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TUESDAY EVENING.
TOPKKA. KANSAS. MARCH: 16, 1915.
TUESDAY EVENING.
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GIRL RELATES
HER STORY OF
LOVEJEVOTION
Pretty Alma Stephenson on the
Witness Stand Today.
Told of Relations With Van
Sickle, 3Iaj or of Olpe.
FIRST KISS IN CHURCH
Put His Arms Around 3Ie and
Said He Loved Me."
Would Leave Love Letters
Store for Her, Is Charge.
at
IN HOTEL ATOSAGE CITY
Registered as L. L. Wilson and
Niece," She Testified.
Later at Ottawa, She Said, as
"L. L. Wilson and Wife."
Details Brought Out in Pre
liminary Hearing Today.
A simple story of love and devotion
for the man who she claims ruined
her, was told this morning in the court
of Topeka by pretty Alma Stephenson,
17 years old, when she was placed on
the witness stand during the prelimi
nary hearing of the case to tell her
past relations with William II. Van
Sickle, mayor of Olpe, Kan., charged
with having improper relations with
the witness. On the stand the witness
told her story in simple words and
showed little signs of emotion until
after the trial when in the clerk's of
fice she broke down and began to cry.
"I hare known Van Sickle ever
since I can remember," she told W. E.
Atchison, county attorney, who con
ducted the case for the state. "He
made love to me when I was just a
little girl."
Monday evening the charge of viola
tion of the Kansas white slave law,
which was placed against Van Sickle
.Suiiaaj1, was dismissed and a-new com"
plaint charging the mayor of Olpe
with having relations with the girl
was sworn out. Following the pre
liminary Van Sickle was bound over
to the district court on a bond of $5,
000, which he gave. Alma Stephen
son was placed under a bond of $500
for appearance in the district court.
Met Him Alone.
"Did you ever meet Van Sickle alone
at any time?" asked County Attorney
Atchison in Questioning the girl on
the stand.
"Yes."
Q. When was the first time?
A. The first time I met him alone
was on July 4, 1H13.
Q. Where?
A. At my home.
Q. How did you happen to meet
him ?
A. The folks were in the country.
I came home. He came.
ti. lid he know you were there
alone?
A. Yes, sir.
The girl said that Van Sickle saw
her in town at the central office and
asked her if he could come out.
Told Their love.
Q. Did he show you any atten
tions? A. He said he loved me. I told
him I loved him.
Ci- Did he kiss you?
A. Y'es. He put his arms around
me and told me that he loved me.
Q. When was the next time you
saw him alone?
A. At the church in Olpe.
Q. Day or night?
A. In the evening about 7 o'clock.
Kissed in Church.
Q. What occurred at the church?
A. He kissed me and told me he
loved me.
Q. Did he ever write to you?
A. Yes.
y. How did the letters
through the mail?
come.
A. He would hand me a letter at
the store.
(Continued on Paga Two.
Marine Itates Advanced.
New York, March 16. Marine in
surance rates to French and Pritish
ports within the field of operations of
the German submarines have ad
vanced today to almost double those
prevailing last week. This was at
tributed mainly to the loss of the
steamer Indian Prince with her $750.
000 cargo of cotton, which it was said
swept away the profits of the war risk
insurance on all cotton shipments to
England and France since the war
began.
The Rev. I.ouis M. Potts or Pittsburg,
Kan., who will speak at reception at
ilrat Methodist church, tonight.
SUBSTITUTE FOR WIXE.
Fetrograd, March 16. The ban
ishment of table wines by govern
ment edict has brought to the fore
a beverage which seldom has been
used outside the peasant's cottage.
It is "kvass." Though it closely re
sembles lager beer in color, it is
more like American root beer in
taste, and is also nonintoxicating.
"The favorite brand is prepared by
a special treatment of Russian
black bread. It is now served in
al! the restaurants.
Another incidental curiosity
about Russian fare, is the fact that
the American griddle cake makes
its appearance in Russia for one
week only in the whole year. That
week is the one preceding Lent.
The griddle cake is disguised as a
special luxury under the name of
"blini." It is eaten plentifully at
any or all meals during the week.
U.S.GIANTFIGHTER
World's Most Powerful Dread-
naught Launched Today.
'Pennsylvania" Leaves the
Ways at Newport Xews.
