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TRUCE IN STRIKE: MOST OF CLERKS RETURN TO WORK
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Child Inmate of “Orphanage”
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MARIETTA, March 17.—That Mrs.
Naomi V. Campbell, who conducted
the “Undenominational Orphanage” on
the, Marietta-Atlanta trolley line, and
who is on trial today for cruelty to
the orphans under her care, is in
sane, and, therefore, not responsible
for her acts is the plea offered by
ber counsel, Herbert Clay and ¢. M.
Daobbs,
Mrs. Ggmpbell is under geven sep
arate indictments, charging her with
eruelty to the children, following the
stories told by them six weeks ago
when Mrs. Campbell was arrested.
Her husband, C. C. Campbell, is out
on bond under six indictments, but
is not being tried jointly with his
wife.
The Cobb County courthouse today
was filled with citigens drawn to the
trial by the published stories of Mrs.
Campbell’s cruelty to the orphans, as
revealed by the investigation follow
iig her arrest; and it was evident
Ath\t feeling against the woman was
running high. She has been confined
to the Marietta jail since her arrest.
Child inmates of the home provided
the principal witnesses for the State,
summened by Solicitor General John
T. Dorsey. Mary Hosea, a 13-year
old girl, testified first, alleging that
Mrs. Campbell had burned little Mar-
Jorie Florence, a 4-year-old, who dis
obeyed her.
Many Children Summoned. ~
Many of these children had been
summoned to the court from the
homes to which they had been re
moved after the orphanage was brok
en up by the arrest of its head In
many cases the children had been
taken to other parts of the State by
their relatives, who had placed them
with Mrs, Campbell and who were
paying for their care.
The jury was quickly drawn when
the case opened. It is composed en
tirely of" Cobb County farmers, with
the exception of one, M. E. Echols, a
bookkeeper. The other jurors are
W. W. Bell, J. E. Dawson, William
Garnett, J. R. Robinson, G. T. Felder,
C. A, Sewell, J. T. Seay, H. 8. Powell,
A Medlock, J. P, Upton and W, W,
Baj 1
WilMam Butt, Assistfint Solicitor
General of the Blue Ridge Circuit, is
associated with John T. Dorsey, So
licitor General, for the prosecution.
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Husband Says Wife \
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, March 17—~On infor
mation furnished by David N.
Murray, husband of Mrs. Eva Mur
ray, reported dving today of a gun
shot wound whlrfi she says, was
“self-inflicted” several days ago,
police began a search for a woman
who, while dressed in ™ man's
clotkes, is said to have shot Mrs.
Murray because she lured her hus
band from her. Murn‘i‘ was out
of town when his wife s shot,
Fle returned to Chicago last
night. He went to the hospital
where, after hearing hig wife's sto
ry, he branded her“*a liar,” denied
he was the father of her unborn
baby and left after expressing re
gret that “the shot did not kil
vou,” returning last night to
Wheeling, W. Va., where he is em
ployed
“If my wife lured this man on,
she is a plain vampire. She was at
tractive and eould piay the role
well,”” Murray told newspaper men.
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Georgia Bankers Plan
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For Meeting in Macon
MACON, March 17.--The County
Bi¥nkers' Association of Georgia is pre
;\mr\m: to hold ||l.-41 annual n'uwllng in
flacon April 16- Severa
imukum will attend The ..mw
the association are as follows
C. T, Bmith, of Concerd, president;
R. D, Leonard, of Dallas, first vice
president; 1. P. Patillo, of Buford, sec
ond vice president; J. E. Frizzell, of
Waverly, third vice president, and L. R
Adams, of Atlanta, secretary and treas
urer A business meeting will be held,
on “the morning of April 16, and on the
evening of April 16 there will be a ban
quet, A theater party is also planned
Less Than 1,000 Men
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Left at Camp W heeler
MACON, March 17.—There are less
than 1,000 men left at Camp Wheeler
The eamp s to be officially closed in a
few days, it s stated After that it
will no longer be recognized as a Gov
ernment reservation. One hundred sol
diers received their discharges today
Bids for the purchase of the buiidings,
fixtures and other Government prop
erty were opened last week by Lieu
tenant Colonel J. A. Moss, camp com
mander, and forwarded to Washington
Within a few days the officers at the
camp will be‘ transferred or discharged.
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By JOHN T. PARKERSON,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. 8.
