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LANSING RIGHT,
MNGMYIEW
Even ?Democratic ?AdiTunis
tration Members Believe
Him Justified.
RELUCTANT TO TALK
Many Declare They Are
Surprised He Had Held
Pbst So .Long.
?aytonia, Fla., Feh. 14 ?
Former Secretary of State
Lansing has engaged- rooms
at a hotel here, starting in
two weeks, it was learned to
night.
Miami. Pia. Feb. 14.?William
Jennings Bryan tonight der
dined to make a statement on
the resi ?-nation of ?Secretary
r-ansine* or on the causes of dis
cord betwaen the President and
hie secretary of stale.
?*1 do not care to make any
comment." Bryan satd when
asked for a statement.
For the first timo durine Presi
dent Wilson's administration Demo
cratic members of both House and
Senate were reluctant to discuss an
? -fflctal act of the President. Tnere
was much privat*? talk, however,
and those who would permit them
?elves to be quoted were almost
unanimous in espressine their re
if ret at the manner in which Presi
dent Wil*nn forced Secretary Lan
ding's resignation. Even Democrats
admitted that Mr. Lanslne was
rieht In calling members of the
Cabinet together for Informal cop
ferences durine the President's ill
ness.
The Lanslne resignation furnished
the chief topic of discussion yester
day and there was no small amount
of comment In Congressional circles
* ? the political aspects furnished
)>y the reaction In Mr. Lansings fa
vor, and the possibility of his be
coming a candidate for the Demo
cratic nomination as a result of the
-tronc Lide of sentiment turning to
ward him.
Klag Defends rrenltleat.
Senator King, of Utah, defended
The President's course. He satd he
ihoueht Lansing "should have got
ten out of the Cabinet long ago. as
he did not measure up to the posi
tion." He added he thought the
"stinging rebuke'' President Wil
son gave Lansing was not merited.
Senator Norns. Nebraska, said:
"The correspondence proved tow
things?that the President was in
? apacitated and that "the mental
? \ pert who was employed at the
White House was discharged too
soon."
senator Curtis, of Kansas, said:
"The correspondence ?-1th Mr. Lan
.-ins reveals the true physical and
mental condition of the President."
Senator Dorali called attention to
? he disaereement between the Pres
ident and Lansing over th?~ Shan
runs settlement, and to the testi*
mon y before the Foreign Relations
Committee of William C. I,tu litt.
I'nrah said:
"Never in the history of the world
has there been a treaty so rapidly
disapproved either by those who
h?d to do with writing it or by
those who had to pass Judgment
upon the one? who wrote it. Some
nine or ten Americans connected
with the peace mission in Paris
resigned because of their opposition
to the terms of the treaty. Keynes.
th?? great authority upon economics,
and a member of the Supreme Eco
nomic Council at Versailles, re
signed. Dullitt. emissary to L?nine
and Trotsky. resigned. Lansing
has resigned. Clemenceau was re
r*?? ??
tired. Orlando wa* retired. Lloyd
I George ha* ?t?ted that he exp*cts
ito go next."
C*1M ??Ahle.t M?a la Caalaet."
Repre*ent?tive Anthony, Republican.
Kansas:
"I looked upon Lansing aa th* ablest
'man in the Cabinet." ?
Repre?entative Galllvan. Democrat,
j Ma?s?ehu??tt?
'If all the fact? ?tated tn the let
: ter? ara true, all those who partici
pated in the Cabinet meetings should
: have resigne?!.'*
Representative Kltchln. Democrat,
of North Carolina: "I am not sur
prised ."
Representative Tinkhsm, Repub
lican, of Massachusetts: "Whom the
God? would destroy they first make
mad.''
Representative Radeaberg. Repub
lican, of Illinois: "It has been an en
igma to me for some time how Secre
tary Laming could preserve hi? ?elf
reepeot and remain In the Cabinet."
