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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-07

furniture building. This was done
to support and prevent the building
from settling. This week they are d.
ing the same kind of work for NJ. C.
Geoghan, the confectioner and fruit
dealer.
Miss Ella Podawiltz who has been
visiting with relatives the past week
in Minneapolis, returned home Mon
day.
Mrs. Maria Kent and her niece,
Miss Gladys Sherburne of Menomo-
ME, Wis, are guests at the NJ. H.
Wilson home this week. From here
Mrs. Kent and Miss Sherburne go to
Gowanda, N Y, for an extended Wis
it with relatives
Mrs. Otto Bein and children left
Tuesday noon for Fond du Lac where
they will visit at the home of the
formers sister, Mrs. John Anderson
for few days.
Miss Anna Daily returned Tuesday
morning from Madison where she Wis
tied friends over Saturday and Sun
day.
Miss Carrie Oberbeck left Tuesday
for her home at Chicago after an
extended visit in the city with rela-
tives.
Otto Schubert and Phil Griffin of
Marshfield spent Monday evening in
the city visiting friends.
Miss Elizabeth Cameron of Prairie
du Chen arrived in the city Tues
day for several days visit with rela-
tives.
The school board met in regular
monthly session at the Lincoln Build
ing. Monday evening Besides trans
acting the business and the allow
ing of bills, they elected F. B. War
ner, Secretary of the board in place
of w. H. Reeves, resigned. The mat
ter of looking after the health of the
school children in the several school
buildings will be presented to the
Common Council for their action in
the matter
Arthur Crowns, who is in the law
business at Fox Lake is spending
few days in Nekoosa and Grand Rap
ids visiting friends
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-09-07

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PERSONALS Q
o o o o o o O
F. G. Gilkey, Fire Insurance Agent,
has moved into the new Wood
County National Bank building. tfw
Miss Genevieve Garden is visiting
Mrs Fred Gordon at Fond du Lac
for a couple of weeks.
Mrs. Charles Sherier entertained
a few lady friends at a six o'clock
dinner Tuesday, August 29th in hon.
or of her guest, Mrs. Nels Hoffman
and Miss Eta Vanderhie both of Chi
cogo. A delightful evening is report
ed
Miss Carrie Oberbeck will leave
Tuesday for her home in Chicago af-
ter a two months visit in the city
at the e. Oberbeck and G. Kruger
homes.
r. Blocker, an expert tinsmith
who has been employed at the Smith
Hardware store has resigned his
position and accepted a similar one
at Stevens Point.
Misses Eunice and Agnes Dolan are
visiting at the Walter Dickson home
at RudOIDh this week
Miss Mae Schnabel left the past
week for Superior where she will at
tend school the coming year.
Miss Verna Lyon is teaching in
New Rome She commenced teaching
on Monday, August 2S.
Miss 4Maude Searles left Friday
morning for Anderson, Indiana, where
she viii teach school the coming
year.
J. Henry the east side street com
missioner is doing some very nice
work making drives through the By
ron Robinson Park on the east side.
Mrs G. Charmley of GAINESVILLE is
visiting friends in this city and Ru
dolph
Mr.. and Mrs. Sunberry, Oscar Sun
berry and Miss Edith Sunberry o
New Orleans, La, are guests at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. w. F. kellogg
The party are on an automobile tour
from Chicago to Minocqua
Mrs. S. n Smell, Norman Smell an,
Miss Marcia Smell of Milwaukee, wht
have been visiting with Mr.. and Mrs
w. F. kellogg have gone to Niece
dab for visit.
John Long of Sturgeon Bay wht
has been visiting r. F. Matthews Ief
Friday for St Paul.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-06
CHIEFS OF ARABS SUBMIT
TO RULE OF CONQUERORS
Petition Italian Commander Not to
Renew Bombardment.
AROUSED BY TURKISH FIRE
Aggressions in the Red Sea Will
Result in Retaliation by Italy.
Not Yet Ready to Accept
Mediation.

Rear Admiral Boreddolino has been
made Italian governor of Tripoli fol-
lowing the military occupation of the
city by men and guns from the Italian
fleet. Today's advices describe the
Arabs of the vicinity as offering sub
mission to the invaders, while the
Turkish defenders of the garrison have
retired to the interior
News dispatches from Tripoli con-
tinue mea ger. as the Italians are in a
position to exercise strict censorship.
Reports from the frontier indicate that
there were more casualties during the
bombardment than has been officially
confirmed.
The only other development of i'm
portance today was a statement from
Rome that Italy would assume the Of
fensive in the Red sea. attacking the
seaports of Yemen if necessary be-
cause the fort of Hodeidah had fired
on an Italian cruiser
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HA|nHASEARTHQUAKE,
NO DAMAGE IS CAUSED
Three Shocks Felt on Turks
Observation-Disclosures =.
Recorded Here.

