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VOL. XVII
BELCIANS IN BRUSSELS: FRENCH HOLD METZ
British Suspect Ex-Kaiser Heads Vast New Ploi
(By International News Service.) l
LONDON, Nov. 19.—That the Ger
mans are plotting to form a federa
tion with a population of 94,043,293
and with the ex-Kaiser at the head of
it is the opinion of Lord Robert Ce
¢il and other grominent British
statesmern. |
This view is widely circulated by
the press with big headlines today.
The plan, it is said, is to unite the
German populations of Germany,
Ge.man Austria, Holland, Switzerland
and Sweden, thus sowing the seeds
for another war.
A German-inspired revolution for
this purpose is reported to be brewing
in Holland, Switzerland and Sweden.
The former Kaiser is said to be
behind Chanccllor Ebert, former
Chancellor Max and Field Marshal
von Hindenburg. It is pointed out in
this connection that the former war
lord has never signed a formal de
erce of abdication nor a valedictory
message to Germany, and that he ev
idently hopes to return soon.
15, Ked Guards in
Cor.rol of Vienna
(By Internatiomal News Service.)
LONDON, Nov. 1. (11:45 a. m.).—
Fifteen thousand Red Guard troops
are in control of Vienna, said a dis
patch f.om Copenhagen today. The
city has been given over to anarchy
and plunder.
Copenhagen reports all of the Ger
man conservative parties have com
bined against the Socialists.
Crews of Submarine
Agree to Give Up Craft
(By International News Service.)
AMSTERDAM, Nov. 19.—The crews
of the German submarines at Wil
helmshaven have adopted a resolu
tion to take the U-boats wherever or
dered, it was stated in dispatches
from that city today.
Advices Saturday said the com
manders of the German submarines
refused to take their c-aft to England,
evidently fraring punishment for their
erimes on t.he high seas. .
Hungarian Republic Is
Proclaimed in Budapest
(By Internstional News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—The
Hungarian republic has been pro
claired in Budapest, the capital, said
a diplomatic dispatch received today.
The national council has announced
fts own dissolution and has charged
the Karoly! cabinet to exercise all its
powers until the convocation of the
conc<tituent assembly, the dispatch
adds. : . 2
Revolution in Vienna
Was Not So Very “Bad”
LONDON, Nov. 19 (by British
Wireless Press).—lf there has been a
revolution in Vienna it has not been
a very “red” one, and, judging from
appearances, it seems to have been a
“white” one, according to advices re
ce'ved here today
Shops have opened up in the Aus
trian eapital and a-e full of brilliant
and charming Christmas wares,
On'y two or three of the stores in
Yaorntnorshrasse had bhoards ready
to protect their plate plate glass win
dows in the event of riots, About the
only color lent to the scenes In the
Viennese streets was given by the of
ficers. Most of the clvillans were In
black.
.
Fran’ Walsh Pesians
Place on labor Roard
(By International News Service.)
WASHINOTON Nov, ¥ —The resig
nation of Frank P, Walsh as joint chair
man of the natlonal war labor board was
anmnunced today
Profescionn]l engagaments, many of
which were nesumed prior to the crea
tion of the hoard, make his resignation
fmperative, Wa'sh save in his Yetter to
the Prosident. H» alsn wishes the Pres.
fdent a safe fourney, *and the winning
of the world to your gplendid ideals.”
U-Ponte on Wan to
Fnalend to Surrender
(Bv Intarntional Naws Sarvice.)
lONDON, Nov. 19 (2:10 p. m.)=A
number of Cerman snhmarines which
are en routs to Eneland to surrender
asacd the German warshin Kalser Wil.
‘.p!m veetorday, snid an Exchange Tele.
granh dispateh from Copenhagen this
afternoon,
THE WEATHER,
Forocast—Fair Tuesday night
and Wednesday.
Temperatures—6 a. m, 42; 8 a é
m. 41; 10 a. m., 48; 12 m, 52;
1 p. m, 54; 2 p. m,, 55,
Sunrise, 6:15; sunset, 432,
Full International News Service
$421,359,000 Navy
Contracts Canceled,
Earle Announces
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—Can
cellation of naval ordnance con
tracts aggregating $421,359,000 has
been ordered by the Navy Depart
ment since the German armistice
was signed, Admiral Earle, chief
of the navy oranance dureau, in
formed the Hoise mnava: affairs
committee this afternoon.
Suspension of work on proposeli
explosives plants at Barksdale,
Wis.,, has saved $12,000,uu0 alone,
the admiral said.
