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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-18
F. 5. WRITTEN
 IS WELCOMED
 TO BALTIMORE
President of Colum b a Graphophone Go. Hon
 ored by Industry

Francis S. Whitten, president of the Columbia Graphophone Manufac" turing Company. was welcomed to Baltimore last night at dinner ten dered him by the banking firm Of J. S. Wilson Jr., and Co.,, at the Hotel Belvedere. More than 300 business and professional men of the city &C., cepted invitations to greet MT. Whit ten and all were enthusiastic over the bringing to the city of the enterprise which he heads. All promised the mos. earnest cooperation to make It establishment here a success.
 In addressing the gathering Mr. Whitten said that Baltimore had been selected as the location of one of the new units the company will build because of the advantages over many other sites which had been in- vestigated After looking over the field from the Atlantic to the Pacific he said, his board had come to the conclusion that not only was this city the most desirable place in which to build, but it was found that it's facil- ities could not be found anywhere along the entire Atlantic seaboard.
 Cities Present Tax Rate.
 Among the reasons which had in duced the company to look elsewhere
 
 ehomes was the labor troubles that were constantly encountered there. Furthermore, MT. Whitten declared, the tax rate in Baltimore was so much lower that it was of itself a suf- sficient inducement to make the change. He pointed out that if the present tax rate in this city is not changed the company will be able to pay in 20 years the full cost of the building of such a plant as it now contemp1ates by which it will save in taxes between the rate in this city and that in Bridgeport.
 Therefore" he said, 'I hope the city officials will not find 1t necessary to increase the taxes within that pe- rod."
 This brought laugh in view of the fact that the Board of Estimates is now hard at work to keep the ate below s3 for the coming year. MT. Whitten said the first unit to be built here will employ 5000 men and wo- men.
 ''The future will depend on the en- couragement we receive" he contin- ued. eff all our expectations are real ized, and we feel sure that they will be from the cooperation we have been promised by. the city authorities, the Chamber of Commerce and all other business interests. then in time we propose to build the second, the third, the fourth, and the fifth units to a local plant, each of the size of the first and each giving enjoyment to as many persons"
 This statement served to give the business me na fuller comprehension of the extent of this industry and its importance to the future industrial o;4r, gave statistics of the growth of the graphophone industry and said that ii now employs 150,000 workers in this country and also has approximately 100000 sales agents in the United States alone.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-18
CLERGYMEN TO
 INVESTIGATE
 STEEL STRIKE

Pittsburgh, Nov. 1S-An investiga- tion of the strike of steel workers was launched here today by an inde- pendent commission of inquiry, com posed of bishops and other clergy mer appointed by the inter-clurch movement of North America at the recent industrial conference in New York Bishop F. J. Mcconnell of Denver, in charge of the inquiry. an- nouneed today that an effort would be made to hear every person who can offer testimony relative to the cause of the strike. He added that steel plant heads, labor leaders and others had been summoned to appear as witnesses before the commission.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-18
BERMoNDT HAS SUBMITTED.

Berlin, Nov. 17-(By The A. P.)- Confirmation of the report that Col. Bermondt has submitted to Gen. Von Eberhardt, successor of Gen. Won Der Goltz, as commander of German troops in the Baltic provinces, has been received by the Deutsche Allge- meine Zeitung. Col Bermondt's troops are reported to be in great dis order and confusion.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-18
SHOULD SAY So.

A stone mason was in the witness box, describing the way in which he had been assaulted by the defendant.
 He walked right into my yard and slammed me up against one of my tombstones," the witness said.
 Did he hurt your" inquired the Court.
 Hurt mer' roared the witness Why, I've got Sacred to the Memory of stamped all down my back."- Galveston News.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-18
TRIBEsMEN DISPERSED.

Madrid. Sunday, Nov. 16-Rebel- Hous tribesmen at Lago Juby, on the northwest African coast, have been dispersed, according to advices re- ceived here, and Spanish troops in that region have restored order.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-18
woRKhfEN AT POSTS.

