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OB ATBRES President's Fleet Entered Har at One O'clock Amid Salvos of Artillery. WELCOMED BY FRENCH AND AMERICAN OFFICIALS President's Ship, The George Washington, Anchored at the Head of a Double Column of American Warships. Brest, Dec. 13.?President Wilson arrived in the'harbor of Brest at 1 H' ?'clock this afternon on the steamer Geo. Washington, amid deafening ^-' 3alvos of artillery afloat and ashore, ^ .the arrival culminating in an impos ^ i?g naval spectacle which began as T the presidential fleet rounded the out *wr capes, and moved majestically into ^harbor, where it anchored at the head of the long double column of lerican dreadnaughts and destroy units and. the French cruiser Sab iron. The fleet was first sighted at 11.30 this morning and it was more than an hour later when the ships were sig led at the entrance of the harbor, mch ministers and American offi accompanied by Miss Margaret '"ilson, boarded the ship at 1.30 and reparations were at once started for the president's landing. Within an hour the president came >re with Mrs. Wilson, who carried an American flag and a bouquet. There was a thundering cannonade as .the president's launch left his ship. The party landed at pie? 3 and was escorted , to the Tribune amid cheers and salvos to the notes of the Star Spangled Banner. President Wilson left Brest for Paris at four this aftei non. . ' President Wilson delivered a brief address after landing, thanking the mayor for the Breton welcome and then drove through frantically cheer J. , ing crowds to the railway station. Berger's Guilt Clear Organized Anti-American So? ciety.in Military Camp. Chicago, Dec. 12.?Organization oi .^circles of the Young. People's Socialist League, whose members were known as "Yipsels," at Camp Grant canton ment, formation of a secret code tc aid draft evaders in reaching Mexiec and decisions to? evade enlistment, were testified in federal court today by-Arnold A. Schiller, a draft soldier at Camp Grant, in the trial of Victor L. Berger and four other Socialist leaders for conspiracy under thees . pionage act. LOn his arrival at Camp Grant as a draft soldier, Schiller said, he began corresponding with William F. Kruse, one of the defendants, asking permis sion to organize "Yipsel" circles. Letters were identified by the wit ness as his letters to Kruse and their replies telling of the organization of such circles at the camp. One of these letters written by Kruse expressed the hope that meet ings could be held in Camp Grant. "The Swiss and Scandinavians are ^reat on that stuff," the letter read. "It has decided news value, but will have to be handled judiciously." Schiller said he transcribed a code which was to be used when secrecy was desired. He said Easier, a "Yip sel" organizer in the presence of Kruse, said he had perfected a nieth \ od of getting into Mexico, and that ? the code would be useful in that event. The key word was "army." Schiller said he made some prepar ation for going to Mexico and joined a Spanish class organized by Basier. At one conversation with Kruse, the witness said, the Rev. Mr. Tucker, an other defendant, was present. "That was June 14, 1917," fie said. ; **Mr. Tucker had just written an an - swer to President Wilson's flag day address and he said, "Here's where I catch hell from the federal authori ties." Schiller testified that he had dis . cussed the draft with W. F. Kruse, a defendant, and Herman Basler, an or ganize^ for the Young People's Social ist League. "Kruse said in substance," Schiller testified, "that he was opposed to the draft and would take personal action against it, and Basier also said he was opposed- to the draft and to the war." Schiller told of a convention of the Young People's Socialist League in May, 1917, in Chicago, where he said the St. Louis platform of the Socialist party was approved and a resolution, added to it that no member should enlist. "The convention decided unani mously," he said, 'that no 'Yipsel" be tween the ages of 21 and 30 should register under the draft." Omar Temple Election J. W. Ivey, of Florence, Chosen as Potentate. Columbia, Dec. 12.?Omar Temple.! A. A. W. N. M. S., elected the foliow-1 ing grand officers for the year follow-, ing the adjournment of the Grand j Lodge yesterday: J. W. Ivey, potentate, Florence; Dr. E. S. Booth, illustrious chief rabban. I Sumter; D. G. McAIister, illustrious: assistant rabban, Columbia; George1 T. Bryan, high priest and prophet, j Greenville; 'C. G. Christbery, illus- J tricus oriental guide. Rock Hill; F. W. { Renneker, illustrious treasurer, Char-! leston; J. Campbell Bissell, recorder,; Charleston. Washington, Dec. 13.?Ships with,' an aggregate carrying capacity of eight hundred thousand tons have t been'-designated to be turned over by j the army quartermaster's department to the shipping board for return to trade routes. Paris Declares Holiday For the Coming of President of the United States. ALL EUROPE SEEKING TO DO HIM HONOR London Extends Invitation to American Executive to Visit City ? Switzerland Desires Visit from President of Unit ed States. Paris, Dec. 12.?The cabinet at a meeting- today decided that Saturday, the day of President Wilson's arrival in Paris, shall be a public holiday. 