The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, October 27, 1921, Image 1
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VOLUME XXXVI.
MSHOE-DORMAN
TANGLED AFFAIR
Revealing In Court Domestic
Trouble ot Long
Standing.
AFFECTING STORY
OF BODILY FEAR
Tncti WAmr TTTivirlci TT i T-I Micilinn
?uM?liliVllJ II lllUil 111 XUll3ilWU
Preliminary "With Wife of
Mishoc on Stand.
The preliminary hearing in the case
of assault and buttery against Robert
Mishoe for shooting G. K. Dorman on
the night of Sunday. October 2, and
which still remains unraveled.
(i. K. Dorman ,t.he prosecutor, was
the first witness, lie said in substance
that he was on his front porch that
ni :ht after sundown, or about that
time: that his wife and daughter were
there with him and that a man approached
out in front and this proved
to be Robert Mishoe with his gun:
that Mishoe went on by a few yards
and went to -triking and kicking a
wagon that belonged to prosecutor;
that ho tin?n turned and shot at prose-1
cutor without saying anything; that)
liis wife and daughter went inside the
house as also did witness and that
witness took down his gun and stepped
back on the nornh and fwp<l hnMr mwl i
that then both fired several more I
times. The second or third time that j
Mishoe fired lie struck Dorman with i
about twenty-two shot; that Mishoe I
then came on to the gate and cursed ,
the entire family.
The cross examination of this witness
established that for some years
jvast his daughter, Ma zip Dorman, had
been living with the witness, the
prosecutor, and had separated from
Robert Mishoe after she had married
him some years ago and became in
bad health; that Mishoe had brought
k or sent this daughter back to witness
fj i and told him to pay the doctor's bill
and so forth; th.nt since that time at
intervals Robert M'shoe had been going
back to G. K. Dor man's home
eavesdropping and that on one occasion
or perhaps more, witness had met
Mi -boo and that had exchanged hard
words; that Mishoe had never contributed
anvthing to the support of the
wife and l\nb.v, the latter having been
born at the home of G. K. Dorman
about a month after the husband had
seut her back there.
Kelly Tompkins was sworn, but his
testimony did not prove to be material
on any particular point.
G. C. So? dons testified to the conversation
that took place at the store
when the telephone was .about to be
u.xo 10 can uie snenti. lie said tli;il
ho wont to the home of (J. K. Dorman
'after hearing the shooting and the
screaming over there and that he
found all of' the Donnan family in the
back room with the lights all out and
the women apparent!" very much
frightened. lie found diot holes in
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WHISKEY FRAUD
BROUGHT OUT
Millions Involved in Alleged
Conspiracy?Warrants
Are Issued.
Philadelphia.?An alleged conspiracy
by which liquor valued at nearly
$15,000,000 was withdrawn from distilleries
in many states through the
issuance of fraudulent permits was
revealed by high prohibition officers,
who announced that warrants had
lj*en issued for the Arrest of two
fbrmer officials in the office of W. C.
McConnell, director of Federal prohibition
enforcement in Pennslyvania.
The warrants were issued for A. F.
Slater, former secretary to Mr. McConnell
and Hiram W. Benner, formerly
agent in charge of permits for
liquor withdrawals. Both are charged
with conspiring with others to defraud
the United States by means of
fraudulent permits.
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According to prohibition officers
the permits were issued promiscuously
when it became known in Washington
radical changes were to be
made in the enforcement personnel of
Pennsylvania. ?Stores were said to
have been withdrawn from distilleries
/ in New York, New Jersey, Maryland,
Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Penn|
sylvania, some of which were captured
by New York and Philadelphia
enforcement agents before they could
be delivered. Others known to be en
route arc expected to be s'eized mo-,
' mentarily.
One shipment of 100 barrels of alcohol
containing 3r>.0(*0 gallons, was
seized in New York city, it was anj
nounced. The value of this shipment
alone would exceed $500,000 based on
the prevailing price of alcohol and
bootleggers' price, the authorities said,
would put its ultimate value ,beyond
$1,000,000.
Officials declared the government
i .
tThr
tax on this shipment would exceed
$150,000.
