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STARR CITIZEN
DIED SUDDENLY
A. E. Scudday Succumbed Yester-
day Morning At Home In Starr
ToiShoke of Paralysis
(From Tlrursdav's Daily

From Thursdays Daily)
The people of Starr we're shocked
yesterday morning when they learned
OF the death OF A. T.. Soudday, which
occurred about 800 o'clock yesterday
morning 1t Is said that paralysis. was
the cuusc OF his death.
Some, time ngo Mr.. Soudday suf-
fcred stroke OF paralysis and later
he fell and injured himself THIS ag-
gravated his condition and he stead
lily grew weaker. although 1t was be-
lieved that he might recover. follow
ing the injury.
The deceased was born in this coun-
ty and war about G1 years of age. He
wus married twice. the first time to
Miss Leila McGec and his second wife,
who was Miss EsSie Rowie, still SUR
lives him.
fJs. is survived by one brother, Kirk
Soudday. OF Nashville. Tenn, ana
two sisters, Mrs. Tom Watkins. OF
Nashville, and Mrs. Ella Walton OF
Atlanta.
The funeral services are to take
place this morning with Masonic
honors. at the .CrosE Roads Baptist
Church Mt Starr at II o'clock.
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OWE, NTONTEK'S ADVANCE
's.s 3 = IN THE Fs'f2fC fCE or WHEAT

December 80. Sel-s sI.1s4 0.27 1-s
A year ago September wheat; wnAa
selling at SO b-sc and December az:
80 1-8c. " 80, ~ I
Toduy's advance began at tie opens
iusJ WIN frantic clerks, inrthe pit bii-s
ding Ito 2 cents high than tie Isen
vious close and filing their orders bys
piecemeal. Exporters have said that:
there was a strong foreign demand foT
flour, and Lord i Kitchiper has been
quoted as stating, that England was
prepared for three years or war
wheraf0rc, fortunate holderssofs tbs
cereal; concluded ito wait for still high,
crprtces. and there, was no spscnlatorSi
with tho feinerity to cell short. ~ - sts
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= GRAIN, SHIP STOPPED.
Because She Had Cannohs on Her
Deck, IL Was Claimed. ~.
tBy Associated Press }

New York. Aug. 26.-Ti,e Wilson
liner Francisco. 2 British steamer
bound for Hull with cargo OF grain,
waS stopped today as sae was leaving
port by the United States battlesl,ip
Florida. The Francisco has two AZ
calibre rifles mounted at her STERN
and 1t was these guns which caused
her detention. They were III por:tion
when the ship arrived here from Hull.
August IL.
The Francisco left her dock at Ho-
Doken soon after o'clock this Morn
Ing and headed slowly down the har-
Dor.
Previously it had been r,l,llureu
that the United States government
would object 10 her ieaving while
armed. Officers of the ship Informed
OF this rumor. said the guns had been
set up only for saluting> purposes
When off. the Statue Of Liberty the
Francisco dropped anchor and the
captain came for his clearance pa
pers. He obtained them and returned
early In the afternoon to his ship,
which proceeded down the harbor.
AS r:ie passed the Florida, however,
she was signalled to stop. The order
was obeyed immediately.
Agents. OF tile Wilson Line :,ere dis j.
claimed any knowledge as to why the
~.camer had been held up.
At the navy yard. however. It was
said tonight that the commander Of
the Florida had decided the Francisco
should be detained until facts con-
corning her clearance papers had
teen determined. 1t further was said
the chip would not be allowed TO
leave the harbor until the investign-
tion had been completed. Tonight the
Francisco was still at anchor. close
to the Florida.
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tBy Associated Press.) }

