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American Delegates Say League Alreadu Is Part of Peace Treatu
‘RED’PLOT INWEST REVEALED BY U. S. PROBE
Our Men Plan for Atlantic Flight
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By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
PARIS, March 15.—The American
delegates hold that he league of na
tions question has.,been entirely set
tled and that therefore it will be the
first feature incorporated in any peace
treaty, preliminary or otherwise, in
asmuch as it already has been ap
proved.
The position of the American dele
gation is that, when the first session
of the confeernce was held, the pro
gram provided that the league of na
tions constitution be an integral part
of any peace'treaty. This action was
made final and approved by the en
tire conference.
At the session of the supreme war
council Saturday afternoon President
Wilson was given all informatijon
concerning the work accomplished by
the council in his absence. This cov
ered all terms for Germany that have
been tentatively decided upon.
President Wilson, it is known, is
anxious to take up not only the terms
for Germany, but also those that will
be given -Austria, Turkey and Bulga
rin. It js believed these latter terms
willy be framed in the next three or
four days. ’
President Wilson was busy every
Tnute Saturday. Most of the morning
neé was dealing with a mass of corre
pondence and reports that awaited
him. At noon he went to the Hotel
Crillon for a conference with the
other Américan delegates, At 3 o'c‘:'k
he attended the supreme war coulleil.
Confers With Leaders.
President Wilson today conferred
with various leaders of the delega
tions of the “big five.”
Programs for future actiom were
outlined for the President's benefit.
There are reports that some of the
agreements of various commissions
are not entirely acceptable to Presi
dent Wilson. in certain cases where
the American Executive has accepted
responsibility he wants the conclu
sions to be along the line of his sug
gestions. s
Some wonderfully arranged pro
grams which may or may not have
been devised with a view to mislead
ing the President already have been
tossed overnoard. One instance is the
suggestions relative to the Saar basin
in Rhenish Prussia.
French Want Saar Basin.
The Saar basin is a coal-mining
community in Rhenish Prussia. 'l‘)}!:rr
has been an insistent demand in some
French guarters that France take over
this community along with Alsace and
Lorraine. The President, while deep
ly sympathizing with France, will not
agree to any change of the Rhine
boundaries destined to take up ter
ritories not populated with the na
tlonals of the power making the de
mand,
The next few days will be filled
chiefly by the President with getting
results along the line of his publicly
proclaimed principles,
The President has spent the last 24
hours “catching up.” In addition to
obtaining information for his own
use he has been questioned by the
French and British representatives
on a number of big questions that
have arisen in his absence, in order
to get his views.
It was expected that Premier Or
leando would meet the President on
I'riday afternoon, but he failed to do
sO, However, it was expected that
President Wilson would confer with
the Italian statesman today, or Mon
.l.;qy at the latest. :
German Terms Urgent, "
The Gefman terms are the most
urgent matter on hand, while the
Italians are, concerned mostly with
Austria and Serbia,
It is believed the conference will
have reached definite decisions on
practically all of -the® questiong aof
fecting Germany by Wednesday, and
the Germans may be called in about
March 256, One trdublesome question
that probably will be thrashed out in
the meantime involves the old secrat
treaties which the Ruropean dey-.
gates regard as “gentlemen’s agree
ments,” and l'rv.&i/lvn# Wilsan's four
teen points, which cafl for the wiping
out of all secret arrangements,
While French is accepted as the
language of diplomacy, many of the
conference discussions are e#fried out
in English. Some time has been Jost
through this Arrangement, as Pre
mier Orlando, of Italy, does not un
derstand English and has to have ali
the conversations translated for him.
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Reparation Program
Made, Is Regort :
By ROBERT J. PREW,
Staff Correspondent of the |. N, S,
PARIS, March 15.-—An unoffigial
agreement has been reached on (he
question of the reparalion German)
will have to make, it ‘was learned
Saturday afternoon. No statement is
available, however, at this time
A careful canvass of the British
Continued on Page 2, Column 2.
Full International News Service
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Wilson Declares
League Will Be
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! ‘Part of Treaty
(By International News Service.)
