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Show THE MIDVALE JOURNAL Page Three . riother ':shot Hea ri t Wifh HG-mor ncltheWorl FIGURE THIS OUT u\\'here did ,\'OU buy that miracl• hnt ?'' "I'm sorry, but [ don't think I k11ow what hat lou are referring to." "Well, yesterday you hncl n new hat 'on and I unclerstund some one was calling it n mfrucle hat. "1 remember some one telling me ttow wen It became me. hut I can't reem to recall anyone calling It a miracle hat." "Indirectly some one did. It a bat cnn become a git·! 1 certainly would rqll It a mtr·acle hat." 1-Warden H. E. Percy of Wisconsin conservation commission, President Coolidge's guide during bls vuca· tlon on the Brule river. 2-Scene In McCook, Neb., after a tornado that swept over that region, taking l•~vy toll of lives and property. 3-Combinatlon or the French .73 gun and the Britl6h tank demonstrated at the Governors Island rnilitary tournament. NEWS REVIEW nF CURRENT EVENTS ~aF'~.lROQlTOI.!J 'ty,....,,..-..,,., l1o)"'f<:4" IGIJ) (?'"""" North American continent. This e:<.:pt> dltlon had another Important result also. It revealed to the I•'rench the natural water route from Canada tt• the Uudson river and for the next century and a half both the English and the French made use of this route In their efforts to p!'netrate to the heart of tlle enemy country In tlw long ~ries of wars which dated from that time. in Pussumaquocldy buy in lOU~ nu the Champlain next turned his uttentlou IslQ.nd of St. Croix. However, disease to the W"-St, and in 1G13 went up th~ wiped out nearly balf of the colony Ottawa to confirm tire story of d tbat winter and the next S'pring the Frenchumn that thence lay a wat•t remainder moved to Port nora!. The route to the sea, the fnhulous pas~ag~ following winter was nrllder, but a1 to t'athny und the Indies. lle discovtlrat, a fourth of the colonists died ered that hi!;' informer was a fake, but It was the stout-hearted Champlain • two years later, In the summer ot who organized a curious "Order of 1G1J, lle again pushed West aud wus Good Cheer" to help encourage the the first white mnn to gaze upon tile colonists amid 'lll their privations and Great Lukes. In that year, too, he try to make them contc>nted with their had another fight with the Iroquois. lot. near Lake Oneida, but this time he Meanwhile political enemies In did not have such an easy victory: Fr11nce had brought about the revo lie lriwself was seriously wounded and cation of De ~fonts' 11atent in 1Gll7 his def!'uted party barely made It~ esand Cham[llain led the discouraged cape allve. co:onists home. But the next year \\'hen Champlain reached Qu!'bec he he had salled again for Amer·ira. Rntl wns ;;reetec1 ns one returned from the this time he "sturk," de>'(lite d:sease dead, for he had bPPn gone so lon~ mutiny of his followers und trouble tlrat he had been given up for lost. \1 ith the lndians. With the latter lle found the culony in a bad condi · Champlain's tact soon smoothed out lion. Politics In l•'rauc-e had been a• the diffic-ulties, and In the spring of 11 ork u~ain and the ~truggling tittle 1GO!l Champlain and two companions. colony in :-lew l•'nrnce was heinl: used ~~~ e1 idt·nce of their frl!'ndliuess tur ns u political football for various fucthe r~d llll'n. ~et out with u wur