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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1929-11-28
Wild Turkey
Ranked King
Of the Woods

When Charles the Ninth of France
sat down at his wedding banquet in
the year 1870, he was probably entire
ly unaware that something was about
to happen to him which had never
happened to any other king of France.
Perhaps his mother, Catherine of
Medici, had knowledge of what was
coming, for Catherine was a manag-,
og sort of woman and kept a watch.
eye on everything that was done
or planned in the royal palace. But
chefs are an independent tribe, in
tolerant of interference with their af
fairs, and possibly only the palace
chef and his underlings knew that
rare distinction was about to be con-
ferred upon their exalted master.
History is silent as to these details.
The important fact-vouched for by
Charles Lucian Bonaparte, the French
naturalist-is that Charles the Ninth
at his wedding banquet consumed,
doubtless with great gusto, liberal por-
tons of strange new fowl never be-
fore eaten in France-a large and ex-
traordinary and very delicious bird
known as a Cock of the Indies"
Thereby Charles the Ninth of
France established a precedent. That
Sock of the Indies" was, as matter
of fact, a turkey. No other French
king, probably no other European
king, had ever dined on turkey, and
certainly no African or Asiatic poten-
tate had enjoyed that experience.
Hence Charles the Ninth'S wedding
banquet may be set down as one of
the turning points of history. Then
and there the turkey, noblest of his
royal race, came into his own as the
king of all table birds, fit provender
for mOnarchs and for presidents.
Second to None on Earth.
He is not only the king of table
birds. He is also, in his wild state,
the king of game BIRDS certainly the
modest game bird of the Western hem.
isphere and probably uncxcelled any
where on this planet. ut has been
given to but few hunters" says
DIR. William T, Hornaday, director of
the New York Geological park, a great
sportsman as well as a naturalist, ito
seek this, bird in its native forests,
witness its splendid flight, and after
ward shoulder a splendid gobbler
weighing from 25 to 30 pounds for a
ten-mile carry. He who has done this,
however. will thereafter rank the bird
as second to none on earth" To the
naturalist and nature lover, also, the
turkey is the feathered monarch of
the woods, just as the eagle is the
winged lord of the air. He is one of
the widest and in many ways one Of
the wisest of all woods creatures, and
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a glimpse of him in his wilderness
haunts is an event never to be for
gotten. | have seen him many times
in the woods, for ! am fortunate.
enough to live in region where the
wild turkey still exists in considerable
numbers; but | have never yet seen
him without experiencing that thrill of
delight which only the widest of wild
things can impart. And so it will be
until my wOOds-roaming days are over.
Wild Gobbler Beautiful Bird.
The man Tho knows only the do
nestle turkey, md who has seen that
pompous and ralher foolish swaggerer
often in the barnyard, may find 1t a
little difficult to understand why the
sight of a turkey in the woods always
and invariably makes red-letter day.
Let him go hunting wild turkeys
either with or without gun-and he
will understand why. AS q matter
of fact, the tame turkey Of our barn
yard and the wild turkey of our
woods are two entirely different birds,
differing not only in plumage Though
in this respect the difference is sligh)
but also in form, in bearing In men,
tality and in personality.
In the wild gobbIer, for all his size
and weight, there Is something of
gamecock's slimness. His form is pow
erful and stalwart, yet beautifully
nodded His bearing is proud and
confident; yet one sees in him always
a hair-trigger alertness which ac-
centuateS his wildnesS; and somehow
that wldness is apparent in every line
and curve of his body in the poise of
his head, in the glance of his eye, in
the springiness of his stride His
rich coppery-brOnZe plumage glOWs
and glints in the sun and in certain
lights CLEANS like FURNISHED gold; and
when he is on guard land it is no easy
matter to catch wild gObbler nap
ping, he holds himself splendidly
erect so that his tall form seems
amazingly tall and that clean thorough
bred slimnesS which distinguishes him
delights the eye of the behOlder.
There have been times when, fresh
from a meeting in the woods with
some superb bronze monarch of the
sunlit glades, have almost been ready
to agree with old Ben Franklin that
the turkey and not the bald eagle
should have been chosen as our ma
tional symbol.
Not Match for Fierce Eagle.
Almost, but not quite; for the wild
turkey, with all his stalwart grace and
stateliness and pride of bearing, can
not compete with the eagle in those
supreme attributes which render the
Bird of Joye" the most impressive
of all the denizens OF the air. The
turkeys name is against him, too. It
lacks both majesty and beauty, and to
many people it implies, naturally
enough, Moslem origin. Moreover,
familiarity too often breeds contempt,
and though the wild turkey is as far
superior to the domestic turkey as a
"amecock is to a dOminicker rooster.
it is the barnyard bird that generally
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comes to mind when the turkey IS
or domestic, belongs not with the mar
tial birds but with the game birds, a
much less dashing and aggressive
group than the eagles and falcons:
and though he is fairly strong and
swift on the wing for short distances,
his power of flight is as nothing COM
pared with that of the great eagle
family. AS for physical proves, the
largest turkey gObbler, though far out
weighing the largest eagle, would have
no chance in a combat with the latter
bird. Not many miles from where
this Is being written such a combat
once took place. though the eagle in
this instance was not the bald eagle,
our national bird, but a golden eagle.
The turkey was already dead and the
eagle was feasting on its body when
a gunner shot the victor.
Belongs to New World.
Nevertheless, though it is probably
just as well that Franklin did not
have MS way, the wild turkey might
be regarded as, in some respects at
the symbol Of the United States; and
Jumping the wild and the domestic
forms together for the moment, the
popularity Of the turkey as a table
delicacy in America and the prom
inence which 1t assumes at Thanks
rr;,-
title it to be called Our Other Ma
tiOnal Bird" Hence the history and
natural history of the turkey consti
tute a subject of particular interest,
especially in view OF the fact that
most Americans know very little
about this bird which plays gala
part in our gastronomic lives, while
good deal of what they do know
about it is not true.
Perhaps the most ldespread error
concerning the bird IS the vague idea
shared by thousands of people that
the turkey came originally from Tur-
key. This is an utterly false notion.
The turkeys are a distinctively New
world family and were entirely I'M
known until the first explorers crossed
the Atlantic. Possibly the turkey owes
its misleading name tC the habit once
prevalent in England of calling every
strange and foreign object Turk, In
dian, and so forth; or possibly the
English of those times saw in the
headgear of this bird resemblance
to the headgear worn by the Turks.
No one really knows how the name
originated and most of the sugges-
lions which have been offered are
guesswork.
Another common error is the notion
that the tame turkey is the descendant
of the wild turkey Of our woods. II
Is quite natural to assume that some
person or persons in the early days
caught some wild turkeys and tanned
them and that from these our domestic
turkeys are derived. Like a great
many other plausible and widespread
assumptions, however, this idea is In.
cOrrect.-Herbert Ravenel Sass, in
American Legion Monthly.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
Thirsty ladies'
Vainly Ask Way to
Beer From Police
Thanks For Your Dis
courtesy" They Snort ON
Being Told ''Near" Near.

