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VOL, IL NO. 16.
El nl SM ITH
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Editors Don't Believe He Can Win
U. S. Senatorship, but That Is
‘What They Thought When He
Won the S. C. Governorship.
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His Enemies Quote His Insults to
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High Officials—He Relies Upon
Opponent's Alleged Defection
From the Party in Bygone Days.
SPARTANBURG, 8. C.. July 18.—
With the election six weeks distant,
{ndications are, accordirg to opinions
gathered from leading editors at the
annual mesting of the South Carolina
Press Association, that Governor Cole
1. Blease will not succeed in his at
tempt to wrest from Senator Kllison
Durant Smith the latter’'s seat in the
United States Senate. .
Governor Blease and his principal
lieutenants will not concede, however,
that he is any+ weaker now than two
vears ago, when in the face of ap
parently the most formidable opposi
tion ever encountered by any candi-
Adate in this State he was re-elected
Governor by a inajority of 3,329 votes
out of 140,757 votes cast,
As was the case two vyears ago,
Blease is being opposed by all the
dally newspapers in the State, mosi
of the weekiles, most of the clergy
men and by Senator Benjamin R.
Tillman, former Governor John Gary
Pvans and other politicians who were
{nfluential before Blease camse into
power.
Smith a Favorite.
Blease, Smith and two other aspir
ants for the toga, W. P. Pollock and
1.. D. Jennings, have delivered cam
paign speeches jointly at nearly half
of the county seats of the State and
will visit the others before the elec
tion. The enthusiastic reception given
Senator Smith by the farmers, who
credit him with having ralsed the
price of cotton by his bills to regulate
the New York Cotton Exchange and
to abolish trading In cotton futures,
has led observers to believe that Gov
ernor Blease will lose many of the
votes he tormerly received from the
rural folk.
New ruley for the srimary election
adopted by the Democratic State con
vention, the delegates of which were
overwhelmingly opposed to Governor
Blease, will have the practical effect,
1t is said, of disfranchising many of
Governor Blease's followers, especial
ly among the cotton mill workers.
Personal registration is a »~»™ re
quirement. The textile workers poll
about 35,000 votes, practically all of
which are conceded to Blease. |
May Bar Opponents, Too. ‘
Governor Blease's lieutenants are
hopeful that the new rules will dis
qualify as voters as many of his op
yonents as adherents,
Governor Blease's campaign
gpeeches are principally attacks on
the record of Senator Smith. His
principal charges are that Senator
Smith was a member of the Haskell
convention of the early nineties,
which bolted the regular Democratic
party after the nomination of B. R.
Tillman as Governor, and that Smith,
at another period in his career, voted
in favor of a measure providing for
the payment of $2,000 indemnity by
the State to the family ot a lynched
negro. Blease is also excorlating‘
Senator Smith for his fallure to drive
negro officeholders out of the employ
of the Federal Government.
Bitter Attacks Made. w
Pollock and Jennings are making
terrific attacks on Blease, harping
day after day on the fact that he has
liberated more than 1,200 convicts;
that he appointed “Jim” Sottile, of
Charleston, the so-called “Dago king
of the blind tigers,” on his staff, in
stead of a native-born South Caro
linan; that he made charges against
Dr. Eleanora B. Saunders, a young
woman, which a committee of the
Legislature found to be without foun
dation, and that he has insulted Sec
retary of War Lindley M. Garrison by
calling him “a pug-nosed Yankee;”
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Dan
iels by calling him “a peanut politi
cian,” and Senator John W. Kern by
calling :‘)lm “that big Yankee from
Indiana. Blease_m-u:cira,;j‘no,ed‘
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Easy to Go to Hell
Or to Heaven Now
But Delaware Churchfolk Are Golng
to Change Names of Towns a
Century Old.
HARRINGTON, DFEL.. July 18.—
Placed under the ban by church people,
Little Heaven and Little Hell, two Del
aware towns, soon will lose their ap
pellati ms. The churchfolk have decld
ed the names are profane and hawve be
gun a ‘novement to have them changed.
The {wo towns are within half a ndle
of each other on the road leading to
Bower's Beach. Veteran residents de
clare they were named nearly a cen
tury ago when a party of excursionists
was attacked while en route to the
Delaware Bay shore.
