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THE ATLANTA SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL, ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1913.
TWO COUNTIES TANGLE
OVER DAMAGE VERDICT
Brooks Officials Say-Lowndes
Should Pay a Part Given
to Plaintiff
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
QUITMAN, Ga., April 11.—The Brooks
county commissioners are engaged with
the problem of prevailing upon Lowndes
county to pay the costs of defending a
suit for damages for an accident which
occurred on one of the county line
bridges, the Troupville* bridge. The con
tention is the result of a suit brought
several years ago in which unusual and
interesting points of law are involved.
Mrs. Isaac Carrington, of Barney, in
this county, was crossing the Troupville
bridge and met a turpentine wagon, with
four muie6. These animals became
frightened and pushed the vehicle of
Mrs. Carrington through the rail’of the
bridge. In the fall, Ml*s. Carrington’s
leg was broken and other injuries sus
tained, it was alleged, in the subsequent
suit she brought against Brooks county
i for damages.
In defending the suit the county urged
that it was not liable for damages, be
cause the Troupville bridge belonged to
Lowndes county. It was brought out
that the Withlacoochee river is the coun
ty line between Brooks and Lowndes,
and that the two counties had entered
into a contract to* divide the several
county line bridges between them, each
to be responsible for the building and
upkeep of a stated number! The Troup
ville bridge was one of the bridges chos
en Joy Lowndes and was built by that
county and maintained wholly by it.
Judge McCall, of the city court of
Quitman, ruled that Brooks was liable
for damages and $750 was awarded Mrs.
Carrington. The county appealed the
case to the supreme court and the ver
dict of the lower court was not sustain
ed, the supreme court deciding that it
was a county line bridge and damages
could not be collected from Brooks
county.
Liquor Causes More
Domestic Troubles
Than Mothers-in-Law
CHICAGO, April 14.—Drinking, by an
overwhelming majority, is the cause of
the wrecking of most homes whose af
fairs came under the Chicago court of
domestic relations in the last year.
Three thousand, six hundred and nine
ty-nine cases were heard this year.
Following are the causes of domestic
trouble as tabulated by Judge Germill:
Liquor, 45 per cent.
Immorality, 14 per cent-
Disease, 13 per cent.
Ill temper, 11 per cent.
Wife’s parents, 6 per cent. ,
Husband’s parents, 1 per cent.
Married too young, 4 per cent.
Laziness, 5 per cent.
Miscellaneous. 6 per cent.
“More than $150,000 has been collect
ed and turned oyer to dependent wives
and children during the year,” said
Judge Germill. ‘‘Perhaps the best
feature of the court’s record is that
reconciliations have been brought aboqt
in 50 per cent of the cases of separation
that came before it.”*
Servian Artillery
Accidentally Mow
Down Montenegrins
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CETTINJE, Montenegro. April 14^—
The Servian troops which have been as
sisting the Montenegrin army in the
siege of Scutari, hapve withdrawn and
are mdrching back to Seryia. This leaves
Montenegro standing practically alone
in its defiance of the powers.
The official gazette declares today that
the heavy Montenegrin, losses sustained
during the recent assa-ult on the Tara-
bosch forts were due mainly to the
Servian artillery, which continued to fire,
.while the allied troops were storming
the works.
"The Servian commaaider forgot to
give the order to cease fire,” says the
gazette.
FARMERS SENTENCED
BY WHITE SLAVE ACT
AUGUSTA. Ga., April 14.—Walter
Pounds and Clarence Rhodes, two well
known and prosperous farmers of Bicrke
county, Ga., were found guilty of violat
ing the federal white slave act t^v a
jury in the United States court this
morning. Pounds was sentenced by
Judge Emory Speer to serve two years
in the federal prison in Atlanta and pay
a fine of one dollar. Rhodes was sen
tenced to serve three months in the
Richmond county jail at Augusta and
pa^ a fine of $500.
The two men were charged with
bringing from Bath, S. O., into Georgia
three white girls for alleged immoral
purposes. It was charged by the gov
ernment that the girls were kept on the
plantations of Rhodes and Pounds in in
voluntary servitude and that they were
threatened whenever they attempted to
leave. Repeated efforts on the part of
the relatives of the girls to get them
from Georgia were said to havo been
unavailing.
