davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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ONLY 100000
G. A. R. MEMBERS
Drop 1910 in Number of
Civil War Veterans in
Past Year
4,445 POSTS WERE
IN 48 STATES

INDIANAPOLIS - When the
Grand Army Of the Republic holds
its annual reunion this year more
than 10000 OF the civil war veterans
who attended the encampment Of
1920 will be counted among the
missing, as the ranks have been de-
pleted to this extent through the
last year.
The total membership Of the G.
A. r. today is 1876, while its mem
bership in 1920 was 1O3,25S.
The total membership is scattered
among 4445 posts in every
State. Ohio, with 1924, has the
largest membership, with Pennsyl-
vania second with 9,122; New York
third, S,795; Illinois fourth. 6,S6S;
Indiana fifth. 5,949; Massachusetts,
sixth, 1856. No other State has 5000
or more members.
Property owned by all posts is
valued at s2,075,O27 including real
estate worth sS02S41.
Members in the old Confederate
States total approximately 2,2O0.
The G. A. r. was organized in
Illinois in the spring of 1866. Who
it's originators were is a matter OF
tradition rather than of record, says
the report made by the national en-
campment in 1869 by n. P. Chipman,
then adjutant general of the nation
al organization.
There can be no doubt that the
late Col. b. +. Stephenson OF De-
catur, Ill. was one Of the prime
movers" says Chipman's report BE
ing recognized as such, he organized
the first post at Decatur, Ill"
BY July, 1866, there was forty
posts in Illinois, representatives OF
which met in convention and or
ganized the State Department. Ste
phenson was by common consent the
, provisional commander in chief, and
posts were organized in other States
resulting in the first national en-.
campment being held at Indianapolis
, November 20, 1866. After the In
! dianapolis convention Chipman re
cords that posts seem to hav,
sprung up as if by magic in all part
of the North" but he adds ther,
s was no record OF progress. Ten States
D were represented at the Indianapolii
% encampment, twenty-one States il
!, 1867, twenty-four in 1868, thirty
e seven in 1S69-having 1850 posts.
- At the 1859 encampment a mutua
}. life insurance scheme was proposed
r it being said that the C. A r ha,
20 240, 900 members. In 1867 il has beer
8 said that the State department
Y claimed to represent constituent.
: of over 100000" But there is n
authentic record of the number 70
q the early years, the insurance pro
posal containing an estimate. it 1
.. thought, and the 1867 estimate bein
. regarded as the number Of Unio
soldiers living in the jurisdiction @
the convention. For instance, tn
Adjutant-G report at tn
= 1870 encampment, when there wer
: thirty-nine departments, says it
absolutely impossible for me t
furnish anything like a correct re
port Of the present membership"
In 1890, however. reports taken a
authentic state that the membershi
y was 409, ,4s9, the highest mark re
. corded. From 1873 to 1890 tn
growth was rapid, being from 1900
4 to $1,000 annually. Since 1890 tn
decline has been constant except "a
5000 gain in 1906. said to be du
to prospects Of favorable pensio
legislation. Subsequent enrollmer
~ figures from the time the G. A
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know history. One OF his close
friends told me he is a great reader.
But it doesn't matter, He doesn't
have to read history. He has been
making it. He doesn't have to read
books. He has been reading men
and events for 20 years. He has
talked with nearly every famous
person in Europe and United States.
and has treasured the facts they
have told him in his very retentive
memory.
His ability as hymn singer illus
trates his remarkable memory.
Welshmen are mainly Non-Conform-
lists. belonging to other Protestant
faiths than the Church of England.
They are great hymn singers and as
a race have sweet voices. Lloyd
George is true Welshman, and he
knows all the verses and tunes OF
scores of hymns. His voice is a rich
baritone.
! Lloyd George likes to eat. He pre-
fers French cooking to the heavy
English boiled dinners" and patron
lied a French restaurant in Londor
for years.
Best of all. however. he like
Welsh dishes. When his digestion II
out Of whack. or when he is concen.
] trating on some international prob
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cached its zenith to the present

