Indianapolis Times, Volume 35, Number 14, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 May 1923 — Page 4

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STRANGERS "vTSITORS by the tens of thousands are pourWITHIN \ / ing into Indianapolis. They come from every OUR GATES Y corner of the United States and some of them are from foreign countries. These visitors will judge Indianapolis by the treatment they get. More than one hundred thousand persons will return to the homes after the Speedway races and express their opinions of Indianapolis. It is of great value to the city that these opinions be favorable There is a great temptation on an occasion of this kind to take advantage of visitors, particularly in the matter of prices, Indianapolis has been particularly free of this kind of profiteering. This is due for the most part to the public spirited attitude .of merchants and others who have things to sell. The few exceptions have been taken care of by the Better Business Bureau. Let’s see that the good reputation of Indianapolis continues and that our visitors take back with them nothing but favorable reports. ft THAT -y AWYERS are smacking their lips at the INDIAN I $750,000,000 which the Sioux Indians, by SUIT I 1 court action, demand from Uncle Sam as damages for seized lands. Attorneys who are handling the case estimate that it will take from five to ten years to fight it upward through the courts. They refer to appeals, of course, and the final battle in the United States Supreme Court. With that much money involved, ten years is a conservative estimate. If the Indians happen to win this case, they might go on and sue for the total of “seized lands’’ taken from them by their white conquerors. How much? About $300,000,000,000, our entire national wealth. When the Indians had America, it wasn't “worth’’ a dime a square mile. Now the whole country ( national wealth i is $300,000,000,000. or SIOO,OOO a square, mile. The difference between those figures represents improvements by the white man. Just like real estate—worthless in itself, value is altogether in human activity that takes place on it or near by. If the white man and his civilization left America and the old-time Indian could return, they’d be glad to trade large chunks for a cask of brandy or ppck of beads again. WHERE -r y 7-HAT is your mental attitude when you conTROUBLES* \/\I template death, the black door through START V t which we all eventually must pass? A New Jersey man decides to commit suicide by leaping over the falls of the Passaic River. Before jumping ninety feet to the shallow river bed below, he drinks a bottle of carbolic acid. Also removes coat and bat and folds them neatly on the bank. Try to analyze his hotugh processes No one -art. We do queer things on the brink of the grave, but not any queerer than when going ahead as if believing we shall live forever. Most of our troubles are inside our skulls. RE\ ERSING 'ft 'PERSONALITY and general attractiveness of THE COPY I—appearance are as valuable as efficient work BOOKS _JL to the woman who wants to be successful in the business world. This is the opinion in a vote by 1,200 Boston high school boys and girls. It doesn’t read that way in the copy hooks. Many will smile. But the real joke is that the 1 200 are absolutely right. If nature made every woman a Venus, man would have a difficult time finding jobs. It’s in the men’s favor that a Venus isn’t allowed to run loose very long. REFORM y 1 Lord’s Prayer has been revised “to reOF THE I move the thought, of death.’’ announces Miss BIBLE _X_ Bertha Laine, official of the Religious Educational Conned of Ontario, Canada The Ten Commandments also were recently “revised.’’ Occasionally someone Jeoides he can improve the Bible. In this iconoclastic age. it wouldn’t surprise us to waken some morning and find that a convention of snoops has voted to amend the law of gravity.

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You can grt an answer to any question of fact or information by writing to the Indianapolis bureau. 132” New York Are . Washington D. C.. enclosing 2 cents in stamps Medical, legal, and lore and marriage advice cannot be given, nor can extended research be undertaken. or papers speeches, etc., be prepared. Unsigned letters cannot be answered, but all letters are eonfidpntial. and receive personal replies.—EDlTOß. How should one address a letter to a priest? The envelope should be addressed: ‘‘The Rev. Patrick Duffy.” The formal beginning. ''Reverend and Dear Sir”: the informal beginning is. "Dear Father Duffy,” and the formal close, ‘‘l beg to remain, yours faithfully,” or “faithfully yours.” Who “aid, “The humblest citilen of all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous canse is stronger than all the hosts of Error?" This is an extract from William Jennings Bryan's speech before the national Democratic convention at Chicago in 1896. What is the most progressive State of Africa? Probably Basutoland. The inhabitants. under British guidance and missionary tutelage, have forged ahead to the generally recognized position of the most enlightened group of South African natives. The presidential succession act provides that in case of the death of the President and Vice President various Cabinet officers shall succeed to the presidency in a certain order. Suppose that the Cabinet officer was not a naturalbom citizen of the United States, what would happen? The act provides that the Cabinet officers, "constitutionally eligible,” shall succeed: if the Secretary of State was not eligible, the Secre- ■ tary of the Treasury would succeed, if *he ■was eligible. Who was “Tiny Tim?” A child character —a cripple in Dickens’ "Christmas Carol.” What was the “Pony Express?” This name was given to a mail service established between St. Joseph. Mo., and San Francisco, Cal., in 1869. At this time there were three transcontinental mail lines, but the greater part of the mail between the i Fast and far West was sent by way ol Panama in about twenty-two days.

