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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-30
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sible for trains to get through for days.
or course. IL there had been anything
seriously wrong they could have man.
aged to telegraph. but still It's lEost
uncomfortable not to be able to receive
letters ',' ...'
Mrs. Mills has decided to spend n
month or six weeks at Martha's Vim
yard. as Mrs. Laurson and little Miss
Betty. will be- with her. and that IL such
delightful place for children. Then.
when she comes home In the fall Mrs.
Chester Mills and the baby. Marshall
Lieutenant Mills expected to he or
dered back to this country In Septem.
Der, but will probably be detained lon
yer II the PhiIppineS az owing to the
=, IN the islands ard being relieved. nor
are any, new ones being cent out. 80
Gen,eral Mills is hoping 70 be able to
join bis little family at Martha's Vim
yard later on, but as chief OF the
militia division, he Is naturally scanda-
lousy busy, and there's no telling when
he can get away. So.
Gatewood Family
Dispersed for Summer.
How the Gatewood family are scat
tered this summer! Halle. Mrs.
Jenkins. is at Newport. with the baby,
as l wrote you; DIR. and Mrs. Gate
wood will spend the month Of August
with Dorothy Gatewood North at West
Point, while Captain North Is at Platts-
burg and the Toy Dixon Savages-
Mrs. Savage was Hildreth Gatewood-
are going to spend their vacation In the
mountains Of North Carolina.
They tell me there is no more beau
tiful scenery in this country than North
Carolina boasts; and last summer when
Mr.. Savage was visiting the Gatewoods
at their camp on Raquette Lake, he
used always to say. that the Adiron-
you Just ought to see Toxaway." ..
The place they have selected for their
summer outing Is not Toxaway proper.
but the Kanuga Club. which Is but a
few miles distant and equally well
lowered as to scenery It Is q sort of
lightful people. where each new guest
must be sponsored by some Of the
habitues of the place; and Hildreth is
| looking forward to a thoroughly good
time. Her cousins. the two daughters
Of Gen. Julian Whiting. who was a re-
cent visitor at Mrs. Gatewood's. are
also there for the !; summer.
Mrs. ,Gatewoods sister, Lulie Critcher
who is now visiting Dorothy North. 4,
going to Goshen. Va. in August to stay
with her brother. John Critcher; and
| the other sister. Kate, Is at Province.
town. as ! doubtless told you before
busy with her paints and brushes.
There you have. the Gatewood fam
with the exception! Of. DR.. Jenkins
who Is at sea. but whose ship Is In. ant
out of Newport. where Halle is in,
stalled. great deal
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-30
Mrs: C: l.. Perkins !.
Back I'm w Washington.

Poor little Gladys Pedlar, now Mrs.
Clarence Lee Perkins. and q widow al
most before Bhe was wed. Is back in
Washington. Several years ago her
sister. Jean Pedlar, married E. Carleton
Baker. American CONSUL at Nagasaki.
and went to 1--we in Japan. Gladys was
asked to visit her, and on the steamer
going out she met Mr.. Perkins. a fine
young chap. q graduate of Yale and
an employe of, the Standard OIL Com
,pany. ~.
Business took him. to Shanghai, but
the young people kept up vigorous
correspondence and he managed an &C.
casiohAl visit to Shanghai until the
steamer Irritation ripened into q real
romance. When the Bakers decided to
at |, once and. they. sailed for their
hpneynoon, on. the same ship.
On their arrival in. this country came
a fnmily reunion when Sthe bride and
were the. guests. OF Mrs. Pedlar. the
girls mother. at her home In Vermont
avenue. Gladys went on to New York
to visit her brother and sister-in-law,
Me. and Mrs. Louis Carl Pedlar and to
her new husband to them;
London and had perfectly gorgeous
Thcn-Mr. Perkins was stricken with
the sudden illness which caused his
death. That occurred Just three weeks
ago, and they had been married Just six
weeks. Isn't lit tragic?
Gladys is now with her mother, so are
the Bakers. and Mrs. Carl Pedlar, and
her two. fine, boys are visiting here. too
Their home Is at FORREST Hills l.. II
but they were In washington when the
infantile paralysis epidemic broke out
Tand. Mrs. 'Pediar decided that 1t was
better TO stay here and brave the heat
than to take the children into; New
York, Carl Pedlar, by the way. grew
up Here, and Mas ever 80 many friends
ISanong Washington folk.
| Mr.. Baker Is hoping to be transferred
from 'Nagasaki to Mukden before the
expiration OF his leave! and It Is prob
able that when he and hisSwife sail fol
the orient again they will 20 to- Chine I'm,
tragedy that has come. into her life. the
spell Of the East Is upon Gladys. she
has learned to love tho life. and has de-
cided to accompany her sister when she
goes to China
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-30
Honor Roll Is Feature
OF Alumnse Association.

