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Coed So Different From Other Girls
LINCOLN,* NEB.—There is a coed
at the University of Nebraska
this year from Mldnapore, sixty
miles west of Calcutta, India, and her
name Is Khanto Bala Bal. 'Miss Ral
Is registered as a Junior, following
two years of study ■ at Bethume col
lege In Calcutta, and Is enrolled In
Christian and missionary arts.
Miss Ral Is of the Bengali race.
Ber father Is a Brahmin and was
converted to Christianity shortly be
fore Miss Ral was born. She ap
pears on the campus and in the class
room In her native costume, which
consists of a separate waist and a
“sari,” which is made up of five yards
of material so draped as to form the
skirt of her costume, and caught at
the shoulder.
“I love my native costume and 1
do not think I shall be persuaded to
adopt the styles of the American
girls,” Miss Ral has frequently told
inquirers. She speaks English flu
ently.
Apparently her observation of the
i matrimonial angles and ceremonies of
the American has not changed her
native viewpoints
"I am w.ell content with our own
matrimonial system,” Miss Ral says
“We have great faith in the wisdom
of our elders and my sisters, as well
as myself, ar£ quite willing to abide
by the choice of our parents.”
Miss Rai has an ambition to return
to Mldnapore and teach in the girls’
high school there, which is to be
erected from donations made at ju
bilee meetings. It was at one of
these meetings she met Rev. and
Mrs. W. T. Elmore 6f Lincoln, who
Induced her to accept a home with
1 these people during her schooling.
New Marvels Found in Mammoth Cave
CLEVELAND, O.—Carl T. Robert
son, naturalist, in the course of
an exploration of Mammoth Cave,
i.':- Ky., has mad? one of the most Im
portant discoveries in the history of
this great natural wonder. His party
entered into a new cavern. His story,
In part, is as follows:
“Then we came to a region of hellc
tltes which 2s, I dare say, the most
marvelous ever seen by human eye.
Helietites four or five Inches long are
. considered notable. Here was one four
feet long, and it had a horizontal
branch nineteen inches long. There
■were other helietites three feet long,
with branches extending horizontally
and at every conceivable angle.
“At another point there was a
hellctlte cascade from roof to roof.
There were also hellctlte stalagmites,
V a formation which I had not before
noted. These helietites are among the
rarest and most inexplicable of cave
phenomena.
“Beyond this region we came to a
region of rock flowers, the most enor
taous crystalline flowers ever found.
There are roses, chrysanthemums.
daisies, lilies. They are of a white
ness that Is whiter than snow.
“Instead of forming flowers, these
black crystals are mostly of the so
called ‘fibrous’ kind, forming needles
two or three inches long, and some
times so fine that the pendant masses
seem as soft as the fur of an animal.
“Next Is the region of gigantic snow
balls, easily a foot in diameter. There
is nothing like it. It is unique.”
After a mile and a half the avenue
suddenly narrowed to a mere pass. It
became difficult. Instead of a level
sanded floor the explorers found them
selves climbing and scrambling over
rocks.
To Add Six Miles to Manhattan Island
NEW YORK.—New Yorkers who
often pretend to be indifferent tp
the city’s wonders have had their
imagination stirred by the daring plan,
just, announced, to extend Manhattan i
island six miles down the bay by I
building mammoth sea walls from both
sides of the Battery and filling in the
intervening space with earth.
A company has been incorporated to
carry out the project, and T. Kennard
Thompson, a prominent engineer of
the city, has prepared the detailed
plans. The Broadway association,
composed of merchants along the fa
mous thoroughfare, has indorsed the
idea.
If the plan is ever carried out, its
proponents say that six square miles
would be tacked on the most valuable
piece of land on earth; that twelve
miles of needed docks would be ad/led
to the port’s facilities; that transit
would be greatly Improved and that
the tax on all real estate might be
reduced 1 per cent.
The plan has already been outlined
to the war department, Mr. Thompson
says/ and no objections have been
raised, since the proposed built-up
extension would still leave on either
side of the Island the same clearance
for navigation that now exists on the
Hudson and East river sides. The
work could be completed in five years,
in Mr. Thompson's belief.
