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ments. And would it not be better for us to make what money we can without causing the slaughter of thousands of Europeans?
 "I am very sorry that I had to cause the Morgan family this un- pleasantness, but I believe that if Mir Morgan would put his shoulder to the wheel, he could accomplish what l have endeavored to. or course l did not want to injure Mir. Morgan, as I wanted him to do the work l could not do. I hope that he will do his share anyhow. We must stop our participating in the killing of Europeans and God will take care of the rest.9
 Matthew Cramer, the chauffeur whc irove Holt to the Morgan home. stil vas standing with his ear in front ot lie gate when the shots were fired ie ran to the Morgan garage ana sounded an alarm bell, summoning the servants.
 With three guards the assailant was )laced in an automobile and hurried al op speed to Glen Cove. The satchel left )y the hedge, also was pitched into the 'ar.
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in this country for the powers at war with Germany.
 The arrangement under which the Nor gan firm was appointed commercial agent of the British government was wiceiy criticised. It was not met with satisfac- ton among a large number of American contractors for supplies who held that in some cases they are rivals of the Morgan firm in special lines of commerce.
 In England criticism of the arrange ment was carried into Parliament, and only yesterday 1t was debated there as a oatch-penny. Lord Grfnthorpe, a banker, urged that Canada should have prefer ence in munitions orders. Earl Curzon in reply announced that the Morgan com pany was acting as British agent on a commission of only l per cent.
 Within the past 4S hours said Earl Curzon, .I have seen testimony from the highest authority that the Morgan ar rangement has assured us the highest eff ficiency and economy and has been most beneficial to both the government and the country"
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and Henry Fiske, the butler in the Morgan household, who grappled with him in the hallway. He was locked up in jail here and from his cell is sued a written statement saying that he had intended no harm to MT. Nor gan but had come to Glen Cove to persuade the banker to stop the ship ment abroad of munitions of war in this country. He went into the Nor gan home, he said, with a pistol in his hand and stick of dynamite in his pocket, intending to remain there till Mr. Morgan "did something"
 Another loaded pistol was found in Holts pocket and more dynamite was
 in a suit case which he had taken to the Morgan house. In addition, there were numerous newspaper clippings in the suit case, all bearing on the European war.
 An authoritative statement of the shooting, obtained here late today after many conflicting reports had been cir culated, says:
 Calls at Morgan Home
 Holt called at the Morgan home at 9 o'clock while MT and Mrs. Morgan were at breakfast. Fisl<e, the butler. an swered Holt's ring at the door. Holt handed the butler his card telling him to inform MT. Morgan it was from a friend AS the butler started back through the hallway Holt slipped a pistol from his pocket and pressed it against the but ler's stomach.
 See this gun?' he demanded. q have another one"
 The butler pressed by the muzzle of the weapon, backed into the hallway, Holt following. As the front door closed behind them, the butler realized the determination of the assassin and spoke in a loud voice, so that MT. Morgan might hear, "Mr. Morgan Is in the library
 Holt was not diverted by this but continued to press the butler backward down the hallway toward the dining room. As they neared the dining room door, the butler spoke again Upstairs, MT. Morgan, upstairsl" he shouted
 Alarmed by the shout, MT. Morgan and his wife left the dining room by another door, entered a rear hallway and went upstairs. They found nothing amss there and started back, using the front stairway. Unwittingly, they walked al most into the assasin's arms, Mrs Nor gan saw him first, screamed and drew back.
 Holt turned and fired twice before MT Morgan could seize him. Fiske, the but 1 Ter, no longer menaced by the pistol 1 gra bbed the assassins right hand. MT Morgan. with two bullet wounds in his 1 body. threw himself on his assailant and | the three men went down in strug l gling heap on the hallway floor. Sir Cecil Spring Rice, British am l bassador to the United States, an over | night guest at the Morgan home, was | with MT. and Mrs. Morgan at the break | fast table when Holt entered the house Struggle Is Short The struggle on the floor was short | The pistol was torn from Holt's fingers
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 MORGAN'S ASSAILANT SAME MAN WHO SET BOMB UNDER CAPITOL
tContinued from Page one)

