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VOLUME XX.
GOMMEIMT
JURISTS. ARE ABLE
TO PUNISH WILLIAM
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Marquis of Crewe Anxious :
That Technicalities Shall
Not Serve to Protect I hose
Guilty of War Crimes
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Recpons-blliiy for punishing the .
former German emperor and other j
High German officials for crime cortv- j
mltted during the war must rest ,
with governments and not with !
jurists, according to the Marquis of
Crewe, former secretary ot state for
the colonies, in a letter published I
in the Westminster Gazette, J-ondon. I
He writes;
"The atrocities in Belgium, the |
ill-treatment of prisoners and the ex- i
ecutions of Captain Fryatt and Miss ,
Edith Cavell are acts that can be j
brought home to the induioual per
sons concerned and punishment can t
be inflicted oy tribunals. When, how- ,
ever, we co beyond these persons,
responsibility is altered. The Cor- .
mer German ymperor and the high
er German politicians must be sur
rendered firs: and then punished by J
executive acts.
For this procedure there are mos.
ample precedents. These criminals _
can be put away where they will •
have no further chance of bringing |
mischief on the world, or they can be i
executed. In other words it is tm- I
portant that legal technicalities must f
not be allowed to divert the hands •
of iustice as they well may do. in a :
field in which there is no basis of .
previous law to govern nrocedutc
The responsibility must not rest with
jurists, but with governments.” |
Thirteen Are Missing
From Burning Coach -
On Canadian Pacific
Advices received here tell of the,
destruction by fire of a tourist coach i
on a Canadian Pacific train which
left Winnipeg for Toronto and say t
that thirteen passengers aboard the :
coach are missing. The fire, it was ■
ndicated. started in a berth occupied |
by a family party and quickly spread ;
to the rest of the coach. Other cars I
on the train escaped damage.
Ex-Czar’s Mother Says
He Writes to Her
Tho mother of former Emperor;
Nicholas, of Russia. who is living
near Livadia. in the Crimea, has been ■
Purported to have come from the ;
former ruler, according to Pclish of- |
beers who have arrived here from
i-ebastop ?1. The dowager empress •
and all about her are convinced that
Nicholas Romanoff is still alive, ac
cording to information given the of
ficers ty a member of her house- •
iisld. |
Inherits Hair From
G. Washington’s Headj
Elsie Calloway, of New York,
inherited from the estate of (
her father a hair reputed to be
from the head of George Washing- .
ton. This was enclosed in a glass
case. A teaset formerly owned 0;z I
Alexander Hamilton was also willcu |
to Mrs. Calloway. Her father was i
I .other L. Kellogg, lawyer.
Strangles Wife and
Then Hangs Himself
Wiiliam H. Danforth, fifty-eight,
well-known Brooklyn. N. Y-. business
tuan. after strangling bls wife in the
bathroom of their home, went to th
auctlon house o' his brother. George
B. Danforth, and hanged himself to
day.
American Fleet to
Arrive December 24
The American fleet returning from
Europe which is to be reviewed at ■
New York by Secretary Daniels is ex
pected to arrive off Ambrose light ‘
vessel ct daylight on Tuesday. De ’
eember 24. The navy department ,
announced tonight that the ships
will pass the Statue of Liberty abou
nine a. I-*- and will then anchor In
the North river from 55th street to
Fort Washington.
Aviator Is Killed by
Blow of Propeller
Lieutenant R. L. Campbell, of New
Yorir. an army aviator stationed at ■
Marc.a field. California, was instant
ly killed just after making a forced
landing. Lieutenant Campbell was
under the wing of his airplane, amt
in crawling out he was struck In the
head by the propeller, which had not
• ome to rest.
Germans Had Planned
Great Paris Air Raid
Information of a plan which It
savs the Germans had for a terrific
air attack on Paris is printed by the
Figaro. Their purpose, says the
newspaper, was to use 35 airplanes,
which were to drop 5.000 Incendiary
bombs containing chemicals which
would cause fires of such a nature
that pouring water on them would
cnly serve to feed the flames.
