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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1916-05-13
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BOB bon 1000 bis 1900 ST aaoet-
ten, ole aQe in ben glementen Ser
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rpilig iino, iid oieiem 8orbaben
on3ui6lieBen. Das &egiment lon
lelbftreoeno Der 6iibrung zines OF
fi5iers Der regul1ren Nrrnee unter-
lteQt Deroen.
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tillerie paIiierten am sSreitag ourh
uniere Stabt. 3mei Ser aompoq-
MEN eingen nod Gl Yalo, Die brittle
na6 Maratbon.
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lammlung ser 8i=Gentennial Grpo=
iition So. muroe Der geiAluB gefaBt,
bel Der Staot Die Mbbaltnng elmer
8abl 81 beantragert, in Der iber
Die @usgabe BON $tO00,0O0 Mlts-
iteInngs : Bombs abgeitimmt peroen
ioa.
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aud Sobn Sng bon bier altweienb.
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ite, nod lebenoe Witglieo.
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einige 2aufiungen oes ct. @ntbonp
@ptels am 5reitag Elm Spoiium.
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Staot eelmgen fonten o6ne entoecft
81 fDeroen, nermag niemano 5i ia
gen. 9as Spoiium nuroe nod Dem
ct. gntbonp Sotel gebrad)t uno bort
bon ben farbigen 4ufmartern als
groBte 9eeer-0 elifatefie nit Den
oa5n %geborenoen SiiBfaroffeln Der.
lpeiit.
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faner lultr0e bon Der Boli5ei perbuf-
tet, Der g~efiiblloie Menih bntte mrf
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tes 8fero, bas nidt mebr 5u 5ielen
permod)te, nit einem Ihtueren &riip-
pei Dor Dem 8agen tot geIdlagen.
geionoers biibl6e Maifeite
puroen am Sreitag in Ser graden-
ridge Memorinl iino in Der 8o1-
bam Sdille abgebalten; gan5 aler-
lIebit maren Die in Der lebteren auf-
gefitbrten Seen uno @lfen 8eieen.
Die SbluB ; Seierlidfeiten
Der GbomassShnl fir W1ohen
fanben am Sreitaa inter 5ablreifer
8eteiIigung Der 5rennoe uno Som
ner Der Shule ftatt; oas hiibid 5il-
lammeneeIteGte 8roeramm mliroe
alieitig anerfmnt.
- Sic Sirma @olff & Warr bot
alien ibren2elten, Die 5umWili5oienit
einberufen meroen, ooer in Die Wili5
eintreten mollen, erfldrt, ooB man
lire Ste1en i'm @eiddft fir Tie offen
6olten mill.
Gin ~1tiabriges Mtaoben bon
llpaloe, namens Cutie Grom, ipurbe
am Sreitag abeno ouf einem bieii-
gen 8abnbofe ~angebalten. Die flei-
ne abenteurerin, Die obne Sophie
oefilng mar, ober ibren SdoBbuno
uno cine groBe Reiletaihe nit iid
fiibrte, erflarte auf 8efragen, oaB
iie iih Die @elt onleben modte uno
nmeit, melt fortgeben moate.~ Sic
miro natiirlid ihleunielt nod llpaI-
De suriiderpeoiert peroen.
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6aus III nfrrellten.

Sas nntcre nnS obere Stodmerf
bon &r. 21S C~it-gummeree Gtraks
III AT berrenten. Nabere Nnsfnnft in
Der Office Der nSreien BreFe".
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Marfts8ericb
BaumiuoGe.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

