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The Washington times., 1933-02-16
Roosevelt Remains Calm Under Fire;
Crowd of $1,000 Thrown Into Panic

Standing in an open automo-
bile barely IS feet from the assas-
sin, Mr.. Roosevelt was unharmed,
even unexcited last night as the
sudden burst of gunfire threw a
crowd of $4,000 persons into
panic.
At the first shot. aimed at him
bat wild, the President-elect looked
about, evidently thinking it an
automobile backfire. AS the four
others rang out, Secret Service
agents guarding the incoming
Chief Executive hurled themselves
at his assailant and drew Mr.
Roosevelt down into the protec-
tion of the automobile.
Once Plotted Death of King
Police were grilling the assassin
in the Miami county jail, where
he was hurried after being res
cued from infuriated bystanders
who fell upon him.
Short, sullen-appearing, Zana-
CARA admitted to police and Secret
Service men he purchased pis-
tol in Italy 10 years ago with the
intention of assassinating King
Victor Emanuel.
VoluminousA evidence indicating
an elaborate Scheme to take the
life of the incoming President
was uncovered, police said, in
raid upon the rooms occupied by
zangara and Andrea Vaenti, who
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Cermak Jokes With President-Elect
As Doctors Fight to SaUe His Life

At the hospital the President
elect proceeded direct to Mayor
Cermak's room. where through
the night physicians and surgeons
had labored to save the Chicago
executives life.
Newspapermen we're not al
lowed to approach Mr.. Roosevelt
or to follow him into Cermak' S
room.
Despite the extreme gravity of
his; condition, Cermak was able
to greet the President-elect with
the observation that before his
arrival he had been having a
lot of fun" with James A. Far
ley, Mr.. Roosevelt's campaign
manager; Professor Raymond
Moley. and Marvin Mcintyre, the
President-elect's secretary.
Recovery Is Promised
Mr.. Roosevelt said:
you're coming along fine.
Wen have you on your feet
in a couple of days. I hope
you'll be walking around in
time for the Inauguration"
Cern1ak smiled wanly at the
presidentelect's remark. He re-
piled:
Before you got here, Farley,
Mcintyre, and the rest of us
were having a lot Of fun"
Roosevelt answered:
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was taken into custody for ques-
tioning.
In the rooms, detectives said,
were found hundreds of clippings
describing the assassination of the
late President Mckinley at Buf-
falo and others giving details of
the President selects visit here.
After almost two hours of qUes-
tioning. secret service officials
and police apparently had decided
Valenti had nothing to do with
the attempted assassination. He
was still being held, however,
with George Brodnax, of the
Secret Service, leading the inves-
tigation.
Police were investigating a re-
port that Zangara had a woman
accomplice.
Heard Him Address Woman
Mrs. Tillie Harrison, of Miami,
who was standing close beside
the Would-be assassin, said she
heard him say to a woman COM
panion:
Don't get nervous. I'll get
him."
The unsuccessful attempt on
Mr.. Roosevelt's life came as he
finished addressing crowd
gathered in Bay Front Park to
greet Vincent Astor's yacht, the
"Nourmahal."
Only fate-and the quick work
OF a woman-saved the Presi-
dent-elect from one of the slues.
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Police and Secret Service Men Save
Assassin From VENGEANCE of Crowd

Calm through the wild excite
ment which shook the crowd,
the President-elect waved his
hand to indicate he was un-
harmed. He later issued brief
message, which was broadcast
over the nation. assuring the
people he had not been injured
The assassin felt the crowds
wrath Immediately. He was
seized by nearby spectators,
pummeled savagely, and suffered
considerable damage before police
and Secret Service agents forced
their way to the spot and took
him into custody. He muttered:
I'd kill every president. I'd
kill 'em all. I'd kill all Off
GERS"
Miami was in gala mood for
the return of the President-elect
from his cruise aboard the Nour-
mahal, Vincent Astor's yacht.
About $4,000 people we're
jammed into the open air audi
torium in Bay Front Park.
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SENATE To VOTE.
ON REPEAL

