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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-08
DUTCH GET
READY FOR
WARFARE!
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LONDON. April avid
reports that Germany and hoi-
land are quietly msssina
troops on the Duteh-5elsisn
frontier. coupled with ircrec-
IbIe rumors that Germany 10
about to invade Holland. came
from English sources In The
Hague. Amster6sm and other
Dutch cIties today.
London papers, for obvious
rsssons, laid the greatest
stress on the reports.
IN neutral quarters II was
ssId, however. that while pub
lie opinion In the Netherlands
had shown great concern -
result Of reported attacks
upon Dutch shipping. the cit
ustion was not such ~ to
warrant belief that an open
outbreak 10 Imminent
The reports declared that German
Iandsturm and cavalry were being
msssed on the BeIgian-Dutch Dor.
der.
Set Up Guns on Border
The forces were reported 10 be
entrenching along a line north oi
Antwerp. and the guns Of the
former Belgian fortress had. been
and transported 10 STRAIT.
egic positions near the Holland
frontier.
From The Hague come reports
that during the past fortnight the
Dutch posts near Belgium have been
quietly reinforced with men and
artillery.
Holland has an army Of 350.o00
regulars, fully armed and prepared
for any eyentuality.
Request Explanation
II was stated In diplomatic circles
that Holland had requested from
Germany an explanation as TO the
recent seizure OF Dutch vessels
bound for England with foodstuffs
The Netherlands Is awaiting an
answer.
II Is admitted that some irritation
has been evident In Holland. but
private advices declare there is no
indication OF the Dutch being In.
famed. and on the verge Of resort
ing TO arms.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-08

Pacific Good Roads congress
10 be attended at Frisco by gov
ernors OF Washington, Oregon and
Carolina coast.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-08
A sEArLEss EPISODE

A sEATlEss EPISODE
One evening last winter | at
tended moving picture show
and was searching for n seat
without the aid OF an usher or a
fsshlight. and. upon "finding"
one that suited my fancy. grace
fully Topped myself into Il. But
alas. there was no seat In the
place where the seat ought TO be
and | was forcibly precipitated
TO the floor Those around me
laughed hilariounly. while
wished was In the trenches or
any other place but there.
l.. r.. WILLIAMS.
143i Third Ave.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-08
WILL BUY
FIELD FOR
KIDTEAMS

WANrEp-A DESIRABLE
LOCATION FOR A CENTRAL
plAvFiELD FOR SEATTLE
scHooLs. MUST NOT De
TOO EXPENSIVE.
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-08

TIE sTiNGY rHiNoi
The most embarrassing mo
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-08

What movie" show are you going
to take in tonight The question
often arises in your home, doesn't it1
Why not let The Stars photoplay
column solve il for youe For in
stance. The Stars movie" editor
tells you today. on page ;. just what
you will find at every downtown
theatre on the new bills which started
yesterday. Let's work together.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-14

III The ships officers had not as
sured Us there was no danger and that
the vessel would TO, sinh I think more
lives would have been saved
This is the opinion Of Miss Virginia
3. Loney. Of Huntington, Long Island,
a survivor OF the Lus.Jani@ disaster,
who arrived here yesterday on the
American liner St. Paul, accompanied
by Mrs Harry Sedgwlck.
Miss Loney, who is sixteen. but large
for her years. was greatly saddened by
the 'oss OF her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Allen u. Lorey, who accompanied her
on the disastrous trip Of the Cunarder
Five minutes before the Lusitania
sank" she said. two officers went
around the deck and assured US there
was no danger A soon as the torpedo
struck us my father went below to get
life preseryers. He procured some, but
used none for himself. Ny father and
mother both insisted that | get into one
of the lifeboats that was being low
cred. ! did not want 20 leave them,
but they insisted in a fond way that /
90. The host was upset and was
thrown into the sea, where ! driftgd
for about ten minutes. Then l was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-14
SUNDAY LID LOST?
NO ONE FOUND IT
Bartenders Busy and Side Doors
Swung Easily, Despite Tele-
phOnic Warning.

