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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-06-07
MRS. HIGHTOWER'S PARTY.

Mrs. ]. E. Hightower was the Red
Cross Bridge Clubs hostess this morn
ing at ten-thirty o'clock at her home
on College street. Yellow coreopsis
was used throughout the house and
those present were: Mrs. J. E. Mathis,
Mrs Frank Harold, Mrs. w. r. Lip
'scomb, Mrs. Tracy Cunningham, Miss
Martha Wheatley, Mrs. 1. J. Kalmon,
Mrs. D. R. Andrews, Mrs. John Coun-
Gil, Mrs. L. F. Grubbs, Mrs S. H. Nc
Kee, Mrs. c. U. Rogers, Mrs. J. l.,
Sparks, Mrs. Stephen Pace, Mrs. w.
D. Moreland, Mrs. Crawford, Mrs.
France, Mrs. Richard Desessaure, Mrs.
w. D. Ivey, Miss Emma Mae Borum,
Mrs. Edgar Ship.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-06-07

dered:
Mrs. Morgan
Bach-Gigue from French Suite No.
l3.
Beethoven-Sonata, OPP. 9, No. L.
Allegro.
Prestissimo.
Bertha Shy.
Bach -Gavotte from French Suite,
No. s.
Observation-Disclosures Zephyrs.
Chopin-Etude OPP. %, No. 9.
Mrs Morgan.
Chopin-Prelude, OPP. %, No. 20.
Mac Dowell--(a) To a Wild Rose,
OPP. 81, No. 1.
(b) To a Water Lily, OPP. 81, No. 6.
Chaminade-valse Caprice D fat OPP.
SS.
Bertha Shy.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. OPP. 70.
Presto.
Second Piano-Miss Chapman.
Ensemble-<race Horne, Hazel
Horne, Miss Chapman, Virginia Perry,
Mrs. Morgan, Bertha Shy-Rhapsodie
Hongroise, No. 2.
Bertha Shy.
Beethoven-Sonata, OPP. rs.
Andante con Variazioni.
Godard-Valse ChromatiQue.
Mrs. Morgan.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Espagnol, OPP
81.
Berha Shy.
Mendelssohn-Con in G minor,
OPP. 25.
Allegro con fuoco.
Andante
Second piano-Miss Chapman.
Awarding diplomas-Col E. A. Mis-
bet.
Reception
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-06-07
PIANO RECITAL TONIGHT.

The pupils of Miss Louise Chapman's
piano school rendered a very delight
full program last evening in their
closing recital 1t was very much
enjoyed by large audience. All the
pupils showed a marked improvement
under their able teacher.
Miss Chapman presents Mrs. Inez
McNeal Morgan and Miss Bertha
Christine Shy in their graduating re-
cital at her residence-studio, 118 For
rest street, this evening at $3.50.
The public is cordially invited to at
tend.
The following program will be rem
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-06-07

education, who is accused by Prof.
Dykes of being responsible for put
ting Rein in the Boys High school
faculty. Another member of the
board who Is under fire is James L.
Key, now candidate for mayor He
politicians, having taken an active
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-06-07
SWIMMING PARTY.

Mrs. Eugene Cato and Miss Lois
McMath gave a swimming party at
Magnolia Springs this morning, hon
Oring Mrs. w c. Randolph, Jr. A pic
mic lunch was enjoyed before the party
returned tol town. Present were: Miss
Cordelia Gatewood, Miss Alice McNeill,
Miss Mary Hawkins, Miss Elizabeth Ell
bridge, Mrs. George Andrews, Miss
Ruth Macarthur, Miss Elizabeth Har-
ris. Miss Anna Murray.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-06-07

hand in nominating Thomas w. Hard
and Major Quinn are bot hweII kIlOwn
wick for the Senate, in removing Will
lam Slaton from the position of sup
erintendent of school, and in oppos-
ing his brother, John NJ Slaton.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-06-07
ELKS' DANCE ON JUNE 18TH.

