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The Washington times., 1910-07-21
AUTHORITIES WORK
ON SUICIDE THEORY
Further Light Is Thrown on
Rawn'S 5 Connection With
|. c. Scandal.

CHICAGO, H. July E-FaHure 10
capture any fugitive from Vinnetiza.
the north shore suburb where Ira G.
ktaWu. president OF the 1Touou railway.
was s1oJ 10 death, strengthened rEe -1e-
lief Of the polio today that the rau--Ja5
chief committed suicide
For more thar TWO hours the authori-
ties Of Chicags and Milwaukee and
every town between them have been on
the lookout FOR any man who might
have done the shooting and led Mem
bers OF the Rayvn family cling 10 the
theory that burglar killed 8Ir- Rawn
and declare thar the bloodstains found
short distance from the home Indicate
that the maraUder was injured
The police combat thIs claim with the
declaration that II the man had been
wounded 90 would be much easier to
trace HIM and he would have been cap
tured before this.
While Ralph q. COburu. sou-In-lavv OF
3I-- Rawn, today predicted an arrest
within q few hours the -NIice worked 10
strengthen The suicide IL ~
Rawn's alleged connec. On with the II
Inols Central gait scandal is said 10
have furnished the motive
Mystery Shrouds Case.
Members Of Rawn's family declare
that two shots were fired in the hall
way Of the Wiunetka home. Neighbors
heard only one and traces Of only one
bullet can be found
Mystery shrouded the case today. as
evidence vas found in support Of each
OF three varying theOries-that he was
Ailied by a b-@TStar, thar a secret enemy
was Jne assassin. and that he killed
himself
The murder theory, however. bears
more credence because OF the reluctance
Of the family 10 discuss the graft in
vestigatiOn at which he was recently
q witness
Railroad men declare Ezlvn was
largely responsible for the S2O00O09
Continued on Second Page1
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$4O,OOO,OOO MISSING
IN COMPANY ASSETS
PillSbuTy-Washburn Flour
Capital Lost in Gambling.
Says Glyn.

LONDON. July 2I--Charges that more
than S40.G09,n60 have disappeared from
the assets Of the PiIlsbury- Wash burn
Flour Company. Of the United States.
bet owned mostly by English investors.
were made AT tOday's annual meeting by
r H Glyn, who presided
GIyn declared that the Sz0O01.g0O had
been lost mostly in wheat gambling and
improperly issued notes Another SI.Ss5.-
0oo, he added, was not traceabIe, the
notes for this sum not having been re-
corded, or else the records mad been de-
StrOyed- An additional $4,000 had been
lost II agents balances debts uncoIect-
ed and bills receivable
Glyn stated that the creditors Of the
ccmbony already had received . per
cent u their claims IN cash and the bal
dnce IN second mortgage bonds
Il Is too soon. he said. 70 estimate the
reSEll OF the lease Of the plants, but the
present accounts show that last Years
proEt amounted 70 SI34O14
2 ne shareholders present urged fume-
olate prosecution Of the persons re-
Sponsioie for The great losses. but the
meeting was adjourned without any ac-
ton looking toward court proceedings.
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DELAY TO FREIGHT
COSTING MILLIONS
Ban Placed on Disorder by Union
Men, ard Quiet Is
Maintained.
Latest Developments IN
Grand Trunk Strike

Reads may appeal TO President
Taft for protection Of property
Governor Prouty OF Vermont
criticised by railroad officials for
acts OF violence by strikers.
Fully 500 strike breakers desert
their positions, blocking plan TO
resume passenger traffic
One wooden niH closed on ac-
count of strike, and zoo operatives
are thrown out of work.
Meat famine il threatened at a
number Of cities along railroad.
No freight traffic out of Boston
in either direction, but passenger
service is slightly improved
Hope entertained that two fac
fions may agree to arbitration of
wage controversy
Children OF strikers do violence to
railroad property and attempt
train vvreciSinE-
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TAFT MONOPOLIZED
BY COTTAGE CROWD

