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Evening star., 1921-02-13
TOWN IS "BIRDLESS"
AS TORNADO PASSES
AFTER CLEAN SWEEP

OCOEEE, Ca, February IL
Some of the most fantastic stories
probably ever related in connec-
tion with the tornado here are be-
ing told. One person who witness
ed the storm states that he saw two
negro women step from the door of
their home as the wind struck the
town. They were carried several
hundred feet into the air. he says.
and dashed to death upon the
ground a few hundred yards away.
A search of the town and vicin-
ity brought to light an unusual
condition. Not "A fowl or bird of
any kind is to be found. When the
tornado struck the town inhabit-
ants saw chickens carried far into
the air and disappear from sight.
The town is both "chickenless" and
"birdless."
One negro boy of twelve was car
ried into the air and later dropped
to earth. where he was found bad
ly mangied. a physician brought
back signs of life into the boys
form, only to witness the little fell
low die a few hours later.
Evening star., 1921-02-13
TROOP IS, BOY SCOUTS,
Wins EVENING STAR CUP

The Evening Star Trophy cup was
won by Troop 16. B. S, Flather scout
| MASTER at the final inspection Friday
| evening in the gymnasium Of the Y.
NJ c. A.. boys department. This is
the third year in which the Boy Scouts
of the District of Columbia have COM
peted for the silver cup offered by
| The Star in 1919. Troop won the
cup both years preceding.
Eight troops competed in the finals,
each having previously won out In
one of the eight divisions The final
inspection was the elimination OF a
contest that has been running since
inspection of uniform. insignia and
personal cleanliness, but troop rec
ords. organization and attendance at
troop meetings for the three-month
period.
The judges were Lieut. Col Henry
son. Lieut.. Col. Robert Sterrett.
Deputy Commissioners William 3.
Marshall and James 1. Lee and Scout
master James D. Hall. Troop 49 Drum
and Bugle Corps furnished the music.
The final standing is as follows:
Troop is, Division 2. 1898; Troop 81.
Division 4. 97.33; Troop 1. Division g.
96.23; Troop "a, Division I. $3.50:
Troop 49, Division 5. S2.15; Troop 95.
Division 8. 62.o7; Troop 101, Division
Il, S1.94.
Following the inspection veteran
scout badge was presented to Assist
ant Scoutmaster Oliver Brown of
Troop 81 by Assistant Executive L.
&c. Drake, on behalf Of the troop
Scout Alfred De Groot of Troop 10
was presented with the eagle badge,
the highest award in scouting, at the
inspection. He won thirty-five merit
badges in the last fourteen months
and is near the top in number of
badges won by scouts in the District.
The annual banquet Of scout officials
is to be held at the City Club We'd
nesday evening. Among the speakers
will be former Gov. Joseph w. Folk
of Missouri. Brig. Gen. William Mitch
ell, chief Of the air service; Lorne w.
Barclay of the National Council, New
York. and Colin H. Livingstone. ma
tional president Of the Boy Scout
Evening star., 1921-02-13
PETROLEUM LAWS HALTED
Mexican Congress Takes Up Time
Discussing Banking Measures.

MEXICO CITY. February 12.-Dis-
eussion of proposed petroleum legis-
lation may be delayed in the
Mexican congress-, owing to op-
position to bills governing bank
ing activities which will be sub
mitted to congress on Monday. Pro-
visions of the banking law have been
discussed by members of congress in
formally. and the committee in
charge Of the projected measures is
so divided in it's support of the ad-
ministration plans that lively fight
is predicted. President Obregon is
urging that congress dispense with
the Banco Unico. or one central bank.
for the present and establish six or
eight banks Of emmission in as many
states.
Congress has before it an old oil
project, which dates from the Car
rama regime. This measure, however.
will without doubt be emasculated
beyond recognition as soon as action
is taken upon it. If this bill is def
nitely discarded. the administration
will submit it's new project. which is
said to be largely the work of Rafael
Zubaran Capmany, secretary of in
dustry and commerce, who has held
many conferences on the subject with
the president. The nature Of this bill
has not been divulged.
Evening star., 1921-02-13
Non-Smoking Presidents.
10 the Editor Of The Star;

