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QTY TT) HI) fTl) fl Q fP Jf 1 A I ' Ths Weekly Enterprise U k. B I worth Iht price. Compare J X Li U U U L'u 1 'I 'h others and then sub- Th Enterprise It lh ft T J only Clackamas County II II Lf Newspaper that prim II II T all of In newe of Hilt T growing County. growing County. ttrtbo. t t FORTY NINTH YIAR-No. 2. OKFJON CITY ENTEHWU8K, Kit I MA V, JULY !i, V.):. ESTABLISHED ISM EyON ENT T EVER HELD HERE GLADSTONE AND MOOSE LODGE COOPERATE IN SUCCESS FUL EXlftClStS. CONGRESSMAN HAWLEY IS THE ORATOR FOR-THE OCCASION Representative Says Hi Brllevee Unit d Statee Will Nol Bscom In volved In Wr Trick Dog Has Cold Feet. Tim MtiK''l enne f Indcpi'iid rue day r-llirnt!im In the hlMory nf Cluckatnaa ronnly BUrc-trJ 7,0ni persona to Gladstone park Monday f ilia allduy riinlwi given by tin Mimip lodge of 'rerun I'll) and clllm-li of (.ladiilone. Tin' day was flHi il with n ecore of at trurtl'in. ill' program or tne iii.ini Init In the chautauqua anillirl tin In eluded I ii'i rilu-r of nt rltt If mnr and addteese mnl In Hi. i afternoon the several tlioiimtnil vNltori ''H thri tlmo In darning ami watching lh ham-hail (iiinra nnd rnce. Comircnitmiiii llanley i Hi" sie.ik i r of I ho iluy. Il i'ki H nxluy nliiit In th ii Hrt Methodist church. eid re turned hoiim Monday. Ilo wilt eieml tlm next ww-U hem and will g.: se ries of lectures mi "Thi! IiimMo Gov rriirni'iil Problem i,' ,-it the eiinuliiu im. tin declared that In hU opinion the Vnlted Hlste wn'ill no! become In vnlvrd In llii' jireacnt Kiironii war mid drew a yiewsome parallel betwei-n the fields of growing icrittu In America nml the liniilo grounds of Kuru Teuce In the greatest set unci the greulcat frli'iul of man,'' ho eald. "It la Ihci niHirl uitltr of tho yuiniK nian anil tli ynutiK woman. It U tlx' KrcntrHt IdesaliiK of tho r.litlon." Th roiigrcsmiisn declared llml the roant linn wua dufnnilul hy Ilia char aetrr anil th nolilllty of the notlo. Ilo mailii hrli'f mrnllon of tlu irveiit Mi'xlc un allmitliiti whon he until Hint tho nlorlf from tliut ronntry Imlny are mild wlh-n cntnimrod with the alnrle Hint wi re rlrcnlntoil hero pre vIoiih to the war of 1817. lie added Hint the Mi'tU-nii wnr, with nil other connirla In which the 1'ntleil Slutea wmh enifiiKed. were punt wiira nml nmlntalneil Hint tho fulled Ktnlea waa JtiHtiried In enterliiK Into them. The pretermit In tho amlltorliim wuh oiiimhhI hy the ioiik. "Amerlcn." auiiR hy tho nudleiiro and pluyrd hy I he Ori'Kon City Mooho linnd. Kev. II. 1. Dunn, of (iluilKtone. navo the Invoca tion nnd H. K. YoumiitiM, of I'ortlinul, rend tho Derlnrillon of Indepondeiiea. A unurtel. compoeed of Homer Hollo well, John Mulkey, T. Ilnrke nnd Oar hind Hollnwell, hihik "My Amerlcn," nml were enchored twice. A diurnal miiiK "The Hlnr HpniiKled Hminer" nnd 'The fled, While nnd Illuo." Jmlmi (Irmit H. Wiiilck ncted na chiiliinnii. Tho only hitch In Hie proRMin wuh In the iifternoon when a trick dim, "OhwiiIiI." sold cold feet nnd refuaed to Jump from n 100-foot didder ns aclieduled. After whlnnliiR for hair nn hour he fell from tho mnnll pint- orm nt the lop of I ho Indder Into a net, unhurt. Twelve nieniliera of Mondo pout, timml Army of the Itepulille, lend hy Coimnnmier Clyde nml a fliiK-henror executed ft aklrinlah on tlm chuulnu (t tin hull RroimdH hefori! five HiowhiiiiiI portions, nt the cIofp of the proifrnm In the nudllorlum. Their imniouver.i were dlreitud aitnlnnt nn lumKlnnry foe at the Hoiilheni end of the riiiuikIb. They allowed the mnrdiea nml poal tloim token In nctnnl hntllea nr.d wllh riiiih, iiHed tin yeni-H ntio In tho wnr, 1 Hided with hlnnk cliniKea hhowed In n renllHtlc way the style of Imttlea of Hit Civil war. The Knllmirlnnn turnod out In force for the celelirntlon nnd ucted ns n hodyRunrd for ColiKreHsninn Hnwley. With the Mooho liiind, the mnrolirra worn niiioiiK tho moHt attract Ivo fea tures of the program. The proRrnm In tho nfternoon wuh comnoHed prlnelpHlly of athletic flvemU. Tho Oregon City Mooho do feated the Portland lodi?o In a 9-to-4 enmo, A wide variety of ruces nnd oontoata met with the npprovul of the crowd, eHpeclnlly