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PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1917.
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Long Cheers Greet
Report of Vote.
ISSUE BEFORE PEOPLE JUNE 4
Legislature Works Far Into
Wight to Clean Up Bills.
CONFLICTS ALL1 CLEARED
Route of Some Road9 Changed and
Kew Ones Ordered In Other Cases
by Measure $1,000,000 Is
Limit for First Year.
' STATE CAPITOL,, Salem. Or., Feb.
20. (Special.) Tbe legislature ad
journed tijie die at 2:30 o'clock this
morning.
STATE CAPITOL., Salem, Or., Feb.
10. (Special.) At 12)30 o'clock tbls
morning the joint conference commit
tee from the House and Senate agreed
on all disputed points in the 6,000,000
road bonds bill.
A few minutes later both Bouses
concurred. The bill now goes to the
Governor.
The Joint conference committee was
composed of Senators Orton, Shanks
and Vinton, and Representatives Rit
ner, Schimpff and Laurgaard.
Except for c few bills on Trhich con
ference committees are still working
both Houses had completed their work
at 12:30 o'clock this morning.
STATE CAPITOL, Salem, Or., Feb. 19.
(Special.) With only four dissenting
Totes the $6,000,000 road bonds measure.
amended to provide for its submission
to the people at a special election next
June 4, passed the Senate at 6:25
o'clock today.
It was sent Immediately to the House
for concurrence.
Late tonight the House passed the
Senate's special election bill. The
House amended the bill, however, so
that the Normal School question and
the proposal to build a $200,000 home
for delinquent children, both of which
were referred to the people by Legisla
tive resolutions, will not be voted upon
by the people until the regular election
In November. 1918.
Twenty-five to four was the vote by
which the measure passed the Senate.
The four Senators who held out
against any bonding measure to the
bitter end. even after friends of the
bill had made almost every concession
asked and its ratification by the people
had been accepted as a condition of its
passage, were Dimick, La Follett, Pierce
and Strayer.
25 Vote for Bonds.
The 2Ii Senators -who voted aye and
they voiced their sentiments lustily as
the roil was called were: Baldwin,
Barrett. Bishop, Cusick, Eddy, Farrell,
Garland. Gill, Handley, Hawley, Hur
ley, Huston, Leinenweber, Lewis, Olson
Orton, Shanks, Smith of Coos, Smith of
Josephine, Steiwer, Vinton, Von der
Hellen. Wilbur, Wood and President
Moser.
The road bill out of the way, the
Senate settled down to the grind of
disposing of nearly 100 other bills still
cluttering its calendar, which must be
attended to before the Legislature can
adjourn.
Senator Moser urged the Senators to
give their best efTorts to cleaning up
the calendar so adjournment sine die
can be taken tonight. '
Senate to Sit Till Late.
Although the time for adjournment
will be formally set for 11 o'clock to
night. It will probably be 2 or 3 o'clock
tomorrow morning before the last bill
Is disposed of, conference agreements
reached as to disputed amendments be
tween the two houses, and final ad
Journment taken.
The House refused to concur in the
Senate's amendments, and Representa
tives Schimpff, Ritner and Laurgaard
were appointed on a conference com
mittee. The Senate committee was
Olson, Vinton and Shank3.
At midnight the committee agreed on
a basis substantially as follows:
That no more than $1,000,000 of the
bond money be spent the first year and
no more than t2.000.000 the second
year, and that the bill be made general
In its terms so that it applies to all
parts of the state, including Multno
mah County.
Constitutional Question Avoided,
While it is proposed not to spend
any of the bond money In Multnomah
County, leading lawyer members of the
House expressed the view that the
measure would be unconstitutional if
it specifically excluded that county.
Final passage of the bill followed an
all-afternoon discussion of amendments
as reported out by Senator Conrad P.
Olson, chairman of the committee on
roads and highways, and others pro
posed by various Senators in commit
tee of the whole.
Except for one flurry, when Senators
Dimick, Pierce and La Follett bitterl
attacked the bill, this discussion was
of the most friendly nature.
S8,00O,0OO Issue Provided.