10 inc SSQltof OF lbe star:
In your issue of January 30 The
Star published an article with the
heading, presidents Smoked Pines
Cigars and Also Cigarettes" The
following Paragraph appeared in this
article:
Anybody who ever visited Col.
Roosevelt in his offices at the White
House will remember the cigarette
box he kept alongside the box Of
cigars, put out for the choice of the
caller. whether he was formal or in
formal, and. IL the visitor happened
TO be in a hurry and chose the
cigarette. the President oten would
Join him. Perhaps the colonel would
not smoke the cigarette to the bitter
end. but he would blow couple Of
rings or SO and make his visitor feel
n home"
/ wrote to Mrs. Roosevelt to learn
whether there was the least SEM
blance of truth in this paragraph,
for j had long understood that Mr..
Roosevelt was an abstainer from to-
bacco. ] received the following word
from Sycamore Hill in response to
my inquiry:
"ln regard to the paragraph you
quote ] know that IL is quite incor-
rect. In an acquaintance of nearly
thirty years ! never saw Col. Roose-
welt smoke anything"
MI. Tumulty wrote me personally
that President Wilson did not smoke.
FANNIE d. CHASE.
Evening star., 1921-02-13
ZOO SAWM|LL CUTTING
SICK CHESTNUT TREES
Sturdy Timber Felled to Overcome
Ravages of Bark Disease in
National Park.

There was a queer sound heard in
the National Geological Park yester-
day. a sound new to the hundreds
of furred and feathered creatures
that are experts at noise making
themselves.
Twas the buzz of the Zoos new
sawmill. which was busily saving
away at the last of the chestnut
trees which were once the pride of
the park.
practically every tree of this variety
in the Zoo Park has withered away.
neccSSitating the removal of the
specimens. The cutting has resulted
in the leveling of about 125 trees. Off
Gals stated today.
Wood Used for Repairs.
Selling the opportunity to buy a
small sawmill cheap. the officials
yesterday had the mill at work lust
inside the Klingle ford entrance to
the park. This is the first time in
the history of the animal park that
it has ever owned and operated a
sawmill.
The timber sawed will be used by
the park in the various construc-
On there. 1t is estimated that the
mill can turn out between three and
four thousand board feet a day. The
lumber will be used for framing, etc,
ana VIII be stored until needed.
Zoo authorities estimated that they
Will get enough lumber from their,
cutting and mill operations to fill the
lumber needs of the park for two or
three years And the wood will be
of the durable chestnut, for the bark
disease in only sporadic cases renders
the trunks unfit for lumber usage.
Old Trees Ravaxed.
Experts have been unable to stop
the destruction of the old trees by the
lnsidious disease. which scarcely gives
sign of its presence until complete
ruination of the tree as living thing
is accomplished
Passing of the chestnuts in the Zoo
and Rock Creek Park has brought
sorrow to the lovers of trees through
out the National Capital. 1t is expect
ed that the cutting of the chestnuts
IN Rock Creek Park will follow next
AS the little mill hummed away to-
day Zoo official talked of the utility
of the chestnut. and recalled that
many old barns. some 100 years old.
were constructed of chestnut wood.
Many old fence rails. ne said, are of
the durable chestnut.
Cutting of these trees will in no
way affect the beauty of the park. ;,
he said. Many of them have been
dead Tor several years, and it is best
70 take them out. The park will really
look better after all Of them are gone. -
Evening star., 1921-02-13
ALEXANDRIA

ALEXANDRIA, Va. February II
(SpeciaD.-This city soon will have
another athletic club. which will be
known as the Alexandria Athletic
Association The new club will be
open March Is with a we'll equipped
gymnasium. and it will have box
ing and wrestling and also form a
strong base bail club The election of
officers of the club wilI' take place
February 90. The club is now open
for charter members.
Last night was veterans night with
Potomac Lodge of Odd Fellows. Vet
eran members of the order or those who
have been members were entertained
There were nine veterans in attend
ance who have been members for
thirty eight years, and they are as
follows: ". E. Latham. ST.. fifty-two;
". w. Chesser. forty nine; D. r.
Stansoury. forty-eight: SIT. Watkins.
forty,six: D. r. Evans. forty-five. and
Fred Klaus. ST.. r. H. Atkinson. George
". Bontz, ST.. and J. H. Mansfield,
thirty-eight years old each.
Mount Vernon Chapter. Daughters
of the American Revolution. at a
the residence of Mrs George Uhler,
1z1 North Washington street, named
a committee. headed by Mrs c. A. S.
Sinclair. to organize a chapter of the
children OF the d. A. r. in this city.
The Mary Custis Lee. 18th Virginia
Regiment Chapter. L. D. c.. will hold
a meeting Monday night at Lee Camp
Hall.
Following reception to the new
members of the Holy Name Society at
st. Mary's Catholic Church tomorrow
night at Z o'clock. there will be a
meeting in the Lyceum Hall. with ad-
dresses by Representative O'Connell
OF Louisiana and p. j. Haltigan of
Washington.
Mrs. Maud Wood Park will address
the League Of Women Voters of this
city next Friday night in the audi
forum Of the chamber of commerce.
The lecture will be under the auspices
or the Alexandria branch of the
League Of Women Voters.
Il o. Armstrong will deliver a free
illustrated lecture Monday night in the
auditorium of the Alexandria High
School. on From Labrador to Alaska
The affair will be under the auspices
of the Y. NJ. G. A.
Thus far the police have been unable
to fnd the person who left a baby
boy on the steps of the nurses home
of the Alexandra Hospital last Thurs.
day night.
Evening star., 1921-02-13
SUMMONS DEMOCRATS.
Chairman White Calls Executive
Committee Meeting Thursday.

