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U. S. Agent Outgames Crawleys
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as He Marches Intotair and
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| Makes Them Prisoners.
e By 0. B. KEELER.
Again I ask, How do they do it?
. Specifically, how does Glenn Young do
it? Here he turns up in Atlanta with
# couple of Crawleys and a Blaine
Stewart in tow; all bold, bad men by
the book; and he had captured them
alone and entirely by himself, as the
boy said translating Caesar’s Com
mentaries on the Gallis Wars—walked
right up to the lonesome cabin and
walked right in. Al by himse)f.
I repeat—how does he do it? ‘
Glenn Young didh’'t tell me, exactly.
T talked with him half an hour or so
Wednesday morning, over in the l’-‘ed-‘
M byilding, where he was about go
ing in for a conference with Hnoperi
Alexander, United States District At. |
I torney, abouf what the Crawleys and
' the'Stewirt could be tried for, and in!
what courts.
His Service Active,
Young is a special agent of the De
partment of Justice. He has been one
for two years, They have been lively |
years. He has run down and captured
between 400 and 500 deserters, mostly
in the North Carolina mountains, And
other types of outlaw. He has had
Tattles; the kind they .called pitched
batties. A score or more pitched bat
tles. 1 used to think pitched battles
were battlag where the combatants
pitched things at one another. But
these two were battle with rifles and
tevolvers and automatic pistols and
knives and things. |
Mr. Youog interested me deeply, I
asked him to tell me over again show
he got the three men he brought in
Tuesday night. He complied in a de
tached and entirely matter-of-fact
way. o
Follows Girl to Lair.
“I heard that Rose Crawley, one of
the girls, had gone up into the Big
Smokies to join her brothers. They
had got clean away from the Posse, it
scemed. I took the trail by myself.”
I wanted to know what for—by him
#elf. There were three of the outlaws
and only one of Mr. Young.
“Oh, 1 always hunt alone,” he ex
plained cheerfully. “You ecan travel
faster by yourself—isn't that what
Kipling says? And more quietly.”
Probably. Mr. Young went on:
“I got on the trail and followed it
five days and nights. 1 was pretty
tired when I came up with the party
Tuesday morning. They were in a
cabin, a good ways from anywhere, 1
Rknew they wers in the cabin. The
trail led there. So I went up to the
voor and shoved. it open and went in.”
- They Were There; He Went,
Yes. That was what got me., He
knew these three bad men were in the
cabin, so he walked right up to the
door and opened it and went in. 1
questioned Mr. Young about this. He
seemed mildly surprised.
“Of course I went in. Hadn’t I been
looking for that bunch nearly . week?
What eise was there to do?” -
Offhand, 1 could think of 65 or 70
things 1 could have done without even
cvpening the door, let alone going in.
Having thought the matter over, I am
sure 1 could figure out at least 150
things to do that would not lug that
door into the situation. For one thing,
! could have wig-wagged for rein
forcements. This simple plan does
not seem to have occurred to Mr.
Young. He seems to be a person of
simple and direct methods, e opened
the door and went in. Afid then what?
In the Lion's Den.
Oh, we all Umi breakfast together;
Rose Crawley, too,” said Mr. Young.
I dike that fine. Having dropped in
unexpectedly, Mr. Young stopped for
‘breakfast, He s=at at the head of the
table, with Rose Crawley opposite.
Hut were there not some formalities—-
some |'{tle welcome home; that sort of
thing?
£ “Oh, no. I had the drop on them,
ol see. Stewart was asleep and
(ieorge was dozing. Decatur was clean
ing his rifle, They didn't have a
chanecé,”
A Moving Arsenal.
