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IJ3GE SIX
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American Race Men to Turn OrCHIIf QUID Tfl
Away From European Control lUUUL Ullll III
Christmas Card from Below Equator
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a !:uct sevt-rul times - la rut- und
I crwitiiiK the Mount Ilupe ceine
i tery.
A Aiih-i.intial income from the
kiIp of loth in Mount Hope is ex
jtPi'ted for a' lea-t yem-H. Mure
th.iit half of it, i;i acfi i:m'e with
Mr. Whi'.iiiK' will, fiO!s to Wash-
hum rillt-Kf. The ha la nee In
shared c nially hy the y. M. i A.
and the Y. W. t '. A.
Mr. Whiting, a n;ui of Ver-
rnont, was u ioiur KhushsJ far
mer and miller. Ilia homestead,
s:aked out near Fort Riley in 1R5C
five years before Kansas was art
mined to statehood, was the far
th"'jt ivetern outpost of civlliza
tioii in Kansas territory, fi re
mained aeiive in huniness until hut
death a few iiionthn uro at the UKe
LEARN FATE OF
LOST COLONISTS
TO GET REVENUE
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American motor car raciny officials, who have decided to drop
European racing specifications aner i.ju, nave been told by Captain
Eddie V. Rickenbacker that the principal need today is for a simple
and cheap racing car tl at will bring about practical results for stock
machines. The picture shows Captain Rickenbacker in his racer on the
Indianapolis speedway in 1915.
WASHINGTON, I). C M.iro
thii n Jut If a hundred cliitit on
W'niiik' ! Ihlatul have l en cut f
"loin i h world for tw.. years.
Uiijvi.i'M cuni-i in iKr their f;ic
ha iIci-jm n'-.i Jut i.nxiuiihi wii ry
M'l'rtuw- Hit- iVhi'in- i;t-irnr Si.tv
rojiiil r ( in iii-iI with tin- ipoit that
il i-ffuri to rr-iu-h th- Islurxl full-'
The c'llmiislH, fidm whom nn
Word h:is cr,iiH Hltli-e (hey vce
tint jifhoie nit V'ruiiKl lii HUC. iu
Imle.i, ;iir.rdliitf to ci-porif', fifty
K-kinm lamilii'M urn) nix lussiitiis.
Tin' "IIihim tf TruKMly"
"VliiilM-l'n IslilHl' It-roid nivfs i
Utile t-i.i'(nji(iemcnl to Jtussia'
hopey," sn.w it hul let lu from i he I
ahliminii. I). ( '. heiiiitiart'is f j
the N'iillonal tlftmmuhU- Wm-h'ty. i
"Wi umt-i Ik tin- imui" of iiuu- I
edy." ji . oiitluip .s. "I j.th sought ;
nit lho.e who iliired to live on its1
of 1
.HIIOI i-H.
' "The Inland i 7H mlli l,m t,v
f 2R itilh-H at its widest, mid lh-s Hmi
inlh'M off the norih Hll.erian eoast. i
It is 3Hi mileH north of thu An th-i
Circle. !
"1'nptaiu ThomaH l.orij;, nn Arner-h-iin.
win) flrnt dlMt-fvei m1 In imit
the true extent fit the Inland, nam-'
Ke,i.dlic:i,l of one of the most l!: i.-lu'iliK
unusual and the m,"M inier-M! inu u-.nd ln-.-r fn.ni the epi.i-hal
'I i rif-i in :i n-li i; ...id; : veil l.vrd Aiil.'iirln- n oc.I i i ..
in .in i raiM i.-' o mis .-'iison. i-.iiil
Komi y I: l ir'tii: e. H.i u .i ii.in
i in navigator ami iiov. lo .10 of o' J- ..itl. i-j ri.mie. Th. two
.nfi.'il 'U 1 I 111' I. ; ill 1111' HI'' I I'l.-f l.ll-IMI.. II lllll.'ttl I (IL'fl IOM-
.W.iciate.I id om(.tiiy, was tlie through tin ir rflitiial inti-r, -t ii,
It"!on.i note
1'Je.s III" hest l.j-heM of tll-
t out ..'-I.- l:u k' i . iiit-mlier
TO i I ; K A . Kan. aj To help
Vunhhurn eolh.'t,'e liv e after his
ath. A. 1:. Whiting, one of il
uste.-s for half a ev-ntuiy. he.
eatlnd it .1 eetin-tery.