Thirty Barrels of Booze
Camouflaged in Tar
Thirty barrels of whisky from Cin
cinnati. Ohio, and Louisville. Ky„
were seized at Maccn by federal of
ficers. The liquor had been placed
in containers and over these pitch i
tar had been poured to make it ap- ;
■car as if they were barrels of tar. !
The shipments were to porser.s who
bare not been apprehended
SEEK MISSING AVIATORS
Two airplanes in command of !
pilots from Gerstner field circled I
over the gulf off Biloxi in an effort '
to locate Murray Humphries and |
Warren Aggreganl. local boys driven i
out to sea when they were endeavor- ’
ing to make a motor t-oat trip from ■
Gulfport to Biloxi. Reports from
outlying islands were that no trace
of the missing boys had been dis- •
covered.
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Travelers Bless McAdoo
For $1 Dining Car Meals
Thousands of travelers riding
on long-distance railroad trains
rise dailv to call the name ot
Director-Oeneral McAdoo blessed
because of the reforms he lias
brought about in the dining cars
of the IS" railroads now under
federal control.
The mid-day and evening meals
• are now served on the table
d hote plan and are priced uni
versally at sl. .
I There are four courses served
at each meal. Here is a sample
of the dollar dinner served on
the Southern railroad between
1 Washington and Atlanta the
other day: . , ,
‘ Oyster sc up. chow-chow. cu
' ery. roast turkey.
I sauce, mashed potatoes,
I beans, chicory salad and Fr
' dressing, bread (four slices) and
i butter, chocolate ice cream with
cake, large cup of coffee.
This dollar meal would have
I cost $4.35 if reckoned by the a
carte’’ system formerly in
| vogue In the ’dining cars.
ALABAMAmRS
WARNED TO STOP
ORDERS FOR Llljffl
'State Health Officer Declares]
No Law Authorizes Pre-j
scriptions for Intoxicants!
of Any Kind
' physicians throughout Alabama ;
, who have made it a practice to write
prescriptions calling for whisky or ■
: other alcoholic liquors are warned ,
i by Dr. S. W. Welch, state health of- j
' fleer, that the traffic must stop.
. There Is no authority for the issue I
1 of such prescriptions. Dr. Welch '
, declared. , _ . I
During the recent epidemic o. .n
--fluenxa in Alabama, the state board!
lof health received requests from ;
nearlv everv county in the state for
j whlskv to be distributed among, the
t patients afflicted with five disease.
During that period, the federal
■ judges released liquor which was
obtainable from depots at Sheffield.
• Birmingham and Mobile, and Dr.
Welch advised physicians where they
! could get whisky for their patients
Demobilization Is Being
i Speeded Up at Wheeler;
New Yorkers Sent Home
i Demobilization of soldiers here
i was speeded up at Camp Wheeler
this week and it Is expected will
: be completed by the last of next
• week. Practically all of the select
’ men from New York who arrived In
I the November draft have been sent
I to Camp Dix. N. J., where they will
I be discharged immediately after ar
rival. Eight hundred left in special
trains Monday. _____
Officers are bending every energy
to complete classifications imrr.edi-
I ately. All men must be graded and
i placed in units for discharge accord
, ing to the plan recently outlined by
• the war department. A great deal
i of clerical work Is necessary before
soldiers can be mustered ou . Offi
cers say twenty separate papers
• must be prepared to discharge one
i man. On this basis. 200,000 docu
m-uts were prepared before the 10.- I
000 men recently sent from here I
left. -
There are about 5,000 men and 150 j
officers still here.
To Dissolve Draft ;
Boards Tins Month
Local and district draft boards will ‘
' be dissolved at the end of the pres- j
vnt month, Secretary Baker an
i nounces. After that time, how
ever, they will maintain an informal
organization to assist employment
bureaus in placing returned soldiers
! in industry.