Barle stated, however, that naval
expenditures, iacluding that for an
increased personnel of 352,790 men
by July, 1920, would exceed any
thing before undertaker by the
United States for the maintenance
of a larger navy.
|
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Nov. 19.—British, French
and Amsrican prisoners ol war are
arriving at Nancy from Metz in pitia
ble condition. They are being clothed
and fed by the Y. M. C. A. workers.
Paris papers ar» denouncing Dutch
aviators for banqueting the ex-
Kaiser, who is held responsible tor‘
the loss of 1,800,000 French lives. |
Freed U. S. Aviators '
Dying of Hun Cruelty
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—Disclos
ures of wretched conditions behind the
lines of the retreating Geman armies
have been made by two American
aviators just released from captivity
by the Germans, both of whom are
now dying from the result of the
treatment accorded them.
According to a dispatch received
today by the French high commis
sion from Lyons, the aviators were
shot down at Tanney November 4
Back in the American lines, they said
the food given them by the Germans
consisted only of black bread, occa
sional potatoes, cahhage and thin
soup, although the German quarter
master corps did a thriving business
selling bette- food.
The aviators were billeted in a
sma'l schoolhonse, which was exces
sively dirty. There was no heat and
no hedding
The Germans the aviators talked to
were al!l indignant because none of
the Kaisr’'s six sons wore wound
stripes. All the German soldiers with
whom they taled were tired of the
war and wished to go to the United
States, the disratch says.
. |
Genere! Petoin Made
Marshal of France
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Nov, 19--On the recom
mendation of Premier Clemenceau
the ministerial council todav voted to
mnake General Petain a marshal of
France,
.
Airnlare Took Empress
To Holland. Is Report
LONDON, Nov, 19.-The German empress
is believed to have arrived in Hollnnd In
an airnlane. snid a news agency disnnteh
from Amsterdam quoting The Telegraaf
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—1 t has
been decided that the United States
will be represented by five commis
sioners in the peace negotiations at
Versalilles. The official announcement
of the makeup of the delegation will
be made in the very near future.
During the last 48 hours there have
been a number of changes in the pro
posed personnel.
Today the line-up was as follows:
President Wilson, who will head the
American delegation, but who will not
remain through the entire conference,
aithough voting through a proxy on
all questions arising. |
Colone! E. M. House. |
Secretary of State Robert Lansing.
Sec.etury of War Newton D. Baker.
One other to be selecetd, who may
be either former President William H.
Taft, Elihu Root or a “dark horse.”
The names of Justice Brandeis,
Henry Morgenthau, Charles E.
Hughes, Secreta.y of Agriculture
Houston and several others have been
eliminated overnight.
The Presidcnt has fully decided that
he will go across on a liner and not a
battlesnip, although his naval advise
ers have been wrying hard to have
him agree to travel on one of the
newest and largest dreadnoughts.
Up to the present time he nas re
fused to aillow any newspaper rep.e
sentatives to accompany him, ale
though there still is a suggestion that
one man representing each of the
three large pr.ss associations be in
cluded in the party. All of the plans
for the trip are about completed, and
it was stated today that a compiete
announcement was likely before the
end of the week. B |
Wilson Will Insist ‘
On League of Nations |
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S.
WASHINGTON, Nov 19.—Presi
dent Wilson goes to Kurope to fight
for his league of nations idea. That
is the compelling reason why the
Chief Executive must break all prece
dents to go across the Atlantic early
next month.
The President will meet with Pre
mie.s L'oyd George, Clemenceau and
Orlando in Paris prior to the formal
assembling of the peace conference at
Versailles. He will explain to them
certain clouded points about which
there now is very serious apprehen
sion in certain quarters. Then he will
take up ind vidually with the repre
sentatives of other nations his gen
e al plans tl.at in his opinion, and in
the opinion of many leaders of the
world, will end for all future time
wars between nations. These plans
include. in addition to his “world fed
cration” idea, the reconstruction of
the map of a good part of the world
alcng racial lines,
Oprosing Elements.
There are two sharply opposing ele
ments that are today very gravely
th eatening the success of the peace
conference., First, there is the open
and flagrant efforts of the Germans
to stimulate pity for a crushed nation
in the United States, France, Japan
and in South Amerieca in the expecta
tion that such sympa‘hy can be capl
talized at the peace table,
This propaganda is of the most in
gldious sort. The sugeestion, spread
throughout the world, that unless the
armistice terms, In =0 far as they
tonched on occupation of Ge'man ter
ritorv west of the Rhine, are not
modified, it wi'l “make for the spread
of Polshevikism.,” s a typical German
e n!though fathered hy no less a
nersonage than Dr. Sols, the German
Foreign Secretary His stotement
that “vynless there are modifieations”
the effect gha'! ha that “we shall in
evitabhly advanes toward more or leas
No'sh viet eonditions which mieht
herome dAanege-ons to nelghhoring
gtntrg” s one of the covert threats
whirh Germany has mada, so famil.
fnr thranrhout the war diplomats and
aministration ofMcials pointed out
today.