=
New York. August 26.--The Inde-
pendent will print in it's Forthcoming
issue the following cable message
from Count Okuma, premier Of Japan:
II gladly seize the opportunity to
send through the Independent a mes
sage to the people of the United States.
who have always been helpful and
loyal friends Of Japan.
1T Is my desire to convince your
people OF the sincerity of my govern
ment and my people in al! their ut
tsrances and assurances connected
with the present regrettable situa-
tion in Europe and the far east.
Every sense of loyalty and honor
oblige Japan TO cooperate with Great
Britain to clear from these waters the
enemies. who In the past, the present
and the future menace her interests,
her trade. her shipping and her peo-
PISS lives
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CONFLICTING REPORTS FROM THE FIRING: LINE
Continued from Page One:)i,,ss .s .s,, ss.s..-

which they will be. driven only by
great sacrifices on the part Of tnc
Germans.
A more hopeful feeling prevails III
England as to the strength Of the
French defensive position. The re-.
pulee tile French suffercd.nt Charlie.
ro1 has been partly due 10 he desire
OF the French army % ,.,h'cv; Il M!l-
liant incursion into Alsace aud I.tr-
lalne. which led them to yn.ker ill.nr
forces on: the Belgian; frontier. How
Ing recognized the danger uR' ,nis
course they now have rev.,'ed to
what appears to experts to be d riure
legitimate strategy, abandoning .ileir
invasion or the lost provinces aud
concentrating their strcErth In, :he
defense Of the Northern frontier.
While It. cannot be said that: tho
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BIjou Theatre.

.NOlfp yes, the. Chickleta, are here. and
areiiome chickens; the. prettiest girls,
East dancing and classiest vaudeville
yer SEEM In Anderson. En- says, Man
ager Bristow. as we'll as hundreds
that liave: seen the. performances, gwen
last night The bill for today Is an
exceptionally good one. There will
hB Some Chlcklets" featured In every
show at tile Bi1on fors the balance of
thu Week The Leroy osborfs Co; is
playing. .IorST inc nrst time inS Andar
ron tfiis' week at the. B,ioGs And to
Say that the public at large approves
OF the peri fofmapee IL Would j be
scarcely worth wIilles as tiies large
IcrpWds at each chow proves the Dbpus'
larits OF their trouss: 81; ,.} Q,
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7 Chicago. Aug. 26.-The price OF
wheat on the Chicago Board Of Trade
was bid up. excidAdly3 today Actual
trafishcti6iis were few, owing to the
optimism or the holders. Tho Enro-'
haan var viii send .!:e market st..;; t.;;
higher, but prices at fhe close were
s 1-8 to 6 IA higher than they were
when the closing gong sounded yester-
day. s. !
The following. is a comparison OF
prices today compared with those Just
.beforeth war became g practical GER:
tainty. y
Wheat Juiy-s7 August 2s Adv. ]
Dec so.
Sent. ...... 50. SO s-s $i.os scs24 IS
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which Wis organized as the South-'
ern Cotton association for the first
time In hi;tOry an effort was made to
have the cotton stored and to have the
farmers nx the price. Senator Smith
was made field agent. His territory
WAS the entire south nnu lie suoa be-
came II national figure because OF the"
nation wide interest which the move
mcnt Ind attracted and the eloquent
speeches he made in defense OF the
movement at New Orleans. Birming-
ham, Shreveport and Dallas. For
years Senator Smith served in this Gu
pacity. from 1905 to 1908 and the farm
err Of the State united In solid phalanx
ana promoted the cotton leader TO
the United States senate.
In the present campaign Senator
Sniith has been chided-L for devoting
most of his time for five and one.haif
years 10 farmers interests In the Uni-
ted States senate. For this lie has
made no apology. His platform six
years ago. as III this campaign, was to
SEQ that "the farmers, those who create
! the real wealth OF the world, shall
have their proper share" All legfsla~
tion which he initiated has been with
, this end in View .'r-...
or all the good work that Senator
Smith has done. that OF which he is
most proud Is the Standardization OF
cotton. grades and the writing or sec:
ton Is into the new banking and cur
rency law.
The first enables the farmer to COM
pare the sample OF the product he ts
putting on the marker with the ma
tional grades and tn nscnrtain TIE
duality OF the produce. From the
daily quotation. lie. is in position to
know exactly what price he should OBJ
tain. II wns also proved by this ex4
pertinent IN testing the tensile
strength or lilo. ibre ana the cozt Of
iicachirg that "an expert can't tell the,
,.."c.cl,..' ii, &. atings I'm which pur-
chasers made difference last year
, OF SIS n bale. eie'lS y fsr
The banking law amendment would
ftif,r folut;On of; the present democrat
i4atiuh OF tic cotton market t. the
banking law machinery were r, corn
plctcd md the law were fii full poeral
t.ni: THIS. amendment was, an extern
sion OF time for farmers notes from
/, 80 days 10 months and made aRri-
cultural products collateral, on witch
certain percentage OF the value could
be demanded OF the national banks:
III the law were now IN effect, thisi
would enable the farmers to hold their
crtion, without other necessary. pro.
/. Visions. ts5 10 ,sl l9ssss
90 Another bill which Senator Smith,
has fathered sisi,to rcguiate cotton ex..
changes ana ce,aae. cctt.aa brokers Is.
/ III contracts with graded, contracted
Tor. without the alternative OF shbstis
tuting other grades; or the prJvIteg6fof
making up the difference In price adj
justmcnt. a. 4 3 ). =:
Twf cthe. resolutions in farmers
interests. originated by Senator Smith,
were to have hcPcotfons tie ana 6SFs
g!ngs and the nitrate and ammonfafe.
trusts investigated. In. consequences
OF the former, the cost 6f bagging, and
ties has been cut practically IN two.
Nitrate of'Hoda was reduced Tsf3 ton
Within eight weeks after: the fnvest-
tigation began. 3 -
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A!ssss.s:::Fs RsTTua::sseeaa:;

