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The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-06-05
INSANE MAN POSES AS
TARGET; SHOT DEAD

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, June /.
Sherman Dean, colored, an inmate of
the state Hospital for Nervous Dis
eases, was shot and almost instantly
killed last Monday by H. F. Brown,
plumber employed by the institu-
ton. The coroner returned a verdict
of accidental killing.
Dean had been assigned to help
Brown do some plumbing work in one
of the wards of the hospital. The
two were at work, when H. l.. Plant,
one of the attendants, walked up to
them and began conversation which
finally drifted toward firearms.
Plant, it is said, remarked that he
had a good revolver to sell. Brown
said that he might buy it, and Plant
went to his room and got the pistol
and returned with it. Plant told
Brown that the revolver was not
loaded
Dean was standing few feet away
iTofH Cne TWO oCner men at tne Cifne,
and Brown is said to have called out
to him and asked him to pose as a
target while he examined the sights
of the pistol. Dean did SO, and Brown
snapped the trigger.
Twice it snapped harmlessly and
the third time bullet was dis
charged. Dean cried out and sank to
the floor. Physicians were called,
but the insane man died short time
before they arrived. The bullet en-
tered his left chest and left the body
underneath the shoulder blade.
Brown has been released, and it is
said that the matter is at an end.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-06-05
CELEBRATION
DECORATION
DAY WITH
RIOT

Waukegan, ILL.,, June l. = Serious
race rioting broke out here shortly
before midnight here last night
amongst drunken sailors from the
Great Lakes Naval Station and col
ored people. Many were chased
through the streets and their homes
and hotels pillaged.
Colored and white boys had been
playing together in the streets when
rock thrown by some one in the
crowd struck an automobile driven
by q naval officer. Word was eircu--
lated that colored boy In.u thrown
the saone, and sailors and marines
who were on holiday leave in the
town quickly gathered, many of them
under the influence of liquor.
They gathered about the Sherman
House, colored hotel, and some
Southerners in the crowd are said
to have started the cry, Lynch
EN-" Occupants of the hotel, fear
ing a repetition of characteristic
Southern atrocities, began firing in
to the crowd. 1t has not yet been
ascertained whether any of the riot
ers were wounded.
The firing was a signal to the
crowd of drunken sailors. They be-
gan to throw stones and other mis-
siles. Some of them charged the
place and overthrew furniture before
they were repulsed by the defenders.
Those on the outside succeeded in
breaking all the windows in the hotel.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-06-05
CONDEMNED TO DIE FOR
ACCIDENTAL KILLING
Birmingham, Ala.

81 am ready to die, but don't
want to-, said Jeff Jenkins, con-
demned murderer, who is to be hang
ed in the Kinds county Jail Friday,
for the killing of John Lynch, guard
at the county convict farm. Jenkins
was brought to the city Jail Sunday
night from Meridian, where he had
been confined for safe keeping, since
his conviction in the Kinds circuit
court.
He is a colored man of powerful
physique, weighing more than 200
pounds, and fully six feet in heiCht.
The prisoner was respondent when
seen in the death cell at the county
Jail today. His first visitor was c..
Hamilton, local attorney, who was
appointed by the court to defend him
at the murder trial several months
ago, and who brought the news that
Governor Russell had refused to in
IcIleTe WIFI tile uedti seilIeilCS.
81 certainly hate to die, sighed
jenkins, "for I didn't intend to kill
Lynch at all. 1t was an accident"
Jenkins declared his accomplice,
Maggie Thomas, who is now serving
ten year term in the penitentiary,
hatched the plot to escape from the
convict farm, and being infatuated
wit the woman, he consented to join
her, he insists, however, that the
shooting was accidental, that he mere
ly intended to frighten the guard and
not kill him. Jenkins was asked if he
desired spiritual adviser and re-
quested that priest be sent to visit
him which was done. He says that
he has been praying for several
months, and has made peace with
God.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-06-05
DRUNK SAILORS START RACE WAR
Spanish War Vet Dies on Parade
CoI0rod Child Wins 1St
Prize in Baby Contest

