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At Fort Lincoln, Mrs. Custer
and the wife of another officer
lunched with Captain Marsh on
the boat, and they asked that
they might be allowed to &C
company the Far West to the
Yellowstone, Mrs. Custer stat
ing that her husband had au-
thorized her to do so if Captain
Marsh was willing. In spite Of
their repeated pleas, he refused
to allow them to go, pointing
out the dangers and discom-
forts, and it was we'll that he
remained firm, for had he
yielded, all the heart-breaking
suspense and horror of the days
soon to follow would have been
experienced by them.
Tidings of Disaster
Captain Marsh was engaged
in transfer work until June
21st, when a final conference
was held between Generals
Terry, Gibbon and Custer, and
the latter set out with his COM
mand on the expedition that
ended so tragically Terry and
Gibbon left to rejoin their COM
mands, and the little crew of
the Far West were left with
two army officers, Captain
Stephen Baker and Lieutenant
P. S. Kirkland, at the con-
fluence of the Big Horn and the
Little Big Horn, for Captain
Marsh had managed to push
his boat that far up the Big
Horn river, and had orders to
await there with the supplies.
A day or two went by and on
a Sunday afternoon, June 27,
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-22

Lieutenant Bradley had found
him a reliable scout and had as
signed him to duty with Gen.
eral Custer as one of his six
best men. The account of the
fight which he gave on board
the Far West was subsequently
borne out fully in all its main
features. 1t was the first and
for a long time the only account
of Clusters battle given to
white men by an eyewitness.
Curley, as he declared at the
time, was the sole survivor of
the defending force, and the
only other eye-witnesses were
hostiles, whose stories were not
gathered until years later.
Joseph Mills Hanson, in The
Conquest of the Missouri, says:
"The Grow had been abso-
lutely alone from the time he
left the battlefield until he
reached the Far West, and had
therefore had no opportunity
for comparing notes with any
one else and thus connecting a
story. He was certainly pres
ent at the fight, else he would
not have known facts, which,
at the hour when he must have
left the vicinity Of the battle
field in order to reach the boat
when he did, were still unknown
to either Reno's survivors or to
Terry's column.
Lieutenant Bradley says in
his journal that the Grow
scouts from Reno's command,
whom he, with Terry's advance,
encountered on the morning of
June 9th, reported that Curley
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-22

ed a piece of paper and a pencil
and showed the Indian how to
use them.
Curly grasped the pencil
firmly in his fist and dropping
flat on his stomach on the deck,
began drawing a rude diagram,
while about him the army and
steamboat officers gathered
closely, waiting in silent sus-
pense for his disclosures, for
everyone guessed from his ac-
lions that he brought impor-
tant news. The Crow drew first
a circle and then, outside of it,
another. Then between the in
ner and outer circles he began
making numerous dots, re-
peating as he did so in despair
ing accents:
Sioux! Sioux"
When he had quite filled the
intervening space with dots, he
glanced up at the intent faces
around him and then slowly
commenced filling the interior
circle with similar marks, while
his voice rose to a yet more dis
NAL tone as he reiterated:
"Absaroka! Absarokar"
"Heavens!" exclaimed Cap
tain Marsh, II know what that
means. 1t means soldiers. That
Englishman, Courtney, who
runs the woodward at the head
of Drowned Mans Rapids, told
me so. One time when | was
there some Grow Indians start
ed down river from the wood
yard and Courtney told me
they were going to see the
Absaroka at Camp Cooks"
He was interrupted by Curly,
who sprang to his feet, faced
the listeners and flung his arms
wide. Then, swinging them
back he struck his breat re-
peatedly with his fingers, ex-
claiming at each blow, in imita-
ton of rifle shots:
"Poof! Poof! Poof! Absar-
oka!"
The white men stood in tense
silence, searching each others
faces. For a moment no one
dared confess that he under
stood Captain Baker was the
first to speak:
"We're whipped!" he said,
hoarsely. That's what's the
matter" And he turned away.
Curley continued his panto-
mime by grasping his scalplock
with one hand while with the
other he described a circle
around it, then made as if to
jerk it off and hang it at his
belt, meantime executing a
Sioux war dance. But his alb
sorbed observers already real
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-22