As they arrived in one of the cross
road towns a member of the party ex
claimed: ‘‘This is little hell!” referring
to his state of mind occasioned by the
attack, Further along the rcad the
fighting subsided and they declared it
was “little heaven,” compared to the
first village.
Although they do not appear in the
list of postoffices, mail addressed elther
to Little Heaven or Littie Hell is sure
of reaching its destination.
Insists Middies M
nSIStA ‘.l ,les ay
Carry Uirls’ Parasols
WASHINGTON, July 18.—Holding
that gallantry is an inalienable right
in every male citizen, Representative
Britten, of Illinols, protests against
a Naval Academy regulation prohib
iting cadets from carrying suit cases
or parasols of girl visitors.
He appealed to-day by letter to
Secretary Daniels to have the order
countermanded. If the Secretary will
not do so, Mr. Britten, who is a
member of the House Naval Affairs
Commlittee, proposes to make some
legislative move in the matter.
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Aerial Tramway Over
. .
The Whirlpool Rapids
TORONTO, July 18.—A Spanish
company, incorporated at Bilboa,
Spain, with Canadian headquarters in
T:iron(o, has obtained concessions
from the Niagara Falls Power Com
mission to construct and operate an
aerial tramway across the whirlpool
rapids at Niagara Falls.
The span across the gorge w4ll be
1,180 feet, the longest of its kind in
the world, and will be utilized for
passenger traffic. The car will be
suspended by six huge cables. =
Kissless Kiss Kisses
Wife in Peace Kiss
TRENTON, N. J., July 18.—The mari
tal troubles of Stephen and Laura Kiss
have been settled by a kiss, and the
couple will live together again.
A year ago the wife brought sult for
divorce, and the husband notified her a
few days ago that he would rather face
anything than a court of chancery.
Then they decided to patch up their dif
ferences.
Mrs. Kiss left her husband soon after
he returned from a trip to Europe. She
charged him with non-support and
cruelty.
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Policenten Musn't
Even Pick Teeth
SPRINGFIELD, MO., July 18 —Mem
bers of Springfield's police force must
pick their teeth and do their smoking
at home as a resilt of an order just
made by Chief of Pclice Thomas Hun
ter.
He has instructed the forty men that
being seen smoking or plcking teeth
while on duty will be sufficient cause
for suspension. He told them that
either practice is beneath a policeman’s
dignity.
‘Ad’ Brings Man 9,00
rings Man 9,000
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Miles to ‘Stutter’Cure
INDIANAPOLIS, July 18.—Frank Ley
land, of Auckland, New Zedland, has
arrived in Indianapolis, to be cured of
stuttering by a local institute for stam
merers.
He traveled 9,000 miles and the trip
required twenty-seven days of continu
ous travel. Mr. Leyland heard of the
local institute through a newspaper ad
vertisement.
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Girl Charges Attack
.
By Naval Lieutenant
SEATTLE, July 18.—Miss Lulu Free
burger, a bookkeeper, to-day filed a
suit agalnst Lieutenant James P. Old
ing, of the United States navy, charg
ing that he forced unwelcome atten
tions upon her and finally, on July 30
last, attacked her. Lieutenant Oiding
is & married man, living with his family
in Denny way, this city.
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Protection by Law
Sought for Calves
WASHINGTON, July IlB.—lnterstate
transportation of immature calves will
be illegal it a bill introduced in the
House to-day hy Representative Carey,
of Wisconsin, becomes law. Carey pe
lieves that the beef supply would be
conserved if fewer calves were slaugh
tered,
Introduced by Letter, He Courted
Sweetheart of 74 12 Months,
Met First at Ceremony.
EXCHANGED NO PICTURES
Aged Couple Have No ldea of
Each Other’s Appearance Un
til Day of Marriage.
» DENVER, COLO., July 18.—Fred
erick J. Stanton, 88 has just married
here Mrs. Eliza Johnson, 74. They
had never seen each other until the
day of the ceremony. They carried
on a courtship for twelve months by
mail. They were introduced to each
other by letter, and never even, ex
changed photographs.
