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With all arrangements rnmplete‘
“for the start Wednesday in Judge |
Humphries' division of I'rimin:lli
Court of the™trial of Mrs. John Ab- |
bott for slaying her husband, it was
made plain by Solicitor Boykin thit
he will demand:the extreme penalty |
of the law as punishment for me:
young woman %
It was indicated by both the So- |
licitor and Attorney Frank E, Rndvnm‘
leben, who is to assist him, that rhe‘
State will handle vigorously every
phase of the tragedy in an effort to
bring about the convietion of the wife
They announced that the State’s case
is well in hand, and that there will |
be no hiteh in putting the trial under |
way, so far as the Sttae is concerned. J
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R. Arnold, for Mrs. Abbott, also an
nounced that they were ready to pro- |
ceed Wednesday, and are prepared to |
fight every point in it hat may be ad- |
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0f Soldier Toys Is ‘
Called Aid to War
BY HENRY G. WALES,
Staff Correspondent, I. N. 8.
PARIS (by mail.)—Prohibit the
manufacture of tecy soldiers as an |
added means toward preventing fu
ture wars, is the demand of “V,”
writing in Le Temps.
It is estimated that the toy fac
tories of Neufemberg alone <have
manufactured one hundred million
ler.d soldiers which have been sold |
in every country in every part of
the world.
Such playthings, the writer con
tends, arouse a militaristic spirit in
children which is developed during
boyhood when they play with their
playmates at real soldiering. He |
urges that the nmrkvti{Pc of lead
soldiers be discontinued and that
parents take pains to prevent their
children® from playing at soldiers
themselves,
Despite the alleged shortage of
metal in Germany, the writer as
g¢serts that certain of the Neurem
berg toy factories have been mak
ing lead soldiers during the war,
selling their wares in Germany and
in Switzerland, Holland and the
Seandinavian countries,
The author says there is no doubt
that the League of Nations will be
successful in keeping the world in
a state{;r peace during the present
generation, but he fears for future
zeneiatlons, with the martial spirit
of soldiering and siaying inculcated
in children through playing” with
lead soldiers,
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Lieut. C. S. Hamilton
Bach to Atlanta Job
Lieutenant Claud 8. Hamilton, who has
Leen an instructor of heavy artillery at
Camp Zachary Taylor, has received an
honorable discharge from ' the army, and
resumed his former position as chief clerk
in the Atlanta office of John A. Roebling's
Sons Co. Lieutenant and Mre. Hamilton
rre residing at No. 36 West College ave
nue, Degatur. )
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NEW GRAFT IN IOWA,
I‘3{ International News Service.)
“GLIDDEN, IOWA, Feb 18-—-A new
graft has been brought to light in this
vicinity with the turning up of a large
number of notes at a loecal bank.
A ‘'slick” salesman sells a farmer a
hog feeder for §26 cash, the feeder to be
#ent to him later He was also asked
10 sign an “order” that the salesman
cpuld "turn into 4he company.” The
“grder" proved to be a note for $36.
Full International News Service
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. Mrs. Lucile Woodward, ;ecretary of the County Exemption
Board, who sped county selectmen on way with smiles.
i Senirpmint .
t Mrs. Lucile Woodward, popular and
eflicient clerk in the-county exemption
lboard offices in the Courthouse, is one
of the young women of Atlanta who
lhus done a h“fe bit for Uncle Sam in
¢ the war against Germany—in fact, Mrs.
Woodward has the distinction of having
sent more #ien to the army than any
other woman in the Southeast.
