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Anniversary

first diamond discovered IN
Griqualand. South Africa, was
found by the children OF a
Dutch farmer, who for a time used
II as u plaything. The stone was
later sent to Cape Town, where its
true nature was recognized, and It
was subsequently forwarded TO Paris,
where It was exhibited and sold for
a.. 500. This valuable discovery soon
led TO other researches, and diamonds
were unearthed in various places in
orloualand West, with the result
hat forty-six years 6 to-day, Oct.
81. 1871, the country of the Griquas, a
mixed race sprung from Dutch set
tiers and native women, was An
nexed by Great Britain.
Diamond hunting was at FIRST con,
nned 20 the banks OF the Vaal River
but in the year OF tho British occu
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The Weeks Wash

speech delivered in English at the
corner OF Orchard and Hester Streets.
1t wasn't necessary for Food Admin
i~strator Williams to decree meatlcss
days in New York. We've had 'em
here for a long time.
Commissioners Williams could
ascertain, II he does not know, that
many OF the ~salarled employees OF the
Edison Company, OF which he Is an
efficient and valued executive, have
been hitting the butcher snop at ir-
regular intervals for a considerable
period. and the Edison Company
probably pays better than average
salaries at that. Meatless days are
no novelty in New York East OF Third
Avenue and west OF Ninth.
1.-The Commissioners says that Her
bert Hoover served on his own table
last Monday a bread made up OF so
per cent. discarded bread from the
Hotel Manhattan and 20 per cen new
-four. But where is John Henry
Jazbo. clerk. living in five rooms,
halls heated. overlooking the elevated
road, going TO get discarded bread?
II he went to the Hotel Manhattan
after It. or to the Ritz or the Wal
dorf. about the best he could expect
would be a violent collision with the
sidewalk. And his wife couldn't use
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plo can drift apart who have been so
close to each other. l have tried 70
be friendly, but she has assumed n
hardened spirit, which 1t seems i'm
possible to break"
When. oh, when. will people realize
how foolish the whole thing IS? l
have never seen a person
such n hardened spirit" as this who
did not have 1t broken.
When, oh, when, will We understand
that we have but a little while to
stay. and that an u~nbreakable will,
insisting on bearing malice, never did
anybody In the world any good? II
always acts like a rubber ball when
II is sent out: II comes back with al
most equal force.
Whatever the differences OF opinion
that bring about these arrangements,
no one should hold such spite as to
avoid speaking to some one whom
they have known. II is just common
decency.
And when people pass each other
by as II they have never been ac-
quainted they are getting outside the
pale OF common decency. II ! felt
any one was not going to speak 10 me
as we pass by | would make It my
business to speak to them anyway.
| would say to myself, "Just be-
cause that other person chooses Ia
sink below the level OF human court
esy that is no reason why l should
do likewise. ! will do my part, ever
though the other fails. l will have
no regrets, for am not the keeper
OF my encmy's conscience"
The momentary glow OF triumph
might come over the person who acts
u~nhindly, but some day, somehow
he or sho pays with %usurious interest
! The law OF balances. as well as tn,
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That woman was one OF my hest
friends once and now she bears me
such i'll will that she will not speak
to me, and 1t just hurts a Bit" she
added sadly.
And | knew It must have hurt
very much. for she seemed downcast
and unhappy for a considerable time
after the meeting.
Then she told me the story. 1t was
a very simple, everyday affair, They
quarrelled over a person who meant
nothing to either one OF them.
One word brought on another until
n mountain was u AIDE out OF a mole
LII. A GOODNESS came up between
them and ended the friendship OF
years.
And In the words OF my friend, 1T
Ia all well cough 10 disagree, but 10
have her pass me by in tho street as
II she never knew me Is Just carrying
II a little too far. And every time
meet her and get that frigid glance
It makes me feel very badly for q
little while.
1T seems incredible to me that poo.
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The Jarr Family By