Representative Madden, Republi
can, of Illinois: "The President ad
mits he was not able to function and
therefore no one else must"
Representative Longworth. Re
publican, of Ohio: '"The government
has not had a responsible head for
the la*t four or five months. Thl*
only prove* what we have thought
all along."
Repreaentatlve Kahn. Republican,
of California: "I was surprised that
Secretary Lansing remained In th*
Cabinet so long. It wa* a matter
df general knowledge that the Pres
ident had not consulted the Secre
tary ?of State about matters apper
taining to the peace treaty."
Representative Fess. Ohio, Repub
lican, said: "The Incident throws
liglit upon the present situation. The
President's demand for the resigna
tion In order that it would afford
him an opportunity to select some
one whose mind would more will
ingly go along with his is In accord
with the universal conviction that
he must not be embarrassed by men
of independent mind."
Defend. Right ?a Call Meetlag.
Repreaentatlve Hicks, of New Vor?,
Republican: "I think Secretary Lan
sing had a perfect right to call the
Cabinet conference?.'?
Representative Strong, of Kansas, ?
Republican: "The country is to be
congratulated on the President's ree- :
ognition of the Constitution at last."
There was ample precedent for Lan
sing's action In calling the Cabinet ??
? gcther, several Senators said. Sena
tor Thomas said he recalled that a
short time after President Gar?eld was
shot Secretary Blaine called the Cab-;
inet. Senator Knox. Secretary of
State under Taft, called the Cabinet
together on at least two occasions
while Taft wss away from Washing
ton. he said, and they discussed public j
questions without consulting the Fres- ?
dent.
Griggs Gills Dismissal
".Schoolmaster's Outburst"
Paterson, X. J.. Feb. H.?President
Wilson's action in dismissing Secre- I
tary Lansing from his cabinet was
characterized In a statement here tc- ]
day by John W. Griggs. former at
torney general of the L'nitcd Stat??.
as the "outburst of a ?choolmajta??? "
Griggs laald he wa? surprised Lains
hlK did not re. I en ioni: ago. and tnat
"if all the action? of the President,
ir. future are ?oinx to be inllu. i:c.<l
by this irritable condition of mind,
due to his illnest.. it is not goinc to
be good for the country."
| House Declines to Take
"Either Side in Issue
-
By Herald Leaard wire.
New York. N. Y.. Feb. 11?Col. E. M.
| House gave out the following state
I ment today when asked for comment
j nn the resignation of Secretary [???
| in?:
"I do not care to make? atiy comment !
j ?ince both have been my friends. I
have never had a disagreeable differ
ence with either the President or Mr.
Lansing during the many years v.e
have worked together and both have
-hoaan me at all times and In all cir
cumstance*, much consid?ration and
friendship."
TORTURING
RHEUMATISM
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suggestions, founded on reason
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Rheumatism is often a specific
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the circculation from an excess of
uric acid accumulating in the
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These systemic irregularities may
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It it here its sharpest twinges of
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PRINCETON MEN
TO HONOR DEAD
Memorial Service on Feb
ruary 21 to Include Min
ute of Silence.
HELD IN .HISTORIC HALL
Monument to? Heroes Will
Be Unveiled in Building
War Made Famous.
Princeton. N. 3., Feb. 14.?As a
tribute to the US Princeton men
who ?led In the late war, Saturday,
February 21. will be observed
throughout the country by Prince
ton men *s Princeton Memorial Day.
This announcement was made today
by President John Crier Hlbben. of
Princeton University. On that date
the memorial to the Princeton dead,
Which for the last six month* has
been under construction at Prince
ton, will be dedicated, and memorial
services will be held simultaneously
in every city, town or hamlet In tha
United States where there are
Princeton men.
A "minuto of silence" Is Included
in th* program, to be observed by
Princeton men.
The dedication exercises and me
morial Services In communities-will
occur at 5:30 p. m. Eastern time.
Franklin D'Oller, national com
mander of the American Legion, a
Princeton man. will deliver the
dedication address at Princeton.
President Hlbben also will speak.
