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^??J *VX . ?B|M?MHMMiHnBMnaJI Pan Open Any Safe With Wire " .* j V V.V . ? . ' - " ? King Victor Emmanuel Calls Lock Specialist Europe's Most Dangerous Man. sbnices much m dhmm Employed by Ptop la of All Nations and Professional Man to Open Safes That Have Jammed? Does It by Sense of Touch. Rome.?The man whom King Vic tor Emmanuel halls as the most dan gerous man In Europe Is neither Com munist. Socialist nor criminal. * He, like his father and grandfather be fore him, keeps a store where safes are sold. This in .Itself is ct an un lawful profession,' bat he Inherited -from his father, besides the small store off the Piazza dl Spragnh, the knack of being capable of opening hay. safe in the world with the help of a bit of stiff wire. Xeverla bis Hfe has he been forced to break, a safe open. He has been summoned by people of all nations and professional an te open safes" that had jammed. Bbt not only private In dividuals call Wmi the other day King Victor Fmmaqfot, needed his services. The king hnilwnft his. keys In his pri vate safe, where his wonderful collec tion of coins is kept Ife was worried, as his favorite amusement every day Is rearranging these coins. He was very much worried until they told him that a specialist for safes lived In Rome and would be called to the royal villa. His Real Name Withheld. Mr. X (his real name must be kept secret, as ihe tax collector would levy a heavier* Income tax were ? It known that he was called to the villa) hastened to the Yillr Savola end found the king pacing up and down ifte study. \ there Is my precious collection Inside," MI am afraid you will find It a dlffl r cult task, as it la a Chubb Special," H" said the king. Mr. X Inserted the wire, fel: with the wire inside, deli cately twisted It here and there, then opened the safe door. "Here, your majesty, your safe is opened." .. The king was very much astonished, and said: "You are the most danger ous man I have ever met" Mr. X re plied.: "I would be were I not hon est." Mr. X is rarely in his store, as his fame has traveled abroad and he Is often telegraphed for to start at a moment's notice. Before tjie war he was called many times to Berlin to open- the ez-kalser's safe and he was recommended also to Francis Joseph, who often left his keys Inside his se cret safe, and woold allow no one but Mr. X to open or try to open it Many Diplomats Call Him. Diplomats, lawyers, doctors, all call him when they need a reliable doctor for their safes. When asked howA he did the trick, Mr. X said: "It Is purely a question of touch. I am like a specialist - ?ho, without operating, can tell by examining a patient, by touching him what Is the matter in side Jamming of safes is like a case of lockjaw. With my wire I- can lo cate the trouble Inside the lock. Be sides, my experience I inherited from father, who in his time was the only loek specialist In the world." Sometimes it takes five minutes, and often he has to probe for *20 minutes or half an hour, but never in his life has he had to damage a lock in order to open a safe. He Is the most ex COUNTESS WEDS YANKEE j A recent portrait study of Countess dl Nogarole Meeban. .wife of MaJ. Charles Heeban of New York- The countess met tbe major daring the war, when both were engaged In Bed Cross work- Recently they were mar ried at* tbe Vatican and blessed by tbe pop* pert lock specialist in Europe and with this talent has remained always an honest man who glories iq bis pro fession.?New York Tribune. ? ? Jailed for Boating 80-Year-Otd Mother. Machias, Wash.?Jack Vance has been jailed on a charge of assaulting his. mother, who Is more than eighty years old. Finger marks were found on the throat of bis mother and broia es on her face and chest. Too much moonshine was the explanation given by Vance. I , ' : I ? Deposit of Stone Age, Man's Leavings Found ^ ? Mlxnity, Austria.?One of the jjL [ greatest finds of relics at pre- <> p ? historic man in Austria comes ' [ K' from * cave near this place. The < "Dragon's Den" is being exca | vated for its enormous deposits ;; > ot bird-dropping phosphates. In ! ??' a Side cave evidences of human ? ' occupation wer?: uncovered. Zj j Great quantities of quarts im elements and other utensils and < if