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and no would probably havs tho
enormous temporary acclaim OF
many people II he did.
On the other hand, would Il not
leave the world In worse condition
than ever before? TIo had com
mitted himself to "A powerful faith
In tho cooperation OF nations in
meeting world problems: should no
be the first 20 fly from the obstacles
that lay in the way7
As he saw IL, clearly. there we're
two present and terrible dangers
hanging over civilization, threaten
ing to destroy Il utterly. One was
militarism, an aspect OF which
Prussian aggression--had been de-
stroyed. after stupendous effort. by
the war: but militarisrn was hydra
headed, and an even more insidious
representation OF IL. dictated by
French fear. and finding expression
in the French demands, was now
threatening 10 place its mark upon
tho more permanent peace settle
ments.
The other danger he saw threaten
plete disOrganization. He regarded
BOlshevism as the chief expression
Of this danger. but he never believed
| that II could he met by military
methods. Both were devices Of force
and destruction. lie therefore seized
eagerly upon every proposal 10 bring
about an arnicable settlement Of the
! Russian question. This whole com
plicated problem Of the relationships
Of the Peace Conference with Russia
viii. OF course, be discussed else
where. but It may here be said in
passing that tho President supported
every liberal project for conference
and inquiry regarding Russia-from
the Prinkipo conference to tho Nan
son proposal to feed tho starving
Russians
All these problems swept over him
there in those dark days Of his III
ness. lie saw no clear way out
either 70 settlements he could accept
or 10 a League Of Nations that would
do more to allay the military spirit
than to stimulate IL In both re-
CARDS he found himself facing the
impenetrable wall Of French de-
mands and French objections: he
was having to meet CIernenceau in
the Council OF -Four and Bourgeoi-
and Iarnaude in the League Of
Nations Commission. In the lac,
meeting ~ that commission a fev
days before he fell III. the French
had clearly shown that they meant
To fight him At every turn. demand.
ing that the League serve primarily
French security. Was the whole
program OF American principles ac.
c"pt"d 1T the armistlce 70 20 over.
board?
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Iy-eS45
MSSToE-I53
TRANSLATION
ron: Knapp, London.
o: opnsv. US oh!ngton.

From: Knapp, London.
To; opnsv. Washington.
DOUBLE PRIORITY e343 Mission number
3s9 For opnav. what Is earliest possible date
usS GEORGE WASHINGTON can sail for Bresto Frances
ana ~aat - probable earliest date Of arrival
srest. President deoires moveucats this vessel
expedited. carefully conoesl feet that cny
connani ca tion this aubj ect hos been received
30 butt on Tor this dispatch except Officers
|sctuAl1y concerned. 2llo6 Benson s343.
Knapp.
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peace. lie says in his letter OF trans
INITIAL to Wilson that he thought on
tho whole Il was better not to take
1t (Ciemenccau's caustic reprooD too
seriously
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Mrs. Wilson's Service

No one can Overstate the service
rendered by Mrs. Wilson not only
during these trying hours. but
throughout the Conference. She kept
herself informed OF the daily pro-
Ercss Of the discussions. often listen
lhg while the President was outlin-
ing for me. at the close of the ses-
slons. the events OF tho day: and the
President constantly discussed with
her the problems Of the Conference.
She comported herself in every diff
cut social situation IN Europe with
fine dignity and with genuine SIM
Phcity ana sraciOusness of manner.
u may be said. in passing, that
the President and Mrs. Wilson never
upon any occasion whatsoever, no
matter how difficult. failed TO repre-
sent America and the American peo-
pie with distinction. The President
never represented what was cheap
or crude IN American life, but I'M
failingly what was highest and best;
and he was not less successful in
capturing the critical audience at the
SOrbonne. where he made one of his
notable speeches, than he was with
the mass OF the workers who
swarmed around the Crillon Hotel on
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Paris. April 3rd 1919.
n esg stceNrt
C0NSuu rii iilslSTn