Newport News, Va.. March 16.
Sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Kolb of
Germantown, Pa., the giant United
States dreadnaught Pennsylvania slip
ped from the ways today and took her
WORLD'S BIGGEST BATTLESHIP, U. S.
I r i mn i in,., i mom , mm t '
place as the most powerful fighting
n;:iV f yet launched. .
. In the presence of Secretary of Navy
Daniels, and other officials,- solemn
ceremonies were conducted. While
sailors and marines stood at attention,
and as big salute guns boomed forth.
Miss Kolb dashed a bottle of cham
pagne over the bow and christened
Uncle Sam's thirty-eighth battleship,
the Pennsylvania.
As the enormous fighting machine
plunged into the ocean, she presented
a strange contrast to the Delaware,
launched in the same yards the New
port News Shipbuilding company's
yards in 1909.
Where the Delaware had a displace
ment of 20.000 tons, the giant Penn
sylvania had 31.400. Mammoth black
guns, bristling from her sides were 14
inch type twelve in number against
the Delaware's ten 12 inch guns.
In addition to her larger guns, the
Pennsylvania carries four submerged
torpedo tubes, through which she can
shoot under water at an enemy: and
f Continue! on Pace Two.)
25 TONSOF STEEL
State Issues Contract for 73,200
Automobile Tags.
Local Bidders. Couldn't Compete
With St. Louis Firm.
Twenty-five tons of steel or 73.200
tags will be required to supply auto
mobile and motorcycle owners in Kan
sas this year, according to the estimate
today of J. T. Botkin, secretary of
state, who let the contract for the 1915
supply of automobile tags. The new
tags will be a black letter on an
orange background the official color
of the Kansas Automobile association
and almost the color of the Kansas
sunflower.
Contract for the new supply of tags
was let to the Adams company of St.
Louis, the lowest bidders. Two To
peka firms bid for the contract, but
were unable to compete with the for
eign company. One local bidder was
$1,018.50 higher than the successful
bidder, while the other was $1,464
above the low mark.
The contract today calls for 63,600
automobile license plates and 9,600
motorcycle plates. Automobile tags
this year will cost seven cents, whole
sale, while the motorcycle plates will
cost five cents. This is a total first
cost of $5,632 and does not include ex
pense of addressing, mailing and pre
paring the record compiled in the sec
retary of state's office. To make the
191.1 tags, 25 tons of steel will be used
by the St. Louis firm. All the tags
must be delivered before June 1, this
year.
SPAIN WILL NOT PLAY
Refuses Longer to Maintain Diplo
matic Relations With Mexico.
Paris, March 16. That anarchy in
Mexico and the crimes committed
there make intervention by the "United
States almost inevitable, is a statement
credited to Premier Dato. of Spain, in
a dispatch to the Petit Journal, from
its Madrid correspondent. The pre
mier is reported to have said the
Spanish government had decided not
to maintain diplomatic relations with
Mexico until the situation there again
is normal and will decline the invita
tion of General Carranza to send a
representative to act as successor to
Minister Caro, who was expelled from
Mexico.
TAKES A FORTUNE
IN COSTLY GEMS
Priest Escapes From Mexico
With Jewels of Great Value.
An Archbishop's Robe Set With
Diamonds and Rubies.
HALF MILLION JIN SUITCASF
Had Lain in the Mexican Ca
thedral for Centuries.
The Bearer Fled to Save Them
From Carranza.
j New York, March 16. A king's
! ransom in jewels, blazoned in the roy
al eagles of Spain at the time of
Charles V, the most powerful mon
arch of the sixteenth century, lies un
der guard at the customs house here
awaiting appraisal. !
The gems, set in gold on white and ;
purple robes and mounted on two i new trouble, not alone to the Kansas
golden crowns, were brought into New j jointlst, but to the property owners
York by a Catholic priest clad in shab- and taxpayers in the various munici
by clothes, who fled from Mexico City palities.
a month ago, made his way to Vera Lawyer memb'ers of the house
Cruz and sailed aboard the steamer climbed on the Price bills and ex-
Montevideo. The Montevideo reached
New York March 6 with this priest
anrl oi v- nthpr fniritivB nriKBta who hurl
been banished from Mexico by General
Obregon
Tr.-r.Tr, til. j.nthi, hatisr uift-
case the gems and robes were turn-!in
bled out upon the dock for inspection
by the customs authorities. Under
guard they were taken to a safe de
posit vault where they were locked up
and special watchmen detailed to
guard them. Rough estimates placed
their value at from $300,000 to $500.
