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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
RIOT IN LEGISLATURE
Gang Rule and Steam Roller Clash In
House at Harrisburg.


Harrisburg, Pa, May 20. Gang
rule and the steam roller locked
horns with the initiative and referen-
dunn in the house and after quiet had
been restored and the rioters chas-
tised it was difficult to determine the
winner. Both sides were apparently
satisfied to quit.
The chair was in doubt as to the
real cause of the disturbance, and was
at first inclined to place the blame
on the cup that cheers. Later, at the
suggestion of member of the Phila-
delphia delegation, the chair decided
that Thomas w. Mcfarland, of the
Forty-fourth ward, of Philadelphia,
was the cause of the disturbance, and
had him removed from the house. But
he was not the cause, nor did he par
ticipate in the trouble.
The riot, which was a real one in
every sense of the word. started when
Clyde Kelly's resolution providing for
the initiative and the referendum was
called for third reading.
Speaker Cox had the steam roller
working all through the session and
was accomplishing wonders with 1t
Bill after bill was gotten out of the
way, and objections on the part of in
surgent members went for naught
When the Kelly resolution was called
the speaker was giving it the same
treatment as all others, when Kelly in
sisted upon an aye and nay vote.
The speaker permitted a rising vote
the result of which was, to the minds
of many, favorable to the resolution
The speaker ruled otherwise and pro
ceeded with the next bill. Kelly and
his colleague, George A. Baldwin. oil
Beaver, called for recognition, but the
speaker continued with the roll cal
on the next bill In a moment bedlam
broke loose in the house and there
were appeals from all over the house
from members who had received the
same treatm ent as Kelly.
The uproar increased to such pro
portions that the speaker ordered the
sergeantat-arms to subdue the bel
ligerents. When the officers reached
the seats of Kelly and Baldwin they
attempted to remove them from the
house.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
Father PerSuadeS Son TO
Shoot Him.
SIDE OF HEAD BLOWN OFF
Parent Looked Into Barrel of Shot
gun and Told Lad to Pull the
Trigger, as 1t Was Not
Loaded.

Greenwich, Conn, May 19.-One OF
the most shocking tragedies which
has ever occurred In the community
OF millionaires who have large es-
tates around the northern part of the
town Of Greenwich, occurred when
Fred Hustled, q prosperous farmer,
aged forty-six years, prevailed upon
his twelve-year-old son Lester to pull
the trigger If his shotgun, which blew
his fathers head on.
Hustled Is believed to have become
crazed after years of toll, during which
he had paid OF the farm mortgage
and for the first time in years saw
prospects Of life OF ease.
Hustled owned farm of eighty
acres at North Greenwich, and it is
said had lately refused an offer OF
$4,000 for the place. He was pros
porous and devoted his whole time TO
his farm. He awoke from a nap and
told his wife that he felt queer, hav-
ing just had a bad dream.
Hustled sent his wife on an errand
to neighbor. Lester was in the gar
den and the other three children were
at school. Soon after Mrs. Hustled had
left the house her husband called Les
ter and asked him IL he had seen a
hawk just fly over the chicken yard.
The boy said that he had not.
He called the boy to the kitchen,
and, picking up a double barreled
shotgun which he always kept loaded
in one corner of the room, he laid it
on the kitchen table, told the boy to
pull the trigger, as he wanted to see
how it sounded.
The man knelt on the floor on the
opposite side of the table, cooked one
eye and looked directly into the muz-
zle of the gun, which was but four
inches away. The boy hesitated, and
his father said it isn't loaded, so the
boy snapped the triggers, but let them
go easily, holding them with his
thumb, and the piece didn't explode.
His father arose, took the rife from
the table, cooked 1t again and laid it
back in the same position, while he
got on his knees and again looked into
the barrel. 1T is not loaded; pull
the trigger and see how 1t sounds" he
again told the boy
The boy did So and the father drop
ped dead instantly, the whole left side
of his head blown of Horror-stricken,
the lad rushed to his nearest neighbor,
Daniel Ryan, and told him about what
he had done. j. T~-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
SWALLOWS NICKEL AND DIES
Gift Of Friend Causes Death Of Little
Girl


