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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
DESERTS CHILDREN
TILL CAN GET JOB
Bows Found at Big Store Door
with Note Saying: Better
This than a Crime"

Two youngsters, one aged three, the
other five, were abandoned yesterday
by their parents, who, according to
note. could not afford to take care Of
them. The children, believed to be
James and Richard Hester were found
on the sidewalk outside department
store AT Sixth sv. and 52d st.
Pinned to the coat Of Richard, the
elder, was this note:
parties that are kind enough 10
take care Of these boys one VIII be
three Nav I. 1915; other five, Septem-
Der %. 19l5-for TWO months until !
find employment will be appreciated
If they will print their whereabouts IN
THE World as ] wish to have them
back when | can keep same.
AT the present time ! am down to
nv last cent. and as work in New York
is at a standstill must go elsewhere.
Therefore my babies must have place
while | am on the hunt. Although II
is painful for me to do this, there IS
no other way out Oft. God knows 1t
is better TO put them some place where
tbey can get food and rest instead OF
doing a crime.
Hoping reader will be kind enough
90 nrint whereabouts In paper, ] re-
main. FATHER AND MOTHER
"P. S.-Try and keep both together
&C they love one another.
The children are being cared Tor at
tho Children's Society.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
Death Toll of Earthquake Increases in ls0-
lated TOWnS-FataIiteS in PeSClnl
1000: in GiOsimarSi 5000: in
San BenedettO 5000.
ONLY A FEW OF SORA'S 1900 LIVE
Survivors Avoiding Death from Cold Start Fires
Which Roast Those Still Living Amid Ruins
Thousands Held Under Wreckage.

Rome Jan. Official reports compiled by have csab
shod a dead the earthquake holocaust number not
less than 1857.
This list growing hourly dispatches the
death toll Of the stricken hitherto cut of from
all communication.
The disaster beginning its
appalling proportions Cold hunger fire and disease have followed
swiftly the wake of the original catastrophe that half
may added original number the
authorities able o miracle Of relief
The fate Of Sora is uppemost in the mind Of the nation Il
impossible the number the dead wounded
believe that only hundred OF
the population Of 1900 alive.
Relief expeditions have been hurried Sora but hour
bringing narrowing details OF the The earhos
there that buildings thrown from their foundations
oppled distance from their positions
Thirteen hundred dead Magano d Mr Capele de-
of 200 lives The Scurcola
beneath which buried hundreds Of bodies.
OF the only thirty escaped
Nearly population Of Beneeto 5000
wiped of Orucchio with 200 inhabitants Glosa
At Pena the number Of deaths about
1000. approximately one-half Of the population.
The population of Alba is believed have perished, and
out Of persons the village ese fifty
Every the L valley reported tonight have been
either totally destroyed seriously damaged
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
EARLE AND GIRL
AGAIN IN SPOTLIGHT
Artist Discovered in Jersey
Seeking Quiet for Self
and Affinity.

No longer is there any mystery as
90 tho wbereabouts Of Ferdinand Pm
nov Earle. MIR. Earle, artist and wide
" known inventor Of the affinity IS
again among US. That is' he Is al
AIlepburst. y. J. He is living there
with Miss Charlotte Herman aihnliIy
tho fourth. and their si%-monlhs-o'u
daughter. ,,. a,d the
Mr.. Earle. Miss Herman ana lne
danebter have been In Allephurst since
November 10. II Is a suburb u ~,
hurry Park. and Victor Earle, the ar
ist's brother. has cottage there De
string 90 live without the accompan'
mcnt OF publicity. Mr. Earle and MISS
Herman have been calling themseIVes
Vr and Mrs. Z. p. Elliott. 1t WAS no'
that he himself minded the pubhcitY'
said Mr.. Earle, because he IS lsed 10 IT,
n was on account Of Miss Herman
Neighbors who grew curious aoou,
"Nr. and Mrs. Elliott" were informed
that they were a German couple VINO
came over 10 get away from the war
There the much married artst mas
been living and writing, hoping ne
says that he could make iving bS
the pen. Paintings are hard TO sell
these days, he asserts.
Yes. he and Mics Herman are TO pe
married lust as soon as the last wlie
obtains her divorce. She IS Mrs. Dora
Sidforth Earle, of London.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
.AVEZzAN0, CITY OF
DEAD And RUINS
Bodies of 1000 Buried in
Debris ObIiterating
Streets.
By CHAPMAN COLEMAN.
United States Consul at Rome

