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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-13
The Confession of a German Deserter

stronger men. then weaker ones attacked
The glare from burning houses turned
into rud the whites " the fighters eyes
and revealed men. battling ono another
froth!nK IT n" mouth.
Without any hcadgrear. unkcmpt hair.
uniforms open or mostly torn. II was
hay3nct,nE hitting. scratching. and
plugging lik" wild beasts FOR life or
death Everybody fought for his life.
'rhrrc vas to quarter. only moaning
and gasp!ng could he heard
Each inan though; only "r his own
lif;. " death or his home. Old memo
ries raced through the mind. pursuing
one another frvcrIshly and yet men grew
wilder for they nov hatucd Il new enemy.
Exhaustion.
But there could not yet ~ any lct-up.
Again and again there is nothing 10 d"
but STRIKE stab bite, fighting without
guns or other weapons except those pro
vidrd by nature for life or death
The cx"rtion became more super
human. You bite and you are n victor
Euc victor only for 4 second tpr IN" ncXt
nm antagonist is already upon you. lie
has Just killed on" If your comrades.
You suddenly remember that you still
have dagger. After hnSty search
YOU frd il in rs regular place. one
two. three. and IT sinks /" tac hllt IN the
breast ~ your enemy. TN. on Wh"Fr
there arc now enemies. You suddenly
So, your nrXt antagonist before You, IL"
is after your lie. II" hti"s. stalls,
scratches 10 Ert you down, 70 pierce
your heart with his dagger and again
YOU use yours. Thank God. hr lies M The
ground; you are saved. Eut stop you
must have tina. dagger back You pull
t. from the breast nf your late enemy.
4 stream Of warm blood shoots from the
open wound in your face. Human blood
warm human blood. You shuddcr, terri
fled only for q few seconds for there Is
another adversary. I; is again neccs-
sary for you to defend yourself Again
and again the murder commences anew.
Always. and always again. through the
whole night.
At last. toward 4 O'Clock in tho morn
ing. In. French retired across tho Mouse
with n" Germans Stor1ninG after them
When the bridge WAS full Of German
soldiers. it was brown mp by the French
and hundreds Of Germans found their
death III the Mouse
Continued Tomorrow
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-13
DADDY LONG Lees
SOON. To Be HERE
THE SHOW THAT GETS THE CROWD.
AND ONE THAT REALLY EN-
TERTA1NS ALL PEOPLE.
To Be 1T Court Saturday With Matinee
and Night 7erforInance-Sur-
lcsque MOnday.


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! m"nuHrrNi 80 ''"H! '''h' ''' -
Wh'"h ''"ha N't%''r h'" ''''.''', '"'' -.
! h'n from nor own ""'h "' VIC S"''',
! ii'i". nc Jaw a. enc we "''' II. '.''
! inns n''s"'' play "'"'' nav. ~
! mind Tn" story ir'S'H''" Pi''", :
Werlich h" viSurli%"d ~ \ 'E'niua'F
/ waS presented l" w. lag. IN" W '"''
, 50. about Producing a.
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: :'HrinS IN 'he'r''*S N'W I'"N''" :
founding h"i'' Mn n'h'S ''u '"''
! rough from '""rN'i" III" i "''N' WI,
, - Hr"a'n' 'h; i''' ''!.' ''''"E''H "'''
, fi'''''! :" crush "'i' 'i'r" Wa NJ"
''%'Ti'uri"A'" 'l. = '.ii! ~" E''i'N 80
hUin"r an" h't" 'Hl' 90 '"",'''" wiz
= hTiii h'r dream IN whoa $h' WIS Il
modern Cinderella "h" "'"ihi h"', sue
"'".% ~ nn"ih"r "ni*"!" " =" IN" ,""
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-13

drama Of the show world. Miss Millic
Bcland made her debut in the character
Of AMY and gave n magnificent perform
ance Of this most trying role Mr.. =.
f.. Pollock as Robert Gordon, young
minister, was excellent as usual and the
comedy element. which comprises a
great part Of the play. was handled In
Hn" style by Miss Moreno st. Clair as
Sarah Chigles. Carl Clark as Deacon
Einslcy Eutcs and Charles Leland as
Amasa. These three fine comedy char
a,tcrs kept tho audience in an uproar
The scenic equipment was adequate, es-
pccially The last act, which shows tho
circus in operation.
Amy Of the Circus - the very best
play yet offered by the popular COM
pnny. II will be presented tonight Tor
the last time Seats may be secured
by ordering them by phone.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-13
MlrriaEu License.

