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.. y ; ! f , v - V - FIRST SECTWIl riyo szctw::; M W'TORKERS HEAVY RAINS VISITED URON GREAT FALLS Cloudburst Damage to Prop erty Estimated at $250,000; - Area Covered Ia Small THREATENS TO, SQUEAL BUT PERSUADED TO KEEP QUIET ' SITOfiTiGil 00 . i ELLIS !S!I!D !S IS 25 SEVENTO-TIURD YEAR V SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, JUNE 21, 1923 . : " v ! . ;, r - TRICllT. :"c " 1 : - 11 . .... . ffllFEDERAL m BREAKERS ARE RELEASED 1 11.. . . "' 1 ' . rTrtfim i-rr rjnvp it":; lJMui''U ?. ........ follo; ; ,.; ' ' House of Ccmmcns De ' -nounces r.'.cthcd of Deal- ing With British Subjects ' When Quota Completed ATTENTlOrr-OF KING ; r CALXEDTREPEATEDLY ,Retc!iaticn ".'Suggested -a s .Pcscib!2V.f;2thpd. of-iRe-' -lieving Conditions . .LONDON; Irune 20- Ellis Island vas denouncjed in ' the house of commons today, and fhe'suggstlon was advanced that Great Britain ought to retaliate if the' American EOTernment does not - change" the methods of detaining .British sub JecCa there. ' Harry Becker, -independent- conserratiTa aaked. the .under secretary for, foreign affairs, Ronald McNeill how many: English I n en and women a.H Tincarcinated" on Ellis Island owing: to" the JBtI ' tlsh quote of . immigrants being ' filled, .J-' ' V--. lj: I .,rrctest Treatment :- -! ;-: j j Mrs, Becker also asked If the nder secretary's "attention has been called to the fact that eome times as many as 150 women and children of all nationalities and colors are placed In one room to ileep; will'lia make representa-J tians to the United States' goyern-: ment protesting this prison - like .treatment of English subject and in4 event of continuance , of this practice, would he be wllllng td take measures of retaliating. ' ' Answer Ewdrf. : Mr. ItcNeill replied: "I cannot say exactly how many British, sub jects are at present detained on nilis isUad. . Tia ..cttestlon : of hi3 majesty's tas re;a.tedly been tailed to the conditions preyail-i Ing there and no opportunity has ' toeen lost of preiaicg the-United States , to effect aa improvement, tt would be difficult to-devlse a juitable means of retaliation aa rery if ew citizenships ofjthe Unit ed States come to this , country to settle'- - ' : EIr Harry Brittaln asked if the under secretary did not argue that " improvement tad been made 1 and within the last few days Ens lish'vifiitors ito :fhe United States withjjassports and ylses absolutely in ''. orJer. had beea subjected to these Indigaitle and "kept la a cage" with people of all nation alities, --v r . - -Bi;r:n:!tIes Aro 2iny f Other" menbers also made auer-Ica-lnciudlng' the laborife, C.i.D. IIardieof- Glasgow, who asked wfctber"steps would not be. taken ; to indicate -to ;the Industrial cen ters like Glasgow thai the ecple " chould cot eril-rats. " 'C t ' , Mr.HlcNeill. raaklng a general s reply, ald 'there were extraordin ary difficulties ia dealing fit the;-ubject.-V-r"'-: v 'I 'U M VAafar -as I am awarej be "dded, 'te Uclted SUtes . gov- ' 1 1 ninent is very anxious to! do any tUns If -can to alleviate condi HzTA. There are very gTeat diffi culties in the way.f '.'nmca cf Ccrrmission - Anr.r::nsed By Fierce Governor Ti area yesterday for mally appointed the members-of r the commission which, will Inves tigate the' Oreson automobile i II fcns9! law and report to the 1925 tvfission ' of the state legislature. This is In accordance with an agreement entered into when the OtateiAutomotive Dealers assoc Utlon .esreed, at the instance lot tbe governor, to drop the referen dum of the additional -gasoline tax act of the 1923 legislature. The personnel of the . commission, -vhich has t en known for some time, but whLU was formally named only yest-rday, is: W. B. Dennis" of Carlton and James S. Stewart of ' Corvs Ills, selected by the governor; and James "II. Cas selj John II.' Hall end C. L. Boss air of rortland. e lected by the ' dealers" assoc.";: ilea. ' : ? CUES ON: Chowers Thursday. ' racierate s : -tawert-rly wlads I': .ixcAL;v.'EATni:ii .--';;. ''t;'.';.