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VOL- 8
CAREER OF
Border Desperado Who Com¬
mitted Many Crimes With Ax
is Killed by Deputy
Rio Hondo, Tex.—When Alfredo
Luna, Mexican outlaw, murdered Gua¬
dalupe Moreno and kidnaped the
beautiful sixteen-year-old widow of his
victim, a few days ago, he committed
the lust of a series of bloody exploits.
Luua was trailed to his camp in the
chaparral, 25 miles from here, by a
sheriff’s posse and there shot and
killed by Deputy Sheriff Victor Or¬
tega. With the death of Luna and
the confession he made to Mrs. Mo¬
reno there was solved the mystery of
several murders and assaults which
have been committed In the Bio Hondo
section of the lower Itto Grande bor¬
der In the last two years.
For three days Luna kept Mrs.
Moreno a captive in his remote camp,
submitting her to many tortures. Ac¬
cording to her sworn story, Luna en¬
tered the Moreno home five miles from
IUo Hondo, late at night. He awakened
her first and asked if her husband was
at home. The latter answered for
himself, and Luna then struck Moreno
over the head with a pistol and then
picked up an ax with which he con¬
tinued beating him until he was dead.
The bandit then grabbed Mrs. Moreno
and placed her on a horse in front of
him and fled. He threatened to kill
her if she made an outcry. They
traveled most of the night, finally ar¬
riving at Luna's camp.
Kept Girl Prisoner.
The camp is about two miles from
Ilanclic Nueva and five miles from
Le* I.eones. Here the girl was kept
in captivity from Thursday morning
until Saturday afternoon. During
this time Mrs. Moreno did not eat
anything, although Luna brought her
food. He went to the Chaim ranch
house, some distance from the camp
to obtain food, she said, it was at
tlie camp that Luna told her of his
crimes.
According to Mrs. Moreno, she was
repeatedly threatened witli death by
Luna while in camp. He spent much
of his time telling her of the many
crimes he had committed. He said
that he killed Miss Marie Schroeder
at Bio Hondo two years ago; that In
was the man who brutally assaulted
1*). F. Elders of Bio Hondo and at¬
tacked Mrs. Elders, a few weeks ago.
Ilis purpose, lie said, was to kidnap
Miss Ituth Eiders, their daughter, bu
he was foiled iu this effort.
The killing" of the Schroeder girl
was described ns the most atrocious
in tlie history of the lower bordei
country. The girl was accustomed t>»
go to nnd from school, about thro,
miles from her home, on a horse. She
failed to return home one evening.
Nothing was thought of it at the lime,
as she frequently spent nights with
friends in San Benito. Next day, when
she failed to appear, a search was
started. Her horse was found, and
later her badly mutilated body was
discovered hidden in underbrush.
Cot His Man—Dead.
Posses heat tlie country for several
days, and one man, a Mexican, be¬
lieved to have had some knowledge of
the crime, was killed when he resisted
officers.
Luna, according to information ob
v lined, was feared by uji, the people
of the Bio Hondo district because of
his brutality and treachery.
Luna had been suspected for some
time of having been implicated in the
Killers crime. At the time tiiis crime
was committed, Sheriff Sam Iiobert
son put Victor Ortega on the case.
Ortega expressed the belief that Luna
was tlie guilty man, and lie spent most
of Ms time sifter the Elder crime
searching for Luna.
Robertson offered a reward of ?100
for the murderer of Guadalupe Mrreno,
dead or alive, nnd Ortega, with the
faithfulness with which lie started on
the case, got his man—dead
Luna was twenty-four years old and
li is believed by peace officers that his
rteYch will remove the ringleader of a
group of bandits who have been com¬
mitting crimes in the Rio Hondo dis¬
trict, and hiding in the stretches of
brush land between that place and the
bay.
Boy, 10, Valedictorian
in High School Class
Syracuse, N. Y.—As a final achieve¬
ment in tlie most remarkable school
record ever attained by a Syracuse
child. Moses Finkelsteio, ten, has won
the honor place of valedictorian in the
June graduating class of Central high
school. The boy v.ili bo eleven on
May 30. The Central high school prod¬
igy finished his high school course In
/two years,
EM
st cSa kvioiiBi fees EN^Sa
em b r;,*E
Gil GOMiO-SUI NOT
Ready io Receive Proposal After
All-Night Dance.
