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Evening star., 1941-05-31

1y the Associated Press.
LONDON, May 31.-Iraq's 90
day, Nazi-supported war against
Britain collapsed today and the
nations little army, deserted by
It's military dictator, sued for an
ermistice.
British troops advancing from the
west through the legendary site OF
the Garden of Eden are in control
of Baghdad's suburbs, and advance
units already may have gone into
the ancient city itself.
Authorized British spokesmen
said the request for an armlstlce
presumably had been granted. and
that, "as between ourselves and the
rebels, the whole thing is over"
The pro-Nazi Iraq Premier
Rashid Ali Al Gallant, who seized
power April 4 and later sought with
German help to eXpel British mill
tary forces from the country, has
fed the capital Reuters, British
news agency, reported he crossed
the border into Iran PERSIA yes
terday, accompanied by his chief Of
staff and group of officers.
Made by Committee.
The armistice request was said 10
have been made in the last 48 hours,
apparently by a committee of four
in control of Baghdad.
German airplanes and ground
personnel still may be in Iraq, one
source said, but he declared the
flight of Rashid Ali to Iran and not
to the Germans in Mosul shows
the faith he places in the protection
the Germans can give him"
1T is now clear to the entire
world" he said, that any dispute
in Iraq is not between the Arab
world and Great Britain but be-
tween us and the Germans"
This source attributed what he
called Nazi failure ito fan this Iraq
rebellion into something very much
bigger" largely to "the splendid fight
our troops have put up in Crete"
Firing on Streets.
A Reuters dispatch earlier said
Arab irregulars. looting and firing
their rifles in the streets, had caused
wild disorders in Baghdad as British
troops approached the city.
One source here said the German
and Italian Ministers to Baghdad
had fled to Iran along with Rashid
Ais party, and that the Iraqis
would be only too pleased" to have
the Regent Emir Abdul Ilah back
In place of Rashid Ais appointee,
Regent Sharaf.
There was no confirmation of a
report that Rashid Ali and his
party had carried the Boy King
Feisal across the border with them.
The story was regarded as most
unlikely"
Regent Back in Iraq.
The regent, forced to flee in April
when Rashid Ali took over the gov
ernment in a coup d'etat, has re-
turned to Iraq and was last reported
at Fallujah, west of Baghdad.
CThe Italian radio, in a broad
cast heard by C. B. S. in New
York, denied Rashid Ali had fed
and said he would go to Ankara
soon for conferences with the
Turkish government)
Evening star., 1941-05-31

the Tirpitz, believed completed
but not yet officially reported in
action. She had been listed as a
sister ship of the Bismarck
The 2.400-total would be approx
nately 1000 more than a 35,000-t ton
Evening star., 1941-05-31
|raq Asks British for Armistice
After Pro-German Premier F|ees;
English Troops Arrive at Baghdad
Peace Request
Presumably
Granted
BACKGROUND

BACKGROUND
Pro-Germdn Premier Rdshtd
Ali Al Gallant seized potUer in
Iraq April 4. Within fen days
Britain landed troops at Bas-
ra, on Persian Cult. Fighting
British said IraQ started it
began on May 2 around
Habbaniyah Audrome, and
RaShid Ali 1OaS said to hare
asked Hitler for help. Little
came, ho10eUer.
Evening star., 1941-05-31

(See OIL, Page A-40
Evening star., 1941-05-31

(See DUBLIN, Page A-3D
Evening star., 1941-05-31

Mostly cloudy; warmer tonight and to-
morrow; possible showers this after
noon or tonight lowest tonight 64. Tenn
peratures today-Highest, So, at noon;
lowest, IS, at $3.50 am; 81 at l pm.
From the United States weather Bureau report.
Evening star., 1941-05-31

