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01. I XXVI I No. 1#
I POE ASSAILS
NARRATIVE OF
HARRY B. WOLF
Kornur Attorney-General Char
acterizes Testimony Of Accus
al Attorney As German Mass
Attack And Poison Gas—
Should Have Told Police.
kouinson IN STRONG
PLEA FOR DEFENSE
MM. I IMoRK, Mi).. Nov.
i haracten/ing tlit- defense by
Harrs I'. Wolf, tried on a charge
„i conspiracy to obstruct justice*
m the Norris case, as suggestive
~i a German mass attack with a
liberal contribution of poison gas.
F.dgar \llan l*<*e, President of
tin bar Association, and former
\ttorm v General of Maryland,
i da\ opened the argument he
..M judges Gorier, DulTv, Bond,
stanton and Stein.
Mr*. Wolf Kniotloiuil
Within less than l.' feet of Attorney
|W as he directed lilh shaft ut Wolf,
i! the wife of the lawyer, who yes
terday teHtllled on his behalf. She sat
n iin* jury box with other women amt
from lime to time seemed to be mak
ing tit effort to conceal her e n d ions.
The poison gas characterization
was made by Attorney Pot* in regard |
to (Volf s insinuations about the hoa
it. attitude towards him of Poltce In
pector Charles K. Hurley and the re
>;ial of allegations ilia: John Keller,
Up off" hov, was carefully eoaehed
hv Mr I’oe and Slate’s Attorney j
leach
should Mure Told Police
In opening for the State. Mr Poe
>.iid that Wolf as a rsputub’ij member
nf tltp bar. should have come to the
polin' at once, instead of waiting two
month-;, and that when he did come i
In- rxplan.ition was not satisfactory
And we did not cross-examine him J
to cause we felt and do feel that his
B, nr> confirmed onr charges.” said
IW
I am amazed that a clever and ex
(Conllniird I'rum l*wc r 4.)
: r.i **' • t rrrpit.
II The Stag \
• A Home For Gentlemen •'
T. All conveniences. Hot - water j- 1
hPut and electric lights. Pro- n
” war rates. $lO per month. Only Jj
” a few rooms left. * j
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M'lose to Academy. ) n 5 M
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Hours: 8:30 to 6:30 Daily.
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TRAINS!
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:: rriday, Nov. 3rd 11
ACCOPNT
:: A 'avy-Penn State
:: football Game -j
.. I.EAVE WEST ST. STATION i!
H 20 AND 11.35 a. M.
; Washington ll
.. Bu!timore& Annapolis ri
Electric R. R.
ili;u< 11 hin mjmmmJi
Getting flg&giflopitnl.
! COUNTY FARM BUREAU
ADOPTS CONSTITUTION
Provides For 11 Local Units—
Organization Effected
Here Tuesday
WILL ELECT OFFICERS
’: At the organisation meeting of the
• jAnne Arundel Farm Bureau, which
j wa * Hi the City Assembly Rooms.
Annapolis, on Tuesday afternoon, a
constitution was adopted and plans
were made for organizing different
sections of the county into local dis
, triets of the Association and also for
the election of officers which will take
place within a short time.
M Melvin Stewart was made tem
porary chairman of the meeting
which was highly successful from
every viewpoint. About two hundred
farmers representing practically every
section of the county were in attend
ance.
Each I'nlt To Hate President
According to the constitution of
; 'be newly organized co-operative
body, the county will be divided into
eleven districts. Each district will
elect Its own president, and the otli
cer so chosen will automatically be
come a member or the Board of Di
rectors Of the County Farm Bureau.
After all of the districts have elected
their presidents, the Board of IJirec- j
tors will hold a meeting for the pur
pose of electing Farm Bureau officer*'
for the ensuing year.
Meetings of the various local units
of the Bureau will start tomorrow
November 3. The complete schedule |
of meetings to he held is as follows: j
Harmans (laMlge Hall) Friday, I
November 3.
Wood wardvllle (Schoolhouse) Sat-1
urday, November 4.
Camp Parole (Edwards Chapel j
! Hall) Monday, November 6
81. Margaret’s (Community H.i'lM
Wednesday, November 8.
MillersviUe (Community School)
Wednesday. November 8, at 3:30 p. m.
