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VOLUME XX.
WILSON FORMALLY ANNOUNCES TRIP ABROAD*
HE WILL KEEP CONGRESS FULLY INFORMED;
HIS MIND IS OPEN ON THE RAILROAD OUESTIOI
PLOT TO RESTORE
WILLIAM TO THWE
OOICKLIWTOITED
Mackensen, Born and Arnim
Mentioned Among Leaders.
Many Arrests Made —Long 1
List of Suspects
LONDON, Dec. 2.—A plot to re
store Imperialism end secure the re- 1
turn of Emperor William has been
discovered in Berlin, according to a
dispatch from Amsterdam to The
Express.
According to the dispatch, which
was ffled at Amsterdam on Friday,
the chief men behind the plot were
Field Marshal von Mackensen. Gen
eral von Born and General Count
Sixt von Arnim. said they in
structed the Prussian officers* corps
to carry on a pro-emperor agitation,
beginning immediately after the de
mobilisation of the troops was com
pleted. Large sums of money are
said to have been placed at the dis
posal of the leaders by munition
makers.
The plot collapsed, owing to the
fact that a secret service agent over
heard a telephone conversation. Many
arrests hare been made in Berlin
and other cities, while the govern
ment has long lists of suspects, who
had planned to seise members of the
present government.
No direct evidence of William Ho
henxoliern’s connection with the plot
Has been found, it is said, but it is
believed the outline of the plan was
brought to Berlin by two of his
suite, who recently went to the Ger
• man capital fbr tire ostensible pur
pose df/taking the wife of the for
mer egjperor to Amerongen. Holland.
Lieutenant Dr. Gustav Krupp von
Bohlen is said to hare been tn con
trol of the financial arrangements.
Field Marshal ven Mackensen is re
ported to have attempted to induce
Field Marshal von Hindenburg to
join, but the latter refused, saying
he intended to retire after the de j
mobilization of the army.
The whole Prussian court, it is
stated, was In symnathv with the
plotters, and it fs said that Prince
von Buelow and Dr. Georg Michaelis,
former imperial chancellor, nad
promised to help. The plan was to
organize a provisional government
under Field Marshal von Mackensen
or some other military leader, and
then urge William Hohenzollern to j
return.
COUP D’ETAT WOULD NOT
BE SURPRISING TO PARIS
BY WILLIAM PKXLXP SIMMS
PARIS. Dec. 2.—A coup d etat is;
not regarded as improbable. The
ex-kaiser's decree of abdication is not
satisfactory. Many believe it is only
a bluff for the benefit of the rabble.
The Junkers and workmen and sol
diers are fighting among themselves,
and Berlin idmits there are no mas
ters of the situation. An authority
declared todav that the United States,
must stand by the allies—that Eu
ropeans never needed America mote
than now. while anything is liable
to happen in Germany.
‘The role of the United States,
which was decisive in the war. ts
equally important in preparations for
peace," deciares the Temps.
“Nothing can be done until Presi
dent Wilson arrives. The present
conversations In London are not dip ,
lomatic. Proof of this can be found ‘
in the fact that Marshal Foch and
not Foreign Minister Pichon accam-j
panled l-remier Clemenceau. *’
KING NICHOLAS, OF
MONTENEGRO, DEI*OSED
LONDON. Dec. 2. —King Mctwbs
of Montenegro, has been deposed by
the Skupshtina, the Montenegrin na-|
tional assembly, according to a mes- I
sage received here from Prague to- i
day.
The dispatch was sent from Prague
by the Czecho-Slovak press bureau
byway of Copenhagen, it says that
the Skupshtina voted the deposition
on Friday last and declared for a
•union of Montenegro with Serbia
under King Peter.
The family of the kin? was includ
ed in the act of deposition.
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COTTON GOING TO
I FORTY-FIVE CENTS
IA POUND NEXT YEAR
So Says Norman H. John
son, Secretary of National
Wholesale Dry Goods As
sociation
Norman H. Johnson, of Richmond,
1 Va-. secretary of the National Whole-
I sale Dry Goods association; a mem
ber of the price-fixing committee of
j the War Industries Board and by all
• odds a man who should have a pret
ty keen Insight into business condi
tions. predicted Monday that cotton
is going to forty-five cents a pound
next year and to forty cents early *n
the year.