London. Aug 26.-3:2O p. ma
dispatch to The Reuter- Telegram
Company from its Antwerp corre-
spondent says that another raid on
the city by Zeppelin airship- was- at
tempted last night. The effective
measures taken by the Belgium milf
tary authorities, the correspondent
continues. caused the German airship
to retire.
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i've bnttIeships and cruiser squadron
Of three vessels; u'so light cruiser
squadron OF four vessels.
The third hume fleet has also two
battle squadrons. known numerically
as the seventh and eighth. The
seycntb' battle squadron consists OF,
eight battleships. one attached cruiser
and craiscr squadron of seven ves-
sells. IN the eighth battle squadron
besides six battleships are FIVE dis
iirct cruiser. squadrons OF six vessels
pucl.
The first home fleet comprises in nd
dillon to the vessels already mention
cd four distinct fiotillas. each comprls.
ing n cruiser. II depot boat und firteenS
to twenty torpedo boat destroyers,
The second home fleet Is accompanied
by u mine layer squadron Of seven
ships.
Battle Cruisers.
Engiand's first home feet comprises
four vessels Of the class known ns bat
tie cruisers.
Germany and England are the only
any cntfle cruisers. These are huge
cruisers of high speed nIul OF grent Of.
fensive power. They nre in renlity
bnttlcships. In which some thickness
OF arinor hns been sacrificed In order
to permit tile Installation Of powerful
driving rrnchincry to obtnin spced.
They might be called fast battleships.
Whit they lack In armor In; made up
In speed. StiIi. they are heavily nrmor-
cd. though not 30 heavily as are bat
tlcshihs Of the Dreudnought tyDe.
England has nine and Germany four
of these battle cruisers.
Squadrons In Far Waters.
AS itss namet implies. the. home feet
lics In home wnters. The navy NUN.
tnins pntrOl fiOtillns to the number of
four, besides submarine fotilla num-
bering forty-sevcn vessels. Each ma.
troll fOtilla comprises cruiser and
about twenty torpedo boat destroyers.
These vessels patrol the sens.
In the Mediterranean squadron there
are eleven cruisers. heavy aud light
and ten destroyers. Tho eastern
squadron in Chfnn waters comprises
SIX cruisers. six attached ships, ten
:.:er Se.nes:s ~" c!SS.:::s 5Ss:::oJc::.:-
DUH .ne Meii.erraneani ~ ana the east
en- .,rs Sg"uuions a.. onn "le iAely 70 become IN
.ona,.. Ssv nl european
.,. o"nis. omah squaatons' chlehy
- a,o.ss.' a. ".e .,. Un,neu rnn. ~ Austrahan
Co. s41css = .as ,no. Mnn .nus "a arvGnu tue
n"n", 20 o.,ao 'e anu on tne "est
'' "
mo iron Ouke'
the new battleship Iron Duke. the
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4 sThe TWenty Year resi-