parts tion~ in the mother country. But the of Hurons und Al~:onkins a~ainst unc!e~pairing Champlain <lid the hesr their hereditary en~mi<'S, the ~lohnwks he w<1s alJte uncler the circumstance~. of the g-reat TroqurJis confecJpr·acs. It nnd kc·pt the colony alil·e until 1():!7, was on thls !!Xpedition that the hi'· ''I !'n Hichelieu, the far sighted lmperi tnric en:nts tool; place 11 !rich rn~rle alist. came into (l011er ancl gave some the name of Champlain Rn imp·lrtanr renl eU{'(lUra~em(·nt to 1he colony. But a nl'w blow fell In 1()~!1 wlwn an l~ng in American history. li"h flt•f'! app~arecl before Q IPhec and \\'hile mart'hing wlth his lndian ul lies Chanrplain discoyereil (in the fc11·retl its surrencler. Champlain 1n1S allowed to sail for sense that he was tire nr,·t 1\ hite man to ~ee it) the lul;e In 1'\ew York which 1-:nglnnd. Arril ing th~rP he enrn\'StiJ now benrs Ills name and soon HftN· ad1 ised the French ambaR~nc!ur ttl urgf> thc> king of Franc" to Insist UJIOII \\ards .nPar Ticnnde1·oga. the pnrt.v met a hancl of ~lohawl;s. Both stele• ihe rl'tum of New France-when peace spent the night in preparing for t~re ,lfoulcl b~ made. In 11).~2. when the !'ngagement whic-h hy a sort of curio\!' trenty of peace wa' signed, Ne\' mutual ngre~;.~ent was to take plucc France was retuned to its for·mer on the morrow. They sang their wnr owner·s, Hnd t'hnmp!aill onre mure set songi'. danced ond shouted tllflr de out for Qurhec. For the next fl>w fiance at each other. The llnrons anti years he dewted himsPif industriou~l, Algonldns had hidden thA three · to building up the tolony and was see F'renrhmeu from the Mohawks until lng his effort~ r·ewnrd~•l when he wn' the next momhr~ when thry mardr!'c! ~tr:,·!.~·n \\: .:1 i ·~:·:Jly~i:-; nnd <f1:'d on nut 11 ith ('lmmplaln in his armor '" ('h. i'liiL'' lilly 1~1 1G;~:). th?ir h:>nd. and tlr!' othPr tin> FI'C·nd• "\'u ot••· ,.,11: d . ny tltat the marine1 men still h!d1len on thr fl::nk of lh!'ir uf l~nn::: ' "t~ \\. 'l hfs Pxtraortlinar,\ column. H~re is thP story of the tl;.:IH Jll'l''t'Hl t :'"''~' and ener~y. was ndmirIn ('h:11nplain's own words: nhlr litil•.l : .. I · the pnthfinrler uf " "\\'hen I was 11 ithin tll't'll!Y pac•ps 11c·w ,., "' " " i'es \\'illl:rm llc>nnNt the en~my, halt In;;, gazecl ut me; us I ~1111 to 111 t.~... ·'CrnsndPr~ of :'\'ew also gnzecl nt thPm. \\'hen I sa 11 them l•'ra11c P 'i:r rh:• Y rle Unin~rsity !'res~ ' 1CII, (}J i lp. 1·f .\Jt1erh·n." ":\nt ofler. gettic~ ready tu shoot tlwir a•·rows a• dnPs ll''P Pn '(11{' , er in the m=tnal£- o1 u~. I level<'d my arquehu-e, wlri<"h I !Jad load~d with four hall~. and ainLC''' nn~ n:dit n a tllTl of grflntflr tenn<'it.\ and pnl;r••lf·P • 'hagrln and cli~np ~traight at nne of the three clriefs Till' shot hrout;nt d m n two and pnintlll<'llo liP I ·I to meet on many ru·c·asinr,, 11'11 h• wns never haffiecl wounded anotht•r. On this. um In dians set up surh a yelling that o1w nor '"'"·•·cl :n r·oflo·ecle <l<•feat. Ills per could not han• heard a thunder dap sp' flr u IJ<·t· l.ll\\'t~Yer, w:u:~ not great~r and all the while the nrrnw' flew tlri!'k than his "''"lc••'>·. for ne1·er In his on both sicle•. The Iroquois w<'rP >ll'ir:nes r'id I!" 'll'lgnify his clifllrultle~ greatly nstonlshed nnd fc·ightrnPd t<• ""' rxalr his "-.'