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The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24
MARION COUNTY
WENT OVER THE TOP
Eleven Hundred and Twenty Eight
Captured in the Red
Cross Drive

The following additional members
were secured to the Red Cross Sat
urday night, Sunday and this morn
ing They make total of 1923.
Ocala
Miss M. l.. Williams, E. NJ. Will
Jams, F. X. Demetree, d. H. Martin,
w. ID. earn, Charles Brouse, J. G..
Lloyd, Sid R. Whaley, B. w. Whiting,
Mrs. Minnie A Bostick, Lieut.. Wiley
Burford, E. E. Dobbs, Mrs. E. E.
Dobbs, P. H. Nugent, w. H. Fausler,
j. C. Johnson, Mrs. William Gober,
William Gober, T. S. Trantham, J. w.
Crosby, J. F. Hampton, John Rawls,
F. s. Martin, S. F. Hendrix, G. A.
Nash, Miss Lula Horn, j. H. Strunk,
Z. P. Townsend, ]. ]. Upton, J. T.
Lancaster, W.. j. Townsend, Mrs. j.
T. Knight, Miss Minnie Lee Carlisle,
Mrs. j. 7. Purvis, J. Y. Purvis, J. A.
Smelling, w. T. Anderson, N. Moses,
M. A. Ten Eyck, S. A. Moses Jr., J. S.
Rifenburgh, O. L. Stewman, J. E.
Theus, Father D. Bottalacio, DIR. R.
ID. Fuller, Mrs. r. D. Fuller, j. A.
Chandler, J. B. Brooks, Margaret
Gerig, S. A. Moses, Abdullah M.
Katipa, J. J. Waters, NJ M. Carter,
w. E. Smith, Mrs. Fora B. McIver,
Miss Dorothy Schreiber, A. C. Stana-
land, N. R. Dehon, Mrs. N. R. Dehon,
Miss Sarah Dehon, Wilbur Lippincott,
c.. G. Parker, ]. j. Kirby Jr., Mrs.
Mary Eagleton, Miss Mary EagIeton,
]. w. Nichols, ]. J. Parker, Mrs. J. F.
Parker, William Camp, Miss Donnie
Sims, Miss Ola Sims, Miss Mary
Forbes, Walter Nichols, w. j. Wilson,
Henry Mclean, f. c. Clayton, Dozier
A. DeVane, Robert, Hall, William
Hall, Harrington Hall. G. F. Holly,
J. j. Smith, John Foglestrom, Mrs.
H. A. Davis, H. A. Davies, C. D. Ped
rick, Miss Winnie Hunt, j. G. Swain,
t. w. Troxlr, Miss Bottalcio, Miss
Antoinette Bottalcio, Miss Margaret
Little, Mrs. R. L. Bridges, F. A. Nor
ton, Mrs. F. A. Norton, Ed Carmi-
chael, J. D. Clinton, James w. Grif-
fin, John Dozier, George Pasteur,
Mrs. George Pasteur, w. A. Stephens,
j. w. Atkins, A. E. Candwell, L. G.
Knight, Mrs. Frances Collier, Mrs.
It. B. Pasteur, R. l.. Bryant, Sibbald
Wilson, w. E. Nelson, Mrs. M. E.
Fox, H. Harold, Mrs. H. Harold,
Norman Horne, Mrs. w. S. Hilands,
w. J. Hilands, George Bennett, E.
Shaw, T. R. Higgins, j. F. Baker, w.
B. Sye, B. Neff, E. P. Clark.
Kendrick
Chas. T. Perry, R. B. Ward, J. }.
CUTLERY, Matte Pittman, Hattie M.
Sims, E. Turnipseed, Addie Tur-
nipseed, j. N. Tiller, Mrs. Jennie L.
Tiller, Fl. L. Hough, Miss Annabel
Wishart, Allie Hough, j. van Kool-
berger, Margaret van Koolberger,
Mrs. Mamie r. Shaw, C. H. Shaw,
Mrs. C. H. Shaw, Crenshaw Boone,
A. I. Ray, w. B. Livingston, Mrs. w.
B. Livingston, Thomas Sims, Mrs. J.
j. Cutlery, Miss Bertha Cutlery,
Mrs. Hattie A. Webb, Miss Julia
Webb, Mrs. Bradford Webb, A. r.
Finley, Charles Nix, Ed Loos, Mrs.
j. E. Spencer, Miss Mary Jeter, Mrs.
Clinton Carleton, J. r. Lyles, Mrs.
A. C. Blowers, A. C. Blowers, Emma
Gardner, E. D. Finley, J. Graham,
Miss Mabel Clark
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MORE THAN TEN
MILLION MEMBERS
Christmas Drive for the Red Cross
Has Proven a Tremendous
Success
(Associatel FressJ