In passing sentence the court gave the
defendants a severe lecture and stated,
that it was the purpose of the govern
ment to break up traffic in females.
THE SECRET_0F SUCCESS
Genuine Merit Required to Withe
People’s Confidence
Have you ever stopped to reason why
it is that so many products that are ex
tensively advertised, all at once drop out
of sight and are soon - forgotten? The
reason is plain—the article did not fulfil
the promises of the manufacturer. This
applies more particularly to a medicine.
A medicinal preparation that has real
curative value almost sells itself, as like
an endless chain system the remedy is
recommended by those who have been
cured, to those who are in need of it.
In an interview on the subject a
prominent local druggist says “Take for
example Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-Root, a
preparation I have sold for many years
and never hesitate to recommend, for
in almost every easy it shows immediate
results, as mafly or my customers testi
fy. No other kidney remedy that I
know of has so large a sale.”
The success of Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp-
Root’* is due to the fact that it fulfils
every wish in overcoming kidney, liver
and bladder diseases, corrects urinary
troubles and neutralizes the uric acid
which causes rheumatism.
A free trial bottle will be sent by
mail, absolutely free. Address Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., an<^
mention this paper. Regular size bot
tles sold at all druggists—50c. and $1.00,
(Advt.)
FRIENDS HELP
Sjt. Paul Park Incident
“After drinking coffee -for breakfast
I always felt languid and dull, having
no ambition to get to my morning du
ties. Then in about*an hour or so a
weak, nervous derangement of the heart
and stomach would come over me with
such force I would frequently have to
lie down.” ■ > ■
Tea is just as harmful, because it
contains caffeine, the same drug found
in coffee.
“At other times I had severe, head
aches; stomach finally became affected
and digestion so impaired that I had
serious chronic dyspepsia, and constipa
tion. A lady, for many years State
President of the W. C. T. U.. told me
she had been greatly benefited by quit
ting coffee and using Postum; she was
troubled for years with asthma. She
said it was no cross to quit coffee when
she found she could have as delicious
an article as Postum.
“Another lady, who had been troubled
with chronic dyspepsia for years, found
immediate relief on ceasing coffee and
using Postum. SJjll another friend
told me that Postum was a God-send,
her heart trouble having been relieved
after, leaving off coffee and taking on
Postum.
“So many such cases came to my no
tice that J concluded coffee was the
cause of iny trouble and I quit and took
up Postum. I am more than pleased to
say that my days of, trouble have dis
appeared. I am well and happy.”
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book, “The Road to Weliville.”
Ever read the above letter?
A new one appears from time
to time. They are genuine,
true, and full of human in
terest
MILITANTS USE TORCH
ON SCHOOL BUILDING
Parade With Band to Holloway
Jail, Where Comrades Are
on Hunger Strike
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, April. 14—The inflammatory
speech made by George Lansbury, a
former member of the house of commons
at the suffragette meeting at Albert
hall Thursday night, urging the mili
tants to continue their campain of in
cendiarism and show no regard for prop
erty. has borne fruit. An attempt was
made today to burn the Shipcote council
schools at Gateshead.
Incendairies entered the room in which
carpentry is taught and after drenching
the place with kerosense, set it afire.
The flames were quickly discovered and
firemen prevented their spreading to the
other class rooms. The damage was
small.
Evidence that the perpetrators were
suffragettes was afforded by labels scat
tered about the premises inscribed, “We
Burn to Get Votes for Women,” “For the
Damages Done Sue Asquith,” “You Can
not Stop Us by the Cat and Mouse
Bill.”
Several hundred militants, many bear
ing black banners, paraded this evening
accompanied by two brass hands to Hol
loway jail, where fourteen suffragettes
are said to be on hunger strike.
They circled the jail twice, singing
the “March of the Vwomen” and cheer
ing for their imprisoned comrades. The
object of the demonstration was to en
courage the hunger strikers.
The suffragettes continue to harass
the cabinet ministers whenever .they
get a chance. Augustin Birrell, chief
secretary for Irelaud, who attended a
matinee today, was espied by Miss
Nancy Lightman, a prominent militant.
