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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-27
ELMER RICHARDS
 SUCCEEDS PECK Announcement Made of His Appointment Yesterday
 at St. Louis.
LAWN ALSO GOES UP
Will Succeed Richards at Mt. Pleasant and His Chief Chief Sue
 ccedS Him.

Elmer Richards. formerly of this city now superintendent Of the Fort Worth division of the Cotton Belt railroad with headquarters at Mt. Pleasant Texas, was yesterday ap- pointed superintendent of the Ark ansas and Missouri division of that road to succeed the late Ellsworth A. Peck, who ended his life in Hot Springs last week The appointment was made by President F. H. Britton at St. Louis and official announce ment was made that MT. Richards will assume his new duties today.
 The promotion of Mir. Richards made it necessary to appoint super intendent of the Fort Worth division and F. J. Hawn,at present super intandent of transportation at Tyler, was named to fill the vacancy at Mount Pleasant. Texas, to be vacated by Mir. Richards. Mir. Hawn's chief clerk, William Mosby, of Tyler, was appointed to succeed his chief as sup- erintendent of transportation at Ty- Ter.
 Mir. Richards is at present in St. Louis attending an important meet ing of the officials of the road and will probably not come to Pine Bluff for ten days to take up his new duties.
 | The appointment of Mir. Richards occasioned much satisfaction here, | where he lived for many years and IS so well and favorably known. < His home was originally Mt. Pleasant,
 Texas, but he came here many years
 ago and went into qthe Cotton Belt. He is fifty-three years old and i a practical railroad man, having work ed his way up to the top from all humble position with the line. He is popular with the local employees .of [.the Cotton Belt and his appointment is said to have met with the approval | of the road employees. a.:4,t .sti.s 4 | The first news of the appointment of Mr. Richards came to B. G.. Ros-' enberger, chief clerk. in the super | intendent' s office at the shops. Ut
 was in the nature of telegram from
 William N Neff, who is in St. Louis attending the meeting of the officials. He said the appointment would be- ] come effective today. x ,Mr. Richards has been with the Cotton Belt about twenty7three years His last position with that road was superintendent of the Fort
 Worth division at Mt Pleasant, which
 he held for the past six months.
 Previous to that time he was assist ant superintendent to MT. Peck here,
 serving in that capacity for four
 years. He was chief dispatcher at
 Mir. Pleasant, Texas, before taking that place and previously he served
 as general superintendent of the Louisiana Railway and Transporta-
 tion Company at Shreveport. La. For
 many years he, was trainmaster- for the Cotton Belt here.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-27

With practically all of the eighty banks in the fourteen counties com posing Group Number Seven of the Arkansas State Bankers Association represented, the annual meeting was held here yesterday under the aus pices of the Pine Bluff Clearing House Association. Visiting bankers from St. Louis, Memphis, Little Rock and other cities were also pre- sent. President R. l. Wyatt, of Mon ticellO, and SecretaryTreasurer Ray Underwood, of Stuttgart, presided. The meeting which closed with ban- quet at 6 o'clock, followed by the- ater party at Louis lMann's perfor- nance of "Elevating Husband.' was the most beneficial and successful in point of attendance ever held.
 The invocation was said by Rev. J. w. Harrell, pastor of the First Methodist church, followed by an ad dress of welcome and response by President s. c. Alexander, of the Merchants and Planters Bank of this city, and President Hyatt William Cargill, general manager of the new Pine Bluff packing plant, spoke on The Farmer and the Packing House. and Drainage" was discussed inter- estingly by w. B. DeYampert, of Will mot, and Jack Bernhardt, of Desha county Et,. = l. At the afternoon session George A Bone, of Memphis, spoke on Bank Audits,' and "Rice and Stock Feed ing" was subject handled most in. terestingly by Fred ID. Gibson, ol Stuttgart w. J. Jernigan, of Little Rock, head of the Boys Corn Club in this state, reviewed the work of the organization the feature of the after noon's program was an address on Good Roads," by J. H. Dodge, su. perintendent of road construction at Washington, D. c.
 The annual financial report of Sec.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-27

doVernor Cox Goes To Dayton
 |Volumbus, Ohio, March 26.-The to-
 oeath list in Dayton still remains oOiematlcal. The most authentic Fu latest reports received today was report made to Governor Cox by his 'ls'ary' George $. Burbank, whom
 sent to Dayton in the first stages the flood. -
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-27