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The Pony Express was established in 1860 to provide for more rapid service, the mail being carried overland on horseback under direction of the Central Overland California and Pike's Peak Express Company. The first Pony Express left on April 3. iB6O. St. Joseph and San Francisco, between which places the schedule al lowed eight days. The quickest trip was made for the delivery of President Lincoln's inaugural address, the distance between St. Joseph. Mo., and Sacraments., Cal., about 1.400 miles, being covered in seven days and seventeen hours. The regular Pony Express service was discontinued on the completion of the line of the Pacific Telegraph Company in October, 1861. The service was often interrupted by Indian hostilities and was extremely hazardous. In what year did Sarah Bernhardt have her leg amputated? In 1915. Priests Are Guests The Rev. Joseph Duffy, the Rev. John Geran and the Rev. Jerome A. Pfau of Indianapolis, recently ordained into the priesthood by the Rt. Rev. Joseph Chartrand, bishop of the diocese of Indianapolis, at the new abbey church at St. Meinard’s seminary, were guests Sunday night at a banquet and reception at the Catholic Community Center, 124 W. Georgia St.

Matter of Courses By BERTON BRALEY I'M off of pork. I'm off of beef, I'm off of all potatoes: I lunch upon a lettuce leaf. I dine on stewed tomatoes. But—gee. that tenderloin looks great, I guess perhaps I'll try it. Just put a little on ny plate. It's awful hard to diet. FRITTERS I really shouldn't touch. Still one or two won't harm me. Scalloped potatoes!—they have such Ability to charm me That maybe I’ll try just a few; They're fine, I can t deny it. They're fattening I know, but wbo Can stand a rigid diet ? ICE cream and coffee—no, ah no. I mustn't, well—l shouldn t: Still as you seem to urge me so. I'll take some—gosh, who wouldn't? In fact, with no more ifs and buts. Though dictors may decry it, m go the route from soup to nuts; Tomorrow I will diet. (Copyright. 1923, XEA Service. Inc.)

The Indianapolis Times EARI.EE, MARTIN. Editor-in-Chief. FRED ROMER PETERS. Editor. ROT W. HOWARD, President. O. F. JOHNSON. Business Manager.

Ina Mae Stephens, Girl Principal of Burned School Where 76 Died, Urges Rigid Safety Laws

South Carolina Aroused Over Tragedy —Tragic Story Told,

Bu XEA Service COLUMBIA, B. C., May 28. The voice of a woman, whose face is young but whose eyes are very old, as it they had looked upon a lifetime’s agony and sadness, is llio voice that moves South Carolina. “Watch the schools!” says the voice. “Save our children!” A governor listens And the machinery of the State moves to prevent another such schoolroom tragedy as the fire which recently sacrificed seventy-six lives in the village school house at Cleveland. The voice of Ina Mae Stephens, principal of that school, and a survivor of the disaster of doors that were shut because they would only open inward, sounds to South Carolina like a dead chorus of the voices of all her pupils who perished in the commencement fire • * * SHE has just recovered enough from exhaustion and the enio tion of horror to tell her story 1 a slip was tplling it to NEA Service. Governor McLeod and* 1. H. Hope. ! State superintendent of education. | were ui conference discussing safety I measures for every school in the State. Superintendent Hope announced commencement exercises would lie prohibited in every school building where there are not sufficient fire escapes—and that public buildings without doors opening outward will be condemned. "All that can't bring back my little ones." said Miss Stephens sadly. MISS STEPHEN'S talked feebly as she sat in a rocking chair in the house*where she hoards, scarcely 500 yards from the blackened spot where the Cleveland schoolhouso stood, 'l^irough the window she could cpp tftp Lttlp hill where death one night wipid out the joy of a commencement celebration. "Our nice picnic—gone!" said the girl principal, drawing her eyes from the magnet of the window. A funeral instead of a picnic! \Ve were ail ready for the next day to celebrate the end of school —with fried chicken and baked cakes and all the good tilings to eat at a picnic. "Oh. I fee! as if 1 could never enter a schoolroom again! Always I see the faces of my little pupils They look so pitiful.” • • TWO other teachers escaped Zula Prosser got out down the stair way. and Esther Garvin through a window. Miss Stephens believes she was the last person to leave the building alive. "I don't know exactly how T escaped.” she said. “I was caught in the jam near the cloakroom door and Tom Humphries picked me up by my feei and threw me on top of th crowd. Someone must have pulled me away anti threw me out of the door. “That lamp fell hecau.se of its own