The university plans to establish
scholarships in the names of each
of the Princeton men who were
killed In the service. The scholar
ships will be placed on a competi
tive basis and will net the success
ful student sufficient funds to de
fray his expenses at the university.
The memorial, which will, be dedi
cated on February 21. 1* at the en
trance? to the historical Nassau
Hall. All of the unoccupied space
in the center of the building, with
the exception of the hall of the
Continental Congress, has been
cleared away, leaving a well-pro
portioned and handsome hall, which
ha* been panelled in Indian? lime
stone with tablets bearing the
name,? of those sons of Princeton
who have given their live? for their
country In this or In former wars.
This memorial rr>mbines the d'g
nity of antiquity and the associa
tions not only of great historical
events, but of a multitude of emi
nent men in past times.
In Nassau Hall have lived and
worked men who have become
presidents and vice presidents,
chief justices and judges, ambas
saajors and senators, and repre
sentatives of the Unitevi States;
governors of States, eminent law
yers, distinguished physicians, cele
brated clergymen, famous authors
and poets, men of business, and a
goodly proportion nf the men who
framed the Constitution of the
United States.
On January ft, 1777. British
troops having been driven back by
Washington made their final stand
in Nassau Hall, from wejch they
avere driven forth and captured.
LANE ASSUMES
CABINET BL/MV1E
WITH LANSING
I'OXTIMED moil MM ONK.
officer who permitted himself to bo
quoted on the surprising develop
ments leading up to r.nd G????????
the resignation of Mr. Lansing.
Mr. Lansing himself would see no
callers yesterday, and it wa? said
at the State Department that so
far as he was concerned the publi
cation of the correspondence be
tween himself and President Wil
son ended the controversy for all
time.
All foreign governments were
yesterday notified or the resigna
tion of Mr. Lansing through an an
nouncement sent out by Frank L.
Polk, Counselor of the State De
partment, who will be Secretary ad
interim "f?r one month or less," un
til the President names ?nd the
Sen*te confirms a new Secretary of
State.
Mr. Polk visited the White Hous*
yesterday and conferred with Sec
retary Tumulty for nearly an hour,
but declared that his call concerned
only routine matters. He stated
that Ambassador Davis, mentioned
?s a possible successor to Secre
tary Lansing, is still in London.
I unioll} l?enles ll.-pnr<?.
Secretary to the President. Joseph
P. Tumulty, yesterday endeavored
to quiet rumors that other resig
nations from the Wilson Cabinet
will follow shortly in the wake of
Mr. Lansing's rellnquishment of his
portfolio by declaring flatly that
there will be no more resignations
from the Cabinet. Tumulty added
that the Cabinet meetings, halted
by the President, will be resumed
very soon. This, coupled with the
l-anslng resignation, is regarded as
a confirmation 6f reports that th?
President will again preside over
the meetings.
The reaction on the situation?
created by Mr. Lansing's leaving
the Cabinet at President Wilson's
request was reflected in a resolu
tion Introduced In the House yes
terday by Representative Luther W.
Mott. Republican, of New York, ex
pressing tbe regret of Congress at
the resignation of Mr. Lansing and
disapproving the attitude of Presi
dent Wilson toward the retiring
Cabinet official.
Mr. Mott, who for four years was
a member of the House Committee
on Foreign Affairs, was transferred
at the beginning of the present
Congress to the Ways and Means
Committee. Mr. Lansing's home city
of Watertown is In his district. In
a formal statement given out In
connection with his resolution, the
?N'ew York member suggests th?t
the Foreign Relations Committee
will be. glad to call Mr. Lansing be
fore It and learn some of the unpub
lished facts regarding hie treat
ment. According to Representative
Mott. the entire Cabinet and Secre
tary Tumulty ?re equally concerned
with Mr. Lan?lng In the calling of
th* Cabinet meeting? during.Presi
dent Wilson's illness.
Text of Rea?lsttl*a.
