SEVENTY-THIRD YEAR
PRICE FIVE CENTS
SALEM, OREGON SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1923
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Field and' Aquatic Sports,
Parade, Impersonations
and Other. Events . Draw
Youngsters to Playfield
GROWN-UPS ASSEMBLE
i .10 SEE TOTS FROLIC
Supervised Play to Continue
. During Pleasant Weath
1 . . er : Season
. Hundreds of children, ranging
from mere youngsters to those ap
proaching young man and woman
hood, gathered at the public play
ground yesterday tor the formal
'I closing of the season. Impressive
flag exercises, including the afng
'ing of "America" opened the-pro-
' gram, which consisted of various
athletic ' contests; acquatic - events
"and outdoor games.
'. ' Nearly 100 participated in the
costume parade held after the
luncheon hour. Led by Miss Mary,
' a motley collection of children in
all' sorts of garb and costume
"'were' seen. Gnomes marched
with Indians; gypsies were lined
up between cowboys and fancy
dressed children. Among the spe
cial characters represented, and
; represented in "such a manner that
'the bystander could easily recog-
i size, were Charlie Chaplin and
Jackie Coogan. There were
clowns, fairies. Red Cross nurses,
ancient styles, pilgrims, black-
faced : Alabama negroes with full
dress suits and others that conld
hardly be ; classified. ? Anyhow,
the youngsters had) a wonderful
time, while a large crowd of
srrown-ups watched the various
events. ; Though this Was the for
mal closing, the grounds will re
main open while the weather Is
warm. '--'-'i i m, :
Following ' am -th tenis and
winners of each: . .'c;. .: :! " j
' ' morning events . ' ' ..
SO Yard Dash, " Coys Under 12
. James Newrent. first: Clifford
i. Warden, second; Donald Morley,
. third. .
- BO Yard Dash. Girls Under 12 '
r Margaret Kelleher, first; Doro
thy Ross, second; Marjorie Mc
Donald, third. , ' ' 1
10O Yard 'DahJ TBoyl Tnder t
" i Howard Kewgttnt, first; John
Edwards, j second; Jim Busch,
third. - -
10O Yard DashV Girls Under 10
Elaine Brown, first; Sarah Sam
uels, second. Margaret Kelleher,
third. , " y
- ThrlSeKged Race, Boys Under 12
Jlmmle,Caseldine and Everett
Parish, first; Paul .Kafoury and
-Fred Hageman, second; Tom Kel
leher and James Burrell.' third.
Girls under 12; Goldie Samuels
and Mary White, first; Edith Cle
ment and Florence, Nbmballs,' sec
ond;, Marjorie McDonald , and
Cbloris Sanders, third. Boys un
der 16: Lawrence' 'Alley" and Dale
- Russel, first: Albert Barker and
Earl. Petti t, second;' Elmer Suing
and French Hagemanu, ' third.
'r Girls under 161 Elaine Brown and
Sarah Samuels. tlti, .Mabel
Smith and Elolse White, seocnd f
, Shuttle" Rein j. Boys Under. 12
i Jani.es Neweents team of eight.
Girls under 12, Edith Clement's
team or eight. 1 Boys under "16,
, Ivan Kafoury's team of eight.
Girls under 16. Sarah Samuel's
team of eight. . .
Bck TUct, Boys Under 12
, Tom Kelleher, first; Jim Bur
rell, second; Victor Wenxel,
third. Girls under 12, . Goldie
Samuels, first; Margaret Kelleher,
second; Margaret McDonald,
third. Boys under .16: Dale Rus
sell, first; John. Edwards second;
Ivan Kafoury and Linden Launder,
tied for third. Girls under 16:
Sarah Samuels, first. Mabel
Smith, second; Elaine " Brown
third. V y-v
CetiUpede Races Boys Under 12
Glen Sanford's team; girls un
i niAim , Hamuml'm team:
UCI A . , V.N.-" , '
Boys under 16. . Tom. Kellebers
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ti4e weather
bREOON:B'FaIr Saturday and
'i cooler east portion.
