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The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-30
Barn Owl
(Aiuco pratincoia)

Length. about seventeen inches.
er owls: plumage above. pale yellow.
beneath. varying from silky white to
pale bright tawny.
Range: Resident in Mexico. in the
southern United States. and north to
New York. Ohio. Nebraska. and Call
fornia.
Habits and economic status: The
barn owl. often called monkey-faced
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ly indeed is the creeper seen at rest.
1t appears to spend its life In an in
cessant scramble over the trunks and
branches of trees. from which 1t gets
all its food. 1t is protectiveiy colored
80 as to be practically invisible to its
enemies and. though delicateIy built.
possesses amazingly strong claws and
feet. Its tiny eyes are sharp enough
to detect insects SO small that most
other species pass them by. and alto
gether the creeper fllls a unique plac0
In the ranks OF our insect destroyers-
The food consists of minute insects
and insects eggs, also cocoons ol
tineid moths. small wasps. ants. and
bugs. especially scales and plant lice.
with some small caterpillars. As tho
creeper remains in the United States
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Tungsten City to ceI.brate.

Nederland.-July 8. and Neder.
land, the greatest tungsten city in
the world, will throw open her doors
to the multitudes and the most rip,
roaring Fourth of July that has ever
been held In Colorado, the committee
on arrangements says, wip be staged.
Rock drilling contests. bucking con-
tests. athletic events. baseball, boxing
and dancing will be some of the fea-
lures. Carnival will prevail.
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the birdn of prey. since II feeds almost
exclusively on small mammals that
iniure farm produce. nursery and or
chard ntock. 1t hunts principally In
the open and consequently secures
such mammals as pocket gophers.
field mice. common rats. house mice.
harvest mice. kangaroo rats. and cot
ton rats. II occasionally captures a
few birds and insects At least half
bushel OF the remains OF pocket 60
piers have been found In the nesting
cavity OF a pair OF these birds. Re-
memtering that gopher has been
known In a short time to girdle seven
apricot trees worth 500 II is hard to
overestimate the value OF the service
OF a pair OF barn owls. One thousand
two hundred and forty seven pellets
Of the barn owl collected from the
Smithsonian towers contained 3.I00
skulls. of which 3.004. or 81 per cent.
we're mammals: 92. or 3 per cent. OF
birds: and were OF frogs. The bulk
consisted OF 1887 field mice. 656 house
mice. and 210 common rats. The birds
eaten were mainly sparrows and black
birds. This valuable owl should be
rigidly protected throughout the en-.
tire range.
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Youth Killed as Train Strike. Auto

Wray-Robert Rosencranz, II years
old, was instantly killed when the
auto he was driving was struck by
burlington train No. IA. Young
Rosencranz was on his way from his
father's ranch at Laird to this city
to spend the evening with friends.
The car was hurled 140 feet and tn,
body OF young Rosencranz was tossed
seventy feet farther. The boy was
the son OF J. H. Rosencranz, /,
wealthy farmer. who has big ranch
at Laird and maintains a home In
this city.
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Trooper. Mother Would Go as nurs.

The stir of patriotism at the coun-
try's call for soldiers has taken root
in the hearts of Denver mothers, ac-
cording to Mrs. Alice Beck, mother of
Barbour Beck OF Company G. First
infantry. who has announced her in
tention of answering tie first call f.r
volunteer nurses.
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Red allied Hawk
leuteo boreaIIal

Length. about two feet. One of our
largest hawks: adults with tail red
dish brown.
Range: Breeds in the United States.
Mexico. Costa Rica. Canada and
Alaska: winters generally in the Unit
ed States and south to Guatemala
Habits and economic status: Tho
red-tailed hawk. or ''hen-hawk.' as It
Is commonly called. is one OF the best
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x. E. uinderfelt 1. Recruiting rroo,

Boulder.-Lieut. X. f. Monty Lin
derfelt. prominent in strike troub,e3
two years ago, at Nederland, Is en-
gagged in recruiting a machine gun
troop for Mexican border service with
the Colorado militia. He has opened
enlistment offices and il enrolling
tungsten miners from the Nederland
and Lakewood districts.
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leaf-beetle. May beetles. grasshoppers
cotton worms. army worms. cutworms
the red-humped apple worm. and saw
fly larvae. While the economic record
of the ruled grouse is fairly com
mendable. 1t does not call for more
stringent protection than is necessary
to maintain the species in reasonable
numbers.
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Governor Again pischara., capp.

