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The Washington times., 1911-02-12
Beauty and the Beast"
To Be PLAYED for Charity.

Prominent among the charity perform
ances which are already beginning to
occupy the interest of society folk,
though the Lenten season is not yet
upon Us. is the production of the fairy
play, The Beauty and the Beast"
which is to be given Friday afternoon,
February "A, at the Belasco Theater.
for the benefit of the National Home
opathic Hospital. The production of
is an entirely new one. is being staged
under the direction of Miss Hawke, and
a number of special songs, dances, and
other interesting features have been in
troduced.
Tickets for boxes and seats are now
on sale at the home of Mrs. l.. 3.
Swormstedt. Thomas circle, and at
Miss Hawkes..
Among the patronesses for the occa-
sion are Nine. Ritter, wife of the Swiss
minister: Countess de Buisseret, wife
Of the Belgian minister; Mrs. George
Won l.. Meyer. Mrs. James Mcmillan,
Mrs. Montgomery Blair, Mrs. John Hays
Hammond, Mrs. John r. Mclean. Mrs.
Corcoran Thorn. Mrs. Gordon Crawford,
Mrs Ross Thompson, Mrs. Fleming
NewboId. Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page,
Mrs. George Howard. Mrs. Allerton
Cushman, Mrs. Matthew T. Scott, Mrs.
lockwood Hoar. and Mrs. Robert Roose-
welt.
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sands, WITHOUT COST.
All | ask is your address

1 want to send every one who has
rheumatism a regular S1.o0 pair of
Magic Foot Drafts, the great Michi-
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The Sequence.

1T was very romantic says tn,
friend. He proposed to her in tho
automobile" -n
"Yes? We murmur, encouraginRly.
And she accepted him in the hos.
pital'-Life.
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Realistic PLAY.

"1s your play realistic?'' asked the
manager.
T"Realisticr' exclaimed the playwright.
az should say II is. I've got a cab
driver in one scene who can swear to
the queens taste."-Detroit Free Press
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Mr. and Mrs. Edison Bradley Give Musicale and Tea
In CompImentto to Miss Alice Preston of New York
Mr.. and Mrs. Wagenhorst
Entertain at Luncheon

Mr.. and Mrs. Ellwood o. Wagen-
horst entertained a small party in
formally at luncheon at Chevy Chase
today, asking their guests to meet Mrs.
Nathaniel Robertson of Scranton, Pa,
who is visiting Mrs. McCallum.
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Miss Helen Parker, granddaughter Of
Mrs. Lyman Tiffany. is spending a few
days with Miss Marguerite Barbour,
daughter of Mrs. James F. Barbour.
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Miss Helen Nesmith
Visiting Miss Greedy.
Miss Gertrude Greedy. daughter of
Gen. A. w. Greedy, u. S. A, and Mrs.
Greedy, has as her house guest, her
cousin. Miss Helen Nesmieh, OF Low.
ell, Mass.
Miss Retta Sucker and Miss Eta
Benjamin left Washington today for
New York, where they will spend
week at the Knickerbocker Hotel.
The Crescents have sent out invita-
tions for the fifth dance of the season,
which will be held on the evening OF
Saturday, February IS, in the Elks
ballroom.
Thomas b. Murphy gave an oyster
roast at the Washington Country Club
last night to members and friends.
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LOCAL MENTION

Sea Foods, Steaks, Chops, Salads, Etc,
Phila. Oyster & Chop House, 513 18th NV.
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Miss Cromwell Hostess
To Lord Decies Sister

Miss Louise Cromwell, who has as her
house guest the Hon. Mrs. Wilkerson,
sister of Lord Decies, whose marriage
to Miss Vfvien Gould took place Tues
day, was hostess at luncheon today at
her residence on New Hampshire
avenue.
The Naval Attache of the French
Embassy and Viscountess Benoist
day chaperoned the party, which
also included Mr.. and Mrs. Preston
Gibson, Miss Catherine Britton, Robin
Gray. of England. who was one of the
ushers at the Gould-Decies wedding,
and Granville r. Fortescue.
Mrs. Oliver Cromwell is giving din
ner tonight in honor of Mrs. Wilker-
son.
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The Attorney General and Mrs. Wick
ersham entertained at dinner last even
ing the Spanish Minister and Nine.
Riano, Senator and Mrs. Crane,
Senator and Mrs. Sutherland, Senator
Brandegee, Representative and Mrs.
Mann. and Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hennen Jennings, Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Kirke Porter, Miss
Tuckerman, Miss Williams, Mr., Glover.
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Speaker of the House
And Miss Cannon Entertain.