New York, May 29.-The cham
pion baby of Manhattan is Audrey
Tripp, three years and nine months
old, of No. Al East 133rd street
This Negro child has been awarded
a gold and silver medal for being
the best prepared school child in his
home district and in Manhattan. The
awards were made on merits in a
physical examination for nutrition,
general demeanor, character, feeding
and care. They were presented at
the Milk and Baby Show in the Grand
Central Palace, Thursday. The Trip
child won over hundreds of babies
entered in the contest.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-06-05
STARTED CHICAGO RIOT
HELD NOT GUILTY

A jury in Judge Kavanaugh's court
last Friday found George Stauber,
white, not guilty of the murder of
Eugene Williams, colored, at the goth
st. Beach, last summer.
Stauber's alleged act of casting the
stone that killed Williams was the
spark that ignited the conflagration
of race rioting here last summer.
Colored boys on the beach claimed
that Stauber had thrown a stone,
knocking Williams from log on
which he was floating about in the
surf. A fight started and rapidly
spread over the whole south side.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-06-05
BISHOP WARNER DIES

Charlotte, N. c., June bishop
Andrew J. Warner, of the A. M. E..
ZION Church, one of the leading
clergymen of the country, died at
his home here yesterday after a
brief illness. Bishop Warner was 70
years of age, and had served as a
bishop twelve years and as a min
lister forty years. Bishop Warner was
a member of the G. A. R., having
served in the Union Army as a
drummer boy during the civil war.
The Chicago whip. (Chicago, Ill.) 1919-19??, 1920-06-05
EUROPE USES
SLAVES To
PAY WAR
DEBT
NINE LANDS COMBINE IN AP-
PEAL TO LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
u. s. INVITED TO JOIN.

EDITORIAL NOTE.-The follow
ing startling dispatch has leaked
through the veil of censorship now
being maintained regarding events
in the Ozark Continent"
Geneva, Switzerland, June /. -
A new international anti-slavery
league, which probably will be called
either the Black Cross or the Gold
Cross, has just been organized here
for the purpose of defending the
rights of natives or subject peoples
before the league of nations and the
court Of public opinion.
Among the founders are John r.
Harris of the British Anti-Slavcry
society and Rene Claparede, Swiss,
who. a few years. ago, was ipstrppaen
q IA exposing the horrors in the
BE-. IN Congo.
1t is contended that the league OF
nations, as constituted, gives no voice
to the subject peoples who comprise
d large part of the worlds popula-
ton. The new anti-slavery organiza-
ton proposes 20 protect the natives
against abuse by white conquerors,
using the Swiss or Dutch representa-
tives in the league of nations as
attorneys.
The need of action along this line
1 &c ha-
lieved that slavery, both actual and
disguised, increased considerably
during the war, while public atten-
ton was focused elsewhere.
Information will be gathered IS
rapidly as possible regarding peonage
in South and Central Amt Ca, the
coolie syg EN- in Asia and forced la
Dor and appropriation of natives in
Africa.
Reports 72,OoO,OOO Acres Seized.
Mr.. Harris has just published a
sensational volume in which he at
tacks the British South Africa COM
pany's administration of southern
Rhodesia. He declares that the COM
pany has illegally appropriated the
natives from 72,000,000 acres of
titled land and pasturage and divided
the natives cattle among the agents
of the company. He estimated the
Just claims of the natives against the
British government at 100000.
The natives, it is said, have been
obliged to pay heavily for permission
to remain in their own homes.
The theory of the anti-slavery
leaders is that governmental action is
ineffective and that only private vi
GLANCE can keep down slavery, which
tends continually to crop out in new
forms, as, for example, that of forced
labor, which Viscount Grey called
slavery under another name."
1t is recalled that, following the
anti-slavery agitation in 1S85-188S
the project for an open congress fell
through because Great Britain and
Germany were then engager in bring
ing pressure to bear on the sultan
of Zanzibar. Germany wanted his
continental possessions, and Greai
Britain wanted him to recognize
British protectorate. Moreover nego
tiations were in progress by which
Germany, in return for recognizing
the extension of British influence tC
include Uganda, received the islant
of Helgoland. The congress which
the governments finally called wa
secret.
Two Bureaus Founded.
After negotiations lasting eigh
months the governments agreed t.
found n bureau in Brussels under tn
Continued on page ~
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-11-10
WHY
The Robin Is Not q Foe to
the Orchardist

