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VOL. XVII
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Delegates Agree to Work for
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Just Treatment for Colored
Race in Courts of Justice”
The momentous conference which
has been in session in Atkanta since
Monday, with delegates from all!
Southeastern States represemtative of
the larger Protestant denominations
under direction of the Inter-Churchl
'World Movement for church unity, |
came to an end Wednesday aft(‘rnoon!
Bt 4:30 o'clock, after the adoption of|
& program that breathes the spirit ofl
progressiveism and world democra.cy._
As an earnest of the intention of|
the movement to attack vital issues,
withcut “camouflaging behind a lot
of glittering generalities,” as Dr. C.
B. Wilmer put it, the conference took
& direct and uncompromising stand
¢n the negro question, declaring as
one of the principal aims of the
Southeastern conference to concern
itself with the fostering of just and
amicable relations between the races
and pledging itself to a program of:
Justice for Negro.
1. Guaranteeing the negro just
treatment in the courts of justice.
2. Extension of opportunity to se
cure better living conditions and more
wholesome surroundings.
3. Attempting to seoure for the ne
gro courteous treatment and clean
traveling accommodations.
4. Fxtension of educational opvor
tunities for negro youths.
The principle of the league of na
lions as advocated by President Wil
son received unqualified indorsement,
the conference being of the opinion
that such a league must be foynded
on Christian democratic principles in
order to accomplish the aim of world|
peace. i
Organized labor came in for unani
mous indorsement.
The pronouncement of the confer
ence on industry was as foilows:
For Living Wage. l
“Industrial justice should dominate
in industry. We stand for a living!
wage for the employee, a fair return
‘in gervice and interest to capital,
with full recognition of the right of
the consumer to good service and rea- |
sonable charges. Labor, capital andl
the middle man must regard them
selves as partners In enterprises for
the benefit of the people. We recom
mend arbitration in all industrial dis- |
putes.”
Considerable discussion was evokedi
by the proposal of this “plank,” it be- |
ing considered too conservative by the
radicals and too radical by the con—l
servatives. Dr. Wilmer in discussing
the proposal said: l
“If you believe in the fron law of|
supply and demand you do not be-}
lieve in the religion of God.
“By industrial justice we mean ln-l
dustrial democracy, and by industrial
democracy we mean that labor shouldi
have a voice in the management of|
and a share in the profits of indus
try.”
Rights for Women.
The conference declared as a basie
principle of the organization that
women should be given equal rightsl
and privileges and be equally repre
sented on the governing bodies of the
movement.
The plan of holding perfodical loecal
interracial conferences for the discus
sion of common problems was in
dorsed without opposition.
As a prime basis for the organiza
tion it was declared that:
“Right democracy—industrial, po
litical and educational—is absolutely
necessary,
“Vital Christianity is essential to
democracy and spiritualized democ
racy is necessary to vital l'hrls(ian-|
ity.
“Only a eco-operative (‘,hrisnannyi
is large encugh to meet the new world
challenge to service.” ‘
Debate Over Negroes.
The principal debate of the session
wag over the adoption of the program
for amelioration of the condition of
negroes. While there was no opposi
tion to the intent of the program, the
bold wording drew some criticism
from Alabama and South Carolina
delegates, who contended that an in
dictment was being made against (hol
South and that the section should be
A declaration by “Anglo-Saxons” of
friendly intent toward “other races 1
In reply to these arguments this re
markable statement was made by Dr,
Durham:
“The Southeastern C‘onference owes
to the nation a demonstration of its
genuineness in the movement by at
tempting to solve its own most press- |
Ing problems. We must attack the
negro problem as such without at
tempting to hide what we mean under
a lot of verblage, |
“The negro has grievances and it
will do us no good to bury our heads
In the sands of generalities. The new
lpxrflt of the hour demands that the
Christian churel: take a definite stand
for the rectification of these griev
ances."
Churchgs Must Lead.
Dr. M. Ashby Jones, speaking to
the question, said:
"“We are not guthered here for mer
fellowship, however sweet that mlkhi
b, but to unite our efforts to the so
- lution of vital problems. The church
must hera determine to follow no
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Full International News Service
Fight to Collect
Millions for Youth
CHICAGO, Feb. 13—Red Cross
officials today took up the fight of
Daniei 4. Tolman, 18, Great Lakes
sailor, for his share of the fortune
of the late Daniel H. Tolman, loan
agent, variously estimated at from
$6,000,000 to $65,000,000.
