3 CENTS
EVERYWHERL
PAY NO MORE
GERMANY OFFERS PEACE
WOULD RESTORE. FRANCE AND BELGIUM
U. S. INDORSES MOVE
By DUDLEY GLASS.
* The famous A!ll-Shriner Band of
Yaarab Temple will give a concert
next Sunday afternoon at the Audi
torivm
| And the famous Yaarab Chanters
will sing &s only they can sing, and
if you ever have heard them you
know what that means.
And a dozen of the biggest men in
town will pass around their crimson
fezes for your quarters or your dol
lars and hope every fez will overflow
with silver and gold.
For every cent of the contributions
will go to the POOR CHILDREN of
Atlanta through The Georgian's Emp
ty Stocking Fund.
It was the Shriners’ idea, not The
Georglan’s—though The Georgian
jumped at the opportunity. There's a
“ot of poverty in Atlanta this winter,
and these good fellows are going to
relieve much of it. And evervbody
knows what whatever the SHRINERS
do is a big, BIG thing. They never
have done ANYTHING in a small
way.
Burke Suggests Plan. |
“Why not distribute it through the
Empty Stocking Fund?” suggested A.
P. Burke and several others simul
taneously. “They have the system
perfected and they reach the poor
children without a bit of lost motion
or a cent of expense from the fund
That's the best way.” |
So that was agreed Upon at once.
And it means that 500, or perhaps
1,000, children will have a visit from
Santa Claus who wouldn't have been
v reached otherwise.
‘ The Georgian decided this year it
would not accept benefits from the
theaters or the movie houses from
Sunday performances, for there are a
great many people in Atlanta who
think the theaters should not be
opened on Sunday, even for charity—
‘"and The Georgian preferred that its
Christmas work for the children
should not be open to even the slight
est criticism, from any quarter, It is
very grateful gincerely grateful—to
the liberal theater managers who of
fered their houses this year, as in the
past, but it decided to decline this
year,
But a band concert in the Audito
rium is distinctly different. The Au
ditorium has its free organ recitals,
with a collection, every Sunday, and
. there is no suggestion of advertising
or of personal profit connected with
the big building, which belongs to the
people of Atlanta. The organ recital
for next Sunday has been deferred at
' the request of the Shriners, through
the courtesy of President W. L. Peel
and R. S. Wessels, of the Atlanta Mu
glc Festival Association, and the
Shriners’ Band concert will take its
place.
The Shriners have far and away
the best brass band in the South, it
is believed, though the Atlanta public
seldom has an opportunity to hear it.
It made a big hit in Buffalo last July
and at the New Orleans ceremonial
a week or two ago it walked away
b with all the honors . ]
" 4 Every Musician a Shriner.
‘4"t is composed of 45 musicians,
every one a Noble of Yaarab Temple,
trained and directeg by Noble Fred
Continued on Page 3, Column 2,
Hostile Land
- Won by Both
. -
~ Sides in War
} PR
{ ERMANY'S move for peace
G comes just two years and
135 days after she de
clared war on Russia and two
years and 129 days after England
declared war on Germany.
GERMAN TERRITORY HELD
BY THE ALLIES—The western
! edge of Alsace -Lorraine.
AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN TER
RITORY CAPTURED BY THE
" ALLIES—About half of Galicia
and all of Bukowina and _the
southern fringe of Trentino, as well
) as the western border of the Is
trian Peninsula, north of the city
of Trieste.
\ BULGARIAN TERRITORY
: TAKEN BY THE ALLIES—None.
! ENTENTE TERRITORY OC
{ CUPIED BY THE GERMAN AL
! LlES—Northwestern,France, prac
s tically all of Belgium, Poland and
! Lithuania, more than half of Rou
{ mania, all of Serbia and Montene
| gro and nearly all of Albania, as
| well as part of Persia and Egypt.
| Some of Greek Macedonia is occu
) pied by the German-Bulgarian
{ 2
¢ forces, although Greece is not in a
! state of war.
; Germany has lost all her over
! seas colonies.
City to Make Coal
Co. Pay All Excess
W. E. Chambers, City Purcasing
Agent, sald Tuesday that he had sent
a letter to the Tennessee and South
eastern Coal Company, of Knoxville,
giving 24 hours notice that unless
the company relieved the coal short
age of the city waterworks depart
ment, the city would buy coal in the
open market and charge the company
with the excess over the contract
price.
