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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
Building Union Renames
Coyne, Other Officers

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 15.-RH
John P. Coyne, president, and all
officers were reelected at the clos
ing session here today of the Build
ing and Construction Trades de-
partment of the .Americ-n Fedora
ton of Labor. The other officers:
L. P. Lindelof, Lafayette, Ind,
first vice president; Richard j.
Gray, Washington, second vice
president: William McSorley,
Cleveland, third vice president;
Daniel J. Tobin, indianapolis,
fourth vice-president; William L.
Hutcheon, Indianapolis, fifth vice
president; Robert Byron, Washing
ton, sixth vice president; George
MaSterton, Washington, seventh
vice president; Edward ]. Brown,
Washington, eighth vice president
and Herbert Rivers, Washington,
secretarytreasurer. 3
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
DENVER C. PADR1CK, JR.

Funeral services for Denver
Clarence Patrick, Jr., four-year-
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. D. c. Pad
rick, of 8 North 18th street, who
died at 1885 o'clock Thursday
morning after a brief illness, were
held at 2:30 o'clock yesterday aft
ernoon from the Trinity Methodist
church.
The Rev. R. l.. Jerome con-
Quoted the services. Burial fol-
lowed in the Bellevue cemetery.
He is survived by his parents,
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. W. A,
Grissom, of Southport; four aunts,
Miss Lolltu Cox, of Salisbury; Miss
Ruth Padrick, of Wilmington; Mrs.
Bill Boykins, of Goldsboro; Mrs
Harry Bremen. of Durham; two
uncles, F. E. Cox. of Wilmington
and Charles Cox, of Salem, Va.
and a great-aunt. Miss Lizzie Pad.
rick, of Wilmington.
Active pallbearers were h e
following cousins of the deceased:
Paul Fulford, Bobbie Branch.
Arthur Boykins, and Willie Boy.
kins, Jr.
Honorary pallbearers we're H.
T. Finch. S. S. Lewis. c. W. Full
ford, j. K. George, c. A. Williams,
Norman Davis, Maurice Carpen-
ter, G.. T. Morgan, c. W. Lenett,
W. B. Boykins, Joe Baugh, Claude
West, J. A. Price, Walter Padrick,
T. E. Peterson, Otto Schmidt, and
DR.. A. Crouch.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
1000 KILLED, HURT
IN GIANT GERMAN
RAID ON COVENTRY
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failed lamentably'' to hit military
targets.
Coventry, with a normal popula-
ton of 100, 900 now is known more
for her place in midland industry
than for her legendary past.
But it was streets through which
Lady Godiva rode nearly 900 years
ago which we're churned by in
cendiary and high explosive bombs
during last night.
It was here that men strove in
a laundering hell against growing
piles of stone and smoking timbers
to bring out the dead and injured.
Coventry became a proving
ground of men against bombs.
Stories of heroism. of rescue
workers dying in the debris they
were trying to move, of first aid
workers killed while trying to save
lives, of narrow escapes and sud-
den, wholesale death piled one on
another in an overpowering array.
Bomb Shock Reported
Cases of bomb scnock were re.
ported in which the victims, other
wise unscathed, were found strick.
en- dumb and powerless to help
themselves after the night of ter.
ror.
1.-THE city suffered very seriously
and the people bore their ordeal
with great courage" commented a
London communique.
Herbert Morrison, minister Of
home security, here on a tour Of
the midlands, found in Coventry an
example for his urging, earlier in
Birmingham, that industrial work.
ers under bombardment must not
be shocked off the job" That, he
said, would be "a major disaster
When Morrison and his wife
drove into the city this afternoon
their limousine was confronted by
a caravan of white-faced people
seeking safety in the country. He
prevailed upon them to go back.
They returned to a city which
had undergone the worst continu
GUS attack experienced by any ir
Notwithstanding London-since
the air siege of Britain began.
According to the German yer,
sion, Coventry was attacked by
more than 500 planes which drop
ped 10000 incendiary bombs anc
more than 1000, 900 POUNDS of ex
plosives. AS home of the Morris
Bristol, Rover and Napier motol
works as we'll as the General Elec
trio plant, Coventry is regarded
by the Germans as a prime mill
tary target.
At three o'clock this afternoon
the clock in the main spire of st
Michael's Cathedral struck the
hour for the first time since {
bomb smashed into the building
last night.
And in Hartford street, the statue
popularly believed to represen
lpeeping tom, the fellow who peep
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
C0RBETTI IS FREED
MCOUNTY COURT
Cushioned By Court AS To
Whether She Still Has
PiccOlOs In House

