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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-28
Mr., STEVENSON
IN A ROMANCE
How the Congressman Reconciled
Eloping Couple and Brides
Angry Parents.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Crookston, Mimi, Aug. 2s.-As a Sc
quel to a happy romance in which Miss
Kitty Torkelson of Neilsville, a niece
of Congressman Stevenson Of this city,
and George Anderson, highly re-
were principals last winter, they yes
terday returned to the young woman s
parental home to receive the forgive
ness of parents and be welcomed back
into the family fold
Congressman STEVENSON, while at
Seattle on his way to the Portland fair,
accidentally encountered the young peo-
pie, who eloped from their homes last
December and were married in Seattle,
and thru his efforts reconciliation was
effected.
Miss Torkelson, before her marriage,
lived on the big farm with her parents,
rival of handsome George Anderson
she was all obedience to her father and
mother. George came to work on the
big farm and the result was a short
but ardent courtship, despite the dis
approval of Kitty's parents. George
was forbidden the privilege of even
seeing his sweetheart, and in despair
the young folks planned their elope
ment. -.. :,
When Kitty's parents awoke on the
%0rp6Rg Of Sd Dor With h er fG~ee
and naught but a letter to explain
Search was instituted, but for, months
nothing was heard of the couple. Fin
ally, thru the postmaster at Seattle
VMr. and Mrs. George Anderson
were located and quite by acciden'
Congressman Stevenson on his trlI
west found them. Il
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-28
.SC0TTY'S SECRET
ELDORADO FOUND
Stampede to a Spot a Hundred
Miles Southeast of Lady
Mountain.
Chasm Surrounded by Towering
Walls Death Valleys Great
Secret.

New York Sun Special Service
Goldfeld, New, Aug. 2S.-Death Val
ley has given up its secret-maybe.
A hundred miles southeast of Lady
Mountain. in the Bullfrog mining dis
trict, is said to be the hiding place of
Walter Scott, who recently broke the
railroad record from Los Angeles, CAL,
to Chicago.
Last night there was stampede to
get to the Bullfrog district. =
A hundred expeditions are fitting out
and before Scotuy can reach the spot
from San Francisco, it is predicted the
mine will be discovered and all the sur.
rounding country staked out.
w. T. Miles has arrived in Bullfrog
from sixty-fve miles southeast of Fur
mace Creek ranch, where he says he
found chasm surrounded on three
sides by towering walls. This, he said
was Scotty's hiding place.
It was strewn with broken cham
payne bottles, boxes Of, canned goods
and cooking utensils, and bore evidence
of having been visited recently. A
satchel full Of clothing and papers iden
tifying the owner as Scott was also
found.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-28
SEES NO CHANGE
FOR RECIPROCITY
DR.. Cameron Declares that Can.
ada Doesn' t Want Our
Trade Treaties.
SnAcial To The journal.

Special to The Journal.
Des Moines, Aug. 28.-Dr. Esca A.
Cameron, secretary of the institute
geological museum at Toronto, Can, in
a caustic interview given out here, says
that reciprocity with Canada is a dream
and the United states should waste nc
time thinking about it.
"When you were ignoring US few
years ago we would have been glaC
to have signed reciprocal trade treaties
with you. Now we don t need you anc
"There was time when I was firm
for annexation,' said DR.. Cameron
Now m opposed to it. We, have 9
freer and better country than the Uni
ted States. We have better laws and
we enforce them BETTER .- u.s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-28

