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The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-02-11

You have read many n story of the vengeance of man upon This is tale of mans vengeance an animal of vendetta against lion. The story told to the writer by H. A. Snow who. with his Sidney, led shooting and filming expedition inte ths African Jungle tho Oakland tCal) Museum of Natural History Expedition. The Snow party passed years jungle traversed so.o miles in the ndcst the continent and took 125000 feet of wilN film. part of this enormous bulk of motion pictures being shown in the "Hunting Biz Gans in Africa" production.
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ward off attacks of beasts, and hunted the ground. The drama of Harrys death clearly to be seen. He had ventured out too far and lion had got between him and the fire. He had shot, and wounded the beast, which then had ad- vanced upon him. A trail of blood began at point near the camp and led to the body. Unable to get another shot in the darkness, Harry had lighted match to set the dry grass afire. He had just scratched flame, when the crouching brute sprang upon him. half burned match
 stick lay nearby. The wounded lion had torn him
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As Told to Prosper Buranelli.

HERE was little talk and
 much meditation around the camp fire that night. We were four white hunters, Harry Hopper, my son Sidney and I, who, with gun and motion picture camera, had wan dered, shooting and filming, far into the wilderness of
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horribly. A long trail of blood showed the way ix had fled
 lost all pity for poor Harry, all feeling of the bitterness of mischance. A storm of rage caught and held me, mad, harsh fury against the lion In this strange hatred I saw the depth of my friendship for the lad. He was dead and must kill the thing that killed him. Now began long and relentless vendetta, vendetta against lion. WYE buried Harry hastily where he lay, marked w his grave with stones, armed band of
 natives with guns and lights, and started along the lions bloody spoor. The beast had plunged into the deepest brush and stumbled along slowly, half dozen blacks lighting the ground with torches and flash lamps, while the others picked the way from red splotch to another. Sidney and with rifles ready, kept alert We had toiled along for several hours when the trail passed across a space of soft earth. Here the lions tracks were clear, and that of Harry's shots had broken the animals left foreleg. Soon
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snarled and squeaed the strange chorus or oeas1s' Our score of native carriers and beaters Ezaezrr,, squatted, chattering and laughing a' another fire The stars hung very VV.sSxsxs1hSSai bright above the tree tops and the V flames before us waved under the Tn fluence of hot, dank breeze We ate
 our meal of roast antelope in gloomy silence. Harry Hopper had decided 'o A leave us and return home.
 had encountered Harry when our t& maths had crossed in the wilds Of
 British East Africa. He was young Boer of some wealth, who had en1-
 barked upon the arduous sport of lion
 hunting and was following it with
 reckless daring He slender, strong
 and of peculiarly fine and amiabe dis
 position My son and had been alone
 m the jungle trail for year and half, and we m vited Harry, with an eager welcome, to ]oIn our reel and rifle party. He accepted During the months of adventure that had followed,a strong feeling of friendship had grown between the young man and me, one of those friendships that form so readily in a savage land, where man owes his life everv day to his comrades rifle. But Harry had grown unbearably homesick for his fathers house in the Transvaal and now had determined to take his blacks and return southwark F- vr,E understood, full of nostalgia ourselves, WV and did not try to dlssuaoe hlm- we sat
 at the fire and smoked for long time. Harry told us that on our way back we must taks the route by his fathers house. We would have great feast together then. Perhaps he might ac- company us to America for visit. Our Negroes lay down to sleep beside their fire. The stars climbed in the sky. Around us increased the un- ending pandemonium, where the beasts of tho jungle hung on the edge of our freight. Dominant in the eerie chorus was the roar of the lion. The mood among us grew heavy and depressed. Harry stirred to break the spell.
 "Think I'll have shot at one of those cats" The lust of the lion hunter had caught him.
 He took rifle and disappeared in the light brush that surrounded us. Sidney and I remained at the fire, talking. We hoped that Harry would not stray too for from the protection of the fire
 A shotl Another! The jungle chorus stopped. "A long moment of tomb-like silence. Then scream, long and terrible death cry of a man. We grasped our rifles, yelled to natives and ran in the direction from which the shriek had come. We came upon a huddled, mangled form. It was Harry, dead
 strung the natives in circle around us. to
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dltCI we CdiliC upOu dH Opcu otEcCCu OA sand, where the trampling of other beasts had obliterated the trail of blood.
 When it grew light we scattered the natives over the ground that the lion must have traversed. One of them yelled, as he hunted in the low brush. He had found the marks of blood. sent runners back to the camp for provisions, and we pressed on. We marched into dismal swamp. At midday the heat grew frightful. It went to hundred and forty degrees Fahrenheit. We could scarcely creep along. The track of blood grew faint now, and, when we came upon wide area of stony hillside, we had to hunt laboriously for the occasional tell-tale
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drops. Night came, and could not follow the trail in the darkness. I was weak and i'll now. We lighted a fire, threw ourselves down, and slept In the morning we could find no more blood.
 A FTER three hours of vain search was ready A to despair, but soon afterward I wandered
 into brush filled gully, and there came upon the place where the lion had slept during the night The earth was torn wildly, the brushwood crushed and bitten of several square rods The beast had tumbled and clawed for hours in agony. Harry's other shot had found a painful lodging The lions agony had increased with morning, for it had thrashed a path of broken bushes through the gully. We followed this for a mile. The beast had begun to bleed again. The succession of drops led and on for the whole day. That night we found heavy tracks leading through swamp.
 At dawn on the third day of the vengeful pur- suit the trail led into open, grass filled valley. We advanced into it, hunting over the ground sharply for the blood marks. As ascended hillock there was a stirring in the grass ahead. A yellow body arose not twenty yards away. The lion seemed to know that doom was at hand and seemed resolved to meet it with noble dignity. He stood, with his great abrstle, and stared at the uprased rifles for instant. Then he threw up his magnificent head and roared a splen- did defiance. Two shots! The great voice sank into gasp The huge body sagged and writhed, clawng the earth, and was still.
 In my home out in Oakland, California, you may see majestic, tawny figure, with swelling yellow mane and savage, gaping jaws, superb piece of the taxiderrnist's art. That is the lion that killed Harry Hopper.
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South Central Africa. Around us Tn the Jungle
 .n.r,ed and smealed the strange chorus of beasts
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Above in tbe panel, H. 4. Sno1u. leader of tbe Natural History Ex- petition from Oakland. California and, bslow, Harry Kloppsr, 1Obom tbe lion slezn.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27

