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Show TIF! Alfred. Loewensteln, the (Belgian bunker,, who lias taken the place formerly occupied by Sir Basil Zuharoff as the "man of mystery In European finance and who is said in some quarters to rank after Henry .Ford and the Rockefellers as the richest man in the world, arrived In New York recently. He was unknown In this'country until two years ago, when ills offer to lend Belgium $50,000,000 free of interest for a period of two yeurs to enable her to stabilize the frunc. attracted wide attention. Shortly afterward he offered to lend France an equal amount at interest of only 2 per cent, lie said that he was here on a pleasure trip and. refused to discuss financial or political matters, but It is rumored that he Is planning to Invest considerable money in American power New York. industries. A typewritten statement Issued ly one of his secretaries seemed to bear this out. , As a Belgian, this read,. It Is a particular pleasure for me to visit- the United States, especially us In every Belgian heart there exists great gratitude to you for your uld to us during the war. I have come to this land with some oY my intimate friends primarily on a pleasure trip and Incidentally to examine the marvelous progress which your country Jius made In the hydroelectric Industry. It Is my hope that 1 shall have the 'qpportunijy of meeting some of the leading men In this" Industry nnd of learning from them Jn this the elements of their success ' . . fiehl. . Travels Like Potentate. . The financier Is about fifty years old.. He is of medium height, with dark hair urn! dark eyes. True to the legends which have ulrendy grown up. about him, Mr. I.oewenstein trav eled more l.ike a potentate than a private citizen. He. was accompanied hj Ids wife and live guests, the Comte and OomttVse de Grunnes; the Comte and Comtessb de Montalenhert and Colonel Daufresne and a personal . staff of fifteen.. The latter Included four secretaries, . two stenographers, a ' private . detec- tlve, a chauffeur, his personal aviator a masseur and a valet. .lie brought with him on the.llner two magnificent automobiles, and while here. will pur-- ' chase two Anierlcau cars t.o take back to Europe. .He .also will purchase a Fokker plane to use during his tour of. this country Passages alone for his party, cost the financier approximately $20,000, while 67,000 francs or nearly $:?.000 was spent on radiograms sent by him. These went to Amsterdam, Purls. London and New York. Little Is known here of Mr, career. Like Sir Basil to whom he lias been compared, he avoids publicity aud os a result arouses more curiosity than If bis history was familiar to all. Twenty years ago he hod an obscure banking office on the second story of a building on the Place de Brouehere In Brussels. Ills pnrtner had formerly been one of the best horsemen In Hie , '. ' I.oew-ensteln- s A T IV A STTV 3AITT4. fTlW oooooooooooooooooooooooooo Mystery Banker Is Like Potentate Europes Financial Wizard Visits America With Retinue of Servants. S royal guards and between them they had a capital of 40,000 francs. Business lagged until some Soiitn American business men who had fulled to obtain the support of conservative Belgian bankers made a deal with him In a few years be bud made 20,000,-00francs. During i he war he placed himself at the governments disposal and was appointed by bis personal friend, the count de Broguevllle, then minister of war, a captain In the Belgian army. He was stationed in England buying supplies. Retinue of Servants. Later lie was asked to quit for reasons which are still unknown, and shortly afterward lie appeared with a commission as a major In the British army. It Is supposed that the greatest development of Ills fortune came In the postwar period, hut this, like all other things about him. Is a mystery. Attention was first drawn to him as one of the richest men In the world when he made his offer to Belgium. He Is saJd to have eight villas In Biarritz alone, a small estate In Leicestershire where he keeps a string of horses, a castle near Brussels und a hoyse In London. He travels much, always accompunled by a retinue of secretaries, boxing Instructors, billiard experts,, tennis players, golf, racquet und fencing professionals. He maintains a fleet of private airplanes, each equipped like an office, to transport his guests and business associates from the various cupilols '. of Europe to his home. He Is said to have a finger In every pie In Europe. This Is his first visit to America. Sydney, N. S. W. John Bayne, who died recently In Melbourne, left a fortune of more than