Dayton tribune., April 16, 1925, Image 7

Lexington Plans
Two Celebrations
DIVORCED AT Ì3
U. S. to Build Prison !
for Criminal Women
Provide for Work in Fields
Nearly All Year.
Founding of City and Visit • »*« I*********************
of Lafayette.
Lamp Bulbs on View
:
CLEMENCY IS ASKED
Burial Place of
“Bird Woman” Found
Washington.—For the first time tn
Washington. — A century old
the United States there Is to te
question was cleared up with
it
federal
prison
for
women
—
that
Is,
the announcement by the bureau
Lexington, Ky. Tide historic old
Washington. — Wbat ars be­
congress approves the report of
of Indian affairs that the final
city, famous ns the home* of Henry
lieved to be the largest and
committee tom posed of attorney gen *
(’lay. Hie great pacificator; sent »f
burial place of the Shoshone In­
smallest electric light bulbs ever
eral, secretary of the Interior and -r
Transylvania college, the oldest insti
I dian "bird woman" Is located al
made have arrived here for ex­
secretary
of
labor,
ami
makes
an
ap
­
tutlon of higher burning went of the
Fort Washakie, Wyo.
hibition at Iha Smithsonian In­
propriate <n for It. It Is to be known
Allegheny mountains; capital "I H"'
This decision was rearmed by
stitution from the Edison Elec­
as the Federal Industrial Institute for ♦
far-famed blue gruss region und bub
the Lurenu after an Inquiry last­
tric Company of New Jersey.
Women
—
the
designation
"prison
be-
«
of the horse world. Is preparing to
♦ ing about three months. It was
The messenger who brought
Ing In gr< wing disfavor.
controversy
prompted by
a
the bulbs had to engage a sec­
were
offered,
About twenty sites
qulcentennlal <>f Ita founding and tin*
among Amerlcnn historians as
tion on the train to provide
was
the
final
but Alderson, W. Ve„
visit
liundredlh anniversary of
well us Indian tribes as tv
apace for the packing case which
selection and a report to this effect
Munitila de l-ufay
whether the "bird woman." who
contained
the
40,000-watt
giant.
was
made
to
congress.
This Is Edna Bond, the little moun­
attained fame as a guide of the
ette. Fremii hero of the Atfiericun
wh tut
The tiny ''grain
Alderson appears to have many ad­
tain girl of West Virginia, In whose
Lewis ard Clar't expedition In
Revolution.
bulb, us It Is caUed, being about
vantages over other sites submitted,
behalf President Coolidge will be ap­
It Is proposed to stnge ns one of the I that size, he carried, carefully
IStJC, was actually burled in the
not the least perhaps being that the
pealed to. The President Is the only
outstanding features of the program
grave
at
Fort
Warhakle
marked
wrapped In tissue paper anil 4
citizens of lids and other villages In
person who cun open the gates and
with
a
tablet
In
her
memory.
un elaborate historical pageant
sealed envelo|>e, In his pocket.
Monroe, Gnenbrier and adjoining
allow Edna to walk out Into the sun­
pictlng many acenes of pioneer life Io
counties subscribed $30,000 to pay for n»»»»»*************»***»*# light of freedom. She is now in the
connection with the early settlement
approximately 200 acres of land to be
Stark county workhouse because u
of the city ami the major events which
offered free to the government. A
have Illuminated the Interesting his­ In that month. 150 years »go. that th*
for the excellent reason that there Is whisky still was found a half mile
quotation of $45,000 has been made
from her-mountain cabin.
She is
tory during Hut century and a bulf of hardy pioneers who settled Lexington
no place for the judge to send her.
for an additional 300 acres. At that
serving the longest sentence ever
Persons
making
a
study
of
prison
received the first m-ws of the Initial
the government would be getting 500 |
Another feature will commemorate buttle In the little Mnasacbusetts Vil
Above ts shown Mrs. Margaret B
conditions say that one or two years known In the history of the world for
the visit of General Lafayette here 1<»> luge which opened the struggle for Durbin of Akron, Ohio, who probably acres of suitable land nt a much low- , In a county jail has a bad effect if on bootlegging—seven years—and a fine
<*r figure ttiau any of the other local- -
years ago. on which occasion be was American Independence.
a woman. A federal institution for of $0,000 which if she were forced to
These pio­ is the youngest divorcee in the world.
tendered a public reception at ol<l nevrs were camped about what ti as Her husband, Charles Durbin, twenty- (ties offer.
woman delinquents is a very real and work it out at the rate of 00 cents a
day would keep her in prison fur 35
Alderson It on the main Une of the | Immediate necessity.
Transylvania and was wined ami dined since been known as Maxwell spring five, brought suit against her, charging
Chesapeake
A
Ohio
railroad,
which
,
by the little blue grass society.
