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A TRUCE SUGGESTED.
A Possible Means Of Breaking the
Coal Strike

mo, I do not believe that the coal strike
will be settled In the near future. I am
afraid that the two sdes-the miners and
the operators-are SO bitterly opposed to
each other that the strongest influences
will fail Of getting either to yield. But 1
think. and always have thought, that there
Is a way out of the difficulty, and, Of
course along the lines Of the necessities OF
the public, with the President as the in
termediary. If President Roosevelt would
approach the operators and say, In effect,
Gentlemen, l represent the whole American
people, who are confronted with the danger
Of q greater calamity than war or pesti-
lence. For the sake of the public-rich and
poor alike-will you grant an Increase Of
10 per cent in wages until the LIST of next
May to the anthracite miners If they will
go to work Immediately? The question of
union or union wages does not enter into
the matter In the slightest. The only ques-
ton Is coal. This means simply truce I'M
til the 1st of next May. After that date
the agreement falls and the battle can be
renewed and fought to finish. II 1t takes
all summer. You recognize nothing. You
yield simply slight increase In wages to
prevent public calamity.
Then. II the President should make In
effect the same appeal to the miners-not
asking them to yield to the operators in
the slightest, but simply to go to work for
May. l believe that the strike could be
broken for this winter. Neither side would
have to give in. 1t would be truce for
the sake of the whole people.
THE people do not half realize what will
be the result of a continuation Of the strike
after cold weather sets in. The suffering
will be something unprecedented. 1t will be
terrible here in Washington, where the
winter Is only half winter, but you cannot
imagine what 1t will mean to the people of
northern cities. We are helpless here, and
it Is the same elsewhere. l am appealed to
by scores of customers and friends to fur
nish them with that I am unable to &C.
cure. They even go to my home and i'm
plore my wife to intercede with me in their
behalf. We simply are powerless.
But the soft coal men are taking ad-
vantage OF the situation and running UP
the price of soft COAL That should not be
the case. There Is no need for the increase
l. taking advantage Of the hard luck OF
the public
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DAUGHTERS OF VETERANS.
Thirteenth Annual Convention in Ses-
sion This Morning.

The thirteenth annual convention Of the
Daughters of Veterans reassembled this
morning at Society Temple, corner Of 9Th
Mrs. Goddard, representing the Woman's
Relief Corps, called and extended the greet
ing Of the corps. Mr.. Mcdowell, from the
Sons Of Veterans, also rendered the greet
ings of that society.
Considerable time was consumed In the
election Of a permanent committee Of the
Daughters of Veterans for the control OF
Barton Hall at the Mason City University.
Barton Hall is the school for girls at the
university, giving an education at a nomi-
nal expense to members Of the society.
The following were elected Three-year
term, Elizabelt kimball and Elizabeth
Bardsley Stanley; two-year term. Anna
Clark and Lille Phillips; one-year term,
Julia Phillips
At II o'clock the convention took a re-
cess for lunch, and at 2:3O o'clock reas-
for the coming year. The convention will
remain in session this afternoon until its
business Is concluded. There will be no
session this evening.
When the convention met after lunch
was served yesterday the reports Of Off
GERS were made The report Of the presi-
dent showed considerable progress In the
order, especially Indicating that there is
an increasing interest in the extension of
Mason and Dixons line. The order now
has about $500 members.
Last evening the ladies of the conven-
ton held reception. Miss Clara Barton
and Mrs. Ellen Spencer Mussey were among
those present.
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DEPARTMENT OF OREGON.
Looking After Welfare Of Many In
valid Veterans.

