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Senator Johnson Asks Why We Are Fighting in Russia
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—Crying,
“Is it true? Is it true? Is it true?”
Senator Hiram Johnson, of Califor
nia, this afternoon propounded a se
ries of startling questions to the
['nited States Government on its pol
icy in Russia, and introduced a reso
lution in the Seénate calling for all
documents on the Russian policy and
information on the numbers and ac
tivities of American troops in Rus
sia.
These were Senator Johnson's
questions:
“IS it true:
“1. That the soviet government of
fered to the American Government a
basis of military and economic co
operation and sought our help to pre
vent ratification of the Brest treaty,
and that this Government never re
plied?
Intervention Issue.
“2 That the Assistant Secretary of
State, speaking for the President in
March last, when intervention was
urged to save the Russian people
from the rigors of starvation and the
red terrors ‘before the unity of the
peasants and workers against the Ai-
Jies had been established,’ replied
that to intervene in Siberia ‘would be
doing in the east exactly what the
Germans are doing In the west.)’
“3. That the soviet government of
fers a program for making the United
States the most favored of foreign na
tions in trade and commerce and in
volving the control by the Allies of
all supplies most desired by the Cen
tral Powers?
“4, That American Red Cross rep
resentatives remained in Moscow un
til October 5 and Petrograd until Oc
tober 16 unmolested, even while
American troops were fighting the
soviet government, and then were al
lowed to depart under safe conduct
of the soviet government
Shipment of Supplies.
“5 That the State Department has
refused to allow the Red Cross to ship
supplies to Moscow and Petrograd for
the relief of returning Russian war
prisoners and was this refusgal based
on Creel information and the fear
that these supplies would be turned
over hy the starving people to Ger
many?
“s” That the Ambasgsador and the
British high commissioner recom
mended co-operation with the soviet
covernment through the American
railway mission, and that the soviets
promised to place the Siberian rail
way in the hands of the mission, but
that the l‘l‘(‘flnlln"lld:l(lilns were re
jected ‘largely because of the misin
formation received through the old
regime in Russia?
“7. That the refusal of these rec
ommendations prevented the evacua
tion of large amounts of war sup
plies which subsequentiy fell into the
hands of the Germans
Attitude Toward Kerensky.
“g. That the British high commis.
sioner stated over his signature ‘that
the soviet government had co-op
erated in aiding the Allies and that
he believed that intervention in co
cperation with the soviet government
was feasible as late as May b, 1918,
9. That the American Government
<o delayed co-operation with the
Kerensky Government ‘as to con
tribute largely to the overthrow of
Kerensky and the success of the Bols
shevik revolution’
“Are We to Blame?”
fohnson made it plain he had no
sympathy with “Bolshevism " but at
the same time thought the time had
come for full information
“Bear in mind,” he said, “that the
rews which comes to us from Russia
is all colored. T have no doubt that
terror existg, that many worthy peo
ple have been cruelly ar d outrageous
ly murdered [ have no doubt that
starvation stalks among the people,
but, a 8 I read of the net of steel cast
around Russia by the Allies and our
selves by which no food can enter
that unhappy country, I ask the ques
tion. ‘Can it be that we, in any de
gree, are responsible for the bloody
terror there existing?’
“(‘an it be that we, in any measure
are responsible for starving poor and
misguided peasants'”
The Creel bureau, Johnson declar
od, “apparently has been engaged
not in Jdeveloping facts for our peo
ple, but 1n justifying a course gub
sequently pursued at varfince with
our words,’
Johnson asked the meaning of the
ehange in the term of the armistice
[ % regards the evacutaion of Russian
territory
Field for Speculation.
“What a fleld for speculation this
modification of the armistice terms
presents,” he exclaimed “Can it he
that the German-bribed Bolsheviki
acting in confunetion with Germany
and doing Germany’ will, raast 1
kept in order by German troope?”
