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VOL. XV
MAYOR KEY MOVES TO PREVENT ATLANTA LABOR WAR
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Wow Befieved All Parties Con
cerned May Get Together and
Agree on Compromise Plan. |
¥ayor Key Monday besan steps to
prevent a labor war in Atlanta which
effectually will prevent all bwmilding
operations through a strike imvolving
@aJl branches of the building trades.
The Mayor had a conference with
©Charles B. Gramling, president of the
Pederation of Trades: J. W. Bridwell,
ecomneilor of the Department of La
bor, and other labor officials to try to
arrive at some solution of the prob-
Yem. He announced afterward that
"~ he will confer soon with representa~
tives from each of these organiza
@fiom The general contraetors, the
“electrical econtractors, the electrical
employees and the Building Trades
Counefl. Every effort will be made
by him to bring about arbitration or
some other settlement of the @iffer
ences between employers and em
ployees.
Walkout May Be Near.
Besides the nation-wide building
trades strike which is likely to be
c=lled by the national organization at
any time, the local condition is filled
with lrouble which may bring about
a walkout irrespective of a national
movement. It hinges on the declared
intention of the Atlanta Builders’ Ex
echange to work on the open-shop sys
-lem
The various mmions in the buwilding
trades.. hgve beem under contract with
the employers, with wage scales and
hours agreed on. But when the con
tract with the eiectrical workers ex
pired a short time ago the emp’oyers
declined to renew it, declaring that
work would be “open shop” in future,
with union and nonunion men em
ployed when needed. The electrical
workers declined to work on this ba
sis and walked out.
The cortract with the plumbers’
union expires March 1, and they are
expected to quit on that date. Con
tracts with other unions expire at
various dates, the last being Septem
ber 1 of this year. Labor men de
clare the various trades will quit ay
their time runs out.
At an gxecutive session of the
Building Trades Council Sunday, at
tended by representatives of all the
fourteen afliliated organizations and
the executive board of the Atlanta
Federation of Trades, the local situa
tion in the ‘xui!din: industry was
thoroughly discyssed and the fuill
moral nd Innl'vxa\ support of the
council was pledged to the electrical
workers' organization, first of the lo
cal labor organizations to clash with
the building trades employers. It was
indiwcated that no action looking to
ward a general walkout would %Se
taken until it became apparent that
the electrical workers' difliculties
eould be settled in no other way, or
untfl positive instrections had b«)ni
received from the American Federa
won of lLabor. |
Assistance Pledged. 1
The following resolution was adopt - |
od at the Sunday meeting
“The Building Trades Couneil
pledge themselves morally and finan
cially to assist the electriral workers
in their fight to resist the insidious
and subtle effort of the employers
to tighten the chains of industrial
slavery through the open shop upon
the limbs of the men engaged in the
building trades industry.” ;
A delegation from the Atlanta Fed- |
aration of Labor, which includes all
Ahe labor unions in the eity, called
upon the Building Trades Council at
its meeting and agreed to have these
resolutions presented to the general |
federation It was composed of Wil-
Nam Wier. printers;: Louie P M.vr~i
quardt, tailors; ¥Fred Ehlers, machin- |
ists; J. P. Miller, barbers; John Ter
rell, city firemen.
Want to Avoid Strike.
Loeal labor leaders are fully alive
1o the seriousness of the situation and
express the desire to aveid, if possi
hie, a state of general industrial w:un]
far They assert, however, thut if
cmployers are determined upon a pol- |
icy of refusing to renew .;:"vvm'-vvt.!i
1g fast as they expire with the bulhl-’
ng trades labor organizations, the |
‘battle royal” will begin in earnest |
and the united strength of the Amer- |
iean labor movement will be (:’“fl”
into play in self-defense. .
The agreement of the International |
Brotherhood of FElectrical Workers|
expired January 28 and the refusal|
of electrieal contractors to renew it
precipitated a general walkout of thal
eraflt shortly after that date The
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Full International News Service
Grins and
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Day’s News
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, Feb, 11,
Government experts are using alr
planes in thedr search for pink bell
worms in Pexas eotton fields. The
experts, under the direction of H.
H. Hensley, are carried to the va
rious eotton plantations throughout
the State in army airplanes driven |
by army aviatoes !