The boy is said to have been
positively ldentified as the *“miss
ing heir” to the fortune ieft by the
late multimillionaire loan agent.
According to‘his story, his father,
John Henry Tolman, was disowned
by his grandfather for marrying
against his will. He says his moth
er died when he was 13 years old
and that since then he has been
“wandering around”™ He recentiy
read of a search being made for
the “missing heir” and after com
municating with a Philadelphia
law firm gave power of atlorney to
Philip Herman, Philadelphia law
ver
The Red Cross had the power of
attorney rescinded and are now
inding the boy in his fight for his
share of the fortune.
Atlantans are taking a prominent
part in the meeting of the National
Dry Goodas Association in New York,
according to a telegram sent the At
lanta Convention Bureau by W. W.
Orr, president of the George Muse
Clothing Company, who is in attend
ance. Mr. Orr states that the gath
ering Is the best attended and most
enthusiastic in the history of the as
sociation, and the South is well rep+
resented.
F. J. Paxon, president of the At
lanta Convention Bureau and a mem
ber of the firm of Davison-Paxon-
Stokes, has won the highest honor be
stowed upon a Southern man by be
ing made chairman of the rules com
mittee and a director-at-large of the
National Dry Goods Asseciation. Mr.
Paxon is one of the best known mer
chants in Atlanta, being identified
with numerous commercial and eivic
bodies. He has taken a conspicuous
part in the affairs of the National
Dry Goods Association for several
vears, and is now being rewarded for
his “services.
The merchants have many problems
confronting them because of the un
precedented conditions foHowing the
war, andsare planning united action
in meeting these difficulties. Tt is ex
pected that the association will re
main in session for several days. All
the larger dry goods dealers in At
lanta have representatives at the
meeting.
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Mud Is So Deep in
France That Load
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Of Hay Disappears
Camp Mud, France, is some camp
and has some mud, according to
George Clarendon Chancellor, an
Atlanta boy who, being there, ought
to know. Chancellor is the son of
T. 8. Chancellor, manager of the
Chamberlin-Johnson-Dußose (lom
pany, who resides at the Linden
apartments.
“Life at this post, Pontanayes
Barracks, is a constant round of
gayety, pleasure and luxurious
ease,” writes Chancellor. “We get
up before the sun would rise if
there was any sun over here, slip
on our boots, slickers and caps and
swim out to reveille. Next we
break the ice and perform the sa
cred rite known as the morning
waslP, when the water isn't turned
off Then we have a very dainty
breakfast, consisting of a quarter
inch of bacon, burned oatmeal and a
lubricating fluid called coffee,
“Yesterday one oi cur soldiers, an
engineer, was plowing along on the
main road into camp and saw
something sticking up out of the
mud. Upon investigating, he found
it to be a rifle, and digging down
farther he found a doughboy, who
complained about the mud and
asked help in getting out the horse
he was ridin It wasn't much
trouble to gu’me horse out, as he
was standing on a load of hay,
“Ch, boy! When we return “to
shower baths and porcelain tubs
and street cars and honest-to-good
ness American girls and clothes
that fit, we will be a happy bunch.”
Chancellor writes interestingly of
the old town of Brest, 'rance, near
which he is stationed, He enlisted
in Dr. Daly's American Red Cross
Ambulance Company No. 20 at
Fort MePherson and later was
transferred to Infirmary No, 2,
167th Depot Brigade, Camp Gordon.
He sailed for France on September
13, 1918,
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Public Utilities to Have
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Uniform Account System
A uniform accounting system for all
publln utilities in Georgla was author
ized Thursday by the Railroad Commis
sion, and the rate department ordered
to prepare a tentative form to be sub
mitted to the commission for approval
at its next session.
At present a uniform system is main
tained only for street and steam rail
ways The new system will include
power, light, and telephone companies,
THE WEATHER. i
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Questionable Practices and Enor
mous Growth Compel Congress
Action, He Declares.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—Packing
houses must in the future come under
the control of the Federal Govern
ment, Clarence N. Ousley, Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture, declared be
fore the Senate agriculture committee
teday,
“No man can deny that the packers
have indulged in questionable prac
tices in the past,” he said. ‘“Now they
are getting so big and the lines they
control so diverse, that Congress must
provide some way of controlling
them.”
