A V A C U U M RUBDOWN
estro;
Ku Klux Klan Now Owns This University
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arthqiaakes
Tokyo and Yokohama Hold Mod*
ern Record for Loss of Life
— Messina Second.
Washington, D. C.— “ The earthquake
and tire thut have destroyed Tokyo
and Yokohama In large part seem to
constitute the greutest calamity, meas-
ured by the reported loss af life, that
has ever fallen on any of the great
cities of the world,” says a bulletin
from the Washington headquarters of
the National Geographic society. “ Rut
there is a long string of disasters re­
sulting from earthquakes thut have
visited great cities in the past, ’ con­
tinues the bulletin, "that are at least
comparable, and that loomed big
enough in the minds of the world at
the time.
“The next greatest calamity of the
sort In modern times was the earth­
quake that In 1008 shook a great slice
of Messina, Sicily, Into the sea and
killed on both the Sicilian und Italian
side of the straits more than 75,000
people.
In this cuse tire played no
Important part In bringing about the
destruction, practically all the deaths
resulting from falling masonry oi* from
drowning.
Lisbon Disaster Stood Out.
“The disaster which long stood out
as the greatest and most destructive
of recent centuries was the tidal wave
which swept over the city of Lisbon.
capital of Portugal, m now. The loss
of life In that catastrophe was prob­
ably between 50,000 and 00,000.
“ America’s outstanding cnlamlty to
a large city resulting from an earth­
quake was the destruction of San
Francisco In 1900.
An earthquake
severed the wuter supply Ones, and
when (Ire broke out Immediately after­
wards. It soon sprend over practically
the whole city. Although only about
700 people lost their lives, the prop­
erty damage amounted to some $200,-
hut I: "!ne dlJ h-iT«' *( s quake«, and
some students of history assert that
the large number of Human palaces
and temples believed to have been
destroyed by the barbarians between
**>e Fifth and Ninth centuries were
real‘? *hHken <l*>"n by earth tremors,
j
the earliest historic earthquake
wloch caused a tremendoua loss of life,
J and the most destructive. If the sta-
j tlstlc» can be accepted, save perhaps
the recent quake in Japan, occurred In
Antioch and nearby towns In Syria
in 520 A. D. This waa^then a city of
some half a million or more inhabit­
ants, the capital o f the Hast, and save
Rome itself, probably the most Im­
portant city of the Roman world. In
addition to the residents of the city,
large crowds were gathered for a
Christian festival. The great convul­
sion that shook the city and the
neighboring towns, and the tires that
followed are suld to 'hnve caused the
death of more than 200,000 persons."
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Mat Leonard. keeper o f the Atlanta
(Gu.) zoo, found that brooms used to
clean the elephant wore out too fust und
required too much effort ou the part
of the groom, so now he has Installed
a vacuum cleaner and Muud gets a
thorough going over every morning.
Busy Men.
The busiest mun Is not the one who
! complains the most about tb« bot
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from Burlington when
Jumes was about a year old. lie was
the eleventh of twelve children, most
of whom died In Infancy. Ills father
wus a Quaker. The settlement around
Rurllngton, N. J.— The blrthplnce Cooperstown wns In the wilderness
here of James Fenimore Cooper, first along the upper reaches of the Sus-
of American novelists, whose Leather- quehannn. There James In his boy­
stocking Tules of early settlement life hood saw much o f wild life and of In­
have been read the world uround for dians nnd settlers to provide mnterlal
the last century, has been purchased for the thrilling books of ndventuri
from private owners by the Burling­ that he began to write In 1820. Th“
ton County Historical society, nnd will first work to win him fame was “ The
be reopened as an historic shrine on Spy." written In 1821. The Leather-
the one hundred nud thirty-fourth an- stocking Tales were started during
that decade. Few young Americans
ulversary of Cooper’s birth.
there ure who have not been thrilled
Little
known
incidents
in
the
life
of
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, th r,,n,iin.. ...
his “ Pathfinder,"
Cooper have been brought out by
the J |
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of the Mohicans, 1
restoration of his blrthplnce, which has j __
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Cooper’s Birthplace Purchased
Burlington County (N. J.)
Historical Society.
Valparaiso university, V alparaiso, in d . which bus been bought by the Ku Klux Klan for $350 000. Endow­
ments have been made for enlarging the buildings and adding extra facilities. The Institution will be nonsec-
tartan, but Negroes will not be admitted.
iiiiiiu iu n itn iK iu tu iH iwuiMr«
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Maw Battleship. !
