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VOLUME XX.
GIRL SUICIDE
BLAMES EVIL
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herself, and calling
upon civilization to protect "unfor
tunate married women from un
scrupulous business men,” Tina Ihr
mark. pretty New York stage girl,
gulped down a glass of poison at
Dallas, Tex., and died instantly. She
had been in Dallas but three weeks
and declared she had been "insulted
by men who offered to employ her
and that she never wanted to look
another man in the face.”
Tina Ihrmark was married to Har
vey D. Groves, of Chicago, in East
St. Louis on May 20. and for some
reason became estranged, according
to letters front him. She had been
in Fort Worth. Tex., where she said
"men demanded unreasonable things
of her when ‘she sought employ
ment.”
Leaves Letter to “the World”
The letter written by the young
; woman just before she took poison
said:
"To the World: Life is not worth
living. Marriage counts for noth
ing. Because I have been separat
ed from my husband for a short
time and was trying to make an hon
est living for myself and babe which
was to come, I have been grossly in
. suited by men from whom I sought
v employment.
„ “Every man I have asked to gove<
me work expected me to give hirii.
• myself. I can never stoop to such
• a life and am going to
best of the situation. Civilized peo
ple Should protect young mfcrried
.women who have been unfortunate
from» designing men. Here and in
Forth Worth, everywhere I asked
for employment 1 got the game an
swer—l could have the work —hard
work —provided I sacrificed my rep
utation. Sometimes I was given
work, but eventually the demand
was made.
"I have been insulted so many
times by men who claim to be,.re
spectable that I cannot look a man
in the face. I never want to see
another one.”
Hopeful Words xxx. Husband’s Letter
The last letter received from her
husband was mailed at Mobile. It
expressed the hope that "we will be
together and happy next year.” Her
husband was working for the gov-
■ ernment.
’ .In a note to the landlady where
she roomed, Tina said:
“I cannot* help God giving me a
fair face and a perfect figure. 1
have lived right and cannot bear
more gross insults. Sell my clothes
• for the room rent. I care not what
; becomes of my body.”
feMt Revenue Record
Ts Made in December
wonderful month's record, th-'
it) the history of the local
revenue department, was made in
December, according to the an
nouncement .last week of Revenue
Agent D. J. Gantt, made in a tele
gram to the commissioner of inter
nal revenue at Washington.
During December raiding officers
made 245 successful raids and seiz
ures,' evidence sufficient for 232
prosecutions, made ninety-five ar
rests, captured four automobiles,
five horses and mules and four
vehicles. One revenue officer v. as
wounded, one moonshiner killed, and
one wounded by officers and mili
tary police.
During Mr. Gantt's administra
tion. for thq past six months, 1,071
successful raids have been made.
- These include 155 in July, 201 in
August, 154 m September, 163 in
October and 153 in November and
245 in December.
307,614,000 PENNIES
MINTED DU3ING 1918
There were exactly 307,614,100
pennies minted by the government
during 1918. according to a statement
bv Ray Baker, director of the mint,
this week.
Draft Hunt to Continue
Draft evaders will be traced to
the ground, if it takes a hundred
years, declared V. J. O’Kelliher, na
tional draft inspector now in Chi
cago. in outlining the new depart
ment of justice campaign in Illi
nois.
Confiscate War Profits
The German government is pre
paring a tax program which will in
clude complete confiscation of war
profits. The general tax on pri
vate fortunes are higher than the
income and inheritance taxes.
See Duties Nearby
The duty that lies nearest is gen
erally the one we fail to see. yet it
is the one that most needs doing.
“ Jill oi All Trades
Can Best Master One"
VUnlike her proverbial brother Jack,
the Jill of all trades may become
the successful mistress of one.
.Maude Fulton, author, actress and
self-styled ‘‘soldier of fortune,” sets
up her eventful life in proof and of
fers its example as encouragement
to wornetn who are groping to find
their niche in the workaday world.
Her own repertoire includes a mil
liner’s apprenticeship, stenography,
k telegraphy, stage dancing, cow
punching in the Dakotas, acting and
play writing.
‘The more widely one has lived
learned.” says Mi.-s Fulton, “the
to the oe<-upa’..:mi on which
khc finally concentrates.
women are planning to work
to shoulder with men. they
widen their horizon. They must
4 not expect laurels without hardships.
They must think less about com
i Torts and face more resolutely the
ordeals that mean bigger stature.