Stanton has been a constant resi
dent of this clty for 54 years.. He isa
professor of chemistry in the Denver
School of Mines and holds land and
real estate throughout Colorado and
Wyoming. He has been prominent in
politics, and is actively engaged In
the lodge work of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows.
His 74-yvear-old bride was a resi
dent of Ames, lowa.
A vear ago Professor Stanton was
corresponding with Mrs, Lucile Tay
lor, a widow living in Casper, Wyo.
It was at her suggestion and thrnugh:
an Introduction by letter that he
started to write to his present wife,
Soon, however, his letters began to
go more frequently to lowa than to
Wyoming. His letters to lowa in
creased in volume and length, and he
recelved as many as he sent,
Then the prnfossnr‘proposnd mar
rlage to the “Widow of Ames.” She
answered with a desirable monosyl
lable, and agreed to come to Denver
for the marriage.
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Debs Catches Train
.
By Using Aeroplane
SANDUSKY, July 18.—When late this
evening, he concluded an address at
Cedar Point, where 1,000 Northern Ohilo
' Socialists assembled for a rally to-day,
! FEugene V. Debs, several times a candi
. date for Presldent of the United States,
l had 11 minutes in which to catch a train
for his home at Terre Haute, Ind.
Nearly four miles of water and a mile
of land laild between him and the rail
way station. Accepting an Invitation
extended by aviator Toby Jannus, who
had just pulled ashnr/- after a flight
from Put-in-Bay, Debs got into Jan
nus’' aeroplane, and five minutes later
was In Sandusky.
An automobile conveyed him to the
railroad station.
Kansas Has 1 Auto
. .
For Each 8 Families
GOPEKA, KANS.,, July 18.-—There
will be 2 motor car for every family in
this State by June 1, 1918, {f Kansans
| continue to buy automobiles at the rate
‘they bought them last year, according
lm Charles H. Sessions, Segretary of
State.
~ In a report just issued he shows that
there are now 39,889 cars and 7,430 mo
mrcyrlés carrying State licenses in
Kansas,
“This means approximately one car to
every eight families,’” Mr, Sessions said.
“A year ago thera was one for every
ten families. At the present rate of
buying, in 1918 there will be an average
of one motor car to every family.”
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Extradited on Charge
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0f Embezzling Snakes
SCRANTON, PA., July 18—John
B. Miller, alias “Rattlesnake Bill;’
formerly of Pikeé County, has bean
brought back from Baltimore to an
swer to a charge of “embezzling” a
box of rattlesnakes.
“Rattlesnake Bill” occupled a win
dow in a drug store surrounded by a
nest of rattlers demonstrating the use
of snake oil for curing rheumatism.
ißoth “Bill” and snakes were missing
' when the store opened the following
‘day, and the police were notified.
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Candidates to Bar
’Trea,ting inCampaign
’ MARYVILLE, CAL., July 18.—The fa
mous election eigar and the stimulating
campaign drinks are a matter of his
tory in Sutter County as at a joint
meeting of the Sutter County and Dem
ocratic and Republican Central Commit
tees the candidates were urged to re
frain from treating their constituents.
As a result, a campaign which in the
past years cost a candidate anywhere
from $l,OOO to $2,000 wil be made for
less than §lOO, PR RS
ATLANTA, GA, SUNDAY, 19, 1914
.
‘Whisky Sundaes’ to
Beat State Dry Law
Topers Order “the Same” at Drug
Stores In West Virginla—
Get Liquor.
WHEELING, W. VA, July 18—
Whisky sundaes are the latest inno
vations in some progressive drug
stores of West Virginia. Known lov
ers of liquor are seen eating ice
cream frequently in certain drug
stores. The method, it is said, is to
wink at the drug clerk and order “the
same.”
Instead of the usual syrup, whisky
is the dressing. The new sundaes re
semble eggnog, and are fllling a long
felt want in sections of arid West
Virginia. ?
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Missing Son Found
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By Vera Cruz Picture
e
PANA, TLL., July 18.—A naval ple
ture of men loading rifles on the battle.
ship Florida, at Vera Cruz, Mexico,
which was published in a local news
paper, has resulted in the location of
Walter W. Rench by his parents, after
he had been missing for more than five
years.
