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Omaha daily bee., 1920-10-31

wife-Princess Adelaide of Schaum-
burg -Lippc--anI left Altenburg for
Berlin, where he lived as mete
baron in small flat.
His bride was formerly an actress.
and the ex-duke first met her when
she was appearing at Altenburg:
When he abdi:ated she followed
him to Berlin and acted as his
housekaeDer
Omaha daily bee., 1920-10-31
Noble Startles German Society
By Wedding Housekeeper

Berlin, Oct. 3o-The ex-duke of
Saxe-Altenburg has startled Ger
man society by marrying carpen-
ter's daughter.
He used the liberty given him by
the revolution to divorce his first
Omaha daily bee., 1920-10-31

rupcy the more his bisnis grew. His
family avoided all vilent deaths an
grew iuto strappin men. The doc
tors refused to examine him after
a time cause they could never find
nothin' the matter with him.
Then all of q sudden everythin
Omaha daily bee., 1920-10-31

went to pieces at once. His wife left
him, his bisnis failed, he lost his
money, ,shis, sons turned out bad eggs
an his live stock ate rat poison and
died. -
Right away we noticed the change
in Farnun. He got real clipper an
Omaha daily bee., 1920-10-31

More than IS per cent of the build
ling industry in Washington is tied
up by the refusal of the carpenters
ito work until granted higher wages.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-04-15
HOLD NOTE AS RARE RELIC
Piece Of Money Issued In China More
Than Five Centuries Ago
Owned in America.

Marco Polo found banknotes N
China ages ago, printed on paper made
from the bark of the mulberry tree.
One of these notes, upon which the
great Venetian traveller himself may
have gazed. is On exhibition at this
day in the office of an American COM
pany. 1t is one of series issued by
the Ming dynasty about 1899 a. d.,
current anywhere under the heavens"
land seems to have been printed from
wooden blocks on sheet of paper
nine by thirteen inches-a bigger sur
face than any man could cover with
both hands outstretched. It is good
for zone string Of cash." The provi-
sion against forgery is simple to the
point of severity &C ounterfeiters
hereof will be executed. Persons CIV
ing information Of counterfeiters will
be rewarded with taels $50, and. in
addition, will receive the property be-
longing to the criminal" The head Of
the emperor who gave the order and
the Topped heads Of the counterfeit
ers have long since moldered into Inn
palpable dust, the property Of the
criminal vanished and left not so
much as shade, but the faded old
banknote, pressed between the sheets
Of glass and framed in carven teak,
still croaks it's harsh warning to him
who can understand it.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-04-15
Dean COffman Succeeds
President Leroy Burton
Minnesota University Regents Select
New Head of Educational Institu-
tion-Change July First.

Minneapolis, April 14-Lotus D.
Coffman today was named president
Of the University of Minnesota to
succeed Marion LIE Roy Burton, re-
signed. Coffman has been dean of
education Of the University for five
years. Burton goes to the University
of Michigan at Ann Arbor in June as
president of that institution. The
Board of Regents confirmed Coff-
mans appointment today.
Choice Of a University of Mime
sofa man for the presidency was
made after a careful canvass of the
institution and a close scrutiny of
available material the nation over.
Two educators prominent in scholas-
tic circles in the East were dropped
from consideration in favor Of the
Minnesota man.
The university presidency was left
open through the resignation Decem-
Der 80, 1919, of President Burton, eff
fective in June, to accept the presi-
dency Of the University of Michigan.
Dean Coffman is one of the most
prominent educators in the country,
both from the nature Of various
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-04-15
NOT ALL FLOWER CROWNED
Ornaments Of Brides Vary in Different
Count-ies-German Wreaths
Mostly In Myrtle.

The custom Of GROWING the bride
with wreath Of some kind is OBJ
served in nearly all parts Of the world.
the usage varying but little. even
though there are few other common
customs because Of variation Of ideals
and degrees Of civilization. Where
flowers are readily obtainable, flowers
are used for this purpose. but quite
variety Of flowers are used, the
choice being dependent on what the
particular nation regards as most SYM
bolic of the renewing life and fruit
fulness Of spring.
England, France and America find
orange blossoms the ideal crown for
their brides, while pink carnations and
red roses deck the brides Of Spain.
The bridal wreath in the Ionian isles
Is made from vine leaves. In Germany
the wreaths are of myrtle, though in
the Black forest hawthorn is used.
and in Bohemia rosemary is the IA
vorite. In Pesth ribbon and artificial
flowers are blended in a gay mass.
Switzerland makes its bridal wreaths
Of white roses.
A few nations use crowns rather
than wreaths, and the Norwegian,
Swedish and Serbian crowns Of silver
are sometimes very handsome and
even beautiful. In Bavaria and Silesia
there may be seen bridal crowns OF
fine wire, gold, glass beads and tinsel
while in Athens fine filigree work Is
used.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-04-15
SAHARA ONCE FERTILE LAND
In the Stone Age Africa Far Out.
stripped Europe, According to
Chicago Professor.

