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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
FABLES ACCEPTED AS TRUTHS
Stories That Have Leng Been Implsc.
itly Believed Really Have No
Foundation in Fact.

The famous Damascus blades that
were tabled TO cut iron bars in two
were not superior TO the Toledo blades
of the present time.
Seneca was not a half-Christian
philosopher, but grasping money
lender, and died leaving fortune
equivalent TO three million dollars.
Charles TX did not fire upon the
HuguenOts with a harquebus from
the window of the Louvre during the
massacre of st. Bartholomew.
The Maelstrom is not a whirlpool
which sucks ships down into the
depths Of the ocean. 1t is an eddy,
which in fair weather can be crossed
In safety by any vessel.
Horatius never defended the bridge.
1t was story manufactured by the
same Roman historian who put forth
that other fabrication of history that
Micius Scaevola put his hand in the
fire.
Pitt never made the celebrated re-
ply to Walpole beginning 1.-The
atrocious crime of being a young man."
1t was composed by Doctor Johnson,
who was not even present when the
actual reply was spoken.
Alfred the Great did not visit the
Danish camp disguised as a minstrel.
There is excellent authority for assert
ing that he could neither play the
harp nor speak Danish. He did not
let the cakes burn, either, as history
records.
The hanging gardens of Babylon did
not hang and they were not gardens.
They were terraces supported by
arches and overgrown trees. They
were erected for the amusement of a
Babylonan queen who had come from
mountainous country.
Pocahontas, the Indian princess did
not save the life of Capt. John Smith
by standing between him and a club
held by her father or by any other
method. 1t Is now considered but a
romantic yarn spun by Captain
Smiths Imagination and perpetuated
by the historians.
Hannibal did not send three BUSH
els of gold rings taken from the hands
of the Roman knights killed on the
field of Cannae back to Carthage as
evidence Of his victory. The fact was
as follows: The messenger who car
ried to the Carthaginian senate the
news, on finishing his report, "opened
his robe and threw cut number Of
gold rings gathered on the field
Dearborn Independent.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
lands IMPEACHED
BY CONGRESSMAN
CHARGES OF "HlGH CRIMES" ARE
PLACED AGAINST Lands IN
LOWER HOUSE.
REP. WELTY TAKES ACTION
Sen. Dial Also to File Charges Against
Federal Judge With Department
of Justice in Bank Embezzle.
ment Scandal.

Washington-0n charges of high
crimes and misdemeanors, Federal
Judge X. NJ. Lands, of Chicago, was
lmpeached in the House Of Repre-
sentatives by Representative Welty,
Democrat, of Ohio, because of his &C.
ceptance of the supreme arbiter of
baseball while serving on the bench.
In taking this step, the Ohio mem.
Der swept aside an opinion by Attor-
ney General Palmer that Judge Lam
dis was within the law and that there
was no law making such acceptance
crime, either misdemeanor or fell
ony. The opinion was rendered re-
Gently by the attorney general on the
written request OF Mr.. Welty, who had
questioned the judges right to hold
both positions.
Before proceeding to the floor of
the House, where his charges we're
read, Mr. Welty refused a request by
Senator Dial, Democrat, of South Car
DINA, to include in the general in
dictments statements attributed to
Judge Lands in refusing TO send to
Jail a young Ottawa, H., bank clerk,
because Of the belief that officials
OF the bank were responsible for the
clerks peculation by failure to pay
him living wage
Senator Dial, on receiving the Ohio
representatives. refusal, announced
he would file complaint against Judge
Lands with the Department of JUS
tice, and attacked the Chicago jurist
on the floor of the Senate, describing
him as freak" and crank" The
South Carolina senator characterized
Judge Lands statement that the OF.
tawa bank clerks employers were in
a measure responsible for the youth S
theft of $4,000 as the most Bolshe-
vik doctrine ! ever heard" and added
that if the action taken by the Judge
In paroling the clerk amounted to en-
enlargement Of such acts as those Of
the clerk, lit is striking at the foun.
dations of our government"
There was no comment in the House
when Mr.. Welty concluded the read
ing of formal Indictment of Judge
Lands. On his own motion, as is
customary in such proceedings, the in.
dictment was referred to the judiciary
committee without debate.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
Gallons Old Rascal.

