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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-16

'irne he caught sight OF his red tie In a
shop window so. after a slight argu-
ment' he remembered a previous engage
ment and vanished.
was somewhat puzzled. but went on
my way. and presently met a nice. pretty
girl. ana TO her ] unfolded my philosophy,
I'm awfully glad you've told me-" she
SAID. Il get so tired OF all the silly things
people say to one, and ] have so often
iohged Tor friend who would tell me
what he really thought OF me. You will.
won't your"
Il WILL promised. "I'il begin now.
fou say you get tired or people who say
sny hihgs to you. but really you like
them.
Lbut y happened that she was a girl
VIII WIZ PIl1ed herself on being sincere, who
hp'alhed TO herself many times daily that
ssne Only did conventional things because
,5 ne had TO- and so she was not al all
pls,nsed. She told me In tones OF perfect
pom,ensss that ! was quite mistaken. and
went on to talk to another man who told
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-16

IT feel the call OF the Wild" said Mr.
Reed. "let's go hunting"
Mrs. Reed donned her fascinating
hunting costume and the two penetrated
the wilds OF Mexico and Central Amer
lea. II was as warm there as 1t had
been cold in Alaska. There were lots of
snakes and other things interesting to
naturalists, but not half SO attractive
for a society belle.
Mrs Reed afterward complained to
friends that It was most agg-avating
when they had started tor a tramp to-
gether. to have Mr.. Reed suddenly gel
down on his hands and knees and ex.
anime particularly ugly-lookine
sI AXE. And although Mrs. Reed perch
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-16
What Happened to Man Who Wanted to Be Sincere

xT WILL De sincere" ] said 10 N.Y.
self mo matter what 1t costs
me, ! will say exactly what /
think at all times and all places. / viii
nave nothing to do with shams and pre-
FENCES and conventions" So / went out
and tried It.
40 the first man I met stated my
position and my Intention OF speaking
my mind. The man grasped me by the
hand as though l was his long lost
brother.
you are the man for mel" he de.
ciared. I'm sick OF the conventional
humbug OF the world We win be friends
you and 1. and we will always say ex.
actly what We mean to each other. and
tell each other our real opinions"
we Will" said 1, and as a start, 1
should like. to say that the color OF that
lie you have on does not suit you at all
a man with your complexion should
never wear a red tie" But my new
found friend was a Socialist, and he felt
as though he was saying his creed every
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-16

trips to Mexico and Central America
Interrupted by Mrs. Reeds allegation that
she had tc do all the camp work ana that
her husband threw a candlestlck at her.
suit for divorce started and then they
made up.
Honeymoon No 8, spent at Hollywood.
California. interrupted by frequent hunt
Ing trips OF Mr.. Reed and the fearful
complaint OF his wife that he would rather
be Rugged by bear than by her.
suit for divorce started and then they
made up.
Honeymoon No. 4. begun at Mr.. Reeds
desert ranch, "El Centro," and scrambled,
omelleted and generally devilled by what
why naturally by eggs. Eggs. common
eggs, the product OF the thrifty pullets
or the Reed ranch ended the fourth 10y
or the couple. Cupid was a bad actor
and fled like the traditional ThespIan be-
fore the poultry product Mrs. Read
asserts that she had TO sell them 10 her
desert neighbors. She could have stooa
the desert. the lizards, the side whee,ers
'he SAND ana the coyotes-but when a,
came 10 peddllng eggs for canned toma
Toes baked beans and ham, she tus, boa
10 give up. And her husband was a nar.
rect brute Tor getting ahead of her a.,
that divorce suit! e' ih
Beside all that she had to do her o
housework and do without a ma,s
thing that never in her life she was =
customed to, was ac-
Shades OF the frontier! Ene,oro.
modern civilization! Let the rer,asi,,
romance OF the Reeds be told in nnSawe oao.e
moons. 'h money
honeymoon No. I. Mr.. Reoa v,
sides being millionaire snort.r0s VINO De,
traveller, is also an ox,,I,nah 'snah and
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-16

