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VOL. XVII
CHARGE GRAFT IN $300,000 CAMP JESUP TOOL DEAL
Rejects Invitation to Dinner Be
cause of Differences on the
League of Nations Plan.
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—Senator
William E. Borah, of Idaho, Republic
an, member of the Senate foreign re
lations committee, today dectined
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 l:»-tlur_‘_;minu-«l out that
in accordance with custom, such
gatherings are regarded as strictly
confidential and he would not feel
justified in accepting any information
that he could not pass om to his col
leagues or use in debate.
“Can Not Change Wilson.”
‘T 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 of
both the Senate and House foreign
relations committee have been invit
ed, caused considerable discussions at
the capitol and in other official cir
cles, ‘
Although of different political
faiths, the President and Senator Bn-f
*ah have heen very worm persm.nfl
friends and it i 8 known (hat the|
President gave his tacit support to
the Senator’'s last campaign in lduhu,‘
Letter From Senator. |
The text of the Senator’s letter,
which was addressed to Secretary
Tumulty and today sent by radio !01
President Wilson aboard the George
Washington, foilows: {
“1 greatly appreciate your note hon
oring me with an invitation to m.»ez‘
the President on February 26 to dis
cuss the league of nations-—a matter
of most vital concern to the whole
ocountry., Meetings at the White
House, according to long standing
customs, are always regarded as
strictly eonfidential upon the part ot
the guests, ‘
“This meeting, 1 take it, would be |
regarded as especially confidential, |
otherwise the President would huve]
spoken, according to his custom, to,
the open Senate, »
Differences Fundamental, 1
*“The differences between the Presi- |
dent and myself on this question are!
fundamental. I am sure no auggmui
tion of mine would modify in the
slightest the views of the Prenldontl
and nothing could induce me to sup
port the league as outlined in this
proposed constitution, or anything
like it,
“I feel, therefore, that it would not
by fair to the President to accept his
confidence or m!zlve from him confi.
dentis! information eoncerning this
subject.
“Neitner, in my view of the subject,
could I accept Information which 1
would not feel perfectly free to trans
mit to my collcagues or use in public
debate,
“After much reflection, therefore, I
beg to be excused from attending the
meeting.
“In writing this note and in taking
this coyrse, | mean no personal dis
respect to, or disregard of the Presi
dent, | simply find myself in such
disagreement with him and feel so
Intensely concerning the matter that
1 can not do otherwise than candidly
advise him of the facts”
Advised Against Action. ... .
Senator Borah in declining the in
vitation, disregarded the advice of
Senator Lodge, Republican party
leader in the Senate, who was in con
tinuous conference with him yester
day, seeking to sway him from his
decision, It was learned today.
The ldaho Senator's action created
a sensation when It became known
on the floor and many Republican
Senators privately commended it It
seemed unlikely today that any other
member of the foreign relations com-‘
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' Mrs. Lucile Woodward, secretary of thé County Exemption
Board, who sped county selectmen on way with smiles,
Mrs. Luclle Woodward, popular and
efficient eclerk in the county exemption
board offices in the Courthouse, is one
df the young women of Atlanta who
has done a large bit for Uncle Sam in
the war against Germany-—in fact, Mrs
Wpodward has the distinetion of having
sent more men te the army than any
other woman in the Southeast.
Mrs. Woodward for a long while has
acted as chief clerk for the county
board, and, as part of her duties, called
and personally instrutted hundreds of
Fulton County men, m:u\t_\' of whom have
made splendid records in the bitter
fighting of the lattler days of the great
war. By direction of L. . Whitney, of
Fast Point, chairman of tig county
board, Mrs, Woodward signed practical
ly all of the notices to county regis
trants to appear for examination and
for induction into the service,
And, because of the personal interest
displayedq by Mrs. Woodward in each of
the registrants, they all cheerfully
shouldered arms for the cause of Uncle
Sam. )
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‘Pep’ and Good Look
ep’ and Good Looks
Bring Small Return to
Ch I‘%l Girl in London
(By Internationa! News Service.)