-(7e-I-c3day) : ' I.raxlmur i teraprature. S. "-'-'un ten; rature, 4 9. , KZ:1::. .ci i :h, .' nirer, l-" f - - . ' f "-T.' ; NEW YORK, June 20. The hottest day of the year brought death to five persona in greater New York and caused rriore than a score of prostrations, most of them on the lower east side. - , ; --i ? The high temperature 95 atL6 p. m. was ameliorated all day by comparatively low humidity and northwest zephyr The weather man predicted the temperature would stay high foratiearst 36 hours. ' - . riBiiiira EIKBE Giesy Urges' North Summer . Street Residents lo At tend Council Meeting . im properly owners along iCorth Summer street are urgea by May or Giesy to -attend f-the 1 regular meeting of the city couneif a week from next "Monday nigbt nd pre sent their opinions concerning the proposed .' -abandoriment"of f the Summer street car line. 1 ' ' Pavins of this street will be ta ken up. In the, near, future, as the city engineer has already been in structed to prepare estimates on the cost. ' . i i If the city, decided, to -take up the. car . tracks, it ,s. stated,, the Southern "Pacific " has agTeed to stand the cost of paving the strip occupied by ; the '.right-of-way at present. , TMsr offer, It fcr believ ed, 'would' be satisfactory, to a great many residents.of this, street as it would. decrease their portion of the paving costs. ' ' . No action will be taken .regard ing the proposed abandonment. un til the property owners have given ample . opportunity to 'express themselves. 'i' ' , Opposition to the scheme is be ing made by a number of proper ty owners, ,whofeel that' without a street tcar line, their property values would be decreased. I , Notice is being given In suffic ient -time, declared -Mayor-Gelsy last night, for the owners to , get together, talk over the proposition and get ready to state their views before the city council next Mon day , - ' " niffiiEEis BEE WE 1 : - Charges of Mal-Administra-tions are Denied By Klon cilium of Klan . : ATIiANTA. OaJ: June 20. Res- clptions expressing confidence in II. W. Evans as end his officers Imperial Wizard were adopted at the meeting of theiKJonclHumfof the Knisbta of the Ku KluiKlan here. It was announce!! today. Tke resolutions. It was stated, declared Charges of extravagance and waste and maladministration of .office, signed by Dr. WJ E. Tnompson of Atlanta and Minor Meriwell of Tulsa, , Okla.. were Investigated and held to be unfounded in fact. Evidences to show that charges that the .imperial Wizard had spent tSO.000 In la Chicago politi cal campaign wag unfounded, was introduced,' officers stated and,U was shown that Klan officials had not spentany money In the Chica go campaign. ( : - Other allegations that Mr. Evans was charging all his "pers onal 'and -household expenses to the Klan and was engaged In fee splitting with other Imperial offi cers "also were refuted according to the Klan officials. i 2 "Pclitical Tramps" Scored Dy Senator From Missouri I SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., . June 20. Senator James A.I Reed of Missouri addrTsaing a luncheon here. today, scored, what 'he term ed the growing jtendency toward control of business andj home by government bureaus and commis sions composed of "lame dueks, ward heelers and political tramps.' - "Certain - so-called ,: reformers," he taid, "wouldj centralize in the federal government and complete Jurisdiction over the private and business" life of one hundred and tea raillioa people, apparently for--sttiTie that - such a philosophy r:?.?t be l'"1! upon tbe a-ump-J ' ' -v ''-- FinST TfiUt TO BOY Urchin Recognizes, President and '-:S.ays;i.,,.HelIo,,,i-Greeting Returned i June ?0. .President Harding made his first ; speech .after .' leav ing. Washington for a 15,000, inile trip to the Pacific coast apd Al aska today, , at Martirisbqrg; ;W. ya. , " It was addressei) to .ar small boy 'in' the stre'eW who nailed the President and received s In turn a cheerful "hello there." . . ' ' , : ,' The train had stopped for .wat er when the. President appeared on therear .platform. ,The small boy was the first to recognize the chief executive and I called 'hello jtMr. President." Others, including a number-of , railroad .workers who bad been awaiting at the station, followed the boy's