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The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
"0URS" 4 COMMON CAUSE:
20 THE BUSINESS INTEREST
or JOHNSON CITY

TIE Comet will be found at all
tint boosting your business, boos.-
ing your cit. and section. Tho Ed
tor has had the pleasure Of meeting
quite a number Of the influential citi-
len& of Johnson City in Itch last few
day. We hope to be able to caI on
all Of you. We are pleased to report
tina W. h9ye been, received in very
frir IDLY manner ard treated with
courtesy by all whom we have met.
Ne AuY have pledged til srDport,
a. 81 I'll seem to realize that ours is
a q ,mmon cause that good news
par II is necessary evil. The
NJ Vspap2r is not only q necessary
G. ii. as one gentleman was pleased
10 term it on our rounds about the
City-but it is mCre-the newspaper
| is your best friend. The newspaper
will always be found ready to do it's
par. Now, friends, we need your pa
trCrage, and support and we pledge
you hereby and hc~C0n we will try
TO merit that support, and will en-
'deaFor to give you value received
When our representative calls on you
rex week, give hi mat least a part
'cf scur business. and we pledge you
our word you vii set results. Re
neiber, OURS" is a common cause,
r. d. KINKEAD,
EDITOR, The Comet.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
DON'T NEGLECT YOUR COLD

Neglected colds get worse, lns;@.d
of letter. A stuffed head, a tight
ches I0ust be relieved / 0nacc. DE-.
Bells ne-Tar-Honey is Nature S
'emcdy. Honey and gIyc crime heal
he irritated membrane, Antiseptics
ar loosens tho phlaEm. you breathe
easier and your cold is broken uD.
Pleasant to take. Dr.. Bells Pine-Tar-
Honey is an ideal remedy for chii-
drcn as well as sTown-ups. Al your
Druggist, 25c.
Vented by the sled load
20 Go easy kOrk.
II. D. KINKEAD,
Z litor Comet. Johnson City. Tenn.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
SUCCESSFUL
MEN
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL

Bel was horn IN moderate circum-
stances and frst worked as teacher Of
The deaf and d5mb tie became inter-
ested in The Transmission of sound by
electricity. in 1873. In the few years fol-
lowing. he beeame' miserahly poor and
Sickness made HIN dependent upon his
friends. But he never gave up and was
persistent in his experimenting,
In 1876 he had perfected a device by
which singing was satisfactorily tans-
mitted by wire from the cellar to Inc
fourth floor of the building VITA an
Old cigar box, two hundred feet OF wire,
and two magnets from toy fish pound.
the first Bell Telephone was brought into,
existence.
The next year Mr.. Bell succeeded In
protecting the telephone to point whege
il became valuable.
1t has been said the telephone is one q
the great factors i'm the development and
prosperity OF our country. 1t won for
its Inventor an Income OF more thau $. + !.
0ou,U10 "a Year.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
NON-RESIDENCE NOTICE.
In the Law Court at Johnson City
Tennessee
Edward F. Malzard
Mabel J. Malz@rd

Mabel J. Malz1rd
In this cause it appearing from the
complainant's bill, which is sworn tc
that the defendant, Mabel J. Maizard
is nonresident of the State of Ten
nessee: 1t is ordered by me that publ
cation be made for four consecutive
weeks, as required by law in The
Johnson City Comet a newspaper pub
lished in Johnson City Tennessee, H.
said county, notifying said non--res.
dent defendant to appear berore olli
said law court at court to be held
at the court house in Johnson City,
IN or the third Monday of February
1917, and make defense to said bill.
or the allegations thereof will be tax 1
for confessed and this cause set fol
hearing exparte as to her.
This December 10, 1916.
j. l.. Hilbert, Clerk.
Fred NJ. Lewis, ID. c.
Barnes & Morley, Attys.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
SrpREME COURT ORDERS
LIABILITY LAW REHEARlN''

Washington, Nov. 13.-Reargunieh'
vas ordered today by the Supreme
court of cases testing the constltu-
Sonality of the Washington New
york New Jersey and Iowa work
mans compensation laws. No date
was set for rehearing. No reason
y.s given by the court for the re-
bearing. The court also directed re-
orgument of an Ohio case involving
INTERPRETATION of the Ohio employers
liability law.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
Lunch Cake

: Soften, but do not melt. a thirts]of a
cupful of butter, add a cupful and a
third of brown sugar, two eggs, half
cupful Of milk, three teaspponfuls of
baking powder, a half teasp'bonful each
of cinnamon and nutmeg, grated, one
and three-fourths cupful;s of flour. Beat
all together three minintes, add a half
cupful of raisins, ana bake 40 minutes
in moderate oven.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
CHANCERY SALE OF LAND
J w. CASS,
Clerk and Master.

