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the numbered rings used on all of the
characters involved.
Another house wren with a history
is the “little old woman who lived In
a shoe.” She and her husband and
their 13 children (reared in two in­
stallments) were all banded. No word
has ever been beard from the children
since they left home, but a year later
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birth. The Inscription on the alumi­ a wren was seen at the old “shoe bun­
num band worn by this bird is as galow” with a bracelet on his leg, but
legible today as it was when received no mate was near. The observer is
from the maker, notwithstanding the left wondering if perhaps there is not
six years of rough treatment under a wren Reno somewhere In the South.
all weather conditions. One of the Of the total of 20,000 birds banded
400, or 2 per cent, have
most astounding details of bird life approximately
far been heard from, and additional
brought out by banding has to do with so
recoveries are being received from
the domestic relations of Jenny Wren
time to time.
and her songful husband.
Wren Is Fickle.
PHYSICAL PERFECTION
Wrens habitually raise two large
families in rapid sequence each sea-
son, and in these circumstances it |
would naturally be thought the head
of the establishment would give his
uninterrupted attention to his house­
hold. Not so, however, with an Ohio
house wren, who, the moment his first
batch of offspring was on the wing,
ruthlessly abandoned his little brown
wife and, moving off less than a hun­
dred yards, reared h's second family
with a newly found mate. This abom- ;
inable fickleness might never have
been suspected had it not been for
London to Have Another Great Skyscraper
Trace Birds by
Use of Anklets
Habits of Our Feathered Friends
Discovered by American
Banding Society.
20,000 ALREADY ARE MARKED
Incredible Wing Mileage la Revealed
in Some of the Reporta—New Facta
About Domestic Relationa of
Jenny Wren and Husband.
New York.—The habits of birds, the
age they attain, the dispersal or dis­
tribution of their young, their mating
customs, the strength of the homing
instinct, the consistency with which
migrant birds return to given areas
in their winter range, routes followed
by individual birds, and even polygamy
—these and countless other problems
the American Bird Banding associa­
tion seeks to solve by methods that
leave no oppotunity for questioning the
accuracy of the date.
The several hundred members of the
association have for 12 years been
conducting their research on a large
scale In the western hemisphere, and
European societies whose aims are
identical with those of the American
workers have been operating since
1898.
These bodies of investigators
pursue their experiments by the use
of rings, bands of tags, each bearing
an inscription or return address and
a serial number. The bands are usu­
ally made of aluminum and are man­
ufactured in about a dozen different
sizes to fit the legs of all birds, from
the smallest warbler to the clumsy
pelican and the mighty eagle.
Fifty-eight thousand of these bands
have so far been made for the Amer­
ican Bird Banding association, and
approximately 20,000 have been placed
by members on the legs of native wild
birds. Each ring is stamped with the
words, “Notify Am. Museum, N. Y.,"
and following this, or on reverse side
of the band, is a serial number, At
the time the band is placed on the
bird the bander records on n stan­
dard file card all Information relating
to the operation. These data include
the number of the band, the name of
the bird, Its age (whether nestling,
fledgling or adult), locality, date, name
of bander and remarks. The bird,
having been thoroughly “catalogued,”
is sent on its wny.
Long Migrations Recorded.
Workers for the association have
carried bands Into the remotest re-
gions. As members of scientific and
exploring parties they have placed the
tags on birds In Alaska, Greenland,
Labrador, and even in the antarctic a
thousand miles from Cape Horn. A
young robin, banded in Its nest on the
lonely shores of Great Slave lake, In
the Northwest territory of Canada,
has been reported from Louisiana,
more than 2,000 miles away; a Mas­
sachusetts tern, or sea swallow, has
been recovered a similar distance
from its birthplace, in the waters off
tile Venezuelan coast, and a chimney
swift, a bird less than six inches long,
has been recorded at its New Hamp­
shire summer home after three sea-
sontii Journeys to South America. In­
volving almost Incredible wing mile-
age, the minimum distance covered
having been 18.000 miles.
Aside from the birds which are sys­
tematically trapped, wild birds, either
dead or alive, fall into human hands
in a variety of ways.