example, shook hands and wished the President a pleasant , Journey. , ? - . . - ' ' t ; - i - -. GREAT FALLS, Mont., June 20. Damage to private and munici pal property estimated at from $150,000 to $250,000 was done here late this afternoon by a flood resulting from a cloudburst. Two Inches of rain fell in an hour and a - half, turning the streets into rivers and flooding large ..sections of .the south side residential and warehouse districts. s Property damage consisted prin cipally of destroyed block paving, washed-out sewer, "earth covered boulevards and flooded basements! Many basements were flooded J by water taps that were converted intai high pressure fountains by lathe load of water forcing itself up through the drains. The ground floor of the court house was filled to 'a depth or six Inches. , ; i . So , far as could, be learned ito nigbt, - the area, covered by the cloudburst ,-was comparatively small. GCBilveu and r.Trs. , Sippy PutUnder "Arrest i ,r-..- 1 ; .-i-r.: : f h - Mrs. Sippy. given name Annie and G rover Cleveland, surnamed BUyen were arrested 1 yesterday afternoon upon a complaint signed by - Walter Birtchet chief, of pol ice, and taken before the justice court, charged with lewd cohabi tation.' The, couple were; bound overln the sum of $250, each, and will ""appear at.10 ,, o'clock this morning. - r v ;: ' v ; ;' Bilyeu seldom nses his given names, owing to much annoyance arising through the similarity ' to that .of the former president. "' s your name Gar?" inquired Judge P. J. Kuntz, .when the lat ter appeared. " '" 1 ? i "That's what they call me,". re sponded the a res tee. "But 1 my Initials are G. C." ' BUyett professed Ignorance of the exact meaning - of the words comprising,;- the .nature ' of the charge that ' .brought him into court- T He was enlightened In no uncertain manner by District 'At torney ' Carson. Whereupon l be denied the allegation; ; t When, arrested the pair were found living in anient. f-' Mtm.' Sippy .-ba' two .children,' and was taken care of by Mrs. Blanche Coe, police matron. - Mew Catholic Qhiirch " Dedicated.at Cervais GERVAIS, Ore., June 20. The new' Catholic ' ch urch . at. . Gertals was dedicated Sunday, June 17, at 10; a. m. ArchbIshop A; . Christe of Portland officiated. ? ' ;'' More than 1000 people attend ed the services' which' were con stituted from - the,- parishes of S St. Paul, St. Louis Snblimity, Wojod burn, Silverton f and , Mt. AngeL After, the services a class!of 126 was confirmed by the archbishop', after; wheh a .dinner. was served by the Alter society of the par ish. The Mt. Anel band ; fur nished the music and the ; pro gram was closed by a ball game between Mt. Angel and the Ger vais teams. In the afternoon, f ' High school directors for Ger vals Union high school No. 1 were selected on Monday; June 18. as follows:; S. Ill Brown,' "E. C. Nof ti ger, J. 1A. Ferschweiler, J.! P. Manning and D. B. DuRette. Capt. Amundsen Returning ; Jo U. S.; Plana Is Damaged ' CHRI3TIANIA, , Norway June 20. Captain. Ronald Amundson, the explorer, who recently aban doned his proposed flight across the north pole by airplane, is re turning to the" United States "on the schooner Holmes, according to a d!??atch from Nome, Alaska, to the Aftenposten.-. The dispatch says Ainundson's r.i was Canased in a trial : Noted - Chinese Editor and : Lecturer at Chautauqua -. " Last Tiitjht ' " 'i- 1 . CflAUTAUQUA' TODAY" Afternoon . 2:30 p, .m. concert Charls J Mitchell' Mixer's Orchestral. '.Quartet.- Admission.; t0 ct., Evening j 3 p. m-Concert"recital, James " IamiIt6n, r American' Lyre Tenor, And -Mixer's Orchs-; ' tral Quartet. ' Admission ?i . cents. . . " '- : . , The second day of Chautauqua ended ' yesterday evening with an illuminating lecture on China; by Dr. Ng Poon Chew, who Is one of the ""foremost Orlentar Authorities now - on the ' lecture -platform. Earlier numbers on the days pro gram were the two appearances of Uttle Miss f Alice Louise Shrode. Juvenile , reader and whistler, and the musical demonstration talk by Miss Evelyn M. -JbtcClusky. f..J.: i ,Englishwitbout Flaw ' The lecture,, byDr'Chew waa very .nearly',. the best .number of the Chautauqua, unless coming numberstexceed expectations. He is .hailed . as the : Chinese Mark Twaia,' but he is not 'M all a su 'pert Icial : entertainer. 