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ATHENS. GA„ MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 16, 1918
- ——
jparis, December 1C.—President
lison delivered an address today at
1 City Hall, where ceremonies had
in arranged for. The president
(lied to the greeting extended him.
greeting has raised many
.ns within me," the presided
It is with no ordinary sympathy
,t the people of the United States
whom I have the privilege of
iking, have viewed the sufferings
the people of France. Many of
own people hevei been themselves
uses of those sufferings. We
more deeply moved by the
_„s of the war because we knew
manner in which they were per-
.ated. I beg that you will not
ipose that because a wide ocean
rated us in space we were not in
t eye witnesses to the shameful
that was wrought and the cruA
unnecessary .sufferings that were
ight upon you,. These sufferings
'e filled our hearts with iridigna-
We know what they were, not
but we know what they sign!*
K and our hearts were toi
i quick by them, our imaginations
id with the whole picture of what
ince and Belgium in particular
J experienced.
fffhen the United States entered
war, therefore, they entered it
only because they were moved
[a conviction that the purposes of
I central empires were wrong and
bt be resisted by men everywhere
> loved liberty .and the right, but
i because the illicit ambitions
th they were entertaining and at-
Lpting to realize had led to the
Kctices which shocked our hearts
[rtuch as they offended our prin-
ur resolution was formed tor
• we knew pow profoundly great
jciples of right were affected, out
r hearts moved also with our res
You. have been exceedingly gen.
ii. in what. you- have been gr*c.
enough to say about me, 'geneT-
fsr beyond ipy pehonal.desert*,
you have interpreted with real
rht the motives and-resolution of
people of the -. United. States,
itever influence I exercise, what:
ir authority I speak with, I derive
m them. I know what they have'
ght, I know what they have de
li and when I have spoken what
low was in their minds it bob
in delightful to see how the con-
mces and purposes of .free men
rywhere responded. IVe have
irely established obp right to the
II fellowship of those people here
‘ throughout the world, who rever-
i the right of genuine liberty nnd
ice. • ,
You have made me feel • very
h at home here, not merely by
delightful warmth of your wei-
e, but also by the manner in
:h you have made me realise to
utmost the intimate community
thought nnd ideal' which chnrac-
your people end the greet n»-
n which I have the honor for tn#
n to represent
'Your welcome to Paris, I shall
ys remember as one of the un-
and inspiring experiences of
life nnd while I feel that you are
oring the people .of Hie United
ites in my pereon, I shall never-
iless carry tway with mo a very
n personal gratification In look-
back upon these memorable days.
Permit me to thank you from a
111 heart”
Comment In London,
London, December 16.—President
ihon’s reception at Paris is made
main feature of Urn dayV news
» of th* offictol end personal ■*:
ties of Mr. nnd Mrs. Wilson nnd
scenes In the: Petit streets. . - ■
Edtorisl comment .repeat* British
Refaction over Mr. Wilson’s arrive
and dwells on the magnitude of
t event of America’s nartlc tatlon
the polities of the qWjJJjM
■ tremendous responsibility thtl
ton has undertaken. • „ , _
The sneeches made at jfrf
ip wlAovi
DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. 15.00 PER YEAR.
itafiBEDReE Wm
MRS. PANKHURST IN THE
NEW BRITISH CABINET
Meeting at Copenhagen.
Copenhagen, Sunday, December 75,
Thousands were unable to gain ad
mission to the Palace theatre today
:o. attend a meeting in honor of
resident Wilson's visit to Europe.
V resolution of welcome which was
adopted at the meeting, was accept
ed by Hugh Grant Smith, counsellor
of the American legation here. • Dr.
Bentzon, chancellor of the Univer-
m ‘jty, made the principal address,
Many peopU prominent in politics
and society ware present and great
mthusinsm was shown.
Wilson Guest at City
_ , City Hall.