exclaimed the pretty maid-of-honor after
the wedding.
"oh. to be presented 10 the Queen. wa
suppose and then TO France" said tho
others. envlously. ''they have got such
lots OF money"
Not at all; they are going TO Ai,sr.
to rough itr' cried the maid of -honor
why. Lillian has never had to rough
II In any way in all her life," excIaIm-
ed the others.
Il can just see the end of the bonav
moon" they chorused.
Nevertheless, tho romanoe wo,.
apace. The Reeds. way up in I'm oh
Alaska, hunted together, met bears
Indians together, caught Ash ana ar.
deer. and generally got along fara,'o
~, For six months they pursued ~
IRE In the scented woods wis.,.
thought OF dlssensions.
How can any one live in th..
artificial life" exclaimed Mrs pay Ny
Rotten bad taste.r replied her h,
band "e' nus
Thank you ever SO much. ao.-
teaching me what real liberty is~ LOT 40,
Mrs. Reed gratefully. saio
gust about that time, w,nto,
preached and the pair started s ap-
Ihey canoed down the Yukon un,,, n
pen'y their craft struck an island. TSov
naI 10 80 ashore and when they did al,
.ne'r matches got wet. The cbarn =,
,ne wilderness and liberty Suddenly vau-
,sned' Both were very cold. in fact thev
were almost frozen to death Mrs pass
Hau n visions OF being borne down ,ha
uNUn on cake OF Ice like the maid ~
Hstelot A 1t was not pleasant reflection
suIte suddenly automobiles seemed to be
huch De ter mode OF locomotIon. Love.
o"ever. pore on. even II the matches
sie wet Friendly Indians soon rescued
u1 honeymooners. They gave up the
,n m',us ana returned to Hollywood. They
then went TO Chicago. wbers
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-16

LSOUR honeymoons with the same
husband. four honeymoons each
within twelve months of each other.
suit for divorce each year for three
years Ard three glorious making-up with
the desert sunshine glowing about them
ardently, the side wheeler rattler and the
coyote creating a primeval fife and drum
corps for her. did Mrs. Lillian N. Feed
have.
and then when the time for the rapture
OF a fourth suit came around
II don't see," said Mr.. Reed to him
self. why Lillian should have all tho
f1reworksr
So when Mrs. Reed went of to visit
her mother Mr. Reed spurted from his
ranch. Eel Centro." to the Imperial
County court OF California and there filed
q suit charging Mrs. Reed with cruelty
ana soiemniy and at length averring that
she was ''quarrelsome."
"The wretch" cried Mrs. Reed. and
thereupon promptly filed her fourth suit
for divorce, making one for every year
Of her married life and keeping up Aer
yecord even though the fine bloom OF the
r.ryornoance had been brushed off by her
husbands perndious and unchlvalrous
action,
Her drst honeymoon, Mrs. Reed, who
-. the beautiful--look at her picture II
YOU think this rather hacknoyed word is
our q p,ace-beauuful Lillian Cole OF
r.nvsr plepty OF money AMI best soc-
-, .nsn, with Mr.. Reed-Howard S.
sy,,an,,rs traveller and sportsman. in
] a,..Ss where for six months they
Msss, II were merooned IN desert
. a,a narrowly oscar" ""fh from
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-16

,,''eE ana nat
s,a"st' had finished
an expedition In
honduras. where he
au % hVed easily and
@ "en on baked lizards
a"a parrot potples.
m Denver. back
a''ons the menus OF
piUsress nv he met Miss
Di'.'ah Cole. She
was one OF Denver's
oeau'ies' They fell
N
was hke othel-
nonm,sn. 'ne now un-
~ tha ~ oo','p,eA'oh ,y
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-16

hAhhHo
Mr.. Reeds nerves
one night II Wa %a
very warm. sto'ia
Indians croucnea
around their tent.
"I had been
forced to do an
the work about
the tent" saio
Mrs. Reed. "Iheh
he threw some.
thing at me. ana
It angered me very
much. I returned
and started my
second suit Tor
divorce. but once
again was per-
suaded TO with
draw It. We went
back to Holly
wood"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-16