The Sahara desert was once well
watered and fertile, and hunters from
the Sahara plateau. moving gradually
down through a rift in northeastern
Africa, located where Egypt now lies.
according to DR.. ]. Henry Breasted.
professor Of Egyptology and oriental
history, University of Chicago.
Doctor Breasted said that this all
happened about the time Of the stone
age. Egypt was then one huge lake,
but 1t gradually drained out into the
Mediterranean leaving the Nile val
ley. Here the hunters were afforded
every natural resource and founded q
civilization which outstripped Europe.
1t was about 1000 or 5000 b. G. that
Egypt had a stable government con-
trolling millions Of souls.
The grain Of Egypt was 1000 years
older than any found in Asia, says
Doctor Breasted, and cattle undoubt-
eddy had their origin In Africa. The
Stone age founders of Egypt early de-
veloped from hunters to farmers and
used the oldest metal instruments
made by human agency. They evil
IDENTIFY discovered the metal there, and
system Of writing was evolved in
Egypt thousands of years before
Christ.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-04-15
i ing whether to remain for the next lee

ing whether to remain for the next lee
ture or not.
"Oh, let us g0yr exclaimed; I'm
tired, and I've heard that this man Is
just a perfect bore, anyway"
A rather Insignificant man sat next
to me. who turned his head, and with
q merry twinkle in his eye, said !:
'Yes, ladies'; know the fellow, and
he is bore" However, we decided to
remain, and the neighbor continued to
talk to us.
After the meeting had begun. and
the preliminaries were over, the pres
fdent Of the association called for the
speaker Of the afternoon, and to our
dismay the nice stranger arose, ad-
vanced to the platform, and prefaced
his remarks b. telling the incident
which had just occurred, and expressed
the hope that the women might be able
to hear him through, in spite of his
honest confession.-Exchange.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-04-15
Famed Woman Traveller.

Madame Pfeiffer should take her
place in history alongside Of Rolf the
Walker, or Traveller (Ganger), for nc
woman, living or dead, has accom-
plished so much with her legs. She
was born in Vienna in 1897. A love
affair having gone askew, and an un-
fortunate marriage to man thrice
her age, turned Ida Pfeiffer's thoughts
into the wide, wide world, and she be
gan her famous journeys, four voy-
ages, which went four times not only
round the world, but in and out Of the
world, including the islands Of canni-
balls near Java, the mysteries Of Peru
and Ecuador. Bagdad and Otaheite in
the Pacific ocean, Panama and the
United States. II she had been gift
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-04-15

Offices which she holds, and from the
views which he expresses on various
educational questions.
Mr.. Coffman was born in Salem,
Ind, January Z, 1876, and was edu-
Gated in country school. He at
tended the Salem high school and the
Indiana State Normal school from
which he was graduated in 1896. He
received his B. A. degree from the
University Of Indiana in 1906 and his
M. A. from the same institution in
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-04-15

Margaret Brooks, president; Miss
Vera Peart, LIST vice president; Frank
Bunker, End vice president; Miss
Hazel Bensen, Ord vice president; Mis-
Margaret Wakefield, secretary aid
ALERT Hanson, treasurer.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-04-15
SAW HuMoR IN SITUATION
Speaker Might Have Been a Bore, but
He Had Tact Enough to Garry
Off His Joke.