London, March 25.--Contrary to the wishes of the King and Queen, the Princess Royal. Duchess of Fife, is negotiating with the Alfred Wander bilts for lease of her magnificent house at Lewes Crescent, for the spring and summer months. This IS the Duchess private house and the letting of it to outsiders is strongly disapproved by the king, to put it band left her a fortune of $10,OOO,000 has notion that she is very poor and is determined to add to her purse some way regardless of the wishes of her royal relatives.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-27
Tiffan Is Stricken.

Tiffan, Ohio, was added to the long list of stricken towns when a report was received from there this after noon stating that fifty persons had been drowned there, including Mayor Keppel, and Chief of Police Myers.
 Piouay, Ohio where $40 are re- ,,orted to have been drowned, had not heen communicated with at 4 o'clock, Central time, today.
 An unconfirmed report reached Del aware, Ohio, this afternoon that the village of Stratford, five miles below that town had been wiped out With a loss of 200 lives.
 A wireless message from NIL yer non reports, a. loss of life there ol
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-27
The report is as follows:

l uc report IS dS lOllOWS.
 Death may run as high as 2,OOO. Property loss, $1O,0OO,0OO. Rivers four miles wide. Difficult to get any where near the center of the city. Water up to the second story of the Phillips House. Worst calamity in the country since Galveston.'
 When he left, here with Ee troops this afternoon the governor planned to go from here to Troy and if i'm possible to get from there into Day ton by railroad the troops would be taken across the flood district in boats and on rafts. .-z... ,.r5
 A telephone message received here late this afternoon reported that many persons who were maroned OH the burning building were jumping ill the water and being swept away by the force of the blood.
 Hundreds of startling reports. have been received here during the day from cities and towns throughout Ohio and Indiana and indicate that the loss of life has been enormous. The most conservative estimate made this afternoon placed the fatalities in the two states at 3,671.
 Frantic appeals are being sent from Dayton for drinking water and food The mayor of Dayton has appealed te the world for aid saying that his city was on the verge of famine. The water system has been completely demolished and it is impossible te drink the thick yellow flood water which is swirling about the build ings.
 r. A decided drop in the temperature has added to the suffering of the flood victims. A slight snowstorm occurred in Dayton this afternoon and indications are that blizzard vii envelope the entire flood district The Ohio legislature increased the expenditure for relief funds this af ternoon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-27
GROUP ' BANKS SHOW BIG INCREASE Annual Report of Secretary Ads Many Millions Over
 That of 1912. HOLD MEETING HERE Banquet and Theater Party Social Features-Many Bankers At-
 tend Sessions.
HOLD MEETING HERE
: * x < < * ;: * x x X
New Officers

.: New Officers
 ;: The following officers were < elected by Group Seven of the < Arkansas State Bankers Asso- ,: citation for 1913 at it's meeting x held in this city yesterday: Chairman, Jack Bernhardt, of * Dumas, Ark.
 < Vice Chairman, E. P. Ball, of Dewitt, Ark.
 x Secretary and Treasurer, M. E. x Bloom, Pine Bluff, Ark. * Member of nominating com * mittee of the Arkansas State * Bankers Association, A. M * Kellar, of Wilmot, Ark. x Member, of executive commit x tee of the Arkansas State Bank * CTS Association, R. l.. Hyatt, of Monticello.
 N V Y. N
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-03-27

