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The Washington herald., 1919-01-12
PURELY PERSONAL

Rhees Burket has returned from
the Maryland Agricultural College.
where he was a member of the S.
A. T. c. and is now clerk in the
bank at Central High School.
Philip T. Williams. who was
graduated from Central High School
last June. has returned to his home
in this city. after having received
his discharEr from the Central Off
GERS training camp at Camp Lee.
Va.
Theodore {. Uhler. of this city, is
at Gerstner Field, La. as a second
lieutenant doing aerial bombing
work.
Miss Mary Shepherd. of winston
Salem. n. C. has been the guest of
Miss Venerable at her home on
Quincy street, Chevy Chase.
Paymaster Raymond D. Corcoran,
u. S. N, and Mrs. Corcoran. have
leased for the winter the house on
Pelham street, Norfolk, formerly the
home of Mrs. B. T. Prescott.
Mrs. n. Schloss. of Terre Haute.
Ind, has been the guest of relatives
at the Ontario.
Frank Cunningham. of the office
of the Clerk of the District Supreme
Court, who has been i'll for several
days, is reported as improving.
Louis Reynolds has returned from
trip to Elizabeth. n. J.
Charles f. Whitaker. of the Pat
ent Office, has resigned.
Walter L. Downey. of the Coast
and Geodetic Survey. has received
promotion.
George Y. UIlman, of the Post
office Department, is on sick leave.
Francis A. Samuels, of the Treas
ury Department, is visiting his
home in Brooklyn, N. Y.
JEFF Schlosberg. of S19 Sixth street
northwest, is planning a trip to Eu-
rope, where he proposes to visit the
various countries in the war zone.
The Cultus Club met at the resi-
dence of Mrs. w. l. Dyer on Tues
day, January 7th. Mrs. Copeland read
a paper on Egyptian Legends" and
Mrs. Clark gave a most instructive
talk on the Manners and Customs of
Egypt" Eleven members and three
guests were present.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-12
THE TOWN CRIER

the memory of Theodore Roosevelt
in an address at the Eighth Street
Temple at the regular Sunday morn
ing services at IL o'clock today.
The executive committee of the
National Society of the Daughters
Of Founders and Patriots of Amer
ioa will hold a meeting at the home
OF the vice president. Mrs. John J.
Myers. at Stoneleigh Court, tomor-
row at 1890 a. m.
The White House Is closed TO Wis
ltOrs because of necessary repairs
to be undertaken.
"The Pope and the Peace Confer
ence' is the title of an address to
be made before the Washington
Secular League at Pythian Temple
today at } p. m. by Judge Gilbert
o. Nations, Of Missouri. president Of
the Free Press Defense League.
The Kansas City Club will meet
tomorrow evening at The Elizabeth
Somers. llO4 NJ street Mr. L. A
krauthof will deliver the address
The Alumni Association of the A.
NJ. I. 5. will hold its annual meet
ing in the assembly hall Of the
school on Wednesday at r. m
Election Of officers and plans for
service in the civic affairs in con-
nectiOn with the school will also be
discussed. All members and gradu-
ates are urgently requested to at
tend
The next meeting of the Political
study Club will be held at tho resi-
dence OF Mrs. J. Campbell CanrriIi.
1909 Kenyon street northwest, on
Friday afternoon. January II. a, .
o'clock.
Representative {. {. CarIin. Of
Virginia. and Mai. q. b. Zimmer-
man will address a meeting Of the
Washington Chapter OF the Amerj-
can Association Of Engineers to he
/ held in the Willard tomorrow even
ing. Special attention is invited to
the change OF meeting place.
4 mass meeting to urge the carly
enactment OF a House bill providing
Tor the creation OF a new govern
ment department 10 be known as the
department of Education and Hu-
man Welfare. will be held Tuesday
in the Y. NJ. {. A. Assembly Han.
Seventeenth and q streets north
west.
On Tuesday. January II. at 10
a. m. the Race and Labor CorLr.->~
will re-assembIe to takr up some
very important matters with refer
ence TO Race and Lab Dor consoIida-
tIon at the Twelfth Str--t Branch
of the Y. VI. {. A. 1916 Twelfth
street. northwest. The public L. in
vitcd.
The sons Of the American RcVO-
luton will hold their annual ladies
night" at Rauscher's. January l.. at
: o'clock. President General Ames
and William Tyler Page will SPEAK
The Washington herald., 1919-01-12

