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GERMAN PORTABLE SEARCHLIGHT
TELLS EE OF SEA
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Old Skipper Claims Islands in the
Pacific.
Among the rauny devices with which tho German nrmy is equipped la
this portablo searchlight, small but powerful, which, when not In uso, lo
taken apart and distributed among llvo mon.
EDUGATEJHE ALIEN
Federal Naturalization Bureau's
Plan Meets Approval.
More Than 400 Cities and Towns
Join Natlon-Wlde Educational
Movement for Elimination of
the Hyphen.
Washington. Throughout tho coun
try tho plan of tho bureau of natural
ization of tlio Unltod, StatoB depart
ment of labor to enlist tho co-operation
of public schools in tho education
and Americanization of candidates for
cltlzonshlp 1b rocolylng tho most grati
fying support. Approximately 400
cities and towns havo already Joined
In this natlon-wldo educational movo
mont for tho elimination of tho hy
phan and this numbor is increasing
daily.
Tho magnitude of this work and Us
dovolopmont slnco its incoptlon aro
shown, in part, by tho territory cov
ered, tho numbor of candidates for
cltlzonshlp reached, and tho night and
day Bchools whlcji havo boon estab
lished for thotr instruction. It Is tho
intontlon of tho bureau of naturaliza
tion to communlcato with all ap
plicants for cltlzonshlp in tho United
States, whorovor they aro to bo
found, and to socuro tho oponlng of
classes for thom. During tho current
scholastic yoar all superlntondonts of
schools whoro classes may bo formod
will rocolvo monthly from tho bureau
Uio namo, addross, ago, nationality,
and othor necessary information con
corning each allon residing within
their Jurisdictions who flies a doclara
tlon of Intontlon or petition for natu
rallzatlon. In this manner tho school
authorities aro enabled to got in touch
with such applicants and afford thorn
valuable assistance in preparing for
cltlzonshlp. In addition to this tho
buroau' Informs each applicant for
cltlzonshlp thr.t his namo has bcon
forwardod to tho educational authori
ties, advises him to go to school, and
points out tho benefits to bo derived
from such attondnnco. Tho buroau Is
also working In closo co-operation
with varlouB patriotic and clvio bodios
of tho country to socuro tho oponlng
of public night schools whoro thoro
aro nono.
Tho wives of all petitioners for nat
uralization aro also advised to attond
school, for tho reason that thoy derive
citizenship when their husbands ob
tain their final paors, and bocauso,
too, such instruction will materially
aid tho family to llvo as Americans
llvo. It has bcon found that up
proximately two out of every throo
potltlonora for naturalization are mar
riod, nnd it is toward tho lmprovo'
mont of tho homo llfo and conditions
thai thin plinso of tho movement is
especially dlroctod. v
Tho records of tho buroau of natu
rauzatmn snow mat sinco tho com
mencement of tho school yoar on Octo
ber 1 notifications havo bcon sont to
approximately 40,000 declarants, 20,'
000 petitioners, and 1G,000 wives of petl
Honors, umUeach day hundreds aro
added to tho list
Tho proBont volumo of naturallza
tlon shows that ovor half a million
forolgn-born residents annually bring
thomsulves within tho Jurisdiction of
tho buroau of naturalization, and
Is tho plan of tho bureau, through tho
co-oporatlon of tho public schools with
its educational movemont, to change
that portion of tho alien body now in
a condition of helpless deppndonco or
xnoro Bolf-malntonanco to tho stato of
productlvo capacity which Is tho birth
right of all Amorican citizens regard
less of their origin of birth.
Built Wall at Elohty-Four.
Centralis, Kan. If a man 1b as old
as ho foelB, Ell Avery must bo ngout
forty years younger than tho eighty
four years tho family Dlblo says ho
la. Ho has built a comont retaining
wall eighty foot long and four foot
high around his resldonco property at
Goff, mixing tho concreto and doing
au tho work hlmsolf,
MARINE WINS BIG FORTUNE
Wealthiest Enlisted Man in United
Services Retires After Thirty
Years In Corps.
Soattlo, WttBh. Sergeant Major
James Denver, United States marlno
corps, wealthiest enlisted man In tho
united sorvlces, was retired hero re
cently after thirty years continuous
sorvico with Uncle Sam's sea soldiers,
possessing real eatato, stocks, bonds,
mortgages, nnd personal proporty
vnlucd at moro than ono hundred thou
sand dollars.
