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VOL. XVII
LOCAL LEADERS DECLARE RAILWAY STRIKE OFF
Chiefs of Atlanta Union Take
Action After Grand Lodge
Calls Strike “Illegal.” |
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The strike of railway clerks 9m—‘
ployed on the N., C. and St. L. Rail
way, called March 11 by C. F. Jack
son, system chairman, at noon Sat
urday was declared to be at an end
In a statement issued by E. M. Mec-
Ghee, acting local chairman of the
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks, fol
lowing an extended conference with
B. L. Winchell, regional director, and
W. L. Mapother, Federal manager.
“Since the grand lodge officers of
the brotherhood have declared the
strike illegal there is no alternattve
for the striking N, C. and St. L,
clerks but to return to work without
delay,” said McGhee
“We are compelled to, abide by the
decision of our grand lodge officers
and trust to their ability to secure
redress of our grievances. Accord
ing to the constitution of the brother
hood, the strike was illegal and noth
ing can be gained by attempting to
make it legal at this time.
Confident of Square Deal.
“We are confident that in taking
this position we are doing the rignt
thing and-we are sure that, hnvglg
complied with the request of the l-‘
. rector general and of our own grand
lodge officers, we will get a square
deal from the administration.
“l am doing all in my power now
to get the men back to their duties at
once, and 1 believe that every one will!
be back at work ‘before night. The‘
need for their serviees is great, and’
we can accomplish more at this mo
ment by meeting that need than by
disputing the decision of our grand
lodge officers. ! |
“No vote will be neecssary to bring
the strike to an énd, becayse it was
not called through a referendum vote
as our constitution provides.
“So far as Atlanta is concerned, the
strike is at an end. We believe that
the clerks on the line will indorse outr
action by returning to work.”
Reports that all strikers would not
be re- loyed were not given cre
© dence b? McGhee, who said he had
been asked by Regional Director Win
chell to “get all the men back to work
at once.”
Believe Inquiry Likelys
Whether the demand of the clerks
for the removal of F _Auditor
Ottarson will be complied h could
“not be predicted by officers of the
local brotherhoods. The belief was
prevalent, however, that an immedi
ate investigation would be held, with
opportunity given the strikers to pre
sent their charges against the Fed
eral auditor before a special session
of the adjustment board in Washing
ton.,
Jobs Open to Strikers.
B. L. Winchell, regional director of
railroads, made a statement Saturday
repeating the chargé that the strike
was illegal, It follows:
Mr. Forrvester's statement this
morning in which he designates thn“
strike of clerks as illegal under the
Jaws of his brotherhood and that *'so
far as the Brotherhood of Railroad
Clerks is concerned there is no strike
on the N, C. & St. L. R. R.,” is inac
cord with his statements to the di
rector general and myself,
“1 have assured Mr. Forrester that
earnest and friendly effort will be
made by Mr. Mapother to restore to
their former positions, which may
now be vacant, and as rapidly as va
cancies occur in future, those of the
N., €. & St. 1. former employees who
left their desks under a misunder
standing upon their gn. and who
may now wish to urn to their
places cordially and with good will.”
Both Sides in Conference.
Attending the conference in Mr.
Winchell's office were J. J. Forrester,
national president; E. M. DeGray,
vice president; H. M, Murray, chair
man of the national executive board;
E M. Moiee, local chairman; A. T
Osborne, p dent of the Southeast
ern Federatian, ggd (;eor!e N. Wood,
vice local chairman, representing the
Brotherhood of Railway Clerks; Re
gional Director B. L. Wihchell and
Federal Manager W. 1. Mapother, ot
the N, C. and St. 1. Raillway, repre
senting the railroad administration.
C. F. Jackson, system chairman of
the N, C, and St. L. clerks’ organiza.
tion, Saturday morning issuea a
scathing statement in which he at
tacked J. J. Fowester, national presi
dent of the union, and refused to give
his indorsement to the plan of re
turning the strikers to work without
definite agsurance that she gricvances
of the men would be remedied. He
charged President Forrester with
having reversed himsdf since leaving
Atlanta to confer with Director Gen
eral Hines.
It was reported that President For.
rester Friday nh}h& refused to at
tend a meeting of the local brother
hoods held at the Red Men's Wig
wam, gending his report to them »ny
a looer] officer of the brotherhood.