way. II me Mississippi and its
tributaries proved of so much worth
in period of stress, should these
great natural arteries of communica-
tiOn not be utilized to larger de-
gree at all times?
God made the rivers. Man made
the railroads.
What a railroad can transport is
limited. What a waterway like the
Mississippi can carry on its great
bosom is almost illimitable.
There was a time when the river
traffic OF the Mississippi was enor-
nous. The railroads, by a competi-
tiOn. unfair and often Improbable,
reduced it to small proportions. The
railroads benefited in the long run,
but the nation did not.
If ever this great waterway is to
be restored to full usefulness, now
is the appointed time.
Transportation by water is much
cheaper than by rail. Statistics of
Ohio River traffic are unavailable.
but. of the Father of Waters below
st. Louis. coal and coke make up
more than one-half of the freight.
Of other commodities, the principal
are grain. cotton. cottonseed and cot
'N't''N''A ~ NNANNAo' ldillDtlr lOtSr lIOlr
steel. gravel, sand, stone. oil and mis-
cellaneouS and unclassitied articles.
In no instance does any one of these
items make a large total.
River transport always has been
Handicapped by reason of poor ter
minals. The costs of getting freight
to the river and from the river to
its destination have far exceeded the
costs of carriage on the river. There
must be something done in this di-
rcctiOn now. or the nation will have
pt IiOdical attacks of transportation
cramps.
The railroads. in many Instances.
have approached the limit Of their
capacity unless some remarkable i'm
pruvement toward simplifying ter
minal operations is introduced. Prac-
tically speaking. there has been no
railroad building in more than five
years There is not likely to be any
for five years or more: certainly not
for five years if the railroads con-
tinue under governmental control
Heretofore the aim of the railroad
has been to throttle traffic on the
river. Now it may be necessary TO
turn as much bulk freight as possible
to the waterways to relieve the rail
roads.
The Mississippi and its tributaries
are natures great arms. into which
much of the traffic of the nation
should be gathered
More than l,OCO.000 miles of the
$4,000 miles of public roads in the
United States are in territory tribu-
tary to, the Mississippi and its
branches.
More than 100000 of the automo-
bile and auto trucks out OF the more
than 100000 in America are in that
territory.
Public roads. the auto truck and the
trolley freight lines may be made the
big feeders Of river routes
God made the Mississippi.
1t is for man TO use it,
Not to use it fully is to misuse H.
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Widow Made Sole Heir
of DR.. VIM. Dieffenderfer

Mrs. Annie r DieTenderfer was
named sole heir TO the estate OF her
husband. William +. Diefenderfer.
accord ing to his will nled for pro-
bate yesterday. The will bears tn"
date Of November 10, 1891. more
than twenty-sevrn years ago.
DR.. Diefenderfer was a prominent
dentist Of this city. who died on
January 4. His will stipUlates that
his dental Instruments. office equip
ment. personal property and the
residue OF his estate after the pay
ment Of his funeral expenses. should
go TO his wife. who Is also named
eNeCutriN.
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ALLIES FEAR CUT OFF
OF ARMY COAL SUPPLY
Car Shipments Can't Move Because
of Disorders in Berlin.

American Headquarters IN Ger
many. Jan. 10 lby courier T." Nanc, >.
The disorders in Berlin with r'> >ul'-
ant interruption OF rui'wuy traffic.
are threatening to cut III H.. coal
supply OF the allied armies OF o,CI-
patton. \ commission OF American.
British and French military officials
left today for the coal fields To in
vcStigatc conditions. The American
army alon" uses "y.pno tons a murth
The Third army has issued an ul-
tImatum TO the Germans declaring it
will refuse 10 accept M Of the biz
guns surrendered under terms Of the
armistice. owing to many beng old
models and others having parts miss
ing. As a result the German COM
mission has hurried 10 Eerlin, being
unable to obtain any action by tclc-
graph
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PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE.

