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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06
EVERY SATURDAY.
Our Motto: Hyou zee IL in The Big
SticL, il ism I necessarily 90.
YOU NEVER CAN TELL.
Letters Are Found in UnexPec-
ed Places.

Editor Big Stick-The inclOsed leL-
ter was found among ny mail the
other morning. ADDRESSED only to
W. ]. B. VIII you please Locate the
addressee and forward 1t TO its de-
tinatiOn? SUBSCRIBER
Ny dear Bll-Aftfr 4 talk with
Tom and Roger. who got in from
the West last night, we have de-
cided that your cDurSs looking TO
the nomination q the prufeBOr bad
best be continued as outlined by you
before you left Chicago. We called
up August on tho long dtssEnoe and
he IS with Us in the nlAn. Virginia
Thomas also believes with Us that
II We don't give the ''peepUl' q
chance 70 holler now. they may take
It out On Us At election time.
OF cUurSe, we look 70 you to fl
It with the prUtessor 30 that he
will not gum the game By showing
his frisDdship for Us Mare Heng
has virtually fixed that, but don't
let Woodrow forget for 4 minute that
he Is the ''peepul's" candjdata. OF
cOurSs, he Is not our last card. but
It would be better II we did not
have 70 cut down too many alleged
friendly candidates before letting
the professor cop the coin.
The best way TO start things out
would be for you 70 tTy 10 throw the
hooks into August, Thomas F.. Rog-
er. 7. T, and myself. a. soon a. you
get the chance. Better uLiss q 1t
tie hi about the temporary chair
manNhip-we have decided 20 give
that 70 A. d. P.-Lnd then after
yuu have lost that appeal 70 the
''psepul'' TO help you cut Then
walk around and slap Champ IN the
face and Woodrow on the back and
the "peepll" will do the rest At
the crucial m0msnt we'll throw
Tamnzny to @. O.. which win main
the ''peepll" stronger for Woodrow.
Doa't be afraid to take an ooca-
Eional c7zck at us-Ee are ussd 70 Il,
and hard words viii not I'll the New
York ballot boIeS
I had = long-distAncs telephone
conference with Brother Ted at
Oyster Bay This afternoon. He agrees
with Us and Is holding up our third
party plans until the result q this
convention Is known You know Ted
and ! understand each other per
fectly, % you had better not fire any
shots IN his direction- He Is above
suspicion from US
an glad you have abandoned
your original plan To put Harmon
Across. The ''peep1l" would have
rlised too great . howl We GETee
with you that HErnOn e the man
we would hitch best With, but the
dfficulties I have outlined 70 you IN
previous lettsTS would have been IN
surm0uutable. Besides, be might be
elected II nominEtsd.
We viii keep In Close touch with
you throughout the couTenttnn. and
We feel coahdsnt the scheme viii
work out 10 perfection. though for
PURPOSES Of policy I believe We had
better make It long-drswn-out AZ
fair. Additionally yuurS.
tSimedl CHARLIE.
(Sote b edit1r: We have been IN
able % ascertain % q certainty 70
whom the AboVt Communication was
addessed. o. whom. We are in
elined 70 belis that tone one Il b.
Ing imposed q NJ
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06
WILsoN-THAT'S ALI

Aftsr the voting IL OEsT.
AftF the shadows fall.
Thers CONES . sound of cheering
In old Convention Hall
The TammEnS tiger dodge5
Into the timber tall;
Ths ''houn' daWg' see1 the 'Nun-
derWood,
Nor heeds bis masters call.
While the Princeton tiger Whoops Il
up
For "WilSOo-That's allP'
s. B, H
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06
Japanese Pardoned.

President Taft yesterday pardoned NJ.
Hayoshida, a Japanese, convicted IN
Alaska in 1904 OF manslaughter, and now
serving a twenty-year sentence at Nc
Ven Island penitentiary. Hayoshida and
n companion. Yoshida, were found guilty
Of manslaughter IN a fight in a canning
factory. Yoshida has since become in
sane and is now at the Government Hos
pital for the Insine at Washington.
Hayoshida is freed on condition that he
take Yoshida back TO Japan and pay
his transportation expenses
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06
GET MESSAGES FROM WILSON.
Clark and Underwood Thanked for
Congratulations.