Washington.—The modem “society’’
flapper, with her coming-out party, has
nothing on the American Indian maid¬
en, whose marriage-announcement
party has been among the tribal cus¬
toms from time immemorial.
Among t'ee Washoe Indians of Ne¬
vada there is a dunce or ceremony
known as “tlie girl’s dance,” in honor
of the young girl who becomes eligible
for marriage. Her white cousin, how¬
ever, would hardly care to lie tiie star
of such a feast, for tiie guest of honor
is allowed to eat nothing at all for
four days previous.
On the fourth night the dance starts
at about eight o’clock, and sometimes
lasts until sunrise tiie following morn¬
ing. Tlie Indians form a circle, joining
hands, and move by short side steps
in a ring, humming a sort of chant
without words or meaning.
The girl, accompanied by an elder
woman as a sort of chaperon, and
carrying a long staff to support her
because of the weakness Induced by
lier long fast, weaves in and out of
the dance, joining in tlie step.
As the dance proceeds late into the
night, the girl’s family give money and
other possessions to the dancers to
keep them moving and to induce oth¬
ers to Join in. The greater the num¬
ber of dancers the greater tiie popu¬
larity of tlie family. Shortly after
midnight a feast is given by the girl's
relatives, and all participate.
The ceremony closes at sunrise when
the girl is taken to her tepee and at¬
tired in bunches of sagebrush in
which money is concealed. She ap¬
pears before the assembled dancers
outside and throws the money to them
amid a wild scramble. A can of water
is then dashed over her head as the
concluding ceremony, after which she
is ready to receive a proposal of mar¬
riage.
Is First Baby io Be
Christened by Radio
Little Winifred Coker and her moth¬
er, Mrs. J. It. Coker of Atlanta, Ga.
Winifred is (he first baby to be chris¬
tened by radio and tlie ceremonies
took place over WSB, an Atlanta
broadcasting station.
Pr.ys Creditors After
20 Yeai'3 Beating Back
Cincinnati.—In a private dining
room at an exclusive club, 14 business
men met Tuesday night for what prob¬
ably was the most peculiar feast ever
attended by any of them. It was ar¬
ranged with mystery concealing the
identity of the host, hut each guest
was a creditor—whom he repaid after
20 years of efforts to “come hack."
Tlie presentation of checks for the
principal with interest for two decades
recalled to each of the guo ts the
name of Foster Butner, former Lexing¬
ton, (Ky.) produce dealer, who foiled
in business in 1003 and left for the
West.
Presented by the toastmaster, who
h?td arranged the dinner at ills tele¬
graphed request, the host explained
that he had succeeded as a produce
grower at Roseberg, Ore.
He told of his struggle to regain a
footing and thanked each crediior for
leniency.
Fat and Wadded Best Risks.
New York.—Married men are a
ter risk than bachelors, says the presi
dent of a New York bonding company,
He says that Chinamen are the best
risks of all. Fat men, profane men
and men with a hobby are classed as
good risks; they seldom go wrong.
Youth of Austria Immigrating.
Vienna—A total of 10,579 persons
left Austria In 1922. More than 3,700
were under twenty-one years of age.
They went io the United States, Brazil,
Argentina. Egypt, Palestine, the Dutch
colonies, Mexico and Russia. Only
2,190 paid their own transportation.
** We.Pash For Prosperity—Give Us a Puli'
ELLIJAY, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 25. 1923
HAS 27,638,808
Country Is Now Sixth In Popula¬
tion in Europe, According to
Official Information.
New York.—The new republic of
Poland, now in its fifth year, has a
population of 27,100,103, and is the
sixth nation in Europe, according to
official information compiled by the
Polish bureau of information.
“Its population is exceeded only by
Uussia, Germany, Great Britain.
France and Italy,” the statement says.
“Poland has c population as large as
Denmark, Holland. Belgium, Sweden,
Norway and Switzerland combined.”
Warsaw Ha3 941,COO.