Well, well—Mr. Young must have {t
his own way I decline to dispute
with hign. He is more than a two
gun mai\, He is a three-gun man, He
carries habitually a Springfield army
rifle of the type just antedating the
Enfield; a serviceable . bolt-action
weanpon loading with a clip of five
cartridges with metal-cased bullets
that will punch holes in boller plate or
¢hilled steel-plow-points, On his right
thigh he carries a holster containing a
Ab-callber Colt's automatic pistol,
army model, with an ivory grip;, a
modish and useful arm with a hole in
the barrel that looks as big as a rail
road tunnel. On his left thigh he
carries a holster containing a .40-cai
iber Colt's revolver, service type, wal
nut grip. The holsters are strapped
%10 his thighs so the heavy guns won't
Jump about when Mr, Young is in ac
tion himself )
“Which gun was ready when you
shoved open that door and went in?”
I asked. Mr. Young looked Surprised
again
Shoots From Hip.
‘They were all ready,” he replied
“They always are. They're ready now,
What's the use of a gun if it isn't
ready? But 1 left the gals in the
Continued on Page 9, Column 1.
Full International News Service
Intrepid manhunter of the Southern highlands;. hero of
many encounters, who captured single-handed the two Craw
leys and their cousin, Blaine Stewart, wanted for the killing of
Ben Dixon United States Deputy Marshal. He brought the
g mountaineers from Smoky Mountain to Atlanta Tuesday.
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‘World Religion Move Is
~ Taking Concrete Form
! A world religion, long gxlltinx in
| the abstract, began to take concrete
{ form at the session of the Inter
| Church World Conference at the Druid
Hills Country C'lub Wednesday morne
[lng. Southern representatives of all
Protestant denominations were en-
Ithunlnltlr‘ about the plan for fusing
, the efforts of 25,000,000 church mem
bers in the [nited States.
] Methodists, Baptists, Presbyterians,
Episcopalians and others ingisted that
! the time has come to drop all preju-
Idlcel against each other and to fuse
| the aims and activities of all Chris
. tian people. They do not contemplate
| organie unity, but the formation of
city, county and State federations
with all Protestant churches as mem
bers. These federations will be de
cided upon various projects with the
purpose of getting the 2.'&000‘000 Prot
estants in the ['nited States behind
the movements. |
The only semblance of orfunlc uni
ty, it was proposed, would come in
{ encouraging the unification of
branches of the same denomination
and the uniting of denominations
mxst congenial in doetrine and policy. |
TRe union of laymen bodies would be
encouraged, where vital to the gen
eral welfare of (‘hristianity |
“The time is ut hand ~when the
churches of Christ must unite in a
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world movement to undertake nothe
thing rnprecr'dom--«l. the evangeliza
tion of the earth,” sgated Dr. C. H.
Pratt, a Presbyterian minisetr, of
Nashville, Tenn., who was the prin
cipal speaker of the morning. “All
churches can join hands without sur
rendering their, individual ideas.
Christ is asking us whetehr we will
undertake the great work placed’in
onr hands as the resuly of the world
war."
Or, Pratt agserted that the work of
the Y. M. C, A. in the war would
have been far more effective if the as
soclation had becn supported by the
‘('hurvrhvn with all their power and
force.'
' Robins Urges Move
For Church Democracy
Tuesday's sesisons of the Inter-
Church World Movement Conference
at the Druid Hills Club was closed
with a remarkahle address by Colo
nel Raymond Robins, former head of
the American Red Cross in Russia,
in which the eloquent sgpeaker drove
'home point after point in an exposi
tion of what he conceived to he the
only means of saving America from
| revolution and destruction—a vital
| ived, unified and progressive Chris-
L Continued on Page Z&Column 3
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1919
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A. B. Garretson, of “Big Four
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Entitled to Better Return.
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~ (By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—That
America's railway workers will de
mand in the near future even higher
wages than they are now receiving,
was indicated by A. B. Garretson, rep
rfhenting the “big four” railway
brotherhoods, before the Senate inter
state commerce committee today.
“Labor is entitled to a far better
return than it has thus far received,”
sajd Garretson.
