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See Mr.. Abingdon after luncheon,
dear, and tell him what I am doing.
will return tomorrow. Meanwhile
will keep you informed by telegraph
of my movements"
After leaving the main line at York
there was a tiresome crawl to the
coast. broken by changes at functions
-wearying intervals spent in pacing
monotonous platforms.
At last the train reached Scarsdale
at $40. Afew passengers alighted
The place was evidently small viii
lage not given over to the incursions
of summer visitors.
A tall man, with doctor" writ
large on his silk hat and frock coat,
approached Philip.
Mr.. Anson?"
Yes"
II am Doctor Williams. I have
brought you a letter from Lady
Morland. Perhaps you will read 1t
now. expect 1t explains my errand.
"Sir Philip is still living?"
Yes, but sinking fast"
Anson tore open the note 1t was
brief.
Thank you for your prompt kind
ness. Doctor Williams will drive YOU
to the house. If you have brought a
servant he might take your baggage
to the Fox and Hounds inn, where
Doctor Williams has secured room for
you. I regret exceedingly we have no
accommodation here, but, in any
event, you will be more comfortable
at the Inn"
He looked at the doctor. In a
vague way his voice recalled accents
he seemed to recognize.
rs there telegraph office here?"
Yes. We pass it. 1t closes at
eight"
IT will not be back from the Grange
house before them"
A TELEGRAM
Hardly. 1t is half hours drive "a
Thank you. You will stop q mo-
ment at the telegraph office?"
The doctor hesitated.
There is so little time. Is It Of
great Importance? OF course
''Oh / know what to do. Green
take my traps to the Fox and Hounds
inn. Then go to the telegraph office
and send message in my name to
Miss Atherley. saying: Arrived. Sir
Philip worse That is ALL"
Anson's valet saluted and left them.
"That disposes of a difficuIty. Are
you ready, Mr.. Anson?"
They entered a ramshackle dorcart
for which the doctor apologized.
These hills knock ones convey
ances to pieces. / am having a new
cart built, but it will be done for in 4
couple of years. Out in all weathers.
you see. To carry you l had to leave
my man at home.''
The doctor himself seemed to Be
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man. with eyes that stared dreadfully
and nose damaged in life's transit.
Philip Arson, Esquire" said the
boy, briskly, producing a bum colored
envelope.
The man seemed to swallow some
thing.
Yes; he's here. Is that for him?"
Yes, sir. Any reply?"
The man took the telegram, closed
the door, and the boy heard his re-
treating footsteps. After some min
utes he returned.
It's too late to reply tonight, isn't
it?' he inquired.
Yes, sir. 1t coom'd after hours,
but they'd paid L porterage + Lunnon,
so t postmistreses said ye'd mebbe
like to hex 1t at vance I've ridden
all t way frae Scarsdale."
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IZl|X|G!I''2||ll8 I
Continued From Yesterday

Scarsdale that day he must leave Lon
don not later than noon. There was
journey of nearly seven hours by
rail; no chance of returning the same
night.
He went to the library and rang up
Sharpe & Smith on the telephone.
A clerk assured him that Mr.. Sharpe
who attended to Sir Philip Morland's 8
affairs, had been summoned to Devon
shire the previous day.
TO Devonshirer cried Philip. IT
have just received letters from Sir
Philip and Lady Morland from York
shire"
ANOTHER LETTER
Mr.. Sharpe himself is puzzled about
the matter, sir. Lady Morland wrote
from Yorkshire. but told him to pro-
ceed to Devonshire without DELAY"
Has there been some unexpected
development affecting the estate?"
am sorry, sir, but you will see r
can hardly answer any further ques-
tions.'
or course the clerk was right.
Philip had hardly quilted the tele-
phone when note reached him by
hand from Evelyn: please come at
once Must see you"
He was at Mount street in three
minutes.
Evelyn looked serious and began by
holding out letter to him. He rec
ognized Lady Morland's writing.
"Philip-those people-who behaved
SO badly to your mother
Have they dared to trouble your
'Oh, 1t is so sad Your uncle is
dying. They are wretchedly poor: an
unforeseen collapse; see.' And she
read.
''Of your pity, Miss Atherley, ask
your affianced husband to come to MS
and to help us. I want nothing for
myself, but the mere sight of few
checks TO pay tradespeople, doctor and
the rest VIII soothe Sir Philips last
hours. He is a proud mnn. and 1 know
he il heartbroken to think he IL dying
a pauper among strangers.D
So 1T ended, as might be expected.
Philip wired to Grange House, Scars
dale, to announce his coming. Accom-
panied by his valet he left Kings
Cross at IL o'clock. but his parting
words to Evelyn were:
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Tomorrow:
Look Out /!
! TEMPERANCE IN FASHION

