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RED CLOUD, NEBRASKA, CHIEF ram Don't Fall for Spanish Swindle Americans Have Quit Going to Spain to Rescue Wealthy Imprisoned Princesses. GERMANS AREJOW VICTIMS Impostors Who Market Advcntureo to Credulous Investors Glvo Their Princesses Names of Famous Womon Long Dead. Grnnadu, Simln. Americans linvo quit coining to Spain In search of tlio beautiful nnd wealthy princesses Im prisoned In (i dark, damp tower by a greedy uncle who Is anxious to annex lier fortune. Tlio historic old Spanish swindle ap parently hns gone out of fashion In the United States, but It Ih still In vogue In other parts of the world. Germany has recently supplied quite a crop of kind-hearted gentlemen who advanced monoy for the release of the dark-eyed Spanish beauty who was suffering In a rat-Infested cell and slowly dying on a diet of bread and water while- tlio bats hovered about her hond and nddod to tho terrors of hor solitary conllncment. Beauties In Granada. Granada has always been it popular center for tlio men who have con tributed to tlio relief of Imprisoned beauties. Washington Irving nnd scores of lesser writers linvo credited Granada with having moro beautiful wogjn than any other city In tho world. - - , Tho legend of tho Rose of tho Al harabrn nnd tlio Btorlcs of tho three beautiful princesses Znyda, Zorayda nnd Zornhaydu, hover about the Al linnibrn nnd niako It tho natural ref uge for disappointed Investors In dis tressed beauty. So It Is not strango that searchers for princesses should como to Granada nfter having sought vnlnly for mythi cal castles In mythical mountains. Most of tho modern Spanish princesses nro being held cnptlves In castles by tho sea. Castles by the sea uro so much damper, nnd then It Is much moro romantic for rcscuo parties to approach tho rock coast In ships and wave to tho Imprisoned princess, who will promptly tear her clothing to bits nnd make n ropo with which she will lower herself from the gloomy tower. Many of tho impostors who nro mar keting adventure to credulous Invest ors give their princesses the names of famous women who havo been dead for centuries. Mornymnh and Alshah, queens of tho Moorish regime, who have been dead for over -100 years, and many other celebrities of history and Thousands Working f ' v ,- - cx , 1 lilfSUjfiifk1 -a s. - i IdiHffHKsSjlIrolRNiiiiH i&i.? f ffi ' iiMWmpm "i I'm h" f ' i" i' 1 'ifll1 i MM M ii ffn r z$ hMmm 3Kr?SSf rlffl 1 BpinBi V. isWiiTT-WlLMj IilljHmjaIji. Jj iT i uSjj. " "SwBtBrnrrTMniii ifj Tho hugo Levlatliap, lying In tho shipyards at Newport News, Va., has 2,200 men hard at work refitting tho ship for passenger bcrvlce. Tho icvla thnn when completed In June, 3023, will bo tlio largest American vessel alloat, being 050 feet long nnd weighing 01,282 gross tons. DEMAND FOR UNIFORM SIGNALS Railway Association Recom mends Standard Colors. One of the Suggestions Mado in the Interest of Pubtlo Safety Is Use of Yellow In Automobile Tall Lights. Chicago. In tlio Interest of public safety recommendations for tho stand ardization of colors for trndlc signals aro being considered. These recom mendations were mado on behalf of tlio signal section of tho American Hallway association nt a recent con ference requested by tho Illuminating Engineering society und tho Interna tional Traille Ofllcers' association and held under tho auspices of tho Ameri can engineering standards committee, The recommendations nro: 1. Tho principle of red for stop everywhere, 'unless quallilcd by n moro favorable Indication that Is at high legend linve lent their names to prin cesses supposed to bo In distress. Visitors Aro Warned. Hotel keepers In Granada have be come skilled In detecting visitors who aro searching for Imprisoned beauties. They usually make very guarded In quiries and seldom admit they have been duped. Frequently they Inquire for gypsy fortune tellers, or nstrolo gers, who probably charge well for their .services. Letters concerning tho distressed princesses aro usually Marked strictly confidential, and Instructions nro given that nothing must be said to anyone lest tho life of the princess bo endan gered. Most of the dupes aro too much