Paris, December 16. — President
Poincare went to the.Murat residence
at 2:46 o’clock this afternoon to con
duct President Wilson to the City
Hull, where the ceremonies took
olace. The’speech making was in the
-rest.inner court yard of the City
Hall, which has been covered over for
the occasion and decorated with flags
■nd bunting. After the exchange of
addresses luncheon was served In the
flrst floor buffet.
On the-way ; to the buffet the party
passed through the salons where
guests of the day were grouped. In
one of them was stationed the “Sing
er* of St. Gervais,” a choir celebrated
for its uaaccompanled -singers of the
ancient polyphonic music. The sing
ers are attached to the ehlirch dr St.
Gervais behind the city hall, which
was struck hy a shell from the Ger
man long range cannon on Good Fri-
’ey, just as the singer* were , about
to begin Palestrina’s “Stabat Mater/
Reception for Wilson.
Paris, December 10.—President
Wilson will attend a reception Thurs
day girin in Ms honor hy-tb* Franco.
Amerca committee. He will “give a
bahquet: to President. Poincare - and
,-mlnent politicians and . diplomats
Saturday evening. Covers will, be
told for seventy.
received in were taken of this historic ! event.
■ of a
drawing
iraiisi
Amsterdam, December 10.—Wil
liam Hohenzollerii, tbs former Ger
man emperor, the Teiegraf says it
understands, has refused to leave
Holland after official repreSentatlone
had. been-mad.’that his continued
pretence in Holland was likely to/in
volve the country in serious difficul
ties.
Hohenzoltern Fortunes.
London, Sunday, December IS:—
(British Wireless ’ Service)—An in
ventory of fbrmer Emperor William’s
private belongings in Berlin . and
?otsdsm has ltd to the discovery of
the famous imperial wardrobe, in-
luding 668 German and foreign mili-
ts.ry and naval uniforms, according
to the Boerten Zeitung of Berlin.
Several thousand horses in stable*
formerly belonging to Herr Hohen-
zollern have been confiscated.
Negotiations between Potsdam, ths
soldiers’ and workmen’s councils and
Prince Eitol. looking to the safe
guarding of the Hohenzollem family
fortunes are progressing slowly. Jt
is said an-agreement will be framed
This ia the first,
this country of Marshal Foch reOeiv
ing the,,'German armistice delegates
in 51s private’ ear. at Rpthondea on
the morning of November 8. So far
as can- b*.learned-no .photographs AdmiraDWdmyas,'(3) Aiperican dele'- dorff.
This is a reproduction or
SnXde*'
,’made by an, official French artist.
TShse, shown • fh the picture- are 1 . Al
lies’-delegates, (1) Marshal l-’oth, (2)
gaje,- probably General Rhodes, (4)
General Weygahd. Germany’s dele
gate*:. (5)-Mathias Erzberger, (6)
Gehetal . von Gundell, (7) General
von 'Winterfcid, (8) Count' Obern-
Portugal in Mourning
:F^ip.vEr?sldeiif
v By an Assassin’s Hand
Lisbon, December 16.—The body of pistol, fired
Dr. Sidonio Paes,'president of-Portu
gal, who' - was - assassinated late on'
' y was taken today to-the Be-
to, await the funeral cere-
. eanwhlle ,the Portuguese
iVtrnment is continuing in office
derOsSor' — '
lem
question
dency. ., .. .
The.-whole capital was.lii mourning,
today with a deep ' understanding - of.
excltementtoibong.- beih military and
civilians who are organizing parades
in which the maretors call for ven
geance for the crime. The govern
ment hat appealed to all public offi-
ciais toi do. everything possible to
preserve order.
President’Paes wo* shot and killed
shortly before midnight on Saturday
While in s Lisbon - railway station.
