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A campaign to wipe out trachoma,
an eye disease which has been epi
demic among Indians, will he started
July 1, say special physicians ot the
Indian office and the public health
service.
With 20 reported dead and damage
estimated at more than a million dol
lars, South Dakota set to work Tues
day to establish communication with
the storm-swept area.
By using for the first time tele
phonieally the radio beam system
through which the wireless waves are
thrown in a particular direction, Wll
liam Marconi, inventor of the wireless.
I reported to have spoken from
I'oldhu station Id Cornwall to Buenos
Aires.
Three men were asphyxiated and
25 others were taken to a hospital at
Indiana Harbor, Ind., as a result of
veritable flood ot ga that suddenly
filled the room In a steel plant in
w hich they were working late Sunday
Ten ot the men In the hospital were
near death.
Superintendent ot Tollce Collins of
Chicago declared Tuesday that th?
sensational robbery ot the Chicago.
Milwaukee & St. Paul mail train last
Thursday night netted the outlaws S3.
000,000, chiefly In securities, but In
cluding 10,000 in cash, and that the
identity ot all the robbers was known
Before a medical meeting held at
St. Jame hospital, Butte, Mont., Sat
urday night Dr. T. J. Glover of New
York presented a paper describing in
detail hi cancer research work. He
demonstrated by numerous slide his
animal experimental work and showed
and described the germ that causes
cancer.
A riot followed an attempt Tuesday
by republicans to prevent Lieutenant-
Governor Toupin from presiding over
today' session of the Rhode Island
state senate. Men and women were
trampled upon by the political com
batant. Republican and democrats
clashed, with spectators taking sides
In a free-tor-all fist fight
The senate committee which will
investigate campaign contributions
and expenditure this year plans to
establish headquarters at Chicago
and to meet upon request for any mem
ber, it was announced Tuesday after
the organization session. Senator
Borah, republican, Idaho, was (elect
ed a chairman ot the committee,
which decided to call on political cam
paign managers for report every ten
days.
Tv o whale came Into the harbor
at r.tndon, Oregon last week, and their
presence brought out a large crowd of
spectators, who watched them as they
went up the channel to the milk con
densary, and there turned back to sea,
leaving the port soon after their en
trance. A similar visit was made U
Coos bay a year ago when three
whales came into the bay and pro
ceeded 13 mile from the ocean to tin
vicinity ot the port dock, between
North Bind and Marsbfleld.
An audience ot 130,000 Briton till
ed the gigantic stadium at Wembley
Saturday to find out for themselves
Juki what an imported American
"rodeo" is like. The afternoon demon
stration of the prowess of the cow
boy were greeted with enthusiasm,
but at the evening performance there
was an unfortunate accident during
the roping and tying contests. A
steer' leg was broken. This brought
many of the audience to their feet.
They Indulged in several minute of
booing and hissing and tome women
left the stadium.
A sturdy, tireless Washington crew
triumphed over the eights of four cant
em college Tuesday at Poughkeepsle,
N. Y and won the premier race of the
intercollegiate rowing association re
gatta by a wide margin, repeating last
year' Washingtou victory. Another
western crew, that of Wisconsin, un
considered by the exports, picked up
It pace In tbo last mllo, pressed the
victor and finished ccond. Ponn
sylvanla, selected a the outstanding
crew among the eastern competitors,
lagged behind and at the finish wus
almost four boat length behind Wash
ington and one behind Comal!.
SPANS CONTINENT IN DAY
New York-San Francisco Dash Is Com
ptvtrd by Aviator Maughan.
Crlssy Field, Saa Francisco. -Lieutenant
Russell L. Maughan, army flier,
successfully completed his daylight
long distance flight Mouday from New-
York to San Francisco when ho lunded
at Crlssy Field at 9:47:15 r. M. lie
arrived lu San Francisco at 9:44 P. M
As soon as the plane landed news
paper men broke- through police lines
holding back a huge crowd lining the
field and greeted the fliers. A few
seconds later the mammoth throng ot
spectators, cheering and shouting,
while automobile sirens shrieked In
a bedlam ot noise, surged over the
landing field and surrounded the
plane.
Maughan landed in a brilliant path
way, huge flures making the field al
most as light as day. The lundlng
was made without mishap.
The plane, In which Maughn left
New York at 2:D9Vi A. M. (eastern
time), Monday on his third attempt to
span the continent, was first sighted
when he circled the field twice iu the
deepening dusk.
Maughan dropped down on the field
at the northeast corner and taxied
to the center ot the field. There the
plane became the center of a surging,
shouting, wildly excited mass of spec
tators.
The way was cleared however, tor
new photographers to take pictures
of the plane and the daring tiler.
