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Seward daily gateway., 1925-04-20
Nude Body of Boy Hanging to Derrick
fRv Associated press'


 FULLERTON, Okla, April 20.-The nude body of Terry Courtney, aged IA, was found hanging to the cross bar of an oil derrick near here today. The boy had been missing since yes terday morning. It is believed to be case of suicide, but the authorities are Investigating.
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Parliament to Meet

SOFIA, April 20.-Parliament has been summoned to meet on the 21st, tomorrow, to deal with the bombing situation
 Police are pursuing relentless in- vestigation of suspicious quarters, of ten clashing with citiaen authorities who assert they have secured docu- mentary proof of the guilt of several suspects having participated in the Outrages last week
 Sunday was proclaimed a day of mourning, theatres being ordered clos. ed and all sporting events cancelled,
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Parachute Fails Open
 Auiator Dies iron, Fall
(By Associated prass,

TULSA, Okla, April 20.-D. D. Kohle was killed when his parachute failed to remain open when he jump ed from an airplane here yesterday. The parachute, which was a new in- .vention, opened and checked his fall for time, then closed allowing him to plunge 700 feet to earth
Seward daily gateway., 1925-04-20
Oi Operator Tells of
 Wheeler Conference
(Ry Associated Press)

!
 GREAT FALLS, Mont, April 20.- The ghost of the Senate investigation of Senator Wheeler stalked into court today when H. c. Glosser, former sec retary to Gordon Campbell, Montana oil operator, for whom Wheeler ille- gally appeared before the Department of the Interior as one of the govern ment's star witnesses, testifying to a conference in his apartment between Wheeler and Campbell
Seward daily gateway., 1925-04-20
STORM WRECKS
 MANY BUILDINGS
(By Associated Press)


 WHEELING, W. Va, April 2O-A storm today swept eastern Ohio, West Virginia, and wrecked many business buildings and residences at Wheeling, 2 Wellsburg, West Virginia; Martin s Ferry in Ohio, and Woodsfeld and a dozen other small Ohio communities. Ten were injured, two seriously. Un. confirmed reports from Ohio indicate that many were injured in Wheeling's streets which were filtered with debris and roofs blown from buildings.
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FIGHTING IN SPANISH CITIES

(By Associated Press)
 LISBON, Spain, April 20-Hand to hand fighting in various places occur red today, grenades being thrown and many killed and wounded Loyal sol diers rallied to the aid of the presi- dent and by hard fighting won the up- per hand
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Milton's Record IS
 Broken by Hartz
(Pv Associatad pressl

CULVER CITY, Gala, April 2O.- Harry Hartz broke Tommy Milton's s worlds record in a fifty mile heat to- day, time P minutes, II seconds. Mil tons record was 26 minutes, F sec onds
 Peter de Paolo broke the 25 mile record in il minutes six seconds few minutes after Leon Duray had already broken the record in the first heat.
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coNFEssEs TO EXPLOSION
(Ry Associated Pressl

(By Associated Press) PARIS, April 20.-A Sofia dispatch
 to Le Matin says that Peter zatgorski,
 beadle of Sveti Kral Cathedral, was
 arrested and confessed to complicity in the recent bomb explosion, naming
 as principals, Kosta Yankoff, chief,
 and Ninkoff, sub-chief of the Sofia communist executive central commit tee. Ninkoff placed bomb under the
 roof the morning of the blast and a student lighted the fuse, said the prisoner
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NO PoIsoNs FOUND IN OLSON

(By Associated Pressl
 CHICAGO, April 2O.-Except for a small amount of mercury which the coroner's chemist said he believed was due to medication, no poisons were found in the organs of Dr. Oscar Olson, reported Coroner Wolff.
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S35O,OOO,OOO MOVED BY
 LIFE INSURANCE CO
(Rx Associated Pressl

tAbSUCidtSU
 NEW YORK, April 2O.-While ban dist were robbing their victims of small change in different parts of the city, $50 million in marketable secur- ities were transferred through the streets from down town to midtown vaults of the Equiptable Life InsuH ance society. Thirty-five armored vans were used in the transfer and only handful of persons knew what was taking place. A heavily-armed guard accompanied the vans.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-04-20
GEN WOOD PROTESTS SALE
 SHIPS TO ADMIRAL LINE
(By Associated Pressl

(By Associated Press)
 WASHINGTON, D. C., April 20.- General Leonard Wood has protested against the transfer of the shipping board vessels to the Dollar Line on the ground that it may lead to a shipping monopoly in the Pacific.
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Judge Superior Court
 Killed by Bicyclist
(By Associated Pressl

