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Evening star., 1914-01-30
CREDITS LAWS TO WOMEN.
Gov. Johnson Accords Honor t.
Leaders of New Philosophy.

SACRAMENTO cal, January go
Women are responsible for the new
philosophy of government-the philoso-
ply which sets human above material
things" Gov Hiram W. Johnson said
yesterday i'll an address before the
Woman's council here.
Coy. johnson pointed out the many
laws in which women of California led
the fight-the cight-hour laws, the i'm
migration bill. the red light abatement
bill. teachers and mothers pensions
and workmen's compensation. For all
these Gov. Johnson gave the women
much credit.
But do not think he said. that !
have come here to compliment you alone.
You have brought to politics new era.
but YOU have many of the faults under
which men suffer.
You like the limelight. You are al
most as vain as men.
Some of YOU are prejudiced and
harsh.
In short, you are exactly the same
as your brethren. except for one thing.
They bring a fetch of tradition to poll
tics-you think only of the concrete
present. and in that fact lies much of
your power.
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FILES SUIT FOR $4,000
ALLEGED AS DAMAGES
Arthur Y. Conover Claims He Has
Been Libeled by William
J. La Varre.

Arthur Y. Conover. former deputy COM
missioner of the bureau of lighthouses
of the Department OF Commerce.. and
now vice president of the American Gas
Accumulator Company of philadelphia.
has fled suit in the District supreme
Court to recover S.0.oo from William !
La Narre for alleged libel
Through Attorneys Charles r Tittman
and Tucker. Kenyon q Macfarland. The
plaintiff alleges that November ~ last
Mr. La Narre published or caused 10 he
published against him a false scandalous
and malicious libel rejecting on the con-
duct Of Nj. Conover while a government
!
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Denies the Charges.

Among the charges. according 10 Mr.
ConoNer. was one that he had advanced
the interests Of the company with which
he became connected after resigning
from the service Of the United States
Mr.. conoNer denies that any Irregular
ties existed In the lighthouse bureau dur
ing his administration of the office Of
deputy commissioner He also says he
had no connection or financial interest in
the company mentioned and acted only
in the interest Of the government in rec
ommending the product Of the concern.
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fall means an added yield of 1,.HG."sa
bushels of grain from its fields.
Supper and Dance.

Following the addresses Of the evening
an elaborate buffet supper was served.
followed by dance program of fifteen
numbers =
Justice William r. Day of the Suprens'
Court of the United States. president Of
the society. presided. the other officers
of the association being follows,
Thomas II. anderson. John Joy Edison,
George Z. Martin. vice presidents. VII
liam l.. SNmonS. secretary. fredsrlck
EichelberSer. treasurer; Rev. Earl Gran
ston. d. D.. chaplain. and Frank q. Car
penter. historian.
The committee having the entertain
mont of the evening in charge was com
posed of Milton +. Ailcs. chairman. Col.
Chauncey Is Baker. II :. a.: Frederick
Eichelberser. Gus - karSor. William J..
Symons and Leroy 7. Vernon,
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TO SURVEY AMERICAN SAMOA.
Officers and Engineers Erecting
Temporary Wireless Station.
of the Associated Press.

Correspondence of the Associated Press
PAGO PAGO, American Samoa,
January Is. 1914.
Commander Milton Updegraff, professor
of mathematics, L. S. n. has arrived at
Tutuila from San Francisco with a staff
of officers and engineers to make a
complete survey of American Samoa.
The work is expected to require about
fifteen months. Commander Tpdegraff
has located a site for a powerful wireless
station Preparations are now being
made for the construction of a temporary
wireless station pending the arrival of
materials for the permanent one.
Miss Gail Colif1ower and Howard E.
Ilgenfritz. both of Hagerstown, Md, We're
married Wednesday.
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THREE BODIES UNCLAIMED.
Remains of Two Colored Men Await
ing Identification at Morgue.

