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to go over the Holy Father with a pair
of compasses! It's not to be considered
for a moment--you would offend him
outrageously.'
"Under this torrent of expostulaton,
backed down, agreeing to content myself
with sketches and to stay only ten
minutes.
with a consoling smile, Monsignor
Pizzardo said, We'll, when you meet His
Holiness, you'll see what can be done.
Perhaps'--
Leaving the sentence unfinished, he
shook hands and walked away, his cloak
of light silk Tapping in the wind.
''Then, very softly, stole back down
the stairs. was to see the Pope-to-day!
at five o'clock! I could hardly believe
it. For ten days had been trying, but
invariably some secretary or other would
declare, so far, 352 artists from all parts
of the world have asked permission to do
a portrait of his Holiness. At best you
can only claim to be the 353d. The Holy
Father is too busy. No one will pay any
attention to your letters of introduction.
However, here's an admission card to a
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CINcE Pope Plus XI. assumed the
-, crown of st. Peter, disposition to
modernize the life CT the Vatican
where changes weyc possible without
breaking any of ,I' t.ajitio'- .: the
papacy, has been pia;n!y ayinaa5.
After his coronation last February he
created a precodcr' Ivy appearing in
public on tho out" H'I"nN" nf st. Peters
to bless The 1~opI" ',rc.0'r t,c Pontif
astoniShcd even int;..at" ,'ir.iS hr sitting
quietly in his HNrar1 wl1rrg NJ Leon
Cogne. thc die''""ri.'... 'tc".a .cu'ntor,
measured his s',.|I :Ud re. ar.o nai'ncrs
and photographed and skctrhea him while
making a portrait h1@t.
WIN he hai cncc catered into the
sriri' e. ~. onG"saa','a" tho I'ope was
moro thar gcnrroIs to -, scaljtor. Not
only did he quietly submit TO The .meas-
urement Of his fc,,u"rs with 'n%themati-
cal r,c@i,irn, .t Also -" r"'.,.:tcd to
pose 'u setc,ai pu,,;gH";.., v..ch are
published on this page, A touch of his
daily life is seen in the picture of His
Holiness seated a. his desk, and \ glimpse
Of his daily rccreatons portrayed by the
picture of the Pope leaving his carriage
after a drive in the Vatican gardens.
Much of the excusiveness that hedged
round his predecessors tho nree"nt Pope
hq, 3, aside. "Ni, nov N"u,, o. - .rgG
is reflected in his daily if, pa, c Iiariy
during audiences and other business of
the Papacy.
This method at first caused considerable
comment among those Roman and foreign
societies who dressed in silk and velvet
of medieval costumes, in turn do duty
in the Papal antechamber announcing
those to be admitted to private audiences.
But these courters have become accus-
toned to seeing the Pope dismiss prince
with few words and receive more
humble visitor for the best part of an
hour
As is customary with men in high sta
tions of life hundreds of artists have
sought the distinction of handing down
the likeness of the Pope to posterity.
But this honor recently fell to Leon
Cogne, whose sculptured busts Of famous
French generals had already won him a
notable place in the world of art
The difficulties nj. Cogne experienced
in reaching the Sovereign Pontiff are ex-
planned in his own quaint way. Cogne's
reputation had come to the ears of Mon
signor Pizzardo, who seems to have made
it his own particular business to defend
the Pontiff against the pleas of artists.
Nevertheless, when the Monsignor had
seen pictures Of Cogne's busts of Joffre,
Foch, Lyautey and Nivelle, he promised
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appointed day Ripal and Cogne waited
outside the Pope's private apartments for
his return from a drive in the Vatican.
