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CHAPTER w.
Tho Titan and the Iceberg.


 N 1ORTY-FIvE thousand tons, dead weight, rushing through
 the fog at the rate of fifty kx feet a second, had hurled it. self at an iceberg. Had the impact been received by a perpendicular wall the elastic resistance of bending plates and frame would have overcome the momentum with no more damage to the passengers than a severe shaking up and to the ship than the crushing fin of her bows and the killing, to man, of the watch below. She would have backed off and, slightly down by the head, finished the voyage at re- duced speed, to rebuild on insurance money and benefit largely in the end by the consequent advertising of her :ndestructibility But low beach, possibly formed by the recent over" turning of the berg, received the Titan, and with her keel cutting the ice like the steel runner of an iceboat and her great weight resting on the starboard bilge she rose out of the sea, higher and higher, until the pro- pellers in the stern were half exposed; {; then, meeting an easy, spiral rise in the ice under her port bow, she heeled, Overbalanced and crashed down on her side to starboard.
 The holding down bolts of twelve boilers and three triple expansion en- zines, unintended to hold such weights from a perpendicular flooring, snapped, and down through maze of ladders, grating and fore and aft bulkheads came these giant masses of steel and iron, puncturing the sides of the ship, even where backed by solid, resisting ice, and filling the engine and boiler rooms with scalding steam, which brought quick though tortured death to each of the hundred men on duty in the engineers department.
 Amid the terrifying roar of escaping steam and the beelike buzzing of nearly 5000 human voices, raised in agonized screams and callings from within the inclosing walls, and the whistling of air through hundreds of open headlights as the water, entering the holes of the crushed and riven starboard side, expelled it, the Titan moved slowly backward and launched herself into the sea, where she hoated low on her side-a dying monster, grooming, with her death wound. Rn
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brighter. end it, too, was growing lar ger and coming. And it seemed to him that this light and darkness were the good and evil of his life, and he watch ed to see which would reach him first, but felt no surprise or regret when he saw that the darkness was nearest. It came closer and closer until it brushed him on the side. T.
 What have we here, Rowland?' said voice. Instantly the whirlhg points .yere plotted out, the universe of gray changed to the fog, the flame of light to the moon rising above 1t and the shapeless darkness to the form of the first officer. The little white figure, which had just darted past. the three watchers, stood at his feet. As though warned by an inner subconsciousness os danger, t had come in Its sleep for safety and care 10 its mothers old .over-the strong and the weak, the degraded and disaraced. but exalted: the persecuted, drugged and all but helpless John Rowland.
 With the readiness with which a man who dozes while standing will an- swer the question that wakens him he said, though he stammered from the now waning effect of the drug, "My- ra's child, sir; it's asleep" He picked up the nightgowned little girl, who screamed as she wakened, and folded his peajacket around the cold little body.
 "Who is Myra?' asked the officer in a bullying tone, in which were also chagrin and disappointment. You've been asleep yourself"
 Before Rowland could reply shout from the crows nest split the air.
 "Icev' yelled the lookout. Ice ahead! Iceberg! Right under the bows:: The first officer ran smidships, and the cap- tain, who had remained there, sprang to the engine room telegraph, and this time the lever w6s turned. But in i've seconds the bow of the Tian began to lift, and ahead and on either hand could be seen through the fog field of ice, which arose in an incline to hun dred feet high in her track. The music fin the theater ceased, and among the babel of shouts and cries and the deaf ening noise of steel scraping and crash ing over ice Rowland heard the ago nized voice of woman crying from the bridge steps: "Myra, Myra, where are you? Come back"
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 the bridge he stood upon and to his duty. :'Why must 1t haunt me through the years," he groaned, drunk then, drunk since? She could have saved me. but she chose to damn me-" He strove to pace up and down, but stag gered and chung to the rail, while the three watchers approached again, and the little white figure below climbed the upper bridge steps.
 'The surviva, of the fittest," he ram- bled as he stared into the fOg-"cause and effect. It explains the universe ard me-" He lifted his hand and spoke loudly, as though to some unseen fa- miliar of the deep. What will be the last effect? Where in the scheme of ultimate balance, under the law of the correlation of energy, will my wasted wealth of love be gathered and weighed and credited? What will bal ance 1t, and where will I be? Myra, Myra," he called. do you know what
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RAILROADS
QHH hfk XgYHzEgaxJ
 4/RALLEHAO MARCH 1, 1912 Trains Leave Bridgeport As
 Follows:

