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CONGRESS WILL RUSH SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT
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The opening session of the Grand
Lodge of Georgia, Knights of Pythias,
was put under way Wednesday morn
ing in the lecal Castle Hall on the
top floor of the Forsyth Building.
Practically all of the representatives
‘rom the subordinate lodges through
out the State were on hand when
Grand Chancellor S. J. Bell, of At
,danta, sounded his gavel. The total
attendance will reach about 500._
Many matters of business pertain
ing to the welfare and further prog
ress of the order in the ‘State are
’scheduled for consideration, among
these being the Pythian soldiers’ re-
Jief fund and the question of making
the session of the Grand Lodge bien
nal. A vote on this latter proposition
already has been taken by the subor
dinate lodges and the result, showing
the sentiment of members in the
State, will be announced by William
H. Leopold, of Savannah, grand Keep
er of records and seal.
Two Important Speakers.
The Knights anticipated w'th great
interest the appearance hrfor% the
wrand !ndge of Charles A D=z.’s, of
Chicafio, supreme chancellor, and
THomas J. (?arling,_ nf_ M‘acqn, pas}
’supreme chancellor, both of whom are
to deliver addresses on the accom
plishments of the order and its pros
pects for even greater things in the
future. Both the supreme chancellor
and past supreme chancellor will
come to Atlanta direct from Ala
bama, where they have been in at
tendance on the sessions of the Ala
bama Grand Lodge.
The election of officers of the grand
lodge will take pVace Thursday, at
which time Pacob Gazan, of Savan
nah, will be elevated to ‘the office
of grand. chancellor. He is now
grand vice chancellor, it being the
policy of the grand lodge to advance
the officers through the various sta
tions each year.
To Entertain Officers.
4 Attorney Jesse M. Wood, of At
lanta, also is in line for promotion,
he at present holding the office of
grand master-at-arms. The only con
test will be for the place of grand
outer guard, at which point the offi
& cers start on their tour to the grand
chancellorship—the highest office in
the gift of the Pythians of the State.
Among those mentioned for this place
is W. G. Sutlive, Savannah newspa
per man, who for many years was
editor of The Pythian Lodge Secret.
: Officers of the Grand Lodge will be
+ gyests of honor Wednesday night at
a big banquet in the Ansley Hotel,
for which elaborate arrangements
have been made.
Another of the features of enter
tainment will be an auto tour for the
visitors about the city and on Fulton
County’'s paved roads. The several
committees in charge of arrange
ments for the meeting have worked
hard to meke the session a thorough
success in every respect.
Mary Garden Sued for
Y $2,708 by Dressmakers
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, May 21.—Mary Gar
den bought earrings that cost $7.50
and three rings at $5 each, along with
wearing apparel totaling $2,708, ac
cording to a firm of dressmakers
which is suing the prima donna for
that sum, alleging that Mary forgot
to pay. Jin
A pink underslip and turquoise-blue
and mauve robe, with headdress, was
listed at $691, a boy’'s costume of red
broadcloth at $221 and a white Gre
cian gown with headdress at $263.
. BENNY IS RELEASED.
NEW YORK. Mayv 2v.—Benny Leon
ard, lightweight champion, who was ar
rested on the charge of disorderly
conduct, was discharged Tuesday aft
;- @r he had denied that he spit in a
boy’'s eve because the boy was playing
with the lights on an automobile be-
Mng to a friend of Leonard’s.
Full International News Service
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MARCH IN TODAY'S PARADE
The drawbrige to Atlanta swung
low Wednesday morning for the en
trance of Knights Templar and their
ladies fair from every bailiwick in
‘Georgia, and the old town took on an
‘aspect of brilliancy. From every cor
nice and tower there floated emblems
of welcome.
~ The Grand Commandery of Georgia
iis holding its fifty-eighth conclave
‘here today and tomorow. The open
ing ceremonial was a great parade
‘at 10:30 o’clock, with approximately
[1,600 men in line, fully uniformed and
‘wearing their side arms. The knights
'marched with military precision and
'showed wonderful team work in ex
} hibition drills along the streets. The
famous Yaarab Temple band of 50
‘pieces led the parade.