ashamed of their plight to con fess openly that they havo been gulled. Hair Saves Woman's Life. Pottstown, l'a. Although severely Injured when sho fell from a second btory window while reaching for a screen the other day, Mrs. Clara Kelm, owes her escape from probable death to her long hair. She landed on her head on n cement walk, but her hair was so arranged ns to form n cushion which broke the force of tho contact. Sho was unconscious when found and taken to n hospital. Volcanoes Our Bet Friends - i Geolonist Says Without Them We Would Have No Oceans or Carbon Dioxide. KATMAI ERUPTION DESCRIBED Most Tremendous Volcanic Explosion of History Passed Unnoticed Be cause It Was So Far From Centers of Civilization. Washington. It might lie n sur prlso to many to bo told that tlio flre eplttlng, lnva-spoutlng, enrth-rocklng volcano Is one of mankind's best friends rather than his arch enemy, but such Is the surprising declaration which wns explained to tho confer ence on geography of tho National Education association In Boston re cently. Tho most tremendous volcnnlc erup- on the Leviathan X- way crossings with railroads If train Is approaching, In fixed signals and In tho hands of tralllc oillcers, nt street Intersections, nt the ends of streets, and possibly to Indicate ex cavations in streets. 2. Yellow for tnll lights of automo biles, possibly excavations In streets nnd for calling policemen, or for nny other purposo where caution Is re quired; possibly at busy street Inter sections to Indicate that tho trunic lights will bo changed from red to green or from green to red. it. Green lights for ilro escapes, for proceed at street Intersections and other purposes to indicato tho w- Is clear. In presenting theso recommenda tions on bohulf of tho hlgnal section A. II. Itudd, chief signal engineer of tho l'cnnsylvnnla system, said: "Tho railroads aro particularly In terested In eliminating tho use of, the red light for various purposes oilier than that of Indicating danger or stop unless qualified by u more favorable GIVES AUSTRALIA TIME "swr ltadlo'8 latest Is making possible the exchange of time signals between tho U. S. Naval observatory, Washington, and Australia, nearly half-way around tho world. Paul Sollenbergcr of tho observatory Is shown with the radio set and clock used for this purpose. TImo for the United States originates In tills obscrvntory and Is Unshed by wireless and railroad telegraph to all portions of tlio country. tlon of history, that of Mount Kntmnl In Alaska In 1012, was described In this connection by Dr. Kobert F. Griggs, lender of stsvcral parties sent to the scone of tho cataclysm by the National Geographic fcoclety, and Vho discovered the valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, Katmal's neighbor wonder of nature. Mankind's debt to tho volcano has been moro fully recognized by results of recent researches, says n bulletin of the society describing tho unheavnl. Without volcanoes, It is now believed, there would bo no oceans, nnd to vol canoes wo are Indebted for carbon dioxide, without which human llfo could not exist. Katmal Explosion Unnoticed. The explosion of Katmal. the con ference was told, was unnoticed be cause It was so far from the centers of civilization. Ilnd tho eruption oc curred near New York city, tho bul letin dcclnrea, tho suphurous" fumes would havo polluted tho nlr every, where cast of the Rocky mountains; tho noise would have reverberated llko an artillery duel ncross the cen tral states. The lower Hudson Itself would hnvo been turned Into a gigan tic tomb. However, duo to tho lack of popula tion Ih that far region, there wns no loss of llfo, and the eruption provides scientists nnd geographers now one of their greatest opportunities to study tho phenomenon of volcnnlc action. Though generally unaworo of tho eruption until long nfter, every Inhab itant of tlio country, nnd almost of tho world, felt Its effects, one of which wns tho cold dnmp summer of 1012. This wns caused by tho Interception of sunlight by tho long-hanging dust cloud In tho upper nlr. Even In cloud less Sahnrn, It wos declared, the siy was overcast. Repeat Ice Age. A succession of ouch mighty ex plosions