HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1928-06-21, Page 3Pirate: King's Gold
Stirs Italian Heirs
Rumor Says Renegade Ruler
of Madagascar Won a
Fortune of $500,-
000,000
Was' CrOWned Radames I
Rome,—Italy was thrilled last week
by a strange aterYt1 reckless piracy,
of ,African queens, of enormous ac-
cumulated wealth, of war, love, mur-
der'and poisoning, which was revealed
when ever. 100, persons joined in a con-
eortium to claim heredity with a myth-
ieel Italian pirate who, after marry-
ing the Queen of Madagascar, became
King of that distdnt land and died
exactly one hundred years ago at the
immature age of 37, leaving to his
Italian`heirs a huge fortune estimated
at 600,000,000. Some say he died in
warfare, otbe'rs that he was poisoned
by his, black -skinned wife hi a ft of
jealousy.
The story is told as follows:
A certain Frederico da Re, nick-
named "Bonnet,' having committed
R serious crime over a century ago,
fled for his life from his native place
of Vittorio Venito, He escaped to
Africa, where, having banded together
with a .group of desperadoes even
more reckless and desperate than him-
self, he seized a merchant vessel and
gave himself up to the lucrativetrade
of piracy,
He chose as the field of his activity
the eastern coast of Africa, making
inroads as far souih as Madagascar..
There he wooed and won the Queen of
a native tribe, eventually marrying
her, Being an energetic, clever man, he
soon declared war againstthe neigh-
boring tribes and conquered' them. In
a few years he was ruling over the
whole of Madagascar and was pro-
claimed Emperor, °under the title of
Radames L
But his ambitions did not end there.
He became an 'important factor in
English Colonial polities, as England.
sawin him a valuable elementfor
checking French expansion in that
part,' of the world. He concluded a
treaty of alliance with England, from
whom he obtained money, arms and
food, but his premature end came a
few years later.
Several versions of his death exist.
Some say he died fighting against
French invaders. Others say he was
poisoned by his African Queen in a
fit of jealousy. All agree, however,
that he had accumulated enormous
wealth, which was deposited with a
British Colonial banking firm, being
left to his Italian descendants. Some
estimate the fortune as high as 9,000,-
000,000 Italian lire. 1'
NATION-WIDE •'CLAIMS.
Several persons in his presumed na-
tive town of Vittoria Venito immedi-
ately advanced claims as his lawful
heirs. But suddenly other claimants
appeared in the Province of Cuneo
who averred they could prove that
they were the direct descendants of a
certain Bonnet of Rocca Brunna who
had.' conquered the Kingdom of Mada-
gascar. Then still more claimants ap-
peared in the Province of Friuli,
others in Sicily, and finally there were
few Italian families unable to prove
that their geneological tree contained
some Bonnet or some da Re at some
' time er other. Thus matters were
brought to a standstill, it being im-
possible to decide who the true '•des.
cendants of Radames L of Madagas-
car.were. .
bt now appears that six persons at
Turin are able to prove conclusively.
thatthey are the 'lawful heirs of the
one-time pirate who became a King.
They have filed a legal claim for his
money, which is held by the Oriental
Indian Banking Company. This na-
turally drew upon them the fire of all
the other heirs. These joined /in a
consortium, dispostag of considerable:
m-
oonsand composed of over 100 pe -
sons who are fighting their claim in
every possible manner. Soon the two
sides will clash before the Italian law
courts.
Apparently the estimates of Ra -
dames I.'s fortune have been much
exaggerated by popular fancy. The
revised estimates place it at about
$4,000,000.
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(ON WITH LAUGHTER)
Dick --If I mailed a letter addressed
to "the dumbest man in town," I won-
der who they'd deliver it to? -
Oswald (innocently)—They prob-
ably return it to the solid,er.
Lady of the,House-Woll, I'm eorry
to lose you, Irate, but I suppose You,
are leaving for better place.
Departing Cook—Oh, no, ma'am; Fla
leaving to get married.
Customer to Waitress—Is your apple
pie fresh?
Waitress -I don't know. I've only
been here two weeks:
A bank, advertising in an exchange,
says there is one commodity in which
it pays to be extravagant—courtesy.
