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Veterans of Great War

Jones. who is chairman or the exer-
cises this afternoon, and the first post
and first department adjutant in the
United States, Howard s. Fisk. who
also served as comma nder of his post
in 1921 in addition to holding many
department positions Past Com.
ma nder Fisk, who will attend the ex.
ercises this afternoon, has never
missed meeting of his post since it's
organization on March I, 1919; has
been delegate from his post to every
one of the Ia department conventions
and has been either a delegate or al.
ternate to every one of the seven ma
tional conventions, holding a 100 per
cent attendance record, and the only
one with this distinction in this de
| partment
! The comma nders of George Wash
| ington Post No. |, since it's orga MIA
tion March Z, 1919, are as follows:
! 1919. f. Lester Jones; 1919, John Lewis
Smith: 1920, Kenneth A. McRae 1921,
| Howard S. Fisk; 1922. Charles r. Han.
ford: 1923-1924, Lew S. Mohler: 1925,
Percy r. Mccoy; 1925. Wallace
Streator 1925, Charles o. Shaw 1926,
J. J. Murphy.
The ChapeauX ct 40 F'emmes of
the American Legion will meet at the
! Lee House next Wednesday at s pm
| julius I. Peyser, department com
mander of the District of Columbia
Department of the American Legion,
will make an address and pro-
gram will be presented by Mrs,
Martha T.. Whitcomb, chairman Of
the entertainment committee.
The regular monthly meeting of the
! L. S. s. Jacob Jones Post. No. ..
American Legion. will be held to-
morrow, at the Endion Club. Il
Jackson place. All members of the s
and 40 are urged to attend.
Eouality-Walter Reed Post will
oblieate several new members at the
next meeting. Ernest st. JauueS
chairman of the recruiting committee
| reported at the last meeting that a
record for enrolment of new mem
bers is expected to be made this
year. Chairman Laden of the enter
tainment committee has provided a
| special program for the stag to be
held in Red Mems Hall April 10.
The executive committee Of the IT,
S. S. Jacob Jones Post No 2, of the
American Legion. met Wednesday eve
ming at the home of Historian Ethel
Jane Rule. 1927 Sixteenth street. at
which time plans We're discussed for
the activities of the post during the
coming week. Arrangements for the
card party to be given April 15. at the
Endion Club. are under way and
Charlotte Berry, chairman ways and
means committee. has charge of the
arrangements. Plans are also being
formulated for the post birthday party
May %. At the close of the meeting
! refreshments were served by the host
ess. On the invitation of Mary NJ.
Woodward, the post presented an
| American flag to a school. which she
has orga nized in her home at 5000 For
! tY-sixth street. The commander. Ethel
| Hall. Color Bearer lila Tracy and
| Adiutant Lucille Allan attended the
presentation ceremonies in uniform,
I February 20, the commander making
| appropriate remarks to the children
| about the flag. The next meeting Of
the post will be held tomorrow at s
pm, at the Endion club. II Jackson
! place.
The entertainment committee of
/ Front Line Post, No 14ol, Veterans
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most There will he several musical
numbers on the program and other
features in connection with the cele'
bration. The exercises Will ne held III
THE assembly room of the clubhouse.
This post. which has the distinction
and honor of being the first post OF
the American Legion. holds com
ma nding position in the national or
ganization, and has always taken an
important part since it's rmatlon
seven wears ago. On February D, 1919
there was held in the Cosmos Clup'
this city, an informal meeting for the
purpose of considering the formation
of a national veterans organization
A call was issued February %. 1918
for a caucus to he held in the cosmos
Club. March Z, 1919, and at that meet
ing more than 375 persons were pres
emf. on February Is. a representative
group of officers and men. VINO were
still overseas. met in Paris and IN
itiated a movement for a similar or
ga MIA ton.
on March I. however. the, first unit
was orga nized. officers elected ana Gen
John j. rershing. notified by cable
of the new veterans orga nUatlon III
was the sentiment of those present
at this meeting that natlonal pr-
ga nization should he formed A caucus
was held in Paris March 10 ana al
bra inches of the service were repre-
sented. The orga nzation formed there
was similar to the one formed in this
citv. which was first known as Gen.
Pershing Post No. |. On May s, >
and TO- a delegation representing the
post attended the caucus held at st.
Louis. Mo. General Pershing Post
being the only one fully organized and
funCtionirg when the meeting was
called to order AT the st. Louis eau
Gus the preamble of the American
Legion was adopted, as submitted by
the delegation from General PershinG
Post. This preamble was perma nently
adopted at the first national conNen-
ton held = Minneapolis in NoVemher,
1919. This post also submitted the
first draft of constitution, which
gave the national orga nizatiOn its
foundation.
The post has been represented at
every department and natona con
vention in the history of the largest
veteran organization in the Wofn
The post colors have been in attend
pnce at every national convention, and
holds a l00 per cent record in TINS
connection having seven silver bands
on it's flagstaff for attendance since
1919. The colors have travelled 20, 1853
miles.
The post also has the distinction
of having one of it's members elected
the first national commander. Henry
y. Lindsey at Minneapolis in 1919
the first post and depa rtment com
ma ander in the United States. f.. Lester
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Naval Reserve.

