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Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-07
ENGLISH BIRTH RATE HIGH
Vital Statistics for 1920 Show Mortal ity the Lowest Ever
 Recorded.

London.-Vital statistics just issued by the Ministry of Health show that the birth rate for 1920 in England is the highest for the decade and the death rate the lowest ever recorded. The infant mortality rate also is the lowest on record. The number of births is the highest ever recorded, while the number of deaths is the low est since 1862, when the population was only 20,000000. The figures are:
 For England and Wales-Birth rate per 1000 of the total population, 25.44; deaths, crude rate, 12.4; deaths under one year per 1000 births, 80.
 For London-Birth rate per 1000, 263; deaths, crude rate, 12.4; deaths under one year per 1000 births, 75.
 The increase in the birth rate is at tributed to the number of delayed marriages prevented by the war and to the remarriage of war widows. It is suggested that the low death rate may be due to the rapid strides taken in surgery, medicine and sanitation during the war.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-07
INVENTS NEW
 FLYER IN JAIL.
Barcelona Engineer Claims His Machine Will Rise Vertically
 From the Ground.
CAN DIP IN ANY DIRECTION
French Government Is Interested in Invention and Will Send Technical Commission to Barcelona to
 Witness the Trials.

London.-Paris, according to the London Daily Telegraph correspond ent, is talking about a new flying ma chine and the romantic story of it's invention.
 It is called the "helicoptere," and the inventor, M. PaterasP Pescara, a Barcelona engineer, made his discov- cry in the Sante prison at two o'clock in the morning. It is claimed for this new flying vehicle, in which the French government is interested, for it will send a technical mission to Bar celona to witness the trials, that pas sengers can descend from the air with the same comfort as though they were sitting in armchairs.
 How 1t Works.
 The invention consists of an axle fixed to a motor which is placed in the vehicle. The axle sets in motion sets of propellers, one set turning one way, one another. The vehicle rises vertically from the ground it can dip in every direction, remain immObile in space, and decend like an airplane with engine stopped.
 M. Pateras-Pescara, a nationalized Argentine, who married an Austrian princess, had to leave Italy when that country entered the war He came to France, where he was employed in the ministry of inventions. In 1916 i he was at work on a bombing machine which was intended to fly between Paris and Berlin with a cargo of ex- plosiyes at a speed of 130 miles an hour. He had had trouble with the diplomatists and was watched by the international police.
 Arrested, he was taken to the Saute i prison, and it was in his cell on De i cember IS, 1916 that he solved the problem of the "helicoptere." The ex- | pulsion proceedings against him were dropped, and after his release he ap- piled himself to his invention.
 Proves Successful.
 In August 1919, a mission from the French air department went to Bar celona to witness the trials of his parachute "helicoptere, and as re ! Suit Ol us ItpOIl CUHlIdCl WdS signed with the inventor. Compelled to reside outside France, NJ. Pescara 1 built a definite model of his machine at Barcelona. It was tried recently, and it is said that the propellers worked admirably.
 With reference to this claim of the Barcelona inventor, it may be pointed out that there is nothing whatever new about the idea of "helicoptere," :" i. e., machine capable of rising from the ground by the action of horizon 1 tally-placed propellers. The plan, in fact, Is one of the oldest in the history of aeronautical theory and experi- ment, and has been put forward more than once during the past quarter of a century. Whether M. Pescara has i succeeded in surmounting the difficult l ties heretofore encountered remains i to be seen.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-07
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THE ROMANCE OF WORDS
"R ENiG"

ITSED by whist and euchre O players to signify a revoke or failure to play card of the suit called for, the word ''renig" is properly spelled "renege" and is the Old English verb meaning to refuse, renounce or deny. It probably crept into whist from the older game of "spoil-five" which, with its variations of twenty-five" and 'forty-fve" is still played in the British army and in many parts of Ireland. In this game the player is permitted to renig Cor to deny the suit when hold ing certain cards. Here the word retains it's original mean ing, though it's synonym Ire yoke" is not so easy to trace.
 The word "renege" Is twice used by Shakespeare, once in Anthony and Cleopatra" and once in King Lear" and is oc- casionaHy found in the works of other writers of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth centuries. Chaucer uses the form reneys, evidently from the French re- nier which. in turn, is derived from the Latin renegare, the root-word of renegade" and other English derivatives.
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Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-07
FUTURE FOR PLANES
Won Tirpitz Considers AirpIane
 Superior to Zeppelin.
Admiral Doubts, However, That They Will Become Serious Menace to
 War Vessels.

