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VOL. XVI
TRUCE IN STRIKE: MOST OF CLERKS RETURN TO WORK
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Mistrial Asked by Defense When
Crowd Applauds Child Wit
ness—ls Denied.
MARIETTA, March 17.—Applause
i the coyrtroom following the-testi
mony of little Mary Hosea against
Mrs. Naomi V. Campbell this after
noon caused Herbert Clay.fi of coun
sel for the defense, to ask that the
court declare a mistrial, but Judge
Newt A. Morris overruled the mo
tion and the trial proceeded.
The little 'Hnsea girl had just tes
tified that Mrs. Campbell, who con
ducted the Undenominational Or
phanage on the Atlanta-Marietta
trolley line, had made her hold Baby
Marjorie Florence against a grate
until the child was burned, and she
stuck to her story despite vigorous
eross-questioning.
Mrs. Campbell is under seven sep
arate indictments, charging her with
cruelty to the children, following I.e
stories told by them six weeks ago
when Mrs. Campbell was arrested
Her husband, C. €. Campbell, is out
on bond under six indictments, but
iz not being tried jointly with his
wife,
The Cobb County courthouse today
was filled with citizens drawn to the
tria by the published stories of Mrs.
Campbell’s cruelty to the orphans, as
revealed by the investigation follow
ing her arrest, and it was evident
that 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,
summoned by Solicitor General John
T. Dorsey Mary Hosea, a 13-year
old girl, testified first, alleging that
Mrs. Campbell had burned little Mar
orie Florence, a 4-yedr-old, who dis
obeyed her
Says Woman Threatened,
# Mrs. Campbell made me and Car
rie Bell Bateman hold Marjorie on
the grate until she was badly burned,”
said Mary “She said that if we
didn't do it she would break every
bone in our bodies. 1 was afraid not
to, for she would have beaten me to
death,’
Mr. Dobbs, cross-examining the
child, tried to make her admit that
Mrs. Campbell did not give such di
rections, but the little girl was stead
fast in her story 5
I suppose that if she had told you
to cut the child’'s head off you would
have done it?” he suggested,
"I certainly would have,” said
Mary “Mrs. Campbell would have
beaten me to death if 1 hadn't.”
Carrie Bell Bateman, the next wit
nes told a similar story.
appeareg at 2 o wk that the
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noGy it least
Crowd Applauds Child,
When Mary finished her testimon
the cirowd in the courtroom applaud
ad vigorously Judge Morris rapned
for order, and said that any further
offenders would be brought before
him and fined. The Sheriff succeeded
in restoriug order,
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 C‘obb County farmers, with
the exception of one, M, E. Echols, a
bookkeeper The other jurors are
W W. . Bell, J. B, Dawson, William
Garnett, J. R. Robinson, G. T. Felder
C. A, Sewell, J. T. Seay, H. B. Powell,
A. B. Medlock, J. P. Upton and W, W,
Bagzwell
William Butt, Assistant Solicitor
General of the Blue Ridge Circuit, is
associated with Joha T. Dorsey, So
lHeitor General, for the prosecution
Britt Craig, Newspaper
Man, 11l in New York
Britt Craig, widely known Atlanta
newspaper man, is critically ill with
prreumonia at the Roosevelt Hospital
in New York, according to advices
received here Sunday
Mr. Craig left Atlanta several weeks
Ago to accept a position on the edi
torial staff of The New York Sun,
He was for many years employed on
nn Atlanta newgpaper and returnea
here after being discharged from the
aviation service, in which he ranked
== leutenant.
Full International News Service
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Ex-Soldier Found
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Guilty of Running
An Tlicit Still
Lonnie Bason, of Fayette County,
charged jointly with his brother,
Henry Eason, with running an il
licit distillery near his home, was
found guilty in Federal Court Mon
day morning. Henry Eason is now
a member of the A, E. F.,, while
I.onnie has just been discharged
from service.
The two brothers were arrested
by Revenue Agents Harris and
Whatley last Apri] but before be
ing brought to tria! had been draft
ed into the army.
Babe Murphy, negro, also of Fay
eite Clounty, was fined $25 by Judge
W. T. Newman, after he pleaded
guilty to having five gallons of con
traband whisky in his possession.
The negro had already been fined
$125 in the State courts.
