OL. XXIV, NO. 6.
GERMANS OBJECTS i
10 PEACE TERMS
OF IDE RUS
golsheviki Delegates Did Not
Talk as Conquered People
Should
DISAGREED EARLY
IN THE CONFERENCE
Argument Started Over First
Clause in Proposed Peace
Terms and Grew Warmer
Until Adjournment '
Amsterdam, Monday, Jan. 14. The
Wolff Bureau, the semi-official news
agency of Berlin, publishes a Brest
Lit ovsk dispatch as follows:
A committee composed of Ger
mans, Austro-Hungarians and Rus
sians, for the discussion of territorial
questions, held three long sittings on
Friday and Saturday. It was agreed
that the first paragraph of the peace
treaty should be a clause announcing
that the state of war between the par
ties had been concluded. ', ..
The Germans proposed a clause
reading 'That the contracting parties
have resolved henceforth-to; Jive in
peace and friendship.' "
"Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevik Fdiv
eign Minister, refused to endorse, this,
declaring that it was 'a , decorative,
phrase, which does not' describe ihe
relations which in the future will ex
ist between the Russian and German
peoples.'
"It was confirmed that the "evaoua
tjon cf occupied territory by both par
ties should take place on the basis of
full reciprocity, so that the evacuation
by the Central Powers of Russian ter
ritory would synchronize with. :i the
evacuation by Russia of . the occupied
regions in Austria-Hungary,-Turkey
and Persia. Later Persia was? struck
.out . aLEOt- beijija4ae5C2terfeitrriri
and Trotzky proposed to s&dvthe -foK
lowing: "' ;-"'.' i
' 'Russia undertakes as speedily as
possible to remove her troops from
neutral Prussia.'
"He said he had no other ground for
this than a desire to emphasize the
crying wrong committed by the former
Russian government against a neutral
country."
The Wolff Bureau report covers
nearly 5,000 words, and shows that the
question concerning the date of the
evacuation was broken off by the par
ties failing to agree. A long discus
sion concerning which parts of the oc
cupied territory should be evacuated
also resulted in a disagreement.
A prolonged debate arose over the
Question of admitting representatives
of Poland, Courland -nd Lithuania to
the negotiations ar- m the question
of what constituted elx-determination
by these province?. The discussion
grew embittered xind the only result
was a protest by General Hoffman of
the German delegation,' against the
tone of the Russian delegation which
he said "Speaks as if it stood victor
ious in our country and could dictate
conditions." X
General Hoffman reminded tne dele
gates that the Bolshevik authority a.s
much -as the German, was founded on
force as instanced by what he termed
the attempts to suppress the white
Russia and the Ukrainian attempts at
self-determination. General Hoffman
finally declared that the German su
preme army command must refuse to
evacuate Courland, Lithunia, Riga and
the islands in the Gulf of Riga.
Dr. Von Kuehlmann, the German
Foreign Minister, then declared that
he must reserve a further statement
f the position of the Central Powers
on all points. He protested, against
the position the Russians had adopted
J presenting their views in written
declarations and, said that the confer
ence must be adjourned in order that
there might be a consultation between
toe Teutonic allies. No date for the
.Resumption of the conference was fix
ed. FURTHER EXTENSION
OF INSURANCE PLAN
Washington, Jan. 15. Because of
the extension of the submarine war
zne, Secretary McAdoo today ordered
Soyernment life insurance in force for
fleers and crews of American mer-
"dntmen travplitiir' hatweon AmerU
Ports and the Cape Verde Islands
rt0 oJ i 5 -
Points on the West Coast of
f-mca, north of Sierra Leone.
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Sail-
vessels will not be insured.
'nvestigate "Slanderous Charges."
