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VOL. XVII
Graft Charge Is Made in Big Tool Contract for Camp Jesup
STOCKHOLDERS OPPOSE CAR CO. SALE
Fifth Liberty Loan Is Called Off by Sec. Glass
A Federal warrant charging con
spiraey 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 Johu G. Pasco and S
L. Dickey, members of the firm.
Federal authorities allege that Pasco
apd Dickey bribed Lieutenant C. M.
Shepperson, purchasing officer officer at
Camp Jesup, t_ turn large contracts for
tools their way. Contracts amounting
1o $300,000 were given the company, it
s said, one-third of that amount being
pure graft. Lieutenant Shepperson Is
alleged to have received $2,600 for his
share of the conspiracy.
Licutenant Brought Back.
Lieutenant Shepperson, who left Camp
Jesup for France soon after the deals
are said to have been put through, was
brogght back to Atlan to testify in
the case. He is now ’the hands of
military authorities,
An indictment chuarging conspiracy
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
5 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 to the Pasco Tool
Company, obtained higher prices than
would have been charged the Gowern
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 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 issmance 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.
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61st Coast Artillery |
Due in Sav h Soon
Due in Savannah Soon
SAVANNAH, Feb, 18.—The any'flrml
Coast Artillery Regiment, containing the
higtorie Savannal Volunteer Guards, s
expected here February 25 en route to
Fort Serevey, where it will be mustered
out. Arrangc\nents are being made here for
& great rectijtion and review of the regi- |
ment, which’ig the first grdered to Sa
vannah 4/ Sixty-first returned yester
day from ‘rance, where It arrived too
late so tive service
Twer men who participated im disor
ders atjonding the wcond strike of union
\'n'm:j on the Bavannah Electrie Company
TS Tast Christmas were indicted yester
day afternoon by the Superior Court grand
jury
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Suffragists Will Go to
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Boston to ‘Greet’ 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
ble with the police and public in
Washington several times |
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{ Good lNve stock, like good
E merchandise must be
brought to the attention of
/ buyers before sales can be
! made, And the newspaper
{ s the medium through
i which this is done,
In Atlanta, such sales are
most quickly consummated
! 'hrrmf:h The Georgian and
American.
Over In their Want Ad pages
is & classification ‘Live
Stoek,” which s most gen
erally used by those who
have poultry dogs, cattle or
horses for sale, because they
know that through this me
dium they reach practically
evarybody worth while in At
lanta and its vieinity.
To make sales economically
and quickly, describe what
you have to offer and say
where It may be seen, then
send the ad or bring it to
.
¢ The Georgian and American
Atlanta’s Want Ad Directory
. 20-22 East Alabama Stréet
. Read for Profit—Use for Results
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Full International News Service
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Town in Europe
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(By International News Service.) °
' ARDIFF, Jan. 21 (by mail).— )
C A moving mountain threat- é
ens to deniolish the village '
of Victoria, near Ebbwvale. .Al- |
' . ready the sliding mountain, which 2
| has not any regular method of lo- ?
!; comotion, but simply goes by fitl;
|| and starts, has caused the destruc- ¢
! tion of 165 houses. 0
For some time, Domenfawer, l.(;
mountain to the south, has shown |
a tendency to move and heavy |
and continued rains accelerated
the mountain siide.
A A AP At AP
The proposal of labor Jeaders that
the organized workers of Atlanta, co
operating with other civie bodies in
terested in maintaining milk prices
at reasonable levels and increasing
the production, should get together in
@ plan for a great co-operative dairy
near Atlanta to supply the city with
milk, was the newest element to be
injected into the investigatwn
Ilaunched recently by the City Fed
| eration of Women's Clubs to deter
| mine why the price of milk in At
i lanta is from 4 to 14 cents higher than
! in other cities,
! It was Itmrneel 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
'prescnled to the next session of the
Atlanta Federation of Trades, with
the indorsement of a number of labor
unions and civic bodies.
May Start Boycott.
