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NEW ORLEANS EDITOR
 CONVICTED OF LIBEL

New Orleans, Feb. 27-,lIush A ODonnell, editor of the Orleans American, was declared guilty in crim inal district court here today of crim inally libeEing Mayor Behrman and members of the city commission coun cil in an editorial recently published by his paper construed by the court as intimating that the city authorities were improperly involved in deal for the purchase of the race track here. ODonnell was given until Friday to file q motion for new trial
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TwO American Women
 Died From Exposure
Sinking of Laconia is Declared to Constitute Clear Cut Viola
 tion of American Rights

Washington, Feb. 27-The sinking of the Cunarder Laconia by German submarine was stated officially today to constitute a clear cut violation of American rights.
 Conclusive official information at the state department shows that .wo American women lost their lives and that if four other Americans among the passengers and the fourteen among the crew were saved. it was only by good fortune and that the vessel was sunk without warning in direct defiance of all the principles for which the United States has stood
 Consul Frosts reports from the sur vivors landed at Queenstown and Bantry show that the vessel was struck first by torpedo without warn ing at l0:30 Sunday night, 150 miles off Fastnet. The engine was stopped as the ship listed to starboard, wire less calls were flashed broadcast and six large rockets were sent up. Thir teen boats with passengers and crew got away and scattered over two c-s three miles to prevent collisions ink high sea rolling in twelve feet swe' ., .ct1ut twenty minutes after the
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GERMANS STALL ABOUT
 RELEASING AMERICANS S

