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LONDON TIMES CABLE TO THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
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THE HAGUE, Dec. 11.—A corre
epondent who returned from Ham
burg Sunday says he found even the
typists at the Rathaus sitting with
revolvers beside them and the cor
ridors guarded by soldiers with fixed
bayonets. A quarrel was in progress
between mine sweepers and the ma
rine authorities over pay for sweep
ing 30,000 mines that had been sent
out from Cuxhaven, which they said
it would take tweive months to clear.
He reports the Soldiers’ and Work
Americans Studiously Refrain
From Treating Huns Harshly
LONDON TIMES CABLE TO THE ATLANTA GEORGIAN.
By HERBERT BAILEY.
COBLENZ, Dec. 11.—The Ameri
. ean troops at Coblenz have met a
reception somewhat more cordial than
at Treves, although for some days
previous the evident desire of the
Americans not to antagonize the civil
jan population had a marked effect.
In Treves the Americans studiously
refrained from measures which might
appear to have been inspired by a
desire to treat the Germans in the
zone of occupation as the Germans
treated the French and the Belgian
civilian population in the four years
in which they had occupied invaded
territory.
No regulations so far have been
promulgated calling the inhabitants
to remain indoors at night, and there
is absolutely no interference with the
’ daily life of the people. Indeed Ger
man soldiers in uniform still appear
on the streets and are not even oblig
ed to salute American officers.
The attitude of the American army
of occupation is calculated to impress
the inhabitants taht the people of the
United States have no animosity
against the German people. On the
other hand the German population
shows that it looks to America as its
best friend and relies on the United
States to obtain the most favorable
peace terms. As a natural result there
is an atmosphere of mutual consid
eration here.
American officers who saw the
Pope to Receive
Wilson With Pomp
LONDON TIMES CABLE.
ROME, Dee. 11.—It is announced
on reliable authority, though not offi
cially, that President Wilson will be
received with full ceremonial by the
Pope, and will see the Cardinal Secre
tary of State on December 23,
(Copyright, 1918, by Public Ledger Co.)
1,000 Americans
To Start Home
LONDON TIMES CABLE.
LONDON, Dec. 11.—~American Base
Hospital, No. 87, in Dartford, Kent,
will evacuate 1,000 patients next Sat.
urday for America, One hundred of
these will be taken for a tour of Lon
don tomorrow. A procession of mo
tor cars is being lent for that pur
pose,
(Copyright, 1918, by Public Ledger Co.)
Poison Lurks in Drink
Sold Here as Corn W hisky
Serious effects are expected to fol
low the trail of several barrels of de
natured alecohol, stolen frow ship
ments in transit and peddled about
Atlanta with a large sale as “moon
shine” corn liquor, Its presence was
detected by revenue agents under D,/
J. Cantt Thursday, a half barrel be
ing seized.
The concoction containg 100 parts
of grain alcohol, ten parts of wood al
cohol, and one-half pint of benzine,
according to analysis. Mr. Gantt says
it is an insidious poison, its oflecui
being discerned after weeks in blind.
ness or other serious complications
The revenue agents fear that the pur
chasers have only bought trouble for
themselves.
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men’s Councils are everywhere be
coming increasingly unpopular. Con
diticns in Hamburg are dismal, but
the danger of Bolshevism in Bremen
and Hamburg, he thinks, is exagger
ated. He believes\the troops return
ing from the front line will liemand a
lictator, hir unless a coastituent as
sembly is summoned quickly.
ilamburg and Bremen are more
arti-English than Berlin, as they fe2l
the loss of the fleet more ke'émy.
(Copyrignt, 1918, by Public Ledger Co.)
Third German Army praise the effi
cient manner in which the enemy with
drawal was being conducted. The
‘condition of the horses 1s st ##Pbe
particularly good and all lorries and
motor transport vehicles are deco
rated with green leaves and holly.
Here, as in Treves, the homegoing
Germans received a great welcome
from the civil population. All Ger
mans assert the army returned un
beaten. Certainly the attitude of the
inhabitants of Coblenz is not that of
a beaten people. n the evening the
cases are crowded with well-dressed
men and women and there is music
and animation in all the brightly
lighted resorts,
The food conditions in Coblenz ap
pear to be similar as in Treves. The
poorer people are strictly rationed,
but what they can get is sold cheap,
at prices fixed by the Burgomaster.
