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'By ©L. RAINEY
WHEAT 1S NOW RAISED ON FOR
VER GRAZING GROUNDS IN
THE MIDDLE WEST.
Gloomy Prophets Fear Steak May
Jump to $1 a Pound. Many Ranges
Without Cattle and Feeders Are
Quitting Operations. .
JOUX FALLS, S. D.—The cattle
pdustry 18 admittedly in a bad way.
For more <han a year the average
piser has been losing money. The
perds are being diminished. More beef
is sent 10 market direct from the
grass, Corn being too costly for fatten
ing at the present live stock quota
tions, which means more waste and
less meat per head.
More land over which the cattle
roamed is being turned into wheat, and
this also adds to the depopulation of
America’s herds. But in the butcher
shops of the hamlets and villages, the
smaller cities and the great centers
the consumer finds Old Doc High Cost
has as strong a clutch as ever. Out
here in régions where the raw mat -
al is raised the traveler finds the 7, 0"6
of beefsteak and pork chops over the
counter is as much a problem for the
family budget as it is in the big cities.
Cattle Question Important.
Some gloomy prophets say if the
reduction of the herds continues at the
present rate steak may jump to 90
cents or $1 a pound within a year.
They may prove wrong Or they may
prove right, but in any event the cat
tle question is one of deep concern. At
every stop this tour has made in six
ctates the farmers have talked.with
emphasis.
. Everywhere evidence was presented
that feeders are quitting operations in
| sheer discouragment.
During the last year after buying
cattle from the grass, then feeding
them corn at $1.50 to $l.BO and up
wards a bushel, they have sent their
stock to market only to receive for
she finished product far less than it
cost them.
Grain More Profitable.
In Nebraska the state authorities,
say hundreds of men are sending cat
tle to market direct from pasture be
cause feeders will not buy. Out in the
great cattle region west of Grand Is
land a great falling off in herds is re
ported. The growers have found itl
vastly more profitable to raise grain,
and there cattle have dwindled. |
Near Fremont, where a few years)
ago there were five large feeders put
ting more porterhouse and sirloin on
animals from the ranges, now only one
is doing business, and not much at
that
. )
_lnKansas one-fourth of the pastures
this vear are without herds, so the
state live stock association at Topeka
reported a few days ago. The farm
ers are disposing o; their stock so
rapidly that in the first six months
of this year 16 per cent more calves
were shipped to market than in the
same period in 1919. " As to the old
t:m» Kansas .prime four year old
steers a scarcity is reported.
: Market Them Light.
_ They are marketing them light these
flf.;.\ at 2 or 3 years old. The associ
-3:.»‘ n's experts say that last year the
i_"'mm' market weight of steers at
mdfl»\:b City slumped 100 pounds,
meaning a - greater percentage of
C‘“‘f«‘ and a smaller proportion of
eel,
‘T.?:L_' Dakota rangers, too, report de
pieted herds. Some raisers say they
"ave lost money on cattle fed even on
¢heap pasture land, when the labor
"‘-\};\‘ are figured in. .
1 verywhere on the trip stories of
s uaye been retailed to the tour
‘g;};,.‘“ first they appeared to be
8y exaggerated, but after hearing
B e type of complaint for 1,200
e takes a different ‘view. Here
€ a few random instances:
Farmers Report Loss.
Qair ‘V:\lonmouth a 1,000 acre farmer
’.ni:“‘:( he had a prime herd on which
hea:}_M amounts to more than $lOO per
Sa;‘(\]t_‘Ch:illicothe, Mo., three farmers
be‘m;:mr losses during the year were
thar Ccn $lOO and $125 a head and
- some raisers had fared even
e At Topeka a state sfficial in
B f"“}f"ess reported one case where
e ad sold a bunch on which his
...‘\';m? run to $lB5 per head. J
s, k remont, Nep., a former con
i “man, in close touch with farmers,
Bt of $l5O to $lBO per head
gi. Not been at all uncommon during
‘°ol3~t vear. 1
. Une comment is heard in every vil-|
a ] ry vi
‘wf,((}: '{)h“ only difference is in the‘
“f 1 ut the tune runs like this:
burch(r.):u’f,ht a bit of meat and the
I askpdchz}rged me 60 cents a pound.
bring im what my cattle would
They .nd he said about 9 to 10 cents.
