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Gathered from All Cor
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Told in Briefest Form
Natchez. A night school for the
benefit of girls and women of limited
education who ere. compelled by cir
cumstances to act as bread winners
has been successfully launched by the
social 'service department of the
Natchez Woman's club under the di
rection of Airs. Joseph J. Friedler. The
school opened with an initial enroll
ment of 35 and it is expected that the
cumber will be largely increased. The
ge of the pupils ranges from 14 to
10. Instruction Is being given entirely
by volunteer teachers.
Fernwood. A wedding which may
te fittingly characterized as the mat
ing of hoaryhaired December with
sweet and blithesome May occurred
tear here. Rev. R. H. Purser per
formed the marital rites. The con
tracting parties were O. L. Dykes and
Miss Annie Prime. The groom a few
days ago passed his 86th year. The
bride confessed to having reached the
ase of 29, but really had the appear
ance of not being over 20.
Tupelo. Loui3 Tucker, advance
ir.a-n for the Redpath Chautauqua, In
Tupelo, has the town decorated with
Chautauqua flags and the windows of
the stores filled with information
about the various attractions that will
bo given during the chautauqua. The
first attraction will be given In the
afternoon. It will be a regular musi
cal programme, and in the evening
Ada ward will give her lecture o
"Yea Americans."
KHisville. The intellectual atmos
phere of Ellisville has .been charged
with educational interests. Tne com
ni( ncement sermon for the Jones coun
ty agricultural high school was
preached by Rev. II. J. Moore at the
Methodist church to a crowded house.
At night Rev. D. P. Mcintosh preached
the commencement sermon for the
city school at the Presbyterian
church.
KHisville. Twelve patients of the
East Mississippi insane hospital, who
wf re feeble minded, but not insane,
have just been transferred to the
Mississippi school and colony for the
feeble minded located at Ellisville.
The institution is now ready to re
ceive more inmates and a further
transfer is expected in the near fut
' tire from the Insane hospital at Jack
son. Natchez. In anticipation of its
larger field of activity with the reor
ganization recently accomplished
there will be a radical departure from
the usual procedure in the election of
officers of the Natchez Chamber of
Commerce. Two tickets will be put
out. the Reds and Blues, and It is ex
pected that there will be a lively con
test. Durant. Local Presbyterians, num
bering only GO in all, have just com
pleted one of the neatest and most
convenient church buildings to be
found i.i this part of the state. Dr. G.
T. Celespit, the pastor, has been un
tiring in his efforts in leading this
noble band of earnest followers in
their heroic efforts of erecting such
a handsome edifice.
Crystal Springs. Union memorial
services were held at the Baptist
church here under the auspices of the
American Legion. AH ex-service men
met at the legion hall In full uniform
and marched to the church. The
graves of the dead were decorated and
patriotic speeches delivered. Crystal
Springs lost two of her boys on the
battle front.
Hattlesbursr. Casey E. Jones, who
pot and perhaps fatally wounded Mrs.
J. S. Mosely, the wife of a mail car
rier in -this city, was spirited out of
the county to Jail at some other place,
following the attempt of a mob to
break into the Methodist hospital. The
mob was held at bay by the superin
tendent, the ReT. G. S. Harmon.
Tupelo. Ther has been a good
movement of cotton in Tupelo, the
Stone Cotton Company bought 33 bales
and Rogers & Sons bought almost
the same number. This cotton sold
for about 114 cents. The addition
of the cash from sales of this kind
Is making for improvement In general
conditions.
Blue Mountain. Sheriff Frank Rog
ers of Tippah has just issued his fi
nal t dmonition to the delinquent tax
payers of Tippah to come across with
their taxes.
Jackson. Welton Crawford, young
world war veteran, who was seriously
Injured In a street car accident here,
13 reported greatly improved, since the
transfusion of blood into his body
from C. R. Unkrich. Unkrich volun
teered, among a number or others.
