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Vandy Prospects Not Very Bright for 1920 Season
Commodore Line Expected to Have Trouble With the
 Partners Today
TODAY'S LINEUP

TODAY'S LINEUP Baker, left end. Ryan, left tackle. ,e Buckncr, left guard. / Hill, center. Mccullough, right guard. Bailey, right tackle. Neil, right end. I.athem nnd DeI4, quarterback. Wade. fuIlback. GOdchnux. Creson. Rountree. Ber- ryhfll, Nixon and Floyd, hnlfbacks.
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Brinkskene, halfback.
 Ten other men to go are:
 Mike" Norton, quarterback r. Speer and Griffin, halfbacks.
 Fillmore, fullback.
 Bagley, center.
 Red" Richardson, guard. Levy and Vardaman. '. Staton was unable to make, the trip on account of his injury, although he is expected to be ready for the next game. ~I
 Big Hoss" Candy is out for a few days and his stellar work will be soreIy missed in today's game,
 A shortage. of substitute end men will be serious drawback. Neverthe- less. with one game marked up to their credit, the whole team is confident they will give the Commodores good fight
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| senardo, b. g. (cox) ......,......... 3 2 Directum J.. blk. g., tPaige) ....... Sf2 : Time, c:osA 2.os4 c:d5H. 2:11 trot; three heats; purse, s1,ooo: Miss Perfection. b. m, by General
 Watts, (McMahon) ......-......-.. 7 Mary CcAurn, oh. un., (Pitman) ....7 Betty. Thornton, blk m., CErskine}. 3
 General Berlew, b. g., Peter Thornhili. b. g., Oscar Watts. Peter Dallas and pudette also started. Time, 2:10k; 2:loA; 2;10H
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BABE RUTH ESCAPES SERIOUS INJURY WHEN
 HIS CAR IS WRECKED

Meriden. Conn, October 1.-Babe Ruth. worlds champion home run hitter, on his way to Springfield today, in a new roadster, collided with a truck at the dangerous Yalesvilie culvert, on the New Haven trunk highway in Meriden. He landed in field with his car wrecked
 even to the steering post. but he and his friend who was his passenger, escaped unhurt, except for few scratches from the broken windshield. A passing auto- mobile took them to Springfield, leaving Ruths car to be hauled to a local garage.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-02
CLEVELAND MUST WIN
 ONLY ONE GAME TO-DAY

New York, October 1.--Cleveland can cinch the American League pennant by winning one of its two remaining games, or py chicago losing one of it's two re- maining games.
 The gap between the rivals widened to two full games today when the Indians
 broke evea in a double header with
 Detroit and the White Sox lost to st. Louis. a KIM
 The best Chicago can do now is to tie the league leaders and this would neces- sitate winning twire while the Indians lose their two games with Detroit.
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How Do You Like This Low Price For Your Suit? Mems Suits, Positively Worth $35.O0, at

Really back the old prewame prices clothing Pztz and here is how did it. We had opportunity of buying from high class we'll known clothing manufacturer 200 suits made for conservative styles we'll They in fancy mixtures etc., and they all hand made and hand tailored We had the opportunity of buying these suits at price would take the entire lot and took them We wish there would have been of them just we because you get this opportunity of saving Think of saving s115O every suit you buy and here where do at Pzz Come today and look them over and think of the price We say that there many that going let this opportunity slip away from them.
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Plainsmen Ready for Game With Bulldogs Today
TODAY7S LINEUP

their individual weights, for the game with Howard College tomorrow fol- lows:
 Ollinger, 150. left end. Grishan, 1S5 left tackle. Pearce, 195, left guard. Caton, 180, center. Sizemore, 230, right guard. Warren, 220 right tackle. Shirey, 160. right end Stauls, 165 quarterback. Scott, 135, left half. lIoward( 160, right half. Sniriing, 165. fullback.
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Margaret Dillon Suffers Defeat for First Time
Winner of Eleven Straight Races Meets Nemesis In
 John Henry

columbus, O., October 1.-Margaret DiN- lon, winner of eleven straight races, and one of the few unbeaten performers of the year, tasted her first defeat this
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AMERICAN LEAGUE

