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The Washington times., 1932-03-11
TAX FOES
PUSH:F|GHT

Leaders of the fight in the
House on the sales tax feature of
the new tax bill today prepared to
offer substitute levies on special
industries.
Representative LaGuardia (R. }
of New York, chairman of the
progressive bloc" will offer sub
stitutes to make up $4OO. ZOO, 900
of the $685., ,OOO, 900 proposed to be
raised by the sales tax. LaGuardia
predicted defeat of the sales tax
provision.
Both party leaders in the con-
troversy, including Representative
Rainey (D.) of Illinois and Bach
arach CRD of New Jersey, said
the measure would pass.
The LaGuardia substitute will
include many luxury taxes. Rep
reSentative Doughton CD of
North Carolina proposed substi-
tutes that included:
Excess profits tax, increase in
postal revenues, taxes on furs,
candy, sporting goods, jewelry,
cosmetics, suits of clothes costing
over $40 and hats and shoes cost
ing over S..
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RESCUE SHIPS
IN DISTRESS

NEW YORK, March II Q.N.SO.
Ploughing through towering waves
in intense cold, rescue craft today
searched for vessels lost or dis
abled in the three-day storm early
this week.
One tug, the Foundation Frank
lin. racing to aid the freighter
Harburg, drifting with a broken
propeller in the high seas $40 miles
off Halifax, was itself in distress.
It reported the loss of its steering
gear.
Nine Coast Guard cutters
searched for the rum chaser c.
218, missing since leaving Cape
May. N. j., Saturday to aid
stricken ships. 1t was believed to
have come to grief off the Della
ware capes. The vessel carried a
crew of seven.
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PRINCE WEDS
|NLONDON
OFFICE
Mother and Uncle Shun the
Ceremony; King Gustav
Wires Best Regards

LONDON, March II (I.N.S.).
Prince Lennart of Sweden, who
might some day have been a
king if he didn' It care more for
true love than the trappings of
royalty, took his childhood
sweetheart as his bride today
and at the same time ran into
difficulties with his mother.
Lennart was maxraed in Dingy
Princes row registry office to
Miss Karen NiSSvandt, for whom
he gladly sacrificed his royal
titles and privileges and re-
nounced any future claim to the
throne of Sweden.
Both Stay Away
His mother, Grand Duchess
Marie of Russia, and his uncle,
the Grand Duke Dmitri. both of
whom were expected to attend.
failed to appear At the wedding
ceremony.
Against a background Of office
desks and tables, the young
prince married his boyhood
sweetheart, sacrificing forever
all his royal titles and preroga-
tives- land his blue-blooded rela-
tives stayed away from the
affair.
His Mother Absent
Lennert's mother, the Grand
Duchess Marie oz Russia, who
came all the way from New
York for the ceremony, was said
to be i'll at her hotel. but she
was known to be keenly disap-
pointed over her sons refusal to
a religious ceremony as
she had wished.
When Prince Lennart an
nounced his intention of marry
ing Miss Nissvandt, it was gen.
orally reported King Gustav gave
his tacit approval, although
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ARMY OFFICER
SENT TO PRISON

DENVER, March II QN.S) u.
Lieut.. Francis j. Clark. West
Point graduate and World War
veteran, today had been SEN
fenced to dishonorable discharge
and six years imprisonment.
Clark was found guilty by a
court-martial here late last night
of assaulting Lillian Mum, an
Army nurse, at "Fitzsimmons Cen
eral Hospital. on November 8,
1881. At the time, Clark was a
tuberculosis patient at the hos
pital.
Although proceedings connected
with the trial were kept secret,
it was learned from reliable
sources that Mrs. Sarah B. Clark,
of Bethesda. Nd, former wife Of
the accused officer, testified in
his behalf.
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An advertisement in the "Per'
sonal" column of a New York news
paper today hinted that the Lind
berghs may be communicating in
this manner with the kidnapers.
It read:
Money is ready.-Jafsie."
This unexplained message fol
lowed a previous one in the col
umn printed yesterday. The lat
ter read:
Letter received at new ad-
dress. Will follow your instruc-
tiOns. / also received letter
mailed to me March 4, and was
ready since then. Please hurry
on account of mother. Address
me to the address you mention
in your letter. Father"
The phrase ION account of
mother" recalled that Mrs. Anne
Morrow Lindbergh was reported as
having her health sapped from the
long vigil.
Whether or not there was any
significance to be attached to these
two mystery messages, it was gen.
orally felt that the next move in
the Lindbergh kidnapping case was
up to the kidnaperS.
The parents have promised to
pay virtually any ransom, pledged
immunity and swung the door
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DUPONT YACHT
REPORTED LOST