Ousley recommended passage of the
Kendrick bill. which would give au
thority to regulate the packers to the
Department of Agriculture. He de
n.ied that the SIO,OOO loan his paper at
Fort Worth had received -as a loan
from Armour and Swift had any ef
fect on its policy.
Benjamin C. Marsh, representing
the Farmers’ National Council, told
the‘mnmmittee that any packer ob
jecting to the recommendation of the
Federal Trade Coinmission admits
tlivreby that the present system gives
him undue advantage over any inde
pendent packer.
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‘Heney Says Packers
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Testimony Doesn’t Jibe
(By International News Service.)
| WAEBHINGTON, ¥eb. 15.—~"Testl
‘mony of the ‘big five’ paekers wit
nesses is in direct confict.”
This was Francis J. Heney’s final
attack on the meat packers here to
day, before leaving tonight for San
Francisco to resume private law prac
tice. Heney, running through tne teg
timony of the witnesses avupearing on
behalf of the packers, pg‘inlr‘d to a
number of statements whith, he said,
showed that the packer witnesses
“have made one statement under oath
and another in direect conflict,” when
not under oath.”
Interstate Commerce Commissioner
McChord, who was to have appeared
before the House interstate commerce
committee today, vielded his engage
ment so Heney could finish his testi
mony.
Capt .Hentz Leaves for
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Capital After Visit Here
Captain Hal F. Hentz, of Atlanta, who
for some time has been supervising
constructing quartermaster at Wash
ington in charge of the Northeastern
camps, including Mills, Devens, Upton,
Dix, Merritt, Meade and l.ee, returned
to Washington Thursday after a few
days at home
Captain Hentz talked interestingly of
the work the Government did, providing
shelter for the doughboys. At Camp
Mills, near Garden City, Long Island,
about $10,000,000 was spent changing in
record time a tent camp to a permanent
camp to house 25,000 men, with a 2,000-
bed hospital attached. Captain Hentz
will return to Atlanta in March as senior
member of Hentz, Reid & Adler, archi
tects.
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King Ferdinand Reported
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Shot by Revolutionists
(By International News Service.)
ILONDON, Feb. 13.—Revolution has
broken out in Roumania and Kking
Ferdinand has been wounded during a
bombardment of tle: roval palace, said
a Central News dispatch from Am
sterdam today, quoting Vienna dis
patches to The Kolnische Zeitung
The Roumanian royal family at
tempted to flee from Bucharest to
Jassy, but bayds of workmen inter
cepted them in their flight,
Financial and economi~ conditions
in Roumania are described as chaotic,
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Gen. Sage’s Nephew ,War
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Gas Victim, Is Here
Sherman Hill, of Boston, a nephew of
General and Mrs. William H. Sage, of
Camp Gordon, is at Fort McPherson,
after having served in France as an am
bulance driver, He was severely gassed,
lost hig volce, and could not serve in
the army again He came ta Fort M
Pherson, to enlist as a private in his
desire to get to France again in active
service, but the armistice was signed
before he éould do so
Crowder Nominated
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For Four-Year Term
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb 13,—~The
President this afternoon sent to the
Senate the nomination of Major Gen.
eral Enoch H. Crowder, judge advo
cate general, to be Jjudge advocate
general, with the rapk of major gen
eral for the period of four vears, be
ginning February 15, 1918, with rank
from October 6, 1917,
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Soldier Just Back From
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France Asks Divorce
Lonnf@ G. Sharp found that while he
was soldiering in France his wife, Mrs
Irene Cagle Sharp, was receiving at
tentions from other men, so he ex
plained in a suit for divorce filed Thurs
day in Superior Court He said he al
ways had proved himeelf an affectionate
husband
Mra, Maud Headington, in a divorce
ruit fileq Thursday, get out that ghe quit
married life because her husband, Ar
chie L. Headington, refused to support
har anA War tern ahit@esrn
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1919
John H. Towers Is
Picked by Secretary
Daniels for Big Work
Former Rome Boy Is Relieved
From Duty to Prepare to
Beat the World.
When . the United States flies its
first airship across the Atlantic
Ocean and thereby beats Great Brit
ain, which is also making plans for
the first trans-Atlantic flight, it is
probable a Georgia man will be
handling the controls and directing
the job.
Commander John K. Towers, for
merly of Rome, Ga., is the man picked
for the job by Josephus Daniels, Sec
retary of the Navy, according to in
formation which has leaked out in
Washington. Commander Towers a
few days ago was relieved from duty
with the Naval Bureau of Operations
and detailed to formulate plans for
the flight. It is hardly expected the
big aireraft will be ready before mid
summer, and the flight will await
favorable winds. But Towers thinks
the United States Navy can be ready
as quickly as England, if not quick
er.
