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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1912-12-30
HARVARD CLUBS COMING.
Cambridge Musicians to Give Concert
Tomorrow Afternoon.

Sons of Harvard in Washington are
looking forward with interest to the con-
cert Of the Harvard Musical Club that
is 10 be given at the .Belssco Theatcr
tomorrow afternoon. This will be the
first time in ten years that the Harvard
Clubs have appeared here, and many en-
tertainments are being planned for the
conegians by Washington society.
The patronesses are Mrs. Charles +.
Adams, Mrs Nicholas Anderson, Mrs. q.
Livingston Bayard. Mrs. Woodbury. Blair,
Mrs. Thomas NJ. Chatard, Mrs. James
F. Curtis, Mrs. II. G. Danforth. Mrs
Charles II. Davis, Mrs. Pickering Dodge,
Mrs William c. Eustis, Mrs. John w.
Foster. Mrs. A. P. Gardner, Mrs. Frank
W. Hackett Mrs. Percival Hall. Mrs.
John Hav. Mrs John w. Holcombe, Mrs.
oliver wendell Holmes. Mrs +. W
Huidekoper, Mrs. Livingston Hunt, Mrs
Hennen Jennings Mrs. Ralph Cross
johnson, Mrs. w. V. Judson, Mrs. L. Y.
Letter, Mrs. Henry Cabot Lodge, Mrs.
Nicholas LongwOrth, Mrs. George y.
NcLanahan, Mrs. George Won L. Meyer,
Mrs Walter Page. Mrs. Henry c. Per-
kins. Mrs. Andrew J. Peters. Mrs. Her
bert Putnam, Mrs. William C. Rives.
Mrs w. A. Slater. Mrs. II. B. Spencer
Mrs, F. c. Stevens, Mrs. Walter Tucker
man. Mrs. wolcott Tuckerman, Mrs. T.
Wayland Vaughan, Mrs. Harvey w.
Wiley, Mrs. c. r. Wilson, Mrs. N. T.
Wilson, Mrs. Beekman Winthrop, and
Mrs. Leonard Wood.
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FATHER CAPTURES
ALLEGED WASHERS"
And Then Detective O'Dea Arrives and
Escorts Three Young Men to
Stationhouse.

Robert w. Monahan, wealthy paper box
manufacturer. who resides at Eighteenth
and Streets Northwest. last night
when alone and unaided captured three
alleged 'mashers," who. he charges, in
suited his twelVe-year-old daughter, Ma
oma, and her school chum. Marie Stokes,
thirteen years old.
In three twinklings of an eye scores
of persons gathered about the irate
father and his captives at Tenth and
F Streets Northwest. Detective Sergeant
Lawrence O'Dea, OF the Central Office. ell
bowed through the throng and arrested
the three alleged "mashers" and took
them to the First precinct station. Each
of the prisoners said he was seventeen
years old and all declared they are en-
ployed as clerks.
They gave the names of Louis Zeller.
OF 622 Virginia Avenue Southwest; Harold
O'NeaI. of 600 Massachusetts, Avenue
Northwest, and Leroy Cooper, OF 81
Sixth Street Southwest. At a late hour
the youthful prisoners had not deposited
collateral for their appearance in court.
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To Billy Rugh. the crippled newsboy Of
Gary. Ind. who gave his life cheerfully
for the life of another, letting the sur
geons graft his skin upon a young wom-
an who had been burned. Rev. Wallace
Radcliffe. D. D., pastor OF New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church, in his an
nual sermon yesterday, gave the first
place in philanthropy
Dr. Radcliffe, recognizing the work of
Clara Barton, Pearson, Stead, and Smi-
ley, yet gave the highest honor to the
lad who died as a result of his skin be-
ing grated upon a young woman who
had been so terribly burned that she
would else have died.
The Yearly Sacrihce-I9l2' was the
title Of DR.. Radcliffe's usual sermon of
the year.
Every man is. in a peculiar sense, a
pciest OF God" said DR.. Radcliffe. The
approaching year is a holy place glorified
with the presence of God. We enter il
with the sacrifice OF the passing year
which is incense and gifts Out OF the
general history of the race come aspira-
tions and praise as II brings to human
ity the passing OF the dragon flag. the
rapid changes of the map Of Europe, the
triumph OF the Panama Canal the po-
litical revolutions in this hemisphere, the
impressive advance of socialism and
woman suffrage, the first aeroplane Ar
mada, our unprecedented crops, our
open-handed philanthropy. and the reli-
gious developments that have brought the
modernism in Italy, the first Presbyteri-
an General Assembly in Korea, the
Federal Council of the Churches of
Christ, and the mighty impulse TO mis-
sjonA"
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SCIENTISTS RECEIVED
In G. u. LIBRARY
President and Vice President of insti-
tuition Act as Hosts to
Noted SavantS.

