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Show GREEK WAR TRAIN LEAVES OGDEN A train loaded entirely with Greeks who are going to the scene of the Bal kan war left Ogden at 2-30 o'clock yesterday afternoon over tho Union Pacific. There were about 130 on the train that will be run special from here to New York city The patriotic foreigners who left here were In five cars The exodus of Greeks has been unusually un-usually henvy lately, more than 500 having loft Salt Lako City during this week, according to railroad men A report received yestorday from New York was to the effect that there are now more than 27,000 Greeks there trotting for a chance to face Turkey's bullets The first available space on a steamer, and that for a limited num ber, will be December 31 I There was no big display of outhu ' slasm about the departure of the fjreek soldiers yesterday The men are practically all laborers and they boarded the special train with their hands full of baggage in a manner as unconcerned as though they wore go ing to a mining or grading camp to use a pick or shovel The train will be run over the Un ion Pacific, Illinois Central and the Erie railroads Despite the peace conference at London, nearly 1,500 Greeks within the last six days have left this state to report for military duty at Athens. A special train carrying" 200 Greeks legt todov for New York They came from Utah Idaho, and Neada. Many of them are naturalized American citizens cit-izens who nevertheless are returning to fight for their fatherland |