Rosa Corbett, negress, mother OF
Elijah Jackson, who was freed
Thursday by Judge ClaWson L. Will
liams after a habeas corpus hear.
ing sought because the negro was
being held in Jail under $500 bond
when no charge had been placed
against him, was freed in record.
er's court yesterday morning by
Judge Alton A. Lennon, who had
issued a capias for her because
there were two piccolos in her
house.
Rosa said she was arrested
Thursday night. She spent the night
in Jail.
When she was called before the
court yesterday morning Judge
Lennon questioned her at length as
to whether she still had piccolos at
her house and predicted, You are
going to have a killing in that
house yet"
Trial of James Rich, charged
with an assault with a deadly
weapon with intent to kill and in
another warrant charged with an
assault with a deadly weapon, was
continued until Nov. 20.
Raymond Burton was found gull
ty of vagrancy and was sentenced
to Is days on the county farm. He
noted an appeal to superior court.
William McKeever, charged with
violation of the liquor law, was
sentenced to ten months on the
county farm. /
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
CONTRACTOR sues
UNION, OFFICIALS
r T. Hallman, OF Charlotte.
Claims He Was Damaged
BY Blacklist

CHARLOTTE, Nov. 15.-R-
r T, Mailman, Charlotte contrac-
~. filed suit in superior court
S .m. today for $44, 500 against the
mood. wire and metal fathers
'a;on and several union officers,
ulleping that he had been dam
ICED by a union blacklist.
Among the officers listed in his
~,omnlaint were William ]. McSor-
NV president, Terry Ford, secre-
t.rv.treasurer, Grady c. Kilpat-
rick president of the Charlotte
Local, R. F. Gleason, president
If the Greensboro local, A. W.
swain. president of the Asheville
locai, and A. B. Smith, president
n the Wilmington local.
Hal]man set forth in his COM
n,aint that he had a subcontract
ior some construction work on
rbavis Heights. Raleigh Stun
clearance project, and that the
contractor was forced to terminate
tbe contract by the alleged black
list,
He also charged that the union
called a strike on Charlotte's low
rent negro housing project to COM
nel the contractor to terminate the
s%ubcontract which he held.
Actual damages were claimed of
ST. 900 for the Charlotte project,
$4,000 for the Raleigh project, and
al S.. 900 for a number of other
contracts which he asserted the
union kept him from getting. Punt
tive damages of $4,000 were
asked. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
Raj BOMBS ITALIAN
WARSHIP AT TOBRUK
Planes Make New Raids On Points
Along Adds Abbaba-Jibuti
Railroad