He believed the wages of railway
workers should be determined by a
“fairly balanced tribunal” with nei
ther officials nor labor representa
tives in a position to dictate the re
sult,
“The scheme for fixing a minimum
wage for all classes of industry,” Gar
retson said, “was nothing but an ef
fort to pateh up a defective economy
system,
“If a minimum wage of $25 a day
were set,” he declared, “labor would
be no better off than it is today. The
increase would be passed on to the
consumer and in~the end each work
man’'s wage would come out of his
own pocket.” e
Wage Raise Promised
To Miners in Britain
(By International News Service.)
SOUTHPORT, ENGLAND, Feb. 12.
A wage increase and amelioration of
working conditions were promised by
the Government to the miners in a
statement read to the miners’ feder
ation here this afternoon. The Gov
ernment’s reply was in response to
the most radical of the labor demands
thus far presented by the miners
federation. The demands included a
30 per cent wage increase, a six-hour
day and nationalization of mines.
The Government proposes an ads
vance of a shiling a day from Feb
ruary 1, stating that this is equiv
alent to the rise in the cost of living.
Also the Government announced its
intention to appoint a strong repre
senative committee to which the
miners are asked to nominate dele
gates. The purpose of this com
mittee is to inquire into the condi
tion of the coal trade generallyy
thereby determining whether further
adjustment of wages and hours are
cerhipatible with industrial demands.
Another concdession by the Govern
ment was the complete discharge of
demobilized men with the guaran
tee that they would be reinstated in
their old jobs in the mines (which
they had left to join the army) at
full pre-war pay. Disabled men in
training are 'to get allowances pend
ing ‘their ability to take up a pro
ductive occupation.
The Government promises allow
ances for men who are out of work
as a result of the fact that previous
1v demobilized soldiers got their jobs.
The Government's position is that
it is impossible to give the miners
different demobilization terms from
those promised other industries. The
miners’ reception of the Govern
ment's reply will have a most impor
tant bearing upon the present labor
unrest generally.
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Lloyd George to Fight
. . .
Prussianism in Labor
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Feb, 12— Premier Lloyd
George's speech in the House of Com
mons was sympathetically received by
the press today,
“The whole speech, especially the
reference to fighting Prussianism in
the ranks of labor as it was fought on
‘tho- continent, was what the country
had been waiting for,” said The Daily
| Telegraph. “We can not doubt that
&lhv Premler announced a great pro
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'§ Going to Prayer Meeting
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+ Is an Opportunity
’ Al opportunity to escape
{ from business cares, from
: perplexing probleins of il
| kinds, into an atmosphere of
‘ rest and helpfulness
| At the Prayer Meeting the
familiar songs are sung, the
talks are Informal It 1s a
3 family gathering and you are
received cordlally as a mem- ¢
| § ber of the family, {
T You will get a new outlook i
5 on life through an hour at !¢
I; this service tonight
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1 See Saturday’s Georgian
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in the “Go To Church
columns for Sunday. .
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Thousands of Interned G®rmans
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and Austrians Also To Be Ship
ped Out, Gregory Says.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—Some
5,000 Bolsheviki and I, W. W.s are
slated for deportation as soon as the
facilities for getting them out of the
country are availahle,
This was revealed at the Depart
ment of Justice today by John Lord
O'Brien, who has charge of this par
ticular phase of the : department'’s
work. He also let it be known that
the department is awaiting action by
ongress that will permit the depor
tation of the thousands of interned
Geymans nd Austrians in this coun
try who don't come under the alien
anarchist act—under which the others
are being rounded up.
The roundup of undesirables which
had its beginning in the Northwest
and resulted in a batch of prsoners
being taken to Ellis Island, New York,
to await deportation, was planned by
the Department of Justice and Labor
Department monfhs ago, following the
passage in October of the alien an
archist act, O'Brien stated.
Act Is Drastic.
