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not share this optimism. Saoallchzocea- pation of Fiume bzcone an accomplished fact thesa"wou'd probibly be a sironz rcaction of opinion at the exp2nse cos the Pachiteh Cabinet, on the grcund of 'ts too optimistic interpretation of preced- ing events. Berkeley, Cal., September 18:h.—Fire sweeping over the hills west of Berke- ley late yesterday laid waste the Crag- mont and Buciid avenue districts des- troving at lcast six hund.ed resid:neces within an area es’imated at six:y blocks, in one of the cnoicest residential sec- tions oi the eity, with damage estimated at 510,000,000 and rendering hymneless approximately 2 409 persons. No lives are Known to have been lost aithouch tvo 3iuienis were seen to plunge inio a4 vortex of fire when he roof of a hou:e u: on which they, had elimbed coliapse | dundreds of residents flad from the barnings area as the fice swep: down the slope of th2 hills barning its ¥ay throuzh tie closely settled and exclusive dis- tricis and eventuilly died down to a smouald rirg of fla:ies encompassing the entire area whicin it hal devastated. The prosperous residzntial scction was a smoky waste. Taranto Italy, Sept. 18th ~—Greece will bow to Italy in apology for the Janina murders, when all tae Allied fl-ets assem- ble tomorrow off Phaiaron to aceept the salute of the Greek fl2et assembic | there An Jtalian battlegsqiadron sailed from this port today to a reud-zvoas sixieen miles offPhalaron where it will moet the British Ba:tle craiser '‘Hood’’ and the French dreadnouchr "Jean Barth”'. The Itatian warships inciude two dread- noughts and six destroyers. Uwo other Iraiiau destroyers now at Corfu, wiil join tae squadron in the Aegean S:a Tte squadron is under the command of Ad- miral Solari. * Washiogton, Sept. 17th. Deafinite word reached here today ihrough prominent Pennsylvania politicians that Governor Mitford Pinchot of Pennsylvamia is a Presidential candidate and that the move- ment to get a delegation for him 12 1924 has started. His settlement of the eoal strike is expecied to be a factor in his tavour. A big fight in Peansylvania be- tween the Pinehot forees and the Repub- fican organization for the Delegation, is cerwain. Governor Pinchot’s canlidacy mav lead Senator Hiram Johnson, Gov- ernor Lowder and others to enter, thus assuring a hard fight against Piesident Coolidge. - Berlin, Sept. 18th. —Premier Pcincare’s reference in his speech on Sunday to germany joining the League of Nations 1s welecomed by German Socialists and advocates of the Leagu2. They believe that it strengthens their hands and is likely (o cause pressure on the Govern- ng2at to speed up a German request for _ mission, *Lome, Sept. 18th.—Earthquake shocks were felt today in Southern Italy and 3 (. L1 A VIS Sicily. Fortunately po material damage was done and there were no casualties. It is presuuied that tie leeal disturbances had centered in Japan, as simullaneous- ly the seismozraph observatories regist- ered serious earthquake more tnan 4,000 tailes distant, Belgrade., Sept. &Bth. —Notwithstand- Ing the assurances given by the ltalinn Charge d’Affairsthat the despateh of Gen- eral Ciardino to Fiame as military Gover- no: has affected the status of Fiume, the fcelice in this City tcday was that the facts of the eave are accurately oxpre:s- ed by ‘‘headlives as *“lialy annexes Fiume’’, ‘'ltaly anncxes first. negoti- ations afterward: ”’ and everybody is asking if mobiliza.on has been ordered. Yet uneasiness 15 being ineveused by the absenc: of any oflicial statement after a two hours eabinet session last night. The Deputy Foreign Miunister, in the face of the faet that tha gecupation is officialiy admitied by Itaiy, exvressed the opinion thi~ mcerning that the act did not eonsti tute annexation, Italy expressly denying alteraticus ip the status of Flume. The Nnewspaper writers tuke an exceedingly gruve view ot the situation. they puint 0i( the {ac¢c that the ocennation was car- ried out while the cabiiet was censider- ing a sccond personal ecmmunieition trom ilussciind to Premier achiteh, eon- taining propsais which tneluded the sur- piader ol YPoriro Barmros and part of Fiume, the remainine part io he anr »x- el to lialy, the es.abliciuinent of a wide corridor th2tween Fiume and Italy and til: surrender by ltay 1o Jugo Slavia of t: » harbour tor ninety-nine years, Cklaboma City Sept. 18th.