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the door ut the farther end of the
room came dimly seen figure in white.
The place seemed wrapped In a mys-
teal twilight, with long black rays of
deeper shadow lying across the floor.
There WAS little murmur of tense
voices, and then again silence.
f',r few moments the figure in
w;,ite was motionless. Then, without
lny visible commencement, she seemed
suddenly to blend into the waves Of
low, passionate music. The dance IT.
self was without form or definite move
ment. She seemed at first like some
white, limbless spirit, floating here and
there across the dark bars of shadow
at the calling of the melody. There
was no apparent effort of the body.
She was merely beautiful, unearthly
shape. 1t was like the fitting of n
white moth through the blackness of a
moonless summer night.
But her motions grew more ami
mated, more human. With feet which
seemed never to meet the earth, she
glided toward the corner where John
was standing. He caught the smolder-
Z III Hti tN Go iS Nlit
in few feet of him. He felt catch in
his breath. Some subtle and only half
expressed emotion shook his whole be-
ing, seemed to tear at the locked cham
ber of his soul.
She had flung her arms forward, so
near that they almost touched him.
He could have sworn that her lips had
called his name. He felt himself be-
witched, filed with an insane longing
to throw out his arms in response to
her passionate, unspoken Invitation. in
obedience to the clamoring of his seeth-
ing senses. He had forgotten, even,
that anyone else was In the room.
Then. suddenly, the music stopped.
The lights finred out from the ceiling
and from every corner of the apart
ment. Slender and erect, her arms
hanging Imply ut her sides, without a
touch of color in her cheeks or n coil
of her black hair disarranged, without
sign of heat or disturbance or pas
sion in her face, John found Aida
Calavera standing within few feet
of him, her eyes seeking for his. She
laid her fingers upon his arm. The
room was ringing with shouts of ap-
plause. In which John unconsciously
Joined. Everyone was trying to press
forward toward her. With her left
hand she waved them back.
"If have pleased you" she said, "I
am SO glad! 1 go now to rest for a
little time"
She tightened her clasp upon her
companions arm, and they passed out
of the picture gallery and down a long
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CHAPTER XIII.

Sophy Gerard sat In the little back
room of Louise's house. which the lat
ter called her den, but which she sell
dom entered. The little actress was
looking very trim and neat in a simple
blue serge costume which fitted her to
perfection, her hair very primly ar
ranged and tied up with bow. She
had a pen In her mouth there was a
sheaf of bills before her, and an open
housekeeping book lay on her knee.
She had been busy for the last half
hour making calculations. the result
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There was knock at the door, and the
parlor maid entered.
"Mr. Strangewey. madam" she an
nounced.
Louise looked at John curiously as
she greeted him. His face showed few
signs Of the struggle through which he
had passed. but the grim setting Of his
lips reminded her a little Of his
brother. He had lost. too. something
Of the boyishness, the simple light
heartedness Of the day before. In
stinctively she felt that the battle had
begun. She asked him nothing about
the supper party. and Sophy. quick to
follow her lead, also avoided the SUBJ
ject.
Luncheon was not lengthy meal,
and Immediately its service was con-
cluded. Sophy rose to her feet with a
sigh.
II must go and finish my work." she
declared. Let me have the den to my
self for at least an hour, please. Lou
ise. It will take me longer than that
to muddle through your books"
Louise led the way upstairs into the
COOis Wuitc ufdWiuS kooihs WANh At'
fower-perfumed atmosphere and Its
delicate. shadowy air of repose. She
curled herself up In a corner Of the
divan and gave John his coffee. Then
she leaned back and looked at him.
$50 you have really come to London,
Mr.. Countrymanl"
II have followed you," he answered.
II think you knew that I would. 1
tried not to-" he went on, after a mo-
ment's pause. II fought against 1t as
hard as could; but in the end had
to give In. I came for you"
Louise's capacity for fencing seemed
suddenly enfeebled. A frontal attack
of such directness was irresistible.
"For mel" she repeated weakly.
"Of course" he replied. "None Of
your arguments would have brought
me here. If I have desired to under
stand this world at all. 1t is because 1t
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CHAPTER XIV.

