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VOL. XVII
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WILSON AND ORLANDO CONFER ON ITALY’S CLAIMS
By ROBERT G. PREW,
Staff Correspondent of the |. N. S.
PARIS, March 22.—Widespread re
ports circulated in America that the
Italians have presented an ultimatum
to the peace conferenec that unless
* they were given the port of Fiume
they would withdraw to Rome and
make a separate peace with Austria-
Hungary, were denied today by the
Italian press representative. It was
asserted that there was no truth at
all in the entire report,
The President s comferring with
Premier Ortando today talking over
the emtize sitwation. It bas been sug
gested that the United States agree
to further economically assist Italy
until normal conditions age restored,
..in_consideration of which ltaly will
make several concessions in her orig
inal territorial demands. It is hoped
that this solation may be worked out.
The Italians are pressing their col
jeagues in the peace conference to
hasten the preparation of the treaty
with Austria, declaring it absolutely
necessary that inis be given equal
precedence with the German peace.
Otherwise, it is stated, it will be im
possible to prewent widespread dis
content throughout Italy, Recogniz«
ing that this contention has merit,
the peace conference has promised to
take such action if it is possible.
There are so many conflicting in
terests involved in the Italian situa
tion, however, that headway is ex
tremely difficult. The demands of
the Jugo-Slavs are absolutely irrecon
cilible with the Italian claims. The
situation is, of course, cause for some
concern, but the delegates are certain
of ironing owut the difficulties.
Changes in Plan
Are Debated
BE JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
Staff Correspondent of the |. N. S,
PARIS, March 22.—A1l of the pro
posed amendments to the league of
nations covenant were taken under
consideration today wher the league
of nations commission met under the
chairmanship of President 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 meet
ing opened at the Foreign Office at 10
o'clock this morning that a plan
would be put into definite shape,
meeting the objections of certain del
egations that have been opposing
some of the measures.
Two Puzzling Questions.
Two of the most perplexing ques
tions which have been puzzling ex
perts were the immigration question,
as put forward by the Japanese, and
the amendment to insure the integri
ty of the Monroe Doetrine,
The supremme Allied war ecouncil
met again today.
The following communique was is
sued on the second meeting of nou-‘
trals with the league of nations sub
committee |
! “A second meeting was held at the
. Hotel Crillon Friday afternoon in or-|
der to give the representatives of the
i ventral states a further opportuniiy
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 suecessive
f order
; (The first fifteen were examined
Thursday.)
Delegates Given Thanks,
3 “At the end of the meeting Lord
. Robert Cecil, of England, thanked
. those present for their assistance and
¢ for the labors of the several neutral
L states in previously elaborating proj
ects for a sgue of natlons, which,
said Lord RB&art’ had been of much
use to the commission.”
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Wilson’s Position
Y
Is Strengthened
By JOHN T. PARKERSON,
Staff Correspondent of the |. N. S,
PARIS, March 22--President Wil
on's position at the peace conference
table hLas been greatly strengthened
by the unanimity with which the neu.
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Full International News Service
IV\arconi Sends
Wireless Voice
‘ Across Atlantic
MONTREAL. QUEBEC, March
22 —Communication by wireless tel
ephone has been established be
| tween New Castle, N. 8., and Ly
ons, France, and also with Belmar,
N. J, by the Marconi Company, it
was announced here today. The
communications were satisfactory,
the officers said.
The wireless 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 telephomes and the avia
tors will be in constant touch with
shore stations.
‘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 E. Rutherford, wealthy
New 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 afternon. It was
expected bere that the required bond
would be made in New York at once,
and that the followers of the late
“Pastor” Rusell would be freed imme
diately on arrival of the formal or
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.
Woman Foilows Husband.
The seven men convicted with
Rutharford are: Giovanni DeCecca,
given a sentence of ten years; Wil
liam E. 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, hcd be
come an ardent follower of “Pastor”
Russell, and 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
arrest, 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.
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Hoke Smith Verifies |
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Retention of Gordon
WASHINGTON, March 22.—1 t was
announced at Senator Hoke Smith's
office Saturday afternoon that the
War Department had decided to re
tain Camp Gordon as a permanent
camp and to use the cantonment as
one of the training centers for the
pence-time army. Senator Smith was
highly pleased that his efforts in be
half of the camp had been successful,
It is impossible tp forecast the
number of men who will be kept at
Camp Gordon after the war, but be.
lief iz here that this camp will be
one of thaeyfew Infantry training
places and a comparatively large
number of men will be stationed at
Atlanta, The War Department will
soon perfect arrangements to con
vert the camp into a permanent one,
according to advices received by Sen
ator Smith, ‘
Oman Is Governor
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Of Virgin Islands
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 22.-—Rear
Admiral Joseph W. Oman hag been
appointed Governor of the Virgin
Islands and commandant of the naval
station there, it was announced at the
Navy Department Saturday after.
noon. Admiral Oman, whose home is |
in New York City, was the first com.
mander of the Leviathan after it had
been taken over from the Germans,
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. NEW YORK, March 22 —James M.
