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e Kaiser’s Logs.
anger- in Numbers.
ig Business Is Here,
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'By Arthur Brishane
J ILHELM OF HOHENZOL
" LERN, formerly Emperor,
! has finished sawing into
his one thousandth tree.
~ Some are cut Into souvenirs
“W. 2* meaning Wilhelm
and these distributed to friends.
Men who do that work for a liv
ing say the Emperor, pald ‘union
tes, would earn 50 cents a day,
not<enough to pay‘the young gar
dener who fixes logs on the saw
buck, ready for the Hohenzollern
saw. z
' What thoughts have gone Inte
those little piles of sawdust? How
often has the former Kaiser
‘thought of the better use that
might have been made of sixty-five
millions of human beings, working
all their lives, most of them, as he
works now? What betler things
could have been done than teach
ing them the goose-step, drilling
and arming them for battle?
But men never write what they
think, only what they think they
OUGHT to think.
Bethlehem Steel, Mr. Schwab's
company, earned last year a little
more than fifty-seven million dol,
lars. Mr. Schwab says it was a
poor year-——large amounts had to
be “written off.” Compared with
the blg United States Steel Cor.
poration, Mr. Schwab's company
seems like a peanut stand.
“Big Qoney" is an elastic term,
It is said of J. Ogden Armour
that nothing makes him more in
dignant than to have someone re
fer to him as a “rich man.” He is
supposed to have said—this writer
did not hear him say it—“ They
call me rich. Why, when I think
of Carnegie or Rockefeller, it
makes me feel like a gypsy.”
Mr. Armour told the Senate com
‘mittee that the company which his
family controls made something
over twenty-five million dollars last
year. One thing is sure, big busi
ness, whatever it may be, IS
HERE,
United ‘States claims against Ger
many for the LuanarJla deaths are
filed on a democratid basis. This
country asks the same sum-—said
to be ss,ooo—for every life taken.
The stoker, sweating below decks
for small pay; the infant, thiat
never worked; the highly skilled
man, EARNING a big income, or
the young Vanderbilt, spehding in
herited millions but not producing
~—all are alike in the eyes of the
United States Government.
And all look alike to the fishes,
to whose domain they sank when
the great ship went down.
As you deal with men today,
think of their possible dealings
with you tomorrow. A Frenchman
representing the King, answered
the appeal of the poor with: “Let
them eat grass.”
A little later the mob stuffed
grass in his mouth and earried his
head on & pikestaff through the
streets of Paris,
Count Sixt von Arnim, the prond
Count, indignant and perhaps lack
ing amusement, shot at and wound
ed some peasants guilty of gather
ing firewood on his estate in Bo
hemia.
News comes now that peasants
have broken into his castle and
pillaged it, after beating him to
death. It takes men a long time
to learn that numbers are power
ful and dangerous.
Von Arnim should have kept in
mind the line taught him when he
was a little hoy: »
“Dich kann mein Mund nicht
gcklich sprechen, so lang des
Feindes Auge wacht.”
Poorly translated. “I can not
cali these happy as long as the eye
of thine enemy watches.”
The steamer Adratie, short of
\AI. can not sail to bring back
soldiers, because stevedores on
strike refuse to put in the coal.
These men are said to have just
ecause of complaint. But among
their leaders there should be one
intelligent enough to make them
understand that to strike against
the soldiers of your country is not
wise.
Noblemen that tell the poor to
eat grass or ghoot at peasants gath
ering broken sticks injure their
class.
Workmen that disregard patriot
lsm, public sentiment and the serv
ice rendered TO THEM by the
army of the United States injure
thelr class. They ought to know It.
America talks a good deal about
“taking care of the returned sol
dier.” Talking we do well. Other
countries—for Instance, Australia—
agem to get things done. The Gov
ernment intends at once to find em
ployment for eighty thousand gol
diers In New South Wales alone—
a |{ood many for that place. Leg
islation will COMPEL employers
to take back returned soldiers,
Bight thousand soldiers, as a
starter, will be settled on farm
lands supplied by the Government.
Others will be employed on publie
works. The Government supplies
cash to local governing boards that
they may start public works imme
tely.
