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The Washington herald., 1916-01-01
BY r.. b. JOHNS.

la appreciation of Secretary of War
Lindley NJ Garrisons' active interest in
furthering the cause of preparedness, the
executive committee Of the National Sc
curity League, at its meeting yesterday
passed a resolution pledging the Secre-
tary its support for his efforts.
Secretary Garrison was also invited to
speak at the National Security League
Congress, to be held under the auspices
of the league in Washington January 20,
u and %
The resolution urged provision for a
citizen army under federal control. and
the accumulation of sufficient militia ry
supplies in reserve for their equipment
In case of war The resolution reads
as follows:
THAT we are in hearty accord with
the loyal efforts of the Secretary Of
War to secure for the country measures
of defense which shall be adequate to
protect our national. dignity and defend
the integrity of the nation.
ITO that end we pledge our support to
an adequate increase of our regular army
to be supplemented by a regular army
reserve and the organization under fed
eral control of sufficient force of the
citizens of the United States. We also
urge the accumulation of a proper sup
ply of material for their use in case OF
need.
we cordially invite the Secretary of
War to attend and speak at the Congress,
to be held at Washington, January 20,
Il, and 80, 1876
Abbreviated Trilby, a new avenue of
escape from the drafting officer in time
of war has been opened up In the order
lust issued to recruiting officers of the
United States Marine Corps to enlist no
man who wears smaller shoes than the
commercial Sd. Although the Quarter
masters Department of the Marine Corps
furnishes sixty sizes Of shoes that run
all the way up to II 1-2-F, it does not
make shoes to fit abnormally short. wide
feet My feet are too small o serve my
counry," would not be often heard as an
excuse however. according to the Ma
rine Corps recruiting officers.
The Secretary of the Navy has direct
ed that the twelfth company of United
States Marines be returned to the United
States on the U. s. S. Washington when
the latter is relieved by the Tennessee,
in Haitian waters Capt Giles Bishop
and First Lieut.. Julien P. Wilcox will
return with the company. 1t is expect
ed that the Washington will return from
Haiti in the latter part of January.
The twelfth company has seen some
real service in Caribbean waters since
July. 1t was one of the first companies
to be ordered ashore at Haiti and was In
some of the most important engage
ments.
The transport Prairie which sailed from
Philadelphia for Haiti, on Jan. 6. will stop
at Norfolk and take on board six sec
ond lieutenants who have recently fin
ished a course at the Marine Corps
School of instruction. 1t will also take
on board sixty marines to fill vacancies
in the Marine Corps organization at
Haiti
Second lieutenants who compose the
party that will be taken aboard at Nor
folk are Robert II. Burstun, Robert o.
B. BurweIl Pedro A. DelValle Owen E
Oneill, Peck Dewitt and Raymond r.
Wright.
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which alone could have won him pres
tige and credit. He had neither initia-
tive nor audacity enough for leadership;
tried soft-spoken diplomacy where he
should have used candid avowals Of his
real opinion; courted compromise and ac-
commodation only to reject them at last:
insisted upon his own views only after
he had created the impression that he
would yield them: seemed false and in
sincere because he parleyed so long be-
fore taking his stand: and pleased no
one. not even himself
He had been glad to see the Bank
charter expire in 1896, and did not wish
to see the Bank re-established now; but
the Whis leaders were his advisers; he
felt and showed a real desire to yield
everything he could that stood In the
way of their plans
Conference followed conference in the
matter OF the Bank. for upon that every
thing hinged; twice he seemed about to
meet their wishes; twice he failed them
bill was drawn and passed In which
several features OF the old charter were
modified to suit his views. but he ve-
toed II august lG, 1922
Another bill wa, drawn and nssse6
which made concessions still more radi-
cal to his scruples. but again he vetoed
Each time he hesitated: each time his
lrlenos said that he would sign the bill:
each time he fell back at the moment
OF final action, as was his wont, upon his
real convictions.
The Wings In Congress were inexpress,-
oiy chagrined and exasperated: publicly
declared, with an unmstakabIe note of
passion. that ''au political connection
between them and John Tyler was at
an end from that day FORTH" and sui
lenly saved such remnants of their pro-
gramme as they could
Even before the open breach came the
leaders Of the party had drawn away
from him. and he had been cut of from
all real intimacy of counsel with the men
whom Congress needed
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Bushwhackers Of Industry.