000. This rich prize, it is said, lay in
the cathedral of Mexico City presum
ably for centuries till it slipped
through Carranza's fingers in tho
flight from Mexico of the priest who
brought it to America. The name of
the priest was withheld. It was
learned he said he hastily packed the
jewels and robes in his suit case when
General Obregon called for a church
tax of $500,000, locking up many.
Catholic priests in Mexico City until
the tax was raised.
An archbishop robe of purple is the
chief article of value. The robe is of
silk and apparently of great antiquity.
Wrought in diamonds and emeralds,
rubies and pearls, on the front of the
robe, so that it covers the wearer's
breast, is the ancient Spanish coat of
arms, consisting of double eagles back
to back, wings raised, necks back and
beaks open. The entire design is done
in gold, in which the gems are mount
ed and the robe is very heavy. From
the double eagle design the customs
officials believe there is truth in the
priest's story that the robes were sent
to Mexico in the sixteenth century.
Spain in that period was at the height
of her power and her ruler, JJon Car
los I, was known as Charles V of the
Holy Roman empire.
LOOKS NATURAL NOW
Clouds, llidim? Sun. Checkered Ground
in Gloom Today.
This was the twelfth cloudy day
this month. Fourteen cloudy days in
March, 1906, is the record for an en
tire March in the last 28 years looks
as though this record would be smash
ed by the end of this week.
The last thirty days has constituted
the worst thirty day period of gloom
on record at Topeka. There have
been four clear days, four partly
cloudy days, and twenty-two days of
gloom. The nearest approach to this
record was the period between No
vember 26 and December 24. 1913,
when there were eight clear days, two
partly cloudy days, and twenty days
of gloom.
March is the most fickle month of
the year. It is subject to more varia
tions in temperature, cloudiness, wind
velocity, etc. Strange to relate, the
clearest month in the history of the
local government weather records was
March, 1910, when there were twenty-eight
clear days. But despite the
usual impression March is not the
windy month of the year; it takes a
second place. April has the distinc
tions. The forecast calls for partly cloudy
weather tonight with little change in
temperature. Shippers' forecast:
"Protect thirty-six hour shipments
north and west against temperature
of 24 to 26 degrees; east and south
25 degrees."
The wind this afternoon was 18
miles an hour from the north. The
temperature today averaged 5 degrees
below normal.
The hourly readings:
7 o'clock 32 1 11 o'clock 36
8 o'clock 33 I 12 o'clock 39
9 o'clock 35 1 o'clock 40
10 o'clock 34 j 2 o'clock. 42
Weather Forecast for Kansas.
Partly cloudy tonight and Wednes
day; not much change in tempera
ture, i
FAR REACHING
LIQUOR GiLLS
Legislature Places New Props
Under Prohibitory Law.
Price and Troutman Measures
Passed by House Today.
NEW TROUBLE TO JOINTIST
Property Owners and Tax Pay
ers Are Affected, Too.
Attorney General Approves Im
portant Measures.
The Kansas legislature put new'
props under the prohibitory liquor
law today when the house passed
three far reaching liquor measures
originating In the senate. Two bills
by Senator Price of Clark, and one by
Senator Troutman all originating in
the attorney general's office carry
S. PENNSYLVANIA,
rw 1 jisg-
j plained in plain, simple language their
! opinions of the .provisions of the two
i D1US. A measure - hlCh -the Clark
I county senator had introduced at the
I request of the attorney general pro-
i vided that where a person is injured
person, property or meansf sup-
port in consequence of drunkenness.
habitual or otherwise, shall have . a
just cause of action against the city.
The only saving clause is where a
showing is made by the city adminis
tration that it is in fact making a real
effort to enforce the provisions of the
prohibitory law.
Another Price bill stipulated that
where liquor is sold a relative of a
person becoming intoxicated in such
resort may have just cause of action
against the property owner. Show
ing that persons gathered in any place
for the purpose of drinking liquor, or
that liquor was sold in such place is,
under terms of the measure which
now awaits- the. governor's signature,
prima facie evidence that the law was
violated with the knowledge of the
owner.