1 Twenty-four hours' leave will be giv en all State employes, who will re ceive their regular pay. Schools and the Bourse will be closed. The official delegations to receive the American president left for Br<>st tonight. A luxurious special train was reserved for the use of President Poincare. The French ministry was represented by Stephen Pichon, the foreign minis; ->r, and Georges Leygues the minister of marine. The delega tion included a deputation from the senate and the Chamber of Deputies ! and Andre Tardieu, French high com missioner to the United States. The official party of Americans to receive the president took an earlier train. It included Col. E. M. House. Ambassador Sharp. Gen. Pershing. Admiral Benson, Gen. Bliss and Gor don Auchincloss, son-in-law of Col. .House. Paris this evening was hanging out j its flags and preparing its illumina j tions for the president's reception de ' spite the weather, which was decid edly we-L The banquet which the senate will jgive President Wilson will be held ir. i the Luxemburg Palace itself, where the senate sitjs, and not, as custom ary, in the residence of the president of the senate. The traditional use of this chamber as a banquet hall, which has long been abanoned, will thus b,v j revived. This banquet hall is the finest and most beautifully decorated in Paris: It now is called the Lecture Hall, but originally was the throne room where I the Kings of France opened Parlia ! ment. London Invites Wilson. London, Dec. 12.?The corporation of "the city of London today passed a reso7ution inviting President Wilson to. accept an address of welcome^in a gold box and asking him to lunch at the Guild Hail. Switzerland Also. Eerne, Dec. 12.?The Swiss govern ment has addressed an invitation to I President Wilson to visit Switzerland. j -: jThe Influenza Epidemic Health Officers Meet in Chicago to Devise Plan to Fight Disease. Chicago, Dec. 12.?Unable to for mulate ? definite plan fcr fighting in fluenza, because of divergent views, the American, Public Health Associa tior before it adjourned today, gave out copies of all the medical scientific data, presented during the four day discussion with an explanation that different epidemics require separate j treatments. ! The various communities for which j we are working will know that w-. I have at hand the best available in formation science has yet discovered ! concerning the disease," said Dr. j Charles J. Hastings ;of Toronto, Can | ada, retiring president. "We can not expect to draw up n definite program ('for' combatting influenza epidemics I when we see so wide a divor.crer.ee of j {opinion among medical authorities as has been shown here." ! Health officers from the Southeast, j j especially Dr. S. W. Welch of Mont j gomery, Ala., favored strict quaran-! tine measures and those from small- j or cities were moderately; favorable! to quarantines and the use of masks. I while health officers of the larger i cities opposed both these measures I and placed great reliance "on vaccine, i "After all, it is a question of ap-l plying to your own county the most j practical remedies fo'* ihe conditions! encountered there," said Dr. Welch. j Health Commissioner Dr. J. W. j Inches of Detroit ied an argurn; ,v. against closing public meetings, j schools, theatres and scores. He ridi-] culed the use of .the mask as not a \ feasible measure in th*. largest ?" L^ies. ] On the other hand. Dr. J. A. Hayne ! of Columbia, S. C.. Dr. N. J. Flannin- j gan of Richmond. Va., Dr. W. K. j Stokes of Baltimore and Dr. W. 71. ! Moore of Sioux Falls, S. D., held tha: I closing public meetings in rural die-1 tricts is efficacious. , ; Dr. W. H. Park of the committee] on vaccines said the disease was due;. to an "undetermined organism" and tj the dominating variety of the orgaa-J ism differs according to various io calities. Disbanding the Army Gen. March Says 15,000 Are Being Disbanded Each Day. i * _ i, Washington. Dec. 14.?The d^mob-; < ilizatioh of the United 'States army is J proceeding at the rac of fifteen thou- i sand men released daily. Gen. March s r.nnounced today, it is still antici- ' i pated that the rate of thirty thousand daily will be reached wh<-n the full J momentum is attained. A total of/c 824,000 men have been designated for discharge in the United States. ! r Gen. March again denied renort.v r of unusually heavy casualties ef the i i Eighty-secon l division. ? I Thirty-One Dispatched to Unit ed States Just Before the War. INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN AT