Mest (ress one-half, which would make‘
Wae}(,’”i the hoof worth 20 cents.
All et the other 40 cents go?”
Fapp. ¢ way from Galesburg to Sioux:
o, 8 tourl§ts. have heard that
. With variations as to figures. |
Comme, Uy on top of it comes a
SRty from the farmer as to co
iNg that marketing. " They are talk
ol natjo;mr.nuch more than the league
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CUT WRINKLES FROM FACE.
A Parisian Woman of 49 Is Restored to Beauty of 25 by
The Knife of Surgeon.
PARIS.—In the last five days a
Parisian woman, 49 years old, has re
covered the beauty she had when she
was 25. All signs of age have disap
peared. No wrinkles mar her face.
Her complexion is as fresh as in the
heyday of her youth, and the contour
of her features is as round as twenty
years ago. The only disadvantage is
that she must suppress her sense of
humor and emotion, and refrain as far
sa possible from smiles, frowns, and
crying.
The wizard who worked the miracle
H. J. FULLBRIGHT CALLED “KING
HENRY THE THIRD” AND
“CZAR” BY .SENATOR AYERS.
ATLANTA.—After a short hearing
in which hot charges were made
against H. J. Fullbright, state tax
commissioner, the finance committee
of the senate recommended to-pass a
bill by Senator Ayers, of the 3rd, re
pealing the tax equalization act ap
proved in 1913. The vote was 8 to 7
in favor of the repeal.
’jfla - measure simply takes the tax
ey o g act from the statute
books . and offers no sub
stitute plan. '4 allow tax re
turns to be made . owner’s valu
ation under oath, and nyv values would
be placed by the state upon property.
In advocating his measure Senator
Ayers referred to Mr. Fullbright as
“King Henry the Third,” and stated
that after counties had made large
increases in their tax returns “this
czar from his chair in the capitol sent
directions that the people of these
counties send in still moré money to
fill the state coffers.” He declared
that his county of Jackson had made
a nincrease of 110 per cent in its tax
valuations over the past year and that
instead of congratulating the county
upon this showing Fullbright had di
rected that the value of the property
of the county be raised another 10 per
cent.
Mr. Fullbright answered the
charges of Senator Ayers by stating
that he had only done his duty.
Representative Johns of Barrow
county has introduced a bill provid
ing for the election of the state tax
commissioner by the people. He is
now appointed by the governor.
}GERMAN FLEET OF MONSTERS
TO CROSS ATLANTIC. TRIP
' IN FIFTY HOURS.
Diriéibles greater than any which
heretofore have been flown are to be
operated on a trans-Atlantic air line
which German private enterprise is
planning to establish.
The dirigibles are to have 300 cab
ins, each with two beds, and will be
equipped with kitchens, lounging sa
loons and promenades, the equal of
those provided on the finest ocean lin
ers.
The ships will be from the basic de
sign of the German inventor Boerner,
whose crafts were said to be the mod
els of the R-34, the ship in which
lßritish airmen sailed across the At
lantic and back last summer. .
Each to Have 34 Motors.
. The huge aircraft are to be 800
feet long, 80 feet wide and 100 feet
high. Motive power will be furnished
by 34 gasoline motors, each of 200
horsepower, arranged so the ship can
!be navigated in all directions without
the employment of ballast.
The great air liners will be equip*®
ped to make a 4,000-mile non-stop
flight at an average speed of 68 miles
an hour. They will be designed to
land on the water, and in that element
will have a speed of 35 miles. The
flight tie from Germany to New
York city will be approximately 50
hours. i
As Vagrants and Drug Addicts They
Surrender and Request to Be
Put in Confinement.
ATLANTA.—A girlish bride, ap
parently not more than 18, wept today
in Judge Andy Calhoun’s division of
criminal court. She explained be
tween sobs, “I want to go to prison—
I know it is best for me, but I cannot
help erying.”
Her husband, who appeared to be
not more than 20, spoke up: “Judge, 1
feel that you have saved the lives of
my wife and myself by sending us up.”
The young couple, who gave their
names as Frank Culpepper and Mrs.