Secret Comes Out.
Secretary Daniels, asked for details
by reporters at Washington, declined
to give any, but said an official an
nouncement would be made later.
The Navy Department had intended
keeping everything secret, but the
transfer of Commander Towers gave
it away.
“Do you expect to beat the British
in making the first flight across the
Atlantic?” Secretary Daniels was
asked,
“We hope to beat the world,” he
replied.
Commander John Towers, of Rome,
is the naval flyer who naturally
would have been chosen for the big
flight. He distinguished himself in
the earliest’ days of naval aviation
by flying over Vera Cruz when the
American squadron under Admiral
Tletcher was there on ‘“business” a
few years ago, and when Admiral
Fletcher visited Rome some time lat
er to inspect a proposed armor plate
plant site, he paid high tribute to
the Rome boy who had proved his
That expenses have decreased con
siderably and that revenues from
freight and passenger service are
showing adecided increase with an
appreciable increase in traveling are
the outstanding features of the re
port of Regional Director B. L. Win
chell to the Director General of Rail
roads of business transacted by the
Southeastern railroads during the
year 1918,
The report shows a net revenue of
$124,500,419 from which amount tax
accruals and uncollectible railway
revenues subtract the sum of $19,-
371,682. The percentage relation of
the net revenue to the standard
rallway operating return is 113.4, or
an increase of 13.4 over normal,
Economies made possible under the
unification of terminals, trains and
organizations was an important fac
tor in the financial showing made.
These methods of saving, added to
reducticns in expenses from consoli
dation of telegraph and telephones,
consolidation of general office forces,
elimination of departments and elimi
nation of special advertising enabled
the regional director to shave $7,075,-
915 from the normal operating ex
pense. The saving resulting from
shortening car routes is estimated at
£2,072,610,
There was an increase in car load
ing of 7.1 per cent over 1917, and an
increase in city ticket office sales of
10,93 per cent and in passenger depot
sales of 50,12 per cent,
A remarkable feature noted in the
report I 8 that the largely increased
volume of traflic was handled with
approximately the same number of
passenger train miles, including spe
clal troop trains
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Giets Life Term for
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Killing Rival in Love
(By International News Service.)
VICKSBURG, MISS, Feb, 123
Cameron Cade, the Rayville (La.)
youth who shot and killad his suc
cessful rival, Lieutenant KFred G
Reichert, of Evansville, Ind., when
Miss Mabel Langford jilted Cade and
promised to marry the soldier, with
drew his plea of gullty at his trial in
Rayville today and entered one of
gullty on the understand that he
would receive a life seatence,
Following his sentence, Cade re
marked: "“The girl loved me, but her
father broke up the match, Of course,
I am sorry it happened, but it was my
first love affair and I must have been
crazy.”
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Albany Street Car Fare
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Increased to 10 Cents
The Albany Transit Company has
been authorized by the Railroad Com
misgion to inecrease its rates for strect
car fares from 5 to 10 cents, Ten tiek
ets will be sold for 75 cents,
No oppogition was offered at the hear
ing \\'.4innm|;n On the contrary, peti
tloners presented resoiutions adopted
by the i{lhan,\' City Council approving
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mettle in the brand new branch of
naval affairs,
Commander Towers—then only
Lieutenant Towers married the
beautiful Miss Lily Sarstain, of fash
fonable Mayfair, in London, it 1915,
after their meeting at a shooting
party near Edinburgh She was a
noted beauty and heiress, and it was
reported at the time that one of the
conditions she imposed upon him
was that he quit flying But that
must have been a mistake, for Tow
ers has been one of the Navyy's most
prominent and daring aviators since
the outbreak of the great war
The route to be taken in the first
trans-Atlantic flight prebably. will be
from somewherc nenr New York to
the Azores Islands, and thence to
England or Ireland The first leg of
the flight, from Long Island to San
Miguel, would be about 2,350 nautica
miles. The principal problem is that
of building an vireraft which ecan
carry sufficient fuel for the long
flight
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Feb, 13.—Two hot-beds
of anarchy, populated almost entirely
by foreigners and led by some of the
most radical men and women in this
country, were uncovered in Chicago
by Federal agents working under
Chief Investigator Philip Barry to
day, |
Barry declared the new groups “are
the wildest we have heard of.” 1‘
“They have no regard for any kind
of law and are wholly opposed to
American institutions,” said Barry,
“They have no use for America at all,
They want to destroy it. They talk
in their own language, so we are go
ing to call in investigators who fin
derstand their tongues and go after
them hard. We expect to be able to |
deport them in wholesale lots.” |
While Barry was engaged in his in«
vestigation the On Leong Tong, com- |
posecd of leading Chinese merchants of
this city, announced that tonight It
will begin a fight on a species of the
L. W. W. that has sprung up in the
Chinese quarters here,
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Johuson Says Senate
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Is Fostering Bolshevism
(By !International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, leb, 13.—The
United States Senate is responsible
for the present spread of Bolshevism
in the United tates, Senator Hiram
Johmnson, of Cahfornia, renewing his
demand for passage of a resolution
for the withdrawal of the American
troops in Russia, declared in the Sen
ate this afternoon.
