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EARLY FIFTH AVENUE.
As the Middle Road II Was F~reQuented
by the Quietpr Drivers.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SrS-Sir: In
THE SUNDAY suns story OF st. Ignatius's
Jubilee the statement appears that Fifth
venue was a muddy ~footpath some afty
years since. Long before the foundation
~ the original Church OF -. Lawrence
Fifth avenue had the dignity of the
name Of the Middle Road. However
muddy In certain seasons. It was a
smooth speedway for the lovers Of the
horse.
The venue led 10 Harlem lane. st.
Nicholas avenue. along which was a
clear stretch to Kingsbridgc road at
l6"d street. "Two-forty on the Bloom
ingdale" called out tho best horse flesh
Of Manhattan. The Middle Road heard
the - long" OF conservative members Of
the saddle and sulky brotherhood. AS
Central Park has only been part OF the
city map since 1853. Il could hardly
have been fenced from the road in 1850.
a. THE SvN reads.
II Is true that the irish shanty town
occupied the rocks and meadows OF the
vicinity about Yorkville. The Dutch
sovereignty OF rag pickers was chiefly
along the river side TO the south. There
were no tin cans. as THE SuN believes
they were a varied product Of III" civil
war. piled on the present Carnegie land
But the goats and cur dogs were legion
on every hand And the geese with
open wings and striking heais main
tanned well the cries o. ancient reputa-
ton agains, intruders readily discoy-
cred IN strange store clothes. II the
former owner Of the Carnegie plot did
not think enough OF II to fence around.
as THE SvN says. he thought 50 well OF
the hilltop site that he had built a large
house with Cupola and extension out
look. -Four waters were in view and the
prospect proved ideal. In later years
Colonel Gleason raised a high tower of
observation.
THE SUN's writer says that the inarm-
airy OF -. Joseph's asylum was the
Oracle country residence. The mansion
has stood since 1900 on Grlcle's Point,
jutting into the river Al Hell Gate. and
is now. curb roof and all, in the limits
OF the East River Park. The Archibald
Oracle house was the architectural SUI
rerior OF it's rich neighbors. II was n
house of tragedy when the dance was on
and JOY was unconfi.N1 4. While stand
ing under the marriage bell of many
flowers the bride OF William Oracle, the
merchants son. fell dead.
Across the peaceful road In the
dwelling one time included In the
asylum precincts was another tragedy.
That was. however. sclf-sought. The
fatal end came. It was said. thr0g h
remorse.
The last resting place Of the Aston
residence was on the northeast corner
OF First avenue and Eighty-seventh
street, by means OF rollers and horse
power the house that had opened It's
doors to Washington Irving and John
Jacob Astor's patronage lost itself in
fiat house surroundings and finally dis
appeared, TIMOTHY DAILY.
NEW YORK, November q.
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meet at the graveyard and have the
funeral. sometimes a year after the per-
son Is dead.
:" preached the funerals OF nearly a
generation at one time. Some had been
dead forty years. I preached the funeral
of a young man who had been killed
eleven years. I preached the funeral Of
a mans wife. and ne was present with
his second wife"
Well, why not? There are no clocks
in eternity.
The mountaincer does not o%yervaluc
In money terms his salvation. Mr..
I.YTTLE. after serving one church for
two years without pay. told his flock
that they would have to learn to sup
port their pastor. Reused to n renli-
zation of their forgetfulness. they
voted him $40 n year.
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EMERSON ON ENGLAND.
Are the Words Of Sixty.nine Ycars
Ago Applicable To-day:

To TIE EpIToR OF THE SUNNI: In
these days. when England and her allies
are fighting the fght for democracy, IL
is encouraging to recall the words Of
Emerson, uttered Mt the conclusion Of
November. 1877:
For 7 must tell YOU. 7 was given 20
understand In my childhood that the
British island from which my forefather,
came was no lotus garden. no paradise OF
serene sky and roses and music and merrl-
ment all tho year round. no. but Q cold,
fcggy. mourntul country. where nothing
grew well in the open air but robust men
and Nirtuous women, and these Of a won.
derful hhro and endurance: that their
hest parts were slowly revealed: their
virtues did not come out until they
quarrelled, they did no, strike twelve The
nr,t time; good lovers. good haters, and
YOU could know little about them til Won
had seen them long, and litt'e good Of
them I'll you had seen them in action
that In prosperity they were moody and
dumplsh, hut In adversely they were
grand, I. II not true. sir. tina, tho wis,
ancients lid not praise the shin parting
with dying colors from the port. hut only
that brave saIler which came back with
worm NUf'As w batleTeu tlnes, e'rlnt OF
her banners, hut having ridden out the
Storm And so. gentlemen, ! feet In re-.
gard to this aged England. with tho pos
sessions, honors and trophies. and also
with the iunrmities of a thousand years
gathering around her. irretrieyah'y com.
mi,tcd as she now Is to many old customs
which cannot, he suddenly changed pressed
upon hy tho transitions of trade and new
and all incalculable modes, fabrics, arts.
machines and competing populations. |
see hor not dispir!ted, not weak, hut well
remembering that she has seen dark DAYS
before: indeed with a kind OF Instinct tina,
she sccs a little better in n cloudy dav,
and that In storm of battle and calamity
she has a secret yigor and a pulse like a
cannon. see her In her old age, not
de"rcpit. hut young and still daring TO
believe In her power OF endurance and rN-
pansion. Seeing this. ! say, Al han!
mother Of nations. mother Of heroes, with
strength stu equal to the time. sim wise
TO entertain and swift to execute the
policy which the mind and heart Of man.
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RAILROAD NEWS T
Wilson'S Small Plurality in Hudson
County, New Jersey.

To II EDITOR OF THE suN-Sir: The
s~tupendous failure made by the leaders
Of the four railroad brotherhoods in
their attempt to throw the railroad vote
to Wilson out Of gratitude to him for
his assistance in foisting this impracti-
cable law upon them was illustrated by
tho vote Of Hudson county, New Jersey.
About one-half OF the railroad men
In the state live In this county. 1t is
usually strongly Democratic and be-
fore election they were predicting a
majority OF 10000 there. But the actual
majority for Wilson in Hudson county
was only ASIA.
In every railroad centre throughout
the state the Democratic vote was re-
duced. 1t looks as though the brother
hood leaders have given President Will
son a lemon. EDGAR JAY DIVER.
BAYoNNE. y. j.. November o.
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The Gospel In FeudIand,

Carrying the Gospel through the
Kentucky mountains is. we gather
from an article by the Rev. LEWIS
LfrrI.E in the new kcnfucky W1go-
:ihc, no Job for Il young man with
white spats, Mr.. LYIrLE is a Ken.
'uckian who knows. lie was born in
Harlan county forty-elght years ago
and went to school in "A log hous.
where the only book was a blu. back
speller and the only desk a big p,,n.
cheon fused In the American sense of
Il floor board) pcgged to the wall.
Later he went To n better school run
by n lawyer who accepted home mnde
sugar for pay. At night, by the light
Of pine knots, the youth rpad McGuf.
fy's Fourth Reader until he had mem.
orized every poem in it. His clothes.
Xix" those OF other mountain folk.
we're made by hand from wool sent
10 virginia to he carde,l. He dug
>"ng and traded It In Virginia for
bale thread. Roots and bark were
depended on for dyes. There were
only three cook stoves and three sew.
ing machines in Harlan county.
Young LYTTLE became Il school
teacher, and saw that the folks needed
the Gospel. "Thcy had no Bibles in
their homes and knew but little Of any.
thing but feuds and making and sell.
ing w%hiskey." Sixteen mountain II
ties had no Baptist church. The
state board offered LYTTLE $40 n
month 10 invade this unholy region.
and added the hope that the people
would board him. In Hindman, Knott
county, he found eight stills and
twenty-0ne church members without
n church. He cut lsgs in the hills,
snapped his horse for u yoke Of oxen
and hauled the logs to Il mill. BY
adding his own salary to popular con.
trlbutions he got his church built. II
now has 40 members. LyrTIE passed
on To Leslie county and built another
church. When Il third church was
finished the preacher found that by
preaching In the three and teaching
school besides he had no idle hours
to depress him. He taught school at
the mouth Of Cut Shin and Mt the
mouth of Hell-fcr-S artain, there be.
ing also n church ut the latter place.
They called 1t, with some dpllcacy,
tn" Beech Grove church. This cnthu.
siast Carried the light into P0ssum
Bend, Lentherwood Greek and Poor
Fork. The girls ut Poor Fork dug
seng to buy the nails for the church.
Mr.. LNTTrE, who now makes his
headquarters at Wallins, fills in spare
hours by preaching funerals. In the
Kentucky mountains there Is no hurry
for the eulogy of the dead:
"The custom Of the mountains Ia. after
a person has been deceased for some
time they call the family together and
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THE TARIFF.
influence Of Low Rates on Competition
in America.