Miss Faith Kern al n card par,s
given TO aid a charitable project
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27

HERE ENDED

After completing an inspection OF
four hrge canning companies IN Sc
attic. formerly owned by Germans,
Col. Thomas w. Miller United
States alien property custodian.
romplcted his work in Seattle and
lefi Monday night for Portland
Col Miller IS making an eS.
lenslve tour OF the Western states
and has Inspected alien property
Al Fargo- Chicago. Helena and 81.
Paul on his "trip west.
The purpose OF Col. Mulers tour
Is to famiiiarire himself With the
property owned by aliens which Is
now being held by the government
md which viii be returned under
legislation passed by tho last con,
grcss.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27
Besant Lodge Will
Be Opened Sunday

The opening Of Bcsant Ledge. the
first building to be constructed In
he Northwest FOR theosophle pur.
poses. will be held Easter Sunaay
with a reception and program be-
ginning AZ in tho afternoon and
running thru the evening. All the.
psophists OF the city and all others
Interested VIII be welcomed. Besant
Lodge Is situated at Broadway and
Roy. on the Broadway carllne.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27
THOUSANDS OWE
SKIN HEALTH TO
! FAMOUS POSLAM

"Posiamf why that's what heal
|ld Ny skins' That Is what thousands
|,nd thonsanes would say Il you
|lskcd them about that famous skin
|Tcaimcnf.
II acts quickly and surely on
|,cxema. rashes and such tormenting
|.rupsi0ns. stopping the itching and
|merting from the first application,
land rapidly restoring siir,hcalth.
But effective as poslam Is, II Is
made Of the gentlest. safest things,
|aothlng IN a that could irrIiate the
|.enderest. most infiamcd skin. even
|sf tlC baby. soc everywhere.
For trial sample. send ioc to POS.
Lam. sts w. lTth ST. New York.
~ ham SOAP. moderated with Pos
|lae docs wonders Tor POOR com.
plexions. advertisement.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27
U. S. BUILDING
MOTHER SHIPS
Floating AirdromeS Under
Construction