FIRE ADDS TO FLOOD HORRORS AT DAYTON khe Beckel House and All Adjoining Buildings Aflame and Fire Department is Fighting Fire From Small Boats Twelve Thousand People Are Marooned in Buildings in Bushes District Gov ernor Cox Tries to Reach Scene |oyn1TIONs REPORT SAYS HOLoc sr MAY EQUAL GALVESTON FLOOD--TFFAN PlQUAY. MT. vER AND OTHER CITIES STRICKEN.-.DRINKING WAT. FER SUPPLY EXHAUSTED IN DAyToN Jefferson street between 'hr street and the Western Union office reported fire at late hour ths telephone message Wire Chief Greene of the Bell Telephone Company n Ohio.
 The report persons marooned in buildings in district part of which flames. approach at every while hundreds of others jumping Iapng the flames
 reported having explosion of an oil tank coded with partially subme rged building rets
  hour following first spread d the conditions frighfu.
 which in adjoining the library blocks south of the Phillips burning hoesale liquor district is in danger.
 time of report the telephone exchange from where Greene talking. left in n where the fire raging is that Third courthouse lie directly of places enable fighting dynamite small boats to check the flames before they bread to other sections of city.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-05-07
for Congress Of Mothers.

The program of the third annual
meeting Of the Wisconsin Congress of
Mothers is to open Friday night, May
8. at o'clock in the auditorium of
Cathedral institute, Milwaukee. Ad-
dresses of welcome will be made by
the Rev. C. F. Mcbride and Superin-
tendent c. q. Pearse; response. Mrs.
H. A. Belts; vocal solo, Miss Elsie
Shubert; paper "A Spinster's Tribute
to a Mother" Miss Lutte Stearns; IN
strumental number, Miss Hilda Cas-
per; address. Judge NJ s. Sheridan.
On Saturday the meetings will be
held in the Young Woman's Christian
association building The morning
will be devoted to annual reports of
officers and committees and the presi-
dents address, which will be followed
by a 1926 80 o'clock luncheon.
At 2 o'clock the final session will
open with brief address Of welcome
by Mrs. H. A. Belts, three minute re-
ports from all Parent Teacher associa-
lions and Mothers circles of Wiscon-
sin; vocal solo, Mrs lone Cove Haw-
ley; talk, Shall Our Girls Work."
Miss Nina underwater, and
School" Superintendent G. g. Pearse.
The state congress has IL affiliated
clubs and is in correspondence with
100 more.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-05-07
State Divided for Highway Law Wort

State Divided for Highway Law WORK.
Division of the state into seven dis
tricts with headquarters in each dis"
trict, for the purpose of bringing the
engineers and their assistants nearer
to the work to be done and at the
same time lessen the expense in adj
ministering the highway law, has
been made by the state highway com
mission Already a resident engineer
has been assigned to each district, ex-
cept that of which Milwaukee, is to be
the headquarters.
The division office of each district
and the engineer assigned are:
First Decentralization, F. M. Bal
sey, formerly inspecting engineer with
the commission.
Second-M Milwaukee.
Third-Green Bay, William Conway
formerly division engineer with the
government in Philippines.
Fourth-Grand Rapids, James Gil
lespie, assistant engineer with com
mission.
Fifth-La Crosse, w. G. Buetow, as
sistant bridge engineer with the COM
mission.
Sixth--Eau Claire-S M. Hall, as
sistant bridge engineer with the com
mission.
Seventh-Ashland, F. NJ. Sergeant,
formerly highway commissioner OF
Rusk county.
The counties comprising the district
are:
First-Dane. Marquette. Columbia,
Sank, Iowa, La Fayette, Green, Rock,
Jegerson.
Second-M Milwaukee, Racine, Keno
sha, Walworth, Waukesha, Ozaukee.
Washington, Dodge, Green Lake, Fond
du Lac, Sheboygan
Third-Florence, Marinette, Lang
Iade. Oconto, Shawano, Outagamie,
Winnebago. Calumet, Manitowoc,
Brown. Door. Kewaunee.
Fourth-Lincoln, Marathon. Wood,
Portage. Waupaca. Juneau, Adams.
Waushara
Fifth-La Crosse. Buffalo. Trem-
pealeau, Monroe, Vernon, Crawford,
Grant. Richland.
Sixth-Ea Claire. Polk, Barron,
Chippewa Falls. Taylor, Clark. Jack
son, Dunn, Pepin, ST Croix, Pierce.
Seventh. bayfield, Doug
las. Burnett, Washbkrn, Sawyer. IRON
Oneida. Villas. Forest Price. Rusk.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-05-07
o,t If the pictograph'