Mrs. A McD. Wilson, president of
the City. Federation of Wom=n's Clubs
was unable Tuesday to say whether
the co-operative dairy plan would
meet with the approval of the feder
ation. It was indicated that a strong
element in the federation favored a
boycott on local milk produets, and
it is probable that either this course
| or the indorsement of the co-operative
movement will result from the next
session of the federation. The (ity
Federation of Women’s Clubs is com
posed of 111 affiliated organizations,
l with an aggregate membership of 10,-
000 women, and it is likely that its
action, to be taken at Thursday morn
’lng's session at Fdison Hall, will be
| decisive and productive of certain re
sults,
Workers for the Associated Chari
ties expressed satisfaction at the
prospect of lower mjlk 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 25 cents a quart being de
‘manded for pure milk,
| 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
& term-—1 mean that bahies are dying
of starvation because they can't get
milk.
“It is surprising what a large num
ber of women are having to work
at insufficient wages- and support
children on their éarnings. Wives of
soldiers, deserted wives and widows.
They leave thelr children 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 cggs helps somne,
but milk’ Is most essential,
Demand Will Increase.
“WiHh the coming of spring and
Suluiner, the demand for milk neces
rarily nust increase. ‘Children and
invalidg 1n summer must have lots of
milk ana eggs, because they can't eat
heavy fcods in spriag, and people with
run-down condition who are put onm
mik diets by thelr physicians—and
there :re many »? these—musgt have
real cow's milk and at reasonable
prices."
At the office of the United States
food administration 1t 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 #old in Atiant ais sold direct to
the consumers by the producers, The
direet producer is exempted by the
law creatirg the feod administration
from its restrictiors and regulations.
With the ending of the war and the
consequent relaxaiion of food restrics
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! 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
ihe will demand the extreme penalty
of the law as punishment for the
- young woman. e
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 State is concerned.
Attorneys . 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 that may be ad
vanced by the State against M¥s. Ab
bott.
Sensation Expected.
e While Solicitor Boykin and Attor
ney Radensleben deeclined to discuss
plans of the State, it was hinted about
[lho- Courthouse Tuesday that the
| State may spring an unexpected-serr
' 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 thé fact that 100 subpenas
for State witnesses were placed
Tuesday in the hands of deputy sher
iffs, who immediately began serving
them Details of the result 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 diseclosed as to the
line on which they were questioned.
The two State's counsel were closeted
practically all morning in conferenee
and in placing the final touches to the
State’s case,
Judge Humphries, with a view to
preventing any hitch in drawing the
jury to determine the fate of Mrs
Abbott, Tuesday drew 50 additional
veniremen, and these immediately
were summoned to appear in court
Wednesday morning. This makes a
total of 150 veniremen from which the
trial jury will be chosen
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AT NEW ORLEANS,
FIRST-— Maiden 2-year-old ?llies; 3%
furlongs: Guaranteed, 116 (Connelly, 8-1,
3«1, 8-5, won Rib, 118 (Wisnard), 8-1
3-1, 8.5, second; Quick Fire, 1156 (C. Rob
inson), 8-1, 3-1, 7-6, third. Time, :44 3-5
Miss Horsier, Modiste, Fern Leaf, Raganza
Lady Pataud, Fun, Edith K., Alice Grain
ger, Margaret and Gharrett also ran
SECOND-Claiming, 8600, 23-year-olds
6% furlongs; Hadrian 110 (Molesworth), 4
to 1, 8 to 6, 4 to 6, won; Lillian G. 100
(Brown), 9 to 2, 2 to 1, even, second; Dan
ipda 106 (C. Robinson), 16 to 6, 6 to 6, 3
to 3, third, Time, 1:09 3-6. J. P. House,
Pluviada, Democracy, Tag City, Park, Pos- |
itive John, J. Cuwsey also ran ‘
More Transports Leave
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France With Soldiers
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -—~The trans
port Turrialba, with 96 casual officers,
Including Brigadier General William C
Davis, has sgiled from France and is
due at New York February 27, the War
Department announced
The Carillo, carrying one officer and
seven men for South Carolina, four con
vialegcent officers and 36 casua' officers,
s due at New York February 26
The Yosemite with one officer and 24
men for New York and 33 casual offi
cers, is due at New York February 27
The War Department also announced
the assignment to early convoy of evac
uation hospitals Nox, 26 and 33, Third
mobile. ordnance repair shop, base hm«»‘
pital No. 32, including hospital unit *R."™
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Blockade Still in Force ‘
War Trade Board Told
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.-~The In
teretate Commerce Commission want
ed to know why the War Trade
Board was refusing licenses for cer
tain manufactured articles to neutral
countries bordering on Germany and
it asked the board for an explanation,
Today the answer came; It was a
polite answer, but holled down; It
was just the Twenty-sixth Article of
the armistice terms |
“The existing blockade conditions
® & * are to remaln .m')lumed,"‘
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1919
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‘Pep’ and Good Look
‘Pep’ and Good Looks
ring Small Return to
‘Bring Small Return
\Chorus Girl in London
§ Girl in Lond
(By International News Service.)
