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?Si& Rescuing Victims of Cleveland Hospital Disaster
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v; Scene outside the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, as rescue parties were removing victims from the building
in whlfih'at least 124 were killed by poison gas fumes and flames. The gases came from burning X-ray films. This
picture vfiys .transmitted from Cleveland by telephoto.
Richmond Blues Celebrate Their Founding
The Richmond Light Infantry Blues on parade in Richmond, Va., on the
one hundred and fortieth anniversary of their founding. The 13 original
states were represented.
COgLIDGE •i IN SENATE
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LOVELIEST WIFE?
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After scrutinizing hundreds * of
photographs of beautiful women from
48 states, John Barrymore, F. Scott
Fitzgerald and Cornelius Vanderbilt,
Jr., BjRfjfgrtcind, %Ked Mrs. George Franklin Hest
of Va., to be “America's
lovefiesf wife” ..
CLEVELAND COURIER
Figures in Des Moines U. Affair
Dr. T. T.. Shields, president of the board of trustees of Des Moines uni¬
versity, and Miss Edith Itebman, its secretary, central figures in the violent
dispute at the fundamentalist Baptist institution. Their quarrel with the
-president and faculty and a majority of the students was carried to the con¬
vention of the Baptist Biltle Union of North America in Buffalo, N. Y.
Miss Ruth Higgins, daughter of the new commander in chief of the Sal¬
vation army, and Harold Andrew Healley, an officer in the organization, srail
. Jpg'happily as they announced in London their engagement to marry.
WHITE INDIANS
IN PERU TRACED
Direct Descendants of Spanish
Soldiers.
Lima, Peru.—Reports of the mas¬
sacre of a number of settlers in the
Tapiche district by the Mayorunas In¬
dians recalled here the strange history
of this little known tribe of “white”
aborigines of the northern tributary
of the Amazon river.
Explorers who have braved the trop¬
ical jungle to penetrate the Tapiche
district have expressed the belief that
the Mayorunas, who live in a civilized
state more advanced than their neigh¬
bors, the Taguas and Ticurias, are
direct descendants of Spanish soldiers.
They p.oint out that this section of
Soutli America was invaded by Diego
Lopez de Aguirre with Capt;-Pedro de
Orsua and a company of soldiers more
than a century ago.
Physically the Mayorunas closely re¬
semble the white race, having, light
complexions and the men have heavy
beards. The Mayoruna women possess
unusually expressive fa css and hand¬
some figures. The tribe is nomadic
in character, wandering through the
jungles in search of food.
In former times attacks and depreda¬
tions by the Mayorunas against set¬
tlers and travelers on the vast inland
waterways of the upper Amazon trib¬
utaries were common occurrences.
The Mayorunas made a practice of
waylaying river travelers on the Tapi¬
che and Ucayali rivers.
When the Peru-Bolivian mixed
boundary commission was navigathig
the Yaravl river, the two small boats
which formed the expedition were at¬
tacked by the Mayorunas, the captain,
Juan Soares Pinto having been mor¬
tally wounded, and Dr. Manuel Ro
naud y Paz Soldan so severely W-duud
ed that a leg amputation was neces¬
sary.
French Plan to Heat
Homes by Radio Waves
Paris.—Wireless beams from the
Eiffel tower may be employed to fur¬
nish heat for the residents of-Paris,
if tentative plans drawn by French
engineers are put into effect.
Heating plants deriving their power
from radio waves are operating suc¬
cessfully in Germnny, according to
Jacques Risler, whose report forms
the basis of these plans. Risler said
that while the question of wireless
heating houses is still in the experi¬
mental stage, the feasibility of It has
been definitely established.
Explaining how the wireless heat¬
ing,plant would operate, Itisier said:
“In the laboratory two posts were set
up about thirty feet apart. The send¬
ing post sent out from 400 to 500-volt
current waves of two to three meters
length. Ail that is to be done is to
interpose on the receiving post circuit
a filament ‘in vacuo,’ and it is raised
to an incandescent state and gives out
quite appreciable beat.
“There is therefore no theoretical
difficulty in installing in a house a
series of receiving posts which would
in reality be just so many electric ra¬
diators. This system could be extend¬
ed ultimately to an entire district or
to a whole city, which would derive
Its heat from one central brondeastfng
station.”
Hunt for Gold Thought
Buried in California
Watsonville, Calif.—Finding of a
letter written In 1872 by a member
of the Vallejo family has once again
instituted search for Spanish gold
which is believed to have been buried
near here by Antone Vallejo soon
after the Civil war.
Vallejo, who owned 12 leagues of
land in the Pajaro valley, was riding
to Pajaro after a trip to a ranch near
the present site of the city of Santa
Cruz, where he had sold 3,000 head
of cattle at $50 each.
The famous landowner stopped over¬
night at one of his places in the val¬
ley and the next day continued his trip
to Pajaro. Vallejo never reached his
home. He was thrown from his horse
and killed.