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oldest bow. don't pose and assulu' !,
be a superior being while ee.. svs
counting sallie Hankins. PefSa alno,
q girl that you are her ideal = rf
sure to invite her just
later on" b;gbly =.
People get over enjoying n isDr 4
over liking nursery rhymes, r ro
come pretty near guessing s.stlr II
age If she will tell you nOH
her fayorite author Is. 90. ID
scie 1tio effort cannot accom- alDs
The harder some men try %
worse it sounds. ho Is e9f
years OBJ Be- -" any fuss ABOUT NV, ~
smohn' cigarettes s 1s.. Who dp
number of perfect LADIES w.
snnff. rlay BY no1
Mo- pos answered s~ 81 smiling e. I pisao
by ear. We are buying
note"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-05-07

extend several miles into the forps
tapping the primeyal sections. When
these are sufficiently cut over tbl
track Is taken up and put down elss
where. At certain desirable Locations
along the route and at the ousI
terminus of the road, the umbel
camps are situated where the IoggerI
are domiciled.
Primitive Occupation.
No part of the lumbermans occuDa!
ticn is more interesting and primitive
perhaps than that of getting out th4
logs in the woods. A trip to one 4
the camps where this part of the but.
mess may be witnessed is a novel
spectacle, especially so when ON
makes the trip on logging train Th5
telling of the trees, the cutting Of thS
trunks into logs, the clearing away
the brush is done with the same tools
the ak and saw, the same expenditure
Of physical strength expended by th4
pioneer home builder In stripping
away the magnificent hardwoods thaS
fell beneath his sturdy stroke in tha
group of states carved out Of the ter
ritory between the AlleghenieS AMI
the Mississippi river
The roads upon which the ufsawea
timber Is transported from the forest
to the mills are railways, though dl
fering from others of their kind
that they were built for no purpose
other than freighting logs One mus
perforce ride on the framework
the cars or on the tender OF the
CINE, which is scarcely hardship
him who feels the lure Of the Ou
doors. Before all else permission
the ride must be obtained from %
mill owners or manager. Out INTO u
clearings one is borne over hills al
valleys once instinct with arOoreSce7
life, now denuded and oversIreS
with the littering OF the slaughleI'
trees that fell to the mailed hanO
the lord of creation Finally Sur
blast of the engine announces inc
rival at the camp, which CONSISTS
four or five large ungainly slruC'u
and a number Of smaller ONES
built of rough pine lumber, more -
stantial buildings being impracuc'p
as the place at best will be occup
but temporarily while the SecuV
contiguous thereto are being cut O''
1t is In settlements Of this cnafa''
that the .Iumber-jacks," the men
ployed in the camps, live ana 10
their being month in and mon'n
Overshadowing always by day anu y
night is the solemn grandeur u
forest. Each morning the lOsseiI
forth to their work OF des'fu''"
each setting sun looks down u =.
larger treeless waste. Now ana y,
the more convivial Of the nunD', -,
pair to the neighbor!ng towns . ~ r.
away the lime, looking not uis r
fully, the while, on the foWlnS wv
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-05-07
Forty-six G. A. 4. Aids Named.