such cvonta an tho fnt niiin's race which win limited to men welRhlnR 200 pounds or over. Lylo Guult, of GlndHtono, won flrat In this event; J. W. Hurat, Foeond and I. Wnluco, third. Dozens of women en tered tho clothes pin race and the nail drIWiiR conteat, the Intter holng won hy Mrs. Otto Mendnll. A num her of races woro arranged for boys and girls. Cash prizes wore given to all the winners with money raised by dona tions. Those who offered financial aid lo the cclohratlon are: Crown Wil lamette Paper company, $100; Jluwley Pulp & Paper company, 25; Oregon City Woolen mills, $25; Portland Rail way, Mght & Power company, $2S; Willamette Valley Southern, 15; Dank of Oregon City, 10, and First N'atlonal bank, J2.50. Special cars were run to the grounds from Portland and Oregon City and a special train came In over the Willam ette Valley Southern. ' 7000 AT BIGGES 4TH CELEBRATION SOUTH FORK TRENCH ALMOST COMPLETED ENGINEER .RANDS EXPECTS EARLY DELIVERY OF VATER FROM CLACKAMAS. Trcnili oork on the Kuiilli Kirk pipeline la prartlnilly riimpleled, auld II. A. Idiiida, engliii i r In c linrRi of llm priiji'ft Huturdny. The only work which ri'inulna lit he dune la abort atri-tihea of wet ikinvullnii In the Clear Creek i aliyoli,. Ill thet anyiiii of the Aherniiliiy and purl of a fou nd In the rniiyi-ii of the f ln knmaa river. Wllh the arrival of three rnr ol IH Inch pipe at Knlncadii. plpeluylng la now on al full fune. To crews sre wiukliiR mid pipe la rhIiir down at a rale of almost mile a iluy. The up per section of the line will be IX Inch pipe and the lower Kl Inch. All of the amuller alrd pipe Is now here and the grvuter part of It is laid. KiiKlneer Itanda la convinced that I lie line ran Im completed snd w ater delivered to Oregon Clly hy October 2 FIRST AT CHERRY FAIR LOCAL MARCHERS TAKE ALL HONORS AT ANNUAL FES TIVITIES AT SALEM. ROSARIANS, CHERRIANS AND J PHEASANTS ARE IN DRILLS Sevanty-FIvs From Oregon City tand Salsm Festival Won.cn Are Shown Through City In Automobiles. At If three, or four, or a dozen prUos hail been offered at '.he Bulcm ( lu rrv fulr Wday for marching club the III I members of Hit Kallearlnns who made tho trip o (be capital city wo.il l ha o captuiel them. At leust this U the claim made by the marchers and who pun dlanute their assertions when they did bring home the only two prizes offered? And don't you think that they won these two prizes because there was no conietltloii. The oldest marching clubs In the state were at the capital city In force. Tho Hosnrisns, the Cherrlnns nnd the Iludlalors. nil formed before tho Fallsnrliins, as well n Hie PhenHiints. of . Albany, were there and rendy to take the awards of. fered by the Salem Conunerclal club. The two prizes won by the Fallsar Inns were for the best appearance In lino nnd for the best competitive drill. Tho success of the Orr.on City march ers is considered all the more remark able! when It Is realized that tho local club has been formed for only six weeks. Thirty-flvo Kallsarlans, part of the party of 75. left for Salem nt 10:30 o'clock Friday morning, nnd returned nbout 9:45 o'clock that night. They were met at the train by automobiles and tnken to the Salem armory where a banquet was served. The women In (he party were shown through the city In automobiles curly in the afternoon. Tho principal parade) or the day wftB held In the afternoon and Friday even ing another banquet was served at the Marlon hotel. MAN ARRESTED FOR Charged with a series of robberies of homes nlcng tho Molalla road, 111 mouth Storms was arrested Saturday night hy Sheriff Wilson nnd Deputy Frost. Ilo was found at the home of finy Nenls. Sheriff Wilson believes that Storms Is responsible for tho rob bory of the C. T. Wilson and tho Al bert Campbell robberies the fore part of the week and said Saturday night that Storms had confessed to the Wil son Job. The, plunder tnken from the Wilson home, consisting of a shotgun, a kM watch, a ring and several other articles of Jewelry, has been retiirnod. Storms, who says his home Is In Lents, is held In the county Jail, MINISTER DROPS DEAD. SALEM, Ore., July T. R. O. Colllson of Eugene, a