Kfl&m we are hoping that all will
be for the best. But hope without
~deeds in a poor cruu-h.' }Ve should
every soldier useful and con
m. and that without lnws com
pelling employers to discharge any -
one h.'mlkn room for soldiers,
Plenty work needs doing in this
eountry, *
THE WEATHER
Sl Wit s
Washington forecast for Georgia—
Fair Sunday and Monday; mild tem
poratyra.
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VOL. V. NO. 50. ok kk A |
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President of R. R. Clerks’ Unionl
Scores Actions of Regional
Deputy.
|BOTH ISSUE STATEMENTS
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!Employees Vote to Go Back to
} Work Monday—Hundreds
[ Attend Final Meeting.
l The strike of 200 railway clerks
against the Western and Atlantic
| Railroad in Atlanta, called March 11,
iand which hadgresulted in a general
| strike of eclerks on other roads, and
{zhreatened to bring about a tie-up otj
itrnfilc through sympathetic walkouts,'
{ was definitely called off Saturday, and
{the men will report for work on Mon
|day morning.
Developments Saturday night were:
| C. F. Jackson, regional deputy, who‘
{had insisted the strike was legal and
!had denounced General President J.I
!J. Forrester for calling it illegal and
| declaring it off, issued a stuwmeni'
f‘udvising the strikers to return to th(»ir‘
| work. |
| President "Forrester issued a state
ment discharging Mr. Jackson from
[ his position as regional deputy and
irevoking all authority given him to
"wpresent the Brotherhood of aßilway
{Clerks. He gave out a copy of hin‘
El(’tt('r to Jackson, discharging him,
| Issues Statement.
I President Forrester also issued a
fst:\temem explaining that the strike
| was illegal from every standpoint, and l
| citing specific laws of the brotherhood |
{and the procedure which inust be rol
| lowed before a strike can be declared.
| One of these is that efforts must be
| made to adjust grievances, and lnl
{(‘asl- these fail a grand lodge nfliw-ex‘j
| must be called for. If two-thirds uf‘
the membership vote for a strike then |
{the committee, with the approval of
| the grand lodge officer and the grand
president, may call a strike of mem
bers on the property affected. Mr
| Forrester declares none of these)
things was done.
| “None of the grand lodge officers was
| called for, No referendum was taken,
'lnvoslig:nmn showed that C. F‘.Jn(‘k-‘
son, who is not and never has M-pn‘
&un officer of the brotherhood, h:\nl‘
| called the striko,” said Mr. Forrester
{last night. “He never had such :\u-“
| thority. No ome has, except the |
grand president, and he has only
;\vhen personally on the scene and in
| charge. ‘
& Scores Jackson.
“The question has arisen as to just
|what Mr. Jackson's position is, At
{ this time he has none, having been
discharged relieved of all author-.
ity. He aprointment of the
grand a regional deputy,
his ayj ing only to assist in
organizifi@ work, and in the handling
of disputes to a point where they are
ready for reference to the proper ad.
ministration agency at Washington.
“I am sorry from the bottom of my
heart for those who were misled by
Jackson and followed a road that
‘could lead only to ‘lmmctlon and
which, if persisted in, would mean not
only the discredit of the brotherhood
and its speedy downfall and dissolu
tion, but Jackson is out, and is our
for all time, so far as we may be
able to control.”
Mr. Jacksop was seen last night at
the meeting of clerks at the Wigwam
on Central avenue, before he had been
informed of his dismissal by Grand
President Forrester, He said he had
advised the clerks to go back to work
Monday.
No Other Course.
“With the rallroad against me and
my national chairman having changed
his attitude completely, there is no
other course left open,” Mr. Jackson
sald. “After promising the clerks
here that the national brotherhood
would back them to the last man if
necegsary, he has an interview with
Figh rail officials and then changes
his attitude completely, and so I shall
advise all of the men to report at
their desks Monday morning”
The meeting at the Red Men's Wig
wam on Central avenue was attended
by several hundred clerks, who ac
cepte Aecision of the road chair
man, W one with the under
stands @Ver, that the matter ot
the discharfe of A. P. Ottarson is to
come up again if the mediation board
does not settle the matter to their
satigfaction,
500,000 Mark Passed
In Return of Soldiers
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 22,-The
half-million hark has been passed in
the debarkation of American troops
returning from abroed, the War De
partment announced this afternoon.
