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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20
BLACKWELL

Rev. King, of Woodstock, deliver
ed very interesting sermon, at the
Methodist church Sunday morning.
Miss Esther Wheeler, from South
Georgia, is spending some time with
friends and relatives here.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Shaw spent the
weekend with Mr.. and Mrs. Monte
Shaw in Marietta.
Mr.. Eugene Nicholson is at Tate.
on business this week.
Miss Ethel Dobbs spent Tuesday
with Miss Alyce MeCleskey.
Mr.. Claude Allen of Conyers spent
the weekend with his wife and chill,
dren, who are spending some time
with Mr.. and Mrs. Dave McCleskey.
Sunday school, at Ebenezer next
Sunday morning at $50 o'clock, let
everybody come.
Mrs, Amos Ivey, Miss Bonnie Cot
fey spent Sunday here.
Mr.. Price Rogers is at home after
spending some time in the noun
tains
Mrs. win Dobbs and children are
at Holly Springs this week with Mrs
eagle who continues very i'll.
Misses Eva Barrett and Ruth
Sprouse spent one night last wees
with Miss Winnie Haynie, who W Is
visiting Mrs. J. c. Nicholson.
Our Sunday school at Piedmont
still holds up fine,
Mr.. and Mrs Ralph Defoor visite1
Mr.. Jeff Dobbs Sunday.
JOLLY JACK,
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
LITTLE RUSSELL GOGGINS

No Russell never again, will we
hear your swaGt voice ON earth, but
your crown will be a radiant one
whea we mstet you where God, will
wipe all te2rs away and parting is
no more. Eight short years God
lent little Russell to brighten the
lives of his mother and father.
Tsieir hear is are torn and bleedin q
but with faith in our Fathers, love
and wisdom, we bow in submission
and say, Thy will @ Lord, not milne
h3e done.
In the strength ef the Lord net us
labor and pray.
Let as watch as a winner of souls.
That bright souls may be thine
in that glorious day beyond the
golden gates.
Farewell our darling boy. A
little flower taken from our home
to bison in heaven and wear a star
ry crown. God help us to meet little
Russell where there is no more part
ing
ONE WHO LOVED HIM.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20
Two farm mules, wagon and har-
LESS, S225.00 R. E. BUTLER.
MONDAY.

MI. and Mrs. H. c. Dobbs Cf near
DvnSon' spent Wednesday vita Mr.
ana Mrs. VIM. Gresham.
MISS Addie Mae Grfggs and Mr.
Den Bradley spent Sunday with Mr..
,""U Mrs, T. NJ. Bentley.
~, Mr.. and Mrs. John Chapman, Of
;, rugFokee Mills, spent the week end
a WIN Mrs. Chapman's parents, Mr.,
""u Mrs Frank Beavers
,, MISS Bonnie Westmoreland, who
nas 0een quite sick for the past two
weeks is convalescent.
day in , Nate Durham spent wednes-
ny NJ III Marietta shopping.
W.. "r. and Mrs. Arthur Hunter Of
R ~ ooastock, visited the family Of Mr.
W., "eStmoreland last Sunday.
D,r.y,, are glad to know that Mr.. Joe
Mis-. r ~ sun improving.
ma 49, Easter Wheeler, of Montezp
Frsnr. = WI, Visiting her brother, Mr..
T Tr1 Wheeler, of near this nlaca
Noor r5 sunday School attendance at
the 'p %.. still continues good despite
''' weather Of late,
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20
limited STATES nostoffice Ma,

UNITED STATES postoffice, Mar
ietta, Ga. Office of custodian, Fet,
6, 1914 Sealed proposals will be re-
ceived at this building until ,
O'Clock p. m, Feb 20, 1914, and
then opened. for furnishing cleo
trio current, water, ice and miscei-
laneous supplies, removing ashes and
rubbish and washing towels during
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1915.
Sealed proposals will also be receiv-
ed until 2 o'clock p. m, April 20,
1914 and then opened, for "a tons
bituminous coal and two cords wood.
The right to reject any and all bids
is reserved by the Treasury Depart
ment. Geo. II. Keller, Custodian.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20
SMYRNA.