Dcavor had no capital when ho en
tered tho marlno corps in 1S85 and
hns been dependent entirely on his
pny as an enlisted man and his own
efforts In the accumulation of wealth.
Ho will contlnuo to draw from tho
government about $70 a month rotlrcd
pay for so long as ho may llvo.
Ily Btrlct economy Deavor managed
to savo several thousand dollars In
i
Sergeant Major Denver.
tho first fourteen years with tho ma
rlnos, and when ho was transferred
to Soattlo In 1899, predicted that this
city would ono day bo tho metropolis
of tho groat Northwost. Ho wisely
invested his savings in Soattlo realty
whon vnluoB woro low. Ho sold his
holdings sovernl times and reinvested
opportunely until his wealth passed
tho six figure mark
Tho wealthiest onllatod man resides
with his wlfo und young son In their
boautiful homo at 122G South A lid
Btroot, overlooking tho waters of Pugot
Sound.
TOOK TRAIN
HER SLEEP
Wisconsin Girl Dreamed Sisters Were
Burning to Death In Another
Town.
Marlnotto, Wis. A dream that hor
throo small sisters wero burning to
death In an orphanago at Green Bay
is bollovod by physicians to havo
causod tho wanderings of Marin Bohan,
otghtoou-ycar-old miss, who roturncd
hero whllo poltco In northern Wlscon
sin nnd Mlchlguu wero searching for
hor.
"I could not rest Tuosdny night."
Bald tho girl. "I snw my sisters dying
in tho flames. Thoy called to me and
I dreamed that I was about to savo
thom. Tho noxt thing 1 know was
whon I hoard someone call 'Greon
Bay.' Thon I awoko and found myself
on a train ontorlng Green Bay."
Love's Labor Lost.
Hopklnsvlllo, Ky. W. M. Puckctt of
Trigg county caught a largo bull snako
measuring flvo and ono-half foot long
and as thick as a man s wrist, In
novol way, Tho snako was In a trough
lu tho horso lot and was trying to
swallow an artificial ogg that had been
placed In a lion's nest. Mr, Puckott
mado a nooso in a string and got It
ovor tho snake's head whllo his snake-
shlp was trying to cot on tho autsldo
of tho china ogg.
Suit Discloses Thrilling Romance of
Sorensen's Adventureo at Sea and
Fight for Ownerohlp of Dis
covered Land.
Washington. A narrative of adven
ture that would havo set Robert Loula
Stevenson's fingers tingling Is din
closed by tho filing in tho Supreme
court of a suit Involving title to cer
tain South Sea Islands alleged to have
been discovered by tho defendant,
Niels Peter Sorenscn, while ho was
master of a calling ship In the Pacific.
Tho suit wns filed by Frederick Qua
tav Shrltzol and John Gross, through
Attorneys P. D. Davison and J. W
Marshall, Jr.
Evldcnco Is offered to show that the
plaintiffs acquired an Interest In So
ronscn'n claims to the Islands nnd the
court Is asked to enjoin tho latter
from carrying out later contracts with
other unknown parties, to compel the
dlBclosuro of tho terms of theso later
contracts, nnd to boo that any con
tracts already completed aro mado
to operate for tho benefit of tho plain
tiffs ns well as for tho defendant.
It is stated that Sorenscn, who has
been n citizen of tho United States
sinco 1870, and who served from 18G7
to 1870 In tho United StatcB navy, dis-
covered tho Islands, which aro de
scribed as tho Treasury group, Zaca-
ma or North island of tho Solomon
group, nnd Green Island of tho Cata
ract group.
The evldonco of his title, It is stated,
in tho logbook of tho ship ho com
Ih
manded, documents of British officials,
certified copies of registration by Aus
tralian officials, othor written evl
donco und agreements with native
chlofB, tho latter lost by British offi
cials when they were held for regis
tration. It Is alleged that Sorenscn became
Involved in disputes In regard to trad
ing, mining nnd other rights of tho
islands and that British officials of
Australia attempted to deprivo him
of his rights by persecution and other
wise. Tho plaintlffB aver that Sorensen
came to Washington lato in 1911 or
early in 1915 to seok tho good officeB
of tho United States government In
establishing his rights to the islands
and in protecting his Interests, and
that ho secured tho services of tho
plaintiffs to assist him, agreeing to
give each n one-fourth interest in his
claims.