Lieut.. Comdr John Ralch Blood,
commander of the United states
Naval Reserve of the District of Co
lumbia. announced to the command at
drill Monday night that he was giving
up the command of this unit, because
of the fact that he is proceeding to
New York for business reasons. lie
has been identified with the local re-
serve for several years. and is one
of the few officers left in the local
reserve at the present time who had
seen actual service in time of war
In an address to the command he
expressed regret at the necessity OF
his having to surrender the command
here and leave the associations which
he had made while connected with the
local outfit. He wished the local com
mand success in its efforts to build
a strong reserve, and expressed the
enjoyment he had had in being asso-
ciated with the officers and men in
this jurisdiction.
Comdr. Blood's severance with
the local organiZat ton does not mean
vacating his commission in the reserve,
however. He viii go to the third naval
district at New York City. and will
be l6pntIIleU WIN JldI oISd MA tlpli
At the same time the present organi-
Zation Of the reserve under the new
law will make an officer going to an
other district under such circum,
stances supernumerarN in that dis
trict, and he must await his turn to
get in among the allotted number of
officers. and is a strong indication OF
the fallacy of the provisions of the
new law. it was pointed out. Neither
does the departure of Comdr.
Blood from the local orga nization make
a vacancy here in the grade of lieu
tenant comma nder, under the new Sys-
tenn of a single precedence list for the
reserve. 1t leaves the local Organi-
IA ation short one lieutenant com
mander. but it does give the new com
mander authority to take in another
officer under the allotment of officers
who receive drill pay.
No announcement has yet been made
of the successor of Comdr. Blood
but it is anticipated that Lieut.. Comdr.
F'inney Bascom Smith. the senior
officer of the local reserve now.
will be placed in command. following
the usual routine that has been prac
ticed in the past. Comdr. Smith
is at the present time commanding
officer of the headquarters company
and chief of staff. With this change
will likely be involved some other
changes Lieut. Harry J. Nichols.
senior lieutenant, and now division
comma nder, probably will be relieved
of that command and fill the vacancy
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Guard appropriations are available
This provision is embraced in the ap
preparation bill and will apply to 1927
National Guard appropriations.
| National Guard officer at 1nterna
tional Disarmament Conference: The
resolution on this subject which was
adopted by the association has beer
presented to the President.
Validat ton of payments by United
States property and disbursing Off
GERS for expenses at schools. etc: Sus
pensions have not as yet been made
but this matter will be kept in mind
for necessary action when suspensions
are made.
Organization of service bands: The
associations resolution has been pre-
Sented to Senator Bingham of Con-
necticut, author of S. 1887, dealing
with this subject, and to the military
committees of both the Senate and
House.
National matches: The resolution ad-
vocatinS appropriations for national
matches has been presented to the
Assistant Secretary of War and to
both bra ncheS of Congress.
Apropriations: The military com
mittee of the House having reported
the appropriations bill out of the com
mittee, it was decided by the National
Guard representatives that they
should appear before the Senate com
mttee when the bill gets over to the
Senate. and accordingly requests have
been made for a hearing before the
Senate committee. at which time all
matters bearing upon appropriations
will he taken up.
Draft of War Department genera
order No. 6: Conferences upon TINS
matter were held at Washington be
tween the members of the committee
of the Association of Adjutants Gen
eral and other officers of the Militia
Bureau Finally a hearing was held
before the Assistant Secretary of War
The result of this hearing is not yet
known. and will be made the subject
I'of a separate communication.
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American Veterans of Hellenic
Descent.