Denver.-Warden M. P. Capp of the
state reformatory at Buena Vista was
ordered discharged by Governor Carl
son. who found him guilty of neglect,
malfeasance and incompetency. Mr..
Capp was ordered to turn the custody
of the institution over to II. l.. Shaw
Of Buena Vista, who was appointed
warden two months ago.
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Brown Creeper
(certhia famiIiaris americana)

Length. five and one-half inches.
Range: Breeds from Nebraska. In
diana. North Carolina tmountains,.
and Massachusetts north to southern
Canada. also In the mountains OF the
western United States. north to
A'cska. south to Nicaragua: winters
over most OF its range.
Habits and economic Wtatrs: Raro-
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Colorado Women Want to Nurse.

Colorado women are eager to share
the hardships at the front with thelI
men. Since the call for the milit'.
the headquarters OF the Colorado
chapter of the Red Cross in the state
house has been flooded with applica
tions of volunteer nurses.
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Turner Shot by Man Named Brown

Golden. Colo.-Frank Turner, said
to be the son of an attorney of Tex.
arkana. Ark, was shot and killed al
shooting is charged to a man named
Brown. Witnesses state that Brown
entered the II. C. Gill cottage. where
Turner was staying, and. without a
word of dispute or of any other sort,
shot Turner in the forehead. Turner
fell, and was dead before anyone
could get to him. The room was
filled with persons who had been en-.
joyine the evening with story telling
and laughter.
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Chicago Grain and Provision Prices

Chicago-Wheat-N 2 red, nom,
inal; No. 3 red. s1.00@1.O1A; No.
hard. s1.01A @1.021s; No. hard
9GH c@s1.01.
Corn-No. 2 yellow. 76@7G1ac; No
4 yellow. 74h@74&c; No. white
73@74kc.
oats-No. 3 white ss@ssHc;
standard, 4oas @40Ac.
Barley-G0M78c
Timothy-s5.00Q8.0U.
C,over-r7.0 @f3.00
Pork-$23.50
Lard-$13.2O.
Ribs-$13.40@14.06.
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crcsson Mine Sold Tor s4,a7o, 600.

Denyer-It is reported that the
Cresson mine. one OF the richest and
most remarkable properties in the
Cripple Creek distric'. has been sold
by its Chicago owners TO 9 very inn
portai synd. cate of Colorado and
New York men. The price paid was
S4.270. 900.
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official Dies From Old injuries.

Robert Mauff. inspector for the
State Utilities Commission. died from
injuries sustained while engaged In
college athletics fifteen years ago.
The Elbert County tribune., 1916-06-30
Boy prowns When Boat Sinks.

Loyeland.-Arthur Benson, 20, wae
drowned in Branson lake when a
boat sank with himself and com.
panion, John Klantz.
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We eJetabIes.
MISC ELLANEoUs MARKETS.
Metal Market Quotations.

Metal Market Quotations.
Spe.ter, 81. Louis. $1177h.
Copper. Casting. s2G.62k.
Lead, New York, 800.
Bar Silver. C5Ac.
Boulder, Colo o-Tungsten. per unit
OF co per cent. s25 to $50.
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Hay ANp eRAlN MARKET.
F. o. B. Eenver. Carload Price.

+. 0. B. Eenver, Carload Price.
Hay.
Buying Prices.
Colorado upland, per ton. st4.00 0G1 1880
Nebraska upland. per ton. 12.0JWl3.00
Second bottom Colorado
and Nebraska, per ton. 1l.00@12.00
Iiracthy, per ton ....... $4,000 1890
Alfslia, per ton ........ ll.OOWlz.0O
South Park, choice. per
Ton ..........-.... l7.5OWlS.oV
San Luis Valley. per ton 13.00@14.00
Gunnison Valley. per ton. 1900 1000
Straw, per ton .......... 4.50
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Grain.

Wheat. ch.. mill, 100 lbs. buying 1.42
Rye, Colo, bulk. 100 lbs. buying. l.3O
Idaho oats. bulk. buying ........1.50
Colorado oats. bulk. buying .....i.35
Germ chop. sack. selling ........l.4S
Corn in sack. selling .......1.45
Bran, Colo, per 100 lbs. selling. .1.20
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Chicago Hogs - Bulk, $4,000
S.95: light, $9.300990; mixed, SO 50
$1,000; heavy. SO $4,000: rough,
SO 35@9.55; pigs, $1,000 9.20.
Sheep-Wethers. s70O@S 90; ewes,
s4.6047.50; lambs, $750@9.90,
springs, sS.00G11.50.
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Grain a. Iixernool

Liverpool - Wheat = Spot, No.
Manitoba, 9s lid; No. 3. 9s Cd; No. g.
9s Sd; No. red Western winter,
9s, Cd.
Corn-Srot, American mixed, new
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Live Poultry.
e following prices on live poultry
Eggs.