gardens.
These gardens are about one-quarter
mile long and not quite SO wide, with a
carriage road skirting the walls and rising
gently for almost half mile up the slope
OF the hill to the Vatican entrance.
rumble of wheels announced the
Holy Fathers approach, and from the
Willows the waiting artists saw the
gendarmes appear with drawn sabres.
They fell on their knees and bowed their
heads. The Pope, wearing large violet
colored hat, and accompanied by body
servant, slipped through the carriage
door and mounted the steps.
When all was ready the bust was car
ried by lackeys dressed in red to the
Throne Room, where the Pope inspected
it. the Pontiff displayed his pleasure
with broad smile
The day arrived to make the finishing
retouches, which took the artists again to
the Vatican.
vi l'itJ OCCSiSlOH m SOSne says: WE
waited for the Holy Father in the littl.
throne room. Before giving the bust the
final retouches looked again at my illus
trious model. Still the same simplicity,
still the symphony in white, the cassock
of white flannel with little white buttons,
the short cape covering a pair of broad
shoulders, the high girdle. Around his
neck he wore a little gold chain, from
whose boutonniere hung a superb cross of
gold set with diamonds and an amethyst
"What strength in his face! The wide
brow is almost without wrinkles And
what eyes! Clear and frank, they ex-
press great intelligence and great good
ness. recalled what Monsignor Cerretti
had said to me in my studio: You will
find His Holiness kindness itself. He is a
great scholar, knowing all languages. For
forty years he has read everything. Often
the stars would fade in the sky while he
bent over his manuscripts
"When all was finished the Pope rose
and came to see the results of our labor.
He nodded benevolently. Ripal and /
were on our knees awaiting his benedic-
ton. but he did better-inscribed nv
work with his own signature, POINT MAX
PIP XI.
THAT was his way of thanking me-"
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to allow III. Ccgne to sc,
the Pohtiff just ten min
utes. The sculptor was
taken off his guard. Hur-
riedly he explained to
Monsignor Pizzardo that
portrait busts were not
made in ten minutes and
that he would he quite
unwilling to enter upon
the undertaking unless
he were allowed to take
actual measurements of
the Pope's head.
MonsigNor Pizzardo
threw his hands into the
air. shocked at the mere
thought. Pc poured
forth his protestations,
but that scene is perhaps
best described in the art
iStS own words, trans
lated in the Literary Di-
gest and taken from
ILLUSTRATION, the French
magazine for which the
artist wrote his story.
"He wouldn't let me
finish what l was trying
to saw" writes NJ. Cognc,
"5ri " ,'aim.j i&ijt
nantly: Measurements!
What are you thinking
of? You don't mean to
tell me that you intend
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pOrtdnce - tfldC cigar
cite between his fin
gers"
A picture of the bust
of the apostolic nuncio
at Paris engaged his
attention. "How good
that is of Cerretti," the
Pontiff exclaimed, "and
yet | think his smile is
broader when he is not
posing"
Then the Pope arose
and the artist fell on
his knees, and with
head bent, examined
the hem of the white
cassock, the violet slip
pers, embroidered in
green, with branches
of little leaves enclos-
ing a cross. The white
figure disappeared and
the artist left alone,
got up, he says, as in a
dream.
The bust was mod
elled in the Roman
studio of Mon. Ripal,
an old friend of
Cogne's. Then came
tn e t a SIX of COM
pairing it with the
living model On the
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The Completed