Now we are beginning to call to account the
despicable agents-many of them American cti
zens-who co-operated in bushwhacking American
manufacturers to the Teutonic military in.
terests. The list of those just indicted by Fed.
eral grand jury in this city contains alien con.
spirator, Franz Rntelen, who was merely doing
the dangerous work which his government sent
him here to do His motives may be to some
extent respected; they were at least patriotic But
the others have such excuse. They are all
Americans, all professional semi-profes sonal
bushwhackers of industry, who enlisted in German
service only for what was in it for themselves
The promoters of Labor's National Peace Coun-
Gil had no patriotic other sentimental weak
nesses. They would have worked as gladly against
Germany as for Germany. AS matter of fact
what they. did to interfere with the munitions
plants was purely incidental to their main purpose
or absorbing as large percentage as possible of
the credulous Rintelens 100000 strike promotion
fund.
David Lamar, the former "WoIf of Wall Street y
was the originator of the notorious Antitrust
League, which used to operate in the lobbies of
Washington Its sympathies with the cause of
labor was Just as me,cenary as its sympathy
when converted into Labor's National Peace Coun-
ell, with the cause of pro- German neutrality In
playing Germany's game it not even moved
by desire to increase the wages of the workers
in the munitions factories by melting strikes and
hold-ups -
The munitions workers able to take care
OF themselves; they did take of themselves in
most cases. The peace council was after dividends,
whatever labor got or Germany got.--New York
Tribune.
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Before Congress could assemble Gen
eral Harrison was dead, and every plan
at which he was to have assisted had
fallen into confusion.
The excitement and the fatigues Of the
campaign for the presidency, capped by
the infinite worry and exhaustion that
came upon him like a flood when hordes
Of Office seekers and advisers began to
crowd about him after his election and
induction into Office, proved too much for
his strength at sixty-eight.
He suddenly sickened, and exactly one
month after his inauguration CApril 4.
lSD was dead.
John Tyler was President, to whom no
WING had looked for leadership.
He was a Southern Democrat: had
been opposed to the Bank upon prin-
ciples Of public policy, as General Jack
son had been, but had held of from his
leader in the matter OF the deposits and
had disapproved his reckless blows at
credit, no less than his masterful atti-
tude towards Mr.. Calhoun and the doc
trines held in South Carolina: and had
been named vice president with General
Harrison only because Wings of Mr.
Clays stamp knew that they had in their
following many men who were not in
all matters OF their way Of thinking. and
were uneasily aware that their party
was but a conslomerate party of op-
position. to which the votes of such dis
contented or independent Southern DEM
ocrats as dr. Tyler would be very serv
iceable.
And so the masquerade of the cam
paign had had a touch of prophecy in IT,
after ALL here were the triumphant
Wings with Democratic President!
Their program. of course. hopelessly
miscarried.
Mr.. Tyler felt very keenly the deli
cacy of his position. and the almost ne
cessarily compromising character of the
middle course he felt bound to attempt
Nature and habit forbade him the frank.
straightforward. unhesitating course
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For DR.. Theodore Woolsey to couple the name
of Great Britain with that of Germany as having
violated every rule of international law" is simply
to draw unpleasant attention to own interna-
tonal position. 1t is still question whether Great
Britain has violated any rules of international law,
and up to the present she has been able to pro-
duee decisions of the United States prize courts
for all her disputed actions. She has violated no
rules of humanity, though the result of an active
German propaganda she has been often accused
and in many cases the accusations have been be-
Ieved and the ensuing refutatons overlooked Next
to Germany and possibly Bulgaria it is to the
United States that the greatest amount of moral
turptude is attributable the result of the present,
war, and for DR.. Woolsey to demand portentiously
that some means be found to punish these viola
tors OF international codes" is merely to accentu-
ate that unpleasant fact
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Morning Smiles.

Colonel (of very gallant colonial reg
iment-Now. boys, here's the English
general coming to inspect you. Keep
steady, no splitting. and, for heavens
sake, don't call me Alf,-Tattler.
Mess Cook-'Ere, Bill next time you
send up a crate of chickens see that
they don't get loose. I've spent hours
securing the neighborhood and only been
able to find ten.
Orderly-'Ush. 'Erb. 'ush. I only sen,
yer six!-Tit-Bits
Member of the TourinE Company-My
good lady. the last place | stayed at the
landlady wept when ! left.
Landhdy-Oh. did she? Well. I amt
going to. l wants my money in advance.
-Tit-Bits.
my husband tells me that he was out
late last night with your husband"
That isn't so. l want yOu to under
stand that my husband was out with your
husband. ."-Detroit Free Press.
"Oh, no." soliloquized Johnny bitterly;
there amt any favorites in this family!
Oh. moi If I bite my fngernails ! get
a rap over the knuckles, but If the baby
eats his whole foot they think it's cute
Ladies Home Journal
In the privacy of his home the village
butcher was telling his wife of the arri-
val of a new summer resident
she came in today" he said with en-
thusiasm. "and I can tell you she's a
real lady, brought up select and exclu-
sive. She don't know one cut Of meat
from another, nor veal from mutton. -
Christian Register.
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ARMY ORDERS.

