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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-31

There IS not a mother with lit
tie son standing at her knee who
can not teach that boy to be chival-
rous and tender to women. She
can teach him to show every wom-
an reverence and respect. She can
teach him how to treat wife, how
to be generous to her, and unseIAsh.
and tender and affectionate; how to
be the kind of husband that will
make a woman bless her stars ev-
cry day she lives that she was
lucky enough to get MIN.
1t is the mothers who turn out
the wives and the brutal neglectful
husbands. They furnish the raw
material out of which matrimonial
misery is made, and they are re-
sponsible for the ensuing divorce.
Nor does the mothers aid to di-
yorce end with having supplied for
one poor. unfortunate man, or
woman. a wife or husband that
nothing but martyr could stand.
Mother throws fresh fuel on the
fire in the shape of backing up her
son or daughter in their domestic
quarrels.
When Mary comes running home
to mother with her tale of woe
about some little matter in which
she and John have disagreed.
mother begins plying her for a
poor, prosecuted angel instead of
saying to her, Go home and forget
it. l am ashamed of you for being
such little coward as to come
whining back the first time any
thing goes wrong. What did YOU
think marriage was-a picnic?
Well it isn't It's a profession. a
calling, where you shut your teeth
and do your duty and make the
best of things"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-31
By GARRETT P. sERv1ss.

NZOU can make your head an
arsenal of power if you will
simply remember certain
facts that have the quality Of
bringing out other facts Take
sound. for instance 1t is mar
vellous measurer of distance, Il
only you know how to use it.
Sound consists Of waves, or vi
brations. which travel through the
air. at ordinary temperatures, with
a speed of LAO feet per second. AT
lower temperatures the speed is
slightly decreased. and at higher
temperatures increased, but the fig
ures given are sufficiently exact for
common purposes. Knowing them
you can, for instance, tell in a mo-
ment how far away from you a
thunder storm is raging. You have
only to count the number Of Sec
onds that elapse between the flash
of the lightning and the sound OF
the thunder, and multiply that
number by LAO, which will give
you the distance of the cloud from
which the discharge took place.
The light travels more than 800
600 times as fast as the sound, so
that the latter has hardly got
started before the former reaches
your eye. Since there are $3.50
feet in a mile, it is evident that
the sound of thunder, or any other
sound transmitted through the air,
takes about four and thirds
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-09-06

lapsed. and the exports, to this. country
amounted to only 81 7S:7o7. For tl,t. first
six months of 101ll tire amount fell to
$53,853. but the latter half showed a
value of $241 .452.. making the tstal for
the year $205,31l ar comparattl with
$685.. 1877 in 1914. $s2I.550 in laA1 and
$4,000 in 19OSs Thu cutting OF cues
instead Of increasing: the supply af hair
in this part Of the world. is :sr,,tl,mliy
doing away with tap source OF supply.
and with only the. same amolsrt of eff
fort in collecting the amount ssx;,ilHble
will soon fall S4,OEt of the demand
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-09-06

Bridget Burns, were born in Limerick
Ireland, and came to this country in
youth. Their son William was educat-
ed In the public schools of Columbus,
o.. and graduated from a Columbus col
lege. He was first employed as clerk
In a store. and his next business step
was in detective work. In 1885 he took
part in unearthing tally sheet forger-
les in Columbus and Cincinnati, his
first notable case.
In 1899 Burns ran down the Phila.
delphia- Lancaster counterfeiters. These
men-Taylor, Bredell, Jacobs and Ken
dig-bought paper mill which made
treasury note paper exactly like that
used by the government. They put out
thousands Of $500 bills that We're ac-
copied by United States subtreasuries.
They robbed the government Of $780,
600 in counterfciting cigar stamps,
which they used in their cigar factories
In Lancaster. 1t took Burns year to
get evidence in this case, but he sent
each Of the counterfeiters to prison for
twelve years.
He recently effected the arrest Of a
number Of Detroit city officials on Q
charge Of grating.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-09-06