Mrs. o. II. P. Belmont. at a luncheon
a her residence in Madison avenue,
said of Deauville, where she had spent
the summer:
'Deauvilie is undoubtedly the most
elegant summer resort in the world.
You viii see nowhere else such pretty
women and such ravishing gowns.
You will eat nowhere else such ex-
ouisitely prepared dishes.
The temperance of Deauville
pleases me. They are temperate there.
The whole world, indeed. is becom-
ing more and more temperate. That is
good sign. 1t is a sign we should
hold constantly before the eyes of
our youth"
She smiled and added:
The swagger party is no longer
anywhere the stagger party"
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Us Boys

With this piteous epistle was in
closed another:
"Dear Mr.. Anson, j join my
earnest suppIication to my hus-
bands that you will console his
last hours with a visit. He blames
himself for what has happened in
the past. Yet the fault was more
mime than his--far more. For his
sake / willingly admit 1T. And I
have been punished for nay SIN.
Ruined I'm fortune, with my hus-
band at deaths door, i am indeed
a sorrowing woman.
"Yours faithfully,
LOUISA MORLAND.v
The angular Italian handwriting of
the second letter recalled a faded
script in the safe at that moment.
The address in each case was VIII
lage on the Yorkshire coast, a re-
mote and inaccessible place. accord
ing to Philips unaided recollection of
the map. Grange house might be
a farm or a broken down manor, and
Lady Morland's admission or reduced
circumstances indicated that they had
chosen the locality for economy's s
sake.
These appeals brought frown of
lhQtElSlOn ~ AnSOu DTOW- Ills
uncle. and his uncle's wife. had un-
questionably been the means of short
ening and embittering his mother s
life. The man might have acted in
Ignorance; the woman did not
Yet what could he do? Refuse a
dying relatives last requesti They,
or one of them, refused his mothers
pitiful demands for a little pecuniary
help at time when they were rich.
And what dire mischance could
have sunk them into poverty. Little
more than two months had passed
since Sir Philip Morland was inquir-
ing for his - Philip p's-whereabouts
through Messrs Sharpe & Smith with
view toward making him his heir.
Was the inquiry Lady Morland's last
ruse to save an incumbered estate
Why was ell pretense of doubt as to
his relationship swept aside so COM
pletely?
He glanced again at the address on
the letter. and asked a servant to
bring him a railway guide. Then he
agcertained that IL he would reach
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Continued Tomorrow

White paint can be kept in good
condition II whiting is mixed to a
stiff paste with warm water and used
instead of soap. Rinse OF with clear
water and dry with a duster or
leather.
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UNION PACIFIC
LEADS IN GAINS
Passage of Tariff Bill Has
No III Effect Upon
Securities List
By CHARLES w. STORM