San Nntonio, Ser, 1911 Gts.
@aluefton, geitern, 1915 Gts.
Gptfpnfamen.Tro6nfte.
Sun A%ntunio, Geg., IS. Nai 1915 -
Brine gruoe Cotton GeeS Oil. 20
Gents per @aIlone.
Nesp 9orf, IS. Mni.-Gpott lie BIB;
Mai. $11.00 II. $11.10; SUM, S11.10
$11.20; Suli. $11.25 nn0 $11.26;
Maeuit, $11.29 nnb $11.3O; Septer@
ber. $11.30 unb $t1.35, Oftober,
$10.26 nno $10.27; Nobeutber, $940
SEAL; 9esember, $3.50 uno $9.3f.
7urm.4ruonfte.
Gan antonio. Ser, IS. Nfai 1916
Sntter .-....... 18c per Rfutlo
Ger (uur frifde) ....17hc per 3so.
5iibner $3.50. 12hc-20c per Hfano
Surteps 15c per Bfun6
Rprn ............ 85c Der Buf6eI
Bei5en. .........$t.25h per 8uSheI
0dfer SOC per Bufdel
0eM .S11.00 per $0nue
wemiife.
Sartoffeln, California. nele Serns.
$500 H.. $2.25; COLORADO, $3.50.
SiBe RnrtDffeln. 2o1ifiann. $1.75
Somaten. Eeras, 6 @orbe, $500.
&obI, $3.50 II. $500 per Crate.
Spinat, &c Der 8funo.
EeterItlie, 35c per 2b6. s8iinoeI-
Hdbieshen, Doc (. 1 SCH. giinoel.
9Inmentohl, $1.75 fir IL 6tiid.
3fpiebeln, Seras Bermuda, SITS Der
grate, Choice. SIPS; gbrbItaI Bag.
S1.75.
gaualb. $500 II. $3.50 per guSdeI.
Gierpflanaen. $3.50 per 8uSdeI.
&~opffnlat. 65c un0 75c Der Camper.
@riiner gfeffer, Seras, t5c per BIB.
Der Rfun6.
@eerrettiasB ursein, per Bib. 1aMe
8obneu. California @abous, $3.50;
COLORADO $500; Gina. 1925; Hubb,
1925; 8lad gpes. 1925; Crime go6~
men, per 8ufhel, $1.75.
Beeten, 46e per 9ko. sBiinoet.
Sfra, $500 fir elm 8uidel.
8elbe 8nrseln. 40c II. 45c per 9bo.
SeIerie. 90c Ii. $t.00 per 9so.
Tteh-Narft.
San 4ntonio, Ser. IS. Mai 1915
Giihe $425 bis 1925.
tadlber 1915 bis $500.
Ohlen $500 bis $S.15.
8ulleu $4.75 bis SIS. Is.
ct. 2ouis, IS. Wai 1916. - Hinoz
bieh. Seras>gieh. $5.25 biz $500.
Sdipeine $3.50 1ino $1,000.
Saate.
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Grin a~eiaIaeue .......,..t3h Ste,
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San antonio, Ser. 12A CITE.
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OA uSlt SSftS ltufS!t lpiSSlut Xxx
peifen ELM:
Son Soiepb &e0er uno &obert q.
Soeree[ in indianapolis, ben be
fannten Siibrern oes oeutd-ameri-
fanilden Nationnlbunoes:
ySm @eiite 1ino mir beute nit Sb-
men. gmpfaneen sic uniere berg
lidlten @liifpiinlde 5u oem8m oes
pradtpolen &eims, nit Dem Die
Sermannslobne BON Teras efter
oelltid amerifaniiher Slimanitoi
fir INNER elm 9enfmal gelest ba.
ben"
Son @lm. s. @eiBler, MitgIieb
oes @roB Acknowledgements Der
| Sermannsiobne, uno s. sc. Srailt.
Ifer in @aco:
.Ser5li6e @liidpiinife 5irr Gin.
| meibnng oes9Itenbeims. @ir miinlf).
ten, mir mGren bei Gu6."
| Son Or. 6. &rueger, Dem @roB-
logeror5t Der Sermams Iobne:
.8am Ieiber ni6t fomnlen. @feine
ber5Iiditen. ber5Iiditelt Seeens- ms
@Gidpiinife."
Son SEQ. S. Sdlei6er itt Grero.
Dem Sobnc oes beriibmten George
ShIeider mpereeBIiden @noenfens
Bug ipGt. Seine 8erbinoung. Ga.
gen Sic, pie Icbr i6 beOolere, midi
onipeleno lein 5u fonnen."
anpeieno lein 5it fonneu. 8. M.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15
GOOD MEN WITH "OFFICERS FOR
MASCOTS" IS NO LONGER
THE CASE.

