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FRIDAY MORNING, JUNE 16, 1922.
THE MILLEDGEVILLE NEW8
PARADISE PLUMES “DON’T PAY TO
IN LAST STAND HE CROOKED"
MILLEDGEv
Lovely Plumage Is Making Its
Last Appearance in Millinery
Shops, Due to Law.
PROHIBITED BY NEW TARIFF
Importation Prohibited Under Law of
1913, but Omission of Reatrlctlone
on Sale Left Chance for
Smugglera.
Life-time Criminal, Out of Large
Experience, So Tells Court
at His Trial
POSED AS "MAN OF MYSTERY”
Man 8ent Up for Life Haa Only Bean
Out of Prison 33 Montha in Laat
25 Years—Acta as Own At
torney in Omaha Court,
New York—The plumage of the
bird of paradise, one of the loveliest
and eruelest of feminine adornments,
is making positively Its last appear-
anee in New York millinery shops this
season. In another year. It Is expect
ed, it will have completely disap
peared, because by that time it Is go
ing to be dangerous to sell It. Conse
quently nearly every hat-shop window
In the city now contains a gorgeous
display of paradise plumes, marked
down to bargain prices.
The new tariff law, however, con
tains the necessary restrictions In an
amendment which puts on the dealer
the burden of proving his stock of
feathers was In this country on or be
fore 1013. Hence the present intense
anxiety of dealers to dispose of their
paradise feathers before the act is put
into qffoct.
Cmler the old law, it was the gov
ernment that had to supply the proof,
which was Impractical. About the
only way the federal authorities could |
obtain n conviction was to catch a
smuggler in the act of bringing para
dise feathers Into the country. Once
they were here, they were as safe as
if they had been formally passed by
the customs ofllrluls.
No Shortagi of Plumes.
Tims the smuggling of paradise
feathers Into fids country lias been
proceeding briskly for the last nine
years, during which time the millinery
market has never been annoyed by a
shortage. The demand for the plumes,
according to one dealer, Is "as steady
as that for diamonds," so that smug
glers have alwnys been able to dis
pose of their goods promptly. Most
of the smuggling has been carried on
by seamen and officer* of merchant
ships from the Mediterranean, who
usually conceal the feathers under
their clothing.
"Leufl seamen," one official tells
us, have waddled off their ships swol
len and puffed like Fulstaffs by layers
upon layers of plumes strapped to
their limbs and trunks. On some line*
customs Inspectors tlrst take a glimpse
at the neck and then at the waist of
the seamen. If they observe a No. 14
neck springing out of a 60-Inch torso
they make an arrest and usually re
cover a few thousand dollars’ worth
of feathers."
All of the confiscated plumes, as
Specified In tlie 1013 law, have been
turned over to the National Associa
tion of Audubon societies, which has
formed them Into exhibits and dls- I
triliuted them among 60 different mu
seums throughout the country. About
$20,000 worth of plumes, it Is said, are
to lie found In these collections.
In spite of these gratifying contri
butions to science, the Audubon so
cieties, under the leadership of their
president, T. Gilbert Pearson, hnve
never ceased to agitate for a more ef
fective law. Their only fear lias been
that It would come too late—after the
last of the "Manukdewata" (birds of
the gods), ns they are called In Kast
Indian Islands, had fallen victim to
feminine fashions.
The birds are found In Papua, New
Guinea and certain ports of Africa',
where they ara easily slaughtered by
tilt- natives during the mating season.
Male Bird Qergeoua.
"Only the full grown male bird bn*
the gorgeous spread of feathers which
Is coveted by commerce," explains a
Now York dealer, who is something of
an authority on the subjpet. “This t-s
nt Its bq*t during the courting season,
when they hold their annual dancing
exhibits for the benefit of the less
gorgeous hut highly prized females.
“It Isn’t necessary to kill the birds
In order to get their feathers, but it Is
usually more convenient. Lately, since
they have been growing so scarce,
they are frequently trapped and re
leased after the feathers have been
eut, so that a new spread can he
grown.
“Except nt their dancing parties,
the birds of paradise p.re naturally
cautious and well able to protect them
selves. They have but few natural
enemies, but tlietr families are small,
being limited usually to two offspring
a season, so that they Increase hut
slowly. This Is all the more reason
why they should he protected from
human depredations."