St. Blaisen, Baden.-Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz, German naval authority, in an interview, gave his views on the influence of aircraft upon future wars.
 He discounted the Zeppelin airship as too much subject to wind and too vulnerable for ordinary reconnoiter- ing.
 The airplane, in his opinion, has much greater future, as it has an ,eco- homie importance for traffic which will tend to perfect it for war purposes.
 While the airplane has taken a high place in land fighting as a substitute . for cavalry, Admiral von Tirpitz said it had not developed it's usefulness to the same degree ia sea reconnoitering, but that was probably due to the new ness of the airplane, which water planes of the future might conceivably overcome
 The admiral reserved his opinion on the possibility of effective attacks by airplanes upon battleships, but clearly showed that he doubts that airplanes will become great menace to the Hoi dS Ic pOluJeu Out, Ill6 ldlleE will develop devices for defense, while heavily loaded airplanes will always be in danger of counter attacks from lighter machines.
 Tn comparison with ships," he said, ''airplanes will always have a funda- mental disadvantage in their small loading capacity, especially when they are to be used on a wide expanse of ocean. From a study of the history of naval warfare, the greatest exponent of which was an American, I am per Suaded that the nature of naval forces will not change with jerk, but will develop organically, for development takes some time which only in imag- ination and fancies will be skipped. In this respect, the late war has not effected any fundamental alteration, although, of course, the rate of tech nical development is much faster than formerly"
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-07
SCHOOL. GIRLS BAN GAY T0GS
WaIia WaIla High School Students Vote 344 to v to Enforce
 Simple Dressing.

Walla Walla, Wash.-With the ex- treme penalty suspension from school, girls of the Walla Walla high school planned to put into effect dress re- form rules: The girls, by vote of 344 to 77, adopted resolutions forbidding the fol- lowing:
 Silk, velvet and georgette crepe, ex- cept simple silk waists or blouses and velvet jackets.
 Thin materials with too scant cami- soles or underwaists.
 French-heeled shoes!
 Silk hose rolled-down stockings and fancy garters.
 Extremely short or extremely tight skirts.
 Extreme styles of hair dress.
 Excessive use of cosmetics.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-07
FRENCH OPEN POTASH MINES
Again Rival of Germany as Producer From Fields of AIsace Now Con-
 troIied by France.

New York.-The potash mines of Alsace, which before the war were operated by the Germans, but now are under French control, have been restored to working order, and France has again become a rival of Germany in the worlds markets as a producer of this fertilizing agent, say French agents here.
 Prior to the war the Germans con trolled virtually the only source of the worlds supply of potash, and while the great conflict was in prog ress farmers everywhere suffered from lack of it.
 With the restoration of Alsace to France, French engineers began the work of restoring the mines to activ ity, and after two years of effort, now announce that new machinery has been installed, the extraction shafts repaired and refining plants put in working order.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-07
Maryland Rooster
 Shimmies and ToddIeS

HyattSville, Md.-John Bonac- corsy, East Hyattesville, has a rooster that can "shimmie" and ''toddle" in 6 fashion that would make many human jazz devotees envious, according to MT. Bon accOrSy But the rooster must have music to do his best, like any other dancer
 Accompanied by a little jazz the "old boy" can tear off a nice bit of jazz. Some time ago Dr. !. K. Atherton announced that he had a lay-bird which not only Shimmied but whistles it's own accompaniment.
Cleveland County herald., 1921-04-07

Defense Force to Fight Crime Wave.
 Allentown, Pa.-Squrred to action through fires and holdnps, a vigilance force of 1,6G0 citizens has been organ Committees of 100 members have been organized in each of the 16 wards. Each committee is subject to the or ders of the aldermen of that ward.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1921-10-18
NV N6it6|k&N8stsln
Schedule in Effect May 2sth, 1921.