The bill, as amended In the roads and
highways committee and the committe
of the whole of the Senate, provide
for an election on Monday, June 4, of
this year; carries an emergency clause
as far as the special election is con
ROAD BONDS
ADJOURNS
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BONE-DRY LAW IS
SIGNED BY LISTER
FUNDS FOB REFERENDUM EF
FORT SAID TO BE LACKIXG.
Law Prohibits Possession of Liquor
Except by Ministers and Radical
Penalties Are Provided.
OLYMPIA, "Wash.. Feb. 19. Governor
Lister signed the bone-dry prohibition
bill at 1:45 o'clock this afternoon In
the presence of Representative Elmer
Halsey, author of the bill, officers of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union, and other advocates of the bill.
There was handclapping from the
group surrounding the Governor when
he wrote his name. Unless referred, by
petition to the 1918 election, the law
will become effective 90 days after ad-
ournment of the Legislature. A total
of 22,656 names would be necessary to
send the law to referendum, and so far
as known, no steps have yet been taken
to obtain names, further than, to ask
liquor dealers and organizations In
other states whether they would bear
the expense of collecting the names.
The answer was said to have been that
the liquor dealers would expend no
more money in this state.
The law prohibits possession of In
toxicating liquor by any person except
regularly ordained clergymen, priests
and rabbis actually In charge of con
gregations, for sacramental purposes.
It allows wholesale and retail drug
gists and manufacturing chemists to
handle alcohol only if granted a license
after public hearing and provides radi
cal penalties for violations.
BATTLE BRISK ON TIGRIS
British Make Two Gains, Lose One
and Relinquish Other.
LONDON, Feb. 19. British troops on
the left bank of the Tigris River in
Irak took the offensive on Saturday
against the Turkish positions at Sannal-
at, says a British official statement
ssued today, and occupied two Turk
ish front lines on a frontage of 350
yards and 540 yards, respectively.
The. Turks launched two heavy coun
ter attacks and forced the British right
wing back to its original line. The
British left wing repulsed a Turkish
counter attack, but when night came
the troops were withdrawn from their
newly won positions.
GRAIN INQUIRY ORDERED
Potatoes, Beans and Onions Also
Under Federal Investigation.
BOSTON. Feb. 19. United States Dis
trict Attorney George W. Anderson,
who Is in charge of a Nation-wide in
quiry into the high prices of food and
other necessaries, announced today
that he would order a special investi
gation into the grain situation at Chi
cago and other middle Western cities
to determine whether conspiracies ex
isted to raise the price and delay ship
ments to Eastern markets.
He also said the high prices of po
tatoes, beans and onions are being in
vestigated.
ESTATE WILL BE DIVIDED
Taconiu Salesman Loses Last Move
in Fl ght for Riches.
SAN FRANCIS CO, Feb. 19. The Cal
Ifornia Supreme Court today refused
to grant a last-minute stay in distrl
bution of the $2, 600, 000 estate of Fred
erick W. Sharon, set for tomorrow In
the lower court.
Frederick Wallace Sharon, a Tacoma,
Wash., salesman, a contestant for half
of the estate as an adopted son, asked
for a stay through counsel engaged
since counsel formerly representing
him withdrew a few days ago. -
GREEKS STILL HOLD ARMS
Entento Blockade Continues for That
Reason, Dispatch Says.
LONDON, Feb. 19 The French
British and Russian legations at
Athens have published a statement ex
plaining the reasons for the continua
tion- of the blockade, says an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from that capital.
The chief reason is that the require
ments of the entente ultimatum to the
Greek government, especially with ref
erence to the delivery of arms, have
not been fulfilled completely.
SALVATIONISTS' AID SHOWN
Many Million Beds and Meals Fur
nished in Last Ten Years.
CHICAGO. Feb. 19. Statistics made
public here today by the Salvation Army.1
covering the entire country for the
last ten years, show that the army fur
nished approximately 34,000,000 beds
for Indigents, nearly 44.000,000 meals
were provided and 343,418 persons sent
on Summer outings.
More than 30,000 tons of coal were
given for emergency relief.
FAMILY PERISHES IN FIRE
Man, Two Women and Three Chil
dren Victims of Alberta Blaze.