BY the Associated Press.
CHICAGO, July ia policeman
should know everything, SO the ladies
who were thirsty from eating fish
dropped into the Hyde Park police sta
ton last night They were smartly
gowned, and arrived in an expensive
motor car.
"Oh, lieutenant" said the spokes-
woman to Lieut.. Charles Fratton, my
friends and I are thirsty from eating
fish. Will you please direct us TO nice
place where we can get some good, cold
beer?"
"This is a police station, madam"
said the law. =,
"Of course, it is. lieutenant" the
woman said II see your star and
pistol. That's why we came here. We
thought you would surely know OF
place"
The lieutenant scratched his head.
IT did know of good place on Sixty
third street" he said, and the ladies
faces frightened. ''but we closed 1t last
week" The faces fell.
But" continued the officer. suddenly
possessed Of bright idea, Il know sew
eral restaurants where they serve near
beer"
The ladies stared at him in amaze
ment.
.'Thank you for your discourtesy,"
they said, land good-by.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
BIC GERMAN LINER
Off FOR NEW YORK
Bremen to Try for Speed Rec
ord in Maiden Voyage
Across Atlantic.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
BERLIN, July 16--German shipping
makes its renewed bid for worldwide
patronage this afternoon with departure
at pm. Ill am. Eastern Standard
Time), of the giant luxurious new liner,
the Bremen, for New York.
Leaving BremerhaVen, the ship will
call at the channel ports of Southamp--
ton and Cherbourg, and probably Will
attempt to make new Westward cross
ing speed record to America. A Six-day
crossing from Bremerhaven Is expected.
One of the ships chief construction
engineers said:
Despite repeated press statements
that the Bremen is not out to capture
the blue ribbon Of the ocean, there is no
doubt she will try to establish a new
speed record on her maiden trip.
speed tests made before the Bremen
passed into the possession of the North
German Lloyd Co. make me confident
she will prove the fastest liner on the
Atlantic"
The previous westward crossing rec
ord was made by the Mauretania in
July, 1928, being days hours II
minutes. The Mauritania, in August,
1924, made an Eastward crossing of 5
DAYS / hour and 40 minutes,
Departure of the Bremen today has
been hailed as one of the produest mo-
ments in Germany's postwar life, the
beginning of the rehabilitation of her
shipping, which suffered nearly fatal
blow with loss of the Vaterland Gevia-
than, and the Imperator (Berengaria),
and other vessels at the end of the war.
The Bremen Is a 46,000-ton vessel
The Europa, its sister ship, has just been
re-launched from dry dock after the dis
astrouS fire aboard her last March. A
Hamburg dispatch said as it slid of the
cock Sunday there was an unexplained
explosion at the rear of the berth which
damaged the dock, and might have
damaged the ship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
BANK MESSENGER
CAPTURES BANDIT
SCorns Command to Surrender
$4,000 and Runs Down One Of
Trio, Though Money Lost.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
HOLLYWOOD, Calf, July 16--After
he was held up by three men on Holly
wood Boulevard yesterday and robbed
of $4,000, @. u. A. Crowley, bank mes
senger, disregarded q command to sur
render and put up a fight which re-
suited In his capturing one of the rob-
bers. The man gave the name of Law
renee McMuller, 81.
In an exchange of shots between the
messenger and the hold-up men James
Thorpe, 23-year-old Mormon mission
airy. who was standing near the scene
Of the robbery, was wounded slightly.
A few minutes after Crowley had left
the Chinese Theater, one of the largest
motion picture houses in the Aim col
ony, the men approached him with
drawn revolvers. He had collected Sun
day receipts from several theaters. Dis
regarding command to surrender,
Crowley threw the bag In a nearby au-
tomobile and attempted to draw his
own gun.
The hold-up men fired at Crowley.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
POLICE CHIEF ARRESTED.
Jonesboro, Ark, Official Charged
With Violating Dry Law.

