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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-17
THREE BOYS MISSING
FROM HOMES HERE

Three Washington boys arc today
missing from their homes. They are:
Harry Elton Childs. aged fifteen, 125
Jackson street. Anacostia-
Lee Kerns. aged fifteen, los Second
street southwest.
Fred II. Wheeler, aged twenty, 501 z
street southwest
The Childs bog has been missing since
yesterday. and as he IS particularly fond
OF the theaters, II is believed that ne
may be somewhere about the local play
houses.
Lee Kerns has been missing since Sep
TENDER 8. and nothing IS known OF bis
whereabouts
Fred Wheeler left home yesterday,
and has not been heard OF since. Al
though the police have been notified, II
is believed he has left the city.
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Died.

MACDONNALL-on Monday. September 1e.
1907 At 30 D. m, at the residence Of his
son-in-law. l. @. Gardiner, 80 St NV.
PROF. JOHN MACDONALD
Funeral services at house at g. m
sharp, September Is. 1907. Interment pri-
Vste. Please omit flowers. II
BEACH-On Sunday, September Is, 1907. at
his residence. Little Falls Station, Conduit
road. LYLE T. BEACH. beloved husband
Of Grace E. Beach.
Past his suferiag past HIS pain;
Would we cali him Dack again7
Not for worlds at rest is he,
With God in Eternity.
BY HIS WIFE AND CHILDREN
Funeral service WI be held at his late
residence at $50 O'Clock r m. Wednesday.
Interment in Glenwood Cemetery. Il
LONG-On Monday, September Is, 1907, after
long illness. RUTH LONG.
Funeral from s22 Ingram street. tomorrow,
September IS at ? O'Clock. 1t
BOWLES-On Monday. September Is. 1907
MRS. INA SAMPSON BOwLES. aged
thirty-e 1T years
F-Euy--.s at late residence. 1915 New York
avenue northwest, Wednesday az s.sG y m
Friends and relatives are invited to attend
II
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-17
H. ROGERS SINKING
ASSERT RELATIVES
ON OATH IN COURT
Oil Magnate Near to
Deaths Door, Evidence
of His Son.
Physician Says Appear
ance Before Judge
Might Cause Death.

BOSTON. Sept 1I-Henry H. Rogers.
the virtual head of the Standard Oil
Company, was reported by his friends
today TO be dying
His face is distorted; his speech af-
fected; his left side is no longer nor
NAL. In three months he had signed
only three papers. and one OF them was
a power of attorney. He cannot trans
act any business, OF even discuss ordi-
nary affairs
This was the startling testimony
given BY mis- son. Henry H, Rogers, IT.,
and his brother-in-law, Urban H.
Broughton, under oath before Justice
Hammond, IN the Massachusetts, su-
spreme court.
To this MI. Broughten added:
Said He Is About Done.
He told me TO take care Of his en-
tire interests. and wher I asked the
reason for this. he said because I'm
about done
The witness appeared TO prove that
the oil magnate was neither physically
nor mentally able 10 appear in person
ITO defend the suit for SO. oOO.0O0 brought
against him BIZ c. NJ. Raymc0d, Of
Bonneville for alleged conversion of
royalties in connection with The petro-
deum production.
Mr. Rogers private physician, Dr.
EPrats. added even more startling testi-
smony.
T. THE attack ons0fn Rogers in July was
undoubtedly due 70 something wrong
with hts head he swore. ~He Is stin
sunering from that attack. It might be
sapoplexys OF 1t might be from other
causes.
Might Cause dis Death.
''The strain and exeitepent and close
mess bf the courtroom. If Mr.. Rogers
were compelled to testify. would be apt
TO result IN the death OF Mr.. Rogers,
iconstdering his present condition"
Ut would be cruel TO compel his at
Tendance in court. said Justice Ham
sInond. when he had heard the evidence
OF Mr. Rogers serious illness from the
dips OF his own family.
i Then be dismissed the appeal for an
Immediate trial.
Just how long Mr.. Rogers is likely to
Give his physicians will not saw. But
All or the testimony gives proof posi-
tive that he IS suffering from paralysis
of the entire left side OF the body: that
he speaks and thinks with great diff
Vzulty, because OF that paralysis It Is
said pat he never VIII resume, business
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-17
AVENUE TRIANGLE
FOR PLAYGROUND /?