Away up north, in one corner of the
Union is the Department Of Oregon, Ladies
Of the Grand Army Of the Republic, and its
officers are a long way from home. 1t is a
young department, having been organized
In June 1899, but 1t Is one of the most ac-
tive in existence today, because there Is so
much work to do for the veterans Of that
department, so many of them going to
Oregon for their health when it is too late
There Is a fine state Soldiers Home at
Roseburg. established in 1894 by state ap-
propriations but 1t Is In part self-support-
ing from its farm and gardens, which are
notably fine. The Ladies Of the G. A. R. Of
Oregon have adopted the cut of the Sol
diers Home for their state badge, and it
makes beautiful one. The officers are:
Mrs. Sarah Chapman. Eugene, department
president; Mrs E. Butcher, McMinnville,
senior vice president; Maggie Simons, Eu-
gene. department secretary; Mrs Addie M
Heustis, Portland, Junior vice president;
Mrs. E. r. Wands. department counselor;
Katherine Smith, department treasurer;
Maggie Simons, department secretary;
Clara McDermtd, department press CORE
spondent; Mrs. }. R. Fairbanks. Mrs Jen-
ME Brown, Mrs. E. ]. Miller council of adj
ministration.
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FIRST VERMONT ARTILLERY.
Survivors Listen to Addresses ant
Elect Officers,

Owing to the departure for their respect
the 1st Vermont Heavy Artillery, only a
few veterans gathered in Meade tent, Camp
Roosevelt, this morning at the reunion of
the command. ]. w. Williams, the second
vice president called the meeting to order,
and RAYMOND Stafford was chosen secretary
pro tenn. Charles e. Merrill made talk
in favor of increasing the interest in the
organization. The old officers were elected
to serve until meeting to be called by the
executive committee. They were as fol-
lows: Chandler Watts, president; Maj. r..
R Campbell OF Washington, d. c., first
vice president; G. w. Williams, second vice
president; A. 8. Fleury, secretary; ]. M.
Stafford, treasurer, and DR.. L. E. Stiles,
surgeon.
The program of speechmaking which had
been arranged to take place after the
transaction of business was not carried out,
the speakers failing to appear, but the few
veterans present INDUCED informally in
pleasant "reminiscences of wartime Incl
dents. 1t was regretted that the reunion
had not been set for yesterday, when the
LIST Vermont gathered at Fort Stevens,
which had been built by that command in
1862. The visit to the old fort recalled
many experiences to the veterans. They
came to Washington carly in 1862. and
were stationed at the line Of forts about the
city. The regiment was sent down In Vfr-
ginia, and saw service in the final cam
paign which Gen. Grant conducted against
the army of Gen. Lee. Before the surren-
der, however, the LIST was recalled to Wash
ington when the city was threatened by
Gen. Early. A large percentage OF the orig
inal artillery was lost In battle
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SHOT SIX PERSONS
SCHOOL TEACHER ToEwS THEN
KILLED HIMSELF.
Tragedy Resulted From Dispute ovsu
Management of School at
Altoona, N. D.

GRAND FORKS, n. D., October 1O.-In r
quarrel between a school teacher and the
board of trustees at Altoona a little sta.
ton on the Great Northern, seven miles
from the Canadian line. seven persons have
been shot. One of them is dead and five
others are dying. The dead:
Henry l. Toews, school teacher, COM
mitted suicide.
Fatally wounded: John HILBERT school
trustee; Peter Keller. trustee: Keller,
daughter OF z. Keller. aged ten: - KEN
Ter. daughter of +. Keller, aged eight: Abb
raham Rempt, school trustee; Rempt,
daughter of Abraham Rempt. may recover.
The school is near little village in
the settled part of the valley which has
population OF but few hundred people.
The settlers are all Mennonites, who have
ilVed In the vicinity for years. The school
mas been in charge OF Mennonite teacher
named Henry /. Toews. There has been
some dissatisfaction with the management
or the school and this has led to a. great
zeal or bad feeling In the community. Three
members of the board OF trustees met at
the school house during school hours to
talk over the trouble with the teacher.
Hot words Were exchanged and suddenly
Toews drew his revolver and shot down
the three trustees.
He then rushed into the school house.
where he shot kehler's two daughters, aged
eight and ten years, through the body.
They Will die. The eleven-year- dauSh.
ter or Rempt was then attacked but the
bullet struck her in the arm, breaking the
bone. The suicide followed
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DEPARTMENT OF MISSOURI.
Recently Erected Monument to the
Memory Of the Veteran Dead.

