The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 4, 1921, Page 6

i COUNTERFEITER AT "92, FEARS PRISON Craves Freedom for the. Few Days‘ ‘of Life Remain- ing to Him. San Francisca, Cal—"There Isn't any place left in the world) for me, Kven if T did have a home it wouldn't ‘be aiy use. I'm toy near the end.” > The white td oF William Sinith, ) binety-tv rears of age, held in’ the coun Io at San-Jose on counter: feitng ges, was sunk In bitter grief. He was ragged and w y | His white hair hung hi onubte, jkempt locks about his pit Denver, ColoFred Burns, an es- | ehed face. His paralyzed arm, in the caped patient of the insane ward at | "#xed overcout sleeve hung Imp at, the county hospital, gave residents in | his. side. the neighborhood of ‘Third avenue and |) “I have worked for eighty years. Acoma street ample proof that it is | My futher died when 1 two, and . quite practical to emulate the tree. | at twelve Dhad to lesve school and climbing proclivities of the inhabitants | go to work. f feel as though Thad of jungle lund. | Med fyr centur'es, always toiling. Burns was discovered shortly before | 1 Was apprenticed as a carpenter eight o'clock in the morning perched , and sent away frow yiy home in Eng- in the topmost branches of a tall tree | if MANIAG HOLDS FORT IN TREE Human Monkey Is Finally Shaken Out by Firemen AfterOther Methods Fail. GIVES PEOPLE SCARE “Insane Man Sleeps in Tree, Chatters to Himself and Apparently Derives Much Pleasure From = im- promptu Toilet Aloft, by Arthur G. Seavers, in front. of | Senvers’ home at 345 Acoma street. He was chattering to himself and appar | ently deriving much pleasure out of an impromptu ‘toilet. Spends-Night in Tree, Apparently Burns had spent the | night in the tree. He was dressed only in trousers and a shirt, was bare- headed and without shoes, An extra pair of pants and a tattered coat bad | been pressed into service in Neu. of a | mattress. He appeared perfectly com- if qorfaule in his primeval habitation, eavers notified the police. ~ Patrol- man Henry Sellers and a-squad of as sistants were dispatched to the scene. Their efforts for over an hour to coax the deluded man down from his dizzy perch proved futile. They were joined |\ by a hook and ladder company of the fire department. An ambulance was summoned from the hospital. Fear that any attempt to foretbly. bring the man from @he free. might cause him to become’ violefit caused the housewives of the neighborhood to be pressed Into‘service. Armed with cups of steaming coffee, griddle. cakes, candy, fruit and: other tempting. food- stuffs they implo Burns to join them in breakfast. “Not a chance, not a. chance,” ws | his reply. “I know. you biackhanders | ‘and you'll never get me. now.” | Shake Him Out. Despairing of their efforts to induce |. the man to descend from the tree peacefully, the police and firemen Placed a second ladder against, the He Was Ragged and Dirty and Old, ‘| land. “I _svon forget what) 2 mother and a home were ke. Nothing but werk, work, work, “f came to California in 1866, For a time [ worked on’ Hoss’. rnheh*\at | San’ Jose. Most of my: life: here has | been spent about San Joxe ind the bay | cities, ‘ “I was not afraid of any tomor- | tow that: might come. - ¥-felt I had my. two strong hands and could work, Bat the years went on, and at last. 1 found that. the world. ‘had, little use for its old’ helpless. men, I began to be afraid. , “(ne mornings! awoke-tn a cheap lodging house ‘in: San: Francisco, My, j left arm was paralyzed. I do not gel why {t should ‘tiave come upon ne s0/'' « , * . : “Well, that was,the end... T tramped | about. grinding: scissors, It was all _ | Lcould doj~ Tt is ail I can ever do, |—“I was old. and: hameless ‘and lonely. There was little I wanted, yet I could not get:even those few. things. The homes. I tramped: by,, the people turned me from their doors, “One day’ I raised a; $1 bill.to $10. “When: I was. caught Thad to serve © year. at, McNeil. island. -Then:I was turned. out on the world again. What can an: old! man; do? I ‘struggled. for a time, then Lraised more bills. Even | there are nights in. winter when. 1 have to sleep .out.of doors in my rag- ged blanket, “If they send; me ay { to Jail I will die. + | to be yfrge. 