Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1929, Page 25

" CANADIAN POLICE - SEIZE FANATICS [Tear Gas Routs 50 in House After Lively Battle, in Which Women Join. By the Associated Press. GRAND FORKS, British Columbia, 29.—Holding 10 prisoners, | with the aid of tear gas, police stood victorious today in their second | clash with the Doukhobor fanatics. The first skirmish was won last Fri- day by naked fanatics, when they put 10 rout two provincial policemen sent 1o arrest members of the colony for taking their children from school. Returning to the attack yesterday, 14 Police found 50 members of the colony, men and women, mobilized in a house. ‘The fanatics resisted the invaders and a lively battle ensued in which the women joined. When the officers turned the tear gas into the house there was a ru:h‘l for windows and the heating stove was | overturned. Despite the smarting gas | and the smoke from the overturned stove, Strepnikoff, leader of the colony, refused to leave the house. Police dragged him naked into the snow before | he ceased to resist. ‘The Doukhobors, otherwise known as the Sons of Freedom, are Russians, | Whose religious tenets include the be- lief that Christ was wholly human. The Tules of their sect also forbid the wearing of clothing even in sub-zero Weather. Pneumonia Takes Whites’and Negroes® Physical Stamina To Be Given Study By the Associated Press. A sclentific study to determine the comparative physical stamina of the Caucasian and Negro races was de- cided upon Saturday at a conference here of scientists and public health officials. Surgeon General Cumming attended the gathering, which tenta- tively decided to conduct the study in_Tennessee. “ Dr. E. L. Bishop, health commis- sioner of that State, will be in charge | ‘of the work. Among other things it is hoped to determine whether what has been said to be a relatively high- er mortality among Negroes is due to environment or to a difference of physical characteristics. Assisting in determining plans to- day were Dr. W. S. Leathers, pro- fessor of preventive medicine and hygiene at Vanderbilt University: Dr. L. R. Williams of the New York Academy of Medicine, Dr. Kendall Emerson of the National Tubercu- losis Association, Dr. Bishop and Dr. H. R. Landis of the Phipps Institute, Philadelphia. RELAND AND BRITAIN FIGHT FLU EPIDEMIC Heavy Toll. Gravediggers Are Working Overtime, Strepnikoff and two others were ar- |BY the Associated Press. Tested for driving off the police last | week and the others were held for their part in the second battle. Word was received from Victoria, B. C,, that the Provincial Department of Education would press charges against | g the leaders of the colony to compel the members to abide by the school laws | c and send their children to the public schools. U. S. Cruiser Visits Canary Islands. LAS PALMAS, Canary Islands, Janu- Bry 29 (#).-—The U. 8. Cruiser Raleigh, carrying Vice Admiral John H. Dayton, commander of American naval forces in | © European waters, put in here yesterday for a courtesy visit. Entertainment was arranged for the officers and men of the warship. UNQUESTIONABLE QUALITY columns of obituary notices. diggers were working overtime and gar- deners were employed to help them. LONDON, January 29.—Influenza and pneumonia today continued to take a big toll in many parts of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The big cities were the worst sufferers, notably Glas- ow, Liverpool and Belfast. At Belfast influenza was raging un- hecked. ‘The Belfast Telegraph printed four Grave- ‘The unemployed were being recruited to help the grave diggers in Glasgow. Of 1,112 deaths there last week, 654 were due either to pneumonia or influ- nza. Fifty schools in Liverpool were closed. The Irish Pree State now has nearly 675,000 people engaged in agriculture. THE EVENING POLICE SEEK “CLUBBER” IN DEATH OF WOMAN Believed Murderer of Marie Buch- holz as Two More Victims Are Waylaid in Chicago. By the Assoclated Press. CHICAGO, January 29.—A “clubber” who waylaid two women during the night was sought yesterday in the be- efficient marking outfit. You may mark your WASHES OUT. chemical marking fluid. For Permanent Idemtification and rare good taste Disti inguish THE FEBRUARY SALE OF LIFETIME ALE prices never change the quality or good style of Lifetime Furniture. So often a ridiculously low price tempts you into buying an inferior article of furniture which only proves more expensive in the long run. But when you purchase Lifetime Furniture in the February Sale, you receive the same dependable quality, the same good taste of design and the same Mayer & Co. guarantee which accompanies our Lifetime Furniture twelve months in the year. Life- time quality never changes, regardless of how low a price may seem. 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