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Hotel
Illinois and Pacific Aves.
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.

is situated in the heart of the most
fashionable part of Atlantic City. 1t is
centrally located and is midway be-
tween all stations and within a stones
throw of the largest concrete II story
resort hotel in the world
Reasonable Rates. Open Surround
ings.
Hotel CHANNEL has a Beach Front
View, with capacity of 250. Steam
heat, running water, and private baths
The hotel has undergone extensive
repairs and renovation during the past
Winter with more private baths and
running water. 1t is one of the best
modern Price Family Hotels in the City,
noted for its excellent table and best of
service.
Doors and windows screened in sum-
mer. Bathing allowed from the hotel.
Why not hit the trail and come and
spend the Lenten season with US.
Write for booklet to get terms. 18th
season. Yours Respectfully,
A. c. CHANNELL,
- Owner and Prop
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Exlr rig COLOSSUS.

Historians long ago disposed Of the
schoolbook story of George Washing
tion and the cherry tree he chopped
down with his little hatchet. There
may have been cherry tree and a
hatchet at the Washington home, but
there is no evidence that George cut
down tree under the circumstances
Of the legend, which was current about
other great men of the day and was
used by Parson Weems in his biog-
raphy of Washington to point moral
and adorn tale. The tale about Will
liam Tell shooting the apple off his
boys head went by the board, too,
along with a lot of other things we
thought were true. Now, within the
last few weeks, two other cherished
traditions have vanished under the
cold eye of investigation. One was
about the little boy who stood outside
Independence hall in Philadelphia,
July 4, 1776, and called to his grand
father, Ring, grandpa, ring" There
was no such little boy. The other is
about the Colossus of Rhodes. We al
ways supposed this seventh wonder of
the world bestrode the mouth of the
harbor of Rhodes and that ships and
galleys used to sail under its strad-
died legs. It was that way in the
schoolbooks and the picture showed a
large galley sailing under it. A re-
cent dispatch from the war zone said:
"The tradition that this gigantic
image once bestrode the harbor of the
capital has lately been exploded by
scholars who have made exhaustive
explorations on the spot" So goes
another fond illusion of childhood.
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The Portland Ore, street railway
company has issued a circular saying
that single men may be just as loyal
and efficient as married men, but that
it has taken census of it's employees
and finds that the best Of them are men
with families. This recalls Bacon's
observation to the effect that the mar.
ried man has given hostages to for
tune. Other things being equal, he is
bound to be less restless and more cir
oumspect than the young fellow who
is responsible for no ones happiness
but his own and rather careless about
that.
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Heretofore disk talking-machine rec.
ords could be successfully produced
only by artists experienced in such
work, assisted by experts in the lab
oratories of talking-machine manu-.
facturers. Methods of making records
have been improved to such an extent
of late that it is possible for anyone,
under the direction Of expert opera
tors, to make successful disk records.
The records made are from original
dies or matrices from which dupli
Gates can be made even hundreds OF
years in the future.
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IA Wondered.

He is an obedient husband, and at
his wife's direction waited for her
Just within the main doors Of a downs
town department store. He is polite
as well as obedient, and so he stood
with hat in hand, not noticing a table
of free fashion sheets beside him.
Women, other than his wife, passed,
some Of them taking a sheet" and
some of these as polite as he, glanced
into his face to remark, Thank you"
He wondered what for, till the wife,
came.-Indianapolis News:
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Youth.

Youth is not a time of life. It is
not matter Of ripe cheeks, red lips
and supple knees; it is a temper OF
the will, a quality of the imagination,
a vigor of the emotions. 1t is the
freshness of the deep springs of life.
Nobody grows old by merely living a
number of years. People grow old only
by deserting their ideals. Years
wrinkle the skin; but to give up en-
thusiasm wrinkles the soul.-Dr.
Frank Crane.
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unappreciated Sweetness.

My small daughter was staying all
night with her grandmother. After
she had been undressed and was all
ready for bed her grandmother asked
her If she hadn't better kiss her
grandpa, who was sitting near by
reading. He evidently didn't hear and
continued reading while she stood on
her tiptoes smacking her little lips.
Finally she turned, disgusted, to her
grandmother and said, ooh, I'm vast
ing 'em!"-Exchange
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Famous Mosque Of St. Sophia.

