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MAY USE MAGNET TO RAISE SHIPS Submarine Invention Passes Sal vage Test of the British Admiralty. Lins 16 TONS OF METAL Believed That Much of Steel and Metal* Lost Through Operations of German Submarines May Be Recovered. London.—Fishing with submarine magnets for allied ships which strew the bottom of the North sea and the English channel may be attempted on a large scale in the near future if an invention recently placed at the dis posal of the British admiralty proves to be practicable in deep-sea salvage operations. It Is believed that the de vice may recover much of the loss In ateel and metals caused by the subma rines. It is also probable that It may, to some extent, replace the deep-sea diver. Will Lift 16 Ton*. The “submarine electro-magnet" Is octagonal in shape, three feet in width between the opposite sides, two and a half inches In depth, weighs seven hundredweight, and Is strong enough to lift 16 tons of metal. In salvage work three magnets will be employed simultaneous!v. in order to get a good hold on the larger sections of armor plate. Gigantic searchlights will first be turned on the wreck, and after the vessel has been blown to pieces by ex plosives the magnets will go down to search for anchors, chain cables and pieces of metal. The power will be sufficient to raise all fragments of metal, even though they be encased In wood. The mechanical diver's possibilities were demonstrated recently at an ex hibition at the Albert docks. Silver town, attended by representatives of the British admiralty, t lie Port of Lon don authority and the salvage and shipbuilding companies. Into 36 feet of water were thrown several steel girders weighing two tons, some gas cylinders, castings, a section of rail way switch and other metallic objects. Brought Up Girders. Swung by a crane, the magnet dived and. to the amazement of the wit nesses, came up with the steel girders glued to ils under side. The operation was repeated until the last piece of metal had been raised. At one stage of the demonstration there was lively competition between a human diver and the diving magnet. The gteel railway switch, owing to its peculiar 'shape, could not be located until a diver hud gone down and placed the magnft in contact with the rails. "The magnet Is not intended to sup plant divers," said Mr. Neale, head of the Neale Magnet Construction com pany, In charge of the development of the Invention. "It will he of value chiefly In cases of w recks In deep wa ter, or silted up. where divers cannot go. “It will also be used for loading and unloading vessels, discharging metallic ores, lifting machinery and loading steel sections from rolling mills. A current of 16 amjieres, at a pressure of 220 volts, supplies the power." r ' ' ..-i COAL Moderately Priced FOR CASH ‘Due to the mild weather we ofter the following H1GH s GRADE Coals at these low prices. REMEMBER, we screen all Coal at the yard before delivery. j SPECIALTY Nut (ftp "(| per ton.^J)0. OU ) SPECIALTY Egg QQ A/j per ton. SPECIALTY Large (frQ "A Lump, per ton .... ••J'J ■ ILLINOIS, all sizes good* quality,-fit* I A !”/A per ton .jJpJLU.OU | COLORADO Smokeless and Soot less A 1 A • / V per ton. RADIANT, the best from : Franklin Co., O AA l 111., per ton .... I sr. $15.00 SPADRA Hard Coal from Ar | kansas, the best coal for fur II nace and hot water plants; I holds fire 24 Ql Q AA hours, per ton. PETROLEUM, Carbon Coke, no ash, all heat . (JIJCN/A /"kA per ton . Consumers Coal ft Supply Co. r “Dealers In Good Coal” Dong. 0580 1228 Nicholas St NORTH OMAHA DENTISTS i 1 'I Cor. 24th and Coming Sts. RELIABLE DENTISTRY at REASONABLE PRICES ■ Phone—AT laatlc 4564 Open Evenings until 7 P. M. ... ONG the CAN BORDER _ _ Q Primitive Water Carts on Mexican Boi aer. (Prepared by the National Geographic So ciety, Washington, D. C.) No region in all North America is more frequently mentioned or more widely misunderstood, perhaj*. as re gards places, routes, distances, and the customs of the people, than the Mexican border. The name Itself brings to mind a blending of modem Americanism and the romance of the old frontiers. it hints at turmoil and Intrigue, at wild night rides by cavalry patrols, at gun-runners and smugglers. It suggests, too, brown-faced, snappy eyed senoritas in red skirts and man tillas. peddling tongue-blistering ta males and mild dulees; of Mexican women washing clothes, babies and dishes In irregulnr ditches; of burros, hens and pigs foraging