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MM ELECTIONS
. WAIT ON THE KING
Parliament Adjourns Pending
Chap's Decision as to Guaran
tees Demanded by Liberals.
ROYAL POSITION DELICATE
Whichever 1* ay Monarch Rules
Genera! Elections Will Be
Held. Probably Before
Christmas.
[By Cabl* to T»m Tribune
- i(»on Nov ir-Ar; adjournment of
.^o^ "of Commons to-day for three
?' or until Friday, is generally at
tributed to uncertainty over guarantees
?wen of Btertel rank- outside the
Cabinet io not kn«™ -.vr.at is poing on.
a"houph an ©lection is apparently lm
nin»nt.' and this implies a question of
T C utmost fleUcsicy in the relations of
Bovcreiga and Prime Minister. This
ie confirmed by the Knowledge that Lord
Knollyshas held two prolonged meet
ings with *I r Asquith since the latter's
v-'sit to - - -..-"am.
The n-.ost plausible theory is that the
Prime Minister "has a^ked for contingent
guarantees for the creation of peers If
the -country supports the povernment
end thai the Kins is hesitating over his
answer while the ministers and the Op
position leaders are marking time.
The sovereigrn will be dravn into party
politics if he fives guarantees and Mr.
4«-.quith announces the royal action on
Friday He vill lie in an .-quai:>- deli
rate position if he declines to concede
them and for Mr. Balfour after re
ceiving Mr. Asquith's resignation.
The leaders of both sides are fully
alive to the tactical advantage of making
use of the royal decision for or against
guarantees, and also to the risk of drag-
frirc the Kins: into politics against his
v-ill
pressure from the Liberal side for the
Immediate dissolution of Parliament is
overwhelming, and behind it is the sound
judgment that the government will lose
ground ... delaying decisive action and
revealing its dependence •Mr. Red
mond's • rices.
Thr-re must, r.nwrw-r, be a clear
understanding- --•.. the King respecting
guarantees if the coalition returns wftti
an unimpaired or an Increased majority.
Th*> adjournment of the House of
Commons within three days is prima
:aeie evidence that an understanding
has not yet been reached and that there
i= still a possibility of tbe resignation of
tfaV ministers, with an appeal to the
cbuntrv by Mr. Balf
. rd Lanadmrae ha? scored
I Btaga for the Unionist
- - -.-•-- :n the House of
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w 'Hi a!ro be features of this unusual
conference in Glasgow on November 8
The resolution expresses the belief that
there need be no serious difficulty in
reasonably adjusting: such differences as
may from time to time arise between the
House of Commons and a reformed sec
ond chamber, but that if such differences
arise in connection with great and vital
Issues, particularly when those issues
affect the constitution itself, it is the
people and the people alone who have
the right to decide when the two houses
fail to agree.
As this resolution was drawn up by
Mr. Chamberlain after consultation with
Mr. Balfour. Lord Lansdowne and Lord
Cawdor, it necessarily expresses the
views of the four Unionist rej.resenta
tives at the conference.
[By tfcr Associated Pr«ss.]
London. Nov. 15.— A general election be
fore Christmas Is a practical certair.ty. but j
tt» steps whereby this will be brought \
about are still unknown. ,The King: is evi- j
dently takinjr an active part in th«* crisis. j
and his majesty's influence may have an j
important bearing on the situation.
It is understood to-night that the govern- |
ment will accede to Lord Lansdowne's de- j
mand to have the veto bill submitted to the ;
House ■f Lords, on condition that no dlla- •
tory tactics are employed for the ni^re pur
pose of Ka:ning time. As it cannot be sup
posed that the Lords would accept the bill. j
this move is not likely to have much effect j
on the general situation.
The delay in the presentation of Premier
AsQuith's official statement to Parliament
until Friday was made in deference to the
convenience of Mr. Balfour, who has an
engagement to address an important politi
cal meeting at Nottingham on Thursday.
The Premier will have seen King George
a*rain by Friday and laid before His
Majesty the decisions reached by the Cabi
net at to-day's session, which was un
usually prolonged.
Chancellor Lloyd George, who made the
request for the adjournment, said that the
Premier would be in a position on Friday
to make a statement of the government's
plasm.
The Koufe of "ommons was crowded to
its capacity and a nervous tension was
noticeable during the proceedings.
