The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 5, 1928, Page 10

- in @ spoon or cup of hot water PAGE TEN ‘unlit GREEK DIVERS Jabove can bring him to the suriace | points each, t he has been killed. | lu ) | A skilled diver makes around, FROM SPONGES Thriving Indusizy cn Shores of | Western Flerica Rivals That cf Greece Tarpon Springs, Fla., Jan, 5.—|} @—In a_ quiet harbor on the shores of Western Florida, an indus- trious colony of hardy Grecks has built up a thriving sponge business | which not only is the largest of its | kind in this ntry, but rivals that | of ancient Gr Picturesque in its setting and laid off by itself at the edge of Tarpon Springs, the colony, which sends | divers groping ponderously over the | floor of the sea for a commodity | used throughout the world, has de-| veloped in the last 20 years an in-| dustry which nets its workers more | than a million dollars a year. | Most of the workers own homes | and orange groves, while the banks | and stores are operated by men of} their own race. Buyers, represent-; ing countries in all paris cf the world, congregate at the auction sales, held in the local sponge ex- change, the seats in which are wie chased by dealers, like those of the New York Stock Exchange. Bidding Is Secret No verbal bidding, however, is done at the auctio After in- specting the huge p' of sponges the buyers submit bids on slips of paper to the exchange head, who awards the lots to highest bidders. The colony had its beginning back in 1905, when a small group of divers, whose ancestors for centuries had plucked sponges from the bed f the Aegean sea, came here. To- lay, the fleet has grown to 75 boats, manned by 800 copper-skinned Greeks, operating in a radius of 50 to 200 miles from land and return- ing to port every two or three months. e Theirs is an extrémely hazardous industry, but they go about their work with smiles. Lives of the divers are shortened if they fol- low the trade more than ten years and nfany become partially para- lyzed because of the high air pres- sure in the diving suits in which they work. Men Face Many Dangers Working under many feet of water, with huge net baskets and! steel prongs to detach the sponges’ from coral reefs or rocks, the men face all the dangers of deep sea diving. Parts of the gulf are in-| Snurr a little Vicks well up the nose or melt Medicated vapors reach the air passages direct. For other cold troubles rub Vicks on the throat and chest. (MILLION JARS USED YEARLY Repairs cost far more than " Freezing often means a cracked cylinder — a broken radiator? A little Pyro Denatured Alcohol | will safeguard your car against damage from freezing. Ten million motorists used this standard anti-freeze last winter. Inexpensive and absolutely harm- | Tess. Sold by garages—filling sta- tions—hardware, paint and drug stores, In bulk or in gallon cans, Get from your dealer the free Pyro Protection Chart. Also ask about the Pyro-Meter, which indi- cates lowest temperature at which your car is protected. (Mailed | direct on receipt of $1.00) U.S. Industrial Alcohol Co., 110 E. 42nd Street, New York. | | tested with — man-e: | which occasionally a k the th iver men | with such fury that be: $300 a month and has employment! throughout the year. He does not! work on a straight salary basis, but! receives a share in the total sales of | the season. A deeply religious people, ship; crews always are blessed by a priest | of the Greek church before they sail. | Relatives and friends of the men line | the wharves to bid them a happy voyage and safe return. Back in port after many weeks absence, there is the usual quiet celebration which marks the return of sea-faring people. A few days rest and then back to the ocean depths. Festivals Observed All the important festivals of the church are observed, but the most signi nt of the year is the “feast of Epiphany,” January 6. It is Greek Cross Day and has become so widely known that hundreds throng the little village every year. The entire fleet is in port and every Greek in the vicinity, from grand- sire to babe in arms, garbed in fes- tive rainment, attends the cere- monies, _—_———— [Additional Sports ‘ Lomski Has Title Bout With Tommy Loughran Friday New York, Jan, 5.—()—Less than a month since he clinched his right to the crown, Tommy Lough- ran of Philadelphia will be called upon tomorrow night to defend his light heavyweight title against the damaging fists of Leo Lomski, of Aberdeen, Wash, in a 15-round tout at Madison Square Garden. The “title shot” climaxes a sen- sational climb to first. rank rating by Lomski, whose vicious body- punching has won most of his fights for him. Loughran pits his* boxing | skill against the coast contender’s slug- ging ability and most of the ex- perts have established him the fav- orite, So have the bettors at seven to five, here and at two to one in Philadelphia, the champion’s home town. CUE ARTISTS SIGNED New York, Jan. 5.