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Show THE SPANISH FORK PRESS. SPANISH FORK. ITAII They Were Great Wheelmen Long Years Ago Tlw niinunl Wheelmens' reunion, marking the fifty-thir- d bold aruiRrrwiry of the bicycle, Fortress of the Great Eastern Rum Ring at Gwynedd, Tli photograph ahowa flv blrycla champions of lb old daya with blah wheels that they used. Left to right : Murphy" after riding A. Zimmerman, world champion In 100; chnrlra M. Murphy, known aa a iula In 67 seconds: George Gideon, Unit national champion In 151; Irv Wilhelm, I'rnn atata champ, and I. Arthur a blka Henry Cmtifher, pre!dent of the longue of American Wheelmen. The funner Oarer llammerateln home at Hllbdde, N. J, which waa raided by federal agenta after they learned that a huge liquor syndicate had converted It Into an armed fortreap and made It a base of operations New American Dirigibles Need Big Hangar Water From Everglades Inundates Hialeah mt Zm An eiicrlor view of the giant hangar at Akron, Ohio, which will house the new American seppelln. The ships will be of 0(00,000 cubic feet In capacity, nearly twice tbe alxe of the German Graf Zeppelin. The business district of Hialeah, Ha., Inundated by watera from the Evergladea overflowing Into tha town aftar torrential rains. Hialeah la a auburb of Miami. Light Fifty Years Ago and Now FLIES TO FISH ' J ' ENVOY TO SPAIN Worlds Largest Watermelon 1 rTv r" - 4 . y V , k p H Vi V s: F f. Vi, , f vtSw. FI:.. FJ v'fTs j'3 r .$ V t , Irwin B. Laughlln of Washington and Pittsburgh has been appointed American ambassador to Spain, Ogden IL Hammond, resigned. Mr. Langhlln has been In the diplomatic service for twenty-fiv- e years. v,1 sue-ceedl- Gov. Alexander Turks of Alaska Is both an aviation and a fishing addict. Here he la trying to land a few of the big fish In Lake Ilassellborg. He flew to the lake and made his aviation costume Into a fishing outfit by donning a pair of rubber bools. Thomas A. Edison, hero of light's golden jubilee, exhibiting a replica of his first successfnl Incandescent lamp, which gave 10 candlepower of Illumination, In contrast to the ultimate la today's lamp achievement, a 60,000 watt, 150,000 candlepower lamp. SAW LINCOLN SHOT Professor Radio and His Class COACH AT MEXICO This Is believed to be the world's largest watermelon, grown this summer pounds. by Edgar Laseter at Hope, Ark. It weighed 152 Former Ambassador and His Bride Class in economic geography in the Crane Junior college, Chicago, recelr tng Instruction by radio. The loud speaker delivers the dally lecture. Benjamin Church of Lisbon, N. Tv years, rememdespite his ninety-seve- n bers with startling clarity the scene in Ford's theater In Washington on the evening of President Abraham Lincolns assassination, April 14, 1S65. Church, a young naval official, was seated opposite the Great Emancipator" and saw Booth shoot him. Empress of Canada on the Rocks LL" s ' Pxvmv ' ' f , ' v J Reginald Dean Root, former Tale football star and line coach on the Yale team, who has arrived In Mexico City to take up his new duties as coach at the University of Mexico. Ancient Churn An ancient horse-drivechurn, from Broughton Manor farm has been given to the museum at South Kensington, England. The machinery, with all Its gear wheels, is of wood. The horse walked round in a circle about 15 feet across, and the churn held CO gallons. It produced more than five hundredweight of butter a week. Famous Vatican Library curious feature of the Vatican library, in the custody of which Car- -' dlnal Ehrie succeeds the late Cardinal Gasquet, ts the pains which seems to have been taken to conceal It. Yon turn aside in a corridor not far from the sculpture gallery, and passthrough a door, screened by a grating. Within is a , great chamber, at a first exquisitely decorated.-butglance, without any sign of books. The books are there, however tens of thousands of priceless volumes but all In closed cases and cabinets beautifully painted to harmonize with the general scheme of decoration. A glass-panele- tWvWtt.'iai Internationa An airplane view of the Iaclflc liner Empress of Canada after she had run on the rocks at Albert Head near Victoria, B. C. The passengers were taken off safely but the jagged rocks tore great holes in the steamer's hull. Lloyd G. Grlseom, former United States ambassador to Italy, with his bride, the former Miss Audrey Grosse. leaving Mnrston Trnssetl, Market flarborough, England. In a shower of flower petals, following their marriage. d |