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WILL
 QUIT DIAMOND

T. CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 2s.-Reports which have been current during the winter that Walter Johnson, star pitch CT of the Washington club, contem- plates retiring from the major leagues after this season were confirmed by the veteran strike-out king at Hot Springs today, according to advices re- eeived by the Cleveland Plain Dealer from its staff correspondent tonight.
 His retirement hinges, according to the story, on whether Johnson is able to purchase a Pacific coast league club for which he Is negotiating. If he is successful in landing 1t, Johnson will manage it and take his turn on the mound.
 Johnson is starting his eighteenth year with Washington, during which time he set a strike out record. He also Is regarded as the speediest pitch CT who ever broke into the game.
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By wEsTBRooK pEGLER

President Ribbon of Princeton university words thu nobility Loyalty Honor Sacrifice Service, efcontrol and Duty of professional athletes sometimes souess mercnaries have live all of these ideals Instances:
 Loyalty: Casey Seng ruled off the Giants main squad spring make the rookie Jimmie OConne all the said dragged his baggage the the awkward squad
 Honor Rogers Hornsby unjuy fined without P play my Cardinals year because signed contract to do so"
 Sacrifice; Here's stense again He the only the Giants did the world by banging homrs Then he traded Boston "MeGrsw wh.. he. ing,' Stengel said. / 4a=5.>
 Service: Any poor who spend. hi. steaming pitchers the good of the MAos
 
 Selfcontro:a Observed times pitcher who oppoe: thS Indians. and cant. control himself craxy by the language from the bench language smack the of
 Duty: Walter Johnson all
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sIx-DAY RACE

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S-Fifteen teams, containing IT foreign and 13 American riders. will start in the thirty-sixth in- Madison Square Garden Sunday night.
 Alfred Goullet, the Newark rider, is paired with Alfred Brenda, the Tas- mania demon. and, because of a vio- tory in the six-day grind just one year ago, these veterans are among out standing favorites in the field this Year
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'ANKS LEAVE ' ...
 FOR ORLEANS

the New York, Yankees, accompanied Mark Roth, road secretary, and Paul Eichell, scout: will leave for. New Or bns tomorrow to begin training. The hyers will arrive in the Crescent City
 Sunday mofning and report for work .pnday. .ygssI., :, :s.s s,sN t,A Every signed member of, thA Yankees ks been instructed by Sasgetary Ed rrow to report at New DfIeShs Mon E. Manager Miller Hlggipx who is pcinnati, will leave foretAe An5ith to-
 rrow. ss2E S#W
 Fhe players who wiHssconapoHe the
 tingent to start from here toraorrow
 lude: Lou Ghergg, Benny Bengough,
 lliam Mahoney, Jr., Mike iMeNally,
 key Haines, Milton sGaston and
 Se Gazella. I'll
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TROY TO PLAY
 IN TOURNAMENT

TROY. Ala, Feb. 2s.-(Special Leased Wire.) )-By defeating the Barbour Coun- ty High school team on the Brundidge court, the Troy High school boys bas- ketbal team won the' right to contend in4 the state tournament, to be held in Montgomery March T and 8. The game was an elimination game between Troy and Clio to see which one should have the honor of entering the state tourna- ment, Those who saw the game state that it was one of the very best of the season and both teams did excel lent work.
 Fairoloth and Startling were the star players on the Troy team, while Me- Crae and Long were the stars for Clio. H. A. Savage of the Normal school was referee, J. Campbell was score- keeper and Floyd Hall timekeeper
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TEANIs AFrER YACmE

LOS ANGELES, Feb. ,2s-Two Pa cific Coast league Nclubs, Vernon and Seattle, were dickering with the Dallas club for Ernie vache, who has played outfield in the Texas league for several years. :,
 Dallas, according to reports at league headquarters here, wants a pitcher, al, infielder and some cash. It is consid- cred likely that either the Tigers or Iu- dians will secure Vache as soon as they learn what surplus talent can be traded.
 Howard Lindimore. Texas second baseman, who was traded to the Salt Lake club of the coast league by Los Angeles, has arrived here.
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CUBS TO START

CHICAGO, Feb. 2s.-TrainIng work outs will be started by the second squad or the Chicago Nationals, which left nefe yesterday, as soon as they arrive at the training camp at Catalinl la iand, California, according to plans of wManager kiilifer. The seven men who iert Chicago were joined by Grigs- by and Cotter last night in Kansas Civ. and StatZ and Miller will await their ar rlvaL In Los Angeles tomorrow.
 Most of the players now training in the island camp will get into action tomorrow in an exhibition game asein.4 fast amateur team. Several exhibition games are scheduled for next week.
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HANCE WILL
 REPORT SOON