Rome. Jan. 10 -Pompeli is no longer
the worlds City Of the Dead. Some
where in the ruins Of Avezzano, where
three days ago lived 10000 people, the
majority Of them workers in the six big
sugar refineries which made the district
PROSPEROUS. lie the bodies OF more than
II 900 persons.
II is difficult to convey an idea OF the
absolute destruction OF Ayezzano. NOT
more than half dozen structures are
standing. and Of these only the walls
remain. Debris, tossed in all dlrec-
tions. has obliterated streets, plazss
and alleys, so that the few inhabitants
who escaped death, even though many
~ them were born and brought up in
the town, are unable TO pick out more
than the approximate sites Of their own
homes.
Stretching away on all sides from
the acres upon acres Of ruin, the coun-
try is as bare Of human habitations as
a wilderness. The landscape is whit
ened in places by patches OF shattered
stone and brick. but these are all that
remain Of splendid country estates and
farms. Six distinct villages in the en-
yirons we're wiped out by the same
stroke which levelled AveZzano, and the
toll Of life in these towns was proper
tionatelv severe. Probably not less than
25 600 persons we're killed and wounded
in this one district.
The disaster, reports here indicate,
extended from Rome as far north as
Ancons, Florence. The Gulf Of Sslerno
felt the shock. At least 500 towns and
villages are on the nations desthroll.
The destruction of life and property IN
the Abruzzi Is neavy, put no one knows
the extent Of the ruin. Sors is laid
fat. the barracks only withstanding the
earthquake shock.
Twenty thousand troops have been
sent TO Marsica, in the Abruzzi, TO aid
m relief work, and similar number
has been dispatched 20 Monte Corvino,
near Salerno. A mountain near Mon
tagnano literally split in two, half OF II
rolling in a vast landslide into valley,
burving half dozen hamlets under
thousands OF tons Of earth and rock.
Undoubtedly the earthquake shock
was severer than that Of MessIna. The
mailer loss OF life IS due simply TO the
fact that the centre OF the quake failed
10 strike the larger and more populous
towns
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
FIVE BURNED TO
DEATH ON YACHT
Woman Only Survivor
When GasoIenc EXplo-
sion Destroys the Julia.

Beaufort. y. C., Jan. l5. Five per
sons are dead as the result OF the de-
struction OF the private yacht Julia by
fire I'm PsmlicC Sound, near Englehard,
early to-day.
A gasolenc explosion started the fire.
Only one Of six persons aboard escaped.
The dead arc }. ". Murray. president
OF the Piedmont Trust Company. Bur
linCtou. y. c.; Mrs. ". T.. Porch. Beau
fort. G. p. Dodsou. Norfolk, Va. and
the two members OF the crew.
Mrs. Murray swan TO shore, exhaust
ed. but unhurt. She said the cabin was
filed with gas from 2 leaking tank,
which blazed up when one Of the party
lighted a match.
The yacht. which was owned by Mr..
Murray. left Norfolk on Wednesday for
Beaufort. She was - feet long. had a
carving capacity OF thirty-iive persons
and was richly finished.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
WAR DRIVES MAD
A GERMAN PRINCE
Nephew of Kaiser Becomes De
mented After Fight Between
Emden and Sydney.