Davldsonvllle (Parish Hall) Thurs
! day. November !).
i Owcnsville (Schoolhouse) Friday,
I November It).
Henfleld (Fourth Hist. Clubhouse)
t Saturday, November 11.
JacoLsville (Magothy Hall) Satnr
j day, November 11.
Friendship (Odd Fellows Hall)
i Wednesday, November 8.
i All meetings (except MillersviUe)
| will be held at 8 p. m.
THOMAS NELSON PAGE
DIED YESTERDAY AT
HIS VIRGINIA HOME
Thomas Nelson Page, who was one
■of Ihe speakers at the Democratic
mass-meeting held in the court house
in Annapolis last Thursday, died!
suddenly yesterday afternoon at I
his coutrv home, ‘’Oakland,*’ in Han
over county, Virginia.
Mr. Page was a former Ambassador
to Italy, but aside from his career
as a diplomat, he had won for him
self much fame as a novelist. The
deceased was 69 years old.
Wins Barrel Of Flour
I Lucky number 1003, held by John
, S. McNeff. 113 West street, won the
barrel of Gold Medal Flour offered by
the Annapolis Athletic Club, for
which drawings were made.
NOTICE OF
Stockholders’ Meeting
The annual meeting of the Stock
holders of the Workingmen's Build
j ing and Loan Association of Annapo
i lis. Anne Arundel county. Md., will
' be held at S o’clock P. M. at its office.
14 Church Circle. WEDNESDAY.
NOVEMBER 15. 1922. for the election
!of a Board of Directors for the en
. suing year and the transaction of smih
' business as may be brought before it
MARTIN M. SMITH.
President.
j j GEORGE F. QCAID.
Secretary. nl-14
j! DANCE! ]
li Friday Night,Nov. 3rd
City Assembly Rooms
| j
Bv Independent Fire Co.
Musicby Annapolitan Four
: < ■■ *
; LOST
• Ou the evening preceding Hallowe'en.
] two porch chairs, green, with cane
• seats and backs. Were removed front
’ the porch at ”7 Franklin street
• Finder please advise above address, or
( telephone No. S.
ANNAPOLIS. Ml).. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER i;:2v
TiMIS DEW. CUTLER.
DIRECTOR OF PENNSY.
tt. R„ FOUND DUO IN CDR
<M> Tlir W.iH'lnlnl I'rna.)
PHILADELPHIA. PA.. Nov. 2
i Thomas DeWltt Cuyler, a director ot
: the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
; and chairman of the Railroad Execu
1 1 Ives' Association, was found dead to
jday in the private ear of President
| Rhea, of the Pennsylvania, in Broad
Street station.
Apoplexy was the exact cause of
{death given by a number of physicians
; who examined Mr. Cuvier’s body.
The car arrived at Broad Street
station early today and was placed on
a sidetrack. A porter, who called Mr.
( uyler at 8 o'clock, received no re
sponse and. becoming alarmed
broke In The door of the car. He then
summoned a physician The doctor
pronounced Mr. Cuyler dead. He had !
been dead a little more than an hour.
Mr. Cuyler was a lawyer, but most
of his time was taken up with rail
road and financial affairs. He came
prominently before the country in the
recent railroad shop strike by virtue
of his position as chairman of the
railway executives, and took a firm
stand against some of the demands of
the strikers, especially with regard to j
the seniority question.
Mr. Cuyler was born in Philadol- 1
phia and was 68 years old.
FORTY-THREE COUPLES
MARRIED IN OCTOBER
October weddings In Annapolis and
thi* county went above normal, ‘ree- j
ords in the office of the Clerk of the'
| Circuit Court show. The total num-1
her of licenses issued during the
j month was 43. of which 13 were taken'
'out for colored couples. The number
; issued in October, 1921. was 39.
! MICHIGAN MAX PLEADS
(JOLTY OF ABRUPTION
<k The AMrltl Prm.t
MUSKEGON. MICH.. Nov. 2—Ray
mond E. Wilson, of Grand Rapids, ar
rested last night on a charge of kid
napping 11-year-old Rosalie Shanty,
pleaded guilty to a charge of abduc
tion when arraigned in circuit court
here today. He was returned to jail
to await sentence.
