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"he Atlanta Georgian.
ATLANTA, GA., "WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 1, 1906.
CHEATHAM IS ON TRIAL
BEFORE INVESTIGATORS
STATEMENT OF_MR. ANDERSON
The statement of Hon. J. Randolph Anderson, read Wedncsday morning
before the Southern Cotton Association investigating committee, was ns follows:
ATLANTA, Ga., August 3,1906.
I wish to preface this statement with a reference to certain published
utterances of Mr. Richard Cheatham.
1. The published interviews given out by Mr. Cheatham, secretary, in re
gard to the charges made by me, state one thing one day and a different thing the
next day. Both of his statements are equally ridiculous and equally without
foundation.
(a) In his interview and card published in .The Atlanta Journal of the
28th instant, he says that my charges were made for the purpose of diverting the
attention of the state senate from the main issue, and he says that the purpose of his
card was “to put the public on notice that all the din and smoke and noise and
dust is raised to obscure the real issue and to divert the minds of the Georgia state
senate away from the merits of the Boykin bill for the suppression of future
gambling in Georgia.” ‘
(b) In his interview and card published in The Atlanta Constitution of
the 29th instant, he gives out that what lie is pleased to call the present attack
upon the officers of the Southern Cotton Association is a part of an organized bear
campaign against cotton.
Now, when he made, these statements Mr. Cheatham knew perfectly well
that they were false, and that they existed solely in his o\Vu imagination. He knew
very well that the charges made by me in my speech in the house on the 21th in
stant were made before any vote at all had been taken in the house on the bill and
that my speech could only have been intended to influence the house before it came
to vote upon the bill. He also ought .to know very well that one ground of my op
position to the bill was that it waa imperfect, and that my tight against the bill
forced the adoption of three amendments, two of which give to the bill the chief ef
ficacy it now has for the prevention of gambling in futures. I refer to the amend
ment making the bill include buying futures as well as. selling futures, to which
last the bill was originally restricted; .and also to the amciuunent providing that
the payment of a 1 license tax should not be permitted to relieve any person from the
penalty imposed. Without this last amendment the law could not have become
operative at all until January 1, 1908; and without the first amendment it would
not have touched fully 80 per cent of thfc gambling in cotton.
2. The charges made in my speech on the 24th instant were:
(1) That some one in the headquarters of the Southern Cotton
Association had been speculating in cotton in the name of Mike O’Gra-
dy, and signing the checks or receipts for the"money in an official ca
pacity, and that some one in there had been speculating in the name of
P. A. Lee. *
(2) That some official of the Southern Cotton Association had
been connected with a bucket shop called the Piedmont Brokerage Co.
and had held one-eighth of its stock, and that some one in the office of the
Southern Cotton Association had had the stock standing in his name.
These were my two charges. I am not responsible.for or concerned in any
elaboration of these charges made by the newspapers, or for any inferences or
conclusions drawn by them or the public, created by the interviews and state
ments the reporters succeeded in getting from various persons. Those are mat
ters for the committee to investigate if they see fit. I have given out no further
statement or information until now. My speech in the house on the 24th instant
was cut short by the expiration of the tune limit, under which I was speaking. In
my statement in-the house on the 25th instant, I said that my remarks of the
day before did not refer all to one person; and that I had evidence and informa
tion sufficient in my judgment-to justify me in saying that an investigation
ought to be held as to these matters, and that I would give that information to the
Continued on Page 3.
Mr. J. R. Anderson
Presented Formal
* Charges.
Remittee tries
S3MANY WAYS TO
llf/END CHEATHAM
W. It. Fagan. manager of the local
brokerage hone© of Glbert A Clay, wan
* leading witness at tha afternoon
Investigation.
X He appeared, stating he would give
Imony freely
Cheatham
give consent f«.r his talking. Mr.
Cheatham declined to consent or to
protest against It.
After much talk. Mf. Fagan am*
plfc«>d or. the stand.
