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The Washington herald., 1912-08-09
MAYORANDH|sMEN
HAILED TO COURT
Joseph 7. K. Plant and Four Coun-
cilmen Face Charge of
Contempt.
EXPECT TO PROVE INNOCENCE

Joseph Theophilus Kirk Plant. Mayor
of Mount Rainier, Nd, and the four
town councilmen will appear before
Fillmore Beall. Associate Judge of the
Circuit Court of Prince George County.
at Upper Marlboro to-day. to show
cause why they should not be adtudged
In contempt. All Mount Rainier will
journey to the county seat to witness
the proceedings.
Mayor Plant and his four partners
state that they have no fear OF the
court. and that they expect to prove
themselves not guilty in short order.
week ago last Tuesday. following the
postponeneRt by the town council of the
special recall" election. The council
men ordered a postponement, so as to
provide for re-registeration, which, they
contended. the charter specifically called
for.
Placed Outside Limit.
The proposed postponement placed the
date OF election outside the forty-day
limit established by the court. and thus
rendered the council liable to contempt
proceedings. Upon learning that the rule
had been issued by the court. the council
hurriedly held a meeting and rescinded
its re-registration order. thus bringing
the date inside the limit set by the court.
Because Of having rescinded their or
der. and having held the special election
within the forty days prescribed by the
tribunal. the Mayor and councilmen con-
tend that they are not in contempt. Rob-
ert z. Joyce. former Mayor of the town.
who filed the petition for the issuance OF
a rule, will be represented at Upper
Marlboro by Attorney Charles Benedict
Calvert. 1t is understood that Attorney
]. Enos Ray will defend the Mayor and
councilmen. This could not be confirm
ed last night. however. as the town on
cials are keeping sealed lips.
The Councilmen are Warren w. James,
Fred webber. Thomas C. Elliott. and
Francis NJ. Proctor. Mr.. Elliott is the
recalled Councilman, who was replaced at
the election last Saturday by G. w.
Hughes.
Determined to Stay.
Since the return to the town OF Mr..
Joyce, those members of the Plant. fac
tion who so loudly denounced him at
the mass meeting Monday night have
simmered down.
The former fighting Mayor is deter
mined not to leave the community. He
has written on the wall Of the post
office in large chslked letters:
My permanent address is Twenty-ninth
and Ash Streets. Mount Rainier, Md.
Robert E Joyce"
Mr.. Joyce viii soon have posted in
the yard adjoining his residence a large
sign, reading:
This house is not for sale"
The mot" will be In glaring letters
nearly a foot tall
The former Mayor insisted last night
that he intends to bring suit for criminal
conspiracy against every property-hold
ing citizen who participated in the in
dignation meeting last Monday night.
Prosecution will begin in a short time.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.
WHITE.

Henry F. ouirk, 30 Of FairfaI County. Va. and
Mary A. Hynes, u. Rev r. j. Froehhch.
Michael V. Silrers. Q, and Alice NJ. CLARK. Is
Rev W. A. Melvin.
Howard o. Keyworth, q. and Eileen c. Lyons. q.
Rev J. r. Meagher.
Henry ". Bowers 2, Of Hagerstovn. Nd, and
Martha Z. suggs, g. Of Charlotte. n. Q. Rev.
E. v. Register.
Richard A Hattou q and Rosa Mcbride. %.
both Of Alexandra. Va. Rev. II. T. Brundage.
John ". DarneI, 8, and Virginia Il. Ashby. q.
both ot Delaplane Va Rev. James b. Taylor.
C0LORED.
A. Newman, 8, and Ella Smith. d. Rev. g. b.
r. Jackson, 2, and Viola Allen, n. Re-. J. H.
Burke.
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NABBED AS EMBEzzLER.
Collector for Washington Associn.
tion Held at Long Branch.

