, 1924-01-30

hagen Mayor of Stockholm), War
rem G.. Harding. There is no rule
agains post morte maward of the
prize.
The origin of the word "Wobbly,"
so often applied to the members of
the l. w. W. is given as follows; In
Vancouver, b. c., in 1911 the l. W..
w. had a number of Chineses mem
bers and one Chineses restaurant
keeper would trust and members for
meals. He could not pronounce the
letter "w," but called it "wobble,"
and would ask: "You 1. Wobble Wob-
ble?" and when the card was shown
credit was unlimited.
Every boy or girl who is a mem
Der of the purebred sheep club of
Big Horn, Wyoming, sleeps under a
BANKED made of wool from his or
her w sheep.
James ]. Davis secretary of labor,
believes that the United States should
have the same right to investigate
the character and qualities of pros
pective immigrants as it has to judge
the a~cceptability of the consular or
diplomatic service assigned by for
eign governments to the United
States. . He would admit as immi-
grants not only men who are able
to do a days work, but men who have
sufficient character and background
to build up the very best kind of Am
erican citizenship.
Charles Edward jefferson has been
a preacher on Broadway for twenty
five years. His church is the famous
Broadway Tabernacle. He says, at
is a long time. Noactor or singer
stays twenty-five years on Broadway.
Few -restauranteurs or business men
remain there so long"
Recently two French soldiers were
bathing in the Rhine river. Since
they were unable to swim the sol
diers were in a serious condition. A
young German, who was watching,
swa mout and rescued both of them.
The French Tribunal, to reward
them, promised that anything he
asked would be granted. He asked
that the lives of seven men, who had
been condemned to be shot for caus-
ing trouble to the French authorities
might be spared. The request was
granted.
In Germany stocks gain Sc 100000
in a single day.
The mechanical eye of the avia-
tors camera is adding materially to
our knowledge of prehistoric man.
Primitive disturbances of the soil
may have disappeared so completely
as to leave no trace whatever on the
surface, and yet are plainly visible
from airship. The so-colled "Aven-
ue," leading from the famous mon
uments of Stonehenge, near Sails
bury, England, has now peer traced
as far as the River Avon by means
of aerial photographs and later YER
iications made by pedestrians. 1t is
now believed that the stones were ia
ken from the Prescelly Hills in Penn
brokeshire and brought by sea up
the river Avon to a point near Stone
henge where they were taken over
land to Stonehenge by means of a
newly discovered avenue which fol-
lows the gentle slopes up from the
river.
An unusually prolific variety of
cotton has been developed by MI.
P. Dan George, of Lamarque, Texas.
Mr.. George has CRATER the regular
cotton plant to the root of a null
berry tree and a cotton tree grow
ing eight to twelve feet high has been
produced . The tree is now two and
one-half years old and is growing
rapidly. 1t has borne its second crop
of cotton and has more than 900
balls on it.
The Congress of Orthodox Jews
as Vienna has adopted a resolution
requesting President Coolidge to re-
lax the conditions imposed upon Jew
ish immigration by the United States.
The Brotherhood of Railway and
Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers,
Express and Station Employees,
whose membership six years e to-
tailed less than 5000, on Labor Day
dedicated a handsome new building
located in CINCINNATI, which will
house its headquarters and its own
bank. The bank will be operated
on the cooperative plan. Stockhold-
ers are restricted to dividends of ten