Houston, Texas: Dr. Henry Allen Tupper, special peace commissioner of the International Peace Forum, passes through here on his trip to Mexico for a conference with General Venustiano Carranza, the rebel leader. Acheres, France: Daring ...See moreHouston, Texas: Dr. Henry Allen Tupper, special peace commissioner of the International Peace Forum, passes through here on his trip to Mexico for a conference with General Venustiano Carranza, the rebel leader. Acheres, France: Daring automobile drivers compete in a novel race, which tests their skill in turning in narrow quarters. Dublin, Ireland: When a tie-up of transit is threatened by the most serious strike Ireland has experienced in a number of years, shipments of coal necessary for railroad operations are guarded by soldiers. Texas City, Texas: The new United States automatic machine rifles, firing thirty shots with one release of the trigger, having a total capacity of four hundred shots per minute, are tested here by the army. Leipzig, Germany: The Kaiser and the King of Saxe attend the consecration of the church erected in memory of the Russian soldiers killed in the Battle of the Nations. Jersey City, N.J: A demonstration of Oxy-Acetylene Welding and Cutting Machines is made before the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, showing the practicability of the Emergency Equipment for the rapid cutting of steel bars. Stafford, Texas: The flood situation receives the personal attention of Governor O.B. Colquitt, who, accompanied by his staff, visits the relief camps with a view to alleviating the suffering of the flood victims. Florence, Italy: The search for Mona Lisa, the famous painting by Leonardo Da Vinci, which was stolen from the Louvre in 1913, ends in its recovery. The treasure is regarded as priceless, $5,000,000 having been refused for its purchase, and no theft in the history of art has so aroused the entire civilized world. Written by
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