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Kingston Breaks
Original CeLticS
Winning Streak

After winning fifteen straight con
tests on the basketball courts the
Original Celtics went down TO defeat
at the list Regiment Armory last
night at the hands OF Kingston by
a 80 to 81 score. The contest was
one of the most sensational games
witnessed in this city. Kingston
started with a rush and in the firsG
five minutes Of play scored IS point
to the Celtics' 2. The home five ran
He'd however, and when tho whistle
blew at the end of the first half the
score stood 24-22 in the visitors
favor. A return game win be played
on the same courts next Sunday eve
ming In the afternoon Mt Central
Opera House the Celtics defeated
Pittston Sal.
81, Vincents defeated tho cracK
st. James quintet in a fast game al
Prospect Ham, Brooklyn, by a score
Of 80 to 1S, The Brooklyn Whirl
winds won from Prospect Big Five
by "a to II at the same courts. Con
ney's playing for winners featured
The Veronica Separates won their
ninth straight game OF the present
season when they sent the ST. Vincent
Five down TO defeat by S5 to rs. The
game was played at Webster Hall.
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hiEA team total with 7Os while Billie Helms
from the DyrkmGn Alleys. holds the KlEh Ind
'uuAl score with 27J
TIE Donahue Club. composed of men in the L
>. Nav, Is nesting every Saturday afterroon A.
Louis Stems Broadway Arcade AIIeys The elvI,
has menbership bf fifteen
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Joe Florio, the Gresnwich Villsse
he gained the decision over Jack Shell
ton OF the Bronx IN one of the feature
bouts at the WoOdhayen A. O Saturday
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BOI0Ling Strikes T119K q and Spares

The Pan-American and Pastime
Bowling Clubs, for many years rivals
for bowling honors in local tourna.
nents, are to meet in a two-in- three
game match series at F'erdle Meler's
'astime Alleys tonight. The Pas
.ime team will be made up OF Hol-
Inns, Krusse, Thompson, Mumm and
Meier, while the Pan-American quin-
ct will line up in this fashion: H.
Rohrs, Clemmens, Mannix. w. Mey-
er and Smats.
mibO1sd Fred Bsd1rbcas 'I Of the % White moSS mSSsS
tneSl and Nuddie Schumacher d the IroSdWSy
.isyI iiobosn \. j. last % night. S TSo isSas9n srers
SSfVG-lSl, 1872. 220: total. 5Ss. Beiderbecke-
100; ~; tOL. SS4. soArnInhsr-2O5 i0s.
Another .gFis9 win b rolled be,veen the same
IISlefs : the white Elephant Alleys Sunday eve
rpAdWay AnSyA Brooklyn. the following Sun.
n.SSp ssHSI e I. e: r.: ge; r5s SSa sS5s club snS holding
aPrUcd q The scAsiuls foS he hrN h''S p1nd ana ia
'heis 'eotionsl tourney. whioh follows; section
{. Rosedas, roriiis G %''sssa Non as SP.HNSH %,I
lAny Mutual =. NJ. Empire sWiAa Section
Nc, No aSNT E,bo, + w., ~ B'PS@An .an;uEiT Q
iOtAam. PsILj . p. ~. oTiEinlii Nut RnicErT
;.i . p. ~, Cohcorda Harmonic Nov, 2sE7
N. Squirrel nsockeT; p. N. Prospect-
KnickeT5oCkT Is leading in the Knights Of Co
INDUS LaEye. 81 Dunblr'l Alleys. with five
seoond while 81. Joseph San Salvador and XAVIER
are tied for third, McNGny Of San Salvador Coun-
u V high average man With 2O6 O'Nru " the
Nnicterbrkers Is high sore with ESQ and 81
oaeph hodi high team total with eS9
The Manhattan Relief Ladies Bowling Asso-
lephani A'leya this Afternoon 70 Which All n the
Nufnen Interested In the bowling Gre nHpathllly
invited hrs. HarniSAieSU has charge u The
Jrtle BOWLING oonieS'.
Cru,onA from Emis LnnsrS Cru.onA Auey..
'ronE. are leading CLASSY Ot n bOWlcrs In the
american National tugrnAment t,.st now They
lANe rolled eight genoa ami have won seven
games, loSinE but one NcIt TO thcm are The
,lerupolithhS, famed iIr years for their bowling.
followed IN turn b. the following teams; I'M.
iadsoa sSTiof. iiwhrriord Nos si.''t 6naWS spaf
an Castle Point CuTelyGl. Homestead Bergen
NTw RochClle. Hack pssch. Flfsl Ilitghts ~
NichoAA Algonquin and On,he1m, Shaw Of thu
.utherf1d Mo0s' II high lyrTRge man with eO2
lris Ps,Cs n the BroadwIy team. brooklyn
team high seOre. with l.os7
Askus is leading In the Colunbia Thrre- Ai,r
rram tourney ~ MAnrins Wyman's Alleys having
Eon Az thres gsmes ,h,i A2 epmPasd IN Ths
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By Vincent TreGnOr. .