They must think less about beauty
sleep and more about the work that
both beautifies and enriches.
“Above all. women must develop
the quality of courage."
_ Miss Fulton showed what she
L means by courage when she risked
■ the savings of years to produce “The
k Brat,'” the play that made her fa-
M jnous overnight.
■F “Typewriting, dancing, cow-punch
f ing and short story writing all came
I to a focus in the wofk on that play.”
' she explained. “What I had learned
here and there about the world, in
this job and that, through one hard
ship and another ordeal, was capital
ized in ‘The Brat.’
/ “So, with the girl who is groping
Zand floundering around and seem
ingly getting nowhere. Make every
k thing you do count for the future.
Nothing is wasted if you onlv choose
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Col. Theodore Roosevelt
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THE LATE COLONEL ROOSEVELT.
Theodore Roosevelt, former president oL the United States, died
Monday morning at his home in Oyster Bay. N. Y. He had been ill
since New Year’s day from an attack of inflammatory rheumatism and
Trad since been confined to his room.
Colonel Roosevelt was sixty years old.
His public career began when he was a very young man in the
New York state assembly. He advanced steadily in public office until
he became president through the death of President McKinley.
He is survived by a widow and four children. One of his sons,
Quentin, was killed last year in an airplane battle in Europe.
OYSTER BAY, Jan. 6.—Colonel
Roosevelt’s career has left such a
vivid impression upon the people of
his time that it is necessary to touch
but briefly upon some of the more
striking phas/s of his varied, in
teresting amt “strenuous” life to re
call to the public .mind fuil details
of his many exploits and experi
ences.
Called to the White House in
1901, after President McKinley had
been assassinr.tc-d, ■ Colonel Roose
velt. 42 years of age, became the
youngest president tho United States
has ever had. Three years later he
was elected as president by the larg
est popular vote a president has
received.
Thus Roosevelt, sometirnes called
a man of destiny, served for seven
years as the ration’s chief magis-
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fortunes of politics did not favor
him. for. again a candidate, for pres
ident—this tftne leading the Pro
gressive party which he himself -had
organized when he differed radically
with some of the policies of the Re
publican party in 1912—he went
down to defeat, together with the
Republican candidate, William How
ard Taft. Wcodrow Wilson, Demo
crat, was elected.
Colonel Roosevelt’s enemies agreed
with his friends that his life,' his
character and his writings repre
sented a high type of Americanism.
Os Dutch ancestry, born in New
York City on October 27, 1858. in a
house on East Twentieth street, the
baby Theodore was a weakling. He
was one of four children who came
to ’Mieodore and Martha Bulloch
Roosevelt. The mother was of
southern stock, and the father of
northern, a situation which, during
the early years of Theodore, Jr.’s
boyhood, was not allowed, to inter
fere with the family life of these
children during the Civil war days.
Climbed Matterhorn
So frail that he was not privil
eged to associate with the other boys
,jn bis neighborhood, Roosevelt was
tutored privately, in New York, and
during travels on which his parents
took the children abroad. A porch
gymnasium at his home provided
him with physical exercise with
which he combated a troublesome
asthma. His father, a glass import
er and a man of means, was his con
stant companion: he kept a diary; he
read so much history and fictional
books of adventure that he was
known as a bookworn; he took box
ing lessons; he was an amateur nat
uralist: and at the age of 17 he en
tered Harvard university. There, he
was not as prominent as some others
in an athletic way, as it is not re
corded that he “made” the baseball
and football teams, but his puny
body had undergone a metamorpho
sis and before graduation he became
one of the champion jjoxers of the
college. This remarkable physical
development was emphasized by
something which took place, shortly
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after he left Harvard in 1880. He
went to Europe, climbed the Matter
horn. and as a result was elected a
member of the Alpine Club of Lon
don — a n organization of men who
had performed notable feats of ad
venture.
A few months after his gradua
tion, Roosevelt married Miss Alice
Lee, of Boston. She died in 1881,
leaving one child, Alice; now the wife
of Representative Nicholas Long
worth, of Ohio. In 1886 Roosevelt
married Miss Edith Kermit Carow,
of New York, and to them five chil
dren were born—Edith, now the wife
of Dr. Richard Derby, and four sons,
Theodore, Jr., Kermit, Archibald and
Quentin.