Out of the 20 proffered sites Al years.
In the southern section of the city, extreme cruelty, gross neglect nnd
Helals <«f Transylvania college are In- neur where the new $200.000 stadium fraudulent contract. The girl bride, facilitates the transporta'lon of In­ derson had only two real competitors
mates; It is on the Greenbrier river, ,
feature
teresting themselves In
of the University of Kentucky now only thirteen, says she dwan t know which Insures an adequate supply ot —Delphi. Ind., and Markleton, Pa. Public Schools Sending
of the program and In this connection stands.
what all the charges mean, but asserts
While Delphi appeared anxious to
pure water for all purposes anil also :
It Is proposed to Invite the French
Fewer Girl» to Vassar
The promoters of the celebration, she never treated her husband cruelly, on the Atlantic and 1’aclfic highway. have the proposed penal institution
ambassador nt Washington with mem due tu this fact, are considering hold und can't understand bls charges o!
it did not offer any free ground. In
Poughkeepsie, N. Y.—Ten years
wUch
connc-cts
with
the
Midland
trail.
bers of his suite.
fact, the price of the proposed site
Ing the pageant, which Is to feature neglect. The girl wife's family lives In
It Is also planned to bring here some the celebration, in thia new stadium, Bristol, Tenn., where Durbin was for­ the main highway from Washington was set at from $125 to $175 an acre. have wrought changes in the charac­
teristics of Vassar college students,
speaker of national prominence to de­ which overlooks historic Maxwell merly a rooqier. He charges the girl to the Middle West and the South.
Also, whde it was nearer the geo-
charts prepared by the college office
liver a eulogy on the life, character spring, and which has a seating ca­ and her family with fraudulently rep­
Women to Do Farm Work.
graphical center of the United States
and achievements of Lafayette In con pacity of more than 10,000.
resenting her us being sixteen years
The altitude Is 1,800 feet and the than either Alderson or Markleton, It show.
In 1910. a total of 58 per cent of
nection with American IndeiM-ndeoce
old
at
the
time
of
their
marriage
sev
­
climate and soli conditions are such was considerably west of the center the students prepared for Vassar In
While this suggestion has not yet
Mrs. W. T. Lafferty, Kentucky
that It would be possible for the wom­ of federal female criminal population.
been acted on, Il is quite likely that eral months ago.
public high schools and only 42 per
torlan. who suiaTvlsed last year the the general committee In the next few
Sites were offered in Maryland. Vir­
en to work the ground during most ot
cent in private schools. By 1920, the
one
pageant In connection with the
ginia. Colorado, Texas, Arlxona and In
the
year.
This
is
a
distinct
advantage,
days will visit the stadium and the
Sparrow Menace
public schools were furnishing 35 per
hundred fiftieth anniversary of the nearby spring, from which the pioneer
since It has been proved that outdoor ■ fact In almost all sections of the
Tonopah.
Nev.
—
Sparrows,
millions
founding of Harrodsburg, the first
work and exercise ire two of the I country. These were discarded for cent.
settlers drunk and where they
Registration lists In 1910 were
tienimi In Kentucky. Ims offered
Some were too
reived the patriotic inspiration which of them.’ are appearing In the Carson greatest factors in rehabilitating the various reasons.
closed two and a half years before en­
services to assist In preparing the prompted them to give their on wp the valley and doing considerable damage woman prisoner.
’ 1 small; one was composed entirely of
trance.
Students entering in the
eating up
chicken feed on the
pageant for the Lexington celebration name of Lexington, with me
«e the ...............
The l.CvO or so Inhabitants of Aider- woodland, and women are physically
the view or
of pbuhh
and It Is proposed that many of the staging the main feature of the cele- farms and clearing the stubble fields son seem to be of a high moral and unable to clear timber. Others were classes of 1925 were registered four
| of grain where the hogs are ranged.
descendants of the early pioneer fuml- brat ion there.
Persons who too difficult of access, and one In the and a half years m advance.
religious character,
Quite as extreme changes were
Ilea, who took part In the stirring In
went to investigate said that there Southwest was so situated that It found in subjects required for en­
cldents vf the early settlement of Lex­
would
have
been
necessary
for
the
extensive
use
f
appeared to be no
trance.
In 1865, entering students
ington nnd the blue grass country
alcohol. The town Is far enough institution to purchase Its water sup- were examined only in algebra, Latin
participate In the program.
away from any large city to minimise ply.
Reunion of Boons Family.