s'stsossrt Paris. April 3rd . 1919.
ss~S.npu,ssn
ar.pre.idsnt.
The quite unexpected the Italian
questions cane FER discussion TEDDY. ie inpsssih
examine difficult points,
even questions Of procedure. which ths.svs
Ihsd not been able ta 70 IN understanding
With colleague the rr eol,.o.
me Minister " Foreign Afsra. rarsn sennns. TO IN.
Meeting 81 had ~eup d. And a, 70.
done in the ca" OF rrd'u prsl.s OF tn. rr.reh
frontiers us under. 9 ens.dsrasisn
AZ for the delicate usttsr Of stv,ns.
further hearing the representatives OF n. s,ey.,.
Greats ss'ins: 'hsn italy hAs fer four
years., would ma: inss: ss,.ns. IL. yust q, vsul4
ns' exclude the 'dTi'slity OF svirs hearing tia
FeFrs'snstivss OF ether PEOPLE 4.
question OF Imposing Condition stse. hand
as no such debate grantee insist IN ts,rtn
IL "s'i'ele TO abstain IRON taxing in meeting
., th4rgs stand, necessarily DIV. r.,. d.,...
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KNAPP.

A curious story has long been cur
rent in America that this cablegram
was held up for forty eight hours by
the British. This. Of course, is not
true; 1t was delivered promptly and
promptly acted upon.
1t was Wilson's ultimatum. II he
had. indeed. 20 make the fight
alone-why he was prepared 10 DO il.
The Presidents action in ordering
the George Washington not only
caused a tremendous sensation in
Paris. but reverberated about the
world. 1t revealed in n fash the
hopeless situation which existed
within the secret councils and
brought the Peace Conference to the
brink Of disruption. But the pro-
foundry important consequences of
the Presidents ultimatum must be
left for another chapter.
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Below, Admiral Benson. At the
left, his cablegram ordering the
S. S. George Washington when
Woodrow Wilson quit the Peace
Conference.
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Ordering the George Washington

II was no sudden or lmpuIsive
action on the Presidents part. the
decision to order the George Wash
ineton; nor was 81 due 70 his illness.
He had felt himself for n week or
more being forced to some such uiti-
natun- on April 2. the day before
he fell III. he told me DIARY. p. 1850:
II some decision is not reached by
the middle OF next week may have
to make a positive break"
Several Of his closest advisers
were indeed urging vigorous action.
Secretary Tumulty cabled from
Washington. April ), expressing the
growing feeling in America that
some way must be found to break
through the impasse.
The President decided that he
could not and would not get up and
resume the struggle on the old
terms. He must break the impasss
at any cost. Before he would weld
70 the French demands he would
pull out and leave the others TO ex-
trlcate themselves as best they could
from the morass into which they
were Trying 10 drag him. He would
lay all his reasons public and COM
nit further decisions to the peoples
OF the world. He reached this de-
cislon without consulting any one.
not even those nearest TO him.
on the morning Of April : DR..
Grayson brought the information 10
the Press Bureau that the George
Nashington, then under repairs at
nome, had been ordered TO sail at
once for France. and this informa-
ton was Immediately passed on "a
the correspondents and sent broad
cast throughout the world.
Here IS a copy OF the code cable
gram sent by Admiral Benson 70 the
: Navy Department at Washington
T. $50 A. NJ. April I:
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At right and left, Orlando's
letter to Woodrow Wilson,
April 3, 1919-the Italian
complaint.
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TRANSLATION

TRANSLATION
From: Knapp. London.
To: Opnay, Washington.
Double priority S343 mission num-
Der 3S9 for Opnay. What is earliest
possible date L. S. S. George Wash
ington can sail for Brest. France.
and what is probable earliest date ~
arrival Brest. President desires
movements this vessel expedited.
Carefully conceal fact that anv COM
munication on this subject has been
received No distribution FOR this
dispatch except officers actually con-
cerned. 2l106 Benson S343.
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"I don't believe the mir In that
room has been changed since tho
time of Louis Philippe"
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-02

