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LONDON, August- 22. The Canadian air board has arranged for seaplanes carrying, customs officialą, to watch mil big ships on orient routes to and from Vancouver for Lamall boats from which consignments of opium are dropped overboard, and | | landed at quiet spots on the coast. Already there has been a notable decrease | in suspicious looking craft synchronising with the increased price of opium
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LONDON, August 22. British acceptance of the Washington conference declares that the objects have the wholehearted sympathy of the British Goverorient and nation It concludes: "It is the earnest, and confident hope of the Government that the conference, approached as it will by all concerned, in a spirit of courage, friendliness and mutual understanding, may achieve far-reaching results conducive to the prosperity and peace of the world.
HOME CRICKET.
GLOUCESTER'S POOR DISPLAY, AGAINST AUSTRALIANS.
LONDON, August 22.
At Cheltenham there were 8,000 spectators. The weather was fine. The Australians made 438. Parker took five for 148. Gloucester made a poor display, scoring 127 in 170 minutes. Keigwin with stolid play made 47. Hendry took three for 13 and Mailey three for 21. Gloucester followed on with 115 for six. Kelgwin made 48 not out.
Derby won by three wickets, and Sussex by an înnings and 119 runs.
IMPROVIKO - INDUSTRIAL OUTLOGE.
SHIPYARD JOINERS' STRIKE SETTLED-
LONDON, August 22.
Owing to the settlement of the shipyard joiners" strike the holidays at
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trout. But although an all-round sportsinan he hated all card games.
200 BEDROOMS
On the last occasion.com which '17 saw him. I mentioned that I wan looking for a sasai, house tin the [{constry, `"I have a nice little place I (carlet you,” he said with a smile. “It has two hundred bedrooms?" He was referring to Coombe Abbey, Coventry.
Altogether Lord Craven owned 42,000 acres, and zino a priceless collection of pictures left by the Queen of Bohemia to the first Earl of Craven. This friendship of the Queen (of Bábemin with the first Earl of Corred is mentinaed in the following passage in "The Diary of Samuel Pepys": went to the Opera, and saw "The Wits' |azzin, which I like exceedingly. The Queen of Bohemia was here, brought by my Lord Craven.”
liam, the first Earl of Craven (1606 In a footnote Pepys says: "Wil 1697), said on poor authority to be married to the Queen of Bohemia" The death of "Uffy" will comÉ ES a great shock to a wide circle of friends and admirers.
BRIDE OF 16.
LORD CRAVEN'S ROMANCE.
The Earl of Craven was always noticeable for the small tuft of beard he wore beneath the lower lip. Lord Craven remained faithful to the frock coat, which he fastened with links instead of having it double-breasted.. Occasionally he wore one of a very dark blue and 'sometimes dark blue evening clothes. When in morning dress he always wore a black tie. which was wound twice round the collar after the sigle of the old- fashioned “choker,”
"Lord Craven took-up motoring | years ago and in earlier days he might often have been seen in Piccadilly
the Teeside shipyards have been curtailed. All will be working by, August { driving his car though, the traffic.
24. Further evidence of the Improving industrial outlook is that twelve blast furnaces are now operating in the Cleveland district.
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COSTA BICA DISPUTE,
AMERICAN MARINES ORDERED TO PANAMA.
WASHINGTON, August 22,
A force of marines has been ordered to leave Philadelphia for Panama.
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LONDON, August 22, Liverpool police raided a whist drive club and detained 240 men and women on the allegation that the club was a gaming house.
EARL OF CRAVEN.
COWES MYSTERY,
FALL. FROM YACHT THEORY.
As already cabled, the Earl of Craven, a leading figure ia yachting circles, was drowned, apparently fall ing overboard from his yacht while it was at anchor off Cowes during the night.
identifed by the captain of the yacht, It is feared that in going to the afterpart of the ship Lord Craven either slipped or was seized with dizziness and fell overboard.
with great skill. He was a faments
| shot, but his greatest hobby was the
lalhz, and he was particularly find- of working in Ivory. A few years back he won the silver medal in the | amateur section fa a competition for. turning in wood held by the Turners' Company, Another of his hobbies was the breeding of the old English fighting game cocks.
