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!wm With "•«vv - 'sfc-Sp' mtm mmm. I King'Victor Emmanuel Calislook u^'Speciafist Europe's Host Ban^rous Man. MUCH R DBMHD Employed by People of All Nations And Professional Men to. Open , . Safes That Have Jammed-- Does Itby Sensesf Toueh, s A#Home.--The man whom ithtg " Victor Emmanuel halls as the most dan- Serous man In Europe is neither Communist, Socialist nor criminal. He,' like his father and grandfather before him, keep& a store where safes are sold. This in itself is not an unlawful profession, but he inherited from his father, besides <he small store off the Piazza di Spragna, the knack of being capable of opening any safe in the world witli the help of a H6t of stiff wire. Never in his life has he been forced to break a safe open. He has been summoned by people of all nations and professional men to open safes that had jammed. But not only private Individuals call him; the other day Kin* Victor Emmanuel needed his services. The king had left his keys in his private safe, where his wonderful collection of coins is kept. He was worried, as his favorite amusement every day |- is rearranging these coins. He was very Jpi*fi- *nuc^ worried until they told him that $&»>' « specialist for safes lived in Rome ?>-; • and would be called to the royaf villa. =s , Hi* Real Name Withheld. Mr. X (his real name must be kept secret, as the tax collector would levy a heavier income tax were it known that he was called to the villa) " hastened to the Villa S&voia and found the king pacing up and down the study. | "Ycu must not damage the sSfe, as |k *, there is my precious collection inside," , said the kng. ^ 1 1 "No, your majesty," replied Mr. X, v^V"C ""I do not need even to damage the lock." Mr. X looked with a profesy:. ;v;. sionat air at the safe. p,vf "I am afraid you will find It a dllB- , colt task, as It, is a Chubb Special." |4r * said the klngv> Mr. X inserted the . wire, felt withv the wire inside, dell- 6 " cately twisted it here and there, then opened the'safe door. "Here, your majesty, yonr safe is Opened." i ' . - f . " i % r ' v " The king was very much astonished, and said:"l'ou are the most dangerous man I have ever met" Mr. X refilled : Mi would be were J not honest-- :y^r- Mr- X, to rarely tat his store, as his fame has traveled abroad and he is often telegraphed for to start at a moment's notice. Before the war he. was called many times to Berlin to open the ex-kaiser's safe and he was recommended also to Francis Joseph, who often left hia keys inside his secret safe, and would allow no one bat 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 how he did the trick, Mr. X said: "It is purely a question of touch. I am like a specialist wh<v, without operating, can tell hy examining a patient, by touching him what Is the matter inasy cipelttficT I father, who 1b Mb time* leek specialist la the wortf.- Sometimes it takes Ave minutes, and often he has to probe lor 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 lite most expert lock specialist in Europe and with this talent has remained always an honest man who glories in his profession.-- New York Tribune. ^ |iVy: Mastodon Skeleton, i ^ Arlington, Ore,--The complete sfcel* ton of a mastodon, with tusks nine feg| long and twelve inches in diameter,1 has been discovered In Butcher Knife canyon, four miles east of here. All the bones have not yet been unearthed, hot it is believed to be a complete specimen. Arlington dtisens plan to have the find exhumed and brought here to be mounted and placed bn exhibition for automobile tourists. mmmgg; y Crook Is Temperamental. ."Vienna.--Forcing his employed safe and finding only about $20 wortfc of crowns, Rudolph Twrdik hanged himself, leaving a note that the disappointment after so hard a Job kM side. Jamming of safes Is like a case! more than he could stand. " \ ^ S\ v *rS; r;y- Victim Is Alive ^fL, Meets wan He Thought He Had Killed in barrel 14 Years Aqo. .'VLIVES IN PERPETUAL TERROR Man Falls From Train During Fight ^ Which Resulted From Disagreement Over Dice Game and tagonist Thought H im Dead. ;, Kansas City, Mo.--Reuben E. Hall of Paris, Mo., met face to face In a Denver (Colo.) stfreet a man whom he thought he had killed 14 years ago and the memory of whose alleged death had iiauuieu him all these years. A letter telling of the remarkable case came . from Denver to I. H. Shatzer, manager of the Tool Specialty company. It was from Shatzer's half brother, Reuben E. Hall. Hall, a young farmer near Parts, Mo., went to the Kansas harvest fields fee work in 1907. He disappeared. The of Suspension Bridges k><" . •*» V • Mi vA suspension bridge across the Delaware river, linking Philadelphia and Camden, X. J., has been approved by the joint Pennsylvania-New Jersey commissioners. , The proposed bridge will surpass by 150 feet the longest suspension bridge Jn the world. This is a photograph of the engineers'/Sketch. letter received by Mr. Shatzer was signed with a