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The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-01-30
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TUNNEY MINUS SOMETHING
BY Johnny Walton

According to Ed Hughes, one of
the best known scribes and authors
ties on boxers, Gene Tunney is lack
ing in something that goes to make
up the general characteristics of
champion. He seems to be out to try
to bunco the public by using his
knowledge at playing golf and social
refinements and the like to win the
public SO that he may be heralded
as the most logical contender for
Dempsey's crown.
He is doing everything to avoid
Harry Wills. 1t is only claimed by
boosters of Tunney that Harry hasn't
done anything or hasn't KILLED" any,
body, and for that mere" reason is
out of the running. But it can be
said for those whom Wills has beat
en- that he has wrecked them so that
they are no more good and can be
beaten by lightweights thereafter.
The ring heroes of the past did
not have any social ambition nor did
they carry powder puffs" or golf
sticks, but were proud of their quail
ties as fighting men of the ring. And
as usual when a fighter tries to hide
behind the "color line" he has a weak
heart.
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Lure of America Still
Strong in Emerald Isle

, Dublin Americas lure for sons and
daughters of old Erin is held largely
responsible for decay Of the native
Irish language.
A government commission seeking to
find the best means Of preserving the
language found that rs per cent Of the
girls and boys born In Irish-speaking
districts look upon the United States
as their future home.
Even in the Dingle peninsula in
Kerry, which is the principal home Of
native speech In Munster, 1t was
learned that of the children in one
parish who left school between 1912
and 1922, more than half emigrated,
and many Of those left are only wait
Ing their turn under the quota, or
financial assistance from friends in
America.
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War DEPARTMENT RADIO NET
SAVES S155,690 IN YEAR
Eight Hundred Messages Daily Are
Dispatched In Hook-up Of
Nine corps Areas.

Washington. - Disclosure that the
"War department radio net" linking
up the nine corps areas and the de-
partment in a communications system
operated exclusively by military per-
sonnet, originated in 1922, as fea-
ture Of plans to insure communication
with corps area headquarters and GER
tain critical cities in case Of failure or
destruction of the commercial wire
system" is contained in the annual
report Of Maj. Gen. @. Mex. Saltzman,
chief signal officer Of the army.
The net was established three years
ago, the report said, and 1t has since
been employed ITO excellent advantage
In the training Of signal corps person
nel," in addition to handling a heavy
burden of departmental telegraphic
business heretofore intrusted to COM
mercial companies.
General SaltZman estimated that,
while the original FIVE stations Of the
net transmitted about 30 official mes
sages daily, each numbering about 40
words, the present system Of II major
stations and 60 subsidiary points
handled approximately 800 messages
a day.
The rapid growth Of traffic was said
to have been brought about by the
chief co-ordinator, in an endeavor to
consolidate government communica-
ton activities in order to eliminate
duplication Of effort and carry out the
retrenchment policy Of the President"
In addition to handling its own, the
War department transmits the bust
ness Of more than II other govern
ment departments and bureaus, and, in
cooperation with the navy, which
handles all off-shore radio business, as
the army handles in-shore messages,
even for the navy, a system has been
established, General Saltzman said,
fully capable to handle and supervise
the communications activities during
an emergency.
The report showed that in the fiscal
year 1924-25 more than 100000 words
in messages we're transmitted with q
saving Of $155,69s to the government
in commercial tolls.
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Claims British Prize
for Inventing "Tank"

New York.-The United States has
a claimant for some Of the $150,0OO
prize money offered by the British gov
eminent to the inventor Of the tank"
Francis ]. Lowe. for many years a
tractor salesman and now a metropoli-
tan real estate operator, gives Edwin
Wheeiock, a tractor engineer Of Vino
ma, Mimi, credit for the fathering of
the machines that were a sensation of
the world war.
I'm April, 1916" Mr.. Lowe said re-
Gently, II went to Europe to sell some
caterpillar tractors, and took with me
some blueprints of q proposed 10000
pound armored tractor made by MIR.
Wheelock. Maj. Wilson, who took the
plans, said he would let me know If we
were to get any orders, but I never
heard from him."
Wheelock then requested Lowe to 60
to London and find out what had hap
pened. He was told, he says, that un-
der the terms of the government award
only British inventors could get It."
The first prize court was unable to
determine who was the real inventor
Of the tank and second hearing has
been ordered.
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PUBLIC LASHING
(PrestOn News Seryice)