Vatican-Quinnal Report
Emphatically Denied
Reports that there has been a set
' Cement of the controversy between
the Vatican and the quirinal and that (
there is a possibility Pope Benedict ;
may leave the Vatican are emphat- 1
ically denied by the Osservatore Ro-
I ir.aiio, the official organ of the vatl
i can.
Cherokee County Is
Sued by Soldier
A suit against Cherokee county
for |25.y00 damages for injuries eus-
• tamed in the tragic accident last<
I June, in which three Camp Gordon
soldiers were killed and several sus
tained severe Injuries when an army
U uck crashed through the floor of j
the Steele bridge over the Etowah
rived in Cherokee county, was filed .
Tuesday tn the federal court by Cor- |
poral Gorge W. Schmidt, of Lake j
Charles, 111., a member of the mill- j
tary expedition which had shirted out '
' on a search for deserters in nortn >
I Georgia.
Muscogee Teachers Get
15 Per Cent Raise in Pay
At of the board of edu ,
cation of Muscogee county, held
Tuesday afternoon, salaries of all
teachers of th- county were increased I
15 per cent, effective January 1, or I
on the reopening of the schools for J
the new year.
The increase will represent quite j
I a large sum in the total and it will go
a lone ways towards satisfying the ;
teachers, many of whom had been >
I urging an increase for some time >
The recent In Tease in the special
i school tax rate provided for the ad
• vance in salaries, in addition to the
■ raising of a surplus for the building ,
' o' a number of new schoolhouses in 1
| Muscogee,
Shipping Outlook Is
Bright in Brunswick
Shipping, ixith foreign and coast- .
; wise, promises to be more active '
i in Brunswick harbor during the win
! ter than for the past several years. ‘
I Three large vessels reached port
• Tuesday and two more are expected ,
j soon.
Those arriving were the Norwe- i
clan steamer Nippon, and the Ameri
can steamer Baccus, each having I
cargoes of nitrate, which will be
stored here, pending orders.
The Canadian steamer Segon will
load lumber for Havana.
BOLCWSVIXI DEFEATED
Defeat of Russian Bolshevik forces ,
with a loss of 1,100 prisoners and I
twenty cannon by the Don Cossacks j
In the Vorowesj recion was reported-
In a dispatch to the state depart-1
ment in Washington.
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RIGHT —Hot coffee anti sandwiches for the Yanks are handed out right on the pier. This shows how the Red Cross cares for the sol
diers over here as well as over there. -
Red Tape Delaying
Army Demobilization;
Process Is Tedious
Red tape, that tangled mass of of
ficial routine which delayed war work
at Important periods of the struggle,
i 3 tending to slow up demobilization.
General March, chief of staff, is
doing his utmost to .epeed up the
discharges in this country. But de
spite this there has been a constant
flow of orders and counter orders.
Every man has to go through a
tedious process of ticketing and
checking. For instance, in one
branch of tiie war department men
who had in applications for dis
charge filled out the proper papers.
The next day orders had been chang
ed and they’ had to fill out a second
set of biunkF— almost similar. And,
then a few days later, they had td,
fill out another set of blanks which
added ‘little to the others.
This experience is being repeated
In other branches of the service.
“Orders” are orders in the army
and there is little latitude for indi
vidual judgment or discretion. As
a result some hardships are. being
worked in the demobilization process.
Red tape, too, has worked many
hardships with respect to both sol
diers' pay and allotments.
German Cruelties to
Prisoners Condemned
Spanish investigators, who have
conducted an inquiry into the shoot
ing of French prisoners ot war at
the German prison camp at Langen
salza, have forwarded their report
to tho French government authori
ties, according to the Petit Journal.
The newspaper says the report de
clares that tho attitude ot the
prisoners did not justify the ruthless
methods of the Germans.
