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Matte L. Milhouse plaintiff. VS. stella
b. Strong. ct al. defendants. Sheriff's Sale
No. 679S1. Order of sale and decree OF
foreclosure and sale.
Under and by virtue Of an order of sale
and decree of foreclosure and sale. issued
out of the Superior Court OF the County OF
Los Angeles. of the State of California, on
the eth day OF October. A. d. 1909. in the
above entitled action, wherein Matte l..
Milhouse. the above named plaintiff, OBJ
tanned a judgment and decree OF foreclos-
ure and sale against Stella Il. Strong, ct al.
defendants, on the 10th day of october. A.
d. 1909, for the sum of one thousand two
hundred seventy-seven and 20-100 dollars
($1277.20), gold coin of United states. which
said decree was, on the 21st day of october,
A. d. 1909, recorded in Judgment Book 1914
of said court, at page SO. am commanded
to sell all that certain lot piece or parcel OF
land situate, lying and being in the City of
Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles. State
of California. and bounded and described as
follows:
Lot six (s) Of the Walter G. Mccarty
Vernon Avenue tract in the City of Los
Angeles County of Los Angeles, State OF
California, as per map recorded In Book s.
page 1879 of Maps, in the office of the County
Recorder of said Los Angeles County, to-
gether with all and singular the tenements.
and appurtenances thereunto
belonging or in any wise appertainng.
Public motive is hereby given that
the I'd day Of December, A. D.
1909, at IL o'clock m. of that day. in front
of the court house door of the County of
Los Angeles, Broadway entrance, l will, in
obedience to said order of sale and decree of
foreclosure and sale, sell the above described
or so much thereof as may be
necessary to satisfy said judgment with in
terests and costs, etc, to the highest and
best bidder. for cash, gold coin of the
United States.
Dated this Sth day of November, 1909.
w. A. HAMMEL
Sheriff of Los Angeles County
BY r. w. Biscailuz, Deputy Sheriff.
Nathan P. Bundy. PLAINTIFFS Attorney
1i-9-16-23-30-4t
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Prominent Citizen Dies

OCEAN PARK, Nov. S.-Thomas NJ.
Morphy, rs years old, died this after
noon at his home on Paloma avenue.
A private funeral will be held tomor-
row at 2 o'clock from the family home.
Morphy has been a resident of Ocean
Park for three years, coming from To-
ronto, Ont. He was the father of e.
p. Morphy, auditor of the Los Angeles
llome Telephone company, and A. f.
Morphy, chief clerk in the Los Angeles
office Of the Edison Electric company.
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VANDALS CARRY AWAY BONES
FROM SKELETON OF WHALE

LONG BEACH, Nov. S.-Tourists in
search Of souvenirs have been cutting
the whalebone from the whale skele-
ton in the Carnegie library in such
quantities that the old-timers here, who
realize the Importance of the big skel-
eton as an asset in the way of an at
traction, are indignant and alarmed.
1t has been suggested that a guar
dian for the mammal should be ap-
pointed. The "whale" is in the library
basement. The tourists, who have
been making away with the whale
bone have taken most of it from the
south jaw. as on that side they are
protected from the view of those who
pass through the room.
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FUNERAL NOTICE

CRON-Prof c. r. Cron. at his late resi-
dence, 1915 Spruce street. South Pasadena,
Monday, Nov 8. 1909 Prof Cron is sur
vived by his widow. Mrs. e. M. Cron, and
daughters. Miss Marie Cron and Florence
E. Null. and sons. Chauncey X. Cron and
DR.. E. NJ. Cron, and his sister, Mrs. M. A.
Brown. Interment Rosedale Funeral mo-
tice later. 1871
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Indorse Women Candidates

G. Stephens and Mrs. ]. ]. Seymour,
candidates for the city school board.
were Endorsed by resolutions adopted
by unanimous vote of the Santa Mon
lea Woman's club this afternoon.
The resolutions which were introduced
by Mrs. A. NJ. Jamison pledge the
solid support of the club to the can
didates and call on the electors of the
city to cast their ballots for the women
at the election December 7.
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Eloplna coupIe Is ForaIven

LONG BEACH, Nov. S.-Ellis r,
Roberts, who is reported to have eloped
with Miss Hazel Hole to Fremont, Neb.,
and to have lived there for three weeks
after their marriage before informing
Mrs. Roberts of their nuptials, formerly
lived in this city. Forgiveness has
been secured and the young couple
will continue their studies in Fremont
college
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Protest Against Real Estate Sale