about the door ways of flat-topped, squatty adobe huts. In many ways the social cleavage of this border is sharp and startling. It cuts us off abruptly from another peo ple. showing an odd, interesting cross section of diverse civilizations. Nor are all the people along this line either Yankees or Mexicans. Thou sands of Chinese are settled there on the Mexican side; and beside them are Turks and Japanese, and 20 Indian tribes speaking 20 of the habel of tongues heard in Mexico. Thousands of settlers migrate to this borderland each year, losing them selves in tlie vast, hazy-blue stretches of its open country; but they are Americans all, mostly from the Middle West and the South. The hordes of Finns. Slavs and Neapolitans that pour Into our Atlantic ports never get this far; they stop in the manufacturing centers of the East. In Texas and California, of course, native-born gen erations are found; in the newer states of Arizona and New Mexico most of the residents (barring children) have come from other states. Rough and Difficult Trip. Adventurous, colorful and full of contrasts as It is, the 1,800-mile trip along this crooked historic line is rough and difficult and has been made by few people. Some of the wildest and least known regions of our country are plied up against this border. Ask any dough boy. of the many, many thousands who have done a "hitch” on the Mexican border, what he thinks, for instance, of A Jo or the Yuma sector From the gulf up to El I’aso, along the Texus frontier, the IUo Crande forms the boundary between the United States and Mexico; thence to the Pacific the line Is marked by stone or Iron monuments (save a short break at the f'olorado), so set that one Is supposed to be visible from the other. The Rio Grande part of this border has caused both Uncle Sam and Mex ico much work and mental anguish. During bad floods the line as formed by the river squirms around in so as tonishing and lively a manner that what is Mexican soil one day may be in Texas the next, and vice versa. Then, too, there Is the ever-recurring problem of dividing the waters of the river for Irrigating purposes. Around such places as Laredo, Tex., this situ ation affords many an acrimonious in ternational argument. No spot on the whole border afford* more of impressive grandeur than the region about the mouth of the Peeoa. This yellow, turbulent stream roar* into the Rio Grande near the town of Del Rio. foaming along the bottom at a steep-walled canyon worn hundred* of feet deep In the solid rock. Relic of Camel Bxpenment. At the old fort at Camp Verde, north at Uvalde, In a relic of one of the old est experiment* ever made by our gov ernment. It 1* an Arab khan. In ruin* now, but in Its time an exact replica of the rectangular adobe caravansarlee built along such caravan trails as that from Bagdad to Teheran. This khan was built back In 1890, when Jefferson Davis was secretary of war and the famous experiment was made with camels for army transport use between Texas and California. As you follow the border west, oaka, pines and underbrush decrease, aridity Increases, and cacti lift their thorny heads. Cattle, goats and sheep are pastured In large numbers; but, except for Irrigated areas along the river, the country Is thinly settled and undevel oped. Border counties like Brewster, Presidio and El Paso are of amazing area.—larger thiip. some of pur small eastern states. Windmills are every where—"big electric fans to keep the cuttle cool." a waggish cowboy once ex plained to a London tenderfoot. El Paso ( ‘The Pass"), great border mart of west Texas, Is set on the edge of a rich stretch of the Rio (Jrande valley. It stands at the point of Intersection between two old high ways, the first channels of truffle estab lished by white men in America. It is the only large city from “San Antone" to Los Angeles, a ride of 1,500 dry, dusty miles. It Is well served by both American and Mexican railways, and Its merchants buy and sell goods for hundreds of miles below the Rio (Jrande. Despite the arid country about it ami its occasional blinding dust-storms, Its climate Is exception ally good, owing to high elevation. The largest Irrigation reservoir any where is the great Elephant Butte dam, which stores more water than the world-famous Assuan dam on the Nile. This big dam, built In the Bio Grande above El Paso, at a point In New Mex ico, holds water enough, we are told, "to cover Massachusetts to a depth of six inches." Juarez, El Paso’s sister city