were full of hard knocks and harder
work to help support himself while
plugging away at his studies. At
Portsmouth, IT,, where he received his
high school education, he earned his
first money as messenger and porter in
bank when but fourteen years of age
At London, o., he worked in the post
Office from a. N. until Z p. m. and
studied law until midnight. He saved
$3.50 and moved to his parents home
at Lancaster. o., where he lived for
eight months on the money he had
saved, putting in every minute perfect
ing himself in the law.
Judge Dillo.s completed his education
at Ohio Wesleyan, Delaware, O.,
where, although he spent five years, he
never graduated. His first law work
was as special counsel for the state
dairy and food commissioner.
Out Of his college association sprang
the romance which eliminated in his
marriage in 1896 to Marion Daisy
Whitney, the daughter Of Calvin Whit
ney Of Norwalk.
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THE IRON MAIDFN,


punishment OF from one to hundred
days These places are two feet eight
inches across, and air is admitted
through a few small holes in an iron
plate. The prisoners We're so hand.
cuffed that they could neither lie down
nor stand up.
Also there are the fogging posts
and chains, scores of cells below decks
little, narrow dark cells which lock
with a big bot-and the famous in
Strument of torture known as the
"iron maiden" The Iron maiden" is
a sweat box with great spikes in the
door. The ships sails still carry the
broad arrows, the English prison sign
Her hull, with its odd hinged port.
holes and the words Convict Ship"
in big black letters tells tale of hor
rOr at sight
The convict ship left Glasson dock,
Lancaster. on April 10, provisioned for
n few weeks voyage. Accidents and
three separate occasions when the
crew mutined prolonged the voyage
until she was more than three months
In reaching her destination. Toward
the end the men We're on short ra.
lions, getting daily only biscuit.
small piece of ham and a mug of
water,
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-09-06

ha'se snid slas,t SHIT. preferred for 1877
huysHtlld the enthusiastically to t;rens
Britain.
Recently Aars. Stcse~l,ury was pre-
senteai at court and l.se4 tit. king and
queen "f Enylssd. Mr.. Stotrsbury is
immensely wea;Siv. ANS fsi~ associates
are riciN Rrfors her marriage to MIR.
StotesblHsw Mrs, StotesisAry was the
widow OF Oliver Eaton etrv.nwplI of
New YORK;
Ambassador Reitf ii~exi,e,'ueei to leave
his charge soon: ltt was S.tbef that ~.
was to rrtsta With tile rotsmsutton OF
King Edwafsii but ilirvortunr social en-
gagements have held ftiiff. T1le+e pn-
hi,Hx. been nefit! assH mis- re.
turn to this cvtlntry llrav Ue' expected
at an early date:
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-09-06