Cotton, he asserted, is just as good
as meney itself and a commodity ev
ery merchant should hold to. He
himself, he confided, had just put
13.000 Into the staple.
Decline in Prices Gradual
Further, said Mr. Johnson, who Is
just completing a tour which is put
ting him in touch with practically
every big dry goods jobber in the
south, the price of merchandise is
not going to drop back to normal
suddenly just because the war is
over. As a matter of fact, he pre
dicted. prices of many lines have not
yet reached their maximum. The <ie
cline he predicted. Will begin some
think like eighteen months from
now and will be very gradual. The
economic effect of too sudden a de
cline. he pointed out. would be dis
aster.
To the south, he said, should belong
more optimism than to any other
part of the country. The south, be
said, is a section that will fnd its ev
ery product fn dexpand with conse
quent prosperity.
Cotton Mow Biggest Asset
Mr. Johnson came to Atlanta from
Savannah where, on Saturday, he ad
dressed division three of the South
ern Wholesale Dry Goods associa
tion, of which Walter C. Barnwell, ot
Atlanta, is the president. He leaves
Monday night for San Antonio, Tex.
"For eight years," he said, "1 have
advised people to sell cotton. Now
1 say hold. It's the biggest asset
tn the United States, and the crop is
short.
•The reason? It's perfectly logi
cal. Nor.e of the European countries
has cotton. It is certain theat a line
l of credit will be established soon
and we ll have ships to send it over
1 I’ll stake anything on the prediction
, that cotton will go to 45 cents."
Everything. Mr. Johnson predicted.
I will be in demand and mills will find
: It hard to supply the demand even
’ with the big number of mills that
have been manufacturing war goods
going back to a peace basis. There
Is no surplus of merchandise, he said •
Naturally, said Mr. Johnson, prices
now from 300 to 700 per cent above
normal, will stay up for quite a
while. Then Yhey will gradually drop
to normal, he predicted.
Sverythlng, however, he asserted,
points to most prosperous times in
the south, a section where every
product is in world-wide demand.
He also gave the gratifying in
formation that speculators in mer
chandise are dwindling and arc rap
idly being frozen out, a long step to
ward reconstruction.
“Food Conservation
Week for World
Relief” Is Observed
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2.—The food
| administration’s "conservation week
for world relief" campaign got into J
full swing today over the country
It opened yesterday with the reading
in all the churches of a message from
Food Administrator Hoover, whico
outlined the nation’s opportunity for
renewed sacrifice in feeding the mil
lions of peoples In Europe released
from German domination.
Meetings of fraternal and other or- I
I ganizations. under the auspices of
state and county bodies, began today
; and will continue throughout the
[ week. The need for the fulfillment ot
, America’s food pledge for this year
of 20.000,000 tons will be dwelt upon
Every possible avenue of reaching
the public, it was announced, will be
-utilized during the week.
Two Postal Officials |
Dismissed by Burleson
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Postmaster
i General Burleson has dismissed from
government service Edward Key
, no)ds. vice president and general
manager of the Postal Telegraph Ca- i
ble company, and A. B. Richards, j
general superintendent of the com-;
pan.<s Pacific coast division, for al-I
leged insubordination against the ,
government’s plans to amalgamate !
the Postal with the Western Union
Telegraph company. *
iFIRSTYANKSFROM
OVERSEASARRIVEIN
new yim harbor
Four Thousand Men, Mostly.
1 Non-Combatant Troops
From England Are Greeted
by Mayor of City
NEW YORK. Dec. 2.—Bearing the
first load of American troops to come
~ home from Europe since the war
i • ended, the big Cunard liner Maure- ;
I tania emerged from the fogs that j
shrouded the lower bay today, re
-1 ceived a vociferous welcome, and
i
docked at her Fourteenth street
pier. .
I There the 4,000 troops, mostly
aviation units that had been train- _
>
ing in England, were transferred to
ferry boats and taken around the
lov.er end of Manhattan to Long Is
land City, wherb they entrained for
Camp Mills.
New York greeted the first home- j
i bound transport with a New Year’s
eve uproar of whistles and sirens,
i a fluttering of scraps of paper from
roofs of skyscrapers, and a cheering
and flourishing of handkerchiefs'
from ferry boats and windows of I
buildings as the ship, in her check- ]
erboard camouflage, her upper decks ;
a mass of khaki-uniformed men. I
moved majestically up the river. Tne 1
ferries carrying the boys to Long
Island City received similar greet
ings all along the way.
