lierais
itti.
LOGAL HAPPENINGS
A boy was bom to Mr. and Mrs.
Frederick Akin, 4337 42d avenue,
March 24.
Mrs. Parson», 7820 55th avanua,
hat a amall peach tree in full bloom
in bar yard.
Mrs. Charles Walkar,
street, is visiting her
Chinook, Wash.
4306 58th
mother at
The Easter concert at the Arleta
Baptist church waa enjoyed by a
capacity crowd.
LOWER MOUNT »COTT CHURCH
SERVICES
At the monthly meeting of the
Mount Scott Improvement club, held
in the ArleU library, Tuesday eve
ning, C. P. Keyser of the park board
Ulked on the possibility of park im
provement in this part of the city.
He said that some money would soon
be available for this purpose and he
thought the small park opposite the
library building between Foster Road
and 46th avenue could be properly
improved the latter part of this sum
mer. He seemed to feel that a well
equipped clubhouse adjacent to the
Millard-Avenue park might be se
cured if the people of the district
worked hard enough for it.
U H. Flshbury, 4716 71st street, Bessemer, 70QP 62d avenue, next
is working with the Southern Pa Thursday for • social afternoon.
cific carpenter crew at Carlton.
George Hubei is repairing hie store
Stafford Jennings, 6422 <M)th street, and residence at 6741 59th avenue.
was married this week to Miss Flor The Teeny store on Foster Road
which was badly damaged by fire in
ence Jones, 1010 Vernon avenue.
February, is being repaired.
The ladies' aid society of the Mil-
J. J. Handsaker went to Salem
la.d Avrnue Presbyterian church met
Thursday to confer with Dr. E. C.
at the church Thursday afternoon.
Hickman, chairman of the near east
The Kern Park Christian church is
relief, regarding the Salem campaign.
beginning preparations for an elab
The baseball Um of Kellog school
orate celebration of Mother's day.
beat the team of the Marysville
Wilbur Newton. 5735 44th avenue,
school Tuesday afternoon, 10 to 6.
accompanied his father, Roy Newton,
Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Pepper,
on a business trip to McMinnville,
6019 47th avonue, have a son, born
Friday.
March 30.
Residents of 37th avenue are cir
The senior class at Franklin high
culating a petition asking that the
avenue be paved between 52d and school observed “loud clothes'* day on
Tuesday.
Sflth streets.
A son waa born to Mr. and Mrs.
G. W. Stokes. 4711 47th avenue,
deputy state fire marshal, returned George Taylor, 7704 63d avenue,
home Friday from a month’s trip to March 26.
eastern Oregon.
V. M. Carson is erecting 1' resi
Mr. and Mrs. Chartoa Parker, 47th dence at 6035 41st avenue.
avenue and 60th street, are the par
James, son of James S. Hogg,
ents of a boy. born Saturday, March
6040 32d avenue, is ill with the flu.
31, at Portland sanitarium.
Mrs. Mal>el la-mar took a member
U. B. Ladies' Silver Tea
of the Arleta Girl Scouts to Peninsula
Wednesday afternoon the ladies'
park laat Saturday afternoon where
aid society of the Tremont United
they participated in an egg hunt.
Brethren church held a silver tea
Eleven-year-old Donald
McAfee. at the parsonage, 7121 59th ave
339 East 57th street, waa operated nue. Thia is one of a series of teas
upon at St. Vincent's hospital Tues the women of the church are giving
day afternoon for appendicitis.
to swell the local budget of the
Mrs. Sadie Orr-Dunbar, executive church. Mrs. B. R. Evans and Mrs.
secretary of the Oregon Tuberculosis Charles Wildcn, president of the so
association, has been confined to her ciety, will be the hostesses of the
home, 7118 53d avenue, for several afternoon. All women are welcome.
Thia society has already raised 2300
days with the grip.
on the J1000 it has pledged toward
Kenneth Phillips and family, who
the new church building.
have been living at 5422 37th ave
Buster, pet dog of Elaine Hand-
nue, left Wednesday morning for
saker, died auddenly Tuesday morn
Medford where they will make their ing.
home.
