The Monmouth herald., October 21, 1921, Image 6

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Day Is Saved
by Golf Ball
Amateur Champion Sees His
Shot Go True by Remarka*
ble Roundabout Drive.
MOUSE IS CAUSE OF IT AIL
Champ Hurls Ball at Fleeing Rodent,
Misses, Ball Rebounds, Hitting
Waiter, Who Drops Tray and
That Ends Mouse.
Octopus Seizes Boy,
Who Is Saveii uy Sister
Newest and Biggest of the Atlantic Liners
Kureka, Cal.—Word reached
here tliut a ld-foot octopua was
killed at Samoa, Humboldt
county, after It bud seized In Its
tentacles eight-year-old (Jeorge
Peterson, son of a Kureka tug
cuptaln. The octopus lashed out
with t he other ti nti
wrenched an oar from the hands
of a sister, who was trying to
rescue the lad. With another
oar she stunned the animal,
which loosened Its hold on tho
hoy and crawled to nearby
rocks, where It wus beaten to
death.
striking the wall with a thump,
bounded back and lit ted snugly In the
exact middle of a rotund waiter's sn-
ututiiy.
The waiter hud remained to all ap-
peuru rices petrified after the first
shriek, following the discovery of the
rodent, hut ut the advent of the golf
hall he boundeil up with a howl. A
platter of food and drtnk In Ills hands
fell to the Door and hU nouns rose
louder as he saw' the extent of the
casualties.
As the plutter fell, Beckman
watched It with pop eyas, and then,
us the last echo of the crush died
away, he murmured to his compan­
ions: “By gosh, 1 got thut mouse ufter
all.”
Yes, you have guessed It—the plat­
ter killed the mouse. Freddy’s shot
cost him $7.70 und a g ilt hall, how­
ever.
S S S W V V \w v \ v v w v v v w v v v v v v v w w
ed a p<nind of cumin, a saint->n spear,
C lit» ¿go.—Seated ulmut a table at
a faggot of wood, u pair of white
dinner iu u loop restaurant recently,
gloves and a rose.
tim e Hammond residents curried <*n
Strangest of all these ritrlous terms
un anliualed ci . iim r.-utiuii ulmut golf.
of tenure Is one requiring the repre­
Kurller the tulk had dealt with uul-
sentatives of the manor of Swunnacot
nmlH, u, iltUiul Ice uud Admiral Sims'
and St. Alary Week to present them­
apeech, hut hud veered uround due to
selves at the ducal court clad In mnn-
it sincere effort on the |>urt of two
tles of goatskins. The present-day
women present to please their mule
incumbent, Ilettiuel Hutch lugs, stoical­
escort, I reddle Beikumn, chumplou
amateur pilfer of Hammond.
WALES GETS FEUDAL GIFTS ly endured this attire over the ordi­
Since this story deals particularly
nary clothes on a broiling hot day.
with Freddy, It must lie understood Ceremonies 600 Years Old Are Revived Ills appearance suggested a blend of
he hus several laud.tide characteris­
a modem country tourist and Itobln-
on Visit of Prince to
tics sud accomplishments. Heckman
son Crusoe.
Cornwall.
really Is a it* mm ) golfer. Hack In civil­
The prince, much amused nt the
ization he Is ut a dl.sudvuntuge be­
Iarunceaton, Cornwall, Knglund.— variety of gifts, solemnly "continued
cause of his acute hushfulness, but Picturesque feudul ceremonies of 000 all the loyal tenants In their hold­
this ulltlctlou Is remedied for him In years ago were revived here when the ings.”
circumstances demanding lustuut uc- prince of Wales, who is also duke of
tlon.
Cornwall, paid a visit to the old-time TWO SWEPT THROUGH TUBE
Heckman was very polite and nod- capltul of his duchy. I.uuncestnn has
ded briskly whenever he was uppeuleil \ been a royul borough since about Erls Workers Carried Nearly a* Mile
to during the golf tllscusslon, hut slg- lOWI.
When Temporary Dam Lets Co
nully fulletl to register enthusiusm.
in Storm.