Harry : Stewart and Edna May
Wnit.i;ur. br;h from la.I!;iirc.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-13

NV ,hc management Of the Court thea
ire To the effect That Ifughy Bernard S
American RurlcsGuers" with Harry
Syatch the Slidc) Welsh will make their
,unpcararcc in this city the week OF f'p-
ruary IS commencing with matinee
on Monday.
II ~ said that Mr.. Welsh has been
surrnundcd this season with ono OF tn"
most uolablc casts ever assembled lor
J., lirl,sVIr attraction and includes surh
we'll known artists rs Billy CARTON,
Iiurhy I:crnard. sam Green. Joe Do!hh'
Attic Mason. NiVicn SomsrFllic' Lola
NcQuav and others and chorus or.
.n pretty young girls Many niuSiral
numbers Will bc introduced during inc
performance.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-13
CHAPTER III.

Four oc us had formed 4 close friend
ship We had promise To keep together
and help one another in every danger.
So we often visited the homes OF citizens
together and did our best 10 quiet the
ha-aSSed people we met and talk them
out OF fear OF our forces. "lthou: cS-
ccptinn. we found these people friendly
and quick 70 TO-! contid"uce Il; us when
they learned ;htt W. really were their
friends. II ". wrote on their doors with
chalk H ~ live good honest people.
please spar them their gratitude knew
no bound X "a much bad blood existed
and if So many things which led 10 the
military execution ot innumeraosc Bel
CLANS. i, was because OF the nnsstrust
systematically nouriShcd on tho part OF
the German officers.
That night VIC marched on after being
joined by q - crr;i1"tcr mortar bat
tary OF the foot artillery regiment No ?
recently arrived Not only w"r" we 10
act AZ an auxiliary for this battery. but
were We're also expected {" help bring
these immense cannon into action These
guns were in two sections. cacA trans
ported on wagon pulled b. six hotS'S.
These horses the only ones used by tooe
artillery. arc supposed 10 hc the finest
and most powerful n he German army
Yet these animals we're scld"ra UP 70
eSpcctationS SO that Il was common
thing 10 detail from 20 I" so men 70 as
sis: in transporting these Uorta7S and
long heavy ropes were carried Tor thts
purpose. This happened most frequently
Wherever tho guns had 10 be taken off
highway and brought into firms posi-
ton.
These great cannon are quick tirerS.
straight upwards. Their use rendered
futile protection which would otherwise
be afforded by Hill ~ mountain and
was very effective against enemy bat
teries. AT tho beginning OF The war the
French had scarcely any heavy artillery
that could be- readily moved SO that II
was impossible for them to fight sue
cessfully In the face of our mobile heavy
cannon.
soon we arrived at tfrc city Of Ecrt-fx.
W. found many houses at the right ana
lSt: % US burning brightly. They hao
been set attire we learned because per
sons in them had fired on passing SOB
dierS. In front of one OF these houses
was = half burned man and woman with
their IS Or Is year old son. All were
covered with straw. \ littlr way farther
on three moro civilians were lying dead
II ;hr sam" street.
AS W. w.rc marching We suddenly re-
cciy.i III rrS,"r 20 surround certain
hauS.. al IN" i"tt "t us. Oar captain
DECLARED ;ha: {, ,:l"; ;i.'d from that house
had Killed a soldier. Meme OF uS haa
heo-d awning. however Tn" houS"
fra, w!lfrh he shn. Ms alleged I" nave
ha., .;-rI was ~,u,, surrounded and hand
g-cnad.< threw, tnto = Through the WIN
t.owS IL = :i,uut.. al n" r'"nS w"T"
rom the CS-
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-13
UNCLE TOMS CABIN.

