IG CROWD TO SEE TECH BATTLE LEBANON TONIGHT; CARPENTER WILL FIGHT FOR TITLE
urn Out, Rooters, to Cheer
'rippled Tech Tonight
>mpared with the gloomy pros
s before th e Technical High
>ol basketball squad, the Stygian
Us look like a cloud with a silver
ig. Tonight Teeh meets Lebanon
Lhe most critical contest of the
:on, with "Tony" Wilsbach on the
pled list, and Tech's two best
rds out of the game for the re
nder of the season because of
ig behind in their studies. Wils
-1 had an X-ray taken to dcterm
what is wrong with Ills right
e. Physicians suspect that he
a torn ligament, and has cracked
right knee cap.
s a result of these casualties,
ddie" Lingle and "Johnny" Beck
be the only two veterans in the
-up.
is hardly likely that "Doughnuts"
gallop around the floor during
y minutes of the play, for on his
to school this morning, limping
ig with a cane, many a passerby
c him for an overseas cripple,
.ebanon High School will bring
arload of rooters to the Capitol
r tonight to root for the Red and
e. Qui|n. the leading scorer of
league will be one of the visiting
n who will have to be stopped
the Teftfi guards. Then there is
ss" Miller, one of the elusive ath
sin th e league. Last year against
tral on the Chestnut street floor,
lad caged eleven field goals,
he Tecli management has made
ingements for the largest crowd
rsus Wins Game in
Sunday School League;
St. Mary's in Leadj
- LEAGUE STANDING
• W. L. Pet. !
Mary's 9 u 1.000
k-A-Thrifts 6 2 .750
em 5 0 .025
■sus H 4 .000
tenant j..|... 5 4 .550
rip Curtin 2 0 .250
thodist 1 7 .125
rkct Square 0 8 .000
.ike a cootie lo a doughboy the
ft St. Mary's Catholic team
lgs to first place in the Sunday
IOO! 1 .cogue and there is small
ie of her being distanced. Tarsus
>ped up last evening at Meth
st's expense, 34-25 in a hot bat
lloiahan. Meek and Long
ded Tarsus to victory, nosing out
foe bv an eye-lash. Lineup:
thodist Tarsus
ckinger, f. Meek, f.
nrieh. f. Holahan. f.
tins. c. Lyter, c.
dy, g. Long g.
tz g. l.ick, a.
(Cobnughi
Held goals—Meek, 4; Holahan, 2; |
•er, 2; Long, 2: Lick. 1; Cobangh,
Flickinger, 2; Wenrich, 2; Elkins, :
Rudy, 1. and I.utz, 2. Fouls—j
ig, 4, and Wenrich, 5, Referee —
ler.
ro WILL COACH DICKINSON?
'arlisle. Pa., Feb. "^4. —Stars of
mer years are on tte list of
;ibles for the post oH football
Lch at Dickinson College and an
•ly election will be held. Among
; leading candidates are "Tom"
ap. a former law student and
la Nova star, who was line coach
a seasons ago; Sylvester or "Si"
uxtis. former arbiter of the Red
1 "White gridiron destinies; Fran-
A. Dunn, star and former coach,
sv athletic director at Tome In
tute, and Robert L. Myers, of
mp Ilill, a star and former cap
n.
esident Names Woman
as U. S. District Attorney
iVa.shingtoii, Feb. 2 8. —President
lson yesterday sent to the Senate
nomination of Mrs. Annette Ab
t Adams, of San Francisco, to be
ited Stales district attorney in
; northern district of California.
Dtlier nominations to be district
orney included Edwin Lowry
mes, of Pittsburgh, western dls
rt of Pennsylvania, and Albert
llschweiler, Trenton, district of
w Jersey.
menians Pleased
With Wilson Speeches
liondon, Feb. 28. The British
menia committee, at a meeting in
3 House of Commons yesterday,
artily welcomed the reference to
menia in President "Wilson's re
lt utterances and passed a reso
ion inviting the American chief
icutivo to accept the mandate for
i administration of Armenia under
g league of nations.