Warsaw’s population is given as
941,001; Lodz, 451,444; Lemberg, 219,
G00; Cracow, 181,000; Posen, 109,000;
Vilna (estimated), 140,000.
The republic has now been divided
into 10 states or administrative units,
called voyvodships. The city of War¬
saw, however, as capital of the repub¬
lic, is distinct front any voyvodship.
After struggling with various bound¬
ary disputes on all skies, and emerg¬
ing victorious from a war with Rus¬
sia, Poiand established her frontiers
and then turned her attention to in¬
ternal affairs.
The iii st regular Polish parliament
came into being November 27, 1922
succeeding tlie constituent assembly
that had been organized as an emer¬
gency governing body early in 1919.
During its life, the assembly enacted
more tiian five hundred laws, including
a constitution providing for a house of
representatives elected by universal
suffrage, and a senate elected In the
same manner.
Economy was another far-reaching
measure instituted by the new repub¬
lic. During 1922, a reduction of 25,
000 civilinn employees was made in the
various departments. Military affairs
also were subjected to sweeping
changes. A standing army of 25,000
was recommended, with rompulsn-v
military service of two years for ali
males reaching the age of twenty-one.
Demonstrates Its Stability.
The republic demonstrated its sfn
bility in December, 1922, following tlie
assassination of President Narutowlez,
the first chief executive, after he had
been in office but two days. In tlie
absence of precedent, the leaders
turned to tlie constitution for guid¬
ance. Four days after the assassina¬
tion, an election was held and a new
president took office in accordance
with the expressed will of the people.
Kills Self so He Can
Do Good in New World
New York.—Convinced that in the
world beyond tlie grave he could do
more good than on earth, Hubert Do
vaney, forty, a Spiritualist, killed him¬
self In his home here. Devaney was
employed as night watchman of
Dreamland park, of which his brother
Orris, is manager, and nightiy, accord
ing to the police, went into a trano-
and when lie came out declared he ha
talked with spirits. Several times hr
offered what he said were message
from his brother’s dc tease l
Devaney left two letters for hi -
brother, one asking Orris to pay a $1
loan. In the other he said: “If it k
true that there is another life waiting
for us ali beyond the grave in thai
other world, I am convinced that I
can do more good there than here.
Good-by and good luck to all.”
WonderFn! Parade Opens
Annual Raisin P&gesnt
Fresno, Calif.—The 15th annual
Raisin Day celebration was ushered in
here by one of the greatest parades
ever seen in California. An unusual
array of beautiful floats, said to have
cost $30,000, featured the long march.
Handsome trophies wore awarded for
the best floats and marching delega¬
tions. One division of the parade was
given over to the allegorical spectacle
“From the Garden of Eden to the
Garden of the Sun.”
Shouk er Dislocated *
j t and Set in Accident |
j A runaway accident dislocated
and set the right slwulder of »
$ Frank P. Oowdc-n. seventy years V 7
g old. a manufacturer of Tiffin. O. c
Ti b shoulder was dislocated
when buggy. Cowden He clutched was thrown the from lines £
a
and the plunging horses jerked $ w
the shoulder bones back into
S place.
SEEING THROUGH MEIt
is hailes ss mm
Savants Are Saffled by Latest
Achievement, Says Report.
London.—A story comes from Ma¬
drid through the newspaper Impan-ial
of the two sons of a Spanish noble¬
man who can see through metal. Of
course, one says at once that it i
absurd and ineredltnhle. Perhaps ii
was after dinner, when sight s mu¬
tinies plays us strange tricks. I am
not one who is likely to accept such
tales readily.
Nevertheless, it is quite possible that
we have not yet reached tiie limits iff
knowledge as to tlie way in which
many sensations may be transmitted.
The apparently miraculous reports
of some who have been deaf from birth
hearing messages broadcast by wire¬
less should make the unalterably
skeptical pause nnd think.
The discovery of a ray that won 1 ’,
penetrate opaque bodies was an eye
opener which, when first reported,
caused much derisive scoffing. Today
its use is a matter of routine.
May there not he other subtle, in
tangible*, and as yet nndiscoverc ’.
means by which emotions nnd though:
are transmitted from one pel sou to
another—means that are independei;
of our known senses?