The American Veterans of Hellenic
Descent will hold their next regular
meeting March 10, at their head
quarters. 1924 Investment Building.
to make the final ARA ngements for an
illustrated lecture To be given by DR..
George Horton, formerly United
States Consul-General in the Near
East, at the Immaculate Conception
Hall, Eighth and y streets, on My
Thirty Years in the Near East" In
vitations have been sent To the Greek
Lega tion and to all the Veterans
organiza tions in the District of Co
lumbia The public is invited.
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o'clock at the clup'
house. 1929 |
street, with appro-
pirate ceremonies.
T h e principal
speaker of the aft
ernoon will he Sen
atOr wrence ID,
Tyson of Tennes-
see. Brief remarks s
will be mac de by r.
Lester Jones, who
was the first COM
mander of the post
and later was the
first t department
comma nder in the
American Legion,
and J. i. Murphy
the present com
p,ander of the
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~ a - - - -
course of instruc-
ton at the United
States Army En-
gineer School at
Fort Humphreys
Va. He left on
Thursday for his
new ass gnment, g.,
and will remain al
the school for
three months. the
period covered by
this course.
Lieut.. w elsh
was selected from
among a number
Of applicants from
the local Guard to
Ike this course,
d U rim 2 which
k,atrch nj. On.
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AMERICAN LEGION.

The seventh anniversary of the or
ga MIA ton of George Washington Post
No. /, of the American Legion, Will be
celebrated this afternoon at 3:30
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as chief Of staff under Comdr.
Smith.
The changes ir detail will he made
by the comma ndant Of the Washington
Navy Yard. under whose jurisdiction
tho local reSerVe comes
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First Lieut.. Walter S. Welsh, Com
pany c. 121st Engineers, has been
selected from among the engineer Off
rers of the local Cillard to take the
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Friendship House to
Benefit by Play Tomorrow.

