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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-22
vID, iLr 90. ScoREs rOi>r.
WIN Have Part OF tho Contracts Tor
New Hattleship Arnor.

WASHINGTON. Feb 2I-Another con-
ference between Secretary Morton and
officers of the Midvale Steel Company has
brought forth decision that the COM
pany shall have 900 out Of 5000 tons Of
the contract for the armoT plate for tho
battleship New Hampshire and the cruisers
Montana and North Carolina.
As Late as yesterday IL was stated posi-
reason had been shown why the Midvale
company should expect even part Of the
contract, and that Secretary Morton
would adhere 70 his decision Of two weeks
ago 10 divide the contract between the
Beth lehem and Carnegie companies, tho
only other bidders.
When the bids we're originally opened il
was found that thu Midvale concerns bid
was far and away lower than that Of the
two other companies, which furnished
identical bids. A board wa appoin ted 10 in
yestigate the capa city Of the Midvale plant.
and recommended that that company get no
part Of the contract. Members Of thia
board were in attendance at the confer
ence to-day between Secretary Morton
and Preaident Ha iran. Vice Pres dent Sulli-
van and Engineer I'etre Of the Midvale
company The members Of the board, il
that Midvale COZ d not handle the con-
tract Secretary horton, however. de-
Cidsd TO give the MidN3le az least the chance
it, officers oTaved and has directed that
contra ct be made with the company for 900
tons of the grmor, with I provision that
the company live up 10 it's present con-
tract for armor for the battleships Idaho
and Mississippi, let IN 1904 deliveries Of
which are to begin in few months.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-22
THREE DIED AND OAEBLS morn.
All the other Children Carried ga b, Dlph-
iberia as New One Came.

Alfred Wreidt a builder. living at 1870
Bathgate avenue. has lost three children
by diphtheria within eight days the
last, Walter, aged ,, having died at iiO
yesterday morning. That was all tho
Wreidts had at that time. but lust after
the last child died Mrs, Wreidt gave birth
TO baby girl She and the mother are
doing well, and the doctors say there Il
no reason why the new baby should not
escape the disease.
The first Of the children TO die was Mar
garet, aged g. q week ago Monday. Al
most Immediately after her death Elsie.
aged , was taken sick and she died on
Friday. Walter was taken sick on Sapir-
day Dr7. Robert Joyce and John Decker
isolated the mother in room downstairs
She was not told Of the death Of Walter
until the baby had been born On ac-
count OF the mothers condition the Health
Board did not place the house formally
under quarantine. although no one hut
the doctors and nurses We're let in.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-22
cArE DE ADAMs 4 scARE.
Phi, stefan Thought Alleged Novice at
HegEing was sandrock Smith.

btEElnR WAS raHTOrh SUNtn.
DR. Calvin s. Adams. the Waldorf Astoria
physician got quite a scare late yesterday
afternoon when he returned 10 bis home AZ
0 East Thirty-fourth street. big, burly
man, dressed in the garb Of longshore-
man, was seated in the doctors parlor
when he entered
DR.. Adams asked the man what he wanted,
The man stared and staInmered in an effort
10 speak. Dir Adams thinking he had a
hold-up man. rushed TO the front door 10
call policeman.
On the sioop he met Detective Sergeant
Ba rry Of the beggar squad with another
but much smaller man in tow. The police
man said he had been trailing the two for
some time.
According TO DR. Adamss butler, tho big
man had said he was a porter from the
Waldorf Astoria. The butler thinking that
some one was sick at the hotel, had asked
the man 20 wait for the doctor.
According 10 Barry, the big man who
said he was Hugh Bradford, loneshore-
man, living at % Hubert street. is d novice
Al the game Of begging. The little man,
whom the detective recognized as George
Stevens, IL an old hand at tho business.
Barry said. Stevens was waiting IN a
doorway near by while Bradford waA IN
the house Barry says that Stevens had
put Bradford ZIP TO entering the house 10
beg under the pretext that he was an old
Waldorf porter out ~ work. Bradfurds
nerve evidently failed him.
Barry summoned a patrol wagon from
the Tenderloin police station and took the
pair to the East Thirty.fi eth street station.
where they were locked up as Migrants.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-22
SUICIDE OVER LOST iRN.
Young Man. Despondent because lie Was
Crippled. Finally Takes His LIFE

