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The Weather -
Cloudy today and Friday,
becoming unsettled with
rain; Max. Temp. Wednes
day 50, Min. 80; rain .03
Inch, rivr -1.8 feet, winds.
EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, November 21, 1935
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County Decree
In Foreclosure
Actions Filed
Owners Have Four Weeks
to Redeem 715 Pieces
of Real Estate
Payment of Tax, Interest,
Penalty and Costs
is Requirement
A foreclosure decree contain
ing 2S8 typewritten pages was
filed In the county clerk's office
yesterday in the proceedings
brought by Marion county against
owners of property on which tax
payments were delinquent as pro
vided by law. Owners of the prop
erty in question have four weeks,
or until the sheriff's deed is is
sued, to take any part of the
property out of foreclosure, states
Sheriff A. C. Burk.
The foreclosure is against 715
parcels of real estatt, or about
half the 1411 parcels on which
the first foreclosure steps were
filed with the county clerk a year
ago for land which had against
it three past due 10 per cent in
stallments on 1930 and prior
years taxes, under provisions of
chapter 4 62, Oregon laws, 1933,
as amended by chapter 282, Ore
gon laws, 1935.
Many Defendants Pay '
in Full or in Part .3
Since the final decree in fore
closure was started this month,
a number of defendants have paid
taxes in full and the case against
them dismissed and others have
paid one installment, to continue
the case for six months during
which time all due installments
must be paid.
"The taxpayer may still -redeem
his property from foreclosure be
tween now and the date of is
suance of sheriff's deed by pay
ing the total of tax, Interest to
date, penalty and costs involved
in the foreclosure," Burk reiter
ated yesterday, adding "but after
the sheriff's deed is issued to
Marion county there is no period
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Tariff No Worry
To Local Dealers
Lumber Quotations Here
Not Affected Yet,
May Not Be
Local lumber prices have not
been affected by the threat of
cheap Canadian lumber coming
into the United States as a result
of the reciprocal tariff treaty sign
ed last week between the United
States and Canada.
Lumber dealers said yesterday
that it was doubtful if there would
be any effect on the local mar
ket. It was pointed out that no
Canadian lumber comes into this
territory and that as a general
rule the local mills do .not have
to compete in the same markets
with the Canadian wood.
One dealer thought that there
might be a slight flurry in the
market at some time in the fu
ture, but said it was not evident
at this time. He said that any
chance would probably be a snec-
ulative fall and that prices. would
come back if such a reduction did
tome."
Catholic Wonien Elect
FORT .WAYNE. Ind., Nov. 20.
--Members of the National
Council of Catholic Women elect
ed Miss Katherine R. Williams of
Milwaukee president tonight. Miss
May Coughlin of Denver, Colo.,
was chosen third vice-president
and Mrs. Thomas. Dignan of Glas
gow, Mont., secretary. ,
Alaskan Mail
Sailings Told
For Christmas
SEATTLE, NoV. ZO-JP)-Tbe
Seattle post office issued
it first call today for 1035
; Christmas mail for points in
-Alaska and Yukon territory.
Last dispatch dates from Se
attle are: J
Bethel, Sot. 80; Yukon
territory, Nome, St. Michael
and Unalaska, Dec. 7;
Haines, Skagway, Sitka. Ya
kutat, Cordova, Kodiak,
Valdex, Anchorage, Fair-
banks- and Seward, Dec. 14;
Ketchikan, Wrangell, Pe
tersburg and Juneau, Dec.
21. . - V;
Delivery by Christmas
cannot be assured unless the
foregoing deadlines are ob
served. - ,
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PAN AMERICAN AIRWA YS GIANT CHINA SHIP
ALAMEDA, Calif., Nov. 20. p) Tlie Pan- American Airways China clipper seaplane was given final-servicing
today for the start of Its initial mail service flight Friday from this prospective naval air base to
Manila. Arrangements for establishing the propos ed navy base were announced here by Congressman
Albert H. Carter as mechanics inspected the big c ommerrial flying boat. Pan American officials said
one more test flight will be made by the plane tomorrow. (I, L N. Photo.)
