davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
New Britain herald., 1923-01-22

teanliRued From 0NT Last Issuel
 We must f0llow,M he ifriared. sFallos and punish
 Setting a caNTse for liisRanlaia, since thfy judged that lhither must RlHaEel ga Co Fehi hefora attempting ia eFess ia France, thr Arahsiia aHi the Elizabeth Rlolghed bFissiY noFthr ward silA moderately favorable wind for 'Eo days sHi nights without ever catching gilmPse el their aaaHFN, The wind, 10 which they ssFf sailing very close, Was westerly, and ll bore 10 their ears booming sound,
 sGuRs'" said Pitt who stood with Llaed upon the quarleFrieek. illoai nodded, listening
 Ten miles away perhaps fifteen somewhere on Port Royal ! should judge Pit added, Then he looked ai his captain, "poes il concern uss" he asked,
 ,'Gnns of Port Royal that should argue Colonel nlshan al work, And against whom should he he in action but agains. friends Of aurss think it may concern Us, lid them put the helm over"
 They held 10 their course, with all hands on deck. ahNiously scanning the sea ahead, And presently an object loomed into view, which soon defined itself for a great ship on fire, As the Arabella with the Elizabeth fol. loving closely raced nearer on their northwesterly tack, the outlines Of the blazing vessel grew clearer, Presently her masts stood out sharp and black above the smoke and flames. and through his telescope Blood made out plainly the pennon Of st. George nuttering from her main- top.
 An English ship" he cried.
 He scanned the seas for the con queror in the battle of which this grim evidence was added to that Of , the sounds they had heard, and when at last. as they drew closer to the doomed vessel. they made out the | sbadowy outlines Of three tall ships. | some three or four miles away, stand ing in toward Port Royal, the first and natural assumption was. that these ships must belong to the Jamaica fleet. But Pitt. who through | the telescope was examining the re- ceding squadron. observed things ap- parent only to the eye of the trained mariner. and made the incredible an that the largest of these three vessels was Rivaro's Vic- torieuse.
New Britain herald., 1923-01-22
CHATTER XNX.

The Last Fight of the Arabciia II wY the afternoon Of that same
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-03-17
FL WCE-PRESDENTE DE La CAMARA. SENIOR
LAS1RA, ESIUDIA UN IMPORTANTE PROYFCTO
De LEY PARA ENGRANDECER LACIUDAD DES. !
GUN DCO PROYfCO, Ell lN0PO DE SAN JUAN FNCONARA MDF-
PENDENIEMENE De LAS DES PODA0ONES De LA EA, SNDO NOM
DRADOS Los ADMINISTRATORS UCPALH POR La ASABlEA LEGA
TIM Y Ell GOBFRNADR De PUERTO RICO

Desde hace dfas circula por los
circulos politicos de la ciudad, la no.
ticia de un proyecto de Ley que, para
independizar a San Juan del resto de
los municipios de la isla, piensa pre-
sentar a la Asamblea Legislative Ell
Vice -Presidente de La Camara Baja
Lcdo. A. Lastra Charriez.
Con referencia a este asunto hemos
dido hab1ar varias veces en- tertu-
LAS de legislatures Sc planted ese pro-
blema en- mas de una OCCASION por ell
inteligente y active delegado. Este en-
ell dia de aver nos anunci6 finalmente
sus intenciones de presentar dicho pro-
yecto de Ley tan pronto inicie sus ira
bajos Ia Legislature.
En- su oficina del Parlamento I'm re-
portero nuestro visito aver por la ma
mana al Vice Presidente de la Camara.
A la hora en- que Ilegamos su despa-
cho, ell Sr. Lastra Charriez Sc encon-
4AANJ SVOoANSleAO CA C1 GobtuulO uG
varios proyectos relatives ingresos,
pues, segdn hemos sabido, 6l la sido
designado Presidente de la Comision
de Hacienda de la Camara. Enterado
del objeto de nuestra presencia allf,
suspendi6 su labor y Sc dispuso COM
placernos.
su charla fue una Ebreve session.
movida y pintoresca. En- ella no reso-
narcn gritos estruendoses, en-
| la Camara--, nj ell malIete presiden-
cial tuvo los gestos cargados de vio-
lencia, para ponerle sordina las es-
tridencias de algun Representative dc
| la minoria.
Pero, en- fin, resumamos los asuntos
sobre los cuales nos hab16 ell popular
Representative, con ell fin de que ell lee.
tor, que tai vez anda de prisa, conoz
ca esta parte de la labor que realizara
en- la proxima Legislature ell distingui.
do Representante.
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la VISTA CFlEBRADA AVER ANTE La CORTE
FEDERAL CONTRA CAYFTANO Y VICTOR COLL
Y CUCHL. WILLIAM R. BENNETT Y T. HARDING
ST GNLO FL MARTfS 20 PARA LA RADCAON De La CONSTAON In
CAO BENNETT PARA RSOLyER LA EMOTION TO QUASH En- 10 QUE
Sc RFERE HARDING PARA LA PRESENTATION De A1ORDADS In IL
CASO CONTRA FL lCDO 0YETANO COLL CUOI