To Meet Tonight,
In view of the many complicarrons
in the situation, it was impossible
luturdlg to predict whether the de
cision of the local chairmen would be
atceptable to the membership. A
meeting of the three brotherhoods will
be held in the Wigwam Saturday
night for the purpose of taking final
actlon on the situation, and the de.
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Mrs. Odalite Wallaece, figure in ulu-nn!mn‘:m] divorece suit, who
refused to appear with her 4 children in Sup®ior Court Saturday
Jtdlu'dm T Pendleton, in Supoj‘
rior Co Saturday sounded an ulti<
matum that Mrs. Odalite Wallace,
central figure in a $50.000 alienation
'suit brought by her husband, Robert
'Bruce Wallace, local automobile
’salolmu against J. F. Sullivan, his
former e‘nployer, must produce her}
four children before him next Sat
urday, or else he will dispose of them
without Her presence.
This action followed the repeated
failure of the young wife to bring the
children—three little girls and a boy
~—into eourt in response «to an order
| signed by Judge Pendleton in pro
ceedings instituted by the husband to
take them from ner. The unsuccess
ful effort of Saturday was the fourth
made to bring the case to trial. Mrs.
Wallace, with the children, is still in
Newberry, S. ~ outside the jurisdic
tion of the Georgia courts, where she
went several weeks ago, following the
domestic break. ¥
Says She !s Defiant.
Judge Pendleton, when announce
ment was made Saturday that Mrs,
Wallace and the children were not in
court, remurked:
“It looks very much like Mrs. Wal
lace has no intention of coming to!
court.” |
Attorney Ernest (". Bentley, counsel
tor Mrs. Wallace, stated to the court
that the youyng woman was unable to
come to Atfanm. but that it was herl
purpose to comply with the order of
conrt and produce the children.
He presented a certificate from al
physician in Newberry, expiaining
that “Mrs Wallace and the children
were not in condition to make the
trip to Atlanta.” Judge Pendleton,
however, held that such a certificate
was not sufficient, as it did not even '
state that Mrs, Wallace or either of
the children was ill. LA(tornty Ralph |
McClelland, of coundel for Wallace,
declared to the court that the phynl-'
cian who had nlgm-%vthe certificate
is an uncle n{ Mrs. Wallace,
Insists on Trial.
Attorney McClelland insisted that
the case be tried Saturday in view of'
Mrs. Wallace's repeated fallure to
appear in court, but Judge Pendleton
said he would give her one more week
of grace. If she is not able to come
to Atlanta, her testimony will be
taken in deposition Eorm and read to
the court, it was e sted,
B. E. Brooks, of the Brooks-Callo
way Construction Company and the
rooks Motor Company, stated Sat
urd.tfi'ut J. F. Sullivan, the man ac
cuse Wallace of winning the love
of Mrs. Wallace, is no long cons
nected with efther concern. ’xn Inst
heard of Sullivan, it was explained,
was several weeks ago, at which time
he was in Oakland, Cal
.
Strikers in Session
.
With British Cabinet
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, March 22 -A subcom
mittee representing the labor “triple
allianee”-—coal miners, railway men
and transport workers-—conferred
with the Cabinet today on the rail
road situation. * ¥
When the conference opened, there
was every indication that the Cabinet
would not relent in the attitude it had
taken toward the rallway workers,
(J. H. Thomas, head of the Rallway
Men's Union, announced Friday that
the Government's offer of terms for a
settlement had been rejected.)
The food ministry has made elabo
rate arrangemnts to supply food to
the different sections of the country
in the event the railway workers ave
ealled out on strike.
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' ERJIEADIG NEWSPAPER B/ PAGILSNX P/ OF THE BOUTREAST FY[% vy
The police are holding W. H
Brakefield, a big Studebaker car and
some 270000 cigarettes of various
brands, in the belief that they have
captured a leading member of a bur
glar's clique and broken up the store
house used by the organiation for
its ill-gotten wares.
Brakefield was arrested at 3:30
o'clock Saturday morning by Super
numerary Patrolman Stone. He is a
chauffeur living at No. 519 Washing
ton street. When Stone saw him he
had just driven the car up in front of
a sort of storeroom at No. 18 lvy
street, just arpund the corner from
Decatur street. There were two men
in the car with Brakefield.