could plunge the earth Into another Ico ago, It Is believed. An area around Katmal, larger than the stnte of Delaware, was cov ered that summer by more than a foot of volcanic ash which was enough to destroy all but tho hardiest of vegetation. When the explosion occurred two cubic miles of mnterlal wero blown off tho top of tho moun tain, and the present whereabouts of tho mountuln top Is still n mystery to scientists. A Japanese scientist claims ho has made synthetic petroleum out of ilsh oil and clny. - Skunks Lure Bees From Hives, Eat 'Em Washington. A report from Ohio received by tho biological survey of tho United States De partment of Agriculture says that Fkunks are giving n great deal of trouble to beekeepers In that region. The skunks visit tho hives at night and scratch on tlio outside till tho bees come out. As soon as they appear tho skunks eat them. The biological survey recommends thnt under such conditions the hives be fenced In with chicken wire at least threo feet high. X " color. They dcslro that any scheme devised may conlllct ns littlo as pos sible with their own signal systems al ready established and that uniformity of Indications in tlio protection of highway crossings ut grade iunyvue es-tabltbued." NEWS OF NEBRASKA IN CONDENSED FORM Recent Happenings in Nebraska Given in Brief Items For Busy Readers. The Nebraska-Missouri synod of thq Lutheran church will meet In Omaha August Hi-22. Of the -10,18:1 children of school age In Omaha I ,",07(5 weie bom in the United States. Lightning struck the barn on the Charles Williams place near DeWltt, Mlllng three milk cows. Work lias commenced on the $10,000 Presbyterian church at Superior. It will be completed by March 1. Nebraska grown peaches are already diKtlio home market. The crop Is said to he the largest la live years. Aaron Hanson, 1,'J year lllalr boy, suffered the loss of three llngeis while expei Imentliig with dynamite. An application for a charter for a hank to be located at Spencer has been Hied with the bureau of bunk ing. The ltev. Albert Fornsler, minister an the Santee Indian reservation, was Instantly killed when he was struck by lightning. Steps are being taken by Joseph L. Worrell, llichnrdsou county agent, to put on a tuberculosis eradication cam pnlgn In that county. To haul material to the new Ne braska cnpltol an electric line Is be ing built through the city of Lincoln o the capitol grounds. Everett Schoonover, 21 a telegraph lineman, became paralyzed when he dived Into shallow water In the Elk horn river at Norfolk. An extrn bl progrnni Is being 1 -.id out for the State Editorial associa tion meet, which will be held In Omaha August ill to September 2. The bond Issue for a, $70,000 school building at Lodgepole wns defeated SO to 131. The proposition probably will be voted on again In a short time. Broadcasting of live stock market reports from South Omaha began last week. The first message goes out ut 7 :4." a. m. and Is followed at lntervnls by reports up to 4:00 p. m. Mrs. Y. 11. Huffman of Broken Bow was elected grand president of Kappa Alpha Theta, natlonnl women's fra ternity, at the national convention held nt I,akc Placid, N. Y. A family of knngarco rats was found In a bunch of bananas by one of the clerks In n David City grocery store recently. There were the male and female and live young onoa. H. M. Foley, pioneer resident, died at his home five miles south of Paw nee City after having been overcome by the heat. He wns pitching liny for a neighbor when afflicted. Theodore Parker, pioneer Cuming county farmer, is dead from Injuries received when he wns kicked on the leg by n cow. Due to his age, 07, he did not rnlly from the shock. A fall festival will bo held at Hum noldt on September 1H, 14 and 15. This will be the second affair of this nature to bo put on by Humboldt, one having been held last year. Methodists of Cambridge laid tho cornerstone of the new )JU0,000 church with Impressive ceremonies last week. Two charter members of the church, organized In 1SS5, wero present. Burglars backed a heavy truck to the rear door of the C. A. Strengleln drug store nt Waterloo and after breaking the door In, robbed the es tablishment of a small