Thousands of Atlantans and visi
tors from all over Georgia lined the
streets and cheered the crusaders.
‘TThe line of march was from the cor
‘ner of Broad and Luckie strets down
‘Broad and Mitchell, on Mitchell to
Whitehall and north along Whitehall
and ePachtree to the Masenic Tem
ple at the corner of Peachtree and
Cain streets.
Upon the conclusion of the parade
the official welcomsing exercises were
to begin at the Temple. Governor
Dorsey was to extend a welcome .on
behalf of the State, Mayor Key on
behalf of the city and Dean Johnson
for the Templars of Atlanta. Right
Eminent Sir Alva C. Atkins, of Cor
dele,a candidate for the grand com
mandership next year, was to respond
for the visitors.
While the welcome ceremonies are
under way the visiting ladies, who
are present as the guests of the
Atlanta commanderies, will be given
Ithe pleasure of an automobile ride,
concluding at the East Lake Club,
where they wil lbe served luncheon.
The visiting Knights will lunch at
the hanguet hall of the Masonic Tem
ple and at 2 o’clock this aft®rnoon the
grand conclave will formally open.
The representatives from the Grand
Encampment of the United States,
George T. Bryan, a prominent South
| (‘arolinanian, will address the Grand
Commandery of Georgia, which in
cludes representatives from all of the
36 commanderies in the State. This
sovereign grand body of Georgia con
stitutes the annual business and legis
lative meeting of the Knights Templarl
of the State,
This evening at 7 o'clock thai
'Kr‘ighta will again give a parade
from Luckie street to All Saints]
Church. In all parades the Knightsl
will be on foot, though automobilesl
will be furnished for the ladies. At
Al' Saints Church the devotional ex
ercises of the conclave will be in
charge of%Grand Prelate Rev. Sir
Guyton Fisher, of Americus. Eminent
Sir Frank A. Cundell, commander o!]
the Atlanta Commandery, has the
musical program in his charge. |
Following the other meetings Wed
nesday night, the knights and la-‘
dies will be provided with automo-i
biles for a visit to the Druid Hills
Country Club, wnere an elaborate re
ception and dance will be given them.
l On Thursday morning the formal.
exercises will close at the Masonic
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Témplar and the entire conclave will
be brought to an end at noon with
an old-fashioned Georgia barbecue at
the Robert Burns cottage. Burns was
the piet laureate of h®s commandery
at Kilwinnig, Scotland.
Part of the business to be trans
acted here will be the selection of
representatives to the national con
clave in Philadelphia next September.
At that time J. K. Orr, prominent
Atlanta business man, who is now
deputy grand master of the United
States, will be made national grand
master. ;
Members of Coeur de Leon and At
lanta Commanderies of Knights Tem
plar have worked with might and
main to make the conclave here a
great success. Eminent Sir Perry L.
Blackbufn ‘is general chairman of the
committees son arrangements, and
has been ably assisted by Eminent
Sir Thomas C. Law and Frank A.
Cundell,~Alfred M. Beatty, John Clyde
Hceke and other members of the com
mittees. Mrs. John Rucker Dickey
is fineml chairman of the ladies’
commMittee arranging for the enter
tainment of visitors.
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Fairburn to Dedicate
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First Shaft in State
To Heroes of War
FAIRBURN, May 21.—Fairburn
will dedicate this afternoon the first
monument erected in Georgia to the |
soldier heroes of the world war.
A handsome shaft has been
erected im the public square, in
scribed with the names of Camp
bell County men who served their
country, and appropriate exercises
will mark the dedication.
Hooper Alexander, district attor
ney, will deliver the principal ad
dress. George M. Napier and Judge
Charles Whitefoord Smith will also
take part in the ceremonies.
U. S. Agricultural Expert
Named to Go Abroad
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 21.—The first
agricultural trade commissioner to work
in foreign lands for the interests of
American ~ food producers has . been
named by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, it was announc
ed Tuesday. He is Edward A. Folley,
of San Francisce, who has been ap
pointed to represent the de{)arlment's
bureau of markets in the United King
dom. .