Grist O’Gotham A Weekly Letter Written by a Man Viewing New York From the Outside.

NEW YORK, May 28. Legends of waiters who made fortunes in tips grew up around Delmonico's. the latest famous restaurant to close its doors. Tips came in cash and in Wall St. information, and many a waiter* retired to a life of ease. Not only waiters reaped a harvest during almost a century of Delmonico’s history. A doorman named Jimmy Hebron was reported some years ago to have made $100,090. Baptists Ravera. for thirty-six years a waiter and familiar to patrons as “Crlspi,” was the veteran among the mourners who saw the famous place close the other day. “The old days are gone,” he lamented. “The waiters worked hard then —champagne parties, when we had to stay up all night—but we made lots of money. Now happiness has been killed in America.” Like Sherry’s, which until a. few years ago was diagonally across Fifth Ave. and Forty-Fourth St., Delmonico's will bp replaced by a bank and office building. John Delmonico in 1828 started a wine and cake shop that later became a restaurant at 23 William St. In 1832 Delmonico's moved to 76 Broad St., in 1836 to Broadway and Morris St., in 1855 to Broadway and Chambers, in 1861 to Fifth Ave. and 144th. in 1876 up the avenue, to Twenty-Sixth and in 1879 to Fifth Ave. and Forty-Fourth St. ft C ft Hobo Hall, classic tavern at 350 Bowery, where Weary Williei and brethren find bed and "mulligan” while in New York, has anew eoat of wallpaper. Mottoes used to he scrawled on the walls. Now some tidy person, careful of the wallpaper, has pinned up little printed slips. One says: “We go to work. To

make money. To buy food. To get strength. To go to work.” Another: “Poverty makes rags. Rags make money. Money makes banks. Banks make loans. Doans make poverty."

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heat, 1 think, melting the soldering from the holder. * • • NOBODY was excited at first. Miss Stephens .-aid. Hut there were no lamps near the back of the room and darkness there helped thp panic “As I stopped from the burning stage behind the crowd I picked up a violin dropped by a member of the orchestra. I handed it to him and he thanked me without seeming a bit excited. “As I started down the aisle 1 put my hand on a little girl's shoulder to reassure tier Tom Humphries who died later, was standing b- side me. “We started down the tep- Flames were just behind u- 1 begged the crowd to go on 1 didn’t mid- i . tano that those doors opened inward and there was a mas- of humanip cimmed against them People p ished and there were cries. Then everything was confusion.” • • • MISS STEPHENS said her left shoulder was burning. Then Humphries seized her and raised her on top of the crowd, push ing her toward the door. “I struggled,” she said, “and then I felt somebody pull me out. In a daze I heard Ima Arrants, one of mv pupils, calling out —begging to he pulled from the Jammed doorway. "The jam was at the foot of the .-.fairway just at the turn to go into the cloakroom Three small steps were ahead of the crowd, and it rernied that everybody was packed arrund the little platform. I could see hands raised ir the air The

