St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 28, 1928

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MEW YORK Dec. 28.—The stock Ke ‘gave an extraordinary dem- mation of strength today, in the eo the greatest credit stringen- bf the year. Although a tem- an a dozen issues down 2 to } points, buying support was " y provided, and the general arket headed upward again by fly afternoon. Thirty or more " ) were 4 to issues marked up 22 aay ve at least a score high with new The Associated Press a . MISS MSGRATH, IF ASTRO ASKs FoR. ME TELL ’EM IVVE —\ GONE TO JOIA) iT SAYs > i SONAL IDENTIAL’. Et WIN’ ENOUGH 4 PLAYIN’ POKER ae 4 NTY'S TO BUY A so OF CLOTHES TO WT MOMBIN : % £25 average 1 ee of selected list of 20 industria ~91.84 to ities rose from 5,10. Call money renewed at 12 the highest opening rate since ary, 1920, ane held steady at figure throught the session ding. despite the calling of about mo000,000 in bank loans. Time mney held firm around the recent levels. Although some easing Pall rates is expected after the Mt of the year. the persistent mness of time money is & source fuheasiness in conservative brok- r 4 } circles, ‘Be ir’ traders. who sold stocks wy per avy last week in the hope of yerin them at a profit on the ex- “MPa reaction coincident with the rr fin money, were forced to bid nto buy back their stocks in to- Smarket. National Tea ran up points on top of an 18-point m yesterday. International Har- fer jumped 17% points, Bur- hs Adding Machine 14, Ra- 613, Safeway Stores 2114, Wright , . a ‘than resting on his host's beautiful |estate. fonautical 10 and General EJec- i, Johns-Manville. A. M. Byers, Mé-Chalmers, Commercial! ‘Wee, National Biscuit, Borden anc eee «Service of New Jersey 09% points higher. Among the many stocks to move new high ground were Kenne- mand Nevada Coppers. Goodrich Wer, Genera) Electric, Atlantic } ‘originally planned for Sunday, has | ‘been postponed to with the ; noon. mng, Air and i Warner. Rails moved forward Mustriais, most of the November reports now being pub- #@re favorable in character. mapeake & Ohio ran up nearly 2 Points to a new top at 215%. reported that the minority wanolders had withdrawn their tion to the Van Sweringen plans. New Haven also mtied a new top. Allis Chalmers in 200 Class. Allis Chalmers climbed into the “ @ share class for the first mein the late afternoon, and MWay Stores, in which the initial Me yesterday was 171, brought *® Vanadium Steel, Allied Chem- ™ Sloss-Sheffield Steel and migomery Ward tallied 6 to 10% mit gains. mies appréximated 4,700,000. . unexpected reduction of 000 in Federal Reserve fers’ loans was followed by an- “=? advance in prices at the of today’s stock market. | ors for the advance ap- muy showed little concern over sue expected “money squeeze.” we | appreheneion was felt in tg quarters over the contin- ee frre ness of time money, which Ay : ®ut little hope of much "“? Credit conditions after the 2 of the year. Although bro- i foans have declined for three Mive weeks, the total is still ™ &bove a billion dollars over outstanding a year ago, Combinations Expected. " and business news con- = favorable. Announcement “88 acquisition of Kinnear %% by the National Bellas Hess z ns the recent strength in eer stock. Several new com- are expected next year in ¢ utility, motor, merchan- md chain store fields. Reduction, ritbsls Msing stock prices with a tabies and market news =a be found on the finan- ae: we Solv- | | itinue his shooting and in the after- ‘noon will be entertained at a rodeo | iin which BYRD EXPLORES DISCOVERY INLET AND ADDS DETAILS NOT SHOWN ON CHARTS Hidden Elbow Extends Ten Miles—Head of Antarctic Expedition Hopes to Prove Land Underlies Barrier. SIX QUAIL SHOT BY COOLIDGE ON SAPELO ISLAND President, Who Bagged Three Pheasants and Two Turkeys Yesterday, Goes After Birds Again. By the Associated Press. SAPELO ISLAND, Brunswick, Ga., Dec. 28, — Six quail went into the presidential game bag on President Coolidge’s second shoot- ing expedition on the preserves of Howard E. Coffin today. Enthusi- aStic afte: yesterday’s run of luck, 2 ee : . sinking spell around midday |; When he and Col. Starling of the | White House Secret Service winged six pheasants and two wild tur- keys, Mr. Coolidge and_= several friends today followed a string of hunting dogs into the tangled un- derbrush of Sapelo Island proper. Immediately after breakfast the President began his sittings for a | portrait being painted by Frank O. records for the) English artist, and hunting grounds until after 10 o'clock, ‘The party spent only a half hour in