PORT AU PRINCE. Haiti, October g.
A heavy earthquake occurred here at
$50 o'clock this morning. This move
ment was from east to west and con-
tinued for thirty seconds The shock
was accompanied by subterranean
rumbling. No damage was done
TURKS ISLAND, October 6.-Three
slight earthquake shocks were felt
here at $50 o'clock this morning
Recorded at Georgetown Observatory
An earth shock, estimated to have
occurred. at a distance of about two
thousand five hundred miles from
Washington. was recorded this morn
servatory. The disturbance began at
5:21 o'clock and lasted over forty min
utes.
Noted in Other Cities.
MOBILE. Ala. October 6.-The seis-
mograph at Spring Hill College here re-
corded very severe earthquake at 4
o'clock this morning. which, according
to calculations, was probably only
about seven hundred miles distant. 1t
is believed the earthquake must have
occurred in northern Mexico
CLEVELAND, Ohio, October 6.-Earth-
quake shocks emanatinS from a point
between 2,GDo and 3,O0 miles distant, di-
rection unknown. We're recorded by the
seismoSraph at st. Ignatius College here
today. The first preliminary ocI urred at
t:21 % am, the second at 4:26, the main
shock at :2S and the maximum at ~
the end coming at J:16 am.
Father Odenbach. the curator, said tina t
the maximum motion was forty-one milli-
meters: the shocks being rather pro-
nounced.
NEW YORK. October Ga severe
earthquake lasting -thirtyfour minutes
was recorded by the seismograph at
Brooklyn College this morning. The rec
ord began at 5:19 O'Clock and continued
until 5:53. The maximum disturbance
was at J:352 The movement was both
north and south and east and west. The
observers located the shock about 3.G0O
miles away.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-06
ORGANIZE FOR IMPROVEMENT,
Citizens of Kensington Have Plans
for Local Betterment.

KENSINGTON, Md, October ca
largely attended meeting of the citizens
of Kensington was held Wednesday night
at the residence of j. w. Townsend for
the purpose of organizing the Kensington
Improvement Association. General plans
for local betterment were discussed. Much
enthusiasm was aroused in favor of the
proposed macadam road connecting Ken
'sington with Rock Creek Park. Dr. Will
liam L. Lewis briefly outlined the general
plans of the Department of Agriculture
for making Montgomery county a model
to show the possibilities of modern rural
life.
1t is the intention of the newly formed
association to cooperate with the de-
partment to the fullest extent in this
work Joseph w. Buck was elected pres,
ident of the association, George Fl. Sny-
der treasurer and Lewis Merriam secre-
tary. The permanent standing commit
tees are to be appointed at thte next
meeting when a constitution will be
adopted and definite work begun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-06
Business Calm Will Come When
Business Is Submissive.
Is NOT AFRAID OF FUTURE
Thinks Competition Will Restore
Prosperity to All-Says State
Socialism Is the Only Al
tentative in Sight.
TRUSTS. TAKE WARNING,

The prosecutions must 90 on. Il
is not fer the executive to say he
can withhold criminal prosecutions
or any kind of prosecutions lust
to help business.
Business must reform itself. and
those executive duties must be
performed under the oath OF office
that ! took and under the oath
that those under me took.
But when that part OF the busl-
ness community that thought that
the antitrust statute did not mean
anything understands that 1t is to
be enforced, then we may reach a
solution that will enable the bust
ness community to settle down on
a proper and legitimate basis.
I believe we are going on to
greater future. We must
get back to competition as an eie
ment in this country. II II is i'm
possible. then let us 90 to social
ism. 4, for one, an not dtscour-
aged.-President Taft at Pocateilo.
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MICHIGAN KEEPS LEPER.
Fails in Efforts to Have Him Sent
to q Colony.

SAGINAW, Mich, October 6.-Marilis
Jenson of Calumet. Mich, Michigan's
only leper, will probably remain charge
of Houghton county. for the efforts of
state officials to have him sent to a leper
colony have failed.
There is a possibility, however. that he
may be taken to the University Hospital
at Ann Arbor. For some time citizens
OF Calumet and other upper peninsula
cities demanded that the unfortunate
man be transported elsewhere. 1t has
been a number OF years since a similar
case was discovered in Michigan.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-06
Prisoners to Be Paid.