Mohammedans reverence CONSTANT
nople next to Mecca, and st. Sophia,
or the Church of the Divine Wis
DOM" holds first rank in the affections
of the faithful. Commenced in the
year 5S2 A. D. on the site of several
successive Christian churches of the
same name, no fewer than 10000
workmen are said to have been en-
ployed upon its construction, under
the direction Of 100 master builders.
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wonld hAVe been no obstruction of
American lives by the sinking of the
Lusitania'.
Mr.. Hughes strongly denounces, "al
plots and conspiracies in the interests
of any foreign nation. Utterly intoler
able is the use of our soil for alien in
trigues +" He properly charges Mr.
Wilson'S failure promptly to stop them,
to his playing politics..
Here are his views on prepared
ness:
eve are a peace loving people,
but we live in a world of arms. We
have no thought of aggression, and
we desire to pursue our democratic
ideals without the wastes of strife.
So devoted are we to these ideals,
so intent upon our normal develop
ment, that l do not believe that
there is the slightest danger of mill
tarism in this country. Adequate
preparedness is not miIitarism. 1t
is the essential assurance of Sc
curity; it is a necessary safeguard
Of peace.
1t is apparent that we are shock
ingly unprepared. There is no room
for controversy on this point since
the object lesson on the Mexican
border. All our available regular
troops Qess, l believe, than 100000
are there or in Mexico, and as these
have been deemed insufficient the
entire National Guard cas- been or
dered out; that is, we are summon
ing practically all our movable
military forces in order to prevent
bandit incursions.
In view of the warnings of the
last three years, it is iaexcusable
that we should find ourselves in this
plight.
Speaking of the temporary prosperity
we enjoy as a result of war orders, he
says we care living in FOOLS paradise"
and that we will have to meet a fierce
foreign competition after this war, and
must take wise measures to protect our
trade and commerce, and our American
workmen.
Mr.. Hughes utters plea for the pro-
lection of the life and health of the
country's workers, its women and its
and for just adjustment of
the relations between labor and capital.
After expressing his warm approval
of Woman Suffrage, he concludes his
strong, meaty address with these elo-
quent Words
"We live in fateful hour. In
true sense, the contest for the pre-
servation of the nation is never end
ed. We must still be imbued with
the spirit of heroic sacrifice which
gave US our country and brought US
safely through the days of civil war.
We renew our pledge to the ancient
ideals of individual liberty, of op-
portunity denied to none because of
race or creed, of answering loyal
ty. We have vision of America
prepared and SECURE; strong and
just; equal to her tasks; an eXem-
plar Of the capacity and efficiency
of a free people. l indorse the
platform adopted by the convention
and accept its nomination.
Mr.. Hughes address is in truth a
calm, searching, judicial Indictment on
the cold facts of tAe Wilson administra-
ton which no amount of wordy
quibbling can answer. We prophesy
that next November 7th the people will
vote ''guiIty" thereon.
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For Safety.

A man in the West was saved from
death when a shot fred at him struck
a silver dollar in his vest pocket.
The moral of this is always to carry
money in ones vest pocket. If one
has no money, then the safety first
movement suggests the prompt bor-
rowing Of it from the nearest easy
friend.
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A great many editorial writers look.
ing for topic have seized upon the
suggestion thrown out by the New
York Times-discussio as to which
are the six best novels in the English
language. There is wide diversity OF
opinion, though not so much, prob.
ably, as thefe would be were the
question as to which are the six worst
novels. There seem to be so many
more competitors for the latter dis.
tinction, you know.
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Turk. Cara Little for STAGE.

At Kadi Keui, the ancient Chalce-
don, is situated the one and only
Turkish theater in or near Constan-
tinople, rickety, wooden construc-
tion capable Of accommodating. how
ever, a large number Of onlookers.
Performances are witnessed only by
men, are given three times a week,
and take place in broad daylight.
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A soeiologist advises girls to be
armed, to drill in battalions for ma.
tional defense, and to meet men on
their own ground But the idea is
not original. The Amazons saw it
first. and everybody knows how they
succeeded in impressing upon the
world the type of femininity they rep.
resented.
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PRETTY Safe Bet.

Little Willie, stretched fiat on his
stomach, was watching the bucket as
it was lowered into an open we'll at
the end Of long rope. Impressed by
the great depth, he was finally able to
contain himself no longer. "I'I bet
that rope is more than half an inch
long" he asserted with conviction.
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Perseverance, Has Won.

In the past the nation has made
many blunders and has been guilty
of many shortcomings, and yet in the
end we have always come out victori-
Gus, because we have refused to be
daunted by blunders and defeats-have
recognized them, but have persevered
in spite of them.-Theodore Roosevelt
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Daily Thouoht.

To be bright and cheerful often re-
quires an effort. There is a certain
art in keeping ourselves happy; in this
respect, as in others, we require to
watch over and manage ourselves al
most as if we were somebody else
Avebury.
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New BertiIIon Idea.