voted to meet every year as long as
a single member survived. Brig Gen.
John l. Glenn, address Army and
Navy Club, Washington, ID. c.,
claims himself the youngest G. A r.
member. He is thought by G.. A r.
officials here to be II years old,
having enlisted as a drummer boy at
the age of IL years. The question Of
who is the Oldest member always
brings up hundreds of claimants
and no reliable record has been OBJ
tained.
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JAS. O'TOOLE, FORMER
POLICE CHIEF, DEAD

James O'Toole died at his home,
409 West English street, this morn
ing, after a lingering illness. He was
at one time chief of police of VIII
mington. The funeral will take place
on Saturday morning from the Ca
thedraL Mr.. O'Toole is survived by
a family.
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BY MILTON BRoNNER.

LONDDN-If Lloyd George gets
haircut. there is much gossip. II
he is i'll and goes to the country for
few days rest, there is great de-
preston.
These statements OF recent facts
show how largely tho title Welsh
solicitor" who is premier of the Brit
ish kingdom bulks in the public eye
II it's true that King George
reigns but does not rule, it's equally
true that the other George rules but
does not reign.
Not since the days OF Gladstone
and Disraeli has England had a
prime minister upon whose should.
ers such great responsibilities have
been placed. And no statesman in
the present world has weathered the
storms for so long.
All the great war makers and the
great peacemakers have passed.
Wilson is in retirement. Clemenceau
was defeated when he wanted to be
president. Others are gone.
Lloyd George goes on. Tremend-
Gus crises like the coal strike and
the Irish question fail TO make him
lose his hold
How does he do It? How does he
carry the burden without breaking
down in health?
In a country devoted to athletics
Lloyd George has never been known
as an athlete. His main exercise is
golfng-and he is not on record as
ever having turned in a remarkable
score. He is not a naturalist. bui
he likes TO, take a few friends out
on a hike over the country roads OF
Sundays
Lord Leo OF Fareham recent,
gave the nation a magnificent coun
try estate called "Chequers" to b.
used as a country home for British
premiers
Those unfriendly to the premie
say he doesn't read; that he doesn'
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chocolate and small dry goods. but
the plan hasn't worked well because
the vendors. in many instances. fail
ed to make returns.
business is expected to improve
when such government is estab-
lished in Russia that it can obtain
longtime credits.
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lem and has to be careful Of his diet
Mrs. Lloyd George turns cook The
menu is almost entirely Welsh. and
it's then that the premier really en-
joys his meals.
He doesn't like wine, but he's par
tial to big. black Havana cigars.
Lloyd George doesn't care rap
about clothes. He's the worst dresser
in the cabinet Trousers look as if
they never had seen a presser. Fact
is, the premier is too busy. Too many
bigger things to look after.
Lloyd Georges relations with the
royal family are probably more inti-
mate than any premier since the IA
nous friendship between Disrael
and Queen Victoria He is not only
close to the king and queen but the
friend and adviser Of the Prince oi
Wales.
When the prince wants to make g
speech in the difficult Welsh tongue
he seeks Lloyd George as tutor. AnC
he often consuits him about othei
important speeches.
The premier's greatest friend 4
Lord Reading. viceroy Of India TIVE
others are newspapermen, Lord Rid
dell. owner of the News of the World
and Sir Henry Dalziell, owner OF tn
Chronicle. In his cabinet his paruc
ular cronies are Sir Gordon Hewart
the attorney general, and Sir Hama
Greenwood, chief secretary for Ire
land. Sir Philip Sassoon, one OF hi
secretaries, an enormously wealth
bachelor and related to the Roths
childs, is another intimate.
Lady Nancy Astor also can b
counted as among the premier's clos
est friends. Lloyd George has grea
faith in the political intuiuons q
women and depends for advice espe
cially upon his wife and Lady Astoi
This is true now, more than evei
with women voting in England.
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Weeks Baseball
TtOiHght Games
WEnNEe eDAY