The longest period record thus far
turned In his been produced by a com­
mon crow, which was banded In the
nest at Berwyn, Pa., May 17, 1914, and
shot while stealing chickens on the
sixth anniversary of the date of band­
ing, May 17, 1920, nt Phoenixville, Pa.,
only eight miles from the site of Its
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Winchester, Va.—The art of
I drinking from a bottle is being
: lost in this vicinity. E. Clar-
I enee Smith of Berkeley county
(entertained a party of men
friends at an old-time “pitch”
party, at which bottled pop was
served. One of Smith’s guests
had not gurgled anything for so
many years that when he went
about It in the old-time way the
I suction fastened the mouth of
the bottle tightly to his lips and
It could not be removed.
Finally one of the guests pro­
cured a feather and tickled his
friend under the nose, provok-
t Ing a laugh, which broke the con-
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Sales building will be built Steel construction has already been started on the structure, which when completed
will represent an investment of $10,000.000. It Is said to be the largest single building enterprise undertaken In
London In 20 years. The picture was taken at the Aldwych end of the site, looking toward the Strand, and shows
the famous church of St. Mary le Strand, to the architecture of which the new Bush building will conform.
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TEXAS RANCHMAN
DOWNS “CON MEN”
In John J. Walkins of Dorchester,
Mass., the civil service examiners be­
lieve they have found a perfect man,
physically. This former heavyweight Norfleet Spends $18,000 Trail­
boxing champion of the Ü. 8. 8. Mt.
ing Them, but Feels That
Vernon romped from machine to ma­
chine, making a strength test record
It Is Worth It.
of 100 per cent.
Old Almanac.
Burlington, Kan.—W. W. Richards
of Lebo believes he Is the possessor
of the oldest almanac In Kansas. His Furey Puts Up Stiff Fight, but the
almanac was printed In 1701, thus be­
Ranchman Proves to Be Something
ing 220 years old. It was printed In
of a Fighter Himself—.Saved
Welsh by Thomas Jones.
by His Automatic.
ONE LIVES UP TO HIS NAME
Insane May Be
Cured by Music
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Fort Worth, Tex.—Frank Norfleet,
a ranchman of West Texas, delivered
Joe Furey into the hands of the local
police here, the third of a trio of con­
fidence men to be run down by Nor­
fleet, who mthey fleeced out of $45,000
on a bogus oil stock deal about a year
ago. One of the other two commit­
ted suicide in Jail in Washington;
the other Is under a ten-year sen­
tence.
Besides losing the $45,000, Norfleet
spent $18,000 trailing the swindlers
over the country. His chase after
Furey was full of thrills.
“Determined to bring to Justice the
man who had swindled me,” he said,
“I began a hunt that took me through
18 states and Old Mexico. I took my
son, Pete, out of the West Texas Nor­
mal at Canyon to assist me in the
hunt, and it was he who located the
man at Jacksonville. Upon arriving
there we separated and registered at
different hotels to watch for Furey.
Pete had never seen the man, but
had studied a picture of him, and a
rew minutes after registering at his
hotel Furey emerged from an elevator.
The boy telephoned me and I came to
him. We followed our man Into a
restaurant, and there I placed him un­
der arrest, following a desperate strug­
gle.
Norfleet exhibited his finger, show­
ing where Furey bit him during the
struggle. He also showed other minor
injuries, scratches and bruises.
“At the police station Furey denied
that he had ever seen me,” Norfleet
continued. “The officers asked me
what authority I had and how did I
know he was the right man. I told
them I was a Texas officer and I had
a warrant for Furey’s arrest ; that I
had Furey’s police picture — and.
above all, I knew he was the man
who had taken my money. I told
them that he was my man and that
I was going to take him.
“They asked me by what further
right I expected to take him. I pulled
out the requisition papers already
honored by the governor of Florida.
The officers looked at the papers. ‘We
can’t do anything for you, Furey,’ ¡
they said; ’you are a prisoner bound
for Texas.’
It Took Four Policemen.
"Believe me, those words sure |
tickled me. I wanted to rush him
away, I was afraid that attempts
might be made to have him released
or to detain him through a writ of |
habeas corpus. I decided to take |
Furey 13 miles from Jacksonville
and get on a train. He fought It
took four big policemen to finally lock
the handcuffs on him. Pete and F put
Furey In the automobile and started
to go the 13 miles. As we neared the lit­
tle station the train was almost ready
to leave. Furey again started to fight.
