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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05
THE HERITAGE OF THE MARINE

LNOUR years ago tonight General Joseph
Joffre called Field Marshal Sir John
French into headquarters and expressed
his conviction that the hour favorable to
a general Allied offensive had come at
last. On the same fateful evening the
French generalissmo issued to his men a
general order concluding as follows: "The
hour has come to advance at any cost and
to die rather than fall back"
The next day Manourys superb army OF
maneuver began to execute the plans of
the high command. The pressure of these
troops on the German right wing was not
fully felt until September s. By that time
Won Kluck, though skillfully fighting to
evade the trap sprung for him in the ter
rain nearest Paris, was obliged to thin out
his lines south of the Marne. On the ytn
Ferdinand Foch launched his thunderbolt
at the Huns vulnerable center from Fere-
Champenoise. On the 18th he VIC
toriously entered Chalons-sur-Marne
For the first time since Ligny, where
Napoleon repulsed Bluecher in 1916 Prus-
sian troops had felt the sting Of defeat An
arrogant tradition of military superiority
had been broken, and the supremely
decisive battle of the world war was over.
Even after four years of struggle. First
Marne." fought between September s and
September n, 1914. is still entitled to that
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05
TO THE DOUCHBOYS


FNHEY told me-the tempters-twas saier
L To juggle receipts on my knee.
At home with the @. NJ. c.
1t whispered-a voice o. the DEVILS
You're maxim the fight jes the same,
An it never can cripple or lame.
So I stayed Can scorned high adventure);
I'm six feet tall an I'm strong;
An. ships OF each sort saiied OUT o. the port
An kne" all the "hlie l WIS "rohe'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05
"GIT THAT GUY!"

f0TyHE old guard dies but never surren-
- ders!" seemed somewhat too studied
70 be q bona-fide battlecry, and ii was a
Htstinct relief that Victor Hugo. among
others, dispelled the legend. Don't give
|up the ship" carried it's implication of de-
feat. nobly but haplessly borne out when
brave Captain Lawrence, of the Chesa-
peake, struck his colors to the Shannon.
s@They shall not pass!" bespoke iron de-
.termination. but also an imperiled father
Hand. "For Harry, England and St.
1George!" though romantic, was conven-
fional. "Remember the Maine!" harked
hack TO a tragic past.
'>(3it that guy!" looks alertly to the i'm
nodiate future. The bronzed Pennsylya-
&lans--some two dozen of them-who ar
l1V6d in Philadelphia yesterday are reported
= have raised that rallying cry at Cha
.Thierry. Scissors. Rheims and other
- hallowed by American valor.
- Significant slogan. 1t rings true.
<os and energetic slang is concretely
hive of American military purpose.
~ vigor is precisely that of the
~ soldier It's disregard OF ele-
{1Dnpngh to make "Kuitur" balk--
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05
Member of the Associated Press
Philadelphia. Thursday. September s. 1918
DEMOCRATS IN A CATACLYSM

TINE lightnings of wrath that A. Mitchell
- Palmer loosed at Judge Bonniwell from
the meeting of the Democratic State Com
mittee yesterday illuminated some dank
and unpleasant corners in the political
domiciles of Pennsylvania. Mr.. Palmer
has learned much in Washington. His
strategy was of a large and dreadfully
Inclusive Sort 1t is said that Judge Bonni.
well and his friends went to bed last night
feeling like Belgium or like the folk on
the far side of the Hndenburg line That
well may be. The blast that split the air
1t Harrisburg yesterday was sudden, stu
pendous, swift.
OF the specific accusations made by Mr.
Palmer, of his charges that Senator Pen
rose and the Liquor Dealers Association
controlled and even paid Judge Bonniwell
from the start, it is necessary to say moth
ing. Bonniwell and Senator Penrose shall
have the floor. And facts and conditions
are easier to read sometimes than the
printed word. The bipartisan arrangement
referred to by Mr.. Palmer is a familiar
one. But it isn't a nice thing to talk about
In house of mourning. And that is what
the Pennsylvania State Democracy is to-
1ey.
Obviously the big Democrats of the coun.
try do not want Judge Bonniwell as a
conspicuous figure in their party. The
national Democracy is in its white robes.
It cannot go upon exalted missions with
the demon for company. And at this
writing Bonniwell and his bottled friend
ssem as good as eliminated at one stroke.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05
ENLIGHTENMENT!