!Hock has been barred from speaking
' in New Rochelle, N. Y
! Mayor Frederick H. Waldroff, of
iNew Rochelle, minced no words in
explaining why Beck was prevented
ifmm speaking in the public puildings
in that city. Beck had been hired or
| invited by the Woman's Club to speak
lon March 29. The organization
f])lanned to hold its meetings in Hm‘
' high school and to charge an adlpp‘
5 tance fee to hear the address
‘ Labor Unions Protest. |
I Labor union Mcals, aware of the
I nation-wide antipathy provoked
against Beck by his recent attack on
President Wilson, protested against
the use of the school for such a
purpose.
Mayor Waldorf, in aceord 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 permitted to
speak in any other public buflding.
The Mayor's wishes wers fhllowed to
the letter and the Woman's Club was
notified that if ‘it desired to exploit
| Beck it would have to hire a hall
L‘uutsido the muinicipal buildings, }
| Mayor Discusses Beck.
| In discussing Beck's character and
| the probable effect of an address by
| him in New Rochelle, Mayor Waldorf
said: 1
i “This person—Joseph or James, or!
whatever it is, Beck-—is personally !
lunknnwn to me, I am glad to say, |
|.|nd I have no desire to make his
Im-»mamxam‘(n 1 know of him through
his speeches, particularly through the
|vh'ions 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 fit to speak in|
a public building in New Rochelle,
and he never shall speak in such a
building with my consent.” k
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HOT SPRINGS RESULTS,
FIRST-—Red Rose (Connolly), 2-5, out,
out, won; Rarar (Molesworth), 16-5, 2.5
out, second; Lady Pata (Greoth), 20, &, 3
third. Time, 47 4-6
HOT SPRING ENTRIES,
FIRST —Two-year-olds, four furiongs
Mary Mallon, 102; Inguiry, 102 Dandy
Van, 103; Nellie Witwer, 105; Bobby Allen,
107; Blue Jeans, 111, Clear the Way, 118
SBCOND-—Three-year-old maidens, six
furlongs: Miss Orb 110 Zuleika 110
Queen of the Spa, 110; Gonzales 11, 116
Madrid, 116; J. H. House, 11 Gourman
115; Ed Stone, 115; Omond, 115; Tom
Brooks, 115, Rayonant, 11
THIRD-—Four-years-old nd up fillies
and mares, mile and a sixteent} May
Maulsby, Medusa, Paul V 101; Ruth Hai
rison, Mah, 162; Sunflash, 10 Barbara
Shilling, 108
FOURTH- Four-year-olds and up, mile
and seventy yards: Sayonarra, 10 Ame
lita, White Slipper, 104; H. C. B h, 106;
Nominee, 108; Opera Glass, Jack O'Dowd
109; Kenward, 110
FIFTH--Three-year-olds and up, six fur
longs: Cacambo, 90; Archie Alexander, §
Discussion, 100; Miss Howell, 104, Ocnone
106; lolite, 109; Maud Bacon, 108; Port
light, 111; Words o' Wislom, 112; Gallant
Lad, 114
SIXTH-—Four-year-olds and up, mile and
three-sixteenths: No Manager, 102 Pas
De Chance, Semper Stalwart, Thanksgiv
ing, 103; Saints Bridge, 107 Insurance
Manager @leipner, Will De Adelante, Wa
terproof, Flash of Steef, King Noptur
108; Bajezet, 107; Grumpy, Aldebaran, 113
Note—ln second, Rayonant and Queen's
Maid coupled
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Atlanta, starting Monday,
March 24, All latest mod
els will be on display and
contracts for ensuing year
made.
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' Mrs. Odalite Wallace, figure in“alienation and divoree suit, who
refused to appear with her 4 children in Superior Court Saturday.
Judge John T Pendleton, in Supe
rior Court, Saturday sounded an ulti
matum that qrs. Odalite Wallace,
central figure in a $50,000 alienation
suit broug® by her husband, Robert
Bruce Wallace, local automobile
salesman, against J. F. Sullivan, his
former employer, must produce her
four children before him next Sat
urday, or else he will dispose of them
without her presence.