Bodies of two unidentified colored men
are in the city morgue awaiting identifi-
cation. One body is that of a poorly
clad man of about forty-tive years Mon
day he was picked up on the street and
taken to Emergency Hospital. He died
shortly after he reached the hospital.
II is believed at the morgue that the
other body is that of minister. He
was found at 9Th and b streets north
east. in a dying condition. His death oc-
CURED before he reached Casualty Hos
pital.
The body of Richard Hutchinson, col
ored. who died at 121 H street south
west. Tuesday morning, is at the morgue
awaiting claimant. Hutchinson had
roomed at the II street house only few
days. it is stated and the police are try
ing to locate his relatives.
Evening star., 1914-01-30
COAL FIRE STILL RAGING.
Large Force at Work at Gas Light
Company's Depot.

Slow progress is being made by the
force employed fighting the fire ana
moving the hot coal from the big sup
plv depot of the Washington Gas
Light Company. Several hundred tons
of the coal yesterday were taken from
the building and placed about the
streets and on vacant lots.
This morning the wind blowing from
the south penetrated the open side of
the building and had the effect of in
creasing the fury of the fire. 1t is be-
lieved that workmen will not finish
their task before the end of next week
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To Become Beautiful Capital.

For four years Congress gave earnest
consideration athc best form of govern
fuent for the District. a strange contrast
To The methods OF those " no would TODAY
hastily and without consideration tear
down a structure vhieh took four years
10 plan, and which for nearly forty wears
has been sp.eudidiy devclopins without
suss. sting any adequate plan TO take its
place During these four wears th. three
commissioners served with such ada,ira-
be efficiency that Congress concluded 10
maxi the system permanent. This brings
me TO the passage Of the organic act the
vital principle OF which is the half-and-
half arrangement by which the United
States shares equally with the District
taxpayers The expense OF the local gov
"rIlhenI since tiuS arrangement went
intp effect Washington has been trans
formed from a YeTltabie nUdhol. into a
cItS WAtrlt * already the pride OF the
America People and which bids fair. if
rs progress : not paraly zed 10y the sue
t-'-ss Of titr eforts which am combating
today, To- ne ONE one of the most bcautI-
tai capitals in the World
1T tS worth while. now that this
organic act Is being aSsaIlcd. To glance
3pr 4 moment al the spirit in which
.t VVaS framed Its inception was de
so that whatever - stem Of govern
tnent may be established. il Will NOT
lee subject 10 the shlftinSs and changes
nt party politics
representative Hayes then gave ex-
tracts from reports and speeches To
indicate the attitude and intent Of
congress in the framing Of the act OF
ISIS AND quoted the language of the
United States supreme Court in the
s'Eckl"ff ease decision. in which that
law was characte erized AS AN organic
act and a. '-th. constitution of the
district noting that all afne udnents
70
and amend the act had been rejected
He coatinuad.
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The large bank barn on the farm oc-
cupied by Daniel w Snyder. near Rep
pom. W Va. was burned Thursday.
Eight head of horses. harness. farm
ing implements and a large quantity
of hay and other feed was destroyed.
The origin Of the fire is unknown.
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Heart Trouble Proves Fatal.

James Short colored. sixty three
years old. this morning dropped dead
at his home. III Quander street south
cast. His death Was due TO an attack
of heart trouble.
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No Occasion for Change.