Chairman White has fixed IL O'Clock
next Thursday morning. at the Shore
ham, for the meeting of the executive
committee of the democratic national
committee. He leaves the city tonight,
but will return Wednesday, and be
here to preside at the meeting.
Chairman White continues tOreceive
Expressions of support from prominent
democrats in his attitude toward not
calling a meeting Of the full commit
tee for the purposes disclosed
w. Bruce Kremer of Montana, long
identified with the organization pre-
ceding Mr. Whites incumbency, has
accepted appointment on the execu-
tive committee, but will be unable TO
attend this meeting. He has author
ized a proxy. however. and assured
Mr.. White Of his opposition to pro-
posed reorganization Of the commit
tee at this time.
Evening star., 1921-02-13
HONOR TO DR.. H. WRIGHT.
Chinese Will Dedicate Hall in
Americans Memory.

The Chinese government has sane
toned proposal made by DR.. V. X.
wellington Koo. former Chinese min
lister to the United States. to dedi-
cate certain hall in the Using Hua
College at Peking to the memory of
DR.: Hamilton Wright in recognition
OF his services to the Chinese govern
ment in its efforts to suppress the
opium traffic.
DR.. Wright represented the United
states government. both on the Shane-
hal commission and at The Hap,Ie
conference. and supported the posi-
tion OF the Chinese government with
all the power at his command As
a mark of appreciation of his sery-
ices' the chinese government thinks
II oentting to erect a lasting memorial
to the American physician on the
campus of the Using Hua College. an
institution founded on the generosity
OF the American government
Evening star., 1921-02-13
WOULD INVITE NATIONS.
Oregon Legislature Wants All
World to Participate in Exposition.

SALEM. Ore. February 12.-Memo-
rials urging Congress to invite the
nations of the world to participate in
the Atlantic-Pacific highways and
hydro-electric exposition in Portland
in 1923, and requesting President Will
son to take advantage of the present
sessions of the various state legisla-
lures to invite the states to join hands
with Oregon in the fair. were adopted
by the Oregon Legislature in joint
session today.
The legislative action was taken
simultaneously with the filing of ar
ticles Of incorporation Of an organiza-
ition with $5,000.0O0 capital stock
formed for handling the exposition.
Evening star., 1921-02-13
FADING INK AIDS FoRGER.
Certified Checks for Small Sums a,
Montreal Raised to $4,000

MONTREAL, February 12.-Three
checks. written originally for smal!
amounts. then certified and raised to
a total value of $4,000 were cashed
in prominent banks here by a man
for whom police throughout this sec
tfon OF the country were searching
today.
Made with invisible ink, the oriei-
nal figures, an examination disclosed,
faded after certifications were made,
enabling the forger to write in his
own figures
Evening star., 1921-02-13
WOULD SAVE THE ELK.
Indefinite Closed Season to Proven
II determination Favored.

SEATTLE. Wash, February "a
The Seattle Elks Lodge plans to ask
that the season of elk shooting on
the peninsula be closed indefinitely
to prevent determination of elk that
have escaped the recent storm. it was
announced today.
At least half of the 5000 elk known
to have been in the Olympic forest
arc believed to have been killed in
the recent storms.
Evening star., 1921-02-13
POSTAL SAVINGS GROWING

Deposits in the postal savings .s sSstem
increased $3.50. 900 during january the
total deposits in the United States beins
placed at Sl63 $50. 600 February
Arrangements have now bee3l tper.
fected through which postal savings ac-
counts may be transferred from pnt de-
pository office to another.
The District stands fortieth irS Sh.
list of postal savings. with a toel 20
S4l4,36i.
Evening star., 1921-02-13
PHI KAPPA PSI TO DINE.
D. c. Members Will Observe Foun
der's Day February 10.