.aka Name
Colorado, Third of Same Name,
Has Reputation to Maintain—
All Others Made History.
Washington.—The Colorado, third of
u lino of similarly named fighting ships
of Unde Sum's navy, was commis­
sioned recently.
The Colorado Is a super-dread-
nuught of 32,000 tons trial displace­
ment, 28,000 horsepower, 21 knots
speed, and eight 10-luch guns In her
malu battery. She Is 024 feet long,
07‘ i feet beam uud about 31 feet in
draft of water, llc r complement com­
prises GO officers, 1,200 naval enlisted
000 , 000 .
men and 75 marines. The Colorado,
“Charleston, S. C., Is the only other
the West Virginia, likewise nearing
city or
of importance
Importance In
in the
iue United
ou.icu
completion, und the Muryland, com­
States that has suffered from an earth-
missioned in 1021, three sister ships,
quake, in 1SS0 a severe quake shook
are the most powerful and modem
.o ..
. >n h«t resulted In the loss of only ' he was born there September 15, 1788. | The fame and later years at Cooper's battleships In the world.
Third of Its Name.
resulted
y l Kew there are who knew that Cooper Iif,‘
dewtad by his bitter clarim
The new battleship Colorado Is the
with his critics. In which the novelist
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was a sailor before he was a writer.
A Modern Sodom and Gomor ah
h ^ n
that he and Capt. wasted much of Ids time, energy and third ship In the American navy to
In the
est ni u *
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Jumes Lawrence were born next door fortune, which, his biographers say. bear that name. The first, mimed for
malic earthquake Incident U a. has oc- tQ ^
other here on South Hlgh might better hnve been devoted te the Colorado river, was u wooden
steam frigate o f 3,400 tons displace­
curred was the slipping of a »arge part
street, where both houses still stand In further literary attainments, lie died
ment, mounting 40 guns, launched
of old I’ort Royal. Jamaica, into the
n good state of preservation. Lawrence at Cooperstown September 14, 1851.
at the Norfolk navy yard on June 10,
sea In 1C92. This was In the days of
was quite a boy when Cooper was born. Just the day before his sixty-second
the buccaneers, many of whom fre­
1850. ¡She was one of the lurger ves­
Whether they ever met Is conjecture birthday.
quented I ’ort Royal and gave It the
sels of her time In our navy, corre­
To
Restore
Old
Home.
suggested through a comparison of
name of one of the world’s wickedest
sponding to the Intermediate or 60-gun
their biographies, which record that
The
Cooper
birthplace
has
long
been
cities. The superstitions saw In the
ship of the days before steam nud to
both Jameses’ served on the Wasp. The Cherished among the historical shrines
destruction of tbe town n modern ver­
tho armored or battle cruiser of luter
American navy was hardly big enough of which Burlington bus an unusual
sion of the wiping out of Sodom and
periods. Like others of her type, she
In those days to boast of two ships of wealth. For a century It has been
was u full-tigged ship, ordinarily uiuk-
Gomorrah.
the same name.
pointed
out
to
visitors
us
one
of
the
"The chief cities of Centra' Amer­
ing sea passages under sail alone. As
Lawrence entered the navy ns a mid­ city's chief places of Interest. It ha?
ica, excepting those of Honduras nnd
tee single screw propeller would then
shipman in 1793. Not so much Is told remained under private ownership
Nicaragua, have repeatedly bepn de­
be u drag, It was fitted to uncouple
of Cooper's naval career, but he com­ during thnt period, but owners and
stroyed by earthquakes since the ad­
uud be lifted clear at the waiter.
manded n gunboat for n time on Lake tenants have acceded to public setiti
vent of the Spaniards In th>* Sixteenth
First Used in Blockade.
Champlain, while Lawrence command­ ment and preserved the property
century.
The principal sufferer has
Colorado 1. first saw war service as
ed in succession the Argus, Vixen and through successive generations with
been Guatemala City, which ha* been
flagship of Commodore William Mur-
Wasp. He was aboard tbe Wuip until the greatest care.
practically destroyed more man a half
vlne In establishing the blockade of
1811. Cooper bad nlso been aboard n
True,
some
of
the
modern
tenant?
dozen times, the latest cnlnmlty be­
the Gulf of Mexico coast, from Key
falling It in 1917. Rut Guatemala has ship named Wasp for some time when tort out the mantelpieces which were West to the Itto Grande. In Septem­
be
resigned
from
the
navy
In
1811,
af­
an adornment o f the Colonial houses In
had no monopoly of disasters.