BAR HARBOR, Ne. July 21---The all
year-round residents OF Bar Hlrbor are
soTy President Taft is so popular with
the summer visitors. for the 'strang-
ers," as the real Bar Harborites call
the cottageTs, are monopolizing the
time of the President, to the exclusion
OF the natives.
The Presidents engagement book
shows one round Of dinners. receptions.
and other social functions here to which
the natives are not bidden- First Sc
lectuan John E Bunker, IT.. has there
fore been detailed 10 ask AIr- Taft 70
be the guest Of the town for a while
and MAKE a speech.
The President is decidedly impressed
with the golf links at the kebO valley
Club. Re had u preliminary game
there yesterday afternoon, and liked
il so well that he was back on the
course before 9 O'Clock this morning
The only chance the real Maine voIers
had 10 see the President was when he
was on his way TO the links and later
when he went TO luncheon at the sum
mer home Of ~ l. Anderson. OF Wash
ington.
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MISS F. M. HOYT WRITES
TEN-DOLLAR LIMERICK
Captures Prize Offered by
The Times for Verses on
Car Situation.
E. w. MARSHALL WINS
IN SECOND CONTEST

Miss Martha Hoyt Of G2 Indiana
avenue is the winner OF The SO prize
Tor the beEr original limerick
r ". Marshall OF 1919 Park road. is
the winner OF the s. prize for the best
line 20 go with the incomplete Limerick
furnished BY The Times
These are the awards made after care
fuI consideration had been given TO each
and every one OF the many hundreds
OF contributions which have been rs-
ceived since the limerick contest opened
The decision in each contest was NOT
reached until late last night
In awarding the prize 10 Miss Hovr.
the prime consideration, OF course, was
the direct application OF her rhymes TO
the street car situation in Washington
The Winning Limerick
Miss Hoyt's winning limerick was as
follows
The car people mc5escEy t-ieI
Their smiles from the pCbiiC TO hide.
Your suffering. 'tis trre,
is II deed sad 10 view
What 1atter-s5 long as YOU rider
judging he merits Of the Iimericks did
not begin until after O'Clock, the hour
at which the contest closed At that
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BEWHISKEREDCRANK
ALARMS OYSTER BAY
Wants $4,000 of Colonel
Roosevelt to Build Orphan
age in Nazareth.

OYSTER BAY, y. 7. July IA
crank who attempted TO see Theodore
Roosevelt caused several hours Of ex-
element here today He declared he
was the Rev George Nathiel. Of Phlla-
deIphia, arShde2cOn Of the American
Protestant Church. and that ne wanted
$500 from che former President to build
an orDhanage home in Nazareth. Galuee-
Two guards at Sycamore IiHl turned
him back when he arrived there and told
him that he would have TO see Colonel
Roosevelt in New York He departed in
anzsr-
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MONTREAL July Il - DeSeTuOn q
e-Dreakers is tamperius traffic o.
dciaIs on the Grand Trunk with the
losses TO the company and shippers
noun 1g into millions on account OF
the delay in handling freight
Mission work by the strikers among
the non-union employees has caused the
desertions and compelled the railroad 10
delay its plans Tor sending out freight
trains The partial victory claimed by
the company in keeping up its passen-
ger traffic has been practically wiped
out by the loss OF fully 500 men engaged
70 take the places Of the strikers
The union leaders have put heavy
ban on disorder, and none Of any
Ereat moment has occurred The sitU-
alton on this, the third, day Of the
struggle, seems 20 nave developed
iuto a waiting game, with each side
hoping the other viii take the Inltia-
tive
The expressed attitude of each to-
ward the question Of arbitration IS
taken as q bluff, and II IS believed
that both sides wound accept any
proposition that Minister or Labor
King would present
The children OF the strikers are show
ing a more hostile front than their pa
rents At many places the children
steal away from the home and going
10 the railroad yards tear down signal
wiring, remove packing from the
switches and place stones ~ other
switches Some attempts Al SpiklnS
switches have been made
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Facts Concerning Disaster
at Fort Monroe.