SPOKANE, April 2O.-George W.. Belt, judge of the Superior court of this county was instantly killed Sat urday night when he was knocked to the pavement by a bicycle rode by James Kiernan, a postoffice messen- ger, who blinded by heavy rainfall, failed to see the judge and his wife, who were crossing the street.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-04-20
RUSSIA ASSUMING FORMER = OLD RELIGIOUS ASPECT
(By Associated Press)

MOSCOW, April 20.-Russia is re- suming her old religious aspect, the churches being thronged and Easter candles burned before the many icons at home A large portion of the peo- pie scrupulously observed the cere- ! monies prescribed by the church yes terday, which was Easter Sunday in Russia.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-04-20
SNOW FALLS IN CONCORD
(Ry Associated Press,

(By Associated Press) CORNCORD, N. H., April 20-Five inches of snow fell in this section last night.
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NO INTEREST IN ELECTIONS

BERLIN, April 2O.-With decisive balloting for president but a week of the fight between Marx and Hindeberg has left the people apathetic.
Seward daily gateway., 1925-04-20
)VIET LEADER RESPONSIBLE FOR OUTRAGE

CONSTANTINOPLE, April 2O.-M. Zinorrev is said have ordered the cathedral bomb outrage The revo utionary campaign in Bulgaria is being directed it said from Communist headquarters of the Sovet embassy here
 The communists regard Bulgaria as the key to the Balkans If Bulgaria is won the first effect would be the destruction of Rounaa and the second would be the establishment of Soviet republic in Macedonia
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VICTIMS OF BOMB EXPLOSIONS BURIED TESTER DAY IN COMMON GRAVE-ALL THEATRES
 AND SPORTS ARE HALTED
(By Associated Press,


 ATHENS, April 20.-As the communist up- rising that followed the cathedral bomb outrage in which 16O were killed gains ground, King Bor- is preparing to flee the country, according to dis patches from the Bulgarian capital
 Sharp clashes between the Bulgarian troops and the insurgents, who seek to overthrow Pre- mier Zankoffs government, have occurred in sev- eral sections. At Varna small uprising occur red when the authorities tried to prevent the un- loading of arms and ammunition from Odessa h. surgents reported to have seized Tirmoya.
 The interaied military commission has con- ditionally approved the Bulgarian demand for an army increase of four thousand men to cope with the "Bolshevik danger at present in the country All Bulgaria is under martial law. Shops and all cafes have been orderd closed at six D. m and the doors of all homes must be locked at seven D. m Several communists already have been tried and executed, travellers report Many workers have been arrested on suspicion, it was stated today Victims of the bomb explosions were buried in common grave yesterday while all sports and ac- tivities ceased.
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STANFoRDS BEATS CALIFORNIA
jBy Associated Press

jBy Associated Press) STANFORD STADIUM, April 20.- Stanford defeated California 66 1-2 to
 64 1-2 in track field meet here Sat
 l urday.
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Stage hands seldom need so many changes oenery without it.
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Join the Chamber of Commerce.
Evening star., 1925-05-24
Potomac Discovery and Visit
To Washington Site Described

Smiths ..old friend Mosco,' and other
facts bearing on the subject.
Some historians who have seemed
to delight in squeezing everything in
terestinS and romantic out of his
tory have called Capt. John smith
a braggart and cast doubt on every
thing he said even including the
famous story of Pocahontas. They
have doubtless Influenced. although
perhaps unconsciously, writer's about
Smiths trip up the Potomac River
and encouraged them to throw an
atmosphere of doubt about the whole
thing. But if anybody needs to have
his faith in Snsith bolstered up let
him read what Prof. Edward Arher,
famous editor of Smiths Collected
Works, has TO say on the subject in
his notes thereon, or what the Amer
lean historian, John Fiske, in 'Old
Virginia and Her Neighbors.' says
about the facts that have been un-
earthed to prove the honesty of
Smiths history of his life and adven-
lures.
Some of the men who accompanied
him on that first voyage mp the 20
tomac assisted him in writing and
editing his history of Virginia. - Smith
made enemies. but he also made
many and fast friends, who stuck by
him to the end. No one who has
read the history of the Virginia col
ony can forget the horrors of the
starving time
Evening star., 1925-05-24