He made his will two and after making cerago, years tain provisions he stated that the residuary estate should be held In trust for tils children, each of his sons to receive three times as much as his daughters. But he died childless. Another strange item was that his magnificent home should be destroyed by fire as soon as practicable. He gave no reason. His widow will get $15,000 Immediately, and $25,000 each The gardener received year. 0 Chair of Cheops Mother .Restored for Museum Cairo, Lgypt. tjnetyi Uetepheres' carrying chair has been restored uflei two years' cureful work und delivered to the Cairo museum. The chair was fiiude by her son, King Cheops some 0,000 years ugo. It Is cased In patterned gold nnd Inlaid with solid gold hieroglyphics. Its great hen it. Is said to throw considerable light on the nrtfotk sense of Egyptian craftsmen of the pyramid . . . When discovered the wood of the Vliair was entirely decayed or shrunk h of Its original vohyiie, to lint the Joints of tenons nnd ifiortlses were in pe'rfect preservation. j New wood, exactly like He old. was used In reconstruction und the gold c.nses nid gold hieroglyphics werje mounted Hi it. . one-sixt- Big Texas Ranch Will Cater to City Cowboys Alpine, Texas. tine of the most fa mous old ranches of Texas, located near this little clty1n the Davis mountains, has been purchased by local business .men .to he operated as h dude ranch for fourlsts. .Tourists froiu many parts of the world are expected to visit the ranen this summer und mimic the 'll few of the pioneer cowboys of the southwestern plains, according to l'ete Crawford, veteran cowboy and federal border officer, who has been made manager . of the ranch. . Crawford has brought a string of tyAARY 00000000000000000000000-00! Valle la Clenega, covers 35,000 acres. The ranch house equipment Is the same as has been used for the last 50 years. , j Crawford has employed several experienced. guides to lead visitors next fall on deer, bear, mountain lion, and turkey hunts. It seems like most grownups have an Inward desire of getting out on a big ranch and playing cowboy for a while.' said Crawford, In explaining his tolerant attitude toward city dudes who visit the ranch. He admitted, however, that most of the veterans have little to do with the city cowboys. and rough; The moora are dreary and tha woods are dark. But he hat creeps from cradle on to grave Unskilled but to the velvet touch of fortune Hath missed the discipline of noble hearts. Scott. Classifies States in Army Psychology Test Ilow soldiers from the different states ranked In the famous army Intelligence tests has been determined by Dr. Carl Brigham of Brineeton, and reported to the Galton society. Men from Washington, Oreand Massachusetts gon, California made the highest averages on the in. telligence tests, he found. Discussing .Doctor Brighams report, Dr. Walter V. Bingham of the Research t federation dePersonnel clared that during the wpr. the psychologists of the army were put to it to fill Hie never-endindetqanda from General Pershing In France fyr snen with certain- - occupational qualifications. Requisitions for carpenters, dock workers, 2,000 men who could speak French, everything, came one upon another, he said. , There were two iflmost Inexhaustible sources of .high grade men Camp Devons, Mass... . and Camp Lewis, Wash.,; Doctor Bingham .re-called. . . . . , t ' ' New York. Two dogs were sitting so close together on the steps of a house that they looked as though they were telling each other the news. And Indeed they were talking. I don, like teasIt ing, said Tag. Is always mean. Of course when people tease each other Just lo fun and try to be mean It Is all right, but usually teasing Is very unkind. WAYS nmster.says Ive not doesnt a good mem- ... . Japanese Troops Fighting the Chinese . Talkative Dorothy . can depend on them no matter how tough the going. courses. Eggs are qualified for a more important place in the menu than we have been in the habit of giving them. As supper or luncheon dishes they may be served In unusual ways; for a Sunday night supper what could he nicer than: Eggs Stuffed With Russian Dressing Allow oue egg to each person and cook them in boiling water to cover, then set back to keep hot, well covered until thoroughly cooked about thirty minutes using one pint of boiling water for each egg cooked. Fool the eggs and shell. Gut Into halves lengthwise and remove the Mash the yolks, add a little yolks. chopped ham or chicken, two or three chopped anchovies. Season well, add cream or melted butter to moisten and place this mixture in the cavities of the egg