Cause of accident-Premafu ex-
pIosion of tyveIve-Inch gun
Scene Of accident-De Russy bat
tery, In center OF Fort Monroe.
commanding entrance TO Chesa-
peaISe hay
KfIIetI-Tvvo noncommiSSioned Of
dcerS and eight PrivafeS.
Fatally inJured-TvvO privates-
Injured-SecOnd Lieut.. George L.
Van Dusen, of New Jersey, leg
broken; three PrEvateS.
some Of the dend:
SerEf- Harry Hess.
Corporal Bradford
Private A. J. Sullivan
Private Duffy.
Private King
I'rfvate Atkins.
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time every contribution received was
Er~er 20 the jUdEe and his assistants
Rare Wit was displayed ia many OF the
contributions. c0ndemnati0n OF the
street cars Sd Emphatic Thar The Times
could not publish the IiuIe-lczs was the
tone Of several hundred while an equal
number expressed their views forcibIv.
bur not IN limerick style
Miss HCEts closest connection vas
Tom Sawyer. Of Mt. Pleasant v-ho
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ROADS MAY APPEAL
TO TAFT FOR TROOPS

BOSTON, July 21--OniciaIs OF the
Grand Trunk railway announced to-
day that If any further strike disorder
occurs on the Central Vermont or
Grand Trunk lines within the borders
Of Vermont an appeal viii be made TO
President Taft for protection
They declare that Governor PTOUty
of Vermont IS not taking adequate
steps 20 safeguard the railroad prop
erty or employees. To prove this they
-ate the attack upon strike breakers
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The Washington times., 1910-07-21
CANNON GOES HONE.
PLANS FISHING TRIP

ST LOUIS, No, July 21.-Joseph G.
Cannon Is on his way to his home in
Danville, III, and is expected TO ar
rive there today He says he wants a
rest.
Il am going TO spend my vacation at
Nackinac~ he said. "and 81 q tss-e
Of the life / enjoyed as a boy I am
going fishing.
When q, boy I could never get the
usE 10 Bite, but the mosquitoes were
inclined differently"
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Many Injured, Including Lieutenant Van Dusen, and
Several of the Number Are Expected to
Die From Their Injuries
ACCIDENT WORST IN ARMY HISTORY
Officers Of High Rank With Many Women Watching
Target Practice When Explosion From Unexplained
Source Hmls Dead and Dying Into All

FORT MONROE, Va, July 21-Two non-com-
mssioned officers and eight privates killed Lieut. George
l. Van Dusen severely hurt number Of privates
injured-this Is the Eavoc wrought here this morn
ing among the officers and of the Sixty-ninth
Company of the Coast Artillery by the premature explo
sion of twelvench gun and the blowing out Of breach
block.
The accident just after the opening the battle
practice which is held annually at Fort Monroe.
OFFICERS WATCH SPECTACULAR PRACTICE
Assembled the gun which exploded eighteen twenty
Of the most prominent officers OF the United Stats Army
here from Washington and OTHER points 10 witness scheduled
to be the most spectacular target practice the history the army
Nearby also the and sVeea many officers and
men engaged in the practice
The big target being towed the roads distance
yards and all eyes turned the they worked with
the big gun turned toward the target which gsened white IN the sum-
sunshine.
CAUSE NOT OFFICIALLY EXPLAINED
explanation officially disaster
Poson deafng r1angled
IN
resulted from
powder previous been several IN
before the breeeh block could be closed
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CAUSE NOT OFFICIALLY EXPLAINED.