In 1893 the earl married Miss Cornelia Bradley Martin, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Martin, the well-known and im. mensely wealthy Americans, who-oc- cupied a house in Chesterfield-gardens next door to the late earl's town residence. The marriage created a ¦ great surprise at the time, for the bride was only 16, and it was said that she put up her hair for the first time on her wedding day. The mar riage was a very happy one, and in 1897 Lady Craven gave birth to her only child, a son, Viscount Uffington, who now succeeds his father as the fifth Earl of Craven,
The flags of the "Sylvia" and the
From 1911 to 1915 Lord Craveri Royal Yacht, Squadron were lowered was Captein of the Yetmen of the to hall-mest...
Guard, and in 1912 Lady Craven gave The first news to reach Lord big political reception--for which Craven's house at 3, Chesterfield.her own and Mr. and Mrs. Bradley gardens, W., was a telegram to the Martin's houses were used to meet staff The Countess of Craven, whe Mr. Asquith, who was then Prime was Miss Bradley Martin, did not Minister, but, apart from this, Lady | learn that the body had been recover Craven's hospitalities were of a pri ed until her arrival at the house is the vale nature. evening.
Besides his house in Chesterfeld. gardens, Lord Craven offned three country residences; the most famous being doombe Abbey, Coventry, which occupies the site of a Cistercian mon) astery erected in the reign of Stephan}}
Lord Craven and Lord Exury em barked in the former's yacht "Sylvia," a handsome vessel of 63 tons, at Southampton intending to go for a
OLD-WORLD FIGURE. cruise. The yacht arrived at Cowes Fifty-three years of age, the Earl in the afternoon and anchored in the of Craven, in addition to being roadstead about half a mile off Cowes probably the most handsome and pier in the midst of a number of best-dressed man in London was It has been in the possession of the other craft, which included the King's also one of the most remarkable Craven family since early in the 17th Britannia," and Lord Craven went personalities in the social life of Lon century, when it was bought by Sir ashore in the evening in a motor | don, writes.” Api Old Friend." William Craven, Lord Mayor of boat and dined at the Royal Yacht I saw hlig last on a Friday evening,London He had been set up to "Squadron Castle." į
when he described to me the splend London from Yorkshire in the car Lord Craves appeared to be in the our of the Court Ball. He was then rier's cart and after belag bound very best of health and bis friends in the best of health and spirits. Tall apprentice, to a merchant Endor-in state that be was exceedingly cheer and of soldierly appearance he the early days of Queen Euzabeth, ful He returned to the yacht about possessed all the chivalry and ideas became a very wealthy man. In 11.45, helped the crew to haul the of the old school.
Antither of the earl's "seats is motor-bost up, and talked with the I can visualise him now to his long Ashdown Park, Shrivenham, the captain for some minutes on the frockcoat, his wonderful stock, glossy residence of his mother, Evira deck. The captain and crew retired silk hat, and patent leather boots, all Countess of Craven, and the third, for the night and left Lord Craven faultless and in entire keeping with Hamstead Marshall, near Newbury. on deck, as was his custom at night his character. Known to his more which the late Mrs. Bradley Martin before retiring. At 8.30 in the morn intimate friends as "Uffy" he was had at one time and where she led ing Lord Craven's valet went to his always held up as a model of old last autumn master's cabta to call him and world courtesy and manners, ple found that he was not there and that. During the war he served as special the bed had not been slept in A King'abdessenger, first between
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search was made, but the only trace London and G.HQ. In France, and of the earl was his yachting cap in later in the Eastern war sphere. had been killed in the road XERT by
saloon
Aprbis capacity be was indefatigable.
the
ses at Gurned Bay, about two miles west of Cowes exly in the afternoodi
The body was recovered from the and is 18 months serce he had passed their malls in Farringdon only five days' leave. He had many, EC, costermongers stepped exciting journeys by motor car from forward and placed wreaths on the It was picked up by, James Willie the wort el ditjabarkation, to G.HQ.case,
lémice,, carrying, despatches of a
fisherman, and ils son, whose atten
tion had been called to an object in the water,
– It was conveyed to. Cowes "ind placed inấu mojfurry to await the
Inquest, held- probably by the lale of- fish With coroner. "The body was £5
ecy. But he The elderly wife of a wagoner, ough
walking slang & Paris street with was a great yachts- her baby granddaughter in her arms, shot, and a "splendið - was stabbed in the back and could the River. Kenner hadishly murmur: adit im joy hitiskarid 1!! Bedresen -of-piik & fore she died, vrh
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