Shortly before the Mauretania
dropped anchor.the hospital ship
Northern Pacific, with 1,100 wound
ed soldiers and marines aboard,
passed up the bay unheralded and
docked at Hoboken. Nearly half of
the heroes aboard were badly wound
ed. one section being given over to •
men who have lost legs and another '
to those who have had arms ampu- j
tated. Red Cross nurses supervised i
the work of removing the men to
nearby army hospitals today.
i The Mauretania passed quarantine
and proceeded up the harbor past
the battery, and into the North River,
where she was to dock shortly after
10 a. m. Her decks were crowded
with the khaki clad home-coming j
Yankees. A great tooting of whistles :
greeted her. Many harbor ciaft un-1
loosened their sirens. Passengers tn ■
ferry boats lined the rail to cheer:
the troops. Some persons sought ;
vantage points in upper windows of j
skyscrapers commanding a view of;
I the bav and a crowd gathered tn Eat-'
' tery Park to veil their welcome.
Three ether large vessels loaded
with American troops probably win
i arrive today and tomorrow. They
I are the Lapland, the Cretlc and the
I Minnekahda. These three had a two
day start over the Mauretania which
arrived last evening and anchored
until early today in Gravesend Bay
Most of the men arriving on the.
Mauretania have been stationed in
England. They are for tne most •
part from the air service and from i
the construction and radia branches
of the army.
Troops aboard the Mauretania, .
numbering 4,205, according to a :
statement by tho military author!- j
ties, included 150 wounded men from
the battlefields of France.
When the big liner left Gravesend
bay for her North river pier Mayor
Hylan and Ills party were aboard.
The mayor announced that Secretary
Raker had denied his request that
the troops be paraded in New York
before going to camp.
The cheering doughboys were hi a
| gay mood. They were frivolous and'
were most interested in what ar-!
: rangements had been made to satisfy !
, their appetites.
Often and anxious was the query:
"Has New York gone dry yet?”
"New York Is proud of every one
of you.” was the first wireless gieet
ing of Mayor Hylan to the soldiers,
’’and welcomes you with its warmest
welcome.”
And then came the reply, the first
' message of returning American troops ■
to the folks at home:
•’When do we eat?”
j Almost coincident with the first :
f was the second answer with enthus- i
j iasm: “Oh. how dry we are!’’
As the police boat drew near to
the big liner the doughooj-s hung;
over the rail shoutihg greetings to.
' the mayor's party. Intermingling
. cries for “chow’’ and thirst quench-1
I ers. .
Mayor Hylan and city officials went
aboard the ship and extended a iiear
i ty welcome to Colonel H. C. Pratt,
of the air service, senior American
officer on board, and Captain A. H.
Rostron. commander of the Maure
tania. The boys also went wild i
shaking hands with the mayor'*
I party.
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Vi LANTA, GA.TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1918.
THE TEX7 OF WILSON’S
SPEECH TO CONGRESS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—The presi
dent’s address to congress follows:
Gentlement of the Congress:
The year that has elapsed since
I last stood before you to ful
fill my constitutional duty to give
to the congress from time to time
information on the state of the
union lias been so crowded witn
great events, and great results J
that 1 cannot hope to give you I
an adequate picture of its trans
actions or of the far-reaching
changes which have been
wrought in the life of our na
tion and of the world. You have ;
yourselves witnessed these things j
as I have. It ts too soon to
assess them: and we who stand
in the midst of them and are
part of them are less qualified
than men of another generation
will be to say what they mean
or even what they have been.
But some great outstanding ,
facts are unmistakable and con
stitute in a sense part of the
public business with which it is
our duty to deal. To state them
is to set the stage for the legis
lative and executive action which
must grow out o fthem and
which we have yet to shape and
determine.
Troop Movement
A year ago we had sent 145,918
men overseas. Since then we
have sent 1,950,513, an average of
162,542 each month, the number
tn fact rising in May last to
245,951, in June to 278,760, in
July to 307,182, and continuing
to reach similar figures in Au
gust and September—in August
289,570 and in September 257,438.
