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building on the site al Fifth and
Sheridan streets northwest. 81 500.
For additional amount for the con
struction of an eight-room addition
to the Brightwood Park School.
$40. 900.
For Training School.
The Senate committee added VIZ
OoO for the National Training school
for Bows. and SOS .35 for the res
toration Of Fort McHenry. near Sal
timore. Md, in accordance with the
plan worked out by the Secretary
Of War.
For the purchase and exchange ~
an automobile tor the Vice President.
the committee added S9.1357A.
Provision il made also for paving
to the widows of the Senators who
died during the last year Slo.ooo
each. equivalent 10 one years salary
of Senator. in accordance with the
usual custom of the Senate. Inc
payments will be made TO the widows
of the late Senators Mccormick OF
Illinois. La Toilette of Wisconsin:
Spencer of Missouri. Ralston OF
India ma and L.add of North Dakota
other items of increase recommend
ed bv the committee follow
Bureau of Efficiency, salaries: 70
900. Commission of Fine Arts. '4o"'
Department of Agriculture-r ores'
fire weather warning service, Sz:ooo'
fighting and preventing forest nres'
$500 900.
DEPARTMENT OF Commerce Burea VI
OF Lighthouses. retired pay. $5a.ooo:
damage claims. $3.50: fish hatchery
Nashua, y. H., construction and re
pair. $2b.0o0.
Interior Department-Payme 10
Chippewa Indians Of Minnesota. 1922
s3s. OF: payment to stevens and Ferry
Counties. Wash. S115,7S1.67: North
Platte reclamation project. Nebraska
Wyoming. 100000: fighting forest
fires in national parks, 10000.
Department of Justice-Contingent
expenses, $1,000: assistants to the
Attorney General. $4,000: United
states Industrial Reformatory, S31 500.
Navy Department-Ciril government
of American Samoa, repair or
damages by storm. $ll 900.
Treasury Depa rtment-Federal Farm
Loan Bureau. $294,G95: judgments Of
United States courts. S11,135.51 ;~judg
ments of district courts. SSO2.SO: judg-
ments OF Court OF Claims. $1.f2l.-
50s3s: audited claims. 1929 ,aS2.29.
The committee recommended the
following decrease: Payment to the
Omaha Indians. 374,4e5.02.
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HAM URGES ACTION
BY CONGRESS TO
AID MERGER PLANS

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committee representing the Capital
Traction co. If they reach agree
ment on basis for a merger Mr..
Ham feels reasonably certain that
such a basis might he acceptable to
the Washington Railway ana Electric
Co. These negotiations through the
North American Co. as intermediary
seem the most sensible way OF get
ting the two compa MES together,
Mr.. Hma said.
Other Officials Present.
Mr.. Ham was attended at the con-
ference by s. r. Bowen, vice presi-
dent, and A. G. Neale. treasurer OF
thehstreet railway company. both OF
whom he placed at the service OF the
committee for any information it
desired. Both the Washington Rail-
way Co. and the Capital Traction
Co., went thoroughly into the effect
on both companies of the proposed
lie eisla ton when the Mcclellan scent
car-fare bill was under consideration
in the last Congress.
Mr. Ham told the committee that
since that time there has been some
change, the most important being a
falling off in traffic. but the wages and
material costs continue about the
same. A scent fare would he destruc-
tive to the Washington Railway and
Electric Co., and he believes also to
the Capital Traction Co. as neither
company il now earning reasona Die
return on a fair valuation Of property
az fixed by the Public Utilities Com
mission under orders from Congress.
The purpose OF the public utilities
act, Mr.. Ham said. was to relieve Con.
gress Of the duty of regulating the
companies as it had been doing and
there was nothing revolutionary in
this. as 1t followed what had been
done in other States and was in
conformity with the action OF Con
gress in establishing the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
= '1f there is any criticism. it has
been at the manner In which the act
was administered and not Of the act
itself" Mr.. Ham said. He considers
the Blanton bill, which throws the
companies back on their original
charter and imposes a fractional fare
for school children. as vicious. He
pointed out that it deprives the Public
Utilities Commission of part Of it's
obligation, but continues the balance
of it's functions.
Ham Urges Action.
Lengthy discussion followed as to
just what the effect of the Blanton
bill would be. Mr.. Ham pointed out
that the Washington Railway and
Electric Co. is now merged com
pany by act Of Congress in 1909. and
also authorized by act Of Congress
to own the stock of the Potomac
Electric Power Co. In this way the
Washington Railway and Electric Co
is composed Of companies which re-
ceived 20 or % charters from Con-
gress. Some of these companies are
still operated as distinct entities
T Il. Submits Cost Data.
Representative Frank r. Reid. Re-
publican. of Illinois. questioned Mr..
Ham IN dstaQ rsgarding these distinct
companiess including the City and
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Plan Memorial to Wesley.