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Officers were elected for the coming !
year, a strong protest was m:n!v!
against the proposed 6-cent street
car fare, and resolutions were adopt !
ed opposing any change in .-\tl.'mt:.]
time, at a meeting of the Atlanta
Federation of Trades ‘.\'w(m'wm\.
night
A constitutional amendment to thf"
laws of the federation was adopted ‘
ifter a warm debate, making all offi
cers of the body eligible to continu
ous re-election
A resolution putting the federation j
on record as opposing the zvrnpnwul!
change from central to eastern time I
was unanimously adopted. The reso- |
lution stated that the workers \\'tfi*!
in harmony with the idea of ¢ )-.:mmm:!
the time during the summer, as n‘
was done by order of the national
Government last summer, but opposed |
to placing the extra hardships Yh.ctE
earlier rising would entail during the
winter on the workers. l
Car Raise Opposed.
The resolution placing the federa
tion on record as strongly opposing
any increase in street car fares in
Atlenta and appointing a committee
of three to place the organization's
objections before city oflicials, pre
cipitated one of the warmest out
pourings of oratory in the history of
the body, being adopted by an over
whelming majority vote. It was
charged that the increase sought |
would, of itself, pay the entire salary
expense of the street railway com
pany, and that very little of the raise
would go toward bettering service or
increasing wages.
Charles B. Gramling, of the steam
engineers, president of the body for
the past two years, was re-elected by
acclamation,
The following vice presidents were
elected: C., L. Edwards, of the Ml-l
chinists’ Union; F. R. Martin, of the
Elevator Constructors’ Union; Cap—‘
taln John Terrell, of the Firemen's
Union, and Heney, of the Black
smiths. The new board of trustees
consists of James Miller, chairman, of
the Barbers' Union; J. L. Puckett, of
the Railway Clerks, and Howder, of
the Carpenters and Joiners,
Picture of Houston,
Karl Karston, of the Musicians’
Union, was re-elected secretary andi
treasurer; William Van Houten was
elected recording secretary and
Hardy O. Teat, of the street railway
men's union, was re-elected sergeant
at-arms.
The finance committee for the en
suing term is composed of W. C.
Carraway, typographical union: ‘
James Alleyn, pressmen’s union, and
Fred Ellis, of the machinists’ union.
This will be the last meeting of the
city federation this year, The new
officers will be installed at the first
meeting of the body in Janmary,
which will be held at the Labor Tem
ple on the second Wednesday of the
month.
A life-size photograph of Clint C.
Houston, former president of the At
lanta Federation of Trades and mem
ber of the Georgia Legislature, who is
at present editor of the Denver Bulle
tin, was presented to the fndoratinn'
by Delegate W. ', Carraway, and or
dered h\{nz in the gallery of t‘o sod-l
eration, <
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Travelers Aid Body |
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Seeks Membership Fees‘
If you are in receipts of a letter re
auesting A mebership subseription to the
Travelers’ Aid Association, a prompt re
mittance may in the future prove a pleas
ant hoomerang On Aduty day and mrh(l
at nl+ Atlanta stations, the agents of the
afsocTation meet all trains coming into
the eity and have made themselves in-‘
dispensable adjuncts to the information
serviea of strangers, let alone their in-‘
valuable work in advising and assisting
travelers,
For seventeen years under the nu-mn-n‘
of the women of Atlantan the work hns
been earried, n being materially added to
recently hy the ever-increasing nmvv--‘
ments of troops and families of soldiers
Needy girls or women are made welcome
at the reoms of the association at the
Ruford Memorial Home and every as
sistance lent them in obtaining employ
ment, Finaneinl support to a degree s
granted by the city and county railroads
and the War Camp Community Bervice,
but personal! subscriptions are distinetly
Adesired. Membership seen of §1 should be
nddressed to rMs. W. E. Mansfield, No. 130
Peoples street, ‘
Ward Declines Post |
Of Managing Cables
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, Dec. 12.--George G.