Duce's Men Face;
Counter Attack
Ethiopians Concentrating;
Italian Headquarters
Admit Defeats
MA KALE, Ethiopia. Nov. 20.
(JP) Italy's strongly entrenched
northern army prepared tonight
for an Ethiopian counter-attack.
Another official report said a
strong column of the enemy was
marching on Selicot, only eight
miles from Makale.
Headquarters officers here said
from 15,000 to 20,000 Ethiopians
are concentrating south of the
Dolo-Makale line. The attack is
anticipated from Buia, in the An
tolo sector, or from Socota Seljoa.
The officers explained they Ibe
lieved the Ethiopians intended to
attack because they placed I an
exaggerated value upon numbers.
WITH THE ITALIAN ARMY
ON THE NORTHERN ETHIO
PIAN FRONT, Nov. 20. - (Ex
change Telegraph Agency) - The
Italian headquarters staff admit
ted" today an Ethiopian force
made a successful night attack; on
a column of Italian troops en
camped near Hauzien, inflicting
heavy Italian losses.
Cavalry Captain
is Killed
Among the casualties, it -as
stated, was Capt. G. Rinaldi,
commanding a cavalry detach
ment. ADDIS ABABA. Nov. 20.-P)-Slashing
Ethiopian victories; at
t3 cost of hundreds of casualties
were reported tonight from ithe
southern battlefront while Em
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10,000 Awarded
L. A. Solie, Suit
A verdict for $10,000 damages
for Lawrence A. Solie, plaintiff,
was returned last night by the
circuit court jury against J.1W.
Merrifield. Solie sought total dam
ages of $12,500 for injuries sus
tained in an accident on Water
street at Silverton December f 11,
in which Solie's motorcycle iand
a light earv driven by defendant
collided. i
The case went to the jury at
5 o'clock, and the verdict came
in about 9:20 o'clock. s
Japan Fearful of Adverse!
Case at Naval Conference
(Copyright. 1935, hj Associated Press)
NANKING, China. Nov. 21.
( Thursday )JPy-A high official of
the executive Yuan told the Asso
ciated Press correspondent today
the "sadden release" of Japanese
pressure in North China resulted
front apprehension that autonomy
agitation would prejudice Japan's
case in the forthcoming London
naval conference. j
. The ; official said the Chinese
government had been "authorita
tively informed" that the move for
North China autonomy, favored by
Japan, ! had unexpectedly quieted
because the Japanese foreign min
ister, Koki Hirota, had insisted in
Tokyo that the creation of the new
nation would harm Japan's cause
in the naval talks.
Japan to Demand
Full Parity
The i Japanese government! re
cently instructed its delegates to
demand . full naval, parity with
: I
Tacoma to Try
Slot Machine
Parking Rule !
TACOMA, Nov. 20-(4P)-Following
the lead of Okla
homa City and other south
western cities, the Tacoma
city council today voted for
installation of nickel-in-the-slot
parking machines on
two downtown streets,
The plan approved calls
for installation of devices
into which motorists may
put a nickel for the privil
ege of parking a specified
length of time. "When he
time is up, the device so in
dicates and the motorist be
comes subject to a parking
tag-
Ex-Oil Man Says
Newsman Bribed
Declares Effort 3Iade to
Pay For Favorable
. Stand by Paper
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. -)-A
Denver attorney and a retired ex
ecutive of Standard Oil of New
Jersey told the federal trade com
mission today of a $350,000 pay
ment to F. G. Bonfils allegedly to
bring a reversal of the Denver
Post's opposition to natural gas
for the city.
Christy Payne testified! that
while he was president in 1927 of
Colorado Interstate Gas conipafly,
a Standard Oil subsidiary, he had
authoriteda $350,000 check,
which was cashed, the fcne-ney
placed in an envelope and handed
to George H. Shaw for delif ery to
Bonfils, then publisher of the Post
and now dead.