Mr. and Mrs. Rench took up cor
respondence with the Navy Department
and officlals are now In correspondence
with officers of the Florida in Vera
Cruz Harbor, in an effort to bring par
ents and son together once more. When
ha enlisted Rench gave an assumed
name.
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Woman Convict Costs
State $6OO a Month
OSSINING, N. Y., July 18.—Three
women attendants and three male
guards are provided by the State for
Mrs. Modsline Perrola, of the Bronx,
the convicted murderess, who occu
ples the room in Sing Sing Prison
once occupied by former Principal
Keeper Connaughton, which over
looks the cellhouse. She costs the
State $6OO a month.
One of the women is a cook. The
other two women are instructing
Mrs. Perrola in English and teaching
her the alphabet.
$BO,OOO Yacht Won
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By Toss of a Dime
DETROIT, July 18.—John F. Dodge
and Horace E. Dodge, milionaires, weres
joint owners of the $30,000 yacht Hornel
until the other day, when they were
crossing l.ake FErie on her. Horace
Dodge recently buillt a new yacht cost
ing nearly a quarter of a million, but
he did not propose to give the Hornel
away. '
The brothers discussed for some time
the amount, John should ‘pay for his
brothers’ {nterest. Presently Horace
said: ‘“Let's toss a coin, the winner
to take the boat.” John won.
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Dentists Are Nearer
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Real Painless Chair
ROCHESTER, July 18.—Extraction
and treatment of teeth without the
slightest pain {s the goal sought by
American dentists. At the free clin
ics held in connection with the eight
enth annual convention of the Amer
fcan Dental Association progress
along this line has been demonstrated,
experts using a mixtuge of gas and
oxygen, which deadens all pain while
leaving the patient wholly consclous.
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Twi Born in
wins Are
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Different Months
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ST. CLAIRSVILLE, OHIO, July 18.
Twins were born to Mrs. Louls Bos-}
ton on different days and In differenti
months. A girl baby arrived shortly
before midnight, Tuesday, June 30. A
few minttes after 12, on the morning
of July 1, a sister came.
Inquiry to-day at the Boston home
revealed that the two Mlisses Boston
show promise of long, vociferous
lives.,
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Cigarettes Barred
.
From Harvest Fields
OBERLIN, KANS., July 18.—Clgarette
smokers found no haven on the big
tarm of George Ames, near Oberlin. He
says:
“The man who spends half his time
rolling cigarettes and the other half
smoking and expects to draw $3 a day
will be summarily kicked out. We want
real men in harvest, and will pay all
they are worth. We will take no chances
on having our entire crop burned up by
careless help.”
T et
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Forest Fire Started
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By Cigarette Stub
BANNING, July 18.—After an all-day
fight, forest fire recruits finally put un
der control a blaze near Cabazan at the
foot of Mt. San Jacinto. The fire start
ed in the dry brush from a cigarette
gtub and burned fiercely for 24 hours,
threatening the water supply of the
Ranning Indian reservation.
On Wager, Woman Weighing 130
~ Tries to Hoist 300-Pound
i Neighbor by Pulley.
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POLICE FEAR IT IS RIOT
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But the Nolse Is Only the Stout
~ Lady Crashing to the Floor.
Ankle Broken.
NEW YORK, July 18.—As the re
sult of a small wager yesterday aft
ernoon, Mrs. Elizabeth Welr, 42 years
old, of No. 12 Vine street, Brooklyn,
who tips the scales at 300 pounds, is
in the Long Island College Hospital
suffering from compound fracture of
the ankle and probable internal inju
ries
From what the police of the Poplar
street station could learn, Mrs. Welr
and Mrs. Mary Flynn, 30 years old, of
No. 5 Vine street, had a discussion
over their relative strength. (Mrs.
Flynn weighs 130 pounds.) They de
cided to hoist each other in turns up
a rope attached to a pulley.
Mrs. Flynn and Mrs. Weir entered
a stable near their homes, formerly
occupied by the police of the old low
er Fulton street station as a garage
for thelr auto patrol wagon. Mrs.