Washington, Dec. 24.-Reports to.
day to Red Cross headquarters on the
results of the campaign for ten
million new members showed that
some divisions had exceeded their
quotas. The Gulf division, compris-
ing Alabama, Mississippi and Louisi-
ana has gone several thousand over
it's quota.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24

The best fiashlight made is the
Everready Daylo. / can furnish you
with one for your vest pocket or in
larger sizes. B. F. Condor, Merchants
Block. Phone 129. 19-f
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CHRISTMAS SERVICES
AT LOWELL

Christmas services will be held at
the German church at Lowell tomor-
row evening. Rev. Fl. Neidernhofer
and his congregation extend cordial
invitation to their friends to join
them. Most of the exercises win be
in English, and all viii be most in
teresting.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24

A cedar chest, writing desk, book
case, "Daylo" light, or rug would
make splendid Christmas present
for him, and one which he would ap-
preciate. McIver & MacKay. cod
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24

A full assortment of the famous
PAKRO Seedtape. Just the thing for
the small fall garden Ocala Seed
Store. tt
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24
PLUMBING AND ELECTRICAL
CONTRACTING

When you have plumbing or cleo
trical contracting, iet us furnish you
estimates. No job too large and none
too small. tt Fl. W. Tucker.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24

Odd pieces of furniture, bric-a-brac,
art pictures, etc., make most suitable
Christmas gifts. McIver and Mac
Kav. cod
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24

The largest and best assortment Of
WHITE IVORY SETS ever shown ia
ocala. The prices are right. The Court
Pharmacy. tt
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DETAILS OF THE
HALIFAX DISASTER
Fifteen Hundred Dead and Over Fifty
Million Dollars Worth of
Damage to the City
(Associated Press)

ASSOCIATED PresS)
Halifax Dec. 24.-Fifteen hundred
killed, 1000 injured, 10000 homeless,
and property loss of $50,000,000 is
the estimate made today of destruc-
ton and damage caused by the recent
explosion here.
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CONGRESSMAN BATHRICK
ASSOCIATED Press)

Akron, Ohio, Dec. 24.-Represen-
tative E. R. Bathrick, of the Four
teenth district, died at his home here
last night.
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LIST OF PERSONS
To Whom Questionnaires were Mailed
December oath