It 1b further alleged that the defend
ant has rccontly repudiated his con
tracts with tho plaintiffs nnd has en
tered Into othor contracts with un
known parties.
With tho bill of complaint tho plain
tiffs filed a copy of tho plea In behalf
of Sorenscn, and themselves filed with
tho stato department on Juno 2 last,
asking that this government intcrcedo
with Great Britain for tho clearing of
tltlo to tho Islands.
IS NOW A MAORI CHIEF
Former Ragtime Expert Marries Prin
cess Karrarrla, Daughter of
Famous Chieftain.
San Francisco. Prom a ragtlmo
player to Whlto Chlof of a Maori trlbo
at Hawks Bay and tho husband of
Princess Karrarrla, tho daughter of a
famous Maori chieftain, is tho fortuno
of Peter La Morto, who arrived horo
on tho Matson stenmor Matsonla en
routo to tho Royal Naval academy in
London.
Sovernl years ago La Morto went to
London from Now York to Introduco
ragtlmo In tho Loudon music halls
Tho Princess Karrarrla was at tho
tlmo studying In n Loudon school. Sho
visited the music hall where La Morto
was playing, and tho acquaintance
thus formed was followed by tholr
marriage. Later ho was made chief.
KILLED TWO FIGHTING BUCKS
Sportsman Runs Afoul of Law
Shooting More Than Legal
Share of Deer.
by
Crlvltz. Wis. Harvey Wilson of
Kansas City is "in bad" with the state
gamo wantons becauso no snot ono
of two bucks whoso horns woro Inter
locked when fighting. Tho stato law
allows a sportsman to shoot ono buck,
Whon Mr. Wilson shot his buck ho
could not see that thoro was another
near by.
Whon his gnmo dropped ho found ho
could not dlscntnuglo the horns, so
ho shot the other buck, Intending to
havo tho Interlocked heads mounted
When tho stato gnmo warden nrrosted
him for having two bucks In his pos
session ho explained in vain. Tho bucks
weru killed on tho north brunch of
Thundor river, 30 milo3 from civili
zation, on Thunder mountain.
MASSAGE CURE FOR WAR ILLS
Mrs. Pnaet's Idea Proves of Benefit
to Wounded and Nerve
Racked Soldiers.
London. MrB. Almorlc Paget is
organizing and equipping massage
camps. Miss French, a daughter of
Gen. Sir John French, Is in chnrgo of
ono of theso. It Is reported that groat
benefits havo resulted In many cases
of wounded men from tho front and
thofto Buffering from tho result of scat
tered nerves.
GOOD ROADS NOT EXPENSIVE
Interesting Account of Surprisingly
Low Cost of Constructing Stretch
of Road In Missouri.
Tho cost of good roads doponds up
on bo many thlnga that it rarely can
bo estimated with accuracy in ad
vance of a minute examination of tho
localities tho roads aro to traverse
There may bo heavy grading to do, or,
If tho course of tho proposed road is
level as a barn floor," It may bo nec
essary to spend considerable money
In transporting from a distance tho
material needed for surfacing. Some
times, with absolute honesty on tho
part of contractors, and strictest econ
omy, the cost of constructing a given
pleco of roadway provokes astonished
comment becauso It Is so great, says
Mllwaukoo Evening Wisconsin. Some-
Fine Macadam Road in Missouri.
times, unfortunately, costs are swol
len by reason of dishonesty and waste.
Now and then, however, thcro are sur
prises in tho othor direction.
Thero is .now circulating an inter
esting account of tho surprisingly low
cost of constructing a stretch o high
way in Missouri. It seems tho stato
highway commissioner reported to tho
effect that the best-graded earth road rn
Missouri was a pleco of considerable
length In tho Wellington nnd Napoleon
district. Whorcupon tho president of
tho National Old Trails Road associa
tion at onco wroto to Wellington to
ascertain tho cost of this road. Ho
was told that tho total expenditure
on It was six dollars a mllo. Thinking
this a mistako ho wroto again, only to
learn that tho figure named was cor
rect. Th6 district, It appears, owns
modern road machinery and pays fair
but moderate wagea to an enginoman
and two graderaen. The per diem ex
penses run to an oven twelve dollars.
