^ ^ * - ‘-j'-'iYuuu uj -. u _ y/xy/h*^ Good Evenin , Everybody: A terrific storm visited the north over the week-end. A dispatch to the Toronto Etar reports that communication lines in Nova Scotia are crippled. This is the second week-end storm in succession to affect those Rain fell in torrents and a wind estimated eighty miles an hour whipped enormous waves over the and coastline. In several sections miles of railroads andAhighv/a; u were sv/ept away, kxk Late crops were pounded into the ground. Schooners were driven ashore. The fertile bruit Belt of itSL jgg ^ a *JI ' i- h o A n p r> A1 i pV: 11 ■: V . S Uf f OF Od hCJ j.uKjxi An unusual step Is bein; contemplated in the Loiainion of tana • y the appointment of a railroad czar who will omin&to railways in Canada.as baseball is K.5. U. ir T- • ruled by Jud _e W. ..if Landis. k dispatch from Otta va to the- Montreal Star States that this recommendation will be made in the Boas* of A the hoyal Coiamission on Railways^ v.hich is expected to be- made public in a days. Thirty-four are in the hospital, and forty-four in jail in Liverpool as the result of riots. A dispatch to the evening Post describes con.itions there as amounting to a Communist reign of terror. For four days the industrial suburb of Bt ‘heahead has been th scene of street fighting and (nK!rt lootin . ).nin , cut order -\as finally -ostore- at < i ht o’clock motorcycles nd vans ar patrollin th» str^ets every minute. Uncle ill la ce no part in Lurooe^s dispute over Germany’s cl ira for equality of 'ms. The announcement of this fact from Washington is interpreted as a rebuke to the speech made by Ambassador Mge in Paris. In that speech our Ambassador hinted that -he United ^tat-.s v.ould back France in any argument. A dispatch to the Cincinnati Post puts it that the American Government vrould regret any political dispute in Lurope which might retard tne course of disarmament. Otherwise this counor;. is not intcrested in the controv rsy over Germany’s demand. This was stat<d today n hi h official authority. It is expected that the ^British note? .hich put N rffV**** John Bull side by side . ith - ranee in ■■AAe'inv Germany’s demand A A will have the effect o ' postponing action by the German Republic This was learned .today by political observers in Berlin. England * s answer has for the time being thrown tne diplomatic machinery of Germany out of gear. ROBOT A twentieth century Frankenstein crsmit cropped up in today’s ners tss England. You re: amber youi’ old friend A Frankenstein, the man who created a monster which eventually turned upon him and tore him to pieces? Well, e*dispateh to the Boston Traveler reports that an inventor who live# in A /? /] /) /j ~tCj? ; +^n . h; ei: made a robot — 'h a mechanical man which he Med christened Alpha. The inventor was showing Alpha off to a crowd of spectators. Alpha told the time, read newspap rs, answered .uestions and achieved several other astonishing feats. Aloha was then ordered to fire off a revolver. Whom do you suppose he shot? Yes, you guessed it. Alpha shot his I y master instead of the target. The wound is not as serious as 7^ ein.by h: the dame ge Wrou t oij^Fran!:-^nstein^by is rttk-st«r. One of the results of the Maine election last week seems to have escaped & general observation in curious fashion. This ..as the referendum on the extra gasoline tax. ■‘•his xx tax was rejected by an enormous majority of the voters of Maine. This refc r a.hora ii’ particularly interesting because it reflects the attitude of the public m taxes ■» contrastt*®- with the attitude of legislators. Ivory /v A % time a manufacture sales tax has been suggested, a powerful lobby has been n th spot :.o oppose and defeat it. 7T^^r~-r—■ besf-l«- r ? , A., i-n~ motorist. One consequence of this unequal inti Infill tnbiw- tov.ards ^gasoline system of taxation is that an incr asing amount 0” bootleg gasoline' is getting on. to the market. Not only bootleg <?-*CdL0 but adulterated gasoline. , . Evidently the voters In Maine woru uuuJUUllJl imTl on this^subject. A A colorful festival is being celebrated this evening in every American city where there*s art Italian i $ colony. It is the feast of fan %tae^rs. We would call him Januaries. For months the citizens of the various little Italys scattered ov r the cities of the United States and Canada have be.n preparing for this feast. They have processions with elaborate floats, the streets are all dolled up, extra performances are put on at the marionette theatres which are Quite a feature of Italian life, bands play, and —» WVWC.