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FULL LEASED WtR'E SERVICE
V0L.XXH. NO. 401.
WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, FEB. 1 '9) 7.
PRICE FIVE CENTS,
FINAL EDITION
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iL 'o.ini.
' -; h u KKK H IN
bucking:
C OST OF GIVING
Women Continue Make Vig
orous rrotest M.ganst
Prices of Food.
crORES ATTACKED IN
J . Hill & rTV A "W9
PHiLAUHLmiA 1UUAI.
! Melee A Woman is Tram
pled Under Foot Provision
Stores are Picketed Ar
rests Are Being Made
Mass Meeting Called.
(P.v Associated Press.)
Xew York. Feb. 22. Housewives
o3ins! the high cost of living here
pliay. rollce reserves suppressed
OVl'Ort d 1- 1:1 V CU 1VUU VA L-J tv ,
Dozens ol pusn-cans were overturn
ed, the contents destroyed and the
owners attacked. Two women were
sled charged wum assault ana
later released.
Hundreds ot women acted as pick-
or; to establish a boycott. Most of
he disorder occurred when a would-
be purchaser cffied the pick"f
A police court magistrate ir sus
ndins: sentence on one off cider
" . I . . . "U 4?4- 1 1 ,1
javp waiiiiiiti iiiil ncieimci lie wuuiu
send disturbers to jail.
I have had a number of you wom
en before me. he said, "and not o
df you have impressed me as thouga
wi! were starving.
Revolts in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Feb. 22. Disorderly
i it. ii. x L
scenes occurred m me oouuieasiern
part of the city populated largely by
foreigners today when bands of worn:
1 J J- . .
en made demonstrations against aeai
ers that have raised food prices.
In a melee in which stores were be
ing attacked, a woman was KnocTtea
down and trampled upon. She was
taken to a hospital with a broken leg.
police dispersed the crowd with
any serious injury being done.
!inor disorders occurred . in other
reets of the foreign quarter. '
Today's demonstrations were the
result of a meeting of women at
Thieh it was decided td" boycott tieai
ers who increased prices.
Women with bottles containing
terosene are alleged to have poured
the oil on meats, fish and vegetables
displayed by dealers and to have at
tacked curb merchants and push cart
venders.
Pickets were established and wom
en who patronized stores where
prices were raised were attacked and
the articles they purchased taken
from them.
Dealers in kosher meat have dis
tributed circulars calling for a mass
leering to explain that retail dealers
are not responsible for the high cost
of living.
IERT0N SOLD
Seventeen Bids Received For
$51,000 Issue Town Bonds.
For Public Service. 4
(Sle iul to The Dispatch. -Umberton,
Feb. 22. The town of
Lnraberton sold bonds in the sum of
U ,i)00 . Wednesday, Cummins, Prud
:f & Co- being the lucky bidders.
Jy paid a premium of $315 for the
bnds which are to bear interest at 5
cent. Seventeen, bids
seventeen, bids were re-
reived.
The bonds are issued to pay
for
SeWSraS'P nnrl motor onH ol or-trif
"Sbt extensions.
The water now being pumped
"rough the city mains is good enough
tL q k' a('cording to an analysis by
w tate chemist just received by the
'i' treasurer. Two analyses have
-fn made since the filter plant was
galled and both showed the water
Wg00(L Dr- B- w- PaSe county
as 0l'r'cer- stated that the water is
good as the average pump water
teWed" ;cording to the analysis just re-
ih., by the postoffice. is being re-
V-UPlIed. TViQ v,
rrin sidewaIk level constitutes the
.. i,K-lldl ClianP hpitur morlo Tt
ami iwv, V
is
erstnn,!
.cwiiittll 8
and 10
cent
t!.Pj 11 0f:cupy the building when
efj- 'mrovoments have been complet-
SWEDISH MINISTER
TO MAKE PROTEST.
Sinri i?y Assciated Press.)
22. (Via London.)
Wn k;;,,JU1sn minister at Berlin has j
Gainst, h
file a protest
e sinking nf ttio Qwish
mot
orship Hugo Hamilton. The fate
- iino
crew is unknown.
Paraif- Hl!? Hamilton was from Val-,
4,000 tons of salt petre
As0ri t T0 tne Swedish Farmers'
oa-trn n which was greatly needed
in B.0Vnt of the scarcity of fertilizer
"I S 1 . .
nim u,:u- She
nu" han CO
carried a crew of
IDS YESTERDAY
-( ii itIIGH nil I p nnnnrn
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HONOR TODAY TO
Celebration Held Today in
Paris in Honor of George
Washington.