A second shipment from Pekin, 111.,
was seized vt a railroad station. It
contained 1,000 cases of liquor,
the side of the house and in the clviirs
on the porch the next morning'.
M- Tini'Mlilli wne uvur?vn mwl lin 1
said that he bad mot Robert Mishoe
along the public road a short 4,1'me
before the shooting took place and
that lie looked and acted ir he weve
under the influence of whiskey. The
substance of the remainder of his tos- i
timony appeal's elsewhere in this
paper.
Then Mazie Dorman Mishoe, daughter
of G. K. Dorman, and wife of:
Robert Mishoe, took the stand in
order to clear up several points in
connection with the motive behind the
actions of Mishoe that night.
She appeared in court as about the
only bright spot in the v.Vdo mot.ly
gathering of stout working" men in
working clothe:-, and elderly matrons,
all interested, on one side or the other I
in this alf.' ir. She is a young woman ?
of unusual beauty. She has many of
the appearances of innate refinement
such as might not be looked for i?>
coming from such a situation of tho
serious affairs of life. Her health
appears now to bo very good indeed,
much in contrast to the state in which
she was told to be when she was sent
back home several years ago. She
i told on the st'ind that her husband
had mistreated her, that ho had beaten
her with his hands, and that he had
i threatened ner me more innii once;
that she could not be/ir ever to live
with him again; that she would die J
before she would; that her father and
mother had nothing to do with her
decision and could not prevent her returning
to her husband if she ever
could; and that no soul on earth could
ever make her go hack to him; that
she was certain he meant to kill her
if ever he could get a f.air chance;
that many times she had been in fear
of death at his hands. She told of J
seeintr him on several occasions when I
he would slip through the bushes and t
come up near the house looking and
listening as if waiting for a chance
to catch her ofT her guard.
There was no one in the audience
who could fail to sympathize with the
: young woman who told her story of
| domestic unhappiness, almost tragedy,
and they showed the kindness that
they felt for her-by their actions.
NEW SECURITY
THAT IS BETTER
The Herald has now on sale a ne*v
form of chattel mortgage, with not"
attached, that is just a > simp1"
the old style Bill of Sale; which is
just as easy to fill out, and is fro"
from the everal differenc legal oxceptiens
that used to be raised to the
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urn \i k iju 11 i;i;ii k.?:m t?5l ?l iWISIl IJ 1 .
security 011 personal property.
Pusiness men in C'onvvay as well i
as those in the country who nee'! ; :
/rood form of security from time to
wo^ld do well to call and purj
chase what they need in th.is lino
from this new lot of legal blank*.
Thev will Vnow thnt they have the
latest and best and one that will
pive them every right.
This new form is about the same
size as the bill of sale. Tt i ~ chattel
mortgage, pure and simple, and
it is just what the old bill of sale
was intended to he.
Call and get samples of the new
blank and se-p how well thoy will
fit into your business.
The promissory note printed and
sold with the chattel mortgage is
printed on the same sheet with the
mortgage but is detachable in a
moment by means of a perforated
line across the sheet, and when the
note is torn off, the balance of the
sheet forms th chattel mortgage.
Those who wish nviv retain the not,o
as attached to the chattel mortgage,
and in this case, the note folds inside
of the other.
The Herald prides itself on the
now and distinct forms that it is
getting out and it wishes Ml of it?
customers to get the benefit of a'!
the new improvements it is able to
make.
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INVESTIGATE THREATS.
A l oused by threats of vi^'^nt
orominent members of the American
Legion in Iowa, federal authorities
are conducting an investigation.
John T*. Wallace, son of the secretary
of Agriculture, was informed by
a note that he would "come across
with $200 or be blown to hell."
He didn't and warn't. Harrly H.
Polk, Des Moines, received a similar
note threatening to blow uo
his apartments and him ten, beccu^e
be "led the boys to death on
the battlefield of France."
HAVE PREFERENCE
Veterans of the world war aro given
preference fo?* postmastorships in
I _ _ LI 1 J.K _
<Mi i'xn ui'vc unirr ' ' ' ivii
j Service Commisn'^n bv Prosidrtr>*
j T-Tnivlinpf. Five noint-s will bo nddrd
jto tb.o examination rating or every
I nrosnoctivp master in ?*ov^nm^nt
I ^orvico durine: the war: ali,v*ita
tions may he waived in s'loh ca?es
and the period of war service rockoned
as a part of the required length
of business experience.