Frank Culpepper of Nashville, had
been arraigned on a charge of vagran
cy at their own request. Both admit
ted they were addicted to the drug
habit and asked that they be confned
in the hope that they might be cured.
Judge Calhoun sentenced them to
serve twelve months each on the state
prison farm at Milledgeville.
"THE. DAWSON NEWS
DAWSON, GA., TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1920
was a surgeon with a knife.
“I'm just crazy. with joy about it
all,” the woman exclaimed. “But I
daren’t smile. That would start the
wrinkles all over again.”
The- operation is simple, and hurt
very little. Incisions were made be
hind the ears and on the scalp, then
the skin is stretched, much in the
same way as one stretches a carpet.
The cure is expected to last eight or
ten years provided always that suffi
cient care is taken not to smile and
ery too much.
UNIVERSITY TRUST |
CHARGED IN HOUSEi
|
LEGISLATORS ASSERT THAT IN-l
STITUTION DOMINATES POLI- |
TICS OF THE STATE. l
ATLANTA.—Oge of the liveliest)
fights of the 1920 session of the legic
lature developed the afternoon of the
day before adjournment over the sen
ate bill designed to repeal the law of
1910 which gave the board of trustees
of the state university the authority to
iname three members of the bd#rd for
the Georgia Normal and Industrial
rcollege at Milledgeville. This bill,
which it is charged was directed
against Judge George F. Gober, Byron
B. Bower and Hugh Rowe, the present
ex-officio members of the G. N. & 1. C.
board and appointees of Governor
Rorsey was passed after a bitter con
test. ;
Advocates of the bill were led by
Representative George H. Carswell,
and its opponents by Representativ
Brown of Clark and Moye of Ran
dolph. During the debate, in which
many of the representatives took part,
charges of politics were freely made.
Charges Political Trust.
Representative Lankford of Toombs,
who took a spirited part in the fight
for the repeal, charged that the
friends, attaches and alumni of the
University of Georgia have formed a
political trust in the state that threat
ened to prevent anyone from occupy—i‘
ing important state offices who could
!not get the approval of the l.mw_emit;{_.l
“You can talk about your oil fruss,”
\said Mr. Lankford, ‘“but the most
damnaßle trust that has eyer been
formed in Georgia is the state univer
sity trust. It is getting to the point
’where a man cannot be elected gov
ernor, speaker of the house or to any
important office unless he pleases the
university trust.”
Representative George Carswell in
explaining his vote upan the bill said
that he believed that the educational
system of the state should be run
from the capitol, and not “from the
campus of the University of ‘Georgia.”
He said as long as the trustees are
appointed by a governor who is under
the influence of the university at Ath
ens there will be both politics and
trouble. ‘
Speaking for the bill were Messrs.
Carswell of Wilkinson, Wohlwender of
Muscogee, Strozier of Bibb, Lankford
of Toombs, Jackson of Jones, Alfriend
of Baldwin and others. Against the
measure were Representatives Moye
of Randolph, Covington of Colquitt,
Pace of Sumter and others.
EIGHT WILL BE HANGED AT CHI
CAGO ON OCT. 14. SEVEN ARE
TO SWING ON OCT 15.
CHICAGO. Fifteen murderers,
doomed to die on the gallows, were in
the county jail here on Saturday,
waiting out the death watch. :
Eight will play leading parts in a
\hang‘ing carnival here on Oct. 14. On
ly the intervention of the governor or
state supreme court will interfere
with the meeting out of sudden death
in return for sudden death. Seven
more are scheduled to drop through
the gallows trap on Oct. 15.
The Chicago crime commission said
Saturday night that this wholesale use
of the noose was the result of a cam
paign to stop the series of murders
that have been averaging one a day
for two years. {
Three others convicted of murder
have not been sentenced. Nine oth
ers were convicted of manslaughter.
Fewer Murders. :
Murders over the country show a
slight decrease for the first six
months of 1920 over previous years,|
according to H. B. Chamberlain, op- |
erating director of the Chicago crimel
commission. ‘
Chamberlain declared the traditional
“crime wave” a myth.
“Crime is a business, organized and
operated by men of efficiency in their
chosen pursuit. The number of ma-|
jor erimes varies but little from year |
to year and is not appreciably affect-l
ed by prohibition, or hard times,” he
said. : !