PARIS, March 17.—Simultaneously
with President. Wilson's return to
Friance, what is believed may be the
death knell of Bolshevism in Central
Europe and the first sign of. the world
returning to normal is se®n in the
far-reaching decision concerning the
revictualing of Germany, ’
, Within a few days, if not a few
hours, German ships again will be
plying the seas, not as pirates defy
ing lmornati(ma} law and preying
upon legitimate commerce, but as
upholders of civilization, peacefully
carrying home American soldiers, on
one hand, and re-loading with Amer
ican foodstuffs, ap the other, to save
Germany from starvation.
As it was a question of ships with
which to bring American soldiers
across the Atlantic to save Europe, so
it now is a question of ships to hring
American food to safeguard the vic
tory of peace, in the attainment of
which America was so conspicuous,
Although Germany 1s said to Jave
10 per cent of the world's gold, per
haps a greater amount than most
other European nations, she is never
theless the world’s greatest bankrupt
today and in deeiding to send food and
afford the Germans a chance to export
potash and dyestuffs the victorious
powers are recognizing the principle
of “live and let live,” as well as help
ing to rid the world of present chaos.
Through thé re-establishment of
commerce Germany will not enly he
able to pay indemnity to France, Bel
gilum and others for the wholesale
havoe she wrought, but she will en
able the world to resume well-ordered
tride based upon justice and fair
dealing.
It is not intended to give Germany
an opportunity of rushing In and
grabbing off world markets at the
expense of other nations, but by pay
ing partly in gold and exporting raw
material, Germany may in time work
off some of her indebtedness and find
the straight road over which she must
proceed to re-establish herself in the
family of nations. .
With infant mortality trebled in the
last three months and malnutrition
endangering the entire nation, Ger
many finds herself in the position of a
thirgty man in-a salty sea, “water,
watér everywhere, but not a drop to
drink.”
She can not eat the vast accumu
lation of gold. In giving it up, her
bankers hesitated, lest they hurt her
credit with neutrals, but the United
States and the Allies pointed out that
this was the only way she could obtain
food. The effect of this on the finan
clal world is expected to be enormous.
The manner in which Germany con
ducts herself in acoerd with the new
arrangements by which she is allowed
to share, in a small way, the com
merce of the world, will govern the
future adjugtment of her actions.
The United States and the Allles
have said, in effect, “"we #e helping
you to help yourself so that we cin
live peaceably with you. Rid vourself
of Bolshevism so youw can work like
men and pay thegdamage you have
done to the world.. and we will then
#ee whether you are wogthy to asso
clate with the natione of the world
which stand for right and justice.,” 4
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Here are figures in the pretty love
story that grew from a visit of a
Red Cross worker to Fort McPher
son, Above, Mrs. Lillftan Gail Ben
nett Pandtle and Sergeant Ray Jean
Pandtle,
The courtship of Sergeant Ray
Jean Pandtle and Miss Lillian Gail
Bennett began at 'Wort MePherson,
with _a 'Ylowe( given the soldier hy
the girl, who was brightening the
hospital wards by her wu'rk with the
Red (X‘ous.
It Imiated March 1, with the
marriage of Sergeant Pandtle and
his “flower girl,” and their marriage
was kept secret until Sunday, when
they told the bride's parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Bennett, No, 95 East Lin
den, street. After Pangtle receives
his discharge the young couple will
live in his home in New York.
Sergeant Pandtle was very ill when
he received the first flower from the
Atlanta girl, but he began improving
rapidly. When he recovered and was
transfered to Camp Gordon she also
transfered her visit¥ to that post,
They had _ intended waiting until
Pandtle was discharged, but it's hard
to wait sometimes, so on March 1
they were married at the home of the
Rev. J. E. Dickey, of the First Meth
lndlnt Chureh. The men of %goan!
Pandtle’'s company-— Company B, de
velopment battalion No. I—will give
}hlm a dinner Wednesday evening,
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Sen. Bowden Wants
’ Georgia Women to
SENATOR BOWDEN- Antique |
} Let the women of Georgia them
- Melves vote on the womu{\ suffrage
question, is the plan of J. B, T,
Bowden, Senator-elect of the Fifth
District, \
Mr. Bowden pufposes that the
State Democratic Executlve Com
mittee should handle the matter,
making arrangements for a pri
~ mary at which the women would
be called upon to cast their bal- |
lots for or against woman suf
frage, |
| If & majority of the women vote
favor of equal suffrage, the Leg
slature could take up the matter at ‘
_ the 1919 sessiop, he said, and pass
- upon 4t flnnlg& Mr, Bowden bes ‘
- lieves an opportunffy will be as
- forded to place the whole matter |
~ hefore the next Legislature, as |
there will be Introduced In the
House a plan te allow women to i
vote on all matters pertaining to
the operation, maintenance and
management of publig schbols, This
proposition will be fathered by
Representative Johm Y, Smith,
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1919
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J. W. Webb Slain and Deputy
House Wounded by White
Man, Who Makes Escape.