Hogarty, my opponent, Is holding a
rally OF his own at the other end OF
he district. Thereu be nobody at
our meeting but our W people-un-
less Hogarty's meeting breaks up
earlier"
But I don't see any use to hold a
rally Just for our W people, Said
MIR. Jarr. What we want to do Is
20 convert the enemy"
"Pd rather not try 10 convert the
enemy. / prefer to hold my friends"
said the Peerless Leader. TT we
Gidn't hold a meeting u people
might go to Hogarty's, and he has
some big contracts and them as couid
not hope TO get a political Joo' IN
case Hogarty defeated me, might feeI
Just as sure OF getting work from
him in his contracts, win or lose as
from me on my contracts. But they'd
all be hoping they'd get political jobs
big pay and little work. On a con-
tract everybody has TO work. Tor
that's business. But in office hold
ing nobody has TO work, for that's
] politics"
But ! don't see how your bench
men could expect TO get political
Jobs for deserving you" remarked
: Mr. Jarr. "There'd only be jobs for
those who had always been faithful
20 Hogarty."
That shows how little you know
about politics" said Rafferty,. the
Peoples Choice. Don't you kno"
that in politics more Is done : pia'
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By Roy L. McC ardell

cate an enemy than to reward a
friend? For why? The friends We
have anyhow, but the enemies can
only be won over by giving them
something"
Preliminaries being now arranged,
when Rafferty's political lieutenant.
Tony, the bootblack, arrived with a
handful OF collars and neckties to
put on a bunch OF Ratferty's sup
porters as camoufage to make them
resemble prominent citizens, all ad-
journed to the scene of the meeting,
a nag-covered truck with four blaz-
ing torches at the corners,
Nj. Rafferty, began his argument
for better citizenship and idealism in
clvil life by denouncing his oppo-
nent. Hogarty, as a CRATER and a
crook who had sold himself body and
soul 10 the interests
You were mighty thick with him
at the Friends CT ireland banquet
last winter!" cried a voice.
AS u private Cl'iHoh' 1 RoeniN A0i
enoe Hogarty as a gentleman / am
proud 70 know" replied the candi-
date, but as an ~oficeholder with the
| Gestinies OF our fair city in his
grasp. l view him with loathtng and
eisgustl'
A brass band was heard approach
ing. IT'S Hogarty and his gang OF
gorillas!" whispered Mr.. Rafferty,,
put up more fiags around us, and
they won't dare throw a brick. II
would be an insult to the dag. The
watchword this election 10 'Camou'
naEsr"
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Copyright. 1917. by the Presa Publishing Go.
THE New York Evening World.
HUTHBRE are you going

4 w A'~NN'@ ~ sOu bbAHb W.
w night?" asked Mrs. Jarr.
"Eou promised 20 take me
and the children TO the moving pic
lures"
'I know I did" replied Mr.. Jarr
uneasily. "But ] had forgotten that
I had promised Rafferty, ia go out
clectloneerlng for him at his open
air rally tonight"
81 don't want you to go into poll
ties and maybe get in jail like the
Sunragette pickets in Washington
do" said Mrs, Jarr, plaintively, BE
sides, you might get elected to omc
thing and then the newspapers would
print dreadful things about what you
Aid years ago., and print your letters
IN nrove II. What are you putting
hat towel in your hat for?"
"Well, last election they got 10
throwing bricks at the open mir
sneakers" said Mr., Jarr. And not
noving a trench helmet l thought I'd
nut some padding in my hat"
Mr.. Jarr found MI. Rafferty, and his
committeeman waiting for him at
Gus's place on the corner, For It is
.s,dom that a political rendezvous is
at a chureh'
.cyiu there be any hecklIug OF the
.Deakers at the meeting" asked Mr.
Jarr nervousiy'
mo, ! don't think there wifi be
any trouble" said that Peerless
Leader, Timothy Rafferty,. you see
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Letters From the PEOPLE