The following Official report OF the
accident was sent 10 the War Depart
ment by Gen W. H Carter, chief OF
staff:
Regret TO report accident. at com
mencement Of student officers battle
pracrIce. TO twelve-inch gun from prob
able p1emature explosion. resulting in
the death OF eight men and probable
fatal injury OF two Lieutenant Van
Dusen leg broken and three additional
men slightly injured Investigation is
being uade and VIII report through reg
uIar channels
The target practice which was IN
progress at the time Of the ezalosiou
was the finishing event in the course 1r
instruction 20 thirty or more officers o.
the coast artillery corps, who had been
in attendance at the artillery school at
Fort Monroe
The practice was 20 have been the
most spectacular yet held in the corps.
Five big gun batteries were manned and
ready 10 FIRE at the battle target which
was being towed across the roads at <
distance Of 5000 yards
Official Report
The target IS a rectangular structure
Of canvas So by % feet, The size being
approximately that Of a vital part Of =
battleship at that distance. Never be-
fore have FIVE batteries been turned
loose at once IN practice Of this kind
Among the high ranking officers Of the
army present were MAJ Gen William
H Carter, assistant chief Of stan;
Colonel Bailey, assistant chief Of the
Coast Artillery Corps, and others on
stan duty, who went down 10 Hampton
Roads from Washington last night 80
observe the practice
These officers were at the forts ar
the time, but fortunately were not near
the battery at which the fatal explosion
occurred.
after the opening OF the battle Rrac-
tice. Each year 2 score or more OF
student artillery officers at the Fort
Monroe school are put through this
practice on conditions Stimulating as
far as possible the conditions Of actual
warfare
In recent years five new batteries Of
big tWelve-iuch guns have been
al Fort Monroe. It was one
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OF Jles@ new guns IN which the e5--
plosi0n occurred The guns were be-
ing hred under quick-fr1ng condi-
tons
Disaster Causes Shock.
Although there have been several acct
dents OF this ki-cI in the army this il
the first instance so faF as could be
learned here today. OF such a severe
catastrophe in the handling OF the big
suns OF the army Most Of the greater
accidents have beck in connection with
the operation OF the navy's guns al sea
al target practice
It has been believed here that this
target practice was being carried on
under conditions and regulations
which made accidents virtIsesIv i'm
possible ana the disaster here this
morning came as an unusually great
shock
The culy commissioned officer in
Jured Is Second Lieut. George I. Van
DCsen- from New jersey. He Serves
as second lieutenant in the Infantry
and was appointed 10 the coast srtfI-
lery only last Nay, and assigned 10
the school al Fort Monroe for course
Of Instruction.
Resident OF Passaic.
Second Lieutenant George L. Van m
sen was appointed 10 the artillery. .eo-7s
from civil life on July I5- He is g rest
cent of Passiac, y J.
he reported at Fort Monroe 2 few
days ago. and was assigned to dirty sS
the second lieutenant OF the Sixtv-Nfrt1
Company Of the Coast, rtiIIe-y CorDS.
Jne company operating the three disan-
pearlng suns in Battery De R11ssv
Lieutenant van Dusen has had prevsors
experience IN the army as the second
lieutenant Of the Eighteenth Infantry.
which commission he resisned several
years ago
At the time Of the explosion ne was
supervising the firing. There were
twenty-five men with him. the other
members OF the company being the
magazine and manning the hoistirg ap-
paratus-
The last accident Of this sort was al
Fort Wadsworth, y. Y. when one man
was killed and two injured. 4 wear
before that another man was killed and
several injured IN an explosion at Fort
Carey, Conn
Several years ago seven men were in
jUred by an explosion Of block powder
behind one of the batteries at Fort
W washington, Maryland on the river
just below this city.
Officers Attending Practice.
The officers included IN the party wit
Messing the practice are BriC- Gen. VII
liam CrOzier, chief OF ordnance. J. B.
AleshiTe. Quarteruaster general: w. II.
Bixby. chief of engineers; Col. n Il.
AIacom5. general staff. Lieut.. Cols. "
F Waltz and " D Beach general
staff; Edward Burr. Engineer Corps.
Charles 7 Bailey. Coast Artillery Corrs.
Majors J. H Rice. Ordnance Deoart-
meut; E. H Root general stan: w.
G. Davis, general stan: Andrew
Hero. IT. Coast Artillery Corps. CaDfs.
n. J. Lehman, W. S Graves. H G
I-earnard, p d LachridEe, C D Rodes.
J. P Tracy. General StaH- c H Nc
Neil, p p Bishop and Edward Carpsn-
ter, Coast Artillery Corps. Lieut. Com
Leigh c Palmer and Ifeutenanfs
and Howe, Of the tarEet
ofdse, and Commander Jack
son, IN charge OF the ordnance proving
grounds At Indian Head. Nd
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Sun TABLE


