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VOL. XVII
MANY SECRET WAR PACIS BARED BY PEACE BRFAK
Mandamus Will Demand Council
Appropriate SIO,OOO a Year
Provided by Legislature.
Along with other troubles more or
less acute, incident to the failure of
the bond election, is the prospect of
mandamus proceedings against the
city of Atlanta to compel it to build
a suitable structure for housing the
historie Cyclorama at Grant Park, now
in a shabby frame building exposed to
perils from fires.
The State Legislature of four years
ago revised the Atlanta charter, re
quiring Council to appropriate SIO,OOO
@ year until SIOO,OOO had been set
aside for the erection of a proper
building to shelter and display the
historic painting that is of inesti
mable value to Atlantans of this and
coming generations. None of this
~money has been set aside, it is
charged.
The huge cycloramic painting of the
battle of Atlanta cost originally
about SIOO,OOO, and was first exhibited
in Atlanta by Paul Atkinson in a
sort of gallery on Edgewood avenue,
between Courtland street and Pied
mont avenue, Financial difficulties
arose and Mr. Atkinson sold the pic
ture at public action, G. V. Gress
purchasing it for $38,000. Mr. Gress,
one of Atlanta’s meost philanthropic
citizems, presented the Cyclorama to
the city in 1881, .
The defeat of the bonds has
aroused a large number of people
who treasure the grand old painting
and earnestly desire to see it pre
served, and, with the violation by the
city of the legislative mandate as a
basis, they are planning to institute
legal proceedings to force the city to
put up the money needed to house the
painting properly.
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Pole Buried as Jew and
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Then Excitement Starts
(By International News Service.)
BAYONNE, N. J., April 26.—Harry
Herrman, Jewish milk dealer, was
kicked in the face by a horse Sunday
and taken to the hospital. On the
same day Michael Pollock, a Pole,
wag brought in suffering with a hem
orrhage. Both died on Wednesday.
Undertaker Dooly, engaged by
friends of Pollock, sent two men to
the hospital. They picked Herrmann's
body as that of Pollock and arranged
to bury it. The undertaker hired by
Herrmann’s relatives took Pollock’s
body from the hospital and buried it
in a Jewish cemetery, thinking they
had laid away the milk dealer.
When Pollock’s friends appeared at
rthe funeral today to take a last look
at the corpse they discovered the
mistake. Pollock’s body will be taken
from the Jewish cemetery tomorrow
and Herrmann's body turned over to
his relatives.
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‘Glad She Did It Says |
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Wife Who Shot Husband
(By International News Service.) ‘
CHICAGO, April 26.—Elmer E.
Simpson is fighting fés his life In 4
hospital here today while his wife.‘
who fired four shots, two of which
took effect, at him late yesterday, is
held in the county jail awaiting the
outcome of his injuries. She faces
Mrial either for murder, if Simpson
dies, or attempted murder if he lives.
Mrs., Simpson shot her husband in
Judge Brothers' courtroom while the
trial of her separate maintenance suit
was in progress. After the shooting
she declared she was “glad she did
it.” She smiled as she was taken to
the jail. “I hope he burns in hell”
was her wish for her husband.
The marital troubles of the Simp
song had been in court several years,
the husband seeking a divorce and
the wife contesting it. !
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Reeeivership Talk for
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Chicago Surface Lines
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, April 26.—~Talk of re
eeivership for the Chicago surface line
gtreet car system and of strikes of
employees if an attempt to reduce
wages is made followed in the wake
today of the refusal of the Illinois
Public Utilities Commisison to grant
the application of the street car com-
Lp;m_v for permission to increase fares
from 5 to 7 cents.
Officials of the company declare
that the present b-cent fare does not
produce sufficient revenue to cover
operating expenses and say that with
out the lncrgnned revenue it will be
impossible té maintain the war-time
wage scale now in effect.
kEmployees say that any attempt to
reduce wages will result in a strike.