Two miles aro graded dally. Roads
elsewhere in Missouri that are no bet
tor for practical purposes cost six
thousand dollars a mllo.
Tho surprising revelation thus set
forth would seem to impose upon offi
cials entrusted with responsibility on
behalf of tho peoplo when good roads
aro to bo built tho duty of making
careful Burvoys and estimates before
letting tho contracts.
AUTO FEES FOR GOOD ROADS
No Reason Why United States Should
Not Take First Rank In Road
Building Operations.
Thoro nre now. upward of two mil
lion motor vohlcles In uso throughout
tho country. Of this numbor moro
than a million and a halt aro automo
biles used for business and pleasuro
purposes. About 50,000 motor trucks
are now In use. Tho revenues received
In tho vnrlous states from tho registra
tions of those motor vehlclos nmount
to moro than twelvo and a half million
dollars annually.
Tho greater share of this rovonuo Is
being used for road improvement pur
poses, and provides a splendid fund
from which great progress should bo
mado in tho construction of permanent
highways.
With tho ofllciont nnd. economical
uso of these now funds thcro is no rea
son why America should not tnko first
rank In road building operations for
some tlmo to como. Farmers' Review,
Big Road Factor.
Tho automobile has been a most im
portant factor In obtaining good
roads.
Cost of State Roads.
Moro than J200.000.000 has boon
spent by tho various stntcs on 31,000
miles of state highways. About 11,
000 miles havo been built within tho
last two years. Only soven states
havo no form of stato highway de
partment. To Get Nearer.
Start a "good-roads-to-town" move
ment in your neighborhood, and it will
not bo long boforo tho farm is set
down from ten minutes to an hour
nearer markot.
Capitol Building Put in First-Class Condition-
WASHINGTON. With outsldo walls nnd plllarB thoroughly drenched and
cleansed by engine I1030, Intorlors painted and refurnished and sun
rounded by new paving, tho capltol and tho houso and senate offlco buildings
Elliott Woods, superintendent ol
tho capltol, hns supervised tho outsldo work and tho painting which has bepn
dono at an expense in excess of $300,000, whllo tho offlcors of tho house and
sonato have attended to the interior furnishings.
Tho largest ltom of expense was incurred in resurfacing tho streets and
sidewalks about tho capltol, which cost about $110,000. Tho surface of the
west terrace has been thoroughly waterproofed, at a cost of about $S3,000.
As a result, tho committee and storago rooms In tho terraco aro now available
for occupancy ns offices instead of ob shower bathB, as heretofore.
About $50,000 has been expended on painting in tho offlco buildings and'
tho capltol, on jobs which havo been crying for attention for years. Ono ol
tho most notablo improvements was roplacing the worn brownstono steps
of tho eact front of tho capltol with South mountain granite at a cost of abouf
$11,000.
Now.carpots and offlco furniture havo been supplied where needed in the
capltol nnd marble work and tiling scrubbed and cleaned throughout.
Commerce Bureau Must Answer Many Questions
INFORMATION running from tho tariffs on campaign buttons for South
American presidents to railroad fares in Latin America, to say nothing ol
locating the markets for gas tips for American producers, is sought of the
bureau of foreign and domestic com-
merco every d.ay. Every mail brlng3
some inquiry for information which
will be of uso to the American pro
ducers in marketing their goods, nnd
the bureau strives to produce tho in
formation in tho shortest time, al
though some of tho questions Involve
a great deal of research work. Many
times it Is necessary to send to tho
commercial agents In foreign coun
tries, who havo to go out and look
for information sought by a particu
lar firm. A steady stream of letters to tho bureau brings questions about
foreign tariff rates in various Central and South American countries, about
railroad fares, economic conditions, markets for specific products and in
numerable othor'BUbjocts related to trade, especially tho trade of the Latin
republics to tho south. American merchants aro seeking in many way3 to
capture tho attention of that section of tho world on its "shopping tours."