Philadelphia, May 22.-As the re
suit Of having swallowed a nickel tina
had been given her as a present, two
year-old Elizabeth Morrison, of 1854
North Howard street, died in the
Episcopal hospital.
About three weeks ago little Eliza
beth and her brothers and sisters
were each given a nickel by a friend
who had been visiting the family. The
other children promptly invested Their
present in candy, but Elizabeth refus
ed to part with her shining gift and
continued to play with ii.
Later In the day the child's mother
heard the little girl gasping and chok
ing in an alarming manner, and al
once surmised what had happened
She afforded temporary relief to the
child by patting her on the back,
which caused the coin to pass safely
down the throat.
The mother then took the girl To
the Episcopal hospital, where she was
treated. For few days she seemed
to be all right, but the coin had lodged
in the intestines, and she was again
taken to the hospital.
When all other means had failed II
was decided that an operation would
be necessary to save the child's life.
The operation was successfully per-
formed and the coin removed. Again
for a time the child got along nicely
and it was thought she would recover
But pneumonia set in and the end
quickly came.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
TAFT WANTS HIS OWN pAcr
Opposes Any Amendments to Reel
procitY AQreement.


Washington, May 20 President
Taft is opposed to amendments to the
reciprocity agreement with Canada, nc
difference who is their sponsor.
1t became known that the president
looks with disfavor on the proposed
amendments Of Senators Root and
Lodge, two of his personal friends
and close advisers
Mr.. Taft believes the agreement
should go through congress as 1t was
introduced He will make his fight
along that line, no difference what Re
publican leaders attempt to do.
heated colloquy between Senator
LaFollette and Leonard Bronson, of
the National Lumber Manufacturers
association, occurred at the Canadian
reciprocity hearing by the senate com.
mittee on finance
Following this tilt a declaration by
Bronson that the conservation policy
OF President Roosevelt and Clifford
Pinchot worked for the benefit of the
lumber trust and forced up the prices
OF lumber, was stricken from the
record.
Bronson had also declared that the
withdrawal by the government of large
tracts Of timber lands was the chief
cause of the high prices of lumber.
Senator LaFollette demanded to
know what authority Mr. Bronson had
for these assertions. This Mr. Bronson
refused to explain, and after a series
of questions by Senator LaFollette
both the assertions and the ensuing
eolloquy were expunged on motion Of
the senator.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
RUN DOWN BY AEROPLANE
Woman Asks $4,000 Damages In First
Suit of Kind.

Dayton, o., May 22.-There was filed
here damage suit which is said to
be the first of the kind ever brought
in any court in the world.
Sadie Fuller, of Oshkosh, Wis, filed
suit in the common pleas court against
the Wright Brothers company, asking
$4,000 for personal injuries received
in being run down by an aeroplane.
She says she was injured in Mil
waukee in 1910, when a piece of Arch
Hoxsey's machine dropped, striking
her on the head.
Through negligence, it is charged,
the propeller suddenly ceased to work,
and the machine, when only forty feet
in the air, swooped down upon the
spectators. Miss Fuller sustained a
broken nose and other damages about
the face and body.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
Girls in Census Bureau Re-
buke Mrs. Hammond.
DON'T WANT HER CHARITY
Advise Rich Women TO Buy Ice For
the Poor Instead of Buying Ice
Cream For Well Paid Gov
eminent Employees.

Washington, May 20. Mrs John
Hays Hammond, wife Of the special
ambassador of the United States to
the coronation of King George ", and
president of the women's welfare de
partment of the National Civic FEEDER
alton, thought 1t would be nice to
send some ice cream to the 1000 girls
who were working In the census bu
reau on this hot day.
She acted on the generous impulse
and the girls forthwith refused to &C
cept 1t and held an indignation meet.
Ing. When the two wagons loaded
with ice cream pulled before the CEN
sus bureau the representatives of the
women's welfare department found the
census employees several points hotter
than they had been at any other
time during the day.
IF the women of the welfare de-
partment have money to spend let
them buy Ice for the poor of Washing
ton," was the message of thanks that
the welfare people got. One of the
clerks, woman who gets $500 a
year, acting as spokesman, said:
st Is ridiculous for these rich wo-
men who feel charitably inclined to
send ice cream to 1895 women in the
census ofice-women who are receiv-
ing good salaries ranging most of them
from $4,000 to $1,000 year. 1t is on
par with suggestion made by the
wife of prominent member of con.
gress and later a member of the cabi.
net and presidential candidate, who
declared that the women clerks of the
government should wear uniforms so
as to distinguish them from ladies'.
The women who are employed in the
census Office, like the women employed
in other government departments and
bureaus. frequently come from far bet
ter families than some of the newly
rich women who are seeking to bene-
fit them by sending them ice cream"
Mrs Hammond was very much sur
prised when she was Informed of the
action taken by the clerks.
II called up the census Office be-
fore sending the ice cream and asked
permission to extend a simple cour
tesy to the women employed there on
this very hot day." she said. There
was no intention on my part to be
patronizing 1t is the same kind of a
courtesy that I frequently extend to
my friends and neighbors. and 1t was
entirely in that spirit that the ice
cream was sent"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
RAISES ANNEXATION CRY
Earl of Selborne Sees Peril In Reel.
procity Agreement.