Members of the Phi Kappa Psi
Fraternity living in WASHINGTON are
to observe founders day with din
ner on the night of February 19 at
the University Club.
President Wilson heads the list of
prominent members of Phi Kappa
now in the National Capital. Others
are Attorney General Palmer. Sena-
tors Chamberlain. Henderson, Kenyon,
E. d. Smith and Watson, Gen. Tasker
III. Bliss, Brig. Gen. William Mitchell
and Judge George F. Downey of the
Court Of Claims.
Evening star., 1921-02-13
|EXHIBlT JAPANESE PRINTS
Bureau of Mines Staff Given View
of Art Pieces.

Japanese prints covering several
periods of oriental art were displayed
Friday afternoon to the members of
the bureau of mines stan by DIR. H.
Foster Balm. acting director of the
bureau. and Mrs. Balm. Mrs. Balm
started her collection Of prints ten
Years ago. but obtained the majority
Of them a year ago. when. with her
daughter. she accompanied her hus-
band to the orient, where he inspect
ed certain mining properties for
lAmerican interests.
Evening star., 1921-02-13

The American Red Cross hospital
in E1baSan. Albania, has cared for
200 sick babies . week during the
past year.
Evening star., 1921-02-13

1t is estimated that nine-tenths of
the coasts of the world are covered
with sand.
The Nenana news., 1921-11-17

There IS nothing unreasonable in the request of the Nenana Conner cial Club for a base rate of s25 on supplies shipped from Puget Sound to Fairbanks by way of the Govern ment railroad. Such rate seems startlingly small by comparison with existing excessive river tariffs. but careful analysis of conditions under which Interior Alaskans are labor ing, and have been laboring during the last dozen years, shows that they are quite within their rights in asking Uncle Sam to set the new Alaska railroad to work to put the country back on its feet. The railroad was built to develop Interior Alaska and, with that end in view, 1t must now be operated, for time at least, so that Alaskans can return to the work of putting the nations northern empire on the map. Once this has been accomp- lished, there will be sufficient ton mage for the railroad to put the enterprise on a solid business basis.
 When the movement for the con struction of a Government railroad from tidewater to the Interior. vas started at Fairbanks nearly 6 decade ago, 1t was realized that develop ment could not continue without improved transportation service and a material reduction in haulage charges. The river rate at that time was slightly in excess of $50 per ton, the cost of supplies was low and the country was full of men who could and did give a fair days labor for fair days pay. ..
 In the years that have passed transportation charges have been ad- vanced steadily, the cost of pro- visions has increased tremend ,usly and prices of mining machinery and other necessary equipment aave al SO scared, while all this time the purchasing power of gold. upon the production of which the prosperity of Interior Alaska depends has re mained stationary. ....
 Obviously, there are but two courses for the Government to pur- sue if the railroad is to be a real
The Nenana news., 1921-11-17
YOUTHS MAY HAVE PERISHED
 IN WILDS OF THE KOYUKUK

According to Tommy Wright, who arrived recently from the Koyukuk district, Teddy Rolston and Phil Ott, with Big Charlie. a Kobuk Indian. as guide, and with a small supply of grub to last the three men about a month or so, left Bettles on the first of May for the headwaters of John River, on a prospecting trip and, up to the time Wright left the Koyukuk for Nenana last fall, the men had not returned and no word had been received from them.
 Big Charlie was to have come down with the ice at the breakup, with news of the party and to get more grub, but he had not returned up to September 25, and it was feared the boys had met with an accident or lost their way
 Bettles is considerably north of the Arctic Circle and the breakup in the streams there takes place much later than on the Yukon and Tanana rivers. John River empties into the main Koyukuk River at point approximately one and one half miles above Bettles.
The Nenana news., 1921-11-17

help to the Interior country. One course is to carry supplies over the road at a rate that will enable miners to resume their operations: the other is to re-establish the fixed price of gold so that producers can get for it all that it is really worth under existing conditions.
 Without one or the other stimu- Jus, there can be no material de- velopment and no great increase in tonnage.
 Were the Government to carry freight free for a period of years, it would scarcely compensate Alas kans for the losses sustained by them through failure to regulate transportation charges and the pur- chasing power of gold.
The Nenana news., 1921-11-17
GRUESOME FIND IS MADE
 AT LONELY SPOT ON TRAIL

