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Show , ).:.? THE 45INGHAM NEWS . Shriners JL. - 111 T.:ry:rW;s. ! 11 As the Shriners arrived in Washington for their great convention they first saw this welcome sign. In Shrine color! and studded with thousands of electric lights. I 1,804,187,631 People in World India Is credited with 80 large cities China has 20, ao far as available rec-ords show, and Japan numbers 19. Including three In her foreign posses-sions. United States Leads. North America follows Asia, with 79 large cities. Four of these New York, Chicago, Philadelphia (and Mexico City ere placed In the million class. Of the nations on that continent, the United States leads with 68 large cities, 12 of which record more than a half-millio- n Inhabitants. Twenty-fou- r large cities are located In South America, Brazil having 13. Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro are the only million-reside- centers. - Australia counts eight large cities, none of which runs up Into a million. Seven Per Cent of People Live in Cities of More Than 100,000. Berlin. Scattered over the face of the earth is a total population of 1.804,187,631, only 7 per cent of which Is in cities of more than 100,000 in-- ', habitants, according to statistics com-piled here and based largely on 1922 census reports. Only thirty of the seventy nations listed have cities of or above the 100,000 class, which is the lowest counted within the classifica-tion of "large cities.' , Approximately 40,000,000 of the ; globe's Inhabitants live in the eighteen centers having a million residents or more each. About 90,000,000 live in r the smaller cities, of which there are only 393 in the whole world. The average large city Is said to number some 320,000 souls. From these fig-ures, It Is stated, every forty-fift- h hu-man resides in a city housing millions, while every fourteenth finds his home in a large city of some sort. N New York Biggest City. . : New York is given as the largest ( city in the world, with a population of ' 6,620,048. London is second with : 4,483,249, and Berlin third with 8,803,-I- ; 770. Europe leads the continents in point of population. It has six cities In the '; million class London, Berlin, Parts, Glasgow, Vienna and Moscow and ; 193 with more than 100,000 inhabi-tants. Of the European countries, England has 53 large cities, Germany 45, Italy 16, France 15 and Russia 15. It Is considered surprising that Asia j has more large cities than North America. Six of the 02 Asiatic cities house more than a million apiece. These are Shanghai, Hankau, Calcutta, Bombay, Tokyo and Osaka. British jUl kMtMl Husband's Radio Set Dragged Into Court A radio set hat been tiamed ai coreapoudent my Mm. Em-ma E. Maypotber, ot New York City, la a Reparation ault against George Maypother, wholesale druggist. The wife aald her husband Insist on sitting up most of the night "listening In, on concerts and what-not,- " then keeps her awake the rest ot the night, quarreling. champion of Bacchus. At the com-mencement of his orgies he laid the wtvlstle on the table, and whoever was last to blow it was to carry it off as a trophy of victory. The Dane at last met more than his match In one of the Laurles of Maxwellton, who, after three days' and nights' hard contest, left the Scandinavian under the table. . Home of Annie Laurie in Scotland for Sale Edinburgh. The estate of Cralgdar-roch- , Drumfrles8hlre, is for sale. This historic ground, which embraces 2,700 acres', has been In the hands of one family, the Fergussons, since 1308. The mansion house at Cralgdarroch was the home of Annie Laurie, whose name is forever preserved in the ballad that extols her. She married Alexan-der Fergusson of Cralgdarroch, and on her death in 1761, at the age of seventy-n-ine, she was buried in the ancient graveyard of Cralgdarroch. At Cralgdarroch has been carefully treasured for more than a centuty "the whistle," a contest for which In-spired Robert Burns' ballad of that name. It was brought from Denmark by a Dane of gigantic stature and a HE LEADS THE BAND : S ,1 i ' - ! W : J Already, at the age of five years, Robert l'hlllp Carpenter vields a baton and 60 children, members of the kin-dergarten band at Pueblo, Colo., obey his waving commands. All member of the band are from four to six year old and are true artists In every sense, - - Posed as