Philadelphia, Pa. Jan. II. Prices on the
local produce market today ranged as follows:
BUTTER-Fresh. solid-packed creamery. eI-
ira. 7Oc; higher scoring goods 7la73c; the latter
for jobbing sales; extra frsts, 6sssac; irsts.
s3a67c; seconds 59a62c; sweet creamery. choice
to fancy. 7-a74c; fair to good. 65a7lc; lsdle-
packed. to quality 4iai5c: packing stock,
sa42c; fancy brands of nearby prints were
Iobbing at 7ia76c; fair to good. e6a73c.
EGGS-Nearby Arsts, 20.4O per crate; nearby
current receipts $3.50 per crate; seconds. Il. lOa
1880; inferior lots. lower; Western. extra frsts,
D.iO per crate do frsts 1880 per crate; sec
onds f.lOals.60; inferior lots, lower; storage
eggs, l5.0paF.@. as to quality; fancy selected.
carefully candled fresh eggs were jobbing at
73s75c per dozen
POTATOES-White potatoes. Eastern Shore.
per Dbl. No. l. 3oDa3.50; do, No. 2. 2.cs25O;
Norfolk. bbl. BIS; Jersey, per h-bus bas. No. l,
sSalOoi No. 3 5oa60c; do. PENNSYLVANIA, No. |,
per 100 lbs 25oa3oo; Western. 100 lbs, ?.2Oa2.+ 20
New York, per 100 lbs, 2.ooa2 co. sweet potatoes.
Jersey. per bas. No. l. I.65aI.75 No. . Local 8 ;
Eastern Shore. per Dbl. No |. 5Ooa600; No. 2,
Sa3.So; Delaware and Maryland, per busheI
hampers. No. l, 2523j; No. . l25al.60
The Washington herald., 1919-01-12
WHOLE MARKET
BECOMES HEAVY
u. S. Steel Leads Down
ward Movement, with
Petroleum Trailing.
BY BROADAN WALL

New York. Jan. 1.-THE whole
market was heavy today with
United States Steel leading the
downward movement. a few issues
showed net gains for the day but
there were special occasions in each
case of that kind. Those notably
strong were Cigar Stores, Assocl-
ated Oil. Ncrth American. Stutz
Motor and StrUmberg Carburetor.
Petroleum stocks surprised. their
followers by turning weak with
the rest OF the market. Their
range was very light and perhaps
for that reason net changes were
not important.
Heaviness Of Petroleum stocks is
due to the fact that there is an ex-
cess Of production at the moment in
Mexico together with a disorEaniz"d
condition Of the selling departments
of the big companies as a result Of
the war. Those companies having
ships that were in war service have
received back those ships sooner
than expected. Owing to the hign
price OF wool and cotton some mills
in New England are CurtailinE pro-
duCtiOn. Many enterprises that will
become users of fuel oil are wait
ing for a reaCjUstment of trade be-
fore making contracts. shipping -
also diSOrEaniZed at the moment so
that fuel oil is not needed in great
quantities on the oceans. The result
is a temporary falling of in sales.
DistiIIer. Securities Holds Price.
DistiIlers' Securities held well today
despite the advertisement put out by
the opponents of prohibition.
The borrowing demand for L. ).
Steel was large, indicating that Wall
Street patrons were willing to help
reduce the price to a figure commen-
surate with the earnings expected for
the fourth quarter
Allis-ChalmeTs was active and rela-
lively strong. Earnings for the year
are estimated at over SIS a share, an
Increase OF 60 per cent over the pre-
vious year.
Sugar stocks broke again and even
the report that American Beet Sugar
is drilling for oil In California failed
to hold that stock steady. As a sugar
proposition the future is not bright for
this company. What its oil future
may be is another question. The weak
feature of Cuban Cane Sugar is the
enormous prices it paid for plantations
in Cuba at the time of its organiza-
ton.
The actual bank statement today
showed surplus decreased S2,9Z7, SO;
loans decreased SIS. 600 and net de-
mand deposits decreased s1S,26S, 900.
The average statement showed sur
plus increased s99S. $50: loans increased
81, 81, 900 and net demand deposits de-
creased S24, $500.
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Bureau of Engraving Printing Notes

