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Conference Over Future of Kaiser Is Held By Allies
PARLEY PLANS TOLD BY WILSON
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McAdoo Asks for 37 Billions for 2 Years
By FLOYD MacGRIFF,
Staff Correspondent of I. N. 8.
LONDON, Dec. 2.—The broadest
aspects of the general peace detu.ils]
and the future of the ex-Kaiser were
discussed at a historic conference at
Premier Lloyd George's official resi
dence in Downing street today.
Those taking part were Marshal
Foch, Premier Clemenceau of France,
Baron Sonnino, Italian foreign min
ister; Premier Orlando, of Italy;
Premier Lloyd George, of England,;
A. J. Balfour, British foreign secre
tary; A. Bonar Law, chancellor of the !
British exchequer; Lord Curzon, Sir
Henry Wilson and others.
When the conference was opened
ft was regarded as practically certain
the Allies would demand that Hol
land surrender the ex-Kaiser, thus
establishing an international prece
dent.
The questions discussed embraced
the amount of Germany's reparation.
A general program for Italy, France
and Great Britain will be mapped out
before the conferences end, so there
will be no conflicting interests. The
date of the preliminary inter-Allied
meeting in Paris is to be fixed.
It is likely this meeting will open
December 16, the date already sug
gested, whic‘ would give Pyesideng]
Wilson time attend and become
fully informed of details before the
general peace parley opens.
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Transport Docks With
32,999 Returned Heroes
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Noisily ac
claimed by all the craft in the harbor,
the giant British liner Mauretania,
bearing 3,999 American soldiers from
Europe, docekd at noon today. I
At the same time the hospital ship[
Northern Pzcifie, bearing 1,100 |
wounded soldiers from 76 wvarious
army units, which had put into port |
last night, was discharging her pas
sengers as rapidly as they could be
parried awa yin Red Cross ambu
lances to hospitals in Hoboken, Jer
sel Sity and Staten Island.
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Kaiser Wrote Out Own
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Decree of Abdication
(BY International News Service.) |
PARIS, Dec, 2.—Willlam Hohenzoll- |
ern, former German emperor, drew up
his own decree of abdication on the
typewriter on paper bearing the impe- |
rial coat of arms and signed it with a|
great flourish, according to Information |
received today from Berlin by way of |
Zurich. |
A diplomatic functionary waited at !
Amerongon, in Holland, for seveal days
for the ex-Kaiser's abdication !
One document was drawn up, but it|
proved unsatisfactory. The second was
accepted. l
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Montenegro Fires King |
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To Join With Serbial
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Dee. 2-The Montene
grin Parliament has deposed the
reigning Petrovitch dynasty and has
declared in favor of the junction of
Montenegro and Serbia, according to
a dispatch from Prague today, stat
ing that the information had been
secured from Pedgoritza by the
Czecho-Slovak press bureau.
Nicholas I has been King of Mon
tenegro since 1860, }
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photos to arrive in this country of the triumphant entry of the British forces into Constantinople.
Cotton will be cheap at 45 cents a
pound by July, is the confident assur
ance given by Norman H. Johnson, sec
retary of the Southern Wholesale Dry
Goods Association, and secretary of the
price-fixing committee of the War In.
dustries Board, who was in Atlanta
Monday.
Mr. Johnson, whose duties are to gath
er statistics on the business conditions
of the South, states that prices on mer
chandise and staples for the spring sea
son will show no change, and that no
noticeable decrease will be experienced
in 1919, but after this period is passed
the market will decline. When it does,
he says, the decline will be far more
gradual than the ascension.
“I am not venturing my statement
about cotton on hearsay or unsupported
facts,” said Mr., Norman, *“but from
hard statistics gathered during my in.
side Investigation of the whole mer
chandise and cotton situation. There is
no cotton overseas and the countries
at war have been devastated of cotton,
and there I 8 no way to keep the market
from rising.