Apes are so human that even when
they display traits that in man would
be simply abomlnable man cannot help
laughing. A correspondent in South
Africa writes that certain large apes
are so much in the habit of raiding
the coffee plantations that they have
to be guarded.
Among the coffee trees there grows
a shrub, the fruit of which the apes
particularly enjoy. But as wasps fas-
ten their nests to the shrubs, the apes,
fearful of being stung, usually keep
away from them. One morning the
people in a certain plantation heard
the apes making fearful outcries and,
rushing out, saw a singular scene. A
large baboOn, the leader Of band.
was throwing some young apes at the
wasp nests just as a boy might have
thrown stones at them. The poor vic.
tins, stung by the Infatuated insects,
were crying piteously, but the old
baboon paid no heed to them what
ever. While they were suffering from
the anger of the wasps he quietly pro-
ceeded to regale himself with the fruit,
which he could now pluck without dam
ger. Occasionally he would throw a
handful TO some females and young a
little way off.-Youth's Companion.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
GOVT. OFFICIALS INDICATED
Orders Were Held for Immense Ton.
mage of Coal, But None Was
Ever Sold.

Washington. Two developments
came in quick succession in the sena-
torial study of the coal question.
Chairman Calder of the Senate coal
investigation committee announced ON
behalf of his committee after two wit
nesses had been called that absolute.
ly no evidence had been found to sus-
tain charges that government off.
Gals had participated in abnormal
profits realized on coal during the
1920 shortage.
George P. Gushing, managing direc-
tor of the American Wholesale Coal
Association, who, in testimony several
weeks ago, charged that government
officials had profited from coal deals,
was recalled by Chairman Calders
committee to give further informa-
ton in support of his charges. Mr..
Gushing told the committee that Dix
w. Smith, former dollar-a-year man.
in government service, had sought as.
sistance last August to obtain coal for
South American republics, and that
Smith had later said that, with four
associates in government service, he
had received profit of $450,OOO on
coal sales.
Smith, Immediately called, agreed to
having many conversations with
Cushing last August, and said that he
had held at the time an order for
100000 tons OF coal for Brazil and
Chile, but had never sold pound Of
coal or got a cent" He said he had
told Cushing that friends in govern.
ment service were aiding him to OBJ.
tain the coal, but declared it was all
blue sky business couldn't get the
coal
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
NEXT GENERATION TO PAY
General Idea of Giving Relief From
Tremendous Taxation to Rule,
Sales Tax to Raise Bonus.

Washington.-Re leaders in
Congress are awaiting the inaugural
address and subsequent delineation of
the Harding fiscal policy for guidance
in the revision OF the direct federal
taxation and of the tariff.
Their plan of revision, broadly
outlined, which they hope the new
president will indorse, is;
/. Refunding of government war
obligations over period of 40 to so
years, thereby postponing liquidation
of the four billion dollar victory loan
which natures in 1928.
2. Repeal of the excess profits tax,
scaling down of the higher surtaxes
which drive investments into tax free
securities, and raising the income tax
exemption to pre-war levels.
8. Exercise of economy in govern
ment expenditures that no substitute
for the excess profits tax will be
necessary.
4. Levy of special tax, possibly on
sales, to raise the fund for the sol
diers' bonus.
5. Increase of the tariff for rev
enue as well as protective purposes.
Secretary of the Treasury Hous-
tons estimate that 1t would be neces-
sary to raise $4,000, 100000 a year for
some time was predicated on the as
sumption that the Victory loan will
be retired upon maturity and on the
theory that the present generation
will discharge the entire war debt.
Republican leaders are practically
a unit, however, in holding that the
next generation should bear its share
of the expense of the war from which
it will benefit and that the imme
date reduction of taxation, made
possible by debt refunding will pro.
mote an earlier revival of trade and
industry.
On the one hand are ranged those
who favor a sales tax as a substitute,
on the other, those who would raise
the taxes on corporations.
The views of these rival schools Of
economists are already being aired at
length in and out of Congress.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
NO IMPORTANT BILLS PASSED
immigration and Reapportionmens
Probably to Be Left over-solons
to Concentrate On Measures.