Seab Horton*and Emmett Martin,
of Fayette, were charged with run
ning a still on a branch near Hor
ton's home. Horton, a 15-year-old
boy, said that the two were cap
tured by the officers while going
down into the pasture after a steer.
Both defendants econtended that
they ran onte the still just a few
minutes” before being caught, and
had not known it was in the vi
cimty before,
Fifteen cases originating in ¥ay
ette County were called Monday,
in fourteen of which J. W, Culpep
per was attorney for defendant,
Husband Says Wife
Was Shot by Woman
She Robbed of Spouse
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, March 17~On infor
mation furnished by David N:
Murray, husband of Mrs. Eva Mur
ray, reported dying today of a gun
ghot wound which, she says, was
“self-inflicted” several days ago,
police began a search for a woman
who, while dresked in man’s
clotbes, is said to have shot Mrs,
Murray because she lured her huse
band from her. Murray was out
of town when his wife was shot,
He returned to Chicago last
night. He went to the hospital
where, after hearing his wife's sto
ry, he branded her “a liar,” denied
hoe was the father of her unborn
baby and left after expressing re
gret that “the shot did not kill
you,”” 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 could play the role
well” Murray told newspaper men.
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Clash of Americans
And Japs Not Serious
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 17.—Press
reports of » clash between American
soldiers and Japanese police at Tien
toin were exaggerated and the eitua
tion in the Japanese concession ig
aquiet, acocrding to a brief digpatch
from Consul General Heintzleman at
Peking, received at the State Depart.
ment Saturday and made public to
day.
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Here are figures in the pretty love
story that grew from a \Llslt of a
Red Cross worker to Fort McPher
son. Above, Mrs. Lillilan Gail Ben
nett Pandtle and Sergeant Ray Jean
Pandtle. £
The courtship of Sergeant Ray
Jean Pandtle and Miss Lillian Gail
Bennett began at Fort McPherson,
with a flower given the soldier by
the girl, who was brightening the
hospital wards by her work with the
Red Cross.
It culmiated 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, Ko. 95 East Lin
den street. After Pandtle receives
his discharge the young couple will
ilive 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 visits 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
odist Church. The men of Sergeant
Pandtle’s company-- Company B de
velopment battalion No, 1--will give
him a dinner Wednesday evening.
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N. Y. Harbor Trafiic
Is Paralyzed by Fog
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, March 17.—Two col
ligions, the sinking of a tugboat, a
number of minor accidents and gen
eral paralysis of harbor traffilc were
the result of a heavy fog which
blanketed New York waters today.
Maviners declared the weather was
the thickest experienced® this winter,
The tughoat Jameson, chartered by
a 4 sugar refining company, sank when
it was rammed by the steamer Lex
ington, inbound from Providence, in
the East River,
The ferryboat Queens smashed her
bows and made her slip at Bt. George,
8, I, with great difficulty after ram
ming. a freighter at anchor just be
low the Liberty Statue, The munici
pal ferryboat Mayor fluynr‘pgmwd
another freighter in the same viein
ity and lost a small section of her
upper deck.
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g THE WEATHER. ¢
| Forecast—Probably showers and |
{ thunderstorms Monday night and |
! Tuesday. z
§ Temperatures—6 a. m., 58; 8
; a.m,61; 10 a. m, 63; 12 noon, 66;
5, 1 p. m, 66; 2 p. m, 66.
g Eunrise, 5:46; sunset, 5:47,
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MARCH 17, 1919
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
unidentified white man who ahortlyi
before midnight shot and killed Dep
uty Sheriff J. W, Webb and wounded‘
Deputy R. T. House, both DeKalb
County officers, while they werel
searching a mysterious aytomobile
they had found in the woods just off
of the Druid Hills road, in I)ruid‘
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 head.
Deputy House was wounded only
slightly, receiving a bullet in his ngh!‘
shoulder. ‘
At 2 o'clock Monday no word had
been heard from the slayer or the
car, although Sheriff MecCurdy had
telephoned to every town within 100
miles of Decatur. He said the car
might be identified through two bul
let holes in the rear curtain. It is a
Ford touring car 1
A reward of ssoo"has been offered
by DeKalb County for the capture of
Webb's slayer.