Inc honor roll IL a feature or the
newly organized Alumnae Association
OF the First. National Service School.
which has been formed to bind the
women who took the course together
into an organization at once permanent
and qualified to be useful. AZ the girls
graduate from the three other Service
SCHOOLS on the tapis for this summer
they will be eligible for membership.
or these camps. the one at San Fran
close September 1, Is the most inn
portant In point OF numbers. Its alum
nae will number 5000. There Is to be
camp at Geneva Lake, Wisconsin.
Just outside OF Chicago and under the
auspices OF the Chicago branch of the
Women's Section of the Navy League,
from August l6 to September u.s. and an
other at Narrangansett Pier from Sep
TENDER 6 to 90 - -
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-30
Mrs. Chester Mills Cut
OF by N, C. Flood.

Mrs. Albert. l.. Mills was Just n wee
bit worried last week about her daugh-
ter-in-lsw, Mrs. Chester, Mills. and the
little ,grandohild she has never; seen.
as they. were, cut off from, e9mmunca-
ton by, ,man Nor, ~ week, or ten days.
They are visiting :youp& Mrs, Mills'
try hothe at Hot Springs. n. C., and
the floods caused such washouts ON. the
Southern railroad that It was impos-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-30
Mrs. Vylla Poe Wilson
Helping Organize Camp.

Mrs. Vyila Poe Wilson. who was adju-
tant Mt the National Service School at
Chevy Chase. Is helping to organize
the camp at Chicago; and who do you
suppose 10 one of her ablest lieutenants
Lolita Armour. While I was in Chi
caGo she announced that she was going
TO Mexico as a Rcd Cross nurse-she
could. too. at a pinch. for she has
actually had q proper hospital course
present work. She's the little girl. you
remember. who was saved from being
q cripple for life by famous European
DOCTOR, who was imported at fabulous
expense. Now she's as healthy "a you
please and unusually active.
There now. I'm afraid I've worn your
patience thin and must pause to draw
Yours fondly
JEAN ELIOT.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-30
Lieut.. Brice Announced to.
Marry Miss Oakey.

BY the way. did you. ever meet
Jimmie Brice, Lieut.. James A. Brice,
OF the Coast Artillery. to be properly
formal. who is chum OF Earl North's
at West Point and has visited the
Gatewood family on several occasions?
Well, he was due for a visit at
Raauette Lake last summer. hut In
stead was ordered on temporary duty
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-30
Washington Colony Grows
On the North Shore.