Dr. Paes Was’talking, with a number
Of minister* - at a’ railroad »tation
here when the yoiihg man approached
the group, He succeeded in reaching
the side of Dr.-Paes and,.drawing a
II. S. MUST SEEK
. fired -point blarik at.the prea-
ident. Dr.‘- Paos never regained con
sciousness. ■
' The fnurdcrer, named' Jeetne, was
killed by the crowd: and another
man, suspected of complicity in the
crime wss arrested.
ithorttles suspect that‘the
planned, by the -League of
a-youths. 1 .There 'is a
. protest against the crime
on / the,-,pert;of, the population and
demonstrations are foreseen.' Union
labbr. leader* have been'/ placed under
protection by the police. ,
The’pian-arrested after the assas-;
sination of President Paes yester
day, wore a cloak peculiar to the in
habitants of the province bf’Alem-
tejo. in the southern part of the
country.. He had a revolver in his
pocket when arrested and asked the
-police to save-him from! being lynch
ed because he had important revela
tions .to make.
An-extra'edition of the Offictul
Journal has toon 4 published and eon-'
tains a proclamation announcing that
the cabinet will remain in .office un
der Oasorio Castro, minister of jus.
tice. , <
TJZZKfi “m taring. ^Vto taii^* ^rC~"
e k»vnote of his country s 0 f the city’s great d*v*lppj
In these last years.” Several weeks agd the son oT
MA ami Mrs. Atkinson. ■ Harry M.
the Elvsee, when Mr. Wilson Was
rally welcomed,to Paris arowsrm-
commended. President Wilson s
Ply to the address by President
(olncare is ’ " ”
(•truck the
ttness
, „ Germany Must Pav.
J .Berlin, Snndav. December 18.—
Piicussine President Wilson's trio to
furope. Count Ernest Von Rentlow,
toW editorial writer of the Tages
.eitunjf, atyt* .
*Tb« German people must, pay an»
•»« matter how high, the United
ftot«i names at a condition for the
“nmptlm of their nnsitlon and re
wires with the world.”
Cwnt Von Reventlow believes that
THE WEATHER
„ Washington. December 16 —
■ CjwrglS! Fsir tonight and Ture-
Washiigton, December 16/—Expan
sion of the'government’s, facilities
for promoting 'foreign trade was
urged In the annual report of tn»
chief of the Bureau of Foreign and tivities in
Domestic - Commerce, made public lo- the Bols!
day. The report said it is inevita
ble that the. United States will play
a more important role tn internation,
al trade than evOr before and that it
is a -matter of the greatest urgency
: the government increase its ef
forts to have the new trade built on
sound ethical and economic fouhda-
A’rt/ANTA-dFMCBfc.
PROMOTED TO-CAPTAIN
AtlwitaTOn., Deerifibar. 16.—Infor
mation has jnst been received in At
lanta
lient.
who ent
ing eamn at Port McPherson in
spring of 1917, has been promote
' -—* artillery in Francsu
•*- ’ on-in-lsw of
„ _ Atkinson of
this city. Mr. Atkinson being chslr-
n of the. boarfl of dtepetors of.tlje
a Hn. Run- M. Atkin
Atkinson, who was atad in.the. coast
artillery, and who Md just receKml
m promotion to captain, dltd ofpnau-
monia in the city of Angere, Franta.
His brethet-ln-lsjr, Oaptoin^Jactaon
P Dick, wat with Wm a'few <Uyt
before hie death. ^
SHSf'SSSflSfaS
ted to parliament
compensation f»r
iponfl gronadsT The senate
In its sddress replying to the speech
f m the throne, hti declared Rtromc*
SwTTtta restoration of the
duchy of Luxembourg to Belgium.
_ bill limiting
war damages to
txeludiag
Berlin, December 16.—Adolph
Joffe, Russian ambassador to Ger
many, who. was 'expelled, from Ber
lin in, November because of his ac-
in advancing tha interests, or
Isheriats, is reported in a
Breslau dispatch to have creased the
frontier after. bribing members ot
the soldiers' and workmen's council.
He is said to.be returning to Berlin
for. the- ourppse of attending today's
meeting of. th*; soldiers’ and work-
r^xteUsibh of; the commercial at-
Itache and trad, commissioner sem.
cm was particularly urged.
