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Lassen P?*k'? Crater. LaMen In Eruption. HK possibilities of the air plane In preventing and fighting format fires ar? very clearly shown In a picture of an airplane flying over the prater of the sleeping volcano LnSseiV In California, taken by another air plane photographing the one below," wl(l Senator (Jeorge K. Chamberlain of Oregon, the other day In a debute In the senate over an appropriation Item in the sundry civil bill. Well, the picture to which he re ferred is giveif herewith. And It Is lucky rof itre; aviators from Mather Field, California, that they were, not doing their pecking act a week or so later. Lassen Peak, which hnd been sleeping for months, suddenly waked, ?ont tip columns of s*oke and steatu for thirty minutes and then settled down for another nap. fcassen Peak is the clowning touch of Lassen Volcanic National park. It rises 10,437 feet and its chief claim to fame is that it Is the only active volcano in the United states proper. Our national park system contains flte volcanic parks: Lassen Volcanic, Crater i.ake, Mount Rainier, Yellow stone iind Hawaii. Grater Lake National park In Oregon contains the most .won derful lake in ail the wdrld ? that in the crater of Mount Mazama, a 16,00p foot volcano that sank within Itself Id the prehistoric past. Mount Rain ier, 14,150 feet in altitude. Is a dor mant volcano, with steam Jets Issuing from vents In its Icy. crown. Yellow stone's volcanic origin Is shown by its geysers, the finest in the world, and Its boiling springs, pools and paint pots. Hawaii, in the Hawaiian ? is lands, has three of the most impres Blve volcanoes In the world? Mauna Loa, which erupts every ten^jflears and has Just finished a spectacular per formance; Kllauea, with Its everlast ing lake of molten lava, and Haleakala, which litis not erupted for 200 years and has a crater eight miles across tnd 3,000 feet deep. Lassen Peak until recently has been quiet for 200 years. It Is, however, so Interesting and important scien tifically and so scenic that ..President Taft made it a national monument in 1900. Then, In the spring of 1014 it waked up from Its long sleep and broke out In a series of eruptions that were practically continuous. In August, 1010, congress created the peak and 124 square miles of its en vironment the Lassen Volcanic Na tional park. Four months later Las sen ceased activity with its 212th eruption. *The erater gradually cool ed off and scientists predicted that it would not resume operations for a long time. Th<? activity of Lassen aroused great Interest all over the nation ; it was the first thing of the kind in our his tory. The spectacle was magnificent because of the heavy columns - of ?moke. By March of 1015, lava had filled the crater and had overflowed the west slope for a thousand feet May 22 was the climax of the many eruptions. A great mass of smoke, Mushroom-shaped, rose four miles in to the air. At night, with this mass of smoke and vapor lighted by the crater fires, the spectacle was Impres sive. An exceedingly Interesting phe nomenon was n blast of superheated that swept down the valleys of l ost and Hot creeks. This blast de stroyed every living thing In Its path, , tor ten mile*. Forests were scorched 'o cinders. Snow fields were Instant ?y turned to water and the lower val leys were flooded. I.assen I'eak, the scientists seem to think, is the last exhibit of activity ?a the volcimimu of the Cam ade range. They say that In ancient days . the mighty peaks of the Cascades that are now crowned with snow and Ice were monster volcanoes. Mount Rainier, Mount K:ik?'r. Mount Adams, ^fount St. Helens, Mount Shasta, and van d Mount Mazama. La?><*?n Volcanic, whether It sleejm 0r w?kes, is nn attractive national park W|th ureat possibilities as a peo ples playground. It contains several f?ther fnlr stzed mountains and a 7?" #Meet symmetrical heap of volcanic Material railed cinder Cone. It hat *r*e f orwtH and fine lakes and . "mm*. There are hot springs, whlcfc ?" ~ * X" - have ii local reputation at) baths. Con gress, with Its usual lack of policy, created Jhls park without appropri ating money for Its improvement. The Cftilforotan* have tired waiting for an appropriation through the regular channels, and one of their representa tives recently introduced a bill for a special appropriation for the Improve ment and development of (lie park. The two airplanes which co-operat ed In the taking of this striking pic ture were patroling National park and the national forests on the lookout for furest fires. There " are" "forests, public and private, in this 'part of the West valued at many hundreds of millions of dollars. L,ast year, 0,800 flres were started in the national for ests,, Approximately 2,000,000 acres were burned over, with a loss of about $4,000,000. In addition, It cost the federal government about $3,000,000 to fight these fires. Senator Chamber lain argues* that airplane patrol Is a necessity, as moving observers can dis cover flres which would be long hidden from stationary observers. ONCE GREAT PORT MORIBUND American Consul Describes Hamburg, Former Pride of Germany, as . a "Graveyard,** Hamburg today may be described as an Imposing monument to the dead glories of the German merchant ma rine, according to