Payne, who served Standard Oil
as vice president in charge bt nat
ural gas operations until July ljof
this year, said Shaw, a lawyer for
the Public Service company 'of
Colorado which is owned by Cit
ies Service, took the moiey to
Denver and "I understand! deliv
ered it to Bonfils." f
In Denver, Philip Hornbein, at
torney for Helen Bonfils, daugh
ter of the late publisher, said in a
statement "there seems td be' a
disposition upon the part 'of the
Standard Oil company to dump all
its sins into the lap of 4 dead
man." !
Great Britain and the United
States, and some observers said
they believed the Tokyo authori
ties wished to run no risk of jeo
pardizing any chance of getting a
much-desired accord granting
them the right to build a I larger
navy. f
(Copyright. 1935. lr Associated! Press) i
SHANGHAI, NOV. 21.-(Thurs-day)-Maj.
Gen. Rensuke Isogai.
Japanese military attache j In
Shanghai, said today there; was a
"strong possibility" that autono
my agitation would subside in
North China, with the Nanking
government , taking independent
action to "improve conditions.
The Japanese official, one of
the. leading military men f repre
senting the Tokyo government I in
China, implied that th nnnarontlv
imminent secession of the Impor- I
tant North China provinces from 1
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Santa Fe Diesel
Locomotive Burns
2 Rail Officials Injured;
Speed Run Halted at
Gallup, N. M,
GALLUP, N. M.. Nov. 20.--One
unit of the Santa Fe rail
road's new diesel locomotive on
a test run from Chicago to Los
Angeles, caught fire tonight eight
miles west of Gallup, causing the
abandonment of the trip, W. K.
Etter, vice-president in charge of
operations, announced.
Two men were slightly burned.
Etter said there was no dam
age except to the unit of the mo
tor. The train was backed into
Gallup on its own power.
Officials Burned
Putting Out Blaze
Vance T. Wilson, division su
perintendent of Winslow, Ariz.,
was burned slightly on the ear
and Supervisor Goodrich of Chi
cago suffered slight facial burns
and a knee injury. The men were
injured in extinguishing the fire.
The test run was abandoned
here and the party of business
executives and newspaper and
magazine writers and railroad of
ficials continued on to Los An
geles on the regular Santa Fe
Chief.
Etter said the diesel locomo
tive would be left here and an
investigation into the cause of
the fire would be started tomor
row. Flax Plants May
Be Erected Soon
Early construction of three flax
retting and scutching plants in
the Willamette valley under a
federal appropriation of $58,500,
was approved by the state board
of control at a meeting here yes
terday afternoon";
One of the plants will be locat
ed in Lane county and the others
in some of the nearby counties.
Officials said the title to these
plants would remain in the state
and that the lands required for
construction purposes would be
furnished by the communities in
which they are locatad.
The board also voted to provide
sufficient state-owned land for
construction of a central ware
house by the state forestry de
partment. A federal appropriation
of approximately $55,000 has
been obtained for this purpose.
Spanish Heir to.
Throne in Oregon
PORTLAND, Not. 20. - (cP) -Prince
Juan de Bourbon, heir ap
parent to the Spanish throne, and
the princess passed through Port
land via train tonight en route
from Seattle to Los Angeletn
In a brief interview, the prince
said the return of King George
to the throne of Greece was a
"good sign," asked "What does
your country want to mesa up
with things over there" when
queried about America's status In
world affairs and commented that
"Never did X ride so fast on a
train."
Buckaroos Win, 2 to 1
SEATTLE, Nov. 20. - (cP) - The
Portland Buckaroos defeated the
Seattle Seahawks, 2 to 1, tonight
and moved into a tie for first
place with Vancouver In the
Northwestern Hockey league.
Gatherers of
G. 0. P.'s War
Chest Chosen
To Raise JVIoney to Wage
"Campaign Against
Alien Doctrines"
National Committee I Will
Meet December 16 to
Plan Convention
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WASHINGTON. Nov. tb.-lipi-
The republican national commit
tee tonight was summoned by
Chairman Henry P. Fletcher to
meet in the capitar December 16
to arrange for the national con
vention. : t
Simultaneously, he appointed a
finance committee of 16,! headed
by William B. Bell of New? York,
president of. the American! Cyan
amid company, to secure money
for the "campaign against the
alien doctrines and maladminis
tration of the new deal;?!
