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The Washington times., 1924-08-12
BELASCO TROUPE
EXCELS IN
THRILLER

II you happen to feel uncom.
fortably warm any evening this
week take a jaunt down to the
Belasco. You'll get cold chill
that1l keep you in a weekend
supply of goose-flesh.
Mr.. Fowler's company is doing
John Wizards The Cat and the
Canary" That's the answer.
If all the shrieks from feminine
members of audiences that have
witnessed this nerve-wrecker since
its introduction to the American
stage several seasons ago were
gathered together on one phono-
graph record it, would play, three
days, twelve hours and seventeen
minutes without reminding. If
all the Piceadilly collars worn by
men who wilted them down dur
ing the big moment of the second
act were laid end to end they
would keep thirteen Chinese laun-
! dries busy for solid month, ex-
Guiding Saturdays, Sundays and
holidays. II all the box-office
receipts were converted into three.
cent pieces and gathered into one
pile it would stagger the imagi-
nation.
If you've ever attended a
friendly dark circle"-one of
those family semiseance affairs
you can get an idea of the splen-
did atmosphere created by the
present Belasco troupe in their
current effort. Last night every
thing seemed in tune-even
pair q obliging bats flew down
from the caves during the inter
missions to keep the assemblage
in a state of panic.
The most spontaneous bit of
applause went to Victor Kerney,
who as the eccentric doctor Gre
ated terrific impression in n
very short part. OF course the
leads went to Donald Gallaher and
Leona Beutelle. Gallaher, as the
bashful swain from upstate,
looked and acted every inch the
AOAO AC OoO1yCu' Anu MlSS 6Gu-
telle, entirely aside from the ex.
cellent rendition Of her part. Of
fered one surprise that made
every man Jack in the house
sigh for pair of binoculars.
Nanny Pleasant, done crcepily
by Elisabeth Patterson, is good
for seventeen chills and a shud-
der. Arthur Rhodes in the sur.
prise role of Roger Crosby creates
deft illusion and then tears it
down. Everett Butterfield, d.
rector of the play, also fills in
as Harry Blythe, and does a
workmanlike job. Mildred Menow
and Adele Windsor are entrusted
with the distant.cousin parts to
good advantage, Harry Irving
shows his mettle as the old
family lawyer, and Bill Ford
plays Hendricks, the asylum
guard.
All in all, darned fine piece
of entertainment, albeit a hard
one to review, inasmuch as page
one of the program says:
II you like this play please tell your
But pray don't tell them how itendsp,
r. L. B.
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GOings-On

POLTS-De Wolf Hopper In
"El Captain. -
BELASCO-Belasco Players in
THE Cat and the Canary"
KEITH'S-Frances White. Meis.
tersingers, others.
STRAND-Vaudeville and films.
TIVOLI - Novelty acts and
films.
COLUMBIA-GloAa Swanson in
"Manhandled."
Observation-Disclosures Dan.
iels in "Unguarded Women"
PALACE-Pola Negri in Lilly
Of the Dust"
RIALTO-Patsy Ruth Miller in
THE Wise Virgin"
AMBASSADOR-Alma Rubens
in The Rejected Woman"
CENTRAL -" Missing Daugh.
ters.''
CRANDALL'S - Dick Barthel.
mess in "The Enchanted Cottage"
SAVOY - Alma Rubens in
"Cytherea."
AVENUE GRAND-Alma Ru.
bens in "Cytherea.
APOLLO - Colleen Moore in
THE Perfect Flapper."
YORK Blanche Sweet in
Those Who Dance"
OUTDOOR RESORTS - Glen
Echo Park, Chevy Chase Lake,
Chesapeake Beach, Colonial Beach.
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PLAN ARTISTIC TOUR TO
BEAT IMMIGRATION LAW