LOCAL WEATHER
;(FrIday)t
Maximum temperature, 89.
Minimum temperature, 54.
, Rainfall, n6ne... ' , . .
River, 1.5 feet.
Atmosphere,', clear. .
Wind, northwest.
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Lome Knight, Son of J. I. Knight, Yahihill
County, Onevof Party of Five Loit o& Wran
I gle Island; Elskimo Woman Cook Sole Sur
vivor of Expedition. ?
NOME, Alaska, Aug. 30.
Pwaa . An PYnpditinn which
a party led by Alan Crawford which went to Wrangell Island
in 1921 returned to Nome today with the news that all of tha
Crawford party except one were dead. - . . '
Harold Noice, leader ol tne reiiet expedition reporiea
that h. found little ice and had no trouble in reaching the
island in the power schooner
The one person left alive
was an Eskimo woman.
MUTES GO
TO
Caravan From " Chemeketa
Lodge Will Join With
Revelers Today
The auto caravan of 34 Musco
vites of Chemeketa lodge No. 1,
IOOF, will leave at" 7:30 o'clock
this" morning for Astoria to . at
tend the convention of the organ
ization. While the male members
of the party are frolicking a meet
ing Is scheduled for. the lady Mus
covites. : j . :
Three members of the Salem
party are state officers. R. G.
Henderson being czar, the highest
state rank the order can bestow;
R. W. Slmeral, master of ceremon
ies, and Mrs. R. W. Slmeral,
prime minister. Nearly 150 Mus
covites will join the party in Port'
land, and accompanied by the
Muscovite band, will leave Immed
iately for. the' coast.
A feature of the meeting will
be a barbecue and clam bake at
Seaside Sunday. Several hundreds
of the state members are expected
to be In attendance.
Those making the trip from Sa
lem are, Mr J and Mrs. R. G. Hen
derson; Mr. and Mrs. R. 'W. Sim
eral; Mr. and Mrs. George Galey;
Mr. and Mrs. F. I. Swanson; Mr.
and Mrs. H. E. ;' Ingrey ; Mr. and
Mrs. F. W. Drager; Mr. and Mrs:
C. C. Nichols; Mr. and Mrs. W. A.
Cnmmings; Mr. and Mrs. E. M,
Hammer; Miss Benny Hammer;
Mr. and Mrs. Damon Fleener; Mr.
and ifrs. C. J.Tayfor; 1 Mr. " and
Mrs. William Yarnell . Mr. ahd
Mrs. H. R. White; Mr. and, Mrs.
Lloyd SUfHer; Mr. and Mrs. U J.
Slmeral; Mr. and rs. C B. Shaw
and 1 Mrs. Emma -C, Slmeral. 1
infill
They : Come From Many
Pfacesr i Says Turnkey.
. Hudelston of Prison
Visitors at the state peniten
tiary have been particularly nu
merous during ' the . past two
months. Turnkey Hudelston re
marked yesterday ; afternoon be
tween his i duties of peering
through the peephole into the
main portion of the prison or man
ipulating the lever that unlocks
the cage and permits egress.
A glance at the visitor's register
during the past week, shows that
nearly 275 had signed their names,
an average of about 50 a day, for
the prison is not open to the pub
lic on Saturday, Sunday or any
holiday. Owing to the large crowd
that Is taken through the prison
at one time, many fail to register,
Turnkey Hudelston said. He be
lieves that"; the real number is
greatly in excess of the figures
shown on the book. A
Opposite the visitors names are
the city and state from which they
came. Exclusive of Oregon towns,
visitors were registering from 82
localities, nearly one-third of the
total registrants. These i were
from the east, north and south.
several were from Canada, proving
that many of the people passing
through the state do stop and see
the state buildings and institu
Hons.' Praetlcally every visitor
from 'the routside drives on
through the beautiful grounds of
the state hospital, just north of
the state prison.