Stone’s suspicions were aroused by
the manner of the party, and *he
walked quickly up to the car. One
of the men promptly jumped out and
ran away. Stgne took Brakefield and
‘the othel in charge, but while he was
‘lelephomng for the patrol wagon
Brakefield’'s companion also made a
‘l)ro-.'tk for liberty. Stone, considering
‘ Brakefield the principal member, gave
him preferred attention and took no
chances of losing him.
. In the car were several cartons of
a popular brand of cigarettes, and
about a quarter of a million more of
different brands, were found in the
storerom. Louis Finklestein identi
fled Brakefield as the man who had
rented the storeroom from him sev
ln-ml days ago.
800 Men Out of Work
. s .
By Fire in Detroit
(By International News Service.)
DETROIT, MICH., March 22 —Fire
destroyed the plants of the Account
Register Company and the B, & H.
Machine Products Company, occupy -
ing the lower floor of the building
at 620 Ellery street, early today,
causing a loss of $200,000 and the
loss of work to 800 men temporarily
The origin of the blaze has not been
Atlanta
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Automobile
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and Truck
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Distributors
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
contracts for ensuing year
made.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY. MARCH 22, 1919
Greatest Number of Divorce
Suits in History of Fulton
County en Docket.
Deputy (lerk Clark lewis, of Su
perior Court, Saturday completed a
calendar of 250 cases for trial in the
March term session of the Wivorce
Court, to be convened Monday morn
ing in Judge W. D. Ellis’ division—
the greatest number of divorce cases
assembled for trial at any one term
of court in the history of Fulton
County.
. The pn-mu;an’on of this record -
breaking calendar developed a re
markable gomparison by court offi
cials of the. divorce peril in 1919,
following the great Ruropean war,
and the suznum in Atlanta 50 years
ago, shortly after the close of the
Civil War. At that time, in the cor
responding term of court—the spring
term-—not one diyorce case appeared
on the docket. There were but two
terms of court then—a spring term
and fall term—each being six months
in length. This means that 50 years
ago there was not a divorce case on
the docket in the Atlanta courts dur
ing the entire term of six months.
I Atlanta Beats Reno.
This comparison of the records was
made by Clerk Lewis at the request
of Judge John T. Pendleton, who but
a short time ago declared in open
court, in addressing the divorce jury,
that “Atlanta has supplanted Reno as
‘the divorce center of the country.”
~ Investigation by court officials, is
was announced, also revealed the
‘surning fact that, according to the
‘records, there is one divorce out of
every five marriages in Atlanta. At
lanta’s record in this respeet, in view
;ot the light of these figures, is far
‘hither than that of the rest of the
country, as shown In a recent state
‘ment given out in Washington as to
‘the result of an investigation made
by Sam L. Rogers, director of the
Bureau of Census. Figures compiled
by Director Rogers for the year 1916
indicated that there was one dworce
for every nine marriages in the en
‘tire country.
| Divorces 600.
| The marriages in Atlanta last year
‘lomled 3,296—an unusually large
number because of war conditions.
The divorces numbered nearly 600.
Court officlals estimtaed that the di
vorces for this year will eclipse all
previous annual records. e
} The remarkable revelation of the
}comparimn of Atlanta's present di
vorce figures with the record of 50
years ago and the present ratio of
;divomo and marriage, in connection
with the extraordinary heavy divorce
'docke( for next week, stirred much
comment about the Courthouse Sat
| urday. Court officials reitbrtaed their
warning that the situation is perilous,
and ascribed this condition to the
Yaxity of the State laws governing
marriage and divorce,
\ The Buperior Court judges-—Judges
\l‘endletlon, Ellis and Bell—all previ
ously have declared the present Di
vorce Court system a farce, and as
~serted that there is no hope of check
ing the divorce evil and Dbettering
condition until more rigid laws n
marriage and divorce are enacted oy
the Legislature, 1
“Under the existing laws, the courts
regularly have to go throuwh this far
cical process of handing out divorces
in wholesale lots on the uncerrobo
rated statement of either the husband
or the wife, and without any investi
gation whatsoever,” is the way one of
the judges expressed it r
It was announced that all cases
made returnable to the November
term of cmr and all cases in which
first decreed were granted in the No
vember term will be eligible for trial
in the Divorce Court next week.