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Mabel Taliaferro Asks
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Decree From Carrigan
(By International News Service )
NEW YORK, April 26-<Supreme
Court Justice Clark today has under
consideration the plea of Mrs. Thomas
;1. Carrigan, known on the stage as Miss
¥ Mabel Taliafero, for absolute divorce.
She accuses her husband, also well
Lknown on the stage, of misconduct.
Full International News Service
The Jingles in
The Headlines
By HARVE WESTGATE.
‘ONIGHT when all the lights
T are out, and we have hit
the hay, the opera stars will
fold their tents and then they’'ll
steal away; they’ll leave us empty
pocketbooks, and short of ready
dough, but what care we for things
like that, we love grand opera so.
But ere Caruso says good-bye,
we'l hear another tume: they'll
sing us all to sleep tonight, and
sing this afternoon; they'll give us
Puritani, and Old Cavalleria, too,
so let's dig up ten bucks or so
and see the opera through. Be
patient, folks, and calmly wait,
for peace is coming fast; old Italy
is rounding to, and she’ll give in at
last; just wait another month or
two, until the trouble's o'er, and
then Old Gabe will blow his horn
upon the golden shore. Atlanta
trims the Lookout bunch, and
grabs the second game, and makes
the boys from Tennessee look
peaceful like and tame; they shut
'em out on Thursday last, without
a single score, and then came tear
in’ back, b’gosh, and trimmed them
up some more.
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It's Dangerous Even
‘Hold’ Sack, if It
To ‘Hold’ Sack, if It
Contains Any Booze
J. M. Martin, a negro porter at |
the Terminal Station, is held under |
a bond of SIOO for having whisky in
his possession, the charge being
more or less technical, according to |
the solemn statement of Martin
himself. |
Martin told the Recorder that he
had the suit case, all right, and that
the suit case contained liquor, but |
that it was not his liguor or his
| suit case. |
“A man told me to carry the suit |
case for him,” said Martin, “and I
did, and an M. P. came along and
the man went somewhere else and
they got me and it ain’t my fault or
' my liquor.”
Judge Johnson advised him in
future to keep one hand on the pas
~ senger and the other on the suit
1 case,
| “‘Holding the bag' has been a
poor sport for generations,” he said.
Bank Teller Shoots
Wife; Then Himself
(By International News Service.)
CLEVELAND, OHIO, April 26.—
Walter E. Edwards, teller in the Fed
eral Reserve Bank here, sought to
prove his wife’s devotion to him, with
a pistol in hand, at the Edwards home
in East Cleveland early today.
He said he undertook to kiss her
when the pistol accidentally exploded,
a bullet penetrating her thigh. Ac
cording to Edwards’ 6-year-old
daughter, who was aroused by the
shooting, Edwards, soon after his wife
fell to the floor, turned the revolver
on himself and fired a bullet into
his chest.
Both are in a hospital. Their re
covery is expected. The wife is
wounded the more seriously.
Neighbors say a quarrel of long
standing has existed in the Edwards
home. Edwards is under guard,
charged with shooting to kill.
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Shotgun Salute Fired
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By Civil War Veterans
MACON, April 26.—Confederate Me
morial Day was observed in the usual
manner today. At noon the Sidney
Chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy,
served dinner to the gray-haired sur
vivors. Early this afternoon they were
hauled in automobiles to Rose Hill Cem
etery, where the exercises took place.
Judge Andrew J. Cobb, of Athens, de
livered the oration.
Following this a salute was fired over
the graves by several veterans. They
used shotguns in place of rifles be
cause it was impossible to get rifle am
munition. This was the first time in
years the veterans have performed this
ceremony. It was necessary this year
because of the absence from the city
of the Macon military company, now
returning from France with the 151st
Machine Gun Battalion.
Strikes Nine
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Tennessee City Holds First Hon
~ors in District—Atlanta Starts
Campaign Monday.
The oustanding news in Saturday’®
developments in the Victory . Loan
drive in the Sixth Federal Reserve
District was contained in a telegram
to Haynes McFadden, district chair
man, that Chattanooga went over the
top and beyond Friday night on its
$6,029,000 guota. Chattanooga takes
the honor, with this announcement,
of being the first big city in the dis
trict to go over the top in the Vic
tory drive and sets the pace.