Washington. only few more
days left before adjournment, not one
of the regular appropriation bills has
finally been enacted and practically
all important legislation is in the air.
Passage by the Senate of the Ford.
ney emergency tariff bill, however, is
expected to break the jam, at least OF
the appropriation measures. Leaders
believe that it still is possible, with
night sessions. to get through all of
the money bills, with the exception,
possibly of the navy and army APP
preparations.
The House plans to pass the last
two appropriation bills, the naval
and Notifications budgets, very soon,
and clear the way for other legisla
ton and conference reports. A halt
dozen appropriation bills are waiting
for the Senate to consider, but pro.
tracted discussion of the naval sup
ply measure is in prospect with the
controversy over reduction or sus'
pension of the building programme
imperilling its enactment.
Miscellaneous measures before the
House include the resolution for a
special committee to investigate the
escape of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll,
draft dodger. Adoption of the reso
luton at an early date is expected
The packer control bill, the Shep
pardTowner maternity and infancy
aid bill and the Smith-Towner meas
ure for a federal bureau of educa.
ton are other important measures on
the House calendar which have been
made subjects of great pressure by
supporters and proponents.
Among important bills before the
Senate are the immigration restriction
measure and the congressional reap
portionment bill. The change of en-
actment of either is declared doubt.
full The soldiers bonus bill probably
will be reported to the Senate very
soon by the finance committee, prob.
ably with provision deferring ar
rsngements for Increased taxes to
meet its obligation. Final disposition
of it in the Senate jam is uncertain.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
Cars Peculiar "Joke."

Peter the Great admitted the whole
world to the curious entertainments
to which he added strange and some
times gross touches of his own inven-
tion. Yakov Eurgeney. the court jest
er, was engaged TO marry the daugh-
ter of sexton. AT Peters command
the bride and groom rode TO church
In the Cars best velvet coach. Then
behind them formed a procession, the
members being the highest dignitaries
and the most eminent patricians in
all Russia. Each was mounted. Their
steeds were oxen. asses. pigs and big
dogs
Some of the important men and
women were dressed in their finest
robes. Others we're costumed in sack
ing OF glazed linen or catskin caftan,
with straw boots and other strange
and curious accessories Of such an out.
landlsh toilette.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
NAVAL HOLIDAY IS
LOST IN CONGRESS
HOUSE PASSES HEAVY APPRo.
PRIATIoN MEAsURE-PERsoN.
MEL CUT IN NAVY.
BILL CARRIES $685., 900, 900
Brooks Amendment Calling for World
Disarmament Convention Before
Program Could Proceed Killed
BY Decisive Vote.

Washington.-The naval appropria.
aion bill, carrying approximately $685.
100000, was passed by the House, aft
or ii had decisiYely voted down an
amendment which would have prevent.
ed the expenditure of any part of the
s90,000,000 provided for battleship
construction until an international dis
armament conference shall have been
called by the president The amend.
ment, offered by Representative
Brooks, Republican, Illinois, was de-
feated, 124 to 30.
The House also refused TO cut the
amount that would be available for
work on the navy's building pro
gramme during the coming fiscal year
10 $50,000,000, as proposed by Repre-
sentative Dickinson, Republican, Iowa,
and by vote of 2S2 to defeated a
motion by Representative Blanton,
Democrat, Texas, to recommit the bill
for the purpose of cutting the appro-
ration for construction work to
$1,000, 900, and of eliminating a section
which prevents the use of stop
watches in navy yards and arsenals.
The measure, as 1t goes to the Sen.
ate, however, carries an amendment
offered by Representative. Oliver,
Democrat, Alabama, that no part OF
the $90,000,000 carried for lew craft
shall be used in ships on which con.
struction has not started or for which
contracts, have not been let. Chair
man Kelley of the subcommittee tina.
framed the ebill agreed to this limita-
ton, saying it would mean that worl;
could not be started before July l.,
1922, on IL destroyers, six fleet sub
marines and one transport, authorized
in 1916, but not yet placed under con.
tract.
Although somewhat riddled by
points of order that had been made
against a number of sections, the bill,
20 far as its main features we're con-
cerned, was approved by the House
practically as 1t was reported by the
appropriations committee. Reduction
az the enlisted personnel of the marine
corps from approximately $4,000 to
10000 men was agreed to without
comment, as was the decrease in the
enlisted strength of the navy from
10000 to 100000 men.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
Cattle Values Low.

