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German Preachers Are Moved From Jail to Prevent Lynching
SCHOOL FIRE THOUGHT PLOT
(By International News Service.)
ELKIN, W. . VA, Feb. 20.—Fearing
a lynching, Federal authorities have
mwcved Ollie Gundon and Herman
Meyers, German preachers, from the
jail at Wheelirg, it became known to
day. The men were arrested on
charges of circulating Geriian prepa
ganda.
Greek Governmont
s Pro-G
Ousts Pro-Germans
(By International News ¢ :rvice.)
GENEVA, Jan. 31 (By Mail).—
Many Greeks suspected of pro-Ger
manism are being deportel from
@reece, according ta information re
ceived from Athens today. The new
Cieek Government, headed by Pre
mier Venizelos, is taking strong maag
ures againts the adherents of former
King Constantine to nip in the bud
any attempt to put him baci on tke
throre.
Many of the Greek royalists deport
ed from Piraeus have come to this
couritry and others are on their way.
Ship Huns Munitions
(By International News Servioe.)
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 20-—Fed
eral authorities have three wen in
custody today who are suspecced of
plotting to ship ammunition to Ger
many via Dutch ports. Henry Par
son and Low Gow, a Chinese, are said
to have bought 800 rounds of ammu-
Aition for shipment on a Dutch ves
sel, and Max Reinhard, toymaker, is
alleged to have consigned lead toys
to Germany so they could be melted
into bullets.
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$23,000 Is Raised
InY.W.C. A Work
With $23,000 in hand, workers in
the Y. W. C. A. fund campaign Wed
nesday were hopeful that the re
mmainder of the $50,000 sought in At
lanta would be made up by subsgrip
+ions Wednesday and Thursday, and
that the campaign would be closed
Thursday evening.
The campaign is belleved to s2t a
record for such canvasses as to.the
nniversal response of persons agked
to contribute. It was said by the cam
paign committee that practically none
has refused to give, although the svms
in many cases were small. It vras
indicated «B"probably necessary that a
cali be made upon the larger inter
ests of the city to make up the total
amount sought. .
Canvassers were not so numercus
Wednesday as formerly, and an ap
peal was made that every person de
siring to contribute should send or
inail his subscription to the Y. W. C.
A. campaign tommittee, No. 212
Peachtree Arcade. Joel Hunter s
making a compltte audit of subscrip
tions, all of which will be acknowl
‘edged. !
Subscriptions were received by malil
from other Geotrgia towns, including
LaGrange, Thomaston, Crawfordsville
and Clarkston, [in almost every in
stance accompanied by letters telling
how the Y. W. C. A. has been of serv
ice to girls and women from those
towns. |
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2,000 Persons Killed
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By 'Quake in China
By FRANK H. KING,
International News Service Staff
Correspondent.
TOKIO, Feb. 20.—There were 2,000
cagvalties lesulting from the earth
quake at Swatsw, China, last Wed
nesday, acecording to information re
«<eived today.
- Seismographs here registered the
shock. 1 0
By The Georcian Co
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Teuton War Policy
Costs Norway 755
Ships and 1 §7SM
ipsand I, en
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.—In
creasing evidence of Norway's
anger over the sinking of Nor
wegian ships and the Kkilling of
her sailors by German submarines
is shown in an official statement
issued today by the Norwegian
Legation. Figures compiled by
the Norwegian Goverrment and
cabled today to the Legation show
that from the beginning of the
war to December 31, 1917, Norway
lost 702 vessels of a gross tonnage
of 1,031,778 tons, by submarines
and mines, while, in the same
period, 53 ships disappeared. The
Norwegian Governn.ent believes
two-thirds of these latter ships
were lost by war measures.
The number of sailors who hay 2
perished as a result of German
submarine activity is 875, while
700 more were lost when the 53
ships disappeared. At the clos2
of last year Norway has thus suf
fered a total loss of 1,675 sailors
through German war measures. '
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Peachtree-Whitehall
Paving Being Urged
Business men along Peachtree street
Wednesday were circulating a petition
to Council asking that the street be
paved from the viaduct to Pine street.