Here is the text of the Mott reso
lution:
"Resolved by the House of Rep
resentative* (the Senate concur
ring) that the Senate and House of
Representatives of the United State*
of th* United States of America
have learned with regret of the res
ignation of Robert Lansing as Sec
retary of State. HI* eminent abil
ity and knowledge of International
law and foreign affair* have earned
for him the admiration of the Amer
ican people and the respect of for
eign nation*.
?Resolved. That the notion of the
Secretary of State Insofar aa It ha*
been criticised by the President did
?ot violate the literal spirit of che
Merry Little Paraguayans
Fool Wise Mr. Camera Man
This is the seventh of a aeries of pictures being published by
The Washington Herald introducing the "junior diplomats"?
the children from far-away lands?who are in Washington Sith
their parents.
?1? ruffles, "giggles and dimples arc the three little
daughters of Manuel de Gondra, Minister from Paraguay,
and Madam dc Gondra.
When The Herald camera man called at the legation,
2172 Wyoming avenue northwest, to make a picture of the
little maids they were highly amused. These North Amer
icans arc so funny?popping in on one with a black box and
demanding that one sit very still while they count "one, two,
three" and at the "three"?a "bang" and a flash like half a
dozen packages of fire crackers going off
"Ha, ha," giggled Susana, age 4, to her sister, Maria,
age 8, "The funny man thinks we are going to be frightened
?hen it goes bang. Just wait until he sees how siili wo
sit?won't he be surprised?"
? And the camera man was surprised, especially by Cecelia,
the youngest o? the three, who puckered her liny red mouth.
Constitution of the United States, and
in no respect lacked proper regard
for and loyalty to the President of the
I'nited ?States.
"Resolved. That the Congress of the
I'nited States hereby formally ex
presses its dli-approval of the attitude
of the President towards the Secretary
of State us disclosed -n ?b?1 published
\ cones, onden?e.*'
1 "Not* only Secretary l?ansiiig's
friends and neighbors, but the whole
country will. I believe. Join in regret
ting the action of the President in
[ferrine the resignation of Secretary
IiMllf." says Mr. Mott in his for- j
ma) statement. "Secretary I rinsing j
brought to the State Department a
knowledge of international law and .
experience in foreign affairs which has !
been of great value and would have
? been far more valuable had it been
heeded on many occasions, such as
during the recent troub?*- with Mex
1 ico."
I____
EVENLY HUNG SKIRT.
An easy way to hang a i-kirt evenly
?? ? tl. out the assistance of a second
rwTnon is to open the dining-room
table just enough to hold a piece of
clialk, and then slowly revolve, with
Mi* -kirt on. so that a white mark ex
tends entirely an. ut id the skirt, just
below the hip?*. Then by measuring
?. ith a tape line a straight hem will
be secured
CLOTH CUTTING MADE SIMPLE
\ The time ?*? *nt in pinning dress pat
I terns urx>n the material to inaure true
lines in cutting, may be avoided by
pressing the pattern upon the cloth
with a hot iron. This causes the pet
tern to cling to the material, and it
may be cut out without further fast
! ening.
i
Kappa Gamma Hold
20th Annual Banquet
Meeting for their 'twentieth annual
banqmt the Kappa Gamma frater
nity of Gallaudet Coll?e? gathered
last night in the onyx room of the
New Khbitt Hot.?!
To the casual observer this fes
tive gathering might have seemed
quiet as the usual hum of conversa
tion on?? experts at a banquet was
entirely missing. Not so with the
members, however, for the spirit
of good fellowship which permeated
the hall was perfectly expressed
among them by use of the sign
language.
l>r. P. Hall, president of the col
lege and the (trinci pal speaker, de
scribed the organisation and growth
of th?? fraternity. Members are to
be found in every Statt* in the Union,
he said, and recently eight new
members have been initiated.
Owen Carrel! spoke on "Impres
sions" and expressed his sentiments
on the blessing of brotherhood.
Communications from absent mem
bers were read by Tahdheed M.