CAIRO, Egypt, Nov. 15.-R-The
British middle-east command an
nounced tonight that the Raj had
bombed an Italian warship at To-
bruk. Italian Libya, in new raids on
Italian bases and points along the
Adds Abbaba-Jibuti railway in
Ethiopia.
Land fighting, the command said,
had been limited to operations
around Kassala and Gallabat, the lat
ter along the Sudanese-Ethiopian Dor
der. At Gallabat, it was said, the
British were masters of the recap
tured town and in position to harass
the Italians over the frontier. 1t was
learned, however. that the Italians
were sending up reinforcements.
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WAR INTERPRETIVE
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front to increase the attack
against Italy. They also might help
obscure, in the minds of the Ger
man and Italian people, the i'll sue
cess of Italy's adventure in
Greece.
A brief foregathering of the Nazi-
Fascist military high command at
Innsbruck clearly indicates Ber-
Inns concern owe the Italian fas-
CO in Greece, although there is
yet no disclosure of what Germany
will do about it. Acts rather than
words are what will reveal Hit
ler's purpose. Until it is made
known, however, that meeting
looks like a time fuse set to ex-
plode the Balkan powder barrel
anew.
1t could sweep other Balkan ma
tons into the var whirlpool.
Whether they resist or assent to
a German march through their
territory to aid Italy in Greece
makes no difference. They would
become new war fronts.
There is no route by which Ger
many could march, except through
Italy, that would not crack the
neutrality barrier thus far al
fully preserved by Hitler in the
Balkans to protect his precious oil
resources in Rumania. Neutral
Turkey, Bulgaria and Yugoslavia
stand between British bombers,
now within close striking distance
from Greek bases, and those oil
fields. German incursions into any
of these nations, on whatever
terms, would open that door to
the British air force.
Rumania's Risk
Rumania risked that when she
invited German army protective"
custody of her oil fields. 1t is open
season for the British bombers
there now, but for the Balkan neu-
trality barrier. That is a factor
Berlin must consider in whatever
help She extends to Italy.
Yet the situation. SO far as Axis
10 NOiASC11lCo. lldS SCOdO1Jy
deteriorated in Greece and in
Greek and Italian waters. Unex-
pectedly tenacious Greek resis-
lance and Britain's prompt and
aggressive aid for her little ally
have altered both the military and
the diplomatic aspects of the war
in the east. Hitler is being pushed
into perhaps premature action, be-
fore his political dealings w i t h
Spain, France and Russia can rip
en- fully.
Certainly Hitler's generals and
military staffers went to Innsbruck
with contemptuous thoughts for the
professional efficiency of their 1tal-
ian %confreres. They would judge
them by their works in Greece.
And the Germans must realize
that getting the British out of their
new advance bases in Crete and
Southern Greece, bulwarked as
they are by water hazards domi-
mated by British war craft, would
now be something of a job. 1t is
possible that the Germans actual.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
CLINTON F.. MURRAY

Clinton F. Murray, ~34-year-old
salesman, ITO North Sixth street,
died Thursday afternoon in st. Paul
after a short illness.
Funeral services will be held Sun
day afternoon at 3 o'clock at the
home, with the Rev. C. H. Storey
officiating assisted by DR.. A. D. P.
Gilmour. Interment will follow in
the Bethany cemetery on Castle
Haynes road.
Active p~allbearers will be: j. C.
Davis, Rex Willis, Bill Wadsworth,
Bill Stanford, Frasier Warlick, and
G. B. Clary.
Honorary pallbearers will be: B.
B. Cameron, T. T. Sellers, A. J.
Jewel, Julius Weinberg, Arnold
Brinkley, Mac Taylor and Roy Beas-
ley.
He is survived by his wife, his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Aulsia Muir
ray; four brothers, H. A. Murray,
C. P. Murray, D. r. Murray, and
]. L. Murray; three sisters, Mrs
Robert Jordan, Mrs. Kenneth Kirby
and Miss Rhoda Murray.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
COLD WAVE MOVES
INTO SOUTHLAND
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of 20 was taken there on Nov. 16
several years ago. 1t was 20 also
at Birmingham, Ala, Meridian,
Miss, and Ft. Worth, Tex. Mem
phis, Tenn, had II.
The storm which brought snow
to parts of Illinois, Indiana, Wis
consin. Ohio, Pennsylvania, d
New York carried rain to sections
of Pennsylvania and lower New
York. Six inches of snow fell In
Southern Ohio and 2 to 6 inches
in Northern Indiana. Chicago's 4.8
inches was a record for the date.
Rising temperatures in the Da-
kotas, Minnesota, Iowa and Ne
braska heralded the advance OF
relief for sections farther e a S t.
Iowa temperatures we're expected
to remain well above Thursday
nights 7 below at Atlantic, Iowa.
The reading of 4 above during
Thursday night gave Des Moines
Ia, its coolest Nov. IS since 1893.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
L F. BLANEY