Vancouver. B. C., Jan. 10. That
Prince Franz Josef OF Hohenzollern, a
nephew Of the German Emperor. has
become demented as result OF his
experiences on board the Emden In her
fight with the Australian cruiser sgd
ney. was asserted here to-day IN let
ter received BY the Rev. r. Pitt, secre-
tary OF the Sesmen's Institute, whose
brother IS lieutenant on the sydney.
Lieutenant Pitt wrote that while the
prince was engaged in firing torpedo,
a she'll from the sydney entered the
torpedo room and killed the men, the
prince alone escaping. When rescued
Prince Franz was IN a dazed condition.
Later his mind gave way completely,
so that IL was necessary TO place him
under restraint. He was taken 70 Port
Said with the other prisoners OF war.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
MRS.C. VANDERBILT
INJURED IN 5TH AV.
Fragment of Gas Main
Strikes Her Face While
She Is in Carriage.

Nrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt was dri'-
irc I'M Fifth av. about ; o'clock yestc'-
dav afternoon. when triangular piece
Of gas main crashed through the vim
dow Of her carriage and struck her
under the right Syc. \ wound ABOUT
.yo and half N~hes long was in
fictcd. The fragment went on TO the
far side OF the carriage and rebounded
into Mrs. Vanderbilts Lap, cutting her
right hand.
John Franko. who was driving the
carriage by the subway excavation at
seth ST.. when the accident happened
slammed his horses. and. the footmau.
Fred Collins. ran TO the aid Of his en-
nlover. Traffic Patrolmau Spies ap-
reared and wanted to cali al amou-
lance. but Mrs. Vanderbilt insisted on
being taken to her home. at 6'' fi,h
av. Spies and Collins did what they
could TO stop the flow Of blood before
Franko whipped I'D his horses.
DR.. Austin Flint. jr., was summoned
from S23 Park av. After attending Mrs
Vanderbilt he announced that the CUT,
though long. was not deep. and he hau
not found it necessary to take any
stitches to close the wound.
No arrests we're made, Mrs. Nandei-
bilt making a special request to Spies
ON this point, because she was satished
her injury was purely accidental ana
She did not want employees OF the Deg
non Contracting Company to suner'
John J. Dillon, foreman, declared that
he was solely responsible for the acci-
dent i'm that ne had ordered an Italian
laborer TO break up piece OF gas man
that had been removed from the e%-
The carriage in which Mrs. Wander
bilt was riding was only one OF mum
bor of vehicles that were passing "ihen
tbe Italian struck at the pipe with a
sicdge hammer and sent a shower OF
iao@ed fragments flying through me
sfSe siT The carriage, in fact. was across
,bo avenue from the excavation when
;s near the centre Of the plaza north OF
Snies investigated, but could not ma ma
~ any Of the other pieces OF pipe
had done any damage.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
Nine. NOrdiCa'S Last
Letters TO Husband
G. w Young, in VIII Fight, Files Epstlcs Written
by Diva Wife on Final Tour-Denics
Lack of Affection

Annie Baldwin. Mime Nordica's sister
II rs, IN part, As follows:
George writes the most imploring
love letters you can imagine. But !
cannot forget and fear ] never
shall lie cabled me yesterday that
counsel had agreed on Ycrkes busi-
ness. also on his mortgage case,
making all together S450.000. ! ask
nothing better than that he prosper
and at the same time pay me back
even one-half what he owes me.
All. well, II is all over. and no
fortune he could ever make can re
store the sacred confidence and trust
| reposed in him. Not anything he
failed to provide OF material nature
ever in any way disturbed or lis
tresScd me.
Il was the consideration, care,
truth. and all things spiritual which
he withheld and which he had in his
power to bestow. Now all his low
ing letters, all his honeycd words,
fall dull on my heart ! cannot help
IT, Something is dead and gone out
OF my mortal life forever.
Goodby. Keep we'll and happy,
and II you ever sec George -. O.
don't know = thing. LILLE.
I'm another letter. written from sgd
ney. y. s W. on July %. Nine. No.
dica wrote:
Dear Everybody. shall never
come back into the same atmosphere
or take up the old life. As for "con-
doning'- who knows? To suspect
is one thing. but to be furnished
with exact date and detail IS an
other This ! have received by let
fer in San Francisco.
! had a long cable from George
saying "he was fearful OF losing me
forever" etc and to read Sonnets
Nos. 3, az, 10. H., p Of Elizabeth
Browning. ! replied for him 20 read
Sonnet No. s, and this is where we
stand at present. lie has written me
the most hcartrending letters, but
Annie J am done.
With love 10 you. one and all.
LILLE.
Far from having received money from
Nine Nordica. states MIR. Young IN h.
Continued on page :. column
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16