This action was the result of the
recommendation of the Council Fi
nance Committee Monday when the
Tennessee company gave notice that
it would not live up to its contract to
furnish the city ten carloads of coal
a week at $2.50 a ton.
PPN R N AN NN NN WNWTNRRTNTRENEETETETR
THE WEATHER :
Forecast—Fair and continued
cold Tuesday night and Wednes
day.
Temperatures—6 a. m., 30; 8 i
a. m., 31; 10 a. m,, 32; 12 noon, 33; 5
1 p. m., 35; 2 p. m, 37.
Sunrise, 6:51; sunset, 4:29,
. .
Where Real Estate Finds
.
Fortunate Exchange of Ownership
There are countless people who are looking for just the
right opportunity to become real estate owners.
Some want property in the city. Others want to go to the
country. And mutual profit usually attends your making
the acquaintance of these two classes.
Where Atlanta is concerned, Real Estate dealers and buy
ers meet most successfully through the Want Ad columns
of The Georgian-American—the directory of Atlanta's
choicest real estate offerings. Here are listed scores of
attractive propositions, and here ready takers are always
on the alert.
So, if you want to do profitable real estate selling or buy
ing, the way of guccess—The Georgian-American Want Ad
way—lis wide open to you. Simply put your proposition on
paper and leave with or
Telephone It to The
Georgian-American
Main 100 or Atlanta Main 803) |
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VOL. XV. NO. 113.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON Dec. 12.—The part the United States will
be called on to play if jreace conferences develop from the offer of
the Berlin Government ‘o enter into peace negotiations was taken
up at the cabinet meetiig today. It was insisted just before the
meeting that no official word of the German Chancellor’s offer had
been received. Unofficial reports are thoroughly credited, it was
said, and the discussion was based on them.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12—The Central Powers’ first formal
move for peace will be presented to the Entente Allies by American
diplomats, accompanied by an informal expression of the desire of
the United States that the Allies enter into peace negotiations.
President Wilson, it is learned this afternoon, will ask the Al
lies to make every effort to have a peace convention result from the
initial negotiations.
Information received from Secretary Grew, of the American
Embassy in Berlin, that Germany and her allies would today begin
formal negotiations for peace, which was received by the President
late yesterday, resulted in the decision. Preparations for the formal
steps to be taken by this Government were being made this after
noon. They will not be concluded until after receipt from Secre
tary Grew of the official copy of the Central Powers’ outline o
peace. The note, it was learned from officials, already has been
handed to Secretary Grew, and was started for Washington this
morning. Officials here were confident that the proposals will re
sult in a convention, probably of a semiformal status, of represen
tatives of the warring powers to determine whether there is a pos
gibility of reaching a basis for peace, should a formal convention be
held.
' American officials, while in
|sisting that they should not be
quoted until official information
regarding Germany’s move is re
ceived, expressed the belief that
Germany’s motives in making
the peace suggestion now could
not be questioned.
An administration official made this
statement to The International News
Service:
“It is not surprising that the Ger
man move came at this time. Some
of us have been aware that Germany
was preparing to make such a move,
and awaited only the time when the
force of its arms appeared irresistible
so that its offer could come as the
offer of a strong nation, offering to
M
ATLANTA, GA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1916
‘talk things over.” Prior to this psy
chological time a German offer of
peace might have taken the appear
ance of a confession of weakness.”
Prepare Full Statements.
German Ambassador von Rernstorff
and Charge d'Affaires Zweidinek, of
Austria, this afternoon began pre
paring complete statements of the in
tentions of their Governments for
presentation to Secretary of State
Lansing and President Wilson.
Following receipt. of a wireless mes
sage from Berlin by Ambassador von
Bernstorff instructing him on what
to lay before this Government, Baron
Zweidinek called at the German Em
bassy and held a long conference with
the Ambassador. It was learned that
they would late today deliver to Sec
cretary Lansing information of an in
formal nature which was not included
in Chancellor von Bethmann-Holl
weg's proposals handed to Secretary
Grew. ;
This information will contain the
statement that Germany and her al
lies very seriously desire to enter into
formal negotiations for peace and
that certain alterations would ,if nec
essary, be made in the proposals set
forth as a basis for peace. The pres
ent proposals, it was learned, might
be greatly altered.
In certain diplomatic quarters this
afternoon, it was declared, however,
that the willingness of the Central
powers to modify their proposals does
not necessarily mean that they are
weak.
Winter Time to Talk.