1 am_ near; my Makes,.very_near, I ih The scaut,crulse ORAS. as it-hit the water, at Taconia, .who christened the..vessel as it was freated hetter fy fail than ever before in all my hard:life. But gh, 1 ut want to go back into ‘the jail” ' The sad old fhouth quivered and thé pale blue eyes sickened with fear.” <7 want ta be free,” he ‘whispered, choking. . “Oh God, every. ore, wants 1 don't want to, die—in there.” \ Smith was asked/If he would like to be-sent to a home, or a’charitable tn- stitution, This seemed to terrify him as mueh as the mention of jail had. done. “Y am afraid of those places,” he said. “I've heard stories that. frighten me, I just want to be free, I'm too old for anything else,” When arrested Smith had in his of much pains art of his one resi Me: session $27. the taking work on Nand. \ Jailed for Kissing. Madridi—A severe rgprimand anda warning not to, let the misdemeanor occur again’ has just been admints- terel to a visitor to Madrid, who, when he assisted his: wife into a cab at the door of his hotel on the Puerta del Sol, kissed her good-by. A po- Neeman led him off to face hig cap- tain, who. informed the offender. ig: norance of the law was.no excuse. but that-he had violated a law of Madrid which forbids a man to kiss any: wom- an. while in the’ streets of the® city, 4 with or without her consent. Saridalwood Fragrance. Sandalwoor, a fragrant woad slelded by several specics of trees growing in the E tropical: countries,’ Beenuse. of the fragrance of the wood insects will keep away from clothing. stored, -In gandalwool chests, Once the wood fas lost: its fragrance, there, ts no known way of. restoring tt, Milkweed Seeds. © ‘ The milkweed seeds are concealed im a pod, which breaks. open and. ex- poser: them to the wing’ Up they go through the air, ench keed enrried by a@yball: of silky. down, the Threads so frail that. you are astonished when | you exatine thei with a microscope. Each threid turns out.to be a separate tube-ribbedAvith dirk vein-like streaks arranged 4h an trregu!ar manner. When. a) milkweed pod bursts. open, you. can, fmagine ‘yourself at a. minia-, h ture nero meet, In whieh scores of white craft sour up: into the moiping wintl, 2 \ ~ “Not a Chance,” Was His Reply. tree. Policemen mounted. to ‘the. top jarmed with ropes. Burns scampered far cut on.a limb/and amused himself ‘by tossing. .twigs.at passing brecathern while plans were made to bring him down. fi A net was. throw across the street to break the falk and the rescuers at- tempted to throw a rope over the body of the “monkey-man.” Suddenly he screamed shrilly, threw both hands in- to the air and. leaped. Burns was safely caught. in the -net and: was not injured by the fall: of. 25 feet. Hews, quickly overpowered | and: loaded. into jhe ambulance and was returned to his cell in the coynty hospital. \ i i Died Preparing to Operate, | Springfietd, Mo—Dr. Walter A, Camp, sixty-eight years old, was strick- f en with apoplexy while preparing. to | Perform an. operation on a patient in.| a hospital, and, died a few minutes, later. | Judge Rolled Dice With Crap Shooter. | Chidago.—“Thirsty” Smiddy, negro, | crap shooter, lost $1 and costs when | Municipal Judge Stewart rolled the dice*With him for a fine in a Chicago | court. | I Ample Cause for Headache. | _/~ When a-crook or a suspect Eddie complained(of having a head | TO EVERY CROOK HIS CROSS - Charles Fitzmorris, new: 36-year-old Reon Sc movesyhis residence in Chicago, ief of police, goes to the ache until after the coal was brought | “crime map” hanging on his office’ wall and changes. a red cross in, then suddenly he felt better. Whew from the old location to the new. His detectives have crooks spot- accused of having shirked he replied: | eq and each is represented on the chief’s map. by a cross. The “I did have a headache, Just.to think | crosses are moved about just as the crooks move. .Fitzmorris is of bringing in all that coal would give any boy: my size a headache.” Sapa Ay ‘ fis ¢ - ! shown at his map. / Wash. ‘Bélow is the spongo' (with: lace curtains | High Schools -| tion: while high school dé .