His hands were in the cuffs, but he
picked and scratched so much that
the train pulled out before we got him
tn. We put him back in the car and
drove back to Jacksonville.
“We heard Furey’s lawyers were
getting busy. We knew they might
get him out on some technicality. 1
Therefore we dodged ’em. We took
Furey to a private home. We chained
him In bed. We waited there until
train time.
Pianist Boguslawski Evokes First face. She weaved her head from
side to side.
Response From Many Stu*
“Yes, ires,” she moaned, “I have a
heart*—everybody is happy—baby—
porous Patients.
father—oh, don’t forget me." And
she vibrated to the rush of the music,
while her mouth twisted into a gro­
tesque smile.
Tries Music as Aid to Insane.
After Two Years’ Research Musician
It was at the state hospital for the
Insane In Dunning. Surrounded by
Claims Remarkable Results From
the “stuporous," or depressed types of
Music In Arousing Patients
insane patients, Mr. Boguslawski sat
From Mental Stupor.
at a piano running through the emo­
Chicago, March 10.—The Italian tional gamut of music. A small audi-
woman sat huddled in the corner, her enee of alienists watched the experi-
thin shoulders shaking. The color ment.
Can Insanity be cured through
came to her bleached skin. She worked
her fingers over her face, over the music? After two years of research.
walls; she tore frantically at her Mr. Boguslawski claimed remarkable
fingers with her teeth. The intermez- results from music on such cases. He
zo of "Cavalleria Rusticana ended. has been performing experiments at
The woman kneeling In the corner, the Dunning Institution, It is said, for
Adeline M., sagged down. A nurse the last month. He has been hold­
ing weekly "musical clinics.”
leaned over her and remarked:
Psychiatrists and health department
“She says : ’Oh, my baby ! Baby
needs a mother. When am I going officials, as well as Chicago physi­
home?' Say, you know, that’s the cians, are watching the experiments at
first time she's spoken since they Dunning. At each “music therapeut-
brought her here.
She refused to lea" test, as Mr. Boguslawski has
named his psychiatric process, Dr. D.
nurse her baby.”
Moissaye Boguslawski, Russian pian- B. Rotman of the hospital staff has
ist, who is now living in Chicago, fin­ collected data for presentation to the
gered through the “Miserere" from American medical profession for dis-
“Il Trovatore.” Shudders crept over cu salon.
"These experiments are the first of
the Italian woman in the corner and
she wept. The tears sped down her their kind ever conducted in the Uni­
ted States,” said Dr. Rotman. "They
are highly interesting. There is a
universal potency to music; It ap­
peals to the subtler elements of the
mind. Patients long considered dull
are aroused by this music to the ex­
pression of emotional display. The
effect on that Italian woman, for in­
stance, was overwhelming. Now we
have found a response, she may be
| curable."
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A Revelation, Says Official.
“This is a revelation to me,” ex-
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claimed Dr. E. A. Foley, assistant
superintendent of the institution,
watching the pianist endeavor to
arouse the patients from their mental
torpor with many varieties of mel­
ody.
"1 have studied this for two years;
I know it will work,” replied Mr.
| Boguslawski. "I don’t claim to be able
| to cure Insanity, but I can relieve
much mental distress. Probably a
third of the 190,000 insane in the Uni-
| ted States can be greatly improved
by 'music therapeutics.’ ”
I One of the cases studied was Mary
K„ an Armenian refugee. She was
made insane by war horrors. She saw
her mother, father and brother slain
before her eyes. The Chopin funeral
march today brought her to her knees
In mumbled prayer. Tragic memories
apparently were revived. She fell on
the floor, sobbing.
"Nostalgia,” explained Boguslawski.
“An intelligent approach. A relief
through the caress of sympathetic
Furey Jumps From Train.
music for pent-up desires, suppres-
We were nearing the end of a long,
sions, imagined fears. Music Is the
scalpel which help open the wound. long trail. I had faith in our chance
Inez Plummet, New York actress, placed a barrel outside the theater and After that it’s a case for physicians, to return him to Texas. So far there
had been no bloodshed. That la why
stood there collecting old shoes from passers-by for the poor of the city.