‘ Tpiu action followed the repeated
!tailure 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. MTs.
Wallace, with the children, is still in
Newberry, 8. (~ outside the jurisdic
‘tion of the Georgia eourts, where she
rwent several weeks ago, following the
domestic break,
i Says She Is Defiant.
! Judge Pendleton, when announce
‘mvm was minde Suturday that Mrs,
{ Wallace and the children were not In
‘eourt, remurked:
I “It looks very much like Mrs. Wal.
i lace has no intention of coming to
| court.”
. Attorney Ernest C. Bentley, counsel
tor Mrsg, Wallace, stated to the court
‘that the young woman was unable to
"come to Atlanta, but that it was her
purpose to comply with the order of
Lcourt and produce the childden,
i He presented a certificate from a
| physician in Newberry, explaining
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. Attorney Ralph
an(‘lrllnnd, of counsel for Wallace,
deelured to the court that the physi
| cian who had signed the certificate
is an uncle of Mrs. Wallace.
, Insists on Trial,
Attorney MeClelland insisted that
the case be tried Saturday in view of |
Mrs. Wallace's repeated failure to
appear in court, but Judge Pendleton
I 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 form and read to
~the court, it was expected,
| B. E. Brooks, of the Brooks-Callo
way Construction Company and the
' Brooks Motor Company, stated Sat
lurduy that J. I. Sullivan, the man ae
cused by Wallace of winning the love
‘of Mrs. Wallace, ig no longer con
nected with either concern. The st
heard of Sullivan, it was explained,
was several weeks ago, at which time
he was in Oakland, Cal, c
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The police are holding W. H |
Brakefield, a big Studebaker car and |
some 270,000 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 Ry 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 uf]
a s=ort of storeroom at No. 18 I\;\'l
street, just around the corner from |
Decatur street. There were two men |
in the car with Brakefield I
Stone's suspicions were aroused hyl
the manner of the party, and he
wallked quickly up to the car, Une'
Los the men promptly jumped out and
ran away. Stone took Brakefield and |
(the other in charge, but while he was |
‘n-lvlnmning for the patrol wagon
Brakefield's companion also made a
break for liberty, Stone, considering
Brakefield the princ ipal 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 (denti
fied Brakefield as the man who had
rented the storeroom from him sev- |
’nr..l days ago {
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ITrcasury Certificates
| Are Over-Subscribed
, :
| (By International News Service.)
. WASHINGTON, March 02,~An
oversubscription of more than $42
| 000,000 for the last biweekly offering
I:.r Treasury certificateg of indebted
ness, issued in anticipation of the
'\'n-lm\ Loan, was issucd by Secre
1' iry of the Treasury (ilass today. The
mmimuam amount offered was S6OO
000,000, the subscriptions amounting
|y.. $542,197,000, Of this amount pay
ment wag made in Treasury certifi- |
l!vlll‘ of the issue of December 5 !
The aggregate now outstanding in!
these certificates in anticipation of}
(the Vietory Loan is $4,855,266,500. In
the last igsie the Richmond, Atlanta|
|ul|'l Kansss City Federal Reserve dis- |
tricts were the only ones that did not
oversubscribe their gquotas. l
issued Datiy and Kutersd as Second-Class Matter s
the FostofMos at Aticute Under Act of March 3, AS79
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Un 5- PI.ANS; \
(By Internaticnal News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 22- ‘““Having
conducted themselves in such a manner !
as to disadvantageously affect the in- |
teresis of the Government.” Clarence H.
Mackay, president; W. W. Cook, gen—l
eral counsel, and Wililam P Devuun.l
secretary, have been remowved from the.
operation of the Postal Telegraph Ca
ble Company's land lines under Gov
ernment control, Postmaster General
Burleson announced this afternoon |
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 succeed them, Burleson
added.
The order, it was explained, was
made necessary by the fact that since
the Postoffice Department refused to
grant that company the compensa -
tion asked for, the officials have “re
fused or failed to follow out the in
structions of the department in the
management of the properties, and
failed o put inte operation promptly
the wage schedule and the eight-hou
day, and in various ways endeavored
to embarrass and discredit the (Gov
'ernmuut operdation of the wires.”
Reason for Refusal
The reason for the refusal of the
department to grant the compensa -
tion asked for was that the sworn’
statement, submitted to the Interstate
Commerce Commission in behalf of
|(h« company, placed the net income
for 1917 at $117,264, while the sworn
statement they made to the wire con
trol board as a basis for compensa
tion placed the net income for the
same year at $4,485,003.34, it was
stated. .
