Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1908-07-02
lnx Rohert Brodcrlck.l

AO ildht q liNlHS III CtoAiiildt HdNt
settled down on the little island of
Vatersay, the British government may
send out a man-of-war and the lit
tie island dumped down in the Allan
tic may be the scene of a duel be-
tween h people and the powers that
rule.
Driven to despair by not being able
to get land at their native village of
Baera the men crossed over to Vat
ersay, an u~ninhabited island belonging
to Lady Gordon Cathcart. marked out
allotmonts, built huts and titled the
soil, reaping a harvest which was to
save their families from utter starry
alton. They declared themselves will
ing to pay reasonable rent. but Lady
Cathcart would hear of no compro-
mise and invoked the arm of the law,
An injunction was granted against
the invaders but still they refused to
go, urging that they had no other
homes to go to and that they n
their dependents must perish from
hunger if they left the island.
This was not regarded a satisfac-
tory answer but still they were order
cd to appear In court al Edinbourgh
to be sentenced for refusing to obey
the injunction. Not one of them, of
course, appeared in court, their APP
pointed counsel intimating that the
reason was undoubtedly that they did
not have the necessary cash for the
trip.
Lady Cathcart is determined TO have
the squatters hauled before the judges
and has declared that she is willing
to pay for their transportation.
Vatersay is not easy of access, there
is no landing place and If the island-
ers decide to offer resistance, the
police may find it difficult to arrest
them. Under such circumstances II
may be necessary to secure the ala OF
the naval and military forces to force
the position and thus make possible
the landing of the emisaries OF the
court.
A shocking story illustrative of the
evils arising from the oVercrowded
condition which exists in the poorest
quarters of London was shown in the
criminal court when Henry Storey, a
boy Of fifteen, was placed on trial
charged with criminaily assaulting MS
own sister, Sarah, a girl of less than
thirteen.
Ii was shown that the boys father
was living with another woman ana
that the boy slept with his sister ana
the case was made still more repulsiNe
because the boy was found TO De sur
fering with a certain disease Wnlch
he had communicated to the niue
girl.
Addressing the boy the judge SAID
You have been guilty of q most Sc
crime and one that calls iof
punishment, but in view OF your
age | do not think il would do any
good to send you to prison. The law
me to deal with you IN a
different way and that is by ordering
YOU to be whipped, a punishment
will have a beneficial erect anu
act as a warning to you for the rest
Of vour DAYS. | shall order you to re-
ceive twenty strokes of the birch rod.
wireless biography is resporslDle
ror the fact that thousands OF carrier
pigeons now fed and cared for by the
government. find their occu
patton gone and the other day fiNe
hundred of them from the loits OF
Gibraltar and Sheerness were solu ~
at very low prices. although
many of them were veterans OF the
3oer war with splendid records
The reason for the Admiralty dis-
losing of Thu birds Is to be found III
he agreement with he arconl WIRE
ess Telegraph company and IN the
,nactments Of the Berlin Internatlonai
Wireless Telegraph convention VI i'VV
which comes into force on July Isl
Under the provision of the con-
-ention it Is secured tina as many as
of the shore stations OF me
world shall be established on BRUSH
The effect of this Is that
n time OF war England would be IN
position of immense advantage az
egards wireless communication both
nth the ships of the navy ana the
Mercantile fleets.
1t has caused some sensation ina
has been found that most OF the :
igeons We're bought up by agents rep I
the German government /
he birds will be valueless for flying
for as soon as released they
Immediately make a Deeilhe
Or Gibraltar or Sheerness, but theN /.
re very valuable for breeding ana
wcll-informed people are oil inc
that IN ease Of - war the /
would regret having DIS
osed OF the birds, as there y no
-ireless system in existence sufficient
/, immune from tapping to ensure
tfety.