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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-12-29
Looking Blackboard In State
Journal Society Column
TWENTY YEARS AGO TODAY

Mrs. Nathan Price and her daughter, Mrs.
Wear, gave a reception Tuesday afternoon
for Mrs. Paul Hudson of the City of Mex-
leo, and Mrs. Clarence n. Price, of Peoria,
Ill Their pretty home on West Sixth
street was transformed into a bower of
loneliness by the use of Christmas greens.
Spanish moss roses. hyacinths and carna-
tiOns. In the hall, hidden by palms and
Spanish moss. Steinbergs orchestra played
during the afternoon. The effect in the
dining room was heliotrope and pink. In
the center of the table was n beautiful
drawn work centerpiece holding a vase of
La France roses. On drawn work doiley
at each corner of the table, was a bouquet
of violets, while dishes of candied lHacs
and violets heightened the effect. Banquet
lamps lighted the scene.
The receiving marty, consisting of Mrs
Price, Mrs. Wear, Mrs. Hudson and Mrs.
Clarence Price, stood in the front parlor.
Mrs. Price wore a costume of gray corded
silk, trimmed with duchesse lace. and made
with front of satin overlaid with jewelled
applique. Mrs. Hudson's gown was Of shell
pink silk and white chiffon. Mrs. Clarence
Prices gown was black satin with bodice
Of rose pink brOcaded satin with a garni-
ture of lace. Mrs. Wear wore white satin
striped taffeta with a sqaure collar of
point lace.
The assisting friends were: Mrs James
L. King Mrs. Dell Keizer Mrs. Frank
Wear. Mrs Norman Wear. Mrs Krauthoff
Mrs. Henry Keller, Mrs. L. Il. McClintOck,
Mrs. Charles Thomas. Mrs. THEODORE Ham
matt, Mrs. VIII Smith of st. Louis, Miss
Nellie McClintOck. Miss Helen Thompson,
Miss Margaret Dudley. Miss Mabel Wilson.
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SANTA FE NOTES