The new tariff law will provide this
protection, at least so far as this
country is concerned. According te
Mr. Pearson, it will “end the SA-year
battle against the slaughter of wild
birds for millinery.” A few feathers
will he smuggled in and peddled from
house to house, ns aigrettes are at
present. Hut for practical purposes
the commerce In forbidden feathers
will lie at an end.
Carolinian Dies at Age of 110.
Charleston, S. (’.-—Kobert W. Greene,
aged one hundred and ten years, died
here. He was horn in Charleston in
1S12 and returned here from New Or
leans about twenty five years ago. II,.
kept a small store in the northeastern
n otion of town and until quite recent
ly passed fur a uian in his sixties.
WHEAT SUPPtY AMPLE
Enough of the Drain to Supply
All Nations of World.
Omaha, Neb.—With only thirty-three
months of freedom to his credit in the
lats twenty-live years, and even those
months spent ns a fugitive from jus
tice, Otto Cole, burglar, “con" man,
booze runner and murderer, lias Just
been sent to prison for tlie balance
of his life by an Omaha court. Cole
is forty-two years old now. lie be
came a criminal at the age of seven
teen years.
"But crookedness don't pay. Tt don't
pay,” Cole told the Omaha court when
lie was sent up for life.
Cole has seen the inside of many
Jails and penitentiaries. He lias
served time in Minnesota, Maryland,
Ohio, Illinois and elsewhere. lie es
caped from the Baltimore City jail,
from the .Toilet penitentiary and from
other prisons. He has been paroled,
pardoned and released on “good time,”
in addition to serving out bis sen-
l tences. But he never kept out of
I trouble and no sooner was tie released
I from a prison than he immediately
went hack into crime.
"But crookedness don’t pay,” lie told
the court. “I ought to know."
In Many Courts.
Cole had appeared before so many
different courts that he has picked up
quite a smattering of legal terms and
methods. When arrested In Omaha and
charged with the murder of Harry
Hahn, n pawnbroker, he refused the
assistance of the public defender and
asked permission of the court to con
duct his own defense. This was
granted and throughout the trial Cole
carried on his end of the case like a
veteran attorney.
Cole posed as a “Man of Mystery”
until the Bertlllon experts got on his
frail. He was a man of “good fam
ily" gone temporarily wrong and was
shielding Ills family.
He was Just seventeen years of age
when he broke Into the criminal lime
light In Columbus, O.. where, under
the name of Rlclmrd Proctor, be was
sent to prison for three years for bur-
glnry. lie served bis time and was
released June 28, 1898.
It took Cole just elglit days to get
In trouble again. On July 6, 1S98, he
was arrested In Baltimore—was
caught, red-handed, while committing
a hqrglnry. A month later, before lie
could be tried, he escaped.
This time Cole stayed out of trouble
for two months. At least, he was not j
arrested again until October 8. 1898.
On that date, in Chicago, he was sen
tenced to .Toilet prison for burglary.
In ten days lie was in trouble nguln,
this time at Red Wing, Minn., for
burglary. He was known ns “FI. E.
English'” In tlint trial. He served out
his time In the Mlhnesota state pris
on, and nt the expiration of his term
was taken back to Joliet, to serve the
remainder of bis sentence in the Illi
nois prison. From Joliet lie was pa
roled In January, 1010.
Couldn’t Keep Straight.
But lie couldn't keep slrulght. In
a month or so lie wus buck In the
Joliet prison, where be was sent from
Chicago on u robbery charge. He was
discharged in September, 1916. This
time he was using the name of "Edwin
English.” But in October, 1917, as "Ed
English" he was sent back to Joliet
as a “confidence man" from Chicago.
He escaped from Joliet In 1920.
Under the name of "Otta Cole" he
came to Onialiu two months ago and,
according to numerous identifications
at the police station, he committed a
series of liald-ups und robberies of
various kinds. Then, three weeks ago,
It is charged, lie entered Hurry lluiin's
pawnshop, and while attempting to
roll the place, shot and killed the
proprietor. He was caught red-handed
after attempting to shoot officers who
captured him.
Following Ids sentence to life Im
prisonment, Cole announced he In
tended devoting himself while In
prison to the study of mechanical en
gineering, in which lie claims to ul-
reudy be pretty well educated.