LONDON, February II P.-A John
Wesley hi.centenary is to he cele.
brated by Lincoln College, Oxford.
next month. the founder of Methodisn
having been elected fellow Of that
college 200 years ago.
The rector Of the college has invited
leading lirhta in WesIeyanism to .
banquet and memorial service.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
Sends Supplemental Estimate.

By the Associated PresN
A supplemental estimate of $119 .S57
to cover expenses OF the Interstate
Commerce Commission in checking up
accounts as to regulation OF commerce
and in inforcing safety regulations
WAS sent to the House yesterday by
President Coolidge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
u. S. is TAKING HAND
TO OPEN NEW COAL
PEACE CONFERENCE

Confined from First Page.)
and the various bills which have been
introduced to deal with 1t.
The subcommittee. II WAS said,
would get down to work Immediately
on the ma tier and determine what, in
it's opinion, was best to be done. The
subcommittee has before 1t particular
ly the Robinson bin for the estab-
Iishment of a board Of industrial ad-
justments to deal with controversies
In the coal industry,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11

ment it Is believed it will come from
the operators side. The operators
NEGOTIATING committee IL in constan mt
touch with other coal company rep
resentatives, bdt whether the present
movement win get anywhere Is pure.
Iy q matter Of njecture.
If some new basis Of settlement IL
decided upon among the coal com
panies 1t ts expected 1t will be at once
made known to the miners.
The union leaders are here to con-
slider anything that might come from
the mine owners.
No enga gements, so far az can he
learned. have been made for Mr.:
Lewis and w. w. Inglis. chairman OF
the operators negotiating committee,
to meet. nor for the full committees
OF the two sides to confer.
Alvan Markle, neutral chairman OF
the joint wage conference OF miners
and operators, 10 registered at the
Union League Club mere. close to the
Ritz srlton and Bellevue.Stratford
Thus the machinery for a conference
Is ready.
Would Force Meeting.
HARRISBURG, Pa, February IL
@.-Nexotiating committees of the
anthracite operators and miners would
be called upon by the Pennsylvania
Legislature to resume negotia tons at
once some place within the State and
to remain in session until an agree
ment Ia reached. under resolution
presented in the House today by the
committee on mines II was laid over
until the next session, which WIN ~
held Monday night
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
DEFICIENCY MEASURE
READY FOR SENATE
WITH SOME NEW ITEMS

tContinued from First Page1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-02-11
HAMILTON RESIGNS
AT TRACTION HEAD

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building on the site al Fifth and
sheridan streets northwest. 81 500.
For additional amount for the con-
struction of an eight-room addition
to the Brightwood Park School.
$40, 900.
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-20
MAN OF 2S26 IS
DESCRIBED
BY r. A. WRAY
International News eerviea