Henri GraiIlot had made himself
thoroughly comfortable. he was en-.
sconced in the largest Of Johns easy
chairs, his pipe in his mouth, q recent
ly refilled teacup-Graillot was English
in nothing except his predilection for
tea-on the small table by his side.
Through a little cloud of tobacco
smoke he was studying his host.
$50 you call yourself a Londoner
now, my young friend, suppose" he
remarked, taking pensive note Of
Johns fashionable clothes. "It Is
transformation, beyond Doubt Is 1t,
wonder, upon the surface only, or
have you indeed become heart and soul
a son of this corrupt city7"
"Whatever I may have become"
John grumbled, "it's meant three
months Of the hardest work I've ever
done!"
Graillot held out his pipe in front Of
him and blew away a dense cloud of
smoke.
'Explain yourself" he insisted.
John stood on the hearth-rug, with
his hands in his pockets. His morning
clothes were exceedingly well cut, his
tie and collar unexceptionable, his hair
closely cropped according to the fash
ion of the moment. He had an ex-
tremely civilized air.
"Look here, Graillot," lie said, "In
tell you what I've done, although I
don't suppose you would understand
what 1t means to me. I've visited
practically every theater In London"
"Alone?"
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is your world. 1t is you want-don't
would know 1t from the first moment
you saw mel"
He was suddenly ON his feet. lean
ing over her, changed man, master
full. passionate. She opened her lips,
but said nothing. She felt herself
lifted up, clasped for moment in his
arms. Unresisting, she felt the fire Of
his kisses. The world seemed to have
stopped. Then she tried to push him
away, weakly, and against her own
will. At her first movement he laid
her tenderly back in her place.
II am sorryl" he said. "And yet I
am not" he added, drawing his chair
close up to her side. II am gladi You
knew that I loved you, Louise. You
knew that 1t was for you had come"
She was beginning to collect herself.
Her brain was at work again; but she
was conscious Of q new confusion in
her senses, new element In her life.
She was no longer sure of herself.
'.Listen," she begged earnestly. "Be
reasonable! How could marry you?
oO yOu tuluh Ludt i GOulu i've Will
you up there in the .hills?"
eve will live" he promised, "any-
where you choose In the world"
"Ah. moi" she continued, patting his
hand. "You know what your life is,
the things you want in life. You don't
know mine yet. There is my work.
You cannot think how wonderful it is
to me. You don't know the things that
fill my brain from day to day, the
thoughts that direct my life. I cannot
marry you just because
Because what7" he interrupted ea-
gerly,
Because you make me feel-some-
thing don't understand, because you
come and you turn the world, for few
minutes. topsy-turvy. But that is all
foolishness, isn't it2 Life isn't built up
of emotions. What I want you to un-
derstand, and what you please must
understand, is that at present our
lives are SO far, SO very far, apart. I
do not feel I could be happy leading
yours. and you do not understand
mine"
II have come to find out about
yours" John explained. "That is why
I am here. Perhaps ought to have
waited little time before spoke to
you as did just now. But I will serve
my apprenticeship. will try to get
into sympathy with the things that
please you. 1t will not take me long.
AS soon as you feel that we are draw
ing closer together. will ask you
again what have asked you this after
noon. In the meantime. I may be your
friend, may not7 You will let me
see great deal Of you2 You will
help me just little7"
Louise leaned back in her chair. She
had been carried of her feet, brought
! face to face with emotions which abe
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dared not analyze. Perhaps. after al