freezing (,
Honeymoon NO, :
vas interrupted, says
Mrs, Reed when. zs' Q"
Their return 70 en-.
ssso. Mr.. Reed, jus'
one year after their
marriage. peevlshly
threw her out of
their Apartments"
Mrs Reed started
cult for divorce
Then they made up
Honeymoon No. 2
~as spent In hunting
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1910-07-16

ed upon the nearest boulder and stooa
ana gazed with horror upon her hus-
band's sorpentine intimacies. uniform,
Of the scientist was .r aOase1 Nerves. as some. me-
got suddenly upon ne. ors.d an
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-10
THRICE THEy BROkE ms Jaw.
Early Visitors Bestowed Unusual aud
Painful On turtles.

Two men called at II West iOeth street
at ? o'clock yesterday morning. got
Leroy sumner. an actor. out Of bed and
when they had him IN the hallway beat
him up So badly that he had 20 be taken
TO the Hood Wright Hospital The
surgeons say that Sumner has a very I'M
usual multiple compound fracture ~ tho
jaw
summers assailants. who were ar
rested, were identified a. Francis Finn,
a driver, who lives at liB West IO9th
street, and Oscar King, 10 years old, a
chauffeur.
Several nights ago Finn and King
visited somebody in the house at - West
I0esh street As thar were leaving sumner
and his roommate. Ernest Trlax also an
actor. called out 10 them from an upper
window There was a long argument.
which seemed likely then to end in a
fight.
Summers lower jaw was fractured in
two places. one on each side. There was
an extensive fracture Of the upper jaw.
II will be weeks. IL was said. before sum
ner il able TO leave the hospital.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-10
NAVY CONSTRUCTORS RETIRES.
IInnard 70 Quit l'nder M Year law
Csppa Net 20 Leave Navy.

wAsHISorOS. Aug. O. Naval COustruc-
tor Joseph II. IInnard. u. 4. y. now on
duty IN the bureau OF construction and
repairs. has applied for voluntary retire
msnt under the thirty years service law.
Acting Secretary OF tho Navy Winthrop
has approved tho Rppli cation. which has
been forwarded 70 President Taft at
Beverly for fna! approval.
Mr.. Iinnard - the senior Naval Con-
structor. He has tao rank Of Captain
lie L. a native Of Ponnsylvania and entered
the naval service on June %. 1917
Washington l.. Capp-. who will resi- gn
his of1ce rs Chief Constructor ~ the
Navy on Octobsr 1 neat, will not retire
Under the thirty years service law, as has
been generally expected since his sudden
resi- gTa;ion from the bureau OF constrIc-
ton and repairs. several weeks ago. Mr..
Caps will resign only his place a. chef
Of the bureau.
Richard NJ Watt. former construction
offic~r At the Norfolk Navy lard will H.
appointed Chs: Constructor Of the Navy
when Mr.. Capps's real gnAtlon takes
effect. According to his present intention.
Sir. Capps will have several months leave
OF absence after his resignation takes
eGsct.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-10
.IT,Lr ASKS iS TO CHARLTON.
Case Against Him Ready 90 Ne Presented
To the italian GON ernment.

Gustav di Rosa Italian Vice Consul in
this city. called at the OHIO. 81 Prosecutor
GarV.n IA Jersey city Yesterday to make
inquiry a. t. m" status ~ the case Of
Porter charlton. now held on a charge
81 having murdered his wife. Mrs. Mary
Scott Charlton. IN their cottage on the
shore - Lake Como. Italy. Prosecutor
GarVsn vas not az his Office and Assistant
Prosecutor James " Mccarthy explained
To- Mr. dl Rosa that nothing further would
l.. done IN Ihariton'- case until September
-. To- which dat" an arraignm-nt 81 the
prisoner has bsen po-Jpon.d.
In. Nic,.-C onsul told Mr. Mccarthy.
thai the Italian Government desired that
Justice should he done in Charlton's case
Mr. Mccarthy said he b..iieyed that to
l.. the. intention - the New Jersey AL
thorities also The Nice-COnsul wanted
to know n Prosecutor GaTNen proposed
to en gage alIenists ON beha1 Of the State
IN IA. prosecution ~ Charlton Mr.
Nc, arthy said he believed IL 20 be the
opinion - Prosecutor Cav -en that ChArl-
Ton ~ sane and that he should b. tried
like any other person accused Of a crime
Mr. dl Rosa said finally that he was
prepared now To- present the case Of the
Italian Government and that he would
be IN Jersey City tomorrow To confer
With Judge Blair Of the Court Of Oyer
and Terminer
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-10
OBTTIf