Officer; Tricked Woman I f fbi V r-- I it - j r II v. w J n "Col." Edmund James Black, whose engagement to Mrs. Eva Cramer Bres-le- r, society matron of Los Angeles, was recently announced, Is In the city Jull there following his arrest by federal and city officers on charges of Imperson-ating a government offlcer. ,., Titled Woman Praises Sahara Desert Sheiks London. The Touregs of the Sa-hara, writes Lady Dorothy Mills to the Dally Chronicle, are handsome mea and devoted to their women. "Aristo-crats of the sand," Lady Dorothy calls them. "The men live by bloodshed and pillage and are the handsomest crea-tures alive slim, amber-skinne-d and muscular. They hide their aquiline features behind a black or dark blue veil that leaves nothing visible but their bright eyes. "Their women are very good look-ing, though among the richer classes beauty Is measured by ' weight and young girls are subjected1 to a fatten-- ' Ing process something like that of the Christmas turkey. Often by the time they reach mnturlty they can only move by the aid of two or more slaves.'' Eye Hazards in Factories . Two Hundred Thousand Acc-idents to Eyes of Workmen Oc-cur Each Year in Industries. New York. Two hundred thousand accidents to the eyes of workmen oc-cur in Industry each year, and ap-proximately 16 per cent of the total blind population of the country, or 15,000, represent the industrial blind. These are two of the facts devel-oped In an Investigation of the eye hazards of Industrial occupations which was conducted last year by the v national committee for the prevention of blindness. The study covered every state In the Union and every Industrial occuimtlon in which there Is an ac-cident hazard. The report points out that much al-ready lias been accomplished toward alleviation of the eye accident prob-lem In Industry, but all this Is merely a beginning. Many Hazards Existing. "There are stllL countless . plant! whose operatloos present serious eye hazards, in which no goggles or other protective equipment are available. There are many plants where work-men still keep goggles in their pock-ets except when they are watched. There are still plants In which tooth-picks, matches, handkerchiefs, pocket knives, and even the tongues of work-men, are the Instruments employed to remove cinders and other particles from the eyes of fellow workers." Industrial accidents, the report says, are responsible for an Injury to a human eye every two and one-hal- f minutes, day and night, 866 days a year. "The solution of this problem," the report says, "depends upon three forces: Legislation, education and ac-tual accident prevention service to in-dustry. Suggestions Are Made. It makes the following general state-ments: 1. The elimination of eye hazards in Industry is not only a moral obliga-tion, but a good business proposition. 2. Goggles at best are a handicap; the first effort, therefore, should be directed toward the elimination of the hazard Itself by changing the proc-esses of manufacture, by redesigning machines and tools, or by guarding machines and tools at the source of nci'ldents, usually the point of opera-tion. 8. Few people have perfect vision to start with ; greater attention should, therefore, be given to the examina-tion of the eyes of employees, to the correction of defective vision of workers and to a considers-- i tlon of the condition of the eyes ot ' the Individual worker with relation to the visual requirements of the work that he Is to do. Old Glory Flying on Nest of Loyal Robin Topeka, Kan. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Davles, 415 Buchanan street, have a family of 100 per cent American robins in a pear tree in their back yard. Either ' Madame Robin or Friend Hus-band, in their search for build- - ing material for a nest, came across a small American flag, and wanting to bring up their children as law-abidi- citizens, wove the flag Into their nest. Enough of the flag remained ' loose to wave in the breeze, and has attracted much attention. Pennsylvania Robin Was Up to Date I U:y r&ST'tt if! I w?KVw. W p I B " ' Every day at noon a United States mall coach on the Philadelphia & Read-lu- g railway leaves New Hope, Pa., bound for Philadelphia, and returns to New Hope later in the day. For days a mother robin at the New Hope end of the line has waited as anxiously for that train as the other people