housewives, assisted by their menfolk, have been picketing the markets of Detroit and suburbs In
against high meat prices, and woe to any would-be meat-eater who tries to make a purchase. Good
hnve broken out in various sections of the picketed area, ns customers and pickets clashed, and
ales of the region have suffered a noticeable decline. Mrs. Mary Zuk, chairman of the action com
reduce meat prices, holds a "pep" meeting In front of their headquarters before marching on one of
uered butcher shops.
Old Bill Meadows Is Retired
Bill Meadows, famed army polo pony, gets a cake topped with 23
rrots ns he is retired at Governors island. New York, with fitting
les. Cnpt. Harry Cullins, his rider, looks on. Old Bill is still spry
ty-three, but tie has been sent to green pastures where there Is
nee of cracking his aging shins.
He Will Tell
Oxford About
Our “Injuns”
Chief Aces Blue Eagle of the
Pawnee and Creek tribe of Okla
homa, sailed for England on the
U_1
Normandie to lecture In Oxford on
the subject of American Indian art
and dancing. He Is pictured In full
regalia which Is part of his “props."
He Is Just as much at home Id eve
ning attire.
skan Appointed
ter to Paraguay
' Howard of Papilllon, Neb.,
...Kill I
is been selected ns American
:r to Paraguay.
American Legation at Addis Ababa
If war breaks out between Italy and Ethiopia this little building will
be a busy place. It Is the American legation at Addis Ababa, the capital
of Ethiopia.
Work Relief Job for the Imperial Valley
)ne hundred four-horse teams are here busy on one section of the All-American canal which will replace
nain now serving California's Imperial valley. Hie new canal will have a width of 232 feet, a depth el
et and will carry the water of the Oolorado river 80 miles across the valley for Irrigation purposes. The
and teams shown In the photograph above have moved more than 1,000,000 yards of earth with - theh
u scrapers.
—Waeai'i.'Mi, i... inaimiin -"Tinn—■
1—Armored trucks unloading at the treasury In Washington $100,000,000 In silver from the Philadelphia
mint. 2—Scene when a thousand officers and enlisted men sailed on the transport Republic from the army base
at Brooklyn for service In the Canal aone, the Philippines and Hawaii. 3—Members of the Massachusetts
Minute Women of 1035 presenting to Governor Curley a resolution against the Massachusetts tax laws.
Ransom Heads ,i\
Bar Association
William Lynn Ransom, New York
utilities lawyer, who was elected
president of the American Bar as
sociatlon over James M. Beck, for
mer Pennsylvania member of con
gress and former solicitor general
of the United States.
Salvage Ship Seeking Lusitania
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‘ This Is the fully equipped salvage vessel Orphlr which Is trying to
locate the wreck of the Lusitania oft the Old Head of KInsale, Ireland,
where the liner was sent to the bottom by a German torpedo. The sal
vagers hope to recover millions of dollars believed to have been In the
Lusitania's coffers.
Ten Million Dollar Saratoga Spa Dedicated
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Gov. Herbert H. Lehman of New York dedicated this new $10,000,000 spa at Saratoga Springs, known
as the Roosevelt Bath building. He described It as “another unique agency added to an already Incompar
able public health service."
Book-Learnin’ Baffles
Criminals in St: Paul
When Homes S. Cummings, United
States attorney general;' designated
St. Paul ns the “poison spot of
crime" Wallace Jamie, twenty
seven, crime student, walked Into
St. Paul’s public safety building and
asked for permission to hang
around as a sideline spectator to
watch a police force In action. Jamie
watched and worked with the knowl
edge he had obtained at the Uni
versity of Chicago and Northwest
ern university crime schools, and
brought Into use a number of de
vices 01 his own invention. The
greatest shakeup In St Paul’s tur
bulent police history ensued, and
now he has been named deputy
commissioner of public safety by
H. EL Warren, commissioner.
All-Time Record Mackinaw Trout
Justus Smith of Beulah, Mich., Is telling Miss Lndllo Provencher of
the Traverse City, Mich., chamber of commerce, how he caught the all
time record Mackinaw trout In Grand Traverse bay. The flab weighed 43
pounds and measured 49 inches In length and qualified Mr. Smith for
membership In the Travere City Che-Ge-Gon, Ottawa for “big fish dub."