Schedule in Effect May 2sth, 1921.
lrs'ns Leave Charles Town, w. Va.
NO. 10. SOUTHBoUND
8.43 A. M. For Basic. Natural Bridge. Roa.
noke, Bristol and intermediates
stations. Parlor (Broiler) TO
Bristol and connected at Roa-
noke with Through Sleeper to
Columbus, Cincinnati 8
Chicago.
NO. "a
5.ZS L. M. For Shenandoah and all Inter.
mediate points.
Fla A. M. stop to let off from connectino
lines at Hagerstown or shen-
anooah Junction, or to take ON
passengers for Basic or beyond
sleeper to Williamson and
Car. lining
NO. 20. NoRTHBoUND.
Leave Charles Town.
O 10 A M FOR Hagerstown and interme-
oiate stations Connects At
Shenandoah Junction with b.
o. for Washington Also
connects at Hagerstown with
Penn System for Harrisburg
and points north.
NO. IA.
800 p. M. For Hagerstown and intermed-
late stations. Parlor Car TO
Hagerstown and Sleeping Car
Hagerstown to Philadelphia
l.06 A. M. Stop to let of from Basic or
beyond or to take on passen-
gers for connecting lines at
Shenandoah Junction OF Hag-
erstown-
Rates, schedules and additional information
furnished upon Application Ia AGENTS ~ ths
Railway, or
W. B. BEvILL W G. gATrNnERs
Gen'l Pass Agent Pass Trafic Nor.
Roanoke, Va.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-07
6 Murder Victims Chained
 To Rocks, Thrown in River

CONVICTION, Ga. April 7.-Clyde Manning, negro farm foreman, tes- tifying at the trial of his employer John B. Williams. Jasper County plantation owner. charged with mur- der in connection with the death of eleven negroes alleged to have been done away with to cover up peonage on the plantation, yesterday said he killed the negroes at his master $ order, fearing death himself if he refused
 Six of the victims. were chained to rocks and thrown alive into the Yellow River, the witness declared, while others were shot or knocked on the head,and buried on the farm.
 Williams took the stand in his own defense this afternoon and de- nied all knowledge aof the killing of the negroes as alleged by Man ming. He said that most Georgia farmers are technically guilty of peonage under Federal definitions of that term.
 The defense then rested and clos ing arguments were begun It is thought the case will go to the jury before tonight.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-07
BUSINESS WARNED PR0FITEER|NC NOT
 TO BE ATTEMPTED
Attorney General Says Law Violators Will Meet With
 Stern Treatment.

WASHINGTON, April 7.-General warning to business men of the Unit ed States that the Department of Justice will countenance no viola tions of the law was issued by At torney-General Harry M. Daugherty today.
 He declared the Department has no intention of harassing business in any way but that it does intend en- forcing the law. He pointed out that while profiteering sections of the Lever Act have been declared uncon- stitutional by the United States Su- preme Court, the Department still can proceed under the sherman anti trust law against unlawful combina- tions for throttling of legitimate com petition and extortion of unreason- able profits.
 "The country should take notice of new day and a new way and those who have been guilty of illegal prac- tices should not close their eyes, he warned.
 The Attorney General also dis cussed conditions in the building materials industry which he said are intolerable.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-07
Former Emperor Narrowly
 Escapes Rough Treatment

LONDON, April 2. Charles Franz Joseph, former Emperor of Austria Hungary, who arrived at Lucerne, Switzerland, last night after being virtually expelled from Hungary following failure of his at tempted coup d'etat by which he hoped to regain the Hungarian throne, narrowly escaped rough treatment at the hands of a mob ot workmen in Bruck, lower Austria Tuesday night, according to des- patches received here today from Vienna.
 His train was held up at Bruck for five hours while 800 workers smashed windows and doors in an attempt to enter the train and seize the former emperor. The mob finally was fought off by Austrian soldiers who had been assigned to guard the train in performance of the Austrian Government guaran- tee of safe conduct to Switzerland.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-07
THOUSANDS SLAIN. IN CAMP AICN OF. MURDER, RAP|NE
Britain Preparing to Make Vigorous Protest of Turks
 Course in Asia Minor.