The Speaker of the House. and Miss
Helen Cannon entertained an dinner
last evening, having as their honor
guest the British Ambassador and Mrs.
Bryce. Covers were laid for thirty-two
guests.
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!, Important Notice to Smokers.
On and after Monday, February 13, all
smokers in the District of Columbia
Should get PERMIT TO SMOKE.
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Announcement is made of the engage
ment of Miss Nathalie Berry, daughter
of the late Mrs. c. V. r. Berry, of
Washington, to Theodore Vernon Boyn-
ton, son of the late John Henry Boyn-
ton, of New York
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Mr.. and Mrs. August II. Plugge, 13l
Thirteenth street, have gone to Bermu
da for several weeks.
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p r o m p ( a n d
permanent re-
lief that / can
afford to send
them On ap-
prOvaI. ] u s I
send your name
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Junior Republic League
Planning Irish Fete.

The Junior League of the National
Junior Republic is planning an Irish
fete and vaudeville show for the after
noon and evening of March IS, for the
benefit of the organization. The enter
tainment will be given at Rauscher's.
interesting specialties by talented local
society folk. There will be booths of
useful and fancy articles, presided over
by prominent society matrons and
maids, and tea will be served durins;
the afternoon. There will be dancing in
the evening after the performance.
Mrs. Alexander Britton, Mrs. EldridSe
E. Jordan, and Mrs. George I. Wheeler
are among those interested in the en-
terprise.
The patronesses for the play, THE
Last of the Gladiators," which will be
given by the Georgetown University
Dramatic Association on Tuesday, Feb
ruary Is, at 2:30 O'Clock at the Column
bia Theater, for the benefit of the. St
Rose Technical School. are Baroness
Hengelmuller wife of the Austro-Hun-
garian Ambassador; Nine. Jusserand,
wife OF the French Ambassador; Mrs
Bryce, wife of the British Ambassador;
Countess de Buisseret, wife of the Bel
gian Minister; Mrs. White, wife of the
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court;
Mrs. Carter, wife Of Senator Carter, of
Montana, and Mrs. John R. Mclean,
Mrs. Cowie, wife Of Paymaster Cowie.
u S. N, will receive tomorrow after
noon.
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Mrs S. Burnstein and daughters,
Miss Lillian Burnstein and Miss Grace
Burnstein, have left town for Gn ex-
tended Southern tour.
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The Misses Patten entertainf6E al
luncheon Yesterday at their residence
on Massachusetts, avenue.
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Miss Wadsworth and
Miss Merriam in Riding Party.

I
Miss Harriet Wadsworth and Miss
Laura Merriam were members of
party of young people who went riding
through Rock Greek Park and the ad-
jacent countryside this morning
lunching informally at the Chevy Chase
Club afterward.
The Vice President and Mrs Sherman
have cards out for a reception Monday
evening, February q, in honor OF the
Diplomatic Corps.
Senator Kean and Miss Kean had
company dining with them last evening
at their residence, on street.
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Mrs. John Lindsay Morehead enter
tained at dinner last night at her resi-
dence on Farragut square. asking her
guests to meet Mr.. Justice and Mrs.
Lamar.
Mrs. Calderon Carlisle is the hostess
selected from resident circless-to re-
ceive the guests for the committee at
the, Bachelors Cotillion Wednesday
night.
Mrs. James Mcmillan entertained
distinguished company at dinner last
night In honor of her house guest, Bar
soness Won Kettler and her son-in-law
and daughter, Sir John and Lady Har-
rington.
The Vice President and Mrs. Sherman
went to Utica yesterday, Mrs. Sherman
to remain until Thursday
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Life Insurance Company of Virginia
OFFICERS:

JOHN q. WALKER. President
I. WIN. PHMBRRroN, First Noe-Prs.ideut
". l. T. ROBERTSON. Second Uce-Preade1t
E D. HARRIS, SecreeaC
REGINALD GILLIAN, Treasurer
II. CABEIL TABB, N. D., Medical Director
JOHN SIDNEY DAVENPORT, Jr., Actuary
A. S. HURT, Apditor
COKE q PEKRELL osassaI Counsd
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even after long lives of suffering, and
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Miss Belle Schiffman, OF Harvsrr
street. will leave the city Tuesday 70
an extended trip to Mobile, New Or
leans. and Jacksonville.
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Senator du Pont was among the din
ner hosts OF last evening.
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You decide, and we take your word
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Mrs. Ben Frank, of Baltimore, Is
spending the weekend in this city as
the guest OF her mother. Mrs. Charles
Kaufman.
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Mrs. l. Helstein and Mrs. l.. Levi
son, of New York, spent a few days in
Washington en- route to Indianapolis.
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General and Mrs. Aleshire
Entertain Mr.. and Mrs.
Yager, Of Chicago.