'C.;His Eng lish; to withoutla.flaw. ' The only radtcatlon of 'tace to the . florid style' - of towel emphasis and ges tured r He" brings7 a . real message fromlChlnato America,', counsel ing patience, tolrance and fo hiearance;;. j C v L-v t 1 After showing theJmmense size and age of China.! he explained the present etatus of the nation, Alter ita 11-year moment 'of democracy under . the .. republic. ...To China; with ita age-old systems of mon archy and Ancestor ..worship. run ,', I (Continued. on page B) nUSS!! REFUGEES ; Entertainment- Provided, By Red Cross;-May Settle .; i Qh-American Soil . ; ULU V.HONOLULU, June 0. (By As sociated Press,) The army trans port Merritt Arrived, here, today carrying, several hundred. Russian refugees from Vladivostok, . who left that port when it. waa taken over, by the soviet ajithorities, rai ther than remain under bolshevik ffos-ernment. : They are . being transported: to the .United. Statesl at . government expense, after so lourninR.four months, in the Phil- ippines, , awaiting a ' permit t to set-j tla in American territory. While, in Honolulu, Ithey Will: be enter-i tained by the Red cross. The " llerritt" wiir.resume her voyage to San -Francisco, Satur day.,, . r v "V ' : ' ThA shin's . officers said that several of the Russians .had to be j confined In Uhe brig, on a bread and water , diet for refusing to work .on. the ground that they were 'guest3 of the Anerican Red Crc.3. Harding Extends Clemency to Offenders Against War Time Measures Before Leaving Capitol , INTEREST CENTERED . 0M GRAFT DODGERS 1 Commutation r Granted 27; i Some I WW ? Are Lucky l !and5iven Freedom WASHINGTON, June' 20. Im mediate release of more: than a score of federal prisoners convict ed of violating war Jaw's.' but with continued detention1 of - almost ' as many more- was ordere: today "by President Harding before leaving onhis 'western trip;" i !- . s-; '-The president acted. onJ58 par dons And commutation .cases, a record breaking i number 'in the opinion of department ; of Justice officials. . Her granted , 30 ; condi tion al": and J-l nncond itlonal com mutations, .one .full pardont ; : re stored, civil rights., to 2 7 x former nrjsopers and ; denied 8 4 applica tions for pardons or F commuta tions. V Ue; ntoo .ordered remission ' of fines In two cases. ' - .Interest centered; in the eases of those - convicted jij .violating the espionage draft' and other "war laws, whose applications had been pressed by1 various" organizations and persons of prominence. These numbered 18" and r the President granted commutations to 27, but denied applications In 2 1 cases, in cluding " a , 'group of 2 0 alleged members' .of the Industrial Wrk ers of the World Convicted : at Sacramento, Cal.. Two . convicted here, .however, had their ' sentences ' commuted conditional' on their deportation. Sentences" of" 22 alleged I. W. W. members;" convicted In the cel ebrated Chicago trials and sent to the Leavenworth- ; - penitentiary, were commuted to expire at once. Three rof' tour - alleged 1 W. .W. members, convicted at 'Wichita, Kas., -received 'commutations. Convictions Are VpiH . Announcement of -the -president's action was made by the de partment of Justice tonight after the executive's departure, the day having tbeen i required Ito prepare M -. A. . , ' J . which have. been before the pres ident for months. . ' ; In addition to the cases growing ont of, wat .violations.