Commissioner Mcfarland this morn
Ing suggested 70 the Board OF Commits
sioners that the triangular. piece of land
owned by the District of Columbia 'front.'
Ing on Pennsylvania and Louisiana ave-
nues. be turned over to the Washing
ton Fairgrounds Association, TO be
equipped by that association for a pub
JIG Fairgrounds until some other dis
position is made Of IT,
The step followed the official notifiea-
ton of DR.. Henry S. Curtis. supervisor
OF the Washington Fairgrounds Asso-
ciation that his association vas ready
70 equip the grounds for a public play
grounds.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-17
YOUTHFUL PIRATES 2"
START BIG BLAZE

Several youthful disciples of Captain
Kidd were sitting around a small bon
fire IN the woods at North Capitol and
Adams streets, about s O'Clock last
night, discussing Nick Carter and
other favorite literature, when the wind
saTried The sparks 10 nearby pile OF
brush.
The next instant the woods were burn
ing. and for time the three or four
acres Of trees in the neighborhood were
threatened with destruction. The FIRE
could be plainly seen for half a mile
BY the time the engines arrived the
boys had disappeared. The firemen
worked for half an hour before they
got the fire out. The police say they
VIII see that no more pirate" bands
make the woods their camping ground
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-17
GERMAN ARMY WELCOMES
AMERICAN AIRSHIP MAKER

BERLIN, Sept. 17.-Willam Wright. OF
Dayton, OliO, with his associate in ne
gOtiaung the sale Of the Wright Broth
crs' aerop.ane to Germany, has arrived
here He was vel received bv the
chiefs Of the military balloon division sf
the army.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-17
VITAL RECORDS


George 3. and Annie s. Brown, boy.
James ii. and Sarah T. Johnson. girl.
Edwin @ and Julia Eckel. girl
Francis S. and Harriet Machen. girl
Phlhp and Josephine Cosemano. boy.
CHARLES and Aabelle Just. boy.
boy.
Lucien s. and Alice E Read. girl.
Josephine and Nellie 9. Mathews. glrl.
Harry :. and Mary S. Wood. girl
ClaudiUs J. and Mary + Neis- cIrl.
George ;. and Olive ?. Whitmore,
boy.
Coye L. and Althea ". Himebaugh.
boy.
Claude T. and Emma I. Thompson.
10y.
Charles and Daisy A. Winterburn.
boy. -
John E. and Jessie Wilson. boy.
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Marriage Licenses.

James Murray and Arm O'Hanlon.
William r. johnson and Elite Allen.
Joseph Rogers and Mamie Culver.
William Carroll and Mary Branson.
William n. Armstrong ana Graz
Adams. both Of Great Falls, Va
George r. Allen, Of st Louis. No.
and Elizabeth Nj. Shorter, Of this CITY.
Hiram Murphy and Mabel Philips.
both OF Baltimore
Charles H. Wood and Mary L Mad
dOX
Francis NJ. Byrne and Sophia NJ.
FinCe.
Branson Hip5ins and Lizzie K. Davis.
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Rogers Cannot Obey
Summons Of Court

FAIR HAVEN, Mass, Sept. lit
was announced here today that H. II.
Rogers, Of the Standard Oil Company,
could not obey the summons served on
him to testify in New York in the spe-
cial proceedings brought there to dis
solve the Standard. The health of Mr.
rogers is given as the reason for his
failure to obey the subpoena
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-17
RUTH SILEEN.
IRMA DUNFORD.
Rubberneck Wagons In
fest StreetS-Amazed
Store Of Strangers.
They are all here.