Officers of both Fulton and De-
Kalb Counties hunted Monday for an
uniden'lified white man who shortly |
before midnight shot and killed Dep-‘
uty Sheriff J. W. Webb and woun«lpd‘
Deputy R. T. House, beoth De!\'alb‘
County officers, while they were
searching a mysterious aut,nmohilel
they had found in the woods just off
of the Druid Hills road, in Druid
Hills, and about one mile from the
Decatur courthouse.
Deputy Webb was slain instantly,
the bullet entering under his right
ear and passing through- his h(‘ud.l
Deputy House was wounded only
slightly, receiving a bullet-in his right
shoulder,
At 2 o'clock Mgnday no word had
been heard from the slayer or the
car, although Sheriff McCurdy had
telephoned to e\'n'r')""tnwn within 100
miles of Decatur. He said the car
might be identified through two bul
let holes in the rear curtamn. It is a
Ford touring car.
A reward of SSOO has been offéred
by DeKalb County for the capture of
Webb's sluyer.
_The slayer had been found asleep
in the automobile by the two officers
and bhad been awakened and ques
tioned. He stated that he had run
the car into thz woods to make re
pairs and had fallen asleep. The of
ficers were suspicious of his story and
told him they would have to search
his car. He demurred to this, and
warned the officers not to molest the
car. By this time he was on the
ground and had walked a short dis
tance away,
' Regardless of his warning, how
ever, the officers“began the search.
No sooner had they started than the
stranger opened fire l'rmfl‘ the dark
nes, the first bullet striking Webb
and the second hitting House in the
shoulder. ~Phe assailant then darted
into the wnxfi.
House imMediately gave attentign
to his comrade. but found that he al
ready wag dead. Beliévinz that it
would be useless for him to chase
the fugitive alome, House hurried to
his own home, but a short distance
away, apd telephoned to Sheriff Mce-
Curdy, at Decatur, for agsistance. As
he was l‘l'“ll'T‘llL,’ he heard the auto
mobile speeding away. The slayer
kad returned, jumped into the car and
had driven away in the direetion of
Atlanta,
City and county authoriti® here
were notitied and a hunt put under
way immediately.
House reported that he and Webh
had just picked up a pair of old
overalls at the time the first ghot was
fired, He said there was a suit case
and a box of dry goods supplies in
the autq,
Webb is survived by a wife and two
children, ! -
Mr. Webb is survived by his wife
two sons, George and Charles; his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W, Webb,
Lithonia; two sisters, Mrs. J. H. St
John, of Lithonia, and Mrs Lela
Stewart: four brothers, Dr. W. A,
Wghb, J. A. Webb, of Lithonia; G
A. Webb, of Augustay and Lee Webb,
of the United States signdl eerps,
Fort Bliss, Texas. Funeral services
will he held Tuesday at the First
Methodist Eviscopal Church at Li
thonia, the hour to be announced
later The Hev Marvin Willlams
will officiate, and H. M. Patterson &
Son will have charge.
Dent Case Is Put Up to
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Military Authorities
LEXINGTON, KY March 17
Sergeant Sidney Dent will be taken
to Camp Gordon, Ga., today to awhit
the result of a probe begnn today
into Dent's kilting of IPred Branton,
military prisone: Branton's body
was taken to Germantown, Pa., today
for burial. Captain G. W. Wilson, of
Camp Gordon, is conducting the probe
into the killing
County officials here have put the
case up to the military authorities.