'The Man of Morocco" exclaimed His
Holiness. "What an excellent bust! You
have added a detail of the first i'm
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The Sculptor,

The Sculptor,
M. Cogne,
Measuring
the Pope's Ear
With a Pair of
Calipers, for
the Purpose of
Securing the
Exact Size
and Contour
of the Ear.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-24
BONUS BILL is NEXT
Measure to Have Its Chance
Next Wednesday.
Supporters Say II Is Sure to Pass, Al,
though Borah Will Make Deter
mined Fight.

Washington, Aug. 21.-The long de-
layed soldiers bonus bill will be taken
up for consideration in the senate next
Wednesday in accordance with the
agreement that it should follow the
tariff bill in legislative program.
Efforts were made following the
passage of the tariff bill to get az
agreement fixing a definite time to vote
on the bonus measure. These were
futile however, Senator Borah Udaho)
being unrelenting in his determination
not to permit any such unanimous con-
sent agreement.
Indications are that the bonus de-
bate will drag along for several weeks,
although its supporters are inclined to
the view that the discussion after the
first few days will not be prolonged.
Senator Borah declared that he him
self could talk at least two weeks in
opposition to the measure.
Hartford MacNider national COM
mander of the American Legion, who
is in Washington in the interest Of the
bonus legislation, said that his confer
ences with senators had convinced him
that favorable action on the bill was
forthcoming in the near future.
81 am sure that the bill will be
passed by an overwhelming majority"
he said.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-24
Up-to.Date Younaster.

Whether the generations advance
or not may be undecided, but they
certainly change. Recently a Port-
lapi mother explained to her early.
teen son that certain guns and base
ball equipment and radio addenda
could not be bought, as the family
exchequer was limited and Daddy
has to work hard to get the money
we live on and we have to make 1t
go a long way" In "daddy's" Sum
day school books, Of course the boy
would have said Then my dear
mamma, cannot my next suit be made
from papa's old seatless trousSers?" or
Next Christmas, my dear mamma,
shall do without loIlipops" But this
Western American. Twenty-frst cen-
fury lambkIn replied:
"Well, why can't pop get moro
moneyT-Portland Oregonan.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-24
TRIES TO KILL MIKE COLLINS
Second Attempt Within Few Months
to Assassinate Free State
Leader Fails.

Dublin, Aug. 21.-The second at
tempt within a few months to assassi-
nate Michael Collins failed. The COM
mander in chief owes his life to a
lucky accident. Thursday night Col
Inns went in an automobile in the di-
rection of Greystones, in County Wick
low. The machine broke down en-
route Collins returning to Dublin in
another car.
A group of irregulars, unaware of
the change in Collins plans, waited
at Stlllergan to attack his party on
their return.
The brokendown car was being
towed back on Friday and was round
ing a sharp corner when a fusiIade of
bullets riddled it while a bomb ex-
ploded Immediately beneath the en-
CINE.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-24
EXPRESS JUMPS TRACK
Engineer and Fireman Killed in
Crash Near Gary, Ind.
Hunt Plot in Wreck of Train Travel.
ing 90 Miles an Hour-SoIeIy
Express Train.

Gary, Ind, Aug. 21.-Two more
deaths were attributed to the railroad
strike with the wreck Of the "$1, 000-
600 Express" of the Michigan Central
railroad near this city
Railroad officials are investigating
the possibility Of a wreck plot en-
gineered by strikers or that the en-
CINE was defective because of needed
repairs.
The whole train of % cars was
hurled from the tracks.
Many of the steel cars were
smashed into fragments.
The dead:
Engineer Il. Coy of Niles, Mich.
Fireman Il. Lubbs, also of Niles.
A. G. Heath and W. G. Stolkwell, ex-
press messengers, were seriously in
jured. Both were taken to San An
tonic hospital, in this city. They will
probably recover.
The wreck occurred at 3:45 In the
morning.
The train was travelling GO miles an
hour in an effort to make up for lost
time. The engine leaped from the
tracks and into the sandy marshland,
which borders the right-of-way at the
point at which the wreck occurred.
The cars behind crashed one into
the other, forming pyramid of wreck
age.
The wrecked train was composed of
nothing but express cars, and the
ed by Michigan Central officials as not
more than eight.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-24

Father hasn't any and mother has
dyed hers, so It is no wonder that the
youngsters do not show respect for
gray hairs any more there just amt
any.
A member of the ladies' bridge club
is sure She win not be- forgotten on
the days she can not attend But gosh,
how her ears win burn that afternoon.
Time and tide may not wait for a
woman, but me man who is tied TO
her will II he knows what is good for
him.
Mother may not be able to give
daughter any information on the lat
est styles, because mother Is too busy
washing, ironing and cooking to keep
up with Thorn, but you bet she can tell
daughter a few things about right and
wrong because those things never
have changed
When 1t comes to the social swim
some OF the bulhers haven't any more
on their minds than the bathing beau
ties on the beach have on their forms.
We may Joke about marriage, hut
the biggest fool in the world is the
man who treats marriage as joke.
The world has seen a lot Of new and
wonderful inventions IN the last halt
century but It would take crazy
man an dyod in the wnol Optlmist 10
claim that they have added much to
the real happiness of mankind. The
oesler folks get the things the more
disconnected they become,
Children sim take after their par.
ents In some things, but what the
parents need to do II to take after
their children more-with a shingle
II you want 70 lose the friendship Of
woman start giving her advice on
how she should bring up her children
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-24
KEEP BLOUSE FRESH