The campaign in Atlanta, deferred
by reason of elections and opera, will
be opened Monday with addresses by
A. Mitchell Palmer, Attorney General
of the United States. Following a
luncheon at the Chamber of Com
merce at 12 o'clock Monday, the At
torney General will address a meet
ing of loan workers at 1 o’clock.
The Attorney General will be the
guest of honor at a dinner to be given
at 6 o'clock Monday evening at the
Druid Hills Golf Club by the Atlanta
Bar Association and will address a
great public mass meeting at the
Baptist Tabernaclé at 8 o’clock Mon
day night.
Voluntary Subscriptions.
The number of Voluntary subscrip
tions pouring in was greatly increased
Saturday and reports to C. E. Rob
ertson, secretary of the Chamber of
Commerce , in chrage of the local
campaign, indfcated that a large num
ber of smaller gubscriptions are being
placed with the banks direct.
_Saturday was Memorial and Victory
Day in three States of the Atlanta
district, and in practically every city
in the district except Atlanta the
Vietory Loan drive was to be intensi
fied between .the hours of 1 and 6
o’'clock in the afternoon. Friday after
noon one-twelfth of the district’s quo
ta had been raised, and the big drive
Saturday was expected to bring the
total up to a third of the entire?uota.
Carter Glass, Secretary o the
Treasury, will arrive in Atlanta
Thursday to address meetings in be
half of the loan, and it is hoped to
meet him with the cheering news that
the Atlanta quota is almost, if not
entirely, subscribed. He will arrive
at 8 o'clock on the morning of May
1 and will be met at the station by
a committee composed of Joseph A.
McCord M. B. Wellborn, W. C, Ward
law, Robert F. Maddox, Dr. W. J. Bla
lock, Haynes. McFadden, St. Elmo
Massengale, John 8. Cohen, James
B. Nevin and Clark Howell. The
party will breakfast at the Piedmont
with members of the loan headquar
ters organization,
Glass Speaks Thursday.
At 10 o'clock Thursday morning the
Secretary will address the congress
of public men and publishers at the
Baptist Tabernacle. Joseph A. Mc-
Cord will be in charge of the meet
ing and Governor Hugh M. Dorsey
will deliver the address of welcome.
Frank P. Glass, of The Birmingham
News, will respond.
After luncheon another meeting will
be held at the Baptist Tabernacle,
beginning at 4 o'clock, when all the
workers in the Atlanta campaign will
be present. Samuel C. Dobbs, chair
man of the Atlanta campaign, will
preside at this meeting. In the eve
ning there will be a private dinner
party in honor of the Secretary given
by St. Elmo Massengale.
The Atlanta Boy Scouts, who in
previous campaigns sold $493,000
worth of bonds, Friday accepted the
request of the Victory Loan commit
tee to aid in the Victory drive,
through A. A. Jameson, Scout execu
tive. The Scouts will not begin sell
ing until Friday, when the various
committees will have had time to
cover their respective territories, A
German heimet will be awarded the
Scout from each troop making the
greatest number of sales, and the
Scouts are expected to break all their
previous records in this drive.
Wilson Praises
In One Word Cable
COLUMBIA, 8. C, April 26 —Di
rect to South Carolinans from Wood
row Wilson, in Paris, came a cable
gram yesterday bearing one word,
‘congratulations.” 3 ‘
A few days ago Miss Jean Adger
Flynn, publicity chairman of the
South Carolina woman's Liberty Loan
committee, sent to the President this
message: “South Carolina leads Fifth
Federal Reserve District to organiza
tion. Pledges continued support.”