LONDON, Feb, 18.-~Pretty
American maids who have stage
ambitions and would even start in
the chorus, had better fight shy of
England, where the top salary for
chorus girls avernges sl2 a week,
This sum, penuriously spent, might
buy food for one in London, bun
nothing else,
In addition to the fact that there
is a plentitude of girls—a glut in
the market, in fact-—-amply meet
ing the needs of the British stage
which seemingly demuands graven
images in the chor®s, an Amerl.
can chorug girl would find that all
“pep” she puts into her work toe
tally out of kilter here,
Smiling, vivacious, knock-em -
dead chorus girls evidently have
not been discovered by the produc
ers of musical gomedies. Nor are
they wanted,
The London chorus girl, who has
about as much chance of subsigt
ing on sl2 a week In London as a
house-fly ln Alaska, is showing
signs of unrest. She wants more
money and, after consultation with
managers, i told that the only
way to get it is for the salaries of
the stars to be reduced, The chorus
| girl eontends a star is paid 85 per
cent for reputation and i) per cent
far actual wark done
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(By International News Service.)
BASLE, SWITZERLAND, Feb, 18,
American trbops will be sent into
Bertin to guard the food sent into that
city by the United States, said a dis
patch from that city today.
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Deny German Foreign
3 ot e 7 ag Real
Secretary Has Resigned
(By International News Service.)
COPENHAGEN, Feb 18, —C'ount
von Brockdorff-Rantzan Foreign
Secretary in The German Cabinet, has
not resigned, but is remaining in the
Ministry, said a Weimar 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 was
brewing at Weimar
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Spartacists Capture
Munich Headquarters
(By International News Service,)
ZURICH (via London), Feb, 18-
The headquarters of the Munich
army that command the telegraph
and telephone stations and several
newspaper plants were seized by the
Spartacists today
Machine guns were planted in the
windows of the Army Bullding to
sweep the adjacent streets
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Allies Limit German
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Army to 25,000 Report
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Feb, 18 -~Germany’s future
army will probably be limited to
25,000 goldiers by the new armistice
terms and the war plants in Germany
will be put under Aliled eontrol, ac
cording to information received from
an authoritative source here today
All /war material not needed ta
equip the Germnastanding army must
be surrendered to the Entente
Poles Instructed Not
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l'o Attack Germany
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Feb, 18--The Poles have
been instructed not to attaek German
terrvitory, it was reported today,
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{ Forecast—Fair and warmer, ‘
Temperatures—6 a. m., 37; 8 a.
m, 40: 10 a. m, 46;: 12 m., B 1; 1|
} pam, 53;: 2 p. m,, 56.
! Sunrise, 6:20; sunset, 5:25, 2
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1919
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Mrs. Abbott Will Be Vigorously
Arraigned in Trial to Start
Wednesday.
With all arrangements complete
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 and Attorney Frank E. Radens
leben, who is to assist him, that the
'State will handle vigorously every
phase of the tragedy 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 is concerned.
Attorneys B, 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. Ab
bott, and that numerous reports con
cerning her have been run down by
the State’s investigators
This report was given added,
strength by the fact that 100 subpenas
for State witnesses wer placed
Tuesday in the hands of deputy sher
iffs, who immediately began serving
them. Details of the resuit of this
probe were closely guarded in the So
lictor’s office,
Many Are Questioned.
Several witnesses were interrogated
Tuesday by the Solicitor and Attorney
Radensleben in the former's office, but
no information was disclosed as to the
line on which the were questioned
The two N‘mlv'i counsel were closeted
practically all"morning in conference
and in placing the final touches to the
State's case.
Judge Humphries, with a view to
preventing any hitch in drawing the
Jjury to determine the fate of Mrs
Abbott, Tuesday drew H 0 additional
veniremen, and these immediately
were summoned to appear in court
Wednesday morning. 'This makes a
total of 158 veniremen from which the
trial jury will be chose:
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Nations and Employers
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To Preat With Labor
(By Internationnl News Service, )
PARIS, Feb. 18.—~The various govern
ments will be represented as well as the
employers and the working men at the
meetings of the annual intrnational labor
conference, according to the official com
munigue issued here The communique
reads
“Phe ninth meeting of the commission
on international labor legislation was held
3 ministry of ¥ inde the presis
lency of Samuel Gompers at 30 on Mon
day afternoon February 17
“Discussions of procedure lald wn in
the British scheme for the meet ¢BS of
the annual conference was continus
“The commission agreed to Biritish
proposal as amended upon suggestion of
the Belgian delegation which provides
that, at the annual labor conference the
government of evach tate shall be repre
snted by two deiegates, ahyving one vots
cach, while ther shull b one delegate from
ench state representing the emplovers and
boving one vote and one delegate repres
wnting the working people, with one vete.” |
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13-Cent Stamp To Be |
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Issued by Uncle Sam
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb 18 Uncle
Sam, ever alert to serve his millions
of customers, I 8 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 specia i ery
fee, or for postage wind registry fee
It may be used, however, for other
purposes for which ordinary stamps
are used s
The new stamp bears the head of
Benjamin Franklin, from Houdon's
bust, looking to the left, and print
ed in yellow-green ink It is of the|
same shape and size ag other ordl ’
nary stamps of the 1911 serie The
border design I 8 the same a that .-{’
the other denominations of the cur
rent {ssue above 7 cents l:
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Blockade Still in Force |
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War Trade Board Told
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 The In
ter wte Commmerce Commnm for vant
ed to know why the War 'l'v'wh-‘
Board was refusing license for cer '
taln manufactured articles to neutrall
countries bordering on Germany and!