A teachers institute was being held
and number Of noted speakers had
been engaged for the three-days' ses-
sions. On the second afternoon, after
a morning Of round tables and lectures,
a group of us teachers were sitting in
the auditorium Of the church in which
the meetings were being held, debat-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-04-15

1910. In 1912 he received his Ph. Il.
from Columbia university.
Following his graduation, Dean
Cofman accepted the dictatorship %
the Indiana State Normal school and
remained in that capacity for fve
years. Following that he was pro-
fessor of education at the University
Of Illinois from 1912 to 1915, coming
to the University Of Minnesota a
dean Of the College of Education ID
1915.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1920-04-15

ed writer we might have had valuable
data. But it is not fair to ask
the forehead to equal such underpin-
nings Of power and endurance.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20
People Waiting Long Time
COMMITTEE is PRAISED
Council Body on Public Works Fin
ishes Business

Councils committee Of public works
has about wound up it's business be-
fore the recess. Chairman George
Connell, at the close of the meeting Of
the committee today. congratulated tn,
members. saving more has been accom-
plished during the last six months than
during two years of any similar commit e
tee in the past.
The subcommittee on surveys reported
IL will take S3S, 900 to push back two
store fronts on the north side Of Chest d,
nut street. between Broad and Fiji.
teenth, in accordance with an ordinanc
introduced by Councilman Charles Il.
Hall. These properties. at the north E
east corner of Fifteenth and Chestnut
streets and adjoining. are five feet be-
yond the building line.
1t was also reported it will take
SIS 900 to open Oxford avenue from
Frankford avenue to Lcppr street. The
ordinance striking portions of three
streets from the city plans in the Thir-
ty- eighth ward were also favorably re.
ported. This would give manufacturing
plants in the neighborhood room for OK
pansiop. The streets are King, from
Bristol street to Roberts avenue: Juni.
alta, from Wissahickon avenue TO the
Pennsylvania Railroad, and Bristol
street from King street to the Penn
sylvania Railroad.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20

siderable volume Of accumulated sell
ing orders over night, and with the buy .
ing power very limited the price was
quickly carried down TO 14%, compared
with II, last nights closing quotation.
The decline was checked temporarily,
but in the second hour fresh selling ap-
peared forcing the stock down to IA, a
net loss Of SO, which was 81 under the
previous low record made last May.
Around midday fresh support was given
the stock. bringing a rally to 10. During
the morning approximately 1000 shares
changed hands. The stock closed at
1914. ,'
Union Traction was the only one OF
the underlying shares affected and de-
cliDed 81 rs to n new low record at 27k
The banking community was stunned
by the Developments at the transit board
meeting. The resignation of the bank
ing interests surprised the financial
world. as IL was generally assumed that
differences between Mr.. Stotesbury and
Mr.. Mitten on the fare program had
been satisfactorily adjusted.
There was general reluctance to
voice any opinion until more definite in =
formation concerning the situation was
obtainable. at any rate, at least. until
Mr.. StOteSDury na0 gwen MS promised
statement. Several banking interests
intimated that there we're indications
of there being something big under the
surface, which when known would
probably put a different light on the
situation.
In most banking quarters amaze
mcnt was expressed at Mr.. Mitten's at
ttude in combating the Stotesbury
policy. and as it was said, in "spilling
the beans"
One prominent banker said that much
would depend on the extent of the hold
the banking interests still have on the
company. He pointed out that when
the Drexel & Co. interests took up the
Rapid Transit Co. affairs the bankers
were practically given a lien on every
conceivable property right Of the COM
pany and It's underlying companies.
Whether these liens have been released
or not, he had no information. IL they
were still held by the bankers, then he
believed, there was possibility OF
revolutionary changes in the manage
ment.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20
CATHAY,S WEIRD ELODIES
SOOTH AGED MUSIC WIZARD
Eng Noy Comn,unes With Chi.
nese Orpheus as He A,Odits
Last Call
Philadelphia's Dingy Bit Of
Chinatown Made Happy by
Hymns of Orient