The message was read to the audi
ence at the Columbia Tieater last
evening and received with enthusias
tic applause. This one word from
Weodrow Wilson in Paris will doubt
less furnish no little inspiration in
putting over this State’s quota in the
Victory Loan. South Carolina is ex
pected to invest $24.948,000 in these
bonds. Richland County is expected
to invest $3,5607,400,
Country Editor Held
Model American
The Advertiser a weekiy paper of
Quitman, is on record as 100 per cent
American, according to the view ex
pressed by St. Elmo Massengale, pub
licity director of the Sixth Federal
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ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1919
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!Thousands Flee as Red Menace
} Grows—Women Protest in
‘ Vain Against New Laws.
(By International News Service.)
BERNE, April 26.—The Czecho-
Slav army advancing on Budapest is
today reported only 20 miles from the
Hungarian capital. It is believed here
the city’s fall is imminent.
(Exclusive Cable by the International
News Service and The Lon
don Daily Express.)
GENEVA, April 26.—Thousands of
refugees are fleeing from Budapest,
carrying such of their belongings as
they can, according to advices from
Vienna today, quoting Hungarian fu
gitives.
Five thousand women met at Buda
pest and protested arainst the meas
ures of the red government ‘
Austrians who volunteered in thvi
Hungarian communist army attempt
ed to return home in disgust, but were
arrested at the frontier and dis
armed.
The announcement of the Rouma
'nian offensive created enthusiasm
even among the Hungarians, and
many Saxon officers who were in
Hungary joined the Roumanians.
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Polish Army Now ;
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Fighting Bolsheviki a
LUSANNE, April 26.—General Hal-i
ler's PQlish army, which was recentty
transferred from France to Warsaw,
#s already in action against the Bol
sheviki. Some of the troops aided
in the capture of Vilna from the Rus
’gn reds, it was announced by the
ish News Bureau today. '
Switzerland May Get
Taste of Bolshevism '
(Exclusive Cable by the Intornntionall
News Service and The Lon- |
don Daily Express.)
GENEVA, April 26.—“Switzer!and‘
is not yet out of the danger of Bol
shevism, said The Luzanne Gazette in
commenting upon the revelation of
Bolshevik propaganda in this country.
It is learned that Lenin's instruc
tions to his agents were: “All Swiss
Federal authorities and the members
of the military staff shall be captured
as hostages. The banks, railways,
factories and newspapers must be
seized and placed under control.”
Serbians Call More
Troops to Colors
~ ROME, April 26.—The Serbians dare
calling three more classes of troops
to the colors, sald an Agram dispatch
to The idea Nazionale today. 1
‘ Berbia is a part of the new State of
iJuxo-Slavia which is disputing wnh‘
Italy for possession of Fiume.
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Industrial Board May
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Be Disbanded Soon
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 26, ~lndica
tions today pointed to the early dis
bandment of the Industrial Board
through the resignation of (‘hairman‘
Peek and his associates. It was being
freely predicted that Chairman Peek
will shortly make another appeal to
Secretary Redfield to accept the resig
nations which are said to be before
him on the ground that further confer
ences with the representatives of the
‘railroad administration will be useless
and that the members of the board feel
'that they are “wasting their own time
and beguiling industry with unwar
ranted hopes for a satisfactory adjust
ment."’
r Following the conference Thursday,
Judge Lovett and Mr. Walters, who
represented the railway administration,
sent a long telegram in code to Director
General Hines. It should have been re
ceived by the director general at l.os
Angeles yesterday. No reply was ex
pected before tomorrow and probably
not before the early part of next week.
Murdered Woman Found
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In Rag Picker’s Hut
CHICAGO, April 26.-—-L¥lng on & heap
of rags in the corner of a hut occu
pled by a Polish ragman, a young
woman was found murdered today by a
laborer who passed the hut on his
wn’?' to work.
he woman's throat had been cut and
her body dragged from a near-by alley
into the hut. No clues to the woman's
identity have been found and the oc
cupant of the hut, whose name has not
been learned, has disappeared.
Eleven-Year-Old Boy
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Accidentally Kills Self
SYCAMORE, GA., April 26 -—Otis
Palmer, 11-year-old son of T. W. Pal
mer, shot and lnatunll%' killed himself
with a parlor rifle on Thursday.