Germans Thought Gas
Turned Y anks Black
The following story was told in r.
soldier's letter, ’ - eceived in Mem
phis from France:
The Germans had been shelling
and gassmg an American trench all
day and night. During the aight the
American defenders were relieved
and replaced by a negro unit. The
following day a prisoner declared
that n German officer had reported to
his commander that he “had gassed
the Americans till they were black
in the face, but they were still hold
ing out.”
Penrose Urges Tariff
As National Safeguard
The United States must return to
tho policy of a protective tariff dur
ing th& reconstruction period and
’ hereafter. Senator Penrose, ranking
Republican on the finance commit
tee. declared in debating the reve
nue bill in Washington this week.
“Ou*' success in tnte war.” Penrose
asserted, “was due In large measure
to the nation’s Industrial strength,’’
which, he said, “would not have been
possible without our protective pol
icy of nearly sixty years.”
HOTELS BAK GERMANS
The general syndicate of French
hotel men announces that It has de
cided that for ten years it will not
receive a native of enemy countries
as an employe or customer. This de
cision will ba transmitted to organi
zations of i>otel men in all the al
lied countries. k
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ATLANTA, GA. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1918.
Add This Mule to the Long List
Oj World War’s Roll of Martyrs
Sessions of the Narrow Escape club '
are continuous in Paris these days !
as the soldiers and war workers ’
foregathe’r, but the star episode so i
far concerns the mule that saved a ;
“Y” man.
Both the name of the Y. M. C. A.
secretary and of the mule concerned .
have been lost in history.
The secretary, attached to a bat
talion at the time just behind the i
front line, was trying to find his dug- i
out in the dark, and under shelltire. .
It was not dark —it was black. And ■
high explosive was bursting so near ’
and so frequently that the secretary
was nut able to pu this mind wholly
on the search.
He was walking with his arms ex
tended, feeling for the dugout open- i
People of Europe Backing
Wilson’s Peace Demands;
Indorse League of Nations
in a special cable dispatch to
Tim Atlanta Journal, which is
-rightby the New York
livening Post, David Lawrence,
‘ i now ’.n Paris as special corre
spudent of this newspaper, de
clares that the people of Europe
are hacking President Wilson's
peace proposals and plans for
the league of nations to the ut
! termost. /
The following comprises the
authoritative mesrage ot The
Journal’s correspondent:
’ Mr. Wilson has had from Colonel
House a complete account of every
thing that was said and done at the
informal conference among European
, statesmen prior to his arrival. A plan
I <■! actio’, and method of approaching
• the difficult questions that will arise
“ in the conference among rulers and
| foreign secretaries has now been for
mulated. The president will do busi
ness for the present with Great Brit-
• i a!n, France and Italy, occasionally
' consulting the other belligerents.
. j This is necessary in order to get the
I j most powerful belligerents into ear-
■ I ly agreement.
Colonel House has told Mr. Wilson
> ' the details of his talks with Lloyd
I ; George, Clemenceau and Orlando.
’ Some day there will be an tnterest
: ' ing narrative of how European
1 statesmen came reluctantly to decide
I to accept tho fourteen points with
j only two reservations. They were
; disposed to make such exceptions,
| | respecting territory and other ques-
I 1 lions as to cause apprehension of a
i 1 possible break, but were won over
. I when they were informed that the
I I piesldent might have to lay all the
■ i datails before the American congress
’ ’ and ask how far the American peo
. ' pie would be willing to fight for
j distinctly British. French or Italian
> ' war aims.
s i Two Exceptions
’ ' While these preliminary confer
i ! ence.a ended harmoniously, the two
■ ■ exceptions taken In tho ireedem ot
i the seas and indemnity—emphasized
i the large points of difference which
still prevailed. England at first took
i | the position that nobody had a
evert to discuss the freedom of the
seas, and the other belligerents want
i ed such a largo indemnity as to crip
- 1 pie Germany for generations and
■ ! which, according to the Amer.can
■ I point of view, would bring about
' Bolshevism, thus making it impos-
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ing, when his hands came in contact
with an unyielding, hair-covered sur
face which he instantly suspected to
be the starboard quarter of an army
mule. , ,
The mule confirmed his suspicion.