Capt. Edward T. Donnelly. Fifth Field Artillery.
will report to the commandant, School of Fire
for Field ARTILLERY. for duty instructor
Capt. G. Arthur Hadsell. infantry, will proceed
from Baltimore, to Annapolis. Md, and make an
inspection of the machine gun company. Maryland
National Guard. ...
Capt. William H. Tobin, Coast Artillery Corps.
is transferred from the Sixtyfourth to the loed
Company.
Capt James Hanson. Quartermaster Corps lin.
fsntry). is assigned to the Fourteenth Infantry.
Col. Charles B. Wheeler Ordnance Department,
or his commissioned assistant. win make one visit
to the Sandy Hook Proving Ground, n J., on
official business pertaining to the operations Of the
ordnance Derartmtnt
Lieut.. Col. Edgar Jadwin. Corps Of Engipeers is
relieved from station and duty in this city. win
proceed to Pittsburgh. and report By letter to The
chief Of snsinessA
Lieut. Col Charies Keller. Corps Of EaEinsesa
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Stern War Measures-

The British Ambassador denies that his gov
ernment has prevented hospital supplies from
reaching Germany But it is lust as we'll for ne
to remember that we did that in the civil war,
We maintained an uncompromisng blockade. and
the result OF it was that the Confederate army
was without quinine and anaesthetics and was
very short OF surgical instruments We did not
recognize any obligation to help Confederate
soldiers who were sick or wounded to get back
10 the hring line, Possibly should be more
considerate now, but that is the stern view ne
took Philadelphia Record
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NAVAL ORDERS.
MOVEMENTS OF VESSELS

WV f-NfsNlS UP ' ts~>klS.
benham, arrived Rnsebank. December .; CalIap
arrived shsmeen, DecembCr %: Cumming arrived
New Iof Yard December .; Glacier. arrived
Mare Island December 30: Lebanon arrived Lam
lert Point Decemb,r %: Scrp. sailed for GuaymSs
December .: uneas. arrived New Orleans, De
cenber %.
NOts-The Lebanon will stop at Charleston :
6. en- route from HAMPTON Roads 10 the West
Indies.
ORDERS To OFFICERS
Lieut.. CuniOr grade II. H. Frost To Naval War
College. Newport, r. l.
Ensign W. c. Burg. to Rhode Island.
Ensign NJ. T. Kinne. TO New Jessy
Erssisn w. Z Cheadle. to Texas
Medical Instructor 5. 6. Evans 10 bume and
wait orders
Pacific Fleet.
Assistant surgeon A c. Sinton. jr. NJ. r. c.
70 receiving ship and naval training station, Nor
folk, Va.
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is relieved from station at Mobile repair To thi,
city. and report TO the chief Of engineers
Mai William Wallace infantry. will proved
to Huntington. W. Va, and inspect the newly or
canned rlschins gIn company. Second Infantry.
West Virginia National Gusrd.
Capt. colbn II. Bsn infshtry. will T.rtSecd from
Austin. Ts.. to this city and reIurt To the chiel
Division VI Militia Afsirs. fur temporary duty in
his ofhcc, ard uIDon the completion thereof will
returII to Austin.
Leave for two months is granted First Lieut.
Alden NJ. Graham. Eleventh CaraIry.
Leave for two months is granted Chaplain John
NJ. MOO-e. Fifteenth Cavalry
Leave for two mouths Is granted Can't Charles
Abel, Thirteenth InfantTy
Lave for one month is granted Secund Lieut..
william e. Lsnx~iTl, Fifteenth Infantry
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Our "Dardanelles" Are Secure.