Knockout OF Joe Benjamin Milwaukee last
X a setback II
lightweight
of by
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the best lightweight prospect he had
seen In years. Benny Leonard. who
had fought Benjamin there, also put
the o. X. on the san Francisco boy.
and for some time there was talk
that Gibson was grooming Benjamin
for Benny's championship shoes
should Leonard outgrow the class or
get too rich to fight any more. BenJa-
min made IA good impression on East
erners when he first appeared here.
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CHANCE TO WIN A FORTUNE
MISSED LAST TIME BECAUSE
WESTERNERS DEMANDED Cash

Home Town Admirers Of RCh Offered to Against Benny
and Gibson Had to Let It Go Because He Couldn't Comply
With Their Method Of Covering $500o-Defeat Of Benia
min Puts Mitchell Step Nearer Championship Goal
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covey more
only a could stand lots OF development
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to bet on Leonard TO beat
Richie Mitchell7" the visitor
asked very loudly. Gibson's drink
went down the wrong channel in the
audiences of his turn to call what
nc figured was blum.
"Why, I'll bet you Leonard beats
Mitchell" said ''Glb," feigning com
posure. "How much do you want OF
it?"
"As much as you've got" replied
the Westerner. pulling out one Of the
Bewer- cholVing variety OF bankrolls.
Glbson's eyes bllnked as he noted
the denominations OF the greenbacks.
'T'll bet you a thousand" said Gibson
carelessly and with an assumed air
Of nOnchalRnce.
"Ali right; 5000 to $1,000" and
the Westerner peeled on fve OF the
three-ciphered banknotes OF Uncle
Sam and placed them on the bar.
Gibson was nabbergasted at the odds
He would have taken even money
He pinched himself TO make sure he
wasn't in a trance.
you're laying 10 that Mitchell
beats Leonand?" he asked TO make
sure.
''There's my money, cover IT," re-
piled the big Westerner.
As II happened, Gibson didn't have
anything like $1,000 on him at tn,
time.
you're on" he told tho Mitchell
hacker. "It's all right. I'm Bill,
Gibson. manager OF Leonard"
-Well. II you are Gibson put ul
and don't try any OF that Easter
con game on me-" and the WesterI
sport stretched himself to his ful
length.
Gibson asked the proprietor to ad
vance him a thousand. The pro
didn't have II. Then attemptS wer
made 70 set Tom McAndr6ws on IN
phone, = eouldst -. be -ni,ss.. d9ss, .Nahi
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he fought here several times, but
orally between tough New York
winter and a bad case OF homesick-
hess he went OF form for while.
He longed to get back home. He
wanted to see his mother and the
rest OF the family Gibson shipped
him, and only recently he re
turned. He fought in Jersey and
again showed that almost indescrb-
able quality in horse and man,
"ciass.@ Gibson evidently thought he
was then good enough to remove some
OF Iyeonard's rivals, and so matched
him up with Mitchell. A ninth round
knock -out was the result. II may
dishearten benjamin, but he Is young
and sensible and may shortly i've
down what may seem ignomlny now.
