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The Alaska daily empire., 1915-08-04
NoTIcE

NOTICE.
 Notice is hereby given that the town council has fixed the rate of tax levy for the year 1915. designating twenty mills on each dollar of assess ed property; that the taxes are now due. and will become delinquent on the last Friday in September next hereafter, at the hour of six o'clock D. m, and unless paid prior thereto ten per cent will be added to the amount thereof, together with inter. est thereon at the rate of eight per cent per annum from date of delin- quency until paid, that the taxes are payable to the City Clerk at his of flee in the City Hall between the hours of 10 a. ID. and 12 m and D. m to 8 D. m. o'clock each day except holidays.
 Dated at Juneau, Alaska, this 24th day of July, 1915.
 (SEAL) D. W. PETIT, 7-29-1 wlS. Municipal Clerk.
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LOOT is NEGOTIABLE.
4. =. Is insured against Loss h.,
Wall or Express.

WNSuINGTON. oct. roller Of
She currency Williams has received no
official report on the loss Of $500, 600 IN
unsigned national bank currency in the
train robbery in West Virginia to-day.
II VAS said that the stolen bills nm
doubtodly can be passed as legal tender.
AZ ia" law docs not require that the bills
be signed Ivy cashiers of the rational
before becoming legal money.
Newspaper reports state that the money
was being carried in the express car,
but lie not make 1t clear whether II waS
in the rare of an express company or
the mail officials.
IL any event thc Government and the
banks viii ncu no loss, FOR the en-
press companies are responsible II tho
money was shipped through them, and
if 1t was shipped through the I'ost OF
flee department II was insured.
Some time ago, when Secretary Of the
Treasury McAdoo issued instructions
that money being forwarded to thc
banks he sent by the parcel post, he took
the precaution 10 provide for the insur-
ance Of such shipments.
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BANDITS STOP N. Y.
TRAIN, GET 100000
Unsigned Currency and Regis
tered Mail StOlcn-S2,O OO,-
900 in Gold Overlooked.
IN WEST VIRGINIA

WHEELING, W. Va. oct. S.-A Bdlti-
more and ohio express train which lett
New York yesterday morning at 10
o'cl.ck for st. Louis was held ny about
: o'clock this morning near Central.
W. Va. by two masked men.
Aftcr securing. it IL said. ninety pack
ages Of unsigned bank notes. totaliing
sjJO, 900, and 100 registered mail pack
ages the robbers escaped through the
hills IN the direction of the Ohio River.
They overlooked $4,000, 900 in gold In
the express cav.
The passengers did no, know for some
time tlat anything mad happened, and
train crew left with the stalled cars
did not realize that there had been a
robbery. They started OF in search OF
the missing engine and soon met the
fireman running back to give the alarm.
The engineer. Grant Helms, heard the
men climb over the coal and turned to
see an automatic shotgun levelled at
his head. The other robber was SINH
larl, ara ed and both wore masks. With
Helms and the fireman covered. one
uf the ren ordered Helms to stop and
then had him cut Off the engine and
mail ears. Free OF the train. the iobber
stood by Helms and told him to run
down the track bou two miles
hen the engineer n fireman were
ordered to the groNnd and one Of the
robbers took the throttl" and ran the
engine about two miles further ON, where
they riiled the mail car at their leisure.
When reports o; the robbery reached
parkersburg. the division headquarters.
railroad and county detectives were at
once sent to the scene of the robbery
and took up the trail of the len. Posses
of loo men We're ranging the hills before
daylight looking FOR the train robbers.
and had with them a number Of blood
hounds. -Four men were sighted in the
foothills near Central station not long
after the Shcriff's men got {, work. and
at last reports they were being run
down.
From the fact that the men seemed
familiar with locomotives Helms thinks
THAT they had at one tim" been railroad
zen. He could not give "A good descrip-
tion Of them. When he found his
engine the fires had been drawn and
preraution taken 10 prevent an eNplo-
sion il steam got NJ while it WAS un-
attended.
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CLERKS TELL OF u
Think Bandits Boarded Train In
Washington,