Representative Page of North Carolina
author of the District appropriation bill
asked Mr. Hayes if he was familiar with
the section of the bill providing for the
repayment TO the United States of sur
plus District funds Mr.. Hayes said he
was familiar with it, and remarked that
he saw no occasion for any change i'll
policy. He continued:
Il wo@.1 like to see all the south side
of Pennsylvania avenue in the control of
the government as a part of the Mall. l
would like TO see it added to the park
system of Washington. and all that
means an added expense to the District
taxpayer. who must pay one-half of the
expense of the Improvement care and
upkeep of these parks / do not wish to
see niSgardly cutting off of appropria-
tons from the federal treasury. but. if
necessary, more money appropriated from
the Treasury TO build up and beautify
the capital would like to see more
appropriations and more money spent in
enlarginS the park system of this city,
and thereby adding new beauties to it,
but that means added expense for the
care and upheep OF the parks. one-half
of which is borne by the District. 1t
would be most ineauitable to ask the
people of the District TO stand all the
expense of these improvements.
1t is remarka BILE that after forty years
of conditions which have resulted in great
progress an endeavor should be made to
oVerturu them without offering even a
substitute III Washington had been the
victim of maladministration, if its gov
ernment had been inefficient and dishon-
est, or !f the government funds had not
been expended wisely by Congress itself.
there might BE- some reason for seeking
Il change. Such, however. is not the
ease. The District has prospered greatly
under the system made legal by the or
Sanic act-a system which very properly
recognizes the national character OF
Washington. appreciates that il is not a
mercantile or manufacturing center and
provides for sharing the necessarily large
expenditures due to the manner in which
the city was originally designed. If the
half and half principle is abolished, is
the United States to pay nothing. even
though il owns lands and buildings val
ued at S'u0.0p,pD, even though its land
holdings, the excessively wide streets and
theh numerous large parks. make up one
half of the area of the city? Is the
United States to accept as a Gratuty such
police and fire protection as the District
may be willing to afford?
Are senators. representatives. cabinet
officers. government officials and the
strangers who are constantly within its
gates to impose upon Washington for the
education now gladly accorded to their
children Are the people of the District
TO maintain in perfect order the wide
streets and avenues. which not only cover
which, by act of Congress itself, are
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Deliberation Not Serious.

Despite all this. the effort is now made
to take out Of the organic act its essen
tial paragraph of federal partnership
With the DIstriet-an effort not marked
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FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOP
NEEDS REPAIR WORKERS
Senate to Be Asked to Make Pro-
vision-Promotions and
Transfers.

Effort will be made by the Commits
sioners to have the Senate insert In the
District appropria tion bill an item for
the employment of mechanics and other
operatives in the new fire department
repair shop. now being built on North
Carolina avenue between 9Th and eth
streets southeast. The building. which
Congress authorized to be erected at u
cost of S20,O0n. is nearing completion.
but will be of little service to the de
partment unless sufficiently provided
with workmen. The Commissioners. IN
their estimates. provided for the en-
ployment of sixteen men in this build
ing but the item was eliminated in the
House 1t is planned to build the de-
partments motor hose wagons in the
repair shop.
Promotions and Transfers.
Announcement has been made of a
number of fire department promotio rs.
transfers and appointments. Among
the former is that of Lieut.. J. W. Gov
ington of engine company No. %. who
is promoted to the position of acting
captain of engine company No. 20
Other promotions are;
T s. Jones, to he lieutenant of engine
O. from engine l: u. NJ Murphy. 10 he
lieutenant of engine II. from engine 4;
F. S. Frere from engine l6, to be assist
ant driver, truck 4; V. l.. WoltZ. from
truck = to be assistant driver. motor
truck IL: l. W Luskey. from engine H.
TO assistant engineer. engine -; C. T..
Thrift, from engine l6. to be assistant
engineer engine l..
The following transfers are announced
F. A. Loeffier truck l TO engine -; NJ
Lamp. truck to engine IL; W. l.
Coulter. engine 10 to truck J. ) n
! Cusch.r. engine : to truck >; J.
THOMPSON. engine II to engine % W. L.
Hurley, engine to engine 2o' -
Canter, engine - to engine %; a. ). bar
gagni, truck 3 to engine Is: j. Mooney
! engine ~ TO engine II: Fl. V. BroWneii'
engine - to engine 16; g. 3 weaver
engine . to truck :; +. J. Weissman
truck : to engine >; Lieut.. 6. W A
| Dixon. engine Il to engine Is; w y
| Parater. engine Is to engine %: r. J.
| cox. truck s to truck !; G. c. Wolz, truck
: to engine 4: S. NJ. Gould. engine 10
engine >. .
The following are new appointments; l.
| q Turner. truck /: +. A. Arth. truck q
W. ". Spangler. truck >; J. n. shlmp,
engine 4: G. l.. Satterfieid, engine IA;
I r Best. engine II: II. a. Rogers
engine .; T F. Burroughs. engine :. y.
7. Hummer. engine 10: G. L. Thonpson'
engine 10; J. f. Suit. engine T.
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Miss Frances Carver and Russell G. Pat
ton were married at Winchester, Va.
Tuesday by Rev. w. II. Carter
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ANSWERS ATTACK
ON ORGANIC ACT
Representative Hayes Defends
HaIf-and-HaIf Plan
in District.
ADVISES AGAINST CHANGE
IN SPEAKING IN HOUSE
Sees No Reason Why Municipality
Should Pay to United States
S1.4oo. 900.