Surplus of 11,800,000 Ton* In Export
ing Countries From Year's Crop—
Increased Production In Wheat
le Shown.
Rome.—After setting aside t'ne quan
tities of wheat required for home con
sumption until the next harvest, the
wheat exporting countries will hnve
an exportable surplus of 11,800,000 j
metric tons, says a statement concern
ing the world's wheat supply Just Is- |
sued by the International Institute of j
Agriculture.
It is impossible to form an accurate |
estimate of the quantities the Import
ing countries will require before the I
end of July, when their next wheat |
crop will be gathered, adds the state- i
ment, hut It Is ascertained that the j
aggregate wheat crops In the Import- j
lng countries which are furnishing I
data to tlie institute will he consider
ably larger than last year, Being 27,-
700.000 metric tons, ns compared with
21.800.000 metric tons last year.
Imports of all the importing coun
tries together between August and
December, 1921, were larger than the
previous year, and, supposing ttie ship
ments between January and July of
1922 reach the same figure (despite the
increased yields and additional quan
tities Imported during the last five
months, the totals, according to the
institute, will still lip within the limits
of the exportable surplus. It is even
probable that an exportable surplus
will still exist In August, 1922.
The aggregate showing of wheat
during this winter extended to H>7.-
000,000 acres, or 1.3 per cent more
than last year. Rye sowings reached
20,000,000 acres, or more than 12 per
cent greater than last season.
A reduction In the nrens under
wheat occurred In Europe, and there
was also a slight reduction In the
wheat siren In the United States, but
tills Is neutralized by an increase in
India. Rye sowings Increased both In
Europe and the United States.
TCHITCHERIN TOILS 20 HOURS
Russian Soviet Foreign Secretary Ha3
Busiest Part of Day After
Midnight.
Moscow, Russia.—The fnct that
the human machine requires sleep is
one ol' life's tragedies to George V.
Tchiteherln, the soviet foreign affairs
minister. Sleep is also u tragedy to
those who have to do business with
him.
The best hour to have an Inter
view with Tcliltcherln Is between mid
night uml 8 u. rn. The only hours he
devotes to rest are between 8 a. m.
and noonday. The remainder he spends
In work, with short 15-minute to lmlf-
liour rest Intervals, when lie goes to
Ids room adjoining Ills offices and lies
down, possibly to sleep for a few min
utes.
His clerks hnve a liurd time of It,
as they cannot adjust their hours to
Ills. They work 24 hours at a stretch
and then have liberty for two days.
Tchiteherln Is always on the Job, ex
cept for the four hours mentioned. He
has stated that ns lie grows older he
hopes to eliminate these sleeping
hours. He looks well, is round-fueed,
and but for red eyelids shows no
signs of his sleep wrestlings.
Food also Is a material difficulty
with which Tchiteherln battles. H*
gets so nbsorhed in Ills work that lie
frequently forgets to eat, und when
reminded tlint he must, he takes but
a few hits of bread and butter. Some
times he is Indisposed and Ills doctor
Invariably finds thut It Is through lack
of eatlpg. When nsked if he tins eaten
anything Tchiteherln Is unable to
remember.
POSES AS M. D. TO SNAP POPE
ll-.E.
GA.
10 GREETVETERANS
Richmond, Va„ June 5.—(Special)—
Richmond has called for the remnant*
of that army which defended ber for
four year* and by the thousand* will
the survivors answer the summon* to
be here on June 19, 20, 21 and 22.
The last three days are those fixed
for the welcoming and entertainment
of the United Confederate Veterans
at their 32d annual reunion. June 19
has been set as the date for beginning
the ceremonies which will engage the
attention of the Confederated Southern
Memorial Association and of Sous of
Confederate Veterans.
Preparations are now complete for
taking care of the enormous number
of visitors who are expected to attend
the reunion. The veterans will be
made comfortable at the hotels, with
friends or relatives and in private
homes.
Provide Crmfortable Quarters.
Upon their arrival at the railroad
stations in this city, each veteran will
be met by a member of the Reunion
Committee, given an identification
card and assigned to quarters, if
previous arrangements for accommo
dations have not been made. How
ever, Brigadier-General Jo Lane Stern,
chairman of the Reunion Committee,
urges that all visitors make their res
ervations before coming to Richmond,
applying to the hotels or to the In
formation and Quarters Committee,
I’ostoffice Box No, G8o, Richmond for
quarters in private homes and board
ing houses.