The Democratic get together" move
ment. Of which Woodrow Wilson Is a
charter member. found expression in
Washington yesterday. Speaker Clark
and Floor Leader Underwood received
from the Democratic NOMINEES kilograms
expressing appreciation of their con-
GratuIatory messages. Gov. Wilson's tel
egram to Representative Underwood read
as follows:
Your message Of congratulations has
give me deep pleasure. II cheers me as
much as it strengthens me TO have the
support Of a man whose character and
leadership in Congress all the country
admires. Please accept my assurances
Of warm PERSONAL regard"
To Speaker Clark's message the fol-
lowing reply was received:
Your message OF ConEratulation has
given me deep pleasure and your Gener-
Gus ofter to do all you can to aid in
my election IS characteristic Of your
readiness to undertake every task i'm
posed upon you. Pray accept my warm
est assurances OF personal regard and
pleasure in the anticipation Of working
with you
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06
TAX REVENUES INCREASE.
Report of Collector Rogers shows
Gain in Collections.

The report OF Collector Of Taxes
Charles c. Rogers for the fiscal Year
ended June 50. shows an increase IN the
city's tax revenue over any previous
year OF S7sO.IS233. One Of the causes,
to which this is ascribed. Is the = per
cent increase in the number Of building
permits issued during the last year.
A sum OF E7.O5O.o67-23 Is credited out
Nf the total collections to the general
fund, an amount greater by S6S2, 66O.63
than the preceding year. Upon this fund
the Commissioners base their annual es-
Inmates for Congress.
The total does not include the collec-
tons made by the Recorder OF Deeds,
E2OS5. and deposited in the United States
Treasury. or the sum of about $4,000,
representing the collections Of special re-
imbursable taxes
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06
LoRENZ CRITICALLY Ill.
Former Toledo Police Judge in Sc
riOus Condition. .

Henry l. Lorenz, former police Judge
Of Toledo. Ohio. who underwent an op-
Grafton in George Washington Hospital
Thursday for a malignant growth on the
neck. was reported 70 be in q critical
condition last night
The operation revealed that the growth
had almost reached the jugular vein
The growth was entirely removed, but
the physicians hold out little hope Of re-
covery. Lorenz was an assistant counsel
when Gov. Harmon Of Ohio was Attor-
ney General. and has been practicing
law in Washington since the expiration
Of the Governors term.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06
BOY SCOUTS HOME.
Capitol Hill Company Returns from
Chesapeake Beach.

Twenty-Five Of the Boys Brigade OF
st. Marks Church, Capitol Hill, have re-
turned from a weeks outing at North
Chesapeake Beach. The boys were in
charge OF Mr.. Charles c. Dunn and
Capt. Laurence Pope. They left the city
on the morning Of June "a. took the
train to South Beach. and from there
liked TO North Beach.
The following IS the register: Capt
Laurence F. Pope. First Lieut. Allison
Scott, Second Lieut.. RIehl Arnold. First
Sergeant David Mccoy. Second Sergeant
Herbert ReInberg, Acting Sergeants
Gilbert Clark, bay TCrrey. Wilbur An
drews, CorpOTals Charles Rowe, George
DsGis, Oscar Haines, Richard Tmhau,
Fred Crawford. Privates Anderson.
Beatty Brooke. Conyngton. DOrnln.
Dunn, Gicker, r. GiCker, c. Griffith,
Hill. Johnston. Jorgensen. Little, Lyons.
Marland. NJ. Miller. Tiner. Thomas.
Tulloch, TuIl. Walsh, Watts. Winter
werk, Burnley, Williams, Meade, JEFF
fries, Jonscher.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06
MASoNS TO ATTEND SERVICES.
Funeral of James W. Godfrey, Jr.,
to Be Held with Full Honora.

Funeral services for James ". God
frey. jr.. who died Wednesday at Gar
field Hospital. will be conducted by New
Jerusalem Lodge, No. 9. F. A A. NJ,
from his late residence, 40 Third Street
Northwest, at 3 o'clock tomorrow after
noon.
A special communication OF the lodge
will be held at Masonic Temple to-mor-
row afternoon at o'clock. and all will
attend the religious exercises at the resi-
dence. Interment will be in Congress
slonal Cemetery, where the last Masonic
rites will he performed.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06
A LITTLE NONSENSE.
VERY DECEPTIVE.

The cantaloupe arouses hope
AS through the store We roam;
II looks its best, so we invest
And gladly take It home.
We call the wife to get a knife
Sufficient for our needs.
But only find a lot OF rind
And 1900 seeds.
The cantaloupe aroUses hope
Until we lay II wide.
We choose and pick, but always kick
On what we find inside.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06

Hereafter. those who marry in Mary
land will have TO prove to the minister
that they are not related. Elmer Cooks
law prohibiting the marriage Of cousins
In the State OF Maryland. which was
passed in the last term OF the Legisla-
ture, went into effect yesterday. A law
to prevent the marriage of clipping cou-
pies was defeated after a spirited de-
bate, at the same term.
Many persons believe that the law viii
go far toward preventing the evils Of
intermarrtage.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06
LEAVES FOR CONVENTION.
Mai. Sylvester to Attend Toronto
Conference of Police Chiefs.