Berlin, by wireless to Sayville, Feb. 27.-The release of the American pris- oners brought to Germany on the steamer Yarrowdale. althoueh ordered some time ago, says the Overseas News Agency, cannot De carried ont for the moment as an infectious dis ease has been discovered at the place of their residence.
 As the outbreak Of the malady ne cesstates a quarantine measure at' fecting3 the number of persons abolt to leafe Germany. the Overseas Agen- cy states that the de.ay in the depart nre hf the Americans is in the inter estfof neutral countries. Tie hope is
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Washington, Feb. 27-Prohibition came to the front in the house again today, stirring up a furore that promises to enliven the remaining days of the session with one of the most stubborn fights yet waged over the issue in congress.
 While prohibition advocates facing threatened filibuster were lining uT to pass the senate bill tomorrow, mak ing the national capitaislry, it develop ed that the postoffice appropriation bill, including the Reed bone dry amendment had been abandoned be cause of a hopeless deadlock in con ference Tonight a resolution to re place the appropriation bill by continu ing existing postal appropriations and embodying also the Reed amend ment was introduced fin the house by the conferees. making it necessary for the ''bone dry" provision to run the gauntlet of another vote in both sen ate and house.
 Against both the District of Col umbia bill and the Reed amendment which would prohibit shipment C. liquor into any prohibition state, the anti-prohibition forces are organizine desperate resistance. While prohi bition men insist there is no real danger that either measure will fan they are visibly disturbed over the prospect.
 Democrats opposed to the District of Columbia measure announced to night that if the bill is passed, they will line up thirty or more democratic votes aeainst the administration rev enue bill when it comes back to the house in the form of a conference re port. and some of them even threat ended to bolt the democratic organiza ton of the next house. Habitual ab scntees from the house were called in during the day and at tonight's ses sion were gathered in force in th' house chamber, Mhlle' Representatives Randall of California and Crisp O Georgia. leaders of the prohibition forces, sat on guard against any unex pected move.
 The fight over district prohibition undoubtedly will occupy seeyra hours. A special rule was reported to 1 day under which, in addition to twt hours of general debate and voting oi an amendment for a referendum O { District citizens, it would be possibl to have approximately a dozen rol calls on other amendments. Thes were put into the bill by the Distric of Columbia committee. which has a | anti-prohibitioa majority.
 | The decision of the postoffice bil ] Conferees to abandon the measur came after two long meetings durin
 the day and several conferences wit
 Postmaster General Burleson.
 Members of the conference commi tee insisted that the Reed amend ment, which had been accepted b
 both houses, was not the cause (
 their failure to agree. The continuin
 resolution carried the amendmer
 verbal as is had stood in in
 appropriation measure.
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 had been good it would have gone in. to history as the greatest meetings ever he'd in the south. The continued ra.ns made the track condition bad and the weather also naturally dama- eled the enthusiasm of ,he attendants. and that is one reason wdy everybody looked forward with such happy antici. patton to the meeting in Hot Springs.
 The troubles of Associate Judge Jack Campbell increased yesterday ia no small degree. The stables kept ar- irving in large numbers. and the stall room was reduced until he is going to have the most difficult time in taking care of the stables He had wired to New Orleans, and the word had been given publicity there that stables mrs not snip until they had been a. sured reservations. but even that did not keep many from taking chance, after the word got out there of tho splendid success that was promised in the meetings here at Oakawn and Essex.
 Over at the Es-eX Park track there is some material improvement being made ot the little fui hing touches that are to make that plant ready for occupancy. Mr. Charles Q Evelaad has charge of the famous club house there, and t will to operated ony on the hiehcst pane There win bemoth. ing obictonable tolerated. and the clu6 will only be operated as cafa and sort of exclusive point for such ncoplc as appreciate attending the races but do not care to join win the throng The club admission will be oa the card system. aud win be operated exclusively as a first class country cafe The opening will be announced soon. and arrangements for dinner par ties may thereafter be made at any time.
 Manager Joseph Martin will arrive today and will thereafter remain here to give attention 70 the details of the meeting. taking part of the load from the hands of Judge Campbell Mana ger Hoawiefs also arrived yesterday and is getting the details arranged for his department He was with the personnel of the OaklaVn ocroia, life l last sprins
 The demand f-r fhsa c'1ss apart | mems about the city yesterday wa in- 1 creased materially. There were any number Of arrivals Vho wanted ire 1 best apartments alahle. and who eX 1 pected 70 pay resort prices for them l There were also several hundred ap- i plicatons for rooms about the city but in the meanwhile there Is still | oa file at the Business Mems League l the addresses cf severa, hundred 1 romes in Hot Springs which have good l accommodations for the visitors, and 1 whose places will he reached in time | Qs the crowd svells.
 One of the biggest things in conneo- ton with the business thus far is fine l res aurant and cafe business. Alth2ugh | there are any numbers Of these lines l that offer the public service, still they are all doing a land office business and in ihe meanwhile the result is he | ing observed in the increased grocery and provision business, and al bus!- l
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SPECIAL TRAIN WILL LEAVE THE NATIONS METROPOLIS FOR
 HOT SPRINGS SOON.
MORE THAN 5O0 COMING
 FROM THE SOUTH

Yesterday Saw Large Trains With Hundreds of More Visitors and Hun. dreds More Horses to Participate in the Meeting al OakIawn Which Opens One Week Hence
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expressed that the quarantine will be of short duration
 The American citizens. it is announc ed, are safe and well.
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PRESIDENT WILL AWAIT ACTION OF CONGRESS BEFORE TAKING STEPS ON SINKING OF
 LRCONlA.
SOME OBJECT ID ARMING
 SHIPS CARRYING MUNITIONS

President Let It Be Known That He Would Object to Any Material Change in the Bill as Presented- President to Receive Groops of Per sons Opposed 10 War.
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first torpedo. the reports adds. and while some of the boats were nearby second torpedo was driven into the vessel, which sank three-quarters of an hour after the original attack.
 The small boats pitched about dur ing the long hours of the night until rescue came During this time the two American women, Mrs. Mary E. Hoy, and Miss Elizabeth Hoy of Chicago. died of exposure and were buried at sea. There were several other deaths, but not of Americans.
 No further facts arc needed by this government it was stated officially and no inquiry of any sort is neces- sary to establish the facts of the ease. Officials are entirely clear in .aieir belief that Germany has eomm1 teed the act which President Wllsq has said it was impossible for hi4 believe she would commit.
 Both white house and state ss ment officials seemSto feeE answer must coma eronl q usara1zz :z||a||| .rx. Rooms 2-l
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DETERMINED FIGHT MADE TO PREVENT PASSAGE OF DIS
 TRlCT OF COLUMBIA BILL.
S0NE DEMOCRATS THREATEN
 ID BOLT ORGANIZATION