CHARLESTON, S. c., March II
'UN.S0 S0.-Anxiety was felt today
over the whereabouts Of tAe
yacht Nahma, owned by A. Felix
du Pont, and bearing his son,
Richard, and a party of friends
on an ocean cruise.
Upon request of du Pont, an
aviator, T. p. Ball, yesterday flew
over a wide area Of the sea, but
failed to locate the vessel.
The yachts whereabouts have
been a mystery for nearly four
days. She was sighted off the
North Carolina coast Tuesday and
was due to touch port here.
Aboard the yacht are Richard
du Pont, son of the, vice president
of F. I. du Pont de Nemours Com
pany and skipper of the craft;
Victor du Pont, jr., Herman Laf-
fey, and Scott Townsend, of Will
mington, DEL; Lloyd Coates and
BENJAMIN McFarlane, of Philadel
phia.
The Nahma is propelled princi-
pally by sails but has a small aux
iliary engine, Mr.. du Pont said to-
day.
The Washington times., 1932-03-11
MYSTERYSEEN
IN. DEATH Of .
" HUSBAND "
Earl T. Norris, Bon Air, Not
Victim of Hit-Run Driver,
Shown by Evidence

An inquest into the death of
Earl 7. Norris, 81, Of Bon Air,
Va, who was found lying a
short distance from his home
last night with a fractured
skull, will be held this after
noon in Clarendon.
Norris body was released by
District authorities this morning
after a certificate of death due
to a fractured skull had been
issued. Norris died at the
Georgetown Hospital 10 minutes
after he was admitted.
No Hit-Run Angle
Arlington police are continu-
ing their efforts to clear up the
mystery corrected with his
death.
They inclined at first to the
theory that Norris was struck
by a hit-and-run driver but
abandoned this theory when an
examination of the body showed
no other scars or bruises.
The Washington times., 1932-03-11
BY DIXON HOSTE

SHANGHAI, March IL Q.NsS0
Different interpretations of the
League of Nations resolution of
March 4, under which Japan pro-
posed and China agreed to ne.
gotiate for an armiStice, today
dimmed the possibility of a truce
from this quarter.
Mamoru Shigemitsu, Japanese
minister to China, declared Japan
would discuss peace only accord
ing to the terms of the League
resolution.
He said there was no prospect
of further dealings with China
until the significance of her "addi-
tionS'' to the resolution had been
fully examined.
Chinese leaders declared her
acceptance to Japan's proposal
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wide open in an effort to recover
their child.
An empIoye of a detective
agency spent most of the day with
the Lindberghs.
NEWARK, March IL Q.NS0.
Henry C'Red'D Johnson, friend
of Betty Cow, nurse of the kid
naped Lindbergh baby, was fa'
miliar with the layout of the
Lindbergh home near HopewelI
and had visited it three timess
each time in company with Miss
Cow, it was disclosed through an
unofficial but reliable source to-
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New Heauen
Suggested to
Methodists

CINCINNATI, Mar I'll
G,N.SO.-Modern philosophical
notions are going to be sub
Stituted for the idea that heaven
is a place of pearly gates by
the commission for the revision
of the Methodist -hymnal.
The accepted picture will be
completely altered by the use of
new phrases and new descrip-
tions if the recommendations
of the commission, in session
here today, are approved.
Several hymns, including one
of the revival favorites, II Do
Believe, I Now Believe" has al
ready been changed by the
commission, the Rev. S. Fitz-
gerald Parker, of New York,
secretary, said.
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&,25O,OOO Military
BuiLdinq DESTROYED

DAYTON, Ohio, March IL
Il. N. SO.-The Quartermasters
building of the National Military
Home near here was completely
destroyed today by fire which
ragged uncontrolled for three
hours and caused damages esUi-
mated in the neighborhood of ST.
$50 .00(
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Japan Plans to Block
Leagues Resolution

TOKYO, March II Q.N.SJ.
The Japanese government will
oppose the Sino-Japanese resolu-
ton drawn up by the drafting
committee of the League of
Nations Assembly by not voting
upon it when it is put before
the assembly as a whole. 1t con-
tends Article XIV of the League
Covenant, under which the
assembly was convoked, is in
applicable.
The resolution, which upholds
the article, applies to the Man
churian dispute as well as that
at Shanghai, while Japan be-
lieves the Manchurian argument
will have to be settled separately.
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Norman Brett Claims Alibi