Consul General Francis R. Stewart, who was detailed by the American commission in Ber lin to investigate conditions nt the for mer premier German port for that body. A -report from Mr. Stewart de taillng the results of his inquiry has just reached the department of com merces ? ,s "A sjiort trip through the harbor quickly discloses what a graveyard the port has become." the coilsul reported. "Tugs and lighters are tied up here .and there, apparently forgotten. One small cruiser rests, deserted, along a pier; electric. cranes are motionless on unused docks, floating elevators and docks are mooted in rows, probably In readiness for delivery to. the allies. "The ~giant Bismarck (50,OOO-tOn Haityburg-Amerlean liner) floats at a " flttlng-out pier without a sign on board and from a launch no new work could be seen In any of the big shipyards. Tied up to another pier In tbfe outer harbor Is the former Atlantic record holder, the steamship Deutsehlaiul, rel ic of the war, painted a deep black overall, with spats of white showing foere and there where passing vcrpft have scraped her sides, a grim remind er of the gfories once held by the Ger man merchant fleets." Regular service is being .maintained with Holland, England and North America, and lines were about to start service for Spain and South America, but the "free port" Is apparently dead, Mr. Stewart reported. Political Shirkers in China. An object lesson In the practical In terest which the Chinese (or some of them) do not take in municipal affairs Is provided by a correspondent to the Canton Times. The writer describes progress which has been made In ft southern village, solely through the enterprise of a few leading men. Among other new projects, this com mittee Is desirous of establishing a fire brigade, laying out a public park and playground, and appointing a "paid clerk" of public works. But the vil lage community Is not enthusiastic. Many are indifferent and will not at* tend the meetings. "It is enough to make the earhest cold-hearted," de clares the scribe quoted. Aiming to Please. "Son?e people are playing the stock market on suggestions culled ? from the oulja board." "Good enough," said the broker, "No trouble to put In a fe*v oujjs boards." ? fs It All-Wool? > Anybody can tell whether materia) is all-woo) or not, says the Littlt Journal, by boiling a sample of ftt In a Solution of caustic soda. What ever portions do not dissolve are n * wool. ri -*** ****** - "X 1/TT' ' " "Jf-% MRS. COX 18 BKADTIR l Will It? Youiifffct Mtilron of White House If Jimuiy 1m Kkfted. Dayton, O., July 7,~- A strainer to lift* at the national capital, Mrs. James M, Cox would tw> tbo youngest matron who haii graced the White House as th# wife o t the president. if her hu? baud. nominated for the presidency by the Democratic national convention In San Fmncljpoo early today, In elected in Nov i'iuIht. She is In her 29th year and looks many year* yoiifigeK Mrs. Cox Is one or the most .bean tlful women of tho middle w ? * ^ i l'olmrs of emphasis l!i her beauty are found In the masses of waving auburn hair which she, wears simply eolffured lb a graceful coll at the hack of her neck and allowed lo curl softly over the hrow and around the ears. Her eyes ore brown and merry and unus ually large. She has a clear healthy complexion, with fresh out of door col oring Mrs. Cox was Mian Margarot Parker Blair, daughter of ?M h and Mrs. Thorn - aA l*. Blair, of Chicago. September 1.1, 1910, she was married to llie gbvernor of Ohio at a garden wedding' lu the home of Judge and the late Mrs. Bar ton Payne, at lChnhurst, 111., In the suliurhs of Chicago. Notables from Ohio and the entire middle west at tended the wedding and the bride re ceived a fortune in gifts. ? - Their first child, Thomas Cox, died In Infancy, but they have a wee daugh ter, Anne Baker Oox, who was horn last November and will succeed baby McKee, Qucntin Roosevelt and other famous white house babies In the pub lie adoration, if her father Is success ful next November. Mrs. Cox Is a college graduate and Iwis considerable personal wealth. She _hi- of average height and M.9 lllfli. &&C?: ful figure of the athlete And out of doors woman. ?She excels In skiing, golf, tennis, swimming and . skating. Her clothes are always fashionably modeled along simple but effective lines. The first wife of t he governor, from I whom he was divorced on account ofj "Incompatibility," is the mother ;>of his three older children, Helen, now -the wife of Daniel Mahoney, her father's associate in the ownership and manage ment of the Dayton Dally News; "Jim Junior," an eighteen year old student at Culver Institute, and John Cox, a schoolboy of eleven. No sir-ee, bob! rNo premiums with Camels all quality! AMELS quality plus Camels ex ^ pert blend of choice Turkish and choice Domestic tobaccos pass out the most wonderful cigarette smoke you ever drew into your mouth I And, the way to prove that Statement is to compare CameJs puff-by-puff with any cigarette in the world I Camels have a mild mellowness that . is as new to you as it is delightful. Yet,, that desirable "body*1 is all there! They are always refreshing ? they never tire your taste . Camels leave no unpleasant cigaretty aftertaste nor unpleasant cigaretty odor! 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