Troutman Provisions.
Senator Troutman's bill provides
that for appeals in misdemeanor
cases, a bond double the fine and
costs may berequJredinjeventof ap-
Con tin lied on PaiTTwu.
MOUNT JIG GUNS
Turks Are Making Feverish
Preparations for Defense
Against the Approach of Allied
Fleets Toward Constantinople.
Athens. March 16. The Turks are
making feverish preparations to de
fend the Bosphorus against attacks of
the allied fleet bombarding the Darda
nelles, or by the Russian Black sea
fleet, reported to be cruising less than
100 miles from Constantinople.
Private advices received here today
said big guns are being mounted on
the heights of Scutari and on other
elevated positions along the Bosphorus.
These are to supplement the perma
nent fortifications.
Reports have gained circulation
here that part of the allied expedition
ary force, said to have landed in Asia
Minor, is proceeding against Smyrna
No word has come from Tenedos is
land for 24 hours regarding the oper
ations against the Dardanelles or at
Smyrna.
LISTEX FOR THE WHISTLE.
. Deep toned whistles designating
the arrival of the newspaper con
taining today's news today arc
sounded in the late afternoons in
Topeka. The whistle means that
the State Journal carrier is coming
down the street, that he is distrib
uting his daily consignment of the
world's events to the thousands of
subsTioers here. Subscribers to
the State Journal in Topeka will
not find it necessary hereafter to
make more than one trip to the
front porch In search for the pa
per. Listen for the carrier's whis
tle it will tell you that the news
paper is at your door. The few
unfortunate persoasrfai Topeka who
are not subscribers of the State
Journal will have the opportunity
of hailing the carrier when the
whistle is sounded. Stop, look, lis
ten the evening whistle brings to
day's news of the world, the state,
the city, to your door.
DELEGATES COME
ON EVERY TRAIN
Big Force of Methodist Minis
ters in City Today.
Kansas Conference Will Open
With a Reception Tonight.
SPEAKERS OF PROMINENCE
Well Known Methodists Are on
the Program.
Church Laymen Will Meet Fri
day and Saturday.
Prominent Methodist ministers ar
rived in Topeka today in anticipation
of the annual Kansas conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church which
will open at the First church tonight
with a reception tendered by the To
peka Methodist ministers and wives,
together with the official boards of
the local churches. A large number
of the wives of the preachers are
here. A total attendance of nearly
600 persons js expected at the con
ference. Bishop W. O. Shepard, of Kansas
LAUNCHED TODAY
City arrived In the city today and Is
the guest a the . home of Mrs. B. in
Davies, 320 ,West Sixth avenue. . Con
ference cabinet meetings will be held
daily at the Davies residence; in fact,
I a cabinet meeting took place late to
day. Reception Tonight.
At the reception tonight addresses
of welcome will be given by R. L.
Cofran, mayor of Topeka; John Mar
shall, of the supreme court; the Rev.
W. M. Balch, and Arthur Capper,
governor of Kansas. The responses
will be made by Bishop Shepard and
the Rev. Louis M. Potts, pastor of the
First Methodist church of Pittsburg,
Kan.
John P. Slaughter is chairman of
the local committee on entertainment.
Other members of the committee: C.
S. Elliott, C. D. Skinner, J. P. Davis,
E. H. Anderson, C. G. Blakely, and
P. J. Clevenger.
Next Sunday Topeka pulpits will be
filled by the visiting ministers. The
committee on pulpit consists, of Dr.
Edwin Locke, the Rev. E. E. Urner
and J. E. Sheer.
Places of Meeting;.
General sessions will be held at the
First Methodist church. corner of
fContinued on Pag Two.l
TO QUIT SATURDAY
Legislature Will Adjourn at
End of This Week.
Cease Consideration of Original
Bills Wednesday Noon.
The legislature will adjourn at mid
night Saturday, according to terms of
a resolution which will doubtless be
offered in both the house and senate
late this afternoon. Both houses will
cease consideration of original bilis
Wednesday noon. Consideration of
appropriation bills, senate bills by the
house and house bills by the senate
will stop at midmight Saturday.
Adjournment sine die, under this
plan, will occur Wednesday.