Washington, Jan. 15. Congression
' investigation of "slanderous charg-
against the character of American
opa abroad alleged to have been
"jculated by the Anti-Saloon League
proposed ina resolution today
Representative Carey, of Wi3con-
SIANS
ifffliBiiiiis
One Provides foVkegistration
of Those Reaching 21 After 'I
V June 5, 191 7v : I
AGE OMIT WlLL?ku S
NOT BE 'RAISED
Another Bill Provides For Fur
loughing Home Soldiers for
Agricultural Work-New
Basis ., f or ..Quota
Washington, Jan. , 15, -At the r
ilues.t.of the .War Department today,
Chairman , Chamberlain, of" the Senate:
Military committee, , will introduce a
bill for the registration for military,
duty of all men who liave become 21
years old since June 5, 1917. when thet
draft law went into effect. -i
-Another bill . which Senator jChara
berlain introduced at the request of
the administration would provide for
furlpughing ; National Army men for
harvesting crops and other agricultur
al duty. . ,
Another bill would put the quota of
the" States on the "basis of available
men in; the first, class instead of on
.: iiin': : .
population. ;
; In determining upon the registration
of , men who i have become ?21 sincelhe
draft law was enactedt the War; De
partment . has rejected .any , plan to
raise ther';aga limits of" the draft to
take, in men more than 31. . "
Registration of mea who have be
come of age since the draft law; was
enacted; was recommended In' the re
cent report of Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowd er as one ..means by -which,
to supply men for e'NatJcmal Ar
my, without -taking ' those) whOj- have
others dependent" pi theni. . it -'could
be done also. General :rCrowder; point-
eif nut " Tv olTiof .fhXtnr vHnrHto
above .the;preseiit line olli iTfie War
n
gestion.
add about 700,000 men-jto '"tfie- draft
available each year. ' ; : v
" Congressmen have been advised that
further legislation would be necessary
to perfect and carry on the draft and
the passage of Senator Chamberlain's
bill with, administration support, is ex
pected promptly in both Houses.
Another bill introduced by Senator
Chamberlain would provide a distinc
tive badge or button for exempted
men.
TJie bill changing the basis of .State
quota is believed to provide a more
equitable system, as it will exclude
entirely enemy aliens from the bases.
Enemy aliens were included in the
basis for the first draft and there was
much complaint. Heavy enemy alien
populations in some congested dis
tricts forced Americans to early duty
regardless of exemption claims to
make up district quotas.
The bill to permit troops to go to
agricultural work, merely would au
thorize the Secretary of War to fur
lough men for civilian duty. It is
known, however, that the War Depart
ment intends to use the authority prin
cipally to provide men for harvest
time and other agricultural work vital
to the food supply; '
To facilitate collection of private in
surance policies held . -by troops, an
other bill would require private insur
ance companies to accept the official
army record as- proof of death of men! I
among the army insured; It if design?
ed to meet the cases of men reported
missing to which there is no actuaM
proof of death. In case of payment
by insurance companies upon policies
held by men reported missing and who
later should appear the bill provides
for reimbursement to the insurance
companies by the government.
Exemption of the government from
payment of the new. war tax on au
tomobiles is the purpose of another
bill introduced by Senator Chamber
lain, to deal principally with the large
government purchases of motor trucks.
IRISH HOME RULE
CONVENTION OPENS
Dublin, Jan. 14.-7The .-Irish home
rule convention will hold its 31st sit
ting Tuesday. All the proceedings of
the grand committee of 20 are now- be
fore, the convention and a definite con
clusive agreement should, it is believ
ed, be reached, and" its announcement
may be expected almost at once.
Whether or not the convention suc-
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ceetts in onnging tne uisier uujumv
into an Irish parliaments Inshme'n
think proceedingshave accomplished
a great good In bringing together the
Nationalists and Unionists of the
South and West and determining the
pr?feiples on which Irishmen tof all
sections ; could come together in ;a
large, scheme of autonomy, - . .
There is' a rumor" of an "Impressive
majority report by the .delegates of
all ireeds and" politics outside of Ul
ster. The press, of Belfast remains as
steadf as t as ever' in, opposition- to any
comproiaiscs with home rule. j i
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WILMINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAV AFTERNOON, JANUARY 15; 1918.
barges iEN:wnTiVa
- Towed by heavy seagoing tugs these : big f.uel:carriers.'are breaking iheir way through .the big floes iin'New
ork liarbor.' For the first time in years: the harbor 'hasb
extent has been tied up. The situation was so ;;bad5 that . caUa Dreakers. to the
port.to keep the channel open to shipping, he Ice iri to the fuel, famine, too; for it prevented
the shipment of coal from; the raUroad terminals on the' Jerisey .