Results Yesterday St. Louis &, Chicago 6. Cleveland 10-4, Detroit 3-h. Washington 13, Philadelphia ].
 Games Today Cleveland at Detroit Washington at Philadelphia- Chicago at St. Louis
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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION At Louisville 5. Milwaukee l. (Others postponed: rain and cold.
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BASEBALL AT / A GLANCE
NATIONAL LEAGUE

.csCIts Yesterday New York 3-4, Brooklyn 4-3 Chicago 3, St. Louis seventeen in- nings). Cincinnati-Pittsburg rain. Philadelphia Boston, rain.
 Games Tohsy < Brooklyn at New York. Philadelphia at Boston. Cincinnati at Pittsburg (threei games) Chicago at St. Louis.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-14
THE WEATHER

Fair today and tomorrow High
est temperature yesterday, "a; low
est, 5. Detailed report on page r
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HARDING FLAYS
'0NE-MAN RULE
Urges Chattanooga to Help
Bring Government Back
To Constitution"

Chattanooga, Tenn. Oct. Ia
Choosing this Democratic strong
hold for his most fervid assault upon
President Wilson and one-man gov
ernment, Senator Warren G. Hard
ing today urged upon the South a
diversification of it's politics., so as
to bring the government back to
the Constitution"
president Wilson, not content
with settling the issues of the war,
undertook to settle the affairs of
the world for all time" said Sem
ator Harding. Impatient at any
suggestion which challenged his
conscience, the President met the
objections of his Senatorial associ-
ates in the treaty making power
not with arguments. but with the
cynical retort that he would see
to It that the covenant of the league
and the treaty of peace were not
to be dissected without destroying
the whole structure. The effect OF
this was to deprive the Senate OF
its power under the Constitution to
advise with the President in the
making of a treaty"
Arriving here at s o'clock this
morning. Senator Harding. accom-
panied by Mrs. Harding and Gov
Beeckman, of Rhode Island, were
taken for a tour of the great civil
war battlefields that surround Chat
tanooga.
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BANKS FAVOR
9P. M. CLOSING
Resolution Of District Asso-
citation Asks Changes
In Hours.

District banks, as in the past, will
remain open until 8 o'clock daily, il
the Clearing House Association ac-
cepts a resolution passed by the
Bankers Association of the District
OF Columbia at a meeting last night
at the Willard Hotel.
Provisions were made by the
Clearing House Association for the
closing of local banking houses at
. o'clock daily. The bankers reso-
luton specifics that Washington
banking hours shall be as follows:
Daily, . a. m. to 3 p. M; Satur-
days, 9 a. m. to noon; and on the
first, last, fifteenth and sixteenth
days of the month, a. m. to 80
p. m. The resolution also provides
for the opening of banks for gen.
eral business from until p. m.
The action was taken after three
hours discussion. The final vote
was sixteen to six, fifteen not Vot-
ing. Thirty-seven of the forty -four
members were present.
A provision in the resolution pro-
viding for the division of the Dis
trict into two banking zones was
defeated and stricken out. The
zones laid out were the territory
bounded by r, First, B and Twenty
second streets northwest, and the
rest of the District. Col r. n. Har-
per presided.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-14
BANK ROBBERS GET
FORTUNE IN JEWELS

DanviIle, Va. oct. l3.-Sher!f L.
W. Rice, Of Halifax County, admit
ted this evening that jewelry to the
value Of several thousand dollars
was taken from safety deposit boxes
in the vault Of the Bank OF Halifax
robbed by yeEEmen at Houston
early yesterday morninE. Promi-
nent women of Houston. he said.
had lost diamonds. and these vslu-
ables are not covered by the policy
OF burglar insurance which the
bank president says covers the loss
in money.
A Colored woman. who slept near
the bank. and prisoners n the
county Jail 100 yards away. ques-
toned today. all said they had not
heard any noise the night the vault
4 was blown The only clue TO the
robbers is the make Of the strange
car in Houston on the night Of the
theft
The Washington herald., 1920-10-14
WAR PRICE END
NEARS IN PARIS
German Coal Deliveries Ex.
pected to Reduce Food
Costs.
Cwashington Hersid-Pubhc Ledger Service
Special Cable Dispstoh.)