." powers of overcom see two of lhetr mrn killed so qnicld.v ing tlwm. a~ 11·:r. too much the fash In spite of thPir arrow-proof armor ion of hiR ,1,~~ .\s a writer his styli' But wh~n my com]mnion• fired from wa< pl~in nnrl dir-ect, with no attempt the wood~. th!' Iroquois sPei:Jg thel! ui <'mhr•lli hrnent nnd no lnclication th:ll strong pnw!inns ever had mu~h · ehtefs killed. ned." 'l'he shot rr.un <.:hlllllplain's nc·que inlluc>twe upon hi• pl'n. He was es spnti:rll~ " m·rn of nctlnn and his nar· buse on that occ~lon has been wt'll n:tm!'d a "shot of rlestiny" and 11 nrtile is In the main, a simple rooor1l should rnnk with tho RlnSI<etry f're at nf ~nch a man·o nr·hiPwments. His Concord bridge ns a "shnt h!'ard round thnnreter wa• ahn1·e reproach; no one the world." F~r this was the fir>'! enr impnt:nP<l hi< honesty or lrl~ sl.jj contact of the Frem·h with members •lf c-~re rle,ntioll lo the b~st Interests of the pow~>rful Iroquois confederacy, and his <uperifll's To his rhurch he wa• fro111 that da~· dated the hatrecl nf rtw tn_rat in tht> last clrgrt>E': nne! it wn• Iroquois for the l•'r!'ndi, '' hic:-h g111'e the unclt>r hiR nu•·pice~ that t hi' first nf I he ~;ngllsh the uld of the most forPilcln"Jie Je,nit ml•slonariPS came to hezin tlw native warriors on the continent r•nd en!lnring work which thr orrl!'r was played n part In dc>tet'mlnin~ th~t trn~ r1estinec1 to accomplbh In :-lew !Ish-speaking people were to Tille thP Frnnce." I Mjss NE of the most beautiful lakes In our countryand one of the most imPort a n t historicallybears hls name; the ~N:hool lristorles mention It along with the names ot other early explorers of America, yet few of glve him the amount of space their pages be deserves as one of most Important figures (in the of Iuter e;:ents of which he was In the history of the Champlain was an uKJirr:Jmt actor In the druma of the of the American nation, al· neither he nor his coutempo couttl ha1·e realized it at the It was Just 320 yenrs ago, July 1608. that Chnmpluin, having sailecl bls ship Dun de Dl~u up the St. Lawto estnbli~b o trading po~t. Iande' I t he foot llf the rock near the presem rne-di'S· VlctO<"ies, nnd there hi• ''Abit~tion." 'l'hu~ wa• Quebec, the first permanent colony In the NPII' world. thns l'~tahli•l•ed New France nn<l thus the rhaln 'Of e1·ents whil'h wn" re~ult in 1:\0 ~·ears of war hpfore to be delinitely d~cicled that not l•'rnnce, wns to rule but not until Champlain s trior~ had left tlwir lndelihle on this country nne! Its history mplain hac! hnd an lnt~r·e~tln;; before he estuhlishert Qu!'bN· wnf hnrn In 1507 at Brouage, a vi' on the Bay of Biscay. nnd grew to lweom<' 8 devoted follower of llrm.v of Na\·nrre and a soldier the WarR of the League. He hac1 lnhnrn lcn·e of the sea which led y to his hecomin!l n captain the French na1·y nnr1 an e:<.:plo!'<'t a critkal time In world !*tory ~:alned his flrst knnwlecl;::e of ca ns 8 sailor on the Spunish nnd a visitor to the !';pan!sh s unci the City of Mexico. Po< of rare powers ~f clescriptinn wr·Jtfngs nttrncted the attention thl' king of France, won for him title of royal geographer nnd c1icl to Influence that monarch In en ng th., efforts to colonize the wnrld . lnddentally, It Is inter to note that Champlain wns tlw to 'lll!