SANTA MONICA, Nov. S.-Oficial
and business proceedings were almost
at a standstill today as the result of
many Santa Monicans being sum-
moned to Los Angeles to attend the
hearing of the protest against the pro-
posed sale of the realty holdings of the
famous Heating estate in this county.
Many business men and city officials,
including Mayor Dudley and City
Clerk Hemingway, were among the
witnesses from this city.
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To Sell Red Cross Stamps

SANTA ANA, Nov. S.-Red Cross
stamps will be on sale during the
month of December by the Santa Ana
branch of the Society for the study and
Prevention of tuberculosis The stamps,
to sell at l cent each, will be for use on
Christmas packages and letters, and
$4,000 will be for sale at the different
drug stores, with the name of the city
stamped on each stamp. The society
has also arranged for a public meeting
in the near future to be addressed by
the health officers of Los Angeles and
Pasadena.
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Mrs. H. H. Baruch Addresses Women

REDLANDS, Nov. S.-Mrs. Helen
Hirsch Baruch of Los Angeles adj
dressed the Contemporary club this
afternoon on rs Womans Suffrage a
Factor in Civilization" Mrs. C. A.
Barker, president of the club, which
numbers more than 200 of Redlands'
prominent women, entertained the pro-
gram committee. of the club at l
O'Clock luncheon this afternoon in
compliment to Mrs. Baruch.
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PROPOSALS

system Constructions quartermaster's
office. Whipple barracks. Arizona, October
IL, 1909 Sealed proposals in triplicate
will be received here until p m. Novem-
Der 10, 1909 and then opened, for furnish
Ing labor and material required for the
construction of an electric lighting system
at Whipple Barrack, Arizona. Blanks and
further Information upon application here
The u. s. reserves the right TO accept or
reject any or all proposals, First Lieut.
William A. Alfonte. Constructing Quarter
master, U. S. A. 10-14-15-16-1S 1859
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Elks Go to Pomona

SAN BERNARDINO, Nov. s.-A
crowd of more than fifty members of
the San Bernardino lodge of Elks left
tonight for Pomona to participate in
reunion of the Citrus Belt lodge. A
special train conveyed the members
of the San Bernardino, Redlands and
Riverside lodges to Pomona. returning
after the reception.
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Editor Moves to CITY

POMONA, Nov III. N. Kinney.
editor of the Pomona Weekly Times,
has moved to this city froil his former
home at San Dimas, having sold his
house there on the heights to A. A.
Garrison. Mr.. Kinney has bought
new home on Williams street in the
Ganesha park tract and is planning
number Of improvements to his print
ing plant be"A
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Officers Elected

POMONA, Nov. THE newly elect
ed directors of the Pomona Irrigation
company are A. G. Whiting, Mel Camp
bell, c. I. Lorbeer, II. j. Nichols. p.
w. Bowen, and the officers are A. G.
Whiting, president; Mel Campbell,
vice president; Walter Lewis. score
tary and Charles r. Walker, treasurer.
The company will not build a new and
enlarged reservoir this year
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ll-2-9-16-9
Special Notice

special Notice
San Pedro, Los Angeles a. Salt Lake Rail-
road CompRny-Speclal Meeting Of Stock
holders.
Los Angeles. Cal. October 10. 1909.
To the Stockholders of the San Pedro. Los
Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad Company:
Notice Is hereby given that a special
meeting of the stockholders of San Pedro.
Los Angeles s. Salt Lake Railroad Company
has been called by the President and the
Board OF Directors, to convene at the office
of the Company, and at its principal place
OF business at the building where the board
OF directors usually meet. No. ls9 South
Main street, in the city of Salt Lake City.
in the State OF Utah, on the 2lst day OF
December 1909. at 10 o'clock a. m. for tho
purpose OF considering and acting upon
the following proposltions-namely:
l. To authorize the Board of Directors of
this Company to make appropriate pro-
visions for the retirement OF the First Mort
gage Bonds OF this Company. heretofore
authorized In tie amount Of Atty millions
of dollars, OF which there have been only
issued the amount OF forty million dollars.
and to cause the same to be Cancelled and
to secure the satisfaction and discharge
Of record of this Company's First Mortgage,
made to the Equitable Trust Company of
New York. as Trustee. bearing date the LIST
day of July, 1903.
.. To authorize and approve an issue of
bonds of this Company in the amount of
sixty million dollars, to bear date July 1st
1909. to be secured by Mortgage and
Deed OF Trust. dated as OF July LIST. 1909
upon the railroad. railroad property and
franchises OF this Company's lines OF rail-
road, together with the appurtenanoes
thereunto belonging. including like property
to be hereafter acquired. and to authorize
and empower the Board OF Directors Of
this Company to settle the terms and condl-
lions thereof. and 10 prescribe the form
and tenor of said bonds and mortgage and
deed OF trust. and to select and appoint a
trustee OF said mortgage and deed OF trust.
The books for the transfer OF the stock
of this Company will be closed for the pur.
poses OF said meeting at ~ o'clock noon
on the LIST day OF December. 1909 and re-
opened at 10 o'clock a m. on the z2d day
OF December 1909
By order of the President and of the
Board OF Directors.
W. H. coMsTocK. Secretary.
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Forecast