FRENCH GOVlMNMfff
PAYS BIG TRIBUTE.
Minister of Munitions Extols
American Spirit and Likens
Struggle of France to
United States.
(By Tje Associated Press.)
Paris. Feb. 22. All th& ereat rienart-
ments ck the French government the
war office, the foreign office and the
navy and the municipality of Paris,
were represented1 today in the eere
mies at the foot of the equestrian
statue of George Washington in the
Place d'lena.
The statue was erected in 1900 by
American women. Many hundreds of
Parisians and Americans watched the
placing of the wreaths.
General Savetier laid one at the
foot of the statue for General Lyautey,
the. French minister pf war, and H.
Cleveland Coxe placed one for the Em
pire State Society of the SonB of the
American Revolution. One of the most;ilies by persons guilty of abandonment
ueautnui wreauis was mat m DenauBy this act authority is given to pay
of the municipal council of Paris. n0fless than 25 cents nor more than
Albert Thomas, minister of mum- 50 cents a day to sucll a priSOner's
tions, represented the French gov-,family in return for the prisoner's la
ernment. He recalled that the first bor ln fhe workhouse or through hiring
and only alliance made by the Ameri-1 ijjm or her out
can republic was mth France, . andj
tracea tne analogies oi tne two peo
ples and nations. ,
"One of the best evidences of the
community . of thought and aspira
tions of the two people, ne said, is;
the fact that two Americans Wash-!
ingtok and Lincoln expressed better1
than ever has been done before or
since exactly the principles tor waicn
France is fighting,, today."
Referring to President Wilson's ad
dress to the Senate, he added:
"President .Wilson , far from re
nouncing the Monroe Doctrine, asks
that that doctrine be applied to the
entire world, that all peoples be free
to fix their own policies and to ar
range their own destinies."
Referring to the American revolu
tion and the war of secession, Minis
ter Thdmas said:
"The tenacity of Washington and
Lincoln finds emulation in France to
day. People like ours never tire eas
ily. All wars for liberty yare long and
have always been waged to the bitter
end."
CAN'T AGREE ABOUT
USING ARMED FORCES.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 22. The Senate
Juiciary committee today failed to
agree on the bill proposed by-the De
partment of Justice to authorize- the
President to use the armed forces of
the United States to enforce its neu
trality obligation and it was declared
by several members tnat it j?robably
would not be reported.
TO
Berlin Dispatch Says Prisoners
From Yarrowdale Have
Been Rleased.
(Bv Th Associated Press.)
Amsterdam, Feb. 22. f (via London)
A dispatch received here irom .Ber
lin says that .the American Isailors who
were taken to Germany on the steam
er Yarrowdale have been released-,
The Americans " were released, the
dispatch says, after the German gov
ernment had been informed that Ger
man 'ships in America had not been
confiscated and that their crews had
not been interned.
i 4
GERMAN SUPS. REPORT.
(By Associated Press)
Berlin. Feb. 22. '(Via. SayVille)
Two German submarnies which
returned to their base on Febru- .!
ary 20, sank .24. steamers; three !
4 sailing vessels and Inline trawlers,
says an vUverseas . injw ecui,
announcement today
,:, ; , '
gB A V ' S ' T TT'i'V
AMERI
NS
win -
BE AT LIBERTY
p.
DILLO THuDLU
BY THE HOUSE
Big Need Approached From
Several Ways By The Leg
islature Today. 1
WOULD PAY THE
FAMILIES OF PRISONERS.
Money to be Allowed Depen
dent Ones In Abandonment
Cases Senate Worked
But Little. "
(Special to The Dispatch.)
Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 22. The upper
house of the General Assembly knock
ed off this morning after half an
hour's work, and went out to see Wal
lace C. Riddick, formally installed as
president of A. & M. college, hut the
lower house put through a large batch
of bills, among them one which fore-!
casts the sweeping prison ' reform in
North Carolina, for which so much
sentiment has accumulated, and is
making itself felt.
This measure, a bill by Sawyer, of
Graham, provides that dependent fam
ilies of well beliaved convicts shall be
paid not less than 10 per cent, nor
more than 50 per cent of the earnings
of State convicts. It passed by an
overwhelming vote. .
