Flier Saved After Drop Into Hudson
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Sergt. S. H. Turner, of Mitchel Field, N. Y., was rescued from the Icy waters of the Hudson river to?
■Amlello Conte, a railroad construction gang cock, after his biplane developed engine trouble and plungeA
T000 feet Into the Hudson, oft Croton, N. Y.. He clung to the plane until Conte and another maiv who do*
-cllned to reveal his name, came to his aid. Later, after all three had thawed out. Turner, (shown In rear).
Conte and his other rescuer, returned to the scene of the mishap to seb what could be salvaged from th*
wreck of the plane.
What a Boat Can Do to a Bridge
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This is the sort of whale that swallowed Jonah. Capt. Cott Plummer (1 nset(, who caught him off Sabina
Pass, near Port Arthur, Tex., says so. The monster weighs 99 tons and m eaaures nearly SO feet In length.
The whale was found floundering in shallow water. Captain Plummer a aught another whale near Sabine
Pass 16 years ago.
And Here Is
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The capital grandmothers knew old
Setey. For Betsy Hall of Washing
ion, D. C., a slave before the Lincoln
Ira, has sold “yarbs,” sage and flow
■rs since long before the Central
^tarket was built In 1876. Cigars,
flgarets or corn-cob have no appeal
lor Betsy—nothing but the old briar
tall do.
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Mrs. Helen Normanton, now on her
way to America, fights for trhat she
believes is right. She fought for
years to win admission to the Sfaig
iish bar, being the first woman ad
mitted. She has just won another
victory. She has succeeded in ob
taining a passport to America, in
her maiden name. Photo shows her
in her lawyer’s wig.
This youngster grew up to add
glory to the family name. H1b name?
Well, It’s William Green. He’s the
new president of the American Fed*
eratlon of Labor. This picture ml
taken when he was four years old.
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Atlanta High school girls have resolved to have shinv noses after the first of the year, and as a conso
quence are shown here discarding their powder puffs In tne old ash can. But what do you want to bet that there
wasn’t a scramble to get ’em back after the photographer left?
Senator Caraway, ‘■huwn In the
photo, frays this vase, in the Senate
lobby in Washington, is a two-bll
-dollar one. He explains it thus
iy: “This case, with another l'ke
It. was the gift of the. French gov
ernment Later they borrowed four
billion dollars Ji om us. The \ ase is
\ere—the money Is in France.'
Mrs. Samuel M. Gompers, widow of
the late labor loader, was cut off
with only the "minimum amount re
quired by law” in her husband's will.
She says she Is both "surprised and
hurt" by his action. Mrs. Gompers
Is conferring with attorneys now
relati* e to starting proceedings to
break the document.
Charge School Girl
Kidnaped by Indian
Oklahoma hills are belli,?,, searched
for trace of Belcher Blrdwne, 10
year-old Indian, accused by authori
ties of kidnaping Miss Bertha Mua
grove, 16-year-old Okemah (Okla.)
high school glrh
Actress Wife Winner
Divorce From Tenor
y:
Mrs. John W. Steel, widely
known on the stage before her
marriage as Sldonle Kspero, has
$>een gran.e*’. a divorce In New
York from 'he noted tenor. She
named three young women of
the "Follies." They and Steel
Indignantly denied the charges.
No Tipping
Managing director Mary A. Linds
ley of the Grace Dodge hotel, Wash
ington, permits no tipping. The
funny thing, according to Miss
Llndsley, Is that while it’s eanf
enougih to get hotel help to refuse
tips, sometimes It’s very difficult ta
persuade guests not to insist on have
lng them accept.
Ideal Is Caveman
Kisy 3TATA&E- HAMKOND
The declared belief of Dr. Kate
Waller Barrett that girlB should per
mit their mothers to select tholr
husbands is “the bunk,” In the
opinion of Miss Natalie Hammond of
Washington, D. C., daughter of John
Hays Hammond, world-famous min
ing engineer. She asserts the most
Important matter that presents itself
to tho modern girl Is to consider
the mental makeup of the man she
marries. What she wants is a he -man,
but not In the popular sense. “I
want a mental caveman,” she de
clares.
Marionettes Fall for It, Too!
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Even the marionettes have folicn for tbe cross word puzzle crazet
Here two belonging to Sue Hastings of New York are seen trying to fin#
the missing word, for their new comedy.
Introducing America's healthiest boy and glrl-^Joe F. Emens Jr., and
Inez Harden. Coe Is 17 and comes fr om Prattville, Mich., and Inez, who
Is 17, calls Marigold, Miss* home. B oth were born and bred on farms.
Each scored 99.4 per cent, at the heal thlest children’s show at the Inter
national Livestock Exposition In Ch Icago. And they had a date together
the very next dayl
Isn’t this picture tho cat’s whis ers? At nny rate it ought to be. for
la a photo of "Oh, Mlnley Surprise of Gay brook," a first prize winner
i. the National Cat Club’s championship show at Crystal Palace, London.
Franc® honors those who bring her fame, whether It la in science. wa^
literature, Of the stage. Here are the three Fratellinl brother*, I seen tig
decorated with the Legion of Honor for their contribution to French art.
07 th» *3V*ench stiufe end are soon t e art of pantomime to a 3^“''“*