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1t pays 2% interest
On checking accounts.
1t pays $50 interest
On ordinary savings accounts.
IL pays 4% interest
On special savings accounts

Interest compounded monthly
twelve times & year,. on the so
accounts and fCu UP times a year
on the SO accounts. twice q
year on the ~ accounts and in
tsress SO figured that the de-
roSitoT gets Square Deal"
There are no :lles. no penal
ties. no subterfuges with US
that whittle down the rate OF
interest. and your money draws
interest every day it is IN The
MunSsy Trust Company. low
ever long or short the time. and
every business day in the year
is deposit day.
The Munsey Trust Company
is n serious, Substantial bank,
conducted or sound business
lines Its methods are clean.
clearcut and straightforward.
1t has no savorites. il treats
all men the same-treatS the
big man no better than the
little mar and treats all alike.
with web considered CourteSy.
Tf this is the kind OF bank
that appeals to YOU, We should
be glad to have you open an
account with us. Measured
from every angle-the interest
. We pay. and the way We figure
interest. and the strength anii
Substantially Cf The Nunsey
Trust Compan"-is there any
other bank anywhere where Won
can do rs we'll? Think this
over-it IS Very much worth
.our while.
FRANK A. MUNSEY,
President
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Paw Knows Everything.

WiIIie-Paw. what is hardship?
Paw-That's when a man Ias to quit
a political job and go TO work, my son.
Enquirer.
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The Fire Record

1:5 .. IN today. No. engine company on
local to tho valois Apartments, LIZ Ma0oA~
chusetts avenue northwest: no iamAoA
SIS r. m. today. Box SIS. FIRE in automobile.
rear Of 9H Eleventh street northwest:
damage N0a.
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Move On, Now, Move On!

When Sylvia Pankhurst. stepplna high.
Gets pinched for going ON break;
She says: 'Oh. may 1 occupy
The cell that mother used to take?'
Cincinnati Enquirer.
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INSURANCE STATEMENTS

srATNlENf OF THE coNDnIoN
OF THE
o. 8. BRANCH Or rH1
Norwich Union Fire issurance Society.
Linited, Of tntiand.
o. ths sist dAy q Dsosmbsr. lsaa - rsssirsd
under ths D1sarioe q Columbia Cede.
amsnaed Tuna a 19eR. and Augvn9
IA I'M.
ASSETS
Cash In ofhcs .......-...-...-........ $Sa1 %
stocks y ssd bonds imarist xaiu.l.. aM,N1 g
Premfuns uneollsctsd and IN hando
rns.r.ss Sn. :ad :o.1u.I ......... ~ 4
aaan .
I1ABIIITm
Net unpaid claims -......--...... s1cs. SIS "A
Reserve as required BY law --...... ], ,652, 1S 81
Salaries. rents. expenses. tAxes, etc. 4S.l0 70
Commissi0s. hroksrass. stc........ ;.0Ss
tss. $40 %
Amount Of net premiums written
during the year 1917: :............... Ina. 74s %
Losses sustaissd dmias the year
Money recsi1sd during u: y..r isis :.csi. 81 3
Expended during tho year ls13-..... l. 7ss ssa -
J. +. VAN RIPER
U. 8. Branch SScletary.
Subscribed and sSorn to before ne this
10th day a February. Ira
HERBERT W LEE
(SsaD Notary Pahlic.
Hsrbsrt W. Lee. Notary Public. KtDss
County. New York CtG. No rs ~nd kse1s-
ter Ctf. No. ssb Filed with Counky Clask
and REGISTER Of New York County. Nsw
York County. Notary CsE No, ID Rssssesr
Ctf. No. Sios Commissaon expires March 50,
ls15
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THE STOCK MARKET OF THE WEEK
Railway and Miscellaneous Shares.

lowe
for
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FINANCIAL
Is This
the Kind Of Bank
You Want
to Bank With?