Barcelona, Monday, Nov. 17-In spite of threats of a general strike, most of the workmen in this city were at their posts today, and only a few factories were inconvenienced. Cooks, who have been idle for a few days returned to hotels and restaur- ants, but walters remained on strike. No trouble developed today because of the strike.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-18

It Is surprising how near g. young widow can come to proposing 10 man without actually doing so.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-11-18
Northeast Ulster to
 Take Its Own Choice

Dublin, Oct. 20.-Many Irishmen believe the governments new Irish bill will give an option to northeast Ulster of coming in or staying out of a Home Rule Parliament. Part of the inducement for Ulster to come in may be provided by adoption of the plan first suggested by Premier Lloyd George under which an Irish parlia- ment would meet alternately in Bel fast and Dublin. It is said here that Sir Edward Carson would vigorously oppose the plan of allowing Ulster to exercise its option by voting by coun- Lies. Sir Edward is said to stand by nk> clean cut of the six northeast
 Qnties.
 kroblem is to give self-eov-
 10 country one-ifth of
 east would rather have ci-
 an to abandon its present
 other four-fifths of the
 elected a parliam ent
 ks in Ireland are pro-
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-12-18

FL Remedio dc Leonardo cs On nuevo
dcscubrunieniO vcgctai que impia q hixa-
do y cstomago dc todas las maicrias vtnc.
fiosas hacc que csios urgauos whales
trabajcn propiamcntc III Rcincii0 dc
LeonaTdi para ol Higado no coniicnc caio-
mel, NJ dcJa Ia persona cstrcnida s.
sufre I'd. dc dcsordcnes del hlgado. el cs-
tonnage o intcstinos. tome iumtdiaiamcnfc
cl Remedio &c Leonardo. an agradabic me-
dicamenio quo scrura G iuofcnsvaufcntc
tortalcccra y pcrmancnicwcnic tiEofisafa
81 hgado y rstUmago Bliosidad. dolores
dc cabeza cstomago asrio. iudiecstiis,.
cructos. alicnto fttido. esircniuicntn
palpitaciones son prucbss dc quc iicnc III
cl higado cstomago dcscofupucstos a..
mandan el uso Immediate del Rcmcdio dc
Leonardo De ycnta en- iodas las drogue.
rias.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-12-18

! as MuSaS del Cuarteto, sonora de Juan
-Axruza, y Ell de Mozart herinosas coro
mas de flores. iQue contraste pudimos
observar anoche entire el rostro auste-
70 del cisne de Bonn, y Ell rostro dulce
q delicado, tan humane y de lineas fini
simas, de Mozart! Al La derecha Ell ''Ple-
yell del Ateneo; su derecha, Ell busto
de nuestro malogrado compositor, autor
genial de la Melodia Carlota'' y de
fAusencia'';; en- ell fondo un retrato
del insigne Tavarez varios de los mn-
sicos clasicos, Schumann, Mendelssohn,
etc.
Un publico selecto, muchos miembros
de la colonia norteamericana que .anto
esplendOr presto cuando ell "club Ar
m6nico", Z v valiosisimos elementos
del pals, recordando entire ellos al macs
tro Ace~edo, Miranda Tizol, Balseiro
(Pepi"oy, amigos que hacia algun item
po no teniamos la dicha de yer ent=e
nosotros. +&
A las $3.50 sonaron las primeras notas
del cdarteto op. IA, No. g. (79), en- RE
Mayol, de J. Haydn. La primera par
te, el "Allegreto" en- compass de seis
,por ocho, fue ejecutado admira blomente,
distinguiendose perfec:amente el tema
de tresillos hgados,y los rap:dos srI-
POS de semicorcheas dessrrollandcse has
"a Ell crescendo. Scanos permitido decir
Que EN- el "Minuetto'', unos pasajes
difcilisimos de violoncello Sc destaca-
ban tan claramente al ejecutarlos con
tfan'a limpicza y rapidez ell professor
Rooms, que oimos de labios dc Elisa
Tavarez es.a exclamation: iQue Dieni,
y nos confrm6 la idea que teniamos de
ciendo de Gl 10 que quiere. PROPOSE
to del maestro Rooms: Ne hace mucho
lei en- un peri6dico de Nueva York un
estudio del celeberrimo violoncellista es
pafiol Pablo Casals por Godowsky. Decia
este celebre critico musical, que una
vez, al escuchar Duport tocar este ms
NO4LdlIc tOuS aVcZ
fait dun boeuf un rosignol'', que en-
las manos de Casals, era Ell violoncello
mas que un ru;ssiior, siendo un instru-
mento cuyo radio de expression es sola-
mente igualado por la voz humana la
que tanto Sc parece su vibrante chan
terelle'', evocando ell extasis mas in
tensos el misterio mas profundo y La So
noridad mas insinuante''. La labor de
Rooms, bien merece este parrafo apar-
te. De el podria decirse muchisimo mas;
conoce los secretos y resortes del ms
trumento clasico de las ounce posic;o-
hes. Los que conocen algo Ell violoncello,
Sc dan perfecta cuen-a de la arida la
Dor que significa ell llegar la perfec-
ia ejecucion de los mas bellos poemas
clasicos de la composition en- sn forma
mas elevada, en- la Ultima expression del
lenguaje del pentsgrama. Mi felicita-
cion particular al Querido maestro por
10 feliz que estuvo anoche. @ ya
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-12-18
EN- Ell ATENEO PUERTORRIQUENO
Celebration gran concerto con la cooperation del notable G
teto En de la exnia panista Elisa Tayarez de Storer