ASTORIA
' : at prairaiiy
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FAR
(Delayed.) (By Associated
left here Aueust 3 to relieve
Donaldson. ' . ' - ' ; ! i
irom tne urawiora expeamon
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NEW YORK, Aug. 31. Tnree
Americans and one Can ad fan . were
at the head of the Crawford ex
pedition which sailed for Wran
gell Island on October 9, 1921,
all of whom have since, lost their
lives, according to word received
tonight from Nome, Alaska. Mem
bers of the party are: Allan Craw
ford, so nof Professor Crawford
6f Toronto university, leader of
the expedition; Frederick Mau
of Akron, Ohio; E. L. Khignt of
McMinnville, Ore., and Milton
Gafie of New Braunfels, "Texas. ;
' Knight Real Ilead
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 31.
Lome Knight, .a member of the
lost : Wrangel 'Island party, was
the son of J. I. Knight, of Mc
Minnville, Ore. Although not of
ficially named as the leader: of
the party, for diplomatic reasons,
young . Knight was considered at
the head of the party because of
his previous experience with pol
ar explorations, although the of
ficial head of the party was Alan
Crawford of Toronto. Frederick
Mauer and Milton Galle, 'Ameri
cans, were the other men. in the
party. j
The entire group, comprising
four men,, arrived at Wrangel
Island on September 15, 1921.
The last word which Knight's
parents received was under this
elate. ' The letter was brought
back by the Silver Wave,1 which
took the men to the Island! i f
The original plan was to hare
the men on the Island for a year
and that the Silver Wave would
call for them the following sum
mer, Untoward weather condi
tions prevented. The Teddy Bear,
which tried to reach the island,
was also unable to do so in 1922.
Party Thonght Safe
The schooner Iskum,, which left
Seattle early in the summer, ex
pected to call at the island if pos
sible and members of her crew
believed that they would find the
men sk Last May Knight's
parents r received word from Ste-
xansson, under whose direction
the . trip was. undertaken, express
ing the belief that the party was
safe, because If they had desired
to do so and were not prepared
to snend another vear on the is
land they couftl have crossed to
the mainland over the ice during
the winter 'season. "
The' Crawford expedition ; to
Wrangell Island was organised In
1920 by Vilhjalmur Stefansson
and In the fall of 1921 left Nome
prepared for a stay, of one year
The white members of the
party were Alan Crawford of Tor
onto, Ont., the chjef of the expe
dition;., Frederics; Mauer or ew
Philadelphia. Ohio; Lome E
Knight of McMinnville, Oregon,
and Milton Galle of New Brauna-
fels. Texas. An eskimo woman
cook, apparently the only surviv
or, was tne nun memoer.,
, Title Disputed i
The expedition, according to
announcements at the time, was
partly commercial and - partly
scientific. One of its objects was
to raise the British flag over the
Island, which, according to Ste
fansson, had never been claimed
by any sovereign power. Only
recently this claim was disputed
by the Russian soviet government,
which In a note to Great Britain,
protested against the raising of
the British flag and asserted that
on various occasions Russia had
laid undisputed claim to ' all the
islands along the trorth Siberian
coast. - V . " . vi4 ! :
Wrangel Island is a bleak
wind swept island off the north
ern shore . of Siberia. , northwest
erly;; from i Behring Straits. ; its
existence whs first reported by
natives In 1828 to Baron von
Wrangell, who then made an un
successful search, for It. It was
first clearly seen and Its shores
delineated according to authori
ties by Captain Thomas Long of
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20 MILLION
IS PAID FORI
HIS TOGGERY
Young Man Recently From
Germany Arrives to Make
. : His HomeJn Silverton
SILVERTON. Or.. Aug. 31.
(Special to The Statesman.)
Mathias Peterson, a nephew of J.
F. Peterson of Silverton, has ar
rived from Pellworm, Germany.