whites. Press the two halves together and place each In a nest of lettuce. Cover generously with the dressing, prepared as follows: Mix of a lemon, together Juice of one-hal- f one tahlespoonful of any good sauce and two tablespoonfuls of chili sauce; add one cupful of stiff mayonnaise nnd stir until well blended. Eggs Poached in Cream. This dish ' ma-t)e prepared in the chafing dish and fie enjoyed for luncheon or sup- lie apanset In a pair of hot per. water place one tahlespoonful of hut-- . terjnd one cupful .of thin ereafu. Add half teaspoonful ff suit and a few grains of cayenne pepper; allow the cream to .becolne hot. Into this drop six fresh eggs, .dip .th? cream, over thetn w.hile cooking, and. cover, thef' dish for a few moments. Haye ready six rounds of buttered tons and when the. eggs are ready place one on.each.' and pour over some ofthe cream froiri the pan. Sprinkle with chopped chives or parslef or pnprfka. , . Turkish Pilau. Jake a found and half of the shoulder of lamh.cuf into .serving sized pieces.. Place the meat In .kettlef. cover tvith three tupfuls fof boiling water and add one and one-- , half tdhspoonfuls of salt and a teaspoonful of chili powdeg, bring to the boiling poiqj anjl skrrn, then simmfir one hour. Pour the broth into a double boilerand add one-hal- f cupful of jincooked 4ice and .one-hal- f cupful .of currants; took ub til tender. Mean-whjl- e tnelt four tablespoonfuls of bay in the cooked meat, nnd brown .sliywljL .Pile Ihe jneat In the fonter of the platter and surround with, the vooked Tice. Saffron and may be used in place1. , cardamonseeds of the chili if s'o desired. . Champion is the better spark plug because it . Tiorothy.ls a most talkative young stor; She has been hushed frequently and .has gnytvn. conscious of. hei steady stream of chatter.. One day she was visiting me and if.fter. an un , usually liyely eoliversatinn, she remarked:. Im not going to say.qr,other word, for ten minutes.. ' . There was silence for about halt a. minute, then Dorothy broke. it. with I'm sorry, I can't think of anything . not to talk about. i . - drlit-ping- Like. . . t Good Things We Those who are fond.s'f tonatoes .will njoy thi.'d.ish : i To- . . ... Portuguese matoes. Provide two .cupfufs of mnnitc insulator ape dally treated to with stand the much higher temperatures of tha modern high-compr- es sion engine. Also anew patented solid copper mains gasket-sealthat- . re absolutely gas-tig- ht under high comprea sion. Special analysis electrodes which assure a fixed spark-gaunder all driving conditions. p Champion SparPlugs Toledo, Ohio IBS Dependable for Every Engine Any book you want by mail, C. 0. D. Deseret Book Co. East So. Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah- - BOOKS 14 Motor man Was Dozing lone woman passenger entered an electric car scheduled to leave a Junction point at Concord, N. H., shortly ' after another bad pulled away. The other left but her car still stayed. All the other ears had left by the various lines. TJte motorman sat on the stool, but minutes passed and the car did not move. Flgally stie could stand It no fcmger and spoke sharply to the motor-maHe Jerked back as if an explo- Thank you, madi-amsion had" occurred. he Exclaimed, Id gone to sleep.; A p, , . Self Convicted -- . Fve no patience with Such silly prog- ,erbs as HouVsty Is the best policy." . Toe man. who first said that was a .thief. He wasnt honest because It was right to be bnne.st, but because, In his case, It .paid.- - If It hadn't, preSurjinbly he, would, tiave. been a thief. Exchange. .; ,. . . Cables to Cut-Rock- s long steel cable, draWn athigh.- speed amj fed tfontinuallyiwfth wet. . sand, fouts. through solid rock. In .a new type f quarry sa'w. Tiny grains, . of sand, dragged across the rock face, serve as abrasives to groove It at .a" ... ratg hitherto unknown. . A -- 4 J! j . Not Their Evening Off . Dreadfully sorry you and jour, husband couldnt come to my v dinner pdrty.. . Mrs. B 1 was so disappointed, but . our took had Company unexpectedly .and "she needed us to fill out the card . . . .tables. Boston Transcript Mrs. A ,. Code Defies Experts . . typewriter that embraces the only. A ' c.o aa exclusive silli has b ory. said Tango proudly.. Well, I do have lots of fun. I play and I try to he useful and I sleep and I eat. Eery night when my master comes home from business I bring him his slippers, his pipe, his hag of tobacco1. Of course I wait until he has had his dinner and is sitting in his big chair. . .He pats me on - the lieua and savs Good old hoy.