Mrs. Woodward for a long while has
acted as chief clerk for the county
board, and, as part of her duties, called
and personally instructed hundreds of
Fulton County men, many of whom have
made splendid records in theg bitter
fighting of the latter days of the great
t war. By direction of I. C. Whitney, of
East Point, chairman of til% county
board, Mrs, Woodward signed practical
ly all of the notices to county regis
trants to appear for examination and
for induction into the service,
And, because of the personal interest
displayed by Mrs. Woodward in each of
the registrants, they all echeerfully
shouldered arms for the cause of Uncle
Sam. )
\'Pep’ and Good Looks
Bring Small Return to
Chorus Girl in London
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Feb. 18.~~Pretty
American maids who have stage
ambitions and would even start in
the chorus, had better fight shy of
England, where the top salary for
chorus girls averages sl2 a week
This sum, penuriously spent, might
buy food for one In Leondon, but
nothing else.
In addition to the fact that there
is a plentitude of girls—a glut in
the market, in fact--amply meet
ing the needs of the British stage
which seemingly demands graven
images in the chorus, an Amerl
can chorus girl would find that all
“pep” she puts into her work to
tally out of kilter here,
Smiling, vivacious, knock-em
dead chorus girls evidently have
not been discovered by the produc
ers of musical comedies. Nor are
they wanted. N
The London chorus girl, who has
about as much chance of subsist
ing on sl2 a week in l.ondon as a
house-fly in Alaska, is showing
signs of unrest. She wants more
money and, after consultation with
managers, is told that the only
way to get 1t is for the salaries of
the starg to be reduced. The chorus
girl contends a star i= paid 85 per
cent for reputation and 16 per eent
for actual work done,
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(By International News Service.)
BASLE, SWITZERLAND, Feb, 18
American troops will be sent into
Berlin to guard the food sent into that
city by the United States, said a dis
«atch from that'city today.
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Deny German Foreign
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Secretary Has Resigned
‘ (By International News Service,)
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 18.—Count
! von Brockdorff- Rantzau, Foreign
Secretary in the German Cabinet, has
not resigned, but is remaining in the
Ministry, said a Weimar dispatch to
The Politiken today.
It had previously been reported
@unt Brockdorff-Rantzau had left
the German Cabinet, the intimation
being that a political crisis was
brewing at \\'Hmm‘
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| Spartacists Capture
,Mumch Headquarters
(By International News Service.)
| ZURICH (via London), KFeb, 18-\
| The headquarters of the Munich
t army that command the telegraph
'.’ln(] telephone stations and several
newspaper plants were seized by the
Spartacists today
Machine guns were planted in the
windows of the Army Building to
sweep the adjacent streets,
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Niagara Falls Would
Be World League Seat
(By International News Service.)
NIAGARA FALLS, ONT,, Feb, 18.
Niagara ¥Falls ity Council today
passed a resglution that the Mayor of
the city cable the peace conference at
Paris setting forth the advantages of
Niagara Falls as a permanent seat
for the league of nations for universal
peace and requesting the authorities
of Niagara Falls, N. Y., to co-operate
in the endedvors to have 4t located
here.
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Suffragists Will Go to
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Boston to ‘Greet’ Wilson
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb, 17— Militant
suffragists have found it necessary
to revise all their plans, since it was
announced President Wilson will land
in Boston instead of New York
They plan to greet him on his ar
rival in Boston, with a band of “mili
tants” bearing the sort of banners
| that have gotten them into trou
ble with the police and publie in
Washington several times
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 19)9
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Many Firms Reported to Have
Sold Tools at From 50 to 200
Per Cent Advance to U. S.
A Federal warrant charging- con
spiracy to defraud the Government out
of approximately $300.000 in connection
with the sale of tools by the Pasco Tool
Company to Camp Je€sup, was issued
Tuesday against John G. Pasco and 8
L. Dickey,. members of the firm.
Federal authorities allege that Pasco
and Diekey bribed Lieutenant C. M.
Shepperson, purchasing officer officer at
Camp Jesup, to turn large contracts for
tools their way. Contracts amounting
to $300,000 were given the company, it
is said, one-third of that amount being
pure graft, Lieutenant Shepperson is
alleged to have received $2,500 for his
share of the conspiracy
Lieutenant Brought Back.