NAPLES, Italy, Aug. 12.-An in.
teresting fraud based on clandestine
emigration to North and South
American countries has just been
discovered by the police. 1t is al
legged that Guglielmo Jacohio and
Ferdinando Spalice organized what
they called an artistic tour Of North
and South America, mapping out a
program with list Of artists. in.
Guiding. woman boxing champion
and a number of dancers, and sue.
ceeded in rounding out the com
pany" With many would-be ethi.
grants who paid large sums of
money for what they supposed
would he an opportunity to enter
the countries across the sea.
In all, according to the police. q.
100000 lire was collected from the
would-be emigrants. most of whom
are from the Province Of Avellino.
They sold all they possessed in order
to provide the money demanded for
their inclusion in the COMPANY, +"
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PAPAL DECREE
ON DRESS IS
ENFORCED
italian Churches Barred to
Women in Gowns That
Violate Ukase
By International New. seryice.

ROME. Aug. 12.-Ecclesiastieal
authorities throughout Italy are
rigidly enforcing the Pope's decree
against the attendance in churches
OF scantily clad women.
Many churches have notices a.
their doors pointing out admission
Is forbidden to women thus
dressed, and preachers are worning
their congregations that henceforth
women wearing very low-necked
and sleeveless dresses will not be
allowed to partake of holy COM
munion or be admitted to the con-
fessipnal.
1t is on record that women have
been obliged to leave church on ap.
pearing in the forbidden dress, and
some have even been publicly adj
nlonished.
Although many protests have
been made, the Pope is very firm in
his, decision to enforce more austers
fashions. He has established Q
rigorous etiquette for those asking
audiences of him, and no woman Is
even admitted to the precincts Of
the Vatican II CARRIED in the for.
hidden clothes.
The order has severely depleted
many church congregations, the
women apparently preferring to
give up going to church rather than
be out of fashion.
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# Ia EOsryBosy. -:
THE GATE-POST
By Harold Phillips
EEL CAPTAIN"

For being hard working girls
and for not staying out late
night nor asking for candy, Mr..
Hopper, has rewarded three of
his feminine mainstays with a
brace Of new cognomens for this
week only.
The presentations were made
at an informal Qualification just
before the program of Gel Capt.
tan" went to the printers.
Sarah Edwards was presented
with the name Of Mildred Rogers,
handsomely done up in tissue
and ribbon. Eethel Walker be-
comes this week, Alice Macken.
zie, at no advance in prices and
Ethel Clark is Winifred Anglin
for the same reason, probably,
that the Bing Boys sing.
"Of all the numbers we like
best,
'"Give us 1892"
Mr.. Hopper will be known
next week as George Spelvin il
plans of the company to surprise
him do not miscarry.
n, x&*
Gel Captain" music by John
Philip Sousa and book by George
Klein, puts the Hopper troupe in
a Homecoming spirit. The Hop
per interpretations are especially
pert. That ditty, "The Typical
Tune of Zanzibar" is augment
ed by several verses on topical
conditions, the parking problem
and the Washington ball club.
Mr.. Hopper dwells on the iniqui-
ties of Hollywood before the cur
tain. The orchestra blares into
"The Stars and Stripes Forever"
to a. diligent waving Of -Liberty's
banners, attaching an antiquity
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VETERAN GETS HIS WISH
TO IDLE WITH BOOTS ON