Maughan's landing at 9:47:15 P. M.
made his time for the 2S50-mtle air
line dash from New York, including
five refueling stops en route, 21 hours
47l minutes, slightly under hi orlg
Inal estimate ot the time the flight
ould consume.
Apparently almost overcome with
emotion and jubilant at the victory
which he had achieved, liluuleant
Maughan seemed unable to -speak
when hi plane came to a atop. His
face bore a serious and drawn expres
sion.
He was lifted bodily from the cock
pit by his cheering comrade ot the
air service and carried on tbelr should
ers through the swirling crowd to a
rear door of the army headquarters.
Lieutenant Maughan' landing time
wa given officially a 9:47:15 o'clock,
making his total elapsed time for the
trip 21 hours, 47 minute 45 seconds.
The demonstration accorded Mau
ghan was without parallel In the his
tory ot local aviation events.
Darkness already clothed the field
when the drone ot his motor first was
heard. The crowd began cheering.
Maughan's plane then was lost to
view in a slight mist which overhung
the field, although Its shadow could
be discerned Intermittently. On his
second circuit over the field the mist
blotted it from sight completely, and
the din burst forth with renewed vigor
when he unexpectedly soared down
the field at the south end of the big
quadrangle.
"Gee, but, its good to be here," were
the first words of Lieutenant Maugban
as he was lifted from the cockpit ot
hi plane
"I am tired but happy."
Aside from evidences of nervous
oess and extreme fatigue, the airman
was in excellent physical condtlon de
spite the rigorous journey he had completed.
Many Striker Return.
Toronto. Postal workers in a num
ber of town and cities took advan
tage ot the government' offer to re
instate all men who returned to work
at 8 o'clock Saturday morning, accord
ing to report received here. Latest
report Indicated that the strike was
successful only In Toronto and Wind
sor.
Negotiations by telephone between
postal employes' representatives here
and government officials at Ottawa,
which were Interrupted by an electri
cal storm, were resumed Saturday.
Meats Held Essential.
Chicago. It would seem from ex
periments of Slonaker and Card at Lo
land Stanford Junior university that
a vegetarian diet practiced during suc
ceeding generations "would result In
the extinction" of those practicing it,
Dr. C. Robert Moulton, director of the
committee on nutrition of the Amerl-
an Institute ot Meat Packers, said
Monday. Dr. Moulton said that the
culorie measurement "is en Inadequate
expression of food value."
Foochow I Flooded.
Shanghai. One of the most disas
trous floods la the history of the Mln
river, Fuklcn province, I reported In
a telegram from Foochow, an Im
portant port at the mouth of that river.
There have been many casualties and
the damage will amount to millions
of dollars, according to reports.
Three-fourths of the city ot Foo
chow is flooded, Including large ware
house containing rice and tea, which
have been rulnod.
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BE PUT THROUGH
Offer of Marketing Facilities
Looks Good.
OOflOOlKIDDOWOtlOlWWWWW
MEN YOU MAY MARRY
BENEFITS HELD BIG
About $25,000,000 Involved In Pro
posed Merger and Control
of Chicago 1'lunts.
Chicago. A plan for grain farmers
to own and control a hugo system of
elevators and grain tacllities uow con
trolled by five large board of trude
firms, which would be merged In a co
operative association, Saturday was In
the hands ot a committee ot tho Amer
ican Farm Bureau federation, headed
by O. E. Bradfute, president of the
tederutlon, as chairman ot the con
mittee.
The merger plan would involve
about 125,000.000, it was said, repre
senting tho appraised value ot the
properties ot the five couipaulcs.
The plan wa Indorsed by George
Marcy, president of the Armeur Grain
company, who said he believed It
would go through.
Although the firm ot Jumes A. Pat
ten, known a the "wheat king" until
he retired from operation on the
board ot trade, wa mentioned In an
announcement from the Farm Bureau
federation late Saturday, Mr. Patten
said he had had no connection with
the merger arrangement.
John Callan O'Loughlln, spokesman
for Emanuel F. Rosenbaum ot the
Rosenbauin Grain corporation, said ap
proval by the government ot such a
plan as wa proposed was already In
dlcated by the Capper-Volstead act
and similar federal legislation. He
added tht the department of agrlcul
ture was on record a encouraging co
operatives. Mr. O'Loughlln said he
bud conferred with farm bureau rep
resentatives In Washington.
The special committee of the Farm
Ilureuu federation ot which President
Bradfute I chairman, appointed to
study the co-operative merger plan,
probably will meet within a week, It
was announced.
Mr. Marcy, bead ot the Armour
Grain company, In discussing the plan,
said the co-operative movement, fav
ored by President Coolldge and aided
by Frank O. Lowden, ex-governor ol
Illinois, had grown to an extent not
generally suspected.