The headquarters Of the Department of
Missouri are at the Hamilton. While Mis-
souri, is not of the largest departments
Of the Relief Corps, it is one of the most
vigorous, its membership numbering 1854
members in &c corps. This department
has given the great womens organization
one national president Mrs. Sarah ]. Mar
tin of Brookfield, who died while serving as
national counselor, and one junior vice
president, Mrs. Henrietta Sleismeir. This
department has been very active in patri-
otto work, and has secured the placing Of
the flag above the school houses by COM
mon consent Of teachers and pupils. The
flag salute is also taught in many of the
schools 1t Is only very recently that Me-
mortal day has been recognized by the pub
lie schools but after many years Of oppo-
sition the Womans Relief Corps has finally
secured its recognition. The Relief Corps
and Grand Army of the Republic erected
a monument to the memory of the veteran
dead at Moberly, Mo, last May 80. There
Is state soldiers home at St. James, Mo-,
in which the old soldiers and their wives
may spend their declining days. The erec-
ton of this home is largely due to the en-
ergy and loyalty of the Womans Relief
Corps Of that state, which labored unceas-
ingly to this end. The home Is now the
property of the state, though the corps ex-
ercises some care over 1t. The Relief
Corps of Missouri has been paying special
attention to the Improvement and embel-
fishing of the cemetery grounds attached to
this home. The officers of the Department
of Missouri are: Mrs. Hollen E. Day, pres
ident; Mrs. Laura Lear, senior vice presi-
dent; Alma Day, secretary; Mrs Cora Ze-
bold, treasurer; Mrs Clara Key, chaplain;
Orpha Bronson, counselor, Sedalia; Frank
S. Long, inspector, Sedalia; Julia Hengels-
berg l. and l., st. Louis; Louisa Hey, pa
triotic instructor, Kansas City; Mary M.
Stark, press correspondent, ST Louis; Mat
tie E. Rich. senior aid, Moberly; executive
board, Bell M. Steuver, Brookfield; M. NJ.
s. ellison, Appleton City; Mary E. Sweet.
Sedalia; Lillian McIntire. st. Charles;
Frances Arnold, St. Joseph
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W. R. c. IN MICHIGAN.
Work Effectively for the State Sol
dierS' Home.