Another reform measure, a bill by
Beasley, of Union, for the establish
ment of an advisory board of parole
and not interfering in the slightest
( with the Governor's pardoning power,
went over until tomorrow for the rmr-
pose of amendment, Grier, of Iredell, j
wishing to makes its provisions hold
out more hope to convicts, who de
mean themselves with credit.
Still another reform was passed by
the House, the bill of Phanv of Meck
lenburg, to provide for support of fam
The Senate did half an hour's rou.
tme work this morning, and called it
a day until 7:30 p. m. s
PflJiA STOCK
IS TOD LARGE
Members of Bernstorff Party
Thought to be Carrying
; Cotton Goods Home.
(By Associated Press.)
Halifax, N.,S., Feb. 22. One of the
German embassy secretaries returning
to Germany with former Ambassador
Bernstorff on the steamship Frederik
VIII is reported to have 200 suits of
pajamas. K
In the baggage of nearly all the oth
er members of the party, cotton goods
known to be scarce in (termany are
plentiful, the customs inspectors have
discovered.
In view of the close association be
tween cotton and explosives the exam
iners , will take some of the excess
clothing and make an allowance. for it.
It is learned also-4;hat the Germans
are well supplied with gold. As this is
contraband it is believed it will be ex
changed into some form of curr&icy
less useful to Germany.
YOUNG PACIFISTS URGE
AGAINST ANY WAR.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 22. 'Fifty young
men and women college students rep
resenting the "emergency peace fed
eration" -called on Chairman Flood of
thaHouse Foreign Affairs committee
today and told him through half a
dozen speakers that they did nqt
want this country to go to war.
"I would teach . my enemies justice
and love," declared Carl Binder, Har
vard student. r
"What would you do if an enemy in-
vaded this country ?'r asked Represen-
tative Flood.
I believe in non-resistance, re -
Ued Binder
Mr.- Flood indicated strongly that
the views of Binder and: himself were
wholly dissimilar.
ARMOR PLATE MEN IN
CHATTANOOGA TODAY
(By Associated Press.),
Chattanooga, Tenn., Feb. 22. The
armor plate board, composed of Rear
Admiral F. F. Fletcher H. H.'' Clark
and Reuben E. Bakenhos,' designated
to inspect proposed sites for the loca
tion of the government's $11,000,000
1 armor-plate plant, spent Washington's
, hirthdar in Chattanooga. The mem-
hers visited various points ' of, his-
toric interest and- inspected several
j sites for armor plant. They will be
guests or wasnmgton oirinaay . , uan -
quet tonight and the formal hearings
.of Chattanooga's claims for the plant
Vfw ' " TVr "wvn; . ...
Nation Eftihused
LINER IDE TRIP
OVER I SAFETY
American Steamer Philadel
phia Arrives From Europe.
Has Celtic Been Sunk?
(By The Associated Press.) i
JNew YorKK, eD. zz Tne -American
Line steamer Philadelphia from Liver-;
pool pasd-in at Sandy Hook shortly I San a FeT'k-Addi-before
10 o'clock this morning. . tional dates, announced at Southern
- The Philadclphie, wiicti sailed Feb- Department headquarters today for
ruary 14 was the first American liner, j tne departure of State troops from the
to leave Europe after Germany's dec- border practically completes the sched
laration of unrestricted submarine war-, ules of the homeward movement of
fare She was not armed. She car-'organizations included in the first two
ried' a" large passenger list, tot whom ' contingents into which, the 50,000
many are. Americans. Shfc has, a gen-1 guardsmen remaining to .be moved
erar cargo:'and tf o tona of fepatches hav?eeB-.vd4v;i4edanspOTtat&
tor tne state aeirariuieuu . i
. a x J I
Not a submarine was" sighted during
passage through the German zone, the
officers said. From Liverpool to the
Irish coast the vessel sailed with lights
shrouded. , , ,...t .