Ward has declined to accept the man
agership of the cables of the Commer
eial Cable Company and the Western
Unlon Telegraph Company, according
to an announcement today by Clarence
J. Mackay, president of the Cable Cfom
g‘unf. In a letter to Postmaster General
ur tnon. who offered Ward the appoint.
ment.
Mackay #ald Mr. Ward has not taken
over the control of the Western ['nion
cables and has no intention of doing
%0, becausge he will not run the risk of
\-lollllng the Sherman anti-trust aet
for combining competing cable systems
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At the Walter Reed Hospital, at Washington, where those of our boys who were erippled “‘over there’’ ar ebeing taught va
rious trades so that on their discharge from the service they will become self-supporting, the erippled boys have issued a newspaper
all their own and have christened it **The Come Back.”” The photos show one of the linotype operators on the sheet. In spite of the
loss of his right arm in action, he is getting along splendidly with his left. The other photo shows a Red Cross worker at the hospital
with a copy of the first issue of ““The C'ome Back.” :
Three Alabamans, two Georgians, al
Texan and a representative of 'l‘on-!
nessee are included in the lutvstl
group of 160 convalescent soldiers to|
arrive at Fort McPherson from vari- |
ous base hospitals in France. Five of|
the seven were members of the Hx:h~‘
ty-second Division and saw consid
erable action before they were count
ed out of the fighting.
Statesboro is claimed by Private
George W, Spivey, of Company (',
328th Infantry, as his place of abode,
although the fact that his sister took
it into her head to get married whil«-l
he was away perturbs him consider
ably. It seems that George and his
sister had a farming venture in mind
and such things as marriage compli
cations were not counted on by Spi
vey when, he entered the service back |
in April. Indeed what is to h.'\mn-nl
to his farming prospects worries|
Spivey appreciably more than the left
arm which hangs in a sling (
“They got me on the Verdun front,” |
said Spivey, “then I went to some fleld |
hospital for a day-—don't ask mvl
where—then to Base Hospital 7, :mv\|
finally to Base 8, Next was N:-wi
York, then Atlanta, and now I'm try-|
ing to figure out about my farm.”
“Back to the Mines.” |
Machine gun bullets also caused
Private Howard T. Gaylor to he inrl
valided back to this country. Like
Spivey, he was wounded at Verdun, |
an October 8 Gaylor was a lnn-mhnq:
of B Company, 327th Infantry, and|
was hit in the index finger of the
right hand. [
“Going back to coal! mining in a|
week or 80" he vouchsafed as he
headed toward the information d-wl\;
to find out about trains to Cupp,|
Tennassee,
Clarence Day, a private in (‘livn-.
pany A, 38th Infantry, also was|]
wounded in the Verdun offensive, on|
the identical day that Spivey was|
carried back This frail veteran of|
several battles hails from Loacha
poka, Ala., and holds a I*!”‘”4"]].’”‘!
grudge ngainst shrapnel, a fragment |
of which accounts for his heing at|
MePherson with a leg that Is .-«ln\\lv;
responding to treatment
Grins About Wound. !
“I got mine about # o'clock in the|
evening. From then 1 simply wmr"
from one hospital to another, reached |
New York November 24, and here l‘
am, nearer home than I've been In
gome time, The shell got me in the |
right leg and back and got twelve |
others, too Not bad for one shell
eh” And Day grinned the grin that |
has marked the American '|!)\llfllhu\'~4t
all over, whether in trench or hos
pital, firing !line or rest billets
A husky Texas ranger is Irby Co
mer, of Company G, 327th Infantry,
who lost his left hand at Argonne
Forest on October 7. But the loss of
a hand does not worry him a bit, and
he is going back to Austin to take
up farming as soon as the authorities
will let him. Sam E. Dlue an Ala-
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918
Reforms in the operation of the \lul
nicipal Court, in addition to the abolish
ment of at least nine more of the court
positions, will be urged at the next meet
ing of the County Commission by Com
missioner Oscar Mills, who is leading
the fight to reduce the expenses of that
court, it was made known Thursday.