CONFERENCE IN BERLIN And They Came to America on the Same Ship With Dr. Al bert, Paymaster of Propa ganda. t Washington, Dec, 13.?The German government on July 10th, 1914, in formed about one hundred and thirtj German civilian employes at a con ference in Berlin that the world was would be sarted soon. Captain C B. Lester of the army intelligence ser vice, testified today before the senat investigating committee. These em ployes were then dispatched to ali parts of the world, thirty-one of the number coming to the United States to stimulate a pan-German propa ganda. ? Capt. Lester said he received this formant now Interned in the United lor mam no winterned in the United States. The propagandists landed in the United States August, 1914, from {the same boat which brought Dr. Ai I bert. known as the paymaster of the German propaganda system in this country. Washington. Dec. 13.?Testimony that Edward Lyell Fox, writer, had been sent to Germany in 1015 to write German propaganda which was dis tributed by Hearst's International News Service was presented to the senate investigation committee today by Captain Lester of the army intel ligence service. Answering questions, later he said there was nothing in the records to show that either Hearst or the managers of the news service know that Fox was in the pay of the German government. Lester reael a telegram sent by the German embassy in Washington to the Berlin foreign office in September 1914, saying "Chi cago Tribune is a friendly paper." Columbia Blir^d Tigert Well Known Men Taken By Of ficer Charged With Violat ing Liquor Laws. Columbia. Dec. 14.?J. J. Miller proprietor of a meat market; J. EarP Turner, retired merchant; Norman C Green, salesman for M. B. DuPre Company, a 1 W. H. Crocker, fore man of the Palmetto Guano Corpor ation, were arrested yesterday after noon by William Cooper, deputy Unit ed States marshal, on a warrant charging the four men with violating Section 37 of the United States crim inal code in respect to the transpor tation of liquor and the act of con gress of March .3, 1917. Two others are named in the indictment. The men named were in the cus tody of the marshal last night and will be held pending-'the acticto of the federal commissioner, R. Beverley Sloan. Mr. Sloan is out of the city and the commissioner located at the nearer point to Columbia must be called up on if immediate action is desired by i the defendants. Sumtet and Orange- j burg are the most available points, i R^;orts f rem Tampa last week in dicated that about $3,600 of whiskey was packed in crates of oranges and i grape fruit and leaded for shipment j to Millers Meat Market, Columbia, | but there was nothing in the warrant ; connecting the men named with thi-: f shipment. The marshal was acting under in structions issued at some other point and no specific charges were made other than violating acts of congress The men under arrest arc well known in Columbia. Deputy Marshal Cooper arrested [John Pickett late last night, he being the fifth man on the indictment charg- j ing a violation of the liquor laws. - Pro-German Preachers Some of Them Used Pulpit to Spread Propaganda. Washington, Dec. 14.?German Lutheran pastors were instructed to preach Pro-German sermons before! the United States entered war, Captain j Lester, of the army intelligence ser-1 vice, told the senate investigating) committee today end some of the pas tors who joined the army later and continued preaching favorably to Germany are now in Atlanta penlten* i tiary. Describing the efforts of the j German propagandists among Amen- j. can negroes, the witness said that . word was passed among them that if j Germany won and occupied the Unit- \ . ed States a portion of the country j: would 'be given to the negroes exclu- j sivcly. Bolsheviks Start More Trouble! ?.rmy of Eleven Divisions Are 3 Marching on Germany. j, Paris. Dec. 14.?Bolshevik troop.-j i consisting1 of eleven divisions and cav-j t ilry and artillery, are marching to- j i nrard Central Europe on a front of n "our hundred miles from the Gulf of t Finland to Dnieper River, according r o dispatches from Berne. German soldiers are reported to be joining tne 3olsheviki. j s _-? j i Berne. Friday, Dec. 13.?Four spe-jv :ial trains carrying twenty-five hun- ! v* ired American soldiers, the last to n :ome through Switzerland from Gor- ? nan prison camps, passed hen"' dur- j > ng ilio last two days, going to v "ranee, i c 1 Men Who Draw Big Salaries fo Running Railroads Object to Government Control. THEY WANT FEDERAL AID BUT NOT CONTROL Railway Executives Ask the Maximum of Government Suppport and Minimum of Regulation.' Philadelphia, Dee. 12.?Railroad ixecutiyes representing 125 roads and _ per cent, of the mioiage of the I country tonight gave out a formal statement in which they declared that i Director General MeAdoo's sugges i tio:.i that the government retain con j trol of the