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Credit for Expose of ‘
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Navy Promotion Graft
Credit for the exposure of the graft
scandals in the Third Naval District,
as revealed recently, was given Wed
nesday to Joseph Whitehead, former
ly of Atlanta, who trapped an-officer
into a room with a dictaphone and |
proved him guilty of accepting a bribe.
it is alleged. Whitehead is the son of }
Mrs, Kelley Evans, a widely-known |
Atlanta sociey woman unil she wedded
(‘olonel Evans, of Canada, several
)"fial;(l ago and removed to New York,
ork.
Whitehead’'s story was told to offi- |
eials in Washington Tuesday, dis- ;
patches announce, Te was engaged by |
higher officers who suspected graft to |
pose as a sailor anxious to join the
aviation service, Whitehead ap
proached Lieutenant Benjamin Davis,
an examiner under suspicion. He told |
Davis that Jack Pickford (brother of |
the motion picture star) and himself
desired to be transferred to the air
service. Davis said it would cost
them SI,OOO. They paid him the cash
in marked bills, with a dictaphone
recording the conversation.
The Davig case was one of many ex
posed in the Third Naval District,
with headquarters at No. 28 Broad
way, New York It was established
that numerous young men subject to
draft were accepted, assigned to some
apecial service, and permitted to con
tinue their ecivilian occupations by
sharing their salarjes with draft of
ficials,
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War Hero’ Introduced by
Mayor, Taken as Faker
(By International News Service.)
ST. LOUIS, Feb, 19.-—After Mayor
Kiel conecluded a speech in the Coli
seum by introducing “Sergeant Henry
Johnson, the war hero and the jyrldu‘
of the negro race,” three city negro|
detectives went on the stage and the
12,000 negroes who packed the Coli
seum to capacity saw their "hero”
arrested and taken away. i
Speakers then explained that thu‘
man who had posed as Henry John
son of the 360th Regiment, decorated
for deeds of valor, was not Johnson,
but “just an Alabama faker.” 1
Johinson is Leld for the Federal au
thorities.
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Americansin Chihuahua
Prepare to Get Out
(By International News Service.)
EL PABO, TEXAS, Feb. 19.—Em
ployees of the American Bmelting and
Refining Company and other large
American concerns in the Chihuahua
district are today concentrating in
‘hihuahua and shortly will leave fop
the [nited States, according to re.
ports reaching here.
Rumors of impending bandit raids
and threats by rebels to destroy prop
erty ape respousible for the proposed
Full International News Service
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‘Dolly” Lane, Atlanta
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Peddler, Diesin N.Y,,
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$25,000 in = Pockets
CHARLOTTE, N. C._ Feb. 19—
“Dolly” Lane, Roumanian peddler,
well known in this city, Atlanta,
Birmingham and other Southern
cities, was found dead in his bed in
New York i‘ity. according to re
ports received here,
In his clothing was found a roll
of bills and checks amounting to
$25,000. “Dolly’”" was a natural§
follower of the “wanderlust” and
never remained in_any one place for
any length of time.
Since the opening of Camp
Greene here until about ten days
ago Lane had been selling souve
nirs from a small stand in Inde
péndence square. He sold the
stand to a brother countryman re
cently and since then had not been
heard from until news of his death
was received last night.
While “Dolly” was known as a
“miser,” he was considered a “poor”
peddler and the fact that he had a
large amount of money on his per
son when found dead came as a
surprise to his friends. Death was
caused by heart fallure,
‘ Lane was in htumu-m« in Atlanta
on a small scale\ on several occa
sions and never failed to vimt the
Georgia metropolis on gala ocea
sions as a peddler of popular sou
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Val Stanton Reaches
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New York From France
Val Stanton, son of Frank L. Stan
ton, of the Atlanta Constitution, has ar
‘rived in New York after serviee in
France, and has been sent to Camp
‘lfp(un‘ He volunteered early in the
war, and remained in France as @
- member of the Bixty-first Artillery un
itfl the armistice was signed.
