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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-31
GIVES SKIN FOR SISTER
Boy, Eleven, Calmly Watches
as 100 Pieces Are Cut Away.

plain1eld. y. j., Dec. 30.--In an eff
fort 10 save the life OF his eight year
old sister, VINO had been badly burned
about the lower part of the body 4
month ago. Moses Parella eleven years
old. submitted to-day TO a skin graft
ing operation. Two physicians removed
ore hundred pieces Of skin from his
body.
This evening the two physicians said
tina. the operation seemed success.
but they would not be able to tell def
nitely FOR several days They both
praised the little hero for the Spartan
way he underwent the ordeal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-31
READ
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THE TRIBUNE
ON AND AFTER
JANUARYl /
GIRL TO CLEAN UP TOWN
Governor Orders Her to Close
Saloons When Officials Fail.

Portland Ore. Dec. 30-Goycrnor
West has ordered his private secretary
Miss Fern Hobbs. TO proceed at once
TO Coppcrfeld. mining town. and close
tho saloons and SamblinS houses run
ninc there i'm violation Of the law.
The Governor said he had called on
the Sheriff and District Attorney to
close the places. but that "all they dill
was talk" Miss Hobbs viii he accom-
panied by special agent Of the state.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-31
Women Die Aged 100 and 107.

Centralia. Penn, Dec. 5o.--While the fu-
neral OF Mrs. Mary Horn. sed one hun
dred and seven years. was being held to-
day. Mrs Julia Gerrity who was almost
o,A hundred. died. They were among the
AZ. women settlers In the anthracite Goa,
regions OF Pennsylvania
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-31
porge Canal Ready in 1918.

Albany. pec $o.-The barge canal Wi, WI,
,nl.ted in 1915 within the estimated
W according 20 a report fled with the
coz hoord to-day by Colonel f. van
cana aad Lucas. United States army en-
'or''"''1 ,,oi,tcd BY Governor Sulzer TO
investigate barge a canal "od Go oo"s.rue'"m' na e'
,~orl, valued at 'GjooOoo has oeen I'M
fyI-G
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-31
Courts Act at Request of
Proprietors, to Save
Creditors.
POOR CHRISTMAS
BUSINESS BLAMED
Simpson-Crawford Co. and
14th Street Store Will
Not Be Closed.
LIABILITIES S7.500.000
LIABILITIES S7,5OO.OOO
Boston Firm Included in Court
Action, but One in Chicago
Is Not Affected.