John H. Grifin. q comedian 81 tho Old
ss.hool died IN the new Gtty hospital At
Providence u 1. Last night after an iIlnezs
81 several months Grimm nTrt won popu-
larity a. the obi Theatre Cointque N Provi-
dence ~ 1870 The theatre was opened
in ls5i and destroyed BY iirn IN SIS later
Parish Priest. Nth callahan and Mack in
Tbs. DID Neigh Dor h ood = and with Barney
Gilmore and Henry DiNev.
Dr Seymour }. Holly. Who died on sun
day al his home 2gS Clifton place, Brook
lyn after "a long illness had been In
practice In that borough for nearly thirty
years n. was a graduate OF the College
Of Physicians and Surgeons. He served In
the hospitals and M the field during the
civil war. lie was an Inspector in the
Health Department in Brook Ism for twelve
years lie II survived by his wife and a
son
william PisrSon Thompson. retired
banker of Elizabeth. y ! dtasl lt his home
So North BROAD street. that city, last Sun
day IN his eighty-ninth year.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-10
CLAIMED ~ TUO UOuEN
One Came To court Ia Comfort IIm. Ih'
other to stir Things tn

Two women claimed Thomas A. Snr'..r.
- Years old. az their husband when he
o.- srraIgned yesterday before MagI--
...'- Hylan in the Gates avenu" court IN
: .a.s.a q forging six checks for amounts
ranzIrg from SO to 81
Ore u ne women. formerly Mrs Cor
Ella COLLIER. a widow. - pa Ralph ave-
r." Va- IN hand with y warrant 10 find
1t vnv Santer had Abandoned her after
H. nad --t him mp IN business The
taer god looking woman Of %. who
....-- Nth Santer AZ stN Herkimer street
.. there q console him She had no
.-t that any other woman had a claim
.. t.n nor did the former Mrs Collier
~ both began 20 cry when they found
'i.l' hey were claiming the same man
81 gl-trata Hylan advised them % make
b barge ~ bIgamy against MN
Nsntsr was held IN g. 90 bail on a charge
4 forgery made by hi- employer, George
, leo a dealer ia bakers supplies at
y Hsrkimer street and IN $50 bail for
sNaulnatlpn on Friday uu the charge Of
5rapd Ynmsnt He married Mrs Collier
o. ~au'.mber l. 1907 She ~ Is years old
-" ether marriage occurred IN Hoboken
- January last, according tn the other
man. who has been living with Santer
$40" hat time
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-10
NEW. TERRIBLE SIN SPOT.
~. Tout. Astronomer says % Re-es,bIes
volcano.

Sr LoUIs. Aug Another q gantic
spot has developed on the sun, according
Ia Prof. Ira l.. Hicks. the ~. Louis as
tronomsr. that makes all former spots II
resent date look like cabbage patches.
Prof Hicks SAys the spot looks like a
volcano big enough To swallow the earth
without an effort. He says II Is az least
- 90 miles IN diareter and 10 the clearest
cut srot he has seen in year.
The sun was acting badly to-day. Prof.
Hicks says. ar .he hurried TO his obrervA-
tory and .ok "A half hour observation.
~. -four the spot To lie 80 bag IL Vas
vipibl- 40 the naked eye, that -, naked ex-
cept for protector.
Through the telescope u was 30 plain
the curves OF it, edges could be made out
Their" - apparently "A great hAme boiling
from the edges supposedly similar to the
eruption Of terrestrial volcano. Out
side tn. edges 81 tn" main spot and IS .000
miles beyond II a large devastated area
supposedly caused by squirting lava
Prof Hicks says the spot appears to IN
two days old and IL likely 10 be visible
for several days vet
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-10
ROVE NOR IRREc0NtILiHLE.
Cardinal asys New VatisAa Ns,e v 90 Ne
Rsw NsG salatlsn- WIN spain.