Captain Marsh, the two army
officers and the engineer and
pilot took fishing poles and
strolled to a point opposite the
mouth of the Little Big Horn
on the island to which the Far
West was tied.
There was no fear in the
hearts of these men that Gus
ter would have a serious time
with the Sioux. Smoke col
umns, noticed along the south
ern horizon on two previous
days, had disappeared and this
was taken as evidence that the
Indians had been encountered
and driven off.
Nevertheless, as they sat
there, Foulk noticed how close
they were to the dense willows
on the main shore and remark
ed to the others that it would
be very easy for Indians to
creep up and fire on them. They
were still idly discussing the
suggestion when, without the
least warning, the green thick
cts at which they were looking
parted, and a mounted Indian
warrior, of magnificent physi-
que and stark naked save for a
breech-clout, burst through
and jerked up his sweating
pony at the brink of the wa
ter. The fishWmen leaped to
their feet with startled excla-
nations, but before they could
run back the Indian held aloft
his carbine in sign of peace.
They then paused and, upon
scrutinizing him more closely,
recognized from his erect scalp
lock that he was a Grow and
then, to their surprise, that he
was Curley, one of the scouts
who had gone with Custer.
They had expected to hear
from Terry and Gibbon, but
not from Custer. Motioning to
him to come to the boat they
hurried there themselves while
he forded the stream and join
ed them
AS soon as he was on board
he gave way to the most vo-
lent demonstration of grief.
Throwing himself down, upon a
medicine-chest on deck he be-
gan rocking to and fro, groan-
ing and crying. For a time it
was impossible to calm him.
When at length he had to some
extent regained his self-control,
the question arose as to how to
communicate with him, for no
one on board could understand
the Crow language, while he
spoke no English, so that all
efforts at conversation failed.
Finally Captain Baker produc-
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lied that they were receiving
the first news of a great battle,
in which many soldiers had
been surrounded, slain and
scalped by the Sioux. Having
learned so much as a beginning,
they were able to bring the sign
language into use for acquiring
further particulars. 1t was a
very slow process but, by it, in
the course of hours, they grad
ually gathered details from
Curley, each one of which
added to the appalling nature
of the news.
Curley Tells of His Escape
According to Curley, General
Custer was killed and every
man who had gone into action
with him, excepting the Grow
himself. He did not tell of the
dividing of the regiment before
the battle and evidently knew
nothing of Reno's survival. So
far as they could understand,
he was trying to tell them that
the whole Seventh cavalry had
been annihilated. He declared
he had been in the thick of the
fight, while the soldiers, sur
rounded by thousands of yell
ing foes, were falling in scores,
the survivors struggling for
ward blindly in vain search for
some spot among the waste of
broken ravines, where they
might make a successful de-
tense. Some of them had used
their dead horses for barricades
and the remnant of one troop,
E, under Lieutenant A. E.
Smith, had tried to cut it, way
out but was utterly destroyed.
At last, Curley said, he had
seen that the battle must inev-
itably end IN the humiliation of
his white friends. He picked
up two blankets and, going to
Custer, who was still unhurt
and fighting in the center of his
little band, implored him to
throw one of the blankets over
his head and, thus concealed,
attempt under Curley's guild
ance to escape in the confusion
through the madly circling
masses of the. Sioux. The SOL
der rejected the proposal
scornfully. He had no desire
save to die with his men. But
he babe Curley escape if could,
and the latter, with bitter grief,
looking his last upon the great
white chief whom he loved and
honored, tossed one of the
blankets over his own head to
conceal his own Grow scalplock,
and, watching an opportunity,
sprang into a melee of Sioux
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-22