Shaw. Rev. J. R. G. Hewlett of
Charleston, Miss., enlistment man for
district No. 2, which includes prac
tically all of the delta and seven hill
counties, for Sunday schools, and also
evangelistic work, has visited this
charga in his rounds.
Sherman. While drivng a truck
Henry Fisher, Jr., fell from the run
ning board. and received several pain
ful Injuries. Young Fisher's home is
In Memphis, but curing the spring and
summer months he has been oversee
ing his grandfather's farm, which is
located near this town.
Aberdeen. Daniel W. Bird Post of
the American Legion held its special
memorial services at the First Meth
odist church. Rev. George Robinson,
pastor of the Presbyterian church, oc-f-.iiDiea
the DulDit.
HAW 12 CASE PUZZLES.
Twice Convicted of Murder, Once De
clared Insane, Case Still Pends.
Jackson, Silas. Mississippi th3e
days seems to toe developing a nuru
ber of new and novel legal questions
of all kinds. In the case of George
Hawie, who has been twice convicted
of murder and once declared to be in
sane, and whose case is still pending
for trial, there have been many new
legal questions raised. Recently the
supreme court reversed a conviction of
murder In the case, on the ground that
Hawie, having been declared insane
by a jury previous to the trial, should
not have been put 'on trial until his
sanity had been again tested. Hawie
was in Jail In this city at the time of
this decision, and his attorney, L. M
Burch, applied for a writ of lunacy
to Chancellor Strieker, to have his
sanity tested before he could be re
manded for trial in New county. Judge
Burch contended that an Insane man,
or a man whose sanity was properly
questioned, could be tried for his san
ity by the chancellor in whose Juris
diction he happened to be at the time
the sanity question was raised. Judge
Strieker, however, refused to entertain
the case, holding that the Newton
county courts alone had jurisdiction
of 4he matter under the circumstances
From this decision of Judge Strieker
it is understood that Judge Burch will
appeal, and if any attempt is made
pending this appeal to remove the
prisoner he will immediately apply
for a write of habeas corpus to de
cide what jurisdiction is entitled to
the present custody of the prisoner.
No matter how this habeas corpu3
trial may result, an appeal will still lie
from such decision.
Belzoni. At a meeting of the Amer
ican Legion of this county in the
courthouse, much interest was mani
fested and plans set on foot to give
a series of entertainments to raise
sufficient funds to secure handsome
clubrooms. The following new offi
cers were elected: C. M. (Pat) Mur
phy, post commander; Cameron Se
vier, vice commander; Eugene It. Rob
inson, adjutant; S. R. McLain, treas
urer; Don Forester, post insurance
and financial officer; Rev. "Walter M.
Campbell, chaplain.
Ilazlehurst. The tri-county nor
mal will be held at the Copiah-Lincoln
agricultural high school buildings,
from June 28 to July 30, according
to the announcement fro mthe office
of the county superintendent of edu
cation. This normal measures up to
the state requirements, carrying all
courses for teachers, and examinations
being made at the end of the normal
tor applicants to teach another year.
Wesson. One of the most Interest
ing assemblies of the commencement
season at the agricultural school here
was the meeting of a number of for
mer graduates of the institution with
the class of 1921 and several teachers.
This meeting was held in one of the
spacious parlors of the new dormitory
for the purpose of organizing the
alumni association of the agricultural
school at Wesson.
Blue Mountain. A big all-day sing
ing was held at Sanaan, west of tni3
place, a large congregation gathering
to take part in the programme and a
big old-fashioned basket dinner con
stituting one o fthe substantial feat
ures of the programme. In both Tip
pah and Ueiton counties, these com
munity song-services are doing much
to keep a'.v the spark of spirituality
among the people.
Blue Mountain. Through Blue
Mountain will have no summer normal
this vacation, a good nlany of the stu
dents of Blue Mountain college have
remained over for special summer
work to be counted toward the comple
tion of their collegiate courses. These
students are permitted to board in the
college dormitories and are under the
personal supervision of Mrs. Modena
Lowrey.