the indictment of Police Lieutenant
Charles Becker for first degree murder
Whitman courngeously drew out the
sordid story of the crime from unwill-
ing witnesses, who were trembling un-
venge when they got free, and revealed
the trail Of the System leading from
the grafters lower down to 1.-THE men
higher up" And now there IL chance
to break the SO called alliance Of the
crooks, the police and those of the poll
ticians who prey on tine Empire City
Of the Empire StHte
Whitman has always shown distinct
ability in public office in addition to
moral courage. He is ii man Ut I'M
swerving convictions, believing that Il
public office is public trust.
AS assistant corporation counsel he
showed himself man Of force and
action. AS city magistrate and as
judge of the court of general sessions
he won Il reputation for fairness and
for insistence on the strict enforcement
Of the law.
One Of his accomplishments as Judge
was to break up the so called bail
bond system" which had fastened an
evil grip on the lower courts. This
System" was the making Of unwar
ranted arrests of women of the street
and women alleged to be such by pa.
trolmen and detectives so that profes,
sional bondsmen could go bail for them
and derive a bonus or commission.
Vast sums We're divided among police
officers, court attendants and bonds
men by this means until Whitman put
stop to the unconscionable practice
AS District Attorney Whitman has
set very high standard of efficiency.
His percentage of convictions we'll
substantiates this statement. He has
taken the office out of politics, and the
professional "Nlr. FiXits" about the
criminal courts building in the past
have been driven to pastures new.
His conviction of the members Of the
poultry trust. which controlled and jug
gled prices in the east, with head
quarters in New York city, was typi-
cal example of the Whitman style of
serving the public. These men, pow
erful, wealthy, crafty and defended
by eminent counsel, had taken advan-
tage of certain loobholes in the state
statutes during their operations, and it
seemed impossible to convict them.
They chuckled in their sleeves.
Whitman did not chuckle. He went
to Albany instead and forced amend
ments drought the legislature, against
strongest opposition. which enabled
him to secure fines and prison SEN
fences against the members of the COM
bine.
Cynical New York smiled derisiyely
when Whitman prosecuted Banker
Joseph G. Robin, Millionaire William
]. Cummins and President Reichmann
Of the Carnegie Trust company for i'm
proper financial methods. Surely were
not these men born to the purple with
the inalienable right to do as they
pleased with other peoples money?
Robin pleaded guilty, and Cummins
and Reichmann were convicted of felo-
MES.
And so the crooks, high and low, are
shivering at the possible outcome Of
the Rosenthal Becker disclosures.
They know what Whitman is. They
know that they cannot FIX things up
as they used to do, and they hurl bit
ter, belated lamentations at the reform
fusion ticket movement Of 1900, which
swept him into Office.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-09-06
Notice for Publication.
(Non-coal land.)

Department of the Interior. U. s,
Land Office at Missoula, Montana,
Aug. 26. 1912.-Notice is hereby given
that Mary H. See, Of Poison. Montana,
who. on Aug. %, 1912, made Hid. No.
o41oo. for Sc NV S1 NE. NE Sc
Sec. %, T. 81 NJ, r. % W., M. NJ, has
filed notice of intention to make final
Communication proof, to establish claim
to the land above described, before
Cocker r. Rathbone. a U. S. commits
sioner, at Roman. Montana. on the 7th
day of Oct, 1912. Claimant names as
witnesses: William Forman, Charles
W. Church, Joseph Nicely, Conant r.
Sawyer, all of Poison, Montana.
JOSIAH SKULL,
Register.
Under new law.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-09-06
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
THE TRAIL Of !
POLICE system /
William J. Burns Is Considered
the AbIeSt Detective In
the World.

XxY11I1AM j. BURNS, who i:
wv assisting District Attorney
w Whitman In the latter's eff
forts to fathom tie mysteri
GUS System in the New York police
department, is perhaps the ablest detcc
tive in the United States. If not in the
world.
Wherever there has been an honest
attempt during recent years to bring
influential grafters to Justice William
j. Burns has been called In to do the
work as he was called III on this occa.
sion. Wherever there has been graft
Burns has unraveled the most intri-
cate systems of depreciation. has
brought the guilty before the bar of
Justice, and there has submitted such
incontrovertible evidence of guilt that
big grafters have been convicted and
sentenced to prison.
His work in the Los Angeles Times
McNamaras. their confessions and sen
fences to prison last year are fresh in
public memory.
B:lrns has been in detective WORK
the greater part Of his life For TWEEN
ty-two years, up to 1903, he was in
the government secret service and ham
died nearly all the big cases for the
government. In 1908 he was detailed
by Secretary Hitchcock Of the depart
ment Of the interior to investigate land
frauds which had Just been 1a1earthed.
The work he did resulted fin the con-
victiofn Of a United States senator.
congressman, Il lfrge number Of fed
eral, state and city officials aua few
millionaire citizens Of California;
The people of California remembered
Burns, and when they had more house
cleaning to- do he was' called inj. with
the RESULT that Abe Rtef, the political
boss Of San Francisco, Mayor Eigene
Schmitz and other Btg officials We're
convicted and sentenseti! to prison; En-
this latter case BurlEs' was, offered at
first $1UOi0O0 In cash to- let the guilty
escape. Those WHO offered the tribe
could INST understand why any msrn
would rwf1se: and wiietE they met with
a deteriaiied refusal att the HANDS, OF
Burns they decided tss make the rsfer
In nnoth@r' way-a way by which, there
was no possibility Of the recipients oft
the bril@' being caught. They were
again refused and werntr away wonder
Ing what manner Of nsstn. was Rnta1sa
Rribe@ lin various farms have staen,
offered Burns frequently. WlieA, he !
was In size governments service. i'm iB0n |
George Manning. Il nosssl 'cOunterfaitef
who hah been broughfs to,justices nHei--
ed him $4,000 If he would ullom tfa.
principals witness to escape. In, Num-
caster Ra.. Burns was offered $4iGNaE)
in 1909 If lie woulGs stnltify hisas.slf
These offers had l1lt one effeats-fn,
determinatasn to bring about
conviction Of the guilty.
Rux,ss was born u,.t. 10, 1861. i'm, Eal
timoa1 His parsats. Mi1haa4l and
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-09-06
Notice for Publication.
(Non-coal land.)


