Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 63, Number 26, Jasper, Dubois County, 19 November 1920 — Page 7

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1 iL Liu Socirfy, " A Singt on, D, fot trpU enf cf Irfowr, .Boreal of C.Jorv I . ' Hill lW'pn .w-jkjW.-t l'iHlii-t'f""'"l" MANILA: KANSAS CITY OF THE PHILIPPINES In connection with the continued discussion of lndcindenre for the Philippines the capital city of the Islands, Manila becomes of special interest. As a transport wends inward from the China. sea. It passes the Island of Corregidor, beyond which stretches Manila bay, w.--.. 'üO-mile circumference could und the navies of the world. Its livai will not be found in the far Kast. On the right of its entrance stands Cavite, where Dewey fank the Spanish fleet. From the bay the city of Manila Boems to lie almost at water level with hazy mountains for a background, lii'forc the United States came to the islands Manila was a lecpy town, sprawled lazily beyond the bay and the wharves of the river Tasig, which bisects it. Its streets were quiet and almost deserted at times, its suburbs shady and pretty, and a general air of "mamma" pervaded its atmosphere. Today its estimated population equals that of .lenvy City, Indianapolis or Kansas City; the river is alive with launches and vessels of every description. Including the houseboats of a literally flouting population of fifteen thousand; and through Its port It sends yearly to other countries nearly a hundred million dollars' worth of hemp, sugar, copra, tobacco and other comodities. A unique sight In Manila is the Pace cemetery, which at present has fallen Into disuse. It is compnrvd or two concentric walls about six feet thick, honeycombed with holes just largo enough for a coflin. In the olden days tbese were leased for periods of live years. At the end of that time If no duo was sulllciently interested In the remains of an inmate to pay his rent for another live years his bones were thrown on a heap at the back of the cemetery. Imagine the "shimmy" the flesh on an ancestor-worshiping Chlnatnans hackhone would perform should he hehold the queue of one of his progenitors protruding from thisKJolgotha.' Out from the walled city near the bay shore is Luneta, a small amusement park, and Wallace held, used for sports and the annual carnival. In the days of Spanish rule Wallace Held was an execution ground for political prisoners, and here Dr. Jose lllzal, the Filipino surgeon, novelist and patriot, was executed. Manila's chief shopping district Is north of the river, and enterprising Filipinos, Americans and Chinese have set up stores, banks, factories and restaurants, .giving this iortion of the city an up-aud-doing air. WHAT'S IN THE NAME "AMERICA" Millions sing "America"; comparatively few know the origin of the. name. Its history and Its symbolism are described in a communication to the National (Jeographie society by John II. Finley as follows: "'America a name that was lirst hoard on the planet, or at any rate first put on a printed page, according to the best authorities, in the village of St. Pie. among the Vosges mountains In the east of France, often called the baptismal font of America. 'On a pilgrimage to this valley of the Vosges sonn years ago, I found still standing the cloisters where the scholars hail lived who wrote 4The Introduction to Ptolemy's Cosmography the book in which it was suggested that the name 'America be given to the newly-disvovercd fourth continei:!: and who prepared the now famous map on which the emerging continent wjis Identified. There, too. I found the site of the old printing shop, and the t.ouse itself in which the printer. Jean Itnsln. hail lived. "At the beginning of the war the Cermans had occupied It. and In 11H7 their guns looked down uin it from the 'blue line of the Voriges.' The cloisters close under the mountains. I found in a recent and second pilgrimage had not been damaged, but there wen many houses that had been destroyed ley !;ell or by wanton tire, though Jean Hasin's was still standing. "Kuroe could not readily forget the geography of its infancy t.ad childhood, but America began from its Clodfearing settlement with an astronomy of infinite distances, with a geography partaking of the sky as well as of the sea and land. "As there was no feudal system of society for America to unburn, beginning as It did with the Vom pact and 'constitutional,' so there was no physical theory of tin? universe for it to abandon. It was democritic ami Copernlcan from Its first national consciousness. "With this Copernlcan consciousness of the universe. America should be the least provincial of the continents, for Asia 'did Africa, as well as Furope, tili remember the old cosmography und In some darker regions still cling to it."