actual shooting, and returned to Coffin’s home for luncheon, Departing from yesterday’s cus- tom of remaining on the edge of a broad marsh and waiting for Ne- gro beaters to seare up the birds, Mr. Coolidge and Col. Starling to- day followed a pack of dogs into the thick clumps of palmetto scrub, marsh grass and moss-cov- ered tree growth, Both Miss Several Birds were plentiful, Salisbury, the start to the was no‘ made an Shots. and both 'the President and Col. Starling had missed Presi- than numerous chances. Both oceasionally, although the dent’s aim was even better yesterday. At the last minute today, Mirs, Coolidge and Mrs. Coffin decided not to accompany the party bé- cause of the thick underbrush, In- stead, Mrs. Coolidge remained at the Coffin home and posed for her portrait, also being painted by Salisbury. The President had the afternoon or plans for other no tonight, Tomorrow morning he wil! con- Negro boys will attempt to ride the semi-wild cattle of the island. To Dedicate Old Tree. Dedication of the “Coolidge oak’ Monday Immediately after attend- ing services at Frederica Episcopal Church, where Charles Wesley is said to have preached his first ser- mon in America, Mr. Coolidge and other members of the party will proceed aboard the yvacht Zapala, for Coffin’s hunting lodge on the mainland, where the night will be spent in preparation for an early start at Monday's shooting. Monday Mr. Coolidge will return to St. Simons’ Island and dedicate the oak. which sprang from the tree which furnished timber for the keel of the frigate Constitution. A visit to his old friend Charles _ S&S. Barrett on Peters’ Point will fol- low, after which the President will return onee more to his mid-winter home on Sapelo Island. - An invitation to hunt for bigger game has been sent to Mr. Coolidge | by Jack Williams, publisher of the Waycross (Ga.) Journal-Herald, who has asked the President to visit his place to shoot bear. USING DECOY AND BLIND, BOY KILLS BIRDS IN WABASH YARDS Using a live decoy and a blind formed by a clump of weeds after the fashion of “‘*uck hunters, a boy armed with a new rifle shot seven pigeons in the Wabash rail- road vards near the Compton ave- nue viaduct yesterday before he was interrupted by a_ railroad watchman and fled, leaving his rifle and game behind. Alphonse Niemeth, the watch- man, attracted by the sounds of shots shortly after noon, investi- gated. Suddenly a boy, described by Niemeth as being about 12 years old, jumped from a clump of dried weeds and flec. In the weed patch Niemeth found seven dead pigeons and a small caliber rifle. Ih an open space within easy range a crippled pigeon was staked out In ~ circle of scattered corn, Niemeth turned the rifle over to police and gave the pigeons to a poor familv. |covered, after- | ‘this crack | around to the sea. By COMMANDER RICHARD BYRD. (Copyright. 1928, by the Post-Dispatch and the New York Times. World Rights Reserved, This story is published exclusively in St. Louis in the Post-Dispatch. All news articles from members of the Byrd pariy, Or from special correspondents assigned to it will appear only in the Post-Dis- patch in this city. ABOARD THE BARK CITY OF NEW YORK, Dec. 27 (Delayed). (By wireless) —Our visit to Dis- covery garbut was perhaps worth While from a geosrairfiical stand- point. We reached the great ice barrier at about 177:40 longitude, approx- imately 70 statute miles to the westward of the entrance of Dis- covery Harbor. As we approached the barrier, we could see on our starboard two places where the barrier sloped down to the water’s edge. These were about 100 yards wide, and the phenomenon is interesting, as the barrier generally rises more or less perpendicularly from the wa- ter’s edge from 30 or 40 to 160 feet in altitude. Though this is midsummer down here, w@ found E. Discovery Harbor filled with what | we call bay ice for three-quarters of its length. Finds Charts in Error. We have found that this beauti- ful ice-locked harbor.is not accu- rately charted It may be theer has been some change in its contour since the last explorer re- ported it. Strom. Balchen, Braa- then, Peterson and I proceed on skis to the eastward of the head | of the harbor to select a landing field. as we hope later on to chart Discovery Harbor with one of Oué automatic mapping cameras. We have found that instead of running east and west as shown by charts. there is a general curve from eastward toward the south. where the lines of the ice barrier meet, its. direction runs nearer to north and south than it does east and west. At a point about three-quarters of the