- and that isenougli of a reward for nie,.though he usu- ally has g dog- - biscuit or .some extot sort .o a treat. Jle says. L give him treat and sd he likes to give me; one. Isn't he a fine piaster? ..Tag uodded, wagged hls tall, and ' sauD . ...... Do" go onf . . . . . . In the morning, said Tango. 1 take hisf collar and tie,, He keeps . 9 them Hn a. box on a .low; shelf In his wardrobe,. ShortSkifU Save Worlr . "I push open the m.v nose. (Jo'or for Baggage Smashers then with I' off the get New York. The. abbreviated skirt,' box and the opof 'sheer stockings and cloche hat area I lift' carefully very boon . to the baggage .smashers will), out acollar. feed trunks Into the holds of ocean . 1 h a v e to be liners. The trunk handlers dont went, it So ij: will caref these things,-bu- t they, have to carry be .eean for my . them. . master. . Women going abroad these daysf And then I pick take only one trunk Instead of half a out a nice ti foi dozen and sometimes they go with him. 1 pull It down only a few suitcases, a chief baggage from the tie rack It was a great thing, man. explained. and give him a .for us fellows 'when they .diseased diffe'rent one . tor the petticoat und all tjiut went with . . . . a. . the different days. It These are my , . lines for helping the master and the 4 Uncles Before Dads rest of the time pfay.eat and sleep. school Berlin. German children . Isnt that interesting. said Tag. agreed In a questionnaire that they and I have much the same sort of In loved their mothers most, their uncles IMe. no. , teresting next and their fathers third. . . I use Champion Spark Plugs because I know I WITH EGGS two think whether be or she Is hurting some ones feelings or not. Yes, bow-woteasing Is very mean and unfair. "Many a time have 1 seen a dogs eyes look pathetic because some one has been teasing him. . But let us talk about something more pleasant than teasing. Yes, lets, said Tango. It seems to me, said Tug, that many dogs have good memories. Have you a good memory. Tango? My The Racer dishes named In menus as entrees can be used otherwise than fair, for the creature who Is teasing usually I So many of the dont Its i . 1928. Western Newspaper Union.) The way la long, my children, long GRAHAM BONNER. And j i TAG AND TANGO $15,000. The ranch, KITCHEN Fairy Tale S cattle ponies to the ranch. 7'CABINET UP Daddys n Eveiit Leaves Fortune to Nonexistent Heirs . known method of producing a crypto- - . gram that is Impossible to solve with- - . out a key has been Invented In Eng- - . land. On the machine It is possible to write a code message that will defy the greatest brains In the world. .: oked. meat sliced or chopped -- twa) cupfuls of n ic e I y.- - seasoned . grai and six nice ripe tomatoes Peel the tonaties and . Jmmer them. gently in, Ute' gravy, ad(.1. mg salt .and pepper to. the tomatoes. When the tomatoes are cooked, but not shapeless, skim them out . and meat place in a hot dish. Heat.-thin the, gravy, add cayenne and paprika and pour over rounds of toast.. Place a tomato1 on each and serve. 0 Alabama Ham. Select- j thick slice of a large of hum qut front ham. .Parboil- thq ham for .a- few minutes. wipedry and broil to a brown. Lay on a hot platter and' pour, over.it 'of ' with two ,t;ioii juice Gave Name to. Epoch lhe Larnattdlnn epoch Is the name - , . . applied to an epoch in European pre- - . historic archeology at the close of the . Bronze-agennd so called from the s.tathm of La maud. In the Jura moun ... . . tajns. .. e . . Prize Inhaler . . Muri,H had been to the zoo for the first time, and was giving her grandmother a long account of. what she .. had seen. And which animal, did you like "best, dear'?" asked her grandmotner wlusi Muriel had finished.. .Oh, the elephant !. was the reply .lt was wonderful to see blur, pick up Inins with his vacuum cleaner I Christian Evangelist.. . Japanese regiments that are fighting the Chinese Nationalists in Shunning Japan Insists on protecting the Tsingtao - Tsinnn railroad. The photograph was made in Shantung. d CALIFORNIA MAY PLAC BOUNTY ON BANK : : Cull-fornl- where us BBERS lar action unless the epidemic of bank holdups Is brought to an end Wood's statement follows a success sloti of bank holdups in Courtlami OakSacramento, Calif. A new epoch of Elk Grove, Woodland. Esparto. Los nnd California other land, Angeles x gilunte Justice, with sudden death cities during recent weeks. riding the trail of the plunderei an Bank robberies are becoming so epoch In which bank bandits will be that drastic action Is In orfrequent Im Is dead than alive more worth to der protect the banks. affirmed pending in California. Wood. C. Superintendent Will must halt. Bank banditry Tne robbers nre getting