JONESBORO, Ark, July Is LP).-Act-
ing on information supplied by an under
cover agent, Federal authorities yester-
ner of Hoxie, Ark, and l6 ether persons
and charged them with liquor lew vio-
lationS.
Turner pleaded not guilty at a hear
ing and was released on bond of $3.50 to
await action by the Federal grand jury.
He was charged with possessing and
selling liquor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16

SEARCHED collars made in America are
being worn in heated Guatemala.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
PROPOSE TEMPLE IN PARIS

TOXIC up. - Japanese Buddhists
have opened subscriptions here for half
the cost Of a $4,000 temple to be
erected In Paris on a site donated by
the French government. The other
half of the cost Is to be donted by
friends of Japan in France. President
CASTOR Domergue ID listed as patron
of the projeck and Georges Clemenceau
as a member "a the advisory board.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
CHAMBERLIN STOPS HERE.
Transatlantic Flyer Making Sur
vey of New Airplane Route.

Clarence Chamberlin, of transatlan-
tic fight fame, who now is engaged on
an aerial survey of proposed airplane
passenger route from New York by way
of the National Capital and the At
lantic Coast to Miami Fla, was a vis-
itor at Hoover Field this morning.
Chamberlin stopped here only long
enough to refuel his our-passenger cab
in monoplane and then continued to
New York. He came in from Richmond
where he spent last night after having
been forced down in a South Carolina
cornfield earlier in the day to escape a
sudden thunder squall.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
MOT0RIST FALLS ASLEEP.
George Ford Awakes in Hospital
After Colliding With Pole.

George Ford. 81 years old, of 1850
Euclid street, fell asleep at the wheel
OF his automobile yesterday while
driving toward Washington on the
Richmond pike about five miles South
OF Alexandria, Va. He aweke in
Emergency Hospital. In the mean
time his machine had struck tele-
phone pole.
He was brought to Washington by a
passing motorist. At the hospital he
was found to be suffering from
decorations to his lip, left arm and
left leg. After treatment he was al
lowed to go home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16

There is every weight in this group she
hose, se1ni-sheer and service-weight stoc1
ings; pointed or square heels; some with Par
clocks. Many have Isle hens, heels and to-
for longer wear They're perfectly wonderf
for this sensational price!
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
PEERAGE FORECAST.
Sir James Barrie Slated for Eng.
lish Elevation, Report SAYS.