The boy, accompanied by ua younger
sister, went to bring home the cows
from a near-by pasture, carrying the
rifle to shoot a snake, In some un
known way It was discharged, the bul
let entering his stomach, causing in
stant death.
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When Memorial Day comes around, they get out the old musket at the Soldiers’ Home and
tell each other what happened at Antictam and Rappanannock. Here:age two old heroes of the
Gray—Z. M. Rogers, at left ,and F. A. Fortson.
The proposition under consideration
by the county to increase its annual
revenue by $375,000 through the addi
tion to the tax digest of $50,000,000
worth of property, on which it has
been declared no taxes are paid, will
be acted on formally by the county
finance committee at a special meet
ing to be held next week.
Informal conferences already have
been held by members of the com
mittee, but a definite decision has
been reserved until the matter is con
sidered in more detail at the meeting
next week,
The report and recommendations to
be formulated by the committee will
be submitted to the County Commis
sion at its next regular session, May
7, for final action.
Charges Tax Dodging.
County Auditor J. 1. Respess, who
has been continuing his searching in
vestigation of the county tax hbooks
since his recent revelation to the
commission that the digest is short
350,000,000, was said FKriday to be
ready to go before the finance com
mittee with a detailed report, giving
names and figures in instances of al
leged wholesale tax dodging. The
auditor's report, it was understood,
will be much more extensive than
the preliminary report he made to the
commission disclosing the enormous
shortage. He announced at that time
that he would be prepared to submit
to the committee a list of names,
showing exactly where the shortage
lay.
| Stir Created.
. The revelations by the auditor ecre
‘ated a stir in the commission, and
the report of the finance committes,
to which the whole matter was re
!!Prrml for a probe, is bheing awaited
| with great interest by all county offi
clals, Ak
~ No intimation was given by mem
bers of the committee Iriday as to
the result »f the informal confere
}«nv(-.-: that have been held or as to
‘thl' possible outcome of the formal
‘mee'ln;z next week. Commissgioners
remarked, however, that if the county
really is due $375,000 more revenuo
than it is recelving, it easily could
find a use for it. The report of the
committee, whatever it may be, was
expected to bring on a lively discus
sion in the commission,
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Four Die, Including
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Major, in Auto Clash
(By International News Service.)
CAMP MERRITT, N. J., April 26—
Four persons were killed near here
last night whey two autobuses col
lided, it was established today It
had been reported that seven persons
were killed. One of them is a major
in the army
I Major H. E. Bunch, medical officer
with the 168th Infantry, was among
ithe seriously injured,
Issued Dally and Enterod as Second-Class Matter al
the Postoffice at Atlanta Under Act of March 3,187 p
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Memorial Day in Atlanta, pro
claimed by Mayor Key, was to be ob-'
served by ‘the closing of the banks;
the closing of department stores at 1
lo'clock in the afternoon; the closing
of furnfiture shops from 1 to 6 o’clock;
land notably by the accustomed pa
rade of the age-weary veterans of the]
Confederacy, which was to start at 2
o'clock at Peachtree and Baker
| streets.
| The paarde was to form at 1330
o'clock, in fo‘ur divisions, commanded
respectively by Major George Teach-‘
out, of the Forty-fifth Infantry; Brig
adier General William N, Crane, R. O,
T. C.; Colonel John 8. Prather and
Colonel E. E. Pomeroy. Lieutenant
Colonel Oscar Palmour was _ grand
marshal of the day, and GdJvernor
Dorsey was to review the parade at
Five Points. 4
In the procession places will be re
served for the veterans of three wars
—the Civil War, the Spanish War, and
the youthful veterans of the last
great conflict. The line of march is
from the place of formation down
Peachtree and Whitehall streets to
Kast Hunter and thence to Oakland
Cemetery, where Dr, J. F. Olmsted
will deliver the address of the day,
the FKulton High School cadets will
fire a salute over the graves, and
“taps” will be sounded.