- the: presi dent's ,Qrders, Included h clemency for .many other prisoners con victed of. offenses -ranging. from bigamy. to. -bootlegging And includ ing violations of the may fraud. Mann white alave.i bribery -'And other statutes, f r... j- - L Of f icialTrip, Vill Be rf.Tade 4 Through Central Oregon -.v:.h-rs.v h 1 - For .the purpose . of assisting eastern Oregon J people I Interested in railroad development to assem Jble data' to be used in" the rail way 'development hearing before the interstate commerce commis sion in Portland!, August 3, repre sentatives' of the , public service commission and. of others. who are interested wtll maffe an automo bile tour through: eastern and cen tral . Oregon,- leaving-. Salem, July tiit'ti'i :iXy:.,lf -- : The itinerary calls for the. dele gation to.be in Klamath . Falls July ;10 and .11, Lapine July 12, Lake view; July 1 14, 'Rurns and vicinity July 16 and Bend July 18. -; ; They J will meet with-the differ ent commercial organizations ton the tour. 1 5 Captain Kidd rHfs, Captain Klddf Ta ipr; rttht? he Coos, County Pirates, - In vaded the. sacred boundaries of the Cherry City esterday to the7 number ; of more than 150.'n They are f intoh fng a - trip; throu-gh 'the southern part of,-the 'state having gone as far 'south as "Ashland and ' were yesterday on. their way borne from Newberg. : L' " ; ( .' Mr Taylor, Captain Kidd of the southern coast ; booster ; organization,- -was ' loeal manager of ' the Chautauq.ua two yeara; ago. ! -; ,The; caravan 'wilchlcame ' into Salem yeterday'liad 67 4cara and the boosters " are boosting hard for the - big celebration , which Marshfleld Will .bold July nnd 4. They stopped only a few; minutes in Salem. . They , have" been gone frca',J!arshneIi-EliJca,C-12iay.: ; . : -v ' f Jt Edward' M. Fuller," bankrupt stock broker, who, with his partner,Fra&kMcGep ders.' . After an .all night, examination by United States Dis trict Attorney Hayward; his threatened "squeal" on ihisher bps and his promise to reveal who got, the missino; $6,000,000 asset of E. -MT Fuller & CoV was hushed, &t least temporarily HMIITE5 : -FOnp.1 ASSOC AT AN Will Meet Annually at., Eu gen Commencement u ' Program Is Outlined - ' EUGENE, Ore., June 20. U- The early day graduates' of the Uni? versity of Oregon, members of classes from r1878 to 1890, formed a temporary organization today at their first annual reunion and plan to meet eyery year hereafter, tho organization ' being separate from the alumni association.: Men and women. prominent In business and professional , life from many dif ferent parts of the 'United States were present at this meeting, j Tomorrow evening ' the 1 annual flower and fern procession will be held . on. the .campus and later .the seniors will 'compete Jtor the Fail ing and Beekman oratory prizes. ' -. Saturday is Alumni Day. Sunday Dean Edward Ellory of Union college, Schnectady, N. Y., will deliver the baccalaureate ser mon ,and Monday is commence ment day. t Dr. Henry Baldwin Ward, of tbe University of Illi nois,, will deliver the address to the class. ; t . . . . 1 CLOSES ITS DOOR Best Known N. V. Exchange Is Forced to Wall, Others ; May Fail Soon 'NEW ,YORK,. June 20. Caught In the maelstrom of rnmora with which Wall Street has seethed for .the ? last few: days. -Zimmerman and Forshay, one of the oldest and best knowhi members of the New York Stock; Exchange, was' forced to the wall today. ; r The crash, 'Coming on the heels of an announcement , by President Cromwell' of the exchange yester day, that an Investigation had dis closed rumors of impending fail ures to be without foundation, caused a bad break In the market; more than 80 of the most popular shares toboganning to a new low irecord for the year with losses of two to five points. t President Cromwell, In an inter view . this "afternoon, declared he was ready, to repeat -his statement yesterday that exchange officials knew of no member house that was - in trouble. He admitted, however, that Vany statement as to the trend of a brokerage firm is the statement of a moment and is not a prophesy," He would not hazard a flat repudiation -that none of the eight or nine firms concerning, which rumors have been floated, , would not fail to n error, . ' . KJWSfflBi i U0P.IG1ITI0UT Harperl; Veteran of 1 50 Tights, Takes Two Counts ; in Second Round PORTLAND, Jqne 20. Joe Benjamin, contender for th light weight champion -crown, and Bob Harper ofSeattle,, before the larg est crowd that ever Attended a fight in Portland, tonight fought 10. sensational rounds to a draw. j In . the second round Benjamin staggered Harper, who in .150 fights,' has been .' knocked down only once, ' with a right- chop to he Jaw and In the third floored him for the .count of two. But there Harper . turned the tide : of battle . and with a . merciless fire of left hooks to the jaw and body, by the sixth' had ..Benjamin hang ing! on -'desperately, -very tired, wobbly . and . apparently . on the verge of a knockout. : ? 