BALTIMORE, Feb. 7—Dr. Da I
wid J. Maeht, of Johns Hopkins
Umiversity, has discevered a new
leecal amesthetic in benzyl aleohol
or phemmethylol. The drug itself
i= not new, but its properties as an
anesthetie are in the nature of a
complete discovery.
POUGHKEEPSIE N. Y., Pebd. 17.
Vassar girls are up in arms against
the coflege bill of fare. Three hun
dred of them hawe joimed ipn a com
piarnt against the “persistegt pars
nip,” “bean strings,”™ “concealed
curry sauce” and the “semihob
domadal fish dinner.”
SEATTLE, Feb. 17.—The Bolshe'v-|
ists of the Northwest have been de
feated. Cooler heads have prevailed
in the councils of the shipyard work
ers with the resuit that the strike
of the metal trades workers has been
called off. Announcement of the end
}ing of the strike was sent out to
workers last night by union leaders,
and it is expected that by the end
of this week all work will be re
isumed in the Todd, Foundation, Skin
‘ner and Eddy Seattle Dry Dock and
Construction and other large plants
here.
| The men struck on January 21,
following stormy umion sessions in
\which Bolshevism and Mooney talk
predominated, for a dollar a day in
crease in wages. They returm to
work this morning, that is, as many
of them as are still in Seattle return
te work, at the old scale, ]
Motives Recognized. \
Since the seizure and deportation
by the Government of the alien agi
tators who kept Seattle’s union in un
rest, cooler consideration of work
ing conditions has been nad. The
men are beginning to recognize the
motives of the foreign agitators and
t¢c rerfuse to support them in their
universal strike demands. i
Shipyard owners today omclallyi
admitted they plan to reopen their
plants, beginning Wednesday morn
ing.
The wages offered will be the same
as on January 21, when the 25500
metal trades men struck, closing all
steel and wooden shipyards and all |
contract shops. ]
To Abide by Decision. !
In an announcement issued by six
steel shipbuilding concerns it is de
ciared that “we emphatically denied
that we operate open shops. and we
wish to advise our employees as well
ag the public that the steel ship- |
builders intend to abide by the agree- i
ment between the Government of the
United States and the international
president of the unions as expre(»,:-u-d‘
by the President of the United
States.” l
This is taken to mean that when
the yards resume operations the Gov
ernment’s closed shop practically will
be adhered to, but that the dictates
of the local officers of the metal trade
will not be heeded {
The men were called out by the
Metal Trades Council officers Janu
ary 21 as a protest to the Macy board !
wage award, which provided a mini- !
mum wage for laborers and helpers |
of $4.16. The metal council demand- |
ed, a basic scale of $8 $7 and $6 lI
day.
No official announcement as to the
attitude of the Metal Trades Coun
cil officers has been made, as James
A . Taylor, presidenty and other offi- |
cers of the council have gone to Port- i
land to attend the district counecil of |
metal trades of the Pacific coast, |
which opens today. |
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Striking Miners Flee ‘
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From Sheriff’s Posse l
(By International News Service.) '
PRREIN, ILI.. sb. 1V Striking
miners, led by . W, W. and Hulflhw!
viki, who had threatend to destroy the !
Groveland mine near here, unless men |
who had refused to )Y’in their strike |
were discharged, marched to the mine
today, but on seeing Sheriff Robert |
Clay and a posse of armed deputies on
guard, left hurriedly without causing
any trouble, |
Included in the Sheriff's posse were '
several members of the Home Guard. |
Sheriff Clay had asked Governor Low- '
den to permit the Home Guards to'
wear their uniforms, but on mstrur‘,-|
tions from the Governor the guards !
wore civilian clothes,
The trouble at the mine grows out
of a strike of surface workers last
Thursday. One man who refused to
Join the strikers was severely beaten
Sunday the strikers are alleged to |
have sent word to the mine that they
would attack with rifles today if the
men at work were not discharged
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Strikers’ Pickets and
Mounted Police Clash. l
(By International News Service.) ’
LAWRENCE MARS Feb, 17|
Nine arrests as the result of frequent !
clashes between the strikers' piokets
and the mounted police marked the
opening of the third week of the tex-!