The Munsey Trust Company
has a capital Of $.000.W0. 1t
started right. with its capital
fully paid in before Vt opened
it's doors for business. Capital
enough to make it as solid ~
the Rock Of Gibraltar"
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WOLF 4 COHEN. Resident Agents
5th Floor woodward Hdg.,
18th 4 h Sireets N. W.
VaShinst0s, D. c.

STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
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fidelify-Phe * Fire Insurance
Company Of New York City, N. Y.

On the s1ss day Of December. 1913. as required
under tho District Of Columbia Code,
amsnded June %. lsoe. and August
II fxl.
Capital stock paid up In cash. 10000 %
ASSETS.
Cash In Office NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. HNo!i
Gasn In bank .------....-.-.--.--- j. .6y6. 42S 81
tttdl estote 5l3, SO %
Real estate mDrtsHses first lieny.. $500 90
stocks and bonds tmarket vsluel. IL. i,6. ia S.
Bills receivable. taken for fre rishs 40 los 80
Bills receivable. taken for Atlanta,
Ga. real estate sold .-.......... $500 %
Premiums uncollected and In hands
Of agents ....................... &s.1Nl
Interest due AID accrued ...-..:.... &c. G
All other assets: Rents due and ac-
crued- -.-......-...-.............. SO -
LIABILITIES.
Net unpaid claims ................... $40 :3, SO
Reserve as required by law ........ 1,lSa sx7 q
Salaries, rents. expenses. taxes. etc. l57 90 %
Commits ssions. brokerage, etc. ..... 20 So7 "A
Cash dividends remaining unpaid. la 30 70
Capital stock ....................... 500 90 90
All other liabilities ................ 3S4. aoo 5:
Amount OF risk assumed and char
acter OF business transacted dur
ing the year ioi3: Fire, lightning
tornado. automobile and sprinkler
leakage insurance ............... SO SIS is %
Losses sustained during the year
1913 IS, So6 IS
Money received during the year 1913 4 is7. s3 .
Expended during the year lsi3...-.. I.SsS, 09s 81
HENRY EVANS, President.
J. 4. SWTNNERTON, Secretary.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
oeth day OF January. 1914
,SesD WI. TOMBSTONE,
Notary Public. Westchester County. n. Z.
Certificate nied in New York county. n. Y.
Clerks office No. L. Registers office No.
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0ORSESI HORSES Z
Another LARGE Pubaie ssle ~
lSo-sead Horses an1 Celts-1So

SATTkDAY, APRIL 4 p. y.
This is the finest bunch we ever sathered
and includes G0ood drafters. single line load
srs, extra GoOd general purpose, livery and
family horses and to 4-year-old colts. all
well broke and acclimated. Handsome hack
saddle horse, 10 hands. with five s1its and
broke to drive. All horses as represented
or money refunded
Sale rain or shine in large covered barn.
Hsgsrstown. saturday. April 1 I p. m
MeHENRY HROS.
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On the s1se day Of December. 1913. as required
under tho District Of Columbia Code,
amended June %, isoe. and August
Il fNl.
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5000 and 2l7 own one bond each OF
the face value of $1,000.
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WOLF & COHEN. Agents,
sth Floor Woodward Blds.,
18th & H Streets N. W.
Washington, D. {.

STATEMENT OF THE CONDITION
OF THE
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o. ths Sist dAy q Dsosmbsr. ls1a - rsauirsf
under the D1sericf q Columbia Cede.
amsnaed luna q. 80. and AugVse
IA .f1af.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-08-13
FAMILY
ARE THE VICTIMS OF
THREE CONFLICTS
Revolution Drove Them from Mexico-Father,
Now in England Must See War Through,
Since Record of His Previous Service Was
Lost in Ulster Trouble