George j. Daneok. is years of age, Of 1884
Ferry street, Newark, drank carbolic acid
while waiting on the stoop Of his home
early yesterday morning for mis- mother
TO let him in. lie died in St James Hos
pital an hour and a half later.
Daneck lost an arm about two years
ago by falling under a train a Spring Lake
He was studying designing at the time Of
the accident and for n while efterward
continued his course at an art school Re-
Gently, however, his parents had decided
70 make arrangements for him 10 study
law
But the young man was respondent
over his lost arm and on Monday morning
he said To his mother az he wax dressing:
Look here, mother. nt my empty sleeve
and 10 think thatit will be that w1iy always.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-22

The national executive committee of
the Brotherhood Of Carpenters arrived in
this city yesterday to make another effort
10 bring about peace in the building ira des
The committee helda session In the Ashland
House ard twas said on behalf of lis mem.
hers that they would remsin here until
they could bring about stability In the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-22
Vine Norkcrs s,rIkr for Tr,ne.

Wilkes BARRE. Ia, Feb. 21.-Mine work
err at four colheries declared strikes to-
day without ,he authority Of their district
officers and in violation Of their agreement
with the strike commission In ench case
the cause was trivial. aud operators be-
licye that the men really wanted to lie idle
FOR election day and Washngton's Birth
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-22
Movements or Naval Vessels.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Il The Golfers
Cesar and Marcellus have arrived at Guam
tanamo.
The gunboat Wasp has sailed from Chri-
qui for PENSACOLA the tug Pontiac from
New York for Newport: the ginboats FL
cRno and Villalobos and the collier Nanshan
from Shanghai for Simrod Sound
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-22
Arm, and Navy Orders.

WAsHINGIoS, Feb II These army orders nave
been issued:
First Lieut.. Arthur ". Morse, from Vancouver
BARRACKS 10 the Philippine Islands
Contract surgeon Preston y Kellogg. from Fort
Robinson, Neh. 10 the Philippine Islands,
Contract Surgeon Marion = Marvin from the
Philippines Division 10 Fort Robinson, Nrb
Capt. Conway II. Arnold, Jr, Artillery Corps
from treatment a. General Hospital, Fort BhyaTd,
10 Denver, Col, and enter upon recruiting duty,
relieving capt, Michael Al. AoNAmec. Fifteenth
Cavalry who. on being relieved. viii rciolh his
regiment
nug Gen. Charles G. Hood. Z. 8. Army. retired
detailed professor Of military science and tactics
At GlraTd College, Philadelphia
Capt Henry T Ferguson, Commlsssry 20 san
Francisco
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-22

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2l-The Military
Academy Appropriation hill was passed
by the Senate to-day. An amendment
adopted places on the retired list of the
army "a a Brigadier General Senator Jo-
seph X. Hawley Of Connecticut whose
term as Senator expires on March
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-22
Va Tronnlr WIN Honscsmllh, This Year.