Iney are all here
Some Of them came yesterday, and
even the day, before, while others drift
ed in today. but there IS no question
about their being here and for what
The town is tourist laden. 1t breathes
tourists. The spirit of travel just oozes
but Of the sidewalk and is waited up
into ones face until it is almost i'm
possible for a workingman TO go by n
sightseeing automobile. The thing
fairly leaps at him He never knew be-
fore just how much he wanted 10 see
the Washington Monument, and begins
to wish ali his country relatives would
come on 10 town and give him an ex-
cuse.
OF course, they are all on their way
to the Jamestown Exposition. or have
seen the beauties Of the fair and are on
their way back home" In the mean
time, Washington is the goat.
Hotels Are Flooded.
The downtown hotels are flooded. Two
hundred a day. the clerk counts on his
fingers. It is not q mOney-spending
crowd, but one that asks for a room.
'Bath?' asks the clerk.
NO. comes the reply ''TVe're only
goin' TO be here a couple of days"
over at the Ebbitt House. Philip S.
Bates. who is known from coast to
coast for his expert handling Of crowds
OF fair women across country. has a
bevy Of attractive girls from the far-off
State OF Washington. They are whoop-
ing things up in great shape while
nav" and paw from down East
stand aghast at the ''bolaness OF them
W eSteTn folks
There is no place within ten miles OF
Washington that the visitors are not
seeing. Within the city limits nothing
is sacred They peer right into peoples
faces as If they expect to see a new
Government building rising right out OF
ones eyes At least they have been
here long enough TO ind out that Wash
ington has the new Government build
ing habit and that may be some excuse
Their greed for history is alarming and
what isn't really here is supplied by
'sentlemanly attendants who are fully
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-17

equipped with a store Of facts concern
ing things that George Washington and
the Pilgrim Fathers may 0r may not
have ICne-
The other day a party went 10 Ar
hnSton and were being shown every
headstOne in the place from the impos-
Ing memorial u Gen. Phil Sheridan 10
TIE Spanish guns up on the hill
Two Monuments to Veterans.
Where is the monument 20 the sur
vivors Of the Spanish WARP asked an
old lady who got things just a little
mixed, but didn't care much so shs say
a monument Of some kind
'SiaGara" said the guide, there are
two one is in Pennsylvania avenue
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets. but is pretty well covered in
cobwebs- Tt is known as Shoemaker s.
The other is hard by Just ask for
Hdccock's. No, Lot the general THIS
is live one.
pointed out the Rough Rider monument.
Samantha inquired in an injured tone
why Eoosevelts image did not adoTn
ssThev,re waiting for him to get I'D
the hill" the guide said, and Samantha
had another guess.
Tourists Lunch Room.
one of the most popular lunch couu-
ters for the visitors in Washington
these days is the steps of the United
States Treasury. Secretary COrteiyou
doesn't mind. for he always goes out
the back way, anyhow, but somehow
the mystery of those little packages as
they are unfolded just far enough away
from ones eye to suggest all kinds Of
jam and canned chicken is just interest
ing enough to be annoying.
It makes one long to be a tourist 1t
wakes in ones breast an insane desire
to have just S1-6 to spend and three
towns 70 spend it IN. It makes one feel
that life is still worth living. when one
can SIT on the front door steps of Uncle
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1907-09-17

Sans penny bank. peep out OF the
corner Of ones eye at the PresideT s
home and swallow a chunk of stale
cheese ana hard bread al one and the
same time If there be a more eX-
Vibrating sensation, taen commend an
anxious public 10 IL and TO the two
monuments now standing as memorials
10 the survivors Of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-17
CIRCUS IN DAVENPORT MONDAY AND THE
SMALL BOY AND BIG ONE, TOO, is HAPPY