The idea JiIOVlil.tiK the B.hool
n income from the tle of hurittl
t tame to him in a tlreuni years
Kft. The eoh-Kp haK a IrtO-a.-re
mpiiH and he proposed to other
members of the hoard of trusteen !
hat the ".smith eiifhty,' a prairie
it tin- time, he .set aside for he
dead.
The hoard rejected his pl.m. ho
he enrrled it out alone hy ituyiiiK-
I rei-ipimt.
TO BE A SHRINE
Jle needs no hron::e or stone me.
in or la t,
Vet Wi Iteejj his home a mkii to
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' Of OUi deep debt to him whose
hi Kh desin.
Found lusty Joy alorik' the eom
inon way.
HARTI'OHU. Conn. uVi liused. ,
perhaps, upon the foreKolnt; hrwH i
written about Mark 'iwain. a pro- !
Ject Ik neariim realization to make
the , fiimoiiH Amerleaii htimoi tHt'a
home here u shrine to his memory. ,
An option on the home expires ,
Fehrunry I. Ily that date Mlsnj
Kathertne Heymotir liny, n dest-en- j
dant of Harriet Ifeerher stowe ,
nud head of the memorial commit-
tee, hopes to have reeelvtd the j
wum RHlted hy the present hwiuth
nf the property. The flicure fixed
under the option is SIMi.'mmi. and
nn ndditlitmtl (I..immi 1m Initio
HOtlght to meet repairs and provide
futnishiiiKH ami malnti-nam e. Hf
foi'tw to save the home as a shrine
befmn nine years ao. (
.In thin raiiihlinK old structure,
on FarminKton (iveiiue, Siiniuel I.. '
Clement, better known as .Mark :
Twnln, lived until IKftl. 1
Hero ho wrote "Tom Hawyer."
"Huckleberry Finn,'1 "Th I'rlnce
and the Inuper" and other hooks.
HIb close nelh'hhors included Har
riet Jieecher Stowe, author of'
"Undo Tom's Cabin." and Charles'
Dudley Warner.
Here nuih noted literary figures
an William Dean' Howeiis. Hud
yard KIplfnK. Thomas Itaih-y Aid
rich. Hret 1 1 arte and others were
Mark Twain's quests.
Ah a Hhrine the Iioiim- would rc
VtMil Twain'H eccenti h Ules. Ite
Btored as the author himself ar
rnnKcd it, the kitchen would face
the street "that the servants mlKhl
watch tho circus parade without
having to run throuKli the house."
Tho place where his billiard table
and famous barrel of cIkhih stood
would be indicated.
Tho homestead has been called
by Albert HIkcIow J'aine, bloma
pher of tho humorist, thn "happy
residence." Hut by those artlstle-
nlly Inclined here It has often In
always ciioe together, who would
eM'ajie h.tiicini; (r yet attain.
"Let iiM hi- tli.'inl fot ii,. t..,.i.
Mm for them the n si of Us could i " ,inr"n "nKel, a ItUssian
not succi i-d." ! ,Jtldoi'er. l-'nrty year.s earlier the
H..-ides 1,'einn use, iix a hlllie 1,"'"n wd llUtlve reports of
to the author, hte hom.- would , (h tslu"11' hUt 1 ' f"il'-'l
set ve ux ., hrain h of the piihhi- Ii- : tlu,i "-
I. rary and the hom- of luo . h,l- Slii ( ViIsIhnI hy Ice
AianKimt n il ran inland to
iKath Cjiii-c I nkiMtun si.it.- whether this was murder or
l'l'I.l.i;i:T'N. Cal.. .Inn. !). suici.ii," the verdict read in addt-
A cm-oner's jury r-tunied an open li..n L, de.-i.niuK death having
vi rilict eoric-riiinK the death Jan- n due to a cut throat.
uary Hi ,.f ), ,,( illM , M.-rz. as(-o.
Wash., a nd I 'end let mi, t in-., rail- . 'I'1'" I'c-nt red ud ion in the
road man. whose body was found price ir poxtae stamiis has result-
by the Si,nla !.. railway tracks .-.I in a loss of M i;.iimO.(mki it..
ilea r he,,., "We j,vv unal.p. to p-..-t ot In-.- d..:nt no nt .
dleil's flllhs. Ill I lit ye.-u'.s it
has lii-i-n used as an a pa. t uii'iit '
house. Those in the loup sei kinu
lo save the home are tlie IVicmis
of Hartford, Inc. j
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rKKSTON, Ui.tA) Will and
Aiden .MeKe,. are convlncid thai
"no one ever lost money on a
healthy hojf." 'I'hey are so sure
of It they advocate the statement's
adoption ms it laiiii slonnn.