San
ter his marriage, to gratify tbe w ish of Cooper's day. A more modern dooi ber, 1801, while she lay outside Pen­
Salvador, capital of the republic of
sacola,
the Confederate privateer
his wife thnt he remain on land.
was also provided when the old one
the same name, nnd Cartago, capital
schooner Judah was fitting out at the
Missed
the
War
of
1812.
wore out. The general appearance ol
of Costa Rica, have been shaken into
Thus it happened that James Fenl- the house, however, remains much a« navy yard, which has „been surren­
ruins on more than one occasion.
•
more Cooper Just missed the War of it was when the novelist- was born dered to the Confederates. The Com­
A
No Records ef Ancient Quakes.
1812, in which James Lawrence won there. The small panes In the windows modore decided to destroy her.
“The city which has suffered most undyli-g fame by giving the American nlone are sufficient to distinguish It boat expedition from the Colorado, of
W0 men under Lieut, (ufterwards Rear
greatly In South America Is Valparaiso. navy Us fighting motto, "Don't Give Up from present-day homes.
Admiral) John H. Russell, made its
Chile. Greet damage was Inflicted by tbe Ship," uttered ns his dying words
The Burlington County Historical
earthquakes In 1730, 1822, 1839, 1873 as he was being carried from the deck society has also set about to restore way in during darkness, arriving near
nnd more recently In 1900. As early as of the Chespenke after being mortally some of the eoloninl features of the the schooner before being discovered.
1580 earthquakes were bringing de­ wounded In a naval engagement with old house since it purchased the prop­ The Judah hud a full crew on hoard,
three of her guns were In pluce, two
struction to the Pacific coast of South the Brlflsh frigate Shannon on June erty.
The committee directing this
guns mounted on shore could sweep
America. Callao being destroyed In 1. 1813.
restoration Is headed by Alice D'Oller,
her decks, and several hundred men
that year.
Cooper blnzed the way for American a sister of Colonel Franklin D'Oller,
were near nt hand for her protection;
"The seeming lack ef great earth­ fiction writers, nmong whom he was first national commander of the Amerl
quake calamities In andent times may the first “ to extend the domntn of fic­ can Legion, and now director of the jet in spite of determined opposition,
the Colorado's party were entirely suc­
be due more to the absence o f com­ tion over the sea. the prairie and the Sesquicentennlnl committee in I’hlla- |
cessful.
plete records than to »he Inexplicable fo rest" That he blnzed the path well delphla.
The historical society for
Too Deep for FarraguL
escape of the great cities of the past. Is shown by the fact that during thirty years has hnd Its quarters in the old
Admiral Furragut wanted the Colo­
It is worthy of note, however, that be­ yenrs he wrote 88 novels, besides other ilbrnry building on Union street, but
cause of the types of bull dings In writings that never became public.
with the completion of repnlrs to the rado for Ills attack on the forts below
Was Son of a Quaker.
use, usually low and often with roofs
Cooper house It will move Its quarters New Orleans In April, 1862, bat her
of straw, no great loss of life would
Much of his writing was done at to the novelist's blrthplnce, which 1» 22 feet draft wns much too deep to
cross the Mississippi bar, nnd It proved
result normally even In congested cen­ Cooperstown, N. Y„ whither his family to be preserved as a public museum.
Impossible to lighten her enough to
ters.
get her Into the river. She was ac-
Antioch Next to Tokyo In Loss.
«ordingly employed In subsidiary ope­
“ There was never any outstanding
rations off South West Pass, in the
destruction In Rome as a result of
gunboat Cayuga secured alongside the
earthquakes, so far as history shows;
Pensacola, Captain Bailey led the
column In the run by the forts. A fter­
ward he was sent to land at New
Orleans, nnd, accorapnlned only bj
I.leut. George Hamilton I ’erklns, made
French Girl W an fj
bis way through streets crowded by
Man From Montana
an excited. Jostling, threatening mob,
Paris.—The American A I so­
to tbe city hall to demand the surren­
ciety o f Paris has received a
der of the city. Later the Colorado
curious commission from Mile.
became flagship of Commodore H.
Yvonne Jalla, who has a con­
K. Thatcher In the Nrn-th Atlantic
siderable fortune. According to
Blockading Squadron, and wan en-
a statement she has made to the
g.igi-d actively in the attack and cap­
society, she was engaged t-> an
ture of Fort Fisher, N. C., on Ilecern-
American lieutenant from Mon­
ber 24-25, 1865, and January 13-16,
tana. who was killed In the war.