LETHB RIDG E, Alberta, Feb. 19
Six persons are believed to have per
ished in a fire which destroyed the
home of Fred Dase In a lonely district
five miles south of Taber Saturday.
Coroner Humphries, of Lethbrldge,
said today that the bodies of Dase, his
wife and his wife's sister, Mrs. John
Tankrantz, had been recovered from
the ruins and that search was being
made for the bodies of three children.
nCMCPfll CIIHGTIIH
Ulhu uUUUtfiLi
Fatal Stroke Comes at
San Antonio.
ACUTE INDIGESTION IS CAUSE
Aguinaldo's Captor Expires
Playing With Child.
MILITARY RECORD UNIQUE
Late Commander of United States
Troops on Border Ends Distin
guished Career Wife Is
Prostrated at Presidio.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Feb. 19.
Major-General Frederick Funston.
commander of the Southern Depart
ment, United States Army, since Feb
ruary, 1915. died suddenly at a hotel
here tonight, a few minutes after he
had finished dinner. He collapsed
while seated in the lobby of the hotel
talking with friends, and was playing
with little Inez Sllverberg, of Des
Moines, la., a guest, with her parents.
at the hotel, when he fell unconscious.
Death was almost lntantaneous. Gen
eral Funston was 51 years old.
Burden of Work Great.
Ever since March, 1916, when he
was placed In command of all United
States forces on the Mexican border.
General Funston had worked at -an
unusual pace. At critical times In bor
der developments he frequently re
mained on duty 24 hours of the day.
The handling of regulars disposed of
at various stations on the border, the
Pershing expedition, and of late, re
arrangement of regular troops, while
providing for the return of National
Guardsmen, have entailed an enormous
amount of detail work, probably ex
ceeding that which has fallen to any
commanding General- of the United
States Army since the Civil War. Only
today General Funsfon completed or
ders for the return of the Guardsmen.
Philippine Exploit Distinguishes.
The plctureeqiie" and dashing cap
ture of Agulnaldo. the Filipino rebel
chief, was the achievement which
brought Funston prominently to the
attention of the American people, but
he performed many services for his
country besides that which were prob
ably more difficult.
His administration of affairs in
Vera Cruz, where he carried out the
President's orders with a firm hand,
simply holding the city when every
influence about him was centered upon
forcing the American Army into actual
fighting with the Mexicans, probably
was the most notable service of his
career.
The American troops had been in
possession of Vera Cruz only a few
days when one of the Mexican gener
als sent in a message' saying In most
polite terms that h was unable to
restrain his troops ' longer, and that
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INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 41
degrees; minimum, 87 decrees.
TODAY'S Rain, possibly part snow; south
westerly winds.
Legislatures,
bill passes Senate
Road bonds
25 to 4.
Page 1.
Idaho antl-allen bill Is reintroduced In State
Senate. Page ti.
Olympic legislation ceases while mountain's
name is discussed. Page 0.
House passes S12.0O0 expense bill for .'bond
election. Page 7.
Washington bone-dry law Is signed by Gov
ernor. Page 1.
Rural credits bill passes. Page 7.
State will not press suits against Pacific
Livestock Company. Page 6.
War.
Germany, slow to awake, spends untold
sums to influence neutral press. Page 4.
One TJ-boat sinks three ship. Berlin reports.
Page 3.
Submarines.
Americans unable to get permission to leave
Germany. Page 1.
Wilson still defers final action In submarine
situation. Page a.
national.
General Pershing succeeds to command on
border. Page 2.
General Funston dies suddenly. Page 1.
Wilson gives notice he will hold Cuban
rebels responsible for damage done to
foreign property. Page 3.
Domestic
Ex-wlfe killed for refusing kiss. Page 2.
Alleged Teuton spies arrested in New York
for violation of American neutrality.
Page 1.
Sports.
Western Club boxing smoker Friday night
to consist of seven bouts. Page 12.
World's checker champion plays exhibition
in Portland. Page 12.
Uncle Sams have last chance tonight to
get out of cellar. Page 12.
Jefferson swamps Hill. S3 to 0. Page 13.
Pacific Northwest.
Submarine base Is up to Astorlans. Page 14.
Commercial and Marine.