Mrs, hicks: "I don't take any stools
in these faith cures brought about by
the laying on of hands."
Mrs. Wicks: "Well, I do; I cured
my little boy of the cigarette habit
that way."
"Even' if she does rouge nicely, find
out if she can cook. Two. can't live
On rouge."
Married men have one advantage
over bachelors. The meek shall in-
herit the earth.
Bride: "What happened in court,
dear?'
Croom: "The judge gave me ten
dollars or ten days:""`r
Bride: "I hopeyou
Money."
took the
Teacher (helping child *unfasten
coat): Did your mother hook this
'coat for you.?
No," was the astoniebing reply,
"she bought it."
Women watts but little here below
but she wants a long time in whlch
to put it on.
Troubles never come singly;. they
come in droves.
THE WAY TO SUCCEED
Friend: If you want something
from your husband and don't succeed,
try; try again.
Wifle: I can beat that, my dear—
ory, cry again is the way to succeed.
.Eager youth—"One kiss from you
and. I could die happily,"
Bored—"Well, here's your kiss."
Willie: "Ma, if the baby was to eat
tadpoles, would. it give him a bass
voice like a frog?"
Mother: "Good gracious, no! Therd
kill him:'
Willie: "Well, they didn't!"
This Is a funny world. A. business
man 36 years old is a "Rid," while a
ball .player. Is an "old roan" at that
age.
A model marriage is one in which
the wife is a treasttre and the hus-
band a treasury,—'Dallas News.
AH, FAME
I'd like to win my share of fame
But S can not, to save my soul,
Swim channels win at any game,
Or sit forever on a pole.
Now 40 oranges I can't eat,
Nor walk a hundred miles,.
No wonder Fortune's sun won't heat
Down on me with her smiles,
"Hello, Jones, where did you get that
black eye?" -
Oh, it was only, a" sweethearts,'
quarrel,"
"Sweetheart's quarrel! Why, your
girl didn't give you that, did ehe?"
"No; it was her other sweetheart
"We're so suspicious nowadays,"
said a man. "We never know when
our wife kisses us when •we come in
the house, whether it isldone for af-
fection or investigation."
After all, it need surprise - no one.
that Germany Is now In favor of world
P
Moines Register.
An "aocess'lmy after the fact" is one,
who harbors or assists a known erimi-
nal; lifewever,- a married woman who
screens t'er'husband .is never charged
With being an accessory.
Lake Dropped Two Inches
An excellent official opening of the western lakes and rivers was made
this Springlwhen several guests of the Banff Springs Hotel' commandeered a
big motor bus, for -the five -mile journey to Lake Minnewanka, wih,ere several
good catches were made. -
The beet sport fell to G. Andrews, of Banff, who captured a thirty -pound
lake trout after a long struggle. He practically swears that the water drop-
ped two inches when the trdut had been landed.
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Feel Hurt
Scores Canada For Open Dir-
cussion of Rideau Hall
Expense
London. -Under the caption of 1'An
Unhappy Debate" the Daily News
says': "It must be as unwelcome to the
0:median people as it is distasteful
to Lord Willingdon that the expenses
of his residence should form the sub-
ject of acrimonious dismission in the
Canadian Hope° of Commons, Ob-
viously the sums involved are not pro-
foundly important nor inappropriate.
What appours to be at issue is the
large question of social, values. In the
end it is for the Dominions to say how
they will house the Governors -General,
If that were once settled re, one
would. wish to challenge it. But at
`least it is a little unfortunate that the
issue should be fought out piecemeal
over the head of a particular indi-
vidual who can have no ,other wish
than to carry out hie duties suitably to
Ids office."
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NO BETTER MEDICINE
FOR LITTLE ONES
Is What Thousands of Mothers
Say of Baby's Own Tablets.
A medicine fon, the baby ovagrowing
child—one that tree pother can feed
assured is absolutely safe as well as
effleient—is found in Baby's Own Tab-
lets. The Tablets are praised'. by
thousands of mothers throughout the
oountry. These mothers have found
by actual experience that there is no
other medicine for little ones to equal
them. Once a mother has used them
Por her children she will use nothing
else. Concerning them Mrs. Charles
Hutt, Ta'•nnook Island, N.S., writes:—
"I liave ten children, the baby being
just six mantle old. I have used
Baby's Own Tablets for them for the
past 20 years and can truthfully say
tbat I know of no better medicine POT
-f6ttlo ones. I always keep a box of
the Tablets in the ;house and would
advise all other mothers to do eo".
