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Mrs. Edwin A. Peeples, president of organization of promi
nent girls and young married women who will start a year of new
work by the sale of smart hats for welfare funds
A unique effort of the Atlanta Junior
League will be evidenced the last of this
month in the establishment of a Vanity
Bazaar at the Georgian Terrace. To fur
ther augment the league’s war work
fund, a vast number of smart hats and
accessories will be placed on sale at the
bazaar, including all the latest models
available from the milliners of this
country and the war zone. The “Bol
shevist” model will vie with the demure
“Belgian Rose,” and vivacious French
creations. will divide honors with the
gray Quaker styles of Philadelphia, and
to make the occasion more than ever
picturesque, members of the league will
serve as salesgiris to tell everybody how
perfectly charming that Lonnet is,
Entering on its third year of service,
the Junior League, with a hundred
members listed as active workers, prom
ises to ex'perlc-nct- one of its busiest and
most useful years., The varying Ilnes
of endeavor opened to the organization
by the establishment of army posts and
convalescent hospitals in the vlc!nlt}v of
the city have not been lost sight of by
the league, as a report of its work in
1918 shows clearly.
Power for Good.
The officers of the Junior Lengne.
which traces its origfh back to ow
York City fifteen years ago, where the
debutantes of that season organized to
be a power for good in the communrey,
which have been.chosen for the ensuing
year are as follows: President, Mrs. Fd
win A, Peeples; first vice president, Mrs.
Lott Warren, Jr,; second vice f"'“‘d”"“
- Miss Marion Stearns; third vice presi
dent, Miss Dorothy Arkwright; secord
ing secretary, Mrs, Max Don Howell;
corresponding uecreturx. Mrs. George
glrect; treasurer, Miss Ann Patterson,
'he members of the league are en
gaged in manifold activities making im
perative the organization of certain
well-defined committees with their
chairmen, One of the busiest of these
committees Ig the Camp Gordon hos
pital committee, of which Mrs. Lott
‘Nurrm, Jr., 18 chairman. Weekl?r visits
to the wards and the furnishing of frults,
ecandies and other delicacies are a part
of their work, but their cheerful, ever
avallable advice and comradeship is a
contribution of theirs deemed inestima
ble by those inmates of the hospital with
whom they come in contact,
Miss Marion Stearns heads the lea%m
eanteen committée,” an indefatigable
oup of fifteen girle who have made
#’lP‘l' gervices lndlupe:)uble in the vari
ous soldier-canteens in the city.
Supports Hozn.
The league aup‘mru room at the
Buford Memorial Home and two years
ago paid the entire vear's rent for the
home h‘ildm; A thanksgiving dinner
was given the home, the committee In‘
Full’lntemtiona'l News Service
~harge being under Miss Frances Brown.
Miss Laura Coles is chairman of the
committee doing welfare work in the
Luckie Street School. providing daily
‘hot lunches and in various ways aiding
‘ln making the school tots comfortable.
Miss Mary Murphey heads a committee
‘of ten girls whose endeavors are along
the lines of automobile service for the
convalescents at Fort McPherson, trans
porting them to and from the ecity.
One of the most popular and best.
known committees is headed by Miss
anrgaret Hawking, the cake com nittee,
Wednesdays and Fridays the “bakers”
‘meet at the Junlor League school of do
mestic science at No. 90, North Forsyth
street and their products have met with
an enthusiastic reception on the part of
a regularly established number of cus
tomers. The proceeds from the sale of
these cakes is devoted to the other
works of the league,
Helps Poor Children,
A beneli. vi.age parly at tne Gapital
City Club, held by the Jumior League
during the holiday season, proved a
pronounced success and enabled the
{euue to provide 20 Christmas baskets,
which were distributed throughout the
city in' connection with the settlement
work activities of its members.
A number of the league's members are
overseas In varfous branches of war
work service. Miss Frances Alken and
Miss Mary Thurston were the first of
the volunteers. They are engaged in
Req Cross relief work. Miss Isoline
Campbell, former president, and Miss
Esther Smith are also in relief work
abroad, Miss Mary Brown, Miss Theo
Prioleau, Miss Flora Bewick and Miss
Mildred Wright comprise the Junior
League unit in France, working with
thtnifl M. C. A. canteen forces.