her self-dissection, there were sun Be.
cret chambers. She thought almost
with fear of what they might contain.
Her sense of superiority was VANISH
ing. She was, after all, like othef
women.
ayes" she promised, II will help.
We Will leave 1t at that. Some Gay
YOU shall talk to me again, If you IKE.
In the meantime, remember we are botn
free. You have not known many wom-
en-, and you may change your miho
when you have been longer In London.
Perhaps It will be better for you II
you dol"
"That is quite impossible" John said
firmly. "You see," he went on, look
ing at her with shining eyes, Il know
now what half believed from the first
moment that saw you. 1 love your
Springing restlessly to her feet. she
walked across the room and back
again. Action Of some sort seemed im-
perative. A curious hypnotic FEELING
seemed to be dulling all her powers
of resistance. She looked into her life
and she was terrified. Everything had
grown insignificant. It couldn't really
be possible that with her brains, her
experience, this man who had dwelt all
his life In the simple ways had yet the
power to show her the path toward the
greater things! She felt like child
again. She trembled a little as she
sat down by his side. 1t was not In
this fashion that she had intended to
hear what he had to say.
II don't know what Is the matter
with me today" she murmured dis
tractedly. II think must send Sou
away. You disturb my thoughts.
can't see life clearly. Don't hope for
too much from me-" she begged. "P'af
don't go away" she added. with a sud-
den irresistible impulse Of anxiety.
"Oh, wish-I wish you understood me
and everything about me, without my
having to say word!"
II feel what you are" he answered,
''and that is sufficient"
Once more she rose to her feet and
walked across to the window. An au-
tomobile had stopped in the street be-
low. She looked down upon 1t with
a sudden frozen feeling Of apprehen-
sion.
John moved to her side, and for him.
clouded. A little shiver of PRESENT.
ment took Its place. He recognized the
footman whom he saw standing upon
the pavement.
at is the prince of Seyre," Louise
faltered.
"Send him away" John begged.
1--WE haven't finished yet. won't say
anything more to upset you. What
want now is some practical guidance"
II cannot send him away!"
John glanced toward her and hated
himself for his fierce jealousy. She
was looking very white and very pa
thetic. The light had gone from her
eyes. He felt suddenly dominant, and.
with that feeling, there came all the
generosity of the conqueror.
"Good-by |" he said. "Perhaps can
see you sometime tomorrow.
He raised her hand to his lips and
kissed her fingers, one by one. Then
he left the room. She listened to his
footsteps descending the stairs, firm,
resolute, deliberate. They paused,
there was the sound of voices-the
prince and he were exchanging greet
ings; then she heard other footsteps
ascending. lighter, smoother, yet just
as deliberate.
Her face grew paler as she listened
There was something which sounded
to her almost like the beating of fate
in the slow, inevitable approach Of
this unseen visitor.
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corridor. John felt as If he were
walking in dream. volition seemed
to have left him. He only knew that
the still, white hand upon his arm
seemed like wise burning into his
flesh.
She led him to the end of the corrl-
dor, through another door. into small
room furnished in plain but comforta-
BILE fashion.
1--WE will invade the princes own
sanctum," she murmured. Before 1
dance, drink nothing hut water. Now
want some champagne VIII you
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Louise comes to have a secret
horror Of tho prince. oralIlot
gives John some very sensible
advice. Tho next lnstallment
brlngs important developments.
(To BE CoNTINUED.)
Baby Was Developing.

