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The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-09-18
Blondin at Niasara

Eixty-seven years ago the great
Blondin walked a rope stretched be-
tween the falls and the whirlpool
rapids. across the gorge at Niagara,
carrying a balancing pole 40 feet long
and weighing 45 pounds. Later on he
trundled a barrow across. and later
on a man, HI. Colcord, his manager.
In 1860 Blondin walked across on
stills, this performance being wit
messed by the prince of Wales, aft
erward King Edward VII.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-09-18

The jack salmon and muskellunge
are two distinct species. In many
instances they are similar in appear
ance. The muslzeIlunge belongs to
the pike family tscientific name,
"luciIdae'D and belong to the sub
genus lucius masquInongy. The jack
salmon belongs to the perch family
scientific name, 'percidae") and to
the vitreum stizostevion.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-09-18
Her CcDeyinR Mind

w. B. S. writes that while passing
by a flock of sheep and lambs with
his little daughter recently he re-
marked: 1--WE could have leg of mutt
ton now from one Of those sheep,
If we had some capers." Perhaps,
daddy, the lambs will supply the
capers," came the ready reply.-New
Haven Register.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-09-18

To amuse his young son North
side father was requested to draw.
After drawing an engine and cars the
young hopeful wished something else.
His father then drew a stick picture
of a boy running. After gravely con-
sidering the picture the yOungster re-
marked: Put the meat on him, dad
dy."5Indianapolis News.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-09-18

The idea for a telegraph was born
aboard the packet ship Sully, on which
Morse was riding from Havre to New
York. A group of passengers dis
cussed electricity and chance re-
mark fired the spark that kindled in
Morse the ambition to work out a de-
vice for sending messages over long
distances.-POpular Science Service.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-09-18
Tuberculosis Germs N All

Physicians declare that practically
everybody contains in his or her sys-
TEN some tuberculosis germs. A re-
cent examination of 500 adults who
had died Of many different causes
showed that 81 per cent Of them had
the tuberculosis germ in their bodies.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-09-18
tFanaiIy of Nations"

In international law the phrase
"Family of Nations refers to an as
semblage of states claiming COM
mon civilization and political and
moral equality; specifically, the ma
tions of Christendom in Europe and
the New world. also the Ottoman
empire (since the Treaty of Paris in
1850 and, more recently, japan.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-09-18
Wesley Made Rock Famous

There is rock near Lands End
which is called "Wesley's Rock" for
It is said that it was there he wrote a
famous hymn which contains the
lines: "Lo, ON narrow neck of land
twixt two unbounded seas / stand"
Anyone who has stood on this point
of rock will feel the force of those
Iines.-London Tit-Bits.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-09-18
Old Guns for Lamp Posts

Many of London's old lamp posts
are made from ancient guns. Old Adj
miral Boscawen was one of the
originators of the fashion, for he
erected outside his residence two
posts, the bases Of which were cannon
he had CAPTURED A number Of such
old guns, planted upright, are still
in use as curb posts.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-09-18
Varieties of clan,.

As a result of study Of clans
made by two professors at the Uni
verslty Of Oregon 81 varieties have
been found. The same scientists have
found So kinds of snails and 20 varie-
ties Of crabs. All of them have been
classified and officially listed.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-09-18
Famous Horps

Some of the oldest harps are the
so-called harps of Brian Boru, pre-
served at Trinity college, Dublin. hav-
ing 80 strings; that of Robin Adair at
Hollybrooke, having 81 strings, and
the Dallway harp Of 81 strings. dating
from 1921.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-09-18
Italian Poetic Genius

Maria Margarita Costa was an ItaI-
ian poetess, whose works were pub
lished at Paris; she was born at Rome
In ZIG. She was woman of deep
learning, and wrote successfully in diff
ferent styles of literature. She wrote,
also, the liberettos Of several operas.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-09-18
Health in Lights Rays

Electric light is considered by med
zeal authorities good, healthful sub
stitute for sunlight. In an experiment
1t restored a collection Of apes in
murky London zoo to normal vigor.
Lamps were installed in the cages.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-09-18
GOV. PEAY ISSUES PARDON TO
TANSIL ALLEN
preston News Service)