strange name, Harry E. Thomas. It contained this story of the disappearance of the new name: In Perpetual Torment. For 14 years Hall, under the name of Harry E. Thomas of Denver, has quaked at the sight of a police officer. He has avoided all persons he knew when he was Hall. He ha& spent wakeful nights, fearing arrest for murder. A wife and then a child served to add to his anxieties. What, if they should discover he had killed a man? tut the worry is over. Thomas was walking recently on a Denver streei He met the man for whose murder h« believed he was hunted, the letter states. The two recognized each other at the same time. The "murdered' man held out his hand in greeting. "1 thought ,1 killed you*" Thomas gasped. "Land, no," the "victim" replied. ?*J was only bruised a little." In the 14 years since his disappearance Hall's family has mourned hiio .as dead. Relatives after a diligent search, took steps to collect his insurance, but lacking proof of death, wert unable to do so. Of what happened after Hall, with $175 in wages, left the harvest fields the letter has this to say: "I got Into a dice game, f won $750. One of the heavy losers was John Williamson. 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, fought, and Williamson fell from the train in the fight. Not Guilty of Murder. •The next 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 guilty of murder, but to prove it was a different thing Others had seen us quarrel. "I wfnt West, changed my name to Thomas and grew up with the country. Finally I settled in Denver, was married and now have a daughter six years old. "You cannot Imagine the relief now. Williamson went home with me, and we told my wife and daughter. 1 am the happiest man in the country. We are coming to see you and all the rest of the folks right away. I cad: hardly wait," * FLEMISH TENACITY WINNING OUT • »--: ' _ « : -- • > i Regenerating Efforts of Peat- 'X' Restore Flanders Fields. - Belgians, Working to Rebuild Homes and Salvage Barren Lands, Aided • - sy by Loans of Motors. Brussels.--"No Man's Land^ again 'T belongs to the brave "Belgian peasants, an apparent miracle having been wrought in Flanders fields by these courageous people, who, with the help of the Belgian government, have re- - gained the ground which once seemed , devastated beyond rehabilitation. Not satisfied with the deaths of soldiers, ; murders of women and children and devastation of cities, the German invaders sought to wipe out nature env tirely, but their efforts were in vain. On the very places where, two years '• ago. the armies were rushing to liberate Belgium, and where the sea waters, receding uncovered grinning skelpv" y~ etons of German soldiers, buried in the mud of the Tser river banks, wheat and barley, corn and potatoes, flowers and young apple trees are now flourishing. ! For two years the Belgian peasants lived In nuts, the ruins of their homes, or in German concrete shelters, suffering untold hardships in winter, but imbued with the spirit of regeneration. They worked to remove the barbed wire and unexploded shells, and many of them lost their lives when the plow met some buried shell. But perseverance won. From 313,000 souls in 1914 the population dwindled to nothing in 1018, and back to 185,000 in 1019. There Is now a population of 237,000. The ministry of agriculture, under the management of Baron Ruzette and his staff of specialists, with M. Boerenboom at their head, organized the relief work. Motor tractors were loaned by the government • The fields, soaked with sea salt, were revived with chalk and chemicals, and Flanders awakened from her deadly sleep and is again bright with vegetation. The farms are bigger than ever before, and the concrete shelters which, two years ago, heard the German officers yelling to the unfortunate soldiers, "schwelnhunde," now hear the grunting of little pigs, for the thrifty Flemish peasants have turned to account all of the salvaged Implements of warfare which could be used. Here and there are sacred spots bright with bloody popples, marking the final resting places of the bravt Belgian, French, British and American soldiers, untouched by the regenerating hands of the Flemish workers. Thirty Thousand Americana in Mexico Mexico City.--There are approximately 30,000 Americans in Mexico and of this number 8,000 live in Mexico City. Americans outnumber all other foreigners with thte exception of Spanish. Since Carranza was over thrown more, than 5,000 Americar business men have visited ill it public. A new lawn swing can be operated hy hand levers as well as the feet of occupants. m w./ BAN AUTO TIRES AT BEACHES Atlantic City (N. J.) Officials Say Buoys Are Dangerous When They Oeflal#. - 13,;: 'Aftantlc>6tty.