LONDON, April T. - New horrors are being enacted in Asia Mii-or following defeat of the Greek forces by Turkish Nationalists under Ike nal Pasha at Eski Shehr, according to official information received here, It is understood the Government is preparing to make vigorous and, if need be, armed protest against Turk ish atrocities.
 Greek and Armenian Christians are reported to have been slain by the thousands in a three-day campaign of murder and rapine in Caesarta and elsewhere The Turks also are reported wreaking reprisals on the Christian communities in the path of the Greek armys retreat, claiming Greek burning of villages as an excuse.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-07
CROWD WATCHES
 MALLS ROBBERY
Bandits Escape with Loot Valued at $750,000 While
 Spectators Cape.

CHICAGO. April 6.-Whle hun dreds of pedestrians looked on what they believed to be a movie" rob bery and fifty railway and postal clerks stood with their hands in the air, five bandits seized three sacks of registered mail at the Dear. born Street station here yesterday and escaped in an auto.
 When the bandits saw a police man approaching they fired a shot and leaping into the auto fled Their loot is estimated at $50,000.
 Later it was announced the bandits haul would total $750, ,000
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-07
RIAL LIFE BY
 M|NERS' WALK0UT
Premier Announces Failure Of Proposed Conference
 To Bring Peace.
SITUATION IS GRAVEST
British Transport Workers Support of Miners Adds to
 Governments Anxiety.

LONDON, April 7.-NavaI units at Queenstown and other British ports have been instructed to hold themselves in readiness for emeruen- cy service in connection with the great coal strike that has all but paralyzed British industry. Naval officials admit the situation is filled with gravest possibilities.
 Premier David Lloyd George today announced in the House of Commons complete breakdown of the proposc.l conference between miners, coal mine owners and government offic- ials for settlement of the strike, the by action of the National Railway workers in voting unanimously to support the miners.
 The Premier said the conference failure arose from refusal of the miners to allow pump men to return to work until their demands for a new national wage scale and national profits pool had been adopted.
 The Premier admitted the situa- tion is fraught with peril to the nations industrial life but declared the government is relying upon the support of the great mass of the people and must adopt every means in it's power to overcome the dam ger.
 New disturbances in several coal mining districts were reported to- day At Gowdenbeath police dis persed mobs with clubs and a num- seriously a4
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-07
Dawes Committee Urges
 New Deal for Sick Vets

WASHINGTON, April '. - The committee of eleven. headed by Charles G. Dawes, of Chicago, re- gently named by President Harding to investigate charges of neglect and abuse in connection with treatment of disabled war veterans, reporting to the President today recommended organization of a veterans service administration and consolidation Of all existing buraeus having to do with care of disabled service men.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-07
FL WELL MURDER CASE CLEARED; ASSASSIN C0NFESSES WOMAN
 PAID HIM TO KILL CLUBMAN

BUFFALO, N. Y, April Roy Harris. arrested here on a charge of forgery. today confessed that he and William Dunkin killed Joseph B. Elwell. wealthy New York clubman, last June at the instigation of wo- man. known to them as Mrs Fair child, who promised them 5000 for the murder.
 Harris said the woman gave them $50 on account and $45O after the staying. The balance. which she prom ised 10 pay later, was never paid,
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-07
Wenatchee Sailing Delayed
 To Await Woods Arriva

SEATTL, Wash, April '. - The palatial passenger and freight liner Wenatchee, under charter to the Ad- miral Line, scheduled to sail today inaugurating a trans-Pacific service, will not sail until Saturday. The vessels departure was delayed to await the arrival here of Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood and his staff, who are enroute to the Philippines, where Gen. Wood will survey conditions in connection with the islanders claims to independence.
 The Wenatchee will be forced to leave a portion of cargo offerings be- hind, all available space having been taken
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-07
Legion Posts Start Fund :.
 To Get" Grover Bergdoll

INDIANAPOLIS, April z Ma tional headquarters of the American Legion today announced receipt of demanding that measures be taken for the return from Germany of Grover c. Bergdoll, American draft evader, who escaped from Governors Island, N. ", last summer and fled to Berlin
 Legion posts on the Pacific Coast have started fund to further the movement while Kansas Legion naires have wired that they will support any plan that gives promise of bringing him back
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-07
Guggenheim Slate Elected
 At Smelling Co. Meeting