The question of offering the troops has
been hard one for Canada 10 handle For
some reason the English staff conceived
prejudice against the Dominion c. O.s cary
in the war, and with characteristic bluntnes
showed their distrust openly. Sir Max Aitken'
the Eyewitness" with the Canadian corps, re-
fers to this frankly in his book, Canada n
Flanders" and quotes a saying in the Engli'n
army that the Canadian troops looked IKE
good men and "had officers for mascots." ms
CALLED, because there was bit Of truth in IL
Politics had played its usual tricks at the ou''
set. But the remedy was at hand, and me
trenches bounced upon the unfit and the slaek'
ers with the pitiless publicity Of a movie him.
and the political colonels faded away. Then
came Ypres and the Flanders fighting, and
the Canadians and their officers died, one man
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15
THE BUSINESS OF WAR WITH
OUT THEATRICALISM
OR EMOTION.

Here was harbor full Of warships. Huge
transports were belching smoke at the docks
and lean destroyers crouched alongside ready
to leap at the word. Stevedores swarmed like
ants over pyramids of munitions; above rose
the city, an armed camp. And all this was
passing before our eyes with no more uproar
or emotion or theatricalism than you will find
in New England shoe factory. Then the
truth dawned upon US. Here was people en-
gagged in the most tremendous Of all human
tasks-the waging of war-and they we're
going about it as business matter, to be
conducted on business principles. figura-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15
RECRUITING AFTER THE MAN
NER OF A SELLING
CAMPAIGN.

When war broke out he left sick bed to
offer his services to the government. They
red-taped his letter, and against the doctors
orders-he was stricken with rheumatic fever
Borden in one week enlisted and organized
battalion Of LOO men. This was the famous
85th Battalion. Nova Scotia sat up and took
notice. The next day a committee Of promi-
nent citizens, business men, lawyers and cer-
gymen elected the major to the job of general
manager Of military business for Nova Scotia.
lie is the type Of man Big Business insists it
is always looking for, and his recruiting cam
paign was triumph Of executive sagacity.
The province was dstricted into territories
and officers were assigned TO them, as statesmen
are sent out on the road to market goods.
Each one had his quota figured on the popu-
lation Of his district and was ordered TO sign
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15
STEEL SUBMARINE NETS CLOSE
HALIFAX HARBOR AT
NIGHTFALL.

In addition to the business OF recruiting,
upon Halifax falls the responsibility of trans
norting s5 per cent of the Canadian contin-
gents overseas to the front. The city has been
for centuries an outpost of the Empire, one or
the bulldogs with which England pickets her
possessions. A gloomy citadel has crowned
the heights since the French wars, and its
bastions were considered in their day the
strongest in the world. At shutdown gun is
fired from a grass-grown empacement, ana
the echoes roar from hill to hill and among the
ships in the mined harbor.
This means that the steel submarine net
that bars the harbor has been shut to for the
night and inbound ships must anchor outside
until morning. Halifax has taken no chances
with submarines since the Deutschland slipped
through, for her deep harbor is the spout
through which the Dominion pours her stream
of men and guns and munitions overseas TO
the front Here they gather by the thousands,
and the bold burr" of Cape Breton answers
the broad us of Ontario, and the ranchers
from Calgary make friends with the lumber
Jacks of New Brunswick.
The Canadian soldier Is likable lad and
Thoroughly cnuWiny anu Soi'ei0H''o'
makes friends quickly and loves to stroll IN
clumps of three and four. You never see him
alone, unless on duty bent. Each one hugs
his swagger stick as if fairy godmother had
pressed it on him, and the hard set spiral put
tees trim their figures into a sharp-cut smart
ness that our own men lack. The uniforms
are all khaki-an old-gold, greenish hue of it;
and the only marks of distinction are the
bronze battalion badges and numbers on Shout
der and cap The tunic is essential, and to
promenade in flannel shirt sleeves as our men
do would mean guardhouse and police duty
for a Canadian.
Besides the badges and emblems are the SER
vice ribbons, and to learn their meaning must
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15