~~st a Pannma cnnnl. for his "nrlef !l!nrrative of the ~lost Things that Ramuel of Brouage ohsen·ed In West I111lles," he declared !hat "If four lengue~ of land between and this rl1·er (('hagres) were through, then passage could be from the Pacific to the Atlantic. shortening the way hy mor~ thon hundf'('d leagues." 160!l Champlain again vislte<'l He went with a trading exup the St. Lawrence as far B~•ehe l nga, the result of whi~h was book glvlng an accurate de of the Indians of thnt region. his return Champlain obtalnel! with a Huguenot noble Oe Monts, wlto had been given lllot~opoly of the fu r trade In Ac·adla French king on conrlltlon that would estubllsh a colony of one people there. When the colexpedition went out Champlain mnmnnled It as geographer and was It when the settlement was made TheWoad Makers nn<'ir•nt Britons, we are told, th!'msell es blue with woad. The ur·e of dye from <voad Is still nn. although It is not used for or·lginal purpose. cumhersome wooden rollers by horses are used to crush the nnd In the village of flnrson In the Fen country, a woad Is still In seasonal use, Its procprobabl; dlf'ferlnll' little from Earhart, First Woman to Fly Atlantic, Gives All Credit to Pilot. By EDWARD W. PICKARD t.;AHIIAltT, llostr,n social worker, the tirst woman to mal,e the Jlight ucroo-s tl•e Atlantic ocean, is being uccluimecl queen of the air, or· the "Lurty Lindy." \\'ith Wil· mer Stultz ns fJilot uncl Lou Gordon as mechanic, the young wonmu flew from Trespassey, Newfoundland, in the tri· motored monuplane ~'rienrlshlp, heading for Southampton. Engl:rnd. After ~0 hours onu 49 minutes of flying through clourls nnd fog the aviators found their fuel supply was running tow and they came dc•wn In the estuary otT Burryport, Wules, 2,010 miles from the starting poiut: Taking on more gasoline there, they completed the flight to Southampton and after an enthusinstlc reception there, pr·oce!'ded to London, wh!'rt! they were vociferous-ly welcomed. Miss r·:ar·hart in newspaper articles and interviews asserts that she was in reality only u passenger on the mo mentous voyage, although she is an experiencc>d aviator. nnd thnt the credit for the successful fli~ht belongs to Pilol Rtultz and Meehanic Gordon. Because of her rex it was natural thut she should attrat·t tlie most attention, but she r!'sents this nncl in~i;;ts that rerognition be glvrn the r,r~at wort; of her male companions, especiall~· Rtultz. Owing to the fogs and cloull' It was n~c·essary to mal<e ulmost the entire !light by in~! runwnt;' and tlli< w~s Earhart could not clo, so s!Je did not handle the controls at nil. Stultz says they 11e1 er saw the sea utter ~o log Into a fog an hour out from 'l'respassey until they came to a fnirly clear pntch 73 miles east of Queenstown. Part of the time they were in touch of land and ships by the raclio set they carried. The plane Frirncl ~hip wa~ originally huilt for Com· mander Byrd's antartic expedition It 11111 be brought bad; in u crate, for Miss l~arhart, Stultz and Gorrlon planned to return hy steamer after u brief visit to the t'ontiuPnt. Miss Mnlwl Boll and two rnmj)anlons have ohanclonecl their plan to fly to Europe In Levine's plane Columbia 'l'hea Rasche, German stunt fiyer. bacl;ed lly ~Irs. James A. Stillman, has hf'Pn [JrPpnring to pilot a plane across the Atlantic but was delayecl last wP!'l< hy court proc·e~clings ''tarted by her for·mer bucker·s. M G E:-1. I l tho~e of two thonsanrl years ag-o Woad has Its uses In newer lnclu•trles, and for certain pmpMes its vn1ue still remflin& superior to nil mntl dern suhstitutes.