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Under Bright Sunshine, Amid
Cheers of New York and Con¬
fident of Support of Ameri¬
cans, Wilson Sails v ,,
PEACE 9?
PRELIMINARY
TREATY FIRST BUSINESS
President Goes Determined to Work
With Renewed Energy for Creation
of League of Nations and Will Tell
People America is With Him.
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NEW YORK, Marph 5.—Under
bright sunshine, with the plaudits of
New York ringing about the hiin^and support su¬ of
premely confident of
the whole country i% the league of
nations idea, President- Wilson with
his party aboard the Geofge Washing*
ton sailed from Hoboken at 8:18
o’clock this morning.
The guards and secret service men
watched al night and aboard ft the ship
guarded the president carefully.
Just before the liner sailed, the
president said: “Every statement I
made in my speech last night and ev
ery word said before leaving Wash¬
ington will hg understood by the peo¬
ple if not by certain politicians.”
A preliminary peace treaty will be
the first business taken up when
President Wilson reaches Paris. Thf
president seemed tired, but cheerful
and smiled as he spoke.
<( Responsibility by those who block¬
ed necessary legislation in Washing¬
ton during the closing days of con¬
gress is ^certainly known to the peo¬
ple and that responsibility does not
have to be shaken,” said the presi
dent.
President Wilson told the American
people, in an address in New York
last niL on the eve of his return
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■ to Paris,''that he was going back to
the peace conference to battle with
renewed vigor for creation of a league
of nations.
“The first thing I am going to tell
the people on the other sjde of the
water is, that an overwhelming ma¬
jority ofyt^e American people is in
favor of the league of nations,” said
the president.
Speaking after former President
William Howard Taft had expounded
the main features of the proposed
covenant of nations, Mr. Wilson told
the vast audience which filled the Me¬
tropolitan Opera House, his opinion
, of the opponents cf the league plan
in America.
“No party has the right to appro¬
priate this issue and no party will in
the long run, dare oppose it,” he as¬
serted.
RUSSIAN FIRES TWICE
IT POINCIE TODAY
Would-Be Assassin Declares He Fired
. Shot as Protest Against Allied In
tervention in Russia.
PARIS, March 5.—Two shots were'
fired at President Poincare’s official
residence in Champselysee today by
a man who was afterwards identified
as a Russian. He declared that he
fired the shot as a protest against al¬
lied intervention in Russia.
GRIFFIN. GA„ WEDNESDAY MARCH 5, 1919.
AMERICAN DIRIGIBLE MAKES LONG TRIP
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This Is the big naval dirigible C-l, which made the flight from the Rocka’ e«r naval station to Key West, Fla,
The C-l is the largest dirigible In America. The crew of the giant airship coal ts»d of six men and an officer, Capt
'S. V. Parker, commandant of the Rockaway naval air station.
HEAVIEST SNOW OF THE
WINTER AT CHICAGO, ILL.
CHICAGO, March 5.—Every man
available today is removing the heavi¬
est snow of the winter, which fas se¬
riously interrupting traffic this morn
ing.
Mi GERMANY
PAYING INDEMNITY
IN VIEW OF HEAVY CLAIMS OF
FRANCE AND OTHERS GREAT
BRITAIN MAY FOREGO
MENTARY INDEMNITY. .
PARIS, March 5.—Greatest appre¬
hension is felt here today that Ger¬
many may be plunged into Bolshev¬
ism and having nothing with which to
pay indemnity for the havoc wrought
in the war. It is learned authorita¬
tively that in view of the heavy claims
of France and others Great Britain
may forego momentary indemnity,
demanding instead part of Germany’s
mercantile fleet.
NEW YORK, March 5.—The “tie
up” in the port here resulting from
the strike of sixteen thousand marine
workers is more complete! today.
There is congestion in mpst of the lo¬
cal docks. Three additional ferry lines
have been stopped. Movements are
afoot for gov&mment mediation.
THE “WETS” HHE SWEPT
THE SUITE OF VERMONT
MONTPELIER, March 5.—Com¬
plete returns from yesterday’s elec¬
tions in Vermont cities show that a
“wet” wave swept the State. Mont¬
pelier, Burlington, Rutland, Stalbans
and Barre all went “wet.” Many of
the’ smaller towns also voted “wbt.” A
heavy woman’s vote was recorded in
Burlington. >
SPARTACIDES HAVE
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WITH UOV’T TRQQPS
EBERT GOVERNMENT MAY BR
FORCED OUT WITHIN TWEN¬
TY-FOUR HOURS—BERLIN IS
SCENE OF DISORDERS.