Commissioner Mills also declared that
he will specify the positions that are
regarded as nonessential and call for
their abolishment by the commission
unless action to that end is taken by the
five judges of the court before the first
of the year This declaration by Mr.
Mills will serve to stir additional interest
in the Municipal Court situation, for the
reason that Chief Judge . D, Thomas
already has made it plain that no furth
er move will be made by the judges, on
the ground that the recent lopping off of
seven jobs has cut the court force as
much as is possible without crippling
its efficiency
Mr., Mills, who already has a list pre
pared and ready for the official ax, said:
“Unless favorable action is taken by
the jJudges, I intend publicly to announce
before the commigsion each of these non
essential Jobs and ask that they be abol
ished I'm not going to call the name
of the Incumbent, but simply will apecify
his job, and show that it is useless.'
Although the list was not disclosed,
it was understood that special balliffs
to the judges, at least one more job in
the Marshal’'s office, and several in the
clerk's office were involved,
At the same time Mr. Mills declared
that he would disclose before the com
miggion facts showing that the operation
of the Municipal Court this vear has
cost SII,OOO more than it did last year,
“This does not mean $11,600 more than
the total for last yvear, but it means that
the expenses of the court have heen
SII,OOO more in proportion to the amount
of money taken in this vear,” he said. |
“The County Commission will not rc-s"
satinfied with the Municipal Court un- |
til it I 8 cut to the bone, thus saving
to the county a lot of useless expense,”
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Mother of Kidnaped Girl
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And Accomplice Fined
Following his conviction as an accom
plice In the kidnaping of lo.vear ul("
Constance Hunnleutt from her Edge-|
wood home, Charles Hasty was Huwl‘
SSOO in the DeKalb Superior Court Wed
nesday, the jury recommending that the
offense be congidered as A misdemeanor
Mrs. Emma Hunnicutt, the child's moth
er with whose connivance the alleged
nddress to My W. K. Mansfield,’ No, 130 |
wfter entering o plea of guilty |
Vioalting a decree of the DeKalb
court, Mrs. Hunnicutt and Hasty last
August took the child from La France
stroet, FBdgewood, her grandmother and
custodian’'s home and earried her to Nor
folk, Va., where they were apprehended
In accordance with the wishes of the
court the voung gir! has sinee been re
gtored to her grandmother's care. Mras
Hunnicutt and her hushand are sepa
rated
bama sergeant of Company €, 325th
Infantry, who also arrived at the fort
Manday, is rapidly convalescing from
a compound fracture of the left foot,
sustalned while cleaning a pistol,
.
Gen. Peter F, Harris |
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Hears of Son's Woun
Thru Casualty List
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dee, 12.—He had
not heard from his son in France
for months, and naturally he was
worried. He could have cabled, but
he refused to avail himself of the
advantages open to him as an offi
cial. So he scanned the casualty
lists each day.
And yesterday arternoon General
Peter E. Harris, adjutant general
of the United States army, whose
bureau has charge of all work on
the casualty lists received in this
country from General Pershing, re
ceived word, through the usual
channels, that his son, Captain
Charles D. Harris, had been wound
ed in action in France on October
20 last, and that he had been taken
prisoner by the Germans, Adju
tant General Harris does not know
in what camp his son is, or even
whether he is still living,
Grand Opera Fund Over
. .
Figure Required by $7,000
The guarantee fund to Insure Atlan
ta's week of grand opera next spring
has passed by more than $7,000 beyond
the $056,000 figure required, The total
amount subsceribed up to Thursday was
$102,875. Some of the late subscrip
tions came from former guarantors, who
were absent from the city when the
fund first was opened, The dirwtors of
the Music Festival Association expressed
themselves as elated over the generous
response by Atlanta to the guarantee
fund
The latest subseribers, as announced
by the association, were Claude H,
Hutcheson, $100; E, Twitchell, $200; J.