All surplus food is in the hands of
speculators and can be bought by
those who have the money, A small
fish costs eight marks. Sixteen marks
is charged for a small omelet. What
seems to be needed urgently is a
more equitable distribution of avail
able supplies,
Persistent rumors are current here
that Hindenburg has stopped the de
mobilization of the German army and
bhas refused to comply with the de
mands of the Socialists that the re
turning soldiers be sent as soon as
possible to their homes.
(Copyright, 1918, by Public Ledger Co.)
Berlin Rioters
Are Released
LONDON TIMES CABLE.
COPENHAGEN, Dec, 11,.—A1l those
arrested at the Hotel Britisol, in Ber
lin, in connection with the disturb
ances of last week, were released aft
er eleven hours’ examination, only
Dr. Hach being imprisoned as leader
of a students’ guard, formed without
ganction of the Government, The
owners of the firm of Thyssen & Co,
and Hugo Stinnes, the iron magnate
arrested for high treason, also are
likely to be released.
(Copyright, 1918, by Public Ledger Co.)
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Sinn Feiners Demand
Republic for Ireland
DUBLIN, Dec. 12.—8 inn Feiners are
demanding a republic in Ireland and
those wha are elected to Parliament
Saturday may refuse to sit at West
minster, but attempt to establish a
Parliament in this city.
Sinn Fein leaders are working for
representation at the peace confer
ence and it is possible they may at
tempt to take advantage of President
Wilsons’ doctrine of self-determina
tion to claim separation from North
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(By International News Service.) |
EW YORK, Dec. 12—A “mar-
N riage censor” has been es
tablished at the license bu
reau here by the military authori
ties because of the hurry the sol
diers seem to be in to get mar
riage licenses,
Captain Don L. Montel, with an
aide, has been installed today at
the bureau. If there is any doubt
in the minds of the city officials
the soldiers are passed along to
the captain.
“How long have you known this
girl?” he asked one soldier.
“Met her last night,” was the
answer.
“Better go home and think it
over, then come back if you want
to,” said the cantain.
Others are directed to wait until
certain investigations can be made.
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( With the elevation of County Com
‘missioner W. M. Poele to the c¢hair
manship «f the commision at its re
organization .the first of year regard
ed as a certainty, officials about the
courthouse speculated Thursday on
the possibilities for the vice chair
manship. ana it generally was fore
cast that Commissioner Oscar Mills
will be elected to this office.
The election of Mr. Mills as vict
chairman will mean that Commi:
sioner Charles R, Turner, the minc @
ty member of the commission, w..l
receive no official pie and that he has
lost his position in line for the chair
manship. Ordinarily, Mr. Turner
would have been slated for the vice
chairmanship this time, but because
of his fight on the Mills faction and
the friction this has brought about on
the commission, officials believed he
had been “shelved.” The naming of
Mr. Mills as vice chairman will place
Fim in line for the chairmanship in
1920,
There was no likelihood that At
torney Paul Etheridge, the new com
misisoner who is to take his seat the
first of the year, would be elected as
vice chairman, as such action would
be without precedent, officials said.
Mr. Turner will continue in the mi
nority en the commission in the new
year, and the Mills’ faction will be in
complete control.
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Father of Soldier Gels
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Voter Using Son’s Name
SAVANNAH, Dec. 12.—Whatever
may have been the surprises of the
municipal primary in Savannah this
week, there were none greater than
befell Thomas Cooley and Lee J, Mil
ler. Mr. Cooley was an Inspector at
one of the polls where Mr. Miller ap
plied to vote in the name of Thomas
C'ooley, Jr., son of the election in
spector, who is in France with the
army.
Mr. Cooley gave him the “once
over,” and not recognizing him as
his son, and still retaining the cer
tainty, despite election day, that he
would know his son should he see
him, asked the young man if he were
certain whose name he wished to
vote in. 8o certain was the young
man that he made oath that he was
Thomas Cooley, Jr. Then Mr. Cooley
asked an officer to take him into cus
tody.
Mr. Miller is being held now under
the double charge of {llegal voting
and of perjury.