See CRETE, Page A-4.)
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party in the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Cecil Robinson, ABS Arundel, on
Wednesday, October %. Men
masked as women and vice versa,
with Mr.. James Spiers having the
most original costume. Halloween
games and dancing afforded the
evenings entertainment. Luncheon
was served. Guests included:
Messrs. and Mines. Haywood
Kemp, William Massey, Godfrey
Rawlings, James Spiers, Clifford
Combs, Wallace johnson, Mr..
Lawrence Walton and Mrs. Rose
Duncan.
Mrs! josephine Hunt, 1888 St,
Anthony Ave-, is in Los Angeles
visiting her mother and sister,
After a vacation of six weeks in
the West Mrs. Hunt will return
home via Indianapolis, where she
will remain a few days to visit an
other sister.
Mrs. B. F. Edwards, PA W. Cen
trail Ave-, has returned home from
Ancker Hospital, where she under
went a successful operation.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. McHie, Jr.,
are now residing at TIA st. An
thony Ave.
BiddIe Circle No. SO, Ladies of
the G. A. R., met in regular ses-
sion on Tuesday, November II, at
Welcome Hall. Arrangements
were made for the department Sec
rotary to inspect the Circle on
Tuesday, December 9, at Welcome
Hall. The inspector for this meet
ing will be Wynette Searls of Min
neapolis, Department President of
the Minnesota Department of the
Ladies of the G. A. R. A social
hour will follow the business meet
ing and the inspector will be pre-
scented a gift. Mrs. B. F. Edwards
is president of the Circle and Mrs.
Nora McCracken is the secretary.
Mrs. Evangeline Jones, 1890 St.
Clair St., is recuperating from an
automobile collision at Chatsworth
and Marshall. Mrs. Jones was
taken to Ancker Hospital for ex-
animation and later released to re-
turn to her home.
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satin evening blouse and a black
formal skirt. She was also wear
ing a new diamond ring and white
and pink pompoms. Mrs. Stat
er Farrell of Seattle, Washington,
a guest, wore black crepe with Sc
quin trim and a corsage of violets
and pompoms. Other guests in
cluded Messrs. James A. Green,
William Hanna, John H. Hickman,
Jr., Henry G. Johnson, Charles H,
Miller, Louis P. Moore, Samuel L,
Ransom, Curtis Raymond, William
H. Ridley, Russell Sage Under
wood, Sidney Williams, W. B,
Brown, J. Louis Erwin, Leslie Fer
guson, Owen Howell, and A. ].
Lewis. The D. Y. w. Y. K. Club
is one of the oldest social clubs in
st. Paul, having been in existence
for twenty years. 1t has the dis
tinction of having one male men,
Der, its secretary, Charles H.
Miller. The committee from the
Hubs and Subs who made the ar
engagements was headed by James
Green, assisted by William Rid
ley, Henry G. Johnson and Curtis
Raymond.
Invitations have been issued by
Miss Marcella Copeland, $40 W.
Central Ave-, for a personal show
er Saturday, November Is, at
p. m. to honor bride-elect, Miss
Fannie Mae Butler, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Thurston, 312
Kentucky St., whose marriage to
DR.. Leotius Holland, a member of
the faculty at Langston Universe
ty in Oklahoma, will take place
within a fortnight. Both attend
ed the University of Minnesota.
where DIR. Holland received the
Pho. degree.
The st. Paul Auxiliary to the B.
S. C. P. held its social meeting
Monday, November 8, at the home
of Mrs. Evelyn Brown, 500 St. An
thony Ave. Mr.. Alfred Ratchiffe
North, president of the Twin City
Division of the B. s. C. p, advised
the Auxiliary members to study
the contract in order to become
more familiar with its provisions
Mr.. Frank Boyd, secretary-treas-
urer of the division, stressed the
important contribution the B. S
C. P. has made to our contempor-
airy times. Mr.. and Mrs. E. Stew
art, parents of Mrs. Evelyn Brown
were guests during the meeting
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Thomas, Tavern Bently sang II
Cried and 1 Cried"; Mrs. Ivy Mas
sengil sang Precious Lord; Miss
Ihelma Massengill gave a recita-
ton; Mother Lulu B. Rely sang
Just Closer Walk with Tbee".
Mrs. Bessie Gresham gave a read.
ing, and Mrs. J. E. Brown SANG
Only Believe" Then Rev. Martin
spoke and led in prayer. After this
Mrs. Mae Marshall sang He'll I'm
derstand and Say, Well Donen.
Mrs. Leola Young sang "I'm Com
ing Back Home" and Mrs. D,
Gresham sang "It's Ny Desire. "
10 close the program everyone
joined in and sang Seeking for
Me-" AOf
Those that attended were Mrs.
). d. Greaver, Mr.. and Mrs. Wal
ter Carroll, Mr.. and Mrs. L. Har-
Ils' MI ana Mrs. W. M. Reddick,
Mr.. and Mrs. R J. Willis, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. bearing; Mines. Odessa
Moppins, Vinegar, Emma Helm.
Fern Helm, Helen Mckee, Leola
Young, Sarah Benson, Lucille
hartzfold, Emma Jones, Emma Ca
de- Alice Horn, Margaret JefFer-
son, O. Lawson, L. Chisholm. A,
Lawson, A. Hanks, Edna Boswell,