y. Some twenty years ago I csed
hnItherlain's & Colo, s tsss Cltnieras and
sDiarrhoea RsffetS =, z writes Cen
IVA 1fopt publ Ishsr o TIC Ehter-
prise. Aberdeen Miss nI@ q discover
I'd that ~ swna sai acick ANA taafe nnfe
for idiarfhoeats sHlhra then, MOI one
Sslff tell stnes my thing safd foA pinst az
good DnrihRs ali these, ears i sfIaxe
esod ~ and yrcc6 6ffniended II many
ttffes,s and its has b b eTer diaapppintesi
.AndyShss Sors saia aaI dealers.
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HIKE YOU TRUSTS.
President Wilson Is After Trusts with
n. ShnrD Stick.

Washington. Aug 26.--Admiinistra-
tion leaders In congress- were snm
moned to the white house today and
told that the president expected no
let down in the program Of Keeping
the trust billy moving. Senator Kern
iu;I tic president &c expected !: vote
on the Clayton bill Saturday.
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I.usslfans Are Victorious.

London; Aug. 26.-l:35 p. m.-'rhe
Plssian embassy is in receipt OF tel
egranls for the general staff at ST. Pc.
tersburg which announce fresh Rus
sian victoricS against both Gerniann
and Austria.
These messages declare that Rus
sian troops now occupy the whole of
the eastern and southern half OF
Eastern Prussia.
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CONGREssMEN SCARED.
Didn't Like the Idea Of being sDock.
edn For Absences,

: \ gu TUT. AUHcuc6Ss
Washington. Aug, 26:,Prosrects
OF losing: naday's pay for; each days
absence brought congressman troop
ing back to the, house today and, the
roll showed. 267' OF; the 436 in theft
c,sats. the greatest number,'in weeks.
This Is the SECOND jInc of reserves
arriying,n announced the leader OF
one returning party, "the third line ia
on the way. ~ ssl,s.s,
Many applications for leave ION ac-
count of illness" were handed to the
clerk. Majority Leader Underwood
announced that the sergeant -at-arms
would liaves to9be' satisfied of the: val.
idity of every such application
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BeigIans Take, Offensiye.

London, Aug, 26.-4:02 p. ma
dispatch from Antwerp. to the FIX
change Telegraph Company sayg the
Belgian, operations beyond MalineE
were continued. throughout last night.
The Belgian forces succeededS In de-
stroying defensive works constructed
Sy The GsrsnaiiS
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Knse aEopaR iNsPEcfgxa. ma pIoHT1xn
AKksCN a 3DIiTA DN6Ud diafs 81
thans 50 degt The dispiacemtnt 2of
,tbeg Iron Dnle ands Emperor at India
4 ,ia, 20.400 tons. speed 22,,a knots. :.
\ i IDs Neer uagsnIp or the German
navy IL tho Ffted dficH dAf Crosse,
jhAYtna d dispiacs {: of 2f.3 3l0 ttons'
and an arms q psil o ten
{ Great Rritain,ss Hsst shipa :Si
since tho heginpj1g 81: .l8i3. the az,
.re2dy mammoth BrltlahsnayE Sas been
;resenfofeca bya several ships & of the;
.Iireadmonghkl Or supKfaD Dread1Deghts
asseraI. o. sss Y AZ peass tnx tho;
gIIHgDs OF yDess DHTIles esEqEauronEEOTS SIHH.
;hbthst figek aboye cite AasaoriR ftiSsbs
I sss.ls inenat terss iis IN C&ffqhesor.
King Geof$e VI. Centurion, 81 A1ax and
4 ElNacions q the ina s cfiissfa,
iPfikss Royal llissanS Mary !
sxealsn I'D ana k6sffa III. i pfinSsta
l sB61Af aads apsess Gdrrs, ii ines
s.tss
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Photo BY American Press Association.