If the Senate adopts the Blaine
resolution for repeal of the Eight
eenth Amendment. the House
will pass it on Monday, Speaker
Garner Of the House predicted
today.
The resolution ther would go
to State conventions or ratifi-
cation. A similar resolution was
defeated by six votes in the
House on the opening day Of
the session.
A bitter battle over saloons
featured debate in the Senate to-
day just prior to vote on the
Blaine resolution.
Republicans United
Republican leaders sought to
carry out their party platforms
declaration against the return Of
saloons in event prohibition Is re-
pealed.
Senator Reed (R) of Pennsyl-
vania moved to reconsider the
Senate's action last night, when
it struck from the resolution a
section giving Congress power to
outlaw saloons. This section was
eliminated by a vote of 33 to 80
at the inSistance of Democratic
leaders.
Senator Robinson (RO of Indi-
ana charged the Democrats we're
keeping one campaign promise
to bring back the saloon"
Robinson Warning
Senator Arthur r. Robinson
(R0 of Indiana declared:
"Then there will be a saloon
on every corner. America will
go on a spree such as never be-
fore. 1t won't be safe to use
the streets with 100000 auto
mobiles in America"
He asserted some of his COL
leagues have become dizzy run
ming from one side on this ques-
tion to the other every time the
wind changes" and remarked:
'Tt gives me the filters to see
such switching about"
The Nineteenth Amendment
granting the ballot to 1omen will
be the "next to Co." the Senator
insisted, adding:
"Let the women Of America
beware"
He also foresaw ultimate repeal
of the bill of rights.
The Blaine resolution seemed
to bear a charmed life in the
Senate's legislative mill. 1t sur
vived an eight-hour filibuster by
Senator Sheppard tD) of Texas,
the So-called father of prohibi-
ton.
On one occasion, the Senate
refused to lay it aside.
Then Republican and Demo-
cratic leaders agreed to try to pass
it. Party spokesmen believed its
adoption now would remove a
highly controversial issue from the
special session Of the new Con-
gress to be called by President
elect Roosevelt after March 4.
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GET PRESIDENT
AWAY CRIED
CERMAk
Mayors Only Thought Was of
Roosevelt; City Manager
Describes Shooting
BY L. L. LEE
City Manager Of Miami
Copyright 1898, bv international


MIAMI, Feb. 16.-The attempted
assassination Of President-elect
Franklin D. Roosevelt and OF
Mayor Anton J. Cermak Of Chi
cago was savage in it's suddennesSS
and brought a cheering crowd OF
many thousands of Miamians ana
Floridians to an immediate silence
as soon as comprehension came
that a killer was in the audience.
The stage of the bandshell IN
the Bay Front Park where Roose-
velt spoke was pack d WIN
notables, including Mayor Cermak,
who has been spending a brlet
time in Miami quietly with his
daughter and friends.
Mayor Cermak and I were TO
gether on the front row OF the
stage and he was reminiscing OF
the moment at the Chicago Demo
cratic convention when William
G. McAdoo had supported RooSe-
velt for the Presidency and when
Cermak attempted to still the
booing, yelling crowd that was at
tempting to shout McAdoo down.
Beckoned to Cermak
AS Roosevelt rode in his car to
the front of the open air stage
he noticed Cernak and beckoned
to him. Cermak said to me:
81 want to shake his hand and
speak to him but will wait until
he gets through at the micro
phone"
Roosevelt had not left the car,
but was handed a microphone,
and raised himself to a sitting
posture on the tonneau OF the
lowered touring car topO
We stepped to the side OF the
motor car. Roosevelt shouted a
CHEEKY:
"HellO, there"
Mayor Cermak leaned forward
and vigorously wrung Roosevelt's
hand, then leaned back from the
side of the automobile, both
realizing that they had but a few
moments to spend together.
Crowd Presses Around
The crowd began to press
around the President-elect'S motor
car and the chauffeur threw it
into gear. Mayor R. B. Gautier,
of Miami, who was riding alone
with Roosevelt in the rear seat,
turned his head at that moment
and 1 leaned forward to say:
"This is Mayor Cermak of
Chicago"
My arms were still linked in
that of Cermak.
At that moment two sharp ex-
plosions rang out and I lifted
my head to see, not 80 feet
away, a dark, short bushy-haired
man holding a cleaning nickel
plated revolver in his hand, and
in a second three more shots
blazed out.
Even at the moment 1 did not
realize that Cermak was shot,
although our arms still were
linked.
Cermaks only words were:
"The President; get him
away"
w. w. Wood, Democratic county
(Continued on Page 26, Col. y
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Hates the Rich and Powerful, He Says;
Once Tried to Shoot King of Italy