Thirty-five Gordon
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Soldiers Naturalized
Thirty-five Camp Gordon soldiers,
two of them with overseas service rec
ords, wr-n-&mmed naturalization papers
by Judge W. T. Newman Tuesday and
will become citizens of this country
Countries represented in this number
were Germany, Austria, [taly, Russia,
SBweden, Greece, Norway. Great Britain
and Switzerland
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State Sanitarium at
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Milledgeville Inspected
Governor Dorsey and members of the
tax and budfio;t commission of the Leg
islature are in Milledgeville for inspec
tion of the State smanitavium and the
State farm. The governor probahly
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PICKING OF ABBOTT JURY BEGINS
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Objection to capital punishment
slowed up the accentance of a jury
to try Mrs. John Abbott in the Crim
inal Court. Wednesday morning for
killing her husband. Of the first panel
of ‘tweleve men six stated that they
would not vote for the death penalty
under any circumstances, and they
were dismissed. Only one man_|
of the twelve was accepted by both
sides, giving indications that the en
tire number of 150 veniremen sum
moned may not provide a ‘trial jury.
Francis E. Brownell, of No. 'l96‘
West Peachtree, the seventh man
called, was the only one accepted
for service. Mr. Brownell is a real
estate dealer, and stated that he had
not formed an opinion in the case.
Crowd Jams Corridors.
The largest crowd in the Court
house since the trial of the Candler
blackmail case jammed the corridors
in the hope of gaining admission to
the trial room. Judge Humphries had
ordered that no one be permitted to
}stan.d, so bailiffs saw that there were
‘only enough spectators to fill the
seats. When anyone left the court-
Imom there was a scramble to gain
admission te the vacant seat.
Solicitor Boykin refused to an
nounce ready for the trial when the
casewwas first called, because of the
absence of Dr. 8. H. Green, county
physician, whose testimony is impor
| tant to the State. Dr. Green is seri
ously ill at his country home. Judge
‘]lumphroy had an investigation of
his condition made, and it was found
| that he will not be able to go on the
witness stand. Then the attorneys
for Mrs. Abbott agreed to admit the
evidence Dr. Green gave before the
Coroner's jury. \
The testimony of Dr. Green had
reference to the range of the buliet
that proved fatal to Abbott. He
stated that the range was downward,
indicating that ‘Abbott was seated
when shot, instead of being engaged
in a struggle with his wife, as the
defense is expected to claim,
Mrs. Abbott in Court.
Mrs. Abbott, dressed in a black
suit, a large black hat and a black
veil of medium weight, entered the
courtroom with severa]l relatives.
IThe,\' were her sister, Mrs. Myrtis
Reese; her uncle and aunt, Mr. and
IMrs. F. C. Fenn, and her father, L.
H. Fenn. Her friend, Mrs. Edna (‘.i
Rives, also accompanied her. They
were all seated at the defendant’s ta
ble, Mrs. Abbott between Mrs, Reess‘
and. Mrs. Rives. The latter held the
defendant’s hand for a part of the
time, |
The two little sons of Mrs. Abbott,
John H., Jr,, and Pierce, entered the
courtroom with the party and were
the ocecasion of great interest, espe
cially to the throng of women who
filled the room long before the trial
was scheduled to begin.
Mcintyre Main Witness.
. M. Mcintyre, who occupies an
apartment at No. 63 Bass street, the
syeene of the tragedy, and who rent
!ml the apartment from the Abbotts,
will be the star witness for the |
Strte, it was made known Wednes-
Iday. Mecintyre will be one of the
first witnesses to go on the stand,
following completion of the jury, in
proving the circumstances of the
slaying of Abbott, and, it was under- |
stood about the courthouse, was ex
pected to give some sensational tes
timony. /
The State will charge, t was said,
that Mrs. Abbott, after Mary Power,
the girl in the case, had ealled over
the telephone to speak to Abbott,
cursed her husband and applied to
Him a vile epithet, at the same time
demanding to know the name of the
woman, Meclntyre, who a few min
utes previous had been in the Ab
hott apartment and who was in his
own room at the time, was said te
have heard the conversation between
Mrs, Abbott and her husband, and
will tell of the alleged epithets used
by_Mrs. Abbott to her husband.