OIiS Il. GdSkIIlS, OcdId.
Arthur j. Glass, Ocala
Harry Harris, Sparr.
Ernest Williams, Lake Weir.
John T. Etty, Oak.
James S. Rexwinkle, Gambler.
Nathaniel Daniels, Ocala.
Joe Lewis, Burbank.
Marion Holly, Conner.
Earl B. Lytle, Stanton.
William A. Shook, Macon, Ga.
Obie Howard, Pennington.
James Louis Wiley, Anthony.
Herbert Kinsler, Martin.
Clarence Williams, Sparr.
James Adams, Ocala.
Jack Williams, Ocala.
Willie Archie, Cater.
Castle Johnson, Reddick.
VIM. c. Henderson, Lynne.
Josephus Lewis, Martin.
Fred Edwards, Morriston.
Walter Holly, Ocala.
William Locke, Mulberry.
Frank Long, Citra.
Dozier Greer, Morriston.
Thomas ]. Anderson, Rita.
Wayne A. Ten Eyck, Ocala.
Alex P. Finley, Kendrick
Daniel A. Boon, Anthony.
John Mitchell, Reddick.
Jacob Montgomery, Dunnellon.
Goldie B. McAllister, Citra.
Bell Graham, Ocala.
Marble Stone, Dunnellon.
Fred T. Brown, Belleview.
Henry Vereene, Silver Springs.
Walter German, Santos.
Benjamin II. Townsend, Ocala.
Max Everett Wilson, Summerfeld.
Charlie Jackson, Ocala.
VIM. H. Crumley, Morriston.
Phil Robinson, Ocala.
James NJ Ponder, Ocala.
Leon NJ. Franklin, Ocala.
Abe Lawson, Ocala.
Otis M. Hill, Ocala.
Lewis H. Morrison, Moss Bluff.
Oscar L. Johns, Ocala.
Tarnis Davis, OcaIa.
Albert L. Strickland, Irvine.
Willie Bird, Ocala.
Elder Holmes, Kendrick.
Manuel Osteen, Morriston.
Will Stoke, Ocala.
Odus c. Radford, Columbia, S. C.
Charles Ellis, Sparr.
David R. Waldron, Bay Lake.
Simon Fletcher, Perry.
Eugene Ellis, Micanopy.
Robert J. Mcdonald, Conner.
Van D. Westley, Ocala.
John E. Proctor, Summerfeld.
Zary Moody, Weirsdale.
Willie n. Nelson, Martel.
James W., Nichols. Summerfield.
James L. Remington, Summerfeld.
Will Bryant, Weirsdale.
Melton Sans, Orange Springs.
John M. Jackson, Ocala.
VIM. w. Waters, Micanopy.
Shedrick Maynor, Ocala.
Freddy Mathews, Pennington.
Marion Goodman, Ocala.
John Brooks, Dunnellon.
Joe McBurney, Morriston.
Robert Lawrence, Ocala.
Grover H. Grantham, Arcadia.
William Lucius, Summerield.
Johnnie Chambers, Ocala.
Warren Snoddy, Boardman.
Edmond P. Jackson, Romeo.
James Russell, York.
Nose Waters, Reddick.
Arthur E. Colding, Williston.
Jasper N. Hill, Anthony.
Charles M. Mooreman, Ocala.
Jim Nichols, Citra.
William H. Burrell, Santos.
Alfred Snoddy, Mcintosh.
Henry o. Keep, Jacksonville.
Rupert E. Wilson, Ocala.
Dock Pore, Eustis.
Van Gaines, Ocala.
Samuel Small, Ocala.
Local Board for Marion County,
L. R. Trammell, Clerk.
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London, Dec. 24.-General Allen
by's troops in Palestine continue to
advance on the Plains of Sharon north
of Jaffa and have occupied four more
towns.
ITALIANS DROVE THE ENEMY
Rome, Dec. 24.-Enemy forces
forces which had crossed the Piave at
Piave Vacchia, have been driven back
over the river, the war Offices an,
nounceS.
FRENCH BETTER AIR FIGHTERS
Paris, Dec. 24.-Intense aerial ac-
tivity is reported by the war Office.
In the course of a hundred combats
in the air during the past few days,
the French brought down eighteen
German machines.
RAIDING TEUTONS REPULSED
London, Dec 24.-German troops
yesterday afternoon attempted to
raid British positions south of Epehy
on the Cambria front, but were driv-
en- off, the war office announces.
TROTZKY MODERATES HIS TALK
Paris, Sunday, Dec. 23-Leon Trot-
zy, the Bolsheviki foreign minister,
according to a note issued by the
Havas Agency, called on French Am.
bassador Noulens at Petrograd and
explaine dthat the Bolsheviki wished
to keep to the principle of "demo.
cratic peace" leaving to the people
the right to dispose of themselves.
AIRPLANE COULDN'T STAY UP
London, Dec. 24.-Another air raid
has been attempted by the Germans
against English coast towns. One
hostile airplane was forced to de-
scend.
BRITISH LOST A BOAT
London, Dec. 24.-The British arm
ed steamer Stephen Furness has been
torpedoed and sunk by a German SUBJ
marine in the Irish channel.
SUBS ARE BEING SUNK
Geneva, Dec. 24-The Krupps have
recently quadrupled their naval plant
near Kiel, accordinging to a dispatch
from Berlin by way of Berne to La
Suisse. This was done at the request
of the German government for the
purpose of making up losses in sub
marines, which, the dispatch asserts,
have been heavier than the German
admiralty admits.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24
RAIDING TEUToNs REPULsED