As an addition to the Bertillon sys.
tenn of Identification an Omaha den.
tist- has perfected a way to register
the ridges of upper gums, which, he
says, never change and are different
in every individual.
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UncIe,s Unjust susniciona-

DE pictures I sees in some o. de
summer books,' said Uncle Eben,
make me s'picious dat some right
foolish people learns to read an
write.
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If the mackerel catch, which is re.
ported to be the largest in half a CEN
tury doesn't rot on the ground a good
breakfast ought to be a little cheaper
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Word From Rr,er Williams.

I don't lose no sleep over de riddles
de good Lawd didn't intend fer me to
unriddle; an I don't keer how fur off
heaven is of only git a chance ter
work fer de wings ter fly dar.-Atlan.
ia Constitution.
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A French savant says we have 26
cold winters ahead of US. And just
look at the number we have behind
US.
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A submarine with a steaming radius
of 800 miles has been tested by naval
authorities. A vessel of that type
should be able to bring home the
bacon.
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Probably if the truth were known,
the inventor of mothballs is behind
this use of gas in the European
trenches.
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The name of that new germ-killer,
tFimethylmetoxyphenol, if written on
war map, might be mistaken for that
of Russian town.
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Now that America is said to manu-.
facture its own peroxide of hydrogen,
there is no need to import our blondes
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Electric light in the trenches! Some
have running water, too. All modern
conveniences.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-20
CLAIRvOYANTS
MRS. r. LUSBY,
NINE. CARLETTA,

PRE-. EMINESTLY THE GREATEST OF
ALL cLAlRNolANTs AND LIFE
ADVISERS.
She Sever Met You Yet Tells Your Name
NAMES OF FRIENDS AND ENEMIES:
The Rest OF Advice and Assistance In Al
Affairs OF LIfe-Perfect Satisfaction TO all.
SEES EVERY ONE. NONE SIGHTED.
Hour. 7O5 Eighth st. N. w. T S@.
10 am,
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nnt committee chairmen of the board.
and reminded members that. although
great progress has been made by the
Capital In recent years, much greater
progress Is In store for IT. "Tbe No
tons Capital is too big city to have
all the needed improvements made at
once" he said. "Your grandchildren,
your Observation-Disclosures and your
great great grandchildren will see
me etlngs of the Washington Board OF
Trade discussing what ought to be
Gcnc and how you can educate us
members of Congress-" the former
Speaker predicted in closing.
smoot Predicts Suffrage.
Senator Reed Smoot, of Utah. who
was honor guest. made the prediction
that the day for suffrage in the Dis
trict IL approaching. ~ expect TO see
tho day" he said, Gin the not very
distant future when you will have
the vote In the District and I see no
reason why you should not have the
vote the same as In other cities In the
United states" The Utah Senator
stated that he always had been a con
sistent advocate of the half.and-half
principle of taxation. 81 have fought
for Il In the committee, I have fought
for Il upon the floor OF the Senate, and
as long as ] am In the senate OF the
United states shall fight for H." no
declared.
The report OF the committee on
bridges, read by A. II. Severn, chair.
man. included recommendations for
OF a monumental mefnor.
iai bridge to connect the public park
ing system with Arlington National
Cemetery, and urged that an appro.
priation be made for the replacement
of the Calvert street bridge.
Street Extensions.
william @. Henderson. chairman OF
the committee on streets and ave-
nucs, offered the following recon-
mcndation, which was adopted!
THAT in the acquisition OF land for
the opening or extension OF any street,
avenue. or road. constituting a main
artery OF travel. assessment for the
cost OF such acquisition shall be made
against property abutting on such
opening or extension to the extent TO
which n jury OF condemnation may
ind such property benefited, and the
remainder OF the cost shall be paid
out OF the revenues OF the District and
the United states equally"
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FOR SALE-MISCELLANEOUS

SET or SLEIGH RUNNERS, 81; can he
quickly attached TO buggy aXles, Si25 10th
ST. n. W.
PIANO, $3.50; Hamsome 500: quartered oak
upright, practically new; elegant tone: act
quick. 2@ 18th ST. ". f. -
PIANOs-Used; guaranteed perfect condi-
tioni tuned and delivered; Hardman, $50;
Vose, $50; Huntington, $50; Hallet Davis,
800; Knabe square. Si5; Angelus player
plano, with music, $50; half store prices;
cash talks with me; get my prices on new
Estcy, kurtzmau. Necdham and Martin
Bros, players--upTights and grands; tun-
ms. si.bO. See SHUE and save money, 6is
Mass. ave. N. w, Pm. NJ. i5ls.
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BLAMES LACK OF TRAINING.
Want Of Home Care Called Chief
Cause Of Criminaiity.