IFreStOn NEWS SerV1CeJ
Luray, Va, Jan. 29.-For the first
time in the history of the town a pub
lie whipping was administered in
the county courthouse after a deci-
sion by the Juvenile Court. Charles
Fields, IA years old, was the victim.
The whipping was inflicted by his
father in lieu of criminal prosecution.
The boy was found guilty of purloin-
ing $40 from the home of woman
near here. The same boy stole a
horse and buggy from off the main
street of the town, it is alleged.
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DOCTOR HELD FOR NOT
REPORTING STATISTICS
preston News Service)

preston News Service)
Memphis, Tenn, Jan. 29.-The al
legged failure of A. B. Hickman, Ne
gro physician, to report the arrival
of baby born to J. S. Pickett and
Nolan N. Pickett to the local regis
trar of vital statistics resulted in his
arrest Wednesday by deputy of the
court of Squire George B. Coleman.
DR.. Hickman denied that he had
failed to make the report. He was
ordered held to the state grand jury
and made $3.50 bond. The arrest
was made under a warrant sworn to
by L. A. Wenzler, sanitary officer, I'm
der the direction of the board of
health.
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DEATHS
Perry Robinson

Perry Robinson, son of DR.. Perry
D. Robinson of Lexington, KY, died
at the home of his father after an
illness of several months.
He was student of Howard Med
ical School and president of his class
from 1922-1924. He spent his sum-
mers here on the N P. railroad and
resided at the home of Mrs. j. @.
Adams and Mrs. w. Hardy. He was
very popular and had a large circle
of friends in this city.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-01-30

William Howard is the first color
ed entry ever to compete in one of
the annual Daily News dog derbies.
William entered the ninth annual
derby, which was run off at Como
Park Saturday afternoon.
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WINE THEFT
preston News Service)

ITT6SIUH NEWS StTVIC6J
New York, Jan. 29.-RoSs Haynes
bootlegger, Richmond, Va, and Hen
ry Bennett, butler, were convicted
of the theft of 100000 worth of
rare liquors from the wine cellar of
Allen Bond, former president of the
New York cotton exchange. They
will be sentenced today. Some of the
wines and liquors, Bond testified
were of the vintage of 1920.
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Mrs. Emma Warfield.

Mrs. Emma Warfield, wife of
Henry Warfield, 2425 4th Ave. So,
died at the University hospital.
Funeral services were held Monday
afternoon from the Neal Mortuary.
Rev. Father A. H. Lealtad officiated.
Interment at Crystal Lake cemetery.
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COMING
ATTRACTIONS
COMING ATTRACTIONS

Minnehaha Temple, No. 100,
Daughter Elks, will give their
Sixth Annual Gard Party and
Dance Tuesday evening, Febru-
airy 10, at Elks Hall, 9th and
Lyndale Ave. One ton Of coal
given away; five other valuable
prizes awarded. Admission so
cents. Contest for ton of coal
open to everyone except men,
bers.
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The following officers were INSTALL
ed:
Bro. ]. P. burden, w. M; Bro.
Neal Boyce, Depty. M; Johnnie
Harper, Secretary; T. Burrell, Treas
urer; s. Sizer, e. Boswell, A. Banner,
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Mrs. Eva Jones.

Mrs. Eva Jones, wife of John
Jones, 701 Lake St., died at her
home. The funeral took place from
St. James A. M. E. church. Rev. T.
B. Stovall, pastor officiated Inter
ment at Crystal Lake Cemetery. w.
Squire Neau, funeral director.
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Baby Austin.

The infant son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Russell Austin, SIG Fremont Place,
was buried from Neal Chapel. In
terment at Crystal Lake.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-01-30

The Golden Circle will give a card
party Monday, February 8, at Pho
neer Hall. Admission with lunch 25
cents. Prizes. Basket of groceries
given away.
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MINNEAPOLIS u. b. F. HOLD
INSTALLATION

The U. B. F. Lodge No. 1853, held
their installation of ocers Thursday
at Elk's hall.
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Douglas Eugene Roberts.

Little Douglas Eugene Roberts,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Lamar Roberts,
3745 Clinton Ave, died Sunday at
Asbury hospital
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Trustees. Oficers were installed by
Bro. Barnett, Depty.