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Figures Show Divorce
Evil Here Is Growing
Indication that the divorce evil in
Atlanta Is increasing was found Sat
urday in the fact that 215 undefended
divorce cases have been docketed by
Deputy Clerk Clark Lewis, in Supe
rior Court, for trial next week in the
first session of the revived “divoree
court,” which Is to be convened Mon
day morning by Judge John T. Pen
dleton. This is one of the largest di
vorce dockets in the hlnmry/of Fulton
County courts, particularly’ as to un
defended suits,
THE WEATHER.
Forecast—Rain Saturday night;
clearing Sunday.
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MAULIFFE MYSTERY GROWS
JLARCH GOES
ON FOR JACK
“AND MACK
The disappearance of Mack and
Jack McAnrliffe was still a mystery
Saturday. The parents, J. W. Mec-
Auliffe and Mrs, Eleanor McAuliffe,
each accusing the other of kidnaping
or spiriting away the children,
planned to continue the hunt for them
with increased energy, following the
dismissal by Judge W. D. Ellis, in
Superior Court, of habeas corpus pro
ceedings brought by Mrs. McAuliffe
against her husband,
Lawyers on both sides and close
friends of the parents, as well as the
latter th‘emselves. seemed to be com
pletely baffled by the question—
“ Where are Mack and Jack.”
Mrs. McAuliffe’s negro maid, who!
was said to have been arrested at the
instigation of MecAuliffe for allezed
complicity in the disappearance of
the two chilren, Saturday was out on
bond.
Still Accuses Husband.
Mrs. MecAuliffe declared the arrest
of the maid was nothing more nor
less than a ruse on the part of Mc-
Auliffe to cover his own act in spir
iting away the children by making it
appear that he really thought she
and the maid had hidden them. |
“I'm thoroughly satisfied that my
husband took my children, and I don't
intend to let up in my search until I
find them,” declared Mrs. McAuliffe.
She insisted that her husband must
have been lying in wait near her
home last Thursday afternoon and]
took charge of the children when they
left the house to visit friends in West
End. |
McAuliffe Denies Charge. |
McAuliffe, whgm arraigned before
Judge FEllis, was closely questioned
by Attorney J. A. Branch, for Mrs.
McAuliffe. He denied he had any
part whatever in their disappearance,
and insisted that he was just as anx
ious as Mrs. McAuliffe to find them.
“I knew nothing of the disappear
ance of the children until 1 learned
chat 1 was accused of stealing them,”
the father sald,
Attorney Walter A. Sims, counsel
for McAuliffe, made it plain that the
father will spare no pains nor effort
to find his children,
Atlanta Girl Held
i For Theft of Ring
Governor Dorsey issued a requisition
Saturday on the Governor of South Car
olina for Miss Ruth Simpson, who I 8
wanted in Fulton County for the theft
of a' solitaire diamond ring valued at
S4OO from E. C. Trotti.
In the Rnperu it 1s alleged that Trotti
allowed the young woman, who was his
friend, to wear the ring for a few days,
that when he asked her for it she asked
to be allowed the use of it for one
evening, and that she had disappeared
the next day. A charge of larceny has
been preferred,
A requisition was issued also on the
South Carolina Governor for the return
of Alvin Thompson, accused of stealing
an automobile in Troup County.
IChamber Requests 82d
sy
Be Demobilized Here
A request that the Eighty-second Divi
slon, “Atlanta's Own,” a regiment of
which s due to arrive in New York next
weok, be allowed to come direct to Atlanta
and be demobilized here, was sent the Sece
retary of War Saturday by Samuel (O,
Dobhs, president of the Chamber of Com
merce., His message follows: .
“Information has come to Atlanta that
the 328th Regiment of the Eighty-second
Division is en route home and will dis
embark in New York next week. The
Eighty-second was organized and trained
at Camp Gordon. They went directly overs
seas from Atlanta. It has been affection
ately termed Au’;ln'n Own. Our own sons
went ®ith it an® many of them will not
come back Atlantan begs you to mend
| those hoys back here for demobilization
that we may give theni a reception that
Iwm indieate to them our naffection for
them. We trust that you will grant to us
this priviloge*
,
Boy Killed by Fall Into
Potash Bin at Rockmart
ROCKMART, Jan. 26.-l Lewis Randall,
16, mon of W, M, lmndql. of Portland, (3a.,
employed as a kiln-feoeder &1 the An'-rlvuu
Potash Works, at Portland, was killed by
falling into a bin of raw materinl, His:
death was not discovered until the hin
refused to feed, the outlet being obstructed
by the young man's body,
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1919
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Latest N. Y. Cocktail
Contains No Alcohol
ontains No Alcohol,
But Has Real Kick
Many years ago two cocktail jests
were accounted of some small
merit—the Fairbanks cocktail and
the automobile cocktail. The first
grew out of the reputed fondness of
Vice President Fairbanks for butter
milk. The Fairbanks cocktail, there
fore, consisted of a glass of butter
milk with a radish in it. The auto
mobile cocktail was a subtler joke.