VANCOUVER, B. c., Aug. ~
Fate gave Thomas Walters, sixty,
Of Vancouver, B. c., his wish Of
sudden death. A Canadian World
War veteran, after twenty years
service in the British army, Wal
tiers visited tine postwar military
doctor owing 10 slight indisposi-
ton. After examination he was
informed that he would live to
eighty. II don't want to-" he told
a friend afterward. IL want to
die with my boots on"
Five days later Walters, who
was employed as a zoo attendant
at Stanley Park, Vancouver. was
in a shed preparing his lunch.
He had q teapot in his hand when
a seventeen-pound rock, dislodged
through a. blast set off 1876 feet
away, hurtled through the air,
striking the attendant and bring.
ing instant death,
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to the play which its lines and
situations do not support.
The prize number of the eve
ming is by the sextette, "Don
Medigua, Here's Your Wife,"
The. double chorus and solo,
Bowed With Tribulation," is
another worthy trinket in the
whole setting. Arthur Cunning
ham gives bah! BAIL" much
verve and Ethel Walker and J.
Humbird Duffy. lend nicely
blended voices to the melody,
Sweetheart, I'm Waiting. Mr..
Hopper and Sol Solomon con-
trive all the deviltry, which is
quite a bit and funny.
Gel Captain" premiered in
1896 and, as Mr., Bryan had a
competitive attraction that year,
there may be some in the out
skirts of town still in the dark
about what it's all about.
Ell Captain was the forerun-
ner of Raisuili and Villa who,
in the course of his nefarious
levies on defenseless travellers,
meets an end not uncommon to
rascals of his class. Where
upon, the viceroy Of somewhere
in Peru" determines to save his
skin and impeachment by im-
personating the bandit and tax
ing command Of the insurgents,
who would requisition those
articles.
This is the idea, barred of
ramifications and the Hopper
penchant for being UP to date.
The staging is excellent and
Max Fischlander continues to
acquit himself as an excep,
tionally capable music director.
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LITTLE FRANCES
PACKS PUNCH
AT KEITH'S

Miss Frances White took large
audience at B. f. Keith's last night
and stood it upon its head, to said
audiences great delight.
The little dynamo packs a lot
of power in this latest presenta-
ton. She is assisted by a young
pianist named Ted Murray, whom
Miss White. .graciously takes into
the act. She sings all the old songs
like a seVen-year-old, and some
new ones in the best cabaret style.
We. have also the Meistersingers.
with the jolly bassos enjoying
themselves hugely, as usual, and
one thanksgiving veteran who
looks for all the world like res
tired village blacksmith dressed
up for formal wedding.
They didn't pick these gentle
men for looks, but for voices. Mr..
Albee was not cheated in this
negotiation. There isn't a false
alarm in one of the twelve. The
chorus work is particularly good.
Harry ]. Conley, the well-known
rube, and Harriet TONNES, his
pretty little partner, draw a lot of
laughs in their Rice and Old
Shoes" with the lighted backdrop
and everything. Marie Nordstrom
asks us to remember when we were
children, and gives serio.comic
nonologue as a crooks lady wait
ing for the jury to come out, and
this is pretty darned good.
On the bill is a fellow who calls
himself Senator" Ford from Mich
igan, who stands up and makes
wise cracks on political subjects.
His delivery is unique, and so is
his exit. So is he, and we predict
that when the years have given
him a little more polish as an un.
polished philosopher, the Senator"
will be out in front with the best
Of his class.
The program tells us that
Mile. Ivy, the sensational toe
dancer, does 5000 steps on her
toes from rise to fall of curtain,
but we lost count after the 569th,
as the mademoiselle began jump
ing ecstatically into the arms of
her male escort.
The Flemings open the bill with
a good posing and balancing bit,
and Roger Villains initiates every
sound but that Of a baby ostrich
calling it's mother, which is our
own parlor offering. The Aesop
Fable, Topics. of the Day and the
Pathe news reel give the perform
ers breathing time.-J. r.
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CHICAGO EXCELS.
IN VIOLENT
CRIMES
Staying for Each Day During
Month of June-Few Ever
Pay Penalty
BY International News serrLce.