BERLIN, Tuesday, March 4.—The
first big clash between the Sparta
c »des and government troops took
P 1 ** at noon today in Alexander
when the latter without warn¬
ing began firing on civilians^
Scores were billed, it is stated. Af¬
ter the bloody battle the government
recaptured the police stations this ev¬
ening. , »
The Spartacides are backed by for¬
ty thousand troops, and the Ebert
government may be forced out within
twenty-four hours. >(
Rioting and shooting are taking
place in all parts oi Berlin, and trans¬
portation is at a standstill.
Twenty police stations are being
held by the Spartacides. Three offi¬
cers ofthe German army were arrest¬
ed by the Spartacides, charged wub
murdering Leibnecht and Rosa Lux¬
emburg, and will probably be shot.
THIRTY VICTIMS IN THE
FIGHTING ON TUESDAY
AMSTERDAM, March 45.—There
were over thirty, victims in the fight¬
ing around Berlin Tuesday. A state
of siege has been proclaimed in Ham
born and Palle. The strike is spread¬
ing. A mob at Alexander-Piatz at¬
tacked two Americans, believed to be
Red Crosiers, but were driven off by
t£e troops.
NO IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OF RHUHHDS, SftYS HINES
Failure of Congress to Appropriate
Left Administration, With No
Funds and Many Debts.
WASHINGTON, March 5.—No im¬
mediate relinquishment of the rail¬
roads from federal control is contem¬
plated, even though the failure of
congress to appropriate $750,060 left
the railroad administration virtually
with no money and millions in back
dWbts, said Directw^General Hines to¬
day. “We are trying to solve the prob¬
lem in another way,” he stated.
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ASK FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
ATITSNEX 1560,0
TO IMPROVE TOE Dll 0
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to Take Advantage of Special Provision For
Federal Funds in Building Concrete Road to the Hen¬
ry County Line—Chairman Fayors Bond Issue of
$750,000 to Pave All Principal Roads in County.
The beard of comrawaioners of
and revenues in Spalding coun¬
is heartily in sympathy with the
which is crystalling
the State for improved
highways of a permanent character.
Chairman Wallace is enthusiastic
over the question and announces tbit
the work of building concre
ways in Spalding county will
menced this year—or rather,
ed, for the county already
mile of splendidly ' l4; *
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was recently 3^3
the Dfati
Tuesday in the dty gnd discussed the
question of roads and the possibility
of State aid. State aid is not a sure
thing ye^, and of course no definite
action was taken at the meeting here
Tuesday.
Will Ask for Federal Aid.
~It is known, however, that the com¬
missioners will take advantage of a
special offer of the federal govern¬
ment to appropriate $60,000 for the
paving of the Dixie highway from Ex¬
periment to the Henry county line by
making a. similar appropriation. The
commission does not leel like letting
this opportunity to secure federal aid
slip and will take it upon themselves
to put the deal over. At the next
session of the commissioners a reso¬
lution will be passed asking for the
$60,000 federal aid and pledging the
expenditure of a similar amount.
Spalding has already been appro¬
priated $13,140 by the federal gov¬
ernment for the building of sand-clay
roads, but the county officials have not
availed themselves of this fund for the
simple reason that they are not -in fa¬
vor of making an appropriation for
temporary roads.. They have asked
that this amount be allowed to go for
concrete roads and will take steps to
secure the federal appropriation for
this purpose. „
Chairman Wallace feels that the
county is wasting its money in main¬
taining temporary roads and believes
it will be economy to the tax payers
to build good roads that will stand
the wear and tear of the heavy traffic
required of them. He favors, taking
advantage of the opportunity in se¬
curing federal aid in starting this
work and believes a bond issue should
be called for the purpose of paving
every main road in the county.
Sorry Roads Come Mighty High.