CAMDEN. ". j.. March 27.-Two
floating Rirdromcs are now under
construction FOR tho United states,
one at the New York ship building
yards here. the other at tho Fore
River shipyards
Originally the two airpiane carriers
were 70 have been the battle cruisers
Saratoga and Lexington Modlfiea-
ton OF tho naval program at the
arms conference prevented thia-
Peace programs and their Ike. hon-
ever. are not interfering with dsvcl-
opmsut OF the art OF aerial naval
warfare
Rather than waste the $1,000. 900
worth OF labor aud material that had
already gone into the construction Of
the ships. IL was determined to con-
vert them into Rirplane carriers. with
super equipment OF every sort.
Each OF the carriers IL 20 30 $50
feet long with a beam % io5 feet.
The upper surface OF each boat viii
be fashioned Into a long flat landing
platform for airpianes. Tho smoke
stacks viii look like three stacks wid-
ened and flattened into one and will
be crowded TO the starboard side OF
the ship TO allow room for the easy
landing and taking or OF the air
feet the ship win mother.
Storage facilities for aIrplanss and
machine shops for their upkeep md
repair shops viii be below decks
The superiority OF the ships will ba
increased by the completeness OF the
radio installation. the elevators Tor
lifting aircraft to and from the decks.
cranes for hosting heavier recon-
noissance planes and their mancuv-
erability In heavy sea.
The two carriers viii be completed
within two years
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27
PULNERIZE
EACH SPADkFUL

As each spadcful Is lifted and
turned over Il Is thorpiy pulvsriz
cd with tho edge or tho point Of
tho spade This pulverisinE dur
ing spadlnE greatly reduces the
work later when tho seeds arc
being planted. The Jumps OF
earth also break up much easier
while moist and before they dry
out.
There are numerous little kinks
TO planting the garden.
one Of these II TO mark the
rows by setting little pegs AZ each
end Of the garden plot before be
ginning TO plant, This shows just
how many rows ot tho different
widths such a. is. rs, -. 50 and
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27
Make\
I The J


and prcyontw. II pEArrlE
tho other kind
OF kinks getting into ones
anatomy
spading the garden Is con.
sldcred hard work by most
people. In fact. Il is hard work
the way 80 many people do u.
The experienced gardener does
not undertake 10 upturn the
whole garden az a few spadefula,
but begins AZ one end and opens
a deep. narrow furrow clear
across the space 10 be spadsd-
Ito then works from ono aide
70 tho other much tho same as a
plowman would do. taking thin.
deep allces Of tho soil and always
maintaining tho narrow. deep
furrow or opening.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27
SAVE POLES
FOR NENT YEAR

Driving a few stakes along the
row OF peas ana stretching three
foot poultry netting upon them
makes tho best kind OF support
for the peas with much lees labor
than tho old brush method
Aftsr the peas are gathered the
netting Is rolled into n compact
roll and stored overhead In the
garage until next season.
Poles unon which the lima
beans are 10 climb can be made 10
stand against the winds that blow
hy bringing three or four Of them
together al the top and fastening
them with wirr.
Onions may be hnstsncd In
ripening by rolling an empty
barrel over the tops after the
bulbs arc fully grown
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27
LabOr-SdUing Hints for s
the Backyard Gardener

ge inches are available aIsi, II
necessary. an adjustment can be
made before any planting Il done.
Another little kink n iE
stretchinE a garden line. In the
FIRST place the line should be ~
good. heavy. strong cord and two
good stakes should bs driven
solidly into the ground at the
ends
After the line Il tightly stretch.
cd between the two stakes.
straighten Il by lifting IL near the
center and allow Il 10 drop into
place Just a. a carpenter does In
striking" n chalkllne.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27

TOMORROW; Iiotbcds and
eoldfrnmr- "a food factories.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27
INyERT HOE To
MAKE BURROWS