To TuE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. We
are now told that Europe cannot COM
pete with us even under the lowest tari~.
II that is 50 there is no excuse for not
having the highest tariy.
Secretary Realeld said In the cam
pa en- that n concern with which he was
connected could not make greater prof,
when his product was protected by A.
per cent, dutr h a 1t could when the
tariff was cut to ecia per cent at his
request and that OF his competitors. The
fact that he requested the cut Is evil
dence that the lower tariff was more
favorable to his business. because II
would tend to scare off competition OF
new investments in his particular line.
NJ. =. CoHNERY.
PROVIDENCE. r. J.. November ..
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To II EDITOR OF THE SvS-cr NJ
James Dewell. IRE. letter IN relation -
library attendants does not mea,,sa a.
particular library, II lie or aIv o'-''
makes application for hooks ~ ~. oi
Apprentices Library on Fort 'o."a
street, between Fifth and Sixth ev.rus'
he will readily fnd nttends-'s 'Ns'
who Will look after his or the ,r's-,
csts. ana get almost any book 'Ns, h.
chooses TO read.
there has also been installed -. oT''
shel' system. wh!rA gives thA rr!y'.t
or leaders picking their own r>-t, !
should advise him going t'or. "a :"
'hG how courteous these cmp'o,oo' sr'
HORACE L. R"T- -.
Member OF Library Com"''..
NEW York, November 3.
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"hy NWeTlCanS on ner passenger ISL
or In her crew Is yet to be determined.
As there was no loss of life the i'm.
portance of the incident to our State
Department Is limited to the consider.
alton whether the Arabia was tor
pedoed without warning. The Brit
ish Admiralty asserts that she was.
If that is the fact, the affair has a
sinister aspect,
On January Z Of this year, after the
Ancona had been slielled and torpc.
docd In the Mediterranean, and after
the %Peninsular and Oriental liner Per.
sin had been %torpcdoed and sunk Off
Crete. Americans losing their lives
In both disasters, Count BERNsrORrr
called ut the State Department In
Washington and left the text Of new
guarantees. We quote:
German submarines in the Mediter-
ranean had orders, from the beginning,
to conduct cruiser warfare against en-
envy merchant vessels only In accord
ance with general principles Of Internal
tional warfare. and In particular. meas
ures OF reprisal. as applied In the val
zone around the British Isles, were to
be excluded. German submarines are
therefore permitted to destroy enemy
merchant vessels in the Mediterranean
J.. e.. passenger as well as freight ships
80 far as they do not try TO escape or
oner resistance-only after p~assenge rs
and crews rave been accorded safety"
In the case Of the Anconn. which
was destroyed by an Austrian sub
marine, Il State Department on De.
cember 6, 1915. despatched a note to
Vienna protesting against the Smelling
and torpedoing of the Ancona "while
there were yet many persons on
board" and characterized "the con.
duet of the Austrian commander "as
wanton slaughter of d~efenceless non
combatants." Disavowal, reparation
and the punishment Of that officer
were demanded. The Austrian reply
was %evasive. In n second note the
American Government renewed It's
demands. whereupon the Austrian For.
eign Minister. BuRIAN. in his reply
concurred In the principle that pri-
vnte ships, In so far as they do not
fee or offer resistance. may not be
destroyed without the persons aboard
being brought into safety" but he
insisted that the Austrian commander
fired on the Ancona only during IN
attempt by her 10 escape. and that he
ceased firing when the Ancona came
to II stop. Nevertheless, indemnify
was promised. 1t Is TO be observed
that the first American note was
based upon reliable information oh.
tanned from American and other sur
vi,ors.' to quote Mr.. LANSING.
Whether the submarine that sank
the Arabia on Monday few the Ger.
man or the Austrian flag, there was,
II the British Admiralty ran prove
It's charge that she was torpedoed
without warning. Il violation Of the
Of the Berlin and Vienna Gov.
crnmentS TO conduct submarine opera.
tions against merchant ships within
the law and with humanity. But 50
far only one side of the case Inns
been presented, and the evidence I'm
support OF 1t Is yet to be produced.
There is nothing for our State DE.
rartment tn do at present, and there
may he no occasion for 1t to net.
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PROVIDENCE. r. J.. November ..
In the Arkansas Literary BELT.