testigo del Gobierno, nombrado Felix
Torres, como, ademas, Sc alega en-
la precitada acusaci6n que Ell Jefe
Quinones, uno de los oficiales de ID
fuerza de la detective, expreso sn oh
jeci6n a este uso de dos miembros do
la detective, en- la forma en- que ha-
bian sido solicitados; como ademas
Sc alega que William r. Bennett orde-
no Quinones que enviara sQuellos
dos detectives y que 10 hizo con ah
soluto couocimiento de que esos detec
tives iban ser utilizados con Ell pro-
p6sito de presionar un testigo del Go
bierno, es mi criterio, sin duda alguna,
que 81 Ia acusaci6n es cierta, William
r. Bennett es culpab1e de desacato
esta Corte. Por tanto, yo mo veo obll
gado a denegar Ia moci6n atendiendo
al primero de sus fundamentals.
En- cuanto al segundo Fundamental,
Sc alega que los hechos, tai como Sc ex
presan en- Ia acusaci6n no hacen cul-
pable al acusado William r. Bennett
de haber presionado intentado pre-
sionar un testigo. Nos parece suficien
te decir que la Information no le acu-
sa de haber presionado intentado pre-
sionar a TN testigo del Gobierno; pero
ST le acusa de haber suministrado ell
material que facilit6 Victor Coll y
Cuchi al presionar a un testigo del Go
bierno. De ESQ es que 6l ha sido acu-
sado es ese ell elemento EN- ell caso
y ell cual yo estoy obigado a sostener
como un desacato Il esta Corte, de ser
cierto.
Desde luego, que ell archivo de esta
moci6n de sobreseimiento no priva al
acusado, a cuaIquiera de ellos, ell ma
nera alguna, de presentar sus defensas
a la acusaci6n, y es, por 10 tanto, or
denado que la moci6n de sobreseimien-
to sea denegada y ell acusado William
r. Bennett contestant la acusacion en-
antes del martes 20 de MARIO de 1928,
1nediodia''.
Ell acusado anot6 anot6 exception a
la precedente Resolution.
La siguiente fue la Resolution die
tada en- cuanto al acusado Frank H.
Harding:
''El acusado, Frank H. Harding, ha
presentado una moci6n de sobreseimien
to, basada sobre los dos puntos siguien
tes:
1.-De los hechos consignados en- la
(Contintia en- la pa9. 81
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PRFPARATIVOS PARA
la RECFPCION AL CO.
BERNADOR TOWNER

En- ell dia de aver Sc reunieron en- Ia
Fortaleza, previa invitaci6n del Gober
nador INFERNO, los Jefes de Departa-
mentos, Mr.. Cochran del Banco Colo
NAL, el Presidente de la Camara de
Concrete de Puerto Rico, y otras signi-
fcadas personalidades para discutir y
acordar los festejos que han de uevar-
Sc cabo con motive de la pr6xima
Inauguration del Hon. Horace NJ. Tow
ner, como gobernador de Puerto Rico.
Fueron nombrados diferentes Conf
t6s, de recibo, decorado, banquetes,
bales, ETC., etc.
Hasta anoche no habia sido confec-
cionado, defnitivamente Ell programa;
pero puede asegurarse que Ia inaugu-
raci6n del nuevo gobernador consti-
tuira un acontecimiento extraordina-
rio sin precedentes.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1923-03-17