pioneer minister of Ore gon, aged 77 years, dropped dead of apoplexy today at 11 a. m. when he arose to preach at the Christian churoh camp meeting being held at Turner. Death was due to apoplexy. Rev. Colllson's wife, who accompanied him to the meeting, witnessed his death.. His last words were: "Prepare to live and you will be prepared to die." Eugene: E. J. McClanahan will manufacture combination chair and step ladder. EALLSAR1ANS WIN PRIZES OREGON CITY TO PAV RESPECT TO 15 MAYOR JONES SETS APART DAY ON WHICH LIBERTY BELL WILL PASS CITY. ALL CITIZENS CALLED UPON TO SHOW THEIR PATRIOTISM Town's Declaration of Loyalty 'Will Bo Partisan In No Way, Do darts Eascutlvs Plans Ars -Not Yst Competed. 4 t 4 4 I- PROCLAMATION ISSUED SAT URDAY BY MAYOR JONES. To the Peopts of Orsgon City: . In order to show our pslrlotiam at Hie preneut rrlals and In honor k of the president In his efforts to ' keep tho 1'nlted Slules In the naC- row path of neutrality, I conalder it fitting and do hereby proclaim Thurailuy, July 15, to be Wilwui day In Oregon City. The Liberty I Ml, In Us hlatorlc Journey across the continent, will i I- pans Hi rough Oregon City July 15 ' on Us way to San Francisco and I I- hare selerted that date, believing that it hne special significance on that account. I call uimn tiiiHlneas houses, or- ganlzatlons and Individuals to dls- play the national colors on Hist 4- date. Public buildings, I trust, will be decorated with flags or hunting, or In some manner to in- dlcate pslrlotiam. This celebration will not he t linrtlkiin In Knv lav It nnrnritN -t. Is to show the confidence of the community In the government la the present time of world-wide war. It will be an event In which members of all parties ran par- I HHpate with enthusiasm. LINN E. JONES. Mayor of Oregon City. July 3. I16. Thursdsy, July IS, the day the Lll erty Hell will pass through Oregon City, will be Wilson day here, under a proclamation Issued Saturday by Mayor Jones. Mayor Jones said Saturday that he selected July 15 as Wilson day because of the famous bell which is on Its way across the continent. Eugene was the first town In the valley to pick this date to demonstrate Its loyalty to the adinlnlarution. '' A formal celebration of the dny Is not probable, according to Mayor Jones. He snld Saturday that he ex pected business houses to decorate and a program may he arranged within the next few days. "The event will not be partisan In any way," said the executive. "It Is my purpose to attempt to show the conlldence the community has in the foreign policy of tho administration and to show Hint we appreciate the efforts of tho president to keep the United States neutrnl In a time of world-wide strife." BANKS CLOSE EARLY SATUDAY.. Beginning next Saturday nr.d con tinuing through July and August, the First National hnnk and the Hank of Oregon City will close Saturday after noon; No business will be transacted after 1 o'clock. r "Qeeh, Bilil With all these Cyatalian oomoription in this country. WILSON LV r mimmmSm''''-vmtotk.ti XSs.' wpmtm, - Liberty Bell To Go Through City At Noon July 15 FAMOUS RELIC WILL PROBABLY PAUSE HERE ONLY FEW MINUTES ON WAY. Agent OUi'll of the t-'i-'Uh'Tii I'm IMc lias Ix-en notlfli'd that th- l.iuny bi ll, on its journey s rona romincnt. wll nana throush Oregon ' I'y at I2 J", I li in Jillv 1 71 The hell la not s'b-i;iilc, In stop here but It Is generally iiihI. txIim d that It will atop a few iiilnui.-n. The famous relic Is on flat tar The bell will arrive In Portland o'rliM-k on the morning of the I.'iih and ! leave at noon. It will make short atops at aeveral poluts in the valley. New Water Board Formed; Caufield Will Drop Place AFTER BEING CONNECTED WITH DEPARTMENT 25 YEARS, BANKER QUITS. The tranater of nooks in the water department from the old board to the new was completed Wednesday follow ing the first meeting of the new board, conalallng of M. D. Latoutt'tte and Fred McCausland Tuesday night. V. H. Caufield. who was president of the hoard and has been a commis sioner for 25 years, said Wedneadsy morning that he would resign, follow ing his failure to attend the organlza- f"on n,polnf lle failed