The Postoffiee Appropriation With It's "Bone Dry Amendment Has Been Abandoned and the Bill Will Now Have to Run the Gauntlet Of the House and Senate.
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4 FOR RENT AD WILL RENT THAT VACANT ROOM

People looking for rooms turn to tbo classified ads of the newspapers ,o see what is offered. An ad in the sentinel-Record is almost sure to hiring you a customer.
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FORECAST FOR ARkANSAS:-- WEDNE SDAY AND THURSDAY GENERALLY FAIR.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-22

mental construction by the southern
people surpasses all previous annals.
There are more monuments to the
Confederate cause than have ever been
erected to any cause, civil, political or
religious.
The glary of this fact, my friends,
is not due to the men who followed the
stars and bars, OF wore the gray, but
to the invincible spirit of the women
of the south. There is no memorial
to Jefferson Davis which meets the
peculiar conditions which attach to his
name. Those which have been erect
ed are artistic and bear upon the
imperishable granite of which they
are constructed much of love and ad-
miration for Mr. Davis, but however,
beautiful and indestructible they may
be, there is nothing in them just grand
enough and great enough for this gen
Grafton to feel that they justly and
truly convey to coming generations,
the full appreciation of Mr.. Davis and
his relations to tho people of the
south.
am here to tell you that it
shall not fail. that at Fairyiew there
must, and will be erected an obelisk
which will be amongst the highest and
most imposing of such structures
in the world outside the Washington
monument.
We must see that the men who come
afterwards and look upon this mag
nifcent obelisk towering amongst the
clouds. graceful in its lines. superb
/ in its immensely, will thoroughly under
stand who Jefferson Davis was, what
| he did, and who were the people that
he led, and who loved him, and made
under his guidance transcendent and
unreasonable sacrifices for the great
principle of self-government.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-22

two leaders, one president of the Uni
ted States, the other president of the
Confederate states.
The women Of the south erected at
Richmond, where Mr.. Davis is buried.
g. beautiful and imposing monument.
The people OF New Orleans and their
friends have also builded handsome
testimonial indicative of the love the
Confederate people had for their pres
ident.
I cannot but feel that the world will
yet further expect the people OF the
south, In some more extensive and IN
tensiye method, to show to mankind
their appreciation of Mr.. Davis sac
rifices and sufferings for his nation.
In no other manner can it be done
more fittingly than by erecting on the
SPOT where he was born magnltl-
cent, impressive and distinguished
structure, which shall stand through
the ages as a silent but eloquent trlb-
ute to him who bore in his body and
soul dreadful punishment and humllla-
tiou because he loved and served his
people.
Mr.. Davis was great enough to
command the admiration OF all men,
but when we consider his sufferings
and sacrifices for the south, it is his
lust reward that somewhere in the
Confederate states, which he loved so
much and where he lived out his days,
there shall rise up some structure that,
insofar as art in it's feebleness can
| proclaim, shall declare the love and
generation of the people for whom he
gave his all-time. money, place, cit
izenslip, health, and lifelong peace.
He passed with his people through
the fires and prosecutions of recon-
struction which have become, TO the
minds of all reasonable men, the
blacklist page in our national history.
He emerged from the shameful humil-
istion of Fortress Monroe with the
sympathy and respect of the world,
and the clanking of the cruel chains
which cowerdice and malignity fas-
tened upon his limbs only rersler his
reception OF the DEGREES of fate more
beautiful. and made him thousand
times more beloved by the people for
whom these sufferings and humilia-
tons were endured.
No nation or country has ever
shown such regard for the memories
Of its soldiers nor built so many mon
uments to voice and perpetuate theiI
heroism and their Yalor Measured by
the length Of years and the number
Of survivors. the extent Of the monu
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-22