A. las dos de la tarde de aver, en- la
Corte Federal, Sc procedi6 a discutir
Y argumentar las mociones de sobre-
seiniento presentadas en- ell case por
desacato contra los senores William
r. Bennett, Frank F. Harding Ca
yetano Y Victor Coll y Cuchi.
Compareciercn los abogados de los
acusados, exception hecha del senior
Victor Coll Y Cuchi, quien, como sa-
ben nuestros lectores, Sc encuentra au
sente del pals.
Tanto los abogados Loret, Martin,
Francis y Dexter como ell fiscal Wells
argumentaron ampliamente sus dife-
rentes puntos de vistaFy az terminar
los debates. ell Hon. Juez de la Corte
dict6 las siguientes resoluciones, en-
cuanto las cuestiones planteadas por
los acusados Bennett y Harding:
"El acusado, William r. Bennett, ha
archivado una moci6n para sobreseer
Ia An1OImdClou poI Jus AuAAA0AAASAAVo',
como sigue:
~. Los hechos alegados en- dicha
Information hacen culpable al acusa-
do William r. Bennett de la concisi6n
de un desacato.
(2) Los hechos alegados en- dicha
Information no hacen culpable al acu-
sadO William r. Bennett de haber pre-
sionado intentado presionar un tes-
tigo.
Essta inoci6n ha sido muy habilmen
to argumentada por ell abogado de
William r. Bennett, Y ell Fiscal ha pre-
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Omitted Press. via All America cablesl


BALTIMORE, MARIO 16-El nuevo
gobernador de Puerto Rico, Hon. Ho-
race M Towner y Ell Comisionado Re-
sidente Hon. Felix C6rdova Davila es-
tan siendo objeto de enthusiasts ho-
menajes calidas demostraciones de
afecto desde su alegada aqui aver.
Ell gobernador Towner hablara esta
noche en- el edificio del Club para ell
Fomento de las Relacicnes Comercia-
les extranjeras acerca de Ia necesidad
de robustecer las relaciones industrial
les Y comerciales con la isla de Puer-
to Rico a fin de conseguir que ell puer-
to de Baltimore sea, por su excelente
posici6n y sus condolences especiales,
ell puerto principal de Estados Unidos
para ell comercio con Puerto Rico.
Ell Comisionado Residente seflor Fe-
lix C6rdova Davila quien tambi6n ha-
blara esta noche, ha manifestado a
los representatives de la Prensa y los
(Continda en- la 6a. pag)
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FL ATTORNEY GENE
RAIL- RENUNCIARA SU
CARGO EN- BREVE

Como va saben nuestros lectores,
aver informo Ia prensa de esta ciudad
que Sc habian recibido aquf varias car
tas de los Estados Unidos, informando
que la Administrator Nacional habia
resuelto pedirle la renuncia de su car
go al Hon. Salvador Mestre, "Attor-
ney General Gle Puerto Rico. A pro-
p6sito de este asunto un reportero
nuestro canbio aver breves palabras
con ell Sr Mestre, quien a pesar de
la reserva que guarda en- relaci6n con
este particular, manifesto que efecti-
vamente habia recibido dos cartas de
amigos suyos, RESIDENCES en- Washing
ton y bien relacionados con los asun-
tos de la Administrator Nacional, su-
giriendole Ia conveniencia de presen-
tar la renuncia de su cargo, por enten-
der que clio quizas convendrfa a los
intereses de todos, en- las presentes di-
ficiles circunstancias.
Al preguntarle al Sr. Mestre que
pensaba hacer en- este case, nos con-
test6 que estaba considerando ell asun-
to oportunamente resolverfa 10 que
habria de hacer.
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IA Pags. 3 Ctvs.

