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THE NEWS, Established 1871.
BUSINESS OF THE GOVERNMENT IS TO TAKE
COUNSEL FROM COMMON r- PEOPLE, SAYS WILSON
AS MUNICH CONGRESS OPENS
x TROOPS MARCH IN WITH RE¬
VOLVERS DRAWN CRYING,
“HANDS UP.”
BERLIN, March 3.—The congress
of workmen's council at Munich to
day- s voted down the Bavarian Soviet
republic by a vote of over three to
one.
As the meeting opened troops
marched in with drawn revolvers cry¬
ing “Hands up.”
Several communists were arrested,
including Max Lewen, who was after¬
wards released.
The Czecho-Slovak government at
Prague arrested German Vice Consu¬
lar* Schwartz, charging him with
sending out twenty thousand circu¬
lars advocating secession of Bohemia
from Csecho-Slovika.
A republic has been officially pro¬
claimed at Luxemburg and Princess
Charlotte has fled.
The meeting of the Prussian Na¬
tional Assembly scheduled to meet
Berlin Tuesday has been Indefinitely
postponed. The cause is believed to
threaten a general strike in Berlin
desi gft|d as a Protest against the as
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committee to Berlin to negotiate with
the- workmen's congress for the estab¬
lishment of a soviet government and
endeaor to prevent a general
walkout.
A strong military force is patroll¬
ing the city this afternoon. A coun¬
ter revolutionary outbreak is feared.
The Strike has spread to Weimar.
GERMANS AND POLES NOW
FIGHTING IN POSEN AGAIN
COPENHAGEN, March 3.—The
Germans and Poles are fighting again
in Posen and the Ukranians are again
attacking the Czechs.
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OUT BY FIRE TODAY
MEAGRE REPORTS STATE
WHOLE OF BUSINESS PART OF
NEWTON, COUNTY SEAT OF
BAKER, IS IN ASHES.
ALBANY, Ga., March 3.—Meagre
reports received here today state that
the entire business part of Newton,
county seat of Baker county, was de¬
stroyed by fire today. All communi¬
cation has been severed by the floods
of the Flint river overflow, which
haVe made the town an island.
PUCKERING PERSIMMONS
GROW IN HIS STOMACH
SPRINGFIELD, Ill., March 3.—
Never more- will Sam Burgess, retired
farmer, greedily devour persimmons.
He has had his fill. It came in the
form of an operation after Burges had
gone on a persimmons gathering trip
when he ate most heartily of the
plum. When physicians made an in¬
cision in his abdomen they found a
laTge ball of persimmon pulp. It had.
begun to grow.
First Woman Fireman.
BELLAIRE, Ohio, March 3.—Bell
air has what is believed to be the first
•woman “fireman” in the country. Miss
Sarah Fitton, sixteen, daughter of
Chief James R. Fitten, of the Bellaire
fire department, rides with her dad in
boots, coat and helmet of rubber and
helps fight the flames, too.
GRIFFIN, GA^ MONDAY AFTERNOON, MARCH 3, 1919.
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At the Waiter Reed hospital in Washington many crippled soldiers are’being taught to do work that will make
them self-supporting. These photographs show them learning to be telegraphers, ^ motion-picture projectors and open
atQrs of oxy-acetylene welding machines.
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SUBTLE^ IN ENEMY PROPAGANDA SEEN
THE “OFFING” IN WHICH GERMA
HOPES TO SAVE MUCH FROM
WASHINGTON, March 3.—“The
measure of German defeat lies not
80 nwch in what happened on the
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Hungary, and in the destruction of the
German dream of domination of the
East through the erstwhile German
vassals, the Hapsburgs, and the clique
of nobility and militarists which sur
rounded the dynasty.”
In these words Charles Perger, a
former Chicago newspaperman and
commissioner of the Czecho-Sloak re
public in the United States, sums up
the crumbling German hopes for
world domination. ,
"Austria-Hungary was Germany's
bridge ‘ to the east,” he declared.
‘Through her she hoped to reach Asia
and also permanently to dominate
Russia. A leading British publication
at the outbreak of the war declared
that the international position of Bo¬
hemia at the close of the struggle
would be the test of victory or de¬
feat. The Czecho-Slovaks today are
independentand by that token the as¬
sociated civilized govemmeT/ts and
peoples have won a decisive victory.
“Yet a good deal remains to be done
and the German has not given up
hope of saving much from the wreck.