Mr. Foley will investigate conditions
in the United Kingdom and study the
marketing and distribution of farm
products _with a view to the develop
ment and improvement of foreign trade
in American agricultural products. He
will sail for Liverpool May 24.
NEW SEDITION BiLLS.
WASHINGTON, May 21.—Any person
advocating a change of form of govern
ment in the United States would be
guilty of sedition and punished by fine
and imprsonment, under the provisions
of a bili introduced in the Senate by
Senator Jones, of Washingten.
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1919
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 21.—The
NC-4 wiil be unable to hop off from
Ponta Delgada for the coast of Por
tugal today.
The Navy Department at 7:23 to
day received a message from Admiral
Jackson stating that one of the en
lgines of the plane, which had been
"expected to start the fourth leg of its
trans-Atlantic flight today, was not
’functhming properly. The necessary
' adjustments would keep Commander
'Read at Ponta Delgada throughout
the day, it was stated.
The following dispatch from Com
‘mander Towers, filed last night at
'10:30, Washington time, was received
by the Navy Department today:
“Have ordered Lieutenant Com
im:mder Lavender and Lieutenant
‘Savenwuter to take passage on Gov
ernment vessel for the United States
‘and to report to the Bureau of Navi
‘gation. Have ordered Boatswain
Moore to return to New York on the
U. S. 8. Melville in charge of parts
of the NC-3. Recommend NC-3 be
"pla(ed out of commission and that
'NC-1 be stricken from navy list. Com
‘mander of destroyer force has placed
U. S. S. Stockton at my disposal. Re
'quest authority te proceed with re
mainder of personnel of NC-1 and
NC-3 by Stockton to Plymouth, Eng
land, to join U. S. 8. Aroostook as ac
count and effects of personnel are on
board that vessel.”
The weather, according to a dis
patch from Admiral Jackson at noon,
Azores time, was unsettled, with a
west wind of 20 miles an hour and
frequent rain squalls. The sea was
‘hrepurted smooth and visibility good
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Bright - Cheery
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Midweek Service
That is the way one church
styles its Wednesday eve
ning Prayer Meeting serv
fce—and it adds further:
“You can not possibly get
out without -somebody
speaking to you.”
¥ you are lonesome or blue
or tired, does not the invita
tion to come to this bright,
cheery service tonight ap
peal ‘to you?
Go and make friends with
the good people you will
meet. There is a real treat
in store . for you at the
Prayer Meeting tonight.
Programs of Sunday services are
printed In Saturday's Georgian.
They aiways inciude a cordial in
vitation.
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 21.—Congress,
despite its Republican majority, set
to work today to follow at. least one
of President Wilson's recommenda
fions in his message read yesterday—
the passage of an amendment to the
Federal ‘Constitution granting suf
frage to women. Every indication to
day pointed to an early passage of the
anffrage amendment, and it probably
'wm be the first legislation completed
{ by the Sixty-sixth Congress.
: Representative Mondell, floor lead
er 04{ the Republican party in the
House, promised that the resolution
vroviding suffrage would be brought
up in the House today, and suffrage
| llcaders were confident that it would
be passed before the end of the week.
Under the skillful leadership of Repre
sentative Mann, of lllinois, the suf
| frage resolution was rushed through
! committee proceedings, and was given
first position on the calendar of the
| House.
' Leaders Confident.
Suffrage leaders have been active
during the interim of Congress, and
they declare that for the first time
since the fight for suffrage was start
ed success is absolutely assured.
In the Senate, where the suffrage
resolution has twice before been de
feated, suffrage leaders declared they
now have the necessary 65 votes to
carry it. New Senators have changed
the complexion. of the Senate, and,
according to suffrage leaders, have
brought in the necessary votes to
make the needed two-thirds vote.
President Wilson's urge in the mes
sage yesterday is counted upon by
suffragg cohorts to swing a few more
votes om the Democratic side of the
chamber and pass the resolution with
more than the needed 65 votes.
