The Boardman mirror., June 08, 1923, Image 2

WORLD HAPPENINGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
LANGUAGE TEACHING UPHELD
State Laws Prohibiting German Held
Void by Supreme Court.
Brief Resume Most Important
Daily News Items.
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Events of Noted ;People, Governments
and Pacific Northwest, and Other
Thing Worth Knowing.
Joseph W. Folk, ex-governor Of Mis
souri and once a leading figure in
democratic party politics, died Mon
day In New York.
Mrs. Marian Stewart Iloneyman, of
Hiver Head, N. Y., only living child
(if tin! late john K. Stewart, Irish im
migrant hoy who built up a $7,000,000
fortune by ids invention of a speedo
meter, Tuesday won the last step in
her long fight to oust as her guardians
Leander La Chance and Martin Tay
lor. Cuba Is ono of the countries with
which negotiations for a new commer
cial treaty are under consideration at
the slate department, It was learned
Tuesday, although there have been no
negotiations between Ambassador
Crowder and the Cuban government.
Twenty persons were wounded,
some of them Seriously, when rival tac
tion! Tuesday night stormed the Hos
nrio city hall in Argentina, whero an
agitated session was expected on ac
count of a conflict between the mayor
and the councilors over municipal reg
ulations. An attack by Ileni Urrlagel tribes
ini'ii on the position held by the Span
ish forces at Tlzzlaza, Morocco, has
been repulsed with heavy losses to
I he rebels, according to an official
stulement. The Spanish casualties
woro three officers and four men
wounded.
American girls last year used 180,
148,116 nets made out of Chinese pig
tails to hold In their hair. The net
niakers, practically ail of them locat
ed In Chefoo, China, collected
819,131 tW supplying tin? product. In
1914 the totul value of hair nets ex
ported from Chefoo was only $71!).
The L. B, Myers company of Chi
ago, understood to be connected with
one of the largest electric and public
utility corporations in the country,
purchased the holdings of the Bend
Water, Light & Power company at
Bend, Or., In a deal said to involve
nearly $1,000,000.
Twenty four veterans of the war he
tw l the states refused to inarch In
a joint Memorial day parade In Louis
ville, Ky Wednesday, when the chair
man of the committee on arrange
ments, a federal veteran, refused per
mission to them to carry the stars and
bars of the Confederacy at the bead of
their column.
King (leorge and Queen Mary Wed
nesday night held the first court of
the seaslou. It was a brilliant function,
but there still was a lacking in tB
pre-war luxury In the gowns of the
women. For the first time debutantes
were permitted to wear colored frocks.
The hues most raveled were rose pink
and forget me not blue.
The remains of a settlement esti
mated to be at least 7000 years old
has been unearthed at Holmogurds
nios, Denmark. Numerous flint imple
ments, bone harpoons, arrowheads,
grindstones, chisels and tooth spears
were found. No human bones have
been found tint the excavators uncov
ered skeletons of several animals.
The neatest bit of ultra scientific
detective work ever brought to BOM
upon phenomena which wi re supposed
to hav,. tht origin in the spiritual
world was disclosed Tuesday when In
vestlgutors for the Scientific Ameri
can revealed the method by which
a "medium" had been exposed at
seances held In their offices. Deli
cate electrical devices were used to
record infallibly the movements of the
medium and to show that the "psy
chic phenomena" which he brought
about were evident only when be was
moving about the room.
Paresis, the brain disease which Is
responsible for u large percentage of
Insane hospital Inmates, has been per
manently cured through the use of a
n wly dlsceered diug called trypar-
samld, according to an announcement
made Monday at Madison. Wis.
Through greets made by the public
health Institute of Chicago, Dr. A. S.
I.oevenhart. lead of the department
of pharmacology at the University of
Wiseoiisln. and Dr. V. F. l.orcnz. chief
of the Wisconsin psychiatric hospital,
have conducted experiments for -.
erul curs leading to the MtMMM
Washington, D. C State statutes
which would prohibit the teaching or
use of foreign languages in all schools
below the eighth grade were declar
ed void by the supreme court Monday
as an unlawful encroachment upon
the rights conferred by the 14th
amendment, which provides that "no
state . . . shall deprive any person of
life, liberty or property without due
process of law." Justice Holmes de
livered a dissenting opinion, in which
Justice Sutherland joined.