distance between the ship and the end:of the harbor, the bar- rier sloped gently down to the bav ice, so that we were able to climb onto the barrier, which we ascend- ed for 150 feet and still we had ‘not reached the top. Thinks Land Is Underneath. At this point, Strom. Balchen and Braathen proceeded to inves- tigate some snow peaks we had seen to the southeast near ths curve of the harbor. There turned out to be several peaks with val- leys in between, and we have de- cided that though thev are snow- land lies under them and that this is part of some land that keeps intact this extraordinary ‘harbor fashioned in the ice barrier There were several places toward | ' the end of the harbor on both sides which sloped down to the water. At the end of the harbor the two bar- rier walls do not meetybecause of a small channel extending to the southeast. One of the members of a Nor- wegian whaling expedition, Dr. Richovd, told me that he followed and that it eurved This shows that that part of the barrier to the northward, which forms a part of Discovery Harbor. is an ice island. _As there is a strong easterly cur- rent running along here and under the barrier, it indicates that this ice island is resting somewhere on land. This I believe is of some inter- est to geographers, as. there has been a great deal of discussion as to whether or not the ice barrier, or parts of the ice barrier, rests on land. We have been. taking soundings regularly and the lowest depth of water we have so far gotten at or near the barrier is 245 fathoms. Hopes to Prove Contention. Later on, after mapping Discov- ery Harbor from the air and tak- ing more soundings, we hope to be able to show conclusively that con- siderable of the barrier about the harbor rests on land. We have found other errors ‘in the chart of the harbor. The depth finder, which we took so much trouble and expense to put on the ship. has proved well worth while, as we can get accurate soundings without stopping the ship, by getting from the bottom of the ocean the time of the return of*the echo of the sound we make with electricity. We have reached the barrier some days earlier in the season than any other explorer, and are getting some interesting data on the pack ice and the bay ice that one might find at this time of the year, We passed two ice packs in the Ross Sea in addition to the one we had such a difficult time getting through, but we were fortunately able to get around them to the westward without being put very much off our course. Today we are coasting along te face of the Barrier toward the east, sailing with a light breeze .o save coal, and hope to arrive at the Bay late tonight or fomorrow morning. that | ‘has made any definite selections he ‘selections until he has had an op- 'and Republican party leaders after HOOVER EXPECTED TU ACEP MELLON IN THE CABINE| He May Retain Also One Other of Coolidge’s Ad- | visers — Io Confer With | Republican Leaders. MEANTIME KEEPS ~ HIS OWN COUNSEL He Maps Out His Inaugural Address in a_ General Way — Watches Battle Drill on the Utah. By the Associated Press. ABOARD U. 8. 8. UTAH, 28.—President-elect a strenuous period during the two months which remain before his inauguration. The President-elect has before Dec. Hoover faces ‘Nolle SIDENER DROPS RUBBERY CHARGE ! AGAINST BALDWIN Prosses Accusation. KING PASSES RESTFUL DAY, CONTINUES TO HOLD OWN AFTER | | on Which Ex-Convict ~ Kansas “Countess” Was Once Sentenced to Five Years. ete ee JONES PARKER GOT VERDICT REVERSED Supreme Court Took Some { ' } i | , } ’ of Pardoning Power Be- longing to Judge Hall Comments. Clearing up his dockets’ before retiring from office next Monday, Circuit Attorney Sidener dismissed today the of against Sylvester Baldwin which charge robbery him the selection of his Cabinet, the mapping of the policies of his| the address for this address Washington administration and prepara- inaugural To £O tion of his March 4. Hoov?r will write from to Florida about Jan. 15 up his residence on the quiet J. C Penney estate on an island near Miami. to take! attracted considerable public at- tention while it was pending in the Supreme Court of Missouri because Governor, of the activities of Baldwin's law- | yer, State Representative Jones H. | Parker, a former assistant of Side- | Baldwin, an Louis, was charged with $31.50 from Smith of taking Loy 4762A While Hoover has mapped out this speech in a general way, actua! writing will require some. time as was demonstrated during his political campaign. Hloover has been giving his thoughts to his Cabinet. but if he has kept them to himself. [ven