Nashville, Tenn, Sept. l6.-Gov.
Peay issued pardon Wednesday to
Tansil Allen, WeakIey County, con-
victed Of assault on brakeman Of the
Illinois Central Railroad.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-09-18
Speak for Themselves

Honest and courageous people have
very little to say about either their
courage or their honesty. The sun
has no need to boast of his brightness,
nor the moon of her effulgence.-
Hosea BaIIou.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-09-18

From March / to July 1. during tho
heavy fiow period Of the Labrador cur
rent, the danger from icebergs In the
north Atlantic is greatest. During
this time the cutters patrol this area
vigilantly.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-09-18
NOT FroiI Creatures

''Man is the frail creature, woman
the strong" is recent pronounce
ment of Sir Abuthnot Lane, surgeon
Of worldwide repute. Mature has en-
dowed them with greater powers Of
resistance and endurance than men,"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-09-18

An alphabetically arranged list OF
drugs on hand in the medicine cabi-
net can be tackled inside, and when q
bottle or box is emptied, 1t can be re-
placed Immediately and the ordinary
emergencies met.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1926-09-18

The bureau Of standards says that
bronze is not an insulator, but is a
poor radiator Of heat energy. II a
bronzed radiator is afterward painted
it would radiate heat as well as
though it had not been bronzed.
Evening star., 1926-12-09
Royal Leaders Are Not So Talkative,
Press Correspondent Abroad Learns

James A. Mills, Moscow CORE
spondent Of the Associated Press,
confidant Of Balkan royalty, recipient
of interviews from a list whose titles
read like an almost unbeatable poker
hand, says that the present kings and
queens of Europe are not quite so
communicative or so eager for public.
ity as they were short time since.
They are held back both by cabinet
influence, which fears attempts on
royal lives, or by their own anxiety
lest they say something which later
may prove embarrassing.
I'm all interviews with royal person
ages" writes Mr. Mills in the latest
issue Of the Service Bulletin of the
Associated Press, II have noticed a
peculiar tendency on the part Of
rulers to follow all movements of the
correspondents hands, as if the con-
slant dread of assassination in which
they live forced them subconsciously
to be on their guard
Queen Marie of Rumania is, in Mr..
Mills estimation, even within her own
land, the most accessible, democratic
and simple of all the sovereignS in
Europe. She does not do all the talk
ing, as most rulers do, but gives the
scribe a chance to ask questions, an
important and valuable concession
contrary to usual court etiquette.
One of the most difficult and shrewd-
est sOvereigns to interview is young
King Alexander of Jugoslavia, who
Evening star., 1926-12-09

usually subjects the correspondent to
an interview of his own. Neverthe-
less he highly appreciates the powers
of the press, having risen from sick
bed. contrary to the doctors orders,
to grant the Associated Press its lat
est interview with him. One. of the
friendliest and most modest of poten-
tates is King Boris of Bulgaria.
''Most royal heads it is relatively
easy to interview once the CORE.
spondent has scaled the heights of
governmental red tape, and royal re-
strictions with which the .enthroned
parsonage is surrounded" says Mr..
Mills. Ferdinand, of Rumania; AL
fonso, Of Spain; Albert. of Belgium,
and Alexander OF Jugoslavia are
among these. Former King Ferdi-
nand of Bulgaria and former King
George of Greece also were easy of
access. but usually tied the CORE
spondent's hands by saying, I'm not
talking to you for publication. but
only for your personal information"
Evening star., 1926-12-09