to give any reason for his action, During his long connection with the water department, he has acted as chairman the greater part of the time. Mr. Caufield Is pres ident of the Hank of Oregon City. Mr. McCausland was elected presi dent at tho meeting Tuesday night and M. I). Latoiirette, secretary. The council will select s third member, when Mr. Caufield presents his resig nation, provided It Is accepted. A. C. Howland was named collector of wa ter rent to take the place of E. II. Coo per and W. H. Howelt was re-elected siierlntendent of the department. J. E. Hedges, who has acted as sec- retnry. Is the retiring member of the! hoard. He spent the greater part of i the day In transferlng the secretary's books to Mr. Latourette. The organization of the board Is tak en to Indicate that there will be no effort made to remove Mr. Latourette under the clause in the charter which provides a water commissioner cannot hold any other municipal office. He Is a member of the South Fork Water commissioner, but City . Attorney Schuebel contends that such a posi tion Is not a city office as the com mission Is not permanent nor con nected with the administrative or leg islative departments of the town's gov ernment. A party of seven in two automobiles on their way from their home at Stv attle through the western part of this state to California, arrived In Oregon City Sunday night and left Monday morning on their Journey south. Those In tho party wore E. G. Keeney, O. W. F.rlckson, Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Holm, Dr. and Mrs. K. E. Lytle and Mrs. C. F. Jnhnson. THEY MAY HAVE TO WORK NOW. laberera B'1"" baok U Europe to fight, ELESS USED TO 11 LINERS OF HOLT'S PLAN STEAMERS ARE SAFE AND EXPLO SIVE IS NOT FOUND IN THEIR CARGOES. 'in rnnnr tuit nnirnurn , oil II n IflAI rKLMfirK WAS SUICIDE IS REMOVED Authorities Check Shipments Known to Have Been Made to Morgan's Assailant Mr. Morgan Is Able to Resume Work. NEW YOrtK. July 7. While J. P. Morgan, victim of an assault hy Frank Holt, had recoverl enfliientty to take up the threads of business again, and Holt blunt!.' lay dead In a cell at Mlneola, L. I., sensations followed rap- Idly In the form of dlndosures growing out of Holt s art and Ms arrest and suicide. Revelations In letters to his wife In Texas Indicated that Holt planned the destruction of two lines now on th-; Atlantic w tan the Ssxoula and the Philadelphia by placing bombs on them. The authorities placed enough credenre In this clew to make strenu ous efforts to warn these vessels by wireleas. Late today word was re ceived that they were safe. Warnings by wireless were sent broadcast over the Atlantic from sta tions on the eastern seaboard advising the Saxonla and Philadelphia to steer toward each other. The navy depart ment arranged to send s fast cruiser after the liners. The Philadelphia replied that every thing aboard had been Identified and that all was well. The Cunard line and the American lines also endeav ored to reach the steamers by wire less. "Steamers leaving New York will be destroyed in midocean by an explo sion," Holt Is quoted as having writ ten his wife. On the margin of the letter there was a penciled adtuouitlon to say nothing about what he had writ ten. The authorities of Nassau county Joined the New York city detectives today in a painstaking search for more than 25 pounds of dynamite known to have been delivered to and unaccounted for by Frank Holt. After an Investigation of the circum s'ances surrounding Holt's death. Wll Bm nuise. waruen or the Nassau county Jail at IMneola, Issued the fol lowing stutement today: "Holt met his death by plunging from the bars of bis cell. He fell feet. His keeper. O'Ryan, was In charge of him and I always believed that O'Ryan was a trustworthy man. His orders from me were never to take his eyes off the prisoner. Pie was told that If he wanted anything he should rap on the bars with a club and that his -summons would be answered by another keeper. "In running along the corridor- to see what the disturbance was O'Ryan disobeyed my specific orders. Rut I did not employ O'Ryan; he was em ployed by Sheriff Pettit." City