, 1922-02-02

navy expenditures, according to the
Westminster Gazette in London.
The pearl market of Paris, which
considers itself the market of the
world, has suffered a slump. A neck
lace of Oriental pearls, valued by the
experts Mt 100000 francs, has just
been sold by public auction for only
100000 francs.
Gen. Bramwell Booth has just an
nounced that the Salvation Army in
tends almost Immediately to put into
operation a scheme for the early trans
fer of 10000 British women TO the
dominions. Every n of them will be
going TO assured employment.
While the Wan Department of Next
co is struggling for IA budget of 1885,
100000 pesos and the Department of
Public Education for $4,000, 900, the
Department of the Interior has to de-
fend its budget of only 100000, the
most modest that any of the cabinet
officers has, as yet, presented to the
consideration of Congress.
Elsa Anderson, the only Swedish
woman to hold an aviator's certificate,
was killed at Askersund. -Four thou.
sand spectators were watching her
make a flight, and were Mortified when
Miss Anderson, in attempting IL para.
chute descent from the machine, fell
like a plummet to the earth. The
parachute failed to open and she
plunged 1000 feet to death.
An ounce of gold purchases 1872
lao ~ Ra - l-u - H.
5O.16 hours in Britain $3.50 hours in
Japan 1871 hours in France and
|20l.6j hour in Germany, said C. j..
Harmon, member of Parliament for the
Moseley division of Birmingham, quot
ing statistics in the course of an adj
dress to the members of the National
Union of Manufacturers at Birming-
nam, england.
what appears to be Il world record
Tor taxi-riding-a 5O0-mile jaunt from
Montreal to New Nork-was disclosed
IN court when Frank Valentine, man
ager OF Il local club, appeared as de-
iehdaht IN a SUIT Tor S453.15 taxi bills
at montreal. 1t Is alleged that when
recently MILDRED baked at
pas,ns II so,ooo me o violating the
80 '', ,"W' she jumped
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GENERAL
Col. Henry s. Graves. former chief
forester of the United States. is tn re.
turn as dean of the Yale forest school
it has been announced. Dean James
william Journey is TO resume his more
purely scientific work.
The family of George Harbisch. n
teacher. consisting of himself. his wife
Mrs. Mary Harbisch. and an IS-months-
old child, were found dead in their
home at McKees Rock, Pa. An exam
nation revealed gas escaping from a
stove.
Miss Genevieve Revnolds n memher
of Robert b ManteI,s Sbakesneoreon
Company for thirty wears. died of
pneumonia after a few hours illness at
Chicago. Lynn Pratt, Lambs Club,
New York, and a brother in Califor-
! have been notified. Miss Reynolds
had been on the stage for nearly half
a century, according to Mr.. Mantell.
Three persons were killed and four
injured at Newark, Ohio, when their
bob sled was struck by an automobile.
Ihey had almost reached h foot of
a mile-iong NIL when they crashed
head-on into an automobile coming up
the NIL. fhe sled was said to have
Deen on the wrong side OF the road.
only n member OF the coasting par
ty was uninJured'
Archibald Birse, n Chicago tailor, is
$4,000 richer for having taken a few
stitches in a pair of torn trousers
thirty-four years ago. Ernest De st.
Giles insurance expert ana author lert
uhs aInount nirse, VINO oeirienueu
"" "n.n ~ 81, "nes amy ~
r"so '"n''ioui years nso' penni'ess'
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