.
Four Ships Sail From
France With 4,600 Men
(Iy International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 22 Twa
batleships and two transports, car
rying more than 4,600 home-coming
American troops, cleared from French
ports on March 19, the War Depart
ment announces,
They are transport Henderson, with
59 officers and 1,466 men, due at New
York March 81; the Liberator, with
26 officers and 1,233 men, due at New
York April 1: the battleship Kansas,
27 officers and 708 men, nn: the bat
tleship Georgia, 3 ofifcers and 1,088
men, both due Newport News
April 1.
Emperor Charles To Be
Allowed Swiss Residence
Exclusive Cable %un I. N. S and The
London ily Express. 1
BERNE, March 21--1"\: allles have
put forward no objection to former Km
peror Charles’ request to reside in Swit.
zerland and it will probably be granted
by the Swies, It is {:‘nrnml, |
Charles has been living in Austria
since he was unseated from the Austro-
Hungarian throne,
The Jingles in
The Headlines
% By HARVE\WESTGATE.
3 OW they claim that Mr. Ba
? N ker (he who heiped the war
‘) along) gave his ail to war
'g objectors, and they argue that it's
wrong; army man unsheaths W%
hammer, and he speaks of army
graft, and he takes a poke at Ba
ker, as he raps him fore and aft
$ Firemen fired by fire commission,
zand they'll have to take a walk
) for it's claimed that they got busy,
{ and were much inclined to®talk;
! they' will get a further hearing
! ("long about the nrsqo! May), but
| at present they are idle, and they'll
draw no city pay. Russellites are
given freedom, on ten thousand
dollars bail, and if granted writ of
error, won't be thrown again in
«Jail. Weather now is warm and
balmy, and it's time to piy the hoe,
g and to rake and dig the garden,
‘ere the weeds begln to grow.
Poker sharks are getting busy
(down in sunny, Southern Cal.),
and the Mayor of Los An-ge-lees is
said to be their pal; jury hears
of bribes and grafting, and they
use the third degree, and the whole
darn town is boiling, at the things
they hear and see.
Entire Power Plant
At Lithonia Qua
Is Loot of Thi .
S 0 leves
There appears to be a gang of
thieves operating in the vicinity of
Lithonia to whom “light fingered gen
try” would not apply. Even power
~ plants and locomotives are no longer
- regarded as safe in that community,
The Grand-Newmeyer Granite
| Company, operating quarry near
Lithonia, took an invermory Saturday
preparatory to \[uuming operations
after suspension for the winter, and
found that the entire power plant had
been stolen. The losses include the
~ big motor and other machinery, as
well as a mile of heavy copper wire
lranumltun{ the current from the
(}eorfm Ra lwa{ and Power Compa
ny's lines at Collinsville to the quarry.
There have been a number of other
heavy hauls in the Lithonia vicinity
and citizens are thoroughly aroused
The Mayor and town Council wili pass
new laws requiring daily reports from
Junk dealers in an effort to stop the
depredations.
German Seamen Balk
. Surrender of 3 Ships
(l{{ International News Service.)
PARIS, March 22.-The German sea
men’'s union is holding up the surren
der of three of the largest German
merchant ships, which are to be turned
over to the United States under the
new armistice térms, it was learned to
day. The sailors so far have refused
|to take the ships from Bremen to a
Scottish port, where American sailbrs
are waiting to man the vessels.
The Germans are demanding that,
before taking the vessels to sea, they
#hall be guaranteed immediate repa
triation.
London Cheers Parade
Of Victorious Troops
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, March 22.—Two and a
half million cheering spectators this
afternoon lined the five-mile ror‘a of
the first parade of victorious troops
held in London. Ten thousand guards
marched in review before the King
and Queen.
The Prince of Wales, as a captain,
headed the grenadiers in the proces
sion, §
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Nation-Wide Strike
Reported in Korea
TOKIO, March 22.—Korea has gone
on a nation-wide strike to fursher the
movement against Japan. Practically
all shops have been closed and all
transportation shut down. The pub
lic is unanimously supporting the
strike,
$1,209,000,000 Asked for
.
