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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15
WABASH TO BE REORGANlZED.
Plans Include Resnion with the
h~eiing and Lake Erie.

PirTseURu, Feb. LIT Was learned
here to-day that the plans TO rcorsauizc
tho Wabash Pittsburg Terminal and the
Wheeling lAd Lake Erie railroads have
been completed and that the roads will
be consolidated under one management
a. formerly. and operated as one system,
~ tho head of which will be l.. +, l.oree
possibly not as president but as chairman
of the board
To carry GU these plans. which have
been Formulated by financial interests In
New York. S3g,000.000 must be raised, OF
which sl0.0Oo.oVo approximately has been
provided for hy means %: 4 30 per cent.
assessment against the holders Of Teym!-
nal Railway first mortgage bonds and
S6.iU0,000 by means of "A 10 per cent. AS
sessment against the holders - Wheeling
stock
An issue of s25,O00,000 new general
mortsage bonds which viii be a first lien
on the Wabash-p!ttsburg Terminal prop
erty and Oh the Neutrality-suspicious. to the
latters outstand.ng funded obligations
amounting to $1,000 U00--toEcther viii
SO. 600, 900 equipment trust notes Is pro-
vided for in the plan and will relna!t
undis,urb.d IN the reorganization.
II Is proposed 10 constitute n Voting
trust for the stock to be issued hy the
new company to continue FOR i've wears.
and Morgan j. OBricn, Samuel Inter
myer and James y, Wallace have been
selected AS trustees under it, Meantime
Il syndicate to underwrite the new issue Of
securities and the assessments that IL il
proposed 10 levy on the Terminal COM
pany bondholders ard Wheeling share
holders Is being organized
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15
URGES MONTICELLO PURCHASE.
vtrRinin Legislature Joins Move
ment 10 Preserve Jefferson Home.

RICHMOND, Va. FEB. li.--So effective
was the address Of Mrs Martin W. Little
Ton in the House of Delegates urging that
the Federal Government purchase Mon
'icello, the home and burial place or
Thomas jefferson. that the House members
and members OF the Senate WhO had
stroled Ia voted unanimously on - joint
"esolutiop calling upon Nirgnia's Repre-
sentatives in Congress TO aid the move
nent 10 make Monticello 4 national
memorial. Monticello" is owned by Repre-
sentative Levy Of New York.
While she was exhibiting petitions
signed by thousands II was suggested 10y
n delegate that the members We're salts
ned and IT would expedite matters If she
would proceed with her address. Instantly
Mrs Llttleton's eyes were suffused with
Gears she thought lie meant 10 curtail hen
address. An apology. II bouquet Of roses
and the adoption OF the joint resolution
brought back her smiles.
Mrs LittletOn emphasized the fact that
monuments and memorial buildings lad
heen erected to Washington, Lee Grant
Lincoln ard others, hut nothing had been
done 10 preserve the home or grave of
jefferson, VINO was instrumental In secur-
i'g liberty ana the foundation principles
~ our Government.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15
SON GUSTS WHITE FROM HOME.
Eccentric BroOislyn Man Loses Fight
for search warrant,