3 Say Killing Planned.
The State further will contend, it
was made known, that the slaying
wias premeditated and was not
ATLANTA., GA.. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1919
Grins and
Groans in the
Day’s N
ay s News
CHICAGO, Feb. 19.—Stock sales
men are not peddling stock in the
Consumers Packing Company.
Their idleness 's due to a ruling by
Federal Judge Lanjis late yester
day that until the' affairs of the
company had been thoroughly in
vestigated *“it would be advisable
to sell no more stock.”
NEW YORK, Peb. 19.—" Keep
alert, keep occupied, keep in touch,
read the news—and your health in
99 cases out of 100 will take care
of itself,” Dr. Stephen Smith, 30
years a member of the State char
ities board, declared today, in cclc
brating ‘his ninety-sixth birthday.
He says he has never smoked, but
for 50 years has prescribed smok
ing for others, because sometimes a
charge dges good.
MONROBE, MICH, Feb. 19—
Thirsty individuals in this section
“saw a ray of hope” today in the
de handed down late yester
~da the Michigan Supreme
~ Court, which ruled™that a search
j warrant must be obtained before
liquor ecould be seized from build
~ ings, automobiles, suit cases, etc.
| In other words, Michigan's search
and seizure law is illegal.
VIENNA, Feb. 18 (via London,
I"eb. 19).—Sixteen soldiers were
killed and fifty injured when a
troop train collided with a freight
train near Mabresina today.
| CHICAGO, Feb. 19.—Four armed
~ bandits held up Mrs. Martin Byck
~and forty stockyard employees in
Martin Byck's saloon, took S3OO
~ from the cash register, and escaped
' in an automobile when a night
watchman opened fire on them with
a revolver,
WARREN, PA, Feb. 19.-—The
Superior Oil Works was damaged
' to the extent of over SIO,OOO today
when a still filled with oil exploded,
spreading fire *to several other
i buildings and damaging three stilis
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Chaplin Has $1,000,060
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Job; Will Quit Big Five
(By International News Service.)
KANSAS CITY, MO, Feb, 19—
Charles Chaplin, famous movie com
edian, »will withdraw from the re
cently formed “Big Five” combina
tion of stars to accept an offer of
$1,000,000 yearly salary made by an
organizaiion of capitalists, race track
and moving picture meh of New Or
leans, according to reports from an
apparently reliable authority here. |
Chaplin's withdrawal would leave
Fairbanks, Pickford and Griflith as
the remaining members of the “Big:
Five" organization, “as rumors have
been current for a week-that William
8. Hart had decided to leave the or
ganization
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Macon Editor Loses |
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Suit Against Banks
Suit for $5,000 brought against the
American National and Commercial Na
tional Banks of Macon, by W. T. An
derson, editor of the Macon Telegraph,
has been lost. The Court of Appeals has
affirmed the decision of the lower court,
which returned a verdict against Mr
Anderson. The amount of the suit, Mr.
Anderson alleges, was money due him
for services on the liquidating commit
tee of the Commerelal National in re
ducing to cash certain assets of that
bank -taken over by the American Na
tional .
Joel J. McLean Honored
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On His 90th Birthday
Joel 1. Melean, No. 78 Capitol ave
nue, Wednesday was viewing with pride
a cake covered'with 90 candles, in token
of his %oth birthday :«nnivt»!‘nm? and
receiving the congramulations of sev
eral score of old friends,
Mr. Mclean, for many years in the
tailoring industry, came to Atlanta be
}!m‘u the war, and has lived most of the
time since then in his Capitol avenue
home. He is widely known, especially
to the older Atlantans, He is the fath
er of Bruce Mclean, Mrs. George A,
Clayton and Mrs, Theresa Vardaman.
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Big Building Increase
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Atlanta will experience a big increase
in building activity within a few weeks,
is the prediction of local realty dealers
Developments in real estate operations
Tuesday were marked.by an increase
in_the transfer of bullding lots.
t Vacant lots are the best buy In local
markets at present, was the declaration
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of James Ls Logan, prominent real cs
tate man,
MORE AVIATORS ARRIVE.
