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FIVE CENTS:
America FIRST and
all the time
VOL. XVII
CHARGE GRAFT IN $300,000 CAMP JESUP TOOL DEAL
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Rejects Invitation to Dinner Be
cause of Differences on the
League of Nations Plan,
By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—Senator
Williarmn 1. Borah, of ldaho, Republic
an, member of the Senate foreign re
lations committee, today declined
President Wilson's invitation to at
tend the White House dinner on the
night of February 26, when the league
of nations will be discussed. The
Senator, in his letter, pointed out that
in accordance with custom such
gatherings are regarded as strietly
confidential and he would not feei
Justified in accepting any information
that he could not pass on to his eol
leagues or use in debate
“Can Not Change Wilson.”
I am sure no suggestion of mine
would modify in the slightest the
views of the President,” the Senator
wrote
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the dinner, to which all members r_vf'.f
~ both the Senate and House foreign |
relations committee have been invn«i‘
ed, caused considerable discussions :ul
the capitol ang in other official eir-|
cles, . - ‘
Although of different political’
faiths, thé President afid Senator Bo- |
rah have been very worm personal
friends and 1t is known that thr
President gave ‘hls eneit support to
the Senator's last campaign in ldahn‘g
. Letter Frem Senator. |
The text of the Senator's letter, |
which was addressed 1o Secretary|
* Tumulty. and today sent by radio tnl
President Wilson aboard the George
Washington, foilows: i
“T greatly appreciate your note hon- |
oring me with an invitation to maet |
the President on February 26 to dis- !
cuss the lengue of natfons-—a matter!
\of most vital concern to the whole
country. Meetings at the White
House,” according to long standing
customs, are alwayve regarded as
= gtrictly confidential upon the part ot
the guests.
\ “This meeting, 1 take it, would be;
regarded as especilally confidential, i
otherwise the President would have]
spoken, according to his custom, to
the open Senaie, ’
Differences Fundamental. :
“The differences between the Presi- |
dent and myseif on this question are
fundamental. [ am sure no sugges
tion of mine would modify in the
slightest the views of the President
and nothing couwld induce me to sup
port the league as outlined in this
proposed constitution, or anything
lke it
“] feel, therefore, that it would not
be fair to the President to accept his!
confidence or receive from him conti- |
depatia! information concerning th&u!
subject,
“Neitner, in my view of the subject,
could 1 accept inforfoation which |
would not feel perfedtly free to trans.
mit to my «@lleagues or use in public
debate,
“After much reflection, therefore, [
beg 1o be excused from attending the
meeting. ’
“In writing this note and in taking
tdil® course, | maean no personal dis
respect to, or disregard of the Presi
dent, 1 simply find myself in such
disagreement with him and feel so
intensely concerning the matter that
1 can not do otherwise than candidly
advice him of the facts”
Advised Against Action. ... .
Senator Borsd in declining the in
vitation, disregarded 4ghe advice as
Senator Lodge, Republican party
leader in the Senate, who was in con
tinuous conference with nim .\oule!'-l
day, seeking to sway him from his|
decigion, it wins learned today, |
The ldaho Senator’s action created
n sensation when it becaine known
.?‘n the floor and many Republican
anators privately commended il, It
seemed unlikely today that any other
. member of the foreign relations com
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Full International News Service
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| Board, who sped county selectimen on way with smiles,
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i Mrs. Lucile Woodward, popular and
| efficient clerk in the' county exvmptk\n“
‘hnard offices in the Courthouse, is one
{of the young women of Atlanta whe
, has done a large bit for Uncle Sam ml
{ the wag against fiermany-—in faet, Mrs.
Woodward has the distinetion of having
sent umv* men to the army than any
other woman in the Southeast 5
{ Mrs. Woodward for a long while has !