, Experts place the eriminal popula
tion of Chicago, those engaged habitu-'l
ally in major crimes only, at 10,000.
The robbery insurance rate here is|
$27.50 per thousand, as compared with
$ll for Boston, and $19.80 for Newi
York.
OVER COAL INI]IJSTBY!
: i
e A |
SWITCHMEN’S STRIKE P.»\RTLY!
RESPONSIBLE FOR CHAOS. |
NO CARS ARE AVAILABLE. i
NOW SEE TIE-UP OF FUEL
Poor Transportation Facilities Cause]
Many Mines to Close—lndustries
Affected by Shertage—Embargo on|
Coal Exports—Discontent Growing.i
Possibility of a general strike of
bituminous ~coal miners throughout‘
the central competitive field has add
ed to the seriousness of the fuel situa-‘
tion. Primarily due to the failure of
transportation facilities, the coal%
short;\ge promises to become the most
acute in the nation’s history, despite
the efforts by federal officials to check
the growing industrial unrest, provide
carrers for the mined coal and aid the
railroads to bolster up their weak
nesses. John L. Lewis, president of|
the United Mine Workers of America,'
asserted in an official statement that
any settlement of the Illinois strikel
‘which would modify the basic inter-|
istate agreement, under which the min- |
ers of the central field are now work- |
ling, would result in an imemdiate
shutdown of.all bituminous mintes, in
volving a strike of 210,000 men.
To Decide Fair Profits.
Appointment by Attorney General
)Palmer of a committee to decide on a
fair margin of profit for producers and
dealers in bituminous coal,’ beyond
which prosecutions under the Leverl
act will follow, is expected to fix a
maximum margin of profit allowable.
The committee’s prices will probably
be materially lower than the present
market price of coal.
The committee appointed by the at
torney general comsists of Vance Me-
Cormick, former chairman of the
Democratic National committee, who
is listed as a coal operator, and Wil
liam * Potter, former fuel administra—!
tor of Pennsylvania, representing the
public; J. W. Lieb, of the New York
Edison company, representing the util
ity companies; C. N. Snyder, of the
ew York Central r}i&road, represent
ing the railroads; W: G. Townes, of
New York, coal operator; Charles A.
Owen, Harlow Voorhees, a - Philadel
phia coal operator, and Charles L.
Couch, president of the American
Wholesale Coal Dealers’ association of
Buffalo.
Switchmen’s Strike a Factor. -
The strike of railroad switchmen is
felt very seriously in the coal indus
try. The transportation lines are still
handicapped by the congestion in ter
minals, and thousands of cars are so
effectually tied up that coal operators
are able to run their mines, in many
instances, on part time only.
The Interstate Commerce commis
sion has issued an order for priority
of movement in the transportation of
coal to New England. The order in
cludes a prohibition of any movement
of coal to tidewater unless consigned
to New England. This order, in the
view of coal experts, amounts to an
embargo on the exportation of coal.
; Discontent Grows.
Ynion officials assert that the mini
imum wage in the Illinois district,
awarded by the bituminous coal com
mission last autumn, amounting to
$5.50 to $5.75 a day, would be fair if
they could be employed at least five
days a week. "As it is, the day and
shift men are receiving $l5 to $l7
in their weekly pay envelopes in a
large percentage of the mines. This
condition has created a widely grow
ing ‘discontent, which has already re
sulted in more than half of the soft
lcoal miners in Illinois district being
Lidle.
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«JIMMIE” BORNE TO LAST REST
ING PLACE IN HEARSE. BAND
LED PROCESSION. ‘
NEWARK, N. J.—A crowd, estimat- 1
ed by the police at 10,000 persons,
thronged the streets of the city to-‘}
night to witness the funeral of Jimmie, \
the pet canary of Emidio Russomanno,
65-year-old cobbler. Police reserves
were called out to preserve order
and clear the streets for the funeral
‘cortege. Jimmie choked to death
Sunday on a watermelon seed. |
Leading the procession was a band
of 12 pieces, playing funeral dirges,
followed by a hearse bedecked with
flowers and carrying a small white
coffin in which the bird’s body repos
ed. The old cobbler tearstained and
visibly affected rode in a coach with
a few intimate friends.