It was a glass of gasoline with a nut
in it.
' Now from New York comes word
that a new and ligourless cocktail
has been~ invented, and while this
sounds like another joke, those who
have tested it say it is no joke at all,
but a bone dry cocktail with a kick
in it.
The new drink is known as ‘“‘cock
tail a la mode,”” which suggests in
nocuous things like pie and ice cream.
It appears equally harmless, too—
merely a cocktail glass of grapejuice
when it is served to you. The “kick”
is served on the side, a peilet of
veadt Wone up in a tissue papef
packet.
You drop the yeast in the grape
juice and stir it hopefully. The grape
juice at once becomes agitated and
uneasy. Consumed in this ebullitive
state, it is solemnly stated that tne
pretty purple drink delivers a jolt
equal in voltage too that of a Man
hattan of the first force.
Again, it seems, old Dame Neces
sity has become a mother.
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Sutton Writes Wife
Ali .
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ive;Murder Fake
It appears from two letters, said to
have been written by James A. Sut
ton« to his wife, that Sutton is not
particularly dead, and that he cer
tainly was not murdered, as indicated
by letters, now declared fakes, re
celved a week ago by his wife.
Sutton's mother-in-law, Mrs, L. J.
Norman, of No. 116 Grant street, says
Mrs. Sutton has received two letters
from him, stating he was alive and
:;'ell and sorry he had “faked”’ a mur
er,
“He was down on his luck and out
of work,” saild Mrg. Norman, “and 1
suppose he thought this was one way
of making a new start. He says he
wants his wife to join him as soon as
he has got jnto some kind of work.’
.
On Bill Hart Stuff;
!
Boy Draws $6 Fine
Boys wiil be boys, and all that, But
they mustn't get out in the street late
at night and shoot blank cartridges at
the sky. The price for this brand of
misdemeanor was fixed at $6 by Judge
Johnson In the Recorder's Court Fri
day afternoon. At any rate, that is
what he taxed Paul E. Gailmard, 16,
of No. 20 East Baker strect, a student
at the Marist College.
Gallmard, it seems, was taking part
in a play, “Under the Fla.;." produced
by the Marist Dramatic Club. It was
a sort of Bill Hart affair In spots,
with gun play. Gallmard retained a
.revolver and a round of blank ear
tridges after the play and cut loose
the “gat” in the street not far from
the college, being promptly arrested
by .Officer Harmon,
The court’ decided that the offense
did not quite justify holding the boy
to the Grand .lur?' on the vlmrTn of
carrying concealed weapons, and the
L\m- was on a basis of disorderly con
uct,
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PARIS, Jan. 25.—The second ple
nary session of the peace conference
was held at the Foreign Office today
for consideration of the league of na
tions, responsibility for the war and
punishments and territorial questions.
No pomp marked the opening. It was
evident also that the public was
showing little interest.
As soon as the delegates of the
associated powérs had gathered, Pre
mier Clemenceau declared the busi
ness session under way.
it is understood that before the
Gelegates assembled to take definite
action regarding territorial questions,
steps were taken for the appointment
of a commission which will begin an
examination of the problems, assisted
by a host of tgchnical experts. .
Suteme'tt Expected Soon.
The limitations of Germany, then
Poland and then the states created
from Austria and Hungary probably
will be taken up in the order named.
It is likely that there will be an early
statement that under no eircum
stances will German colonies be re
turned to her, and suggesting general
plans for their disposition.
Reports were current that the rep
resentatives of the big five —America,
England® France, Italy and Japan—
have practically agreed upon the per
sonnel of the mission that will go to
Poiand. The names will be given out
by Monday or Tuesday, it is believed,
and the investigators will leave for
Poland before the end of next week.