At the Invitation OF the president Of
Georgetown University. the members OF
the American Pathological Association.
the Archaeological Institute Of America.
the Society of Biblical Literature and
ExegesIs, and OF the Washington Society
OF the Archaeological Institute attended
a reception in the Hirst Library on the
university campus yesterday afternoon,
and inspected the shelves OF the Riggs
Memorial Library.
Rev. A. j. Donlon, S. j., president Of
the university; and Rev. A. J. Duarte.
vice president. received the guests, as
sisted by DIR. G. NJ. Koyer. dean OF the
medical school; DIR. William y. Cogan'
dean of the school of dentistry, and Hugh
]. Fegan. secretary OF the law school
The scholars were particularly inter-
ested in the old books contained in the
Riggs Memorial Library, where a num-
Der Of the ancient Bibles among the col
lection had been placed on view. Lunch
con was served in the Riggs Library.
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Public Appeal.
HIGHER MANHOOD DEMANDED
TO PREVENT CRIMES
Constipation and Indigestion the
Cause of Nervousness, Irri-
liability, Sleeplessness
and Dependency

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Munyon's Paw Paw Pills must not be
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Great Men Gone.

DIR. Radcliffe then narrated the great
names in different departments of life
that have gone down in death during the
year, and emphasized one or two conspic-
uous ones Of special service. He spoke
as follows:
Elm statesmanship, Frederick VIII, the
democratic King of Denmark; the En-
peror OF Japan, whose life covered the
whole reconstruction and undermining of
japan; Gen. Hogi. whose death was the
dramatic ending of the ancient japanese
knighthood; Vice President Sherman,
genial, conservative, astute, a keen and
patriotic partisan; United States Senator
Hepburn whose dying testimony was
remarkable tribute to the faithfulpess of
his home training and the power Of a
faith that could bear the storm and stress
of that solemn hour; Ambassador White
law Reid, product and force OF the civil
war, editor, statesman. diplomat, Ambas-
sador 10 Germany, France, and England,
borne to his grave in the esteem and love
of England and America.
TN war, Gen. Fred Grant, who honored
an hOnored name; Evans, whose human
ness made his name a household word !;
Melville, the arctic explorer; Macarthur,
child OF this church. and Sir George
White, V. C., hero of Ladysmith.
In business, Hartman, moving from
the humblest work in the railroad gang
to the railroad presidency; Laveen, father
of the modern department store; Purcell,
builder of Washington Monument; Funk
editor, author. and spiritualistic investi-
gator, and Astor and Straus capitalists
but whose highest honor was their calm
courage in the critical hour OF the Titanic
disaster.
I'm science, the great name of the year
is Wright, who by his inventions and
courageous experiments with the engine
driven, heavier-than-air aeroplane, has
written his name with those of Fulton,
Bell and Edison"
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DIED.

