TODAY G1FIZEM
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: VOL. XXVXL, NO. 147
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ASHEVILLE, N. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 25, 1911
TRICE FIVE CENTS
SAILOR
KING
PAID
HONORS BY SHIPS
FROM ALL NATIONS
One of Most Impressive Scenes
oj Gorgeous Pageantry of ,
' Coronation
) m a m. m . rin sv
I UP MAGNIFICENTLY
King Witnessed Illumination of
AH of the Battleships From
Royal Towei
NATIONAL
FIGURES
DECEIVE MENTION
LOOMED
E
Kohlsaat Brings Roosevelt.
Root, LaFollette and Gul
lom's Names Into It
MUCH TO ADMIRE IN
LORIMER'S LIFE
PORTSMOUTH, June 24. The
warships of the world boomed out a
royal talute today in honor of Eng
land's Bailor King. Blight sunshine
came at last to lend Its 'brilliancy to
one of the most impressive scenes
Of all the gorgeous pageantry attend
ing the coronation of George V. In
a double line six miles in length
joined at each end by a two mile
tretrh of smaller craft, while off the
Isle o'f Wight 18 foreign vessels lay
dressed in glittering colors.
- "It was an ideal day when the king
ailed out from Portsmouth harbor
to review his fleet and the foreign
Vessels which had come to do him
honor.
Effective Fieri -'
- The narrow waters- of the Solent
never held so large a fleet. It was
the most effective .ever . brought . to
gether. Every rips, was .represent
ed anij every one of the eighty-five
hips anchored there was ready for
immediate active -service. All the
British ships .in. the Jong lines were
00 the active list and or the visitors
four were of the most modern type,
the American battleship Delaware
the Von der Tann, representing Ger
many; ' the Danton, France, and the
Jtadetxky, Austria.
I The fleet presented an appearance
t"once magnlfllcent and awe Inspir
ing. Its vastneaa could not be seen
nor. Us power told. FJags of all na-
ons were, whipped by the breese
ft, while myriads of Uny stream-
r stretched across every ship from
tern to stern.'
,iuasqiMi. rwn -
The mosquito fleet had a position
- along tha shore, and behind the lit
tle craft In tha fnnntH nr lit. ,.
Innumerable' yachts were1 drawn up.)
a........ .(... u. j l .. Z.i
mui wumuiiib n'" nwci were scores or
big llnes,i Including the Atlantic lin
ers t Bavoie and George Washlng-
; (Continued on Pago Seven)
While This Is so. He Said H
Had Been Fighting "Lor!
merlsm" Twenty Years
SPREGKELS WILL
BE BROUGHT INTO
CASE NEXT WEEK
Further Insight Into Mormon
Church's "Sugar Trust" Re
lations to be Made
COLORADO GROUP
PROBE CONCLUDED
DOT
r
WASHINGTON, June 24 Many
i figures of national prominence were
brought into the Lorlmer Investiga
tion today for tha first time when
Herman H. Kohlsaat, editor and pub
lisher of the Chicago Record-Herald.,
testified before the senate committee
Investigating the election of Sena
tor Lorlmer. - ,
Former President Roosevelt's name
was linked with the investigation,
when Mr. Kohlsaat testified that last
Apgust he told Colonel Roosevelt the
entire story of the alleged attempt of
Edward Hlnes to collect 110,000 from
Clarance Funk, general manager of
the International Harvester company;
to reimburse those who had contri
buted $100,000 "to put Lorlmer
across at Springfield.' The ban of
secrecy was placed upon the former
president, but Mr. fCohJsaat testified
Colonel Roosevelt wrote him that he
declined, because of the Information
given him by Mr. Kohlsaat, to attend
the Hamilton club dinner In Chicago
later In August, 1910, if Lorlmer was
I to be there. The Roosevelt letter
will lie placed in the record of the
hearing.
I The names of Senators Root, I La
Follette and Cullom were mentioned
In a new light. Mr. Kohlsaat tes
tified that he had informed these sen
ators, before the senate passed on the
lorlmer case, of the conversation in-
whlqh Funk had told him of Hlnes'
alieied attempt to collect money. To
these men Mr. Kohlsaat did not men
tion' names because he considered
himself under a pledge of secrecy
Mr, Funk not to do to. Mr. KohU
saat mentioned. Senate-" Ciillem$
name only aj the close of the da-v
session. f- . '", : -'
Former Speaker Cannon and form
er Representative Tawriey of Minne
sota figured In the "day's testimony.