long time ago some one got the
notion that the common American rob-
In is a foe to the orchardist and berry
grower. The alleged discovery was
promptly published broadcast and the
fruit grower loaded his shotgun and
went forth to Stay the robin.
The fruit growers investigation into
the food habits Of the robin went no
further than observing that he some
times ate cherries. 1t never occurred
to the man with the shotgun to exam
Inc the contents of his victims stOm-
ach. IF he had done so with a mind
open to conviction surprise would
have met him. The robins do eat early
fruit, but the quantity is small in pro-
portion TO the number of insects they
destroy.
The robins diet consists chiefly OF
moths, butterflies, caterpillars, earth
worms, cutworms and other creatures
that the farmer can very well spare
The small fruit that the bird consumes
is only his dessert after meat.
If the robin plucks small apples
from ones trees, il would be well to
DC1OAG
bird. He may be doing one a great
service. Probably you will find tina
he has not eaten the young apple
after all, but has dropped it on the
ground. A little further investigation
viii show that 1t contained a Iarva
Of the destructive coddling moth; the
bird was not after the apple, but the
larva.
= Nesting birds live wholly on insec1
food. There were once watched pair
of robins that had their nest on
porch cap. From the time the young.
were Matched until they were ready tc
leave the nest the parents visited them
on the average once every fifteen min
utes, and brought at each visit from
one to three insects.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-11-10
SOME DEFINITIONS FOR CLUB
WORK PEOPLE

Club Work: Club work is an or
ganized system of extension teaching
for young people, conducted by means
of group meetings, home projects IN
agriculture and home economics and
practical demonstrations in the field
and home. 1t contemplates the or
ganization of young people into
groups called clubs, for the purpose
of definite work under the carefully
prepared project programs with the
adequate loca leadership.
Demonstration: A. demonstration
is an effort designed to show by ex-
ample the method and practical appli-
cation of an established fact.
A Club Field Meeting: A club field
meeting is an out-of-door gathering
of young people for the purpose of
observing, discussing, and studying
the progress of results of definite
field, orchard and garden conditions.
Club Festivals: A club festival is
an assemblage of club members and
friends for exhibits, demonstrations
and play with the object of erousing
interest in farm and home life.
Club Program: A club program
is detailed schedule of activities
for a definite period of time.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-11-10
IRASBuRG

Frank Gregory has moved into the
Tinker house.
Mrs. F. Powers has gone to Fitch
Bay to do nursing.
Herbert Wheeler was home from
Claremont, N. H., over Sunday.
Maynard Alexander spent the
weekend in Lisbon, N. H.
Miss Anne Corley of st. Johnsbury
over Sunday.
Regular meeting of Cotton chapter,
o. E. S., next Wednesday evening,
November IL.
Mrs. Beach of st. Johnsbury is
spending the week with her daughter.
Mrs. W. A. Bailey.
Almon Ducharme has moved from
the Tinker house into rooms In Hiram
Badgers house.
Powell & Greenwood have been
shingling the buildings on the Han
nant farm, the past week.
George Metcalf, Leon Damon, A. E.
Harlow and J. S. Wiley are spending
the week in Enroll, N. H., deer hunt
ing.
The annual meeting of the local
branch of the N. E. M. P. A. will be
held in the town hall Saturday even
ing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fletcher Niles and
Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton Adams of Der
by were guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H
B. Chamberlin Sunday.
Several people from Irasburg
attended the chicken-pie supper at
Coventry Friday evening. A very
pleasing entertainment was given.
Harry Eugene Switzer and Miss
Blanche G.. Kennison were united IN
marriage Friday morning at the M. E.
parsonage by Rev Edward F. Wood.
Wilfred St. Marie has sold his farm
to Mr.. Brondeur of Canada, who has
taken possession. Mr.. st. Marie and
family will spend the winter in New
port.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hovey and
daughter, Doris, of Lyndonville, and
Mr.. and Mrs. Leland Herman of New
port spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
M. A. Wells.
Remember the annual meeting of
the Orleans County Branch N. E. M.
P. A., and the Newport grange meat
pie dinner at Newport Wednesday,
November II.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Sherrier and
two children, Mr.. and Mrs Augustus
Sheltra and son, and Fred Sherrier
of Fairfax, spent Sunday with their
aunts, Mrs. George and Mrs. Sam
Mitchell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bert Potter of VOL
colt and Mrs. Dodge of Burlington
Were callers at E. A. Pixies Thurs
day. Mrs. Della Farrar, who has
been spendinp several weeks with Mr..
home.
The second number in the lecture
evening at the town hall. Samuel
Grathwell will give a lecture entitled
Getting by Your Hoodoo." He is
said to be one of the leading lecturers
of the country. Hear him.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-11-10
Why chopsticks Are Favored.