W\ 0 IT
CONWAY, S. C., THURSDAY,
CRIMPS IN LAW
SAVE SLAYERS
Execution of Fox, K?rby and
Gappins is Indefinitely
Delayed.
Columbia.?C. O. Fox did not dio in
the olectric chair at noon on Friday.
Neither did S. J. ICirby or Jesse Gappins.
The criminal and judicial procedure
in South Caroliiv.i is so con-*
;tructed that aH three of the men escaped
the death chair. Attorneys
ajrreo that there are crimps in the
law that; should he ironed out. This
Uato'Yient has been made many times
lately, promted by the C. O. Fox case,
whereby on the eve of his execution
a confessed murdered, perpetrator of j
one of the. most horrible crimes in the
hi Mory of South Carolina criminal
law. cscaped the chair.
11. A. I. !?osonherp\ attorney Tor
Fox, went before Associate Justice
Cot.liran of the supreme couri Thursday
afternoon, <m a petition of habeas
corpus, and a-deed that Fox lie allowed
to file an appeal, in spite of
the fact llvt he had allowed the time
for serving notice of appeal to pass
unnoticed. He claimed that Fox did
not have counsel at that time, or
m< pi \ l'v which to employ counsc'.
Justice Cothran promptly dismissed
the appeal. The lawyer then served
on the attorney general and on Solipit.ir
llllllieAn mil lpn nf ti'aim
Juslice Cothr.an's ruling to the entire
court, and under the law ten days'
time is allowed for filing this appeal
with the court. With Fox duo to go
the route of the electric chair before
noon on Friday, the filing of this appeal
notice on Thursday afternoon
automatically stayed the execution
and Fox will live .at least until the
next term of court for Lexington,
next February, when, if his appeal
does not stand, he will he resentenced.
Kirby stands in the same position,
though counsel for Gappins insists
that he is not playing for time,
but that he will file the appeal as
soon as he can get copy of the testimony
taken in the trial. '
These cases have been the most
puzzling in the state in years. Three
men killed a taxi driver whose car
they \Vurited to steal. Two of them
held him while the third, Fox, a hurley
man, stabbed him to deoth. twisting
the knife nround in the body, and
on the stand the three confessed the
entire crime. But they live yet longer
pending the unraveling of the legal
tangle inio which attorneys have
thrown their c.uses.
VISITS a)NWAY
ON BUSINESS
M. B. Thompson of the M. B. J
Thompson Company visited Conway J
on business the l:\tter part of last :
weclc, remaining here for several j
hours before returning to his new;
home which he recently stalled and
finished near Warn pee.
The M. B. Thompson Company now
occupies a now store M that place
and they have on hand at all times a !
large stock of seasonable goods for}
the trade. |
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COMPLETE i
tinr/^it^txt n a
I IV JtYirSU li> ?>. I Alt.
Washington.?Tdeal weather for
picking and ginning cotton prevailed
during tiro past week and very rapi'l
progress was made in all sections
where this work has not been completed,
according to the national
weather and cr^n bv^tin.
ing frost occured in the northern
sections of the cotton belt, but, witn
out material damage, according to
the bulletin, and it added:
"Picking has been completed in
South Carolina, except in the north
western portion, and the crop ha*
mostly picked in Tennessee. This
work is far advanced in Arkansas,
is well along in Oklahoma and has
been completed in Tevas except in \
the north-west portion. Picking ha.'
ltnnn inoll ?? ! a.1. J - ?
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Georgia and has been finished in
I most sections of central and southern
Alabama, while rapid progress
was made in North Carolina and
Mississippi and the crop has been
mostly picked in Louisiana.'
The seeding of small grains amd^
rapid progress during the week in
the southern portion of the winter
wheat belt from the Mississinpi
Valley eastward, but the soil has become
too dry for wheat in the ailantic
roast States from Virginia
southward and in Oklahoma. Rain
is needed also for fruit and fall
truck in all parts o4' the South.