(When the curtain fell she addressed
the secretary in a loud voice, saying:
“How can y'ou, as an honorable man,
continue as a member of this despica
ble government, which breaks its
pledges to women? We will soon show
you that the cat and mouse bill is use
less-’’
Some of the audience hissed, but
many cried “Bravo!”
POLITICS OF KENTUCKY
-FORECASTING BIG BREAK
j* .
Split M^y Come Soon Between
President and Senator
Ollie James
• BY RALPH SMITH.
WASHINGTON, D. G\, April 12.— 1 The
question of federal patronage in Ken
tucky has assumed a serious aspect for
the WilsoB administration, and already
there are rumblings of• a possible break
between the president and Senator Ollie
James, who was chairman of the Balti
more convention. James is fretted by
the attempts of the eKntucky state or-'
ganization to control federal patronage
in the Blue Grass state. The state or
ganization is anti-James.
The fight now ^enters over the ap
pointment of an internal revenue col
lector for the Seventh Kentucky district.
James is supporting Ben Marshall, of
Frankford, against Desha Breekenridge,
a scion of the famous family of that
name.
The giant Kentucky senator will have
none of Breekenridge, if he can prevent
it, because, he'asserts, Breekenridge is
not a good Democrat.
Former Governor Beckham and Na
tional Committeeman John C. Mayo, who
control the Democratic state organiza
tion, are supporting Breekenridge. j-hey
are advocating Breekenridge as “an orig
inal Wilson man.”
James charges that Breekenridge
supported William J. Bryan as the Dem
ocratic standard bearer that he bolted
Democratic congressional nominations i»
his district three times, and that he rec
ommended to President Taft the ap
pointment of negro politicians.
JAPS WILL LAND FORMAL
PROTEST WITH AMERICA
’Japanese Ambassador to U, S,
Will File Protest Against
California Legislation
(By /Associated Press.)
TOKIO, Japan, April 12.—Viscoynt
Cliinda, Japanese ambassador to the
United States, was instructed today by
the Japanese foreign office to make
formal representations at Washington
in regard to the anti-Japanese legisla
tion of the state of California.
irritation over the California lane*
legislation is increasing throughout the
country. All the political parties have
sent deputations to the premier and to
the foreign minister asking them to
adopt measures to preserve Japanese
treaty rights in America.
The constitutional party has pro*
posed an anti-California boycott. The
chambers of commerce here have tele
graphed to similar bodies in San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles and elsewhere
asserting that the result of the legis
lation will be disastrous for trade be
tween the United Staotes and Japan.
SUNGAY SCHOOL MEET
HELD AT CARTERSVILLE
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
CARTERS VI DDE, Ga., April 14.—A
Sunday school institute was held at
the First Baptist church in this city
Wednesday and Thursday, under the
auspices of the state organization of
Georgia Sunday School association.
A session was hold each afternoon and
night and an interesting program was
Carried out at each service, which was
participated in by all the churches of
the City.
SELVES..
AND DEFY OFFICERS
Whites and Blacks of Wilcox
County Will Try to Free Al
leged Slayers From Jail
(By Associated Press.)
ROCHELLE, Ga., April 14.—Central
Wilcox county, is in fear tonight of
much Woodshed within the next day or
two as the result of the killing of young
Leon Melvin, the son of a well-to-do
farmer, near here, last Sunday night.
When three well-known white farm
ers, W. A. Coleman, Jim Coleman and
W.H. Stevens, were arrested charged
with the crime, their tenants were re
ported to be organizing into an armed
band to storm the jail and rescue them.
Tuesday two negroes who were re
ported to have been ringleaders in the
rescue propaganda, were arrested by
Sheriff Gibbes, but were taken from his
hands on the way to Rochelle by a score
of white men wearing masks.
The.negroes were flogged with buggy
whips and turned loose, but the next day
reports came that negroes and white
tenant farmers alike were organizing to
batter down the jail.
In the meantime the home of the Mel
vins was visited by members of the Mc-
Elmore family, according to the former,
told that if they attempted to prosecute
the Colemans they would kill all the
Melvin family. The McElmores are ten
ants of the Colemans.
Warrants were sworn out for the Mc
Elmores, but seven strong, they have
taken to the woods, where it is report
ed that they are organizing a large party
of armed whites and negroes with which
to descend on Rochelle.