The question was presented to the
court in cases coming from Iowa,
Nebraska and Ohio. Eighteen other
states, with similar statutes, partici
pated. Justice Melteynolds, who delivered
the majority opinion, asserted that
the 14th amendment without doubt
denotes not merely freedom from
bodily restraint, but also the right of
me individual to contract, to engage
in any of the common occupations of
life, to ucrjuire useful knowledge, to
marry, establish a home and to bring
up children, to worship God according
to the dictates of his own conscience,
and generally to enjoy those privileges
long recognized by common law as es
sential to the orderly pursuit of hap
piness by free men."
This liberty, the court added, can
not be interfered with under the guise
ol protecting (lie public interest by
legislative action which is arbitrary or
Without reasonable relation to some
purpose within the competency of the
state affected.
final determination of what con
stitutes proper exercise of police pow
er is within the courts, Justice Me
lteynolds asserted, and does not rest
Wtih the legislatures of the states.
While the American people, the
court pointed out, have always regard
ed education and acquisition of knowl
edge as matters of supreme import
ance which should be diligently pro
moted, and while it is tha right and
natural duty of the parent to give his
children education suitable to their
station in life, many stutes have at
tempted to enforce the obligation by
compulsory laws.
"That the state," Justice McUey
nolds declared, "may do much, go very
far, Indeed, In order to improve the
quality Of its citizens, physically, men
tally and morally, is clear, "but the
individual lias certain fundamental
rights which must be respected."
"The protection of the constitution
extends to all," the opinion said, "to
those who speak other languages as
well us to those born with BngliSh on
the tongue, Perhaps it would be high
ly advantageous If all had ready under
standing of ordinary speech, but this
cannot bo coerced by methods which
conflict with the constitution a de
sirable cud cannot be promoted by
prohibited means.
"The desire of the legislature to
luster a homogeneous people with
American Ideals prepared readily to
understand current discussions of civic
matters is easy to appreciate. Un
fortunate experiences during the luto
war ami aversion toward every Char
acteristic of truculent adversaries
were certainly enough to quicken that
aspiration. Hut the means adopted,
we think, exceed the limitations upon
the power of the state and conflict
with the rights assured to plaintiffs.
Tie' Interference Is plain enough and
no adequate reason therefore In time
of peace ami domestic tranquility has
been shown."
As tho statutes beforo the court
undertake, Justice Melteynolds con
cluded, "to interfere only with teach
ings which Involve a modern language,
leaving complete freedom as to other
matters, there seems no adequate
foundation for the suggestion thai the
purpose was to protect (he child's
health by limiting his mental activi
ties. It Is well known that proficiency
in a foreign language seldom comes
to one not Instructed at an early age
and experience shows that this is not
Injurious to the health, morals or BU-
dl i: landing of the ordinary child."
SHIP LIQUOR LID "
TO BEJ3LAMPED
New Rules Tossed on Inter
national Doorstep.
BAN EFFECTIVE 10TH
M
oiurolia Yield
Up Lost History
Important Archaeological Finds
Made in Kharakhoto, An
cient Ruined Capital.
Treasury Issues Regulations Barring
Beverages From U. S. Ter
ritorial Waters.
Charity Bout Misnomer.
Chicago. Charity received $25 from
the $.Vi, 000 receipts of the recent Leon
ard Mitchell boxing contest which end
ed in a riot and Uncle Sam received
nothing in the way of an amusement
tax, Mrs. (leorge W. Keineeke, internal
revenue collector, let it be known, as
well us her determination to investi
gate such entertainments billed as
benefits." .
Washington, D. C. The treasury
tossed on tho international doorstep
Sunday night its new regulations
carrying out the supreme court de
cision barring all beverage liquors
from territorial waters of the United
suites after 11:01 A. M. June 10. No
loopholes have been left, according to
a treasury spokesman, and the court's
recent construction of the dry law
will be rigidly applied.
Having failed to find any way by
which conflict with foreign laws could
be avoided, tho treasury based its
new ship liquor rules on a literal read
ing of the court's opinion and prepared
to let come what may. Its only hope
of alleviating a situation, which most
Officials agree will be embarrassing to
international commerce, was said to
lie in remedial legislation from the
next congress.