SAFE IN SAN FRANCISCO
W. S. McCaskill received a telegram
from bis son. Konnie McCaskill of the
Urited States Navy a few days ago j
stating that he had Arrived safely in |
San Frrncisco. When he again:
reaches the eastern shores of this
country ho will have circumnavigated
the globe in a trip of about twentyfour
months.
OCTOBER 2 7, 1021
WILL COPE
WITH STRIKE
Off iota's Say Will be Able to <
Maintain Transportation j
In This State.
Pniiimi.Jo 'ru? ?..:U 1.. - r 11.? ( '
viuiuii - '/id. iii" i lui i u<u1.> ui nil' |
State will ho able to cope with the '
strike situation, if the strike takes
effect, and will operate a sufficient '
number or trains to take care of
transportation demands and they will
not go out of South Carolina to get
the men for the vacant jobs either. '
This is the substance of statements
made by offcials of the railroads operating
in South Carolina, and it is
also confirmed by Frank Shealy, chairn
an, and other members of the railroad
commission. Mr. Shealy states
that information ho has regarding the
:\?ads of the state make it plain to
him that a strike will not bo felt materially
in South Carolina. There
may bo fewer trains, he says, but
there will be sufficient number of
trains to take care of the necessary
t transportation.
Mr. Shealy states that the rail-i
road commission is not taking1 any'
Iv.mkj in the strike situation and will
not, I ut, it will do all it can to see
that there is nr. suffering ar a result
of a strike. The comnv'ssioi feels,
he says, that this country is too big
for any one set of men to do anything
or to allow anything done that will |
interfere with its transportation system
to such an extent as to cause
suffering.
VANTORBEVILLE
SHOT BY NEGRO
Who Soon After Shoots Own
Wife and Mother-inLaw
WOUNDED MAN
SIXTY-TWO SHOT
Brought to Burroughs Hospital
for Medical At- 1 tention
First Account.
Van P. Turbeville was shot last
Thursday night by Josh Brown, '
negro, using a shot gun and Turbo- i
ville was hit in sixty-two different J
places. Turbeville was brought by t
his brother to thc? Burrough TTos-1
pital here .iust after eight o'eiock
anri rot long following the crime.
The negro then went t'? his ow ti
home where he shot down his wife,
and a litt'e later tried to gel to Irs
mother-in-law to kill her. This was
the substance of th? awful stortold
to officers her? early last Friday
morning.
This negro lived near the Turbo '
vill^ settlement. Tie was in debt to
Turbeville. On Thursday evening
Turbeville drove a wagon along th*.
road and met this negro who did
not speak. Going on fo" osme <Iis
lance Turbeville stopped his vehicl
to open a gate that is across the
load. As he was doing this the no
gro had slipped up behind him and
shot him withou' warning.
Turbeville had his rifle in the
wagon, fie caught this up and shot
the negro twice but missed him owing
to the condition in which he was
at the time from the wounds he had
received. At any other time he
would not have missed his mark as
he is said to be a good marksman.
At this the negro became frightened
and this doubtless is the reason why l
he did not shoot a train. I
The scene of this dastardly crime
is in Socastee townshin one of the
most progressive farming communities
in the eastern part of South
Carolina.
The above is the first account of
this affair reaching Conway after
the wounded man was brought to
Conway.
GIVESSERViCE
AS ITS MOTTO
Piatt's Pharmacy has an attractive
advertisement in this issue calling attention
to the quick service and constant
service which the store strives
to give its patrons .'it all times.
Sow ice of this kind calls attention
to itself it- more ways than one.
The attention of every reader is
asked to the reading of this advertisement
-about the service this popular
store is giving these days.
WILL INVESTIGATE.
A Congressional investigation of
Fox Hills, L. hospital and the manajTement
or that institution is do
man doc! by the American Legion
its Women Auxiliary of New Yo.'k
The TiefTion charges that sick and
wounded n~.cn are lodged in a fir
f,ra.p ;>nd thai false ronorts hnv*
been sent by the hospital nuthoritie
to Washington in connection with I
tho nationt*' annlication for govern ,
rnent compensation. I
IKSI'LTS IN MOCK
WOOL AM) Ml'TTON
Four distinct lines of invest igationil
work arc be in** carried on by the
United States Department of Agriculture
:)t the sheep experiment station
near Dubois, Idaho. The purposes
of these breeding: experiments
Lire:
The breeding: of the heavy-shearing
type of Rambouillet sheep with a desirable
mutton form.