Veterans Invited to
lWesley Memorial
Members of every camp of United
‘(‘unrc-dcrmv Veterans in Atlanta and
'\.'ivinn_v have ben invited to attend the
memorial service to be held in_ the
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church on
!Snn«luy morning at 11 o'clock. The
gervice is in charge of Camp Walker,
I ¢, V., and the program includes
several features of particular interest,
| Not only will the Confederate veterans
[be present in a body, occupglnx a sec
{tion of seats reserved for their special
juse, but there will be (-onuxi’enls of
soldiers from Camp Gordon, Fort Mc-
Pherson and Camp Jesup.
l Dr. B. . Fraser, pagtor of the church,
will deliver a sermon nppro‘wiale to
the spirit of the occasion, while a spe
c¢ial musical program will be rendered.
The service Sunday morning constitutes
the religious feature of the Memorial
Day ceremonies, and 18 an annual event,
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Postmaster to Aid
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Recruiting Campaign
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 26,—~“Post
masters will co-operate to the fullest
extent with recruiting officers of the
army and navy and marine corps.”
This message was flashed to post
masters throughout the country today
lhy the Postoflice Department in order
ltn gecure their ald in the campaign
for recruits to fill up the ranks of
the army and relieve the men drafted
for the emergency., The air service
of the War Department, having also
inaugurated an aggressive recruiting
campaign in an endeavor to recruit
the air service to be at its authorized
strength, postmasters will be expect
ed to aid this campaign also, it was
stated,
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20 Boats Searching
For Plane Off Cape Cod
(By International News Servlc..g
PROVINCETOWN, Mass.,, April 26—
A socore of boats, including five scout
patrol boats, along with a seaplane, are
today searching the waters of Cape
Cod bay for two oficerg and an'electri
cian believed to be clinging to a sea
plane which became disabled on a trip
from Chatham to Boston. Lieutenani
J. 8. Buchanan ig in command of the
gmm- Ivlnulfl John C. Howard and
Jlectrician rnard Tornes are also
on board.
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WASHINGTON, April o 2&.—-Thel
fate of Poland now depends on the
final dispesition of Danzig, the an
cient Polish seaport, by the peace
conference, according to a statement
today by John F. Smulski, president
of the National Polish Department of
America.
“If Danzig is allowed to remain in
German hands, or even if it 1s inter
nationalized, as has been proposed,
Poland will become a weak, interior
state, dependent on Germany for its
economie existence,” said Smulski. “It
is in recognition of this situation that
on Sunday more than 3,000,000 Polish
people throughout the United States
will meet to pray and petition that
the Polish claims be allowed.
“It is not only for Poland they are
asking, but for the peace of the
world. Poland desires not only to be
free, but to be a strong arm in the‘
preservation of peace of mankind., If
the peace conference lcaves Poland
with its rail and water connaction‘
with the friendly nations wholly ln‘
German control, the task of sustain- |
ing life and order will consume an‘
of Poland’s energy.”
Smulski pointed out that Danzig
was taken from Poland at the time
of the first partition, and that the
German population in Danzig lis
thereby reason of deliberate coloni
zation by the Germans, supported by
the Government and the expatriation
of the Poles.
“If these methods are to be consid
ered as confirming title to stolen
property, real peace and justice are
far removed,” Smulski asserted.
.
Alleged Swindler Is
.
Nabbed in Arizona
(By International News Mrvlco.g
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., April 26.—
William M. Collins, alleged head of a
gang of swindlers who obtained sev
eral hundred thousand doflnrs in fake
mining schemes and boxing matches,
,nm.-'l off in Muncie, Ind., I 8 In the
wndg of Federal authorities at Phoe-~
nix, Arizona, United States District At
torney Slack announced today Col
ling was arrested after he was traced
through half a dozen Western States.
He is the twelfth man arrested as a
member of the gang.
v
Home Guards Escort Men
Accused of Murder
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA., April 26.—
Governor Adjutant General Christlan
has ordered the home guards to pro.-
ceed to Jacksonville to escort four
prisoners to lLake City to stand trial
for the murder of Mrs, Koon,
Gen. Wood Made Noble
YL » .
