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WORLD HAPPENINGS
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TO ENFORCE LAWS
Growth of Deck
The federal government baa thrown
np It hand In the case of Major Alex
ander V. Cronkhlte. who was killed
under jHOaOM circumstances at
Camp Lewis. Washington, in 1418, and
will prosecute the matter no farther.
One man died and lz were report
ed to Ixs In a serious condition from
heat prostration suffered In cantaloupe
field near Calexlco, Cal , last week,
when the apex of a heat wave wa
reached with a temperature of 11 de
grees. ' Two million children were prevent
ed by American women from enter. ng
the world lat year,'' Bishop Higismund
Waltz, the former spiritual teacher of
Emperor Charles, told a big clerical
and monarchlitlc gathering in Vienna
recently.
There was widespread property dam
ace but no loss of life In the recent
liptlDOS, that swept the Philippine Is
land, according to report coming In
from different province. lead,
bridge and line of communication
uffered wont.
The 700 Russian refugee who re
cently arrived at Shanghai from Vladi
vostok, via Oenan, Korea, will not be
permitted to come to the Philippines,
a were their compatriots, who recent
ly left Manila for the United Hfate.
according to a statement by Governor
Oneral Wood.
Hobert ' roller Scott, playwright and
scenario writer, wa found dead In bis
room In I,os Angeles Wednesday, his
throat having been cut. The police
pronounced It a case of suicide and
aid they found paper In the room
showing that Scott's wife had Med a
suit for divorce.
The Italian cabinet ha decided to
abolish the ministries of InduMtry, pub
Ho works and commerce, replacing
them with a single portfolio of national
economy, say a Home dispatch. The
correspondent says It I hoped the con
solldatlon will effect a saving of sev
eral million lire yearly.
Ferdinand Kutz of Chicago bad
never seen a parrot and when a large
green bird spoke to hlrn from a tree,
be thought evil spirit were about, so
hustened In the house for bis gun and
shot the green "devil." Mrs. Ilertha
llugge, owner of the escaped parrot,
had him fined 5 and cost.
.lark Ienipcy, the man killer from
M.i 11 Is it man killer no longer.
lie retained bis world champliuiHlilp
against Tommy (ilhbons, the St. I'aul
challenger at Shelby, Mont , Wcdnes
day afternoon, but It was by the un
satisfactory margin of a referee' de
cision at the end of the lllh round.
Notwithstanding the unexpected Iff
provement In the financial condition
of Hie treasury, Senator Smoot, re
publican, Utah, who will be the new
1 hulrinali of the senate finance coin
tnlttee, said Tuesday that be does not
believe that any general downward
revision of taxes 1 jiiHtlfled In the
next session of cougress.
When a pressing machine In a tailor
shop blazed up suddenly an employe
picked up a bucket of gasoline, belle,
lug It to be water, poured the oil on
the machine and started a fire which
virtually wiped out OrungeNohl, Texas,
a village In the Orange oil field Thir
teen buildings were consumed. The
loss ht estimated at $60,000..
'testimony tending to show that the
whipping given Martin Tabert, North
liakotu youth was "within the law,"
was Introduced by the defense Tues
day In the trial of Thomas Walter III
giiibothaiii, former convict whipping
boss at Lake City. Kin , charged with
the minder of Tabert. The state I
contending Tabert died after being
struck 76 tu 1 19 times by Hlggln
liothaui. liable In New York city hnvo a
bettor chance than those In a larger
number of Hinaller cities, the American
child Health nssoclsllon declares
cities In tbe 260,000 class with the
lowest rate of Infant mortality ac
cording to the report are: Seattle.
Portland, Or, ami Minneapolis. The
cities In the same 1 lass with the high
est rate are Buffalo, Pittsburg, and
liostoo.
French chamber of deputies In voting
rat.. '.cation of the four -power pact
w : B:cy Is Headed
but week cm the naval pact, caused fcnorol rioujoo
gratification in official circle, here UWsW UaweS.
KMkday. although some regret was eTi-
deuced at the forecast that the three f
other Washington treaties would not
be pot through at once.
The fire treaties negotiated at the!
irr.-.s conference are independent dv. --
' ' " Non-Partisaa Croup of Pabiie-Splrtted
were designed to supplement each! .
I , r . If. M. Cl ,. 4 11
other sad to extend the effectiveness 1
BegligieaM prejudices.
aisinsr in
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CALIFORNIA HAS RECORD
, ... 'saving machinery bare been
Last Census Snowed 2,817,b24 successfully on dii'k farm.