Mr. Peterson tells some Interesting
incidents from his home country.
When he was 15 he was drafted
into the German army a.nd served
for several months in the trenches.
He says that just before leaving
Germany he bought a new suit
of clothes for which he paid 20.
000.000 marks. In many in
stances people trade their person
al property, such as poultry, in
stead of using money. Mr. Peter
son tells that people are leaving
Germany as fast as they can, and
that on the same, day he left 18-0
others left from his home town
which had a population of 6,000.
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BACK WHEN
Half Million Dollars Assured
to Care for Advances to
., Oregon Growers j
Portland bankers nave srlven
assurance thaithey will give
8500,000 to care for advances on
the 1923 prune crop for Oregon
Growers' association members.
This word and proof were brought
to Salem by M. J. Newliouse, as
sistant general manager of the
association, who has returned
from a business trip to Portland.
Warehouse receipts will ; be given
as security for the loan, which
will care for a 2 cent a pound
advance on 30s, 40s and 50s and
a 2 cent advance on 60s. -
Reports ; that . the . European
production will, be of huge 'pro
portions and the probability ' that
this crop might flood the market
with small sizes of fruit as it did,
last year, nearly breaking the
market. - of prunes, made the
Portland bankers unwilling to
extend a loan for advances on
smaller sizes, thus hoping to dis
courage the drying of small fruit
in any- quantity. According to
the attitude taken by the bank
ers, it is believed, a concerted ef
fort is under way to increase both
the size and quality of the Oregon
prune, thus forcing this fruit V
the front and increasing its
chances of meeting competition.
Loans made by the ; Portland
bankers are said to be on the
basis of 2 cents a pound for dry
ing and the other cent for
picking and other orchard ; ex
penses. First returns Irom the
selling of the fruit will be used
to repay the loan. While this
amount may: not be used, it will
be available 1 shouM the tonnage
warrant it to meet the advances.
BY J. I III
Salem Man Pays Livesley
. 21 3-4 Cents , for. 113 v
Bales of New Crop j
The first sale under advancing
prices for 1923 .season hops has
been made by the T. A. Livesley
company to James R. Linn of Sa
lem, who purchased 113 bales of
extra choice at 21 cents a pound
and indicating that he might buy
some f uggles for 2 5 cents a pound.
Several rumors concerning 25-cent
bops have been circulated, but no
sales at this price have yet been
recorded. Hops , this season may
go to zi or 30 cents.
Fuggles were contracted for
early this year at 15 cents,, while
the old contracts were from .30 to
35 cents a pound. About , 000
bales of fuggles are in the state,
approximately two-thirds of these
being under contract. The f uggle
crop is said to be not extra heavy
this year and it is generally be
lieved will be covered promptly at
good prices." t f .
Anti-Parochial School
Bill Fails, in Michigan
. LANSING, Mich., " Aug. 31.
(By the Associated Press) An ef
fort to reinstate a constitutional
amendment that , would outlaw
private and parochial schools in
Michigan tailed. Secretary of
State Deland announced after
checking over petitions filed at
his office yesterday. The petition
carried , 55,945 names ; whereas
S8,3fi7 are required
POM BAN!
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BOUGHT
BE EASY PREY
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Weaker, Nation : Unable to
, Cope Successfully ' With
Enemy on Land or Sea,
Observers Declare
NAVY MADE UP OF OLD
AMERICAN MEN 0' WAR
Italy Has Well-Equipped,
Disciplined Force. Pre-
pared to Fight '
LONDON, Sept. 1. A Central
News Agency from , Rome dated
Friday says that according to ad
vices from 'Athens 'the Greek in
ternal situation Is very critical,
and that the position of the gov
ernment 'Is untenable. Exchange
has fallen and there was a panic
at the bank.
LONDON, Aug. 31. (By the
Associated .'Press.) -Should the
present strained relations between
the two countries develop into a
state of war, allied observers- be
lieve Greece would be in no po
sition to resist an attack by Italy,
either on land or sea.