Intimation Resentad,
The Intimation fs that there Ils dan
po~ for France and Italy sand even
(reat Britain In the ereat Red move.
ment in Cermany, Thia s bhitterly
resented todav by oMeinls who are
entively famillar with this suhiset,
The ather tynieal hit as German nrope
neanda,. the chanrea on which are be
ine worked in every nneeihla wav |y
that Germanvy actunlly fares starvae.
tion and neada an early and romnlete
pence. This la n'an a complete fabri-
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Red Cross benefit Thursday. Left to right, Misses Mabel Wikle, Margaret Keith White, Virginia Stanford and Opie Andrews.
|
! Members of the City Council com
mittee on telephones which had under
| consideration Tuesday the ordinance
authorizing the Atlanta Telephone
Company to sell its properties to the
- Southern Bell Company were prepar
ing to go thoroughly into the matter
of rates and service before recom
mending the ordinance for passage, it
- was report:d at the City Call. Coun
ellman Maffett, chairman of the com
mittee, had not called a meeting, but
it is expected he will do so within a
short time, |
.~ The plea of the independent com
pany to be permitted to sell out te
'the big one has caused more d:s(‘us-‘
'sion in Atlanta than anything since
the news of the armistice in l-‘rance.‘
The ordnance was introduced at‘
the Monday afternoon meeting of
Couneil by Councilman W, R. Bean, |
'and it is understood to have the au-‘
thorization of the Federal officials in |
charge of the telephone and telegraph ‘
lincs since dhre Government took them
over for operation some time ago.
| Turner Opposes Merger,
The consolidation of the two ecom
panles was strongly opposed Tuesday
by R, C, Turner, the citv electricitan |
who addressed a letter to the com-
I mittee declaring the ordinance should ‘
' he turned down, as the public will
have to pay the whole hill, |
' Mr. Turner's letter follows: ;
. “"The petition of the Fouthern Bell
Telephone Company sceking the ap
proval of the eity of a merger of the
two comnanies has been referred to you
by the City Councll for your cons!dera
tion. ‘The propo=al of the Southern Bell
8 now submitied shou'd be turned down
fint, a 8 no cons'deration Is given to the
.:\uhll(- in the matter, and if granted In
ts present form the public will be ealled
on to pay the entire cost of the trans
action in the form of Incrensed rates for
telephone service. The telenhone users
of Atlanta are already paying this com
pany excessive rates for very Inferior
service,
Says Service Poor.
“It has been my privilege, or rather
ll spent my vaecatlon in October in In
vestigating the rates and class of eerv.
fee being furnished by the Bell Tale
\pho'\o Company in eight of the 'prlnr\rml
eities of the eountry and found
throughout the North and East the neo
? nle were diggusted with the rotteh serv.
]L‘n and the eompete cave-in of the Bell
| organization under war conditions. At
lthe ume the Clity Counell pormitted the
‘flrwfl enr lines to consolidate the elty
forced the company to agree to pay into
‘thn eity treasury each year 2 per cent of
the gross receipts and at the end of fAf.
l!nn years 3 per cent of the gross each
year, and the company aiso at the same
time agreed to grant universal !runl-}
Continued on Page 3, Column 1,
WASHINGTON, Nov, 19.—Constant
activities, apparently looking to a
continued Government control of tel
eg aph and telephone communication
after the war, is noted at the Post
office Department. Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson, in an order issued to
day, has appointed public utilities
and public service commissioners to
the committee on standardization of
telegraph rates and telephone rates.
The announcement by Burleson
says the appointments were made
“pursuant to the policy of wire con
trol, to keep in close touch with the
publie service and public utilities
commissions of the States and to have
the advantage of their experience and
acquaintance with public require
ments."
Those appointed to the committee
on telegraph rates are Charles G,
Marshall Ohio Public Utilities Com
mission, and Joseph B, Eastman, Mas
sachusetts Public Service, Paul P.