Among the passengers were 15 of
the crew of the American steamship
Housatoriic, sunk by a submarine off
the Scilly Islands; 26 of. the crew of ' Marcn if; second south -Carolina ln
the British steamship Japanese Prince, fantry, El Paso, March 10; Third
torpedoed and destroyed off the Brit-j North Carolina Infantry, El Paso,
ish coast; 15 of the crew of the former March 15; North Carolina Ambulance
American steamship Erwin L. Fisher, . Company, No. 1, and Field Hospital,
sold to the French government and i No. 1, El Paso, March 15; Troops A.
three of the crew of the American tug and B., North Carolina Cavalry, El
boat Vigilant abandoned at sea by J Paso, March 14 ; First Tennessee In
some of the sailors but saved by three fantry, Eagle Pass, March 19 ; Third
who arrived here today. . (Tennessee Infantry, Sanabeto, March
Soon after the Philadelphia left Liv-,17.
amAfii naaconc-Ars hpard that & wire- i
less message had been received say-,
!rlt "h.
nf nnrt hfirl Qtruok a mine The Cel-
? Pi?oJ' h Jl to iiverDooi as-
tic had to put back to Liverpool as
sisted by tne canaaa, a troop bmy. tial j j effect p-revails nere today be estimated until the carco was. re
The Celtic was supposed to be bound - th of Comnanies4E and T estimatea until tne cargo was. re
xrl vi, , wn nnt v,AiifivPd to a Pat,ro1 ot companies J. ana l.,moved from the after-hold where the
j-n. cv. . - - - -
iia.v yasscugcia a,uu.xvx. out. Dy (governor Woicomb, will prob-
Officers of the Philadelphia declined . coatinue for seyeral days,
to discuss the report that the Celtic Guards around many of the large
had struck a mine under plea of neu-, manufactUring establishments have
trality restrictions forbidding them to been reinforced. These precautions
talk. . . , have been taken because of seven fires
Officials of the White Star Line said here last nignt, six of incendiary oriT
no word fiad been received of the ac- gin
cident. ; All the fires were within a restrict-
The Celtic is a vessel of 20,904 tons .ed areav from 300 yards to a quarter
and was last reported as having arr:of a mile from eaca other. The prop
rived in Liverpool on an unnamed datei8rty iosses run from $35,000 to $50,
after leaving here January 22. Phil-0QQ x
adelphia passengers said the accident seven men arrested as suspects
happened Feoruary 14. .
GERMAN CHANCELLOR
POSTPONES HIS SPEECH.
(By Associated Press.)
London, Feb. .22. The statement
which Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg,
German Imperial " Chancellor, was to
have- made in the Reichstag today has
been - postponed? until next Tuesday,
according to Berlin advices of the Ex
change Telegraph Company's corres-
pondent at the Hague,
1 The chancellor deferred his address,
1 says tne dispatch, owing to tne post
ponement of the speech of Premier
Lloyd-George in the House of Com
mons to which Dr. von Bethmann
Hollwegg expects to reply.
HEAD OF STEAMSHIPS
CONFERS WITH DANIELS.
(By Associated Press.) -
Washington, Feb. 22. P. A. S.
Franklin, . president of the Internation
al Mercantile Marine, owners , of the
American Line, conferred here today
with Secretary Daniels "and Assistant
Secretary Roosevelt of. the Navy.
None of the three officials would corn-
ment on the purpose of the confer
ence. - i , . ,
t It is uAderstood . that Mr. Franklin'.,
visit today was on the question of th
iavy iurnismng arms- ior mercnan
ships. -- ' - ' v
j The government, it is understood.
i tu 4-1 w l J - j .XJL v LHVUblviia
by His Mem
TAB HEEL TR
MONTH
Additional Dates and Places
For rvlovement From Border
Made Known.
I 1 1 I I 1 11 1SHS .
The following additional dates have
been fixed:
First Battalion, Virginia Field Art
illery and Battery D., Camp Wilson,
March 8 ; Second Florida Infantry, La
redo March 9; First Battalion, Georgia
Field Artillery, El Paso, March 5; Sec-
ond North Carolina Infantry, El Paso
MARTIAL LAW HOLDS
FORTH IN NEW BRITAIN,
'
B Associated Press.)
j New Britain Cqnn Feb. 22.-Mar-
Hirst iniantry, xsationaiiiuara, cauea
have-been released. Neither the po
lice nor firemen have any clues to the
incendiary or the means used , to start
the fires. .
VILLA AND CARRANZA
TROOPS FIGHTING
(By Associated Press.)
San Antonio, Texas,Feb. 22. A re
portori a fight between Carranza and
Villa troops south of Ruidosa was con
tained in a dispatch today from Col
onel Joseph Gaston,- at Marfa, com
mander of the Big Bend "patrol district
to Southern Department headquarters.
At the time - his message was , filed
I fighting was still in progress and de
tails were lacking. He reported that
two wounded Carranza soldiers had
crossed the border at Ruidosa, and
sought refuge among the Americans.