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-HE bout. however, will bring
Mitchell step nearer to
= match with Leonard for the
lightweight title. They fought once
before and Benny knocked out Mitch
ell in the seventh round OF what was
really a nip and tuck battle up 10 the
iime BENNY nut over the finishing
yunch. AS an excuse for Mitchell 3
defeat II has since been sal that ne
was young and inexperienced Al the
time. He was, as q matter OF rocI
Tar from that. Just previous 20 meet
ing Leonard he had cleverly outpoint.
ed Champions Freddy Welsh anu
lchnny Kilbane In decisioniess Douts
and was regarded by Milwaukeeites az
"A Certainty to succeed Welsh as title
holder among the lightweights.
His knockout by Leonard was some
Thing from which Mitchell and his
Milwaukee following didn't recover
for some time.
Having seen the fight we remember
distinctly incidents which led up 70
II. Leonard was a very sick boy dur
ing the trip 10 the West Al that
time he needed all the weight that he
could put on, for Mitchell was very
properly regarded as a tough nut 70
crack.
Benny slept httle on the train. and
,nstoad OF adding the few pounds he
needed. he lost weight he couldn't
afford to lose. He had Gibson wor-
ried, and for a time Manager Billy
thought OF requesting a postpone
Inent of the bout. Under Trainer
Louis Liebgold's treatment however,
Benny regained some OF his pep, and
Il was decided to go through with
the bout, as scheduled.
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A s an instance showing the con-
"a fidence Milwaukeeans had In
Nitchell's ability to beat Leon
ard, or anybody else for that mat
ter, we recall a meeting of some New
York sports and Mitchell's home town
admirers In q sporting resort there, a
combination cafe restaurant and pool
room with the odds on the races
posted on big blackboards In the rear
very open and public. A clustering
Westerner came through the swing
Ing doors as Gibson was setting up
the drinks.
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couldn't be located. No one else with
money could be dug up.
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TORONTO. Nov. I5.-The Ontario
Athletic Commission, after an fnVeH-
figsfion ~ fha hnNinn nhtnh hara
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Copyright. 1870. hy the Prcs~ Publisning Go.
THE New York Evening World)
Especial Cable Despatch 10 Tie Bygning
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MiciSsy Donley. The GeVu NswAh iiUaiutiEht.
and ShAmus O'Brtn. the IEgr0sdve Yonkrrs llEht-
wriEau will mce, In uhe hstur bout a twelve
POUNDS a. the COLISEUM Club q NsWurA on
Wednesday night Al Norton, ths Newark Wellsr.
Aad gsan1 Papo w beG " slaA-naaL
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Mary croSs. the popular local Welte-~riret. has
fractured nh, the result oi boxing With WiUs
MechAn. and WUut b. able to box for . month
lie had TO oanoel three mAtdhea.
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rVam tourney ~ Maurice Wymah's Alleys. hAdng
Gon Az hres ssn.es iA,, ns2 epmPasd IN The
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-15
Holding the Hot End of the Poker.

