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. Must Do to Vote
i LTHOUGH the registration '
; A lists were certified by City .
$ Council Tuesday night,
g anyone who failed to register be
2fore Tuesday night will be enti
; tled to a vote, provided he pro- .
; duces a certificate from Lucien
§ Har‘ril, city registrar, that he has
grcgisterod Wednesday. This was
provided in an amendment to the
city ordinance governing elections 0
at a special meeting of City Coun
cil several days ago. $
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DA A A Aot
With a record registration for a
bond election, 15,481, Atlanta voters
started to the polls early Wednesday
to say whether or not a bond issue of
$1,000,000 shall be authorized, and
whether the city ad valorem tax rate
of $1.25 per SIOO will stand, or be in
creased to $1.50 to allow the Board
of Education to improve the schools.
Indications at 2 o'clock were that
more than 8,000 votes had been cast
and that the total would go well over
10,000 before the poiis closed at 7
o'clock. - This would represent the
record vote in any municipal election.
City officials were pleased at the heavy
voting and expressed the belief that
the outpouring of voters meant the
success of the bonds and tax increase,
Mavor Key issued a statement m'g-}
ing rhe voters to come to the polls
and express their sentiments, whether
for ¢r against the issues at utake(
While calilng attention to the graw}
danger should either of the issues
fail, the Mavor expressed ('onfldem'o‘
that both the bonds and taxes would
rece've the indorsement of the ma-
Jority of Atlanta voters. !
Concern was expressed by W, H,'
Terrell, member of the Board of Ed- |
ucation from the First District, that
opposition of negroes to the tax in
crease would defeat the project. The
defeat of the increase at the first
election was laid to this cuarter. |
Terrell First to Vote. !
“1 was the first person in the Pirull
Ward to cast a vote for the bhonds
and -tax increase,” said Mr, Terrell.
“While 1 was at the polling place
twenty other voters came, most of
them negroes. The latter voted,
without exception, against the tax in
crease,
“The negroes carried in several
instunces, marked ballots. In Other
cases they voted without hesitation, ;
If this start is pursued, the $1.50 mx'
is killed as far as the First Wara 1s
concerned. It is up to progressive
crzens all ovgr Atlanta to rally te
the cause of schools and vote for the
increase. The negroes seem to be
satisfied with conditions.”
The bond election decides the pro
posed issuance of SSOO 000 in bonds
for improvements at the waterworks,
including pumps, a new coagulating
basin and additional reservoir space;
SIOO,OOO for the erection of a suitable
building to house the historic pleture
of the Battle of Atlanta, now in a
frame building at G:ant Park, SIOO,-
000 for the motorization of the At
lanta fire department, and $300,000 for
an electric generating plant at the
city crematory, to enable the city to
utilize 2,000 horsepower of jieam now
gcing to waste at an annual loss esti-
Rated at $50,000.
Schools Would Benefit.
The proposed tax increase would
previde an additional revenue of ap
proyimately $500,000 for the city gov.
ernment, but the school Jdepartment
is t¢c be *the main beneficiary if the
issue carries,
The Board of Education will be
given an increase of $250,060 per vear,
with which it is intended to give the
teachers an increase in salaries, to
erect new buildings and to improve
conditions generally,
For the bond issue to carry there
must be approximately ¥,OOO votes in
favor of the issue. The State lnw
woverning hond issues provides that a
propnsed issue must have a two
thirds majority of those voting, this
two-thirds to constitute a majority
of the regista‘ior. The estimat: c?
some members of the city's campa on
committee that there will be 2,000)|
votes against the bonds meams that
10,000 voters must visit the polls,
which is 1,500 more than voted at
the mayoralty campalgn last vear,
when the city was seething with a
hot campaign. |
The hope of the city’s committee is
that through proper civie interest on
the part of Atlanta citizens, and the
work of a large number of girls who |
will use the telephone all day, a suf- |
ficient number of voters will be drawn |
to the polls. If only 7,000 votes are
cast and all of them are for the
‘bonds, they will be defeated. |
Full International News Service
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ievening in ‘‘Aida.”’ They are: Marguerite Matzenauer (above) and Claudia Muzio, singing, re
spectively, ‘‘Amneris’’ and ‘‘Aida.”’ ¢
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(By International News Service.) '
PARIS, April 12.--The Bavarian
Red army is now reported to be (-nm-|
manded by two former officers in the
German army-—Baron Seller and the
Prince of Wied, said a dispatch from
Zurich to The Petit Journal today.