Werner Other speakers were O.
(?uire. K. Hughes and G. Whltworth.
Grand lUjah Wilson was toast
master.
Citizens of Lansings
Home Plan Welcome
Watcrtown. N. Y.. Feb. IL?Citizens
of Watertown. the home town of Rob
ert bwrtftgw today started plans for a
celebration in honor o* Air. Lansin,,'.
resignation as Secretary of Slate.
Prominent Democrats joined in send
ing a telegram to Mr. Lan*.ng ex
pressing approval of his action.
LE5S0NN0.il
?IN?
The Washington Herald's Complete Civil
Service Coaching Course
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Subject: General Examination
GEOGRAPHY.
?. In which State is Mooschcad Lake?
j. What arc the two largest rivers that border on Georgia?
J. What two States arc north of Louisiana?
4. In which States are each of the following cities: Jopliu, I'en
dlcton, Lcadvillc, Jolict, Hutchinson?
5. In what State is the Humboldt River?
6. What two capes are at the entrance of Delaware Bay?
CIVIL GOVERNMENT.
1. What arc two qualifications of a member of the House of
Representatives?
2. What is meant by an expost facto law?
3. By which means arc taxes levied by the Federal government
apportioned among the several States?
4. Name two duties of the United States Senate.
5. How long can either house of Congress adjourn without letting
the other know?
ROUGH DRAFT CORREGTED
At the beginning of Washington's . first administration the
Treasury of the new government was almost empty. To equip,
feed and pay the Continental Army had been an expensive task
for the colonies and it owed 'an enormous debt, large sums of
money borrowed from Kuropc and ?for loans from our own
citizens. For the protection of our credit as a nation and as a
matter of honesty, Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury,
insisted that not only should all these obligations be redeemed and
promptly paid, but also the United States should assume the debts
of the several States, if still unpaid. These latter said he were
a rightful obligation having been incurred in the defense of the
nation. Most of the Southern States had already paid off a lar*je
share of their own and did not relish being taxed to pay the
debts of tic other States. The result proved to be what Hamilton
had predicted. When people at home and in Europe saw that
even if the Treasury was empty, every dollar was going to be
paid, the credit of the nation watt firmly established at once and
confidence was restored and the nation was able to borrow what
ever money Was needed to carry on the government. The name
of Hamilton, for the great service rendered, deserves to be re
membered for all time. Of him Webster said, "He smote the rock
of our natidnal resources and abundant streams orf revenue gushed
forth.
SOVIET RUSSIA
ASKSD.S. TRADE
Dr. Koppe Says Govern
ment Ready to Export
Raw Materials.
WANTS Rj-vHWAY STOCK
Great Britain Only Stumb
ling Block' in Russo-Ger
man Trade Relations.
Berlin, Feb. 11.?Soviet Ruula Is
anxious to resume trade relations with
the United States, Dr. Koppe. Soviet
agent In Berlin, declared In an Inter?
view here today.
"Russia Is especially anxious to get
railway rolling stock from America,'
Koppe said.
Koppc is In charge of negotiations.
now under way In Berlin, between the.
Oerman and Runslan So? let govern
ments to work out a plan of barter
so that trade between Russia and Ger
many may be resumed.
Oar Mamhllai HI???.
Virtually the only stumbling block
in the effort to resume Russe-Ger
man trad?? relations Is Russia'? fear
? lint Great Hi itain la attacking to u?e
Germany to work with the antl-Bol
shevlk Russian armies In a campaign
?gainst the Soviet government, Koppe
said In explaining the Rusa>o-l>er
inaii trade negotiations.
"We have heard rumors that Great
Britain is backing such a combina
tion." Koppc said, "and that Germany
is listening to the British proposals,
because it will enable her to maintain
an army larger than that provided by
the peace treaty."
Keep Ueranaa) >racrnl.