Washington.-Cattle on farms are
valued at less than prewar prices, the
department of agriculture announced.
The drop in value, the department.
said. began in January, 1919, and con
tinued throughout 1920. The depart,
ment added that the decrease in value
not only resulted in the loss Of all the
increase sustained during the war. but
an additional so per cent. Hogs have
lost IS per cent OF the gains made
during 1917 and 1918. according to the
departments figures.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
WARNS U. s. PERIL IN STRENGTH
Says Bankers May Crush All Europe
In Financial Vice,

Rome.-Cancellation of the debts of
allied nations by the United States is
urged by the Tribuna in the course of
an editorial on the economic and fl
nancial situation in Europe. The
newspaper says the United States may
find her very strength peril in fu-
ture.
only by total or partial extin-
guishment of their debts" the news
paper asserts, "can the nations of the
old world find salvation. Otherwise,
the New York bankers may transform
all Europe into an immense Germany,
crushing victors and vanquished alike
in a financial wise. How can Italy pay
her debts abroad when Austria can
pay her nothing? Why should Italy
issue from the war crushed by debt
when Czecho-Sloyakis, for instance,
comes out owing almost nothing?"
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
A Nine-lnch Fox.

We find large foxes in certain parts
Of Asia that are Of a yellowish-red
color-the Chinese and japanese spe-
cies being a light red-while In India
we meet with the Bengal fox, writes
Or. r. w. Shufeldt in the American
Forestry Magazine Of Washington.
The latter feeds upon grapes, and may
have been the ones responsible for
the fable Of the "Fox and the Grapes"
though some say that It refers to those
extraordinary little hig-eared foxes OF
Africa called fences that also eat
grapes. Fences ars very elegant lit
tie creatures. one Of them measuring
only nine inches IN length; their hear.
Ing is said 10 be most acute.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
PALMER ADMITTED TO BAR.
Attorney General Prepares for Law
Practice.

Practice.
Washington.-Attorney General Pal
mer was among those soon to retire
from public office who were admitted
to practice before the supreme court
of the District of Columbia. His pres
ent assistant. Frank Davis, Jr., also
was admitted and il was stated they
planned to begin private practice in
Washington.
Others admitted by the court in.
clude Senator Hoke Smith. of Geor.
gia; Representative Scott Ferris, Ok
lahoma; Graham Egerton, solicitor Of
the Navy Department; Seiforde Stell-
wagon. secretary OF, the railway loan
advisory committee, federal reserve
board, and Rear Admiral Samuel Nc,
Gowan (retired), South Carolina, for
mer paymaster general Of the navy.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
DENIES N. DAKOTA BANKRUPT.
Farmers Temporarily Behind But Sc.
curity Is Good.

Minneapolis.-Th situation in North
Dakota will be worked out; the state
is not bankrupt; our farmers are tenn.
porarily behind their payments, but
their security is good, said L. P. Nc
Aneney, in charge of the credit de-
partment of the Bank of North Da-
kota, in a statement issued here.
THE Bank of North Dakota has
what might be called frozen assets,
said the statement, running into the
millions. That has been the chief DIFF.
ficulty."
The outstanding assets of the bank
given by Mr.. McAneney as $4,000, 600
loaned to banks; $3,0OO,OO0 in farm
loans and 100000 in public money.
This was called in when the bank be-
came a public depository and then re-
deposited in banks where 1t had been
kept.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
Uses Gas On Yeses.

Pontiac, Mich.-Two safe blowers
opened the vault In the Farmers and
Merchants bank at Utica, near here.
but were driven back by a wave OF
mustard gas placed in the vault. Tha
men lied empty handed. A can Of
the gas had been placed in the vault
by bank officials in such a positlcu
that it was broken open when the
door was fGrced.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
REVOLUTION IN INDIA.
State Troops Are Actively Engaged
People Flee.

London.-Revolution has broken out
in the Indian state of Tonk, in Rajpu-
tana, says Q dispatch from Allahabad.
After agreeing to demands of the peo-
pie, the Nawab, Mohammedan ruler of
the district. arrested leaders in the
movement, whereupon rioting broke
out. State troops are actively engaged
and people are fleeing toward British
territory. The capital of the district
is located in the city of Tonk, about
so miles south Of Jaipur.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
MAY RECALL STRIKE AGENT.
Action Under Amusement Of Secretary
Of Labor.

Misunderstanding Tumulty re-
piled to the request Of Gov. Kilby. OF
Alabama, that Commissioner Concil-
iation Liller be withdrawn from Ala
bama, where he has been investigat.
Ing the coal strike situation, said Sec
rotary Wilson. Of the department OF
labor. has under advisement the ques-
tion Of Liller's return.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
Facts About Hudson siver Tunnel.