Rebuildiny of France
(l{ International News Service.)
PARIS, March 22 —Plans for restoring
France's war shattered communities cafl
4or the expenditure of $1,200.000,000, it iy
learned They are now awaiting Pre
mier Clemenceau's approval
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Mssued Daliy and Eaterso as Second ass Matter 81
We Postofios st Atianis Under Aot of March &, 1879
PAGIEIGT GRIEF
bt T 3 FREEDON
FAOM PRISON
N ATLANTA
|, Officials at the Federal prison Sat
urday expected receipt by Monday of
a formal order from the United States
Circuit Court of Apeals in New York,
directing the release on SIO,OOO bond
each of Joseph K. Rutherford, wealthy
lNew Yorker who succeeded “Pas
tor” Russell as head of the Interna
tional Bible Students’' Association,
and seven other New York Russell
ites, serving terms, of twenty years
each for alleged violation of the es
pionage law through the spread of
pacifist doctrines. ‘
An order granting bail was signed
by the court!Friday afternoh. It was
expected here that the required bond
would be made in New York at once,
and that the followers of the late
“Pastor” Rusell wopld be freed imme
diately s’\ arrival of the formaljor
der at the Federal prison. The order
for bail was based on a writ of error,
through which attorneys for the im
prisoned men are seeking to obtain for
them a new trial. The writs will be
heard in New York April 14, A
Woman Follows Husband.
The seven men convicted with
Rutherford are: Gilovanni DeCecca,
given a sentence of ten years; Wil
liam K. Van Amburgh, Robert J.
Martin, Fred H. Robinson, George H.
Fisher, Clayton Woodworth and A,
Hugh McMillan, 20 years each.
Mrs, Fisher is in Atlanta, having
come here to make her residence
while her husband is in prison.
A telegram was received by Ruth
'erford in the prison .early Friday
night, notifying him that the order
!had been signed by the Federal court
Friday afternoon at 3 o'clock. No
announcement was made in the tele
gram, however, as to when it likely
would reach Atlanta. It was believed,
though, that it would arrive at the
prison not later than Monday,
" Rutherford, who was prominent as
an able New York attorney, had be
come an ardent follower of “Pastor”
| Russell, ang succeeded to the head of
{the Bible Students’ Association im
mediately on the death of Russell.
It was his pacifist teachings from
“Pastor” Russell's book, “The Fin
‘ished Mystery,” that resulted in his
jarrest, with the seven other believ
ers in the Russell doctrines. The
‘Government contended that the teach
ings of these men were detrimental
| to the success of the war, and vigor
| ously prosecuted them.
International Interest.
The casé of the seveny leaders of
the International Bible Students’ As
sociation attracted world-wide atten
tion.
While leaders of the organization
were being tried in this country and
charged with using German goid in
the circulation of their réligious prop
'aganda, leaders of the same move
“ment were being charged in Germany
| with using American gold to circu
|lnln “pro-Ally propaganda.” The
| organization was international and
became involved with the Govern
ments of both the Teutonic amd Al
lied countries because of their teach
ings against war. The volume on
which the prosecution was based was
| completed by “Pastor” Russell sev
{eral years before the war broke out,
and in this volume he predicted that
a world war would break out in 1914,
tending with revolution in all countries
and great misery throughout the
‘w”rlr!. According to this prophecy
the second coming of Christ was to
| follow some time after the comple
tion of the revolutions and the estab
lishment of a “new order.”
Book Is Withdrawn,
Leaders in the movement claimed
to have eliminated from the volume
those sections objected to by the
Government and withdrew the book
lrmm circulation for the duration of
the war, The sentiment which had
been aroused against them, however,
was fanned into flame by denuncia
tion of the sect from the pulpits of
various churches, and Attorney Gen
eral Gregory directed their prosecu
tion personally,
Another charge on which the lead
ers were tried was that of attempt.
ing to pnr-und: young men of mili
tary age from éntering the service as
combatants. ‘Their reply to this
charge was that their organization had
consclentious scruples against war,
and their efforts were directed only
toward a1%1.nl members of the sect
in complyifg with the law which pro
vided that conscientious objectors,
long-standing members of a well or
ganlized religion should not be forced
to accept combatant service, but
might, upon application, be given
non-combatant service,
Speaks in Camps.