The Eat home" affair of the Macon
Lodge Of Elks, the chief feature Of
which will be dance, will take place
on the evening of Wednesday, June
18th, The Elks have installed hand
some quarters, taking over the two
floors over the Bank of Commerce.
The equipment is said tot be the pref
test and the most complete of any
Elks home in the South. Meucke's or
chestra from Macon will furnish the
music.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1918-06-07
TAX RETURN NOTICE

CITY books for tax returns opeE
IRON April 1st to July LIST.
3. J. ELDRDGE,
4.le t. I'll. Clerk and Treasurer.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-02-02

IH|oasr Feel h,aF1 after dinner
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The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-02-02
DUKE CITY

We clean hat, mems nnd womrn'
'lotlhug rugs, curtains, drnperies
"u- pa West GpId Phone ltR
Prumptnc~s cur NDttn.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1918-02-02

ECONOMY demands Chat '.ur. WHu
should r'ld ru, tIut- pr tuo clothing
.lfuui.nu Iu oar pd. 'ItlH,m,uf f.u.-u'
Guarantee Cloth up company
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PRESIDENT WILL co TO
 ENGLAND AFTER CHRISTMAS

London. Dec. 1q.-Annourcement Of President Wilson's inter to come to Ehgland immediately after Christ mas is printed very prominently Dy all he moruip- new spapers. There is no comment except for a 9vief ipstance !a inc oeief introoul- f6- -aragra hs tAa7 he will he siycn sincere welcome
 Thu Times pre i}ctg t.lat the Pro~~ -sdcnfs welcome Wifi bo as hearty and as prolonged a. that gi.en htu Tn Paris. IL declares that the new ar rlneement is most satistaatory Ihe change in plans came as a great sur prise to the news 2aI CTS. las il did everywhere and their inability 10 learn am hing beyond he officially authorized statCmtns was indicates hy the Daily Press as follows,
 "Eycrythins was Jeff in an indaf- mite state at an early hour Wednes- day night with a hope that there would be more definite information today req5rdins the presidents desires and intorticns'
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KING OF ITALY VISITS
 PRESIDENT WILSON
EXPRESSES HIMSELF AS PLEAS ED THAT HE CAN EXTEND PERSONAL tNVITATtON
 To PREStEEhT.

Paris, Dec 1g tias Victor Eiu. manuel, acomi aHied ! the heir to the italian throne, the Prince of Pied. mont. and small personal g ard. ar. rived in Paris today A warm wei come was given the Italian monarch by President Poincare, Premier Clem- enceau and the other ministers, and
 the thronss in the streets acclaimed him yociferously as the procession left the station and went t0 the 1tal. l@n embassy
 This evening ,he king paid yisi, to President Wilson at the Murao mansion. It had been expected that Victor Emmanuel and President Wi son would meet for the first time al the luncheon to be given in honor of the kinS v stephen P.chon. the French foreign minister tomorrow and that they would again come to gether and possibly find time for con
 yersation at dinner to be given at the Italian embassy ly Ga. kin4 to thc president Friday evening.
 Tho visit of the king took place at i o'clock The conversation between tho monarch and the president, which is said to have been most cordial, lasted half an hour. Premier Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonninio will meet President Wilson at II o'clock tomorrow morning
 Speaking to a group which su rounded hm this afternoon, Kng Vie
 tor Emmanuel said that besides con,
 lig to Paris to visit the French peep {
 and government he was very glad tC bd able, personally and officially invite President Wilson to be his guest at the Quirinal and that le nad been requested by Queen Helona to extend the same invitation to Mrs Wilson.
 Notwithstanding the unpleasant
 weather, crowds gathered along thC
 route from the station to the embassy
 to greet the fourth ruler who has via dcd Paris in the last fortnieht.
 So dense were the crowds tha thousands were pnablo 10 get : glimpse of the king and the heir ap
 parent
 As the salute of l01 guns was be ing fired the king and the prince ol 1 Piedmont were chcercd loudly. 1 President Poincaco and the F'renca ministers also were enthusiasticaIR 1 applaud-d.
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GERMANY GIVES UP ANOTHER
 BATCH OF LOCOMOTIVES