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Wjjz@flfigfik‘~l}§{%fi§;l§§&kmw_ OUTHEASY SY& &)
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All Dairy Products at War Levels
Here, While Other Sections
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Show Big Reduction.
The imvestigation into the prices of
foodstuffs and milk authorized by the
City Federation of Woman’'s Clubs at
its last executive session has revealed
a puzzling state of affairs so far as
the price of milk} is econcerned, ac
cording to Mrs. A. McD. Wilson, pres
ident of the City Federation. That
the price of milk in Atlanta should
remain stationary while in every oth
er city of the nation it is dropping
back to pre-war levels, is a fact for
which the investigation has as yet de
veloped no cause.
The prices of all dairy products in
other cities show marked declines, ac
cording to figures received by the in
vestigating committee. Cheese espe
cially is shown to have declined in
price, even in Atlanta, 10 cents om the
pound.
N. Y. Milk at 15 Cents.
Figures received by the committee
from New York show that good milk
is being sold there for 15 cents a
quart, while the Atlanta price re
mains at 25 cents. That Atlanta is
forced to pay the highest «price for
milk of any of the Southern and
[lastern cities heard from, is the con
clusion of the committee.
General materials and foodstuffs
used by the dairies appears to fluctu
ate im accord through the country,
except Atlanta, the elubwomen say.
Reduetions in prices of raw materials
lin Eastern and Southern cities ap
pear to be uniform and the reduction
in milk prices in eities other than
| Atlanta has been in proportion to the
:redum‘mn in ecosts
j Many Babies Perish.
“The City Federation of Woman’'s
Clubs ts moved in its desire to get at
the truth,” Mrs. Wilson said, “by its
deep conecern over the increased num
ber of deaths during the past few |
months of infants in families where}
the dollar is a tremendous item. Ev- |
ery indication is that hundreds of
children have died from malnutrition |
starvation, to put it plainly——und;
with the coming of spring and sum- |
mer and a consequent larger demand
for milk for babies, the women o!;
Atlanta feel keenly the neeessity for|
seeing that plenty of good, pure milk |
is ‘lV(“'.’lhl" at reasonable prices, [
“There are hundreds of famiiies in |
Atlanta where 25 cents a quart for |
milk might as well be a dollar a|
quart, so far as the ability to pnr-‘
chase is concerned, and, strangely
enough, these are the very homes |
where a plentiful supply of pure milk!
is most essential. |
A Crying Shame.
“We are not eoncerned with any at.
tempt to start anything sensational
nor do we wish to be put in the light,
of ‘going aftar ényone,” but it will be|
v crying shame if the people of Al
lanta permit innocent babes to die of |
starvation because of the lack of milk
which can not be bought at the Drlm-s,
now prevailing. We want to find out |
Just why it is that milk prices do not |
go down, and try to remedy this|
canse. We want to see that 10 ronlfij
additional cost on each qQuart of milk!
does not stand between Innocent ha- |
bies and the right to live and grow
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In Gardening
Knowing the sofl and fits
needs, the plants and the
seeds you put into it, means
Your Success as a gardener
or a farmer, '
Knowlalge in these essen
tials is obtained by going to
the dependable dealers
who sell the best in seeds,
planta, and fertilizers. They
will start you right, and
then, with a little care, re
sults are assured,
You will find these dealers
ndvarum?# over In the
“Seads, anta, Fertilizers'’
columna of The Georgian
and American For ths
best results, go to them for
Information and material.
If you are a dealer in seeds,
plants or fertilizer, now s
the time to reach The
Georgian and American’'s
reat cllentele of readers.
#’hnunnds of them are
planting wardens, truck
‘;_ltohm and _farm lands,
hey read The Georgian
and American for buying
information,
Mail, send or bring our ad
now to
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Edna Culver, Savannah stenographer, believed to have eloped.
| 'The search for Edna Culver, pretty
| Savannah girl, who disappeared Fri
| day, was continued in Atlanta and
‘other Georgia cities Monday. The
lonly indication that she is safe came
ito her father in a vague report that
'she had eloped to Millhaven, between
'Savannah and Atlanta, with a Savan
| nah ajtomobile dealer, and married
him there.