across the Rio Grande, like most Mexican bor der towns, is known chiefly because of Its pitched battles and its bizarre methods of entertaining sporty Ameri can visitors. A wooden bridge spans the river here, and El Paso street cars | loop over into Mexico—when the loop j Ing is safe. Across an Arid Wilderness. From the point at Monument No. 1 where the boundary line crawls out of the Rio Grande (at the southeastern corner of New Mexico), it strikes west into a wilderness of singularly dry and empty aspect. For 10 miles along this march the traveler must carry his own water. Near Columbus a few small trees appear. To the west lie the rough, hostile foothills of the Dog mountains; near here, in the Sun Luis range, the line reaches a point ti.tiuo feet above the sea, marking the continental divide. Through San Luis pass runs the old emigrant trail. Slightly west of the one hundred and eighth meridian the line turns at right angles and runs south for a few miles, thence west again. In the San Bernardino valley the line strikes the first running water after quitting the Rio Grande—192 miles to the east. In the whole 700 mlle stretch from the Rio Grande to the Pacific this line crosses only five permanent running streams, and the average rainfall throughout its length Is only eight inches. Save the ham lets <>f Columbus and Hachlta. the New Mexico section of the border is almost uninhabited. Hurdling this line in pursuit of (Je ronimo and his Apaches was for years a favorite outdoor army sport In these parts; but nowadays most ambitious residents are mining copper, roping and branding cattle or fussing with ir rigation ditches. Not long ago coyotes were chasing homed toads over an empty desert where Douglas. Arlz., now stands, with libraries, country clubs, theaters, pub lic baths, street cars and a hotel that might have been lifted bodily out of Cleveland or Kansas City. Just over the line from Douglas lies drab, dusty AguR Prleta, with Its sleepy peons and •ad-eyed burros. Bistss in a Canyon. West of Douglas, eight miles north of Naco, on the line, and quite hidden In the bHrren Mule mountain*? lies the quaint upside-down, busy, hustling Bts bee. Its main street runs up a deep canyon, many of Its bouses (Hinging like pigeon cotes to steep hillsides. Of our whole border, the California section is perhaps best known to Americans because of denser popula tion, excellent motor trails and prox imity to cities like San Diego, Los An geles, El Centro ar.d the below-the-sea border town of Calexico, opposite Mex icali. The Incredibly fertile Imperial ▼alley of California sweeps north from Calexico to the Salton sea, more than 200 feet below the sea level. From Calexico the line runs west past 8lgnal mountain, up the Jacumba pass over the Lagunas, past the his toric border town of Campo, through the towns of Tecate and Tla Juana (famous for races and gambling ca sinos), and thence to the Pacific, a tow miles below San Diego. FOR RENT—Furnished rooms in a first class rooming house, steam heat, bath, electric lights, on Dodge and Twenty-fourth street care line. rs. Anna Banks, 924 North Twentieth. Dougina 4979. A P. Scruggs, Lawyer, 220 8. 18th St Douglas 7812, Colfax 1811.—Adr. Get acquainted with the Episcopal Church by attending services Sunday morning at 11 o’clock at St Philip’s Church, 1121 North Twenty-first street—Adv. FOB BENT—Modern furnished rooms, men only. 1298 North 24th St. Web- 4666. FOR SALE—One hard coal burner heating stove, one heavy iron bed and springs. 1204 N. 27th St. FOR RENT—Comfortably furnish ed rooms, block from car line. Board if desired. Web. 6372. 4t E. F. Morearty, Lawyer, 700 Peters Trust Bldg, Jackson *841 or Harney For Rent—Nicely furnished rooms 2713 N. 26th St, Web. 0360. 4t j SAY INDIANS STARVE — Turned Cannibals, According to Reports From Canada. — Mounted Police Start on Four-Month Trail in Far North to Investigate— Miss Yearly Migration of Caribou. Winnipeg.