LONDON Feh. 18.—Pretty
American maids who have stage
ambitions and would even start in
the chorus, . d better fight shy of
England, where the top salary for
chorus girls averages sl2 a week
This sum, penuriously spent, might
buy food for one in London, but
nothing else.
In addition te the fact that there
| is a plentitude of girls—a glut in
| the market, in fact—ampiy meet
{ Ing the needs of the British stage
; which seemingly demands graven
images in the chorus, an Ameri
l can chorus girl would find that all
“pep” she puts into her work to
tally out of kilter here,
Smiling, vivacious. knock-em
dead chorus girls evidently have
not been discovered by the produc
ers of musical comedies. Nor are
they wanted,
The London chorus girl, who has
about as much chance of subsist
ing on sl2 a week in London as a
house-fly in Alaska, is showing
signs of unrest. She wants more
money and, after consultation with
managers, is told that the only
way to get 1t 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
for actual work done.
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1 WASHINGTON, Feb, 18.-—Senator
J William E. Borah, of Idaho, Republic
an, member of the Senate foreign re
"lations committee, today declined
President Wilson's invitation to at
ton'l the White House dinneg on the
| night of February 26, when :r& league
|of nations will be discussed. The
i Senator, in his letter, pointed out that
In accordance with custom, such
imuho»rmgs are regarded as strictly
|mmi«h-miul and he would not feel
justified in accepting any Information
"m:n he could not pass on to his col
leagues or use in debate,
“Can Not Change Wilson.”
“l 1 am sure no suggestion of mine
would modify in the slightest the
views of the President,” the Senator
wrote. ;
Although of different political
faiths, the President and Senator Bo
rah have heen very worm personal
friends ™and it i{s known that the
i President gave his tacit support to
| the Senator’s last campalgn in ldaho.
The text of the Senator's letter,
which was addressed to Secretary
Tumulty and today sent by radio to
‘}’r'-»hl--n( Wilson aboard the George
Washington, foilows:
“1 greatly appreciate your note hon
oring me with an invitation to meet
the President on February 26 to dis
cuss the leangue of nations—a matter
of mast vital conecern to the whole
country Meetings at the White
House, according to long standing
customs, are always regarded as
strictly confidential upon the part of
the guests,
“This meeting, 1 take it, would be
tegarded as espeeially confidential,
otherwise the President would have
spoken, according to his custom, to
the open Senae
Differences Fundamental.
- "The differences between the Presi
dent and myself on this question are
\fuud:nm‘-m.d I am sure no sugges
tion of mine would modify in the
slightest the views of the President
}und nothing could induce me to mhw
port the league as outlined in this
proposed constitution, or anything
like it
1 “1 feel, therefore, that it would not
be fair to the President to accept his
confidence or receive from him confi.
‘dential information concerning this
subject.