Aberdeen. The alumni of the Aber
deen high school gave an elaborate
bunouet at thexcity hall in honor of the
1920-21 graudating class. Short talks
by members of the alumni and special
music with a very elaborate spread
made the evening a memorable one
to the 15 graduates and all who were
fortunate enough to receive an Invita
tion.
Natchez. The recently formed
Adams connty taxpayers' league.
through the committee appointed, is
making a comprehensive survey of the
financial condition of the city of
Natchei and the county, and reports
and recommendations will be pre
sented at a meeting of the league.
Crystal Springs. Sheriff Henry
Ramsey of this county spent several
days here serving processes In a num
ber of matters of litigation. He was
also rounding up delinquent taxpayers
who have neglected to pay on much
personal property.
Jackson. Dr. H. Chadwick, chief in
spector of the state live stock stni
tary board, announces that' in Smith
county alone 64 cattle dipping vats
have been destroyed this spring. The
Inspector's report, made public con
tains interesting details of methods
pursued by 'the dynamiters.
m
Coffeevllle. Rex Pittman, about IS
years old. son cf Sam Pittman, promi
nent farmer of this place, was shot
and killed when Sheriff Charles
Young of Calhoun county raided a still
about 15 miles from here.
Starkville. Prof. J. H. Hutchinson,
who was superintendent of the Self
Creek consolidated school in this coun
ty la3t session, and who was re-elected
for another term, has resigned Tor the
purpose of taking the covational train
ing at the A. and M. college, of which
college he Is a graduate.
Meridian. W. F. Pigford, represent
ing the Meridian Rotary club, has left
for New York, where he will sail for
Edinburgh, Scotland, where he will at
tend: the international Rotary convene
tion.
GERMANS LOSE IN
ATTACK Oil POILOS
CLAIM FIGHT RESULT OF POLES'
ATTEMPT TO TAKE ANNA
BERG HEIGHTS.
ABOUT 3,000 HUNS ENGAGED
Situation at Beuthen Reported Grave,
- With Germans and Poles Engaged
in New Battle Food and
Supplies Short.
Oppeln. The gap between the Brit
ish and Italians on one side and the
French on the other was further wid
ened when the French categorically
reported to Paris that the Germans
had started the fighting at Schimis-
chow, which wa3 denied by the other
allies, who insist their observers on
the field assert the fighting was a re
sult of a Polish attempt .to retake An
naberg Heights.
French soldiers, forming the garri
son of Beuthen, a city in Southeastern
Silesia near the Polish frontier, have
been attacked by forces organized by
the German inhabitants fo the town.
Reports state the Germans in the
fighting numbered 3,000. The French
used tanks in charging the Germans
and are said to have gained the upper
hand. There have been many German
casualties, it is reported, but the
French have not suffered losses.
The situation in Beuthen is compli
cated by the presence of Polish in
surgent forces around the city. The
Poles began to fight with Germans in
the outskirts of the town, and when
the French were attacked the Poles
rushed to their assistance. Reports
from Beuthen are not entirely clear,
but it would appear that the French
commander refused the proffered aid,
as it is said the French are holding
the Toles from entering the town.
The attack by the Germans on the
French is said to have been well
planned. Telegraph and telephone
wires between the French headquar
ters and the barracks were cut, sen
tries driven back and the headquar
ters" detachment surrounded. Tanks
were rushed to the scene and the Ger
mans, who were armed with pistols,
attempted to capture the machines,
but were repulsed and driven into ad
jacent buildings, from the windows of
which a hot fire vva ; . pened. The
tanks charged on the bjildings, fir
ing volleys through tc doors and
windows.
The situation at I'. .then Is re
ported by neutral rt" y'ns reaching
here to be grave. T .. German popu
lation of the city is : ared to be
desperate. Food supplies .re run
ning short and there has been much
looting during recent nights.