IIsu LIeVHL1uAI, NsPUTL says.
LONDON, July Is NP).-The Daily
Mirror today, without mentioning any
authority, made the suggestion that Sir
James Barrie, distinguished novelist,
would be the next Laborite peer.
Sir James was in the lobby Of the
Commons yesterday talking to Scottish
Socialist members, the paper said. II
was recalled he has never been con-
nected with politics or shown any de-
sire for parliamentary or other public
honors, toward which 1t has been be-
lievsd he was adverse.
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but missed. one. Of the men then leap
ed into the car and took the bag Of
money and ran. Crowley pursued and
captured McMullen and turned him
over to. the police. A search for the
other two men and the money began
at once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-07-16
Three Drown in Mexico.

MEXICO CITY, July 16 LR.-Three
persons were drowned and three others
believed drowned when the Rio De Los
Remedies, converted into torrent by
rains, washed an automobile contain
ing six persons of a bridge at San Bar
tolo Naocalpam, near here.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01
MARRIED WOMEN
X X *
NOT CONSIDERED
y y X
FOR COURT SEAT

AUSTIN. Aug. married Wo-
mems Fights" was given recogni-
ton when its author. Judge Speer
was appointed TO the supreme
court commission Of appeals. But
married women's rights at pres
ent are not expected & have the
further distinction Of winning a
seat in the court commission r
any Of the numerous feminine
lawyers Of the state.
Term Of Judge Speer. whose
book on The Law OF Married
Women's Rights" is authority in
its field expires this summer.
Judge Luther Nickels Of the
commission. whose term was to
have expired also, recently re-
signed.
In the conceded defeat Of the
constitutional amendment to in
crease the supreme court from
three to nine members. Gov.
Moody will be called upon TO APP
point two members Of the COM
mission Of appeals Of supreme
court.
Gov. Moody two years 80 an
pointed Judge Richard Critz and
G. A. Leddy. both Of whom are
scheduled for places on the SUI
preme bench II the court amend
ment had been adopted.
Judges II. 3. Short and j.. ID.
Harvey. chairmen OF the two Sec
two years longer 70 serve. They
were appointed by Gov. Miriam A.
Ferguson
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01
CBy The Associated Press

It's beginning TO look as though
into the reign of each of baseball's
master minds the monkey wrench
Of some past error Of judgment must
fall sooner or later.
Now it's the turn of Joe Nc
Carthy. who does the heavy mental
drudgery for the Chicago Cubs, to
gnash his teeth and attempt to
reach the back Of his trousers with
the heel Of his right foot. The Cubs
arc III first place in the National
league today. five games ahead OF
the lettering Pittsburgh Pirates. but
il might be mor If it wasn't for old
Socks" Seibold.
Socks is no youngster by any
means. He pitched for the Athletics
about ten years ago. Last year he
hurled for reading IN the Inter
national league and was considered
the best pitcher in the circuit. Well
along in the sos. Socks curve Is
mostly a wrinkle now and his hard
one probably looks like Lefty
Groves noater. But he is a smart
old warrior.
The Cubs brought him back ia
the majors Just because. Then q
chance came to acquire Rogers
Hornsby and. with a half a pullman
car fun Of team mates. Socks was
traded 10 Boston for the great Sec
ond baseman. Yesterday Socks was
back in Chicago.
He pitched the Braves 10 a neat
z to | victory over the Cubs, the
second time he has snubbed Old
Master Mccarthy in his last two
tries. IN addition Socks has beaten
the Pirates twice along with several
other clubs. If these victories were
added TO the Cub win column and
corresponding defeats ~subtracted
the Mccarthy clan would be as far
ahead i'm the National circuit As the
Philadelphia Athletics are in the
American league.
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01
Police Guard Mandell After Threats of Violence
TEXANS IN THE
BIG LEAGUES
EACH DAY