Fletcher said the purpose of the
national committee meeting is "to
fix the time and place of the' 1936
republican national convention;
announce the apportionment of
delegates to that convention, and
the manner of their selection; and
to transact such other business as
may come before the committee."
The committee has 106 members
drawn from the states, terfitories
and insular possessions. "
Besides Bell, those of the com
mittee are: '
Charles B. Goodspeed, Chicago,
assistant treasurer of the national
committee; ' j
Ex-Navy Secretary if
Gets Appointment i
Charles Francis Adams, .Boston;
former secretary of the nayy;
Wallace M. Alexander;, San
Francisco, chairman of board, Al-j
exander and Baldwin, limited;
Sewell L. Avery, Chicago,' chair
man of board, Montgomery Ward
and company;
William V. Hodges, Denver, law
yer; ! i
J. F. Lincoln, Cleveland, pres
ident Lincoln Electric company; ;
Joseph N. Pew, Jr., Philadel
phia, vice-president of the Sun Oil
company; . f
Herbert L. Pratt, New York,
former chairman of board, Stan-j
dard OH company of New! York; I
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Managed Finance
Urged by Grange
SACRAMENTO. Calif., jov. 20.
JP)A managed currency,; stabil
ized at an average of the: 1921
29 j?rice level, was proposed tor
night by the national grange as
a major step on the road! back to
prosperity. j
This newest expression of
grange policy came as delegates
grappled with such questions as
the AAA and a proposal for a
government - owned system of
banks. j j
No action was taken updn eith
er the report of the committee
on agriculture with respect to the
AAA or that of the committee
on finance and security i pertain
ing to a government banking sys
tem. The contents of the Reports
were not announced pending for
mal action upon them by the dele
gate body.
. Gill Attending
A resolution prepared! by Ray
W. Gill, Oregon state master, as
serted packers have "high pres
sured" the railroads intoj reduc
ing rates upon fresh meat and
packing house products from Spo
kane to Puget Sound and Port
land without corresponding reduc
tions in livestock rates. ; i
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Juror Attacked,
Mooney Hearing
SAN FRANCISCO, N6t.20.-(
Thomas J. Mooney's ti-ial jury
foreman was accused of Secretly
communicating with the prosecu
tion and signaling the death ver
dict in advance by EdwinlV. Mc
Kenzie, former bombing jOse de
fense attorney, here today,
McKenzle, who was counsel for
Israel Weinberg, another -defendant,
declared he saw j William
MacNevan, the jury foreman, sig
nal to Prosecutor Charles! M. Fick
ert that the verdict for! iMooney
was death. - .ill i
MacNevan, McKensie testified
at Mooney's habeas corpus hear
ing, put his finger inside his col
lar and drew It across hiif throat
as the Jury came from delibera
tions. ; f L ...
This accusation and otter tes
timony by McKenxie that; fie knew
of a close friendship between
MacNevan and Ed Cunhaj assist
ant prosecutor in the 1916 Pre
paredness day bombing trials, led
to a bitter court scene, i i
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C. R: Wadefflicked to
Fill Senate, Vacancy
Left by Gr oss9 Death
Coos, 'Curry Courts Make Appointment Because of
Possible Second Emergency Session and to
Represent District, Developments !
BANDON, Ore., Nov. 20.-J-(AP) County courts of Coos
and Curry counties "named C. R. Wade of Bandon today
to succeed the late John Dt Goss as state senator from
the southwestern Oregon district. ! i
Senator Goss was killed in a traffic accident at Salemi
Wade is a democrat as was! his predecessor. ! ' 1
me appointee formerly was
county judge of Coos county.