President Frank Buchanan Of the In
temaiional Association Of Structural Iron
Worker cgme TO town Yesterday to confer
~iih tho local officers about Organizing
the inside iron workers So far a. tho
hnu-esuiiths are conce rned, he said. no
trouble L. booked for in building this wear.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-22

Ulster county * TO introduce q bill along
similar lines 10 that Of the Apgar West
chester county bill, which VIII prevent
New York city from acquiring any water
she'd rights in [ lister county.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-22
COMPLETE TREATMENT
For Every Humor from Infancy
to Age, Price $L00

Consisting Of Cutiours Soap, to cleanse
the skin, Cuticura Ointment, to heal
the akin, and Cuticura Resolvent
Pills, to cool and cleanse the blood,
may now be had Of all druggists. \
single set is often Sufficient TO cure
the most torturing. disfguriug, itch
ing, burning, and scaly humours, &C.
zemas, rashes, and trritations, frcn
infancy to age, when all else fails.
Cuneur. aosp, ois,nsu. asd Pms ass 40 nIoussor
hs sefd fofi@f pru1 chsD- corp, rot PT9pt- bot>A
az sss1 fvE ns1te csfp kSSenA
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-22
Mr.. HECE'S CURE
OF ECZEMA
Grateful Letter from the WeII.Known
Passenger Agent Of The g, & 0.
R. r., Washington, DC,
CUTlcURA SUCCEEDS
AFTER DOCTORS FAIL

Mr. S. B. Hege, passenger agent Of
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, Wash
ington, d. c., one OF the best-known
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-22

Bs0:::;;:' g.: =: !; !: 81: !: !:
- - TO the CuticuTs
Remedies, am now rid Of that fear
full pest, weeping eczema, for the first
time In three years. 1t first appeared
on the back OF my hand in the form
of little pimple, growing into several
blotches, and then on my ears and
ankles. They were exceedingly pain
full because OF the itching and burning
sensation, and always raw. After the
FIRST days treatment with Cuticurs
Soap, Ointment, and Pills, there WAS
very little Of the burning and itching,
and nc cure now seems TO be COM
plete. ! shall be glad TO aid In reliev-
ing others suffering 40 was, sud you
may use my letter as you wish.
(signed) s. B. Hege, Washington,
DC. June g, 'oa."
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-02-22

This naval order has been lssurd
PaymAStrr y. y Sackett. when discharged iron
Ancon Hospital. Panama. 10 home
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I. -.,--.A .-o1
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-02-04

Larrels. Nc: wood barrels, none; eocene
oil. cases. 2sc: elaine oil. cases. 2sc;
extra star. cases. 26c; headlight oil,
i76 degrees. casea, 24hc: iron barrels,
isc. (washington state test burning
oils. except headlight. nc per gallon
higher.)
Benxine--tsixty-three degrees, cases,
22c: iron barrels i6he.
Linseed oii--Pure raw. In barrels.
Sac: genuine kettle boiled In barrels,
SIC: pure raw oil. In cases. SIC: genu-
inc kettle-boiled In cases, SOC: lots of
$50 gallons. ic less per gallon.
Turpentine--In cases. sBc per gall
lon.
0asoline--stove gasoline. cases.
2thc: iron barrels. isc; SO degrees
gasoline. cases, SEC; iron barrels or
drums. zee.
Lead--etrictiy pure white lead and
red lead In ton lots. 7Kc: 60o-pound
lots, Sc: less than 500 pounds. SIC.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-02-04
Groceries, Provisions, Ese.