NEW YORK. Sept. 1o.-Passage OF
the tariff bill In the senate was with
out deleterious effect upon the secur-
tiles list at the opening OF the stock
market today, many shares taking
part in the upturn. Canadian Pacific
gained u. while Union Pacific, which
was one OF the strongest stocks on
the list. went to 15sh for an advance
of 2A.
California Petroleum. which has
been attracting considerable atten-
ton lately, began u lower, but i'm
mediately recovered and made frac-
tional gain The effect OF. the tariff
upon United States Steel had been
discounted and the common was y
higher.
Among the other gains were: Anal
gamated Copper h. American Can u,
Utah Copper u Southern Pacific Il,
Reading u, Peoples Gas /. Pennsyl-
vania y. Northern Pacific a. st. Paul
u. Great Northern preferred " New
York Central q and Missouri Pa
cific Il
New York. New Haven and Hartford
sold at so for the loss OF a and Amer
ican Smelling was also lower
The curb market was firm. Amer
leans in London advanced. then re-
acted Canadian Pacific rallied. but
Grand Trunk was heavy.
Union Pacific continued the leader
at the end of an hour on account OF
the indication contained in state
ment from Judge Lovett that an extra
the sale of Southern Pacific could be
declared
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BUSINESS CHANCES
Continues
L0nGING HOrsEs FoR SALE

fl25-f0 rooms: rent $40.
f40O-f6 rooms transient; very central.
5000 rooms; hskpg.; sunny corner
Saoo-1S rooms: apts.: clear ETb.
- .20o--25 r: ants. and single: cheap rent.
81. 2o0-25 r.: modern: 4 cash; clears 500.
IS ofH--50 r: up to date apts.; cheap rent.
WWilliarms- Chambers Co.,
4e0 10Th ST. Oakland. Oak. o.
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FAIRFAX and San Anselmo real estate ideal
climate; ideal conditions: IDEAL railroad aerv-
s'ices: everything ideal; our machines meet
al trains at San Anselmo. Lansdsle and
Q FAIRFAX. CROKER 4 CO., the leading
agents
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REPORT cosTTaMs CORN LOSSES

CHICAGO sspt. 1o.--7Fain traders construe ed
the government report about as expected. 1t
confirms the statement Of sensational losses on
corn. although not quiet to the extent that
some Of the most sanguine bulls predicted; but
1t is regarded as besrfsn on wheat and oats,
the wheat crop being the largest on record
and oats the third largest. The important
feature 10 corn was the loss OF ~, 900. 900
bushels 10 the seven surplus states new
style and 525. .0oo, 600 busheis on the old basis
OF figuring. last month. the latter showing
1.o82. 600. 900 bushels against ], ,f0S, COO 900
bushels on the new basis, and the total crop Is
short % per cent.
The crop this year IN all states is % spotted
that only huskinE returns will dstermins the
real outcome which Is expected to be much
lower than the con6ftion figures indicate. All
that the bulls have said about Losses IN Illinois
are confirmed By loss OF 81 100000 bushels
and OF 2S. 900, 900 bushels in Iowa last month
Indications are that the three northwest
states win have q larger wheat crop than most
gives them 1S5. 600 900 bushels. and the old
style 1s2. .00o, 600. Threshings have been bet
ter than anticipated early In the season, as
shown by the condition figures. Traders are
inclined 10 go little slow on the buying side.
but they viii have forgotten all about the
report and its record yield inaide OF "a hours.
Oats bulls are disappointed at the govern
ment report showing. They bulled the market
early IN the on anticipation OF a
800. 900 900 bushsl crop The report showed
1.066, 600 900. The Yields have proved larger
than anticipated and the quality and weight
aIso better. The shortage in corn, however,
and the necessity Of extensive feeding are
looked upon as mainstays 70 prices.
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THIEF STOPPING TO
PRIMP is CAUGHT

KANSAS CITY, Sept. 1o.-Stopping
for half an hour to ''primp" before a.
mirror and adorn himself IN raiment
he was preparing to steal caused the
undoing OF Thomas Kennedy, ar
rested on charge of burglary In
home IN the fashionable South Side
residence district after a revolver bat
tie with three policemen.
Kennedy forgot to pull down the
blinds. Eeighbors called the police.
Kennedy had arrayed himself In a
stolen summer suit. adjusted a bor
rowed cravat and was selecting
scarf pin from an assortment spread
out on the dresser when the police
men hailed him. Kennedy enptied
his revolver in the direction of the
officers and they returned several In
effective shots before he surrendered.
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Ancient Origin
Of Order of Bath.