t~iNCISNAr1. oct. Witt a mad car
looted OF $500. o00 in currency Baltimore
and Ohio train No. ! arrived her. at
II 80 l.. NJ. TO-DAY several hours late.
How the two armed bandits entered
the mail ear was told Tonight by Albert
Phillips, one of the three mail clerks IN
til. car at the time.
The robbers were either railroad men
o. persons who in some manner became
very familiar with the interior Of mall
cars said Phillips.
II opened the door IN spoons 10 4
tapping. thinking some member OF the
train crew Wanted 20 -ct In. As | did
20 I looked into the muzzle OF a cun
II the man behind il kicked the door
wide open. He showed IN ahead q: him
the engineer and fireman aud calmly
told " t. old up our hands.
An older man then turned 20 M" and
then = sharp loud voice said Where's
tine biz packages" told him | Gidn't
know what he was tilkin- about He
began Ia rummagc about the ear. We'll,
they" here ana I'm SONG 10 get en-.
h. SAID.
lie then came upon the registered
packages containing the money. TEARING
these open and seeing the A.ls. u" seemed
To forset ahou; the three package, n"
was talking about. When ." had taken
his money he ordered NJ Gus of the ear.
~ We we're goine IN, younger man said {:
await, YOU are i'm your Shirt sleeves
and rs cold. vou'l freeze - death out
there. Tik" your coats We took ON
cott. and went outside. "" thought
the train had been surrounded ~
inhucrs NJ one Was q puud when we
cot outsidc. and IL vas sine time before
we could get the train crew to let us
In the coaches. They thought We We're
ramps. | guess. iy the time We ave
tn" alarm the bandits had a good start.
before the robbers entered our car
they climbed over the coal tender. We
learned from the engineer. As the first
one S;lTted over the coal pile the cngi-
nccr thought he was - member II the
crew.
"Bclirliug that one Of IN" cIew was
irving 10 play a Joke on Dim the cng.nces
struck at the man playfully. The bandit
turned calmly and said Don't YOU
strike me-
Then IA" engineer SAN his drawn re-
vulycr and knew what he was up
against. In another moment The second
bandit had jumped Into the engine cab
and tho engineer and fireman were
dragged to tho duur az our car
The mail clerks believe IN" men were
i'm Washington when the rome. vas
placed IN the car and corcealcd them
selves somewhere on IA" train uutil IL
stopped for water at Central station.
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TRIEST TRIAL ON OCT. IS.
Father 10 Plead Princeton student
Is Mentally Unbalanced.

WAsHINGTuN. oc', >.--Tdrough the
intercession of the Department of State
a -postponcment of trial has been granted
in the case of Gustav X. ". Triest, son
OF Wolfgang q. Tricst of New York,
who IN held by the British Government
on the charge of being u German spy.
The father appealed to the state De-
partnent in behalf ri his son and as II
result the Young mars trial has been
postponed to bctoler Is. His first re-
quest to the state Department was To-
have a request mad" Of the british
Government to ~rcleasc young Triest
from the military service IN which he
had enlisted after running away from
Princeton last winter. II was then
learned tina: ne had been arrested and
imprisoned by the British. II was al
legged 10y the British authorities thar
young Tricst wrote "A letter Offering T.,
furnish certain iir.tlsh military infor-
nation To the Germans.
Mr.. Tries, has asserted to officials
of the State department that his s,n is
mentally unbalanced and VI is expected
trat this will be the che basis of his
appeal to the British authorities for
his sons release.
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GREEK PRIEST A SUICIDE.
Leaps From window Nftcr wife
MODS EIrst Nttempt.