HICAGO, Feb. 28.-Johnny Evers,
 ch of the Chicago White Sox, to-
 received a letter from Frank
 ence. manager of the club, advising
 he was feeling much better and would report to the training camp March 10. Evers will be in charge of The club in the meantime. The first bquad of White SoX players will de- bart for the Winter Haven, Fla. camp tomorrow. '-
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LOOP MACS MEET :,

HATTIESBURG, Miss, Feb. 2S.- Special Leased Wire.) e.)-Representatives of the Cotton States league will con- vene In Hattiesburg Friday for the purpose of completing the organization of a six-club circuit, to be composed of the following towns: Jackson, Hattiesburg, Meridian, Laurel, Vicks- burg and Brookhaven-M -McComb. It is expected that the two latter will be hyphenated. It is believed that the league will be fully organized at this meeting and that arrangements for the schedule will be made.
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BERLENBACH
 KAYOS 25TH

NEW YORK, Feb. 2s.-Paul Berlen- bach, New York middleweight sensa- ton, scored his twenty fifth consecutive knockout tonight over Young Fisher, Syracuse veteran, in the sixth round of a 12-round match.
 The bell saved Fisher from a knock out in the fifth round, and he took the count of 10 after 24 seconds of the sixth, left uppercut sending him to the floor. Berlenbach weighed 1e5 and Fisher l68h.
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STRIRLING MINR

FORT BRAGG. N. C.. Feb. 2S.-W. L. (Young) Stribling, light-heavyweight of Macon, Ga, tonight knocked out Jack Perry, ght-heavyweight champion of the navy, in the second round of a scheduled eight-round match, accord ing to a dispatch received by the News. A left to the head ac- counted for the sailor fighters down fall. The Georgia boy had the best of the fight in both rounds.
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TEAPOT no RACE

NEW YORK. Feb. 2s.-Teapot, a g. year-oio pay lilly, will race on eastern tracks this season, carrying tbe colors Of Harry Payne Whitney, who recently appeared as witness before the Senate oil Investigating committee.
 MT. Whitney has claimed this mama Tor the lilly in papers filed with The Jockey club She was sired by Broom SUCK ana her dam was Mrs. Trubbell.
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KENDRICK TO REPORT

MACON, Ga, Feb. 2s.-Jim Kendrick, member of the coaching staff at Cen ire college for the past two years, will leave here tonight for Lakeland, Fla. where he will join the Cleveland Amer ican baseball squad as member of the pitching staff. Kendrick was with the Cleveland team as an outtielder prior to his connection with Centre col lege, and is a former athletic star of Texas A. and M.
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wHITMEN's FRINGE WINS

BAY ANNETTE, Ala, Feb. a. Picked by judges from field of 25 dogs. Whitmens Prince, owned and handled by Eugene McMillin of Bay Minette. captured the Gulf Coast Field Trial club all-age stake here today. Bob Sanbeau, owned and handled by Thomas w. Gilfner of Bay Minette, took second prize, while CarPs Kid, owned by Dr. r. G. McNaughton of Miami, Okla, and handled by Mrs. H. W. Fishel, was third.
 The trophies were awarded imme- diately after the judges, c. A. Marston of Mobile and H. W. Fishel of Wash ington, Ind, made their decisions in the second course
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DANFORTU REpoRrs

MOBILE, Feb. 2s.-Pitcher Dave Danforth Of the St. Louis Browns, re- ported to the training camp here today. making a total Of 24 men working out. Pitcher Urban Shocker is expected to report before the end of the week. Warmer weather greeted the baseball athletes in their third workout. Sisler Is holding the squad to light practice un- til the weather warns up.
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sEWELL REPORTs

CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 2s.-Pitcher Phil Bedgood and Luke Sewell. catcher, are the latest additions to the Cleve- land and American league team hos pital list at Hot Springs. Ark, where the Indians are doing preliminary train ing. Sewell has a blistered foot and Bedgood has a sprained ankle, which
 will keep him in bed for week. T5
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HARDWOOD FAvOR1TE

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 2S.-Stopping Joe KirkwoOd will be the chief objec- tive of the three dozen or more pro fessionals who start play in the Mardi Cras open tournament on the country club course here Friday morning. Wal He Nelson and Bill Mehlorn. local ex- pert pros. are generally conceded a chance to stop the Australian wizard the rest of the field is problematical 1. However. any one of them may step forth, as Gene Sarazen did here in the last open, and emerge on top at the close of the 70-hole stretch Saturday evening"
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rELDEN TO ENTER