N'
Montana. Wyoming and Nebraska.
ON this trip l had an. opportunity 10
study the habits OF many people, and
IND that while railroads and hotels
are endeavoring to conserve food TO
some extent the same ID not the case
with h average family.
or course, these States are far re-
moved from the Atlantic seaboard.
ana therefore the thought OF war is
not present before the minds OF the
people In the same degree that Il is
In the Eastern States. am con
WINGED that the people OF the North .
west are Just as patriotic an we are
but their mental attitude may be 40,
counted for partly by distance
! am grateful that The EveninI
World has urged people TO conserve
food, and / hope that you will con,
tlnue 10 impress upon your reader,
the absolute necessity for econom!
not only in food but IN all tina neces
sar.es Of life. d @. W.
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patton mines were opened in the To-
cality known as dry diggings,"
which has since received the name OF
Kimberly. In 1872 the world was
startled by the discovery OF the Stew
art diamond OF 2SS3s carats. The
daily output OF tho consolidated
mines at Kimberly Just prior to the
outbreak OF the "a was valued at
$3.50, 900.
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shortage OF meat
and wheat should
5 disappear
and the price OF
those foundations
of u national
chow should be
IN a terially re-
duced. Is It not
so?"
you're right"
agreed the laun-
dry man; "the
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shortage should be II down and the
prices should descend accordingly, but
you'd be quite safe in betting your
right eye against a season ticket to
the Aquarium that the reduction In
price Of meat and bread will have
lust as much effect on the cost OF liv-
ing to the proletarlat as a campaign
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cool LOGIC.

SSTATHBR, gimme a good nckln'
and make me cry" was the
astonishing request little
Jimmy made n day.
what makes you want such an alb
surd thing2" inquired father.
"YouN hit me and III holler with
all my might, and mother viii wipe
my face with her apron and give me
"a penny and III buy candy" came the
Logical reJolnter.-L.tev4ry Digest
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What is happening on the lsonzo front should cause the
Allies TO ask themselves II It might not have been wiser To uiye
Italy all the coal, steel and munitions she wanted.
Particularly at Washington the question should arise
whether there has been adequate grasp either OF Italys needs
or Of 1taly's importance In the general scheme.
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Plead Iimit com munit
ENU0N FFWFFF VVWF wv
Painting the Capitol white.

Painting the Capitol white.
10 o. Edisns q Ths Ivsnins Word;
When visiting In Washington a few
days ago ] noticed that the Capitol Is
being what I consider desecrated by
TIE application OF q a of white
paint. inquired OF several persons
20 una the reason for this expense. but
waA unable TO CLEAN any information.
Now. there Doesn't seem 20 be any
apparent or logical reason for paint
ing our Capitol. which. az a marble
sdiaiee. 10 much o beautiful than
II would be painted a startling white.
At the present time, when "Buy a Lab
srty Bond" 10 heard on all sides, the
expense seems 10 be absurd.
h. a N.
How che West FesIs.
N ~ Ddisos 4 TIE E,eHans wohd;
have just returned from q trip
% 5000 miles, covering the states Of
A~fnnssota. wisconsin. North Dakota,
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whom my COM
panion nodded in
recognition. The
h woman did
not return the
4, but
stared.
l felt a shudder
go through my
friend.
Nv h the
matter?" | asked.
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A m orleans p
= Under Fire
By Albert Payson Terhune
Copyright. pl7. b. thu Prs' PubiHtins Go. Clue New York Evening worl
No. 3I-THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM.
PaySon Terhun

has been called "the bloodiest single days lighting Of
the Civil War"-thls battle which ragged along An
uetam Greek, in Maryland, on Sept. II, 1852.
The war had dragged along for nearly eighteen
months, the South acting always on the defensive and
fighting only within its own territory. Then. In the
early autumn OF 1862. Gen. Lee decided to invade the
North. crossing the Potomac into Maryland and thence
into the very heart Of the Union.
He chose Maryland as the starting point OF the
invasion. because the Marylanders had been loud in
their sympathy with the South, and Lee believed they
would rise as one man to his cid (Which they did noD.
The Union General, Mcclellan, commander OF the
Army Of the Potomac. FASTENED to head of the ad-
The evening world., 1917-10-27
By Sophie Irene Loeb