“Merchandise Is Scarce and our pro
duction will be decreased for the next
three months, making It still more
scarce, The Government has bought
more merchandise than all combined
interests in America. The Influenza sit
uation and the lull following our mental
depression have slackened production,
“It i& more than probable that u« ma-~
jority of our mills will have to close
down for some period, from one 10 three
weeks, In order to adjust thelr machine.
ry to again plan for civillan trade. All
during the war prices of merchandise
have been from 300 to 700 J;er cent
above normal, which was neither arti
ficial nor profiteering, but the natural
result of decreased production for civil
purposes, and the unrrecrden!ed demand
from forelgn countries. |
“The war has destroyed values more
than we can reconstruct In flve years
with the world in harmony and action,
and then we can not hope to be as rich
as we were prior to the war. The Sotuh
will be the last part of the world to feel
a depression, Our labor Is In better
condition than any other section, and we‘
are sufficlently equipped with all indus
tries to balance any changed condition
without being affected deterimentally. ‘
“The coming year will be good for
business, and while busines® will not
bring as much money as during the war
It wf]l be better than any other year in
the history of our country prior to the
war. There 18 no reason at all for any
depression, and next year should be
prosperous.”
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A serious situation in Atlanta public
schools, occasioned by numerous resig
nations of teachers, was indicated at a
meeting of the Board of Education Mon
day. As means of relieving the diffi
culty, Charles 8. Culver, acting super
intendent, was authorized to appoint a
' number of supply teachers, to be paid
on the basis usually applying in such
}spw-ial employment, and only for time
employed.
‘ A number of changes in the personnel
of teaching staffs were announced by
’Mr. Culver. Leaves of absence were
granted Miss Ruth Kinnard, of the
Luckie Street school; Miss Anne Wilby,
‘assistant director of physical training
‘ln the schools, and Miss Bertha Dover,
'of the Boulevard school. Miss Bessle
' Mobley was elected principal of /the
Walker Street school; Miss May Taylor,
acting assistant principal of the same
'schocl; Mrs. C. M. Neal, acting assist
ant lencipnl of the Georgia Avenue
'school; Miss Eloise Mobley, acting as
‘sistant principal of the Luckie Street
'school, and Miss Jane Salmon, assistant
director of physical training to replace
Miss Wilby.
The following resignations were ac
cepted by the board: Miss Eurlin Shea;
Mrs. B, W. Ware, English Avenue
school; Miss Charlotte Thompson, Home
Park school; Mrs. M. L. Smith, Adair
school; Miss Rosa Monroe, Home Park
school; Mrs. D, H. Brown, Grant Park
school; Mrs, W, E. Whitehead, Luckle
Street’ 8chool; Miss Vietorla Williams,
Battle Hill school; Miss Edith R. Prink,
Falr Street school; W. H. Wimbish,
colored, of the Roach Street school.
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Poor Gas in Atlanta
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Will Be Investigated
The Railroad Commission has tuken
o hand in the general clamor of dis
satisfaction at the alleged poor qual.
ity of gns furnished by the Atlanta
Gas Light Company, and will act on
the many complaints that have been
made at its next meeting, December
10,
', Murphey Candler, chairman,
stated Monday that the commission Is
determined to end the debate between
Cecl]l Poole, city mechanleal engineer,
and the Gas Company, and make a
thorough investigation to uncover the
reason for complaints made by Mr.
Poole and citizens of Atlanta.
Mr, Candler will lay the facts he
fore the commission, with the recom
mendation that it take Immediate ac
tion. It is probable that a regular
trial will be conducted, representa
tives of hoth the power company and
the complainants being summoned to
appear before the commission, |
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ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1918
Pershing Finds N
Abusing Priso
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Deec. 2,—~General
Pershing today officially reported to
the War Department that he has
found no authenticated instances of
brutality against American prison
ers in German prison camps.
The report from the commander
of the American expeditionary
forces was an answer to inquiries
from the War Department, prompt
ed by unconfilrmed reports that
American prisoners were cruelly
treated by the Germans.
Dr. Rumely Indicted for
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Hiding Hun Properties
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dec 2.-Charged
with not having reported to the alien
property custodian German owner
ship of the property, Edward A.