Some time prior to his arrest, Roth
erford made many speeches in army
cantonments, at the request of the
commanding officers, in which he ad
vised “conscientious objectors” Lo
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Marconi Sends
Wireless Voice
.
Across Atlantic
MONTREAI QUEBEC, March
22 —Communication by wireless tel
ephone has been established be
tween New Castle, N. B, and Ly
ons, France, and also with Belmar
N. J., by the Marconi Company, it
wias announced here today The
communications were satisfactory
the officers said
The wigeless telephone will safe
guard the aviators who try to fly
across the Atlantic, the Marconi of
ficers here announced today,
It is believed the machines which
will be used will all be equipped by
wireless telephones and the avia
tors will be in constant touch with
shore stations
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, March 22 —James M.
Beck has been barred from speaking
in New Rochelle, N. Y.
Mayor Frederick| H. Waldroff, of
New Rochelle, minced no words in
explaining why Beck was prevented
from speaking in'the public buildings
in that city. Beck had been hired or
invited by the Woman’s Club to speak
on March 29. The Tmhflon
planned to hold its meetings in the
high school and to charge an admit
tance fee to hear the address.
Labor Unions Protest.
Labor union locals, aware of the
nation-wide antipathy provoked
against; Beck by his recent attack on
President Wilson, protested against|
the use of the school for such a
pug;ou i
ayor Waldorf, in accord with the
protests, requested the school author
ities not to permit the use of the
building to stage the meeting. He
also expressed his displeasure at the
thought of Beck being permitied to
speak in any other public bui‘ldlng.‘
The Mayor's wishes were followed to‘
the letter and the Woman's Club was
notified that if it desired to exploll‘
Beck it would have to hire a -h# |
outside the muinicipal buildings. ‘
Mayor Discusses Beck.
In discussing Beck's character and
the probable effect of an address by
him in New Rochelle, Mayor Waldort
said: |
“This person—Joseph or James, or
whatever it is, Beck—is personally
unknown to me, | am glad to say,
and 1 have no desire to make his
acquaintance. I know of him through
his speeches, particularly through the
vicious slander he uttered on the
President of the United States. That
is quite enough for me to judge of
the man's—that is, the person's—
character., He is not gt to speak in
a public building in New Rochelle,
and he never shall speak in such a
building with my consent.,”
Treasury Certificates
,
Are Ouver-Subscribed
wy International News Service.)
ASHINGTON, March 22 -An
oversubscription of mor:s than $42,-
000,000 for the. last biweekly offering
of Treasury certificates of indebted
ness, issued in dnticipation of the
Victory lLoan, was issued by Secre
tary of the Treasury Glass today. The
minimum amount offered was $500,.
000,000, the subscriptions amounting
|to $642,197,000, Of this amount pay
ment was made i Treasury certifi
cates of the issue of December 6.
The aggregate now outstanding in
these cettificates in anticipation of
the Victory Loan isx $4,865,266,600. In
the last issue the Richmond, Atlanta
and Kansas ity Federal Rxerw‘ dis
tricts were the only ones that did not
|nvaru|mu('rnw thelr quotas,
IMackay and Aides Are
| Ousted by Burleson
.~ (By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 22 - “Having
conducted themselves in such a manner
a 8 to disadvantageously affect the in
tervats of the Government,” Clarence H.
Mackay, president; W, W. Cook, gen
ernl counsel, and Willlam F. Deegan,
secretary, have been removed from the
n=u-rnlhmf! the Postal Telegraph (‘a
ble Comphny’'s land lines under (Gov«
ernment control, Postmaster General
HBurleson announced this afternocon
The order also includes the board of
trustees of the company and A, F
Adams, president of the Kansas City
Home Telegraph Company, has been
appointed to swcceed them, Burieson
added ‘
VIR R e i
Dr. Herbert Smith, ‘
Naturalist, Is Killed
MON'I“UOIH'!RYri ALA., March 22.-|
Dr. Herbert Huntington Smith, curator
of the museum of the University of
Alabama, and famous throughout the
United States and Furope as a natur
alist, author of several standard works
on natural history, was killed by a train
at Tuscaloosa today. The body will be
sent to New York for burial,
He was curator of the Carmegie Mu
seum, of Pitisburg, “Brm 1910, when he
eame to Alabama. . Smith was 68
years of age.
qmmmm‘.’