No such movement of troops ever
took place before, across three
thousand miles of sea, followed
by adequate equipment and sup
plies and carried safely through
extraordinary dangers of attack
—dangers which were alike
strange and infinitely difficult to
guard against. In all this move
ment only seven hundred and
fifty men were lost by enemy at
tack—six hundred and thirty of
whom were upon a single English
transnort which was sunk near
the Orkney Islands.
I need not tell you what lay
back of this great movement of
me and material. It is not in
vidious to say that back of it
lava supporting organization of
the industries of the country and
of all its productive activities
more complete, more thorough
in method and effective in re
sult, more spirited and unani
mous in purpose and effort than
any other great belligerent had
been able to effect. We profited ’
greatly by the experience of the
nations which alreadj- had been
engaged for nearly three years
in the exigent and exacting busi
ness, their every resource and
every executive proficiency taxed
to the utmost. We were their
pupils. But we learned quickly
and acted with a promptness and
a readiness of co-operation that
justify our great prido that, we
were able to serve the world with
unparalleled energy and quick
accomplishment.
But it is not tne physical scale
and executive efficiency of prep
aration, supply, equipment and
dispatch that I would dwell ;
upon, but the mettle and quality
of the officers and men we sent
over and of the sailors who Kept
the seas, and the spirit of the
nation that stood behind them.
No soldiers or sailors ever proved
themselves more quickly ready
for the test of battle or acquit
ted themselves with more splen- '
did courage and achievement
when put to the test. Those of
us who played some part in di
recting tha great processes by
which the war was pushed ir
resistibly forward to the final
triumph may now forget all that
and delight cur thoughts with
the story of what our men did.
Praises Men's Bravery
Their officers understood the
grim and exacting task they had
undertaken and performed it ■
with an audacity, efficiency, and
unhesitating courage that touch i
the story of convoy and battle
with imperisaable distinction at
every turn, whether the enter
prise were great or small —from
their great chiefs, Pershing and !
Sims, down to the youngest j
lieutenant; and their men were
worthy of them—such mtn as j
hardly need to be commanded,
and go to their teriib'e adventure |
blythely and with the quick in- i
telltgence of those who know lust .
what it is they would accom
plish.
I atn proud to be the fellow- i
countryman of men of such stuff
and valor. Those of us who
Stayed at home did our duty; tlie
war could not have been won or
the gallant men who fought it
given their opportunity to win
it otherwise, but for many a i
long day we shall think our
selves “accursed we were not
there, and hold our inanheods
cheap while any speaks that
fought ” with these at St. Mihlel
or Thierry. The memory of those (
days of triumphant battle will i
go with thesj fortunate men to
their graves; ard each will have
his favorite memory. “Old p.cn
forget; yet all shall be forgot,
but he'll remember with arvan-
I tages what feats he did that
day!”
Turned the Tide
TVhat wc all thank God for
with deepest gratitude Is that
I our men went in force into the
I line of battle lust at the critical i
moment yhcu the whole late of
the world seemed to hang in the
balance and threw their fresh
strength into the ranks ot free
dom in time to turn the whole
tide and sweep of tho fateful
struggle—turn it once for all. so
| that henceforth it waz back, i
back, back for their enemies, al- ■
I ways back, never again forward!
After that it was only a scant
lour months before the com
manders of the central empires
knew themselves beaten, and
now their very empires are in
liquidation!
And throughout it all how fine
the spirit of the nation was,
what unity of purpose, wnat un
tiring zeal! What elexation of
purpose ran through all 113
splendid display of strength, its
untiring accomplishment. 1 have
said that those of us who stayed
at home to do the work of or
ganization and supply will al
ways wish that we had been with
the men whom we sustained by
1 our labour; but we can net er be
ashamed.
It has ben an inspiring thing
to be here in tho midst of fine
men who had turned aside from
every private interest of their
own and devoted the whole of
their trained capacity to the
tasks that supplied the sinews Os
the whole great undertaking!
The patriotism, the unselfishness
the thorough-going devotion and
distinguished capacity that
marked their toilsome labors,
day after day, month after
month, have made them fit
mates and comrades of the men
in the trenches and on the sea.
And not the men here in Wash
ington only. They have but
directed the vast achievement.