Uniform quality and standard packages
urged on creamerymen. Page 23.
Unfavorable crop reports and traffic im
provement lift wheat at Chicago. Page 23.
Cattle and swine Higher at Portland stock
yards. Page 23.
Allies may place orders here for 4000-ton
wooden ships. Page 14.
Portland and Vicinity.
Belgian relief campaign opens with rush.
Page 24.
Retail dealers In session. Page 5.
Liquor seized in raid on Golden West Hotel.
Page 11.
Episcopalians raise (12,252 for clergy pen
sion fund. Page 13.
Lincoln High class tree planted In 1889 Is
felled. Page 11.
Weather report, data and forecast. Page 23.
Stolen love case opens. Page 1.
Christian Endeavor speaker gives military
talk. Page 6.
GIRL IN SUBURBS IS CHOKED
Margaret Callahan's Assailant Is
Frightened Away by Pedestrian.
Miss Margaret Callahan was attacked
at Bast Fifty-third and Belmont streets
by a man who seized and chokert hen
last nigh, according to information
received by the police.
The girl's assailant was frightened
away when a pedestrian came up at
tracted by her cries. Miss Callahan said
she was going to visit a friend at 229
Fifty-second street at the time.
BRIDGE GUARD DOUBLED
Xew York Guardsmen Get Drastic
Orders About Poughkeepsle Span'
POCGHKEEPSIE, N. T., Feb. 19.
The guard of Poughkeepsle bridge was
redouble today following receipt of
drastic orders received rrom division
headquarters of the National Guard.
The militia officers would not dis
cuss the extraordinary precautions or
a rumor that they had knowledge of
Intent to tamper with the bridge.
JUST WAITIN' AN OVERT ACT.
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PERMITS TO LEAVE
GERMANY REFUSED
American ResidentsDe-
tained in Country.
NO OTHER TROUBLE IS MADE
Most of Those Still There Are
Planning to Remain.
MUCH OPTIMISM IS FELT
Opinion of Germans, Including High
Officials, However, Is That Two
Countries Are Yet Steering
Toward Hostilities.
COPENHAGEN', via London. Feb. 19.
All Americans arriving from Berlin
have reported that the situation In Ber
lin, so far as Americans are concerned,
is little changed since the departure of
Ambassador Gerard.
The Lokal Anzelger, the Deutsche
Tages Zeltung and several other news
papers of Berlin and the provinces have
fprlnted unpleasant things about Amer
ica and Americans, but there appears to
be no disposition to make trouble for
Americans remaining In Germany. The
only inconvenience has been Inability
to get permission to leave the country.
Many Decide to Remain.
Even this is not felt seriously by a
Large part of American residents, who
have determined to remain In Germany
regardless of developments, and who,
with the usual optimism of Americana
in a similar crisis, are becoming con
vinced that matters will not go-beyond
the present status of ruptured relations.
This, however, does not appear to be
the impression of Germans, Including
those in official positions, who .eeem
to believe tbe two countries are steer
ing toward actual hostilities, and that
there Is little chance of ultimately
avoiding war.
The American Legation here has re
ceived Instructions from Washington
to look out for Americans arriving in
Copenhagen from Germany and cable
their names promptly to tbe depart
ment. More Consols Are Leaving.
The American Consular-officers In
Germany who did not accompany James
W. Gerard, the American Ambassador,
when he departed from Berlin, now are
leaving Germany, most of them by the
route to Switzerland. Frederick Achen
bach. Special Commissioner of the
American Treasury Department In Ger
many and Scandinavia, and his brother
and clerk, Charles Achenbach. who
were to have left with the Consular
officials, arrived last night, having
elected to come from Berlin this way on
account of their connections with Scan
dinavia. The same train brought Mr. Luetke.
delegate of the American Red Cross ef
Austin, Tex. Two other Americans,
whose passports were vised througu
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SPY PLOT AGAINST
BRITISH ISCHARGED
ARRESTS MADE FOR CSEVG
UNITED STATES AS BASE.
Agents Sent to England Said to
Have Sent Back Information
Written In Invisible Ink.
XEW YORK, Feb. 19. Agents of the
Department of Justice arrested here
tonight two men, giving theri names
as Albert S. Sander and Charles W.
