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ton enterprise for Jewish people.
Another gridiron fatality is re
corded. Roscoe Faris, prominent
high school football player of Vim.
ton, Iowa, died from internal In
juries received in game at La Porte
City.
Posted lately at all mining prop
critics in Butte, Anaconda and Great
Falls, are notices of 5O-cent reduc
ton in days pay. Four thousand
men are affected. The cut is oper
alive on November /.
Bulgaria's military air force was
wiped out by an accident on an avi
alton field near Belgrade when the
sole military plane left to Bulgaria
by the treaty of Neuilly was wrecked
Two officers were killed.
The Earl of Athlone, brother to
Queen Mary, has been appointed
encouragement Of South Africa, to
succeed Prince Arthur of Connaught.
Princess Olga Of Greece and Prince
Paul of Serbia were married at Bel
grade on October o. Another royal
marriage which has occurred recent
| ly in the Balkan states and which 1t
is hoped will prove happy one.
Water skis have been invented.
Two men walked three and half
miles on the water across San Fran
cisco Bay lately. They took hours
and 33 minutes to make the trip
about one hour for each mile.
At st. Louis recently two sisters
were married to two brothers. In
the wedding party were two sisters
of the brides who had married two
brothers; and a brother OF the brides
had married q sister of the other
brothers.
Former Senator Frank b. Kellogg
has been suggested to Great Britain
as President. Coolidge's choice for
ambassador to the Court of St.
James, to succeed Colonel George
Harvey. 1t Is almost certain that
this selection will receive the ap
prevail Of the British government.
The British government has ac-
copied in principle the proposal of
the American government that YES
sells in American waters be searched
for contraband liquor within IL
miles of the American shore. The
plans of the expert committee of the
imperial conference have been drawn
up, and 1t is expected that they will
be approved
Recently during the night two
great Gobelin tapestries were stolen
from the walls of the Palace of Yer
sailles. They were made in 1874,
and were part Of Louis Fourteenth's
collection. One represented the
siege of Douaf and the other the
entry of the king into Dunkirk
These two tapestries are of priceless
value, and have been guarded care
fully with many other treasures In
the old palace of Versailles. They
measure Is by 20 feet, and each
weighs lao pounds. Two women are
supposed to be the thieves. During
the war these treasures were care
fully hidden away, for the Germans
were too near to leave them to the
tender mercy Of the vandals they
had shown themselves to be.
Four Japanese girls, buried under
heap Of debris during the earth
quake. were found imprisoned rs
days afterward and rescued alive.
All they had had to support them
was the water that trickled down
from above them. A protecting
boulder saved them from belng
crushed. They were taken to hos
pital, where they are said to be re-
covering.
The Ford Motor Company is plan
ming the erection of 10000 homes on
5O-acre tract Of land south Of the
Dearborn plant Of the Ford Motor
Company. The homes are to be con-
structed of Gem emit, according to
plan Thomas A. Edison has just per
fected. The houses will be sold
at close to cost to anyone wishing
to buy them.
For some time France has been
making desperate efforts to raise the
birth rate, but so far has failed to
make success OF the endeavor. The
measures already in effect are: Pen
sions for families with three or more
children; reduction in tax rates for
parents; abolition Of taxes on apart
ment houses built especially for large