co,npanv transfers. and to John J.
D-yiny. superintendent OF work. for
the forcefuI manner in which he
presented the cas- TO the Public
Utilities Commission at the recent
hearing.
Miss Bessie wilkins. who spent
The holidays with her parents IN
pnrirk. Va. has rrJuru,d 10 her
work "a the numbering division.
James W. Butler. night foreman
of plat. unisher~ Iu the engraving
division. is back on the job. after
suendluE couple Of weeks iu New
York. Harry Wolstenholme. who
has had charge OF the work ouEiu-
his absepce. has returned TO the DAY
force.
Judee Z. l. Tucker. Of Jn' ou-
CRAVING division. is dabbilnE In su-
tomobiles as a side line.
T. =. Mccormick. plate printer.
section three. Us enjoying ~rN1ra
days annual I.av"-
Robert Daley. plat, prIn''r. -'"-
tjon three. and joe Slavan. riafs
printer. section 10. arc TWO Old PAL
that never fail To taxi IN a show un
Saturday night toE Ihor-
\ most r~prcs~IN, sight at nr
funeral on Friday OF Mr.. Su~arra
Snanyr. mother OF Frank shan ..
plate printer. section ten. was tH.
serving as pail bearers OF her srV
sons. all Of whom had been born and
reared in the old home at 113 Third
street northwest. from which "h.
was buried.
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SCOUTS WIN ACE MEDALS.
Rewarded for Work Selling War
Savings Stamps.

The following Boy Scouts have
been awarded Ace medals for hav-
ing done meritorious work in assist
ing the government by the sale OF
war savings stamps:
EIdred Dickinson. Troop No. 80;
Morris Goldberg. Troop No. .; +.
Anderson, Troop No. 5: Charles Polz-
ter, Troop No. s; Robert Booth.
Troop No. %; Rowland Lynn. Troop
No. 81: John COrman. Troop No.
A.: Earle Bradley. Troop No. 80
Charles J. Graft. Troop No. 6l; II.
Frederick, Troop No. 32: Linn
Brantley. Troop No, "a; Weldon
Tronks. Troop No. -: Irving Sey-
mour, Troop No. 20; Wm. McPher-
son, Troop No. 20: Harry Scott,
Troop No. rs: William FUrey. Troop
No. 60, and Charles Hail. Troop No.
-
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CHICAGO GRAIN,
by JOSEPH F. PRJTCHAPn

Chicago, Jan. lL-There was liberal supply
Of corn news from Argentina today and this
was wholly of bearish character The high
est prizes registered were made at the outset
and they failed to approach the early range
during the latter part Cf the session There
Were net losses Of 81 TO I cents for January
while the more deferred months were ~ to
~ cents lower. Cash transactions were light
at 500 bushels and prices were l to cents
lower.
Not only was the cash oats market lower
with sales Of only 900 bushels but the futures
were Z to lls cents lower. The weakness in
oats was a partial reflection Of the decline in
corH County offerings Of this grain were limit
ed md conSignments were also small
Chicago. Jan u.-Grain and provisions close:
Corn-March, l354; May. lSN Oats-SIarch,
so. Ribs-May. 2.R. Pork-May. AIS.
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COTTON MARKETS.

New York. Jan. IL-PresSIre was applied again
10 cotton today toward the close and after
the market had rallied it again weakened
Sentiment remained tWosided and several i'm
portsnt interests were sid to b, bIying mIi.tJy
on the declines. The demand, however was
checked owing 10 apprehension over the un-
settled labor situation and the unsatisf,rtory
conditions in the goods trade Advices from
the south told o. falling of in the inquiry
for the sctual article, but Indicated tha. OFF,
in-s were not large.
Outside liquidation and Southern selling de-
reloped lat1 in the session. On the deeins
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BALTIMORE PRODUCE.

