A 2,000-ton schooner is being fitted
out for n ten months' voyage of ad
venture and research in little kno«n
parts of the unrid by the ■ Scientific
Expeditionary Research association,
ttn English association of scientists of
all classes. The vessel probably will
sail from London in July. She will
take 50 passengers and already the
applications are in excess of this num
ber.
From London the tentative route Is
to the Canary islands. Isthmus of
Panama, Galapagos islands, Easter Is
land, then weshvnrd to a series of Is
lands within the tropics and back
through the Panama canal.
Man Dies Trying to Save Hat.
Pursuing his hat, «'liich hie«' from
his head while he was riding in an au
tomobile, Alfredo Pnsquirelil, thirty
seven years old, lost his balance after
climbing over tbc fence along the
Boulevard of the Allies, at Pittsburgh.
'n.. and fell to his death doivn a preci
pice. His body was found half buried
in a pile of coal at the bottom of the
embankment. •
Brother and Sister Pals Even in Death.
Devoted in life and almost Insepara
ble for 80 years, Hiram Schwartz and
his sister. Miss Elizabeth Schwartz, of
Rfkrltle. ID., died wifhfn two days «t
each other. A double funeral was held.
CONTINUED GROWTH IN
EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURES
Exports of ■anfactares base is
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creiMS Htioll luce low. r#SQ
•toffs uf Buofactariac material
I /mw decrease compared with car
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respaadiaf period.