| sameqvery Sear, are irg jus completed, is the speed king’of the U. 8. Navy..,Jt is shown ju } r, Miss Louise B. Whil started down the ways. | FEELING AGAIN IN SOME GERM OVERRUN B den, Wurttemberg and Bavaria overrun by refugees from Alsace anc French is more bitter here perhaps, der French rule. Several thousand refugees from Al- sace are sheltered -in. long. wooden shacks~ which formerly hoysed: Brit- ish. prisoners in the main recreation park. ‘In the cgnter “of Karlsruhe These former prisons have. all: been converted into residences’ by the Al- satians who have dra the windows ind given th wire enclosed compound a homey ap- pearance by the display of potted plants. Noted The their denunciation ‘of! tl They tell tales of how’ Alsatian refugees:aré ‘bitter in French. ch ‘e} Cassell, Germany, Jan, 4,— In this city of 170,900 population: 5,40) per- song are without homes, according to the, report of the City Housing Com- migsion; which is: “rationing” ‘rooming howses-and hotels. in an-effort to shel- ter\ everybody during. the. winter t Tneties and other | months. Because of the great~shartage of houses, due to suspension ‘of’ building operations during the war, it has been necessary--to house large’ numbers sometimes in-a' single room. *Regard- less of: ability to pay, the.citigens now are compelled to occupy only:|such room ag is absolutely essential and the extra Space is apportioned.among the homeless, ait gut Fo, The “housing problem;” while un- der the jurisdiction of fa special com- mission, really is controlled ‘by the po- live‘who keep a record of dwellings and }FREN N STA EFUGEES FROM ALSACE Karleruhe Germany, Jan. 4.—Ba-| pel families trom Strasburg and othet, are| cities’ om the statement of unfriendly {| neighbors. that the than-in any other: part of the Ger-| nai man Empire. In the Karlsruhe area|ished from the schools of all the. old prison campa and. many | where they say a great. majority of barracks are filled, . with: families|the population is. German-speaking which were deported:from Alsace, or} and will migrate rather than aban- left. because they refused to live un-\ don its native langwage. | “RATIONING” OF HOMES ae ‘EN GERMAN CITY OF CASSELL ran st lof Omaha, Neb., al Lowest. Temperatures. WISBITTER | WHICH ARE‘. ~ suspects ) have been . propagandizing for he: Alsatians: are, specially _indig- because German has heen abol- Alsace, Refugees from Metz’ and’ other parts of Lor- Taine are’ less critical about the language question. They admit French was the predominate tongue in Lorraine. Nearly all the refugees-with whom The Asssociated. Press. corrgspdnd- ent talked were very sharp in their. criticism of the, attitude of the old German government toward Alsace and Lorraine and frankly admitted the unyielding policy of Germany toward fhe two districts. afforded.~he French an excuse for their attitude toward the distinctly German’ popula- jon. 3 IS TRIED OUT . ~The police have discovered many at- tempts to evade hausing regulations, One. wealthy womah, who before the. wat "hed a fine house and many, ser- vants, moved into less pretentious quarters—an apartment of ten rooms. Being a widow withdut children she was cntitled to only\gne room, but 40 evade the regulations she invited, many of her old friends into her apartment,’ andthere they lived, without charge. The - police ‘reported het apartment was “fully occupied” and took no fur- ther’ a¢tion. 2... Owittg to the high\ price of building material andthe ‘tabor shortage, un- relieved in spit® of the announcement that there is a.large, undiminishing tions virtually a a standstilt. Uniess there is an exodus of the. homeless from Cassell, the authorities the number of occupants and. report: their findings: to the commission: ‘say there will be mueh suffering this i “winter from cold and hunger. * Berlin, Jan. 3—Street railways! in Berlin‘ have operated ata lose of 49,000,000: marks. during first nine months of municipal owhership, and. in spite of increased fare it™is esti- mated, this loss. will. reach . 60,0v0,- marks_before the end of the {rat year. Fares already have~been’ in- creased ‘from 30 to 80'pfennigs and it is proposed ‘to \further~ increase them: to-one: mark. * ‘Increased wages and’ higher cos for power, are given ag. the-chief: rea- sons for the large deficit. 2 Although employes have been given Furnish. Most. - i; U. of M. Students Minneapolis; : Jan. Evidence of ‘tRe:'dordinant. poajtion~ of -high schools in the state a8.a source of students: for the University“of, Min- nesota ‘is shown .in tte’ fact. that, prise approximately 87 4-10% of its _enrollment, Register R. M;- West an- nounced after a survey. e \ Private secondary schools, includ-. ing those from preparatory depart- [ments of: private colleges, made ‘up 8.7: per cent of the freshmen registra- ts of, ‘state graded. schools/ and students Admitted by special examination wore \1.2--per cent-each. Studégts ‘from state’normal schools and the ‘univers- ity high ‘school completed: the. enroll- ment. : as These percentages, while not the esentative of the present! period:|with: but few variations, the survey. showed. LEAVE FoR ROME Beunos “Aires, Jan. ‘4.