Except for the exemption granted
medicinal liquor, the usual immuni
ty accorded diplomats and the priv
ileges allowed foreign vessels of war,
the regulations permit of no inbound
passage of alcoholic beverages. Con
sideration is given, however, to ships
forced by the extremity of distress to
put into an American harbor. But
even such vessels, if they have liquor
aboard, must show that the necessity
was grave and "the proof must be con
vincing," after which they will be re
quired to give bond for faith hil ob
servance of the American dry law.
Concerning the hope among for
eign maritime powers of relief from
what is regarded as ono of the most
drastic interpretations ever given by
tho supreme court, some treasury of
ficials feel that congress might find
a way of circumventing the import
deadline. Others were convicted that
I lie barred zone was due to remain un
til a change was made in the 18th
amendment.
In this connection it was pointed
out by the latter that the decision of
the supremo court was based funda
mentally on the sweeping provisions
of tlie amendment rather than on the
enforcement act, and that the court
held, regardless of whether liquor for
beverage uses was being imported, its
being carried for any such purpose
within the three-mile limit constituted
transportation, which is specifically
forbidden by the amendment. The leg
islation to relievo tho situation from
tho foreign viewpoint, it was contend
i d. could scarcely be other than in
contravention of the constitution and
thereby invalid.
Moro Fanatics and Chief Slain.
Manila. Fifty-three fanatical Moros,
Including Akbara, the self-styled bullet-proof
prophet, hnve been killed in
a light with the constabulary on the
and of Puta near Jolo (Sulu). No
details of the uprising have been re
ceived. A totul of 806 Moros sur
rendered to the constabulary after the
battle.
It is estimated there were 200 more
of the fanatics still nt large, Includ
ing three petty chieftains.
The authorities believed tho fight
had broken the back of the fanatics'
movement, but further constabulary
detachments were being sent to the
district to gather in all the adherent
of the prophet Akbara.
Washington, D. C. Dispatches from
Moscow tell of important archaeolog
ical finds among "Russia's buried
tombs" In the ancient ruined capitui
of Mongolia, Kharakhoto.
The claim to the region by Russia
nnd the apparent fact that It is at
least sufficiently under Russian con
trol to make scientific work possible
by Russian archaeologists is interest
ing because the site of Kharakhoto Is
little more than a stone's throw from
Peking In a region long under Chinese
dominance.
A bulletin from the Washington D.
C.) headquarters f the National
Geographic society tells of the Mon
gols and their land.
"Kharakhoto was the seat of Mongol
power during a very early period of
their history which hitherto has been
practically unknown.
"What these world-conquering peo
ple may have been and done in the
dim past has been obscured, in fact, by
their strange 'boiling over' In the
Thirteenth century when Genghiz
Khan with his cruel. Invincible, hard
fighting rough-riders from their half
barren plains, suddenly became the
scourge of East nnd West alike, and
ciiine much closer to conquering the
world than even Alexander had done.
"Ettblal Khan, one of Genghiz'
early successors, who made Peking
the Chinese capital nnd sat there on
the Dragon throne, probably ruled over
a greater territory than any man had
done before or has done since. But
once out of the fuddle where they
were more expert nnd more at home
even than Cossack or American Indian
tho Mongols lost their power and
after a century their tremendous em
pire was only a memory. So dramatic
was this sudden rise nnd fall of the
Mongols that It nnd the somewhat
drab period since have gone for Mon
gol history, and there has been little
Interest in what preceded their brief
excursion Into world dominion. Rec
ords, If they can be dug from Kharak
hoto, therefore, will fill out n period
of history now practically blank.
Chinese Wall Built to B-lock Mongols.
"One hint of the Importance that
the Mongols may hnve attained at an
early date is the world's most exten
sive work of man, the great wall of
China ; for it was In an effort to keep
their Mongol neighbors out that the.
Chinese began that tremendous ram
part In 21!) P.. C. The ruins of Khnr
akhoto are bnrely 50 miles outside the
great wall nnd not more than 200
miles from Peking,
"The political pendulum has made
frequent swings in Mongolia in late
years. It had been recognized as n
province of China for many years
when, In 1012, imperial Russia ob
tained a trenty recognizing its autono
my nnd granting concessions to Rus
sia. When the Russian empire col
lapsed, China canceled the treaty of
1912 and renssumed unrestricted con
trol. Later nn anti-Bolahevtk force
took possession of the capital. Urga,
and brought about complete independ
ence of Mongolia BS a nominal empire.