Johnny was small boy Of about Eve
years, and he had baby sister who
was just learning to walk. One day
Johnny saw his little sister stand alone
and take few steps for the first time,
Johnny ran hurriedly to his mother and
said, "Oh, mamma, come here quick i
Raby's walkin' on her bind legs,s
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Price. for Metals.

Bar silver, 90Mc.
Copper, s23.171a.
Lead, $6.50Q7.00.
Spelter, $7.622.
Tungsten concentrates, per unit.
$4,000,
BouIder.-Tungsten concentrates. 60
per cent, 100000 22.50 per unit. Crude
ores. 60 per cent. 10000 $500: 25 per
cent. $4,000 1850; 10 per cent, 5000
1920 per unit.
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HAY AND GRAIN MARKET.
(F. o. B. Denver. Carload Price.)
HaY.

Buyinr PrIces-per Ton.
Colo. upland. per ton 49,. .z2oo gSdoo
Nebr. upland, per ton -. Vzzoo
Prairie hay (new crop), ,,oo
Colo. and Nebr,. per ton. .2000 y as.0o
Timothy, per ton .S5Ooy y ao'00
Alfalfa (new CROP per ton 2oOV Yaeo9
South Park, per ton .Z5.ovV vVaeo0
Gunnison Valley. per ton. .z300 Y 25.Vo
Straw. per ton ...........- 6ooV 'oo
Grain.
Oats, Nebr.. 100 lbs, buying. .....2.t9
Colo. oats. bulk, buying. ......'..a.ae
Corn chop. sack. selling. ..s'ao
Corn in sack. selling. .s.z1
Bran. Colo, per 100 lbs, selling. .17O
Flour.
Hungarian patent ..4sa
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Grain and Flour Price. At M

Grain and Flour Prices at Minneapolis.
Minneapolis, MINI. = Flour Stand
ard. in carload lots, quoted at $9.75 in
98-pound cotton sacks.
Barley-$1.31
Rye-$1.S4Q1.S5
Bran-$32.5O.
Corn-No. 3 yellow. S1.e5D16s
Oats-No. 3 white 7Sh 079Xc,
Flax-3.56A a 3.59H
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Chicago Grain and Provision Pri,

Chicago.-Corn-No. A yellow. s1.s5 %
oats-No. 8 white. s1Qs1xc: stand
ard. S2c.
Rye-No. 2, nominal.
Barley-$1.3s@1
Timothy-S5. .000750.
Clover-$21.00I27
Pork-Nominal
Lard-$24.42.
Ribs-S23.5O@24.25
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HIDES AND PELTs.
Dry liitles.

Flint butcher. lb. lb................ 80
Flint fallen. lb. Observation-Disclosures. Is
Flint bull and stag. lb.......... II
Flint culls and glue, lb. ......... 16
Salt hides. &c to Sc lb, less.
Horse hides 1/2 to 2/3 price of green
salted.
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ChIcngo Live Stock auotatIon.

:, ,Chicago.-Hogs-B $16.10W16 % !;
light. s16.70g16,40; mixed. S15.soQ
1850; heavy. $15.S0@16.50; rough, $3.50
@15.s5; pigs, .s12.4O915.25.
Cattle-Native steers, $S.1o913.75;
stockers and feeders. S6S09 910.75; cows
Q16.00.
sheep-wethers. s9.7o@1ss5: ewes,
$500 1885; lambs, $14.00@17.8O.
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Maurel making OF
Obliged when her broke down. to spend the
John Sangewey bachelor
the
she he to London and
friends them Grao
playwright ightheaed little actress Johb
bohemian
enthusiasm the of
rivals hand of Louise sophy also loved John
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Over 40 lbs: lb; b;.............II9o giill
Bull and stag. 09
Glue hides and skins. ....... 08
Part cured, 1c less.
Green &c less than cured.
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Dry Flint Pelts.

Wool pelts .................. .38 q 10
Short wool pelts. .36 q 3S
Butcher shearlings. No. l ...... "a
No. murian shearlings ........ 10
Bucks. saddles and pieces at value
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Butter. Ess. and Poultry.

THc.
Eggs = Flrsts. 5sQ65c; ordinary
firsts, 54057kc; at mark, cases includ-
ed, $50 6sc;. refrigerator firsts, not
quoted; refrigerator extras, 43H @44c.
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C.If md Kin, Green saIted.
Green saIted PeIt..

Lamb and sheep $l.0002.
Spring lambs .............. 500 =.
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DRESSED POULTRY.
Live Poultry.

Hpnns 70 No., ii, ''''''......1s 0is
Roosters, lb. ............... II
Turkeys. 10 lbs. or over ....24 q2b
Ducks, young ............-.l9 V5S
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Eggs.