I This information the father, W. E.
Culver, telephoned from Savannah to
Eher brother, who is in Atlanta direct
ing the search through North Geor
gia. The brother, fearing that the
report from Millhaven might be with
out basis, did not relax his efforts at
this point. v
| The father, the daughter and a son
formed the happy family circle at
home, now shattered by the girl's dis
appearance. Mr. Culver is chief elec
trician for the Savannah Warehouse
and Compress Company, and Kdna,
¥7 years old, was a stenographer in
the same big plant. Cultured and
attractive, she was widely popular at
the plant and at home. There was
no shadow on their home.
But Edna disappeared last Friday
morning, a few hours before the great
fire which absorbed attention. Fath
er and brother searched for her, and
al last learned she had bought a
ticket to Atlanta. The trail ended
there. Somebody who knew her said
she had eloped with a handsome sol
dier.
Mr. Culver and his son eame to
Atlanta on the next train and nkedi
the local detectives to help themy
find the girl. She is described as be
ing slender, weighing about 120
pounds and with light hair. She wore
& brown tailored suit, a large hat and
slippers,
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| At Gale City Lodge
An open meeting followed by a
I Bmoker, to be given by Gate (‘,ilK Lodge,
Independent Order B'Nal B'Rith, Tues-
I day night, will be addressed by Rabbi
'Duvhl Marx and V. H. Kriegshaber,
Many Jewish men, now serving in the
army and navy, and also many who
have retired from service, will be pres
ent. All Jewish men, both in service
and out, are lovited to this patriotic
gathering.
The subject of Dr. Marx's address will
be “Americanism and Judaism.” His
views on this subject, voiced at the re
cent Distriet Grand Lodge B'Nal B’ Rith
meeting at Charleston, received the
hearty indorsement of many of Amer
lca's foremost Jews Mr. Kriegshabep
will speak on the work of the War Com
munity Service and especially the work
being done for Jewlsh soldiers
The mv'elimf will be held in the vestry
of the Temple, Pryor and Richardson
streats.
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Sir Wilfred Laurier
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Is Reported Dying
OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Febh, 17, —Bir
Wilfred Laurier, former Premier of
Canada, who suffered a paralytie
stroke Sunday, I 8 dying. His condi«
tion took a turn for the worse this
morning. w
. First Lieutenant Lon Altert |
Couch, 33, superintendent of the m-e-‘
chanical repair shop at Camp Jesup,
was struck by an Atlanta and W-xst‘]
Point train at the Taylor nvmnmi
crossing in East Point Monday murn-l
ing, and it is feared may be rutully|
injured. The train rushed him to the
Fort McPherson Hospital, where it
was thought that he had suffered zm‘
injury to the base of the sklll, or in
ih’rnal hurts. No limbs were broken,
' but he remained in a subconscious
' condition for several hours.
| Lieutenant Couch was on his way to
Atlanta in a seven-passenger Haynes
automobile when the train struck him
A string of box ecars on a sidetrack
obstructed his view. The car was al
most in the middle of the track when
the locomotive hit it. The car was
demolished and the officer was partly
under the train tender when picked
up.
Lieutenant Coueh is a resident of
Los Angeles, Cal, and has been in the
army for a number of years. He was
- with General Pershing in Mexico, Six
months ago he was sent to Camp
Jesup from Fort Bliss, and had been |
assigned to the management of thel
mechanical repair shop, for which he |
has been expecting early promotion |
Lieutenant Couch resides at No. 303 !
Jefferson street, College Park, with
his wife and 13-year-old daughter, !
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U. 8. to Launch First '
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Seagoing Tug Today
(By International INews Service.) |
BUFFALO, N, Y, Feb 17~The
first sea-going tug for the United|
States navy will be launched this
afternoon at the Ferguson Steel and
Iron Company’'s shipvard Addresses
will be made by Mayor Buck and by
the president of the Chamber of Com- |
merce. The Buffalo, for that is the
name which will be given this tug, Is
the first tug to be launched by any
oontractor anywhere on the contract
of 24 given out by the United States
navy. The tug is 106 feet long and of
modern design, ]
Admiral Wilson on Way l
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Home in His Flagshipp!