Those partisan Republican newspapers
over our naval operations during the war,
precipitated by Admiral Sims charges.
took great delight in supporting his un-
patriotic and-as now proved -untruth-
full accusations and unjust comments.
are radically changing their tune. Now
they dcprccate the entire affair and ex-
press regret that it was permitted to as
sumo its present proportions, They pro-
fess a concern for the "honor of the
navy" which had not the slightest con
sideration at the outset. when they joined
so gleefully in indorsing the unpardon
able course of Sims, for the purpose Of
discrediting tho Wilson administration
The reason for this change of heart is
plainly apparent. For awhile Admiral Sims
and his supporters revelled in the false
situation he was presenting to the Senate
committee. lie had his day then; the
other side was held in abeyance. And the
partisan supporters Of the admiral fondlv
believed he was wrecking the old Shin Of
State and applauded him tremendously
But how different is the situation now,
when the Navy Department is laying
before the Senate committee the most
conclusive evidence not only Of the falsity
Of the SIMS charges but Of his own IN
efficiency. This evidence has dissipatcd
every charge, every shred Of unjust com
ment, and revealed the work Of our navy
throughout the war as most gloriouSly
efficient, rejecting tho highest credit
upon all concerned and redounding to
the glory Of our country.
These partisan organs that reioloed so
blatantly at first now realize they seized
the wrong end Of the poker the hot
end With burning fingers and shamcd
faces they express hypocrlncal regret
that such controversy was started. But
they were only too willing, at the outset,
to encourage it for the partisan profit
they expected to reap. Their protests
come too late, and the investigation will
continue to the end. And Sims and his
partisans will be the sufferers. not the
navy
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-15
SHE MIGHT REPEAT NUMBER.

Complaint about the quality of the
telephone service has pretty we'll died
away of late, and rs the change can be
due 10 nothing except an Improvement
III the operating machinery and personnel
of the company, the fact of the improve
ment deserves recognition.
The present comparison, however, is
with a service so bad that, though il had
valid excuses, impatient and unreason-
able patrons called il lntolcrahle and
almost forgot how well they had been
served in the past and the high proba-
hillty that even when things were at
their worst a we1l-ntentioned corpora
tion was doing its best 10 overcome great
difficulties for which not IL, but the war,
was responsible.
Even now the old close approach to
perfection has not been maintained, and
that particularly annoying mistake
the giving Of wrong numbers is more
than occasional Possibly some of tho
trouble could be avoided il central,
when she says I'm ringing UP your
party, would tell, instead, Just what
party she is ringing up. For with a
frequency pu2zllng TO the uninitiate sub
scriber, subsequent developments reveal
that her appeals for attention have been
II she repeated 70 the applicant the
number she was trying to get she could
bc saved some useless exertiou and two
parties q compromising experience
New York Times
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-15
Not O Trite Comparison.

Senator Thomas of Colorado, one of
the Democratic Senators who from the
first have been hostile to the League of
Nations, in a speech criticising President
Wilson's telegram to Oregon Democrats,
said: 'We had Democratic President
in 1896 who became the whole party be-
fore his term expired. He took occasion
to issue a similar bull of excommunica-
ton which if accepted would have left
US worse off than at any time in our party
history. We did not bow to the yoke
then. We stood for a great principle.
We went down to defeat and TO sixteen
years of exile. History may repeat it
self"
Yes, it may: if Senator Thomas has his
way. in all probability it will But men
of his way of thinking evidently do not
recognize the true analogy to be drawn.
President Cleveland, to whom Senator
Thomas alludes. saved the country from
reputation of its financial honor, and was
in turn repudiated by the party. It was
the new leadership, however, that re-
suited in the ensuing sixteen years of
exile"
1t was President Wilson who wrcsted
the Democratic party from the fatal poll
cies to which it had committed itself.
True. he was a minority President at
first, but under his leadership the party
grew so strong that it reelected him. four
years later, by majority of the popular
"a we'll as the Electoral vote. the first re-
elected Democratic President since Andrew
jackson, nearly century ago. 1t is the
wise leadership that led to such almost
unrivalled success which Senator Thomas
and others Of his kind are now in favor Of
repudiating.
Yes, history may repeat itself, as it 50
frequently does. The wise course for the
Democratic party to pursue is to adhere
firmly to the sane and practical policies
that have brought success in the past, and
turn against the unwise and impractical
that invariably brought defeat.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-15
THE ETERNAL GRIN.
w. ID. Green.