it also cuts into the reserve of raw
 material from which the newspaper must secure it's supply of paper on
 which to print the news it sends to it's readers.
 Rough estimates of the annual losses caused by forest fires in the United States run from $20,000000 to S25,OOO,000, with a heavy loss in
 Canada proportionate to the losses in the forest on this side the boun- dary. Canada has just taken radical steps to eliminate the fire peril by closing the fires to campers, hunt CTS, fishermen and tourists for the current season. Last year the num- Der of fires in New York State was so large that the State Conserva- tion Commission threatened to take to similar steps.
 Detailed figures show loss of over S6,OOO,OO0 in 1920 in the pulp wood producing regions from which the paper is produced. Figures are not yet available for 1921, though the losses were about the same as those of the preceding year. A con- pilation of fire losses made by the Woodlands Section, the forestry de- partment of the American Paper and Pulp Association, in cooperation with the United States Forest Serv- ice, shows that in 1920 there were : 14,463 forest fires in the pulp wood regions of the United States, burn ing over 2,059,4O8 acres, with a total damage of $6,319,641."
 This country formerly led all others in the production of turpentine and resin. Within a decade the indus try has been depleted more than 50 percent. Before the end of another decade the indications are that the
 United States will have lost it's con-
 manding position in the world mark
 ct so far as such products are con- cerned and the time is probably not many years distant when the supply
 will not even meet the domestic de-
 mand.
 "The forest fire evil cannot be cured with the general cooperation of the public Most fires are caused
 by man. They should be prevented
 through a sense of individual re- in the, woods is a serious matter, and
 everybody should govern his actions
 accordingly"
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-02
CHINA WALL SH0WSBREAKS :. AT TURRETS

PEKING, Sept. 1.-Recent visitors to the Great Wall of China, which is accessible at Nankow, 40 miles from Picking, describe it as slowly crum- bling. Many of the turrets which com mand the salient points as the Wall climbs over the mountain tops are in ruins and tourists and natives alike wrench the stone blocks from the the super-structure to throw into the valleys below Yet it is maintained { that the great structure, extending from Shanhaikuan on the sea almost to the borders of Tibet las many cen turies to live, although no efforts are made to preserve it. Construction ot the Wall was begun 200 B. C., by Elm peror Chin Huang ri, a contemporary of Hannibal, who conceived this bar rier to keep out the Tartars. At one time 100000 crinlinals and prisoners of war were engaged in the work. The main part of the Wall, however, was 5kGt undertaken until the seventh cen tury, when, it is said, 100000 work CTS were employed.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-02
FOREST FIRES COST NATION VAST SUM;
 MENACE TO TIMBER

For every new tree that grows on American soil four and one-half trees are destroyed, and in less than eight years, if the present rate or rdepletion is continued, the only sec tion of the continental United Sta tes where the timber stand exceeds the local demand will be in the far Northwest, Northern California, Ore gon, Washington, Northern Idaho and Western Montana. One after the oth- CT, the great timber reserves in the East and South have been cut out, the Mississippi Valley forests are being rapidly obliterated, and add ed to all this is almost incomputable loss by fires.
 The seriousness of the situation iss not appreciated by the Country. Vine millions upon millions of dol lars lost by forest fires, if available,
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-02

would make a total to stagger the imagination. The actual annual loss, in the opinion of the Government experts, totals somewhere between s2O 100000 and $25,O00,000 said Ed ward E. Carter, Chief Forester of the United States.
 "The gravity of our national situa- tion in the matter of timber supplies is much greater than is generally realized. Notwithstanding all the talk about the need for forestry and all the sentiment for it, few people know where we stand and what we are headed for The United States is short of growing timber. We are using up our supply almost four and one-haif times as fast as it is grow ing Five-sixths of our virgin tim- Der is gone and almost all of what is still left is in the South and the Far West-more than half of it in the three Pacific Coast States. The East, where the, bulk of our popu- lation lives, brings a large part of it's lumber from the Far West-and pays the freight. There was time when the great forests of South ern pine exceeded G50,000, 100000 board feet. Today the total is less than OOO,OO0,000 feet, and at the present rate of depletion the end of the decade will find the South just about able to meet it's own require ments. A few years more, and the South, with the Northwest and the Central States, will be drawing on what will then be the fast-disappear- ing reserves of the North Pacific States.
 The story of the pine and other soft woods is that of the hard woods, the oaks, hickories, walnuts and expresses. There was a time when the manufacturers of furni- ture and other hardwood products bought up forests. Today their agents are sometimes happy when they can obtain title to a single walnut, oak or other hardwood tree.
 Less than fifteen years ago the United States was self-supporting so far as newsprint paper was con- cerned But that day has passed, and now the United States imports two- thirds of the pulp, pulp wood and news print paper required by the great publishing industry of the na- tion.
 "The menace of the forest fire has more than sentimental appeal to the newspaper publisher" says a statement of the American News paper Publishers Association. "The forest fire not only destroys the timber from which homes are built, articles of manufacture produced, but
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-02
Made To Measure
 Clothes

patterns in fibre and woolen cloths from the Lincoln Woolen Mills of Chi cago.
 Tailor made suits and overcoats range in price from $19 to $50.
 Call on A. A. Mitchell, in old town, and have him take your measurement, or drop a card in the post office for an anpointment. 14-1mo.
The Cordova daily times., 1922-09-02