BARBADOS: ISLAND OF VAST RESOURCES 0 Barbados Is s one of the most Interesting and least known of the possessions of ft rent Britain. Fear-shaped, solitary, farthest east of the West Indies, Barbados generally is accounted the most healthful of the group, even though It Is the most populous country in the world, per square mile, except China, and George Washington carried to his grave the marks of smallpox contracted on a visit there. The island there Is but one despite the misleading plural name Is but an eighth the size of our Rhode Island, but has twice as many Inhabitants per square mile as our smallest and most densely iHpulated srtate. Seldom does a volcano become an asset, but volcanic eruptions have contributed largely to the fertility of Barbados. When the sun was obscured throughout one day In May, 1012, the Barbarians were panic stricken, but when the gentle rain of black dust subsided, the deposit was found to be ashes from an eruption of St. Vincent Soufrier, nearly 100 miles to the west, which enriched the soil. Long before that time, though, Barbados was productive. Oldest of British colonial possessions except Newfoundland, it also wn the first place In tbe British empire where sugar cane was planted. Its average crop of this now high-priced commodity I 50,000 tons. It also has 2,000 acres planted In sea-Island or long-staple cotton; raises 40.000 bunches yearly of the Chinese banana, and exports molasses. One phenomenon of Barbados has not been accounted for. For years the w-called "Barbados Coflin Story" furnished a mystery which would interest present-day psychic Investigators. In the yard of a church near Oist in's Town Is a churchyard burial vault, hewn from rock and arched with cemented stone. A woman was buried there In a lead coflin, according to Barbadan custom. Several years later when the vault was opened again to receive another body, the coflin had been removed from its original position. Upon the second occasion special precautions were taken to seal the vault. Several times thereafter, though seals were unbroken and there seemed no other mode of entering the solid rock and masonry, the cofllns were displaced. Finally the mouth of the vault was cemented, and when It was time to receive another body oflicials of the Island and an immense crowd gathered for the cerenionj. Once more all the leaden caskets' were found to have been disturbed and the family had their dead removed to another burying ground. No satisfactory solution of these strange occurrences has. been offered. A natural curiosity of Barbados Is the "Animal Flower Cave," the socalled flowers being sea worms. Not so agreeable are the Mauehincel, or poison trees, along the shores, whosvt leaves blister the skin and contaminate the water.

WHAT IS THE UKRAINE? In the heart of the Ukrainian territory Poles ami Ukrainians participated 'In a struggle with the Bolshevik!. "What is the Ukraine? The Poles and the Lithuanians of a few centuries ago knew well this most turbulent section over which they attempted to rule, and imperial Itussia for a long time was greatly troubled by this very unruly part of her expansive domain. The Tatars and the Turks felt its proximity because of the many raids made upon them by the wild warriors of the steppes," says Nevin O. Winter in a communication to the National Geographic society. "The Ukraine Includes southeastern Russia., with the exception of the province known as Bessarabia, which .- Ukraine Peasant Girl. partakes of the character of the Balkan states and Is icopled with Boumanlans and Bulgarians. The great svaport of Odessa and surrounding country" have been added to It under the new alignment. "The Ukraine does not reach much north of Kiev or east of Kharkov, but it is a large state In Itself, about as large as the former (Jerman empire, with some twenty-five or thirty millions f pnpu living In it. 'There is a lure about the limitless stretehfs of the steppes in the Ukraine. In wide, level spaces, or In genth undulations, they reach out un