--Once agate thir *wtn » has been placed on the use of automobile tires as floating mattresses for bathers by Chief Beach Surgeon Charles Bossert. Several near-drownings were ascribed to them, and they have been banished from the beach In consequence. - The tires act as a perfect buoy us long as they remain Inflated, but once . the air begins to leak? out of them they leave the bather a^. the mercy t of the waves. "Experience has taught us trfat they Invite bathers to venture into peril," said Surgeon Bossert. "If thW were > permitted, the use of them would ln- { crease, and it would impose Jlust so t more responsibility guards." •S,'? the Nearly twice as many girts as boys were graduated from the hi^h .'schools '.JH Louisiana ti>lsy««r. Deposit of Stone Age, Man's Leavings Found Mlxnity, Austria.-s-One of the greatest finds of relics of prehistoric man In Austria comes from a cave near this place. The "Dragon's Den" Is being excavated for Its enormous deposits of bird-dropping phosphates. In a side cave evidences of human occupation wer*: uncovered. Great quantities of quartz implements and other utensils and human bones have been taken out. Neighbors Cut Sick Man's Hay. Campion, Colo.--While Ross Gilpin, a farmer who resides near here, was lying in bed at home suffering from rheumatism and from the effects of an operation and worrying about his hay. which was ready to cut, 16 of his neighbors met and cut and stacked the crop lu one day for PROVED HE W*S HOT YELLOW Jumps From Williamsburg Bridge on Pare,. I^ater Savaa Frierid. . -1 "'t*: • "••• •• "'V- - v Nfe'w tfork.--There Is no doubt now In the minds of George Korach'a friends as to his courage. He has Satisfied them beyond need of further proof that he has no "yellow streak." A month ago one of them tauntingly dared him to Jump off the Williamsburg bridge and Korach jumped. Now he has saved another of his friends from drowning in the- East river. Korach. who is twenty-flve years old. started on a swim with Frank Pospick. They set out from North Fifth street, but had gone only a little way down the river when Posnlck got a cramp and was swept by the current , under one of the Brooklyn piers. Korach found him and swam with his friend back to the North Fifth street dock where friends helped them; eat of ths water. - •V:' :• "% plf: W Idtetoes BMui eioptincflL MEMORIAL to Brig. Gyn. William Crawford Gorgas, United States army. Is to be established in the form of "The Institute for Research in Tropical Diseases and the Study of Preventive. Medicine." This Gorgas memorial will 1(S > established at Balboa, the Pacific entrance to the PanamA canal. The location is fitting, since It was General Gorgas who made the construction of the canal possible; It also puts the Institute closely in touch with its work. The memorial will be of International character. This is as it should be, since the fame of General Gorgas is world wide. It may be doubted if the work of any single man has meant more to civilization. It was his sanitary work that demonstrated to the world that the white man can live and work in the tropics and maintain go*>d health. And the end Is not .vet, since when the time comes that the North American continent is crowded the next great migration of the-white man will be M Central and South America. In fact It is no exaggeration to say that the settling of the troplos by the Caucasian dates from the completion of tb* Panama canal. Anyone who has seen the old Panama at thft time of the abandonment of the work of the first canal, involving so much wasted energy, life, and money, with its abandoned equipment and the evidences of unsuccessful labor, and the thousands of unknown and unnumbered graves of its workers, cannot help but be struck with the present aspect of Panama, its splendid sanitation, its bona- » tlful cities, its tine hospitals, and the magnificent accomplishment of the completion of the work of the canal, making it one of the most beautiful and salubrious spots in the world, writes Rear Admiral W. C. Braisted, tl. S. N., (Retired) in the Pan American Union. \J The accemplishipeht; of this( great work and the sanitary regeneration of Panama are due to the efforts of the late William C. Gorgas, United States army, and to his efforts more than to any other the success of this work must be accredited. His earlier work in the southern states and the West Indies, and particularly Cuba, and his later, efforts in Ecuador and Peru, and his projected work in Africa give one an Idea of the vast field of splendid endeavor which he accomplished and would have continued had his life been prolonged. His reputation has gone forth to all the world, and he is loved and revered In every household. Perhaps no single life has ever made possible so much for the good and well-being of humanity as has that of General Gorgas. There can be, therefore, no question as to the desirability of erecting some memorial which will do honor to this great • an. Many types of memorials have been considered . In this connection, but I feel sure that the estalv lishment of this memorial, The Institute for Re^ search in Tropical Diseases and the Study of Pr»» ' ventive Medicine, carrying with it not only a peiv manent monument to his memory, but one that will continue