From the time the gold was placed
in his saddlebags the day before no
one has since been known to have seen
the money but it Is believed the for¬
tune was cached in the Pajaro valley.
Boat Train to Paris
Goes 95 Miles an Hour
Paris.—The first steps to cut down
the tedious railroad trip from Cher¬
bourg to Paris, which tens of thou¬
sands of newly arrived Americans are
forced to undergo every year, was
taken by the French state lines, which
ran an experimental train over the
231 mile course in thcee hours and
eighteen minutes.
The trial train, drawn by a special
high-powered locomotive and enjoying
the privilege of clear,tracks, averaged
70 miles per hour, sometimes attain¬
ing a speed of 05 miles an' hour.
Girl Sues Her Father for
$10,000 for Whipping Her
Butler, Mo —Charging she suffered
humiliation and nervous shock from
a whipping administered by her father
after returning from a*, wiener roast,
Miss. CWoe Ehart, t.wet£y-tw*^daugh
ter of a farmer, filed a $10,000 damage
suit against her parent here. As an¬
other result of the whipping the girl’s
mother, Mrs. Nellie Ehart, seeks a
divorce from the father, Syiver V.
Ebart. The Eharts Uave been mar¬
ried 30 years.
FLORIDA’S ICE AGE
LIFE SEEN IN BONES
Modern Fowl Lived There
in Ancient Days.
Washington.—Modern species of
birds flew over the backs of beasts
long since extinct, far back in the Ice
age, in the marshes and lakes of what
Is now Florida. A great collection
of bird bones, recently unearthed and
not all of them yet received in Wash¬
ington, lias been reported here to the
National Academy of Sciences by Dr.
Alexander H. Wetmore of the Smith¬
sonian institution.
The bones were found not far be¬
neath the surface of the ground, near
the town of Vero, where sensational
fossil finds a few years ago hinted at
the possible existence of men on this
continent during the Ice age or soon
after its close. Most of the bird bones,
being delicate, were broken, but Doc¬
tor Wetmore has been able to identify
48 species by a careful examination
of the fragments.
Same Birds There Now.
Most of the birds are of species
that sttl! fly over Florida, though a
part of the collection consists of birds
that have never been seen in the state
in modern times. They were asso¬
ciated with the bones of extinct mam¬
mals such as mammoths, tapirs, an¬
cient , horses and glyptodons or giant
armadillos.
Since the bone bed from which they
were.taken shows indications that It
was an ancient marsh, it Is natural
to find many swimming and wading
birds, such as ducks, geese, spoonbills,
herons, grebes, a targe’ stork now
known mainly from South America,
and the nearly extinct whooping
crane.
One of the most interesting finds
.consisted of bones that belonged to a
condor. At present only two species
of condor are known, one In the Cal¬
ifornia mountains and one in the
Andes of South America;, they are
the largest birds that. fly. The Florida
specimen appears to be identical with
the, California condor except that It
was larger.
Study Extinct Turkey.
Another extraordinary bone wns ft
broken piece of the shank of a long
departed turkey gobbler, with three
spurs instead of the customary one.
European birds with multiple spurs
have been reported,* Doctor Wetmore
said, but this is the first instance on
record of a tliree-spurred American
turkey.
Texas Hoodlums Led to
Church by Policemen
Dallas, Texas.—The sheriff’s office
received a “riot” call from Kleburg, a
small town near Dailas.
“Tlmr’s a gang of hoodlums here
again, just like every Sunday night,”
said the call.
Two county deputies went to inves¬
tigate and found 25 men and boys en¬
gaged in various forms of deviltry.
“Boys," said one of the deputies,
"you’re going to be made to see the
light. You’re going to church for
once in your lives.”
The deputies then rounded »p the
“rioters” and herded them into a near¬
by church, where services were being
held. The peace disturbers all sang
and listened attentively to the sermon
as though they enjoyed it.
“It did them a heap more good than
jail,” the deputies said.
Comes Back to Claim
Bride After 60 Years
Williamstown, Vt.—Sixty years ago
Charlie Snow, sixteen, packed his car¬
pet bag and set out for Boston to
make his way in the world. Before
ledving, he told his childhood sweet¬
heart, Fannie Slmonds, thirteen, that
some day he would come back and
marry her.
The Snows are now on their honey¬
moon, the boy, as a man of seventy
six, having returned to this little ham¬
let recently to claim the hand of the
girl he left behind.
Friday Is a Bad Day for
Birmingham Automobiles
Birmingham, Ala.—Birmingham mo¬
torists should guard against auto
thieves every night, but especially on
Friday nights, the police department
here cautions. Records show more
than twice as many autos are stolen
on Friday nights than any other dur¬
ing the week. Officials believe the
cars are’used to run liquor on Satur¬
day. They are usually found aban¬
doned on Monday.