This act he described as the most
drastice on the statute books of the
country, with the possible exception of
the alien internment measure. Under
its provisions, he stated, agitators
who preach the ove.throw of the
Government may be rounded up and
sent from the country, even without
the formality of a trial. He ex
plained that United States officials
would have undertaken action under
this law months ago, (-,X(Pp[ that be
cause of war conditions it was impos
sible to return these men to the coun
tries whence they came. Conditions
in those countries and the submarine
menace were two of the factors that
prevented quicker action. |
Watched for Months. ‘
All of those who already have been
arrested and those whose arrests are
scheduled have been under survejl
lance for months, it was stated. In
this connection, agents of the Depart
ment of Labor and the Department
of Justice of the American Protective
lLeague and the military intelligence
branch of the general staff co-oper
ated. Through their activities all ag
itators under suspicion were closely
watched, and the Department of Jus
tice kept fully informed of their every
move, In fact, the record of surveil
lance in some instances extends back
as far as two vears, or from the dateé
that special agents of the bureau of
immigration of the Department of La
bor were sent into the Middle West
and the Far West,
The batch now heing held at Ellis
Island, it was stated, all will be sent
to Russian and Scandinavian ports.
This does not mean, it was stated,
that they are necessarily Russians
and Scandinavians, but that these are
the ports from which they originally
sailed and tl -ough which they will
have no difficulty in reaching their
homes.
“The Department of Justice makes
no distinction between the so-called
‘parlor reds’ and the brickyard reds,’”
said Attorney General Gregory in al
lowing it to become known that there
are “tens of thousands'” of individual
records on file in the department
Thus the department is able to keep
tabs on everyone who has come un
der suspicion as a dangerous agita
tor
Plot to Kill Wilson . . .
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And McAdoo Charged
(By International News Service.)
KANSAS CITY, MO, Feb, 12—
Pietro Pierre, I. W. W, member, ar
rested yvesterday in Cleveland on a
charge of plotting to kill President
Wilson and William &, McAdoo, will
he brought to Kansas City to trial if
a Federadl Grand Jury orders him
held.
In the meantime Federal officials
working out of Kansas C'ity are on the
trail of others believed to be impli
cated in the plot and arrests are ex
pected R, J Bobba, named by
Fred Robertson, United States Dis
trict Attorney, as An accomplice of
Fierre, is undex surveillance In the
IPederal prison at Leavenworth
Bobba 18 blamed by Robertson with
having converted Plerre to I, W, W,
beliefs and to have bheen instrumental
in sending Pierre out with a deter
mination to assassinate the Presi
dent
; Pierre was selected by a drawing
among 1. W, W. agitators, according
to the belief of Federal investigators.
' He then s believed to have pledged
bimself to commit the ®urders, He
wns released from the leavenworth
‘prlm'n October 16 last and shadowed
'to Chicago and then to Cleveland,
where he was arrested
Picerre was serving a short term for
resisting the draft laws when he fell
a vietim of 1., W. W. propaganda in
prison
Mayor Key to .§'peak on
Proposed Bond Issue
Mayor James L. Key will open a series
of wddresses on the proposed bond issue in
Atlanta when he speaks before the At
lanta Federation of Trades Waednosday
night Before fthe election he plans to ads
VII".\"" |y||‘l,"ull! men and a number of
ivie Bodies infj Ihe Chamber of Cotnmeres,
Issued Daliy and Eutered as Second-Class Matter st
the Postoffice at Atianta Under Act o March 3, 1879
gufgcrac%h Can Not
eliver e Goods,
Hence Must Stay Out
Of League of Nations
gue of Nat
| BY G. BERNARD SHAW. |
(Copyright, 1939, by Star Company.)
LONDON, Feb. 9.—Anyone who has fully grasped
the situation of the European Powers, and mastered the
history of the war, a liberty which none of the bellig
erents could permit even to themselves in private before
the armistice, but which is now not only free to us all,
but highly desirable, will be staggered by a second read
ing of Mr. Wilson’s speeches of January 8, 1918 (the
fourteen points), and his elucidation of it on Septem
ber 27.