The public career of the man who
was to become president began not
long after he left college. His pro
fession was law but the activities
that were to come left him no time
in which to practice it. In 1882, 1883
and 1884 he was elected to the New
York state assembly, where his ef
forts on behalf of good government
and civil service reform -attracted
“ifiention. Then the Republican na
tional convention of 18.84 was held,
in Chicago, he was chairman of the
New York state delegation.
Leaves Politics
After this experience he dropped
out of politics for two years. Go
ing west, he purchased ranches along
the Little Missouri river, in Nortn
Dakota, adn divided his time between
outdoor Asports, particularly hunting,
and literary work. Here fie laid the
foundation for his series of books,
“The Winning of the West,” which
was published from 1889 to 1896, and
of other volumes of kindred char
acter.
Returning to New York, he be
came the Republican candidate for
mayor, in 1896. He was defeated.
President Harrison in 1889 appointed
him a member of the United States
civil service commission and Presi
dent Cleveland continued him in this
office, -which he resigned in 1895 to
become New York city’s police com
missioner.
“A thing that attracted me to this
office,” Roosevelt said at the time
he accepted this appointment, “was
that it was to be done in the hurly
burly, for I don’t like cloister life.”
Honesty was the watchword of this
administration, apd the two years
of his occupancy became memorable
through the reforms he inaugurated,
attracting the nation’s attention
while holding a position which was
obscure in comparison with the
events to come. Illicit liquor traffic,
gambling, vice in general—of these
evils he purged the city i nthe face
of corrupt political opposition, and
the reputation he established as a
reformer won him the personal se
lection by President McKinley as as
sistant secretary of the navy, in
1897. A year later the Spanish-
American war broke out.
The Roosevelt temperament did not
allow the man to retain a deputy
cabinet position with war offering
something more exciting. Leonard
Wood, now a. major general, was then
President McKinley’s physician and
one of Roosevelt’s staunchest friends.
The famous Rough Riders were or
ganized by Wood and Roosevelt—a
band of fighting men the mention
of whose name today suggests im
mediately the word “Roosevelt.”
They came out of the west —plains-
men. miners, rough and ready fight
ers who were natural marksmen, and
Wood became their colonel and “Ted
dy.” as he had become familiarly
called by the public, their lieutenant
colonel. Tn company with the regu
lars of the army they took trans
worts to Cuba. landed at Santiago and
were soon engaged In the thick of
battle. Among the promotions which
this hardy regiment’s gallantry
brought about were those of Wood
to brigadier general and Roosevelt
to colonel—and this title Theodore
Roosevelt cherished utnil the end.
Some of the Rough Riders formed
the militar'- escort when he was
elected president a few years later.
His Picturesque Phrases
Theodore Roosevelt, besides being
a rn-olific writer, lectured and made,
public speeches extensive! v. not
only in his own country, but in Eng
land. Spain. South .America. and
other mrts of the world. Tbe facil
ity with which he made political
enemies and followers made him a
marked man for bo’h tho bitter and
frjeiidy a.ttention of cartoonists and
para era pliers. Oiialnt “ml pictures
<tne phrases we -n coined liherallv by
h’m end bv others: concerning him.
“S’>o.“k . softlv and n.se the big
stick.”. “wo-isol words.” “pussyfoot.’
"mpttycoddle”’ and “my hat is in
th“ ’-ing.”- were some o* Rooso
1-ottian cynvossions which attained
-wid“ publicity.
Mr. .Roosevelt, ft has been said,
was \-eenj'- d’saproLfitod when he did
not receive tho Renubt'oan nomina
tion so“ President in 1916. At the
some, time, however, he refused +0
follow tlip “dvice o,f so • ' of his
staunchest followers that he “«-ain
head the Progressive narty ticket.
Instead he prevailed unon th“ r~o
"rcssivo , part” to rfiako Charles
Fvans PTiighes. th-> Rep”hlican Candi
date. its own choice. Tin campaign
ed for Mr. Wug’-mr:. With the r“-
oßction of Mr. Wilson, and Ameri
ca's onPv into the world war soon
after. J’ooseve’t immediately sup
ported tb“ nresid“nt and bitter!”
so.ped th“ nro-Cevnv'.ns. mo.ifists
School Teachers Use
“Quiz” as Helpful Aid
School teachers throughout the
south report that they are hav
ing considerable success in us
ing The Semi-Weekly’s regular
feature “QUIZ” in the school
room. The questions cover so
wide a range, and are of such!
general interest, that pupils en
joy the ten minutes devoted to
“QUIZ” and at the same time
add greatly to their store of gen*
eral, practical knowledge. “QUIZ”
helps memory and sharpens wits.