London, Dec. 24.-German troops
yesterday afternoon attempted to
raid British positions south of Epehy
on the Cambria front, but were driv-
en- off, the war office announces.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24
FRENCH BETTER AIR FIGHTERS

Paris, Dec. 24.-Intense aerial ac-
tivity is reported by the war Office.
In the course of a hundred combats
in the air during the past few days,
the French brought down eighteen
German machines.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24
AND THE
RAILROAD PROBLEM
Announcement by Wilson of a Con-
ference Thursday was
Rather Unexpected
(Associated Press)

Washington, Dec. 24.-The presi-
dent has summoned the chiefs and
Legislative agents of the four great
railroad brotherhoods to a confer
ence at the White House Thursday.
1t is expected the president will out
line whatever action he has decided
is necessary in the transportation
crisis.
The new conference came as a sur
prise. While sentiment in favor of
operation of the roadA
apparently has been growing, no in
timation of what the president will
recommend has been given.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24

Have you seen those Tuck Christ
mas Cards at Gerig's Drug Store. 1S*
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24

Fresh milk, Hewett Dairy, at the
Delicatessen Shop, 15c. quart. 12-H
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INTENDS TO MAKE 1T EASY

The censorship of foreign mails,
authorized by the trading with the
enemy law, is now in full force under
a board on which the postoffice, war
and navy departments, the war trade
board and the committee on public
is represented. The
board plans to carry on the work
wit has little interference to legiti-
mate correspondence as possible.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24

Weather Forecast: Partly cloudy
tonight and Tuesday; probably rain
in northwest; colder Tuesday in
northwest portion.
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CAROLINA SUFFERS FOR COAL

Formal orders to coal operators of
several nearby states issued by the
fuel administration today provide
for immediate shipments to meet
acute conditions in several towns ia
South Carolina. The operators were
recently requested to care for the
South Carolina situation but ship.
ments have not been of sufficient
volume to relieve the shortage in GER
tain sections of the state.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1917-12-24

The following additional members
were secured to the Red Cross Sat
urday night, Sunday and this morn
ing. They make a total of 1923.
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ITALIANS DROVE THE ]

Rome, Dec. 24.-Enemy forces
forces which had crossed the Piave al
Piave Vacchia. have been driven back
over the river, the war offices an.
nounces.
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.SCRAPP|NG ON THE
PLAINS Of SHARON
Pressure of British Troops on Turks
Steadily Driving Them.
from Palestine
ASSOCIATED Press)

London, Dec. 24.-General Allen
by's troops in Palestine continue to
advance on the Plains of Sharon north
of Jaffa and have occupied four more
towns.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-05-21
Those VITO Mast =.
Register June 5