With half Of Washington society al
ready gathered In that alluring little
corner Of the North Shore. which In
cludes East Gloucester and Bass Rocks
Mr.. and Mrs. I. T. Mann are trying
with small difficulty assure you-to
inveigle the other half to Join them as
their guests. The Washington colony
there Is fiourishing and promises to gro "
even larger.
The Reeve Lewises are occupying the
same cottage they had last year. and
May Adams. who has. Mrs. Buchanan
Merryman and Margaret Howard with
Rocks which she leased way last fall.
Mrs. William Barrett Ridgely and her
mother. Mrs. Deering. have Joined the
hotel colony. which Includes the Rich
ard X. Tylers and Mrs. Billy Hill. Mr..
and Mrs. G. Thomas Dunlop will close
their beautiful old place. Hays" neGr
Chevy Chase Lake. tomorrow. and will
Join that jolly throng for the remainder
of the summer. "
But to return to the Manns. The have
had guest after guest ever since they
took possession of their cottage at Bass
Rocks. and are planning one continuous
house party for the month OF August.
They will probably leave Massachusetts
early In September to spend the early
fall at their country place at Bramwell.
w. Va. ..r..
DR.. and Mrs. La-kin w. Glazebrook.
Adolphus Staten. Ridgley Mclean. and
been asked to visit them for August or
a part thereof. Bessie Hickey Ia their
guest now and will probably remain
some time. However, its quite lncon-
siderate of Mrs. Mann to take away
any of the few bachelors the, Mexican
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-30
DR.. Lewis Back Ut Home
In Betheetla After Visit.

DR.. John Lewis ID back at his homo
in Bethesda after q visit in, Virginia
in the neighborhood Of the old home
at Tappahannock. He also took 4
trip'in the lower waters Of the Poto-
mac and the Rappahannock with the
governor Sof Virginia, Henry Carter
Stuart, and the two mon were enter
tanned by Governor Harrington. or
Maj yland. -.
conferences, to- determine m ethods Of
cooperation I'm their handling Of the
violatorg Of the oyster laws. Often q
man will commit SOME depreciation in
Virginia and fee to Maryland, or vice
versa, and the need to "get together
is quite evident. After this. however.
IL will take wary oysterman to es-
cape capture.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-30
A Chronicle 81,
eSociety. q

S s. ys.s 81 ms.;t N II. s.s. Y.
New York, Of whSm I hear the meet
fcn. rs .n% We. 70 81 Ssrri s
on August Is. The place selected,
curious1y enough, III the little Episco.
pal church on Chapel island, q wooded
islet which sticks up out Of ,Raquette
Gatewoods had last year. Miss Oakley
and her family are staying at The
,Ahtlers nearby, .,s-
Capt. Daniei'P. Gard. Of the Medical
70 be best man for Lieutenant Brfce.
Meanwhile the North family individ-
ually and collectively are lamenting
that they. won't be able to be present.
Captain North can't be spared from
his duty and Dorothy Is too much oc-
cupled with her small daughter to
leave the Point
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-30
And Now More Plans
For Navy LeaRue Branch.

Elizabeth Ellicott Poe has gone to
Wakefield to spend q few days with
Mrs. George Barnett, and I'm willing
to wager that the two Of them are
busy discussing plans for the
Woman's Section of the Navy League
In general and the National Service
School Alumnae in particular.
Mrs. Barnett IL forming surgical
dressings class at Wakefield and Will
thus qualify for the honor roll Of tho
First National Service School; while
before she left town Miss Poe had
from twenty to thirty women working
under her every morning at the busi-
ness of making scientific bandages
and dressings.
Now that nearly everybody Is out
OF town the Glasses meet only every
other day. They have q Red Cross
nurse to. see. that everything IL done
correctly and you'd be surprised to
know how many dressings. scientific
and sanitary in every respect, have
been completed and laid away for fu-
ture use.
Mrs Julian James. who has just gone
to New York. called away by the illness
OF friend. l think. Mrs. Charles l..
Hussey. Mrs. 9oldsborough Adams,
Miss Natalie Lincoln, these are q Few
or the women VINO have been steady IN
their attendance at the surgical dress
inBs class all summer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-30
Capital Also Represented
AT Beverly. and Manchester. :,

washington u eQuotV VOL reprcscut-
ed at Beverley, Manchester. and Mag
nolia,. the more fashionable quarter OF
the North Shore. Tho Axel Wichfelds
are at swiftmore: Mr. Letter has Joined
his family At Edgewater; the Williams
Nee and Mrs! oliver Wendell Holmes
are at the dalightful seaside home where
he spent his 1pmmers as a boy. The
Holmes place II at Beverly, which the
Justices father used always to call
beverly by the Depot in friendly. mock
cry Of the name Manchester-by-the Sea,
affected by ths summer residents OF
the town,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-30
Burleson Girls stin
On. a Wyoming Ranch.