Baltimore, Md, Jan. I.-Prices' on the Balti
more produce market range as follows:
BUTTER.-Creamery, Western separator. eX,
trss, Ica7lc; do. hrsts. 6sa6sc: do, Western
prints. =-lb. extras. Tla72c do frsts 6sa6ec; do.
Western prints. lib extras. 7ls72c; do, hrsts,
6saoec; nearby creamery extras, 64ss5c; do firsts
blAs2c; dairy prints. Pennsylvania and Virginia
extras, s5s44c; do, frsts 42a43c: store-packe,l
hrsts, i2a43c; rolls, Maryland and Pennsylvania
f2a.Sc; do. West Virginia. I2ai3c; do. Ohio,
t2s43c.
bGGS.-Westcrn Maryland and Pcnnsylyania
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IRISH FRIENDS TO MEET.
Miss Hughes Will Give Detailed
Account of Conditions.

\ detailed account of conditions in
Ireland will be presented to the Pat
rick II. Pearse branch of the Friends
of Irish Freedom tonight by Miss
j.. Hughes, national organizer of
The society, at a meeting in Northeast
Temple.
Members of affiliated organiza-
tions from Baltimore will be pres
sent. Rosa F. Downing will con-
duct the meeting.
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Mexico Wants Steel
to Restore Railroads

Mexico is seeking to rehabilitate
her railways. To this end she has
entered into negotiations with the
United States for a supply of rails
to supplement the supply coming
from the Monterey Steel Works.
One of the first projects to be un-
dertaken will be Improvement Of
the line between Monterey and
Tampico. Other projects cOntem-
plate improvements between the in
terror and the Pacific Coast.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-12

NOlrtS nave been posted. aGVls.us
Inc so, employees Of the bureau 10
take advantage Of the opportunity o.
f,red by the Public Health Service 90
tEeir fight AGAINST pneumonia and in
nuenza. NEGOTIATIONS are admins
tered throughout the day. from to !,
by doctors Of Jho Public Health Ser
vice in charge Of the work.
Miss Margaret Holmes. cle-k lu The
examining division. has returned to
her desk. after several weeks struE-
gle with tho influenza. During her
absence Miss Eleanor Scott had fun
charge OF the work.
Andrew Wright. plate printer, night
force. Is confined to ms hUIn" with
IufiucL=a.
I'd Bo,Iand has returned to his desk
in the printing division after Two
weeks absence. Mr.. Borland is still
;turuNed with the varbUnC.e that
caused all the trouble
e. Y. Do Binder. who had been de-
tailed from aNIaiIur >tl rrr 80 ih"
engraving a. a plate uuishcr, has been
called To Camp Meady TO await hIs
discharge
J. Freeman. OF the electric shop. has
been busy at home for tn" past few
days. taking care OF his ''fiu' stricken
family.
W Nsedham. who has charge of
the elevators. l. very much pleased
with the proficient manner ia which
the cars are being handled by the
female operators.
Mrs Lester Moran. Mr. Mia Ma
t,rS. Mrs Ford. Miss Loretta J. fitz-
Gerald. Miss MabC, I.arCOmhC and Mrs.
Alice smith comprised tn" commit.
appointed rs representative Of the
Red Cross and the Girls Union 10
attend the farewell reception given
Mr,. MrAdoo at tho Treasury just
rrior to her departure for california
r. =. Morris. plat" printer. ~'''-
tion three. has been absent from
work on account of illness IN his
family.
g. j Baker. plate printer. 500
tiou fourteen. H. "u TIN sick list
Miss Lear is back At work in tn"
numbering division after weeks
illness.
Federal EMPLOYEES Union No. los
(women's Union Bureau of Engrav-
inu and Printing!. will hold meet
ing for all members working on the
night shift. on Tuesday. January ] !.
at l:2O o'clock. at Typographical
Temple. q street between Fourth
and Fifth streets northwest. An
other meeting will he held on the
same date at 8 o'clock in the even
in-. same hall. for the day work
prs. Matters Of vital interest To
the women employees Of tn" bureau
will be discussed and Miss Nora
James. president, requests all TO be
prompt
Harry EfbcL plate printer. section
sixteen. declares that there must o"
something wrong with his ne"
trombone. larry has just begun
and declares that there Is only on"
note in it as Yet. Try some more,
Harry.
Mrs Harry piCl>hHut. wettinE
inr division. arc absent. attending
the funeral Of their cousin. Mrs.
Nicholson, who. before her marriage,
was Miss Hanna Brcsnan. and An
employc OF the Bureau.
Miss Nora James president Of the
w, mems Union IN the Bureau. an
nouucnS that she sim has some
bandkerchiers to sell for the bencht
of the Red Cross. These handker-
chiefs are silk ones such as were
sold at the exhibit held at the con-
vcntion Of the International steel
and Copper Plate Printers Unions,
last summer.
The bureau employees feel greatly
indebted TO Edward Williams, chair
man OF the committee on improved
car service to the bureau, for his un-
firing efforts to secure free inter
The Washington herald., 1919-01-12
BaIins Clothes Saves Millions.