Rutland. Aug. 6.-HaVing been driven
from Mexico few months ago by the
revolution DR.. Y. L. w. Brown and
family, formerly of Bellows Falls, are
now victims OF another war. Mrs Brown
and nine months old baby being
stranded in this city while her husband
is obliged to remain and fight for his
country in England, whore he went n few
weeks ago expecting to serve three
months in the army in order to claim
an inheritance Two young daughters
are with the father, being in the care
of his sister, while he is at the front.
DR., Brown conducted n rubber ranch
at Coatzaccalocos, province OF Vera
Cruz Mexico. in addition to attending
to his medical practice. On May 9 the
family fed IN fear Of their lives. coming
to New York. \ few months prior to
this the surgeons father, E. l.. Brown
of London, had died leaving the Ameri-
can a large legacy. The elder man was
incensed because his son chose to be-
come an American citizen and made a
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-08-13
CASTLET0N MAN
IS CHARGED WITH
CAUSING A FIRE

rtutland, Aug As the result of an
inquest Def, re Judge Horace NJ. Redheld
at Castleton to-day, Frank H. Sherman
Sr., was arrested by Deputy Sheriff carr
Beach, charged with arson. Later in
the day Mr.. Sherman was arraigned be
fore Justice W. c. Rice, pleaded not
guilty, waived examination and was
bound over to the September term OF
county court bail being set at Sl,5oo.
This amount of surety was furnished.
Sherman stands charged with setting
fire to the John Jones Slate company S
mill, which was totally destroyed by fire
on April - the blaze being discovered
about 2:3O O'Clock in the morning.
It is said there was i'll feeling between
several employees of the company and
Mr. sherman the man detained and his
son, both of whom were employed by
the concern
The fire was discovered by the engineer
of a passing train, and his whistle was
sounded as a warning to the people of
the village. The plant was situated Just
west Of the main village
The plant had been vacated since Sat
urday afternoon and the cause was a
mystery and at the time supposed to be
lncendiary
f n. Northrop, who is manager of
the concern, is thought to have received
some letters from the Shermans relative
to the discharge Of some of the en-
ployes, and il is understood that an
ultmatum was enclosed In these COM
muncations
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GEORGE A. HINES
DIES SUDDENLY

Brattleboro, Aug. 9-George A. Hines
"A, died very suddenly Yesterday after
noon in a pharmacy. He was taken III
with the heat on the street and stepped
into the store, where he lived but a few
moments,
He was born January 90 ls+O. a son OF
Colonel Arnold Jefferson and Myra Brown
Hines. He prepared for Harvard College
at the West Brattleboro Academy and
Parson Browns private school on Chase
street. He gradua ted from the Lawrence
Scientific school in the class of 1853 He
married Miss Henrietta Hanfel Of Phia-
delphia and lived there a short time, and
then moved to Boston, where he lived a
few months before coming TO Brattleboro.
He laid out many of the streets and
roads of Brattleboro and nearby towns.
He was cost accountant and architectural
, designer at Estey organ shops. He was a
member Of the Professional club Of Brat
tlehoro for many years and a regular at
tendant al the Cniversalist Church.
He is survived by three daughters. Mrs.
w. s. Mckinney Of Northampton. Mrs
w. H. Bracket and Miss Amy J Hines
Of Brattleboro, and one sister, Mrs. II ".
Wilder of Kansas City, Mo The funeral
will be held Tuesday at the house and the
burial will be in Prospect Hill cemetery
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-08-13
WAITING TO STOP.

Admiral Sir Percy Scott, whose state
ment that Dreadnought type of warship
Is dead has caused some sensation, Is n
very hard worker himself, and he de-
tests laziness in other.
One morning some time ago he ap-
preached a member of the "unemploy-
able" class who was lying under tree
beside river, placdly watching the
barges drift up and down
What are you here for?" Sir Percy
asked
The man turned lazily TO look AT him
I'm here" he said, ito pile th1m bales
on to the wharf"
II see" commented Siry Percy dryly
and now, 7 suppose, you are resting?"
No was the thoughtful reply; mo. I!
amt resting. I'm Just waiting"
Waiting" repeated Sir Percy. VIVA
fore"
TIL it's time to knock off work" was
the bland reply aPearson's Weekly
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-08-13
PRISONER ESCAPES
THROUGH CUPOLA