Red Bank. N. J.. Aug s.-H. William
Smith. of Eatontown. a collector for the
National BENEFIT Association, Of Wash
inSton. D. c.. was arrested to-day at
Long Branch on a charge Of embezzle-
ment. Daniel J. Cooper. agent Of the
association. was the complainant.
The amount missing. II is said, is
s2a2 49, Smith pleaded not guilty and
was held under $500 bail for the grand
jury.
The National Benefit Association has
offices at 600 F Street Northwest. 8. W.
Rutherford, of q Florida Avenue North
west, is its manager. Daniel J. Cooper.
mentioned in the above dispatch, resides
at l1g7A First Street Northwest, accord
ing to the city directory. Neither Of the
officials gave out any statement last
night on the reported arrest Of H. Will
lam Smith,
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vRsnIAHs VISIT CAPITAL.
Sunday school Glass Uses Chartered
steamer for Journey.

BUnooy beoooA tAoss UScs Shsrtefeu
steamer for Journey.
Baraca Sunday school class of the Me-
mortal Baptist Church Of Hampton, Va.
visited Washington yesterday. using q
chartered steamer for their journeys to
and from the Capital.
Those in the party were @. r. Penny.
J. H. Jones. J. Z. Moore. Loxie Edwards.
H. w. Boulter, @. T. Moore. Jesse Hoog.
Noel Tucker. II. o. Boulter. Rudolph
Tucker. Lewis Davis. Alfred Bradley, w.
L. Bradley. Paul Burbank. Hobson Baines.
Francis Todd. Robert Wood. w. L. Net
tie. NJ. c. Ramsone. Benjamin johnson.
and Maurice Burbank. w. C, Mccarthy.
secretary Of the Y. NJ. c. A. at Hampton,
also accompanies the party.
Capt. William Hughes, Capt Al Hughes.
and Capt Henry Mills look after the nav.
igation Of the steamer.
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Freight Handles Strike.

Port Arthur Ontario. Aug. s.-A thou
sand men. employed by the Canadian Pa
cific Railroad and the Canadian North
ern. are on strike to-day at Port Arthur
and Fort William. The strikers are
freight handlers. The men demand a
wage increase OF cents an hour. and re-
fused L compromise of IL cents.
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ute books or possibly until the canal
itself has bean opened to the commerce
Of the world Then II 10 expected that
Great Britain win renew her protest In
one form or another against what she
contends viii be violation Of the Hay
Pauncefort treaty. It II likely that
Great Britain viii attempt to carry 70
Tho Hague the question raised by the
granting OF free tolls to American
coastwise ships.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
Z. S. Deut Of Agriculture. Weather Burea
I.=.-.-. N Al. q =.

Washington. d. G.. Aug. So p m
Temperatures are somewhat lower over the South
ern Plains States and considerably lower on the
Pacific Coast Higher temrerxturSB are noted In
the Northwest, while they have not changed ma
terially over the eastern half Of the country.
The winds along the New England coast will he
moderate southeast and south; the Middle At
lantic coast moderate southtrly; on the South At
lantic and East Gulf coasts light TO moderate
variable mostly splthery: the West Gulf Coast
moderate southerly: the Lower Lakes moderate
southcrly; On the Upper Lakes light to moderate
yzriable
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Local Temperarurcs.

Midnight s.: ? a. m. S.: a. N, 90; q. n, 50:
S 4. u- 66: 10 a. NJ. IS: L noon, -; n m, 81; =
y. m. s.: =. m. -; p. m. IS. Highest. g.
Lowest. o.
Relative humidity-s a. n, s.; : p m. 30; p. m.
o.
Rainfall s n m. to =. M, O. Hours Of sun
shine. i6 Per cent Of possible sunshine. q
Temperatures anne date last year-Highest, S.
Lowest, u.
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Reformcr.' Cashier Nabbed.

The arrest OF Robert T. Hill. formerly
cashier Of the True Reformers' Bank at
Richmond. was reported here yesterday.
Hill. for whom a search had been in prog
ress for a year. is said to have been taken
into custody by detective near Memphis.
There was a reward of 1900 fer his cap
ture,
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DEATH RECORD.
WHITE.