‘ “Neitner, in my view of the subject,
eould 1 accept information which 1
- would not feel perfectly free to tr.-nu.‘
mit to my colleagues or use in public
debate,
| “After much reflection, therefore, 1
‘beg to be excused from attending the
meeting
| “In writing this note and in taking
this course, I mean no personal dis
respect to, or disregard of the Presi
dent I simply find myself in such
disagreement with him and feel HO’
intensely concerning the matter that
I can not do otherwise than candidly
advise him of the facts.”
‘ Advised Against Action. ... .
Benator 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 yesters
day, seeking to sway him from his
‘decision, it wns 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
\mambe-r of the forelgn relations com
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(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 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 Leoan
legislation the Secretary of the Treas
ury 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. The rate
(4 1-4 per cent) under the conditions
that would prevail at the time that
the loan was to have been floated
would be insufficient, in the opinion
of members of the committee and
representatives of the Treasury De
partment,
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 18, —lnsisting
' that his resolution proposing a
sweeping |pvestigation 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 can hardly believe this,” inter
rupted Chairman ®ou, “l 1 don’'t be
lieve that any American city would
allow wounded soldiers to beg 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 Kurope with
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 soldiers killed in the lnst
few hours' fighting before the armis
thiee was signed “were needlessly saoc
rificed,” Governor Allen, of Kansas,
told the committee today
All the Allied forces knew 72 hours
before the signing of the armisticey
he said, that it would end the widr
Nevertheless, he declared, they pushed
forward and the American forces
played a most vigorous part in the
final offensive at a “needless sacri
fice.”
“Although the Germans were re
treating,” sald the Governor, “they
nevertheless rained heavy shellfire
upon our troops, and we suffered a
considerable number of fnauln!ll-u‘”
He read to the committee a lotter
from Colonel Carl Risting, of the 136th
Infantry, ‘Thirty-fitth Division, In
which the eolonel sald someone ought
to tell Congress the “truth about con.
ditlous oversean
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* Mrs. Lucile Woodward, secretary of the Cot:fly Exemption
Board, who sped county selectmen on way with snNles,
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Mrs. Lucile Woodward, popular and
efficient clerk in the county exemption
board offices in the Courthouse, is one
of the young women of Atlanta who
has done a large bit for Uncle Sam in
the war against Germany—in faet, Mrs.
Woodward has the distinction of having
sent more men to the army than any
other woman In the Southeast.
Mrs. Woodward {xr a long while has
acted as chief clérk for the ceunty
‘board, and, as part of her duties, called
and personally instructed hundreds of
Fulton County men, many of whom have
made splendid records in the bitter
n-mmfi of the latter days of the great
war, y direction of L. C. Whitney, of
East Point, chairman of tig county
board, Mrs, Woodward signed practical
ly all of the notices to county regls
trants to appear for examination and
for induction into the service,
And, because of lhte)dpvrmuml Interest
displayed by Mrs. Woodward in each of
the registrants, they all cheerfully
shouldered arms for tl)ne cause of Uncle
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Naval Committee to
Make Extensive Tour
| (I{ International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb, 18--An exten
sive tour of the Pacific coast, after the
end of the present Congress, was de
clded on Tuesday by the House naval
affairs committee for the purpose of
studying at close range naval conditions
and possibilities there, especially as ap
plied to Becretary Daniels’ plan for di
viding the American navy fnm an At
lantic and Pacific fleot
Present and prospective naval bases
and' navy yards on the Pacific const will
‘lm visited and their requirements
probed for the express purpose of recs
‘ommnndinu to the next Congress legis.
dation providing for the fuithed develop
‘ment of the Pac#ic const ports as great
naval and shipping centers,
Representatives Kettner and MeAr
thur, being the Pacific const members
of the committee, will have charge of
the arrangements for the trip
The trip Is contingent, Representative
Padgett sald, on any special session of
the next Congress being called msoon
after March 4,
Lieut. C. S. Hamilton {
Back to Atlanta Job
Lisutenant Claud 8. Hamilton, who has |
been an instructor of heavy artillery at
Camp Zachary Taylor, hns rmw-;( an
honorable discharge from the arm wnd
resumed his former position as chief clerk
in the Atlanta office of John A Joehling's
Hons Co. Lieutenant and Mrx. Hamilton
ure residing at No. 36 Woest College ave
e, Ducutur
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Issued Daliy and Eutersd as Secend-(ase Matter at
he Fostoffcs st Atianta Umder Act of Mareh 3, 1878
(By International News Service.)