sugar--Goiden c. 1856. powdered
ts.25: patent cube. ss.s5; cane. D. O.,
ssib: fruit sugar. te.i5; beet sugar
1896: extra cwt. 1oc: kegs. cwt., csc;
boxes. cwt.. soc Oess Nc per pound. II
paid for In is days..
salt--Baies OF 7s-7s. bale $3.50; bales
OF so-ss. hais 1850: bales Of 4o-ts. bale
also: bales OF 1s-ios, bale s1.50: bags
sos. fins. ton. $3.50; bags 80 lbs. genu-
Inc Liverpool. ton. si7: bags 80 lbs, u
ground. zoos. tons. ls.26: r. 9. v. p.
40 6-ib. cartons. ~ ss: II. o, v. r., q
s-lb cartons. SITS: Liverpool lump
ton. tis.
ceffes--Mocha. as02so: Java. fancy
as0ssc: Java. good. aoOatc; Java. or
dinary. i7g2oc; Costa Rica, fancy. Ia
q 2oc: Costa Rica. good. 1s91sc: Ar
buckles. sis.2s per 100 pounds; Lion.
sisas.
Nuts-~walnuts. No. 1. soft shell.
i3Kc: No. I, hasa shell. lSkc: Chile.
lac; almonds. i7Gisc: filberts. 140i5c;
Brazils, Ice: pecans. iah@1Sc; hick-
cry, &c: Virginia peanuts. s@sMc:
Jumbo Virginia peanuts. DC; Japanese
peanuts. 6M16c: chestnuts. Italian,
iic: chestnuta. eastern. drum. $3.50:
cocoanuts. dozen. 90c.
Rice--Imperiai Japan, No. ]. sB27h +:
No. 2. S%26: Carolina heal &c. brok an
head. &c.
Provislons-Hams. to size, I2&c;
hams picnic. DC; bacon. regulars. lie:
bacon, breakfast, liglSe; dry salt
Sides, lOe; backs, dry salt. 9kc; lard
kettle rendered. tlereed, 9%e.
Figs--Whlte, pound. 51aib6c black,
e07c.
Dates--Golden e0-lb. boxes, e07c:
lib packages. Sc; Tard, 1b-lb boxes
s1.40 box.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-02-04
Northern Salmon Take the Place
Of the Royal Chinooks.
Shipments Of Fruits Are Demanding
Good Prices on Account OF the
Shortage Of Apples--Poulsry
Market Quiet and overdone.

Portland, Feb. s.-~AiaAkan salmon
have appeared In the Portland markets
and are being retailed for the same
price usually demanded for the Chi.
nooka. only a few chlnooka have
reached this city from the mouth OF
the river thus far this season. and
most OF these have been privately sold
ana did not reach the general run OF
consumers,
on account OF the scarcity and high
price OF A oregon apples, the ship.
ments of bananas and oranges which
ar arriving almost. daily from the
south are demanding good prices.
The poultry market 10 quiet. The
overstock OF last week was relieved by
Chinese New Years. the Chinese TAX
Ing the supply Fancy chickens brins
good prices. but the inferior grades
are very slow. .....
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-02-04

Butter-Fancy creamery, ATM 9 soc;
dairy. lS@ishc: cooking, lO9ilc.
y Cheese-Young American. i6c; Ore
gon full cream. l4h@i5c.
Eggs-oregon ranch, s7Q2sc,
Pouitry-Mixed chickens. per pound
iOMc; spring. pound. l1@12hc; hens
l1Ol2hc; geese. S0shc; turkeys. live
i6Ql7c: turkeys, dressed, zoe; ducks
old dozen, 81; spring ducks, SeQ7.
se0T
Honey--Dark, l0h@tlo; amber. ia0
1sc; fancy white. l6c.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-02-04
LOCAL PRODUCE.

PrIess Furnished by Ross, Higgins 9
Company
The following are the retail prices
on local produces yesterday:
Eggs. per dozen. s5c: butter. best,
per roll. Toe: chickens. dressed. pei
pound, 1sc; maiiard ducks. pair. 81;
apples. box. 76c0sf.2s; oranges. box
s2.5o03: potatoes. sack. $3.50: turnips,
sack, s0c; carrots. sack. 81.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-02-04

Tropical Fruits--Lemons, fancy, sS.2f
ais, choice, 32.75Qs.Oo; oranges, si.75
02OO; oananas. Sc per pound; pine
apples, 3s.bo04 per dozen.
Potatoes, Oregon, 100 pounds. si0O
Clio; tomatoes, California, per crate,
$500; turnips. per sack. 6OQ7Oc; cab
bages, per pound. IN @1Kc; carrots, per
bags per pound, 1AW1hc;
carrots, per sack. 60Q7bc;
onions, 100 pounds, $2.4O02.5O; sweet
potatoes, s1.5O@1.76 per 100 pounds;
caulifower. per dozen, 75c0s1; celery
per dozen, b5@e5c.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-02-04
oils and Lead.