The cost of the bird’s funeral, esti
mated at $4OO, was contributed by the
cobbler’s friends. When Jimmie died
the old cobbler drew the blinds of his,
shop, hung out a sign “closed on ac-|
count of Jimmie’s death,” put crepe |
over his door and went into deep'
mourning. l
" A tombstone, in the shape of a cross
with a canary bird in its center, will
be erected over the bird’s grave near'
| Branch Brook park, the cobbler said.
TIGHT SKIRT TO BE BANNED.
Milady Must Make Up for Freedom With High Collar and
Long Sleeves, Is Edict. .
’ Looks like the girls are to be re
‘warded this winter for the sacrificesl
they have been making the last few
seasons by wearing tight skirts, thus
saving yards and yards of cloth, or,
more properly speaking, materilas.
Advance flashes regarding fall fash
ions from the eastern shrines of fash
ion seem to indicate that at last there
will be an abundance of fabrics, and
the dictum is: Full skirts. The tight
variety is to be superseded by the old
'fashioned kind, which could be gath
ered quickly to safety whenever a
Imouse made an uneXpected appear
ance,
‘ _ To add to the oculists’ cup of woe
this news is followed by the report
that skirts will also be worn closer to
the ground. No longer will it be con
sidered - elite to elevate the range. of
lvisibi]ity above the shoe tops.
STATE’S FINANCES
COMMITTEE MAKES REPORT
SHOWING THAT DEBTS EX
CEED THE INCOME.
The report of a special committee
to investigate the state’s financial
status says:
“When requisitions already made
are honored, if no other funds are re
ceived by the treasurer, there would
be left about $12.148.06, as the treas
urer reported a balance of only $98,-
695.89 on July 22. It is very probable
that other requests—those incident to
the present session of the general as
sembly if no others—would easily con
sume the $12,000 referred to, and all
other funds that éan be anticipated
would, before that date, come inte
the treasury and thus it seems highly
probable that the treasury on the first
of the month would be completely
‘drained. |
“Your committee finds that the total ‘
appropriations for 1920, including
‘those listed on page seven of the 1319
report of the controller general, and
‘the $500,000 appropriated since the
!general assembly convened for the in
crease of pensions to Confederate vet
‘erans, and the $300,000 deficiency ap
propriation to the state sanitarium,
amount to $9,874,616.50. The total
revenue, including all known available
revenues and anticipated revenues—
the revenues anticipated being most
liberally estimated, and, indeed, placed
at a sum which many of the members
of your committee confidently feel is
double what the revenues will really
be—will give the state only $9,828,-
791.97, thus leaving an excess of $45,-
824.63 of appropriations over the rev
enues that will l‘( realized .this year.
’The revenues, as above stated, are
‘placed at the most liberal figures which
‘even the most sanguine members of
'the committee feel could not be ex-i
! pected.” |
PURCHASED MILLIONS OF DOL
LARS WORTH OF GOODS.
OWES WAR DEPARTMENT.
Poland is the debtor of the Ameri
can war department alone $71,920,-
111.97 worth of goods, according tg
figures made public by Secretary of
War Baker. The Warsaw govern
ment’s other obligations to the United
States grain corporation, the emer
gency fleet corporation and the navy
department are estimated at enough to
bring her total obligations to the
Washington government up to at least
$100,000,000.
In the year following the armistice
the United States liquidation commis
sion sold to the infant Polish republic
goods amounting in value to $59,365,-
111.97. Only $4,780,24087 of the
ampuynt was for what might be consid
ered war material. The Poles con
tracted for $795,505.52 worth of air
service material and bought $3,984,-
736.35 worth of ordnance, chemical
warfare equipment and the like.
Other items in the Polish bill are
clothing and textiles, $20,285,155.42;
subsistence, $13,855,252.62; household
furniture, machinery and other mer
chandise, $3,918,340.33; transportation
equipment, $13,170,143.93; hospital
fixtures, medicines and the like $9,-
713,267.47.
‘Gompers, Corrison and McConnell Ap
i pointed to Draw up a Non-Pafti
-1 san Program for Federation.