THE WEATHER. {
Forecast—F air tonight and Sun- ¢
day. Cooler temperature. !
Tempeoratures—6 a. m, 49; 8
am, 54; 10 & m, 61; 12 noon, 68;
Ipm, 7 2p.m, 73 ¢ !
Sunrise, 5:39. Sunset, 551,
NO. 198
President Wilson Presides at
Meeting Which Comsiders .
Proposed Amendments.
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
Staff Correspondent of the |. N. 8
PARIS, March 22 All of the pro
posad amendments to the league of
nations covenant were taken under
consideration today when the league
of nations commission met under the
chairmanship of Presidemt Wilson.
This was the first full meeting of
the commission since the session in
February, the day before President
Wilson sailed for the United States
for the adjournment of Congress.
It was understood before the mest
ing opened at the Fordign Office at 10
‘clock this morning that a plan
would be put into defnite shape,
meeting the objections of certain del
egations that have, been opposing
some of the measures, ;
Two Puzziing Questions.
Two of the most perplexing ques
tions which' have been puzzling ex
perts were the immlgration question,
as putl forward by the Japanese, and
the amendment to insure the integri
ty of the Monroe Doctrine,
The supreme Allied war couneil
met again today.
The following communique was is
sued on the second meeting of net
trals with the league of nations sube
committee:
“A second meeting was held at the
Hotel Crillon IPriday afternoon in or
der to give the representatives of the
central states a further opportunity
of stating their views of the draft of
the covenant before a committee of
the league of nations commission,
The remaining articles of the cove
nant were examined in successive
order,
(The firgt fifteen were examined
Thursday.)
Delegates Given Thanks.
“At the end of the meeting Loed
Robert Cecil, of England, thanked
those present for their assistance and
'fi?r»thul labors of the several neutral
states in previously elaborating proj
ects for a league of nations, which,
sald Lord Robert, had been of much
use to the ecommission.”
Lord Robert added that the penge
conference hoped that all of the
states represented at these diseus
slons would become original mes
bers of the league,
Following the meeting of the su
preme inter-Allied war council onm
Friday, the following communigue’
was issued:
“The different aspects of the l::
Ish question were considered and
the matter of transporting Genepal
Haller's two Polish divisions (now in
France) to Poland.”
. ’ 248
Wilson’s Position
Is Strengthened ;
By JOHN T. PARKERSON,
Staff éorrupondcnt of the I. N. S
PARIS, March 22— Presidént Wil
nog'u position at the peace conference
table has been greatly strengthened
by the unanimity with which the neu
trals have recetved the covenant of
the league of pations
(The league of nations constitution
was considered by neutrals meeting
with a subcommitiee on both Thurs
day and Friday.)
Only minor umap'mnml were sug
gested, it is understood, and these
can be easlly met, if necessary, with
out materially changing the text of
the document.
Dispatches from the United States
opposing some of the features of the
leangue of nations plan have called
forth comment here which empha
slzes the fact thati the covenant and
the peace treaties are inseparable and
must be treated as virtually one in
strument,
The visit of General Sir H, be
lenby to gypt continues to a
matter of comment here. This has
tended to bring stil further to the
publie attention the suggestion that
the United States be made the man
datory power for Syria uoder the
lengue of nations.
Sessions To Be Continuous.
The sessions of the league of B
tions commission will be continsous.
The hours, according to presemt
plans, will be from M to 1, from g“
6 and from 8 to 11 at might,
sessions will be kept up until o of
the suggested amendments to the
constitution are disposed of and :
newly revised docoment is ready
submission % & plenary session of
the conference. While it w
there will be any radicsd
is considered certain the orlgionl
covenant will be modified os-strongi
ened
B o
Americans and the
over the sugpestions from Sefes
sources (10-ntml'dxgumm{m
tlons of certain r
the league may atwogate the Moosve
Doctrine,
According to thh segpestion, she o
wounld be nothing in the covenant