Lord Lansdowne, the leader of the op
position, at the House of Lores to-day
said that he would to-morrow move "that
this house invites Hi? Majesty's govern
ment to submit to its consideration the
t«rir.F of the Parliament bill." This is the
official designation of the veto bill, whk-n
is the centre of all the trouble.
The Karl of Crave, Liberal leader in the
upper house, replied that he hoped to be
in a position to-morrow to state the gov
ernment's intentions with regard to the
Parliament bfli.
"The Globe" this evening gives cur
rency to a report that Premier Asquith is
considering the resignation of the Cabinet.
as the King has refused the guarantees
sought by the Premier.
SEINE IS STILL RISING
Paris Informed That Thursday
Will See Flood Tide.
Paris, Nov. 15.— The River Seine ro?e at
the rate cf one-half a centimetre an hour
to-day. The official statement that the
maximum flood would be reached on Thurs
day ha^ not reassured the riverside dwell
thts city and in the suburbs, who
ccc the waters advancing slowly in the
streets bordering the stream and fear an
other disas*--:
The return of Hood conditions has con
vinced the government that the raising of
the parapets is but a makeshift measure,
and, accordingly, it will pusfa the big pro
ject of a canal to divert the waters in times
of flood. The building; of this canal will be
a matter of years.
MUD SWALLOWS MINERS
More than a Score May Have
Perished in Canadian Swamp.
Montreal, Nov. 15.— That a score of lives
have boen lost and that hundreds of miners
and prospectors are destitute as a result of
a Dtinnoai heav> rains in the Porcupine
mtntng district was the startling informa
tion brought by W. R. McLean, an Ameri
can mining engineer, who arrived here to-
He stated that a huge swamp formed
south o* Frederick House Lake and cut oft*
miners from supplies. Men were obliged
to pack provisions through on their backs,
and a number perished in the swamp.
"I saw two men go down out of sight in
the soft mud," said Mr. McLean, "and
from reports I believe a score or more have
perished."
TO PAY GREAT INDEMNITY
Morocco to Give Spain $13,000,000 for
Campaign Against the Riffs.
Madrid, Nov. 15.— Morocco has agreed to
pay Spain $13,000,000 indemnity, as demand
ed by the latter government following the
successful Spanish campaign against the
Riff tribesmen in the summer of 1908.
RUSSIA PLANS LONG PLIGHT
Army Aviators May Make Trip from
Sebastopol to St. Petersburg.
St. Petersburg. Nov. 15. — M. Enmoff, di
rector of the Russian military aeroplane
sciuad at Sebastopol. is planning a flight
of army aviators from Sevastopol to St. Pe
tersburg.
GOTHAM CLUB_H_AS SALON
Programme Embraces Heavy and
Light, Serious and Gay.
The Gotham Club Is a broad and all-em
bracing organization, almost as broad and
all-embracing as the city whose sobriquet
it bears. It does not confine itself to one
e-ole aim and object, like the ordinary club.
It aims at a little of everything. It pro
duced a programme at the Waldorf- Astoria
last night. A little of everything wa on it.
Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Damon, of
the Salvation Army, told the club about one
of those "unhappy mediums" who was too
! light for heavy work and too heavy tor
; light work. The club doesn't suffer from
such an affliction. It tak» the heavy and
the light, the rious and the gay. Colonel
Damon himself furnished something in the
serious.
His talk on "The Army" called forth fre
quent applause in its course and a generous
eontriliuton at the end. He Introduced his
delicately scented audience into the Army's
pr«*at hotels, where ._.-., ■■•■■'.. ■■- bath,
a place to wash their totnes, needles, but
tons and thread, all for 13 <•• rits a night;
and challenged comparison with the prices
of the botela they were in.
A tit of say ua... furnished by Mrs.
Mary T. M^tcalf*. O f Stateii Island, who
t:ilk«<l on "Pure Food. "I come," <!••' lar<-d
Mrs. Metcalfe. •to Jas n the adu teratora
of the things w< <a; T}ie cv) j these men
do lives now, and do»-s not wait to be
canned with your soup. 1 And 'then, relleo
tively, "I wonder if t ) lt , m jiky way i.s cow's
milk or the creme de la cn-me they make
jn Yonkers--."