(By International News Service.)
COPENHAGEN, April 23.—Czecho-
Slovak troonsinvading Hungary are
mqoving swiftly upon the capital, and
at latest advices from Vienna were
but one hour's march from Budapest
The Czecho-Siovaks have reached
Veiocksen.
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Troops of Four Nations
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Fighting Hungarian Reds
(By International News Service.)
GENEVA, Avril 23.-—Czecho-Slovak |
and Serbian troops have begun to
advance into Hungary, it was reporte
ed from Vienna today.
Troops of four nationalities are now
fighting the Hungarian reds, Rouma
nians, Poles, Serbians and Czecho-
Slovaks.
Many Persons Killed
In Hamburg Rioting
(By International News Service.)
BERLIN, April 72 (via London,
April 23).—~Many persons have been
killed in rioting that has been raging
at Hamburg since Sunday, said a
dispatch from that eity today. Many
buildings on the harbor front were
plundered. Most of the casuaities
resulted from fighting between the
police and mobs in the suburbs.
Siberian Army Routs
Bolshevik Troops
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, April 23.—Admiral Kol
chak’'s anti-Bolshevik army has in
flicted another crushing defeat on the
Bolshevik forces, capturing 25,000
prisoners, said a news agency dis
pateh from Omsk today lzhevsk was
taken
Much booty was captured from the
reds, who fled, panic-stricken, before
the advance of the victorious Sibe
rian army
The Siberians have advanced &0
mileg in the direction of the impor
tant and strategic city of Orenburg.
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Hungarian Reds Willing
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To Confer With Allies |
(By International News Service.) !
LONDON April 23 —~Hungarian |
Soviet Minister Bolgar has arrived in
Vienna on a special mission and noti- I
fied Colonel Cuninghame, the Allied |
representative, that the Budapest
Government is wililng to continue ne- |
gotiations with General Smuts, =atd |
an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from l
Vienna this afternoon, 1
The Hungarian minister asked that |
the Allies’ desires in the matter be |
communicated to him
General Smuts was sent to Buda
pest shortly after the red dictator
ship was proclaimed to look after
Allied interests
! THE WEATHER. :
Forecast—Fair Wednesday night {
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§ Temperatures—6 a. m., 60; 8|
' a, m., 66; 10 a. m,, 71; 12 noon, 77; ¢ |
§lp- m, 81; 2 p. m, 84, !
Sunrise, 5:57. Sunset, 7:15, |
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Work on the new $125,000 apart
ment house at Nos. 683-685-687-689
Peachtree street, to be owned by (‘,‘
(', McGehee, will be started Thursday
by the Mackle Construction Com
pany. The building will be one of the
largest and most valuable in the city
It will be construeted of brick and
stone, and there will be a restaurant
in the basement. Officials of the ¢ ||ll~l
struction company estimtae the work
will be finished October 1
The City Building Inspector issued
a permit for the work Wednesday
morning,
Other permits issued were as fol ‘
lows: ]
One-story brick and concrete ad- |
dition on Whitehall street building, !
Maier & Berkele, owners A V
Gude & Co., contractors; A, Ten Eyck
Brown, architect, to cost $6,500
Two-story frame apartment house
at Nos. 24-26-28 Lyons avenue: B. J
Davis, owner; Alex D, Hamilton &
Son, builders; to cost SIO,OOO
Repairs at No. 180 Whitehal] street
Breitenbucher estate, owners, to cost
$4,000
Other building activities were dis
cloged by W. D, Beatie, who will be
gin next Monday the construction of
a 4 siIX-room house on Stewart avenue
He will soon complete a five-room
house on Cochran street and a six
room house on Dell avenue |
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Fire Destroys Stores l
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And P. O. in Colquitt
COLQUITT, April 23, —Colquitt \\.m]
visited last night by one of the most
destructive fires since 1002, when lln-l
town was destroyed. The fire origi
nated in Hunter's garage, starting
from the explosion of a vulcanizing
plant Three stores and contents
were burned The postoffice was
burned, part of the contents heing
saved Hunter lost several thousand
dollars, with no insuranc Bell lost |
several hundred dollay no insut fi
ance. The buildings were owned by |
1.. B Calhoun, who is in an m"lrm.’qr‘\f
in Atlanta. The loss is estimated at!