EW YORK, March 15—With
N reference to newspaper stor
ies that the league of na
tions is to be included in the peace i
treaty, Joseph P. Tumulty, secre
tary to the President, who was
here today, gave out the following
statement:
“l cabled direct to the President
at Paris asking him if there was
any truth in these reports, and |
am this morning in receipt of a
cable from the President stating
that the plenary council has posi
tively declared that the league of
nations is to be part of the peace
treaty; that there is absolutely no
truth in any report to the con
trary.” 3
‘ Mayor\James L. Key, vigorous op
ponent of higher street car fares,
‘whlle declaring himself somewhat
| disappointed at the Supreme Court
decision, setting aside the city's sup
posed LH-cent fare contraet with the
| Georgia Rnil\\?) and Power Company,
Inv\'m-llwless ound a silver lining to
{fiis cloud. &
“All of these things are surely and
{corlainly pointing thHe way to munici
| pal ownership,” said he. Here is hisl
Immmem. in full:
| “1 have not*been advised by the rlt)”
;-‘JUU!'Hl‘_\‘ yet as to the exact course
{ the proceeding will take from thlsl
| point on, but the probability is that
!fln- case will again be before the
| Railroad Commission for a hearing
|on its merits, and that all the facts
| will be gone into, particularly those
| facts which have developed since the
| last hearing before the commission.
i Issue Is 6-Cent Fare. ’
| “The case before the commission
z\\.w for a 6-cent fare. 1 presume
| that unlesg a new case is made, the
lin\'vsm.'u'ffium will be confined to that
| issue
| “The consideration heretofore given
| the case was mainly that of an emer
| gency war matter; this emergency
| having passed, the hearing will prob
! ably be given more amplitude on the
| next trial; the commission will have
{time and opportunity of going defi
imt»lx into the question of valuation,
| which it did not do before.
| Fare Raises Burdensome.
i “As a matter of general interest,
| however, it must be borne in mind
| that the experience of the country is
that raises in fares, however high, are
| very disappointing as a method of in
|ereasing revenue. It is a grievous
|burden to be borne by those who
| must use the cars, but does not t\f‘l‘en*l'
| those who do not have to use them.
| “All of these things are surely and
| certainly pointing the way to mumci-l
:xml oWwnership,”
e ———— |
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| Brewery Stockholder l
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| To Test Bone-Dry Lawl
| (By International News Service.)
| NEW YORK, March 15.—Preliminary
|steps in a test to be Tade regarding
the constitutionality of the war-time
| prohibition act were taken here Satur-
J«lu_\ afternoon when a gtockholder's suit
was filed against the James Everard
| Breweries, Joseph E verard, the!
complainant, asks the court for an or-’
|der restraining the defendant from sus
|pending the manufacture of its m’m!-'
ucts on May 1, and its sales on July 1
!:L\‘ required by the statutes. '
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| Tornado Kills Woman, |
' Injures Four Persons|
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{ {By International News Service.) I
| OMAHA, NEB., March 15.—One wo-
I man is dead and four men are injured
[today as the result of a tornado which
swept over Saunders and Douglas r‘()|.u<l
[vi«.u Much damage to property In!the |
vicinity of Colon and Millard was done |
|by the tornado and the hail storm |
| which followed it. !
| . |
| Threaten to Arrest
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! Auto Race Drivers
i (By International News Service,)
l LOS ANGELESe CAL., March 15—
Every driver taking part In the Santa
l\!univu road race this afternoon wlll[
{be arrested for violation of the speed
{law, according to announcement at the
|county sheriff's office here today. This
laction wil' be taken because the race
'g\\‘uu held over a public highway and the
gpeed was over the 30-mile limit, It
lw.m said. l
| $25,000 CHOCOLATE FIRE,
! CORNING, N, 4., March 15.-Losses
uggregating $25,00 resulted here Hatur
day when fire destroyed several ware
houges which were formerly a part of
the T. H. Symington Company’s plant
The heaviest loser is the Gerton Choco
llmn Company, whose loss is placed ntl
$15,000.
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Another fight about tlie question of
a 6-cent or 7-cent street car fare in
Atlanta has been precipitated. The
Sapreme Court of Georgia, with two
justices dissenting, handed down a
decisign Saturday morning holding
that the eity of Atlanta has no valid
contraet for j-cent street car fares
with the Georgia Railway and Power
Company and that the Georgia Rail
road Commission has jurisdiction to
fix higher or lower fares in the vity‘
of Atlanta in its discretion. How
ever, the court holds that Atlanta |
has a contract governing transfers
and additional charges for transfers
may not be made. ‘
This means that the appeal to the
Railroa&(,‘nmmisxion will be renewed.