II there ever was Sunday lid in
the city 70 seemed that Il had been
pried OF yesterday and thrown away.
Everything was wide open. AZ far as
the police went. the hquor-sellng
statutes seemed 20 be getting about
as much attention as the well known
legal code once promulgated by the
Medes in conjunction with their Per
sian friends Both seemed 70 be equal
y dead letters.
In the early afternoon mysterious
telephone tip reached most OF the
saloon proprictors or barkeepers. i
was an anonymous warning and limited
Al activity by the police and Excise
Commissioner The barkeepers were
more or less politely interested IN the
Information. bu; kept on doing bus!-
ness lust the same. Nothing. appaf-
emily. happened. -....,
they finally decided that practical
Joker was trying 20 put one over on
The thirsty ones and let Il 90 a that
The uptown Broadway Office OF the EA-
else Commissioner was closed I'll day
and nothing more happened 70 mar
the calm serenity Of busy, busy day
behind the bars.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-14
GIRLS IN PANIC
AS ONE ENDS LIFE
Workers Flee to Fire Escapes
When Companion Jumps from
Roof-Boy Tries Suicide.

More than a hundred girl employees Of
the Manhattan White Goods Manufacture
ing Company. az GO Wooster Street, were
thrown into a panic yesterday when
Fannie GreeuberE, sixteen, OF II2 For
est Avenue, The Bronx, committed SUI
eide by jumping from the roof OF the
six story building She was killed in
stantlv. The girls. shrieking, fed from
the fifth floor by fire escape, and dur
ing the excitement an alarm OF fire was
turned in.
After a reprimand Saturday night
from her uncle, Harry Greenberg, with
whom she lived, Fannie went 70 the
factory yesterday morning and greeted
her companions cheerfully, She soon
left the room. and when her uncle ar
rived and inquired for her q search OF
the building was begun.
The girl had mean time climbed to
the roof. and when she threw herself
20 the ground her body was seen by
employees through the windows. A cry
Of There goes FANNIE was mistaken
for one Of Fire." resulting in the rush
for the escapes. Police reserves had 20
gu,et the girls. and some were treated
for injuries they had received running
downstairs. Mr.. Greenberg said she
lad been melancholy for some time.
Harold Bates the eighteen-year-old
son OF Dr. Bates. a dentist, Of I5s West
End Avenue, was taken a prisoner 20
k0ickerbocker Hospital yesterday
charged with having attempted sui
eide His father traced the odor OF gas
90 the boys room and found him with
one end OF a tube in his mouth. lie
could give no reason for his sons at
terrpt 20 take his life.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-14

picked up. Ny father and mother went
down with the ship
Miss Loney took an oar that had
fallen from the hands OF sailor who
had collapsed. and did her share Of the
rowing until the survivors we-e taken
aboard a trawler.
While the St Paul was being con-
voyed through the war zone by two
British destroyers, Mrs. Sedgwick, her
companion, suddenly exclaimed: See.
There is a submarine"
Miss Lone became greatly agitated,
and, turning her gaze from the sea,
said: NO, no. ! can't stand il again"
Captain Passow, Of the St. Paul. de-
MED there had been any submarines
sighted. but about a dozen OF the pas
sengers asserted they had seen peri
scope.
Mrs. Sedgw.ck said she had been &C
customed TO seeing periscopes and sub
marines in manRuyres off the Isle of
Wight and knew one when she saw IT,
One Of the destroyers started after IT,,
She said, and later rejoined the St.
Paul
The ships officers said the periscope
Of British submarine might have been
seen. but that no German craft had
come 10 the surface during the run
through the war zone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-14
TWO BOYS And MAN
DROWNING VICTIMS
Yachtsman Dies Suddenly
on Boat-Youth Pinned
in Water by Rock.