Paris, Oct. 1.-THE cabinet meet
ing held yesterday at the Elysee, at
which the only subject discussed was
the high cost of living, was the
most important since President Mil
lerand was installed.
1t, is probable that certain meat
restrictions soon will be imposed.
Efforts of distributors to supply this
want with fresh fish will partly fill
the gap. but Paris and most of
France is too far from the base of
sea food supplies and the number
of refrigerator cars is too small TO
insure a regular supply.
France is still eating dark bread
except in certain de luxe hotels.
There is no general supply of fresh
milk. The people are still using
coal and sugar cards, though the
latter product is abundant, yet
co ostly. 1t is on the German coal de-
IIiveries that France bases her hope
for a reduced cost of living. The
minister of public works, NJ. lie
Trocquer, has stated that the in
creased coal supply would bring
down the price of raw materials,
and food products would be regu'
lated on the declining price scale.
The people have been encouraged
to use gas instead of burning raw
coal. as in this way fuel goes fur
ther, and fuel is the basis of the
high costs. In addition to a regular
supply of coal from Germany, Paris
alone acquired 10000 tons oi
American coal compared with 5o,oQS
tons ltst year.
Ifnprrisht la20 hy Public LedSer Col
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$500, 900 GEMS TAKEN;
CLUB GUESTS SLEEP
(By Universal Service. }

New York. Oct. 13.-Working with
amazing stealth and swiftness, n
thief ransacked the rooms of the
fashionable Sleepy Hollow Country
Club, at Scarborough on the Hud-
son, early this morning and stole
500. 600 in jewels.
There were about fifty guests at
the club all prominent socially, and
while they slumbered peacefully the
thief did his work.
The facts of the robbery did not
become known until late this even
ing, the greatest secrecy being
maintained by the club and its
guests. Mrs. c. c. Chapman, wife
of a New York banker, lost a neck
lace valued at 100000.
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RATE WAR DECLARED
ON FRENCH LINERS

The Shipping Board and all other
steamship interests have declared
war to the knife" against the
French Line. which has refused to
enter into a conference on Atlantic
freight rates between American
and European ports, 1t was an
nounced yesterday.
The French Line has notified
shippers that it would cut rates" "
said Admiral Benson. Unless it
returns to the fold and plays fairly
there will be no limit to the rate
war"
All steamship freight traffic from
North and South Atlantic and Gulf
sea ports to French ports and to
Antwerp, Rotterdam. Hamburg and
Bremen is affected. The French
Line is thus brought into a war
with the International Mercantile
Marine.
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Norfolk, Va, Oct. 13.-Gaunt and
deserted, the U. s. s. Indiana, fight
ing ship of bygone era. steamed
slowly up Lynnhayen Bay today to
submit to bombardment by a auin-
tet of monster naval seaplanes. She
was steered by wireless aboard
the U. S. s. Ohio, trailing five miles
in her wake. Her speed was ten
miles an hour.
The planes dipped and swoeped
and spat down on the old gray ship
their bombs. Twenty Ave bombs
were thrown. Only five took effect.
These five were enough to mansle
her decks beyond repair. twist and
split her tunnels, and create chaos
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SYNOD TO CONSIDER
EFFECTS OF MOVIES