SomewMat nonplussed by the unfore
seen turn of affairs, the forces of Ihel‘
city government opposed to higher
service rates were unable to state
immediately what action would be
taken, but it is certain that the com. !
pany’s renewed appeal will be fought‘
bitterly. \
Mayor Key, stainch opponent of in
creased rites, plunged Aimmediately
Saturday into analyzing the Supreme
Court dei(:ion
Fafe Demand Increased.
About a year ago ‘the commission
indicated its attitude as favoring an
increased fare—a_ 6-cent fare was
asked at that time. Since then the
power company has raised its request,
asking Council for a 7-cent (’n'n,
Inasmuch as the Railroad Commis
sion recommended only a 1-cent in
crease, it is not to be expected that
it will order an increase of 2 cents in,
Atlantasfares. In fact, it is not bind- |
ing on the Railroad Commission to!
make any change in the fares at :»Il.‘
It may hold that conditions have
changed since the signing of the ;n*-‘
mistice and decline to interfere with |
existing rates. ‘
» Under the Supreme Court decision, |
the company has the right to ask of
a court a mandamus to require the
Railroad Commission to issue such!
an order,
The decision of the Supreme Court
also holds that there is no contract
for fares existing between East Point
Edgewood and Kirkwood and the
power company, but there is a valid
contract between the car company
and College Park, and a contract with |
Decatur covering the North Decatur
line only,
The ruling of the court was written
by Judge Beck. It agrecs with the
decision of the Railroad Commission
that the commission has no right to
determine or fix fares in towns or
cities where there is a valid contract
hetween the town and the car com
pany, but holds that it is the duty of
the commission to fix* fares in the
cities which have no such contraet. |
Contract Invalid, |
The contract supposed to exist be
tween Atlanta and the Georgia Rail
way and Power CCompany, covering a
b-cent fare, is held to be invalid be
cause Council had no constitutional |
right to legislate the car fare :lf‘ul‘
the status of the compuany had been
established here. College Park made !
# H-cent fare a condition of the grant
ing of a franchise to the cumpany,
ang therefore the contract holds, De.
catur also made a SS-cent fare a pzn'!‘
of the contract for the North Decatur
line, |
The contract covering the ivsuan(‘f‘“
of transfers was made a condition!
when Council gave consent for the
consolidation of the street railway
companies on February 8, 1907, .-nul.l
therefore, is not a legislative act, hnti
a valld agreement, according to lhu‘
court. The ¢lause provided that the
company should Issue a transfer “nn‘
the payment of one full fare.' T!w‘
court holds that if the gontracts m;u(--‘
at that time had provided for a trans- |
fer on the payment of “a b-cent fare pec
the rate would have been forever
fixed A ‘
Justice Fish Dissents, \
Chief Justice Fish dissented to the
decision, contending that the Railroad
Commission has no power at all in (ht-‘
case and the decision of the lower
court should be affirmed. On the oth }
er hand, Justice Hlill dissents on l]u'J
fdea that there are no valid contracts
between any of the' towns and the
power company, and the comiaission
has the right to fix rates everywhere,
The ruling of the Supreme Court is
the final step In the first phase of long
litigation. The Georgia Railway and
Power Company asked the Georgia
Railroad Commission to grant isa 6-
cent fare and the right to charge 4
cents for transfers because of abnor
mal conditions resuiting from the war.
The commission agreed with the pt»L
tioner that an additional eharge would
be reasonable and just, but held that
Atlanta and the other citles involved
had contragts with which the com
mission could not interfere, Then the
power company instltued mandamus
proceedings in Superior Cedirt to com-
Continued on Page 2, Column 5.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1919
l(:g International News Service.)
JW YORK, March 15.—The Unit
ed States will be prepared within a
month to start several airplanes on
their first flight across the Atlnntfi.
according to Rear Admiral D. W.
Taylor, of the Naval Bureau of. Co
nstruction and Repairs.