The main elements of the Creek
navy rest In the old American- bat
tleships ;' Mississippi and Idaho;
which the United States sold to
the Greek government, shortly be
fore the World war; the American
built cruiser Helle, which was pur
chased from China,. 1 0? years ago,
the cruiser . Giorglps Averoff , the
flagship, which was built in-1911
and about a dozen nondescript tor
pedo boat destroyers, mostly those
taken, from Austria after the war.
The personnel of the navy Is small
and it is not highly trained, hav
ing few opportunities V for exer
cising the ships at sea.
The . Greek: army consists of
about 70,000 men, most of whom
are concentrated in western
Thrace. The men are indifferent
ly equipped. Moreover, the, dis
astrous . reverses suffered ' by the
Greeks in the last .three years
have depleted her exchequer,, scat
tered the morale of the people and
soldiery, and left the country In
no temper for a new war.
Italy, on the other hand, has a
formidable navy and . a well train
ed, disciplined and equipped army
capable of being thrown Into Gre
cian territory within a period of
24 to 36 hours. v ,
TO BE REMODELED
Lobby of Capital National
to Change New Offid--
ersi Are in Today -
The new officers and -board of
directors of the Capital National
bank, will assume their duties to
day. Fpr the present, the present
location of the Capital National
bank will be used, and 'the front
of the lobby is to be remodeled
for temporary service, with 1 the
desks off the, officers installed
therein. ' George F. Rodgers is
president . and E. F. Slade, vice
president, Joseph II. Albert, re
maining M cashier. ;
Special Sermon Announced
By Methodist Pastor hor
Sunday Night r
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A special labor day sermon will
be given Sunday , night at . the
First Methodfet church. Labor
organizations in Salem will.be in
vited to attend. Rev. Blaine E
Kirkpatrlck will preach on the
subject "The Labor Movement
and the ChurchT , i:
... The ; special labor day program
is in accordance! of the wish
expressed by the executive council
of the Federation of Labor. To
morrow jwlll be the- first time
since the beginning of the Sunday
nark services that most local
churches have had evening serr
Ices, ' ' '
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ITALIAN
DIDUG
labor unions TO
ATTEND CHURCH
EUGENE WOMAN
AUTO VICTIM;
THREE; IN CAR
Mrs. Henri Anderson Dies of
Injuries Received , When
Automobile Overturns
EUGENE, Or , Aug. 31. Mrs.
Henri Anderson, prominent In so
ciety here, died at the Eugene
hospital at 8:30 tonight from in
juries sustained early today when
an automobile in which she was
vriding overturned on the McKen-
lie highway, 45 miles east of Eu
gene. ; .
The car. driven by Mrs. Addle
Osburn and also occupied by Mrs.
Anderson's sister, Mrs. O. H. Fos
ter, met a wagon load of hay in
the road and when passing it the
wheels of the car ., fan off the
grade. Mrs. Anderson's right arm
was, torn off.' , The . other occu
pants were practically uninjured.
Flume and Headgate in In
stitution - to Do Own
Lighting Soon '
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Just what an engineer, who
thoroughly knows his business can
do if given the opportunity is
demonstrated in ' the completed
flume and headgate built under
the direction of Prison Engineer
F. E. Poulton, which will carry
a. capacity flow of water on Labor
day.- i i
The new concrete work includes
the headgate, which is heavily re
inforced with steel, 1520 feet be
ing used, and a little over 500
feet of flume outside-the prison
walls. Mr. Poulton has records
in the prison office showing that
tne total cost is a little over
$5000 and to be safe he estimates
an expenditure of $5200. Two
years ago 450 feet of flume was
constructed at a cost of , $6000.
Legislature Assists
Not only has the flume and
headgate been built at this cost,
but sufficient steel was purchased
in the allowance granted him to
provide for the reinforcing of the
floor of the new. flax warehouse,
75 by 200 feet. Material of the
new penstock is also included.