triotism his lofty ideals. his q aoso'
lutte conservation to duty, his magnifi-
cent courage and Unreasonable suf-
fering for the south, are each and all
rich heritage of the Confederate
states.
When the north had. finished its
war upon the south, which had so
largely created the country, nothing
was left to it but name untarnished,
honor unsullied, pride unhumbled. and
spirit unbroken. The task which then
confronted the southern people was
n double one: First, to retrieve It's
broken fortunes, and second, to monu-
mentalize it's history and transmit Its
records to subsequent generations. To
achieve the one, the Sons OF the South
have wrought valiantly; and to os-
comnlish the other, the Daughters or
the South have labored amazingly and
are triumphing gloriously.
In this cause OF preserving the he
roic story OF the south, and immortal
ling its illustrious past, the Daugh-
ters of the Confederacy have equalled
the devotion and loyalty Of their moth
ers who inspired and suffered through
out the fearful struggle of the sixties,
Their task has been to preserve the
name and the fame Of the land, red
with their fathers blood and drench-
ed with their mothers tears. The
handing down to posterity a correct
history OF the southern people and
their cause; the casting up OF heaps
OF stone to mark the things that ought
, TO be remembered with pride; the erec
ton OF monuments to point their lin
gers to a sky starred with southern
virtues; the defence OF story that
was full OF patriotism and glory, OF
lesson and inspiration-this was the
task which the Daughters of the Con
! federacy laid upon their hearts, ant
to which they stretched out theil
| hands.
AT the risk Of being considered 4 re
taller Of ancient history | may reminC
you that Jefferson Davis WAS born leS
years in a little town called FairvieV
/ in Christian County, Kentucky. hal
way between Hopkinsville and Elkton
the county seat Of Todd county. Whel
he was eight years old his father re
moved to Mississippi, and kentuck,
lost her SON. One hundred and sever
wears ago Abraham Lincoln was bori
in Laurs County. near HodsenVille
Kentucky. AS the crow flies, thes
two spots are somthing like 140 mile
apart. Kentucky thus gave in 1851 tn
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-22
Some Interesting Facts Regarding the
Last Capitol OF the Confederate States

could be carried by hand, until his
final arrest and later Imprisonment.
The last capital Of the Confederacy
was vacated by the government, and
left to remain as monument OF the
last time and place when and where
the Confederate government represent
ed q divided nation.
BEAUTIFUL Danville! 1t Is all the more
to be admired and beloved as the last
seat of government Of the still below
ed and revered Confederacy.
Incident Of UnwrItten History.
Just before leaving the Sutheriin
home, Jefferson Davis offered his hand
In parting to bid Mrs. Sutherlin good
bye, when she asked him if he had any
money, other than Confederate money
He replied that he had not. She oyer
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-22

am pleased to address an audience
on matters which affect the south, its
history, its heroism. and Its memo
ries, without the possibility Of saying
aught that will offend any listener
Here we can speak candidly, fear
lessly end Loyalty of the past, with
only care that we speak truthfully.
The south had an illustrious part in
establishing the independence and in
in creating the glory of this great
country OF ours. 1t was southern
pen. dipped deep in the southern heart.
which drew the immortal Declaration
of independence. 1t was southern mil
itary genus who led the toilworn, bat
tle-scarred and ragged Colonial pa
triots to final victory. 1t was the south
ern men from Virginia, Kentucky,
North Carolina and Tennessee, who
struck the flank of Cornwalls at Kings
Mountain, and sent him limping, into
the jaws of Washington at Yorktown.
And when the Revolutionary War was
over, and nothing was left but the bill
to be paid the south settled the larg-
est part OF that account. Virginia con
tributed of her domain what is now
the states of Kentucky, Ohio, Indiana
Illinois and Michigan North Carolina
contributed Tennessee; and Georgia
donated Alabama and Mississippi. And
of the first fifteen Presidents of the
new Republic, nine of them were from
the south.
In 1860, when the northern states
which had such CONSPICUOUS benefiei
aries OF the southern states forced
the slavery-issue to the point of war
the southland laid its hand upon JEFF
ferson Davis and charged him with
the defense of its rights, its property
and its life. Rich-born, cultured, schol
arly and chivalrous, he was the incar
nation Of the southern spirit and the
TYNE of the southern ideal He be
lOnged to all the south he was
native of kentucky; he was adopted
by Mississippi; he fought for Texas
he. was inaugurated in Alabama; III
administered the Confederate govern
1nent from Virginia; he fled across
North and South Carolina; he was cap
bnred in Georgia; he lived his paIen
niartydom at Beauvoir; was buried II
Louisiana; and his remains now
sleep in Virginia. in whose southern
bosom are two other graves-grav
Of British sovereignty at Yorktown
and the grave of the Father OF III
Country at Alexandria. Mr. Davis L
1ustrious character, his splendid pa
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-22