—%)—lake Schaefer, 18.2 _balkline _ billiard champion and Welker Cochrane, whom Schaefer dethroned have Camele on the desert. Veiled ties ee -ypstecaet The romance ai ory _v Mediterranean lande yours in exchange for melting snows and cold cures, if you'll but come with us. 19 ports in 16 countries. Not a bothersome - travel detail—one management ship and shore. The palatial Empress of Scotland your home —73 glorious days. Sail from lew York, February 4. Get details from your local steamship agent, or write H. M. TAIT 611 2nd Avenue South Minneapolis, Minn, funeral should leave a frag. rant, beautiful Memory in the minds match at 1 will be pla next Monday. The present balkline titie hclder is Wi ‘ie Hoppe. | MANDAN NEWS [FOUR ARE DEAD FROM DIPHTHERIA Epidemic Is Thwarted Southern Grant County by Brave Doctor Four dead, six more critically ill with diphtheria and at least 21 per- sons exposed, was the report that Dr. F. C. Lorenzon, Elgin, made when he returned to his home Wed- nesday after a 50-mile trip by re- lays of horses into southern Grant county. Three children of Magnus Dirck are dead, four were critically ill when the doctor left Tuesday, one child of Kordia Wagner has suc- cumbed, and two children of Joe Dirck were in serious condition. Dr. Lorenzon’s greatest fight with ‘eath came when the members THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE z sharks,/signed articles for a 8,600 point/of the Rumanian families allowed | ed with her husband to America in Puget Sound university. 1 balktine. the matches |the administration. of . diphi in 12 blocks of 300 | antitoxin only ith the opening block | been made. Twenty-one people were 18.1 | inoculated. after threats “had rumors that a diphtheria epidemic the sparsely settled southern section of -he county... .. Leaving Elgin Sunday morning by team with 100,000 units of antitoxin, ue bree es! a oe drove a jay and night rn y, reach the tee area spat & o'clock lon morning. = ‘tive times in travelin: miles, i Mrs. Mary Geiss Dies Suddenly From Stroke Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Johnson have Mrs, Mary Geiss; 75, 404 Third|trip to points in Minnesota and are street northeast, dropped dead from apoplexy in St. Jose; church at the o'clock mass We day morning. She had left her home in health. Born in Russia, where she mar-|guest this week, Edward H. Todd) yy ried Ferdinand Geiss, she emigrat-|of Tacoma, Wash., president of the | gaeay the £0 ES Glendive, Mont., who has been a| versity of: North: Dakota * e" Tleft Ya. Catholic ts. of the 7| Dee 26,3 Geiss several years » when she professio: “Anthony until the death of Mr,/sity in 1006, dear nal schoo! moved to a to live with her|of Washington, % Price, | Six children ranging in age from Peter. Geiss. = Texas, reverses former attitude in| 99 THe or} coccete! Me: “Jone and one-half years to 16 lie irs. Geiss leaves three sons and|: Mrs, Elmer C. Starks, who has| expressing hope that his son escapes Pe seriously ill, one child of three is| two daughters. The sons are Steel spent the past two months in Man-|death penalty for Los Angeles mug- ‘end | critically ill while five others may | Huff; Lawrence, St. Anthony, and|dan as a guest of her son-in-law and| ders. recover if the antitoxin is effec-| Peter, Mandan. The daughters are| daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Young, ‘ Creo-L tive, 3 Mra, Barbara Fichter, Estevan,| left Monday for her home in Port The | Elgin doctor bevel ss et walk and Mrs. Tillie Bender, St.| Angeles, Wash, er, ination of gree low weather an ee Oo} snowdrifts after M. A. F ead Buriat will be made -Saturday|’ Dr. A. O. Henderson has returned Sad aduite bys state’s attorney of Grant county,| from the old home at St. Anthony. | from » witere he attended a everywhere, had investigated and _ confirmed meeting of the state board of chiro- - Var Sate By Personal and if PTR ; Miss Bathilda Hess left Tuesds -Social-News of.-- || ter st-Paut, where she ‘wll coun ie Mandan Vicinity || het," *t the College of st. Catherine. rei "-Mldses“Trene ‘and Juleta Schulte] Irvine Dietrich and Francis Grun- of. this city and--Miss Jane Hanelyjenfelder have returned to the Uni. ter spend- he holidays at their homes in city. liday guest at the Schulte home,| i y for Winona, Minn.,| thi NEWS BRIEFS ‘| where they attend the College of St, t ¢———_______»4 Chicago bakery of Ailello broth- Teresa, ers, rivals of Al Capone, shot up in Daily | reviv: war, Before the “vedainy ee ae . 26, Mrs. Johnson was Miss Ann| Orlando, Fla.—Samuel D. Works, . ee : doa Minnesota state senator and Major A. 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