Advices from Dublin, in Manistee
county, where the child was found
wandering in the swamp country,
stated that she was still in a highly
nervous condition, but that it would t
probably be possible for her to re
turn to her home within a few days.
It was possible, her doctor said,
that her mind may he permanently:
affected.
STUDENT CUES SMI
TO COLLECT ENDOWMENT
CARLISLE. PA.. Nov. 2 (Special !
to Evening Capital.)—Following a j
mass-meeting at Dickinson College
I here yesterday one of the largest sub
scriptions ever receix'ed from a stud
ent in a college endowment campaign
was recorded when a member of the
Sophomore class subscribed $25,000 to
the Dickinson Endowment Campaign
for $1,250,000. A wonjpn of the Fresh- |
man class subscribed $5,000. The
members of the college faculty
| brought their total subscription above
the $30,000 mark, several of the pro
fessors quadrupled their original sub
scriptions and every member of the
faculty doubled his pledge
Forty-seven members of the Senior
class have pledged a total of $11,475
to the campaign, or an average of
$265 for each fourth-year student. To
day a committee of representatives
from the various commercial and
civic organizations of Carlisle will
meet to lay plans to co-operate for the
Borough campaign.
BOYS ONUSE HURT
BY PASSING MOTOR
Careless driving, or too great speed,
was again the cause of an accident on
! West street on Tuesday.
Two young boys. Robert Purdy, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Galen D. Purdy. 292
West street, and Frank Adams, of
Best Gate, were riding a horse up the
Istreet when a passing car '■side
! swiped” the animal, knocking it down
and throwing the boys in. the air.
; Young Purdy was badly cut on the
knee, had his wrist sprained, and his
. head hurt?.And the other l*oy received
* similar injuries. The Purdy boy is
i still confined to his bed from the in
jury to his knee. The horse was
•] bruised on the side, but otherwise un
jinjured.
ESTABLISHED IN 1884. %
NO. OF COMMISSION
ERS IN MARYLAND
COUNTIES
I ~
I of tin* 22 counties, outside
of Anne Arundel, 15 have a
three-commissioner Irourd and
I have a live-commissioner
board This eonntr alone has
ks matt) as sc ten tueiuhers.
Allegany 3
ANXE AItIMIKI 7
Baltimore 3 |
Calvert ./. 3
Caroline 3 1
Carroll 3 j
Cecil 3
Charles 3
Dorchester 3
Frederick 3
Garrett 3
Harford 5
Howard .* 3 j
Kent 3
Montgomery 5
Prince George's 5
Cueeu Anne’s j 3
Somerset 3 !
St. Mary’s 3
Talbot 3 |
Washington 3
Wicomico 3
Worcester 3 1
NAVY GRIODERSI
E IN THEIR LAST i
I HARD WORKOUT
—
Folwell’s Pupils Engaged In'
Sharp Scrimmage Yesterday;
Afternoon. And Will Be In
)
Improved Shape For Penr;
State Battle Tomorrow.
NITTANY LIONS NOW
AT SCENE OF CONTEST!
Coach Colwell, of the Naval Acad
emy eleven, felt that if was safe to
•rust most of his Varsity players In a
scrimmage of a moderate length ves
iterday afternoon. There was about
15 minutes of good, sharp w’ork j
against a strong scrub team, and j
'here were no casualties during its I
; progress It was the last scrimmage j
'before the game with Dennsylvania |
' State in Washington tomorrow .
; though there will be signal and for
; mation work this afternoon liefore the
j squad leaves for Washington.
The backfield was intact. Con #*v
i (captain), Cullen. McKee and Barc.iet
| remaining in for the whole practice.
| The hnoks were not taxed greatly,
j however, and many pass plays were
jused. Barchet. the star runner of the
backfield, who was kept out of most
of the Pennsylvania game last Satur
day, appeared to do his work without
difficulty.
<rnnttnu*t On Pr, “.l
CQURTPOSTPONES
; MOF MIDDY
Counsel In Case Of Gilmer Asks
For Adequate Time To
Prepare Defense
\ j
After the disposal of preliminary
i matters, the court-martial in session
at the Naval Academy postponed the
further hearing of the charges and
specifications against Midshipman
John P. Gilmer. Jr., of the First class,
who is charged with six instances of
hazing, affecting four different mem-
I hers of the Fourth class.