Yokohama, sent out q distress call
today saying she was caught in q
storm off Nemuro, Hokkaido Island.
and in a dangerous condition. Her
rudder Is broken. The steamer Weiwu
Mrau is hurrying to her assistance.
The Seine Maru carries a crew Of 80
men.
fic from the north to the south Of
Japan. Several ships have been badly
buffeted by the gale.
The Japanese gunboat Tone, en-
route to Shanghai, lost both masts and
drifted all night with her wireless dis
abled. She regained her course the
next morning.
Sixty fishermen are reported miss
ing along the HOkkaido coast.
Evening star., 1926-12-09
DRY CHIEF CALLED
RUM PARTY HOST
Witnesses Say ex-CaIifornia
Administrator Took Best
of Seized Liquor.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
SAN FRA ANCISCO. December g.
The trial of Col Ned NJ. Green,
World War figure and former pro-
hibition administrators for this area
on charges of embezzling AZ bottles
of liquor has developed that the
Government had an "undercover"
man on the coloneIs staff.
The under cover agent, Carl
Ahlin. took the witness stand late
Yesterday, but progressed only a
short distance toward indicating that
he would be one Of the prosecutions
most valuable witnesses. The Gov
ernment has promised startling teSti-
mony from Ahlin.
Picked Out the Best.
Through the words of the agent,
Green was again pictured as a high
Government official who sorted out
the best of the confiscated intoM-
cants for his own personal use. The
witness related that on one occasion
he made up a bundle. of several bot
ties, which later was carried away
by the deposed administrator in one
of the prohibition departments Off
cial cars.
Ahlin also said that Green in
OIL uC|rd OlHeT dSeHIS "
pick out the good liquor for him
and put it on the lower shelf of
vault, adding that he would "call
for it later
Ahlin was preceded on the wit
ness stand by Col. Samuel l. John
son, who formerly was Immediately
subordinate to Green in the San
Francisco Office. Details of two din
ners given by his superior, at which
liquor was served, and of an ad-
monition to his chief that it was
risky" to remove intoxicants from
the enforcement office were related
by the witness.
Tries to Shield Women.
Asked to disclose the names of
the women who attended the dinners,
Johnson pleaded to the court that
lit isn't customary to bring ladies
into an affair of this sort; to which
defense counsel retorted that he need
not worry, because before this trial
is over we are going to have both
of the women on the witness stand"
Johnson then gave the names of the
women.
The disposal of the empty bottles
after one Of the dinners also was
.les""" 81 hv Johnson. He said that
the bottles were placed in an auto
mobile, carried to the Mariana, the
yacht harbor, and thrown into the
water.
Evening star., 1926-12-09
FOUR ARE ARRAIGNED
ON LOTTERY CHARGES
Thlrty-Two Have Now Pleaded Not
Guilty in Case Brought by
United States.
By the Associated Press

By the Associated Press.
BOSTON, December 9.-The ar.
ralngment of four men here yesterday
In Federal court left only four more
to plead to the Governments charge
OF conspiring to make interstate shin
ments of lottery tickets. All of the 80
arraigned have pleaded not guilty and
bail has been fixed at from $1,000 to
$1,000 each.
Those who appeared yesterday were
residents of western Massachusetts
Two OF the remaining four were said
to be residents of Springfield, one of
Evening star., 1926-12-09

Rensselaer,, N. Y, and one of Pitts
field.
Although the Department of JUS
tice had only within fortnight oh.
tanned indictments against 36 men
charged with affiliation with the Hud-
son gambling pool the Internal Reve-
nue. department has long been cog
infant of its operation, one of the de-
fenGa nts asserted yesterday.
He said that the records Of the pool
would show that it had furnished
names Of winners and amounts won
to the internal revenue for the col
lection of income taxes.
Evening star., 1926-12-09
Near East Dinner Planned.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, December 9.-Mrs.
J. U. Kincheloe, chairman of the
Near East Relief Society, will give
a chicken and oyster dinner at
o'clock tomorrow night to assist in
raising the county's quota of fu&ds.
Evening star., 1926-12-09
JAPANESE FREIGHTER
CALLS AID IN STORM
Ship Loses Rudder Near Islands.
Gunboat's Masts Swept Away
in Night.