COTTON CONSUMED IN
- ' ' -'- ' ... . ' ,
OF DECEMBER
For the Month 516,880 Bales,
and 2,794,761 for Five
Months
Washington, Jan. 15.x-Cotton con
sumed during December amounted to
516,580 running bales, and for the
'five months ending December 31st,
2,794,761 "bales, the Census Bureau
announced today.
. ConsumedT by . cotton growing
States iUdttrjng Decembers 28600
1,584,140 f bales, compared"" with' 1,576;
484. Oa hand'December 31, in con
suming establishments, 995,075 bales,
comparedwith 1,390,939 the previous
year, and" 6t public storage and at
compresses 3,550,611 bales, compared
with 3,775,033 the previous year.
Cotton spindles active, 14,196,799,
compared with: 13,638,924 the previous
year.
In December, - 1916, consumption
was 536,675 bales and for the five
month period 2J56,442.
Cotton on hand December 31 In
consuming establishments amounted
to 1,576,514 bales; compared with
2,360,565 the previous December, and
in public storage and at compresses
3,826,225 bales, compared with 4,128,
822 a year ago. x ' v
Cotton spindles active during JDe
cember numbered 33,649,078, com
pared with 32,863,274 the previous
year.
Imports during December were
14,577 bales and for the five montti
51,090 bales.
Exports for December were 477,034
bales, compared with 765,321 the
previous year. '
Linters included in exports for De
cember were 6,261 bales, and for the
five months period 103,199 bales.
DEATH OF GARDNER
STARTS INVESTIGATION
Washington, Jan. 15. As a direct
result of sentiment in the House over
the death from pneumonia of former
Representative Gardner at Camp
Wheeler, Ga., Representative Gard, -f
Ohio, today introduced-a resolution to
direct the Military committee to in
vestigate camp conditions.
Camp site selections, sufficiency of
ciothing, hospital facilities and treat
ment of sick soldiers .would be inves
tigated under the resolution. Many
of Major Gardner's friends are sup
porting the movement.
MUTILATED GERMANS
RETURN IRON CROSSED
London, Jan. 15. An appeal is
being circulated among mutilated
German officers and soldiers saving
the iron cross, asking: them to return
the crosses' as a protest against the
fact that a number of "home war
riors" and leaders of the Pathenand
party are wearing the same ms-ma,
according to an Exchange Telegrapih
disptch from Amsterdam. There has
been a - large response, 1,300. crosses
from! Berlin alone being sent to the
War Minister the first day the appeal
appeared. -
Famous Hun Airman ; Dead.
Amsterdam, Jan. 15 The death of
Vce Sergeant Max Miiller, one of the
most successful German airmen,' Is re
ported in a Munich dispatch to the
Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin. Muller was
killed in a fall resulting, fi-om a defect
in his engine. 7 He claimed 38 victories
in - aerial engagements.
MONTH
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FOUR BAH
More Arresjts, in Connection
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With Operations of Alleged
GkVSpy. I''
Baltimore, Jan. : 15. Two ' large ibox-
es filled with documents belonging, to
?1Jr;r.,T wS5
Lieutenant Waltei.SpoermaraUeg -
and understood to be ; to
Baltimore4for a .hearing .ta - iheQe
uuuri, were Btuswu, ujr m juuuw.uftiAi
imth4irmbli Marna 31'yEirs
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that Snoermarm. anmachedSfifintSeir
ttCx v" f ;irt1jr1l
him: to take caref two boxes for him.
lip uouttiBU uo ,U4U 1410 whHtfi fiormotiv t anv TriVd an o o in
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ture of the contents. . . - ..
-Asch- was the ; second person .to .M
arrested here In connection with the
case. Frederick"" V. C. Spoermann, ; a
brother of Walter Spoermann, was tak
en into custody last night. He was
technically charged with violating the
President'a. proclamation by changing
his residence without notice to the
Federal authorities. He denies having
had any connection with his brother's
alleged activities.
Spy Was Helmsman.