Continued from First PaseD
cross similar to other crosses on
the same map high up on the rivers
he explored. OF these cross marks ne
SAYS:
I'm which Mappe observe this, that
, as far as you see little crosses on
rivers. mountains, or other places,
have been discovefed; the rest was
had by information of the Sava ges,
and are set downe according to their
instructions.
Then he adds in verse:
Thus have l walked a wayless way,
with uncouth pace,
Which yet no Christian man did ever
trace;
But yet | know this not affects the
minds,
Which ears doth heare, as that which
eyes doe finde.'
Did Smith anticipate the skeptics
and prepare for them?
Modern excavations have disclosed
the remains of an Indian village site
that extended from the mouth of the
Eastern Branch up the eastern side
of that strea m. where Anacostia is
now located, well beyond Benning,
D. c. 1t was evidently a populous
region at the time Smith visited it.
He locates a Kings House on his
map at this point, indicating its i'm,
portance.
The river 10 miles above this
place" he writes, "maketh his passage
downe low pleasant valley over.
| Swallowed in mamie places with high
rocky mountaines. from whence dis.
till inumerable sweet and pleasant
springs."
Smith vHs nsasnsy talking Of the
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Fair Supplies Husbands
For Enterprising French Women

hands. Also. where better could their
business logic seek wife-than at a
fair of wives?
These girls admit they want TO
marry. They do not pretend to be
pla wing society. Their heads are not
full of "a good time A whole cate
CORY of direct men who desire 10
marry have gone straight to Fon-
tenay.
Finally. the girl candidates are
pretty well guara nteed by mayor.
municipality and the great civic or,
sanizations which patronize them and
practically run their fair for them. A
direct man recognizes such guarantees
they appeal to his good sense.
Oh. the girls of E'ontenay have been
we'll rewarded for their coura ge.
"A husband or wife in three
months is going strong, in spite of
powerful aids and encoura gements.
ITO Introduce worthwhile young
men to suitable young ladies" is the
fairs avowed object. in it's statutes.
Nothing is said about the girls Of
Fontenay. in particular.
Go, ii came about almost from the
~ fairs first success. that quite a
number of young ladies, not at all of
FontenaN. but from neighboring resi-
dental towns and even from Paris,
presented themselves for registration,
Such girl outsiders were not edged
away
They were given equal chance with
girls of F'ontenay.
In a word. they were completely
vigorously investigated,
Those who stood the test were
.CiyaD a number -
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"All young girls and all young men
desiring to contract marriage should
NIL up a printed form. indicating their
names, their age, their profession and
their particular tastes. runs the large
poster containing the rules of the
fair. "and will be given a number
So from the start the rules appear
quite loose. because there follow sim
ply, on the poster directions and for
mula for young men having a mum
ber" to present themselves TO young
girls having number" TO ask them
to dance. to take refreshment or to
eXcha ange views on married life.
But. note. such exchange of ideas
should be quite impersonaf just
general talk about matrimony-''N Now.
| think: Il should prefer
1t seems TO me- TO obtain first
glimpses of each other
The next day. If the man continues
interested. he writes letter TO the
number of the tag. in care of the
Marriage Fair of F'ontenay. Only
after this df the girl consents) does
he learn the girls name and address
if. even. he learns her address with
her name.
In fact. he can learn all about the
girl before he is finally trusted with
her name and address,
Like this: The fairs reports from
the Societe Amicale's Investigations
of the girl are thrown open TO the
young man, who may ask them sim
ply on her number as soon as the
girl consents that the reports be
shown him. tShe knows they are IA
vorahle. or she would not have a
number)
And This Won may belieya iS 1T or
Evening star., 1925-05-24

she has read up the reports made on
the young man:
All which is no, idle play of an
afternoon.
The filling up the printed form is
really the last consecra ton Of the
candidates adhesion. 1t permits him
to receive number" and begin en-
ioying the fairs privileges.
Before it has been the quiet. rigor-
Gus inveSfied ton
Every Sunday afternoon into Mid
summer they meet in the gardens
and fine hall of the municipality.
No. So dances with No. IL. No. -
treats No. 81 10 stra wberry ice. No,
81 and No % exchange views on
And so on.
The marriage fair is a grand sue
cess-it makes maria ees, The 81
girls of Fontenay who started it are
All married or engaged. eNcept II.
But. also. l9 girls from outside Fon-
tenay have married from The fair and
10 of them are mammaS.
1t is new way 10 marry. Is It
queer way?
Times change. Caon Fleury and
st. Christophe have started marriage
fairs There may be more. A mar
riace fair is being orga anized AT Little
Hampton. in England. Some Ameri-
can town may Try it.
Why not? II is very honorable.
The family is the States founda
tion.
Every plan To found more families
is great and good work. Every
plan to give a girl her chance is just
i ~ III.
Evening star., 1925-05-24