Judge Hancey. counsel for Senator
Lorlmer asked the witness If Senator
And Interests in California
Will Form Important Fea
ture Next Week
(Continued on Page Seven)
WASHINGTON, June 24 The In
quiry Into the Colorado group of beet
sugar factories, controlled by. the
American Sugar Refining company
through the Great ' Western Sugar
company waa concluded today by the
house "sugar trust" investigating
committee. Next week the so-called
sugar trusts Interests in California In
dustries will be taken up. John D.
Bpreckles will be a witness as also
will Claus Spreckles upon hfs re
turn from Europe,
Futher Insight Into the relations of
the Mormon church and the Amerir
can Sugar company will be sought
Monday from Joseph Smith of the
church of Jesus Christ and the let
ter Day Saints, ' Both Phophet Smith
who la president of the Utah-Idaho
sugar company holds as trustee for
his people nearly JiiO.000 shares of
sugar stock and Bishop Kibley, busi
ness, manager of the church, are en-
route here.
President Chester S. MoriV, of the
Great Western Sugar company, was
the only witness today. Chairman
Hardwlch brought 1n the name of
former United States Senator Burkett
of Nebraska by questioning Mr. Mprey
about the Great Western's establish
ment of a factory at Scott's Bluff,
Neb.
"Had yon heard It currently re
ported during the sugar tariff nego
tiation In 1909," asked Mr. Hard
wick. "tfia,t Senator burkett had
changed front on the sugar tariff and
voted for the duty?"
"No, I' had not heard It."
f"po you know whether the Infor-raatloutJiaJ-taatv
factory wss
to be established at Hrott's Bluff had
anything to do in influencing the vote
of any western senator on the sugar
tarlffT"
"No," said Mr. Morey. "I don't
see how that could have bnen, le
eause the factory .at Scott's Bluff was
Moses?
M liP J? 11 W
READING Of PAPER
CAUSED
MORSE TO
The Thirsty One "I don't know where it's all going. I can't get any."
'SUICIDE PRIVATE MATTER" SAYS
AMERICA N'ACA DEMY OF MEDICINE
"No More Justification for Publishing Such Account Than There is of Other Pri
vate Matters" Insist That Members of Press Assist in Study of Con
ditions if Still Sceptical About the Matter
roimmwt an Pag filx)
T THAIS PITCHED
mmm results
'S DEATH
Eight Cars Piled on Two
Young Men, One Killed,
the Other Injured
CREW ESCAPED 4
SPENCER, N. C. June 24. Ralph
Johnston, of Salisbury, was killed and
8- R. Johnston, of Spencer, waa dan
gerously Injured on the western di
vision of the Sfruthern railway, seven
miles from Salisbury this afternoon
In one of the worst wrecks that has
occurred on that road for several
years.
The two brothers had been fishing
and boarded an east bound freight for
home.
They had traveled only a mile
when the train was ditched. Eight
cars piled high In the air on top of
the men.
Ralph Johnston had botlwlegs cut
off and lived only two hours. His
brother waa Injured internally and in
one arm. He waa taken to a hospital
In Salisbury for treatment.
Both men are sons of T. P. John-
' aton, a well known financier and
.churchman In Salisbury.
rne train crew escaped without In-
GOVEHT LOST CASE
CONTROL OF
PAG. Br 0. P. CO.
Though Judge William 0
Hook Wrote a Dissent
ing Opinion in Case
HARBIMAN MERGER
REGATTA ENDS.
RICHMOND, Va., June 24. On the
hlstorto James, tha thirty-fifth an
sae! regatta of the Virginia Boat club
xame to a successful conclusion latei ",on oc na lne 50",",r". Pl-thi-
afternoon vhM th .i.h. .-,c,nc Infinitesimal that It was
Virginia Boat club of Richmond, with
ST. LOUIS, June 24. The govern
ment's petition to enjoin the Union
Pacific railway company from con
tinuing to control the Southern Pa
cific railroad company was today dis
missed by tha United States Circuit
court of the eight district. Judge
Elmer B. Adams wrote the majority
opinion which waa concurred In by
Judge Sanborn and former Judge,
now Supreme court Justice, Van De
Vanter. Judge Wm. C. Hook, wrote a
dissenting opinion.