The slayer had been found asleep
in the automobile by the two officers
and had been awakened and ques
tioned. He stated that he had run
the car into the 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 ear. He demurred to this, and
warned the officers not te 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 soonér had they started than the
stranger opened fire from the dark
nes, the first bullet striking Webb
and the second hitting House in the
shoulder. The assailant then darted
into the woods
House immediately gave attention
to his comrade. but found that he al
ready was dead Believing that it
would be useless for him to chase
the fugitive alone, House hurried to
his own home, but a short distance
away, and teiephoned to Sheriff Mce-
Curdy, at Decatur, for assistance. As
he was returning he heard the auto
mobile speeding awa The slayer
kad returned, jumped into the car and
had driven away in the direction of
Atlanta.
City and county authorities here
were notified and a hunt put under
way immediately.
House reported that he and Webb
had just picked up a pair of old
overalls at the time the first shot was
fired. He said there was a suit case
ind a box of dry goods supplies in
the auto
Webb is survived by a wife and two
childrer
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
Webh! I A. Webb, of Lithonia G
A. We of Augusta, and l.ee Webb
of the vited States signal corps
Fort Bliss, Texas. IFuneral services
will be held Tuesday at the First
Methodist Episcopal Chureh at Li
thonia, the hour to be announced
later The Rev Marvin Williams
will officiate, and H. M. Patterson &
Son will have charge
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Souther Field Flyers
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Still Are in Atlanta
Lieutenant Walter Sutler, Lieuten.
int Willlamm Vance, Lieutenant Fd
ward A. Burgtorf and Lieutenant
Herbert G. Blakeslee, members of the
Souther Field Aviation corps, are still
in Atlanta having been weather
bound and unable to fly back Lo
Souther Field with the group of avia
tors who flew here to welcome Colo
nel W. A, Bishop, the British ace, last
week
These aviators did not leave last
Friday when the other members of
the reception committee rveturned, as
when they were ready to make their
start it was found that they could not
reach Souther ield before dark, The
planes are still at Hast Lake, and as
soon as the clouds permit ¢f a flight
they will start home. The flyers are
at Hotel Ansley.
Deaths Show Increase
.
Over Preceding Week
The report of City Health Officer J. P
Kennedy, for the week ending at mid
night Saturday, shows 71 deaths, an in
crease of 11 over the preceding week
One death was reported from influen
za. five from influenza-pneuamonia, and
nine from pneumeonia Three deaths
were reported from accidents while
tuberculogis claimed five, pellagra 1
measies 1, and noncontaglous diseases
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Villa Bandits Reported
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Planning Border Raid
(By Intarnational News Service.)
HACHITA, N, MEX. March 17 A
detail of the Twelfth Cavalry today pa
rolled the horder near Hermanas, N
Mex following reports that a band of
Villa adherents had occupled the home
ranch of the Palomas Land and-Cattle
Company, 18 miles south of the horder,
and were preparing to raid border towns,
Savannah School %
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Boys Strike on
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St. Patrick’s Day !
AVANNAH, March 17.—A |
S strike in the Savannah High ¢
School was pulled this morn- Q
ing by the boys of Irish descent,
who refused to go to classes on 3\
St. Patrick’s Day. They joined the |
big parade of the Ancient Order )
of Hibernians. Far the greater 2
part of the boys claiming Irish de
scent joined the strike, which is |
the first affair of its kind in the
city schools in six years. ;
Former Governor John M. Slaton
and Attorney Arthur Heyman en
gaged in a fisticuff Monday in Judge
W. D. Ellis' division of Superior
Court that halted the 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 on
the face with his hand and barely
grazed his face with another blow—
a right swing, the force of which
was broken by interference of Depu
ty Sheriffs Byfield and Rolader.
Blows by Mr. Heyman failed to land
for the same reason.
Fight Before Jury.
The fight occurred directly in front
of the jury box. The jurors calmly
remained in their seats, displaying no
excitement. Judge Ellis immediate
ly declared 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 eounsel for the Broad street
place, and Attoeney Heyman, of eeun
sel for the New York conecern, ower
the admission of certain documentary
evidence by Mr. Heyman.