The fact that this summer We have
put masses Of armed men into France is
primarily due to Senator Chamberlain and
the Senators of both parties who have
acted with him.
The fact that next summer shall
hack up American troops with American
airplanes will be due primarily to Senator
Thomas and his associates.-Colonel
Roosevelt.
nH, COLONEL, Colonel!
We had supposed that these achieve
I dtyts were due to General Wood and
fHutzon Borglum!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05

description It's anniversary this week is
the happiest that has yet come to civiliza-
tion. Now more than ever is 1t evident
that the first Franco-British victory
basically determined the eventual outcome
of the titanic strife
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05

Though Germany may swear that Lu-
dendorff is still in harness, the rest of us
can prove incontrovertibly that he has
retired.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05

Ventilation Of the revenue act in the
House Of Representatives seems to have
made that legislative chamber perceptbly
bilhonalry.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05

Rupprecht is said to have advocated a
withdrawal of the Hun line In Picardy. Haig
seconded the motion. Such concord or oppos-
ing generals is almost suggestive of a peace
augury.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05

L :clusive restaurants
Menus VIII BE In will be in an abys-
Hindustan NAL fix when the war
ends and millions of
Americans return home with working
knowledge of French. How can a restaurant
remain exclusive with menu cards that pa
irons can read and understand?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05

We know of no pleasanter way Of spend
ing an hour these cool clear evenings than
in listening TO the nightly concerts of the
Police Band on the north plaza of the City
Hall. They will continue every evening
until September IL.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05

France has long celebrated one of free
doms red-letter days with Fourth OF
September street parade in Paris. Haigs
great victory now entities London to honor
an immortal date in similar fashion.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05

The Hun must have bought his much
vaunted switch" at coifure's. Twas false
false.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05

The alleged Stacker may well proht by
the Shakespearean tip to speak py th'
card"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05
1t viii

Judging by the send
1t viii off Foch is Civ
ing friend Hindy in
France, the next Liberty Loan campaign
ought to go with a wallop.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05
The Dose
of Victory

Ordinarily. Mr..
The Dose Tambo, am opposed
Of Victory to drugs" 'rNatu-
rally, naturally, Mr..
Bones" "And yet, Mr.. Tambo, the French
are about to take Laudanum-for SO tho
wise old Romans called Laon-and surely in
this instance that is the right dope. Is It
not?" Mr. Bones, your mastery of syn
thetic logic stirs and thrills and even star
ties me-"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05
Not Improbable

London already has
Not Improbable a railroad terminal
called waterloo o.
Some day she may have another one named
Cambria or st. Quentin
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05

Evidently it takes more than switch to
6erai Haig's Berlin train.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05

The glories of the Czecho-Slovaks have
unquestionably restored the hyphen to a post
* honor.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05

Germany now begins
Iuexcusabie! to realize that all
those bells she rang
when the Lusitania was sunk are likely to
act as a boomerang,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05
Aging Rapidly

Hertling, the Hun
Aging Rapidly Chancellor, is seventy
five, and reading the
dispatches from the western front doesn't
make him feel any younger.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05

We just can't keep our eyes off the map
of France these days.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05
Euclidean
Revery

We seem to remember
Euclidean from our school-day
Revery geometry that a linz
is defined as an in
finite assemblage of points. Which seems a
fair description of the Allies advancing with
fixed bayonets.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05

About the only men,
One German Der of the Prussian
Province Safe royal family who has
not been picked for
new throne is too busy bossng hades to as
sumo lesser responsibilities.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz


l. The country about Lens II particulsrJ val.
liable for its wealth In coal.
2, A tierce Is q cask between barrel and .
hOgshead In sixe.
q, Simon Bolivar. q distinguished general an4
statesman. was the liberator OF soutn
America from SpaniHh rule. He was horn -
Caracas: yenezasla. IN i1s$s cnd died "
L. King Arthur. q semi-mythieal British mon.
arch. Is supposed to have lived In tho nfth
century.
s. .Dago'' Is n corruption Of the name DIEGO.
9. Admiral Won Spec was the German nsva1
commander who defeated an ENGLISH nGey
on Chiis In 1914 and was In turn defestee
BY the ENGLISH near the Falkland lsianas
early In 1915. .
T. Tho name "Wednesday II derived from the
northern god. Wooden or Wotan.
A. An ailanthus Is o lofty spreading tree, naftye
" TO China but frequently eeep -
america gnd Dartisuia5ly IN sittes: r.
pleasant eder. The leaves resemble thass
Of the ash. ~
.. -Asssissss.s.s r. s.sss,;s. l.s..,,y. q r. -.
y. Ds>tassst > - enpleel = 1eparlA 8. s;
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05
What Do You Know?
QUIZ