Lula Henry, Mamie Nolan, Ann
Shilder, Susie Haynes, Eliza Quinn,
Hattie Calhoun, N. J. Wright, Lu-
ellie Ray; Misses Helen Williams,
Alberta Williams, Louise Walker
Annetta Lawson, Osceola Wright
Bertha Turner and Messrs. Gard.
ner Springfield, James Anderson
Jimmy Brown, Garrett Davis, W,
Martin, Howard Cummings, Joe
Gray.
The Twin City Maids and Ma.
irons Club met Wednesday, No.
vember 5, at the home of Mrs.
Donald ]. Brady, 1900 Fifth Ave.
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and surprise party for Mr.. and
Mrs. James Oliver, 943 Iglehart
Salter, 1913 w. Central Ave-, were
joint hostesses at a housewarming
Ave-, who so recently purchased
the home there. A midnight Dutch
lunch was served and lovely gifts
were showered on the honorees.
Guests included Messrs. and Mes
danes George Brooks, Jr., Come
Illus H. Mobiley, Norman H.
Howell, Carol Day, John L. Banks,
Jr., and Warren v. Grissom.
CORRECTION
Mrs. Arthur II. P. Rhodes is the
newly elected secretary of the
Sterling Club Auxiliary and Mrs.
Ralph Ward is her assistant.
Sorry!
The Adelphai Club met Tuesday,
November IL, at the home of Mrs.
Gerald Hargrave, 1872 W. Central
Ave. A Red Cross Unit was set up
by two women from the st. Paul
office Of the Red Cross. The Unit
will sew and knit every Tuesday at
either the home of Mrs. John M.
Patton, 954 st. Anthony Ave-, or
at the home of Mrs. Arthur II. P.
Rhodes, 889 st. Anthony Ave. The
knitting group is supervised by
Mrs. Gerone E. Reed with Mrs. j.
F. Stevens of Minneapolis as her
assistant, and Mrs. Lawrence H.
Mccoy as chairman. The sewing
group is supervised by Mrs. Ar
thur H. P. Rhodes with Mrs. John
M. Patton as the chairman. The
next meeting will be Tuesday, No
vember %, at the home of Mrs.
Earl A. Harris, GIT Fuller Ave.
The Two O'Clock Club met Sat-
urday, November 8, at the home
of Mrs. Norman H. Howell, 953 St.
Anthony Ave-, for its semi-month-
ly bridge party. First club prize
was won by Mrs. Leroy Lazen-
berry, second by Mrs. Howell, and
the third by Mrs. James Oliver.
The next meeting will be Satur-
day, November 20, when Mrs.
James Oliver and Mrs. Leroy
Lazenberry will be joint hostesses.
The Fifty Fifty Friendship Club
gave it's first annual Halloween
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was conferred with large low sill.
yer bowl of vari-colored asters and
pompoms complemented by -four
silver candelabra holding orchid
and yellow candles with favors and
place cards marking each guests
place. Preceding the dinner party,
a cocktail party was held at $3.50
p. m. at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Louis P. Moore, 662 W. Central
Ave. Mrs. Cornelia Smith, presi-
dent of the club, was attractive in
blue chiffon velvet. Her flowers
were gardenias. . Mrs. Louis P.
Moore, vice president, was lovely
in black chiffon velvet with black
lace mitts, a black snood, and sim
gle white gardenia, Mrs. William
Ridley, general chairman on ar
rangements, was sweet simplicity
in gold brocaded satin with a
gardenia corsage. Mrs. Curtis
Raymond wore black lace and a
shoulder corsage of red and white
pompoms. Mrs. James Green
wore a black formal skirt and a
red plaid blouse and gardenias. .
Mrs. John H. Hickman, Jr., wore
a black evening skirt and a white
chiffon evening blouse. Her flow
ers were roses and pompoms.
Mrs. William Hanna was gowned
in rose taffeta with a corsage of
tea roses, Mrs. Russell Sage
Underwood of Minneapolis was at
tractiye in black cut velvet and a
corsage of pink and white carna-
tions tied with white satin ribbon.
Mrs. Lulu Mae Thomas wore
a printed crepe with a peplum,
styled la Thomas, and a corsage
of gardenias. Mrs. Mary
Combs wore black marquisette net
and a shoulder corsage of white
gardenias. Mrs. Samuel Ran
som wore black lace and a corsage
of roses and carnations. Mrs.
Ida Mae Murphy wore an attrac-
tive rose velvet blouse and black
evening skirt with a shoulder cor
sage of carnations. :. Mrs. Chas.
Miller was attractively gowned in
blue crepe with a quilted Eton
jacket and her flowers were red
and white asters. Mrs. Sidney
Williams wore black crepe trimmed
with sequins and a corsage of red
and white carnations. Mrs,
Henry Johnson was attractively
gowned in black crepe with beaded
trim and a corsage of white lilies.
.. Mrs. Berdie Jones wore a white
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&c., Minneapolis. First club prize
was won by Mrs. Harold Combs,
second by Mrs. o. B. Williams, and
the third by Mrs. ]. Walton Crump.
The guest prizes were awarded to
Mrs. Bismarck C. Archer and Mrs.
John Shepard. Miss Mildred Plum
mer was also a guest. The next
meeting will be Saturday, Novem-
Der 20, at the home of Mrs. Harold
Combs, 2436 Fourth Ave. So.
Mrs. Vera Wilson, 1901 Olson
Memorial Highway, has been
seriously i'll for three weeks.
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Nash Coffee
COOperates