Word was received in Rochelle today
that Sheriff Gibbes hacf been defied by
a body of negroes a dozen strong near
Tippetsville, and that from there he has
sent for help from the sheriffs of sur
rounding counties. When the aid arrives
he will move on the recesses where the
McElmores are believed to be. These
reinforcements are expected to -arrive at
Rochelle tonight where Sheriff Gibbes
will meet them .
The combined forces will then\start a
man hunt, the outcome of which fills the
peacedoving portion of the community
with dire misgivings.
Jessie Wilson, Like
Her Father, Refuses
To Discuss Suffrage
RICHMOND, Va., April 14.—Miss Jes
sie Wilson’s address on “What the
Young Women’s Christian Association
Means to the College Girl,” was the prin
cipal feature bf the program at the asso
ciation’s national convention, though it
was scheduled for the night session.
The president’s daughter has been inter
ested attendant at all the sessions.
At the business session of the con
vention, Mrs. R. Y. Passomer, of Minne
apolis', and Miss Harriet Taylor, of New
York, led discussions.
The woman suffragists at the conven
tion have vainly attempted to get from
Miss Wilson some expression of the at
titude of herself and the other women
of the president’s family toward “the
cause.” She steadfastly refuses to dis
cuss political questions.
MACON BANK OFFERS
$600 CORN PREMIUMS
American National Bank Will
Pay Cash Prizes for
Fair Exhibits *
MACON, Ga., April 14.—The American
National Bank of Macon, Ga., has of
fered $600 in cash premiums for the best
acres of corn grown in Georgia during
the year 1913, all competing to exhibit
not loss than three bushels of their corn
at the* 1913 Georgia state fair. The
contest is open to all citizens of Geor
gia—old, young, male and female. The
prizes follow:
QRQWN ON UP-LANDS.
For the largest yield of corn, in the
ear, seV^ity pounds to the bushel, pro
duced on a m.easui*ed acre of land.
First premium $150.00
Second premium .... ,. 100.00
Third premium 50.00
Fourth premium .... .......... 25.00
GROWN ON BOTTOM LANDS.
For the largest yield of corn, in the
ear, seventy pounds to the bushel, pro
duced on a measured acre of land.
First premium $125.00
Second premium .... 100.00
Third premium 50,00
Fourth premium , 25.00
In additioh to the above premiums, the
Georgia state fafr offers the following
cash premiums, for the largest yield of
corn, in the ear, seventy pounds to the
bushel, produced on a measured acre
of land, on up-lands or bottom lands.
First premium ,..£100.00
Second premium 50.00
Third premium 25.00
Not less than three bushels of the corn
to be placed, on exhibition at the fair,
in attractive form. Persons who pro
pose to compete for the premiums must
have the acre measured in the presence
of two witnesses and affidavit made of
the same in the presence of a magis
trate. When the crop is harvested, it
must be done in the presence of at least
two witnesses 'Who shall qualify as to
the actual quantity of corn, in the ear,
produced on said acre. The statement
of the witnesses shall be in the form of
a duly attested affidavit.
A careful statement of the time and
method of preparing the land, the va
riety of seed corn used, the kind or
brand of fertilizer used—quantity per
acre, whether applied just before plant
ing or supplied as the plans grew—and
cultural methods, shall be made by the
person growing the crop. A copy of
each of the three required statements
must be furnished to the general mana
ger at the time of entering tbe exhibit.
Any one wishing to enter the contest
and receive instructions on corn grow
ing should send his name and address
to J. Phil. Campbell, Extension Depart
ment, State College of Agriculture,
Athens, Ga.
LIABILITIES $5,023J)00;
ITS ASSETS NOTHING
NEW YORK, April 12.—The New
York Commercial company, importers of
crude rubber, with connections all over
the world, filed a petition in voluntary
bankruptcy today. Its liabilities are
stated at $5,023,000; its assets as noth
ing.
In its petition the company sets forth
that it had turned over all it sassets to
John C. Lowe, Jr., woh was appointed
ancillary receiver in equity suits
brought againset the company on Feb-
ruray lo. ?