Sultry June weather brought the call
OF the bathing beach 70 many persons
Yesterday. As a result several drown
inrs and accidents in the water were
reported.
Charles Carsden, an engineer. Of II
NcDonough Street, Brooklyn, was
drowned az Beach Channel, Jamaica
Bay, when he Eel. from his mOtorboat
Scout. lie could not swim and sank
before assistance came.
swimming away from MS comnanions
ID the Morris Canal, Samuel Sanders,
nine sc old, o. 40 Rutgers Street,
Newark. was drowned He had been
under water several minutes before his
absence was noted.
Led by his mother, men with Crap
ping irons recovered the body OF six
vear-old Alfred Rutchmann from the
Morris Canal last night. His parents
live IN Coeymau Avenue, Nutley. y. J.
Tn. hoy jumped into show his brother
how 20 swim.
Charles A,!eger, fourteen, of 80 Shelf
field Street. Jersey City, met with a
peculiar accident while bathing in the
Hudson River Oft Llude. Avenue. 4
bowlder weighing Two tons became
loosened and pinned Alleger down in
shallow water near the rivers edge.
HIS companions held his head out OF
water while the police brought jacks
from the Public Service ear barns and
lifted the rock. Unconscious from
pain, Alleger was hurried 20 jersey
CITY Hospital with a badly crushed left
leg Amputation may be necessary.
Sigfrled kermich, OF 7S9 Hewitt
Street. The Bronx. was rescued al
Rockaway Beach by Robert Graham. OF
80 East Fortieth Street. kermIch felt
his strength leaving him when he was
some distance from shore. Graham re-
sronded 20 his cries FOR help.
While sailing b. Bath Beach in a
yacht with a party Of friends, bound
Tor Coney Island. George Armstrong,
OF Avenue 3 and Thir;y-seventh Street,
Bayonne, y. j.. had an attack Of acute
gaStritis. Tie died before d physician
could be summoned. Armstrong was
ffty-fye years old and a member OF
the Newark Bay Boat Club for years.
lie had lived IN bayOnne for thirty
seven years lie leaves a wife, three
daughters and q son.
samuel Klein. nineteen, who lives az
leg East lO5th Street. was rescued
from the surf az Rockaway Beach after
he had been tossed by a wave against
spite and rendered unconscious.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-14
COLLEGES BACK WILSON

The American League 10 Limit Ar
mamentS has sent communication 20
President Wilson stating its resolve 20
stand by him in whatever course he
may deem wise IN the complications
with Germany. The members also state
their hope and belief that an adjust
mcnt may be secured by peaceful
means.
The communication consists Of 6
brief note from l. Hol.ingsworth
Wood. secretary Of the league, and cH-
tracts from letters from ffty-e,ght Of
the l46 college and university presi-
dents who are members.
Among those whose views are repre-
scented are Butler, OF Columbia;
Faunce. Of Brown. MacCracken. Of
Vassar: Garfield. Of Williams; Burton,
Of smith; Mciklejohn. Of Amherst. and
Mezes. OF the College OF the City OF
New York
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-14
Captain Sends Two r Pas
sengers to Boats-lhey
land on Wards Island
SCHOONER BEATEN
BY HELL GATE TIDE
Gunner and Guests Hang to Rail
Until Water Falls and Boat
Is High and Dry.