AUGUSTA, Ca, Feb. 28.-WilIiam T. Tilden, national lawn tennis champion, will enter in both the singles and doubles of the South Atlantic tennis tournament, to be staged here March 31 to April 5, he announced today in a letter to the Augusta Country club, where the tournament is to be played
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KENDRTCKs wON,T pIAy

CLEVELAND, O.. Feb. 2S.-Jim Ken drick, Centre college coach, is not going to join the Cleveland Indians, as far as F, s. Barnard, president of the local club, knows, he declared tonight. He said the Macon dispatch apparently Is a mistake No negotiations have been carried on with Kendrick since he was released after a tryout by the Indians two years ago, Barnard declared
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AFTER. NEW COACH

KNOXVILLE, Tenns, Feb. 2s.-zEf- of Tennessee. athletic officials to sign an additional football coach to the pres ent staff. Coach M. E. Banks, head mentor, is seeking a man from some eastern college, No names have been mentioned yet, but definite announce ment is expected soon. The addition will bring the staff up to four.
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NEST AppRoxE RoxERs

NEW YORK, Feb 2s.-Future op- ponents here for Paul Berlenbach, sem sational New York ,middleweight, will have to bear the stamp of approval of the state athletic commission. This was the statement of the commission today after refusing to sanction a pro- posed match between Berlenbach and Jack Stone next Monday night.
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+PRAyELERs.To rExAs

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Feb 2S-R. G. Alien, president of the Little Rock club of the Southern association, an- nounced today that the Little Rock team will train this spring at either Sherman or Waco, Tex. The advance guard of pitchers and catchers will re- port March 5 and the remainder of the players March 10.
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OCKENDEN LIKES U. $.

NEW YORK, Feb. 2s.-James Ocken- den, French open golf champion, has decided to sever his connections with the Raynes Park Golf club of London and will locate in the United States, ac- cording to word which reached here to- day from Miami, where Ockenden is now engaged in exhibition matches with Arthur Havers, British open cham pion
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STONE BEATS M,GILI

NEW YORK, Feb. 28.-Ad Stone, Philadelphia light-heavyweight, scored a technical knockout over Dave Mo Gill of Ireland tonight when the referee stopped their fight in the eleventh round, after McGill had withstood a terrific battering. Stone weighed 176 and McGin 174n.
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GETS ATHLETIC.
 LETTER YEARS
 AFTER PLAYING

AMHERST. Mass, Feb. 2s.-Fifty- Arthur Jared Benedict of Cochise, Arfz., has been awarded a major athletic "A" at Amherst college. He is the sole surviving member of the varsity crew of 1872, the year of his graduation.
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FOUR FAIL TO KILL SELVES Denver Woman Gloomy Over Quarrels With HuShand

DENVER, Colo, Feb. 2S.-Four komen residing in various parts of the 5ity, all claiming family feuds and
 znarrels with their husbands, endeavor-
 sd to kill themselves by drinking poison.
 MI will recover.
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ALL GIANTS ON
 ,- WAY TO CAMP

NEW YORK, Feb. 2S.-The entire squad of the New York Giants is now either in camp at Sarasota, Fla, or on the, way to the gulf coast. Frankie Frisch, second baseman; Freddy Me- Guire, utility infielder, and James Tierney. secretary of the club, left New York Thursday, the last of the New York group to get away for camp.
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TENNEssEE y,EAvEs !

nessee's basketball team numbering eight left Knoxville this afternoon for Atlanta to enter the S. I. c. meet. Only six games have been lost by the team this season. A victory has been won over the Mississippi A. and M. team now champions. Y
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sANGER INIIrREn

MILWAUKEE, Wis, Feb. 2S--Joey Sanger. Milwaukee featherwelght, who is scheduled to box Eddie Shea in East Chicago March 8, may be forced to ask a postponement. The local boxer is sui fering from an injured back received when a street car collided with his au- tomobile.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Feb. 2s.-vic- tor Campbell, former coach of Central High school of this city, but who re- signed last week, left today for Mem phis to make his home. He will join the Southern league umpire staff in that city April IA.
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RorT CALLED OFF

.s NEW YORK, Feb. 2s.-All. negotla- tions with alsNew York syndicate for a match July 19 with Harry Wills, negro heavyweight, were called off to- day by Luis Angel Firpo, Argentine boxer, through his American repre- sentative, William McCarney, because of conditions imposed by promoters.
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A,.EnNER nI,Irs m1.I.