The secretary rolled over a few times,
sat up, and blinked with astonish
ment at a ilickering candle stump. He
had been kicked directly into his dug
out.
At that moment a shell landed
seemingly at the front door but did
no more damage than to blow off the
gas curtain. The next morning, how
ever, the secretary found unmistak
able evidence that the mulo had died
where he stood. He does not know,
and naturally never can know,
whether the mule was friend or ene
my of the Y. M. C. A-
• sible for Germany to .pay anything
toward restoration. _
- ~ that America wished
' a durable peace and not to be a par
ity to a new balance of power in Eu-
• rope, Colonel House, speaking tor
' Mr. Wilson, was successful in get
: ting the allies to abandon several
, exceptions and to leave the subjects
; of freedom of the seas and indemnity
I for discussion by the peace congress.
. It now becomes necessary for Mr.
Wilson to strengthen and amplify
the views expressed by Colonel
; House, so that an informal agree
-1 > ment can be reached upon which the
I peace congress can open,
i■ " Inasmuch as Germany will not
. participate In the conferences until
- the allies .agree definitely upon a
program, and since Germany will be
; compelled to sign a peace just as the
. armistice was imposed upon her, Mr.
. I Wilson feels a responsibility to see
. i that arrangements are made that
■ will lead to a real peace. Instead of
i a new balance of power against the
i United States or against the Central
. I empires.
Wilson’s Responsibility
• | With the constant necessity ot
! maintaining armaments. Mr. Wilson
will strongly insist upon the cre-
I ation of a league of nations as the
I fundamental thing with the admis
‘ sion of Germany probationary for
I I the time, dependent upon her abil
’ ity to establish a stable government
■ ; and discharge her international ob-
ligations, which Is merely another
I 1 way of saying that all the powers
' will wait to see what kind of gov-
I I ernment arises before according tne
‘ : usual diplomatic recognition. Mr.
' ' Wilson feels that it is hardly worth.
. i while for America to participate tn
I a peace conference unless the treaty
1 1 drawn up is guaranteed support by
i a league of nations.
I Moreover, Mr. Wilson has told ills
’ ; friends that neither of the other
! statesmen can sit in Paris imagining
■' themselves lords and masters of
mankind, authorized to make any
‘ J treaty agreeable to themselves, but
■ ; that It will be absolutely necessary
to determine what the people want,
for it was their war and the business
’I of the peace congress is to find out
, ! the people’s wishes and follow them.
Mr. Wilson believes that what the
1 | people most »want is to be protected
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|Christmas Furlough
For Gordon Soldiers
Staying in Service
Christmas furloughs for the Camp
Gordon soldiers’.
This hope became a reality when
it was announced at headquarters
that regimental and other organiza
tion commanders have been author
ized to grant furloughs to enlisted
men for the Christmas holidays.
The length of the furlough will
not exceed ten days and men will
not be allowed to leave in excess of
5 per cent of the command. Men
who aro to be soon discharged from
the camp are not fur
loughs.
It will be remembered that last
year no furloughs were granted, it
being the opinion of the authorities
that such a step would greatly in
terfere with the luteneive training
schedule in operation at that time.
; President Wilson
Wins Reputation as
Good Story Teller
EY ROBERT J. BENDER,
The statesmen of Europe are
j laughing at President Wilson’s jokes.
I He was noted in Washington as a
1 story teller, and his reputation in
• that regard is already made here.
; Premier Clemenceau especially en-
I joyed some of the president's illus
j trative quips.
i Though they deeply appreciate the
i honors shown the president, the
American party is glad the ceremo-
I »iics are ended, so that they can get
I down to work.
• ■"
j More silk hats have been on ex
' bibition in Paris during the past few
I days than at any time since 1914.