railroads until January, 1924, "would simply load to delay and confusion, a demoralization of the or ganization of roads both on their cor porate and operating side and defer indefinitely a satisfactory settlement" of the railroad problem. The executives, the statement said, have reached the conclusion that ?there is sufficient time under the term of the present act to fully consid er the railroad situation in all its aspects and arrive at a plan that woud be just to the country." The statement was given out by Thomas de Witt Cyler of the Associa tion of Railway Executives. The state i ment follows: "The standing committee cf the As sociation of Railway Executives have considered the letter of the director general to the chairmen of the inter state commerce committees of the senate and house and have reached the conclusion that there is sufficient time under the term of the present act to fully consider the railroad sit uation in its aspects and to arrive at a plan; that would be just to the country as represented by its shipper? and the public at large and on the ether hand to the security holders anc' -hare holders and employees of th. railroads. They are in full accorc with the president in his statement a4 follows: " 'The one conclusion that I an i ready to state with confidence is thai it would be a disservice alike to the j country and to the owners of the rail roads to return to the old condition? unmodified. These are conditions oi restraint without^development. There is nothing affirmative or helpful abou' them. What the country chiefly need 's that all these means cf transporta tion should be developed, its railways, its waterways, its highways anel its countryside roads. Seme new element cf policy is therefore necessary?nec essary for the release of credit toi those who are administering the rail ways; necessary for the protection cf their security holders. The old pol icy may be changed much or little but surely it can not always be lef*: as it was. I hope that the congress will have a complete and impartial study of the whole problem institut ed at once and prosecuted as rapidly as possible.' "They feel that to at present ex tend the time would simply lead to de lay and confusion, demoralization of th ? organization of the roads both on their corporate and operating side and defer indefinitely a satisfactory set tlement of this great problem. "They regret to differ with the di rector general, recognizing tho able way he has managed the roads dur ing the period of government control, but they feel confident that it would be unnecessary and unwise to extend the period of control beyond the time now provided for under the act." Baltimore. Dec. 12.?S. Davies War field, president of the National Asso ciation of Owners of Railroad Securi ties, when asked what the position of :he association is In regard to Me Adoo's suggestion that the return of the railroads be extended for five I years, said: "This association does not propose to precipitate action . . . Wo have faith in the congress that it will see i that when the railroads are returned within the time specified by the fed oral control act it will be done under plans fair alike to the shipper.-?, the traveling public, labor and to the se curity ow~; rs. And we have enua! faith in the railroad administration that hey will give the congress suf- j ficient time for working them out." "BABY SPECIALS." Traveling Motor Trucks Teach Proper (arc of Children to Country Moth ers. Tho recent employment of especial - y equipped motor trucks, sent out by he Child We lfare Committees of the Council of National Defense, as aids n carrying out the Children's Year >rogram of the Children's Bureau. Jhited States Department of Labor, las proved a successful innovation. These "Baby Specials." as they are ?ailed, are placed in charge of a train d and salaried nurse, and are com dete';. equipped with the necessarj ippliances for the scientific weighing nd measuring of children under six ears of age. A.s a means of helping to give to he country baby the same chance for lealth betterment that is enjoyed by ts little urban neighbor, and of ringing to the attention of mother.-- i \ widely separated communities the ecessity for all hygienic precautions, ! he use of these motor trucks is ex- i ected to prove of great value. Washington, Dec. 13.?Every capital hip of the American navy, including he ships that have been operating 1 ?ith the British main .Meet during the 'ar. will return to home waters thh lonth. Secretary Daniels announcec1 ? xlay. They are expected to reach 'ew York December 23rd and a na- .1 ;il review will take place there t- i dehratc their home-coming. , t j Multiplex Telephone and Tele graph is Now Per fected. MEANS A BIG ADVANCE IN WIRE SERVICE I Postmaster General Burieson Makes Letter Public Telling of History Making Invention. Washington, Dec. 12.?Postmaster General Burieson today