his closest advisers on the Latin- tty (Pe wa : its, driver, on Jan. 3, Easton avenue, a laundry 1924. Appearing before Circuit Judge | Hall today to nolle pross the case, Sidener related that he had told the Supreme Court he had become convinced that Baldwin was not guilty. Sidener reiterated this be- lief to Judge Hall. The Judge re- Inarked: American tour assert he has given that at the end of the harbor ino indication of his appointments So 1a ; > é Mellon Likely to Remain. The general belief is, however, that Secretary of the Treasury Mel- lon will remain and possibly one other member of the Cabinet of President Coolidge will be re- tained. The President-elect has stated that he will make no final Cabinet portunity to confer with friends his arrival in Washington. It was reiterated today that Hoo- ver will make no effort during his stay in Washington to _ influence legislation pending before the pres- ent session of Congress and that the calling of an extra session of the new Congress depends on what the present short session does, es- pecially with respect to farm legis- lation. \ So far, advices received by the Hoover official party have given no indication that this program would be completed: at this Con- gress. Hoover issued a statement just before the election that he would call an extra session if ade- quate farm legislation were not passed by March 4. Watches Battle Drill. The President-elect is continuing to rest aboard the Utah. He al- ready is showing less of the phys- ical strain which was evident when he sailed from Rio de Janeiro last Sunday night. After the Utah crosses the equator today, Hoover and his party will feel they are really on the last leg of their jour- ney home, although nine days’ steaming still are ahead of the bat- tleship before the Virginia capes are reached. The Util still fs en- countering fairly heavy seas, but rides them with a lazy motion that produces no discomfort to Mr. and Mrs. Hoover, Yesterday morning the Presi- dent-elect watched “general quar- ters,” a ship drill, consisting of battle practice and theoretical fir- ing with long range guns. Every blue jacket took his battle post and all the operations of en- gaging an enemy were carried out except the actual firing of the guns. Hoover Requests That No Salutes Be Fired on His Arrival. WASHINGTON, Dec. 28.—In a message from the battleship Utah to the commandant of the Fifth Naval District at Norfolk, Va.. President-elect Hoover requested that “all salutes, honors and calls be dispensed with’ in his arrival Jan. 6, at Hampton Roads, and ‘hat all military and naval authori- ties at Norfolk and Fortress Mon-* roe be notified of his preference in this matter, If the weather permits, the mes- sage stated. the Hoover party will disembark at Old Point Comfort after luncheon, going directly from the dock to the railroad atation to take a special train to Washington. All passengers will be put ashore in the Utah's own boats, but two tugs have been requested to traas- fer baggage and supplies to the dock. About 60 truck loads of material. it is estimated, will have to be transferred. Trucks and automo- biles to take the party and their baggage from the dock to the spe- cial train also were requested. Ar- rangements for the special train wagon ner in the Circuit Attorney's office. | ex-convict of St. “Oh, yes, that’s the case | where the Supreme Court took a | 'step into the future and took some 'of the power belonging to | Governor.” One of the Governor’s powers is that of pardoning convicted ecrim- inals. Beldwin, on trial in Circuit Court, had been convicted and sen- tenced to five years in the peniten- tiary. Parker prosecuted an ap- peal for him, but Division Nov 2 of the Supreme Court affirmed the verdict. While Parker was trying to obtain ae rehearing, Sidener wrote to the Court, in 1926, saying that a review of the case and peru- sal of affidavits obtained after the tria] by Parker made him believe Baldwin was not guilty. Sidener said at the time that he would dis- miss the case if it were remanded. The affidavits were executed two vears after the crime, one by Smith, who said he sometimes felt he was mistaken in his identifica- tion of Baldwin, and three hy po- licemen, who asserted that Bald- win was removing Christmas decorations at ‘the time of the holdup. Although the time for granting a rehearing had expired, a majority of tle di- vision granted one on the Court's own motion and the conviction was affirmed again in May, 1926. Because one Judge dissented, however. the case was sent to the Supreme Court en banc and argued twice. The first time the Judges ailed to agree. On June 27, 1927, the Court reversed and remanded the case for new trial, holding that Baldwin had‘ not received a fair and impartial trial. It did not come up on the docket in Judge Hall’s court until the new term opened recently. $9,646,896 REAL ESTATE terday: Penalty to Be Charged After Monday. Real estate and personal taxes collected yesterday amounted to 1$2,119,236.55, bringing the total since the bills were sent out Nov. 15 to $9,646.896.22. Next Monday is the last day for without penalty. 