-I.nnclnn .\nswers. P_eril• Faced by Divers Tire Srnith>onian instil ut iun says that the Tricla<·ma, a mollu~k. has n large shell w!Jich weighs SPI'eral hun dr-erl rounds, Rile! is usunll\ founrl in slrnllow water. A person . mav ac•cl rlrntnlly fall Into tlri" powc>r'ft;l shell and be h('lcl until he drowns. ,\lsn I the <·onnnon ahaloaP' whirh Wl'l~trs only u!J,Jut a pour>G or so r.od ._ttnc•hes Itself to rr.d;• ~nn lwHi 011 a prr·,;cm's finger or a >-e~tion of the hunrl until high tirle rnu-es him teo dr·own. This ~ometim!'S happens to dfl·ers c!h·ing for these ~hPlls. t., Before His Demise ~!other (helping clau;;hter tn dres~ for W!'d(Jing) -It seems to me, dear, that II a rry i~ most exacting. Pau~lltc>r-Never mind, motlrer; we must r·espect his last wb.be~. I eA.l.ll; JUJJIOR.-; I~ lVORI<.ti.J' [)0!11/.1 To 71-1' 8LAfKSM1111 SJ.IOP i~~ AM~LJA (;~!BEHTO NOH!Ll~ and five of his crew of the lost dirigible ltatia were located by Major ~latldal enu, Italian al'iator, flying the seu)•lane Savoia. Hmall pnntdlutes tarrying. food, rubber boats, guns, spirit lamp$ und other SUpplies wcr·e droppC'CI. and Maddalena tlrought the mur·nnnt•d men might l>e able to work their wav toward :und 11 itb the ruhher boat;. Ten other members of the dirig;hle's crew still were lo,t-the tiu·ee mm who started afoot toward land after the Italia cmshed. and the Re1·en who rPmuined with the dirigihle ancl were borne away to the ea>'l: when the gas hag ro~e a~nin. cOL. CllAHLER A. Ll:\TlHEIWB may nnw he addr<•ssed ll.S "Ooctor Lindl)4lrgh," f(ll' tl1e Unh Pl·~it.\ of \Vh-..- ·onsin. which he Jltt!'nrted for n time he herame fnrnous, conferrer! '1"111 him tire honorary d<'gTee of docor of laws. ~efnrp H t•m:wr C. WOHK. s<'cretary of the intNior, was made clrainnun Jf the itl'puiJiinrn national committee and gc•nerulis~imo of the llooYerL'tH'tis <·Hmpalgn, and ltepr·eseutntive Franklin Fort of New Jersey was made sccrvtary. .Toseph n. Nutt ot CleYrland succeeds W. V. Hodges ns tr!'asurer. Tl•e principal cam1wign 'treaclquar-ter·s will be in Washington, "ith br-anches In Chicago and New York. 0 E:\IOCIU TS from a11 parts or the t·ountry w~re fiod<ing to Ilouston for their nn tiona! COil\ ent ion which, it ,i,as g<'nerally Jldmittl'd was certain to HUl--l~ WI-I'Y, YOU Al!..l'r BIG ~JJOUGI-I Ia SI-IOE HORSES nominate Gov. AI Smith for the Pre~!· dency. Senator Jim ReecJ or Missouri, howe1•er, had not given up his fight und J•rofessed to be conficlent tbnt Smith would be "stopped" and he himself put ut tire head of the ticket. Gen. llenry T. Allen of Kentucky, who was commander of the American army of occupation on the llhine after the urmi,tice, also announced he was a candiclate for the honor, his ~hief plauk being one for tempPru~.ce. Governor Hitchie of M:u·ylantl, long con~iclerecl a possible choice, withdrew from the coute~t in favor of Smith. [<'r·anklin ltoo~el·elt wa~ 'elected to put :Smith lu uon~iuation. National Uommi\teemau Nunnau E. ~rack of :\ew York, arriving early iu Houston, created >'Ome excitement by a \'igorous attack on \'olsteadism, and It wu3 taken by some as forecasting un at· tempt by Tammany to put a real wet plank in the platform. George It Van l\amee, precom·ention muouger for Smith, g:ll'e out u much mot·e tactful statement. 