Photo by American Press Association.
KING oEondE .'THR SAILOR"
tKtns George spent years at sea ana ,s
admiral in more than name.
twelve miles This squadron has also
battle cruiser squadron comprising
foGr vessels and one attached cruiser
beHides. ~
Second. Third and; Fourth Squadron.
The second sbhttle squadron compris-
es / the bntt,eships Ajax. Audarious.
Centurion. Conqueror, King George ".
Monarch. Orion and Thunderer.
The second bnttles squadron also has
q cruiser. sdu1drOn Of four, vessels az
well as an attached cruiser.
The II, ,tic. squadron comprises
the bat: Edward VII. Africa
Britnnri.. .uvI}wealth. !, Dominion.
HfberiIa. flinLustan, ZealnndiA and an
attached cruiser: Four cruisers con
stitpte the. third cruiser squadron 3;
The fourth battle squadron. forming
a.parf OF the. fifss feets consists OF the
AgAmernnon. Rellerophons Temernire.
andS Spreqdhougiit. which Is tfeE ffng-
ship OF Vice Admiral Sir Doug glas IA, IA,
Gamble. cdmInan Ter :of this aquadtons
The Dteadhdiig ght d pc Il: 700 sdisfi6cs.,
menl.;s ispgFp 6a6 sferL beum q festI.
draft slI fest ana speed q knots Il She
carries ten twelve inchGg gums and tweRS.
ty.fourl iitels twelya.ponndef qnitk Ar
ing guns5s The; ;Agamennon lafofS 1G-:
500 displacement. has f9nrI twelyetipchi
ten 0pAnch.a Hfteen twelve poinderss
ana eftorpedo tnbesss The Heller
nphon md Temarair Ire wsfa hl,ilf 4 ftAe: e
the Dreaia aHought and ore Of: :1s. 600 dis
placement sHd feet long 81 feet benin;
and carry ten ssfeiss Inch ana sixteen:
foar:ineh guns land s ai' tospsdo.
ass The fourth 6atflo sqnAd Iron hns alto,
nm astarted scFntser 4 and A three other e
asse1sii and; Third siotnes FIsetss
TGcrs yAtes alst1f ID; second ana tEir8i
\ 81, dts sision Comp briaes two battle squad.
.,sss9 slsslinerica aiiy the ifsh sapd sslxtt
Thr Nth liHtt ttlaS !. squadron spmbrIsc9
eigAt Simtt tiesht liss "a he'd SLulA
and q crafaef soah hdrons spt ty
lie siss,isi u sils.sss ! assa
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Refugees From Iieigiums

CLAN refugees. reached; paris Monday.
1000 yesterday, and $500 today. Ten
French frontier. The French people
are giving the refugees warm well
come. supplying them with food and
clothes and lodging them IN public
buildings.
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;ToroInnd sur,enders..

London. Aug. 26..-7:l0i p. MT
was annohnced. officially tliat Ger
man Togoland had surrendered un-
conditionally. The allies viii enter
Kamina Thursday morning.
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Great :. !. BRIT ||.|F'I AIMS
MIGHTY Fl. .EI:ET.
.Ess
The Armament In Home and
Foreign Waters.
IRON DUKE. GREAT FIGHTER,

Flagship and Commander Of the First
Division Ordered to Seattle Now.
est. Heaviest and Swiftost vesseia.
Battle cruicere Strong and Swift.
Armament to Cope With Aerial War.
ships-Phenon,enai Speed Attained
by Now EattIe Cruisers of King
George.
@TAiIE fleet Of British battIeships
IA which smiled ut the snd OF
E. July under seuled orders from
Portland In command OF Sir
George Cuilnshan Is n division Of tha
first II aie feet Of, Britnin.. This diyii
Sion Is known fl the navy rs the 1rst
fleet and is always kept ready. .fuliy
manned. for seu service Neither the
second nor the third .1eet hns been Kept
fully nlunned. as many Of the officers
and uien nre trimming ON shore nnd.
would not be nble to 20 into action
without first tnking u period OF trnin.
ing ut sen
The ilagship Of the conlmunder In
chief of the home trts. Admirui Sir
George Cullugllnn. is the bnttleship
Iron Duke. SHE is Of 2G.40O tons dis.
placement. 20.OU0 horsepower md has
speed OF twenty one knots. Her
armament consists Of ten l3.5.inct
guns in double turrets on center line.
twelve six-inch guns mounted In an
armored bqttery aud elk three.pound.
ers She las four torpedo tubes.
The flagship Of, Vice Admiral Sir lie
vvis'Rnyiv. commanding. tho Jrst 'bMttle
squadron. ts the. .CoilihYwUud The 9th.
er battIeshipa-Of the first squadron are
the ST Vincent. Hercules. Colossus.
Neptune. Marlborough. Vanguard and
Superb These nre among the biggest
and most powerful fighting ships In the
world. costing about Sl2.5OO.OOO each.
The guns nre mounted in pilirs in tur-
rets. one Of which Is placed In the
bows. two side by side lnidships and
two nstern. one behind the other. Tie
weight of the pro1ertile is, $40 pounds.
and 1t hus i nnzZle velocity OF 1000
feet a second aud range of about
Evening star., 1914-10-13
ROSTER NOW COMPLETE
Non Commissioned Officers Are
Named for High School
Cadets.
Are