had been with Custer and was
undoubtedly among the killed.
He was, in fact, at that moment
approaching the mouth of the
Little Big Horn, where he ar
rived at II O'Clock a. m.
"The sketch drawn by Curley
on a piece of paper with Cap
tain Bakers pencil, showing
how Custer and his men were
surrounded and killed by the
Sioux, was extremely crude.
But it presented the crucial
features of the battle accurate
ly, and antedated by more than
Is years the drawing made by
Northumberland on the back of
a hunting shirt, in August,
1894, which has been frequent
ly heralded as the first and
only map of the field of the
Little Big Horn ever drawn by
an Indian participant"
after reading the above re-
garding Curley's story, General
Godfrey, who was with Reno,
wrote:
Chief Gall pooh-poohed Cur
ley's story of escape, said it
was impossible for him to dis
guise and escape in the fight,
and that he probably saw the
fight from the high ridge north
and made up his story.
"Such may, of course, have
been the case. But it must be
remembered that Gall was a
Sioux and hated the Crow as
the hereditary foes of his peo-
pie. He would naturally be
loath to credit one of them with
any act of bravery; savages are
prone to voice contempt for
their enemies whether they feel
it or not. Moreover, of the
three Crow scouts who were
with Custer in the battle, Lieu
tenant Bradley states that Cur
ley's two comrades, White
Swan and Half Yellow Face,
were killed with Clusters men,
while the other three who were
with Reno, remand with him
and fought throughout the en-
gagement, according to General
Godfrey's Century article,
though the twenty-odd Arika-
rec scouts fled ANONYMOUSLY at
almost the first fire of the
Sioux and did not stop running
until they reached Major
Moore's camp at the mouth Of
the Powder. 1t seems reasona-
BILE to suppose that Curley was
at least as resolute as his five
companions, and that he went
into the fight as they did and
stayed in it until he saw that
his only chance for life lay in
escaping quickly. :
Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-10-22

What may be the final chapter in
the stirring drama that for years a
been spun about the millions OF the
late Jacques Lebaudy, Emperor OF
the Sahara, has been written. Mme.
Lebaudy has married Henri Charles
Sudreau, otherwise known as Harris,
private detective. At the same time
The daughters previous civil marriage
to Roger Sudreau, son Of Harris, was
consecrated by a church ceremony.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-19
ATHLETICS PRACTICE
TONIGHT At ARMORY
Continue Strenuous Prepare
ton for Game With
30 McMillin.

twenty football men. PLAYERS with
great records in the past. will be out
tonight for practice under Coach
Andy liillhouse at the IIowitxers Ar
mory. the activity being continu-
"nc" of the training in preparation
Tor the big New Years Day game
interest in the game liz growing as
the lSichmonders add TO their lineup
tho names OF men known from ocean
10 ocean The addition OF these stars
mean that the Athletics Will he able
20 make shifts in THEIR lineup TO
meet special occasions, while tho
available substitutes Will cnabl.
Hiilhouse Ia keep fresh men against
MCMIliin's stars
While the meeting between the All
Americans and Athletics with 80 Nc
Mil!in and Glenn k!ll!ngcr attempt
inS To demonstrate which is the bet
ter quarter back, there will DO an
added attraction in soccer exhibit
ZION to entertain the patrnns before
INC feature clash opens. The Church
III! Athletic Association will assem-
ni" two nrst-clusS clcvcns to dem
onStrate the great outdoos game
that In future years vii! regularly
bridge In the period from the end OF
the football season until the spring
baseball training starts. Players
from Norfolk and Baltimore will he
brought here by the association in
an effort To popu!arize their pastime
y fifteen minute demonstration Will
he given.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-19
WARD PINCH HITS
FOR GIANT BOSS
IBv AssucIatcd Press |

NEW YORK. Dec. ls.-John Mont
gomcry ward. who pitched himself
into the baseball hall Of fame with
no-hit game back In 1850. while
John c. McGraw was s:ill in short
pants. was sent into the box" in
Supreme Court by the veteran Giant
manager today in an effort to save
4 $4,000 game.
Tho old master, now New York
lawyer. appeared as counsel for Nc
Graw in a damage suit brought by
Mrs. Mary a. Buttcrncld. who al
lcgcs McGraw's automobile ran her
down and seriously Injured her In
October. 1917. McGraw's defense ia
that the car was being driven with
out author ization at the time OF the
accident. by his chauffeur. Frank
kauff-brother Of Benny Kaur, a
former big league player.
Ward WAS in his heyday in 1879
and 1880. as a pitcher for the provi-
dcncc club OF the old National
League. He helped the club to n
championship In 1879 and in the pen
nant cAase Of 1850 entered the no-hit
circles with 80 game against Buf-
falo.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-19
SHELLY BEATS Abbey
IN RECREATION MATCH