 ATLANTA, Ga, Feb. 2s.- -tAHhounce- nent was made here Ahat Sam Werner. powerful football tiekle of the Georgia Tech squad, has left school. He lives in Chattanooga.
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FOLEY GETS nRAw

HOT SPRINGS, Ark, Feb 28.-Harry Foley of Hot Springs and Harry Hap py' Howard of New York, fought 10 fast rounds to a draw here last night, in the opinion of newspaper men. The men are ight-heavyweights.
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SKI SERIOUSLY ILL

HAVANA, Cuba, Feb. 2s.-Battling Ski, French Senegalese boxer, took an- other turn for the worse last night and this morning his physician. Dr. Benigno Souza, told newspapermen that the boxer had broncho-pneumonia and that his condition was regarded as serious.
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DOE RRINGs shnn

SELMA, Ala, Feb. 23.--O. c. La grone, secretary of the Central Alabama Field Trials associaticu has purchased Shores Bens Ghost, one of the highest bred bird dogs in the south. from J. B. Waddill of HaZlehurst, Miss. at a price of S6OO
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nEMpsEY IS n IL

NEW YORK, Feb. 2s.-Jack Demp- sey. heavyweight boxing champion, sue cessfully underwent a minor operation at the Polyclinie hospital. His condition was said to be satisfa ctory, but he will remain for several days at the hospital.
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MANY FIYEs ENrER

KNOXVILLE. Tenn, Feb 2s.-Twen- boys and five girls basketball teams |ave entered the East Tennessee bas- |etball tournament, to be held here
 rarch 6, [ and 8. Thirty -seyss sck~cis' Ire eligible ta enter q teanl.s '
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HI EATS WETUMPKA

Ala, Feb. 2s.-Univer- High of Birmingham defeated We Epka High here tonight by a score |kS to %. Ingram and Taylor starred i the Magic City. quintet and Gravin
 McNally for the locals. <
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pARRADO sTcNED

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Feb. 2s.-The Louisville club of the American asso- ciation has signed Vincente Parade of Havana, Cuba. first baseman.
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RRErnNNEL MINs

LYONS, France, Feb. 2s.-Fred Bre- tonnel of France retained the European boxing championship by de- fcatlpg M. Baudry on points in a 2o- round fight last night.
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pIANa NINE rnIRNEYs

CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 28.-The Cleveland District Golf association plans to foster nine tournaments this year, according to plans announced by the board of directors
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This sextet made a good showing In the state high school girls basketball tournament staged at Montevallo last week. The team was one of the four strongest in the meet, and was eliminat- ed by the champion Banner five in the semi-finals. Wetumpka was one of the strong teams. to fall before the attack of the girls from Lincoln. This was the most sensational game of the contest, as a new game had to, be played, due to tie at the end of play
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AcoSTA SIGNS

HAVANA, Feb. 2s.-Jose Acosta. the Cuban pitcher of the Mobile club of the Southern league, signed his 1924 con tract. He will report for practice March s.
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, Pos. wETUM. (29)

IbBtitutes-Univers High: Rose
 Street and Burt for Rose. Wetump- Batnen for Ingram. B s.-s
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ing time In the first affair. The team placed two or three stars on the alf- state list. The girl in the extreme lest
 of the picture is Shaddox, ail-state guard. The girl directly behind the ball in the center is McElhannon, all state forward last year, but who failed to get going this year. Lackey was another star of this combination that shone brilliantly, and she won place in the ali-state selections. Hollinss-
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AII,EGED SLAYER HEID

HUTCHINSON, Kas., Feb. 2S.-Dr. Eenn E. Uhls, and Frank Leonard. Fere today heidt for trial on charge { murder of William Gibbs, wealthy
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MERCER WINS 5. I. A. A.
 BASKETBALL TOURNEY
Bulldogs Down Centres Praying Cclonels In Final Game Of Cage Meet At Macon And Win Athletic Associa-
 ton Title, Score B to 20

Mercer defeated the following teams on successive nights in winning the championship: Millsaps, 21 to IS; Louisiana college, 29 to 23; Mississippi college. 27 to 21, and Centre college. 32 to 20. Centre won it's first game by default of the Citadel and defeated Chattanooga and Newberry before los ing to Mercer.
 Centre Rusbes
 Centre started the game with a rush, Dooiey dropping a field goal in the first minute cf pay and ran the score to 10 to ' before Mercer solved. the oftense led by Flash Covington. football ace and one of the stars of the tournament. With the elusive Harmon slipping through and Smith and Sim mons breaking up Centres passes, the Macon team had run the score to IS to IA. when the half ended. Centre was even more completely outplayed in the second half, Mercer making q run of 15 points, while Centre was hold score less. chiefly through the deadly ac> curacy of Smith, who made five field goals in this period. Ellison again played brilliantly at guard for Mercer, coming down the floor for two difficult field goals In the carry part of the game. ,aS
 Mississippi college defeated Newber- ry, S4 to 9, in the first game tonight, and won third place in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic association basketball standing. .3
Evening star., 1924-10-24
GOV. BRYAN DENIES
HE IS DANGEROUS
Democratic Nominee for Vice
President, in Ohio Speech,
Resents G. O. P. Charges.
By the Associated Press.