The Bolshevists then gained control
and turned the 'empire' Into a 'repub
lic.' "The Mongols of today are of the
some strain as their far-conquering
predecessors nnd many of them live
t he same carefree nomadic life on the
plains. ' But among the people as a
whole there has been a tremendous
change In habits and outlook on life.
Buddhism or rather Its degenerate
phase, Lamaism has wrought the
change; and furnishes one of the most
striking Instances known of the power
of a religion to make over a people.
The particular aspect of Lamaism
!
Sweetheart Learns of
Man's Death From Ad
New York. Dorothy Keller,
180 Jefferson street, Newark,
waited a month for word from
her sweetheart. But nothing
enme. Then she inserted the
following "personal" in a news
paper :
"George Keller Please write,
the suspense Is killing me. Dor
othy." Through it she learned thot
he was dead. Although the two
bad the same surname they
were not related. A sister of
Keller, in Bloomfield, saw the
advertisement and told friends
of Dorothy, who broke the news.
George Keller's last words
were for "his girl," but until
they saw the advertisement his
family did not learn where she
lived.
FRENCH PUNISH KRUPP
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estimates are to the effect that as
many as one-third of all the men
among the Mongols are monks, llvlnc
in idleness, supported by the remain
der of the population.
Encouraged Lamaism.
"The Chinese, after the Mongol dy
nasty was driven from their throne,
encouraged Lamaism because the
growth of monasticlsm tended to re
duce the birth rate, to keep the re
mainder of the population in povertv
and to discourage war. Their plan
worked so well that the people who
uo years ago were the war-thirsty,
ravening scourge of the civilized
world are now a nation of pacifists
Even the hardy horsemen who remain
are under the dominance of the cor
rupt Buddhist priests.
"It has been said of many peoples
who live much in the saddle that they
are 'centaurs.' The Mongol of today,
in spite of the loss of his warrior
qualities, has a better claim to the
title than most of his competitors. The
typicnl Mongol horseman will ride 10
hours without a murmur but bitterly
resents having to walk u hundred
yards. So unused is he to walking
that he has a rolling gait like that of
the saltiest 'sea dog.' He turns to his
Dr. Gustav Krupp von Boblen und
Holbach, head of the Krupp works,
was sentenced by the French eourt
martial to 15 years' imprisonment
and fined 100,000,000 marks for con
spiracy against the public order and
the security of the French forces of
occupation.
horse in mnny emergencies. If n sad
dle Strap breaks, the Mongol rider
pulls a few hairs from ids pony's tall,
braids them and uses the resulting
strong cord to make ils equipment as
good as new. Mongolian horse races
are gruelling, Btraight-nway endurance
contests. Some of the wiry ponies en
tered in these contests have been
known to gallop 20 miles without a
halt."
Police, Papers, Search
for Missing War Hero
Milwaukee. Police departments
and newspapers In various sections of
the United States are uniting in n
search for Aimer Henke, twenty-seven,
who disappeared a year ago, and
Whose mother, Mrs. F. ITenke, Mil
waukee, is anxiously awaiting news
of him. Henke was decorated for
bravery during the World wnr for
saving the life of a navy surgeon.
Irish Emigration on Increase.
Belfast. Emigration from northern
Ireland to the United States has been
on the increase.
During the three months ended
March 31, 1,012 emigrants bound for
America had their passports vised at
the Belfast consulate. Similar vises
during the corresponding period lust
year totuled 502.
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With Big Shark
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Hawaiian Sheriff Describes Res
cue of Drowned Body From
Jaws of Monster.
Walluku, Maul. The detailed story
of how Sheriff Clem Crowell, with the
assistance of two Hawaiian boys,
foiled nn enormous shark, the largest
ever seen in these waters, as It was
about to seize the body of a drowned
Korean, was told here on the return
of Sheriff Crowell from Katiuulkl.