Throughout innumerable factor
ies, upon innumerable farms. In
the depths of coal mines and
copper mines, wherever tho
stuffs of industry were to be ob
tained and prepared, in the ship
yards, on the railways, at the
docks, on the sea in every la
bor that was needed to sustain
the battle lines, men have vied
with each other to do their part
and do it well. They can look
any man-at-arms in the face, and i
say, “We also strove to win and
gave the best that was in us to
make our fleets and armies sure
of their triumphs!”
Tribute to Women
And what shall we say of the
women—of their instant intelli
gence, quickening every task that
they touched: their capacity for
organization and co-operation,
which gave their action discip
line and enhanced the effective
ness of everything they attempt
ed; their aptitude at tasks to
which they had never before set
their hands: their utter self-sac
rifice alike in what they did and
In what they gave? Their con
tribution to the great result is
beyond appraisal. They have
added a new luster to the annals I
of American womanhood.
Pleads for Suffrage
The least tribute wc can pay
them is to make them the equals
of men in political rights as
they have proved themselves
their equals in every field ot
practical work they have entered,
whether for themselves or for
their country. These great days
ot completed achievement would
be sadly marred were we to omit
that act of justice. Besides the
immense practical services they
have rendered, the womep of the
country have been the moving
spirts in the systematic econom
ics by which our people‘have vol
untarily assisted to supply the
suffering peoples of the world
and the armies unpon every front
with food and everything else
that we had that might serve
the common cause. The details
of such a story can never be
fully written, but we carry them
at our hearts and thank God that ,
wc can say that wc are the kins- i
men of such. '
Ard now we are sure of the <
great triumph for which every 1
sacrifice was made, tt lias come. ‘
come in its completeness, and <
witli tho pride and inspintatioi! 1
of these days of achievement ‘
quick within us wc turn to the j
tasks of peace again—a peace sc- t
cure against the violence of ir- ’
responsible monarchs and ambi- j
tious military made i
| ready for a new order, for ntw
foundations of justice and fair
j dealing.
We are about to give order
i and organization to thise peace
i not only for ourselves, but for
I the other peoples of the world as
well, so far as they will suffer
us to serve them. It is interna
tional justice that we seek, net
domestic safety merely. Our
thoughts have dwelt of Jate upon
Europe, upon Asia, upon the near
and the far East, very little upon
the acts of peace and accommo
dation that wait to be perform
ed at our own doors. tVh.le we
are adjusting our relations with
the rest of the world is it not of
capital importance that we
should clear away all grounds cf
misunderstanding with our im
. mediate neighbors and give proof
of the friendship we really feel?
I hope that the members of the
senate will permit me to speak
once more cf tho unratlfled
treaty of friendship and adjust
ment with the republic of Colom
bia. I very earnestly urge yoon
them an early and favorable ac
tion upon that vita! matter. I
believe that they will feel, with
me. that the stage of affair* ts
now set for such action as will
bo not only just but generous
and in the spirit of the new age
upon which we have so happily
entered.
So far as our domestic affairs
are 'concerned the problem of our
eturu to peace is a problem of
economic and industrial read
justment. That problem is less
serioas for us than it may turn
out to be for the nations which
have suffered the disarrange
ments and the losses of war
longer than we. Our people,
moreover, do not wait to be
coached and led. They know
their own business, are quick
and resourceful at every read
justment, definite in purpose, and
self-reliant in action. Any lead
ing strings we might seek to put
them in would speedily bcnine
hopelessly tangled because they
would pay no attention to them
and go their own way. All that
we can do as their legislative
and executive servants is to me
diate the process of change here,
there and elsewhere as we may.
I have heard much counsel as to
the plans that should be formed
and personally conducted to a
happy consummation, but from
no quarter have 1 seen any gen
eral scheme of “reconstruction”
emerge which I thought-it likely
we could force our spirited bus
iness men and self-reliant labor
ers to accept with due pliancy
and obedience.
Industrial Word
While the war lasted we set
up many agencies by which to (
direct the industries of the coun
try in the services it was neces- •
sary for them to render, by
which to make sure of an abun- j
dant supply of the materials
needed, by which to check under
takings that could for the time
be dispensed with and stimulate
those that were most serviceable
in war, by which to gain for the
purchasing departments of the
government a certain control
over the prices of essential arti
cles and materials, by which to
restrain trade with alien ene
mies, make the most of the avail
able shipping, and systematize
financial transactions, both pub
lic and private, so that there
would be no unnecessary conflict
or confusion —by which, in short,
to put every material energy of
the country in harness to draw
the common load and make of us
one team in the accomplishment
of a great task.