The chief cause OF criminsiity can
be traced to the lack OF proper home
training, said Mrs. a. X. Anderson,
OF 81. Adams parish, before a meet.
ing OF the Sunday school institute IN
Trinity parish hall last night.
FIFTY per cent OF the criminals
have lacked the proper training ny
mothers" said Mrs. Anderson. Ell
the child IL properly trained before
he II ten years old. the foundation OF
his life IL laid"
W. W. Milan, OF the Mt. Vernon NJ.
T.. vnnrch. spoke OF cooperation be.
tween tho home and the Sunday
school. "The parent should accom-.
pany the boy To the sunday school
every Sunday morning In order to
keep him In the class" he said.
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DEATHS

BRIAN-Op Monday, December ~, 1916, al
loved husband OF Carrie II. Brian, In his
seveniy-thtrd year at his residence.
1874 Columbia road
Funeral services at Calvary NJ. r..
Church. Columbia road near 18th ST., on
Thursday, December ~, at $3.50 o'clock;
interment private Mt Glenwood Gene
terry.
December 90 1916, nj g:i5 n.
M, WILLIAM RICHARDS HILI.YER. Born
In Granville, Ohio, aged seventy-nine years
Was captain In tho Seventh Now Jersey
Regiment OF the Union Army and clerk In
Pension Office.
Funeral services viii be held at 81. steph-
ems Episcopal Church. corner Fourteenth
street aud Columbia road, at o'clock y. m.
Thursday. December u. Interment In Ar
lingtOn Cemetery,
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SUBURBAN PROPERTY
For Sale.

For Sale.
HOW To BE YOUR OWN LANDLORD
On 500 cash and SIS month at
CHEVY CHASE. For full particulars drop
postal. telephone. or call on WIN. H.
RICHIE. +is-+ls Colo. bldg Tel. NJ lo45.
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Special Notices

F. J. SchocnbAuer & Bros. rs s p
musical repairing. mirrors made and re-
sIvered upholsterinE. rcnnishing dorsi
WINDOW shades and screens mac. to orders
hou.e painting. boat work. store 1xturesi
All Kinds OF remodelinE. Phone ~ setl
OFFICE OF MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE
COMPANY OF the District Of Columbia.
or 18Th Street and New York Ave, Deccm-
Der "a, 1916
Policy holders are notified that policies exc
pure on the last Monday IN December t25th
nsthnO and the rate Of renewal for 1871 u
oyne-per centun on the premium potes. This
managers have ordered paid 10 the policy hold
crs Return OF Savings according 10 the
value OF each policy on the thirty-nrst day
o. last December. POLICIES MUST BEI'RE-
sbNpED for endorsement Of the payments.
IN winch case ,;hey should be brought In iatsr
TO have duplicate payments entered. The
oinee OF the Company will he closed on the
last Monday this year on account OF Christ
mas Day PLEASE ATTEND EARLY AND
AVOID THE CROWD.
l.. PIERCE BOTEfsER. Secretary.
THE ANNUAL MEETING or THE STOCK
HOLDERS OF the WASHINGTON MARKET
COMPANY will be held In the Office OF tho
company, In the Seventh street wing OF Gems
ter Market, In the City OF Washington. -. c.
~ IL O'Clock noon on tho FIRST MONDAY,
being the LIST day OF January. 1911. for the
choice OF thirteen directors 10 servo the en-
SUING year and to act on any other subject
wlthiP the powers OF the corporation that
may be brought before the meeting.
FRANK q. WILKINS. Secretary.
Washington. ID. c., December Is, 1915.
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PROPOSALS

arrau Of u s,rUssras T p 30 Opepes Of eom s
merce, Washington, -. g., at 2 o'clock y.
M, December ~, 1916. for furnishing. deiiv-
new Chemistry Building OF tho Bureau OF
Standards. Information upon application ~
tho Superintendent, Mechanical Plant. BU-
RISAU OF STANDARDS
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FOR RENT-STORES
FOR SALE-HOUSES

18th ST, y, W, sai6-Four rooms on secon
floor: hot-MateT heat; reasonable, 10
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HORSES AND VEHICLES

TEN WORK MULES, work horses. >
dump wagons, 4 sets OF harness, 4 wheel
spokss, moving machines, FULTON II
GORDON. Colorado Bids. Main b2Jl.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-12-20
HELP WANTED-MALE

Al AUTOMOBILE MACHINIsT TO have full
charge OF feet OF truckD-- BOX ~, Times
office.
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FOR SALE-FARMS

AT A SACRIFICE for quick sale. ieO'
acre taru, q mile from Charlottesville
and university; new farm catalogue; full
description; free, II. L. WHEELER a CO.
Charlottesville. Va.
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Vital Records.
Births.