Department of the Interior, U. S.
Land Office at Missoula, Mont, Aug.
5, 19f2.-Notice is hereby given that
Mamie Hooker, nee Terrill. of Roman.
Mont, who on May 10, 1910. made Hid.
No. 01975. for Unit A, NEA Sec.
81. T. 20 NJ, r. 20 W., M. NJ, has filed
notice of intention to make commuta-
ton proof to establish claim to the
land above described, before Coker F,
Rathbone, U. s. commissioner, at
Roman, Montana, on the 10th day of
Sept, 1912. Claimant names as wit
nesses: John Thirkell. John Nord-
gren, Thomas Wagner, Earl Wagner,
all of Roman. Montana.
JOSIAH SKULL,
aug 9 sept Register.
Under new law.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-09-06
MISS GRNEv1RvE CLARK.

flag and asked to lead the cheering for
her father.
Miss Clark was chaperoned by her
aunt, Mrs. Anne Hamilton l'itzer, who
was Il delegate from Colorado.
Aside from her physical good looks.
Miss Clark is Il parsonage to consider.
!nnsmuch as she dances we'll. plays
the piano with more than usual abil
ity. sings we'll and. in addition to being
temperamentally jolly and good ma
t,,red. has no lnc0nsidern BILE quality rs
wit. She ia studying in IL prernra-
tory school and will later take a course
ut the University Of Missouri. @sT
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-09-06
Notice, for Publication.
(NMn-coal lanHl

N1NNN-COdl ld1lU.J
Department. Of the Interior; IT. S.
Land Office at Missouri, Montana,
Aug. IL, 1912.-Notice is hereby given
that Fred NHwgard, of Roman, Mon
tana, Who,. on Nov. 4, 1@tO, made HID.
No. 02S2S, for unit "A" N.Y. NE. NJ
NV, sec. 81; T. 20 N. r. II west, M. NJ,
has filed notice of intention to make
final concentration proof to establish
claim to the land above described, be-
fore Cocker r.. Rathbone, a U. s COM
missioner, at Roman, Montana, on the
23rd d;ay of Sept, 1912. Claimant
names: as witnesses: Walney Teeter,
of Poison, Montanas John Hanlon, An
drew X. Resner, J.. Arthur McGeorge,
of Roman, Montana.
JOSIAH SKULL,
aug rs sept 10 Register.
Under new law. Fathead project.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-09-06

Washington. lns
1910 the climax
Of the trade came
in the first six
m o n t Ii 8 . when
total exports to-
the United States,
from Hongkong
reached Il value.
of S51G.41O. In
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-09-06
EDWARD 7. sToTESBuRY.
He May Succeed .Whitelavv Reed At the
Court Of st. James.