A study of the different types of
[ rossbrod sheep for the purpose of
nrnduciwr the type best suited to the
western ranges.
A comparative study of different
methods of utilizing ran^e 'and for
sheep raisinjr and different methods
of supplying water on dry lances.
The production of crops on arid
lands that m.ny he utilized for the
wi"*Ar fr?on''>'? ;h^er).
The Ramhouillet f.ock consists of
800 animals. KfVorts are heinK made
to intensify the most desired characteristics,
such as smooth, desirable
mutton form' and body fre^ from
wrinkle* except about the neck, a face |
ooen and free from svool blindness
and t r,vht shrinking, bright and lont?
staple fleece.
The crossbred type of sheep is ^'.lining*
in popularity on the western
r uijre becau ;e the ewes shear heavy
fleeces and produce lambs that mature
curlier than fine wool lambs. Two
principal types of crossbreds are bein.t?
studied?the Corricdale. using as
the foundation stock individuals that
were imported from New Zealand in
1014, and 1he Columbia, a new breed
made by crossing: the Lincoln and
Ramhouillet breeds. The Columbia
sheep have been developed at the station
from the foundation.
The Columbia has returned the most
wool and mutton, while the Corriedale
has produced wool somewhat superiod
in character.
LAFOLLETE HITS
TAX BILL
Washington. ? Provisions of the
tax revision bill exempting from tax
ation parts of the incomes of foreign
traders and foreign trade corporations
derived from sources outside
the United States were before the
senate again with opponents, led by
^CMiator LaFbllettc", "Republican, Wisconsin,
prepared to continue their efforts
to have them stricken out.
Despite the fight on these ser
tious and others yet to be consid-ered
Chairman Penrose, of the sen
ute finarce committee, has not given
up hope of obtaining a unanimous
consent agreoiwmt for a final vot.p
011 tlie bill tlto last of (ho week. He
said he planned to ask for such an j
agreement within *i <i-n- ~
- ....... w% ???%(> W I 1. >' Ul
In the two weeks that the bil!
has boon before tho senate, agreement
has been reached on i.nly oik*
tax provi ;ion?that relating to
transportation. besides the important
administrative section .?
provisisons yet to be acted upon include
the income taxes?normal and |
sin* taxes?corporation taxes, estate
taxes and the various socallod nuisance
excises.
The Smoot manufacturers' taK
also is yet to be considered. Sentiment
for it attain apparently
on the increase.
It is understood that Senator
Smoot is prcapred to offer an
amendment under which all farm
products would be exempt from
the proposed sales tax.
STILL TAKEN"
\li/TTTiniTrn mr a -*t
nil null 1 MAIM
Owing to Fields and Ponds on
Two Sides Operator
Made Escape.
The Rural Policemen are continuing
tlioir effort to break tip the illicit
distilling of whiskey in Horry county.
L>. Frank BelLamv has a number 01
stills to his credit, in each case destroying
the outfit and pouring out
th'3 stuff from which the monkey-rum
is made. He has reported to authorities
here the capture of still another
outfit after watching the place for
nearly two days in the woods nearby
in an effort to catch the operators.
The policeman finally gave up the
hope of catching the operators of the
still and destroyed it, together with
two barrels of sour mash and eight
empty barrels. This last still was
located on one side of a field near the
beach and owing to this field on one
side and the beach and open ponds 011
the other it was found to he impossible
t> approach near the place without
being seen. This still was located
near Cherry Grove Reach .and the
outfit was destroyed on October 18.
Digging Potatoes.
Chester. ? The Chester county
farmers are taklncr ftdvantnM r.f Aft
K'iiutifu' woathor to dij? their potatoes,
.,o a- to ^et ahead of a killing
frost. PoLito experts say tho-t p( tat
>os to e red should be gathered
before ;> kilHn? frost comes. The
past ten days Could easily bo termel
potato digging week for this' sec-'
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NO. 28
KOI1ERT MISHOE
BOUND OVER
Must Appear for Trial in Hicjhcr
Court on Grave
Charqe.