{acted as chief clerk for the county
lhn;\rll. and, as part of her dutles, called
jand personally instructed hundreds of
| Fulton County men, many of whom have
!mndo splendid _records in the bitter
fighting n‘ the ”nn-r days of the great
%w;nr By direction of L. C. Whitney, o!‘
:l“,:-.u Point, chairman of tig (‘o\mtyi
i board, Mrs -Woodward signed practical-
Iy all of the notices to county regis- |
trants to appear for examihation and
for induction inte’ the service,
l And, because’ of the versonal interest
displayed by Mrs. Woodward in each of
6”\9 “registrints, they all cheerfully
{ shouldered, arms for the cause of Uncle
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Chorus Girl in London
l (By International News Service.) |
LONDON, Febh, 18, Pretty |
. American maids who have stage
| ambitions and would even start in |
" the chorus, had better tight shy of
| Bngland, where the top salary for
l Morus girls averages sl2 a week
| This sum, penurfously spent, might |
buy feood for one in London, bu ‘
| nothing else
{ In addition to the fact that there |
| is o plentitude of girls—a glul in 4
! the market, in fuct--amply meet.
{ Ing the needs of the British stage
1 which seemingly demands graven
| images In phe chorus, an Amepi.
| can chorus girl would find that al
| Ypep” she pute into her wWork ‘tos
‘| tally out of kilter here.
SEmiling, vivacious, knock-em
| dead chorus girle evidently have
nqt been discovered by the produc
| ers of muslienl eomedies, Nor are
| thay wanted,
, The London chorus girl, who hag
| about as much chanece of subsist
‘| Ing on 312 a week in London as a
house-fly in alaska, is showing
|| signe of unrest. She wants more
1| money and, after consultation with
| managers, is told that the only
Ll way to get it is for the salaries of
*| the stars to be reduced. The chorus
| girl contends a star is paid 85 per
cent for reputation and 15 per cent
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| (By International News Service,)
' BASLE, SWITZERLAND, Feb. 18
‘A\nurir-ul' troops willi be sent infe
I Berlin to guard the food sent into that
city by the United States, said a dis
pateh from that city today.
Deny German Forei
eny German roreign
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lbecretary Has Resigned
(By International News Service,)
l COPENHAGEN eb 15 (ount
von Brockdorff-Rantzau Foreign
| Becretary in the German Cabinet, has
| not resigned, but is remaining in the
| Ministry, said a Welmar dispatch to
| The Politiken today
It had previously been reported
| Count Brockdorff-Rantzau had left
{ the German Cabinet, the intimation
being that a political crisis Wits
| brewing at Weimar
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: Spartacists Capture
IMumch Headquarters
(By International News Service,)
| ZURICH (via London), Keb, 18
! Phe headquarters of the Munich
]umn\‘ that command the telegraph
land telephone stations and several
newspaper plants were seized by the
Spartacists today
Machine guns were planted in the
f\\'nuhv-.w as the Army Building to
.\\\m-‘ the adjacent streets
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Allies Limit German
Army to 25,000 Report °
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Feb, IS --Germany's future
army will probably be limited to
206,000 =oldiers by the new armistice
1 terms and the war plants in Gepmany
will be p under Allled eontrol, s
‘..mimx to information received from
{ un authoritative source here today
| All war material not needed to
}mmu» the Germna standing army must
! w purrendered to the Kntente
| Poles Instructed Not
| To Attack Germany
l (By International News Service,)
| PARIS, Feb, 18~The Poles have
| been instructed not to attack German
I!Mv’xvuv\ It was reported today
{f THE WEATHER.
i ' Forecast-—Pair and warmer,
| Temperatures—6 a. m., 37; 8 a,
I m, 40; 10 a. m., 46; 12 m., 51; 1
I) p. m, 53; 2 p. m,, 56,
? Sunrise. 6:20; sunset. 5:25, ]
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1919
Mes. Abbott Will Be Vigorously
Arraigned in Trial to Start
Wednesday.
With all arrangements compiete
for the start Wednesday in Judge
Humphries’ division of Criminal
Court of the trial of Mrs. John Ab
bott for slaying her husband, it was
made plain by Solicitor Boykin that
he will demand the extreme penalty
of the law as punishment for the
young woman.