Rutland, Aug. 9.-Breaking his way
through the cupola on the workshop at
the house of correction in this city and
later jumping from the roof to the prison
wall. n distance of about three feet and
from there to the ground, Richard Sloane
Of Randolph, a short term man. made his
escape yesterday afternoon. He was not
missed until the supper hour at five
o'clock. when he had made good his es-
cape. 1t was supposed that when the
men went to the yard for recreation about
one In the afternoon Sloane hid in the
chop, later making his way to the cupola.
BY breaking out several stats and tearing
saway a heavy wire screen around the GU
| pola he escaped to the roof and thus over
the wall. although a guard is kept on top
of the barrier.
Sloane was committed to the institution
on July II to serve four months on a
petty charge. his offense being the theft Of
a small watch.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-08-13
HUDSON RIVER
STEAMERS STRIKE
IN DENSE 70 c

New York, Aug. 9.--In dense fog
in the Hudson river early to-day the
steamer Iroquois of the Manhattan
line crashed into the side of the Berk-
shire of the Hudson Navigation com
pany line, off Hastings cutting IS feet
into the Berkshire's counter and rip
ping her almost to the water line.
Both boats were carrying passen-
gers from Albany to New York, the
Berkshire having nearly 1000 on
board There was rush for the
decks by her passengers in scanty
clothing, but officers quickly reas-
sured them and there was no panic.
The Iroquois fortunately remained
fast in the hole she had cut in the
Berkshires side and the two vessels.
locked together. drifted down the riv
err to Dobb's Ferry.
Meanwhile the steamers Rensselaer, and
Frank Jones heard the distress signals OF
the damaged craft and rushed to the res
cue pushing the locked pair to a dock
alongside Dobbs Ferry dock. The
Berkshire's passengers We're transferred
to the Rensselaer,. which proceeded for
New York after the Berkshire and the
lroquois had been pried apart by the eff
forts OF the assisting craft Later the
lroquois developed trouble and in mid
stream her passengers were transferred
to the Frank Jones, the Iroquols slowly
foIlow1ns the Jones down the river
The Berkshire put out from Dobbs Ferry
afterwards but found she was making
water and returned to the pier where the
rent In her side was patched up sufi-
GENTLY to enable her to proceed to a dry
dock
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MAHAN SAYS
SEA FIGHTS
WILL DECIDE

New York, Aug. e.--"The most decisive
strokes in the general European warfare
will be delivered, in my ue;ief, upon the
sea, rather than upon the land de-
clares Rear-hdmiral Alfred r. .Iahan,
retired. in an interview. ~ look for an
all-around naval conflict wh,2t should
teach many things about sea-ighting
craft, about guns and about armament"
The grizzled veteran of 40 years If
duty. who is also one of the word 8
most famous authorities and writer's on
naval matters, expects that within n
very short time the British Italian and
Greek navies will be in action. In addi-
ton to those already involves
MAY TEST ALL BIG GUN" THEORY
What will happen" he was asked
when dreadnought meets dreadnought
when the tremendously powerful mod
ern super battleshps with tibet 14-inch
4, guns and their thousand or more men
TO the ship. get together? Will the prob
i lem Of their worth. their effectiveness.
be setted?"
The problem of the A-B-C Cor .all-big-
gum ship is highly interesting one, .
Admiral Mahan replied, land we may
learn through this war of its worth. But
the lesson will not be shown in any ship
sor-ship fight. Dreadnoughta against dread :
nought will be no different than one old
trigate against another old frigate in the
days gone by.
THE really interesting and Instructive
combat would be between, say, a dozen
dreadnoughts and a dozen and half
smaller vessels, for insta nee Of ordinary
battleship size. We might then see wheth-
or or not the y and 14-inch gun is of so
great importance as has lately been as
Eumed"
The admiral intimated that from what
data he had been able to obtain, il was
likely that the very big gun might prove
TO be a much overrated weapon.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-08-13
FOG BANKS SAVE
GERMAN STEAMER
FROM THE BRITISH

