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I Fire Wiped Out This Mining Town in Idaho S4"!!.;..; SjjJS ? Tliis photograph shows the town of Burke. Idaho, and the gi,... llecla mine works us ihey were before the lire which destroyed them and the nearby town of Mace. The damage is estimated at $1,000,000, und more than 400 persons were made homeless. HONOR RAILWAY MEN King Victor and Premier Mussolini recently dedicated this memorial In Rome to the memory of Italy's rail road men who died In the World war. I VENUS OF LOS ANGELES Miss Eugenia Gilbert, titian-haired Los Angeles beauty, received a prize of $4,000 and a compliment that money could not value when three fudges ? a movie actor, a director, and a noted sculptor ? pronounced her measurements, profile and complexion nearly perfect during a beauty contest held recently in Los Angeles. FRANK LOWDEN IN OILS This oil portrait of Frank O. Low- j den, former governor of Illinois, has | been painted by Ralph Clarkson, well known Chicago artist, for the state of Illinois and will hang In the executive office at Springfield with the portraits ! of twenty-five other governors of nil- 1 nois. Mr. Lowden was the twenty-first j Individual and the tenth Republican elected governor of Illinois and was the state's fourth "war governor,* Mrvlng from 1917 to 192L Memorial to Guynemer Dedicated <5X*X5>???< SXsXSXsXsXjX^ tNHlHIIIMlNHIIHIIIIIlHIia France's tribute to Captain Guy- ! nemer, greatest of air heroes, was dedicated at Poel-Capelle, where mem bers of the royal nlr force of Eng- ; land and the French aviation service attended the ceremonies. Guynemer, after downing 53 German planes, was himself killed In air combat. MMIIlHMINIH MIIIHU..I I I I ! Arms Smuggled by Two Chinamen Believed to be Chinese imperialists attempting to smuggle firearms nnd ammunition to their compatriots in China, Soo Shong and Wong Chlng Wing were arrested in New York, charged with violation of the Sullivan law. They had thirty-six Mauser re volvers and 10, OCX) rounds of ammuni tion, shown In the photograph. America's Guardians in Peking y An informal group outside the United States embassy ki Peking, with Minister Schurman in the center. IB Magnus Johnson and Family at the Farm Here is the entm- tj-inily of Senator-Elect Magnus .Johnson on the porch of their farm km.,,. , county, Minn., near Kimball. Left to right: Francis, uineteen ; Victor, twenty-one; Agnes, ten; Mrs11! Lillian, twenty-five; Mbgnus, Jr., fourteen; Florence, nine, and Magnus Johnson. Airplane View of New York's Financial District Meek* Johns The bulk of the world's wealth Is handled here. The rauious streets we hear so much about can be seeu plaiiv. To the left Is the nurrow street called Wall Street; looking west toward Trinity church, the Bankers' Trust buiMiaj is fceen with its pyramid top. A little over toward the right are the Equitable building, the Singer building, aaj the YVoolworth. Mrs. Horchem Will Race to St. Louis i ? To a woman flier goes the honor of becoming the lirst entry in the International Air Ilaces of 1923, to he held at St. Louis field, October 1. 2 and 3. Officials of the St. Louis Air board, in charge of the race, announce receipt of the first of more than 250 entries expected In the eight events. Ii. was from Mrs. Bertha Dale Ilorchem of Hansom, Kan., who in a recent trlaJ at St. Louis field reached an altitude of 10,300 feet, being the highest flight liny woiuan lias ever made. Mrs. Horchem will compete in the "On to St. Louis' Race," for which the St. Louis Chamber of Commerce is offering a valuable trophy in addition to the cash prize of $1,000. In this race, which Is open to civilians only, planes will be tlown from all sections of the country to St. Louis. Selected for Americans in Rome Church of Santa Susanna In the Piazza San Bernardo, Rome, adjoining Che American embassy, selected by the cardinal vicar for Americans and placed In charge of the Paullst fathers from New York. ST. JULIEN MEMORIAL The St. Julien Memorial near erected by the Canadian bnttle^M memorial commission in com men tion of the second battle of Ypres, rfr cently unveiled by the duke of Co* naught. earns greek gratitude Miss Mary Haskell, 0 ^ onel Haskell, in command of the . lean Red Cross in Greece, I>as ^ with the Red Cross at Athene f(,r * ^ time and has won the heartfelt t and appreciation of the p*,',i,le untiring efforts and phllar * deavorg. >eoi??- 7 a inthri)plc :
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