Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1920 — Page 2

HOUSE IN WHICH GENERAL WOOD WAS BORN

— This Is the house in which Gen. Leonard Wood was born In 1860. Th® building stands on the main street of Winchester, N. H., opposite to a statue erected to memory of Civil war dead. The lower part of the dwelling has been turned into the town post office.

New Source of Food Supply

Suggestion Made That Musk Ox Be Added to National Bill of Fare. VAST HERDS IN THE NORTH Practically a Permanent Supply of Beef Assured by Domestication of the Animal, According to Vllhjalmur Stefansson. Washington.—Having already done remarkably well in reindeer farming in Alaska, Uncle Sam is to be asked now to try his hand with musk oxen, to the end that the national meat bill may be cut down and a permanent supply of beef ensured. Explorer Vilhjalmur Stefansson brought back from the arctics a story of great possibilities in the way of meat production. He told this story to members of the Canadian parliament in Ottawn, and has also laid his facts and conclusions before some of the Washington officials. Both governments will be asked for appropriations to extend the reindeer industry and to attempt the domestication of the musk ox. —As, Stefansson sees It, there are at least a million square miles of natural grazing ground in the sub-arctics, suited in every particular to the needs and tastes of the northerji caribou and the still more northern musk ox. Vast herds of these animals, tn the wild roam over the so-called “barren lands.” Why not take them under protection, turn their feeding ranges into ranches and abattoirs and ship the meat to the hungry folks down south? The territory is Canadian, but the hunger and high cost of living are * international; the two countries co-operate in .a scheme of conservation. Reindeer Meat Liked. Als sirs and Labrador have proved that the reindeer can be domesticated into a public meat producer. Deer meat has been shipped from Nome and other Alaskan points to Seattle, Minneapolis, Chicago and even to New York, and people who have bought It have asked for more. Stefansson now suggests that the business 6b taken up seriously, its herding and ranching extended to the great prairies of the Canadian North, and the supply of meat to the whole continent begun on a really commercial basis. But he ventures still farther and urges a similar experiment with the musk oxen. Now, the musk ox, being a peculiarly arctic animal, has never before figured in the American scheme of mar-

PIG, NOT BRITISH COLONEL

Italy's Chamber Gets Laugh Over Story of Mistaken Identity of “Drowned Personage.” : Rome—ln the general debate on the reply to the king’s speech. Count Frola who. although the ex-mayor of Turin, belongs to the socialist group, denounced several abases in the army. He declared that while during the war the front trenches had not sufficient automobiles to transport the wounded to hospitals, there were ntentv of automobiles to transport offlrrrg to theaters in neighboring When to Albania, Frola said, his genera. l . hM a P*S farm from which be sent dpßy melding nigs in autoninhiw afrompanied by an officer, Htntu Ouaranta. from which port ♦hautiptwere shipped on a transport the: general in Italy. A telegram was sent from Santa Aaannta to the general announcing

keting. In its own country, however, it is greatly valued for its meat’s sake, and explorers who have eaten musk ox roasts up there say it is a pity that the Eskimos should have a monopoly of so good a diet The meat is hardly distinguishable in taste. It seems, from regulation beef, and in nutritive value is quite its equal. _ There Is wool to be considered, too. The average sized musk ox carries 15 pounds of Just-as-good-as-sheep’s wool, which it wears as a thick cold-proof vest under a shaggy hair topcoat In fact, the musk ox is pretty nearly as much sheep as cattle. It is two and one-half or three times the size of a sheep, running about 700 pounds, and Is in that same proportion a more prolific source of raw material for suits and socks. Thick-set, with massive head and short legs, the musk ox looks clumsy, but Is surprisingly nimble on its feet It travels Usually in herds of 25 or 30, and Its feed is grass, saxifrage plants and dwarf willows. Stefansson points out, as an argument in favor of his subpolar ranching scheme, that the musk ox needs neither to be housed nor fed, being quite able to