In obedience to a norder Of the
Chancery Court at Johnson City,
made and entered on the 31st day OF
October, 1916, in the cause of Mrs. J.
NJ. Farnsworth, ct al, VS.. Andrew
ODonnell, ct al, 1 will, on Saturday,
January 9th. 1871. at ten clock, a. M.
in front of the court house door in
Johnson City, sell to the highest bid
der, the lots or tracts of land III SAID
order described. Said property lying
at the intersection of Sydney avenue
and the old JonesbOro road in the Mil
Ter addition to Johnson City, and is
FLY described in sad order, which said
order is of record in Minute Book No.
10, pages 21S and PIC, in the Clerk
and Masters office in Johnson CITY,
to which reference is here made for
ful. description. SAID property is
known as the ODonne.! property, and
was sold on the 18th day Of January,
1916, to ]. A McBee Tor the sum OF
$4,000, but because Of an error in the
a advertisement of said property it is
ordered re-so1d and the bid will start
at the price Of $4,000 and said sale
will be upon the same terms and in
all respects made in the same man
ner as the former sale, in respect OF
cash payment and the execution OF
notes with security, etc.
This December 18th, 1916.
]. w. CASS,
~ Clerk and aMstcr.
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Cinnamon Bun.

Cream a half cupful Of butter, add
a cupful of sugar gradually, then the
yOlks of two eggs beaten lightly, two
cupfuls of flour sifted with 5w0 tea
spoonfuls of baking powder ard tea
spoonful of cinnamon, add half cup
full of milk alternately with the -four,
then add half cupful of raisina and
fold in the whites of the eggs. Bake
in a sheet and, while hot, spread gem
erously with butter, and sprinkle with
powdered sugar and cinnamon mixed
together
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
Crumb Cake.

Mix well together one-half a cupful
of butter, one and half cupfuls of
sugar, two cupfuls of flour. Add two
teaspoonfuls of baking powder, two
eggs, cupful of milk and Il teaspoon
full of fiavoring. Mix the sugar, but
ter and flour together; when well
blended take out a cupful of the mix
ture and add the eggs, we'll beaten,
the milk and flavOring to the remain
der. Put into the cake pan and sprinkle
with the reserved cupful of the mix
ture. Bake in u moderate oven.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
RAIT!s0ID OFFICIALS
VISIT KISGSPORT
(rhe King&,port Timcsy

Mr.. Potter. president of the c. C.
& Q. railway, Mr.. l.. II. Pho,teplace
and other officials .f the same road
visited the maG!S city recently, and
were much plrssed with the rapid
growtssa and development Of Kingsport-
While in Kingsport these gentlemen
were guests of Mr.. J. Fred Johnson.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
lions Destruction pecreed.
Barnes & Morley, Attys.

Every mans hand is against the
lion. His destruction Is encouraged
by all the governments OF Africa;
and the occupation OF most parts OF
the continent by the white race 10
ikely. before a great many years, &c
close his history except in few re
gions.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
Apple Sauce Cake.

Mix well . cupful of sugar, a half
cupful of shortening and cupful of
sffted apple sauce then add II tea
spoonful of soda, half teaspoonful
each of cinnamon and cloves, one and
three-fourths cupfuls of flour and cur
rants and raisins. No eggs are used
In this cnke.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
MOTHERS
COOK BOOK

Nothing is easier than fault finding. no
self-denial no brains, no character are re
CURED to set up in the grumbling odsl-
ness.-Robert West.
Pork Cake.
Take one cupful each Of fat chopped
salt pork, boiling water, molaSSes'
dried apple and sugar. Add the boil
ing water to the pork; cook the mo-
,Iasses and a cupful of dried apple
which has been soaked over night, IA
teaspoonful of cinnamon and half II
teaspoonful each of cloves and nut
meg with Il half cupful Of raisinS,
three hours; add the other ingredients,
two eggs, one teaspoonful OF SODA ana
two of cream of tartar, flour to make
Il soft dough. Bake slowly one hour,
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
N,.. hle4 w,eeQ.
why Rubber Is Scarce.

1t is only 81 years since the first
pneumatic tires were made-those. of
course being for bicycles, but today
"the pneumatic tire business Of the
world Is estimated at the enormous
sum of $65O,O00000."
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
CAUGHT the audience.