Tho Court theatre management an
nnuncrd ;iiS morning that Vim. IL. kle-
bios big revival of "tncle Tom
cabin" Will he brought 70 thai. popular
rIlvNrus" in the near future. tn" an
nnunc"m"nt will no doubt be hailed Win
delight Tor Wheeling th"aircgocrs are
always anxiuus 10 witness production
Ma; is h"ing praised b. IN" press ana
rulp!t. ]; Is said tha; over fifty people
are employed in III" production and IN"
scenery magnificent :" behold. A. me
Cour, Wednesday,. February 20. Spccla!
,.houi ,hi!drcn's matinee At $50.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-13
In Daddy Long Legs Under Direction of Henry Miller at the Court
Saturday. February 16, Matinee and Night,

Wheeling Railway company. 4 cIrrpnr1.
ton. and The EIitIInrr'. aud ohio kll!-
road company. Il .."rp"ra.I"tI, d"Trn-
d;tnls. Action f,r rr.!,"T ,n!:. Hn"iI7li
claimed $I.6Hu. t"wru and Walker. at
,rrn"yS FIR plaintiffs.
S,rv" l.rnpl>ik. plaintiff W. The
Cleveland. Lur'tn and Wh""luL I:Hi-
way company. =; corporation. and tn"
Baltimore :Lnd rhi" I:;UlruId company.
Il corporation. Defendants. Action for
rnnrry only. Amount claimed i'I'. az.
Cowru and Walker. attorneys for plain
Ii!r
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-13
SPECIAL CHURCH SERVICE

This evening at IN" Island Christian
church. the Rev. Charles Van Nlnklc'
pastor. will give the opening sermon or
a series OF sermons by young men or
The parish. Missions will bc the topic
and during the evening Mrs. Charles
Hare will sing solo
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-13
SOUTHERN THEATRE.

on Monday night ii, the Southern mo
Southern Stock company played TO The
Unrest crowd that has ever been IN the
theatre. ami The entire Audience wa
,,iur.. thar, pleased with the production
If ANY Of The Circus" wonderful
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-13
DOCTOR GAVE
THIS RUNDOWN
WOMAN vINOL
And She Got Wel-Hes
Nervousness Disappeared

Flint. Mich.-"I' keep house for my
family OF six and got into generally
nervous and could not sleep. and had
headache a good deal of the. time.
My doctor prescribed Vinol and it
made me we'll and strong, am a
good deal less nervous and can sleep
nights. Clara Smith, 1913 w. 4th
Ave, Flint, Mich.
We sell Vinol on a positive guar
antee to make nervous. weak, run.
down women we'll and strong or re-
turn their money. Try it anyway.
Hoses-Davis Drug Co.. Wheeling Finol
is sold in Bridgeport by tho Dent Phar-
macy and at tho best drug store In
every town and city in the country.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-13
CnuCrats, Clarence!

Continued Tomorrow
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-13
Goes In Struhcrville.

19r.." rh-,rl"s i. Lynch VIII lr III
Si"ut"uvIil" Fr,L:,y ami saturday h";lr-
ing H.. ".,s" IT ia, C!tT 81 $i"ubcnvil"
-. ph," l;I"r I"w"r company. Judge
Carl t.. SnIih ID jefferson county. not
h,,.l;.; aIlt |" h,ar this; ,.Lan.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-13
ST. CLAIRSVILLE
Court Entries