Eastlake vs.. Lorraine, Second
and dupont, 6.15 p. M.
Harlan Giants vs.. Eleventh Ward,
Eighth avenue and Duncan. 6 p. N.
East End vs.. Parkside Travellers,
Kirkwood Park, 6 p. M.
Butchers Association vs.. Penn
A. c., Rockford Tower, SIS p. N.
National Guard at Dover.
Fourth Ward vs.. Keystone,
Fourth ard Church, p. M.
Green Dragons vs.. Buffalo A. c.,
3 street grounds, p. NJ.
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CERTIFICATE on DISSOLUTION.
CTATE OF DELAWARE, oTFIcE OF

To All to Whom These Presents May
Come, Greeting:
Whereas IL appears TO my satisfac-
tion, by duly authenticated record OF the
proceedings for the voluntary dissolution
thereof, by the consent OF all the stock
holders deposited in my office, the A. X.
Walker Candy Corporation. corporation
OF this State, whose principal office is situ-
ated at 90l Market street, In the city Of
Wilmington, county Of New Castle. State
OF Delaware. Delaware Charter Guarantee
& Trust Company being agent therein and
in charge thereof, upon whom process
may be served. has complied with the re-
Quirements Of the Corporation Laws Of
the State Of Delaware, as contained In
1915. Section / 10 21O1. Section 1877
Chapter g. Of the Revised Statutes Of
1918. as amended. preliminary to the Is
CERTIFICATE OF DISSOLUTION.
Now, therefore, !. A. r. Benson, Secre-
do hereby certify that the said corpora
tion did, on the nineteenth day Of July.
A. ID. 1921, ilo In the Office a duly exc
Cuted and attested consent, in writing to
the dissolution Of said corporation. exc
cuted by all the stockholders thereof.
which said consent and the records OF
| TIE proceedings aforesaid, are now on file
in my said office, as provided by law.
IL TESTIMONY
WHEREOF, (
have hcreuntO
set my hand and
OFFICIAL SEAL official seal at
Secretary Office Dover, this 10Th
. 1855 Delaware 1898 day Of July, in
1911 the year Of oui
Lord, one thou
sand, nine hun-
dred and twenty
one.
A r. BENSON.
1y2o-lt Secretary OF State.
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TAR STAINS

Tar stains can be removed from
cotton fabrics by covering the spots
with butter and allowing II TO remain
on a few hours before washing.
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Coat models being shown for
winter are three-quarter and full
length.
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Changeable taffeta capes are worn
with fluffy twill frocks
Trimmings OF red or orange are
especially favored this season.
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Tennessee Ave, near beach. Special
July and family rates. American and
European plan. l.. WELLHOFER.
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CHURCH LEAGUE

Westminster vs.. Old swedes,
Baynard Field No. I.
Grace vs.. Second Baptist, Bay
nard Field No. ?.
st. Paul vs.. Cookman, Rockford
Tower No. I.
Mount Salem vs.. BrandyN~ine,
Rockford Tower No. 2.
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NEWSPAPER lEAnuE

klwanis Club vs.. Rhoads, Rock
ford Tower. Postponed 90 Monday.
at 6aynard Field No. I.
Elmhurst vs.. krebs, at Newport.
Umpire, Gerhauser.
Bankers vs.. Elks, Harlan Field.
Umpire, Wlntrup.
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FRIDAY