Patience-Did the rendition Of "Ju'
lius Caesar" meet with the approval of
the audience? Patrice--Oh, yes: you
know they killed Julius in the first
act!-Yonkers Statesman.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
rh.lr Prnhahl. IL. Tenure

According to insurance figures.
when the wife dies first the husband
VIII survive nine years: but when the
husband Is first to go the wife sur
wives II years.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
presen..pay Danger.

In these quickly-moving days OF
stress and hurry we are faced by the
danger OF attempting too much and
excelilng in nothing.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
Cost Of Progress.

For every $25O,0O0 spent on en-
rineering It is estimated that man
Is killed.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11

YOUNG LADIES write EDITOR of
johnson City COMET for the new
CASH plan clubbing contract, eac.,
Phones. both old ard new.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
WANATED YOUNG LADIES

Young ladies Of Johnson City who
wish employment as solicitors, CORE
spo dents, etc, will do we'll to write
ED TOR of THE COMET, Johnson
Cit, Tenn.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11

CASH 10 tale tied youn g'adics who
Srite EDiTFR COMET, Jo1rson City.
Tenn.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
Mot cauasd Nv Work.

Son efinies the calluses on mans
hands are mDde by golf clubs.
Atchison Globe.
The Johnson City comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1916-1917, 1917-01-11
IISJITTE RIVER RAIINAY COMPANY
Flag Stations.

Flag Stations
Nos and are daily passenger trains With paro car service
bet 90, Johnson CITY and Lhyie and PineGa ~ G.
Nos and daily trains wih paflor car service
eteen johnson City Cranberry ~ g. but between Gran
berry Inye and Pnooa they are eaed as mXea Trans
daily except Sunday. - =. nm, W. D.. - So.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-25

Gertrude Solominski, s, is The
little girl and the first person said
to be cured of infantile paralysis
by a new serum developed by DR..
John w. Nuzum of Chicago.
1t is said that by culturing the
spinal fluid of the patient, DR..
Nuzum can make a diagnosis
within IL hours. The difficulty
in diagnosing the disease has been
the greatest obstacle science has
had to contend with in fights
against this dread disease which
has cost thousands of young lives
and left thousands of children
crippled when their lives were not
taken.
Scientific men say that If DR..
Nuzum can make a diagnosis
within IL hours, he has advanced
farther toward solution of the
mysterious disease than any other
physician.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-25

u. w. AT
OLYMPIA
(Special to The Times. }

OLYMPIA, Jan. 25.-It looks
dark today for the supporters OF
the University of Washington in
the controversy with the state cob
lege over the report of the edu-
cational survey commission.
Five paid lobbyists of the state
college, who have been on the
ground for a week, let 1t be known
that they had taken a poll of both
houses and that the result showed
a clear majority for the state col
lege in the senate and a still
greater majority in the house.
Faith in SuZzallO
They also produced letters pur-
porting to be from three members
of the educational survey commits
sion-Imus, Timblin and Sutton
renouncing the experts report.
Senator Wray, chairman of the
senate educational institutions
committee. admitted that it look
ed as if the university might be
outvoted.
The university hackers, how
ever, are pinning their hopes on
President Suzzallo, who will ex-
plain the university's position be-
fore a joint meeting of the educa-
tional institutions committees of
both houses tonight.
Holland Sidesteps
President Holland of the state
college has sent word to Chairman
Cute and Chairman Wray of the
house and senate committees, that
he finds it impossible to attend
the hearing tonight" 1t is under
stood that to go up against SUI
zallo in an argument isn't exactly
to his liking.
The Pierce county delegation SO
far has remained apparently neu-
trail in the fight.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-25