Reasonable cost, from $1.25 to $2
per day for loSging and breakfast, will
prevail in private homes. Dinner and
supper, with the compliments of the
City of Richmond and the Common
wealth of Virginia, will be supplied
Confederate veterans who desire them
on June 20, 21 and 22.
Elaborate Program.
The program of exercises and enter
tainments piobably will make this the
greatest reunion in the history of the
Fnited Confederate Veterans. One of
the most impressive exercises in
which the veterans will take part will
be the laying of the corner stone for
the Matthew Fontaine Maury monu
ment.
Addresses will be delivered by some
of the South’s greatest orators, there
will be a great parade and review,
band concerts, a Confederate ball and
dozens of other features designed par
ticularly to entertain and please the
Old South’s heroes.
TEAR GAS IS USED
TO SAVE PRISONER
FROM ANGRY MOB
Jackson, Mich., Jun e 14.—Use of
tear gas to repel the advances of
more than one thousand citizens of
Jackson who sought |o take George
Straub, confessed slayer of Miss
Alice Mollett, from the sheriff, 13
largely responsible for Straub’s safe
ty In an unnamed Michigan city to
day, The prisoner, disguised »s a
city fireman, marched through the
ranks of the crowd: that sought his
life last night, and wus spirited out
of Jackson.
EIGHTH DISTRICT EDITORS
OPEN MEETING IN ATHENS
Athens, Ga—The Eighth ( District
Press Association met in Athens Sat
urday. Earnest C^mp, of the Wal
ton Tribune, is president of the asso
ciation and presided at t'ne meeting,
A number of addresses, were on the
program.
FATHER IS SLAIN AS GIRL
AIDS MOTHER IN QUARREL
Tampa. Fla.—George McDougail,
Well Known Hancock
lumber Man i s D t ' a
Spatrba,—J . p. Med lev
•umber man of ro unty T"*
of tthe J. F. Medly Lumber c
at Deveroux, was ■tri<* cn \ ?
JL™ dRy With ^ovn^-a:,
died this morning about j a
His case was so serious
ahat his physicians were
movie him to a hospital auu an .
Htion was performed at his h om
Devereux yesterday afternoon in
effort to save his life.
fH/ist condition
"'clock.
nl 't°T t
unable
W2R
very grave,however, by |
who operated!, and his >,
wholly expected. Tim
carried a’o Waynesbore, X
ment.
consider,
3 v -wgeo
wag r
■>' "111
:<>r inte
COUNTY POLICE dropped
BY THE WHITFIELD BOAR
Dalton.—In the face of „ le ,. P(e]
grand Jury's praise of the work of tl
county police and the r. commendatlc
that tlie work be continued. , h
board of county commissioners' h
discharged the police and win
continue t he work. The r a son c
en is that the police an | the sher
railroad foreman, way allot and kill-
can't work in harmony.
ed instantly at his hcm P here Satqr-
day. His daughter, Mrs. Norman
LIVER -TROUBLE Physician n
Swanson, told police, it is said, that
plains simple treatment tor j n n an
siie shot her father as he was ad-
od gallbladder and ducts assndat-*
wincing on her with a knife as -,h;
with gallstones. Booklet free, p,
intervened to protect her mother duv-
I. Paddock, Box 201, Kansas Cilv -\| 0
ing a quarrel.
8-16-lt
Giant Logger Consumes
48 Puffs in Two Hours
Iloqularn, Wash,—Orin Welsh,
n giant logger, cume to town this
week from the woods und ate,
at one sitting, during tlie course
of two hours, 48 normal sized
cream puffs.
Welsh had been in tlie logging
camp all winter, but his longing
for some sweets enticed him to
town. Friends hearing his crav
ing wagered lie could not eat
three dozen cream puffs and the
race started. Welsh demon
strated Ids wonderful gastrouom-
ical aliilily by eating one doz
en rapidly, the next dozen In 30
minutes, and in two hours be
tween cups of tea, tlie fourth
.dozen disappeared down his
capacious throat.
English Photographer Bluffs Way
Past Guard at St. Peter’s
in Rome.