CHICAGO, Aug. H.-According
to the last report of the Chicago
crime commission, the following
would be at least a correct and in
no way exaggerated advertisement
that might be carried without fear
Of libeling the city OF Chicago and
Cook county:
Besides great industrial oppor-
tunities and opportunities for
pleasure and recreation, Chicago
and Cook county offered unparal.
leled advantages to gangsters, gun.
men. and particularly murderers
both male and female, of the latter
class"
Record in Evidence.
Follows the commissions record
bearing out the above:
In June there was murder fo.
each of the thirty days of the
month. "
Up to June 80 last there were
It's murders for the preceding 1872
days.
OF the 100 defendants in eighty
four murder cases who were await.
ing trial last January /, forty.two
were at liberty on bail Nine OF
the alleged murderers never had
been apprehended. One Of those
on bail some time In March mixed
in a shooting ARRAY and, being
duly charged with his second muir.
der in. less than a year, was later
released on bail. He has never
been tried. One Of his nicknames
Is The Immune"
Ninety.five defendants in murder
cases are involved in seventy.five
new murder indictments returned
between January l and July / last.
Two to Die.
Between January / and July /
last ninety-one murder cases, In.
volving 1877 defendants, were dis.
posed of by the Criminal Court.
The record of results in these cases
is: Two sentenced to death and
sentence executed: thirty-seven sent
to the penitentiary, three sent to
asylums, fifty.two acquitted; six
teen cases nolle pressed, one de.
PENDANT was found insane at the
time OF the killing, but sane at the
time of trial, and was released.
OF the very frequent women muir
der defendants in the above lot,
the one woman sentenced to hang
the first here in many years
has since been granted a retrial
and is out on bail. Several women
defendants have been acquitted on
self defense and sundry other like
pleas.
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STOLEN us. MUNITIONS
REPORTED IN SHANGHAI

MANILA, p. l., Aug. 12.--Ac.
cording to story published by the
Daily Bulletin here, a large guam.
tity of munitions stolen from the
United States army warehouse In
June have been taken to China
in submarine chaser which was
sold fere to local Americans. The
manifest showed oil instead of
mutfitions when the boat cleared,
1t was declared.
A Shanghai dispatch said the
boat was now there and that har.
Dor authorities had received a re-
quest from Manila for the arrest
of the suspects.
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ALTIMORE PLAYERS
INJURED IN CRASH

BALTIMORE, Md, Aug. 12.-
Three members of the Baltimore
club, of the International League,
were recovering today from inju-
ries received last night when their
automobile turned over here after a
collision with another car.
The injured are: James Parnham,
lacerated scalp, left arm ami spine
bruised: Lew McCarty, lacerated
scalp: Frank Kane. torn ligaments
in right hip. Parnham and McCar-
ty are in the hospital. An X.ray
examination is to be made to deter
mine the extent Of Parnnam's in
iurieS.
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ARKANSAS DEMOCRATS
TO VOTE ON KHAN ISSUE

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Aug. H.
With the Ku KluX Khan, a para
mount issue, voters Of Arkansas
today went to the polls In the
State Democratic primary election.
In the gubernatorial race Lee
Cazort has been officially an
nounced as the khan candidate, &C.
cording to. paid advertisements pub.
lished by that organization in which
it was said that five of the six
candidates sought the khan endorse
ment. Jim G. Ferguson, another
candidate, maintained that he will
get more khan votes than the Off
cial candidate.
Hamp Williams openly declared
he has not sought an alliance with
the organization while Judge John
E. Mathineau likewise stated he did
not go to the hooded order for
support.
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LIEUT.. COL. FRANK GREENE.

Word has been received here of
the death, in Los Angeles, on Aug.
ust 8, of Lieutenant Colonel Frank
Greene. u. S. A., retired.
Colonel Green was born in Phila.
delphia in .1847. He enlisted in the
Signal Corps as a private in 1875.
was commissioned second lieu
tenant, in the same branch of the
service IN 1882, where he remained,
serving through all the various
grades until his retirement in 1918.
When the United States entered
the World War he was returned
to active duty as signal officer of
the Western Department, which
command he held until 1919. He
was on duty in the office of the
chief signal officer here from 1885
to 1889.
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@. Ny father was a captain in
the war. He was killed in action.
We have heard that officers are
not entitled to a bonus. Please in
foCm US If this is true.-J. c. G.
A. Captains in the army are
eligible for the bonus, but Of
Ulcers of no higher rank than
captain are. The captains widow,
II she is unmarried, should apply.
The next dependents in order are
the children, if under eighteen
years of age at the time of their
fathers death; then the veterans
mother, and next his father.
@. l saw in one Of the papers
that the Veterans Bureau was
going to allow veterans to as
sign their bonus to anyone, even
company or a corp0ration. Kind
ly tell me when this rule will go
into effect.-P. T.
A. Veterans are not allowed to
sign away their bonus rights. In
the naming of a beneficiary, they
may name anyone they please,
even a commercial or patriotic
organization. This is the official
opinion. You probably read a
slight misunderstanding in term
inology in the newspapers story.
@. In the case of a mother APP
plying for veterans bonus.
while the soldiers widow is liv-
ing, unmarried, what will happen,
If the. widow does not make APP
plication?-W. J. A.
A. In filling out her application,
the mother must state that the
veterans widow is alive, and take
oath to that effect. Such action
on the mothers part would in
volve the. veterans dependents in
considerable correspondence with
the Government, and as a result
the mother would be finally in
formed that she would not be en-.
titled to the bonus while the vet
eran's unmarried widow was
still living.
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DEATHS.