Boston. Aug. 9.-Heavy fog banks
on the north Atlantic saved the Ger
man steamer Wittekind. with 323 pas
sengers and a million dollar cargo OF
lead and coal tar products, from cap
ture as a prize OF war by the British
cruiser Essex, according to the story
told by Captain Sembill when the
steamer anchored in the ;ower har
Dor tonight.
Captain Sembill said he was off Sa
BILE island from Hamburg for Mont
real when his wireless operator pick
ed up a code message from the cruise
Essex which he judged came from n
point ten miles away.
The steamers engines were immedi-
ately started full speed ahead and Cap
tain Sembil had his smoke stacks paint
I'd black to conceal her identity. For
"A hours the liner drove through the
protecting fog which did not lift until
he got into neutral waters
The passengers We're not allowed 10
land Tonight. Commissioner I.angfeldt
IT the Canadian Immigration office
boarded the Witteknd and said they
would be sent direct to Montreal by train
tomorrow
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-08-13

proviso In his will that the doctor should
serve three months in the English army
before getting any MONEY Some time
before leaving Mexico Or. Brown went
to England, but after he had served
five weeks his wife was taken desperate
~ i'll In Mexico and he was allowed to
return home. He was informed that the
five weeks would be credited to him but
during the recent Ulster troubles the
officer who had been over him was re-
moved and no record could be found of
the service. This discovery was made
when DR.. Brown went to England just
after his family reached New York. His
plan was to return home with his legacy
as soon as possible and ultimately take
up his residence in Mexico again but the
war cloud arose and he was ordered 10
the front and, being a surgeon and his
services being greatly in demand will
not be able to see America again until
the war Is over. His family are thus
victims Of three conflicts-the Mexican
revolution the Ulster uprising and the
European war.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-08-13
LINER OLYMPIC
RECALLED; MAY
SERVE BRITISH

New York, Aug. 9-Loaded down to
her carrying capacity with provisions
and GOAL. the White Star liner Olympic
suddenly left her pier here to-day and
sailed for Liverpool She had been an
nounced to sail yesterday was passeng-
ers and cargo, but at the last moment
her orders were cancelled by the British
admiralty and her passengers were trans
ferred to the Adriatic, OF the same line
on which they sailed. Clearance papers
were issued to the Olympic on Friday
and she was permitted to leave the har-
Dor without question from the customs
or naval authorities
AS the Olympic steamed down the bay
In the misty morning she met the Amer.
lean liner New York coming IN Cheers
were exchanged by passengers on the
New YORK and the sailors on the British
vessel which carried no passengers and
1t Is assumed, Is recalled TO British wa
| ters to serve as an auxiliary war YES
sci or transport
The New York, which was built
many years ago and is considerably
less speedy than the modern ocean
liners, sailed from Cherbourg and
southampton August I when only Aus.
trian and Servia were at war The
rush Of Americans home from Euron,
because of the war scare had already
set in, however. and the American
liner had capacity list There were
$40 passengers on board all told. OF
whom 422 were cabin passengers
Captain Roberts of the New York
said the passage was an ureventful
1 G. n
wireless with the British cruiser
Drake on Tuesday. but no war vessels
had been sighted. Being an American
vessel she was in no danger Of capture
Inc only other passenger carrying
stea mer from Europe To reach port 10.
day was the italian liner Caserta which
left Genoa on July and Naples on the
18th before any hint Of war was in the
air She had IS cabin and IFS steerag,
passengers. She encountered no war
ships.
An arriving vas.A which feared such
an encounter however, was tho German
oil tank steamer Meppen which came In
from Cporto in ballast. To avoid French
and British warships she took a souther-
ly course, painting her funnel black and
taking all possible precautions against
capture
Something of an air of mystery sur
rounded the sailing to-day of the French
steamer Nenezia of the Fabre line whose
destination is Marsellles. According to
officials of the line. however, she cleared
for Montreal and went out in ballast.
No explanation as to why she made for
the Canadian port was forthcoming. Ship
ping men thought. however, that she
might either be destined to carry French
reservists aboard from the Dominion of
TO take cargo Of Canadian grain for
France.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-08-13
DRUG RULING TO
AFFECT MILLIONS
IN PATENT MEDICINE