From March 1 to March 20 the de
barkations totalled 126,929, bringing
the grand total since the signing ol!
the armistice up to 500,034, En route
on March 20 were 77,080, The num
ber of troops of all branches of the
“ervice in Europe March 20 was
1,470,676,
The estimated strength of the Unit.
od States army in FEurope, Siberia, at
sea, in the Unlted States and in the
insular possessions on March 18 was
2,199,173 officers and men,
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Proiit and Income
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‘Taxes Will Total
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50ver Four Billions |
(By International News Service.
ASHINGTON, March 22—
W Payments of income and
excess profits taxes, one- (
fourth of which were due on lut%
Saturday, amounted to $1,001,244,- q
000, according to practically com-~§
{ plete returns compiled by the
¢ Treasury Department this after
i noon.
The number of payments for the
full amount due was comparative- )
ly small, and taking into con!id-§
eration the many extensions ori
time that were granted, Trensury;
! Department officlals estimated that $
§ well over $4,000,000,000 would be |
{ netted by the income tax provision §
E of the revenue bill, 3
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, March 22.—James M.
Beek 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
March 29, The organization planned
to hold its meetings in the high school
and to charge an admittance fee to
hear the address.
Labor Unions Protest.
Labor union locals, aware of the
nation-wide antipathy provokea
against Beck by his recent attack on
President Wilson, protested against
the use of the school for such a pur
pose.
Mayor Waldorff, 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 permitted to
speak in any other. publiic bullding.
The Mayor's wishes were followed to
the letter and the Womar’s Club was
notified that if ilt desired to exploit
Beck it would have to hire a hall out
side the municipal buildings.
Mayor Discusses Beck.
In discussing Peck’s c¢h cter and
the probable effect of an by
him in New Roghelle, Mayol dorff
sald: £
“This person—Joseph or J L
iwh:m-vor it is, Beck—is personally
}l'nl‘:nr,nwn to me, i am glad to say, and
1 have no desire to make his acquain
tance. I know of him through his
speeches, particularly through the vi
'rimls slander he uttered on the Presi
‘(lPlll of the United States. That is
quite enough for me to judge of the
man's—that is, the person's--charage
ter, He is not fit to speak in a pub
lic building in New Rochelle, and he
never shall speak in such a building
\wnh my consent.”
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Lumber Men Discuss
.
| Plan to Cut Prices
(By International News Service.)
. WASHINGTON, March 22.—Lum
ber manufactugers were meeting to
day with the industrial board of the
Department of Commerce in an effort
to agree upon a reduced schedule of
prices for the products of that indus
try, along much the same lines as
that adopted by the steel men. Ie
was believed that a cutting of prices
would be effected, although there
seemed little possibility that any de
cision would be arrived at today, ‘
John H. Kirby, of Houston, Texas,
president of the National Lumber
Manufacturers’ Association, headed
the lumbermen’'s delegation.
Discharges From Army
Now Total 1,476,255
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 22.—-Dis
charges” from the army up to the
week ending today totalled 86,203 of
ficers and 1380962 enlisted men, it
was announced this afternoon at the
office of General March, chief of staff.
These include troops on duty in the
United States and members of the
A. E F. who have returned home.
Orders han been issued to date for
the demobillzation of 1,728,500 officers
and men, leaving only 252,246 officers
and men to be discharged under ex
isting orders,
.
Farm Laborer Kills Self
In Room Near Chamblee
John Jacobd, 30, a laborer employed
on a farm near Chamblee, commit
ted suicide in his roem Saturday at
noon by blowing the top of his head
off with a shotgun. An inquest wui
held Saturday afternoon, and the body
was brought to the chapel of Hur«lnyl
& Brandon at % o'clock,
Jacobs was a stranger in the com
munity and no one knew anything
concerning him or his relatives. No
motive for his act could be discov
ered. The undertaker were making
efforts SBaturday night to obtain fur
ther information about him.