it agked the board for an explanation 1
Today the answer came it wa 1 |
polite answer, but bolled down it]
was just the Twenty -sixth Article of
the armistice terms ]
“The existing blgekade ~.ndmmu!
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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
Vigtory Loan, as it was to have been
termed under an agreement 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
upon 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
would have to be the same as that
carried by the fourth loan, it was
stated. That 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 &nd representatievs of
the Treasury Department. :
'Grins and
Groans in the
Day’s News
ANDERSON, IND., Feb. 18.—8 ix
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 unable to read a
newspaper or to write home, ac
cording to a report submitted to
Searetary of the Interior Lane by
Surgeon General Ireland. The ex
act percentage of illiterary was
given as 249 of 386,196 of" the
1,562,266 men examined.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—A total
saving of $13,810,370 has been ef
fected by the railroads of the Al
legheny region during the period
of Federal control, Regionai Direc
tor Markham reports. During Jan
uary, he added, there were 36 uni
flcations which will result in an
- annual saving of $528,181,
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| 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 one 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
; battleship, applied to the Soldiers’
and Sailors’ Club and was properly
chaperoned, taking in a breakfast,
lunchedn, dinner and a dance and
seeing the sights as well, When he
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 caplure a 4 runaway
bull in the suburbs of Brooklyn.
} Gerry’'s attempt cost him a new
uniform and a doctor’s bill,
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Sufiragists Will Go to
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- Poston to ‘Greet’ Wilson
(By International News Service,)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 17.-—Militant
suffragists have found it necessary
to revise all their plans, gince 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
ble with the police and public In
Washington several times, ‘
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Use Merchandise Methods %
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To Sell Live Stock ;
Good live stock, like good §
merchandise, must be ¢
brought to the attention of
Buvers before males can be }
made And the newspaper {
is= the medium through §
which this is done, {
In Atlanta, such sales are $
most quickly consummated s
'hruurgl The Georglan and
American. ;
Over in their Want Ad pages {
is a classiflieation “Live $
Stock,” which is most gen- |
erally used by those who $
have poultry dogs, cattle or $
horses for sale, because the ¥ 5
know that through this me- )
dium they reach practically #?
everybody worth while in At- S
lanta and its vieinity, !
To make sales economically é.
and quickly, describe what §
yvou have to offer and say ?
where it may be seen, then ¢
send the ad or bring it to 5
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The Georgian and American
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Atlanta’s Want Ad Directory ?
20-22 East Alabama Street
Read for Profit-—~Use for Results i
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Officer Involved in Allege Trans
actions Brought From France to
Testify Against Merchants.
A Federal warrant charging gcon
spiracy to defraud the Government out
of approximately SIOO,OOO in connection
with the sale of tools by the Pasco Tool
Company to Camp Jesup, was issued
Tuesday against John . Pasco and S.
L. Dickey, members of the firm.,
Federal authorities allege that Pasco
and Dickey bribed Lieutenant C. 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 sald, 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 have been put through, was
brogight back to Atlanta to testify in
the case. He I 8 now in the hands of
military authorities,
An Indictment charging conspirecy
by bribery, was returned by the Fed
eral Grand Jury Monday. It was on
the strength of this indictment that the
warrant was issued.
~ Government representatives have an
nounced that they expect to show the
Pasco Tool Company purchased tools
from other companies and added from
50 to 200 per cent on their purchase
price, for the Camp Jesup sales.
; Many Firms Shared. |
It will be shown further that the coms
panies which sold to the Pusco Tool
Company, obtained higher prices than
would have been charged the Govern
ment in direct transaction.
The penaity, upon conviction of a
charge of the character outlined, is a
sentence of two years in prison or a
fine of s£lo,ooo, or both.
