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■ THE ATLANTA CJPXJRGTAN AND NEWS. imp in biw WITH JAPAN Abandons Course Used Success fully With England—Orientals to Grasp Opportunity. IT"\PTITNrjTOX. Mft.x IT.—StiKlnnl* of statecraft drpTmv thut the Wilson administration has nsetHenaly, not to saw stirpldly, walked into a trap In the ootttrov*r*y with Japan ovar the CfittfomTn afttn land law. In Its rsply to Oroftt Britain's Pan-* nzns Canal foil■ protosl, this clnv- smlnstit laffl down ths prlnolp!* that an til ren <->v*rt aot had been commit- I f*d ttgamsl the Hay-Paunoefote treaty, Qnjai Britain wooM have no sfendttiy In oourtl In otlu>r worts. *^ut cnwat Britain'* grlsvarme would becnma a matter for diplomatic ad- ,1ustm*nt only after on American ship bad actually passed tbronrh the oa- n»1 free. Tbls atatoment cleared the atn.n#Q3here and left Qreat Britain ho reoecaab!.. irrounds for continuing the debstte. The same prtnefpte appllee In the oontiewatej- with Jb pan. The Obvious reply of Pecnotary of Sftntr Bryan to the first Japenese merest. In view of the attitude as- Juined tr.wnrd Ureat Brltatn. w a* to state thsfi thf\ treaty with Japan bad not been violated, and, therefore. tJmre we* no matter for rontentlon between the two governments until aftw seme .Tapafi. He subject In Call fornta bad been agitrleved by the operation of some California law. But tniteed of adopting this logi cal copfp, 1t teas pointed out here to-day the Wilson administration floundered about In the diplomatic puddle, and, denying that the treaty of 3911 had been violated, invited further negotiations, thus giving the Japanese Ambassador an excellent opportunity to quota the State De partment against Itself, where the veto- same principle Is Involved. As the matter ts now. instead of making a firm stand on precedent ] and silencing Iho Japanese protest a« the British protest 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 j holding two diametrically opposite | policies In relation to identically the I ■itme problem. If the American po- sllion is right in regard to the Puna- | no. i'anal protest. It ts wrong tn re gard to the Japanese protest, and j vice versa. Tt Is the expectation here that | Japan will takf- instant advantage I of the inconsistency and incongruity of the position of the United States ][., 11 T T it -B STORIES af fliw* TOWN Wuxtryl Wuxtry! And Again, Wuxtry! "Ta4k 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 Aausa, wherever that 1*.’’ And then he road the following: “James Snyder, of this town, brought home four baby squirrels the other day and the frimily cat has adopted them and nurses them with her kittens. "Then John Davis and Sherman Ward caught eight young fox*» and tholl* family cats have adopted them. "Fred Blerer owns a calf that has I but one foreleg, but runs Just as well ns ahy calf with Us complete quota of legs. "Axdell Smith, 16 years old, was Jtuocked down and fun over by a hog The doctors called In gay his left knee will bo stiff for the rest of his life as a result of the accident. “JL I*. Brown's old hen has every day for the past three weeks laid an egg three Inches ]ong. ‘ Since the ‘clean up’ here there hasn’t been mu oh refuse In the streets and tne birds got to eating tobacco crumbs and acquired the tobacco hab it. Now they refuse grain and live on cigar and cigarette stubs." Sure, Let ’Em Pay For the Luxuries. Atlanta, barbers hav^ been dlscuss- 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 86 cents. "They’re right," said the head bar her. ns he deftly deposited a comb be hind his left ear and began running his Angers through his customer's halr. "Never saw a guy who instated 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 ’bm. says I, 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? But. we’ve something to be thankful for, Downtrodden men, by heck! The barbers haven’t raised the price For a sha ve Upon the neck! Lawson and Friends Preacher Sentenced in Real Panther Hunt To Gallows Appeals 8QTUATE. MASS., May 27.—i Thomas W. Deavaon has tak*#n a band In the hunt for a panther which has tnpreded Scltuate, and has been w^en by a score of persons. It is possible Mr. Dawson and a psjt\ of bis friends wlU stalk the 1 bees’ tbenwelve*. They want to add the hetost to the menagerie at *Droamwdto." ODDITIES —.in th f DAY’S NEWS DITTDD ROCK, ARK., May 27- Rev. Marlon Capps, a former Metho dist preacher, has filed an appeal 11 to the State Supreme Court from a sentence of death Imposed upon him by a Sebastian County jury. He was convicted of burning to death three j of his children. Evidence at the trial was that the children were tied in I bed, which was saturated with oil, 11 and the hoime fired. Capps was convicted on the testi mony of two elder children, who es caped, but who, it alleged, have sinoe declared they swore falsely || against their father. BORE QRUDG-E TO GRAVEL— Host of the will of Teranee J. Dar- Wr. lust filed 1n New York, is de voted to disinheriting his daughter, MTs Agnes G. Bedford, of Middle- town. N. Y., to whom he left only $6. GTRIVS STRODE WORTH $6,000. M*se ESthe] Terry, of Snyvllte, N. Y., found a lunge piece of ambergris, valued at $6,000, while walking along the benGh'hert, SFTS VISITING SPEED REC ORD.—Forty-five calls in ninety minutes Is the visiting record estab lished in Washington by Mrs. Mar shall, wife of the Vice President. HORSE? FTGTTT DEED.—Two horses fought a duel in a vacant lot i at Harrison, N. J., while several hun dred persons watched the fight. One of the animals finally dropped with a broken teg A bullet ended its sruf- , fering and the other horse is under j the care of a veterinary. •HOPPER' INVASION REPORT ED.—a column of grasshoppers, five miles wide and eighteen miles long. Is coming from northern Mexico, ac cording to reports to Amarillo, Tex. Government, Stale and railroad ex perts have combined to fight the in sects with poison. BIRDS BATTLE WORKMEN.— An army of sparrows fought riggers who destroyed their nests while dis mantling the spire of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, at Chester, Pa The steeple began to topple and was condemned- MOVIE PLAY ANGERS 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 stolen money in stocks in a bHId* ing bearing a sign “Branch of the New York Stock Exchange." COCGATE’S RIB30N _££NTftC CREAM 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- and non-acid. CLEVELAND I . THE SCENIC WAY >ws(S WITH DINING CARS «-*-*&*•* BE A ME 400 Membership Books Will Open To-morrow ft 10 1 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 $650 Player-Piano for $488.50 $10.00 Down—$2.50 Per Week oo PLACES THIS PLATER PIANO IN YOUR' HOME For Out-of-Town Customers Fill Out Coupon and Mail WEATHERHOLT PIANO CO., Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen: Enclosed please find $10.00 membership fee (first cash payment), for which ship to my address your Club Player-Piano at once, including bench, scarf, 12 rolls of music and free delivery, with the understanding I can pay balance in $10.00 monthly payments. Name Address- No interest, 10-year Guarantee, Free Con servatory course, Scarf, Bench, twelve Rolls of Music, one year’s trial, exchange privilege and other features. OUR CLUB PIANO Regular Price $375.00 CLUB PRICE $267.50 Terms $5,00 cash, $1.25 per week. CONDITIONS: No interest, one year's trial and exchange privilege, 25c rebate on pay ments made before due, free life insurance feature, ten-year guarantee. 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