made public a letter from Theodore N. Vail, pres ident of the American Telegraph and Telephone Company announcing the invention and development by the techical staff of thes Eell Bell system of a practical system of multiplex tel ephony and telegraphy by the use of which it is now possible to increase many fold the message carrying ca pacity of long telephone and tele graph wires." '?With this new system," said Mr. Vail's letter, "four telephone conver sations over one pair of wires are simultaneously carried in addition le ihe telephone conversation provided by the ordinary methods. Thus, over a single pair of wires a total of five telephone conversations are simul taneously operated, each giving serv ice as good as that provided by the circuit working in the ordinary way. I "A number of years ago, we devel i oped the 'phantom circuit' arrange ment by which three telephone cir cuits are obtained from two pairs of wires. Now by our multiplex methods ! we are enabled to obtain five tele J phone circuits over one pair of wires, j that is, ten simultaneous telephone I conversations from the two pairs of j wires which formerly could be used for only three simultaneous conversations. "In telegraphy as well as in tele phony, sensational rcsulto have been 'attained by the pew system. By com ? billing two telegraph wires into a me I tallic circuit of the type used for tele i phone working and by applying our ! new apparatus and methods to this I metallic circuit, we have enormously ?; increased the capacity of the wires j for telegraph messages without in any {way impairing the quality of telegraph j working. j "The nature of these developments j is such that the desired wires may he j used partly for telephone and partly ! for telegraph. A pair of wires is j available either for five simultaneous j telephone conversations or for 40 si j multaneous telegraph messages or I p illy for one and partly for the oth i er. ! "From the nature of the apparatus fand the methods employed the system j is not particularly advantageous on i short lines either telephone or tele I graph. Oil long lines its application j wiU be extended immediately but its j introduction must necessarily be grad ual on account of the nature of the {apparatus required and the rcarrange j ment and adaptation of the lines } themselves and their associated appa j ratus to the new methods ot work j ing. It is -not tro much to character ize this new system as marking an {epoch in the development of long dis jtan.ee telephony ;ind telegraphy." j Mr. Vail said that an installation of the multiplex telephone system be tween Baltimore and Pittsburgh had been in service for more than a month. "On Monday of this week," he said, ??accompanied by a party of j distinguished government and tele l phone and telegraph officials I made an.inspection of the system at Balti [ more and a test of the service provid ed between Baltimore and Pitts burgh. All of the party were delight ed with the successful working of the new system and the evident skill which had been shown in developing it." Influenza in Florence Sherilf Bureh Orders Schools and Churches Closed in Two Communities. Influenza has reappeared in one ori two sections of Florence county to j such an extent that Sheriff Durch, act ing under instructions from the State-; Board of Health has ordered the schools and churches of certain com munities again closed. Tt is stated that conditions are especially severe j in Olanta and that section of the county. Schools. churches. drug' stores, and all other places of public gathering have been closed in Olan ta. and it is stated that the people are doing their utmost to prevent any further spread of the disease. ThCj form of disease is not as violent as the October outbreak, but it is nev-l1 ertheless regarded as serious. Thei Olanta, Bethel. Central and St. John's! schools arc all closed. It has been!' found, necessary also to shut down) the schools and churches at Cow- j irds.?Florence Times. - ! i If the taxpayers of Sumter could be j ( assured that a system of highways h comparatively as good as the streets! i :>f the city would be provided by a [ i>ond issue there would be little op- j ( position to bonds. j t The result of the collection of Jnited War Work Campaign pledges s so far. very disappointing-. Lots of people would pay if they were noti ied by mail, but the treasurer does lot want to spend any more than can ie helped, on postage. Won't you | 0 >lease send your cheeks in to the ?umter Trust Company or to W. I. f Vhitehead. Treasurer, at once, and iclp save money. ! h Amsterdam, Pee. 13.?The Amerl- a' an squadron has arrived at Pola and,1 iken over the command of the Port.' ugo-Slay war vessels in the harborT oisted the American flag, accordingjsc o a telegram from Laibach. it;;1 HUN PROPA GANDA IN U.S. j Captain Lester Shows How Ger man Agents Worked in the j United States. ! l -' STARTED