School Superintendent F. J Tooze left Monday night for Corvallls where he will attend a meeting of state educational men. Among the speakers is the United States com missioner of education. Mr. Tooze will return to his home either today br tomorrow morning. I'm afraid It's goin bring about 1 GERMAN SEA LORD ADMIRAL VON TRUPPEL WARNS AMERICA'S POWER IS UN DERESTIMATED. PKItLIN, via London. July &. Ad nilral Oscar von Truppel, at one time governor of KluiM-how, the (inrman ecru cmIoii In Ihe Chlneae province of KliHiilung, raptured In November by the Jupaneat). contributes an article today to In-r Tag, warning his r patriots not to under-eitlnist the danger of a breach with Ihe I'nited Klatea, and aking thein to weigh aer loualy the queatlon whether the value of Germany's submarine warfare against liritlah commence Is great enough to Juatify a continuance of Its present form at the expense of a rup lure with the trans-Atlantic nation. The article Is remarkable, not only for IU open statement regarding the wld-resrhing effects which the par ticipation of America In the hostilities might exercise on the future course of the wsr ffects which Admiral von Truppel says are greatly underedvlse inented In Germany, but also as a com- trihutlon from a naval officer. TO L CHAUTAUQUA DIRECTORS ADMIT THE EX-8ECRETARY MAY BE HERE JULY 16. RETIRING CABINET OFFICIAL LEAVES CALIFORNIA JULY U Program Will Be Changed if W. Bryan Can be Induced to Come Swiss Yodlera With Him In East Among Attractions. Local chantauqua directors recently admitted last night that negotiations were under way to secure William Jennings Bryan at Chautauqua July 16. Long distance conflabs with well known Portland Democrats, and mys terious wire messages up and down the coast, probably started the rumor about the streets of Oregon City yes terday afternoon. Former Secretary Bryan, It Is understood, Is now in Cal ifornia, but will come north July 14, Vice President Dye and Secretary Cross, who by the way, are hard- ihelled Republicans of the old school. swallowed, their political prejudices and disarmament views in one big gulp, and the latter stated to local newspapermen: "We would like to have Bryan here on the 16th. Nego tiations are pending, it is true, but nothing can be said at this time." Those who have noticed the fa mous Nebraskan's fondness for chau tauquas, believe it is quite possible that Bryan will be booked. As the Gladstone assembly Is by far the largest Chautauqua on the coast, and as Mr. Bryan appeared at Glad stone park several years ago, before an audience of some 7,000 people, the feeling hereabout Is that the former secretary of state will heed the call and return to the fold. The secretary's decision will be known in a few days. The local assembly opens next Tues day, with a program entirely filled, but the directors hinted that if Mr. Bryan can be obtained, there will be a little juggling In the schedule for the 16th. Gratis' company of Swiss yodlers, which helped get the former secre tary in a peck of trouble back east a year or so ago, are to appear on the local bill on the ISttu - TO BE FOE OF TROUT That watersnakes are doing more damage to young trout than any other agency, is the belief of Perry Kitzmll ler, superintendent of the Eagle Creek trout feeding station, who killed a rep tile, cut It open and counted 42 inch and a half rainbow trout, weighting from eight to ten grains each. Kitzmiller saw the snake busily en gaged In swimming around the feed ing pond about 6 o'clock in the morn ing of July 3, and concluded to catch it. The destruction of the young fish prompted him to kill another, which, when opened, revealed a four inch sil verside salmon In the stomach. Kitzmiller has declared war on all water snakes and has issued a general call to arms, clubs, rocks or whatever is handy on the part of all fishermen in the state against the new and com mon enemy. A watersnabe will de stroy more trout in one morning, says Kitzmiller, than some fisherman will catch In a season. J. A. and Marie S teach have bought the Long Creek Ranger. ATTEMPTMADETO BRING BRYAN ASSEMBLY J.P.MORGAN 18 SHOT BY FRANK HOLT FINANCIER