Rome, Italy.—The rule of Cardinal
Gasparrl, enforced by the Swiss guards
that no photographers were to be al
lowed Inside of St. Peter’s on the day
of the coronation of Pope l’ius XI.
was broken nt least once.
The staff photographer of an Eng
lish newspaper, wearing a top but and
bearing a beautiful leather valise, pre
sented himself at the bronze gates
when the crush was at Its height.
“No cameras allowed In.” tlie huge
Swiss guard informed him In a tone ol
finality.
“Cnmera nothing,” responded tht
photographer haughtily, “tills Is a
medicine case. I’lease let me puss that
I may render aid to tlie Injured."
"Pass right In, doctor," tlie Swls«
guard said, humbly.
"THERE ITISA6AINI
That fluttering sensation
means heart trouble!
Short breath ; smother
ing sensations; inability to
lie on the left side; pain
in the heart, left side or
between the shoulders ;
swollen feet and ankles;
are danger signals.
Dr. Miles*
Heart Treatment
has been used with wonder
ful success in all functional
heart troubles for more
than thirty years. Try a
bottle today. Delays are (
dangerous. Your druggist
■ells Dr. Miles' Medicines.
Cat. Mother of Five, Adds
Quintet of Rats to Brood
Bloomington, 111.—Susie, u cat
in Jack Crawford's blacksmith
shop here, has shattered feline
traditions by adopting infant
rats. The cat increased the fe
line population of tlie world by
five kittens recently. Lou White,
a neighbor, thinking to give
Susie a treat, took her to a nest
where there were five baby rats.
Susie surprised her benefac
tor by purring, and soon she car
ried all of tlie rodents back to
her own nest.
Plans to Dive for Lost
Treasure of Buccaneers
Cape May, N. ,T.-
cny of Cape May, N
izlng a syndicate l
cover tlie doubloon:
-Jay E. Me-
J., Is orgnn-
> try to re
am! pieees-
of-eiglit which formed tlie cargo
of tlie Spanish vessel Matiznn-
eros, sunk off Turtle Cut Inlet a
century ago. Manned by pirates
and en route from the Spanish
main to New York to dispose of
tlie loot, tlie sldp wns driven by
a Shi? on the shoals off the inlet
about seven miles north of Cape
May.
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| To Stop a Cough Quick ^
| take* HAYES’ HEALING HONEY, a
i cough medicine which stops the cough by
< j leafing the intlamed and irritated tissues.
| A box of GROVE'S O-PEN-TRATE
i SALVE for Chest Colds, Head Colds and
1 Croup is enclosed witli every bottle of
I HAYES' HEALING HONEY. The salve
f should be rubbed on the chest and throat
f of children suffering from a Coid or Croup.
• | The healing effect of Haves' Healing Honey in-
i side the throat combined with the healing effect of
• Grove's O-Pcn-Trate Salve through the iion-s of
• ! the skin soon stops a cough
i Both remedies are parked in one rnrtou and the
1 | cost of the combined treatment is 35c,
4 I SJust ask your druggist for HAYES'
HEAUNG HONE if.
Buy In
MILLEDGEVILLE
IT PAYS
Make your motto “MILLEDGEVILLE FIRST” Now is
the time to spend your money with local merchants and
boost trade during the summer months. Trade at
home.
HATS!
Just received—New Shipment of Summer Felts
for sports wear.
"Always the Newest in Millinery"
Misses Keil & Ivey
New
1923 Model Dodge Car
We are in receipt of our first shipment of the new
1923 Model Dodge Touring Cars.
L. N. Jordan
Chandler Brothers
^our neighbor and brother tax payer is entitled
to your support and patronage, likewise you in turn
should have his support and co-operation. Spend
your money m your home town and you will both grow
together. Try it and see the results.
Chandler Brothers
Largest buyers and sellers of Country Produce.
Let Your Dollars Stay In
Milledgeville
THE WHOLE FAMILY
can have their shoes repaired, clothes cleaned and
pressed. This is a real service to the public. Two
hundred millions pairs of shoes were re-made in the
last twelve months. Send them by parcel post.
will send them one way at our expense Shoe repair'
;ng means real economy and comfort to those who use
such service. Quality shoe repairing doubles the M (
of a pair of shoes.
HARRISON & BLAIN
Sudden Service Phone 3/J