Brett emphatcaly denied that he was acquainted with
ANYBODY in the Lindbergh home and claimed ne was IN
Miami since January.
He will be released if his story is found to be correc
Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf of the New Jersey State
police, announced ln.,
For the first time learned today that Henry (Redl
Johnson friend of Betty Cow Lndbergh had tu
knowledge of the layout Of the ndoersh mousse naNs
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Rescue Ships Go
To Aid Dredue CreIU

SANDUSKY, Ohio, March II
Il. N. s. Rescue boats from
Lake Erie ports set out today in
an attempt to reach the United
States dredge Taylor, held fast
in the ice near here since late
wednesday with a crew of 40
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Sino-Jap Truce Hope Dinas
As INTERPRETATIONS Clash

was in accordance with the reso-
luton, pointing out that it called
for a withdrawal of Japanese
troops. -
The japanese contention, on
the other hand, is that the reso-
luton was worded to ask the
countries "to regulate with
drawal," and that this neces-
sarily implies that conditions be
attached to the withdrawal.
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laps Say Chinese
BaIk. Withdrawal

GENEVA, March ii QN.SO.
Japanese troops are ready to
withdraw from the present battle
front, west and northwest Of
Shanghai, and take up positions
near the city as soon as the Chi
nese cease fighting, Naotake Sato,
japanese delegate, informed the
League of Nations Assembly this
afternoon.
The Washington times., 1932-03-11
Engineering Council
Backs Hoover Plan

Support for a Federal admins
traitor c. public works as out
lined in President Hoover's re-
organization plan was offered
today by the American Engi-
neering Council through it's vice
president, r. C. Marshall, jr.,
general contractors of America,
testifying before the House Ex-
penditureS Committee.
The Washington times., 1932-03-11
'BLuebedrd Doomed
To Die Next Fridnu

CLARKS URG, W. Va,
March II. GN.S0-"Bluebeard"
Harry F.. Powers walk to the
gallows will take place at 8 p. m.
on March Is, in the Moundsville
Penitentiary, authorities said to-
day.
The Washington times., 1932-03-11
L|NDBERGH E|N|SSAR|ES
DELAYED BY HEARING
. ON RUM CHARGES

NEW YORK, March IL (INs).-salva-
tore Spitale and Irving Bitz, Intermediates
named by Col. Charles A. Lindbergh to nego-
tiate for return of his kidnapped baby, have
information which will cause them to leave
shortly for Detroit, it was stated by Attorney
Abraham Kesselman when the two men
appeard in federal court, Brooklyn, today to
be tried on liquor charge. Kesselman is the
defense counsel. Kesselman said:
Vital Clues in D etroif BeckOn
"They have lead which will take them
to Detroit just as soon as the case against
them is finished I cannot discuss the
nature of this information, but they plan to
go to Detroit as soon as the matter is
disposed Of"
Spitale under the name of James Martin,
and Bitz, under the name of Morris Cross
man. were two Of 16 men indicted on charges
of conspiracy to violate the Volstead Act IN
connection with the seizure Of 100 cases OF
LIQUOR on board the schooner Colonial, at
Gerritsen Beach, Brooklyn, on July 26, 1881.
The far-flung investigation into the vanish
ing Of the kidnapped baby also swung tenn
porarily into Florida.
On the report that John Norman Brett was TREND OF
the servants of the Lindbergh household at Hope"en'
N j. police at'Miami took him into custody for ques
The Washington times., 1932-03-11
Probe of 6-HOur Day
On Railroads Asked

The Senate today passed a
Joint resolution authorizing the
Interstate Commerce Commits.
sion to investigate the possibility
of establishments a six-hour day
for railway employees.
The commission is directed to
report it's findings to Congress
not later tan December Is,
1882.
The Washington times., 1932-03-11
N. Y. Legislature
Ends Bitter Session

ALBANY, N. Y, March IL
Q.NSO. = The 1882 legislature
closes today. 1t was featured
by enactment of measures boost
ing State taxes more than $780,.
600, 900. bitter attacks by the Re
publicans on Governor Franklin
D. Roosevelt's presidential aspira-
tions, continuation of the New
York city investigation for an
other year, and authorization Of
legislative probe of Roosevelt's
administration.
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EDGE TO ACT FOR HOOVER

President Hoover today desig-
mated Ambassador Walter E.
Edge at Paris to act as his per-
sonal representative at the
funeral tomorrow Of AriStide
BRAND, the French statesman.
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CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury balance as Of March 8,
$295. .412,066. .95; expenditures, $1O.,
583, ,457.S7; customs receipts. &c..
973,916.O8,
The Washington times., 1932-03-11
THE WEATHER