George weIker, 8, pos Z st. se.
Samuel Emmett, q, q. 8. soidiery Home, d.
Morris saidman, 9, sibley Hospt.
Mary O. Gusts, o. "a fifteenth 81. NV.
Charles N. N. Latiner. &. In L ST. NV.
Isabelle n. Barnard 2. Childrrn's Hospt.
Anna Love. p. In St NV.
Samuel C. HotchkhA = rz3 Harvard st. nv.
fienrietts B. Taylor. q. H3 Potomac Ava -
Alice Kirtley. months. llB lzth St. nv.
Rebs whaiton. months, D5 Brsutwood Rd.. D.
Ipfant of ysncs N. end ALMA y. Hazp9. 4
, n St nv
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DIED..

ROBERTSON Thursday, August 8,
1912. at the Washington Sanatorium.
Takoma Park. Md, Mrs. SOPHIA
LUDLOW ROBERTS, beloved daugh-
ter of Mrs. L L. Stillman.
Notice of funeral hereafter.
wOOLF-On Thursday, August 8. 1912,
at 4:15 a. m, at his late residence. 133
Harvard Street Northwest, CHARLES
MARION. beloved husband of Mary f.
woolf (nee Mann). and son of the
late Henry NJ. and Catherine E.
Woolf, in the forty ninth year Of his
age.
Funeral services at his late residence
Friday. August 9. at 7 p. M
Relatives and friends invited to at
tend. Interment at Middleburg. Lou
doun County, Va. Saturday. August
10, at 12 o'clock noon
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Temperatures in other Cities.
Rain

TtmpeTstures In other cities. together with ths
amount Of rainfaI for tbs twenty -four hour ended
al p. yesterday. as follows:
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Tide Table.

Tide Table.
Today-Hish tide. AIS a. m. and As p m. low
tide. II 0s A. m. and II 05 p m
Tomorrow-Hsh tide, SIS a. m and $50 p. N
low tide. f2ll a m.
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IN Re eRAcElAHD CEMETERY
ASSOCIATION.
WASHINGTON, D. C., JULY1, 1871.
SPECIAL NOTICE.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that
the Board of Officers of Grace;and Gem
etery Association, Of the City of Wash
ington. District of Columbia, will re-
Board OF Oficers will pass upon all
claims presented against said Associa-
ton, AND ALL PERSONS ARE HERE
BY NOTIFIED to appear before said
and present their said claims in con-
formity with this notice.
All persons holding certificates of
ownership or certificates of indebted
ness in said Cemetery Association are
hereby notified to appear and prove
their ownership thereto before said
Board. or its representative at the
times and places in this notice speci-
fed. to the end that the funds now in
possession of the Board of oficers of
accordance with the Act Of Congress
approved August 3. 1894. All claims
must be presented IN writing. or by
certificates. on or before SEPTEMBER
Board. who will be at the Office of Btr-
ney & Woodard. Attorneys No. soI
Eleventh Street Northwest, on Monday
and Tuesday of each week during the
the hours of o'clock a. m. to o'clock
o. m. All claims not presented will be.
by said Board. considered as abandoned
BENJAMIN n. NEEDS.
Secretary.
SEYMOUR ". TULLoCK.
CLARENCE F. NoRMENT.
WILLIAM TINDALL.
ODELL s. SMITH.
BENJAMIN n. NEEDS.
. Board Of Officers.
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Colorado Bldg. Free lecture for women wsdn.-
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ANO son
SHOT ON FARM
Brother of Farmland Flees After
Attempt to Kill Maryland
Farmers.
POLICE HAVE DESCRIPTION