.5:16. *5:4s. t6:2s. t7:i7. f7:IS, .s::s .S:51. s:oS, '1o:oO. f1l:o7 A. M '12:Sc, la:45. "1:16Q. s1:52, z17. :;5s FEE; *4ls; .s; :;o7 .sas '5;s0 so0s f1s s;,e DAYs-1s:25o, -i:4s. .5:1s. ~ s.s7 .91S a1s. s:o7. s5:a7. fe4s. .4ss' s:sx. a:ss. .s:13, *9:36. 1o:O1 F. M.
 FOR WASHINGTON. Win narrer River--*12:25 sdaiiy) A. M.: .I:Is r s:4s, 7:5s. ~s:ss. f1o:4s, :ii.so A. M.-s1227, l2:32. 'I:51, s2:2s. s3:ai +3:a1, *4:23, 4:57 '5:3s. -6:40. .s:54. s:16. *7:s2, *s:42, 11:55 P. II. SUN. nAas1:f .ie3ss. fife. sii:ss @ A '1s a-sss. !:is. .4:2s, *6:SO. 'S:54. 7:15. t7:3s. f9:o:. s1o:2S P. M.
 FOR BOSTON. via New Londo. and s, Previaen:sU'1;.l es., s:.s, .iI:si sUNDAYs-'1:l1. s:1s. to New Lon. don, .11:s3 A. M.-'2:ss. .4:2s. ss:5f ?. M.
 FOR BOSTON, Via Hartford an, WilIimanric-'s:21. A. M.-'3;31. r.
 FOR TWISTED and Intern,edia,s stations-5:oo: 7;oo. s:zo. t11:4o 4. DAYS--S 30 A. M.-6:45 P. NJ.
 FOR WATERBURY, ANSOyL, DERBY and Intermediate Stations 5:0O, 7:OO, S:0O, 9:2I (express) $40. t11:40 A.M.-2:25. ,5:51. 7.45 P. M. SUNDAYS--S:3o. 11:20 A. M.-e:AE 800 P M.
 FOR CT HARRINGTON, LEMON. PITTSFIE.1D, ETC.-7:0o. $50 AM. -A:2S P. M@SUNDAYS-s: A. N.
 FOR DANBURY, NEW MILFORD, ETC, via Brookficid Junction-z.OO. $50 A. M.-i:2S, -:i4 ?. M.-SUS. DAYS-CS A. M.
 FOR LITCHF1EID, ETC.-e:5o A M.-4:2S P M.-SUNDAYS-S:3o A M.
 Express trains Local Exprsss
 c to Harlem Rive~ Station.
 C via Ea wieyville.
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TAXES 1911.

Notice is hereby given to the tax payers of the City of Bridgeport, that are now due and payable at the Tax Collectors Office. Room 6, City Hall. The undersigned will be at the Col lector's Office as above, on May 1. 1912, and daily thereafter. Sundays excepted, from a. m. to p. n., for the purpose of receiving said taxes After June l, as required by law, in- terest a. the rate of three-quarters of one per cent, will be added to all un- paid taxes, and the same on the first of each sucCee ding month.
 B. F. COONEY, U5 b 1 Collactor
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you have lost? Do you know, in your goodness and purity and truth, of what you have done? Do you know
 The fabric on which he stood was gone, and he seemed to be poised on nothing in a worthless universe of gray alone And in the vast, limitless emp tiness there was no sound or life or change and in his heart neither fear nor wonder nor emotion of any kind save one, the unspeakable hunger of love that had failed. Yet it seemed that he was not John Rowland, but some one or something else, for pres ently he saw himself far away, mil lions of billions of miles, as though on che outermost fringes of the void, ana heard his own voice calling. Faintiy, yet distinctly, filled with the concen- trated despair of bis life, came the call, "Myra, Myra"
 There was an answering call, and. looking for the second voice, he beheld her-the woman of his love-on the op- posite edge of space, and her eyes held the tenderness and her voice held the pleading that he had known but in dreams. 'Come backv she called. "Come back to mev' But it seemed that the two could not understand, Tor again he heard the despairing cry, "Myra, Myra, where are you?" and again the answer: Come back! Come. v
 Then in the far distance to the right appeared a faint point of flame, which grew larger. It was approaching, and he dispassionately viewed it, and when he looked again for the two they were gone, and in their places were two clouds of nebula, which resolved into myriad points of sparkling light and color-whirling, encroaching, until they flied all space, And through them the larger light was coming-apd growing larger-straight for him.
 He heard rushing sound and. look ing for it, saw in the opposite direction a formless object as much darker than the gray Of the void as the flame was
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MALE HELP WANTED

WANTED-Resronsi young men. who are able to furnish team ana wagon, to sell on commission to farmers, the hest line of household necessities, for the oldest, largest and most responsible company or the kind in the world. About 2,OO0 salesmen now working. earning on the average over $100 per month net clear of all expenses. Net earnings of best men. over $500 per month. Two million farmers now using these thoroughly adver- tised goods. / Established 1S68. Capital $2,000,000. Address. The J. R. Watkins O., 113 South Gay Street, Baltimore. Md. R15 'tf
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RUNAWAY HUSBAND CAUGHT.