Seattle, Wash., Jan. 15. Federal
agents asserted here that a German
spy, masquerading as a helmsman un
der the name of "William Swanson,"
stood at the wheel of the Alaska lin
er Spokane wrhen she crashed into the
rocks off Idol Point, British Columbia,
on the night of November 11, 1917,
while bound from southeastern Alaska
for Seattle with 237 passengers.
S DRIVE TO SELL
Every Soldier and Saijor Will
Be Urged to Grasp the
Opportunity
Washington; Jan. 15. A concerted
effort tp bring the full benefits of the
government war insurance to eveiy
soldier and sailor was begun today un
der the supervision of Secretary Mc
Adoo. .
: Army and Navy officers, enlisted
men,' insurance companies, Councils of
National Defense, the Y. M. C. A.,
woman's organizations - and - State -and
local agencies will assist . in . popular
izing the movement which will end
February 12, the lastsday men now in
the service can apply for insurance.'
Up to the close : of business Satur
day, January 12, applications for $3,
633,213,000 of ; insurance had been re
ceived. This represents 427,811' poli
cies; The average amounts of Insur
ance applied for is $8,4S3. '
According to report received by
the Bureau of War Risk Insurance; to'
date "Camp Wads worth, at Spartan
burg; S; C.; has registered the "highest
insurance totals, with approximately
$175,000,000 on January 5. . 7. i r
Other high totals reported until Jan
uary -5 are those of Camp Sheridan, -Alabama,
with about $125,000,000; Cam?
Bowie," Texas, with" tl00",550;000and
Camp Logan, Texas, with 1107,564,000.
A Bi
ME WAR INSURANCE
j
Secretary of State Furnished
Evidence Against, tne
: Forrner Premier t
Paris: Jan." 15. The arrest .. .jester
day: of former Premier Caillanz was
a cablegraxa- ftom
Vofr, 5 -tw fi;-
iCDItomUcatlon witi the Berlin tbxeign
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r;ii t A.i m n i.-t fiii i Tm ra ii i t mi lirT n i Tiri n
then German minister to Argentina,
I ?f. tlQ ftManf nf .rt,,tf 0 2
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-i iiMriii i i rriM'- tm ii m i inn fit tmi i nac -2
It is understood this evidence .will be
published in America immediately.
The Investigation of the Italian con
nection of former Premier. Caillaux is
said by The Matin to have resulted in
the discovery of - important military
and, political papers in the safe of the
bank at Florence, which was rented
under the maiden name of- Madame
Caillaux and used by the former Pre
mier during ; his- visit to Italy in De
cember, 1916. Among the political pa
pers found in the safe,, the newspaper
asserts, were a number of notes in
which M. Caillaux, in the expectation
of gaining office as Premier, drafted a
cabinet, designated a generalissimo
and sketched various "exceptional"
measures.. These measures ..included
the arrest of certain politicians and
generals, among whom Premier Clem
enceau is said to have been one, and
the dismissal of a number of officials.
In addition to these, The. Matin says,
there were documents of a military
character which. by their very nature
seem to constitute the strongest evi
dence against M. Caillaux.
WAR AEROPLANE IS
A HARDWARE STORE
Washington, Jan. 15. The hard
ware going into a simple . war type
aeroplane is sufficient to:
Nail 2,163 shingles on a roof.
Screw down the coffin lid on a
thousand Germans. " . ..
Veneer 57 square feet of dining
room table. : . ' . ' :
Hang the kitchen with 65 pounds of
aluminum. v
Wire a third of a mile of three
strand fence.
Spruce the porch for at. least 244
square feetand In addition," put 58
feet of pine on the chicken coop, 31
feet of ash on the dog, ho.use, and
still have a few things left over
such as 798 forgihgs and 921 steel
stampings and turn buckles ' for the
junk man.
Nickel Coins Called In.
Amsterdam, Jan- 15. All nickel
five and ten pfennig pieces have, been
called in by the German government.
It , iis announced that no more will
ie;issued, and all citizens are ordered
to take -all nickel .coihs in their pos
session to the nearest ' postofflce for
exchange. .