The President-elect waited at
the hospital to learn Cermak's con-
ditiop. When informed the
mayors wound was serious, he
cancelled plans to leave for the
North and returned to the Astor
yacht to spend the night. A heavy
police guard was Immediately
thrown about the vessel at its pier.
At the county Jail, where
Zangara was hustled under the
drawn guns of police, the Pres
ident-elect's assailant told police
he tried to kill Mr.. Roosevelt be-
cause Of constant torment" fol-
lowing a stomach operation.
Sheriff Daniel Hardie, of
Miami county, conducted the
questioning.
Speaking in italian through an
interpreter, Zangara told police
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"Well, now that I'm here
you're going to have some
more fun"
After making certain that ev-
erything humanity possible was
being done to spare Cermak suf-
fering and save his life. Presi-
dentelect Roosevelt left the hos
pital and proceeded to the Miami
railway station to board the
1915 a. m. train for the North.
Just before Mr.. Roosevelt's ar
rival, President Hoover again
demonstrated his anxiety over
Mayor Cermak's condition. His
personal physician, Capt. Joel T.
Boone. called the hospital by
long-distance tele phone from
washington to inquire about his
progress.
Mrs. Gill Is Sinking
He was informed of Mayor
Cermak's condition and told of
the grave state of Mrs. Gill. who
was reported shortly after 10 a.
m. to be succumbing to her
wound.
William Sinnott, New York de-
tective; Miss Margaret Kruiz, of
Newark, N. j., and Russell Cald-
well, of Miami, the others
wounded in zangara's fusillade,
were all out of danger and re-
covering from their injuries,
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PLUNGE KILLS
REP. GOODWIN

Believed to have been stricken
with a heart attack, Representa-
tive Godfrey c. Goodwin. so, of
Minnesota, plunged to his death
from his room on the sixth floor
of the Driscoll Hotel, Constitution
Ave. and First st. N. W., early
today.
Friends said that the Repre-
sentative had been in i'll health
for some time, complaining of
high blood pressure and heart at
tacks.
No Notes Found
Belief that his death was &C
cidental was strengthened when
no notes were found in his room.
He had been staying at the hotel
for the past two weeks.
Goodwin's body, clad in pa
jamas, was found in an alley be-
side the hotel by l.. E. Amos, a
painter employed by the hotel,
and identification was made by
the room clerk.
The Representatives eyeglasses
were found on a table in his room
beside the open window from
which he plunged to his death.
The door of the room was locked.
Defeated Last Year
Goodwin, who was defeated for
denomination last June at the
primary, was first elected to Con-
gress in 1925. He had previously
served as county attorney for
Isanti county for 20 years.
Goodwin is survived by widow,
son, and three daughters. Flu
neral arrangements will be made
today.
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he had purchased a gun ten
years ago to kill King Victor
of Italy. He said:
81 have always hated the
rich and powerful. When
read in a Miami newspaper
two days ago that the Pres
ident- ELECT was coming to
Miami by boat, I determined to
kill him. I hoped I would have
better luck than / had ten
years ago, when, in Italy, I
bought a pistol to kill King
Emmanuel.
"By a queer trick Of fate
the same thing that fOiled me
at that time was the same
thing that prevented me from
killing Mr.. Roosevelt - there
was too dense a crowd around
and I couldn't shoot properly"
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and felt his pulse from time to
time.
The sudden, savage outburst
threw the crowd into a panic.
Mrs. Gill, sitting in the stand,
collapsed with a bullet in the
abdomen. Sinnott. the detective,
was standing behind the Roosevelt
automobile and suffered wound
over the left eye. Miss Kruiz,
standing in front of the stand, was
shot in the hand. Caldwell. also
in the front rank of those pressed
close to the stand, suffered a head
wound. Condition of the last
three was not critical.
While Zangaras gun was still
smoking, those standing close to
him fell upon him and pummeled
him savagely.
Cries Of 'Kil1 hinnI =" "Tvnch
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MRS.ROOSEvELT
SAVEDFROM
ACCIDENT
Train, Unseen, Backs Toward
Her as She Is About to Enter
Auto in Ithaca, NY.

ITHACA, N. Y, Feb. 16 G.N.S0
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife
of the President-elect, today un-
derwent a nerve-wracking expert
ence while crossing the railroad
tracks.
She was crossing to enter her
automobile when a train backed
up toward her.
Mrs. Roosevelt did not notice
the oncoming train but Motor
cycle Patrolman Edward Moore
reached over and pulled her back
from it's path.
Talks With Howe
Mrs. Roosevelt regained her
usual composure shortly after the
incident.
She talked over the long dis
tance telephone with Louis Howe
in Washington, D. C. Howe, vet
eran aide to the President-elect,
informed her that Mayor Anton
Cermak of Chicago, victim Of an
assassin's bullet at Miami, was
holding his own"
Mrs. Roosevelt expressed her
relief at the news. She said she
had not been directly in touch
with Mr.. Roosevelt since last
night.
The wife Of the President-elect
is travelling without any escort
of Secret Service men. She said
she would not accept such pro-
lection despite the attempt in
Miami on the life of her hus-
band.
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Meant to Fire as Roos eUelt Spoke,
But Was Della we'd Bv Crowd Ahead