The value of the plant and equip
ment of the Postal Telegraph-Cable
' Company sworn to in the company’s |
sr4~l\x|n to the Interstate Commerce
Commission for 1916 was $6,647,472,
'qu the officials of the company de
clined to make any statement of val
uation to the wire control board, it
was explained.
; The order, after citing the legisla
tion, and the proclamation of the
' President under which the Govern
ment assumed the wire systems and
| the order of the Postmaster Genernl
directing that of all of the officers
continue, concindes as follows:
| Order for Removal.
| “The president of the said The
Mackay Companies, Clarence H
Mackay, its gzeneral counsel, W. W
Cook, and its secretary, William J,
, Deegan, have failad to carry out the
orders and instructions of the Post
master General and have conducted
themselves before the public and wi!h‘
ixh,- operating force of said system in
such a manner as to materially and
disadvantugeously affect the interests
Los the Government and the operation
of this and other telegraph and tele
phone systems under Government
control.”
YEGGMEN GET $1,500. I
SYRACUSE, N Y March 22 ‘
Yeggmen got $1,600 in a series of six
robberies in this vicinity last muh'l
and early this morning Among !!w!
places entered war the postoflice at )
Phoenix |
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9 P. M.-The Closing Hour
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For Sunday Want Adss |
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That is lnnr past the hour of j
the usual business day, but
wometimes a man has to wait |
until after business haurs be
fore he can give his Want Ad
the proper attention. We
keep the office open for the
accommodation of such per-
BONA.
We suggest, however, that
whenever possible, Want Ads
for The Sunday Aserican be
lvrflvurnd and sent in at as
carly an hour as possible
thus avolding rush and the
possible chance of forgetting
something which you were
o-npm'lun‘y desgirous of men
tioning In your ad.
No user of Want Ads can af
ford to miss the advantages
g which Tilkflundn_v American
3 offers in ching the most
! of the best newspaper read
¢ ers In this section of the
5 South, Get your ad in,
therefore, early if possible: ¢
if not, then late -as late as
9 p.m,
.
The Georgian and A merican
Atlanta’s Want Ad Directory
Read for Profit-Use for Results
INIGH T
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{The Jingles in
' The Headlines
By HARVE WESTGATE.
} OW they claim that Mr. Ba
] N ker (he who heiped the war
0 along) gave his aid to war
% objectors, and they argue that it's
) wrong. army man unsheaths his
E hammer, and he speaks of army
¢ graft, and he takes a poke at Ba
g ker, as he raps him fore and aft
‘; Firemen fired by fire commission,
‘( and they'll have to take a walk,
for it's claimed that they got buey,
\gand were muech inclined to talk;
they will get a further hearing
{ Clong about the first of May), but
‘s‘ at present they are idke, and they'll
{ draw no city pay. Russellites are
given freedom, on tem thonsand
dollars bail, and if granted writ of
error, won't be thrown agaién in )
jail. Weather now is warm andé
balmy, and it's time to pty the hoe,
and to rake and dig the gardea,
‘ere the weeds begin to grow.
Poker sharks are pgetting busy
(down in sunny, Southern OM.J.&
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.
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| ATHENS, March 22.—After losing
a lepsided game to the University of
Georgia I'riday, the Oglethorpe Uni
| versity team cagne back at the locals
today for the second and final game
of the series The score yesterday
was 18 to 0, with the Petrels fielding
miserably behind Turk
Holbrook Oglethorpe’'s best bet,
went in at the Red and Black today
'\\'hnu Moore drew the pitching assign
ilm-x:l for the locals
' Georgia got off in the lead with a
run in the opening inning
} Score by innings
Oglethorpe igsmevesennnnds. 9§ § 8§
| Georgia o4’y o 2 8 0
Batteries: Holbrook and Chestnutt
l\:umw and Mangum
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Strikers in Session
With British Cabinet
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, March 22-—-A subcom
mittee representing the labor “triple
alliance”——conl 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 railway workers.
(J. H. Thomas, head of the Railway
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 rallway workers are
called out on strike.
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Dr. Herbert Smith,
Naturalist, Is Killed
MONTGOMERY, ALA., March 22
Dr. Herbegt Huntington Smith, curator
of the museum of the University of
Alabama, and famous throughout the
’l'nilv-ll States and Kurope as a natur
allst, 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 cumtor of the Carnegie Mu
seum, of Pittaburg, up to 1910, when he
came to Alabama, Dr. Smith was 68
‘_\u-url of age
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250 Shattered Love
.
| Cases Set for Trial
- Deputy (Merk Clark lLewis, of Su
pertor Court, Saturday completed a
calendar of 250 cases for trial in the
Mareh term session of the Divorce
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 FPulton
County
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$1,209,000,000 Asked for
.