THE other day while walking with
a friend we approached a
stylishly gowned woman TO
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By Martin Green

discarded bread for q basis for new
bread at home. because when the
John Henry Jazbo family gets through
with a loaf OF bread there isn't a
crumb remaining big enough to en-
gage the serious attention OF a spar
row.
The Food Administration properly
seeks to cut down tho consumption OF
meat II bread among people who
can AFFORD to eat meat and bread at
the prevalent prices.
The idea Is hat II those who oan
afrord TO eat nor eat less there will
be more for those who are eating less
"a they can't afford to eat more.
But, following tho theory to its con-
clusion. We find that IL those who ara
nov eating less because they can't af-
ford to eat more are 20 be enabled to
eat more because they can afford to
everybody will eat more and there
won't be as much for anybody to eat
as there Is now. do you get me7
"All OF which, as a measure of en-
cheney, is something like a railroad
conductor putting on a pair of roller
skates before starting through his
train to take up tickets. The peopla
thought thai the object OF the Food
Administration Bill was to guarantee
the distribution OF the n~ecessaries OF
life at reasonable prices.
Now comes MI. Hoover and saws
the law gives him no control over re-
tail prices. Well, It's his law. II the
Food Administrator has no authority
to administer either he or the Gov
eminent is the possessor OF a large.
shiny gold brick"
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SSXVTERE you surprised at the
w refusal OF MI. Hillquit,
tha Socialist candt5o.

"WnEssat refusal q Of sq's m1' n; at the
the Socialist candidate for
Mayor. TO buy Liberty bonds?" asked
the head p~oIisher.
mot a bit" replied the laundry
man. MI. Hillquit is a shrewd poll
tician. When he announced that he
would not buy Liberty Bonds. al
though he is a very wealthy man. he
calculated on the political effect OF
his announcement, IL was a deliber-
ate appeal TO the anti-war element,
There is no middle stand in this
crisis. A citizen OF the United States
is either for the war or against IL.
and II he is against the war he is for
Germany. II Herman Lauden-
schlager, recently from GERMANY.
stands out on a street corner and adj
vises people against subscribing 10
bonds for war purposes, some paid
or volunteer patriot will quickly take
him into custody and probably
bounce a rock off his dome for good
measure. But Mr.. Hillquit, citizen.
lawyer, financler and candidate. an.
pears TO have a license to practise
disloyalty in this town. II he ia call
cuiating ma the Federal authorities
are letting him alone because thew
are afraid he might set up the cry
that he Is a martyr, said authorities
should make their position clear
without delay"
ggT SEE" said the head polisher.
that Speaker Champ Clark OF
the House OF Representatives
says New York bankers are trying TO
XIII the Liberty Loan"
"Mr. Clark explained the laundry
man, talks through his hat every
year just previous to election. He
was due" l
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A Victory Left
Incomplete.

Gen. Burnside commanded the Union detachment sent to roll up tho
Confederates other wing. His orders we're late in reaching him and he
q still later in obeying them. Most OF the defenders at this pont M
bee sent to support the opposite wing But those who remained rav
Burnside a hot fight
When he had defeated them he began to "ron I'D" M rph UIn1 a,
the Southern army. Before he could do this he was attacked nj IN Tes
by another Confederate corps, newly arrived from the victory at Hornerz
Ferry.
Night ended tho battle. Mcclellan refused to renew n on IN. ,ouo~,r.
day. The invasion was checked. but Lee was allowed 10 retreat safely
across n Potomac into Virginia
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Copyright. 1917. by the Pross Publishing Co.
THE New York Evening World.