ACTON-Departed this life Saturday
December IS 1872, after a long illness
JOSEPH a. ACTON.
Funeral from Mises chapel. t"snty-
day. December 50. at p. m. All
members of Idaho Tribe. No. Is, l..
o. r. NJ. are requested 20 be present
LAY-On Friday. December 2. 1917; at
the residence Of his daughter, Mrs
A. w. Martin, Roland Park. Baltt-
more, Md. Capt. THOMAS W. LAY
Iretiredl, Of the United States Reve-
nue-cutter Service.
Cemetery on Monday. December 30
NARKS-SuddenIy. on Saturday. Decem-
her 2S, 1912, at her residence. 1855 X
Street Southeast, ELIZABETH II.
MARKS, widow OF Jacob Marks. Re
mains may be seen at W; w. Deal
& Co.'S funeral parlors, I32 Eleventh
Street Southeast.
Funeral Monday. December %. at , ..
m, at Wilson Memorial Church. In
ternent in Congressional Cemetery.
PECK-On Saturday. December Is, 1872;
DAVID b PECK, beloved husband
Of Margaret c. Peck.
Funeral services from his late resi-
dence, 1900 Columbia Road, Monday,
DECEMBER 50, at $50 Pm. P: m lnIsrmsn' intitad
MILITARY ORDER OF THE LOYAL LEGION
OF THE UNITED STATES.
Ccmmandcry Of the District Ot Columbia
City Of Washington, December 30, W.
The death q Conpaniou DAVID R. PECK,
Lieutenant Colonel I. 8 Volunteers, IN TINS t1C
On the 18th instant, n annO'Inccd TO the Com
mandery.
Funeral ssrvicsS at which the attendance Of CON
rauions is requested will b. held at his late rrSi-
dence 1909 Columbia Road Northwest. at 5%o r m
this day. Iuterment at Cleveland. Ohio.
By command Of
Major General GEORGE r. DAVIS,
o. S. Amy. CUTnmGndeT.
THOMAS H. MCKEE.
Recorder
Sunday morning, Decem-
her % 1gIe at O'Clock. GEORGE
WASHINGTON SIMPSON, pay d.
rector. T. S. N. retired.
Funeral Thursday afternoon. January
2. 1919. from ST Johns Church at l:SO
o'clock Interment at Arlington. NO
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FAIR DEMOCRATS MEET.
Miss Katherine Dabney Reviews Work
of National League.

The delegates TO the District section OF
the Womans National Democratic
League which Is 10 convene at the Will
lard the week beginning January s, held a
meeting Saturday afternoon at the Dolly
Madison Hotel
The president, Miss Katharine Dabney.
reviewed the work of the National
League, OF which she is founder, and of
the District League. She talked on the
necessity of selecting for future national
officers women of expansive views. ma
tional caliber, and true Democratic prin-
ciples.
The proposed amendments to the con-
stitution to be voted on at the convention
were discussed and action deferred until
q future meeting.
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CHARLES c. HURDLE DEAD.
Native of the Capital Dies in Wesl
Phhadelphia.

Charles Calvert Hurdle died of
Brights disease at his home in West
Philadelphia on Saturday.
He was born in this city and at
tended the public schools. In 1850 he
moved 20 Philadelphia and took charge
of the Warren Ehret OIL Works At
the time of his death he was general
superintendent OF the NJ. Ehret OIL
Company. He leaves threes ons.
Messrs. George ". and William s., en-
gagged in business in Philadelphia, and
Charles p. who is superintendent OF
the Ehret oil Works In this city. q
position which his father held when
he was a young man.
Mr.. Hurdle was brother Of Mrs. w.
B. Holtzclaw, OF this city.
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WEATHER CONDITIONS.
U. s. Dept. of Agriculture. Weather Bureau