Chopsticks as table tools are being
used more and more in American fam
lilies, who find much te recommend
them in the way of cleanliness and cons
venience. Ivory ones can be wiped
clean as the proverbial hounds tooth
with a single motion, while the more
commons wooden ones are simply tossed
away like a burnt match
japanese of the higher order, who
ban our idea of pocket handkerchiefs.
never travel without their chopsticks,
or "hashis," as they call them, and in
all Japanese restaurants hashis are
served with every order, each pair
sealed in rice paper envelope, ap-
propriately inscribed. These aSe of
wood, separated by a slit which runs
only part way, so they must be torn
apart before using. This is a further
guarantee that each is an original
package
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-11-10
GREENSBORO BEND

Jerry Massey is repairing his build
ings.
Mrs. Amelia Ansden is on the sick
list.
Addie Goochie is working for Mrs.
Laura McCuen.
R. A. Ritchie was in Lyndon Thurs
day to attend a lawsuit.
A. C. Chase was in Boston for
treatment the first of the week.
J. B. Lumsden is putting in a
driveway for D. G. Mcfarland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alva Hill are the par
ents of a daughter born Tuesday
morning.
Mr.. Fisher moved the first of the
week to his farm which he recently
purchased
Mrs. Matte Shepard is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. A. c. French, at East
Hardwick.
Mrs. Mary Batten is spending a
few days with her daughter, Mrs.
Nora Cuthbertson.
The large set of farm buildings
owned by M. ]. Parmenter were en-
tirely destroyed by fire Saturday
night. The entire community ex-
tend to them their sympathy in the
loss of their home.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-11-10
Why Sunshine Is Necessary.

Attempts to avoid the British bylaws
that provide a window area equal to
one-tenth of the area. of the room are
frequent, says a writer in the Journal
of the Royal Sanitary institute. Sun.
shine is generally treated with in
difference. In the crowded cities, bed
rooms exist into which a direct ray
of sunshine never enters.
Investigations on the Continent re
veal the fact that children in badly Lii
schools suffer from short sight eight
times more than children in well light
ed schools. The effect of cross light
is most detrimental to children's sight
vet we find cross lighting in com
paratively recent schools in the Brit
ish Isles.
Similar Investigations applied in the
case of. dwellings would no doubt
show that there was benefit to be
derived from direct sunshine.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-11-10
Why Teachers Die Young.

Persons not in touch with the school
room realize only on rare occasions
that schoolbOy ''hOwlers" flourish as
luxuriantly today as ever. Sometimes
n few samples published in newspa-
per or college magazine serve- as re
minders, sometimes street car pas
senger will garner choice specimen
from the talk of a group OF chatterine
pupils on their way to school. Only
the other day two boys We're over
heard quizzing one another in prepara-
ton for their English lesson for the
day.. "What is personification? the
first boy asked. looking at the book
The second boys reply was in the ma
ture of a terrific and oblfdue conden-
sation Of the correct answer: per
sonificafiou' IS a metaphor without la
man inta1tt~~-seo
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-11-10
FIGURES TN MANY LEGENDS
Why Have Black Cats Been consid
cred Lucty?-Numerous Supersti-
tions Concerning Them.