Misses Annie Manning, Ruth Car
ter, Nancy Lee Pollock, Blanche Rice
Clara Dunn, Helen Pace and Donnie
Lee Pace were the hostesses at an
elaborate valentine party FRIDAY
evening at the home of Mrs. w. T
Pace
The color scheme, red and white.
was very successfully carried out.
Those present We're Misses Donnie
Lee Pace, Clara Dunn, Ruth Carter,
Nancy Lee Pollock, Annie Dea Man
ming, Helen Pace and Messrs. Harold
Fuller, Randall Gam, Lotion Oslin.
Garter Paden, Welborn Holton, Ula
Manning and Henry Hudgins.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20
FEEBLE OLD PEOPLE
AR Told How to Regain
Strength and Vigor

Strength and Vigor.
AS one grows old the waste OF the
system becomes more rapid than re-
pair, the organs act more slowly and
lesE effectively than in youth, the cir
cu1at1on Is poor, the blood thin and
digestion weak.
Vlnol, our delicious cod liver and
IRON tonic without oil is the ideal
strengthened and body-builder for old
folxs, for it contains the very elements
needed to rebuild wasting tissues and
replace weakness with strength. Vinol
also fortifies the system against colds
and thus prevents pneumonia.
Mrs. Mary Ivey, of Columbus. Ga.
says: IF people only knew the good
Flnol does old people, I am sure you
would be unable to supply the de-
mann. I never took anything before
that did me SO much good as Vinol.
1t is the finest tonic and strength
creator / ever used in my life."
II Vinol fails to build up the feeble.
old people, and create strength we
VIII return your money.
p. Sour Saxo Salve stops itching
and begins healing at once.
Hodges Drug Company, Marietta, Ga
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20
NEW SALEM.

Attendance is very good now at
our school,
Mrs. l. A, Darby, who has been i'll
is now improving.
Miss Susie Booth is now boar l.
ing with the family of Mr.. c. :.
James and a certain young man is
smiling again,
Mrs. VIII McCollum and Mr.. viii
Price are both recovering from their
recent indisposition.
Mr.. John Kirk and Mr.. John Flynn
are we'll again after having mumps
Miss Leila Hairston and Mr.. Grow
er Leavell visited Miss Minnie Green
on Sunday afternoon.
STAR
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20
ROSWELL.

Mr.. and Mrs. Nap Rucker left Sat
urday for Hot Springs, Ark, where
they will be for some time.
Miss Julia Pratt has returned to
her home in Decatur after visiting
her grandmother, Mrs. w. E. Baker
The ladies of the Methodist church
gave a valentine party at the Wa
Side Tea Rooms which was much en-
joyed by all.
Mrs. w f. Baker. of Darlington
Hall, is spending several days with
her daughter Mrs n. p Pratt.
Mr.. Eugene Wood, Sr., was in Az
lanta Saturday for the day.
S. b. c.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20
WE WANT

at once, loan applications
Or $500 to $3.50 on either
'ity or farm real estate Sc
curity. We have fine lists
Of real estate for sale. Call
by and see US. William
Tate Holland, successor to
r. ~. Holland and Son,
No. l Reynolds Building,
Marietta, Ga.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE, BUREAU OF
PLANT INDUSTRY, FARMERS
Co OPERATIVE DE1MONsgRA-
TION WORK.
Al an early period ii was found
necessary to enVolve from the mass
OF. ethical teaching, a few general
rules for living, calico "The Ten
commandments, by which IA man
could be moral without going
through a cou.se in theology Just
Sc, in order to instruct the average
farmer how to- successfully conduct
his farm operations SO as to secure a
greater net gain from the farm, il
is necessary to first lGeduce Erom the
mass of agricultural teachings a fey,
general rules of procedure. They
are called THE Ten Commandments.
Of Agriculture, by the practice OF
which man may he a gGed farme-.
an any state without being a gradu-
late from a college of agrioG lture.
DIR. S. A. KNAPP'S TEN COM
OF AGRICULTURE.
1. Prepare a deep and thoroughly
sDulveriGed saed bed we'll drained;
break in the fall 10 the uepth of 8,
10 or ~ fRches, according to ilne
soil, with Implements thaa will rot
bring too mach OF the siihsoil to the
surface (fhe foregoing dept MS
should be TeacheB gradu2Eyl.
2. Use Heed of the best variety,
seller ted and carefully
stored
3. In cultivated crops. give the
COWS and the plRn is in zine rows a
Fpace slitea to the plant, the soil
snd the climate
4. Use intensive tillGme DURING
rt2Ae growing perieo of the crops.
d Secure q high content of hui
mals in the soil by she use ri Ieglrnes
Barnyard manure, farm .reGusa, end
commercial feT7uiEtzors
6. Carry out "A systematic creep
rotation with a winter crwer .orsD
on Southern farms.
t. Accomplish more w@.k in a
day by using more horse ECxer and
better implements.
s. Increase the farm stcdB to the
extent of utilizing all the waBte pro-
duets and idle lands of the farm.
9. Produce all the food required
for the men and animals OH the .
farm.
10. Keep an account of each /.
farm product in order TO know from
which Ghe gain or loss araises. .
J. E. CREEL, Agent
Powder Springs, Ga.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.