When Philanthropy. Art Literature. Hy
giene, Music, Patriotism, Drama and Daric
ing had each had it* say Hra A . Arthur;
Alfred Brooks, president declared the ;
Thanksgiving £a!on «ujj< Jllrn ed.
SERGT. MAJOR GENGAR HONORED.
Albany, Nov. „,i r \\liit. h...
>,r.-v.-u-: Sergeant y aJ|>r wullam B . Oen- '
par of th* 1-Jth <-. Jast An:il.ry district ai'j
second lieutenant u lMin Lls retjfvm ent. The i
brevet If?*"™ lor over ,-rnv-riv.- yearV !
service in the national guaid. although
lieutenant o< n o ar ha s ,h, h remarkable !•£•
uuty f w f * urt > '" ■ c i car*.
YEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUTE. WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 16. 1910-
TOLSTOY NOT IN DANGER
He Is Suffering from Bronchitis,
but Is Resting Quietly.
JOINED BY THE COUNTESS
Wife, Accompanied by Sons,
Goes to Stricken Author by
Special Train.
Tula. Russia, Nov. 15.-Count Leo Tolstoy
is suffering from bronchitis, and. owing to
a hfath fever, is In an extremely weak con
dttfon. A message from his daughter. Alex
andra, who is nursing him at Astapova,
giving this information, adds that the phy
sicians say no immediate danger threatens
Tolstoy suffered from a severe attack of
bronchitis in the winter of 1909, and. as a
result, was readily susceptible to the dis
ease aealn when he exposed himself to a
lourney in the cold and rain.
The home of the station master at Asta
pova is quite comfortable and the patient is
receiving skilful attention at the hands of
Dr. Makovetsky and one other physician.
In addition to the loving care of his daugh
ter.
Kewsnaoer correspondents, who are gath
erlnc around the little Hag station, how
ever, although not aggressive in their at
temnta to secure tbe latest details, are
hampering the attendants, and Alexandra
has issued a request that her father be left
in'peace.
According to the official diagnosis of the
physicians, Tolstoy is suffering from a
ratarrhal inflammation of the lower lobe of
the left lunjr. His heart action is good.
The maximum temperature to-day was 102,
fallint at times to 99. which is practically
normal: Dulse, 104, dropping to 80; respira
tion fair. The physicians add that expec
toration and diuresis are sufficient and that
the Datient has enjoyed tranquil sleep, is
in srood si'irits and is resting quietly.
Altogether, this is considered a very sat
isfactory report, particularly in view of the
high temperature which was maintained
yesterday, and the symptoms of mental dis
tress which Tolstoy was said to have de
veloped.
Countess Sophia Tolstoy, after the first
shock caused by her husband's sudden
abandonment of his home and family, dis
played astonishing energy this mornin?,
and insisted upon beimr taken to the count.
Accompanied by her ?ons and Count Vhili
mlr Tchertkoff. who formerly was Tolstoy 3
representative In Kngiand, she proceeded to
Astapova by special train.
The illness of the author brought about
the reconciliation between the countess aiii
Tchertkoff. whose embittered feelings in
recent months have caused Tolstoy much
worry.
Count Tchertkoff was summoned by tele
graph to Yasr.aya Poliana. where he jo*ned
the countess and her sons. Tolstoy nimbejf
in a Ivtter had expressed a particular de
sire for Tchertkolts presence.
The differences between the countess all
Tchertkoff arose over Tolstoy's literary
legacy. Tchertkoff had collected a lar,j«
quantity of unpublished material, copies ~>l
"Hadji Murat," Tolstoy's latest work, and
other stories, as well us various document-",
which he has been forwarding tor safe
keeping to England. These he intended .0
offer for free publication in pursuance of
the author's wishes.
The Countess Tolstoy, ir. behalf of the
family, lias been insisting that Tolstcy
should procure a copyright for all his pub
lications, the returns from which would
serve to aid the very numerous family, in
ptead of filling the pockets of the pub
lishers.
"When the administrative order '-xpelling
Tchertkoff from Tula Province was re
pealed three months ago he visited Vasr.aya
Poliana, but left hurriedly. a~ the <"»untess
had peremptorily forbidden him access to
the grounds. Tolstoy thereupon visited
Tchertkoff on his estate, three miles away,
in Moscow Province, li spite of the at
tempts of the Countess to iissuade him.