Judge Hugh McClain of Cods
county, in commenting on today
action, said: ,
"The appointment of Judge
Wade, who we felt is a man of
high calibre and who is interested
in the welfare of the district as a
whole, was necessitated by the
fact that southwestern Oregon
needs a spokesman in the senate
in case of an emergency session
and also outside of legislative
matters." f
Pointing 'out pending develop
ments which he said would need
legislative guidance, Judge Mc
Clain said: I
"We have four harbors In this
district and the last legislature
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Salem Man Named
On Capitol Board
Governor's Choices Made,
Withheld Until Other
Six Members Named
One Salem man will be among
the three appointees of Governor
Charles H. Martin 'to the state
caPitol commission, he announced
yesterday, adding that he had se
cured the acceptance of his three
men and was ready to announce
their names as soon as Speaker
Latourette and Senate President
Corbett had made their selections.
The governor expected Latourette
and Corbett here yesterday aftef
nooq but they did not arrive.
Governor Martin, while with
holding the name of his local ap
pointee, said he was a high-class
and capable man. s
Commission May Meet
Before Week Ends H
A meeting of the commission
is expected before this week
closes;. I. I:
C. C. Hockley, state PWA ad
ministrator, is now in Washing
ton, D. C, but is known to be in
sistent that the state get its capi
tol program under way. On other
PWA Jobs the federal government
has been insistent, that contracts
be let by December 15 so the work
relief furnished by! the Projects
would become effective.
Roosevelt Heads jj
For Warm Springs
EN ROUTE WITH RESIDENT
ROOSEVELT TO W A R M
SPRINGS, Ga., Nov. 2 .-(-President
Roosevelt journeyed south
ward tonight on his 'annual trip to
Warm Springs, Ga., cottage jto
spend Thanksgiving, day. I;
Boarding the train shortly be
fore its departure at 9:43 p. m..
E. S. T he carried with him bttl-
kv material nn tho 1937 hnricet f A
secretarial staff accompanied him
to maintain contact with the
White House and aid him in his
work at Warm Springs. f
A direct route lies ahead for the
president on his trip south, no
scheduled stops having been an
nounced, is
Italian Leaders Pay Heed
Jo Negotiations for Peace
(Copyright. 1935, by Associated Press)
ROME, Nov. l.--Italian
authorities gave recognition to
new - Anglo - French negotiations
for peace in East Africa today,
asserting they watched to fee
whether an acceptable basis for
discussion would be forthcoming
from Paris. I:
A spokesman for informed
quarters said, however, -that Italy
was determined to win and hold
a broad atrip of Ethiopia, despite
League of Nations efforts to
force a halt to the conquest.
Mussolini to Watch ., (I
as Spectator ' -
This source said that Premier
Mussolini would watch as a spec
tator the Paris negotiations be
tween Premier Laval, Sir George
Russell Clark, the Britishambas
sador, and Maurice Peterson,
head of the London foreign office
Ethiopian department. i .
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Ellsworth Says
! Gauge Is Broken
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A v 3
NEW YORK, Not. 20!p)-Eight
nonrs after taaing ore on ms
projected flight over the "great
unknown" portion of 1 Antarcti
ca, Lincoln Ellsworth wireless
ed the New York Times and the
North American Newspaper Al
liance today that the fuel flow
gauge on his plane had broken.
In the absence of farther details
It was assumed here that if the
gauge conld not he repaired
Ellsworth and his co-pilot, Her
bert Holick-Ken j on, would be
forced to torn back.
State to Aid On
Marion Road Job
Highway Board to Supply
Blasting Powder; Say
Salary Fixed, $300
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The state highway commission.
n session here yesterday, agreed
to provide blasting powder for use
ty transient camps on road con
struction in three counties.
Counties which received favor
able consideration were 'Marion.
Tillamook and Lane. The cost was
estimated at approximately $10,
000, and involves more than
1250,000 of road construction.
The commission received per
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Train-Auto Crash Rule
Reversed by October's
13 Crossing Accidents
Six of the 13 railroad crossing
crJdents in Oregon during Octo
ber resulted from automobiles
crashing into trains, it was an
nounced here yesterday. The re
gaining seven accidents were due
to trains crashing into automo
biles. ; .
j Officials said this report re
versed the usual order; of things
as it was generally presumed that
trains were responsible for more
than 90 per cent of this type of
accidents.