Brig. Gen. and Mrs. J. B. Aleshire,
u. S. A., entertained Informally at
luncheon today at the Chevy Chase
Club. in honor of their house guests,
Mr.. and Mrs. wager, of Chicago.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
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EXCUSE FOR HIS LAUNDERING
Ideal Waiter, True to the End, Had
Been Working Under Pretty
Heavy Handicap.

He was an immaculate servant To
watch him serve a salad was to watch
an artist at work. To hear his sub
dued accents was lesson in the art
Of voice-production. He never slipped,
he never smiled, and his mutton-chop
whiskers marked him as one of the
old and faithful stock. But one eve
ming, to the surprise of his master. he
showed unaccountable signs of nerv-
BUSINESS. When the chicken came on,
he confused it with the pheasant. He
served everything in the wrong or
der, made blunder after blunder, and
put final touch to his shame by up
setting the salt over the only super
stitious member of the party. Then,
at last, when the ladies had retired to
the drawing room, he touched his mas
ter on the shoulder. Il beg your par
don, sir" he said in respectful un-
dertone, "but could you manage to
spare me now? My house is on fire."
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
COMES A TIME
When Coffee Shows What 1t Has Been
Doing.

"Of late years coffee has disagreed
with me-" writes matron from Rome,
N. Y.
"Its lightest punishment being to
make me 'logy' and dizzy, and it SEEM
ed to thicken up my blood.
"The heaviest was when it upset my
stomach completely, destroying my ap.
petite and making me nervous and ir.
ritable, and sent me to my bed. After
one of these attacks, in which nearly
lost my life, concluded to quit the
coffee and try Postum.
'Tt went right to the spot! found
1t not only a most palatable and re-
freshing beverage, but a food as well.
"All my ailments, the 1oginess' and
dizziness, the unsatisfactory condition
of my blood, my nervousness and fri.
liability disappeared in short order
and my sorely afflicted stomach began
quickly to recover. / began to rebuild
and have steadily continued until now.
Have good appetite and am rejoicina
in sound health which I owe to the use
Of Postum" Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
Read the little Book "The Road to
Wellville," in pkgs. There's reason" :"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, trues and full Of human
interest
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
IOWA CONGRESSMAN is CHOSEN.
w. r. Greene of Audubon Elected to
Succeed Walter l. Smith.

Council Bluffs, Iowa. - w. r.
Greene, of Audubon, was elected con-
gressmaN of the Ninth Iowa district
to succeed Walter I. Smith, who re-
Gently was given a judicial appoint
ment by President Taft. Practically
complete returns give Greene a ma
jority Of 1,192 over w. S. Cleveland.
his Democratic opponent.
Greene stands opposed to recipro-
city, while Cleveland was favorable to
the agreement. Although Cleveland
cut down the majority given Judge
Smith at the last election by 700 votes,
the country vote was strong enough
for Greene to give him a safe ma
jority.
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such as to give hope for a yield OF
nearly % per cent more than last year
and nearly II per cent more than the
average for the last five years.
May UnfavorabIe Month.
MAY was unfavorable for winter
wheat, but nevertheless with the in.
creased acreage there probably will
be between three and four per cent
more winter wheat produced than last
year and between six and seven per
cent more than for the average Of the
last five years. Combining both spring
and winter wheat, the indications
point to slightly larger yield per
acre than was produced last year and
about the same yield per acre as dur
ing the last five years. This would
make a total production of all wheat
of go per cent more than last year
and 10.2 per cent more than the aver
age for the last five years.
Oat Area Lower.
"The acreage Of oats was not quite
so large as it was last year, but the
one-tenth Of one per cent reduction is
substantially immaterial. The crop
prospects are not SO promising as a
year ago. Last years production was
the largest ever recorded. The con-
dition of the crop indicates a yield
per acre of 27.7 bushels as compared
with S1.9 last year and % for the av-
erage of tho last five years. This
would make total production of
about 1873 less than last year, but 4.S
per cent more than the average of
the last five years.
"The condition Of all crops in the
Pacific northwest, particularly in
Washington and Oregon, is notably
fine. If any one feature Of the month
covered by the report stands out
above another, 1t was the drought
which prevailed during May practical
ly throughout the country. 1t affected
materially not only the condition of
winter wheat, but also the hay crop,
which is one Of the greatest crops of
the country. That drought now, how
ever, has been largely relieved in all
parts of the country"
Tho Northwest's Prospects.
The northwest has one of the best
general grain prospects reported.
With the exception Of South Dakota
all crops il the other. two states are
well above the ten year average and
in none of the three states is there an
average below 80 per cent of normal
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
PORTER J. McCUMBER.
United States Senator from North Dakota.