The ceremonies Included the presen­
Golf Ball to Rescue.
tation of rent and "offerings of fealty" • Krle. I’n.—Carl Henderson and Axel
It was Just ufter the conversation | In kind, according to undent custom.
lonl swung hack to unluials that Heck­ The mayor presented to the prince 100 Alackl. employed In the construction
man's moment came. Ills companions. shillings and one pound of |>epper on of the AI1I1 creek water tube, were
swept nearly a mile through the 18-
Airs. Kline Aleyu and “L. M.," had Just a silver dish.
| foot concrete tube when a temporary
finished their dessert when un uproar
To Sir Hugh Molcsworth St. Auhyn dam let go" during n terrific rainstorm.
urose near the bund.
Both men were working inside the
A woman shrleke*! and another and fell the duty to offer a brace of grey­
n third. As one person, patrons of hounds. According to ancient ttsnge, big tube when the dam let go. They
that entire end of the restauruut rose they should be pure white, hut the were carried to the lake and thrown
nearest obtainable approach was u out upon the sand. Both will recover.
to their feet and mounted cliuirs.
Nearly an Inch nnd a half of rain
“It's a mouse and coming this way," well-matched piebald couple.'
Another ducal tenant tendered n fell In 120 minutes, flooding many cel­
cried Airs. Alcyn to Freddy.
There wus no <|uestlnu It was o sec­ I pair of gilt spurs, and others present- lars and Interfering with trafile.
ond Just made for the amateur golf
chump of Hammond. Ills hand stole
Into his coat packet and brought out
n golf bull. It was one be bail made a
hole In " l " with Just the duy before,
amt be was keeping it as a souvenir.
Halauclng the bull In bis band, be
gazed earnestly at the fleeing rodent,
beaded straight for him. Then lie
swung bis arm In a long underbuild
stroke and let the hall tly.
In Germany, to “convert your valu­
Bolshevist Leaders See Final ables
It flew across the ten feet of space
Into dollars as frequently as you
between Freddy and the mouse with
Haven of Refuge in Our
can, or, better still. Into South Amer­
a swish. I'erhaps the mouse moved n
ican currency.”
Neighboring Continent.
trllle or maybe the ball was not ex­
Says Lenin Is Weakening.
actly round—at uay rate, the shot
“The Octobrists,” the letter adds,
missed by a hair.
meaning by them those communists
Gets the Rodent.
who participated In the October (1!)17)
A g a s p went tip. und elided In a
revolution, "are frequently sending
shout of wild laughter, for the ball,
their families abroad.
Soon, It muy
he, 1 shall send my wife across to you.
Intercepted
Correspondence
of
Com­
# v u v u u v n v v v m v v m v v m v v v t c
In which case try to put her up as
munist Official* Shows That Many
best you can.”
Widow Gets Half Cent in
Octobrists
Are
Sending
Referring to the political situation,
Their Families Aboard.
Breach of Promise Suit
this communist wrote: “Ulltch (mean­
With a full passenger list of persons and "personages." the lutest and biggest and most luxuriously-equipped ad­
dition to the fleet of the French line docked at New York recently. The photograph shows l.a I’uris ending^ her
maiden voyage ut the pier. The vessel Is of 33,700 tons. Its four screws driven by oil-burning engines of 45,000
horse power.
_
Where Vendetta
Still Prevails
son of Alanln Pes, whom old I.eporl
was accused of killing. Salvatore Is
now some forty years of age. Then
there were Alario and Arnold Stungonl,
sons of the first victim, well able to
remember the horror of their futher’s
murder. Arnold In the uniform of an
ardlto (storm trooiiers), with two sil­
ver medals earned by prowess In the
the crimes, no one was ever punished
Aiter the bene«llctlon, old Paul L e­
hy the law.
pori and Salvatore Pes solemnly era-
Agreed to Attend Mass Together.
hnic«>d and wept on each other's
Then some one having authority shoulders, amid the Intense emotion
suddenly listened to reason. All the and hmd applause of the crowd. The
hostile families—the Leporis, the I’es, kissing became general and there were
the Seazzus, the Spezzigas and the solemn vows of mutual love und re­
Vasa»—fur more hostile than the Mon­ spect.
tagues and Cupulets, agreed to attend
The Last Combat.
a service «if reconciliation together.