(By International News Service.) ’
WASHINGTON, Feb, 17.~Vice Ad. |
miral Henry 13 Wilson, whe has been |
eritleal’y ii: of pneumonia following
an attack of influenza, is returning to
America on his flagship, the Now
Mexico, it was announced at the Navy
Department today, The New Mexico |
18 escorting they George Washington |
on which President Wilson ks making
bkis return trip.
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Supreme Council® of the Allies
Again Takes Up the Russian
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Question in Paris.
(By International News Service.)
TREVES, Feb, 17.—The new armis
tice was signed at 6:30 o'clock last
night in the salon of Marshal Foch's
private car
(By International News Service.)
COPENHAGEN, Feb. 17.—The Ger.
man Government has decided to ac
cept the terms of the Allies’ armis
tice conditions
The Weimar correspondent of The
Politiken wires his paper, under date
of Sunday, 6:20 ¢'clock p. m., that the
agreement to accept the conditions
was reached at a conference of party
leaders
A cessation of the German offensive
against the Poles is one of the terms
of the new armistice, which prolongs
the terms of the last armistice indefi
nitely and reserves the right of the
Allies to terminate it upon giving
three days’ notice apon failure of the
Germans to comply with the condi
tions set forth November 11, Decem
ber 12 and January 16.
Marshal Foch nad informed the
German armistice commission that
the armistice would expire at 5 o'clock
Monday morning and that the last
hour for signing would be 6 o'clock
Sunday evening. f[ie declared if the
armistice was not signed that he
would leave Treves and it would -no
longer be in force. '
Russ Problem
Up Again in Paris.
By ROBERT J. PREW.,
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, ¥eb. 17.—The supreme
council of the great powers again
took up the Russian question at this
morning’s session. The council de
bated the idea of Winston Spencer
Churchill, who was heard at Sat
urday's meeting, of asking all parties
in Russia to cease hostilitles and the
appointment of a commisslon to take
evidence from each organized group,
The suggestion is to Invest the com
mission with full powers of arbitra
tion.
Bolsheviki Are lgnored.
The new plan dees not provide a
'me:-tlng of the Bolsheviki and the
- other governments who deelined the
invitation to attend the general con
ference at Princes Island.
] Before his departure for America
President Wilson expressed concern
over the conferenca's inability to
take any practigal measures to re
- store Russia. He enjoined the
\Amvrirun delezation to the peace
conference to operate cordially in any
workable scheme in that direction.
} Lloyd George Is Anxious.
__ Premier Lloyd George, of Great
| Britain, also is extremely anxious to
' solve the problem, in view of the
unsettled labor econditions in Eng
land and the leanings toward Bel
shevism of certuin labor leaders, ‘
Premier Borden, of Canada, In A
week-end specch, urged the delegates
to the peace conference to speed up
their deliberations. He declared that
over three months had elapsed since
the armistice, and that the soldiers
belteve that much time hms been
wasted and are amazed at the de-
Hberate methods employed,
Germany Protests
Surrender of Ships.
(By International News Service.)
FERNE, Fab, 17-—-The German
Government has protested to Herr
Fehrenbach, former president of the
German Reichstag, against the sur
render of German merchant ships to
the Allies, ¥Fehrenbach also I 8 urged
to resist the plan to have the ships
manned by German crews under Al
lied direction
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British Premier Calls
Conference on Labor.
(Exclusive Cable by the International
News Service and The London
Daily Express.)
LONDON, Feb. 17.—~Premier Lloyd
George has decided to call a wational
congress of representatives of em
plovers and labor to deal with the
critical situation and review the en
tire causes of the unrest among the
working eclasses. The congress will
form a permanent assembly,
\Labor leaders are unanimously in
favor of the Premier's proposition,
“It should have been done before”
they say. b
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’l’r;mce Seeks Biggest
Army in the League
| BY ROBERT J. PREW,
, Staff Correspondent |. N, 8,
| PARIS, Feb, 17.—France will sup
port the League of Nations covenant
a 4 n whole, it was learned today from
‘an authoritative source. While her
delegates on the special committee
suggested several features which were
not included in the final draft, herl
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lssued Daliy and Eutered ss Second-(lass Matter s
the PostofMos at Atlania Under Act of March 3, 1379
Cheer Up! Color |
Scheme Found to
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Make Happiness
(By International Ncw? Service.)