Maj Sylvester. superintendent OF Po-
Ice, will leave to-day for Toronto,
where he VIII attend the International
Convention OF Police Chiefs He will
he gone a week and will return. he said
last night. with the news that the con-
ventIon next year will be held in Wash
ingtor.
Logan Waller Page. Of the Division Of
Good Roads. Department OF Agriculture,
also will attend the convention. and
viii make an address on the subject OF
Good Roads" The delegates from the
United States include Police Commits
sioner Waldo, Of New York.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06
LOST AND FOUND.

DOsT-oNB REPUTATION B
expert fOreastsr. JUDSON O.
WELLIYER. I've would suEEest,
Jud, that you might make Food
IN the Weather Bureau
Jack Palmer. DECIDEDLY the Adouis
q the City Hall. thinks more dig
nifty would Be added to the court
II the t1dges wore horsehair Win
a. they do IN delh Of Lonnsn. JACK
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06
HUNT FOR RELATIVES.
Efforts Made to Locate Friends of
Drowned MN.

Maj. Sylvester last night requested the
chief Of police Of Lou!sburg, y. c.. to
institute a search in that city. for rela-
tIves Of W. L Conway, who was
drowned while swimming from a row.
boat in front OF the CorinthiaR Yacht
club on Thursday afternoon.
Friends OF Conway have informed the
police that his brother, James Conway,
lives in Louisburg with other relatives.
The boy is at the District morgue
awaiting the claim Of relatives. Con-
way is supposed to have been a butcher,
and lived at 2T Pennsylvania Avenue.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06

That eminent ba-TiSter. Henry z.
Davis, Is a great advocate Of chew
ing peppsrmint gum while pleading
q case requiring the concentration
Of every mental faculty. No; that's
al Henry z. eheEE
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06
The Latest Story.

Are they Roosevelt people or Taft
people in yonder house?''
What difference does that make to
you. hobo7"
Wei. I'm walking back from the Chi
cago convention, and always like TO be
sure Of my ground before making a
request for food"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06

There was a lull during the conven-
ton
Some one shouted: THE people rule
Some one else inquired: "Where?'
And then there was another lull.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06
IN MEMORIAM.

DIED-On July 2, 1872. At the Dem
Ocratic Convention Hospital, Clark
thus HOun' DaWg, Of q sudden at
tack Of Wilsonitis. Remains to Be
intsrred in The family plot At Lost
HOPE. No. EVELYN.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06

4 very quiet these DAYS; he has
not yet made up his mind whether
10 spend his vaation At Newport
~ Chesapeake Beach Il was ever
thus.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06

What attitude shall I assume during
the campaign asked the candidate, who
was new at the game.
81 would suggest an easy posture at
desk" answered his more experienced
manager. with a check book in one
hand and a fountain pen in the other"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06

The crime OF - is a little out Of date.
but now we've got the crime Of 1872
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06
After the Fourth.

These be doieful days. Gee whizI
Remnants lie in every gutter.
There Is nothing left 10 FIX,
Or to sputter.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06
July 6 in History.

July 6, I53-Henry VIII attends a bar
becue and chases the creased pig.
July 6, I75O-First manicure parlor Is
opened.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06
Between Farmer. .

Did ye ever satisfy your summer
boarders?'
1T can't be did. Hiram. Sometimes
you kin please 'em with the beds, the
ADJUSTMENTS, and the grub. But you
can't always give 'em the kind of sun
sets they want, or the MOONLIGHT nights"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06

speEk to City Editu--H1T would
you Ike a series Of articles on the
ungallhntTy Of Washington street car
patrons! Men who spreAd their legs
and take up room for two and women
who sit sideways when several peo-
PIE are standing.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06

e. Street Car CUmpany-suErest
a post graduate crIrSe for thoss ON
ductnrs VINO start the car when
women have only one foot on the
Etep.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06

Find out who is District game war
den and ask him why brook trout Is
sold IN the open market here Whsa
In practically all States they can
not be sold or even found in the
possession in large quantities q any
person without subjecting that per
son TO a heavy fine.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06
In Society.