Southwestern Methodist university at Dal- las, Tex.
 His wife, a daughter of O. F. Sensa- baugh, presiding elder of the Dallas dis trict of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, Is with her father in Dallas. To her he addressed a telegram after his arrest, telling her that man proposed, but God disposed, and bidding her to be brave.
 Holt told his story in a cell of the Glen Cove jail He had bound across his forehead white cloth through which blood showed from cut on his forehead. His grayish eyes sparkled as he spoke and he talked at first with great anima tion.
 As the q sy wore on he weakened. The amount of blood he had lost from a terrific blow on the head-a blow that knocked him unconscious as he grapped with MT. Morgan and his but Ter in the Morgan home-was great, and the strain told on him
 When night came and with it his con fession of the Washington outrage e Holt was wreck. He huddled back in a corner in his cell breathing hard and apparently comatose. However, de- tectives refused to let him rest They dragged him out to the corridor and walked him up and down until his stumbling feet dragged listlessly
 Then they would let him sit down, and surround him. They hurled oues. tions at him so rapidly that at times his half audible replies were inter- rupted by succeeding inquiries. Still he refused to answer those questions that he did not want to.
 They let him rest a few moments and when he refused to answer, pulled him up and began once more the tedious promenade, talking to him all the time
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TWO MORE BRITISH
 STEAMERS SUNK
The Gadsby and Craigard Sent to Bottom by
 Submarines

London, July 3.-(4:45 D. m.)-The Brit. ish steamship Gadsby, S497 tons gross, was sunk today by a German submarine. The crew was landed at Moville Ireland. The Gadsby sailed from Sydney, c. E., June IS for an European port.
 London July 3.-(S:25 p. m.)-The British steamship Craigard of 32s6 tons gross was sunk today by torpedo fired by Ger man submarine. The crew was landed at Plymouth The Craigard sailed from Gal weston June and Newport News June Il for Havre and the first suggestion that she had met with some mishap was when an empty lifeboat and another boat marked "Craigard Leith" were lowed into Penzance.
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George N. LOkey

George N Lokey aged AZ years, died yesterday afternoon at o'clock at the family residence, 516 North Twenty third street. Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow morning at II o'clock from Taylors chapel, near Chalkville. Interment will be in Fay lor's chapel cemetery. The deceased Is survived by his widow and one child. The following brothers and sisters also survive: J. D. Lokey of Birmingham, H. M. Lokey of Albertville N. H. Lokey of Shawnee, Okla: J. M. Lokey of Shawnee, Mrs. J. H. Sellers of Shaw nee and Mrs. T. N. Goodwin of Chalk : ville The deceased was special of ficer of the Tennessee company at Ems ley.
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Mrs. Mary A. Baker

Mrs. Mary A. Baker died yesterday morning at the residence of her daugh- ter, Mrs. H. S. Hill, 5227 Austin avenue Woodlawn. Funeral services will be conducted this afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Hill residence. Interment will be in Forest Hill cemetery with the Rev J. A. Bryan officiating. The de- ceased is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Hill Mrs. James Byrd and Mrs. Johnnie Baker, three brothers and three sisters
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came fast on the heels of his denial

came last on the heeIs or ms uehIdI 10 newspaper men of the same charge.
 Don't you know anything about this?'' they asked him.
 No. I don't" he asserted. 'l wasn't in Washington yesterday at all. l had my breakfast and my luncheon at the Mills hotel at Jrhirty-sixth street and Seventh avenue. 'So you see, I couldn't have been In Washington"
 What were you doing all day?"
 "I was walking around the streets in New York, trying to make up my mind to come out here today and do my duty. That was all. I was thinking it over
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Mrs E. B. Franklin

Mrs E. B. Franklin, aged 40 years, died yesterday morning at Il o'clock at the family home in Alton. Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow morning at II o'clock from Clay The deceased is survived by her husband and eight children.
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Thought Deeply

Dallas, Tex, July 3.-Frank Holt Of Dallas, who today shot and wounded J. P. Morgan. was described tonight by his father-in-law, O. F. SensabauGh as man who thought deeply on the European war" and who was ''op- posed to all war and all strife
 He never advocated violence, how ever, said MT. Sensabaugh. Frank was born in Wisconsin. I cannot re-
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Deaths and Funerals
Infant Horan

Funeral services over the remains or the infant of MT. and Mrs. John Horan' who died Friday, were conducted yester- day morning at 11:30 o'clock lnterment was in Forest Hill cemetery. The follow ing acted as pallbearers: Earl Perkln- son, Fred Chanell, Harry Flowers and D. A. Mewbourne.
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Mrs. I. w. Frazer

Auburn, July 3.-(Special)-A telegram from Fairfax, la., today announced the sudden death of Mrs. J. w. Frazer, wife of the former pastor of the Methodist church at this place, and who recently was named presiding elder of the Mobile district by Bishop Kilgo. Mrs. Frazer died at the home of her parents where she had been taken several months ago
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Mrs. Mary Rebecca Mccain