11 Duce, the spokesman said,
awaited anything in the nature
ol an acceptable offer to resume
direct dealings. j
GENEVA, .Not. 20.-UrVEtbio-
$la served notice on me League
of Nations today she will make
no peace that would permit Italy
f to reap the reward of his crime."
Territorial Gains i
-Not to Be Considered ! I
! Answering Italy's November 11
note to the powers, an Ethiopian
note flatly refused to entertain
any .proposal for settlement of
the war that might be based on
territorial gains by the fascist
armies, and added: : '
j -With the help of Almighty
God, the Ethiopian government'
land people will fight to the
death, no matter what may be the
cost and however long the war
may last, to escape this savage
dominatir . I s
Officials Eye
19 Additional
orts
Departmerii-"5tore Leader
Named inW arrant is
Dead, -Says Son
Sale, Contaminated Food
Also Charged Against
Salvaging Agent
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20.(JO
-Nineteen additional deaths came
under official scrutiny in San
Francisco's poisoned baking soda
"bargain" sale. '
i Two-dealers were ordered ar
rested.
,lDr. J. C. Geiger, city health
officer, who definitely attributed
three deaths and 13 cases of se
vere illness to the "bargain price"
soda, ordered broadening of the
investigation.
. j The 19 deaths since November
3j he said, were preceded by
symptoms of gastro intestinal dis
turbances such as might bar
been caused by the poison.
Department Store Sells
800 Pounds In Balk
Joseph Rosenthal, executive of
the department store which had
sold 800 pounds-of the soda In
bulk packages, was one of the ill
ness victims. Dr. Geiger said.
j Rosenthal appeared at tbe war
rant clerk's office and explained
his father, Morris, for whom the
original warrant was issued, was
dead.
- ( "Morris is my father (and as he
is no longer living, I want to
give myself up In response to the
warrant," Rosenthal said. He was
released on $250 bail.
Later Nick Manno, proprietor
of the wholesale salvaging and
distribution concern from which
the soda came, appeared with his
attorney to accept service of tbe
warrant.
LThey were charged with viola
n of a city ordinance prohibit
ing distribution of contaminated
foods.
Source of Poison
Being Sought
j Police, meanwhile, sought tbe
source of the poison at the whole
sale establishment where the soda
had been dumped from broken
retail packages into barrels for
hulk sale.
)' They were advised by Dr. C. D.
Leake, department of. health
chemist, that the poison was so
mixed with the soda that it could
not have just come from the sides
of dirty barrels. M
I "It might have come into the
soda," Dr. Leake said, "by being
dumped in by mistake, as it has
much the same appearance. With
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3 More Burglary
Cases Reported
City police are Investigating
three burglaries that were report
ed to' have occurred Tuesday
night. The three were committed
approximately within a block, of
each other. Houses entered were
located at 715 Columbia street,
1740 and 1005 Highland avenue.
Approvimately $15 was taken
from the three houses.
Several such burglaries have
been reported tq police lately. In
each case entrance has been ob
tained through an unlocked door
or window. Nothing Is taken but
money. The thief usually leaves
the pocketbook or article of cloth
ing containing the money, as he
leaves the house. , The burglar
makes his entrance when the oc
cupants of the house are at borne
asleep.
African Prof
Says Italian
Invasion Okeli
EUGENE, Ore., Not. 0-(JPf-Dr.
Cornelius a. 8. de
Villiera, dean of sciences at
Stellenhosch university ia
South Africa, told inter
viewer today he believed
Italy Is Justified la Invading
Ethiopia and In seeking
add . territory . for coloniza
tion. Dr. De UIier fa acting
svs exchange professor here
for four weeks.
"Italy must expand," he
said. "She received very lit
tle from the powers at the
treaty of Versailles, and
Ethiopia) la the only terri
tory open to her. Under its
present government the Af
rican country la undevelop
ed and poorly managed. The
Italians feel that they conld
not only open the territory
to colonization but do it
great deal of good as well."
Death Rep
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