'e 'oodzelh: Forty-Six; Violators of 18th ' Amendment Arrested in Huge Round-Up RENO, Nev June 20. Forty-elx-men were arrested in. Nevada last night and today for alleged violation of the national prohibi tion act, according to -advices re ceived here, t A special - dispatch to the -Gazette from.Tonopah says the United States marshal and his deputies served bench 1 warrants oh 31 there this morning. These warrants were issued following the filing of certain informations at Carson City based On evidence gathered in April and May by fed eral "flying squadron" agents who were sent secretly to Tonopab from their headquarters in Los Angeles. This is the biggest liquor roundup in the history. of Nevada. . Fifteen men ' were arrested last night at Palisade And McDermott, In eastern Nevada, by federal pro hibition agents , according to ad vices received at the headquarters of the director here today. STORM CLAIMS THREE SUPERIOR, WW., June 20. Three men are: dead and three in jured, following one of the wortt storms in the history of the north west. The death of Gust Nordea, f 4, South Range. Wis., section hand, early today brought the to tal .in human lives taken 'by the storm of yesterday, afternoon to Green Fields Slopes of Vc!:'" V .'iare.Kcv.:Ccv;;:J ; Dust and Cz::z REFUGEES 7ELCn 1 VISIT BY i..... King Greatly ; jjcansDna A:, i to AIJ CATANIA, Jane 2 3. elated Press.) TLd : ful and thickly pop':' "Mount -Etna' atl tl, . country- as iY - ccr: the';Asoclat,I Z'tt?:i the pant, tave uo;f I ghastly scid. xtLEE'i t: dreadful rft." . r : Through. ', the tLI.:. which .can ,air.it ' I j ; the .crimson of tt.3 : lag -from ttta JLrc'i - r I craters, cxtcnd'ns f r gradually grawi- C molten .mass cc:? r until cracks and cr on the. surface t : ' . be -seen; buhtliss t: t. lay from.ibeTseth.; . ' ;i Scene la I. rThe fields, of . II: Diana and Calatatlr . and beautiful, now heavy deposits cf ' ers, trmble.and.tc a'f-3 1 feet while the rear: ' r compunyiss tis t with the jcrjf through ,'tte' . t'-r". a way lh e . refold r Sessions from U.e t sAs one s rrro:- ; . I ; nasses cf fl'ry np from tLa : .- be seen; ; they r.li . the mountains! 1 3 : more dense cloaJj cl vapor. One by one t homes and villas . , Hies in the; ne!;:.: accustomed to c-ei l t months, are overtcr: stroyed. v Orchards i. have been "CoaEunc i ii ' tense heat, long bf- reaches them, throw L ;j t riads of spark r ! f -! ' dfring down Into n ; ';XIi3V-r;-a r. . . - At Castiglione, v. . j t gress of the devour 1 3 is slow but steady, tl o 1 linger in their houi c and. packing their r though doubtless mora must be abandoned i. The living room la ', house has been tra".. ; . 4 .chapel -with- etatut i Ifadonna And .Saints, i l burning before them, . Lt Ing figures prctrto t in prayer for protection. , 6 virft of King VI manuel was the outstan: of,'. the day. It serve 1 t new courage and spurt t ers and workers to do i to relieve the sufferers. King, wherever he arr' "r the object of Intense entl the women especially c around the ;royl rnctor, I up their children and tclll to look on the royal vi :liz : "long. live .the Klnj;; ia that we have all we need." ' Assistance CI." ' . News bf Premier Zl.-.: parture for the tten cf t aster .soon spread tol thrilled the people -'who formed that the rrc' thrown up all tzz-Z der to mingle ; with -tv.rs 3 ribly stricken by ml :rt observe for .Lirasc'f c. and what 'the people net The announce r.u 2 1 I- -t sador " Child .ant5.; Kear -Andrews were corair.s at: Pittsburgh was mziz Ute t and a wave of gratitui through the Island. "Cver; people recall how much did for Sicily when ttie eai destroyed Messina. ' Yoo and -hospitals then c. Americans are still ! i f and constant prai39 Ij h the inhabitants who iC America always first to c : tance and that "thro;:', i the distance is ne:r:r t our neighbor to cur 1 nLI3CT "-, II rs. W. E. I - c. C 'i. . . Angeles was tluctr.l t ident cf the V.'c Mis-ilc-sary r ' i : :