II room Aouse and large lot, near
Kennesaw Marble Works. This is one
of the best built houses IN the coun-
try. Has fine marble basement. Lot
for cow, chicken etc Will sell on
terms or trade for farm. A bargain
in this. r. E. BUTLER. Phone 1873.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20
AUsTELL PROPERTY FOR SALE.

room hOgse and lot close ",
So, 10000 cash; 4 vacant building
lots two blocks from depot, 5 coo 10
terms; acre lot near B,Owden
Springs, $4,000 per acre, cash; 80
acre farm, improved, near BenscCt
Springs, $4,000, terms; % 1-2 acre
firm unimproved NEAR BensccJ
Springs $1,000 an ocre. Terms.
James Cureton, AusteV, Ga
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20
News From Over The County.
- THE CORRESPONDENTS: We

-. clad to receive all the county
s.us that can be sent in. And with
ar tvpesetting machine can get it all
IN tbe paper, if received by Tuesday.
ra.+ers should be mailed Monday.
C+omns and addressed envelopes will
no sent on request.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20
FOR SALE

A fine farm in Milton County, Ca,
about IT'S acres in high state Of
cultivation. This place contains 220
acres. Has three sets houses and
other out buildings. ! ga miles from
Alpharetta. This place will make 20
to 100 bales cotton and plenty corn,
wheat, oats, etc. Call and talk 1t
over with me. X. 4. BUTLEk.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE.

Is 1-2 acre truck farm near car
line, New three-room house, fine
well water, good garden, chicken
house, barn, etc. About IL acres in
cultivation. Just the place for one
wishing to do business in Atlanta
and live on little farm. Possession
given at once. Price $4,000.
R, E. BUTLER, Phone 1913.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20
FOR SALE OR RENT.

Two horse farm s * miles east
of Marietta. Four room house. Good
barn. Pasture, plenty WOOD and water
107 acres land. Easy terms.
r. E. BUTLER.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20

THREE HORSE CROP FOR REM
have three horse crop for rent.
Good land, good house and barn.
Prefer a man that can furnish his
own stock and tools. Apply to the
undersigned. W. C. Waldroop,
Blaekwells, Georgia.
feb 18th 3 t. ...,
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20

Automobiles: Three Baby Max
wells for sale, in first-olass running
order at a bargain. The McNeel
Marble Co.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20

FOR SALE: One mAre, will work
kind anywhere, suitable for affinity
or farm use. Cali at Hilley's store,
200 Powder Springs street, Marietta,
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20
ATTENTION MAsONs.

want the name and address Of
every non-affiIiated mason in Cobb
county.
JOHN p. CHENEY,
Secty Kennesaw Lodge No, 80
f. & A NJ, Marietta, Ga.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20

FOB RENT Store room at 10
Washington avenue, formerly occu-
pied by Marietta Steam Laundry. F.
G. Marchmsn.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20

Automobiles; Three Baby Max
wells for sale, in first-class running
order at a bargain. The McNeel
Marble Co,
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20

FOR RENT-Steinway piano in
good shape. 401 Polk street,
Feb Sat.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20

FOR SALE OR RENT-Seven room
house on Washington avenue.
R. E. BUTLER,
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20

FOR RENT-Six-room cottage, Law
renee street, water connections.
Mrs. H, G. Cole, feb13tf,
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20

FOR SALE-Four mules. D. c..
Cole.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20

FOR RENT-Five room house ON
Poplar street. D. G. Cole.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20

adv.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20

TREES WANTED-Ten Locust trees
from s to 10 inches in diameter. Ad-
dress Mrs, NJ, B, Hayward, R. T. D, A,
Rome, Ga.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20

FOR RENT.--Two stores on Church
street. F. G. Marchman.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1914-02-20

FOR SALE-0ne of the finest Jersey
mich cows in Cobb county. Fresh
in. John P. Cheney,
The Washington times., 1914-04-17
DRUGS EXCITE YOUR
KIDNEYS, USE SALTS
If your Back hurts or Bladder
Bothers, Drink lots of
Water.

