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Show CAPTAIN HARD TO II I LECTURE IN JAPAN ! I PORTLAND, Ore., Sept, 2S. "Cap- f tain" W. H. Hardy, of Portland, Ore , 1 a bearded veteran .of tho seven seas who sailed as a bluejacket on the American shlp-of-war Mississippi to Ja- 1 pan In 1S52 with Commodore Perry whon tho latter opened tho doors of tho far eastorn iBland to storn com- jH raerco, plans to return to Japan this winter to deliver lectures descriptive of conditions that existed in tho island kingdom over sixty years ago. Hardy claims to be tho sblo sur vlvor of Perry's first trip to the land of Shogun. Wearing a bluejacket's I uniform, ho has long boen a figure k familiar to Portland stroots and lately has aided recruiting work. |