Nearly 51 per ccent of the property
owners had signed and it was expect
ed that the petition would be present
ed at the next meeting of Council. In
that event work will f)egin in about
30 days.
It is understood that Whitehall
business men have prepared to start
a petition for work on that street
also, from the viaduct to Humphrey.
The county agreed to aid the city in
both these projects and the money is
now available. However, nothing can
be done until the petitions are brought
in, with signatures of 51 per cent of
the property owners.
French Repulse a
.
Raid by Germans
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Feb. 20.—Another violent
artillery duel occurred in the Butte
de Meshil sector of the Arras front
during the night, the War Office an
nounced this afternoon. Thore also
was severe artillery firing in the Ves
g2s Mountains.
In the Vauquois sector an attempt
by the Germans to raid a French
trench was repulsed.
Convert the Contents of
the Poultry Columns
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Into Cash Profits
The Georgian and American’s
“Poultry, Pets and Live
Stock’ columns are com
posed of practical advice and
reliable information.
Articles upon the practical
problems of poultry raisers,
and information regarding
fowls, foods and equipment
are found here daily.
To be guided by these col
umns in the important items
of proper buying, feeding
and housing is to Put your
poultry upon a paying basis
and to continually increase
your profits.
g Dealers also profit by using
these columns to reach the
bifgest buying clientele in
this section of the South.
It is a simple and inexpen
sive matter to keep your ad
continuously before them.
Write it and then send.
leave it with or
Telephone It to The
'Georgian and American
Main 100 or Atlanta Main 8000
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With the $500,000 Candler blackmail
trial ore week off, court officials and
even Judge Ben Hill, who is to try
the case, already have been besieged
by many persons, both women and
men, seeking reserved seats in the
Criminal Court room that they may
be assured of hearning all details of
the sgensational charges against Mrs.
Mcurgaret Jackson Hirsch and “Hand
some Bill” Cook, accused of the black
mail plot, it was made known Wed
nescay.
I In the opinion of officials, greater
interest centers in this trial than in
lany court case in Fulton County in
a long while, and the greatest crowd
‘ever attracted to the new courthouse
is expected. to squeeze itseif-into the.
Criminal Court room.
l But there will be no reserved seats
—Judge Hill made this plain Wed
neiday. Afl persons making special
applications have been informed that
they will “have to'take their chances
along with every one else who wants
te hear the trial” It will be a case of
“first come, first served.”
And, incidentally, women will not
be barred. Judge Hill said that the
trial of Mrs. Hirsch and Cook would
be conducted just as any other trial,
and trat it was a question for women
themselves to determine as to whether
they wished to be present.
Judge Hill Wednesday stated that
no crowding of the courtroom will be
permitted and that no one will be al
lowed to stand. This is the invaria
ble rule inforced by Judge Hill in all
trials. When the seats are all taken,
ther Judge Hill will order the doors
closed. No one else will be admit
ted after that time unless some one
should go out and leave a seat vacant.
“This trial will be conducted just as
any ordinary misdemeanor trial-—no
special arrangements or plans of any
kind will be made,” explained Judge
Hill
Forty-eight veniremen, from which
the jury that is to try Mrs. Hirsch
and Cook is to be chosen, were drawn
late Tuesday, and were being served
by deputy sheriffs Wednesday. As
the case is a misdemeanor only 24
veniremen are necessary, but 48 were
drawn by Judge Hill for the reason
that he has some felony cases sched
uled for next week also.
In a misdemeanor case the State
has but five strikes and the defense
seven. This means that but a short
4ime will be required in the choosing
| of the jury.
Telemon Cuyler Pays
Respects to Governor
Telemon Cuyler, of Middle Georgia,
called ‘at the Capitol Wednesday to
pay his respects to Governor Dorsey.