Read it on page three in this is- j
sue.
Turks Burned Women J
And Shifted Ashes for
Jewels They Swallowed
Stories of incredible cruelty and;
suffering that beggars description
•conV ue to pour into the offices otj
the American' Committee for Relief)
in the Near East. In fact, so vast
has become the accumulation o:
evidence that the people of western
Asia were and still are the wofsjt.
sufferers of the war, that the ap
peal for thirty million dollars which
will be made to the American peo
ple during the week beginning Jan
uary 12 is certain to go straight to
the hearts of the only great natioji
in the world unscarred by war. •
In giving details of the Armenian
massacres in Turkey in the last I’iMe
years, the . Constantinople corre
spondent of the Petit Parisien saw
in yesterday’s Associated Press dis
patches that at one time one hun
dred thousand Armenians were con
centrated for alleged strategical
reasons at Dorger, Arabia. Tlie
Turkish authorities in Constantino
ple thought the number too high and
gave orders that 80,01)0 of the Ar
menians be put out of the way.
“In the Mush valley,” the corre
spondent added, “the Kurds robbed
2,000 Armenian women. Later, sus
pecting that the women had swal
lowed their jewels, the Kurds killed
them in a horrible manner and
burned the bodies. The next day,
the correspondent continued, "these
monsters quietly sifted the ashes,
seeking the jewels.” >
“The correspondent reports that
in the same region 7,000 children
between three and ten years of age
died of starvation, and one hundred
women were buried alive in the
trenches which the Turks first forc
ed them to dig.
Announcements will be made in a
few days of the personnel of At
lanta workers in this great cam
paign. The city’s quota has been
fixed at $90,000, which, it is esti
mated, will actually save from star
vation nearly 9,00 J of these unfor
tunate waifs until they can be put
on a self-sustaining basis.
No German Delegates
To Conference Named;
U. S. Is Concerned
Germany has not yet submitted
a list of her probable peace delegates
or at least no such list has been
brought to the attention of the
American delegation to the peace
conference, which is much concern
ed and is giving great consideration
to the influence of the Bolsheviki
upon the central powers.
Although the American. .represen
tatives have * many reports
of conditions Th the Baltic States and
in the Ukraine, these reports are
very conflicting and the delegates are
not at all satisfied with the infor
mation at hand.
The policy of the American dele
gation, with regard to the Russian
situation and its general complica
tions with the unrest in the Balkans
and in the former Russian districts,
has not yet rtaken form. The Amer
ican delegates apparently do not con
sider that France and England, ei
ther have outlined a definite policy
toward Russia.
$38,000 to Launch
One Hog Island Vessel
The celebration that marked the
launching of the first ship at Hog
Island, last July, cost the goveri)'-
ment $38,000, Piez, general manager
of emergency fleet corporation,
told the senate commerce commit
tee in Washington.
The ship was the “Viscount,”
which was prematurely launched and
later had to be towed to a station
for repairs.
“I think this expenditure was just
ified.” said Piez,' “the launching of
the ship should have been celebrated
because of the 4 moral effect.”
‘Moral effect on whom?” asked
Senator Johnson, California.
“On ourselves and on our ene
mies,” answered Piez.
“The moral effect would have been
lost and then some had it been
known that the ship was not ready
for launching, would it not?” asked
Johnson.
He said that the $38,000 covered
the building of a grandstand and
fences, refreshments and invitations.
He said twelve ships had been
launched at Hog Island and that
three had be<;n turned over to the
government. All the launchings with
the exception of the first had been
successful, he said.
Columbus-Atlanta Road
Will Be Improved
A contract will be awarded in the
-immediate future for improvement
of the twenty-mi-le part of the
Columbus-Atlanta highway through
Harris county, Ga. It is announced
that state and federal engineers have
completed work of surveying and
that plans are now approved and
ready to be acted on. The road, to
gether with the new bridges to be
constructed, will cost in the neigh
borhood of SIOO,OOO, a big portion of
which is to come from the govern
ment.
Health Officer Urges
War-Time Sanitation
A warning has been issued by Dr.
C. G. Apple white, of the United
States public health service, to the
owners and proprietors of soda
fountains and re'staurnats, request
ing thorn to keep up their war-time
record of sanitation.