?"rious family misunderstandings arose,
and in consequence recent visitors to
Yasnaya Poliana have remarked the clouds
over the customary serenity of the place.
The health of the Countess suffered seri
ously, and a professor of nervous disorders
from Moscow visited her several times
prior to Tolstoys pilgrimage.
BINGHAM AND HANSON TILT
Former Police Heads, on Stand in
Rouss Case. Repel Lawyer.
Lively tilts between counsel for the de
fence, on one side, and former Police Com
missioner Bingham and his deputy, Bert
Hanson, on the other, marked the second
day of the trial of Jacob Rouss. a lawyer,
In the Criminal Branch of the Supreme
Court, yesterday. Rousa is charged with
falsifying the records of the trial of for
mer Patrolman George A. Menke. who was
dismissed from the force by Bingham in
taai, and later reinstated by the Appellate
Division after perusal of the alleged false
records, which purported to show that re
quests by Menke for adjournments had
! been refu-ed.
B'Uh General Bingham and Hanson de
nied tha? any Bucfa requests had ever been
made at the trial of M* nke.
Accounting for his signature to the certi
fied copy of the minutes of the trial. Gen
eral Bingham ?airl i I:ad been a matter of
routine. On cross-examination by Charles
Le Bar'mer. counsel for the defence, n p re
fused even to indicate the number of pages
taken UD by the minutes.
HatiS'.u said he didn't know what counsel
meant by "a trial day."
"Do you know th«re are policemen In New
York?" asked Le Barbler.
"Oh. yes, there are some," was the reply.
"You know I have never be^n a deputy
commissioner?" continued La Barbier.
"I don't know; you've had a varied ex
perience," replied Hanson, smiling blandly.
"Ar.d on what day were most of the trials
h«?ld°"
■< in Thursdays."
"Then Thursday was the trial day?"
"That's lust What I wanted to find out— if
you meant Thursday," replied Hanson.
••Are you serious?" asked Le Barbier, In
desperation.
"In everything I say." r*'orted the wit
n-ess-
When court adjourned Hanson had ad
mitted little beyond his emphatic statement
that no requests for adjournment had been
made at Menke'a trial, at which he pre
sided.
NEW JAPANESE EUDGET
Estimates of Receipts and Expenditures
for 1911-'l2.
Tokio, Nov. 15— Roughly stated the bud
et for 13H-'l2 chows the following amounts
in yens, a yen bemg equivalent to about 50
cents in American money:
Receipts, ordinary 431.0Xj.000. extraordi
nary 51,000,000; expenditures, ordinary 108,
000.000, extraordinary 134,000.000; appropria
tions by departments, civil Hat 4.600.1RW.
foreign 4.000,000, home 23.700.000, finance 211.
*,,o«xi war 98.300.U00 navy Be.loo.o<>o. ludicial
12 700 tWO. education s.iuo.ooo, agriculture ana
commerce IVJw.oqo and communications
77 600.000. .
PORTO RICAN AUDITOR RESIGNS.
San Jnai:. I 1I 1 ' R " Nov [5 -A. P. Sawyer,
of Seattle, who succeeded G. ,■ ur ,i uh
Auditor ot Porto Blco in October, }<<■:<. baa
hMented hi--* r«»ignation to President Taft
and it ha- been accepted.
T v/enty-three killed in china.
I ondon. Nov. i:; - A n^- d'si^tch from
Phanghal • <itatt s thal twenty-thi^i aeraons
killed by an explosion in a cartridge
factory at looting.
PRAISE WORK AT PANAMA
Mining Experts Return After Trip
cf Inspection Along Canal.
TO OPEN 1915 OR BEFORE
Especial Tribute to Results
Obtained by Goethals
and Gorgas.
Experts of the American Institute of M!n
inp returned yesterday on the Hamburg-
American liner Prinz August Wilhelm from
their Inspection of the Panama Canal. Al
thouieh the entire trip occupied twenty-five
days, the engineers. 125 strong, spent only
a week soinp over the isthmus. The spe
cialists in each branch of construction took
observations and made fifty individual re
ports, which were compressed in a sum
mary, but in their extended form will form
a report to the institute, supplemented by
photographs.
