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WtBS r JTi?; ATLATTTA UFDTWTA’N AND NEWS. TRAP IN ROW Ji ][., 11 T Tit AS MBS ST erf il'M> Abandons Course Used Success fully With England—Orientals to Grasp Opportunity. JV-ABHrNGTOX. MSy ST.—Students of statecraft declare ttiftt the n'tIson admtnlBtratlon has nswUessly, not to saw stupidly, walked Into a trap In the controversy with Japan ov#r the CiiJtfnrnlB alien land law. In It* roply to Great Britain's Pan ama Canal totla protest, this Gov- arntnent lata down the principle that until «n overt act had been oommlt- ftd a centrist the Hay-Pauncefote trusty. Great Britain would have no stand!** in court-, In other words, tiat OTrst Britain's grlcrnrire would btoordB a matter for diplomatic ad justment only after an American ship had actually passed rhrou*h the ca nal free. This statement cleared the atmosphere and left Great Britain no reasonable irrounds for continuing the debate. The game principle applies In the oontiover*}- with Japan. The oh virus reply ol Ssoretary of Shore Brean to the first Japanese protest. In rlew of the attitude as- rfurtncd tptvard Great Britain, wa» to State that the treaty with Japan had not beep violated, and, therefore, there wat no matter for contention between the two governments until after some .TnptuirSe subject 1n Cali fornia had been aggrieved by the operation of some California law. But Instead of adopting this logi cal oonrae, It Was pointed out here to-day the Wilson administration floundered about In the diplomatic puddle, and, denying that the treaty of 1911 had been violated, Invited further negotiations, thus giving the Japanese Ambassador an excellent •dpportimlty to quote the State De partment ngalnSI Itself, where the vorv same principle 1s Involved As the matter 1s now, Instead of making h firm stand on precedent and silencing the Japanese protest hh the British pretest was silenced, the Wilson administration has pro moted bickering between the two na tions, Japan and the United States, and is In the ridiculous position of holding two diametrically opposite p.dii as in relation to Identically the -ant ' problem. If the American po sition is tight 1n regard lo the Pana ma t'nna! protest, 1t Is wrong In re gard to the Japanese protest, and vice vc*rfsa li Is the expectation hero that Japan will take Instant ;idvftnt-«ge of the inconsiHtenoy mid incongruity of the position of the United States v SrjTUATE MASS., M$y 27.— i Thomas W. Ijfvwson has taken ft hand In the hunt for ft panther which has !m r ftdefl Heituate, and has bran seen by a .scr»ro of persons. Tt is possible Mr l«awson and a party of his friends will the tbomelv^. They want to add to the menagerie at ^brwunwdMl.” ODDITIES —dn the DAY’S NEWS BORK GRUDGE TO GRAVE.- Most of the will of Terence ,1. I^ar- Bn. .lust filed In Now York, is de rated to disinheriting his daughter, Mt-s Agne< G. Bedford, of Middle- town, K. Y„ to whom he left only $5. GTRI/S STROLI, WORTH $5,000. Miss Ethel Terry, of Kayville, N. Y., found ft large piece of ambergris, valued at 55.000. while walking along .the beach*her*. RETF VIRirrNC; SPEED REC ORD.—vMorty-flv a oa 11f in ninety minutes is the lislling record epta*)- Ushed in WaKhlngton by Mrs. Mar shall, wife of the Vico President. WORKER FIR ITT DUEL.—Two I horses fought a duel in a vacant lot at Harrison, N. .1., while several hun dred persons watched the fight. One j of the animals finally dropped with i & broken leg. A bulled ended its suf- | ferlng and the other horse is under the care of a ^veterinary. •HOI‘PER* TNT A SION REPORT- ! ED.- -a column of grasshoppers, five miles wide and eighteen miles long, . is comiggr from northern Mexico, ac cording to reports to Amarillo, Tex. | I Government, State and railroad ex perts have combined to fight the in- j sects with poison. I ; BIRDS BATTLE WORKMEN.