'Potential candidates for the vice presldc>ncy were numerous. They Included Jesse Jones, the pride of Texa::1; Senator ltobinson of Arkansas, minority leader of the senate; Lewis G. Stevenson of Hllnois, son of the late .\dl:ri S~venson; Evans Woollen of lnclianapolis, Senator Kendrick of Wyoming, and last but by no means least, James Hamilton Lewis, former senator from Illinois. great excitement in the T Balkanswasfollowing a murderous outlll!;HE l•rcal; rn the trarliameut of Yugo-Slavia, nn<l gr:n·e results 1vere feared. A rad i('a\ deputy and gorernment supporter·. [tatchitch, fired six shots, killing two cleputies and wounuing four others lle was attempting to kill Strfan B:ulitch, leader of the opposition, nn<l suc~ecu~d In wonncling him in the stomn!'h. The row was over the Net· tune treaty '' hich per·mits Italians to own Janel in the Dalmatian coastal plain and whiclt was violent!~ oppowd hy ltnditch ancl hi~ foil ell\ ers. Jt was Pf'l'(Ji~tecl that the pact would be re.!el'lcrl. unci abo that as a re3ult or tlrt! a,;;nssinatlons tt:e conference of tlrP little !'nteute-I:umunia, Czecho,Jomgin unci Yu~o Sla,ia-woulu break up. This con fer·t'nce. in Buchurest, lrad plann~d to discuss !tal~ 's penetration of Albania, nun~ury's attempt to re1 i-e the t reuty of Trianon and the :\'ettune trenty. · 1\'lwn the news of ·the • murd,·r·g reached Croatia ten thou,and persons ~;atherecl in A;;mm to demanu that tlie l'r·outian parliam~nt he con\'Okerl for the purpnsin~ of decr·ee!ng the separation of that country from "Bloody SerIJia.'' :\ationulists. C111:\J;;;g riou,Jy est:tl.Jiished in now \ictol'ekin:;, are planning further t'<Jil"olidatiou of thl'ir enii!I'CJI o1·er the country Their government has named two dt'lt•;:ates to negotiate a comfll'nm,se at MukdPn hy whlc•h the thrPe east!'r·n prm·inct>s nf ~lanelmria. Fen;:tien, Kirin a11cl [!eiluogkiallg, "onlu hecon1e me11rhers of the Nationalist ;:mernment without furth!'r fightillg. It nlso was announced that the Nationalist gnvernmeut does nnt intend to I)U'h the milit:rry mo1 emcnt to Manchuria pt>tH!ing the outcome of the n~gotia tfOIIS. 'I'he Ja]Hrnese have more than 12,000 troops in ~lauc·hntia nnd apparently "eel; to estnhlish R protednrate there. Gen l'hiung Kai shek withdrew his rrsig-natimr us generalissiuto ctf the :\atlonalist annies and chainuan of the military counr-11 Forei~I Mini~ter Wang h:~s n~l;cd the Unit<'d States to agr·!'e to the revi;ion of all treaties with !'Irina. lie considers Amer-ira the hPst friend China h:r~ . Dr. C. 0. Wu. wl,o rPpr·esf'nt~ the 1\:.ttionallst governmrnt In 1\'ashingtr•n, said Secretary Kellogg had taken the question of re•i •inn under consideration. lie al~o "-(. the cnpltal of China would be moved imm~diutely to :\anldng G ltEECI<: Is llal'ing "'Ctious difficulties with the communists nncl the government declares It has unco1·ered a re1·olutionar·y · conspiracy. Hiots among strikers broke out at Kanthl and the authorities supprcs~ed the row with se\·ere measures In retaliation a strike on railroads and [luhllc utili ties wa? caiiPd :llld latPr lt ~pread to bakeries and other industries. There 1\'P.re many cla>he,; hct11~0n the police and the strikers. r'p<'rinlly at nrnma PROBABLY NOT where thirty were killed and more than one Jnrndred wounded. General Pangalos, t01·mer dictator; who has been in prison since August, HJ~G. was carefully guarded, it bei11g fetu·ed tbe strikers woulcl try to r·eleuse him. FllA:\CI::i BHUSH D R.of Cl!.