I not musicians. ”
DOCTORS WATCH EXPERIMENT
Actress Collects Shoes for Poor
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I did not use my pistol. Furey had
kicked and hurt me all he could. He
was a madman.
“After we had put him on the train
leaving Jacksonville he tried to grow
friendly. Standing by the window in
the drawing room he made a leap
through the window. The train was
moving about 30 miles an hour. He
darted through the window like a
prairie dog darts into its hole. We
stopped the train as quickly as we
could. Furey had been picked up by
a train crew. He offered the mem­
bers of the crew $2,000 to hide him.
They put him on a switch engine and
started back to Jacksonville with him.
He was still handicapped by his hand­
cuffs. He claimed he could not walk
for the injury he received In Jumping
from the train.
"Another switch engine took Pete
and myself back to Jacksonville, and
we again took charge of our prisoner.
Furey said he could not stand the pain
from his leg and did not want to be
put on the train again. I told him
that I had ridden the plains horseback
with my leg In as bad condition as
that. I told him we were going to
take him.”
Dodged Habeas Corpus.
Upon arriving In New Orleans, Nor­
fleet said, he still realized the possi­
bility of being served with legal pa­
pers which might cause Furey to be
released on bond or which might de­
lay the trip back to Texas.
“I was careful where I went. We
had to spend part of Sunday In New
Orleans. The papers would have to
be served on me, because I had se­
cured the requisition papers. I went
to church. I knew the officers would
not go there to find me. And I heard
two of the finest sermons I ever did
hear. I left my son at the police sta­
tion to help watch Furey.
Norfleet said that he and his son
were joined by special officers from
Fort Worth before leaving New Or­
leans with their prisoner. Furey was
brought to Fort Worth and Jailed
there to await trial on the charges on
an indictment found against him by
the Tarrant county grand Jury.
"Before we reached New Orleans,”
Norfleet said, “Furey told me he was
sorry he had not had me killed as he
once planned to do. I think that was
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Belle White, negro, was taken
Into police court at Dallas, Tex.,
on the charge of violating the
local sanitary law by raising
hogs in the front room of her
flat In the heart of the business
district. The discovery that she
had converted her flat into a
hog farm was made by her land-
lord.
The woman admitted that she
had raised five fat porkers in
the room and that four of them
were slaughtered there and the
meat sold. The remaining hog
was about ready for market. No
fine was assessed, but she was
warned to change her location
If she wanted to continue the
hog-ralsing business.
last winter. I spent several months
in Florida then trying to locate him.
I heard of another fake stock scherno
being worked there. I played like I
wot id be the victim. The man oper­
ating the scheme took me to a house.
They were working on me similar to
the way I was worked on in Fort
Worth. I thought I might find Furey
there. After I reached the place
where I was to give up my money I
knew I would have to stall.
Saved by His Automatic.
“None of the men I wanted were
there, and so I began to scheme to
get out. I said: ‘Why, gentlemen, this
is Sunday. I cannot place money on
Sunday. That started trouble. One
of them grabbed me. I think It had
been planned to kill me should any­
thing happen.
“My wife, before I left home, had
told me not to let them get at my
back. She believed that I could take
care of them If I could keep them In
front of me. She thinks I am a good
shot. She has seen me shoot hawks
on the fly and kill wolves while they
were (running.
So when the man
grabbed me I threw him In front of
me. I grabbed my automatic. Then I
got out my .45. I told them Just
to start something and I would fin­
ish. And that Is how I got out of
that.”
According to Norfleet, when Furey
was abusing him I n New Orleans
Fury exclaimed: “You have ruined the
best deal I had ever started.” The
deal to which Furey referred was to
have taken place at Jacksonville,
where he was arrested.
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Four destroyers of the Atlantic fleet passing through the Mira florea
locke of the Panama canal, after taking part In the maneuvers with the Pacifie
fleet off the west coast of South America. This picture gives a hint of the
enormous size of the locks. Electric power, generated by the fall from Gatun
Lake, moves all the leck machinery called Into operation.