George W. Francis, recreant negro hostler, was taken to Provt- dence Saturday in custody of a detective from this city. He was ar rested at Peck & Lines stables by Detective Sergeant Cronan for desert ing his wife and three children. Francis lived in Hurd avenue for about months.
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The Presidential
 Handicap To Date

Washington May 6.-ProprietOgs of Presidential boo,ns, today. made the following claims for their respec- tive candidates up to noon, today:
 REPUBLICANS.
 Delegates in convention. ..... 1,O7G Necessary to choice. ........ 539 Claimed for Taft. 49$ Claimed for Roosevelt. 291 Conceded by Roosevelt managers
 to Taft i"I Conceded by Taft managers to
 tOOSctClb ~--v Instructed for LaF'ollette. ...... 36 Instructed for Cumnlins ....... 10 Contested by Taft managers. 12 Contested by Roosevelt managers 154
 DEMOCRATS.
 Delegates in Convention. ,O92 Necessary to choice. .29 Claimed for Clark. ............ 245 Claimed for Wilson on. 12S Conceded to Clark by Wilson
 managers 14S Conceded to Wilson by Clark
 managers S..H.. '.....S. o@ Instructed for Underwood. ..... 64 Instructed for Marshall. ...... 30 Instructed for Burke. .......... 10 Instructed for Foss. ......... 36 Instructed for Baldwin ... fl Claimed for Harmon. n......... i Uninstructed IA
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(TO Be COnt1nued.)

Mrs. l.. N. Snow, 30 Winter St., Bangor, Me-, was troubled for many years with kidney and bladder ail- ments, and had a pain in her back with dizzy spells, and other painful symptoms. She saw Foley Kidney Pills advertised and took them and splen- did results followed. She says: <I have now taken three bottles of Foley Kidney Pills and today I am perfect ly cured of kidney and bladder trou- bles." L. F. Curtis. %135
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Classified Wants
 -FOR- FARMER !!!:ll READERS
POSITIONS WANTED.

POSITION WANTED.-By expert enced young lady as office assist ant or general office work. Refer ences furnished. Address Experi- ence, care of Farmer. R4d*p
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DRAIrTSMEN, mechanical architect ual or structural, are always in demand at good salaries; ten young men wanted to join club to learn drawing, at home evenings: instru- ments furnished. Address c. s. K.,
 Box 223. City. U25 eff
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Merchants Line

Daily Except Sunday
 Leaves New York, Pier 1e. East River, p. m. Due at Bridgeport, 3:SO p. m. Leave Bridgeport, Joy Line Dock, 2 a. m. Arrive New York a, m. For further information and fates apply to J. B. Shepard. Agent.
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WANTED-Cottage, furnished, at Walnut Beach or Laurel Beach, from July 18th. Small family.
 Addres, stating terms and location.
 Vacation, care of Farmer. P9 stf
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LGDIES' ATTENTION - Ladies will
 avoid worry by using our remedy for delayed period and V hich is the only reliable monthly remedy for sale. Thousands of :estim onials we have from our patrons to prove jt Positively refuse all cthers. no matter what they claim; trial sent free. Paris Chemical Co.,. Milwau-
 lee, Wis. T22 stf
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USED PIANOS FOR SALE, standard make, will sell at great sacrifice for cash or part payment down. Address Piano. care of Farmer.
 R17 eff
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MAIL ORDER

MADE $50.000 in five years in the mail crder buxiness: began with $5. Send for fee booklet. Tells how. Heacock. 3e5, Lockport, ~. Y.
 RPS 2 3 4 s 6 If
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PIANOS AND MUSICAL
 INSTRUMENTS