Funeral services for William F.
Blaney, 40-year old plumber of 400
Queen street, who was killed late
Thursday night when the car in
which he was riding plunged
through a bridge railing into
Greenfield Lake, will be held from
the late residence this afternoon
at $3.50 o'cock.
The Rev. ]. F. Warren, assisted
by the Rev. F. A. Turner, will
conduct the services. Interment
will follow in Oakdale cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be: N. j.
Wolf, C. B. Wolf, G. M. Wolf, L.
H. Wolf, A. A. Everett and o. B.
Hinnant, all nephews of the de-
ceased. Honorary pallbearers will
be: John Lockamy, Charlie Row.
an. w. H. Best. Joe McIntee,
George Powell, Sam Yopp, Her
man Dukes, Tommy Phillips, John
| Wolf, and Monroe Carter.
Blaney is survived by two sis
tiers, Mrs. L. G. Wolf and Mrs.
w. T. Hinnant, Of Wilmington; one
son, Adrian Blaney, of Charlotte,
and several nieces and nerhews.
Coroner Asa w. Allen sa, l yes
terday that all indications were
that Blaney was the driver of
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
e. BROWN

Funeral services for Richard Earl
Brown, three months old son of Mr..
and Mrs. Zennie Brown, and who
died in a local hospital early Thurs
day morning, were held from the
residence, 405 Queen street, yesterday
morning at II o'clock, with the Rev.
T.. D. Dickens officiating.
He is survived by his parents,
four brothers, Zanie, Leslie, How
ard, and Kenneth; two sisters, Thel-
ma and Dorothy Brown, all of this
city.
Interment followed in Oak Grove
cemetery.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
YACHTS ARMED

ehlsTOBAL. Canal Zone. Nov. Is.
rh'-Navy officials disclosed today
a"aI some 30 converted yachts and
1s'oals' armed with guns, are to be
assembled in the Panama Canal area
patrol duty. Three yachts and
~ Jugs arrived here last night and
n" oe assigned temporarily to the
NHlc entrance to the Canal until
l"0ush additional boats arrive to al
y" ulVldlng the forces between the
two entries.
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GREEN PREDICTS
DIVISION OF Clio
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contrast to the rebel (CIO) group
opening it's convention at the same
time in Atlantic City"
Sharply watching reports Of a
serious break looming in the CIO
and spearheaded by the Amalga-
mated Clothing Workers, Green
said in an interview:
IT don't think there will be any
third national group. I think de-
velopments may show some CLIO
unions may withdraw from that
parent body and remain indepen-
dent or turn to the open door OF
the ALL"
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
PROCEEDINGS DISMISSED

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.- Up -
Inc Federal Power Commission an.
nuunced today it had dismissed pro.
eeedlngs instituted last year against
'Ne Carolina Aluminium company be-
cause the company failed to comply
WIN commission regulations govern
Ing feclassification of acvunts and
.Hilg OF data on original cost Of cleo
VIC plant. The commission said the
.o'lpany now had completed it's re-
e4dssilication and had filed the re-
CURED data.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
CONFERENCE SLATED

BERLIN, Nov. 10 Up The OF"
fetal German news agency, DNB, to-
day quoted press reports from lstan-
bull that the Turkish ambassador to
Berlin is expected in Ankara to con-
fer with his government. Members
of the ambassadors household said
he already was in Ankara.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
Grange Pledges Support
To u. S. Defense Program

SYRACUSE, N. Y, Nov. 15.-CR)-
The National Grange, in a message
10 President Roosevelt today, pledged
us support for a program to:
~ Keep the nation out Of war;
W Accelerate national defense and
W Provide a "just" share of the ma
uonal income for the farmer.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
JAPAN MAY MAKE
SOUTHWARK PUSH
Intensive Military Prepare.
tons For Possible lndo-
China Drive Reported

