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Show i V - I t I I ....... x . I ' 7 - r ' T n- ""T - 1 I- 1 I ' '... s . . Kj l.L Jd U Lily; Cheers TLrc:!: : 0 WitLto; Cccausc cf Gen. , Cain's ncjc'cli:n. TrAFIinr.lTCN, Arril 13. Serious in-tcnecine in-tcnecine trouble threatens the select I'c-tropoUtan club, the organization of the set vhich frowned upon applications applica-tions for membership of MaJ.-Gen. Cor. tin, Harry Thaw, J. W. Labcock. Milton Mil-ton W. AKes.-Robert P. Armstrong: and other rrominer.t men. It ia not likely that these names will ever go before the board of governors of the Metropolitan Metropol-itan as It is now constituted. The army officers who, urged It Is paid by the President, sought to have Gen. Corbln elected, are now In an insurgent in-surgent mood and, it is said, they will all resign. The action of the organization organiza-tion In the case of Gen, Corbin and other oth-er gentlemen is the most important yet taken by the club, because It will be shown that officials of this high class rcould not be elected without other credentials cre-dentials than those they, presented to . club. I The big principle upon which the club kcted was that it does not propose to inake the association the vestibule for entry into society. It hold that people must -be in society already before they can be admitted into the organization-Some organization-Some men have applied for admission 0 y7hczz 17 aziz 3 4 ttithdhavtii by src::::o:r;. 0 MaJ.-Gen. Henry C Corbin. J. W. Babcock, chairman Bepub-' lican Congressional committee and - chairman . House Committee on District of Columbia. Harry Thaw, prospective brother- in-law of the Earl of Yarmouth. 1 Milton W. Ailes, Assistant Secre- tary of the Treasury. Robert P. Armstrong, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. who have been In "Washington for more than ten years and who are not "In Bociety;" that is, they do not belong to the set which the club represents. There probably will be another sensation sen-sation when the army chiefs take counsel coun-sel and determine whether they will resent re-sent the fact that Gen. Corbln's high military sponsors were obliged to withdraw with-draw his name. |