I Major Henry Leonard. U. S. Marine
Corps, (retired) a practicing attorney
of Washington, appeared as Gilmer’s
• counsel and asked for the delay. Pre
-1 viously. he had challenged each mem
ber of the court, and examined them
1 in connection with any conversation
• they had had in relation to the case,
with Admiral Wilson.
! superintendent of the Academy, who
■ convened the court.
> The members of the court all stated
• that they had conversed only in a most
- general way about hazing and had dis
• cussed no specific case. They also
I stated that they had formed no opin
*, ion as to the guilt or innocence of
- Midshipman Gilmer. In each case, the
! remaining members of the court held
-j'hat objection to the particular mem
I her was not sustained.
DEMONSTRATION FOR
MIDDIE GRIERS ON
EVE OF BIG CONTEST
i
Tliat every tueml-er of iht* regiment
<>f midshipmen is keyed to the highest
|Piteh of enthusiasm over the hig game
with Penn State in Washington to- !
I morrow was evidenced hv the big j
idemonstration for the gridiron play-■
jers following the close of practice !
I yesterday. .
Many of the middies gathered about j
the greensward of Farragut Field and.!
following supper, there was a mass-j
meeting in the memorial room of Ran-!
croft Hall. This was attended by the
entire student body The football
<•oach.es were there, too. Rach was
‘■ailed upon for a speech and gave
words of encouragement. Superin
tendent Wilson also was compelled to!
j respond to repeated cheers, and made!
; a remarks commending the ntid-i
I (lies upon their spirit and encouraged!
i them on to a big Navy victory tomor- i
row. All of the regular players were'
forced to ‘open up" and have some
thing to say. That something was
that the team is full of tight and de
termined to w ! n, thereby avenging the
1 deteat suffered at the hands of tt„J
I Pennsylvanians last year.
Another l:g demonstration h ts b*en I
planned for this evening at 8 o’clock, j
! when the football s<|iia(l, 40 strong.!
departs for Washington.
Mi:\, WOMEN AND CHILDREN
FIGIIT DETECTIVE* KOK CO.II.
<I.V The Vwiii'liilnl PrewO
111 I l l* ALT). N. \ Nov. 2. Several i
hundred men. women and children, of;
Cheektowaga, today battled with Lc-j
!high Valley railroad detectives, who !
j were defending three carloads of an- :
i thracito coal which had been mysier-j’
iously dumped near the city line when |
a freight train came to a stop.
A boy was shot in the leg when
the detectives opened tire after they
had been bombarded with lumps ot
coal. The detectives tired several
i volleys before the crowd scattered.
I Men and women ran. in all directions
! carrying buckets, baskets and pails
of the precious fuel. Three arrests
; were made.
♦ _____
; Hog Cholera At St. Margaret’s
The Cnited States Department of
Agriculture, through Dr. S. K. Ather
ton. inspector in charge of the Hureau
of Animal Industry, announces the
prevalence of hog cholera on tin* farm
of L. E. Raldwin. at Sr. Margaret's
Third district
BARUCH DONATES SMI i
. TO OEM. MMPAICN FUND:
<Bv Th AxHOclalrit I'm.**.)
WASHINGTON. D. C.. Nov. 2.—The
Democratic National Committee, in a
supplemental campaign statement
filed today with the clerk of the
House, reported contributions of $lO,-
42,4 at the close of business yesterday,
of which H M. Baruch, of New Vork
gave $5,000. Supletnental expendi
tures were $3,211.
Among the contributors since pub
lication of the first committee's report
last week was Joseph E Willard, Vl**,
ginia, $750.
—
IK Per Cent. Steel Dividend
ißy The Pre.t
NEW YORK, Nov. 2.—Dirt * >rs of
the American Steel Foundries today
declared a stock dividend of 18 per
cent., equivalent to *6 a share, on the
outstanding common stock, payable
on December 30 to stockholders on '
record December 9.