Questioned by Mr. Anderson, he ver-
ifleu In every detail Ms. Anderson'* |i
charge* concerning Cheatham'* spec- |l
ulatfon* under the yaine .of “Mike
*“'-rady. , ‘
RICHARD CHEATHAM.
they were trying to defend Cheatham
from being forced Into furnishing in
formation which might serve to reflect
upon his efficiency as an officer of the
association. This wax noticeable at
several stages of the Investigation.
Mike O'Grady, of Chattanooga, sub
mitted a written statement of his deal
ings with Mr. Cheatham and begged <6
be permitted to return to hls business.
He was excused from further attend
ance. A tilt between O'Grady and
Mr. Anderson attracted some attention
j previous to adjournment,
i Among those who were present in
the roqm was \V. T. Smith, a well-
I known cotton dealer of Dallas. Texas.
| who was In the city for the purpose or
attending the InveetlgMtlon. Mr. Smith
refused to make any statement re
garding hls presence.
Dr. J. M. Crawford, who had stated
that he had understood that Cheatham
was a part owner In the Piedmont
(Brokerage Company, telephoned that he
would appear when hls testimony was
desired. B. C. Cothran, of Ware A
BASEBALL
Atlanta—100 000 00x-l
Nashville-000 000 000-0
ATLANTA.
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Orozier, If.
1
1
2
0
0
Jordan, 2b
0
0
1
3
0
Winters, rf. ..............
0
0
0
0
0
S. Smith, 3b. .,. Km .
0
1
1
2
0
Morse, ss
0
0
4
3
0
0
0
12
0
0
Wallace, cf.
0
1
0
0
0
Evers,
0
0
7
4
1
Zeller, p '...
0
0
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4
0
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0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
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Totals
1
3
27
16
1
NASHVILLE
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Gilbert, cf • ...
0
1
5
0
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Wiseman, If.
0
1
3
0
o
Pearson, rf
0
0
0
1
0
Jansing, 3b...
0
1
0
1
0
Miller, lb
0
1
7
0
0
Bohannon, 2b
0
0
2
1
0
Castro, ss .. .
0
0
i
3
1
Wells, c
0
1
0
0
0-
Buchanan, p
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
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0
0
0
0
0
Totals
0
5
24
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. 1
Continued on Pago Three.
.was not touched upon f In the Invest!'
’Dors or Aid Mr. CheaU-rr own any Ration, the evidence being confined
> I; In the Piedmont Broke a,. Com- aolely to Mr. Cheatham a deal In the
nyi" naked Mr. Anderson. name of O Grady and Lee.
I have been told to by Hamilton ; Representative Anderson, though he
railer, of the Piedmont Hot!." he declined to be put In the poaltlon of
piled. (prosecuting attorney, submitted
Jheatham then submitted n let
l writ*
ter from Hamilton Frazier, Hating that
h© (Mr Frazier • kn* • n* Hung «>f '
Piedmont Brokerage Company.
The investigation of the retent
•barge* of speculation made against
Rb’hatfl •'ll* ,iih mi. i. • t •
s mthern Cotton Association, began
Wednesday morning In the offices of
the association and will probably con
tinue through Thursday.
Formal charges that Mr. Cheatham
had traded In cotton on an Atlanta ex
change under the names of Mike
TGl ady and P. A. Lee were presented
» Representative J. Randolph Ander-
•on, of Chatham county.
Rli hard Cheatham submitted a writ-
en statement “lying that ha had trad
ed for Mike (Tandy and P. A. Lee but
ie hud positively had no Interest In the
ten set of charges against Mr. Cheat
ham which were read by him. He
quoted the amounts and dates or tne
alleged transactions made through the
exchange of Glbert A Clay by Mr.
Cheatham. .. . „
In response to questions Mr. An
derson stated for the first time that
all hls Information regarding the trans
actions of Richard Cheatham were
S lined from W. R. Fagan, manager of
Ibert A Clay, who also secured from
the Fourth National Bank certain
checks and drafts figuring in the
transactions. .... _.
Mr. Anderson submitted letters ad
dressed to the Fourth National Bank,
Glbert A Clay, of New orleaiw.
and
some corporation or brokers' firm not
stated, asking that the transactions of
Mr. Cheatham with those houses be
rejy nau no interest in m* i furnished the committee. ® tetters
and had not at any time that Mr. Cheatham »!*" ijrf?