Oficinas: Salvador Brau 81
Tel. 1222-P. Q. Box 345
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Para eI gObefnadOr
IOwner, BaltinlOrede-
be ser d puerto prill-
CipaI de {. u. para eI
COnlerCiO con PtO. Rico

Ell COMISIONADO RESIDEN=
TIE SR. CORDOVA DAVILA DI=
CE QUE LOS NINoS DE ESTA
DOS UNIDOS DEBEN APREN=
DER ESPAN0L PARA FOMEN
TAR VICTORIOSAMENTE LAS
MUTUAS RELACIONES CO.
MERCIALES QUE DEBEN
EXISTIR ENTIRE EE. UU.
Y LOS PAISES DE HABLA
ESPANOLA
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Ell PRoYEcTo

Mi proyecto de Ley-sintetiza ell
Sr. Lastra-tiende establecer en- San
Juan de Puerto Rico un Gobierno mu-
nicipal por comisi6n, igua1 parecida
al que tiene la Capital de los Estados
Unidos. Las ventajas de. este siste
1na-continuo- -seran absolutamente
buenas para la comunidad. En- 81 Sc
proveera que nuestra ciudad capitali-
na sea- gobernada por tres comisiona-
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dos que designer, conjunta respecti-
vamente, ambas C&maras insulares
Ell Gobernador de Puerto Rico, agre-
gando a estos comisionados un cuerpo
de ingenieros, de los adsctdtos al De-
partamento del Interior.
Sc dispondra en- ell proyecto, asi
mismo la nomination de una Junta
Board" de instruction municipal, Ia
cual sera elegida, proporcionalmente
por el electorado de San Juan. Este
ORGANISING pondra en- vigor, bajo la
inspection de dichos tres comisionados.
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sentado sus argumentaciones la Cor
te para sostener su acusacion.
Este es un case excesivamente des-
agradable ''mal recibido" por esta
Corte. seria para mi sumamente agra
dable, 81 yo pudiera encontrar expedi
to el oamino para declarar, con lugar
esta moci6n. Pero, como quiera que
existe una allegation especifca en- el
parrafo quinto de la acusaci6n, de Que
Ell prop6sito de Victor Coll y Cuchi, de
utilizar dos detectives con el objeto
de que intervinieran en- presionar un
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todas las leyes que acerca del particu-
lar apruebe la Asamblea Legislative
de Puerto Rico.
PoR 4 AMOS: EXECUTIVE LOCAL.
Interrumpimos al seiior Lastra para
hacerle una pregunta acerca del item
po, por el cual seran noinbrados los re
petidos funcionarios.
Estes Observation-Disclosures
ran nombrados por un termino de 4
amos, y formaran 10 que pudieramos
lamar Ell Executive locaI'' de nues-
ira capital. Ell quorum 10 constitui
ran dos comisionados, por 10 menos
los acuerdos y resoluciones que Sc adop
ten estar&n limitadas q las facultades
que esta Ley cOnfiera dichos funcio-
narios.
sDsTEMA CONTRIBUTING
Ell sefior Lastra sigui6 enumerando
las ventajas coEtenidas en- la nueva
forma de Gobierno municipal para San
Juan.
-Actualmente-nos dijo-el siste-
ma contributivo determine que la Te-
soreria Insular es la encargada de ta-
sar la propiedad en- toda la isla, impo
ner contribuciones v recaudar Y distri
buir las mismas de acuerdo con la Ley.
En- los municipios de primera clase ell
Gobierno Insular guaria para ST, so
pretexto de gastos en- ell cobro i'm
posici6n de los impuestos, m 10 por
ciento del total cobrado, 10 cual, uni
do un 38 por ciento que hay que dar-
lie tambien para otras atenciones, cons
(Continla en- la pag. 12.).
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BRENNAN EsTA MEJoRANDo

NUEVA YORK, MARIO 16- Bill
Brennan esta mejorando de los golpes
recibiG0s en- su lucha con Firpo.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29
By Edith Stevens

felt something was amiss. I don't like to wait, either. It is womans prerogative to make men wait. l developed fit of tenn per. l ordered breakfast-for one!
 l dressed about noon, mystified at An tonio's absence. Somehow the thought of newspapers flashed into my mind. My idea of a morning paper has always been that 1t is something that you find refuge while dining with their> own wives. Why did want to see a paper so urgently? I don't know, but did want to do so.
 Of all the important things in the world love-. Antonio, wealth, happiness-the most
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29

the minds of bluff revenue officers around one tiny pink finger.
 l was nervous, you can well believe, as l turned the pages of the thick telephone directory. It seemed as big and as inacces- sible as an encyclopedia. I began calling various jals. I never knew there were 50 many in the world as there are in New York and it's environs.
 l called Sayville, the nearest I could find to the word "Bayville" the place given in the papers as the place of the 'Edth's cap ture. I called Oyster Bay. I called every other jail near bay of Long Island Ev- anywhere l would ask eagerly:
 "Is Antonio Cassese there?"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29

