CAVALRY ENROUTE
ROME, Aug. 10.—Dispatches from
Tripoli today said 000 Libyan cav
alrymen and horses have sailed
for East Africa.
STILL HOPE FOR PEACE
GENEVA, Aug. 10.—A precedent
as a possible basis for peaceful
settlement of the Ethiopian dis
pute is seen in League of Nations
circles. Italy, it is said, might be
designated to carry out an econ
omic development in Ethiopia as
agent of the League. In the past
he League gave economic asslst
ince to Austria, Hungary and Bul
garia.
NICE KITTY, PEW!
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Ac$. 10,
—The malodorous c|vet cat which
smells as bad as the United States
skunk and grows three times as
»ig has been drafted for possible
hostilities against Italy. Emperor
rlaile Selassie's Minister of Com
nerce has ordered speeding up of
:ivet culture to obtain funds to
juy badly needed munitions. Ethlo
jian tribesmen are reported laying
jlans to harass the Italians by put
,ing the animals in the water wells
hut might be used by the Ital
an.s.
Civet culture is the major in
iustry of Ethiopia for the "Sachee
Kitty” gives off a secretion in
hspensubie to perfume manufact
irers.
ON INSPECTION
TOUR TO WEST
WASHINGTON, August 10.—Rear
Admiral H. O. Hamlet, Comman
dant of the Coast Guard, leaves
Baltimore today on an inspection
tour of the Coast Guard and ad
ministrative offices and operating
units from San Diego to Seattle.
ENGSTROMHOST TO
PORTLAND TOURISTS
E. E. Engstrom, Juneau agent for
the Sebastian - Stuart Fish Com
pany, was host to Mrs. Mina Me
Kenny and her companion, Mrs.
Nelson Gay, while the steamer
North Sea was in port this morn
ing from Seattle.