Ground has been broken for the We
hicular tunnel under the Hudson river
which viii connect New York and New
Jersey. The big double bore win be
l1-S miles long and viii require 81
years to build. II VIII cost S2S669.-
90. Powerful electric fans win
change the air 90 times al hour. Traf-
&c passages viii be 20 feet vide.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
aesnter Of Population" in Hoe Lot.

Bloomington, Ind.-Somewhere on
"Uncle Jimmie" Herrin's billy 4O-acre
farm. either in the hog lot OF the corn
field, is the new center Of population
of the United States. engineering ex-
perts from Indiana university have de-
cided.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
ASKS FOR RECEIVER.
Maxwell Motor Stakeholder Fights
Reorganization Plan.

Wilmington, Del-Charles j. True,
OF Illinois, has filed a bill in the fed
eral district court asking for an in
junction and appointment Of receiv
or for the Maxwell Motor Company, a
Delaware corporation. with business
establishments in Ohio, Michigan and
Illinois.
In his petition Mr.. True says he is
the owner of 400 shsres of first pre-.
ferred stock in the company and he
objects to the proposed plan of re
organization of the Maxwell and Chal
mers companies. A subpoena was is
sued on the defendants.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
Ere DESTROYS Cotton Oil plan.

Union. S. C.-The Carlisle Cotton
OIL Co.'S plant al Carlisle. S. C.. this
county. wss destroyed by fire recent
". The loss was not stated. but the
plan, Is understood 10 ave been fully
Insured.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
More Oil Decline.

Pittsburgh, Pa.-Purchasing agen-
cies here announced further reduc.
tons in the price of crude oil. The
grade known as Corning was cut IS
cents a barrel to s2.54. while cabell
was CIT 50 cents a barrel to S2.4s.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
Wealthy Woman Kills SELF.

New Worthwhile suffering from
Illness, Mrs. Marion Peters, wife OF
Joseph R. Peters, president Of the
Fairbanks Scales Co, jumped from a
window on the eighth floor Of the
fashionable Belleford apartment house
and killed herself.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
PIunses Into Boiling Water: Dies.

Newport News, Vs.-Carl Richter,
four years old. Of this city. died as the
result of burns received when he
plunged into a kettle Of boiling I've
water at the home Of his grandpar.
ents, near Williamsburg
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
Rob Cashier of $4,000.

st. Louis.-Two bandits held up the
cashisr of the A. Moll Grocery Com
pans and obtained $4,000 in cash and
$4,000 in checks. after knocking the
cashier down.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
ARMY TO HAVE $4,000.
That is the Strength Set for Coming
Year.

Washington.-Average strength Of
the army will be $4,000 during the
coming fiscal year Brig Gen. Lord,
chief of the finance bureau, War De-
partment, estimated, in submitting a
request to the Senate military com
mittee for funds to cover a force of
that size. The House bill provides
only for 10000 men, Gen. Lord said,
but with the present strength of $780,
900 and recruiting stopped by direc-
lion of Congress. the force would not
be reduced by expiration of enlist.
ments below the average he submit.
ted.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
alt.s Hluhwayman,s thumb.

New orleans.-Attacked by high
wayman during a heavy fog. W. d.
Saucier, chauffeur, grsppled with his
assaiIant, bit off his thumb and e..
capped.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
Bow Gets Iona Sentence.

Fort Worth, Tex.-Forest Mitchell,
20. accused OF robbery with firearms.
for whom the state had asked the
death penalty, was convicted and SEN
fenced tos50 years by jury. He had
robbed several garages.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18

Houston, c'exas.-A bandit entered
the Blue Ridge state bank al Hobby.
II miles from here, beat the cashier.
Robert L. Kirby. to death. and escaped
with every cent 4 the bank except
about $40.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
10 Revive splrItual HeaIlnu.

San Francisco.-Eabbi Herman Ro.
senwasser announced here that spir-
itual healing as taught by the Hebrew
religion centuries ago will be revived
and practiced in the Congregation
Ohabai Shalome.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-02-18
Burmese Women to Vote.

Rangoon, British India.-The legis.
lative council of Burma has adopted
unanimously a resolution demanding
the granting of the vote to women.