Weir was the first and last of the
disputants to be hoisted. BShe had
risen ten feet above the ground when
Mrs. Flynn lost her grip. |
When Patrolman Conway, of the
Poplar street station, entered the
station in Tresponss to what he
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Adele Blood,
whose suit for
divoree is com
plicated and
made sensa
tional by strong
hints that Gov
ernor Earl
Brewer of Mis
sissippi is inter
ested in its sue
cessful outcome.
thought was a full-sized riot, he
found Mrs. Welir in & heap on the
floor and Mrs. Flynn bewalling the
kour that she ever made a bet. Mrs,
Flynn accompanied her injured com
panion to the hospital and promised
to visit her every blessed day.
Why Do Bald Heads
Make Best Husbands?
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WINSTED, CONN., July 18--The pub
licity committes of the Bald Head Club
of America, which holds its next ban
quet here October 29, is seeking Inform- |
ation on “Why do bald heads make the
best hushands?’ All replies should be
maliled to the Bald Head Editor, Win
sted. |
A woman writes: !
““My husband is not bald headed, and ‘
no woman could ask for a beter hus
band than I have. |
“But I have a bald headed brother-in.
law, and my sisters assures me con
fidentially that he Is concelted and
thinks more of his own personal appear
ance and comfort than he does of hers.
My answer to your question, ‘Why do
bald heads make the best husbands?
is ‘because they don't.’' "
6 Inches of Floor to
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Yield $2,000 Radium
MINNEAPOLIS, July 18.—A pilece of
floor six inches square was removed
from one of the rooms in a local hotel
to-day and forwarded to Philadelphia,
where it will be assayed for radium.
The hotel is not a newly discovered rad
fum mine.
Dr. Samuel 8. Holton, a radium spe
cialist, recently dropped about $2,000
worth on the floor, and the only way of
saving it was to take up the floor and
send it to the laboratorya
Actress’ Divorce Suit Is Tangled
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Husband Threatens to Sue Executive for Dam
ages, on Charge of Alienation.
NEW YORK, July 18—The daivorce
sult of an actress agalnst an actor
husband rarely causes more than a
passing ripple of Interest in this
town. But when the referee in the
case becomes obsessed with the idea
that a Governor of one of these United
States has Interested himself in be
half of the actress’ sult-—why, then,
the most blase of newspaper readers
1s likely to sit up and begin to notice
things. i
Adele Blood i 3 the actress. FEd
ward Davis 1s the husband. Frederic
C. Leubuscher is the referee,
And Earl Brewer, of Mississippl, 1s
the Governor.
The hearing, which is to be resumed
August 9, at present {s in a tangle
that would have delighted the soul of
the contemplative Dr. Watson, as of
fering a new problem for the {neisive
brain of Mr. Sherlock Holmes.
The Complications.
Another divorce complicates the
case. A certain stage director, Fred
erick Esmelton Bryant, has brought
suit agalnst his wife, Julls Power,
naming Davis, and thus supplying
Miss Blood with additional ammuni
tion in her own case against Davis.
Here s the circumstance that In
duces the referee to belleve that Gov.-
ernor Brewer is concerned.
Ira Sample, a private detective, and
said to be “confidential agent” of
Governor Brewer, gratultously
scraped together a mass of evidence
concerning Davis’ alleged misdoings,
and offered the same to Miss Blood,
by way of making things easy for her
in obtaining a divorce from her hus
band.
This same Sambla also. gratuitous-
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ly, “promoted™ the divorce suit of
Miss Power against Bryant, at the
same time lugging {n the name of Da
vis; all of which tended directly to
aid Miss Blood in her sult agalnst
him.
Brewer Saw Her Act.
And all this took place not very
long after the Governor of Mississippl
lsa! in the guest box at the Century
Theater at Jackson, Miss, and
watched Miss Blood in the star role
of “Everywoman.”
Two statements, both attributed to
Sample, made to Harry B. Bradbury,
a lawyer connected with the case,
'are supposed to be the principal rea
sons for Referee L.eubuscher's suspi
clons.