Turns Might Into Bay
New Lamp Has No Wick. No Chim
ney. No Odor. Kiost Brilliant
Light Known
A new -lamp which experts agree
gives the most powerful home light
in the World, is the latest achieve
ment of W. H. Hoffstot, 404 Factory
Bldg., Kansas City. Mo. This re
markable new lamp beats gas or
electricity--ogives more light than
three hundred candles, eighteen or
dinary lamps or tety brilliant
electric lights, and costs only one
cent a night, a blessing to every
home on farm or in small town. It
is absolutely safe and gives univer
sal satisfaction. A child can carry
it. It is the ambition of Mr. Hoff
stot to have every home, store, hall
or church enjoy the increased com
fort of this powerful, pleasing, bril
liant white light and he will send
one of his new lamps on free trial
to any reader of The Journal who
writes him. I-Ie wants one person
in each locality to whom he can re
fer new customers. Take advantage
of his free offer. Agents wanted.
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ftllegen Resents Item
About Him and Wife
Lou Tellegefi. the actor, filed a
$50,000 libel suit yesterday in the
supreme court against the publishers
of “Variety.” a theatrical weekly, for
publishing a paragraph which Telle
gen believes suggested that he and
his wife, Geraldine Farrar, operatic
and motion picture star, were no
longer living together.
The paragraph to which the actor
takes exception read: “Lou Telle
gen has removed his residence to the
Lambs club. His city apartment is
still occupied by Geraldine Farrar.’’
Counsel for the Tellegens said
there was no foundation for any sug
gestion of trouble between the two.
Tellegen’s western tour vUll take
him to Cincinnati next week, the law
yer said, where his wife intends to
join him.
Johnson Opposed to
U. S. Forces in Russia
Senator Johnson, California, in
Washington declared the shedding of
American blood in Russia, either by
the Bolsheviki or the adherents of
the old autocratic regime is a crime
He read into the record a published
account of a battle in which Amer
ican troops aided in the capture of
a village from the Bolsheviki after
stubborn fighting.
“I don’t care whether senators la
vor the Bolsheviki or the old regime,”
said Johnson. “I do say that for ei
ther to shed American blood is a
crime.”
ENGLISH DENY THAT
GEBMANS NEED POOD
Englishmen returning home from
captivity in German camps this week
denied that famine is threatening
the people cf Germany. The frantic
appeals of leaders of the present
provisional government is branded to
be fraudulent in its intent and pur
pose.
3ECBETA-F.Y E-AHEB UR&ES
CAMP SITES BE BOUGHT
Secretary of War Barker has rec
ommended to congress that certain
camp sites now occupied by demo
bilization cantonments be purchased
and permanently maintained by the
United States government. He rec
ommends they be utilized as divi
sional training centers.
.AWARDS TO FORD TOR
EAGLE BOATS HELD UP
Senatorial investigation is to be
made for awards made by the gov
ernment to Henry Ford in connec
tion with his production of “eagle
boats” built to combat German sub
marines. Senator Lodge, of Massa
chusetts, demanded the investiga-
WHY WE NEED A LARGER NAVY
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HAVING BRAVED ALL THE DANGERS OF SIX MONTHS WITH THE NORTH SEA FLEET, this
American bluejacket 1 eturns to safety only to be overwhelmed and captured by four Yankettes right on
our main street! A foursome flirtation is too much tsrain even for a hero. We can’t dispense with the
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United States Must Spend $20,000,000
A Year to Enforce Prohibition
Congressmen opposed to nation
wide prohibition have estimated that
it will cost the government $20,000,-
000 annually to enforce the “bone
dry” laws on “wet” communities,
which are unsympathetic with such
legislation.
Experts in Washington assert that
it will take more than 100,000 men
to keep within the bounds, of law the
moonshiners, blind tigers and boot
leggers. This has been based on the
assumption that there are 500,000
families in the United States who will
illicitly manufacture liquor, if they
can escape detention.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Appeals to Women to
Give Jobs to Soldiers
An appeal to women throughout
the country who hold positions for
merly filled by men to give them up
to returning soldiers, has been is
sued by Mrs. Ella A. Boole, recently
commissioned by the Women’s Chris
tian Temperance Union to represent
it at the peace conference. She de
clared “it was th patriotic duty of
every woman” to do this unless her
position was essential to earning her
own, living.