Legislative members, however, will
leave for their homes Friday night and
Saturday. A few members of both
houses will remain in Topeka next
week to receive messages from the
governor until time for sine die ad
journment. A conference committee composed
of Senator Carney and Representa
tives Jocelyn and Doerr this afternoon
agreed on terms of the adjournment
resolution which will be offered im
mediately following the reading of the
appropriation conference committee.
HOLDS SWEDE STEAMER
Government Investigating Action of
German Warship on Baltic.
Copenhagen, March 16. The Swed
ish steamer Gloria, carrying a cargo
of corn from La Plata, Argentine, to
Stockholm, has been halted by a Ger
man warship and is being -cenvoyed
into Swinemunde, on the Baltic, ac
cording to dispatches received here
today. The government has ordered
an investigation of the report.
Marine Band at G. A. It. Reunion.
Washington, March 16. The United
States Marine band will furnish mu
sic at the annual encampment of the
Grand Army here the latter part of
September. The band had been given
leave of absence from Washington
beginning September 20, but when it
was brought to the attention of Presi
dent Wilson that the encampment
would be held about that time, he or
dered it to remain, for the occasion.
O-OH, HOW THEY LIKE JAM!
London, March 16. Jam is one
of the most important articles in
the diet of the British soldier, not
withstanding the ridicule to which
it is subjected, particularly by Ger
man humorists.
Jam, says Prof. James Long, has
three and a half times the energy
value of butter. Its value lies in
its richness in sugar of which
one-half its weights consists in
the minerals present in the skins
of iruit, in its laxative character
and its mechanical aid to digestion.
Besides it is toothsome and gives
a relish to army diet that by its
mental effect goes far in the main
tenance of health. No better vari
ent could be found for a diet limit
ed to simple foods.
The most nutritious and useful
varieties of jam are those made
from plum, apricot, gooseberry and
currant, but mixture of plum and
apple stands at the head of the list.
Jam should not be considered as
a dainty but as an article of food.
FIRE ON U. S. BOAT
Mexican Snipers Shoot
Launch of the Delaware
at
While Going to and Coming
From Vera Cruz.
Galveston, March 16. A boat from
the United States battleship Delaware
was fired upon by Mexican snipers at
Vera Cruz last Wednesday night, ac
cording to passengers on the steamer
City of Tampico, which docked here
today. There were no casualties. The
boat went ashore for Captain Rogers
of the Delaware and was fired on by
a dozen rifles both inward and out
ward bound.
ROB A PAWN SHOP
Abe Jacobson Store Broken
Into This Morning.
Jewelry, Guns and Suitcases
Taken by Burglars.
Daring burglars broke into the Abe
Jacobson pawn shop - at Fifth and
Kansas avenue early this morning and
went away with a big haul, consisting
of a quantity of guns and jewelry.
The robbery is believed to have oc
curred between 3:30 and 4 o'clock.
Entrance was effected by breaking
the glass in The front door. The rob
bers grabbed everything in sight;
probably taking less than five min
utes for the burglary.
Between 50 and 60 guns were tak
en, five bracelets, two grips and some
smaller articles of cheap Jewelry.
The police suspect two men who
left on train No. 109 early this morning,
buying tickets for Kansas City, Mo.
Sergeant Lon Sauls and Mr. Jacobson
wired ahead, but the men were not
picked up. The robbery was discov
ered shortly after 4 o'clock.
Two men, who gave their names as
Joe Hoffman and Lawrence Fisher,
were taken off the train at Argentine,
Kan., this morning by Kansas City
policemen. According to a report re
ceived here by Sheriff L. L. Kiene,
the men had part of the stolen goods
with them and confessed to the crime.
Sheriff Kiene left for Argentine on
the first train to get the prisoners.
LOCKS UP PRINCE
Report Says Kaiser Has Ban
ished His Oldest Son.
That's Why Nothing Has Been
Heard of Him.
Paris, March 16. The mystery of
the whereabouts of the German crown
prince was penetrated Monday when
the news was received from Alsace
that the kaiser had banished his eld
est son to a remote castle in Ger
many. Several disputes occurred between
the kaiser and his son soon after the
outbreak of the war. These finally
culminated in a violent quarrel. As
the result of a proclamation issued to
his troops at Christmas time the kais
er summoned him to Potsdam where
they again quarreled violently, the
kaiser accusing his son of being med
dlesome. The emperor's fury is said to have
been terrible and as a climax of his
wrathy tirade he almost struck his
wilful heir. Then suddenly he grew
.deadly calm and divesting himself of
his role of father and acting as commander-in-chief
of the army, he
stripped the crown prince of his rank
in the Prussian army and banished
him to solitude where his voice can
not be heard.