The wolverine state was organized into a
department Of the w. r. c. In 1884, and
now has 240 corps, with membership of
S,494. Some of the officers of the Depart
ment of Michigan have been of more than
state fame, and their work has been of the
highest character along all lines The sec
ond president of the department was Mrs
Emma Stark Hampton of Detroit, who was
the fifth national president of the Woman 8
Relief Corps and Is now national council
Tor. Another department president who has
endeared herself to all the members Of the
order was Mrs. Louise Barnum Robbins of
Adrian. Mich. Mrs. Robbins is a woman of
more than ordinary ability and a brilliant
and forceful writer Among other past de-
Thompson, Mrs Abby r. Flag, who has
since been past national Junior vice presi-
dent: Cornelia 8. Perry, who Is a practical
newspaper woman; Mrs Allaseba NJ. Bliss,
governor: Mrs. Ann NJ Barney, Mrs. Emma
E. Knapp, Mrs. Louise Turck. and Mesdames
Kinds. Halstead, McConnelly, Maynard,
Udell and Jennie L. Pond, wife OF Col. c..
V. X. Pond. Another member of the De-
partment Of Michigan who is beloved by
the whole order Is Mrs. Sarah c. Plummer,
VINO was for many years connected with
the National W. r. c. Home. Michigan has
beautiful state soldiers home. which was
erected largely through the fundamentally
Of the Woman's Relief Corps. The w. r.
c. emblem of the state Is the rose, not the
luxuriant double blossoms of the garden and
green houses, but the wild rose, pink and
fragrant, which grows along the country
roadways. The flag waves over all the
school houses in the state Of Michigan dur
ing the school hours.
The department officers are: Lydia c.
Hopkins, Detroit, president; Vina e. Red
field, Jackson, senior vice president; Julia
E. Howard, Pontiac, junior vice president:
Ada A Stoddard Detroit, secretary: Flor
ence E. Moody, Detroit, treasurer; Emile
v. Wilson, Grand Rapids, chaplain; Kate
NJ. Redner, Battle Creek, inspector; Ala
seba NJ. Bliss. Saginaw, counselor; Martha
McCabe, Bay City, 1. and I. officer: Emma
E. Knapp, Howell. patriotic instructor.
Executive board-Elizabeth S. Kenney,
Lansing; Ella NJ Herndon: Three Rivers;
Cora v. Perham, Ionia; Adelaide F. Wal
lace, Detroit; Celia Westfall Hudson.
The present department president Miss
Lydia Climene Hopkins of Detroit, is a
wolverine by birth. Her father was a Mich
igan pioneer. Her parents bequeathed to
her the priceless Inheritance of strong
Christian principle patriotism and love Of
study. A graduate Of the State Normal
School, she Is still an ardent student, and
has Travelled extensively in her own country
and Europe. Gifted and admired, she is
essentially what might be called "wo-
mans woman" and singularly free from all
sham and pretense. Michigan is proud of
her department president. The delegation
Is stopping at the Arlington.
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executive ability She has been president
Of her corps ever since it's organization in
1894. She was elected president Of the de-
partment in 1897, when 1t was deeply in
debt. Within six months Mrs. Taper had
cleared off the debt and has lifted her de-
partment to much higher claim than 1t
ever before occupied. She Is now elected
year after year, and performs her duties
as conscientiously as though serving her
first year. Her department has been doing
excellent work along the lines of patriotic
teaching. The work of this department for
Memorial day Is extremely heavy, six
national cemeteries, containing the graves
of $4,000 old soldiers lie within Mrs. Ia
per's Jurisdiction. The officers of the de-
partment are as follows: Mrs. Alice Rober-
son, senior vice president: Mrs. Theresa
Lame. junior vice president; Mrs. Carrie
Devezin, treasurer; Mrs Minnie B. Spears
chaplain.
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TWO POPULAR OHIO MEN.
Gen. A. s. Piatt and Maj. K. B. Piatt
the Guests of Mr.. Worthinrton.

Gen. A. s. Piatt of West Liberty Ohio,
who Is in Washington to meet his old COM
rades, is, together with his wife, the guest
Of Mr.. r. T. Worthington, 3O43 street
northwest. Despite his eighty-one years,
Gen. Piatt holds himself erect and steps
with firm tread. and upon occasions like
the review prefers not to ride, but marches
with the boys" as he did forty years ago,
when he entered the Union service as colo
mel Of the 34th. Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
Maj. K. B. Piatt, mayor of West Liberty.
Ohio, who Is also a guest of Mr. Worthine-
ton, who marched in the grand review at
the close of the war. Is apparently one of
the most popular visitors about Ohio head
quarters. Mai Piatt also served in the
Maryland cavalry, and has renewed many
acquaintances among the boys from that
old commonwealth. Maj. Piatt will return
to Ohio early in the week. as his duties are
such as to require his presence in his home
city within q few days.
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SOUTH DAKOTA DEPARTMENT.
Needy Veterans Benefited by the
Worthy Women Of the New State.