More than one-twelfth of the ma
tons goods are purchased in N. Y.
The St. Paul echo. [volume] (St. Paul ;) 1925-1927, 1926-01-30

FOUR-ROOM fiat, modern, heated, on
Chicago Ave-, Minneapolis. Phone
Colfax 2499.
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FOR RENT-Three-roo furnished
fiat and two garages. I Dennie,
437 Rondo St. Elkhurst 1851.
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FOR RENT-Duplex, 3 rooms and
toilet, up and down. $40 Bassett
Place, Minneapolis. South 1866.
Evening star., 1926-03-11
Quinine.

When quinine was first given to the
world as a cure for malaria the wise
old graybeards, as usual, opposed it
because it was something new. In
spite Of the fact that Louis XIV had
been cured by quinine and the EN-.
peror of China, many people refused
to believe in its value, just as they
refused to believe in smallpox anti.
toxin. This is what the doctors said
against quinine, and it gives a good
idea of the superstitious state Of
medicine 800 years ago:
at does not evacuate the morbific
matter, and it breeds distractions in
the viscera and only binds up the
spirits and stops the paroxysms for a
time and favors the translation of the
peccant matter into the more noble
parts"
Now what do you know about that?
Answers to Yesterdays Questions.
1. Five plants yielding sugar are
sugar cane, sugar beet, sorghum.
sugar maple and sugar date.
2. Coffee first came from Abyssinia.
3. Brazil is the greatest coffee-pro-
ducing country in the world.
4. Tea is grown in the Carolinas,
and is horticulturally, but not flnan-
cially, successful.
5. Coffee is more consumed in Amer
lea than tea.
6. Jerusalem artichokes (the root Of
a sort of sunflower) yield sugar.
Evening star., 1926-03-11


OF course, Sammy Jay was one who
did a great deal Of the spreading OF
the news that Puma the Panther had
come to the Green Forest. Sammy
rather likes to carry bad news. Some
folks are that way. 1t was Sammy
who told the news to Prickly Porky
the Porcupine.
Prickly Porky was up In q hemlocK
tree. engaged in his favorite occupar
ton Of eating bark. ''FIave you heard
the news?" cried Sammy Jay.
Prickly Porky didn't pay any atten-
ton He didn't even look at Sammy
Jay. He just went right on chewing
bark. II say, have you heard the
news?" cried Sammy Jay again,
screaming almost in Prickly Porky's
face. Prickly Porky went right on
chewing bark. Not SO much as q
flicker Of interest appeared in his dull
Quite naturally, it provoked Sammy
Jay. Call right" said he. III you don't
want to know the news Ill not tell
you. It's bad news. Anyway. that g
what all the other people seemed to
think. Perhaps If you knew what 1t
was that bark wouldn't taste 30 good.
You might lose your appetite"
Prickly Porky stopped chewing bark
long enough to grunt, There is moth
ing could take away my appetite"
Fear could" declared Sammy.
Huh" grunted Prickly Porky. "1'm
not afraid of anybody"
mot even Puma the Panther" de-
manded Sammy Jay.
The strip Of bark, one end Of which
Prickly Porky was chewing. dropped
from his mouth, Yes, sir, it did so. He
stared at Sammy Jay with his mouth
Evening star., 1926-03-11
What TomorrowMeans to You
By MARY BLAKE.
Pisces.

Tomorrow's planetary aspects are
variable and somewhat more than or
dinarily difficult to diagnose. While,
in the morning, the signs denote ad-
verse conditions. they brighten up at
noon, only to become unfavorable a
short time afterward. although there
are, from time to time, glimpses of
encouraging influences. The condf.
tions justify a cautious attitude, and
it would be a mistake, under such ,au-
spices, to initiate any new task Of sig.
nificance. On the other hand. the In
fiuences augHr a useful period for
research and investigation. In the
evening, the indications are that, If
poise can be maintained, fairly
happy time can be had, and family
or social reunions hold out hope OF
success.
Children born tomorrow will, regard.
less Of sex, suffer from identical dis
abilities. These, however, will not be
Of such serious nature as to en-
gender alarm or cause anxiety. They
give promise Of outgrowing their in.
eantil weaknesses and attaining phys
ical normalcy. In character, the boy
In his early years will be both will
full and wayward, whereas the girl will
be amenable, lovable and attractive.
AS time goes on, the boy will become
self.respecting, tractable and indus
trious, whereas. the girl, losing some
of her early charm. will possess a
strong tinge of callousness and ac-
quire habits and thoughts inspired by
sole consideration Of her own self
ish interests.
If tomorrow is your birthday, you
have q strong aversion for everything
that savors of affectation or hypoc-
risy. You firmly believe in being your
own natural self all the time, and
this is almost an obsession and I'M
pels you at times, in your anxiety to
"be natural" to be uncouth and rude,
and forget those little priceless con-
ventionaiities which go to make up
one Of the pleasures of existence.
This Is over-zealousness in q poor
cause, and. by yielding to such a con-
dition you cease to "be natural" and
become just as abnormal as one who
engages in excess Of affection.
You possess a great fund of COM
mon sense, although this is not for
tilted by much erudition. You can
arrive at the crux of a prob
lem without any elaborate mental
process, and almost invariably ''hit
the nail on the head" You are also
alert and resourceful. Your blunt,
methods often offend. how
ever, and cause failure, when greater
suavity would attract and persuade
(Copyright. 1926,)
Evening star., 1926-03-11
As Is.