The pupils in the primary music de.
partment of S;dwell's Friends School
will present THE Golden Whistle" an
operetta, at the Wardman Park The
ater tomorrow afternoon at 4:30
O'Clock. The net proceeds will be given
to Friendship House.
Among the patronesses for the
operetta are Mrs. Grace Kendall
Angus. Mrs. Thomas F. Bayard, Mrs
John Lester Barr. Mrs. A. Britton
Browne, Mrs. Dean Caldwell, Mrs
William T. Davis. Mrs. William j.
Flather, Mrs. Robert w. Fleming,
Mrs. Paul Henderson, Mrs. Samuel A.
Kendall. Mrs. Cazenove G. Lee, jr.;
Mrs. Martin Madden, Mrs. Edward B.
Meigs. Mrs. John F. Meigs. Mrs. Keith
Merrill and Mrs. Merle Thorpe.
Elizabeth Dorothea Angus will take
the part of Fairy Queen in the
operetta, and her attendants will be
Margaret Craighill, Sarah Meigs. Polly
McNeale. Adelaide Palmer, Jack Pea
cock and Charles Happier. Robert
John Walker. 4th, will be Beffo. and
the Little Old Woman will be played
by Adlumia Dent Sterrett, Charles
Hastings Eaton will be White Rabbit
and the bird parts will be taken by
Claire Boekhoff, Dess Mackay, Rich.
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One physician at Darwen. in the
north of Australia, has a practice
covering an area 10 times the size
of Great Rritain
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match. They will make their home
in New York.
Among the out of town guests were
Mrs. Frances r. Cox, Mrs. George T.
Leach, Miss Frances Leach. and Miss
Louise Leach of Washington, N. c.;
MIR. and Mrs. Elton Berdon Taylor OF
Asheville, N. c.; Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
D. Friday of New York City. Mr.. and
Mrs. William A. Darden of Annapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Mozingo of Dar-
lington,a S. c., and Mr.. Frank w. Cox
of Washington. N. c.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Robert Cox enter
tained' the wedding party Monday eve
ming at q rehearsal for the wedding IN
their home, 1917 Van Ness street.
A group of prominent Georgians
living in Washington are arranging d
dinner party for Wednesday evening,
June 9, in honor of Mr.. Joseph Null
larky of Augusta, Ga, who will be
one of the contestants in the oratorical
contest. The dinner will be at the
White Peacock Tea House and Senator
Walter F.. George and Mr.. Moultrie
Hit are in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Florence Jackson Stoic Ard will
give a reception this evening at $3.50
o'clock in her home, at 2019 street.
when Col. and Mrs. Frederic q. Abbott
and Miss Virginia Porcher of Charles
ton, S. G.. will be guests of honor.
Mrs. Louis Simon, Mrs. JEANNE
Kafka and Miss Berenice Simon have
gone to Atlantic City and are at the
Hotel Shelburne.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Albert
Riggles of New York City and Rain
bow Lakes, n. j., are visiting the
formers parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard r. Riggles, at Seabrook. Md,
where they celebrated the birthday
anniversary of Mr.. Il. A. Rggles Mon
day evening. Among others at the
party were Mr.. and Mrs. George f.
Weed and their children. Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank II. Kramer and their son, Mr..
and Mrs. p. S. Gray, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. M. Riggles and their sons. Mr.. and
Mrs. Blair Hope Riggles and their
daughter, Miss Zelda Riggles, and Mr..
John r. Riggles.
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Cox Garner Wedding
An Event of Last Evening.

The marriage of Miss Grace Willye
Garner. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
William Newton Garner to Mr.. Rich
ard e. Cox of New York, son of
Mrs. Frances f. Cox of Washington,
~ c.. took place last evening at 8
o'clock in the Calvary Baptist Church,
the Rev. William S. Abernethy of
ficiating. The church had a pretty
arrangement OF cladioluses, Easter
lilies, palms and ferns, and Mrs. +. V.
Byram, organist, played the wedding
music.
The bride was given in marriage
by her father and wore a gown OF
white charmeuse satin fashioned along
straight lines, with a deep, circular
fiounce, embroidered with pearls and
crystal beads. Her tulle veil was
held with a coronet of orange bios,
SONS and pearls and she carried
shower bouquet of brides roses and
lilies of the valley.
Mrs. Elton E. Taylor of Asheville
y, c., was the matron or honor, ana
she wore a gown of orchid taffeta
made bouffant, tulle bow marking
the low waist line at the left side.
Her hat was of taffeta and tulle
and she carried shepherd staff top.
ped with lavender sweet peas and
SnapdragOnS. The brides otner at
tendants were Miss Helda Erwin of
Alexandria, Va: Miss Grace Clawson,
Miss Mary Motherwell and Miss Eliza
beth Farr. and they wore gowns IN
pa stel shades of georgette crepe. MADE
with full skirt. with rows Of georgette
flowers at the bottom and on the
shoulders They wore rhinestone head
bands and carried arm bouquets OF
pink tea roses and larkspur.
Mr.. Samuel d. Friday. jr., OF New
York City, was the best man and the
ushers were Mr.. Frank w. Cox OF
Washington, n. c.: Mr.. William A.
Darden of Annapolis. Md, and Mr..
J. Robert Cox and Mr.. Stanley Worth
of this city.
Mrs. Garner, mother of the bride.
wore a gown of orange georgette.
trimmed with silver
A reception followed after the cere-
mony in the home of the bride 8
parents, after which Mr.. Cox and his
bride left for, a wedding trip to
Canada q. and through the Eastern
States. Mrs. Cox wore travelling
costume of gray faille silk with cape
lined with rose color, and hat to
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Senor and Sonora de TeIiez
to Give Dinner and Musical.