Los Angeles and yicinity-Rain Tuesday;
moderate south winds.
San Francisco and vicinity-Cloudy Tues
day. with showers; brisk south wind, chang
ing to west.
Santa Clara valley-Raln Tuesday; brisk
southern wind
Sacramento valley-Showers Tuesday;
moderate south winds.
San Joaquin valey-Raln Tuesday; cooler,
moderate east winds
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CHURCH NOTICES
Christian Science Services

SECOND CHURCH OF CHRIST. sCIEN-
list at Ebel hail. Eighteenth and Fig
ueroa streets Services Sunday. IL a. IN.
and p. m; sermon from tho Christian
Science Quarterly. Subject: "Mortals and I'm
mortals." Sunday school $3.50 a. IN. wednes-
day evening meeting S O'clock Reading
rooms, 510-5ti Herman w. Hellman build
Ing, Spring and Fourth streets. open daily,
Sundays excepted. from a. m. to p. m
1851
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Want More LIahts on Pike

LONG BEACH, Nov. $40 insure
more protection to persons and prop
erty Chief of Police Williams today
urged the council to place more lights
on the Pike and Seaside boulevard.
The matter was referred to q COM
mittee.
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Gem ETERIEs
LEWOOD PARK
ROSEDALE CEMETEPv

An Endowed Memorial Park noted for its
natural beauty; endowment fund for per-
petuai care, over $250,OOo: modern recev-
ing vault, chapel, crematory and column
barium; accessible; city office. SUITE
s02-30s EXCHANGE BLDG. N. e. Cor
Third and Hill SITS Phones Main 300;
Ass29 Cemetery office. 1881 w. Washing
ton st: phones 1855 West So e-2-12m
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Weather Conditions

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov S.-The following
maximum and minimum temperatures are
reported from eastern stations for the pre-
vious day Chicago 64-4S; New York, As
AZ: Omaha. 1922.
Rainfall for past "a hours-Eureka, IL;
Red Blum, lie; SACRAMENTO, trace; Mt.
Tamalpais, rs; San Francisco .o5
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THE WEATHER
Los ANGELES. No

LOS ANGELES. Nov. s. 1909
Time Baron. Ther lHuml Wind vlcI mr..
5 a. m. sO.Os "a 81 NV Al a.
p. m 3O.O2 50 rs sw 3 C,oudy.
Maximum temperature &C.
Minimum temperature 81.
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ADVERTISERS

Count six average words as one line.
No ad accepted for less than the price
of three lines.
The Herald reserves the right to revise
advertisements and to reject or omit and
refund the amount paid.
Report promptly to the classified man
ager failure to get returns or experience
with fraudulent or dishonest advertisers.
Two or more insertions are better than
one. Try three-time ad. Results almost
certain for anything.
For contract solicitors and advertising
advice call
SUNSET MAIN 5000
HOME 1921
AND ASK FOR CLASSIFIED MANAGER
SPECIAL RATES
Want ads. 1c a word each insertion.
Rooms for rent, lines, 3 times;
Rooms with board, 8 lines, times,
rs CENTS
HELP WANTED-Male and female,
lines, 8 times,
rs CENTS
SITUATIONS WANTED,
FREE
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CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS

E. TUCKER. BUILDING CONTRACTOR.
900 San Fernando building, southeast cor
ner Fourth and Main. Phones Main 1881
make lowest bids on all classes OF build
lngs 10-10-S1t
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DEATHS

CHANTRY-To Charles e. and Laura p
Chantry, 562 Central avenue.
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BIRTHS
GIRLS
BOYS

