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Show ' J ' THEJORDANJOURNAL,MIDVALE,UTAH • • • • • • • • • • • • Vice President Visits R. 0. T. C. at Camp Custer MY FAVORITE I STORIES J, Sultan of Morocco Entering the City of Fez In order to counteract the tnth:xenc& of Abd-el-Krlm, the French high command agreed to take the sultan ot Morocco, Muley Yussef, to Fez to exploit the religious tendencies of the Mussulmans. Picture shows the entry of the sultan into Fez. By IRVIN S. COBB ~· ....... ~- ( Copyrl~ht.) Spreading the Feast for Stranger Vice President Dawes spent a busy 24 hours with the R. 0. T. C. corps at Camp Custer, Michigan. He lti When Sam Blythe was a Washing ton correspondent he went Into Ne" England to sound out public oplniot on one or another of those crisN which, politically speaking, are for ever threatening the liberties of th· American people. I forget now jus1 what particular crisis it was, but, at any rate, for the moment It was of deep <'Oncern to the public llt larg~ and Sam's job was to get a slant on the prevalent sentiment In certain states. Among others, he called upon the retired political leader of New Hamp shire, who lived in a small but com fortable cottage in a little town. Th€ old gentleman felt a deep concern In the vital ouestlon of the hour, whatever It was. He argued and he expounded, and he produced document~ In support of his views. NoontimP approached and still he was nowhere near through with what i'e had to say. So he Insisted that Blythe should remain with him through the afternoon. Having sampled the cuisine of the local hotel at breakfast, Blyth~ promptly eonset.ted. The old gentleman exeused himself In order to inform his wife that there would te a guest for the midday meal and also to get sorrH:, 1m porta nt papers bearin!! on the subject 11nder discussion. l''hich were stowed away, he said, In a room upstairs. l}oing out, he left the parlor door ajar. Thl·ough the opening Blythe heard a voice, evidently one b~Jonging to the mistress of the household. "Samantha," the lady said. raising her tone in order that she might be heard by the cook In the kitc-hen, "my husband has invited a gentleman to stay for dinner. Take those two larg-e potatoes back down cellar and 1 bring up three small ones." j snuwu at the right, watching the m,en at their training; at the left is " group of members of the corps building a platoon bridge In the record time of three minutes. . th~t l Sydney, Australia, Visited by American Fleet A Thing Not to Be Explained War Trophies Being Sent All Over Cotmtry Tl1is p l~ ture, made at Port Newark, N. J ., shows captured German cannon being loaded into a few of the 3,000 freight cars which are being used by the government to dispose of the 1,000,000 tons of German war materials. They are being shipped to all of the United States. I It is narrated of two colored meh that they set forth one night to bor· row a hog. Not until nearly daylight did they succeed in borrowing one from the pigpen of a planter. !lavIng slaughtered the prize they decided that it should be left in the cabin of one of them until the fol· lowing night, when the other would come tc claim his share. During the day the present custodian, whil~ immersing the carcass in a barrel of brine to prevent it from spoiling, decided that he needed all the meat for himself. Accordingly be removed It to a suitable hiding place and then, returning home, awaited the arrival of his ' partner In the enterprise of the night before. About eight o'clock the second negro arrived, carrying an empty sack o1·er his arm. "Whar's de meat, Sam?" he asked, as he entered the cabin. "In da~ barrel of brime over yon· der behind de back do'. Jes' go over and he'p you'se'f to yore sheer." 