General Perishing at El Paso granted
authority for them to remain and be
cared for. -
OPERATION OF CLAYTON
LAW POSTPONED.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 22. Operation of
the Clayton law provision which' pro
hibits a railroad from making con
struction or maintenance contracts
with .corporations it controls ; would
be delayed until January L ,1918, by
a resolution" which passed the Senate
today and now goes to the House. -The
purpose is to .give the corporations
opportunity tr, adjust ,
$t , their, affairs, -
WE NEXT
PATRIOTISM S URGES
STRON&IN NATION;
BIG
BE SDR, TODAY
Almost Ten Thousand5 More
Tons of Ships Have Been
Russia MMtiiSk
STEAMERS SUNK.
Dutch and Norwegian Vessels
Also Among Those Lost--Submarine
Warfare Con
tinues Unabated.
NEUTRAL VESSELS
AMONG JIT
. Four steamers ggregating 9,743 j and Mme. Jusserand accepted invita
tons are on today's list of vessels tions to attend as honor guests and
sunk as a result of the new Teutonic; Senator Pomerene, of Ohio, and Mrs.
blockade measures
Neutral vessels are again figuring
in the sinkings reported. One of to
day's announced victims of the sub
marine operations was Dutch and an-
other Norwegian. A Russian and a.
British steamer were the other two.
In addition a British trawler was
sunk.
Military operations during the last
24 hour3 so far as reported, were of
the same relatively minor nature as
for several days past. -
Norwegian Ship Goes Down.
Paris, Feb. 22. The sinking of the
Norwegian steamship Alice, 709 tons,
and of a Russian steamer of 2,194
tons also was announced.
day of the sinking on February 21 of
the Dutch steamship Ambon, 3.5S8
tons gross, and. of a British trawler.
The Russian steamship was the Sigrid.
Steamer Corso. Sunk. y
'rI3hdon, ' Feb. r 22;-Lloyds an
nounces that the. British steamer Cor
so has been sunk.
The Corso was a vessel of 3,242 1
tons. She was last reported as hav -
mg passed through the Ked bea,
through the Red
eastbound, on January 4.
Another Britisher Sunk.
London, Feb'. 22". The British
steamer Perseus has been sunk,
Lloyds announced today. Four of the
crew are missing. v
5
WARD LINER FORCED
TO RETURN TO PORT.
(By Associated Press.)
York, Feb. 22. The
New
TTTaT-ri
VVttlu
steamship, Monterey, which sailed last
rht f moo Ht woQ rT-noA tn
tr nr w Q ftra in w bnirt His-
covered when she was 14 miles be
yond the Scotland lightship, returned
J 1 J 1 T J J TT ' A. !
ia ner QOCK nere touay. ner captam
reported that the fire was out.
Thp tmt nf thp AnmMf rnnW nt
.fire occurred.
CANAL DID BIGGEST
BUSINESSJN JANUARY
ITlv iocnnlotiul P,alo 1
Washington, Feb. 22. The Panama I
canal did its biggest month's busi-
ness in January, according to figures j
available today, 176 vessels with a'
tonnage of 557,839, having passed
through the waterway. The previous :
record was . in July. 1915, when 170
ships of 547,370 tonnage passed
through the canal.
January also set a new record for
V UO V-V J-' Kf UU1UVUM UIV UUrUUi fAM
hal ports where services were per -
formed for 736 craft including those
passing through the canal.
RAILWAY MEN MAKE
REPLY TO GRIFFIN.
(By The Associated Press.)
New York, Feb. 22 The American
Railway Association issued a state
ment here today in reply to the re
quest made upon the eastern rail
roads yesterday by J. P. Griffin, pres
ident of the Chicago Board of Trade,
that embargoes be imposed upon all
eastbound commodities- except luel
and foodstuffs.
, The association's statement asserts
ihatvrepresentatives of the Chicago
board who appeared before the car
service commission were assured ev
erything would be done to meet emer
gencies, but that the grain men "had
shown no emergency." It was assert
ed to the commission, the state says,
that fifty per cent of the cars Chicago
, needed were f or export grain-
TO BE TRANSFERRED.
(By Associated Press.)
London, Feb. 22u-1-A dispatch to
Reuters from -Amsterdam says, ac
cording to V the Munich - Neuesten
kNachrichten, a number . of American
Officials, apart . from, those who have
gone to Switzerland, are remaining in
Munich pending thei rtransfer to
f pther -countries, r - , .