Haynes Indiana Publie Service
Commissioner and Noah W. Simpson,
Missouri Public Service Commission
er, were nanmed on the telephone
rates committee,
Rates Are Reduced ’
On Night Teleerams |
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19-—Reduc
tion in the rates for night message
telegrams was announced today by
Postmaster General Burleson, Under
the new schedule these messages may
be sent from coast to coast for 50
cents for ten words and will be de
livered at their dest'nation by post
office carriers. The cheapest rate
heretofore was sl,
The night message telegram will
cost a minlmum of 20 cents for 10
words and one eent for each cxtra
word for the shortest distances and
60 cents for 10 words and two cents
for encn extra word for the longest
distances, A comparison of the day
rates for ten words with the new
night message rtes follow:
Where day message rate Is 25-2,
night message rate 1y 20-1; day rate,
30-2, night rate, 25-1; day rate 35.2,
n'ght rate 25-1; day rate 40.3, night
rate 30-1, day 50-3, night 35-1; day
60-4, night 40-1; day 76-5, night 45-2; ‘
day 100.7, night 50.2, |
The Postmas*er Genera! also or
dered that on and after December 1,
1018, hotels apartment houses,
clubs and similar Institutions shall
not charge any guest, tenant or
member for telephone message an
amount In excess of that charged for
such service at the pubile pay sta
tons in the same l,ch\nn.
» Thursday between the hours of 10°
and 2 o'clock at the Giris’ High School
a delectable assortment of preservel.‘
Jellies, pickles and similar comesti
bles wi'l be displayed in an exhibi
tion and sale by the young women of
the domestic science department, the
proceeds of the sale to go to the Red
Cross. |
|
Al the wares on display have been
put up by the girls, under the direc
tion of their instructor, during the
egular class hours in domestic sci
ence. The display is certain to be
an attractive one, and the quality of
the wares is heyond cavil. The pub
le is invited to attend, |
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Allies Will Take Over |
German Navy Thursday
(By Intern~tional News Service.)
LONDON, Nov. 19--The surrender of
the German war fleet to the Allles will be
comnleted Thursdny
Plons for turn‘ng over the German 4de
stroyers were concluded todny., Purt of
the Germen fleet of suhmarines will sare
rive at Ensstport harbor tomorrow The
German hattleshing snd eruisers will lenve
thelr home port tomorrow morning for the
rendezvous in the North Sea.
The main surrender will take place on
Thursday to Rritish, French and Ameri
ean men of war
ee s ‘
Fire in Prictol. Tenn.,
Does $150.000 Damane
BRISTOL, TENN., Nov. 19.—~Fire
broke out in the business distriet here
this mornine, deatroying five bulldings
and threatening the business sertion of
the town for several honrs. The loss
will exered $170.000. Falling walls en
dangered the lives of the firemen,
Only Five Weeks
Until Christmas.
Yo'l ha hanntar If vou Ao nat put
off your fina) g'ft selections until the
elevonth hour of the day, Ho will the
stores with the elerks who are not
ton tired to enjoy Christmas with the
rest of us.
Bhop Early In the Day.
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the postofMice at Atlanta under sct of March 3. 1879.
New York and Chicago and San Fran
clsco, not to mention Birmingham and
points South, have waked up to the
fact that Atlanta is flrst over the top
of all the cities in the country in the
united war work campaign. It threw
new pep into several cther citles, to
judge from telegrams received Tuesday
at the general headquarters.
Chairman W. R. C. Smith Tuesday re
ceived a wire from Harvey J. Hill, of
the staff of John R. Mott, at national
headquarters,
“Gre 't stuff!” it said. “But why keep
it quiet when folks up here need some.
thing toe cheer them up?"
Mr. Smith telegraphed in reply that
if Atlanta's example cou'd gerve as an
inspiration to little New York, she was
welcome, and =0 were all other cities,
as there's no copyright on success,
The totai of the Atlanta and Fulton
County subscriptions to the war work
fund wss growing steadily. It had
passed $470,000 Tuesday and was elimb
ing steadlly, (hnu’xh no active work was
being done, Headquarters remain apen
and all subscriptions will be gratefully
received, but the executive commitiee
feels that the canvassers have done all
they can do, and no more ageressive
work will be asked of them, The cam
palgn will be continued, howeves,
through Wednesday night.
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War Fund News To Be
.
Cabled to Georgia Boys
Announcement was_ made at noon
Tuesday by Ely R. Callaway that im
, medlately at the close of the united war
work campaign Wednesday night he
would eable to Georgla boys In France
the name of each county that goes over
the top in the campaign, and the name
|of the county chairman. ‘The complete
| list and the story of the eampalgn in
| Georgia will also be enrried In an early
| {ssue of “The Stars and Stripes,” the of
lflwv:\l army publieation in France
“l feel that this announcement will
| apur every county chairman whose
county is not yvet over the top to do his
| dead level Best today and tomorrow to
get his county over and thus be sure
that the boys over there for whom the
L work is being done know how thelr own
counties have stood. Any boy receiving
[ the list of counties that are over wha
|¢lum not find his eounty in the ligt will
certainly feel keen regret over the sit
uation,'
! The A'r\m“\:\ll’fl offices were pleased
Tuceday when 8 J Falreloth, of Quit.
man, chalrman of the Thomasville dis-.
trict, said his distriet was sure of the
60 per cent over-subgertption, its quota
heing about $38.0006 and it having In
hand now over $50,000,
.