his work and be of the greatest value to the welfare of the entire world, would be hip ideal of this commemorative effort. Panama, sit* uated in the heart of the Tropics and in the midst of the Central and South American states, which of* fer a splendid field for work of this kind, would seem to be the ideal location, furnishing a wealth of material for the &wtitutloh^ which is being brought into existence The honor for the conception of this Idea and of bringing it into actual existence must be given n to Dr. Belisario Porras, the president of the republic of Panama. It was owing to his efforts and those associated with him, such as the Hon. Joseph Lefevre, the representative of the Panaman government in Washington, that a provisional board has been established to begin and carry on this work. Deep interest has been evinced in the success of this undertaking by all who have be^napproached ofc tjte subjet very part of the World, and especially by the presidents and representatives of the Central and South American republics, to whom the project has been made known largely through the efforts of Dr. Franklin Martin, who has Just returned from a tour of these countries, which he visits l^)hi time to time in the interests of the American College of Surgeons. " lu this connection I would state that the subject of tropical medicine has been one of deep Interest to all medical minds In every part of the ivorld. While much has been done lu our largest and best educational institutions to endeavor to tarry on research work and to acquire knowledge >f tropical diseases, and a great deal accomplished by many special Institutions and departments, such as the London and Liverpool schools of tropical medicine, and the work of institutions Such as Harvard, Johns Hopkins, the University of California, and many other organizations of litis kind, nevertheless, all this work has been limited and hampered by the dearth of material for such stud}- and research, and on account of the distance of these institutions from the tropcial centers. Panama offers the ideal situation in almost every respect for the successful investigation of these diseases, which have In the past proven to be an Insuperable obstacle to the development of some Of the most splendid sections of the earth. What lias been done in Panama proves that hitherto uninhabitable and undeveloped countries of the greatest possibilities for successful human habitation, with nttendaut prosperity and well-being, In the most attractive and desirable parts of the earth, are easily within our reach If we can apply In their development the kt^pwledge that will come \^rom tltis great Institution. , Another splendid feature of this endeavor is Its International Character, bringing about a community of interest and kindly intercourse among the humanitarian leaders of all countries, making for a better and kinder feeling than lias been possible where the association has been one merely of political and diplomatic relations. As a single example of this, It Is my belief that nothing will but on the threshold of tremendous advances thai' can and will be made through the efforts of research work. Every scientist today realizes that^ifi. It needs only effort with willing, conscientious, and ' untiring workers, and the proper provisions fof ".. * carrying on efforts of thik kind, to discover anil* control diseases In a way that never was dreamed^ of in the ages gone by. Already the nucleus of S; , ' ' corps of men specially skilled in tropical and pre-i ventive medicine has been selected and is await*- lng assignment to work as soon as the laboratory ieS are ready. Almost all the leading Institution^ have expressed an Interest In the work and a de« * sire to send the best of their research workers to take advantage of the privileges they will be offered at this Institution for an endeavor of this' kind. It is hoped that many scholarships will be developed In the great educational Institutions which will enable deserving young men of high attainments who wish to make a life work of these subjects to be ttent to the Gorgas Memorial institutefor a thorough grounding that will enable them to carry on throughout their lives in all countries the purposes that will mean so much to the wellbeing and happiness of their respective countries.' R must be remembered that the dangers of trop* M jcal diseases are not confined to the Tropics aloney, tend to cement the friendship of the American re-S^bu^mi account of world intercourse are constant* - publics more than the common interest and lnte'$$ m ly being course brought about by the work of this institution for the welfare of^ their Individual countries. The proposed memorial will consist of a dignified and classic building, housing the laboratories for the work and providing every facility for the teaching of students from the various countries "%ho may be privileged to undertake work at this Institution, and who will carry to their homes the knowledge that when