CELEBRATIONS
President Wilson "Make3 Ad
dress and Stresses Spirit of-
' Patriotism;
FRENCH AMBASSADOR
TO ATTEND EXERCISES.
New York and Philadelphia
Ablaze With Patriotic Ar
dor Birthday Anniversary
Being Observed Through
out Country Today.
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, Feb. 22. Washing
ton's birthday was observed here to
day by a public meeting held in Me
morial Continental Hall under the au
spices of the Daughters of the Ameri
can Revolution, Sons of the .Revolu
tion und Sons of the American Revo
lution. President Wilson was to pre
sent a gold medal to a high school
youth as a prize in a patriotic essay
contest. The .French Ambassador
William Cumming Story, president-
general of the D. A. R., were among
the speakers.
Government departments were clos
ed for the day, but because of press
of legislation, Congress held its usual
sessions.
State departments, banks and other
public places are closed. Many flags
are flying. United States Senator
Randall, of Louisiana, will deliver an
address at a public gathering here to-
i night.
' Senator Pomerene denounced Ger
many's submarine campaign and as
sailed pacifists who are urging a ref
erendum on the question of war.
"I hope that they will make an ar
rangement under which the enemy
"VirS
In presenting the medal to the
school boy, President Wilson said: '
"It gives me fa. great dear of genuine
pleasureto" preset sf -. know, some
-of the things that 'you have , gone
through, for I myself have tried to
write history. It is much less of an
adventure than to try to ..enact it, but
it nevertheless" is the kind of adven
itQ th,t imo tt cnint t
'thnt ,t has hflrt that efPefit
unon von."
j V - "
Knights .of Columbus Celebrate.
New York, Feb. 22. Public cele-
brations in honor of George Washing
ton, are being held in thirty of the
principal cities of the country today
by the Knights of Columbus. The
meetings are under the. auspices of
the fourth degree of , the Knights,
whose underlyingi principle is patriot
ism. It was arranged to hold the gaiher-
ings in each city at the same hour in
. j ii.t i .1 i.
j J-11 . u" tliwuue7UB
could be made with all the meetings
patriotic greetings enchanged
Prominent men have agreed to
make addresses and all citizens, re-
gardless of creed, have been Invited'
to attend. Cities at which meetings
were arranged for include Atlanta,
New Orleans andRIchmond.
The celebration of Washington's
birthday was marked by' a greater
J display of the National colors and a
larger number ot patriotic parades
and meetings than in many years.
A patriotic demonstration under the
auspice of the Junior Patriots of
, AlUGl ltd 1O.01CU UUU1 XV W VlUVIk Ullkll
noon,
A feature of the annual dinner of
the Sons of the Revolution tonight
will be the presentation of a gold,
medal to Signal Quartermaster Leo
H. Lukisch, United States - Coast
Guards, who knocked down a man for
iir ri ti ma n i n f l w in n z viiur-if'u ii ti r
Philadelphia Burns With Patriotism.
Philadelphia, Feb. 22. The birth
! anniversary of Georce Washington
. v ,
1 was observed here today with an out-
burst of patriotic fervor in which .
many organisations paid formal honor
to his memory.
Washington's life was the basis of
orations made at the exercises of the
University of Pennsylvania. The
honorary degree of doctor of laws was
granted - to Dr. Jacob Gould Schur
man, president of Cornell University,
and to Herbett C. Hoover, chairman
of the commission for relief in' Bel-
gium and that of Doctor of Music to
Leopold Stokowski.. -A
President'- Wilson participated in
George Washington birthday exer- ;
cises here today at which frequent
reference was made to the interna
tional situation. --
"It i3 much less of an adventure to
write histor ythan to try to enact. it,'
said the President in ; presenting a
gold medal to a school boy for writ-
ing an essay on history.'- .
The President pledged, allegiance
anew to the American -flag and, with
the remainder of the audience, includ
ing menlbers of the cabinet, diplo- j
mats and Congressmen.X he stood at
salute while the pledging of eile-,
giance was repeated, , ,
The exercises were Vmarked by an ,"
President Wilson appeared. ; v ' 0
Senator Pomerene I delivered - the "4 ,
principal address. ' ' i-' ' 1 '
Taft in Baltimore. - "- :
Baltimore, - Feb... 22. :The birthday;
nf OpnrcA Waahirieton ' never-1 comsR "
without finding in our National affair
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