LONDON, May 20. what win
the man Of 1926 he Hke2 Prof.
a. M. Low, the brilliant young
British scientist and inventor, has
been speculating on what our de-
scendants viii be doing 1000 years
hence.
Professor Low thinks that Mr..
1926 win have at his disposal forces
that defy our imagination. He Inn
AGNES his protegee In the act Ct
rising in the morning, and tells
how he win start the day.
A pressure from button 81
his bedside Whislked his clothes
from the wardrobe and brought
them to his bed. A mechanical
valet shaved him with touch 90
delicate as e womaTlss hand; an
electrical bootsblack delivered hi
boots polished like mirror.
ITO get his breakfast he tool
down tube like piece Of hose
piping from the wall, inserted tlie
nozzle in his mouth, and in1hsbec
two fluid ounces Of Concentrates
10od. This done he turned to the
news OF the day.
"Click! Upon q tiny screen LEI
kAA&O SAAS " 49, g ANktts4hA y - .e3 -
running. He was watching an
American baseball match. Another
click, and he was gazing Mortified
at an earthquake in Japan. In
10 minutes he had ranged from
London to Bagdad and from Wigan
to Wisconsin,
Some day, thinks Professor Low,
we shall even lose the use OF our
arms and LEGS, and become I'm.
mense brains directing the me
chanical forces at our command.
Some day, he thinks. e may not
be necessary for 81 man to drag
his body around with him just be
cause, for instance, he wants ~
convey the impression OF thought
from New York to San Francisco.
The present method he regards &c
insuffictently comfortable, and speed
and comfort are the guiding FAC.
tors OF civilization.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-20
Chicago livestock

CHICAGO, May 20.-Demand for
hogs was strong again today and a
run Of 10000 was hardly enough to
meet trade requirements. Sellers
were successful in putting prices a
dime higher, which established the
best light hogs at STATS, the
highest since last July, when the
same figure was paid for the best
light weights. Choice heavy, selling
at $14.10, Is at the highest point
since last September.
Cattle sold steady TO strong.
Lambs were scare and sold Csc
higher.
Hogs-Receipts, 10000; market
zee higher. Bulk, &1S.50@14.40; top,
$14.75; heavyweight, $13.35014.1O;
nediumweight, $13.80@14.60; light.
weight, $13.65@14.65; light lights,
$13.S5@14.75; heavy packing sows,
smooth, $12.85@13.10; packing sows,
rough, $12.60@12.S5; pigs, $4,000
14.75.
cattle-Receipts, 10000; market
strong. Calves, receipts 5000;
market steady. Beef steers: Choice
and prime. $s.75@10.25; medium
and good, $S.50@9.50; good and
choice, $9.50@10.25; common and
medium, $7.50@9.00. Butcher cattle:
Heifers, $5.50@10.00; cows, $3.50
IT'S; bulls, $5.0007.50: Gamers and
cutters: Cows and heifers, $4,000
6.25; Gamer steers, $5.50@7.oO; veal
calves Digit and handy weight)
$10.O0@i4.00; feeder steers, $1,000
800; stocker steers, $6.75@8.25
stocker cows and heifers, $500
600; stocker calves, $5.50@s.50.
Sheep-Receipts, 5000: market 25c
higher. Lambs. clipped, $14.5O@
1875; lambs, culls and common
$1L00@l2.50; spring lambs, $16.50@
1870; yearling wethers, $9.50@1l.OO
ewes, $7.OO@8.50; ewes, culls and
common, $3.00@5.00; yearlings
t$11.5o@13.00; feeder lambs, $13.25@
AGO.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-20
SHIP SALE CASE
PUT OVER