OTHER DEFENDANTS
Anr nif>M'onrr?
Hnc LHOIVnOOCLJ
Trial Grows Or-t of Rccent
Trouble When G. K. Dorman
Way Shot
On Wednesday of Inst week tho
' onrt of Magistrate W. H. Chestnut
investigated the two warrants pending
.ajrainst Robert Mishoe and Seward
and Maggie Mishoe, the latter
< r :?ri?conspiracy to kill G. K. Dorm:in.
All of the warrants were dismissed
with the consent of the prosecution
except that one which is
against Robert Mishoe for shooting
(1. K. Dorman with intent to kill him
on the nirrht of Sunday, October 2.
There was present at the court a
number of witnesses for the state,
more than is usually summoned in
such nvUtors: also the relatives and
friends of the parties involved. When
the investigation opened up both of
the charges were taken up together,
chat is, the warrant charging the serious
assault and battery with a gun,
and the charge against Robert Mishoe,
Seward Mishoe and Maggie Mishoe,
.nleging a conspiracy to do this shooting
on the Sunday night mentioned.
As the case progressed it became
clear that Maggie Mishoe had nothing
to do in working up this trouble. The
prosecutor in the conspiracy matter
was P. M. Dorman. a brother of G.
K. Dorman. He made some investigations
on his own account after the
occurrence and when the trial was
called his attorney asked the magistrate
to take Seward Mishoe out of
the case, and this was done beforeany
testimony was ''ikon, the hearing
then proceeded on the conspiracy
charge; only, as against Bob Mishoe
and Maggie Mishoe.
The charge of conspiracy ag/nnst
Maggie Mishoe. the sister of defendant,
Robert Mishoe came about from
something occurred between her and
P. M. Dorman on the night of the
difficulty, when he went to the store
of Kelly Tompkins at Adrian, to telephone
for. an officer of the law. P.
M. Dorman testified that he heard the
shooting at his brother's house and
screaming and that immediately after
that he heard screams coming from
the home of Robert Mishoe, these two
residences being on opposite sides of
him at the time. Tic went to telephone
for an officer in order to stop
the trouble which appeared to him to
be growing worse. As he rang the
telephone 4.<> notifv the sheriff. Miss
Maggie "Mishoe palled him away from
the in-t!'ii'ient and told him to stop
Rob Mishoe might kill him and
that it was her business to guard the
telephone that night. This w.ns the
only testimony involving the lady in
the matter at all and when this appeared,
she, too, was dropped from
the warrant. The case then proceeded
against Robert Mishoe alone and
he was held for trial at the court of
genera^ sessions next INI .arch.
The testimony taken at this trial
which attracted a number of spectators,
as well as other facts pertaining
to it, appear in another article in this
issue.
STATION PUTS
IN NEW PUMP
The Peoples Filling Station has
installed a new and improved pump
for dispensing gasoline. It is the
latest type of this fixture and it
shows exactly the amount of gasoline
that you get when it is drawn
and put into the tank on your car.
It is a costly improvement hut on^
frV?r? filU.WV efoti AH ?0
muivii vuv lining otui'ivil 10 |MUUU t* *
be ivblo to have for the convenience
and satisfaction of its many customers.
PEE DEE RIVER BRIDGE
Washington.?The senate ha?
recently passed the hill introduced
by Senator Smith, giving the consent
of Congress for the construction
of a bridge across the Great
Pee Dee river at Mars Bluff Ferry,
between the counti is of Marion and
Florence. The committee on commerce
amended the bill by eliminating
the toll provision which it
carried when first offered and the
measure goes to the House with this?
change. Congress has for some time
been refusing to authorize toll collection.
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Invitation for Foch.
Bristol, Va-.?An invitation for
Marshal Foch to visit Bristol on his
return from tVif* annual reunion of
the Thirtieth division at Nashville
:n Novemlor was evtnndod through
Itho ^vench ambas; ador at WashI
ington.