“Do you know who are making peo
ple unrestful, arousing in them a spir
it of revolt?”
“You and 1," he thundered. “You
and I, when we see the law vielated,
when we see the (onstitution rent
ind torn, when we see war waged,
but not declured, when we sce Amer
icans Kkilled in a foreign land in de
flance of law, and when we do not
dare to take a stand against it. That
is the sort of thing that makes Bol
shevism.”
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Librarians to Discuss
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| Army Camp Problems
Camp Hbrarians from all Southeastern
army and navy camps and base hos
pitals will meet Friday at the Carnegte
Library, of Atlanta, for a discussion of
the new problems confronting the libra
rians with the changed conditions in the
military camps. Plans will be made for
extension of educational work through
co-operation between the Amerlcan
Library Association representatives and
mecre taries of the other army camp wel
fare associations. For the benefit of the
soldiers who still remain in camps, it
is planned to procure hundreds of voea
tional books and pamphlets to be used
in connection with the voeational study
classes being organized by the welfare
bodies
Prominent leaders in the library move
ment will attend the conference, among
them Miss Caroline Webster, head of the
hospital library department of the
American Library Association; Bduca
tlonal Directot Soby, of the Y. M. ', A.,
and Charles Hadley, lbrarian of the
I::':n\'er Public Library, who will pre-
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New German Constitution Gvesi
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Cabinet Supreme Control of
Army and Navy.
BERLIN (via London), Feb, 13.—
Martial law was declared at Ham
' burg today as a result of pillaging
and constant clashes between armed
bands and troops. Motor (rucks filled
with Government soldiers are disarm
ing the mobs,
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| By H. J. GREENWALL., |
(Exclusive Cable by the International
| News Se~vice and The London
| Daily Express.;
. 'WEIMAR, Feb. iI2—VIA LLONDON,
Feb. 15.—Philip Scheldemann will be
‘the first Premier of Ge 'mrany under
President Ebert. Gustav Noske, for
‘mer Minister of Demobilization ard
before that Goverror of Kiel, has
been appointed Minisier of Army and
Navy,
Other members of the Cabinet are:
Minister of Interior, Herr Preuss.
Minister of Justice, Herr Smids
berg,
’ Minister of Commer:e, Herr Muller.
~ Minister of Labor. Herr Bauer.
~ Minister of Foreign Affairs, Count
von Brockdorff-Rantzau, former Ger
man Minister to Denmark,
~ Under Foreign Minister von Kich
thofen,
Minister of Finance, Herr Schiffer.
~ Minister of Posts and Telegraphs
Herr Geisberg. i
i Ministers without™ portfolic, Dr.
Mathias Kreberger; armistice com
missioner, former State Secretary and
leader of the Centrist party, Edward
David, president of the mational as
sembly, and Herr Wissel.
Scheidemann will not participate in
the peace negotiations. It is likely,
however, that Herr David will be a
German envoy.
War Declarations.
War declarations require “speecial
legislation” under the terms of the
temporary constitution which has just
been adopted by the German national
assembly,
Entrance of Germany into the pro
posed league of nations must have the
combined sanction of the national as
sembly and the State committee (rep
resenting the various States making
up Germany).
The President retains office until
his successor is elected by the na
tional assembly and the assembly will
have the power to vote on its confi
dence in the cabinet when grave mat
ters are at stake. The cabinet will
have supreme control of the army and
navy.
