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SATURDAY AUGUST 4, 1923

THE CHINA MAIL.

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Worlds Largest

The greatest bombing semplane the world has ever seen has been almost completed at Wilbur Wright Field, Dayton, and is undergoing her ground tests, preliminary to flying. Ljeytenants'Harold R, Harris and Leigh Wade, with a crew of ten men, will man the ship. It has a wing spread of 120 feet, a fuselage of 65 feet and a gasoline tank capable of carrying 2,120 gallons. It mounts seven machine guns and will carry 12,000 pounds of bombs. The War Department is planning even larger machines. The "Barling," as it is called, weighs 20 tons, and two big tractors are necessary to haul it out of its hangar. It

s powered with six 450-horsepower Liberty engines.

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Mrs. Eihert H. Gary, wife of Judge E. H. Gary, Chairmen of the Board of Directors of the United States Steel Corporation, is shown in a striking new portrait, just received. Mrs. Gary is a charmi oglindes and is fast becoming the leader of the foreign colony în London, where she is spending the season with her debutante daughters.

-Burns 2x2 Anna Hers.

Mrs. Hazel Burs, 29, mother of 5-year-old Harry Burns, has been arrested in New Orleans, on the charge of kidnapping Anna Hess, a 12-year-old Baltimore (Maryland) girl. She declares she met the child in Baltimore and, after talking the matter over with the child's father, took her to New Orleans, She denies she is guilty of kidnapping. but will not throw any further light on the case ....

Mas Corbete Ashby

Here is the latest portrait of Mrs. Carbete Ashby, of London, who was recently elected President of the International Women's Con- gress, in session in Rome, Italy. Mrs. Ashby takes the place leit vacant by the refusal of Mrs Carrie Champian Citt. of America, to stand for re-viection.

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Charming Jean Capel, daughter of Lord Ribbl estale, has promis- ed to wed Lord James Burghersh, fourteenth Earlof Westmoreland. The wedding, soon to be solemnized, will be her third marital venture. Percy Y. Wyndham, her first husband, was killed while serving as an allicer with the famous Coldstream Guards in the fighting of 1914 Luer she married Arthur, Capel, member of the Haase of Essex and at we time private secretray to former Premier Lloyd George, but he was killed in a motor accident about two years ago. The bride-to-be has an estate of four million dollars.

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Charles Rock and Mitchell Mertorial

Charles Keck, the noted sculptor, is show at work on his re- markable state of Jolm Mitchell, great leader of the labur forces and former head of the American coal miners, A large plaque will be placed behind the statue, showing various phases of Mr Mitchell's life. The statue will be aveiled this autumn in Scranton. Pa.

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The first passenger airline between Berlin and London has been opened with these luxurious Albatross acroplanes,

When the tiny 50-foot schooter "Marsy Be: tri Test real Nos Vo Harbour there was unfolded one of the most drenia storite has ever known. Twenty Chinese affered the captain - Tin tessel $500 apiece to smuggle them into the United States from Chic. Try paid $250 each and were to pay the balance when landed. The statu Tthe deserted the ship off Rum Rumners Now, Sandy Hook

crew tried to rob the Chinese, and a battle followed. Floritturerser two white members of the crew and two negroes were slain. When the crew was wiped out the remaining Chinese natraged to get the vessel into port.

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