When these speeches were delivered, they passed
for an arraignment of the Central Empires and a de
mand upon them for securities for good behavior.
Today they have scearcely any meaning except as
against Mr. Wilson’s own allies.. One can almost hear
Mr. Balfour, Lord Grey and Lord Robert Cecil, M.
Pichon, M. Poincare and Baron Sonnino, saving:
. I trust you don’t mean us,”” and Mr. Wilson re
plving, with his jaw set in a halo of his famous smile:
“You are too modest, gentlemen. 1 do mean you, and,
the Central Powers being now disposed of, nobody
else.”
- WILSON “CAPTURED"” LONDON.
It may prove that at this point the fat is in the five.
That French diplomats and English country gentle
men of £30,000 a vear are to allow themselves to be
schoolmastered by an American professor is a phenom
enon which to them will appear nothing short of
apocalyptic; and some of them have given anguished
expression to this feeling in private.
But the President’s extraordinary personal success
in London has put an end to such snobbish recaleitrance
in England. Today the role of Charlemange is to him
who can play it; the tiara to him who can pontificate.
After the banquet at Buckingham Palace and the
reception at the Guild Hall, no doubt remained as to
who was king, by divine right of character and per
sonality, in Western Europe. ,
PRESIDENT’S VIEWS WIN OUT.
But even whilst Mr. Wilson was speaking at the
Guild Hall, the votes cast at the general election a fort
night before were being counted; and next dav the
count revealed an overwhelming majority in Parlia
ment for the party against which Mr. Wilson wifl have
to fight tooth and nail in the Peace Conference if he is
to carry his fourteen points, |
“1 find in my welcome,’ said the President at the
Giuild Hall, “*the thought that they (the allied nations)
have fought to do away with the old order and establish
a new one, and that the key of the old order was that
unstable thing which we used to ecall the balance of
power, a thing which was determined by the sword
which was thrown in on the one side or the other; a
balance which was maintained by jealous watehfulness
and an antagonism of interests which, though it was
cenerally latent, was always deep-seated.”
Unfortunately, the old order was just then receiv
ing a five vears’ lease of parliamentary supremacy from
that proportion (about half) of the registered electors
of thetUnited Kingdom which took the trouble to vote.
As far as they can be said to have voted for any
thing definite, they voted for hanging the Kaiser; and
the degree of their political sagacity may be inferred
from the fact that in order to secure that satisfaction
they put into power the party which will certainly do its
bhest to restore the Prussian monarchy, and which is in
sympathy with Mr. Wilson’s opponents in the United
States to such an extent that the first practical install
ment of the League of Nations looks very like a combi
nation of the British Government and the American op
position against the American Government and the Brif
ish opposition.
MUST BE “MAN OF DESTINY.”
All of which confirms the view that Mr. Wilson
will not be helped by party polities. He must make his
way as the Man of Destiny, depending for his support
on the hopes and fears of mankind, and on the urge of
evolution which inspires them, waving the mere votes
aside as an old hand who knows what votes are worth.
" The erux of the fourteen points is the League of
Nations; and what we have to consider now is what this
League must come to in practice.
At the Guild Hall Mr. Wilson described it as “not
one group of nations set against another, but a single,
overwhelming, powerful group of nations which shall
be the trustee of the peace of the world.”” At which
there was immense cheering.
It will be observed that in this definition the group
is only a group.. “The parliament of man, the federa
tion of the world™ is still out of the question: and
Anacharsis Klootz, orator of the human race, is still a
fool and a FARCEUR. This is quite as it must be. For 1
| Continued on Page 2.
' HOME EDITION]
1 A Paper for Atlanta, Georgia,
_ andthe South
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Plans Reported Laid for Protec
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torate of Armenia, Constanti
nople and Certain Waters,
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Feb. 12—The draft of
the league of nations provides for a
president and the first executive like
ly will be President Woodrow Wilson,
of the United States, The Pall *Mail ¥
Gazette was informed today.