Worth $3,373,966 in
This Country.
20,000 NOW BELONG
"The demand for table duck at
good prices Is mostly limited to a few
large cities, anil Is not nearly ho gen
ernl a the demand for chicken or
fowl. The demand, however, ap-
of the general plan contemplated by
h--: '.v. ferer.ee for rerr.ov.r.g pro bar,:-:
cause of war. Although there will be
no barrier to putting Into effect tbe
naval treaty and tbe Pacific pact, even
though French ratification of the other
treaties is delayed, tbe result of that
delay may be to develop a somewhat
peculiar situation.
The Chinese treaties, one dealing
with custom matters In China and
the other with political question
there, were worked out as a very vital 1
element in the project of assuring t
peace in the Pacific. Tt was through j
these pact that the conference dele
gates hoped to Iron out causes of in-
-j? -..Bora of a patriotic ldi
a little more taas two months ago, the
Men of the Const. tatioc, a noi
partisan organization of public-spirited
citizens, working in the interest of
. -ar. ; the upholding of
American principles and traditions,
has grown with remarkable rapid ty
in Illinois and is spreading to adja
cent states.
Care is taken to examine the stand
ing and records of all applicants for
New York. buck racing I co
ducted successfully both a a side ,enr to he gradually Increasing, but
issue on general farms and as a spe- , this lack of wide market materially
rial business or. a large vale. 1 "e Influence the establishment end
Peking I the most popular breed for growth of duck farms. The market
1 the production of meat, and the Indian condition should be studied carefully j
' Runner is the moat popular for the t.efore making a large Investment In
production of market eggs. Tbe rear-1 ducks,
j In of ducks for market on a large - prejudice against the duck flesh
scale requires extensive capital and , and eggs exists In many places, caused
j experience, remarks a New 1 ora probably by eating the common duck, J So far a.s Known, this is .... t.iest
Times writer. Young duck forced for ! which has been allowed to roarn In ' auto license number ever issued num
rapld growth and marketed at from places where tilth v conditions exl.t bt 1,000,000 which was recently is-
eight to twelve weeks of age are The rearing of ducks for market on n
I called "green'' ducks. They weigh ; large scale Is n business requiring cap
; from four end one-half to six pound ital and extensive experience. Practl
I each and are the principal gotirce of cl experience on a large duck plant
, Income on commercial duck farms. Is the best teacher, but the novice can
"According to the census of 1020," begin In a small way and enlarge as
, says Alfred It. Lee of the United experience Justifies. Ducks can be
States Department of Agriculture, raised with success and at a profit on
. "there were 2,517,024 ducks In the general farms, hut do not appear to
' United States, valued at $3,373,!0e. t,e Bo well adapted a.s a source of In-
m:s snows a silght decrease in num- come to average farm conditions as
sued by the state of California. The
one-millionth license was not Issued
out of order, but only after 990,999
previous ones had been given out.
Hen Lays 183 Eggs in Seven Months.
Springfield. 111. With a record of
1.'! eggs laid In tbe seven months
from November 1, 1922, to June 1,
1983, a white leghorn ben owned by
temational friction in China and to ZTT
. , , ions are now enrolled in northern
make less I kely clashes of interest in ,. , . '
t,r i . Hllnois. In the course of a year it
Thl SLar,t- r ' ' - .- ' t 1 : , f T m ta ta.
, , . , , state will exceed 100,000, a compac"
garded a of Importance at this time;. , ZTZ . . v
In view of the disturbed conditions
is believed tbe membership in this
state will exceed 100,000, a compact,
brainy, driving force that must be
:. '.- L- n iflln AAIlll4llhnUn Mill
In China, where the power of the . , ""TT. 1 ""
. , . . . and at ail times. Sponsors of the or-
central government ban been greatly; . , ,
. . , , ,. , . ;gamzation declare it will aecome a pow-
weakened and bandit outrages hare I . , Z . , .
rr:ui naiioi.ai ooay in toe course ot
become numerous. It is felt that pro
clamation of tbe Washington treaties
might have some effect toward stabil
izing the situation.
For a somewhat different reason
the delay over the submarine and
gas warfare treaty Is a cause of re
gret to officials here. It had been
hoped at the time of the Washington
conference that the doctrines laid
down in that treaty as binding upon
the signatories could be extended
without delay to all other nations,
adding a ne chapter to International
law. That world progress cannot go
forward, however, until the treaty has
been ratified.