ed him bag of gold containing one
thousand dollars, saying, take this
from me-" 80
Mr. Davis took her hand and the
tears streamed down his face. mo"
said he, 81 cannot take your money.
You and your husband are young and
will need your moneyfi while am an
old man." and adding, after a pause,
81 don't scuppose shall ned anything
very long" -
He then put his hand into his peck
ct and drew out a small gold peicil.
which he asked her to accept and keep
for his sake. She kept and priced 1t
as a sacred treasure to the end of her
life.
Farewell, sacred world Of regret,
A shade case DER the parting rays
OF sun that's forever set,
Though it gladdened happier days.
--t----
Philadelphia is about to build new
public library building to cost $780,
0OOand to house 100000 volumes.
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Continued from page /, section 5.

less and impossible task of making
slaves of a people born to be free.
LET us, then, not despond, my coun-
trymen, but relying on God, meet the
foe with fresh defiance and with I'M
conquered and unconquerable hearts"
JEFFERSON DAVIS"
President Davis and the capitol OF
the Confederacy remained for just sev'
en- days at the Sutherlin home.
When what seemed to him incredi-
BILE news of Lees surrender, reached
Mr.. Davis, the only thing left him, I'M
der the circumstances, was to pro-
coed further south. This he tried to
do. The entire party left Danyille, tax
ing with them only such baggabe as
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-04-22
Extracts From Specchof Gen. Bennett II. Young

DAUGHTERS OF 1HE
FARE"
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-05

VIII return from Underwood, III. to-
morrow, where they have been visit
ing her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Hob.
Mrs. Delbere A-owe and daughter
Vivian Of Hammond visited her moth
err. Mrs Lehr ol SATURDAY..
Frank Gumurray who is at the South
Chicago hospital suffering with blood
poison in his foot. is now able to sit
up
p. y. Bumhour Of 119th street, is i'll
with the grip.
william Cilby who was injured by a
fall while at work for the Austin Con-
scruction Company. remains IN a very
serious ondition at the Englewood
Union hospital. 1t is now found that
i'm addition to his two legs being frac-
turesd. the young mans hip has also
been fractured.
The funeral Of William Flagler, age
~. embaImer for Undertaken A D.
Heyden. was held Saturday. Services
were preached a the Heyden undertake
ing parlors by Rev. :. c. Rogers of
the n. E. church. after which services
were preached at the lakewood chapel
i'm Chicago. The remains We're cremat-
ed. after which they were inferred in
O4kwoods cemetery. The deceased is
survived by his widow and his par
ents. the latter residing in Chicago.
The directors Of the whiting CO.
operative store viii have a meeting at
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1917-02-05

make ordinary parents gasp. Even the
bath costs a third more. the bath ther-
mometer is up - per cent and toilet
powder has sky-rocketed 100 per cent.
If the baby is i'll. medicines, begin
ming with good old castor oil. are dou-
bled in price. Olive oil is up 50 per cent.
glycerine. IS. lanoline. 500 and even til.
price of distilled water is not what Il
used to be.
Perambulators that sold for s40 81
the beginning of the war now cost the
enduring parent about s55. A cot III
might have bought for S. two years
ago now takes about SIS of his bank
roll. When he has provided the cot Id
can buy the mattress at one and One
fourth the original cost. High chairs
cost 50 now: they used TO cost 81
Nurses in England now do their work
for $50 additional 70 the usual wage
The nurses food costs an additional
SO Ia per cent.
Thus the Rooseveltian theory ism t
encouraged. the infant expert observes.