Tbs previous record Mackinaw weighed 88 pounds.
I PHANTOMS
; Fascinating *
Tales of tdith* i. wan*
; Lost Mines e« ».o. -
liinuhiiiimLhniJB
THE HILL OF SILVEi
A FEW years more than a
tury ago, a company of el|
men set out from San Ante
Texas, to search for a wonde
silver mine. This mine was
posed ’to he near the old wr|
San Luis de las Amarlllas, on
San Saba river. It was know
legend as the Hill of Silver.
It—or something like lt
been "found” many times be
The Indians knew about It, am
mors of Its wonders had rea
the Spaniards of Mexico as^j
as the Eighteenth century.
Apaches Indicated Its direction
Ltpans brought silver from Its
to San Antonio; the Comal
knew Its location, and the <
dos, Wacos, and Tehuacanas,
survive only by their name
maps of the South, fought ofl
white men who traveled nqfl
Don Fernando de Miranda, lid
ant general of the provln
Texas, found a mine whl<
claimed was of vast extent,
from which he brought sampl
ore, and reported that he had
told of even richer mines ft
on.
The little group of eleven
from San Antonio were not
Ing blindly. Their leaders werq
and Rezln Bowie, who were
posed to have seen with theli
eyes the fabulous wealth ol
hidden mine to which they we
lng. James Bowie, who was
come one of the martyreffher
the Alamo, was said to have ,
the tribe of IJpans who gc
the mine, for the express pi
of learning Its location. E
succeeded, he organized the
pany to go back, fight off tl
dlans, and secure ns much ai
could of the rich ore.
The old fort was only 150
from San Antonio; both I
had been at the mine. Putting
facts together, one might si
that the travelers would
straight for the source of the
ure. But for some obscure r
they wandered about for
weeks, following James Bowh
was "looking over the lay i
land,” and Anally wound up
six miles east of the fort—
they were attacked by a largi
of hostile Indians. A day or
fore, a friendly Comsjnchi
warned them of the projectei
so they were prepared to Agl
one man was killed and threi
wounded, ar.d there was no
of caring for the Injured,
soon as they could move thei
took their casualties back I
Antonio, making the trip,
crippled and halting, In ten d
Perhaps reasoning that If
gone straight on to his oh
the expedition would have m
cess, James Bowie organlz
other party, of thirty men thl
and started out again for the
treasure. This time he led t
the right location, hut lef*'
ngrees ns to whether he T. -
mine or not.
• • •
That there actunlly is a
Silver In that region Is s
tiated by records In the nrch
Mexico, According to} the
ords, the mine was worked
early days of the San Sal
sion. When the local Indlf
rose and killed everyone
mine, It was considered po
abandon the place for a
•until’ It should be safe -to
and continue operations. ? B
ing the years after this m:
so many things of great, imp
occurred to the Spaniards,
many of those who knew tl
tion of the mine were kllle<
turned to Mexico, that the
Silver became 'actually lost
SevernlyCars agosllver bull^
found fti the bottom of -Sr
springs, and this And se
bring the lost site to no ti
lt Is said that treasure-seel
now hunting over an area
than 2,500 square miles, Ji<
And the wonderful silver'h
Other lost and hidden t
of Texas Include the famo
gerhead," In the wild count
the Rio Grande border, -
not much of a story to g
the search for this mine, I
sold that a negro who wo
a ranch below Sanderson fi
ore and brought speclmei
Into camp. He dlsappearec
afterward, and ever since
hunt has been keen, but
results. Then there Is tl
spring one hundred mile
west of San Antonio, wheipt
Jackloads of silver” were
In early days when^ai
tacked the transporting pi
long ago drouth caused t
to become much lower t
before, and a bucket whlcl
the bottom of the spring
np a Spanish sliver coin di
After every violent sto
the coast of Texas, Span '*
loons are found on the I
the gulf—only a few at s
course, bnt still enough'
legends of Jesn Lafltte, w:
posed to hsve buried his
•oat of these Islands.