\ltLES CJe,elanLI, inreutor of tire urc light, has umwuncPcl the estallli>·hment of a ::;:iOU,()()() fu11d, the income rrum wltieh is to lJe usccl to finance "efforts toward the betlel'lliPIJt of human stock aud towarcl regulating the increa:;e of population." The funLI, all of which wa~ don<lterl by !Jol'tor Brush, will be known us the Brush l•'oundtHion In memory of Doctor Brush's son, Chnr·les, .Jr., who clied last year. lu u >'Ia temeut Doctor· Brush dedared that he cstai.Jiished the fund because lie belie' es: '!'hat the threat of 01·ercro11 diug the eul'th is rapidly in creasing; that science now preserves the unlit, uud that science should also impro1e the <IUUtity or reasonably limit the numbero of those born. "\\'e ure drifting ra[Jidly toward the condition of Chinn and India, where the ~ eople struggle, not for· clothes, not for eouca· lion, but for something to eat," Doctor Brush said. Kid (est•Ying tight wtre wulker)Oh motlrer, why is that man walking on a rope ·wuy up there In the olr? Mother (waiting ut crossing)-Probabty because he wasn't able to cross the street In any other way, dear. Live on Credit Hope Is the dope, Go wo > and win lt. Who lives on hope May live on credit. Crashing the Party rainy weather made week COLD, ruther unpleasant for President la~t "We have many natural-born oralors.u "We have," unswerea Senator Sorghum. "The tr-ouble with some of 'em Is that they can't draw a crowd on th.elr own account and want to take po,session of !UI nuuience that some one ebe has assembled."-Was-hlngton Star. Rnd Mr·s. Coolid~e at the summer \\'bite Uouse on l'e<lar Island, north· ern Wisconsin. ~·or several dnys they 11 ere compelled to content themselve8 11 ithin cloors, and thc>n Mr. Coolidge ventur~d out for some trout fishing in the Br·ule riler. llP caught six tish, and it was macle fJUhlic that he used !lies, not worms. \\'hen the wenther moderated the l're>·i<lent made a trip to his !'xeeutile ofli~es in ~uperior. ~Irs. Coolid~e 11 as recorering steadily from her recent illness but clid not get out doors ,-ery often. Familiar Incident "Have you e1·er been up In on airship?" "No," answered s ,·nator Sorghum. 'The publicity Is uo good. Things have gotten so that you're liable to O\'Vl'S of good liter· ture are get only half a column ou an Inside mo~r:ning the <leatl• at•f Donn page,, e1·Pn if you fall nut."-Washlngl:yi'IJe, Amer·ican-lrbh novelist, who . tou :star. - - - - - - was kill eel near his home in lrelancl lVorld Court? when h.s automohile upset. Mr. Byrne, . . Rtggle~-~oe~' he bnre you witll his 11 Ito was only thir·ty·uine years old, was considered one of the best writers ~-ar storres · of E:nglbh of the day and his novel~ Haggles-Yes, maritl!l, not martial. were espeL•ially popular in the Unf ted N&VER OUT AT NIGHT ::itntes. lie wus born in New York of, Irish parents, 11 as educated In Aurer· i('a. Ireland, Genn,llly