\ decision handed down by supreme
Court Justice Scudcer in brooklyn yes
terday denying an application by Josiah
j. White Tor "A writ VI uandamus To COM
pei Magistrate -John +. 1iyldn u grant
him a. search warrau. for his sons house
To- enable MIN to Hnd property that has
Disappeared dscloses that White has
ocen ousted from his home at 1876 Co
lumba Heights, which has become con-
sp'cuous through Whites eccentricities.
Tho last previous court appearance or
White was in jane, 1919. when his house
kcpeer had him arrested because she
wanted TO lcave MS employ and he It.
tanned her personal belongings. He gave
up the property late" aud was released
Befora that n. escaped from Raymond
street Jail by sliding down a rope when
confined there for contempt Of court.
whites present trouble H. described ~
Magistrate IIylan IN an affidavit by the
Magistrate telling why he didn't grant
q search warrant. Tho Magistrate said
that Whites story aroused hiH sympathy
and he determined TO heip White II he
mad the power
He summoned to cour; Henry r.. White.
the petitioners son. WHO said that he took
possession of the mouse occupied for
many years By his father ~ the result
of suit in which the court held ths;
Josiah J. whit" had no right to occupy
the property. which belonged to his wife.
because he made an autc-nuptial agree
mont. waving his life interest In the
property
Josiah i. White was away at the time.
and an his effects were packed UP and re-
mosed to Il storage warehouse. Henry
T.. white told the Magistrate that he mad
no property belonging to his father. but
was willing to have his house searched.
Magistrate Hylan said.
However much ' sympa'hi," with the
applicant. having zone out % my way
to investigate the wrong alleged TO hav-
been committed against Nj. White. I do
not believe J have the right to ISSUE
search warrant.
MIR. White Is a man Well advanced In
years. and II seems to me u great IN rci-
ship 10 him to he turned out Of his old
home through the iu.trumentaiity OF his
own son. Il were "A practising attorney
7 would not have taken UP a case OF this
kind. where q son sought 20 Gust hts old
fathe~ from his home of over half II
century"
Justice Scudder dtCN4ed that Magistrate
Hylan was justified in refusing a search
warrant but said that Mr.. White might
be able to furnish additional evidence 10
snow that a warrant should be issued
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15
SAYS BULKHEADS ON
MONROE WERE OPEN
First Officer Admits Sluiceways
Without Valves Connected
ships Compartments.

HHiLADELPHiA, FEB l4--first Officer
Guy /" Horsley of the steamship Monroe.
sunk by the Nantucket In collision off the
Virginia cdpes with loss OF forty-onc
lives didn't know enough about the in
terror construction OF his shin to testify
at the hearing here before Capt. K. \.
Sargent and Engineer officer David NJ.
Howard as 20 now many watertigh; COM
partiuents there Were.
lie did testify, however. that there were
water courses from one bukhead to an
other and no slu!ce valves 70 prevent the
whole ship tilling. As the Monroe was
ripped open near the DOW and sank stern
first it IS the theory OF maritime men
that. being loaded down aft. IN, So. had
free sweep through the "watVrtight' bulk
heads and quickly swImpsd the vessel.
Horsley MAS positive however. that tn"
door OF No. ! bulkhcad was 'rlveted
shut.
Horlsey s.,io IN effect that ne made
nat allowance upon various points Of the
compass instead Of vary irg the allowance
made for deviation when the compass
pointed further and further away from
the true cardinal points. This. capt. Sar-
gent confessed. he could uot understand
The first officer declared also that ~
had never seen On the Monroe any boat
drills IN which the boats were lowered
far enough u allow their keels to touch
IN, water.
There WAS no chrOuoMeter on the Mon
roe, H,rs!-N -a.d. The ships clock IN the
pilot house was set by time bali 1T Nor
folk at tn. beginning OF each voyage lie
said N" captain never used the bridge
except when IN" ship was making dock
When questioned NOR" closely regard
ing the lukhedd matter Hursley do.
cared lie had himself inspected ,he bulk-
heads on TIA. morning of January +:
They looked all wight To- him then
ne sand. He had also inspected tha boat.
and rats. he said They had all been
thoroughly cleaned aud syraped Oh Sep
TENDER 10. On January /. at sea. all
fails. sheaves and pins of these boats
had been carefully inspected. he said
Regarding boat and fire drills. Horsiey
said the schedule Of positions for men
When pinned down by Capt. Sargent he
explained that stations Were assigned by
number. When & new steward or sailor
Joined the ship he was given the number
OF the man whose place he had taken.
In this boat drill upon coastwise ships
many Of the men supposed to man llfe-
boats are negro stewards. As these men
often ship for one voyage only. they are
often In the way instead of being Of as
slstauce In time of accident.
As for the lfc RATS, lie said ther,
WAS no sign painted on the canvas cove
that was died over the pile of RATS 20
tell Il Passenger what lay beneath Only
the bottom raft vas dashed to the dec,S.
ne said the upper -four RATS in the nest
We're loose.
The trial will lie resumed Monday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15
DANCE UNDER FIGURE OF CUPID.
Gay Valentine Party at the IssrrI
House in Lakewood.