Para los amantes de la musica selec-
"a, clasica, cscogida, para aquellas per-
sonas de fino y .delicado dido que sien-
ten intensamente Ell arte musical, y GU
yo sistema nervioso Sc encuentra de tai
manera constituido para percibir no
solo la forma mel6dica sino las deriva-
clones armonicas; para las almas de
''elite'', como diria ell habil polemista
Licenciado Guerra (Don MigueD; para
aquellas personas, finalmente, cuyas IA
cnltades auditivas son tan sutiles que
hasta perciben-cuando Sc srata de ex-
celente ejecutantes como los que nos
ocupan-la diferencia leve, insignificant
te pero que existe-de acuerdo con las
rigurosas leyes de la acustica-entre los
semitonos cromaticos y armonicos de la
cscala, en- su relaci6n entire los ins.ru
mentos de cuerda, violin, violoncello,
etc, y los instrumentos de la escala tenn
pcrada dc temperamento donde los Sc
mitonos en- virtud de una equalization
justa fueron reducidos doce, como
cl piano, 6rgano, etc, fue la noche del
lunes, un acontecimiento artistico, un
gran festival polifonico, en- recuerdo
los monarcas del clasicismo cuya mnsi.
ca jamas desaparecera del orbe civii-
zado; noche que fij6 con base frme, esta-
Bile, nuestro desenvolvimiento musical y
marca un paso de avance, un brote CO.
mienzo para la gran obra futura que sc
proponen llevar adelan;e los diversos
y vahosos elementos, dispersos aver y
unidos hoy en- apretado haz, bajo Ell nom
bre dc "Cuarteto Ern, sociedad de Con-
ciertosn
Nuestro querido Presidente, ell doc. or
MarSinez Alvarez, hizo en- breves pala-
bras la presentation del Cuar:st Su
elocucnte, fina, galante y pat6tica pero
raci6n Sc la tomamos taquigrahcamente
va que 10 mejor que en- phblico Sc di-
ce es siempre 10 improvisado Hela
aqui: GQuien podria decir algo mas subs
tancioso en- tan cortas lineas?
"'He aqui los colosos del cuarteto,
I-dijo seiialando los hermosos medallo-
mes de Haydn, Beethoven, Mozart
que va conoceis; ellos estan en- vuestras
almas. Quizas os habeis sentido felices
alguna vez oyendo sus sublimes pensa.
mientos musicales; sin duda habeis CO.
mulgado va con ellos; no necesi,an pre-
sentacion. Pronto os enviaran sus men
safes de amor. En- este otro lado estan
sus Interpreters, los profesores que for
man ell Cuarte:o: Henry Ern, Justo Pas
tor Torres, Francisco Rooms y Jose Ma
nuel de los Rios. Ellos, peregrinos del
Arte. piden alojamiento EN- vuestros
corazones, v n cambio de este os guia-
ran hacia el alcazar de la armonia, 70,
sintiendo en- mi espiritu Ell gran honor
dc ser esta noche Ell portero de ese al
cazar de ensuefios, abro sus puertas pa
ra que con ellos pase este cultisimo au
ditorio a sonar fantasies con ell alma de
Oriente''.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-12-18