&A p-vV«--^ # everything is done that the Italians most enjoy doin ^ It's on such occasions that one can observe with interest the enviable capacity of the Italians for gaiety an., for enjoying life. SCUI3BBL A story froni i;ast St. Louis today reads like a curious sequel to the item we had <***x^a i/.'im^^rrr^ about A squirrel hunters in Ohio. A five year old boy was playing in the basement of his home in Last St. Louis. He was suddenly attacked by a large red squirrel. The boy rushed screaming out of the basement a.. ' uo to the porch on the second story of his home, The squirrel followed him and bit the youngster twenty-five times. The boy's screams reached his aftx fathrr's ears. He rushed on to the porch and found his son severely injured. The squirrel then turned on the father and bit him on the v n finger. The man had a tough time grabbing hold of the and throwing him off the porch xx bo a bunch of neighbors armed with rifles, shotguns and clubs “pi/ <4. were rnxsh ramsacking the district today for ijtaspfc. orr .^red squirrel. '.OOP 'p-iAjL+Jr Out In Michigan, Gar Vtood is making a determined effort to establish a nev world speed record for motor * # boats, A story in the Detroit News says that he drove his Miss Amoricai> the Tenth at a terrific pace on the St. Clair River today. Unfortunately, there v.as an error A '< in the timing system. So it iar impossible to determine m*n whether Wood achieved a speed of 144 statute miles an hour or 127 nautical miles. So at present the record of 119 S/4 statute :iles an iiour, held by Kaye Don of England, still stands. BASEBALL On the sporting pages of the nev/spapers, the principal topic these days sterns to b- the approaching World Series. The dopsters are trotting out^tW figures^la^/are giving TC j ^ CX/U? us all sorts of export inside stuff* prognosticating the A result of the series vith the enthusiasm of a Gypsy fortune teller reading the- palm of a lovely girl*-, while the lovely girlTs fiance is footing the bill. The experts generally EXEkKiixik® pick the Yanks to beat the Cubs. Of course the Cubs haven't guithe National League pennant as yet* A There is that old familiar mathematical chance that they may still lose but the baseball sharks *e»vUnanimous l t-"K. * in saying that theCubs are as good A Westbrook Pegler, the New York Weening Post* has an article^ ■)J goofiness in baseball. Expert Pegler points out the im­ portance of goofiness to the national pastime am goes on to remark that seer some folks are spying ‘hi j t ^ .-rnan G qiu &SL, tne BASEBALL - £ star iEfixx left hander of the Yankee pitcher^ staff, is inclined to he a vee trifle goofy. I'his t<pfcrt-Pegler utterly denies. He admits that the young Southpav. does go in for fancy clothes, brilliant shirts, n±.g neckties end an extensive wardrobe of tveeds, serges and v;orsteds, but argues that if a man nowadays has more than one suit of clothes, thrt no sign he^sar goofy, tnytUd:— ■ A- sign isssat he 1m a genius. Also, Southpaw Gome* is reputed to be engaged^to be married^ to a beautiful musical comedy xx star. Expert Pegler denies that this is a sign of goofiness. He seems to think it isr merely a case of good eyesight. ,vi tin But it is concededa rcpits.tion ^or goofiness ■*?**«< 4^d***~^ pitcher Gome* still adds?: o± color to the oriel ^ A ft Itr*, talking about things goody^ juhp .1 "g-i wamJj^fEw^a numbor of radio listeners have asked me to give the xTrvi^ result o^4sss»t. game yesterday between the Saints ana tue * BASLBALL - 5 Sinners, the Saints being baseball play33j^ of my ov.n vvNjt^vctv^L-^^S' *n^( &A s £JL s 7 j- ing^' fi h’T-* Jii ol^the neighbor- neighborhood and the Sinners being > ing village of Parling. V.ey won la t week, but yesterday ----------- <^ 2 - the Sinners ha th, ir revenge^. The score vrab tv.enty-three to ■« eighteen. There was a v;lyld ninth inning rhich ended with the Saints hollering, "Kill the umpire.” Governor -.oosevelt’s stumping tour has taken him nov, as far as Montana. He told the miners of Butte today that if he were elected President he would call a conference to make an attempt to stabilize the price of * V? tX&ltfgeA * Before he went to Montana Mr. Roosevelt had OL4 invaded the territory of Senator Borah. The- dispatches say he was ^ enthusiastically received in Idaho There was a somewhat unusual birthday party in “ampsville. ^ihe ae -o of the^pccasion was John Smith, the same.as the celebrated boy friend of Pocahontas. A Three times during the Civil bar this John Smith tried to enlist In the Union army, ^ach time he was turned down on the ground that his health was too