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Five Atlanta Business
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Will Deliver Lecture
Five Atlanta business men have
been secured as lecturers in the
school of economics and business ad
ministration recemtly authorized by
the management of Emory Universi
ty, it was announced Monday. They
are Samuel C, Dobbs, president of the
Chamber of Commerce; H. Warner
Martin, vice president of the Lowry
Natlonal Bank; Walter Candler,
cashier of the Central Bank and Trust
Company; Joel Hunter and Alonzo
Richardson, heads of two well*known
accounting firms, 1
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Clash of Americans ‘
And Japs Not Serious
(By International News Service,)
WASHINGTON, March 1%-~Press
reports of a clnsh between Amerfican
soldiers and Japanese police at Tien
teln were exaggergted and the .«HIM«‘
tion In the Japahese concession is
qulet, acocrding to as brief disgpateh !
from American Minister l:t-"lm-h at|
Peking, received at the State Depart.
ment Saturday and made public to
day,
Savannah School
Boys Strike on
St. Patrick’s D
t.Patrick’s Day
AVANNAH, March 17.—A
S strike in the Savannah High
School was pulled this morn
ing by the boys of Irish descent,
who refused to go to classes on
St. Patrick’s Day. They joined the
¢ big parade of the Ancient Order
of Hibernians. Far the greater
part of the boys claiming Irish de
scent joined the strike, which is
the first affair of its kind in the
gci!y schools in six years. -
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Pormer Governor John M. Slaton
and Attorney Arthur Heyman ‘en
gaged in a fisticuff Momday in Judge
W. D. Elli§ _ divisipn of Superior
Court that halted thé court proceed
ings for several minutes and drew
for the belligerents a fine of $25 each.
Neither of the combatants was in
jured, and. at the close of the inci
dent, shook hands and made up and
laughed about it. /
Governor Slaton, according to
statements, slapped Mr. Heyman en
the face with his hand and barely
grazed his face with another blow-=
a right swing, the force of which,
was broken by interferenle of Depu
ty Sheriffs {l,\’f\'eld and Rolader,
Blows by Mr. Heyman failed to land
for the sarge reason. ‘
5 Fight Before Jury.
The fight occurred directly in front
of the jury box., The jurors calmly
remadned in their seats, digplaying no
excitement. Judge Ellis ‘unn-dmlp
ly deglared a recess of fifteen min
utes, in order to permit the situation
to readjust itself.
The clash came at the close of the
evidence in a suit brought by the
Childs Restaurant Company, of New
YorK, against the Childs hotel and
case in Broad street, to prevent the
use by the latter concern of the name
“Childs,” It was brought about by
an argument between Governor Sla
ton, of counsel for the Broad street
place, and Attorney eHyman, of coun
sel for the New York concern, over
the admission of eertain documentary
evidence by Mr, Heyman,
Slaton in Objection.
This evidence was in the form of a
record ‘of another court concerning a
previous action against the Broad
street hotel and case. Governor Sla
ton objected to the introduction of
this paper,™and said there was an un
derstanding between him and™r. Hey
man relative to such evidence. Words
between the two followed and then
the blows came,
Macon Women Experts
On Income Tax Returns
MACON, March -17.—Mf§jcon women
were far more efficient than the men in
making their returns, according to G. T,
Adams, in charge of the local tax in
come office v
“The women, many of them stenodog
raphers and shop girls, as a rule came
to the office with their income blanks
already filled in accurately and gave ns
little trouble,” declared Mr. Adams
*On the other hand the fellow with a
$5,000 or $6.000 income in almost every
instance had to have his blank filled
in. He didn’'t even know where to write
his name
Five thousend persons made their re
turns in Mucon, and 90 per cent of that
number paid the entire tax instead of
& quarter, as parmitted by law Sat
urday was the last day for making the
returns, and there was a big rush to
escape the wrath of Uncle Sam.
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Lieut. Henry Robinson
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Now at Camp Gordon
Lirutenant Henry H. Robinson, of the
349th Field Artillery, formerly assistant
secretary off the Atlanta Chamber of
Commeree, has arrived at Camp-Gordon
from Camp Upton with n unit of the
Ninety-second Divigion for demobiliza
tion He returned from overseas on
March 3, and was detailed to Camp
Upton temporarily The young veteran
expects soon to return to civil life.