Tbe submarine provisions of the ;
treaty probably are of greater Impor
tance to Great llrltain than to the .
other signatories because of her geo-1
graphical situation. It Is to be recall- j
ed that the British delegations at the j
conference sought to outlaw sub
marines entirely. The Hoot reolu-
tlon embodied In the submarine and
IS a U u. -1 r f . r 1 . Iro'ill' u 1 r . . U'rltli.n . r
the purpose of finding a compromise
ground In which naval opinion of all i
the powers could combine.
five years.
The election of men to congTC33
and other positions of trast who are
In sympathy with American tradi
tions, ethics and principles and who
have the nerve to stand for these
things.
The right of men to engage In col
lective bargaining and the equal right
of any and every man to work and
i support his family, free of Interfer
ence by other men.
The rigid suppression of anarchy In
any form or color, from the blood-red
Uussian bolshevik to the pale pink
parior socialist.
Strict enforcement for all laws that
make for the general good of the pub
lic; the bringing about of a genera!
! respect for law and order, and the
disciplining of foreign and native agi
tators who teach disregard for every
thing Americans stand for.
The weeding out of all religious pre-
' judlce and persecutions because of
religious beliefs.
BrlgadlST Oansrsl Charles Dawes of
"Hell an' Maria" fame, and who stood
the loafing, wasteful departments at
Washington on their heads. Is the
originator and head of tbe Minute
Men.
BOSS IS MURDEDER
SAYS FLORIDA JURY
Hippopotamus Is Killed.
Cincinnati. The person who threw
the tennis ball Into the (age of ' .:
koe," gigantic hippopotamus at the
zoo, caused the death of that animal,
famous as the largest specimen of Its Lakft nty na Thoma Walter
kind In captivity In America. This ( MlKg,,lbotham was lat. Saturua. f(jund
fact was revealed at a post mortem, j Kuv of th(! murder of Martn Tabert
The tennis ball was found wedged In Lf Nor(n ,JakoU ,n gecon(J
the huge beast's stomach, where It I k , u- ti.. .
' J m juo mcic. 1 ur juiji wun uui uuc
formed a fatal obstruction.
The animal, which weighted about
2Vi ton, was valued at $5000, but was
considered as being worth many times
that sum as an attraction at tbe zoo.
"Zeekoe's" life was Impaired on pH
vlous occasions by MM thoughtless
visitor permitting him to swallow a
woman's mesh handbag. In addition
to the tennis ball, a number of pennies
also were revealed In the stomach.
Fight Promoter Closes His Bank.
(Ireiit Kails, Mont. - The Stanton
Trust & Sin lugs bunk of (ireat Falls,
of which (Jcurge II. Stanton, one of the
men who assisted In financing the
DcmpHo) (iibbmiH fight ut Shelby July
Is president, closed Its door Mon
day morning at 11 01 lm k when It was
unable to liquidate It obligations at
the local (baring house. The closing
was voluntary, and State Superintend
ent of 11, inks Skeltou arrived here to
take charge
Mr Stanton stated after the bank
( IohimI that the Imnk was solvent, but
that It was Impossible to procure
money to meet the concern's obliga
tions.
I'he bank's statement, Issued In re
sponse to u former mil on June '.UK
bowed resources of II.I7C428. with
lb posits of approximately 60U,U0U.
1300 Bottles Seized.
Honolulu Custom officers here uu-
nounred Monday they bad seized up
proximately ItM bottles of liquor from
ships docked hero since the l ulled
States supreme court's ruling apply
ing to liquor on foreign ships became
effective.
Of the amounts seized, Iml bottles
w hi' l.ikeii from Hie si. inner M 1-
kuru, 300 from the Korea M.nu. I.'.i
nun the l.'elyo M.nu ind .1; (nun (he
President Pierce.
hour and 20 minutes.
Higglnbotham was sentenced to 20
years' imprisonment. He was releas
ed on $10,0ii0 bond pending bearing of
appeal.
The former convict-whipping boss
wa accused of having caused the
death of Tabert as the result of a
beutlng administered while the North
Dakotan was serving a term In the
Putnam Lumber company convict
leased camp. The trial consumed 13
days.
The death of Tabert finally resulted
In an Investigation of the whole convict-leasing
system and its abolish
ment by the Florida legislature. That
body also prohibited corporal punish
ment. Hofore the Florida legislature
(oim iod the Benalc of North Dakota
adopted a memorial asking the Flor
ida lawmaker to investigate the death
of Tabert.