Bradbury declared that Sample had
informed him that he (Sample) had
got into the casé “because he was in
terested with the Governor of Mis
'sissippl, and that Davis and the Gov
‘ernor of Mississippl had something
Hcgether which made Davis a valua
ble man and made Sample a valua
ble man to the Gowvernor of Missis
sippl.” ‘
Bradbury also told the referee at
one of the hearings that Sample had
informed him that the Governor
“held a grudge against Davis,” and
ihnt he (Sample) was “out to square}
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Husband Asks Damages. {
Davis said last night at the Hotel
Flanders, No. 135 West Forty-seventh
street, that he intends bringing suit
against Governor Earl Brewer of Mis- l
sigsippl for alienation of the affec
tions of his wife, He did not state
what amount he will ask, declaring
juoney & not ais objesta
“Heart Sickened at Shedding of
Biood That Silly Dog Fancler
Might Wear a Crown,” Says U.
S. Envay Who Resigned Place,
Accepts Mr. Hearst’s Offer to Ex
pose “Conspiracy of Silenoe”
by European Press While De
fenseless Natlon ls Ravaged.
In responss to & coblegrom asbing
for a statement of the asituction
which led him to demounce the “mur
derous government” of Princs Wil
liam of Wied, “King of 4lbania,” The
Bunday Amerioan Ras recewed the
Jollowing :
By GEORGE FRED WILLIAMS
Who Recently Resigned as Amertcan
Minister to Greece and Montenegro.
Speclal Cable to T;:merlcan.
ATHENS, July 18,—As Mr. Hearst
was the first American editor to offer
the columns of his newspapers. to
help the freedom of Albania, I accept
the offer to maloe a statement of the
oase,
1 accept more readily becauses the
Buropean press is i a conspiracy of
silence. Great journals in Germany,
Italy end Austria suppressed my ar
ticle, but are now featuring the false
hood that I resigned at the request
of President Willson.
Appeals to Americans.
Bven The London Times joins In
this game. These papers publish col.
umns on the murder of Prince Franz
Ferdinand of Austrid, while they re
fuse to expose the murder of an in
nocent people by a German Prince
supported by Europe.
Hence 1 gladly appeal to the MNb
erty-loving people of America.
Albents 1s a country of mountains
and fertile valleys on the Adriatic
Sea. Its people are shepherds and
farmers, simple and honest. They
are largely Mohammedan, though, |
even in religion, they long ago broke
loose from Turkish control There |
are Cathollic Christians in the oorth,
Greek Christians in the South, wihere
in Epirus, of Greek dlocd, is doml
nant,
When ut the end of thre Cuwmoe- |
Turidsh war the six grest Powers
undertook delimitation ef the ocon
quered territory, Albania was csrved
out from Montenegre to the Greek
|l‘me. The lLondon accord dediared !
Albania to be & principality whose
soverelgnty and neutrality wee guar- *
anteed by the six Great Powers,
The controlling influences in this
arrangement were Italy end Aus
tria, which wished to keep Servia and
Greece from Adriatic ports
A commission of internationat con
ttrnl, generally called C. L C, consist
| ing of Consuls from the six great
| Powers, was created to estabMsh a
éguvernmen’t and was Intrusted to
'comrol administrative and fnancial
‘affairs. These officers were empow- |
'ered to control the gendarmeris er
, police force.
Willlam of Wiled
, The Powers searched for a Prinoe
and finally fixed upon one Wihed, &
t'%rman major of Uhlans, refated to |
’the German Roumanian royalty.
iThroußh its afMfance with Roumania |
‘lho Greek Government was induoced
to pledge its influence to support '
Wied.
i Then began a farce of government
- which would be the funmiest exhibi
‘tion of international incompetency in
ltho history of diplomacy had ft not
' been turned into tragedy.
. Bssed Pasha, a local chieftain, went
to Germamy and ostentatiously tem
dered the rule of Albania to Wied.
He had the same right to present
Albania to Wied that the Mayer of
Schenectady would have to diwpose of
New York State.
Wied came to Valona or Avolan,
an Albanian seaport, and demanded
a reception of great pomp. The
C. L. C. made preparations, but was
promptly snubbed by the Prince's
chamberiain. The Prince treated thas *
C. 1, C. with contempt and appointed
a ministry consisting of landlords
pashas and beys.
People Not Consulted.
Three points should be noted here: |
First, the _peopis of Albania wete LQb