The argument on the application
for an injunction against the
United States Shipping Board TO
prevent the sale OF the five Presi-
dent ships to the Admiral Oriental
Line, an r. Stanley Dollar or.
eanization, was continued today by
Chief Justice Mccoy Of the District
Supreme Court until Monday. The
Puget Sound Oriental Line and q
number OF residents Of Washing
ton and Oregon are asking for the
Injunction.
The Shipping Board denies the
inpitation az collision and declares
1t gave no Information to Dollar
az to the changes In the specimen
lions governing the sale n advance
OF and TO the prejudice Of other
bidders. There was no unaerstanu.
Ing, expressed or implied, the court
Is told, that r. Stanley Dollar and
the Admiral Oriental Line should
receive treatment any different from
that accorded other bidders. Inc
Shipping Board denies that the pro.
posed sale win result in great and
irreparabIe damage to the com
pIainaIlts.
The chief counsel OF the shipping
Board has advised IT that the BID
OF the Dollar corporation having
been accepted after due advertise
ment, the sale OF the ehips II a
completed contract. Should tnt
Board now recede the United States
would become liable In damages
Dismissal Of the application for In
junction is asked.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-20
'L0BBINIG' HELD
4 NECESSITY

ssT,obbvfng was described tOdas,
a. q necessary part 81 our syStcm
of government, by William 3. CLI
bereton when he appeared before
the Senate Tariff Investiga ttng con-
rnittee Is ten about his activittes on
the Tariff Commission prior 70 NAV
1926, when he becanne minister 70
Rumania.
Industrial interests have . vics,
which ought 10 BE- presented y
some way when Congress Is form,
ing tariff legislation that viii afzecs
them, Culberston said. he only
objection 70 them Is that they use
bacl-door methods"
Lobbying. he said. has been equal.
" a. active under Democratic and
Republican administrations.
Haven't the interests involves
an opportunity to present their
side before the tariff commissl0u3
Senator Robinson CD OF Arkansas
chairman Of the committee. asked,
YES, but all the tariff hearings
I have seen have been more 0r lNaa
lperfunctory affairs" CulberstOn re-
piled.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-20
RlN-TIN-TIN's MASTER
HELD IN GIRLS CASE

CHICAGO, May 20.--What was
the attraction at the Congress- Ho-
tel for pretty 17-year-Old Audrey
Workman-Rin-Tin- Tin, the famous
movie dog, or RinTin Tins hand
SOME master, Lee Duncan, OF Bev-
erly Hills, California?
That is the question Judge John
Lupe will be asked to decide in
Municipal Court today.
q Duncan was arrested and charged
with contributing to the girls de.
iinquency. She had been missing
from her home three days and was
located on an anonymous tip" re-
ceived by the police.
Certainly / visited Mr.. Dun-
cans rooms In the Congress" she
said. But not to see him. ]
went to see Rim Tin-Ti
az saw Miss Workman" Duncan
admitted, "but my secretary, also
was present. I keep secretary
for just that purpose to avoid
trouble with young women who
want to see RinsTfn.Tin."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-20
burbank SLAST
ARTICLE