Only a few days ago the press carried
a dispatch informing us that the new
German foreign secretary declared
Germany would not submit to any
sort of peace conditions the allies may
seek to impose; that they would not
submit to a peace of might. A change
of government does not necessarily
mean a change of heart, a change of
mental attitude. Of these we fail to
see any real' evidence. The German
revolution, so-called, occurred not be¬
cause the majority of Germans ap¬
preciated that the original German
aims were inquitous, immoral? if not
wholly barbareous, but that the Ger¬
man government was wholly unsuc¬
cessful in achieving these aims; in
other words ,because it failed to eon
quer.
“The duplicity of German methods,
even following the armistice, is best
illustrated by the fact that only a
while ago the Vienna government,
through Otto Baur, complained that
the Czecho-Slovaks failed to supply
Vienna with foods and coal. That
Vienna had been plundering the Cze
cho-Slovrik lands fo rthe first four
years o fthe conflict was not mention¬
ed. It now also appears that th«
Czecho-Slovaks furnish Vienna with
the quantity of coal asked for. At the
same time that this coal was being
delivered in Vienna the German-Aus
trian government was sending arms
into Bohemia to the German minority
there for the purpose of occupying t
very mines from which this coal cair
* n<1 to enabfcti^i German minority
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rtl11 dealin « Wlth a subtla enemy Pno
paganda ’ whcih is designing to sow
distrnet among the allies, great and
8ma ^' ^ nd behooves us to be on
our guard - not to trust reports from
sources which savor so much of the
methods of von Gernstorff, Dernburg,
von ^P® 11 and Boy-Ed. We must es
pecial y ^ on our ^ uard a & ainst «to
ries that the new nations of mid-Eu
r °P e in any fashion seek to oppress
the minorities which unavoidably will
be'included in the new States.”
GOV. DORSEY ILL VISIT
FITZGEMD THIS MONTH
Chamber of Commerce Plans Big
Luncheon for Farmers and Busi¬
ness Men With Governor as Guest
FITZGERALD, March 3.—Gover¬
nor Dorsey has accepted an invitation
to be the guest of the- Chamber of
the Chamber of Commerce at a big
get-together meeting here* March 14.
Plans are being made for the meeting,
which promises to be one of the larg¬
est held in this city in several years.
Some time ago the governor prom¬
ised to visit this section and When in¬
vited to be a guest at the Chamber of
Commerce meeting he accepted. His
welcome will be most cordial, as he
has many friends in Fitzgerald and
Ben Hill county who will be here to
greet him.
R. A. GOSSETT PASSER AWAY
AT HOME OF HIS DAUGHTER
R. A. Gossett died at his home
near Hampton Sunday morning at
three o’clock, after a lingering illness.
Mr. Gossett resided in Griffin until
recently when he moved to the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Abbott, near
Hampton. He was fifty-nine years
of age and is survived by one son, Lu¬
ther Gossett, of Griffin, and three
daughters. The funeral was held at
the residence at 10 o’clock Monday
morning, conducted by Rev. S. B.
King. Interment was made at Lib¬
erty Hill cemetery, Henry comity.
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PRICE
WILL BE COMMUNICATED TO
HER BY THE ALLIES BY THE
END OF MARCH—FOUR BIL¬
LION POUNDS STERLING.
PARIS, March 3.—When the great¬
est week of the peace conference open¬
ed today it was expected that terms
will be communicated to Germany by
the end of March. It is very evident
that the allies will deal with the prob¬
lem of world industry on common
lines after the peace treaty is signed.
It is said that Germany will be re¬
quired to pay four billion pounds in
sterling as reparation for the havoc
it wrought during the great world¬
wide war.
INVESTIGATORS INTO LABOR
UNREST SAY ATTEMPT WILL
BE MADE-TO TRY PRELIMIN¬
ARY SEIZURE PLANS.
CHICAGO, March 3.—Investigators
intothe labor unrest here stated to¬
day that an attempt will be made
about the first of May to form a
“council of soviets in Chicago to try
preliminary plans for seizing the
government as has been done in Rus
sia.
SMALL MISSOURI TOWN
BOASTS MILITARY RECORD
RICHMOND, Mo., March 3.—Rich¬
land, a small hamlet near here, with
a population of 800, claims the State
record for the number of men holding
commissions in the army and navy
and for men receiving promotion dur¬
ing the war. It has two captains,
three first and two second lieutenants
in the army and a naval ensign. It
also boasts three sergeans and six cor¬
porals. Most of the men won promo¬
tion during the war.
GOVERNMENT AS IN' RUSSIA.
First Movie at 84.
NORTHBORO, Mass., March 3—At
the age of eighty-four George B.
Wood, of this town, has just seen his
first moving picture show. He said
it was a “wonderful experience.”
THE SUN, Established 1877.