HONGKONG, Nov. 15.-R-Inten-
sive japanese military preparations
which Chinese and other observers
believe may signify an imminent
southwark push"-possibly against
French Indo-C hina-were reported
today from various Chinese centers.
Japanese warshirs were said to be
assembling off Hainan Island, across
the Gulf of Tonkin from Indo-China,
for naval maneuvers" and consider
able troop activity was reported in
coastal towns along this strategi-
cally located island.
The japanese preparations, Chi
nese advices said. have taken a
squirt since the withdrawal of ia
panese forces from Kwangsi and
south Kwangtung provinces, in
south China. Only yesterday the
japanese announced completion OF
these Withdrawals.
Among the warsh1ps off Halnan
were reported to be three aircraft
carriers. The Japanese army was
said to have been unloading huge
munitions stores there in the past
two weeks.
Altogether, the Chinese declared
the Japanese have some 70 warships
in waters adjacent to Indo-China and
Hainan, along with 100000 troops.
Chinese quarters here expressed
the belief the island of Formosa
would be the main base for any ia
panese thrust to the south, with
Hainan and the Japanese-occupiec
Chinese ports Of Annoy, Swatow and
Canton as subsidiary bases.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
BOMBED

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.-RE
Domei, japanese news agency,
broadcast said the Japanese air
force heavily bombed Chinese
army headquarters and other mill
tary establishments today n e a
Shangsze and Chiulung, in SOUTH
western KWangsi province.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
NEW STROKE EXPECTED

BERLIN, Nov. 15-lR-The high
est officers of the German and Ital-
ian military commands held a
sudden and unexpected conference
today and everywhere the supposi.
ton arose that some new military
stroke of the greatest Importance
was afoot.
They met-Marshal General Will
helm Keitel, chief of the German
high command; Marshal Pietro
Badoglio of Italy and their re-
spective staffs-at the old Austrian
town of Innsbruck near the Ital-
Ian frontier, and of course they
had nothing to say as to what de-
cisions had been taken.
But the official German news
agtncy said that they had had
military discussions about the
joint conduct of the war;" and an.
other authoritative commentator
by plain implication tied the Inns.
bruck conference directly into re.
cent Axis political discussions. Hit.
Ter had met in recent weeks with
Generalissimo Franco of Spain,
among others.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
LEGION DISCUSSED

MONTREAL, Nov. Is. - Up -
Formation in Canada of a Polish Fly
ing Legion is under discussion with
Dominion authorities, Cadeusz Brze-
zinski, Polish consul-general, said to-
day. He added that another "Kos-
ciuszko" Legion also may be formed
in Canada to fight the Germans.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
ARMY ORDER

g lew YORK, Nov. 15.-R- A
ss'o1o'ooO order from the U. S.
th a ordnance department 10 r
oa usands of rubber tracks for use
iash speed half track" army
bv cars. was announced today
ue 3. F. Goodrich company of
Akron, Ohio. a
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
Beware Coughs
~ from common colds
That Hang On

Creomulsion relieves promptly be-
cause it goes right to the seat Of the
trouble to help loosen and expel
germ laden phlegm, and aid nature
to soothe and heal raw, tender, In.
famed bronchial mucous mem.
branes. Tell your druggist to sell you
a bottle of Creomulsion with the I'M
Outstanding you must like the way 1t
quickly allays the cough or you are
to have your money back.
CREOMULSIQN
for Coughs. Chest Colds. Bronchitis
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16
MAJOR OFFENSIVE
IS EXPECTED in
MEDITERRANEAN
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phase of the Axis war plan and
observers said a showdown on Tur-
keys position may be imminent.
Newspapers indicated that Soviet
Russia probably would help put
pressure on Turkey to prevent her
opposing German plans.
Follows Berlin Talks
It was considered significant
that the military conference came
on the heels of talks in Berlin be-
tween Soviet Premier Vyaches-
laf Molotoff and Adolf Hitler
and those here between Ruman-
ian Premier General Ion Antones-
Gu and Premier Mussolini.
The Italian high command, sum-
ming up Thursdays operations,
reported Is Greek warplanes shot
down in violent air action on the
Greek battlefront.
1t also claimed to have verified
the torpedoing of a $500 ton bat
tleship of the Families class a
week ago off Sicily. A commune
que said the commander of the
submarine Capponi verified by
direct vision from the emerged
submarine the explosion of three
torpedoes against the hull of the
enemy ship" The battleship was
reported to have been ~escortine
the aircraft carrier I%llustrious.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16