Births.
Louis and Dora Zslnek. bay,
Louis A. n. IT,, and lrlla NJ, Ninsns, 10Y
Patrick .. and Mary 4, Ticrney, hoy.
william and Josephine NJ, TrcadNai, hoy.
Floyd and Is-ila ". Soule. boy.
seth :. and Grace shepard, boy
ganAy and Blanch pass-no. boy,
Giuseppe ana Lucille Manilli SRI,
Elmon 4. and Violet D. Miller, gifl.
charles and Dale laubly Eirl
CHARLES and Katherine Happier, siTl.
GEORGE and Ferdine Hines, Girl
Raymond ~. and Mary y. Gibson, siil,
Alexander and Ida y. f'ra1ier girl
James 4, and Antionette Flynn, girl,
Frank n. and Florence v. DeVereuN, SRI,
Walter ", and Thermutz A, Carpenter, 10y.
Guy &. and GeneVieve Cumberland. girl.
I.savan 4. aud dorothy Barrau. hoy,
William n. aud Elizabeth hallinEeT, boy.
Rauben and Marjorie brigham, noA,
Morris u. and Ida Burka. boy.
william ana MARY r. scot, IoN,
Preston and Rose smith hay,
Jerry W. and Mary A, pugh, bov,
Harry and Amy MERCER, girl
William and Hettie Harris. girl,
Henry q. and Mary T.. BurdetJ sirl
Charles and Johanna Ashton. boy.
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Extension Of Parks, Waterfront
Improvement, and Guard
Armory Recommended.
UNCLE JOE CANNON SPEAKS
Many Attend Annual Meeting Of
Organization at the
Willard.


hAtens'oh oi "esh'ns'o W" p"'Ns'
improvement, of the citF's waterfront.
$4,000 for repair and upkeepl OF
bridges I'm tho District sbettor sunoori
for the National Guard and a new Ma.
tionsl Guard armory, arc improve.
ports adopted by the Washington
Board OF Trade last night, meeting In
the willard. More than 800 OF Wash.
irRton's buslncsS and professional
men attended.
In making his plea for better sup.
port for the National Guard, OdeIi s.
Smith, chairman of the public order
committee. said: "washington he's
sent more boys To the border in y
portion to her population than any
other city In the sJ'nItcd states, and
yet. IN TO tho present, we cannot
seem TO be able to Impress the hon.
orabIc gentlemen ON the hIII of our
dire need for n National Guard arm.
ory."
p,.. In. p.su..ss,
''"s PIC"
~ 90, ar, ~ ,,.,,' -,
, '
s.,c,y az ,,s ci,i,.ns No u.,,or tn
'' VI no ,'''"'"s no "a''er. 'h
what part OF the world they might
DE- PROPER expansion OF our indus
tries demands mat our business rep.
rcsontstires go into foreign countrien
IN quest OF trade, said Mr.. smith. and
TINS country should see to u that they
are treated with duo courtesy and
protected from harm.
The report recommended erection
OF central police Headquarters To
bo located near the District Building
and urged that the number OF ser.
Eesnts on the police be increased to
the full quota.
p,.,.s. p.u.. n...,u.,
'"o rep"rt ulrecteu attention I" thc
n''' "'sn sre"' o' e''Ic'"hcE 20
A. -, $50 80, ~"
Major RAYMOND ~ Pullman chi.r Of
police.
The report OF Judge Charles =. Hun.
oN chairman OF INC commute" or
nr.nI,,,a,.i, 1870, .a,,,,',,,,aS.
TIE, cnns.,s. ~, ,,.,sd -, .,,.r,,,ri
ate mon.y o., ,ho n,,rch,sa ~ ,,nJ.
%, m. ns,Iw.Y o., oannsc, pa,"n,sr
and zoo,ogicaI ,a,Ls
Ins,aIIntinn az fc,rIos ,cros. tho
w.shIng,on chan,ni ,,on, so,,,i,
w.shin.,o,, o., re-, n.,.,,., nj, ~,
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iois PoRTNER PLACE N. We rooms
from nd ,s ZAP Ror," slSdns ss. and hot water
2oo2 lSta ST. N. VS. rooms and . baths
te.5o. Apply MANAGER. The Portnsr.
18th and . SITS ~. w.