By the Associated Press.
TOXIC, December 8. - The Japa-
nese freighter Seine Maru, bound from
Vancouver, British Columbia, to
Evening star., 1926-12-09

Palestine has an extensive road
building campaign under way
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-19
u. S. Violates It's Own
DEGREES to Aid Tyrant
Chamorro of Nicaragua

MANAGUA, Nicaragua, Oct. IT,
The liberal revolutionaries have pro
tested TO the United States consul
against the open landing of arms from
the steamer Venezuela, sent from New
York on Sept. IS, when such ship
ments were supposed to have been
stopped by order of Coolidge on
Sept. Is.
The shipment included machine
guns and was sent to the tyrsnt Cha
MORO, who is a tool Of Wall Street
Imperialism that seized and keeps
power by force. The liberals resent
this open fqSQfing OF the tyrant by
the United States violation of its own
DEGREES.
The conference between the liberal
and reactionary forces is 20 take place
on the United States cruiser Tulsa at
Corinto on Tuesday. The United
States, which does not hope to save
chamorro, hopes to replace him with
another OF the same type. Adolfo Diaz.
who Is friendly to United States I'm.
periAiism-
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-19

BY TOM BARKER, Federated Press.
NOVO SIBIRSK, Siberia-(FP)-
Soviet Siberia is now at the poins
where American middle west was
right after the civil war;" says Peter
Kietes Of the Siberian executive po-
ntical committee, whose "a members
govern an area larger than the United
States. 1--WE are tremendously rich in
natural resources, but otherwise we
are poor, although we are making
progress We need machinery on
credit"
Kietes is to represent the industrial
District Of Kemerovo, controlled by
''Kusbas." He is in charge Of ship
ments at the chemical plant,
We talked in the recently opened
House of the Soviets in the Siberian
capital, a building attractive and beau
tiful, commanding the lordy OBJ river.
Kietes came to Siberia with the first
Kuzbas group in 1921.
Before coming here l lived in the
state of Washington for 10 years as
lumberjack and farmer" he said. 81
still have a 100-acre lot thore. In
Siberia we have the largest single
area OF agricultural land in the world.
The peasant dumps the stable manure
into the creek and the soil still smiles
en- him year after year. There is coal
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-19
Polish Political
Prisoners Give Aid
to the British Miners

POLAND, Oct. 17.--In the bulletin
OF the Non-Party Committee for Am
nesty in Poland the following letter
is contained
ITO the Striking Miners of Great
Britain:
Dear Comrades:
I'VE, the political prisoners sent to
the prison of Wronkt by the courts of
the bourgeoisie. watch with ever in
creasing attention the course OF your
struggle, which lasts already three
months.
knowing from our own experience
how difficult 1t is for a worker to fight
against capital, which is in power, We
wish to assist you in your struggle,
despite the fact that we, ourselves.
live under extremely bad conditions.
For this reason we renounce half of
our material assistance and send you
this sum for the support of your strug-
gle. Your struggle is also our strug-
gle, and beyond the walls and the
prison bars We shake hands with you
and wish you quick victory.
"Wronld, Hard Labor Prison.
August, 1885,
(Seventy-six signatures
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-19
Five Months Fight LeaDes Miners United

LONDON--(FP) AFTER s months of
the mining lockout British miners are
holding their ranks solid III all impor-
tant coal fields. The few thousands
returning to work are in less impor-
tant coal fields producing only for
local consumption.
Starvation and lack of sufficient re-
Lief put the miners in hopeless posi-
ton in spite Of their heroism through
out the struggle. After adjusting in
terna1 friction, the British Labor
Party is laCnching q national cam
paign in conjunction with the Trade
Union Congress to rouse public opin-
ion for the miners. Meetings are held
throughout the country and the gov
ernmont is asked to resign and go to
the country on the mining lockout.
Government forces are by no means
united, although thoy keep up better
front than the labor movement. After
Churchill was minded to bring the dis
pute to an end, prime minister Bald
win was forced by his party chiefs
to overrule Churchill. 1t is under
stood that, banking interests in
fluenced Churchill, but the de-hards
had enough power to force the mine
owners point Of view.
business interests realize that II the
miners are defeated 1t viii be at the
cost OF hopelessly injurying British in
dustry. According TO government fig.
ures, about one billion dollars has
already been lost in GOAL output alone.
Some OF the coal markets have been
lost permanently.
Other industries tried to keep going
by importing foreign coal, but the
costs have been prohibitive and the
coal inferior. Industry is shutting
down again or further restricting pro-
duction. Supply Of gas is being re-
stricted. Only a fraction of street
lamps are being used. The darkened
streets remind the inhabitants of the
war days, when streets were dimmed
for fear Of Zeppelin raids.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-19