main river. so it would appear from
all the circumstances. Doubtless he
was describing the present site OF
Washington. surrounded by hills and
buttreSsed on the northwest by the
so-called Palisades of the Potomac
above Georgetown. After all, is ii not
unlikely that Capt. Smith, who ex-
plored the lesser rivers of the bay
to the heads of navigation, should
have failed to do so in the case of
the Potomac. largest of them all? On
the contrary, there is abundant evi-
dence, as we have seen. that he was
more determined to find the head of
the Potomac than any other of The
rivers that flowed into the Chesa-
peake, except perhaps the James, on
which the little colony was located.
He and the other colonists had been
instructed before they left England
to find a passage to, or nearly to,
the western ocean or the Great Lakes.
and they never lost sight of that
object until they found it was a
chimera.
CART. HENRY FLEET. who took
up bis abode with the Indians
Of the Potomac River as q trader Is
years after the discovery. has been
given credit by some writer's for being
the first white man to visit and de-
scribe the site of the National Capital.
The late Ainsworth r. Spofford, for
many years Librarian Of Congress,
who wrote learnedly on the early his
tory of the District of Columbia
leaned to this view, and he said that
it is supposed rather than proven"
that Smith visited the site of the pres.
ent Washington. But Mr. Spofford
also seemed to be unacquainted with
Evening star., 1925-05-24

and l7l2 feet in girth, and weighing
"a tons.
On another occasion after this when
we were again fishing off the yacht
with the big tackle we seemed to have
no luck, and were about to ceas when
off went one of the lines. This time /
pulled in mine at once. The force a nd
strength We're sufficient to move the
yacht easily. Ahead it went-we at
once pulled up the anchor, and now we
were off. lowed by veritable giant.
There was no fear of the tackle
parting now the boat was under way.
and this time | felt assured we should
really land a monster. Mr.. W. H.
Higgins. an Englishman. who had
joined us for the time being, had
never seen anything quite like this be-
fore, and for some time WAS, | think.
almost too surprised to speak.
Straight toward the mainland the big
fish swan. farther and farther away
from Taboeuilla
Two hours and half went by in
| this manner before we were able to
start reSaining line by using our ut
! most strength. The fish had now
Ceased TO tow us. and seemed to he
almost a dead weight.
| Foot by foot. SLOWLY but surely. we
were pulling II in closer. was ex-
| pecting wild dash every moment.
! Presently the line was stretched
/ straight down beneath us and what
/ ever was on the other end commenced
/ to come toward the surface.
Look suddenly called out Hug
| gins, look down, and for heaven s
sake don't bring it any nearer the
yacht"
! / looked beneath the water and saw
an awful sight--a huge shape which
| seemed TO be almost the size of the
/ boat appeared. with. out from the
! front of the head a grotesque projec
/ ton serrated each side with the
I curious pointed sharp teeth of the
~ Wish.
we must get this one. Higgins,
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with a force that would have severed
the smaller one previously caught. the
big black eyes every now and then
were covered with the curious protect
ing discs-it looked like the embodi
ment of vindictive hate. | do not
know why. but one could almost
sense its remorseless vora aciousness
| What brute,
end of the battle. More than six times
the fish got alongside. only to lunge
downward again, its sheer bulk pre-.
venting us from arresting the move
ment.
THE rife was all ready, and l was
only waiting a favorable opportu-
nifty to smash bullet home; but 1t is
Ia curious fact-I seemed obsessed with
fear of l knew not what Possibly
1t was the knowledge that nothing on
sea or land is as vicious as this veri-
table lord OF the ocean
Every time II came to the surface
we could not resist the temptation of
looking over the side at this nam.
moth. All at once ! was compelled to
roar out:
Keep back
At that moment the danger | had
been anticipating materialiZed. There
was a roar of water-the gigantic
tail for a second lashed into the air.
feet higher than the deck-then, with
a dread dful crash which shivered the
boat. struck the side with a sick
eninG force. The boat rocked under
the shock-had it touched one of
US we should have been killed in
stantly.
Again the blow was repeated. We
had fastened the line short up round
the capstan and running aft. clear
of the infuriated creature J fired
bullet after bullet into it's bulk
seven times the missiles thudded
home before its terrible furry ceased
and we could look over the side in
safety at the muscle -quivering but
lifeless body.
With as little delay as possible we
towed 1t back TO Taboga. Its meas
urements were 20 feet inches in
length, IL feet inches in girth. and
the jaws were feet inches in cir
cumference, it's weight being 1850
pounds.
.nN a day when we resumed opera :
~ tions with very big lines near
the point of Taboguilla Island we
struck monster fish. | knew by
the tremendous shock and strain on
the line that II was by far the heavi-
est / had ever smashed into.
On the ropes becoming taut. the
yacht rode rapidly ahead, tearing up
the anchor. This we hauled in as
quickly as we could. After that we
awaited developments. Round the
point this monster towed us, and out
to sea.
by jove." | said. This is some
fish! We're heading for the Pearl
Islands. If ever we land this youll
see a sight that will stagger you."
Lady Brown was intensely excited,
for 1t is indeed a wonderful expert
ence to be sitting in 20-ton yacht
towed by an unknown invisible force
Il think we've got 1t firmly hooked
this time" | said. 1T may take
hours, but / believe We'll get it in
the end"
had become rather confident of
my heavy tackle. believing the extra
length of chain alta ched to the hooks
would put an end to the lines being
severed.
For over two hours this big fish
flowed us. Time and again we all
gripped the line, but no man-nor
20 men--could have moved that fish
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! said, its long way bigger than
anything I've yet landed
Inch by inch, higher and higher. we
raised it. Now the wicked looking
eyes in the top of its fiat head were
plainly visible. and the huge, broad
fiappers on either side moved feeblv in
the water. As II rose TO the surface
l saw at once by it's colossal bulk that
it was a female but ! had much to
learn of the habits Of these fish
GIVE the rope a half hitch round
this stanchion." ! called out. and
hold il there while ] get the rifle
was just on the point Of firing
when the motionless form was seized
with maniacal fury had just time
to notice the huge saw fash round
when the thud and shock as il struck
the boat shattered the nerves of all Of
US. Al the same moment a perfect
wave OF water came completely over
the yacht, binding us for the instant.
When we again looked over the side
our modification was intense To- dis
cover the fish had disa appeared. the
hook having been wrenched complete
~ out OF the mouth with the ire
mendous force 10 which II had been
subjected.
We were too surprised 10 say any
thing. Then Huggins looked at me
sadly and said:
III dream OF that fish all my life
and I'm quite sure no one will ever
believe me when | tell the story. How
long do you think il was?''
Without any exaggera tion, it must
have been at least 2S feet.
Suddenly | cried:
Robbie, run below and see il We
are taking in water-it wouldn't sur
prise me If that terrific blow with the
saw hasn't pierced the bottom Of the
boat"
Robbie returned with the news that
all was we'll: but subsequently. when
beached the Cara TO have the bottom
cleaned ! found that there were four
holes driven completely through the
copper plates on the bottom.
,Copyright 1928
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Appalling Onslaushts-Creat Hook Is Bitten In Two.