.peculated for him,elf. land thus permit the commltM* toae
The myiterloua "P. A. Lee" did not I cure the necnaary
tppesr and In hi, atatemen*. Mr. that thla would be aufflclent Proof. The
'h.aflmm declare, that he will not re- ! committee refused to Mh Mr. Cheat
■> .d th< Identity of Lee. |ham to sign the lettera.
Harvte Jordan |
ck-t .hop or exchange ■ tha i
EXTRA!
MGR, BILLY S1IB
El
Billy Smith, manager of the Atlanta
team, was notified by a telegram from
Pr.std.nt Kav.naugh Wcdneeday aft
ernoon that ha Is Indaflnltely suspend
ed for hla alleged attack Taeaday aft
ernoon on/UmpIr. 8huet«r.
GEORGIA YOUNG MAN
KILLED IN HOUSTON
Jon.,boro, Ga. August I.—J. O.
Hightower, a wealthy planter of thla
place, received notice today that hla
son, Walter Hightower, was killed In
Houston, Team, laat night. No de
tail. of how he met death have been
received. Young Hightower had madejo’lt
hi, home In Hou,ton for the
eight year,. He was it tIngle
twenty-eight year, of age. Hr
formerly of Atlanta.
J. Pluvlus took the firet game from
Atlanta Wednesday afternoon, turning
on the hose In the first Inning. Atlanta
and Nashville taking the count of
thirty minutes.
The second gams was called at 4
o’clock, with wet grounds, and an an
gry crowd of fans on account of the
treatment of tho Firecrackers In the
second game Tuesday by Umpire Shu
ster. Umpire Shuster, not being no
tified of the fact that a double-header
was to be played, did not show up for
the first game, but put In an appear
ance just before the beginning of the
second. When lie appeared on tho field,
he was hissed and j erred by the fans.
Buclmnan wont, 'n the box for Nueh-
llle, while Bubs'Z'oiler went In for the
.Firecracker*.
Following Is the game In detail:
First Inning.
Gilbert went out, pitcher to first.
Wiseman filed out. Pearson ouL pitch
er to first. No hits; no runs.’
Crozler singled. On a wild pitch
Crosier ambled to second. On a balk
Crosier went to third. Jordan fanned.
Winter* ralnbowed to center and' out.
Crosier scoring on the throw-ln. Bid
Smith grounded out to flrsL On* hit;
one run.
Second Inning.
Janslng fanned. Miller singled.. Mil-
,_r was thrown oat trying to steal
second. Bohannon ouL short to first.
One hit: no runs.
Morse grounded to third and out at
first. Fox wsrit out, second to first.
Wallace ouL short to first. No hits; no
Third Inning.
Caetro ouL short to first. Welle sin
gled. Buchanan fanned. Welle out at
tempting to steal. One hit; no runs.
Evers walked. Zeller fanned. Crosier
filed ouL Jordan filed out. No hits; no
runs. Fourth Inning.
Gilbert struck ouL Wiseman walked.
Wiseman purloined second i on wild
throw goe* to third. Pearson out. ahort
to flrsL Janslng fouled ouL No bits!
no runs.
Winters fanned. Smith popped. Mors*
filed ouL No hits; no runs.
Fifth Inning.
Miller fanned.-Bohannon out, second
to flrsL Castro out, third to first No
hits; no runs.
RACE RESULTS.
BRIGHTON.
Brighton Beach, August 1.—The
races this afternoon resulted as fol
lows:
FIRST RACE—Anneta Lady, 16 to
5, won: Mollle Donohue, 5 to :, second!
Casaandra, 2 to 1, third.
SECOND RACE—Bound Brook. 1 to
5, won; New Amsterdam, 4 to I, sec
ond; Arabo, 6 to (, third. Time, 4:28.
THIRD RACE—Woolwich, « to 5.
won; Sonoma Belle/ 10 to 1, second;
Novena, 15 to 1, third. Time, 1:45 4-6.