Answering III" recent attacks ON the
halt-aud half plan and the proposal
that the District of Columbia should
pay back s1.4oo. 0o0 Of its own funds
10 tho United States for no purpose
whatScever. Representative Hayes of
california Yesterday took up the cause
of the National Capital and showed the
House that the organic act of 1878 is
unassaiIable in its equity.
His speech, practically complete fol-
lows:
1T has lately been proposed by sew
traI gentlemen ON this floor to repeal
the act of 1873: to Summarily end the
payments made by the United States
government toward the maintenance of
The National Capital This proposition
/ earnestly and emphatically oppose.
The wIthdrs8 al of governmental funds
from the District must inevita bly, lead
To one Of two reSults-either the bur
den of taxation upon the District peo-
pie must be doubled or the expenditures
must be reduced ope-half The first
would not only he a burden too griev
Gus to he borne. but would be mani
testify unfair The people of the Dis
trict already do their full duty in the
riatter 81 paying taxes. and ii would
he unjust to compel them to maintain
the National Capital at their own ex-
Ffnse. Even if the question OF equity
dld not enter into consideration. the
people of the United States certainly
have a pride in their National CAPITAL
ard | can not believe that they would
" llInSly see It's development and prog
icss stopped by antaSonistic legisIa-
ton Believing also that tho plighted
t$ith If the United states is involved
tt' tita contract which now exists under
tro H4Inr If the organic act | shall
lfs' iirflc /" briefly consider two prop
t.-iftt>us-
First Tie spirit in which the organic
aet VAS framed and enacted
Second. Why the organic act should
Iol te .1nlentisL.. altered or reneaIed
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Conditions Here UNIQUE.

II mast he admitted that conditions
h'.re - .tasolutely unique Selected as
t"e ctpita' Of the nation, the District of
"i i'nbia is under the absolute control
OF Congress. The people here are not
only barred from any future hope of
statehood but they can never have COM
plete mana cement of their own affairs
Whatever they do Will always he subject
10 the revision OF Congress and Congress
VIII In the future pass laws affecting
District interests, independent of action
taken by any local Legislature or council
or influence. Just il has done in the
past We are not dealing with an ordi-
nary municipality. nor even with city in
which normal conditions exist During
Its entire existence the District of Column
lila has been kept free from commercial
and mercantile invasion. although con-
TlGUous to the coal fields of Maryland
and West Virginia, and with ade
Gudte water front and harbor. \ sense
of pride has kept Washington a purely
residential city-fret from all the objec-
tionable accompaniments to large manu-
featuring enterprises. The result has
been. however. a marked lack of wealth
among its citizens There are no mer-
chant princes or corporate barons in the
District of Columbia The handsome res
licences, not overnumerous, are owned
and occupied by those who have been
successful elsewhere.
The population is. as whole, COM
posed of persons of moderate means,
mostly government employees, who. as
every one knows. are not extravaSantly
paid Washington has more homes paid
for on The monthly installment plan than
are purchased built otherwise. Not
withstandIng this. the area occupied by
the National Capital spreads the
large area of seventy square miles, while
the streets and avenues are abnormaly
wild. and thus unusually expensive to
keep in proper condition. Its parks are
very extensive and numerous and are
CORES pondingly expensive to maintain.
Present conditions did not always OBJ
tain For seventy years the District of
Columbia existed upon its own resources.
was unkempt village, the laughing
stock of every visitor and disgrace
to the nation During these seventy
wears the people Of the District spent
over S:sptss.Mo on the capital. while the
nation contributed little or nothing. After
the war Washington became the mecca
Of thousands OF free negroes, and negro
--resS solved by DENYING everybody the
rieht To vote, In MI IL gave the Dis
trict q territorial form of government
with a governor and board of public
works appointed bN the President and
confirmed IN the senate and with the
upper house OF the territorial legislature
also appointed II was these men agents
of Congress. and in whose selection the
people of the District had no voice. who
f'y their comprehensive system of i'm
provements-doin= for the nation what
ought to have been done by the nation
saddled debt of s22"o,oo upon the
District. a debt still unpaid The three
commissioners whose appointment was
authorized by law in 1874 were really
The receivers Of a bankrupt corporation.
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PERSONALS
Fire, Casualty Plate Glass and Automobile Insurance