U. 8. Dept Of Agriculture Weather Bureau
Washington Sunday December .. l9l2-s u m.
There will Be rains Monday and cloudy weather
Tuesday throughout the Atlantic and East Gulf
States, the upper Ohio VALLEY, and the lower Lake
region and snow and rain Monday and probably
Tuesday in the Rocky Mountain and Plateau
gions In tho Northern Plains States. the upper
Mississippi Valley and the upper Lake region gen
orally fair weather Monday will be followed by in
creasng clOudiness and SHOWS Monday night or
Tuesday. In the West Gulf States and the lower
Mississippi Valley the weather will be generally
fair Monday and Tuesday.
The winds along the New England and middle
Atlantic coasts will be moderate sJuth; the
south Atlantic coast moderate east and southeast
On the east Gulf coast moderate east and south
east except variable the northwest portion;
on the west Gulf coast light west on Lake Michi-
gan moderats southwest and west
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NEWSBOY
in HALL OF fame
Rev. Wallace Radcliffe Pays
Tribute to Billy Rugh,
Of Gary, Ind.
DIED TO SAVE WOMAN
"The Yearly Sseri6ee-1912" Is the
Title of Pastors Review of
the TweIyemonth.
DIED TO SAVE WOMAN
GREAT EVENTS oF 1912.

The passing of the dragon flag.
The rapid changes on the map
of Europe.
The triumph OF the Panama
Canal
Political revolution in this
hemisphere
The impressive advance of
socialism and woman suffrage"
The first aeroplane Armada.
Unprecedented crops.
Our open-handed philan-
throphy."
Religious developments that
have brought modernism in Italy.
The First Presbyterian Gen
eral Assembly in Korea.
The Federal Council OF the
Churches of Christ.
The mighty impulse to Mis-
sions."
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DEATH RECORD.

WHITE.
sara NJ. De Lamater 70 years, 1904 Mass Ave. NV.
Dayid 3. Peck. ~. 100 Col. Road. NV.
Anna J. Cornelisou, s6. llls 10th St. nv.
Edward Trail, q, GOV. Hospital Insane.
Patrick R. Mallou, Is. il J: ]. An. s.
Burnett i. Trlewurthy, %, Bill Adams Mil Road.
Nsrtba A Do,Ie g. 100 n st. NV
Annie z, Bahier. 7s rs Q ST. nv.
Julia p. Fremont, g. an \, Y. Ave. NV.
Prancis a. Hasson, . 81 lst st NV
Geo-Tspna T. NJ. Raub. So ISL NJ st. NV
ELIZABETH Marks. n. l1s5 ST Sc.
William l. Baltic, 20 q. s Naval Hospital.
George Washington Simpson, q the Rochambeau.
sv5nsv ~. Herbert, 7s Pension Oflce, ID. O.
Martha O. Garner, II, ProVldenee Hospital-
Edvard n samperton. s. so 7th ST. ne
COIORED.
Rebecca Isaacs, ls, Wash. Asylum Hospital.
DaIIIs Jackson q 1921 4th ST. nv.
Pierce = Harbin. y, Nichols Ave. se.
Jane Dent, 60, 0l5 18th st. NV.
Cstayiz speaks, rs. ~ sth 81 nv
Marie Gnen, Is, Freedmen's HOSPITAL
Melvia LInkins. 10 tuberculosis Hop.ksL
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Find FossiIized Head.
cable o The Wa.hington Herald.

Special Gable to The Washington Herald
London, Dec. &.-Fishermen have
found in the cliff at Bacton, on the
Norfolk coast, fossilized remains of the
head OF an elephant The lower jaw is
missing. but remains of what are sup
posed to have been tusks were found
some time ago. The lower Jaw OF a
bear also has been found.
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Local Temperatures.