WOMAN CONTROLS HOTELS IN PANAMA CANAL ZONE

Rv V!■'J Service C"N OLON Pa ama May '.B Mayme Lee Kelley here from Omaha seven years ago, didn't relish the chow the restaurants served. So she invested her entire savings in a third class 'eatery” and installed herself in its kitchen. "I'll give the natives and visitors food like mother used to cook,” she promise 1 Two or three weeks and she had lifted her third-rate establishment into a first-class ease. Folk who dropped In to taste her tempting dishes always name bark again. All agreed Mayme's was the one place ill town where the eats were good. Today she Is the restaurant, case, cabaret and hotel boss in this section of the world. Began With Vacation Mayme had been working steadily in Omaha for several years without a vacation. She decided she needed a bit of rest of Panama's wonderful climate she had heard much. So here she came, and never left! The few hundred dollars she in--vested has Increased unbelievably. Now Mayme owns the biggest cafecabarets in Colon and Panama City, and the Jardine Hotel in Colon. A fleet es 146 American war vessels were anchored off Panama Pity for two months Inst spring. The 40.000 officers and men a heard spent more than $3,500,000 during those two months. At least $2,000,000 of this, it is estimated, found its way into Mayme's twenty-one cash registers. Rut that's not all! Boy, Page Volstead Her largest cabaret boasts of thirty-five entertainers. Iter performances are said to vie with

What Uncle Sam Says:

Not a Permanent .10l Ranson Lewis, postmaster at Caledonia. Ala., a fourth class office, claims to be the oldest postmaster in the United States. He is 93 years old, and has served as postmaster for thirty nine years. If Mr. Lewis is ever dismissed from his office, he is going to say, “I knew the job was not permanent anyway."— Post Office Department. Gary’s Trail Blazers The first steel produced in the United States was probably made In Connecticut in 1728 by Samuel Higley and Joseph Dewey. Urucible steel was first successfully produced in the United States in 1832 at the works of William and John 11. Garrard at Cincinnati, O. Bessemer steel was first made in this country in September, 1864, by William F. Durfee, at an experimental plant at Wyandotte, Mich., and open-hearth steel in 1864 by the New Jersey Steel and Iron Company, at Trenton, N. .1. —Geological Survey. Better Than Nothing Twenty-two States now require the physical examination of every child applying for an employment certificate. One State. Virginia, is said to have advanced in this respect to a stage beyond that of the other States, in that it now requires the examination of every working child at regular

THREE TEACHERS. SURVIVORS of THE CLEVELAND, S. C, SCHOOLHOUSE DISASTER; MJSS INA MAE STEPHENS, PRINCIPAL CENTER). MISS ZULA PROSSER i LEFT) AND MISS ESTHER GARVIN (RIGHT).

stairway had not fallen when 1 was ir: there. “Before they threw me out 1 helpeq little May Hush get through a window. There were no coverings on any of those windows, and we all might have got out that way. Bin who could control themselves In thface of those horrible flames?” Miss Stephens covered her facv ith her hands as she told how she had reserved seats near the stage fm the school children. "1 thought they -ould see better there,” she whispered. “An I they dad!"

ul — s MAYME LEE KELLEY

those In Broadway s lobster palaces. Prices—even for liquor—aren't unreasonable, she wants American to know. "Wo get 40 to 40 cents for whisky and cocktails," she quotes. "Egg firings bring 61 cents and a bottle of beer 35 cents." Mayme declares she's strong for the Isthmus. "Down here there's plenty to see, plenty to do, plenty to eat—and plenty to drink. And the beauty of it all is that Panama is a. foreign clime, hut files the Stars and Sts ipes.”

intervals during the years when he is especially susceptible to the strains of industry. In eighteen States there is still no legal provision of any kind for examination. —Children’s Bureau. Toll A'our Oil Troubles to Marines An oil well with an estimated production of 4,000 barrels per day has been brought in on the Teapot Dome Naval nil Reserve in Wyoming in the section where a detachment of the United States Marines were used last year to stop trespassing. The well was brought in on May 13 and allowed to flow uncontrolled for seven hours during which time connections were installed. It is located near the "trespass well,” given that name because the Mutual Oil Company started drilling it and operations were not stopped until Marines were sent to the scene.—lnterior Department. Parent-Teiacher .Associations It is to further a much-needed spirit of cooperation that parent-teacher associations are formed. When school teachers and parents get together regularly in a semi-social way, the friendliest feeling is fostered, and in addition, current school questions can he brought up and discussed in a forum representing tthe poins of view of both home and school. —Bureau of Education.