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ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1919
Complete details of the Memorial
Day parade and services to be held
April 26 were made public Wednes
day in a series of general orders is
suid by Grand Marshal Osecar Pal
mour, lieutenant colonel, U, 8 A, re
tired, who was appointed by the lLa
dies’ Memorial Association of At
lanta, to hiwe charge of the parade,
Coionel Palmour announced the ap
pointments of the following officers
Chief of staff, Major Robert Trout
man; aides, Ensign Jessc Draper
Captain Basil Stockbridge, Lieutenant
Marion Smith, Lieutenant 8 D, Gray,
Ensign Henry Newman, Lieutenant
Brooke Mell, Lieutenant Frank Car
:er Captain John J. Rogers, lLieuten
jant John Hardists Knsign Horace
Holleman, Ensign Emory Cooke, En
sign Sanders Hickey, Lieutenant
Clyde M, Wood, Major Trammell
Scott, Lieutenant Hilliard Spalding
Ensign Eugene Black, 'To be division
commanders First division Major
George W Teachout, Forty-fifth In
fantry, U, 8. A,; second division, Bri
gadier General William N, Crane, R,
O, T. C.: third division, Colonel John
S. Prather: fourth division, (‘olone]
I£. E. Pomeroy
The parade will be formed on
Peachtree, at the junction of West
Peachtree, at 1:30 p. m. Saturday,
‘uml will mareh at 2 p. m. The line
{of march will extend down Peachtree
Whitehall, out Hunter to Oakland
Cemetery, where the parade will be
dismissed
At the cemeterv salute will he fired
by the cadets of lalton High and
ll!u»\' sounded by a musician from the
Forty-fifth Infantry. The Rev, T. R
lenn.q'i wiil make the invoeation
The orator of the day, Dr. J, E. Olm
l.«u-;m will be introduced by the grand
méatshal, Thera will be special musie
for the oecasion by Wedemeyer's
Band
The parade will be led by Chief
James L. Beavers, with a platoon of
mounted police, and will be composad
lur Confederate veterans from eight
il.aln['s. soldiers sallors marines,
I.\'p;mhh American war veterans and
‘members of the various women's war
organizations,
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Entire New Cast To Be Introduced
in Verdi's Masterpiece—Ca- ‘
pacty House Is Predicted.
“Aida,” Verdi's colorful, magnifi
cently spectacular Oriental opera,
though being presented for the tourth
time in Atlanta, bids fair to draw an
audience Wednesday night which will
equal that of the opening. For "Aida"”
has never lost its charm. Thousands
have heard it again and again; it
holds the: record for number of per
formances in New York.
Atlantans familiar with “Aida” will
find especial interest in the fact that
an entirely new cast is to appear, not
one of the principal singers ever hav
ing sung in the work in an Atlanta
performace. Several singers who nave |
never before appeared in this cn)"
are Iln the cast,
Hipolito Lazaro, the Spanish tenor,‘
will sing Rhadames, the part former
ly taken here by Caruso and Marli-‘
nelli. There should be a great mo
ment in the first five minutes of llns!
opera, which late-comers will miss,
when lLazaro sings the famous “Ce
leste Aida.” The new tenor is espe
cially noted for the beauty and clari
ty of his high tones—ne takes a high
E flat with perfect ease, it is said,
and “Aida"” will give him excellent
opportunity.
Margarete Matzenauer, one of the
best contraltos who ever has been on
the Metropolitan list, also is making
her Atlanta debut in "Aida,” singing
the role of Amneris, second only m‘
the title role in prominence. The part
has been sung here by Homer zmdl
Ober. |
The Aida will be Claudia Mauzio,
the soprano who made her debut two
years ago and sang here in “Trova
tore” and “Tosca.” Mme. Muzio has
a powerful and beautiful voice, and
her dramatic interpretation of Tosca
IWO years ago gives assurance that
her Aida will be well done. ,
Thomas Chalmers will be the bari
tone of the evening, singing Amonas
ro, the Ethiopian king. Mr, Chalmers,
an American, sang here several years
ago with the Boston Opera Company. |
Jose Mardones, the basso who mad- |
such an excellent impression on Mon- |
day night, will be the High !‘rmfll.’