AN INDIAN’S GREAT LOVE

Face on Cedar Log Mute Evidence of Affection. Proof of Truth of Romantic Story Found by Hunters After Many Years of Searching. Manistee, Mich.—On an old cedar log in the village of Copemish is mute evidence of an Indian brave’s great love for his squaw. The unspoken expression is in the form of a carved face of an Indian maiden, the circumstances around which tell of a love as devoted as in any modern love story. Albert T. Sanders and his two brothers. John and Henry, are amateur hunters and trappers. Tears ago they went to the upper peninsula and camped on Ford river. They met an Indian. John, then one hundred and four years old, but active as a schoolboy. John told the following story: There was a young brave who took his squaw from Marquette and came to Ford river to trap. He was very much in -love. He was a good paddler, but he couldn’t keep his eyes off his squaw. The canoe rushed into some brush near shore and capsized. The brave escaped, but the squaw did not come up. The young brave wouldn’t go away. Day after day he

the arrival of the pigs, were designated as “personages.” Once a pig was drowned, Frola, continued, and the telegram to the general read “personage drowned.” Unfortunately an English colonel was due to arrive, so the general be- ; Heved the victim „to be the colonel j and ordered an - inquiry, into the drowning which lasted 15 days. The entire chamber was convulsed with laughter over this revelation. —

Rough Sea Cured Deafness.

Paris.—A new cure for deafness has been discovered by M. Ignace, undersecretary of state, who accompanied Premier Clemenceau to London recently. The channel was unusually rough and |L Ignace suffered terribly from seasickness, but when he landed at Dover be found he had fully recovered from deafness with which he had been afflicted for years. Specialists have begun experimenting with patients in a specially amstructed chair

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fend for itself nnd even to protect Itself against wolves. Provides Beef, Milk and Wool. The habitat of this zoological nondescript, which gives beef as tender as aprize steer’s, milk as rich as Jersey cream and wool as good as a sheep's, is the very “top country” of America. The herds never coma farther south than halfway down the coast of Hudson bay. and they do not go west of Ilie Mackenzie river. On the north they roam along the arctic mainland coast and on the Islands beyond. There does not seem to be any good reason, however, why the musk ox could not be kept successfully within the nearer bounds of the “barren lands,” or in Alaska, where transportation facilities would be more easily possible. Nearly enough like the musk ox to be < distant cousin, the woodland buffalo is Hiiother denizen of the North that may some day be made the base of a new merit supply. His habits are somewhat the same as those of the arctic ox, but the country that he inhabits Is an area of wooded land at the extreme north of Alberta, west of Slave river. Through the forests of this region roam small buffalo herds, whose total numbers probably do not exceed 500 head. They are the only survivors In a natural state of the countless bison that once covered the western plains.

LOVE CURED SHELL SHOCK

British Soldier, Wounded More Than a Year Ago, Has Memory Restored by Wife. Brighton, England.—Loss of memory through shell shock and Inability turn a few days ago in the case of Charles Edward Morris, who became reunited with his wife in this city. He had been reported dead, and the supposed widow had taken employment as assistant in a shop. . • Chancing to look through theshop door while a soldier in uniform was passing, Mrs. Morris, with a cry of delight, darted out and caught him by the arm. He stared blankly at her at first. Then, slowly recognizing her, he took her in his arms. Private Morris had suffered shell shock more than a year ago. When sent to hospital In Mons, Belgium, his Identity was unknown. Not hearing of him, the regimental authorities reported him dead. By .the time his identity was established the wife had moved, .leaving no trace. As it was supposed she was in Brighton, Morris was sent there and ordered to walk about, with a paper pinned to him bearing his name. He hud been walking for two Lours that morning when his wife saw him. When she had him back she quickly changed her black gown for one of bright blue. Since then the memory of Morris has wonderfully improved, and his full recovery is fully expected.

searched near the spot of the drowning in vain. All that summer and fall he searched. The river never gave up the body. In despair one day he gave up, and on a large cedar tree near the river he carved a picture of her as a memorial. It was his last tribute. Then he left this region and never returned. The Sanders brothers were impressed with the legend and started to hunt for the carving. This was 18 years ago. Their first search was fruitless. But they did not give up. Fourteen years later they again took up the search. Again they failed to locate the carved image. They began to doubt the story of Indian John. Two years passed and again the Sanders brothers went North to hunt and trap. One day while waiting for deer near the Ford river they saw the cedar tree. And there was the carving, weatherbeaten but clear. Albert Sanders chopped it out and had it framed, and It is now in the possession of Mr. Sanders, who has had it copyrighted.