Seek Writ of Mandamus
To Free John M. Barnes
The Georgla Court of Appeals will be
asked to lssue a writ of mandamus coms
R;llln,fl.ludn Henry Hammond, of the
McDuffie Syperior Court, to admit John
M’. hl'hrnu'fir bail, It was learned last
night,
Barnes was convicted at Thomson a
few daye ago of voluntary manslaugh
ter, having slain his brother-in-law.
Application for bond was made, but
Judge Hammond held that I ef’ re.
sentment against certain Thomson folk
was such that it would not be wise to
#et him freo
ATLANTA, GA, SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1919,
Mgt TTI T G eAT R FEPTIE
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Government to Purchase 100,-
000 Acres of Land for World's
Largest Military School.
Instruction Will Be Given in
Every Branch of Warfare Except
Artillery and Aviation.
One hundred thousand acres of
land, or more than four-tenths of
Chattahoochee county, will be pur
chased immediately by the Govern
ment for the establishment of the
largest military training schol in the
world.
Almost unknown to the State of
Georgia, the Federal Government has
been busy since the end of the war
in laying plans for this great insti
tution, which will be the “Wgst Point
of the South.” Quarters and famn-‘
tles for handling 4,000 embryo offi
cers at one time will be provided, and
Fort Benning, one of the important
training camps during the days Uncle |
Sam was building an army to deea!l
Germany, will become the greatest |
training camp for officers in lhe’
world,
- Fort Benning was picked by the
army officers who had the location
‘of this training post in hand after
every camp, fort and cantonment in
the United States had been carefully
surveyed. The Goverment already
has set aside a minimum of $7,000,-
000 for the construction of this camp,
which will be permanent in every
detail. Experts in Georgia real es
tate have estimated the land which
will be embraced in the military es
tablishment as worth more than
$3,000,000.
Survey Is Completed.
The Government will take titles
from more than 600 individuals lnl
buying this land. The Atlanta Title
Guarantee Company, of Atlanta, has
completed a survey of each separate
title and has issued an insurance pol
iey on these titles, without which
the Government will not accept them.
To complete the survey of these ti
tles a large force of workers has
been working in Chattahoochee coun
ty for several months.
When completed the eamp will of
fer instruction in every branch of
warfare except artillery and aviation,
and Georgia has already been assured
of a permanent aviation camp at
Souther Field at Americus. The post
will be the finest in the entire coun
try. Quarters for 4,000 officers will
‘he provided in permanent concrete
barracks and houses,
A high Government official who
was instrumental in the selection of
Fort Benning for the great military
institution said:
“Everything needed for such a great
camp is afforded at Camp ing.
There is plenty of rough count® for
training officers in handling ir
men in more or less open fighting
‘amnng forests and hills. There is a
‘high plateau for drill grounds, where
‘ instruction may be given in marching
formations and from which officers
may view the maneuvers of their
men in the lower ground and direct
them. There are excellent ranges for
target practice, ang the Chattahoo
chee river is availaMle for training in
crossing streams on pontoon bridges,
this latter offering great obstacles
in the recent fighting in Europe.”
r Tanks to be Sent There. |
Orders already have been issued for ‘
moving many of the great tanks
which played such an important
part in the victdmy of the Allies, to .
Fort Benning. Instruction will be
given in handling these. Machine
guns by the hundreds will be used on
ranges especially provided for their‘
use, and there are separate ranges
for rifles and side arms, The Govern
ment is now laying plans for a big
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An Automobile Is a
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Valuable Vacation Accessory I ‘
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The chief value of a vacation—especially the week-end N
/ vacation--to the busy indoor worker is getting out into ‘
| the open air and suushine, and nothing aids in the ac- i
complishment of this end like running an automobile 1
/ To own an automobie is not a luxury. Indeed, you ko
| | can not plan a more satisfying vacation at less cost than ¢ |
! to purchase a good car and go touring through the coun- i
i try, with the congenial companionship, behind your “fv /)
},\l‘ own steering wheel, ; "’ 1
) The place to pick such a car Is from the automobile | ‘
i," advertising in The Georglan-American. Here the enter- ’ ® i
1\ prising owners and denlers of Atlanta lst and describe ,
l‘ ' new and used models and thus give to the great clien |
: tele of Georglan-American readers early opportunity to \
“/\\ select from the newest and best of them. |
F A Read the automobile offerings now and be ready to |
. answer the “Call of the Road” when the opportunity
A arrives,
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ON SEA T 0 STAY.