It was indicated by both the So
licitor anfl Attorney Frank E. Radens
leben, who is to assist him, that the
' State will handle vigorously every
phase of the trugedy in an effort to
bring about the conviction of the wife
They announced that the State's case
is well in hand, and that there will
be no hitch in putting the trial under
way, so far as the Sttae s concerned.
Attorneys E. W, Martin and Reuben
R. Arnold, for Mrs. Abbott, also an
nounced that they were ready to pro
ceed Wednesday, and are prepared to
fight every point in it hat may be ad
vanced by the State against Mrs. Ab
bott,
Sensation Expected.
While Solicitor Boykin and Attor
ney Radensleben declined to discuss
plans of the State, it was hinted about
the Courthouse Tuesday that the
State may spring an unexpected sen
sation It is known that a searching
investigation has been under way for
several days into the life of Mrs. AD
bott, and that numeroug reports con
cerning. her have been run down by
| the State’s investigators
Thi report was given added
strengt v the fact that 100 subpenas
or State witnesses wer placed
Tuesday in the hands of deputy sher
ffs, who immediately bhegan serving
them Deta f the re t of this
prohe were losely guarded in the So
lictor's office
, Many Are Questioned.
g Several witnesses were interrogated
Tuesday by the Solicitor and Attorney
Radensieben in the forme office. but
{ nformat Y wWas lis osed as to the
hich t v were gquestioned.
The two State's msel were closeted
practically 1L morning in conference
ind implacing the final touches to the
State's case
| Judg Humphr S with 1 view to
| preventing any hit n drawing the
ju™ to determine the fate it Mas
Abbott, Tuesday drew 50 additional
veniremer wnd these immediately
were sumnoned to apnear ir
Vedne 1a) morning This " o 1
total of 1566 veniremen from which the
trial jury will be chosen
| .
Nations and Employers
.
To Treat With Labor
(By Intermational News Service, )
PARIS, Febh, 18 The various govern
ments will be represented as well as the
employers and the working men at the
meetings of the annual intrnational laber
gqonference, according to the official com
munique issued here. The communique
reads
“The ninth meeting of the commission
{on international labor legislation was held
':;»l the ministry of labor under the presi
| dency of Samuel Gompers at 2:30 on Mon
ld:«y afternoon, February 17
“Discussions of proceduse laid down in
the British scheme for the meetings of
the annual conference was continued
“The commission agreed to the Hritish
,prn]umnl a 8 amended upon suggestion of
{the Beligian delegatfon, which provides
| that, at the amnual labor conference the
| government of each state shall be repre
suted by two deiegates, ahving one vote
cach, while ther shall b one delegate from
each state representing the employers and
bayving one vote and one delegate repre
€hting the working people, with one vote
13-Cent Stamp To Be
Issued by Uncle Sam
I (By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, [Feb 18.—~1'nele
Sam, ever alert to serve his milllons
of customers, is putting out a new
postage stamp, It is of the 13.-cent
denomination and is issued primarily
for use in prepaying a single rate of
letter postage and special delivery
fee, or for postage and registry fee
It may be used, however, for other
purposes for which ordinary stamps
are used
The new stamp bhears the head of
Benjamin Franklin, from Houdon's
bust, looking to the left, and ix print
ed in yellow-green ink It is of the
1,-mmn- shape and size as other ordl
i nary stamps of the 1911 series, The
border design ig the same as that of
the other denominations of the cur
rent issue above 7 cents
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Blockade Still in Force
r
. War Trade Board Told
| WASHINGTON, Feb, 18, ~The In
{terstate Commeree Commission want
ed to know why the War 'Trade
Board was refusing licenses for cer
tain manufactured articles to neutral
gountries bordering on Germany and
it asked the board for an explanation,
" Today the answer came; it was a
polite answer, but bolled down: It
was just the Twenty-sixth Article of
the armistice terms:
“The oxletine hlockads conditions
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Fifth Liberty
Loan Called
Off by Glass
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—~There
will be no Fifth Liberty Loan—or
Victory Loan, as it was to have been
termed under an aareement tenta
tively reached this afternoon by the
House ways and means committee,
in conference with Secretary of the
Treasury Glass. Instead a series of
short term notes will be issued, and
u?on these Congress will set the rate
of interest.