NEW YORK, Feb, 19,—~S8everal well
known aviators, 30 wounded soldiers
Afrom them Eighty-ninth Division ind
f easual officers arrived here yester
day, on the transport Hickman, which
POFIT MADE
Bf ATLANTA
DEALERS 15
CCORED
Charges that the milk retaller is
making too high a margin of profit
? are based on these figures, given
by Dr. P. F. Bahnsen, State vet
erinarian:
Wholesale. Retail
Savannal, per gal.. 65 75@51.00
Augusta, per gal.. .50av..80@.72
Valdosta, per gal.. .60 %
LaGrange, per gal,. .55 62.1-2
Macon, per gal ~ .35 .80
Atlanta, per ga1.... .45 SI.OO
The contention of the milk proddc
ers that they are selling their milk at
a reasonable price, 45 cents a gallon,
to the retailer and that the differ
ence between that amount and the §1
a gallon paid by the consumrer goes
to the retailer, is receivirg some con
sideration from the various agencies
concerned with ascertaining why
milk is being sold in Atlanta at from
four to fourteen cents a quart higher
than in other cities.
The producers, who make and sell
their butter direct to the consumer,
introduce as evidence the scale of
butfer prices in the leading cities in
Georgia. Country butter in Atlanta,
sold direct by the producér, retails at
30 cents a pound, while Augusta pays
35 cents and Macon and Savannah
each pay 40 cents a pound
Further n suppori of their conten
tions, the producers point to the com
parative abundance of the Atlanta
supply, forcing them to sell at 45
cents in contrast with the shortage
of milk at Macon, Augusta and Sa
vannah, where more is paid the pro
ducer and less charged the consumer,
The producers admit that in some
instances their feed prices are Jower
than in other Georgia cities and as
sert that their prices to the retailers
are lower in proportion.
Further indications that the re
sponsibility for the higher prices of
milk in Atlants lies with the dis
tributors is given in a table of com
parative wholesale and retail priges
prevalent in the leading Georgia
cities furnished by Dr. Peter 1. Bahn.
sen, State veterinarian, and presented
at the head of this column. These
statistics bear out the contention of
the producers that while they sell the
milk at 456 cents a gallon, the addi
tional 656 cents a gallon is tacked on
by the distributor, giving the Atlanta
milk middleman a higher profit than
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The Prayer Meeting
Is an Informal
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Gathering of Friends
It is really a family gather
ing to which the church
u‘u,-n.-x its doors on Wednes
day evening,
And it makes no difference
whether your name ig on the
church roll, or whether you
are a stranger, those who
come together for this hour
of prayer are made to feel
the strong famdly ties
g which hold together the
people .whose thoughts are
turned in unison toward the
helpful, hopeful things of
life,
You will enjoy the praver
meeting hour and be great
ly belped by going.
On Sunday also, the churches
welcome you. Read their
invitations printed in The
Georgian's “Go To Church”
columns on Saturday. .
END OF PEACE
PARLEY BY
*JUNE NOW
PROBIBLE
By ROBERT J. PREW,
- Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S.
PARIS, Feb. 19.—Opinion is crys
tallizing among the peace envoys that
it might be possible to summon the
German, Austro-Hungarian, Bulga
rian and Turkish delegates in a full
congress by the middle of April or the
first of May. and that peace can final-
Iy be concluded by the beginning of
June, ‘
When Presgident Wilson returns to
Paris the middle of March he will
find the labors of the conference con-l
siderably advanced and a cut-and
dried program ready upon which he
[\.will be able to get to work. The
biggest question engaging attention
'at this moment is the miiltary and
naval strength that will be left to
Germany after peace is formally de
clared. |
Austrian Move Watched. |
The peace conferees are closely
watching the Austrian movement to
| form the German-speaking peoples of
Burope into a solid blee. |
The American unoflicial view ls
i that Austria, if she exercises the right
of self-determination, should be al
lowed to throw in her lot with her
stronger northern neighbors if she
should elect to do so. i |
Another view, propounded chiefly
by the French, is that such a bloe
would constitute a menace for the
rest of Kurope and that peace could
be best guaranteed by forming the
German people into as many dn‘!erent
states as possible.
The question is bound to come be
fore the council of ten before long
although probably not until ['resh'
dent Wilson returns from the United
States. It is now understood that the‘
German army will be fixed at nl
maximum of twenty-five divisions or
roughly at half a million men and
that no part of this force shall be
garrisoned near the Franco-German
frontier. At the same time Germany
will be absolutely forbidden to use
a single submarine, .