Eggs. graded No. 1 net. F.
y. b. Denver. .bE
EGGS. graded No. net, f.
o. B. Denver. ........... .Sb
Eggs, case count, misc.
cases. less commission. 1900 O0l4.OO
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Butter.

Creameries. ex. LIST grid, lb. 40 @60
Creameries, End grade, lb. -
Process $500. .-.,..... ....fl W.
Packing stock (net) ........3O P3l
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Fruit.
Vegetables.

Apples. Colo. new fancy. box. 1.00@1.l5
. Pears. Colo. ............... .1I5@ o. 2,OV
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-31
DROWNED AT LAKE
 IN DIVE FROM gok:E
Dennis AspinwaII Loses His Life X Gardner's Lake-5ody Not ReeoY. cred, ..

Dennis Aspinwali, aged 1T, w4s drowned at Gardner's Lake about II o'clock Tuesday morning. AspinwaIl was out in a boat with another boy and dove off the boat. He was just learning to swim and drowned before help could reach hIm. The fourteen year-old boy who was in the boat with him could not manage it well enough 10 reach he drowning young man.
 Aspinwail came to the lakn with the Goshen Society of Lebanon which was holding it's annual picnic there. The accident happened in the stretch of water between the Island and what is known as Adams shore.
 Policeman Frank Henderson Of th.S city went out to the lake Tuesday af4 ternoon and dragged for the body tilt dark but without success. Several o4 the summer visitors at the lake dra94 ged for the body and some Of the boyS tried diving to locate it. Efforts to recover the body will be continued te- day.
 Dennis Aspinwall was the son ot Mrs. Olive Aspinwall and the late Henry Aspinwall of Plainfield, and had lived with Fred G. Stark for the past three years. coming to Afr. Stark from New London county home. Ee was ore of five brothers. Frederick and Abraham work for R. L. Yer rington Of North Franklin while Je- seph and younger brother live with 1 their motl:er.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-31
WILLIMANTic OFFICE
 WILL GIVE INFORMATION
To Manufacturers in This Vicinity Re-
 garding U. s. Employment Service.

Willimantic. July 30.-Superintend- ent H. J. Martindale of the Willimantic branch office of the United States Elm poymcnt Service will advise and inform manufacturers in Norwich and vicin- ity regarding the policy and details. of the National Governments new war labor programme. He has on hand supply of the governments publication "The United States Employment Ser vice Bulletin" which contains a com plete survey of the regulations for re- cruiting common labor for all war plants after August Isl He can fur nisb single copies on request
 As the WiIlimantic office is -he near est United States Employment Ser vice office for manufacturers of Nor wich and vicinity they should confer with the superintendent there regard ing any doubtful questions that might arise in conforming to the govern ment plans. All industries engaged in war work which employ more than one hundred male hands come under the governments new labor restrictions. It makes no difference whether the amount of war work is a small per- centage of their output or one-hun- dred per cent product They are nor permitted to recruit ,unskilied labor with their own field forces unless they secure official authorization from the state director, Leo A. Korper. which carries with it an agreement to adhere l strictly to the governments regula- tions Employers engaged in warw oFR must refrain from taking labor from other war work. railroads, and ths l farmers. It will be of interest to non- war industries that they will be unde! i certain restrictions.
 | They are required to refrain from l offering superior inducements or 1T any other way competing with or en- deavoring to get labor from the govern ment or employers engaged in wal work.
 2-They should advertise for labo, only under supervision and control h! the Willirnantic representative of th' U. S. Employment Service.
 Recruiting and distribution of com mon labor in the future will be dom through the T. S. Employment Ser vice office and the Community Labo
 Boards.
 The national government is this
 month ushering in country -wid campaign to educate the worker to Joy
 alty to tbis job, necessary element il | winning the war Government expert 1 Have prepared series of advertise  ments carrying a powerful patriotic ap
 peal to men and women toilers. It i expected that manufacturers, bushes
 men, bankers, chambers of commerce and organizations of employees al
 over the country will cause these ad
 vertisements to appear in their com
 munity newspapers. Superintendent
 MartindaIe has reproductions of thes
 advertisements and would be glad t
 confer with any Norwich manufactur
 CTS or other persons interested, rela
 tive to their use in this section. News
 paper publishers will sell their spac
 for carrying this advertising on tn i same basis as the Liberty Loan tn
 Red Cross and similar advertisement Il The U. s. Employment Service ofic
 is in the Card block, 769 Main stree
 WilIimantic, Conn. The telephon
 number is S41.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-31
WILL OMIT DRILLS
 IN MONTH OF AUGUST
Go. K, State Guard, to Take a Recess
 -Men For Camp Locke.