— j ■ An army of sparrows fought riggers who destroyed their nests while dis mantling the spire of Bt. Paul's Episcopal Church, at Cheater. Pa. Tfhe steeple began to topple and was condemned. MOVTE PLAY ANGRRK BROK ERS.—The New York Stock Ex- { | change objected to the display of a ' film in a local moving picture thea ter which shows a robber investing I stolen money in slock> in a build- J ing bearing a sign 'Branch of the New York Stock Exchange." Wuxtry! Wuxtry! And Again, Wuxtry! Talk about nature faking," ex claimed the hotel clerk, "just listen to this from a paper published out West The Items were sent In by the corre spondent at Azusa, wherever that is.” And then he read the following: "James Snyder, of this town, brought home four baby squirrels the other day and the family cat has adopted them and nurses them with her kittens. "Then John' Davis and Sherman Ward caught eight young fores and th.efr family cats have adopted them. "Fred BJerefr owns a calf that has hut one foreleg, hut runs just as well as any coif witn its complete quota of legs. "Axdell Smith, 16 years old, was AnocKod down and ftin over by a hog The doctor? railed In oay his loft knee will be stiff for the rest of his life as a ref»uH of the accident. ‘•J', J#. Brown’s Old hen hat- every day for the past three weekt- laid an egg three Inches long. "Since the ’clean up’ here there hasn’t been much refuse in the vtreote apd the bird? got to eating tobacco efifffibs and acquired the tobacco hab it. Now they refuse grain and live on cigar and cigarette Ptubs.” Sure, Let ’Em Pay For the Luxuries. Atlanta, barbers have been discuss ing the edict that came from Trenton, N. J., the other day raising the price of trimming a Van Dyke beard from two bits to 35 cents. "They're right," said the head bar ber, as he deftly deposited a comb be hind his left ear ami began running his fingers through tyls customer’s hnir. "Never saw a guy who insisted on wearing a bunch of spinach like that who wasn’t harder to please than your wife with her new' summer hat. And a guy who will insist on having his mustache curled—well, some men is queer. Soak ’em, says 1, soak 'em, | and soak ’em-good and plenty." And the customer went out war bling: What! The kibosh on the Van Dyke, And an extra charge to boot When the barber does' your mustache With a curl so cute and sweet, sweet and cute? Rut we’ve something to be thankful for, Downtrodden men, by beck! The barbers haven’t raised the price For a shave U pon the neclc! C0CGATES cc RIBBON ***"■* >ENTAC. CREftM Its delicious flavor makes a treat of the regular twice-a-day care your teeth need. Its safe, antiseptic cleansing checks de cay-germs and leaves the mouth whole some and non-acid. Sold Everywhere Lawson and Friends Preacher Sentenced in Real Panther Hunt To Gallows Appeals LITTLE ROCK, ARK., May 27 Rev. Marion Capps, a former Metho- I dlst praaoher, has filed an appeal j to the ftta-te Supreme Court from a I sentence of death imposed upon’him • by a Sebastian County Jury. Ue was j convicted of burning to death three i of his children. Evidence at the trial I was that the children were tied hi bed. which was saturated with oil. and the house fired. Capps was convicted on the testi mony of two elder children, who es caped, but who, it Ik alleged, have since declared they swore falsely against their father. LEVELAND THE SCENIC WAY WITH DINING CARS BE 1 MEMBER OF TH Membership Books Will Open To-morrow I MAKE IT POSSIBLE FOR EVERY HOME TO HAVE A PLA YER.PIANO. My offer, which was announced Sunday, has proved to be the biggest sensation the South has ever known. My co-opera- tive Club of 400 mutu al members buying to gether easily makes it possible Every Lover of Music to Have a $650 Player-Piano for $488.50 $10.00 Down—$2.50 Per Week |0Q PLACES THIS LAYER PIANO IN YOUR HOME / want to help put a Player-Piano in every home in the South. --- Weatherholt. For Out-of-Town Customers Fill Out Coupon and Mail WEATHERHOLT PIANO CO., Atlanta, Ga. 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