Senior and Sonora de Te'ieZ
to Give Dinner and Musical.
The Ambassador of Mexico and
Sonora dc Tellez will entertain at
dinner this evening, when the rank
irg guests Will be the Ambassador OF
Japan and Nine. Matsudaira and the
Ambassador OF Cuba and Sonora de
Sanchez Aballi.
The dinner will be followed by a
program of music, to be given by the
Brahms String Quintet.
Mrs. McNaly. wife OF Senator
Charles l.. McNarV of Oregon, enter
tanned at luncheon today at the May
flower in compliment to MIS-. George
f.. Luli. who will leave Washington
Friday with her husband, Mai. Lull'
L. S. A.. for San Antonio, TEX, their
new station. Covers were laid for 1t.
Mrs. Key Pittman will not be at
home Thursdays, but will receive
Sundays in her residence, Ridge
Lands. on Ridge road.
The Assistant Attorney General has
rejoined Mrs Marshall in their Ward
man Park apartment after spending
several days at his old home, Parkers-
burg, w. Va.
The secretary of the German EN-
hassy and Frau Schlimpert gave a
dinner party last evening at the
Mayf'ower in compliment to the new
" appointed Italian Minister 10 Fin
land and Contessa di Pagliano. Others
in the company were the military at
tache of the Italian embassy, Col.
Villa the secretary of the embassy,
"a 10
tary of the Peruvian embassy, Senior
de Bedoya, and Miss Anita Henry.
The former Ambassador of Great
Britain and Lady Geddes arrived in
Washington this morning and are
staying at the Hotel Mayt1ower.
Mrs. John r. Williams entertained
a company at dinner last evening.
Miss Mabel Boardman will give a
reception this evening in her home
at 1901 p street in honor of the
delegates to- the Pan-American Red
Cross conference.
The governing board of the Pan
American Union entertained the dele
gates to the conference at a buffet
luncheon today in the Pan-American
Union Annex. There We're about 800
guests who were received, following
the luncheon. by the members of the
governing board. which includes the
Ambassador of Peru, DR.. Herman We
larde; the Ambassador of Brazil, Sen
hor S. Gurgel do Amaral; the Anlbas-
sador Of Mexico and Sonora de TelleZ,
the Ambassador of Cuba and Sonora
de Aballi, the Ambassador of Chile,
Senor Don Miguel Cruchaga Tocor-
nal; the charge d'affaires of Argen-
tina. Senior Eduardo Racedo; the
Minister of Guatemala and Sonora
de Sanchez Latour, the Minis
ter of Colombia and Sonora de
Olaya. the Minister of Panama and
Sonora de Alfaro, the Minister of
Costa Rica, Senor Don j. Rafael
Oreamuno; the Minister of Bolivia and
Sonora de james F'reyre, the Min
lister of the Dominican Republic and
Sonora de Aria, the Minister of Hon
dui'as and Sonora de Bogran, the Min
lister of Venezuela, Senor DR.. Don
Carlos +. Gristanti; the Minister of
Haiti and Nine. Price, the charge
d'affaires of Paraguay and Nine.
Ramirez, the Minister of Nicaragua,
Senior DR.. Don Salvador Castrillo, and
the charge d'affaires of Salvador and
Sonora de Castro
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Gen. and Mrs. Greble
Announce Daughters Wedding.