do--if the hsh could play waiting
game so couid we.
After half an hour IL commenced
once more to swim slowly to-
ward the shore. j suggested that
if the yacht came alongside we might
pass the line up, and fasten the end
OF il round the capstan. and reverse
our engines against the fish, but at
once discarded the idea. realizing that
a pull like this would probably tear
the harpoon out.
Alternately swimming and sulking.
the fish was now only about 30 yards
from the beach We hauled the boat
up short on the rope. until the huge
brute was plainly visible only feN
yards ahead of us flush with the bot
tom. We had now plenty of slack
line on board.
TRY rowing ashore " ! cried, and
ia asten the end of the line round one
of the big rocks
Here these rose up in pinnacles 10
the waters edge. intersected by minute
andy bays. This done. we all jumped
out nd quickly tied the end securely.
Lady Brown, Robbie and my other
hoy now left the anchored yacht in the
dinghy and joined us, and we all com
menced to haul slowiy-foot by foot
nearer and nearer. when presently
clear Of the water rose the extra aordi
nary weapon with which this fish Is
armed. At last we could get 1t nc
closer. so. fastening the line taut. we
proceeded 10 wait for the tide 10 ebh.
There was no further fight in the
creature which remained almost mo-
tionless. and, as the water receded and
the hideous head became visible,
crashed home two bullets, aiming for
where / thought the heart must be
The brute gave one convulsive lunge
A few seconds after il reared up, max
ing a peculiar loud grunt-then came
terrific smash with its saw, after
which it showed no further signs OF
life.
Later. when we could examine II
thoroughly it proved weird-lookins
creature. measuring 24i2 feet in length