Ramfis, in “Aida.” Marie Sundelius
is cast for the brief but trying part |
of the priestess. Roberto Moranzoni |
will conduct. l
There was widespread regret at rh'-l
Georgian Terrace just before noon
Wednesday when Rosina Galli undl
her mother efne-ged from their r¢ “ns!
and announced they were depariing
for New York Miss Galli, as prc-tly'
as anyone could well be and live, had
become ill Tuesday, and was not suf
ficiently reeovered to dance in “Aida”
Wednesday night. But she refused to
bid anyone good-byve. It was nnl,\l
“Au revoir,” she said, for she will
come back next season, she mslsuul,j
and take pains to be very well m-|
deed.
But Miss Galli’'s absence, it was
said, will not totally spoil the ballet
in “Aida.” for there are several scenes
where incidental dances are intro
duced, and in whieh the premier
4l;|ns'4-u.sv* is not altogether necessary,
Audience Sways to
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Music by Faust
BY DUDLEY GLASS. |
An audience not so large as that
of the opening night, but still almost
filling the big Auditorivm, swayed
to the rippling measures of the Ker
nesse waltzes and the stirring beat
of the soldiers’ chorus in Gounod's
“Faust” Tuesday afternoon, the old
opera's second presentation in Atlan
ta., It is a beautiful opera, with its
succession of choruses, duets, triog
and solo arias, and it was beautifully
sung |
Frances Alda, the Marguerite; Mar- |
tinelli, the Faust, and Leon Rothier !
the Mephisto, shared the honors of
the afternoon with the chorus. lLe
nora Sparks sang the mezzo role
of Siebel very well, indeed. Thomas
Chalmers. as Valentine, wag plainly |
not at his best, though his naturally
fine baritone rang out well in thv-{
trion preceding his death scend
Mme. Alda was heard for the first |
time as Marguerite. and when it is
sald that she sang the role with the |
same crystal clear tones and the
same artistry she gave us as Desde
mona, as Mimi an« a 8 Francesca,
nothing more is needed The jewel
song sparkled anew as she sang it
and the delicate prison scene, heart
breaking in its pathos, was given
every possible beauty
Mr. Martinelli made a handsome
figure as Faust, and his singing of
the “salut demeure” at the opeinng
of the garden scene was splendidly
done
Mr. Rothier, as Mephisto, was given
the begt opportunity which has fallen
to his veteran basso in his many sea
sons in Atlanta. He sang with pow
er and sonority, giving the devil” his
fuf?! Aue, and unlike the villain of the
melodramas, shared in the applause,
But, after all, it is the concerted
nmnlwr'g which make “Faust” the fa
vorite 1t is And there has rarely
been heard here anything better done
than the quartet in the garden scene,
the trio of tenor, baritone and basgso,
and the great prison scene trio at the
end And I ecan not recall anvthing
lovelier than the succession of love
duets which Alda and Martinelli sang
in Marguerite's garden
The program was cut short and ;cl
great deal of disappointment caused
by William J. Guard's announcement |
from the stage that there would bhe
no ballet. as Mme, (alll had suddenly
become il
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lAssocxatnon Votes to Include
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‘ South’s Men in All Wars at
Meeting Wednesday.
The great monument '‘to the (‘on
federate dead, planned for years by
the United Daughters of the Confed
fracy as the most fitting memorial to
the memory of the heroic men who
fought under the Stars and Bars. is
to be made a monument to all'South
ern heroes who fought in the Amer
ican wars from the Revolution to the
great world war,
This rdecision was reached Wed
nesday morning at a meeting of the
Stone Mountain Confederate Memo
rial Association at the Hotel Ans
-1293 The suggestion to change the
plan came from Mrs, James W Raun-
Isia\lllo. of Rome, who has bheen elect
ivd president of the association. The
action was regarded as a manifes
tation of the wave of nationalism'
that swept the country at the t)ul-‘
break of the world war and wiped out
all sectionalism within the United
States.
The entire mountain is to be built
| Itno one grand monument under the
I direction of Gutzon Borglum, the fn-‘
lmlms sculptor, who originated the
idea, While the monument as a‘
|wholr is to be in honor of the .\'uuih-‘
| ern men who died in all wars, the
I_::n-:n central figure of the creation
{ will be the monument to the Con
federate dead.