• /Employment of trade commlsslon-
ers to travel “from place to place In
pecified district also was reeom-
ded. - The countries now in view
I for sad) - work are Colombia ana
Venezuela and the Dutch East Indies,
Egypt, South America and New Zea
land., . . <
_ HRI of the - n-
of the Ebert . cabinet that he
keep away from this'city. . >
Adolph Joffe was one'of the late
prominent Bolshevist leaders .in Rus-
[Atlanta wants isjooo
I (S [ R 1 E g 0 CROS ^ ^EM ) BEB^,
Atlanta, Ga., December 16.—Atlan
tal tenigbt.wiU hunch hgr Red Cross
Roll Call .with o tause-to-hoqsa can
vas' in Ml wards of the city and all
the towns of Fulton coui
canvas is expected to ylclIBBHH
35,000 members for the Red Cross.
Then tomor row morning the ladies I
will open 800 booths ill the business’
district neighborhood trading
centers and run them through the
’ The wholesale houses and in-1
1 plants will canvass their
r Schemes anil de-’
the Roll Call to the
RECEPTION FOR WIlflON..
Paris, December 16.—(Havas.)-
President Wilson will attend • meet
ing of the French Acad.mv on.Thurs
day nnd a reception will be accorded
him by the members, according to
announcements. 1
newspaper
tig before hfs appointment gs aml
to Germany in April 1818;
Mi arrival atthe German cap*
to .tta
ital he made himself obnoxiout
government
^ J1
Mrs. G. F. Stephenson, One of
‘ City’s Zealous War Workers
and Woman of Charming Per
sonality, Victim of Pneumon
ia., -. ... '. .
Mrs. Ada Gunter. Stephenson, wife
of Mr. Gravee F. Stephenson,' s tire
less wprker in women’s war activl-
ties and one of Athens’ best known
and-bat loved-young women, died
Monday morning at 4:46 o’clock. She
later at iserim
Joffe admitted that he had plan
ned. with certain German leaders to
bring about a Bolshevist reign in
Germny. The Ebert cabinet then
Russian^govern'ment'to
MBThl* gallon to tta, congress Of aoMhU*'
id at least and'workmen's councils, Joffe being
lope of the delegatee named- by the
Leninc regime in Russia.
JACK DEMPSEY WILL
FIGHT.CAItL MORRIS
New Orleans, December- 16.—Jack
eippsey off Criorado, claimant off
tel Mt
mneed themseiyes in readiness for
after a period of training in Cali
fornia. Dempsey has been here a
week. Dempsey is,a three to’ one fa
vorite in the betting. •'* " .
Tile bout is being edvertited. as a
championship match.
Paris, Sunday,.December 16,—The
French government is . considering,
.frith a probability of. presenting be
fore the chamber of deputies on Dec
ember 24, a bill proposing the estab.
lishment, among the allies of an in
ternational ifinanclal union to distrib
ute war expenses among the nations
bn the basin of populations and pow
er.-to contribute. It is understood a
similar plan Is'-Under consideration
by the British government. It is os.
tfmated theexpenses of - the' Allies
totalled 424 bHlion francs, while the
central powers'/expenses aggregated
870 billion fnmes.
Annual budsreta- at five percent,
with a one-half at on* percent prem
ium for amortization, would totel 42
billion francs. To avoid internation
al bankniptcy, it la declared such an
aaaodatlpa la necessary to float an
international fund, estimated at SIS
billion frenes'to bi distributed on a
basis of population and production.
Each stait* would guarantee'-its pro
portion from oustoma and other rev
qnucs.
All exchange questions,, freight
rata and prices of raw materia,
would he ’handled through the cen
tralized • agency of the association.
Provision is made for the admission
of neutral states.
Evsn the central powers, upon
terms prescribed by the allies may
ioin, thus re-establishing internation
al .credit, which is held to,be.an es
sential Condition of the economic dc
velopment of the world.
London, Sunday, December 15.-
Cohsidering tho novel conditions un
der which. yesterday's elections, were
held and the necessity of waiting
for a fortnight' before the ballots are
counted, there is very little indul
gence in speculation as to the result.