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FRIDAY EVENING. HAHRISBURO ££&££& TELEGRAPH! FEBRUARY 28, 1919.
of the season, and it will be hard
luck, if the Maroons lads lose their
first home contest in view of the
largest crowd of the season. In ad
dition of this fray there will be all
kinds of excitement before Director
Grubb closes doors. Between the
halves "Mickey" Cohen, heavyweight
champion of the sophomore class will
battle a six-round boxing match with
"Gunboat" Smith, the best bet in the
senior class. It will be for the ]
heavyweight championship of the j
school, and at the present time'there j
is more enthusiasm over at Tech
concerning this match than the pro- J
posed Dempscy-Willard fight.
The opening attraction of the eve- |
ning will be a battle between the j
Sophomores and the seniors. If i
"Snwps" Kmanuel can lead his sec- |
ond year lads to another victory to
night. it will clinch the pennant for I
that class. The concluding number
of the evening will be dancing to the !
tune of one of the famous local "jazz" |
orchestras. The line-ups will be: )
Lebanon. Tech.
Quinn, f. Lingle, f.
Jones, f. J. Beck, f.
Trout, c. Kortna, c.
Miller, g. Smith, g.
Cohen, g. Bihl, g.
Sophomores. Seniors.
Emanuel, f. Bell, f.
Weidman, f. Ebert, f.
Garrett, c. Ellinger, c.
Taylor, g. Hoerner, g.
Conner, g. Richards, g.
Referee—McConnell.
I WITH THE BOWLERS
i—' , !
j The Academy alleys were the ,
scene last evening of a crowded j
| hour, New Cumberland bowlers rep- ;
1 resenting DuU's alleys trimming
| Ilarrisburgers.
H ARRISBURG
Low 165 148 132 435!
Johnson 90 123 130— 343 j
Darrow 88 fO4 126 398
Messinter .... 134 99 111— 344]
Robin 11l 109 140 — 360 |
Totals 578 583 639—1800 j
NEW CUMBERLAND
Updcgoft" 16G 128 178— 472 1
Snoke 100 125 110— 341 I
Long 166 135 114— 415
Ruby 151 97 150— 395
Ruby 151 97 150— 398 |
Line 114 93 99 306
Totals 703 578 651—1932 '
Another Harrisburg team had bet- j
j (er luck, grabbing one from Middle- |
town.
HARRISBURG
I
j Smith 103 112 99 314 1
Taylor 157 163 158— 478 I
Simmons .... 124 136 90— 350 1
Storm 115 170 137 422
Bamfort .... 115 170 137 422
Totals 611 739 666—2016
MIDDLETOWX
Malehorn .... 133 101 109— 343'
Blake 106 107 95 — 308
Karadema ... 127 141 95 363
Kling 136 133 122 391
Wharton .... 173 114 138— 425
Totals 675 596 559—1830;
ON CASINO ALLEYS
The Projectile Finishing Depart- 1
ment last night won a well-bowled I
match over the Engineering five on i
the Casino alleys. The match was ;
played under the auspices of the
Harrisburg Pipe and Pipe Bending ,
Works league. was high '
scorer with a total of 499 pins.
ENGINEERING
Yestadt SO 100 102— 282
McDowell ... 163 118 145 426
Atkinson .... 103 128 118— 349
Sites 134 142 150— 426
Klineline .... 184 136 179 499
j Totals GUI 624 694 —1982
PROJECTILE
Clausen 120 161 151— 432
; Miller 147 126 1 18 — 391
i Yoder 155 149 175 479
. Fraver 167 136 164 467
I Butler 134 155 133 424
Totals 723 727 743—2193
SWAB MEETS FOCI I
"While I was in Paris I also met!
] Marshal Foch, who does not speak
English very well, and I do not
speak French in the native way, but
I was charmed with his modesty,
I which he carried to a degree. When
] I complimented him upon his great
j military achievements the marshal
, smiled and said that in his opinion
• the allied armies were all members
of a great orchestra that played to
-1 gether in the war and ho had the
1 good fortune to wield the conduc
| tor's baton for a time, that was all.
Only a Depth Bomb
Could Blow Up
Beckley's Boat
The Beckley magicians copped
two more games last evening, girls
and boys winning on the Armory
floor. By trimming Newvill e this
star squad Justly claim the. cham
pionship of Southern Pennsylva
nia, having mowed down all like
ly contenders, including Hershey
and Central High. Annie Eman
uel, It is hardly necessary to men
tion, was the lady Goliath of this
event, and not should be made
of the lively work of Misses Bow
man and Baird for Newville, The
two scores:
Beckley. Newville, H. S
Emanuel, f. R. Bowman, f.