Th decree was entered at Salt
Lake City, where the suit was filed
in February, 1908, and the opinions
were handed, down In St. Paul, Salt
Lake City and here.
Judge Adams found that the rail
road merger engineered by the late
Edward H. Hrrlman and his asso
ciates tn 1901 and subsequently, did
not amount to a direct and substan
tial restraint of trade,' interstate or
international. He found that the sup
pression of competition between the
Union Pacific and the Southern Pa
LATE SENATOR OANIEL
BT REPRESENTATIVES
Speaker Champ Clark in
Eulogy Declares Him
"Virginia's Cicero"
FAMOUS ORATOR
nappy swings of their sweeps, sent
their fragile shell across the line two
' length ahead of the boat carrying the
Washington and Lee crew In one of
the most thrilling races ever wlt
" nessed hereabouts. 'Prom every stand
point the regatta was an entire suc
cess. A, goodly contingent waa prea
v ent from Washington and Lee univer
sity to cheer Its representatives, while
I roe local wmra aid not iack lor sn-
' couragement. f Washington and Lee
farted welt For the 'first fifteen
Strokes they forged ahead, maintain
Ing for a short distance a slight lead.
At the quarter they still held their ad-.
. vantage over the local crew bur here
the better form and more telling
; stroke of the Virginia Boat dob crew
. began lb telL ahd they crossed the fin..
Ish line tw4eoctb ahead of itm eoi
' kojrv j
. , '.. . - .- ' "
unimportant. In connection with this
feature of the decision Judge Adams
cited the recent Standard Oil deci
sion' in which the rule of reason was
first laid down by the United States
Supreme court, stags' Hook In his
dissenting opinion said that the ma
jority op! non. "so greatly narrows the
act of congress that very Ittle is left
of It when applied to railroads.' and
that under the 'tests which the ma
jority opinion was . based on. "the
Union Pacific probably could lawfully
purchased control of all the great
ralroad systems of the United States.'
Judge Adams prefaced his opinion
with the statement that the govern
ment must prove that the restraint
In trade alleged In the bill must be
substantial lit character as the direct
and .immediate' effect of the combina
tion.; The government, he said. later.
failed U srvve this.. - -
WASHINGTON, June 24.-Dcnom-Inatlng
the late United States Sena
tor John Warwick Daniel as Vir
ginia's Cicero, Speaker Champ Clark
tn the house of representatives today
paid a notable trlblute to the "Lame
Lion of Lynchburg," ss Virginians
fondly called the late senator.
The day was set apart In the house
for the delivery of eulogies upon the
life and character of the late Senator
Daniel and tributes were paid to his
memory by Speaker Clark, the enure
Virginia delegation. Representative
Ransdell, of Texas; Kahn, of Califor
nia, and Richardson, of Alabama.
Representative Flood, of Virginia, oc
cupied the speaker's chair during the
ceremonies. A number of Virginians
were in the galleries to listen to- the
eulogies pronounced upon the late
senator.
In his address. Speaker Clark de
clared that Senator Daniel ranked
high among Virginia's worthies. He
then referred to him as a famous sol
dier, lawyer, author and orator. "All
the world knows," said the sDeaker.
"that he was one of the foremost ora
tors of his time, and It Is his oratcry
more than anything else cr su things
else which will perpetuate his fsme to
coming generations.
"For ar generation he was the Idol
of his native state, and It was agreed
by common consent that ne hou:u
remain In the senate so long aa he
uvea wnicn be did."
The greatest oration Senator Daniel
ever delivered. In the opinion of Mr.
Clark, was that at the unveiling of th
statue at Lexington, Va., to Gen. Rob
ert E. Lee. Tha speaker said tha,
this oration Is the one by which Sen
ator Daniel wlf be remembered, and
BjK whieh he .would, chose to be re
membered. . ' ': ' .:
"In If said the speaker, "Daniel
will live; through It he will speak t
bis. oououraaeo forevert"
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. June 24
"Suicide is a private affair. i'here
Is no more justification for the publi
cation of such accounts than there is
for publishing other private matters."