1865.
As she cannot erase his memory,
Served at Flagship.
she Is determined to marry none
After the Civil war the Colorado L
but a man from Montana.
served as flagship on various stations.
The other conditlena \.-hleb
Including the Asiatic. The rulers of
she Imposed In her communica­
• 'orea did not( then admit foreigners
tion to the society set forth that
Into their country, and »m etlm es un­
the candidate need not be hand
authorized visitors and dtstreaaeO
some nor faithful to prohibition.
mariners were treated with harshness
As soon as tbe Aid society has
by the Corean natives and local of­
succeeded In finding her a Mon­
ficials.
Such an Incident took the
tana husband she will In return
Colorado there In 1871, bearing the
pay the passage home of 15
flag of Rear Admiral John Rodgera, ac­
destitute Americans stranded In
Teter Pan. a frisky wire-haired terrier, has been accepted by President companied by four others o f the
France.
nd Mrs. Owlidge as the White House dog. He Is the gift of Dr. Alonso squadron. Inaccessibility of tbe Co-
rean authorities and evidence of cruel­
I 1 Howard of West Roxbury, Maas.
ty on tbe pert o f tbe natives led to a
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Peter Pan, the New White House Dog
I
Made T ow n ’s Fool,
Sues for Damages
San Antonio, Tex.— Ascension
Zozano Is suing the order of
| Do Amigos Del Puebla for $10,-
000. charging thnt his reputation
anil peace huvo been ruined.
Zozano alleges that he was
made a “ town fool" and “ Jestee"
punitive attack on the principal fort
during n recent celebration an­
in the Han river. The Colorado's crew
niversary by the order. He re­
furnished un Important part of the
lates how a%iagnlflcent automo­
landing force, under Lieut. Commander
bile und committee came to his
(afterward Rear Admiral) Sllus Casey,
home and inet hint and how its
the executive officer. From Admiral
arrival at tho meeting plac> of
Scliroeder's description:
the order was heralded by
Crew First in the Charge.
trumpets.
Beuutlful maidens
throw armfuls of flowers in his
"When
Lieutenant
Commander
Casey of tho Infantry gave the order
path as he alighted from Uic au­
tomobile.
to charge, they rushed forward down
the slope hnd up the opposite h'U with I
In conclusion, he assorts thnt
splendid d«9h and courage.
he found out later thut alt of
this ivus merely to make a fool
“ Lieut. Hugh Me! ce of the Colo­
of hlni.
rado wus tho first to mount the para­
pet and the first to leap into a hand-
B im n ,iiii:iiiiiH a iim ic i.iiM a
to-hand conflict. In which he fell nt
the head of Ills men. The fighting
Inside tho fort wns desperate. The for torpedo defense, eight anti-aircraft
Corean's code did not conceive of any guns, nnd two torpedo tubes.
Her
quarter being either given or taken, main machinery is designed to attain
and they fought hopelessly to tho last 21 knots with nbout 28,000 horsepower,
man."
two main turbine generators of West-
Two others were killed and teu Inghouse type driving motors on four
wounded In the attacking p...ty.
shufts, one screw on each. She Is ar­
mored on the waterline, turrets, con­
Sold as Junk In 1822.
This incident, not uncommon In that ning tower nnd smoke uptakes. She
time and region, did not uffect the gen­ uses only oil fuel and her steering en­
erally friendly attitude of the United gine, anchor windlass nnd most other
States toward Corea nor cause _uy uuxlllury machinery nre electrlc-drlven.
hostile feeling on the latter's part, for She will mount if cntnpult for launch­
after eight years o f persistent en­ ing airplanes and generally have all
deavor, Commodore II. W. Shufeldt, Improvements of the best naval prac­
U. S. N „ succeeded, where other simi­ tice. Her keel wns laid May 29! 1919,
lar attempts since 1832 hud fulled. In at the New York Shipbuilding corpora­
obtaining a treaty with Corea, of tion's ynrd nt Camden, N. J., nnd on
pence, amity, commerce nnd naviga­ March 22, 1921, she wns branched.
tion. which opened Corea to foreign
Intercourse. Thus again, ns In ou
even U . S. Warships to
Commodore Perry's treaty with Japan,
a naval officer "added another to tbe
Be Sent to the Junk Pile
peaceful successes o f American diplo­
I'hlladi Iphlu.— Seven war vessels at
macy lti the Far Eust," as commented
by n leading London Journal of the ii o Philadelphia nnvy yard nre to be
scrapped under the provisions of the
time.