Russia will insist that Germany
shall not participate in any anti-Bol
shevik maneuvers IT? case trade rela
tions are re-trstabllahed, Koppe con
tinued. The plan for trade resump
tion, he said, require? that Germany
establish a Clearing hcuse for Rus
sian trade. All questions of values
will be dropped. Germany selling at
prevailing prices, while Russia trades
"goods for goods."
"The Soviet government now Is
in a position to export plantlnum,
flax, hides, hemp, furs and wood,"
Koppc asserted.
"In return she wants ?"ocomo
tlves. harvesting machinery, medi
cine and clothing. In time we hope
to barter for home of th'se things
in the United states."
Blitala Want. F?.?.
Great Britain and France, ? the
Soviet asent said, desire to flood
Russia with ?vinessentials, but his
government will not allow that.
Russia's cryinc need at present,
arrordlng to the trade agent. 1? for
skilled workers with organizing
ability. He said some German en
gineers hsd been obtained and were
being paid In Kold.
German officials emphasized that
their negotiations with the Soviet
agent did not sicnlfy any intention
for a political alliance with Rus
sia.
An American business man here,
who ha? been following the Rus
so-Gcrman negotiations rvmarked
today that the imminence of chaos
in Kurope transcends th? question
of whether 1.. nine and his Bolshe
vik! run Russis or whether Ebert
and his party run Germany.
BROTHERHOOD HEADS
ACCEPT PROPOSALS;
RAIPL STRIKE IS OFT"
CONTISI/ED PROM PAGE ONE.
to the Brotherhood of Maintenance
of Way Employes to ?-horn he later
wired demanding withdrawal of the
i-trike order.
The President said on this point:
"I have the right to r? quest and
1 do request that any railroad labor
organization which has a strike or
der outstanding: shall withdraw
Mich order immediately and await
the orderly solution or this ques
tion."
In accepting the proposal, the union
leaders asked the President to take
up the proposition with the railway
executives and t-ecure their agreement
thereto, bo that when their repre
sentatives convene on February 23
they will be able to place before
them a definite basis for final action.
I.lsi of Prlaraplea.
In replying to the President's pro
posal the union leaders, after stating
that they had decided to submit to
their constituencies the advisability
of the creation of such a special Joint
commission, submitted a list of prin
ciples to be used as a basis for set
tling this particular controversy
These principles are:
"Rates of pay for similar or analog
ous service in other industries.
"Relation of rates of pay to the
increased cost of living.
"A basic minimum living wage, suf
flcient'to maintain an Average railroad
man's family upon a standard of
health and reasonable comfort.
"That differentials above this
minimum living wage be establish
ed giving due regard to skill re
quired, responsibility assumed, and
hazard incurred."
"Decision of tribunal to be handed
down within sixty dava after agree
ment to establish It and to be final
and binding upon all railroads in
the United States and employes rep
resented."
Waat lmmrdij.tr Relief.
The representatives of the work
ers are'a unit In emphasizing to the
President the necessity for Imme
diate relief and requested that he
not await legislation but act now.
Their letter on this point says that
they feel justified in saying they do
not believe railroad employee will
willingly accept any plan which
contemplates delay.
The demands of all railroad em
ployes for Increased wages would,
according to Information furnished
the President by Director General
llint-s. aggregate an additional an
nual expenditure of 1375,000,000.
The three proposals made by Mr.
Wilson in his letter to the railroad
men were. In brief."
That If the railroad legislation
now In Congress created arbitra
tion machinery, he would use his
Influence to see that such ma
chinery was promptly organized
and put to work on railroad wag?
problems.
Ask PresMeat's liflprar??.
That If no such legal machinery
were created he would use his in
fluence to get railroad employes and
managers to join in creating a tri*
bunal to adjust wage matters. This
is the proposal accepted.
That he would at once start ex?
perta compiling data to be pre
sented In compact form to the tri
bunal handling the wage problema.