Mostly cloudy tonight, probably followed by
snow Saturday; not much change in temperature;
lowest tonight about Is degrees; gentle to mod.
crate, northwest winds, shifting TO north and
northeast. Temperature yesterday Highest,
81; lowest IL. (1s31-Hghest 50; lowest,
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Full Weather Report on Page
The Washington FINES 10 the only afternoon paper ir
this city publishing the dispatches of international
News Service and Universal Service.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-12
PUP|LS To VIE.
FOR AIR TRIP

The Property Improvement and
Business Cooperation Committee,
in collaboration with the Paint
Club of Washington, with the ap-
prevail of the Board of Education,
is arranging a window-dressing
contest open to high school
students.
Charles Butler is chairman of
the committee, which will include
representatives appointed by the
School Board.
The work must be done after
school hours.
The location of the store as
signed to each school and the
prize list will be announced later.
The first award will be a trip by
the Ludington Air Lines to New
ark, N. j., and return.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-12
BEGGAR TREPPED
:. BY DETECTIVE
~ S@A HV

Joe Waldron, headquarters de,
tective, believes in feeding the
hungry in his own way, it was re-
vealed today.
A panhandler approached Wal
dron on the Avenue. He said:
Mister, I have a dime for a
sandwich. Could you let me
have a nickel for some cOffee?"
The stranger showed a dime fol-
good faith.
Waldron gave the man a quar-,
ter, reasoning that, after all, he
was probably hungry. The beg,
gar shuffled up the street. A
= little way on he tried the stunt
2 on another man.
Waldron investigated and found
$1.65 on the beggar. The man
2 begged not to be arrested and
q Waldron gave him break.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-12
TRAFFIC LIGHTS
BEING UNIFIED
)

A new traffic light system, said
to be the best type yet devised,
will be put in operation in Wash
ington soon, it is announced by
the Traffic Bureau. Installation
will begin Monday.
The new system will include the
lights along Fifteenth and Six
tenth Streets Northwest, from
Massachusetts, to Florida Avenues,
which will be refined to bring
about the flexible progressive"
system to be introduced here.
Two weeks will be required for
this particular job, and it will be
July l before all the lights in the
downtown section are refined.
Eventually all lights will be con-
trolled by one master switch
board.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-12
COURT BATTLE
OVER TOWN
RULE SEEN
New and old Boards Set to
Run BIadensburg; Demand
For Records Due Today

The town of Bladensburg
has two boards Of commits,
sioners today following the
action Of the three newly
elected commissioners in set
ting up a rival town govern
ment last night.
The new commissioners or
ganized after last years board,
charging irregularities in the cleo
tions on May 2, announced it
would continue to serve.
Reelected Men Absent
Last nights meeting was not
attended by Samuel Mostow and
Frank Mace, reelected members
of the 1881 board. The new
incumbents said both men had
been notified the organization
meeting would be held.
The three who met last night
were w. R. Beattie, Ellsworth
Poole and E1roy Gasch. Beattie
was chosen president of the rival
board and Poole secretary.
To Demand Books
A formal demand for the books
of the town will be made on the
old board today, Gasch said.
The 1881 board issued a state
ment Tuesday that it would not
turn over the books to the new
commissioners.
A court contest for control of
the town government seemed un-
avoidable today.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-12
FOR HOME RULE
IN COUNTIES,
He ASSERTS
Can't Help Actively, He Says,
But Gives Moral Support
To Vets Demands

Senator Willard E. Tydings
(D.) of Maryland, chief ex.
ponent of home rule for the
District of Columbia, applies
the same principle to the Mary
land counties.
In themidst of his fight to
prevent passage of sumptuary leg
islation without the consent of
the voteleSs citizens of the Dis
trict, Senator Tydings today ex.
pressed himself as being in favor
of the Maryland local option law
giving each county the right to
decide whether it will enforce
prohibition. He said:
FavOrs Home Rule
my job is at the Capitol
and I have neither the time
nor the right to interfere in
county politics. But / am as
much in favor of home rule
for the counties Of my State
where prOhibitOry laws are con-
cerned as / am that the citi-
zens Of the District should have
their say on such laws here.
THE chief difference. and
one that imposes an additional
duty on each Senator, is that
the vOteless citizens of the
District have no way to pre-
vent legislation NJ THE charoN.
ter being fOisted upon them.
Residents of the Maryland
counties can send representa-
tiveS to the State legislature
and have acts changed or
passed to suit their views.
Up to Counties
while intend to continue
my fight for the District I have
no intention Of making any ef-
fort to change the local Op-
ton law in my State. A ma
JOrity in any county can get
what they want by electing leg
islatOrS who represent their
views.
However, IL any county
wants to cease enforcing the
shOp-wOrn State prohibition
law, passed as a wartime
emergency measure, they have
my heartieSt wishes for sue
cess. I cannot help them with
a vote, but 1 can wish them
WE'LL"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-12
Legion Fiesta Opens
After 2-DGy Delay