'' ~ AstIVo fous
Since those fros,s the possums are get.
ting fat on persimmons. and 20 Is We
writer.
We wish 10 correct two mistakes that
occurred Ia last weeks items. The state
ment that Mrs. Humphreys would have
charge OF a store should have read MIR.
Humphreys, and that Mrs. Graham was
from s;ilwell should have been from still
water, Okla.
Mrs. Pruitt wa. supplying our good peo-
pie with pumpkins for their pies wedn.s.
day.
Gaines back TO our telephone oaice.
MIR. Pod Editor. may W come again ?
Though we've been silent q long time. we
are still reading the Pod with interest, and
We want you and the readers OF your
paper TO know that Dug nm Is still on
the map, - We send the news.
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TYPHOID
In Some Communities One in Each
Thousand Is Q Germ Bearer.

. ~
,..as.. -"
nroa,,h -, ,u,..-..,n. - IL .a,.,
20 ,,,n.si, - w." ..SN
r,,,,,a -. ,...S~. ...N"".. az
80. Az. = N "
- -. oe ~. ~ p"
4, ,h. ....as
,.., ""o'" '"' p''
=, a. smS'-w
,a., ,.,... 49, ". o."
..y-"'o en,ohlc 'sPno'u c"l.'ers
u.s.. a.. S." 'e,''a"ee' SIN w"o'n
W -,e~ 10TH STATE hospi'a's LOT 'he
a e .'va'eo !" we" fork CITY mere
poD"o's u "nuen larger nunhper III
w.. w. .ay w"nen must pe SOUGHT
u ny 'ne board OF ieaith ihvestisa-
,h... '""' opJ.e' 70 aeco'n'iisneo
49,. 'e''a'" aus W "n,cn h',ei'i-
-. peop'e ""a. contribute anu 10 which
u,"" SHOULD DC directed'
"ea'n o''eiais are eht''ied 10
"'' support from 'he Pubic Tn
.o''uI'.'e'y seIi-in'erest governs the ac-
non OF many individuals when they en-
u'N"r 10 thwart the well ihtentionfd
e. VI the department OFFICIALS "hen
~ 20 ,o"siuered 'hat nine OK the known
'sp"o'u carriers were food handlers and
~ d eoh'ec''oner py Occupation VINO
nave oeeh required to give up their ac-
.uH.oneu means OF livelihood 1t ecomes
.,'uen' 'nat ho'ei ana restaurant pro-
Prietors should facilitate the examina-
uon Vi 'he'r employees which the Com
missioner mas introduced. and promptly
.onmpiy with the regulations demanding
IOT VnOTOugn m4nl1l GlpHnQInR
VI eoohs ana WATERS. Guarding against
u'''se dissemination by their employees
- more important than guarding agains;
."er 'ne'hciehcy ana dishonesty; the
.o'"'er ia pupic service when inures
wei,are oi .ne ommuhity' the lat
Z Is l.nni'en 10 the personal beneht OF
o"c piolr'e'or.
c"e 'ypho'd carrier kept q small candy
:. re cream store' ano'hcr Kept a
ou'.ncr shop' another was a teacher In
a, 'ns'i'u,.on ono was a little boy at
''"oo' anu others were married women
.ppo''eu ny 'heir ~nuspahds, or IL SIN
"Iuows supported themselves by
" "orH'
,'s'on OF tnese chronic carriers
., instinct pranch or the SER
,Ne haeh carrier Is visited from
'''"e' examined inc the results
-" iI'".eu ruieS are distributed
,.'U e carriers which 'eacn
w pieNe". contamination OF
i"e' a'e ESQ treated oy I'M
w'n"'
""ene'er a case OF typhoid fever Is
!" 'he department OF Health
,.in -. ,s'eu III oroer 10 oo-
az" ~ necessary oats ana to insure
p'eV"u''o" against dissemination. The
-" .i. iurh'sneu win a circular ex-