CANTON, Ohio. October "a. - Re
election of A. V. Donahey as Governor
of Ohio and the placing in office of
the other Democratic candidates for
State positions and national candi-
dates for Congress TO help that great
progressive Democrat, John w. Da-
Wis" was urged in an address here
last night by Coy. Bryan of Nebraska.
Democratic nominee for Vice PreSl-
dent.
Facing a large audience in the city
auditorium, Gov. Bryan delivered his
second and last speech in Ohio under
the handicap of a, severe cold.
"You have had a Democratic gov
ernor here with a Republican, legisla-
ture,' Mr.. Bryan said, regarding State
affairs, and added:
we have had the same experience
in the Middle West, where four Re
publican States have Democratic gov
ernors. The people Seem 10 show
good Judgment in selecting their chief
executives. at least"
StresSing the need of cooperation
between the farmers and wage earn
ers, Gov. Bryan said he WAS pressed
with the thought that if the three
great groups - the business men,
farmers and wage carners - would
fully cooperate. what a factor it
would he in settling the Nation 5
probl lams."
Reriying again to what, he said,
We're accusations that he was dan
gerous." Gov. Bryan asserted, ION be-
half of the Republicans of Nebraska
l resent any charge put out in the
East that L am dangerous man. be-
cause one-third OF the Republican
party in Lincoln supported me III the
last election.
Evening star., 1924-10-24
EX-AUSTRIAN GENERAL
DENIED ENTRY TO u. S
Considerate Officials Refuse to Re.
veal Name of War Official
Unable to Give Bond.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press
NEW YORK. October 24-Jnder a
cloak of anonymity provided by CON
Siderate immigration officials. a for
mcr major general of the Imperial
Austrian Army who lost leg during
the World War was deported yeSter-
day from Ellis Island. Irahality to
furnish a $500 bond guaranteeing that
he would not become Il public charge
was the cause of the forced departure
If the eX-soldier who had come TO
the United States with but SIS IN his
possession ito lecture on the war and
on present conditions in Austria
The immi grafton officials refused to
disclose the identity of the former
officer beyond giving his initials,
which they said are NJ. T. Among the
attendants at the immigration sta
tion was a man who had served as
private under the deportee II years
ago
Before the leaving the soldier an
uounCed his intention of returning to
the United States.
Evening star., 1924-10-24
HERRIOT is ABSENT
AT DINNER TO IBANEZ
Premier Prevented by Press of
Business From Attending Event
in Authors Honor.
By the Associated Press.

by the Associated PreSS.
PARIS, October 24.-Official busi-
ness prevented Premier Herriott's at
tendance at the dinner here last night
in honor of Vicente Blasco IbaneZ
the Spanish author, by the Society OF
Friends of French Letters. The
premier was represented by Francois
Albert. the minister of education
The gathering numbered many cele-
brties, including Gen. Mangin, the
Polish foreign minister; Helene Va
caresco Of Rumania and Georges
Lecomte, president OF the French
Society of Men of Letters.
There originally had been sons
doubt as to whether the French gov
ernment would be represented at the
dinner, owing to recent statements
made by Senior IbaneZ in denunciatior
of kig Alfonso of Spain and express
ing the determination of the writer
to force the Spanish monarch to alb
dicate. Later it was announced thai
Premier Herriot would attend the
dinner.
Evening star., 1924-10-24

Walker of Georgia, are among those
who have signified their intention of
addressing the annual governors con-
ference at Jacksonville, Fla, Novem-
Der II to 20, according to a prelim-
mary program announced yesterday by
Miles c. Riley, secretary of the con-
ference. Other State executives will
be added to the program in the near
future, Mr.. Riley said.
The conference affords an annual
Evening star., 1924-10-24

st. Joseph claims the largest arti-
fetal swimming pool in the country.
1t is owned by the city and cost
SIS, 900. During the two week it was
in operation, however, the receipts
were nearly $4,000. and the eX-
penSes only $4,000