Notes and personals from Santa Fe
by Frances Jones, q Grattan street.
Telephone between an 10 IN, $3.50:
other hours. 4751 K-2
Letters received from the boys in France
with the Santa Fe company all tell of how
much the men appreciate the money which
has been given by the employees Of the
whole system to furnish them with tobacco,
candy, etc over 5000 has been sub
scribed.
Mrs. b. H. Porter has returned from Fort
Sill. Okla, where she spent Christmas
with her husband. Lieut. Porter at Camp
Doniphan. Mrs. Porter was a guest at din
ner Christmas day of Battery A and reports
a fine turkey dinner with everything cheer
full and happy. Lieut.. Porter is connected
with the Supply company of the both Field
artillery
ROLAND Hawk, formerly assistant cash
Ter in the freight depot at Topeka, has been
transferred to Deming, n. Mex. to become
ca shier at that point. Mr.. Hawk was for
merly connected with the stores depart
ment, formerly being storekeeper at Selig-
man. AriZ.
Lowell Dyal will spend a short New
Years vacation visiting his parents at
OTTAWA
Miss Henrietta Zoe of the motor building
is absent from work account of illness
lie Roy Haggard of the Philadelphia navy
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his squaw is little Marjorie Adams.
The three girls in Hawaiian costume
are Louise Allen, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Otis Allen; Mary Esther Bone,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Roy Bone,
and Sara Louise Gossett, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. E. Gossett. The
sailor in the picture is Jean Sans, son
of Doctor and Mrs. Sans, and the re-
doubtable soldier is Jimmie Hughes,
the son of a soldier and the grandson
of one. His father is Captain Hughes,
who is now in the army. Peggy
Strawn, the charming little daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Henri Strawn, is
dressed like an Esquimau.
Topping the picture, as the Goddess
of Liberty, is Jane Bacon, who. at the
early age of five is displaying marked
dramatic talent She is a cousin of
a noted actress, Elsie Janis. who has
lately scored a great success in New
York as the star in Miss 1917" at
the Century theater. Miss Janis has
made some pictures that were favor
ties thruout the country, and some of
them were shown in Topeka. She
writes her own scenerios, and among
them are Twas Ever Thus" and
THE Caprices of Kitty" Little Miss
Bacon gives promis of following in
the footsteps of this gifted relative.
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yards is at home on a furlough. He Is
visiting his parents. Mr. and Mrs W. y.
Haggard. james Haggard of Valley FaIIs
spent Friday as the guest Of his brother
and parents
Mrs. Clyde Highfill will return about
January 1 to her work in the motor power
building after spending short VACATION
with her husband at Fort Worth. Texas
Corp. Hghfill spent a few days before
Christmas in Topeka and also visited his
parents at Atchison, Mrs. Highfill accom-
panying him his return.
Word mas been received from Lieut.. WlIt
I'd in the form of a, cablegram which
stated that the lieutenant had reached
France safely. arriving on December -
He sailed from eastern port December
II He IS connected with the Federal Engi-
neers-
Mrs. +. p. Baker and family have arrived
from Minneapolis, Mimi; to make their
home in the city Mr.. Baker has been en-
ployed by the company several months
They will reside at 16S Emmett street.
Mrs. James Whi1ple is expected to return
Saturday evening fter spending the Christ
mas vacation in Olivet. Kan, with relatives
She was accompanied by her childrn, Dora,
Josephine and James.
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Shows people in Topeka. Mr. Snow
is teacher of industrial journalism
in the Kansas State Agricultural col
lege.
Mr.. George LegIer has returned to
LeaVenworth, after holiday visit to
his sister. Mrs. T. r. Paxton.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. H. Stevenson have
returned from Lincoln. Kan, where
they spent Christmas with Mr.. Stew
enson's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. H
Stevenson.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. T Grimes and their
daughter, Frances Mary, of Leaven-
worth, have returned home after
spending Christmas with Mrs. Grimes
parents Mr.. and Mrs. W. H. Brown.
Judge and Mrs. DeWitte c. Nellis
have returned from Paxco, where
they made holiday visit to the o. E.
Winkler ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. P Wahle have left
for Austin, Tex. to spend New Years
day with their son, Chester Wahle
who is attending the United States
school of aeronautics.
The woman's society of the First
Methodist church will meet with Mrs
+. L. Legg, sos Lane street, Wednes-
day, January 2, at 2:S0 o'clock The
assisting hostesses will be: Mrs. ].
+. Slaughter. Mrs. S. W. Lomas. Mrs
John Marshall, Mrs. L. L. Kiene. Mrs.
b. II: Branaman, Mrs. Hugh T Fish
er, Mrs. L. B. Sans. Mrs G. w. Buck
ner. All the women of the church
arc urged to be present, to assist with
the Red Cross work.
Mrs. ]. w. Cummings of Kansas
CITY, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. E.
c. Winters.
Mr.. Lucian Thrill, of the Kentucky
Military institute, is spending the hoI-
days with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
e. A. Thrill.
DR.. Lillian Malone. Osteopath. sol
Mills Building.--Adv
Mr.. and Mrs. c. S. Elliott and their
son, Charles. will leave tonight for
Lawton, Oklahoma, to visit Mr.. John
! Elliott, who belongs to an engineering
company at Camp Doniphan. They
will return after New Years
Mrs. Amanda Porter will return 70
Leavenworth Sunday. after a visit to
! her sister, Mrs. A. l. Nichols
Miss Juliette Hughes is in Waco,
Texas, visiting her sister, Mrs Cecil
| Meredith.
Miss Annabel Garvey will return to
lola Sunday, where she teaches in the
high school. She is making a holiday
visit to her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. H. o.
Carney.
Miss Margaret Stubs of Lawrence.
is visiting her sister, Mrs. Robert
Stewart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Andrews and
few days in Kansas City.