America Now Is Potentially the
Greatest Maritime Power on
Earth, He Declares.
REPORTS ON EUROPEAN TRIP
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Shipping Board Head Finds
Whole World Aroused by Vast
ness of Our Merchant Marine.
’ (By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 22.—“ There
is every reason to believe that Amer
ica has come back upon the ocean—
to stay.”
Edward N. Hurley, chalrman of the
United States shipplpg board, thus
sums up his observatfons on his re
cent European trip, in a report to the
board, made public today, in the re
port, which is voluminous, Chairman
Hurley deals exhaustively with condi
tions brought about by the war in the
countries he visited and tells of thely
relation to the situation existing m
this country. Right pointed asser
‘tions he makes—which, in fact, sum
’up the report—follow: |
“1. Today we are potentially the
greatest maritime power of the eanh.‘
for the reason that we possess the
greatest shipbuilding Instrumentali
ties.
“2. The war has brought us into a
high place as a maritime power. I
find the peoples of the world arouseq
‘to an intense interest and concern as
to the use we are to make of this
power,
. “3. In America you have heard
‘much about British competition. In
Great Britain I heard a great dezu]‘
‘more about American competition. ‘
~ “4, France ig planning her first ef
‘fort in modern times to secure a mer
chant marine commensurate with her
bflcn trade.
Italy’s Losses Heavy.
fi. Italy's war losses equal more
than half of her merchant fleet, as 1t
existed at the outbreak of the war. |
Italian officials are said to feel that it/
is mow very necessary to replace the
lost vessels,
“6. Japan has developed great ship
bullding power. She is developing
new sources of steel supply in China
with a view to becoming less de
pendent upon Burope and America
for piates.
“7. It is not saying too much to as
sert that the handling of the labor
situation in any nation you may
chocse will determine that natmn'si
success in shipbuilding und ship- |
operating, as well as in every other |
material department of her life, |
3. %M\lfl is bright for those|
Ameri who would follow the pro- |
session of the sea.” |
Hurley's report shows an enormons;
net war loss in merchant tonnage for |
Great Rritain, despite her best efforts |
to replace her losses by new con-|
struction, purchases and the utiliza
tion of captured and selzed em-my!
vessels. |
Great Britain entered the war with|
a sea-going merchant fleet of 9,240{
v;s:ll of 19,267,000 gross tons. =he
o out of the war with a merchant |
fleet of 15,814,000 tons, a net loss of |
3,443,000 tons. This figure, he points
out, probably overstates the ionnn‘.:o{
available for use due to the fact that
many vessels were placed In service
snd kept in service auring the war
which would normally have been
written off as losses.
Switzeriand Aroused.
“Even Switzerland has not escaped
this desira to acquire a merchant ina
rine,” Hurley declares,
Switzerland, it is ex aB, intends
to construct a merchant navy when
canal improvements are made on the
Rhine, which wifl bring raw mate-
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Twenty Emory Nurses
ReturnfromWar Work;
Are Glad To Be Home
Their work “over there” accom
plished, twenty nurses belonging to
Emory Base Hospital Unit, composed
entirely of Georgians, arrived at the
Terminal Station Saturday night at
6:30, while the walls of the station
rocked with the vocifergus welcome
extended by Red Cross canteen work
ers, wounded veterans from Fort Me-
Pherson, and a crowd running well
into the hundreds composed of civ
ilians and friends of the “girls.” A
hastily assembled orchestra of sol
diers met tNE® “Roses of No Man's
Land” with music, and though some
tears were shed, it was a, cheerful
gathering. ‘
The arrival of the nurses was not
generally known in the city, or much
larger crowds would have been there
to greet the first contingent of Atlan
tans and Georglans to arrive iln a
box' from overseas. The nurses are
NOwW returning to their homes, where;
they will await discharges from the
service. The party included Misses
Nannie M. Huguley, Caroline Hill, Ray
Jones, Lucille Jones, Dorotx E.