The Russian question has continued
to occupy the mindg of the diplomats
and the various non-Bolshevik repre
sentatives here. There are indications
that if the proposed meeting is held
with these representatives on Princes
Island, in the Sea of Marmora, it will
have to be postponed from the original
date, February 16.
Internationalize Ports,
Through the internationalization of
certain ports, waterways and rallways
the peace conference hopes to assure
equal economic opportunities for all
countries. This is in line with the
third. of President Wilson's fourteen
principles suggesting the removal of
barriers against free access to the sea
in landlocked countries. This ques
tion is considered one of prime im
portance, The delegates probably will
attempt to conserve the existing Dan
ube and Rhine arrangements, which
proved prac®cal for a long time be
fore the war. Similar arrangements
will be extended to the Vistula, the
Pruth, the KElbe and other rivers.
Streams like the Scheldt must be ap
portioned to permit neighboring states
to make proper use of them.
As to ports, it is declared that cer
tain nations must be permitted to use
certaln ports free of any undue tariff,
The railway questions present dif
fieulties of transportation when the
line runs through various small states
which might wish to control all rail
traffie, thus causing the crews to be
changed at every frontier station
Wilson Warns Powers.
President Wilson has personally
sent messages to various powers
warning against eager territory grab
bing. This warning was particularly
diregted to Roumanian and Serbia,
which are digsputing over Banat and
Temesvar., HBoth the (‘zechs and the
Poles are claiming Silesia, while the
Itallang and the Jugo-Slavs are In
contorversy over Dalmatia
No reply has yet been received from
Russia regarding the invitation to
meet representatives of the associ
ated powers,
According to an unconfirmed report,
President Wilson got word from a
member of the Bolshevik regime that
it was ready to take up the question
of repayment of the money lent to
Russia by the Allies This totals
37.000,000,000 francs, The President
thereupon acted in such a way as to
give the Bolgheviks an opportunity of
stating their intentions
House Able to Attend.
All of the American delegates were
present today for the first time, Colo
nel, E. M House having recovered
from his iMness He sat beside Secre
tary of State Robert Lansing,
The morning was devoted to a con
ference of representatives of the big
five, who are working out a program
for International labor legislation and
the league of nations,
President Samuel Gompers, of the
American Fedearation of Labor, con
ferred with President Wilson and
Colonel House during the morning
ahd later he talked with British and
French diplomats on labor questions.
lssued Datly and Eutered as Second-Class Matter st
the Postofice at Atlanta Under Act of March 3, 1879
Rumor of an unofficial question
naire being circulated among Atlanta
public school teachers, sounding their
opinion on a strike to follow possible
refusal of salary demands Monday
afternoon, was a development Satur
day of the campalign for better pay.
Another development was a confer
ence between Mayor Key and a sub
committee from the executive com
mittee of the Atlanta Teachers’' As
sociation, at which the former's view
was asked in the matter of antici
pating city revenues by granting the
teachers a salary increase. Mayor
Key was asked if he would favor this
movge conditional on a proposed in
creaSe in the city's tax rate from
$1.26 to $1.50 a hundred.
Must Go To People.
“I answered that I should favor the
anticipation if the question of tax in
crease were placed before the people
at the bond election March 5,” the
Mayor explained to The Georgian aft
er the conference, “and if the people
indorsed the raise, if Council author
ized it, and the State Legislature put
into force the legal machinery to
make it effective, I shouid favor it
also if the inerezse were made réPro
active to January 1"
Would Address Teachers,
Mayor Key offered also to address
the executive committee in explana -
tion of his attitude., The subcommit
tee returned to the executive com
mittee meeting with a report of the
conference, Its members were Ru
gene Ragland, Miss Luelle Nolan and
Miss Jennie Bloodworth, principgls,
respectively, of the Boys' iligh, Adair
and Ivy Street schools
The executive committee meeting
was preliminary to the meeting of
the school teachers and_the School
Commission arranged for Monday aft
ernoon, at which the teachers' ulti
matum and the commission’'s atti
tude would be developed
Refuse to Discuss Plan,
', E. Phillips. president of the
teachers’ organization, * would not
give any hint as to detaiis of plans
by the teachers.
Indication that the plan has been
developed and will he submitted to
the commission for consideration be
fore the meeting Monday was con
tained in the request of Fred E, Win.