D. Ballard, $150; James . Hunter, $100;
Lovick G. Fortson, $100; Joseph Zaban,
$100; B. K 4 Corley, $160; Mrs, F. M. Rob
ingon, $150; Dorothy Banks, SIOO, Pre
viously acknowledged, $101,775 Total,
$102,875
Norway Sends Its
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Greelings to Belgium
(By International News Service.) ‘
LONDON, Dee, 11 (by British Wire
loss Press),—The Norwegian Storth
irng, savs a dispatch from Christiania
today, has sent the following message
to the Belgian Parliament:
“Norwa)'s Storthing at its sitting
today Is rejoicing over Belglum's re.
pnined independence and greets the
Belgian people.”
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Work on Acid Plant
‘ Halted at Columbus
BRUNSWICK, Dee, 12, -Announce
ment has jJust been made from Wash
ington that the entire work on the Pa
cifie acid plant here ls to be abandoned
More than $6,000,000 in construction ma
terial and labor has already been spent.
fvery man on the ground will be dis
charged immediately and the place will
be completely abandoned,
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dec, 12,--Secreta
ry of the Navy Daniels, appearing be
fore the House merchant marine com- |
mittee today to urge complete Gov
ernment control of all wircless sta
tions in this country and its posses
sions, was criticised for “embarking
this nation on a policy of Govern
ment ownership without congression
al sanction.”
The Secretary was asked by Rep
resentative Edmonds, of Pennsylva
ria, why ha had bought outright from
private eencerns the wireless stations
ilong the Pacific coast, and authority
for his action was demanded
Daniels replied that the purchase,
amounting to $1,450,000, was author
ized by an appropriation bill provid
ing for the general “improvement and
extension of the wireless system in
this country.”
“It was also a good business deal”
Daniels added. He explained that by
the purchase of Marconi wireless sets
from merchant ships at the time they
were requisitioned by the shipping
board for transport service rendered
the Marconi stations on the coast
useless to Marconi and at the same
time valuable to this Government
Vigorous opposition to the Secre
tary's plea for complete ownership
developed in the committee this aft
ernoon The opposition is led by
Representatives Edmonds, of Penn
syvlvania;: Green of Massachusetts
and Saunders, of Virginia
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Boxing and Vaudeville
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At K. of C. Entertainment
Boxing and vaudeville will divide hon
ors at an entertainment to be offered
Thursday night at 8 o'clock at the
Knights of Columbus Hall, No, 18 East
Pine street The combination of tarent
from the neighboring camps and local
artists assure a variety show of more
than usunal merit, while the fistie en
deavors of representatives of Camp Gor
don, Camp Jesup and Fort MePherson
are the basis for much Interest ana
argument,
The entertalnment s by way of com
pliment to the various Woodmen organi
zations, which have been doing excel
lent work In conjunction with the War
Camp Community Service
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}Judge Emory Speer ,
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Undergoes Operalion
| MACON, Dee, 12.—United States
| District Judge Emory Speer under
| went a serious surgical operation at a
Jocal hospital last night for gall
‘Hnnm He was reported Thursday
as resting well,
EXPRESS WORKERS OUT
COLUMBUS, Dec, 12 All employees
of the local express office have walked
out The company claims they are dis
charged, and the men say they quit of
their own accord. Brunswick is withe
out express gervie~
SENDLSMILE' PICTURE
MADE FOR BOYS NERGEA,
SO WILL BE SHOWN
By O. B. KEELER.
Today we have a big announcement
to make, and you'll do well to write
down in your little date book or on
your cuff, or simply tie a knot in
your memory.
The date is Friday, December 20.
The place is the Auditorium. The
show is the Million-Dollar Shrine
Band of Yaarab Temple, directed by
Byron Souder.