| Miss Inez futile and her brother-in-
! law, Mr.. Ralph McEntire, have re-
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ding day, and the affair is to come
off quietly down near the camp at
Fort Sill And there will be others to
follow. bringing regret to the heart of
AGATHA
X x
The following young people attended
a party given by the Phi Delta Theta
fraternity men who are in town, at
their chapter house: Miss Ruth
Thompson, Miss Edna Anton, Miss
Marian Dana. Miss Elsie Cuthbert,
Miss Marian Williams, Miss Christina
Ward, Miss Dorothy Thoroman, Miss
Esther Paxton, Miss Marguerite
Thrapp, Mr.. John Parkinson, Mr..
Percy Paxton, Mr.. Harry Welty, Mr..
Henry Sullivan, Mr.. William Nc
Connors, Mr.. Armin Weiskirch, Mr.
Don Heath.
A dinner was given at the Elks'
club Friday night by the alumnae
members of the Sigma NJ fraternity
who are in Topeka, in honor of Mr..
Scion Smith, of Oklahoma City. and
his brother, Mr.. c. w. Smith, who is
in training at a camp in South Caro-
lima. Nearly all the guests were
former K. U. men, and included DIR.
William F. Bowen, Mr.. w. H. Rutter,
Mr.. ]. K. Rankin. DR.. Forest Loveland,
Mr.. Harry Coe, Mr.. Walter E. Wilson,
Mr.. Scion Smith, Mr.. G. w. Smith, Mr..
Floyd LOVeleSS, Mr.. George ). Allen,
Mr.. Otis Allen Mr.. H H. Haynes, Mr.
S. NJ. Shields, Mr.. Tom Crawford and
Mr.. Harry Lewis.
Mrs. w. T. Crosby asked a few
guests Friday afternoon for a knitting
party in compliment to Mrs. Amanda
Porter, of Leavenworth, who has been
visiting her sister, Mrs. A. L. Nichols.
The Research club will meet Fri
day, January 4, at the home of Mrs.
Frank Mitchell, 1907 Western avenue.
X X X
The Lowman Hill Parent-Teacher
association will meet Friday, January
4. An address will be made by Prof.
William McKeever. of Manhattan.
His subject will be announced later
Sergt- Edgar Morehouse, Battery A.
Camp Doniphan, who was here re-
Gently, taking the Scottish Rite de-
gree. has been quarantined with
light attack of measles since his re-
turn to Fit. Sill.
Notes and Personal Mention.
Miss Helen Phipps has returned
from Chicago. where she spent a part
of the holiday season.
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Risdon and their
daughter. Rita, have returned to their
home in Leavenworth- They attended
the wedding of Miss Marie Porter and
Lieut.. L. Spencer Davis
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Snow have re-
turned to Manhattan after a holiday
visit in Lawrence and Topeka. They
spent Christmas with Mr.. Shows
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Two millions persons in Missouri alone
have pledged themselves to conserve food.
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Mr.. Ed McNerney. Other members
of the choir are: Mrs. Arthur Miller,
Miss Esther Lindell. Miss Mary Christ
man. Mrs; Edna Curtis. Miss Irene
Buehrer, Mr.. Ralph Holland Mr.. AL
vim Battey, Mr.. Paul Younger. and
Mr. Elmer OLSON, organist-
Mrs. r. Neil Rain, 1913 Topeka
avenue will give a dinner Sunday at
O'Clock. Guests will be: Mrs. w. H.
Roehrig, Miss Grace Dana, Miss Cicily
Allison, Miss Ann Horning, Miss Lois
Stricl<ler, Miss Evelyn Parham, Miss
Rome Rain. Miss Aline Officer, Miss
Thelma Huston, Miss Dorothy Thoro-
man, Miss Helen Gresser, Miss Gladys
Pratt.
A farewell reception will be given
Monday evening, December 81, at the
Guild hall of Grace cathedral, by the
members of the cathedral parish, in
compliment to the Rev. George M.
Geisel. who will leave the first of jan
uary for Ansonia, Conn, to make his
home. Friends of Canon Geisel, wheth-
er mem bers of the church or not, are
cordially asked to be present. MI
GeiseI has accepted the rectorship of
Emmanuel church. Ansonia, and will
begin his new duties January 6. He
has been connected with the cathedral
parish for the past five years, first as
deacon, and later as canon. He has
been active in the Y. NJ. c. A, and his
influence has been felt in wide circle
of religious and welfare enterprises
He has been especially helpful to the
Young men he has known in Topeka,
and his friends are to be found In
many circles of Topeka people.
Mrs. H. L. p. Hillyer gave a knit
ting party this afternoon for some out
! of town people who re visiting in To-
peka Among the guests were Miss
! Grace Sheeliegh and Miss Elizabeth
I Sheeliegh of Frederick, Md, who are
spending the winter with Judge and
Mrs. T. F. Carver; Miss Mary Whit
ton, who is visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs w B. Wilton, and Miss
Grace Whiting, a teacher in Kansas
City, who is the guest of Miss Edna
Haywood.
THE LETTER OF A DEBUTANTE.
Dear S. R.: Did you know that the
case of the demon Rum versus mari
tai duty is being argued in a certain
| Topeka household, and by the looks of
| the nose of the man of the house, one
would say that the demon was getting
/ a bit the best of the argument. But
/ the other side may win, since the wo-
man of the house is beautiful and
looks is a powerful persuasion
Do you know who they are? There
are four of them who are conServin g
the national resources this year by not
! going away for any sort of a winter
! trip. But they still play auction, and
/ they are playing for real stakes They
meet at one of the houses almost ev-
cry morning or afternoon. just as
! soon as they can get their faces
washed and the curl papers out of
their hair. The hostess serves a little
luncheon. maybe a hot bird and cold
bottle-for cold bottles are still OBJ
tainable, tho you may not think So
and then they go back to the fray.
One of the foursome holds the I. o. U.
of the one who has the worst luck
and when Mr.. Husband finds it cut.
there is going to be some more hard
luck.
Topeka is letting stuck Up since the
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Miss Bertha Kitchen and Lieut.
Malcolm Kenneth Whyte of Madison
Wis. will be married Thursday. Jan
uary 3, at the home of the brides
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. KitchelI
Miss Kitchell has arrived home frorr
Chicago.
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PLAN RAILROAD PAY
Russian Board Considers Cost of Iiv-
ing and Classifies Work.