Seventh Ward vs.. Defiance, Third
and Adams, 6.t5 p. NJ.
Elks vs.. Elmhurst, Elmhurst,
6.i5 p. NJ.
New Castle vs.. Eleventh Ward,
Eighth avenue and Duncan, 6 p. NJ.
lorraine at Dover.
All Stars vs.. Bronze, Eighth ave-
nue. and Duncan.
look Colony. SIS p. N.
lNTER.cHURcH LEAGUE
Exlon vs.. Haven, klrkwood Park,
8 p. NJ.
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PENNsY ELIMINATION sERlE,
Baltimore at Clayton.
THURSDAY

Buffalo A. c. vs.. Buttonwood.
Buttonwood, 6 p. M.
Wilmington Giants vs.. Eleventh
Ward, Eighth avenue and Duncan,
p. NJ.
Yorklyn vs.. Lorraine, Second and
DUPONT, 6.15 p. NJ.
Liberty vs.. st. John Academy,
Seventeenth and Spruce.
Norfolk Stars vs.. Chlppey's
Checkers, Harlan Field, 6 p. N.
Red SoS vs.. Buffalo, sutton
Woods.
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Greater Pittsburgh

MISUNDERSTANDING CITY.
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AuToMonLEs FOR SANE.

EoR sALE-ONE-TO FORD TRUCK
Il Apply 119 West st. jy19-3t
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ty141nu
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FOR sALE-1o20 DODGE TOURING.
cheap; perfect condition. 9O5 Park
Place. jy13-tf
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FOR sALE-FoRD TOURING. $1:
- good condition. Address S-26, Even
ing Journal Office. jy20-3t
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A X. BENSON,
ty2o-1t. Secretary OF State.
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EoR sALE-1e19 MAXWELL, CHEAP
IL for cash. Phone 3106. jy1S-6t
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j. s. VALUATION
IN TARIFF BILL
GA|NSSUPP0RT
Fur and Film Industries Aid
Idea-Has Good Chance
Of Acceptance.

The American valuation provision
OF the permanent tariff bill has q
good chance Of passage. 1t was tndi-
Gated today, following additional sup
port by manufacturers appearing be-
fore the Senate Finance committees
hearings.
The latest acceptances have come
from the fur and the film industries,
each which represents a vast In
vestment OF capital, while the arti-
ficial flower men, representing =
minor industry. have already given
II their sanction.
The hearings before the committee,
which will be resumed tomorrow,
have revealed that fixing schedules
on the basis of an American valua-
ton involves many preplexities and
often makes II practically impossible
to compare existing schedules. under
foreign valuations. with proposed
schedules under American valuations.
In many cages, because of low rates
of foreign exchange In some coun-
tries, the fixing OF an American
valuation on basis OF existing rates
In the present tariff will mean
an actual increase of from so to so
per cent in the tariff. In extreme
cases the rate would be 100 per cent.
Manufacturers and importers who
have opposed the American valua-
ton have done SO largely on the
ground that II would upset all exist
ing methods of reckoning in ad-
justing their costs and prices to har-
monize with tariff rates.
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was a condition of my release he
said.
Going to Dear Little Wife,"
Then am going to my dear little
wife in Terre Haute as fast as the
train will take me-"
Debs smiled and chatted like a
schoolboy going home on a vacation.
At the prison gate he gripped hands
fervently and kissed the women and
men alike who had gathered to wei
come him to liberty.
When the grated doors closed be-
hind the Socialist chieftain ana he
walked down the steps and toward
the outer gates between Warden j.
E. Dyche and Deputy Warden l.. j.
Fletcher q roar of cheers swept out
from the prisoners. Debs raised his
hat I'm one hand and his cane in the
other and waved back at them.
Debs Is in good health. He looks
ready for any kind of campaign. He
was bouyantly happy. After the flood
Of tears at the prison gates had sub
sided he said:
That's the first time I have wept In
years. I'm leaving 1900 men, every
one Of whom loves me and every one
OF WnOm i love. Iney are Ill rI1tn,
good men. and think 1t would be good
for the country II the judges would
take their places for while. Possibly
thereafter they would not pass cut
sentences Of ten and twenty years no
easily.
II have made a pact with God today.
1t il to clean up the prison system.
There are better men in prison than
I have met on the outside. They had
this misfortune of being poor or being
caught. The bankers in prison are
bankers who are broke. l know boy
who is doing five years for stealing an
automobile and taking It over a State
line. A reporter on this train admits
he was a party ten years ago to an
automobile theft and nobody ever
knew about 1t. Let those In prison
have a mans chance. That's what /
shall struggle for"
Then Debs recalled his promise to
say something to newspapermen and
the interview closed.
Debs then entered an automobile
with the warden and was driven to the
terminal station. Here he declared
that the party would ride In a day
coach to Washington and the fare
saved by avoiding a Pullman would
he devoted to the Russian relief fund.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-26
Britain Prevails On America
To Abandon Naval Supremacy
Copyright. 1881. BY star comUan,