The Turkish civilian prisoners held in
Italy will receive 40 cents a day from
the Italian government during their de
tention. the prisoners of war at Syra-
cuse will be allowed to be present at the
about to sail for Tripoli.
SALONIKI. European Turkey, October
6.-The Turkish battleship Feth-I-Bulend
held up and searched the British steamer
Orchis. and finding forty barrels of
powder on board. brought the vessel here
as prize of war
LONDON, October 6.-The steamer
Orchis. seized by the Turks, was bound
from Smyrna for Constantinople and her
owners here cannot understand why she
was taken. so long as she was not going
to an Italian port
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Mayor Canes Young Attorney.
match to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
RICHMOND. Va, October 6.-In Bristol
this morning. following the adjournment
Of the police court. presided over by
Mayor Rice. the mayor met A. H. Blanch-
ard, a young attorney. on the street and
severely caneds him. Mayor Rice is sew
enty>five years old. The lawyer appeared
before the mayor as counsel and had a
controversy, hence the canings No ar
rests have been made. *
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Two Thousand Men Threaten Strike.

DES MONIES, Iowa. October 6.-Des
Moines street car men. numbering 100.
today decided to go on strike unless 300
members of the union. recently dis
charged. are reinstated by the company
at ) O'Clock. The city railway company
officers say they will not reinstate the
men, The men recently struck for the
reinstatement of a man. The strike was
ended by court order they they be
re-employed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-06
Diaz Would Modify Pact.

SAN JUAN DEL SUR, Nicaragua. Oc-
tober 6-President Diaz sent to congress
today the contract for the loan from
American financiers, accompanied with
a recommendation that the agreement,
with some notifications, be accepted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-06
LOCAL CALIPH is DEFIED
Government at Paris Later Denies
Action Was Authorized.
C0L0Rs ORDERED TAKEN DOWN
Incident Creates Excitement in
= - -
Southern Morocco, But German
Foreign Office Is Satisfied.

BERLIN, October "a group of
sFrenchmen .hoisted a French flag over
the fort at Agadir!t Morocco. threaten
ing grave international complications.
1t was announced that France had pro-
claimed a protectorate and that a
Agadir.
| The French. government immedia tely
disavowed the action, and as it is not
represented at Agadir instructed the
French consul at Mogador to ask the
Moroccan authorities to take meas
ures to remove the flag and end the
incident
According to the latest advices the
| Frenchmen were defying the local
caliph of Agadir. who. on his own re-
sponsibility. had ordered the French
colors lowered. but it is expected that
the Frenchmen will yield when they
| learn that their government has dis
avowed their act.
Appeal to German Warship.
| The caliph appealed to the commander
| of a German warship in the harbor. but
| he refused to interfere. The French flag
was planted on an ancient bastiOn domi-
mating the town. and which the overzeal-
| Gus French patriots had occupied in the
absence of the garrison. They fired a
salute and sent word to the Germans to
leave Agadir which they declared had
become q French possession.
The incident, according to dispatches re-
ceived here, created excitemen in south
ern Morocco, but the German foreign Of
flee is satisfied with the counter measures
adopted by the French government
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-06
CONCRETE DAM BREAKS;
FLOOD |MPER|LS LIVES
Relief Parties Are Being Hur-
ried to- sNeighborhood of
Hatfield, Wis.

LA CROSSE, Wis, October 6.--Tele-
phone advices just received at the Of
fees of the La Crosse Water Power Com
pany say that the west end Ct the main
dam at Hatfield went out at 1890. The
dam is solid concrete structure, sixty
feet high and 100 feet deep at the base.
1t was considered strong enough to hold
any flood of water that might be turned
against it.
Situation Is Desperate.
Efforts are being made to confine the
torrent, which has broken through the
dam. to a canal and thus out Of the
main river, but it is admitted that the
situation is desperate Relief parties are
being hurriedly organized to go to the
scene by automobile.
The Dells dam, eighteen miles up the
Black river. broke today and threw a
large volume of water against the Hat
field dam.
The water at this point is the highest
in years, and if the Hatfield dam is swept
away the loss will be tremendous. Tie
people are panic-stricken. and they We're
warned to move from the lower levels.
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but only twenty-five at Solum, thirty at
Tobruk and seventy at Derna At Cy-
rene they came upon twenty police Off
GERS.
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On Way to Washington.