Senator Jones, of New Mexico, re
tiring chairman of the Senate com
mittee on woman suffrage, succede
ed in having the suffrage resolution
placed well up on the Senate calen
dar. senator Jones, who has twice
brought the fight on suffrage before
the Senate only to have it defeated,
was certain the measure would new
be passed.
Ready for Note.
Heretofore he refused to bring the
question to a vote until he felt there
was a fair chance of its passage, but
he now stands ready to see it sub
mitted to the Senate at any time,
confident- it “will be acted upon favor
ably.
Although confident success is now
within their grasp, suffrage workers
are not relenting in their work, which
they have carried on in the capital
, for the past three years.
Corridors and offices are still the
| hunting ground of tireless women
| workers who now are known by every
| Senator and Representative. One
}lead,er In Congress expressed the ap
| parent- sentiment of the majority
'when he said, “Let’s pass it and get
free of these women, if you are for
| suffrage they continually ask you to
‘do things for them, and if you are
| against them they are after you every
;mlnuge until they convert you.” Evi
| dencé of the thoroughness of the suf
| frage Workers is shown by the fact
| that there, were twelve Senators who
were pledged to introduce the reso
i lution providing for -the suffrage
| amendment in the Senate.
Wants Government to
‘ Reconstruct Roads
| (By International News Service.)
! WASHINGTON, May 21.—An effort to
'make the Government pay half of the
' expense of reconstruction and repairs
|to State roads necessary because of
| use of the roads by heavy army trucks,
'was made by Representative Walsh. of
| Massachusetts, Tuesday afternoon. His
| resolution, of’ered in the House, would
authorize the chief of ordnance of the
War Department to enter into agree
;ril':l:a to that effect with the State of
" ficals.
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! By J. BART CAMPBELL,
| Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S.
' WASHINGTON, May 21.—President
l'\'\'flsun's propesal that Congress re
-I[:(*.l] that part of the ‘war-time pro
i hibition law «ffécting wines and beers
[ was the all-absorbing topic- at the
I(‘:lpiinl today.
Until the Republican leaders of the
Senate and House had an opportunity
} to thrash out the subject, it was stat
} ed, they would not be prepared to de
termine whether to follow the Presi
dent's suggestion that the war-time
ban on the manufacture and sale of
wines and beers be removed. They
planned to hold a series of confer
ences before the week-end and they
hopec to be able to map out a course
for the Republican majority to pursue‘
in both the Senate and House, it was‘
‘said. {
A widespread difference of opinion
persisted among both Republican and
Democratic Senators and Repdcsenta-“
tives as to the chances of Congress
lifting the embargo on wines and
beers
Drys Seem Confident. :
Dry leaders professed the utmost
confidenece in their ability not only to
}prevem any amendment or repe‘ul ot‘
‘the war-time prohibition law, but to
force through stringent legislation for
‘its enforcement after it becomes ef
fective July 1. |
. Those who favored the President’s’
suggestion, including Democratic
leaders who expected to swing the‘
Democratic minority in Senate and
House almost solidly behind the Pres- ‘
ident’s proposal, admitted that, in
view of the strong opposition already
threatened by the drys, it was doubt
ful whether the proposed ‘repealer”
could be put through by July 1. It
was pointed out that Congress will
have about all it can accomplish to
rush through the pending appropria
tion bills before the end of the cur
rent fiscal year-—June 30—without
having more than one chance in ten
of passing soon a measure on which
there is certain to be much protracted
and acriminous debate in*both Senate
ate and House. e
RT I kA e TR T iL S S
Bitter Fight Expected.
While Demoecratic leaders were out
spoken in their support of the Presi
dent’s proposal, Republican leaders
remained chary of comment. Several
of them frankly stated they desired to
“hear from public sentiment” before
committing themselves one way or
the othr., They added that while they
knew that organized labor and sol
diers’ organizations would doubtless
line up behind the President, they ex
expected prohibition sentiment would
also make itself felt in Congress.