Coo. W. GAult ~. A. Is. Eryan. money.
Dismissed q: costs OF plaintiff.
Ahhir l. ThnrnCatc vs.. Wheeling
Traction Co. money. Dismissed at
costs nf plaintiff without prejudice.
Charles H. rrrtrr -. Mary J. rnr-
tor divorce. Answer and Cross petit
ton 81 Defendant dismissed. niV"rc"
granted pItlniIff on ground Of adultery.
pla:nItt awarded III" custody Of minor
child.
Mar:Lh Louisa Bowers ~. William
T.. Hurts 81 al. Partition. Dismissed
without pre- udicc at costs OF defendant.
New Cases Filed.
Louis IaCn and Elizabeth IaE". plain
lifts VS.. The Cleveland. L"rain and
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-13
--- The Low
Cost of
Milk

Milk is one Of the
cheapest foods v"N can
use.
Milk if sold for Zoe
per quart would still
be less expensive than
other animal foods.
The Milk left at your
house every morning
may be used to reduce
your meat and grocery
bills.
Look in your cook
book for milk made
dishes-Usc more Milk
cooked foods.
An extra bottle Of
Milk will help reduce
your living expenses.
For cconomv's sake
double your Milk order
to-day.
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1918-02-13

Dr. T. +. WATSON reports tho birth OF
2 1Q1 pound hoy To Clarence r"lhcmus
and wifc-Cauton Ullb Register.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-16
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.

Arrangements for the annual de- bate of the Interscholastic Debating Lea que, which is scheduled to be held February 1, have been completed. De- bates will be held in New Britain, Hartford and New Haven High schools, the subject to be discussed being: Resolved: That Congress should pass an amendment grantin g suffrage to women on equal basis with men," The affirmative team of New Haven will come to this city and the local negative team will go to Hart ford. The judges for-the debates have not been announced as yet.
 The teams of the local school have secured the services of William KraD- owitz, an alumnus of the school, to assist in coaching them for the com- ing debate. MT. Kranowitz has had considerable experience in debating. He is a charter member of the High School club and was d member of the Columbia University team. He has been attending the Columbia School of Journalism for the past two years.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-16
AMERICA AT SEA
 WITHOUT A CHART
Waddil CatChingS Pleads for Gen. traIiZatiOn Of War Industries

Washington, Jan. 16.-Recommen- dations for reorganization of the war supply machinery, as approved by the Chamber of Commerce of the United States were presented to the senate, war inquiry committee today by Wad- dill Catchings, president of the Sloss-, Sheffield Iron and Steel company. .H
 "AT business men l think" said Mir Catchings, "believe there is lack of central control and responsibility in our war program. The effect Is very harmful and the program is not bal anced. Shipping is the principal part Of the program and yet it has not been given the right of way. Clearly we arc not producing ships and will not for many months There is absolute -l ly no one engaged in preparing a broad war program.
 We have very great fear fo- in- Gustry. Reduction of the ouput of so-callcd non essentials is proposed and we fear the production of essen- tialS will be far beyond possibility of transportation to the other side. We fear we will be failing a very vdis- astrous and serious situation. We ought to have some central, respon- Siblc authority to prepare and push q broad industrial program for the war. What bothers us is that we have slipped into. dropped into, drifted into our present condition. We are at sea cannot successfully act as the supreme, without a chart"
 The war industries board, he said, authority as proposed by Secretary Baker in his reorganization plan be- cause it has neither legal nor para mount authority
New Britain herald., 1918-01-16
CALLS ON WOMEN TO
 MAKE VICTORY SURE
Portsmouth Speaker Raps EcInaie SlacIScrs Who Fail to Help Con-
 serve Food.
serve Food.