“It is a well-known fact,” he said,
“that the business center of Manhattan
Is rapidly moving away from the city
hall, and if it is not prevented the
lower end of the island will again be
come a residential district, with the
result of tremendous decrease in val
ues.”
Judge Alton B. Parker says the
project Is legally feasible. He estimates
the cost at $600,000,000. He insists
that it is a project for private capital
and not for the state or the city.
Parlous Times for Judges m Chicago
CHICAGO:—These be parlous times
for judges In this neck of woods.
Judge Charles M. Thomson of the
Appellate court Is on crutches. Judge
G. Fred Rush of the Circuit court has
a broken arm. Judge David F.
Matchett of the Appellate court has
a kneecap out of commission,
i Judge Thomson sustained his in
juries In Lake Michigan. His wife
and son had gone for a swim while
the lake was rough. High waves wer»
rolling the boy near some dangerous
piles, when Mrs. Thomson swam to
his rescue. Judge Thomson, who was
sitting on the beach, feareit for the
safety of both, and rushed in after
them. His right foot caught in a hole
In the bottom of the lake and an un
timely high wave wrenched his body,
with the result that he sustained two
broken bones In the sole of the foot.
Judge Rush was on his way home.
Attempting to board an Illinois
suburban train on the Randolph street
platform, he was caught in a jam,
with the result thf.t he sustained a
broken bone In ths right arm.
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Judge Mntehett is among the, mosi
powerful looking citizens hereabouts.
Ho enjoys a wrestling match, not as
an onlooker, hut as a participant, and
was engaging in such a'bout with his
son when his injury took place. Judge
Mutchett, when he starts anything,
mixes matters pretty generally. And
a wrestling match is no exception with
him.
So the superstitious politicians
among the lawyers of the Chicago bar
are wondering whether they really
want to be candidates for places on
the bench at the judlci“< election next
June.
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These Yanks Do Not Want to Be Brought Home
Two Atnerican soldiers on leave from the army of occupation, enjoying the annual vineyard harvest time fes* -r
tlval in Italy.- Pretty vineyard girls are shown presenting grapes, to their American guests.
Diver Battles
i Huge Devilfish
Desperate Fight for Life That
Was Waged at Bottom of
Cape Town Harbor.
MONSTER HACKED TO PIECES
Comrades Use Hatchets to Free Help
less Man—Creature Measures Eleven
and Half Feet From Tip to .
Tip of Tentacles.
Cape Town, S. A.—The Onion Castle
liner Dunveyan Castle collided some
time ago with the harbor here,
dislodging many of the enormous
blocks of concrete forming the pier,
which fell into the bottom of the sea,
at this point between thirty and forty
feet deep.
The officials of the harbor board set
to work to repair the damaged pier
and recover the dislodged blocks, by
no means an easy task.
One of the most experienced men
engaged on the diving operations was
H. Palmer, who had had fifteen years’
experience of underwater work in
various parts of the world.
One day Palmer went down in the
ordinary course of his work and was
engaged in putting a chain around a
seven ton block of concrete when he
noticed a curious-looking object pro
truding from a cavity below the block.
The water was comparatively clear.
Bending down, Palmer examined the
object which had attracted his atten
tion. He was beginning to wonder
what it could be when, without the
slightest warning, it began to move
toward him. A huge tentacle shot
out from below the stone, moved
swiftly sideways, and in an instant
had seized his leg In a vicelike grip J
Feelers Grab Him.
Horrified, the diver staggered back
ward, but as he did so another great
feeler appeared from under the
masonry and alighted upon his arm,
holding it helpless.
Wildly the man struggled to free
himself from those awful arms, but
In vain. Where the innumerable tiny
! suckers touched the naked flesh of
j his hand they stung, and seared like
an electric wire and he felt himself
being drawn slowly but surely toward
the dark hole under the stone.
For a moment the unutterable hor
ror of his position held him spell
bound ; even his brain seemed numbed.
Then, slowly with a gliding motion
that was horrible to behold, the crea
ture beneath the stone began to
p—— —' — --—
emerge. As it came out Palmer beheld
with a shudder the cold, staring eyes
the parrot-like beak of an enormous
octopus or devilfish 1
Desperately the tortured man strove
to wrench himself free, but the more
he struggled the tighter grew the grip
of the sinuous coils.