Albany, Aug. 9.-Proprletary medicines
prepared in pill and tablet forms must
not be sold In this State. except on n
physician's prescription, If they contain
greater amount OF habit forming drug
than prescribed by the Boyland anti-drug
act. Acknowledgement Carmody so holds
in an opinion rendered to the State board
IF pharmacy,
The Royland law defines the maximum
II habit forming drugs that may be
placed in medicines as: Two grains of
opium; one-fourth grain morphine; one
fourth grain of heroin, one grain Of
cod Inc and one ounce of choral
1t was said by State officials that the
ruling will affect several million dollars
worth Of proprietary medicines, which
heretofore had been sold without a
physician's prescription being required.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-08-13
CHOLERA AMONG
AUSTRIAN AND
SERVIAN TROOPS

Rome via London. Aug 9.-It Is re-
ported here that cholera has broken out
among both the Austrian and Servian
troops.
The German cruisers Goeben and
Breslan which recently were forced to
leave Messina. Sicily. are reported to
have succeeded In passing through the
straits of Otranto into the Adriatic sea
Forty-dght train loads OF Austrian
troops from the Tyrol arrived to-day at
Leopoldshoehe in Baden, to the north
west of Basel. Switzerland. They were
on their way TO Alsace to assist the
Germans.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-08-13
FRENCH HAVE BEST
OF CAVALRY FIGHTS

Brussels, Aug. :. 10 p. m. via London,
Aug. 9.-From the southern part Of the
province of Namur comes the news of
the capture OF patrol Of German Jhlans
by Belgian gendarmes who took them TO
Givet. strongly fortified town in the
department OF Ardennes. France, some
= miles south of the town of Namur
Sharp cavalry engagements are report
ed to have occurred to-day south of the
Meuse river between the French and
Germans. II Is understood the advantag,
rested with the French
French, British and Belgian flags have
been floating since this morning over the
town hall in Brussels
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-08-13
THE DODGER.

Senator Hitchcock was talking about
divorce suit in New York wherein II was
claimed that the wife was jealous of her
husbands work.
Lucky the wife" he said. who ha
nothing but her husbands work TO be
jealous Of What do American wives
want, anyhow Do they want husbands
as lazy as Tom Tuck?
Tom Tuck was my schoolmate in my
native Omaha. He was the LATEST boy
you can imagine On some pretext or
other he could always dodge work
THE teacher one day told Tom to write
full and exhaustive composition on a
game Of ball. You wouldn't think Tom
could dodge that Job, eh' Well, anyhow.
he did, and the composition he turned ir
read
Game postponed account rain -
Washington Star.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-08-13
YOUNG PEOPLE AT SPRING GROVE

New Heven, Aug. 9.-The young Peo-
Pies assembly of Burlington district
opens at the Spring Grove camp ground
Monday evening. The Rev. Belle Kent of
Salem, N Y, will ne in charge. Daily
classes will be held in Bible study, mis-
sions and athletics, Among the leading
lecturers and speakers from without the
district Bishop Joseph r. Berry. Chan
cellor Franklin Hamilton, DR.. Guy Potter
Benton, DIR. e. L. Waldorf of Buffalo, DR..
NJ II. Smith of Saranac Lake and DR..
Thomas G. Thompson OF Plattsburgh will
be heard. The campmeeting immedia tely
follows the assembly.