The Place Concorde Is now a little
America. Dozens of American auto
mobiles are always parked In front
of the Crillon hotel. American states
men and soldiers are always about.
I There is always the greatest varle
'. tj- of visitors to American headquar
' tors in tho Crillon. Among those to-
I day was Paderewski, who came to
i discuss the Polish situation.
_____
! Prince Murat's palace is now gen-
• erally referred to as the “White
House.”
President Wilson has a new call
ing card. It reads: The President of
the United States of America. The
one he uses in Washington reads:
The President.
Crowds continue to gather at every
i appearance of President and Mrs.
I Wilson. The latter always remains
■ in the background until led forward
!by the president. At the height of
i the demonstrations she frequently
I turns from watching the crowds to
i observe her husband with unconceal
i ed, wifely admiration.
iProhi Zone Placed
Around Nashville
; In accordance with the recommen
! datlons of the war department. Pres
ident Wilson has Issued an executive
of Davidson county, in Tennessee,
within which it is declared to be a
federal offense to sell, manufacture
or distribute intoxicating liquors.
The order Is made public today.
LAST-MINUTE NEWS BY
CABLE AND TELECRAP
EBERT GOVERNMENT
IN HEM REPORTED
10 UWE RESIGNED
Ebert-Haase Combination Is
Bitterly Attacked in Central.
Congress of Soldiers' ano
Workmens Councils
PARIS, Dec. 19.—The German
government headed by Friedrich Eb
ert, has resigned as a result of
i events on Tuesday, according to a
dispatch received at Zurich from
Stuttgart, says the Journal’s corre
spondent there.
Friedrich Ebert, who was named
os minister of the Interior in the
cabinet of Prince Maximilian of Ba
i den on November 3rd and became
i imperial chancellor on November
Sth. took command of the situation
in Berlin following the revolutionary
I uprising there. Un November 13tn,
i it was announced he had become pre
mier and had chosen his cabinet,
1 naming Huga Haase, Philipp Scheid
mann, Wilhelm Dittman. Herr
Landsborg and Richard Barth as the
I secretaries in charge of the depart
i meats created by the revolutionary
government.
! The central congress of the dele
gates from soldiers’ and workmen’s
councils met at Berlin on Monday.
' The first session resulted in disor-
I derly scenes in which there were
many personal encounters. On Tues
i day turbulent scenes continued,
, George Ledebour, a leader of the in
i dependent Socialists, making a bit
I ter attack upon Premier Ebert.
J CONFERENCE TO SELECT
| PRESIDENT DECEMBER 2»
COPENHAGEN, Wednesday, Dec.
IS.—The German government has
decided to convoke a conference of
representatives of all the states of
the former empire on December 29
to elect a president of the German
i epublic, according to a Berlin re
port. This step is said to have been
taken in order to avoid fresh out
breaks. _
j VIGOROUS ACTION AGAINST
LIEBKNECHTS FOLLOWERS
PARIS, Dec. 19. —The Sparticus
i group in Berlin appears to have been
checked, a Zurich dispatch to L’ln
formation said today.
The dispatch declared that Chan
cellor Ebert has been upheld by the
workmen’s and soldiers’ council and
is taking vigorous action against
followers of Karl Liebknecht.
DANZIG PRISONS OPENED;
FIGHTING IN STREETS
ZURICH, Dec. 19.—(Hazas.)—Se
rious disorders have broken out in
Danzig. West Prussia, according to
dispatches received here. Civil and
militarv prisons have been opened
and the inmates set at liberty, it
is said, and street fighting 13 re
ported.