ToCay-Hish tide, 7-CS a. m and "a
2. m low tide. 1.13 a. m and 1-5s D. m
ToInorrow-High tide. 7-53 a. m anC
S-z5 p m, low tide, I-55 a. III and %
The Washington times., 1910-07-21
WEATHER REPORT

Showers have continued on the
south Atlantic and east CTulf coasts
ard there have been local rains in the
Itoc1E mountain region and in north
eIn Michigan II all other parts "a
the country the weather remained
1aIT during the Dast eu-y-fOur
hours.
The temperature has risen some
what IN the Atlantic States north OF
maryland
The indications are thar the weather
viii De generally fair LouiE-r and
Friday ID the states east OF the Aisis-
sippi river
me temperature viii not change
UlaterlAllE IN the Eastern districts
dUrinS the next rhirty-six hours.
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Windows Glazed for S1-zs-
Frank Libbey & Co. 6th & y. Z. Ave
s-AdV
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CONDITION or THE WATER.
HAEPERS FERRY. w Va July q.
Eoth rivers muddy this morning
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EoEECAST ZOE THE uIsrnrrrr

Fair weather and uCFcrzteIv ri-b
TeE1Crsture tonight ana Friday Iir-6-
10 moderate variable wines
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TEaIPERATrRrS
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-24
Plumage.
SOMEWHAT 0VERPRAlSED
Life of the Barefoot Boy on the Farm
Not Absolutely Ideal.

Poets may sing them in their sweetest
songs, artists paint them in the brightest
colors and our memories may deceive us
regarding the days of long ago, when
we were boys on the farm or in the vii
lage, but sober reflection, with the glamor
omitted. leads to the belief that more
myths date back only a score or so of
years than stretch to the days when the
world was in it's infancy. How many of
us of mature years had the comforts
much less the cOnveniences, of modern
life? great majority grew up with
out street car service, without gas or
electric light, without steam radiators is
our rooms, without the telephone, and
without an abundant water supply for the
kitchen and bath.
The old swimming hole sounds romantic
and there were many days of bliss But
the boy of today has so many other
sources of pleasure and delight that he
would scOrn the swimming hole 1t is by
contrast that pleasures are derived The
lad of forty years ago was forced to get
up at daybreak, go out into dew-laden
pasture and drive in the horses and cows
he had to carry in wood and in some
cases start the kitchen fire; and some of
us were required to do part of the milk
ing.
When we were fortunate enough to find
a nice red apple after the holidays il
was a treat indeed; when a half-dozen
oranges were bought from the grocer's IL
meant a delight that was not forgotten
for some days. Instead Of going to see the
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-24
ENGLISHMEN MAKING
HOMES IN DOMINION
Canada Receiving Thousands Of the
Best Class of Citizens From
Mother Country.

