The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-15
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Copenhagen. Aug. 1Ss-A band Of Hcelandic patriots have designed e na- tional flag which they propose to fly not only over Iceland but 4on all yes sels registered in that country. Df they had been content to make their flag a. strictly local affair, for Whtch permission had already been SrAnoed by the Danish king. all would nave been we'll But the Danish parliament has now taken up the question of the maSine flag on account oe the actiVi- ties of the Iceaandic independenoe' party. st
 The people of Denznark are of @ di- vided opinion as to Hce1and. Some feee that the IceIanders are acting in Q i very sq1ngraAeful way in view of pest favoEs, and others that to give Tce- land. itssfreedom would rid the country of a; source Of useless expense
 Toeaax1d's new flag is m a navy blue Efield, marked wfth a. white cross whose arms extend to the -four sides, and "a caxsdinal red croa Of half the size set lFsVithin the white.
 It was not until after the state council approved the Iceaandic home flag, following negotiations between the ucelandic minister and the Danish pr1ue4 minister, that the agitation was taken up by the patriots for it's use as a coumercia1 and marine emblem. tThe Ice1andersAcannot have their new coFors recognized by foreign powers as a. mEt1onal flag without the consent kof the Danish spaxlia Enent.
 London. Aiug. ls-Fsur the purpose F Of trnprcwfng sttee breed of cattle in the PaciAu northwest some important l Epuxchases son E1nga1shs cattle have been made here for James J. HE'LL One shipment dsaof fifty daary shorthorn buils 7Faach iNzu be given away to as 1raanyr counties z3n chat section of the lacoumtry. ESach one Of these bulls is born of a& cow with a milk record of 10 Ooo spounas orsnaore the year.
 Bea6des the gift of these blcoded andn1aas to the kdarmers Of the north west a herd often ooHs and 8. bull of i SoufhSDevous the first to be imported to Arnexxca, wfn be sent to EIdlls Min #nesota darm as well as two prize win ming dairy shorthorns to his North Dsako3a farm
 Thnrnaa Shaw, the well known expert lof M1uxesota. According to Eugene Grubb. the United States livestock l commissioner now ins England, this is the most Amportant shipment of blood i Cd cattle ever made to America from England and8 will mean a great i'm 1 provement in breed in the northwest ' both for milk 4and beef purposes.
 Worcezter, Eng. Aug. 15.- Four blind school boys. pulling with clean steady stroke, recently won a race here on the Severn agaInst a crew : of four blind men. The victors be- longed to the Worcester College for fhei Blind and their rivals were for mer pupil2 Out of this has result led asrowing boom at the school. and { three .-fours'' are now in training out l of the thirty boys. They hope to enter next season for the public school cup at the Molesey Regatta. The boys were trained by their i headmaster, G. c. Brown. who. hay
 The beginning was the hardest part, says Mr. Brown. First, they had to feel all over the boat and the oars, while explained things to. them. We trained in tub 6 with oltriggers and fixed seats. But once l they picked up the stroke easily. Their keen sense of hearing and the ! movement of the boat enables them to ; keep perfect time. .
 Berlin, Aug. f5.-An International sport exposition in conn ectfon with the Olympic games of<1916 is assured. the. coa1nittee ins charge of the games having decided to carryIout the sug- ] gestion to this end which was made ] at Stockholm two years ago. The necessary ground for the exposition j has been placed at the committees disposal. It ad5oins the new Sta dium. Sporting apparatus, outfits, physical culture appliances in short Eeverything connected with the de- lveIopment of the body will be repre-
 sen&ed- One of the main features will be exhibits showing the contrast ing methods of physical culture of va rious countries The Grown Prince already the patron of the Olympic games. will. it is expected. also con
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 Panama, Aug. 15-Work will be begun soonI on the construction of IA small lighthouses for the Panama 1 Government The work will be done ! by private contractors. All of the lighthouses will be on the Pacific Coast and will be a distinct aid to the i navigation of these waters, especially to the small coast traders that make | the Port of Panama their home port.
 The lighthouses will be located as follows: One at the entrance to Panama Bay, one on Melon Island, sone at San Carlos, one at Port Obal- I dia, one at Port Posada, two at Aqua
 duIce, one at Chftre at the entrance to the Ia Villa River. two at Mensabe.
 one at Santa Lucia River and two on Inartes Rock
 Berlin, Aug. 15.-A1most 61,o0o i students were enrolled at Germany's s twenty-one universities in the last i semester, and 4,000 more attended l certain lectures without being regu- 1 Iarly inscribed. The smallest uni versity that of Rostoek, has a trifle more than a thousand students, and the University of Berlin leads with < 8,53S- Only 5000 of the 1000 were
 women. Recalling dhe outcry of last : year or two against foreign students, one is surprised to find that there were { 5000 foreigners enrolled. Medicine attracts the greatest number of stu
 dents, but philosophy, phiIo1ogy and
 history are not far behind. Most of the universities are crowded.
 Paris, Aug 15-Monsieur Rene : Vlvaani, President of the Council of F Ministers, one of the most popular