. A bitter fight was to be expected, It
was also stated, if a real effort was
made to- carry out the Persidents
suggestion, Committee hearings might
be demanded. Considerable time un
doubtedly would be consumed before
a vote on the proposition could be
taken in either Senate or House, The
situation was as difficult as it was
perplexing. The President had put
the whole question squarely up to the
Republican controlled Congress and
just- how to meet it the Republican
leaders of the Senate and House were
not prepared to decide.
Would Like to Dodge.
Such was the explanation of the
gituation created by the Presidents
suggestion which was elicited from
Republican leaders who were ap
proached on the subject. Several of
them stated they wished they could
find some way of avoiding it alto
gether.
Until several days had elapsed, they
added, and they had been able to
study all aspects of the situation—in
cluding the political—they would not
know just where they stood. At pres
ent they were simply “up in the air.”
Issued Dally and Entered as Second Class Matter at
the PostoMce at Atlanta Under Act of March §, 1879
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5 By HARVE WESTGATE. ¢
IME'S up, old Foch is (
T shouting, and you Huns !(
must come to time, we want ¢
our hard-earned winnings, and we
want each mark and dime; you
Teuts must pay the fiddler, for you !
started up the dance, and in case
you balk and falter we will make |
a quick advance. §
The daring Harry Hawker, who |
was bound for Europe's shore, has |
heen lost, it's now admitted, and
we ne'er will see him more; but ¢
the craft that Uncle Samuel had |
§ selected for the flight stil ig on the )
job and going and may.be in port {
tonight. ¢
The entire nation wonders what {
will happen in July, will we still f
sip beer and grapejuice, or be '/
?goshdarned awful dry? Will we !
3’ have a can of lager and a pail {
, of Dago Red, or fill up on aqua |
; pura and at sundown go to bed?
{ For Woodrow now is willing
§ that the nation take a drink, but
the bone dry agitators swear g
E'twould put us on the blink; they g
¢ would ban sweét apple cider and
our elderberry brew, and before
the season’s over we may lose
‘ ‘red lemo," too. g
Newspapers
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On Li
n Liquor
NEW YORK, May 21.-—Newspapers
throughout the country vary widely
in their comment on the action of
President Wilson in recommending
the repeal of the war-time prohibi
tion. act. The comment of some of
the New York papers follows:
TIMES—"If this Yankee nation has
not lost its sense of humor, it will be
amused by Mr. Wilson's suggestion.
It is for the President to determine
whkether demobilization has proceeded
soo far that ‘this will be entirely
safe.””
WORLD-—“ln urging Congress to
repeal the war-time prohibition act,
as it applies to wines and beers, the
President proves he has not been too
far away from the United States to
fee! the strong popular demand for an
‘honest, consistent change of national
poliey in this direction to accord with
‘actual conditions.”
. HERALD—"President Wilson's rec
'ommendation that the war-time pro
hibition act be amended or repealed in
'so far as it applies to wines and beers
will appeal strongly to the sober sense
of the country.” i
TRIBUNE—"If adjustment must be
made, July is as good a time to begin
it as January.”
CHICAGO TRIBUNE—“We agree
with the President that Congress
shoulr repeal the law.”
Boston newspapers comment as fol
lows:
HERALD—"The President’s recom
mendation * * * jg significant In
its political rather than its organic
effects., * * * The labor unionists
who want their beer will soon be
keeping tabs to see which party, the
Republican or Democratic, is doing
the more to deprive them of it. Up
to date the honors are about even.”
GLOBE—“The President would soft
en the jolt of prohibition, letting us
ride on the tail-board of the water
wagon for a while, where it would be
possible to hop off occasionally.”
POST—"Much conténtion will rage
around Mr. Wilson’s recommendation
* * * hut the logic of the case will
certainly be with him. * * * 1t
must be remembered that this was at
no time claimed by anybody to be a
law to prevent the drinking of alco
holic beverages, but one to conserve
man power and make for the more
efficient prosecution of the war. The
war being over, the need no longer
exists.”