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Walker Decides That
Senators May Hold Jobs
Attorney Oeneral Clifford Walker ren
dered an opinion Thursday which clears
up the question whether State Senators
elected iln districts which were since
changed, under provisions of a consti
tutional amendment ratified at the same
election, are still eligible to resume their
ofMces \
Mr. Walker gtated that In view of the
fact that the Benators were elected In
aecordance with laws In force at the
time of the election, they are still en
titleq to thelr offices, even though the
laws were changed subsequently, ‘
The advice of Mr. Walker to Governor
Dorsey is that the latter eall an elec
tlon lin the seven new senatorial dln-‘
tricts, created by the amendment above
referred to, thus providing for 61 Sen
ators, each representing one distriet,
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$4,000,000,000 Unaudited
Accounts ,Says McAdoo
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dee. 12 -~There are
in the accounts division of the auditor
for the War Department §54,000 000000
in unaudited accounts, with “much more
to come,” according to correspondence
submitted to the House Thursday by
Secretary MeAdoo regarding war claims |
civil and nulxlnry»—mclud‘lnfl those of
soldierd relatives,
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1918
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Dec. 12—The conference
between Allied and German repre
sentatives at Treves regarding the
prolongation of the armistice period
started at noon today. Announce-~
ment of a prolongation is expected
here within a few hours.
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Dec. 12.—The Dutch Pre
mier announced to the Dutch Parlia
ment that he is willing to open dis
cussions with the Allies regarding a
rew place of residence for the ex-
Kaiser, his present residence at
Amerongen being provisional, said a
news agency dispatch from Amster
dam today, quoting The Telegraaf.
The Nieue Van Der Tag demands
the expulsion of both the ex-Kaiser
‘and the former Crown Prince.
Allies Can Demand
Surrender of Kaiser
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Dee, 12.—Lord Robert
¢ Ceecil, Under Foreign Secretary,” ex
pressed the opinion in a speech that
“while the Allies may not be able to
i extradite the former Kaiser, they can
ldemand his surrender.”
! Jonkheer Beerenbruck, the Dutch
Premier, announced in Parliament
Wednesday that the former German
Emperor is entitled to sanctuary in
| Holland as a private citizen and that
‘his return can not be demanded of
‘the Netherlands Government,
‘Allies Likely to Refuse
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| Armistice Conference
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Dec. 12.—Allied parlia
| mentaires at Treves may not nego
tiate with the German envoys on the
‘l:nter‘.- equest for an extension of
the armMiice on the ground that the
fpn-sent Grérman Government does not
représent the people, said an BEx
' change Telegraph dispatch from Co
penhagen today, giving The Berliner
Tageblatt as authority for the infor
| mation
! The German Government may be
compelled to suinmon the Reichstag
in order to give the Ebert regime at
Berlin a parliamentary basis.
The negotiations for a prolongation
of the armistice were scheduled to
ihvgln at Treves some time today.
IHun Government Shaken
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’By Socialists’ Dispute
(By International News Service.)
ZURICH, Dec. 12,—The German
Government is badly shaken by the
struggle between the majority and
minority Socialists for power and |t
was reported from Berlin today that
the latter may leave the Government
and join the extremists, led by Dr.
Kar! Liebknecht,
The army in Berlin is supporting
the mafority. The partisans of the
old regime are plotting to force a de
cision. Compromising counter revo
lutionary materials have been dis.
'(‘m'vred in the residences of Prince
lHuhenluhe and Count von Rheinbad
,en.
Big “Revolt Machine”
Is Charged to Berger
(B{ International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Dee. 12.-—Sensational
accusations, charging that a great
“revolt machine” wa< attempted by
Victor Berger, Congressman-elect of
Milwaukee, and his four co-defend
ants on trial under the esplonage act
before Judge Landls, are the bases of
the Government's case, as outlined to
the jury which today takes up the
hearing of the evidence against the
indicted men,
It also is charged by the Govern
ment, as outlined in the opening ad
dress to the jury, that the defendants
made use of the Socialist party, of
which they all are leaders, in their
efforts to thwart the nation's war
plans and to spread seeds of sedition
and disloyalty.
Among other things that Assistant
United States Attorney Joseph B,
Fleming sald the Government would
show was “that Berger printed sev
eral dozens of pro-German editorials
in his newspaper, The MilwauKkee
Leader, and gave instructions that
emphasis and precedence were to be
given to Berlin dispatches.”
Circulation of the “proclamation
and war program,” known as the “St.