hi SeuOL y cIuduuC1 N@hSd AOoAeAChSe
del Ateneo, en- collaboration con.e Pre-
sidente de la Sociedad de Conciertos
habia tenidos la precauci6n de preparar
primorosamente un elegante programa
de liz fiesta, en- la tercera pagina una
description del caracter de la mnsica
clasica, ,debido a la pluma del distinguido
escritor artista senior Martinez Plee
rerdone Ell lector el que alarguemos az.
go este trabajo, pe1o bien vale la peras
el reproducir la breve, concisa y tim
bien definida conception de esta music "a;
CHARACTER DE EsTA MUsIcA4
La mtsica Ilamada de "camara r, Q
sea, los .'cuartetos es una nisma arqui
tectura musical de la sonata, que
Sc escribe generalmente para piano, Q
para un Instruments con acompaia-
miento de piano; y la misma arquitectu-
ra musical de la "sinfonia'' que es
una obra para orquesta.
Esta arquitectura Unstable, que pasa
medida que Sc va creando, consth de
varios movimientos, rapidos o sosega-
dos un allegro, un andante, un mIinue-
ito scherzo, y un final bastante vivo.
Todo este ha de ser expression de una
idea est6.ica. De otro modo resultaria
un amontonamiento inforine, no una
arquitectura. f st
La misica, tai como la ha desarrorla-
do la civilization occidental; descar sa
sobre la base de cuatro voces: tiple, alto,
tenor bajo; con algunas variance, las
voces de la mujer y del hombre en- La
plenitud del vivir. Los ins:rumentos for
mando familias rerledan esas voces. La
orquesta es la reuni on de todas esas fa-
milias ,siendo la principal. la de los ms
trumentos de "arco'' es decir: los dos
violines, primero segundo, la vioI a
ell violoncello. Los violines estan pI)r
la soprano la contralto, la viola p Of
Ell tenor, Ell violoncello por el barfto-
no y ell bajo.
Esta clase de mdsica tan exquisite y
sublime en- que los instrumentos son
los menos EN- ndmero y los mas Ell, re-
cursos, es una quinta esencia del Arte
que, para usar la Erase de Schopenftauer,
expresa las cosas sin nociones inter
mediarias, y es como un lengusle di-
recto de los enigmas ante los cuales la
palabra Sc nubla y vacila.
Two ell cuar:eto su mas alto mo mento
historico en- aquella admirable Corte
de Weimar que ilustro tanto Goethe;
y ha sido bajo la pluma de Haydn, MO
zart Beethoven que alcanzo su pie
nitud.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-12-18
CON suma habilidad cue ejecuta