everybody who is rich"
zangara, who is 33, told po-
lice he was born in Calabria.
Italy. He worked in a brick fac
tory in italy, he said, and was
burned in a fire there. AS proof,
he exhibited a large scar on his
body.
whether Valenti had any con-
nection with the attempt on Mr..
Roosevelt's life was uncertain.
Police were still questioning him
early today as well as checking
reports that Zanagara was &C
companied to the park by a man
carrying a camera.
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MR.. ROOSEVELT
R|SkED LIFE

(Continued from Page y
"We have come 1000 miles
for this
81 said:
"T am very sorry. but can't
do it,
Having said that, I slid off
the back of the car into my
seat.
HEARD FIRECRACKER
Gust then Mayor Cermak
came forward and 1 talked
with him about a minute
about Chicago in general. Then
he moved behind the car. Bob
Clark lone of the. Secret Ser
vice mem was standing right
by him. AS he moved away, a
man came forward with a long
telegram and started telling
me what it contained. While
he was talking / leaned for
ward.
Gust then 1 heard what 1
thought was a firecracker, then
several more. The man talking
with me pulled back and the
chauffeur started the car.
81 looked around and saw
Mayor Cermak doubled up,
with Mrs. Gill collapsing. 1
told the chauffeur to stop. He
did. about Is feet from where
we started. The Secret Service
men shouted to him:
"'Get out of the crowd
"The chauffeur started again
and stopped him again, this
time at the corner of the
bandstand.
FOUND NO PULSE
Looking back / saw Cermak
being carried along and we put
him in our car. He was alive
but I was afraid he wouldn't
last. I got my hand on his
pulse and found none. He was
on the seat with me and 1 had
my left arm around him. He
slumped forward. A detective
from Miami, standing on the
running board on that side of
the car, was leaning over him.
He said after we had gone a
couple of blocks he was afraid
Cermak would not last.
II, too, was fearful. Just then
Cermak Strengthened up and /
got his pulse. That was sur
priSing. For three blocks 1 ac-
tualIy believe his heart had
stopped.
II held him all the way to the
hospital, and his pulse con-
stantly improved. 1t seemed
like rs miles to the hospital. 1
talked to him all the way. /
remember / said:
Tony, don't mOve-keep quiet
1T won't hurt if you keep quiet
and remain perfectly still
II found that a bulIet-the
one probably that hit Cermak
-grazed the top of Clark's
hand. His hand was all bloody
and scratched.
you know knew Bill Sim
mott. I kidded him at the hos
pital this morning and told him
they couldn't hurt him with a
bullet in the head. 1t would
just bounce off. 1 left orders
for them to Starve him and
take off at least 20 pounds"
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c o m nniSsar
of j u S tic e
a n d public
pr o S ecutor.
sees a vast
C h a n G e in
S t o r e for
America, but
not through
revolution or
bloodshed.
Reared in
t he atmoS-
phere of rad
icaliSm, a
member of a
family which
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II u III " z { u NiChOlai krylPnkO
leaders of the Russian revolu-
ton among its members. Miss
Krylenko is now living quietly
in America. where she contents
herself with her painting. She
is the wife of Max Eastman,
Trot: US translator. a leading
liberal writer, but retains her
own name.
OF America she says:
Americas future? do not
see revolution in the picture.
True, the country is Seething.
TechnOcracy had a good
chance, but it was muffed.
Anything new nigh; stand q
good chance in this country.
But not through blood or the
sword"
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L. L. Lee. city manager of
Miami, standing beside him.
clutched one arm and W. W.
Wood holding the microphone
into which the President-elect
spoke, grabbed the other.
Mr.. Roosevelt reached down and
helped the wounded Chicago
mayor into his car. With siren
screaming it raced away for the
hospital. The President elect sat
grading Cermak'S head in his lap
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him!" broke from the crowd as
it surged toward the spot.
A Miami policeman forced his
way to the would-be assassin's
side and dubbed him. George
Broadnax, of the Atlanta office
of the Secret Service, drew his
gun but was unable to use it be-
cause of the press of spectators.
Secret Service men and police
grabbed Zangara from a group
of infuriated spectators and threw
him on the trunk back of an
other automobile containing Vim
cent Astor and Kermit Roosevelt,
who had accompanied the Presi-
dent-elect on the cruise. Cald-
we'll also was bundled into the
car, which raced off with the one
bearing Mr.. Roosevelt and Mayor
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Woman Deflects Assa ssin's Fire;
Cermak Wounded Bv Second Shot