: ofty-oiN u, n. H. FtiOS NafHcus
Forty-six members of the state
Grand Army of the Republic have
been nominated by Department Com
mander George w Spratt, Sheboygan,
as aides on the staff of Commander
in-Chief Beers. Those who have been
selected are:
George d. Breed, j. w Baldock,
Chiffon; ]. L. Bear, Evansville; j. D..
Howard, Berlin; J. R. BrabazaH, Della
van; A. w. Ballard, Omro; John Wad-
leigh, Oshkosh; w. P. Bryant, She
boygan Falls; w A. Myse, Reeds
burg; G. w Cose, Portage; H. H.
Hoffman, Amherst; j. F. Reardon,
Manitowoc; Frank Wardrobe, Wau-
kesha; J. w Evans, Waupaca; E..
Davidson. Lake Geneva; Carver N.
Griffith, Whitewater; J. NJ. Holley, La
Crosse; A. P. Jackson, Menasha; J..
E. Jones, Kilbourn; ]. H. Waggoner,
Eau Claire Simon Smith Beloit; R.
H. Johnson, Wausau; j. T. Hanson,
Mauston; w. P. Clarke, Milton; j. w.
Thomas, Chippewa Falls; George FL,
Farrar. Elkhorn; H. c. Putnam,
Brodhead; Thomas Steele, De Pere;
Fred Kusel, WATERFOWL; DR.. L. c..
Armstrong, Boscobel; Orville Strong,
Dodgeville; Dr. B. c. Brett, Green
Bay; George Jeuck, Mineral Point;
j. r. Barnett, Neenah; j w. Dougher-
ty, Fond du Lac; Merritt Stinson,
Merrill; John G. Clark, Lancaster;
B. s. Williams, Wautoma; E. B.
Heimstreet, Palmyra; S. Whilloker,
Plover; C. L. Brink, Hartford; H. M
Stark, Superior.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-05-07
Wisconsin Corporations.

Articles of Incorporation were filed
in the Office of Secretary of State DON
aid as follows
Nakina Realty company, Milwaukee;
capital. $4,000; incorporators. A. ].
Clarke, j. NJ Romadka and Simon
Speelman.
Cuba City Telephone Exchange com
pany. Cuba City; capital, s2,o25; in
corporators, Henry VIM. w H. vii
key, James Jeffery. F.. A. Flomer, j
E. Kinney and A. B. Mankyil
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-05-07

Reform In Currency.
Wilson. Secretary Of the
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-05-07
Patents to Wisconsin inventors.

Charles F. Burgess. Madison, re-
ducing zinc oxide; Emanuel Chainey.
Rssignor of one-half to j. Akrigg, Flor
enee, sawset; Casper Faust, Oshkosh,
bolster stake holder: Raymond w.
Griffith, Milwaukee, massaging imple-
ment: John H Gilman, Milwaukee,
smoke consumer; Lewis d. Rowell,
assignor to Cutler Hammer Clutch
company, Waterloo. switch for ele-
waited trolley tracks Trade marks
Bethesda Mineral Spring company
Waukesha. mineral water and ginger
ale.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-05-07
Queer.

some of these printed nsss T 1sssi !,
said Mrs. Lapsling, make d
one, for instance as sortv psr
bolic acid, one par''
tum suffraglst,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-05-07
Total MAY Reach steo,ooo.

To date the state has received $147,'
1871 as it's share of the income tax.
There are yet six counter to make
their returns, which, when added to
the amount on hand, will probably
make a total Of nearly 100000
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1913-05-07

HE forests of Arizona, as yet
practically untouched, are
among the most important in
the west. Approximately 49,
nnn 0nn acres nne.fifth of the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-02-08

ach and bowel muscles to do their
work naturally again, and in short
time all forms of medicine can be dis
pensed with. 1t can be bought with
out Inconvenience at any nearby drug
store for fifty cents and one dollar
bottle the latter size being regularly
bought by those who already know
its value. Results are always guar
anteed or money will be refunded.
If no member Of your family has
ever used Syrup Pepsin and you
would ike to make personal trial of
1t before buying It in the regular way
of a druggist, send your address,
postal Will do--to DIT. w. b. Caldwell,
Ar Washington ST., Monticello, H.,
and "A free sample bottle will be
mailed you.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-26
SUFFRAGETTES ARE
DRAGGEDFR0MP PARK
ON TRUCK BY CROWD
Stormy Scenes Follow When
Trade UniOnists and So
cialists Attempt to Hold
Demonstration