Bond was fixed by the District At
torney at SI,OOO for both Mr. Pasco
and Mr. Dickey. Mr. Pasco went to
the District Attorney’s office imme
diately after the issuance of the war
rant and madebond. 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.
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| 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.
“I ean hardly belleve this,” inter
rupted Chairman Pou "I don't be
lieve that any American city would
allow wounded soldiers to beg on the
streets.”
Siegel repeated his statement, de
claring he could support it with evi
dence, He deplored the fact that men
“are being returned form Kurope with
the army owing them several nu)nlhu"
pay.” |
“T'he conditions which Governor Al. |
len has complained ‘o you about will
be found to exist in the New York Na
tional Guard,” Siegel declared
American soldiers killed in the last
few hours’ fighting before the armis
tice was signed “were needlessly sac
rificed,” Governor Allen, of Kansas,
told the committee today. |
All the Allied forces knew 72 hours.
before the signing of the armistic oy
he said, that it would end the wilr |
Nevertheless, he declared, they pushed
forward and the Ameriean forces
played a most vigorous part in the
final offensive at a “needless sacri
fice.”
Although the Germans were re
treating,” said the Governor, 'Hu-y‘
nevertheless rained heavy shellfire
upon our troops, and we suffered a
considerable number of casulaties.”
He read to the committes a letter
from Colonel Carl Ristins, of the 139th
Infantry, ’l'?!rt\‘flfl?n Division, In
which the eolonel said someone ought
to tell Congress the “truth about con«
ditions overseas.”
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Lieut. C. S. Hamilton
Back to Atlanta Job
Licutenant Claud 8. Hanilton, who haa
been an instructor of heavy artillery at
Camp Zachary Taylor, has received an
honorable discharge from the army, and
resumed his former position as ehief clerk
in the Atianta office of John A. Roebling’'s
Hons Co Lieutenant and Mrs. Hamilton
are residing " No, 36 Woest College aves
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¢ ens to demolish the village"
fol Victoria, near Ebbwvale. .Al- {
; ready the sliding mountain, which E
! has not any regular method of lo
! comotion, but simply goes by fits ¢
{ and starts, has caused the destruc- |
f tion of 165 houses.
! For some time, Domenfawer, a
{ mountain to the south, has shown 2'
'<n tendency to move and heavy X
) and continued rains accelerated
$ the mountain slide, g
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City Federation of Woman’s Club
Hears Rumors of Boycott.
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Babies Starving,
The proposal of labor leaders that
the organized workers of Atlanta, co
operating with other civie bodies -
terested In maintaining milk prices
at reasonable levels 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 element to be
injected into the investigation
aunched recently by the City Fed
eration of Women's Clubs top deter
mine why the price of milk in At
lanta is from 4 to 14 cents higher than |
in 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
unions and eivie bodies,
May Start Boycott.
Mrs. A, McD. Wilson, president of
the City Federation of Women's Clubs, |
was unable Tuesday to say whether
the co-operative dairy plan would
wmeet with the approval of the feder
ation. It was indicated that a strong |
element in the federation favored a |
boyeott on local milk products, ;mn]‘
it is prohable that either this course
or the indorsement of the co-operative |
movement will result from the nrwr{
session of the federation The City |
Federation of Women's Clubs is num--'
posed of 111 afMliated organizations,
with an aggregate membership of 10,. |
000 women, and it is likely that its|
action, to be taken at Thursday morne |
ing's session at Edison Hall, will be
decisive and productive of certain re- |
sults ]
Workers for the Associated Charl-1
ties expressed satisfaction at the
progpect of lower milk prices result
ing from the investigation and de
clared that the present high prices
were working a great injury on poor
children and invalids whose parents
or guardians were unable to pay the
price of 26 cents a quart being de
manded for pure milk,
Have to Use Substitutes.
“We are constantly coming into
contact with children and llnvalids
whose physical welfare demands a
plentiful supply of fresh cows’ milk,
and who are unable to obtain it at
the prevalling 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 {8 too weak
a term-—I mean that bables are dying
of starvation because they can't get
milk,
‘LLM is surprising what a large num
ber of women are having to work—
at insufficient wages—and support
children on their earnings. Wives ot
soldlers, deserted wives and widows.
They leave their chiddren at home of
necessity and can not supply natural
milk for this reason, and because of
the high price of cows’ milk are com
pelled to substitute condensed milk
and grits for real food. The decreas
ing of the price of eggs helps some,
but milk is most essential,
Demand Will Increase.