\ BASLE, SWITZERLAND, Feb, 18,
American troops will be sent into
Berlin to guard the food sent into that
city by the United States, sald a dis
patch from that city today
Deny German Forei
eny German roreign
Sceretary Has Resigned
(By International News Service,)
COPENHAGEN, Feb, 18.+-Count
von Brockdorff - Rantzau, Foreign
Secretary in the German Cabinet, has
not resigned, but is remaining In the
Ministry, sald 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 politieal erisis 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
ind telephone stations and several
newspaper plants were seized by the
Spartacists today
Machine guns were planted in the
windows of the A¥my Bullding to
sweep the adjacent streets |
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Allies Limit German
Army to 25,000 Report |
(By International News Service,)
PARIS, Feb, 18.—Germany's future
army will probably be limited to
5,000 soldiers by the new armistice
terms and the war plants in Germany
will be put under Aliled control, ac
cording to information received from
an authoritative source here today,
All war material not needed to
equip the Germna standing army musfl
be surrenderod to the Entente.
NO. 170
| Rigid opposition of stockholders of
the Georgia Railway and Power
Company to municipal ownership and
a bitter attack by Mayor Key on the
service rendered by the company were
disclosed in communieations between
the Mayor and the company, made
public Tuesday.
Mayor Key brought about the come
pany’'s 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 to the city,
}Mr. Atkinson replied that the stock
bkolders were opposed to such a sale,
and in his letter he assailed municipal
ownership in general,
Mayor's Letter,
The Mayor's letter to Mr, Atkinson
follows:
“Dear Sir: I.write to Inquire when
1 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 is important, espe
‘('mU} in view of the admitted inabils
ity of your company to give ample
service to the public.”
Atkinson's Reply.
Mr, Atkinson's reply, after three
days, was received Monday afters
noon Here it is
“Mayor J. L. Key—Dear Sir: 1
have your official letter of February
i4th. Since our personal interview
some little time before you became
Mayor, to which you refer in your
letter, I have consuited 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 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 city), and as stocke=
holders in these properties. 'n 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 Prop=
erties in a political discussion,
“You understand that the 2,394
stockholders own these properties
and my authority is created and cons
trolled by them and necessarily I cane
not go counter to their wishes, Hows
ever, If you have anything concrete
in your mind 1 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 Mayor
commented as follows:
“When Mr. Atkinson agreed with me
to furnish the figures, basis actual
physical value of the properties, at
which the Georgla Railway and Pow.
er Company would sell the local vtill
ties to the eity, 1 assumed that he
had authority to do what he agreed
to do. He assured me that he per
sonally favored the sale, Ag to this
he does not appear to have changed
his mind. He assured me also that
be represented the capital invested in
the business and was authorized to
speak for it. It is to be understaad
that the efty’s purpose would be to
pay value dollur 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 publie for nothing.
“If the stockholders are perm(ttog
to vote this plan, then they shoul
be required to get behind the compa
ny and put the company in position
to render a necessary service to the
public which it Is not now delng,
They should be quite as willing to
put money in the pockets of the comms
pany when the company needs it, a$
they are to take money out of the
pockets of the people, when they
want it.
“The subject of public ownership
generally as applied to railroads, es
is not to be confused with muniel
ownership of local utilities, no y
than you would confess the p !
ownership of the Atlantic Ocean with
municipal ownership of the local Wike
terworks. As propaganda it {8 p.“;
in prejudicing the publie, but as &
parallel case it has no value” 9
THE WEATHER.
Forecast—Fair and warmen,
Temperatures—6 a. m. 37; 8 &
m, 40; 10 a. m., 46; 12 m,,
p. m,, 53; 2 p. m,, 65, 4
Sunrise, 6:20; sunset, 5:28, 3