Unlike many coffee firms, Nash
Coffee Co. Of Minneapolis spends
some of its advertising dollars with
the Negro Press. This week this
powerful, popular firm, begins an
other advertising schedule in the
Negroes community paper, the
Minneapolis Spokesman.
Many housewives are acquainted
with the excellence of Nash Coffee.
Of additional interest to these wise
women should be the fact that
Nash appreciates their patronage
and says so through the columns Of
the colored press.
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The next regular meeting of the
Auxiliary will be Monday, Novem-
Der II, at Welcome Hall. Mrs. Ella
Archer is president and Mrs. Leila
Jackson, secretary-treasurer.
The TOute BONES Amies Club
met Thursday, November 6, at the
home of Mrs. Cornelia Smith, 761
Rondo Ave. An interesting pro-
gram was rendered and current
topics were given by Mrs. Eva
Neal, vice president.
Dean William Pickens, who re-
Gently filed a speaking engage
ment in the city, was the house
guest of Mrs. j. L. Butler, SGT
Rondo Ave-, while in the city.
Mrs. Edward Sheperd, ACT w.
Central Ave, was hostess Tuesday,
November II, at an attractively
appointed bridge luncheon. Each
guest was given a favor and
chrysanthemums were used for
floral decoration. First bridge
prize was won by Mrs. Harvey
Moss of Minneapolis, second by
Mrs. o. A. Gum, and the third by
Mrs. Louis p. Moore. Other guests
of the hostess included Mesdames
Edward Stewart, John Shepard,
James Green, John Davis, Eunice
Coins, George Mundell, S. H.
Johnson, Lulu Mae Thomas, Berdie
Jones, George Thomas, U. S. Cor
am, Will Brown and William
Hanna.
The Auxiliary to Local SIG held
its monthly business meeting
Thursday, November 6, at the Lo-
calls Headquarters, 443 Rondo
Ave. The next meeting will be
Friday, November 81, at the home
of Mrs. Harry s. Brown, 626 St.
Anthony Ave-, and will be a social
meeting in the form Of a birthday
party.
Recent guests at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. R. F. Wilson, 697 st. An
thony Ave-, were the Hampton
Singers from Hampton Institute,
Virginia, composed of W. L. Byrd,
jeremiah Thomas, Robert Hall,
George Hamilton and L. C. White.
Mrs. Luetta White was honored
at a Bon Voyage Personal Shower
on Saturday, November /, before
her departure for Detroit. Guests
of the hostesses, Misses Areta
Blaney and Ruth Benner, were
Mines. Bernice Duke, Katherine
Anderson, Virginia Duke, Allie
Wilson, Lue McAdams, Gladys Hill,
Lillian Hickman, Ora McMoore,
Ruth Williams, Cora Moore, Misses
Helane Galloway, Bernice Allison,
Dorothea Blaney, Rev. B. Moore
and Messrs. o. C. Hall, Jr., and
Walter Blaney. Mrs. Anne War
ricks and Miss Marian Mckay, I'M
able to attend, sent gifts. Games
furnished entertainment for the
shower which was held at the home
of Miss Benner, 524 Carroll. Mrs.
White. and daughter, Georgetta,
left Sunday morning for Detroit,
where she will become the bride of
Mr.. John Glenn and will make De-
troit her future home.
Mrs. George o. Berry, Jr, 634
St. Anthony Ave-, and Mrs. Edwin
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Friday, November IA, 1871
Social and Personal
By RStyr L. Bradley