OFLEAKS
ALWAYS
BY G. E. RUSSELL


Newspaper Enterprise AssOcfatfOn)
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 90.
My idea of good raey indoor
sport is a committee that goes
solemnly about looking for a news
leak.
1t doesn't find anything, but il
affords no end of amusement To
the spectator, and pure, innocent
amusement is what the world most
pants for these days.
Leaks, why, they are commoner
than green onions! There isn't a
ship of state afloat that hasn't
had them until it looked like a
sieve, and nobody has ever been
able to tell where they come from
or to caulk them so they would
stay caulked.
Investigations Before.
Twenty-seven years ago a spe-
cial committee of the United
States senate started out to dis
cover how the news of every exc
cutive session invariably leak
ed"
A few months ago another sem
ate committee of the same kind
was appointed to make the same
inquiry.
The first committee didn't dis
cover, and neither did the last nor
all the other like committees in
between, and yet the news of ex-
ecutive sessions continued to
leak" just the same and does yet.
Know Cabinet Choices.
There isn't new presidents
cabinet that isn't perfectly well
known in Wall street as fast as 1t
is selected, no matter what pains
may be taken to keep everything
dark.
Three weeks before Mr.. Wilson
took office Wall street learned
whom he had picked fer the treas
ury and, not liking the choice, was
depressed. A few days later the
first selection fell through, an
other was made that was more sat
isfactory and up went the market
like a balloon.
Messages Leak.
In spite of every attempt to
maintain the strictest secrecy the
essentials of every presidents
are perfectly we'll known
before IL is delivered.
A historical leak" at the CEN
sus bureau few years ago isn't
likely soon to be forgotten In
Washington. 1t was advance In
formation about the governments
cotton crop bulletin. Somebody
got hold Of that and played the
markets, resulting in horrible
scandal and an Indictment.
As a result, the governments
crop reports are now prepared In
secret and In sections.
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Omitted Press Leased wire.)

UNITED Press Leased wire.)
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 25.--
Miss Nell Harvey of Exeter,
Cal, was found dead early to-
day at the Leonide hotel on
South Main street in a bed
covered with blood.
A short time later Harlan
j. Winter, motion picture
actor, was detained as a sus-
pect, but he insists the wom-
ans death was due to
hemOrrhage.
Winter says he is son of
former District Attorney Win
ter of New York.
An autopsy will be performed to
determine whether death was due
to accident or murder.
Winter and Miss Harvey regis.
tered at the hotel Tuesday as Mr.
and Mrs. A. j. Harland of Sacra'
mento. Since then, the woman
has not been out of the room.
Conversation Overheard.
Early today a disturbance In
the apartment occupied by the
couple awakened a man in an ad-
joining room, who says he heard
Winter say, ooh, Nellie, l knew
this would happen"
He later heard the man leave
The ledger told the landlord
and when the police were sum-
moned, the woman was found dy-
ing.
Her face and the bed we're COW
cred with blood, the nose appear.
ed to be broken and there were
othr indications of violence.
The woman died within a few
minutes.
Goes to Another Hotel
Half an hour later Winter was
arrested in another hotel.
Divorced Woman.
He was thinly clad and evident
ly ran all the way from the Leon
ide to the other hotel. Arriving
he told a friend that the woman
he was to have married had Just
died from a hemorrhage and ask
ed his advice.
The friend called the police.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-25
TACOMA BANK
CLERK TRIES
TO BE SAILOR

Love of the sea, and a longing
desire to sail before the mast,
almost caused a young Tacoma
bank clerk to leave home and par
ents behind Thursday and sail
across the oceans to South
America.
The youth did not report for
duty and an investigation was be-
gun.
Detective Mckay discovered
the boy at work on the steamer
Nottingham, locked at the smell
ter, ready to sail shortly for the
mines of South America.
The officer took the youth
home, and his parents persuaded
him to abandon his plans for ad-
venture.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-25
Found Dead In Bed;
Body Covered With
Welts; Actor Is Held

The police later ascertained
that the dead woman was the di-
vorcsd wife of an Exeter, Cal,
man, and was also known as Mrs.
Harvey. She played in moving
picture companies here at various
times. She was 20 years old.
When found, the woman was
nude and was lying face down.
ward on the bed, blood covering
her face, mating her hair and
straining the linen. There were
a number of cuts and welts on
her body in addition to the bruises
on her face.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-25

Witnesses called before the case
closed Wednesday were V. v.
Eisenbeis, of the Kimball gun
store, who sold the revolver to
Mrs. Adult; G. A. Rivard, the
police officer who arrested her;
Mrs. A. K. Todd and Mrs Ella M.
Buck, police matrons who had
charge of her; John b. Franklin,
who was the little girls school
teacher in 1914, and Mrs. Adult
herself.
Gave Fictitious Name.
Eisenbeis said Mrs. Adult gave
her name as Mrs. johnson OF Che
halls, and that she gave him the
impression she wanted the gun to
protect her household against bur-
glars.
Rivard, Mrs. Todd and Mrs.
Buck described her demeanor as
quiet and sane, and said she had
told them several times she was
sorry she did not succeed In kill
ing Mrs. Robertson.
Franklin told of her visit to him
to complain of a fancied insult to
Marie.
Deputy Prosecuting Attorneys
Rex Roudebush and j. w. Selden
mad the argument for the state
and e. ID. Hodge for Mrs. Adult.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-25
ASKS
SOLONS AID