And it's all for the Empty Stock
ing Fund.
Now, that would be quite some
combination, left to itself. If T were
permitted to expend adjectives in this
newspaper of the home I would cut
loose a slather of them like spectac
ular and unparalleled and stupendous
and even magnificent. You know the
Shrine band- or do vou? Well, it's
all of that, and you'll do well not to
miss the show.
And, listen here.
Along with the concert we are go
ing to show that world famous film
made a couple of months ago at
Piedmont Park—the “Send-a-Smile”
film on which a mile or so of Atlanta
smiles will greet the Georgia soldiers
in Europe this coming holiday sea
son; as like as not in Berlin and Vi
enna—somewhere in Germany, any
way. And if your smile was filmed
with the others, this will be the first
charice you will have to see yourself
as the boys will see vou. Anyw:n,\‘.‘
you want to see how it looks. And
this is the first Atlanta showing of|
that famous film.
Remember the Date! |
Giet the date down right now - I'ri
day night, December 20, At the Au
ditorium. The Shrine Band and the
Mile of Smiles. And all for the
Empty Stocking Fund. Don't forget,
In the meantime the fund is being
swelled by the earnest and tuneful
activities of the Liberty Quartet,
touring the city on a large Reo truek
with one of Mr. Cable's most upright
pianos. These lusty-lunged young
gentlemen under the chaperonage of
Dave Frank are causing the welkin
to ring in every direction, and I am
just going to eall the roll again so
you will know them when you see
them, or at least when you get within
100 yards of them, when you indu
bitably will perceive that they are in
the vicinity.
The cast consists of Mr. Frank, the
manager of the Leo Feist music
‘house; Dave Schulman, Lester Gun
ning, Leonard Arnstein and Ha%ry
Coe, composing the celebrated quar
tet; with Jesse Greer at the piano.
They are singing all over the place
and collecting the gate receipts In
stockirgs and canvas sacks—and it
all goes, every penny, to filling stock
e
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 An investi
gation was started today by (he War
Department ‘of the charge embodied in a
telegram addressed to Minority Leader
Mann, of the House, that several hun
dred wounded American soldiers from
overseas had arrived at a West Baden
Ind., hospital “broke’’ bhecause the) had
not received any pay for months
At the request of Representative Swa
ger Sherley, of Kentucky, chairman of
the House appropriations committee,
General Taylor, chief of the division ol
finances of the quartermaster's depart
ment, has instituted inquiries as to the
truth of the charge. *
Mann read the telegram in the House
while he and other Republican members
were voleing eriticlsm of the delay they
declared American soldiers in this cou
try and abroad were experiencing in re
celving their pa)
Sherley subsequently took the madtler
up with General Lord when the latter
appeared before the pruning sub-com
mittee of Sherley's committee. General
Lord assured Sherley that an investiga
tlon would at once be begun and prom
jsed to communicate the result of that
investigation to Sherley as soon as pos
sible Sherley expects to hear from
General Lord some time today
MecClean Is Red Cross
.
Field Director at Fort
Josepli McClean, who resigned from
the faculty of Agnes Scott College to
enter Y. M. C. A. work at the beginuing
of the war, has been transferred to the
Red Cross and s now fleld director at
the Fort McPherson base hospital, ac
cording to a general announcement of
personnel changes by the Atlanta Chap
ter of the Red Cross. Lieutenant Leon
R. Meadows, formerly attached to the
feld artillery at Camp Sevier, but re.
