Royal Bachelor.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1925.
What Prohibition Has Done for the Grape.
Parliamentarian.
Prince
Tho Crown Frederick of Denmark hales the social whirl Prince Frederick is NOON oflener driving in his automobile through the 'siroots of Copenhagen with
lis pet spaniel Erik thun be is at any of the Royal balls,
These pictures show how prohibition has helped the grape industry in California. About six years ago when national prohibition went into effect, the vineyardists saw nothing but lisaster and poverty ahead of thein: Before prohibition they were willing to take as low as $10 a ton for low grade grapos: to-day the poorest grapes bring 365 a ton and the best grades $100 a ton. The pictures show San Francisco's water front at the height of the
grape acason.
To Bay State's War Dead.
A Nine-Pound Mushroom.
Oscar Olson, one of the loading figures in the Swedish delegation to the Interparliamentary Union Conference held in Washing- ton, D. C. is a venerable politician.
A "Reading Marathon".
This statue has just been completed for the memoriał at Pittsfield, Mass.,to Massachusetts boys who died in the World War. It is the work of Augustis Lukoman, the sculptor who will complete the Stone Mountain Confeder- ate memorial.
Is this the largest mushroom ever grown? It weighs
more than nine pounds and is 18 inches in diameter.
was brought to the Milwaukee public mussum by Herman
Stieglitz, shown above, and Mr. fluron Smith, an
authority on fungus growths, says it is the fargest ho has
over seun,
A "reading marathon" is on at Dayton, O. E. I, Fletcher, clerk of the city commission, is atempting to read a now 824-page building code in 30 days as provided. by law. By reading continuously ho estimates he should finish the task in 72 hours.
Promoted.
President Addresses American Legion.
Missing Pilot.
pre-
Mr. Elmer Crowley of Boston, operating manager of the American Export Line, is the new sident of tho Emergency Float Corporation, boing olcoted to that position by the Shipping Board after the removal of Admiral Leigh O, Palmer,
This shows President Coolidgo at the speakers' staud of the American Legion convention at Omaha. Just behind the radio microphones is James A. Drain, national commander of the Legion. At the left can be seen the huge gong used to keep the convention in order.
Charles H. Amee, pilot of
the night air inail acroplane which fatally crashed on her way from Chicago to New York. Searchers for a time were unable to find any traces of the missing piano.
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