The sheriff bad been notified of the
disappearance of n Korean, Hun Sun
Young, aged thirty, who had left on n
fishing expedition along the const near
Kflhuuikl. A search of the rocky sea
shore revealed the fact that the
Korean must have slipped nnd fallen
from tho high rocks into the ocean.
There were signs of something having
slid over the brink of the cliff and the
unfortunate fisherman's bamboo pole
was found on the rocks above.
Knowing that If the Korean had
fallen Into the deep blue water nt the
foot of the cliff lie would have no
that has deeply affected the Mongols ! possible chance of climbing out again,
is the growth of monasteries. Some the sheriff told friends of the missing
England Sends Home Belgium's Dead
of the cure.
Girl. Lost, Found. Die.
Montrose, Colo. Helen (hay,
enrs of age. daughter ef Warren
liruy, living near here, was round Sun
day by a posse alter a search that last
ed since she disappeared Saturday.
May w hen she went to drive some
cattle home. Tho child died of hunger
a few momeuts after she was found
aud beforo a physician could bo sum
moned. Authorities believe that the
cuttle went Into the cedars and that
In following them Helen was lost.
("ape May, N. J. -Captain Francis
Holmes of Norbury's landing and a
party of two fishermen broke all rec
ords on the southern Delaware bay
shore for one day's channel bass fish
ing, when just nt sundown Sunday
tin y reached the landing with 21 chan
nel bass. The combined weight of the
fish tipped the scales at 1590 pounds.
More than COO fishermen arrived here
this momlng on the Reading fisher
men's special to try their luck at the
fish.
Picador Play I Fatal.
Mexican. Lower Cel. Ramon Kari
quez, 14 years old, was killed Sunday
while playing at bull fighting with a
number of other boys a few miles
south of Mexicall.
White taking the part of a picador,
bucking pony threw him. He land
ed on the horns of a bull, which toss
ed him under the pony's feet. The
bull's horns passed through his body
and tho horse's kicks fractured his
skull.
The British cruiser Culiope left Dover, England, recently tor Ao-
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man that the body would probably
rise from the depths within 72 hours
and advised them to await that time.
Exactly C8 hours after the Korean
was first missed, the sheriff and three
volunteers made their wny to the cliff
from which Hun Sun Young was sup
posed to have fallen.
Body Comes to Surface.
They had hardly arrived nt the
scene- when they saw the body of the
lost man fioat to the surface.
Preparations were immediately
made to have two HawaUana swim
out and recover the corpse. The two
men were in the net of jumping into
the water when the sheriff saw far
out to sea, the dorsal fin of a shark.
The big fish was headed directly for
the spot where the dead Korean
Boated.
A yell to the Ilawallans stopped
them from diving Into the water and
they stood In horror as they saw an
enormous shark speeding shoreward.
The sea tiger Is declared by Sheriff
Crowell to be the largest he has ever
seen In all his years of travel on the
Islam) of Maul and throughout the
Hawaiian group. The monster was
at least 20 feet long' and the width of
his shoulders was immense, Crowell
says.
As the sheriff and the other watch
ers stood on the cliff they saw the
shark sheer off suddenly and then
niej realized that there was a sub
merged reef running . parallel to the
shore for a distance of 200 yards or
so. The shark had found that the
water was too shallow for him to
'ross the reef in a direct line with
the meal he was determined upon ob
taining and so had taken a turn to the
north and was shooting along the out
side of the reef with the Intention of
lounding the end of it and then pro
ceeding to grasp what he was after.
Beat Shark to It.
Seeing that the shark would take
M.me minutes to wend his way to the
"nd of the reef and then come hack
alongside the inner side, Sheriff
Crowell told the Ilawallans to bring
the body ashore as soon ns possible
In less than a minute the corpse was
n the rocky ledge and a verv disap
pointed shark was seen to turn tail
and make his way out to the open sea
again.
"I am glad we recovered the body -said
Sheriff Crowell. when relating
m exciting experience. ! ,hoUBht Z
was all over when the shark appeared
but the shallow water on the reef de
layed him and we brought the corpse
ashore. The shark was the largest I
have ever seen-fully 20 feet long
;o toa.M,ad,aS 1,1,11 1 ant
i ,o nsning in a canoe or boat
A shark of the slz
saw could easilv nr..-.
small craft and then 'Good night.' -