The simple cNpedleuI oil "al!h-
clothes for the American Expedition
arv Forces instead OF bONInE them
saved the United states over &i.HdaH
in material. labor and freight charges
according to War Department stalls
tics Yesterday.
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SHIP BOARD TO FIX
NEW MILEAGE RATES
Will Name Charges on Freight for
All Overseas Trades.

The division OF operations Of the
Shipping Board announces that 1t -
now prepared to name freight rates
for all overseas trades both outward
and homewsrd; also through rates
from foreign markets in cargo or
parcel lots. It also will make for
ward quotations over the entire year
when circumstances warrant
The new maritime rates GTe sharply
lower than the rates in effect during
the war and in many cases are Of
. different basis. NAM South Amer
lean rates have recently been on
fiat basis for the entire east coast
o. have been grouped in fiat regional
groups. The rates are going back
to mileage basis. modified bv a
consideration OF the round trip cargo
conditions
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the trade again appeared a buyer, but in
tOO small a way to hold the market The
close was barely steady at a net decline Of
to 3 points.
Receipts at the port for the day were 5000
bales. against l5G5S bales a year ago.
SPst here was quiet at a decline OF points
at 30sj .Or middhng: no sales. Spot at New
Orleans was quiet with mddling unchanged at
3oC; sales 92i bales
Receipts at Galveston were 1921; New Or
leans. $40; Savannah, 32Ss. and Norfolk, > e.
bales.
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Red Cross at ArchangeL

The 'y~S OF The American Red Cross
never overlook-uot even remote and
lonely Archanucl Word received here
YESTERDAY states that Red Cross
hospital has been erected there.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-12

not been for the
large volume of
bulk freight di-
verted to the Ohio
a n d Mississippi
rivers in the pc
riod of our
acute transporta-
ton troubles in the
last year, the rail-
road situation in
this Cou n I + Y
would have been
more serious than
it proved to be.
and anyone with a
z o cd IN e m O r y
knows it was bad
enough.
The Washington herald., 1919-01-12
Washington Stock Exchange.

SALES
Washington Railway and Electric Is, 500
at IN. 5000 at 72s, S.OO) at rs. !lcoO
az 7g's.
Capital Traction, 10 at s.
Lans;On. . at G.. 20 at s..
After call:
Capital Traction S.. $50 at IS
GAS BONDS.
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RIVERS CODSEND,
USE Them MORE.
Railroads Limited, Water
ways lllimitable, Says
Noted Writer.
BY RICHARD sPILLANE.

BY RICHARD sPILLANE.
Editor Of commerce and Finance
and Special Writer for The WASH
ington Herald, Assigned to
HumRniHe and NitaliEe
the Topics of Eco
Monies and Re-
construction. III
II Is the testimony of ths fRail-
road Administration that If 1t had
The Washington herald., 1919-01-12

Prof. Collin suggests in the Chris
tiania journal Tidens Tegn that the
Nobel Peace Prize should be given to
Marshal Foch. .-a ....
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CHURCH NOTICES.
BAPTIST.

r.fI D.. u~ar ~. ~ f-u-r'rrr Contention
ruin pr }. = EuEs v'l. I7rarh Of % sud
&c Suuds, ~r.ru' a. -- EH-oa. Esrsrs
TTl-rL,a r.as>o~ Toy adults. Al night 80
vrH r.t r -r.Hrr rs Tul Ts-crclL-
Hls fsruri.e sng arl D. su-
-NIAN.