QUIZ
1. OF what country is RupDrccht the Crown
Prince?
g. Who was John II. Gouxhc
3, How many masts has u brig:
4. who was .'L'Aiglon'' and what does the
name mean?
g. What was the "Trent affair?
g. Who was the Roman goddess Of wisdom?
7, What IL the capital Of North Caroiinsf
a. who was tho Democratic candidate for Preei-
dent. defeated by Theodore Roosevelt IN
q, who wrote "The Mill on tho Floss"f
10. What II o canard?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-09-05

THEY told me-the tempters-twas safer
i To juggle receipts on my knee,
Right should'rin' n pen, in this war o men,
At home with the @. NJ. c.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-06
WILSON ATTfNDfDBlACk
MANS FUNERAL.

Washington. ID. c. Nov. as.
Because he represented a sover-
IGN nation. and despite the fast
that he Vas a black man, the
Chief Executive OF this country,
the representatives OF the dipIo-
matte corps. the military forces
si the United States and disting.
uished mcu and women attended
the funeral OF Senior Solon Menos
who was buried from St. Patrick s
Catholic Church last week.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-06

Kaiser shells and privations of
war on foreign soil take a S7oO.
home Tor SEQ. calling himself
buying ittor $50 90 Twenty dollars
would not buy lusy calf and no.
one knows it better than the parties
TO this transaction. 1t is a burning
shame and an everlasting disgrace
on the citizens OF Metropolis to al
low deals like this to be pulled
of and to stand simply because
the victims happens to be poor ig-
norant colored people. Where is
Red Cross, with that promise to
look after the families of the sol
diers while they were in trenches?
Would it not be an act OF charity
as well as humanity TO look otter
this homeless orphan girl. who
perhaps her husband may have
laid down his life during the clos
ing days OF the great battle. We
are sure Senator ID. w, Helm,
man who has always proven him
self friend to humanity has not
been informed of the transaction.
The substance OF this article
was taken from the copy the pc
tition filed for recovery. II this
is not cofdence game il the petit
tin is true then James e. Miller
should be allowed to 60 Tree.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-06
BLOOD OF NEGRO SOLDIER IS
GIVEN TO SAVE OFFICERS
LIVES.

Special TO the ST. Louis Argus.
Somewhere in france Major
Moorehead went to a waid where
several soldiers were suffering in
tenseIy from the effects OF gas.
aud addressed them as follows /:
II have two officers who need
blood. Is there any one here
who will volunteer to give them
some OF their blood1" Before
the words had died out OF the ma
iors $ mouth, or before he had
chance even to resliza that he had
made statement, with one ac-
cord there came "Sure. me will
give them all they want and ev-
cry man preseh, barred his arm
and offered ii to the eminent sur
eeon for the extraction OF blood
Four OF the volunteers were accep-
ted. their blood taken and the
TRANSMISSION made. 1t is reported
tha, the officers viii recover.
a.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-06

II by that time the Peace Confer
is over and a final demohilization
begun. ii viii take another i've
months TO get all the boys home
By RALPH w. TYLER.
Accredited Representative OF the
Committee OH Public Information
Somewhere IN France II have
just returned from a five days
stay at ~ ). q. ). camp At which
| met number OF Colored Off
GERS who are there either as the
result OF wounds or other eauses-
Here | met Msoss Arthur Wi /
iams and Charles L. Hunt, of
lllino's. caPsa,s L L1A'l!, CT
Chicago. Lieutenants T. ). Gil
lard. Indianapolis; ID w An
thony. ST Louis, Blrney Cox,
Columbus. Ohio; ID. l.. Simelton
Chicago; Fred ID Porter. Waco.
TeN u Gaines. Junction City
kas. IIerndon White, Portland,
Me. b. + Rudd, Springfield J.
o. , and Walker. OF Springfield.
o: Lieut.. ID, Jonson, surgeon, of
Columbus. o; is permanently
stationed here. attached to the
medical corps.
Colored officers waiting reclass-
itication form less than two per
cent OF the total number at his
casualty camp and only, perhaps.
about one per cent oi the total
number OF commissioned Colored
officers in the army.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-06
PERISHING WILL KEEP
COLORED TROOPS
WITH HIM
MAY NOT RETURN HOME FOR A YEAR
Army 900 Will Remain in France Provide Against Any
Possible All Sick and Wounded Be Sent Home
0nee-Spseia Correspondent Tyler Meets Major Arthur
Williams Metropolis in Casualty Camp.