The dopo was again upset last
night In tho threc-cuShion billiard
tournament now In progrcss at tho
Recreation billiard Parlors. when
Shccly, who laHt week disposed OF
George Herbert after hnrd-fOught
game. again tasted the joys OF victory
hy disposing OF the brilliant Abbey
bank shot expert. by the count Of
20 to 22 in seventy innings BE
sides rhnNuishinE his more expert
cnced rival, 'Shcciy enjoyed the dis
tinction OF going into Il tic with VIII
liams for hiRh-run hOnors when he
clicked OF four points in his sixty
tith inning al time when Abbey
was pressing him. is TO II. An uu-
fortunate kiss after his cue ball had
taken four rails prevented Shecly
from breaking the high run record
OF the present tournament.
Shccly. besides tying williams
hiGh-run record OF four points hhd
two runs FOR two points each. Will.
Abbey manipulated the worries for
TWO runs OF two Shecly now has
scored % points out OF II pussibi. IS
In his three games, n remarkable
showing. as his opponents havo been
stone. Herbert aud Abbey.
Tonight at 1870 o'clock Champion
Howard VIII clash with Mccartney.
and another upset may be the result.
for the youngsters In tho tournament
have been putting up some fine ex-
hibitions and arc no longer stepping
stones for tho old-timers.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-19
THREE EASTERN TEAMS
TO PLAY IN FAR West
West Virginia, Penn State
and Pittsburgh Going TO
California.
LRy Associated prnss.1

NEW YORK. Dec. Is.-ScckIng
intersectional laurels. three Eastern
football clevcns Will leave this week
for tho Pacific Coast. where. during
tho holidays. thcy Will meot Far
Western rivnls.
West Virginia Will play Gonznga
University. OF Spokane. Wash. at San
Diego. Cal. Christmas Day; Uni
vcrsity OF Pittsburgh moets Stanford
University In tho new Stanford
stadium ut Palo Alto. Cal, on Decom-
Der 80. and on New Years Day, Penn
state opposes tho University OF
Southern California at Pasadena dur
Ing tho Tournament OF Roses.
undcfeatcd this season. West Vir-
g1nia was ranked as one OF tho
strongest teams In tho East, while
Pittsburgh recovered from disap-
pointing start to finish tho season
with sensational Victories over w. 81
j.. Pennsylvania ard Penn state
Penn State. which experienced ono
of Its poorest seasons In some time,
liz the only ono OF tho three Eastern
colleges that has visited the Pacific
Coast before
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-19
HAVANA ENTRIES

FIRST racc-Two year ODDS, maid
"ns. claiming; 500: SIG furlonEs-
tonundrum III; Jennie g. iO7; Gray
BcnncL 100; Sweet Cookie, l07. Hap
~ Moments. lO7; Position, lO7: Viru-
ma. !U3: F'orewarn. 40. lH) Moon
!ctway. lI2.
Second racc-Thrcc year olds and
Equator. 10. Toe the Mark. no:
Two Eyes. 100; Bruce Dudley. IIO.
Hush. lOi: )xj Harmony. Ii0. (xJ
GRIT TOO; McMurphy. no. the f:n-
quirer. llj: go George S. los.
Third TaC.-Tnrcc year Odds and
up claiming; 600. 5l-2 fuilonGs-
Pun Ban. lOj: Miss Cal,hn. los: Foy.
~; Machine Gunner. no; McI.anc.
40. .tN) Stnrkadcr, rs. KipoSta. lO6;
My Friend Pat. ITO.
Fourth raCe-Three year Odds and
M claiming. 500: 5l-2 furlongs-
90 Human. 1866 Snods. 100. E.bd-
man. 10, ArrahEoOn, lIO: Huron II.
~. Currency. lj. Sandicso. 40,
Advance, no
Fi'th race---Three year olds and
--tHD Mallo wmot, los: tx) Bond, los;
% IIarlock, l0s; Blacktop. 10; (xj
kathi,"n *. 100. OK Duke Ruff, lOs:
Sixth race Three year olds ana
~. claiming. 500; lI-l6 mile-tU
Eerretta, lO2 KING b, l02: Mlseri-
c"rd". log. 'N Thistle Queen, l0g.
* IN i'pniIoy. lo5. txb Felix NJ.
~; Grandson l02. rhos. +. Me-
Mason, no: 90 Fashion Girl, lO2:
OK Drapcry loi, Bloomington, 40.
Apprentice allowance, ny,
pounds claimed
weather clear: track fast.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-19
PACIFIC COAST STARS
HAVE HIGH BAT Marks
Kamm,. O'Conncll and Hale
Rank High, Official Aver.
cial Averages Show.
tpy Associated Prcss.l