J. H. McMahon has sold hia resi
Mrs. Fleck, 5628 45th avenue, who dence at 5519 37th avenue.
has been ill for two months with a
Mias Anna Mulkey, 6130 83d street,
nervous breakdown, is recovering who was injured in a stret-car acci
nicely and is able to get outside and dent two weeks ago, is recovering
nicely and expects to return home
enjoy the spring weather.
from St. Vincent's hospital the laat
Mrs. J. A. Troeh, 5029 42d avenue,
of this week.
who has been ill at Portland Sani
Charles Walker, 4305 58th avenue,
tarium for several weeks, is now im
is painting hia house.
proving rapidly. Mrs. Troeh is the
Mrs. Ix-ster Blakeley and two
mother of Frank and Jesse Troeh.
small sons. Dale and Harold, of
Camille Ixie, daughter of Henry Dixonville, Or., are visiting Mrs.
Lee, 48th avenue and 76th street, Blakeley’s mother, Mrs. A. H. Mulkey,
was operated on Sunday night at 6130 83d street. Mrs. Blakeley was
Good Samaritan hospital for appen formerly Miss Bessie Mulkey.
dicitis. She is getting on nicely.
The executive committee of the
woman's society of the Arleta Bap
tist church met at the home of the
president, Mrs. S. lx Barnett, 6804
46th avenue, Wednesday afternoon
and drew up a comprehensive plan of
work for the coming year.
C. E. Society Elects Officers
At a business meeting held in the
Tremont United
Brethren church
Wednesday evening, March 25, the
Christian Endeavor society elected
the following officers:
President,
Alfred Guthrie; vice-president, Lester
Altig; recording secretary, Grace
Guthrie;
corresponding
secretary,
Mrs. Lucile Altig; treasurer, Mrs.
Alfred Guthrie.
Rev. B. R. Evans
was appointed chairman of the look
out committee; Mrs. B. R. Evans,
chairman of the prayer meeting com
mittee, and Charles Snedegar, chair
man of the social committee.
Oscar Butler and family, who have
been living in west side apartments,
are moving back to their home, 5040
60th street. Mr. Butler, lightweight
Arleta Parent-Teacher Notice
wrestler, is convalescing from a
The Arleta Parent-Teacher asso
serious attack of pleural pneumonia. ciation will hold its regular monthly
CapUin and Mrs. A. P. Foster and meeting at Arleta school Friday
The
two small sons of Camp lewis, Wash., afternoon, April 13, at 2:30.
arrived Saturday to visit with Mrs. business meeting will be followed by
Foster's mother, Mrs. Thomas Mc- a program the general theme of
Nish, 7703 55th avenue. CapUin which will be "Books for Parents
Foster returned to his ¡lost Monday, and Value of Story Telling for Chil
local women will
but Mra. Foster and the children dren." Several
participate.
will make an extended visit here.
HAVE YOU NOTICED
That Russia is replenishing
supply of ammunition?
her
Tremont United Brethren
That the Ruhr question is far from
At 11 A. M., "John’s Message to settled ?
Ephesus”; 7 P. M., Young People’s
That the Balkans are indulging in
society of Christian Endeavor; 8
their usual spring war talk?
P. M . “The Man He Might Have
That hatred is not confined to
Been.”
Laat Sunday there were 202 present. Europe alone?
Bunday school meets at 10 A. M.
Millard-Avrnue Presbyterian
At 11 A. M., “Four Prime Elements
in the Preaching of the Gospel”; 7:30
P. M., "The Fine Art of Praising
God."
The Christian Endeavor society
meets at 6:30. The society is read
ing the missionary book “India on
the March.”
J. J. Handsaker made a trip to
The Mount Scott MenUl Culture
Eugene laat week in the intereat of club met at the ArleU library
near east relief.
Thursday afternoon. Possible courses
Mrs. Lloyd Elbon, 59th street, waa of study for next year were consid
quite sick with the flu last week, ered. Mrs. J. H. Cooper 4816 75th
street, la the chairman of the pro
but is now better.
gram committee for next year.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Spence, <1317
Mra. Ella Ehnisen Wilson, dean of
94th street, have a new daughter,
girls
al Franklin high school, left
born March 2V.