Con suma habilidad fu6 ejecutado Ell
Presto" o final valiendOles una mas
que calida evaci6n, habiendo sido na-
nados varias veces al escenario para
recibir los aplaasos que Sc les prodi-
gaban. .ss stes
Toc6le eI tarno Ia fantasia Croma-
1ticss :, de Bach, para, piano, Ia cual de-
Fbia ser interprstada per la seaora Ia
varez. Es Ia primera yez que Sc toca en-
Puerto Rico-Ade menoria--esaa compo
sici6n. Tn6 ejecutada gallardamente, CO.
mo sabe. solo hacerlo nuestra maga del
piano. Sabemos que Elisa Tavarez in.
terpret6 es:a famosa composition en- el
'.Aeolian, Hail.. de Nueva York, en-
presencia de un escogidc pdblico neoyor-
kino, en- el cual Sc encontraban muchos
criticos musicales de los Estados Unidos,
siendo muy felicitada por sellos en- esa
OCCASION, por la feiiz Interpretation da-
da a La obra AL final lie fue ofrendado
I'm hermoso bouquet de flores, Ell
cuaIe ella, inovida por un sentimiento fl
lial de infni:s ternnra, coloc6 sobre
el retrato de su padre, que va hemos
dicho habia sido puesto en- el escenario
del Ateneo.
La parte de violin y piano, o sea el
s'IItermezzo op Medium. s55 No. o.,
ell 'tIdylle op. medium So No. l., del
professor Ern, fue ejecutsdo brillante-
riente por sn sutor, acompafiado al pia
no por el maestro Torres, quien no solo
nos. hace sonar, arrancandole a la viola
.sse sonido peculiar dulce de este ms
trumento, sino que es I'm brinante ejecu-
tante en- Ell Instruments de Litsz. Eje-
cuteron ademas ell presto = de G.. Tar
tani felizmentc. La labor del professor
Ern no pudo ser mas. grande; el publico
sabe hasta donde sel llega; es' POGO todo
10 que pudi6ramos decir aqui en- elogio
del ilustre professor. Uno de sus disci-
pulos, que Sc encontraba en- el Ateneo.
10 abraz6 carifosamente en- ell mismo
escenario, entreg&ndole un valioso re-
cuerdo artistico. M
Para cerrar el acto, Sc ejecus6 ell Guar
tsto OPP. Is No. Q en- Sol Mayor de
Beethoven en- sus lcuatro parties. 81 bien
Rooms y Ern bordaron primorosaments
su parte en- Ia ejecuci6n del cuarteto
primero, la labor del violin segundo. Sc
nor de los Rios, fue acabada, brillan-
te, en- .odas las cuatro parties del Guar
teto de Beethoven, asi como la del macs
tro Torres No podemos entrar nj 81.
quiera en- un breve anal;sis de es'a obra
musical; nuestro publieo no gusta de
las largas revistcs; ademas, Ell peri6-
dico exile de nosotros rabajos cortos,
y nos recuerda que vivimos, como dice
Godowsky, zen una epoca de cambios
incesantes, la carrera, en- la que ell
hombre, estimulado por las maquinas,
que despues de todo son producto de SUI
propia cresci6n, ha olvidado la reposa-
da hermosura de la naturaleza la
tranquil.dad de Ia contemplation To-
do ha de ser breve, inspirado en- ell es-
piritu vertiginogO del siglo.
Tenemos orstsamsiite cue feltci:ar
los senores que componen la directi-
va de la sociedad de conciertos Guar
teto Ern'', a la directiva del Ateneo. y
su presidente sefior Fernandez Van
ga, por la felicisima noche que nos pro-
porc;onaron. .,
,...e, .o...,.4 - FLoRESTAN.
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-12-18

FL escenario. del Ateneo habia sido
preparado tambien para esta fiesta A
La subida y ambos lados, habia dos
grandes medallones de alto relieve: Bee.
thoven la derecha, Mozart a Ia izQuier-
da. Ostentaba ell busto severe de Bee
'thoven una hermosa Ira de flores ma
turales, galau.e obsequio de una de
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-12-18

No vsnds pApsl Dsriedico visjo .
. ESQ quintaL
Dirija aus psdidos . 'EL MUfgDo
El Mundo. [volume] (San Juan, P.R.) 1919-1990, 1919-12-18

oJEDA.-sAN JOSE NO. s. TEL. s55.
Adu
, 1919-08-29
IELEGRAMS
81. CROlX STATION.

Halifax, N. S., 18th Yesterday morn
ing the Prince of Wales arrived at Hail
fax on board the cruiser Dragon"
which bore him from St. John arrived
here at 1880 O'Clock and fifteen minutes
later he boar led H. M. s. "Renown" as
the Dragon which was escorted by
the Dauntless passed by. Royal salutes
of Fl gems were fired from the Citadel
and fro n the Italian bat(leship "Conte-
de Cavour" which came to convey greet
ings from Boston and the King of tia
ly to the heir apparent of the British
throne. In the evening he gave a din
ner upon the battleship to which were
invited the Lieutenant Governor Sir
Robert Borden, Premier George Murray
and other personages of note. The
Prince will land and receive an official
welcome this morning.
Washington, Aug. 18th. Anxiety is
felt here over the lack of news concern
ing arrival of the giant airplane Goliath
at Dakar the airplane was last reported
on Saturday morning at BIC o'clock
passing over Port Gienne SO miles from
Dakar, at the time the machine had &C
complished the worst part Of the jour,
ney from Megador to Dakir.
Berlin, Aug. 18th. The New German
constitution WHICH WaB paSSeu ny lie INA"
tional Assembly after a months debate
and which became effective this week.
is divided into two main parts namely the
composition and the ties of the Empire
and the oasis. rights and duties of a Ger
a The first part consists of seven
sections and the second Of five. the sub
divisions of first part are Empire and
individual States, the Reichstag, the I'm
perial President, Imperial Govt, lmperi-
, 1919-08-29