on inc dlllllSSlbu tl t1tlllN SltStt ana
his associates that they were unable 10
meet obligations and that action was
necessary 10 protect creditors. Judge
Charles NJ Hough, sitting in chambers
late Monday night. appointed William
4 Marble. president Of the Merchants
Association. John : Sheppard. jr.. and
Henry Melville receivers for the several
drysoods companies and private bank
ing houses in this citv controlled by
Mr.. Sicgel and his associates.
Tho corporations involved are the
Fourteenth street store. the Simpson
Crawford Company and the Merchants
Express Company. Of this city. and the
Henry Sicgel COMPANY. Of Boston.
Henry Sicgel and Frank y. Nogel. do
ins n banking business in this city and
i'm Boston under the name of Henry
Siosel K Co, and a wholesale drygoods
business here under the style Of Henry
Sicscl X Co. Wholesale. are the part
nershps affected.
in Boston Marble aud Sheppard were
appointed ancilary receivers COR the
Henry Siegel Company. against which
small creditors filed bankruptcy petit
lion.
Assets Exceed Liabilities.
The total liabilities Of the several
corporations and firms are estimated at
STJoOUpu by Mr. Marble. who is in
,hargc of the several drygoods firms, in
which estimate Mr.. Melville. who Is in
charge of the banking house here. con-
cu.s. or this amount N2,rDWn IS due
1890 depositors o. the banking firm
Of Henry Sicgel Il co. and SloJD.oVo IL
due creditors Of the Henry Siegel Com
pany. Of Boston.
Aysctr. according to M. Marble and
James y. RoseuberG. of Rosenberg
Lewis. his counsel. ave expected to
more than cover the total liabilities,
though both declare they nave not yet
had an opportunity To go carefully over
the anaus OF the concerns.
The causes or tho trouble. according
IT, trc receivers and counsel for the va
fious Interests. were inability 10 obtain
further credits from the banks and the
irsistence cf large creditors. mainly m
porters and mill agents. that their
claims be paid. The failure Of the
Christina trade to'come up to eXpecta-
lions was the final straw, they saIc.
Tic appointment Of the receivers fol-
loved "a week OF conferences in which
according 10 Marble. efforts were made
TO avoid court proceedings, and was
due 10 the petition ~ the Siegel Stores
Corporation. controlled by Mr. SieSeL
This petiion declared the defendants
would be unable 10 pay their debts Tor
some time. II stated that the foui-
tc,nth street store. simpson Crawford
Companv and Henry Siegel Company
owed IN eNccss Of $4,000. and that TO
conserve The property and protect cred
itorg il was NECESSARY that receivers be
sppointod.
The banking firm anu the wholesale
drycoodg house were included In inc
petition because they also were not ID
Continued on second page. bhh co'u"'"'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-31
SCINTILLATION;
INVESTIGATION
Did Man of Gauntlet Note
Fit Law When He Brought
In Diamonds?
MRS. COREY QUERIED
Wife of Steel Magnate Is Asked
About Rings That Interested
the Port Inspectors.

\ diamond necklace. said Ia ne the
property of Lucius Nathan Liitaucr'
glove manufacturer and former Repre-
sentative. and the jewels of Mrs. Will
lam Ellis COREY have interested custom
officials sufficiently To cause inNestigd-
lions To bc ordered in each case. so
IMPORTANT is the matter of the necklace
which Is valued at $4,000. that Dudley
Field Malone. Collector OF the Port. is
making a personal investigation Of the
circumstances under which ii was
brought into this country.
The preliminary inquiry appears TO
have developed the fact that the dia-
monds were admitted without duty.
MIR L.iitaucl is said 20 have taken the
necklace TO Washington after his re-
turn from abroad. II j. UNDERSTOOD
that am inspector was sent 10 Washing
ION to make inquiry concerning the
Jewels but that MIR Littauer. hearing
that ia. case had aroused comment. IN
stead Of waiting for the summons
cam, tn New York a. once and turned
the necklace over to the authorities.
Collector Malone refused Yesterday 10
discuss IN. case concerning Mr.. Lit
iau,r 80 cannot discuss this or any
case" he sid. which is under in''S-
tigatiuu. n the facts obtained by an
lnqury into any case warrant iuI'h''
action. il viii be taken iu due course
ana the circumstances mad" known 81
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-31

eA1m BEACH, MIAMI AN0 No. oTsH, ya1,s ,s.aS yiS
Atantc Coast line ,6 he?ye other SsT LID G'T Trains
Too% effsiiyfB fsis Bssy 's" ''" rel Mad So 400
al
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-31
Li..au.r Long IN Public Life.