Rebuilding of France
ll{ International News Service.)
PARIS, March 22, -Plans for restoring
France's war shattered communities call
for the expenditure of $1,200.000.000, it iy
learned, They are now awalting Pre
mier Clemencesu's approval,
THE WEATHER.
Forecast—Fair tonight and Sunm
day. Cooler temperature.
NO. 198
‘ (By International News Service.)
- CHATTANOOGA, TENN. March
22.—Clerks of the Nashwille, Chatta
nooga and St ln‘ls here in Chatta
nooga will refuse to pecogmize the
declaration of President FPorrestes, of
the railroad clerks’ brothevhood, that
the strike is illegal, and, following the
instructions of C. F. Jackson, system
chairmen, will continue the strike for
the removad of Federal Auditor Oftar
son, it was positively declared by XL
E. Cappart, chairman of the loeal
union, shortly after noon today. Not
until orders are received from Chair
man Jackson will the clerks go back,
said Mr, Cappart
Clerks here seem solidly in line with
the system chairman, and serfous
charges against the integrity of Preg
ident Forrester were part of Mr. Caps
part’s statemend
The strike of ruilway oclerks em
ployed on the N, C. and St. 1. Rail
way, called March 11 by C. F. Jack
son, system chairman, at noon Sat
nrday was dectared to be at an end
in a statement lssued by E. M. Mc-
Ghee, acting loecal chairman of the
Brotherhood of Raitway Clerks, fol
lowing an éxtended conference with
B. L. Winchell, regional director, and
W. L. Mapother, Federal manager.
“Sincg the grand lodge officers of
the brotherhood have declared the
strike illegal there is no alternative
for the striking N, C. apd St L.
clerks but to return to work without
delay,” said MeGhee
“We are compelled to abide by the
decision of od¥ grand lodge officers
and trust to their ability to
redress of ownr grievances. Am
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 rght
thing and we are smre timt, hawing
complied with the request of the di
rector generad and of eur own graawl
odge oflicers, we will get u sSguare
deal from ibe administration
“I am doing all in my power now
to get the men back to thelr duties at
once, and 1 believe that every one wil
be back at work before night. The
neod for ther services is greal, and
we can accomplish more at this mo
ment by meeting that need than by
disputing the decision of our groamd
lodge oflicers.
TEEWY e
“No vote will be neecssary to bring
the strike to an end, because Rt was
not called through a referendum vote
as our constitution provides,
“So far as Atlanta s concerned, the
strike is at an end. We believe that
the clerks on the line will indorse our
action by returning to work." %
' Reports that all strikers would not
be re-employed were not ‘given ere
dence by MeGhee, who sald he had
been asked by Regional Director Win
chell to “get all the men back to work
e tnasty Al
“ -
Whether the demand of the ocherks
for the removal of Federal Aumditor
Ottarson will be complied with could
not be predicted by officers of the
local brotherhoods. The belief was
prevalent, however, that an inunedi
ate investigation would be held, with
opportunity given the strikers mm
sent their charges against the
- auditor before a special session
of the adjustment bourd in Washing
ton.
Jobs Open to Strikers.
B. L. Winchell, regional w ot
ratlroads, made a statement Saturday
repeating the charge that the strike
was illegal. It follows:
Mr. PForrester's stutement this
morning in which he designates the
strike of clerks as illegal under the
laws of his brotherhood and that “so
far as the Brotherhood of Railroad
Clerks i concerned there is no strike
on the N, C, & Bt. L. R, R.” is mao
cord with his statements to the d
rector general and myself,
“l 1 have assured Mr. Forroster that
earnest and friendly eoffort will be
mude by Mr. Mapother to restore o
their former positions, which may
now be vacant, and as rapidly as va.
cancles ocour In future, those of the
N, (. & St L former employees whe
left their desks under a misunders
standing upon their part, and who
may now wish to return to tholr
places cordially and with good wilL*
Both Sides in Lonference.
Attending the econference W W
Winchell's office were J. J, Porvester,
national president; E. M, Defeay,
vice president; H. M. Murray, chmir
man of the natlonal executive hosed:
. M. McGhee, local chairman: A, T.
Osborne, president of the Soutivesst -
ern Foederation, and George N. Weod,
vice loeal chairman, ropresenting the
Brotherhood of W."w“ym Re
gional Director B, L. aawl
Federal Manager W, 1. Mapother, of
the N, C. and St. [« Raflway, sepre
u‘?‘utg the radlroad adm tristration.
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