Wednesday evening for Spokane,
Mra. Ward Swope, 5329 70th street, where ahe will deliver an address be
has been very ill with pneumonia, fore the inland empire teachers* as
but is now improving.
sociation meeting.
Fourteen new members were re
The V. I. A, class of the ArleU
ceived
nlto
Anaix-I
Presbyterian Baptist Sunday school, Uught by Mrs.
church Easter Sunday.
J. A. Finley, will meet with Mrs. C. C.
Mrs. S. A. Diel has just had her
house, at 5505 37th avenue, con
nected with the sewer.
With the
completion of the Foster Road sewer,
cesspools are rapidly becoming a
thing of the past in this community.
VOL. XXI, No. 1
LENTS STATION, PORTLAND, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 6, 1923 »
Subscription, $1.50 the Year.
Kern Park Christian
At 9:45, Bible school; 11 A. M..
“After Easter, What7”; 6:30, Chris
tian Endeavor society; 7:45, “Be
lievers’ Baptism, What and Why.”
There will be baptismal service
following this sermon. The chorus is
preparing special music for the oc
casion.
I
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|
'
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That nothing will bring peace on
earth but good wiU »Along men?
That everyone has a cold or some
thing worse?
'
That we seem to have forgotten
M. Coue?
That he has been superseded in
the public eye by King Tut and his
treasures ?
That that worthy ancient is almost
forgotten now ?
That something new is due soon?
That it ia time to get out the old
spading fork and roust out a few
angle worms?
That the next thing will be the
lawnmower?
>
That the first spring hatch of baby
chicks soon will be "popping” about?
That the Portland fire department
cost over 2900,000 during 1922?
Arleta Baptist
That the student body of Benson
At 11 A. M., "To Him That Hath"; has purchased the radio broadcasting
6:15 P. M., B. Y. P. U., leader Mrs. outfit formerly owned and operated
Lenna Sherman; topic, “Wise and by Willard P. Hawley Jr.?
Unwise Use of the Lord’s Day"; 7:30
That this is the first set to be
P. M„ the pastor is completing a owned by a high school in the north
aeries of sermons on the road to hap west?
piness and his special theme will be
That the city dailies are publishing
“Faith and an Impersonal God ”
their sport finals again?
The Bible school will meet in two
That the street signs down town
lections. The beginners, primary and
are
visible for all earners of the
junior departments will meet at 9:45.
The intermediate and senior depart- street?
That if they would be so con
ments will meet at 12, following the
structed in other parts of town it
church services.
would be an improvement?
Anabel Presbyterian
That no one could object to the
At 11 A. M.. “The Taste of Death”; kind of weather we are having
6.30, Young People’s society, topic, (except possibly frogs and angle
“The Life and Work of General worms) ?
Booth”; 7:30 “The Fourth Chance.”
That the school board's action in
paying what experts on the subject
call an exorbitant price for the site
Kellogg School Notes
An interesting assembly was held for the Sunnyside school has caused
Tuesday at the Joseph Kellogg school. much adverse comment?
The national patriotic society is of
fering all the schools of the city a
picture of Theodore Roosevelt, and in
order to develop patriotism the
school is being asked to frame it.
The* coat of framing will be about
24.25 and each pupil is being asked
to contribute 1 cent toward the fram
ing. Later the picture will be un
veiled
with
proper
ceremonies.
Already' some of the rooms have
brought in their full quota.
Mrs. G. W. Dustin Jr., 4531
71st street, member of the National
Motion-Picture league, and chairman
of the motion-picture committee of
the Kellogg school, is doing an ex
cellent work in promoting better
films in our community.
The Christian Endeavor society of
the Tremont United Brethren church
will give a basket social at the
Woodmere hall, 77th street and
Woodstock avenue, Monday evening,
April 9.
A musical program will
precede the sale of baskets.
Gleaners Are Active
The Gleaners of the Anabel Pres
byterian church
met
Wednesday
afternoon at the
home of Mrs.
