The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1911-09-30

4 al of the National Association Of I'M.
migration Officials, In Chicago last
week. AS members of the advisory
board of the association, the three
state executives discussed plans for
stopping the emigration of Western
farmers to Canada. The organization
will spend $1,000,000 to advertise the
advantages of various sections of the
United States for home-making pur-
poses.
Claude Grahame- White, of Boston.
is the possessor today of the first let
ter carried by the British aerial post
to arrive in the United States. It was
mailed to him by friend at the Hen
don aerodrome and bears the post
mark: First United Kingdom. Aerial
Post, September g." Above the post
mark is the inscription: First u. K.
Aerial Post, by Sanction of III. M.
Postmaster General. For Conveyance
by Aeroplane from London to Wind
sor. No responsibility in respect Of
loss, damage or delay is undertaken
by the postmaster general The first
flying postal service was installed on
September 9 by the British postal au-
thorities between the Hendon aero
miles.
An apparatus invented by fireman,
designed to supply air to fire-fghters,
was tested successfully in New York
recently in a sitting cellar fire in the
dry goods district. A fire captain and
two of his men provided with the APP
paratus went into the thick smudge
and worked for half an hour fighting
the flames. When they came out they
said they had all the fresh air they
needed The stream of water in the
big hose is depended upon to supply
the fresh air in the new apparatus.
To brass collar, which slips over the
nozzle, is attached metal pipe which
terminates in an ordinary garden hose
that extends to the street. Branching
off from the metal pipe are three rub
Der tubes which end in nosepieces
much like the noseguards football
players use The water shooting out
of the nozzle creates suction in the
brass collar, air is drawn in from the
street through the garden hose, and
the firemen get it through the rubber
tubes and the head pieces.
Sir Robert Hart, director general of
customs in China from 1901 to 1908
and inspector general since 1863, died
in London on September goth. He had
been living in England since his re-
tirement from the Chinese service be-
cause of ill health. He was an Irish
man by birth, had been in the Chinese
maritime customs service since 1853.
He was born in 1885. He was secre-
tary to the commission of the allies
which met in Canton in 1858. He en-
tered the Chinese customs service as
deputy commissioner the next year.
After being advanced to the post OF
Inspector general of customs in 1868
he reorganized the service on modern
lines In recognition of his innumer-
able services he received the greatest
honors in the gift of the Chinese gov
eminent
An aerial postal service in England
under the direct control of the Post
office Department is now an establish
ed fact. Letters may be sent to Amer
lea by this aerial post, the first twenty
one miles to Windsor being accom-
plished by swift aeroplane from Lon
don, and then dispatched in the usual
way. Mr.. D. Lewis Poole and Capt. w.
G.. Windham are the first two aviators
to be employed by the Government for
this service.
Complete official returns from the
special election when Maine voted on
! the question of the repeal of the con-
stitutional prohibitory amendment pro-
hibiting the sale of liquor within the
state, as canvassed by the Governor
and Council recently, showed major,
ity in favor of repeal of rs votes.
More than four thousand acres OF
state land were sold at the sales in
Beltrami, Aitkin, Itasca and St. Louis
counties last week, according to Theo
dore Nelson, clerk of the land sales IN
the state auditors Office, st. Paul. An
other sale was held at Roseau this
week. Sales will be held in October
and again in November in each of the
northern counties, under the law en-
acted by the last Legislature.
Plans have been completed to com
bine the museum and the art gallery
of the ST. Paul Institute The museum
on the second floor of the Auditorium
has been remodeled, giving ample
space for the permanent art exhibition
of the Institute and the thousands Of
specimens which comprise the mu
scum. The growth of the art schoo
has necessitated the moving of the
art gallery to the lower floor. The art