Burns, Lucy McManus, Kate ylor,
Walter Tucker, Osa Baird, Lena Fox,
| Cleo Booth, Estelle Sumner, Yvon
iLoveresa. Margaret Crisson, Tessie
Fitts, Bob Tarber and Theo William
son,
! The train on which it was reported
the nurses would arrive was sched
ulded for 6:15 o'clock, but they came
‘on a later train. Though tired after
the long journey from New Yurk.\
where they arrived only a few days
ago from France, their joy at arriv-|
ing “back home” was spontaneous,
and the sight of .the bright, eager
faces explained a mystery of some
time—why the wounded soldiers never
complain. i
Tribute to the “Boys.”
“What is the most striking thing
you noticed in France?' Miss Ray
Jones, of Fitzgerald, was asked.
“The unter unselfishness of the
boys,” Miss Jones replied, without a
moment's heaitat}fn. “It was perfect.
ly wonderful,” she explained with a
smile, “the way the hoys would be
brought to the hospital, with sreat‘
gaping wounds, buy ever ready to.
wait and suffer while someone more
seriously wounded than themselves
was looked after. We just loved them
all.”
Then some remark concerning the
€old chevron on her arm was made,
and she entered into the story of an
The future of America’s merchant
marine will be discussed from an ex
perl’(s point of view by Edward N,
Hurley, chairman of the U, 8. Ship
ping Board, who comes to Atlanta to
deliver an address in the assembly
hall of the Chamber of Commerce
Wednesday .at 4 o’clock.
“Plans regarding the future oper
ation and control of the American
merchant marine” has been an
nounced as the subject of his talk.
Mr. Hurley is chairman of the
board which Is putting the American
marchant flag back on every ocean.
In the clipper days the flag of the
American merchant marine was com
mon in every port in the world. Then,
due to several reasons, our merchant
fleet diminished until it was among
the smallest of any of the great pow
ers. With the entry of the United
States in the world war, however,
the most colossal plans for building
i merchant marine in the quickest
time in the world's history were laid.
Now many ships of this great fleet
have been finished and they must be
employed, |
Recently the South Atlantie Mari- |
time Corparation was formed to han- |
dle the trade between the Southern
ports of Wilmington, Charleston, Su-|
vannah, Brunswick and Jacksonville,
and one ship already has salled with
a cargo of Southern products for the
West Indies. It is the purpose of lhv‘
corporation to build up the trade n”
the South with South America and
to use many of the ships of the emer
gency fleet for this purpose. Mr.
Hurley will talk on what can be done
along this line In his address on
Wednesday
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Charge Towa Governor
Took Bribe for Pardon
(By International News Service.)
DES MOINES, IOWA, March 22.--
Governor W, L, Harding will appear
before the judiclary commlittee of the
lown Legislature Tuesday morning to
defend himself agninst charges that
he was paid a bribe of $5,000 for the
pardon of Ernest Rathbun, convicted
of criminal assault and sentenced to
life Imprisonment. A summons for
his attendance before the committee
was Issued today.
Fifforts were made today by Attor
ney General Havner to show that
Governor Harding met four Ida Grove
men at the Hotel Sherman in Chicago
the day hefore the pardon to Rath-
Lun was granted, but « was nol
shown that the meeting had any eon
nection with the pardon Governor
Harding says the meeting was an in
formal one,
2,500,000 Persons See
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King Review Royal Guard
(By Internatioral News Service.)
LONDON, March 22 -Two and
one-haif milllon people saw King
George and Queen Mary review the
Royal Household Guard troops today,
Ten thousand soldiers, back from
their victories on the western front,
marched in review hefore the King
and Quecn. For 5 miles the streets
were decorasted with flags
The Prince of Wales rode at the
head of he srepnadiers,
lCnpyrl;hlk 1913, by the
Georgian Joempany )
adventure of some of the girls while
awaiting for the ship to be coaled at
Cardiff, Wales, just before sailing for
America.