Frank F. and Jennie H. Fa-
golde, 1416 Sargent street.
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NO PATENT NO PAY. RATES REDUCED
S. G. WELLS, 345 p. E. bldg lift
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Land on the west coast OF Mexico, Sonora.
@tnaloa-H. a. Smith, $40 Byrne bldg.
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NOTICE TO CHURCHEs-cOPY FOR ALL
church notices for the Saturday and Sum
day morning issues Is requested to be
turned in at The Herald ofdce by Friday
noon. II possible This Will assure proper
Classification and publication 3-tt-tf
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Latest News from Neighboring Cities
PASADENA

Circulation Dept.-Home 26s5: Sunset 274o.
Correspondent-Day: Home, Elk. 4; Sunset
i54. Night Home 1885,
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Vote for only nine counciImen or
your ballot will be inVaIidated.
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SOCIALIST PARTY CAMPAIGN HEAD
quarters s30-331 Douglas building, and Prole-
tariat club SAT Maple avenue, Nov. and TO-
open for information and campaign litera-
ture. CITY CENTRAL COMMITTEE ll-9-1
wANTED-LADIES'. GENTS CLOTHING
HIGH PRICES $40 s. SPRING MAIN
1897; F5936. 6-25-8mo
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STORAGE

LARGE PRIVATE. LOCKED, IRON ROOMS
for furniture. etc, $3.50 and 81 per month;
trunks boxes. etc. use to soc; open vans,
Sc per day. or 75c per hour We pack and
ship household goods everywhere at re-
duced rates. COLYEAR'S VAN AND
STORAGE CO., offices 50s-11 s. Main st
Warehouse 415-1T San Pedro ST. Phones
F3171; Main 1117. 9-25-tf
HOUSEHOLD GOODS PACKED IN THE
BIG RED VANS" SHIPPED. STORED
IN CLEAN WAREHOUSES. PRIVATE
ROOMS COAL AND WOOD. BOTH
PHONES. SHATTUCK & NIMMo. 100 r.
SIXTH ST. s-7-u
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BICYCLE REPAIRING
TROUP, TIL BIKE MAN, RE
pairing. 1000 S. Main. So. 4945.


TRANSFER AND MOVING
ANCHOR TRANSFER co. OPEN DAY AND
night Main 2i62 F11S6. 420 W. 7TH ST.
Let us move you Our rates small. 10-29-tf
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ATToRNEYs.AT.LAw

MARRIAGE LAWS EXPLAINED. GEN
eral practice. Advice free. Fee moderate
21S LISSNER BLDG. 1880 3mo
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sANirARiuMs

BANNING SANATORIUM FOR TUBERCU-
losis--Elevaton 2350 Pure mountain air and
water. No fog Modern bungalows Rates
$40 10 SIS. Address MRS. e. STINsoN,
Matron Banning Cal 10-17-1mo
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SEWING MACHINES
PATENT PROTECTION

WHITE SEWING MACHINES,
sesh S SPRING Main 2105: F6757 ga
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PATENTS PATENT ATTORNEYS


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sTRAUSE. Established 81 years. Ameri-
can and foreign patents secured and trade
marks registered. 6S9 Citizens Bank bldg.
Home A1493: Main 2522 PATENT BOOK
FREE s-22-tf
PATENTS AND TRADEMARKS. ALL CoUN-
tries. A. H. LADDERS, patent lawyer and
solicitor, s12 Trust Bldg, cor. I'd and Spring.
11-6-tf
WHEELED VEHICLES
Automobiles
SEE THE ANGELUS GARAGE FOR SEC
ond hand autos of all kinds. ITO EAST
THIRD ST. 10-14-1mo
DETECTIVE AGENCIES
CITIZENS DETECTIVE AGENCY, 412-lg
Delta bldg 426 s. Spring ST. All kinds OF
detective work; strictly confidential; in
vestgations made in any part OF the world
Quick service; accurate reports by expert
operatives. Phones F5040; Bdway. 211O.
10-27-1mo
The Jasper news., 1909-03-04
SYNOPSIS.