Midnight. 81; 2 a. m, .; a. m, q a. m.
Is; a. m, .: 10 a. m, y; Il noon. Is; p N.
IS; p m. 81: n m, Is; p. m, q; 10 p N, A.
Highest g; lowest, 8.
Relative hynidity-s a. m, IS; p m, -;
p M. Al. Rainfall % p. m. to p. M, none;
huurS Of sunshine. L3; per cent Of possible sun
shine. S
Temperature sane date last yesr-HiEhest. %;
lowest, 2.
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OFFICE or MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COM
PANY of the District cf Columbia, ccrueF Thir-
tenth Street and New York Avenue DecSmbsr Z.
TslG Policy holders notified that policies ex,
ptre on the LAST MONDAY IN DECENB En-
S0th inSantI and the rate oF renewal Is PER
csnrIm the premium notes. The manages
have ordered paid to the policy holders a return of
savings sorurding 10 the value Of each policy
the thirty first day Of last DecsmbT. POLICIES
MUST BE PRESENTED for endorsement Of ths
payments. except whsrs held in oCnrcction with
loans, in which they shOud be brought IN latst
10 have duplicate payments entered. PLEASE At
TEND EARLY AND AVOID THE CROWD.
l. PIERCE BOTELER, SecrrtAry
dez %
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Tribute to Lister.

In medicine. with earnest tribute to
several physicians and to the profess
sion itself, names Lister, to whom I'VE
owe one of the most beneficent discov-
cries of the nineteenth century in the
antiseptic treatment of surgery. All
join in the tribute of Bayard, Not a
profession, not a national, but human
lty stands with uncovered head and
salutes you He saves more lives in a
year than Napoleon destroyed in all his
wars. And McClintock. the hero of
peace, more worthy than the hero of
battles, who laid down his life that
the Rocky Mountain States might be
freed from spotted fever; write his
name in history, enshrine ii in your
hearts and teach our young men the
reality of service"
In art special tribute was given
among many to Burnham, the archi-
tect; DeTalle, the French battle painter:
Alma Tadems, and in music to Cole
ridge Taylor, the composer; Massenet,
the wonderful French composer, and
Fischer, the writer of over 400 hymns
and tunes, among them being Il Live
to Tell the Story" and Il Am Trust
ing, Lord, to Thee"
In education, DR.. Radcliffe gave spe-
cial tribute to Yung Wing, the pioneer
of Western education in China; the
Chinese patriot and patriot American:
and to Goodwin, of Harvard: Nestor
of American HelIenists, and incom-
parable teacher"
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ars, teachers. preachers. who had bean
faithful unto death. and gave the crown
TO Gen. Booth, the knight errant OF
the church. the grand old man or
Chirstendom.
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Tide Tahie

To-day-Hish tide I2sfe a. m; Ia p m. Low
tide. T:ls a. m.; 75s p N.
Tom0IrOW-High tide. la1 a M; 2i2 p m.
Low tide s:I3 q. m. 800 y m.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF
the stockholders Of the Wash
.nRton American League Base
ball Club will be held at the
Offices OF the company in the
Southern Building on the ITH
DAY OF JANUARY. 1912. at II
o'clock noon, for the purpose OF
electing a Board OF Directors
for the ensuing year and for such
other business as may be prop
crly brought before said meet
ing. EDWARD J. WALSH.
Secretary. deI.So
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HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF
the salary and wage-earners OF
Washington arc facing the new year
Cheerfuliy because they have money
with us to which they are regularly
adding: which is earning more money
for them all the time, and upon
which they can draw at any time in
case of a real need. desire. or op-
portun!ty Steady and persistent
saving brings the hiE results. Call
or send for the little pamphlet that
tells all about II.
PERPETUAL BUILDING
ASSOCIATION.
llth and Streets y. W.
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Temperature, in Other Cities.

Temperatures in other Cities together with the
Gm0unt Of rainfall for the tWentyfUur hours ended at
p N. yesterday. are Gs follows:
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Native of New York.