U. S. REVENUE MEN ,
BAID IN CLAYTON COUNTY
United States revenue officers have
just staged two raids in Clayton
eounty. They seized two stills, 250
gallons of “juice,” but made no ar
rests.
OZPICER SUSPECTED
OP MURDERING GIRL
Richmond, Va., police have iden
tified the body of the young girl
found in the James river as being
that of Hattie Lipscomb, a former
Hopewell munitions worker. Tne
girl was engaged to marry an army
officer at Camp Lee, it is said. This
officer can not now be located and
police say he, is a suspect.
PNEUMONIA SEBUM TO
BE USED IN GEORGIA
State health authorities of Geor
gia arc credited with having pro
duced a serum that will prevent
death in pneumonia cases. The vac
cine will be used extensively to pre
vent pneumonia complications in in
fluenza cases, and is expected to
prove 95 per cent efficacious, it is re
ported.
Gray Hair Banished
Kolor-Bal: positively guaranteed to re
store your gray hair to its original color.
Not a dye or stain. Cures dandruff in 2
applications, stops falling hair. Harmless,
colorless, stainless. Pay nothing if it fails.
Write Kolor-Bal; Products Co.. AS West
Washington St.. Dept. 166, Chicago, for free
book and positive proof.—(Advt.)
Daniel C. Roper has admitted that
the bureau will be required to in
crease the total number of revenue
officers if the nation becomes “dry.”
He also declared that it required
more funds for officers for “dry”
than “wet” territory.
A great fight is beginning over the
prohibition laws. Washington offi
cials said the distilled spirits people,
the brewers and wirfemakers, will
make an attack on the constitution
ality of the national amendment. No
action, however, will be taken until
the required number of states shall
have ratified the amendment, it is
believed in the capital.
Bank Manager Held Up
And Robbed of $4,350
A high-powered automobile drew
up at the branch of the First Sav
ings bank and Trust company at
Flat Rock, Tenn, and its two occu
pants entered the band, one of them
asking change for a dollar. The
manager, H. J. McMurray, was pre
paring to comply with the request
when he found flimself covered with
a revolver. The two robbers entered
the cault and took all the currency
in sight—s4,3so—and raced away in
their automobile ’
HOOVER WILL BE BOSS
OF ALL BELIEF WORKS
Herbert Hoover, American food
administrator novz in Paris, will be
chief of all •’he relief work througn
out the world, according to cables
recivea in Washington this week.
The international organization he
will head will deal with internal con
ditions in both allied, neutral and
enemy territory.
DANIELS RE7?USES COMMENT
Secretary Daniels, before the house
naval committee has refused to dis
cuss the ne wappropriation bill, was
shown an’article in the London
Graphic criticising as “unfriendly”
his recent statement tljat the United
States should have a navy second to
none unless the peace conference
limit armaments. The London pa
per urged that President Wilson in
struct the secretary to restrain his
language.
“Vainp’.’-’a” Squad Formed
A “vampire” squad has been or
ganized in Yonkers. N. Y., to round
up thieves and pickpockets who
have invaded the city in force. Po
licemen gorgeously but uncomfort
ably disguised in women’s clothing
have been ordered to parade the
streets with tempting, bulging
purses plainly in view.
NUMBER 134.
PRESIDENT WILSON
GIVEN CITIZENSHIP
BI CITI OF MILON
He Responds With Speech
Declaring People of World
Must Be Protected ’■> in
Peace Settlement
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(BY LAST MINUTE CABLE) ’
MILAN, Jan. 5. (Night.)-~T<i«
peace settlement must be dictated b.v
the people of the world, not by tn*
statesmen. President Wilson deciareci
today in acknowledging the bestowal
of citizenship of Milan upon him*
The peacedelegates must abide by
the spirit of Die working classes an J
obtain peace ter the general
est, instead of special interests, tne
president said. The workers are tne
leaders in establishing international
opinion, which must be the guide or
the peace conference throughout then
labors. , .
The president urged that the league
of nations be regarded as the most
fundamental part of the peace set
tlement.
Following presentation of a
morial from wounded Italians, Presi
dent Wilson said:
“Your ideals a re ours. These ideals
must become those of peace dele
gates. The league of nations,, will
prevent repetition of this war.
The president later received a del
egation of mothers and widows, all
in mourning.
“American boys came to Europe
to help make the world free,” he saiu
to them. "We will see that their
work was not in vain. The league ot
nations, which will arise from
peace conference will prevent otner
wars.”