How do you know that she is en-
gaged?"
Il saw IT denied IN the society papers,"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06

Gail on banker Why are some Il
the local banks oIen until 3 p. m.
others until s. and still others close
at - Isn't Washington big enough
for an all-night hank
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06
YE ScRIBE's NOTEBOOK

Ask the Commissioners: Wouldn't
It Be better 10 kin the early milkmen
than the cats!''
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06

Ask the FIrs Commissioner Who
puts the Ere in the frefy.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-07-06

Eoliloquy-ShCWed above to city
editor and al he aid wa Good
night" Nov. what does he meant
! guess l will look for another sob.
a SneaIre on an afternoon sheet, o.
IS a special correspondent where one
only has 70 write and not think.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-03
Cant, b, II. Nash.

On Saturday morning, November
80, when conversing with friends in
the store of GlasselI Bros. at Bel
cher, Capt. Benjamin R. Nash was
stricken with apoplexy. He was car
ried to his home adjoining the store
and there he died.
He was aged 73 years.
He is survived by his wife, nee
Miss Minnie Ellison of Bossier, &c
whom he was married in 1877. and
two sons and a sister, Mrs. Mary
Parrish of Greenwood, Miss. He haC
many personal friends in Shreve-
port.
The deceased was numbered will
the good and the useful citizens Of
the Parish of Caddo and of the State
He was a gallant Confederate Vet
eran and bore several wounds re,
ceived when battling at Shiloh anc
MurfreesbOrO.
The burial on Sunday afternoon
was at the Cotton Grove cemeter,
near Alden Bridge in Bossier Parish
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-03
N1IlED BOSSIER.
&iIliam dIddin> Slain in dis Store
BY George SmitA-Ihe Plea o.
ScIf-drfenSe.

Monday morning william Eddln-
manager of the store on the Bucl
Hall plantation. was slain by GeOrs
Smith, manager Of HE Kingston
plantation.
The Buck Hall plantation !!
owned by J. NJ. Levy and the King s.
tom plantation by Mrs. Jacobs o
shreveport.
The only witness to the tragedy ls
Eddins' son. a boy Of tender years
who was taken to the home of J. {.
Logan afterthe homicide.
The reports Of this killing are
conflicting.
II is stated that Ehdins had cast
gated two negroes of the Kingston
plantation Sunday, which promptc!
Smith Io stop at Eddins' store 70!
an explanation. wien the two men
quarrcling in words provoked Smith
10 fire three shots into Eddins body
Eddins fell PROSTATE on The floor
dead.
II is stated that Eddins when IL
toXirated was Overbearing, but it
has not been established that no
Was under the influence of any in
tOXicantS when Smith walked into
The store and killed him,
After the shooting there was. as
reported, gun and a pistol lying
on the floor beside the man dead.
but it has not been indicated that
these weapons were in the hands Of
Ed'!ins when he was killed.
Smith is married: his wife was a
Miss Shehee of Shreveport, who's
two brothers are residents of this
city,
Eddins was a widower. his only
son being the boy orphaned by the
shots fired from the ever ready al1
handy pistol which is carried by al
most every grade of people in def
ancf of law.
Smith after the shooting surren-
'lered to Sheriff Edwards of Bos-
>ipr Parish.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-03
Violated the Law.

In. a telegram from Washington,
D. c., it is stated that the United
States Supreme Cour holds that the
Union Pacific Railroad Company, by
acquisition Of stock in the Southern
Pacific, affected a combination il;
violation of the Sherman antitrust
law. The Court indicated it would
issue a decree dissolving the merger
end also an injunction To prevent
the Union Pacific voting The South
.ern Pacific stocks.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-03
On GRIAL FOR AIURDER
Som WhtN'laW, alias WhitWOrth, ssss
Slayer Of Bike SilVcrStein.

The slayer Of Ike SiIverstein,
negro, almost white. Tom WhitrlaW
alias hltWOrth. is on trial by jury
in the District Court today, judge
Bell.
The jurors are Leroy Crisp. J. H
ThurmOnd, J. p. Rogers. J. J. Van
Cleve, p. d. NOiSin, A. ID. Iylks. Jas
NJ, BuNens, George DeVarN, J. \
Frazier, J. J. Hammett, S. H. Scott
and w. T. Lassitcr.
Ike Silverstein kept a beer joint
on the LeVec.. In May 1912 White
law quarreled with Silverstein, and
following his abusive words broke
open SilVersteins trunk. from which
he secured Sil> erstein'S pistol. and
then executed his murder delib"r-
ately. The crime was cOld-blOOdrd.
WhltelaW is represented by Hon.
John r. Land. and District Attorney
Foster is prosecuting.
This is one case where a cOnNi--
ton is inevitable, but the jury's YER
diet may be qualified without CAPT
tai punishment.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-03
Air Brakes.