Wood, f. Laughlin, f.
(Simonton)
t I Graeff, c. Bair, c.
I Beck. g. Miller, g.
Landls, g. K. Bowman, g.
(Regal)
I Field goals—Emanuel, 5; GracfT
,1; R. Bowman, 1; Baird, 1. Fouls
—Emanuel, 2; Baird. 2. Referee
Leedy. Scorer—Graeff,
In one of the fastest games ever
played on the Armory floor the
Beckley Boys' team waxed the
New Cumberland Soldiers. 24 to
18. The game was hotly contest
ed from start to flnish. The line
up follows.
Beckley New Cumberland.
Ellinger. f. Flaherty, f.
Emanuel, f. Schloser, f.
Weidman, c." Parker, c.
Sykes. g. Peters, g.
Mowery, g. Gray, g.
Field goals—Ellrnger, 2; Weid
man, 2; Emanuel, 6; Flaherty, 4;
Schloser, 2; Peters, 1. Fouls' —1
Emanuel, 4; Flaherty, 4.
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Bombardier Wells Knocked
Out, Carpentier Challenges
At London in a 20-round boxing
contest last night Bombardier Wells,
the British heavyweight champion,
was knocked out In the fifth round
by W. O. "Wl Beckett, of Southamp
ton. Interest attaches to the bout
inasmuch as the winner now will
fight Frank Goddard for the honor
of meeting the French heavyweight
champion, Georges Carpentier. The
Frenchman witnessed the contest
last night.
Beckett fought for the air service
in the recent Albert Hall tourna
ment, where he defeated the Ameri
can, Joe Cox.
This contest was tense and excit
ing. it soon became apparent, how
ever, that Wells was suffering front
"nerves." He went to the floor re
peatedly, yet he fought with great
skill and had things his own way in
the second and fourth rounds. Nev
ertheless, he was counted out in the
fifth.
Immediately after the fight
Georges Carpentier challenged Bec
kett, who now ranks as the English
champion. If lie beats him he will
no doubt contest for the world title
after the Willard and Dempsey
fight, j This French pugilist is a most
remarkable chap. When war was
declared lie turned down offers ag
gregating more than SIOO,OOO, to
serve his country. He qualified as
an aviator and was wounded twice.
Each time he insisted on returning
to duty and remaining in tlie service
until his country was triumphant in
victory. Now even the government
officials of France are eager to sec
the loyal athlete pick up some of
the coin which awaits him.
Carpentier ,wlio is twenty-six years
of age having been born in Lens,
France, January 12, 1892, has had
]an uncommon career. He is five
feet eleven and a half inches tall
and now weighs 178 pounds stripped,
being as hard as nails. In May.
1911, the writer saw him box a
j sparring partner In Grognet's Gym
: nasium, off the Ave Grand Armee.
lie exhibited rare skill ofr a youngs
-1 ter, for then Carpentier was not yet
] of age and but a lightweight, scal
i Ing scarcely 140 pounds. The writer
I was impressed with his unusual
skill and rare hitting ability. Ho
timed his punches well and hit with
well-nigh perfect precision.
| On July 16, 1914, he outboxed
Gunboat Smith and won the decision
| on a foul.
Prior to that Carpentier had prov
en his class. In succession he had
knocked out Bandsman Rice, in
Paris, Cyclone Smith and George
Gunther in Nice. Bombardier Wells
twice, once in Ghent in four rounds
and again in London in the first]
round. He flattened Albert Lurie in
Bordeaux in three rounds, Ashley
Williams in Vichy, In four rounds.
He stopped Ft. Abbott in Geneva, in
three rounds being disciplined by the
Swiss officials for poor work for
not knocking him out sooner. He I
WOMAN'S SLAYER |
HANGED AS ARMY!
MEN KEEP GUARD
| Soldiers With Machine Guns
I Sentinel Annapolis Jail
During Execution
■ Annapolis, Md., Feb. 28.—John
J Snowden, colored, was hanged at the
I county jail to-day for the murder or
Lottie May Brandon, in August,
i 1917. She was the wife of Valentine
I Brandon, formerly employed at the
' naval experiment station here.
I The jail was heavily guarded by
[soldiers with machine guns and po
! lice from Baltimore to prevent any
demonstration or attempts to Inter
fere with the execution. Considerable
feeling had been stirred up among
the negroes owing to failure to ob
tain a commutation of Snowden's
j sentence or a reprieve.