Furn, chairman, that the finanee com
mittee of the commission meet Sat
urday afternoon at 3 e'clock,
Mr. Phillivs said also that if Mayor
Key will assure the teaciners that the
Council will anticipate these funds in
time to give the teachers a raise in
pay for this month, they will all get
out and work sos an increase in the
city tax rate, as Mr. Key suggested ir
hiz address Thursday afternoon,
The teachers have made no plans to
go on strike, Mr. Phillips said, declar
‘mu that the teachers and the new
School Commiegsioners were in accord
‘and anxious to help each other meet
the problems of this time, He bhe
lieved lack of sympathy and co-oper
ation had been responsible for a great
deal of the friction and trouble of the
past.
_ Walter R, And)ewa. State Senator,
declared Saturday that the most
feaeible way to raise funds for the
teachers' salaries is to levy a munie
ipal income tax, fixed in such a way
that $600,000 would be ralsed
Baby Is Left on Steps
Of West End Ave. Home
George Bricken, of No, 20 West End
avenue, heard an lulomt‘hlln stop In
front of his home Friday night at about
11 o'clock, and went to the front door,
‘where he fouhd a small baby, appar.
ently about two months old, on the
porch. It was attired In expensive
clothing, -
Mr. Bricken informed the police and
the child was taken to Grady lhmgl!ul
pending an Investigation. "A search of
the clmhln? failed to reveal any clue
to the identity of the baby or Its par
ents, |
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Representative Robbins
Dies at Greensburg, Pa.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—News of the
death of Representatjve Edward 1. Rob
bins at his heme in Greensburg, Pa.,
::;nrvrfilvtd in Washington this after.
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3 ASHINGTON, Jan. 25— g
i W America had the second |
$ % largest army of the Allies !
. on the western front at the time (
( the armistice was signed, General §
| March, chief of staff, announced
! today in his weekly conferonce>
{ with representatives of the press. >
! The Allied armies on the west: |
) ern front at this time ranked as '
'>' follows in proportionate strength: 2
] First—France, total strength of
) 2,257,000 men,
! Second—The United States, to
tal strength of 1,950,'00 men. ’
$ Third—Great Britain, total )
| strength of 1,718,000 men. ¢
? Next ranked Belgium and Italy, )
? with a total combined strength of $
; approximately 200,000 mern, the’!
general said. ;
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(By Agence Radio to the |I. N. 8.)
LISBON, Jan. 25.—~The battleship
Vasco de Gama and all of the bat
teries in the Lisbon forts concentrated
their fire today against the mon
archist forces gathered at Monsanto
The royalists replied
The wireless Atation, which was
taken over by the monarchists, was
destroyed
The banks are being guarded by re
publican troops. 4
(By International News Service.)
THE HAGUE, Jan. 25.—Troops of
the British army of oceupation in
Rhenish Prussia have destroyed a
bridge near Cronberg to prevent the
Germans from communicating with
occupied territory, said a dispatch
from Solingen today. !
Russ Reds Form
Army of 350,000
(By International News Service.)
COPENHAGEN, Jan, 25.—The Bol
sheviks in Russia have created a great
army of 350,000 men, it was reported
from the Russian frontier today. Of
these 200.000 are on the Volga and
about 30,000 are in the Baltic prov
inces,
Foreigners Warned
To Leave Oporto
(By International News Service.)
VIGO, SPAIN, Jan. 2b.—All foreign
ers have been warnad to leave Oporto,
Portugal, to escape ¢wholesale slaugh
ter,” according to travelers arriving
from Oporto today. The warnings
were printed on leatlets dropped from
ariplanes,
The troops holding the forts at Lis
pon still remalin loyal to the Govern
ment,
Cavalry detachments and gome In
fantry units joined the monarchist
counter revolutionaries,
The republicans are awaiting rein
foreements,
Serious Break in
Bolshevist Ranks |
STOCKHOLM, Jan. 26.—~A serious
breach has followed a bitter quarrel
in the ranks of Bolsheviks, according
to information from Moscow today,
Nicolai lenin, fearing an economic
| boycott and the action of the farmers,
is advocating compromise at home
and abroad, but is being opposed by
rotzky, who favors forcing the Al
lies to postpone demobilization, mean
while propaganding the Allies’ sols
diers, L
Ukrainians Declare
War on Bolshevists
BASLE, Jan. 256.-The Ukrainian
Government has declared war against
the Bolsheviki as a result of the de
cree of the Bolshevik regime abolish
ing Ukrainian independence, said a
adunpntvh from a German source to
ay.