In a fight. resulting from an announce
ment Of the proposed ejectment Of a
farmland from his quarters, Harry C.
Weaver. forty-seven years old, and his
son. Glenn Weaver. twenty-one. both
married and weii-known farmers, living
at woodmoor. Nd. several miles from
Bowie. were shot yesterday morning by
Robert Chitham. colored. twenty-five
years old. a brother of the empioye.
The elder Weaver was shot In the hip
and the abdomen. and the son received
a wound In the finger. The former was
taken to Washington on a car of the
Washington. Baltimore and Annapolis
Railway. and was hurried to the Provi-
dence Hospital. where he was placed on
the operating table. Although his wounds
are Of a serious nature. physicians are
hopeful OF his rapid recovery. The in
jury to the sons finger is only slight.
The wound was dressed by a physician
living near the farm.
Chitham escaped. leaving In the direc-
ton Of Washington. The police here and
in Baltimore have been requested to
search for him. He weighs about 165
pounds, is about feet s inches tall, and
has a broad black face, with a sharp
chin. Constable Edward Binger has
secured the neighboring country in search
to his whereabouts. Frank Chitham, HIS
brother, and Mrs. Frank Chitham are
locked up in the Jail at Upper Marl-
boro as witnesses
Ordered to vacate.
Wednesday afternoon Glenn, accompa-
MED by his younger brother. Pierce went
to Chitham's cabin. and told him that
he would have to vacate. The colored
man drew a revolver. but before he could
fire, the Weaver boys wrenched It from
his grasp.
Yesterday morning Pierce Weaver was
passing through a meadow to get the
cows when Frank. accompanied by his
brother Robert, who had been spending
a few days on the farm as a visitor.
sprang out and attacked him. The youth
Weaver and his son Glenn were attract
ed by the shouts.
As they approached Robert whipped a
IS caliber revolver from his pocket and
opened fire on father and son. The elder
Weaver dropped to the ground with one
bullet in his hip and another in his
abdomen. Glenn was writhing in agony
over his wounded finger. Before Pierce
could summon help the colored assail-
ant had fled.
When neighbors arrived they realized
the seriouness Of Mr.. Weaver's injuries
and sent him to the city on the first
electric car passing through the town.
The Weavers are prominent farmers in
moderate circumstances.
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Special Notice.

LIGHTNING RODS. COPPER EXCEL
sior. 5-inch surface. equal to Il gall
vanized steel rods; installed with best
instellators. Also electric work Esti-
mates gladly furnished. J. II. KUEH-
LING, Electrician. 5O2 Twelfth Street
and 1914 PENNSYLVANIA Ave. Northwest
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Colorado Bldg Free lecture for women wedns<
days ct 81 o. N 1Ae0
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into such low company as this--kettIes.
washtubs and old pewter pots
.ooW ~weli" H. o,t sighed he the teapot, we viii
won't bring old trash along to their
new home. Old pots and kettles ought
to be left in the trash"
pot with gentle dignity, Il do not
think you realize just what you are
saying. 1 am q pewter pot and PROUD
Of It, am Of the best make Of the
the first members of the family that
ever reached here. I am dusty now,
but my metal is good and wont wear
down to brass. as plated silver will.
Il is solid lid worth, not glitter. that tells
"oh. we must not forget the pewter
pot" cried Ada. So she climbed In
high chair and got II down. Just then
the mother came in to take the bread
from the oven.
Mother. mother" cried Ada. Here
Is the dear old pot grandfather love-.
SO much-we must take IL along with
''of course. child" replied her mother,
II would not lose II for anything. 1t
has been in the family so long, and. be-
sides. genuine old pewter is coming back
Ada ran her hand down into the pot
and drew out dusty bit OF paper.
mother as she began to read 1T. Then
of Joy.
"Oh, Ada! Ada"' she exclaimed, "this
paper is grandpa's will, and he leaves
this house to you. He loved the old
pot and hid the will in II, and now We
are rewarded for keeping it,
So the happy mother polished the pot
until II shone like a diamond then she
set 1t In the parlor full of flowers on
| table where the sun shone all day.
But the saucy china teapot was brok
| en- the very next morning by the kettle
4
was cleaned the silver wore off so that
the brass showed in ugly spots. Ada
threw both the teapot and sugar bowl
| into the dirty trash barrel.
Tomorrow's Story-"Why Flying SPUR
| rels Have Wings"
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Congressional Club to Entertain
Today in Honor of E. S. Martin
New Peruvian
Minister Arrives