SIN another klnk Il IN the use
OF tho corner OF tho hoo drawn
with the edge against the tightly
Htrvtched limo Tor making a drili
Ia which 10 plant large seeds.
such "a peas. beans and corn
For making small burrows IN.
vert tho hoo ana mark along tho
line with the smooth. rounded end
OF the handle.
The back Of a hoe II perhaps
tho best tool for finmins tho soil
over the seeds after they are
planted and covered.
When Il comes 10 cultivhunF
the garden more % the same kind
Of kinks arc az the gardeners
beck and call
Pruning the tomato vines 20 n
single stem and tying them 20
stakes gets them up out OF tho
way Of cultivation. gives nie9
clean fruit and causes Il 10 ripen
earlier.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27

ana let him
tackle the job
OF spadlnE up
the backyard
and he l. Ger.
tain 10 set Hcv.
cral kinks In
his back ana IN
the thousand
and one mus
Giles that he
never dreamed
were In his
body
The real 30
luton II 20 put
one kind OF
kinks into the
way the garden
work is done
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27
Bodied Hair Was
Ordered by Police

PARIS. March sTy--Police rcguia.
lions Just adopted force women Of
doubtful character TO have their hair
bobbed in the womsn's prison.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27
Jury Says Value
of Eve Is S1,250

wALTHAMsTow. Eng. March ~.
Il jury hers fixed At $3.50 the
value OF Harold Thomas left cye.
which was knocked out BY Albert T.
Proctor in n row.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27

LONDON. March s7.-Baron Carl
Wilhelm won kohlden. found dead NJ
Posensey, ate dozen eggs day and
nothing else.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-03-27
ny WILLIAM II. nEATrIE
Extension Horticulturisi, United
States Department OF Agri'
culture.

Take a man who has worked In
the offlcc or az some indoor oocu-
milton during the entire winter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-02
BACK TO FIRST PRINCIPLES

The agreement whereby this government recognized that because of propinquity Japan had interests in China superior to other na- tons has been cancelled The text of the agreement was such as to cause difference in interpretation, Japan claiming broader meaning than we were willing to concede. It now appears that the nine-power treaty, for mulated at the Washington conference, su- percedes the agreement and unmistakably restores the "open door" policy to which this nation has so long adhered. The Chinese government never accepted the agreement, which wasl made without it's Knowledge or consent, and doubtless other nations as well would have contested Japan's claims had crisis ever developed. Fortunately, Japan shas had the wisdom to withdraw from China and to claim even less than her treaty rights in many particulars.
 Those who expect China to come back as stable power are relieved to learn that Japans formal claim to preference no longer exists. The restoration of the open door policy also strengthens our own representa- tions in other parts of the globe, where our spokesmen have objected to preferential treatment of one power over others in the right to expolit natural resources and develop business opportunities,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-02
WARE THE MEASLES!

It is usually taken for granted that there are certain diseases that children must have, including measles, humps, whooping- and scarlet fever. Some parents even delib. erately expose their children 70 such ailments in order that they may have them young and be done with it. That idea is an ancient one, and should be discarded, for many child owes permanent ill-healtn to the after effects of one or more of these diseases. Just now the health officer says that measlcs is becoming epidemic in Birmingham. aad urges precautions. That is sensible ao ice and parents should do all within their pow or to shield their children from exposure rc
 the disease, which is highly contagious. The same holds true for the other so-called chil- drens diseases. They are contagious, which means that they are preventable. Those who contract them should be kept segregated, so as not to infect others. Some day, perhaps, our health agencies will be devc,oped to de- gree where they will establish an effective quarantine upon contagious diseases and thus gradually stamp them out. Until that time
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-02
CITY OF MUSCLE SHOALS?