Martinsburg, w. Va, Oct "a
The harmful effects OF the unres-
tricted moving picture upon the
younger generation, particularly
the Sunday school. will most likely
be brought before Maryland Synod
of the Lutheran Church in session
here. DR.. F. H. Miller asked the
synod to pass resolution in SYM
pathy with the Baltimore ministers
fight against the introduction OF
Sunday movies in that city. Rev.
DIR. c. F. Steck, Of Washington.
asked that the National Capital be
included in any such resolution. l.
Russell Alden, Of Washington, was
reelected treasurer.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-14
Gasoline Beagles
Watch for Brides
AndLoose Liquor

New York. Oct. 13.-Two motor
boats circled watchfully about the
liner Providence when that ship en-
tered the bay here today. The gas
oline beagles were to prevent:
l. Ardent SWANS from climbing the
steamers sides to claim their pic
ture brides.
?. Hootch smugglers from drop
ping foreign liquor into domestic
boats.
No statistics on the booze were
available. Government sleuths said
they were watching just on prin-
ciple.
The picture brides. mostly yo6ng
Italian girls, chosen by their lovers
here from photographs, were pres
ent in unusual numbers, lining the
rails to greet the statue of liberty
on one side and the bridegrooms on
the other.
The Providence came from Mar
seilles with 2.1S4 passengers.
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RECORD IS SET
BY M'SWINEY
Hunger Striker, on 62dDay
Beats Longest Previous
Fast by II Days.

New York, Oct. l3:-Lord Mayor
Terence MacSwiney. of Cork, hunger
striking in BrixtOn prison. London,
appears to have broken all records
for legitimate fasting. according to
data available here today. This was
the fifty-second day Of MacSwiney's S
self-starvation.
The longest fasts on record fol-
low:
DR.. Tanner. New York. 40 days,
1880.
-. Griscom, Chicago. 81 days,
1881.
signor succi. New York. As
days. 1880.
W. Alexandra Jacques. London. SO
days. 1891.
signor Merlatti. Paris, so days,
1856.
Auguste Christensen, IS days
1901.
The records bear other instances
of fasting, but they are not au-
thenticated.
Several Irish prisoners in the COrk
Jail claim to have tasted a number
of days longer than MacSwiney.
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America Leads
Race of Powers
for Ocean Trade

London, Oct. 13~Americn leads
In the worlds shipping race.
The latest Lioyds register of
shipping reveals this fact today,
which is prominently featured
In the British press.
In the great effort put forward
by the maritime nations of the
world, principally Great Britain,
the United States and Japan. to
replace tonnage lost during the
war the United States ia credited
with building 2.soa,4a5 tons,
while Great Britain claims L.
23i.o1I nnd Japan 444,s57 tons
The figures of Lioyds also
reveal that of the worlds ships
of 100 tons and upward Is-3 per
cent now use oil and oil engines.
Copyright, 1890, by Public Ledger Co. }
The Washington herald., 1920-10-14
Two-Ton Limit for House
hold Use Looms as
+ Probability.
COST APPROACHES sI6
George H. Cushing Blames
| &c. c. for Improper Dis
tribution Of Coal.