That is why no word about the
crown prince has been printed in Ger
many for the last two months.
BACK TO MATTEAWAN
That Is the Court's Decision in the
Thaw Case.
New York, March 16. Justice Page
today denied the motion of the de
fense that Harry Thaw be returned to
New Hampshire.
In his decision the judge said Thaw
was to go back to Matteawan unless
legal papers were served on the war
den of the Tombs prison calling for
Thaw's retention in New York.
Before court convened Warden
Hanley of the Tombs prison was
served with a writ of habeas corpus
issued by Supreme Court Justice Bi
jur requiring him to produce Thaw in
court Friday, March 19. in case Justice
Page should deny the motion to have
Thaw returned to New Hampshire.
This it was said would prevent Thaw's
being sent to Matteawan before Saturday.
STATE HOUSE
DEADLOCK IS
BROKEN TODAY
Legislative Fight of Many
Weeks Comes to End.
House Yields to Appropriations
of Half Million.
GIVE FIVE JEW BUILDINGS
Pittsburg, Emporia, Rosedale,
Hays and Parsons.
Increased Maintenance for
Other Institutions.
FOR TOPEKA FAIR $10,000
Hutchinson Is Granted $25,000
in Next Two Years.
Legislature Will Probably Ad
journ at End of Week.
Conference Committee Agreement.
New building Pittsburg normal.
New building Emporia normal.
New building Hays normal.
New building Rosedale Medical
school.
New building Parsons hospital.
Increased maintenance Kansas uni
versity, state agricultural college and
state charitable institutions.
The legislative deadlock was broken
this afternoon when the house and
senate conference committee, the
third appointed at this session of the
legislature, agreed upon, a report. In '
the agreement, it is understood that
the house yields to appropriations of .
about a half million dollars for new ,
buildings, with increased maintenance '
for other institutions. The report will
be read in both houses late today and .
the legislature will adjourn this week.
In reaching an agreement this aft- '
ernoon, the legislative conference
committee broke the most stubborn
deadlock that ever faced a Kansas law '
making body. The report of the con- .'
ferees cover appropriation bills in de.
tail. - IX is. beiaa- prepared and will lo
Wead late today in both the house ami
senate. There is little doubt but that
both houses will promptly adopt th
report and end the long drawn out
session.
Any difference over appropriation
items will be checked up to Governor
Capper for his. approval or veto. It
is believed, however, that he will ap
prove the bills just as they have come
from the conference committee and
will probably be passed by the legis
lature without amendment.
Both Gave Ground.
By the terms of the agreement, it
is understood that both the house and
senate yielded materially. The house
is understood to have acceded to the
granting of nearly a half million dol
lars in new buildings for tho various
state institutions. Only one of the
state charities, the Parsons state hos
pital, will receive a new building. In
neither the house or senate appro
priation bills, however, were included
new buildings for the Osawatomie and
Topeka hospitals.
The big state schools fared well un
der the conference report. it Is
claimed. By provisions of the agree
ment as reported late this afternoon.
new buildings will be allowed for
Pittsburg, Emporia and Hays nor
mals, with a new building for the.
medical school at Rosedale. Under '
the original house bills, a building was '
allowed for Hays, but all other build-
(Continucd on Page Six.)
WAR MOVE NO. 2
Italy Suspends 31. O. B. With
Germany and Austria.
Traveling Postoffices on Trains
Also Are Suspended.
(By Alice Rohe. )
Rome, March 16. Money order
service between Italy and Germany
was this afternoon suspended by for
mal order from the Italian master of
posts and telegraph.
This action followed a similar
order last night suspending tele
graphic money order service between
Italy and Austria. Orders have also
been issued suspending traveling
postoffices on trains to the Austrian
frontier, which indirectly affects com
munication with Germany.
Bishop William O. Micpard. who will
resnd to addnwra of welcome a
' reception at Jr'irst Metnodist cburcli
tonight.