According 10 adyices ri lived
from General March Chief Of
staff. General perishing has not
included th- Ninciy-seeopd Di-
vision IN :he list to be sent back
tic uaiied States at an carly dare
General pershing has The ut
mos, confidence IN the Colofored
soldier When Secretary Baker
was IN France. jasi beiofe the big
German ofisosv. last March. the
American commander told him 70
send me all the Colorcd men
YOU can. Everywhere and ev-
efy time the Negroes got chance
- show tneis. tsaAasa< ss.siiitysitsess
performed with valor and courage
and won glorious victories. /, IS
not surprising thar General Per-
shing wants them TO stay with him
to provide agains, any emergency
until the Peace Conference has
ended and the Allies have made
the world sale from future autoc-
r1cy.
How long this will be. no one
can tell. One million men are
10 be sent home alter all the sick
and wounded have been returned
II the Government decides to rush
I The remaining soldiers and should
send So, 600 each month. - viii
be next May before the movement
IS completed and there would still
he { 200, 900 soldiers in France.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-06

Sergeant Norman w. Long, son of
George W. Long, md Mrs. Eddie Win.
mon, was born in Shady Grove, Mas
sac County 1890, He was reared in
Paducah, Ky, where he resided until a
few years ago when he moved to Me-
tropolis, where he engaged in the Un-
dertaking business, and continued up
to Sept. when he was compelled to
close out his business to enter the
Training Camp at Camp Grant, Rock
ford, H.
He psoon ksGt for, overseas and
disd CT pneumonia in England Nov. 7th
Norman was graduate of the Pad
ucah, Lincoln High School taught one
term and then entered Barnes, Under
taking and Embalming College, Chica-
go. He made success in his profes-
sion in Metropolis, where he had many
loyal supporters and friends.
He was a member of the A. M. f.
Church. Odd Fellows and Masons Of
Metropolis. who mourns his untimey
death, as the race needs such useful
young men.
He leaves mother, father, 2 broth
ers. sisters, grandparents and host
of relatives and friends. He was a
nephew of the editor.
Peace to his ashes.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-06
Loyal Members and Friends OF
Uunty Baptist church. Brookport.
Illinois Remembers Their Pastor

We wish 10 say to the mem
bers and friends OF the above nam
ed church, that We highly appre-
eiatc your donations to Us. not
only because we needed the arti-
cles as they were useful and ben
efclal and came at an aportune
mom-nt and as pleasing sur
prise, but the greatest Joy was the
spirit in which the donations were
given. We have often said that
we had the best and the most
iai hiul members OF any pastor in
Illinois. and you have proven the
contention by your timely gift.
You are not only true TO your pas
tor but 10 your church and
your God.
You shall have our prayers,
and to those who are not mem
bers OF Unity Baptist church, we
pray that you TOO. may be found
workers in the Masters vineyard
ere 1920.
Following are the names who
donated to the pastors needs and
the same sent down on the Str
Cowllng:
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-06
Cetter Of Ecndclenee
FROM Red Gross
Washington. ID. c., Nov I6. 1918
Bureau of Communication


Bureau of Communication
VIM. r. Castle Jr., Director
Ny dear Mr.. Lassiter:
The ladies' who looked after your
son in his last illness have shown their
sympathy and affection for bim and
for you by enclosing this little spray of
white heather. which to them is an
emblem of love, and am forwarding
it with my deepest sympathy to you
for your loss, and hope that the de.
tails contained in these letters from the
hospital may bring you comfort and
peace of mind.
Sincerely yours.
Vim. r. Castle, Jr., Director.
Other latters 10 follow next week.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-06

Gertrude Woods. the little
child OF Mr.. and Ms. Clifton
Woods. died Tuesday OF inhuen-
"a and was buried Wednesday IN
the Masonic Cemetery.
The parents has our sympathy,
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-06
DORA WILLIAMS
FLEECfD OUT OF
HER HOME
Home Valued At $500.
Received Only $1,000
Brings Suit Against VIM.
Moore, and Mary Moore His
Wife For Recovery of Her
Property.