All wire communication between
Beuthen and Kattowitz, further south,
has been interrupted. Refugees arriv
ing here say that the French at Kat
towitz have killed a number of Poles
who attempted to loot two motor lor
ries loaded with food, and it is declar
ed there were some French casualites.
Germans and Poles have been en
gaged in a battle near Gross-Streh-
litz, just east of the Oder River and
south of Oppeln.
The Germans have attacked the
Poles and have forced the insurgents
to withdraw from strong positions.
DEMOCRATS WIN VICTORY.
Senate Passes Underwood Bill Extend
ing Federal Compensation Act.
Washington. The Senate passed
Senator Underwood's bill extending
the federal compensation act to include
civilians with the American armies
abroad in the world war. Senator
Smoot, republican, Utah, opposing the
measure, said it might result in "a lot
of swivel chair heroes" getting money
from the treasury unjustly. Senator
Underwood replied that he proposed
to keep the bill "hanging on the neck
of the republican party until justice
is done these men, who, though not
soldiers, suffered and died like sol
diers." GUM BEATS MISSION.
Nation Spends More on Chewing Wax
Than on Converting Heathen.
Grand Forks, N. D. More money is
spent in America for chewing gum in
one year than i3 given by all Protest
ant denominations in America for for
eign missions in a similar period, the
Rev. J. F. Marlatte, Minneapolis, said
here in addressing the convention or
the English Lutheran Synod of the
northwest. He declared the chewing
gum bill for the last year was' $13,
000,000, while the missions got $12,
000.000. Haugen Bill Passes.
Washington. The Haugen packer
control-bill was passed by the House
without a record vote and sent to the
Senate. The .measure places packing
houses and stockyards under the su
pervision of the secretary of agricul
ture. Fall Kills Fireman.
Lake Charles, La. Frank Pearce,
extra .fireman here, was knocked off a
fire wagon here and his skull frac
tured, resulting in his death a half
hour later.
Phones Can Consolidate.
Washington. The Senate passed a
House bill allowing telephone compa
nies doing interstate business to con
solidate, with the approval of the in
terstate commerce commission. The
matter now goes to the president.
Public Debt Reduced.
Washington. A reduction of $42,
823,184 in the public debt during May
was announced by the treasury. On
April 30, the total gross debt stood
at $23,995,564,776, as compared "with
$23,952,741,592 on May 31.
15 MO. FQR'COUSM EVERETT
Famous Chicagoan Declares Ambassa
dor Promised Him Job as Assist
ant Secretary to President.
Chicago. "Cousin Everett Harding'
was given 15 months in Leavenworth
prison by Judge Landis for imperso
nating a federal officer. He will be
taken to prison 'by a deputy marshal
from Woodstock jail.
Harding changed his plea to guilty
when his case was called. Henry Se
ligman, his attorney, explained that
his -client would rather rest on the
judgment of the court than on that of
a jury, perhaps swayed by political
feeling. A motion for a new trial was
denied by Judge Landis.
Harding was arrested after he had
posed as the cousin and future secre
tary to President-Elect Harding. He
is charged with having contracted
debts under this presumption and
with having obtained a special car
from the Pennsylvania railroad, tak
ing a party to Washington for the
ceremonies. Various other endeavors
which resulted to his monetary ad
vantage were testified to.
Everett told Judge Landis that Col.
George Harvey, now ambassador to
England, had promised Him the posi
tion of secretary to the president and
had assured him the appointment had
"gone htrough." He said this assur
ance had been made when he was in
Washington during the inauguration.
He named Judge Van Fleet of Indiana
as having verified Col. Harvey's state
ment. How "Cousin" Everett strolled into
the offices of experienced business
men and, by the magic of a name, a
supposed relationship and an imagi
nary job, got the attentions of credit
ordinarily given distinguished states
men, was told by witnesses.