Edward +. Stotesbury of ph;ladoI.
phia. partner Of J. pierpont Morgan.
may succeed Whitelaw Reid as am
bassador to the court Of st. james.
President Taft. 1t Is understood, has
under consideration this change in the
diplomatic service.
When Mr.. Stotesbury married Mrs
Oliver Cromwell in Washington few
months ago and President Taft at
tended the wedding 1t was common
report that MIR. StOteslury was to have
from the president an important for
eign assignment. This is the ambition
OF Mrs Stotesbury. She is reported to
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-09-06
Notice. for. Publication.

lNOllCCS IOI r &UllGdblSBII.
! (FNm-co land:),
Department.: Of the IttertnU, u. S.
Land Office at Missoula Mont. Aug.
IL, 1912.-Notice is hereby given that
Joseph A. Stanford, off Roman, Mon
tana, who, on June g.. 1870, made Hid.
No. 02405 for Unit f. SW SEW sec.
80. T. Fl NJ, h. 90 w.. M. NJ, has
filed notice of" Intentions to, make final
communication IuDef, to establish claim
to the land ;yaiove desCribed,. before
Cocker F. RathRsDne, a. U. 81. epmnmfs-
sioner at Roman, Montana;~ on the 52rd
day of Sept. 1912. Claimant names
as Witnesses Fred GuenIer; Lyman
G. Bigelow, JaaUh n OLSON and Ralph
l.. Mcbride, all of. Roman, Montana
JOSIAH S4TULL,
aug 16 sept f8s Register.
Under new. law. Flathead' project.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-09-06
THE IRON MAIDEN.
instrument Of Torture on the English
Convict Ship Success.

which recently arrived at Boston after
hard luck passage of nnety-tive days
across the Atlantic. is the Oldest known
ship af1oat. She is built of teakwood
throughout and was turned out by
c0olie labor at Moulmain, British Bur
ma, in 1870. For several years she
sailed in the spice trade and in 1902
became convict ship.
The Success is still fitted out with
the evidences of her use as bastie.
On either side Of the lower deck are
black holes, into which refractory
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-09-06

sTRAYED OR sTOLEN-One
bay horse. No brand, collar mark
on top of neck and wind puff on
right front ankle. $40 reward for
recovery. Return to barber shop
in Roman.
SPENCER POWELL.
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-09-06
MISS GENEWEVE CLARK.
Charming Daughter Of the Speaker OF
the House If REPRESENTATIVES..

Miss GentNit.ve Clark. daughter OF
Speaker Champ Clark. walls. one OF the
most interesting figures at thr Demo
more. Miss Clark is dec:sistlly pretty.
and thale are charm and Mfiahility to
her maliANGrS.
She Was one day led to the platform,
placed. Oh Il raised chair, draped in Il
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-09-06
EDMOND B. DILLON.

He Is Republican Candidate For Cow
ernor Of Ohio.
Edmond Boutwell, Dillon. the Repub-
lican nominee for governor of Ohio. has
been judge of the common pleas court
of Columbus since 1892. He is tall.
broad, outstanding man of forty-three
years.
The son of Methodist minister. the
early days of Judge Dillon's career
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-09-06

Charles S. Whitman, a Fear
less and Determined
Prosecuting Officer.
BY FREDERICK R. TOonBs.

BY FREDERICK r. TOOMBs.
"HE man who assumes the du.
ties Of district attorney of New
York county must be fight
Ing man. Opposing him are
all the allied interests Of the predatory
underworld and the predatory upper
world.
And he must be a fighter with his
brains as we'll as with the army OF
muscle created to execute his orders.
Such a man Is Charles s. Whitman,
the present New York district attorney,
who Is the central figure In the expose
Of the amazing conditions in the mu.
ntcipal government revealed by the
killing of the gambler Rosenthal, the
arrest Of gangsters and gamblers and
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-09-06