TAXES TAKE 27 PER CENT OF DOLLAR Census Bureau Gathers Statistics From Every City, Rv JOHN CARSON Times Staff Correspondent 11 rASIIINOTHN. May 28.—Taxes now take 27 cent® ou‘ of every dolU,, -pent in the T inted State- according to estimates by some authorities. If you -pend s3*> for a suit of clothes. SPIO of the cost is charged up to taxation If your woeljlj grocer' bill is Mi,, charge S4.f>.' up to taxes If your monthly. rent charge i- S4O. ,-hinge SIO.SO up to taxes. This story of taxation is being gathered from every village, rjtv find State by the Census Bureau. In dices to -how why the country is crying out against the tax burden are arc follows. In Grand Rapid.- the cost of government increased from 1 2*• 754 for each person ir> 1917 to $71.49 in 1922; taxes increased v 4 ;; per cent and the city deh; in- reused about 20 pn r cent. In Williamsport. Pa. government to-! increased from $15.4.4 in 1917 t,. $24.41 in 1922; tax-'s increased 99.3 per cent and the city debt increased 9*> per cent. In Pueblo. Colo., government cost lrtrea.—'d from $26.62 to $40.76. taxes Increased 70 per cent and the city debt decreased abou* 5 per cent. In Camden, N ,T., government cost increased from $23 45 to $45.32; taxes Increase-! 127.9 per cent and the city debt increased 33 per cent. In Hoboken. X J.. government cost increased from $40.43 to $71.03. tax - increased 92 per cent and the city debt increased about 50 pe r cent. In Winston-Salem. N. C.. the cost ofgovernment increased from $21.61 to $45.69; taxes increased 1.03.2 pei rent and the city debt increased 90 pet cent.

Paper and Pulp Mill in Alaska Urged Through Forestry Bureau

Rv Times Special WASHINGTON, May 28.—A great paper and pulp mill in Alaska! After years of patient and intelligen* effort, the United States Bureau of Forestry’ today foots confident that this longsought goal ( s about to ho reached On May 15 the prospectus covering the proposed sale and lease was sent out and bids are to be opened July 31. The- successful bidder will get from Uncle Sam: (A) A lease on two areas totaling 343,000 acres of timber land comprising what is known as Cascade Creek unit, near Thomas Bay, adjacent to a water power site capable of developing sufficient power to operate a pulp and paper mill with a daily capacity of 300 tons of pulp. (B) The right to cut from this land 3.340,000 cords of fir and spruce pulp wood, under conditions set forth in th< lease, the price to be readjusted every five years. At first iho price of wood will be about 45 cents per cord. A cord is about the quantity needed to make a ton of paper. For the wood thus sold. Uncle Sam will receive, allowing for future adjustments. over $1,700,000. of which one fourth will go to Alaska for schools and roads. The lands lie In the extreme south eastern part, only 2.35 miles north of Frinoo Rupert. B. and immediately adjacent to the navigable waters of

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TOM SIMS SAYS: Husbands and mosquitoes seidom take vacations. For the love of Mike, the /t - Irish are geting things straight. I China, poor China, she almost has 1 ~ no government to cuss at. \ V 5 The. sad thing about spending vaea- \\lßk ’ tions is spending money. Turkey is trying to slip up on Greece again. ft • • Stop listening to idle rumors and give your ears a vacation. * * * If Henry Ford is running for President, he is going a long way on very little gas. ft ft • Stay away from China and give the bandits a vacation. ft ft * An idea! business combination is a doctor and a lawyer with their offices near a bootleg joint. • ft • Nothing looks sadder these days than a coal dealer wondering if winter really has gone. • ft ft Women wearing knickerbockers indicate trousers are not for men only. ft ft • Getting out in the open is fine, but never keep your teeth oug - in the open too long. . . . Y r ou can’t keep 4 good man or a good weed dmrifc. ft ft ft Quit wearing high collars and give your neck a vacation. ft ft * Being snowed under with work doesn’t keep a man cool. ft ft ft Diamonds are beautiful chiefly because you can’t get them. Quit looking at the dresses and give your eyes a vacation. ft ft ft Ft is spring, and the farmers are fepling their oats.