In one case, according to the evi
dence, he promised a friend a job on
the Interstate Commerce Commission
and in another persuaded a success
ful cigar salesman to quit hi3 job on
the promise that he, too, would be
given a governmental appointment.
"Cousin" Everett on his trip to
the inaugural ceremonies, was accom
panied by several business men and
politicians and by his sister, Pearl,
who became known as "the White
House baby."
BRITAIN WANTS BERGDOLL
May Aid U. S. in Extradition, Claiming
He Used Canadian Passport.
Washington. Interest in the case of
Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, escaped
draft evader, has been manifested by
the British government, War Depart
ment officials said, and it is possible
that the government will assist the
United States in its efforts to obtain
his return from Germany. Officials
would not say just how Great Britain
might assist in the matter but Berg
doll is known to have gotten to Ger
many on a Canadian passport and it
has been suggested that Great Britain
might ask for the extradition of the
slacker on the ground of a violation
of Canadian passport laws.
FILE EDISON COMPANY PLAN.
Propose Expenditure of $800,000,000 In
Developing Hydro-Electric Energy.
Phoenix, Ariz. State Water Com
missioner Norviel accepted for filing
the application of the Southern Cali
fornia Edison Company to develop
hydro-electric energy from the Colo
rado River. Promoters of the project
say it involves an ultimate expendi
ture of about $S00000,000 or twice the
sum spent on the Panama Canal.
TURKS GET RUSSIAN GUNS.
Also Receive Gold and Silver to Bs
Minted.
Constantinople. Large quantities of
machine guns and cannon have been
received by the Turkish nacionallsts
from Russia shipments being made by
way of the Black Sea. Gold and sil
ver is also being sent into Asia Minor
by Russia and will be minted by the
Turkish nationalist government.
Named Governor of Hawaii.
Washington. Wallace Farrington of
Honolulu, Hawaii, publisher of the
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, was nominated
by President Harding to be governor
of Hawaii, succeeding George J. Mc
Carthy, resigned.
Struck With Fist Dies.
Humboldt,. Neb. Henry Johnson and
Robert Caish became involved in a
dispute over the location of a road.
Caish struck Johnson with his fist and
Johnson fell dead. Caish was arrested.
Motor Fire Loss $125,000.
Macon, Ga. Damage estimated at
$125,000 resulted from a fire in the E.
R. Parker Motor Company here. The
loss is covered by insurance.
INDORSED BY HUGHES.
Secretary Favors Central American
Confederation of States.
Washington. Formal endorsement
of the Central American confederation
of states was voiced by Secretary
Hughes in an address at a luncheon
in his honor given by Maximo H. Ze
peda, Nicaraguan foreign minister. Mr.
Hughes said that if the -proposal for
the confederation were acquiesced in
by all the peoples concerned, "it
would, in the opinion of this govern
ment, be a happy result."
Electrocuted Saving Cat.
Wausau, Wis. While attempting to
save his pet cat which had been on
top of a telegraph pole for several
days, Lyle Durkee, 23, Schofield, was
electrocuted. The cat fell 30 feet from
the poll and ran away unharmed.
New Stamp Issue.
Peking. The Chinese postoffice has
prepared an issue of special aeroplane
service stamps of denominations of
15, 80 and 45 cents in anticipation of
the. air transmission planned for th
near future between Peking.
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CONGRESSMEN FORM BODY
Veterans' Association Is Launched by
Men Who Served in Va
rious Wfars.
The old spirit of the A. E. F. and of
America's war-time army, navy and
marine corps broke out In the halls
of the nation's congress in Washing
ton the other day, when veterans of
the World w ar who are members of
congress, joined by members who
served in the Civil and Spanish-Amer
ican wars, held a big meeting and a
regular feed at the University club
and formed '"The Veterans' Associa
tion of the Sixty-seventh Congress."