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perceptible line. Part of It revdnd one very much of our own western prairies. In spring and summer It is an ocean of verdure, with the varied shades of green of the growing vegetation interspersed with flowers of many hues; later. In the autumn after the crops are harvested, it becomes a brown waste of stubble and burned-up pastures; in winter It Is a white, glistening expanse of snow." "There are not many old towns In the Ukraine. Except In Kiev and Kharkov, one will hardly find a build Ing more than a hundred years old. No old medieval churches built up by the toil of generations of devout hands, no old chateaux, of the nobility, no palaces rich in pictures will be encountered. The" great majority of the towns are still big, overgrown villages. "The towns are separated from each oilier by enormous distances, with imperfect communication. The peasants plant their villages In the lee of some swell In the surface or by the edge of a stream in which they can water their flocks during the drought which may coil! e. SOME BIG GAME OF THREE MILLION YEARS AGO Speaking of the brontosaurus, if any one ever did, one might paraphrase Cclett Burgess: "I never saw a dinosaur, I never hope to see one." Yet, according to reports from African explorers a live dinosaur, a brontosaurus has been found In Africa. Now that the dinosaur Is with us, potentially, big game enthusiasts will be interested in this description of prehistoric big game, quoted from a communication to the National Geographic society by Barnum Brown: "Today we must go to Africa for the biggest game; but there was a time In the dim distant past when America produced animals larger than any now living. That was so long ago that nothing remains of these creatures except their hones, and they are turned to stone. "The animals are dinosaurs; for the moment we will call them lizards not the creeping, crawling kind, but huge reptiles that stalked upright through the jungles, rivaling In size the elephant, the hippopotamus und the rhinoceros. 'The place is Alberta, Canada, and the time of their existence 3,000,000 years ago. "In these marshes of prehistoric times dwelt a host of reptiles, some large, some small and of various forms, flcr.h eaters and herb eaters, but all sharing certain characters In common and known as dinosaurs. Not any were closely related to any living reptile, yet they had some characters common to the lizards, crocodiles and birds. "Of the kinds characteristic of the period one species a herb eater named Tracliodon, was more than 30 feet long and about 15 feet high when standing erect. Its head, with broadly-expanded mouth, resembles that' of a duck, but back of the beak there are more than 2,000 small teeth, disposed in many vertical rows eacli containing several Individual teeth, the new ones coming up from below as the old ones wore out. "The long hind legs terminated In three large-hooied toes, and the shorter, slender front feet were partly webbed. A long, thin, slender tail acted as a powerful swimming organ, and the body was covered with rough tuberculate skin. .Having no means of defense, it lived chiefly in the water, where it was free from attacks of the flesh eaters." SEA SLEDS FOR AIRPLANES Speed of Giant Floats Makes the Taking Off From Small Space a Matter cf Ease. ttlnnt sea sleds capable of carrying airplanes out in mldocean are being developed by a Boston concern. Some 'are equipped with four motors, totaling 1,7;"0 horsepower, and have a speed of oo miles an hour. In the event of war with a foreign nation these sea sleds would be utilized to transport heavy bombing planes across the ocean. Thousands could 1c sent at a comparatively low cost. While It is possible for an airplane to lerrve the deck of a sea sled, there is not sutttcient room for a landing to be made. The flying machine would have to work out its own salvation once its wheels left the sled. These sea sleds are built to lift and run on the surface of the water. When a speed of T0 miles an hour is reached it is possible for an airplane to open Its motor? and leave the deck without any further runway. Experiments made off the New England coast show that a small airplane can "take off' when the sea sled is making but 10 miles an hour In a heavy sea. Other tests are boing made to develop the high power planing sea sleds into pleasure craft as well as for military and naval purposes. Gordon S. Oraie of New Orleans, a wealthy sportsm in, has had a 32-footer built for his use in the Gulf of Mexico. Factories have been established In Atlantic City to aid in producing the sea sleds, which are now being tested oft the New England coast. Passing True. "The leading lady of the play made her mark in the first scene." "Yes, I saw her do it when she leaned her powaVred face on the hero's black dres; coat shcubjer.

DEAD, HARDING President-Elect of U. S. Pledges New Efforts for World Peace. YANKS TO HOLD LEADERSHIP Makes First Speech Since Election at Celebration of His Victory by the Home Folks "Corpse" at Front Porch. Marion, O., Nov. 5. President-elect Warren G. Harding said the last sad rites over the deceased Versailles League of Nations when its "corpse" was brought to the front porch in the midst of a great celebration by his home folks in honor of hts election. The bier bearing the "remains" was carried in the parade on Hie shoulders of six "pallbearers". A "mourner" held aloft a banner telling the identity of the departed. The presidentelect smiled and waved his hat as the cortege passed, a band behind played a funeral dirge and later when the corpse was taken in front of the steps, he turned to Mrs. Harding and said: "There's the corpse." In his speech to the crowd of thirty thousand or more, the first address since his election, he said in commenting on the League: "I saw in the procession the mournful spectacle cf the dead League of Nations and I didn't see as much sorrow in your faces as I rather apprehended. I5ut it was not because you or I question the wisdom, tbe justice, or the desirability of America having Its part in a new fraternity of nations, or because we question the high Ideals of those who were responsible for the Versailles covenant. "You just didn't want a surrenderd United States of America. "You wanted America to be free and unmortgaged to the Old World. You wanted the America you have seen made under American ideals to go on under American Ideals. That's why you didn't want the League which is now deceased." Visibly affected by the demonstration. President-elect Harding told his home folks he was not talking in a partisan spirit; "election is over," he added. "The task Is such that it makes? any man pause. It Is too serious to be exultant. I like to stand before you and tell you I don't have to come with a single apology or regret. If I had to seek the presidency at the cost of spealving ill or telling a lie I would spurn tlte office, because it would not be worth any honest man's occupancy. "We are the greatest people In the world in America and the world looks? to us for leadership. But America Is not expecting a superman. "I told the American people that this was going to be a government of law and not of men. WTe are going to have In America once more a government of the Constitution, a government of the people through their chosen representatives. We are going to have n government again where it is the will of the people and not the will of the chief executive of this republic. "Those who know me will agree that maybe I have one qualification that will fit into the present situation. I filone have preached conference, consultation and exchange of Ideas. I have never been a radical. Sometimes they have called me a reactionary or an ultra conservative. , "What we need Is a little slowing up by the radicals and a little speeding up by the ultra-conservatives so we can come to a common understanding and give the stabilizing Influence of America to the civilization of the world. , T am going into office knowing the heart of the American people is right and In the spirit of compromise and desire for an understanding for the promotion of our national interests, and America Is going on safe and sure nt home and giving its steadying and stabilizing influence to mankind and the civilization of the world. "My work among you lias been as a fellow booster, and, God helping me, I am going to Washington as a booster for the United States of America. But 1 don't mean that we want America to lead a selfish existence. "NVe don't want to advance our own country at the cost of discouraging or negiecting the rest of the world. "The United States will meet every obligation It owes to humanity and to the world. There is much to do. A new world relationship is to be established and through you I tell the world when the next administration comes Into power we are going to play our part." O'Callahan Succeeds MacSwiney. Cork, Nov. C. Deputy Lord Mayor O'Callahan has been elected lord niavor of Corhc. Pole Troops Defeated. Riga. Nov. G. Offensive operations by irregular Polish troops commanded by General Zellgouski have been checked along the entire front by the Lithuanians during the last few days, says a report. Big Chilean Wheat Crop. Santiago. Chile. Nov. d. The Chilean wheat yield for 1P20 was COCi.OOO tons, an increase of ."Vl.OOO tons over 1!U). The acreage sown was 1,200,000. Home consumption will be 573,000 tons, it is estimated.