Paris, Dec l2.- Gv1s1 Accord ing to Berlin dispatches ~,ceiveG here. tr' 1omans between December r and December 2f must deliver up tc the allies 17co Locomotives. la Aa period from December 27 to Jan ary 6 and January : 'o January lo, two additional patches o( l.7ea must bc turned Over t0 inc allcs.
 Ii is asserted that fl the deliveries gre not carried ont with regularity n" Ccrnans viii .c lcrccd To give up aao additional locomotives as pen altr
 Otho" dispatctra from Germany say that th. French General Nudant. dur ing the rogotiations of taa iuterna tional armisuc commission, request ed an authentic list of all the war prisoners liberated by Germany, anu also d list containing the names of all prisoners who died in thal c3uu. ".
 It is asserted that the French dele .e also reminded Gcrmany that she must iced prisoners of war dur ing the journey home.
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NORTH LITTLE ROCK MEN
 ON TRIAL FOR ARSON
MAYOR OF THE CITY AND LIEU TENANT PAUL R. GRA5lEL
 ARE THE DEFENDANTS,

Little Rock. Dec 19.-'Dr. D M
 pixley. mayor of North Little Rock, Lieutenant Paul R. qrahiel and Her bert Stewart the latter 8 negro were placed on trial in circuit court here today char-ed with arson The charges grew ont Of fire which started in the building of the Army Athletic asoeiation February 25 last and swept through the business por- tion of the city ca,Ting $lQ0,o0o loss.
 Lieutenant Grabiel was secretary of the Athletic association and Stew art was jauitor lt is charged that Mayor PiNley was Financially inter ceted in the association. A short time before the fire the prosecuting at- torney had prevented the holding oi a hOxn.- boat at the club and it is charged that the building was burned in order 10 recover the insurance.
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SIX MILLION HAVE
 JOINED THE RED CROSS
SOUTHWESTERN DIV SION WAS SECOND IN THE NUMBER OF
 MEMBERS ENROLLED.

Washington, Lee. I9.-SiN million persons have joined tho American Red Cross since tho 1oainning of the Christmas roll call" Monday.
 In making this announcement to- night, Red Cross headquarters said reports from all states indicated that the campaign now Is going at top speed and steadily gathering a mo. mentum that will continue until tha close O. tue drive n@N Monday.
 CT the six million new members. il was said. practically all We're obtained up to Wednesday night, as few re ports Were received on todays re. suits
 The Atlantic division continues 10 cad in number of memberships, with 2.225,o0Q members enrolled up to lat ye.,erday
 The Southwestern division, includ. ing the states of Missouri, ArkanSas, Oklahoma and Texas. was second to- day with 9fl.5 .5o5 members.
 The Lake division reported S09o09 members.
 Red Cross headquarters received a report from Argantina saying that the Buenos Aaires chapter had enrolled 2o00 Americans, practically the en ire American colony and twice tha. number of 9ersons of other nationali. ties.
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whether tEe seasiou of tlc Versailles conferenco will be open to he public or re secret Ttn Amcr.e can dipo mats. however. seem quite eager tl have them open a. far gs possihn for many reasons among these the declaration Of President Wilson tuai he courses of diplomacy should pro ceod in tte open. Suu il is aid they are in accord with tine president that tua discHssions canno 1c conducted as freely in the open as would be pos
 ible in tho sesfet and adiat of tho council caauaar.
 The cueeal opinion rclmes tc the view that ,hc cntorcrCe a3y Le mod cled after the procedure of tAe United Statcs senate where the forcien Pc lations committee considers interna 1onal affairs recrody and later re ports to tho whole body
 lt is asserted that President Vii son still holds 10 the view that f would be preferable for aim not tI 4it at the peace table. This perform mce. ia was sad today, .s connected m q measure V'i;h diyergeucy of opinion among th" entente missions as to tho nuro"r of ppona who should represent each Of the nations
 II is understood that Great 1ritaiu is rrossi ing for five members from sach nation and in addition consid- orinp )fe claims of her own colonies Fer representation.
 Among those who are supposed tr know. ii was asserted today that President Wilson has no particular deas of his own as 10 the number Of delegates each state should have d, tic conference, but that he is quit convinced thal tho members of tht conference should not Je aNpoutioned arbitrarily by the larger powers.
 Ii was added that he feels this posi- ton is in cons5nanca with his oX- pressed attitude that no one nation should assume tae rola of master a. the conference.
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INFLUENZA HAS PROVED
 MORE DEADLY THAN WAT