Let the skeptical reader consider a
few well-established facts of common
experience.
How does a dog knew when you arc
afraid of it, though you betray re¬
signs of fear obvious to man?
It 1ms been suggested that the char¬
acter of the sweat changes and the
dog, with its wonderful olfactory
brain, can defect this. I do not know
how tlie dog knows: but he does know.
How does personality make ii-eh
felt, as it notoriously does?
The old Idea, long since discarded
was the existence of animal magnet¬
ism.
It has been suggested that an inv 1
ible, Intangible aura, or shadow, sur¬
rounds everyone, each aura transmit¬
ting and receiving emotions and feel¬
ings. A theory again.
SUP Uo-re .......^tiling about :
sonniity that appears to display itseif
beyond the known senses of man.
How does the hypnotist influence his
subject? We do not believe in hyp¬
notic rays; the sn’joct is now sup¬
posed to be the nmki factor In hypno¬
tism. But this doe not carry absolute
conviction to my mind.
I fancy we have not yet got !o the
bottom of these t! We may li¬
on the verge of Ii ing the veil that
hides much that Is -’'.known.
Tree Experiment Be’ntj
Tried in Washington
!
A sequoia gigantea, the California
big tree, was transplanted from Cali¬
fornia to the St. Elizabeth’s hospital
grounds at Washington, P. O., some IT
or 18 years ago. Tlie tree was trans¬
planted as an experiment to see if it
is possible for the sequoia gigantea to
attain its enormous height in the east¬
ern climates of the United States.
Rod Catches 10,400 Fish.
Rnpid City, S. D.—Lucius Alexander.!
who is rated among the champion trout
fishermen of the Black Hills, has a fish- !
iag rod of “10,000 battles.” “Thai j
rod,” said Lucius, of his weather- 1
browned, split bamboo, “is three years j
old fish. and All has of landed them more from than 10,400 Rapid j
came i
creek.”
Wild Anintc’j for Germany.
Hamburg.—One of the heaviest ship¬
loads of wild animals ever to pass
through the Suez canal arrived here
recently from India. It included nine
young elephants, having a combined
weight of more than five and a half
tons, seven tigers and a number of In¬
dian leopards, besides black panthers,
Tibat bears, monkeys and birds.
Operation of River Boats Makes j
One More Step in Opening I
Up Territory. ! I
Washington.—One more si i p in I i
“opening up” Alaska will ho taken
when the government begins operation i
of river boats on the Yukon and Tan
ana this summer.
“Thus Fairbanks, interior metropolii 1
of Alaska, becomes officially the plact
where rails and rivers meet,” says ;
bulletin from (he Washington head
quarters of the National Geographic
society. “Fairbanks marks the n\iox of
a traffic triangle with one leg planted
at Seward, southern terminus of tin
Alaska railway, and the other on
Bering sea, where How the waters of
the Tanana and the Yukon.
“The Yukon is one of the world’s
great rivers. If its mouth were at New
York city its source would he near
Salt Lake Oily.
“The Tanana, the less familiar por¬
tion of the new government boat route
is the Yukon’s chief southern tributary.
It drains the vast Tanana valley, rich
in gold, oilier minerals nnd virgin farm
lands, j
“Tiiis Imperial valley of the Far j
North, as large as West Virginia, now ;
lias a white population of less than
7,009. In a dozen years after the first
substantial gold output, in 1903, yellow
ore worth $69,009,090 was mined.
Town of Flowers and Birdhouses.
“Steaming up the Yukon in summer
time the visitor . 4 reach a town of
ninny flowers, where numerous home
have hothouses, some have bird lie .
on their peaks, and practically all have
vegetable gardens. Wild roses and
Scotch bluebells grow in the fields.
“Ho ru’s his eyes nnd «•: ’aims,
‘This can’t be Alaska!’ Bet it is, and
Alaskans would have their ilov
Aniericans recover from (lie du
to misleading textbooks of e n i:oa
gone,’ that theirs la a ‘forbklc’: r. ie
covered, glucicr-c:owned hud f do
U:nVtt ’ t: J»<» ,’. 1 •*<-»« s' *. j ilr - *
is fri-in the m-st rnent report. . . lb;
territorial government, red if is i -
pee ted at every opportunity.