The anticipations of the small boy,
who, during the past four or five weeks.
has been looking forward to circus day
with mingled doubt and expectation.
are about to be realized Monday the
sights and wonders of the Barnum &
Bailey greatest show on earth will be
revealed. Monday the bands will play
(aS only circus bands can play, the
air will be filled with the strange cries
of the peanut merchant and the red
lemonade man, the giratfes Will twist
their rubbCry neclss watching the gap.
inS crowds. the elephants viii 20
through their multifarioUs stunts
with only an occasional trumpet note
of protest, the living skeleton will per
form the daily task of eating three
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-17

ally interesting this year from the fact
that four specimens of the exceedingly
rare giraffe are exhibited. There are
also newly acquired rhinoccros, 80
big and little elephants, a baby kan
CARGO, a baby zebu, and scores of other
animals well worth study. In the 70
illogical department is also presented
George Augur. the Welsh giant, Rosa
Vested. the Danish giantcss, and the
wonderful CULVER liliiputians. The per
Torrance in the main exhibition tent
begins with the new spectacle,
peace" a gorgeous bit of life and col
oring. The circus performance. which
enlists the supreme efforts Of 500
clever artists from all parts of the
world, follows. The Dip of Death III
which a daring young woman loops the
gap in an automobile; the Imperial
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-17

square meals and losing flesh; the 8
flying meteors will take a few more
trapeze impelled journeys through !
space; the champion bareback rider |
will tu1n a sOmerSault from one horse !
to another and land on his feet with |
out ruffling a hair; the acrooats and !
Contortionists will violate a few physi- |
cal laws and come up smiling; Miss
Isabelle Butler will ride 10 feet through
space in an automobile; and all will
deprecatingly bow themselves out OF
the big tent like persons who have per
formed great deeds of daring and are
too modest to acknowledge it; and,
finally, after the string of race horses
has set the nerves of the crowd ting
ling with the indictments of fiat races,
and Roman standing races, and monkey
and pony races, and races between two
and four-horse chariots, the concert
| the inevitable which takes
place, ladies and gentlemen, immedi-
ately after the big show will come as
a fitting climax to the wonders of the
exhibition.
In other words, Monday is circus day
| i'll Davenport.
The big show will arrive at an early
hour Sunday, coming from Clinton via
| the Milwaukee. The five trains used
to transport the paraphernalia of the
show will be unloaded in the railroad
yards. The tents will be erected on
the old show grounds on the Hanneman
property in Rockingham
There will be no parade-the show
| has become too big to make a process
sion either necessary or desirable, but
THE performance will be preceded be-
Tween 10: so and II in the morning and
$3.50 and in the evening by remark
abIee free show on the circus grounds.
Those who have seen this outside eX
lhibtion declare it is one of the sensa-
ltions of the year The regular perform
Iances begin at and 3 p. m. sharp. The
doors will be open an hour earlier
There will be much of interest to see
in the geological pavilion. The menag-
!!erie is notably complete, and is especi-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-17
MEET next WEEK
State Bodies of Colored Frater-
mites to Hold Annual Ses-
sion in This City
AT THE MASONIC HALL
Local Lodges Entertain United Broth
erhood of Friendship and Sisters
Of Mysterious Ten.