Mrs. Mary Rebecca Mccain. aged 23 years died last night at S:So o'clock at a local infirmary. Funeral services will be conducted this afternoon at o'clock from the family residence, 2416 Takuc avenue. Interment will be in Elmwood. The deceased is survived by her hus- band A. C. Mccain, and two small chil- dren. Her mother and father, MT. ano Mrs Henry Oland, two brothers and two sisters also survive.
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PrattyilIe Wins

feated the Argo squad yesterday aft ernoon by the score of 12 to s. The fielding and base running of the Pratt vile boys featured the game. Rat teries: Prattville, Moncrief and Rob- ertson; Argo, Hencock and Willisms.
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IS PUT THROUGH
 THIRD DEGREE

After two hours of such treatment, Holt Wilted and replied wearily to the questions. Apparently he was close to exhaustion and the wound over his eye was bothering him.
 His story was that he left Jersey City yesterday morning, arrived in Washington at noon and went to a house on Delaware avenue and street. where he rented a room. Before taking the ferry from New York to Jersey City he purchased supply of so-called trick matches, which he took with him.
 These matches, Holt explained were Of the kind that exploded or popped" after they were lighted. The popping Of the matches. he explained, fur nfshed the concussion which exploded the dynamite
 Holt explained that he left the house where he rented a room, taking the dynamite with him and walked around the capitol grounds. He then walk dd up the steps to the main entrance of the capitol and strolled around through the corridors. He spent about half an hour in the building, he added looking for a spot to place his bomb where it's explosion would not injure anyone or cause great damage to the build ing
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White Wins

New York, July s-Charley White of Chicago outpointed Freddie Welsh. hght- weight champion of the world, in their 10-round bout in the open at the Bright Beach race track tonight. The ringside weights were: White, 1s3ls; Welsh, l5s pounds Both men agreed to weigh Tn at 135 pounds at D. m.
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Frank in Need of Money

Humboldt la, July 3.-Frank Gotch worlds champion wrestler. after two years retirement. won match With Henry Ordman of Minneapolis here today scoring straight falls of 21 and IS seconds respectively.
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Was in Oklahoma

Norman. Okla, July 3.-Frank Holt was assistant professor of German at the Ok lahoma university during the term of 19O9- 1910. He went to Vanderbilt university the following year.
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Taught in Fort Worth

Fort Worth, Tex, July S.-Prof. Frank Holt taught French and German in the Polytechnic college, a Methodist institu- ton of Fort Worth. for about two years.
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DIDN'T WANT TO
 HURT ANYBODY

hO RI AIN | DOD
 ''I didn't want to hurt anybody" he said, 'T just wanted to call the at tention of the nation to the terrible murders being committed in Europe. And I didn't want to damage the cap ito1 any more than was necessary"
 After placing the bomb Holt walked away. He went back to his room, he said, and to the union station. He walked about the streets for awhile, then decided to write to the newspa- rers and President explaining why he had set the bomb.
 He did this, he said before the bomb exploded, and mailed the letters dur ing the early evening. At this point he refused to tell more.
 Didn't you have an accomplicec" he was asked.
 No" he muttered weakly. None whatever I did the whole thing my body knew anything about it but my self"
 Didn't you have an accomplice in the setting of the bomb at Washing ton?'' the detectives persisted
 "I tell you" he replied. T didn't. Neither at Washington nor Glen Cove
 "Where did you buy the dynamite:''
 There was no answer. The detectives caught his arm, dragged him to an up
 
 It was learned that Mrs Morgan was witness to the attempt to assassinate her husband and that Sir Cecil Spring Rice, the British ambassador. also saw the entire occurrence.
 Mrs Morgan, it was said, ran toward the would be assassin as if to ward off the attack on her husband.
 The blow which ended Holt's struggle in the Morgan home knocked him hA hoI pt1 consciousness servants bound him with ropes Holt was bleeding profuseiy when the police arrived. A few min utes before that he recovered his senses and looked up at the butler.
 Kill me now. please he said. You might as well do it and end my suffer- ing. For six months have lived in hell could not rest because of the fright full murders in Europe"
 At police headquarters Holt was i'm terrogated about this statement
 Do you think you are crazy?" he was asked.
 "I don't know he replied Some times I do: sometimes I don't. I hay, been trying for six months to convince myself of one of two things. either that I am crazy or that I am not. And haven't been able to settle the ques- tion yet"
 Holt was asked where he had lived before going to Ithaca. His memory seemed to fail him here After long pause he replied that he used to live in Milwaukee. F.
 'Is that where you got your foreign accent?" he was asked. He did not re- Ply.
 Holt became SO weak toward mid night that it was decided to let hin rest in his cell until tomorrow wher the examination will be reSumed
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Greater Birmingham League