“Tlie Ahir'.'uns are fi d dip.
mayked clinndic ditterem - s f--. o i
stales. A novel 1; l reee.diy . r.i ti
pr ’ of erial story he i.i
n : .vas v.t
to i; native. This writer had the i;;ci
dark of a Fourth of July night film. ’ ■
noted by fitvivor! s. TI. ■ liv- .-or'
were nil right—tiie Alaska ti ■
witli the r< i of uc—but there is
night in July.
“Fairbanks had to a u few i
that all ehihiii'n must be put to Is
suinuie: eve; by i-n n’t i . p •
tlie yomr . i : *t inatl , -<•’ r>
After your host ha a tuck ! I In
dren to bed and takes you to a d.iv
or to the ‘movies’ ii is a queer Mmr.:
tion ot wiiii; homo in ’daylight.
“The town of flowers nnd birds an
gardens is Tanaxui Turning into rl
river of that name the visitor Is •
sailed by less plea-aut cvldeiv’c-i thni ;
Alaska is not ail winter. Mosqui o'c
and meosetiio- abor q.
“Tiie Ti’.n.-.:.a Is i, r , ad and -i
Green willows ,-a ■ pejda.’S pr h -
over the water’s edge, for the < -fi
banks art -oft and the dirt melh
as in many places tlie wafer a
cave bent-nth.
“Often turfing and twisting, your
boat will pa; T-fiovtmn, whr-r
elofir day, Mt. M Kiuley, a ! ked
mile? av.ay, is w iide. Ik
Nomina, row the iermines of the
broad-gauge la.vka raiii - -d >>•
Seward. Today pii.--r.gers
change here to ti e iv w .• ■ n.
to F,-i ! ’ - c Wi-h the • f 1!
700-foci, single-span brlfi
river at this povl, lb. j> i -p
will bo ( inverted to the ■ ’ •!.dard track
width and trains will run thn.czh.
“The government railway n ode N'>
nana a busy little town of no; ’ ■ v
lugs and up-to-date stores. So -nxious
are its citizens for a ‘spe:h t-.vn’
ideal that they prohibit any dogs with¬
in a mile of their community.
“The next town is Chena. w'-ick
hopes to wrest future laurels from
Fairbanks as tlie St. Louis of inland ,
Alaska.
Electric Lighted Chicken Coeps.
“Then Fairbanks! Here as in Imw- 1
son. sandwiches once cost a dollar
apiece, fortunes were dug up and
squandered, and the hilarity of n big
city's night life extended through the
24 daylight hours.
“Today Fairbanks retains little
trace of a mining town. It has elec¬
tric lights, stores, telephones an ng ‘
ricultural college, jitneys run out t.i
nearby towns and eatftps, and its
women are reputed to be the most mod
isidy dressed in the territory.,
“The electric lighting plant is used
for the chicken hoiy ■ « well as .
homes in the dark w small farm;
and dairies are springing up around
the , cfiy. and , Lien- . celery, growers in- .
sist is on Fairbanks tables before that
of Massachusetts reaches Boston con
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OiilfiESE JUST lElKlif
VALUE EF OSS® ILK
Empress, Cc,iti; y Ago, Forbade
“Robbing Calves of Foot!.”
Washington.—A hundred years or
more ago the empress of jC-himi, by im
perbil edict, declared it ti.-Ti for hu
man beings to drink cows’ milk. The
august old lady thouMfi ’l deprived
calves of their natn: : food, thus
without knowing it. ji hays, she cre
ated a dietary r me i- r Chinese
children from which they are only now
about to be relean d.
About a decade : the Chinese be¬
gan to take noth of iho use of milk
by misvionar:- and, in the vicinity of
the mission :ToRoms, V an using the ir
own cows ar ’ water buffalo food
as
sources. One -a.;. i on a milk diet,
the tread Ir. . here growing by leaps
and hounds. lee-’i., ie-.s of pond -c-ai
milk. Milk povdm- .,nd the sale of he
cream in tiie foreign rnlonb's of the
large chi-s have t in. d the attention
of the ('-.I to a id; drinking imbks
and they ’ .vo now bo-run to study ihe
benefits :i ought come to their chil¬
dren if the <•!(. empre-s bad no! issued
tlie i diet.