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec 1s-IIiEh
batting percentages wcre mede in
1922 BY three Pacific Coast baseball
League stars. Willie Kamm. Jimmie
O'connell and Sam Halo. who go to
the majors next aprinE at high sale
prices. according to tho league roc
ords made public here by President
w. II. Mccarthy.
Kamm. San Francisco third base
man. led his club with nm average
OF .3i2. lio was seventh among the
league hittcrs. Kamm was sold to
Mo Chicago White Sox for 100000
cash and players worth 100000. tho
highest price ever paid for n minor
Lacquer.
Hale. Portland third sacecr. who
goes TO tho philadelphia Athletics
for $4,000 In cash and players. was
third among tho League hitters. with
percentage OF 1853. O'Connell, San
Francisco outhelder. who was sold
TO tho New York Giants for $4,000,
vas tenth on tho list, with an aver-
age OF .335.
Jake May. Vernon pitcher. who
mny be sold TO tho New York Yanks.
led tho hurlcrs. with percentage
Of .7e5 md with an earned run av-
erngc OF l.S4 per game against him.
Two Salt Lake sluRgers. Paul
Strand and Manager Duffy Lewis.
led tho league Ia hitting. Strand
with an average OF .3s4 and Lewis
with 1862.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-19
AMERICAN ATHLETICS
INTEREST EUROPEANS
W idrsnre"h Movement Abroad for
f"p"iarirntion Of COMPETE
tive sports.

NEW YORK bee. I5-rart!cipa-
ton %! American athletes In inter
national sporting events abroad has
AROUSED great interest in Americas
athletic methods aud has caused Il
i!rsIt'ad movement IN Iurop. for
t.r .2uari2al!op OF competitive
sports. former hGJutant-Cieu.ral
Charles II sheriff.. :. i. y. O.. Amer
lea" member % the international
'"EHiIH COMMITTEES, WHO recently re-
'Hih'd from tour OF Europe. dc
CARED today.
G.ne,1! sheriff. SAID Americas
MEN'y 1'Nc."pcd athletic system and
t's a"u"hcial em"-t on Tho LuuLiug OF
'H" ohhr"ri't 90! tho nation youth.
aAE' been brought forclbly to the at-
i'ntpu OF European statesmen and
educators 10y American athletes who
nave competed In European sporting
/ events
"r.ioro IS wal,ur UP TO The tnc,
that there Is I'3 more effective. fac
tor In ia. creation ~ Il sound nation
"a! back one OF young men. healthy in
mind and body. hau the popuIariza
[ i..u ui competitive sports" General
/ sA"rrIu asserted
My ta2 abroad showed mo that
! Europeans realize more than wo do
/ nov '"i We can attribute to our com
/ pctltive sports the health and mower
SOL: oar national lie.
Tile Influence OF American par
. un'Nat.on In events abroad has g.
aroused tho rivalry Of Europe as 10
produce In many counties as radical
- movement IN athletics as Fascist
IS radical movement In Italian poll
tics.
For example, association football
has noc"me 50 Important in Spair.
MAT II attracts as large crowds and.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-19
MIDGET SMITH LOSES
CHANGE AT TITLE
icy Associntcn Dress l

