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Show Wilson Gifts While Abroad Worth Little WASHINGTON, Oct. 4. Gifts received President "Wilson while in Europe were of "very insignificant' in-significant' ' value, Secretary Tumulty Tumul-ty said today in announciug that lie had prepared aud would submit today an answer to the resolution of Representative Eodenberg, Republican, Re-publican, Illinois, asking as to reports re-ports that the gifts were valued at a million dollars. Mr. Tumulty said the president received no gifts which would have required an act of congress for him to accept and that in every case where it was made known that he was to veceivo a present he consulted consult-ed Secretary Lansing and the attorney attor-ney gcucral as to whether he could legally accept. The mo&t valuable 'present, Mr. Tumulty said, was a gold casket which contained a certificate of cjt-izenship cjt-izenship from the City of London. The king of Italy presented the president with two old guns and the king of England gave him a book. |