Baby's Own Tablets are sold by all
medicine dealers or .will be mailed
upon receipt of price, 25 cents per
box, by Tho Dr. Williams' Medicine
Co., Brockville, Out.
The heavy penalties Were imposed
after Judge Pickett discovered that.
that two women had deltbemtely died
on the witness stand I while giving
testimony.—New Haven(Register.
Some people won't stop at anytlhing
to get out of court room duty.
First Man—Do you belong to a re-
form organization?
Second—I do. I'm married..
I•Iuebnd—It Is a strange tieing, but
true, Chat tiro biggest fools have .the used for tests for new mooring masts,
wifea (pleased)—O
most (pleased) -01:
wives- landing, night launching' of airplanes,
hY you flatterer. launching airplanes and wind pres-
"I can't stand anything but bonded When, after a period of inactivity,
stuff," said the stenographer as she the British government decided to re
reached for. another Sheet of 115506:
sumsairship building, the R-38 was
"Madam, what is the complexion of selected to undergo the most exhaus-
your new baby, dark or fair?" "To planned, and from these the Air Min -
tell you the truth, he i•2a little yel-
ler," istry experts obtained valuable data
that has influenced the design of the
' R-100 and the R-101 dirigibles now
It is well to recognize that the win- under construction.
nor in an armament race can be . Copied from the design of a cap -
named in advance—Nobody. tared Zeppelin that came down hi
" England - during the World War, the
Still, the fellow who believes in pre- R-33 was completed in 1919. She was
destination jumps just as far at the the first ,airship ;equipped with sleep -
sound of a honk Schenectady ing bunks, dining xoom and chef, and
Gazette: created history by producing the -first
sial newspaper:
Irwin Meteorplane Has ; "'- -
Wingspread of 14 Feet
The Irwin racer lmeteor:plane is one
of the smallest standard airplanes
ever turned out in the United States.
Built in California, this. tiny ship has
a wingspread of only fourteen feet. A
special air-cooled Motor, bas been built
to power the plane. The engine is so
light that it can be handled with
ease by one person. It develops
twenty horsepower and has a high
speed of 120 miles an hour.
Despite . Kasmall wingspread,
pilots report teat the mebeorplann is
extremely easy to Hy.: The plane has
a landing speed of twenty-six miles
an hour, a cruising speed of seventy-
ur
five miles an hoand a cruising
range of 350 miles.
Old Air Giant Goes
Britain Demolishes the R33,
Once Blown to Holland
in Gale
Pulham, England.—Britain's vet-
eran airship, R-33, last survivor of
war -time air cruisers, is being broken
up at Pulham airdrome. She had not
been in the air two years when she
made a flight before visiting Premiers
from British Dominions, and in view
of the Air Ministry there is no fur-
ther her to do,
The R-33 will always be remember-
ed in Britain for her famous flight
three years ago. Torn from her moor-
ings at Pulham by a heavy gale, with
only a skeleton crew aboard, she wea-
thered a heavy storm that blew her to
Holland,- and returned to her base
despite a broken nose.
Her successful navigation through
this thirty -six -hour ordeal was ac-
claimed by air experts all over the
world. No dirigible has been used' more
for experimental purpcees. She was
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tive series of aero -dynamic tests ever
What is more satisfying after
the bridge game than a cup
or two of Red Rose Tea?
Millions • of Canadians pre-'
fer it tb any other because
of finer flavor, remarkable
strength and dustless pur-
ity. . Put up in .aluminum—
t e only material which com-
pletely protects good tea.
DEW
ae
Traveller (in Arizona) : Conductor,
why is this train so late? Conductor:
Well, you see, sir, at night it gets
so cold that the fireman can'tkeep
up steam in the engine, and in the
daytime it gets' se trot that the rails
expand .and push the towns farther
apart.
For Hay -Fever—nae Minard's.
AVOID THE PAINS -
OF RHEUMATISM
JUST THE THING
lst Bird: 'What's Mr. Carrier Pigeon
doing now?