Under the existing Liberty Loan
legislation the Secretary of the
Treasury could authorize a $5,000,-
000,000 loan, but the interest rate
wouid have to be the same as that
carried |:¥ the fourth loan, it was
stated. hat rate—4 1-4 per cent—
under the conditions that would pre
vail at the time that the loan was
to have been floated, would be insuf
ficient, in the opinion of members of
the committee and representatievs of
the Treasury Department.
Grins and ‘
Groans in the
Day's N
.
ay's News
ANDERSON, IND, Feb. 18- Six |
passengers in a jitney bus were |
bruised when the bus was struck by |
a runaway team of former fire |
horses, drawing a garbage wagon. |
The horses were transferred to the
garbage department when the fire
department was motorized. When
they heard a street car bell ringing
they ran pellmell down the street.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—One
out of every four men drafted for
the army was illiterate to the ex
tent of being wunable to read a
newspaper or to write home, ac
cording to a report submitted to
Secretary of the Interior Lane by
Surgeon General Ireland. The ex- ‘
act percentage of illiterhry was"
given as 249 or 386,196 of the
1,562,866 men examined. 1
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—A total
saving of $13,810,370 has been ef
fected by the raiiroads of tHe Al
legheny region during the period
0f Federal control, Regional Direc- |
tor Markham reports. During Jan
uary, he added, there were 36 uni- |
fications which will result in an |
annual saving of $52%,181.
DENVER, Feb. 18.—~Charles A,
Gebhard, president of the Colorado
Packing and Provision Company,
banker and founder of the Denver
Stock Yards, died here yesterday.
NEW YORK, Feb, 18 —Seeing
New York on ome cent is easy if
you are a “gob.” Willilam H. Scott,
of Oklahoma, is a “gob” who wanted
to see the sights. He had but one
cent to his name. But he left his
bflhfleshfiv, applied to the Soldiers’
anfl Sailors’ Club and was properly
| chaperoned, taking in,a breakfast,
‘ luncheon, dinner and a dance and
seeing the sights as well. When he
i got back to his ship he still had the
~ cent,
NEW YORK, Feb, 18— Policeman
- Mike Gerry admits he can’'t throw
' the bull, .At least, Gerry will not
attempt to toss four-legged bovines
~ about very soon, following his he
_roic attempt to capture a runaway
- bull in the guburbs of Brooklyn.
- Gerry's attempt cost him a new
uniform and a doctoris bill,
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Suffragists Will Go to
‘ ‘G ’ 2
~ Boston to ‘Greetl’ Wilson
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.--Militant
suffragists have found it necessary
to revise all their plans, since it was
announced President Wilson will land
in Boston instead of New York,
They plan to greet him on his ar
rival in Boston with a band of “mili
tants” bearing the sort of banners
that have gotten them into trou
bLlc with the police and public in
Washington sevewul times
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Use Merchandise Methods '
To Sell Live Stock
tiood live stock, like good
merchandise nust he
rought to the attention of
huyers before sales can be )
naude And the newspaper
¥ the medium through
which this Is done !
n Atlanta, such sales are !
nost qulckly consummated )
through The Georglan and ?
American
{
Over in their Want Ad pages
- L. classleation “Live |
stoel v\h-!v I 8 most gen
erally used by those who ¢
Liave poultry, dogs, cattle or !
horses for sale, because they |
know that through this me )
dium they reach practicall
everybody worth while in At
anta and ite vieinity
To make sales. economically
and quickly describe what
vou have to offer. and say
where it may be seen, then
geend Lhe ad or bring it te
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The Georgian and American
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Atlanta’s Want Ad Directory |
20-22 East Alabama Street |
Renad for Profite-llas fne Results '
Officer Involved in Allege Trans
actions Brought From France to
Testify Against Merchants,
A Federal warrant charging con
spiracy to defraud the Government out
of approximately *sloo,ooo in connection
with the sale of tools by the Pasco Tool
Company to Camp Jesup, was issued
Tuesday against John G. Pasco and S
L. Dickey, members of the firm
Federal authorities allege that Pasco
and Dickey bribed Lieutenant . M
Shepperson, purchasing officer officer at
Camp Jesup, to turn large contracts for
tools their way. Contracts amounting
to $300,000 were given the company, it
is ®aid, one-third of that amount being
pure graft Lieutenant Shepperson is
alleged to have received $2.500 for his
share of the conspiracy
Lieutenant Brought Back.
