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Maryland State Archives Jeffersonian, Towson, Maryland mdsa_sc3410_1_81-0844 Enlarge and print image (2M) |
| MAN WHO THREW TERROR INTO THE PHILADELPHIA UNDERWORLD. General Smedley D. Butler (at left) being sworn in by Mayor William Freeland K en-drick of Philadelphia as t'he new director of Public Safety. General Butler's first act after taking office was to call his police force together and order them to clean up the city in 48 hours under pain of instant dismissal from office. International SAMSON HAS NOTHING ON HIM.—Sigmund Breitbart, the Polish strong man, at a recent private exhibition at the Hippodrome. New York, supporting on his chest a motor track which, with the men on top, weighs 3,500 pounds. Wide World Photo* NURSING BOTTLE FOR TIGER CUB.—Miss Mabel Stark of Louisville, Ky., but now of Bridgeport, Conn., who makes a specialty of breeding tiger cubs. She has three on hand just now, each weighing about-.15 pounds. All of them are "bottle'' babies, for the mother tiger in captivity often kills her young, and they are taken away from her at an early age. Fotograins- X-RAY FOR CANCER.—Dr. Francis G. Wood, director of the Crocker Institute of Cancer Research of Columbia University, demonstrating the new.X-ray tube of West-ignhouse make, which, he states, is the most important development of this generation for cancer treatment. Courtesy of We.stinghouse Klectric Co. MOVING A SEVEN-STORY BUILDING INTACT.—This 7,500-ton brick building was recently moved 85 feet in Chicago, with its elevator, light and telephone service uninterrupted, while its offices also were open to tenants who found it necessary to enter. The work required three months' preparation, but the actual moving was accom^ pHshed in 24 hours Wide World Photos |