A mere a with its logons of dollars
invested iu dairy and ju i iu;;s
and nmol:in y f: is ■ g to
China as a log outlet, and it- ho ; are
about to 1.- ru.dizi-i, :,<•» orfling m tlie,
World's ! k . ( 'on-.: n. Mici.'.i’ n. A
type of I 'lev lieiny rocciv "4 i’l .in the
Far Hast by the .--••-.ciati-i’i lias just
ai rived from I 4 nd V.. - ■ -. ail
Aincriean. m'lk i . i t »,-f the Liberty
dairy at C! ii.d.
“There is no i. per < pportuuiiy in
the world, I n i i' !i > in Gliina,”
writes Mr. Varm y in •, '-a for aid in
getting Amo ’...... I- n| men to
the Orient. '-The (-.in;! of men wanted
are tU -1 v. 1 . are r. > vst
ed in the future • f dairying as they
are in fatten’!'!: tb“irown po ’n lhooks.
We do not want • ’ •* self-seeker. We
want the door and the giver and he
will find him“elf richly rewarded.”
Mr. Varney's eki f, Mr. Yoe, owner
of the r.flier tv dairy (it Sh : -.glial, a
Cornell university ; -nd -i'to, is going to
*d 5 Ml; , - eon; . - -s ia
Wlirbin-'ion in Ocio'-cr. He Is going
to take back to Chinn with him a large
number of purebred dairy cattle to es¬
tablish breeding s<ntIons similar to the
horse-breeding stations established in
the United 'hby the government.
German C-riV^l “Sjvine”
Iz Told He Is hvzhy
Berlin.—It is no crime liere to call a
German a “swine,” however touchy
Hans, in of;!:; r ja'ii.-cs, may feel about
the epithet. A > local court lu 3 just
decided that ike appellation is not
even offensive—in a legal sense.
A Berlin poli e njllcitil recemly was
transferred to ’.i.iiich. He wasn't very
popular in Berlin, and tiie /mitring
nnd Mittag, in reporting tiie transfer
declared “lit- 1'orih Munich will have
the swine.”
The police official, oddly enough,
felt aggrieved. lie sued boin the
writer of tiie article are] (he editor of
the j .'per. Both b .listed that the
term ‘ io have swimi” meant luck.
’1 he judge ruled that no offense was
In n d. There no record that
Mvnleh s her.-elf in lack, but
the police • I i;l L said to feci lie is
out of luck.
Far:;: 'IS
by R; 9. j * ’.¥biia rJ.,. ja
N’-w York.—Anne Hieing that he had
per ! ’rui !-o<4ch totalling $1,*
2"0,( i >r. A. S. ’ V. Rosen’ U ar¬
rived on th-> Olv (pic. One of ids nc
'v.'lion.s v as tli.- Gutenberg Bible,
Mi c m bought I v radio while at
see. The Bible was obtained from
James W. Ellsworth, New York City,
who is said to have paid 314,809 for It.
The new owner did not reveal his pur
clrm-- price. TTe I > ought hack several
collections from England. France and
Italy.
Great Glider Contest
to Da He-d ia Summer
Washington.—An international glider
contest will be held during the sum¬
mer on the Pacific coast, the National
Aeronautic association announced with
a statement that Die event probably
would bo held at Oakland, Cal., be¬
tween July 10 and Aug. 15.
Horse Killed; Rider Unhurt.
Tyiertown, Miss.—E. G. Goff, n col¬
ored preacher, was uninjured when
horse was struck nnd killed by
here. The colored man’s
chain was melted and his ( bull¬
torn from his body, but his watch
running.
Fined $5.45 for Stealing Newspaper.
Baltimore, Md.—Found guilty i C
,; n „ n B0 , v , r ,,.. r r ,, : , a doorsteo,
Kol a sailor> wus fme d $6.47
ere * ,
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