PLANO TUNING by factory men, At regular prices. Ask about our yearly contract plan. Wissner.
 Broad and State Sts. It1S stf
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WANTED-Houseke to try "In- fusoria Cream,' the finest and best Aflver polish known. Guaranteed harmless. Ask your dealer for it.
 S2e SD
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PREVENTING, l1imeographing and Multigraphing, Letter-heads, Bill heads, Circulars, etc. Cartoons. Rib. bons, Duplicators, etc. Sears, Not ary Public, 108 Meigs Bldg. Tele- phone 922-4. U1*t If.
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AGENTS everywhere can make mon- ey. spare tiInh. distributing Post Cards advertising our Chewing Gum. No canvassing. Liberal terms. Yearly contract Weekly settlements. Send seven two-cent stamps for suprly Post Cards. tn- stEuctions and contract. spearmint Company. 1777 Broadway, Depart ment 69. New York.
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EDUCATIONAL

THE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL, S36 Fairfield avenue: Class, group, and private instruction in elementary and advanced subjects; Morning, afternoon, and evening sessions: Special advantages in arranging now for next years work. Summer school, July 15 to September 20. Telephone, SAP. R 4 bs*
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I PAPER your rooms from s2.50 up, including material. Painting done reasonable. Fred Beck, 32 3rd street. A19tf
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NAME PLATES. Door Plates. Door numbers, bronze, aluminium letters and figures. Brass signs and enamel signs. Windows Iettered. The Schwerdtle Stamp Co.,, Al Cannon St. R3ds
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MERCHANTS, EXCHANGE

get your keys fitted. locks repaired, saws filed. lawn mowers sharpeped. and all kinds of light repairing done at Smiths Gun Store. 95 Wall Street Tel. 75-4.
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REMNANTS OILCLOTHS, Linoleums. Carpets, Mattir $, etc. Good. pat terms. Prices right to clear. Went worth Furniture Co.,, 115 John street, 1913 Broad street
 2e if.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-20
PARDON GRANTED
ONE; BURNS MAY
Go FREE, ALSO

strenuous efforts are to he made by
city Physician Wayson and others to
obtain pardon for Paul Burns. who
with Manuel Pimontal was recently
sentenced to six months imprison-
ment on an embelzlement charge pre-
ferred by 7 II. Davies X co. Fol-
lowing an appeal to the Governor. Pr
mental was released yesterday owing
to the fact that physician reported
his mother as being In very critical
state Of health.
The appeal on behalf Of Burns that
has been made 10y WaysOn Is even
stronger than the Pimental one. Mrs.
Burns Is In critical condition, and
the worries COinCidcnt with the arrest
Of her husband. his trial and suisse
qucnt imprisonment. together with the
fact that She Is absolutely devoid Of
means. have proved on her mind 80
much that WaysOn Is afraid the baby
may not be born alive
There was some misunderstanding
in connection with the matter today
as Wayson's appeal for Burns to the
board Of prison inspectors was turned
down, and he could not understand
how Pimcntul had been released It
appears now. however that Pimontal's
case came directly before the GOV
"rnor and that the prison board never
handled the matter at all.
The reply received by Wayson from
the prison board Is as follows:
Your communication received by
MIR T.. II WOdchouse on the third in
slant in re the parole Of Paul Burns
has been handed to the writer by that
gentleman for reasons set forth in his
reply to YOU.
After careful consideration Of the
matter II IL the unanimous opinion Of
the Hoard that II is impossible to
grant your request. for the reason
that, while anyone in the critical con-
diti0n Of Mrs Burns has our entire
sympathy, we can not In Justice to the
many other prisoners make farce
Of IN" parole law by recommending to
the Governor that Burns should be
parUled after serving so short a period
or his sentence
"Regrettlng our inability to act In
this matter.
"CSIgnch ] w. WALDRON,
Secretary, Board of Prison Inspec-
tors"
From statements made later this
morning II Is understood that the
board Will reconsider its first refusal
ana that Burns may be allowed to
come out and earn enough money to
Keep his wife from starvation. II has
also been pointed out that Burns Is
placed in much harder position than
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-20
THE HEROES WHO WENT DOWN.

the story Of the Titanic wreck told the incidents Of personal
the face of death make the AngoSaxon proud Of his
many there who commented that John Jacob Asos mil
could not him. hen the detailed story Of the wreck
the and learned that Astor did hesitate face his
millions millions with the the stoke hole didn't
en2 Life have appeared especially Major Butt but
was quaverng part the and the soldier he rend
what assistance he could the boat leaving the vessel and
stepped back aboard the coffin ship AS long the story Of the
tic wreck is told the words Of Cptan Smith will be repeated
ride of race and nationality, BE British my men.
the courage and loyalty all with the The love Of the
brought every mind by the refusal Of Mrs ador
leave her husband. Better death than separation.
aher wealth high official stood the Of saving the
FIRST The accepted their fate. like The possible
may be President may of the White Star line and if such should
to be the case he will that death the Titanic would
been far happier than life with the hatred Of his elowmen
Of contemplating the terrible sacrifice mingled with
elng that spring from Of pride courageous
earless did exactly all hope should have done
! under the same circumstances.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-20
LEAH Home
GETS splendid
GIFTS FOR WORK