In the town have for their mall. When the train reached the station Brakeman Leon Nugent sent awey all the curious onlookers and the robin hopped dow n from a nenrby tree and disappeared under the mall coach to a nest on the warm steam valve. The little mother perched on the edge and looked Inside on the five blue eggs warmed by the steam, waiting for the day when their shells would be broken by five little bills. This photograph shows Brakeman Nugent and the robin nest Bishop of Syracuse Consecrated 1 till i i ItiPIMilll 4 II i va j '4IiL 111 i o OTr iNI'A c' H 1 HI Scene In St. Patrick's cathedral, New York, when lit. Rev. Daniel Joseph Curley, V. C was consecrated as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese ol Syracuse, N. Y. Two archbishops, sixteen blMiops, and more than a hundred lesser clergy were present. STRENUOUS WALTZING 1 Miss Bernlce (eisch, seventeen-year-ol- d St. Paul society girl and a student, of esthetic dancing, demonstrating her "hurdle waltz," a dance which It can be readily seen requires great strength and endurance. Miss Fetsch got her Idea for the dance from watching a University of Minnesota field meet in which were Include i some hurdl Burbank Honored by Santa Rosa events. J Jr ' "jw'-''-''-jww"B- J " " l1""""'" " f LAM if '"1-- i --v. K V erf? t fyvr ! -- i i v v j i t I Li h:4-i- - it xf s 4 U U -.- fr...- ,:,...-..il,r-..l- mt m m urn m Banta Rosa, Cnl.. where Luther Burbank, the plant wizard, has made ex-periments In plant life for the past fifty years, recently did honor to this great man. The entire country for miles around turned out and Joined In a mam-moth parade. The photograph shows Mr. and Mrs. Burbank reviewing the parade. ASKS AID FOR ARMENIA Mrs. Carrie Jacobs Bond, song com-poser, has Just returned from a trip to Armenia and urges Americans to do all they can to aid the people of tha$ country, espoclallUie orphan children ered. These master cords were not In ordinary use, but were probably re-served for the royal statlatlcluns. ARITHMETIC WAS KNOWN TO THE ANCIENT INCAS Existence of Wei-Develop- ed System of Figuring Proven. Lima, Peru. The fact that ancient Inca civilization In Teru possessed an efficient calculating machine has been established by a recent discovery of Francisco Loaysa of Lima. The In-strument consists of a knotted cord or "qulpu," unearthed in a prehistoric tomb neor Cajnummi. While Jt tyis been well known that the Inca's made use of "qulpas" in common with many other aboriginal peoples In the new world, Loaysa Is the first historian who has been able to Interpret and describe fully the use to which this device wus put. His studies show that the Iiwns hud a system of arithmetic, based on the decimal system, and that they employed the "qulpu" for purpose of rapid calculation In subtraction, mul-tiplication and division. The "master qulpu" discovered by Loaysa consists of a cord about 18 yards long, containing 100 knots. These knots are divided into 10 unequal sec-tions by as many silver beads, repre-senting the odd numbers from 1 to 19. The sections are of different colors, in-cluding brown, yellow, blue and green. The colors are Important factors in the calculating process. The silver beads placed between the groups rep-resent the even numbers from 2 to 20. By counting according to the rules dis-covered by Loaysa, all arithmetical operations can be carried out In a rapid and mechanical ninnner. Calcu-lations Involving tens, hundreds and thousands are possible by this device. Many simple form" of "qulpus" have been found In Peru, but this is the only highly developed one yet dlHcov- - Soviet Is Winning Fight Against Veils Moscow. Communist party workers say they now are at last having some effect in their campaign to modernize the Moslem women of the Near East. It took hundreds of communist "mis-sionaries" nearly two years In some lo-calities to persuade the women to re-move their high veils and participate In politics. Now, in Adjerbljan alone, however, more thun 22,(XX) women hove organ-ized In Industrial activity, while work-shops for feminine Mohammedans, where they are tnnght that the role of woman Is far different from that of the usuul Moslem conceptions, have been established by hundreds In Turkestan, Bokhara and elsewhere. HInce there were no table Imple-ments In early Greece, gloves were often used to handle hot food. |