NO. 150
(By International News Service.)
NEWARK, N. J., Jan. 25.—Bertram
Ripley, wealthy member of Newark's
oldest families, today shot and seri
ously wounded his wife, Marion, and
}h‘vr;:mmt Maitland Petrie, of the ma
lrine corps, and then committed sui
"-uie, The shooting occurred in the
‘lihrnry of the Ripley residence
‘ The tragedy was dis('()\‘(‘.rl'd'b’
servants who heard the shots, Ser
geant Petrie, the 22-year-old stepson
of Dr. Charles Ripley, a brother ot
Bertram, is on furlough from the ma
rine corps training station at Paris
Island, 8. C. He arrived Wednesday
in Newark to visit the Ripleys.
~ Attracted by the sounds of the
' shots, servants rushed into the li
brary and found Mrs, Ripley suffer-
Ing from a bullet wound in the left
side, Petrie wounded in the abdomen,
and Ripley dying from a self-inflicted
‘wound in the left temple. All three
were rushed to a local hospital, where
Ripley died. Physicians say Mrs
Ripley and Petrie may recover.
| Says He Was Unbalanced.
Shortly after the shooting Mrs,
Ripley's mother, Mrs. Marion Dore
mus, who was in the house at the
time of the shoofing, issued a state
ment in which she charged that Rip
ley’'s mind had become unbalanced
“by his struggle to decide whether or
not he should enlist,”
“I think the sight of Maitland in
uniform unbalanced him,” she added.
“He had acted strangely since Mait
land arrived, There was no trouble
between my daughter and her hus
band and I know he had no trouble
with Maitland
“My daughter was in the lihrary
reading .a newspaper and Maitland
was in there reading a letter when
Bertram went in, Then we heard
two shots.
Husband Followed Her,
“Mrs. Ripley screamed and ran
across the hallway. Mr. Ripley chased
her and fired again., The bullet broke
& window. Mrs. Ripley ran back and
fell on the floor
“Then we heard another shot in the
library Bertram was found lying
by the fireplace with a revolyver in
his hand.”
Detectives questioned Sargeant Po
trie a few minutes after the shoot
ng
Oh, why didn't he shoot e in the
head " Petrie moaned, and would not
amplify the statement at the time.
Col. E.T. Brown Removed
.
To Washington Hospital
Members of the family of Colonel
Edward T. Brown, of Atlanta, a mem-
Ler of the law firm of Brown, Ran
dolph & Parker, left Friday night for
Vashington, where (‘olonel Brown, ili
with Influenza for the last (wo weeks,
had developed symptoms that result
ed in his removal from the Oscidental
Hotel to the emergency hospital. It
was stated that his condition, while
changed for the warse, was not con
#idered critical. The new symptoms
werg of stomach trouble and net
pneumonia, i
Mrs. Brown and their daughter and
#on, Miss Marjorie Brown and Cap
taln Henry Brown, went %o Wash-
Ington. Another son, Major Kdward
M. Brown, Is in France with the
Eighty-second Division
Mrs. Fay Dodd Fined sll
On Charge of Speeding
Mrs. Fay Dodd, who was arrdsted on
Peachtree street Iriday afternoon by Po
liceman Attorney, for speeding, Hatur
day morning paid Into the eity treasury
the sum of sll. Her husband, who ap
'pv-nrwd with her before the recorder said:
- “Judge Johnson, my wife has worn out
P'nur cars in the last few years, and she
has never heep arrested hefore.'
e wWell, 'lmt'[‘ ROlng pretty fast, fen't it,
IMr Dodd?" asked the judge,
| . s
18 U. S. Soldiers Killed;
» »
' 20 Hurt in Rail Collision
» PARIS, Jan. 25 -Eighteen American
’soldhsrs were killed and thirty mjured
when an American troop train from
Neufchatean collided with a freight
train at Manoirs Statlon. Heavy dam
;um: was done to the right of way and
ilhu ruilways cars. .
»
iStnke Caitses Seizure of
i ,
‘ Paris Subs and Train:
PARIB, Jan., 25.—The Government
requisitioned all of the Paris hegog,
tramways and busses today on wciount
of the strike. g