Spalding county^ has spent about
$500,000 for its public roads and
bridges within the past ten years un¬
der the convict system, the annual
expenditures averaging $45,000 dur¬
ing that period. Hw maintainence
expense has increased at the rate of
about $3,000 a year since 1910 until
last year it was necessary to spend
$56,000 on the 78 miles of public
highways inthe county in order to
make them passable for limited traf¬
fic, trucks and other heavy vehicles
being unable to run on the roads in
rainy seasons. The roads are of the
sand and elay top-soil structure and
are very good in dry weather, but
quickly become extremely bad in wet
weather. The county has nearly one
mile of permanent roadway, which
JOHN .1 WILSON, DEMOCRAT.
SUCCEEDS CONG. ROBBINS
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HREENSBURG, Tenn., March 5.—
Unofficial returns from yesterday’s
congressional election in the Twenty
Foiarth district show that John Wil
sonl Democrat, was elected to Suc¬
ceed the late Edward Rodina, Repub
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CRITICISM OF PRESIDENT BY
POLITICAL ENEMIES CAUSED
NERVOUS FEELING IN PARIS
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PARIS, March 5.—All peace dele¬
gations who have been watching
America since President Wilson ar¬
rived in Boston were profoundly re¬
lieved when they heard that the pres¬
ident had cabled the American dele¬
gation expressing confidence that an
overwhelming majority of Americans
favor the league of nations covenant.
Criticism by President Wilson’s politi¬
cal opponents in the senate had caus¬
ed a nervous feeling. It is under¬
stood the delegations now believe (that
the preliminary peace terms will be
handed to the Germans at Versailles
not la/ter than March 20th.
-IS OBSERVED HERE
REV. WLLEY MAKES IMPRES¬
SIVE TALK ON MEANING AND
ITS SOLEMN DUTIES AT SER¬
VICES AT ST. GEORGE’S
Today being Ash Wednesday, the
beginning of Lent, services were helfc
at. St. George’s church at ten o’clock
celebrating the Holy Communion.
Rev. H. A. Willey made a beautiful
talk on the meaning of Lent and its
solemn duties,, urging the peo
pie not to allow the cares of business
and daily routine work to absorb
their thought and time so as to neglect
the spiritual side of life, Rather
should it be a time of meditation and
prayer and trying to grow more like
Christ. Lent, he . said, wa* not the
fall of life, but the springtime when
one should imitate more and more His
virtues and become Christ like, hav¬
ing only charity and love toward
mankind in his heart.
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WASHING N, March
ing tribute to organised labor for ita
loyalty to State and municipal
orities in aiding to check BoUhevikL
propaganda featured today’s
of the governors* and mayors’ here.
The conference bitterly criticised
congress for its failure to pass
merous wouki appropriation Mila which
have made possible the ,
meat of thousands of idle workmen.
The resumption of public and pri¬
vate building construction yras org*
eid.
waa built last fall of concrete fur
demonstration purposes.
Forced to Build Good
“We are^wasting $80,000 a year
trying to keep the roads passable,”
said Chairman Tobe Wallace, of the
county commissioners', "and we
that wa can’t even keep them
for all Hie traffic in weather such aa
we have had since Christinas. We
have as good roads as any county fa
the State, but the rapidly increasing
traffic has made them deplorable, ex¬
cessively costly, and the worst of it
is the fact that we have nothing to
show for the money expended from
year to year.”
“We will be forced to build per¬
manent roads pretty soon, and I am in
favor of doing this work now so that
we can stop the useless waste of the
taxpayer’s money as well as that of
the vehicle owner,” continued Mr.
Wallace emphatically. “I live ten
miles east of Griffin on one/t>f the
best roads in the State in dry weath¬
er. I operate Jwp auto trucks on my
farm, a one^ton and a two-ton, bed
have not been able to bring a load
on either of them over the road in two
months. Bonds is the cheapest and
and best way out of this thing, and
I would favor a bond isSue of at least
$750,000 for the purpose of building
permanent roads on all the main
highways leading into Griffin. I have
talked to scores of people along this
line and nine-tenths of them are in
favor of the proposition. I confidently
believe a bond issue sufficient to pave
the principal roads in Spalding county
would be accepted bvthe voters. The
people" here, as well as everywhere
else over the State are thoroughly
aroused and awakened to the import¬
ance of building roads of a perman¬
ent character instead of
thousands of dollar* each year in
maintaining temporary makeshifts."