President Wilson in, issuing his
proclamation dfHgpating, June 5
as registration defines those
who must ragistsHippon that date
by quoting section : of the ,selec-
tive Gonsoription BILL, as follows:
THAT all male persons between
the ages of 81 and 30, both inclu'
sive, shall be subject to registra-
ton in accordance with regula-
lions to be prescribed by the
president; and upon proclama-
ton by the president or other
public notice given by him, or by
his direction. stating the time and
place of such registration, 1t shall
be the duty of all persons of the
designated ages, except officers
and enlisted men of the regular
army, the navy and the national
guard and naval militia while in
the service of the United States,
:. toG; present themselveEfor and
submit Ito Observation-Disclosures the
provisions of this act, and every
such person shall be deemed to
have notice of the requirements
of this act upon the publication
of said proclamation or other no.
tice given by the president or at
his direction, and any person
who shall wilfully fail or refuse
to present himself for registra-
ton, or to submit thereto as here
in provided, shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and shall, upon con-
viction in the district court OF the
United States having jurisdiction
thereof, be punished by imprison-,s
ment for not more than one year
and shall thereupon be duly reg
istered." -
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WAR SAUSAGE.

DR.. Vinson of Arizona university
advises that the long-eared burros,
driven out of usage by motor trucks
and railroads, can be made into "eis-
elwurst,' sausage eaten in Germany
and Italy as war food.
Well, sir, we had wholly overlooked
the economy Of the long.eared burro!
In Arizona, New Mexico and other
southwestern regions hundreds of him
are grazing where we'd better have
cattle and sheep. You can buy him
for 81 and sell his hide for so cents.
With real pork sausage at 40 cents
the pound, our artistic admiration of
the burro's physical beauties turns
to hot desire for him as table del
icacy. If the stuff for sausage is actu-
ally I'm him., Faith, Of the sort that
questions not and wavers not, as in
the case of the mysterious hash, may
enable US to indulge in "eiselwurst."
We wot not how this new sausage
tastes, but, if its texture is anything
like the burro, one can chew on 1t a
long, long time.
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MAKE MONEY FIGHT.

We. have been in this war with
Germany just about 40 days and q
crisis faces the country thus early
in the game. The government, great.
ly preoccupied with the tremendously
important subjects of making ready
the navy and the army of our coun-
try, should be in position where it
may feel perfectly at ease as regards
financing the war But that is OK.
actly where the shoe pinches.
Congress has voted the money: But
the mere vote, unhappily, does not
supply the money. This can be sup.
piled only by the people of the Unit
ed States. And they can supply it
only by subscribing to the Liberty
Loan.
II the loan fails, if the richest coun.
try in the world has the disgrace Of
failing where England and France
and Germany have so abundantly sue
ceeded, If the nations appeal to the
individuals who make up the country
falls on deaf ears, then America has
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been defeated in the very first round
of the war and another triumph has
haen scored for Germany