Hartford. Jan. 16-'Women should
 be willing to lay aside every interest to face the one great interest, the
 conservation of food" declared Mrs.
 Mary I. Wood of Portsmouth, N. H.,
 author, publicist, lecturer and chair
 man of the Women's Committee of
 the Council of National Defense,
 speaking today before the New Eng
 land conference of the State Fedora
 ton of Women's Clubs. 'Women
 who think anything else is moro inn portant should go home and have a housekeeping in their own minds,' ,'
 Mrs. Woods continued, "I look upon
 such club women as you to save America from the terrible food ca tastrophe we are now facing. Just
 as far as we put off our individual responsibility in this respect, just so far are we prolonging the var Mrs. Wood spoke in place of Pro , lessor Bertha M. Terrill of the Uni versity of Vermont, who was unable 1 to attend on account of illness. ''We hear much of making the world safe for democracy" she said, l but Hoovers plan through the wo- men will make democracy safe for the world.
 ] Mrs. Gilbert Davis of Vermont spoke on Our homes and the homes 1 of others.''
 "From remote times woman has had technical control of the home, '' l she said. "Upon the American wom-
 an rests today burden she is bound 1 to assume, or American homelife will | be destroyed. This burden is conser- | vation.''
 l The speaker attributed the food l shortage to diversion of men to the 1 firing line, the diversion of ships to
 army use and the failure of crops 1 in boGh hemispheres in 1916. i Mrs. Stanley Hummer of Dexter
 Me-, chairman of the conference was | presiding officer.
 Mrs William IT. Phipps of Water
 bury> secretary treasurer of the fed l eration, read the minutes of the 1917 ! meeting at Providence and reported a balance of $46.04 in the treasury
New Britain herald., 1918-01-16
AS NEW YORK DOES TT.
Rules Governing Granting Exemption
 in the Big Metropolis.

Senator George w. Klett has re- ceiVCd a notice from a New York exemption board explaining the method used there when hearings are granted to men claiming exemption and this system may be of some in terest here since the local boards arc at present conducting hearings of their own.
 Among other things, all New York CTS seeking deferred classification be- cause they are married have to bring With them their certified marriage certificate. If they have children they must bring a certified copy of the birth certificates. If a registrant seeks deferred classification because he is an alien he must bring a corrobOrat- ing certificate from his consul.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-16
U. s. FOOD SUPPLIES
 DEVOURED BY FIRE
Flames Burst Out in Storehouse on Brooklyn Waterfront-Plum
 Torch Responsible.

New York, Jan. 16.-Fire in big five story warehouse filled with gov ernment food supplies located on the waterfront near Congress street, Brooklyn, broke out this forenoon. Four alarms were turned in. Accumu- 1ation- of ice hampered aid from fire boats.
 An hour after the discovery of the blaze, it was estimated $500, 900 dam age had been done. Three fire boats were struggling with ice foes in mid stream endeavoring to approach the fire.
 The structure, known as the Rob- inson stores. of the New York Dock company, occupies nearly an entire block.
 Fire Marshal Brophy began an in vestigation of reports of incendiarism Mr. Brophy later stated the fire re suited from a plumbers torch which had ienited woodwork. a
 At 12;30 o'clock it was believed the flames were under control.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-16
SEEK GIRL AND MAN
Niddietown Aroused By Disappear ancc of High School Student and Posses Arc Being Organized.

Middletown, Jan. 16.-Searching posses are being organized here to SCOUT the region around Portland and the outskirts of this city for Esther Strickland, IT years old, a High school student, who has been missing since Monday afternoon. She is the daughter of Frederick Strlck- land, who operates a quarry in Port land Tho girl was last seen after school closed yesterday
 Also missing and sought for is an cmployo Of MT. Strickland, who IS re- ported to 1navc been seen in the girls company after she had left the Port land school.
 Information which has reached offl- cials in Portland inClnes them to be- lieve that the girl is fOrcibly detained from going home, or has met with foul play. Tomorrow the quarry dls- trict of Portland will be searched by organized bodies of men. A descrlp- ton of the missing man has been sent to police in other cities.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-16
DEATH CLAIMS A. E. MOREY.
Well Known Resident Succumbs to
 Pneumonia at His Home.