Eggs. graded. No. l net. r.
o. B. Denver ...... -. Fl
Eyes, grade 4. No. 2 net. F.
o. b. Denver .......... 18
Eggs. case count, new
cases less commission. 5.70@590
Eggs, case count. misc
cases, less commission. .5.60@5.S0
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LATE
MAR K EFT
TArio IN s
Western Newspaper Union News Iervics-
DENVER MARKETS.
Cattle.

Cattle.
Steers (pulp and grain fed).
good to choice ....... $9.00Q9.7a
Steers tpulp and grain fedl,
fair to good ........ S.25T9.00
Steers. hay fed .......... S.00@s.0o
Heifers, prime ........ 7.75@S.2o
Cows (pulp and grain fed).
good to choice ........ 7.504S.10
Cows (pulp and grain fed).
fair to good ......... 6.7507.50
Cows. common to fair 80. 5.75@C.5O
Veal calves ....... 10000 1900
Bulls ................ G.0O07.oo
Feeders and stockers. good
to choice ............... 175@s.oo
to good ................ 7.oo0z7s
Feeders and stockers. COM
mca to fair ............ 6.oo@7oo
Hogs.
Good hogs ................s. .s.4o@s.75
Sheep.
Lambs. spring ......-.s10.75@1L25
Ewes. .............. 1850 IT'S
Wethers ......... 5000 $50
Yearlings ........... 5000 $50
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Fruit.

Apples. Colo. fancy box. .s1.25@2.5n
Apples. Colo. choice. box. 1.25
Strawberries. homegrown.
crate ..............-.1. .1.7502.00
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Flour.

Selling Prices.
Standard Colorado. ne.-$2.50.
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Butter.

Creameries. ex. LIST grade. lb.2903O
Cieaneries. I'd grade. lb... zG
frOceSS 70
racking stock ............. 81
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Chicago Live Stock Quotations.

Flour-wlnter patents. ATS.
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Sheep.

Good hogs ................ .s.4o@s.7S
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-04
AUSTRIAN AIRMEN
IN DARN RAID
ON ALLIED BASE
Shower Bombs Down on Dur
azzo and Avlona; Russ
Attack From Air

Notable success for its airmen in
mo is reported by the Austrian admir-
ality. Three atiachs ny air on this
important allied base between Jan
uary 25 and February l are recorded.
The Italian base at Avlona. Albania,
also was attacked by Austrian aviators
on Feb 2.
The eastern war theater, like the
western and the Balkan, has i'm recent
days been the scene of the numerous
aerial operations. Vienna reports the
bombardment of Buczacz in Galicia
by u Russian air squadron and Russian
raids further north. in Volhynia while
the Austrian airmen appear to have
been equally active.
A second Zeppelin air raid on Sa-
lonilli, attempted on Wednesday, was
frustrated by the fire of the allied
batteries, according to an Athens dis
patch.
Reports of infantry operations of
importance from any of the main war
fronts are lacking. Vienna claims
progress for the Austrians at the Toll
mino bridge head by sapping optra-
tions.
similar operation enabled the
British to destroy one of the mine
craters near Huluch on the French
front, recently occupied by the Ger
mans.
Artillery activity along the western
battle line shows no signs of lessen
ing Indeed, Berlin to-day reports the
allied fire increasing in intensity The
Argonne is now named as one of the
sectors where the big guns are most
persistently pounding the German
lines.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-04
Clear Paths Through
Snow Along the River
Park Front Promenades

Broad paths have been cleared in
the snow along the top of the river
front wall and on the walks in the
upper park so that the recent snow
fall hasn't interefered with the pro
menaders or the scores of mill men
and factory girls who prefer to use
this method of getting to their places
of work in the lower end of town.
V. Grant Forrer, the new assistant
to Commissioner f. u. Gross, person.
ally supervised the clearing of the
paths yesterday A horse-drawn
snow-scraper was used for the pur-
pose.
GAS soon as the snow permits we
expect to inspect the whole system"
said Park Commissioner Gross. "Mr.
Forrer and ! will go over the park
and playground property so that we
may lay our plans for the Spring work
accordingly 1t will not be very long.
anymore, you know, until wen be
very busy. Mr.. Forrer has already
taken hold and you can say" added
the commissioner smilingly, that he
is already very much on his job"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-04
FLAMES TRAP HER IN
THIRD FLOOR HALLWAY
Bodies of Victims Are Found
Close Together on Stair
way; No Fire Escapes;
Firemen Delayed by Heavy
Snow; Heroine Daughter
Was Engaged to Be Mar
ried Soon
By Associated Press