Washington, D. C.-S n a tor Nc
Cumber of South Dakota, who is a
member of the senate committee on
finance, presented to the senate a
minority report upon the reciprocity
measure written by himself, which
condemns the proposed legislation as
a great injustice to the agricultural
interests of all the Northern states.
Following is summary of the re-
port:
After nearly two months of inves-
tigation of the reciprocity bill, the
undersigned believes that it is the
duty of the committee on finance to
report to the senate it's conclusions
thereon.
IF this bill is just and right the
committee ought to say so. If it is un-
just and wrong the committee should
so report. The evidence submitted
to the committee conclusively shows
that the enactment of this bill into
law would be great injustice to the
agricultural interests of all the North
ern states for the following reasons:
"The occupation of farming today
pays less profit upon the capital and
labor actually employed therein than
any other important occupation in the
United States"
Therefore any legislation, the effect
of which would be to make this oc-
cupation less profitable, is both wrong
and inexpedient. On the contrary, so
far as it can be accomplished by leg
islative enactment, the business Of
farming should be made more remu-
nerative and inviting. For the past
few years this occupation in the
Northern states has shown an increas-
ing profitableness as our production
and consumption of food products
more nearly approach each other.
But we no sooner enter upon these
new and better conditions when we
are securing for farm labor and for
capital invested in farms and farm
property, a more fair and just remu-
neration, than we find ourselves con-
fronted by this measure which will
operate as a check against any fur
ther progress and will even deprive us
of the advantage we have gained in
the last few years by the upbuilding
and extension of our home markets.
For many years the population of
the rural districts has been drifting
into the cities because of the more
remunerative occupation in the cities.
The late increasing prosperity on the
farms checked this flow of population
from the farm to the cities, land val
ues had advanced, farms long since
deserted were being rehabilitated and
an era of general prosperity seemed
to be awaiting the farming popula-
ton.
"By destroying, as this measure
certainly does destroy, every hope OF
the farmer OF the benefits of an in
creasing home demand and his ability
to finally secure just compensation for
his labor, we will again check our agri-
cultural development and send hun
dreds of thousands of the sons and
daughters of farmers to crowd the
cities.
For a number of years the North
western farmers have received for
their cereal products a price consider
ably in excess of what such products
would bring for export purposes. The
great markets of Minneapolis and
Duluth have for several years ceased
to be exporting markets for the prin-
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
Wheat Crop of Entire Country
Promises A Record Harvest
Total Yield
port, 7642s1,s57 Bushes-condiion of All
ExceIent-Pacifc S Promising

Washington, June Promise that
this years wheat crop will be the
greatest ever produced is given in the
June crop report, issued today by the
department of agriculture. Estimates
by the experts indicate that approx
mately 764,291,857 bushels of wheat
will be harvested in this country this
summer and autumn; an increase Of
about 68,848,S5T bushels over that
garnered last year. OF winter wheat
the indicated yield is almost 9S0,000,-
600 bushels and Of spring wheat 1884,
100000 bushels.
Prof. N. c. Murray, acting chairman
Of the crop reporting board. comment
ing upon the report, said:
''The average of spring wheat shows
a total larger than any previous rec
ord and nearly per cent greater than
last year. On June 1 the crop was
above the average in promise, the
condition and acreage combined being
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
Bond for Alleged Briber.