’ Question of Training.
The question of allowing Germany
to econtinue training men without
equipping them for war will probably
be settled by the league of nations
couneil (the executive couneil) as in
deed will the whole gquestion of con
seription and submarine warfare and
world navies in géneral
One view that likely will be pressed
under article twelce of the consti
tution of the league of nations is
nonconsgeription for Germany for at
least ten years. If such a proposi
tion is adopted it is said there will
absolutely be no frontier danger for
France to face and that France, Italy
and other nations will be only too
ready to take advantage of the
inancial relief thus afforded by abol
iehing conscription in their own coun-«
tries. -
1t is believed that if the principal
powers go without conscription for
a period of ten years there will be
no disposition to take it up later,
Under the same article of the
league of nations covenant (No, 12)
it is expected the submarine will be
banned by all navies, even for le
gitimate usges of naval warfare.
taly's refusal to accept arbitration
of her territorial differences with
Jugo-Slavia caused no surprise in
Paris.
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Wilson Coming Home
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With 2,332 Soldiers
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb, 19.--oOn board
the George Washington, which is
bringing home President and Mrs,
Wilson, are 100 officers and 2,232 men
of the American expeditionary forces,
the War Department has announced,
The anpnouncement sald the ship s
due February 26. The port was not
name&d mmm “i; has been an
noun: A nt Bto quit
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lasued Daliy and Eotered as Second- Class Matter st
the PostofMice st Atlants Under Act of March &, 1378
All Governors and
300 Mayors to Attend
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Conference on Lahor
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Approxi
mately 300, mayors of cities through
out the country, and the governors of
all the States, have wired thelr ac
ceptances to the invitation to the
Labor Conference to be Weld here for
the purpose of outlining a recdnstruc
tion program. The date of the con
ference will be set by the President
when he arrives and it is thought it
will be a few days after March 4,
The main subject of discussion will be
that of awakening the governors to
the necessity of starting public works
in their States.
’ (Exclusive Cable by the International
News Service and London
Daily Express.)
ESSEN, GERMANY (via London),
IFeb. 19.—Fighting between counter
revolutionaries and (;uvurmnmrp
troops has been in pregress in thae
‘lnwsmn district of Westphalia since
last Friday |
g Six hundred reinforecements hat'e
: joined the revolutionaries, They
are well supplied with artillery also.
| Railway trestles have been blown
l«‘y: to prevent the Covernment from
:M-ndmg in more soldiers,
By MY J. GR!E’NWALL.
(Exclusive Cable by the International
News Service and London
Daily Express.)
ESSEN, Feb. 18 (via London, Feb,
19) —Essen, the seat of the great
Krupp Gyn Works, is in the hands of
the Soldiers' Council and there is talk
of a break off between this district
and Berlin with {he ‘policy of a sep
arate peace for the Rhineland if the
Entente would consider such a pro
ceeding.
Neither Berlin nor Weimar knows
what is about to happen here.
Recruiting for the German national
army has been stopped and the revo
lutionaries have mounted machine
guns and are blowing up bridges
around Essen. While seeking a trave,
' eling pass ar Hssen 1 was asked Wy
‘mw member of the people's commis
’ saries whether the Entente would
likely make a separate peace with
the Rhineland. This German said the
people of this community wanted to
break off from the rest of Germany,
Burgomaster Hans Luher admitted
to me that the Soldiers’ Councjl is
in control.
Heinrich Jager, one of the leaders
of the strikers, said he did not con
template any trouble unless Govern
ment troops attempt to overrun all
of Westphalia. L
10,000 Homeless in ‘
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Eastern Galicia i
(By International News Service.) \
CRACOW, Feb, 48 (via London,
eb, 19) ~Ten thousand persons are
- homeless In Eastern Gallicia as a re
sult of the devastation caused by the
fighting between the Ukrainians and
Hungarians,
Three thousand persons have been
wounded in the bombardment of
Lemberg, The city is under shell
fire daily. BSeveral towns in Fastern
Galicia have been dnnt.rnyod. entirely,
Decree of Abdication
Sought by Austrians
(By International News Service.)