From one lesson of this Gallipoli campaign we
can take comfort. Our chief coast defenses are
stronger than those which the Turks have held so
easily against great odds. New York, Boston, and
San Francisco are just invulnerable from attack
by sea as the Dardanelles if we put the men be-
hind the guns. What the Turks have done so
well we can do. Nine-inch guns mounted on land
proved superior to the I5-inch batteries of the
queen Elza6eth, and we have something much
better than the old o-nch guns the Turks used
The Washington herald., 1916-01-01

An American woman who passenger on
the Ancona and who describes the attack on the
ship as massacre by blood-crazed crew who
had already sunk fourteen ships, is coming to
Washington to place her evidence before the State
Department. 1t is to be hoped that her story will
Offset the efforts of a section of the press now
Engaged in hunting for loopholes in notes to
Vienna through which escape backing up
what we said.
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A WELCOME.

a WELIUNlE.
Good morning, Mr. Glad New Year!
We're very glad you've come,
And truly hope that now you're here
You'll make yourself at home.
We think Or Earth's pretty place
Our climate, too, is fair,
And nowhere else in all of space
You'll find more bracing air
1t gives US pleasure to extend
A welcome glorious
To make you glad you've come to spend
A little time with US
(Copyrixht Isl5J
The Washington herald., 1916-01-01

Dr.. Robert Grimshaw, efficiency expert" (sic),
finds that the Navy League is lacking in energy
as compared with the corresponding body in Ger
many. With the example so strikingly before
them of the inestimable benefits bestowed on the
German people by the German Navy League it is
altogether surprising that our own organization
should have been remiss in failing to strive for
like benefits for the United Statesl
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THE OLD AND NEW

Old Year
Goodbye!
We're 10th to see you go;
But since you must,
Then out into the snow
With all thy train
OF glad days and sad days
OF pleasure and of pain,
With parting sigh,
We say,
Goodbye!
When 10, through open door
As the old year passes out
A stranger enters in
With romp and shout
And younger face
To take his place.
We turn
And with heart of cheer
Welcome
New Year. J. Z
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II is said that Berlin dictated Austrias reply
to our first note, which is quite plausible in view
of its experience and the probability that it was
German submarine which sank the Ancona
Meanwhile, we should be prepared for news of the
murder of more Americans for while the sub
marines have been driven from British waters, the
allies warships have not yet achieved a similar
diplomatic triumph in the Mediterranean.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-01

The suggestion that the question of severing
diplomatic relations with Austria, in the event of
failure to comply with demands, will be sub
mitted to Congress is not to be taken seriously
This government has stated its position in terms
too plain to be misunderstood and at this stage of
the proceedings it will hardly be found in the posi-
ton of asking Congress whether it shall make
good or back down.
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Triumrh Yet to Come.

1t is not little surprising to learn that the
Belgian army is larger than it ever was and in
much better shape. Already it has won imperish-
able glory, and its day of triumph is yet to come
Belgium and Serbia the two countries which
have suffered most in the war; without offense on
the part. When peace is restored their compen-
sation should be correspondngly great.-Philadel.
phia Record
The Washington herald., 1916-01-01

Representative Buchanan has decided to absn-
don his rights a member of Congress and ap-
pear in court voluntarily in answer to his indct
ment by the Federal grand jury. Thus he has nu
fed the verdict which the American people rem
dered against him when he announced his defiance
Of the laws OF his country which he has helped to
make.
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A New Campaign Issue.

Possibly new issue for the Presidential CAM
pagn has been discovered by former Senator Lafe
Young, of Iowa. He is Mortified to find that the
American people have stopped singing "The Star
SPangled Banner" because foreign nations now
hold US in such contempt.-Springheld Republican
The Washington herald., 1916-01-01

The Ford peace party arrived in Copenhagen
and notified Henry that public sentiment was with
them. 1t would be perfectly horrd if Henry got
the idea that there was any coIdness. He might
cut off supplies
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In Philadelphia woman shot man and escort
ID him to hospital. This would seem to be carry
ing the efficiency idea to the extreme.
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The Germans going to make cotton out of
aettles. Trying to sting poor old Hoke, are they?
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The German newspapers are entertaining their
readers by telling them that British "militarsm"
has come too late But the punctual effects of
British "navalism" arc not mentioned, we notice
The Washington herald., 1916-01-01

Rockefeller gets sI2,ooo,ooo less" says head
line in the New York Times. Less than he ex-
oeeted, perhaps; less than the other fellow had
never!
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There would be something formidable about the
crowd who believe in peace by force if only they
knew how to shoot and WELD the sword.
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A Line o Cheer Each Day o the Year.
By JOHN KENDRIcK BANGS.