Aeronauts Yet Missing.
Cleveland. O The flying boat Nina
of Ibe Aero Marine Airway Company,
Inc., returned here Sunday after a
six hour search of the Canadian und
American shores of Lake Erie in a
fruitless effort to find some traco of
Lieutenants L. J. Itoth and T. I!. Null,
lost when the naval balloon A-60'jx fell
Into Lake Krie Friday after leaving
Indianapolis Wednesday in the na
tional elimination air race.
Portland Office Fifth.
Washington, D. C Portland rink
od nrth among the leading postoffioes
of the country In the porcentago Ot
gain for postal business last month as
compared with June, 1922. Its per
centage of gain, the post office depart
in. nt announced Saturday, was U 81.
Beat Ut ranked eighth, with s gam of
12 a3 per cent.
Isl
nas
II. H. Hammer of Weaver. Ia.. has
bers from the census of 1910. Indlcat- fowl, although they serve to add va- 1 outlaid ull other hens in the two-state
i ing that tbe production of ducks in rlety of both meat und eg;' fur the they belong to Ecuador. Here, sure
j the country as a whole Is barely bold- ' farmer's table." J ly is a new field for enterprise."
I Ing Its own. Tlie decrease occurred In I
tbe sonthern states, but several of the
states In which ducks are raised on
special duck farms showed an Increase
in the number of ducks kept.
New York Ahead in Duck Raising.
"Massachusetts, California and Colo
rado showed an Increase of about 5
per cent New 1'ork, which contains
by far the greatest number of duck
fsrms, shows no change In the num
ber of ducks, but as the number raised
on commercial farms has undoubtedly
Increased materially In the last ten
years, a decrease In the number of
ducks on general farms must have oc
curred to offset this Increase on duck
farms.
H
tuaral
isfcojr y MiaseMm
HirlHon fVic! CfMnnn Q!r,J. ,rtl marie, also called Isabella, Is 500 feet
Hidden Gold, Strange Birds and ,,,,, The colf, AD'.e
Giant Tortoises on the
Galapagos.
Washington, D. (J. "The Calapagos
'There are about the same number islands are being revisited by scien-
of ducks as ge-se In this country, and tlsts because they form an lncompar-
oniy about three-fourths as many
ducks as turkeys. Ducks are most nu
merous In the following states, ar
ranged according to their production:
Iowa, Illinois, Pennsylvania. New
York, Missouri, Minnesota, Tennessee,
which fan the coast of I'eru strike sea
ward at Cape Blanco and surge across
the Galapagos group. Up to 800 feet
most of the Islands are barren, above
that level they are swathed In clouds
whose moisture aids luxuriant vegeta
tion. "Wild goats, cattle, cats and dogs,
as well as hidden treasure, bear evi
dence of the rendezvous of bucca
neers. In 1832 Ecuador annexed the
Islands, and since 1S85 they have had
a governor. They acquired a strate
gic Importance with the opening of
the Panama canal, for they He on the
caniil-to-Australia route.
'The largest Island of the group, the
ab.e natural history museum, says a
bulletin from the Washington (L. C.)
headquarters of the National Geo
graphic society.
"Charles Darwin began their scien
tific exploration and lie reported on
Ohio, South Dakota. Indiana and Ne-1 the various species of gian: tortoises,
hraska, the number ranging from each species confined to a single islet,
235,000 bead In Iowa to 100,000 In Ne- j and pointed out that half the flowers
t'raflka. and half the birds of the Island are to
"There are eleven standard hreeda ho .,1 ,....i., in the. snrld
of duck which have been admitted to "More than 2,000 volcanic cones be- aorem,antl"ned Albemarle, is larger
the American Standard of Perfection cr.rinL-io ,..hii ,.r. .Mmota : tnan "I Islund, New York; the en-
These breeds may be divided Into I has It, and the Islands' volcanic origin ! tIre group has an area considerably In
tnree classes: fl) The meat class. In-' accounts for the peculiar interest they
eluding the reklng, Aylesbury, Mus- ! hold to science. Darwin deduced thai
covy, iiouen. Cayuga, Buff and Swed-! the group bus not been nearer the
Ish; f2) the egg class, represented by I mainland, nor have the Islands teen
the Indian Runner, and (8) the oma- closer together than now.
Hew Peculiarities Developed.
"Hence the species of flowers and
birds which drifted to the Islands have
mental class, composed of the Call,
the Crested White and the Black East
India. Tbe ducks commonly kept on
many farm In the South and Middle
West are of mixed breeding, and are
generally of small size, poor layers
and undesirable types of market duck.