Two members of the United States
senate and 32 members,, of the house
of representatives attended the dinner
gathering which resulted in the organ
ization of the congressional veterans
into a body. Twenty-six of the mem
bers of the house of representatives in
attendance were veterans of the World
war and members of the American Le
gion. Representative Henry Z. Os
borne of the Tenth California district,
a veteran of the Civil war, acted as
toastmaster. He felicitated the coun
try upon the formation of riie Ameri
can Legion, saying that the "vets of
'Gl" were willing and proud to turn
the rein of patriotic endeavor over to
the "boys of '17."
In addition to choosing Congress
man Roy G. Fitzgerald of Ohio, pres
ident of the association, and Congress
man John E. Rankin of Mississippi as
secretary, and getting away with an
elaborate course dinner billed in the
still familiar doughboy French of
"over there." the congressional vet
erans listened to a careful explanation
of the legislative program of the Amer
ican Legion In congress made by John
Thomas Taylor, vice chairman of the
national legislative committee of the
Legion, who was a special guest of
honor and the only person present not
a member of congress. Mr. Taylor
went into detailed advocacy of the
consolidation, vocational training, hos
pitalization and emergency officer re
tirement bills proposed by the Legion
WAR ON LEGION BACHELORS
Women's Auxiliary of Sunflower State
Issues Ultimatum to Unmarried
Ex-Service Fellows.
War on bachelors has been declared
In Kansas. Women of the Sunflower
State contend
that unattached
men can't get
along without
them.
In furtherance
of the fight. Miss
McCoy of Topeka,
Department sec
retary of the
Women's 'Auxil
iary of the
American Legion
Is spreading
broadcast the
v
battle cry: "No bachelor, posts in
Kansas." Every group of Legionnaires
is to have an Auxiliary, according to
Auxiliary officials.
"Who else can give you fine home
cooking with your banquets? Who
else can straighten up the club house
nnd give It a homelike appearance?
Who knows more about service than
the women?" the propaganda reads.
Legion prisoners captured In the Cam
paign are being treated to fried
chicken, pies, cakes and darnings and
pntchings.
Miss McCoy entered the business
world as an assistant in a Kansas
bank. During the war she stepped
into a position vacated by a soldier,
held It throughout hostilities and gave
It back to the doughboy when he came
home.
LEGION FLAG ADDS HISTORY
Ex-Servlce Men's Emblem Now Proud
ly Floats Where Five Others
Held Sway.
The American Legion flag will fly
in a part of New Orleans that has
been under five flags, for the city
administration has turned over a
building in the heart of the old French
quarter to posts of the Legion for
four years.
Not far from the Legion building Is
the Spanish Cabildo where the Spanish
colors flew in "the breezes from the
Gulf of Mexico until they were re
placed by the French. The Louisiana
Purchase in 1S04 resulted in the ap
pearance of the Stars and Stripes on
the ramparts. In 1S12, the British
flag flew also in that vicinity for a few
days. During the Civil war the Con
federate colors waved proudly over
the southern city. When the wounds
of civil strife were healed the Stars
and Stripes again reappeared.
The Legion building will have an
auditorium, oSices and clubrooms. It
will also house Louisiana department
headquarters, the Legion employment
and service bureau, local posts, the
Women's Auxiliary headquarters and
the Pelicanaire, official organ of the
Louisiana department. .
Legion Activities In China.
American Legion activities in China
are brisk, according to a letter which
Frank E. Samuel, adjutant of the Kan
sas department, received from Dr. An
drew Wooda, who is now with the
Rockefeller foundation in $ Peking-
Doctor Wooda served as a neuro-psy-chlatric
specialist in a Bordeaux hos
pital during the war. When Franklin
D'Olier, past commander of the Le
gion, stopped off at Peking, he assist
ed in the organization of a -Legion
post, which now boasts a membership
of more than one hundred.
RAPID RISE FOR LEGION MAN
Colonel Shaughnessy Career
Hat
Been on the Upgrade Since He
Was a Boy.
When he was in the army. Colonel
Edward H. Shaughnessy's career was
on the upgrade.