Miss Sadie Lloyd has returned
from visit at New York. and Phila-
delphia.
Miss Ruth Camlin, Of Pruntytown,
formerly OF this city, is visiting
friends here and at Arorgantown.
From here she will so to Gloster
Court House, Va. the former home of
her parents. g
Mr.. aud Mrs. Homer Hall will
leave Tuesday in their touring car
for visit at Atlantic City. q, !.
Miss Ethel Stump has returned
from a visit TO her home in PhiIippt.
Mrs. Gerald McCaTerty and chill
dren, Of Philadelphia, are guests OF
tho formers parents. MIR. and Mrs.
NJ. D. Orr, in this city. 4 ir,s
Mrs. A. R. Conway, of Manning
ton. was visitor in this city yester!
day.
Miss Neya Fitzhuehi has retirncd
from a yisit'at Grafton.
Miss Mary sturm has returned
from visit with relatives near
Blacksville. = - ~
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Grove Cunningham and sister.
Miss Elizabeth Cunningham. have
returned from visit at Washington.
D. C. Miss Cunningham will leave
tomorrow for avisit 10 Chicago.
I. DR.. and Mrs. L. D.. Howard and
daughter, Miss Martha, left today for
smithGeld, Pa. where they will be
the, guests of the formers parents,
Mr.; and Mrs; A. a. Howard.
Miss Cora Wilson has returned
from a trip to New York in the in
tcrcst Of the millinery department Of
Hartley's store. lel
Miss Mary Keller, Of Hundred, is
the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. G. E. Mi
nor in this city.
III. J. Hartley has returned from
Baltimore where he accompanied
Mrs. Hartley.
Harry oliker and sister, Miss Fan
ny. of Baltimore, are guests of Mr..
B.. d. oliker,s of Pike street. Miss
Jennie Beer, who had been a guest
atsthet oliker home, has returned 10
Pittsburgh. 4 -
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Fraterndl Ne1us
MODERN WOODMAN m AMERIl