Slaton in Objection,
This evidence was in the form of a
record of another conrt concerning a
previous action against (he Broad
street hotel and case. Governor Sla
ton objected to the introduction of
this paper, and said there was an un
lerstanding between him and Mr. Hey
man relative to guch evidence. Words
between the two followed and then
the blows came,
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Gives $20,000 Liberty
Bond as Payment
Twenty thousand doliars in Liberty
bonds will form the initial payment
by the Lowry Company, a plumbing
concern, for the Hemphill property
at Nos. 29 and .31 South Forsyth
street, the sale of which has been
authorized by a special order signed
by Judge George 1. Bell, in the mo
tion divisien of Superior Court. The
sale was requested by Mrs. Lula
Quinby and other heirs.
The purchase price to be paid by
the Lowry Company is $50,000, The
remaining $30,000, after the $20.000
worth of Liberty bonds have been
paid, will be secured by a series of
notes covering twelve years The
property iz 41 by 200 feet Tt is now
occupied by the Lowry Company
I'he sale will be conducted by two
commissioners, W, F. Cruselle and
R. A. Hemphill,
Congressman McFadden
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Raises Ire of Glass
(By International News Service.)
WASHNGTON, March 17.—De
claring that he recognizes no obliga
tion to respond to such “an offen
sively impertinent and deliberately
mendacious communication,” Secre
tary of the Treasury Carter Glass
this afternoon returned to Represen
tative Mcl’adden, of Pennsylvania, a
letter sent by the Congressman to
(lass in reference to the recent re
nomination by Presldent Wilson of
John Skelton Williams as Comptrol
ler of the Currency
.
Sale of Season Tickels
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For Opera Ends Saturday
The Atlanta Music Festival Associa
tion Monday called attention to the fact
that only one week remains in which
season tickets to the Metropolitan
Grand Opera can be purchased at re
duced rates
The sale I 8 belng conducted at the
store of the Cable %'uvu Company It
will cloge Saturday evening, and a week
later tickets for separate performances
at regular prices will begin The sav
ing by purchasing secason tickets is
large
Dept. of Labor Man to
.
Try to End Strike Here
Walter D, Davidge, renresenting the
Department of Labor, is on his way
from Washington to Atlanta to act
as conciliator in the fron molders’
strike, dispatches announced Monday
afternoon. The molaers have been on
strike for the last two week: The
vnion issue underlics their walkout,
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Man Is Held in SSOO
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Bail as Flimflammer
J. H. O'Kelly, 24, was bound over
in the sum of SSOO in Police Court
Monday, accused 1 r flimflammer
through the short-change method
O'Kelly was declaped to have swine
died a number of n{nM founts and de.
livery boys.
otE NO TROUBLE
PUTTING LEAGE
COVERANT NTO
DEAGE PAET
| By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
‘Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S,
- 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 attitude in general
ilm.s not been changed was made plain
by the Presiaent today, to his peace
colleagues. In settlement of certain
‘perplexlng questions the President is
linuiment that the principles for which
he has declared himself shall be ob
’serv«*d.
By JOHN T. PARKERSON, |
Sta# Correspondent of the I. N. S.
. PARIS, March 17.—American dele
{xates to the peace conference do not
anticipate any difficuity in writing
the covenant of the league of nations
into the treaty. Foreign Minister
Pichon’s statement that he did not
see how both documents could be
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
must be included in the treaty brings
out emphatically the fact L/lmt both
are so closely related that”one may
not prove operative without the oth
er. So many provisions of the treaty
refer to the league of nations for
their definition that there might be
confusion or even trouble after the
treaty is signed, unless the league of
nations is creatéd simultaneously and
empowered to take up the quenllons.i
To sign the treaty without the
league of nations covenant, it lu|
pointed out, would be virtually '.hel
same as if the framers of the Ameri
can Constitution had not set up the
Supreme Court to safeguard it,
The commission of the international
regime of harbors and waterways |
met this afternoon to consider the
claims of Switzerland for an outlet to
the sea by way of the Rhine.
Paris Sees Danger of
: 1
Delaying Peace Treaty
By ROBERT J. PREW,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N, S,
PARIS, Maich 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
envoys are ordered to place their
signatures on the preliminary peace
treaty.
~ Foreign Minister Pichon's state
ment that he belleves it would be
impossible to sign the two docu
‘ments concurrently represents the
French view that the primary ne
cessity is 10 make tentative peace
‘wl(h Germany and-then complete the
covenant of the league of nations by
‘\hv time the final treaty is teady.