FOURTH RACK—Gallant Dan, » to
J, won; Frank Gill, » to ?, »econd; Pen
ary*. 2 to 1, third. Time, 1:07 2-5.
FIFTH RACE—Geranium, 0 to 6,
won; Little Bcout, 6 to 2, second; Eb
ony, 6 to 2, third. Time, 1:40.
FORT ERIE.
FIRST RACE—Olive Leaf, 7 to 2.
won; Lull* Mar. 4 to 1, second; Paul
Deerlng. 6 to 1, third Time, 1:41 4-6.
SECOND RACE—Chan Ida. 12 to 1,
wonffl Belle The Cat, 2 to 1, second;
Thief Deputy, 20 to 1, third. Time,
1:41 2-6.
THIRD RACE—Latona, It to 5, won;
Shine On, 6 to 1. second; Gov. Orman.
2 to 1, third. Time, 1:12.
FOURTH RACE—Wexford, out,
won; Peter Pad. 15 to 1, second; Bon-
mtt, 6 to 1, third. Time, 1:47 2-6.
FIFTH RACE—Glimmer, 2 to 1,
won: Mary Custls, 10 to 1, second;
Pedro, 10 to 1, third. Time, 1:01 1-6.
Summary.
Struck out—By Zeller 5, by Buchan'
an 5. Bases on balls—Off Zeller 1. Sac
rifice hit—Pearson. Stolen baaei
Wiseman, Janslng. Wild pitch—
Buchanan, Balk—Buchanan. Umpli
Shuster.
Fox filed out. Wallsce ont, short to
first. Evers ditto. No hits; no runs.
. Sixth Inning.
Wells fiinned. Buchanan fanned. Oll-
Ibert out, short to first. No hits; no run
Zeller fanned. Crosier fanned. Jor
dan bit nnd walked. Winters filed out.
No him. no f oris.
Seventh Inning.
Wiseman grounded to ehort nnd t
It but. Pearson out. pitcher to flreL
Wiseman to second. Wiseman out try
ing to steal third. Janelng singled.
Janslng stole second. Miller filed put.
Two hits; no runs.
Smith singled. Morse out on sacri
fice, Smith to second. Fox filed out to
left. Wallace singled. Smith out at the
plate. Two hits; no runs.
Eighth Inning.
Bohannon out, third to first. Castro
out, second to first. Wells hit by ball.
Buchanan fanned.
Evers filed out. Zeller out at first.
Croxler hit to short, on error safe. Jor
dan filed out.
Ninth Inning.
Gilbert singled. Wiseman out, pitch
er to first. Gilbert at second. Pearson
fanned. Janslng filed out.
AT MEMPHIS—
Memphis 003 00* “’J--* “ “
Shreveport 100 Oo“ - •”
l.lelihnnlt and Owens; Ueeker and Ilnpp.
Umpire—Cumpiiu.
AT HMtMI.VlllA.M-
Dlrmtnglium .... 000 001 ' Z
Montgomery .... COO 000 6”--; “ ~
Wilhelm and Matthews; Walsh tad Me-
lerse. I'nipIre-UcLaugbllu.
natTonal.
hlcago 010 000 002— 2 4 2
Philadelphia . ..010 002 001— 6 » 1
Batteries: Pfelater and Moran;
Sparks and Donovan.
LATONIA.
FIR8T RACE—Leo Bright, 5 to 2,
on; My Gem, 10 to 1, second; Sea
Mate. 2 to 1, third.
nSU RACE—Margie, 2 to 6,
Decklaw, 2 to 5, second; Aline
■tt, 5 to 2. third.
TIIIRII RACE—La rone, 6 to L won;
I lo !, second; Search Me,
hh d.
I'ltTIt RACE—I)aUsman, » to 2,
I.ead‘-
Suba'I
6 to
/*
i
\
V
4 to
third.
-r *6 'AN
OTHER GAMES.
AT MEMPHIS—
First Gams—
Memphis .... 200 120 OOx —0 11 C
Shreveport . , . 000 000 001 —I 6 3
naileries: Llebhsrdl and Owens;
Frits and Rapp. Umpire—Campau.