Some historical particulars bearing
on the recent ceremony at Westmins-
ter Abbey appear in the Order OF
Service. which was issued for the oc-
casion From the Saxon ages to the
time of the coronation OF King
Charles II a degree OF knighthood was
won't to be conferred in England with
great ceremony, and from the rite
preparatory to II had latterly been
denominated the Knighthood OF the
Bath. This knighthood was not an
order" but simply degree great
IL esteemed owing 20 the distinction
of the persons on whom it was con-
ferred. King George I in 1928 created
military order of knighthood. to
the Bath. The installation OF knights
was provided for. and the ceremonies
(havfng their allegorical signi1ca-
tions) included that OF bath.
From 1725 a faithful record of the
members of the order was preserved In
the stall plates Of the chapel Of King
Henry VII, at Westminster Abbey. but
these memorials of distinguished men
were discontinued in 1912. At the
conclusion OF the war In 1914 the or
der was enlarged, and, instead Of one
class OF knights. three were formed.
Knights OF Grand Cross, knights
Commanders and Companions. and
subsequently IN 1851 Changes WeFS
made in the constitution of the or
der with a view to the altered state
and circumstances of society" In
1918 the sovereign intimated his In
tention of restoring to the order the
ceremony of installation, which had
been omitted for so many years.
Owing to the increase in the num-
Der of knights of the order It is now
impossible to assign a stall TO each.
The 46 senior knights Grand Cross
have therefore been offered stalls.
and their installation is being carried
out in connection with the ceremony
of the reinauguration of Henry WIS
chapel Two knights Grand Cross
have since died, including Field Mar
shall Viscount Wolseley. but their
banners will be in the chapel during
the installation, and their stall plates
will be permanently retained In the
stalls which they would have occu-
pied had they lived
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LIVERPOOL eRArE MARKET

IRON J. G. Wilson & Co. private wire. , 4
LIVERPOOL, Sept 10.-Wheat opened IN
changed and higher In sympathy with the Buds
pest market. Following the opening some
realizing took place and values declined I'D.
Selling was induced By private bearish esti-
mates regarding the yield Of wheat In Can
ada. poor inq uiry for wheat for forward ship
ment and in sympathy with the decline IN corn
Favorable hsrvesting weather In the United
larger farmers deliveries. At 80 the market
was easy and unchanged to Ad lower.
Corn opened easy and II d lower and follow
report was discounted, realizing taking place
on talk OF large Argentine shipments this week
easter cargo market with more pressure 70
sell.
At 1:so the market was easy and nd lower
than yesterday.
Buenos Aires wheat closed firm and lie higher
with shorts covering on light supplies. Corn
closed firm 1@1ikc higher with shorts cover
ing on good foreign demand anc higher Tor
eigu bids.
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WATER OF CASPIAN
SEA DISAPPEARING

The disappearance OF Lake Cam
terno. near Rome. will not seriously
affect the map OF Italy. Only the To-
cal nsherfolk will miss It's few square
miles, should It's waters never re-
turn from the subterranean caves into
which they have again disappeared.
The Russian government, however. Is
much concerned about the greatest Of
all the worlds lakes. the Caspian sea,
which covers an area OF $4,000
square miles. The waters of this
great inland sea are slowly disap-
pearinK, and the Imperial Academy Of
Sciences has appointed a commission
TO investigate on the spot the cause.
Unless the shores Of the Caspian are
rising (Which has been suggested) /,
there Escms no ether explanation but
thrt the water In passing away by
some subterransan channel. The
British colonial once has also recently
ordered an inquiry into inaxplioable
alterations In the level of Lake Vic
torla, which occupies some $4,000
square miles OF the British East
Africa protectcrate. and occasionally
sinks so low as to prevent steamers
communicating with the shore.
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Mephistopheles'
Origin Is Lost