London MAY 25 Victoria Park, in the
West End. was the scene of rioting today
when trades unionists and socialists at
tempted to hold demonstration in sup
port of votes for working men. Fifteen
platforms had been erected, elaborately Y
decorated with flags, The crowd stormed
truck on which were Sylvia Panlkhurst
and other militant suffragettes and
dragged it outside the park
Mounted and foot police by repeated
charges finally drove the crowd away
Women and men tainted in the crush and
children were trampled upon. In many
instances the women's clothing was near
ly torn off. There We're innumerable FIRE ee
fights and ambulance corps were kept
busy.
Suffrasists paraded with their keys,
the standard bearers wearing red liberty
caps. This was the cause of more disor-
der. The mob tore the decorations from
tn eplatform and carried away the flags
as souvenirs.
On Saturday suftragettes attempted 10
blow up Wheatley Hall at Doncaster,
owned by Sir William Cooke. The place
was unoccupied. An unexpIoded bomb
and suffragette literature were found
under a stair case.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-26
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD

action on sundry civil bill
eagerly awaited.
Canal may be built across Nicaragua
Americans take up rural credits in
Europe.
Grand jury will probe Long Beach
horror.
Veterans arriving in Chattanooga for
reunion.
2-Diatnond jubilee at Judson college
draws to a close.
3-Ralroads in east think rate advance
will be allowed.
Editorial comment
5-Heresy of conduct weakness of the
5-1eresy of conduct weakness sof the
world says DR.. Weaver.
Striking workmen may resume duties
at once.
McAdory tells of fierce fighting at
Orchard Knob.
Paul Casey, high school student, sue
cumbs.
Crushed between freight cars at
Boyles.
Hornady speaks at services held for
departed printers.
6-Sports.
marian Harland helping hints.
S-Eloquent sermon by Bishop MCCOY
at university commencement Sunday
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-26
DE[EGATESAT
OPENING SESSION
Annual Convention ofB'Rith
Abraham COnvenes in
New York

New York, May 25.-The independent
order BIRTH Abraham began here to-
day its twenty-seventh annual conyen
tion with 120 delegates from all tho
country in attendance, Leon Sanders.
ing the last year. The joint captal
said that 4S new lodges, with mem
bership of 1882 had been created dur-
ing the last year. The Joint capifoI
Of all thelodges December 81, last ne
said, was $l,112,115. During the ayenr
S251,72s was expended in benefits 10
mem bers.
The report went at length into an ex-
planatlon of the case of Albert Il. law
grower counsel for the order. recently
sentenced to Sing Sing prison for the
Misrepresentation of S15759 Of the DR.
der. It is saidE President Sanders Ia n
given Jawrorower time to max Q 3 good
the shortage and prosecution followed
his failure ITO do so 3, f- ~
AT the afternoon session when nos, /
nations for officers were in order inter
mingled Kisses and cheering greeted
The naming of Judge Sanders for nres-
ident. The opposition nominated Nor
ris Rosenburg for president ana Solo.
mon Schalinski to oppose Jacob Schoen
for grand secretary. The opposition Ia
the president and grand secretary ir
was said, grew out of the .Jaworower
affair. va 4 4ri-s 80 n = = =
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-05-26
PHYSICAL VALUATION OF
ROADS WILL BE TAKEN UP
Interstate Commerce commission Begins Series of Conferences
Today to Continue Month-Same Announcements Con-
cerning Application of Eastern Roads for Hearigs
Increased Freight Rates Will probably be Made

in the preparation of the data re-
quired.
1t is expected that the commission
soon will make some announcement
concerning the application of the east
ern roads for hearings as TO their re-
quest for an increase of per cent IN
freight rates Final action upon the
petition viii be dependent upon the
nature of additional Information asked
for Many important cases are await
ing decision by the commission, lncud-
ing the express investigation and the
inquiry into the New England railroad
situation. Both matters may be dis
posed of before the summer recess. al
though either or both of them may wait
until autumn.