3 LAKEWOOD. y. j. Eco 14-Th. Laurel
House dance This evening was the edyest
of The midWirtcr. The dancers included
nearly every season sojouruer here and
many guests from New York
Among the season sojourncrs who were
o. the floor were Mr.. and Mrs. ia sp.!
Lynch, Mr.. and Mrs Arthur T.. Whitney.
Nr. aud Mrs. Frederick A Potts. NJ. ana
Mrs. Girard Eomalnc. Mr.. and Nrs. c.
y. l.indlty. Mr. and Mrs charles l. Pech
The Misses Ferris. Martha Ja'nison Dow
nor. Curnela schwartz, louise Lynch.
Elsie Horne. Emily Randolph. Georgia
Fuller; T.. :. T.. Randolph. Jr. s. j. SIC
Ciurc, +. 7, Nanderhoef. " G. Schauf-
fer. Jr.. and D.. 6. H. I<avsar
Among the others present N,re Miss
Sarah Mcdowell Of Boston. Mrs T. =
Mess,er of Pi;tsburs. Mr.. and Mrs. g. a.
Grossman of Paris. Mr. and Mrs Everett
Colby of Orange. senator MI Mrs. Jonn
W. S.ocum Of Long Branch. CO. Nj AID
Mrs. j. r. Mabon. Miss Mah3n. br Marie
l.. Louis Mr.. and Mrs. j. y. Edwards.
Miss Edwards and Mrs. l.. <. Roberts Of
New York
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15
PHYSICIANS VICTIM DIES.
Music Teacher. Mutilntcd by Irstr
Husband, Succumbs.

CHAELERoI. Pa, Feb. li.--prof Will
liam l. Robinson, the music teacher who
was mut!lated by Or. Martin l.. Griffith. a
wealthy physician of Monessen. In the lat
ter's home several wea.ls ago. died At . 80
CLOCK this afternoon in the Mouessen-
Chartered Hospital! DR.. Griffith. who on
hearing that his victim was likely to die
went 10 Greensboro 10 consult with his at
torneys, was arrested in that city to-day.
His attorneys announced that they will
start habeas corpus proceedings Monday
morning for his release.
The attack on Robinson occurred on the
afternoon of January &c. Dr.. Griffith re-
turned Unexpectedly to his home and dis
covered Robinson IN Mrs Gritiith's room.
Tragedy has followed the Robin son
family. William Robinson. father OF the
dead man, served a prison sentence for
killing Allen Belcher town sergeant of
Maiden W, Va, fifteen years ago. John
Robinson, "A brother. killed 4 man named
Duff, John Robinson, Jr, nephew,
served a term for killing u girl,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15
DUNwOODY LEFT Ss,oOO,oOo.
Most Important Request Founding
Of Industrial school.

MINNEAPOLIS. MINI, Feb. li.--Thc viii
o. tho late William Food DunNoody. for
MEG chairman Of the board Of directors of
the Northw estern National Bank Of MIN
"apulis. aud "A prominent grain man and
1prr miller, makes provision for the APP
nOrtioOment of an estate estimated at
from 100000 to $4,000, 00O
OF this amount little more than
10000 is left 10 the widow and close
friends Sl,O00,0OO as a trust fund for the
Minneapolis Art Institute. 81, ,uVo for
tho founding and uphoep o; '"TE. pun
woody Home Tor ConValcsceutS" at New.
Town near Philadelphia, Pa moro than
s5ooroo for Presbyterian societies. minor
Riits TO Minneapolis hospital and the
sesidue from 81, 500, 900 to ST., 900. 900. H.
designated for the establishment and
'n2ilterance Of an Industrial school IN
Nirnea polls.
The industrial school legacy IS consid-
cred the most important single project n
me viii. Mr. pmwoo,iy specified that not
more than onC-third of the Request shall
no expended TO- building and th~ income
from the rest is TO he used for maintcn-
snce.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15
SMALLPOX SITUATION BETTER,
Fewer Cases IN Niagara Fails. hut
Vigilance Continues.