safe, a large number of kodaks and some cheap jewelry. An estimated reduction of 24 per cent in acreage of sugar beets In Nebraska Is announced by A. E. An derson of tho Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Decrenses In other states of planted acreage, Anderson says, do not change Nebmskn's rank of fifth place, but in production the stnte advances to fourth plnce. An elaborate pageant celebrating the expedition of Coronado Into the famed vnlley of Qulvera, the advent of the Hrst white men, and the dis covery by them of the great plnlns of North America, will be presented by the Knights of 'Ak-Sar-Ben at Omahu September 18 and 10. Six hundred school children will take part in the choruses, dances nnd spectacles. Eleven members of n party of 12 were Injured In nn automobile acci dent near Wyoming in Otoo county when tho enr, driven by Miss Harriot Peabody of Plattsmouth, crashed Into the bank at a turn near n railroad crossing. Wood cutters already are selling furnace nlzo cottonwood nnd box elder to Fremont persons who aro commenc ing to iny In stocks of fuel in antici pation of a coal shortage next winter. Andy Stoamas, proprietor of a candy store nt Beatrice, was overcome by gas fumes while working in tho bu-o-incnt. He was revived. During tho last few days there has been an Increase of stocker and feed er cattle receipts at the South Omaha stockyards, according to figures given out by Secretary A. F. Stryker of the Livestock exchange. For the first five days of last week -1,250 head of feeder cattle wero sent out as against 11,011 Itead the samo period tho previ ous week, and 2,017 head for the same days last year. District J ml go B. O. Hostetlcr of Kearney has appointed George O. Cage, formerly of Fremont rceelvor of tho Shelton State bank which closed its doors two weeks ngo. A call bus been Issued for a meet ing of the new progiesshe party state committee at Lincoln August 15. County Superintendent Lecron hna designated October 4, 5, and 0 as tho dates fur the annual Institute of Platte county teachers. State expenditures for June wero $l,::iO,2S5, or JJ.'IOO.OUO more than for May, nctordlng to a monthly report Just made public by Secretary of finance, Phil Bros. The district log rolling association of the Modern Woodmen tumps of Otoe, Pawnee, Johnson, Nemaha and IllchartlKon counties will be held at Kails City August 17. Lightning struck the elevator and warehouse belonging to Bosenusir Bros, of .Miporlor at Webber, Kan., completely destroying both buildings, with 4,000 bushels of gialn. A new record In beef killing con tests was made In an Omaha amuse ment park last week, when Joe Marek slaughtered, skinned, cleaned and dressed n 'steer In ." minutes and 5 seconds. Charles Swanson, a fat iier living near Bassett, was seilously Injuied when attacked by ai enraged bull, but assistance from other members of his family arrived In time to beat tho animal away. A Ford sedan belonging to Chief of Polite Splllners ef North Platte, stolen several days ago, was found at Tryon, where It had been burled In n corn field after the body had been removed. Mrs. George Tyler, the oldest citi zen in Nuckolls county, is dead nt tlio home of her daughter, Mrs. Ed Hil ton In Hardy. She was past 1)0 years old, was born In England and ennio to America in 1870.- Mason City will hold a home com ing celebration August 1, 2 and 51. The Hrst day will be old settlers' day, the second educational day and the last day will be under the auspices of the American Legion. John Boll, n farmer residing near Nebraska City, secured 400 bushels of wheat from eight acres. The wheat was of excellent quality. This is be lieved to be the biggest yield of this grain In eastern Nebraska. The Fremont Modern Woodmen committee Is reconsidering plans to abandon the Nebraska encampment after hearing protests from many athletic teams. It was to have open ed at that place August 7. Teamsters who aro hauling clay from Brewery Hill, near Schuyler, have exhumed several Indian skele tons during the past few days. Eigh teen skeletons h been taken now from this ancient burlnl ground. A reunion of Fnrr.ers' unions of Pownee county Is being planned by representatives of the