This Is the story of the lutest rec­
Their famous feud has been respon­ onciliation. Two families carried ou a
Most Persistent Disciples Are Among
sible for no fewer thau 75 homicides feud until they were !>i>th nearly «1«-
the Most Mild-Mannered and Most
during tbe last 15 years. It all began atroyed. They fought like wild beasts,
Hospitable People in the World
with the murder of I’rof. H er Felice concentrating every nerve, every em o
—Ceremony of Reconcili­
Stungonl, a widower who lectured at tlon, In the business of killing the tra­
ation.
the technical Institute of SasaarL ditional foe. Yeur after year, In uin-
What he had done Is not quite clear. bush und open tight, meniliers of both
New York.— Vendetta still flourishes
Some say he had flirted with a Miss fumilles fell victims of the Implacable
lu many parts of the old world, hut
Pes nnd then refused to marry her.
rancor.
In no place is It more firmly estab­
Another story Is thut he was unin­
Oddly enough, however, the two
lished than In the Island of Sardinia.
tentionally killed by a mischievous heads of the respective clans, sturdy
Why It flourishes there Is » mys­
boy from an unfriendly village. Any­ old
men,
remulned
unmolested.
tery still unsolved, for the ytidini-
how, the professor was taking a coun­
ans themselves are probably among try walk with hi* three boys, Albert, Youths und even children were luld
the mildest mannered men In the Mario and Arnold, when some one low, but the chiefs remained, like stul-
world. Travel all over their Island lurking In the thickets suddenly hit | wart oaks, undisturbed by the raging
and you will be received with the him on the forehead with a bullet 1 tempest of crime.
At lust they remained almost alone.
greatfst hospitality.
from a catapult nnd killed him in­ A few more murders and they would
There are few Inns, except In the stantly.
I have been the solitary representatives
two or three chief towns, hut Inns nre
There was a Rensntlonal trlnl and
not needed, for every door Is open the suspects were ni-qultted. A few , of their slaughtered lines. They took
to Hte stranger, the best of fure Is of­ months later, however, one of them, ' no special precautions to guard
fered—nay, lavished with open hands j Martin IVs, was killed. Thereupon l against attack. In fact, one afternoon,
—the fatted culf Is Instantly slain, the i the authorities arrested Professor one of them was riding quietly back
cellurs are ransacked for the oldest Stungonl’s father-in-law, Paul Lepori, I t«i Suasari, accompanied by a servant.
wine. Indeed, you might almost start a vigorous old man, nnd he was ac­ A few inlks from home a shot re­
a vendetta by refusing hospitality or quitted for luck of evidence. Assas­ sounded from behind a bill and he bit
j the dust. He shook himself and rose
winding tb hurry away too soon 1
sinations followed with furious rapid­
Sq long as you do not smile at the ity. Nicholas Vasa was seriously- i to his elbows, but he knew that hi»
women folk you are an honored guest wounded one day nnd killed the next. * hour had struck.
He called quietly to his servant.
for a much longer time than you wish | Members of the various families
to remain. But the etiquette nbout | were found dead In lonely places or “Tuke off the saddle,” he said.
When this was done he took cover
women is ns strict ns In any harem i disappeared nnd were never seen
land lu the Hast, nnd no Intercourse \ again. An Immense amount of prop­ very st«'nlth!ly behind It. pointed his
gun In the direction from which death
ing Lenin, tlmt being. Ills middle name is allowed with strangers.
e r ty was destroyed. Great numbers hail been let loose upon him.