Why have black cats nearly always
been accounted lucky?
Ireland is by no means the only
place where superstitiOns about black
cats are or were rife. In Egypt cats
were regarded with great reverence.
Archeologists have found them in
tOmbs of kings and princes.
Australians have a curious legend
about cats. MityarO. the moon, they
say, was native cat, who fell in love
with some one else's wife, and was
driven away to wander ever since. To
them a cat, black, gray or white,
prOphesies only bad luck
In Japan and China black cat is
regarded as a dangerous demon, often
possessing as many as two or three
forked tails. and having the power TO
change itself into an old woman.
The Chinese believe if a cat leaps
on or walks over corpse ii will cause
the corpse to rise up at once. Any per-
son passing through the room would
be in danger of being seized by the
corpse when in that state, and would
be killed Immediately
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-11-10
Why Automobile LIS kinn-

America makes nine-tenths of all
the automobiles in the world TODAY.
Ii is only few years since the best
cars were made in Europe but now
we send our cars TO 1873 different coun-
tries, including Iceland. 1t is no won
der that you can scarcely cross a
street or road In the country with
out lodging an automobile, for last
year nearly 100000 cars were turned
out in the United States, which makes
about 100000 cars regularly regis
tered In the country. In a few years
II Is believed there will be nearly
twice as many. There are more cars
to the population in Nebraska and
Iowa than any other place in the
world, or one for every six and half
persons.-Boys' Life
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-11-10
How Spiders Travel.

Spinning webs is second nature with
spiders. After they are Matched from
the eggs in cocoon. they cling to-
gether for about n week. Then they
separate, but their legs do not carry
them very far. Facing the wind, and
standing on the tips of their legs, the
baby spiders raise their abdOmenSr and
emit a silken thread. The faintest
current watts the gossamer in the air,
and when enough is let out TO permit
of aerial flight the insect drifts away.
When it wishes to land ii hauls IN
the thread Wherever 1t lands ii can
spin webs without the slightest in
structions from older spiders. Older
male spiders seem to lose this gift.
There are about $50 species of spi-
ders in America, but only two, the
house and garden spiders, are well
known.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-11-10
How to ResiIver Mirrors.

Select a sheet of tinfoil of the re-
quired size and pour over ii three
drains of quicksilver for each square
foot of foil Rub the foil with a piece
of buckskin until it becomes brilliant.
Place sheet of paper over the foil SO
as to completely cover it. Then lay a
weight on the foil, using a slab of mar
bic or smooth block of wood. Increase
the weight so that the foil will be
pressed tightly to the glass. Allow
to stand four or five hours to set. If
properly done the foil will adhere
closely to the glass. Usually, however,
1t is cheaper and more satisfactory to
buy a new mirror than to try resilver-
ing an old one.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-11-10
How -corneobs Yield Dyes.

Of importance to the dye industry
is the recent discovery that furfural.
or furfuraldehyde- dye base-can
now be extracted, like cellulose, from
the common corncob, and ct a cost of
only 10 cents pound. This colorless,
oily liquid has previously been OBJ
tanned only in the laboratory, and al
something like SIT a pound. In con-
sequence of this announcement the de-
spised corncob will take on consider
able commercial value. In the hands
of the chemists it will yield dyes O.
a vivid green, in addition to the rare
brown and blue vat dyes.-PopulaJ
Mechanics Magazine.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-11-10

not tn varr ,,s a lot of money in op
out. io" now to O,
ont tG bur sins may not always 9, ]
find you in. 0nce will al,
da a natural crouch thinks rob ),
stands a crouch and w;yoooy un
out behind the barn and die ne''
,,a A philosopher is one who NJ.
ms mlnd that he can ne1 make
everything he wants nor we
oning ne mas, but is happy AMY INV ~
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-11-10

ings at 7.30.
Epworth League service Thurs
day evening at 7.30, topic, "Our
Church Privileges and Obligations. /"
Leader, E. N. Knapp. At the bust
ness meeting held last Thursday even
ing it was voted, among other things.
to hold a social every month, and al
so that members be careful to paw
their dues at the first meeting in. eth
er January or June.
The two classes, Willing Workers.
and Sunshine Club, are showing how
things can be done.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-11-10
How Esthonian Girls eeoin Life.

Almost from infancy Esthonian girls
begin to collect a wedding outfit. This
is not peculiar to Esthonian girls, but
a curious feature is that at the we'd
ding the newly made bride distrib-
utes accumulated articles among the
guests, receiving in return promises OF
beehives, sheep, and cattle--prOmises
which are usually redeemed sooner III
later.