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Sale of ‘Seasen Tickets
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For Opera Ends Saturdey
The Atlanta Music Festival Associa
tion Monday called attention to the fact
that only one week remains in whic
season fi« kets to the Metropolita:
Grand Opera can be purchased at re
duced rates
The sale is being conducted at the
store of the Cahble Piano Company It
will close Saturday evening, and a week
later #ckets for sepafate performance
at regular prices will begin, "The sav
img by purchasing season tickets |
large
P esesiisnieliyplstiiristennss
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Gov. Dorsey Invited to
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Cotton Growers’ Meeting
Governor Dorsey and a delegation
from Georgla, have been Invited by Gov
ernor Pleasant, of Louisiana, to attend
n conference of cotton growers of the
Southern States, ealled by him to meet
in Memphis March 24 The Governor
was requested to reappoint the delegates
from this State who attended the big
cotton rally in New Orleans a month
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The purpose of the conference I 8 to
further the acreage reduction move
ment and to Impress further upon the
farmers, the necessity of holding their
cotton in warehouses for better prices,
Deaths Show Increase
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Over Preceding Week
_The report of City Health Officer J P
Kennedy, for the week ending at mid-
Might Baturdmy, shows 7+ deaths, an in
crease of 11 ovar the preceding week :
One death wl&“mpon--.l from influen
za, five from influenza-pneumonia, and
nine from pneumoma. Three denth
were reported from accidents, while
tuberculosis claimed five, pellagra 1,
Y‘l&:’q‘uflul 1, and noncontagious discases
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son’s Ideas Are Practical—De
lay of Treaty Seen by French.
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN, l
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. 8.
PARIS, March 17.—President Wil
son is “standing pat” on all the prob
lems of the peace conference. That
he has not changed his attitude and
that the American astitude in geqeral
has not been changed was made plain
Iby the Presiaent today, to his peace
colleagues. In settlement of certain
‘perplr.\imr questions the President is
insistent that the principles for which
he has declared himself shall be ob
served,
By JOHN T. PARKERSON,
Staff Correspondent of the |I. N. S.
PARIS, March 17.—American dele
gates to the peace conference do not
anticipate any difficulty in writing
the covenant of the league of nations
into the treaty. Foreigh Minister
Pichon’s statement that he ®id not
see how both documents could bg
signed simultaneously is believed a
“feeler” rather than the final view of
the French.
President Wilson’s firm stand that
the league of nations constitution
lmual be included in the treaty brings
out emphatically the fact that both
are so closely related that one may
not prove operative without the oth
er. So many provisions of the treaty
Yefer to the league of nations for
theirh definition that there might be
confusion er even trouble after the
treaty is signed, unless the league of
nations is created simultaneoysly and‘
empowered to teke up the questions. |
To sign the treaty without lhe'
%Iz-uzup of nations covenant, it hsl
| beinted out, would be virtually the
sanfe as If the framers of the Am«rl—‘
can Constitution had not set up lhe'
Suprems Court to safeguard it,
The commission of the International
regime of harbors and waterways
met this afterhoon to congider the|
claims of Switzerland for an outlet to
the sea by way of the Rhine,
Paris Sees Danger of
Delaying Peace Treaty
By ROBERT J. PREW,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N, S,
PARIS, March 17,—A feeling of
nervousness has arisen in Paris to
day as a result of President Wilson's
determination to force the signing of
the covenant of the league of na
tions at the same time the German
envovs are ordered to .place their
'Nign:nlurcs on the preliminary peace
treaty.
Foreign Minister Pichon's state
ment that he believes it would be
impossible to sign the two docu
ments concurrently represents the
[l“rvnvh view that the primary ne
cessity Is to make tentative peace
with Germany and then complete the
vnw-}ynu of the league of nations by
the Time the figal treaty is ready.
Another factor making for delay is
lthl- approaching departure of Pre
mier Lloyd George for London. The|
labor situation in England calls l‘nr"
the presence of the Premier in Lon
don and he is expected to leave be
fore the end of the present week,
Conferences Interrupted.
Delegates are . deploring the fact
that the biggest driving forces of the|
conference—President ‘Wilson, Pre-|
mier Lloyd George and l'rvum.-,r‘!
Clemenceau--are unable to get to
gether more than a few days at al
time, when something happens to
{ take one ar the other away from the
| peace work. The result is the round
table labors drag
| During the absence of President
P Wilson in the United States both the
British and French delegates were
|actually alarmed at reports from
Germany that the country was fast
falling 2 prey to Bolshevism.
| Their whole efforts heretofore had
| been bent townrd putting, (hrnuuhz
tentative peace arrangements which
would expedite the demobilization of
their own armies and restore Kuro
pepn trade and by allowing Germany
Immediately to resume international
relations under restrictions, enable
her to build up her wrecked com- !