Admiral Taylor's announcement
was made in connection with the visit
of Secretary of the Navy Daniels, and
other officials, to the Aeronautical
Exposition at Madison Square Gar
den. In addition to Admiral Taylor,
Vice Admiral Albert Gleaves, Rear
Admiral N. R. Usher and Rear Ad
miral Ralph Earle accompanied Sec
retary Daniels,
“lI believe, the United States wi‘
be the first nation to make a trans-
Atlantic flight by airplane,” said Ad
miral Taylor\ “I know that England
is making preparations, but not with
heavier than alr craft. A dirigible
flight by England, 1 understand, is
ready to be attempted and may take
place in the coming week. %
“Our navy has four boats of the
N. C.-1 type, which are capable of
crossing the Atlantic, almost com
pleted. It has not yet been decided
whether or not all four wiil be sent
over at the same time, but I am
fairly certain more than one will
start. This will be done in order
that should one plane break down
the attempt will still haye a chance
for success.”
Admiral Taylor indicated that
“mother ships” may be used along
the route,
Canadian Ace Plans
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Flight in May
MONTREAL, March 15.—Lieutenant
Colonel R. Collinshaw, D. 8. 0,, with a
bar, a Canadian ace, who is now In'
Winnipeg, will atterapt a flight across |
the Atlantic May 1, it is announced.
The flight will be attempted from New
Foundland to Ireland, a distance of
1,800 mil@s and Collinshaw expects to
cover it in twenty hours. He will use |
a Handley-Page machine |
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115th Field Artillery \
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Due in U. S. March 23|
(By International News Service.) l
WASHINGTON, March 16,~The War
Department this afternoon notified Con
gressman Byrnes, of Tennessee, that
the 115th Field Artillery, consisting of
48 officers and 1,466 enlisted men, and
the 106th Ammunition Train, consisting
of 22 officers and 714 ien, . all from
Tennessee. will arrive in Newport News
on the Konigen der Niederianden on
Mareh 23,
The 114th Field Artillery, also Ten
nessee troops, ‘will arrive at the same
port on the Finland on March 22. The
men will be greeted by a delegation
from the Tennessee Legislature and a
committee of Nashviile and Memph!s
business men, "headed by Congressmen
Byrnes and Hull
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Commissioner Brown
Speaks at Waycross
WAYCROSS, March 15.—J. J. Brown,
State Commissioner of Agriculture, de-,
livered an address to the farmers and
business men of Ware County at lhr-‘
courthouse Saturday The henefits to
be derived from the establishment of |
the Coastal Plains Experiment station; |
the importance of greater interest in|
agricultural development by both the |
farmers and the business men, and the |
curtailyng of the acreage of cotton and |
the htd-)ln"; of cotton were some of the |
things that were discussed ‘
A
Switchboard Operator ‘
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Is Killed by Shock |
MOBILE, ALA., March 15.—~Homer
Benson, switchboard operator of the |
Mobile Electric Company, was innl:mllwl
killed here today when 11,000 volts of |
electricity shot through his body when |
hig shoulder blada touched the wires,
The death of Benson makes a total |
of six persons who have met sudden |
death at this plant in less than a month, |
five having been killed as a result of a
boller explosion at the plant on Feb- |
rua.y 21 |
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Mechanician I's Hurt :
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In Wreck During Race|
(By International News Service,)
SBANTA MONICA RACE COURSE,
(*AI.., March 15 -~The Hudson special
No. 17, driven by A. 2. Christensen, |
was wrecked at the Soldiers' Home turn |
and the mechanician, Walter #felcher,
was badly injured. Christensen escaped
injury The car was completely de
molished when It hit a telephone pole
at the turn,
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10,000-Ton Steel Ship
Launched ot Pensacola
MOBILE, ALA., March 15.—The Cush
noc, she first of a fleet of stele ships of
10,000 tons capacity, was launched Sate
urday from the ways u‘ the Pensacola
<hipbuilding Company frs. A, B. Hul- )
ley, wife of Colonel Halley, district man
‘ager of the emergency flest corporation
christened the vessel,
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(Copyright International Film Service.)
Jess Teagarden, bass drummer of the band of the 173rd Aero Squadron, who arrived in New
York on the transport Mexican with his famous Kaiser drum. Jess simply loves to beat that pig
skin because of ex-Kaiser’s Billhelm’s likeness p ainted on it. This conception of the former War
Lord was painted by an artist member of the squadron. 5
WASHINGTON, March 15,—8ena
tor W, J. Harris will sall from New
York next Tuesday for France, He
will be gone until April 25, Hls de
cision to visit the old western front
ind the army camps was reached
rather suddenly after he had begun
arrangements for an extended stay in
Georgia, He will visit London, Paris,
points in Switzerland and Italy, and
parts of the occupied territory in Ger.
many.