If the miners are temporarily de-
feated, the lessons they taught their
enemies will long be remembered.
There is bound to be less eagorness
to force the miners into fight in the
future. Stricken as the miners are,
there is plenty of life left in thom.
Whatever humiliation is forced on
some of the districts, the two impor-
tant districts of South Wales and
Yorkshire will hold out fow months
longer. Most of the British coal is
mined in these two areas. A. j. Cook,
secy., and Herbert Smith, Pres. OF
the Miners Federation, come from
these district and are representative
Of the spirit prevailing there.
That only severe privstion forced
the return Of the miners who have
given way is quite evident. They in
clude many single men not entitled to
any poor relief and with no families
to rely on. The Federated Press also
found that the areas which weakened
were those where the poor law COM
missioners brought down relief to an
impossible minimum or cut it out en-
tirely. Families of FIVE and six found
It impossible to go on with less than
So week for months.
Mine owners who got miners tore
turn to work say that these men are
weakened aftor weeks OF privation
and unable to do the required work.
They produce much less than usual
and break down easily.
That the fate of the British miners
struggle win have an important bear
ing on the mining situation in Amer
lea is suggested in the following state
ment of London financial paper:
"1f the policy of union control should
triumph in England, this is bound to
have a repercussion in labor politics
in the o. S., and there will be a ire
mendous drive next spring on the part
Of the union to secure a continuation
and strict enforcement of the Jack
sonville agreement"
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1926-10-19
Cooperative Section
every Monday. DAILY
NEWS AND
COMMENT
War and Its Effects--1914 To Date

tive, sS5,O0O,O00; total capital, e12S,-
100000. The figures in round terms,
are for 1922, the "distributive capital
being made up thus ION the generous
side): share, e73,OOO,0OO; loan,
$4,000, 900; reserves. $4,000, 900;
owing for goods, e3,OOO,OOO; total,
993,O0O,OO0. Productive" capital
thus productive (share and loan
equals 100000; wholesale (share
and loan) equals e32,OOO,O0O; total,
e35,000,OOO. The estimated aggre-
gate membership Of the distributive
societies for 1923 is 4,5SO,62S.
The Cooperative Press.
One of the most potent public in
.fiuences is welded by the press, and
it is remarkable that the labor and
cooperative movements in this coun-
try has never had an efficient daily
newspaper. Very few Of the general
public have ever heard of the Coop
erative News AS a matter Of fact
the News reaches only a fraction Of
the Cooperative membership (circula,
ton in 1921, 10000 copies weekly:
1923, 10000 copies weekly. Never
theless, an agitation has gone on for
the publication OF a cooperative
daily. The Brighton Congress Of
1922 declared in favor Of this proposal
A section Of the movement has been
pressing for the financing and con-
trolling q common daily paper by all
sections of the labor movement.
For the 1924 Congress the London
Cooperative Society tabled resolu-
ton, instructing the Cooperative
Union to explore ways and means Of
cooperating with the general council
Of the T. U. c. and the labor party
on the basis of the three bodies be-
coming responsible for the Daily Her
aid This was taken as an amendment
to the central boards resolution, and
list by 1874 votes to 2,1OS. The cen
trail boards resolution was as follows:
THAT this Congress receives the re-
port now submitted on the replies ras-
ceiyed from 352 societies. re the
scheme for the establishment Of a
daily paper prepared by the National
Cooperative Publishing Society, and
notes that it is considered not to be
practical proposal at the present
time. It re-afirms its belief that the
interests of the movement would be
served by daily newspaper owned
and controlled by itself. AS a means
to that end. it calls upon all societies
in membership with the Cooperative
Union to make every effort to in
crease the sale Of the Cooperative
News and other cooperative publica-
tons, and to prepare the National Co
operative Publishing Society by the
gradual accumulation Of capital to en-
bark upon this necessary enterprise at
the earliest possible moment"
Thus a narrow view of its interests
prevailed, and the movement Is com
mitted against supporting the Daily
Herald financially, and in favor OF
establishing it's own daily in the dim
and distant future.