London. Dec l9.--The Times mel ical correspondent says that f seems reasonable to believe that throughout the world about six million persons perished from influenza and pneu monia durng the last three months.
 II has beer estimated that 'he war ca-sed the death of twents mlliloh persons in fonr and a half years Thus. the correspondent points out influenza has proved itself five tim 1cadHer than var because, in tae lsan,e period, at it's eaidemie rate in ilrenza would have killed l0a,0oooVV Never since the Black Death has suca a plague swept the world, h. says aaaine that the need of new survey of public health measures have never been more lerG9ly Illustrated
The Sentinel=record., 1918-12-20
NO CHANGE IN THE
 KANSAS CITY STE. KE

Kansas City, Mo, Dec l9,- striking street car employees tonight voted to ,clect a proposal taken up for recon -ileratjou at tho instance of James Damn, federal conciIiator providing Dat tho street railway company take back all strikers whose placed have not been filled 'durin'g the strike. giF- ing inc striking employees with "elean records preference as vacancies oc- eur
 They also adopted a resolution de- clming they would return Co work only under the coldltious prevailing Ahcn he strike was declared
 The effect eff tho mons action ap parently was to leave the situation Nhere .t has heer for more than q Neek.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-12-20
AMERICAN DESTROYERS
 SANK THREE U-BOATS
SUBMARINES HAD ATTACKED AND SUNK THE BRITISH BAT.
 TLESHlo ERITTAN.A.

New York, Dee l9.--American de strcyers avenged the loss of the Brit ish battleship Britannia. sunk off the western entrance of the Straits of Gibraltar on November 9. by destroy. ing three of tho five attacking sub marines. according to officers Of th~ American transport Black Arrow which was 2 member of the Brittania $ convey Tho transport, formerly the German steamship Black Hawk, ar rived here today from Gibraltar wit eight American officers and NJ CT listed men.
 We were attacNed off tho African coast. near Tanieers," said one off cer in describing the lattle. There were five submarines, the nearest be ing five miles away when we sighted .hcm. The Brittania came in between when the submarines had reduced the iatance to three quarters of @ mile
 The submarine torpedced ana sanf the Brittauia while oye made off at top speed, sending ''S. 0. S" call. for help American dcstroyers joined us and gave battle to the submarines sinking three with depth bombs Tho two others escaped
 The casualties on the Brittani,
 must have been great, for many aodies were piled on shore" A British admiralty statement 0i November fl announced that 30 Q. ncers end G7s men of the Briitania' | crew W are eayad
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AVlAroRs FALL coo FEET.