NEW YORK, Hay TO-. hat u
believed to be the last statenaont
Luther Burbank, the plant wizard.
wrote before his sudden death r.
Gently to explain his principles
and methods q published over his
signature In the June number ok
the scientific American, out t0-
day. IN It Burbank gives fuII crseis
to Darwin, declaring. This less q
the survival Of the 1ittest g ne
basis for an explanation 6 cur
puzzle"
Burbank's article says a. part
There are twO factors which
have entered into the gchen1e Of
things 70 make this original and
natural prodigality Of nature's seem
ct first glance, unnecessary ana
even superf1uoas. The first q tko
new factors IN the Gcherna were
birds and insects. Ik ~ calculated
that more than 10000 new apecieg
Of plants came almost eudoonly
into existence when bird life and
insect life especially the bees were
evolved. Birds and bees and other
insects sought food, and " their
busy scurrying from fruit 10 fruit
and from flower % flOwer they
carried pollen that caused crosses
70 begin to appeeT, crosses which
resulted IN tlie incident g new
species. a6y almost suddenly
although o1 course. mean that
- ae,ensraiIy sepealxirass the develop
.sjIlleraf as VSEy sIog ny what Oar
win called slow variations. But,
ins.Ipsx4.s H,anlF flceR1 Tina from this
distance, It was sudden. For the
birds ana bees npAtshed "
hundred years, perhaps, what 1t
would have taken Nature 1000
years to DO with her old careless,
hit-orsnaisa fashion 81 using winds
ana floods and accidents g effect
cfosseHs
ssThe only factor n speeding up
Natures processes and making her
prudigalgtY seem unnecessarily was
man. Plant ding III 3 compare
lively new science, but soon after
man EMERGED from his primitive
condition he accidentally brought
about crosses by throwing strange
heredities together, and by q Sc
lection that he was not conscious
.Cf, he developed better or different
varieties. He knew no science Of
plant breeding. It II doubtful II
he ever realized that he was BY his
own acts improving strains. Never
the less, that II what he did do 20
that new species were gradually
created while the old wild parent
species were still to be found fol
lowing Natures methods and i'm
proving themselves by age.long pro
cessca
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-20
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO, May 20.-Produce:
Butter Receipts 9,033 tubs.
Creamery, extra, 39@39%c; stand
ard, 40c; extra firsts, 38& 039A
firsts. 37@28c: packing stock, 2Sc.
Eggs - Receipts, 21,430 cases.
Miscellaneous, 28hc: ordinary firsts,
27028c; firsts. 281z @29hc; extra,
31031Nc; checks. 26c; dirties. 26hc.
Cheese Twins, new, 19c; Daisies,
1914 @19%; Young Americas. 19A C;
Longhorns, 19A @19hc; brick. ITO
17hc.
Live poultry Turkeys. 35c;
chickens, 27@28c; roosters, 17hc;
geese, lac; ducks. 28c.
Potatoes-Receipts 45 cars. Wis.
sacked round whites. S2.5O@2.95;
MINI. sacked round whites, $3.50
PTS; Ida. sacked russets, $3@3.30;
La. and Texas sacked Bliss Tri-
umphs, $5.75@6.25.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-20
HOTEL DENIES RUMoR
THAT WARD IS FOUND

NEW YORK, May 2O.-Published
reports that the missing Walter s,
Ward. son OF the millionaire baker,
had been found living in seclusion
In the Nassau Hotel, Long Beach.
~. z, were. denied today by the
hotel management.
There has been q rurnor to that
effect going around town for sew
eral DAYS, bat Ward IL not here"
if was stated &C The hotel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-20
Liberty Bonds
Baltimore Grain Market

(Furnished By W. b. Hibbs q Coz
BALTIMORE, May 20. Grain:
Wheat, easier; No. 2 red winter
garlicky domestic, $1.67; receipts,
55,667 bushels; shipments, 1O5.247
bushels. Corn, steady, No. vel
low domestic, 78h cents; receipts,
3,181 bushels; shipments, 1858
bushels. Oats, quiet; No. white
domestic, 81 cents bushel asked; re-
ceipts, 1850 bushels; shipments,
23,589 bushels. Rye, nominal; re-:
ceipts, none: shipments, none. Hay,
firm on top grades, unchanged.
Flour, quiet.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-20
FINDS SAFETY DEVICE USED
by N. Y. CENTRAL o. K.

The contention OF the Sprague
Safety Control and Signal Corpora.
ton that the automatic train con-
troll device OF the General Railway
Signal Company, which the New
York Central has selected for in
stallation upon its lines, fails to
meet the specifications and require
ments of the Interstate Commerce
Commission, was not sustained by
the commission today.
The commission also ruled there
had been no violation Of the Clay
ton antitrust law In the purchase
by the New York Central OF the
device OF the General Railway Sig
nal Company, as charged by the
Sprague Corporation.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-20
Daily Treasury Statement

The daily statement Of the United
States Treasury shows:
Income to date this year. $S.2ss.
900 ,331.15.
Income to date last year, $3,114,
778 ,818.23.
Increase, $124,211 ,512.92.
Income over outgo this year
$103 ,674, 1858.
Income over outgo last year
ST. ,461 ,858.82.
Increase, $31 ,222, 497.51.
Balance general fund today, $3.50.
345, 1859.
Decrease, $3,574,736.26.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-20
By RICHARD HATTON