Armistce Day here the Sanity City the occasion for
many and varied types Of entertainment but in wr
Hubs and Subs Husbands and sweehearts)
Club entertained the members formal dinner party of aen
cent appointments the home of Curtis Raymond 654
Rondo Ave. Thrtywo places long banquet table which
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Social and Personal

surprise shower given Monday November TO- in honor Of
Bethesda Chuchs pastor and his wife, and Mrs A. F.
An enjoyable evening spent and readings
Those taking the included Mrs Mary Short who
played piano solos, A. Martin sang Golden Bells
ea Walker who reading the Misses Earne Williams
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-23
Smashing Successes
 Upon Eastern Front
tcontinued from Page D

successes, neither Moscow nor Lon- don made any attempt to hide the gravity of the situation in the Ukraine, where the Nazis had cut off the Crimea and apparently made considerable progress in their drive Go destroy the Red army of the south as c fighting force.
 Tn that connection, Soviet Am- bassador Ivan MaisEy at London, warned against belief that winter would interfere with the German nechanized invasion of Russia and renewed appeals for faster and greater aid from America and Brl- tain.
 Ala to the Red army, however, depends on keeping open the sea lanes and there were increasing Tn. riications that the Germans and Italians hoped to intensity their submarine war in the near future.
 Naval war, in which the Ameri- can-owned freighter Pink Star was sunk between Iceland and Green- land in defiance of President Roos- evelt's order for warships to shoot first, spread from the Gulf of Fin- land and the Black Sea to the
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-23