Next week Black Hawk lodge No. 43
of the United Brotherhood of Friend
ship and Nakomas temple No. 81 of the
Sisters of the Mysterious Ten will en-
terrain the 10Th annual session of the
state grand lodge and the ninth annual
session of the state grand temple of
these two colored fraternities. 1t is eX-
pected that between 200 and 800 dele
gates will be i'll attendance. The meet
| ing opens with session of the grand
council at Masonic hall, Seventeenth
street and Third avenue Monday after
noon. Tuesday the officers and dele
gates of the two bodies meet at ,
o'clock in the morning, and will be
called to order by w. c. BuCkncy of
Moline, deputy grand master. Mayor
| II. G.. Schaffer will give brief address
| of welcome. J. G. Steele of Mound
City, state grand master, will respond
on behalf of the grand lodge, and Sister
F. p. Monroe of Quincy, head of the
women's organization, will respond on
behalf of the grand temple.
| C. b. Walkup will welcome the Wis
4
and Sister Wright on behalf of Mako
mas temple. Response will be made by
w. A. Gaines, national grand master of
| Covington, Ky. \ reception for the
visitors will be given at the hall by
the local bodides Tuesday evening
The annual memorial services will he
held at the Second Baptist church We'd
nesday evening, Rev. ]. II. Fisher OF
Brookport, H., grand chaplain, preach
ing the sermon. Thursday evening n
trolley excursion will be given for the
visitors.
The grand lodge and grand temple
officers will be installed Friday even
ing at the Turner hall by w. A. Gaines
Committees in Charge.
The following committees are in
charge of the local arrangements:
Arrangements-W. C. Buckney, chair
man; II. C. Walllup, T. Harper b. f
Crushone, w. A Stewart, Mrs. /.
Slaughter, Mrs A. Buclney, Mrs. NJ
Holms, Mrs. L. Harden, and Mrs. A
Burris
Reception--C. B. Walkup, chairman
w. A. Searcy, L. Ripper, II. E Burris, J
Pallard. Mrs l.. Watts, Mrs. NJ. Cor
den, Mrs. C. Walker, Mrs. |. Price, ant
Mrs. NJ. Phenix
,, Entertainment-W. A. Stewart. chair
man; J. A. Mitchell. George Reffee
Mrs. NJ. Phenix, Mrs. A. Burris, Mrs
l.. Watts.
Refreshments-A Washington, chair
man: J. A. Mitchell, II. Harris r. Bier
, ley. r. Mitchell Mrs. c. Dade, Mrs. r
| Palmer, Mrs. o. Jones, Mrs. S. Frazier
| and Mrs. NJ. Pallard.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-17

had to stay right there in the House
and let the Mothers Club practise on
him.
Hes Wonder" said Arthur to his
Friends at the Club. IF he lives
through it he'll make a grand Foot
Ball Player some Day.
When Herbert was years of Age
the Scientific Mother had him read
ing Bliss Carman. Father tried to slip
him Mother Goose on the quiet, but
was headed off
Still, Arthur was not discouraged.
There is always one Hope for the
Boy who Is brought up according to
League Rules said the Father. "Wait
until he gets into the Public School,
and he will get wise to a Few Things
and probably fash few unexpected
Developments on Mother Dear"
Sure enough. when Teacher wrote Il
Note and said that Angel had SHE'D a
Brick at Teamster, and. Furthermore,
had licked the inoffensive Son of a
Poor Hold Carrier, the Experimental
Mother threw a BackTwister and
wondered why the Club System had
failed to work out.
MORAL: AS the Father is Bent the
Child is Inclined.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-17
GEORGE AIDE FABLES
The Escape of Arthur and the Salvation of
Herbert

Arthur strapped to the Operating Ia
BILE. He had been blistered in so many
different Places and handed so many
kinds of Dope that he became Leery, in
time, and always claimed to be feeling
Immense, even though he did not think
he would live through the Day.
She had some awful Things ribbed
up for him any time that he showed
up with q Bad Cold. She would give
him Vinegar Tea and a Lump of Sugar
soaked in Kerosene Then she would
Onion Poultices, and put him to Bed
with all the Covers over him and let
him lie there and Sozzle.
Sometimes she almost drove him to
Drink, but he did not dare to drink
very much for fear that she would give
him some Secret Cure in his Coffee and
thereby rob him of Thirst which he
priced very highly.
The Missus was a firm Believer in all
these How-To Film Flams that run in
the Monthly Magazines:
How to Beautify the Home without
spending Cent
How to live on 7S Cents a Week.
How to become a Lady Sandow by
exercising Minutes every Day.
How to lift a $1,000 Mortgage on a
Salary Of SO per Week.
Usually, when he came Home he
found her draping an old Mother Hub
bard over n Shoe-BoX SO as to make a
Hall Seat or else she had Hot Poker
and was burning a High-Art Design
on a Wooden Platter. Not one of the
Fads got past Experimental Lizzie.
She took Fall out of every One.
Sometimes when Arthur would come
down to Breakfast, ready to punish a
few Links of Farm Sausage, he would
find in front of him n Bowl full of
what looked a good deal like Asbestos
Packing.
SIS it to eat?" he asked, backing off.
THE surest thing you know" was
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-17