When your kidneys hurt and your
back feels sore. don't get scared and
proceed to load your stomach with a
lot Of drugs that excite the kidneys and
irritate the entire urinary tract. Keep
your kidneys clean like you keep your
bowels clean. by flushing them with
mild harmless salts which removes the
body's urinous waste and stimulates
them to their normal activity. The
function Of the kidneys is to filter the
blood. In twenty-four hours they strain
from It 500 grains of acid and waste,
so we can readily understand the vital
importance Of keeping the kidneys ac-
tive.
Drink lots OF water-you can't drink
too much; also get from any pharms-
cist about four ounces of Jad Salts; take
a tablespoonful in q glass of water be-
fore breakfast each morning for a few
days and your kidneys Will act fine
This famous salts is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice. COM
bined with lithia. and has been used for
generations to clean and stimulate
cIogged kidneys; also to neutralize the
acids in urine so it no longer is a source
of irritation, thus ending bladder weak
ness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive: cannot in
jure: makes a delightful effervescent
lithia-water drink which everyone
should take now and then to keep their
kidneys clean and active. Try this, also
keep up the water drinking. and no
doubt YOU will wonder what became OF
your kidney trouble and backache. Jad
Salts Co., New York Agent, O'Don-
nell's Drug Stores.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1914-04-17
Common Drinking Cup
And Towel Nav Go

Declared by Health Officer w. @.
Woodward to be a menace to public
health, the common towel and COM
mon drinking cup soon will disap-
pear from the District. if recommen-
dations made by the health officer
are adopted. Regulations prohibiting
their use are now in the hands of
Assistant Corporation Counsel r. L.
Williams for drafting into legal form
and will be submitted to the Com
missioners within the next few days.
DR.. Woodward recommends that they
become effective thirty days after
their adoption.
Paper towels already have replaced
the roller towel in the District build
ing. M. c. Hargrove. purchasing Of
ficer of the District is making an in
vestigation to determine the cost of
the substitution of individual towels
in the public schools and Police and
Fire departments.
The Commissioners also have under
consideration regulations providing
for the sterilization after each use of
GROWERS" or receptacles for beer
and glasses used by soda fountains
and other places where soft drinks
are sold. In order to allow proprietors
time to install sterilizers. Dr. Wood
ward has recommended that these
regulations become effective on
July 1.
The Washington times., 1914-04-17
CROz|ER SUPPORTS
TAYLOR SYSTEM
Chief of Ordnance Declares
: Labor Union Opposition Is
Mistaken.

That the labor unions are wrors in
their attitude toward the Taylor sys-
tern was asserted before the House La
Dor Committee today by Brigadier Cen
eral Crozier. chief of ordnance, who op-
posed the Dietrich bill to prevent the
use of a stop-watch or other speeding
up" processes in Government work
shops.
General Crozier said the Taylor sys-
tenn as a departure from old methods,
but he thought it well worth while.
If ! were working in a shop" he
said, 81 would belong to the union, for
the labor unions have done much good.
But they are wrong in their attitude
toward this Taylor system"
Congressman Clyde Tavenner said
there was no necessity for the installa-
ton of the Taylor system in Government
arsenals and navy yards. The nochin-
lists there, he argued, now do better and
mere economical work than that per-
formed by machinists in private estab-
lishments.
Maurice Bowen. representing en-
ployes of the Watertown, Mass, ar
senal and n. p. Alifas, o6 Washington
representing Government machinists.
briefly opposed installation Of the Tay-
lGr system.
The Washington times., 1914-04-17
ELEVEN PERISH IN
APARTMENT BLAZE
Forty Tenants Trapped in New
York Rooming House-Dam-
age $4,000.

NEW YORK. April 17.-Elevea per-
sons were burned to death and five more
are suffering untold agony in the Poly
clinic Hospital today rs a result of a
fire which swept a six-story rooming
house In Eighth avenue, trapping the
tenants like rats, but causing only $500
damage.
The dead:
EDWARD WALLACE, forty-six, suf-
focated.
NELLIE WALLACE, his wife. thirty
MRS. GEORGE c. DAVIS. died of
burns at hospital
MRS. NELLIE SPENCER, twenty
eight. cloak model
MURAL DAVIS. four.
SIX MEN. burned beyond recognition.
Saved By Fireman.
The injured:
Joseph Messer. seriously burned.
Martin Welsh. face and hands burned.
Edward J. McNally, face and hands
burned.
Chales Burke, face and hands burned.
Forty of the rooms in the building.
located at f4l Eighth avenue, were rent
ed to theatrical people and cloak
Excited by the flames, Louis Berlin,
roomer. was about to jump from the
third floor when Fire Captain Smith
shouted to him to wait while he ran
after a small step ladder which he
placed across an areaway. Smith was
held by his legs as he reached cut to
help Berlin across. Then the ladder
broke and Berlin dropped. but Smith
The Washington times., 1914-04-17
SURE WAY TO
END RHEUMATISM
Ease Stiff, Sore Joints and Mus
cles. Makes Pains and Back
ache Promptly Vanish.