[ Governor Harrington held that
I while the evidence against Snowden
I was circumstantial, it was absolutely
| convincing.
Victim Expectant Mother
Mrs. Brandon was white, about 20
years old, and was an expectant
mother. Her body was found in her
home on August 8, 1917. The police
investigation showed that she had
been choked and killed by a blow on
the head; also that she had been out
raged. Snowden was convicted main
ly on the evidence of two negro j
women who testified that they saw
Snowden leave the Brandon resi
dence at about the hour Mrs. Bran
don was supposed to have been
1 killed.
WIFE OF SENATOR VERY ILL
| ■Washington, Feb. 28. Mrs.
Charles E. Townsend, wife of Sena
tor Townsend, of Michigan, is criti
cally ill at he/ home here as the re
sult of a paralytic stroke suffered
yesterday. Little hope is entertained
■ for her recovery.
CEORGES CARPENTIERL
stopped Pat O'Keefe in two rounds
at Nice, George Mitchell in one in I
a Paris ring, and Hubert Hoc inl
Valenciennes in three rounds. He
won a twenty-round decision over I
Jeff Smith and lost a flftcon-round •
one to .Toe Jeannette, both being in_
Paris rings. Thus, before he was
twenty-three years old ho had prac
tically conquered Kurope, so far as
ring ability was concerned.
I r our years ago Carpentier could
not speak a word of English, now it
is understood he has mastered some
of the English language and has
taken a great delight in swapping
stories with many of General Per
shing's men. He is the idol of the
French people because he is a typical
! athlete, having led a clean absten
tious life and will no doubt leap into
popularity on his arrival in America.
The battle for world champion
ship, if Carpentier wins aga'-- 4
Beckett will likely be staged in this
country and will bo the greatest of
I all pugilistic events.
r —■
, This Is Big Night
For Camp Hill Girls
A double header basketball frpy
of uncommon Interest is slaved
for tonight by the enterprising
Camp Hillers, whose varsity team
I will try to tangle up Palmyra
l High School maids, and as they
succeeded not long ago, th e beti
ting is in their favor. The Camp
Hill freshmen Ave will also be on
exhibition tonight at the West
Shore floor, mingling with the
Central High's reserve team. A
big crowd is expected at the dual
meet.
|
Will Pull For Steelton
to Beat Reading Tomorrow
LEAGUE STANDING
Club. W. I* PC
Lebanon 5 i ,£.30
Reading 6 1 .S3O
Tech 3 1 .730
Allentown 2 4. 250
Steelton 1 4 .200
York 1 c .183
Part of the local basketball fervor
will be slilftcd from Harrisburg 10
Steelton when George Cockill's lads
hook up with Reading tomorrow
I night at home. A big bunch of root
ers are going to Felton Hall to
root for Steeiton, because a defeat
for might fasten Tech per
manently In second place, which is
to be desired if the flag is out of
reach.
119,801,000,000
Frances Total War
Damage in France
rnrl, Feb. 28.—The budget com
mittee of the Chamber of Deputies
has drawn up a report fixing the
damages caused by the war in
France, thd total reaching 119,-
801,000,000 francs. Of this amount
96,559,000,000 is entailed by direct
damages and 28^242,000,000 by in
direct damages through loss of in
come or the- impossibility of car
rying on work.
AROUND THE BASES] 1
liy Associated. Press c
Paris, Feb. 28.—Ground was broken s
to-day for "Pershing stadium," where I
the great interallied games will be }
held in June. The stadium is to be s
situated at Jolnville, near Paris, and t
will have seating accommodations t
for 22.000 persons and standing room (
for 4 0,000 more. The plans were
drawn up by the Young Men's Chris
tian Association and the contract
calls for the completion of the j
stadium within ninety days. t
At the 'conclusion of the inter
allied games, General Pershing will ]
present the amphitheater to the ]
French government as a permanent (
reminder of the American army's £
presence in France. The contract )
was made jointly by the American
and French armies and the Y. M. j
C. A., the French donating the field. (
The structure will be of reinforced ,
concrete completely surrounding the
vast field, which has a two hundred
meter truck straightway and a five
hundred meter ellipiteal running •
track.