District of Columbia depart
ment of the American Legion
opened it's bicentennial celebration
and fiesta for benefit of it's drum
corps at Fourteenth and r SITS.
S. E., last night after delay of
two days because of bad weather.
The carnival had IS tents and
rides in operation. Drum corps
members and other legionnaires
turned out in force. The fiesta
will continue all week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-12
Blue Lotus Troupe
To Present Comedy
Times Staff Photo

The Blue Lotus Players, di.
rected by Mary Louise Krebs, will
present "The Gypsy Troubadour,"
a musical comedy, next Thursday
evening, at Wardman Park
Theater.
The cast includes Alice Cantor,
Emile de Coster, Billie Krebs,
Evangeline Kahn, Dorothy Best,
Roger Schield, Jesse Mello, Mary
Louise Russell and William E.
KrebS.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-12
HOmenadkers' Club
To Hear Speakers

Mrs. Julius Lansburgh, of the
District Social Hygiene Associa,
ton, and Mrs. Elwood Street will
be the principal speakers at a
meeting tonight under the aus
pices of the Homemakers Club of
the Mother-Child Center, SOL Sec
ond st. S. w.
The program will be under the
direction of a committee com
posed of: Mrs. L. N. Fitzhugh,
Mrs. Inez Pearson and Miss Muir
lei Milton. Mrs. Alma j. Scott
is director of the center.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-12
DIR. Kene0Ly Named
Blu d. C.. Democrats

DR.. w. P. Kenealy, pharmacist,
of 831 North Capitol St., was
elected president of the District
of Columbia Democrats Club, a
new organization, which wa S
formed by druggists at meeting
Of the District of Columbia Phar-
maceutical Association, Tuesday
night at the Raleigh Hotel.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-12
d. G. Man Fined $155
For RunninO LiOuOr

Convicted of illegal possession
OF liquor and reckless driving,
Charles w. Walker, 1913 L st.
S. E., was fined $155 and costs by
Judge j. Chew Sheriff, in Hyatts-
vile Police Court.
County police said they found
10 five-gallon cans of alcohol in
Walkers car.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-12
C. NJ. T. C.. Assured
Of Funds, Is Belief

Provisions in the War Depart
ment appropriation bill for one
years suspension of the Citizens
Military Training Camps and Re
serve Officers Training Camps
were declared in congressional
circles yesterday to be facing de-
feat,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-12
CALF CLUB TO MEET

The regular monthly meeting Of
the Montgomery County Jersey
Calf Club will be held tonight at
the home of Paul Mills, near
Travilah, Md.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1932-05-12

Whatever your wants may be, there
is always a possibility that they can
be satisfied through the many services
advertised in tOday's Classified Section.
Evening star., 1932-02-02

Wirgman Is chairman in charge OF
debutantes for the occasion, which is
feature of the historic play and style
show of antiques to be given by the
D. A. r, and to which the public is
invited. Tickets of very low price are
on sale at the Willard.
A pre-Lenten dance and card party
will be given for the benefit of St.
Francis de Sales Church at the Raleigh
Hotel Friday evening, when there Will
be dancing from 10 to l O'Clock ana
cards at 8 o'clock.
The dance is sponsored by the Girls
Club, of which Miss Elizabeth O'Meara
is president. Miss Agnes Fealey, chair
man of the dance, Is assisted by Miss
Florence Barnes, Miss Adelia Baleman,
Miss Evelyn Berger, Miss Dorothea
Brennan, Miss Edna Byron, Miss Ethel
Byron, Miss Guesina De 'Nunzio, Miss
Margaret Fealey, Miss Catherine Hlg-
don Miss jeanette Mallon, Miss Cecella
McGolrick, Miss McVearry, Miss Cath
crime O'Meara, Miss Johanna Privetera,
Miss Celeste Rubino. Mrs. Mary Rublno,
Miss Ella Scheuring, Miss Lillian
Schrader, Miss Dorothy Stemmer, Miss
Marie Keys, Miss Helen Jones and Miss
Kathleen Jones. The Floor Committee
includes Mr.. James E. Donahy, Mr..
Peter A. Mertz, Mr.. William J. Meyer,
Mr.. John J. McDermott Mr.. J. J. Kav-
anaugh, Mr. M. Raymond O'Meara, Mr..
Harry J. Kirk, Mr.. l.. M. McVearry,
Mr. H. P. Baldwin. Mr.. Ambrose R.
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