Coal probably will be rationed
out to Washington families at the
rate Of two tons 10 each individual
consumer as the result Of a decis-
ion OF local dealers who refuse 10
buy coal at the high prices de-
manded by many operators.
Little hope is held out by dealers
for an early remedy OF the present
difficult situation, which is due TO
physical conditions in the coal in
dustry beyond the control OF either
wholesaler or retailer.
Deliveries from the mines even
at the high prices asked. are COM
ing through very slowly. The pre-
vaiIing price OF anthracite coal in
Washington yesterday ranged from
SIS to $3.50.
Production LaEs.
Production is not yet at a normal
basis and tonnages have not by any
means reached the figures attained
in the weeks Immediately preCed-
ing the strike, and il is likely that
ii will be several weeks before com
paratively satisfactory conditions
are fully restored. according TO re-
ports received yesterday from the
anthracite regions. The demand for
anthracite for home use far eN
ceeds the supply and there have
been some sales at the mines at
figures approaching SIG. Sales
within the last week have ranged
from $3.50 to S15-25, but even high
er prices are not unusual.
Dealers Embarrassed.
The situation is an embarrassing
one for everyone who handles coal,
from operator to consumer. Oper-
ators and shippers are flooded with
letters and personal inquiries from
Overwrought retailers and indus
/ trial buyers.
The retailer, in turn, has to face
a daily stream OF complaints from
! the householder.
Many consumers do not realize
that there is an increased freight
rate a ? per cent State tax. and a
3 per cent war tax on every ton OF
coal that leaves the state OF Penn
sylvania.
I. c. {. System BIamed.
According TO report gwen 70
I the Universal Service by George II,
Gushing. who is managing director
, Of the American Wholesale Coal As
sociation. the Interstate Commerce
Commission. in ito efforts To regu-
B late distribution, is responsible for
the eNstng btumnous coal famine
He said: When orders OF the COM
mission only took coal from the
people to send il elsewhere, a
{ general campaign Of price fixing
started. Pricc-iNiuE in itself neNer
increased production. II can only
interfere with proper distribution
The present mine performances con-
.tinuing. the output will be more
than abundant. ! do not have the
slightest idea whether distribution
will be good. The chances are all
against it."
The Washington herald., 1920-10-14
TAX DODGERS
PILGRIM SHIP
SOON TO SAIL
Forty Rich Britishers to Seek
New Land Where There
Are No Levies.
GOVERNMENT BITTER
chancellor Says Explorers
| Must Pay Up on Incomes
Before Sailing.
GOVERNMENT BITTER
washington HsraId-Puble Ledger Service,
Special Gable Dispatch.)

Special Cable Dispatch.)
London, Oct. 13.-One of the
strangest ships that ever sailed
from an English port will be the
schooner Medora, which is sched-
uled to Lift anchor at Southampton
by the end of this month for des-
tination somewhere in the South
Seas and Spanish Main" Stranger
still will be it's passengers, consist
ing Of forty Englishmen, many of
whom are clubmen fleeing from op-
prossion-"iscal oppression" as they
call it.
They are sailing to explore the
South Seas in an effort to find an
island which has never yet been
afflicted with the curse of taxation
or bounded by tax collectors. Sc
riously organizing and leading this
quest for the taxless paradise on
earth is Rhodes Disher, fellow OF
the Royal Geographical Society, ex-
plorer and wealthy clubman. who
today announced he and his ship,
the Medora, a 169-ton schooner.
would be ready to sail in a few
weeks together with forty other
protestant adventurers.
ship OutHtted Like Club.
The "tyrannicaI oppression" of the
chancellor OF the exchequer has
been too much for Disher and his
cohorts and he conceived the bizarre
idea of embarking on cruise in
search of a haven of refuge. To-
gether with his followers he pur-
chased the Medora, which, perhaps,
unlike any ship that ever sailed the
Spanish Main, Is rugged up in a
most luxurious style with all the
comforts of a club in Piccadilly.
Dfsher is laughing over the ef-
forts of the government to frighten
him from carrying out his project,
and in spite of official warnings that
his scheme is strongly disapproved
and that it will involve those par
ticipating in serious difficulties
Disher is geIng ahead enlisting more
disgruntled taxpayers for his pro-
posed colony and preparing for the
voyage.
May End in Marquesn Isles
when we get a good wind from
the east" said Disher today to your
correspondent, I'VE shall set sail
straight away, although unfavorable
winds or bad weather may delay US
have not quite decided yet eI-
actDy-.where we are going, but be-
fore settling anywhere we expect tC
call at the Canary Islands, Cape
Verde Islands, West Indies and the
Spanish Main. We shall then &C
through the Panama Canal to thu
Galapagos and then to the MARQUES
Islands. where in all probability We
may settle.
Il know some persons think US ;
pack Of fools, but we are all not 81
silly as We may appear. The logit
OF my plan is being attested to b!
the thousands of applications from
men everywhere anxious to accom-
pany me-"
However smoothly the plans o
Mr.. Disher may work, the chancel
lor of the eXcheduer has given as
surances he will have some inspec
tors down at the pier before tn
junlIet sails to collect unpaid in
come tax from the fleeing pilgrims
Copyright. 1920, by Public Ledger Co..
The Washington herald., 1920-10-14
WOMAN NIGHT RIDER
SCARES COTTON MEN

