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PRICE OF RICE.

SCOPES STUDIES.

THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

MAXIM GORKY.

AIDED IN COLLEGE COURSE. WORKING ON NEW NOVEL.

SOARING IN SHANGHAL

The price of rice in Shanghai has again gono up. and the Shanghai District Magistrate is taking stops to prevent it soaring to such an extent that it will cause sufforing to the poor..

On Dec. 2nd, prices ranged from $11.50 to $13.40 for the bost rice with the poorer grades slightly cheaper. With rice going up in Graduate study has been made price and the coppor coin depro-possible for Scopos through a elating the poorer classes are specially raised scholarship fund. Rufforing & considerable amount Frank Thone of Washington, of hardship.

D.C., reports that so far one-third Investigations have been made of the fund has been raised. A to ascertain the reason for the goal of 85,000 has been set for the rise, and it was revealed that it is fund. Thone reports that to date due to the fact that fow rice boats the ordinary citizen has surpassed are coming in to port while cor-the scientist both in the number tain merchants are apparently and size of contributions, hoarding the grain for profit,

Apart from issuing orders for bidding this, the Shanghai Magis trate has called a meeting of the local rice merchants fo discuss the situation and devise means 20 remedy it in order to make due: provision for the austenance of the people.

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John T. Scopes, defendant in Maxim Gorky, the colobrated the famous evolution trial at Day-Russian author, who two years, ton, Toun... begins work as aago left Russia, as the literary Britain's hopes for linking to. graduate student at the Univer world was authentically inform-gether her far-flung posts of Em- sity of Chicago this fall. Appro.ed, "a dying man," has now fully piro by means of air routes, ns. priately enough, Scopes is study recovered his health and is writ-voiced by Sir Samuel Hoare,. Air ing geology, the science which ing every day on what he himself] Minister, are being discussed to- treats of the past history and the believes will be his masterpiece, day throughout England, origin of our earth.

a novel portraying life in Russia

"I want to goo air communica-| during the last forty years.

tion between overy capital in the This is the news brought to Empire" declared the Air Berlin by Dr. Alexander Kaun, Ministor the other day. "I want professor of Slavic languages at to see the journey from Australia the University of California, who reduced from six weeks to two. is just finished nu extended weeks, and the journey to India visit with Gorki at Sorrento, Italy. reduced to 10 hours,

"I was amazed when I first saw Gorky," Dr. Kaun said. "He came toward me with the erect, that within another twenty-one tuli figure of a young man. Hel had recaptured the spirit of youth, will have been achieved. years the linking-up of the Em- and neither his appearance nor Aplis actions betray his 56 years, this advantage of flying.

The longer the journey the greater Hight to live and write twenty- five years longer.

During the trial at Dayton, Scopes seemed to have been push

into the background. Parently he was completely over Blowed by the dominant figures of Clarened Darrow, the late Wil- liam Jennings Bryan and the others.

"We have been Blying only twenty-one years, and I am suro

"As long as our main fights! *** He has fuished à novel which are between' London and Paris, | (will have first publicution in or London and Brussels, the full Amerien in the Bhglish language value of flying fổ the trade und this' qutumn, and, in my opinion, intercourse of the comitry can it is his greatest work. It is never be realized. We must Dy history of the Russian industrial grout distances. The British family traced from the libération Empire, has mode to gain than of the words through to the begin any other nation in the world aing of the Bolshevist Revoluion. from distante air communica But Gorky things a novel he is tion." now engaged on will surpass it,

But the scientific world did not Rose sight of Scopes, They were greatly please, firm, because his courage in bringing die Tom pessoe law to test, und, seeonly, benaue of his quiet, dignified conduct during and after the trial. I read, for

example. to capitalize the trial by going on

He has undergone a surprising direction which he had set him. The first practical step in the tho lectura platform pleased lead- Streets of steel so thin that theying scientists.

elange and has become a stylistself to accomplish, said Dr. are as transparent as glass inve been made by Dr. Karl Mueller had been must concerned with his motor work, even harshly so the airplane route to India.

As a result, the scientists whole.himself has become critical of Suncel was the development of of the Physical Technical Insti- the trial organized the movement and fouls he has his best writing dute of Barlin.

to raise the scholarship fund to still to do. Ho has been stadging

"We have got one section of Dr. Mueller makes sheets by arenable Scopes to carry on his such stylists as Flaubert and that route already working in the process of his own invention. He studies and obtain his degree of loves to tell the story of the military mall between Egypt and uses electro-chemical means to Doétor of Philosophy.