Howell, Mass., Feb. 2S.—AI Shu- :
bert, of New Bedford, and Billy Ho
Foe, of St. Paul, Minn., fought 12 ,
rounds to a draw at the Crescent -
A. A. here last, night in one of the
fastest lights of the season.
MIKE GIBBONS WINS
Scranton, Pa.. Feb. 28.—Mike Gib
bons, of St. Paul, won over Billy 1
Kramer, of Milwaukee, in three '
rounds at a local club here last night. '
The referee stopped the bout with '
Kramer wobbling around Hie ring
in a lielpless condition. Gibbons !
knocked Kramer down in the second
round and was hitting him ut will
in the third, when tlio bout was
stopped.
Pittsburgh, Pa.. Feb. 28.—The
Penn-State basketball quintet de
feated Carnegie Tech here last night
54 to 26.
BOXING MARCH 11
I The Motive Power A. A. announc
ed last night that they would stage
another fight show in their gym on
the night of Miyeh 11. An all-star
program is being arranged. Just who
•will fight is as yet unannounced, but
, further plans will be announced in
the next few days or so. A double
windup will be staged.
CAN YOIT SWIM?
The value of being able to swim
was illustrated yesterday at New
York harbor when two army officers
ORLANDO CABLES
JOY OF ITALIAN
NATION TO U. S.
Says People Comprehend
Iligh Value of League
of Nations
•
By Associated Press
Washington, Feb. 28. —Premier
Orlando to-day cabled a personal
message to President Wilson, declar
ing "that the whole Italian people
comprehend and acclaim with joy
the high value and everlasting sig
nificance" of the League of Na
tions.
The Italian Premier's message fol
lows:
Determined Vpon Peace
"In Paris, the heart of heroic
France, through the high and per
severing desire of a great leader of
a great people, the nations who
have fought together for the liberty
and justice of the world, have also
determined together in the sanctity
of a solemn covenant and in the
| name of liberty and justice of all
1 peoples to establish a peace which
1 shall reign supreme over the future
1 destinies of the world.
"To this covenant, which shall be
the intangible charter (ft humanity,
Italy, who in the past and in the
present has always championed the
cause of right and proclaimed and
consecrated it with her laws and
with her blood, brings the contri
bution of her assent with fervid
, expression and deep conviction.
"Our hearts, with sincere faith,
celebrate this event, which is and
will remain one of the most memor
• able In human history, and fit
ting that tho whole Italian people
comprehend and acclaim with joy
its high value and its everlasting
significance."
Walks Rather Than Ride
in Autos; Is Killed by One
Pittsburgh, Feb. 28.—Fearing cars
and autos more than anything in the
world. Adolph Sigwart, 75 years old,
who had walked six miles to and
from work for the last fifteen years,
was killed by that which he dread
ed most—an automobile.
In spite of the caution he took in
crossing the street he failed to see
the approaching automobile and was
struck down. He died on his way
ito the hospital.
on a transport detained in the bay
sprang overboard and swam to the
Brooklyn shore. A navy tug had
promised to carry them, but did not
show up and the officers were so
eager to keep a social engagement -
that they made the trip broad stroke *
on record time.
BKTIII/KHEM'K TEAM
Hooks as though Bethlehem would i
have a star bunch of ballplayers this
season, the lineup including
Hell Pratt, Sam Agnew. Hobey
Eight. Buga Clauser, Babbington, j
Bobby Stowe, George Hale, Stanley .
Coveleski, Norman Plitt, Bill Bitter,
and others, it is said that Babe Ruth, I
Koger Hornsby, Eddie Murphy and s
Joe Shullz will not be with Eebanon f
this year, but Kelchner has a line
on several first class men, who will
uphold the local in the Steel Eeague. 1
PIAYS 154 GAMES [
New York, Feb. 28.—The new
International Eeague changed its ]
plans over night and has adopted aji
schedule of 154 games in place of the
140 game program decided upon
Wednesday. Tlio opening and closing
dates, April 30 and September 14, '
will' remain tlio same, unless Havid l
Fultz, president of tlie league, finds j
it necessary to stretch out the sea- ,
son to a later date. The decision has '
been left to him.
The league took no action on the 1
question of awarding a new fran- (
chise in Newark and selecting an
eighth city 'n place of Hamilton, '
Ont.