human bones have been taken " ??; ? " ' ? Haunted Years; Victim Is Alive * * ? ? . C " . ? l\ -? v* ' >? * L*-> ' * fv& Missourian Meets Man He tffES i PERPETUAL TERROR Man Falls From Train During Fight Which Resulted From Disagrss mint Over Dies Gams and An* tagonial Thought Him Dsad. Kansas City, Mo.?Reuben E. Half of Paris, Mo., met face to_faee ttfa Denver (Colo.) street a man whom be thought he had killed 14 years ago and the memory of whose alleged death had haunted him all these years. A letter telling of the remarkable case ? came from Denver to L A grfatser, manager of the Tool Specialty company. ft was from Shatter's half -brother, Reuben E. Hail. Hail, a young farmer near Paris, M&, went to the Kansas harvest fields to work in 1907. He disappeared. The ! tetter received was of Harry EL Thomas of DcaM^^ lias ^quaked at the sight of a police officer. He has avoided all persons ha knew when he was HalL He has spent wail ful nights, fearing arrest f ormurder. ? wife and then a child SSfved to add to kls anxiettps. What, it they abould discover he had killed a map? fenrthe worry Is over. Thomaa.wss walking recentl; on a Denver Street He met the man for whose border he believed he was bunted, the letter states. The two recognised each otjier at the vsame tlrpe. The "murdered" man held, ont bis'hand In greeting. "I thought I killed you", Thomas gasped. "Land, no," the "victim" replied. '"I was only bruised a little." In the 14 years since his disappear ance Hall's family has mourned him as dead. Relatives after a diligent search, took steps to collect his insur ance, but lacking proof of death, were: unable to do so. i Of what happened after Hall, with $175 in wages, left the harvest fields the letter has this to say: "1 got Into a dice game. 1 won $750. One of the heavy losers was John Wil liamson. He and I fought over the game, then patched up our differences. Friendly, we climbed into a box car to go to Kansas City. We quarrelled again, foagbt. and Williamson fell, from the train In the fight Not Guilty of Murder. i "Tbcnext day I read in a paper "that the body of an unidentified man had been found on the railroad right of way. I. was not gollty of murder, but to prove it was a different thing. Others ha^d seen us quarrel. "I went West, changed my name to Thomas and grew up with the country. ' Finally I settled In Denver, was mar ried and now have a daughter six years old. j Ton cannot imagine the relief now, j, Williamson went home with me, and ate told toy wife and . daughter/ I km the. happiest man in the conntry. We are coming to see you and all the rest 1*? llfjpsr i ? ' iUKMilAilU'"1 ?? '.l' ? yelling^*) -toeanfortooate soldiers, ^cbwditouade," now^bear toe p-uat j^pBR8- COuiu D6 UScU, ?%_ ji ? * .. i ? ? . ? ? ? | ^ Longest of Suspension Bridge* Hfiferafeg Effort* of Peas |??>*?< uTT^r*0!!^ hSu JrtSt I and barley, (com *r>d potatoes, flowers I andjoong apple trees are now flow |it^drintl^!S or in GeriMBleoder^jiMte^ differ I ~r u.'. | p H? V ? ? ? 11. ^flp4HcnP^9H^H0TV ^ * I CAROLINA'S EXP | ??mm?h? ,r^& ^. I - HS - I' G Till 8 C Th Mafl Kfcliro <ng of the rank and file of il . '*'* ^ Ab<^u _"^_ ., ?t ^j_. ^r^^^cJK5?E3^^^B of tii a JonrnsI Government Loans .to ? Farmers. atonal committee Investigating agri- i cultural conditions. v / i DeValera's Letter No 8urprUe. Belfast. ? Little surprise was felt here-at the tenor of the letter from Eamonn de Yalera to PrimeMinister Lloyd George, rejecting the govern ment's offer, of, dominion status for Ireland, as tei* of peace has Jbeen re garded with much skepticism. A Noted Woman Is (Had. London.?Miss Sarah Emily "Davles, , a pioneet In the woman suffrage move- ^ of Gl^td^coQege, the first English col Growing Cheulmoogira. Oroville, Callt?Bfaps lave been, taken to grow the Chaulmoogra tree j in the United States plant introdac- , tlon garden near Chico. 5The tree's oi|.;has proved a. great benefit In the ? treatment of leprosy in Hawaii Greeks Begin Second Offensive.- u I Smyrpa.