It is universally admitted to be al
most a foregone conclusion that the
Lloyd-George coalition has been vie.
torious and probably will have some
four hundred members in the new
house of commons.
Naturally, with many millions of
new voters, women as w-11 as men,
•here is ample room for surprises and
the government party will feel doubts
as to, its success, even if several
members of th 8 cabinet, including Sir
Eric Gcddes, first lord of the ad-
mifalty; Sir Albert H. Stnnley, presi
dent of the board of trade, and Ed-
ward Shortt, chief secretary for Ire
land, have been' elected. Greatest
nurosity enters on the strength of the
'abor vote, which under hew condi
tions is an unknown quantity. While
't in believed the women of south
England mainly supported coalition
candidates, itwoubl be no surprise
! f it is found that in the midland and
northern industrial counties, the wo-
Ton vote largely sunnorted labor.
It was because the labor party was
ctermined to test Its strength that
! t refused to compromise with lib*
eral candidates in three-cornered
constituencies, although such a com
promise would hsve given the antl-
-oalitionists much greater strength
in the new parliament. The labor
I arty hopes to win over 100 scats,
ut it is believed that, had the ejec
tions been postponed until after tho
treaty of peace was signed, the party
would have secured at least 200.
Political speculation is chiefly con
cerned with the reconstruction of tho
cabinet after the election. One ru
mor credits Premier Lloyd-Georgo
with favoring the appointment of the
first woman minister. The name of
Pankhurst is mentioned in this con-
iccton.
Women Vote in Great Numbers.
London, December 16.—Saturday’s
lections were featured by the aston
ishing number of women "voting. Tho
novcltv of possessing the franchicc
scorned to appeal to them in nil parts
of the country, the women flocking
to the booths in crowds and outnum
bering the men in some districts.
Many were accompanied hy their
husbands, but the majority went
alone. In working class districts,
many mothers took their families.
Keneraily speaking the women
took their new responsibilities very
•sriooaiy and showed themselves to
h s fully acquainted with the prbee-
durc of voting.
A remiarkabjo number of aged,
even infirm women voted, in soitc of
the nersistent rain over virtually the
whole country. Men often remarked
•hat thrir votes were nullified by
•b"lr wives supporting opposing can
didates. Reports go so far as to
contci'-i that, the rc’v bouse of com
mons has been malnlv chosen by wo
men.
Woman Asks Allies To
Aid Russia Before It
Is Too Late For Help
days and made a breve fight for life
end health.
Mrs. Stephenson, before‘heir mar
riage, WM Miss Ada Gunter, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mr*. W. H. Gunter, a
prominent and influential Walton
cPtatatpcfldtUy.. . ;
Surviving her are her 1 husband and
one child, Mist . Mary Stephenson,
abotat twelve years of age; -her moth-
Mia. W. H. Gunter, of Social Cir-
r listers, Mrs. T.<A. Stanton,
’. D; Spearman and Miss Su-
M^SUDtan^fofC^^^two
M. bwpncnzon or topitnerci; two
Massre- W. B, Gunter of
and -Harry Gunter of So-
1- will be conducted by
ccr.i»H«r„ the Rev. Stanley K.
Grubb, from the Christian chureh at
3:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon. The
pallbearers will, ba as follows:
Messrs J. R. Myers, John'J. Wilkins,
John White Morton.-J. E. Talmadge.
Jr.. J. H. Dozier! and B. ft. Blood-
worth.,
Geneva, Sunday, December 15.—
Germany made a great blunder in
entering the war and should admit
ihe was in the wrong, declared the
Grand Iluehess Anastasie of Mocklen-
burg-Schwerin, mother of the for
mer German crown princess, in an in.
terview today. The grand duchess,
who is a Russian and a cousin of the
late Russian emperor came to Gene
va at the outbreak of the war. She
had many relatives .fighting against
one another on all fronts.