Davis, 1205 Sherman street. About
35 women were present. Mrs. O. C.
Howell and Mra. C. Brockman read
papers on Japan. They have won all
the stars that can be obtained from
the Presbyterial for woman’s activi
ties. Last year they raised 250 more
than their regular apportionment
for special missionary gifts and they
enjoy a splendid fellowship in the
society.
They took charge of the
church service on Easter evening,
providing a musical program and
they plan from now on to take charge
of the service one Sunday evening
each month.
Former Resident Buried
The funeral of Edward Strong, who
died recently in San Francisco, took
place Monday, March 26, from Fin
ley’s mortuary with burial in Mount
Scott park cemetery. The services
were conducted by Rev. John M.
Paxton, pastor of the Anabel Pres
byterian church. Mrs. Paxton sang.
The services at the grave were in
charge of the Masonic order.
Mrs.
John Crowley, 5437 37th avenue, is
his daughter. His widow will make
her home with Mrs. Crowley. Mr.
Strong was formerly a resident of
this district.
Sing for Old People
Following the sunrise prayer meet
ing of the Millard-Avenue Christian
Endeavor society Easter morning the
young people breakfasted at the
church and then sang Easter carols
at the Woodmere Old People’s home.
Mrs. Margory M. Smith, of the
O. A. C. extension department,
spoke to a large group of women in
the Arleta library on Thursday
afternoon on “Diet.”
The lecture
was given under the auspics of the
Joseph Kellogg Parent-Teacher as
sociation.
Pastor Turns to Gardening
Passersby are remarking upon the
artistic work Rev. John M. Paxton
is doing in improving the grounds
around the Anabel
Presbyterian
church, and the manse adjoining it.
Shrubbery is being artistically placed
and flowers, and grass planted.
New
Church Nears Completion
Excellent progress is being made
on the new section of the Arleta Bap
tist church. The masonry work will
Christian Endeavor Entertainment be completed this month and the
The Christian Endcavtor society of buiding will be ready for the finish
the Kern Park Christian church gave ers. It is expected the structure will
an entertainment Friday evening at be completed by June 15.
the church. After a musical and
New Books at I-ents Library
literary program refreshments were
served. A silver offering was taken
New books at
Lents* branch
and candy was sold during the eve library are:
ning. All the proceeds will be sent
(Marshall) "Heart of Little Shi
to the Multnomah County Christian kari."
Endeavor union to help pay the ex
(Walpole) “The Cathedral."
penses of delegates to the national
(Sanches) “Life of Mrs. Robert
Christian Endeavor convention to be Louis Stevenson.”
held in Des Moines, la., this summer.
(Case)
“Parlor Games
and
Parties.'
Hight School Opera Broadcasted
(Mills) "Story of Scotch.”
(Hichens) "December Love.”
Next Sunday evening the first act
of "The Gondoliers,” the opera being
(Bindloss) “Northwest.”
(Other) "Song of the Lark.”
prepared by the music department of
(Eaton) “Boy Scouts at Crater
Franklin high school will be broad
Lake.”
casted by the Oregonian station.
CROOK HARVEST
THREE BILLION
USES 30 POUNDS DAILY
Cbcago.—Revelation of oath of the
Soldier’s Minimum Supply, Ac Ku Kiux Klan, and illustration of
cording to World War Data.
Washington.—A silllluu muu st the
front would cousuwe M).«».«» pounds
a day of food and Stores, army statis
esty in Nation During 1922
tics Indicate. American expeditionary
Was $30 Per Capita.
forces' experience indicates that 30
pounds per tnun per day 1» the abso
New
York.—Dishonesty
tn
the lute minimum and allows nothing fur
United States last year paid an army storing up reserve stocks In the dumps
of burglars, robbers, forgers, bucket- for use in offensive»
shop operators, confidence men and
The figures caiue up during recent
common thieves more than 23.000,- calculations us to tram operating per
000,0«).
sonnel necessary to bundle the flow
Conservative estimators place the of materials to the front. It was es-
sum at 23.325.OOOJ)«>.