Js'ow that he has
returned to civil
life and joined
Fidelity post of
the American
Legion in New
York city, he has
"voluntarily de
moted himself
from a $25,000
job to one which
pays $3,000 a
year.
Colonel Shaugh
nessy was Induced by Postmaster Gen
eral Will Hays to sacrifice his posi
tion as assistant director of the Amer
ican Petroleum institute. New York
city, to become second assistant post
master general.
"I understand you've taken a $3,000
a year job," said a correspondent who
Interviewed him.
. "Does it pay that?" he asked. "I'd
forgotten to ask about the salary."
The salary is a minor consideration
now, but It would have been different
in the days when Colonel Shaughnessy
worked as a messenger bov iu Chi
cago. When he was 15 years oJd he
became ticket agent and a year later
telegraph operator for the Chicago &
Northwestern railroad. Successively
he was chief operator, assistant train
dispatcher, assistant trainmaster and
trainmaster. When the superintend
ent of the road was ill he took charge.
Colonel Shaughnessy joined the
Thirteenth engineers as first lieutenant
when the war broke out. He studied
French until he spoke it fluently, and
worked up a book of rules adapting
American methods to French practice.
He was promoted fast. Praise came
to hjm from P.rig. Gen. George Van
Horn Moseley, assistant chief of staff,
for his, work as superintendent of the
transportation corps In the ChaTeau-
Thierry region, and as general super
intendent at Is-sur-Tille during the St.
Mihiel and Meuso-Argonne offensives.
and as general manager in the zone
of advance.
General Pershing gave him the Dis
tinguished Service medal "for excep
tionally meritorious and distinguished
services."
MADE LEGION DRIVE SUCCESS
Dare Devil Louisiana Man Put Real
Thrills Into Campaign for
New Members.
When Anthony Kelley was diS'
charged from the navy In New Or
leans, La., he found the life of a land
lubber terribly devoid of thrill and
peril. He had been going to sea since
the nge of fifteen and he missed the
excitement of stormy nights in the
dirzy heights of the crow's nest and
hair-raising trips on the ropes f.fr
above the deck.
uith the start of a membership
campaign of Rollln post of the Ameri
can Legion in New Orleans, Kelley
blossomed out as a professional dare
devil to assist his fellow Legionnaires
in attracting attention. He climbed a
fiag'pole atop the city hall, several
hundred feet above the pavement and
rocked back and forth trying to break
the pole. A net stretched below was
all that was between the daring Le
gionnaire and some exceedingly hard
terrain.
Kelley was unable to break the flag
pole, however. So he scaled an eighteen-story
building and hung from the
coping by his toes. Film companies
rushed camera men to take motion
pictures of the feat nnd the Legion
membership drive was a success. '
"None of it was as thrilling as the
four years and four months I was in
the war zone." Kelley declares. He
Kelley Atop City Hall Flag Pole.
was plying between American and
European ports when war was de
clared. He entered the navy as an
ensign and was discharged In ApriL
1919. He continued in service as' an
officer of the Merchant Marine until
December, 1020.
Do Not Have to Pay Poll Tax.
Backed by the American Legion, a
law providing for the registration of
all ex-service men of all wars in the
state of Montana was passed by the
legislature. The new act exempts all
ex-service men from payment of the
poll tax and requires each county as
sessor to keep a record of the names
and organizations of all ve'terans with
in his county. It Is expected that oth
er states will twke similar action soon.
Tragedy Topics.
Paying $5 for a pint of "cold tea
and getting It.
No stopper in the wash basin and
somebody stopping the water when
the soap is smarting In your eyes.
On a trolley at midnight with a $20
bill the smallest you have.
The best restaurant In town with'
the only girl in the world and your
noney in your other pants.
Knowing that the girl who turned
you down for "that impossible boob"
la happily married. American Legion
Weekly.
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ARKANSAN TRIES
TO MURDER BOYS
Wished Youngsters Out cf ths
Way So He Could Collect
Insurance.