Rumely, of New York, accused of
having been the agent of eGrmany
in the purchase of The New York
Evening Mall, was lindicted on two
counts by the grand jury this after
noon. The first count alleged that
since October 17, 1117, Rumely has
controlled stock in the 8. 8. McClure
Newspaper Corporation for and in
behalf of an enemy of the United
States and that he failed to report
this fact to the alien property custo
dian. The second count alleges that
he ommitted to notify the custodian
that he was Indebted to the German
Government for $1,451.400,
Americans Asked for
Claims on U-Boat Losses
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dec, 2.~American
citizens who sustained losses as a
result of Germany’'s U-boat warfare
have until December 31 in which to
file their claims with the State De
partment, it was announced late this
afternoon. Those claims can be en
tered for losses either before or after
the United States entered the war,
but in the case of cargoes or ships,
only when they were uninsufed or
partially insured,
Although the announcement was
made without comment, it was as
sumed that thege claims will be filed
at the peace conference as a part of
the enormous returns Germans will
bhe forced to pay as a result of her
submarine warfare.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—A very
large percentage of the gun de
fenses of the American seacoast are
now at least 20 years old and the
rapid development of battery im
provements in other countries has
created an imperative need for imme
diate construction of new coast de
fenses to protect the harbors of the
United States.
This is the warning sent today to
Secretary of War Baker in the an
nual report of the chiefy of engineers
of the United States army for f(he
fiscal year ended June 30, 1918,
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British Steamers Hit
In Fog Off Galleyhead
(B( International News Service.)
QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 2.--The British
steamer Orduna, 15,449 tons, and the
British vessle Konakry, 5,743 tons, were
in collision off Galleyhead last night
The Orduna, whicu was east bound,
was not badly damaged and proceeded
towards Liverpool,
The accident was caused by fog. The
Konakry, which had salled from Queens
town, was seriously damaged Her en
gine room soon filled with water and
her stern settled so deeply It was awash
All the crew except the captain and
officers left the vessel and made for
port,
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Congressional Remedy
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For Tariff Laws Asked
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.~The |vn-m-nt‘
tariff laws contain In some instances
“inconsistencies and inequalities that
suggest Congressiona! remedy,” aceord
ing to the annual report of the Federal
trade commission, submitted to Con
gress this afternoon
Japan Has Selected
Four Peace Delegates
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—~Word reach
od here thig afternoon that the Japan
ese peace delegation will comprise .{‘)lur-‘
quis Balotjl, Baron Makino, Viscount
Chmingda and Mr. Matsul
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Edmund Rostand Dies
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Of Pneumonia in Paris
(B{ International News Service.)
PARIS, Dec, 2.~Edmund Rostand, the
famous French dramatist, died this aft
ernoon of double pneumonla, aged b 0
yeurs, 4
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—lt will re
quire a total of $7,443415,838.07 to
conduct the United States Govern
ment during the {iscal year of 1920,
The total estimates for the fiscal
year of 1919, including supplements,
was $29,878,821,648.74,
These figures were sent to Congress
today by Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo. They were made public be
fore the session of Congress began,
and almost 24 hours ahead of time,
Tek iota! sum divided among the va
rious branches of the Government fol
lows:
Legislative establishment, $8,098 .
901.75; executive establishment, $106,-
512,425.08; judicial establishment,
$1,410,490; Department of Agriculture,
$30,408,786; foreign intercourse, sll,-
042,236.66; military establishment,
$1,922 938,434.86; naval esatblishment,
$2,595,784,546.05; Indian ‘affairs, sll,-
939,813.89; pensions, $220,050,000, Pan
ama Canal, $12,216,114; public works,
$676,812,702.96; postal seivice, $358,~
307,677, rhiscellaneous, $876,761,5610.83;
permanent annual appropriations,
$1,266,743,759. .
Navy Showe Increase.
The total of more than seven bil
lions is exclusive of the sinking fund
'requirement and postal revenue,
The big comparisons are, of course,
in the military and navy establish
ments. The naval establishment
shows a big increase because of the
fact that it now is going ahead with
its original capital ship program de
ferred because of the end of the war.
The total appropriations in the naval
establishment for 1919 were $1,6901,-
168,805.84,
The army total appropriation for
1919 was $12,274,245,919.92, The prun«
ing here was made possible through
the cancellation of all munition con
tracts, contracts for guns and equip
‘ment.
l These estimates, although charac
terized as for 1920, are for the fiscal
year, 1910-1920, commencing July 1
‘ next.