frail. ^ell,• today the same John Smith celebrated his hundredth birthday. Q. pretty healthy lixm J.j-jr'.C* UZ4 cl* i AA^TK „ fi’otn ‘■ashia^ton may ive ^99 some A informatioa as to ho ; part of the money pay to Uncle Sam every year Is spenl. Hundreds of Thousands of dollars are paid □■viny youi* to lawyers who win ^ar risk suits for war veterans. Last year the total number of fees collected by attorneys was over $800,000. It may also interest you to learn that one lawyer, the son of a federal Judge, von a ten thousand dollar judgment for a negro client. the negro in question did not serve in francs. He received his injury while falling over a garbage can training au Fort Sherman, For this the lawyer-- A \ ^ t her -ft b o u4?—fe w »»- ye a re- gets the sum of one thousand dollars, and his client nine thousand. It’s been quite a -.vriile since vre had any feud news iron nentucny. But today the town of Manchester in that state is being patrolled by national guardsmen. t-arly this morning as Irani: Baker, the commonwealth attorney oi' Lon..on, Kentucky, stepped out of his ‘ancle’s house in Manchester, he was instantly killed by rifle fire. The shots *9rtr ‘liirogi tgin1’ .sen barricaded in the Clay County Court House. Another antr went to help him, and he too was killed. Still a third was seriously rounded by the snipers. For four hours those two bodies lay in the street, while the ambushed murderers fired at anybocly who approached. Finally the Governor sent the troops, but the snipers escaped. FARM STRIKE V ry I'^ews of the farm strike has been recently. A * But It looks as though it were about to become lively again. The Farmers Holiday Association of Minnesota started its k* blockade of the City of Worthington in that state. There are A more than two hundred farmers picketing the highways.- In Iowa the roads were flung open temporarily today^ But this is merely in preparation for a general farm strike movement throughout the middle west^ MSfeistr^announcement wait made folio..ing a weekend meeting of the Executive Committee of the Farm Holiday Association. 1>j-- v Nev. York today 'vas treated to an unusual spectacle, A United states Senator, a former cabinet minister under three presidents, went on trial in the federal court. Yes, Senator James J, Davis of Pennsylvania, -X%Pi the popular ex-iron, cor- :er> He is charged with having participated in lotteries operated "k j, ho Lc c .... order Aa^hmich msm & Davis is Director General, A It y;as indicated today that the principal character witness for Senator Davis may be no less a celebrity than the Honorable Galvin Coolidge. TREASURE HUNT ^ famous old treasure has found Its way into the news again. This is the treasure of Rand/ which was sunk two hundred and thirty years ago off the Spanish port of Vigo. In 1702 a fleet of Snanish galleons loaded with ingots of gold and silver from the West Indies, was nearing its home nort. Just as it reached the Strait of Rande near Vigo, the fleet was attacked by a squadron of English and Dutch nirates. The Spaniards fought desperately but were overpowered. Rather than give the rich cargo to the enemy, they sank twelve galleons. Ever since then the engineers of many nations have ¥ been trying to salvage this treasure. In 1882, for instance, i- ' a the International Submarine Company of Philadelphia, had^shot at it, but without success. And now several applications for A ' concessions to look for thi s treasure once more have been filed with the Reoublican government. The treasure is estimated at ’ * *• more than a hundred million dollars. All the hunters have been able to find so far have been cannon, ammunition and small arms. BALD Tt seems t did thejpieturesque community of Greenwich, Conn., a ?rave wrong the other day. When I was talking about the baldheaded club X made a mi stake in saying that John Rodemeyer, the found of the club, Uves in New Haven. Mrs. W. H. Patman n writes to tell me that in Greenwich they don’t like that. They are croud of their bald magnificoes. Baldheaded John belongs to Greenwich, says Mrs. Patman. He’s editor of the News and Graphic. In fact he is one of the best known editors and humorists in Connecticut, a state where humori sts bloom on every shiny baM- nat-o an,-; aii crossroads. Westport swarms with ’em. Mrs. Patman concludes by impior'i‘n£r me to give John back to them, shiny bald- pate and all. Well, there you are, I trust Greenwich will consider itself profoundly apologized to. I supoose T really ougnt to shave my own head in nenance. Bo 11'H lust run along now and do that5 and — SO LONG UNTIL TOMORROW.