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Woman Has Exciting Experience
Seeing Eruption of Mauna
Loa in Hawaii.
Hilo, Hawaii.—Accompanied by r
diapason roar, similar to nothing in
the experience of those best acquaint
ed with Mauna Loa, a giant fountain
*of lava, 300 feet in diameter, is rush
ing 300 feet into the air at a new
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, Woman Views Lava Mow.
Itoreak in the side of the ancient vol
cano. Eight thousand five hundred
feet above Puuokeokeo, the scene of
the 1916 outbreak, and seven hours'
ride from Waiohinu, according to tlie
story told by eyewitnesses who discov
ered the sources of the new lava flow
and who have been within a mile of
the blistering white and red fountain.
Miss Louis MacMillan of Honolulu,
who has just returned from a first
hand inspection of the eruption oit
Mauna Loa, tells the following eye
witness story of the spectacle:
“The still hot rock under our
commenced to scorch our shoe sol#
after five minutes or so of standing
on it. A foot back of where I was
standing, a red-hot bed of lava with gt
few cool stones scattered over it, liki
a bed of coals with a few smalt cTTfiTP
* era on top, glowed constantly. Six
feet away on the other side a gas
flame several feet high played eoiJ4
tinually over a patch of bare red-hdf
rock, and anywhere we looked into
the cracks, the fiery, uncooled core
could be seen evilly gleaming. Every
step had to be taken with care not to
put the foot down into any of these
cracks.
“As night came on, we expected
darkness, but instead a bright, rosy
glow suffused the whole country
roundabout. It -was reflected from
the clouds overhead, which wrere bril
liantly lit up by the glowing lava.”
I Human Pendulum Foils i|r
Woman’s Plan of Suicide $
New York.—Tying a rope
around his waist, Fireman Tim- cjj
othy Fitzgerald leaped into the jjjj;
air from the tenth floor of a •!;<!
fashionable Brooklyn hotel, jjjj
swung through a window on the J;i;
ninth floor, knocking down Mrs.
M. M. Canda and frustrating <j;j
her threatened attempt to hurl
herself, to death. The woman J;![
had locked herself into the room !;<!
after announcing her Intention * >’(>
to commit suicide. ;>!;
$4,000 100 MUCH FOR SHAVE
Civil War Veteran Has Let Hair Grow
Since Sherman’s March
to Sea.
Connellsville, Pa.—Col. James J.
Barnhart, who served in the Civil war,
has an unusually long and flowing
beard. He has confessed why he al
lowed it to grow. The colonel said
his last shave was in Atlanta during
Sherman’s march to the sea. When
the Georgia barber charged him $4,000
^In Confederate money for the work he
swore that he never again would touch
a razor to his cheek. And he never
did.
Blind Woman Raises Chickens.
Marion, Ind.—Although Mrs. Ezra
Stimson has been blind for ten years,
she is an excellent chicken raiser, hav
ing raised a flock of 75 chickens this
year* Of these a pullet only five
months old has already laid two dozen
eggs. Mrs. Stimson cares for the
chickens herself. She is able to go
about with remarkable ease, and fre
quently is seen feeding the chickens
and gathering the eggs.
Boy, Playing Cowboy, Hangs Self.
Pittsburgh.—Playing cowboy in his
, home. Charles Pohle, eleven years old.
accidentally hanged himself on a ban
nister, when his mother left the house
for a few minutes.
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SECRET SERVICE MAN
IS MAKING TOUR FOR
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
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SEATTLE, Feb. 16 (by Associated
Press).—William J. Flynn, director of
the bureau of investigation of the de
partment of justice, and former chief
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of the secret service, has arrived here
on a national tour and is conferring
with department of justice officials
here.
Mr. Flynn says he thinks Bolshevism
and other forms of radicalism have
ceased to be a menace in America.
Fresh Ever-Ready Flashlight Bat
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Delicious mince pie at the City
Bakery. 13-tf
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CLEVELAND, Ohio, Feb. 16 (by As-1 :■
sociated Press).—William J. Bryan, in ! 3
an interview here today, stated eight j:
planks which he desired to have in- :«
corporated in the Democratic national ••
platform, as follows: 2
First—Indorsement of the adminis- |:
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Third—Woman suffrage. i*
Fourth—Opposition to the enforce- i*
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Fifth—Opposition to profiteering. :*
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Seventh—Labor problems.
Eighth—Public ownership. :•
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SAYS LANSING
EXERCISED HIS
PREROGATIVE
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Feb. 16 (by Asso
ciated Press).—Former President
William H. Taft, in an interview pub
lished here Saturday, said he would
side with Secretary Robert Lansing
in the controversy with the President.
He believed, he said, that Mr. Lan
sing was entirely within his rights in
callihg the cabinet conferences during
the illness of the President.
Best coffee in town served at thi
City Bakery. * 13-ti
Congoleum Rugs, suitable for every
room in your house, can be found at
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N. R. G. laundry tablets wash clothes
without rubbing. Contain no lime,
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