A good part of the army costs goes
jm actual maintenance. For instance,
' there is appropriated in the blll for
the use of the quartermaster's corps
$911,789,649. For pay and general ex
penses the army will require $327,-
678,368.08,
. That the air service is to be con
' tinued by the army is indicated by the
appropriations, although for the com
ing year a total is asked for air serv
fce military requirements of $19.933,-
738.47, as compared with $lB4 304,758
for the current year. For air service
production a total is asked this year
of $144,943514.71, as compared with
$670,000,000 in the current appropria
tions.
Many Peace Problems
Now Facing Congress
By R. M. BOECKEL, |
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. s.T
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.--Ready to
consider the problems of peace nflor{
two sessions devoted to the tasks of
war, the Sixty-tifth Congress met In‘
its third and final “short” sesslon ut}
noon today.
These are the tasks of the Congress ‘
this session:
1. Passage of the $6,000,000,000 rev.
enue bill,
2. Conslderation of reconstruction
legislation,
3. Passage of appropriation bills for
running the Government during the
fiscal year 1919.20,
Recommendation of new legislation
by President Wllson, when he ad
dressed the two houses In Joint session
at 1 o'clock, was expected to add to
the tasks enumerated. The President's
message was looked forward to with
greater interest by members of bhoth
the House and Senate than hus any
previous message by any American
President
Recess |s Probable,
Neither House starts in with any
gemblance of a program. It is prob
able that both houses will recess un-
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Issued dally and entered as seeond-class matter at
the postofMce at Atlanta under act of March 8, 1819,
i British Fleet Has |
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opes of Visiting |
:
U. S. Shores Soon
By ‘DELT M. EDWARDS, §
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. 8.
ONDON, Dec. 2—The British |
fleet is most anxious to pay
a tribute to the American
sixth battleship squadron, under
Admiral Rodman, by sending a
dreadnought or cruiser squadron
with the Americans when they are ¢
ordered home.
Both British and American offi
cers approve the suggestion for a
covoy, it was said. The idea is
known also to have the enthusi
astic indorsement of King George. |
The position of the British, how
ever, is such that they can scarce
ly invite themselves to visit Amer- |
ica. It is hopeful the invintiong
will be forthcoming. é
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dee, 2—Declaring
the Senate must take independent
steps to keep itself informed on the
peace negotiations, since the Presi
dent failed to name one of its mem
bers on the peace commission, Sena
tor Cummins, of lowa, this afterfioon
introduced a resolution to send a spe
cial Senate committee to Paris,
The resolution follows:
“Whereas the peace conference
about to assemble in Paris will in
volve, not only a settlement of.gsupn
betw?en the United States and her
enemies in the existing war, but wiil
include In its consideration proposed
treaties with practically all the civ
ilized nations of the earth; and
Wants Senate Informed.
' =4Whereas the subjects for disposi
tion are the most comprehensive, far
‘rm(-hlnx and vital ever submitted to
tke treaty-making powers of the
World; and
“Whereas no treaty can be entered
into by the United States without the
consent of the Senate, and |
“Whereas the President is to con
duct the negotiations at Paris in per
#cn, and
“Whereas it is supremely important
that the Senate be promptly, fully
and accurately informed of all the
facts which may be pertinent to the
proposed readjustment in the affairs
of the various powers concerned In
these treaties and of all the reasons
which may be urged for and agalnst
the proposed compacts while the ne
gotiations therefore are in progress,
it is, therefore,
“Resolved by the Senate of the
United States, That there be created
a committee to be composed of eight
Senators—one-half from the majority
and one-half from the minority—
which shall be charged with the duty
of proceeding to Paris at the proper
time in order to be there present
during the sald peace conference,
Report to Senate,
“The committee shall diligently in
quire with respect to all the facts
pertaining to or material for the fu
ture consideration of the proposed
treaties of the Senate, and make itself
familiar with all the conditions and
circumstances surrounding the sub
ject and all the reasons which may
exist for and against the action to be
taken. It shall report to the Senate
on ail such matterg as often as It
may deem it advisable to do so, and
it shall make a final report at or lm-}
fore the time that the treaties grow
ing out of the conference are laid be
fore the Senate for approval or rejec
tion or modification.
“The committee shall be chosen In
the manner provided in tne rules of
the Senate for the selection of ilts
standing committees,
“It 1s authorized to employ such
necessaries, clerks, stenographers and
messengers as It may deem necessary
for the discharge of the duties herein
imposed upon it
“All the expenses incident to Its
work In the United States and Eu
rope shall be pald from the contingent
fund of the Senate upon the certifi
cate of the Senator who shall be
chosen chalrman of the committee.”