Co. K, c. s. G., met at the Armory, Tuesday evening, although there was no drill. It was announced that the drills would be omitted during the month of August and that the next drill would be held the first Tuesday in September. While Co. K is at pre- sent at it's full strength there is al- ways an opportunity for recruits as the company is continually losing men through the draft and through re- movaIs from town. The company is glad to enlist drafted men. and these men secure valuable training for their future life in the army. Three recruits were received Tuesday. They are John John c. Anderson, Frederick T. Copp and Harlowe L. Bogue.
 The following members of Co. K will go to Camp Locke at Mantle Sat urday, for five day tour of duty: Captain Charles A. Hagberg, Lieut.. $. J. Kehoe. Sergt. Richard Lewis, Sergt. E. R. Hornnig, Corp. Allyn Brown, Corp. Arthur Jenkins and Corp. Tyler Oleott. With the exception of Captain Hagberg and Lieut.. kefloe these men are "eligibles' as the men who have passed their examination for com missions are designated. Sergt. W. R. Stevens has been nominated by the captain to attend the camp and there will also be private go with the conl- pany on nomination of the captain.
Norwich bulletin., 1918-07-31
GIVE ROYAL sENDoFF
 TO coLoRED YOUTHS
Reception at T. A. B. Hall For Twelve
 Who Go to Devens Thursday.

Tuesday evening about two hundred and fifty of the colored people of Nor wfch assembled in T. A. B. Hall to give the twelve colored boys who are leaving for Camp Devens, Thursday morning. a farewell s.endof. A eolla- tion consisting of sandwiches, coffee, fruit, cake and other good things was served in the banquet hall by Frank Lacy. Dancing was enjoyed in the main hall from to 12. Johnsons so- ciety orchestra generously contributed their services for the occasion. The hall was prettily decorated with red white and blue streamers.
 The men in whose honor the reeep- tion was given and who will leave for Camp Devens on an early train Thurs day are: James H. Perrin James Lacy, Domingo Pena, David R. Hall William Depenna, Saluma Pena Clarence Epps, Manuel Rose, William M. Thomas Benjamin Briscoe, William H. Clark son and John Kennedy.
 The committee comprised Frank Lacy, chairman, Waverly Jones, J Edward Harris, Fred Sears, Benjamin Dale, William Booker, Leroy Lacy Perry Silva, Manuel Gunsalve, Joseph Fields, Charles Grannison, John Evans Daniel Harris, Henry Lacy, James Hackley, Edward Brewer, George H Johnson, Samuel E. Robinson. and Charles A. Brewer.
 The men who are leaving were pre- sented with candy, cigarettes, cigars and tobacco, which was secured through the thoughtfuln of John l. Harris. The following contributed to the fundAfor the smokes: A. P. Alien Albert Boardman, Broadway Shoe Shining Parlor, R. Raphael, Utley & Jones, Wioolworths, United Cigar Store, F. B. Hazard, Madden's Cigar Store, Mara & Eggleton. James L Case, Charles Treat, Philip Wells, Mo Cune and Harrington, Michael Gee earelli, Oscar Brown, Lionel Ethier J. A. George, John Bowman Levine Brothers, William Lamphere and Johr L. Harris.