In building the headgate 44
barrels of concrete were Used.
This is located about two miles
south of the prison property and
near the Catlin place. Here the
water is taken from Mill creek, at
will, a complete check being made
upon the number of feet flowing
into ther prisen which can also be
regulated. ;.,,''
Warden Johnson Smith-went to
the legislature and finally obtain
ed an appropriation of $6000 to
cover the work. This he turned
over to Mr. Poulton with instruc
tions to "see what x he could do
with It." t
Self-Lighting Possible
Sufficient power to develop
300 horsepower for lighting and
industrial purposes can - be ob-
obtained by the installation of a
power plant at a cost of $4000
Mr.J Poulton declares. This will
enable him to furnish light for the
state prison, flax manufacturing
and other work at the prison, and
leave plenty to light the state hos
pital. ,
When it is taken into considera
tion that the Portland Railway,
Light & Power company Is receiv
ing a monthly average of $350 for
electricity furnished the prison
and an additional $250 for light
ing -the hospital, Mr. Poulton's
plans demand consideration. This
expenditure of $700 a month
would pay the cost of an excellent
plant. The question has been dis
cussed as to feasibility for many
yearsJ :
With' the Installation of a 250
horsepower wheel to replace the
90-horsepower wheel which has
seen service for 30 years, new
lighting arrangements at the pris
on- will be brought about. With
this wheel in operation, ahd it has
been received from, the factory,
both Warden Smith and Engineer
Poulton are enthusiastic over, the
prospects of doing away with all
steam power and thereby saving
much money on fuel. The plan
suggested by Mr. Poulton goes be
yond that' of Warden Smith, and
may be developed In the future.
Annoyance Eliminated
: With the completion of the new
section of the flume near the pris
on walls, residents of North Twen
ty-fifth street district will be re
lieved of not only ( annoyance but
actual damage from water escap
ing from the old leaky flume ahd
flooding . the lower : area to the
northwest of the prison. Water
has stood a foot or two in depth
in - several of the basements of
these property owners, It is stated,
and no explanation Is given as to
why the state has not been made
the defendant In a damage suit.
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GMEC0-ITAL01 BrUT.
TAKES ON
EVENTS WVE SWI
Terms of Second Ultimatum Not Known But
Time Limit Fixed at Five Hours Greclia
Told That Island of Corfu Would Be Occu
pied by Italian Troops at Once.
LONDON, Aug. 31. (By
moved swiftly today in the dispute between Italy and Greece,
which, in the almost universal' opinion of the British press)
bears a lamentable resemblance to the dispute of the tragic
uays ouuiy ana August, 1U14. I-
.1 Greece promptly replied to the Italian ultimatum with
an offer of such satisfaction as in the opinion of the British
press, the occasion demands until criminal responsibility for
the murders of the five Italian members fcf the Graeco-Albanian
boundary commission has been .fixed .fcy proper investiga
tion, but declined to submit to what Greece regards a3
humiliating conditions. ,
Thereupon the cabinet reas
sembled in Rome and decided on
the next step Italy should take.
This, according to reports from
Athens, took the form of the
Italian minister at Athens pre
senting a new note to, Greece,
seemingly in the shape of another
ultimatum, the terms of which
have not yet been stated, but
giving only a few hours for a reply
aud also notifying the Greek gov
ernment that meantime Corfu
would be.peacefully occupied tem
porarily by Italian troops. On
this development the Greek gov
ernment immediately telegraphed
Geneva, invoking the intervention
of the league of nations.
Martial Law in Greec.
These are the outstanding de
velopments of the day as far as
ascertainable under what general
ly la believed to be a partial re
version to war conditions in the
way of censorship or delays in
telegraphic communication from
Rome and Athens.
Martial law is said to have been,
declared throughout Greece, while
inltaly many anti-Greek demon
strations are reported. Many sen
sational reports of naval and mili
tary movements' have been current
but it Is considered here these
should be received with reserve.