Ietters from the little Burleson girls
are filled with glowing accounts OF
the joys of Eaton's Ranch. in Wyo-
ming. where they are spending the
6Anmer. All their hopes, fed by the
tales Of those who had been there
htfore hre realized, they say. and their
hack riding. trout fishing in the clear
! cool mountain streams and similar
Sp0rts.s Doesn't 1t sound alluring on a
hot day7
Before they left Wash In gton; they
entered into, a. pact with each other,
witch Possibly. Q suggestion from Mrs.
BuflesSn Jas the. real reason, to so to
bed EVERY evening, at ~ o. clock. ,and
Eeceeded in living up to the FERNS FERNS
OF the bargain. Indeed, after being
Sut In the open all day everybody Is
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-30
Chases on With
Lieutenant Thompson.

Mrs, volney Chase, with her two
daughters. Elizabeth and Suzanne. and
Lieut. John Med. Thompson. left town
yesterday in '"Tommy's" car for James
town, r.. l., where the ChAses will spend
the rest of the summer and where
Tommy will stay on until the expira-
ton of his leave. On the way they'll
stop at West Point for short visit.
Tommy has been in town for several
weeks now, recuperating. from Q broken
leg and an attack Of typhoid fever. He
was detached from the Fifth Cavalry
when the Mexican trouble frst broke"
and was put In charge of what the girls
call a "hock"-well. IT'S neither a COM
pany nor .roop-of motorcycles mount
ed with guns-in fact, the first motor
cycle battery organised for the Amert-
can army.
don't know rust how he came to
break his leg. but at any rate he had
an attack OF TYPHOID by way OF COM
valescent, he hasn't yet got his strength
back He's still on sick leave.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-07-30
British Officer
Sends Farewell.

DO you recollect that I said something
several weeks ago about our meeting
particularly interesting British army
officer who was here on leave-and
diplomatic businessY His name. II you
have forgotten. was Norman Thwaitcs,
British born. university bred. American
experienced. and heru OF one OF the
real Incidents OF the line In Flanders.
Well. Captain Thwaites hurried back
to EnBlanu the other day. and along
came. presently, letter. IL was sealed
with very boa announcement that 1t
haa been OPENED BY CENSOR" ana
was on the stationery OF the ConEtitu-
tional Cluu or London. The paper and
enveiop bore the black lines OF MOURN
ins. everything In Europe does that.
MY plans. are rather uncertain" he
wrote. but i expect to 10 out to the
French front In day or two. at least
for a period. Whether 1 am to return
10 A ,sSs iS,sr on ob, don't yet s1 know
Do you realize what that really
meant, Susan7 1t was his quiet way OF
saying good-by. The same day that
letter came. the newspapers told that
over 1000 British officers had been kill
ed or captured in three weeks. Captain
Thwajtes just wanted us to know Inc
was going to the front. That IL abou,
all that an officer needs to ray by way
Of farewell. whether l am TO return
to America later on l don't know!
What a specimen Of British incapacity
10 be sentimental!
Still, he wouldn't need TO prove tina,
he could be sentimental. after the things
I have heard about him He could have
well. no. to be personal. almost an.
And I'm told that he hasn't tho cour-
age to ask! Aren't men funny?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-13
ANNOUNCEMENTS

Woman's Peace Party holding ex-
hibit War Against War" So E. Mon
roe, all week and Sunday, 10 a. m.
to 10 p. m.
Redeemers' Army free day nursery
has moved from 7O4 S. Hoyne av. to
PA Warren av., where it has roomy,
pleasant quarters.
Carpenters Local No. will hold
election Of officers and delegates and
also elect officers of the district coun-
Gil, Wed, p. m. to 9 p. m, Room
sos, 184 W. Washington.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-13
HOLD MILK CONFERENCE