AS Is.
In the back of the shop stood a ta-
BILE filed with odds and ends of china
and glass--all of them the work of
! master workers. but all OF them
| slightly imperfect. "As is" read the
ksign.
"That means you take them just as
they are," tho saleswoman explained.
''They are different in some way from
the standard article. On this one the
glaze came out in uneven splotches.
Rather pretty, I think, but the In.
spector couldn't pass 1t, you see. This
one has one handle and it is supposed
to have two. Just as good with one.
| isn't It? This one Is scratched and
this one is cracked and this one is
crooked. The inspector must set aside
anything that is not perfectly right,
according to specification. But lots
of them are lovely. And bargains.
Most people want the perfect ones.
| you see."
Most people would, of course. dis
like cracked and Clipped and crooked
things myself. But that one with the
strange glazing. I like that one very
much. That vase that started out to
be q flower holder and came out por-
Gus would be a lovely lamp. Ill take
that vase, please"
"You understand you are taking It
as is?'"
"Of course. AS is. 1t will do splen-
didly."
Children come Just that way, only
more so. None Of them ever comes
out true to plans and specifications.
| Not one Of them. They are all "as
| is" and you must take them and see
the loveliness in them, discern their
best use and be content with your
| bargain.
I'm so disappointed, sighed Mrs.
Mellowflower. II hoped one of my
| children would be a musician. l love
| music so. And l. was sure at least
one of them would be u surgeon.
should have been SO proud of a sur
geon. But they are just plain business
men. / tried so hard with them, too" ="
"How in the world came to have
a son who is poet beats me. There s
nothing of the kind in the family as
| far back as we can trace. don't
know where he came from. did sc
want to have a big business man ir
the family. You never can tell about
children"
| II wouldn't care so much II he had
a grain of imagination. But he hasn't
Not a grain. He's the most literal
minded child I ever saw. If you tell
him it's raining cats and dogs he
goes out to pick out a good pup
Really it's awful. What makes chill
dren 50 queer?"
"If only he was a good boy ]
Evening star., 1926-03-11
Clues to Character
Uncharitable.
BY J. O. ABERNETHY.

The man with the very thin lips
will not be found in phiIanthropic.
charitable or uplift work. lie is ndtu-
rally 81 dollar-chaser and is not al
ways particular as to how he ac-
qures the dollar or other worldly
goods. He is the fellow who will de-
mand his pound of flesh without re-
gard to the inconvenience or suffering
of others.
Lips, like every other part Of the
physiognomy, tell their own story.
Thin, tightly closed lips indicate firm
ness, determination and self-control.
You may be certain that the man
with the thin upper lip will not only
drive a sharp bargain, but he is ca
pable of ruthlessness in combating an
opponent. or in carrying out his bust
ness plans.
This type generally has the faculty
Of self-esteem we'll developed. and you
will find that he is entirely intract-
able. He rarely, if ever, can be sub
jected to your control. 1t is almost
impossible to persuade or force him
to serve you.
The thin.lipped fellow, having once
set out to accomplish q purpose, will
pursue his quest relentlessly, and woe
unto him who tries to put obstacles
in his way.
(Convripht 1026l
Evening star., 1926-03-11
SUB ROSA
=
BY MIMI.
BY MIMI.
Never Happens.