PRESIDENT WILSOFWILL
BE RED CROSS LEADER
WASHINGTON, April 12.—President
Wilson told Miss Mabel T. Boardman he
would accept the presidency of the
American National Red Cross to succeed
former President Taft, who relinkuished
the office upon his retirement to private
life*
BY MISSISSIPPI WATERS
Flood During Week Has De
populated Scores of Villages;
Made Thousands Homeless
(By Associated Press.)
MEMPHIS, Tenn. April 12.—More
than one million acres of farm and
timber land has been flooded, a score
or more of small ( towns have been
temporarily^ depopulated and thousands
rendered homeless as a result of the
week’s ravages of the Mississippi river
through the central portion of the great
valley.
Tonight the center of the fight
against the flood had shifted to points
south of Memphis, but constant work
for several days yet is necessary be
fore the levees on the northeastern
Arkansas shore are out of danger.
From Cairo to Memphis the worst
is believed to be over. Beginning with
a fall of three-tenths of a foot at
Cairo, reports to the office of District
Forecaster Emery show total decreases
in the stage of four-tenths at Hickman
and a half a foot at Luxora. While
those in charge of the St. Francis
levee board are encouraged by these
reports they believe that the crisis
at Osceola and Luxora has not passed
and that those towns w r ill not be con
sidered entirely out of danger for three
or four days.
At Memphis the river stood at 43.9
at 7 o’clock tonight, a fall of two-
tenths since the same hour this morn
ing. The receding waters are bringing
a measure of relief to the north Mem
phis suburb which was flooded several
days ago when the levee along Bayou
Gayoso broke, allowing backwater from
Wolf river, a tributary of the Missis
sippi, to cover it. The dike around
the gas works has been repaired, the
water pumped out and preparations
vzere made to start the plant, probably
tomorrow.
RISING AT VICKSBURG.
Below Memphis the river has made
no great strides toward flood condi
tions. At Helena the tsage late today
was 63.7, stationary. The fact that
no rise was recorded is considered en
couraging. At Vicksburg a rise of six-
tenths was recorded but at Greenville
the stage- had gone up a foot in twenty-
four hours.
The break in the private levee at
Red Workt on the Arkansas river, early
today will do little to relieve the
stages in the Mississippi. This crevasse
will release the flood waters of the
Arkansas river over the southeastern
section of that state and they may ex
tend as far as northeast Louisiana, but
some experts claim there is not enough
flood water in the Arkansas river to
spread over any great area.
Some effect of the break will be felt
at Beulah, it is stated, where a little of
the pressure will be taken off the levees
on the Mississippi side.
Reports from Mississippi state that
all the lines of embankment on the
eastern side of the river are in excellent
condition. The bad spot in the levee
just north of the old Beulah break has
been*strengjhened, and it is believed by
t£pse in charge of the work that no
break will occur at that point.
With the beginning of next week the
government relief forces here, under
command of Majdir Normoyle, will move
on down the river, following the center
of activity. They will sail aboard the
government steamer Scioto, which is the
floating bdse of supplies, and the first
camp probably will be pitched at Green
ville.
The camp site already has been pre
pared by a party beaded by Captain
Gaujot, who has moved on to Baton
Rouge to prepare for a camp there.
The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley rail
road has placed the transfer boat De
Koven at the disposal of the federal re
lief authorities, and this will be utilized
in moving supplies should the emer
gency arise*
The steamer William R. King is ex
pected here tomorrow from Cairo with a
large shipment of rations and forage.
This will be sent south immediately.
According to Major Normoyle, tbe relief
work in that section of the valley above
Memphis is now well in hand. Reports
brought in by various boats sent to
sqccor the flood victims state that the
refugees are profiting by tbeir expcr
rien.ee of last year, and comparatively
little suffering is noted- Their principal
want is food, and when this is supplied
they prefer to wait oq the high ground
near their flooded homes until the
waters subside.
At Camp Crurapain, in this city, mpre
than 1,500 refugees are being sheltered
and fed. These include few able-bodied
men, for all who can work are rounded
up and sent back to the river to work
on the levees. Citizens of Memphis
have responded promptly to calls for
aid, and little want is felt at the camp.
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DANCE HALLS AND LIQUOR CAUSE
FALL OF MANY GIRLS IN CHIGAGO
Witnesses Tell Vice Probe
That Liquor Is Sold to Girls
Under the Age of Sixteen,
and That They Are Intro
duced to Frequenters of Low
Dance Halls
(By Associated Press.)