New York. Feb. 4.-Six women lost
their lives in fire which destroyed
the home of Mrs. Casimir Tag at 243
Hancock street, Brooklyn, early to-day.
The dead are:
Miss Caroline Tag and Miss Helen
Tag, the daughters of the late bank
president; Hannah f.. Snavely, IS years
old cousin of Mrs. Tag; Jennie
Stebman, q nurse and Anna Cain and
Lizzie Cain, servants.
The fire, which began in a partition
on the lower floor of the four-story
house. is attributed to defective in
sulation of wires. Miss Caroline Tag
was awakened by smoke and discoV-
cred the fire about o'clock this morn
ing. fastening TO the telephone, she
notified her brother. who lived in an
adjoining house. and then telephoned
to the fire department. AS she gave
the address of her home to the operator
at fire headquarters she said: II am
being overcome by smoke"
Rescuer Meets Death
Miss Tag awakened her mother, who
is so years old, and aided her to escape
through q third story window to the
roof of an extension in the rear of the
house. Apparently Miss Tag then went
to the rooms of her sister and the
other occupants to awaken them, and
she. with the others, was trapped by
the flames and smoke which filled the
hall and stairways, cutting off their
[Continued on Page III
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-04
Won Bernstorf Issues
Denial; DR.. Hale Is Head
of Embargo Conference

Washington, Feb. 4. - Ambassador
Won Bernstorff it was declared last
night at the German embassy, had
made no subscription to the American
Embargo Conference. Ambassador
Won Bernstorff declined to say any
thing about the subject. The impress
sion here is that the association has
been financed by German citizens in
this country.
The Rev. DIR. William Bayard Hale,
once confidential adviser of President
Wilson and the special representative
of this Government in 1913 in Mexico
expenses for which mission were
drawn from the State Department S
secret fund, is exposed as a con1den-
tial agent of Count Won Bernstorff
In this new role Doctor Hale is shown
as chairman of the American Embargo
Conference. This is an organization
which displaced Labor's National
Peace Conference, many members of
whose Executive Committee are un-
der indictment for conspiracy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-04
Germany Will Not Disavow
Act Under Any Circum-
stances in Concessions
SITUATION IS SERIOUS
No Other Difficulties Remain
i'll Way of Satisfactory
Settlement
BY Associated Press

Berlin, Feb. 4, via London, 1920
P. Authorization reaching the As
sociated Press to-day indicates that
under no circumstances VIII Germany
admit the sinking of the Lusitania was
an illegal act.
The new instructions forwarded to
Ambassador Won Bernstorf, accord
ing to this information, contains sim
ply one phrase of the new formula
tion of the proposed note of regret
for the sinking of the Lusitania. The
suggested sentence is short, consisting
of only eight words and does not con-
tain the word illegal" 1t represents
the extreme limit of Germany's con-
cessions in the Lusitania case.
The view is entertained here that
one of the most serious crises of the
war has arisen in connection with
the Lusitania case and that ii is i'm
possible to foresee the outcome from
any indications here. The result of
the negotiations appears to hinge
solely on the one word Illegal"
Seven Letters Raise Crisis
In the way of an agreement be-
tween the United States and Germany
stand only these seven letters, express
ing the conception which President
Wilson and Secretary Lansing insist
must be embodied in the German for
HuId expressing regret 1Or the loss OF
American lives aboard the Cunarder
The Associated Press is informed posi-
lively and authoritatively that Ger
many cannot and will not designate as
Illegal the sinking of liner by any
submarine.
Virtually no other difficulties in the
way of settlement remain. and the
new instructions forwarded to Am
bassador Won Bernstorff on Tuesday
contain merely the new formula by
which it is hoped to satisfy Washing
ton without humiliating this country
Although the suggested sentence, ac-
cording to reliable version, consists OF
only eight words and does not contain
the word Illegal or characterize the
sinking of the Lusitania as such, it
goes to otherwise the furthest extent
possible toward meeting American de-
sires.
Situation Is Grave
DR.. Alfred Zimmerman, under sec
retary for foreign affairs. in an inter-
view with the Associated Press ex-
pressed the hope that the new for
mula forwarded to Ambassador Won
Bernstorff would offer a possible base
of settlement. However, he made no
effort to conceal the gravity of the
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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-04
Mrs. Mohr Weeps While
Lawyer Closes Her Case

