my office. “It is my Intention and desire that in the event there should be an in dictment returned against me on ac count of my wrongdoing to immedi ately enter a plea of guilty to the same and throw myself without reservation upon the mercy of the court. "It is my desire to receive such pen alty as may be Inflicted on me as speedily as possible. It being my deep desire, after I have met my punish ment, to rise again and be a man. It will be my earnest effort to make good, in the fullest measure possible, the loss which lias been occasioned as the result of my wrongdoing.” After the shortage was discovered Smith says regarding his conversation with bank officials: "1 gave them the exact figures, to wit, $66,001.37, together with all data and documents pertaining thereto, thereby enabling the officials of the bank to make a speedy adjustment of their records. I gave the exact amount of my shortage as stated above, so that the bank would not be put to the necessity of a long, laborious and ex pensive audit of my accounts. FAJAMAS “NOBBY” ON STREET Rus« Officer's Garb Leads to Distri bution of Garments to Refugees. Constantinople, Turkey.—American Red Cross and army pajamas are be ing converted into Jaunty street clothe» here by Ingenious Russian refugee soldiers and civilians. Hugh 8. Bird, treasurer of the Red Cross, when here on a visit of inspec tion, saw a spick-and-span monocled Russian officer flourishing a cane and fanning himself with a straw hat at the local Red Cross offices. He no ticed that the man had taken a suit of pajamas, sewed shoulder strap braid on them, strapped tils officer's belt about them and rolled up the bot toms to give a trouser effect. Mr. Bird thought so well of the In genuity of the man, who had defeated the hot weather, that he gave order» for several thousand more pajamas to be distributed, so no Russian need wear his heavy, shabby winter clothes. Miss Sylvia Pankhurst (center), who served five months' imprisonment at Holloway for preaching sedition in the British nowy, was recently dis missed. Following her “coming out” she was tendered a breakfast In London by the Communist party. This photograph shows the “reds" offering a toast to Miss Pankhurst. Partridges Alight In Street Coatesville, Pa.—A covey of part ridges came into this city and alight ed on the paved streets in the busi ness section. Volunteer firemen caught a few and placed them in a box, lib erating them later In the country. They had become frightened when a cooper’s hawk attacked them on th« hill.