q had read something worss than the hand. writing on the wall: Millionaire Rum Run. ners Arrestedv"
 easy thing to slay a person who is at the other end of . wire. Thh accounts for the reputed longevity of certain telephone operators in our big and clustering city.
 Finally got hold of that miracle of mod ern civilization-someone who had sense. This person-and of courss 1t was . woman who showed sistsriy intention Of Aslplne . damssl in dl&ress Asd. e1denfly Stsi. heazd MI 411&e inquhlsa &he ~ n !,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29

important just then was what Dame Park Row had to say for herself that morning. My anger had left me. I fairly raced to the elevator.
 I reached a newsstand, which seemed miles away from my hotel. I picked up a paper, forgetting to pay for it until grimy hand, the wrist circied by frayec coat cuff, was thrust before my eyes. l fumbled for change, didn't have any, but told an amazed young man to keep the dollar bill-all of 1t -as I walked in daze up the street. I head read something worse than handwriting on the wall:
 Millionaire Rum Runner Arrested j; Ship Captured"
 There it was, stretched across the top of the front page like banner of black dread A beating, as though of the drums of de- spair, dinned in my ears. l felt hot and cold blood currents race alternately to my cheeks. I almost tainted. wanted to dash the paper to the sidewalk and cry out to the world:
 "It isn't true! It isn't! It isn't! An- tonic is not in jail. I am dreaming. It is a lie, lie"
 I willed not to read more. But l was compelled by an unseen force to read on. There I saw his name, the name loved. was hysterical by now. I laughed. How funny it looked. Antonio Cassese, master mind of liquor traffickers." Wasn't it a scream?
 Then the pendulum of my emotions swung back and wept, sobbed, cried. A police man, remember dimly, touched me on the arm and said:
 "The world is not so bad young iady; brace up."
 mumbled something about:
 "Take me to the station if you want to, but don't think will stay there. Antonio will not let them"
 guess he was a bit mystified, and I mar vel that he didn't take me to some detention place to have my sanity inquired into. He merely told me to Ego home to mama" and walked on, shaking his head.
 had no home. For the first time since I left my former surroundings of elegance and an environment of homely affection, longed to be back, crying on my mothers shoulder as I did the day I was caught read ing my first French novel. Now l didn't have anyone-Antonio was gone. I went back to the hotel, and there my sense of self-mastery took hold of me, became once more the hard-headed, shrewd, prae- ticel little miss, the one who could txia
The Birmingham age-herald., 1923-04-29

Each time the duly monotonous, matter of-fact reply would come cracking over the telephone wire:
 'Never heard of 'im."
 No one seemed to have any sense. be- came angry again. became almost blood- thirsty. I would have killed anyone for any thing, no matter how trivial, if I had been crossed at that moment. But it is not any
Evening star., 1923-03-25
CATHOLIC ARCHBISHOP
DENIES SOVIET CHARGE
Declares He and Accused Priests
Did Nothing of Political or Coun-
ter Revolutionary Nature.
by the Associated Press.

MOSCOW. March 24.-Cross ex-
animation was finished and the clos
ing arguments were begun tonight
in the trial of Archbishop Zepliak
head of the Roman Catholic church
in Russia. and the other priests who
are charged with acts which the
soviet alleges were designed to hinder
it.
The defendants endeavored to show
that their opposition to SequeStration
of church treasures by the soviet and
to separation of the church and state
was in no way political or counter
revolutionary.
Nikolai Krylenko, president of the
supreme revolutionary council. who
is sitting as prosecutor. put a apolitical
turn to the proceedings by charging
that the priests had communicated
with Poland secretly while Russia
and Poland We're at war.
Archbishop Zepliak attempted to
show that the Roman Catholic church.
inaSmuch as il always was prosecuted
in Russia under the CZar. had more
reason To be friendly 10 the soviet
thdn To the former government. To
NJ. k"ylcnk0'S question as to whether
the church was as free in Russia as
anywhere else. the archbishop replied
no, saying that the church in Amer
lea had far more freedom.
Evening star., 1923-03-25
Trio From Wilds
Spurns Girl ShoW
AndGemDisplays