Would Ignore Jjeague.
The most disconcerting report,
which, ! however, has not yet been
officially ; confirmed, comes from
Rome. It is to the effect that
Premier Mussolini Intends to ig
nore the league -of nations in the
controversy, maintaining that the
dispute concerns .only - Italy and
Greece. The view held in British
official circles Is that under arti
cle 12 of the covenant of the
league, both Italy and Greece, who
are members of tl)e league, are
bound to submit the dispute to
that body.
In varying tones, ranging from
CUPS HUMP
Seven Already Obtained and
Others are Promised,
Promoters Say
Seven silver cups have been ob
tained as premiums for entrants
in the first annual show of the
Willamette Kennel club to be held
in connection with the state fair.
In addition those who are solicit
ing have three others who have
practically promised to give a tro
phy of the' same nature. None of
the cups have been assigned ' to
classes yet.
" Donors who have contributed to
the ultimate success of the dog
show are the Ladd & Bush bank;
Fred S. Lamport; Elmo B. White;
Hal D. Patton; Ernie Flake; An
derson & Brown and Dr. Fred El
lis. The Flake and Anderson A
Brown trophies were secured by
C. S. Whitmore, .secretary of . the
clubr while in the city Thursday,
deprecation.; to denunciation, the
British newspapers . complain of
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life. lie will appreciate it and show his good will in any
way he can. , ; '- , '.
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Associated
Premier Mussolini's "heedless
precipitancy" and draw paralells
with the Austrian note , of 1914
which led to the world war. Fear
is expressed by some of the news
papers that the present spark may
set the whole Balkans ablaze.
It Is expected that Marquis
Curzon, the foreign minister, may
curtail his holiday and return to
London next week but it la said
the British government still Is
hopeful that war will be averted
and . that for the present It con
templates no specific action.
, ; Reservists Ready.
LONDON,. Sept. 1. A dispatch
to"the Dally Mail from Rome says
it Is reported that two classes of
Italian reservists are being heKI
In readiness to be called to the
colors If this should be necessary.
Italian Flag Flying.
' ROME, Aug. 31. (By Asso
ciated Press.) The commander in
chief of the Italian fleet In a re
port to the minister of marine to
night announccL the I landing - of
Italian naval forces on the island
of Corfu. The landing was ef
fected without difficulty.
The report says at 6 o'clock this
evening the Italian flag was float
ing from the old fortress, that a
salute of twenty-one guns- way
fired amid the cheering of tht
Italian crew and that the occupa.
tion of the town and the Island
was proceeding without disorder.
AMERICANS IN CORFU
WASHINGTON. Aug. 31. A
dozen Americans interested in re
lief work are stationed at Corfu
which has been bombarded by
the Italians, according to Colonel
W. N. Haskell, who nntll a few
months ago served as Red Cross
commissioner to Greece.
CORFU OCCUPIED
CORFU, Island of Corfu, Ang.
31 (By the Associated Press)
Corfu was occupied by the Ital
ians this afternoon after a sharp
bombardment in which at leaet
15 Greek civilians were killed and
many wounded.
ATIIEXS STIRRED
LONDON, Aug. 3 1. Athena
was wild with Indignation when
news was received of the occupa
tion of Corfu,, says the correspon
dent of the Dally , Express at the
Greek capital. The nes reached
the city before the announcement
of the - Italian five . hour ultima
tum. ; Nobody in Athens, the corre
spondent adds, believed, that
Italy would commit a war-like
act until Greece had definitely re
jected the Italian demands.
War Fever Intense
. LONDON, Aug. 31. The Rome
correspondent . of the Daily Tlx
press reports that "the war fever
In Italy is Intense." Flags are
flying and there is cheering
everywhere; with - Mussolini the
hero of the hour.,
Men and women, the correspon
dent eays, are thronging the
cafes singing war songs and
toasting the premier and lionizing
the fascist!. . , .
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