Clark H, Sherwood. 81 years. No. a2o
Sheridan street northwest.
Mary G. Garrett, 50 years! No. 1916
Euclid street northwest.
John Milhollen, II yeras, No. 26os
University place northwest.
George Williams 81 years, Gallinger
Hospital.
Patrick Burke, IS years. Walter Reed
Hospital.
Elizabeth A. Duffey. IS years, No
9l6 Ninth street northwest.
Edward r. Drew, 20 years. George
town University Hospital.
Elizabeth Shehan, Z years. No. 14l9
street northeast.
Thomas Hawley. years, Children's
Hospital.
Betty A. Houston, hours. No. 1447
Oak street northwest.
Susie Garnett. So years, No. 624 K
street southeast.
Mary Smith. AZ years. GalIinger Hos
pital.
Henry C. Smith. 4s years. Providence
Hospital.
Alice Powell. 81 years. Freedmen's
Hospital.
Myrtle 7. Shorts, 10 months. No. 216
L street southwest.
Agnes johnson. . days. Freedmen's
Hospital.
Infant William and Beatrice Howard,
. days, Freedmen's Hospital.
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WIFE'S DEATH DRIVES
HUSBAND TO SUICIDE

DAYTON. Ohio. Aug. - Harry
Kilmer, husband Of Mildred Kilmer.
who died from an overdose Of
veronal last week. is dead by his
own hand. He hanged himself at
the State hospital where he was
taken for observation.
His wife's body was shipped to
Rochester, N. Y. Information that
his wife had died is believed to have
been the motive. He hanged him.
self by means of rolled towel in
the washroom sometime yesterday.
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Dpath notices

AFFARE-on Monday August II. 1924
at his residence. BIT T street north
east, NICHOLAS, aged forty-six
I years. beloved husband or CIorinda
Funeral services Wednesday, August
10 1924, at-9 n. m, at st. Martins
Church. Interment at st. Mary's
cemetery.
DoZIER-Departed this life Sunday,
August 10. 1924. at his residence. 1902
DOzIER, dearly beloved husband OF
Grace Dozier.
Funeral from Plymouth congre-
gattonal Church, Seventeenth and p
i Is 1872 northwest "Wednesday. august Angus.
Jarvis Co. funeral directors.
HOWARD-On Monday, August ii.
lg24. at her residence, 1890 Twenty
Iirst street Northwest. PEARL l..
Toward, tei9ved wife of the late
Notice of funeral hereafter. (Boston
papers please copy)
STUTTS-Suddenly on Monday, August
IL ASZ4, az 1880 p m, at his resi-
dence, ll2 Kentucky avenue south
east, HUGH A. SUITS. beloved son
Funeral from the residence, on
Thursday, August II, at 10 a. m, In
tefment at Congressional Cemetery
BlHAEH1HT-On sunday, August 10
1924, at 9:o5 p. M, MOLLY SMITH
scHAFHIRT, wife Of DR.. William
G. Schafhirt
Funeral from her late residence
1850 Wyoming avenue northwest
Thursday, August II, at 1890 a. m
Interment private. The Rev. DR.
Durkee, president of Howard Uni.
versity. will conduct the services.
TIBBkS-sunday, August TO- 1924, al
7:45 a. M, at his residence, 21s
Bryant st. N. W., WILLIAM ALONZO
beloved son of Mr.. and Mrs. william Ii
TIbbs, and husband of Lucille Tibbs
Funeral services Wednesday. August
10. 1924. at 2 p. m. at Peoples Con,
Rregational Church. Interment 81
Harmony Cemetery.
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$4,000 LOVE BALM IS
SOUGHT OF PHYSICIAN