Tulsa. ONla.. Dee. To- Harold prtcn. and r. L. }roohons. aviator connected with a private scIool here. lell 500 feet today when their acro- plane developed engine trouble and both are seriously injured Thn were taken so 6 local hospital and arc unconscious. nroenU leg is broken ard he sustained internal injuries. and Brookcus has a broken hand and arm
 Brecn is one cf the first flyers in the United s1tcs and has neon through all developments of the air craft or tho country
The Sentinel=record., 1918-12-20

American 0o.t at SwJ.aeo in lS1 were raised by tho American uay and thqt also Japan made sinjor us, of Russian ships captured in lsl after reouilding them.
 Al thc outbreak Of the world wal Great Britain communicated a nun her of warsair hildne ir -nglanr sad Scotland tr Turkey and o,ho torcisu countries. including som. South American apualic4. and these H.r" actively engaged With the 9an. Iaot during thr war.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-12-20
UPTON S CHALLENGE DECLINED

New York, Der. l9-Tne New York Yacht club decided at a meeting to- night % decline the challenge ci the Royal Ulster Yfcht c.ub for a raeo for Amcrca% cup fin 1919. but an. nounced that if the challenge was TO. newed for 1920, it would be accepted.
The Sentinel=record., 1918-12-20

WashinGton. Dec lq.-Prees di5. patches from Paris saving that the American peace delegates. with Brit
 ish support. will urge the sinking ul the surrendered German warships ~s the solution o1 the pro lcm of lhea disposition, led to initiation ot 4tcps toda3 in tLe senate 70 obtain an of. ticial statement o1 thc facts and to wide discussion in naval circles. A. the state and navy departments no information was available. Sccrotlry Daniels repeating his previous state rcnt that ae had never heard tho suggestion officially, while at the state department il was said that so far as known there no such project was included in the American peac program.
 The first published suggestion tha the ships be sunk came from London several days ago, but even before that.
 Il was learned, this had occurred l.. some nava. officials here as one wag
 of possibly settling a texng problem l Admiral Benson. cnief oi naval op cations, and designated as naval al wiser to the American peace 4e. a tion has been in Eu4ope for some ] time. lis views, worked cut a il Id 1 miral Sims and officials of tho bgiuss | admiralty and the French ministry a
 marine, will have great weight with
 the American delegates on naval qu tions arising al the conference. Uut
 there is nothins here to indicate what conclusion he nay have reached on the disposition ot the surrendered craft
 There were many indications todd.
 that a proposal to sink the ships would meet with strong opposition in
 congress. The Paris dispatch prompt
 cd Senator Lodge to introd zee toll4 ] resolution calling upon the state
 department for information as to whcther the American delega ls a 1 advocating destruction ol the enc
 ships and If so, by what authority. The resolution was left on the table
 without discussion and Senator Lodge
 may touch upon the subject in an aa
 dress he announced today he would
 deliver in tho senate Saturday WAilc thc impression has been
 given that the navy department prot
 ably would not lock with favor on
 sending the German ships to the bot
 tom, scme officers pointed today to- practical obstacles to absorption of
 the surrendered vessels by the allied laad American nayics They said that owing 10 differences in desien and | euuipmcnt between the capital crai, ! Of the German fleet and those of any ether naval power, the military value 1 Of the sh.ps to the ylclors is far from as great as might Le thought 1 The German ships were built fl wa explained. on theories that differ fundamentally from British, Ameri
 can. French or Italian ideas of con
 surction.
 Ouly in the case Of the most mod
 em German dreadnoughts or battle
 cruisers. one officer said, would the
 extensive reconstruction necessary to
 make them part of heterogeneous fight
 ing fleets be justified.
 As peace time element e the nayies of the associated powers, sohe
 officers were inclined Co think that
 the chief value of the majority of the surrendered craft. would he as tro- phies of the victory to be pointed to l ae an object lcsson to any other pow t er that might bfcome swelled with ambition for world conquest