One of the chief purposes of his
trip is to get in personal touch with
the Georgin soldiers still in Ifrance
and to make an investigation of their
camps and billets, as he has received
some complaipts regarding the quar
ters now occupied by Amgrican troops
in France. His tour n’ the battle
flelds and of France will enable him
to obtain a much better grasp upon
army and other related legislation
that will come up at the extra ses
slom,
During his absence his office in the
Senate office bhuilding will be lu-m‘
apen and all letters and inquiries and
all. matters pertaining 1o Georgians
will receive attention,
Senator Harris was advised Saturs
day 'that his raquest that the Treasury
Department make available n balance
of $7,000 to the credit of the new Fed
eral Bullding at Washington, Ga., has
Leen granted. This money will be
utilized in remodeling and beautify
ing the exterior of the building
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Harris to See Needs
Of Savannah Harbor
SAVANNAH, March 16 ~Beaator
William J. Harris has notified May
or Stewart he will visit Savannah be.
fora the next Congress to sec per
sonally the needs of Savannah for a
30-foof harbor. He will return from
France to the States in time to make
his visit here.
dssued Dally and Eutersd as Second- Class Matter st
the Yostofice at Atiants Under Act of March 3, 1879
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1,419,886 Soldiers
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Discharged - From
Army, Says March
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, . March 15.-—A
total of 1,410,386 officers and men
have been discharged to date from
the American army, it was an
nounced today in @& stasement au
thurizep by Chief of Staff General
Mareh, who I 8 now on an inspec
tion tour of Western camps and
cantonments, Of this total, 83,774
were officers and 1,336,612 men,
Demobilization orders to date
total nm)rox?ntr-l,v 1,678,600, the
statement added, thus leaving ap
proximately 259,114 troops yet to be
diseharged under the demobiliza
tion orders already issued, Of the
total number of demobillzation or
ders, 1,305,000 have been issued to
troops in the United States and
373,600 to troops returned from
overseas to the United States,
Hince Tv' signing of the armistice
26,798 reServe officers’ commissions
Yln,ve been issued by the War De
partment, General March's state
ment concluded,
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More Overseas Units
Are to Return to U. S.
(By International News Service.)
WABHINGTON, March 156~The fol
lnwinf organizdtion of the American
Expeditionary Forces have been as
signed to early convoy back to the
United States, thé War Department an
nounced this afternoon: The 13th Kn
gineers, base hospitals Numbers 46, 116,
94, 144, 44, 50 and 72, tleld hospital
number 42, army ambulance gervice
sections numbers 517, 523, 539, 651, bSOS,
:'y:g)? 693, 628, 630 and 641, the 405th
telegraph battalion, convalescent eamps
numbers 1, L and 6, aero squadrons
numbers 98, 102, 496 and 497, 114th Field
innul battalion, 1106th aero squadron,
bakery companies numbers 306, 327 and
404, and photograph section number 15,
GEERETR
A Paper for Atlanta, Georgia,
___and the South
Willlam H. Albright prepared Sat
urday to leave at once for Spencer
N. €, to spend two or three weeks
with relatives, following his acquittal
Friday afternoon by a Jury in Judge
Humphries' division of Criminal Court
for the slaying of Carlisle H, Christy
on the night of January 2 in front of
the home of Mrs, Gay C, Febuary, No.
21 Mathewson place, West knd
Followlng his retuen to Atlanta
voung Albribght will resume his po
sition with the General Fire Extin
guisher Company, which place has
been held open for him, 1t was an
nounced
Albright will visit hig sister, Mrs
(3. J. Freeland, and hln’i\»mllu-r, Dr.