-rThe Greeks qiaye begun I a aecond offensive against the Turkish nationalists. Tb6 latter are retiring | I rapidly toward the Sakaris river. President Asks For $$0,000. Washington. -r>. President' Harding asked Congress for an appropriation of 1200,000 required by thj| 'state de- : partment for defraying tK Expenses of thfe disarmatoent conference. ^ i pfes -? : , I ? be a treaty between the U^i^d States, SSiS* ** a8S0c^0? I f*raeet: ? ?. . ? : . ? I tEPUBLicAMfc Oii j coMMirrei { increase exemption of MARRIED MEN. * ? ? '? . ; I iOU MM LUXURY in I Agreement Reached Alec to Decrease V ttanlBacturers' >TSPt'i.OB Candy Washington. ? Practically winding a^arrtelon ofthelevy section of the I rais tax lavs, the house ways ?d f I aaeaas committee republicans voted |-i Ijp^acrease from $2,000 to $2,500 the {tfatoptkm allowed married men hav ing an annual net income of $5,00Q or less. This change would be retroac f fl ttve to January 1, .1921, and would be i In addition to the increase of $200 in Bremptlon of .each dependent of a ] letd oit .a' family previously decided Agreement also was reached, it 11 jras SaM, to decrease the manufao* ll turera' tax of candy from 5 to 3 per | fent, the manufacturers' tax on furs l Srom 10 io 5 per cent, the tax;on ait rsda irom 10 to'* per cent, and to repeal all of the so-called luxury lev- I In voting to repeal the so-called luxury taxes, the majority members I aAnufacturers' 'prices and the return J ^estimated at $100,000,000 annual ly as against $25,rf00,i)00 under the -A jiSk 1k ? /l l Abolish Economic Barrier, ;? J Paris. ? The supreme coimcil elded to abolish the economic barrier et the Rhineland on September 15 if tngny continues to paf promptly It was agreed that the matter should t? reconsidered. ; f ^ - -1 Lincoln's Quill P?n Stolen. Chicago. ? The quill pen used by President Lincoln In signing his first, inaugural address has been stolen fr-dm the exhibit ot the Chicago His torical Society at the Pageant of Progress, it was announced. Tne pen was made from, the feather of an American eagle which was kill ed by an 'adhilter of Lincoln just be fore the letters election. ? ?? ' > . ; Suffrafle In 8outh America. Montevldea ? President prum has sent the Uruguayan congress a bill providing suffrage for women and ail other legal rlghtgv^d by men. The I project has met with the approval of Infineotial groups in congress and it teems to be attsurpd of success. British Oppose Proposition. Washington.?The v British govern ment has indicated that, it does -not .> regard with favor the proposition exempt American coastwise shipping from payment of Panama canal tolls as proposed In a pending bill by Sena tor Borah, republican, Idaho. ' f. : . Two Thousand New Houses. , . Pittsburgh. ? Two thousand neu houses for the Pittsburgh i district within the next year is the aim of th? boosing corporation of the Pittsburgh . Chamber of Commerce formed to bet ter the acute rent and home situation ? ... t y- Better Prioes Hoped per. ?$&*? |fl Y Washington.?Strong Chops for bet- ?| ter prices in the agricultural markets Is justified by reductions in the rail ^ndonf-Mme^Sa^fcratardt 0 t fear that this last illness Will prove ^tal* WW* ?'v^'P " ?1 1 - ' " ? ? Much LR)uor Dumped in f. Chicago.?Liquor valued by the po Bhtae^o^e rarest**jhfmpagne, will b?ldum?9d into the Chicago river, jr$g W D8.UUU1V ' I,' )' I Sr. ? , i ! Ill I.' ' I "' ' f-i % /? i Now for the First Timevthe Turbulent | Atlantic Has Become a Mill Pond V . ? . " J ' By 0. B. M. HARVEY, Ambaasador to Great Britain ' . i." *) 1 1 _ '? 1 ... r? ? " ' The mutaal helpfulness between the United. States and Great Britain which we all desire cannot be realized until two great misapprehensions have been removed?ope of which has prevaded Europe respect ?ing the United States and the other has permeated the United States as to Europe. The two combined ap pear to constitute the ^hief barrier to full and effective play and co-operation based upon confidence add un derstanding. I find in Europe the common impression that | the United States done among the nations of the world, is today a land of milk and honey whoee people not only are universally prosperous,1 but are rich beyond the traditional dreams of avarice. Yon have only to supplement the fancy with a suspi cion which DfLnd not wholly lacking that aU~ tcu*\ opulence and this hap piness are direct results of th$ great war, to acoohnv for the wholly natural sense of resentinent. ? \ What are the facts? Did the United States really profit from the war to such a degree as to make