Alderson seemed to the committee and French. In 1920. five subjects
dope smuggling into the institution
Whether were required, and twelve were on the
Still another feature which Is being
to
be the logical location.
and to eliminate to a great extent the
alternative or elective lists.
considered In connection with the cele­
congress
agrees
remains
to
be
seen.
possibility of escape.
bration is the proposed reunion of the
Another point In Its favor Is that
Boone family, descendants nnd kin­
It Is fairly near the estimated center
dred of Daniel Boone. Kentucky pio­
of federal female criminal population,
neer nnd mighty Indian hunter. M«'m-
which is said to be within a radius of
here of the Boons family have offered
a hundred miles of Ironton, Ohio.
reunion
In
1'hll-
to change ita proposed
The fact that the center of federal
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communication
to
the
National
Geo
­
adelphlu to Lexington If Invited to do
criminal population Is In the
Post Office Department to graphic society. These methods ot female
Increase
in
Use
of
Chocolate
lighting and control are similar to the East Is somewhat misleading. It may
A representative of this family has
Start
It
June
1.
Historic Tavern to Be
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Brings Prosperity.
facilities which will be extended be­ be explained partly by the fact that
written to officials here stating that
the District -of Columbia Is largely
tween
New
York
and
Chicago.
Made Jnto Apartments *
8,000 Invitations would be sent to the
Washington. D. C.-Sunset-to-dawn
"luist July the Post Office department responsible for thia The district has
New York.—Ecuador Is making a
various connections of the Boone fam­ mall service between New York and
Lynn. Mass.—“Ye Oide Berry
only
federal
courts
and
accordingly
ily' for the reunion and that a large Chicago. Which is being projected by began to carry mall over the entire "any offense against the law must be compute commercial comeback, the
Tavern” In Danvers, one of the
route
from
coast
to
coast
In
planes.
foreign
trade
council
reports,
wholly
majority of them would undoubtedly the Post Office department to start by
few remaining colonial taverns
In preparation for this project eight tried In these courts and the sen­ because of the popularity tn the Unit­
come to Lexington for the event.
and the place where Benedict
June 1. finds the postal service In an intercostal relay filghts were made a tenced law-breaker automatically be­ ed Stu s of chocolate-covered ice
The plans of the promoters of the
Arnold stopped when he passed
old role— that of sponsoring night com­ year ago. and letters bearing a San comes a federal prisoner. It is esti­ cream c*. ;:fections.
celebration also contemplate bringing
mated that about 20 per cent of the
through Mrmsachusetts on his
Francisco
postmark
of
6
a.
tn.
August
munication.
»
The sudden vogue here for tee
here for the occasion Frank Warrin
federal female criminal population of
march to Quebec, will soon be
In the eurly days of the railway ser­
Coburn of Lexington, Mass., and Char vice. postal demands brought about 24 were canceled at the New York the nation is in the District of Col­ cream served In a chocolate jacket, the
converted into an apartment
council says, placed chocolate over-1
lemagne Tower of New York to apeuk night trains. Trainmen were horrified post office the following day.
house.
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“It was during these flights that the umbia. This, however, does not of night at a new
premium
the
world
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nt the celebration. Mr. Coburn is an
The place has not paid for *
that the postal officials should urge great white airway along the night necessity mean that Washington is a
-established
the
demand
*
over. This re-established
authority on the history of the battle such a risky thing as running trains
yean. The eighteenth amend­ *
route from Chicago to Cheyenne was more dangerous or wicked place to
prod- 1 ♦
of Lexington; nnd this city, having
for Eucador’s t staple
. agricultural
_
ment was too much for the suc­ ♦
at night. Now the eight-cent stamp tested’ and night flying shown to be live than any other.
♦
net, cacao, from which the highest
been named for the Massachusetts- demands night air service In order that
cess of the colonial landmark *
Not only Alderson but West Virginia
practical.
For
this
achievement
the
grade bitter chocolate comes, and lift­
town. In which that first buttle of the mall deposited in New York at the end
as
a
tavern.
The
ancient
struc-
air mall service was awarded the Col­ as a whole has been tremendously in­ ed that country out of financial de-
revolution was fought. It Is regarded
ture will be moved back CO feet
of one day may be In Chicago at >e lier trophy for the second successive terested la having this Industrial In­
as eminently appropriate that Mr. Co­
from its location on the Old
stitution fcr women located within its pression.
beginning of another.
year.
burn be on the program.
The chocolate boom, the council
It may be thut night air service In
Boston Post road before alter-
The governor appointed a
“The electrical engineer provided bounds.
Mr. Tower Is probably the greatest
the future will be as common us the five stations with aerial beacons aptly commission to help get the location says, proved lucky for the United
ations are begun.
living authority on the life and
States, as well as Ecuador, for it re­
nicknamed 'midnight suns of the air and raise funds to purchase the site.
achievements of Lafayette, and an ad night sleeping cars of today.
stored to the former one of its good
mall.' Each beacon Is a high Intensity
Ths
Fast
Nlqbt
Mal1
-
Women Now Sent to Jails.
dress from him would be very timely
customers of five years ago.