I.ondon.—One half cent dam­
Reval, Ksthonla According to re­ by which he Is popularly known In
N'Jxt
to
Sardinia
In
the
vendettn
ages was awarded to Airs. Wini­
cently
Intercepted
corres|M>ndenre Russia) Is weakening. Zinovlcff has business conies Corsica, where the peo­ i of Innocent people went In daily fear
Then he bade Ids servant run to­
of their lives.
fred Conies, a widow with two
from communist oitlclals In Moscow grown too fat.
ward the town, shouting as he ran:
Trotzky alone re­ ple. after nil, are not very different.
children, of HIackborough road,
Ceremony of Reconciliation.
to communist agents abroad, advising mains as nf old the unrecognized Na­ There Is plenty of bloodshed lu Sicily,
"My master is dead I”
Itelgnte, who silisl William C.
Two hundred members came from
them of the “Inside situation” In Rus­ poleon. hut he Is Vvnlutlonlzlng’ also.” hut It Is organized by n secret so­
Deceived by Ruse.
S Cromwell, a motor engineer's
sia. South America Is looked on us a
The man who bad fired the shot
In connection with the sending ciety and has nothing to do with ven­ far nnd nenr to attend the ceremony
# clerk, of Hrlgliton road, Itcdlilll.
of reconciliation.
final haven of refuge by many of the abroad of the families of the Oc- detta.
was completely taken In by this de-
# for alleged breach of promise of
The hoys of Templo seminary vIee. First, he peered out cautious­
less hopeful Bolshevik leaders In event , tohrlst*, this letter goes on:
Albnnla runs the blond feud on very
i
e which she said was
Russia becomes too hot for them.
“Will you kindly keep a detailed similar lines nnd Albania's hereditary walked flrst in the procession. Then ly ; then Ids wh«>!e bo«ly appeared
# made a few day* a f t e r the death
One of these letters, recently pub­ i account of their arrivals and of their enemy,
Montenegro, oddly enough, ''■me Alonslgor Sauna, bishop of Tem- above the hill. It was the chieftain
S of her husband, who " , - sent
lished In a Reval newspaper, the Pos- j means? Further, by a decision of the cherishes almost the same trndltlnns, ! plo and Castelsardo, followed by the of the other funilly.
t Inc with the ttlilne army.
lednle Novostl, advises one nf the offi­ mllltnry department of the party, I whereas the Serbians, tbe cousins of parish priest, the mayor with an Ital­
The wounded man took a long, de­
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U v tu v v v v n u v v v v v v u tu v v v u v « « cial's friends, who uow Is apparently want you to withdraw from the bank* the .Montenegrins, are bloodthirsty In ian flag nnd an enormous crowd from liberate aim, fired and saw with sat­
Penitential isfaction that he had hit his mark.
all the deposits nf your disposal and quite a different way. It I* probably the wh«»Ie countryside.
j put them In snfe hands.
not an accident that feuds und feudal­ hymn* were sung and mass was cele­ The servant <aine running hnck, re­
Bring It to Switzerland.
ism have the same derivation, and brated In the oiwn air amid deep emo­ called by the shot, and to him the old
man said grimly:
‘'firing to Switzerland a third of »lie clannish traditions must have some­ tion.
“Tell them to bring two biers, for
' 'Iron fund’ and hand It to B ----- . The thing to do with the custom, writes. Then Father Dellgtos, a famous
Franciscan preacher, spoke of the we are two dead men.” And so It
rest can be left In Germany for any Herbert Vivian.
beauty of Sardinia, the hospitality of prove«!.
eventualities.”
Part of T h e ir Code of Honor.
They found the chieftain with his
The writer constantly refers to the
The great difficulty that govern­ her people, always generous except
I tailing councils of the BoNhevIkl ns ments find In suppressing vendetta Is when carried away hy traditional ha­ head resting on the hard pillow af­
"the Olympians,“ nnd remarks that that Its disciples regard it as part of treds. He allude«! to the 73 victims forded by hts saddle, and In death he
"our Olympus Is going the pace too their code of honor. Men who go to nnd Invoke«! the blessing nnd pardon still clung to h!s gun. After this last
tragedy the few survivor* of the two
fast.”
church regulurly and observe all tbe of heaven on the survivors.