ln defence OF the memory OF Nine.
Lillian Nordica Young, his wife, George
W Young yesterday gave out copies Of
letters written TO him by Nine. Nordioa
while on the concert tour that termi-
mated in her death.
The singers letters and telegrsms all
breathe Of love and affection for her
husband scarcely one OF them closing
without reminding him again OF her
love and praying for his health and sue
cess. Her loneliness on the journey -
frequently spoken Of, and many Of her
letters are marked by psthos which
is more and more noticeable as she en-
tered her last illness.
4 few days before her death she for
wsrded a last message 10 her husband
through one Of her touring party, tell
iac him not TO come TO Japan, rs the
tourney would he too long and lonely
for him. but pathcticsIly begging him 20
meet her At Marseilles.
Series Of Letters Denied.
These letters arc contained in long
affidavit. in which Mr.. Young states that
he makes public his wife's personal cor
rcspondcnce with great reluctance and
only because he was advised that the
act was necessary 10 counteract the
possible effect Of alleged letters from
the singer which were published yester-
day.
Authenticity or the last named epis-
ties is disputed by Mr.. Young. They
purport to show that Nine. Nordica had
given large amounts OF money to Mr.
Young and was therefore determined
10 give him no more than his lcgal
share or her estate. The letters also
convey the impression that the singer
had ceased to love her husband and that
she hoped TO obtain separation.
One of these letters. dated
August q, 1918. was written 20 Miss
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
HOW ROME GOT THE NEWS
Boy and Railroad Man Make
Freight Car Telegraph Station.

Rome. Jan To- wagoner's appren-
tice. a boy Of thirteen years, was the
first person 10 give the news Of Avez-
zano to the outside world. He sue
eeeded in getting back into the town a
Few moments after the first shock.
He found a railroad employe and per-
suaded this man. with his help. 20 rig
10 telegraph instrument in a freight
car and connect IL with a wire that was
still intact Calling on the instrument.
the railroad man, who was an operator.
soon got Rome The two together then
sent the first news Of the disaster.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
DIES BY LEAP FROM SPAN
Unidentified Man Strikes a
Float in Fatal Jump.

crav-bcarded man clad IN blaeh
~, midnight peering from the
Swypsbincton SyooI Bridge. lie was lS5 feet
W ., @SI'.5 ,be Harlem River. Suddenly he
apoa apo, bored ovc- the guard rail and
Jumped. 49, A., of the Whit
HV Rost club. which was moored
nouse ,be centre span. Every bone
oeneS,n trotem en- The body was found by
y,larict was DrCe' Kastner. n steward Of the
club. .,.i.ide victim was
Appai;y",v~ vears old. In his pocket
about S,hS w years card addressed to
vas Nj Ms Schlatter, 2l63 Washing
TON av., The Bronx. hi, poekets
Except for one penny ~"
contained no money
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
Demands Lifting OF I'm
bargo on Oil Produc-
tion at Tampico.
WILL ACT II u. 5.
NOTE IS IGNORED
Navy's Need of Fuel from
the Mexican Fields Is
imperative.
rrrom rh. Tribune Bureau ;