-"0DGhN WUUUmhF Ut AMEhlGA
White Camp No. 5473 Modern
Woodman of America meets every.
Thursday evening at 1880 o'clock in
their hall in the Skinner building,
1oS Main street. A: r. Doughcrty,
Venerable Consul; c. w. Walker.
Clerk.
D. 70. E.;::o. 2st. y
Meets at Elks' home, 419 Main
ST., near. Madison, every Tuesday
evening at O'Clock. Charles D.
Barry. Sec, 22S High street. 4
L.. NFlA.M.
Setting Sun Tribe 16. Meets
Thursday at $50 p. m. at Red Meme
Hall, First ward. II. Ernest Haw-
kins. X. of r., 1873 State street, First
ward.
waneta Council No. s degree Of
Pocahontas). Meets at Red Mems
Hall, First ward, every Friday.
Meets every second Sunday at
knights of Columbus Hail. NJ. ].
o'Neal, Rec. Sec.
Boutlou Division Ladies' Auxili-
|ary). Meets first Friday Of each
month In Knights Of Columbus Hall.
Grace Mcdonnell, Rec. Sec.
KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS.
Meets first and third Monday in
old Masonic Hall. Cor. Main and
Madison streets.
Charles Armbruster, R. s., 100 Chest
nut street.
WooDMEN OF. THEjwoRLD. I,
Meets In Old Masonic Hall, Main,
street and Madison streets. T. Jones,
clerk, 203 Albert Court. '' - :
MISCELLANEOUS SOCIETIES.
MARION co. MEDICAL SOCIETY.
Meets last Friday of each month
IN Fleming Bldg. DR.. C. w. Waddell,
president; DR.. II. r. johnson, secre-
tary; DR.. w, II. Sands. treasurer.
Board of Ccnsors: Drs. C. o. Henry.
|C. l.. Holland, L. N. Yost.
BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY
TRAINMEN.
Meets every first and third,
Wednesday evening and second and
.ast Sunday In Red Mems Hall. j.
E. Alexander, Sec.
ORDER OF RAILWAY CONDUCTORS
Meets every first and third Sunday
In tedmen's Hall. Fred Brummage,
Sec. -
MOMENTS CHRISTIAN TEMPER
lipH1i. tANCE UNION.
Meets every Tuesday In Willard
Hall. Wet. U. Bldg. Mrs. A. l..
deneurl Rec Sec. -
q President, Mrs. Jennie Engle.
Secretary. Mrs. J. II. Beckman.
YOUNG MEMS CHRISTIAN Asso-
~ "'l''' CITATION. ~
New building. Fairmont avenue
and First street. J, ". Hartley, pres
fdent; d. u. Butcher secretary; J. o.
/ Watson. treasurer. r.t
h od' % ORDER OF OWLS.
EbIFairmont' Lodge No. 1929. Meets
every Thursday night at 1880 In old
X. of P. Hall, Mckinney Building.
Dr:.TJ E.:-offner, president: NJ. ].
rearlnian. See. -.
GERMAN BENEFICIAL UNION.
Mccts first and fourth Sundays
each month. at 31s Monroe street.
Floyd Bohham, president; H. C.
Voelker, secretary.
A. o. U. w. meets every Monday
evening at 1880 in tho Woodman
of the World hall In the Skinner
building, 112 Main street. ]. H.
Kinkead, recorder.
Degree Of Honor of the A. o. U.
w. meets on the second and fourth
Monday evenings at o'clock at the
same place. This Is tho ladies' de-
gree Of the order. J. II. Kinkead,
recorder.
i! THE AMERICAN INSURANCE
r. IS.si Ii, UNION.
Meets each second and fourth
Tuesday Of the month 1870 in the
K. Of p. hall on Main st. f'E. IS,
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KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS,

Z.
Mountain City. Lodge No, 4S.
Meets at Fleming Bldg. Thursdays a,
1880 p. m. J. c. Miller. Cook hos
pital, K. Of II. and s.
Marion Lodge No. 81. Meets q,
Market and Merchant, First ward.
every Tuesday. elIi l.HE OF II
Mountain City Temple No. s. Pyth-
Ian Sisters. Meets Tuesday In Elem
ing Bldg. Airs. Alice r. Miller. M.
y r. and c. ~ "a ia,
Z X. o. I'M. - TIgT
'showalter TeEt No. z. Meets every
Friday night in Mckinney, Bldg o.
Vi. LOYAL ORDER OF MOOSE. Va,
i, No. Q meets every Tuesday evening
at 212 Madison. Z. l.! Morris. Sec.
A. o. q. W. --'--
Fairmont Lodge No. 4. NJ ects. in
Homo Savings Banlr Bldg. every Mon.
day evening. ]. II. Kinkead, Sec. (
A. 81. o. KNIGHTS OF MALTA.
Mountain State Commandery No.
446 Knights of Malta. meets every
Wednesday evening ut 1880 in Odd
Fellows Hall, corner OF Main and
Monroe streets, Charles Neptune, S.
X. c.. A. D. Parrish recorder.
Dent Hive No. 1853. Ladies Of the
Modern Maccabces, meets the First
and third Fridays Of each month at
1880 o'clock in the X. Of p. Hall.
The officers are: Ora Evans, COM
mander; Elizabeth Dent, record
keeper; Millie X. Evans. finance
keeper.
KNIGHTS OF ITECUMsEH. 4
No. meets every Monday evening
at Ogden avenue near Madison ST.
W. r. Riggs. Sec.