WITHHOLD TOOK"
IN MINNEAPOLIS
About 500 Girls Married and De-
serted by Bunch of Scoun-
drels.
He Was at the Head of a Marriage
Syndicate to Rob
Women. ..
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
New York, Aug. ga former wife
of DR.. George A. WITHHOLD, the arch
bigamist, identified his picture as be-
ing that of man who, under many
names had married at least twenty girls
from the East Side, and who was one
of many men who for years had been
berry.
IA Marriage Syndicate.
There were in the number of men who
made u2 the marriage syndicate of which
Withhold seemed to be the head, at least
twenty-seven members. They have mar
rled during the last few years at least
500 girls, and that in every case the
wives were deserted at the earliest pos
sible moment after their money and
jewels had been taken.
Witzhoff's Minneapolis Picture.
The woman who identified a picture of
DR.. Witzhoff as the man who married
her and then deserted her after taking
| about $500 is Sophie, Voucher, who
when Lawyer Franklin showed her a
picture taken in Minneapolis Of Witt.
hoff, said that it was without doubt the
photograph of. her missing husband.
Miss Youcker said she knew that after
he assumed at different times the names
of Abraham Kreiger, Horowitz, Gluck
err, Schwartz, Cohen, Calm, Goldsteir
and Stein, and that under one or tbs
other of these names he married diff
ferent girls, only to rob and desert them
These marriages were all arranged
thru schatchen or marriage broker
The broker participated in the plumber
and was one of the gang. The plumber
reached at least $4,000.
A man known as Harry Kaufman
assisted Withhold in his schemes, SHE
said, and the two had been making 6
wholesale business Of marriage, robbery
and desertion, for years.
Dr. Withhold was further identified al
Frederick A. Schote, native Of Neuf
chatel, Switzerland.
Two Duluth Women Victims.
Marie Obermayer, now living at No
! 1913 Washington avenue, Duluth, say!
she is sure she was married few year:
q, ago to Withhold, who, she. says, de
serted her six days after the wedding il
Milwaukee. He then assumed the nam'
of DR.. Charles Westhoff, she asserts, AM
posed as dentist Of wealth and wa
about to open an office in Milwaukee
Miss Obermayer says she gave her hus
band $3.50, after which he disappeared
A few days later he came to Dulut]
and married Miss Johanna Piser, it i
alleged.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-28
EIGHT HUSBANDS
IS 'BABY'S' RECORD
Husband No. 3, Good at Mathe-
MATES, Made a List and
Called on the Courts.
New York Sun Special Service.

Philadelphia, Aug. 28.-Mrs. Neither
colt, Mrs. Quinn, Mrs: Smith, Mrs. Cox,
Mrs. Mitchell, Mrs. Pierson, Mrs. Ma
loney and Mrs. Helper awoke in
Moyamensing prison this morning and
found herself alone. Not. one Of her
eight husbands, who are all alive, had
come forward to offer the $500 bail
which holds her on charges Of bigamy
and perjury.
is good at mathematics, has prepared
a table, proving that Mrs. Helper took
eight husbands in seven years:
Names. Where married. Year.
George Neithercott,, Elkton, Md. .......... 1895
H Himer s@it ap philadepRa i isSs
waiter Mitchell, Philadelphia 1901
59 9snk M RissseR New New 1897 1897
Walter Hepler, Philadelphia. .............. 100;
It was Smith who informed Helper
that only one.eighth of Mrs. Helper s
affections really belonged to each of
them. These two caused her arrest
and they appeared against her before
Magistrate Harris in West Philadel
threw her arms around Helper as he
entered the courtroom. Tears dropped
from her big, baby-like brown eyes, he1
hair, becomingly disheveled, tickled
Helper s nose as she kissed him.
"Let me talk to him alone for thirty
seconds,' she pleaded.
"Prisoner to the barr answered
Magistrate Harris, a Spartan judge.
Smith testified that he married this
captivating woman in July, 1900. He
lived with her nine months, and ther
discovered, that George Neithercott, 8
hat finisher, was her husband.
Smith swore he left her then, but
that he, at least, had never been di
| vorced from her.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-28
GWINNER KICKS
ON NOR. PACIFIC
Discriminating Freight Rates AL.
legged on Wheat to Su-
IT,.
" perior.

Washington, Aug. 28.-Complaint
was today fled with the interstate
commerce commission by H. Q. Barlow
of Gwinner, N. D., against the North
ern Pacific railroad charging that the
ner in favor of Leeds and Lisbon,
N. D., in the matter Of rates on wheat
and potatoes destined for Superior,
Wis.
It is charged the hauls from Leeds
and Lisbon are longer than the haul
from Gwinner, and that the discrim-
nations are due solely to the fact that
the shipments are less from the latter
point.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-28
ELDER STA 7ESDlEN OF JAPAN MAKING
>% SUBSTANTIAL CONCESSIONS TO RUSSIA
REBELLION STARTED
AGAINST Mr.. SHEA
Team Owners Review Calls Him
an "Unscrupulous Agi-
tator.'
New York Sun Special Service.


Pittsburg, Aug. 2S.-The Teamown-
ers Review, the official organ of the
Teamowners Association Of America,
will contain the following editorial in
it's issue of Sept /:
"The International Brotherhood of
Team Drivers, at their last convention
in Philadelphia, reelected Cornelius P.
Shea to the important position of presi-
dent of the organization. Mr.. Shea IS
reelection has been mistake and a
misfortune. -...l.s
"The incumbent should be a man of
broad mind. He should be possessed
Of business attachments and executive
ability. Since his inception into office
and even before that, Mr.. Shea's rec.
ord shows that he is too fond Of WELD.
ing the strike weapon to gain his
ends. .-
cit is unfortunate for the success of
the team drivers brotherhood that its
government and administration are il
the grasp Of unscrupulous agitators. ,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-28
PATIENT IS CRAzED
BY BRYAN'S TALK

Logansport, Ind, Aug. 2S.-J. T..
Short, patient at the northern In
diana hospital for the insane, was taken
to hear the Chautauqua address made
by William J. Bryan. In the midst of
the address Short leaped from his seat,
screaming wildly, rushed thru the
plunged into the Wabash river, swan
across and sprinted three miles before
he was overtaken.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-28
RUM0RS OF GERMAN
TARIFF WAR APPEAR
New York Sun Special Service.