'l'he caller rolled up his sleeves and tmmersed his arms in the brine. "Tain't no meat here," he said, !lfter a thorough search. "I ain't s'prised one bit,"' said Sam. ''Rats is gettin' so bad 'round yere 1 rton't know whut I'm gwine do. Dey carries olf ever'thing. I 'spects dey was eatin' dat po'k w'en I heerd 'em nibblin' today w'lle I was layin' down tryin' , to sleep." His friend stiffened suspiciously. "How come dey could nibble a hole in de barrel, eat all de po'k an' stil~ de brime don't rt,m out1" he demanded. Sam took a deep breath. "Dat," he said, "is de mystery." View of part of Sydney, Australia, and its beautiful harbor where the Atnm·ican tleet anchors during it.il there. On the left are the Botanical gardens and at the right is the Circular qu,ay. Great Gasoline Blast in Chicago AIDS LEGION'S FUND . The Real Point of the Joke Cil'Ptain Charles Nungesser, .l!'rench Thousands of lives and great properties were imperi1ed by the explosion aee of aces, who Is raking part In the of 90,000 gallons of gasoline on a barge In the north branch of the Chicago American Legion endowment fund river. Huge gas and oil storage tanks were close by, but the firemen averted campaign by distributing pledge cards the threatened disaster. Great crowds risked their lives to watch the con· froll\. the sky. Whenever a finder sends flagratton. the <Jtrd and a donation to the fund, h receives a photograph of the avi- Polish Foreign Minister Is Here I ator. TO DIVE 5,000 FEET Dr. Hans Hart'man of New York and his deep-sea diving apparatus In which he expects to go to a depth of 5,000 feet off the north Af); . rican coast for scientific observa· tions. He w111 make photographs with the camera on the front of the Count Alexander Skrzynski, Polish minister of foreign affairs, ('all iu;; -cylinder. Doctor Hartman is the only upon Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg, following his visit to SwampscHtt, man to have attained a depth of 1,500 Mas:il. He <'arne to America especially to take part in the conference of t11.~ Institute of Politics at Williamstown, Mass. teet. - I Two American performers, fillinf vaudeville engagements in London rook lodglngs together in a house on a side street back of Covent garden Late ct night, following the first day ,If their joint tenancy. they left the theater in company and, having had a bite and a drink at a chophouse set out afoot for the new diggings. one of the pair undertook to show the n·ay. The trouble was, though , t hat for the life of him he couldn't ,·ecall the name of the street where •he house stood nor the number of the house it;self. For nearly an hour they wandered through deserted bs· ways seeking their destination. F'in· .1lly they happened upon a so·eet which wore a familiar tool>. And ,;ure en01,gh, half way down thE. block stood the house where they we1·e :) ua rtered. Witil glad cries of relief the tired pair hurried to it. Here a fresh diftirul ty aro~:se. They had no flitch ...eys. Coming aiYay 1hat afternoon neither bad thought to ask their landlady for a l'ey. However, the Se('ond u:an ti.;ured he could pick the Jock. He worked at it vainly for another ltalf b.mr while llis companion l:Jdgeted alHJUt. Finally in disgust and (!espn i •· he gave it up as a bad job, und the two of tlletn went to ~ hotel, wilere they spe:::~t the remaindet· of the night. Now comes the point of the story: The man who could nut remelnber the name of the street, nor the number of the house was Barton the MemoryWizard. The man who rould not mnster the Lock was Houdini tht j Handcuff King. ill 1 I l Flood Light for Night Air Mail HIGH PO!T FOR MILNE One ot tne huge B. B. 'l' . field tlood lights with v. hich the air mail fields from New York to San Francisco are equipped. The projected light covers an area of approximately one half a mile. The intensity is such that a book or newspaper may be read within a distance of two to three miles from the light. It is visible from the air for a distance of from sixty to seventy-five miles. Gen. ::>ir George Milne has been designated by King George to be chief of the grand general staff of the Brit· ish army. He succeeds the eat·! of Cavan at the end of the year. He Is known among the soldiers as "Uncle George," and, though somethh•g of a martinet, he is very popular. Canada Woman Slays Bank Bandit ENTERS RIFF WAR Capt. Regmald Weller, daring young • American fl.yer and \Vorld war hero, Is Here are . Mrs. Lillian Rodger, her daughter, aud William Ross Rodger, one of a score of American soldiers her husband. Mrs. Rodger shot and killed Matthew Kolldee, bank bandit, of fortune who will .fly for the sultan when he attacked her husband, the manager of the Imperial bank at St. or Morocco, Franc:e'a ally 1n the RU:. 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