The condensed report, which presents a
most favorable picture of conditions at
Panama and predicts the completion of the
canal on time or before, reads in part as
follows:
The present plan of the work is dearly
practicable and the best in our judgment
that could be devised under the conditions
' Imposed- It is p^rhars a question whether
by tht choice ot a higher level some of the
difficulties and uncertainties in the Culebra
cut mitfht nut have been minimized. i>ut a
higher level has its disadvantages also; we
are convinced that a canal at a lower level,
and especially at sea level, is practically
jut of the question; that no man can guar
! antee Us cost or even puarunte*> its satls
1 factory completion and maintenance at any
cost. We are satistied that the sea evei
canal as proposed, if actually completed,
would be inferior to the present lock canal
by reason of its liability to many disturb
ances from which the lock is cumparativeiy
free.
The creation of the grreat Gatun lake by
means of the Gatun dam seems to us the
best possible way of dealing with the floods
of the Chagres and other streams. The lo
cation of the Gatun dam, spillway and
locks is singularly favorable for such con
struction, and there Is, in our judgment,
no reason for any anxiety as to iheir sta
bility.
Ihe one serious remaining problem 1<
presented by the nature of the ground in
the Culebra cut. There have been exten
sive slides on the side of this excavation
and more of them are to be expected, but
they involve nothing more than the cost
and delay of removing the material which
they will force into the cut.
We are unanimous In our praise of the
manner in which sanitation, transporta
tion and construction are performed with
rapidity, skill and economy. A spirit or
loyal emulation, industry and pride seems
to animate employes and officers alike.
This spirit, so difficult to arouse amor.tr
workers in tropical climates, is due in thi?
case to two causes: First, the inspiring ex
ample of Colonel Goetbals and his associ
ates, and, second, the splendid work of tho
sanitation department under Colonel Gor
gas.
The cities of Panama and Colon, though
politically outside of the Canal Zone, have
shared in the benefits of the sanitary ad
ministration and reflect an unwonted
cleanliness, comfort and safety.
We think the present plan of the rannl
is pood, that the work is in thoroughly
capable hands, that it is progressing satis
factorily ar.d that it will be completed by
the date set for It. January 1. 191."), and
probably earlier, provided Colonel Goethals
and his associates receive the hearty sup
port of the American people and their rep
resentatives in Congress.
"HIS FOLKS" MADE GOOD
Former Slave Finds James W.
Osborne Hadn't Forgot.
"I'm lookln' for some of mah folks to
come to the front and fight for me." said
an aged negro as he walked into the Coro
ner's office in the Criminal Courts Building,
yesterday. "Mah boy Ed Is charged with
killinjr a man."
"Who are your folks" 1 ' asked Coroner
Winterbottom.
"Mr. Jimmy Osborne," replied the old
fellow.
"You don't mean James W. Osborne?"
asked the Coroner.
"Yassah; that's Mistah Jimmy Osborne,"
was the reply. "Tel! him old Uncle Peter
is yere and needs him."
A clerk was instructed to communicate
with James W. Osborne, former Assistant
District Attorney, over the telephone.
"Uncle Peter!" came back the response.
"Tell him either I or a man from my of
fice will be with him in a minute."
In a few minutes James W. Osborne. a
nephew of the former member of the Dis
trict Attorney's staff reached the Coro
ner's office, to look after the interests of
Uncle Peter's "Boy Ed." It was learned
that the old negTO had been a slave on the
plantation of Osborne's father near Char
lotte, N. C, before the Civil "War.
Ed was charged with shooting and killing
Louis Spicer during a fight in Mlnetta
Lane a few days ago. He was held by the
Coroner for an inquest.
CANADIAN-AUSTRALIAN MAILS.
Melbourne, Australia. Nov. 15.— The Com
monwealth to-day decided not to accept
the Canadian government's proposal to re
new the Vancouver and Australia mail
service, with 'ails at Auckland and Sydney
only.
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under these unusual conditions. Nature cannot build
fast enough to re-supply the torn-down tissues and worn
out nerves. Her danger signals are sleeplessness, weari
ness, indigestion, extreme fatigue — all calls for help.
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BIG CANAL READY 1913
President Taft To!d It Will Be
Complete in Three Years.
FORMAL OPENING 1915
Meantime Vessels May Use Pan
ama Waterway at Their
Own Risk.