But the moment we knew the
armistice to have been signed
we took tho harness off. Raw
materials upon which the gov
ernment had kept its hand for
fear there should not be enougii
for the industries that supplied
the armies have been released
and put into tho general market
again. Great industrial plants
whose whole output and machin
ery had been taken over for the
uses of the government have
ben set free to return to the uses
to which thy were put before the
war. It has not been possible to
remove so readily or so quickly
the control of foodstuffs and of
shipping, because the world has
still to be fed from our grana
ries and the ships are still need-
Makes Fords Start Easy
A new Gas Generator, which heats
the manifold vaporizes the gas and
makes instant ignition possible has
been invented by the Bear Mfg. Co ,
117 Bear Bldg.. Rock Island. 111. This
simple and inexpensive device docs
away with hot water makeshifts, etc.,
and gives you a "ready to start
motor in the coldest weather. It also
saves 10 cents a gallon on gasoline
because with It you can use the
cheapest gasoline all winter. If you
want to try this great trouble and
money saver send them $1.50 and
they will send you one of these re
markable devices postpaid under a
guarantee of satisfaction or money
back. Write them today. Salesmen
wanted.—( Advt.)
t ed to send supplies to our men
overseas and to bring the men
back as fast as the disturbed
conditions on the other side of
the war permit; but even there
restraints are being relaxed as
i much as possible and more and
more as the weeks go by.
Never before have there been
agencies in existence in this
, country which knew so much of
the field of supply, of labor and
of industry as the war indus
tries board, ths war trade board,
the labor department, the food
j administration and the fuel ad
ministration have known since
their labors became thoroughly
syqstematizcd; and they have not
been isolated agencies; they have
been directed by men who rep
resented the permanent depart
ments of the government and so
have been tlie centers of unified
and co-operative action. It has
• been the policy of the executive,
therefore, since the armistice
was assured (which is in effect
a complete submission of the
enemy to put the knowledge of
these bodies at the disposal of
the business men of the country
and to offer their intelligent me
diation at every point and in
every matter where it was de
sired. It is surprising how fast
the process of return tq a peace
footing lias moved in the three
weeks since the fighting stopped.
It promises to outrun any inqui
ry that may be instituted and
any aid that may be offered. It
will not be easy to direct it any
better than it will direct itself.
The American business man Is
of quick initiative. The ordinary
and normal of .private
initiative will not, however, pro
vide Immediate employment for
all of the men of our returning
armies. Those who are of trained
capacity, those who are skilled
workmen, those who have acquired
familiarity with established busi
nesses, those who are ready and
willing to go to the farms, all
those whose aptitudes are known
or will be sought out by employ
ers will find no difficulty, it is
safe to say, in finding place and
employment. But there will be
others who will be at a loss
Where to gain a livelihood unless
pains are taken to guide them
and put them in the way of work.
There will be a large floating
residuum of labor which should
not be left wholly to shift for
itself. It seems to me Important,
therefore, that the development
of public works of every sort
should be promptly resumed, in
order that opportunities should
be created for unskilled labor in
particular, and that plans should
be made for such developments
of our unused lands and our nat
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Bolshevists Take
Swiss Documents
From Legation
LONDON, Dec. 2.—Bolshevists
have entered the Norwegian lega
tion at Petrograd and removed doc
uments belonging to Switzerland,
whose interests <re under the pro
tection of Norway, according to •
Copenhagen dispatch to the Mail.
The Norwegian minister has pro
tested in vain, and the newspapers
of the country are demanding that
Norway break relations with the
soviet government.
Discharged Soldiers
Get Meals Cheaper
WASHINGTON. Dec. 2. Dis
charged soldiers, sailors and ma ,
rines were given tho benefit of an i
ether reduction in traveling ex
penses by the railroad administ»a 1
tion tonight. Director General Me I
Adoo issued instructions to furnisn
the discharged men with meals on ;
diners at a standard price of 75 j
cents. This, together with a fare ’
of two-thirds the normal coach fare,
was believed by railroad administra- I
tion officials to provide ample as- :
sistance to men discharged from the '
service while they are traveling.
he me ward.