The proposal to consolidate the cities of Sheffield and Tuscumbia and outlying terri tory in that vicinity has been considered at a meeting of representatives of property owners residing in the territory of the pro- posed merger, and committees have been named to further consider the matter. new town to be known as Muscle Shoals had been projected, and in case that was formed there would be three cities alongside one another on the same side of the Tennessee river. The proposition is for the proposed town and the two older ones to join forces and form a city of real proportions Matters of this kind are to be decided only by the will of the citizens and is no affair of outsiders, but the suggestion of the merger is in keeping with the general conception of the bigness that is eventually to attend the certain devel- opment of the Muscle Shoals neighborhood.
 Citizens of Muscle Shoals territory face certain future of greatness because they have the basis of two outstanding natural resources, electric power and inland water way transportation. These resources are crate simultaneously in the growth of the commercial and industrial interests of Muscle Shoals. The citizens of<that vicinity have the right to indulge big thoughts of the fu- ture and 1t is happy augury of their realiza- tion of this future that leads them to con- slider projects that may seem to fit in with approaching opportunity.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-02
A NEW COAL PEAK

Coal production has made new all-time
 cord and joins the other district activities
 fthat respect The production of the week
 nding March 3 was four hundred and two thousand tons, which is in excess of the rec ord of two weeks in August, 1922, when the emergency demand from the West caused extraordinary activity in Alabama mines. The western roads sent their cars into the
 strict by the hundreds to facilitate produc-
 n and shipment. Alabamas mining in-
 stry was at peace while it was interrupted
 the northern bituminous field by strikes.
 hat the March production should run ahead of that emergency output is all the more re- markable when it 5 realized that the present demand has nothing of the unusual about It except it's tonnage. The coal now being mined is going into the customary channels served year in and out by the Alabama mines. Principal cause of the tremendous output is the furnace activity More than 50 per cent of Alabama coal goes into the making of iron and steel, and the next largest part to the railroads. There is maxi mum production of iron and steel ana max imum in transportation energies. The coal hoduction reflects these other activities When it is borne in mind that every horse power of electric energy is also in demand , ealling for the operation of the steam as well
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-02
CHANGING CRIMINAL TYPE

(IOledO Blade)
 William Allen Pinkerton, looking back at his youth, finds good deal to respect in the criminal he used to pursue. Mir. Pinkerton remem- bers the fellow as skillful, daring, brainy, long on courage and slow, very slow, to resort to shooting. He was a great contrast, the detective thinks, to the professional crook who puts uncertainty into life and property today. This typical crimi- nal is described as youthful, igno- rant, jazzed up with bootleg whisky and drugs. He shoots on the drop of the hat and, as the old saying was, he will furnish the hat. Street hold-ups often involving murder, took the place of the bank raids. Where the old-timer planned a crime carefully and shrewdly, his successor goes out with a car and a gun and sticks up the first man he comes to. Where loot once ran into thousands of dollars, the crook of our time only once in a while gets more than a few pieces of change. Moreover, he is more near ly like a rat, practicing blackmail, robbing clothes-lines, torturing help less women and preying on shop girls. The occupation seems to be one where we have to worry more over the absence of intelligence than it's application to wicked purposes. It is the principle of fearing the fool more than the knave.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-02
DIVORCE VIA RADIO

The radio has gotten into the divorce courts. Of course. Why not? Cats and dogs, canary birds and poll parrots have been there many a day The automobile was roped in when a fledgling. The color of q mans cravat and the kind of biscuit wife fails to make are trite features of divorce proceedings. The California woman who alleges that her husband has given more of his time to installation of radio sets than she approves, bases her claim for divorce and almony on this newest form of marital degeneracy. The old-fashioned causes for divorce have been showed into the back ground as being altogether antedated and too coarse for the high-strung nerves and the esthetic sensibilities of today
 If a young husband wishes to live on one side of the town and the young wife prefers the other side, that is ground for permanent separation. If the husband has the family auto painted red and the wife wished it to be gray, that is an irreconclable difference of opinion that calls for two roofs. With many the marriage ceremony is mere yer biage. Instead of forming a tie that death only shall part, the mental reservations go- ing along with the voiced promises declare that it is a tie only so long as either party is one hundred per cent satisfied with it. Collaborating and parenthood have been rele- gated to secondary conslaerations. The radio was bound to figure in the divorce court, because nothing howsoever trivial fails to enter there. It would be farcical were it not tragic. Possibly the absurdities that have connected themselves with divorce pro- ceedings will cause trend the other way.