Ray Director simpson was natlNe OF
New York. His father. Samuel L. Simp-
son. was a mine owner and banker, of
English descent. From his boyhood
young Simpson eyinced a desire to enter
the navy. Before reaching his majority.
in order 10 acquaint himself with the
duties OF life at sea, he was given two
years cruise on the L. S. $. ST. Marys,
the preparatory course for what is known
as the New York Nautical School. When
twenty-five years old, he was granted
commission in the navy. His services
brought him n number Of honors, and
several times he was given public recog-
milton for his work.
Pay Director Simpson. while attached
TO the L. s. S. Detroit. under Admiral
Benham, was badly wounded In a demon
stratiOn made by American forces on
Rio de Janerio. in 1894. Four years later
he distinguished himself. while assigned
10 the L s. S. Terror as paymaster. in
bringing the Tes Hermanes into port
at Key West.
Pay Director Simpsons service was
long and varied. Appointed from New
York as assistant paymaster. April l,
1852 no was made a paymaster November
/. 1897. pay inspector, March 3 1903, and
nav director November =, 1910. He was
attached to the Bureau Of Provisions and
Clothing. Navy Department. in lss2, and
later in the year he Joined the L. S. s.
Nantucket
In 1884 he was on duty on the L. S. S.
Passaic and L. S. S. Alarm. In 1881 he
was attached to the L. s. S. New Hamp-
shire, and in 1889 Joined the L. :. $.
Constellation. He was with the L. S. 5.
jamestown lS90-9l, and on shore duty at
the New York Navy Yard in 1894. In 1895
he Joined the L. S. S. Terror. to which
he was attached at the time Of being
made prize master OF the Tres Her
names in 1885. Later in the same year
he was attached 10 the L. s. S. Newark.
Paymaster for Fleet.
Pay Director Simpson was fleet pay
master Of the European squadron, at
tached TO the L. s 5. Olympic in l9o5-0S:
navy disbursing officer. in this city, lsO6-0s:
general inspector OF the pay corps,
l9Os-O9; assistant to the Bureau OF Sup
plies and Accounts, Navy Department
in 1910. and retired from active service
December :. 1911.
Pay Director simpson was a member Of
the Metropolitan and Army and Navy
Clubs, Of Washington. and of the New
York Yacht Club and Army and Navy
Club, of New York He was a member of
the Naval and Military order OF the
Spanish-American War; Military Order
of Foreign Wars: Naval order OF the
United States. and Society of American
Wars OF an engaging and sunny dis
position, he was one OF the most popular
officers in the service.
Funeral services will be held from St
Johns Episcopal Church. Sixteenth and
H Streets Northwest, Thursday afternoon
at 1:3O O'Clock. Chaplain Bayard, of the
navy. will offlciate. 4 military funeral
will be held. Interment will be in Ar
lIngton National Cemetery. The pail
bearers will be chosen from among fell
low-oficers of the deceased.
Pay Director Simpson Is survived by
a brother, Alfred L. Simpson, of New
York.
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RAY DIRECTOR
SIMPSON DEAD
Officer Who Sailed Spanish
Prize Ship Expires at
Age Of Fifty-three.
WON PUBLIC HoNORS
His Service in the Navy Was Long
and Varied-Member Of
Exclusive Clubs.

Pay Director George Washington simp-
son, Z. s. N, retired, noted as the off,
Ger who sailed the Spanish prize ship
Tres Hermanes from Havana to Key
West without a chart, and over a course
known TO be in the direct track of the
enemy's navy, died yesterday morning
at 6 o'clock. at his apartment In the Ro-
chambeau, of a complication OF diseases,
which had disabled him for two years.
He had been confined 10 his bed for about
a month. He was fifty-three years old.
Pay Director Simpson was one OF the
most popular men in the service, and
a well-known figure in the exclusive
clubs of Washington and New York.
il was he, who. with Paymaster Gen.
Kenny, in 1900. reorganized the system
Of audits and payments in the Navy
Department. extending the duties Of the
Bureau OF Supplies and Accounts, and
greatly reduced the work of other
bureaus. For this work he was given
public recognition.
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Fnr nI.nrarr..r .,nn..h

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