MAY DIE AS RESULT OF WOUND; DIFFICULT OP ERATION PERFORMED. THREW BOMBS, HE SAYS Assillsnt of Money King Said to Have Confessed He Attempted Wreck of Capitol Building Stock Market In Confusion. GLENCOE, L U July 3. Frank Holt has admitted that he placed the bomb which exploded In the senate building at Washington, according to the assertion of officers who were present at the sweating of Holt to night by Captain Cunney of the an archist bureau of New York.. The police assert that Holt told Tunney after a lengthy sweating, that he went direct from Ithaca to Wash ington on train shortly after mid night this morning. Immediately aft er arriving In New York he boarded a train for Glencove. CLENCOVE, L. I, July 3. "Mr. Mor gan was operated upon successfully,'' was the announcement made by the physicians here at 4:45 o'clock this aft ernoon. The bullet was removed from a point near the spine. The soft lead had mushroomed considerably. On leaving the house one of the physicians was said to have remarked to the superintendent of the estate, however, that "Morgan's condition waa very precarious.'' ' ni.ENrOVE. N Y . Juiv 3 3. Pier. pont Morgan, probably America's fore most finsncier, may die from the wounds he sustained here today at the bands of F. Holt, formerly a profes sor of German at Cornell university. Admission to this effect was forth coming here this afternoon when at tending surgeons announced .the bank er might die if the bullet, which en tered his left side and pentrated the groin, touched the liver. This possi bility was withheld from the public. The bullet was said to have entered the upper quadrant of the abdomen and lodged in the spine. It is not known yet whether the Intestines were pierced. Early this afternoon Morgan was able to talk over the telephone to his office here, and assured W. H. Porter, a member of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Co., that his wound was not seri ous and there was no cause for his partners to be concerned. The stock market was thrown into confusion for a moment when the news of the shooting of Morgan be came known, but quickly recovered when It was stated his wound was not serious. Varying reports, however, as to the extent of Morgan's Injuries led to the belief that physicians might have been withholding full reports un til the market had closed. Sir Cecil Spring-Rice, the British ambassador to Washington, was a guest in the Morgan house and wit nessed the shooting of the financier. Morgan and the ambassador, were at breakfast together when Holt forced his way In. He carried a revolver In each hand. The bullet which entered Morgan's groin, coming out through the thigh, was of .32 calibre. W7hen searched at the police sta tion. Holt was found to have two sticks of dynamite inside his vest, the police declare. A bollte was also found in his pocket and was believed to con tain nitroglycerine. GLEN COVE, N. Y., July 6. Frank Holt, who attempted to assassinate J. P. Morgan Saturday, committed sui cide tonight by plunging through an' open jail window. He landed on his head and was dead when jail attend ants reached him. Holt was under guard of Jeremiah Ryan, a jail attendant. The prisoner apparently was sleeping soundly and Ryan, hearing a noise on the other side of the cell tier, left his place in front of Holt's open door and started to investigate. Ryan heard a noise, which, he said, resembled an explo sion, and hastily returned to Holt's cell only to find It empty. Holt had slipped through the open window, through which he plunged to the narrow courtyard below. Holt landed on the concrete floor of the court yard about 50 feet below the window. Dr. Guy Cleghorn, the Jail physician, and District Attorney Smith were summoned. Dr. Cleghorn examined the body and found the skull had been crushed and that death had been in stantaneous. District Attorney Smith searched Holt's cell immediately after arriving at the jail and found a letter written on yellow paper. This letter, which Holt must have written before he at tempted suicide early today, when a pencil with which he tried to sever an artery was taken from him, was ad dressed "To My Dears."