Mr. Cuyler wore a tasteful and well
tailored frock coat of neutral tint,
with riding trousers to match, lined
with buckskin and protected by buff
leggings.
Mr. Cuyler came by train.
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Truck Driver Held
For Alcohol Theft
When Henry Hayes, truck driver
for the John B. Daniel Company, a
wholesale drug firm of No. 34 Wall
street, took five gallons of grain al
éohol from his employers’ stock he
violated two statutes, and was taken
by Retectives Vickery and Hamby
for larceny and for infraction of the
boneidry law which objects to any
one's'&a.vlns liquor in his possession.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1918
(By International News Service.)
AMERICAN FIELD HEADQUAR
TERS IN FRANCE, Feb. 20.——Artil
lery and aerial activity continued in
the sector held by American forces
today. 'The weather was clear and
cold and the sky was cloudless. |
(By International News Service.)
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 20.—Although
dispatches from Petrograd announce
that the Bolshevik government is
willing to agree to Germany's peace
terms, the advance of the German ar
mies continues, according to a dis
patch, dated Tuesday night, which
was received here today.
It stated the Germans were moving
toward the Dubno-Rovno line, in Vol-
Tynia, and toward Liéutzin, in the
Dvinsk region.
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Confirmation Asked
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Of Russian Surrender
(By International News Service.)
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 20.—Nicholai
Lerire and Leon Trotzky, heads of
the Bolshevik Government at Petro
grad, have received a communication
from General Hoffmann, representa
tive of the German army at the Brest-
Litovsk peace conference, asking for
an authentic copy of the Bolsheviki's
announcement that they are ready to
treat with the Central Empires on the
Jatter's terms, according to informa
tion received here this afternoon. The
doctment requested is said to have
bean forwarded.
The foregoing dispatch is confirm
atory of the report current yesterday
that the Bolshevik Government had
accepted Germany's peace terms. It
is evident the Bolshevik Government
was influenced by Germany's threat
of an offensive. That the Bolshevik
Government had cause for fear was
made evident by the rapidity with
which the German armies advanced
along the line between the Baltic and
the Galician frontier. No fighting has
occurred on that section of the battle
front bordering Ukraine.
Hard Peace Terms
- Forced Upon Russia
(By International News Service.) -
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—The
terms of the German peace forced on
Lenine and Trotzky will do more to
further the unified war program of
the Allies and inspire them to an ab
solute and decigive victory than could
have any other development.
This is the opinion unofficially ex
pressed in official Washington circles
today, following the announcement
that the Bolshevik leaders had been
forced to subscribe to a peace carry
ing with it annexations and indemni- \
ties. j
The terms of peace to which the
Bolshevik leaders were forced to sub
scribe included: |
Virtual annexation to Germany of|
Poland, Courland, Lithuania and parts
of Ethonia and parts of Livonia. |
Retention of the Moon Islands, car
rying with it economic and strategici
control of the Gulf of Riga and domi
nation of the entire Baltic Sea. ‘
An indemnity of $4,000,000,000 to be |
paid, presumably, in foodstuffs and
raw materials. |
“Germany has shown her hand”
said one official. “The terms of peace
forced upon Russia are indicative of
the terms she would like 'to force
upon the ‘Allies, and which she would
were she in a position to do so.”
The State Department today was
without any further official knowl
edge of the Russian situation than
could be gleaned from the maze oti
conflicting reports that lave fllured‘
Continued on Page 2, Column 5.
Aged Negro Slayer
Is Declared Insane
‘“Doctor” E. C. Thomas, the aged
negro slayer of Policeman H. T. Ad
ams, who was placed on trial Monday
in Judge Ben Hill's division of Crim
inal Court on a charge of murder,
Tuesday at noon was found insane by
the jury and will be sent to the State
Insane Asylum at Milledgeville,
The verdict was based on a special
plea made by Attcrneys C. Don Mii
ler and R. R. Shropshire that Thomas
is insane at the present time. This
means that, should he ever recover his
sanity, he then can be tried for mur
der, the question of whether he was
insane at the time of the killing not
being in issue before the jury.