Louls Platform,” the official presen
tation of the stand of the Soclalist
party, was directly charged as being
an offense committed by the five de
fendants :
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i LONDON, Dec. 12.—The city of
London has invited the President to
accept an address of welcome in a
‘gold box and to be the guest of honor
}ht a luncheon at Guild Hall.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.—President
Wilson is “pieased with the situation
iboth here and in Europe.”
~ This statement was made in a per
sonal radio message from the Presi
‘dent tc his secretary, Joseph P. Tu
multy, the latter let it be known at
the executive offices today.
~ The President added that he was
having a pleasant voyage and that the
sea air had completely cured the cold
which had been causing him consid
erable annoyance.
Magnificent Mansion
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Is Ready for Wilsons
By HENRY G. WALES,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S,
PARIS, Dec. 12.—Final details of
making the residence of Prince Mu
rat ready for the occupancy of Presi
dent and Mrs. Wilson were completed
today. Telephepnes have been in
stalled throughout the mansion, even
in the dressing rooms and bathrooms,
and the electric lighting system has
been improved.
President and Mrs., Wilson will dine
at an inlaid mahogany table, large
enough to accommodate 35 guests.
The Prince left the celebrated gold
dinner service for the presidential
party.
A beautiful gondola shaped bed was
set aside for the President, but for
fear it would prove too short, another
was provided for reserve.
Mrs. Wilson will sieep in a canopled
bed of pink brocade with pink tapes
tries. Mrs. Wilson will have the
services of Georgette, the personal
maid to Princess Murat.
Closets of Great Size.
The dressing rooms in the Presi
dent's suite have closets big enough
to hold 50 suits of clothes and 100
pairs of shoes, not to mention the
space for hats,
The commodious closets in Mrs.
Wilson's dressing quarters will ae
commodate 100 gowns, 200 pairs of
shoes and slippers, 60 parasols, 650
fans and other accessories of the
feminine toilet, The carpets on the
floors are nearly an inch thick. Es
pecial pains were taken with the
lighting system. The lights do not
shine direct from the bulbs, but are
shaded with globes of soft tones,
In the parlors are great candelabras
with myriads of crystals dangling
from them.
The bathrooms are 30 feet square,
containing movable tubs,
There are more than 4,000 glasses
in the pantries with which to serve
upward of 60 different kinds of bev
erages, ;
Cooks and waiters for the presiden
tial party were provided by the
French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Mansion Heavily Guarded. |
The grounds around the mansion, a
couple of acres in extent, will be |
heavily guarded by French troops, An'
electric lighting system has been es
tablished so that the guards can sig
nal each other. Sentries will patrol
the vast lawns all the time. ‘
The controversy over the alleged
attempt of the Soclalists to monopo
lize President Wilson is reaching u‘
warm stage,
The Temps, in a lengthy first.page
article, criticizes the Socialist party,
the General Confederation of Work
ers, the League of the Rights of Man
and other organizations which have
been placarding billboards with ap
peals to give the American executive
a mammoth welcome,
The organizations are accused of
trying to exploit the President’s visit
to their own interests,
“It Is strange,” says The Temps,
“to mee these elements capltalizing
Mr. Wilson's visit that never ceased
to extol a peace by compromise—a
procedure which the President form
ally denounced as dangerous, Presi
dent Wilson is not the guest of any
party, nor faction nor man; he is the
guest of France"
Despite this eriticlsm, new pamph
lets made their appearance today,
geattered broadceast by the represen
tatives of the League of the Rights of
Man, They end with the quotation:
“Vive Wilson! Vive United States!
Vive Soclety of Nations!”
A sumptuous 60-horsepower Ameri.
ecan military limousine, with an Amer.
fean flag attached to the windshield,
has been placed at the disposal of the
President,
Police Cleaning Up City.
The police today continued their
work of eleaning up Paris before the
arrival of the presidential party.
They have stopped all afternoon
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Miss Mary [. MeDearmon, able worker of the law enforece-
ment division of the War Camj
Atlanta with a helping hand for
been ecasy.
Miss Mary I. MeDearmon has an
imposing title, She is fixed post
worker of the law enforcement divi
sion of the Atlanta office, War Camp
Community Service, To make it short
and proper, though, she is the Big
Sister of girls and young women who
have found the “lure of the uniform”
irresistible and tragic, of girls who
have been hounded by poor wages,
short hours, and Ignorance to seek
a little brightness in life.