Arthur F. Mercy, aged fl years died at 3:30 o'clock this morning at his home, 156 Black Rock avenue, following an illness of pneumonia. He was a native of this city, the son of MT. and Mrs. Charles A. Morey of Lincoln street, and has resided here all his life. For many years he was connected with the grocery business Of William Cowlishaw of West Main street Besides his parents, tour brothers, Burton c. and F. L. Morev of this city, c. J. Mercy of Bristol and R. s. Mercy of Southingtor and a. sister, Mrs. Nelson Babb of West field, Mass, survive.
 MT. Mercy was a member of Now Britain council, o. U. A. NJ; Har- mony lodge, A. F. & A. M.. and St. Elmo lodge. Knights of Pythias The funeral will be held at o'clock Tr:- day afternoon at his late home. Rev. Dr. G. w. c. Hill will officiate and burial will be in Fairview cemetery.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-16
FIREWORKS TN WINTER.

People on the street in the Vicinity of East Main street were given a scare last night, about 7:30 o'clock, when the wires fell down on the roadway, giving an electrical display for a few moments The East Main street trolley car was proceeding over the switch near Erwin,s block and the pole broke and rammed the wires causing a break from the block to the corner of East Main and Main streets. The result of the accident was the tying up of the North End and East Main street trolley service for about an hour and a half A group of po- licemen was stationed at the corner to keep the public away.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-16
DIR. STOCKWELL CALLED
Will Receive Rank of Major After Training at Fort OgeIthorpe-Son of Deputy Sheriff.

Hartford, Jan. 16.-Dr. William M. Stockwell, superintendent of the Hart ford county state tuberculosis san itorium, has been informed by the surgeon general of the United States that the government requires his ser vices for hospital work. He expects to be called by the government to go into training at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga, and later enter the General hospital in Washington, after which he will be commissioned with the rank of major and given cvharge of a base hospital The tuberculosis commission has not done anything to fill the vacancy
 Dr. Stockwell has been in the state service since 1910, first in charge of the sanitorium in Shelton.
 pr. Stockwell is the son of Deputy Sheriff and Mrs. Myron D. Stockwell of this city.
New Britain herald., 1918-01-16

+ional labor admlnistraId a fect granted today when Secretary ol Labor Wilson assumed the admlnls- tratfon of a comprehensive war labor program
 ..ITnitv of action between the various departments is assured by the lhIeh- lion of Secretary Wilson to later in crease the council by the appointment of representatives from the War, Navy and Horticultural departments and the shipping board.
 ''rThe labor administrator ana hlS advisory council will at once take Tn hand the questions of standardization of labor policies, the providing, dlS- tributing and maintaining of stable and adequate supply Of WorkerS' lapor dilution and training, priority de- poands the adjustment of disputes and the safeguarding of employmeh1' living and housing conditions. The advisory council will study all phases of the problem make recommends tions and plans for addluonal ma chinery and supervise thelr eNecu''oli' H.
 ..The United States Employment Service now a separate bureau, IS al ready being expanded to take care ot Inc task of economic distri button of workers.
 "The transportation of workers, in
 
 order that short handed sections may quickly be supplied from others where a surplus of labor may exist, IS under consideration. A revolving fund or $50O,O00 for advances of cost or the transportation to wage earners has been asked of Congress.
 'FEmployers and workers alike were called on today by the employment service for aid in recruiting industrial workers to back up the fighting men If was estimated that for every sol dier on the firing line six civilians are needed to supply him with food and munitions, two of them behind the lines in France and four at home
 within the next six months,' the service announced, we must furnish approximately 1,O0O000 workers fo1 agriculture, nearly 100000 for ship building, l 1.00O, 900 to man ships 250,- 900 for transportation and 25O,O fol the manufacture of munitions. Other war industries will call for a similar number"
New Britain herald., 1918-01-16
AT NORTHEND SCHOOL

There will be meeting of tho Parents and Teachers association o; the Northend school tomorrow even. ing at & o'clock in the school halt The following program has been ,ar. ranged for the event; Patriotic music; business meeting; ukulele se
 loctions, Miss Beth Eddy; address
 War Stamps" MT. Gilpatrick; solo, Miss Winger: patriotic selections. M