Funeral services were held for Dr. Max Girsdansky, who died on Monday evening at the age of sixty-eight.
Dr. Girsdansky, who came to the United States from Kovno at the age of fifteen, was one of the founders of the Socialist Party in the United States, and of the American Society of Russian Revolutionists.
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