Indianapolis, Aug. 2s.-Am&ican
manufacturers will lose the German
market unless a wise policy prevails in
tariff matters, is the opinion of Peter
Lieber, now for sixteen years consul
at Dusseldorf. He says:
"German manufacturing interests
have stood the. unjust competition as
long as they will, and as the only
means Of retaliation lies in the same
method Of high tariff schedules, the
next Reichstag that meets at Berlin
will place tariff wall about Germany
so high that American products will
be almost wholly excluded from the
kingdom.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-28
KING ALFONSO WILL
VISIT MORE CAPITALS
New York Sun Special Service.

Madrid, Aug. 2s.-It is officially an
nounced that in September King Aifon-
pean courts. He will first visit Berlin,
to assist in the Hamburg maneuvers,
and from there he will 90 to Vienna.
It has not been decided as yet whether
the young king $ itinerary will include
visit to Italy, but it is highly prob
able it will, altho arrangements are
now being made for his meeting King
Victor Emmanuel in another city than
Rome, in order to avoid giving ofense
to the Vatican.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-28
|LAWSON'S RAID
/ ON COPPER MARKET
He Wants Public to Subscribe
100000 to His $780,
100000 Pool.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Boston. Aug. 2S.-Thomas W. Lawson
is planning great blow at Wall street
and the "system' by means Of a bear
raid on the leading copper stocks, which
have now reached a high level.
He has inserted an advertisement in
the leading papers turnout the country
asking the public to subscribe $4,000
600 to $10,000,000 pool, thru which he
will conduct the operations.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-28
DRAWING TO A HEAD
Union Printers Make Demands on the
TypOthetae.

Chicago, Aug. 2S.-Having planned
to raise enough funds to carry small
army Of men on strike indefinitely
officers of the typographical union
here, today, demanded signed agree
ments from members Of the Typothetae
guaranteeing the eight hour day, I'M
der threat of instant strike.
By aiming to have a general strike
of job printers in all the big cities
near Chicago, from Ohio to Missouri
and Minnesota, local unionists plan to
halt the importation of on-union COM
positors from Minneapolis, st. Paul
and other cities where the Chicago ty-
pothetae has been advertising for men
to work under 'open shop" rules.
With these cities themselves in the
throes of strike, members of Typo
graphical union No. .l6, believe there
would be no surplus printers to be sent
here.
In addition to the six shops here
which posted open shop notices Satur-
day, and came under the ban of the
union, twenty-seven other members Of
the Chicago Typothetae are threat
ened.
! The union expects that about ten of
the remaining firms will declare for
war.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-28
PHILIPPINE RAILROAD CONTRACTS

Washington, Aug. 28.-The war depart
ment has received a cablegram from Sec
rotary Taft, stating that it has been de-
cided to postpone the date of the opening
of the proposals for bids for concessionary
contracts or grants with and by the Phil
ippfne government in aid of the construc-
ton of RAILROADS in athe Philippine islands
from Nov. i until Dec. 1905.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-28
SERVE NOTICE ON PORTE,

Constantinople, Aug. %. A collective
note from the six embassies giving notice
of the appointment OF commissioners to
control the finances of Macedonia was pre-
scented to the porte today.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-28
WOMAN OF 100 YEARS
ACTIVE in BUSINESS
Special to The Journal.

Des Moines, Iowa, Aug. 2s.-At the
ago of 100 years Margaret Scanlon Of
this city is looking after her own bust
ness affairs. Today she walked mile
from her home to the office of a Justice
Of the peace to file information against
tenant who has occupied her proper
ty for several months without paying
rent. She declares she will give her
personal attention to her business I'M
til she dies.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-28
EXPERT HUNTING FOR
AMERICAN DIAMONDS
New York Sun Special Service.