That Is ap tlmated that a single field army would
proximately equivalent to the internal require the movement of «,«»> tons s
revenue receipts of the federal gov day of supplies of sU kinds, exclusive
ernment for the fiscal year 1922. It
of concentrations of stores and equip
Is greater by 2500,000,«» than the Im
ment for a contemplated major opera
ports of the country In 1921. It is an
tion. In other words, railways to the
average tax on every man. woman and
front for this one army must be pre
child In the country of more than 230
pared to bundle 12 trains dally each
a year.
I w«7-
Loss 2150,000,000.
An army railway battalion is ap-
Merchants throughout the country
| proximately 000 men strong. It in
last year, wholesalers and retailers,
cludes personnel necessary for the op
marked off something more than 2150.-
eration of Mx trains a day. from train
000,000 In bad accounts. They charge
crews to right of way and equipment
this loss to operating expenses and the
maintenance forces, over one engine
honest consumer foots the bills Rail
division
of trackage^ or about 100 miles
roads of the country last year paid
I of road.
212,200,000 In claims for good; loot by
In a pinch, a battalion might han
theft or burglary. They retrieve that
dle nine trains a day, but to be secure
sum In higher rates.
During 1919 and the early part of In preparing to handle a 12-traln sched
1920, according to an expert, piracy In ule behind a field army the experts
the New York harbor and docks hold that It would be necessary to
amounted to 2-50,000.000 a year and put la two railway battalions per 100
probably half as much for other sea miles of road to the front.
With this organisation the railway
ports of the country. While that loss
la now reduced It Is still considerable, troops for s limited period could han
fie says.
Jewelers alone lost more dle 18 trains a day, it is estimated,
and assuming that the army distance
than 21.000,000 In robberies In 1922.
Ten train holdups and twenty mall to the front Is 300 miles, 36 railway
truck robberies from April 8. 1920. to operating liettalions would be neces
April 30. 1921. yielded bandits a haul sary for a full “six army" emergency.
of United States mall worth 23,000.390.
Under the sew plan of building up
Railroads of the country last year In the organised reserve, the complete
paid claims of nearly 212J500.000 for framework of railway operating bat
thefts of freight In 1921 this loss talions from the personnel of the ex
was more than 220.000,000.
isting railway systems. 44 of these units
Chicago's theft and robbery loss In are available. Even In the event that
1922. exclusive of automobiles, as re all were called suddenly into service,
ported by the police department, was however, it is believed at the War de
23.301,709. of which 22.173.962 was partment that there would be no seri
not recovered. During 1921, In Phila ous impairment of the operating
delphia, with approximately 1.7 per forces of the railroads, as not more
cent of the country's population. 10,- than 5 per cent of the operating per
206 robberies and larcenies were re sonnel would be involved.
ported. with a loss of 21.509,988, ex
The number of railway employees of
clusive ui automobiles. Of that sum necesgjjry skill and experience Is so
21,269.024 was not recovered. Tn the great that double die number could he
same year 3,352 automobiles were withdrawn. It is estimated, without
stolen and 1.031. with a value of 21.- tying up the roads, particularly under
686.716, were not recovered.
the new plan which allots a reserve
battalion to about ench 2.000 miles of
Autos Not Recovered.
Tn five cities In 1921, New York, each system.
Chicago. Detroit. Cleveland nsd Loe
Angeles. 8.420 stolen automobiles were
Congress’ Queer Needs
not recovered. On one day last year.
December 20. New York’s list cf s,.-’“n
Are Latest of Mysteries
property totaled 241.837, and Philadel
Washington.—Now the Capitol is
phia's 228,529—a loss for the two
confronted with another mystery. The
cities at a rate of 225.000.000 a year.
Bradstreet's records for 1922 show annual report of the clerk of the house
that 885 failures of businear firms of represcL.atlves shows an amazing
were due directly to fraud and specu variety of articles, such as flasks, un-
brcakr.ble p!:.t bct'.Its, ladles' bofi,
lation.