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% Historic Courthouse %
Will Become Museum *
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* St. Louis.—The old court- %
* house. In which the Dred Scott
* case was tried, will be used as *
^ of an the exhibition Mississippi place valley, for the accord- *
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ing to plans now being shaped
* by the St. Louis Art league. *
J The historic building, whose *
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* dome once was the giant of the *
* city but is now nestled down %
* among clusters of skyscrapers, *
$ will be abandoned by the civil %
* courts when the new $4,000,000 *
* civil courthouse is ready for oc- *
*- cupancy. The exhibitions, according to ijj
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present ed mainly plans, would be modern devot- ^
* to works of *
^ art and Midwest all art associated with !|
* the and the valley. *
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SUITOR BUYS BEST
x GIRL WOODEN LEG
Demands It Back at Point of
Revolver.
Brooklyn, N. Y.—Sylvester Walker,
twenty-seven, negro, was wooing Miss
Rose Hedy, also negro. This was a
year or more ago and at that time
Hiss Redy suffered an accident and as
a result her left leg was amputated
at the knee.
Sylvester felt sorry for his girl, par¬
ticularly sorry that now she was no
longer able to go to places with him.
Thereupon he took $180 out of his
savings account, bought a wooden leg
and presented her with it.
Then Miss Redy was able to go out,
but Sylvester became suspicious she
was going out witli others than him¬
self. Recently he left his rooms where
the girl also lived, and returned a few
hours later. Sure enough, his sus¬
picions were justified. Miss Redy was
gone.
Until 10 p. m. he waited in Miss
Itedy’s apartment. Then she returned
with two negro girl friends.
“So,” lie said, reproachfully, “you
been going out with my laig and with¬
out me?”
“What you gonna do about it?” she
asked, or words to that effect.
“You gimme that laig back!”
"I ain’t gonna do nothin’ like it!”
These words led to other words and,
the charge was later made, when
Walker couldn’t get the leg back he
drew out a revolver. Detectives were
called and arrested Walker on charges
of attempted felonious assault and
violation of the Sullivan law, and left
Miss Redy in triumphant possession
of the wooden leg.
Tell Thrilling Tales
of Hunt in Africa
New York.—Stirring tales of at¬
tacks by wild animals In tiie heart of
Africa were related by three members
of the expedition sent there by the
public museum of Milwaukee, who are
back In the United States. In the par¬
ty were Dr. A. S. Barrett, Irving J.
Perkins and Owen J. Gromme. The
hunters were away since last June.
The expedition brought home with
them 300 mammals, 1,400 specimens
of birds and a large collection of
ethnological objects.
Oh one occasion, Doctor Barrett
said, Perkins was charged upon by a
rhinoceros. It was killed when with¬
in 20 feet of Perkins. A lion which
Doctor Barrett had raised as a cub
turned on him one day and ripped his
trousers.
Jazzy Collegian Now
Extinct, Dean Reports
Washington.—The college boy In
tapping pants, loudly checked sweater
and drooping socks, with his gin
guzzling, petting girl friend and his
disreputable flivver has become vir¬
tually extinct, according to a survey
conducted by Henry Grattan Doyle,
dean of men at George Washington
University.
The species has been displaced, ac¬
cording to Doyle, by a serious minded
young man in a semistiff collar, well
polished shoes, neatly pressed suit and
garters fit to be worn around the
neqk. Doyle’s conclusion is drawn
from opinions sent him by deans and
presidents of the 300 leading colleges
of the nation.
Cat He Saved and Dog
He Thwarted Bite Boy
Newark, N. J.—Tommy McGowan,
thirteen, is through trying to break
up fights.
Bobby, a cat, was retreating before
the attack of Blackie, a dog, recent¬
ly, and Tommy picked up Bobby to
save him from Blackie. Bobby bit
Tommy, and Tommy dropped Bobby
find hurried to City hospital to have
the wound cauterized.
The next day he was strolling along
the street when he met Blackie.
Blackie took one look at Tommy and
advanced. So back to City hospital
Vent Tommy with a dog bite decorat¬
ing a leg.
Western Farmers Plow
Up Mint as Price Falls
j Woodland, Wash.—New farm spe¬
cialists are apt to have ups and downs
like the stock market. Four years
ago many Western farmers, spurred
by a top price of $28 per pound for
peppermint oil, turned to that crop and
last year another 1,000 acres were
planted to mint. This commodity has
now dropped to $2.50 per pound and
numerous growers are talking of plow
ing.pp the crop.
At this time another farm specialty,
Dutch bulbs, is attracting so much at¬
tention that millions of them were
planted in this state last fall.
More and Better Play J
Is Child Health Plea
New York.—A nation-wide cam¬
paign for more and better play, spon¬
sored by the Flayground and Recrea¬
tion Association of America, was the
chief feature of this year's observ¬
ance of child health day, recently,
Mrs. Aida de Acosta Rreckinrldge,
national chairman of child health day,
announced.
“Quiet Life” Borei
Chicago.—Declaring the “quiet life”
they led was too much for her, Mrs.
Alexander Scharlog, of Chicago, has
sued her husband for divorce. The
couple have had no spoken word la
ten years.