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK, March 24.-Back
to civilization after five years in
the African wilds, and eagerly
seeking a little "life," three young
men today coldly turned down
suggestions that they view two
of the things Broadway is most
famous for-"girlie shows and
jewelled women"
How about the Follies?" it was
suggested to them when they
asked where they could see good
show.
Nothing doing" they cried in
unison. I'VE have seen nothing
but naked women for the past five
years. Wat we want to see is
women with some clothes on"
Then somebody suggested the
Metropolitan opera where richly
clad women, with fortunes in dla-
mondS might be seen
Diamonds" they exclaimed.
I'VE never want to see another
one of thed armed things"
The hard please young. men
were Orliff Lyles, C. Mason Farm
ham and Edward Horrie, who have
been working in a diamond mine
in British Africa.
Evening star., 1923-03-25
INSIDERS" OF SECT
ARE TO BE HEARD
PurneII and About 40 Others
May Testify in Defense
ct Grand Rapids.
HOLD COLONY CONFERENC
Wife's Name Not on Witness List
in Suit for Accounting of
House of David.
HOLD COLONY CONFERENC
By the Associated Press.


GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. March "a
Members of the inner circle of the
lsraetite House of David and other
followers of Benjamin Purnen, cult
leader, to the number of forty, are
to be called by the defense when the
SUIT Tor an accounting brought by
Johh w. HanSell is resumed here
Monday. it was learned today
The list of witnesses includes two
sisters of Mrs. Esther HanseIl. star
witness for the plaintiff, and former
private secretary to Purnell, as well
as several high priestesses" of the
House of Shiloh, where. it has been
testified. immoral practices were in
dulged in.
Conference Is Held.
Whether Purnell will take the wit
ness stand still is doubtful. \ CON
ference was held at the colony'S
headquarters today. il was reported
to decide whether he should appear
10 defend himself against the charges
II had previously been announced
that his wife. Mary. would testify.
but her name does not appear on the
witness list.
A brief is to be filed by attorneys
for the plaintiff Monday, setting forth
in detail Hanselrs claim of fraud. in
which. he declares. he turned $500
over to the colony when he became
a member, and which was denied
him. he alleges, when he was ex-
PEELED.
Asks $4,000 settlement.
HanseIl asks settlement in the sum
of $4,000. The brief will also deny
the charge that he was the leader
in Il proposed revolt" against Pur-
nell. the purpose OF which was said
to have been the setting up Of new
colony at Nashville, Tenn
The report persisted here today that
federal agents We're attending the
hearings. watching for possible
basis for federal action in connec-
tion with some of the alleged prac-
tiCeS of the cult.
Evening star., 1923-03-25
COMMERCE DELEGATES
GUESTS OF MUSSOLINI
Reception by Premier at Hall of
Victory in Rome Proves
Gay Spectacle.
BY the Associated Prcss.

BY the Associated Press.
ROME. March 24.-The delegates to
the congress of the International Cham
Der OF Commerce were the guests of
t'remier Mussoilni at reception to-
night at the Palazzo Venezia. The re-
ception. held in the hall Of victory, was
a gay spectacle of color, with the Off
GERS of the army and navy in full dress
aud the diplomatic representatives in
gold lace. The whole scene was remi-
niScent of d prewar court, the function
competing in briiliance with anything
which has taken place in Rome in the
last ten years
This is the first time reception has
been held in the historic palace since it
was allotted to Italy by the treaty of
st. German. 1t was formerly the prop
erty OF the AuStro- Hungarian empire
and WAS the seat of The emhaSSX.
Evening star., 1923-03-25
LABOR CONTRACTS SIGNED
100000 Men and 100000 Tons of
Freight to Be Shipped.

SYDNEY. y. s. March 24.-ContractS
FOR the transportation of 100000
men and 100000 tons of freight from
the United States and Nova Scotia
to the gold fields of northern Labra-
dor were concluded today between
the Labrador Gold Fields. Limited
and w. II. Macdonald, a local steam
ship owner.
Four steamers will be operated from
sydney, Boston and New York, to
Stag bay, in Labrador. where the
company plans to open a big camp
next summer on the site of its gold
claims.