Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1914 — W. R. GEORGE IS ABSOLVED [ARTICLE]

W. R. GEORGE IS ABSOLVED

Directors of Association of Junior Republics Express Confidence In Accused Official. New York.—William R. George, founder of the George Junior Republic, was exonerated by the board of directors of the National Association of Junior Republics of the charges brought against him recently relating to his alleged treatment of certain young women members of the Freeville Republic, in this state. A board of judges composed of Joseph H. Choate, Samuel Seabury and Miss Lillian D. Wald, to whom the records of the case had been submitted, found recently that George had been guilty of "willful misconduct,” but had not been swayed "by a desire to injure or abuse” young women. The report of the special committee and the opinion of the board of judges were upheld by the national directors.