PoWderly ...-..-... .......+.+.. 7
 Batteries: Gallagher and Delaney i; Harmon and Smith.
 Avondale Mills-Green Springs post poned.
 Pratt City, North Birmingham, post pcned on account of wet grounds.
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Maylene Wins Twice
Bessemer District League

R H B i'OlOnlte IA Bessemer Sewer Pipe .... 3 6 Bat taeries; Miles and Brown; Ross and Burnett
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Shelby County League

CHRIST CAMEO
Imperial Valley press., 1915-05-29

The Golden Rule Store sells Mem
Khaki pants. 98e, Work Shirts, 24c.-
ADV X24
Imperial Valley press., 1915-05-29
MAINLY PERSONAL

Nh and Mrs. A. Gallaher are about
to leave for Fresno, where their chill
dren live, IN order to he near them.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-05-29
Realty Transfers

Richard Steves ct ux. to H. b Klar
er block u, Holtville.
J. H. Harden ct ux. to King L. Ken
die, lot IA, section 7, 1916.
Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Company
to j. H. Harden, lot IA, section Z, 10
IL.
l.. J. Varney ct uX. to j. G. Delozier
W 391a acres of east 40 acres of tract
78, l6-l4, res, right of way 10 feet
VIDE mp north line for ditch.
David d. Lawrence to l.. j, Thomas,
part tract G3. 1872.
J II. Scales etu X. to Walter II.
SpraPue, lot y, Vencill's subdivision.
Patents.
L. So to Solomon r. Poe, N y SW
l.. and lots 10. II, l8, 2l and %, sec
uon %, l3-l3.
L. S. A. to Edward T. Mckim, as
sipnee of Frank D. Lanterman, N -
section G, l2-14, 33026 acres.
Il. s. A. to Sigel E.- Skinner, lots
|, > and &, and Sc a Sc -, section
8, l6-l5, 1880 acres.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-05-29
Oil Painting on Exhibition

At Hamilton Brothers grocery store
there is an oil painting by Professor
Straight, Sunset on the Washington
Coast" that will be sold Saturday
June 5, to the person making the high
est sealed bid for it Go and see the
painting and bid upon it, as it viii
positively be sold and it will be tha
only opportunity that will he given to
purchase first class painting in that
manner.-Adv. N25
Imperial Valley press., 1915-05-29

Charlie Chaplin, in dough and by
namte" at L. & s. tonight-Adv
Imperial Valley press., 1915-05-29
FOUNDER OF NEGRO
SCHOOL PLAN GOES

To the People Of ri ceatro and In
perial Valley. On the eee Of leav
ing Imperial valley for other elllrs
of the Southwest IN fmtheranre Of
the plans for the e.tahI, hment Il a
negro industrial sehool / wah 10 el-
press my gratitude aud appreciation
FOR the substantial assistance winch
has been given 10 the project and al~o
to thank those people with whom
have discussed the plans for the ronr-
tesies which have been accorded me-
personally.
Al this time also | wash to announce
that the success Of my plans is a.
sured, and to tins Imperial Valley
has contributed handsomely. / trus'
that the good work of the school IN
the field of usefulns IS which It will
occupy will fully repay IN satlsfac-
tion Of deed we'll done, those who
have helped me IA the work.
From here | 20 to San Diego, thence
to the cities Of the counties of the
north. It shall be my particular pleas
ure to keep the people Of the valley
Informed of my progress elsewhere
throuPh letters to the press here.
J. GOODMAN BRAYE.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-05-29

Fence the barley stubble and get some
hogs They will harvest the le !aa1ndeI ol YOU
grain, which, otherwise, would 20 to waste.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-05-29
CITY AND VALLEY

