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Vol. V. -Friday September 18th„,
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-—No. 36,
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HEWS OF THE \7ESR.
Tlie missing plane P1J9-1 was picked up on the island of Kauai by a submarine,
the R-4. Oapt. Rodgers and his men were half-starved, especially for water and
were suffering bed effects from the hot rays of the sun. What little water the
men had, tney had distilled from the sea. The men in the plane insisted on
staying in the plane until Honolulu -was reached so that their journey could be
completed.
Irving, Second Asst. Postmaster General announces that 11 or 12 now air modi
routes arc to be founded soon. The first one will bo between Denver and Cheyenne.
The receipts of the Alaskan Juneau gold mines were over ^200, 000 during the
month of August. A daily average of 10,000 tons of ore was mined and milled.
Gut son Borglum who put the Stone Mountain controversary behind has started a
a great project in South Dakota* Borglum is probably the greatest living sculptor
in the world. He had planned to make of Stone Mountain a memorial to the South
of the Civil Y/ar.
Tammany is picked to win in the Mew York elections this week. Senator Walker,
Tammany’s choice is expected to pell a majority cf 100, 000 or more. Wall Street
is betting three or four to one that Hylan dees not win*
The son of T,]?ighti:ng 3obn LaFcllette, of Wisconsin, is a prominent factor
in the senatorial race from Wisconsin. While the elder LaFoilette lived the state
always went unaminously for him. What his son amounts to, remains to be seen.
New York police lield a roundup of Chinatown Tuesday and arrested more than
500 Orientals. Of these half will he deported. -he Chinese have been prominent
in the states during the- last month because of the killings in the tong wars.
Captc John Rodgers of the lost plane PN9-1 has been offered the position of
Asst. Chief of the Navy Aeronautic Bureau. Secretary Wilbur is enthusiastic over
Rodger’s feat of keeping his plane afloat and his men alive during the days
that they were lost on the Hawaiian trip.
Probably the worst plague in the world, cholera, has broken out in the orient.
Conditions are especially bad in Bokio, Japan.
Henry Ford has asked the government to build an experimental rigid dirigible
designed by the Ford engineers* Ford •vac was one of the revolutionizers of the
auto industry may be one of lie leaders of xhe aeronautic program.
President Cooliage has appointed nine men to inquire into the adequacy of the
American Air Power. General Mithue11; head of that division of the service has
been asking for investigations for some time, charging that men who know nothing
about the work exert too much authority*