IF PEACE CONFERENCE FVti TO GET
SHDIBITES FOR DISGBICE
President Delivers Ringing Address at Construction Con—
ference of Governors in Washington in Which He
Declares What the Plain People Want Must Be
Recognized.
WASHINGTON, March 3.—“We
at last beginning to learn the bus¬
of the government, which is to
counsel from the common man."
President Wilson in a four
address here today in welcom¬
the construction conference of gov
«n»™
Coalman,, th. p—tat «M: »B
the peace conference in Paris fail* in
its purpose of getting the people what
they want the members of the confer
ence will have proved themselves can
didates for lasting disgrace. It is the
duty of the governments to learn
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“The primary duty of restoring la
bor to normal conditions fails to the
$6d States, the president said, . w
tivea that they may co-operate in
policy to bring this about. He em
phasized the necessity of
the problem from a broad viewpoint.
He impressed upon the governors the
necessity of taking “counsel from
common man.” The hearts of
common people of the United
have been stirred by individual
cumstances and sufferings
which had aroused intense
and gave rise to silent intercourses
sympathy extending throughout the
land. The governors must serve this
silent mass of the people. It is the
business arid privilege of the govern¬
ment to give the best assistance on
making the lives of these plain people
what the plain people wish them to
be.
The president declared the success
for the plain people does not stop at
success and-enterprise, but what the
plain people want must be recognized.
It is the business of the government
to understand what the plain people
do want, he said.
The president regretted his inability
to devote more time to the big con¬
ference, but said he was trying to do
a month’s work in a week and hoped
to be successful.
Many Governors Hear the President.
Over three hundred governors,
mayors and representatives who have
gathered to formulate a real plan for
reconstruction heard the president.
Secretary of Labor Wilson made
the opening address and reviewed the
labor situation, stating that there are
now about seven hundred thousand un¬
employed men in the United States
as against a normal million. The
number, however, is increasing, he
said. Industry is.inclined to hesitate
on account of the high cost of mater¬
ial and wages. He stated he did not
believe wages would be materially re¬
duced for so me time. It is our duty to
provide sufficient employment now to
tide over until we get back to a pre¬
war basis, said the secretary of la
bor.
THE CITY COURT MEETS
IN REGULAR SESSION TODAY
The regular March term of the city
court Of Griffin convened Monday
morning with Judge Lucien P. Good¬
rich presiding and Solicitor J. A. Dar
sey in his place as prosecuting attor
ney. There is considerable business
on the dockets and a lively session is
anticipated. Court got a good start,
trying quite a few cases during the
day.
BILL HARRIS READY
10 TAKE HIS SEAT
Much 8.—After Match
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interest in the stories coming out of
Washington in the way in which 8an
tor Harris has been preparing daring
the last few months fo rtha senatorial
offePed ,«**,*,„ afMt h» election b.
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* n *ny essential war work, and waa
9onaJ attention SAiT-SESE to Georgia affairs; has
maintained an office in Washington,
with stenographer and clerk; and haa
kept in touch with a correspondence
possibly as heavy as that of either of
the senators;and all at his own ex¬
pense. The government does not al
low a senator-elect or a congressman
elect a dollar to look after things dat¬
ing the months preceding their in¬
duction into office. Consequently
very few of them take up in any ca¬
pacity the interests of their constitu¬
ents until such time as they are on
the government pay roll and are fur¬
nished clerical help by the govern¬
ment. Mr. Harris has made an ex¬
ception to this, and has been of inesti¬
mable service in scores of matters af¬
have fecting recently Georgia or Georgia!^ t|iat
come up.
ATLANTA, March 3.—Because of
cablegrams from individual members
of the Eighty-Second Division an¬
nouncing that they are on their way
to Bordeaux, it is believed here that
the famous fighting Mivision, officer¬
ed by Southern men from many part*
of the State, is getting ready to sail
for home.
The news of the sailing of the di¬
vision will be of interest throughout
the State; and in many sections the
people are looking forward to the re¬
turn of the division to Camp Gordon
where it was trained. It has dona
some of the heaviest fighting of the
war, and has covered itself with glory,
and even those who have no relatives
in the division are proud of its record,
and will be interested to know that it
is probably getting ready to recross
the seas.
THE ELKS WILL ELECT NEW
OFFICERS FOR YEAR TONIGHT
Griffin Lodge of Elks will elect new
officers tonight for the ensuing year.
Four candidates will also be initiated
and the members of the lodge are ex
pecting a great time, as well as the
candidates. Exalted Ruler Parka
Walker has extended a cordial invita¬
tion to all members to be present and
have a part in the meeting and ini¬
tiation.