Lieutenant Shepperson, who left Camp
Jesup for France soon after the deals
are said to mave been put through, was
brogight back to Atlanta to testify in
the case He is now in the hands of
military authorities.
An indietment charging conspimey
by bribery, was returned by the Fed
eral Grand Jury Monday It was on
the strength of this indictment that the
warrant was issued
Govermunent representatives have an
nounced that they expect to show the
Pasco Tool Company purchased tools
from other ecompanies and added from
M to 200 per cent on their purchase
price, for the Camp Jesup sales
Many Firms Shared.
It will be shown further that the com
panies which sold te the Pasco Tool
y(Company, obtained higher prices. than
would have been harged Lhe Govern
ment in direct transaction
The penalty upon conviction of a
charge of the character outlined, is a
sentence of two years in prison or a
fine of "SIO,OOO, or bot}
Bond was fixed by the District At
torney at SI,OOO for both Mr. Pasco
and Mr. Dickey. Mr. Pasco went Lo
the District Attorney’'s office imme
diately after the issuance of the war
rant and made bond. Mr. Dickey was
out of the city, Mr. Pasco said, but
he agreed to notify his partner by
telephone and have him appear either
Tuesday afternoon or early Wednes
day morning
(By International News Service,)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 Insisting
that his resolution proposing a
sweeping investigation of War De
partment and army conditions be
given immediate consideration, Repre
sentative Siegel, of New York, told
the House rules committee this after
noon that crippled soldiers are beg
ging for alms on the streets of New
York
“l can hardly believe this,” inter
rupted Chairman FPou I don't be
lieve that any American city would
allow wounded soldiers to heg on the
streets,”
Slegel repeated his statement, de
claring he could support it with evi
dence., He deplored the fact that men
“are being returned form KEurope with
5
the army owing them several months'
pay."
“The conditions which Governor Al
len has complained to you about will
be found to exist in the New York Na
tional Guard,” Siegel declared,
American ldiers Kkilled in the |[ast
tew hours iling before the armis
tice was signed "were needlessly sac
rificed Governor Allen, of Kansas,
toid the committee today
All the Allied forces knew 72 hours
before the slgning of the armisticey
he sald, that™ it would end the wii
Nevertheless, We declared, they pughed
forward and the American forces
played a 4 most vigorous part in the
final offensive at a “"needless sacri
fice."
Although the Germans were re
treating,” said the Governor, they
nevertheless rained heavy shellfire
upon our troops, and we suffered a
considerable number of casulaties.’
He read to the commitiee a letter
from Colonel Carl Ristins, of the 139th
Infantry Thirty-tifth Division, In
which the colonel said someone ought
to tell Congress the “truth about con«
dition® overseas.”
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Lieut. C. S. Hamilton
Back to Atlanta Job
Licutenant Cland B Hamilton, who ha
been AN instructor of heavy srtitlery at
Camp Zachary Taylor, has received an
honorabbe discharge from the army, and
resumed his former position as chief clerk
in the Atlanta office of Jolhin A. Roebling's
SBons Co. Lieutgnant and Mrs. Hamilton
lssued Daliy and Eutered as Second-Class Matter sy
the PostofMce at Atlanta Under Aet of March 3, 1879
.
Restless, Prancing
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Meuntain Perils
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Town in Europe
(By International News Service.)