Wunnenburg, charged with violating
the. Federal law against carrying on
a military enterprise against a for
eign country.
They are accused of conspiring to
obtain military. Information In Eng
land to be sent to this country and
then forwarded to Germany.
The complaint charged them with
conspiring to employ agents to obtain
maps, photos and other military In
formation in England and Ireland for
the benefit of Germany.
Sander, who Is 35 years old. Is presi
dent of the Central Powers War Films
Exchange In this city. Wunnenburg.
40 years old. Is his assistant. Coun
sel for the accused men said tonight
that Wunnenburg has been a natural
ized citizen of this country 25 years.
The men are accused of sending, to
Great Britain agents who obtained
military information which was trans
mitted to this country In letters writ
ten In Invisible ink. This information
it is alleged, -was disseminated In the
United States to agents of the central
powers.
Secret service agents had been work
lng on the case for months. They be
gan soon after the arrest In England
of George Vaux Bacon, who claimed to
represent American newspapers. Ba
con's photograph was forwarded to this
country by the British authorities and
by means of it. Superintendent Offley
said, the secret service was able to
connect him with the operations of
Sander and Wunnenburg,
The Federal agents' Investigation Is
said to have Involved at least 15 so
called newspapermen employed by
Sander and Wunnenburg and ordered
by them to England and Ireland. Mil
itary data were brought to this country
by eome of their number traveling as
American citizens. Women frequently
were used, sometimes innocently, to
carry this Information.
The Ink used deceived the 'British
authorities for some time because it
does not become visible under heat,
but requires a special chemical prep
aration. AMBASSADOR TO PROTEST
Fletcher Will Signal Arrival by
Slaking Representations.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. One of the
first official acts of Henry P. Fletcher,
the new American Ambassador to Mex
ico, will be to protest against confisca
tion of mines not in, operation on Feb
ruary 14.
Mr. Fletcher's arrival at the Mexican
capital yesterday was reported today
to the State Department. His formal
presentation to General Carranza prob
ably will not be later than Thursday
and immediately afterward he will
begin making representations on vari
ous questions at Issue between the two
governments.
ZIONIST RELIEF GOES ON
Work in Palestine, Poland and
Lithuania Not to Be Stopped.
NEW YORK, Feb. 19. The provision
al Zionist committee announced here
the diplomatic situation between the
United States and Germany had not In
terfered with Its distribution of relief
funds in Palestine, Poland and
Lithuania.
With the approval of the Danish
government and the support of Min
ister Egan at Copenhagen, It was said,
Danish Jews have taken over the com
mittee's work In the three districts,
to which more than $1,000,000 already
has been sent.
BIG' OIL MELON INDICATED
Standard, of California, Has $25,
000,000 More Assets Than Capital.
SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. 19. Mak
ing an affidavit that their net assets
are in excess of their capital by $25.
000.000, the Standard Oil Company of
California has made application to the
State Corporation Commission to Issue
$24,843,300 worth of stock as a stock
dividend to the stockholders of the
company.
A similar stock dividend was de
clared a year ago. The company has
745.300 shares of stock worth $7,453,
000 now outstanding.
NORWAY TO GET ITS COAL
British Exact Cessation of Pyrites
Exports to Germany.
LONDON. Feb. 19. A dispatch to
Reuters Telegram Company from
Chrlstianla says the special restrictions
imposed by Great Britain on the export
of coal to Norway have been with
drawn, while Norway has stopped li
censes for the export of pyrites to Ger
many. The latter question, which is the
main point of difference between the two
governments, will be referred to two
eminent lawyers, and should Norway's
contention be upheld licenses will be
again granted.
Customs Jobs Protected.
OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, Feb. 19. Senator Chamberlain
was today advised that the Collector
of Customs at Portland has been In
structed to abolish no offices under his
jurisdiction. His force is to be reduced.
but only as vacancies occur normally.
IS. GADWALLADER
WITH GIRL AT HOTEL
Employer Not Along, Is
Testimony at Trial.
GIFT OF CANDY IS DISPUTED
Husband Admits Taking $1000
From Troeh for Intrusion.