After his wife prevented him from
committing suicide yesterday the Rev,
Ap~ollonarius k"drowsky, a priest of the
creek Orthodox Church, leaped from the
firth story of the Russian Immigrants
Home at 3i7 East Fourteenth street.
Tie was taken to BELLEVUE Hospital,
where he died from "a fracture of the
skull.
Mrs Kedrowsky said hcr husband had
been despondcnt FOR days, The priest
came TO this cit, with his wife ANA six
children six weeks ago from the Rus
sian Mission at Unalaska, Alaska, where
they had been for the last fourteen years.
The family expected TO sail for Russia
In "A few days.
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HOW BRITISH USED GAS,
letter tn CmrdiH >rwspn g TELLS
Of ~ EMcncS IL ATTACK.

LuNpoN. Oct, S. letter Ia a Cardiff
newspaper dc,cribcs the British use of
gas IN the recent Western battle, From
the description 1t seems that the gas
aided materially In capturing the
uuarrir. Of the Gormans, The letter
says in part
owing to our shells not penetrating
tn" German duguuts we had hDrdes
against rs aud had 20 fall back. We
let some Nor" gas AT them and made M
OF g. plunge. took - quarry and cap
iur"d l,1on men n IN gums.
sunday uirht we to rcport At
brigade hCIduulrtr'S ana returning |
fell u,nI,r the Influence 81 thu ga
lay aslcrr fog eighteen hours and waH
taken 10 the dressing station as
wounded, foll had fallen upon u dead
man and hhi become saturated with
blood. I woke with fearful pains. My
face was green with fumes"
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EX.ARMY ATTACHE HURT.
Gen. uRncOck's BrOthrr-in-lsw
Victim Of Broadway Accident.

Oliver dubois Russell, - wears old
a brother-in-law of Gen. Winfield Scott
Hancock. was painfully injured ycster-
day afternoon at Ftfty-first street and
Broadway when he was Knocked into
q SIX foot trench when about to board
a surface car. He suffered scalp wounds
and a severe shock and was removed
TO Polytechnic Hospital. There the
rounds were dressed and he was taken
to 81. Luke's Hospital. whittier he was
bound when thrown into the excava-
ton.
Mr.. Russell vas resting easily last
night. but the fear was expressed that
the injuries and shock might prove seri-
Gus owing to the patients age.
Mr.. Russell. whose home for the past
twenty years has been at sos West
Fifty-first street. was born in 81. Louis.
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see PopuInr \pprU>

Admin -;att.uu leaders have been
sa,.t"i .' TIM" popular approval that
h.. followed the announcement on SUI
!raga tud lh' su-ar tariff.
Political leaders see a larger Siggiti-
canoe DO the announcement d. Attorney
General Gregory with respect 10 proposed
s'e"l m'r-'lo than l. apparent. l. Is
b.aNrd IT," AtturucY-tienerais state
NeI. Sat, ,Sucd with the approval Of
Ff's.drnt Wilson and was attended as
Dot. to a." country that the Admin
E'dt,ou uas not abandoned its cam
p'-a AGAIN Illegal combinations. and
tMi the Sherman law nay h" rc~ortcd
hN.d.l e - provisions are disr"garded
The belle. here - that political rNl-
rrn'.'s wee chiefly responsible foI
N Gregory statement. and that ID was
.h''uo'. ln" the sections -, tho c.uI-
Ny whore more radical puliilcai seu;l-
mai : fnIul For u wear o. more the
F'ie .D Government has not initiated
~ Important apti-tgust suit. and the
.npr' .,or has been widespread that the
Attorney -,ier"ral's inactivity was a part
o. " SGT policy of the administration to
'l'ou.a-o business in every way pos
sb.r.
h'c' ? vas said officially thai Il
number uf antitrust suits are held in
'o'Fancr bending the outcome of i'm
l'Itd1' na.'S now awaiting decision in
We Surr"lu" Court. There are reasons
10Y p'l'Nlug that the early part OF 1916
""l N' tie il!nc of several important
''lN Hha'r the Sherman law.
lac fft!lIcHts friends are convinced
s''f q careful study Of the situation
..a' ans ''t.,udc on tn question Of ma
"''"' H'l"''c represents the majority
'"'u''A' "I tn" country. His speech
- VI" .''aI advisory GARD this weeN
vas 'u q moro Vhulcheartcd spirit than
a '"''t.i"ra'd any o. his previous
mcai
Pf'puu'ion for Defence rather than
'''ldr'dH '-s for Wsr' will be the key
''.' H.. ib' Presidents future utter ances
IN" subject or national defence. Iis
'i''"', ar' ,luvluc"d tina. despite the
o,lC>i"u Of Mr.. Bryan and other pac-
ms 90" President will have the sup
ll' '' 'l' country Tor what may bc
'E'iN"' o. 70 Programme of heavy cN-
'F"'d|'> for the army and navy.
j. h'. unlikely that some political
I'SnE may result from the rrcsi-
"f"'. He>to day ia urging IN"
''e'', ii.'"rNo Board to establish joint
-' agencies ~ the reserve banks.
49, Nrst time that the pr'sidcn.
10y N'h''..I - counsel the board openly
quite" - policy, and Republicans
'' ''''Il"ud win comment upon his
a. $40 'nor 20 bring the White
nous" ''Iorcc into play H. the matter
W" Hi. r''o, system.
-, "' recalled 10y the Republicans
' l' Ir'.Ii"ut said a. the time
e., 'r cllonSl = the mcmbors
- '''' ' l;" I'VE Board tina. the task
''A '- ..ou'"'tut as IL ne were called
" H|.pIU' an equal number 81
." ? " Supreme bench. There Is
.'' "'''s ',"u on IA" part of the board
% ''."' IT," establishment Of tho
10 '"I"su agencies until the reserve
I"" been more thoroughly cstaD-
''' ~ p'HI". Politicians will watc'l
' 'oHHIt'r anle interest the attitude
'l' Us tho board in response to the
'''' ''H', suggc zion.
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RECEPTION FOR LORD READING
bar AssocintiOn I" Entertain Eng
lands Lord thicf Justice.