Lieutenant Shepperson, who left Camp
Jesup for France soon after the deals
are said to Bave been put through, was
brogght back to .Atlamm to testify in
the case. He is now in the hands of
military authorities.
An indictment charging conspiracy
by bribery, was returned by the Fed
eral Grand Jury Monday It was on
the strength of-this indictment that the
warrant was issuad.
Government representatives have an
nounced that they expect to show the
Pasco Tool Company purchased tools
from other companies and added from
50 to 200 per cent on their purchase
price, for the Camp Jesup sales.
Many Firms Shared.
It will be shown further that the com
panies which sold to the Pasco Tool
Company, obtained higher prices than
would have been charged the. .Governs.
ment in diréet transaction. 4 |
The penalty, upon conviction of a |
charge of the character outlined, is a
sentence of two vyears in prison or a
fine of SIO,OOO, or both
Military D S ‘
itary Dances, 8o
' Soldiers Go on Strike
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Feb. 18.—There is one
thing a soldier likes to do—dance.
Start a jazz band going—introduce
a soldier to a good-lcoking girl and
real, high-class dancing will follow
as a rule. But—there are always ex
ceptions to any old rule, and this
rule is no exception.
The soldiers at Fort Sheridan are
on a Terpsichorean strike.
It seems that Lieutenant W. W,
Farrell recently issued a ukase bar
ring nurses at the fort hospital
from participating In the dances at
the post. And they do say the nurses
~ at ort Sheridan, in addition to being
extremely pretty, can sure dance,
1 Evanston girls, hearing of the or
der, decided the soldiers should not
~ lack dancing partners, and when the
‘ first dance was staged donned their
| best bib and tucker and to the dance
they went.
But right here is where the sol
diers called the strike. The dough
boys championed the cause of the
| nurses and rehtsed positively to
~ dance with the Tvanston belles, ex
| plaining, however, that the Evans
ton girls are not short on looks or
dancing ability, but-—well, they just
have to stick by their pals in the
service,
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Nations and Employers
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" To Treat With Labor
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PARIS, Feb. 18~The various govern
ments will be represefted as well as the
employers and the werking men at the
meetings of the annual intrnational laber
conference, according to the official com
munique issued here, The communique
reads:
““he ninth meeting of the commission
on international labor legislation was held
at the ministry of labor under the presi
gdency of SBamuel Gompers at 2:30 on Mon
day afternoon, February 17,
‘ “Discussions of procedure lald down in
[llu« British scheme for the meotings of
the annual conference was continued
‘“The commission agreed to the British
proposal as amended upon suggestion of
the Belgian delegation, which provides
"\hnh at the annual labor conference the
government of eaech stute shall be reprg
snted by two delegates, ahving one vota
each, while ther shall b one deleggte from
each state representing the empldVers and
baving one vote andeone delegnte repres
wnting the working people, with one wu."‘
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’Mexwo and U. 8. to |
Exchange Professors
| (By International News Service.) ‘
‘ WASHINGTON, Feb, 18.-An important
announcement from the Mexican embassy,
ns showing the growth of improved relas
tions between the United States and Mex
ico, has just been made here. It tells of
'plans for an exchange of profesgors bes
tween the University of Seattle and the
new University of Mexico, in Mesico City.
‘ ““The University of Seattle,” saye the
announcement, “will send porfessors who |
will teach in Mexico the Englis® lan
guage, history, customs and evelution of
the American union Mexico will send 40 |
Heattls professors who will teach tho
Spanish language, history, social evolution
and Mexican custom® and Mexican students
will take varioug courses in the University
of Heattle.' 2 1
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Representative Siegel Declares
Maimd American Soldirs Have
Been Reduced to Beggng.
(By International News Service.).
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—Insisting
that his resolution " proposing a
sweeping investigation of War De
partinent and army conditions be
given immediate consideration, Repre
sentative Siegel, of New York, told
the House rules committee this after
neon that crippled soldiers are beg
ging for alms on the streets of New
York.