merce and feed her starving millions |
with American food
Miracles Necessary,
There is a feeling in conference
circles that unless President Wilson
is able to perform miracles, the pre
liminary lrv”ly may not be signed |
by March 20, but must be delayed
for several weeks, If the l'runulvnl’u!
determination to make the league of |
nations covenant a part of it is des~
tined to prevail,
It was found, when Britsih efreles
were sounded, that they unuvrnloud‘
the President's intention was to get
the preliminary treaty with Germany |
out of the way fiest, making the!
league of nations covenant an inte-|
gral part of the final treaty., Some
gurprike was expregred in this quars
ter that the President's plan is to de
lay the preliminaries until the geague
of nations constitution Is framed.|
This must not be taken to mean that|
the British are antagonistic to Pm-l
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e PostoMos ot Atlanta Under Aet of March &, LIB7B
The Jingles in
l'he Headlines
By HARVE WESTGATE.
AILROAD yards are swept
by fire, and some cars go
up in (lznm‘s. and the goods
that were destroyed will bring
forth a thdusand eclaims: there'll
be clafms: for beans and cheese,
and scme more for lard and soap,
and the drug#s(! will be there,
with some claims for oil and dope.
Pistol duel 18 fought at night, and
one officer is dead, but the man
who used the gun grabbed a car
and quiclkly fled; bat they know
which way he went, and they're on
his bloody trail, and it's almost
ten to one that they'll land the
man in jail. Soldier boy is ill In
bed, and a girl stands by his side,
and they up and fall in love, and
he*claims her for his bride. Clerks
once more are on the job, and
thev're moving stacks of freight,
and good cheer and pleasant
smiles take the place of words of
hate; ramor sdys the strike is
o'er, that the clerks have won the
day, and the man who caused the
fuss will be out and on his way.
A A AAPAP AP S
By T. P. O'CONNOR.
Written Exclusively for the J. N. S.
(Mr. O'Connor has long been a
member of the British Parliament as
an Irish Nationalist, where he con
sistently championed the cause of
Ireland. Outside of statesmanship
he has had a brilliant career as a
journalist, He is exceptionally well
known in the United States and re
eently visited that country.)
LONDON, March 17.—Many times
I have uttered wgrnings to British
statesmen and I now warn them
again—they are as blind and deaf to
conditions in Ireland as the states
man who antagonized and, lost the
Amefican colonies in the eighteenth
century.
1 hope that my continued warnings
will be heard and appreciated by (h(-‘
intelligent sections of all parties be
fore it is too late.
My thirieen ‘months’ stay«in the
United States convinced me there is
a stronger anti-English movement
there now than at any period in my
IMe-and its main inspiration is due to
the British policy toward Ireland.
UUnless checked this movement may
have serious .effect, not only upun}
Anglo-American relations, but may,
seriously embarrass the working out
of the league of nations, wyhich has
its main reliance upon perfect Anglo-
Mmerican aceard
The present Government's policy of |
“drift” towsrd things Irish may be
disastrous The Government i 8 80
absorbed in the peace conference that,
it fails to see signs of war at home;
80 concerned with reconstruction
problems that it ignores the most
crying problem which existed before|
the war and is now more serious than
at any nnu»r,*hnn('.
The home rilé act comes into oper
ation automatically slx months after]
peace has been signed, but what
ahout the interim? |
In Ireland things are drifting from
bad to worse, Militarism balances,
revolution on one hand and on the
other is the sullen menace of bitter
resentment,
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Georgia Shad Industry
. .
Believed Hurt by Rains
SAVANNAH, March 17 Figshing ex
perts fgely great apprehension for the
Georgla shad industry for 19520 begause
of the heavy raing and freshets on the
shad rivers. The rain has caused such
high water that great shoals of the fish
have bhe®n washed out of the streams
and igto the surrounding lowlands,
\Alnrn‘llr\ arg spawning Often both
the fish and the spawn are left dry by
the receding waters
Reports of great losses to fish and
live: stock are reaching Savannah from
the Ogeechee River basin, In which
.hn%.: al interest g felt, and In other
stred of this section of Georgia,
MASONIC PILGRIMAGE,
SAVANNAH, March 17 —Alee Temple,
A A O N M SB, will make a pilgrim
wre the latter part of April to Colum
bug, Judge Davis Freeman, Illustrious
potentate, announced today. The tem
ple's fine band with a large delegution
will make the pllgrimage
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Automobile l
Disttibutors ’
.