Lord R"tdiu- has accepted an invita-
ton 10 a reception IN ms honor to he
given by tn" Bar Association on Thurs.
diN evening ana also has consented to
make" An address 20 the members. The
reception. which vii hoe'u at . O'Clock.
Will he held AZ the home Of the a~s~oril-
ton. - Yves; t'orty-fourth street.
Announcement that Lord Beading had
accepted the invitation was made vcs-
tcrday by George W. Wickersham. prcs!-
dent OF the association.
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IF YOU do not mind" he said. Il
will talk to you this way. IT'S more
comfortable to me and less formal.
This is y direct loan of $500, 000. 600
to two Of the richest Governments in the
world he said at the outset. ut is a
direct obligation of these two nations.
and | feel that Their. are only one or
two matters we should clear up"
lie mentioned the frs, as safety"
bu, stopped
Il think 7 should speak first as 70
the neutrality of this loan he said.
IL do not consider this a way loan
AZ all. 1t * commercial. The best Gus
toners we have EYER had are ask
ing for time on their purchascs-th'
greatest AMI most resoulc.tul nations
of the world. England and France. They
hav- been buying in this countt, and
selling here. but NJ the present they are
buying more thar they are selling. We
must give them time. We must learn to
Civ. cr,d!, to our foreign customers.
Just a. u bank gives credit. If We would
keep their trade. e We would become u
power in world finance.
There can L.. nothing simpler than
that. nothing palmer to every sensible
person.
As to the safetI-th!s loan l. an
external debt ~ the two countries. II
H. a filet charge on them IL Is 10 H. paid
above everything else. 1t ~ absolutely
imperative for countries to meet external
obligations. II nothing else. II they ar"
h. escape the worst form Of bankruptcy
and disgrace
Mr.. Morgan here read n:LrsS from an
article written hy Sir Geoig" pa.sh. 4
r"pN Of Wh.,a was given with other
documents TO ull ~. s"n II showed
the enormous . sources OF ENGLAND and
France. the laNah,. property. the income
AND tn" general
why. T. wonid -" absurd rr said.
ITO doubt the financial r"~uoreihilty Of
these bonds II wuulI Ice absurd to talk
of the resources of III" countries.
NO Government Investment since tho
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J. p. z
700 HOW TO SELL BONDS
Says $500, 900, 900 Issue Is Neither Pro-Ally Nor Anti
German, but observation-disclosures All Eager
and Confident of Success.