Band Concert The X. Of p Banc
viii pIqc its regular Sunday concert
.t the l. y S. theatre tomorrow al
10 to winch everybody Is invited
= Z 3
Hay Fre-Fue last night destroyed
q quantity Of hay on ranch north
eat Of his city. The blaze could be
plainly seen from amy point In the city
and Tie hay burned for several hours
x s.
Water in Flume-By slow degrees
the water Is being increased in En-
cna fhme. to enable u banks to be
soaked well before ht-.t strain Is pat
upon them Tin morning there va
450 second feet ia the flume, increased
to 500 At noon. and another Increase
VIII be made tomorrow.
x
Theatre Tulane A Nitapraph
Broadway star feature with Earle vii
hams and Anita Stewart in a 3-reel
special, From Headquarters" is the
attraction at the Tulane tonight. The
Fast Freight and Ham and the Sau-
sage Factory complete the bills Com
ing Sunday night, Mary Plckford in
"Cinderellaa
X
Charlie Chaplin at /. < S.-"Dough
and Dynamite a two-reel comedy. the
greatest laueh-maker Of all the pro-
auctions the only Chaplin has ap-
peared IN is the headliner of tonieht's
slX-leel program. Francis Ford in
And They Called HIM Hero" a two
reel comedy dy-drama Of the Cos. THE
staff of Age drama. and And 1t
Happened on Friday a Nestor com
edy, are the other pictures Of this ex-
ina program
Imperial Valley press., 1915-05-29
'HARGED CRUELTY;
WIFE GETS DECREE

Cruelty was the grounds upon which
Mrs. Marcia Roberts was granted an
interlocutory decree of divorce yester-
day afternoon from her husband
George Roberts. The decision was
rendered by Superior Judge Cole.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-05-29
Notice.

Notice Is hereby given that the
firm of Bliss Brothers, formerly do
ing business under that name, has
this day been dissolved, and that in
the future f. f. Bliss, one of the
partners, is no longer connected witt
the firm and hereby gives notice that
he Will not be responsible for any
obligations hereafter contracted by
either Bliss Brothers or c. f. Bliss
the other partner.
BLISS BROTHERS.
BY C.. f. Bliss,
f.. f. BLISS. XThurJunelC
Imperial Valley press., 1915-05-29
[ oaSt Weather.

Los Angeles, May 29.-The local
weather prediction is: Generally
cloudy tonight and Sunday; westerly
10 southwesterly winds.
Imperial Valley press., 1915-05-29
ME for 'GETS-IT'
When | Have Corns'

Simple as Saying II; Never Fails
II does your heart good TO see how
easily and quickly any corn comes out
when YOU put GETS IT" on. And then
when you've got along for years trying
everything, when you've sat up nights
Imperial Valley press., 1915-05-29
MARRIAGE LICENSE

John Merritt, 2G, and lvadell Madru,
3. Both are residents of tins city.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-10-15
BETHEL

Mr.. Lewis Davis OF Bethel last
"Wednesday smashed all records in
cotton picking In this part OF the
country when he picked GiS pounds
Of clean cotton from o'clock a. IN.
to 6 p. m. We hope to have other
records to report next week.
Mark Twain
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-10-15

The manufacturers Of Meritol
Rheumatism Powders have 30 much
confidence In this preparation that
they authorize rs to sell them to you
on a positive guarantee to give YOU
relief In all cases of rheumatism or
refund your money. This Is certainly
a fair proposition. Let us show them
to you. Prices soc and 500. Warren
Brothers. Exclusive Agency
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-10-15

Miss Bannic Hutchins. late OF San
ger Brothers, in Dallas, arrived III
Snyder Monday Of this week and has
accepted a position with Matthews
the Quality Shop for Ladies'
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-10-15

Mr.. !. r. Higgins ,of Weatherlord'
travelling fer a scales factory, is the
guest for a few days Of Nelson Dunn
Of the Thompson Drug Company.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-10-15

The Townsend-Oldham & Co, big
department storce are now located
In their new building and are magni-
ficently equipped. They haze this
week received and Installed about
forty dust proof cases and cabinets.
Nearly everything in their dry goods
and clothing departments will be I'M
der glass cover which make this
store practically dust proof These
new furnishings and fixtures add
greatly to this rapidly growing e'-
Enlistment. Manager Northcutt says
that he intend to have everything
possible TO make a modern aud up
to-date store.
The Snyder signal. (Snyder, Tex.) 1887-????, 1915-10-15

James G. Hall former tax collec-
tor at Vernon was shot Monday His
brother, Huston Hall surrendered to
the officers and was released on bond
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AMONG THE MERCHANTS

Caton-Dodson Dry Goods Company
have installed clothing cabinets In
their store which assists wonderfully
In displaying the goods as well as
protection from dust II is a great i'm
proyemont.
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Unwilling Announcement,

Valentine Camp. No, 5li, W o.
W. will hold unveiling ceremonies
at snyder Cemetery. Sunday, Oct. II
e;3O D. m. All snycrcigns in Sour.
ry county acr invited to attend and
participate
q. W. brown. G. C.
w. A. Kincanon. Clerk.