Gen. and Mrs. Edwin St. John
Greble have issued cards announcing
the marriage of their daughter Mil
dred to Mr. Thomas Bealle Davis
Tuesday, May 25, in Washington.
The ceremony was performed in the
home of the brides parents, 1922
Jefferson place, at noon in the pres
ence Of only the members of the two
families, who remained for the break
fast. which followed Immediately.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis left later in
the day for Hot Springs and will go
to the Pacific Coast for the Summer.
Mrs. Robert Ninton Rust has closed
her home on Belmont road and has
opened her Summer home at Ken
sington, Md. She has with her her
son-in-aw and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
John Price Wetherill. Sd.
Mrs. William H. Herr, formerly of
Pennsylvania and now of Washing
daughter, Miss Florence Root Herr. to
Mr.. James Dewitt Patten of Windber.
Pa. The wedding will take place
June 3.
Mrs. Wallace Cniswell will leave
tomorrow morning for New York.
accompanied by Miss Ann Boyer of
New York. who has been visiting
Mr. and Mrs. Chiswell at Wardman
Park Hotel for the past two weeks.
Mrs ChiSwell and Miss Boyer will
90 TO New London. Conn Saturday
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Marriage Licenses.

j. Marriage licenses have been issued to the
following:
Hank Durnell of Marland Okla. and
Myrtha Yensen Of New York City.
William Brown and Mildred Pines.
william MOORE and Ethel Jennings.
Willard r. Honeycutt and Luella B. Hip
Thomas B. Davis of New York City and
John d. Moran and Alice M. Barrsley.
William I. Gaylor and Helen M. Robert
David X. e. Bruce Of Ruston. Md. and
Aiisa Mellon Of this city.
Robert X Cobb and Rachel DIXON.
Allen Mcknight and Isabella Smith.
u Merle Abbott and Dorothy c. Olson.
Clarence s. Gray and Verna r. FoOts. both
Edmund Kohn and Marie G. Dunn. both
Walter M. Fogarty. -jr. of this city and
Lucille Huddleston OF Cincinnati. Ohio.
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Births Reported.

The following births have been reported to
the Health Department in the last "A hours:
Charles i. and Fannie II. Naylor. girl.
Roy c. and Gladys N. Prebble. boy,
Vincent p. and Florence Walsh. girl.
Alfred r. and Catherine Belts. girl
Lewis M. and Lucille "A: Mcbride. girl.
Homer F. and Mabel G. Bardwell. girl.
John D. and Janet Johnson, boy.
John A. and Louise G. Torrice. boy.
Samuel G.. and Sara l.. Zeoli. girl.
Charles N. and Angela B. Reid. girl.
George II. and Ellen NJ. Cheely. boy.
. Stanford H. and Eva v. Rose. girl.
Charles B. and Mary o. Jolliffe. twins
girls.
Leon r.. and Alma Lafferty. boy.
Anthony A. ard Elsie Gulli girl.
Eugene and Mary c. Wolfe. boy.
William +. and Jean Rofkar. boy.
John and Grace Phelps boy. -
Robert and Louise Mcdaniel, boy
BENJAMIN and Sallie Sullivan. boy.
Joseph and 1nez Andrew, girl.
Frank and Jennie Seweli. boy.
Rosie and Maud Tapscott. boy.
Fred H. and Evelyn NJ Williams. girl.
John M and Cora Harrigan, boy.
George w. and IIottie Brent, girl
Vernon j., j. and Beatrice v, Harris. BOY.
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Deaths Reported.

The following deaths have been reported
to the Health Department in the last "a
hours:
Elizabeth Southgate, IS. Sibley Hospital.
Florence Whitman Balmer. SO. 1907 North
Charles H. Klotz. 40. no st. ne.
Fook Wong Young. 80. Tuberculosis Hos
pital.
Ellen Mabel Dempsey. /. Children's Hospi.
tai.
Isaac Smith. 8 months. Chidren's Hospital
Hospital.
Lucy Dyson, 81. 1212A Carrolburg pl. s.w.
Minnie Margarine Sybot. 20. 760 Morton st.
Maize Brooks, 16. 1918 9th ct.
Louisa A. Webb. months. Children q
Hospital.