This is the assertion of a commit
tee of the American Academy of
Medicine which investigated the ques
tion of suicide, and In making Its re
port here today requested the press of
America to refrain from further pub
lication of such affalro.
"If, however," the report declares.
"the members .ef the press arestlll j
sceptical as to th fact that tney are :
near accessories to erime w-iuKeat :
that they assist (n the study of con-1
dlltons, A number of suggestions In I
this respect are made, and It Is nisol
proposed that If the papers tauist
upon printing sctmdnlx and news of
suicides It he limited to a separate
shept of distinct yellow color, so r!ean
minds may avoid the corruption. If
such a method Is desirable for ath
letic news, why not extend Its use?"
The rapid Increasf In the death rate
from suicide in the .United States,
with the conviction that a romtnetit
cause of this deplornble act was to be
found in the suggestive effect of news
paper publication of details, Is given
as the reuson for the investigation.
The report further says:
"The average value of a human, life
has been reckoned at $3,000, On that
basis the loss from suicide In this
country In 1908 whs 124,998,01)0. Is
It worth trying to save, even If one I
not actuated by any higher motive of
tiumantiyr'
The publication Pf suicide news on
the plea of news is declared to be a
makeshift. The report says in part:
"Tour committee finds that alienist
are practically unanimous in the
opinion that the uggeatlvs effect of
the reading ef details of suicide is a
powerful factor In ths qauie ot sui
cides among susceptible Individuals.
"After the publication of a. spectac
ular suicide by jnmping foi a high
Place In Chicago; ulspluvcd opon Ih
front page teUUicag paprvwyr&l
similar attempts were mad within a
few, days," , . .,.
The rrport mentions several other'
Instances of attempted suicide follow
ing publication of stories of suicide.
ASIOTHEH PRIVATE JfeaTTEK"
PENSACOLA, ?!., JuheJ4. As
saultlng the bride to be at tha home
f the minister who was to perform
the wedding ceromony, "and whose
guest he had been since Wednesday,
cresting great confusion in the home
of the clergyman, and then attempt
ing to commit suicide by inhaling gas
were the alleged acts of Leonard J.
Hon tell, hero today.
lloutell arrived here Wednesday
bearing an excellent leter of Intro'
ductlon from Rev. C7 B "Weed, of
No. 14 West 109th street, New York.
It was addressed to Archdeacon Wm.
E
Allen Little, of Salisbury,
Badly Hurt, but Thought
He Will Recover
SPENCER, N. C. June 24. -Allen
j Little, of Ssllrfbiiry, was severely In
jured, near Bpencrr this afternoon by
being run over by an automobile-.
He had stepped off a street car, and
not seeing the suto. was struct ut full
force and knocked to the ground In a
duzed condition.
He waa taken to his home where
a physician attended his Injuries and
It Is thought will rerover.
The auto was driven by a colo'red
man and belonged In a distant statu.
CASTONIO POWER PLANT
A MASS OE
Electrical Storm Plays
Havoc With Plant That
Was Indispensable
KKItlt APPOINTKD
WASHI'OTO.V. Juno J4.--Pover.
elgn Grand Commander James Daniel
Richardson this nrri rnoon announced
GA8TONIA. N. C, June U. The
electrical power plant of the Spencer
Mountain Power company, which fur
nishes lights and power for the town
of Gatona and power for a number
of factories In the county. Is tonight
a mass of ruins, the work of light
ning followed' by fire. Lightning
struck the building which was local
ed about seven miles east of Gaatonla
on the south fqrk of, the Catawba
river at i o'clock thjs afternoon.
The loss Is roughly estimated at 120.
000. It Is understood that the plant
Kill be rebuilt at one.
B. Allen of this city. Boutell con
rinded to the archdeacon : that ha
wished to marry Ella Woodward and
enlisted the avmDSthlea nt ih. miit.
Ister when he said be had wronged
the girl. A marriage license was se
cured and the girl was soon' at th
horns of the minister. All wtnt well
until ths girt Inquired If Boutell had
suincicm runqs 10 support hsr, V v.
lloutell Is said to have become very
angry, and In esse all..l t k...
committed the assault. He claims to
oe a son or a former United state
senstor wno is now minister to Hwits
erlaoa from to ITnlttd States,
HIS "PRIVATE MATTER" '
NEW YORK, Jun , B4 William
Ryerson. thirty-two. Uvine , via tia
wire and adopted child at No. Ill
SaafTwentv-alith strut v . v-u
died at file home of hi uncle, John
k. sisco, contractor, at Ramsey
Bergen countr. ?t. J . . last - vnin.