LONDON, Jan. 23 (by mail).—
Kemp Prosser, the famous English
color specialist, has been econduct
ing some interesting experiments
in health eolors which be hopes the
British Government will adopt for
decorating houses during the re
construction period. He maintains
that the adoption of his color
schemes will make the British pub
lie both healthier and happier
Interviewed in his two “health
rooms,” one with walls of sunlight
vellow and the ceiling sky blue,
with blue net curtains at the win.
dows, Mr. Prosser declared that his
purpose is to bring outdoors inside,
“l am doing away with my pic- ‘
tures,” he said. “Instead I am in
stalling these bowls of fruit, as
you see, on pedestals against the
background of the sunlight walls.
These embroidered cushions on the
chairs aid in carrying out my pur
pose with their flower designs.”
Then the color specialist led the
way to the other room, in which the
dominating color was apple blos
som pink.
“This is the normal color,” said
Mr. Prosser, “because | have found
that 99 people of 100 are happiest
in rooms of this shade.”
Suffrage Amendment
Again Offered Senate
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb, 17.—The Fed
eral woman suffrage amendment,
twice defeated at the present session,
was reintroduced in the Senate this
afternoon by Senator Jones, of Wash
ington, ‘
Jones, as the ranking Republinan
member of the committee on woman
suffrage, took this action when the
chairman, Senator Jones, of New
Mexico, declined to reintroduce the
resolution.
If the President, when he returns to
the United States, is able to secure
one vote for the suffrage amendment
it will be brought up and passed in
the last days of the present session.
Daniels Has Own Plans
For an Overseas Flight
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb, 17.—~The
Navy Department will not consider
loaning Captain B. B. Lipsner the
N. (.-1, or any other seaplane for
the purpose of attempting a trans-
Atlantic flight, Secretary Daniels an
nounced today. Lipsner, who was
formerly superintendent of the air
mai! service of the Postoffice Depart
ment, recently announced he had re
quested the use of the giant plane
and expressed the belief he could
make the flight
Secretary Daniels said the decision
was prompted by the faet that plans
already are under way for a trans-
Atlantic flight by navy aviators. These
plans were proceeding satisfgctorily,
he said. |
England May Continue
Bread and Meat Control
(By International News Service.) ‘
LONDON, Jan. 26 (by mail).~ The
bread subsidy and Government meat
control make™it certain that there
will be some measure of food direc- |
tion in England until September, at
least, and possibly longer. The bread
subsidy amounts to $250,000,000 an
nually and may increase. The prige.
of a four-pound loaf of bread is now '
18 cents, but without the subsidy thb‘“
same loaf would cost 32 cents, sinee
American wheat is used in part. The
subsidy was brought forward as a
war measure to keep down discon
tent, and is expected to continue un-l
til industry is normal and wages have
been readjusted.
DeKalb County Man
.
Drops Dead in Street
Dabtmey (;ulluife, about 60 years old,
dropped dead in Decatur Monday morn
ing at 10:30 o'clock while talking with
friends on McDonald street, near the
courthouse square.
Mr. Gulledge had jus trecovered from
An attack 07 influenza, and his death
is believed to have been caused by a
heart affection resulting from that dis
ease. His home I 8 3 miles from De
eatur on the Lawrenceville road, and
his family was notified Immediately
Mr. Gulledge Is survived by his wife,
two sons, Adolphus Gulledge, of Atlanta,
and Thaddeus Gulledge, nl’ Tueker, and
four dauvhters, Mrs. Ab Wages, Mrs
Tom Knight, Misses Wille and Sallie
Gulledge. |
.
Alleged Slayer of Girl
|
Is Held for Grand Jury
VALDOSTA, Feb. 17.—Will Collins,
charged with the killing of Robbie Mc-
Gee, 9-year-old danghter of Lacy Mo-
Gee, In a Aght with the child's father
at Ray City, a week ago, was given a
commitment trial before Justice W. A,
’Mr\nra, at Nashville, and bound over to
‘n'nn action by the Grand Jury on a
churge of murder
- Collins sought to show that the child
wns killed hy a shot from her father's
gun instead of by Colling, who denied |
having a gun The tragedy occurred
at McGee's home, and the only eve
'lltheueu were Lhe parents of the little
gir
THE WEATHER.