ARDIFF, Jan, 21 (by mail).—
C A moving.mountain threat
ens to deniolish the village
of Victoria, near Ebbwvale., .Al
ready the sliding mountain, which |
has not any regular method of lo
comotion, but simply goes by fits
ana starts, has caused the destruc
tion of 165 houses. ¢
For some time, Domenfawer, a @
mountain to the south, has shown
a tendency to move and heavy |
and continued rains accelerated |
the mountain slide. S
City Federation of Woman's Club
Hears Rumors of Boycott.
Babies Starving,
The proposal of labor leaders that
the organized workers of Atlanta, co
operating with other civic bodies in
terested in maintaining milk prices
at reasonable Jevels and Increasing
the production, should get together in
a plan for a great co-operative dairy
near Atlanta to supply the city with
milk, was the newest eclement to Mo
injected into the investigatipn
launched recently by the City Ked
eration of Women's Clubs to deter
mine why the price of milk in At
lanta is from 4 to 14 cents higher than
n other cities
It was learned Tuesday that a plan
for the establishment of a co-opera
tive dairy to supply milk at near-cost
prices to the people of Atlanta will be
presented to the next session of the
Atlanta Federation of Trades, with
the indorsement of a number of labor
injong and civie bodies,
May Start Boycott,
Mrs. A. McD. Wlison, president of
the City Federation of Women's Clubs,
was unable Tuesday to say whether
the co-operative dairy plan w i
meet with the approval of the feder
a n. It was indicated that a str g
element in the federation favored a
¢ tt on local milk products, and
t is probable that either this course
v the indorsement of the co-operative
movement will result from the next
session of the federation, The City
Federation of Women's Clubs is com
posed of 111 affiliated organizations,
with an aggregate membership of 10,.
000 women, and it is likely that its
wetion. to be ta n at Thursday morn.
ng’'s session at Edison Hall, will be
decisive and productive of certain re
sults
Workers for the Associated Chari
ties expressed wtisfactio at the
ired that the prese high prices
working a great ir ry on p I
chlldren and i Ils whose parents
or guardiagis were ible to pay the
price of 25 cents a lirt being de
manded for pure m
Have to Use Substitutes.
“We are constantly coming into
contact with children and Invalids
whose physical welfare demands a
plentiful supply of fresh cows' milk,
and who are unable to obtain It at
the prevailing price,” said one of the
charity workers. “These people are
consequently compelled to resort to
condensed milk and other substitutes
which do not contain the necessary
nutritive elements and as a result the
mortality rate among children is in
creasing. Mortality rate is too weak
a term-~1 mean that babies are dying
of starvation because they can't get
milk,
“Ituds surpriging what a large num
ber of women are having to work
at insufficient wages—and support
children on their earnings. Wiveg ot
soldiers, deserted wives and widows.
They leave their children at home of
j necessity and can not supply natural
‘mllk for this reason, and because ot
‘tho- high price of cows’ milk are com
pelled to substitute condensed milk
and grits for real food. The decreas
ing of the price of cggs helps some,
but milk is most essential.
Demand Will Increase.
“With the coming of ‘spring and
sundner. the demand for milk neces
sarily Loust Inerease, Children and
invalids in summer must have lotg of
milk anu eggs, becuuse they can't eat
henvy fiods in spriag, and people with
tun-down condition who are put on
miik diets by their physicians—and
there tre many 5% theges—-must have
real cow's milk and at reasonable
prices.”
At the oftice of the United States
food aaministration it was stated that
no acition could be taken by the Gov
ernment on milk priceg here for the
reason that about 75 per cent of the
milik «cld in Atiant ais sold direct to
the consumers by the producers. The
direet producer i exempted by the
law creating the foud administration
from its restrictiors and regulations.