—A member of the Cana- : dlan mounted police and a guide left • Edmonton, Alberta, to investigate re ports thut Indian tribes north of Lake Athabasca, In northern Canada, had resorted to cannibalism, their food ! having fulled them. These Indians have heretofore been living largely on caribou, but last sum mer they missed the yearly migration of caribou from the shores of the Arc tic and their hunt was a failure. Ke ports indicate that the> are starving. The trip Is a long und dangerous one, across barren lands ami through a wild«4ness for a distance of 400 miles. No food can be obtained there and little wood for camp lires is ob tainable, there being in the region only Isolated sticks of stunted timber. The ground is almost entirely rock ridges, interspersed with swamp land and bogs. Another party of Canadian mounted policemen also Is leaving Fort Fitzgerald. Indians from all sections of north ern Canada converge at a central meeting point in the heart of the howl ing wilderness of Ibis north country, where they remain for months. It Is ut this central point that the police hope to find them, and If cannibals are found among them, to bring these hu man flesh eaters to civilization. Long trains of Indians und dogs wdll accompany the police, carrying sup plies for four months. JOY RIDING IN HOLLAND A young subject ot Queen VVllbel itiinu takes his sweetie for a Joy ride on tlie frozen canal, supplying the motive power himself. The skates are fastened on over heavy socks, no shoes being worn. DEVICE TO PREDICT QUAKES Scientist Observes California Earth "Creeps" Precede Temblors— May Predict Quakes. Oakland. Cal.—The University of i California announces earthquakes may ’ be predicted with the same .precision ;is weather forecasts as a result of the discovery by A. G. I.awson, professor , of geology, that earth movements ere Ihe antecedent as well as the conse ! quence of earthquakes. Observation of the earth's “creep,” according to the announcement, will j enable scientists to determine with ae I curacy the forthcoming earthquakes. ! It is well known, according to the an nouncement. that on occasion of the April (likki) earthquake In California there was a relative displacement of j the earth's surface stratum on the two sides of th< San Andreas fault line | amounting Iti the Bnllnas (Cal.) region to as much as 24 feet. DIGS UP EGYPTIAN TREASURES j French Archeologist Unearths Alabas ter VS6e of Fifth Dynasty in Syria. Paris.—General Gouraud has In formed the Academy of Inscriptions and Belles I.cttres of an important dis covery made by M. Moutet, who was sent by the academy to carry on archeeologieal work In Syria. In exca vating on the site of the ancient city | of Byhlos what appears to he the en ; tire treasure of an early Egyptian I temple was laid bare only three feet below the surface of the ground. Among the objects discovered was an alabaster vase. Intact, mentioning Pharaoh Ho nas of the fifth dynasty, who reigned 2,500 years before the Christian era. The discovery Is of special Inter.st, as It proves that the Egyptian penetration Into Syria took place at a very early date. Boys’ All-Leather School Shoes All Sizes $1.45 and $2.45 BOYSEN SHOE CO. 412 N. 16th St. Opposite Jefferson Square Jenkln’s Barber Shop—All work strletlj first-class 2122 Vo. 24th St Webster 3005. THE MONITOR CLASSIFIED COLUMN ] ATTORNEYS PIATTI & WEAR ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW Phone Douglas 4508 1017-20 City Nat'l Hank Bld». Lambert, Shotwell & Shotwell ATTORNEYS Omaha National Bank Bldg. Phone AT lantic 5104 Notary Public In Office and Counsellor N. W. WARF. Attorney at Law Practicing in Both State and Fed eral Courts 111 South 14th St. Omaha. Neb. ~~ SEED STORES .... 1 We Have a Complete Lin* •# FLOWER, GRASS « AND GARDEN OCCU3 Baiba, Hardy Perennial*, Poultry Supplies Freah cut flowers always on band Stewart’s Seed Store 119 N. 16th St. Opp. Post Off!** Phone Douglas 977 i ' i -... « ' CLC^'IING C. J. 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Y Heavy Hauling y X We Haul Anything, Anywhere y 2010 N. 24th St. Omaha, Neb. .f. ♦e» « ■ ■«■■«■» » » »■«■» .■•■■■ • « • INew and Second Hand FURNITURE We Rent and Sell Real Estate Notary Public S. W. Mills Furniture Co. 4 21 No. 24 It. Wc Think You WrbOI4H -... FURNITURE, STOVES, FITXURES Second hand or New Repairing Hauling Everything Needed in Home WEST END FURNITURE CO. R. B. RHODES, Prop. 2522 Lake St. F. WILBERG’S BAKERY 24th & Parker Sta. fakes. Cookies, Bread and Pies O • • M. L. Hunter Distributor of De-LHe Coffee, Teas and other household necessities Sperlal Premiums Laundry Tablets 2201 Grant St Web. 0881 I j ■if W.i> GROCERIES AND MEAT MAR-' KETS 1 The Burdette Grocery T. G KELLOGG, Prop. j Full line of Groceries and Meats Quick Sales and Small | Profits Our Method 221G No. 24th St. Web. 0515 we seii Skinner's the highest grade Macaroni, Spaghetti, Egg Noodles and - * u " M»rernnl*PrnHllct«. HARDWARE BWBBBB Petersen & MkMielsen Hardware Co. GOOD HARDWARE 2408 N St. Tel. 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