49,, ,uo women among its hi'ee"
-. the auxiliary sehoo"''
pa. pas. T.-garet. q $4,000 craft OVne1
- Corkill. Of Chicago, WAS oa'"sO
- :, -ooks Of Wards Island yes'''
5sv afternoon. when 1t tT'e0 "
the tide IN Hell Gate. -.o;r
O,Iv the cool head Of the '"P,'. pa,
- .bs Messengers and crew ITO"
- and worse when the yacht ca
-o,,e5 70 starboard after striking Wv
-. little south Of = spot know"
-. T;sger's Head. He ordered the ere" crew
- The boats. sent the two women 'n'O
hen, and then ordered the others ~
hold fast ....
handful Of attendants from inst
.,,tio,s on Wards Island attempted 70
-eo,h the crew and pull them TO safety
Working cautiously along the r0eNs'
nv managed 10 come within several
zoo. Of the boat, Al this point 'he
,..,c- is about twenty feet deep ana
.Lo attendants were commanded not 10
risk their lives -1.,.-a
slorc thousands Of persons had gain
era5 10 watch the spectacle. Numet
c,,s small boats put out 70 the ASSIST
,rce % the Margaret. The tug MalIe'
~ the DAILY Towing Company ran
alongside and put two hawserss upon
ne Yacht. The attempt 20 pull II OF.
.hs rocks was UNSUCCESSFUL. All''N'
,,rruItaneouSlv both hawsers broke
Meantime the women. dripping Wet
pr8 heen landed on Ward Is!anI.
The men on board the Margaret were
s.v hanging 20 the rail, whlte-fsceA Dc
lu- silent. Passing excursion steam
srs were forced 20 90 on thelr Wa! 10
Fcer Of q similar late m the strong eDo
-.de A crew from the United states
'ffesavirc station AZ Warden >tIet.
Astoria. nut of with q hiGn-po"eFe~
motor boat. bu; was forced TO keep "
safe distance awsy. -..-.,,.
"Stsrd lT'" the owner constantly
cried. lie was still clNglng 70 ,ns
railing. Working slowly, mana olyt
land. he finally managed 20 get ms
+,s- on land He and another man
-,,-cf .la -R7 women on Wards ISL
and. and she others were removed one
J. was 1880 o'clock In the afternoon
when ;he Margaret, handsome. White
r..r.eG vessel about lZ5 feet .coat,
started 90 60 through He'll Gate. 'sP-
.a.rs .a gong against the tide usually
Keen 20 the Long Island shore because
o. the deep water along the Astoria
-ro-- F1r some reason the Margaret
-a- or of Che channel and drltted over
o. Wards Is and.
When she struck the crew. 20 he.P
.r- -~r.,~ ONT. started 20 hoist sail.
Er. The tide falls rapidly, and in ten
minutes the Margaret was fast on the
rocks. ,.
Persons familiar with tide conditions
~ Wards Island said yesterday tina.
The Yacht would probably float of OF
its own accord on the next high water.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-14
HUSBAND AIDS NAN
WHO KILLED WIFE
Farmer Appeals to Governor 10
Pardon Murderer Sentenced
to Die in Fortnight.

John Harrison. Of Patterson, Putnam
County. went TO the aid yesterday OF
Samuel Haynes, TO be put TO death in
Sing Sing prison two weeks from to-
day for killing Harrison's wife, and
signed petition asking Governor
Whitman 70 save the murderer's life.
Not only has he signed the appeal,
but District Attorney II. j. Rusk. who
prosecuted him, is informed that he
wrote a letter ~ Haynes stating he
had forgiven him and hoped he would
escape the chair. Rusk and the prison
attaches cannot understand Harrison's
sympathetic attitude toward the man
who killed Mrs. Harrison and then
wounded him.
Several Jurors, at the instance Of
Harrison, have signed the petition ask
ing executive clemency for the murder
er. Haynes's counsel is circulating the
petition.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-14
GIRL OF TEN TRIES
TO DISCOVER CONEY
Armed with Dollar Bill, She
Seeks Adventure and Finds
Kindly Policeman.

Louise Reagan. ten years old, left
her home, at 10 Grenada Place. Brook
Ign, with a 81 bill she had found on
her mothers bureau 70 see Coney
Island. On the train she told passen-
gers who we're curious as TO her lack
Of guardianship that she was to find a
woman with dark hair and blue ewes
whose name she did not know. The
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-14
Hunt, Promoter, Paid Bad
ly for Freedom ard New
Fortune, Referee Finds,
WAS CONVICTED IN
PAN-AMERICAN CRASH
Conduct Notorious" Witness
Savs-Is Now President OF
Rich Company.