$1,000
There is more or less interest in
financial circles in the United States
over the somewhat unprecedented
reversal In our foreign trade bal
ance for the first three months of
the present year.
Exceptional interest attaches to
the foreign trade returns for March
since these disclose for the third
successive month an excess or mer.
chandise imports over exports,
states the current issue OF the
Guaranty Survey, published by the
Guaranty Trust Company OF New
York.
"a surplus OF imports in the for
eign trade Of the United States Is
sufficiently unusual to attract at
tention in any case. This country
has taken less merchandise than It
has exported in every year but one
during the last half century, and
comparatively few Of the monthly
returns have shown an excess OF
imports. Since April, 1914, this has
happened on only three occasions
1.-THE value OF our shipments
abroad normally follows well de-
fined seasonal trend. There Is q
pgonounced decline during the late
spring and summer months which
e followed by peak load Of ship
ments during the fall and early
winter.
.rThe marked decline in the value
OF our exports during the first
quarter OF the present year may
therefore be considered quite out OF
the ordinary.
vogue OF European travel among
American citizens win undoubtedly
help to swell the figures on account
OF services rendered to the United
States.
The remarkable growth OF BUSH
ness In the South can be measured
by the increased traffic and earn
ing power of its largest Transported
ton system.
Southern Railway System. for the
first quarter Of 1926, stands next to
Pennsylvania and New York Cen.
trail IN net railway opera ting In
come, and was surpassed by only
four roads-Pennsy1vania, New
York Central, Southern Pafific and
Baltimore and Ohio--in gross OPP
Grating revenues.
Howard C. Rand, assistant cashier
and manager Of the insurance de-
paftment OF the Central Savings
Bank. is attending the annual con-
vention OF the Jefferson Standard
Life Insurance Company at Green's
boro. N. c.
The thirteenth annual convention
Of the Mortgage Bankers Associa-
ton OF America will be held this
year at Hotel Jefferson, Richmond,
Va, September 81, 20 and %, as de-
cided by the board Of governors
today.
For president Of the association,
E. D. Schumacher, Of the Southern
Bond and Mortgage Company. Rich
mond, Is the nominee OF the board
for election In September.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-20
Liverpool Cotton

LIVERPOOL. May 20.-There was
good demand for spots. Business
was moderate, prices steady and
sales 5000 bales.
Hid. fair was $11.73; strictly good
mid. $11.23; good mid, $10.93; strict
ly mid, $10.6S; mid, $1O.2s; strictly
low mid. 1888; low mid, $3.50;
strictly good ord, $7.6s, and good
ord., $3.50.
Futures opened steady; July, 1888;
October. $9.25; January, $s.14, and
March, 1915.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-20
1o ON RAFT DROWN IN
SOUTH RUSSIA FLOOD

MOSCOW, May 20. - Southern
Russia continues to battle against
flood conditions.
Nineteen persons were drowned
when raft carrying thirty persons
An avalanche Is reported to have
worked havoc in the Caucasus.
across the swollen Sulak River cap
sized near Mahatschala.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-20
MERGENTHALER LINOTYPE 90.
BrookIyn, N. z. Nay Ib1 WV
DIVIDEND NO. 122

A quarterly dividend of S1.a5 ana
an extra dividend OF rs cents upon
each of the 256,0Oo shares Of present
outstanding stock Of no par value OF
MerRenthaler Linotype Company will be
paid on June so, 1925, to the stock
holders of record as they appear at
the close OF business on June ), 1895.
JOS. +. MACKEY, Treasurer.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-05-20
New York Coffee

NEW YORK. May 2O.-The coffee
market was from points lower to
S points higher at the opening to-
day. May opened at 1925, up 8;
July, $1T.40, down S, and Septem-
Der. 1855. down S.