u..,.-. pr;,isb war
...,,' g.. ramn;,o Mexico.
-, p.:,;.L i.,o.os,, ,bcrc nm
-, .......-a r.r,o,os tho ON
~. .,I..ol 90 .bo c,cor,ation
'' . C.. coo,
MS I'D 'nc0'' 10 "'' ,.,I
'P''"s NICE n'''''" anu" go
secretary OF 2..d'e o'' o." .0-u''
conference ln Whlch the Nmoassauo'
Informed the Secretary With great
vchemerce that the treatment Of the
,,'.', .f-........ ..,.., no
n'''''' o,' 'o''''''''
longer 'olcraoie'
Sir Cecil Sprlug-Eicc told Nr. bryan
that the rights Of British subjects en-
..i..-.... L.i hoo, IN
e"eeu D" '"e o'' '.'N'''''
terfered with and that UeneiaI Oa'-
rsnza's actions OF late had tried the
p.,.i-L ,,.io,oo a., tho hrcakiuc point.
.t, ,,,,o~;-
The Ambassador urged 'na' me amer
can government take some dcnhitc &C
,;or -, o,co lootipc, to an ending Of the
tL
embargo on eNporla''o" o' OH """ '''
enforced idleness OF the OIL pants A.
Tamnico and vicinitv. and assuring the
----..-,. .--............, ,hot cor6sca-
Ndi'0"@iS'a
ton of the plants must not laNe place'
The British navy is depending in
,-- .-... ,., .Lo o,,,,,, or tho
l''s' ~, -, a.
iamplco uelds TOT 'ueI on "''' ,''
Dardaneiles blocksded. n rs impossible
for tho British navy TO obtain oil from
eo,,,I,c,., P,esis and tho Tsmplco field
,s Grcat Britain's major source Of sup
~,
Situation Thought Critical.
.r, a.;.;.,i and tho
t"' '''u"1,o' y -,,.C,,,raJ to IN
BRUSH government ~ p..P"'S p...;,h
terIcre loI 'ne ,rar,r;co
suDgectS ana Iu'eI 80 n i'nf,od
meas ln wv V'e'' T.. .o
States government Cau"o'' "E
scntauons' enecl teilei anu aee 30 ~
that me aG'l'II'c5 y. 'u ~ 80 80
gagged m the production OF OIL are re-
sSn'ed'
HecrctaF! b'!d" "o'ul,u wv, III -
sador that representa- loIls Moo,u ...',',
made 10 me Cariail1a Fo,V, '',he'S ,ho 60.
once Dul WV" 81 80. nv, ~, ~ CON
relary presence "e "'' "0'
cillatory mooo I'LL -
ne Nsu.idi All onc.st;ore in tho
noichborbood of Tsmpico. has been
svsfematicalIv taxed heretofore by the
Gonstit,,tionalist government. and al
tbouob tho rates assessed have been
thought cxorbitaut. they have been
rsid Tho Aruila Company is owned
bv Tho British interests OF which Lord
Cowdrav is tho head.
II has beon compelled TO shut down
onoratiops and the embargo has been
Gcclsred AGAINST the cAportation Of the
oil aIroad, i'm its tanks.
Tbo U,tostcca OH Companv. another
Rritisb copcern. has not been forced
to ccaso operatioue. but I'm its case.
oIgo tbe rmbarco is opcrative The
D., NJ, oil CoUnapy has becn forced
to s,,sncpd opdrations. but as that con
corg ie American owned. the interest
~ ,bo Rritish Fmbassv i'm its relief is
,,;,i,,,i7od
EoIIor,ing tho conference with Am
h..eador srr;nc-Rice. Secretary Brvan
Lo.I Ill ~. notbing "a saw regarding
%o sitns,ion st Tampico. lie said that
- tho Rritisb did not Obtain relief
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
River Seine at Flood Stage.

Paris. Jan. l5-The River Seine Is
rising rapidly At Troyes IL already II
cut OF its banks. and passenger boat
service has been temporarily suspend
ed. At various places the tributaries
are out OF their bankG
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
Exhaustion Kills Thousands.