applied will, It Is hoped, produce results as splendid as have been produced lb Panama Itself. Until the completion of the Gorgas "tnemorial building proper the laboratories and equipment of the new Santo Tomas hospital have been offered tor use, so that it is hoped that active research vork may begin by January 1, 1922. This work Is actually In progress now. The study of the plans for the memorial building proper is well tinder way, and construction will be begun as so6n as these are completed. . The Tropics, which are so prolific in vegetation tfcf every kind, seem equally fertile In the development of all types and kinds of dread disenses, which tend to make therh unsuited and impossible Of habitation until careful sanitation makes theiu safe, when they become the most desirable, the most attractive, and most prosperous of abiding {daces. / It would not be feasible/in this short article t.< direct attention to all th£ known diseases that It ^Pfould be possible to study in this institution, but among them would be found such as malaria, yellow fever, plague, dengue, human trypanosomiasis, beriberi, pellagra, leprosy, the various helminthic infections, cholera, the various mycofces, the myiases. etc. Added to these are many unknown and undiscovered banes of existence, which remain lo be found out and to be made innocuous; We are • i-;--<**- carried to the non tropical countries, endangering their health and well-being. With this Institute at Panama, associated as it will be with the health department of the republic and that of the United States, whose officers are stationed in Panama, the constant flow of persons coming from the Tropics through the canal to the northern and • non-tropical countries will be under most careful supervision, and any dangerous element should be discovered and taken care of at this point. Tho splendid chain of hospitals already built and building In Panama, which are the equal of any in the world, furnish opportunity for the care, isolation^ treatment, -and study of any lnf#bted persons that may be found. In view of this practical application of the work of the institute It is ifelt that all countries Involved will be interested to assist in 4 the maintenance of the Institution when once e»»jp tablished. ' J To my mind one of the important and special' departments of the institute will be its library. It is our hope to gather here the most complete and the finest library on the subjects of tropical and ' preventive medicine In/ the world. It should be mentionjed in this connection that the headquarters of tne provisional board have* been established at the Pan American Union. un< der the personal supervision of the director, Dr. L. S. Rowe, who Is a member of the provisional board. It is easy for one who has been in Pgnsraa to t picture this beautiful and useful Institution, stand- ' -r! ^ lng ufon the shores of the Pacific and surrounded! ^ by the buildings of the new Santo Tomas hospital?* and those of the Panama Exposition, with their l '^5 J beautiful gardens and artistic embellishment, and: . • to realize how splendid will be the ultimate result • ' ^-flj of these endeavors to perpetuate the life aud work; of General Gorgas.- - • v WORLD HAS CHANGED BUT LITTLE Marked Similarity in Certain Newspaper Advertising Today and That of Many Years Ago. Newspaper advertising -of 180 years ago differed greatly In form from that of' today, but the difference in substance and Intent was rather small. In the columns of the New York Mercury of that period one fir.ds the following articles offered foe sale and extolled for their particular qualities: 'Godfrey's General Cordial," which gar Plumbs." "White Drops for the J Paste for Enameftng the lTahds. Necli Scurvy,*' "Red Pills." "Sweating Pow- ! and Face." ( J,v der." **Dr. Radclitfe's Only True Sped- The bottle of Stoughton Bitters by 4 J? fic Tincture for the Toothache." "Es- j which old topers used to give an atkilsence of Balm of Gilead," "Potter's I tional tang to their nips of whiskywas the opiated soothing syrup used Wajter. for the Safe, Easy^and Specific j stood behind every public bar up to #%* In that day for "peevish, teething £ure for the Stone and Gravei," "Key- j about 50 years ago. Long after !ta > V babies- the "Princely beautifying Lo- ser's Pills." "Golden Tincture for Hvs- ! use, had beeu abandoned it j*tc<ste<# }i4 m . v babies; the "Princely beautifying tion," by use of which the ladies "made up" for the street; "Turllng*. ton's Original Balsam of Life," which must have been disappointing since all the users are now dead; "Dr. Ryan s- Incomparable Worm Destroying Su 'jteiical Diseases." "Genuine Harlaem Oyl" by the bottle, "Levine's Well Known Eyewater." "Bloom of Circasshi" for off-colur complexions) "Lady 'ora 'Venetian until "standing like a Suru^hton bot« , tie" became the cSmtaun esprettlMK for Immobility. Mo^yneux's Italian Paste," "Best ( Plasters and Lip Salve,"*! "Vene • Vi ' U raise teeth of sy<»ainore wood by the ancient Greeks.