“l can hardly believe this,” inter
rupted Chairman Pou. *“I don't be
lieve that any American city would
allow wounded soldiers to beg on the
streets.”
Siegel repeated his statement, de
claring he could support it with evi
dence. He deplored the fact that men
“are being returned form Europe with
the army owing them several months’
pay.”
Backs Allen’'s Charges.
“The conditions which Governor Al
lem has complained to you about will
be found to exist in the New York Na
tional Guard,” Siegel declared.
American soldiers killed in the last
few hours' fighting before the armis
tice was signed “were needlessly sac
rificed,” Governor Allen, of Kansas,
told the committee today.
All the Allied forces knew 72 hours.
before the signing of the armistice,
he said, that it would end the wdr.
Nevertheless, he declared, they pushed
forward and the American forces
playved a most vigorous part in the
final offensives dt a “néedTess sacri
fice.”
“Although the Germans were rr-~‘
treating,” said the Governor, ‘“they|
nevertheless rained heavy shellfire!
upon our troops, and we suffered a
considerable number of casulaties.”
He read to the committee a letter
from Colonel Carl Ristins, of the 139th |
Infantry, Thirty-fifth Division, in|
which the colonel said someone ought |
to tell Congress the “truth about con- !
ditions overseas.” ]
Nearly Froze to Death. !
“Someone ought to tell,” the colonei|
worte, “how we were stripped of blan. |
kets and had summer underwear und!
no overcoats for the Argonne fYfght ol
during which wounded men almost:
froze to death. |
“No abumlances for 3 hours and’
then only six to nine small ones m}
haul 6,300 wounded in six days. These |
ambulances frequently took as long|
as 36 hours to get to the ®eld hm:p:r:ll.;‘
and many men died on the way Wal
finally evacuated stretcher cases hy[
the hundreds in trucks. We Wwere or- |
dered to leave our kitchens behind, |
and they sent us to the firing line|
beef, cabbage, eggplant and toilat pa- |
per as food, and for a long period aft- |
er we came out of the fight they sent !
us bully beef in tin and other field|
rations which we should have had in'
the fight.” |
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l By FLOYD MACGRIFF,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S,
LONDON Feb, 18.—" Atrocity
trials’ of Germans known to have
j coinmitted crimes against humanity
!nn the Ligh seas will begin soon, and
according to Rear Admiral Sir Regi
nald Hall, the German defendants will
be executed if found guilty
Rear Admiral Hall was in charge of
}m. British Admiralty's intelligence
E«lv;mrlmum during the war He is
now a member of Parliament from
Liverpool, having been retired
A metiuod vl procedure against the
| German cffenders has already been
::lu('l("l. according to Sir Reginald
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| The offenders will be divided into two
i<i.«.s:w>&. (1) Those in authority who
; ordered deeds of infamy (2) those
i who carried them out
{ . “If any German we now have in
custody proves he obeyed orders in
| committing any sea crimes, then we
| will proceed against the higher Ger
]nmn authorities,” said Sir Reginald
“"Our arm is long enough to reach
‘HI-- higher-ups In the case of the
| hospital ship Landover Castle, the
!m:m who sunk her will be brought
i to trial. He will be defended by coun
{Hvl in open court, and if convicted he
i shall die.”
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\Had to Buy Him oßoze
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; In Dry State, She Says
{ (B( International News Service.)
INDIANAPOLISg IND.,, Feb. 18.—Her
husband fhreed her to buy him whis
ky (and Indiana is dry) with the last
money theyv had, Mrg Laura Grady
charges in a suit for divoree from Wil
lam Grady Mra. Grady further alleges
her husband refuged to bathe, and when
she remonstrated with him_ told her it
iwux “none of her damn business. |
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City Federation of Woman's Club
Hears Rumors ofe Boycott.
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Babies Starving.