Raids and Counters. N
t London, . Jan. 15. "Eary yesterday
morning a strong hostile, raid north
east" of iArmentieres was repulsed,"
the war office reports. "During last
night, we raided-the enemy's -tfenchesn
north of Lens, , bombing his ; . dugouts
and securing some prisoners and a
machine gun. , Otherwise there Is
nothing to report." f--.'".'
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ClIllSoUTII
About.20 Brills; From the Sea
- Fell Into
Night
THREE PERSCNS;kiLLED
AND 'SEN INJURED
First Attack on English Coast
by German'' Naval Forces,,
Since .Last September - '
v, . No Property Damage
London, Jan. 15. Yarmouth was
bombarded from the sea last night, it
is announced officially. About 20 shells
fell in the city. Three persons, were
killed and 10 Injured. . .
The following official announcement
was given out:
"Yarmouth was bombarded from the
sea -last night. Fire was opened at
10:55 p..mland lasted ;.abbut five min
utes, some 20 shells - f alling into the
town. ! - . 1
"The latest police, reports state that
three persons were killed and 10 iir
jured. The material damage done- was
not serious." . ,
Attacks by German naval forces "on1
English coast towns, of which there
were a number early in the war, nave
been infrequent in recent months
The last previous occurrence of the
kind officialljr reported was on Sep
tember 4 of last year. , On that day a
German submarine bombarded Scar
borough, causing the death of three
persons and the injury of five.
Yarmouth is. ifi, the' North sea, 11
miles northeast .of. London. It is
city of dme '50,000 - inhabitants with
Important ship building' and fishing in
dustries. .' .
Ten Officers Executed. '
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;faEi
vp, commander of the military; district
iae atate or Mexico, ana Augusua
Millan, Governor of that State, were
executed yesterday, at Toluca, the
State capital, about 40 miles from this
city.
GERMAN ATTACK
WAS NO SURPRISE
London, Jan. 15. Andrew Bonar
Law, Chancellor of the Exchequer, an
nounced in the HOuse 'of Commons to
day that as a result of Field Marshal
Haig's inquiry the genetal staff, war
cabinet and the government consider
ed that the British higher army com
mand had not. been surprised by the
German attack in the Cambrai region
November 30 and that all proper and
adequate dispositions had been made
to meet it.
COMPEL MEATLESS
.AND WHEATLESS DAYS
Washington, Jan. 15. Bills to
amend the food law se as to empower
the food administration to compel
observance. of wheatless and meatless
days or any other measures it pre
scribes were introduced today by
Representative Lever and Senator
Pomerene, acting for the administra
tion. mm AND EDWARDS
GIRL GETJO YEARS
Entered Plea of Guilty of
Second Degree Murder in
Fayetteville
(Special to The Dispatch.);
Fayetteville, N. C, Jan. 15. Leon
Sturm, of Berkley county, South Car
olina, and Rose Edwards, of Winston
Salem, who tendered a plea of guilty
of murder in the second degree when
arraigned in Superior Court here Mon
day afternoon for the killing of An
gelos Moutos, a jGreek cafe proprie
tor, were, sentenced to 30 years each
inT State's prison by Judge George Wn
Connor today. The sentence came
just before the noon recess of court
after Judge Connor had heard) the
lading testimony , in fthe' case in or
der to- determine the! extent of 1 the
punishment. Sturm'sfsenteiice is at
"hard labor, while tiiei ;woman's sen
tence merely called -far a 30-year term.
The inan and woman who had been
traveling with a jparnival companyt
were arrested ' at Rocky Mount fol
lowing the finding of the bound and
gagged fcody of the Greek, in a room
of a local boarding house shortly
after the nurried departure of the
couple December. 3, - . v
neerieratrieocaaK
" .PRICE FIVE;cfeNTS
MILITARISTS;!