London, Dec. 29.--Upder a new sysl
tenn of paying railway employees based
on the cost of living, the council of
peoples commissaries, according to
dispatches from Petrograd, has divided
Russia into ten districts and the rail-
road men into fourteen classesl fr
The payment of wages will be fixed
in proportion to the living cost in
each district, and ranges from 1855
($72.50) rubles month for first class
woI kers in Siberia to $40 ($255)
rubles a month for workers of the
fourteenth class in Petrograd.
Physical laborers will have an
eight-hour day. while brain workers
will have a six-hour day. There has
been no further pillaging of wine
stores in Petrograd in the last few
days.
Two millions persons in Missouri alone
have pledged themselves to conserve food.
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Sergt- Edgar Morehouse, Battery A,
Camp Doniphan, who was here re-
Gently, taking the Scottish Rite de-
gree. has been quarantined with a
light attack of measles since his re-
turn to FIT Sill
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Mrs. Leslie Guild was hostess at a
breakfast party this morning for a
few of her friends, at her home, 1912
College avenue
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mother, Mrs. Frank Snow of Law
renee, and later they visited Mrs
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Boat Threat Fulfilled.

Washington. ALL official comment
upon the sinking Of the American
freighter Algonquin leads to the con
clusion that the Administration will
take no step further than those al
ready taken to protect American ships
and American lives pending the recon-
vening Of Congress on April 16.
The view Of the Presidents advisers
Is that there is nothing more the Gov
eminent can do short Of a formal
declaration Of war. Such q declaration,
of course, must come from Congress.
The Executive may recommend 1t, but
that is as far as he may 90 in that
direction.
II was admitted that the unofficial
reports and the brief official reports as
well, indicated that the sinking Of the
Algonquin was an overt act.
II seems to be a settled fact that
the vessel was attacked without warn
ing and that the lives Of the captain
and crew were saved only because the
ship did not Immediately 90 to the
bottom.
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ALGONQUIN SUNK
WITHOUT WARNING
U-Boat Commits Overt Act
Against United States.
CHINA BREAKS RELATIONS
Commander OF Submarine Refused
Tow To Ships Boat-Twenty
Shells Fired At
Ship.