The new Minister of Peru, Senior
FREDERICK Alphonso Pezet. succeeding
Senor Felipe Pardo, has arrived in
Washinton, accompaniedg by Nine.
Pezet. and is established at the legation
at 2223 II street
The minister will not present his cre-
dentials to the President until next
week. because OF the semi-mourning at
the White House. on that OCCASION he
Of the legation, who has been acting as
charge d'affaires throughout the winter,
Senior Manuel de Freyre Santander.
Nine. Pezet, who Is a charming woman
of great personal beauty, will be well
come addition to the hostesses of the
Diplomatic Corps.
Miss Kate MacCartney will be hostess
at an informal tea this afternoon at
o'clock In compliment to Miss Margaret
Woodward. whose marriage to Mel
vile Durant Church will take place
next Wednesday.
The Misses whiting, daughters Of DR..
and Mrs. Guy Fairfax Whiting, Joined
their aunt, Miss Maud whiting. of Bal
timore, today, and have gone TO visit
friends in Loudoun county, Va. for sew
eral days
Mrs Robert Treat Paine, OF Boston. is
making her semi-annual visit to her
father, william F. Mattingly, in II
street.
Lieut.. Samuel Graham, U. S. NJ, re-
tired, and Mrs. Graham, who have spent
the winter In Annapolis, Md, are In
Washington for several weeks.
-.r-
Mrs. Southerland and Miss Harriet
Southerland. wife and daughter OF Rear
Admiral w. II. II. Switzerland, U. 8.
N. will leave Washington on April 90
for California to join Admiral Souther-
land. who Is stationed at one of the
coast posts.
Mrs. Louis Bason, Of Boston, formerly
Miss Mary Southerland, is spending a
few days In Washington with her
mother and sister.
Mrs. Shepard w. Foster. state regen,
| of the Georgia d. A. r.; Mrs. George
NJ. Hope, regent of the Atlanta Chap.
ter. and Mrs. Paul Dobbins Of At
lanta, are the house guests of Mrs
| Theodore II. Tiller, in Chevy Chase.
Yesterday Mrs. Tiiler entertained al
luncheon followed by a matinee party
at the Columbia in compliment to her
guests.
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The Titanic Disaster Puts
D.mper on Social Az
fairs Here.

In sharp contrast to the numerous
festivities scheduled for tonight Is the
atmosphere of gloom pervading society,
and as a tribute to the dead practi-
cally all formal functions have been
Cancelled
The annual hunt ball at the Chevy
Chase Club, at which the wife of the
President was to have received the
guests for the committee this evening,
has been indefinitely postponed and
numerous dinner parties, including one
which the Second Secretary of the Ger
man Embassy and Nine. Keiniin had
arranged, have been called off.
Yesterday II was decided to abandon
plans for the Society Circus for the
benefit of the Washington Diet Kitchen
scheduled for next Friday and Satur-
day, and which was to have been one
OF the most spectacular perforina noes
ever given In Washington. Most of the
performers have lost heart because OF
the general social depression, and an
effort will be made to raise the neces-
sary funds by sbscription instead
Miss Gwynne, president of the Diet
Kitchen, will be glad to receive am
contributions at her residence, at l7it
n street. Most of the boxholders have
donated the price of their box, as have
many who had bought tickets. Money
Will be refunded to all those who so
desire,
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Fairgrounds Director Will
Deliver Lecture on Boy
Scout Movement.