ly have told Mussolini he will have
to hoe his own row in Greece for
the present. Tine alone will tell. 4
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-11-16

1t is reported that 300 pilots,
from the British R. Al F. recently
arrived in Canada to participate in
the Dominion's training program.
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WEATHER
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WASHINGTON, November 15.- @ -
Weather bureau records of temperature
and rainfall for the "a hours ending
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ADVERTISEMENT
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Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21
Plan Festivities
|For Graduates

High school and Junior college
students are looking forward to a
number of social activities in con-
nection with the graduation fes-
tivities.
Saturday night of this week Gen.
trail Junior college is giving a dance
at o'clock in the high school
gymnasium for the seniors of the
Calexico, Holtville, Imperial and
Ell Centre high schools.
Junior college graduates will be
entertained by the j. c. alumni
association at a party following
their commencement program May
20, this party to be given in the
Hotel de ANA, CaleXico where
dancing and cards will be arrang-
ed. Other junior college students
will be eligible to attend also upon
payment of a small fee.
Also on Wednesday evening, men,
bers of the junior class are enter
tanning the seniors at a prom at
the Barbara Worth hotel.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21
Chapter AVHas
Mountain Trip

Chapter AV, PEG, members
had a delightful opportunity to re-
lax after the anxiety and excite
ment of the weekend in their trip
to Hipass Monday when they hac
an all day meeting at the Vaughn
N. Thompson home.
The Thompsors have an attrac-
tive rustic mountain cabin at Hi
pass and the chapter members
enjoyed the crisp mountain all
and the beautiful scenery A pot
luck luncheon, and bountiful one
was served at noon, and the after
noon was devoted to conversation
fortne telling, and to a hike.
Members present were: Mes
danes Don C. Bitter, w. j. Glenn
ents, Donna Holloway, o. G.. Horne
Warren Currier, Howard P. Meyer
Don Rex, Minor o. Simms, c E
Sprouse, Elmer w. Head, LauraI
Ferguson and Mrs. Thompson.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21

program of special interest, featur-
ing Helen Siegel, soprano; Mrs
Dwight Smith, dramatiSt, and Ruth
Williams, pianist, all three of whom
are experts in their respective
fields.
Miss Siegel was heard in three
lovely songs with accomplishments
by Mrs. Williams; Mrs. Smith gave
def and dramatic characterize
ton, after which Mrs. Williams was
heard in an excellent piano group
Luncheon was then served, the
small tables for four being centered
with exquisite roses while the house
was gay with a great variety of
spring flowers.
Alter luncheon bridge was play
ed, Mrs. Dan Scott winning the
high score prize and Mrs. w. A
Vie, the second.
Section guests included: MeSdames
Charles Childers, Warren E. Sage
George Bucklin, Don C. Paulus, S
P. Williams, Dwight Smith, Miss
Siegel; the members in attendance
were: Mesdames George Swami
H. G. Miller, C. S. Conner, Herbert
S. Harris, P. N. Van Slyck, j. M.
Moose, A. c. Finney, Alex McRae
Dan Scott, H. G. Jones, w. S. Kong
w. A. Swerdfeger, w. A. Vie, Glenn
Kieffer, Will Won Fluss, John Cook
Rodney Jenkins, Sem Bacon, Julia
Bracket.