New York Tribune Russian Poland 2june 1918

The

Mayor

of Ioltio

is nol, ai Americans have thought, the leading barytone in He must, in order to he elected, be recognized as an exemplary citizen of Tokio, with politic« and administrative ability secondary consideration». Ihe present Mayor, recer.tly elected, is Viscount Inajiro Tajiri, a graduate of Vale College and a prophet of the Simple Life. He is shown at the left in a combination New Haven -Tokio costume, chop¬ ping wood. Below is the former Mayor, Baron Yoshindo Okuda. who died a year ago. He was also an exponent of official sim¬ plicity and is shown sweeping his yard barefooted.

a comic

opera.

Mayor Tajiri

is

the

Hoover of Japan and has introduced a bean substitute for rice, which he is here shown trying out on a few of his friend*. Pho.ouxiphx from Adachi

King Peter of Serbia has late¬ ly grown a full beard in accord¬ ance with the Serbian custom,, w h e r e by a father allows his beard to grow in mourning for the death of a son.

Serbian Press Bureau

An Armenian ref¬ ugee who has es¬ caped the Turks. Underwood
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A German soldier in Russian Poland trying to find the graves of his relatives. Prrgn ¡¡¡u'tratinti Servie«

Photograph

taken from the deck of a de¬ stroyer which has just dropped a depth bomb for the benefit of a German submarine. These bombs are known as "ashcans" and the force of their explosion is felt through the water for over half a mile. -