Coal oil-Pearl or astral oil, cases
2lc per gallon; water white oil. iroi
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-02-04

wheat--walla Walla, SEC; Valley,
ssc blusstem. $50.
oats--white. s2702s: gray. s27.
Bariey--Brewing. s2s; feed. sas.se.
Hay-Timothy. si4Wi6: clover. I'll
0ie cheat. sii0i2: alfalfa, sii.
Milistuffs-B Barley. rolled. s2s.sO;
mlddlings. t2tO2B: chop. slt@is: bran
s2o02i; shorts. 32S@25.
Fiour--Hard wheat. straight. N.160
$50: hard wheat patents. s4.7s@ 4.ao;
Valley. stsO0a75; graham, 81; rye.
IS; whole wheat flour. $500.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-02-04
orsstIy In Demand.

Nothing Is more In demand than q
medicine which meets modern require
ments for blood and system cleanser.
such az DIR. Kings New Life Pills. They
are just what you need TO cure stomach
and liver troubles. Try them. A,
Chas. Rigers' drug store. 25c, guaran-
teed.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-02-04
Hops, Wool, Hides. Ete.

Hops-27ib2Sc.
wool-vailey, 2O@21c: Eastern Ore,
Igon, l40isc.
Tailow--PFims, per pound. 3h04ci
No. 2and grease. 2h03c.
Hides-Flint dry COW and steer, Il
@l5c; flint dry salt, 14@15c; salted
7h@shc; green and grubby. 5Q7c;
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-02-04
Kansas city-sl Louis

Kansas city-st Louis
Special ...........1.ls q N s:H , N
North Coast Limited t:te N 7:ee q -
Tacoma and Seattle Night
Express ;. .."....u:6 3 M s.ek D n
Taks Puget Sound Limited OF North
Coast Limited for Grays Harbsg psinss
Take Puget Sound Limited for Olyrn.
ola direct
Take Puget Sound Limitsd or Kaa-
sas Cify-sI LOUIS Special for points
on South Bend branch.
Double daily train services o. 0ray's
Harbor branch.
Four trains daily betwsen Portland.
Tacoma and Seattle
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-02-04
Wild Game.

wild geese. $3.50: mallard ducks,
$3.50: widgeon ducks, si.7b: teal ducks.
tl.Se.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-02-04

Fresh Meats--vsal, sM@sc; pork,
Bh@sMoi beef. s06c; mutton, 40sc,
Fish-crsba. per dozen, sl.aS; shoal-
water Bay oysters, per sack, 81; oys-
ters. gallon. s2.25; halibut 20; black
cod, 10; salmon, steelheads, SIC; sil-
versldes. eMc; herring, Sc; founders,
Sc; catfish, 7ci Holsters, per pound,
12hc; silver. smelt. Sc; shrimp, 1Os;
,serch. SC; sturgeon, 7c; Columbia
river smelt, 80; bass, 12hc.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-02-04
Livestock.

cattie--ss.OOa425: hogs. s45O95.5oi
sheep, s4.2504.5O.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-02-04

sheep pelts as to wool, 10000; An
CORA. with wool on, 25c@fo0.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-10-18