The regular weekly reception will be
held at the Congressional Club this
afternoon at o'clock, with T.. s. Mar
tin, at the head Of the Boy Scout move
ment. as the guest OF honor. Mr.. Mar
tin will deliver an illustrated lecture
on Fairgrounds, and will be accom-
panied by group of members OF the
Boy Scouts, who will give a demon
stration of first aid to the injured" and
other of their military attainments for
the benefit OF the club members.
Tea will be served after t7e lecture,
Mrs. J. ]. Russell. of Missouri, and
Mrs. James Brown Scott presiding at
the tea table, a large bowl of Easter
lilies adorned the table. Assisting In
receiving the guests and dispensing the
hospitalitles will be Mrs. Pomerene,
wife of Senator Pomerene OF Ohio; Mrs.
William Graves Sharp. wife of Con-
gresham Sharp of Ohio: Mrs. Charles
r. Davis. wife of Congressman Davis OF
Minnesota; Mrs. william Schley How
ard, wife of Congressman Howard of
Georgia; Mrs. James F. Byrnes. wife of
Congressman Byrnes of South Carolina
Miss Currier OF New Hampshire, and
Miss Granger, of Rhode Island.
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ter pot So old was it. in fact, tina. II
had belonged to Ada's great-grand-
father. 1t was dull and battered now.
and the lid hung on enc side: still it
held up its head proudly as a member
of the family should.
Ada felt very sad for tomorrow she
must leave the dear. old home i'm which
she. her mother and her grandfather
had lived so long. The place belonged
TO the grandfather, who had died six
months ago. ana as he had left no will.
the house must be sold and the money
divided among several children. So
Ada sat wondering so hard about what
her new life would he that al first she
did not hear the small voices whisper
ing on the table. Then, presently, she
caught what they said.
II am rather sorry to leave this
ily, %but then one meets such poor 81 So
ciety in the kitchen that a change may
be good. My proper place is in the din
ing room only"
Mine, too" replied the shiny, silver
sugar bowl. 'it's shame to bring US
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Thrust.

In a suffrage debate in Omaha last
month, Miss Mlllicent NJ. Miller. the
suf7ragist leader, and DIR. c. Thomp-
son Merton, the well-known anti-suf-
fragist, pinked one another very neatly
with barbed stories.
Women are cold. callous, calculat-
ing said DR.. Morton. II know a youth,
an Omaha youth, who overboiling with
passionate love, laid his heart at a
pretty Omaha girls feet.
''But she was silent.
" Madeleine he cried, y offer YOU
my souls devotion, my lifelong wor-
ship. Speak!
But she was still silent.
" Madeleine he cried again, i lay
my most splendid hopes. my most cher
ished ambition, in the dust before you.
Will YOU not speak"
And at last the girl spoke-spoke
calmly, cody.
is the business she said. in your
mothers name or your own?
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One Enjoys a Joke
AS Much as the Other

Holy men have considered humor "a
have a high place in the ethics OF lie,
which is only another way OF stating
the well-known fact that. most clergy
men, of whatever faith. like a joke AS
well as the next man.
There was Nicholas Burke. for in-
stance, better known as Father Thomas.
Burke the great Irish patriot and
preacher. Father Tom had great
fcndness for riding on the top or an
omnibus Once when doing so after a
long church service in Dublin, he pro-
duced his brewery and was soon deep ir
it's contents. A well-known evangelical
sitting near by took upon himself to
comment upon the fact.
The Lord tells us" he said, that
when we pray we should not be as the
hypocrites, who love to pray in public
and at the cornors of streets, that they
may be seen by men. Now" lie added
when ] pray I enter into my closet
and when | have shut the door | pray
in secret"
without looking up, Father Burke re-
piled aloud. Yes, and then you get or
the top of an omnibus and tell every
one all about II. -
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Attorneys Involved
Method of Adding

An Indiana lawyer whose eloquence
WAS Of the spread eagle sort. vas ad-
dressing fury at gIcat length when
his legal opponent growing Weary,
went outside to rest
- Old lIonsides' rs making a great
speech" said some one to the bored
attorney. as.
"'Old Ironsides' always makes a
great speech. said the other ~ YOU
ar 7 had occasion to announce that two
and two make four we'd be lust fools
enough to blurt It right. out. Not so
old Tronsides.' He wouldSsaY:
IF by that partic Ilar arithmetical
rule known as addition we desired a
arrive at the sum Of two integers adj.
ed to two integers we should find and
and 7 assert this boldly. sir, and with.
ont fear Of successful contradiction-we,
] repeat, should find by the particular
arithmrtical formula before mentioned
and sir. hold myself perfectly respnn.
eiblr for the assertion that am abou
tn n'ake-that the sum Of the two givcT
teeg"rs added TO the two other in
tegers would he four Green Bag.