British Look Askance
, At Return of Kaiser
l LONDON, Nov, 19.«The Rritish press is
looking askance at the report that the
Katsor may returt to Germany London
papers are questioning the sincerd f res
cent developments in Germany, "x
NO. 92
(By International News Servics.)
HAVRE, FRANCE, Nov. 19.—King
Albert, of Belgium, entered Brussels,
the capital of Belgium today.
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Nov. 19.—~French troops en=
tered the German fo.tress of Metz to
dav.
The French were led by Marshal
Petain and were received with the
greatest enthusiasm.
The French were compelled to give
un Metz in 1871 at the conclusion of
the Franco-Prussian War.
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American Third Army
Enters Historic Longwy
(By International News Service.)
| WASHINGTON, Nov. 19.—The
American Third Army, continuing its
advance into territory evacuated by
the vanquished German armics, lasg
night entered the historic French fors
tress of Longwy, situated at the
Jjunction of the boundaries of F‘ram
Belgilum and Luxemburg, Gen
Pershing reported in his communigque
for the evening of November 18, is=
sued today by the War Department,
On the left the American army of
occupation has crossed the Belgian
frontier, the communigue stated.
The text of the communique sols
lows:
“The Third American Army contin=
ved its advance today Into territory
evacuated by the enemy,
“On the left, crossing the Belgian
frontier, our treoops occupied Virtem
and by evening had reached Etalle
and St. Leter,
“Between the Chiers and the Moe
sclle, they passcd through Spincourf
'end the nunportan: railroad centers of
ll.mm‘._\mn and Conflans,
| “At the close of the day they ens
tered the historic French fortress of
Longwy, situated at the junction of
the boundarics of France, Belgium
and lL.uxcmburg.
“Further south, they occupled Aue
chon-le-Roman and the town of
Priey, the cented of the great Iwron
district of Lorraine”
A .
French Advance Guards
yDo - Y 3
Have Reached St. Louis
| (By International News Service.)
| PARIS, Nov. 19.—French advanc®
guards, moving forward through Als
sace -Lorraine, nave entered the town
of St Louis, just opposite
Switzerland, A reception was
at the town hall, 3
R praast
Charges That Wife
] v . A
| Scalded His Neck
Prompt action by W. J. Barber
turning his hoad saved him from_ bel
scalded in the face with a pot of
ing water hurled at him by his wifi
Mrs. Urie Barber, so he set out In &
VOores uit filed Tuesday in Supe
Court in his behalf by Attorney J
P. Haunson As 1t was, he sald,
caught the bolling water on the back
of his neck
| But this wasn't the only crusl
",,,",, | to Mrs. Barber, The huuuls
| sald that on January 27, last, while he
was asleep, she “attempted to brain him
with a shoe stretcher Barber fur!&'
declared that, by reason of the attitude
of nis wife. he had been forced to do the
cooking and household work after come
ing in from a hard day's work, Taking'
L everything into consideration, he eXs
' plained he is afrald to live with his wife
ANy more
K . it
High Court Hears Plea
| e
. To Owst City Officials
| KNOXVILLE, TENN, Nov. 19-The
g,?-‘,- Court of Tennesgee here today
{8 hesring the p tion of the Atto=ney
General to oust Mavor John E. MeMil=
lan and Commissioner John W. Flennls
ken from off he petition, among
other things, clulms the defondants op=
posed law ens nent, themse'ves vio.
lated laws, and conspired to remove Ed
D, Connors from the office of Chiet of
Po e
"y he defendants denfed the charge and
elaimed e procecdings were g‘lnfl.d
by Connors to get revnge; slso that the
Etate Attorney General never read the
eontents of the ouster bills before he
Il’lu.l them,
| v Bat. ==& Sh.ta
Casualtices of Britain
Ly
In War Total 3,019,991
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Nov 19 (4:08 p, m.)=~
British casualties In the war total
2.049991. It was announced in the
House of Cormons this afternoon by
a represcntative of the War Offies,
| Of these 37,836 officers and 620,839
of the lank and file were kulod.*