VIENNA, Feb. 18 (via London, IFeb,
19) ~~A formal decree of abdication
will be demanded from former Em
peror Charles, thus ending the Haps
burg dynasty forever, it was an
nounced today by President Seitz, of
the German-Austrian Republic,
This action, added President Seitz,
will be taken as a result of the So
clalist victory in the recent election.
More Ships to Rush
~U. 8. Soldiers Home
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb, 10— Definite an
nouncement of the agreement to take
over 00,000 tons of uhip{)mu from army
and navy control, will be made today,
Chairman Hurley, of the shipping board,
stated late fenlerda‘y afternoon. The
agrecment will eall for a faster move
ment of troops from overseas and the
refl'u‘itllan oltzanm,n ug:lan hn{:un‘g
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PARIS, Feb. 19.—An attempt was
made today upon the life of Premier
Georges Clemenceau, world famous
statesman and one of the dominating
figures in the peace conference,
Pive revolver shots were fired a 9
the Premier was leaving his official
residence shortly before 9 o'clock. M,
Clemenceau was wounded, but wiNl
recover, it was stated.
The police announced shortly after
the attaek that an assassin had been
arrested,
First reports to the police wers
that the assailant was a Russian,
The Premier was on his way to a
walting motor car when he was ate
tacked,
Bullet Strikes Arm,
One bullet struck M. Clemenceay
in the arm. Another penetrated the
hood~of the automobile.
Persons ran te the assistance of the
aged statesman, but he was able to
walk inte his residence, e
M. Clemenceau hatl an engagement
to discuss peace conference affdirs
with Colonel E. M. House, of the
American delegation, at 10 o'clock.
American delegation, at 10 o'clock. It
was immediately canceled,
Premier Clemenceau, or “The Tigen
of France,” as he has been nicke
named because of his fighting proclive
ities, was born in 1841 and has long
been a prominent figure in French
public life, He is serving his second
tenure as Prime Minister of B‘mncei
having been selected by Presiden
Poincare to form a new Cabinet in
the stormy days of 1917. He assem
bled a Ministry on November 18
(1917), taking the posts of Premiep
and War Minister himself, When the
peace conference formally met, &
Clemenceau was named permane
chairman,
Duning the days of imperial France
M. Clemencegu had to flee hecause of
his republicak tendencies, and lived
for a while in the United Stgtes. Ha
taught French in a school at Stam-«
ford, Conn., and later married Mary
Plummer, a New York girl, from
whom he was subsequently divorced,
“The Tiger"” served his first term
as Premier from 1906 to 1909, After
his retirement, he continued to wield
a powerful influence through his
newspaper. M, Clemenceau called
his publication The Freeman, but
when the censorship became very
strict after the outbreak of the war
he changed the name to The Man In
Chains,
When the Tiger became Premiee
for the second time he changed the
name back to The Freeman once
more, i
Relentless Fighter,
Throughout his long and venture«
some career M, Clemenceau had ale
wnys been known as a relentless
fighter and on many big questions in
the Chamber of Deputies he led the
opposition. His reputation for pere
sonal fearlessness made him a bes
{loved figure in France. Before h
was 30 years old M, Clemenceau h:a
fought half a dozen duels and had
won them all, .
In a way the career of “The Tiger”
was something like that of the late
Colonel Roosaévelt, Both were men
of tremendous energy and of diversis
fied activities. M. Clemenceau early
in life studied medicine and always
he had a leaning toward polm.fi
economy. He studied sociology
wrote voluminously an the subject,
After getting into journalism hig
editarials were noted for thei#
strength and grace of language,
Despite all of these labors, M. Cl
encean found time to writq sev
plays. His comedies, however, wWer
not quite so successful as his politie
cal activities,
M. Clemenceau’'s ambition n Pxtd
vears had been to see the war thi
to a peace that will give Ffance a
of har old glories---a peace that k.
be enduring. “M. (‘lpmenwgsu, ‘« .
some of Presldent Wilson's g
on the league of nations, gut theny
as ever, it wasg recognized that o
aged statesman was inspired only by
love for France and inspiring patrie
otism, 48
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