Edmond Rostand,
Dramatist, Dead
PARIS. Dec. 2.—Edmond Fostand,
famous French dramatist, died of
pneumonia at 1:30 p. m. today.
MENLO HAS EKJOM FACTORY
LYERLY, Ga., Dec. 3. —H. E. i
Thomas, a prominent citizen of Chat
tooga county, has engaged in a new
enterprise at Menlo, having recently
established a broom factory at that
place, tl is stated that the plant Is :
well equipped and is turning out
large quantities of brooms daily.
REICHSTAG TO MEET
PARIS. Dec. 2.—The German reich
stag will be convoked shortly, ac
cording to newspapers in south Ger
many, says a Zurich dispatch to
L’lnformation.
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TORN LINES BICM
IT THE BIGHT TIM
■
Expects Peace by Sprinl
Praises Soldiers and Won!
en Republicans Silenl
but Don’t Interrupt Speak!
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—ln an J
dress to congress in joint session ll
j day President Wilson formally al
nounced his intention to go to PaiM
j for the peace conference, saying til
allied governments have accepts
principles enunciated by him fl
peace and it is his paramount dul
to be present. I
The president said he will be I
close touch by cable and wireleS
and that congress will know all till
he does on the other side. ■
Referring to his announcemeS
that tho French and British goverl
ments had removed all cable restril
tions upon the transmission of nexS
of the conference to America, tl
president said he had taken over tB
American cable systems on expfl
advice so as to make a unified syl
tem available. I
He expressed the hope that ■
would have the co-operation of til
public and of congress, sayiil
through the cables and wireless coB
stant counsel and advice would fl
possible. I
Much of the address was devo J
to the railroad problem, for whifl
the president said he now had no (fl
lution to offer He
fill study by congress, saying ■
would be a disservice to the count®
and to the railroads to permit a jfl
turn to old conditions under privaß
management without modicaJon*. B
Eezdy to Release Beads
The president declared ne *<ofl
ready to release the railroads fiM
government control whenever a satfl
factory plan of readjustment co J
be worked out. I
Paying tribute to the people's cofl
duct in war he spoke particularly fl
women and again appealed for wom
an suffrage by federal amendment.®
The president said he hoped to ss
a formal declaration of peace ■
treaty “by the time spring has com<®
No definite program of reconstrufl
tion can be outlined no.*, Mr. Wilsfl
said, but as soon as the armistice wfl
signed government control of bufl
ness and Industry was released fl
far as possible. He expressed tfl
hope that congress would not obj®®
to conferring upon the war trafl
j board or some other agency the rigfl
of fixing export priorities to assufl
shipment of food to starving peopfl
‘ abroad. ■
As to taxation, the president tfl
, dorsed the plan for levying six bfl
lion.dollars in 1919, and for notify!fl
the public in advance that the isfl
levy will be four billion dollars. 1®
The new three year naval buildtfl
i program .was indorsed because, tfl
president said, it would be unwise fl
! attempt to adjust the American plfl
gram to a future world policy as yfl
unletermincd. ■
Declaring he had no “privafl
though or purpose" in going to Bfl
rope, but that lie regarded it as bfl
highest duty, the president added: fl
“It is now my duty to play my fufl
part in making good what thfl
(America’s soldiers) offered thjfl
life's blood to obtain.” ®
Democrats Applaud ■
Democratic representatives arofl
and applauded vociferously when tfl
president announced his intention fl
going in person to the peace confefl
enee The Republican side was silefl
and so were many senators on bofl
sides of the chamber. ®
The president concluded aftfl
I speaking forty-two minutes, and lefl
the chamber amidst applause limitfl
to the Democratic side. Interruptlofl
i of the address for questions whiefl
; had been threatened by some Rfl
j publican members of the house 'dfl
■ not materialize. ®
SAYS WILSON WILL BE I
INVITED TO GERMAxI
j ZURICH. Dec. 2—The Loka! Afl
! zeiger says it understands the Gefl
man government will ask Presidefl
t Wilson to visit Berlin or some
I man port while lie is in Europe. ■
RAPS AT PRESIDENT I
ARE TAKEN IN SENATfI
WASHINGTON, Dee. 2.— Senatfl
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