TlOLD WILN SOINT ERENSE
Conference between federal food
commissioners and local milk deal
ers at Hotel Sherman today. Federal
commission trying to decide what
standard of milk should be. Stan
dard varies in different sections of
country. Chicago dealers said to di-
lutte milk to bring it down to standard
that permits them to sell it.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-13
ASK FOR REVERSAL OF ACTION
IN AUTO PHONE CASE

IN AUTO PHONE CASE
The Public Ownership league will
go into circuit court this week and
ask for reversal of the action of the
state utilities comm in the automatic
phone deal The commissions deci-
sion grants to the Chicago Tunnel
Co. the right to sell the automatic
phone system to the Chicago Tele-
phone Co. for a price Of $6.3OO,OOO.
'The American Telephone & Tele-
graph Co., owner of the Chicago Tel
ephOne Co.. is an outlaw acting in de-
fianCe Of the laws of the state of Hi
nois," said Fayette B. Munro, attOT-
ney for the P o. league. In its de-
cisiOn to support the interests of the
national phone monopoly as against
the interests of the people of ChiCa-
go, the state utilities comm has put
itself in a bad light for the whole the
DRY Of regulation as opposed to gov
eminent ownership. If the people see
that regulation is a One-sided matter
with all the regulating in favor Of
mOnOpOlies such as the A. T. & T. it
is only a matter of time until the
people will find a way to destroy the
regulatory bodies that play hand in
glove with predatory interests"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-13
TAKE DUTCH MAIL

Berlin, June 13.-Dutch steamer
ROepat, from Amsterdam to West
Indies, was forced to leave all her
mail in England, the semi-ofhciaI
news agency said today,
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-13
SAY CHARGES WILL BE PUT
AGAINST OFFICER 1880

Union express drivers said today
that charges will be preferred against
Parolman 483O by a tenant of the
Mortimer bldg, 166 w. Washington
St, upon whom it is said the police
man pulled a gun while assisting a
wagon driving stTikebreaker to de-
liver a Wells-FaTgO express package.
Milwaukee express drivers are
ready to go out. Decision to strike if
demands are not granted was made
at a mass meeting in Milwaukee last
Sunday, held secretly in one hall
while a fake meeting was being
staged by the union men at another
hall to fool the police sent to disrupt
the meeting.
Roy Liedstrand, IS, 1914 Newport
av., fatally injured when hit by auto
carrying license applied for" sign.
NEW YORK STOCKS. - Gains
fractional Trading light.
WEATHER FORECAST
Fair tonight; Wednesday probably
unsettled; not much change in tenn
PeratUre; gentle to moderate vari-
able winds. Temperature Monday;
Highest, 90; lowest, o.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-15
UNION DEFIES
CONSUMPTION
waikout OF All Earroad Employees Hia.
cd At II Parliament
Enacts Law.

LONDON. Jan. iG.-The National
Railway Mems Union. one OF the strong
est labor organizations in Great Britain.
today dened the government to enact
the conscriptiOn bill.
IN the most drastic resolution vet
adopted By any labor BODY, the eNecu-
tive committee Of the railway men de-
clared their organization will resiS,
conscription TO the uttermost. They
limited at an Immediate strike OF all
railroad workers OF Great Britain IL the
bill passes parliament.
Unless the government is preDared
to conhscate the wealth OF the privi-
legged classes for the more successful
prosecution OF the war" read the reso-
luton. the railroad workers will re-
sist TO the uttermons the conhscation
OF men. whose only wealth is their
labor power"
The executive committee declared the
railway workers Overwhelmingly on
posed 10 any form OF CONSERVATION.
They have not receded. they said. from
the position they took several months
ago when they warned the government
mat an attempt to enforce conScrip-
ton would he followed by a general
strike The drastic action of the rail
way men. coupled with the anti-con-
scription resolutions adopted by rep
rescntatives OF 100000 miners yester-
day. unqucstionably has caused the gov
concern. Premier Asqufth con-
ferred informally to-day with members
OF the cabinet.
II is rumorcd that efforts were being
made to amend the bill before tho hnai
vote is taken. TO eliminate objections OF
the railway men and miners.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-15
SHIP TORPEDOED
WITHOUT WARNING