Vlrst printing Of original poem. written aatly
for The Washington HeralaL
The Washington herald., 1916-01-01

Dr. and Mrs. william H. Fox were
hosts at an Informal eggnog party last
evening from 20 y O'Clock at their resi-
denCe in jefferson place.
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Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Luther Hess Warine
will hold their New Years reception IN
their home. Sic Quebec street northwest.
this evening from TO n o'clock
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Miss Alice c. Fletcher and Mrs. y. r.
Parsons will receive together at the home
of Miss Fletcher on the third, fourth. and
hfta Mondays in January.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-01

Miss Helen Hopkins will be at home
as usual on New Years Day in honor Of
the class Of 1913. of the West High School
She will be assisted by her house guest
Miss Jenney Pearce. Of Richmond.
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The W. c. T. =. will hold = New Years
reception today at tNe home, ~ sixth
street northwest. from to 9 O'Clock The
ladies In charge are Mr. Francis A St
Clair. Mrs. Alvin Day, Mrs Mark Tyn-
dali. Mrs. Anna Arthur. Mrs. W. u. How
ard Mrs Gussie Nichols Mrs. Edna
Proctor. Mrs. r. p. whalen. Mrs Flor
enCe Fesrnow, Mrs. Woodbury. PuIsfer
Mrs. Meurich Montgomery and Mrs Erhe
king.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-01

Mrs. Julian James entertained st her
annual New Year Eve reception yester-
day afternoon at her residence in Twen-
tieth street. Mrs. James has as her
house guests her cousins. Miss Jackson.
OF New York, and Miss Mason. Of Phil
sdelphia.
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Roasted coffee is an excellent disinfec-
tsnt for sickrooms.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Letter entertained
large company at a dance last even
ing at their home, the Palisades. in
Virginia. number Of dinner parties
were given before the dance. Mr.. and
Mrs. Letter were hosts at q dinner Of
fifty covers. and Miss Francise Will
isms had twenty guests. Dr. and Mrs..
Louis Lehr "lso G>ve a dinner party and
took their guests later TO the dance.
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Mr.. and Mrs. Charles \ Hsmliu will
be at home today after O'Clock.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-01

! Mrs. Rhett Stuart will be at home in
formally this afternoon.
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Mr.. aid Mrs. n. L. Rust entertained
twenty guests at supper at 10 O'Clock last
evening In compliment 60 Senator and
Mrs. J. g. W. Beckhsm. of KenJucky.
Tho house was decorated with Christmas
sreens holly and mistletoe. and a center
piece OF Richmond roses adorned the
table
The Washington herald., 1916-01-01

Miss Alice Bricc entertained formally
at a bridge party yesterday afternoon
Miss Marjorie Russ and Miss Frances
Carpenter presided al the tea table.
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Mrs Frank P Reeside and Miss Lois
Reeside will be at home this afternoon
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Mrs. Charles Downer Hazen, wife of
Prof HAzen, entertained at tea yesterday
afternoon at her apartment In the Con-
nectlcut IN compliment 20 her guest,
Miss Ida Tsrbell. Mrs. Fowler and Mrs
Roland Cotton Smith presided at the te,
table.
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Mr.. and Mrs G. H. Williams will en-
tertain at dinner tonight at their resi-
Sence, 1914 Kennedy street northwest, tn
honor Of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Buhler,
who. with Miss Rosetta Brice and Mr..
Jack Pratt of the Lubin studio, are
their guests for the weekend
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Mrs. Charles d. Phillips, OF Detroit,
is at the Shoreham for the weekend.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-01

The Princeton Triangle Club, whose
performance on Monday will be the occs-
sion OF considerable entertaining by
Washington friends OF this university
will arrive Sunday morning and will
make its headquarters az the Shoreham.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-01

Mr.. and Mrs. Z. Benedict Cobb. who
passed last season in Washington. ar
rived from New York yesterday and ar,
located for the winter at the Shorehan
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Mr.. owen johnson. the well-known nov
elist. who is in Washington for the New
Year, is located at the Shorehsm.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-01

Mrs. James Hamilton Lewis has re-
turned from several weeks absence and
rejOihed Senator Lewis at their apart
rnent at the Shorehsm.
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Mrs. S. Hubert Dent gave the second
OF series Of lunCheons which she hs,
planned for the season. yesterday al her
apartment in the Rochambeau. The
guests we're Mrs. Claude Swanson, Mrs.
victor kaunmann, Mrs. H ". Bliss.
Mrs. William c. GorFss, Mrs Albert
Mills Mrs Thomas B. Dunn. ana Mr.,
Isaac T. Mann
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SATURDAY, JANUARY l. 1915.