(i. B, Albright, a dentist, both of
Spencer, N. €., and both of whom
were in attendance on the trial, Al
bright will be accompanied by his
mother, Mrs, C, M, Thornton, An
othar sister, Mrs, T. G. Seay, of Dub.
lin, and her husband, Dr, Seay, who
were present thrpughout the frial,
will return to their home within the
next day or two
The yerdict of not guilly was re
turned ' Friday afternoon at 0(:30
o'clock. The jury had been out on
the case since 1:35 o'clock in the aft.
ernoon,
The jurors stated that they had
agreed among themselves not to dis
close how they stood during the de.
liberations, but it was reported about
the courthouse that the division from
the start until the agreement finally
was reached was 9 and 3
Attorney John 8. McClelland, who
with Attorney Reuben R, Arnold and
Attornev Ralph MeClelland, repre
sented Albright, was in the court.
room when the verdict was an
nounced, The verdict was read by
Solicitor Boykin,
NO. 193
(By International News Service.)
SEATTLE, WASH., March 15.—~In
vestigation of Government officers in
this State have revealed a startling
plot of the radicals to attempt a rey
olution on May 1, international labor
day The purpose of the movement
is to establtsh a soviet government,
with headquarters at Yakima, Wash.
Destridetion of "all logging camps
now operated by the Loyal Legion of
Loggers and Lumbermen is declared
to be part of the revolutionary plan.
With 55,000 members of the In
dustrial Workers of the World in the
sawmills and logging camps of the
State of Washington, a determined
campaign has been started to weed
out the radicals. To assist Govern
ment officers in eliminating the
“wobblies” a meeting of the Loyal
Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen
will be held here soon, it was an
nounced Saturday.
Officers of the Loyal Legion wil
meet here Tuesday preparatory to a
general conference of the members
of the organization t 0 consider ways
of getting rid of the Reds.
.
Mine Sinks U. S. Ship;
Ten Reported Killed
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, March 15—~The Ameri
can steamship Yeselhaven has been
sunk by a mine with the loss of ten
llves, according to information re
ceived by Lloyde from Hmpool to
day. Thirty-five survf were
landed at Hartlepool by the British
steamer Tayoraig. ;
The Yeselhaven, a vessel of 3,668
tons, was formerly of Dutch nation
ality, but was réquisitioned by the
United States shipping board for war
‘purpnfles.
When she was sunk the vessel was
en route from Baltimore to Copenha- \
gen. :
2 2
Rioting Breaks Out '
In Newark Strike
(By International News Service.)
NEWARK, N. J.,, March 15,—8eri
ous rieting broke out here this after
roon when striking trolley men inter
fered with the efforts of the street
rallway company to run cars,
Car windows were smashed and
cars and crews were roughly handled.
Debris plled in the middle of the cars
prevented some of the cars from run.
ning. Officials of the company neotl
fied Mayor Gillen, of Newn% and
Sheriff Flavell, of Essex County, that
they would hold the city responsible
for injury to their property,
War labor board officials this I"g«
noon took definite steps to solve the
strike situation,
Kokomo Company Must
Pay Damages to France
I INDIANAPOLIS, IND, March 15.-«
Federnl Judge A B. Anderson has
! awarded 365,844 damages to the b
le of France in its suit against %- v
| komo Steel and Wire Company, of -
| komo, Ind., for*fallure to fulfili a con
tract,
! France, through its agents, J, P, Mor
lgan & Co., of New York, flled aoo -
I plaint more than a year ago in which 1t
| alleged that the Kokomo concern f’il‘d
to supply it with more than a milllon
pounds of barbed wire,
I The contract, made in August, 1915,
ealled for the shipment of more than
7,000,000 pounds of wire by the Kokomo
qumpnu,\. it 1s said,
|7B Postmasters to
v
| Attend Conference
! (By International News Service.)
| WANHINGTON, March 156, —Seventy
lelght postmasters of the principal cl
ties of the country today were invited
by the Postoffice Department to attend
(& business conference in Washington
| April 1 to 8,
| In addition to the postmasters who
'represent the fifty largest cities in the
{oountry and 28 postoflices distributed
through that number of States, the
| conference will be attended by divis-.
‘mu superintendents of the rallway mail
service, postoffice Inspectors and elght
or ten representatives of large businoss
'ruuw and organizations
$5,000,000 Damage Done
. .
By Rain in Florida
MIAMI, IFLLA, March 15.~Five mil
lion dollarg’ damage was done to the
- crop on the east coast of Flot
da by an eight-inch rainfall during
the 24 hours ending at 6 o'clock this
morning, Praectically all of Florida's
winter tomato crop is down on this
const and 90 per cent of it is ruined,
The wood block pavement over M
ami's business district is all then ap.
All rainfall records here were broken,