Vicnnese troupe; the Novello and
Grunatho families of acrobats; the
Manuel Herzog company of menage
riders; - great horsemen and horse
women who perform simultaneously in
one big number, four i'll each ring
these are some of the big hits of the
show. Owing to the great amount of
parapheInaiia to be handled, the Dip
of Death" the "Twirls of Terror" and
Howelsen's remarkable feats of ski
sailing, will be given in the early part
of the program at the night show. Re
served seats will be on sale show day,
without any advance in price. at
klenez's drug store Ill Second street.
Davenport, and at the show grounds,
Bismarck and River roads, at the open
Ing hours
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-17

So she said she would Compromise
by letting him have some Cereal Saus-
age. 1t looked just the same as Saus-
age, and you could not tell the diher'
ence until you started to Eat 1t.
What with the Health Underwear.
the Electric Belts, the Pillows stuneo
with Pine-Cones, etc, etc, Arthur was
constantly reminded of the Fact that
he was being used for experimental
Purposes.
He did-not enjoy real Let-Up until
little Herbert arrived. When Herbert
was 3 Days old Mamma began TO read
Books on the Child Mind. Within
Month she had little Herby propped up
in the Crib doing Kindergarten Stunts.
with two or three Old Maids off on the
Side Lines coaching to beat the Band.
Arthur would butt in occasionally
and try to protect his helpless On
spring, and then he would get hard
Call-Down. The Missus had a large
Scrap-Book full Of Helpful Hints to
Amateur Mothers.
She started in at Page l and gave
Herbert the whole Works. Whenever
any one who knew all about the Care
of Children brought her new Prep
aratioa, she either fed it to little Herby
or else rubbed it ON his Back.
Arthur had the old fashioned Notion
that all Kid needed was Milk Diet
and something Rubber on which to
chew. but the Chief OF the Experiment
Station had a lot of Club Theories tc
be tested. and she was working on lit
tie Herbert every Minute.
This made it Fine for Father, be
cause he could shake his Electric Belt
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-17

HEX PRlNAIk CLINlCS. orr Gllal
Recipe Shark and Family Doctor.
She was a bright, eagle-eyed Party
with q high, throbbing Forehead, and
she was always on the lookout for New
Wrinkles. Any Time that she picked up
the Lddy's Household Friend and read
about a Cure for Chilblains she would
cut out the Article with the Button
Hole Scissors, and then for Days after
ward she would be shopping around
for a Case of ChilblainS SO that she
could work on it.
She had about 5000 of these Home
Remedies up her Sleeve, and any time
that Arthur complained of the slight
est Ache or Pain she lit on him like u
Bee on a Flower and started in with
one of her famous Treatments.
She loved these private Clinics. with
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-17

fer to take my Tips from a good, husky
Farmland"
But this has GO per cent of Nitro
Glutine, and one Tablespoonful con-
tains the same Nourishment that may
be found In Is Pounds OF Sirloin
Steak"
Say, why don't you buy a good,
strong Dog and try these Things on
him." asked Arthur 81 refuse to take
any more of this Chop-Feed. If you
want to get 1t into me you'll have to
give me Gas and then inject it into my
Arm"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-08-17
.SHURTLEFF TO Be HEARD

Speaker of Illinois House at Farmers
Picnic.
Edward ID. Shurtleff, speaker of the
Illinois house of representatives ami
aspirant for the republican nOminatio 1
for governor, will be at the farmers
picnic at Lyford's grove near Port By
ron next Wednesday and will be one
of the speakers. He is now making a
tour of the northern end of the state IN
the interests of his candidacy. D.
w. E. Taylor, superintendent of the
WATERFOWL asylum, will be another
speaker