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(Mr. Greenwall's cablegram (ndl(‘at-i
ed that Herr Scheidemann had not
been actually appointed. An Ex(-hanxn'
Telegraph dispateh to The Interna
tional News Service from Amsterdam
today said Scheidemann's appoint
ment had formally taken place.)
Synopsis of Constitution.
The following is a synopsis of the
temporary constitution as it wis |
amended before its approval Monday : ]
1. The assembly’s object is to adopt
a permanent constitution and national
laws,
2. The Government's proposals to
the assembly require the sanction of
A committes representing the several
free states, This committee is headed |
by a Covernment member from each
state, the members from the larger
states being apportioned to one vote
for each 1,000,000 inhabitants: how
ever, no state may have a membership
bigger than one-third of the total
membership of the committee
3. The committee is entitled to ad
dress the assembly at any time
4. The assembly will adopt a fu
ture constitution, but the territory of
the free states shall not be changed
except with the consent of the inter
ested state, Laws will Le adopted
and may be referred to a referendum
vote by the President if ¢ disagree
ment arises
b, Unimportant points are referred
to the old German constitution
Power of President,
6. The President will conduct the
iepublic’s affalrs with auathority to
represent Germany in matters of in
ternational law He will sign foreign
treaties on behalf of the republic and
recelve Ambassadors, but each qlm-.l
laration of war and eachpolicy treaty
requires special legishation Foreign |
treaties require the combined sane i
tion of the assembly and the state
committee, including agreements with |
countries in the proposed league of
nations
7. The assembly will elect a presi
dent with an absolute majority and
the president retains ofce until his
suecessor 18 elected upon the basis of
a permanent constitution.
8. The president appoints the ".‘i’ll—‘
net, which will control the supreme
ccmmand of the army and navy, The
members of the cabinet must have
the confidence of the assembly, ‘
9, The president's military and 11&1“
orders are not valid unless counter
signed by the cabinet and the cabinet
is responeible for them to the assem -
bly.
Effective on Adoption,
10, The temporary constitution is
effective immediately upon its adop -
tion
It will be noted that the cablegram
used the word “republic” in detailing
the sixth ¢lause of the temporary
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1 A Paper for Atlanta,Georgia,
. andthe South .
Ends Life in Camp as
Pretty Southern Girl
Stops Letter Writin
(By International News Service.)
CAMP DEVENS, MASS,, Feb, 13.
Love for a pretty Southern girl he
met when he joined the colors was
said by camp officials today to solve
the mystery of the death of Cor
peral Maynard J. Padgett, whose
body was found in the woods on the
rifle range. Padgett was the son of
David Padgett, of Pora, Va., and
was a member of Company A,
Thirty-sixth United States Infantry,
He shot himself through the head.
In a notebook in the corporal's
pocket was a request that who
ever found the body should not re
move a locket that was hung around
Padgett's neck, as he wanted it with
liilm to the last. In the locket was
the picture of a girl
On a page of the notebook an
cther picture of the same girl was
pasted, aud on the opposite page
was a note, addressed to her, It
read to the effect that 'you seem
very mnear to me; but ne/ertheless
good-hye
The sc'cler was 25 yeara of age
and had appeared melancholy since
letters ceased to come regularly
from his sweetheart.
i
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.—The
charge that British spinners are be
ing permitted by the administration
to control the price of American cot
ton was made in the Senate this aft
£rnoon by Senator Hardwick, of
Georgia.,
He demanded the removal of the
embargo which prevents the shipment
of American cotton not only to the
former enemies of the United States,
but to neutrals as well,
“The c¢otton growers of the South
are entitled to demand that the de
pressing influence of the embargo be
removed at once,” Hardwick said.
“The South must bear a large portion
of the tremendous tax burden the
Congress is about to place on the
American people, It will be unable to
do so unless some way is found to
’xi\'e it a fair price on its cotton,
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iJ acksonville Nurses
Abandon Sick to Go
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- On Strike for Raise
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JACKSONVILLE, FLA., Feb. 13,
Nearly 50 trained nurses of St
Luke's Hospital of this city are on
a strike today because an increase
in salary was refused. Only a few
nurses are left in the big hospital
and several members of the Red
‘ Cross have volunteered to assist
- until some definite decision can be
made by the strikers, A meeting
of all the prominent doctors here
was held last night, at which time
nothing of much Importance con
cerning the strike was done,
This is the first strike of its kind
in Jacksonville, A large number of
patients are in the sick wards and
the condition is termed serious by
several officials of the institution.