NORFOLK, Va, Aug. 12.--Alleg.
ing alienation of his beautiful young
wife's affections. Montgomery OFT,
a salesman, has brought, suit here
in the sum of $40, 900 against Doctor
Antonio A. Burke, a well-known
Norfolk physician.
The plaintiff alleges that for more
than three years the doctor had
visited the woman at her home dur.
ing Otis absence, and that the in
timacy resulted In impairment of
Mrs. Otis health, necessitatlng the
expenditure of large sums Of money
to cure her.
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HUGH A. SUITS.

Funeral services will be held at
ten o'clock Thursday> morning at
his late residence, 112 Kentucky
avenue southeast, for Hugh A.
Suits, who died at his home yes
terday afternoon, after a two
months illness.
Mr., Suits was claim examiner
for the u. S. Veterans Bureau and
was formerly with the Interstate
Commerce Commission. He was
an active member OF the Masonic
order, and of the Craftsman
Club. He is survived by his
mother. Mrs. Annie J. Suits. In.
terment will be in Congressional
cemetery.
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'oNLY KILLED CHICKEN
: SAYS DRUNKEN DRIVER

sUNBURY, Pa, Aug. 12.-R. r..
Thompson, of Muncy, a department
of labor and industry employee, was
jailed, charged with driving his au.
to while intoxicated. He ran into
a street car. according to Police
Chief Quin.
Doctor j. w. Choffstall exam.
ined the prisoner and declared that
he was under the Influence Of
liquor. II have driven 100000 miles
and never killed anything but a
chicken" Thompson said.
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.VETERANS!'
THE TIMES CAN
= SOLVE YOUR
Bonus Problems
ASK US!

Questions concerning the 1oorld
WGr bonus are answered daily in
this column. Questions on State
bonuses are not answered. If you
are unable to call personally at the
bonus information bureau in the
Hearst Building, 1917 Fl street
northeast, mail your inquiry.
AnSwers are based on the most
authoritative information GUdil-
able. HoWeVer, no full legal an
depreciation of the bonus act has
been issued.
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Births, Marriages, Deaths
Phone Notices to Main $500. Obituary Desk
MRS. MOLLIE s. sCHAFHIRV

Last rites will be held from her
late residence, 1850 Wyoming ave-
nue. northwest, at 1890 o'clock
morning for Mrs. MolIie
S. Schafhirt, who died at Finer
gency Hospital Sunday night.
Mrs. Schafhirt was the wife of
Doctor = William G. Schafhirt, who
survives her. She had> been Ill for
more than year prior to her
death, suffering from acute nervous
Interment will be private.
The Washington times., 1924-08-12
BIRTHS.

William J. and Margaret D. Frye, boy.
Arthur B. and Ruth Farnham, boy.
William H. and Anna NJ Bryan, girl.
John r. and May A. Kieny, girl.
Clarence and Annie Akers, girl.
Robert and Geneva Waller, boy.
James N and Jeanette o. Dixon. boy.
Roscoe l.. and Mary L Gray. girl.
Ulysses and Pearl Lyon, boy.
Charles b. and Ruth Payne, boy.
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MARRIAGE LICENSES.

Robinson Goble, SO. both of Winter
Park. Fla. The Reverend Franklin j.
Winter.
Domenico Bella. IS. and Gluseppina
N. Piscietta, "a. The Reverend N. NJ
DeCario.
Calvin Jordan, 81. and Rebecca B.
Jones, ~. The Reverend G. T. Long
Stevens Herndon, 81. and Matte Wat
kins, 80. The Reverend J. J. Horton.