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THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES-THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES. Associated Press Leased Wire Service. 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