The correspondent was the first
lewspaper man she had.talked with
since the beginning of the war. Ra
llying to a question about the for
mer emperor and tho former crown
prince, she said pathetically:
“There is a splendid maxim in your
'anguage: ‘Don't hit a man when he
is down.’ Let us preserve principle,
this sporting principle during our
conversation.”
Asked why she tad left Germany
as soon as that country began mili
tary operations, the grand duchess
sail; »»-< *»»W"k
“I could not remain in a country
which had declared war on my own
country—Russia. This war came as
a great surprise to mo and my son
(Frederick Franz IV. Grand Duke of
Mockienburg-Schwerin, who abdicated
several weeks ago) although we were
'n constant tonch with the royal
families of Germany, Russia and
Denmark. It has been said that not
more than twenty persons hi’ Ger
many understood what a cruel mis
take it was going to be. I was one
of them. However, as I never med
dled in politics and never intend to,
I was not able to interfere.
"But I continuo to think that Ger-
many made a grea blunder in enter
ing this terrible struggle, not only
from a humane noint of view but
also for political and commercial
reasons as her commerce was pros
perous. Now she has lost all. Ger
many should re-create a political,
financial and artistic nation by open
ly admitting:
’“We acted wrongiy; wo arc sorry."
The grand duchess said she had
no news from her daughter, the for
mer crown princcsc, since September,
except through n letter from her old-
:st daughter, the queen of Denmark,
aying both of-them were well. She
made an appeal for the country of her
birth, saying:
“If tho allies abandon Russia. Rus
sia is lost. The allies do not seem
to understand the situation clearly.
About 78 percent of the Russians
have respect for only two things—
God nnd the Czar. The peasants now
say: “We have no Czar, whom shall
wc obey?”
"It will take the population 56
• ears to understand the mmnine'of
the worda republic nnd president.
The Russian people -want some ono to
worsliio. because it is their, old cus
tom. their religion and their lives.
Let the nlles take note and help poor
Russia before it is'too late.”
GREAT DRIVE FOR
CHRISTMAS RED
CROSS ENROLLMENT.
Washington, December la—Christ,
mas enrollment week of the Ameri
can Red- Cross opened today with of
ficials of the organization hopefnl ot
a large increase over the present
membership of 22,000,000.
Chapters in every city and town
over, the country had laid out their
campaigns and in many places house-
to-house canvasses -will De made for
members between now and the end
of tho campaign, December 23.
The money from membership feu,
will be used to carry out the great
■1(1 If Mb.’tie gram in every land
where a suffering people may need
assistance ;
BIGGEST WHEAT CROP
IS IN PROSPECT
December 16.—The
_ it winter wheat cron ever grown
In the history of the United States
is promised by the enormous acre-
age sown this fall. • The acreage is
almost tO.'percent larger than last
year’s, nnd totals 19,027,000 acres.
A crop of 765,000,000 bushels or
80,000,000 bushels more than the
he it record, is forecast by the depart
ment of agriculture as next year's
winter wheat crop, allowing for win
ter killing and spring- abandonment.
Last year’s crop was 655,723,000
bushels, " 'T?* vT
R. H. BAUGH RESIGNS
AS PRESIDENT OF
SOUTHERN LEAGUE.
Birmingham, Ala., December 10.—
R. H. Baugh, for the past four years
president of the Southern Associa
tion of Baseball Clubs, will tendc*
h!s resignation at Monday's meeting
of the league directors here. Mr.
Baugh stated before the magnates
convened that this decision is final.
Business reasons, he said, made it
impossible for him to continue in
basebalb John D. Martin, president
of the Memphis club, will succeed Mr.
Baugh as president. He was assured
six votes before the session began.
CONTROL OF MERCHANT
MARINE IS DEMANDED
Copenhagen, December 16.—Con
trol of the merchant marine is de
manded by a sailors’ council formed
at Hamburg, according to a Berlin
dispatch to the Berlingskle Tidende,
of this city. The council threatens
to sink al! the ships if its demand is
not complied with. The council in
sists that the financing te borne by
the ship owners.
COTTON
29 Cents