London, May 22.--The Earl of Sci.
borne has given little Enslanders
something to think about by speech
in the house of lords, in which he
severely criticised the government for
extraordinary supineness" in failing
to safeguard the interests of the Unit
ed Kingdom in the American-Cana.
dian reciprocity agreement.
at is the first time in the history OF
the empire" he pointed out, that one
part has obtained from foreign coun-
try better terms than those granted to
the mother country"
He argued that it was a short step
from giving and receiving such terms
to actual annexation.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
More Postal Savings Banks.

Washington, May 22.-The postofice
department has designated fifty add
tional postal savings banks, making
the total number established to date
226. The offices just named are to be
ready to receive deposits on June 49,
Among the newly designated Offices in
the east are: Glastonbury, Conn.
West Hoboken, N. j.; Dunkirk, N. y:
Minersville, Pa; Irwin, Pa; East
Greenwich, R. l.; st. Johnsbury, VT.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
MISSING Girls Body In Canal.

Chicago, May pa search, which
had lasted for more than month, for
Elsie Paroubek, five years old, sup
posed to have been kidnapped by gyp-
sizes, ended with the recovery of her
body in the drainage canal near Lock
port, I'll. The place where the body
was recovered is nearly thirty-fve
miles from the child's home. The body
was probably carried down the stream
from near the child's home.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
BURNED IN BED
Stove Set Fire to Curtain Near Wo.
man Who Was an Invalid.

man Who Was an Invalid.
Hackensack, N. j., May 20. - Mrs.
v. C. Armstrong was severely burned
while trying to put out fire on the
bed on which she was lying.
She is convalescing from a recent
illness and the nurse had brought a
portable stove into the room for use.
While the nurse was out OF the room
the wind blew the lace curtain of a
window at the head of the bed against
the flame of the stove and the curtain
took fire.
The fame leaped to the edging Of
the pillow on which Mrs. Armstrong;
head lay. She started up and with the
bed clothing tried to smother the
fame Her hair was badly singed and
the side of her face burned before the
nurse reached her and put out the
flames.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
Gets Nine Months For EmbezzIement

Somerville, n. J., May 20.-John D.
Bornmann, prominent political lead,
er of Warren township, was sentenced
to serve term of nine months in the
county jail for embezzling more than
$4,000 of the public school fund en-
trusted to his care. He was custodian
of the school fund for seven years
and during that time his friends Dor
rowed from the school money and fail
ed to make good.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
Tooth Marks Point to Suicide.

New York, May 20.-Tooth marks
on big crystal of cyanide of potas-
SUM found in Edward Griffin's room
led the police to believe that he had
killed himself by biting off enough of
the poison to kill twenty men. Griffin
was found dead in bed and a pound
of the poison was in a bureau drawer.
Griffin was a salesman, who, it is said,
came to New York six months ago
from Wilmington, Del.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
Gets Year For JOY Ride.

New York. May 20.-John Cush, a
chauffeur formerly employed by Simon
j. Klee, was sentenced to one year in
the penitentiary for petit larceny. He
is the first person convicted under the
law passed in 1910 which makes 1t
larceny for an employee to take out his
employers automobile for his own
pleasure without the employers per
mission
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
WHITEwAsHER C0NFEssEs
Intended to Use Bad Eggs on Their
Successful Rival.

Atlantic City, May 20.-Russell Fen.
ton and Paul Lutts are accused by
James Hamilton, of Absecon, with
having been guilty OF throwing a
bucket Of lime over the head of Enoch
Adams, an Atlantic City bank clerk.
Fenton is said to have admitted the
fact, and declared that it was first in
tended to use old eggs, but when they
failed to secure them they resorted to
the lime.
Efforts are being made to keep the
youths froD being prosecuted.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
Owner of Auto Plant Dies.

Reading, Pa, May 22.-Joseph Mid
dleby, Sr., owner of the Middleby au-
tomobile plant, died of paralysis at
the Reading hospital, in his ffty-sev-
enth year. He was a native of Boston
and came to Reading several years
ago.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
Crank 6 Elliott Is Dead.