Columbus, Ohio. = J. C. Maeder
OF Cleveland, indicted for offering a
bribe in connection with the loan
shark bill which passed the recent
legislature, appeared in common pleas
court and gave bond for $1,000.
Carl Ruth, newspaper correspond
ent of Cleveland, was cited for con-
etmpt. He is charged with having
published the names of the men in
dicted in connection with the legisla-
tive bribery before the men had ap-
peared to answer to the indictments.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16

Figured on the basis followed In other
years, the high condition Of the crop
in the northwest suggests a total at
the present time Of 262,000,000 BUSH
els, but as the government only esti.
mates the total spring wheat yield at
284,000,000 bushels, this gives the Pa
cific coast, where the promise is good,
only 100000 bushels, which Is. OF
course, an absurdity.
Winter Wheat States.
OF the winter wheat crop the per.
centage of the United States, acreage
in each state, the condition on June 1,
and the 10-year average on June 1.
follows:
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Twin City Markets.

Minneapolis, June 14.-Wheat, July,
925sc; Sept, 91hc; No. l northern,
94Bc; No. northern, 93asc; No. 1
durum, SAC; No. 3 corn, SIC; No. 8
white oats, 36%c; barley, mailing,
95c; No. 2 rye, see; No. flax, $2.3S.
Duluth, June IA. = Wheat, July.
94Ac; Sept, 92c; No. / northern,
975sc; No. 1 durum, SAC.
South st. Paul, June 14.-Cattle-
Steers, $3.00@5.25; cows, $3.95@5.00;
calves, $4.O0@700; hogs, $5.95Q6.O5;
sheep, yearlings, $3.50@6.50.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
Ball @afused Wireless Men.

New York, n. y While execution
of the Judgment of the court that they
be imprisoned in the federal peniten-
tfary in Atlanta is indefinitely stayed
pending the fling of additional assign
ments of error. Colonel Christopher
Columbus Wilson, president, and four
,ther officers of the United Wireless
Telegraph company must remain in
the Tombs. The United States circuf.
court of appeals refused to permit
the convicted men liberty on bail
pending their appeal.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
Foreign

The second turbine battleship OF
the German navy was launched at
Hamburg, being christened by Princess
Auguste Wilhelm. The vessel was
named the Frederick the Great
The first of the great state func-
tions associated with the coronation
Of King George V. of England was
witnessed at Windsor castle, where
the prince of Wales was invested with
the insignia of the Order of the Gar.
ter.
Lewis Harcourt, secretary of state
for the British colonies, gave a lunch
con and garden party at his home at
Nuneham Park, Oxford, in honor OF
the colonial premiers who are in Lon
dDn for the coronation.
Culiacan, in the state of Sinaloa
surrendered to the Maderists MAY 81
after nearly two days of fierce fight
ing, in which hundreds are reported
to have been killed. The city was
nearly destroyed. Mazatlan, in the
same state, surrendered without re
sistance June 2. These advices were
brought to San Diego, CAL, by
| steamer from Mazatlan.
The international horse show a
Olympia, London, opened with a rec
| ord-breaking list of entries from
America and every European country
In the judging at the royal horse
show at Richmond. England, Walter
Winans won the blue ribbon in the
class for double harness horses of /!
hands and under. Judge William H
Moore of New York took second an(
third places with Phyllis and Menella
and Vesta and Whitwall Ariel, respect
lively.
The sixth annual conference of th,
international Woman Suffrage associa
tion opened in Stockholm, Sweden
with Mrs. Carrie Champman Gait a
! America presiding
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
TWO ELECTROCUTED.
New York Murderers Pay Penalty at
Sing Sing.

Ossinging, New York. = Two men
were put to death in the electric chair
in Sing Sing prison. Frederick Geb-
hardt, convicted of killing Anna Lu-
ther in the woods at East Islip, L. L.,
in April, 1909, was executed first.
Thomas Barnes, yeggman, known as
Bangor Billy" who shot Pack Leon
ard, went to his death after Gebhardt
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
Condition

In arriving at the prospective wheat
yields in the northwest there is con-
siderable confusion. In the first place,
the government has used, evidently,
the old average basis for arriving at
the area sown this season, which, ac-
cording to the census, was much too
high for Minnesota. 1t is suggested,
however, that the North Dakota acre
age is too low and that the aggregate
figures of spring wheat acreage in the
three states as estimated now is not
far away from the census area.
A further difficulty presents itself
in estimating the probable harvest.
The Ely miner., 1911-06-16
TRAGEDY IN SAxONY.
German Painter Kills Three and Corn.
mits Suicide.

Halle, Saxony, Germ. = A painter
named Heitel, entered house whera
his wife, with whom he had quarreled,
was sheltered by woman friend and
shot both women and his infant child.
He stood off the police for three
hour. Finally the officers perpared to
force the door and let in a pack of
savage dogs, whsTs1pol the painter
killed hinls s1,