The blouse season has arrived and
with II comes the care that the par.
ticular girl should give to her toilette.
A fresh blouse always looks smart, but
when II Is mussed It cannot help but
make the most attractive girl look
careless. After one wearing the blouse
Il not solled, but Its freshness il
married and 1t need not be Numbered
If one will take the trouble TO air II
well before m open window ana de.
vote few moments to pressing il.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-24
CHICAGO MARKETS.
Grain. ProvIaIons. Eto.

FLOUR-Hard spring wheat-Short pat
ent. ST. 40Q7.5O, 95 per cent, S.150i %. SOFT
winter whcat-Shor patent $5.25053o, IS
pes cent $5O0a5o5. Hard winter wheat
Short patent, $59OaG00; 80 per cent 49, 659
b75. Rye nour-White patent, S44og45Oi
medium, A.l5QA25; dark, S3J0a36
HAY-No ! new timothy &i@U&00;
No. l new light clover mixed $2l Goa LOO,
No. 2 timothy. S2l 0OQ23OO, No. 3 new tim
othy, &lS0OH2300 No 1 new clover mixed
N8 0OalsO0; new No, 1 to choice clover
Sl5. O0Ql7O0. no, I southwestern prairie
SIS. OOagO 90. No southwestern prairie
sl6O0al7 90. Nebraska and South Dakota
prairie, S4W0Sm, Minnesota and Iowa
prairie, Sl20ul8OO.
BUTTER Creamery extras. ~ score,
2sl6d8lc, higher scoring commands a pre-
MUM, extra nrsts, 90-9ot5 score 3l032iac;
firsts SSusgG score, 29n30o, seconds, So
81 score. 21'au2Sc, centralized. &3Ac ladies'
2GUGc, packing stock, 23U2ie. Prices to
retail trade. Tubs. SIC prints, zee.
EGGS Fresh flrsts, 22U22hc. ordinary
firsts lgn2oo, miscellaneous lots, 2laZn2o
extras, packed i'm wildwood raaas. 200
29tac; checks, 150l5c; dlrtles, l6al7c; stor
age packed, 23Q22iae
LIVE POULTRY-T 25c; fowls
23c; broilers, Csc spring chickens, 26o
roosters, 15c. ducks, &c; geese, lac, spring
geese. Zoe.
ICED POULTRY Turkeys S4a35c
hens, 24a26c; spring chickens, Ig29c.
ROSTERS l68l7c.
POTATOTs-Pe 100 lbs. New Jersey
cobhlers tl6OnlS5.
ONIONS 81. 75Q2O0 per crate.
CATTLE-Prims steers 50 s5dl0@; good
to choice steers, B50al0 r. feeding steers.
AZ Tbf7@, helfers N5Oa0 CO., yearlngs.
fair 10 choice 81 Oo8l0S, plain to good
steers. TOOQS5O, plain to choice cows,
u.OVdSl5. Gamers, 25On84o; cutters. 1913
d400. bologna bulls NoOd4iO; good 10
fancy calves SlOO)013O0.
HOGs-Choice Hight butchers, ~ O0a0 40.
medium weight butchers. s. e0Q9 80, fair
10 fancy light, s9O069 90, heavy butchers,
81 10000, heavy packing, T50Gs2S; rough
packing. f7O06765; pigs, E8o0093
sHTEP-Good 10 choice lambs, $40 00f
Y 40; cull lambs, 81 OO3fsOO, feeding lambs,
siOOOal22b; yearlings 81 oOQlO.75; wethers.
o.. bOG850. ewes, 50 0Odt750.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-24
YEGG HAS A QUEER "ALIB"
Indiana Man Says Ridcule Drove
Him to Cracking Safes in
Michigan.