When a fast passenger train hit wagonload of beer on Home- stead (Pa.) grade crossing, the en- gineer and fireman must have thought they were in yacht blow ing the foaming white capped bill lows.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-10
PROFESSOR CRAWFORD,
THEY CALL OLD SAM

LOS ANG ELEs. Dec. Sit is now
Professor Sam Crawford. II you
please. no longer Wahoo Sam. OF the
big league days. The former star
of the Detroit Tigers. has beeh Sc
lected to head the National College
of Baseball. the purpose OF which Is
to develop ambitious youngsters who
have designs on the big leagues.
The College OF Baseball was first
suggested by Frank Chance, who.
with Crawford, will have charge OF
tho students of the national pastime.
The board OF directors and the In
structors in the various features OF
play are all men who have won their
spurs in the big leagues.
Tho diamond near Burbank, Cal,
where the school is conducted was
recently christened In regular big
league style by Edith Roberts. dainty
star OF THE Dangerous Age" There
is bit of mystery as to what tho
bottle contained.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-10
NAVY WINTER SPORT
TEAMS ARE ACTIVE

ANNAPOLIS, Dec. 9.-The on.n,ne
or the winter sports season brought
several hundred candidates for IN.
wrestling, boxing. swimming. wate,
POLO Eymnastic and fencing teams
there being over 100 each I'm borins
and wrestling.
The boxing and wrestling team.
schedules have been announced ths
teams In each sport having one tria
away from home. The boxing schnd.
ule follows:
February 8. University of soptb
Carolina; February 10, villa Nova.
February IA. Pennsylvania State M
state College: February 20. Massa.
chusetts Tech: March 3, All-Canadian
Collegian Universities OF Toronto
Queens and McGilp; March 10I mi,
Versity of Pennsylvania.
The wrestlers the following LIST 10
matches: W.
February 10. Lebanon; February
~ Washington and Lee: Februarv
-. Pennsylvania State: March 3. Uni.
versity OF West Virginia.; March IN
University OF Indiana: March IT. Cor.
nell. at Ithaca
Cornell. Penn State and Iehich
were the leaders Of the IntercoI.
legiate Wrestling Association. la. =,
year. while Indiana has been tho
leader among the Western Confer.
ehce colleges for several seasons.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-10
ROANOKE PRESENTS
LETTER TO CRIDDERS
[Specinl TO The Times-pIspatch.l

SALEM, VA. Dec. AT a meet
ing today of the general athletic
board of Roanoke College. letters In
football were awarded to the follow
ing players OF the 1922 varsity: Cap
tain Don Couk. or Norton; Jay Lifts.
of Norton: Eugene Ould, of Roanoke:
Willoughby Potter. of Troutville;
George Caldwell. of Radford; Alex
ander Oakley. OF Salem: Bentley fiite,
of Snowville; "Toots" Logan, Of
Salem; Lynn Woods. of Salem: Cor.
don White. OF Fargo. n. OAK; Hunk"
Hurt. Of Salem: Anthony Glesen, of
Radford: Stanley Smoot. OF Winches-
ter; Francis Davies, OF Waveland.
Ind; Scott Roller. OF Kingsport.
Tenn, and Fred BissinEer. of Will
mington. y. c. The managers let.
ter was awarded to Samuel r. Paint
or, of Lewisburg, w. Va.
With the exception of Lifts, Ould.
and Roller. who receive their de-
grees next June. all members OF this
years team are planning to return
TO Roanoke. The letter men will
meet within few days for NJ cleo
ton OF captain for 1923. Those most
prominently mentioned for the cap
taincy are Logan, center; Caldwell.
quarterback; and Hite. end.
Archay $. Booker. Jr.. OF Bluefeld.
w. Va, has tsen elected manager OF
the team for 1923.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-10
BASKETBALL TOURNEY
AWARDED TO ATLANTA
Two Southern Associations to
Have Dual Affair in
February.
[By Assoclatcd Press.l