He came from up in Vermont. where the
wooden nutmegs grow;
He was a cheerful looking nut, his cog
nomen was Joe
He was tall and he was lanky, and his
features looked like sin,
But had one redeeming quality he wore
a cheerful grin.
He grinned when he enlisted at the country
village store,
And when he donned his uniform be
grinned whole lot more;
His legs looked long and lanky In his natty
khaki pants:
Then they put him on transport ship and
sent him off to France.
He marched into the trenches with his grin
and with his gun,
And remarked his one ambition was 20 get
a mcasly Hun,
81 killed squirrels with pap's rifle when
| was back to hum,
And if Heinie shows his face he'll be my
meat, by gum!
/ guess he made his promise good when he
went er the top
He was fighting like q bear-cat when | saw
hlm grin and drop.
They rushed him TO the hospital TO am
putate his I'm,
But still he wore upon his face that ever
lasting grin.
They placed him near window IN clean
and coy place,
And when the nurse approached his side
he grinned up in her face,
The nurse was very fair, while ne as ugly
was as SIN,
And yet he won her for his bride, with his
eternal grin.
The moral TO my little tale is plain to see,
my boy;
Just wear constant, cheerful grin in
SORROW or in Joy;
If you bow beneath misfortune you will
never win the race,
So meet this old world bravely with a grin
upon your face.
Wilmington, May IL, 1920.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-15
THE ALABAMA PRIMARIES.

The denomination Of Senator Under
wood in the Alabama Democratic pri-
maries Is a victory on which both the
country and his State are to be CON
graduated Ii would have been a re-
Election upon Alabama Democrats had
they failed 10 show appreciation Of an
Alabaman who stands so high in every
other part Of the country 1t would
have been q serious loss 10 the Senate
and the party had his State withdrawn
HIM from the public service.
Mr.. Underwood chief oifcnsc seems
10 have consisted of the fact that he was
too much of Democrat That i. 10
say, he refused 10 abandon the old Dem
ocrauc principle of State sovereignty at
the bidding Of the prohihtionists He
considered the Eighteenth Amendment
an invasion Of that principle and n vio-
lation Of a fundamental article Of the
Democratic creed He would not trade
this faith for n scat IN the Senate That
any Alabama Democrats should have
voted against a Democrat because be
was too faithful to his State and his
party to follow new gods is one of the
peculiar developments of a new democracy
and new freedom. Baltimore Sun.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-15
just Folks
BY Edgar A. Gueet

you.
What If another doesn't SEQ
That shady little trick yon do,
Whnt if you gain the victory
And men award ita prise TO you
And think by skill you gained tho crown,
ihere rs one voice you cannot down
One little voice inside your breast
That mover gives You any rest.
What II the whole world you dcooivs
And take its glory and its pelf,
This thought must ever make you griove =
You have no power to cheat yourself
Though no one clsc knows how you won,
Or just what little trick was done,
And strangers praise you as you go,
Deep down within your breast you know
What if dishonor leaves no stain,
And oil your friends shall think you
fair,
IL you have sold the truth for gain,
Think you that you shall cease 10 care2
Tho prize you hold will joer at you:
II mark the hour you were untrueW
A constant witness from tho shelf
You fooled the world, but nit yourself.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-15

AS Lincoln came East and invaded the
enemy country in 1860, in order to show
what manner Of man he was, and as
BRYAN did in 1896. so Hiram Johnson IS
now on tour Of eastern cities, to en-
tighten the people about his real nature
and disposition. tie wants 70 impress
them with the conviction that he is not >
roaring destructionist, but how he will
explain the result in California 10 1916,
when he carried the State by nearly 300.-
600 for United States Senator and Presi-
dent Wilson won by about 1000, is what
many Of his Republican auditors will wait
for most eagerly.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-15
FRESS COMMENTS.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.
Whether Florence Nightingale WINS bo