ATLANTIC ‘ClTY.—Samuel Gom
;pers, president, and Frank Morrison,
secretary, with James McConnell, head
of the metal trades, have been ap
pointed a committee with complete
power to formulate a program of non
partisan political activity for the 4,-
000,000 members of the American Fed
eration of Labor. This statement was
authorized after a preliminary session
of the executive council of the Ameri
can Federation at the Hotel Jackson
today by James Duncan, of Massachue
setts, one of the vice-presidents and
one of Gomper’s most trusted lieuten
ants.
So when mademoiselle, or madame,
sallies forth attired -in her new fall
raiment, shé is not likely to find her
progress restricted to shuffling paces,
circumscribed by the hem of a garment
which had to be put on with a shoe
horn.
Oriental influences are scheduled to
predominate in the decdrative effects,
according to the advance notices. The
‘design which is considered likely to
prove most popular consists of a spas
modic arrangement of huge cabbage
roses, of magnificent coloring.
With the tightness removed from the
skirts it has been transferred.to the
sleeves and upper portions of the
dress. Close fitting collars are claim
ing the inside track in the fashion
race, and sleeves, it is said, are to fit
the arm close, and to extend as far as
the wrist.
COMMISSION MEN PREDICT CON
SUMER WILL PAY MORE AS
RESULT OF INCREASED RATES
NEW YORK.—Commission men de
clare that an advance of 6 to 8 per
cent in retail food prices would not be
unreasonable in view of the increases
in freight rates authorized by the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
Dispatches from Washingtgn guoted
members of the commission as saying
that any appreciable advance in prices
as a result of the rate increases would
be unwarranted.
Food Head Sees Price Rises.
Herschel Jones, head of the local of
fice of the State Division of Food and
Markets, agread with the commission
men that food prices would be in
creased when the new freight rates
went into effect.
“I would not consider an increase
of between 6 and 8 per cent in food
prices as a result of the new rail tar
iffs as disproportionate,” said Mr.
Jones.
Austen P. Fox, president of Austen
P. Fox & Co., one of the largest com
‘mission merchant firms in the city,
said:
‘ “It is absolutely certain that food
prices will be increased corresponding
‘ly with the railway rate increases.
‘There is every indication that food
prices will go up considerably above
the proportion of rate increases. If
freight rates in the East are to be
increased 40 per cént it is reasonable
to suppose that the increase will be
fully reflected in the prices of food
stuffs. In fact, it may go above that.
Decision Affects Stock Market. -
The immediate effect of the decision
was seen in the stock market. A jump
in the price of railway stocks was
followed by an attack on industrials,
which -sent United States Steel com
mon to a new low level, depressed
other stocks and eventually even hit
the railway stocks, though those of
some of the stronger roads showed a
net gain. ' |
“Peace” Marked By 10
Wars; Four Million
Men Are Fighting
As the danger of a new Euro
pean war becomes more immi
nent, it is interesting to note
that in this, the second year of
he Versailles “peace,” no fewer
than ten wars are raging in
various parts of Europe and the
near and far east. Altogether
4,000,000 soldiers are engaged in
these wars. This is as many as
were engaged at one time in the
great European conflict. Here
is a summary of the situation:
Ireland—Fifty thousand Brit
ish and 50,000 Irish are engaged.
Jugo-Slavia—One hundred
thousand Italians and 90,000
Jugo-Slavs have locked horns.
Albania—Fifty thousand Ital
jan invaders are opposed by a
sitizens army.
Bulgaria—The entire Bulgari
an male population has been
mobilized against Greece.
Poland Three hundred
thousand Poles are at death
grips with 600,000 Russian bol
shevik troops in a war which
threatens to involve the whole
of Europe.
Caucasus—Two hundred and
fifty thousand Russians, 150,000
Turks, 120,000 Greeks, 80,000
British and 60,000 French
troops are fighting in various
parts of that far-flung area.
Syria—Forty-five thousand
French are battling with Syri
ans.
China—The country is torn by
rebellion marked by heavy
fighting.
Egypt—The long brewing re
volt of the natives against Brit
ish oppression and exploitation
is developing into a general con
flagration. 3
India—Spurred on by Turkish
nationalists and the latter’s al
ly—soviet Russia—the Moslem
world daily is growing more
restive, threatening to rise
again Britain at the first oppor
tune moment.