Those at Meeting
The meeting Wednesday was at
tended by Gutzon Borglum, Mrs., H.
M. Franklin, State president of the (7.
{D. C.;«Mrs. J. E. Hays, vice presi
d‘gpl,,,o[. the Georgia Federation of
|"'Wonten's ‘Clubs: Mrs. Frank Harrold,
vice president of Georgia U, D, C.;
i\lrs, Z. 1. Fitzpatrick, chairman of
| Georgia Woman's Liberty Loan Com
' mittee: Mrs, J. O, Wynn, Mr. and
| Alrs. Hugh Willet, Hon. Hooper Alex- |
| ander, Mrs. dames Rounseville, of
| Rome; Mre. W, E. Hays, of Mnn-‘
{ tizuma:. Miss Alice Baxter, Mrs. A.
| MeD Wiison. Mrs. T. T. Stevens,
[‘.lr iames R. Mobley, Mrs. W. 8.
| Coleman, Mrs. Will Percy, Hon. Wil
iumn Terrell, Will Plane, Mrs. Helen
{ Plane, Mrs T'rark Mason, Mrs. Staf
ford Sideil, Mrs. Wylie and others.
| The foi'low ng officers of the asso
ciatinon were elected Wednesday: ‘
Officers Elecetd. ;
President, Mrs. James W. Raunsia
ville, of Rome: vice presidents, Miss
Alice Baxter, Mrs, P, T. Stevens, Mrs.
| Samuel Inman, Mrs. J. K. Hays, Mrs
|R. P. Stephens: recording secretary,
| Mrs. Lollie Bell Wylie; corresponding
Iww"r-lmg\'. Mrs. Stafford Sidell; his
| torian, Dr Luclan lLamar Knight:
| treasurer, Mrs. James W. Bedell.
i The State l.egislature passed a res
| olution two vears ago making May 20
| Stone Mountain Memorial day, when
collections were to he taken through
out the South for the monument, The
Governor will not be asked to pro
claim the special day this vear on ac
count of war conditions, but May 20
I next vear will he set aside for this
! purpose,
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' Railroad Commission
| Takes Up Power (ase
Complainis of the Rome Railway and
Light Company against rates fixed by
!"u- Georgia Railway and Power Cogo
{pany were taken up hy the Georgia
Railroad Commission at begining of a
tseries of hearings Wednesday morning
| The Rome company claims that it had
|a contract with the Georgia Railway
i.uu! Power Combpany, calling for a cer
jtain rate. but that its terms were in.
lereased by recent action of the com
i misgion in franting general increases for
|light and power to the Atlanta concern
| The petitioners c¢laim that their con
|tract should he respected
| The commission also took up peti
tions of the Consolidated Telephone
It‘,,mp:lm for permigsion to increase
| rates the American Railway Express
(1o discontinne its agencies at Dearning
and Wheless the Mutual Light and
| Power Company at Athens to Incresse
|rates: the Consolidated Te lephone Com
‘nun\ to issue $40.000 of first morigage
{bondg, and #e Summerville Telephone
| Company 1o increase rate
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‘Men of 82d Division
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' Want to Come to Gordon
| The great majority of the members of
|the R2d Divigion which stil! s in
France, are eager that they be demob
l:lw.-d at Camp Gordon, according to
several letters recently received in At.
lanta It was regarded as very unlike
|ly, however, that the War Department
| would walve its rules and permit the
entire division to come back to Gordon
| U'nder thesge rules the men must be d«
mobilized within 260 miles of their
lhrvmv« '
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\Nearly 800,000 Troops
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| Returned From Overseas
| (By International News Service.)
| WASHINGTON April 23.~00n
|April 21, 731,889 of the overseas per
fwmnvl. including army, navy and ma
|rine corps had actually returned to
the ['nited States, and on that dat
120,278 were on their way home, the
| War Department announced this aft
ernoon
) FIRE IN THE COMMONS
| LONDON April 23 Considerable ox
citement was caused in the House of
Commons lagt night by a fire zet hy
defective wiring The damage was
found loday o be slight,
(HOME EDITION
‘ A Paper for Atlanta, Georgia, i
(. swdthe South 9
The Jingles in
The Headlines
By HARVE WESTGATE.
