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CALIFORNIAN QUAKE.
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'Barometer 20 86
Rainfall,028 inch. Humidity 90 September 17, 1982 Temperature-81
日八初月八亥癸大年三十國天津中
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EUREKA, September 17.
A sharp earthquake shock was experienced to- day. It began with mild vibrations which tnoreased is violence and then ended abruptly,
BERKELEY, September 17, ***** A great fire is raging and hundreds of homes including those of more than half the faculty of the University of California are destroyed. Dynamite is being used in a desperate effort to check the flames which are spreading to the busi
ness section of the town.
[Berkeley, Alameda county, is near the Eastside of San Francisco Bay, 9 miles E.N.E. of San Fran- cisco. It
the seat of the University of California and of the State Agricultural College. In 1890 the population was 5,100. Eureka is approximately 200 nilles North of Berkeley]
INDIAN AIMS.
NATIONAL CONGRESS DECISIONS.
DEL, September 17.
A joint Hindu-Mosion sub-committee of the national Congress formed to suggest means to improve communal relations advises the formation of committees to draw up a national pact and make a tour of Investigation in riot centres,
STARVATION.
Heutor's Service to the China Mail.)
ROME, September 17. General Giardino, who has been appointed The fact he military Governor, las gone to Blumc.
wearing mufti and is not crying a uniforin is regarded as an indication that his mission will be en- tirely confined to the civil administration of the city and will have no military object. It is desired to maintain friendly relations with Serbia but it is felt that further postponement of a settlement on the part of Yugo-Slavia cannot be tolerated, especially in view of the plight of Fiume which, according to ail accounts, is on the verge of starvation.
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TROUBLE IN PALESTINE.
REVOLT AGAINST EMIR ABDULLAH.
JERUSALEM, September 17.
It is authoritatively reported that a revolution has broken out in Trans-Jordania against Emir Abdullah, whom the British Government recently granted control of territory wilch geographically is part of the Palestine mandate but has been made The Congress subjects cpmmittee carried af the stepping stone of the British policy of facilita- resolution in favour of organising civil disobedi-ting the formation of an independent Arab con- ence. At a separate conference native states dele-federation. Abdullah who is a son of King Hussein gates passed a resolution urging representative and a brother of Emir Feisul led armies during the constitutions for native states.
SPANISH REVOLT.
KING'S LATEST DECREES.
MADRID, September 17. Although confined to his room by a bad cald, King Alfonso signed important decrees dealing with the dissolution of Parliament, ordering al! employees of Government departments to attend --their offices punctually-from-nite,in the morning till two in afternoon, forbidding strangers to enter, Government offices, dismissing all civil governors and confirming the proclamation of martial law throughout the country.
LATE MINISTERS ARRESTED.
CEREBERES, September 17. Travelers from Spain bring a report that the late Ministers have been arrested.
GERMANY AND RUSSIA.
HUGE.CONCESSIONS.
The German ex-chancellor Wirth has obtained what is regarded as the biggest concession hitherto granted by the Soviet, namely, the exploitation over a million desiatins of forest westward of Rybinsk, completion of the railway towards the Baltic and the erection of large sawmills. These undertakings will ultimately become state property.
DUTCH QUEEN.
SUGGESTS ECONOMIES.
HAGUE, September 17.
war against the Turks. Abdullah's official organ recently foreshadowed a campaign for the establish- ment of a Caliphate in Mecc1, claiming the right to settle the personality of the Caliph on the ground that the Arabs were at the present day the guardians of Islam.
TRIBESMEN'S COSTLY ATTACK.
LATER. Adwan and Belka tribesmen who attacked Abdullah's came are reported to have sustained heavy losses.
LONDON COMMERCIAL CORPORATION.
VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION DECIDED
UPON,
LONDON, September, 17.
A meeting of the Commercial Corporation of London carried Fresolution in favour of voluntary liquidation through the formation of a holding company. Threats of turbulence at the beginning of the meeting disappeared when Mr. Halry, a director and originator of the Company and the Tatgest shareholder, announced his intention to waive his claims in favour of the other shareholders.
EARTHQUAKE REFUGEES,
ARRIVAL IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.
VICTORIA (BC) September, 17. The steamer "President Jefferson" with 155 refugees aboard representing thirteen nationalities hasarrived from Yokohama. While in quarantine
Queen Wilhelmina has informed the Minister. 33 British and Canadian passengers, some of whom
were suffering from broken limbs, brises and of Finance that if the salaries of state officials are reduced in 1924 she will relinquish a similar pro-shock, were taken off and placed under medical portion of the royal revenue from the treasury. The Queen Mother has acted similarly.
REVOLUTIONARIES ROUTED.
EIGHTY-TWO DEAD.
JERUSALEM, September 17. Abdullah's troops have quelled the revolution in Trans Jordania.
The revolutionaries were routed after a Berce engagement and fled leaving 82 dead, including some chiefs.
JAPANESE SILK.
EMBARGO RAISED.
NEW YORK, September 17.
care. The Canadian Government has offered to assist all the refugees.
ĮTALOGREEK SETTLEMENT.
LEAGUE COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
GENEVA, September 17. After despatching a formal acknowledgment of the Conference of Ambassadors' note regarding the Italo-Greek dispate the Council of the League heard a statement by Lord Robert Cecil largely attributing the satisfactory settlement to the intervention of the League. M. Branting regretted that the Council's raply did not allude to the competence of the council but the discussion was adjourned at Signor Salan-
The Raw Silk Trade Council and Silk Assocla-dra's request. tion of America has decided to lift the embargo on trading in Japanese raw silk from September 18.
RUHR.
BAR SINISTER RAISED.
COLOGNE, September 17. The traffic bar between the occupied and on- occupied area in Germany has now been lifted.
ANTHRACITE MINERS.
WAGES AGREEMENT RATIFIED.
HOME CRICKET.
YORKSHIRE v6. REST DRAWN.
LONDON, September 17.
At the Oval to-day, the match between York- ahire (champion county) and the Rest was drawn.
Yorkshire, in the first innings, made 430 for 4 wickets and declared, Holmes scored 99, Sutcliffe 74, Oldroyd 53, Rhodes 50 not out and Roy Kilner
The rest compiled 273, to which J. Bryan còn- teihged 109.
SCRANTON, September 17. The anthracite Miners Convention has ratified!!! the new wages agreement and has voted for im- modiato resumption of work."
Yorkshire had made 26 for one wicket when xtunbu were drawn.
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