SPECIAL csbis Dsspaasass 70 THE srN
Rom. Aug g. Discussing the relation.
existing between the Vatican and Spain
Cardinal Agliarhi said 10 conversation
with THE SUN correspondent to-day:
The reply u the Holy See 60 the note
from the spanish Government recalhn 4
Ambassador Ojsda will probably bs de-
spatched To Madrid within ten days
When IL IL made public Il will dlsprove
the accusation that has been made that
the Vatican IL irreconc,lable.
1T will explain the note which pro-
voked OjeCia's recall and will make possl-
BILE the resumption OF negotiations
MADRID. Aug leaders ofthe Clerical
party are busy in the preliminaries u
organizing a huge anti government dem
onstration to ls held at many points
throughout the kingdom in September.
The principal places thus far decided
upon are Vittoria. Pamplona and TOTtusa.
In the meantime the clergy continue their
attacks uppn the Ministry from the pulplts.
The Carlists are disgruntled at the in
activity of Don jaime de Bourbon, the
preteuder to the spanish throne. lie
has been urged To take up arms. and II -
said that Deputy Lorens called On him
with view of persuading him Ia head an
uprsing agains, the present dynasty.
nan SEBASTIAN. Aug. v The Marquis
de Oieda. who was recalled 10y Spain
from his post as Ambassador at the Nati-
can. arrived here this evening 10y way Of
Paris. II IL reported that h" will meet
the Papal Nunclo to Madrid and discuss
with him the present situation in the
relations Of Spain and the Holy See..
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-10
Movements Of naval Vessels.

WASHINGTON. Aug. The collier Hec-
tor has arrived at Bradford. the torpedo
boat Mscdouough az Newport. the collier
Lebanon at Provincetown. the g,Inboat
Marietta at guantanamo. the training
chip Granite State at New York yard. the
cruiser North Carolina and tug Poto mac
at Norfolk. the cruisers Tennessee and
Montana at Hampton Roads and tug
Standish. torpedo boat Bagley and sub
marine Cutt lefish at Solomon's Island.
The cruiser Wolverine and gunboats
Gopher. fantic. Nashville and Don Juan
Buffalo. the cruiser Chester from Hampton
Roads for Boston. the cruiser Birming-
ham from Hampton Roads for New York.
the cruiser New York from Cavite for
Yokohama. the battleehip North Dakots
from Tompkinsviile for Fort Pond. ". Y.
and the gInboat Yorktown from Acapulco
for CoYinto
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-10
q. :. RIGHTS RECOGNIzED. :
English Diplomats Admitted They Mere
Absolute. says senator Root.

NpFf'at aahNF tifNNAirH ~ NV N'Ns
TIE HAoUE. Aug. s.--United States
senator Elihu Root continued his argu-
ment here to-day on behalf % the United
States in the Newfoundland fisheries
dispute.
To-day he contested the assertion
that the United States after the con
clusion OF the treaty OF ISIS. in
which the American rights were de-
fined a. liberty in common acknowl-
edged that in certain cases her fishery
rights were subordinate TO the British
fishery legislation The United States.
said MIR Root had recognized only the
validity OF the laws which did not conflict
with the treaty.
Mr. Root maInt tanned that Lord Bathurst
in 1915. Lord Malmesbury in 1852 and Lord
Salisbury in 1850 had admitted that the
rights Of the Americans in the fisheries
were unlimited and absolute
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-10
ADRIiTIC FIREMEN Still or.
Owners say the Vessel WIN sail on Time
Effort az Coercion.
.Sp,-'il carte Ds'pa'c'. 70 TINS srS