England certainly has reason to be
proud of her diplomats, as we have rea-
son to regret the weakness of ours in
dealing with the intrigues of other
statesmen.
Having weakened our chances of peace.
full trade in the Pacific and reduced our
defensive naval power, England may next
be expected to complete her drive on
American commerce bye continuing the
refusal of our Executives to enforce the
law granting preferential duties to car
goes carried in American bottoms; by re-
fusing our coastwise vessels the benefit
of freedom from Panama Canal tolls; by
capturing control of American fuel oil sup
plies, while monopolizing foreign oil fields.
and by monopolizing the obstructive hands
of propaganda anf intrigue into the man
agement of our attempts to establish
an American merchant marine. This
country needs an American policy for the
American people, with American inter
ests always first.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-26
TWO BURN TO DEATH,
esa THIRD BADLY INJURED

WATERFOWL, n. Y, Dec. 20
Rene and Lola Hessler. each eight
years old, daughters of Sefcrt and
Conrad Hesseler, farmers, were burn
ed to death in a fire that destroyed
their home ten miles from this city
yesterday. Another girl was serious
ly injured and wac brought to hos
pital here.
Several children were asleep on an
upper floor when flames, which had
cut off escape by the stairway, were
discovered. With the aid of ladders
the parents were able to rescue all
but two.
An overheated stovepipe is believed
to have started the blaze.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-26
ANNE ST|LLN|AN
. ENDEAvORS To
PARENTS.
Girl, Home From School In
France, Has Faith She Can
Bring Peace.

NEW YORK. Dec. 2s.--After the
most learned courts and the highest
priced counsel In this jurisdiction have
failed to bring anything out of the
Stillman middle but more mud, the
faith of n girl IL moving her to heal
the breach between James A. StiiI.
man, former president Of the National
City Bank, and Mrs. Anne Urquhart
| Gtillman.
Anne Stillman, the daughter who
first allied herself with her father and
then went over to her mothers camp,
II confident Of her ability to succeed
where the law has failed-to bring
together her widely estranged parents
and to reconcile the apparently ire
conciliable.
What her scheme of reconciliation il
Anne would not reveal. All she would
disclose is that she Is resolved to bring
the differences of the Stillmans to a
happy ending" out of court.
Home on Vacation.
1t was perhaps as a first move in
her campaign that Miss. Stillman, who
returned on vacation from her finish.
ing school in France Friday and went
to the home of friends on Long Island,
motored on Christmas Eve to her
mothers town home at $40 Fifth ave
rue.
Her big brothers, Alexander Still
nan and James A. Stillman, jr.-
Bud" had just arrived to spend the
holidays with their mother. And little
Guy, the baby whose paternity has
been so bitterly questioned in the d.
vorce battle, had been waiting with
Mrs. Stillman to greet them.
Anne's arrival made the family
circle complete-with the notable and
rot unnatural exception of its es
tranged head.
To SCOOP" the Courts.
After luncheon Anne made a shop
ping sortie in the motor. She return.
I'd laden with gifts for her mother and
her brothers, particularly for Guy.
As the chauffeur struggled away
with the presents, Miss Stillman
halted to talk with reporters. II was
question, rather idly put, IL NOT
ironically. that led to the disclosure
of her ambition to scoop the courts
One reporter wanted to know II her
father had been invited to the family
reunion. Anne's reply was grave.
Not that ] know Of" she said
Ibid you invite him."
II don't think that would be quite
the right thing to do-do your"
Has Not Seen Father.
Anne then said she had not seen
her father, nor heard from him, since
her return.
But ! still hope to effect a recon
ell alton" she admitted.
There was no reply. Anne shook
her head. and the subject was
changed.
At the close of her two weeks
holiday Miss Stillman will go back to
France to complete her finishing
so IL is likely she plans a whirlwind
campaign in her reconciliation al
tempt.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-26
ENGLAND has thus far got out of the