1.0. M. WINS BOWLING I
i MATE3T FROM EASTPORTj
j The Independent Order of Mechan-i
J ics started the bowling season bydej
1 feating the Eastport Independents byj
: the small margin of 31 pins. Lamb'
carried off the bowling honors for his;
team by making the highest score
• The I. A. M. would like to arrange I
j games with all the bowling teams
around town. Following is the indi
vidual score of the match:
EASTPORT INDEPENDENTS.
Bass 68 91 95
Ford 83 103 107
Lucas 106 88 95
Parks 94 93 104
Churchill _. 85 84 92
Total 436 459 493
IXD. ORDER OF MECHANICS.
* Conway 89 97 115
Phipps 87 85 90
f Lamb 112 106 ,119
• Jones .. 82 81 88
I Tucker 1 79 94 95
Total 449 473 507
BOARD OF HOSPITAL
RE-ELECTS OFFICERS
November ID Date Sot For llos
pital Sunday—Churches Will
Make Collections
j BENEFIT FOR HOSRITAI
The officers of the Board of Man
lagers of the Emergency Hospital wen
j unanimously re-elected at the meetiut
;of the board held this morning. Tlu
officers are: Miss Kate Andrews
president; Mrs St. George Barber
vice-president; Mrs George Ahrm
Moss, secretary; Mrs Edgar Ilail
treasurer; Mrs Raymond Stone, as
sistant treasurer.
The date set for Hospital Sunday b
j November 19. On this day collection,
'will be made at all the local churche
jfor the hospital, and members of th<
j congregations ar t . asked to muk<
j special contributions for the hospital
: fund.
Reports made tit tire recent annual
meeting of the hospital showed that
the financial condition of the institu-
Hon is very good, but if the propo-ed
new addition to the maternity ward
which is badly needed, is to be made
it will lie necessary to raise a lurg.
sum of money this winter. The Hos
pital Auxiliary, through whose splen
did efforts most of the money for the
nurses 1 home was raised, will give a 1
big entertainment on November 10 '
Mrs. John M. Tavlor is chairman of 1
the Auiliurv and has planned to have 1
a combined card partv. dance and
bazaar on this date. In this way tin re
will he amusement for all. and people
can do their Christmas shopping with '
the comfortable feeling that tli.ir
money will serve the double purpose
of buying presents for their friends '
and also helping to relieve the suffer- 1
ing of the sick.
Superintendent’* Report
Miss Wohlgemuth submitted the fol- !
lowing report at this morning's meet '
inp: 1
Number of patients in hospital on 1
October 1. 33. Number of patients ad- '
milted—Free. 32; part-pay, 16; foil '
pay. 35. Total admissions. 83. Nnm- 1
her of patients in hospital in entire 1
month. 116.
Number of discharges. 84. Xum’tpi
of deaths, 1 Number of patient
remaining on October 31st. 31 Xu*p '
her of hirths. 16.
Number of operations, 25; major
12; minor. 13.
Number of hospital days Free, 423;
part-pay. 108; full-pay, 447. Total 1
number of hospital days. 975.
GIVES COLORED WOMAN
I ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY
TO PRESERVE PEACE
Melvina Colbert, a well-known col
ored woman, living on Monument
street in the western section of the
city, has been given a not he- chance
to get on her good behavior and s'ay
there. The chance was given her by
Judge Robert Moss in the Circuit
i Court this afternoon.
Melvina was brought to trial for
general disorder in her household
This was testified to by several wit
nesses. The negress also had some
witnesses who told the court that her
household was not as bad as had bt*en
! pictured. Cpon the conclusion of the
trial, Judge Moss announced that tes
timony of eye-witnesses of alleged
disturbance was in the preponderance
of that of others who had not ob
served anything wrong, and that Mel
vina therefore, was guilty. However,
the Judge referred to the fact that
Melvina had done somewhat tetter
-dnee the time she served time in the
House of Correction, and that he
would give her another chance. He.
therefore paroled her upon fttrnish
i mg peace bail of SIOO.
Choir Rehearsal Postponed
Choir rehearsal this week at Saint
i Anne’s Church w ill be on Saturday
(evening at 7:15, instead of at the
' usual hour on Friday.
G. O. P. FEDERATION
OF WOMEN TO MEET
| There will he a meeting of the Aid*
! oration of Republican Women tomor
j row afternoon at 3 o’clock In the
i Maryland Hotel. There will be a
short business meeting, aftar which
the proposed amendments to the con
stitution will be discussed.