JERSEY CITY, N. J., April T. Virtually without opposition the slate put forward by the Guggen- the American Smelting and Rein ing Company was elected at the company's annual meeting here yes terday. Many opposing stockholders were present and recorded their shares, but did not vote.
 An unusually large attendance of stockholders resulted from re- cent charges that the Guggenheims had operated the corporations af- fairs for their own fnacial ad- vantage.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-07
tContinued on Page Seven.)
Sim Feiners' Ammunition
 Coming from U. 5. Claim

LONDON, April 7.-An under ground ammunition dump discovered in Dublin has revealed that Sim Feiners are receiving arms and am munition from the United States. the Evening Standard declares today. Boxes bearing the stamp of a Mas sachusetts powder works were dis covered. the paper says.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-07
Royal Palm Beach Limited
 Derailed, $ Dead, 26 Hurt

SOMERSET, Ky. April 1.-Two persons were killed and thirty or more injured, four of whom later died. when Passenger Train No. 2 on the Southern Railroad, the Royal Palm Beach Limited from Jackson ville, Fla, to Chicago, was derailed late yesterday near New River Tenn. Three day coaches overturned and three sleepers were derailed but stayed right side up.
 The wreck is believed to have been due to buckling or spreading rails.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-07
Mrs. Anna Eff StiIman, Wife of Multimlionaire New York Banker Granted Temporary Aimony and Ex- penses Pending Final Adjudication of Sen
 sational Divorce Case Now in Court.

POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y, April T. Temporary alimony of $7,5OO a month, counsel fees of $35 900 and $12,500 for expenses have been fixed for Mrs. Anne U. Stillman by Su- preme Court Justice Joseph Morsch- auser in the suit for divorce insti- tuted against her by James A. Still man, President of the National City Bank, of New York, the largest fi- nancial institution in the United States.
 Mrs. Stillman had asked alimony of $10,000 a month and $75,000 coun- sel fees. Justice Norsehauser made public his decision after he had transmitted it to the court clerk at White Plains, along with affidavits and pleadings presented in the case.
 In his decision the Justice ruled out of the divorce suit as confiden- tial and privileged the alleged "con- fession" letter written to MT Still man by his wife. He also ruled out letters written to Mrs Stillman by Fred Beauvais, an Indian guide. who was named in the bankers complaint as correspondent and accused of be ing father of Mrs. Stillman's infant son, Guy.
 Testimony Ruled Out
 The decision set forth that Mrs Stillman had pleaded recriminations in her answer to the bankers com plaint and that both husband and wife made charges founded upon an allegation of adultery"
 "A husband or wife is not c0mpe tent to testify against each other on such allegations" the decision said
 The decision said that the affidav its to which the letters were append ed, contains matters which Mir Still man could not testify to. and it was
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The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-07
Communists Leader Revises
 Opinion of Soviet Benefit:

RENAL, Esthonia. April 7.-Dr Norris Fucker. former leader and organizer of the Communists Party in the United States has arrived here after a five months stay in Ru8aia his previous opinion of Bolshcyiks reversed.
 He depicts Soviet Russia as land of decaying civilization under thc worst tyranny in the world 1nd declares conditions are steadily he coming worse People are going about in despair, bowed down by a great and constant terror, he said.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-07
Filipino Policeman Is
 Convicted in Riot Case

MANILA, P. l., April 7.-Art Mic victed yesterday of homicide in con nection with the riots here last De cember between Philippine Constabu lary and Filipino policemen in which eleven persons were killed He was sentenced to 14 years and 6 months Imprisonment
 The cases of seventy seven former constabulary charged with murder are still in the hands of the court but a decision is reported soon. All are under sentence of ten years i'm prisonment on charges of sedition.
The Alaska daily empire., 1921-04-07
Vesuvius Again in Eruption
  Splitting Smoke and Flames

NAPLES, Italy, April 7.-Mount Vesuvius, famed in history and story. is again in active eruption the most violent in fifteen years.
 Dense clouds of smoke mixed with flames arising from the crater ol the volcano form a majestic anC alarming picture while impressiy, internal rumblings add to the awe some character
 Many American tourists have been attracted by the spectacle but are prevented from approaching the crater by showers of hot ashes and the flow of molten lava