HIE nations that would rule
T the world (at least, it so ap
pears to me) are clutching
at each other's throats, for some
how they can not agree; Old John
ny Bull gets out his club, and then
Old Rome goes tearing loose, un
til it laoks to me, by gum, as if
they'd kill the Golden Goose. While
cannon roared and war was on,
the nations helped each other out,
and when the Teutons came in
view they massed their men and
won each bout; but now that
peace is in the air and they have
cinched each bloody fray, the vic
tors fight among themselves, and
pull some rough stuff every day.
The voters will decide, by jings,
just what Atlanta’'s going to do;
they're going to show us where
we're at, and what this burg is
coming to: they’'ll vote some cash
for decent schools (if I can read
the signs aright), but if they fail
they'll rue the day and leave us in
an awful plight. And now the wire
men of the land are going to drop
their keys and quit, and show to
Mr. Blur-le-son they've got a kick
within their mit; but if they strike
I'll lose my job, and pine away and
get the blues, because, vou see, |
could not get a single line of jingle
news,
New Army Order Affects
.
Six World War Generals
(By International News Service.)
i WASHINGTON, April 23.—Army or
ders aifecting brigadier and major gen.
erals were issued by the War Depart
ment as follows:
Major General William H. Johnston
ordered to assume command of Camp
Lewis, Washington.
Major General William M. Wright to
assume command of Camp Dodge, lowa.
Brigadier General Ira A. Haynes, on
arrival in United States, to assume
command of the North Pacific coast ar
tillery district,
Brigadier General Lucien G. Berry,
on drrival in United States, to report
for duty to commander at Camp Grant,
Hlinois.
Briagdier General Richard M. Blatch
ford to report to Camp Sherman, Ohio,
for duty,
Brigadier General Frank M. Cald
well, on arrival in the United States, re
gorl for duty as commander of Camp
helby, Miss.
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Atlanta Concern Loses
$38,999 Darmage Suit
A verdict for $38999.30 was returned
by a jury in Judge Pendleton's division
of Superior Court Wednesday after
noon in favor of the Phosphate Mining
Company, of New York, against the
Atlanat Oil and Fertilizer Company
This marked the third trial of the
case, which has been in th ecourts since
1912, and which has been passed on
twice by the State Supreme Court. The
suit was based on an alleged breach of
a phosphate rock contract by the At
lanta concern,
It originally asked $27.000, and later
was amended, bringing the amount to
$38,999.30, the verdict of Wednesday be
ing for the full amount. A verdict for
$1 was rendered in the first trial of the
case, The New York concern was rep
resented by Attornevs Eving & Moore
and Robert P. Jones, while Attorneys
King & Spalding, Dan MecDougall, and
D. W. Blair, of Marietta, appeared for
the Atlanta Oil and Fertilizer Com
pany
Atlanta Man to Attend
London Masons Meet
SAVANNAH, April 23.-—Colonel
Robert J. Travis, grand master of
Masons in Georgla, announced today
he has appointed Raymund Daniel, of
Atlanta. as his secretary on a trip he
wil' make to London, England, about
the middle of Tune, upon invitation of
the Duke of Connaught to attend a
world peace conference of Masons.
.
State Rests in Trial
Of School Teacher
The State rested Wednesday in the
trial in Judge Humnphries' divigion of
Criminal Court of W. . Adamson, In
structor in mechanic arts, accused by
keveral young girls, and the defense he
gan the introduction of testimony
A large number of character witness
ex were called to the witness stand to
testify as to the previous good char
acter of Adamgon, It was thought like-
Iv that Adamson would R 0 on the gtand
in his own aefense Waodnesday after
noon The defense will make a com
plete denfal of the charges hrought
agninst him,
Wednesday Night
Is Prayer :
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eeting Night :
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RiVing an hour every {
Wednesday night to a serv. !
iece of prayver 18 of suchJdong !
standing that it g second
nature to think of Prayer |
meeting in connestion with ¢
Wednesday uight !
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s cape your ming remamber |
? it tonight when che hour ur. )
{ tives arnd come anl enjuy
the benefita which sira an
hour confers Yol will he |
most heactily welomoed and )
you will feel very much at
home In any of Atlanta's
good churchesg., Thev invite
you through this printed
word
Their Sunday groqum. may be
found in The Saturday Geaorgian
under the hndtn? “Go ¥o Church.”