Forecast—Fair and somewhat
warmer tonight and Tuesday.
Temperatures—6 a. m,, 28; 8 a.
m., 31; 10 a. m,, 39; 12 noon, 44; 1
p- m, 48; 2 p. m,, 52,
Sunrise, 6:21; sunset, ‘24
" APaper for Atlanta,Georgia,
\____andthe South
WILSON WILL
B BLSIEST
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ONRETUR
I BY JUSTIN H. FORREST,
Staff Correspondent I. N. 8.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. n.-W
Wilson's stay in Washington
ably will be the busiest in his busy
career and administrdtion leldmg
wondering how it is going to be s
manly possible for him to weom*
all that is laid out for him to do.
First, of course, will be thetas
of setting Congress and the
right on the great matter of the
| League of Nations. He is expected o
arrive here Wednesday, the
and will talk the whole ece nant
lover that night at dinner with mem=
bers of the Senate foreign rel ions
committee and the House foreigy af
fairs committee. S
Earlier in the day he is edged t
march with a body of returning -
trict troops as part of a celebrat n
of welcome for both the Presi
and the troops.
Revenue Bill Ready. o
~The revenue bill is waiting for his
signature, and he is expected to give
some time to that, as well as the other
measures of smaller importance,
he has made it a custom to read
every bill before appending his =
nature. y -
! Then there are vacancies to be firq
'ed—chief of which is that of Attors
ney General to succeed W. T. Greg
cry, who has resigned, to take effeot
‘March 4. A great question hae arisen
‘over the appointment. New England
wants it, not now, for the first time
'since the Civil war, being repre nt
ed in the cabinet. But New En ;
generally objects to the office u
to Massachusetts, so that in the eve * )
there is too serious an argument it
is possible it may go to S
iuwln, of Mlinois, who seems to be the
second choice of most of the New
England States, If their “favorite
sons” do not land it.
That A. Palmer Mitchell, alien prop
erty custodian, would leave his work
there, which is even more important
during reconstruction times, for Greg
ory's post is doubted, and She-man
8. Whipple, of Boston, it is not be
lieved, has the backing of Senator
elect Walgh, L
McCormick’s Successor, :
Then thére must be a new Demos
cratie chariman designated to SUC
ceed Vance McCormick, Homer 8.
}(‘ummlngn. acting chairman, is de
clared to be the choice of the com~
mittee, but friends of James Guffey,
of Pennsylvauia, declare he has the
presidential O. K. Committee mem
‘hers insist, however, Cummings will
be picked, so there may be frictiom
there, T
No sneecessor ever has bheen named
for Interstate Commerce Commis~
sioner Harlan and that must be set
tled.
The President is pledged to attend
a conference of Governors and May
ors called by Secretary of Labor
Wilson to discuss the labor and re
employment question and this wil
take much of his time, He has let i
be known, too, that he is keenly ine
terested in this work and expects
to get results—just as he got results
in France.
And, of course, there will be a Joing
gestson of Congress, according to gens
oral belief, which will mean a speech
which 1t will take time to prepare,
and conferences innumerable to de=
cide the question of the date of the
special session, which certainly will
have to be called. And it is belleved
he will be on his way back to France
by March Sat the latest, It will be
a busy ten days
Republicans Are Eager
To Attack League Plan.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb 17— Despits
the President's suggestion rhat
gressional debates on the leagne of
nations be postponed until he has &
chance to “talk it over” with the
members of the foreing relations and
foreign affairs committees of the twe
houses of Congress, there wem ine
dieations today that some mewm Y
of the upper body would not he b
to contnin themselves until Fe
26, Mostly, of ecourse. these are Ree
publicans, but should at‘iwcks uwpom
tae plan materialize administration
Senators would feel themselves duly
boand to raply iy
Senator Borah and Senator g i
dexter, of Washington, beth of "i
are unalterably opposed to ghe plam,
and who, after preparin b
statements against it, first )
them, then made them o B
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