The plan also calls for ambassado
rial rank for the representatives of
the various nations Thos represent
ing the big five—America, England,
France, Italy and Japan—will be ap
pointed promptly, according to The
Pall Mall Gazette.
The league probably will ask the
United States to accept mandatories
for the protection of Armenia and
control of the littoral of thé Sea of
Marmora, Constantinople, the Bos<
phorus and the Dardanelles, condi
tional on the consent of tue United
States Congregs,
Ther dglegates to the league will
choose a chancellor in addition to a
president, but the suciety is expected
to operate for a year before any pres
ldent is selected,
No nation, The Pall Mall Gazette
continves, will be bound to employ an
army or navy, except morally, when
the league calls for them. -
Wilson Disappointed
By Holdup of Plans )
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
Staff Correspondent of the 1. N. 8.
PARIS, Feb, 12,—~Unless tomorrow's
session of the league of nations com
mission develops sufficient unanimity
to secure the complete adoption of a
constitution, President Wilson must
hasten back to France at the earliest
’ possible moment. The eleventh-hour
, league of nations holdup is very dis
appointing to the President and his
close advisers.
When the second draft of the con
stitution was read Tuesday, opposi
tion developed at onece. It is under=-
stood the question of using economic
weapons to prevent future wars was
involved.
L Situation Acute.
The situation that developed was so
acute that the differences were re
ferred to the new subcommittee, com
posed of Ferdinand Larnaude, of
France; Lord Robert Cecil, of Eng
land; Premier Venizelos, of Gregce,
and M. Vesnitch, of Serbia.
This committee was busy at work
today straightening out details in the
hope that the second reading of the
new draft tomorrow would see its
adoption. Whether the latest devel
spments in the league of nations sit
uation will interfere with the holding
of a plenary session prior to the Pres.
ident's departure for Washington is a
question that could mot be answered
today.
While it is hoped that a plenary
session can be held “before Mr., Wil
son leaves, it is admitted the situation
i& serious In this regard. Should the
President be unable to take a com
pleted draft of the constitution back
with him to Washington, his quickest
possible return \vuul(‘become impera
tive,
In this event it is expected that
President Wilson would sail for
Franee immediately after Congress
adjourned, probably about March 6.
In any event it is now certain that
Mr, Wilson must come back to France
shortly after reaching Washington,
Everything ls Packed.
Mrs, Wilson has had everything *
possible packed up at the Murat man
sioh, and it is expected the President
' and his wife will leave either on
Sunday or Monday. The presents and
souvenirs to Mr. and Mrs. Wilson fill
31 big packing cases.
| a 8 is expected the presidential party
will land in America on or before
Febhruary 28,
President Wilson is planning te
clean up with all possible speed the
final congressional legislation, proba
bly addressing a joint s®ssion of the
Senate and the House just prior to
adjournment According to present
intentions, no special session of Con
gress will be called until the peace
conference has completed its work
and the peace treaty is actually ready
for the signatures
President and Mrs, Wilson attended
a gala performance at the opera last
night
Many Notables Present.
The presidential box was draped
with the “Stars and, Stripes.” The
party Included, in addition to the
| President and Mrs. Wilson, Miss Mar
garet Wilson, Admiral Grayson and
' Secretary of State Lansing. Mrs. Wil
|.4m| wore a new Worth gown and
| looked very beautiful. She carried a
' handsome bhouquet,
| Many notables, including Ambaasa -
| dor and Mrs, Willlam G, Sharp, called
| to pay their respects in the intermie
sion 5\
I Others present were Prince Alexan
| der, of Serbia, who {8 here incognito.
‘;u.'l the Prince of Monaco.
[ ~\\,w,.w-”
g THE WEATHER.
¢ Forecast—Wamer, possibly rain,
{ Temperatures—6 a. m.,, 34; 8
& m., 42: 10 a. m,, 46; 12 noon, %0;
Ip.m, 52; 2 p. m, 54.
Sunrise, 6:26;: sunset, 5:19, 4
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