—Bainbridge ‘olby, American secretary of state, ‘and his’ party left Beunag Aires last. night: on: ‘their return trip-:to the United-States. i Uruguyan cruiser Uruguray, whith was convoyed by the Argentine crui- ser, Libertead, and will. transfer to the [battle ship Florida, - STREET RAILWAYS OF BERLIN LOSE MONEY UNDER MUNICIPAL OW graduates: of state high: schools: come |’ SHIP several wage increases, dembnas for moe pay. have been’ always pending; with the 'threatof a strike if they. were -not granted: ‘ : In_ view’ of the- financial situation and ever-increasing. demands: it- has. ‘been suggested that a committee be created to keep workmen infermed about, the operation and cost of the street railway system, in. the .hope that well informed: employes will’ be more moderate. Some of the support- ers of the municipal plan are. being discredited. by workmen. who make -unugual: demands and, threats. — They also demand 2 more careful check. on. the- management: of the street railways, particularly with re- gard. to! expenditures, i She was born with ne front 1 carriage do'yery: wellithough. | # % ry + \ Lewis, a negro; ‘Germany | consequently the\ feeling against the and working against France. ‘| today... number of unemployed, building opera-' |ST. PAUL BOYS. * "MBC IN RING i { 8 Paul, Minn. Jan.’ 4:— Both ; Johnny. Schaller | and | Bobby, Ward, | ghtweight ‘boxers, who meet here | January 7, claim to ee the ctiampions { in their-class. inéy have been advancigg rapidly dur- ing the past year. ScMwuer has ten etraight wins to his credit and Ward cently gained a decision over Clonte fait. js lateat_yictory was that over Johnny Mendelsoh) . of Milwaukee. = «Northwestern Beats. _ | Wisconsin Team |. Chicago, ‘4—Northweatern“de- feated, Wisconsin, 13 to 12, in.thé open- (ing “Western conference basketball | game. . : Negro Taken From oe “Police Is Lynched Meridian; ‘Miss, fi Jan, 4.—Robert ccused of:the: murder jot William. Greer, a railroad ;watch- :man, was taken from @ policeman to- day and lynched by a mob.” ... | WEATHER REPORT & Hoon, | For twenty-four hours ending i Tuesday, January 4. | Temperature at] a.m. | Highest. yesterday ;Loweat yesterday. | Lowest last night Precipitation | Hikhest wind velocity... IN Forecast | ‘For North~ Dakota | fair, ‘ Orris W. Roberts, © Z Meteorologiat. First. Systematic Efforts: to Determine Malue Were Made In French v Laboratory in 1078. He —") termine the: value of rock for road + bullding purposes. by means of Iabor- atory, teats were made in France, sees ty 1878. a road rials lab- oratory was'founded in French. School of: Bridges. and. Roads, Here the. Deval. abrasion: test was adopted. and this test with ‘slight modifica- tion has been accepted as standard Wronghout’ the “COnited States: The. teatgte named from ite Inventor. It was first used {n_connection with cdn- tract work In the city ofParis. Many valuable ata were: Collected: tn this| Agboratory-on the hardness and: tough- | nessof.rock: ani tests for these: prop- erties were developed which were. in‘ principle, the same as those Jn -use! ARQUMENT FOR edo ROADS Judgment: Rendered Agsinet’ County 7 use Culvert: Was: Obecured of Weed Patch. ( sae : ‘An. argument. for good. roads that ‘cal with it a. sharp punch tn the way of\a Sbstantial judgment for damages {s disclosed: In @ recent de- ‘elsion of the sapreme.court of Wis- consin, -Ih this .case it’ appears: tant when a. machine went. out. of the tra! /fie path of an old-fashioned country road. tor the purpose of letting a/ tractor pass it struck the cement cutting at the end of a.culvert which) the road. at. this point. Be-| ing covered: with weeds: the: obstruc- tlen: was: not. seen: until: the: accident | occurred. The county was held liable ).$a.damages-for the accident. USING CONCRETE FOR ROADS Cloudy and |calder tonight; .Wednesday probably | ROCK FOR HIGHWAY BUILDING /- ~ The first: systematic attempts to de-|, | ‘provide it. | | /U.’S. OUGHT TO LOOK. AHEAD: | Country Could Well Afford. Hard-Gur, faced. System of 50,000 Miles— 7 An Economic Asset. \ It. 1s possible to build a liard-sur- faced highway: system- of 50,000 miles} | so located as to serve directly 46 pel | eent of. all the counties of the United) | States and indirectly 41 pér cent of alll the others. For an annual expenditu of $100,000,000—hardly $1 a person per] year—this fundamental road system could be. completed in twelve. and aj | half years, and it would serve 87 per] cent of the total population of ihe Un!