TRIP TO SEAVIEW RECITED
Witnesses Say James E. Cameron,
Rich Timberman, and Pretty
Stenographer Were Xot
Alone at Beach Resort.
Charles L. Cadwallader offered
reasons of his own and testimony of
witnesses In the court of Circuit Judge
Davis yesterday to show why he be
lieved James E. Cameron, wealthy
timberman, has stolen the love of
Mrs. Dorothy Cadwallader his pretty
stenographer to the injury of Mr.
Cadwallader In the sum of $50,000.
He admitted receiving a note for
$1000 from Jesse Troeh. assistant man
ager of a local candy shop, last April.
in recompense for an alleged Intrusion
in the Cadwallader home, but said that
this was not the cause of the broken
ties, as he and his wife agreed to live
together following what he referred to
as the "Troeh incident."
"Troeh Incident" Explained.
Mr. Cameron's attentions to his
stenographer were responsible for the
desertion which led Mr. Cadwallader to
secure a divorce last November de
clared the aggrieved husband. Mrs.
Cadwallader, on the other hand, testi
fied that she lost her respect for Mr.
Cadwallader when he could not work
and support her and that the Troeh.
case was a direct cause of her leaving
her husband.
Mr. Cadwallader's own testimony of
the note incident at his home, after his
wife had admitted to him that Mr.
Troeh. had visited her one night, was:
"There was a silence for some while
when I told Troeh my wife had admit
ter things. He asked me what my senti
ment was. '
rayment of f 10OO Ileclted.
"I told him I wouldn't settle things
in the usual way that I'd make It a
matter of dollars and cents. I said
$1500 would be about right. He said
he couldn't pay It, but if I took off
$500 he could. So I made out the note
for $1000."
He testified he had not yet cashed
the note, which was payable last July,
because he did not feel that Mr. Troeh
was the real one who had broken up
his home.
Chief allegations In the plaintiff's
case, as presented yesterday, were six
in number.
Visits to Hotel In Testimony.
First in Importance may have been
the charge that Mrs. Cadwallader
stayed two nights at the Cornelius Ho
tel and one night at the Portland Hotel
while her husband was out of town
and that Mr. Cameron paid for her
room each night. Henry E. Fletcher.,
manager of the Cornelius, and Joseph
Herman, clerk at the Portland, were
witnesses called by the plaintiff.
In cross-examination by Attorneys
McCourt and Watklns It was shown
that the rooms were occupied by Mrs.
Cadwallader and a girl friend. Alice
Tooley, on February 2, 3 and 4. This
wae during the silver thaw when cars
were not running to Mrs. Cadwallader's
home in the Mount Scott district, and
at a time when hundreds of other
young women were provided with hotel
accommodations, by employers.
Mr. Cameron Not Along.
There was no evidence that Mr. Cam
eron had visited Mrs. Cadwallader at
the hotels, though he took her to the
Cornelius the night of February' 2.
Mr. Cameron was registered at the
Portland the first night Mrs. Cadwalla
der was at the Cornelius and was not
registered at either hotel the othor
nights.
A second charge of the plaintiff was
that Mr. Cameron gave his wife a large
box of candy on Christmas, 1912. He
produced the box In court. His di
vorced wife took the stand and iden
tified the box as one he himself had
given her the first Christmas follow
ing their marriage In 1912.
She remembered it particularly, she
said, because her husband was so
pleased at being able to get It at a
wholesale house, where It cost less
than it would have cost at retail.
Visit to Beach Gone Into.
Then there was the Incident of the
1913 vacation at Seaview, Wash. Mr.
Cadwallader said his wife went there
alone, that Mr. Cameron followed her.
went swimming with her and stayed
nights at the same cottage with her.
On cross-examination of Mrs. Minnie
Misner. at whose cottage the two
stayed. Mrs. Misner asserted that Mrs.
Cadwallader slept with her every night
of her visit, and that her mother and
sister were In the cottage at the same
time. Mr. Cameron was Invited to
stay there because there was no room
at the hotel, she said.
When they went swimming there
were hundreds on the beach. Mrs. Mis
ner said Mr. Cameron paid no more at
tention to Mrs. Cadwallader than ho
did to her, and that Mrs. Cadwallader
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