Philadelphia, May 20.-Frank S. Ell
liot, vice president of the Philadelphia
Base Ball club, who was stricken with
cerebral hemorrhage while attending
the base ball game on Wednesday,
died in the Northwestern General hos
pital Mr. Elliot fell back in his seat
while the game was in progress.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
Heat Victim Declared Insane.

Norristown, Pa, May 20. - Harry
Reightnour, forty-four years of age,
formerly of Pottstown, was declared
insane and sent to the hospital He
was found in the big refrigerator at
the Hotel Rambo. He said he was try
ing to keep cool Physicians say the
excessive heat affected his brain.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
Wrecks AeropIane; Escapes Unhurt

Harrisburg, Pa, May %. - Joseph
Van Meter, the aviator, who has been
trying out the flying machine perfect
ed by M. B. Cumbler, of this city,
came to grief at Summerdale. He had
made a number of short flights with
success, and in attempting to land he
dropped into a clump of bushes. A big
stump wrecked the machine and
threw the aviator into bramble bush,
but he escaped harm.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
Farmer Killed Under Field RolI.r

Quakertown, Pa, May 20. - Two
horses which Oswin Trumbauer was
driving in a field roller ran away.
hurting Trumbauer under the roller.
killing him instantly.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
c. p. Taft OF to Coronation.

Washington. May 90 - Charles P.
Taft, brother of the president, with
Mrs. Taft and his daughter Louise,
sailed for Europe today to attend the
coronation. Mr.. Taft called up the
president BIZ long distance telephone
and said goodby.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
Shipment of Florida watermeIons.

Gambler. Fla. May 20-The first
car of the seasons watermelons was
loaded here for New York markets. 1t
brought $780, and this is the earliest
date at which melons have ever been
shipped from here. The vines were
planted in January and covered during
cold weather.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
Dead Mans Hoard Found.

Springfield, Mo, May 22.-Cash and
notes found hidden in secret table
drawers and beneath false desk tops
have been inventoried and valued at
$50, $50. The gold coins which James
T. Burge, the deceased, had boarded
for years, filled common sized wa
ter bucket.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
Butterine Makers Sued.

Trenton. May 20. - The United
States government began suit against
the Hudson Butterine company, of Ho-
boken, for $4,000 for the illegal man
ufacture of butterine The officers of
this company have been indicted.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
Massachusetts, "rechv Gets $1,000, ooo

Boston, May Ex-Governor Foss has
signed the bill by which the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology is to
be given 100000 state aid annually
for ten years, beginning Jan. l, 1912.
The institute binds itself to maintain
eighty free scholarships in return for
the state assistance.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
Booth Relative Hear to Million.

Atlantic City. May 20,-Mrs. Joseph
Booth, related to Edwin Booth, the
great actor, was congratulated at a
hotel, where she is stopping for the
summer, upon the news that she had
fallen a co-heir to fortune. 1t is esti'
mated at 100000,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
Bride Killed at eddystons.

Chester, Pa, May 12.-Mrs. Mary
Ponce, aged thirty-fve years, the
bride of Joseph Ponce, an Industrious
mechanics, was struck by passenger
train on the Pennsylvania railroad.
near Eddystone, and instantly killed.
In getting out of the way Of freight
Mrs. Ponce stepped directly in front
Of the passenger train.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
SUGAR Trust Probe ReaIns June I

Washington, May 20. - The sugar
trust investigating committee of the
house fixed June / as the date to be-
gin the inquiry into the affairs of the
American Sugar Refining company and
other refiners.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
Turf Victory For kina George

London, May 20. - King Georges
Pintadeau won the Fitzwillian stakes
at the Doncaster race meeting. II was
the first victory for King George and
was enthusiastically greeted.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
SUICIDE IN CENTRAL PARK
Widely Known Financier Shoots Him
self In the Head In New York.


self In the Head In New York.
New York, May 20.--Colonel Henry
o. Seixas. widely known financier,
and director In many prominent in
dustrial corporations, committed sui
eide in Central park by shooting him
self The body was found just east
of the west drive, opposite Seventy
ninth street
Colonel Seixas was about seventy
years of age. Among the concerns of
which he was a director are the fol-
lowing: Sloss-Sheffield Steel and Iron
company, Lanston Monotype Machine
company, Davis Creek Coal and Coke
company and Columbus & Hooking
Coal and Iron.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27
~Holy Ghost and US" Bark Wrecked