them up on that basis. This was in January,
1915.
In the meantime an advertising campaign
was started Posters, bilboards, window and
streetcar cards, newspaper pages, the pulpit,
the schools and the universities were called
into action to Billy Sunday the reluctant The
fiery cross was rushed from one end of the
province to the other, and Nova Scotia blazed
with the torches of war. In six months 10000
were enrolled and in camp at Aldershot, and
10000 more are rapidly coming IN. War
posters are everywhere One, posted the day
we landed is typical Of the drectness of the
recruiting campaign. 1t reads:
"THERE ARE MEN IN HALIFAX WHO ARE
GOING TO BE VERY UNHAPPY WHEN THE
WAR Is OVER, AND THINGS HAPPEN
EVERY DAY TO REMIND THEM THAT
THEY DID NOT DO THEIR DUTY
One stroke alone did wonders in bringing in
the recruits Nova Scotia, as the name inn
plies, was settled in part by Highanders, and
Scotch names and Scotch burrs are rs fire.
quent in the province as English ones are in
Virginia So Major Borden called his S5th
Battalion the "Highlanders." Halifax cheered
the name, and the Nova Scotian contingent will
go down in history as the Highland Brigade.
Major Borden Is now the brigadier general in
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15

lively land actually took of my hat to Can
ada.
For Americans 10 understand the full sig
nifcance Of IL all we must sketch in the back
ground for them TO focus on. Once you get
that before your eyes the whole story will fol
low through in all It's dramatic intensity. In
the first place, we must remember that Canada
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15

REQUIRE a special training. Regimental feeling
and battalion tradition run high in Canada
and insignia often have a pedigree that goes
back to the Heights of Abraham. The mos,
picturesque of the uniforms is that Of the
Highland brigade, and the plumed BalmOra
bonnets fill the eye. The eagle feathers mag
nifty the tiniest private, and to walk the streets
on a Saturday leave day is to visualize the
Glasgae Of Sir Walters time. The town Is
full of chieftains, and occasionally kilt swings
by as proud as a gamecoek. When one Of
these salutes an officer the pipes seem to shrill
in the air.
The Canadian officer is essentially the gen.
teman. mean this both in the English and
American connotation. He bears himself with
a dignity and self-possession that nothing
seems to ditch, and his personal turnout IS
immaculate. From the downiest provisional
"leftenant" to the rosiest-gllled major, each
looks as if he had emerged from razor and tub
Immediately previous, no matter if the hour be
morning, noon or night. We had ample op-
portunty to study them, and shall carry away
pleasant memories OF kindness, courtesy and
service. And we envied them their tailors. for
every tunic fitted without a flaw, and the
breeches fared above tight knees with the
meticulous correctness Of an international
horse show.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15
Signal Drill, S5th Battalion.

command Of his Balmoral bonnets, $1,000
strong.
"These provincial figures have rather en-
barrassed the military experts at Ottawa"
said Halifax Liberal leader. "The facts are
that headquarters predicted openly we could
be depended upon to furnish only 1000 men.
Our first 10000 set them guessing, and they
had to hunt bit to find quarters for them.
The next 10000 made things even worse, but
we never stopped turning them ill.,"
AS matter of fact, Halifax is to-day the
centre of the military situation in the Domin-
ion. Her recruiting station is so busy that
officers have been drafted from as far west as
Vancouver to keep pace with the work. Not
only are the Highland ranks being filled, but
Ottawa wants help for the college mems COM
pany of the Princess Pats. These Will ulti-
mateIv become officers. Then there is the
new branch of the service to be organized, and
the Imperial War Office is anxious for quick
action. This is the oath Forestry Battalion,
to reinforce the first battalion now IN active
service on estates in England, Scotland ana
Wales. The work this branch of the service
does sheds light on the deadly thoroughness
with which England Is seeing things through.
Their lob is to cut down and saw up the Tor
ests of Great Britain, and lovers OF romance
and poetry will feel a thrill when they read
that the ancestral oaks of Windsor and Kenil-
worth are being ruthlessy felled and fash
;oned nv Nova Scotia umberjacks to furnish
planking and firewood for the men IN tne
trenches.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15