birmingham, Ala, Oct. 13.-State
officials today believed a woman has
been aiding the night riders in
Cullman and Morgan County. Ala,
in posting warning notices in gins.
Fire Marshal W. ]. Williams had
on exhibition in his office one OF
the warnings which he said was
written by a woman.
Scores of fields between this city
and Montgomery to the south are
white with unpicked cotton. Few
laborers are in the fields and little
attempt is being made to get the
staple to gins.
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PLANES BOMB u. S. s. INDIANA,
DOOMED CRAFT OF OLD NAVY,
-PMOTED BY RADIO CONTROL

on the immaculate shipshape decks.
The twenty other bombs plowed
up the bay and entertained passing
craft with geysers which lasted a
moment.
The Indiana tomorrow will run
the gauntlet of the slaughtering
planes again. One hundred bombs
will be dropped. When the shad-
ows grow long on Lynnhaven Bay
tomorrow the Indiana will be rest
ing on the bottom.
The bombardment was ordered
for a twofold purpose-to demon.
strate the power of the radio to
control the movements of ships,
and to provide target practice for
the United States navy seaplanes
The Washington herald., 1920-10-14
SAYS CLERK TRICKED
WEALTHY EMPLOYER

Boston, Oct. 13.-Arthur T. Walk
er, New York, a clerk, obtained the
major portion of the estate of his
employer, the late Edward f.
Searles, through conspiracy. it was
charged by Sherman L. Whipple,
counsel for Victor Searles. a
nephew, at a hearing today.
The hearing was held on motion
of Whipple to have the contest
heard by a jury in the superior
court. Whipple said the estate of
the millionaire is valued at $780,
900. 900. of which walker would re-
ceive about s25, 100000 under the
will. Whipple said that Searles
was nearly so years old.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-14
WILL SEEK VOTES
IN SIGN LANGUAGE

Hartford, Conn, Oct. 13.-Uncer-
tain as to the silent voice, offlce
seekers will attempt here Saturday
night to entice the silent voters
to their support.
Deaf voters from all over this
State and Massachusetts, will assem-
BILE here to inspect campaign
speeches delivered in sign language.
Orators were expected to discard
the lozenge for liniment for "hoarse"
wrists.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-14
ENGLISH ECONOMIST
FLAYS PRESIDENT

London. Oct. 13. Sir George
Paish. famous English economist,
who recently went to the United
States for the purpose of floating
an international loan, said today
while presiding over the National
Economic Council:
II understand President Wilson
came over to Europe with the OBJ
ject of forgiving the entente ma
tions their debts. But he. went
back with a gift in his pocket.
Europe wasn't prepared to create
the kind of world President Wilson
was seeking to create"
The Washington herald., 1920-10-14
MAIL AVIATOR LANDS
IN STREET UNHURT

Bloomfield, y. J., Oct. 13.-Her-
bert Chandler. mail aviator, landed
in a narrow street here today.
wrecking his plane but escaping
unhurt.
Chandler's plane developed motor
trouble over Bloomfield. He sailed
down between two houses, clipping
the top from a tall tree. The
aviator jumped when ten feet from
the ground and barely escaped the
wreckage which followed him.
The Washington herald., 1920-10-14
Japan Now Cooled Down
On California Agitation

Tokyo, Oct. 1.-THE California
agitation here has practically ceased
and is generally discussed less and
more sanely and moderately. Previ-
Gus agitations here have been more
or less inspired.
cautioned moderation and repres-
sion, but, underneath, public feeling
Is extremely sensitive and easily
inflamed. The steam has been let
Off and there is confidence that
when the referendum is passed no
demonstrations will occur of char
acter dangerous to international re-
lationship.
Copyright, 1870. by Public Ledger Col