Lester Bell, Braves from Houston.
-Four times up. two hits. one run.
One putout, one assist, no errors.
George Harper, Braves from Fort
Worth.-Eight times up. four hits,
one run. Seven putouts, no assists.
errors. Tripled.
Rogers Hornsby. Cubs from Dem
ison.-Seven times up. two hits. two
runs. One putout. ten assists, no err
rors.
Hal Carlson, Cubs from Wichita
Falls.-Allowed Fraves four hits In
two innings. Not up. no hits. runs.
No putouts. one assist. no errors.
Bib Falk. Indians from u. OF t.
Eight times p, one hit, two runs.
Three putouts, % assists. errors.
Doubled.
Phil TOdt, Red Sox from San An
tonio.-Up eight times. two hits, one
run. Seventeen putouts. four as
sists, no errors. Got double. Figured
in tTo double plays.
Willis Hudlin. indians from Waco.
! Allowed Boston 10 hits and won,
6-2. Three times up. nc hits. runs.
No putouts. two assists. no errors.
Charlie Berry. Rec SoX from Dali
las.-Four times up. n hit. no
runs. Three putouts. two assists,
one error.
Sam West, Senator's from Roches-
ter.-Four times one hit. no
runs. Two putouts. no assists. err
rors.
Pinkie whitney. Pills from San
Antonio high.-Three times up. two
hits. one run. 10 putouts. Two as
sists. no errors. Sacrificed. In double
play.
Sparkle Adams. Pirates from
Wichita Falls.-Up once. no hits.
runs. One putout. five assists. no
errors. In double play.
Jim BOttOmley. Cards from Hous-
Tonight times up. n hit, nc
runs. Thrice putouts, one assist.
no errors. Got triple.
Ernie Orsatti, Cards from Hous-
ton.-Seven tir y up. four hits. two
runs. Four putouts, n assists. nc
errors. Got triple.
Walter 2oettger. Cards from
Houston.-Three times up. no hits
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01
SiebOld'S Victories
Would Stretch Cubs
National Leadership

The Cubs came back to put the
Braves in their proper places IN the
second half OF the double header
when Powerhouse Wilson dashed out
two home runs to make it an even
30 for the season. While his mates
rallied round. Pat Malone coasted
home. 6 to 8. Xxi Cuyler returned
to the Chicago lineup after an alb
sence Of ii games due to a leg in
jury.
The crippled Pirates dropped an
other engagement TO the Phillies.
6 TO .. and slipped another half
notch back Of the Cubs. Chuck
Klein hit his 33rd homer for Phila-
delphia.
The Cincinnati Reds and New
York Giants staged an old FASH
toned pitchers duel with Epps
RiEey. the tall left handler. bestine
Joe Genewich. a cripple most Of the
season. 2 to /. The Brooklyn Dod-
gers and St. Louis Cardinals wres-
tied through another double head
or that eaded in a draw, the Cards
winning the first. 5 TO 2, but losing
the second. 8 to 2.
The day in the American league
was long on hits but short on re-
suits. The Philadelphia Athletic!
maintained a Q l-2 game lead over
the Yankees by blasting the Tigers
10 to / while New York belted the
Chicago White Sox is to ? for the
seventh straight win.
The Boston Red Sox split a double
header with Cleveland. winning thu
first 4 to o. and dropping the sec
ond 6 to 2. Lefty Stewart helc
Washington to five hits as st. Loui;
won 5 TO l.
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runs. Three ."utouts. no assists. =
rors.
Jack Tavener. Indians from Fort
Worth.-Not p. no hits. runs. No
putouts, asst errors.
Clarence .Jor ard, Cards from
Houston.-Ur three times. no hits.
runs. Eight putouts, two ass SITS, one
error.
Bill HalIahan. Cards from Eous-
ton.-Allowed Robins eight hits. los
ing 81. Up N ; times. no hits.
runs. No putou.s. three assists. one
error.
Fred farmhouse. Cards from
Houston.-Pirch batted and failed.
Andy Cohen, Giants from Waco.
up three times. no hits. runs Two
putouts. one assist. no errors.
Curtis Walker. Reds from Hous-
ton.-Four times up n hit. no
runs. Two putouts. nc ;--ts err
rors.
LEX Metzler. White Sox from
Wichita Falls.-Five times up. one
hit. no runs. No nuto-.s, assists, err
rors.
Art Shires. White CSC fin
| Waco.-Up four times. two hits, nc
Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-08-01
(By The Associated Press

II will not become official until
some so more games have been
played. but the Steers can start III
having their bats measured TO fit
Athletic park at Wichita Falls any
time now. Barring the unforeseen.
the playoff for the 1929 Texas
league gonfalon will be divided be-
tween Dallas and Wichita.
There has been a sneaking SuspI-
cion for some time that the Spuds
we're bound for a second nall crown.
even as last year. All they needed,
said the wise ones. was just a little
more pitching. They have acquired
that during the last 48 hours in thu
persons Of Andy Messenger and
Paul Hopkins. Also. they have &C
quired a two-game lead on the field.
Much Of the present enthusiasm