2nd Bird: Bundle boy for a de -
This Trouble - Comes Through
Weak, Watery Blood.
Many people suffer rheumatic
pains that could be avoided by build-
ing up the blood, Rheumatism keener
with thin, watery blood, and can only
be driven out of the sryeitem by en-
riching and purifying the blood. To
drake rich, sed blood no medicine
equals Dr: Williams' Pink Pills.
These pills actually make new blood,
driving out all poisonous secretions,
and creating a condition of robust
health. Thousands of rheumatic suf-
ferers can ,testify to the value of Dr.
Wldllianns' Pink Pills, Among them is
Mr. Jos,. A. Tully, Boboaygeon, Ont„
who Saye;—"As a worker in the
woods for years I was exposed to all
kinds of rough wintry weather. The
result wag that I was finally laid up
with itheumatism. I could hardly stir,
and was confined to bed. Medicine
seemed to have little or no effect and
the best encouragement the doctor
gave me was that with the coming of
frarm weather I would be better. But
instead of getting better, I grew
worse. My joints were badly swol-
len, and my legs BO Stift they would
hardly support my body. At this etage
I read that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills
were recommended for rlbeumtisan
and decided to try them. The results
were beyond nay expectations. After
a few weeks the awaiting had disap-
peared, and the stiffness gradually
wore away, and muoh sooner than I
expected all traces of rheumatism had
disappeared. The next winter when
I went Into the wood I took a supply
of Dr. Wildiame' Pink Pills with me,
and they kept me In the best of ooudi-
tion, My experience should give en-
couragement to other rheumtic suf-
ferers".
You can get these pills through any
dealer'• in medicine, or by mall at 50c
a box from The Dr. Williams' Medi-
cine Co., Brockville, Ont.
Cute in a13abyd
Awful afihree
-and it's Dangerous-
by
angerousby 22uth Brittain.
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The Orange Pekoe, at a little
extra cost, is extra good
Ail clean, bright Aluminum
Dictate Headgear
Straw Hats Made Compulsory
For Fascist Students in
Italy
Florence, Ltaly—The "varsity straw"
will be compulsory headgear fox
Italian college youths this summer.
Of a epeeist model of "sober and
elegant lines". It will be ire cumbent
upon all university undergraduates
belonging to the Fascist groups to
wear it. After the manner of Greek
letter fraternity hatbands worn by
many American students, the Fascist
hats will have the bands of the colors
of the students' particular "faculty" Chicks from Blood -tested Stock
—medicine, science, literature, law or Strong, healthy chicks from high-produc-
philoen-piny To tell what particular baecili40whteodle.rrhoedt T2 lesrwltli Pen
university a lad bails from, however, Pedigrees of 200 eggs and. over, Barred
it will be necessary for shim to takeoff Rocks, June delivery, ;r6.0eper hundred,
S: C. White Legtiorna, ;14.00, Terms, 2s
his hat. The university or college per cent. with order, balance C.O.D. ihx-
colors will be worn as lining. press paid on 100 or more; live delivery
guaranteed.
• Thumb sucking does look sweet in a
baby, butit is disgusting in the three-
year-old and sometimes It hangs on
until fifteen or sixteen! The habit
may cause an ill -formed mouth or in-
duce adenoids; and it always inter-
feres- with digestion. Pinning the
sleeve over the hand; attaching mit-
tens,
ittons,, or putting on cardboard cuffs,
which prevent bending the arms at
the elbows, aro sere of the ways to
stop the habit.
Another bad habit—irregularity in
bowel action—is responsible for weak
bowels and conativation in babies.
Give the tiny bowels an. opportunity
to act at regular periods each day.
If they don't act at first, a little
Fleteher's Castoria will- soon regulate
them. EJvery, another should keep a
bottle of it handy to use in case of
colic, cholera, diarrhea, gas on atom-
ach and bowels, constipation, lose of
sleep, or when baby is cross amid
feverish. Its gentle influence o,0,'
baby's system enables him to got Still
nourishment from his food, helps him
gain, strengthens bis hOwolS. -
Caetoria is purely vegetable and
harmless ---tire recipe le on the wrap-
per Physicians-- have prescribed it
for over 30 years, - With each pack-
age, you get valuable book on
Motherhood, Look for Ohne. '?.