London. - The American steamer
Algonquin, of 1882 tons, from New
York to London with foodstuffs. was
attacked by a German submarine on
March IL without warning and sunk
IS miles west of Bishops Rock.
Capt. A. Nordberg and the members
Of the crew reached Penzance, Eng.
There were 10 Americans In the
crew Of q, four Of whom were born
in the United States and six natural
lied; all escaped.
The Algonquin was torpedoed at 6
O'Clock in the morning. The sub
marine refused assistance, according
to the report Of the Consul at Ply
mouth. Twenty-seven men have been
landed.
The German submarine opened fire
upon the Algonquin from a distance Of
1000 yards, firing about 20 shells.
These were not sufficient to sink the
steamer, SO she was boarded by men
from the submarine, who placed four
bombs, and the Algonquin was then
blown up. The crew was given plenty
Of time to leave the vessel.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-03-22
HARRY K. THAW
ADJUDGED INSANE
Will Be Kept in Hospital Pending
Removal to Asylum.
HARD FIGHT TO BE Renewed
A Committee Appointed To Take
Charge OF His Property-Hls
Mother Personal Gus
otodIan.

Philadelphia.-Harry X. Thaw was
adjudged a lunatic by the Common
Pleas Court of this city, and under the
law cannot be taken to New York on
requisition to stand trial on charges
of assaulting Frederick Gump, Jr, a
high school student, Of Kansas City,
Mo. Thaw will be kept in st. Mary's
Hospital here pending his removal to
a Pennsylvania asylum.
The courts action was based on the
report presented by a lunacy commits
sion, which took the testimony OF
Thaw and his mother, his sister. Mrs.
Carnegie, and his brother, Josiah
Thaw.
Physicians testified before a lunacy
commission that Thaw vas suffering
from dementia and would get worse
as time went on.
The commission heard testimony re-
viewing his life from the time he was
81 until his recent attempt at suicide.
Judge Martin appointed ]. Denniston
Lyon, a Pittsburgh banker, and DR..
Walter Riddle, the Thaw family physi-
clan in Pittsburgh, as a committee to
take charge Of Thaw's estate. They
will enter 100000 security. Thaw's
present income. according to his VI
sci, is between $4,000 and $4,000 on
two trust funds left by his father, Will
liam Thaw.
No appeal from the courts decision
car be carried to the Supreme Court,
according to Thaw's attorney. lmme-
diately after the announcement of
Judge Martins decree, Thaw's counsel,
in a telegram, notified Governor Brum-
baugh of the action taken on the ques-
ton OF Thaw's sanity and the appoint
ment by the court Of committees OF
his person and estate.
BY the courts decree the police
guard at Thaw's bedside at the hos
pital will be withdrawn and a private
guard substituted. The decree orders
that he stand committed at the hos
pital for the time being pending his
removal to another institution. In an
other decree Judge Martin appointed
Thaw's mother custodian Of his person.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-03-22
VILLA TAKES PARRAL.
Report Says He Then Marched On
chihuahua.