Another factor making for delay is
‘th«- approaching departure of Pre
mier Lloyd George for London. The
labor situation in England calls for
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—Presid®nt Wilson, Pre.
mier Lloyd George and Premier
Clemenceau-—are unable to get to
' gether more than a few days at n'
time, when gomething happens to
take one or the other away from the
peace work. The result is the round
table labors drag.
During the absence of President
Wilson in the United States both the
British and French delegates were
actually alarmed at reports !rum‘
Germany that the country was fast
falling a prey to Holshevism. '
Their whole efforts heretofore had
been bent toward putting through
tentative peace arrangements which
would expedite the demobilization of
thelr own armies and restors Kuro
pean trade and by allowing Germany
immediately to resume international
relations under vrestrictions, enable,
ber to build up her wrecked dom- |
merce and feed her starving millions
with American food
Miracles Necessary,
There is a feeling in conference !
circles that unless President Wildon |
is able to perform miracles, the pre- |
liminary treaty may not be signed |
by March 20, but must be, delayed |
for several weeks, if the President's’
determination to make the league of
nations covenant a part of it is des- |
tined to prevail, ‘
It was found, when Britsih elreles
were sounded, that they understood
the President's intention wasg to get
the preliminary treaty with Germany
out of the way first, making the
league of nations covenant an inte. |
gral part of the final treaty. Some
sutprise was expreseed in this quar
ter that the President's plan is to de
lay the preliminaries until the ieague
of nations constitutien Is framed,
This must not be taken to mean that
the British are antagonistic to Pres
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The Jingles in
The Headlines
By HARVE WESTGATE., .
AILROAD yards are swept
R by fire, and some cars go
up in flames, and the goods
that were destroved will bring
forth a thousand claims; there'll
be claims for beans and cheese,
and some more for lard and soap,
and the druggists will be there,
with some claims for oil and dope.
Pistol duel Is fought at night, and
one officer is dead, but the man
who used the gun grabbed a car
and quickly fled; but 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
they're moving stacks of freight,
and good cheer and pleasant
smiles take the place of words of
hate; rumor says the strike is
o'er, that the clerks have won the
aay, and the man who caused the
fuss will be out and on his way.
.
Plan Ford Car Rival
Made Out of Clink
aae vut or ulinkers,
Slag and Sawdust
(Exclusive Cable by the I. N. S. and
The London Daily Express.)
LONDON, March 17.—~An English
firm is planning to outrival Henry
Ford’s plan for putting a $260 automo
bile upon the market.
Th enew machines are described as
being “strong and durable.”
Hardly any wood will be used in the
construction of them and the parts will
be made of a composition of slag,
clinkers and sawdust with a coating of
metal. 2
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Power Co. Officials
Call on Mayor to
.
Prove His Charge
Branding as false Mayor James
L. Key's statement several days
ago that the Georgia Railway and
Power Company was responsible
for the negro vote, whieh, it is al
leged, caused the defeat of the pro
posed tax increase, H. M. Atkin
son, ‘chairman of the board of di
rectors, and Preston 8. Arkwright,
president of the power company,
have called upon the Mayor for a
retraction of the statement, or else
to produce his proof,
A letter 1 om the power company
officials te The Georgian follows
“On our return affer a few days
absence, our attention is called to
an interview purporting to he given
out by Mayor Key, published in
your paper. ‘
“In the interview referred to,\
Mavor Key states ‘the Georgia
Railway and Power Company is re
sponsible for bringing up the negro
vote, which killed the proposed in- ‘
crease in the city tax rate' ‘
“This «statement is absolutely
false. If Mayor Key thinks he had
any evidence to justify his making
it, we call on him to produce that
evidence, 1f not, then in common
decency he ought publiely to retract
the libel " |
Sen. Bowden Wants
.
Georgia Women to
Vote on Suffrage
Let the ‘women ot Georgia them
selves vote on the woman suffrage
question, ie the plan of J E T
Bowden, Senator-elect of the Fifth
Distriet
Mr. Bowden purposes that the
State Democratic Exeecutive 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 a majority of the women vote
in favor of equal suffrage, the Leg- |
islature could take up the matter at
the 1919 session, he said, and pass
upon it finally Mr. Bowden be
lleves an opportunity will be as.
forded to place the whole matter
before the next Legislature, ns |
there will be introduced In the
House a plan to allow women to
vote on all matters pertaining to
the operation, maintenance and
management of public schools. This
proposition will be fathered by }
Representative John Y. Smith i
Atlanta
.