.Fletcher's elgnatur'o on the wrapper
so you'll got the genuine.
ISSUE No. 21--'28
All that stands between most men
and the top of, the ladder is the lad-
der.
Classified Advertisements
HABY CRIOXO
BABY CHICKS—WE HATCH xATCI3 FOUR
varieties, prices 100 U. We will
have 69,000 for July and August. Write
for free catalogue. A. F?. Swl tzar,
graaton, Ontario,
PREPARE FOR ART CAREER
Under the direction of world's largest
commercial art and advertising service
organization, serving largenational`ad-
vertisers, Commercial artists trained
the :Meyer -Both way" earn as` high as
;260 weekly.. Home study training, If
you like- to draw write for Proof of Suc-
cesses, Meyer -Both Co., Michigan Ave.,
at 20th at,, Chicago. -
One dealer in every varsity town ottervine Poultry Parra, otteryine, out.
will be allowed to stock the "paglietta
universitaria and he must give as-
surance to the local Fascist authori-
ties that he will sell the hats only to
students with :proper ored,entials, an
engagement such as is taken by moat
dealers in fraternity hatbands and
aravats in America.
The object of this, of course, 1s to
boom the national straw hat industry,
which 'has suffered in recent years .
from the fad of going hafless in the
summer. Deputy Tu ati, secretary of
the Fasclot party, conceived t`e ideae
and gave cyders for Its application.
Hamburg Gas
Tragedy Was
'Pure Accident'
Official Whitewashing Report
States No Laws W' -re Viol-
ated and No Safety Pre-
cautions Were
Neglected
Berlin.—The Hamburg poison gas
tragedy was a pure accident, the same
as floods, storms and other acts of
God, states the report on the investi-
gation made by the Ministry of Trade.
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Their finding has received the stamp
of approval of the Government also.
In whitewashing all connected with
the catastrophe, which cost eleven
lives and probably caused chronic in- -
juries to a score or more, the investi-
gators stated that no laws were viol-
ated
and no safety precautions were
neglected.
The cause of the explosion of the
phosgene container of 3,400 gallons
capacity, the report states, was prob-
ably defective seam welding, which
was not able to stand the high pres-
sure within the vat, when it was rude
denly released for some unknown rea-
son. The tank was tested in 1924 and
in 1927 under twenty-two atmospheres
and shortly, before the accident the
gauge showed only 1.08 atmospheres
pressure.
The gas was of wartime origin, the
investigations showed, though whether
the Interallied' Commission for De-
stroying War Materials allowed it to
be retained for industrial purposes or
merely disregarde,d it as not worthy
of notice, could not be determined.
Some 15,000 gallons were in etorego
in the Stoleenberg, factory. Fifty tons
were sold to foreign countries from
old stocks. To show the insignificance
of this quantity, the committee ex-
plains that Germany uses 1,500 :tons
of phosgene yearly in the manufac-
ture of dyes,
The destruction of the remainder
of the g'as has nearly been completed
by a Reichswebr company, 'which was
given the job of transferring the pole.
onus stuff to old torpedoes and sink-
ing them in the sea, a -
Minerd's Liniment for insect Bites.
Chicago florists do a business of
$16,000,000 a lyear, but of course some
of the flowers are used for weddings.
—San Diego Union.
"He calls himself a gentleman
farmer." "Oh, and what does he go
in for?" "Wild oats; principally."
Spring is late in Italy. Probably
Mussolini has had other things to do.
"That's what comes of being so at-
tractive," sighed the flapper as she
was hit by lightning.
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The Father: Marry my daughter.
Why dammit, young man, you couldn't
even keep her in clothing. Young
Floye: But, sir, am I to blame for
this modern spirit?
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And Oitaunt
To Heal Sore ands
Walk in Peace
Remove Use
hard
akin from
ypslr coma apply Minard's
freely and get comforting
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Soft, glowing color and velvet smooth-
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and gives natural color and beauty tq the
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When taking TRU-BLOOD use Ruck-
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Read what these users say. One writes: "Tri
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Mothers Endorse Lydia E. Pink -
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rback in the
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