Details of the first night air service arc searchlight, mounted on a 50-foot
At the present time women who are
In the opinion of Chairman Wilson.
Commerce between countries being j
placed
in
operation
by
the
Post
Office
tower,
and
it
revolves
three
times
a
Date Set First Week In June.
the two countries, the council adds,
offenders against the federal laws
a simple matter of give and take,
department
from
Chicago
to
Cheyenne.
minute.
The proposed celebration la to be
must be sent to state or county Insti­ Ecuador Is now spending its chocolate j so much as It reveals anew that for­
“
Set
at
an
angle
of
one
degree,
the
Wyo.,
are
described
In
the
following
Staged the first week In June, as It was
tutions—boarded out, as It were. And
eign trade, after all, 1? pretty human.
money freely here again, notably for
500,000,000 candlepower beam of each
It Is said that these jails or prisons
.Confectioners In the United States
of these hind lighthouses sweeps the
are so crowded that often a new In­ our player pianos.
sky Just above the horizon and has mate cannot be received vntil one ,'s
That Ecuador “plays” when, as and prefer the Eucador grade of bitter
chocolate both for Its flavor and be­
been sighted, on clear nights, at 130
dismissed. This often results In a If the United States "eats.” does not cause it takes a lot of sugar, and
miles. At 100 miles, where It Is plain
prisoner getting a suspended sentence constitute a comparison of tastes In thus enables them to market their
ly visible, the diameter of Its beam Is
sugar at the higher price of candy, ac­
about two miles.
cording to the council.
Special Paint Used.
Ecuador’s principal competitor Is the
At 34 emergency landing fields
the —
night
airway, large guiding
Congo, but the African cacao is called
along —
„
lights have been Installed, nnd there
milder and is said t* run second with
are smaller light guides every three
the candy trade.
When the World war shut off deep-
miles, making a continuous light lane
sea transportation, the Congo’s out­
over the 900-mlle route.
"Numerous mechanical difficulties
put was blockaded, to the advantage
of Eucador, but it meanwhile piled up
had to be solved before night flying
in such volume that when ocean com­
was practicable. Searchlights are af
munication was opened again after the
fixed to the wings; the glares of the
exhaust must be hidden froth the
war It came In a flood and broke the
pilot's eyes; and special paint Is used
market. Ecuador found its own cacao
on the propeller blades so they will
selling nt a loss or not at all, ami
not reflect light«
trade there was brought to a tem-
“In addition to the obvious commer
porary standstill.
dal value of speeding up business
In 1920, before the break came. Ecu-
letters. It has been estimated by a
dor was selling its products-Hi th?
! bank official, and, of course, the
United States at an annual rate ot
; amount Is purely an estimate, that
$1 ”244,000, and bought American prod­
$100,000 has been saved in a single
uos of a value ot $14,480,000. The
month on the Interest on notes which
mutual effect of the slump was shown
otherwise would have been In mail
in figures for 1921, when Eucador s
sacks for two business days between
exports to the United States fell about
75 per cent to only $3,541,000, and its
New York and Chicago.'
imports dropped more than 67 per cent
Pigmy Mice of Africa
to $5,260,000.
usar
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Night Air Service
Will Be Regular
ECUADOR NOW THRIVING ON
BOOM IN THE CACAO TRADE
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Youngest Lawyer in Arkansas
Pete” Was a Good Witness
Small as Bumblebee
roloyr>i»y
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Miss Zonula M. Longstreth, daughter of United States Commissioner Long-
streth of Little Rock, Ark., a former major In the regular nriny. Is only nine­
teen years old, but she has passed the Supreme court examinations and Is the
youngest lawyer In the state. Under the Arkansas law she cannot practice
until she is twenty-one, but she has asked for a special permit, which will al­
low her to practice before she Is of nge.
London.—The smallest nnlmnls al
the London zoo are a family of pigmy
mice which arrived recently from
Gambrla, In western Africa. They are
smaller tlmn bumblebees and n pair
could easily set up housekeeping in an
ordinary safety match box. While the
pigmies were being shipped to London
15 of them escaped through a hole
smaller than might be made by a slate
pencil, and none of them was ever
seen again.
To Fight Aphis
Walla Walla. Wash.—Fruit Inspec­
tors have left for the Tucannon valley
to get an automobile load of ladybug-«.
These bugs will be liberated later In
orchards of this vicinity to combat
aphis. This is the annual trip for th.-
"Pete." the ret retriever of William J. Gnldtona ot West Ac« ton. Mass., inspectors. The bugs will be kept In
"testlfled” In the Superior court In Cambridge, where his master charged a cold storage until aphis gets active
watchman with tying u flaming torch to “Pete's” tall. “Pete." *
£ The Upper Tucannon is a favorite hi­
trlever. gave an eloquent "woof woof when his master asked him to take the
bernating place for ludybugs.
stand.