Sessa and Montana went down is well within the combat zone defined by Germany which follows along the three mile line of .Greenland's eastern shores. The president has refused to recognize this zone since Germany has given the United States no official notice of its eX- istence and because 1t interferes with the avowed U. s. policy of free- dom of the seas.
 Blockade Not Recognized
 It likewise fails to comply, 1t is said, with the recognized principle that a blockade need not be recog- nized unless 1t is effective. Germany, 1t was believed, would find 1t difh- cult to blockade either Iceland or Greenland both because 1t is not at war with the United States and be- cause Greenland Is considered to be within the western hemisphere. All three sinkings took place within the hemisphere as commonly de- fined.
 Related reports contained in the a6ldaVit of the first officer of the Sessa, Fl. K. Bjerregard, 37, Dane, indicated that 1t had been a suh- marine which sent the SeSsa to the bottom. He described the explosion of the torpedo and, for the first time the shellin. gof the ship as survivors attempted to take to the sea.
 Caught in the chief engineers cabin when the torpedo hit, Bjerre. gard told how he tried to get his ofIice and how shells struck the bunker house and the bridge. He was thrown into the water, he said, before he could reach Q life boat.
 He grasped floating telegraph pole--the vessel had partial car. go of lumber-and clung to 1t. Later he reached 6 capsized life boat from which he transferred to floating life raft. He and several companions stayed there but all but three were dead when picked up i9 days later by the U. s. S. Lalsdale. Water had run out 40 hours earlier.
 Axis VIII Continue
 Berlin, Sept. 23-(UP)-Axis suho marines will continue and inten. slfy attacks on shipping for Britt ain within the "legap blockade zone of the Atlantic, including Icelandic waters, Nazi spokesmen and the press indicated today.
 The sinking of the American. owned Panamanian freighter Pink Star, between Iceland and Green land, may have been in connec. ton with the high commands state- ment that i3 ships in two Atlan- tic conveys had been sunk, 1t was stated by an authorized source, but no specific report on the ship has been received. (The German radio propagandist Lord flaw flaw said that Roosevelt can brag.... but nothing will divert the German na- val forces blockading Britain)
 Tn any event, the Nazis empha. sized, the sinking was within She legal area of German operations in the blockade of the British Isles. (The Pink Star was the first ship sunk in the American patrol zone since President Roosevelt's shoot first order went into effect)
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-23
HURRICANE IS ON
 WAY TO TEXAS
tcontlnued from Page D

 Tn a special advisory at 2:l5 .. n., CS.T. (z:15 .. m. ED.To the Weather Bureau reported:
 "Tropical storm of full hurricane intensity near center attended by strong winds and gales over con- siderable area was central ct mtd- nigh, C.S.T., about 185 miles north east of Brownsville, Texas, moving west northwestward at about eight miles per hour.
 indications are that storm will move inland between Freeport and Port O'Connor, Texas, today at- tended by winds exceeding 90 miles per hour over small areas near the center hus dangerous gales will extend from Port AranSaS to Fort Arthur, Texas,
 rides WiH Be High
 "Tides will be very high from Matagorda Bay section to extreme west coast of Louisiana"
 Already the storms lash was felt along the coast where high tides, rain and strong winds heralded the hurricane.
 At Galveston, where @ hurricane in 1900 took 5000 lives 8 tide four feet above normal poureds alt water down the main streets. Worwmen ankle deep in the flood labored to board up store fronts before the blow. Hundreds of tourists and many of the 6o,000 residents lied to havens on the mainland.
 Port Arthur, protected by Q 10- foot levee, reported wind of 50 miles an hour, Q tide 6.6 feet above normal and flood waters in lower sections of the city. Coastal high ways outside town were blocked by tide waters.
 Highways also were inundated between New Orleans and Biloxi.
 Corpus Christi, site of the navy's new Annapolis of the air, also rec ported high winds and heavy tides sweeping the lowlands.
 Blunt focal point of the storm semed to be Freeport, Texas, S5 miles below Galveston on the coast. The barometer reading there dropped rapidly and winds of 50 to 65 miles an hour whipped the town.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-23
.BABIN APPOINTS
 FRANK X. KEEFE

Frank x. Keefe, formerly a mem- Der of the money order department at the local post office. and a mem- br of the civil service board of examiners, will henceforth have charge of all applications for civil service appointments. Postmaster Charles A. Babin announced today.
 Civil service headquarters at the post office are now being trans ferred to the postal cashiers office, the first window on the right after entering the building through the east door.
 Application blanks and inforna- ton about civil service examinations will be available at the new once daily from s:S0 to S:a0.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-09-23
$l5,OOO SUIT BY
 MOTHER OF CHILD
Continued from Page l>

(Contlnued rom PaBe 1)
 It is charged that the Waterville Corp. Is the owner of the canal, as well as a 25-foot strip of land run ming adjacent to it. The Chase Brass & Copper Co., Inc, is in pos- session of land and buildings at the southerly end of the canal, and also participates in the use and control of the raceway.
 The defendant concerns are ac- cused of not having taken precau- tions to insure the safety of persons using the yard, in that they failed to construct a fence, barrier, wall or safeguard. They are also held re- sponsible for negligence in main- taining a dangerous condition.