Unraithfulness, it IS alleged "n'c"
has led to a divorce action was Mt,
Wa,tis Mitchell Hunts reward Tor geI,
,jng William Hill Hunt, banker ana
nromoter. pardoned from Joliet Fri'Cn'
i, Ulinois after conviction as an ON
Gov ~ the defunct Pan-Americah
RANKING Company. Isadore u. MORT
.Cr az referee. has reported to the
Sunrcme Court that the evidence IN me
Jiyorce suit shows that Mrs. hunt j.
entitled 20 decree ,l
Hunt is president Of the Inlteu
States Industrials Company ana PRIV
noted the Hanover Farms Company;
$500 eco corporation, of which Lesie
" Shaw, former Secretary OF me
Treasury, and Ex-Governor EDWARD y
stokes Of New Jersey were directors
Mrs Hunts father Is DR.. l.. {. MItch-
eli ~ MINNEAPOLIS, one Of the leadlhg
phvsicianr Of Minnesota.
Mrs. Hunt has always had the great
est confidence in the moral and man
cial uprightness of her husband. She
worked increasingly 70 nave MIN pa
dcned from prison. Hunt pIeadeu
guilty in 1905 in Chicago OF having ac'
cepted deposits for the Pan-Amerlcah
Banking Company, one OF his promo
tions. aftef he knew the INSTITUTION ~
no insoIvent. After obtaining her nus
hands release Mrs. Hunt went further
and obtained from her father the nee
essarv money TO start her husband on
a new commercial career. The acts OF
misconduct now charged by the wIte
hecan soon after his release from
prison. ., -
tho couple were married in 1894. They
have two childrcn-Lester, twenty
years old. and Siloma, seventeen. MI
and Mrs. Hunt have not been living 20
rether since 1912. when the wlte'S
cousin. Cortlandt F. Carrier, chem
;caI engineer OF st. Louis. furnished
her with proof of her husbands con-
duct. The wife has since lived IN Ham
lurc. y. Y. and Hunt has lived most
Of the time at the Hotel Royalton, II
this city.
Philadelphia, Havana and San Do
mingo are mentioned in the testimony
taken before the referee as places
where Hunt was guilty OF untalthiu!-
ness. William Schaumberg, process
server. who trailed Hunt 20 Pnila-
delphia. first saw the defendant IN 1911
while the latter was dining with ms
wife AZ the Waldorf-Astor.a. One day.
when Mrs Hunt learned that her hus-
band intended 70 20 70 Philadelphia
Schaumber was assigned 10 trail him
from his Office. With Carrier, who had
gone TO Philadelphia, Schaumberg saw
Hunt and a woman enter house
which had figured in the police records
of the city.
Another witness was Arthur G. Rob
erts. a mining engineer, who had been
with Hunt in Cuba and Santo Domingo.
Roberts testified that the bankers con-
duct was notorious
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-14
GIVES UP STOLEN CHILD
Father Complies with Court S
Decision for Mother

City Judge BeaN, Of Yonkers, re
stored three-year-old Ethel Morrison,
Of SO Maple Street to her mother yes
terday The child was spirited of IN
an automobile Saturday night by an
unidentified man who snatched her
from the sidewalk
Patroiman Foley learned that Mar
tin Morrison. the father. OF Riverdale
had taken the girl lie has been sep
srated from his wife Morrison went
20 court voluntarily and admitted hsv-
ing the girl No charge wa. made, but
he was ordered TO surrender Ethel 20
her mother which he did, reluctantly.
4 further court fight 10 determine the
custody Of the girl is likely.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-14

drowned to-day in Kismesha Lake, two
miles from here. She had been out
alone in rowboat. Part Of her wear
ing apparel was found in the boat by
rescue parties. The body has not been
recovered.
Miss Huberty came here yesterday
with other members of her family.
Her father, Peter P. Huoerty, is law
yer and was formerly County Clerk Of
Kings.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-14
GETS POLICEMAN, But
While Six Footer Is Doing 1t
Thugs Rob His Girl.