Instinctively Palmer had kept one
arm free from the encircling tentacles.
He noticed mechanically that the oc
topus had let go its hold of the
masonry and had wrapped itself en
tirely around him.
Drawn to the Surface.
Making a desperate effort to throw
off the stupor of nausea and fear
which benumbed his faculties, the
diver reached up his free arm and
pulled his signal cord with all his
strength, whereupon the men above
started to haul him up. The octopus,
still clinging relentlessly to its prey,
was drawn to the surface.
The horror of the men above when
■ they beheld the diver emerge from
the water in the loathsome embrace
of the great devilfish can be better
imagined than described. While some
dragged the now all but unconscious
Palmer up the ladder, others ran for
hatchets and knives and a fierce at
tack was made upon the creature. In
spite of every onslaught, however, the
quivering tentacles stlU clung ob
stinately to the diver, and it was not
until the creature had been almost
hacked to pieces that the, men were
able to free their comrade and ad
minister restoratives.
When the dead octopus was laid
out on the pier It was seen to be of
great size. It measured eleven and
a half feet across from tentacle tip
to tentacle tip.
Threw Boy in Pig Sty;
Hog Devoured Him
A terrible crime has been re
ported from Charleroi, Belgium,
where a farmer after capturing
a nine-year-old boy who was
stealing apples locked him in a
pig sty with a sow and went
away without heeding the young
ster’s cries of alarm.
On returning to the pig sty,
several hours later, he found the
sow tearing the last morsels of
flesh from the boy’s bones. The
police succeeded In arresting the
farmer just as the neighbors
were preparing to lynch him. >
General Diaz Welcomed to New York
Gen. Armando Diaz, military adviser to the Italian delegation to the con*
ference on limitation of armaments, was given a hearty welcome In New York
j on his arrival the other day. With him In this photograph Is Mayor Hylan.
RUSSIANS NOW LOOKING TO U. S.
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Men Formerly of This Country
See Hope in American Aid.
English, or Rather -American, Pre
dominating Foreign Language In
Bolshevik Foreign Office and in
Other Departments.
Moscow, Russia.—English, or rather
American, has become the predominat
ing foreign language in the bolshevist
foreign office and In all - government
departments, and In Moscow generally.
Fourteen thousand Russians or . nat
uralized Americans of Russian origin,
came to Russia when the revolution
opened the doors for them. They
streamed across Siberia for months
.and found their way to their old
homes In the land of revolution.
The number of English-speaking per
sons has been swelled by deportations
from America and by emigrants from
Great Britain ami Its colonies who
were interested in the experiments
which the soviet government was
working out. *
Through their training abroad, most
of these. .English-speaking pel-sons
were* better equipped for government
work than native Russians and have
made their way into important places,
with the government in both Asiatic
and European Russia.
Three years ugo most of the Rus
sians returned from America were ex
tremely oilier iu their denunciation of
the Bnited States. But* they have
modified. Their experience In helping
to run a government has taught them
It is not as easy as it looks.
They have changed, as the entire
Red government has changed, and it is
not unusual to hear them speak with
affection of America. They look for
ward to America for help. Most of
them insist that America is the only
.country which is broad enough in
gauge to develop a country the size of '
Russia. •
Almost without exception, the Rus
sians who have been In America be
lieve the American child-feeding ia
an initial step townrd recognition.
They have ceased denouncing America
! as an “exploited” land. The floods of
abuse are now poured out on Prance,
Poland and Rumania. After the
United States, Great Britain seems to
be most in favor, with Germany a
close third.
Language schools In Moscow have
great demand for English lessons, and
second-hand book stalls In the markets
find a ready sale for English volumes.
Life Policy Blown Long Way.
Staunton, Va.—A life Insurance pol
icy held by J. Marvin llallew whose
home was wrecked by a cyclone re
cently, was found by Miss Virgie
Drumsellers at Madrid, 18 miles north
east of Mint Spring, where the house
wreck occurred. The policy, which
had been blown across the county by
strong wind, was badly tom nad
splotched.