Mrs. Dora Williams of Metrop-
oils, has brought suit in the Nc,
Cracken County Circuit Court OF
Paducah, Ky, against William
Moore, and wife Mary Moore,
(@hite) through her attorneys.
w l.. Krone and II a. Evans,
for the recovery of her property
which she claims was taken from
her by fraud without her knoNl-
edge or consent.
The petition filed by her thru
her her attorneys, is, that she and
her rsband. Fern Williams. bcr,
rowed 5000 Twenty dollars OF
William Moore and was 70 it back
with legal interest but Moore had
them TO execute a deed as security
on their property, lot I7in Block
Io3 on Pearl ST.. before he would
let them have the money. Soon
after the money was aecured her
husband Fern Williams was called
to the Colors, and is now serving
his country under the Stars and
stripes in France, while he and
his vile are being heeced out Of
their home, all they had by man
clothed in the garb OF law, one
whom they took to be a friend,
one above suspicion being in the
Real Estate business and at the
same time having the States AT
torney Walter Roberts to take the
Acknowledgements and she had
recently been in the employment
OF Roberts thot the transaction
perfectly safe and legitimate, and
who OF us would have thought
otherwiso?.
Mrs. Williams was called to
East ST. Louis. in October 70 care
for an invalid aunt who had raised
her, leaeing all her household
goods and most OF her wearing
apparel in the home and her key
with neighbor. Then Moore
and W. A. Phillips who was as
sociated with him it the Real Es-
tate business got busy came to the
Gazette Office Ind other places for
the key to his { Moore house
they said. being unable to find it
at our Office they saw my wife and
Mrs. Reed He secured a key
&c the property and took possess
ion having all OF things removed
and then traded said property to
Mrs Leah Reed. for a house and
lot in Paducah, Ky. This render
ed homeless while her husband IS
fighting for Democracy, think
ing when the wsr is over that he
viii! return TO his home. and again
I've happy witt, his loved one
around their own fire-sidc, but not
so the law has allowed men who
would not dare 60 and meet the
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1918-12-06
PERSHNG WILL KEEP COlORfD TROOPS WITH HIM.
SERGT. n. w. LONG, IS DEAD.
Central Hotel,
GLASGOW,
24th October, 1918
H. H. M I oae;t

My dear Mr. Lassiter
Doubtless you have ere this
received official intimation Of the
death OF Private lassiter. but the
American Red Cross wishes to ex-
press to you personally, through
the undersigned, its deepest sym
pathy.
Private l-assiter arrived in Eng
land suffering from Pneumonia,
and hurried to one OF the best
hospitals where he received every
attention and assistance that un-
tiring service and science could
give. The end came without
pain, for he was unconscious and
therefore we could not obtain the
name OF his next-of-kin, aud ! am
having this adjed at the top OF
this letter from the Records in
London Being unconscious. he
was unable TO send any message
home. We OF the American Red
Cross were in constant attendance
to see that he lacked no personal
attention that we could give.
A military funeral was held and
the coffin was draped with the
flag that he came overseas so gal
lantly TO serve. He was burried
in Craigton Cemetery. GLASGOW,
and a beautiful wreath OF Cbrisan-
themums was made by the loyal
American ladies OF GLASGOW and
placed on the coffin. Later on
we shall have photograph OF the
grave taken 10 send 10 you. Ii
will always be carried for by the
American Military Authorities.
When our time comes may all feel
that our life has been spent in so
sacred a cause, for after it is what
we live for and die for that makes
life worth while, and not the num-
Der OF our years.
1t is with heartfelt sympathy
and reverence to YET another He
TO in the cause OF Liberty that ]
address myself to you.
Sincerely yours,
II |. b. Rice,
Captain.
American Red Cross.
GLASGOW. October 24th 1913
Mr.. Lassiter,
] do trust it may be little
comfort to you 10 your great sor-
row when tell you that every
thing possible was done for your
dear son during his illness, He
died with kind friends around him
The women OF the American
Club in GLASGOW. did everything
possible One OF them played
"Jesns Lover Of my soul" The
lesson read was Psalms %.
An American Clergyman was
in attendance and the pail bear
ers were American Comrades
from the Aviation Camp here.
do want you to know that the
women OF this Club and the Red
Cross were untiring in their kind
ness and only hope this message
may help.
With deepest sympathy.
Sincerely yours,
Lilly McCum. President.
John Edmonds, OF Shady Grove
was in the city Tuesday on busi-