ATLANTA. Dec. e.-T'he Southern
intercollegiate Conference. at today's
session here of It's second annual
meeting. adopted plans for n dual
basketball tournament to be held in
Atlanta next February 81 to March
2. with conference and Southern In
tercollcgiate Athletic Association
teams participating. The plans will
be submitted to the S. I. A. A. an
nual meeting at Greenville, S. c., next
Friday and Saturday.
The arrangements proposed did not
call for a championship play-on be-
tween in the respective associations.
1t was decided, however, to leave a
decision on that matter for a later
date.
The annual track meet OF the con-
ference was awarded to Montgomery.
Ala. and Will be held In Cramton
Bowl. probably on the third FRIDAY
and Saturday of May. 1929. Ntissis.
sippi a. Z NJ. College also extended
an Invitation for the meet to be held
al Starkville.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-10
NAVY AND SYRACUSE
ON INDIAN SCHEDULE
William and Mary Rapidly
Completing New Foot
ball Card.
Especial to The TImes- I

Especial to The imes-Dispatch.1
WILLIAMSBURG. Dec. 9.-The
William and Mary football schedule
for 1923 is gradually taking shape
So far as arrangements have been
made to date the schedule Is as fol-
lows:
September 90. United States Naval
Academy at Annapolis; October 8. at
Syracuse: October 13. open; October
20. Trinity at Norfolk or Rocky
Mount. y. c.; October 81. Randolph
Macon at Williamsburg; November
3. Sidney at Newport News;
November Is, Richmond at Mayo
Island.
This leaves open November 10 and
November II. 1t Is understood that
the University of Delaware Will be
brought to some point in Virginia
TO fill one OF these holes.
William and Mary loses only one
outstanding player-Monk White.
who has completed his fourth year
in football. The following members
Of the varsity squad are expected
back in 1923. Todd. Young. Hastings
Parsons. House. Keister. Elliott. Has
kell, Chalkley. Williams. Jordan.
Fuller. Irwin. Golfer Charles, Cain
and Flanders.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-12-10
SITE IS SELECTED,
BUT COMMITTEE
KEEPS IT SECRET
President Maclachlan Calls
Meeting of Committee
for This Week.
COST OF CONSTRUCTION
NOW BEING CONSIDERED
All Matters Pertaining to FL
nancing Project Being
Weighed Carefully.

Plans for the proposed municipal
golf course have reached the stage
where an ordinance will be pre-
pared and offered to tho City Coun-
Gil within the next ten days.
Before the ordinance is SUBJ
mitted for action. the executive COM
mitteo of the Association for tho
Promotion OF n Municipal Golf Course
and Athletic Field. will meet and
take up the recommendations OF the
various subcommittee. The execu-
tive committee Is made up OF ono
representative from each, the thirty
four civic organizations that have
Endorsed the project.
Committee Meets This Week.
DR.. Fl. d. c. Maclachlan, presi-
dent OF the association. announced
last night that the committee would
meet this week. AS the meeting,
place has not been Occurred. the call
has been delayed.
While the association will recon-
mend site for the course, the in
formation. for obvious reasons, will
not be divulged until after 1t Ia
communicated to the City Council.
The ordinance Is being prepared and
VIII probably be referred ut once 10
a committee. which will be asked To
hold public hearings on the project,
The site selected. 1t is understood,
Is north of the city and on property
now owned by the municipality.
which Will greatly reduce tho cost
or getting II into shape for the
golfers. The estimated cost OF COM
pleting the eighteen hole course as
well as baseball diamond and ten
MS courts. Is In the neighborhood
of $4,000.
Richmond. the records show. is one
or the few cities of It's sIze in the
country without n municipal COURSE
Atlanta and Memphis, cities of the
same class. have two courses each
The park commissioner OF Memphis
writes that municipal golr Is so
popular that the city will buy the
ground necessary for q new eigh
teen-hole links. Atlanta Is also con-
s'uerins charging Its public courses.
DATA Being Assembled.
The committees working on the
project here have gathered data re-
| sarding cost of construction. cost ne
maintenance and means for meeting
the upkeep. 1t Is not proposed N
make the course entirely self-sus-
tanning. as II Will be part OF the
pubic park system. and it's upkeep
VIII be taken care OF In n similar
way. although some revenue will be
realized from the golfers.
1t is hoped by the committee that
me project can be started before
Norfolk acts on the recommendation
or Its Director OF Public welfare thar
a course be established there. Nor
folk Mt the same time Is working
to get the honor of being the first
| links. 1'ps
| virginia now has only twenty-one
private golf courses. Of which four
are in Richmond. The Old Dominion
ranks as seventeenth In the country.
! and fourth In the South.