Portland, Me, May 20.-The barken-
tine Kingdom of the Holy Ghost and
Us sect has been stranded off San
conner, on the west coast of Africa,
and probably will be total loss. This
information has been received from
the National Board of Marine Under
writer's in New York
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-27

Butler, Pa, May 20. - Mrs. Ann
Ekas, aged seventy-three, died from
shock a few minutes after receiving
word Of the deth OF her sister. Mrs.
8. J. Martin, in New York city.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-22

WANTED-A young man to fire boiler
morning and evening George q Co. gO2
city National Bank Bldgs
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-22
OFFERED FOB REM
HOu.es aud Cottaae.-oontlnucd

Ao-sSA Poppleton. or, entirely mod.
hardwood finishi Field club district; one
t52SO~iil no. Sst ST.. large SIR. en-
tirely mod West Farn0m district
Two good S-r.. mod. hardwood finish
In hanscom park dist. Inquire for price.
O.1.rl mod, In Hanscom park dist
Near Bemis Park, SIC No. SD St, n
large SIR, mod, recently put In fine
shape; special concession II rented at
once.
s2S-sS95 Sherman Ave. a dandy Ger,
mod, worth looking at.
Ns.N-SSli Charles; a comfortable 1-r,
mod. house In best OF condition. Good
barn. owner needs rent, 40 thus reduction.
S29-222O No 18th St, SER. mod. brick.
NS-@lS Webster St, Or, mod. largo
barn.
SeV-25lS Spencer St. 5-r.. mod. cottage,
S22--2llS Locust; n good CIR, mod. eN-
cept heat; small barn,
S2O-Shclby Court, 22d and Leavcnworth,
$2O-ono block from Sith and Ames; Il
brand new Ser, entirely mod, cottage.
Just finished. Look at Il sunday. IL Is
No, Sit Taylor st.
S9-l6l7 Ohio, 6-r.. mod, fine, half
block TO car.
SlS-sS62 Decatur ST., Ser, entirely moo.
N5-Best close in Ger, mod. cottage In
the city, So No. IS st.
Nl-llS No. 18th St, Ar, mod, fine,
NS-2MS No. leth St, ar, mod. brick,
BOOMING HOUSE--ONE BLOCK TO
FARNAM CAR,
AZ s56iiS Douglas St, Tor, mod; Just
refinished and papered. Rent very rea-
WATsNuT HrIL-FuRNIsHBD CoTP.
A comfortable 6-r., mod. colt, to right
PETERS TRUST co.
1622 Farnam ST.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-22
MASSAGE Treatment. Mrs. steele.

THE SALVATION ARMY sollclts cast
off clothing, In fact, anything you do NOT
need. We collect, repair and sell, at l3i
N. nth st., for cost OF collection, to the
worthy poor. Gail phone douglas AKA
and wagons will call.
Omaha daily bee., 1911-10-22
HOUSES AND COTTAGES.


SS0S Charles, 5-r., partly mod. Sl2.
1895 s. 18th, Ser, all mod. except heat.
A bargain at S17,
1922 Clark, b-r, partly mod. VIII deco
rate to suit tenant. SIS.
l54l ). 26th, 5-r., mod. except heat, In
choice location, Sl9.
S405 Decatur, CIR, mod except heat, $40.
4S0S N. 10Th, b-r., mod. except heat, 500
$50 $. 2Sd, Der, mod. except heat, $50,
500 8. 2bth, b-r., mod, except heat, $40
40l7 Hamilton, 6-r., mod. except heat
Reduced TO S2i.
2OOe Spruce, S-r., all mod, newly deco
rated, S25
l2oS-lO Cass 7-ro partly mod, for COL
ored, $3.50.
SS4O Seward. Or. all mod. good resi-
dence district. Reduced TO only $3.50
1910 $. goth, S-r all mod, $50
1895 s. aOth Ave, 7-r., all mod, only $50
4l2 N 18th, Ter, strictly mod, choice
location, $3.50
PA s. sOth, 7-r., all mod choice location,
$50 So
5lO7 Cunning, 7-r., strictly mod, in Dun
dee, only SS260
3l72 Farnam, an S-r.. strictly mod. de-
tached house. West Farnam district $50.
1907 N. SD, new Ter, strictly mod, de-
tached house, In choice residence dis
trict, hot water heat, $S5.
Our complete printed list will be mailed
upon request.
PAYNE & SLATER CO.,
Sole Agents, eth FL, ON. Nat. Blk Bldg,'