South Dakota is having a good time at
the national encampment. 1t Is located at
the Elsmere.
The little department Of South Dakota
with its ] ,241 members and forty-four corps
was organized August 49, 1884. Since then
it has moved steadily forward along pa
triotic lines, and the needy veterans whom
these worthy women have assisted testify
daily to the loyalty Of these devoted wo-
men. There is fine little soldiers home
which was located at Hot Springs, S. D., in
1889. The Womans Relief Corps of the de-
partment has helped to furnish this home
and renders many little attentions to the
disabled and aged veterans who lived there
with their wives. The officers of the de-
partment are: Mrs. Mary N Farr, presi-
dent; Mrs. Ella Colgrove, senior vice presi-
dent; Mrs Emmert Sedan, junior vice pres
ident; Mrs. Iona H. Russell, secretary; Mrs
Ida M. Nelson, treasurer; Mrs. Olive Miller
chaplain; Mrs. Jane A. Mason. Inspector;
Mary j. Osborne, l. and 1. officer; Mrs
Charlotte Booth, patriotic instructor.
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DIED.

CULVER; At Capitol View Park, Nd, on October
8, 1902, at pm, FRANK E, beloved hus.
band of Gertrude E. Culver.
Funeral from his late residence Saturday, October
II, at IL am. 1nterment private.
DICkERSON. Departed this life October g.,
1902, at 400 o'clock, in the full triumph Of
Mary Dickerson and father Of Thomas, Joseph,
Elizabeth, Albert and Vim. Dickerson.
Home is sad. Oh God. how dreary;
We listen for him until weary,
But alas, find him not.
toher H. at o'clock pm. Relatives and
friends invited to attend.
DORSEY. At her residence 1898 10th street on
Friday, October 10. 1902, at am, Of pneumo-
MIA, NARY j., beloved wife of Worthington
Funeral services at above residence Monday,
October Is, at pm e
GDoyER Ben sudiep!y at an October TO- TO- 1902
Eliza L. and John W. Glover
Funeral from her late residence 1e 48S New York
tober Ia. '' Friends invited N'''' ~ 2.
Der g. 1902. EMILY B. HARVEY, beloved
daughter Of Albert and Mary Harvey.
A precious from has gone,
voice We love is stilled.
place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled.
BY HER MAMMA AND PAPA.
Funeral from parents residence 2219 Cleveland
avenue. Saturday, October H. at pm.
LEvERONE. Suddenly, October S. 1902. EN-.
RICO LEvERoNE in the thirty second year Of
his age
Funeral from Lees undertaking establishment
Saturday morning, thence to ST. Patrick
Church at o'clock Friends and relatives In
vited. 2s
MIDDLETON. Entered into rest on Thursday.
October 9. 1902. at 3:45 D. IN. PRESTON B.
MIDDLETON, the eldest and beloved son Of
Samuel and Maria Middleton, at tho age Of
fourteen years, eight months and seven days.
after very painful illness, at us parents
residence 11S d street southwest.
Funeral Sunday, October IL. at 10 o'clock a m,
from the Zion Baptist Church, street between
Sd and AZ streets southwest. Relatives end
friends respectfully invited to attend. q
THOM On Friday. October 10. 1902 at am.
at her residence 1921 New Hampshire avenue,
SARAH CORCORAN, widow of the late Chris
TOPPER N. Thorn
Notice of funeral hereafter. 2
In Memoriam.
HOLMES. SOPHIE HOLMES departed this life
two years ago today, October 10, 1900.
Gone, but not forgotten.
BY MARY F. WILKINS AND HER GRANDSON,
JAMES B. SMITH. Jr.
MCDONALD. In sad but loving remembrance Of
our dear father. JOHN MCDONALD, who de-
parted this life two years ago today, October
Gone but not forgotten.
BY HIS LOVING CHILDREN.
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HID H1s MONEY IN VINES.
Veterans Precaution Cost Hin
ThirtY-Eiye Dollars.