. Urge every dealer in the
Boutheast to attend “Deal
ers’ Week” Convention in
Atlanta, starting Monday,
March 24, All latest mod+
. els will be on display and
i contracts for ensuing year
made. Py
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Federal Auditor Ottarson, Over
Whom Fight Arose, Likely To *
Be Removed Temporarily, -
All striking rallway clerks, excepl
thase employed. by the W, & A.-N.
€. & St L. system, Monday morning
returned .to work under an agree
ment reached at 4 o'clock Monday
morning at a conference between
grand lodge officers of the union and
pfficials of the Railrond Administra
tion, pending negotiations for a com
plete settlement of the controversy
whic¢h resulted in the general waik
out of more than 7,000 clerks in At
lanta and other cities since last Tues- :
day, -
Fimal Conference, .
A conference was begun shortly
before 11 o'clock Monday morning in
Regional Director Winchell’s office
that was expected to bring about a
final settlement of the controversy
and end the strike. Representatives
’l*( the brotherhood at this conference
‘invlm!ed J.J. Forrester, national
}p?-mdwnl; H. M. Murray, chairman
of the national executive board; C. P, .
Jackson, chairman of the N, C, & 8t '
L. system adjustment board, and B
M. MeGhee, local chairman. The
Railroad Administration was repre
' sented by B. i. Winchell, regiona)
director; W, K. Mapother, Federal
roanager, and others,
It was expected that Mayor James .
L. Key wouid also be present at the
conference, representing the city ol
Atlanta and in an advisory capacity
to both sides. It was largely due la\
the Mayor's efforts and his influence’
with the strikers that a uwmpurr)'
truce was effected Monday mording
on all lines except those under Fed
eral Auditor A, P. Ottarson’s jurisdic
tion.
Settlement Expected.
Expressions from both sides prios
to the beginning of this conference
indicated that a conclusion of the
strike would be effected during the
day. For the first time since the in
ception of the strike, there were Xn&ln
cations that both sides were prac¥-
cally in accord and that the reasons
which breught the strike on and ap
peared to make%its spread inevitaiple
were about to be removed.
No exact time limit was set by the
terms of the truece. That Federal '
Auditor A. P. Ottarson would be tem
porarily removed pending an investi
gation into charges brought against
him by the Brotherhood of Railway
Clerks was generally forecast as the
preliminary agreement which would
finally bring the tie-up to an end.
Mayor at Conference.
The conference at which the tem
porary truce was arranged was ate
tended by J J. Forrester, national
president of the Brotherhood of Rails
way Clerks; C. F. Jackson, system
dhairman of the N, C. & St L. broths
erhood; K. M. McGhee, local chaire
Janan of the N, €, & Bt. L., and othes A
local chairmen, with Mayor James I
Key, a# representatives of the broth.
erhood. The United States Railroad
Administration «was’' represented by
Federal Manager W. L, Mapother, ol
the N, C. & St. L. and allied roads,
who arrived in Atlanta Sunday night;
Regional Director B, L. Winchell and
other freight and passenger represens
tatives of the roads affected,
The exact terms under which the
strikers returned to work were nol
divulged from strike headquarters,
but it was understood that the trucd
was predicated on the expressed wile
lingnes. of the raiiway officials to es«
sect an Immediate adjustment of the
controversy which brought about the
Officials Talk It Over.
Regional Director Winchell and
Federal Manager Wapother held g
preliminary conference Monday morn.
ing in the Healey BulMing prepara
tory to golng into conference with
representatlves of the clerks’ brothers
hood later in the forenocon. It wag
confidently expected that an agrees
ment would be reached between megw
resentatives of the clerks and thy
rallway officials for a complote ade
justment of the controversy befors
noon,
At the several frelght and ticked
offices Mondauy business was being
transacted with the usual w;l‘m
manifested before the strike, P
cally wvm{ striker who eould be nos
titted during the night was at bhiy
post and others were straggiing in
as the news of the temporasy trosg
became ciroulated Monday morming,
At strike headguarters the decpost
repgret. was oxprossed over the des
structive fire which gutted the palls
way offices at Inman Yard fifi
and it was saikd that the men
moved largely in their decision
clare a truce by that ocourrencs,
curring at the thme it did, wity
small force on duty, the wbeenpe
the clerks who were on strike
have had no effect on thee,
men felt very keenly the
public psychology the
such a time and were eagertomutamg
to their jobs,
Conveniences at
Temporary gonve
turning clerical workers wweng®
selgup aLI
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