NeW 1UrK GUN SPec1dI 1o1Vfoo'
New York, Aug. 28.-David Draper,
F. G.. s., of Jehannesb burg, South Afrl-
diamonds. Failing there, he will trans.
fer his Investigations to North Caro-
lima. Draper is the discoverer Of the
Pretoria diamond mines. ~,
"My presence in this country, :" said
Mr.. Draper, >"is proof positive of my
belief in rich deposits of diamonds
here. Every indication points that
way.' ...- s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-28

IOWA FALLS IoWA.-The semi centennial
Of the founding of Iowa Falls is to be cele-
brated I'm an elaborate manner this fall. The
ldates will be announced as soon as contracts
are closed for some Of the features.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-28
BY w. B. CHAMBERLAIN,
Managing Editor of The journal.

Managing Editor OF The Journal.
Christiania, Norway, July 31.-The
ferment Of unrest has attacked the
industrial classes in Norway, just as
way. Trades unionism has spread
everywhere and there have been many
strikes for the betterment of condi-
tions. Many of these have succeeded
organization. Here, however, the in.
dustrials have not turned to politics
so ayidly as in the sister kingdom
The reason, of course, is that already
nearly universal suffrage obtains here,
while in Sweden the masses are still
denied the franchise. The Swedish So
cialists are much stronger proportion
ately than their Norwegian colleagues
government. In tSe Swedish riksdag
you will remember, lthere are but four
Socialist members Isingularly enough
there aressalso 8foyfs in the Norwegian
storthing. One OF them, their leader
is minister of the established church
and the other three are fishermen from
the west coast! ; And thereby hangs
a tale. Is; =
Whales as Fishermen's Friends.
The fishing interest is one of the
most important in Norway. A much
smaller industry is that of whale hunt
ing. Now the, fishermen have quaint
theory that the whales are the police
men of the ocean, who make the mack
erel and herring and other school fish
"move on.' The whales are believed
to chase the schools up into shallow
| water where their human enemies car
take them in nets. There have beer
several poor. seasons in the Norway
fisheries, and the fishermen implicitly
believe this is caused by the fact thai
so many W ales have been killed off
Whether this is true or not is matter
of dispute, most of the scientists scot
fng at the notion. Nevertheless, thu
Continued on I'd Page, 5th Column.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-28

The President Is Doubtful.
San Francisco, Aug. 28.-st President
Roosevelt told me that he did not be-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-28

Continued on I'd Page. Sd Column.
The daily sentinel., 1905-07-20

Best candy at the C. V. store. 15c
pound.
New watch fobs at stong's, jewel
er and optician.
Twenty pounds new spuds. 25c.
Heron & Cassels.
"Soclean," 25c. soc and 81 pack
ages, at the G. V. store.
"Soclean"-havey you tried it? For
sale at the G. V. store.
Special low prices on watches at
Stong's, jeweler and optician.
Go to Smailes', 427 Main, for fine
candies and fruit. Low prices.
New grocery; new goods; low
prices. T. c. Smailes, 427 Main st.
Saturdays special - belts. 19c;
collar, 19c. AT the G. V. store.
The best tea and coffee in the city
at T. c. Smailes', 427 Main street.
You can get twenty pounds of new
spuds at Heron & Cassells for 25c.
'Soclean" used once means to use
it always. Sample can to be had at
the G. V. store.
Get your application in NOW for
a telephone and your name will be
in the new directory.
Don NJ. Clark has taken the agency
for the Aetna Accident Company,
with headquarters at the Mutual Life
office.
A. Bergeron has returned to the
city and is again receiving orders for
piano tuning at Banisters furniture
store.
When you want a pleasant laxa-
tive that is easy to take and certain
to act, use Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets. For sale by all
druggists.
The laxative effect of Chamber
lains Stomach and Liver Tablets is
so agreeable and so natural that you
do not realize it is the effect of
When you need the services of a
first class barber, go to the Flagg
shop in the Postofiice block. Cour-
teous an dcompetent BARRIERS and
customers are always satisfied.
Just arrived everything in the
koday line. Film packs and adapt
ers-the most complete line ever han
died in the city The Primrose Jew
elry & Music Company.
The daily sentinel., 1905-07-20
Good for Stomach Trouble and Con
stinatiOm.