“This chevron was embroidered by
the same woman who made a dress
for Mrs. Wilson while she was In
France,” Miss Jones observed. “She
had a little shop in Blols, where
nearly all of the girls went to have
their sewing done. The proprietress
was a refugee, her home destroyed
by the Germans. When the Germans
came they destroyed lots of hand
made lace which she and her family
had embroidered, but she had some
left which she showed to us.
“But the biggest time we had was
when we were at Cardiff. We left
Blols on February 10 and went to
Lebaule, staying there about a week.
Then we went to St. Nazaire, and
from there sailed to Cardiff. While
we were waiing for the ship to be
coaled for the trip to America, six
of the girls, given a few hours’ shore
leave, went to London—AWOL
(meaning ‘Absent Without Leave'—a
most heinous offense.’”™
“What kind of a time did you have
in London?" Miss Nanine Huguley,
one of the runaways, was asked.
Punished for Their Trip. .~
*Oh, the most wonderful in the
world,” she replied. “We spent a
day and a night there, stopping at
‘T’ Red Cross headquarters, and do
ydu know, when we came back, they
made us stay in our rooms a whole
day and a half.”
The consensus of opinfon among the
entire party was that had they known
of the intended trip to “Blighty” at
least twenty members of Emory Unit
would have suffered punishment.
The greatest time of their life,
they admitted, was when the cenduc
tor came through and announced,
“Atlanta next stop.”
“We are so glad that it's all over”
they said, “and of course getting home
fs the greatest thing in the world
but our boys are just the bravest
things you ever saw, and a match
for anybody in the wozd. and reguiar
Spartans when it corhes to suffer
ing.”
The nurses spent the evening at
the Nurses’ Home on Porter place—
that is, those who didn't go on home
Saturday night., The Misses Jones
who are sisters and live in Fitzgerald
jest the ecity after a supper at the
club, given by the Atlanta nurses, and
expect to have breakfast with “moth«
er and dad” Sunday morning.
(By Universal News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 22 ~—Frank
lin D. Roosevelt, acting Secretary of
the Navy, announc day that three
days’ nnfice will be before the
American seaplanes start their flight
for Furope. It was intimated today
by one of the officials, charged with
the overhauling of the three sea
planes, that the date of tho flight
would be advanced because of the
rush work that has been completed.
The construction experts have heen
busy for a month installing new gas
tanks, cutting out unnecessary weight,
and remodeling the seaplanes' boats,
the welght of which have been re
duced to a minimum,
The main object of the navy s to
have one of the planes go the whole
route without relay, as it is pointed
out that by a system of relays, the
Atlantic or the Pacific could have
been crossed long ago. The special
secret of the new enterprise rosts on‘
the power which the planes will have.|
It is certain that their speed is to be
more than 1256 miles an hour and
some estimates call for 150 miles, so
that the dash either to the Azores or!
to a point in England or France counld
be accomplished easlly in fifteen
hours.
It wag stated today that there would
be no omissions of safeguards bHo
cause the flight would be started in
squadron fashion. There will be an
escort from this side and torpedo
boats at fixed distances,
Suit Against Burleson
.
Dismissed in Montgomery
MONTGOMERY, ALA., March 23
Judge Lwßu Melord, of the Cireult
Court of Montgomery County, handed
down a decislon hore this afternocon dis
missing the suit of the State of Alabama
against Postmaster Genersl Burleson
and W. ~ Hruce, of the SBouthern Hell
Telephone Company The #rult wne ‘
brought by Atterney Genernl J Q|
Smith, of the Btate, to enjoin Burleson
from raiging the rates on telephones in
the city and towns of the Elte The
case will most Hkely he appealed to the
United States Bupreme Court, after It
hAs gone to the Bupreme Court of Ala
bania
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J. C. ‘Red’ Smith Signs
’e
Up Winth Boston Braves
COLUMBUS, Marah 22, ~J, G
“Red” Smith, third buseman, after
holding out for more money {or over a
month, late tanight handed a signed
contract to Owner CGrant, of the Boss
ton Braves. The terms were not an.
nounced by Mr. Grant,
v
Bishop J. H. McCoy
.