Dr. Lewis M. Gaines and Dr. J. R,
Garner, who were appointed Tuesday
afternoon by Judge Ben Hill to ex
amine the slayer, Wednesday report
ed that they considered him insane.
R i S
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Feb. 20.—Great aerial
activity is taking place over the west
ern battle front, the British War Of
fice announcing today that seventeen
German airpl‘anes were shot down in
successful combats Tuesday.
Raids and cloud battles were in
progress' all day and it was admitted
that two British airplanes are miss
ing.
Britishs airmen bombed Treves and
Thionviile ir. the night, throwing
down projectiles from a low alti
tude.
The railway station at Treves was
set on fire and three other conflagra
tions were observed.
Direct hits were observed at Thion
ville, where the British aviators made
t.ae railway station and the gas works
their chief targets. Fires broke out
there, also.
The raid on Treves was the third in
36 hcurs, and in all seventeen high
powered bombs were dropped.
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Great German Raid
Repulsed by British
~ (By International News Service.)
LONDON, Feb. 20.—Repulses of a
powerful German raid east of Arleux,
on the Leas-Arras front, was an
nounced today by the British War Of
fice. The Germans attacked after a
strong bombardment, but were driven
back with severe loss. The British
took some prisoners.
On the West Flanders front, near
Wytschaete, the Britsh raided a Ger
man trench, capturing some D“SUH-i
ers. ]
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Autoist Held for
Killing Aged Man
Following the death Tuesday night
of J. L. Pate, 71, of No. 169 Walker
street, . H. Ridgers, No. 540 South
Pryor street, who was driving a mo
tor car which struck the aged man
last Monday, was arraigned Wednes
day and then released under a SSOO
bond. The trial is set for 8:30 o'clock
Saturday morning in the Police Court.
The accident occurred at the corner
of Fair and Forsyth streets.
Witnesses are quoted as saying that
Ridgers was not to blame.
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Union Head Orders
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Ala. Miners to Work
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(By International News Service.) !
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—Frank J.
Hayes, president of the United Mine
Workers of America, late this after
noon wired instructions to the strik
ing coal miners in Alabama to return
to work epndlng?the settlement of
their grievances. §
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Acting on the theory that the fire
which destroyed the Boulevard School
Tuesday night might have been of in
cendiary origin, the Board of Educa
tion Wednesday asked the State Fire
Marshal and Chief Cody to probe the
blaze, and appointed A. C. Burton to
represent the board in the investi
gation. The action was taken at the
sugzestion of Mayor Candler, who re
ferred to incendiary school fires in
Birmingham, Philadelphia. and other
cities.
It developed Wednesday that W. H.
Dorsey ,deputy sheriff, had called up
on the Mayor Tuesday with a sug
gestion that all the city schools be
guarded. Mayor Candler called Chiet
Cody in conference, ard the expense
of guarding the schools was investi
gated. It was found that the cost
would be $l5O a day. Chief Cody was
instructed write to Birmingham and
ascertain if the fires there were
blamed on war propaganda or local
conditions, and while this investiga
tion was under way the Boulevard
school burned.
C. J. Bowen, building inspector, and
L. M. Landrum, business agent of the
schools, told the board that the Boule
vard fire could have had no origin
except incendiarism or spontaneous
combustion, as it did not start near
a flue and there wgre no electric light
wires in the building. However, Mr.
Bowen did not believe that it could
have ‘Leen set on fire at the point of
origin under the roof.
May Sell Property.
The board also appointed a commit
tee composed of James L. Key, James
E. Hickey, George F. Eubanks and
Councilman Claude 1.. Ashley to in
vestigate the feasibility of selling the
damaged building and lot and apply
ing the proceeds to the proposed
schools on Moreland avenue and in
the Eighth Ward. Another proposi
tion is to apply the insurance, which
was SB,OOO on a $15,000 building, to
the other schools and use the Boule
‘vard annex for a negro school.