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
- - Until the steazdying process (return
of saolllers to civil life) has had more
«vigent efact, there will be a basis for
wighing to see the anti-liquor regu
lation fully applied. So far as the
matter is related to the food supply,
while conditions in the field are im
proving, it is obvious that the im
provement is not yet sufficient to
' have had much effect upon high
prices of living necessities.”
and acrimonious debate in both Sen-
Pittsburg papers commented only
briefly on the recommendation, as
follows:
THE GAZETTE - TIMES — “The
President’s recommendation for the
liquor trade will excite most popular
interest. We believe he will be speed
ily made to understand that ke has
made a lamentable failure of mind
|‘£merpretation‘ in this instance.”
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| By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
~ Staff Correspondent of the I. N. 8.
PARIS, M‘ay. 21.—The German del«
egation is understood to have pre
serted an eleventh-hour note de
lmanding an extension of time and
adding that they dan' not sign the
treaty now because they have not had
sufficient time to consider it.
This note is only one of a series
presented by the Germans for consid
eration by the Allles within the next
48 hours. .
The time limit for handing in the
German reply expiral tomorrow, and
that promises to be one of the busiest
days the peace délegates have known,
Several- meetings are being scheduled
for Versailles,
The German delegates apparently
are trying to create the imperssion
of grave danger ir Germany, and that
the Ebert-Scheidemann Government
may be overthrown within a few days.
As a part of this program they are
throwing out alleged “feelers’” to find
ou. if the Allies would be willing to
sign a treaty with the independent
Socialists, headed by Hugo Haase.
While Foreign Secretary von Brock
dorff-Rantzau has not committed
himself, other -members of the Ger
man delegation are said to have
boasted that they prefer suicide to
signing the treaty in its present form.
These threats are believed to be in
tended only to fit into the German
scheme of German propaganda,
American, French and British del
egates are still confident that even if
it is found practicable to give the
Germans a few days’ grave they will
| sign
;Germans Say
Austria Must Help
’ (By International News Service.)
COPENHAGEN, May 21.—The Ger
man reply to the Allied peace terms
will be handed to the big four on
Thursday, said a Berlin dispatch to
day.
Germany will say- that she can not
accept the economic¢ conditions im
posed by the Allies and will state
that Austria, as her ally during the
war, is equa)ly responsible in making
reparation. The Germans newspapers
continue to assert that Germany will
not sign the {reaty if the counter
proposals are rejected.
German Peace Reply
Is Looked for Today
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, May 21.—Germany’s reply
to the Allied terms of peace is prac
tically completed and may be handed
to the big four before tonight, though
the time limit does not expire until
tomorrow afternoon. Reports were
in circulation that the Germans had
asked for a week’s extension of time,
but it was said in Allied circles this
morning that no such request has
thus far been made.
The reply, it is understood, will
contain first a general protest against
the conditions imposed by the Allies
and the request that negotiations be
recommended on the basis of Presi
dent Wilson’s fourteen points. This
will be.followed by counter proposals
in detail, practically all of which are
certain to be rejected by the treaty
framers as quickly as they can give
them consideration.
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Dorsey Denies Taking
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Sides in Highway Fight
| Governor Dorsey has denied the re
‘port issued from Augusta that he is
‘against the Patterson plan of highway
improvement and will support the ma
jority report of the highway legislative
committee on the creation of a new
highway commission. The Governor
declared that he will take no sides in
the matter at all until after the bud
get and Investigarting committee, now
in session, has rendered its final re
port. e
" The legislative committee appointed
to recommend highway legislation has
recommended a plan of taxing automo
bile owners and compelling them te
shoulder all the burden of financing a
State road system. Judge T. E. Pat
‘terson, chairman of the highwayv com
mission, is in favor of a $40,000,000 bond
issue for roads.
| BLOW AT RACE TRA&(S.
| WASHINGTON. May 21.—With the
object of killing off the race track, Ren
resentative Simms, of Tennessee. intro
duced in the House Tuesdav affernoon
a bill to prevent the nullification as
State anti-gambling laws by prohibit
ing the international or inferstots trans
‘mission of bets or of racing odds.
NO. 249