IITII two meatless days and
w two wheatless days q week."
said the head pollsher, "the
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yancing Confederates. Lee crossed the Potomac with his invading army
on Sept 6, 1862. He privately separated a large detachment Of troops. un
der "stonewal" Jackson. from the main body and sent them to capture
Harper's Ferry, and he sent written notice OF this secret manoeuyre to ali
his corps commanders.
Ger. A. p. Hill of the Confederate Army lost his copy OF the notice
The paperw "a picked u D and sent 70 Gen. Mcclellan. Thus the Union leader
that the Confederate force a temporarily split in two. and he
had a chance to profit by the knowledge-even though he made slow use
Of the chance.
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again tne Union troops were not supported and were
obliged to halt their advance when Confederate rein
forcements came UP. After a long and nuctuatlns
fight the Confederate wing fell back.
Lees centre was weakened, but Mcclellan wouit
not strike the blow that might haye oruahed Il
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Delays That
Proved Costly. !

aNer a plucky resistance. had surrendered to Jackson. Mcclellan also was
delayed 81 otter o n his march that zee had time to intrench himself
strongly OF Antetam Creek. Having arrived within striking distance Nc
Clelan fingered for another twenty four hours before attacking and this
gave Jackson a chance to rush 10000 reintorcements to Lees aid.
You have seen a archer bend a bow Just before launching his arrow
Well, Lees army at Antietam drawn UP for battle in the form OF such
a bent bow string. the Potomac River, behind him. forming the bow itself.
On the afternoon of Sept Is a Union corps crossed the creek On the
morning OF tho 17h the general advance was made. Two bodies OF Union
troops were sent to roll up" the wings of Lees army while Mcclellan
himself directed a third force to N attack of the Confederate centre. That
was the Union plan of battle. But more blunders and delays bunged it
Gen. Hookers corps began the days conflict by a furious assault on
the Confederate wing that was commanded by jackson. A fearful struggle
.ensued, both sides losing heavily. Hooker was not properly supported
SO at last he a driven back, leaving 25 per cent. of his men dead or
wounded o the field.
A second Union charge forced this Confederate wing to retire. bu,
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meet and defeat Gen.
Confederates could be
followed after another.
Tho datanhmant se,
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-28
National League.
BRITISH SUBMARINE
CUTS U-BOAT IN TWO

AN ATLANTIC PORT. Aug. IS
The destruction of German subma-
rine with all hands by a British sub
marine i'm the Atlantic ocean was de
scribed here Monday by the captain
Of British steamer which was tor
pedoed 10y The enemy submar ine. The
trader which was attacked on a voy-
age from this country 10 "A British
port. returned here after being re-
paired abroad.
According 10 the captain Of the
trader. the commander OF the Ger
man submarine attacked the British
merchantmen by firing his deck guns
when the torpedo which struck her
failed 10 send her to the bottom.
The traders crew. who had taken
10 the open boats witnessed the ar
rival Of the British submarine and
it's attack on the German U-boat.
which was broken in two and sunk
by a torpedo from the British un-
der-sea craft. The steamship crew
then boarded the vessel pumped her
out and reached a British port
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-28
0pBet1UeerAn1erjcanL eagueLeadersW idens
"Hard" Whipple
Won't Be Back,
Harper Hears