■PROMPT ELECTION OF
HUN PRESIDENT URGED
BERLIN, Dec. 18.—(Delayed.)—
The national workmen’s and soldier’s
' councils have received proposals that
the "German Republic” elect a pres-
■ idency Sunday. Prompt action in
this conection, it is pointed out, is
■ necessary to give the allies guar
antees that Germany will have a re
sponsible government when the peace
conference begins.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
J OB BERLIN TO RESIGN
BASEL, Dec. 19. — (Havas.) —The
executive committee of the soldiers
and workmen’s council for Berlin
and Its suburbs intends to resign,
; according to messages received from
the German capital. It is said that
it will be replaced by an executive
committee elected by the general as-
J sembly and the soldiers and work
' men’s councils of the empire.
French Hostages to
Tel! President Wilson
Os German Treatment
PARIS. Dec. 19.—Civilians seized
by the Germans in occupied French
: territory and sent to a hostage camp
at Holzminden, Germany, will ap
point a delegation to call upon Pres
ident Wilson to tell him something
of what they suffered, morally and
' physically, while detained by the
; Germans,' it is announced.
, The plan was formed at the tug
gestion of Dr. Henry Van Dyke, oi
| Princeton university, who met some
. of the people in the association at
1 a reunion recently. He was so struck
' by their accounts of the treatment
given hostages by the Germans that
i he advised that a deputation be sent
j to wait upon Mr. Wilson.
Fourteen Convalescent
Soldiers Received at
Wheeler Hospital
; CAMP WHEELER. Macon, Ga.,
Dec. 19. —The first group of Amerl
i can convalescent soldiers from
France Is at the base hospital, where
2,000 heroes of the great war will be
nursed back to strength before they
are discharged. There are fourteen
1 in the group and each was wounded
in battle.
All are from Georgia and Fmr.aa.
One, W. /. Dunaway, of Lumpkin,
was a member of the Georgia ma
chine gun battalion cf the Rainbow
division. The others follow:
B. D. Martin, of Smithville, Third
division, regular army; Floyd Brant
ley. of the One Hundred and Sixty
eighth infantry. Rainbow division,
of Florida; M. T. Baker, of Moultrie,
Second regular army division; Tliom
ias Scarborough. One Hundred and
Sixtv-nlnth infantry, of Florida; Cor
poral Fred Clark, of Georgia; J. R. C.
Jones, of Georgia: John D. Gandy, of
Florida; William Powell, of Georgia,
v.ho stopped seven machine gun bul
lets; Neal Caslda. of Georgia, of the
regular armv; Ollie Crumpler, of
Cochran; Philip Halperin, of Mcßae,
who has a stiff leg: John Hatcher,
of Georgia, and Sam Walker, of
Georgia.
Dunaway, once reported dead, was
wounded in the knee during **-;ve
last July in the Soissons-Rheims sa
lient, where the Hun blow was turn
ed to defeat, and which began a se
ries of successes for the allies that
I ended in the signing of the armistice.
Says Krupp Works
Will Be Cotton Factory
BERLIN. Dec. IS.—(Delayed.)—
The Lokal Anzeiger declares the
Krupp works at Essen will be utiliz
ed as textile factories.
| Recent dispatches said that the
1 question of peace time employment
lof the great ammunition works
would be left to a vote of the em
ployes themselves. Later it was re
ported Wiat 250,000 persons had been
thrown out of employment through
the closing of these factories.
NUMBER 129.
iWWSWII
NOM«D SOM
i TH HE EXPECT!
Arrangements Made f
Earlv Visit to Englai
i confer* With Clemencd
| Italian King Arrives
PARIS, Dec. 19.—Premier Cl
enceau and Colonel House vl®
President Wilson this
callera arrived at the presides
residence about 10 o’clock.
The French premier and the p
'dent were engaged for more *
an hour in an intimate GiscusaM
Colonel House also conferred 4
, the president during the morning!
The president’s engagement® i
| the day caused him to postpon®j
plans for recreation, but he hopej
take a short drive with Mrs. Wjl
The reason given for Pr csitfl
Wilson's desire to make an ®i
visit to England, It la understood
that he has found it might be ne
sary to return to Washington m
j sooner than he expected. Wm
I this means a change in the pr
rent's entire program, including’
journey to Italy, is not known 1|
An interesting feature of the
cussion of the president’s Inten
visit beginning next Thursday
that the present British cabinet
technically not in a position to sp
for the government until the re
of the recent elections are kn<
December 28th.