Nl,SAE, FALLS Feb l4.--With one new
case Of smallpox reported to-day the total
In Niagara Falls was l0l. Two weeks
ago Their" were 1870. Within these two
weeks. SINCE Or. Edward Clark ~ tho
stat Council OF Health took hold, $4,000
persons have heeu vaccinated. The spread
% the diseas. previously was attributed
TO the anti-Na,ciuation sentiment here
There has been only one death, about
three weeks ago.
Although the situation shows such i'm
proveinent" said pr Clark Tonight. too
much satisfaction must not be expressed.
We have things under control and are
cutting dow the number o. cases. but
the least relaxation ana the disease would
break out again as much as ever. There
are $4,000 persons in Niagara Falls and
every one ought "a lee Vacc.uated
Two weeks ago there WEE" seventy
four houses under quarantine To-day
there are only th.rty-two. Churches aud
public meeting places remain closed. but
the schools ar, open.
Factory employees locked out IN tn. past
ten days becauS" of their refusal TO sub
INIT To vaccination consulted attorney s.
to-day. Il IL said that they viii take
their case to the courts.
IL n".shlorug towns along the border
there ave p,rhaps another M, cases Th.y
are spread over forty miles from Toue-
wanda to Queenstown. In mono Of th,s.
places however. is the situation cousid-
cred serious
ALsANy. Fen. Ii.--City officials anil
residents of Niagara Falls are c.usuroa
for their attitude or the epidemic %
smallpox IN that cts ia Il statement
issued to-day by ~. Lindsay Rudd VIII
Jams Deputy State COMMISSIONS -
Health. I.aXity In Observing tho requests
ef the Health Department, pr William
says, has resulted In the spread az the
diseas. TO nine more cities and villages
In III. western part of the state.
An INSTRUMENTATION sentiment in
Niagara Falls is held responsible for the
failure of The usual preventive measures
to ha put In effect Several cases of small
poX have been concealed from the depart
mert officials. aud q general disregard Of
the Departments orders mas been re
nnrt,d-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15
PALM BEACH HAS BALL IN GROVE
Resort Colony Honors st. Valentine
with Many Dinners Too.

PALM BEACH, Fla. Feb 1l--St. Val
entine's day was observed with an un-
usually large number OF dinners and II
dancing fetc conducted by Mrs william
Lawrence Green, Mrs. Hermann oolrichs
and Miss Grace Thompson Of Phiiadel-
phis. IN the Cocoanut Grove on the
edge of Lake Worth where Il Moor
was recently laid. II was "A subscription
AFFAIR though Mrs. Oelrichs provided the
grove. Conrad's orchestra came over
from the Beach club and played for the
dancing for which "A committee awarded
prizes. among them a silver cup donated
by Leland Sterry.
There was also a brilliant ball at the
grove. for the season Is nov approaching
It's height.
Subscribers to the dance included Mr..
and Mrs William Lawrence Green. Mr..
and Mrs. \. J. Akin. Robert Toland, NJ.
and Mrs. II. Browning, Mr.. and Mrs. John
Rutherford. Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Richard.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles +. Choaie, Mr.. aud
Mrs. George +. Gardner. II. X. Bolton,
Mr. and Mrs. Leland Sterry, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. i. Frazier. Clarence Jones. Henry 7.
Sloan, Mrs. \. sydney Carpenter Mrs.
Frederic St,rry, Warren H. Dennis. Mr.
ana Mrs. william Wright, Mr.. and MIS-.
Robert Glendcnning. Miss Ethel Carhart.
Mrs. William @. Wordcn. Miss H'lda
Holmes. Mrs. Frederick E.doy, Miss Juiis
Edey. Mr.. and Mrs. John r. Harris sHd
some others.
Mrs Walter Lewisohn gave a dinner
party at the Beach club where Valentine
lace cards we're used. Her guests in
cluded Mrs. Harry Darlington. Miss Lii
Ian Hyde. Miss Viola Knouse, Miss Edith
Adams. MIR and Mrs. William Thaw 3D.
Mr.. and Mrs. William X. Simons, Mr.
and Mrs Edwin n. Filter. Mr. and Mrs
G. Cecil Filter Angler r. Duke. Jules
Glaenzcr. 6. hi Rosa. Harry Haslius
and Dunbar Wright
Among to-days arrivals az the Eresk-
ers were Mrs Ernest Thompson Seton
Mrs. Grace j. Seton. Condo Mast Miss
Coudert Mast Mics Natics Mast L. r
Lancaster, Harry Won Tilzer and Dunbar
Wright OF New York
At the Po.ncsua arc Mr and Mrs
Dwight T.. Robinson OF New York
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15
ARTISTIC WINDOWS SET.
Those Made in Tiffany studios Now
In HnllOrnn MausOIeum,