Groom’s Father Dropped Dead.

New York—A marriage ceremony was postponed when Michael Monteflsco, sixty years old, dropped dead in the presence of his son, his son’s bride-to-be and 300 guests who had assembled to witness the wedding.

of the type formerly used in physical tests of army-aviators.

Kin of Famous Nurse Is Victim of Thief

• T-nndon.—Miss Florence Nightingale Shore, a second cousin of England’s “Lady of the Lamp," is near death from, wounds Inflicted by an unknown person while she was traveling by train from London to Rexhill. Miss Shore, who did distinguished nursing service during the war. is about fifty years of age. , When the train arrived at Lewes, Miss Shore was found in an unconscious condition with a wound In her head. Her money and railway tickets had been taken. — . ... Miss sawre has not regained consciousness and so far no clew was found to the supposed assailant ■ J- ( - «*r,~ —.

FIGHTING A BURNING WELL IN NEW GAS DISTRICT

Men fighting a gas well fire at Snakfe Hollow, Just outside McKeesport,-Pa., where vast quantities of natural gas have been discovered recently. The men with the long pipe are trying to knock the cap off the well so the fire can be extinguished with steam.

Had Sure Thing at Stud Poker

Wealthy New Yorker Said to Have Cleaned Up an Immense Sum. PLAYED WITH MARKED GARDS Victims Finally "Got Wise,” and EvenetL Things Up -Slightly by Administering a Beating After ExposihgHis Game. New York.—A group of screen magnates and music publishers along Broadway has been fleeced out of $350,000 by a wealthy manufacturer with a deck of marked cards, whom they admitted to their private games. He was finally detected and thrown out of the house of the man who caught him. The World prints the story, calling the fleecer Mr. Trimmer and the other man Mr. Screen. It asserts it has their real names. For a considerable time a group of twelve or fourteen men, all of ample means, have been playing stud poker. There were Mr. Screen, a big picture promoter and the husband of one of the prettiest and most talented stars; Mr. Flickers, of equal rank in celluloid productions; Mr? Circuit, who owns a flock of theaters; Mr. Ragg, who receives immense royalties from his song compositions, and others quite as well known in their respective fields. Last summer, at Far Rockaway and Arverne, their ranks were augmented by Mr Trimmer. He is a manufacturer on an immense scale of a certain article of women’s wear, and is generally known as a millionaire. They Thoqght It Was Luck. Mr. Trimmer’s “uncanny luck,” as the other players called it, was noticeable from the very start. In one session, for Instance, which began on a Saturday night and continued into Sunday, he cleaned up more than S4O,Th- daring of Mr. Trimmer’s play was what interested the others more than anything else. He would make bets against seemingly impossible odds —and win them. Mr. Trimmer always knew what the other fellow’s secret card was, when he was the dealer, and he always won. Also he always knew, when he held the deck, what card his opponent would get next, and what card he (Trimmer) was going to get next, for his cards were what is known to gamblers as “readers.” The design on the back of them—which meant nothing to others —told

MARTENS’ CHIEF OF STAFF NABBED

Among the Reds caught by government officials in the raids that have been made on their headquarters and homes was Gregory Weinstein. “chief of staff” for Martens who calls himself soviet ambassador to America. Welnstein, shown here with two detectives. Is said to be Trotsky’s best friend in the United States. » / »

him exactly what denomination each pasteboard was. At last, suspicion intruded, and one of the other men at a party which Trimmer had arrangednoc&fited.a deekofTrimmer’s took them to a professional gambler for examination. “They’re readers,” said the professional. At the corner of each card, on the back, was a design composed of four fleur-de-lis—the three leafed flower of France. If the right hand petal of the flower at the upper right hand of the group was heavily shaded the card was an ace. If the center petal of that par-

