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Show PAGE FOUR THE UTE SENTINE L True Detective Story By Vance Wynn The Flaw in a Perfect Case copyriehtPublichde~r they were potential murderers. In addition to this there was a WH Y== == More Herrings Than Any Other Fish Are Landed During the spawning season, the mother herring produces only 36,000 eggs. That may seem a large number, but It is remarkably small in comparison with the families of other food fishes. The cod, for lnsta'nce, averages 5,000,000 eggs; the turbot produces some 9,000,000, and the ling lays as many as 26,000,000 eggs. Why is it, then, that millions of herring are landed annually, while the catches of other fish are considerably smaller? The reason Is that the eggs of the herring sink to the sea-bed, where they ar"' able to mature and hatch ln security. The eggs of tht ling, on the other hand, tloat on the surface. The herring, during all Its stages of life, feeds on the minute creatures ln the sea calleo plankton, which include the floating eggs of these other fishes.-Tit- Bits Magazine. mass of circumstant ial evidence against John. HEN WilHam Harrison, of There was only one flaw in what Gloucesters bire, England, disappeared and no knowledge could be might be regarded as an otherwise obtained of his whereabouts , every- perfect case, and that was the failbody in that part of the country ure of the authorities to find the came to the conclusion that he bad body. Sir Charles Turner, who presided met with foul play. He had gone away on a rent-col- at the tlrst trial, had refused to lecting tour, and it was known that accept the indictment for murder he was sure to have a large sum because of this very tlaw, and 1t was that which had caused a change o! money in his possession. A month went by and still there in the indictment to robbery. But the second judge was not so was no trace of the missing man. jealous of the old English law. 'l'he sole topic of discussion tn those parts revolved around the He took the ground that Harriquery: son's nonappeara nce after slx What has become of wnuam months was proof positive that he Harrison? had teen k111ed. It was during one of these discusSo the family was convicted and sions that John Perry came to the executed. Bitsy Wins It This Time front and amazed the authorities Soon after the execution one of with a t'emarkab1e story. the residents of Gloucesters hire reHe said that his brother, Richard ceived an anonymous letter hinting Perry, bad murdered Harrison for that William Harrison was still his money, and that the result of alive. the crime was bis enrichment to Then came another story that be the extent of £130. \Vas in Turkey. All of these ru.John and Richard Perry lived mors were treated as mere gossip with their mother in a little bouse unti1 three years later when the on the outskirts of the village. door of the local inn was opened John was not mentally strong; and William Harrison entered the indeed, there were some who re- room. garded him as half-witted. He said that after he had colRichard was physically and menlected the rents, as usual, he was tally strong, but his reputation for beset by a gang of thieves, and the i'ntegrity was not good. cash taken from him. He had been caught ln some But the toughs did not stop at questionabl e transactions , and it mere robbery. 'ft'BS hinted that be would not hesiThey took him to a wayside inn tate at murder ·for the sake of and invited him to take a drink money. upon th~ success of their enterprise. The magistrate of the district He took it and in a little while sent for John Perry, and the fellow became unconscious . repeated his story. They had given him drugged lie was examined at length, but stuck to his orJglnal statement. The liquor. After this a gang had carried him only addition he made to it was that he and bls mother were pres- aboard a vessel When he recovered consciousne ss ent when Richard had assaulted and he found he was on Ws way to rr.Jt.-bed Richard Harrison. Bi> was unable to say what had Turkey. become of the body because he had He had lived there for two years. nm away while the robbery was In When he was asked why he had Bryan M. (Bitsy) Grant, J'r., of ptr.-gress. not communicat ed with his friends, Atlanta, holds the Col. Henry L. 'lhe two men and the woman be said that he feared that they Doherty trophy which he won by ~ere placed on trial and were In- would not believe his story, and as defeating Berkeley Bell of New adequately defended. hf' was unable to make good the York In the final round of the third 'fhey were given the Impression money that had been stolen from annual Miami Biltmore champion1hat if they pleaded guilly to rob- him be bad delayed his return as ship at Miami, Fla. The mighty bery their Uves would be spared. long as possible. atom of the courts won 6-4, 6-2, 6-3. But at the next term of court, Since that day-over two cen- Grant was runner up to George M. Sir Robert Tyde placed them on turies ago-no man has teen tried Lott, Jr., of Chicago last year, in trial for murder. for murder In England without first this same tournament. 