Commissioner Woods's new signal
box system got a try-out last night in
Harlem. Half a dozen men held up
John Genetti, Of 44O East 10th Street.
and Miss Josephine Tomsi. Of 2O5l
Fifth Avenue. while they were admir-
ing the new Second Avenue bridge at
l27th Street.
John is feet and put up a fight.
When two Of the men drew reyolvers
he remembered the signal box. He ran
down TO l25th Street, where there is a
box, and pushed the button. Patrol
man Eustis responded at once and ran
back 70 l27th STREET with John.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-14

passengers called a ps,.,
the story Of the 81 bill. s.s,.s
ents were notified. =
Twenty youths WITH.
the Coney Island statio, 1
among them appealed IA -
tenant James Tierney Tb,e .
their money % one Of ~ y :
gone in bathing. Wbsr =,
dressed their friend was p
neg provided them With 49,.
Coney Island had the -,
Of the season YESTERDAY. ~ ,
seekers. The fog an ~
showers that drifted ovs, ~
in the afternoon failed !, y
them. All the resorts az ~,
res, and their managers 80, III
for the first time sine.
opened the spending ess,.s.
crowd reached that Of fonr.. Z
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-14
The Philadelphia Arrives.

London, June IS. The Philadelphia
arrived az Liverpool tonight. Sir
tombstone Forbes Robertson told The
Tribune correspondent: The voyage
was devoid o. incident The chief
thing that struck me recently has been
the wonderful fashion in which the
American people are standing solid be-
hind President Wilson"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-14
TEACHER BROWNS

Monticello, y. Y, June 13.-Miss
Mary Huberty, twenty-five years old, a
public school teacher Of Brooklyn, Was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-14
Teprac Wiltons
Peerless-Brussels
ROYAL Worcester
Richmond Wiltons

Many the Wilton
Brussels grades 24 and feet wide from to IS feet long similarly low
The Sale be held in the Rug Galleries. Fourth Gallery Nw b
haze been engaged make the
satisfactory the merchandise :,
Rugs shipped distant points subject free delivery 'c
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-14

This the largest selection under roof for public sale such
NJ J. Whia ugs-h magnificent AngoPersn Wcns
beautiful Richmond Wions the fine Angondn Wtons the wN
ed Teprac the Royal Worcester Wons and tdes the stun
observation-disclosures and Peerless all best wostd and woo and near
pattern and ong than other by n
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-14

Offered for the First Time this Morning.
No Other Rugs Mixed in With Them.
Table of Most Wanted Sises and Prices Shouns Savings
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-06-14

Subway at
Aston Place
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18
Woodmen Circle.

The Woodmen Circle met in reg
ular session Friday evening at the
hall with fifty members in attend
ance. A shower was planned for
Mrs. George Manning, whose house
recently burned. Reports showed the
organization to be in good financial
condition.
After the business session the fol-
lowing program was rendered:
Vocal Solo-Virgin!a Lynn. (Iona
Bell Lynn, accompanisD
Recitation-Mattie Fern Bumpass.
Piano Solo-Mrs. NJ. Ikard.
Duet-Misses Johnnie and Gladys
Wilson
Recitation-Albert Howard.
BurlesQue Duet-Mmes. Bulard and
Wymore.
Exhibition Drill
Refreshments were served during
the evening.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-04-18

To learn the trees as the forester
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Do you believe in loyalty, courage
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Then, whether you be farm boy
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ERNEST THOMPSON SETON,
Chief Scout.
Headquarters Boy Scouts of Americ.
200 Fifth Ave New York City.