Ell Paso, Texas.-Francisco villa
captured Parral, Chihuahua, Saturday,
defeating the Carranza forces there,
according to a report received by Gov
eminent agents and forwarded to
Washington.
Villa then led his forces down the
mountain and started toward Chihua.
hua City with the intention Of attack
ing the State capital, according to the
same source of information.
An American mining nan arrived
here from Magistral, Durango. and re-
ported to his employers that Villa
forces entered Magistral Is days ago
and killed two Americans, Lou Zeigler
and c. A. VIM, and a number Of Mexi-
can men employed there. The report
has not been confirmed.
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WOULD HUSBAND PULP WOOD.
secretary-Houston Warns Of Danger
OF Paper Famine.

Washington.-Secretary Houston ap-
pealed to the country to conserve its
pulp wood resources as a means of in
surfing a future supply Of news print
paper.
In a statement on the subject he
pointed out the present close balance
between production and demand in the
news print industry and to wasteful
forestry methods. and urged state
forest departments to support re-
forestration plans.
Secretary Houston suggested Gov
eminent cooperation in supplying
mills with pulp wood from national
forests and said new mills might be
erected under agreements with the
Government for a long-term supply Of
wood.
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GERMAN SHIPS SEIZED BY CHINA.
Action Follows Upon Severance OF
Diplomatic Relations.

Washington. = American Minister
Reinsch at Picking reported to the
State Department that China had
severed diplomatic relations with Ger
many and that the German Minister
had been handed his passports.
China has taken possession Of all
German merchant ships in Shanghai,
about six in number, placed their
crews on shore under guard, and put
armed guards on the vessels.
Seizure Of the German ships may be
taken by Germany as an act of war, as
in the Ease Of Portugal.
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has seen the wanton firing of rifles
and machine guns, and civil war in the
main thoroughfares, but has not heard
a single word against war.
"a shortage of food, the lack of or
ganlzatlon and the neglect Of the most
elementary precautions r popularity
ascribed to German Influences. This
Is n word of %provocatlon on every lip.
"The killing OF Rasputin was the
match that set fire TO the vast heap of
patriotic determination that Russia
would deserve well Of her allies II she
would give herself the chance.
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EAGER TO PROSECUTE WAR
English Correspondent Asserts That
All Glasses Of Russians Favor Con-
tinuation Of Hostilities.

London, March 19.-Reuter's Petro-
grad correspondent sent the following
dispatch concerning the Russian reyo-
luton under date OF March IA:
"Your correspondent has been In the
streets both night and day for the last
three days. He has seen long lines OF
hungry e women and children. and
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-03-22
RELIEF STEAMER DESTROYED.
Norwegian Vessels, With Grain From
America For BeIqlans.

London.-The Norwegian steamer
Lars Fastenaes liars Fostenes).
bound from America for Rotterdam
with grain for the American Relief
Commission, has been sunk without
warning outside the blockade zone, ac-
cording to the Norwegian Mercantile
Shipping Gazette.
This announcement is contained in
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Copenhagen.
The Central News says that the
steamer was sunk in the North Sea.
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TO BE iNTERNED IN CAMPS.
German Sailors To Be Moved From
Philadelphia Navy Yard.

Washington.-The TOO interned Ger
man sailors at the Philadelphia Navy
Yard will be moved to Forts McPher-
son and Oglethorpe, Ga. The Seven.
teenth Infantry was ordered from the
border to those forts to act as guard.
The prisoners and troops will be even
ly divided between the two posts.
Recently the mayor of Philadelphia
called upon Secretary Daniels and re.
quested that the men be taken to some
other point, as it was believed their
presence was a menace to the city.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1917-03-22
Jap Cruiser To Bring Body.

Neutrality-suspicious. has assigned
the armored cruiser Azuma to bring
home the body of Ambassador Guthrie.
Mrs. Guthrie will return on the same
ship.