When we were kids we all looked
forward in a vague sort Of way to
the time when we should be madly in
love with our ideal hero.
We knew that we would experience
all the thrills and rapture enjoyed by
young g ladies' in the better type Of f1c'
ton. =
We didn't worry about two just
knew that some day love would
come into our lives and shortly after
that we would be married.
Until that moment when we looked
into the eyes of some one and Yelt
the fatal spark within us, we would
fiirt aimlessly but happily.
Isn't that what you all thought, too?
You're all content to run along haV-
ing harmless crushes on harmless
youths. but you're really waiting.
Caroline had the conventional
ideas about real love, too. She talked
glibly about her ideal mate and made
plans for their future when she
should meet him.
Boys constantly asked her to marry
them-and she flirted, half-promised
broke their hearts in q mild way and
was forgotten by all Of them in a
few years.
Time went by and Carols ideal
hadn't shown up yet, although the
other girls In her crowd were settling
down all around her. She still had
her admirers-some Of them awfully
nice boys, too.
One OF them in particular she was
fond of--just nice boy, with no par.
ticular talent or charm, but q great
deal of love for the fair Caroline. She
liked him awfully--but not in a sen.
timental way. And true to her young
dreams, she wouldn't consent to mar
riage. She was determined that her
real love affair should have all the
romance and fire Of an old-fashioned
best-seller.
Marriage with her tried and true
pal wasn't what she wanted. Caro-
line, you see, was really doing the
right thing as she saw 1t.
She wasn't being obstina&e-but she
didn't love this boy as she had expect.
ed to love her husband, and, in JUS
tice to him and to herself, she couldn't
marry him.
She threw him over finally and
waited.
She's middle-aged now. and she's
still waiting.
Don't blame her. Don't think she
was vain or silly. She simply didn't
understand herself.
She didn't realize that after all the
fiirtations she'd engaged in-all the
silly little crushes on which she'd ex
pended so much time and affection
she wasn't capable of the glowing, pal
pitating dizzy emotion she had antici
pated all her life.
She'd known SO many boys, had sc
many good times, that she'd become
overcritical in her search for the
One Man.
Her restless, dissatisfied mind
wouldn't permit her to love any one
the way she wanted to.
But she might have found happiness
with the boy she liked awfully.
Are any of you bothered because
you find yourselves fond OF some one
without feeling any, great, wonder
full joy over the matter?
Then ask yourselves whether it's
because you're not deeply in love
with the man in question-or whether
you're capable Of being deeply in love
at all.
Copyright. 1926.)
Evening star., 1926-03-11

est Everybody else is scared half to
death; that is. everybody but we birds.
But, of course, we are not afraid of
anybody"
"No.o.o," stammered Prickly Porky.
"No-o.o, Him not afraid of any
body"
And then a queer thing happened.
Sammy Jay blinked, to make sure
that his eyes were not fooling him.
Two or three Of those little spears
which Prtckly Porky keeps hidden In
his coat had fallen. and they had
fallen because Prickly Porky was
shaking. Do you wonder that Sammy
Jay blinked? Prickly Porky might not
be afraid OF anybody, but right that
very minute he was shaking so that
he had shaken some of those little
spears out OF his coat. and all because
he, Sammy Jay, had said that Puma
the Panther was in the Green Forest.
Prickly Porky began to back down
the tree ''Where are you going?" de-
manded Sammy Jay.
1T is no businesAof yours" retort-
ed Prickly Porky, .'where I'm going
And If it's all the same to you, I wish
you would tell nobody that you have
seen me this morning" .
Sammy Jay watched Prickly Porky
shuttle out of sight. ''Ie is afraid"
said Sammy Jay to himself. 'Prickly
Porky Is afraid Of Puma the Pan
ther."
Evening star., 1926-03-11

One mother says:
One Of the best games I know of
for a family where there are several
children is played in this way:
One person chooses any object he
wishes, such as "chair," and then
says. II am thinking of a word that
rhymes with air" Some one ventures.
Can it be a large, shaggy animal?"
And the person who is eft" has to
think OF what that is. and then
answers, mo, it is not bear" Another
may say, us it the place where this
wild beast lives?" And the first an
swers," mo, it is not lair" So it goes
on until some one asks the right ques.
ton that is answered by Yes" it is
chair" and the turn passes to him.
Even four or five.year-old child soon
gets the idea Of the game. and it
makes the wits of all sharpen, and
provides fun for long time.