"o" ''pho'n ieVer - spread
one persoh 10 aho,her ny the CON
a..m. VI t"e na"as WIN typhoid
n.n,o.,s -" onns De oota'hed oy
s,N.s S'"p'e Iu'es OF uecehcy'
az nahos shou'd De washed
.v'' ~ haho'ed n'ust oe impressed
ST. ~ .n'iuren IN our schools
80 s'ou'a ~ .ausnt also never TO par
"e :. u"'o'eu MIX or iood 10 avoid
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4 visionary's Programme for the Con.
gress.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: Is
1t an insane notion to suggest that the
Congress, aside from passing neces-
sary appropriation bills. devote the bal
ance of Its time and energy to the task
OF w!ping useless laws from the statute
Do YOU not think the nation
could survive a bill-less Congress?
JOHN c.. HOWARD.
OGDENsBURo, November s.
The sun., 1916-11-10
Eelated Returns From the Battle OF
Saratoga.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN--Siy. Mr..
Findlay Sackett winds up his prose poem
on Saratoga by an appropriate quotation
from an Irish poet, But when he refers
to the battle of Saratoga he takes a fling
at the so-callcd hyphenated American.
lie might. however, have completed the
story by telling w what one hyphen-
atcd liish-A merican, Timothy Murphy,
did at the battle of Saratoga. Then
we might take his Joshing more good
naturally, THOMAS O'BR,EN.
NEW ioRK, November 0.
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From the Boston Tronsccipt

From the RoSfon Transcript,
France, YOU are glorious:
Spirit OF nimc,
Trumpet Of freedom,
Tower 81 tho dream,
stripping to their simplest
All the splendid three.
That tn" torch of your spirit
May clarion the freer
Your dream TO be!
Wonder worker:
The old froth,
Frivolous az lace.
stands tempered
A faith Of steel!
Champion ~ reason.
From your own blood
You have renewed
The splendor OF God
France, you are g%lorious'
France, YOU are glorious,
France, You are glorious,
RICHARD BurLER GLAENzEa
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vOx lPOpuli.

The whole world listens for your word.
Nox Populi;
Your mighty mandate must he heard
Both far and nigh,
The dlapas son Of the SEA
Is In your tone.
The thunder OF the storm cloud free
Is all your own
So wherefore for n little hour
should you persist
Fantasticiy to show your power
Nentriloquist?
M~cl.ASpsuaoH WILSON.
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To THE EniroR or THE Sr>-.s' or
NIUE country " VITA only a ''
usually Democratic two 10 rr. sN'
Hughes c.i, wilson 0G. Tho -.
fn'I OF good American blood anI sr"7
Juice. Il
MENDHAM. ". J.. November
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A CnlIfornis Musical Note.

FROM The NarysciRe Appeal
The appeal takes this means OF snnounc.
Ing that the talented young man who he,
lieved Miss Amy Holman. gifted con,ralto.
should appear on the musical programme
as eiving a cornet solo has been buried
In the hack yard. Miss Holman can reach
the high notes. but she doesn't need n
cornet.
The sun., 1916-11-10
The sinking Of the Arabia.

