New York, Sept. 27.
Two hundred and fifty athletes will represent the United States at] the Olympic Games at Amsterdam in 1928, including women athletes for the first time. special train carrying worth $2,500,000, from the Far Ea: was wrecked to-day near Yale. Five} out of eighteen wagons plunged down an embankment into the Praser River while five others were damaged. It is understood that tke eater part of the valuable freight can be salvaged. There were fatalities.—Reuter.
The liner President Harding will be chartered for 42 days, beginning on July 11, 1928, to convey the American athletes to Amsterdam. The participants will live on board during the games—Reuter.
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