Walnut IUdge, Ark. Although- he
probably never read the story cf the
two little princes in the tower, Grover
Bolt was sentenced to serve five years
in the state penitentiary for a crime
that was almost a parallel to Kiiijr
Richard Ill's, except that it did uot
result in the death of the intended vic
tims. Some time 'ago Bolt, who lived in
the neighborhood of Kich woods a
small farming settlement not far from
Walnut Ridge, was appointed guardian,
cf two small nephews, u hose parent-
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Brutally Beat the Ccs.
bad died. One of the boys w a i -years
old arid the other f :r. '
had been left insurance atr.-:t:r.t:r.
about $1,000.
The crime to which Il .It pie
guilty, although saying "I did t:
it," was an attorn; to kill
boys so that he could obtain t!.t
surance money. tirt by sittinptin
starve them, then by dtrtet a--The
resourcefulness ef the M. r
i ; if
blocked the starvation plan. Li
a room with his brother, ho foxi
cotton seed and they subsisted
for a week. When the starvat
gram failed, Bolt brutally b
boys, i
in
this
is pro
it the-
DIES AFTER SAVING FRIEND
Swept Overboard in Storm. Fisherman
Drags Mate to Boat and Then
Drops Dead.
San Diego, Cal. How John Zaber
lin, a fisherman, gave his life for hi?
fellow was told here by Jo-ph YMvv
vich, the man he rescued.
Doth were swept ovt-rbourd from
the tishtng smack Santa Lucia in a
heavy storm. They caught soit:h iu-;s
swept over at the same tin,e ni.
pulled their way along these towari
the boat until Vidovich held to hU
companion with one hand and -df i
toward the vessel with the other ar.d
his feet. After a bitter struggle Zaher
lin put Vidovich over the rail and
clambered after.
'"I have helped you all I ;.ri." ha
said. "I am gains: to die now."
Then. Vidovich said. ZaU-rM-i fell
to the deck, dying almost at nee.
Police Caited to Make
Boy, Six, Take Castor Oil
Sent to answer an appeal fr r:i
the home of Mrs. Jonah :,
don, Patrolman Harry Ilir.ckl-y
of Oakland, Cal.. carried of!' ail
honors for fulfillment of orders,
even though they carried hi:.,
into new and unusual duties.
Mrs. "Chaudon's appeal for
help. It developed, was based on
her desire for official a-L-Tanee
in administering a do-e of cas
tor oil to her six-year-old son.
Hinckley administered it.
TWO CONVICTS ESCAPE IN BOX
Kicked Lid Open and Fled as Cass
Was About to Be Loaded
on Train.
Trenton, N. J. Concoalinz them
selves in a large packing case JaheI
"shoes," John Cohen, twenty-s-even
years old. and Charles Schleirer. twen
ty-six, made their escape from Re
state prison here.
When rhe box was being plao-d oa
a track at the freight station, the lid
flew open and the convicts jumped out
and fled, leaving the freight handlers
gasping in astonishment.
Woman Runs Pittsburgh Parks.
Pittsburgh. Pa. The lirst woman to
hold a city official's position in Pitts
burgh, Mrs. Margaret S. Grav, f-ok.
I up her duties today as superintendent
of the bureau of recreation, with
supervision over all playgrounds. She
was appointed by Mayer E. V. Pal
cock. Ate Oysters With Hands; Held Insane.
St. Louis. Because she ate oysters
with her hands and couldn't tell brown
from blue Mrs. Eliza Clymer was of
unsound mind, according to her sister,
Mrs. Elolse von Schrader, who is con
testing the will of the dead woman.
Fined $5 fer Not Paying 1 Cent Tax.
Superior, Wis. A resident of Su
perior, who failed to make an income
tax return in 1918, in a taxable income
of 27 cents over his exemptions, paid
a fine of $5. The man's tax was otie
cent.
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