President Fultz was given full ]
power io dispose of the Newark and ]
Hamilton franchises to responsible 1
persons who will aid in the rehabili- i
tation of the league. •
New York, Feb. 28. —A movement 1
in favor of extending the 140 game i
schedules in the Nationa land i
| American Eeagues to the old length i
of 154 games was started here by
Eieutenant Colonel T. E. Huston,
half owner of the New York Ameri- •
cans. Harry Frazee, owner of the i
Boston Americans, and Charles :
Stoneliam, president of the New
York Nationals, are said to have en
dorsed the plan.
"The. American Eeague schedule
of 140 games was decided upon
while I was still abroad and I think
it is a foolish piece of legislation
indicating a lack of confidence in the
new season," Huston sad. "I do not
think it iS too late to draw up new
schedules. Frazee is with me and
Comiskey, of Chicago, also favors the
long schedule."
What Does He Carry
in His Conjure Bag?
Washington, Feb. 28. —When 1
the President arose to make his ,
statement to his Congressional j
guests he accidentally pulled j
from his pocket a bit of red cloth, |
which fell to the floor.
He explained that he had j
dropped his conjure bag, used
for the rheumatism and for ;
other purposes. He laughed and :
the crowd laughed with him. 1
This put the entire audience in
a fine frame of mind for the con
ference.
HELD FOR THFYT IX HOTEL
Edward Hunter, who has been
working at the Hotel Dauphin, was
arrested this morning on the charge
of stealing a number of bottles and
soap powder from the hotel and sell
ing it. He was given a hearing in
police court this afternoon.
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HEYDLER FEARS
154-GAME PLAN
WOULDCONFUSE
President of National League
Points to Complications
in New Schedule
By Associated rress
New York. Fob. 28. —President
John A. Heydler, of the National
League, stated to-day that he did not
believe the agitation for a 154 game
schedule would result in a change in
the 1919 season plans.
While it would be an easy matter,
from a physical standpoint, to
change the schedule at this time,"
said President Heydler, "the result
would be far-reaching and confus
ing.
Advantages Offset
The return to normal conditions
throughout the country have been
more rapid, perhaps, than was fore
seen at our annual meeting, but 'any
attempt to readjust our schedule now
would produce complications which
would offset any advantages to be
gained by the additional fourteen
games.
"The various clubs of the league
have completed their spring training
plans, made dates for numerous ex
hibition games and otherwise assum
ed contractual obligations which it
would be hard to rearrange. Fur
thermore, we are finding it difficult
1 to secure the early release of play
ers now in government service and
need the additional time to complete
the team rosters.
Possible to Lengthen Season
"it would be possible to change
the length of the schedule by a tele
graph vote among the club owners,
provided six of /the eight clubs voted
in tlie affirmative. Similar action on
the part of the American League
would be necessary."
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'JUGO-SLAVS OUST
j ITALIAN MISSION
: AGAINST PROTEST
Government Closes Frontier;
Makes Provision to Feed
Czeelio-Slovak People
By Associated Press
t Paris, Feb. 28.—A telegram from
1 Rome given out by the Italian dele
t gation to the Peace Conference,
) says that on February 20 the Jugo
i Slav command at Laibach suddenly
announced the expulsion of tliewhole
, Italian mission stationed there, in
> accordance with the terms of the
• armistice, to regulate movements
t of trains provisioning Czecho-Slo
. vakia and Jugo-Slavia.
Italian Officers Protest
Tho Jugo-Slav command, it is
s said, gave as a reason for its action
1 that as Jugo-Slavia has been recog
nized by the Allies, Laibach should
. no longer be considered a part of
the former Austro-Hungarian empire.
v In spite of their protests, all the
i Italian officers had to leave the city.
e The telegram continues:
Closes Frontier
1 "In the face of such grave of
fense, the Italian government, which
e has never recognized Jugo-Slavia,
, which incidentally has never been
= recognized by any of the great pow
ers, decided to close the frontier,
7 not wishing to have recourse with
out further delay to military oceu
-7 pation permitted by the armistice.
1 At the same time it has taken the
" necessary measures to provision
Czecho-Slovakia by routes not pass
e ing through I^aibach."
HARRIS. NOTED ARTIST, DIKS
e Montreal, Feb. 28.—Robert Har
! - ria, one of Canadas best known por
'• trait painters and former president
d of the Royal Canadian Academy,
n died here to-day. He was born in
e Wales in 1849, but came to the do
minion as a youth.