with th5 installation of eight art glass
windows from the Tiffany Studios, the
Halloran mausoleum in Calvary Cemetery
has been practically completed, These
windows are SET in especially designed
cast bronze frames, and there are two In
each corner Of the mausoleum. They are
interpretations In Tiffany favrllo glass OF
the beattudes OF tho sermon on the Mount.
\ scroll bearing the appropriate We 'se
Ia artistically introduced In each patel.
The color scheme IL arranged so that, AL
though each window has IA distinct in
dlviduality they form harmoni rus
whole
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15
EXECUTORS ACCUSE
BANKERS OF FRAUD
Say Solomon 4 Co. lscd Deceit
in sale of Rumely stock
to Bcrnhcimcr.
WANT S39.11l RETi RNEU
Assert Bic Dividends We're
Promised for 1912. When
None Was Possible.
WANT S39.11l RETi RNED

Tile EXECUTORS under the viii Of Max T.
Rernne'm"r. president of the Bernheilner
& schwartz Company, who died suddenly
IN court last fdll while teatifying IN a suit
against his corporation, have tled suit in
the supreme Court Ia recover sSg,7li
from the banking nrm OF William Salo-
mon \ 90, on the ground of fraud IN the
sal, ~ Rumoly stock. I'll, complaint
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15
DAUGHTER JOINS MRS. SHONTS.
Little Duke Drchnuines and Mother
At AshcVille.

AsHEy,LLE, a. g.. Fen. lA.--The
pIch'ss de Chaulncs and her son. the
AOdug Duke &c thaunes, have arrived
here to join MR.. Theodore l.. Shouts and
Miss Marguerite Shonts, They will occupy a
villa leased by Mrs. Shonts for the spring
The stay in Ash-vlle will he made for
ia" benefit Of tn" health OF the little
Duke. who III not very strong.
Mrs. Shonts and Miss Shonts came sev-
eral weeks ago and they expect to be
her" for some time 1T the villa In Edge
mont Park.
Mr.. ard Mrs Il. Z. Hall of Cincinnati
Mrs Charles Il. Griffin Of New YORK. j. n.
Arnold of New York. NJ n. Arnold of
Boston and Mrs, Joseph Mack Of Detroit
arrived to-day nj Grove Park Inn
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15

Nj. and Mrs L. V Esmore 81
Moore closed their engagement B" t.
Dear Fuol at the Gagr,ch T.,a'a .a''
night and viii start under he '.r'-'
mert ~ Charles Trohuau ,u ,.'. '-
through Canada. They WIN ar'o.r 70
Dear Fool and "E..1a Come, :. -..s
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15

were all false, because the Ru0,'T COM
panv was earning nothing OF So common
stock and its financial Cprli'I.. '.'
weak. /; was "rot an attract!,' .."'S
ment ~ -. but was an unsaf" So
g"rous investment AZ any price s' '-
complaint
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-15