1t is needless to suffer any longer with
rheumatism. and be all crippled up, and
bent out OF shape with its heart-wrench-
Ing pains, when you can surely avoid II.
Rheumatism comes from weak, mac
tive kidneys. that fail to filter from
the blood the poisonous waste matter
and uric acid: and 1t is useless to rub
on liniments or take ordinary remedies
to relieve the pain. This only prolongs
the misery and can't possibly cure you.
The only way to cure rheumatism is
to remove the cause. The new dlscov-
cry. Croxone. does this because 1t
neutralizes and dissolves all the poison
Gus substances and uric acid that lodge
in the joints and muscles, to cratch
and irrltate and cause rheumatism. and
cleans out and strengthens the stopped
up, inactive kidneys. SO they can filter
all the poisons from the blood and drive
ii on and out of the system.
Croxone is the most wonderful medi-
cine ever made for curing chronic rheu-
matism, kidney troubles, and bladder
disorders. You will find it different
from all other remedies. There is moth
ing else on earth like 1t. 1t matters not
how old you are. or how long you have
suffered, il is practically impossible
to take it into the human system with
out results. You will find relief from
the first few doses. and you will be sur
prised how quickly all your misery and
suffering will end.
An original package of Croxone costs
but a triiIe at any first class drug store.
such as James O'Donnelrs. All drug
gists are authorized to sell it OH posi-
tive money-back guarantee. Three
doses a day for a few days is often all
that is ever needed to cure the worst
backache or overcome urinary disor-
derp.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1914-04-17
Castles Motor Lacks
Speed of His Dances

NEW YORK, April 17.-Verno1 Cas-
tie. inventor of modern dances, who has
been accused of speeding up the waltz
until 1t shocked folks, was arraigned
on a charge OF auto speeding IN the
Flushing police court.
George Robertson. who used to win
Vanderbilt Cup races. was witness.
He said his car was following Castle s
at the time and Castle wasn't going
more than thirty-fve miles an hour.
Mr.. Castle was discharged. The
Police Dip" and The Slow-Up Side
are expected to be announced shortly
The Washington times., 1914-04-17
!. {. {. DROPS SUIT
AS WITNESSES YIELD
Four RecaICitrants Agree to
Testify in New Haven Case
ond Avoid Prosecution.

Steps toward the criminal prosecution
of witnesses who last week refused TO
testify before the Interstate Commerce
Commission in connection with the in
vestigation of the relation of the Billiard
company. of New Haven. to the New
York, New ;1aven and Hartford rail-
road, have been suspended. The ac-
ton follows an announcement by the
four individuals whose names had been
sent 10 the grand jury that they would
appear before the commission and give
al the information desired.
The men against whom the comrnis-
sion was proceeding are Harry V.
WhippIe. president of the Merchants
National Bank. Of New Haven; Samuel
Hemingway, president of th= Second
National Bank of New Haven, and Ed
ward l. Field. ani Samuel Morehouse.
both Of New Haven. These men all
were supposed to have been officially
connected with the Bilard Company.
It is understood that The grand jury
Yesterday found indictments against
these men. The true bills will not be
returned. however. Chief Counsel Folk,
Of the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion, announced this morning, but will
he held in allegiance until J. is seen
what attitude the witnesses will assume
and to what extent they will testify
when they appear before the commits
sion on April %.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Folk received
a telegram from Henry Stoddard, coun-
sci for Whipple and Field, saying that
his clients would testify rather than un-
dergo the stigma of indictment and suf-
fer the inconvenience Of a trial in this
city.
No intimation was made in Mr.. Stod-
dard's communication as to whether
the books of the Billiard company
would be produced. Before accepting
Mr.. Stoddard's offer Mr.. Folk tele-
graphed asking what would be done
concerning the books. This morning he
received a reply that the books and any
other Information desired would be
furnished in detail.
At the same time, Mr.. Folk received
a telegram from Homer s. Cummings,
counsel for Messrs. Hemingway &
Morehouse, announcing that his clients,
if permitted, would testify fully con-
corning their connection with the Bill
ard company, and their knowledge of
its affairs. In the telegram Mr.. Cum
mings also stated that he had been au-
thorized by John l. Billiard. president
of the Billiard company. to deny en-
phatically that Mr.. Billiard ever had
made the assertion attributed to him,
that the criminal proceeding was all a
bluff"
Following a meeting of the directors
Of the New Haven yesterday. in New
York, Chairman Howard Elliott, an
nounced that of proxies representing
10000 shares of stock, which already
have been received to be voted at the
stockholders meeting Tuesday, only 81
votes were registered against ratifica'
ton of the dissolution agreement en-.
tered into between the New Haven
officers and the Department of Justice