- Wara-Surtaced: Roads Facilitate Move- ment of Motortrucks Handling Traf- ‘fie’ Railroads Gannet Accommodate. ted States” Such ts. the statement of the United States department. of. Ja- bor. f “The growing needs of the countky Genfand thet some ‘sticl comprehen: sive: highway, system he constructed. eays: Robert ¥- Black, Chicago ‘mana: Ser.of a large motortruck concern. “In the past there has been too great @ lack of foresight on the part-of the road builders, They have lacked- vie ston to foresee the requirements of en five: years.ahead. A’ road built ; today must be built, not with the Iden of present (Mc but that of ten yeas \.Jn-the future... _ nes aie 3 “The growing need of the gay is for, transportation. We have simply got:to}. We cannot stop it and. the| sentiment. of the country will not. tol- erate any handicap of our trasisporta:| tion system. i; “With each year the railroads are| becoming more and ‘more inadequate. Motor transportation Is a growing eco-|- nomical necessity, a fact. that. is being! recognized more and more each day as motortrucks are called-upon to-handle}, traffic that the railroads cannot a¢com-|; | mouate. “Estimates prepared by engineering: Buthorities show that ihe United States: could afford to spend. $1,250,- 000,000 on 2 hard-surfaced road: systent of’ 50,900 miles-which would serve: di rectly, and indirectly 87 per cent: of: the. population of the entire country. Not only would such a system be an economic asset that. would pay for {tyelf many. times over, but. its on- struction would provide’ work for Building Ing on at Rate. cf Mile a| Week With Equipment of Mich- igan Contractor. With the ever-increasing interest In: the necessity of building good roads: there comes: the effort to build’ them | good and fast. With the special eauip-, ment that a: Michigan contractor is | using concrete roads are constructed at the rate of a mile a week. . 2 STOOD AT SALUTE Berlin, Jan. 4.—The: German _news- Papers publish a story. from Prague saying a French general there stood at salute ‘while a band played: “Die Wacht am Rhine.” He is said to have thought it was the Czecho-Slovakian | ational air, _" : LEGS many thdusands of people for a num- ber of years; and-in thaf respect /alone would have great business value to - the country in general. “War increases business. to replace the great losses of destruction; but , the development of a nation in times of peace provides a. more normal and healthy market for labor and te- riat-that can be made a stabitizer of business and industrial ‘condition® - “A well planned national highway rystem is a necessity, and as soon as the nation can complete the plan con- ditions.will force putting it into opera- tion.” ‘ 5 EARTH ROAD 1S SERVICEABLE Mets odorant Fairly Well when ‘ly Crowned, Drained and Maintained. i i When properly crowned, drained, and maintained with the split-log drag or othersimilae device, the earth road, on all but a fev exceptional ‘soils or in a few places liqmediately around the | farm lots and buildings, can be made | to.answer the requiyements fairly well. A es | ADVANTAGES OF GOOD. ROADS ’ The’ front wheels of a baby carries alittle-box gn her back and: goes: about the streets collegting funds: for crippled ‘children. | . \ . \ * \ ‘| they. Mark Degree of Civilization ” ! ~ Community and Add to Value | } of Ferm Lande, ~ Good roads promise self respect In a | community. They make possible social [Untercourse. ‘They bring the benefits of. churches und schools within. the | peach of all, They help to keep the | boys on the farm.- They cheapen the ‘ cost of transportation of farm products | ¢o. the mark2ts and thus add to the farm profits. | ryo caterpillars|are | destroyed at a single swallow by the / lie ‘new front legs furnished her by the nuthatches and’ chickadees hunting National Woman's League’for Anifnals, Nellie is a New Yorker. | about the branches during winter, says ‘the American Forestry Magazine of Washington, and: even the crows have been: known to-eat the little varnished packets of eggs, et - S. sa a e ‘ =e : . 4 rf bane aes 4 5 f 0 / & 4 NX We A ay . F Bi ’ * 4 £ ’ ~ a * JS