Nearly 200 bond statesmen connected
with the big houses Of New York and
the metropolitan district heard !. p.
Morgan explain the selling points of the
100000 900 issue to Great Britain and
France at the Waldorf Astoria yester-
day afternoon.
Summed up Mr.. Morgan's DECLARE
tons were that the issue IL neither pro-
Ally nor anti-German. but pro-Ameri-
can that II will he impossible for the
resources Of the two countries to be
affected materially by the war. for no
great nation can be cxtinguished that
America has now II chance to enter into
world finance, and further that within
five years the conversion privileges of
the bonds will he at n premium.
Representatives Of every bond house
# Importance in the city. with men from
MS far az Albany, crowded the As,or
gallery of the hotel at $50 O'clock,
when Mr.. Morgan appeared. Averaging
them up they were young men. but very
keen looking young n.,n. ready To- go out
next week and present to the American
investor the advantages of this bond
purchase at 9S. which will mean "A re-
turn Of about 81 per cent.
They greeted the head Of the banking
house which is the agent of the s!ndi-
cate managers with hearty applause.
Thomas W. Lamont. Jr.. accompanied
.ir. Morgan up the centre aisle. hut he
modcstly took a chair when the
speakers stand was reached. Il don't
wan; TO 81. here alone said Mr.. Nor
gan. whercupon lie motioned to Mi.
Lamon, and Dwight Morrow TO come UP
with him. Immediately after this he
sat down.
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CREW OF U. S. SCHOONER SAVED
Captain aud rive, Men OT T0fa
NcRch Kingston AFTER storm.

special 'obie Desp1'ck ~ THr StN
KINGSTON. Jamaira. oct S-Thc cap
tain and five members of the rrcp of the
American schooner Tofa. wrecked on
Little Cayman island. northwest ~
jamaica. in the recent hurricane. have
reached Kingston.
The men. VINO experienced mar"
IA rdships. will hc sent To the United
States.
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his father having been a partner In tho
firm OF Russell a. Ncnnctt, u grocery
firm. His sister married Gen. Ham
cock.
For forty wears Mr.. Russell was sec
rotary to the Assistant Qu~artcrmaster.
General on Governors Island and re-
tired three Years ago.
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YOUNG MEMS SUITS

in the newest designs and fabrics.
The young imam desiring q well-fittiug.
Well-taiIored Suit for Autumn wear,
will find i'm the selections now ON dis
play, i'm the Second Floor Department,
q number of attractive styles that win
bear favorable comparison with custorrl-
made clothes.
Prices $1,000, S25.OO, S28.UO
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IRIS, HILIEBRANDT PROTESTS.
"'""''s ~ Washington She Was
"rh"r"d ont Of Germany.

81" 'pLi" beSpaich 10 THu Su..
'''''N Oct. N.-After spending
" '"uu hours ia TWO German
','.S Mrs Morrick iii%ldebrandt OF
''.' "", Ey, tuilIor and editor of n
'"' uiigtHnN". Was ordered by the
""'"' Ing officer of Lindau prison to
'' ntl\, then escorted to the
'ud Narnea lot 10 come back.
. N'N'"S hero Mrs. iIildebrandt cont
M r,"iS rrol"st To Washington through
.''hlti'r Stpyall
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WARNING FROM BERLIN.
German Paper says fathcrinnd
WIN Remember Loan.