EASTERN.
. First Oame—
Toronto 2 6 2
Rochester 4 6 2
Batteries: McCaferty and Slattery;
Case and Carton.
POSSE OF POLICE
IN NEGRO CHASE
A posse of pollrtnicn an«l detective* waa
rushed from tb© polio© ststlon Wednesday
morning about 10 o’clock tr tb© corner of
stealing.
ikttffl
horn© of Will Keith, a negro, and
aereral other negroes, who ran. K<
captured, and the officer then tel
telephoned
Keith’s
Me. Allan Wtlcgmed.
With over forty ticket And j - iaen-
fer agent* of the Botf|h**rn railway
present, George B. Allen* **f in. Loula,
wen welcomed fo Atlanta Wednesday
noon, he being the aud * r »■( Brooks
Morgan aa aaslatant general paoaenger
rgent of the rmy' prtMr. Morgan waa
preaent at *een btymal r
which waa, a , Mptrod*
many ng* ’ ** * ■ ,i
whom tt 1 ■
CUMMINS MUSTERS
MAJORITY ON FL
He's Quite Certain to COACHMAN SAYS
Land The Iowa kln , m/r , r , T .
Governorship. NO LOYE LEFfl
HIS MAX GARST
REGARDED IN DANGER
Perkins People Declare
Convention Won’t Vote
for Governor’s Pet
Scheme.
By Private Leased Wire,
Dea Moines, la., August 1.—When
the Republican atate committee had
completed the temporary roll of to
day's convention early thla morning It
ahowed 856 votea for Cummins and
784 agalnat him, a majority of 72. It
may be Increased to a majority , of 108
this morning!
This means the re-nonilnat!on of
Governor Cummlnn without trouble,
but It Is a question whether he can
frame the platform and name other
candidates on the ticket.
Garat in Dangar.
Warren Garat, hla choice for lieuten
ant governor, la In danger. The Per
kins men claim there are many dele
gates pledged to Cummins’ re-nomina
tion who will vote with them on all
other questions.
Antis Claim Victory.
The roll, as announced after mld-
ghf, waa regarded as a big victory
by the antl-Cummlns people. Throw-
; of five counties' delegations,
which they Insisted were entitled to
seats and giving thalr places to antl-
Cummlns people, left Cumlmns with
the scant majority of 88 In a convention
of 1,640.
It was known that the opposition
had made boasts of having. bought
up a number of Cummins’ delegates.
Action of the state committee was a
deflance of the congressional delega
tion. which h.n! <h iniindiMl by e-solu
tion that only three contesting counties’
Kick on Influence.
Candidate Perkins protested agnlnsl
Interference by the Washington Influ
ence, and so did Congressman Hep
burn, who denounced hls colleagues In
unsparlyg terms for “laying down" In
the light.
Nearly nil the congressmen are nji-
ponod to Cummins, but they recognized
that fnilurn tn nominate Cummins, un
der the circumstances, would surely
mean two tickets, nnd the defeat of not
than four congressmen.
..j a last resort, effort was made to
fix up n deni by which Senator Dolllvnr
should be named for governor nnd
Governor Cummins for the senate. This
the Cumins people declined to permit,
delegations be recognized.
Madine Goes
Hart jo Di\yroe
Fly Private Lem*
Pittsburg. Pa
the coachman,
called In tho Hi
He said the letters <c
said to have be
Hartje, were never In hi
Madine denies that th
letters.” alleged to have |
an ash pile In the Hartje
the fragments of th- t<u
found, were ever In hN p
never received u Utter
Scott, he said.
Knvelope marki 1 exr.lt
tej, said by the detectives
stolen from Mndlne'« t
Muncey detectives, iveie
forth. Madine denied
had them. He recognlzt
said to have been .<(«>
trunk, but said It u.m
trunk. He raw It In New
It In hls bureau.
’Tell us when you fit
letters from your trunkr
"It war Monday, nl
found my trunk 4ij/.n arU
recommendations, three 1
a jockey coat, a pair of
euranct! polUy, two letter*
sister and ..n© from my n
two Jockey licenses.”