Every other man In the Jails and manicure sets and golf balls, bought
penitentiaries of the country Is there for the house stationery room where
for a crime against property. Of the congressmen obtain their office sup
111,498 prison population shown by plies. Curious persons are led to
the census of 1910 there were 5.000 wonder as to office demands of con
robbers. 18,000 burglars, 30,000 thieves, gressmen
In the exercise of congressional
a total of 53,000.
Before the war insurance experts es duties some of the representatives de
timated that there were three bur velop strange needs. The clerk's re
glaries for every fire. Now they ex port shows that 319 pocket knives
were bought and 12 doxen golf balls.
pect seven burglaries for every fire.
Congressmen are allowed a stipu
lated sum annually for “stationery."
New Invention to Aid
i Many of the congressmen who couldn't
Heart Disease Victims | use up all this money on stationery
and its accessories, had the clerk buy
8t. Louis.—Invention of a surgical them safety razors, cigar and cigar
Instrument for operations upon the ette cases, golf balls, etc.
heart for relief of mitral stenosia, a
Because of this alleged abuse of the
narrowing of one of the valves, was
■ stationery fund, a rule was Invoked
announced at Washington university.
that henceforth the practice was to
Surgical history reports only one
stop. But the most recent annual re
such successful operation. It was
port shows that. If anything, the rule
stated. The new Instrument has been
was more freely violated than ever.
used successfully on animals. It was
Here are some of the Items:
added, but Ims not been employed as
Safety razor and razor bls des. «5
yet on human sufferers.
The narrowing of the valve In ladles’ bags, 71 manicure sets, 10
mitral stenosia. It was explained, flasks. 20 pint sixe unbreakable bot
causes blood to back up. enlargement tles, 5 scissors sets, 3 toilet cases. 12
of the heart, painful swelling of the doxen golf balls, 4 drivers, 4 brassies.
feet and hands, and other effects, 2 mashies, 4 muslile niblicks, 4 mid
which result In death If unrelieved. irons, 4 putters, 126 docks, 319 pocket
The new Instrument, known as the knives, 24 efght-day alarm clocks,
endocardfoscope, slits the valve, per tennis balls, more golf clubs. 1 Binah
mitting the normal flow of blood. The case (the dictionary offers no due as
to this item), a dozen sets of carvers.
operation. It was said. Is simple.
Dr. Duff S. Allen of the faculty of
Plan British Colony In Brasil.
Washington university Is the Inventor.
London.—An endeavor may be mnde
In the near future to settle 15,000 Brit
Aerial Mailman Saves Three.
Salt lake (Tty.—Three persons who ish families in Brazil.
A million acres of agricultural land
were marooned In a cabin at the head
of American Fork canyon, Utah, were have been purchased for the produc
saved from death by an aviator of the tion of cotton, cocoa, sneer. tobacco,
air mall service. The aerial mailman rubber, coffee and rattle breeding, and
dropped a big package of food In front the mineral wealth of the region la to
of the cabin. The marooned persons bo explored.
had been isolated by the snow for sev
eral weeks.
Genoa Pert Trade Increase».
Experts Figure Cost for Dishon*
Grandmother Held for Torturing.
Osmond, Neb.—Charged with tortur
ing her two grandchildren, three and
five years old, Mrs. Laura Olunda. fif
ty-live years old. «Ill bo tried ia court.
Mra. Calunda starved the children, beet
them, and forced them to remain out
side In the cold. It is charged. Ono of
the children Is tn a serious condition.
KLAN OATH FIGURE»
IN CHICAGO TRIAL
Genoa.—The port business of Genoa
has Increased threefold under fuciatl
administration. Two million tons of
grain were unloaded in the last three
months Also labor troubles are vir
tually over. New labor-saving machin
ery has t>een Installed on the docks,
and vessels ran load and unload 34
hours a day.
their signal of distress, were features
of the hearing before the city com
mission of two alleged members of
the klan, in an effort to oust them
from the Chicago fire department.
The charges against the city em
ployes ia “that they joined an or
ganization which is a conspiracy to
incite riot and which prevents their
carrying out their »worn duty to the
people.”