on" Of charlotte Brontc's letters ends
with this paragraph:
"rhackcrayS Christmas book at once
griev,d and pleased meas most OF his
writings DO. | have com" 10 the corciu-
sion that wuru-N.. hr write. Irrh!s-
tCpf.!es stands ou his right hand and
Rrpha,l on his left, III, -rcat DouJt-r
and Sn..rer usually guides the pen the
Angel noble and gentle iut.rlnes letters
OF light mere and there. Alas 1haCkerly
II wish YOUR strong wings would MT
you oftcncr above the smoke of cities
In one OF Thackeray's own letters he
is seen asking for n job. Tor an cditorship
which he didn't get
III you have q new editor, YOU will
no doubt, aud unless YOU hav" great
man like Carlyle AT tho head Of Your
undertaking. please to remember your
humble servant. | have a couple
Of languages. French and German. and
could have Italian in another month. hay
ing already a smatcrlng and II your
intention is not to have 4 pompous review
but smart and lively one ! believe |
should make ~ good AN editor as an
other" John Forster Was made editor
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-29
BY ALMA BOONE LITTLE
Dnn-L LII
Part ILL.

FdTI ILL
Not even then did the specter of
my foster mother or any other grew
some shape come up to warn me.
knew that l was going to live happy
ever after" but alasL
l sometimes wonder what it is that
changes the devoted heart of the low
er into the carping heart of the hus-
band. Before our marriage Arthur
treated me with the utmost defer
ence. He was an ideal lover. It was
only after marriage that he became
fault-fnding, morose and disagree
able.
However, l tried to do the best 1
could and l think, if we could have
been alone, away from his relatives,
that all would have gone well, for /
am quite sure that all through these
long, beautiful western years he
loved me. ..
You can imagine my surprise, how
ever, when found a letter that he
had written to his father, asking him
to come at once, that he intended to
divorce me.
OF course ! Immediately asked
him what he meant and he told me it
was true and that could talk to his
attorney. He told me that was ex-
traVagant-I, who had helped him
early and late to build up the bust
ness.
His attorney told me that Arthur
did not intend to ever live with me
any more and he thought the easiest
way would be for me to go out of his
life entirely and that he would give
me $50 to do So, .
At this time he didn't say anything
about his suspicious of my having
colored blood, and naturally did not
think that he knew of my foster
mother, as she had, been so long out
of my life, but was sure that he had
some other reason than extrava-
I bod IraTsxy
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-29
~ AM WHITEHALL WHITEw-LIFE ROMANCE
OF THE "BRIDE WITHOUT A RACE"

ney, Mr.. VIM. E. Bauble of Detroit,
and told my story and he advised me
to file bill of separation immedi-
ately, which l did, and then l was
confronted with this awful story.
l shall never forget that morning
in the courtroom, the look that my
husband gave me as he passed me,
or the contempt in the voice of his
father when he said: "She is nothing
but niger wench."
/ went home, let down my blond
hair to see if it had the slightest me-
groid texture. | pressed my nails
against each other to see if there was
the slightest teIl-tale dark line.
pursed my rather thin lips to- see if
could by any possibility mold them
into African form. / even tried to
fIatten out my nose, but thank God
could not do it. Through it all |
saw my Scotch and English ancestry.
found myself singing at the top of
my voice: 81 am white; | am all
white" III.
Ito Be continued.)
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-30
DEXTER WRlGHTS TO
VISIT IN HOMO ULU
EN- ROUTE TO ORIENT

III. and Mrs. Dexter Wright arrived
in Honolulu last night in the Sierra.
where they expect to interest the
smart set In the latest known steps to
the world of Terpsiehore The Wrights
bring with them reputation for being
opponents OF the highest grade popular
dances.
Better known in social circles as
Anita Peters, Mrs. Wright Is eredite
with being the best dancing expert OF
San Francisco. incidentally of the Pa.
cific coast.
1t is the intention of Mr.. and Mrs.
Wright to spend several months in the
islands before continuing a contem,
plated trip to the Orient
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-06-30
BIRTH

In Honolulu, June %,
1914, to Mr.. and Mrs. James Card
ner, daughter