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The proposal of labor leadérs that
the organized workers of Atlanta, co
operating with other civic bodies in
terested in maintaining milk prices
at reasonable levels and increasing
j the production, should get together in
a plan for a great co-operative dairy
near Atlanta to supply the city with
milk, was the newest element to be
injee¢ted into the investigatan
launched recently by the City Fed
eration of Women’s Clubs to deter
mine why the price of milk in At
lanta is from 4 to 14 cents higher than
in other cities, ‘
It was learned Tuesday that a plan
for the establishment of a co-opera- |
tive dairy to supply milk at near-cost
priges to the people of Atlanta will be
presented to the next session of the
Atlanta Federation of Trades, with
the indorsement of a number of lahor
unions and civie bodies.
May Start Boycott.
Ms. A. McD. Wilson, president of
the City Federation of Women's Clubs,
was unable Tuesday 0 say whether
the co-operative ‘dairy plan would
meet with the approval of the feder
ation. It was indicated that a strong
element ‘in the federation favored a
bhoveott on loeal milk products, and
it is probable that either this course
or the indorsement of the co-operative
movement will result from the next
session of the federation. The City
Federation of Women's Clubs is com
posed of 111 affiliated organizations,
with an aggregate membership of 10,.
000 women, and it is likely "that ils
action,'to be taken at Thursday morn
ing's session at FEdison Hall, will be
decisive and productive of certain re
sults.,
Workers for the Associated Chari
ties expressed satisfaction at the
prospect of lower milk prices r«su!bl
ing from the investigation and de
clared that the present high prl('w:‘
were working a great injury on poor
children and invalids whose parents
or guardians were unable to pay the
price of 25 cents a quart being de
manded for pure milk,
Have to Use Substitutes.
“We are constantly coming into
contact with children and Invalids
whose physical \w-lf;n‘% demandg a
plentiful supply of fresh cows’ tililk.f
and who are unable to obtain it at|
the prevailing price,"” sald one of the
charity workers. ‘““These people are|
consequently compelled to resort to
condensed milk and other substitutes
which do not contain the necessary
nutritive elements and as a result the
mortality rate among children is in
creasing. Mortality rate is too weak
a term-—I mean that babies are dying
of starvation because they can't get
milk ‘
“It is surprising what a large num
ber of women are having to work-—
at insuflicient wages-—and support
children on their earnings. Wives of |
soldiers, deserted wives and widows. !
They leave their children at home of
necessity and can not supply natural
milk for this reason, and because of |
the hu.;lx price of cows’ milk are com- |
pelled 1o substitute condensed mxlk]
and grits for real food, The nifrrrmw-'
ing of the price of eggs helps gsome,
but milk is most essential !
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Dairyman Claims
Production Cost High
The producers’ side of the local milk
question w:? presented Tuesday in a
letter to Tha Géorgian signed A Dairy
man,” as follows:
“Fditor Georgla—ln re. an article in
your paper, ‘Atlanta’s milk price high
€Bt of any city in Mast,' I desire to make
some comments through your celumns.
'As to what the creameries and milk
dealers in the c¢ity are making, 1 do
not undertake to say. 1 presume they
‘have troubles of their own and can
speak for themselves, but it had as well
be stated here, the producers or dalry
ment are getting only 45 cents per gal
lon for pure whole milk delivered to the
different city dealers. All our milk s
nspected and tested by your city san-
Atary department., Dairymen do not ob
jeet to thisx and think it is only right
and proper,
[ “Now, as to any deecline in the cost
of milk production, tth dafrymen have
not heard of it or felt it Land is high
er, cost of bulldings is much higher,
all kinds of equipment are higher, labor
'much higher, cows are much higher--
can’'t buy a good one for less than a
good farm mule, scarcely, from SIOO to
3300 each--feedstuffs are higher, every
item of cost is higher than ever before.
| Problems Are Many,
l ‘“The average person, including the
good housewlives of the city, have ullght
'('on(-epnun of the multitarious prdob
lems of cost and trouble and anxiety
that beset the dairyman. To enumerate
you must have land for a dairy site and
iphmt. barng that must conforin te sane
itary requirements, houses for the help,
wagons and teams for hauling in sup
(:Hen. truck to haul milk to market, re
fable help, for cows must be fed and
'milkedq at refiular periods at least twice
a day, morning before daybreak, cold,
rainy, snowy, ireozln% storming or what
not, the cows must be fed and milked.