“With the coming of spring and
saner, the demand for milk neces
sarily inust increase. Children and
invalids in summer must have lots of
milk ana eggs, because they can't cat
heavy fcods in spriag, and people with
run-down condition who are put on
miik diets by their physicians—and
there vre many 5* these—must have
real cow’s milk and at reasonable
prices."”
At the office of the United States
food administration it was stated that
no action could be taken by the Gov
ernment on milk priceg here for the
reason that about 75 per cent of the
milk sold in Atlant als sold direct to
the consumers by the producers, The
direct rroducer s exempted by the
law creating the feod administration
from its restrictions and regulations,
With the ending of the war and the
consequent relaxation of food restrice
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Key's Direct Request of Price for
Property Brings Definite Re«
fusal From Atkinsons
Rigid opposition of stockholders of
the Georgia Railway and Powes
Company to municipal ownership and
a bitter attack by Mayor Key on the
service rendered by the company wera
disclosed in communicatidhs between
the Mayor and the company, made
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 for
definite figures on the sale of the city,
Mr. Atkinson replied that the stoclks
holders were opposed to such a saley
and in his letter he assailed municipal
ownership in general,
Mayor’s Letten,
The Moyr's letter to Mr, Atkinsoy
follows:
*Dear Sir: I write to inquire when
I may expect your figures as greed
at which your company would be
‘willing to sell the local utilities, basis
actual value of physical properties,
‘ to the city,
| “An early reply s Important, espas
clally in view of the admitted inabile
ity of your company to give smplg
service to the publie.”
Atkinson’s Repliy,
Mr. Atkinson's reply, after thred
days, was received Monday afteps
noon, Here it is:
“Mayor J. Y. Key—Dear Sirr 3
have your official letter of F‘ebruarg
l4th, Since our personal interview
some little time before you became
Mayor, too which you refer in your
letter, I have consulted representa=
tives of our stockholders, of whom
there are in George 1,146 (mainly
residents of Atlanta) and approxi
mately the same number outside of
Georgia, and find they strongly dise
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 city), and as stocks
holders in these properties. In addi
tion to their objection on account of
local conditions, their opposition is
accentuated by the wave of revulsion
against public ownership, which
seems to be sweeping the country
and gaining momentum every day,
and their very great aversion to do
anything that might involve the props
erties in a xymlx!n‘ul discussion,
“You understand that the 2,304
stockholders own these properties
and my authority is created and cone
{tmllnd by them and necessarily I
not go counter to their wishes, Hex
|ever, if you have anything concrete
in your mind L shall feel it my duty
to present it to them, being personals
ly of a receptive mind, as I told you
during our talk.”
Sale Once Favored,
Upon this situation the Mayas
commented as follows:
“When Mr, Atkinson agreed with me
to furnish the figures, basis actual
physical value of the properties, at
which the Georgia Railway and Pows
er Company would sell the local utilie
ties to the city, I assumed that he
had authority to do what he agreed
to do. He assured me that he pe
sonally favored the sale, As to th:
he does not appear to have charged
his mind. He assured me also thas
he represented the capital invested in
the business and was authorized to
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 one
who wanted to get something out of
the public for nothing,
“If the stockholders are permitted
to vote this plan, then they should
be required to get behind the COM P
ny and put the company in position
to render a necessary service to the
public which it is not now dolng,
They should be quite as willing to
put money in the pockets of the cotmms
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 mllmu.dl.m:a
is not to be confused with mun
ownership of local utilities, no more
than you would confess the publis
ownership of the Atlantie Octan with
municipal ownership of the local
terworks, As propaganda it is
in urejudicing the public, but as
parallel case it has no valoa® i
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61st Coast Artillery .
Due in Savannah Soor
SAVANNAM, Wob H.Jrh»tilH‘ 1
Cons rtiltler criment, conta i
hmn,',y.fhslxl.lx.r.u'um'fi LVnlvmtw-rn l)um 3
expected here Fobruary 256 en poute i
Fort Screven, where it will be
out. Arangemnts ar being mad here ;
A grat recejtion and roview of the s
ment, which I 8 the f‘I'NL ordered to .
vannah. The Sixty-first returned P
day from France, where it
late for aetive service, :
Twenty men who participated fa )
ders attending the second strike of ;
carmen on the Savannah l%—
lines lnst Christimas were
day afternoon by the Supertor
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