to become the Empires first line across Flan-
ders when men were few and England's
fortunes lay in the laps of the gods. Twenty
thousand were promised to Kitchener by cable
and 10000 actually went. To-day the Domin-
ion has enlisted, equipped and trained 100000
men. Her quota is 100000.
Nova Scotia's returns are typical Of the de-
votion with which the provinces have rallied
to the defence Of the imperial idea. The total
number of officers and men enlisted in the prov
ince from the beginning of the war to August
30 was 10000. The Nova Scotians are now
recruiting 10000 more which gives grand
total Of 10000 men out of $4,000 between the
ages of eighteen and thirty years. To make
an equivalent showing, proportionate to popu-
lation, New York State would have to put into
the field $4,000 men. In view of these figures
National Guard officers will find Nova Scotias
experiences an interesting study in recruiting.
Again the staid Canadian has shown himself
a master Of resource. Stripped down to its
bare chassis, the machine was run as
straight business operation, and Nova Scotia's
contingent was recruited by being told the
proposition to enlist was the only thing a de-
cent man could do and hope to hold his head
up. Getting such an idea across requires
strict attention to detail and thorough organi-
cation. But inevitably in such crises local
Kitchener rises to the occasion. and Nova
Scotas was Major Allison p. Borden. He is
professional soldier, who has taken his bust
ness seriously.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15

out of every two in the lines. and saved o "...,.
Since that time England has stood AZ 49, W.,
ton when soldiers tunic shows 'S""'
badge. -. am.
The original intention was to find the .Un
mission material in the ranks OF the 'e' A.
but the frightful losses Of the iirs' WV
Continued on Page S's'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-10-15

TTALF Of the North American continent
RI is at war, and we did not realize it
- until our steamer locked under the
gray guns of British warships in Halifax har-
Dor. She was the Red Cross liner Florizel,
sister ship of the Inflated Stephano, and even
then rumors were ahoat that both boats had
been sold to the Russian government for ice
breakers in the Archangel Channel. This
might be the last trip, the story had it. The
Stephano was then bound north to st. Johns,
Newfoundland, on what was her last trip.
But even these smoking room wirelesses did
not prepare our minds for what confronted US
at Halifax. We found ourselves in a heavily
fortified city that was packed to the ramparts
with soldiers waiting to 60 over seas to the
front. When the true state of affairs drove
itself home the Americans who have been
getting their war served up at breakfast via
the censor had distant shock. We felt rather
annoyed by it, too as representatives OF the
most wde-awake nation now doing business.
To be surprised by our brothers over the bor-
der partook of the unkind, particularly before
we had established our land legs.
But this slight touch of chagrin was nothing
in comparison to the feelings that followed as
soon as we began to get our military bearings
Our proper American sense of superiority was
more than startled; it was bumped Secretly
we began to do some salutary wondering. Was
this country so busily engaged IN war the
same sleepy Canada we used to know when we
went black bass fishing in vacation time and
couldn't understand why the Toronto store
keepers declined to open up until 9 o'clock?
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-10

ever from church sympathy by dis
taste for his methods, and many
preachers lost prestige in the eyes of
their congregations because he made
a strong point of condemning them
and holding them up to the ridicule
of his audiences whenever the oppor-
tunity offered. And when he went
away he took with him a tidy sum
that would have gone a long way to-
ward solving some of the financial
problems with which struggling local
congregations are wrestling.
The professional evangelist is not to
be discouraged. There was Dwight l.
Moody. for instance. He was neither
a money grabber nor a vaudeville per-
former. When he took up a collection
those who gave knew precisely where
their money was going. His preaching
required no chair-smashing accom-
paniments to make it effective. Men
of this type are to be encouraged but
the first thing the Federal Council
must do to purify the ranks of present
day evangelism is to bar the verbal
fireworks and cut down the percen-
tage of gate receipts.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-10
YOUNG MEN IN EARNEST