Heckling By Rapublicans,
Suggestions that a joint resolution
be introduced declaring it the sense
of Congress that the office of Presl
dent would be vacant when the
George Washington, withe the Presi.
dent on board, passed out of Sandy
Hook, were made in certain Republi
ecan quarters, This resolution would
eall for Vice President Marshall tak
ing over “all of the powers and du
ties” of the office and dalscharging
them untll the President's return,
Administration leaders flatly stated
that any such resolution would be
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German Mine Field
Is Located Off Jersey
(By International News Service,)
I'II#I.AIH‘II;I‘HIA, Dee. 3.-~Naval au
thorities here today divulged the infor
mation that mine flelds sewn by German
submarine mine layers have been located
off Delaware Bay, American ships will
he given routes to follow on leaving port
g 0 that mine elds may be avolded
Search I 8 being made all along the
Atlantic couast for the rest of the mines.
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By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN, .
Staff Corresponclent of I. N. 8.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Presidens
Wilson's attendance on the peace
conference I 8 a call to service. His
ideals having been accepted as the
basis for peace, he “owes it to the
asscclated governments to see to lig
that no faise or mistaken interpreta«
tion is placed uopn them and ne posS
sible effort omitted to realize them.”
Far from desiring to ignore Congress,
he will welcome its counsel and ite
united support.
This, summed up, was the explono=
tion of the chief executive at today’s
Joint Congressional session of the
reasons compelling him to head
America’s delegation to the peace
conférence,
Whether his explanation satisfied
the legislative organization is hard to
say. From the standpoint of the Re
publicans it did not. And there were
Some at least among the Democrats
who displayed little enthusiasm fin
the mater,
The President’s address was some -
what different from any which have
preceded it. iHs early words were a
glorious tribute to the valor of Amer
ica's goldiers and sailors on land and
sea, and were greeted with the
warmest applause from both sides
of the chamber. His praise of the
plans of the Secretary of the Interior
and Indorsement of the changes in
the current revenue bill apparently
were generally approved,
His declaration that he did not feel
Qualified to say what must be done
with the railroads brought smiles
from the Republicans who apparent
ly scented in that action an intent
to allow the coming Republican Con
gress to burn its fingers with this,
the greatest of national problems.
But when he came to his explanation
of the reason for his trip abroad
he struck solid Republican opposi
tion.
“May I not hope, gentlemen of the
Congress, that in the delicate tasks
I shall have to perform on the other
side of the sea in my efforts truly
and faithfully to Interpret the prin
ciples and purposes of the country we
love, 1 may have the entire encour
agement and the added strength of
your united support?”
Immediately the Democratic side
of the chamber was in an uproar. The
mob rose to their feet with cheers
and cries of encouragement. But the
Republican side sat absolutely silent
and impassive. There was not a sin
gle amile There was not a single
handclap. The Republicans, plainly
acting under a concerted agreement,
Look up the gauntlet of deflance.
Text of Address.
The President Said:
Gentlemen of the Congress: The
year that has elapsed since I last
stood before you to fulfill my con
stitutional duty to give to the Cone
gress from time to time Informa
tion on the state of the Union has
been so crowded with great events,
great processes and great results
that I can not hope to give you an
adequate pleture of its transactions
or of the far-reaching changes
which have been wrought in the life
of our nation and of the world, You
have yourselves witnessed these
things, as | have. It Is too soon
to assess them: and we who stand
In the midst of ttem and are part
of them are less qualified than men
of another generation will be to =ay
what they mean, or even what they
have heen But some great out
standing facts are unmistakable
and constitute in a sense part of the
publie business with which it is our
duty to deal., To state them s to
set the stage for the legislative and
executive action which must grow
out of them and which we have yet
to shape and determine
Movement of Troops.
A year ago we had sent 145918
men oversens, Since then we have
gent 1,950,513, an average of 162,542
ench month, the number, in faot,
riging in Mav last to 245,051, in June
to 278,769, In July to 307,182, and
econtinuing to reach similar figures
o At ind Heptember--in Au
gust 28957 nd in September 257,
438
No such movement of fim“