I do not know what the other firms
think, but we are certainly willing to
go In and the matter Is taking, con
crete shape," he (aid. "It will be a
good thing for the farmer and also
for the present grain marketing sys
tem. This plan will not upset the ex
isting marketing mechanism In th
slightest. Grain must move through
existing channels, but It will move in
more orderly fashion. The function
ot speculation will not be Interfered
with. The proposed marketing cor
poration would have to hedge and al-
way be even on the market, just like
the millers.
"Thl co-operative elevator move
ment ha attained greater dimensions
than people generally suppose. Presi
dent Coolldge is In favor of it and ex-
Governor Lowden ha done much to
promote It. But the co-operative ele
vator grew up hit or miss without
any central organization. Under this
plan all marketing activities will be
co-ordinated. ,
"The farmer can still have their
pools and bold or sell a they ice fit,
but when their representatives sit
down with the expert grain marketing
men we have In Armour and other
companies, and learn of the current
situation, they can advise their local
organizations much better a to their
course."
By E. R. PEYSER
Has a man Ilk thl proposed
to your
Symptomtt Very bossy act
a it you were a uiachln; In
fact, treat everyone that way.
ltuther ituut, dresse quietly,
doesn't slick at anything long,
only lias a job for a few month
nt a time, thinks he know more
than his superior, gossip and
gets In wrong all over the place.
Talk In plutlttide and think
he Is clever becimse he always
ha a put remark. Think you
can anchor him at one job,
IN FACT
No dreadnsught anchor could
keep him "put."
Prescription for brld-to-bet
T) Gallons of stand-pat cock
Y tails served at one time.
Show him the boss Isn't a boa
Iwcause he knows nothing.
ABSORB THI3:
Th right platitude I no sub
9 stltute for th right attitude.
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Have You This Habit?
By Margaret Morison
MR. SMILEY
Tornado Kills Three.
Tracy, Minn. Three persons dead,
a score or more Injured, and extensive)
property damage to more than a hun
dred furms was the toll ot a tornado
that swept through sections of four
southwestern Minnesota counties late
Sunday. John Edwards died at a hos
pital hero as the result of Injuries
received when the tornado struck hi
farm. Ill wife wa icrlously Injured
and two son and a baby also received
hurt.
Cummin Out of Mexico.
Laredo, Tex. II. A. Cunnrd Cum
mins, charge do archive, of the Bru
sh legation at the City of Mexico,
crossed the bordor Into the United
State hero Sunday and left Immedi
ately for San Antonio. He refused to
comment as to whether or not his
retirement from Mexico wa voluntary.
THE lawn party became an Impres
sive occaslou when Mrs. Alexan
der King appeared on the arm ot ber
son, John. Impressive, that Is, to all
but Mr. Smiley. Presently Mrs. King
heiwd a stage whisper behind her:
"Do you enjoy a joke?" She turned
to find Mr. Smiley knocking out the
rung of a camp stool so that anyone
sitting down upon It would be precipi
tated to the ground.
"If for John," he explained.
Now Mrs. King did not wish to put
John in the position of bring protect
ed by his mother; so she said nothing
though she kept her eye on the "Joke.1
Then someone nine to speak to her.
and ai turned away. The next min
ute she beard a frightened cry. A
distinguished French woman was vis
iting town nt the time. And It was she,
not John King, who had fallen victim
to Mr. Smiley' American humor.
An evil fate seemed lo pursue Mr.
King after that lawn party. About
halt way through the winter a busi
ness friend of her husband died, and
out of respect to lilm she went to th
funeral. She was ushered to a pew
well forward. As she sat waiting for
the service to begin, she noticed that
someone rise had slipped In benlde
her. She looked up, and to her horror,
there was Smiley; and a glance at his
countenance msde her realize that his
habit of banter was upon Mm. When
she knelt for the prayer, she found
that two cushions had been slipped be
fore her; she was offered a hfmnal
upside down; and during the reading
Ni'JIey tried to show her caricatures
of the mourner that he wa drawing
on the back of so old envelope.
"We might s well see the funny
side," he whispered complacently.
The very next day, as It happened.
John King brought home to dinner an
old college friend who bad become a
theatrical manager.
'lo you know a Mr. SmiKyT" asked
the thpater man.
Mrs. King shuddered.
"Smiley want a comedy part In our
new piny. I was Interested to know
he ba your barking, Mrs. King,"
John's friend went on deferentially.
"Mr. Smlley's part In my mind I
pure tragedy," broke In Mrs. King with
emphasis.
"Oh, In that case. Smiley wouldn't
do," ended th other.
And Smiley never knew why bis his
trionic ambitions hsd been so sud
denly snuffed out, as he pursued un
squelched tits habit of trying to be
funny.
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