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Cold Wave and Storm
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Sweeping Over West
(By International News Service.)
KANSAS CITY. MO. Feb. 13
Kansas City will experience a iO-mile
gale, carrying with it snow flurries
and a drop in temperature of 30 de
grees late today or tonight, the fore
caster savs This is due, according
to the weather man, to a sevoere
storm in surrounding tervitory, Kan
sas, Nebraska and Oklahoma are ex
periencing a hcavy gale and at some
points it is snowing and sleeting
Telephone and telegraph compaunies
report numerous lines down in the
West, Southwest and Northwest,
making it impossible to learn the ex
act character of the storm. |
Reports from Topeka say a terrific
storm is sweeping through l\'vlllh-l.\'.'
All wires are down from E! Paso in
to Kansas and the storm is traveling
northwest at a rate of 0 miles an
heur
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U. S. Ready to Reopen War it
Huns Break Faith—New Terms
Are Stiff, ..
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(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Feb, 13.—President Wil
son threatens he will not hesitate to
order a resumption of fighting if Ger
many is faithless,” was the “stream
er head” printed by The Evening
News on the first page today over its
peace conference story from Paris.
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Feb. 13.—“The new armis
tice terms amount to an ultimatum te
Germany,” said M. Portinax today in
The Echo de Paris.
They include a command to the
Germans not to undertake any offen
sive against the Poles, continued this
writer. The new armistice conditions
are sald to constitute a British com
promise between the American and
French viewpoints.
Marcel Hutin, famous French aue
thority on military and political afe
fairs, says Germany will be sufficiente
ly disarmed to “remove all fear of,a
return to an offensive against the
Allies.”
The French press generally takes
the view that the new conditions, now
officially approved, include a proviss«
ion that the armistice may be de
nounced on 48 hours’ notice unless
Germany fulfills all of the original
terms. Meanwhile military experts
will draw up further conditions to be
'Pmbndmd in a new convention which
will remain in effect with the force
Inf actual law, until the peace pre
liminaries are signed,
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Wl]b()n May Sail uy
For U. 8. Saturday ‘
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N, 8.
PARIS, Feb, 13.—Whether Presi
dent Wilson will be able to carry a
draft of the league of nations consti
| tution back to the United States with
him depends on the progress made
by the league of nations commission
today.
! This commission met this morning,
followed this afternoon by the final
session of the supreme inter-Allied
war council,
The new armistice terms to be im
posed upon Germany Monday are un
dersteod to be an amalgamation of
the French and American viewpoints
and as a result u‘ the decisions Gers
many will be compelled to comply ime«
mediately with all of the clauses of
the original agreement,
U. 8. Wants Hun Ships.
The American representatives are
extremely anxious to secure interned
German merchant ships, including the
new DBismarck, to expedite the return
of United States soldiers, So far the
Americans have met with some oppo -
sition from some powers to oceupy
German tonnage themselves for the
resumption of their own commerce,
Should the commission upon the
league of nations agree complete upon
the constitution, so that it can be
ratified at a plenary session of the
peace conference Saturday, President
Wilson will have the honor of moving
its adoption,
Should an agreement be Impossible
the President and Mrs. Wilson likely
will leave Paris tomorrow night and
sail Saturday instead of Sunday,
May Leave Monday.
If a plesary session of the peace
conference is held Saturday for rati
fication of the league of nation's con
stitution the President will delay his
departure until Monday
High interest is felt here over the
details of the new armistice terms,
but they will not be made public un
til Marshal Foch has presented them
to the German envoys at Treves. The
discussions at the meeting of the war
council Wednesday were sald to have
been animated, President Wilson and
Premier Clemenceau took a leading
part in the conversations over the
terms. The question of idealism was
thoroughly thrashed out, it was said,
Mission Into Germany
. s \
Will Remain Neutral
(By Integnational News Service.) 2
BERLIN, Feb, 12--VIA LONDON,
Feb, 13.—The American officlals at
.\’;._. have L{i\~ll written assurance to
the German armistice commission
that Colonel Grove, U, 8, and the
mission, which he heads, will remain
politically neutral while in the pors
tions of Lithuanioa held by German
troops,
A dispatch to the International
News Service yesterday said that
Colonel Grove and hig party, whe
were on their way from Warsaw tn
Grodno to study food needs in !hflt.“
part of Lithuania, had been held up bt
the German miltary authorities, w
refuged to lot them pass, 50
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