Gloom that has been lowering
over Not.e Danes prospects for
even mediocre football team this
fall was further intensified yester-
day when Athletic Director Harper
announced that Ray Whipple. two
times monogram end ard who
had been counted on for yeoman
service this fall Will not RETURN to
Notre Dame Hard" Whipple. as
the veteran end. is known on the
campus AZ Notre Dame though hold
Ing one OF the last numbers in the
con-cription lottery. has accepted a
position with the Dodge Mfg. co. at
Detroit
WhippIe has been a football um-
inary since ne arrived AT Notre
Dame i'm the fan Of 1914. He had NO
trouble u holding down q regular
berth ON the yearlins aggregation
that season. I'm 1915 he was can
didste for the varsity. and was sub
stitute end during that season. Last
year he was rated as regular
though ne had 10 give way 20 Jack
Medsher two or three times during
lfif -Ff~ffii ON 80 AtfNIlt OF llLHiA anu
the style of play of some of the
teams encountered. Whipple was a
deadly tackler. and he was aeeres-
sive 10 the point of foreclosures.
With Whipple lost To the theoreti-
cal 1917 eleven Harper finds himself
with just one regular extremity man
whom he is counting ON. That is
Jack Meagher Coincidentally both
Whipple and Meagher come from
Elgin Iu They We're high school
satellites there. Morales. the MeXi-
can of whom much was expected
last year. and who did show we'll
until ne broke a collarbone. Will be
on hand according 10 the latest adj
vices The problem Of substitute ends
is what is worrying Harper right
now.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-28
Browns Are Best
Drilled Team;
Win $500 Prize

CHICAGO. Aug. Members Of
the 81. Louis club are winners 90
the competitive military drill of the
American league. Lieut. Col Ray
mono. sheldon. L.. :. A.. who review
ed the Clubs last week. announced
his decision Monday night The
players Will zoe presented with 5000
by Eres't Johnson of the American
league. The army sergeant who
drilled them, Will get S100.
Second place wars given 20 the
Washington club and third place To
Cleveland Chicago was awarded
fourth place: Boston. NTH: Detroit.
sixth New York. seventh. and
Philadelphia. eighth The competi-
ton was Judged according TO mill
tary standards The St Louis play
ers were perfect in variety of move
ments and puuctuality and were
only penalized one point i'm dis
cipline and six points IN drilling
Lieut. col sheldon. in. his report
said ne was astonished at the eff
cheney of the teams.
Pres't Johnson said that military
drilling undoubtedly would be car
ried out every season.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-28
White Sox Gain
Game on Boston
Beat Yankees 80 While De-
trOit Trims Red Sox-3
Games in Lead.

CHICAGO. Aug. 2S. - Chicago
gained "a fun game on me Bostons
i'm the American league pennant
race Monday by shutting out New
York. 10 o. while Detroit won
from Boston The White Sox now
are three games ahead OF Boston.
Shawkey handed Chicago the game
i'm the seventh. He walked FeIsch.
Gandil and Schalk. and Mgr. Row
land then sent Eddie Murphy i'm as
a pinch hitter for Cicotte lie sin
gled 10 right. sending Felsch and
Gaudil home SchaIk. who had
gone 10 third. then scored on a wild
pitch Chicago lost several other
chances to score i'm the early in
nings through poor base running.
After retiring Chicago i'm the
seventh inning Shawkey protested
heatedly 10 OLoUghHn against the
umpire's rulings on balls and strikes.
lie was put out of the game. Score.
New York 200 600 600
Chicago 900 600 3Oa-3 s I
CuUop. Shawkey and Alexander.
Nunamaker; Cicotte, Faber and
Murphy
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1917-08-28
WOMEN GOLFERS OF
WEST OPEN PLAY

CHICAGO. Aug. 2S.-AIiss Ern-
estine Pearce of Skokie. and AIRS
: Kunstadter Of ldlewild. Monday
I'd a large held i'm the qualifyine
round Of the women western gol.
championship at the FlosSmOoI
Country club scoring 90 each over
the t.to2 ward links. Women's par
is t4-44-SS y hieh wind and mum
crous traps made scoring difficult
Mrs. =. :. Colburn of Glenyiev get
ting I'm the championship dsht ci
go PLAYERS with the high score of
102
Miss Ethel Chatdeld of Sycamore
U.. with q6. and Miss Elizabeth Al
len Of Rock Island. IN. with 100
were Others from outside cot Chicago
who qualified.