continent and furnish pie to every
| States.
The story of the actual performance
of the pie machine is truly wonderful
In fact two machines are necessary.
In the first the crust is produced.
Instead of pie pans, molds like waffle
irons are used to form the crust. as
the molds pass along on an endless
chain, they move a lever at one end
which permits the pie dough to enter
the pans, shaped something like waffle
irons, and they then pass between two
sets of burners which take the place of
the oven. OF course before the dough
is released the irons are heated to the
proper temperature. The dough is con-
tanned in a huge tank above the ma
chine, feed pipe running down, and
by means of a piston just enough
dough is forced down to fill one of the
molds as it passes under the pipe.
The strokes of the piston are so regu-
lated as to be timed with the arrival
of each pan under the pipe. As soon as
the crust is baked they are removed
by an attendant who stands at one end
of the machine. These crusts are then
arranged on a large pan which is taken
up by another attendant who places
the crusts in the second machine.
Filling by the Ton.
This is also of the endless chain type,
with two vast watts at one end, one of
which contains the lemon filling and
the other the meringue. By carefully
regulated ratchets the filling and the
meringue are fed alternately. The
pies then pass on to an overhead
burner which gives the top of the
meringue rich brown. The pie, thus
is passed out from under
the baker and is ready for disposal by
the American pie eater.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-10-18

to everybody even following the
f1ercest political campaigns. The
statement made by the inventor from
the Smoky City certainly is a marvel
when it is figured just what the ma
chimes capacity for pie-making is.
Suppose we have the machine running
ten hours day, six days in the week,
allowing for holidays and breakdowns,
making the lemon meringue pies, for
which the machine is specially adapted,
we have, with say 300 working days
year, the sum total of 100000 pies a
year. Ii these pies are like mother used
to make, then of course they are each
about nine inches in diameter and an
inch and a quarter thick. Mother al
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-10-18
Stick to a Good Job.

A weary little public school teacher
worried into a state of hysteria by q
long year with a class of unruly sium
children, threw up her position, and.
misled by the success Of friend, I'M
dertook to become stenographer. She
had just the qualities that make a good
teacher, but none of the alertness, en-
durance and steady nerve that are in
dispensable in the shorthand writer.
She remembered that her friend had
spent only three months on course of
lessons, but forgot that at the end of
the three months had come a position
at So per week with eight hours of un-
interrupted typewriting each day, after
which, in order to make Roadway to-
ward better salary, every evening from
half past seven to eleven was spent in
speed practice. The little teacher put
in hot summer in a private business
school and later, through the kindness
of friends, obtained a position in a
section of the country most unhealthy
The choice of the right work deter
mines at the start the measure of
success.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-10-18
SENATOR MARTINS CASE.
denomination of Virginia Statesman
Cost a Small Fortune.

Senator Martin of Virginia is out of
pocket $11, 500 in expenditures to Sc
cure a denomination to the United
States Senate. This is more than one
third of the salary he would receive
during the whole six years of his new
term. The expenditure, it seems, was
necessary. The Senator had popular
opponent who set hot pace and kept
it up to the end. There was nothing
for Mr.. Martin to do but to canvass
the State from end to end and this.
with other necessary expenses, ran the
total high. This fight of Senator Mar
tin for denomination and the neces-
sary large expenditure, which is looked
upon as entirely legitimate and free
from any corruption, has aroused con-
siderable comment among politicians
and prominent men at Washington, as
being an exceptional clear cut ex-
ample of present political methods and
necessities.
Martins troubles are now practi-
cally over,'' said prominent Southern
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-10-18
ing upon the return of M. witte to his
Would have Presidential Bee.


''The men who make European and
As1atic history to-day can never hope
to approach their royal masters, who
are In many cases mere puppets, ex-
cept in manner indicating the utmost
humility. The American who would
perform such service as that of M.
Witte would return home with a
straight backbone and with the presi-
Dental bee buzzing under the crown
of his hat. He would accept as his
right every bit of credit pertaining to
his successful work, and no one would
expect him to perform any act of hui
initiation in the presence of the Pres
ident or any one else"
The fact is, M. Witte began his act
of humility while in this country. He
referred to the Gar at all times as his
august master and while crossing the
ocean, when accorded deserved
honor for his diplomacy, was quick to
disavow being worthy of the least
credit for his labors, stating in effect
that he was a miserable creature who
breathed because of the goodness of his
august master" and that anything he
had done in connection with the peace
regulations was merely in obedience