boldei In Wood, state banking superintendent their holdups every day. declared in an ultimatum to the un ot A reversion to the swift Justh-derworld fraternity. robwhen hank California men to the fall heed days, If the holdup early warning, Wood asserted, they u.ny bers were seldom taken alive. Is being soon find themselves In the same cate- encouraged by these desperadoes. Dowd in Texas I understand that gory with predatory animals worth a liberal state bounty dead and noth- the bankers association offers a liberal reward for bank robbers, with ing alive. of the proviso that nothing will be paid out the Texas system Singling paying $5,000 for dead bank robbers, for live ones. 1 a the state official warned that hope conditions will not become desperadoes are lnvltiug simi so bad in California as to necessitate Official Warn Bandits They May Es Put in Same Category as Wild Animal3. province, following the Texas example. Crime is costing America the sin pemlous sum of $10 mui.iHtii.iiiHl nnnii iill.v. according to data compiled by state investigators, with bank holdups showing one of the biggest Increases lt is our task to teach the bandit, in the word of Jack Black, that you cant win in the business of crime," concluded Wood, and It looks like these outlaws may require a drastic lesson. Worship at Own Risk Barking. England. The following notice was posted prominently Ic the Church of All Hallows here. "Not every one who enters this church is converted. Please watch your hand hags. . In 'the Air had a strange sinking feeling, when Tom tricd to kiss me. . "Why? Hadn't you ever been kisseef-before- - ? r - "Never deli-cat- hot iva-te- , and- - Life. airplane. too l 1 In aft . Slow w fable-spoonful- s of . . of sugar Turn t lie H:i rn- once, this sauce. Serve with seedless, oranges diced 'thin unit dressed withsugar strip prepared by' ribbing' two mho of sugar over aHemon and then adding the juice of the lemon ; .hen dissolved add a fourth ot a of a teT ful of. salt, s toilful of pepper and let the slices stand In sauce for half an hour be; fore serving Omelet With Almonds. For a sweet omelet this is one which all will enjoy : Take six egg yolks beaten until thick, told six tahlespoonfuls of colu water, a half enspoonful of salt und a few das!ie of cayenne, then fold in the stifily beaten whites of the eggs. Into the hot omelet pan place a tahlespoonful of buttei and turn in a hall' cupful of blanched and shredded Tils. Stir the alntonds until well covered with butter, hut not brown, then pour in the omelet. Cook as usual hip! fold; the almonds will brown during the time that the egg is cooking. Fold over on a hot platter nnd serve with hot maple sirup. iu What do you thinlf of.evo- Bing Don-- t tide Bang fancy tooPathfinder Mag- ; it's slovy. jdea zin-e- . - Evidence Was in His Favor The .questions in the evening news papei were being read Hut bv the eldest daughter and the other mouthers' of the family were doing their best to answer them. "Who was It said Never sa.v die'?" she propounded shouted Methuselah. Robert confidently. seven-year-ol- Tempers Not Twins Wills His Heart Medford, Mass. Mayo McGee, student at Western Dental college. Kansas City, willed his heart to the Mass- nehnsetts General hospital just before He hoped be died In that Institution. the bathing heart malady from which he died might thus be explained. - ! M j ' "Your twin nephews look exactly alike. remarked a guest to a young mint., They don't act alike. replied I the aunt. cant understand why Arty has so good a temper nnd Willy so very had a one Maybe our tempers are not twins.-gravelsuggested Arty. A Fine Distinction Mother Why, Bobbie. Itn ashamed of you to be fighting with your tittle cousin. I thought you loved Stephen. Why, of course I love him. Bobby cause lie's my cousin, bill I don't lika him one bit Transcript The Tastet '.lay's ru.n on a sailing ship on any sea was 437 miies.. made 'by the Sovereign e.f the Seas on route fom Francisco' New York to Ran otie-eigln- Stops the pain of Corns and Bunions and you can walk all day in ease and comfort Nothing gives Jsuch mief to hot, tired, aching. Inflamed or swollen teet, blisters or calluses. A little ALLE.ti'S sprinkled in each shoe In the morning I FOOT-EAS- E will makeyon forsretabout tight shoes. It takes thefriction from the shoe. Always use It. for Dancing al-i- and to Break In New Shoes. For Free sample ami a Foot -- Ease Walking Doll, aildreci ALLEN'S FOOT-EAS- Le Roy, N. Y. In n Pinch. Use Allen's Foot-as- a For Galled Horses Hanfords Balsam of Myrrh back for aot hoMT W. N. U., first bottle if rotted. Sait Lake City, No. AH deaden. " |