, vanishing Fleets" a story of what
might have happened" opens in Wash
lngton with the United States and Japan
on the verge of war. Guy Hitler, sec
rotary of the British embassy. and Miss
Norma Roberts, chief aide of Inventor
Roberts, are introduced us lovers; Japan
declares war and takes the PHILIPPINES
The entire country is in state OF tyr
MOL because of the governments lndit-
ference. Guy Hitler starts for England
Norma Roberts with military OF
ficers also leaves Washington on mys-
FERROUS expedition for the Florida, coast.
Hawaii is captured by the Japs. Al ports
secret preparations for war. he toiloWs
auto carrying presidential cabinet: ne
unearths source of great mystery an, ana
Ilees. murmuring: The. gods save MP, NIP
pom" Fleeing to Pacific coast, Siege
Is shot down just as journey to get awlul
news to Japan seems successful Japan
Tokyo learns of missing Japanese Meet
and whole world becomes CONVINCED that
United States has some powerful wal
agency. England decides to senu meet
to American waters IS a Canadian pro-
lection against what the British suppose
Is terrible submarine flotilla. KILLER is
his way through American lines with
message to the president in order that
protection for the fleet may be assured
Japan appeals to Britain for aid. Britlsh
fleet departs, amid misgivtngs OF EnSnsh.
Fleet mysteriously disappears sailor
picked up on a raft being the only t cyl
for their safety. Hitler makes a failure
of effort to deliver message to the presl,
dent War between Great Britain and
Germany is threatened. The kaiser dis
appears. King Edward of England Is
confronted by Admiral Bevins of the
United States, and upon promising to
monarch agrees to accompany Bevins on
tour, which the latter says will uncover
the agent of war and end all conflicts
The Dreadnaught, biggest of England, :
yyarships is discovered at an impossible
point in the Thames. much to the mys-
terry of the kingdom
The Jasper news., 1909-03-04
CHAPTER XIII.
In the Beginning.

It was January of that momentous
year when the worlds unrest reached
a climax, and the president of the
United States, his official day done,
sat alone in his study, perusing a re-
port from an agent of the state de
partment and mentally comparing it
with preceding ones. The shaded
light threw into relief against the
darker shadows behind the long, lean
Jaw, the grimly determined mouth and
the somber eyes, but lent a touch of
softness to the queer little lines which
told that on occasion the man could
show infinite kindness and humanity.
Thrust forward from the ranks of
the people into the most important
office of the land, driven reluctantly
into the arena of action from seclu-
sion which had for him the charms of
peace, he was still a man in peculiar
isolation. In this, the third year of
his term, he was yet unknown and
under constant discussion. Half of his
countrymen hailed him as the Lincoln
of his time and the other half declared
him a tyrant in embryo. He had
fought so doggedly for his principles
that he had estranged those who had
been his most ardent supporters. His
disregard for party projects had cost
him the friendship of politicians; his
advocacy of certain reforms had sub
jected him to caustic comments; his
very dignity. and sehsitiveness had
been mistaken for austerity; and only
his most intimate friends understood
that in him beat great heart filled to
overlooking for his country and fell
low men. These comprehending
friends were fow; but among them,
perhaps the most intimate, was the
friend of his boyhood, odd Bill" Rob.
erts, the inventor.
Between these two there existed
that singular affection found rarely
among master minds where each ad.
mires qualities in the other which he
himself lacks. To Roberts the presi.
dent was the greatest statesman of the
century, and to the president Roberts
was the most accomplished scientist
and inventor who had ever lived; but
on this night, laden with fate in which
each was to play his part, the mind
of neither was on the other. The In.
ventor was absorbed in the last of a
series of experiments that had en-.
meshed him in a dream whereby he
hoped to eradicate friction, and the
president was perturbed by reports
for which he had waited many weeks
These latter were exhaustive in de,
tail, and in recapitulation tersely pre-,
djcted that it would be almost an i'm,
possibility to avert war with japan
The Jasper news., 1909-03-04
The Inventor Entered the Room.

the people, and above all was no
alarmist. He gave it as his final opin-
ion that within six months, Japan, her
navy completed, her soldiers drilled to
perfection, and her treasury we'll sup
piled with gold, would find pretext
for a declaration of war. The only
means of preventing this deplorable
event, in his judgment, was to place
the American navy in such state of
pronounced superiority that it would
stay the warlike Japanese and hold
them in the leash of awe.
The president read the last clause
again, and with sigh of discomfort
leaned back in his chair. Hour after
hour he brooded over the complexities
of the situation, and late at night came
to the conclusion that he must lose
no time in calling together his most
trusted advisers, lay the report be-
fore them, and then by consultation
and discussion decide which would be
the most promising policy to pur-
sue in so grave a crisis. Before
he retired the orders we're given to
his secretary which resulted in the
first meeting of that coterie of men
who were to assume the full RESPONSE
bility for the conduct of war which
afterwards fulfilled the experts pre-
diction.
They gathered informally on the fol
lowing night, nor could it have been
observed by their >demeanor that they
were to discuss a situation of vital
Importance to the nation; but, fore.
warned by the presidents call, they
expected news of distressing import,
! and therefore were not surprised in