ENGLAND has thus far got out of the
Armament Conference:
1. Abandonment of American naval
supremacy, which THREE successive
Congresses have voted and which the
American people undoubtedly demanded,
2. Abandonment of all American naval
bases in the Far East, where England is
particularly strong in naval bases and
where she is now concentrating her pow
erful fleet of super-dreadnaught. This
plan leaves England and her ally, Japan,
SUPREME both in trade and in arma-
ment, in the Far East, where the logical
development of trade and commerce lies.
3. third reduction, at the sole de-
mand of England, in our fleet of subma-
rines, purely American invention for
coast defense which England has been
trying for 100 years to destroy, ever since
our own Robert Fulton developed the in
vention.
What the United States has got out of
the Armament Conference does not yet
appear.
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had chance when i was young; he
never had"
One young negro timidly made q
last request Of the Socialist leader.
Wants Love Pome."
Brother Debs, 1 want yO' to do me
y great favor. want yo' to write a
love pome fer me SOS kin send 1t to
my best GAL" he said.
And you bet I'm going to do 1t as
NOON as I get back home. Debs an
nounced. II never wrote a love poem
out 1 shall do my best"
Once on the train he dubbed over
with Joy Of being free. He observed
everything about him with boyish de.
light. He chatted all day, wildly de.
scribing his prison experiences, and
reminiscing in the past. He told
stories, laughing one moment and shed.
ding tears the next. 1t was suggested
that he should rest.
"RestY' he said. Good heavens; all
I did in that prison was to rest"
As he paid morning greetings to his
rarity on the train this morning, he
said:
IT should like to look God in the
face right now and tell him how glad
I am to be alive"
Il was never q prisoner in all the
three years / spent In Atlanta" said
Debs.
my body was locked up, but they
could not put their hands on what
was inside Of me-" he added with
flashing eyes.
Flags Brutal Government.
Some day brutal governments will
learn that they cannot lock up q
mans spirit.
ct deliberately absorbed the prison
atmosphere to get the psychology of
the men about me who felt them
selves prisoners even inside their
souls" .,..
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-12-26
INTEREST RIFE
IN ELECTION Of
BOARD OFFICERS

A spirited contest is now on among
members Of the Washington Cham
Der Of Commerce for the election of
officers and ten directors, who will be
selected at the annual meeting 'of
the chamber on January 10.
Great interest is being manifested
In the elections, and 30 far there have
already been eleven names placed in
nomination. and 1t is estimated that
this number will be greatly increased
before they close tomorrow. Those
nominated so far are: Simon L. Nye,
Ivan C. Weld. Thomas p. Littlepase,
Edna F.. Sheehy. A. Wade Wells,
Henry B. Davis, William NICK. sto-
we'll. F. A. Van Reuth, George II.
Brown. q. Manson Foote, and Charles
]. Stockman.
The present officers are Albert
Schulteis, president: Isaac Cans, first
Vice president; James +. Lloyd, SEC
ond vice president: Ralph Lee, treas
urer. and A. e. Seymour. secretary.