The nam. of Littauer has been one
to cuuiur, with in the glove trad" Tor
many years. Lu.aucr Brothers. "i
GIoversNiIle anu this city. control a
Iars, share Of the output OF gloves III
this country LUcius y. Littauer. too
ha been prominent political figure IN
the state. a Representative IN Congress
rom the old 22d Congressional District
and .at,. from the newer 18th. tor ten
ears from 1891 20 1900. lie was a
political adviser 81 Governors K"ose-
Welt and Odcli.
The attention of the country was d.
rect,d to Congressman Littauer III
June. 1903. when ho became involved
I'm the so-callcd glove scandal. relat-
ing go q certain contract which his
firm had with the government To sup
ply "musIrat sauntlets' TO the army.
His connection with the government
contract came TO light al - New York
hearing in the bankruptcy proceedings
of Edmund Il. Lyon. among whose
chief creditors was the firm Of Littauer
Brotnors.
Mrs Corey has always commanded
= fair share OF attention from Custom
House inspectors ever since she mar
ricd the former president Of the United
States Steel Corporation and began TO
make frequent trips 10 and from Eu-
rope. She has carried with her each
time a good deal Of jewclrE. but no
serious question had arisen as to
whether or not IT was dutidbie until
Mrs. Corey arrived here December II
from Chcrbourg on the Hamburg
American liner Amcrika She was sum
moncd before the Surveyor Of Customs
shortly after her arrival. and paid a
second visit yesterday. Her husband
accompanied her each time.
BIT by bit all her jewels were ac-
counted for and passed by until the
case of the custom House had been
narrowed down into an inquiry regard
ing two rings.
Counts in Francs, Not Dollars.
Unlike the Littauer case. neither the
customs officials nor the parties con-
cerned made any mystery Of the in
Continued on second page. fourth column.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-31
GENERAL
FOREIGN.

FIagson Killed By Aged Father''''''
British Campaign for the ar
Queen Dowagor Of Sweden peao
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-12-31
Counts in Francs, Not Dollars.

Unlike the Littauer case. neither the
customs officials nor the parties con
cerned made any mystery Of the in
Continued on second page. fourth column.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-10-27
Alfonso XIII
juzgado por un periodista americana

The New York Herald" dice cue
uno de sus corresponsales ha hablado
en- San Sebastian con el Rey de Espana
admirando la extensa cultura de que
el Monarca do pruebas en- la entrevis
Ita.
Sc entero d. Alfonso de que el perio-
dista hab1a estado en- la guerra de los
Balkanes, y le hizo preguntas acerca
del curse de la campana, demostrando
que la hab1a seguido con sumo inter6s
Despues de hacer preguntas refe-
rentes a los efectos de la ArtilIeria en-
! la campana turco balRanica, d. Alton
so lie hablo de la Artiller1a espanola y
! de los resultados de su intervention en-
la campana de Marruecos.
Ell periodista pregunt0 al Rey su OPT
nin0n s0bre la "entente" franco espa-
nola y D. Alfonso XIII contesto con la
reserva que lie impone su jerarqu1a, pc
| no dando entender que considera ne
cesaria una estrecha collaboration para
| ell mejor desarrollo de la obra dificil
que realizan Francia Espana en- Ma
, rruecOs
S, NJ. Sc refrio 4 la pena que lie pro
duce ell heoho de que su jerarquia no la
conslenta ir a la campana de Marrue-
cos; pues guiado por sus impulses ma
turales, hubiera deseado ir a la campa-
ia como sOldadO
Francia y Espaha marcharan de
acuerdo, porque son semejantes las as
piraciones y los intereses de ambos pal
SEES
Ell corresponsal de "The New York
Herald " alade que ell Rey formula att
nadas considerations sobre la question
social, refiriendose las huelgas que en-
estos 1ltimos tiempOs Sc han desarro-
lladO EN- Espana, deduciendose de sus
manifestations que no solo siguio con
! inter@s esos. confictos, sino que los es-
tudi6 muy q fondo.
Sc flo principalmente en- la que han
sostenido Ell Barcelona los obreros de
la industria teXtil.
Manifesto, por 6ltimo, que pcd1a de
cir con satisfaction que Ell Espana, Ell
materia de leyes die caracter social, han
sido aplicadas las lltimas novedades.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-10-27
Lecturas y concentrates
Efectos de un melodrama.