'fhey were at a terrible disad- proving the murder. vantage because by confessing to WNU servlt!e. Crude Petroleum robbery they had admitted that Crude petroleum is not a standard product by any means, but Oratorio and Opera Both in appearance and composiWere Started in Italy varies tion, depending upon Its source, says An oratorio ls a sacred story set a writer in the Chicago Tribune. to music which, like opera, requires Most of it can be described, howsoloists, chorus and full orchestra ever, as a black oil with a not very for its performance , but dispenses pleasant odor. Chemically, It is not with the theatrical adjuncts of the same ltind of an oil as those of scenery, costumes and acting. The animal or vegetable origin. The modern oratorio and opera both latter are compounds of glycerin were originated In Italy, about lGOO, and fatty acids, both of which are says a writer In the Philadelphi a in turn compounds of carbon, hy· Inquirer, and were or ginally indis- drogen, and oxygen. Petroleum tinguishable from each other, ex- consists chiefly of a mixture of cept that one was sacred and the hydrocarbon s (compounds of carbon other secular in subject. However, and hydrogen alone). Animal and before 1700, particularly ln Ger- vegetable oils are digestible and rrany, the oratorio began to be clear- can be converted into soap by treatly different from the opera, in the ment with lye, while mineral oils relinquishm ent of dramatic action possess neither o:f these properties. and accessories, and came to belong esentially to the class of conMuzzle Velocity of Bullet cert music, with more or less of The muzzle velocity of the bullet the qualities of church music. The of the American mliita.ry rifle is true oratorio style has been devel- 2,700 feet a second. If it could oped more remarkably in Germany keep up that rate of speed it could and England rather than France travel 1,840 miles an hour. A ceror Italy. tain modern sporting rifle fires a The first and most universal sub- bullet with a muzzle velocity of ject for oratorios was the Passion 3,900 feet a second, which would be and the greatest mt1sic is that of at the rate of 2,660 miles an hour. Bach's "Passion According to St. The muzzle velocity of the shells of Matthew," written for service on the German long-range guns that "Unexpecte d storms are encoun- Good Friday, 1729. In England the bombarded Paris was 5,260 feet a tered by saxaphonist s exploring the works of Handel treated epics as second, a rate of 8,580 miles an hi.;h C's." subjects for oratorios. hour W Midvale, Utah, Friday, February 1, 1935 IgAB!JY gERTIE I A SPIR ITU AL FIG HT By LEONARD A. BARRET T The ~ind of a nation is frequently e -pressed ln the public utterances of her statesmen. England has evidently thought h e r way through on certain Issues involved in this depression. She has come to the conclusion that the elemental causes must first be removed before she can ever be assured of a permanen t recovery. The responsibility for a task lil.:e this lies more In the hands of those responsible for the moral and spiritual welfare of a country than in the theories of politicians or economists. Lloyd George in his widely circulated address delivered recently in the city temple in London, said : "The world today is a jungle. At any moment a mistaken gesture • . • may make them spring at each other's throats. It is time the churches should act togethoc. If they fail, I do not know what is going to happen. I am beginning to lose faith in conferences ." Ramsay Macdonald is quoted as. having said, "We have paid too little attention in the past to tbesetigrene impulses that lie deep down in human nature. If you think YOU' are going to beat the things that culminate in war without a spirituar fight, you are foredoomed to fallure.' .. '~oodrow Wilson said substantially the same things some years past_ "We can have no economic recoveryuntil we first .have a spiritual recovery." Does It not seem passing strangethat we apparently give so littleheed to the warnings of an idealist? Or is there in this country, as doubtless there Is in England, a deep undercurrent of serious thought whlcbt is graduaUy leveling our economle life and pointing the way to the only sure method of permanent recovery? Every citizen of our country must not only answer this question for himself, but must voluntarily accept his responsibili ty In this spiritual tight, without which "we are foredoomed to· failure." David Lawrence, editor of theUnited States News, wrote in a recent editorial, .. The greatest gift that could be given the American people would be a regeneratlon or spirit." ©. Western _·ewspa.per Unlon. Cheap Substi tute for Radiu m Found Chicago Professor Uses Salt, birth of a child. There Doctor Grosse met Dr. Max Cutler, whom Silver and Iodine. Chicago.-T he world's supply of radium could be held in a teacup. Little wonder, then, that men of science marveled as a boyish-looking University of Chicago chemistry professor, twenty-nine , told them he has made a discovery which be believes will mean an inexpensive substitute for the element whose value is measured in millions and in human llves. From salt, from iodine, from silver, the discoverer said, and countless other substances as yet untried, perhaps, that substitute may be produced. In effect, he believes. the world's supply of radium may be Increased almost without limit, and its curative powers may be given to all. The discoverer is Dr. Arlstld V. Grosse. Science owes his discovery to the fact that Doctor Grosse's wife went to Michael Reese hospital four months ago to await the he told of experiments with radium be had been conducting at the university. Doctor Cutler placed at his disposal the hospital's supply of radium, one of the largest lo the world, for further experimentation. Since then, Doctor Grosse said~ he has been able to make such common substances as salt, iodine, ancl silver radio-active . Their radioactivity is not permanent, varying from a few seconds to three days. But he believes future developmen t will make It possible to use their radio-activi ty in the cure of disease.. as radium is now used for treating caneer. Of especial importance, DoctorGrosse believes that their radioactivity can be used directly, whereas radium is so powerful that lt must be used Indirectly, only ltlJ rays being used for treatment. Scientists declare Doctor Grosse's discovery one of the greatest In recent years. 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