There has been much discussion
concerning the origin of the word Me-
phistopheles" in the past, which has.
moreover, as yet ended IN no very
satisfactory conclusion. Some very
bizarre explanations had been pro-
pounded before the time of Goethe,
who was himself forced to own to the
musician zelter. In a letter OF Novem-
Der 20. 1929: II can not give any definite
answer to the question Whence comes
the name Msphistopheles Accord
ing TO one theory 1t was a hybrid
Greek-very dubious Greek-mephos-
and topheI (the liarl: according to
another It's etymology was entirely
Greek-very dubious Greek--mephos-
tophilos, he who does not love the
light" Though this derivation is
hardly acceptable. 1t appears that this
was the original form of the name.
the second vowel being replaced by
''i' at nrst IN England. whence 1t was
taken into the popular German mys-
teries
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DEATHS

COREY-At the Lane hospital IN San Francisco,
September 8. 1918, Hiram Corey, dearly be-
loved husband Of Frances II. Corey, father
Of Augusta r. Corey and Pearl Corey, brother
OF Mrs. william Walter FELTON, Of San Fran
cisco, Mrs. William Parker Hall OF Pets-
luna. Mrs. Adelaide L CAse of San Fran
cisco and Reuben Corey OF Pescadero. born
at Bedford. Can. March z, 1881, aged 81
years months and days.
Friends aud acqnaintances are respect
fully invited 10 attend the funeral services
tomorrow Thursday. September II. at 2:30
D. m, at the United Presbyterian church,
Salinas, Monterey county, Cal.
GRIMM-At rest. In Berkeley. September o.
1913 al the home OF her daughter, Mrs. NJ.
r. Fuabert. 1919 Russell street Ann Grimm.
relict OF Emil Grimm, and mother of Fred
Grimm OF Redwood City and Mrs. NJ. r. Fou.
bert Of Berkeley, a native OF Ireland, aged
70 years II months ana 8 days.
Friends and acquaintauces are respectfully
invited to attend the funeral services to-
morrow Thursday. September Il. 1913, al
. O'Clock a. m, at st. Joseph's church, 1900
Addison street, Berkeley. Interment privat
at st. Mary's cemetery, Oakland.
sCHWARTZ-In Alameda. Cal, September 0.
1913 Mrs Anna n. Schwartz, beloved wife
OF the late Claus Schwartz. devoted mother
Of Bertha Elizabeth. Apna Emma and the
late Henry Schwartz, and sister of Mrs p.
Barnes, Mrs. o. Riephing and the late George
Harnes, native OF Leeste, Hanover. Ger.
many, aged 65 years and 2 months.
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SAYS SEER'S CURSE
RUINED BUSINESS

NEW YORK. Sept 1o.--Describing
herself as Mrs Marcus OF Brooklyn,
a woman complained to the police
that fortune teller had put curse
on her rooming house.
About month ago child of one
of the tenants IN the house died.
Later fortune teller told the dead
child's mother that death would visit
other tenants in Mrs. Marcus house
at frequent intervals until they had
all passed away. Mrs. Marcus said
the fortune teller was a gypsy. and
that when she refused to have her
fortune told the gypsy placed a curse
upon her and her house.
When this became known to the
tenants Eve families moved away.
Mrs Marcus accused the dead child's
mother of having circulated the story
OF the curse and asked for warrant
for her arrest.
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FINANCIAL BULLETINS

There stin will be 4 1or suty on CANADIAN
wheat into this country anyway until the
Canadian parliament meets n January and
passes new Law. which It may DO or may
not.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-10
HANGS BY FOOT
FIVE STORIES UP

NEW YORK. Sept. 1o.--After being
suspended. head downward for half an
hour, st the Afth hoor OF thu freight
elevator shaft in tho Mott Haven sta
tion of the New York Central rail-
read, Mishaei Kifsrt was taken 70 q
hospital suffering frem fractures of
several ribs and outs and bruises on
head and body.
Kiffaft. who Was ascending In tha
elevator to the elevated tracks of
the railroad, lost hts balance, fell.
and his feet became wedged between
the bettem OF the ear and the wall of
the shaft.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-10
WHEAT IS SEAS|ER,
DUE To BIC CROP
Chicago Traders Not Bull
ish on Strength of the
Report on Corn