Los periodicos de Paris dan cuenta
del suceso siguiente:
Tn obrero del barrio de Bellevile,
deseoso de obsequiar a su esposa, Sofia
Durant, llev0la a lln teatro a yer un
melodrama en- muchos actos
Sofia Durant acababa de casarse.
Tenla diez y seis amos y medic.
Ell melodrama la conmOvi0 profun-
damente. Sc pas6 llorando todo ell item
pc de la representation.
Cuando esta termin6, los esposos sa-
Heron.
Sofia, Ell todo ell camino, no ces6 de
hablar de las desdichas de la heroina
del melodrama, inocente jovencita,
v1ctima de odiosas maquinaciones
Su marido, para que oIvidara la obra,
| la hizo entrar en- un bar.
Ella negose beber
-Estoy muy triste- dijo.- Voy 1
acostarme
-Dejame siquiera me me beba esta
cerveza.
-Bueno. 70 voy a casa. Cuando aca-
bes, We tambien.
-As1 10 hare. Ten la Have A prop6-
sito. ! Has cesado die compadecer a Ia
protagonista del melodrama?
No dejo de pensar en- ella. Oh ST
me sucediera 10 que a esa infeliz me
suicidaria .
Y saliendo del bar, Sofia encaminose
precipitadamente q su domicilio.
Tn cuarto de hora mas tarde, ell ma
lrido, habiendose bebido su cerveza, en-
traba en- su casa.
La puerta ~estaba alberta. Ell buen
hombre dirigiose la alcoIlba
DE pronto Sc detuvo lanzo un CRITIC.
Su esposa Sofia Sc hab1a ahorcado
Y encima de una mesa hab1a dejado
un papel, donde hab1a escrito con la
lpiz.
Me mato porque las mujeres somos
muy desgraciadas.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1913-10-27

No quiero que. alg1n dia me pase 10
que a la infeliz Eugenia.
Eugenia es la heroina del melodrama
que la pobre Sofia acababa de yer.
Argos.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-09-12
SENATE DEMOCRATS
PUSHING TARIFF BILL
Sugar Schedule Is Approved
Without Amendment.

Washington, Sept. 9.-Democrats In
the senate are standing solidly to-
gether against the opposition in the
hnel onslaughts on the tariff bill.
With party leaders urging their col
leagues on to approval of the bill the
ranks closed up against the anti-free
wool and anti-free sugar forces and
defeated all amendments to the bill
as fast as they came to the vote.
Attempts to restore duty on raw
wool and lower the duty on wooden
manufactured goods, made in success
sive amendments by Senators La Fol-
lette, CatrOn and Penrose, were de-
feated without the loss of party vote.
An amendment by Chairman SIM
mons of the finance committee to en-.
able farmers to manufacture denatured
alcohol was agreed to without opposi-
tion
The sugar schedule, without amend
ment and including the provision for
free sugar in 1916, was finally agreed
to.
Among the amendments defeated
was that of Senator Norris for a
heavy tax on inheritances.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-09-12
Clean Up the Roads.

The people of Iowa are showing ar
excellent spirit Of cooperation in the
matter of getting the noxious weeds
cleaned up along the highways. AL
though but a few days notice was
given, the first state weed day was
quite generally, observed on June
2Sth. Acting upon the suggestion Of
the Dubuque county supervisors an6
others who called attention to the
fact that in the northern part of the
state many weeds matured much later
than in the southern part as well as
lack of general notice on the former
weed day, the commission called e
second weed day for July 18th which
is the first day OF the month during
which all weeds must be cut accord
ing to the law enacted by the recen,
legislature. The results have beer
extremely gratifying and in every
county many miles of roadway were
mown and what was looked upon by
many as an unpleasant duty is thus
transformed into a sort of holiday
event.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-09-12
MarshalItown Times-RepubIican:

There was a time when township
was sufficient unto itself. It had its
little center, village or small town
boundaries. A trip by stage coach to
neighboring city was an event in
the life of its inhabitants. 1t made
its own roads. It transacted its own
business at town meetings. 1t lived
on six miles square.
A big car swept past the house Of
the editor who writes this. It's mum.
Der bore the abbreviation PA" An.
other came past on the same day. II
was from Montana. A common little
car went busfly by and it's pennant
proclaimed residence in Hastings,
Neb. Along the Transcontinental
route passes every day touring cars
from nearly every northern state be-
tween the Rockies and the Appalach.
ians. The township method is as an.
tiquated as the deacon's chaise.
The fact is the roads are not ours.
They are everyone's. They are arter
les Of movement for the whole popu
lation. The roads through Iowa are
no more the townships or the coun
ties than the streets before sixty
foot lots are the lot owners.
We must make good roads. One
kind or another the roads must be
good, and the sensible thing is tc
get the most permanent road at the
least expenditure
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-09-12
HOW TO BUILD ROAD.
Government Gives Instructions For
Constructing Gravel Highway
PROPER METHOD IS HERE SHOWN
How to Keep Road In Condition Aftsr
Completion Is Explained By Elk.
perts and Should Receive -
Attention.

OF course, the first step in the con.
struction OF a gravel road is prepar.
ing the subgrade which should be
brought to approximately the grade
established for the road. It should
then be conpacted with roller and
any soft places filled with good mater
ial and again rolled. The drainage
problems are, of course, the same as
with any other type of road. The
Illustration herewith shows a proper
ly constructed gravel road 16 feet
wide, 6 inches thick at the center and
inches thick at the sides when roll.
ed. The crown as shown is three
fourths inch to the foot. The road Is
graded for a width of 33 feet.
Section A represents subgrade
Or foundation prepared as previously
described, with the center about 10
inches higher than the bottom Of the
side bitches.
Section B shows the first course Of
gravel, which, after rolling, has q
depth of about 4 inches at the center
and about 3 inches at the sides.
Section C represents second
course after rolling. There the ma
serial is about 2 inches in depth at
the center and ~ inches at the sides.
The crown or side slope Of this road
rom center to sides is at the rate of
three-fourths inch to the foot Roads
IF this type should be constructed a.
early in the spring as possible in or.
Ter to give them time to consolidate
thoroughly before the fall and winter
rains.
Section c also illustrates how the
shoulders shown in the other two
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-09-12
Fire Does Damage Amounting
to About 100000.
SIXTY BLOCKS ARE IN RUINS
Two Thousand Persons Homeless and
Hotel Guests Abandon Luggage
to Save Their Lives.

Hot Springs, Ark, Sept. 1.-Two
thousand persons are homeless and
sixty blocks which contained many of
the principal buildings are in ruins,
the result of fire which, famed by a
forty-mile wind, swept the southwest
ern section of Hot Springs with loss
of about s6,OOO,O0O.
So far as known no lives were lost.
Among the buildings destroyed were
the courthouse, city Jail, city hall, high
school, Park and Moody hotels, Ozark
sanitarium and Iron Mountain depot,
while the water works, light and gas
plants were put out of commission.
The burned area parallels the bust.
ness district and seven times shift
ing winds threatened to turn the fire
in that direction, but free use of dy-
Mantle and opportune shifting of the
wind saved it. Few of the fire vic
tins saved any Of their household
goods and hotel guests abandoned
their luggage to save their lives.
The fire started on Church street,
near the government reservation and
the army and navy hospital. The dry
shacks and frame buildings burned
rapidly and shifting winds swept the
flames toward the business and hotel
district. 1t was then that city Off.
Gals appealed to the Little Rock fire
department for aid. Burning west
on Malvern avenue, the fire destroyed
a number of wholesale warehouses
and the Park hotel. The wind shifted
again and the fire swept south, de.
stroying the new high school, post.
Office, Auditorium theater and the
Ozark sanitarium, city hall; Jail. court
house and other buildings.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-09-12
Southern Road Notes.