different groups. The affair will be a picnic near tho town of Violet and the public will be Invlted'to an nil-day celebration. Governor McKelvlo will write to tho navy department to recover the $.3,500 silver service n punch bowl set, by the way which the department has placed In storago at Mare Island since the scrapping of th" 'U. S. S. Nebraska. The pageant to bo given nt Superior this summer Is expected to exceed in impresslveness thnt given last year In which 1,000 persons took part. The production this 'year Is entitled "The Melting Pot, nnd wns written by J. II. Agee, local attorney. Following the signing of a contract with an Omaha Hnn for erection of the superstructure of the new statu house, Governor McKelvlo, chairman of the statu capitol commission, an nounced that the cornerstone of tho new building will be laid Armistice day, November 11. The highest price paid for feeding cattle In more than n year, $8.75, was paid at the South Omaha market last week to A. Iversen, of Hemlngford, for 20 fleshy 1,205-pound steers. Tho cattle were ,3 and 4-year-olds, sired by good Hereford bulls and out of Short horn cows. There were also 11 steers that scaled 1,150 pounds, and brought ?8.00. Tho Nebraska Agricultural Collog In co-operation with the Nebraska Po tato Improvement Association, County Extension Agents of western Nebraska counties nnd commercial clubs in west ern Nebraska Is making arrangements to hold a four day potato tour in western Nebraska. This tour which will be made by automobile, will start In Kimball county, August 15th and will be In Scottsbluff county August 10th, Box Butte county August 17th and Dawes county August 18th. The 5-year-old daughter of Mrs. Frank Mitchell of Kearney, playing about a gasoline filling station, drank the gasoline remnlnlng la u hoso after an autolst had been supplied. For a time her condition was considered pre carious, but attending physicians hope to save her life. .The child mistook tho gasoline for water. A mnn was picked up on tho Union Pnclfle track n mile east o; Schuyler. Ills head was bleeding and his faco badly cut. A thru ticket to California was found on his person, Indicating thnt he must hnvo fallen from a train In his sleep. Flro of unknown origin gutted the Derby cream plant nt Adams. Tho firemen succeeded In saving only part of the structure. Itlchard A. Coupe, a well-known farmer of southeastern Nebraska, was almost Instantly killed when thrown from his liny rake on his farm nrar Falls City. A broken tongue on tlio raku Indicated that tho horses had run away. Driving n horse without shoes hns been held by nn Omaha Judge to bo cruelty to animals, and Joe Novek, n peddler, was fined $10 for the of fen be. MRS. FRANK WILKIE, of Syra cusc, N. Y., formerly matron at tho State Reformatory at In dustry, N. Y., who Bays sue is de lighted with Tnnlac einco it re stored her health after sho suf fered eight years. "This Is the first time In eight years that I have been free from stomach trouble and It Is all because of tho wonderful good Tnnlac has done me," snld Mrs. Frank Wilkle, 229 Cedar St., Syracuse. Mrs. Wilkle formerly re sided lu Buffalo and for two years was matron of the State Reformatory at Industry, N. Y. "I wns eating scarcely enough to keep nllve,M she declared, "for I would rather not touch a bite than suffer the misery- I knew would follow. Even sweet milk disagreed with me. I was sick In bed for two and three days nt n time, and gas on my stomach mado such awful pressure on my heart It almost cut off my breath. I bad hor rible dreams at night and In the morn ing was all tired out. "Well, the longest day I live I will praise Tnnlac, for my Improvement hns been simply remarkable. I havo no moro heartburn, my appetite Is wonderful, I can eat most anything I want, and my sleep Is sound nnd rest ful. I am thoroughly delighted with Tanlnc. It is wonderful." Tnnlac Is sold by all good druggists, Advertisement. These Terrible Questionnaires. Registration Olllcer (to spinster)- Your name, please. Spinster Mathilda Brown. Registration Olllcer Age? Miss Brown Have the Misses Illll who live next door, given you thlc ages? 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