Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 169, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1914 — TUMULTY IS AVERSE TO CATS [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

TUMULTY IS AVERSE TO CATS

Secretary to President Refuses to Sign Lease for Cottage Until Felines Are Barred. Washington.-—Secretary to the President Joseph P. Tumulty refused to sign a lease for his summer cottage at Avon-by-the-Sea until a clause stat-

ing that the vicinity was free from cats was inserted. Mr. Tumulty was greatly annoyed by nocturnal gatherings of cats last year.

Joseph P. Tumulty.