Especial Cable to Herald Republican,
London, April 2S.-rhe steady flow OF
emigrants from England to Canada Is
becoming a source Of worry to English
economists. During the present month
more than 10000 persons have en-
barked from different English ports TO
make their homes in Canada, and the
prospects are that this number will be
exceeded next month.
The surprising feature Of this great
tide OF emigration westwards frcm
Great Britain is not the quantity. but
the quality Of the emigrants
During February the number Of inn
migrants entering Canada was 10000,
as compared with 400 during the cor
responding months OF last year" said
s representative Of Lord Strathc3na,
high commissioner for Canada, in = re
cent interview but figures such as
these do not indicate the most crafty
ing feature Of Canadian immigration
this year. Among the thousands Of men
who are enigrating from this country
through stress of circumstances there
is now an increasing percentage Of men
OF substance-nOt farmers only, but
men belonging to many trades and pro-
fessions who are taking capital into
the country"
This aspect Of the new emigration
from the shores Of Great Britain was
strikingly illustrated by the nineteen
families which left Liverpool last week
for the 'ready-made farms" of the
Canadian Pacific Railway company, and
by the party of 200 settlers who accom-
panied them. All these were people of
substance with an average capital Of
$1,000. This month similar party viii
leave, and others will follow during the
summer.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-24
117,4o4 PAUPERs IN LONDON.

Consul General Robert J. Wynne re-
ports that the weekly statement of
pauperism issued by the government
states that on Saturday, July 2S, there
We're 117,404 persons in receipt of poor
law relief in London, or 3736 more
than the total for the corresponding
period of 1907, the rate of pauperism
per i,OOO Of the population being "a 7.
OF the total 75,177 were Indoor and
42,227 outdoor paupers. In the previous
three years the figures We're: In 1e0T
llS,66S paupers (72.757 indoor and 10
populations; 1906, 111,158 paupers ri
644 indoor and 1854 outdoor). or 81
per 1000 of the population. and 1905
115.050 paupers (71,674 indoor and IA
376 outdoor), or 24.7 per 1000 Of the
population.-New York World.
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-24
POINTED PARAGRAPHs.

A bachelor who is given a baby to
hold looks as helpless as a lost dog.
sometimes a preachers popularity
can be measured by the shOrtness OF
his sermons
It's awfulIy hard for a widower to
convince his children that they need
a new mother
ones wife never gets mad when he
nnds fault with the meals-if they live
at boarding house
If man will compliment his wife
upon her youthful appearance and ten
her occasionally that he loves her. she
VIII forgive the other white lies he
tells.
A waitress in an Omaha restaurant
married a guest an hour after serving
his dinner. Her haste was due TO the
fact that she didn't care to wait anv
lOnger.-ChiCago News
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-24
Russian Turban.

best actors and actresses Of the age, the
lad of our memory was supremacy hap
by at the thought of going to see the
circus once a year. 1t was an anticipa-
ton that surpasses anything within the
range of possibilities today.
What were at one time comforts almost
beyond belief have now become necessi-
ties, while our conveniences have multi
piled many fold and the luxuries are
steadily growing in number. Thanksgiv-
ing is an ideal time of year TO look about
and find something to be grateful for
A contemplation of conditions then and
now is not amiss. and life will be the
sweeteT as a result of retrospection.
Would you voluntarily live over those
days? Would you take them in prefer
ence to being a boy of the present day?
Most OF US would nOt.-WashingtOn Her
aid
The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-04-24
LOOKING FOR A LIFE JOB.

The removal from the county clerks
office of two safes which had been
purchased by the city in the days or
Boss" Tweed recalls the story which
a man once prominent in Albany poll
tics used TO tell whenever he had an
opportunity. John Mcbride Davidson
maker of safes and member Of the
inner circle, was met in the city hall
park one day by a man who Introduced
hlmse1 as a fellow Albanian. Il am
glazier; can't you get me a Job on
the courthouse or city haIl2"
NO. said Davidson, Il don't think
l can. They give those jobs to New
Workers."
But I want only the lob To put in
one pane Of glass"
What good will that do your"
"Once have a contract for one pane
or glass from those gentlemen, my
Iamily is provided for. L need never
work again" was the reDlv-Nety
York Tribune