Mayor Fawcett went to Olympia
Thursday to help the crusade for
changing the name of Mount Ia
coma.
A public hearing is being held
Thursday afternoon by the joint
memorial committee of the senate
and house on the bill asking for
a memorial by the Washington
legislature to the federal geo
graphic board, asking that suita-
BILE historic name be placed on the
lofty peak.
Several prominent Tacomans are
scheduled to appear before the
committee. Mayor Fawcett is
chairman of the Justice to the
Mountain" committee.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-25

the rocks, huddled together.
There was plenty of food nearoy,
but no matches, was the report.
From Wilkeson it was reported
Thursday that three boys left for
the hills three weeks ago, after
obtaining hunting licenses. The
boys are supposed to live near
Buckley.
Late Thursday morning the re-
port of their death had not been
verified at either Wilkeson, Car
bonado or Fairfax. The authori-
ties are not investigating.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-25
BOYS REPORTEDFROZENIN
HILLS; DETAILS ARE VAGUE

A vague report was circulated
late Wednesday evening by j. c.
Wright of Sumner to the effect
that three boys, Andrew Mickens,
James Conner and George Bow
ers, were found Wednesday. after
noon frozen to death about Is
miles outside of Fairfax and on
the northern boundary of the Ma
tional park.
Mr.. Wright told that a man
named John Williams found the
boys bodies in a little hollow in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-25
CITY REPLIES
TOO'CONNOR

The city of Tacoma and H. f.
Gronen filed their answer
Thursday in superior court, in
the case in which Jerry O'Connor,
discharged inspector in the light
and water department, is suing
for reinstatement.
They deny his charge that he
was laid off in violation of civil
service rules, not because of lack
of work or necessary reduction of
force, but to keep two inspectors
employed of whom w. e. Hayes
should be one, and O'Connor
should not be the other.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-25
Would Judge
Clifford Fire
This Jury, Too?

TRENTON, N. j., Jan. %. -
Miss Beatrice Forsythe, an actress,
didn't mind it a bit when she vas
asked to show the evidence to the
jury in her damage suit against
the borough of Deal. She just
lifted her skirts above her knees
and showed the twelve tried and
true the difference between her
two knees.
The jury took a good look and
then told her she could cover 'em
up If she would give assurance
that the evidence might be in
spected at any time.
Miss Forsythe alleges she in
jured one of her knees while
swimming at Deal and now they
don't match. This hurts her in
her chosen profession, she alleges.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-25
DOG KILLERS
ARE ABROAD

Dog-killers are abroad in Ta-
coma.
Reports of the killing of six
pets were received by the police
Thursday. Three of the animals
had been thrown into Gallagher
gluch from Delin street, and
three had been placed in a water
hole at North 10th and Madison
streets.
Some of the animals we're ap-
parently of good pedigree. They
had all been killed by blow on
the head.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-25

of which the defendant was
member. He also pointed to the
fact that the council had insisted
on holding the hearing at a time
when Mayor Fawcett would not
be able to attend.
He announced that he would
not attempt to prove charges to
such a board, but demanded that
Atkins answer them. "He has
never denied my statements" said
Steere.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1917-01-25
ATKINS PRESENTS
EVIDENCE FIRST

Because the complaining wit
ness sent word that he could not
attend, the councilmanic investi-
CATION of charges that Commits
sioner Atkins had acted In collu-
sion with a Seattle agency In call
ing bids for motor truck, began
Thursday afternoon by taking evil
dence of the defense.
Commissioner Drake asked for
a continuance Of the probe Thurs
day morning, because Howard
Steere, an auto salesman who
made the charges, could not at
tend.
steere is out of the city," said
Drake.
81 want this hearing to go
ahead" demanded Atkins. "Sev-
eral of my witnesses are coming
from Seattle, and / cannot expect
to summon them at different
times to suit this complainant"
So it was decided to hear At
kins' testimony and that of his
witnesses Thursday, taking
Steere's evidence later.
81 will be able to prove that
every charge made against me was
false said Atkins.
He was alleged to have prepar-
ed Specifications for the motor
truck so that only one machine,
the Garford, could submit cid.
After sending word that he
would be out of the city, Steere
filed statement with the city
clerk shortly before the start of
the hearing, in which he said that
1t would be useless for him to try
to prove anything to a committee