There is little doubt, however,
Premier Lloyd George and his
ciates have been re-elected. ■
King Victor Emmanuel, of Itfl
arrived In Paris at 3:10 o’clock (■
afternoon. B
The Italian official party Inclufl
the king. Queen Elena. Crown Prfl
Humbert, Premier €»rlando, Fopß
Minister Sonnino and other mIM
ters. They were greeted at the fl
tlon by the French cabinet, hesfl
by Premier Clemenceau. ■
The king and his party were
ducted to the Qual D’Orsay, wlfl
he will take up his residence.
WiU Visit Wilson ■
i President Wilson and the king fl
; exchange visits this afternoon, fl
i day’s program also includes a isl
: by tho king to Clemenceau's oflH
The premier will return the (fl
I The king and queen will be fl
i guests of President and
i Poincare at the Palais Ely see
; evening. Klug Victor Emmasfl
; also will review a parade
ing Italian units which foughtfl
the French front, deputies offl
redeemed provinces and
the Italian colony in Paris. ~sfl
The .American peace
era conferred with American
paper correspondents for the
time today. All other
ents were excluded. It was
iated that none of the
ments to be made was for purposefl
publication, being only for the gifl
ance of the correspondents. ■
The date of the first
tho inter-allied conference has fl
been determined, nor has the
the first asremblingo fthc peace
gross. It has not been determifl
whether the actual sessions wiltfl
open. President Wilson’s incllfl
tion Is said to be that the
l>a open as far as is possible, Mfl
is expected that it will develop tfl
much of the work will be done
. iidentially and then perfected opefl
.Some announcement concerifl
President Wilson’s visit to Englß
may be expected soon. It canfl
deniteiv stated that his trip to Jfl
don will not conflict with his ln(fl
tion to dine with the . Amtjfl
troops in tho field, although the
of his visit probably will be eaifl
than had been anticipated. ■
George Washington Isl
Bringing Yanks Bal
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. —fl
; transport George Washington flfifl
from Frnce December 15, for
United States with troops to fl
number of 331 officers, 3.461
men, twenty civilins nd three ex-fl
cers. the war department annowfl
today. ■
Included In this number was ■
entire One Hundred and Thlrty-nifl
i field artillery; headquarters comafl
and batteries A. B, C and D and
, the One Hundred and Thirty-sevtfl
I field artillery: 873 sick and wotufl
not requiring special attefigfl
twenty tubercular cases and
■ Ove bed-riaden enlisted patients, fl
* The George Washington was
I transport which carried the
tiai narty to Brest. H
1 Other sailings were: Decemberfl
Mottfsim, sailed with forty-t|fl
casual officers and seven enlqfl
men; Heredia, sailed December fl
with seventy-four officers and Jfl
men; the Cartheo, sailed Decenfl
16. with seventy-four officers fl
I twenty-five enlisted njen; Sixkfl
I sailed December 16, with
officers mid nine enlisted men fl
the Bellatrix, sailed December fl
1 with one infantry officer. fl
U. S. Lieutenant Is ,]
Shot After Armistil
COPENHAGEN, Dec. 19— Mtufl
iota young American aviator H
German prison guards after the arfl
' stiee was signed, was reported llfl
I today.
“A young .'.merlean aviator naifl
I Coheeny, who was a prisoner iifl
camp near Stralsund, went outfl
| the barbed wire enclosure aboufl
• o'clock In the evening of Decefifl
5,” a British officer declared, durfl
1 an interview regarding German fl
i ternal conditions, published in .fl
1 Koebenhaven. H
“The German guards profl®fl
shot him dead, despite the fact fl
armistice had been signed. Cohftfl
was about 27 years old.”
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