MOTHERS’ CIRCLE RAISES
MONEY FOR SOCIETY
Over S2OO was cleared by the
Mothers’ Circle at the supper recently
given in the Religious Education
Building of Calvary M. E. Church.
Thiß money will be used for improve
ments for the children at the gram
mar school.
THE WEATHER:
• Cloudy and unsettled j
ton<flit and Lr>da>*. J
Warmer tdhifht
OOMPKF.HKNSIVK LOI'AL ANU MEN KK AI, .NIiWS.
FRICK TWO CENTS
IS. IRBELLEI
PEASE RELEASED
ON BAIL TODAY
Jury In Case Of Woman Tried
For Accessory After Fact In
Murder Of J. Bernard Patti
son, Disagreed After 5 Hours’
Deliberations.
ANOTHER TRIAL, SAYS
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
Tlu- jury in the l ircuit t out r
before which Mis. Marlrelle IV.iso
was tried on a charge of accessory
after tlu- fact in connection with
the murder of J. Bernard Patti
son. of near Savage. Howard
county. May 11. last, having .Its
agreed last night, tlu- accused
woman was today released on
hail in the sum of $?,. r io, and -lie
lias returned to her liottu- m
Howard county. Slu- was accoin
’‘allied by her lutsbaml, K.
Pease, from whom she has been
separated for two years, and it
is understood here that a freon
filiation has been effected be
tween them. Her husband also
furnished part of the secant \
To lie Tried Again
Pending trial of the e.ne, Mr-.
Pease bad been confined in jail for
3 months. State’s Attorney Clark, of
Howard county, announced that th
woman would again be brought to
trial toil itid not say when.
The jury retired shortly after 6
o'clock. after counsel for both sides
had finished argument. At 6:45 a
message was sent to Judge Moss that
the jurors could not agree, hut he
sent word to the jury that It must
’•onsider the case further. Dinner
was then sent to the jury room. Ai
10 o'clock the jury again reported if
could not agree and was discharged.
Mr. Clark, in addressing the jury,
isked for a second degree murder
verdict, pointing out that William C.
'’’ronmiller, indicted jointly with Mrt
P.asC for tlu* killing, had already
teen convicted of murder in the sne
>nd degree and had been sentenced hv
ludgc Moss to IS years in the Peni
tentiary.
The ease of the prosecution was
built around Mrs. Pease’s alleged con
fession to detectives that she had
brown the pistol with which Pattisou
was killed into a quarry near her
home shortly after the murder. The
nlstol, according to the alleged con
’ession, was given her by Cronmiller
ifter the crime.
Defense Changed Turtle*
The defense went into the trial with
the intention of offering no testimony,
hut at the early conclusion of the
State’s case changed the program and
decided to place Mrs. Pease oil the
stand in her own defense.
Throughout the presentation of the
proßeeution’s ease the little woman
sat watching every move, listening to
every word and now and then posting
her lawyers, but always apparently
very cool. Not even when Ihe State’s
Attorney of Howard county wuih read
ing the endearing letters she w rote m
the Ellicott City jail to Cronmiller,
the man jointly indicted with her for
murder, convicted and now In thn
“Pen,” did she wince Not once did
she change color, not once did she
seem confused or abashed. She had
in the trial of Cronmiller for murder
testified against him and helped the
State to send him to prison for eigh
teen years, yet only a few weeks be
fore she had written the endearing
letters giving evidence of the rela
tions between herself and the mur
derer. So when she was called to the
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PRESIDENT 11ARIUNL, &;• ?
OBSERVES OCCASION
IS SIMPLE STYLE ?
(Ur The AaaoetataA PreM.t
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 2.
—President Harding celebrated
the 57th anniversary’ of his birth
almost as quietly and simply u\
the average American citizen ob
serves a birthday. There were no
indications at the White Hou-p of
anything more than just an ordi
nary day in the life of the chief
executive of the land. He receiv
ed numberless messages contain-s !
ing birthday greetings.
Because Mrs. Harding still ii
confined to her bed. although re- ’
covering from her recent Hlner.s.
there will not even be a birth
day dinner party, but the Presi
dent will spend the evening witA
her.
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