Warning that any strtkee of rail
road employe? at this time would have
a serious effect not only upon the en
tire country but on the railroad em
ployes as well. Mr. Wilson said:
"Not quite six month? have eiapaad
?Ince I ??preaaaed my belief and hope
that the than high coat of living could
be resrarded only a* temporary. TM?
high coat of living In ?mt respect?
ha? become even higher, but In other
respects has already begun to respond
to corrective faeters. It is the prod
uct of Innumerable Influence? many
of them of world-wide operation. In
th* nature of thing? these readjust
ment? could not com? with raptallty.
? ?ta? Irai Dlsta't Cas-Of*?*??*.
"The campaign which the government
lia* Inaugurated to ?Id in controllli.f
the ?oat of living ha? basa steadily
gaining In momentum, will continue to
be aggressively conducted, ?nd. I be
lieve, will have an Increasingly bene
ficial effect, and this notwithstanding
the fact that some of the most ne
remedial measure* which I
mended to Congress have not
adopted."
In a statement ?igned t% the If
railroad union repr?sentative? Is
sued last night. It was formally an
nounced that the President's altern
ative proposal had been accepted
tentatively. It added:
"We a?k the American people to
aaec that we are met halfway In our
?.(Tort* to ?ettle sanely and fairly,
but ?peedily. a great and trying
? aie?tIon."
HOUSE TO DISCUSS
RAILS BY SATURDAY
Consideration *f the conference
report on the railroad reorganisa
tion bill probably will not begn In
?the Houee before next Saturday.
: Representative Each, chairman of
I the House Interstate Commerce
Committee, ?aid yesterday.
Leaders however, are confldeat
that, deaplte Democratic opposition,
the measure can be agreed to be
fore March 1. the date ?et by the
! President for the return of the
? roads to their owners.
Unexpected delays in writing the
?report will delay Its presentetion
?until next Tuesday at the earliest.
and the fact that many merober?
desire to be away next week will
?delay the consideration until Satur
'day. Keen said. House leaders ex
pect to force the report through by
?the following Monday night, thus
leaving a week for the Senate to
act. Night sessions will be held.
If necessary, to force the measure
through by March 1, leaders said
yesterday. ?
ARBITRATION ASKED
ON GERMaAN SHIPPING
.
Paris. Feb. 14 ?At the request of
?Great ..main, the council of am
bassadors late today adopted a res
olution to ask the United States to
.appoint an official for arbitration In
I the distribution of enemy river ship
????? surrendered to the Allies by
the Yfrsaille.? treaty.
The council also decided that a
?subcommittee, under the organiza
tion commission in Vienna, aa pro
vided by the peace treaty with
Austria, shall begin functioning be
fore the treaty is effective to super
vise relief work in Austria. The
council will ask Austria to allow
this preliminary commission to en
ter before the treaty becomes effect
live, as was done in Germany.
A note from the Austrian govern
I ment was read to the council re
questing that the personnel of the
?preliminary commission be aa small
! as possible, because of the short
: age of food and housing accomrao
i dations.
LEADER SO?GH]
IN BOND THEFTS
Bank Messenger Accorri
panics N. Y. Police Trail
ing "Master Mind."
?
?By HeasaM Lew? Wire.I
New Tork. Feb. 14?Organi?,
search began this afternoon In G
financial district for the man tl!
police suspect of belac the "m??
ter miad" In the alleged plot t?
steal IS,???.??? worth of bonds fr t
Wall Street messengers.
la company with Joseph QluclL
! the young ex-measenger. who is be
ing held in the Tomb? along wftl
five other men as a anspart In th'
conspiracy. Detectives Ausrast atsry
?er and Grever Brown vlaltsal Wal
(Street and the adjoining thorough
fires with the purpose of cleanlni
up the mystery.