Just as dusk falls softly over the city
these summer nights strains Of music,
ghostls and weird. drift through a mar
row little window on the top floor OF
206 North Ninth street.
The tune IL haunting. far away. al
most unearthly. and as 70 comes TO the
cars of those on the street level the
Chi incSc throughout the neighborhood
look up and say:
ITS Eng Noy. the master Of music,
playing his Evening Hymn.
Night and morning Eng Noy sits in
his funny little room. only reached by
an apparently endless number Of crooked
stairs and dark halls, and plays sacred
tunes on his Chinese piano. Well does
he deserve the title Of master Of Mu-
Sic" for he knows how TO play q pecu-
liar kind Of Chinese banjo and n Chi
nese buglp and n tom tom just as well as
he does the piano.
Eng Noy is seventy two years cid,
a little. old man. not much over five
feet. with long white beard and short
straight hair. His main occupation is
the .paching Of music. although he also
cntertains sometimes with his own mu-
sical talents, which are varied.
FlOuted Career as Policeman
Chinatown's master OF music" was
born in Canton. China, the youngest
OF eight children. and intended by his
father to follow in his footsteps as
policeman.
Eng demurrcd. although generations
of his family had held that honorable
position. and early in life he became
interested iu music, perhaps because he
lived next door to one of the greatest
musicians Of China. At any rate he
came to America and lived ten years
with a cousin in San Francisco's China
town, where he learned music in many
forms and the English language. There.
too. he married, but his wife died
within a year after the ceremony.
'T loved Far so very, very much
says Eng Noy today, 81 never could
marry again"
SO at the age Of twenty three he
came to Philadelphia and as soon as
he could devoted all his time to his
beloved music. He is proud Of the fact
he Is a Christian and attends services
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20
THRONG TO WATCH
FINAL LAUNCH|NGS
Hog Island viii Try to Send
Seven Ships Down Ways in
Fifty Minutes
CADET ESCORT FOR BAKER

Three hundred cadets from the West
Point Military Academy will arrive al
HOG Island tomorrow morning to act
as an escort Of honor to Secretary OF
War Baker and his party at the final
seven ply launching Of the yard.
| Seven. vessels In all will leave tho
ways-the last under the wartime con I.
tract Of the American International
Shipbuilding Corporation.
II will be the last opportunity the
public will have of inspecting the yard.
Many distinguished guests will attend
the launchings. including Charles NJ.
Auckland Geddes. British ambassador
to the United States; Edward n. Ilur-
ley. former chairman Of the shipping
board General Yeyton s. March,
Brigadier General Grant T. Hines,
Charles Piez. Samuel Vauclain,
Rear Admiral Hughes. Governor Sproul,
Mavor Moore and +. r. Stotesbury.
The final touches we're put on the
ships this morning and the yard is be-
ing decorated with flags and bunting.
The guest stand will be out over the
water instead Of near the sponsor as on
previous occasions.
Matthew G. Brush. president Of the
shipbuilding corporation and the man
who has made things so at Hog Island
since he took charge in December. 1918.
pected to be worlds record.
The first ship is scheduled to go
over" at 4 80 o'clock and the last at
5:24. The last ship will be christened
the M. 9. Brush. Launching seven
ships inside of approximately fifty min :
utes Is a tremendous feat, according to
Mr.. Brush.
The greatest number Of ships hereto
fore launched in one afternoon was six,
ut the Moore shipyard. Oakland, Calf.
Arrangements have been made to take
care of record breaking crowds at the
yard tomorrow. The gates at Hog
Island will be thrown open to the public
at o'clock. Special trolley cars on
Route 45 will run from Fortieth and
Market streets and from Third and
Jackson streets direct to the yard.
A special train will be run on the
Reading from Thirty first street and
Girard avenue at . :45 o'clock. stopping
at the Baltimore and Ohio station at
Twenty fourth and Chestnut streets at
2 800 o'clock and arriving at the ship
yard about 3 :15 o'clock.
So keen is the interest in the septuple
of launchings and the fact that the oc-
Hog Island as shipbuilding center
that a private steamship company has
arranged to run q special excursion boat
from this city to give the public a
chance Of watching the launchings from
the river.
The thousands Of Hog Island workers,
past and present (there were 5000
at one time), have been invited to bring
their families to participate in the shin
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20
MEDIA MAN IN NEW
DIPLOMATIC POST
Robert F. Frazer, Jr., Appointed
Consul GeneraI-at-Large at
Washington, D. c.
IS FORMER PHILADELPHIA