“I wigh some of the splendid women
of the City Federation of Women's
Club would attend the dairies at all
hours and under all eircumstances and
conditions that the dairyman has to.
“In addition to above items of cost of
{wmducuon comes feed for the cows, all
ines of which are higher than ever be
fore, mince my first recollection, and 1
am mot young. Then, there must be
all necessary vessels, cans, buckeis,
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Mountain Perils |
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Town in Europe
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ARDIFF, Jan. 21 (by mail).— |
$ C A moving mountain threat- $
4 ens to demiolish the village
, of Victoria, near Ebbwvale, Al- |
é ready the sliding mountain, which
has not any regular method of lo- {
comotion, but simply goes by fits (
. and starts, has caused the destruc. !
tion of 165 houses. {
! For some time, Domenfawer, a |
mountain to the south, has shown
a tendency to move and helvy<
: and continued rains accelerated |
the mountain slide. {
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Grins and
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Groans in the
Day’s News
ANDERSON, IND., Febh. 18.—Six
passengers in a jitney bus were
bruised when the bus was struck by
a runaway team of former fire
horses, drawing a garbage mwagon.
The horses were itransferred to the
garbage department when the fire
department was motorized. When
they heard a street car bell ringing
they ran pellmell down the street.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—One
out of every four men drafted for
the urniy was illiterate to the ex
tent of being unable to read a
newspaper or to write home, ac
cording to a report submitted to
Secretary of the Interior Lane by
Surgeon General Ireland. The ex
act percentage of illiterary was
given as 249 or 386,196 of the
1,652,266 men examined.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—A total
saving of $13,810,370 has been ef
fected by the railroads of the Al
legheny region during the period
of Federal control, Regional Direc
tor Markham reports. During Jan
uary, he added, there were 36 uni
fications which will result in an
annual saving of $528,181.
DENVER, Feb. 18-—Charles A.
Gebhard, president of the Colorado
Packing and Provision Company,
banker and founder of the Denver
Stock Yards, died here yesterday.
NEW YORK, Feb. 18--Seeing
New York on one cent is easy if
you are a ‘“gob.” William H. Scott,
of Oklahoma, is a “gob” who wanted
to see the sights. He had but one
cent to his name. But he left hig
battleship, applied to the Soldiers’
and Suflurs' Club and was properly
chaperoned, taking in a breakfast,
luncheon, dinner and a dance and
seeing the gights as well. When he
got back to his ship he still had the
cent.
NEW YORK, Feb. 18.—Policeman
- Mike Gerry admits he can't throw
the bull. At least, Gerry will not
attempt to toss four-legged bovines
about very soon, following his he
roic attempt to capture a runaway
bull in the suburbs of Brooklyn.
Gerry's attempt cost him a new
uniform and a doctor’s bill.
13-Cent Stamp To Be
Issued by Uncle Sam
(By International News Service,)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.-—Uncle
Sam, ever alert to serve his millions
of customers, is putting out a new
postage Stamp. It is of the 13-cent
denomination and is issued primarily
for use in prepaying a single rate of
letter postage and special delivery
fee, or for postage and registry fee.