LONDON. Jan. Il, S:55 y. m.-The
Malta correspondent OF Reuters Tele-
gram company sends the following de-
spatch:
Fifty members OF the crew OF the
British steamship Clan MacFarlane.
which was torUedoed in the Mediter.
ranean December 80. are still missing
and have been given up as lost.
The survivors who have arrived
here state that the steamship was tor
pedoed without warning in a rough
sea. the submarine appearing on the
surface only after the torpedo hit the
ship. After the crew had been taken
To the boats. the submarine came along
side he boat occupied by the captain
OF tho Clan MacFarlane. and the sub
marine commander asked and received
miscellaneous Information regarding
the ship and her crew.
The submarine was OF the largest
type and mounted two guns. Its com.
mander showed great uneasiness. sur
vivors said. while waiting for the
steamship to sink. He finally acceler-
ated her sinking by placing five shots
below her water line.
The lifeboats battled eight DAYS
against mountainous seas. with the &C
cupants on rations consisting Of half a
biscuit and a small cup OF water twice
daily. Six ~ifeboats had been tied to-
gether. but three broke away before
help came n are believed to have
Deen lost"
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-15
U. S. GUNNERS
MAKE new RECORD

WASHINGTON. Jan o. Gunner.
of fue Atlantic fleet made durIul 1915
.Is HIGHEST averages of tho fleets
history for tIf.Uf practice boo fhe ouru
.". IHI- became SHOWN today Zoo
connection with tho transmission fu
IH' sonafD tlr annual report of Ad.
m.rll FLETCHER. c1mu4ndIur fnc fleet.
ln response to o resolution Iufroduc
.I Do. Senator lodge The report was
ordered printed 8. a confidential doc
uHcut af thn request OF Senator
Lodge
Dol tran. mif'IuE fue report. Score.
rotary Daniel. wrote r. letter fo tho
naval affair. committee cypla nIu4
f.If certain conclusion. reached bv
Admiral Fletcher oi % purely military
nature h.1 been omitted. aa d. was
believed Chat th'Ir puhI,af or vtGId
Ir unVIHr
If Ua. learned lf the navy depart.
mont fh1I fHs admiral report dvrIt
upon fH' heritage of officers and MON
.u ..r' of IH. nrff. Secretary
Daniel. l.ffnr which also vI. made
I confidential document I. understood
f1 Rave stated that fhIH condition mad
Hir.Hdt been overcome au far la if
could ho mot within fHc por.orf au.
rIfDI limit of strength of per
.uuH.I
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-01-15
WAR INCREASES
JUVENILE CRIME

HERtJN Jan % Oia London. .l
a wI-IIaf war BIAS Increased iu-
t'rIlD crime iu Germany was pointed
out lf Prof Franz won Listef of Dor.
lu university. ono OF The most dis
tuEui.heI DrIminolorI-fs and pr1f-s
.ors uf laW boz Germany. BOO an address
before thc Society Tor the Rcforma.
ton oft Youthful Criminals This opin.
Jon was suh.tantiotcd through an in.
QuIrt recently instituted by the same
society. U was brought out.
Prof Ia-fct recommends aa 20 rom.
cdy a decree just issued by the mill
tary governor of Casscl. forbiddIug
boys io visit saloons or moving pic.
tur" shows. or loaf about fbo streets
durIHe Tho evening smoking and
dfIrtInE alcoholic beverage
Tho inquiry referred fo by The
pc.tar shows that the increase boz
crime I. especially amous hoy he
tween tho aces OF no. and l0. tho older
botH showing a Freator measure OF
olfrnutrul some of fho reports ad
mit th' crime due directly to the war