Muskegon, Mich, Aug. 21.-John
Steiner, twenty-seven, of Digger, Ind,
who confessed to the police that he
pulled 81 safe-cracking jobs in the last
year. says rldlcule drove him to ad-
vance in crime.
81 robbed a gasoline station, steal
ing some oil, and the newspapers
laughed at me because l missed sew
eral thousand dollars in the safe,
Then l started safe cracking" said
Steiner. In "a cases Standard Oil
company Offices We're robbed, most Of
the jobs being In Indiana and Illinois.
Steiner says the jobs yielded about
$1,000
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-24
TARIFF AGAIN BIG ISSUE
Measure Already Projected on the Po-
litical Screen for the Next
Campaign.

Washington, Aus. 21.-The Repub-
lican tariff bill, which passed the
senate, has already been projected on
the political screen as an issue in the
next campaign. Chairman Cordell
Hull of the Democratic national COM
mittee announced that Democratic
speakers will be instructed to expose
the iniquities of the measure and to
hold the Republican party to a strict
accountability to the American people
for measure at once indefensible,
unSound in economics, and estimated
to take S3,00OO00,O0O out Of the peck
cts of the American people in excess
of what they now pay for the neces-
saries of life
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-24
CORNERSTONE RECORDS DUST
Only q Few Old Coins Placed In
Stone in 184o We're Found to
Remain Intact.

Knoxville, Tenn Aug. 2l.--Only a
few Old coins and a handful of dust
We're found In the cornerstone If the
old RogersyiIle Synodical college,
opened by workmep tearing down the
which Is to be replaced with
Il modern high school All the papers
and records inclosed when the corner
stone was laid July 4, 1919. had crum-
bled 10 dust
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-24
CHICAGO XII KLUX
INITIATE 1850
Twenty-Five Thousand Knights
Witness Ceremony in SUBJ
urb of City.
NATIONS BIGGEST CLASS
Newspaper Reporter is Permitted to
Witness the Initiation and Write
Story-Imperial Representative
From Atlanta Gives Oath.

Chicago, Aug, 81. Twenty-Five
thousand knights of the Ku Klux
Klan, banked tier on tier in a huge
field southwest of Chicago, with the
red flare from a great, blazing cross
to light their mystic rites, initiated
the nations biggest class of new
Klansmen-4,650 candidates.
With $4,000 enthusiastic voices
chanting the sonorous, surging roll of
onward, Christian Soldiers" the
candidates, still CARRIED in their work
day clothes, faced the cross and its
circle of Whitehead ihitiators and
pledged their allegiance to the revival
Of the mysterious Ku KIuX Khan
first born shortly after the Civil war
and rejuvenated few years ago,
Had it not been for the vacation
season there would have been 10000
Klansmen present for the ceremony,
officials declared.
Reported Is "Let In"
For the first time since the Khan
entered Chicago a reporter was al
lowed to he present and witness the
entire ritual.
Early in the afternoon automobiles
began to stream from all parts Of
Chicago toward the big field at Nine
ty-first street and Harlem avenue, out
near Oaklawn. The early start was
necessary to care for the heavy traffic
They came by sections, representing
the 1S Klans in Chicago and the -
outside in Cook county. As fast as
they arrived the cars were placed In
a big circle, quarter of a mile in
diameter. In the center Of the circle
was the cross, 20 feet high and
wrapped in cotton from the southern
fields.
Long before night the circle Of cars
was completed and still the automo-
biles kept streaming across the
prairies, to line up on all roads leading
to the field for mile in either d.
rection. Early in the evening candl-
dates and initiates mingled in the vast
throng. A light lunch was served from
Dig IelIeSlllllbHl DOOlll.
From shutdown until midnight the
candidates and Klansmen talked and
wandered about the cirCled area.
When midnight came, from far open
ing at the south end, walked a silent
procession of Klansmeh, headed by
the imperial representative from At
lanta. Ga, and the grand dragon of
Illinois. Slowly the workers who
were to take part In the ceremony
marched to the cross, then grouped
themselves in a solid circle about It.
interviewed a circle Of emptiness.
Then came another ring Of solid white,
then-between the blazing headlights
and the Klansmen-a ring Of dark fig
ures. These were the civillan-clad
candidates for membership.
The candidates were lined IN In
squads and marched around the circle
Of Klansmen Searching eyes inspect
ed them, TO make certain at the last
minute that none should enter mot
1T" for the ritual of the Khan When
the circular march was completed a
torch was applied TO the cotton cover
Ing Of the cross, and as Il burned the
grand representative intOned the oath
binding the new members to the Khan.
The candidates, with hands above
their heads repeated the oath word
for word Then the KIansmen silently
left for home.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-24
Baby's Carriage.