CHICAGO. Sept. 10-Traders were
not disposed TO place very bullish
construction on the government crop
report on corn issued after yester-
days close. The market declined y
@%
There were heavy sales for profits
by bulls and a sharp reaction took
place. Wheat had an easier tone due
to indications of a record breaking
crop and declined %0ik Foreign
news was without effect, Liverpool be-
ing unchanged.
provisions advanced moderately
with hogs which were sc up at the
yards.
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BOTTLE BROKE, BUT
WHISKY WAS SAVED

BANGOR. Me-. Sept. 1o.-Deputies
Long, Trask. Powers and Kane raided
the shop of Thomas Brandeen at Ill
Exchange street. Monday night. and
seized some whisky, which was found
in part of quart bottle. The reason
they found 1t In only a part OF a bottle
is, they state, because when they sur
prised Bradeen he had quart bottle
in his hand, which he hastily smashed
against a wall In the rear OF hts store.
The bottom half OF the bottle obliged
the deputies by falling right side up
with care, with some of the alleged
tfouor inside,
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Local Produce
THE CoTToN MARKrr
Iron ]. G. Wilson & Co.,s prlrats '

IFrom = G. Wilson & Co.'S privats wire.1
NEW YORK, Sept. 10.--Liverpool due 0
lower on October and ~ 6sis lower on other
positions. Opened easy, II TO IL lower. At
12;15 unsettled at net decline OF 16 TO lev
Fair business In spots. I6 lower at lac; sales
5000, including 5000 American.
Liverpool cables: Market lower on free
offerings OF actual; Weld and America selling. .
Estimated port receipts today, 10000; last
week, 20 600: last year. 2i.6l3.
There we're local thunder showers yesterday
over much Of the south. Including Abilene OF.
Galveston .44 and Oklahoma City %. The
forecast is for showers over the entire belt.
The forecast probably will cause further set
back. Another factor contributing to this IS
the sentimental erect Of the tariff bill passing
the senate.
The selling movement was resumed at the
opening OF the New York cotton market
First prices were 10 10 Is points lower. Cables
were lower than due and there was proht
taking here. Showers we're reported from
Texas and 0klahoma. which was bearish news.
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Shipping Intelligence
DUE AT THIS PORT

DUE AT THIS PORT
Wednesday, September 10.
From salina Cruz stmr Georgian.
From Puget sound. strnr Isthmian.
From Grays Harbor stmr J. 3. Stetson.
From Portland and Astoria, stmr william
ette.
From Portland, stmr Csmino
From Fort Bragg. stmr Arctic
FROM Los Angeles direct, stmr Harvard.
Thursday. September IL
From sydney stmr Sonoma
From Seattle and sacoma, stmr Buckman.
From Portland and Astoria, stmr Rose City.
From Eureka. Fields Landing and Arcata.
stnr City of Topeka.
From Point Arena and Albion. stmr Porno-
From Port San Luis and Santa Cruz, stmr
Eureka
From Los Angeles direct. stmr Bear
From San Diego and Los Angeles, stmr Yuca-
tan.
From yenturs. Port San Luis and way ports.
stmr Coos Bay.
The San Francisco call., 1913-09-10
BIRTHS, MARRIAGES, DEATHS.
Marriage Licenses

wATSoN-BECK-In this city. August %.
1918 by Rev Elbert r. Ollie, pastor Of
Central Methodist Episcopal church, Frank
Seth Watson and Matte Inga Beck, both OF
San Francisco.
0'SEILL-rAY-In this city. September 3,
1913 BY Rev. Ebert r. Ollie. Marshall Rob
ert OfNelll and Elinor Brooks Fay, both of
San Francisco.
LILLoN--S aisfoNs-Inf this city, September
g. 1918, by Rev. Ebert r. Ollie. Albert
William Lilon and Grace Caracy Simmons,
both OF San Francisco.