Sugar Boycott Brewing Storms Ahead for Gamblers in Industry

Bv Times Special WASHINGTON. May 28. —Clouds which presage a storm in the sugar industry are now gathering. Official facts indicate a condition is being reached which should result in a drastic cut in sugar prices and a wonderful success for the sugar hoy cotters. The -ugar boycott is reducing consumption in this country he at hast 3f) per coni, according to Government figures. The reported "shortage” in th-- Cuban sugar crop is rapidly disappeating before official facts. It is possible the Cuban crop will be a recot 1 breaker and it is certain no serious “shortage" will be encountered The Louisiana cane crop proved to be much larger than estimated The beet sugar crop, which will reach the market in the next three or four months, will be 15 to 20 per cent larger than last year. Demands from Europe will be somewhat satified by an increased production of European beet sugar, some es timates figuring the increase at 2 per cent to 30 per cent more than last year The crop in India is wonder fully successful. World production of sugar will be a record breaker. The last official record showed 1,543.317 tons of sugar at Cuban and United States ports. The sugar conspirators have begun to show fright. Telegrams of protest

■ Thomas Bay. It is expected that con--1 struction will be begun immediately ! upon acceptance of a bid ar.d that the development of the water power plant will be carried on simultane- . ously. . , Just Ask Operator LONDON, May 28.—" Hello operator, will you please give me the weather forecast for tomorrow?” That's the way it's being done here now- providing patrons call after 5 p. m. Cardinal Sees Play BRUSSELS, May 28.—Cardinal Merrier recently paid his first visit to the theater. He accompanied his clergy to a private performance of the miracle play, Guibour, starring Mme. Guilbert. Kaiser Gets It Again DOORN, May 28. —Former Kaiser Wilhelm must pay income tax to the j Dutch State as well as to the muni . c.ipt rffit.y of Doom, authorities have ' decreed. Death for Cannibals PARIS, May 28. —Canibalism in western and central Africa is punishable by death under a decree just i promulgated by the French govern- i ment. Cases formerly were dealt j with according to local native customs, i Sentences frequently were mild.

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are being sent President Harding and Secretary of Commerce Hoover in which New York boycott. One telegram warned Hoover he was in danger of violating the law in supporting a boycott.

RUBBER MAY BE GROWN IN AMERICA _ Britain Controls 75 Per of World's Supply, I Rv Times Special \\ J ASHIX< :TOX - May 28.—Can ! rubber be profitably grown in the Western Hemisphere? j The answer to that question is nowbeing sought by the United States Department of Commerce. At the present time nearly 95 per cent of the world's crude rubbe,r is produced in the Far East. The remainder is grown in Brazil, where, instead of being grown on rubber plantations such as hav-- brought wealth to sections of India, the product Is obtained from the “wild” rubber trees of the Amazon region. Experiments will be conducted in various parts of North and South America to determine which regions, if any, may be developed as rubber plantations. The investigation is being conducted by Prof. Harry N. Whitfnrd. formerly of the Yale University Tropical Forestry Department. and J. J. Blandin. former head of rubber plantations of the Goodyear Tire Company. As executive in charge of investigating new sources of rubber supply, Professor Whitford will not confine his researches to the American Continent. He intends to survey the world's possibilities. Authorities on rubber declare that the Philippines are capable of producing enough plantation rubber to supply the entire needs of the United States. Up to the present, however, little capital has been devoted to the Philippine rubebr industry because gji inability to meet the competition *5" the subsidized British plantations in India. Asa result Great Britain today controls over 75 per cent of the world's rttbber supply. Dutch financiers control about 20 per cent of the total, leaving American interests with less than 5 per cent. Fifty Grandchildren LONDON. May 28.—Fifty grandchildren were present at the birthday party of a 90-year-old woman in Blyth, North u mbe r 1 an and. Freak Calf COXWOLD. England. May 28.—A calf born to a cow owned by R. F. Barker has two heads and three ears. I nearth Old Relics GENEVA. May 28. —Two human skeletons, pieces of earthenware of -he Gallo-Roman period and a portion of sculpture from a triumphal arch have been unearthed by workmen dismantling old houses here. Arms Sore, Glad Now PARTS. May 28.—Former soldiers are glad now that they were Inoculated with anti-typhoid serum during the war. Since an epidemic broke, out in Paris, three times as many women as men hive contracted the disease, medical authorities report. French Order Revoked, ROME. May 28. —Compulsory !ng of French in Italian schools hafl been abolished by Premier MussollniA Instead, each pupil must be taught one of several languages. English is Included in the list. Chorister 80 A'ears BATTERSEA. England. May 28. Eighty years of continuous service in church 'hoirs ended with the recent death of .Joseph Kenningham, 91. For many years he was soloist In Salisbury Cathedral. He had sung at every Handel Festival since 1862.