—Membors of the State Leeislature opened an offen- sive today against the official acts of Governor Wation in connectio. with his decrce of martial law throaghout Okla- homa. Pians took shape auwong memn- bars of the legislature to conveie asp ci: l §28:10: 1t uefendz of tihie Goveroment, to edasider (15 official acts. Imbpeazhmernt proceedings are consid-rel if a sufficient numnber ofthe legistarures can be ralied tothe cause, A cull for anextraordinary s ssion wis combbleted touizht and is ready to be filed with the Seeretay of State as svon as the majority of the membars of tae house have signed a pe- (:aon to convene the session, Guv raor Wit in today reiterated that any law ma- ker that atte:mnpt to hold a speeial session of the legislature would be sent to Gaol. Four soldiers with side arms guarded tno e;trance to each of the lezisiature haiis. Foronto, Ont., Sept. 18th.—That Caaa- da i 3 on the verge of a great period of development is the opinion of Mr. Rich- mond, of London, England, a director of the Hudson Bay Company, who isin the city. Mr. Richmond has just com- pleted a tour of inspeetion of the com- pany's stores in_ WNestern Canada. *'l was astonished at the optiamisiic feeling which prevails in the West,” said Mr. wichmond. Coundjiioss indicate that the bottom of the recont finaneial depres- sitn had been reachad and that nrosperity was not far away, ha said. He was of the opinion that a bank should be estab- lished b= the Dominion for the purpose of lending finanecial assistance to the farmers in the West, This, he thoucht, would overeeme many difficu'ties in the way of Western Canada’s progress. NEwW YORK, Sept, 18th. Fiour, (hard winter clears $5.35. - hard winter straights $5.75 Meal, Kilrdried per 100 pounds $2.25, New Season’s Pork per barrel £37.00. Heavy Mess Pork per brl. $24 75 Sugar—Crystals maximum per 100 lbs, 86 78 Meclasses Sugar 89 maximum 5.75. Cotton, Middling, Upland, at Liverpool per ib. 17 71-100 d. Exchange, New York and London. 60 days’ sight $4.513 Exchange New York and London, siohit $4.533 LoNDON, Sept.” 181 h. Sugar, Demerara Crvstals, non.inal per eyt Hos. od. —6ls. od. ** Muscavado nominal per ewt, 40s. U\l‘jx:S.(l\L " White Java’s cif United Kingdom 248 3d. Demerara Rum per gal. neminal, Trinidad Cocoa, good middling red per cwt. 475. od—4Bs. 04d. Cotton, eoad medium West Indian Sea Island at Liverpool, per Ib. 21d. Bank of England Rate of Discount per cent 4. Consols 08¢, Tnree perceat. Rentes in Paris Fes. 57.90. THE IRISH QUESTION. Grady {(after Rilev has fallen five stories) —Are vez dead. Pat? Riley —Oi am. Grad:y - Shurve, ver such a liar, Oi don’t know whether to beieve yvez or not. Ritey --Shure, tha® proves Oi’'m dead. Ye wudn’t dare to call me a liar if Oi wur aloive| A man sent his Irish servant with a present of a live hare to a friend. The hare managed to eseape but the servant made no effort to cateht; all he did was to stand and gaze after it with a satis- fied grin on his face. “Ye may run, and run, and run, ye be- lubbering baste,”” he shouted, ‘‘but its no use, for ye haven’t got the address.”’ Judge Murphy to man, arrested for making ""moonshine’ or iilisic whiskey. What is your name? Prisoner: Joshua sir, Judee: Joshua what ? Prisover: Just plain Joshua, Judge. Judge: Are you the Joshua in the Bible that made the sun to stand still? Prisoner: No Judge, I is de Joshua that made th2 "“mnoonskine’”.