His death was ths result of a rinse
of corrosive sublimates, and up to
witnin nneen minutes of his deat
Ryerson Insisted that two men had
held hint no. forced the nnlinn rinwn
hi thoat and robbed him ot 500.
' Ths attack was said to have taken
place near the cemetery, about halt
a mile from Ramsey, where Ryer
son had gone, presumably to - Tllt
(CantinnmA on Puiro H)
SUIT UNDER
SHERMAfTRIIST" LAW
Unitdd Fruit Co. Made De
fendant In Suit to Re
cover $3,500,000
' j'""", wiiw lulu-pine inis arter
the appointment of Stirling Kerr, Jr.. ; noon tearing the roof off the Kldell
j"uuiy tor tne itarui or Columbia, ty Hosiery mill and damaging the
,as secretary geniral of the Supremo ' ttork on hand. The stack was blown
.Council of the An-lcnt and Acc(pte4 down, the box factory was also con
Scottish Rite Mas-mi 'or the southern ' sldrably damaged and. trees were up
i.Jutisdlctlon, to ii'rcrl Dr. Austin H. ; rooted and chimneys and fences
Chamberlain, who died June 7. blown down. Crop In' the country
were conslderojaly .damaged
UFK IOKT BV flRIi
HENDERSON, N. C.. June" 24.
One life wu.s Jost'arid the new Metho
dist church htiilding, two store and
three residences w. c destroyed by fir
at North Ilendpreon Hi:out t o'clock
this morning Thti fames were first
disrHttvercl In the 'kllriitn cf one of the
residences and had gained such head
way when the firs apparatus arrived
that it was ImKossilb to save any of
1n above pn.pert;.-. Several other
bt!l!d:rts and a cotton mill close by
were save!. The death tf the young
girl, a Mire Pearce, IT years old. I
somewhat of a mystery.-; She was the
PHILADELPHIA, June 14. Suit
to recover IS. 600.000 damaaea' from
the United Fruit company was InsflJ
tuted In the United States Circuit
court here today by Rimer Wosd, re.
celver of the Blueneld Steamship
company. Th suit Is Instituted un
der Sherman anti-trust act. Fred
erick A. Steele, of this city, and other
minority stockholders of the" Blo
flelds Steamship company, charge that
the company suffered to the amount
named In ths suit as a result of being,
merged with the United Fruit com-'
pany. Thl merger. It I claimed.
CYCLOXIC. .IJMI,onTIONS eliminated the' steamship company
NEWTON, N. C. June 24. A storm j "om cdmpatlrif tn " banana ship
reaching at times the proportions of ping trade. The bill of complaint
charges that ths United Fruit com
W-FOHtttM
Read of Case of Other Mea
Which He Decided Fitted
His Case Absolutely
. V- . r
DEMANDS HEARING
ON TWO GROUNDS
Filed Habeas Corpus Writ Im
mediately Following Re
fusal of pardon
ATLANTA, Qa June 14. Tha
the reading of a newspaper story 14
Cha. W. Mors to apply for writ ot
heboa corpus in an ffort to secure
his relcae from the' federal prison
here, developed today in the hearing
of the application bfor Judg New.
man In the United f Stata ! district
court Mori it serving a fifteen
year sentence for violation of th na
tional banking law ; .
Mors read that seven men convict
ed nd sentenced In federal courts
would not be sent to th Atlanta pris
on because they had not been sen
tenced to "hard labor," and because
ths act authorising th construction
of th prison her specifically stated
that It was to b a orison' tor felon.