Of Chicago Shriners
(By International News Service,)
CHICAGO, April 26 --~Major General
Leonard Wood is today a noble of the
Mystic Shrine, having been initiated at
the ceremonial held by Medinah Tem
ple, Chicago, last night Senator Me
dill MeCormick, of lllinois, was another
member of the ciass,
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America, England and France
Reported United in Solid
Front Back of Wilson.
\ e —— e
| By EARLE C. REEVES,
: Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S.
LONDON, April 26.—Premiers
Lloyd George and Clemenceau did not
approve of the issuance of Pregident
Wilson's statement on the Itallan sit
uation, it was reported here today.
Both the British and ¥French Pre
miers heard the statement read and
urged that fts issuance be postnonCd.
They believed that the situation could
be amicably adjusted, it was stated,
President Wilson, however, acpord
ing to the information made public
here, believed that the time was pro
pitious and issuwed the statement en
tirely on his own responsibility,
Both Lloyd George and Clemencean
are reported to have sent statements
to Premier Orlando prior to his de
parture, leaving it to him whether the
statements should be made public.
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN.
(By International News Service.)
~ PARIS, Aprtl 26.—The Fiume prob.
;lem still was hanging fire when the
big three—President Wilson, Premier
Lioyd George and Premier Clemen
ceau—met today to comtinue discus
sions of matters to be included in the
treaty that will be presenetd to the
Germans at Versailles next week,
Practically every detail of the
treaty is mow compileta, but it has
not yet been definitely decided on
what ‘day the terms will be plabed
before the Germans, This will de
pend to some extent upon develop
ments in the Italian sitvation during
‘the mext 72 hours. 3
The American, British and Prench
delegations are watching closely for
the next move that Italy makes.
Rome advices show that the deep
est feeling prevails throughout Italy,
but it can not be determined yet how
far the demonstrations will infleence
official action. It is realized that the
Itatians are extremely temperamesrtal
and that he “blowing off of steam”
may be followed by counsels which
will lead to a compromise satisfac
tory to both sides.
Italy Needs Ecomowmwic Relief,
At the same time it is potnted out
that Italy is dependent upon the Al
les, and chiefly the United States,
for economio relief.
In any evemt the three powers —
America, Great Britain and France—-
are limed up side by side and will
present a solid front. This fact is
emphasized if Germany should quib
ble over the treaty or take adwvan
tage of the temporary deadlock
caused by the withdrawal of the
Italian delegates. , :
The greatest obstacle to equitable
understandings has been the eropping
out of secret agreements and pledges
‘made during the course of the war.
Later developments have made 2t tm
‘posmbh- to stand by the terms eof
some of these treaties,
(The most notable case of a “wo
cret treaty” was the pact of London,
entered into between Great Britain,
France and Italy. Italy is making
territortal claims based upon this
agreement, although it ¥ admitted
that Fume is not included in the
terms. Another secret pact iwvolved
Japan and China, the former coumtry
muklmxl r---nnnmh:umall! territoriad
claims based upo t agreament.)
Chin.n“'}'nmblo Seen.
It is now reported that there was
an agreement between Japan and
Great Britain concerning China. No
details are avadluble, but it bids fair
’ln interfere with the settlement of
I the Shantung Peninsula dispute,
Whether this reported agreement
will effectually prevent the Umnited
States from enforcing its indorsement
of the Chinese claims and thus pre
venting Japan from getting territory
on the Shantung Peninsula can not
be foreseen.
No member of the American dele
gation would make any predéetions
in that direction today. However, it
is admitted that secret treaties con
tinue to be the greatest menace to
ward the carrying out of President
Wilson's fourteen principles, which
the Americans insist shall be the
foundation and backbome of the peace
The advance guard of the German
peace delegution that already has ar
’rn'«--l at Versailles is devoting its
time to preliminary matters. The Ger
mans are arranging a telegraphic and
1.-ourwr service between Nersailles,
Berlin and Weimar, 30 that the Gep«