Panama. Nov. 15.— The Panama Canal
will be completed on December 1. 1913. This
information was given to President Taft
to-day while he was inspecting the famous
Gatun Dam. on which he spent several
hours.
The official date of the opening remains
January 1. 1915. Lieutenant Colonel Goethals
desiring one year in which to train the
canal tenders and get the machinery work
ing smoothly. Ships in the meantime will
be granted the privilege of the canal, but
at their own risk of delays incident to in
experienced operation.
In addition, it was announced by Lieuten
ant Colonel Goethals that the report that
President Taft's visit was the forerunner
of a request for another J100.000.0w from
Congress was unfounded. The canal will
be completed in 1913, he said, within the
g7S.OQft.BM already authorized.
The President was tremendously pleased
at the outlook for the early completion of
the great work and congratulated Colonel
Goethals. He expressed amazement at the
amount of work accomplished since his
visit to the Isthmus in February. Ittfc He
displayed a knowledge of the technical de
tails of the canal that <urpris*-d and de
lighted the officials, his familiarity dat
ing back to the time he was Secretary of
War, when he advocated a K"-k canal as
against a sea level system. He was sur
prised, however, at the immensity of the
dam. some idea of which can be gained
from the fact that the special train was
under way nearly three hours on the spur
tracks overrunning the great nil. Tht Pres
ident exclaimed:
"This is a mountain, not a dam."
The visit of President Taft has utterly
dispelled any fears gained from sensa
tionaliPts respecting the stability of the
dam base, which is half a mile wide and
so gradually sloped that It could never be
recognized as a dam.
Colonel Goethals explained to the Presi
dent that the informal opening of the canal
in 1913 necessitates immediate action on
the part of Congress relative to toll rates,
because eighteen months will be required
by shipping interest to adjust their rates
to the new routing.
The President expressed himself as
pleased to find the efficiency of the canal
workers increasing daily. The canal i~ be
ginning to take the form of a waterway,
and this accelerates the interest of the
employes, thus hastening completion.
Colonel Goethals is not officially promising
that the canal wil be completed in 1903, lot
contractors' delays and trouble with sup
plies may interfere, but he is sanguine of
accomplishing the great feat. Regarding
landslides in Culebra cut all the possibili
ties of their recurrence have been estimated |
and provided for.
The President also roue over the re
ed railroad ami ended the day elitel to see
the wonderful project so near to comple
tion. He declared that it was Impossible ror
any one to realize what is being ac • .n
piisheii here without seeing it
The President briefly addressed in.- Amer
icans engaged in the canal work at ;i recep
tion under the auspices of the Young Men's
Christian Association and the Red Crow
this evening. To-morrow he will inspect
Culebra cut and in the evening will dim
with President Arosemena. this being m;ide
use occasion of a state function. Un tre
homeward trip the President will gD ashore
at the proposed naval base at Guantmamo
for a few hours on Saturday afle.noon
PATRIOTS AT DELMONICOS
Colonel Mills Among the Speakers at
Colonial Waxs Dinner.
The Society of Colonial Wars in New
York State, of which Waiter LJspenard
Suydam is governor, has its eighteenth an
nual dinner at Delmonico's !ast night. Gen
r-ra! Frederi'k Dent Grant was to have
been the principal speaker, but he was un
able to be present. Colonei Shepard Mills.
■~ S A., replied in his place to the toast,
"The Army."
"When the next great conflii t romes,
and comt- it must, the thing that will count
most in a.ssi:rins us the victory is the
great lesson of supply {•nd maint- nance
of our h'istP in comfort and g
and this lesson Is nowhere learned with
greater certainty than the maintenance ot
our regular army in time o* peace." said
Colonel Mills
Other speakers included the Rev. I>r.
Howard nubbins, of St. Paul's C
Englewood, N. .!.. who stirred the risibili
ties of the society with the melancholy
merrimen! which he squeezed out "t" his
toast. "The Spirits of Our Ancestors"; Cap
tain .lames T Smith, \~. S. X.. on "The
SCavy," William I>. Murphj on "After Din
ner Aviation," Charles P. Howland on
Battle of Fond - an i John
Vernnn Bouvier, jr., on "Wars and Wan-."
Tw 1 hundred members were present
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