When the brothers were only
hoys they started ntlsiiiK hois on
tin- "home place" itciir 'rest on.
Now they aie nationally known as
hi" lers of Hut 'in' .Jersey, whose
. it tat Colonel and ( old en t learn
' were proclaimed World champion
hoH, and whose herd Is one of the
outstandluh' in the nation. Their
pfk's have heell shipped to every
state and to South America ami
Africa.
"Healthy Iioks can't lose money"
the McKces insist, "because they
produce pork efficiently nntl he.
itself until January, mi l. wli 11 die
Karl uk was crushed into kindling
wood by tin ici'. Captain Ho In-it
j A. H'irtlett 'ed he main body of
i survivors 100 miles over the pack
t Ice to Wrnnjret, With one com
panion he then crossed to Siberia,
brliiKlnB news of the disaster. A
rescue ship reached Wraiu;e In
Heptemher. Of L'5 nn hoard the
Karluk, I I returned safely to civ
ilization. "In HU I four men. wirh an l-Is-kimo
seamstress, t leeled lo slay on
WraiiKid Island. They found it to
be the home of many foxes and
polar bears which they shut for
meat. .Seal and walrus frequented
the shores and. In summer, la rue
numbers of birds, ducks, jieese.
terns, und snipe nested t here.
Driftwood lined the beaches so the
sojourners did not lack for fuel.
Ititt the supply ."hip dispatched in
Wramfel In, the second year failed
to reach tile Island. Three of the
men started for Siberia and were
never heard of airain. On died of
rcurvy; Ada Hlai kjack. the Kskl
mo, was the only human helm; on
Wratinel when the rescue ship ar
rived. Confiscated fur Catch
"Tile Teddy liear, that brought
back Ada I Slack Jack, left Omrles
Wells and l.'l Kskimos. They lived
on Wi a Intel until a Ktissian ship
took them off lu Utj-I and confisca
ted their fur catch. Wells and two
Kskhnos died In Siberia.
" Wra nue I remained untenated
until I !U (J when liussla estahllshed
, cauve the swine and feed or uraln 1
.markets always are un it favorable 1 tlH lai'Ke and well-equipped colony
level over a period of time." I which Is now a source of worry.
I They condemn the breeder who t,f m? s'x Kltssians left there, three
cares for his ho-s indifferent,. n(i are said to be men and two wm-
' suffers niotietaiy loss from Infec- 1 ''n- n, "f the latter is 11 nurse,
! Hons and diseases. j another a teacher. They were the
fThe Mi'Kcif hm( hers favor the f'st white . women who I rted to
exiainslon lu dairyliiK hul decline ! Hv" "n WrutiKel.
-the hoir is the "nnirti;ae lifter." j "What Is their fate? Nobody
1 "It's a fine thiiiK for any farm knows. The silence of the Arctic
. to have 11 few kooiI mil cows, for has swallowed the colonv. Two
i tho cream checks will pay the urn- j years have passed. The Russian
' eery hills, buy k.-ikoUiic and tires ' rescue ship failed to Met throuuh
! for the automobile and etothlnu I the ice pack. The Arctic nlht
j for (he family," they say. "Hut, has descended upon the colony.
1 when the farmer needs money to Question rows more Insistent dally
! pay luxes. Intercut, and land debts, what has happened to the W can
ine looks over into the pl pen to j k- Island colony?
: count noses." "The Island Itself has been .1
OltAND FORKS, U.
I foot bull nf International politics.
Jan. 'Jfi. , v.-i-vs. in.i..i. 1- ...1... 1...,. ,
' " there, have
rffni-fod lo on -th,. 01. .1... : , . . .. . . ' . i-anei
" , " v ....Mf-- mii .in- provincial ponce ami tinve already
UKly roof."
The design of tho roof, however,
did not prevent Twain from min
ing such Kerns as: "Truth is the
most valuable HiIiik we have. l,et
uk economize It." Or "if the desire
to kill and the opportunity to kill
I won the first skirmish. Two pro
Ivtnc'itl police ntficers reported lo
I day that they were forced to flee
I before an army of anRered and
naked Doukhohors when they
1 sotUTht to arrest three ftf (heir
memhers at a ranch near '-.ere.
variously claimed
in the name of Canada.
the t'nlted Stales or Russia. 1 1
lies closest to Rus.hIiiu territory
and the establishment of the Rus
sian colony was an endeavor on the
part o! the Soviet lo make :ood
her ctaim."
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