Except the Muscovy, all our economic
breeds of ducks are said to have origi
nated from the Mallard or wild duck.
On a Large Scale.
"Duck raising on a large scale ha
been developed ns a special business
to a considerable extent on Lons
excess of that of Delaware. The
nearest of the Islands to mainland Is
COO miles west of Ecuador.
Have Economic Value.
"Treasure and science to one side,
as a famous humorist would say, the
future of tbe Islands looms large upon
their agricultural merit." Halpb Stock,
undergone a development In their iso- : In his classic account of "The Dream
lated environment very different from
that In their native habitats. Seldom
has nature provided such a clear-cut
opportunity to study the processes of
evolution.
"The Galapagos hold a different
sort of lure for the modern world.
Most tales of hidden treasures warrant
many grains of salt, but it seems
ceitain that the pirates of South Amer-
Island, In sections within easy ship- lea hid their loot of gold and silver
ping distance of New York city. Bos- where they had their headquarters,
ton and Philadelphia. Intensive duck In these Islands. Two caches have
farming on a large scale has been been unearthed, silver ingots and
more successful than Intensive chicken pieces of eight. The finder of one
raising, a Peking ducks, especially, built a hotel In Ecuador; the second
stand confinement well, are more eas- drank himself to death.
Ily brooded and are less subject to "The islands lie Just under the
disease than chickens. Artificial meth- equator, but the air frequently Is
ods of batching and rearing und labor- chilly on some of them. One, Albe-
Close-Up of Fatal Texas Oil Fire
j
, H. -JL ; ni J !
Ship" expedition, wrote :
"The soil Is a rich, red loam, almost
stoneless, and scarcely touched by the
plow. There are 3,500 head of cattle
ut present on Cristobal Island, and It
could support 50,000 with ease. There
Is no disease and no adverse climatic
condition with which to contend, and
at three years old a steer brings $100
(gold), live weight, at Guayaquil
when a steamer can be Induced to call
und take It there.
"There are a few hundred acres un
der cultivation when there might be
thousands, and 200 bone-lazv reons do
the work of 50 ordinary farm hands.
"Looking down on this fertile val
ley, It Is hard to realize that one Is
standing on the lip of a long-extinct
crater, Hint in reality Cristobal Is a
series of these, dour and uninviting
to a degree, viewed from outside, but
veritable gardens within. And there
are four other Islands In the Galapa
gos group some smaller, some larger,
thnn Cristobal uninhabited and ex
actly similar In character. Nominally,
egg-laying contests at Qulncy and
Murphysboro.
Kill Self by Bomb In Mouth.
Iipzig, Germany. When police ap
proached to arrest him Johann Retain
placed a small bomb In his mouth,
lighted the fuse and blew himself to
pieces.
Shot by Wad of Gum.
Norfolk, Vs. Mary E. Davis, thir
teen years old, was wounded In the
breast by a wad of chewing gum shot
' Ht her during an Indian play In her
! school. The Injury Is not serious.
A span, (icuii , nj nit- CUSSBiag '. Oils ol melal us t,, B 0, u K
trying SO cup the Hughes gusher near Kerens, Tex., set the gas and oil on r
snd M men were burned to death. The well bunted for .lavs, the Intense heat
making approach Impossible until men attired and cqulppo,) vHrh ssbestos suit
entered the heated z.,ne und recovered most of the charred bodies of the vie!
Urns. Although thousands of curious spectators were kept ut a distance of
yards from the scone. P, J Howe, photographer for the Fort Worth Heeord
ran to s r.lnt within H feet of the blase, and at the risk of his life made this
extraordinary picture. Howe's cb.thes wers mined by the spouting oil snrt ) I
earners snd plsteholders ere burned.
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Baby's Birth Causes
Blockade in Traffic
Eugene Peed, colored, em
ployed us a gatemnn by the Long
Island rnllroad at Itockvllle Cen
ter, N. Y.. was advised by tele
phone at five o'clock one morn
ing that n baby was being born
at his home. He vnxed Impa
tient when his relief fnlled to
arrive three hours later, and
telephoned his boss regularly at
five-minute Intervals, but no re
lief arrived.
At 11 :48 a. m. he lowered his
gates and went home. Twenty
minutes later, when a long string
of automobiles had accumulated,
the police arrived and straight
ened out the tangle. The next
day Reed lost his Job.
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