Saline county, Arkansas, will build
stretch of model road six miles in
length at cost of 100000.
The directors of the Garland Coun
ty Good Roads Club have subscribed
$1,000 to be spent in repairing the
roads between Hot Springs and Ben
ton, Arkansas.
It has Ieen finally decided to ex
pend the 100000 received from the
sale of bonds in st. John County,
Florida in the construction Of shell
roads rather than for brick roads as
was at first contemplated.
Many counties in Mississippi will
issue bonds during the coming year
for road improvement. Kinds. county
will issue another 100000 making q
half million for it and Pike county
will issue 100000 in July.
Work is progressing rapidly on
Orange county, Texas, 100000 road
system. They are placing the gravel
six inches deep and fourteen feet
wide.
A free barbecue and dinner was
given for all the people at the dirt
breaking ceremonies at the beginning
Of the construction of Farrant coun.
tvs million dollar road system, at
Point Breeze, Texas.
Scott county, Virginia which two
years ago gave majority against q
bond issue has just voted 100000
bonds by an overwhelming majority.
A company has been chartered at
Appalachia, Virginia to take over the
patent right for trackless trolley.
The second system of the kind in
America will be installed between
Coeburn in Wise county and Toms
Creek, West Virginia. The system
consists of car with seating capac-
ity of thirty-two, running on solid
rubber tires the power being trans.
mitted from the trolley wire and so
built that the car can run fifteen feet
either side without interfering with
the power.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-09-12
DESTROY FORTUNE IN NOTES
Bills Of S2,5oo,ooo Face Value Cut Out
by Government.

St. Louis, Sept. by order of the
treasury department in Washington
$2,5O0,O0O in currency was partly de-
stroyed at the United States sub
treasury here. Holes big enough to
put finger through were punched
into the notes and they were then d.
vided lengthwise by an electric pow
err cutter.
The notes were gold and silver GER
tificates of the $4,000 and $4,000 de-
nomination. About $1,500,O00 of the
$4,000 notes and $1,0O0,00O of the $l0,-
600 were sacrificed.
w. D. Vandiver, assistant United
States treasurer, said the reason for
destruction was that the notes, which
are new, are too large for general cir
cu!atiOu.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-09-12
To Road-buiIders.
ut all brush and weeds.

Cut all brush and weeds.
Do not pillow the center of the road
except on the hills. Take the dirt
from the outside of the roadway.
Do not dump a scrapeS in road
and leave the material in pile. II
should be spread as it is dumped.
Keep the entire width of the road
way as smooth as possible, so that II
will be an easy matter to NOW the
grass or weeds.
Where you have much soddy ma
terial for use in building roads, pillow
it in the summer or fall so the ma
terial will be in proper shape for next
years work.
Drag all dirt roads soon as possible
after every rain or wet SPELL.
DO not leave a high ridge of loose
dirt in the middle of the road, but
drag it down smooth.
Keep all roads we'll rounded, so they
will shed water as soon as possible.
Keep all side bitches clear of grass
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-09-12
RAPIDLY FILLING OFFICES
President Wilson Has Made 2,456
Appointments.

Washington, Sept. 7.-President viii.
son is rapidly filing the public offices
with Democrats. Up to date he has
made 2,456 appointments, 2,1S4 OF
which are postmasters. The balance
comprises officials in the executive de-
partment and in the diplomatic, Gus
toms and legal service of the govern
ment.
The appointments made comprise
those within his gift. The grab bag
is still fairly full. If the politicians
had their way it would be empty by
now and he would have nothing left
for the purpose Of reward or punish
ment -
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1913-09-12
IN AN UNOFFICIAL CAPACITY
How Manuel Zamacona Is Coming to
United States.

Washington, Sept. THE declara-
ton by FREDERICK Gamboa, Mexican
foreign minister, that Manuel Zama.
coma is coming to the United States
in an unofficial capacity is interpreted
by officials here as meaning that the
latter will not be invested with pow
er to represent the Huerta govern.
ment until the United States indicates
it's willingness to receive him.
The view prevails that to receive
Zamacona would not conflict with the
negotiations being conducted by John
Lind, President Wilson's personal en-.
voy in Mexico. Administration off,
Gals were inclined to the opinion that
if Zamacona were received the par
leys here would supplement those car
ried on by John Lind. :.