Automobile
and Truck
’ ’
Distributors
U'rge every dealer in the
Boutheast to attend “Deal.
ers’ Week” Convention in
Atlanta, starting Monday,
March 24. Al latest mod
els will be on display and
contracts for ensuing year
made
(YA
A Paper for Atlanta, Georgia,
_ and the South
‘
Federal Auditor Ottarson, Over
. . .
Whom Fight Arose, Likely To
Be Removed Temporarily.
All striking railway clerks, excepi
those employed by the W. & A.-N,
C. & 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
officials of the Railroad Administra
tion, pending negotiations for a com
plete settlement of the controversy
which resulted in the general walk
out of more than 7,000 clerks in At
lanta and other cities since last Tues.-
day.
Final Conference.
A conference was begun shortly
before 11 o'clock Monday morning in
Regional Director Winghell's office
that was expected to bring about a
final settlement of the controversy
and end the sirike. Representatives
of the brotherhood at this conference
included J, J. Forrester, national
president; H. M. Murray, chairman
of the national executive board; C, F,
Jackson, chairman of the N, C, & St,
I. system adjustment board, and B
M. McGhee, local chalrman., The
Railroad Administration was repre
sentad by B. L. Winchell, regional
director; W, 1. Mapother, Federal
manager, and others,
Mayor James L. Key was pres
ent representing the city of At
lanta in an advisory ecapacity %o
both sides It was largely due to
the Mayor's efforts and his influence
with the strikers that a temporary
truce was effected Monday morning
on all lines except those under Fed
eral Auditor A, P. Ottarson’s jurisdice
tion
Settlement Expected.
Expressions from both sides prios
to tne 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 indie
cations that both sides were practi
cally in accord and that the reasons
which brought the strike on and ap
peared to make its spread inevitable
were about to be removed,
The brotherhood officials retired at
1 o'clock for executive session. When
they arose at 1 o'clock for lunch it
was stated that no decision had been
reached. Mayor Key said that pros
pects for a settlement were hright,
l»w..vrmm;e were tc be resumed
wiTh the railroad officials at 2 o'clock,
No exact time limit was set by the
terms of the truce. That Federa)
Auditor A. P. Ottarson wouid be tem«
porarily removed pen®ing 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 tpme
porary truce was arranged was ate
tended by J J. Forrester, national
president of the Brotherhood of Raill«
way Clerks; C. 1, Jackson, system
chairman of the N, (", & St. L. broth«
erhood; K. M, MeGihee, local chaire
mangof the N, O, & St. L., and otheg
local chairmen, with Mayor James L.,
Key, as representatives of the broth.
erhood. The United States Ralilroad
Administration was repressnted by
Federal Manager W. L, Mapother, of
the N, C, & St. L.’ and allied roads,
who arrived in Atlanta Sunday night;
Regional Director B, I, \lim'hvll and
other freight and passenger represen«
tutives of the roads affected
The exact terms under which the
strikers meturned to work were not
divalged from strike headquarters,
but 1t was understood that the truce
was predicated on the expressed wil.
lingnes of the raliway oMelals to es -
sect an immediate adjustment of the
controversy which brought ahout the
Officials Talk It Over.
Regional Director Winchell and
Federal Manager Mapother held a
preliminary conference Monday morn .
ing in the Healey Building prepara
tory to going into conference with
representatives of the clerks' brother«
hood later in the forenoon It was
confidently expected that an AgTee
ment wotld be reached bhetween rep
resentatives of the clerks and the
rallway officials for a complete N«
justment of the controversy befors
noon,
At the several freight and ticket
pflices Monday business was being
transacted with the usual celerity
manifested before the strike. Practie
cally every striker who could be noe
tiied during the night was at his
post and others were straggling In
a 8 the news of the temporary trice
became cireulated Monday mogning.
At strike headquarters the deepest
regret was expressed over the dee
structive fire which gutted the raile
wiy offices at Inman Yard Sunday
and it was said that the men weré
moved largely in their decision go des
clare a truce by that occurren Oce
curring at the time it did, with snly
small force on duly, the ab
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