Cue Cutting Eutss OFF S4atr~ Srppiy.
Exports Of l1aman haia from China
greatly increasedi in the Mtter hsstf of
1911, says a bulAtin issue~di by tne de-
partment of commerce and labvr in
The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1912-09-06
A. Sutherland
Dealer in
Real Estate

Insurance: Only firstclass COM
panies represented.
Notary Public: Conveyancing,
neatly promptly and correctly
attended to.
$4,000 A 1875 acre irrigated hay
ranch, miles north of Bigfork; fairly
we'll improved; yields $1,000 crop
every year.
$500: To loan on real estate.
400 Acres near Roman to lease.
Cheap.
Roman Choice building lot on
north side at $225.O0
Large we'll built house and lot.
$1250.OO
House IA x "a and lot on the north
side $425.
Two room house and two lots
Zone a corner lot) cheap $4,000
Call and list your property and will
find you buyers. If interested watch
this adv. for frequent changes.
Roman, Montana.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-19
HERE TO CONSIDER
NEWHOUSE HOTEL
Representative of ST, Louis
Capitalists Will Study
Local Conditions.

additional interest has bccn given the
Ncwhouso hotel project by the arrival in
this city last night OF w. G.. Lackey aud
Daniel Brcck. both OF ST. Louis. These
gentlemen are the representatives of st,
Louis capitalists who have been inter-
cstod in the project.
no The Tribune last night Mir. Laclicy
said: "Wc have come out here 10 look
over tie hotel scheme and investigate
conditions. That is about all You can
say o! our visit now. MIR. Breck, who
accompanies me, is the head OF A big
construction firm. We will probably be
here several days looking over the
ground. / can say nothing OF Il definite
nature at this time
Mr.. I.ackoy represents a large trust
company of St Louis. This is his first
visit to Salt Lake and he made many
inquiries in regard 10 the city and
surrounding country. Mr.. Breck has been
III Salt Lake before and is somewhat
familiar with local conditions. They ar
rived at a late hour on the Los Angeles
Limited train direct from ST. Louis. and
were met at the depot by ]. Flood Wal
kcr, thc New York architect, who has
been in the city several days canyasSne
tho situation In behalf OF the parties in
tcrestcd.
Mr. Lackey was much impressed with
the Hotel Utah and, after running his
eyes over the lobby, said: you seem 10
have n fine hotel here
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-19
GRAND OPERA STARS
SING At ACADEMY
Appear Before Society Audi
ence and Pupils at st.
Mary'S.

\ very distinguished and exceptionally
musical audience was present yesterday
afternoon at 81, Marys academy. ut tho
Invitation OF the sisters 10 hear excerpts
from grand opera rendered by tho priu-
cipa soloists OF the Paris Grand opera
company.
il WAS an afternoon long 10 DO vcmem-
bcred and enjoyed beyond expression by
all. After the concert the sisters enter
taincd the soloists and "a vote Of thanks
WAS given the sisters Tor their courtesy
by i. y. GALLAGHER and seconded by
Dean Harris and the entire audience. The
soloists who appeared were Mime. GrcSo-
Lcsks, NJ. Wronski. Mile. Marccllc dc
Journcl SlGnor CoiElio and NJ. Espu Car
rio. accompanied on the piano by the
celebrated directors Mr.. bcandon, assist
ed by NJ BHlms, at one time connected
with the French academy OF music in
Paris, we'll known In Los Angeles In art
circles and a master in orchestral man-
aremcnt
Parts of 'Takme" and "Etgoletto" were
sung and the beautiful Bell Suns was
cNouisitcly given by Mmc. Frcgn-G -Gcska
She also sang Gounod'S celebrated ave
Maria and she and the other soloisls
were applaudcd Tspturously for vheir bril-
liant work.
The soIoists were the recipients Of
lovely boque,s from tile sisters and the
audience and the afternoon ended with
rousinS acclaim for the soiniSts who 80
kindly volunteered their services. Many
prominent society people We're present.