CHICAGO, April 11.—Dance halls
where liquor is sold to skirls and where
the girls meet frequenters of such
places, were ascribed as the cfiuse of
the downfall of many young women by
Mrs. Gertrude H. Britton, social settle
ment worker, who testified today before
the Illinois vice commission.
“In a thorough investigation wfe found
that there were 200 dance halls in Chi
cago where liquor is sold to girls under
sixteen years old,” said Mrs. Britton.
‘‘In some of the other places the so-
called soft drinks, when analyzed by the
city chemist, were found to contain al
cohol.
"In one dance hall we discovered that
the proprietor had served notice on his
patrons that girls could be introduced
to. these frequenters.
“Our investigators learned that re
spectable dance halls were a good thing,
for they provided diversion for many
young people without endangering their
morals, but about half of the dance
halls ar immoral.
'The selling of liquor to girls is often
the first step toward their ruin.”
“Myrtle S.,” seventeen years old, told
the commission how a scolding by her
father, the chance meeting of a “jolly
fellow” and his giving her drugged, beer
led to her downfall.
“On my parents’ separation I came to
Chicago from Cleveland and finding it
lonesome to stay in my room at night,
I sought company,” said the witness.
“A girl introduced me to a friend. At
fir^t we took soft drinks, but later I
was induced to drink beer. One night
the beer affected me strangely and after
that I was a lost girl| I was convinced,
my friend had drugged the beer. We
often visited hotels, sometimes without
any baggage, going to those in the down
town district which are considered re
spectable.”
Proprietors of dance halls and hotels
mentioned by witnesses were to testify
later.
ALABAMA CONVICT PROBE
SHOWS $250,000 SHORTAGE
Nine Indictments Are Return
ed Against Deposed Pres
ident Oakley
(Special Dispatch to The Journal.)
MONTGOMERY, Ala., April 12.—The
grand total of the shortage in the con
vict department has gone above the
quarter of a million dollars mark, ac
cording to returns on nine indictments
against James G. Oakley, deposed presi
dent of the state board of convict in
spectors, made by Sheriff Horace Hood
Saturday.
Oakley is charged with" embezzling
$257,163.97, and cacti of the nine indict
ments specifies one "iterq which Oakley,
is charged with taking from the depart
ment treasury and converting to his
own use.
# One indictment charged Oakley with
being guilty of embezzling “about the
amount of $72,000, consisting of about
$2,000 in lawful gold coin of the United
States of America and about $70,000 in
lawful paper surety of the United
States of America.” This amount was
drawn from the Montgomery Savings
bank by Theo Lacy, chief clerk, just be
fore his disappearance, idarch 12.
FIFTH DIES, VICTIM OF
A BURNING HOME |
• Jly Associated Press.)
DETROIT, Micli., April j2.—News I
reached here today of the death, in a
St. Ignac^. Mich., hospital, of Mrs.
Jjames Bradley, making the fifth victim |
of a fire which a week ago destroyed
the Bradley home at Kenneth, a vil-
lago twentyytwo miles northwest of |
St. Ignace.
The young daughters of Mrs. Brad
ley and Vern^ Irwin, a seven-year-old I
playmate of the Bradley, children met
death in the burning home. The moth-
ei* died from bifrns sustained in at
tempting to rescue the children, and |
the father also was burned severely.
He is still in a hospital in a critical
condition. A sixteen-year-old son es- |
caped from the flames carrying a baby
with him.
PARLIAMENT MEMBER
WILL LOSE HIS SEAT
(By Associated Press.)
LONDON, April 14.-r-Sir Edward Mon- |
agu Samuel, Radical member of parlia
ment from London and a leading banker,
must vacate his seat in parliament be
cause his firm last year became a pur
chaser of silver for the Indian govern
ment.
The judicial committee today decided
that he must give up his seat, basing
its judgment on an old act of parliament
under which a member of the house
may not be interested in any govern
ment contracts.
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imposed upon them in winter. The best medicine for this i
ter work
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RESPECTS TO MR. BRYCE
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Page, who is to be nominated for am
bassador to Great Britain, paid his re
spects to Ambassador Bryce today and
later had luncheon with President Wil
son at the White House.
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