Ii was about o'clock last evening that
Mr. Curtis suffered the stroke of appo-
plexy which resulted in his almost instant
DEATH Mr.. Curtis. accompanied by Mrs.
Curtis, arrived at the Bellevue-Stratford
shortly before noon yesterday. 1t was
their intention to spend only one day in
Philadelphia. after which they were to
proceed to their home in Washington,
from which they had been absent since
the first of last May. All their heavy bag
gage had been sent on to This city.
After an early luncheon and short
time spent calling friends Mr.. and
Mrs. Curtis retired to their apartments
in the hotel. At s o'clock Mrs. Curtis
had dressed for dinner and Mr.. Curtis
entered and started to dress. 1t was
while standing in the bedroom of the
apartment he was stricken and fell to
the floor. One of the assistant managers
OF the hotel responded to the alarm given
by Mrs. Curtis by ringing the call bell
and Immediately DR.. j. Norman Rsley
and Dr.. Homer G. Bloom, both resident
physicians of the hotel. We're called in
hurry call also was sent for DIR. John
III. Musser. whose office is not far from
the hotel. The three physicians strove
TO revive him, but he was beyond all
medical aid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-06
Gridiron Club to Take Action.

The Gridiron Club. to which Mr.. Curtis
was the first member elected after its Or
ganization. September j. 1885. will hold a
special meeting at the New Willard Hotel
tomorrow at noon to take action on his
death. In respect to his memory the Grid
iron flag is flying at half-mast on the
New Willard. the headquarters of the
club0
High compliment to Mr. Curtis as a
publicist whose essays were of great edu-
catiOnal value is paid by George Won l..
Meyer. Secretary of the Navy, in a mes
sage of coincidence sent to his widow. The
message. sent by telegraph. reads:
Mrs. William E. Curtis, Bellevue-Strat-
ford Hotel. Philadelphia, Pa:
Pray accept my most sincere SYM
pathy at your sudden and most sad be-
reavement. The services of your hus-
band to the country at large as a publicist
were of the greatest value.
(Signed) &c. V. l.. MEYER,
.'Secretary Of the Nayy:''
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Body of William E. Curtis to
Arrive This Evening.
FUNERAL PLANS NOT MADE
Prominent Newspaper Writer Dies
Suddenly in Philadelphia.
CLOSE OF AN ACTIVE CAREER
Correspondent of Wide Experience
and Great Versatility-Author
of Books on Travel.

The body of William Eleroy Curtis,
the widely known newspaper corre-
spondent. who dropped dead of apo
pleXy in his apartments in the Belle
vue-StratfOrd Hotel in Philadelphia.
will arrive in Washington this evening
over the Pennsylvania railroad, ac-
companied by Mrs. Curtis and his son,
Elroy Curtis, and the latter's wife. The
body will be taken to the family resi-
dence, 1901 Connecticut avenue. Mrs.
George Nick. Maths, Mr.. Curtis daugh-
ter, and her husband will arrive in
Washington from her home in Cham
paign. ILL.,. tomorrow morning.
Funeral arrangements have not been
made, but in the absence from the city
Of Rev. DR.. Charles Wood, pastor OF
the Church of the Covenant, of which
Mr.. Curtis was an officer and member.
it is considered likely that Rev. H. b.
Angus, pastor of Peck Memorial
Chapel, will officiate at the services,
which will be at the house, probably
Sunday afternoon. Interment will be
in Rock Creek cemetery.
Mr.. Curtis had been visiting his son,
Elroy, and his grandchildren at East
Orange, N. j., for few days. and while
en- route to this city, where his home
was being placed in readiness for him.
he stopped over in Philadelphia to
visit his wife's sister, Mrs. Samuel W..
Hicks at Bryn Athan
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-06
GREETED BY Mr.. RUDOLPH
Address by District Commissioner Is
Loudly Applauded.
TRIP TAKEN TO MOUNT VERNON
Reports of Officers Read-Resolu-
tions on Many Topics Will
Be Discussed.

Commissioner Cuno II. Rudolph extend
ed hearty welcome in behalf of the Ma
tional Capital to the delegates of the
National German-American Alliance,
when DR.. c. A. HeXamer of Philadelphia,
president of the alliance, called to order
the opening session of the sixth biennial
convention this morning at O'Clock in
the big ballroom of the New Willard
Hotel.
An ovation was accorded the President
of the board of District Commissioners
for his welcome, while the hearts OF the
delegates warmed in accord with the ad-
dresses of Kurt Voelckner. president OF
the United German Societies of the Dis
trict: Col. Martin Wiegand, chairman OF
the general arrangements committee, ana
other prominent Germans who seconded
the welcome extended to the delegates
and flung wide open to them the gates
of the city.
More than 20 delegates, representing
almost every state in the Union and the
most prominent German societies in the
country, were in the aSSemDlage. AS TO-
day is German day the delegates cele-
brated the day still further by pill
grimage to Mount Vernon. on the annual
outing Of the Arion Eerein. starting at
:, O'Clock this afternoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-06
Anxious to Get Home.