TT is pleasing to note that the sum-
mer military training camp has
proved to be more than a mere
last summers fad. Officials of the
Military Training Camp Association, in
announcing plans for Spring and SUM-
mer camps this year. claim that so. 600
men will be enrolled. OF these 5000
are expected to enlist in the East,
1000 in the Middle West, 5000 in the
Far West and 1000 in the Southwest.
Camps will be made at Plattsburg,
n. y; Fort Oglethorpe. Ga; San
Diego and Monterey. Cal; Fort George
Wright. Wash; Fort Benjamin Har-
rison, Ind; Fort Sheridan. H., and San
Antonio and Galveston, Tex. More
than $500 already have enrolled for
the Plattsburs camp.
An encouraging feature of the train
ing camp movement is that many
leading employers have agreed to give
such men as enlist a months leave of
absence with full pay.
That the young men who are giving
their vacation periods to the service
of their country are in earnest may be
judged from the fact that aside from
the time they sacrifice each must pay
from s65 TO $50 for transportation and
equipment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-10
By BRIGGS

fore they came to Florida, sponges
were taken only by negroes who went
out in row boats hooked"
in comparatively shallow water with
long poles. 1t was primitive and in
effeCtual method, and all Florida did
not produce fraction of what is now
exported annually from Tarpon
Springs alone.
The Greeks saw their opportunity,
and went first to another Florida town
farther South, where they invested six
thousand dollars in a schooner and
began diving for sponges with great
success. The local people held a mass
meeting, decided they did not want
any "furriners,' ran the Greeks out
OF town, and burned up their boat.
The Greeks then went TO Tarpon
Springs where they received a very
different reception. The people rea-
liZed that Greeks could develop the
sponge industry to the great benefit OF
the town. So they purchased boats
and equipment for these men from the
Mediterranean, and set them to work.
Both the Greek colony and the sponge
business grew apace. The Greeks
now own their own boats, and about
half of the local firms dealing in
sponges are owned by Greeks. They
also conduct all of the ice cream par
lors, barber shops. and pool rooms
GCOntinued OH Page f2.1
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-04-10
DIXIE GOES AHEAD
The Great Sponge Market
By Frederic ]. Haskin

TARPON SPRINGS, FLA.-This
city claims the distinction of be-
ing the largest sponge market in
the Western Hemisphere. over hun
dred schooners with their diving boats
sail from its little river harbor to the
sponge beds in the gulf: and a local
colony of 1000 Greeks are engaged al
most wholly in the sponge business.
They have imported their native meth
DDS unchanged. even employing colors
that are used in the Mediterranean.
The Greeks have an absolute mo-
nopoly on the business of diving for
sponges. They go down into one hun
dred feet of water in rubber suits and
helmets, cut the sponges from the bot
tom with a knife, and bring them to
the surface in nets. Now and again
u man gets his rubber lines tangled.
and his air supply Is cut oil, or he re-
mains below too long and becomes
paralyZed. Sometimes a big man
eating shark becomes unduly curious,
and makes a mcnacing swoop at the
diver. His usual defense in such a
case is to open h.s sleeve and let out
a rush of air bubbles, which almost
invariably frightens the shark away.
At any rate, these under-sea adVen-
lures do not appeal to the Americans.
They are willing TO take a risk for suf-
ficient cause; but not for a divers wa
ges, so the Greeks have no competi-
ton in that part of the business. Be