 l It WAS reealled) however, that some Of the Spanish ships sunk hJ the
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thicaao. Dee. l9.-Leuer, from John Spargo in when 3c ccciarea ,aat the attitude ot tho soctaust party
 .uce the lcgiumng cf the war had Jeen "3nneutraL uu.Amtrlcan ana pro German were read to the Jui ,oday 2y counsel for tae government during thc cross examination D., Adolnh Gormer. general .ecgctary oi 'tc National Socialist party at the
 ral of five socHli%t leaders Tor vlola. Ion of the csp.onaee law.
 Spareo in ora letter aald ,nlt 4A, lai log tac Si. LoU.s eyH,,itiou o. tqc party held ia April. lJll al winch the proclamation and war platform were adopted, read as if it might have oaen written in the German foreign 0rfic9 flr protested ayaust tn- cyI .ouuou being hcld .u au Louis, one If the largest German cities of the . mtea states. .pat7o was a menl Der of the executive commission U. .ae nalotai s4ciali-t part. out re- -,-ned in May, l9il, and later Wd4 sent abroad aa a member of d labot cuulml sion y .residcnJ Wilson.
 AdolpA Geuaer was on the witness stand all day and was still uud~l
 ross examination when cturl ad Joumed.
 The name of Frank F. Walsh, for mer head of the national industrial relations commission and until rc centiy ioint chairman with William II, Tatt of t5e federal war IaJol loard, was brought iu,o the case b GTmer He said that Walsh, Clarence D. Dorrow and Seymour Stodmaa were present at a meeting of the executive committee ,of the national socialist party in Chicago in July 1917, at which the espionage law anu certain other literature being dis trbutod by ,he examination was dis cussod,
 He said shat q committee comrosel 1 of Walsh, Darrow, Stedman, EngdahI md hin elf was named to go tc Washington to protest against the ac ton of the pootofiico department in expressing the American Socialist
 Germer admitted that millions oi pamphlets declared by the govern I ment as scditious, had heon Listrib-
 ted by the socialist party.
 Germer in his direct examination denied having eyer received any money from German sources to op pose the war. He said every dollo expended was contrilWed ny ta,
 membership of the socialist party He denied responsibility for aloge. anti-war articles published n tht American Socialist although admit ting he was husiaass manager of tn paper.
 Germer said lie never advised any one not to register under the seiecuy,
 draft but, on t.e contrary, had toll a number of persons they should coe,
 the law.
 1 lie denied ever hayiue conspire, l with any of the other defendants {,
 violate the espionage law
 l Questioned in regard Co the speec'
 he delivered in Chicago in August l iat7. which caused nis arrest, Ser | mor denied every statement attribnj
 cd to him by witnesses for the gov | lnment
 '7 read from a signed article b, | Theodore Roosevelt in whica he de | nled that the kaiser was responsibl
 for the war and said it would be i calamity fl tho German nation wa Il erashod as result of the conflict ! nld Germor
 l kRooseyelt said the German peopD
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were spensi5ln for ;hc war l com mentcd on jhis aacm.nt and aai that fl 8 socialist had made such abatement he would b. arrested"
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HALF AND HALF DIVIDED THERE IS NO PROBABILITY OF 4 VER-
 DICT BEING RETURNED
DEFENDANT BACK TO CELL AFTER 4 MOST TRYING DAY

Jury is Divided on the Question of Guilt Or Innocence. and on oues- ton of Application of the Evidence, Rather Than the Law as Given azs~
  the Court.
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SENATOR LODGE PRESENTS REs. oLUTtoN CALLING ON STATE APARTMENT FOR IN.
 FORMATION.
MAY ASK EXPLANATION
 OF AMERICAN DELEGATES

Naval Men Offer Reasons Why the Battle Fleet Of Germany Would Not Be Practicable to Be Consolidate 3 With the Fleets of the Other Great Powers on Account of Their Differ. ent Designs.
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FRANK p. WALSH AT h MEETING AT WLiiCH CERTAIN LlTERA- TURF BEING DiSTRIBUT-
 ED WAS DISCUSSED.
WALSH ON COMMITTEE
 TO VISIT POSTMASTER

Secretary of the Socialists Denies That the Organization Receives Any Money From German Sources to Oppose the War-Claims Speech Was Quotation From Statement 9l Roosevelt.