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cles here profess confidence that Irish affairs ave progressing toward a settle- ment, thera has been a tone of uneasi- ness and even of anxiety in many re ports from iDublin during the past few days. These have been accompanied by exhortations for patiene, being based upen the ground that negotiations can- not be hurried and may not be conclud- ed for a long time. Reports which are contradictory came {rom Dublin and Relast relative to the steps being tak- en to settle the rolations of Ulster and Southern llreland. It has been stated on the one hdnd that direet negotiations have been opened by Sir James Craig, the Premier of Ulster, and De Valera. [t has been declared with equal certain- ty in otner quarters, however, that no negoiiations arve in progress, there be- ing no one a: present in Belfast to condue them, owing to the absence of tha principal miaisters oa thair vaca- -13 Sir James Craig left London for Beltast last nigni, after receiwving a memorial from a iarze number of mem- bars of the. House of Lords and of the Hous2 of Commons to commamorate his resignation from the lowar aouse of Pacliameat to ace2pt the Premiership of tHster. "Waatever side the peoole of Emglafd or of irclani take'’, ne said during his address, 1 absolately refuse to take arv side exe2pt that of Great Bricain and the Smpire. We who mus: take ieading parts in these diffi- eait rim.s will be foolish to say a sin gla word thai mignr interfere with the realization of prac2 throughout Ireland; ‘We are ail asking for peice in our own way, but I balieve it to b 2 wise £sr everybody, especially the prasg ‘e say nothing in the meantitme, because a 3lip, evan a zusss, sometima2s creates much misenief.”’ Cowes [sle of Wight, Aug. 3rd —The "»d of the series of Interpationai races rof sIXx metra yachts, was won today by Great Britain., Tne United States scored fifteen poi ts agzainsi 21 scoreld by their 3rits: competitors. loday’s racing was saiied in a sirong S. W. breeze, supply- ing conditions wiich were supposed to favor the United States team. lhe siart vas fine a single boat’s length covering the whole fleet when it vent svar the line The Grebe, ona of the United States four, got over the line too soon, aid was recalied, but lost litile time in reerossing. Lhe course of four- reen miles gave tho boais about an equal 4 nount of beaiing to windward and run- ning with the wind. The Polly, the best of the British fleet, was only a bit ahead at the end of the first round, the Shiela, of the United States four, being second, the ‘lrebes third and the Montauk, anothar U. 8 eatry, fourth, the position of the U. S. team being a fine one up to this print. Bad luck of the team, which began with the first race, at Ryde, how- ever, agein showed itseif at this june- ture, the Sheila, which was in tho lead 3 1, CROU& B ¥4o _HRISTIANSTED THEATRE &.15. THIS EV:ENING 8.15 THE LAST TWO CHAPTERS OF THE GREAT SUPER SERIAL “ELMO THE FEARLESS” Episode 17. )f O(‘ ; “ihe Trap* . iunisode 18. “The Fatal Letter® Show concludes with 2 Reel Comedy. | Book your seats early for this interesting show. ADMISSION 'fi\'esgz'veei‘ . Li e -‘1()0 (zene. al Entrance. ... ..R o .. 20v. Coming! Coming! “Tarzan of the Apes” of the seco d round, earrying away her port spreaders and having to give up. Wheun the round snd the race ended, the Polly and the British entry Freya had drawn up .from fifth place and finished second with the Grebe and Mont- auk third and fourth. The leading Brit- isi yacht finished over a minute ahead of the leading United States boar. e regatta furnished an unexpecied drama, when ibree persons were washed overboard by heavy seas, and were sensationally jrescued. Sir (haries See- ley, while steering his yacht Genista, fell overboard and was saved by his daughter s&iss lvy Seeley and a male member of the crew sulled Sir Charies abeard witn a rope, He was none the worse for his experience. Latcer ihe dingy Seaview, while racing, Cecame filled with water and partly sank. The ocecupanis, a man aid & weman, were thrown overboard and were rescued by Rir Wililam Buikely’s ilast motor launch, Field WMarshai Wilson, (hiet of 'he Imperial General Staff, had a narrow escape tromy drowning today * whiie following the races for smali crait in the Cowes regatia. He was in a small yaw!l and a heavy sea washed him overboard. Two yachis competing in the race, sailed by Sir Avthur S. Cope, and Col. Hobart, went to the res- cue of the Fieild Marshal, who rad man- aged to keep afloat. When they reach- ed him and placed him in a dingy, which has put off from his yawi, Sir Arthur and Col. Hobart resumed the race, in which their boats finished re- spectivaiy second and third. WOMAN SOCIALIST DRIVEN OUT. Kate Richards O’Hare, o e of the lead iné‘ socialist agitators of the ceuntry, was kidnaped by a gang oi men at Twin Falls, Idaho, \and taken cut of ihe state, to Montelie, Nev., in order to put a stop to her operations. She was former- ly editor of an inflammatory sheet called the Buzz-Saw. During the war she was arrested in South Dakota and convicted of sedition. She was sentenced to five vears in prison butiwas pardoned aliar serving 14 months. Champions of '‘free speeech’ are de- nouncing the kidnaping as a lawless in- terference with fundamental rights, Gov. Davis of fdaho when appealed 1o by Mrs. O'Hare replied that good citizen- ship required people to refrain from “exciting passions which may disturb the p ace of the community. —Pathfind- er, July 23rd. TH# LABORING YOUTH In a neighborhood where “‘war gar- dens’’ were very popuiar there are still many of them because they stiil save the families many dollars. Harry, who was eighic years old, vwus hord at work hoeing the young onions. when tiie woman next door asked: “‘Harry, is your mother home?”’ Harry stopped and, leaning on nis hoe, replied: ""Mrs. S, you don’t think that I would be working like this if my moth- er wasn't home? ~lbid