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Three Hundred Men Are Executed, According to Report at Copenhagen. SEVEN THOUSAND ARRESTED Travelers Arriving at Riga Say Many Bolshevik Soldiers Refused to Proceed to the Front With Old Equipment. Copenhagen, Nov. 4. A serious mutiny occurred in Moscow a few days ago, according to travelers who have arrived In Kiga, Letvia, says the Politiken! The trouble commenced, the travelers reported, among Bolshevik soldiers in the suburb of Khcdynka, who refused to proceed to the front unless supplied with new equipment. Civilians sided with the troops and there was considerable disorder In -the barracks and adjoining streets. Machine guns were brought Into use, according to the travelers, and large numbers of troops were dispatched from the surrounding districts. Howitzers were placed In commanding positions and between G.000 and 7,000 persons were arrested. Of these, the travelers assert, from 200 to 300 were executed. ! The ringleaders of the mutiny were not discovered. London, Nov. -J.The only confirmatory news of the foregoing was contained In a Paris dispatch, October 30, which stated that Uelsingfors advices described the situation in Moscow as very serious and declared martial law had been proclaimed. The Uelsingfors advices said the peasants had revolted In 11 provinces because of the requisition of wheat by the government, and added that among those cast in the prison was Gen. Alexis A. Bruslloff, former commander in chief of the ltussian armies. No direct dispatches have beer, received from Russian sources telling of disorders in Moscow. RAIL BILL IS $656,000,000 Private Operation of the Railroads for Six Months Costs Government That Sum. Washington, Nov. 4. Private operation of the railroads for "the first six months after the end of federal control will cost the federal government a total of $G5G.000.000. according to figures made public by the interstate commerce commission. The railroads sustained a net deficit of $20a000.000 during the six months period, and besides this sum the treasury must pay them $4r0,000.000, the amount of the guarantee provided in the transportation act. Part of the deficit is charged to Increased pay granted to the railroad workers by the railroad labor board. When the period of the federal guarantee of earnings to the roads ended on September 1 the increased passenger and freight rates granted by the interstate commerce commission were In effect. These are designed to Increase the gross revenue of the carriers by $1,500,000,000 annually. SCOTS VOTE BOTH WAYS Three Areas In Scotland Go Dry and Fourteen Other Sections Remain Wet. London, Nov. 4. Returns show three areas in Scotland In which voting took place on local option as having polled dry Sanquhar, a rural constituency, and Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch, mining centers. Fourteen other sections voted for no change from -the present license statu?. They included Grangemouth, Bridge of Allan, Dunoon, Lanark, Elelensburg, Barr Head, Bonnybrigge, Loanhead and Sterling. TURKS KILL 10,000 ARMENIANS Town of Hadjin Captured by Nationalists and Inhabitants Massacred, Says Report, London, Nov. 4. The Armenian town of Iladjin has been captured by Turkish nationalists who have massacred the inhabitants, numbering 10,000, according to a dispatch to the Armenian bureau in London. These Armenians had been holding out against the attacking forces since March last George W. Stevens Drops Dead. Richmond, Va., Nov. 4. George W. Stevens, president of the Chesapeake Ä: Ohio railway, dropped dead at the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., said a message received here. U. S. Rule of Sugar Ends. Washington, Nov. 0. The last vestige of government control over sugar has been removed through the signing by President Wilson of a proclamation providing for revocation November 15 of licenses held by wholesalers. Many Liquor Men Confess. Chicago, Nov. 0. Thirty-five saloonkeepers in confessions to United States Attorney Clyne revealed a $3,000,000 whisky plot in Chicago and Involved more than 100 men. Including federal otllclnls and policemen.

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