First Section
VOL. 38.—N0. 50
SEVERE SELECTION IS'MADE OF
MATTERS THAT ARE SUB
MITTED TO HIM.
’ Executive Is Not. Able to Walk Freely
and His Visitors See Him in a
Wheeled Chair—Wife Is Constant
Attendant and Nurse.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—When visi
tors come to Washington their first
inquiry of their congressman is,
“What about the president?”
It is a question that is hard to an
swer. The lack of frankness on the
’part of the doctors at the outset cre
‘ated an atmosphere of suspicion and
‘mystery which was prolific of rumors. .
The mystery has largely cleared up.
But necessarily a large element of
uncertainty remains as to the presi
dent’s capacity for work under the
condition of invalidism which clearly
exists. Necessarily, too, the situation
has made possible every variety of
story about the inflpiences that deter
‘mine the course of administration.
~ The things already published as
certain are these: The president be
came worn out and highly nervous on
“his trip across the continent last sum
‘mer. On the train on his way, home
he suffered a slight brain lesion—in
ordinary language, a slight stroke. He
‘was able to be up and about, however,
on his return to Washington. But he
shortly suffered a more severe attack
that partly paralyzed his left side. It
did not interfere, so the doctors and
the few visitors who have seen him
say, with the alertness of his mental
processes. There was a temporary
sctback in the fall, due to an enlarge
ment of the prostate gland, which it
was feared might necessitate an oper
ation. But the swelling subsided and
so far as known has given no more
trouble.
Not Able to Walk Freely.
Since that time the president has
been gradually gaining strength, so
that recently he has been able to pre
side at cabinet meetings and to devote
some time each day to the routine
business of the office, which means
'that he is able to sign commissions
‘which, under the law, must bear the
| president’s signature.
So much seems fairly certain. But
the information available leaves much
to conjecture. The medical statements
’indicate that the president is able to
‘walk about the house. Apparently,
‘however, his walking is by no means
‘free. Senators always see him in a
wheel chair, and it is regarded as sig
’nicant that an elevator is being in
stalled in the presidential yacht, the
‘Mayflower. In his recent motor rides
‘he has been able to sit on the front
seat beside the chauffeur. On one
jride, a few dawys ago, the windshield
was down so that he might get the
full force of the air.
A person weakened by a severe ill
ness having spent several weeks in
bed naturally has not the initiative
and energy of a well man. The presi
dency is the greatest executive office
in the world. A severe selection must.
be made of matters that go to Mr.
Wilson. The duty of making this se
legtion has been assumed primarily
by Mrs. Wilson, with the assistance of
Dr. Cary Grayson, the president’s per
‘sonal physician. :
Wife a Good Nurse. e
Throughout her husband’s illness
Mrs. Wilson has been a most devoted
attendant. A staff of nurses has been
on duty at the white house, but Mrs.
Wilson has not permitted them to re
lieve her of constant attendance on
the president. There have been pe
riods when-it has been impossible for
Secretary Tumulty to see his chief
and when all the president’s commu
nication with the outside world has
been through Mrs. Wilson and Dr.
Grayson.
This situation has led to endless
speculation in Washingtcn as to the
attitude of Mrs. Wilson toward public
questions and toward the relative im
portance of matters that must go to
the president for settlement. Natur
ally, the person having the selection
of the things to be presented to the
head of the government might guide
to some extent the course of public
events.
Persons close to the white house,
however, do not regard Mrs. Wilson
as a woman of the political type.
T g e
WOMAN WHO MASQUERADED
AS “MAN” 30 YEARS DIES
Her Sex Only Revealed When She Had
A Paralytic Stroke.
LONRON, England.—Dora Hansen,
a German woman, who for thirty years
successfully masqueraded as a man,
has just died here. Her sex was dis
covered when she had a paralytic
stroke two years ago. Under the
name of Ferdinand Hansen she work
ed for many years in Leeds as a can
‘vasser for a photographer.
R R e
GIRLS FIND 100 THOUSAND
} DOLLARS WHILE WADING
~ ST. PAUL, Minn.—Two little girls
while wading here, a2long the bank of
the Mississippi river, stubbed their
toes against a little tin box. On open
ng the box they found that it contain
ed $lOO,OOO in currency which had
igeen taken in a bank robbery here.
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