the lives she sacrif.ced seem to the cynical and sordid mind relatively insignificant? In dollars, the cost'to America of her participation in the, war, when finally computed, will fall not so very far short of the entire indemnity upon Germany. I make no com parisons. There has been too much of that already. Surely no good can come now, when we all are striving to get together in common purpose for the common weal, from disputing over the relative sizes of the contri butions to the great catise. The second misapprehension to which I referred is that of my own countrymen, who have been led to doubt that the peoples of Europe have been doing the utmost for themselves before seeking help. Gladly I pay the highest tribute to the oourage and pride of these '' sorely smitten peoples. Already the better understanding between Great Britain and the United States has achieved one far-reaching result. For the first time in history the turbulent Atlantic has become as a mill pond and has practically been eliminated from considerations of danger so far ah naval warfare is concerned. There is ground for-good hope, moreover, that whatever apprehensions exist of perilous possibilities on the Pacific may be dispelled sooner than is commonly anticipated. . When, if at all, that splendid consummation shall have been attained, in response to the apparently universal desire, disarmament will follow inevitably, and peace on eartb wilt assured for years, and-may be / Jazz as It Seems to One Who Is Not Cultured in Current Music , By D.H. POUSS, Seventeenth Avenue Community Church, Denver u l ' ' ' ? ? J. To one Who is not cultured in music, jazz seems to be the reproduction of, a sick barnyard. Groans, moans, bellowings, barkings and every con ceivable noise by which physical distempers express themselves, struggle together in en uproar that appears to haVe neither rhyme nor rhythm. Its quality, too, is suspected in that it lendsntself to those sensual dances that have come to us, in recent years, out of the jungles of the Congo and Amazon'and. the brothels of Pahs.. Its jolts and jars neither soothe nor. satisfy the nervous* system. It Beems to reverse the ordinary effects of. music and lacerates where it ought to heaL A Its most incongruous place is at a banquet where men are wont to chat over their cups and where in former days soft and hidden music gave acoompaniment to the flow of soul Jazz, however, crowds close up against the tables, and then raves and snorts and stamps until one must talk in boiler-factory fashion if he would appear courteous to his companions. Table-talk, whosa development had fine promise out o{ the eter increasing discussion luncheons and dinners of recent years, is threatened by this noisy interloper. To protest this uproar that is sweeping the world la futile. <* Good music in .abundance mid available to all is the only antidote Music that speaks the yearnings of the spirit will never be replaced by the jargon of the flash. The one is as eternal as the divine deeps out of which it springs; the other is as ephemeral as the animal man to whom it ap peals. When tens of thousands in a city feast upon the best that the mas ters have produced and When myriads of little children sing the songs of the spirit one may smile With complacency as the jazz jazzes its jazz. : i, " ? . -ti-'.A ' ' ? v .. . ? . '<1 ? i Why Not Two Leagues?One for Western World and One for the Pacific? ? -?:? ? ? ?? ? By B'PITKS''Aoth,>r"Mu" We Fight J*s*n!" Iff! -*1 ? ."I would recommend a fe-Padflc League of Nations; if yon please. We are net quite ready for a completely functioning league for the whole world. Why not begin with two leagues, one for the western world, witty headquarters at Geneva, and one for tha countries touching the PadilCB . with headquarters, say, at Honolulu? mendat^H^ President Harding. We now have a Pan-Pacific congress or union to which ail governments and countries touching on the Pacific v have delegates. Let an early meeting of the congress be called, and let be the central co-ordinating body, for considering the basic problems, such: as emigration, overpopulation, tariff, comhiercial allocation and food sup nl? ^inl, .11 ??????? iju, .jfcii.ccgxnaass <^gp?
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