The remninlng yerrs of the Colorado treaty for the limitation of armaments,
I, 1875-84, were spent ns receiving recently » ¡ ’proved. They Include two
ship at the New York navy yard. On cruls' rs and live battleships.
The cruisers are the Constitution
February 14, 1885, 31 years nfter the
laying of her keel, she was sold, to the nnd the United Stutes, which had been
usuul fate of being broken up and under construction nt tho navy yard
They are to be
burned for her copper fustenlngs and for some time.
scrapped ut once.
A little later,
other sulvnge material.
workmen will slnrt on the five battle­
Second Launched In 1902.
Meantime tbe Territory i f Colorado, ships consigned to the International
organized us such In 190'., nud been Junk heap. Four of them, the Minne­
ndmltted on August 1, 1876, into tbe sota. South Carolina, Michigan and
Union as a stale, nnd gave Its name to New Hampshire, ure out of commis­
the second man-of-wur Colorado. She sion. Tbe fifth, tho South Carolina,
wus one of six armored cruisers au­ will be taken to sea and sunk In tests
thorized, three at a time, by congress of various deck and under-water at­
In 1899 nnd I960, of 13.080 tons dis­ tacking methods lately devised by
placement, carrying four 8-Inch guns Navy department engineers.
An eighth bat: 'eihlp, the Washing­
In two turrets, 14 6-lnch, n score of
smuller caliber, nnd two underwater ton, under constr Hon nt Camden, N.
torpedo tubes. Her Nlclnusse boilers J., also will be si 'tered by the gun­
and four-cylinder, triple expansion fire and torpedc ati.ick of the Atlantic
engines driving twin screws, develop­ fleet.
ing 27,000 horsepower, atttalned n
maximum speed of over 22 knots. Her
South American Eel*
ship's company numbered 910.
She
was launched at Cramp's Shipyard,
Generate Electricity
Philadelphia, on April 5, 1002, under
Nwr, York.— Radio t.ins who have
the sponsorship of the daughter of trouble keeping their ► ts equipped
Governor Peabody. A handsome silver with fresh batteries, might find a solu­
service wns presented by the state, tion In a tank of water und a first-
which Is now In the new ship.
class South American eel.
Transport in World War,
Delicate electrical record ng Instru­
The Colorado II became one of the ments are being shipped from an elec­
“ armored cruiser squadron," first com­ tric plant to be used In detern nlng the
manded- by Rear Admiral Willard 11. nature und the strength of the electric
Itrownson, an organization famous and current generated by the recently ac­
popular In our navy In Its day, with quired electric eel at the Bronx zoo.
a good record for cruising. President
John Toomey, head keeper, ai d sev­
Roosevelt once witnessed target prac­ eral of his associates can testify that
tice on ooard and took dinner with the latest arrival from South An. rlca
the crew In the general mess, giving has a kick, hut In terms of voltage :tiey
his signed photograph as a souvenir. are unable to express themselves. AU
In 1915 the Colorado II became flag­ Mr. Toomey knows Is that he v if
ship o f *he Pacific reserve fleet and floored twice by the current general I
on December 1, 1916, her name was by the five and a half-foot eel and th. t
changed to Pueblo, after the second whenever he goes near the enge now
city lo Colorado, aa a larger vessel was he wears nonconducting glove«.
to bear the name of the state. Under
George Fielding, a technical electri­
this name she served In the cruiser
cian, made some experiments and by
and transport force In the World war
■ > r wire in the tank until
under Capt. O. W. Williams, escorting
It came In contact with the eel the re­
transports across, and after the armis­
tice bringing 10.136 troops home. In cording Instrument registered 15 volts
11(21 she became the receiving ship at on one occasion and 5 volta on an­
New York, pending further active em­ other.
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ployment.
Third Has Eight Large Guns.
The third Colorado was designated
as battleship No. 45 (counting from
the first In our new navy), authorised
lu tbe building program of August 29.
1916. to be of 32.600 tons trial dis­
placement. eight 16-Inch guns In four
center line turrets, twelve -»-Inch gun*
India Pushes Work an Canal.
Lucknow, India.—The work of build
Ing tbe Sards cans) Is now In full
swing. This canal Is part of a huge
Irrigation scheme In the central prov­
inces which ultimately will bring
1,750.000 acres of land under cnlttva-