Non commissioned officers of the high
as follows by the high schools today:
Eastern High School, Company F.
Sergeants, first, Theodore Chisholm;
second, Eugene Cole; third, Anthony
McAulisse; fourth, William Barkman:
fifth, Charles Boteler; corporals, Ed
ward Maier, Read Handy, Day Porrey.
Herbert Graves, William Douglas and
Milo Summers.
Business High School, Companies E
and G-Sergeants, first. D. NJ. Fry and
Olin Hartig; second, Benjamin Jaffa
and L. H. Biron; third, c. H. Berlin
and D. B. Croft; fourth, George Hen
lock and Manuel Mensh; fifth, w. E.
Griffin and j. L. Cronie; corporals, E.
NJ. Hartley, E. S. Chamberlain, W. E.
Vaughn, D. H. Moore, ]. c. Wilkes.
Alphonso Newell, Samuel Taylor. Ken
meth Pearson, Albert Darr. Arthur Fox,
Alvin Cross and Maurice Tonkin.
Mckinley Manual Training School,
Companies c. D and K-Sergeants.
first, w. F. Sparrow. P. Busk and G.
E. Barnes; second, D. c. Cooper, J. H.
Fellows and H. L. Strang; third, W. A.
Arner, r. Rudolph and F. E. Hide
brand; fourth. X. G. F. Zobel. D. Zirkin
and L. ". Himmler; fifth. v. q. Brauner,
S. Cole and c. w. Porter; corporals.
w. v. Petit, C. P. Claxton, r. R. Hun
ter, T. E. Newman, G. NJ. Nairn. E. r.
Russ, E. V. Benham, N. H. Barnes, A.
H. Whitney, K. McGregor. L: G: Smith,
ford, S. P. Corning, v; H; Hartshorn.
c. r. Taylor, J. D. Spalding, J. D.
Eggleston, J. G. Byler and D. w.
Marshall.
Evening star., 1914-10-13
EMMA WILLARD SCHOOL
OBSERVES CENTENNIAL
Washington Graduates Represented
by Miss Clara B.
Moore.

The centennial celebration of the
Emma Willard School of Troy, \. y
formerly the Troy Female seminary,
has lust been concluded with Miss
Clara B. Moore of the Department OF
Justice in attendance, as the repre-
sentatives of the Washington grad
yates, who include Mrs. Mary l.. Dick
inson, Mrs Thomas w. lockwood, Jr.,
and Mrs George NJ. Ruffin.
The school was founded by Emma
Willard in 1914, at Middlebury. Vt,
she having taken charge of the female
academy there about seven years pre-
vious The first building for female
education was erected there. In 1919
the school was removed to Waterford.
N. Y, and finally in 1921 to Troy,
n. V, where it has remained.
Several years ago. Mrs. Russell Sage,
Ia graduate of the class of 1s41. gave
81 600, 900 to the school and out of this
fund handsome buildings were erected.
Generations of Miss Moore's family
have been gradua ted from the school.
Her grandmother four great aunts. her
mother and siste. are included in the
list and during. her recent visit. she
met classmates of herself and sister,
as well as several of ner mother.
A pageant depicting the life of Emma
Willard was given on the campus by
teachers and pupils of the school dur
ing the centennial.
Marion lie Roy Burton. president of
Smith College: William F.. Curley.
Emma Willard School, and President
Mary f. Woolley of Mount. Holyoke
College delivered addresses during
the centennial.