Greatest Reception Tet
The reception accorded President
Wilson upon nis arrival In Milan was
perhaps the most enthusiastic he had
encountered in Europe. He and Mrs.
Wilson were nearly dragged from
their carriages by the eager crowds.
The climax came when after ne
had arrived at the palace, the presi
dent stood on a balcony and led a
band in playing rhe Italian national
anthem. As he swung his arms in
rhythm to the music, smiling all the
while, tho people went literally
crazy with enthusiasm.
When the presidential party ar
rived at Genoa yesterday it was rain
ing, but the weather failed to dampen
the spirits of the people. His three
hour stay there was crowded with
demonstrations of wild enthusiasm.
The weather nuddenly cleared and
the sun was shifting brightly as the
special train pulled into Milan. In
a brief speech at the station, the
president said he knew the spirit ot
the people was behind the demon
stration.
Ovation from Crowds
As the party started for the palace,
the police anti secret service men
were unable to keep back tne
throngs, Who nearly swept the presi
dent and his wife from their car
riages. Mrs. Wilson’s carriage wa?
flooded with flowers, which she
tossed back to the people as sou
venirs. Many fovght to touch Mrs
Wilson’s hands or kiss her gar
ments. . ,
At the spalswe? jenes’dent atm
Wilson-were repeatedly called to tbr
balcony by tbte insistent clamors oi
the crowd. It was estimated that
50,000 persons were massed ifi the
street below.
In response to demands,- the presi
dent said he was unable to make a
forma, speech..
“But I wish to say ’God bless you
all,’ and Wlva Italia,’” he said.
Then a'band struck up the Italian
national ahthJm and the president
sent the crowd wild by leading tne
music. v
Placards have been posted all over-
Milan, bearing gi-cetjngs to the pres
ident and stating that Italy’s only
peace aims is Hie restoration of her
natural borders. These sentiments
were backed up by the mayor tn
his address of welcome.
EFFOmSGE
RATES FUCKED Bi'
RAILROAD DIRECTOR
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(BY LAST MINUTE TELEGRAPH)
’WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. —Attempts
by state authorities to change intra
state railroad rates ordered by the
railroad administration will be ig
nored. Director General McAdoo
stated today.
Such a division of authority would
defeat the purpose of the federal
control law, the director general held
in an opinion made public today. The
law Mr. McAdoo holds, intends that
during federal control rates may be
initiated to apply both to interstate
and intrastate business.
States can appeal to the interstate
commerce commission but rulings of
state utility commissions and court
injunctions can not be observed, Mr.
-McAdoo stated.
Statement Issued
These conclusions are included in
a statement issued at the railroad
administration, which said:
Director General McAdoo, when
his-attention was called today to tne
fact that several states begun
litigation drawing in question tne
validity of rates initiated )Vv him un
der the federal control act\ s - .
they apply to intrastate \ traitic.
said he regretted that thlC lss H, e
should be raised and a
cipitated between state and fBB^ ral
authority but that he was acting W 1 ’*
der the law of congress as the prav
ident’s representative and coul
subject himself, in that capacity, to*
the jurisdiction of courts or commis
sions beyond the provisions of the
law.
BANKER DROPS DEAD
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.. Jan. 3.—•
Funeral arrangements were befing
made here today for G. F. Romano,
wealthy Chicago banker, who droppen
dead while walking in a local park
late yesterday. His death is attrib
uted to heart failure.
LEAGUE TO PROTECT KAISER
A “League tor the Protection of
the Personal Liberty and Life of .the
Kaiser” has been formed in Ger
many. It will issue an appeal to
all the fugitive emperor’s friends to
siibmit all possible documents to
prove his innocence of causing tbe
war.
CURED HER FITS
Mrs. Paul Gram, residing at 91G
Fourth Street, Milwaukee, Wise.,
recently gave out the following state
ment: “I had suffered with Fits
(Epilepsy) for over 14 years. Doc
tors and medicine did me no good.
It seemed that I was beyond all hope
of relief, when at “last I secured a
preparation that cured me sound and
well. Over 10 years have passed
and the attacks have not returned.
I wish every one who suffers from 1
this terrible disease would write R.
P. N. Lepso, 13 Island Avenue, Mil- i
waukee. and ask for a bottle of the
same kind of medicine which he J
gave me. He has geenrously
ised to send it postpaid, free to 7'
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