Dead in Birmingham
(B{ International News Service.)
BIRMINGHAM, Matreh 22 -Bishap
J. H. McCoy, Methodist FEplscopal
Chug 1 South, dled here early to
nlg after an lllness of wseveral
weeks He was a resident of RBir
mingham. Cancer of the stomach is
sald to have caused his desath,
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Wilson Sidetracks All “Trime
mings’ So Treaty May "Bae
Signed Before Week Ends.
Agreement on World League Cone
stitution To Be Ready for Finaf
Approval Early in Week. ‘
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN, .
~ Staff Correspondent of the I. N. 8.
PARIS, March 22.—President Wik
son is working to sidetrack all “trims
mings,” so that Xne first peace treaty
will be ready for signing within the
next seven days.
Substantial progress was made to=
day at the meeting of the league off
nations commission. President Wil
son, upon legving the committes, ime
dicated his pleasure over the develop
ments, and belief was expressen st
the same time that an agreement om
the league's constitution would be
ready for final approval by the early
part of next week, !
As soon as the amendments to the
covenant are agreed upon the peace
delegates will be in a position to de~
vote all of thelr time upon the reporte
of the various committees that have.
been investigating different questions,
Suggestions put forward by the Japw
anese, regarding the equality of Japs
anese subjects while residing in fore
elgn countries, have been referred to
a committee, at the request of the
British,
The invitation of Holland to make
The Hague the seat of the league of
nations has likewise been referred to
a committee for a decision. 3
May Cut Formal Sessions,
A general movement is under way
to cut out the formal sessions of the
council of ten at the Qual d'Orsay
because of the unfortunate construc«
tion placed on the official coms
muniques. It has been declared lin
some quarters that the delegates meg
and talked without taking any action,
the declaration being based upon the
formal announcements that followed
the meetings,
The following official statement was
issued:
“The ecommission on the league of
nations met this afternoon under the
chalrmanship of President M
This was the first meeting of the eoms
mission since the draft of the cove
enant was presented to the w
session of the conference February \:
Discussion took place on a number off
amendments suggested by the memme
bers of the commission, as the result
either of the recent exchange of views
with representatives of neutral states
or of the constructive eriticism o
which the covenant has been genersl
ally subjected. -~
“The commission will resume ft@
examination of the covenant Monday
evening at 8:30 p. m.” 3
’ That the United States will
assist Italy to get back to prewar :
(ditions if Ttaly makes certain cess
slons concerning her territorial claims
~was reparted here this afterncon.
~ (Italy is demanding territory on the
Adriatie coast which the Jugo- '
also are seeking as vital to the inters
ests of groater Serbla, as Jugo-Slae
via may be officlally designated.) ]
It I 8 hoped that this solution wilk
he found acceptable, e
Polish Afiairs Are Discussed. ;
Polish affales were discussed whemy
the supreme inter-Allled war councid
met this morning. The following come
munique was Issned;
“The President of the United States
and the representatives of the ASNOw
ciated powers met (his morning a 8
the Qual d'Orsay at 11 o'clock, The
new report of the ecommission on
ish affalrs was received and dise b
for final examination in connection
with the question of Cermany's
boundary (eastern).”
The next meeting of the suprems
war council will take place Monday.
Widespread reports in the U“‘
States that the Itallany would “X
make peance unless they got “
were denied here today. It was !
by representatives of the Italian dels
egntion that pressure is being broug #
to bear upon the Itallap delegates AL
Paris to bring about a treaty of peses.
with the Austro-Hungarians so thsg'
It may not seem that G o
slgning the treaty of peace fA .
getting the preference, L
P'resident Wilson attended both the
meetings of the league of nationg
commission and the inter-Allled F
preme war couneil today, On |
of the distance of the new P :
boundaries there was a slight i
in the programs for the meetings.
As a result of the situation 'la
has developed from the fight Py o
tween the Ukrainians and the
and. the suggestion that the Poled
be given a 6bsmile strip of land
thefr boundaries to Dantzig, &
promise may be necessary In wh ’
the United States will have to .9
forth a plan of agrecmant, P