Did Good Work at Vladivostok

Red Cross Report Gives a Graphic Story of Rescues During Fierce Fighting at Russian Port in November. Washington.—A graphic account of the part played by Major Samuel I. Johnson of Honolulu, assistant commandant of the allied forces in Vladivostok, during the revolutionary fighting in that city on November 17 and 18, has been received by the Red Cross headquarters here. The Red Cross report says that Major Johnson has been recommended to the All-Rus-sian government for decoration with the Officer’s Cross of St. George for the services he rendered to the people of Vladivostok during th* fighting. As a recommendation is considered the equivalent to bestowal, this makes the sixth award received by Major Johnson during his service in Siberia with the American forces, the others being the Russian medal of St Anne and Japanese, Czecho-Slovak, Italian and Chinese decorations. Governor M. M. Eversman of Primorsky provin'ce, in a letter to Major General W. S. Graves, commanding the American forces in Siberia, said: “I cannot leave unmentioned the fact that Major Johnson, having splendidly fulfilled his plan in guarding the town and the peaceful population, though exposing his own life to danger under furious fire, succeeded four times in getting through to the passenger trains that were in the center of the fighting zone and from there brought

ticular flower was accentuated, it was a king; if the shading was on the left hand petal it was a queen. There were four flowers, each with three petals. The shadings, therefore, stood for 12 different cards, according to where they were placed, these cards ranging down from the ace to the deuce. If no petal was shaded the card was the deuce. An exposure was planned at Screen’s house. There were eight players. Trimmer, on a few hands off square cards, lost $650. Then he produced a deck Of his sortAs soon as Screen saw the marked Cards he exposed the cheat to his guests and proceeded to beat Trimmer up, winding up by throwing him out of the house.

Cut Heart Out of Patient

Omaha, Neb. —Physicians cut the heart out of Steve Zekich, an Austrian, then placed it back in his body. Zakich, who had shot himself, is expected to live.

to safety officers, their families and civilians.” • Major Graves, son of General Graves, was another officer, according to the Red Cross account, who with utter fearlessness walked into the danger zone to aid women and children .exposed to fire. Major JoHnSon has paid tribute to the part also played by the International military police, whom he commanded. “I want those men to get the recognition due them,” he said. “They rendered the greatest assistance, showed absolute steadiness and coolness and ran the same risks.” The Red Cross account says that the International military police and allied detachments held control of Vladivostok, enforcing the policy of neutrality adopted by the allies, and that, thanks to this, Vladivostok was unswept by battle except in the vicinity of the railway station. There, however, furious combat raged. “For men who entered the area of fighting and the path of flying bullets entered at deadly peril and every man knew it,” says the report. “Among those saved by Major John* son and his men were General Romanovsky and family. Romanovsky is chief of the Russian general’s staff. He was living with his family In the railway yards In his special train and was a noncombatant. Soldiers of both sides fired upon the train. It was utterly dark and a storming, snowing November morning when Major Johnson found the car and escorted the family to safety. Hide in Black Cellars. “Some of those he rescued that night were found In the railway station where the most sanguinary fighting took place. They had sought refuge in cellars, or secluded little offices, and crouched in the darkness, afraid to move, afraid to whisper. In most cases, when the rescue party arrived. It took repeated calls and reassurto locate the frightened, suipicious men and women. “The first rescue trip was made about 10 o’clock on the night of November 17and the last at 5:30 o'clock on the morning, of November 18. “Major Johnson’s command of Russian, for he is a Russian born, was a big asset in this emergency work at th 3 railway station, as It has been throughout bis service in Siberia. “General Romanovsky expressed to the Red Cross representative grateful appreciation for what Major Johnson did. “ T do not know how any man could go into that hell of fire, find our train and bring us out,’ he said, ‘but this man did it’ “He even saved the cat Getting the 'party out of the train Major Johnson heard the howl of the lonely, mortally frightened cat somewhere hr the dark car, lit only by the lurid flashes of guns and the reflection of burning buildings. .• 7 - - - "One of the women asked them U take the cat and the rescue, party halted there in the shattered train, found the cat hiding in « mass or broken berths and took he to Safety with the. family.” J \