Her work, the most constructive
welfare work imaginable, will not be
withdrawn, now that the war is over,
Realizing that the morale of the
army depended upon cleanliness, the
Government closed up all restricted
districts, and issued stringent orders
against the operation of questionable
establishments within three miles of
a camp. And as a further, and per
haps more effective measure, the law
enforcement division of the War
Camp Community Service was organ
fzed, and thirty fixed post workers
stationed at varlous camps through
the country,
With the growth of the problem
and the demand for more workers,
the number of fixed post officers was
fncreased to 270, and the scope of
the department’'s work widened.
Miss McDearmon, formerly o
Camp Funston, at Manhattan, Kans,,
and Camp Fremont, at Palo Alto,
Cal., has been in charge of rehabili
tation work at Camp Gordon, and
has obtained wonderful results
through her tireless and faithful
work.
When the department was organ
-Ized It was for the simple purpose of
taking care of girls who visited the
camps, but since that time it has
been greatly extended, and now has
been extended to the hospitals and
prison camps.
Women who have been placed in
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young women whose way has not
the institutions as a result of of
fenses are reached by Miss McDear
mon, who holds out to them hopes
for a brighter future, and helps-them
to find employment, or to return to
their homes.
“The situation in Georgia is not
bad,” said Miss MecDearmon, “and 1
have found the girls of the South
easier to deal with than in any place
I have been. In practically every
case they come from good families,
and usually are more than willing to
return to their homes, if they can, or
to work for a living. They are very
easily Influenced to try to do better,
“Vice conditions, in all instances
practically are attributable to one
cause, and that is, ignorance. There
are, however, two other reasons that
have resulted in the downfall o 1
many good girls, ‘Ponr pay and long
hours and lack of sufficlent normas
amusements,
“The two latter conditions are
problems that the community must
fight,
“Atlanta needs a good detention
home, where the girls can be given
protection, and classified, and there
should he white and colored matrons
in the stockade, and a matron at
Grady Hospital, The only nurse in
charge of the girlg 18 one em&loyed
by the United States Public Health
Service”
Miss McDearmon is assured that the
rehabilitation work among the wom
en and the soldiers in the camps
will not be slacked with peace con
ditions, but will be carried on with
renewed vigor, 1
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 12.-—Secre~
tary McAdoo’s proposal to extend the
period of Federal control of railroads
for flve years is a “deliberate effort
to institute a policy of permanent
Government ownership in this coune
try,” Senator Kellogg, of Minnesota,
charged in the Senate this afternoon.
“We have 21 months to decide
what shall be done with the rail
roads,” Senator Kellogg said. “Surely
that is time enough. Why do not we
meet the issue now? The real rea
son, it seems to me, is that they
know the people will not accept Gov
ernment ownership of railroads in
any form at this time. Therefors,
they propose to put over the decision
until a later date, when the xnbuo
"frame of mind may be more favor
able. v
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Test Control, M’Adoo Says
WASHINGTON, Dee, 12.—Exten
sion of the period of Government con
trol of railroads for five years, until
January 1, 1924, was recommended to
Congress last night by Director Gen
eral McAdoo. Mr. McAdoo said this
would take the railroad question out
of politics for the present, give time
fir carrying out an extensive pro
-Bram of improvements, and provide
the opportunity for a fair test of uni
fled control to indicate the perma
nent solution of the railroad problem.
“The President has given me per
misison to say that this conclusion
accords with his own view of the
matter,” Mr. McAdoo concluded.
The letter was addressed to Sena
tor Smith, of South Carolina, and
Representative Sims, chairmen, re
spectively, of the Senate and House
Interstate commerce committees, Mr.
McAdoo explained that to continue
Government operation for 21 months
after formal declaration of peace un
der present conditions would mean
disruption of morale among em
ployees and officers, and could not
enable the Government to go ahead
with Improvements and purchase of
equipment Another alternative, the
prompt return of the railroads to pri
vate control, without legislation to
permit ellmination of the old wasteful
competition, would be “hurtful alike
to the public interest and to the rall
roads themselves,” he said, and the
Gifficulty of obtaining immediate leg
islation providing a permanent solu
tion, is apparent.
“There is one, and, to my mind,
only one, practicable and wise alter
native,” Mr. McAdoo continued, “and
that is to extend the period of Fed
eral control from the one year and
rine months provided by the presemt
law to five years, or until the first
day of January, 1924, This extension
would take the railroad question out
of politics for a reasonable period. It
would give composure to railroad of-
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