Robert f.. Frazer. Jr.. of Media
United states consul general at Kobe
Japan. has just been appointed consu
general at. large. and ordered to report
for duty at Washington, n. G..
Consul General Frazer is the son oi
Mrs. Robert Frazer. formerly Of 500
Greene street. Germantown. aud now
Of Media. He was pponted to the
consular service in 1909. his first post
being Valencia. Spain, where he stayed
for three years. and was then trans
fcrrcd to Malaga, then going TO Brazil
From Bahia. Brazil, he was promoted
to the Kobe post.
lie wcntto this city n number of years
ago and went to Porto Roco. where he
engaged in the banking business. then
going in for sugar planting. There he
learned Spanish, one of tho require
ments for consular position being the
ability to conserve. read and write n
foreign language. He his also mastered
conversation in German, French and
Italian.
Six ronSus general are affected BY the
ned order from Washington.
Edwin y. Gunsaulus. of Ohio. now
consul general at Singapore. Is assign
ed consul general at Halifax. and will
bc relieved by Albau G. Snyder. West
Virginia. who is now consul general
at Panama.
W. Stanley Hollis. of Massachusetts.
now at London, is assigned as consul
general at Lisbon, succeeding William
l.. Lowric. Of Illinois. who is trans =
ferred to Athens. Marion Letcher, of
Georgia. now consul general at Chris
tiania. is transferred TO Callao, Lima.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20
SLOAN DENIES Tale
TOLD BY JEFFR|ES
Ward Leader Declares That n.
Never Gave Ex-Pollce Lieu.
tenant Raid Order
coRTELYoU WON'T TALK

The charge Of ex police Lieuten,r,
William J. Jeffries that John Sloan, ,
clerk Of the Municipal Court and on.
of the Independent leaders Of tho
Forty sixth ward, had ordered him Ia
head a raiding party Of policemen aud
forcibly take away certificates from
the division committee after tho last
primaries, was emphatically and abso.
lutely denied today by Sloan.
''The last time I saw Jeffrics wa,
two months prior to the mayoralty cleo
tion." said Sloan. ''It Is my policy to
keep away from police as much as pos
sible. fought to have the police taken
out Of politics. That is the position
took in the ward meetings always. The
charge is absolutely untrue"
Jeffries charged that Slosn's order to
sieze the certificates bordered on plain
larceny, that he refused TO carry IL out
and so was virtually compelled to resign
from the police as he knew the poll
ticians would 'get him."
The raid, according to Jeffries, was
planned by Sloan In an effort to wrcst
control Of the Forty sixth ward in tile
Republican city committee from Harry
A. Mackey.
Sloan promptly denied any interfer.
ence with Jeffries while he was lieu.
tenant at the Fifty fifth and Pine
streets station or at any other time.
THE only time recently that l called
up Jeffries:. he said. was in regard
fifteen years Of age in cell. This was
have been turned over to a matron or
given separate cell quarters. got in
touch with Jeffries and told him about II
and then telephoned to the sergeant.
He released the boys.
Later I said to the sergeant. Ser
geant, remember, ! am not doing this
as Republican Alliance leader Of the
Forty sixth ward, but as one pointing
out the law TO you"
Jeffries said soon after he refused TO
carry out Sloan's order he was trans
ferred from tho Fifty fifth and Pine
streets station to Eighth and Jefferson
streets station and then to the Second
and Christian streets station, upon
which he resigned. He said this showed
the attempt to "get him" and force his
retirement.
Director Cortelyou. Of the Depart
ment Of Public Safety, refused to com.
ment on the charge.
Harry A. Mackey, Ware leader of the
Forty sixth ward, referred to the fact
that after Jeffries's removal from Fifty
fifth and Pine streets, House Sergeant
10
acting lieutenant to succeed him. While
Montgomery was lieutenant an attempt
ed raid was made on the Mnckey me-, {.
ing and the outcome was that Mont
gomery was arrested and held in $4,000
bail ,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1920-07-20
URGES EXPORT GROWTH
Half Should Be Carried In America n
Ships. Says Speaker

A plea that half of the export trade
done by the United States should be
carried in American ships instead Of
only 2S per cent as was the case in
1919, was made today by J. W. Powell.
chairman of the committee Of American
shipbuilders and vice president Of the
Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation. at
n luncheon of'the Engineers Club, 1917
Spruce street.
Mr.. Powell outlined tho recently
passed shipping bill. which provides for
the organization of shipping board
of seven men and lists number of
regulations intended to remedy condi-
tions. Among the latter are regulations
providing n 10 per cent extra import
tax on goods carried in ships of foreign
countries and one allowing for the rc-
turn of all excess profits tax made in
shipping trade provided that this money
be doubled and reinvpstpd in shipping.
Every nation should conduct half
of its export trade in its own ships. -
said the speaker. ''And that Is the goal
we should set for ourselves. But in order
to achieve it We must necessarily take
trade away from friendly powers. and
that will take all the ingenuity and
brains we pOSspss ~