Japanese artist who painted Bagdad. I want to see that be- deposit à thin filin of steel upon a Contributions to the scholar. nothing but fishes for twenty come a regular weekly mail sor- heavy block of metal. Then he ship fund are being roceived by years, hoping ultimately to paint vice between Egypt, and India. strips the sheet from the block Frank Thone, treasurer, Selenco one perfectly.

Later when the two giant airships just, as photo-engravers strip the Service, Washington, DC. gelatine emulsion from a photo- graphic plate.

It is a remarkable experience of 5,000,000 cubic feet, gae cap-

Meanwhile, plans are being to see a man already accepted asjacity have been completed and made by the American Civil Li Jone of the major artists of his are in operation, I hope to see

· Tests conducted with Dr. Mual-Berues Union to continue the generatione starting to work at them take over the carrying of ler's transparent steel indicate fight against the Tennessee anti-the age of 5 to learn more about mails and passengers directly that the shoots of it are perfvetly | evolution law. An advisory com- his craft."

regular since photographs taken through it show no distortions of any sort.

Dr. Mueller ustimates Lifat- the sheels are not more than thirty as in thickness.

It is so thin that the alpha rays from raditin pass right through it without any apparent decrease in the speed of the rays.

As a result, it is believed that these sheets of thin steel will prove of considerable value in the study of atomic behaviour and radio-active phenomena.

niittee consisting not only of scientists beat of ministers as well has en appointed to carry on the fight.

from London to Karaohi, Indi Their construction is about to ba Started and they should be com- pleted in two years time.

The Moscow Soviet is making Among the menilers of the

"My belief is that if these two cummittie are Professor E. G.

strennons efforts to grapple with new ships a successful, es we Conklin of Princeton. Dr. J. Me.the city by encouraging

the, severa housing problem infexpect them to be, we shall in! Koen Cattel, president of the formation of housing co-operative lines developed over the whole

thethe course of time see commercial! Psychological Corporation: Pres societies for the purpose of res empire." ident Emeritus Charles W. Eliotoring delapidated houses and of Harvard, Bishop Francis J, building new ones. McConnell of Pittsburg, Rabbi Soviet also has undertaken the The Moscow amis 1. Mann of Chichig. Dear construction of a number Shailer Mathews of the Divinity tenement houses as well as the School of the University of laying out of residential settle- Chicago, and others.

ments on the outskirts of the city.

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CE AND JACK WRIGHT AND BIG DIGBY CODFISA

As a writer of stirring tales of

prairies and mountains Zane Grey

I made an enviable record, and now he comes along with another a fish story and better still, presents the proof in a photograph of the work's record tuna and ite raptor, himself. A year ago Zanc Grey bought a staunch Bluenose schooner at

at Annapolis Royal, in the historie Annapolis Basin of Nova Scotia, anil since then he has aniled the Seven Seas in quest of adven- ture and the biggest fish that could he caught with a rod and line and two stout arm. He has reeled in giant tuna and big sail flah and To doubt would crowd on all all

in pursuit if a small whale should

ZANE GREY AND HIS, 768 LB, TUNA

Bip an incautions tail is the offingle of 8 hours and 16 minutes and fuct long and weighing 1,000 Nova Scotian waters, particularly wrested the championship from pounds have been recorded, and one thonie of St. Ann's Day and Miro Mitchell. Recently Zane Grey set inken in 1888 off St. Ann's Bay was Iny off Cape Breton istud, are the anil for St. Ann's Bay in guent of 15 feet long and weighed 1,000 home of the world's largest tune the record and landed a 758 pound. pounds. The biggest ever taken t and are favorite fishing places for er in 3 houra and 10 minutes, there Santa Catalina Island, California, and rect experts ambitious to by adding the championship to his with rod and reel, weighed only land the daddy of them all. A few other laurels.

20 pounds. So Nova Scotin has years ago Capt. Laurie. D. Mitchel! According to Fred Fletcher, the world's greatest tuna fishing caught u 71 poured the world's New York Evening World, this is

a 710

tuna in these Fishing and Hunting Editor of the waters.

Digby is another famous nihing record. Then Comander J. K. the largest fish avor landed with rosort of this Canadian, provinco. Rose, of Montreal, owner of Sir rod and reel in the history of ang-Now and then tuna enters Digby Barton and other famous racing ling. Some Fish! However, there Cap, and enormous codfish and, pol horses and a director of the Canala.still a chance for Commander lock are taken by amatour fisher dian Pacific Railway, landed a 712 ftos and other exporta to break men and Asherwomen from "The - pound tuna after a strenuous bet | Grog's record, "Tuna more than 10 Placs," —— per the age for

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