been defeated in the very first round
of the war and another triumph has
been scored for Germany.
Men and munitions and supplies
can only be pushed forward to the
firing line by the use of money And
If the money is not quickly forthc0m'
ing, our men, our munitions and our
supplies will stay right here at home
Which is exactly where the kaiser
and his advisers want them to be-
At the present time, with all the
chances for favoring victory for our
allies and ourselves, II our govern
ment can act quickly and thoroughly,
there is in this country both liberty,
and money to lend. If we delay II
we daily, if we palter, if we hesitate,
thereby helping the Germans to win
this war, there will be something
more serious than defeat for our
allies. 1t will be defeat for us,
too 1t will mean loss both of our
liberty and of our ability to lend.
For victorious Germany would
make of us a subject nation as it
would of a conquered France and
conquered England.
And then all of us, instead OF ad-
vancing money to our own govern
ment and receiving in return bond
that was a good investment and that
paid a good rate of interest, would
have to turn over to German indem-
nifty collectors all of our savings and
a large part OF our earnings-lost to
us forever Because depend upon
It, II we lose this war, Germany is
going to make us-United States peO.
ple-pay to the nail. She will 10 this
because we are the richest nation on
earth, and when she is through with
us we may be one of the poorest on
earth in ready cash. -.
That's why this loan is one for lib
erty-for our liberty, for the liberty
of the entire world.
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"The power against which we are
arrayed has sought to impose its will
upon the world by force. TO this end,
it has increased armament until it
has changed the face Of war. In the
sense in which we have been wont
to think of armies there are no
armies in this struggle. There are
entire nations armed Thus, the men
who remain to till the soil and man
the factories are no less a part of
the army that is fighting, than the
men beneath the battle flags. 1t must
be SO with us. 1t is not an army
that we must shape and train for
war; it is nation. TO this end,
our people must draw close in one
compact front against a common foe.
But this cannot be If each man pur-
sues private purpose. All must pur-
sue one purpose.
Every Man to His Work.
1.-THE nation needs all men; but it
needs each man, not in the field that
will bring most pleasure to him, but
in the endeavor that will best serve
the common good. Thus, though a
sharpshooter pleases to operate trip
hammer for the forging of great guns,
and an expert machinist desires to
march with the flag, the nation is be-
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ing served only when the sharpshoot-
er marches and the. machinist re-
mains at his levers. The whole ma
ton must be a team in which each
man shall play the part for which
he is best fitted. To this end con-
gress has provided that the nation
shall be organized for war by selec-
ton and thatreach man shall be CLASH
fled for service in the place to which
it shall best serve the general good
to call him. The significance OF this
cannot be Over-stated. 1t. is new
thing in our history and1a landmark
in our progress. 1t is a new manner
of accepting and vitalizing our duty
to give ourselves with thoughtful de-
votion to the common purpose of US
all. It is in no sense asconscription
of the unwilling; it is rather, selec-
ton from a nation which has volun.
teered in mass. It Is no more a
choosing Of those who shall march
with the c0lorse than it: is a selection
of those who shall serve an equally
necessary and devoted purpose in the
industries that lie behind the battle
line. .s-2~
Important Hour in History.
"The day here named Is the time
upon which all shall present them
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selves for assignment to their tasks.
1t is forethat reason destined to be-
remembered as one of the most con-
spicuous moments in our history. It
is nothing less than the day upon
which the manhood of the country
shall step forward in one solid rank
in defense of the ideals to which this
nation is consecrated. It is import
ant to those ideals no less than to
the pride of this generation in mani
Testing it's devotion to them that
there shall be no gaps in the ranks.
Registration Is Test Of Honor.
ut is essential that the day be ap-
preached in thoughtful apprehensions
of it's significance and that we accord
to it the honor and the meaning that
it deserves. Our industrial need pre-
scribes that it he not made a techni-
cal policy, but the stern sacrifice that
is before US, urges that it be carried
in all it's parts as a great day Of pa
triotic devotion and obligation when
the duty shall lie upon every man.
whether he is himself to be registered
or not, to see to it that the name of
every male person of the designated
age, is written on these lists of honor
I'm witness thereof, have here
unto set my hand and caused the seal
Of the United States to be affixed,
Done at theneity Of washington,
this 18th day. ofyIMay, in the year OF
Our Lord, onerthpussAd, nine hundred
and seventeauoaf theI Independence
of the United, Stataseos ,America, the,
one hundred and forty q ,.~ -,
"By the president:
Robert Lansing, secretary of state"
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CONVENTION OF THIEVES.

CONVENTION OF THIEVES.
Many strange things have come out
of the Russian revolution, but none
stranger than a convention just held
at Rostoff-on-the4Don.
This was a convention of thieves
--men who had preyed on society in
all manner of illegitimate ways.
They said they had gathered to de-.
mand place in the new freedom,
and chance to turn over new
leaf.
Imagine a convention of thieves
and safe.blowers in Madison Square
Garden or Chicago Auditorium!
Imagine a gathering of confessed
pickpockets and strong arm men in
Dreamland Rink, San Francisco, or in
public plaza in New Orleans
You have guessed It right. The re.
serves would come on the double
quick.
But at this convention of thieves
In Russia the chief of militia was an
invited guest, as were other govern
ment officials, and pleas were made
for help In giving the thieves O
chance for an honest life,
This is one of the most amazing
of all the amazing stories from Rus.
STA.