Sanford y. Whitwell of tie Washing
ton Gas Light Company saw Mr. Curtis In
Philadelphia yesterday and said today he
never saw him looking better or in better
spirits. Mir. Curtis told him he had en-
joyed his summer very much. but would
be glad TO get back home again.
Mr.. Curtis had not been ill during the
day. according 10 Mrs. Curtis, and he
lad not complained of feeling indisposed
before being stricken. Neither had Mr.
Curtis complained of the state of his
health while touring the south the past
several months with Mrs Curtis, for the
purpose of gathering material for a new
set of stories descriptive of the principal
cities of tie southern states. His trip
being taken during the hot summer
months. however, il is believed this may
have somewhat weakened his general
constitution and made him less able to
withstand the stroke of apcplexy. Mrs
Curtis was prostrated. but under the
ministrations of relatives from East
Orange, n. j., who We're immediately
summoned was somewhat recovered this
morning. Mr.. Curtis son. r1iroy, wfo
works in New York and lives in East
Orange was notified over the telephone
and reached his mothers side before mid
night
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A Native of Ohio.

Mr.. Curtis was sixty-one years old,
having been born in Akron, Ohio, Novem-
Der !. 1850. He was graduated from
the Western Reserve College in 1871. He
received the degree Of doctor OF Htel ature
from that college in 1901. and a similar
degree was conferred on him by Amherst
College in 1907. He was married to Cora
Belle Kepier of Erie, Pa, December 2s
1874, and his family consists of his wife
and one son. Elroy Curtis and u daugh-
ter. formerly Elsie Curtis. now the wife
of George Maths, nephew of Representa-
Continued on Second Pase)
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Simon VOLTS Address.

What Mecca rs to the faithful Mos
lem Mount Vernon should be to every
patriotic American, and, indeed, to all
lovers of human freedom" Mr. Wolf
said. Let this monient be the occa-
sion for the slogan to go forth that
no one can be a true American unless
he makes a pilgrimage to the tomb of
George Washington
TT is therefore in this spirit of lofty
patriotism that we bow our heads In
reverence to the builder of a great ma
tion,s the republic of the west Cog
nizant of the fact that membe. : of
this constructive force were of Ger
man stock, and what Steuben, De Kalb
CONTINUED on Eleventh Page.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-06

The circulation of The Star,
both daily and Sunday, is greater
by many thousands than that of
any other Washington newspaper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-06

Fair and warmer tonight. Sat
urday increasing cloudiness and
warmer: moderate south winds.
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Commissioners to Aid Inquiry.

CONTINUED on Second Page (
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-30
Stelqner-Strauss.

Tuesday morning at St Alphonsus
church. the wedding OF Mr.. Fred Steig-
ner and Miss Margurita Strauss was
solemnized. The bride. who wore
white m%arquisette over satin. was az
tended by her sister. Miss Mary
Strauss. Mr.. Paul Wine.Iorier was
best man. After the ceremony a wed
ding breakfast Mas served at the home
OF the brides parents I'm East Wheel
ing The following guests were pres
ent az a reception held last evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. St.ianer. Nj. al. Mrs.
Joe Frazier. Mr. and sIrs. Conrad
Kirch. Mr. ana MIS- Hcltz. Mt. and
Mrs. Fred S~teisuCr. Mr.. Charles
Strauss. Miss Mar Strauss. Nr. Joe
Strauss. Mr.. Francis Strauss. Miss
Mary Wicskerchner. Mr. Charles Weis-
kerchner and family. Miss Cora GciS-
ner. Mr. Joseph Kir-ch. Mr.. Adam
Hicheroy. Mir. Anthony Steigner and
Miss Madeline Be!tZ
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1911-09-30
Venerable Couple Celebrate.

Special pispatch 10 the in~teIIigencer
EAST LIVERPOOL. o., Sept. 25.-
Mr.. and Mrs. J. III. Green. of Rogers.
O., formerly of this city will celebrate
their ffticth wedding anniversary.
Tuesday. September 26. Both Mr..
and Mrs. Green are aged % years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Green were married
at Elkins. in 1861. and the parents
OF the following sons and daughters:
William VI. Green. of Rogers, o.;
George Il. Green of East Palestine.
o; Harry T. Green OF Warrington.
w. Va: Mrs. Nora Stanley OF Pitts
burg. Pa. Nj Jessie =. er G. Aus
an Tex Mrs. Pearl Crawford OF
Cleveland and Mrs. Emma Dixon OF
Negley. O. Iherc are also twelve
great grand children.
Mr.. Green is n brother OF Robert
Green OF this city. and Frank Green
of Wheeling.