723.82 had been received. is $32,887,623.10, as with $31,492.707.48 last year. After the amount is added, 1. when the monthly penalty comes 3 per cent of the bill. SINGLE-MOTORED PLANE RISES 19,800 FEET WIFH FIVE ABOARD Pilot From U. S. Takes Mexico- Argentina Machine Over Popocatepetl. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 28.—Clif- ford McMillin, American pilot who is planning to accompany Joaquin Gonzalez Pacheco on a proposed flight from Mexico City to Buenos Aires; took the monoplane “Emilio Carranza,” a Wasp motored Stin- son, in which the attempt will be made, on a test flight over the Popocatepet! volcano Wednesday. McMillin said that the plane, carrying four passengers in addi- tion to the pilot. reached an alti- have bécn made directly with rail- road authorities. - tude of 19,800 fcet. the | en ee se = ; in John Hurley's saloon | |—has been transplanted from the | AND PERSONAL TAX PAID $2,119.236 Collected by City Yes- | paying taxes | Last year at this time $10,533.- | The | sum fixed for collection this year | compared | Dec. 31 a penalty of 1 per cent of | until March | be- | at Odds With Law | } —~Associated Press Photo. MRS. PEARL FLANAGAN. RS. FLANAGAN of Wichita undertook to promote a $23,000,000 corporation to establish a fine arts school in a chateau in France which was given her two years ago by a priest in honor of American soldiers who died overseas. title “Countess de Taurine,” Mrs. Flanagan says. With the deed to the property went the She and C. F. Fay, an ex-convict, aiding in the promotion of her scheme, were sued in Kansas City by the contributor of the first $5000 to their enter- prise. Grosvenor S. Barron of Kingman, Kan., attached everything they owned except the clothes they were wearing. a 2 ee oe es a SHAW’S GARDEN SHOWS FIRST HOME-GROWN COCONUT PALM Tree Planted Five Years Ago Now | Six Feet Tall. Put on Per- manent Exhibition. One of several home-grown conut palms—the first in St. Lauis | closed propagation house at Shaw's Garden to the Palm House for permanent exhibition. Although the was planted five years ago and the tree is six feet tall, the coconut has not yet deeaved and still may be seen above the soil. It bears an unfa- miliar look to most of the visitors, for the original husk, never seen in grocery stores, has not been re- moved. The meat and milk pro- vide food for the growing plant until its roots have developed. UNSETTLED TONIGHT, PROBABLY WITH RAIN; COLDER TOMORROW THE TEMPERATURES. seed ‘; Amsterdam a om ee oe eS ee Yesterday's hizh 4S8«(4 p. m.?1. ! (5 a .m.)., HE. CAPITAL CRAVES A CABINETMAKER Official forecast for St. Louis and vicinity: Unset- tled tonight and tomorrow, prob- ably with = rain; colder tomorrow; the lowest tem- perature tonight will be above freezing. Missouri: settled and tomorrow. possibly rain changing to snow 7 Un- and rain on south portion: colder tomorrow, and in extreme north- west portion to- night. tled tonight and Illinois: tomorrow, probably rain changing to snow in north and central por- tions; rain tomorrow in extreme south portion: colder tomorrow. Sunset, 4:46; sunrise row), 7:20. The temperature at 3 o'clock this afternoon wa 74 degrees. the warmest recorded this late in the year since 1874, when on Dec. 31, the same temperature was recorded by the Weather Bureau. CO- | tonignt | in north portion, | (tomor. | |PRINCESS IN JAVA _ PHONES TO SWEDEN FOR NEWS OF BABY Astrid, Consort of Belgian Heir, Learns Daughter, Left at Home, Is Well. By the Associated Press. STOCKHOLM, Dec. 28.