al Council, imperial legislation, and I'm
perial Administration of Justice, those of
the second part are The individual
community Of live, religion. and religious
, 1919-08-29

Contribution to this paper wiU be glQd-
ly received when The S1me deals Nth mat
ters of general interest, and IS accompa-
MED with the authors name, us a guar
antee Of good fajtb The editor c1nnot te
responsible for the Ujel0s of has co~rreSp0n-
, 1919-08-29

societies, education and schools. and
economic life the concluding part of the
constitution bears the title of transition
relations.
, 1919-08-29
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, 1919-08-29

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The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-06-19
SALVATION ARMY
QUOTA oVERsUBSCRIBED

Curry County has already gone
over the top in the Salvation Army
drive. The quota for this county was
$3.50. and in a few hours this week,
L. R. Conarty and A. Mandell got
out and raised enough money to in
sure the county's more than going
over the top. Mr.. Conarty, who is
county chairman of the drive, said to
the News man this week: 1--WE had
little trouble getting people to sub
scribe to the Salvation Army work.
Most everyone is familiar with the
work the Army did among our SOL
diers and If he is not, few words
from most any soldier who has been
over there will give the Salvation
Army workers recommendation that
is worth while"
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-06-19
DEATH OF BEAUTIFUL BABE
Committee.

Tiny Howell Arthur Criswell, baby
son Of Mr., and Mrs. Samuel W. Girls
well, died at the family home at 634
Main street Tuesday, death resulting
from an attack Of whooping cough,
The baby appeared to be making sat
isfactory progress when an abscess
formed on his lungs and broke, which
caused his death. He was i'll but a
few days.
Mr. and Mrs. Criswell are new res
idents Of the city, having come here
but two weeks ago, tho Mrs. Criswell
lived here in her girlhood and will ne
remembered as Miss Haiti Howell.
She is a sister Of A. e. Howell. Their
little darling was born July 20, 1918,
at Clovis, N. M. Besides his broken
hearted parents, Howell is survived
by brother and two sisters, Walter,
Dorothy md Irene. He was a beau
tiful and lOvable babe and the light
and joy of the whole family and TO
them is extended the sympathy Of the
whole community.
A beautiful floral tribute attested
the love and sympathy of many
friends. The tiny form was laid to
rest in Cedar cemetsry.-Montrose
(COlO,) Enterprise,
The Clovis news. [volume] (Clovis, N.M.) 1907-1929, 1919-06-19
BIRTH FIGURES SHOW
LITTLE EFFECT OF WAR

Washington.-In the birth regis
tration area Of the United States l.
S53,792 infants were born alive in
1917, representing. a birth rate of
24.6 per 1000. The births exceeded
the deaths by 74.4 per cent. For
every state in the registration and
for practically all the cities, and for
nearly all the counties, the births ex-
ceeded the deaths, in most cases by
considerable proportion. The mortal
ity rate for infants under l year of
age averaged 9S.S Der 1000 living
births. The foregoing are among the
facts brought out by the Census Bur-
eau's annual compilation of birth sta
tistics.
The birth registration area estab.
lished in 1915, has grown rapidly. II
comprised, in 1917, the six New Eng.
land states, Indiana, Kansas, Kentuc.
ky, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota
New York North Carolina, Ohio
Pennsylvania, Utah, Virginia, Wash
ington, Wisconsin and the District oi
Columbia, and had an estimated popu'
lation of 55,OOO,OoO, or So per cent
of the estimated total population OF
the United States this year.