The nationality Of the submarine
torTedoed the P%cninsular and
Oriental liner Arabia In the Meditcr.
on November O has not been
established. Whether the Arablu Ind
The sun., 1916-11-10

Judge 'SEABrRY must understand
now that he didn't bring a surcient
number OF accusations against Gov
crnor WHITMAN. lie forgot to charge
him with carrying concealed
and conspiring with VILLA.
The sun., 1916-11-10
An Upstate Puzzle.

From tho Horner Republican
Spanord became an arid region October
I. hut some are asking where all the stun
recently hauled to Spaford IL stored.
Many would like to know. You know.
The sun., 1916-11-10

From the 7riConsfv Courier.
7. n, Cox made a business trim to Prince.
ton last Tuesday and brought back a new
bride in the person OF what used to be
Miss India Lea.
The sun., 1916-11-10

The defeat Of FRANK BUCHANAN for
reelection to Congress from the Sew
enth Illinois district was a victory for
the principle OF representation with
out hyphenation.
The sun., 1916-11-10

Ex-Fresident TAFT can Mt length
point with pride to the fact that he
carried Utah in 1912.
The sun., 1916-11-10

One Of the minor features OF the
election Is that BILL ApAMsoN ran a
long way behind his ticket.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-14
ELSIE FERGUSON WILL
WE'D BANKER TODAY
Actress and Thomas B. Clarke,
Jr., to Be Married in New
York, at st. Regis

NEW YORK, June 14.-Miss Elsie Fergu-
son. who Is playing with Sir Herbert Tree
at the New Amsterdam Theatre is to be
married to day to Thomas b. Clarke. Jr..
the banker. at the st. Regis Hotel. Their
engagement was announced two months ago.
Are you going to retire from the stage
after-well, after next months happy
event?' Miss Ferguson was asked.
You mean my marriage? Am l going
to retire from the stage then? Oh. no de-
cidedly not" she replied. II am looking
for play now, preferably a comedy. and
| expect to resume my career again in the
autumn.
81 said I would not retire after my mar
riage. mean not Immediately: but
shall not remain on the stage too long"
At the wedding Miss Carroll Brown of
Portland, Me-, will attend Miss Ferguson
and Mr. Frank L. Polk. of this city and
Washington, ID. c., counselor of the State
Department, will be Mr.. Clarke's best man.
The wedding will be a private one be-
cause of recent bereavement in Mr. Clark's
family. After trip of two months the
couple will occupy an apartment here.
Mr., Clarke is a son of Mr. and Mrs
Thomas B. Clarke.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-06-14
Our Postofice BOX

Ferdinand de Moncado. Of Chestnut Hill,
Is quite an efficient typist. We're thinking
OF asking him to give us lessons. oh, there
are many many things a great big editor
can learn from his still bigger family Of
Ranbows.
herbert Meyer. Sellersville. Pa. has a
ooleycie, and manages to get no end OF fun
from from riding II, Herbert invites us. one and
NJ NJ toNeome visit him and share his fun
ne are afraid. Herbert, that we. for one,
"vuiu break the bicycle.
ruin shassian. Lancaster avenue. is go
ns s 70 hunt all over for a picture to send to
oaF postoft1ee box" Edward Kelly is
sYlns 70 make Rainbow pin money"
ueiuuae Dunn, OF Bala is trying to
sspieaa the Rainbow by telling all her
~ ~slshos about how bright and wondsrful It
sSy ay Is Frances Rice, of Overlook. is
iIs 70 DO the very same thing in her
Icy suburban neghborhood
=, me mail bag was overhowing with out
80 sogh mail Just listen 70 these names
pa postohiees Marie Graham, Danville.
49, camille Davidson. Morton. Pa LoF-
1s1 1.s Engel' Camden, ~ j. +; Elton shinn.
Es EsseiN hoily, n. j.. Herbert, Samuel and
rss,,,lsisoh Webster, Conshohocken, Pa.
X Ne,''tepeth and Norman shlnn, Masonyille.
asns - RAYMOND Hll Paul and Earl Rau-
1e9ni Sellersyille. Pa