James L. Key, member of the school
hoard, Alderman Steve Johnston and
’Counf‘i]m:nn W. 8. Dillon, all repre
senting the Fourth Ward, recom
mended that the Boulevard building
be converted into a negro school and
the insuraice diverted to the other
schools in that section. W. H. Ter
rell objected on the theory that neith
er a white school nor a negro school
is needed at the site, and -the lot
should be sold. He suggested that a
proposition for a sale be made to the
Morris Brown School. The commit
tee, after viewing the ruins, recom
mended that.the school be rebujlt, no
matter to what use it is put.
Councilman Ashley told the board
that many children of poor parents
lost their books in the Boulevard fire
and are unable to replace them, Su
perintendent Wardlaw agreed to ap
peal 1o Parent-Teacher Associations
for aid in supplying books in worthy
cases.
Superintendent Wardlaw was au
thorized to transfer Boulevard pupils
to Forrest avenue, Inman Park, Grant
Park, Faith and other neifghboring
schools until some permanent ar
rangements may JT made. The high
er grades will be transferred and the
lower grades will reconvene in the
Boulevard annex, probably next Mon
da')l!‘.he board discussed the rncont‘
school fires in Birmingham, known by
autl.orities thepe to be incendiary. The
Jefferson County High School, the
Central High® School and the Pratt
City School have been burned in the
last ten days. Two schools in Phil
adelphia also were recently destroyed ‘
Three Injured in Fire. |
The Boulevard School, at Northl|
ißoulevard and Irwin street, was‘z
Continued on Page 9, Column 4.
ON TRAIN%
FIVE CENTS,
3 CENTS
Decadence of U.S. |
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Not Seen in Army E
Camps, Taft Says;
(By International News Service.) 2
HICAGO, Feb. 20.~N0 one (|
C who has seen the men iné
training in the army camps >‘
of the United States can talk of
American decadence.
William Howard Taft, former
President, who is at the Great
{ Lakes Naval Training Station aft
{ er visiting fifteen army canton
ments, gave this as his foremost
impression of America’s military \
forces. |
Z “It has been an inspiration to
me,” he said, “to go about the
§campn and see such fine material.
{1 find the sentiment throughout
étho country increasingly for the
| war. It is the greatest in the
| larger cities, but smaller communi
{ ties are keenly patriotic and the
;\\farmern are showing their appre
! ciation of the situation.”
! Mr. Taft today delivered several é
! addresses before the jackies of the
ggreat Lakes station and was the
i guest of honor at an official review.
Clifford Casey, taxicab driver, No.l
303 Simpson street, drove some sol-|
diers out to Camp Gordon for early
roll-call Wednesday before dawn.
Returning alone through the fog and
darkness, his taxicab crashed head-‘
on against the front of a Camp Gor
don trolley car at the Brookwood
bridge. Casey's skull was fractured,
and he died within an hour at the
Grady Hospital. :
Motorman T. L. Jay and Conduc
tor R. F. Springer said the accident
occurred at 5:55 o'clock, and that
Casey was driving into the city on
the wrong side of the street. This
was borne out by the fact that the
taxicab was struck squarely by the
car, which was on the right-hand
track. The taxil was demolished.
Casey, who was 21 years old, was
picked up by W. T. Adams, who was
passing in his automobile, and a sol
dier, F. R. Zuck, and hurried to the
hospital. He died without recovering
consciousness. .He had received a
number of injuries, but that directly
responsible for his death, the sur
geons said, was a fracture of the
skull at the base of the brain.
Casey’'s body was taken to the
undertaking estgblishment of A. O
& Roy Donehoo. 'Besides his mother,
Mrs. J. T. Casey, he is survived by
two brothers and two sisters, Oscar
and Otis Casey and Mrs. W. A. Cook
and Inez Casey. }
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Lindsay I. Wallin
Expires in Boston
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News was received in Atlanta Wed
nesday of the death in a hospital in
Boston of Lindsay I. Wallin, an elece
trical engineer connected with the
Government and widely known in this
city. Mr. Wallin's death was due to
pnuemonta.