With the eyding of the war and the
conseqguent relaxadion of food restrices
GO TEETRTD
! A Paper for Atlanta,Georgia,
\____andthe South_
o
Key's Direct Request of Price for
Property Brings Definite Ree
fusal From Atkinsom,
bl
Rigid opposition of stockholders as
the Georgia Railway and Powesg
Company to municipal ownership and
a bitter attack by Mayor Key on the
service rendered by the company were
disclosed in communications between
the Mayor and the company, madé
public Tuesday,
Mayor Key brought about the come
pany admission of opposition to the
sale of its properties by addressing
a letter to H. M. Atkinson, chairman
of the board of directors, asking fo¥
detinite figures on the sale of the dt’
Mr. Atkinson replied that the stocks
bolders were opposed to such a sale,
and in hisetter he assailed municipag
ownership in general,
Mayor’s Letter,
The Moyr's letter to Mr. Atkinsod
follows:
“Dear Sir: I write to inquire whedg
I may expect your figures as greed
at which your company would be
willing to seil the local utilities, basis
actual value of physical properties,
to the city, ‘
“An early reply is important, espes
cially in view of the admitted inabile
ity of your company to give ampls
service to the publie®
Atkinson’s Reply,
Mr. Atkinson's reply, after thred
days, was received Monday altems
noon. Here it is:
“Mayor J. Y. Key—Dear Sir: ¥
have your oflficial letter of February
i4th, Since our personal interview
some little time before you became
Mayor, to which you refer in yous
letter, I have consulted representae=
tives of our stockholders, of whom
there are in George 1,146 (mainly
residents of Atlanta) and approxie
maltely the saime number outside as
Georgia, and find they strongly dis
approve of the idea we discussed,
namely, your desire to acquire these
properties for the city. Their objec=
tion is equally definite as citizens, as
taxpayers (of whom they are among
the largest in the eity), and as stocke
Kolders in these properties. In addis
| tion to their objection -on account of
local conditions, their opposition is
lum entuated by the wave of revulsion
{against public ownership, which
| seems to be sweeping the country
and gaining momentum every day,
l@nd their very great aversion to de
anything that might involve the props
(erties in a political discussion,
‘ “You wunderstand that the 2394
stockholders own these properties
jand my authority is created and cone
[ trollea by them and necessarily I camne
';nul g 0 counter to their wishes, Howse
ever, if you have anything concrete
in your mind I shall feel it my duty
!to present it to them, being personals
Ily of a receptive mind, as I told yog
| during our talk."” -
Sale Once Favored,
Upon this situation the Mayesd
commented as follows:
“When Mr. Atkinspn agreed with me
to furnish the figures, basis actual
physical value of the properties, as
which the Georgin Railway and Powe
er Company would sell the local utilbe
tles to the city, I assumed that
had authority to do what he a
to do. He assured me that he pers
sonally favored the sale, As to t
he does not appear to have eh
hig mind, He assured me also thes
te represented the capital invested in
the business and was authorized te
speak for it. It is to be understaad
that the city’s purpose would be to
pay value dollar for dollar for the
properties. This could not do any
harm to anyone except to some oné
who wanted to get something out of
the public for nothing,
“If the stockholders are permlwfi
to vote this plan, then they shou
| be raquired to get behind the compie
ny and put the company in positios
to render a necessary service to the
public which it is not new . dolng
They should be quite as wimng 0
put money in the pockets of the come
pany when the company necds it, as
they are to take money out of the
pockets of the peopel when they
want it,
“The subject of public ownership
generally as applied to railroads, e&
is not to be confused with municips
ownership of local utilities, no w
than you would confess the p
ownership of the Atlantiec Octan witly
municipal ownership of the local Wie
terworks, As propaganda it is u‘fl
in hrejudicing the public, but a 8
parallel case it has no valoe®
. .
61st Coast Artillery -
.
Due in Savanpah Soon
SAVANNAL, Feb 18.—/The Sixty-girs
Coast Artillery Regiment, containi
historic Savannah Volunteer Gux..
expected here February 25° en route
Fort Screven, where it will be m s
out Arangemnts ar being mad h ;‘.
a grat recejtion and review or.gu .
ment, which is the first order to ;
vannah. The Sixty-first returned J
lm, from France, where it j
late for active servige, S
Twenty men who participated ' i
ders attending the second strike of '
carmen on the Savannah fi
lines last Christmas were :
' Friiwaam by the Sanarior Goet L
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