II determined that thee facts fitud
his own oas and when President Tart
recently denied his application for e,
pardon h immediately took step to
hav filed a petition for habeas cor
pus writ. 'f
Ths petition demanded a hearing on
two ground, t It contended that as
Moras was convicted on 4 misdemean
or .charge h cannot be Incarcerated
lawfully in a prison erected solely for
felons. It 1 contended further the t
the fifteen -year sentence la excessive
in that the law limits th sentenc to
ten year on any on count in th
offense charged against Morse. He
waa originally convictedon flfty-lhre
counts., bat ih court of appeal sus
tained only fourteen! - all chsrging
false ntry, A no mentloa ws mad
i tn count ny in court in psssing
sentence, Morse's attorney contend It
must be construed being cn one
count only, and therefor excessive,
Th government met .Morse's conten
tion by recalling a ess wher a man
convicted In a federal court on a mis-
demeanor charge had been sent to a
lets prison, for felon. Mors' at
torney replied that ih case wer not
Imllar, Judg Newman will hear fur
ther argument neat Wednesday.
BOILER EXPLOSION KILLS
FIVE NE6R0ES AHO SIXTH
NOT; EXPECTED TO LIKE
Blown in Mississippi River
by Force of Explo
sion and Drown :
SOME WHITES ' HUET
h tyi itwnm VI
a cydonr v llto! thin plfwis thin after
6HOVNER&:f
TVAaHINOTON, June 24 Fore
cast." North Carolina: continued un
settled weather BundSy and Mon-1 flrt to awaken in her house, and th for ladlana. where h will make
uaj. wnn occasional anowers; untf reaaon ef hsr faiiur to-cape Is ua-f rej-yistts. and spend the Fourth of I
to moderate variable wtnda. . .. r-'knawn. . .. . ' Julv at Inliuaulli. - : ' '
pany secured control of the stock of
the Bluefleld company, with the In
tention to regulate the cost of trans
porting bananas and to stifle comp.
tltloi of the Blaeflelds company.
tAkT BACK HOME. '
WASHINOTON,, Jpp. ,I4,-Prsl-dent
Taft. returning from hi kn.
tflp tonight through Nw fchgland.
reached Washington at .I0 o'clock.
He went direct to th white house. -Beginning
Monday the president
will hav a busy week in connection
r.ith th Canadian reciprocity bill
now before th senate, and which he
la so anxious to ses passed unamend
ed. II will leave the capital sua In
next Saturday, taking Mrs.. Taft and
the Taft children to the summer v,htt
house at Beverly, . Mass., where they
will s.end the summer. Th president
will leave there almost Immediately
for ladlana. where he will make
MEMPHIS, Term., ' June 4. Flv
negroes blown Into the Mississippi
river and drowned and sixth So
badly scalded that he died before
reschlng , the hospital, from fifty to
Ixty roustabout, passenger and of
ficers 'of the boat Injured hes are
the net results of a boiler xploion
lata toaay on tne Mississippi river
packet Cify of fit. Joseph, whll
bbreaat. of. President's Island, six
miles doVn ths rlvsr. The packet ,
burst 'Intd flame and was saved from :,
deatroctlon. by th eaptaln , of the -J
ferryboat Charles H, Organ who rsa
hla craft 'a'lona side th burning voa.
sel working his pumps end extiD- .
g pished, the blare. ' r ' ' -
tal where the greatest number of
tboj .Injured wore taken, it Is said
that with the exception of Chief en. -;
grnker 'T: H. Morgan, none Of the '
white. members of the erew or pas
sengers wer seriously hurt, InjurVs
conalatlng mainly ,of . painful . burns
and bruises. Morgsn wss badly '
scalded. Of ths twenty-four negro
desk hand ..brought to thl . Instltu-
tlon for; treatment, nineteen are se
riously, the majority, probably fatally
Injured. - .r-rr'i J'.''; ?,f,v'?'
The members of the erew Injured
and th passenger were taken aboard ''
the Organ - and,.: hurried to Memphis :.
where ambulance were In waiting. ,
Let tonight Morgan's conditions t y
reported as serious snd It I be
lieved that 14 of the twenty-four ne-
gro deck hand will die. . About fifty
passengers were aboard the boat t
the time of the. explosion. Bat little t
keltament occurred, . . 5 .'w ;
ATLANTA. MAX WOX ',
MONTOOMERT, Ala., June 14. tn
the finals of tha Southern invitation
golf tournament on the Country club
links today. Scott, ot Atlanta, won
the feature match of the meet from
Bush, of New Orleans, 4 up end S to
play, thereby taking the r ;inm
Country club trophy after out , ?
opponents throughout the f
The two golfers were X.....- . ..
J V IMC , - ..t.