\ little girl was, thrown from all
automobile and dragged fifty feet
under a street ehl, at. the intersee-
lion Of Texas avenue and Gary
street Sunday morning. following a
collision. Isn't it about time all the
cars of the Shreveport Traction
Company were supplied with air
brakes?- Shreveport Journal Dec. ,
This inquiry is timely, but with
air brakes each car of the Traction
Company should be provided with
up-tO-date Tenders.
To permit The Tenders now affixed
to the cars of this company is Grim
inal. The tenders sO-caIled are as
"a deiusion and a snare" and in,
stead of affording some degree OF
protection to one who may be d
victim Of some accident, the unfOr-
tunatp instead of being thrust aside
from the track would be carried
under the car and crushed.
This question Of lawful tenders
has been frequently reviewed in
the Caucasian. but the city authOri-
Ties. who are responsible by virtue
of the power of their authority,
have given no heed to the need OF
tenders that are tenders and not
makeshifts, which are not as costly
as the tenders which are up-tO-datp
tenders.
And there is another all import
ant suggestion which may be Of
fered in connection with air brakes
In brief, every mOtOrman and ev-
cry conductor of the Traction Com
pany should be impressed with tn,
understanding that while the cars
are or may be entitled TO what il
called the right-of-way, there is
warrant for such speeding, as ma,
lead to some collisions with somt
vehicle on or near the track. Th.
all important rule should be guarl
against accidents, even if the car be
delayed a few seconds or a few
minutes. This would safeguard col.
lisions with vehicles and perhap,
save pedestrians from being kille(
or injured.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-03
The New Commission Government

New Orleans States: "MOnday a
noon the Old system of representa-
tive government in the municipality
of New Orleans passes and the com
mission form takes its place.
"Whatevcr the form, it is, after
all, the men who administer il who
make government a success or q
failure If they are Of high charar-
ter, of executive and administrative
capacity, with tr uecOnceptiOn OF
the responsibilities resting upon
them. their administration will have
the same net result as attends the
application of the same qualities II
private business. whether the gov
ernment is commission or represen
tative: and the converse of tn"
proposition is equally true.
Such being the case. the incom-
ing administration ought to give us.
in the next four years, even better
government than we have had in
the past eight or twelve years: ana
if it does. New Orleans will haN*,
reason to count herself fortunate,
for when a balance is struck be-
tween the good and The bad during
that period and compared with pre-
ceding periods in municipal admin
istration, only the blind partisan,
will refuse to cOncedc that New Or
leans between 1900 and 1912 made
more progress in the matter of mu-
nicipal improvement and better
ment than in any other Twelve years
of her history.
The difference between repre-
sentative government and commits
sion government is the dltferenc"
between diffused and centralized
powers. In the one case responsible
ity is widely distributed; in the
other it is centralized.
The States could have added, the
system of government by commits
sion is thoroughly Democratic, bu'
is neither political nor partisan. Its
success in New Orleans must depend
on the commissioners. With some
exceptions, wherever this form Ct
government is in operation it has
proven to be a. beneficial and pro-
gressive and manifest Improvement
over the old system of councilmen
or aldermen.
Under the commission system all
ward lines are obliterated.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-03

The death of J. C.. Allen. which Ur-
curred Sunday morning at the Com
mercial Hotel on Crockett street
which was his residence. is r.
gretted by his intimate friends atu
all who had his acquaintance. He
was the head of the Christian
Science in Shreveport. His long liI.'
and especially in his later years h',I
been devoted to doing good. He WAS
possessed of genial spirit arnI
viewed the world always from -
sunny side.
His death Resulted from paralysis.
His only relative in This city is
Mrs r. b. Mcdonald
The intermrn Monday befO"c
noon in The Greenwood cemetery
was attended by a large ronroursr
Of his friends.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-03
Milton ElStner Dead.

There has been reported from
Lake Charles. La, the death of Mil
ton Elstner. which occurred in East
Texas. The deceased was a son Of
Joseph Elstner. who resided in
Shreveport several years ago. He
was a nephew Of NJ. C. Elstner, de-
ceased. The family has been sore
ly tried. This is The third and the
last of the sons Of JOsepb Elstner
whose old friends in Shreveport
sympathize with him and his loved
ones.