An inquiry which Involves the study of railroad fares for various points
in practically all tho South Amorican countries means considerable research
by tho bureau, but it furnishes the information as promptly as possible. An
other correspondent desires information about tho varieties and quantities
cf fruit to bo found among tho products of South America and tho particu
lan locations of tho varieties. In this instanco also tho bureau gives careful
nttontion to tho task of delving for tho required facts.
, Spmo manufacturers call for information which, as a rule, will havo to be
obtained from tho agents of tho bureau of foreign and domestic commerce in
tho field. Ono firm asks about the market for gas tips for open-flame gas
jets. Another would like to know what chance thcro is of selling antifriction
bearings in South America.
Tho bureau has been asked to explain tho triangular method of settling
trade balances between South America and tho United States by way of
Europe and tho amounts involved. Persons interested in foreign trade also
take up other economic questions. In fact, variety characterizes each day's
mail of the bureau, and South America is receiving special attention.
Hockey Girls on Ellipse Attract Big Crowds
THERE is qulto a congregation of trr.fflc, vehicular and pedestrian, on 'three
sunny afternoons each week around tho Ellipse south of the White Houso
grounds. Autos aro choked, horsos pulled up violently, marathoners half
gory, namely, field hockey. Thoy aro pupils from a girls' school, and aro tho
first ones to tako advantage of the new hockey field established by tho ofllce
of public buildings and grounds.
Tho othor afternoon, with tho usuni interested group of spectators
on tho horizon, nn exciting gamo was staged between tho freshman and
Bophomoro classes. Thero aro also teams from tho Junior and senior classes
nnd tho collegiate class. Tho players wero too busy to talk, and tho little
gallery, consisting of teachorB In tho school and "subs," woro too Interested.
"Yes, wo aro all wild about it," ono started to explain, and then immedi
ately: "Oh, get it; get it!"
Thoro was no uso trying to got any illumination In that quarter.
Sovoral of tho girls woro shin guards, and dainty ankles wero pretty
badly bruised In some Instances. No mollycoddlo could play tho game.
Personal Relics of G. Washington in Museum
AMONG tho many interesting objects pertaining to tho history of this coun
try, thoro is probably nothing which touches tho hearts of true Americans
more quickly than tho relics and mementos of "Tho Father of His Country,"
George Washington, many of which
nre displayed In tho older building of
the United States National museum
in Washington. This collection con
sists of a variety of material gathered
from numorouB sources. Whllo com
posed largely of articles of domostlc
and artistic interest owned by Wash
ington at Mount Vernon, tho collec
tion also includes mementos of his
llfo in tho field during tho Avar of the
Revolution, and n number of other
miscellaneous relics of greater or lcea
importance. Tho most noteworthy objects aro: Four pieces of plaster statu
ary and a fnco mask; several portraits and engravings ; many pieces of
furniture including Washington's easy chair, tables, clwirs, mirrors, bed
stead, and footstool; numerous candolabra, lamps, and candlesticks; glasu
and chlnawuro and tablo furnishings; as well'as many personl rollcs ' Thesfr
latter perhapB represent moro to tho visitor, since thoy ftero tho Individual
proporty of this great statesman and warrior.
There aro two interesting costumes worn by Washington- tho first ai
Infant's robo of whlto brocade silk, lined with old roso china Bilk, used on' the
occasion of-his christening, and tho othor a Continental army uniform wont
whon ho resigned his commission us commander In chief of tho Continental
rmy, at Annapolis, Md., December 23, 1783.
havo boon made spick and span, ready
for winter occupants.
Work has been going on since
early In tho spring, after congress ad
Journed, for this was tho first tlmo in'
soven yours that tho national law
makors had taken a recess sufllclcntlj
long to permit improvements upon a
largo scale to bo attempted. Some ol
the old paving had been down as long
as 30 years nnd was iu disgraceful dls
repair.
rfE MUST
ARE
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vOnft
here
their classic stride, and every eyo Is
focused on a plot in tho center of the
big reservation.
It is not a regimental review of
tho high school boys in blue, nor yet
an exciting baseball game, or even a
dog fight that forms tho cynosure for
tho surrounding throngB. It is some
thing of far moro interest. Eighteen
young ladles, garbed in tho costume
that rarely gets outsldo of a gymna
sium, aro engaged in ono of tho most
strenuous sports in the whole cate