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Chancellor Vpn HertlirigRo ,1
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ported 111 'arid1 Readyito? :
nana irr. resignation
GERMANY iJKEXtK i
ADOPT FIRM' POLICY
f f r-
Believed a DecisionEither Fa-1 i
vorable to Militarists Peacs
; Element is in the Malafi-Ili ! H
V 'vUttleTightinllPil ii
Control , ofithe destinies "of Sthaf M
German ,emxe,VjprBkttt812s:'i 1 '
neutral countries .agreis'r3iassing'7;'i
into -tJhe hands ; of tbje inilitaristk ? o . i
has beenr gained by might ' andthe' I j'
sword. Chancellor vbn: Hertling the
aged ' incumbent of the chiet Tpolltf iaJ I $
ce, again is reported iU?aiidi pre' t -
paring to resign, while' the. milit,aK ,
Ists and Pan-Germans are ;demandiii ;
the dismissal of Dr. von.wKeuhlmana, ;
the Foreign Secretary-hd has r
headed the, German r delegations T-at" j
Brest-Litovsk. ' V;;' :
illness, of "f theImperiatChftnipelldrj !
it is reported" - :fromvg;fjtha,t
Copt von Hertling's.' address 0fetor I
the main committee of . the Reic2i-:
stag (has. been postponed for several
days. It was said ; previonsljr.j that 1
x ti : n La '- ' "' . j'-V- " - f
tne tnanceuor wouia answer ' uiq . re
cent , war aims statements of - TreEi
dent Wilson and -,PrenUer v Lloyd
Reore-ft lwforf the main - - inmiHTtteH
on ' Wednesday. -' ?-' 3 1 1
, Coupled with these reports c Is"; th d
fact tht tihe German Emperor; fane!
the Crown Prince have been;loldIr:' .
conferences with the political and
Etaryrfeatrefs;;r'ris;rep
that1;beGTinaTi;rii '
.&rMa,5d; 'foarioti,1VBVaiTived 'W.. I
tiQi&;,S
are ihatUpresj
eitherVfavoring tie militarists .or tic
peaceful element, ''with the' probabil
ity that the Paja-GermansV will.. bei
victorious. The Socialist; yorwaerts ,
believes a military dictatorship is lin t
the making. - yKii
No . explanation has been f Touca-
saf ed by either the Germans or '.the'
Ruesians as to the reasons 'behind
the temporary lialt in the peace;, us
gotiations. Nor has it been an
nounced officially whyv.te$ore2-. j
ences which are to-be cbntinuedare
to be removed to Warsaw. . .,V "
A Bavarian newspaper says "Egyp
tian darkness enshrouds - ; Germany's ;
peace terms. v .;";Utiu'i 1
The winter idleness on the' West
ern and Italian fronts lias not.peea
broken by large operations. - Raids,
and patrol engagements occur; here;
and there and the artillery A fire
breaks into violence at - important
points' now and then, but . there Is
hardly anything in 'the official state
ment that Germany's huge .reserve. cf
1,600,000 men from the . Russian front
is to begin its heralded blow very ,
soon.
ITALIAN ATTACK
- .A -
GAINED GROUND
Rome, Jan. 15. By an
attack'
la
the Adolene region on the Italian
front, the Italians have gained'. con
siderable advantages arid - inflicted
very heavy losses on the. enemy; the
war office announces. ; :
OVERMAN AND HOOD
ON THE SICK UST
-(By George H. Manning.) . !
Washington, D. C, Jan. 15- Two
North Carolina members of Congress
are on the sick list. Senator Over-.
man is suffering witlj rheumatfsmf la
his right foot,- and Congressman.
George Hood hasr. been sick .' in " bed
several days with a complete physi
cal breakdown brought on by over- ; "
work. ''" '",.. ' :".'
Senator Overman has not b'. -t abla j
to leave his hotel since ; las tVired-
nesday. It appears to be ;recur-
rence or tne. trouoie ne naa wiui ;
rheumatism .in his right leg and" foot
last year when for several weeks h9 :
hobbled around - on one : foot. The -:
Senator believes T the trouble Vas ;
brought on by a sprain when he slip
ped on the " ice about a week 'ago.' Ha :
hopes to be able to return to. the Sen- ,
ate early this week. :x ' MX- '
: Congressman Hood has' been homa
in; bed four, or five daysHis physl
can says he Is" suffering from exhaus
tion and a complete physical;break
down from working too . hard, l-iH3
must remain in . bed, the physician
fsays, and rest another, wek." Bat " Mr.
Hood says he expects to return ' to
the Capitol by Vcdncbday -orThura
day "' : :
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