CAMPAIGN BE FORE WAR STARTED i -_ I - i Conference in Berlin Sent Out j 131 Trained Agents to All j Parts of the World. ? j Washington, Dec. 13.?Operations of the German propaganda system in the United States through which val uable information for transmission to Berlin was gathered at the same time that German doctrines were spread over the country were laid bare to day by Capt. G. B. Lester, of the ' j army intelligence service, in testimony before the senate committee invtsti I gating beer and German propaganda. ! Most of the evidence related to activi ties of Teutonic agents before the L'nUod States entered the war. Capt. Lester declared that an un ? named informant, now interned, told him that the Berlin goVernment, on j July 10, 1014, nearly a month before the war started, called into confer tj Terence about 131 trained and educat ed German propagandists and sent them to all parts of the world, with instructions to prepare for the world war which, they were, told, was about to be precipitated. Thirty-one of these landed in the United States two weeks after hostilities started and became the nucleus for an organization of be tween 200,000 and 300,000 volunteers, mainly German-Americans, who gath i ered information of all kinds and re ported it to German consuls and I agents in hundreds of communities.' William Bayard Hale, a writer for the Hearst newspapers, and formerly confidential secretary of President j Wilson in Mexico, eventually became i head of the publicity branch of the organization thus built up, Capt. Les ter said. The officer also testified that nev.-spapers and writers were influ ; ^nced to promote German propagan da, film plays were produced promot ; ing distrust of Japan and Mexico, a Washington newspaper man was hired to report government secrets to the German headquarters, writers were ; cent to Germany o send back dispatch es praising the German cause and a 'golden book" was circulated through put the United States to get signa tures of American citizens leaning to ward pro-German sympathies. J. J. Dickinson, a newspaper man md former major in the army, was hired at $40 a week to report on con i adential interviews with officials to j German headquarters in New York, j said Capt. Lester. Dickinson claimed ' that he had confidential relations j with cabinet members, that he could j ' get in the back door of the White House" and boasted that he was re sponsible for the notorious leak on the peace note. Capt. Lester declared. I The witness admitted that records j showed Dickinson did have consider I able accurate official information of a confidential nature and gave it to the German representatives. Capt. Lester, continuing his testi mony tomorrow, expects to tell how the German agents tried to stir up ?revolt among American negroes to I serve German purposes. : i The intensive German propaganda efforts had their beginning, Capt. Lester said, in a series of lectures given the chosen agents at Eerlin by representatives of the foreign office and other German government agen cies. Elaborate memoranda were prepared on detailed subjects and, armed with these, thirty-one German agents sailed from Copenhagen for the United States August 4, 1914, ar riving August 15 on the same boat, j with Dr. Heinnerich Albert, paymas I ter of the propaganda forces. The [ on?y ones of the^c men mentioned Ji>y ?Capt. Lester were Dr. Adolph Meck lenburg, Dr. Eris Kraske and Dr. Philip Bonn, all of whom have re turned to Germany. He explained that, for military reasons, other names could not be disclosed. The crronp sent to America, as well as those sent elsewhere, had specific functions laid out for it. One group if the. men was to deal with commer cial matters, anoher with political matters and a third was to specialize in Japanese, Chinese. South American md Mexican relations. The delegation on arriving in this country established headquarters at 1123 Broadway, arrangements having been made in advance, Capt. Lester said, by George Sylvester Viereck, then publisher of a weekly known as the Fatherland. Would Become French Germans of Rhineland Seek An nexation to France. Cologne, Wednesday, Dec. 11.?A new element has been injected into .he complicated political situation of :he Bhineland by the alleged organ zaticn of a secret political party that s working for the annexation pf this xerman territory by France. Over ures rill be made to the French arov rnment, it is said to take the Rhine and into France ,on the same basis s Alsace-Lorraine. Copenhagen. Friday, Dec. 13.?The ferman armistice has been extended mtil 5 o'clock on the morning if January 17th, according to a isnatch from Treves. Berlin, Wednesday. Dec. 11.?The oreign secretary. Dr. W. S. Solf, has anded in his resignation, which was ccepted by the cabinet. An Eye on the Future. "Better be polite to every boy you eet. He might be your colonel >me day."?Jewell (Kan.) Republi m.