You are also invited to attend
( their Sunday services, ?
NO. 225
Delegates Threaten to Quit Con
ference Unless Demand for
Kiao Chau Is Granted.
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, April 23 —President Wil
son issued an official statement today
Insisting that Fiume be internation
alized and made a free port instead
of being given either to Italy or Jugo-
Slavia
The President repudiated the pact
of London on which the Italians have
been mainly basing their demands.
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, April 23.—The Japanese
delegates have resolved to withdraw
from the peace conference if their de
mand for Kiao Chau is not satisfied
before the Germans arrive at Vep
sailles, according to an Exchange Tel
egraph dispatch from,_ Paris today.
The Japanese, say the correspondent,
are insisting om an immediate deci
sion,
By ROBERT J. PREW,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N, S.
PARIS, April 23.—Revolution will
sweep Italy, accompanied by Boi
shevism and the collapse of the pres
ent Ministry at Rome, if the Italian
delegates are forced to return to
Rome with the decision that Fiume
is going to Jugo-Slavia instead of
Italy, according to a prediction made
today by Dr. Scarfolgio, editor of the
newspaper Mattino, of Naples.
“Fiume has a total population of
32,000, of whom 27,000 are Italians,”
luaid the editor.
“The other 5,000 are mostly Croates.
?W’e must firmly decline to leave the
fate of the Italians to the Jugo
lSluvs. We were prepared to make
the port free, giving the Jugo-Slave
equal shipping rights, but we can not
agree that either the city or the port
be placed under Jugo-Slav rule.
Greed ls Charged,
, “The splendid harbor works were
built by the Italians and the secwet
of the whole fight is the Jugo-Slave
desire to seize a ready-made harbor
and save themselves the trouwble of
mproving one. There are fourteem
Adriatic ports we are willing to leave
In the possession of the Jugo-Slavs.
“Italian public opinion is emphat
ically hostile to any arrangement
| which would leave the Serbians and
!Croa(mnp the slightest vestige of au=
thority at Fiume, If the delegates do
not agree to any decision this week,
our delegates probably will go home
and explain to the people they w
unable to gain satisfaction rectx
ing their aspirations. If Premier Or
land o and Baron Sonnino return to
Rome with this answer, or an un
satisfactory compromise, the Govern
ment will fall and the country very
likely will be plunged into revolution.
Unless the conference promptly rees
ognizes the force ot public opinion,
this' question will force Bolshevism
lmm Italy, Hitherto we were con
| fident this would not happen, but if
ln does the movement may spread
rapidly and ilncrease the danger
|lh||'uwnlnu the whole of Kurope.”
! Clemenceau Has a Word,
I Premier Clemenceau regards the
Fiume problem as one of the most
|acute the conference has taken up,
| Discussing it after a conference with
Premier Lloyd George and Premier
Orlando, he said
“Flume is a harder question to sete
tle than the Saar Valley. Maybe the
people will now recognize that we
French are not so unreasonable after
sl
Japan's territorial demands In China
are proving nearly as vexing as the
Italian demand for Fiume. The Chi
nese have lodged a long petition with
the peace conference, asking that the
Jaupanese be forced to turn back Kiao
Chau and the rallroads occupied after
the Germans were driven from the
region, i
Teh Italian Jugo-Slav dispute over
Fiaume is constantly getting graver,
| The Matin stated today in discussing
this momentous problem. The French
lpn-w is unanimous in pointing out
the seriousness of this matter and
tl!.«c possibilitie. "It is impossible to
exagrerate the importance flf Pl'-
mier Orlando’'s withdrawal from the
sessions of the big four,” said The
Journal.
The Petit Parigien calls it “a res
grettable situation.” t
“With Ttaly to the End” is the head
which The Vietoire puts over an ars
ticle. :
Rome Denies Reports
y .
Of Italy’s Withdrawal
(By International News Service.)
ROME, April 3.--While repoits
that Italy will withdraw from the
peace conference are authoritativaly
‘4,.,11,”]_ the probabil’'tv exists that
there is no longer solid accoprd among
the Allies and that the situati has
‘becomu serious, said The fi%