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William H. ("Jack") Dempsey, heavy weight champion of the world, who will probably not enter the ring again, for he and Jack Kearns, his manager, have just acquired, for $1,500,000, 4,800 acres of valuable coal mine property, and Dempsey is president of the Great Western Coal Mines Company, which will also operate ranches. A few years ago Jack Dempsey was without a dollar to his name.
Duke of Braban [frincess Mafalda
According to the Agenzie if Italia, the wedding will soon take place of the Duke of Brabant, youthful heir to the throne of Belgium, and' Princess Mafalda, second daughter of King Victor Emmanuel and Queen Helena; of Italy.
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Dr. Charles G. Abbott has invented a new device for cooking with the sun's rays. He used it successfully during a tree months camping trip. The construction of the sua oven is very simple. A parabolic mirror, 10 feet long and 7 feet wide, is the chief feature. The curve of the mirror r. axis in the rays of the sun belag reflected down the centre of the glass, with a concentra- tion of heat along that line.
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Ohio descendant of Robert Edwards, regarded as kin by King Judge Robert S. Lovett, Presi George II., of England, has sued dent of the Union Pacific Rat-for, part of the 16-acre farm
Dr. Fuad Bey, Deputy of the for road, testifying before the interpresented to his ancestor state Commerce Commission, on "farm" comprises st of the
bravery the Indian wars. This Grand National Assembly of Tur- the regrouping of railroads, urged financial section of New York key and Secretary-General of the
that arrangements should be made similar to the great railroad system built up by the late E. H.
Harriman.
City, lying between Battery Park Children's Protective -Association and Park Row. He contends that
the land was never sold, but was is studying social organizations and leased for 99 years and later leased b
again for a similar length of time. conditions abroad.
WEDNESDAY JUNE 6 1923-
The investigation ordered by Governor. A. E-Smith, of New York, into the failure of officials to prosecute Walter S. Ward, wealthy baker, for killing Clarence Peters, an ex-sailor," whom Ward shot while Peter, he alleged, was trying to blackmail him, has brought out may interest- ing points. The chief was the refusal of the Western Union Telegraph Company to turn over to the Attorney-General copies of cablegrams passing between Ward and his father, in which: Ward asked for be tween $50,000 and $100,000 to pay the blackmail gang- The Chief of Police admitted he gave Ward two pistols and that one of them looked very much like a pistol Ward claimed Peters tried to shoot him with.
Mathilde McCormick, 16-year-old daughter of Harold F. McCor mick and granddaughter of John D. Rockefeller, who left London for Switzerland, where she married the middle-aged Major Max Oser.
In order to revive interest in the Nottingham lace industry, the Duchess of Portland, assisted by Lady Henry Bentinck, arranged an exhibition there recently. This lace shown here was made at Notting- ham for the bridal gown of Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, bride of the Duke of York.
The eyes of the radio world are turned on a case unique in the annals of American courts, Edward McWilliams, a wealthy banker, has obtained a temporary injunction preventing G. Wylie Bergman, an 18-year-old radio fan, from broadcasting from his home station, alleging Bergman'e broadcasting prevents McWilliams from receiving concerts on his wireless receiving set. Bergman shown here in his home-made station, has received the aid of the counsel for the Radio League, his station forming a link in the relay from coast to coast formed by the League, Bergman has spent $1,000 on his station, the money being earned by odd jobs around his home town.
The Portuguese Government has presented the military decom- tion of the Tower and a sword to the American battleship. “Orion”. which attacked and drove of a German submarine that entered the harbour and was bombarding the city of Ponta Delgada, in the Azore Islands during the war
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