—The anxiety of Crown Princess Astrid of Belgium for the welfare of her baby daughier, Princess Josephine Charlotte, who is staying with her grandmother, Princess Ingeborg of Sweden, while her parents are traveling in the Far East, occa- sioned one of the longest telephone calls that ever came to Sweden. ‘rom Banjuwang, Java, the young mother, yesterday called up her former country home; Fridhem, in the Province of Ostergothland, 'where the family is spending the holidays. From Java to Amsterdam the call went by wireless, short wave, an estimated distance of 12.000 | kilometers (7452 miles), and from to Fridhem, 1500 | kilometers (931.5 miles), the by ' regular telephone cable under the | Baltic Sea which connects Sweden | with Holland, Germany and other countries. Later Princess Ingeborg said she, could hear her daughter's voice | as clearly as though she had been 'in the same building. The news of ithe 15-month-old baby was: “All ‘BOY K'NG MICHAEL DELIGHTED ‘WITH LINDBERGH PLANE MODEL |He Gets So Many Toys for Christ- mas Mother Gives Half to Poor. BUCHAREST, Rumania, Dec. 28. | —King Michael received so many [toys for Christmas that his mother. Princess Helen, ‘gave half of them away to poor children. The gift which gave the ‘T-year-old ruler the greitest delight was a huge model of Col. Lindbergh's trans- Atlantic airplane, “The Spirit of St. Louis,” presented by G. Buzdu- gan, a member of the regency. on behalf of the regents. King Michael also received a large model elephant,. two polar , bears, many other playthings and mes and an electric automobfle large enough to carry him ard his dog. After Queen Marie had lit the Christmas tree at Michael's palace, the King in the presence of the royal family and members of tho regency recited several] Christ- mas verses and then sang a Chriet- mas folk song, called “Kolinde.” By the pOETICE. SUFFERING RELAPSE -— RULER EATS MORE READILY: GENERA CONDITION BETTER -Psee Doctors After Consul- tation Announce Loca ] Status Has Been Making More Progress in Week. NEW TREATMENT WILL BE ADOPTED Physicians Do Not Explain Method to Be Tried— Public Anxiety Revived Over Monarch’s Illness. Associated Press, LONDON, Dec. 28.—The follow- ing bulletin was issued tonight on King George's condition: The King had a restful day. The slight improvement noted this morning is maintained. HEWETT. RIGBY. DAWSON, The physicians reported this inorning- that, while the condition of the affected lung region had definitely improved, his general condition had not shown the same progress. In other words, weak- ness and a deficiency of recupera- tive power persist to a serious de- Bree. A one-hour consultation was helé this morning by five of the noted specialists who have been attend- ing King. It was devoted toa gen- eral review of the progress he has been making. It was disclosed that new meas- ures had been adopted for remedy- ing the situation caused by the failure of the patient to respond in a better degree to treatment de. signed to build up his strength and to pull him through to convales- There was no hint at this time as to what these measures are. Eats More Readily. It was evident that one. difficul. ty whieh bothered the doctors had been overcome, to some degree, as it ‘was stated that the King was taking nourishment more readily. Today’s bulletin marked the re- sumption of an official ‘morning statement, as for the past Christ- mas holiday only one bulletin a day, that issued in the evening, had been given out. This morning’s bulletin, signed by Sir Stanley Hewett, who stayed in Buckingham Palace overnight as customary, Lord Dawson of Penn, Sir Hugh Rigby, Sir Hum- phrey Rolleston and Sir KE. Far- quahar Buzzard, read: The King had a fair night with quieter sleep toward morning. There is less difficulty with tak- ing nourishment and the general State has improved during the last 12 hours, Ac a consultation this morn- ing the progress of the past week was réviewed. During that pe- riod there has been a definite improvement in the local condi- tion. On the other hand the general condition as evidenced by weight and strength does not show the same progress. Measures best adapted for meeting this diffi- culty were considered and de- termined. Anxiety Still. Persists, This morning's bulletin was re. garded in palace circles as slight- ly less disquieting in character. It was pointed out that the advance made by the King during the last 12 hours was very slight, and that 26 ‘ anxiety at the palace was lessened only to a small extent. An im. — portant feature of the bulletin was the statement that the King’s gen- eral condition did not show the same progress. It ie his general condition which is the physicians’ chief concern, and it would not be ‘ ; until this showed considerable im- provement that, it was stated, any more definite progress could be made. The good sign in the bulletin, ge interpreted in well-informed cir. doctors were cles, was that the finding it lems difficult today to in- duce the King to take the nourish- ment necessary for building up his — strength. Hope Somewhat Justified. 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