NEW YORK. Dec iS.-promoters
today Cancelled arrangements for IA
bantamweight championship contest
between Joe Lynch. title holder, and
Midget Smith. At Madison SQUARE
Garden next Friday night, after be-
Ing notified that the New York State
Athletic Commission had upheld the
New Jersey Boxing Commission
suspension OF Smith.
It was announced that as n sub
stitute for tho Lynch Smith bout a
twelve-round match has been ar
ranged between Johnny Dundee, of
New York, and Joe Tiplitz. of phila-
dclphla, lIghtwciGhts.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-19
LOS ANGELES SWAPS
PITCHER FOR QUINTET
IRv Assoclatnhrrnss l

Los ANGELES. CAL. Dec. lS.-rhe
trade OF Nick Dumovich. star pitcher
for the Los Angeles club Of the
Pacific Coast League, to the Chicago
Nationals. for five players ana Slb.-
600 in cash Is the first step in tho
rebuilding of the Los Angeles club.
according to Charles I.ockhard. bust
ness manager. The five players are:
Walter Golvin. first bascman: George
Maisel, outhrlder; Marty Krug. sec
ond hascman; Percy Jones. LEFT hand
ed pitcher. and another outnsldcr.
These men are said by baseball cx-
pcrts to be worth $4,000.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-19
W|NN CLARK WORKING
ON NEW TAR ROSTER
Two Players Signed by Nor
folk and Options Taken
on Others.
Especial to The Tlmcs-pispa;ch.l

..
, i'P''''' 90 i"e ZINES b'SPaiSh'l
NORFOLK, Dee. 1S.--Announcing
! TWO definite acquisitions OF PLAYERS
! ny -,rchos, o,a .r,do -,s,,,, -,
/ va '"' ''''''''''' 'NSN'
( ''a''"n oil Minor Leagues and scout
/ ing trip through sections OF Ohio,
/ Skipper VIM Clark, on his return
! - Tho CITY declared th,, y, was
-,
".'' sH''S"e" Win MS preliminary
iaNoFs In the building OF 4 Tar aGfrc-
cation for 1928. The establishments OF
working agreements WIN sovcrl
o,,ss ma !, o,,hs g., ,,,.,o -
Lass - "''" IN N'""S' !" ""u'''o' W
those already existing and with GER
/ tain lines bai;ed and In tho water.
1 tile skipper declared he would he
I ready for Tho nov, rag r,c. ITO no.
,,,, ,,,
.'' "''' ""'' as promising
o"h'h OF 4"rs as nave sraced local
uniforms in decade or two
The prospec,s .or nv ,ao3 club
-irr. NON. 40 80 n-,c,,,as, .,,,,
""'>"
'''' ''Mo "hS p"'S''" III 'h'uN'"'eT lot
some years he declared, Il feel
confdcn, tina, will he able TO take
tho Geld win a regular ,co,, nr ,,,v-
Ing ;hi,ktrr holl ,iayo-s i.,s,oad -
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-19
BIG TEN STARS MAY
ENTER TRACK MEET
Inv Assocatcd rrcsn.l

CHICAGO, Dec ls.-The western
conference faculty committee at a
special meeting here tonight rcscind-
cd its action Of December .. recon-
inendnE IN" big ten stars refrain
from participating In tho national
collegiate track and hlcd meet to
he held here the third Saturday OF
next Juno. The faculty representa-
tives agreed TO participation In tho
meet provided tho meet were limited
To pont winners In the various CON
fcrenccs throughout the country.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-19
NEGRO ATHLETIC CLUB
GETS STATE CHARTER

Tho state Corporation Commission
ISSUED a charter yesterday ms fol-
lows
T!dcwater Negro Indepcrdcn.
Athletic and Political Association.
Norfolk. Va. nons;ock corporation.
Rudolphus T. Howdcn. president;
Earnest JcrTr!es. secretary: David w.
Jones. .ir.. ana Harold G. Johnson.
all OF Norfolk. Va To foster attn
le,ic. political and social intercourse
among its members.