The motive of Germany in making
the formal proposals at this time, it
was stated, is that this is the most
favorable time, on account of com
pulsory cessation of warfare on a
large scale during the winter.
First steps toward the formal ne
gotiations were taken immediately
after the fall of Bucharest, and the
further victories of the German allles
in Roumania.
Information that Germany intended
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LONDON, Dec. 12.—The first official comment upon the peace pro
posals of the German allies came from an attache of the Koreign Office
this afternoon According to this scurce, England will give no conslider
ation to the peace proposals until they are formally recelved. In the
meantime, the principle of the old Government will be strictly adhered to.
Another high official, who refused to permit his name to be used, de
clared that he feared the proposals advanced by Germany would not
give even a basis for a settlement He said, however, that the move
of the entral Powers was a dramatic coup, and would result in a big
change in the political situation
In a speech in Commons last night, Arthur Henderson, a member of
the new War Council, declared lin the most ¢ mphatic terms that no peace
proposals would be considered at this time
COTTON JUMPS ON NEWS:
WHEAT AND STOCKS OFF
News of Germany's peace proposal}
resulted in violent changes in the cot
ton, stocks and grain markets. ‘
Cotton, which had dropped 20 pointsi
from the opening before word came.
of the German Chancellor’s announce- |
ment, immediately jumped 40 points.
At the close the net gain over
Monday's last transactions was 51 to
69 points.
Stocks slumped geqerally, net losses
averaging 3 points bging shown in the
leading issues. ‘
The greatest et{ect;‘.fwas seen in the
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grain pit losses of 9 and 10 cents a
bushel being shown in wheat,
Four Killed in Last
Raid Over England
LONDON, Dec. 12—Germany’s last
air raid over England resulted in the
deaths of one man and three women
and injuries to 37 persons, it was of
ficially announced today. Germany
lost two Zeppeling in the atack, the
statement added.
HOME
(By International News Service,)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—The German i
Embassy announced today that the following
are the main points in Germany’s peace pro-g
posals: g
1. That Poland and Lithuania be recognized |
as independent kingdoms. <
2. That Germany restore Belgium and |
Northern France. :
3. That the fate of the Balkan States be set- |
tled in a general peace conference. {
It is understood that Germany will insist |
“on restoration of its colonies in return for evac
‘uation of Northern France and Belgium. . §
| (By International News Service.)
| BERLIN, Dec. 12.—Germany and her allies, Austria-
Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey, today took the first de
cisive step to bring to an end the greatest and bloodiest war
in the history of the world.
Direct appeal was made to the Entente powers for a
peace conference through the United States, Spain, Switzer
land and the Vatican.
Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollwegg, in the crowded
Reichstag, amidst breathless silence, declared that the Ger
man allies, conscious of their responsibility before God and
mankind, had proposed to the Entente powers to enter into
peace negotiations forthwith.
Earlier in the day the Chancellor notified the dip
lomatic envoys of the United States, Spain and Switzer
land that the four nations making up the German Allies—
Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria—pro
pose to enter forthwith into peace negotiations.
Regarding his notification of the neutral diplomats,
the following was given out through the semiofficial Over
seas News Agency:
“The Chancellor this morning received one after the
other, the representatives of the United States of America,
of Spain and of Switzerland.
“These are the countries that are protecting German
interests in hostile nations.
“The Chancellor submitted to them a note and asked
them to bring it to the knowledge of the hostile govern
ments.
“The note will be read today in the Reichstag by the
Chancellor. \
“In the note the four allied powers (Germany, Austria-
Hungary, Turkey and Bulgaria) propose to enter forthwith
into peace negotiations.
“The propositions which are brought forward for con
siderations are, according to the firm belief of the allied gov
ernments (German, Austria-Hungarian, Turkish and Bul
garian), appropriate for the establishment of a lasting peace.
“The governments at Vienna, Constantinople and
Sofia have transmitted notes of similar text.
“The note has also been communicated to the Holy See
an other neutral powers.”
In reporting the Chancellor’s speech, the Overseas News
Agency said:
“(hancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg today announced in the
Reichstag that Germany, together with her Allies, conscious of
their responsibility before God, before their own nations and be
fore humanity, had proposed this morning to the hostile powers
to enter peace negotiations.
“Practically all the'members had answered the unexpected
summons to the capital. The erowded house and thronged gal
leries listened in deep silence when the Chancellor arose for his
hl,“‘"‘hl;'irst he outlined the sxtraordinary political situation, 41&
