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THE L. W. F. "Giant," said to be
the largest airplane ever built in
America, hecently made a success
ful trial flight at Mitchel field, L. I. It
Is a biplane equipped with three 12
cylinder Liberty motors, providing a
total of 1200 horsepower. It is 106
feet wide from wing tip to tip and
has two bodies, each 50 feet long, and
a large nagelle in the center capable
of accommodating four men. It can
remain in the air 16 hours and main
tain a speed of 110 miles and will
carry 7776 pounds of useful load.
War-desolated Ypres. Belgium, was
recently the scene of a fine stock
show. The Belgian people are return
ing to the pursuits of peace amid the
ruins wrought by the great war, and
the show was organized in honor of
the allied agricultural relief commit
tee. While preparing for the exhibit
of cattle presented by Great Britain,
workmen discovered the bodies of 40
British soldiers In a cellar.
A motor car-boat.
Atlantic City, is
motor car capable o
an hour on land and
be used as a boat,
the power off the w
a propeller, and it
speed of 20 knots
water. It is called
on exhibition at
a fully equipped
f making 60 miles
when desired can
clutch ' throwing
heels and starting
is capable of a
an hour in the
"The Sirena."
The Shamrock IV, Sir Thomas Lip
ton's latest challenger for the Amer
ica's cup, was successfully launched
at Robert Jacob's shipyard at City
Island, near New York, May 26. The
craft is reported to have made an
excellent showing on her first trial
trip.
Relatives and friends who Journey
to the "American military cemeteries
in France to pay a tribute to our
hero dead will find a friendly and
comforting welcome at the rest
houses created by the American Red
Cross. The houses, are operated by
the Young Women's Christian asso
ciation, assisted by sympathetic
French women.
Jackson. Wyo., commercial and
trade center of the Jackson Hole sec
tion, once notorious as the strong
hold of outlaws, has attained na
tional attention by electing women
to fill every position in the govern-
lent or the town. Jackson is located
50 miles south of Yellowstone Na
tional park and though isolated, is
a progressive little city of 350 souls.
Mrs. Grace R. Miller is mayor and
the four council members are Mrs.
Mae DeLaney, Mrs. Rose Crabtree,
Mrs. Faustina Haight and Mrs. Gene
vieve Van Vleck. '
At the Watervliet arsenal. New
York, the heaviest gun in the world
has been named "Big Sam." It is the
first wire-wound rifle ever made in
the United States and is a heavy navy
type. It is wound with about 280
miles of one-eighth inch copper wire.
It can hurl a 2400-pound round pro
jectile 31 miles. Each round requires
850 pounds of powder. The gun la
68 feet 10 inches long, greatest out
side diameter 64 inches, muzzle veloc
ity 2700 feet per second, and it weighs
170 tons. It cost about $200,000.
Olaf Bjorkman. American-Scandinavian
sculptor, has created an Impres
sionistic sculpture of Edgar Allan Poe,
with the raven hovering over the head
of the great American poet. It is
considered one of the most remark
able conceptions of the subject.
Carnegie hall had an overflow
throng when Samuel Gompers, presi
dent of the American Federation of
Labor, and Henry J. Allen, governor,
of Kansas, debated the question of'
whether the right to strike is inalien
able and a law preventing it is an
infringement upon the liberty of
every individual workman, or whether
the interests of the public are para
mount. The Kansas state industrial
court is designed to prevent strikes,
and the action of Governor Allen in
connection with the recent coal strike
made him a figure of national in
terest. mm
Great Britain has selected Herbert
Louis Samuel as high commissioner
for Palestine. Under the mandate
given by the allied supreme council
the high commissioner virtually will
be a governor. Mr. Samuel has long
advocated the establishment of a na
tional Jewish state in Palestine.
Commercial interests of New York
served notice on the representatives
of organized labor that the trans
portation tie-up. will be broken at
any cost. Advice as to method of
procedure was received from Fred
erick J. Koster of San Francisco, who
as president or the chamber of com
merce there led the fight for free
dom of transportation lines when
longshoremen and teamsters threat
ened to destroy commerce.
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