and France, and was for a titne elllployed on the stuffs of t110 J\ew Yur·k IH~WSJ•ll[Jers. "cl11 in T. ~Jeredith, 1\ ho was secre· tar~· of agricultur-e in !'resident Wil>on's cabinet, died at his home In Des· ~Joines, lcnva, after an llhl!'SS of four mouths. Born at .hoca, Iowa, In 187(), Mr Mt>reLiit h brgmr active life as a r~al "dirL'' f,rnner nnd after leaving eollege lie bought the Fanners' Tribune, a far·m 1\'eeldy, from his grandfather. LatN Ire cliscnutinuecl this and establhhecl Snccl'~'ful Farming as a mouth· ly perincJ:eal. Ue 11 as [Jrominent In the Derunc·ratic party and more thnn once had been co11sider·eu for nominatiou for the Pn•,iden(•y. :Salesruan-Let me sell you some uight>hirt;>, tlld Timer-No-never go out at XI~ of the worst earthquakes Mex· ico hns experiented since l912 night. occurred in the state of Oaxaca It Busy Smithy lnsted 4:l minute~ and many small builclin;:R and church spires were Beneath the spreading chestnut tree The smith works like the deuce; thr'OII n uoll'n It was fP>Ired the IO'tiS l.o"or now he's selling gasoline, of life woulcl he 111'11' .1'. Hot dogs and orange juice. 'l'ornnclnes were J'<'l'"' t Prl from many parts of this cnrmtr~ . tl11· worst being His Misfortune In Olibrhoma, lncli"""· L<J11 11 and Ohio. She (with magazin~)-\\'hat a mlsSever>ul pe•·sons ll't•n· killed uud tile el'Jlble writer Shakespeare was. Look prop('l·ty losses 11 er·e g. Pat. at his si~;nature, He-\\'ell, I suppose we shouldn't lt!Nt'I·iSS HELl~.'< of J:um,1nfa at criticize the poor beggnr, lie didn't last Is le~ally fr-eed from her union hare our eclucational advantages, you 1~ ith Prince Cnr·ol, fonner crown know. prince. A dtl'on•e wns granted lrer by the Bukhurt>st courts on the gr·nuntls Almost Finished of ''profound affronts otferl'd und deMrs. Gno~ggs-'l'his Is the end. I can sertion." Helen was ma•·rierl to Carol in 1021 and their sou ~llchael i~ now lire with you no longer. Mr. (lnaggs-Yes, I guess it's all over king of Humanla under a regpm·y. but the shooting. Carol, who eloped with :\Iagdu Lupeseu in l!l~~•. clld nnt conter.t the rli\·orce. L I 0 p s ECHfon'AitV OF STATE K!•;t,LO!l(l • has fmlted a11 l.atln-Ameriean re pnhlics to a eoneillatlon and arhitmtion ronfrr-t'nce in Washington Decem ber 10 :\lr. Krllngg and Charle~ E:vmrs ll11~lres will r~presc>nt the Cnited States. The inlitation pointed out the confer~nee 11 a~ r•roridf><l for in a resol utton pn~sed at the PnuAmer·irun conferPnce at llaYana la_,t Fehrunr.v C'nnl'entions adopted would be suhmittecl to the var-ious govern ment~ fnr r:rtl'icntlon Well Prepared Sh~-->nu you ~scaped from the Uus,Ian pri,on? _\ntl ~-ou escaped through a hole "hie·It you !lug I.e. he wall wlth a fork? Ile-Y ('S, you see It was quite easy. )fy wife 1m,n't much of a codk. 1 Time fQr Fairy Tale n1.1e1,.- What clo they mean by the "witl'hing houl''J'' \\'hite-Don't you kno\\? That's the )lUUI' when the "ife greets you '111th, "\\'itith story Is It this time?" A Comprehensive Work "ilus this book got adventure In lt?" "!'lent','' said the clerk. ''Humor, lore, mystery, pep?" "What you wnnt, sir, Is a good die· tionat·y." No Miracle .Fir~t Doctor- She lived? Second Doctor-Ye~. I h!'ltl a mirror to Iter face to ~ee If she was hrenth !ng nnd "'he re\ lied a uri ]Hllnlert'cl hPr nose. |