John O'Rourke, a Pennsylvania veteran,
was engaged this morning in searching the
clustering vines about the coping in the
northeast Capitol Park for his missing
wallet, containing $50 The Old soldier
stated that when he eft home last Sunday
he had $50 for expenses He was warned by
friends TO be careful as Washington would
be overrun by confidence men and thieves
generally.
Upon his arrival here Monday morning he
visited the Capitol. and remembering the
warning of his friends at home, concealed
his wallet, after taking out SIS. under
cluster OF vines. AS he determined to start
Tor home this afternoon, he visited the park
this morning to get the residue of his
money, but failed to find the place where
ne had concealed it. Mr.. George A. Rahm.
clerk of the Capitol police board. has been
notified of the circumstances surrounding
the missing wallet. and if 1t is found will
see that it is forwarded to the veteran, who
says he is glad he did not place his return
trip railroad tickets in the wallet, as he
had intended to do.
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MASSACHUSETTS DEPARTMENT.
Organized in 1892 and Has Been Verv
Prosperous

The Department of Massachusetts,, La
dies of the G. A. R.. is presided over by
Mrs. Emma E. Pierce OF Springfield. Il
was organized in 1892. and has been very
prosperous The department officers are:
Mrs. Emma E. Pierce, department presi-
dent. Massachusetts,; Mrs. Fannie L.
Barnes. department secretary, Massachu-
sets; Mrs. H. Maria Ward, department
treasurer, Massachusetts; Mrs. Jennie Aus
tin, Lynn, senior vice president; Mrs. Josie
r. Austin, Lowell, junior vice president;
Mrs. Mary E. Caswell, Salem, chaplain;
Mrs. Lucy E. Lehman, Lynn, counsellor;
council of administration, Mrs Martha F..
Gilmore, Lynn; Mrs. Nellie l. Lavigne,
Chelmsford, Mrs. Emma A. Gilman, Low
ell; inspector Mrs. Thankful Lawton, New
Bedford; librarian. Mrs. Sarah H. Brooks,
Lynn; corresponding secretary, Mrs Anstis
P. Quimby.
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GULF STATES DEPARTMENT.
Splendid Work Performed by Presi.
dent Mrs. Preciila J. n. Taper.

The Department Of the two Gulf States
Louisiana and Mississippi-is largely made
up OF colored members, and has forty-three
corps, with membership of 75s Every
effort Is being made in this department to
secure branch Of the National Home,
which shall be dedicated to the aging col
ored veterans. The president of the de-
partment Is Mrs Precilla ]. H. Taper,
who is resident of New Orleans, and was
born there. Mrs. Taper was educated at
Leland University. and is a lady of most
charming manners and has a great deal Of
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The whipp1e Goes to Portsmouth.

The torpedo boat destroyer Whipple,
which recently had her trial trip on the
Barren Island course Of the government in
Chesapeake bay. and which has been lying
at Sparrows Point, PatGpeco river, since
that time, has been taken to the navy yard
at Portsmouth. Va, and will be delivered
to the commandant Of that station. The
whipple was built by the Maryland Steel
Company OF Baltimore.
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Joy at Signing of Peace Treaty.

United States Minister Lord, at Buenos
Ayres, reports to the State Department that
an official Te-Deum was celebrated in the
cathedral at Buenos Ayres August "a in
commemoratIon Of the signing OF the peace
agreement between Chile and Argentine.
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MARRIED.

THOM-LAY. At Groton. Massachusetts, on We'd
nesday, October 3, 1902, by the Right Rev.
MonsigHor Dcane and the Rev. Father Gleason,
CORCORAN THOM and MARY HUNTINGTON
LAY
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Cards are out announcing the coming
marriage Of Miss Marina Holden, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. B. ]. Holden OF Fairfax
Court House, to Mr.. Clarence Lake of Up
peryille, Fauquier county Va. The cere-
mony will take place October 10, at the
home of the bride.
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Mr.. T. j. Ewing Of Houston, Texas, is in
the city visiting his daughter, Mrs SAM
C. Gray Of 2313 l street, who may accom-
pany him to Texas for the winter.
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Miss Francis Garner of Lewisetta, North.
cumberland county, Va, and Mr.. Ernest
Griffith of Baltimore were married at
Lewisetta, Wednesday last, by the Rev:
Robert Williamson. in the presence OF
friends of the couple. After the ceremony
Mr. and Mrs. Griffith left for Baltimore.
their future home. Mrs. Griffith has friends
in this city ..-'