F. C. (Dad) Irons, of the Alaska Road Commission forces. while en- gagged recently in making a recon naisSance for trail to be bull. by the commission from Beaver, or the Yukon River, to the Chandlar and Koyukuk districts, came across the skulls and parts of the skele- tons of three humans, the discovery being made in the neighborhood of the West Fork of the Koyukuk river.
 The old Beaver trail leading to the country beyond the Yukon, poor one at best, is said to be diff cult to travel at any season of the year. The country traversed Is bleak and much exposed, and relief cabins are few and far between, as a con- sequence of which many a traveltr has lost his life in attempting the journey from the Yukon to the Koyukuk
 One of the skeletons found is thought to be that of Red Olson, who was lost about three years ago
 The proposed new trail on which Dad Irons is now working, will, it is figured, eliminate all Q fthe dangers and much of the hardship which are, ordinarily, the lot of the travel CT on the old trail.
The Nenana news., 1921-11-17
OF THE INTERIOR ALASKAN ENGINEERING
 COMMISSION
Office of the Townsite Manap

Ofhce Of the Iownsite Manager
 Nenana, Alaska, Nov. 12, 1921 Notice of Delinquency in the pay ment of Assessments on the fol lowing lots within the Nenana Tou-rci-a.
The Nenana news., 1921-11-17

If the above assessments, to- gether with 1Olc penalty, are not paid or or before December 10, 1921 the lots will be reported for for feiture and title revert to the Gov ernment. CARL SCHMlDT,--
 Townsite Manager
Willmar tribune., 1921-06-15
BOYS YssvvANT-FARM. WORK

The following letter received by
County Agent Rodegeb from the sup.
erintendent of schools in Minneapolis
will be of interest to some farmers in
Kandiyohi County: ..: ~. :
Through the effective cooperation
Of Minnesota county agents in 1920,
we succeeded in placing approximate
ly one hundred and fifty Minneapolis
boys on fapn's for summer work
T. "The results were so satisfactory
that we naturally turned to the Fed
eratton of Farm Bureaus for a renew
al of the plan.
eve now have applications from
one hundred and twenty boys with
farm experience who will accept jobs
at from fifteen to twenty dollars per
month with the second months pay
contingent on their first months rec
ord -.
'@We also have eighty boys without
farm experience who are willing to go
to work on a try out basis until their
value az farm workers may be deter
mined. III
Farmers interested may apply to
M. S. Olsen, 3o5 City Hall, Minneapo-
lis, for further information.x There is
mo charge or commission for this ser
vice" s> >,.s@
Willmar tribune., 1921-06-15


Every hog q have q gun and
use d 4 g helE. are At all wormy. 81
Keep the pigs from feed IS to 20
hours bedore giving the capsule and
q to 5 hours after giving; the flrst
feeding after giving capsule includes
q dose Of salts in the .slop about /
teaspoonfHl per pig. sss .
One man holds the pig up. by the
ears. This causes him to open his
mouth to squea1. The capsule can
then be placed in the back part Of the
mouth. care should be taken to place
. it back far enough 50 that he cannot
spit it out, but do not jam the FUN
down his throat as it may choke him.
After placing the capsule in the gun
always dip II in oil, this aiding the
pig in swallowing and they do not
choke SO easily. Get some tasteless
Oil from the drug store. .ti "
Two men can capsule hundred
pigs in an hour if they are confined
so as to be readily caught
Willmar tribune., 1921-06-15
(First pub June 15-it) &ss3ss Es,
CITATION FOE KEAD1Ho OF PE11'

Estate of Erik Pdhlsen, also known
as Erik Paulsen and Erick Paulson, De-
cedent. .=.~@''
: State Of Minnesota County of KAN
diyohi, In Probate Court. -,
In the Natter of the Estate Of Erik
Paulsen,-s also known as Erik -PaulSoE
and sE;rick Paulson,{ .Decedent. -
The State Of Minnesota to all persons
interested In the allowance and probate
of the will of said, decedent: The petit
tion of Lewis Paulson being duly filed
in this court. representing that Erik
PaulSen, also known as Erik PaulSon
and Erick Paulson,, then a resident of
the County of Kandiyohi, State Of Min
nesota, died on the 4th day Of June,
1921, leaving a last will and testament
which is presented to this court with
said petition, and praying that said in
strument be allowed as the last y,ill and
testament Of said decedent, and that
letters Testamentary be issued thereon
to p. a, .Gandrud, Now Therefore, You,
and each of you, are hereby cited and
required to show cause, if any you have.
before this court. at the Probate Court
Rooms IN the Court House. in the City
Of Willmar, County of kandiyohi, State
Of Minnesota, on the 11th day of July,
1921, at 2.o'clock p. NJ. why the PRAYER
OF said petition should not be granted.
Witness, the Honorable T. 0. Gilbert,
Judge OF said court, and the seal Of said
court this 18th day Of June, 1921.
IDA A. SANDERSON,
Clerk of Probate Court
(Court SeaD