BERLIN. via Amsterdam. oct. >-The
fokdidN :oiUCr assures the German
American bankers who in their iudivid-
uai capacities subscribed To the Anglo
French loan that their misdeeds will
he remembered by the fathorland."
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civil war IN this countrN has ,uualled
this continued Mr.. MOI gan. except
the clio. OOO. 900 issue by rance in 1871.
which was used to enable the new Gov
eminent to start in. This investment
will return nearly -, per cent. 1t was
necessary to put the interest at that
figure. for the American public is ar-
customed to ; per cent. bonds. rail-
roads and the Ike. and we had TO make
these a little more attractive
Mr.. Morgan told the bond men that
one N the most attractive talking points
Of the new bonds IL the conversion priv
ilege permitting them to he converted
into ~. per cent. bonds. which are To
run from fifteen to twenty-five years.
Abroad they are accustomed to take
bonds which return 2ia to 3 per cent.
interest" he explained. These bonds
run for five years. by that time. please
God. this war will he over. and well over,
and a 49, per cent. investment will sell
at a premium
Lated on Exchange.
After Mr.. Morgan had finished Mr.
Morrow talked bonds to the bond sales
men. He pointed ont tina, the United
states business world had first taken
railroad bonds. then electric power
bonds now 1t has an opportunity TO
take world bonds. None of the coun-
tries had ever defaulted. he said. They
had passed through times just as threat
ening. The cost of the Napoleonic wars
was prOportionally greater to England
than :hc present war,
Thereafter the meeting adjourned into
an Informal gathering. The bond sales
men seemed to think they would sell the
receipts, or the temporary certificates.
without trouble.
The bonds were listed on the Stock
Exchange yesterday on the basis Of
when and as II issued" Tie first sale
was ~ 10000 worth At sS. the selling
price. The sale was made by IIerzfeld
a Stern and the purchaser was Mabon
& co.
II was announced by banks in Wall
street that loans will be made ON the
bonds at "A very slight discount from the
syndica:c price, probably ~ or 90.
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PRESIDENT WILL
NOT TAKE STUMP
FOR NOMINATION
wilson viii attend To the Ma
,ion', Business as His Man.
ayers Campaign.
sT\HT MADE ALREADY
TO SECURE REELECTION

oct. N-pollt,cal oh.
,e,..e., .uc adv" to the fact that the
Presidents managers already have made
,,,d start on his campaign for ~reelec-
Ton
s.,e,, events Of the past week are
REGARDED ~ having an important bear
,-e on the political situation as /, affects
,se President fortunes. 1t became
.,ocr in addition tina Secretary Nc
,do, plans to try to make some po-
,,,iI hay on % trip through the middle
We; FOR tho inspection OF public build
irc.. vIi,h hcgins next week.
While no oac charges that the Nd
,u,s,.atiou's u~ttcrdnces on suffrage.
,sc ',rin and national defence and the
issuance or Nttorucy-General Grecory's
r,rulr. against big combinations Of in
fusir.,ls are conditioned upon thei; am
r.rii,d po,itirll effect, it Is certain
tina, The President has not ignored the
politics Of tn" situation IN selecting the
I'm. for reese u%,tcrlnces.
There are good reasons FOR believing
m, ,ho President himself will not en-
s,.o i'm political activity Of the more
,tsn sort tor many months. and POSSIBLY
M, ,' All before the Democratic con-
,ep,io7 VI Intimation % the Presl-
d,r,. decision 10 refrain from active
rar,i,ipa; ,ou in the pre-convcntion cam
r4Ig1 Is seen IN his refusal To particle
nat In any OF the state contests.
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HAROLD CHAPLIN WAR VICTIM.
american \rtOr aud Ora MATHS
KILLED In Fra nee.

l.uNpuN. Dct. y Word has beer re-
ceived OF tn death Of Harold chaplin.
an Amer can actor and ~drnIrtti-t. iu
battle in France,
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MISS SELIGMAN TO WED.
WIN NRrr, Capt. de Trisstrr, Heir
10 Engiish VRronS.

Nut Ut W'Tf fNI|VH 7" TWI ~"
l.oNpoS, bvi N,-A Announcement WtS
mad. to-day Of "a" engagement OF capt
Gcoffrey Fitzhcrh-rt De T"issicu Of thu
: OTIS Guards. eldest son and heir oc
Baron DE ToisSic., and Mis- Katherine
Soligmau. eldest daughtcl Of tn" late
Theodore Scllgmau.