Mrs. Wallin, who formerly was Miss
Ada Lee, of Atlanta, was with her
husband when he died. Mr, Wallin
was a graduate of Auburn, and had
been engaged in Government work for
several years., The funeral will take
place in Kensington, Gia., but the time
has not been determined. The body
will arrive there Thursday afternoon.
South Carolina Boy
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Wins French Medal
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTOUN, Feb. 20.—For
bravery under fire while with the
Freneh forces, an American private,
James 2. Moore, has been awarded
the Croix de Guerre. The medal was
received this afternoon by the War
Department, which handed it over to
the Siate Department, where it will |
be held until Moore is authorized by
act of Congress to receive it.
Moore is with the Seventeenth Am
bulanece Company, which recently was
sent to France unassigned. Hl}moth
er, Mrs. Maggie Moore, lives Ben
nettsville, S, G
A Paper for Atlanta, Georgia,
and the South
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(By Internalior al News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—Betwee
2,000,000 and 3,000,000 men will
embraced in Class 1 in the comifig
draft, according to estimates at e
office of Provost Marshal General
Crowder announced this afternoon.
The number depends upon the per
centage of exemptions for physical
disability, which may run as high as
40 per cent. Even with such a high
percentage, the number available will
be considerably more than 2,000,000,
it was said. :
Following repeated publications that
a new draft will be ordered May 1,
Secretary of War Baker this after
noon authorized the statement that
no date has been set.
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Balloon Fired on
* In Heard County
MACON, Feb. 20.—When sever_ll
students in a balloon from the Ma
con balloon school attempted to land
in Heard County they reported that
they were fired on several times.
None of fliers were hit, .
The balloonists were passing over
a small township when it is estimat
ed that at least 100 shots were fired
at them. It is believed that the per
sons shooting thought a Zeppelin
was raiding Georgia and were I_Qi
prised when no hombs were dropfli'd.
This makes the fifth or sixth time
that a balloon from the Macon xho&l
has been fired on. &
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Moderate Cold Wave
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Thursday Forecast
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What the weather bureau terms
‘moderate cold wave” will descen
on Atlanta Thursday, starting with"
temperature of about 28 degrees in
the morning and declining to about 20
degrees by Thursday night.
“The day will be fine and clear,”
said Mr. von Herrmann, trying to
break the news gently.
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Red Cross to Pay for
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Drainage at Wheeler
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&’y International News Service.)
ASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—A drain
age system for Camp Wheeler, at Ma
con, Ga., is to be constructed at't%
expense of the American Red Cross
wdas announced this afternoon.. !
system will be installed at a cest
$7,600 X %ol
Surgeon General Gorgas had
ported that because of the swamps'ra
the camp there would be great dan
ger of malaria among the soldiers.
The Red Cross investigated and found
the system would have to be insglll.d
on nrivate property in the vicinity of
‘the camp. Permission was then ob
taired from the owners and the work
will be started in the rear futurés
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Hubert L .Culberson
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1 s 11l at Hospita,
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~ Friends of 'Hubert I. Culberson,
County Treasurer, who has been Il
for several days, Wednesday were
worried over news that his condition
is considered very serious,
Mr. Culberson has been removed to
a local hospital. His condition has
been growing worse for several days,
it was reported. Mr. Culberson has
held the office of County Treasure#
for a long number of years, and has
hosts of friends throughout the coun
ty who will anxiously await further
news from his bedside. pircs
IMPORTS FROM CANADA.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.—A. gen
eral blanket license allowing imports
of all commodities from Canada ex~
cept those mentioned in the Presi
dent's proclamation of November 28,
has been issued, the War Trade
Board announced this aftermocss
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