The trustees of the Leahi Home
were offered new ward with full
equipment and fifty thousand dollars
in permanent endowment by Mrs. J.
Is. AthertOn yesterday afternoon, the
ward and fund to be known as the Al
eXandsr Montague Atherton Memorial.
G. n. Wilcox recently made an i'm.
pOrtant addition to the home for tu-
bercular patients by offering pavil.
ion and twelve beds.
Mrs. Atherton's gift Is in memory of
her son, who died In 1903 in New
York.
Announcement of these gifts. made
last night by George +. Davies. secre.
tary of the Home. Is received with
grateful appreciation by those con.
nected with the Homes management
as well as by the public generally. The
trustees Of the Home are hoping for
similar donations in order to allow the
institution to spread its present splcn.
did work still further.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-20
CELEBRATING The FOURTH.

erywhee that the American flag floats. Of this country
and thought proper celebration OF the Fourth Of July
and Fourth the title under which the reminding of patriotic
generally passes The old fashioned celebration fast deve
a medium for allowing the hoodum and shine. Old
became disguised and the children killed increasing numbers
deadeang Of noise So the people woke up day
'ouh Of July entirely diff affair from what used be
school Of patriotism and less burden for the
pamphlet recently issued by the Russell Sage Foundation the story
fly told How the Fourth Wa, Celebrated 9 |. The cebra-
all the from pageans pcncs but they all left pleasant
given the children As examples of celebrations that might be
ed in Honolulu quote
ST. Paul Mimi "Al the children invited spend the day
Island "a combined park, playground, and public bath ~
assembled the city audi oum where each child given
hen formed line and marcheI the island with martial
They entering the grounds small grape basket
ming sandwiches dougnus handful Of candy
kage Of crackeack paper Napkin paper drinking cup and
ges Of small harmless recracks To each of the children confined
city hospitals supply Of and cake and each
Iloon ="
Enid Okla the company planned celebration large
and paid all expenses Burlington VT, provided free trolley rides
the park for those children who able to pay
nol intends celebrate the Fourth always does by hook
ook and this year the safe and sane idea should prevail
damper the celebration but give the people and especially the
a day that will associate patriotic exercises with entertainment
ill always be pleasant memory
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-20
HAWAII BEATS
MISSOURI NOW

Food Commissioner Edward b. Blan-
chard has received n report from the
State of Missouri and finds that COndi-
lions here are much better than in the
"want.to.know" State.
This is especially so in milk. for
where he has only found one sample
here that has been adulterated in any
way at all the Missouri report shows
that So per cent. of the samples taken
have been adulterated or misbranded
So far there has never been "a sam.
pie of cream taken here that was
found to be below the standard, where
as in Missouri the percentage of mis-.
branded or adulterated' cream samples
was 4S.S per cent. Out of 90 samples
of ice cream taken, 63 were below
standard Eight samples of Missouri
iodine were taken and every one Of
them was found to be adulterated.
This morning Blanchard made a
round of the poi-shops and for the
first time found that they were all pro,
ducing samples up to standard. The
standard Is 80 per cent. while the av'
erage of the poi.shop products was
found to be 81. 8 per cent.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1912-04-20
BLAMES
DILLINGHAM; FOR
WATER SHORTAGE

Alexander s. Young. superintendent
of KapiOlani Park, declared this morn.
ing that the reason why water has not
been furnished the polo club for its
polo field at Kapiolani Park Is because
there have been no prisoners available
TO look after the work.
THE water has been turned on since
last October" said Mr.. Young, In All.
swer to Walter +. Dillingham's state.
ment that the club has spent $4,000 In
laying pipes, etc. only to find that It
could get no water.
The water has been ready" Mr..
Young emphasized, but we have had
no prisoners to take care of the field.
Mr. Dillingham;, head of the polo club.
Is also chairman of the Sanitation
Committee that is looking after the
anti-mosquito campaign, and he has
taken all of the prison labor in the
anti-mosquitO fight. He knows very
well why the water hasn't been put
on the field.
81 want to eXOnerate Superintendent
of Public Works MarstOn Campbell
aud Joe Little, superintendent of the
waterwOrks also. Dillingham; Is the
man that Is to blame for the state OF
affairs"