As the work OF rescue goes on II be
comes more and more apparent that
thousands OF the inhabitants Of the
stricken towns survived the earthquake
but died from exhaustion and cold dur
ing the last two days and nights.
One girl, who had been hanging b.
her clothing for many hours from =
beam jutting from a shattered wall.
was finally rescued alive. Count Fl.
lippo Resta, a prominent resident. cs-
capped, although his whole family OF
Eine and two servants were buried in
the collapse Of their dwelling. Some o.
the soldiers Of the local garrison we're
also rescued to-day from the ruins OF
their barracks.
Soldiers engaged in relief measures
are unsparing OF themselves in their
work They labor night and day to ex-
tricate the wounded As survivors stand
dumbly about the wreckage Of their
homes, watching the bodies OF their
relatives being unesrthed. But when
man, woman or child Is carried out still
alive there is always brief joyous
demonstration.
As the hours go by it is apparent
that If any more people are 10 be res
cued from the debris alive no time
must be lost Consequently the work
Of digging through the ruins is being
performed to-day more assiduously
than ever. Up to late hour to-nigh,
only about five hundred bodies had
been removed.
An officer OF the earabineers found
$500 in the pocketbook Of dead man.
together with some papers showing that
he had reached Avezzano from the
United States the morning Of the earth
quake With his money he was plan
ming TO buy small piece OF land in
the outskirts Of the town. The un-
fortunate traveller had no sooner go,
out OF the train from the railroad sta.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16

Or" Conroy, Wick testified, had been
appointed on the recommendation OF
Minister Sullivan, who told him (Vick)
that he had been the Sullivan family
physician for many years. Conroy
finally left the service, il appeared,
without stopping to collect claim for
$500, part payment for his surgical in
struments, which he sold 10 Mr.. Wick.
That was in January, 1914, and Mr..
Wick said he had not heard from him
since.
A statement OF "Dr" Conroy, when
he left the hospital work. describing
his services on the island, was intro
duced in evidence by Mr.. Wick. In it
Conroy said that the arrangements for
his coming TO Santo Domingo were
made with Minister Sullivan at con-
ference at the Union League Club, in
this city. about August %, 1918. Sam
Uel VI. Jarvis, founder of the Baneo
Nacional. at Santo Domingo, and Will
lam {. Beer, attorney for the bank,
were present, he said.
At this point Commissioner Phelan
called attention to the circumstance
that although Secretary Bryan had been
solicitous about Offices IN Santo Do
mingo. some OF the appointments
seemed to emanate from the Union
League Club. a well known Republican
organization.
at looks as n few Democrats used
the clubrooms for their deliberations W
remarked the Commissioner
Couroy's name first came up when
L. +. knauth. OF knauth Brothers. deal
ers m surgical instruments, at 22p
Fourth av. testified that he had sold
a 81 900 equipment TO Conroy IN Au-
gust. 1918, and had since been unable
to locate Conroy and collect 5000
balance on the bill.
The witness said that William {.
Beer. whom he did not know al the
time. appeared at his place Of business
with Conroy and told him the latter
had been appointed court physician
i'm Santo Domingo and needed an equip
mert. Beer vouched for Conroy's hon
esty. the witness said, 10 the extent OF
advancing $500 in part payment Tor the
surgical instruments. The only ad-
dress the witness had for Conroy was
227 Palisade av. Yonkers, and that
turned out 20 be Mr.. Beers address, ne
declared.
Beers Proposition.
T.. Bright Wilson. lawyer. Of li9
Broadway. who asked 10 be excused
from testifying az a previous nearing
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-16
Wick Says He Listed the
Jobs Wanted for DE
serving Democrats
SECRETARY ADMITS
HE WROTE LETTER
Sullivan Received Diplo.
mat in UnderShirt, Wit
ness Says al Hearing.

With diplomatic promptnoss, Walter
". Nick former Receiver General Of
Customs at Santo Domingo, answered
the letter written TO him soon after he
took Office. IN August, 1913. by William
Jennings Bryan, Secretary OF State,
asking for a list OF Offices and salaries
IN his department which might be util-
led for the appointment OF deserving
Democrats"
Mr.. Nich so testified yesterday a. tne
hearing before Senstor-elect James D..
Phelan. special commissioner, who is
investigating the charges OF misconduct
IN Office against James Mark Sullivan,
Minister to the Dominican Republic
During his examination at yester-
days hearing by Charles II Strong,
counsel TO the commissioner. Commis-
sioner Phelan interrupted to as the
witness. with a smile:
Did you answer Mr.. Bryan's letter? ~
YES, promptly answered Wick. 81
gave him an entire list OF the possible
appointments and the salaries for the
Offices There we're about twenty-five
such places in the central customs OF
fee"