Chamberlain Stomach and Liv-
er Tablets have done me a great deal
of good" says C. Towns of Rat Por-
tage, Ontario, Canada. Being a
mild physic, the after effects are not
unpleasant. and l can recommend
them to all who suffer from stomach
disorder" For sale by all druggists.
The daily sentinel., 1905-07-20
Gentry Bros.. Great show

Again will the children be tickled
Gentry Brothers famous shows will
exhibit here soon and the children
are busy getting their pennies togeth-
er for the event. Gentry Brothers
have exhibited here before and each
performance is better than the one
that preceded it. The show this year
promises to be par excellent. many
new features having been added since
we last saw it.
The daily sentinel., 1905-07-20
RuN Ii NnM

Now is the time to buy Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. 1t is certain to be needed
sooner or later. and when that time
comes you will need it badly-you
will need it quickly. Buy it now. 1t
may save life. For sale by all drug
gists.
The daily sentinel., 1905-07-20
WATER CONSUMERS

Water rent for the second quar-
ter is now due. Please call and set
tie and save penalty.
B. w. NEDDIsR,
superintendent.
The daily sentinel., 1905-07-20
CHOLERA INFANTUNI.
Child Not Expected to Live From
One Hour to Another, but Cured
by Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy.

Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy.
Ruth, the little daughter of E. n.
Dewey of Agnewville, Va, was SER
iously i'll of cholera infantum last
summer. I'VE gave her up and did
not expect her to live from one hour
to another" he says. Il happened
to think of Chamberlain Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and
got bottle of It from the store. In
five hours l saw change for the
better. We kept on giving it, and
before she had taken the half of one
small bottle she was we'll" This
remedy is for sale by all druggists.
The daily sentinel., 1905-07-20
Offices Tor Rent.

We have two good offices in the
Canon block for rent, which will be
ready for occupancy about July 20.
STRIKER & ADAMS,
BY Orson Adams, Jr.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-28
AT The PARSONAGE.
Coffee Runs Riot No LONGER.

wife and had serious time OF IT
while we were coffee drinkers.
she had gastritIs, headaches bclch.
Ing, and would have periods Of sickness,
while ] secured daily headache that
became chronic.
we naturally sought relief by drugs.
and without avail, for II Is now plain
enough that no drug will cure the dis
cases another drug coffee sets up partIc.
nlarly. 20 long as the drug which causes
the trouble is continual
Finally We thought We would try
leaving off coffee and using Postum
noticed thai my headaches disappeared
Ike magic, and my old "trembly" ner-
yousnes left. One day wife said: lido
you know my gastrlt!s has gomez
"One can hardly realize what Postum
has done for US.
Then We began to talk to others
Wife's father and mother were both cot
fee drinkers and sufferers Their head.
6ches LEFT entirely short time after the,
changed the old coffee for Postum.
began to enquire among my parishoner.
end found to my establishment that mum
bers OF them use Postum in place OF cof
Zee. Many OF the ministers who hay,
Visited our parsonage have become en-
thusiastic champions OF Postum" Nam,
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek, Nile!
There's a Reason,
Read the little book. 1.-THE Road L
Rsllyills" IN saeh Pig.
= . u
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-28
, "a, i; BABES" c COMPANY.
Attractive Musical Comedy at
Academy To-morroW-Biiou,

IIamiin and Mitchell's "Habes In Toy
land Is creating Just as great furore as
tho most remarkable musical comedy did
In New York atathe Majestic Theatre
where 1t had a rulliof $50 nights
a superb company, Numbering seventy
people, Is carried, and the production
is tho rnost beautiful seen In years.
"Eabes In ,royland" amuses and de-
lights every one who sees II. The tot
OF three Is held captive by the sight of
tho children lost and perplexed In the
heart OF toyland; the grow, person ls
charmed by the coruscatng humor and
satire Of Glen Nc ponough.S To tho loYer
OF music, Victor Herbert's work al Ways
appeals and In toyland Is enhancing,
No lesser authority than lIuneker de-
clared that ''royllnd March" was the
equal OF Gounod' .. March OF the Marion
ettes1 The scenic effects arc dazzling,
ns VOL as amazing. In the originality
ana efnctuilitys of their design, m If
The Babes are at the Academy t9TIAQEs
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-09-28
HAS BRIGHT PROSPECTS.
Richmond College Has Large
Number of Matriculates,

Richmond College has one hundred ana
encouragement matriculaFs ltlP 70 the
present date, and expects 70 enron Aoopt
two hundred and nifty alto8e.hsr, i,
prospccts are bright for tho foot-hall
team, there being seven OF tho old team
back-sncad, Mensch. Waite. Bowen,
crlsmond, Hardy and Wood, 81
A very efficient coach In tho person o.
Mr.. e. A. Dunlop. OF Bowdoin College
Maine, has been secured. The team has
started practice with th!rty-three men
on the field. and out OF 80 much TnaIe-
rial expects 10 launch forth fine tcal I,
on the grldlron this season. tho nT ~
game win DO played next TUESDAY W.T.
Washington and Lee Unlysr1ity, a ku'no
is scheduled. with Randolph Macon on
November nth, and the rsxt will 90 WV
william and Mary, on November llth'