It may be used, however, for other
purposes for which ordinary stamps
are used. 2 ‘
The new stamp bears the head of
Benjamin Franklin, from Houdon's
bust, looking to the left, and is print
ed in yellow-green ink. It is of the
same shape and size as other ordi
nary stamps of the 1911 series. The
border design is the same as that of
the other denominations of the cur
rent igsue above 7 cents,
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Rejects Invitation to Dinner Be
cause of Differences on the
League of Nations Plan.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—Senator
William E. Borah, of Idaho, Republie
an, member of the Senate foreign re
lations. committee, today declined
President Wilson's invitation to at
tend the White House dinner on the
night of February 26, when the league
of nations will be discussed. The
Senator, in his letter, pointed out that
in accordance with custom, such
gatherings are regarded as strictly
‘v(mfidvn(l:ll and he would not feel
justified in accepting any information
that he could not pass on to his col
leagues or use in debate,
| “Can Not Change Wilson.”
“I am sure no suggestion of mine
would modify in the slightest the
views of the President,” the Senator
wrote. ?
Senator Borah's refusal to attend
the dinner, to which all members of
both the Senate and House foreign
relations committee have been invit
ed, caused considerable discussions at
the capitol and in other official ecir
cles,
Although of different political
faiths; the President and Senator Beo.
rih have been very worm personal
friends and it is known that the
President gave his tacit support to
the Senator's last campaign in Idaho,
Letter From Senator. ‘
The text of the Senator's letter,
which was addressed to Secretary
Tumulty and today sent by radio to
President Wilson aboard the George
Washington, follows:
“1 greatly appreciate your note hon
oring me with an invitation to meet
the President on February 268 to dis
cuss the league bof nations—a matter
of most vital concern to the whole
country. Meetings at the White
House, according to long standing
customs, are always regarded as
strietly confidentidl upon the part of
the guests.
“This meeting, I take it, would be
regarded as especially confidential,
otherwise the President would have
spoken, according to his custom, to
the open. Senaie, :
Differences Fundamental,
“The differences between the Presi
dent and myself on this question are
fundamental. I am sure no sugges
tion of ming would modify in the
slightest the views of the President
and nothing could induce me to sup
port the league as outlined in this
proposed constitution, or anything
like it,
“I feel, therefore, that it would nos
be fair to the President to accept his
confidence or receive from him confi.
dential information concerning this
subject. i ;
“Neitner, in my view of the mngtel.
could 1 accept information wh 1
would not feel perfectly free to trans
mit to my colleagues or use in public
debate.
“After much reflection, therefore, I
beg to be excused from attending the
meeting. £
“In writing this hote and in taking
this course, 1 mean no personal dis
regpect to, or disregard of the Presi
dent, ! simply find myself in such
disagreement with him and feel so
intensely concerning the matter that
1 can not do otherwise than candidly
advise him of the facts”
Information Is Secret.
Secret information, which will not
be includyed in his speeches at Boston
and New York, will be given members
of the Senate and House foreign re
lations committees by President Wil
son at the White House dinner to be
held on his return to Washington.
This information was given today
to Senators who expressed their res
sentment over the President’s plan te
take the people into his confidence
before discussing the covenant with
the Congress.
The President is expected at the
dinner to give those who have been
invited the full story of his difficul
ties with Premier Clemenceau, of
FFrance, and other foreign diplomats.
He expected to disclose whether there
is any real danger that France will
refuse to ratify the League of Na
tions constitution because she wants
an armed force, and to arpeal for
support for “the American idea.”
The President is ready to take the
Congress into his full econfldence,
Senators were given to nnderstand.
Senator Lodge has accepted the
President's dh.mer' invitationg
Wilson Ship in
Bright Weather
BY JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
ON BOARD UNITED STATER
SHIP GEORGE WASHINGTON AT
SKA, P‘v‘ 17 (by wlireless).—The
weather ¢leared during the night and
today and it was bright and warm.
President Wilson, taking advantage
of the change, walked on the deck
of the George Washington for exer
cise. The President is continuing to
get all the rest possible following his
arduous peace lahors in Paris,
The George Washington ja scheds
uled to pass the Azores LOMOFrOw,
(Tuesday). ¥
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