Mrs. w. F. Cross. of Miami, was
standing next to the assailant.
AS his gun roared. she grabbed
his wrist and forced the weapon
upward. Four shots went over the
heads of those seated in the first
two rows before the stand. The
quick action of Mrs. Cross un-
doubtedly saved Mr.. Roosevelt
from the leaden hail.
The second shot from Zan-
gara's gun struck Cermak in the
back.
The Washington times., 1933-02-16

Mustapha KemaI sired to see
the country in winter in order
to examine the true situation
of the Anatolian peasant under
the unavoidable privations of
the present economic crisis.
He also wants to observe the
result of newly instituted re-
forms, including the addition
of Latin characters to the
Turkish alphabet and the adop-
ton of the Swiss civil code for
marriage and divorce.
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pIdCGU Uy Sc
rious students, who a.e find
ing interests in the simpler col
lege affairs that used to satisfy
years ago. She asserted:
"The attitude and outlook
on life of the student has under
gone great change in the past
IL months. You know flaming
youth passed out several years
ago and 'bIase indifference a
year ago. In this time Of strug
giles we are going back to the
simple college affairs"
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of the past,
Dean Virginia
c. Gil d e r
sleeve toll d
alumEae Of
Barnard Col
lege at their
a n n u a ! re-
union lunch
con.
The W Id
young people
of the years
i m m eGiately
following the
war, che said,
have been re-
.AlaAAA L-
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RICH AND POWERFUL
. SAYS ASSAILANT; BOUGHT
GUN TO KILL KING
CONTINUED from Page y

The condition of Mrs. Gill, wife
Of a public utility concern official,
who was one of the bystanders to
fall in Zangara's wild fuSillade,
was even more critical than that
Of Mayor Cermak.
She wa undergoing a blood
TRANSMISSION just at the time the
P--csident-elect. grim-visaged and
tight-lipped, stepped out of his
automobile and entered the hos
pital.
Extra Guard for Roosevelt
Except for his stern expression,
Mr.. Roosevelt showed no signs OF
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the ordeal which he had under.
gone. He apparently had rested
we'll aboard Astor's yacht, tied up
at a pier on the Miami water
front.
Only the extra heavy guard Of
Secret Service men and his own
serious mien bore witness to the
fact that only miraculous luck
and the cool.headedneSS of q
woman spectator, who diverted
Zangara'S aim, had spared him
death or serious injury.
This heroine was Mrs. w. F..
Cross, Ct Miami, who knocked the
aSSassin's gun upward.
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in S p e c ton
through t h e
western part
of Anatolia.
In the past
these tours Of
the leader of
he Turkish
re v olu / on
h a We taken
place in sum-
mer as a con-
cesSion to per-
sonal comfort
but since last
We ar t h e
Ghazi has de-
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ter was born
February 9 to
Mrs. j o h n
Barry Ryan,
.ir..Whose hus-
b a n d is a
grandson of
t h e ! a t e
Thomas For
tune Ryan. it
was learned
here today.
They have
one son, now
Mrs. Ryan
is a daughter
0f Otto Kahn
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MOLLISON LEAVES RIO

BUENOS AIRES, Feb. 16 GIN.
S0.-Capt. James A. Mollison
passed over Florianopolis, Brazil,
at $50 a. m. local time today
en- route from Rio de Janeiro to
Buenos Aires.
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Dean GiIdersIeeve Sees
End of "FIaming Youth"

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-"Flam-
ing youth" and it's successor,
"blase indifference" are things
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KemaI Pasha Examines
Situation of Peasants

ISTANBUL, Feb. 16.- The
Ghazi Mustapha Kemal Pasha
has undertaken a new trip of
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A home Is your castle yOnr
greatest protection wise invest
ment! study the many worth while
home buys advertised for sale in the
WANT AD SECTION of this newspaper.
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Radical Painter Sees
Big "American Shift"

NEW YORK, Feb. 16.-Eliena
Krylenko, whose brother, Mich
olaf Krylenko, is the Soviet
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CONDITION OF TREASURY

Treasury b a a n e: $3.50 $780,
782.47; expen ditur es, $5,320,-
687.58; customs receipts, $9,169,.
300.29.
CLEARINGS
Charlotte e........... 81 ,463. 1876
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PEOPLE
Who Interest
You and
What They
Are Doing
Daughter Born February 9
To Ryans in London

LONDON, Feb. 16.-A daugh-