"What time did you affr
morning?” asked Attorney
Matron •
vhr
called.’
hftfmse
”I)ld you get up •
“Not for about an
"Why did not yot
lady called you?”
"necause I did nr
“Then you had h(
you did not want to got up7~
"No, I always lay a half hour before
I nrn called.”
During the rapid fire of questions
both Mmrr«>n and Madia** fairly bristled
nnd Hung out question and answer with
the rapidity of a maxim gun.
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KILLED BY BRIDE’S SIDE
AS FRIENDS GATHERED
TO BID THEM GOOD BYE,
pistol
Bperini to Tb© ONflriaa
t’lisrlotte. N. l\, August I.— On© of th
most shocking crimes la tbe nnnsls of (Is* I p.'.'.J' nf‘
ton county occurred st sii esrly hour this I r-lln
morning* when J. V. Kincaid »hot mi'l "{ »[©•
killed W. M. Brown, a arr.im of onlj a
keif hour, tt be afoul with hie lirMe el r<*!!. ma
file depul. walflnx for the Irnln on which | hiiu «»
the couple wee lo lent, on Ibelr honerinoon
flip from lleMemer f'lfr.
Tha bride of uulr thirl, minute. Is now i nrnwn
a wMow. She w«. Ml.. Iletlle I'errr. Iletil.*
All Ilf the iMirllee ire prominent In Ihr prnmi.
town where llm .Imotlne acejned. There ''am
wan nolle 0 KHlherlne of the friend, of lb, I 111.* I
rollplil at tho depot to hid Ihem gooilh,. up III.
ion-
ders
on©
; for
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my
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hlch
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it hing I* f4**r©<l
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LORD DOUGLAS CAPTURED
BY MARSHAL IN PORTLAND
Special to The fleorxlea.
Aeberllle, N. C. Aueu.t L—"Ixiril Doo*-
Ue,” th* btxamlet. who married and It I.
believed eobeeqiieotlp munl.ted Jowpblno
Hood, of Aeberllle, it K,w Ihrri., la.,
Decern Iter, leet. end wboea wjiereotioul.
here balfled tbe pollc*, b«» been smeted
la Portland, Mela*.
telegram raeelred hero last night by
the chief of pollc*, from United 8tnt.*«
Marshal t’etereoa. brings the Information
of the arreet, and aeks for ,lnitnicrion«. I
Identifying witness will lr*r* A.hevllt. to
morrow for Portland.
Dongle*, the moat aotorious blraml.t la I
th, cotmtir. It la bettered, married Jose
phine Hood, nnd said b* would taka her to
hla fruit farm In Meilco. to he gana eight I
weeks. When nothing wt, beard front the
roUDle, an Inrrsllgatloa was .tnrtrd. and
It waa found that he ten. the l.lganil.t
who poaul as the eld. it soil of tha mar piii
NoHrwfhaa be«l recelead her, from tbe
«lrt.
COUNCIL OF win
HELD BY OFFICERS
•peelal to The Georgian.
Chattanooga. Venn., Aug. 1.-
alry drill In screening and re
GOVERNOR SIGNS
CHILD UB%jfcg
Governor Terrell Wed new.. /rJ
k.1 an I'll lb** lb'll rhlld Inbor bill,
tha
Duncan
Private
Guard*.
»hlch tho forernor slxanf—
lip tfn«l»'re«l Mrs. J. LlttdjMBj
Romp. wb<» bss
h Ipglslatlnn. Tbers wsct
for the pen. ^
fd npprstlre st one©, a©4©M
ip Rtste are preparing l©
» to thf nl tuition. of
iiffifl thf court of appaa1S| b t
rnotin, sffrl tbe Man©
peopl© til tb© OCtoN^
! to allow the p«op)*r
idpcnsurlpg to vot©
l«<» Hlgiiptl. Th© ge'.u
Of lo.«l bills W©daei; n !
of
••I -plrfi'li'l
shelter tent cam-
/
nusetnent tv? tl.-
teral Bubb and Majo*
uocll of war and gav*
today's tnan»niver»rc