I Then the members of the hostile families consented to make peace, for
"From January,” he says, “the situ­ religions feasts—black-coated gentle-1
ation In the council of the party and men of Infinite respectnbillty, who families were divided Into two long it seemed to them that they had car­
In the central committee has come to coulfl be trusted anywhere with un­ files and went up side by side to re­ ried out the law of vendetta to Ita
a point to the last degree. The result told gold and frivolous female*—nev­ ceive the episcopal l«ene«llction. There bitter end.
But vendetta Is In their blood—the
- of those conflict* was the expulsion of ertheless consider It their sacred duty was Paul Report. “Uncle Paul.” as he
<\>m rmles Krylenko. Ronteh -Botim to slay the second cousin twice re­ Is known to the whole countryside, the very children play nt vendetta. Just
vletch. I>ubov, Blumenthal and many moved of some one who has killed a tather-ln-law and alleged avenger of as little Spaniards play at hull fights.
other*. This was the last gesture of member of ttielr family In legitimate the flrst victim, now ninety years of A trifling accident or a petty quarrel
the gay party god*. For a word said self-defense. Indeed, there Is a stigma age. and very hoary, but still erect may easily lead to another feud last­
ing for centuries and spreading a reign
against Illltch, Kre*tln»ky or Zinovlcff on their whole clan if blood ha* not and vigorous.
even not In public, ostracism Is Immi­ been wiped out with blood. If many 1 Beside him was Salvadore Pes, the of terror over whole provinces.
nent.”
molars have not repaid a single tooth.
It ceases to be— It never is. In fact— |
RACING FRAUD IN GERMANY a personal affair. It Is Just primitive,
savage Justice.
In Sardinia church nnd state h av e!
Promoters Fix Things So No One
loen frantically nt work for genera­
Else Gets Any of the Money.
tions trying to suppress the vendetta,
Berlin.—Horse races In Germrny but It Is very slow work.
generally were honest affairs before
From lime to time, however, rec­
tbe war. but ».anHals are the rule onciliation* do take place. Slxty-flve
j nowaday*. Typical of the rest were year* ago there was a solemn cere­
j the recent Cartslioat raivs, under the mony of forglvcnc-* between two fam­
I auspices of the Stransherg Rac'ug ine* that had been at war for two cen­
society, which so arrange.! matters a* 1 turies. killing one another and de­
to keep not only all the purses but stroying one another* rattle and
,v '
also tbe amount* of the totalization farmstead- •
do an
and registration fees.
sensation, and marked an epoch In the
Four horses mil In the so-called hlsttwy of the Island. Only the other
Fre.lers.lorf m.*e. When the Jockeys day there wn* a simitar event, for
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qusrters of the distance they began of Templo, amid tbe savage fork land
trotting, so that the flrst horse ar of Angina, are Jointly res|.on*ible.
rived at the starting point seven and
A --I n
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d
Y>
a half minutes after the agree-! max- I ed the formal kl*« of peace. No one
tnmm time.
wished to forego his vengeance; the
According to the rules no purse was bon«w of fl'e hostile families was at
Air». Alary J. Burton nf I » * Angele* le potntlng f>>r thè benefit of All**
Barbara Babcock of Salt l.nke < tv, to thè wonderfut vlew of southern l'tah's paid and the money placed on the stake. Again and again, for a whole
A recent terrlfl.- wind and a torrential rain conspired to drive this flT s-
"iMxle country" ae they stand ou a high plateau The girle are metnber* of horse* and the registration^!-«** went generation, men and boy* have been *'«*!ppl steamer on the mud flats. The old vessel, one of the la*t of the stern-
a party opening thè ne» »centc road troni Zlon National park, t’tah, to thè to the treasury of the Strausberg Rac­ stabbed, and though everybody knew d r ^ n variety foqprhb b the Mississippi was once famous, has been abandoned
ing society.
north rim of thè Grand canyon.
tbe culprit» and ail the reasons for j by te r owner*. Her back U broken and her sides are all wrenched.
Code of Honor as It Is Enforced
in Sardinia. Corsica and
Elsewhere
DIFFICULT TO STAMP OUT
REDS LOOK TO
SOUTH AMERICA
SAY LENIN IS WEAKENING
J
Scouting for a New Scenic Road
Old Steamship’s Back Is Broken
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