Whether Florence Nightingale was born
on May IL or May l5, 1920, does not
much matter. Her commonly observed
anniversary is the 18th. And ench yenr
since the great war was forced upon the
world the anniversary has had greater
interest. For Florence Nightingale stood
for ideals of womans service much like
those for which our best women stand
today and what she did for the British
Army In Crimea is part of the history of
the world.
II may have been forgotten by many
chroniclers, but William Howard Russell,
the pioneer of war correspondents, was
the first to discover horrible and in
excusabie conditions in the Crimea.
There had been graft MS we'll as ineiIi-
cheney. Hospltd and medical supplies
were lacking, but food WAS also bad, and
as for shoes-well, Russell found on ono
dock 10000 pairs" of shoes in boxes,
but every one of them was n left and
therefore every shoe was useless His let
ters to the Times stirred up No War
Office, and when that was stir~sd up il
asked Miss Nightingale to go to the
scene of the trouble and do what she could
to make things better. She had come TO
be knowp as a student of nursing who had
atteuAeA classes both in Germany and in
France, and was devoted to the work.
When she reached Scutari conditions im-
proved rapidly The government gave
her lrec-hand.
Miss Nightingale lived to be 90 years
old. She was calm, undisturbed, never
seeking the linelght. never stunning IL.
Her life presents no subjects for CON
troversies. She did good not by stealth,
nor did she blush 10 find IL fame. Fame
was tho least Of her concerns or anxieties.
Brooklyn Eagle.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-15
WHERE CAN THE PEOPLE LIVE.

The SPRINGER Hotel. a name that recalls
much Union Square history, Is 70 be turned
INTO an office building So IL the knick-
erhocker, far bigger and newer hostelry
So is the Grand Central Palace, the scene
of many splendid fairs and civic exposi-
tions In the same neighbOrhood is to
rise. between Park and Madison avenues,
a gigantic business structure covering
the two blocks from 45th TO 47th street,
involving the expenditure Of S40,0O0,0 900
and adding to the huge office towers of
that nelghborhood an amount of space
exceeding even the mammoth Equita BILE.
Nid-Manhattan Is swiftly acquiring an
incompatible array Of palaces of CONNER
cial and professional activities. But
where will their daylight population go
at night? Where shall the people who
work in them find homes?
The same issues from the press that
chroncIed these gallant undertakings
told how, in Newark, where rental condi-
tions are at least no worse than In New
j ork, q tent city was begun IN a cold May
rain, with only complaint that it is not
big enough for the need. To relieve the
entire metropolitan district would take
many acres of canvas.
Of the mighty structure on Madison
avenue construction will begin in the
autumn. regardless of building conditions.
When will the merchants, the capitalists,
the officials, the workingmen Of New
York realize that homes are as necessary
as offices, garages and theatres? When
will the erection of homes begln-also
regardless of building conditions?''-
New York World.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-15
A SMALL MATTER.

Why should Camden be sadly disap-
pointed because the census gives it a
population of 116, ,309, when it had count
ed on having at least 10000? Would
the addition of the missing 1861 persons
have made it a more beautiful or virtuous
city or better one to live in? Let our
neighbor fix its thoughts on higher things.
TOO much heed is given to aspirations
for mere bigness.
Camden is growing and steadily improv-
ing, both in matters material, and in
spiritual grace. So long as it has the
advantage Of easy access TO Philadelphia
population of nearly 2,0000,000 the lack
Of those 3,69l missing men, women and
children should not be allowed to disturb
its serenity Philadelphia Record.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-05-15
SUFFRAGE IN DELAWARE.
julie sco.t.

Admirers of the daffodH
And lovers Of the rose
Nov agitate and rend the air
Each other 70 expOse.
While Discord rears her hateful head,
Where ell was peace before
In church and club, society,
Since suffrage took the floor
In Delaware in early spring
The Legislature met,
And found ~ much to legislate
They're iegislating yet.
The Suffs and Anti's plead and scold
Without consideration
For weak-kneed man who seeks to save
His spotlcss reputation.
'eThe folks back home" at all events
just now are keeping tab
On thc solons cent ~ Dover
So vote with John McNabb.
Milford, May IL, 1920.