LoNDO Aug The strike % the FIRE
men Of the White star liner Adriatic at
southampton continues To-day the on
Gals Of the union said that the WAlkout
was merely part Of a plan 10 force the
establishment Of "A Doard 81 consultation
wherepn employees and employers would
be- equally represented This ~ cour=-
vas m addition Ia the demand for higher
wages
There have been similar strikes recently
AZ Cardiff and London Another - pre-
diCted IN the near future for Liverpool.
All these are -kIrmlshes preliminary 60
the general movement. which - awaitin g
the result of the IntershIppng confer
enc- which will be held at Copenha gen
on August ~
Tn" Hamburg strikers ara alone m
standing ont against an attempt 20 force
~. ,sfu plpver- - cDuCrde the demand Tor
the formation % Cancellation board.
SorrHNNrroN Aug y Ia. strike Of
the fir.n-n On the Whl'e star steamship
AdrIltic has not Intsrf-r-d with the sail
lng schedule ~ tho vessel and she will
sail On "Wednesday with fun list 81
Passengers Mnrr than iIo fir-in.n struck
and demanded T,ay for overtime and a
/ ral-. ~ o. ~ Ter month.
The company anticipates no difficulty
| n filling the places Of the striking fir.men
| and regar 10 the demands a. unreasonable
As all the men who have gone on strike
are members 10 the Seamsn and Fire
men = Union It Is feared that the leaders
NAV cause trouble 10y spreading the
strike
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-08-10
SMALL POSTAL BANKS FIRST
EXPERIMENTS ~ WINOR
CITIES ~ ran.
master-t:eneraI HItrhcack Talks %
over Win Tart aud They Decide on
October for the BeSlnnIn of system
President Limits VISITING nayr.

Beverly. Mass. Aug Q Postmaster
General Frank n. Hitchcock talked with
President Taft to-day about tho postal
savings banks The Postma -t"r General
has just returned from Europe and IN
England he learned something about the
postal savings system. as 10 has been
established there for many years
Mr.. Hitchcock expects to start ths
banks in this country in the smaller cities
first aud later ia those OF greater size.
They will be conducted along expert
mental lines al first IL is believed that
between October I and Is many expert
mental banks will bs established
1lr Hitchcock declared that he was
far from pessi mistic over the political
outlook aud said that the situation was
improving all along the line On his
return from Europe he had found many
letters awaiting him which showed that
MIR. Taft was gaining strength. especially
In the West Mr.. Taft's record of lsglsla-
ton was gradually receiving proper recog-
nj ton. he thought
Hereafter President Taft will see vs.
itors on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fri-
days only. The other days of the week
are 10 be devoted 10 business
The Pre-id ent will -ee several business
experts in the next few days in perfecting
his plan for government economy. Ofh-
oisls from Chicago. Boston and Washing
ton are expected.
John A, Sleicher. publisher 81 Losi'e's
WseiS'y talked with the President for more
than an hour to-day about political con-
ditions in New York. MIR. sleicher
thought Mr.. Taft was hopeful of a COM
promise bstw cen Republican factions
Judge Adams 81 the Eighth Judicial
Circuit was another caller at the Evans
cottage
The President appointed to-day the
following delegates TO tho thirteenth
annual convention OF che American Mining
Congress, which is to meet in Los Angeles
September - to October I: John Hays
Hammond. New York; Curtis II. Lindley.
San Francisco; DIR. James Douglas, New
York; Parke Claiming. New York: DR..
n Foster Rain, Mining aad !ScisnhTc
Press, San Francisco; DIR. Walter Benton
ingalls,, New York; W. Parker, United
States Geological Surrey, Washington.
y. e.: Joseph A. Holmes, Bureau Of Mines.
Washington, ID. C., and George 5. Rics.
Bureau Of Mines, Pittsburg, Pa
Mr.. Taft ssnt a telegram Of sympathy
20 Mayor Gaynor to-day and received a
reply from acting Mayor Mitchell
WAsHISoToN. Aug. q An application
was made 20 the Post once Depart ment
to-day by the postmaster at Ponce p X
for Information concerning postal ~ wings
banks. He said that he had been re-
qlIested to write by patrons 1t the offics
who wer" Interested in the postal savings.
Many post masters have reported 20 the
Department that patrons Of the Office are
purchasing out 81 their savings money
orders which they will hold until the
po~tal savings banks ara open. One
family IN the State Of Wazhing ton IL re-
ported 10 hav. already On deposit IN
postal savings banks in British Columbia
about 81 50