Providence. r. l., Feb. Airs. IIliz-
aboth +. Mohr sat within fun view of
the jury to-day and wept while her
attorney, John ]. Fitzgerald, declared
in his closing argument that the state
had failed to show she had hired two
negroes, Cecil V. Brown and Henry II.
Spellman. to murder her husband, DIR.
address was the last word in behalf of
the woman around whom the state
had attempted to establish a murder
plot charge.
Counsel for Brown and Spellman
concluded their arguments yesterday.
Attorney General Rice was TO close for
the state in the afternoon, although it
was not expected that the case would
reach the jury until tomorrow after
the charge by Judge Stearns. This
probably will be presented at tho
opening of the session tomorrow.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-04
Secret Code of U. S. Navy
Is Lost From Destroyer
Special TO the Tclesrdtl

San Francisco, Cal, Feb. A bool,
containing the secret code of the
United States Navy has been lost from
the torpedoboat destroyer Hull, and.
according to advices received from
Washington, the Navy Department
has ordered the court martial at Mare
Island of Lieutenant Herbert A. Jones,
commander of the reserve torpedo
flotilla and of the Hull and of Ensign
Robert kirkpatrick. executive officer,
in whose joint possession the book
was.
If the book cannot be found, or its
destruction, unread by outsiders, abso-
lutely demonstrated, it may be neces-
sary, it is said by naval officials here.
10 provide a complete new system of
secret communication for the navy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-04
Impossible to Understand
Awful Horror of BrindiSi
Sinking, Nurse Says

Athens, Feb. 2, via London, Feb. T.
There is not any way to tell you so
that you would understand the awful
horror of the things that l have seen
and lived in the last month";" said
Marie Lemos, of Irving Park, Chicago.
one of the Red Cross nurses who sur
vived the sinking of the Italian steam
ship Brndisi which recently struck a
mine in the Adriatic. She continues:
THE hideous rapidity of the sink
ing of the steamship Brindisi with
her decks covered with dead, and
awash with blood; myself shot into
the water which was full of struggling
"ouths trying to keep afloat but dis
one by one within sight of
land; the Austrian aeroplane attacks
on San Giovanni de Medua and Dur
azZo; the ghastly sight of hundreds
of Serbs falling exhausted and dying
from hunger and cold along the road
of their retreat through Albania-it
does not seem believable."
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-04
MEMBERS OF HOUSE
LOSE THEIR LIVES
We're in Session When Blaze
Started; Panic Breaks Out
in Gallery and Many Wo-
men Are Trampled; Two
Burn to Death; FIremen,
Police and Soldiers Save
Big Library Building

Ottawa, Feb. 1.-Two women and
three men are known to have per
ished in the fire which swept through
the central portion OF Canada's mag
niticent Parliment Building last night,
destroying the Chambers Of the Com
mons and Senate. Several others are
reported missing and it is feared they
are buried in the ruins.
All night long firemen, police and
soldiers fought to save the $4,000, 600
structure, which is considered one of
The finest examples of Gothic archi-
lecture on this continent. They were
successful in saving the beautiful
library building and the east and west
wings of the main edifice.
Rumor of Bomb.
Immediately after. the fire started a
report was spread broadcast that it
was caused by the explosion of an in
cendiary bomb. The fire started In
the readingroom OF the House of
Commons and several percons who
were present at the time including
Mayor Medric Martini of Montreal
asserted that it was preceded by eX-
plosion which knocked down several
persons. The bomb theory was, how
ever, rejected to-day by Col Sherwood
commissioner of Dominion police, who
insisted that the confagration was
accidental.
The two women who lost their lives
were Nine. Bray, wife of II. A. Bray,
of Quebec, and Nine. NORM, wife of
Louis NORM, of Beauce, Quebec. The
men, whose bodies are still buried in
the debris, are Alphonse Des Jardins,
Dominion policeman, Alphonse Des
Jardins, his uncle, an employ in the
building and Robert flaming, a waiter
Members Missing.
Among those reported missing is
b. E. Law, a member of Parliment for
Yarmouth, n. S. Mr.. Law is under
stood to have been at the House at
the time the fire broke out and has
not been seen since. He was alone in
the city and the management of the
hotel where he was stopping said he
left there last night to go to the House
and that every effort to trace him since
had failed.
j. b. Laplant, assistant clerk of the
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CONTINUED on Page 22l
Enraged Mother Follows
Daughter, Given to Aunt

The struggle which youthful Mrs.
Rose Wertz put up with deputy sher-
ifs in the courtroom yesterday to re-
tain her S-year-old daughter, RATHER
inc, who had been given into the Gus
tody of Mrs. George Dolbin, of 2135
Jefferson street, an aunt, was not
ended when the aunt left the court
house.
The mother followed to the Dolbin
home and insisted upon remaining
there until the baby was returned to
her. Finally, however, when the little
girl, herself, asked the mother to
leave, Mrs. Wertz, crushed, left the
home