To do over au old baby carriage or
stroller, remove the upholsterlng ana
scrub Thoroughly with strong son.
ton Of washing powder and ammonia
Let dry well and then apply good
coating Of prepared enamel Ozark blue
or gray being the best for most Paint
the wheels black i preferred. Take \
pattern from the old upholsterlng and
recover with poplln Of the shade 80
the carriage Tack In place with
brass tacks THE heads or which have
been painted the color OF the body.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-24
4 LABOR MEN HELD GUILTY
Thomas Walsh and Three Other Chi.
cago Business Agents Given
Year in Jail.

Chicago, AUG 21,-Thomas Wash
and Frank Hayes business agents for
the shccmotal workers. union; Roy
Shields, business agent for the paint.
ers' union, and Patrick j. Kane, bust.
ness agent for The plumbers union,
were found guilty Of conspiracy to
extort money aud their punishment
fixed at one year in the county jail.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-24
Black and silver a New Note.

As variation Of the black and
white combination which has been
seen so much in millinery In the last
several seasons, attractive hats are
now being offered in which black and
silver are the dominant color notes.
The use of silver with white Is also
seen, but this seems to be confined
more or less to models made OF
duyetyn. Another novelty that has
made it's appearance II the use Of flesh
Roiored faoacs on both black and
uaitc hats. IInong the new materials
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-24
BIG FOUR STRIKE CALLED OFF
Passenger and Freight Service Re-.
sumed on the Santa Fe In
California.

Los Angeles, Cal, Aug. 21.-The
strike of the Big -Four brotherhoods
on the coast lines Of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fe railway system
has been called off and freight and
passenger service has been resumed
it was announced by /. l.. ElibbWd,
general manager Of the Santa Fe.
The embargo on freight was lifted
with the announcement, the Santa
Zee general manager said but the re-
turn of the Big -Four brotherhoods men
will effect no change in the situation
of the striking shop craftsmen h,
declared.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-24
ImpoTtsnt 70 Mothers


The Woman likes to pass Saturday
afternoon with the schoolma'm,
Usually there are two or three occur
rences ~ term time which have helped
to form she silver lining of the weeks
drab cloud
During the spelling lesson the teach-
err had asked the children to form sem
fences containing the words that oc.
Cured in the lesson.
"Ivan,' she asked a little son Of
Russia, "can you give me a sentence
with the word plight"
please Is pllte," responded Ivan,
with q smile that denoted the pride
Of work well done.-Chlcago Journal.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-08-24
ONCE LIVED IN WHITE HOUSE
Mrs. Rachel jackson Lawrence, 80.
Granddaughter Of Former Presi-
dent Jackson, Near Death.

Nashville, Tenn, Aug 21.-Mlrs. RAJ
chel Jackson Lawrence, eighty-nine,
granddaughter by adoption Of former
President Andrew Jackson and the
last surviving member Of his house
hold at the White House, Is reported
very low, utter several months Of fail
Ing health.