leased to the Red Cross hecause of il
health, will act as assistant feld di
rector under Mr. McClean,
SECTION/
ings for Christmas morning. You
get all Kinds of plain and faney muahq
from the company; solos, duets, trios
and quartets, with incredibly ragged
piano syncopations and an occnslo:fi
spiel by Mr, Frank, announcing w
it is all about,
It's good stuff—the kind the war
department recommends for the old
morale of the doughboys. It will de
your morale good, if you have any,
and if you haven't, it will impart you
some, and kicking in with u quarter
or a half or some soft money for the
Empty Stocking Fund will improve
the morale more than anything else,
and be good for the moral tone of the
community thiy holiday season, tco. =
Heart Interest in Cause. S
Of course, we have the neart inters
est, too. That is one thing that
makes lKmpty Stocking pleas eas
write. Taere always is somet; :
turning up to make you hlubber in a
most satisfactory manner and loo*’ 1
up the one-way peckets of the ’
lace, which, after all, is the r k
and truly Santa (laus for the i
little kids that otherwise woul ~
have 'a thing but a leart-ache on
Christmas merning. ¥
This time it was an elderly woman
who walked silently to the city edi
tor's desk and laid down on it two $5
bills and two sheetz of note paper.
The sheet with the most writing said:
“Given in memory of a dear da
ter who always did what she ';
for children less fortunate than her
self. It is hoped this may be the
means of making some little h :
happy on Christmas morning.” s
It will—and more than one.. ’i%
The other note, with the other $§
hill, contained the unspoken dy
that every Christmas morning mfi
bring to a loving heart. There w
just two words in the other note: v
“The mother.” 3
~ How can there be empty stockings
in Atlanta on Christmas morning
when Atlanta has hearts like that?
~ There CAN'T BE. That's the an=
swer. »
The Fund to Date.
Here ig the fund to date: :
Previously acknowledged........ .“ll.a
Lillle MOCIIBE .+ .issovaivishes :
Cleveland and Preslee Griswell,. 2,00
Mrs. Agnes Smith Zirbes, Wash- s
Ington, Ga....oi..oovvvsnsnsstnis l.:s
Mrs, J. P. Jones, JP,..cosnsinisi OO
Miss Irene McDermon ........... 200
Ralph M. MeCraney, Proprietor Vi
Crescent Billiard Par10r5....... 72
Paul E. W1HKe5.......:.50 000 BB
Mrs. Mamie AdAMS .......seooses AN
In Memory of a Daughter,.....,
The MOthOr . ... iviiissnnis idiin
Calvina Wilkes, 4 yvears 01d....... ltg
Lucy V. Goss, Decatur .....svsve . RN
8. €. Campbell, Milledgevile,,.... 2
Bt, M. Goovannersnrnsansmmmmpnnnis s’ SN
Phyllls ..ocovvvinvnirnrebancinsens BN
il
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! (By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—A fars
reaching Congressional investigation
of meat in this country, even more
| extensive than the probe of the “Big
Il"n.“' packing interests conducted by
the Tlederal Trade Commission, is
]]»runnw-cl from the public hearings
{ the House interstate and foreign
lmmnu ree committee is expected to
1 start shortly on the Sims bill for Fed
eral regulatigns of meat transporta
tion and distribution
Representative Sims, of Tennessee,
chairman of the committee, conferred
'with the members of the Federal
Trade Commission today on his plan
to develop testimony bhefore the com
mittee that will reveal the relation.
he explained, of the stock raiser and
the consumer to the so-called meat
trust, _
The measure, prepared by the Fed
eral Trade Commission, proposes, Mr.
fims explained, to empower the Pres
ident to control by Federal license the
means employed for carrying on Il.g
packing business, except the actual
taking over of the packing he *
themselves, and, if necessary, to sup
plement Federal licensing by lual
lease or purchase by the Govern f
of such facilities for marketing,
transporting and storing meat as -
tle cars, refrigerator cars and ‘
storage and freezing plants, ‘8
Sims added that he expected his
committee would start hearings f
the bill next week.
Y & ';
ANITA KING CRITICALLY ILL,
MICHIGAN CITY, IND., Dec. 15
Anita King, moving pieture actress, wh
recently had a narrow escape from b'
in au automobile accident hgr.‘ ;
stricken today with pnesumenia at §
home of her sister and is reperted
leally 1l RS-