In spite of the revelations of
secrecy, Drejudice, and an under-cur
rent of hatred for their fellow men,
not of their cult, held by members
of the organization, H. K. Ramsey,
imperial kligrapp of the klan, testi
fied that “the klan model of char
acter is Christ.”
Oath Taken by Firemen
Here is the revealed paragraph of
the klan oath, which the prosecutors
of the firemen deciare unfits them
for public service:
“I swear that I will keep secure to
myself a secret of a klansman when
same is committed in the sacred bond
of klanship, the crime of violating
this sacred oath, treason against the
United States of America, rape and
malicious murder alone excepted.”
“The oath makes no mention of
arson,” pointed out one of the prose
cuting counsel. “If a klansman com
mit arson, and the crime becomes
knowrn to a klan fireman, the latter
is by his oath, prevented from re
porting the crime to his superiors."
Robert E. Shepard, treasurer of
the American Unity league, the anti
klan organization which is fighting
to rout klanism from the nation, re
vealed a vast inside knowledge of the
secrets of the klan, which he testi
fied he had secured through a corps
of investigators.
“Give us the klan sign of distress,”
suggested Attorney P. H. O’Donnell,
president of the league.
Shepard stepped forward, raised
his right hand and drew his fore
finger obliquely downward over bis
right eye from the center of his fore
head to his right ear. The illustra
tion brought a laugh from the crowd
that filled the room.
SOVIETS
EXECUTE
PRIEST
According to an Associated Press
dispatch from Moscow, April 3, "Mon
signor Butchkavitch, vicar-general of
the Catholic church in Russia, con
demned to death for wilfully oppos
ing the soviet government, has been
executed by a firing squad.”
Many protests against the inflict
ing of the death penalty were made
by other governments, including the
Unitesi States. The Federal Toqard
of Churches, representing 20,00(^000
Protestants of the United States
urged the Russian government to re
consider its decision “in the interest
of humanity and religious 1'berty."
The Allied Patriotic societies, includ
ing the Sons of th“ R“"ol>’tinn,
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion, Colonial Dames and many others,
also added their pretest as did Bishop
Manning on behalf of the Protestant
Episcopal church. Archbishop Hanna,
in the name of the Catholic Bishops
of the United States, protested
against a sentence which would out
rage “the entire Christian world.”
Friends of the soviet regime in
oth?" countries remonstrated against
the inflicting of the death sentence
on account of the unfavorable influ
ence such action would have on world
opinion.
The sentence of death pronounced
upon Archbishop Zepliak has been
commuted to ten years solitary im
prisonment. His age and the state of
his health lead his friends to believe
that he will survive but a brief
period of the sentence.
India’s Sacrad River.
The Ganges is the sacred river of the
Hindus. On Its banks are mnny tem
ples and holy places such as Benares.
Allahabad. Ilardwnr and Gangotri.
According to the legend Princess Gun
da, a Hindu goddess, of long ago,
turned herself into this great river,
that she might enrich and purify the
country. Devout Hindus bathe them
selves in its sacred waters and pray
to die beside It.
It Is their desire
that their bodies may be burned upon
Its waters and allowed to float on
down to the sea. The length of the
main stream of the Ganges is 1.557
miles, and its every bend Is sacred.
Pilgrims walk from Its source and
back again, taking six months or more
for the pilgrimage. Before the Jug
gernaut rar which rolled In the pro
cession along Its hanks, fanatics used
to throw themselves, to be crushed to
death smld the applause of the wor
shipers. This Is now forbidden by
law as Is also the burning of widows
on the funeral pyre of their husbands,
and the casting of babes Into the sa
cred river.
Ths Changes of Tims.
"You never ran tell what Is going to
happen.”
"What uuwr
“The young fellow I fired for In
competency two years ago has just
married my daughter and I’ve got to
take him back and give him a better
job."
Diffused Energies.
“Do you think we have great ora
tors in politics?”
“Yes," replied Senator Sorghum
“The trouble Is that most of us are
doing so much for the lecture bureaus
and the magazines we don’t get time
to put osr heat work In our speeches."