Young Gluck, it was explained ?
the district attorney's office, is par
ticularly willing to give Inform?
tion concerning this man. as h
charge? the ''master mind" to<.|
ISO?.00.) worth of stolen bonds fro?
him la?t October and ha? refuse,
lo make any division of the rood?
pleading that he ha? not .yet bee.
able to dispose of the securities
The police believe a large ?moup
of the nursing securities have beet
hidden away. On this theory, com
munications' were sent today to al
the banks and trust companies ?
the cities which rent ssfe depot?!
boxe? In a search for any Informa
tion that might lead to the dis
eovery of the securities
VcmUc DitcwMt Polit*? I
A discussion of current politic?
lendenciea by Rep. William Webi
Venable, of Mississippi, waa the fea
ture of the regular monthly meet
Ing of the Mississippi Society at th?
Thomson School, last evening. ? ?
informal reception and dance fol
lowed. About seventy-five member
were pr?sent.
AU monthly meeting? will be he.?
at the Thomson School this
Uncle Sam is the world's greate
and most wasteful publisher. Mor
than 6l.O00.O00 copies of governine?
publications were printed last >?
at a cost of 113000.000.
One of the rarest of animals, tl?
giant panda, believed to be the oni
specimen in America, is now in tl
New York Museum of Natural Hi
tory- The (?kin waa obtained bj
missionary in western China.
To encourage the Dominion im
industry the Canadian governme
provides for bounties to the amou
of fT.'t.OOO, payable in three annual *
staJImenta of $-?.?00 each, for the ?
duct ion of linen yarns from hon
grown flax.
Strong, Forceful Mer
With Plenty of Iron Ir
Their Blood?
These Are the Ones With the
Power and Energy to Win
It is estimated thai over 3.000.000
people annually in this
country ?lone
For Red Blood, Strength and Lnduranc.
Curse of Acid-Stomach
Millions Suffer (rom It
"Makes the Body Sour"
Why do you see eo many
sick ?tnd ailing folles?
Why doesn't the food you
eat make you strong?
Why do you now suffer mis
eries oo one had years ago?
Millions of people have asked
this. _
Medical books tell the reason.
If s an Add -Stc>rnach? that is,
too much acid causes food to
pass on a sour, fa ? uniting
mass. This sends poisonous
germs and harmful acids (all
over the body, instesd of
strength and life.
bave used it with
b?H>efits. Yon can prove this
in your own case?FREE
Take EATONTC for five days
?see bow roach better you
will feeL EATONIC contains
harmless etements that absorb
the aad and drive out the gas
?in fact, you can fairly feel it
rk.
Over seventy r*3iv-organ>c
disfaaes can be traced to Acid
Stomach. It is excess acid,
not the food you eat, that starts
this trouble. Day and night it
goes on, doing ceaseless dam
age, breeding millions of germs.
Because of its wronderrol
merit, 25,000 dealers have start
ed selling and have guaranteed
EATONIC for Aad-Ston?cn
miseries in the last two years.
Over half a muir?n peonto
now clean out their excess ack
with EATONIC This keeps
tbsm well, strong, full of pep.
gives them a good appetite,
makes them ?weep well.
If you belch, if your food re
peats, if you have heartburn, a
miserable, tight puffod-up feel
ing after eating, sour stomach,
headache, if you are losing
weight, if you don't feel
"peppy." ?leep badly?in tact,
ailing in any way?
Get rid of your Acid-Stom
ach. It's the first step to good
health. _
Eminent chemists, after years
of work, have found a way to
easily and naturally take up
this excess acid and carry it
out of the body.
It is a tablet called EATONIC
easy to remember. Within two
years, over half a million peopW
No matter what -you have
tried ?don't give up hope.
Call on your druggist and get s
big box of EATONIC Itcosts
but a trifle.
Give it a fair, bon??? trial
for five days?let your own
stornach be the judge.
If you are not pleaaed take it
back. It won't coat you one
penny unless it proves its
worth to you.
Siclny, afling people?with no
pep, nervous, worn out, all m
?should try 11AT0NIC?it is
guaranteed to help you. It is
so easy to get relief?why fed
bad any longer? You w?l never
fed well with an Acavd-Stccnn-ch
Get rid of it see bow rruach
better you will feat.