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VOL. XVIII
LANDIS BALKS U. S. NEW WIRE RATES
Secret War Pacts Are Bared In Break In Peace Conference
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 President
Wilson's statement on the Italian sit
uation, it was reported here today.
Both the British and French Pre
miers heard the statement read and
urged that its issuance be postponed.
They believed that the situation could
be amicably adjusted, it was stated.
President Wilson, however, accord
ing to the information made public
here, believed that the time was pro
pitions and issued the statement en
' Rirely on his own responsibility.
Both Lloyd George and Clemenceau
are reported to have sent statements
to Premier Orfando prior to his-de
parture, leaving it to him whether the
statements should be made public.
The statement that Premiers Liloyd
George and Clemenceau did not ap
prove of the publication of President
Wilson’s statement is in contradiction
to reports that came from Paris yes
terday and Thursday. ¥t was report
ed in Paris that both Premiers had
read the statement and approved.
Premier Clemenceau was reported as
having said, “It is admirable. 1 would
not change a word of it.”
3 By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN.
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, April 26.—The Fiume prob.-
lem still was hanging fire when the
"btg three—¥President Wilson, P!'emier
Idoyd George and Premier Clemen
ceau—met today to continue 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 now oomplete, but it has
not yet been definitely decided on
what day the terms will be placed
before the Germans. This will de
pend to some extent upon develop
ments in the Italian situation during
the next 72 hours.
The American, British and French
delegations are watching closely for
the next move L%t Italy makes.
Rome advices show that the deep
est feeling prevails throughout Italy,
but it can not be determined vet how
fur the demonstrations will influence
official action. It is realized that the
Italians are extremely temperamental
and that he “blowing off of steam”
may be followed by counsels which
will Jead to a compromise satisfac
tory to both sides.
Italy Needs Economic Relief.
At the same time it is painted out
that Italy is dependent upon the Al
lies, and chiefly the United States,
for economic relief.
In any event the three powers—
America, Great Britajn and France—
are lined up side by side and will
present a solid front. This fact is
Japan and China. the former country
emphasized if Germany should quib
ble over the treaty or take advan
tage of the temporary deadlock
caused by the withdrawal of the
lalian delegates.
The greatest obstacle to equitable
understandings has been the cropping
out of secret agreements and pledges
nade during the course of the war.
tater developments have made it im
possible to stand by the terms of
some of these treaties,
(The most notable case of a “se
cret treaty” was the pact of l.ondon,
entered into between Great Britain,
France and Italy. Italy is making
territordal claims based upon this
agreement, although it is admitted
that Flume is not included in the
terms. Another secret pact involved
making economic and territorial
cluims based upon that agreement.)
Chinese Trouble Seen.
It is now reported that there wns
an agreement betweem Japan and
freat Britain concerning China. No
details are available, but It bids fair
to interfere with the settlement of
the Shantung Peninsula dispute.
Whether this reported agreement
will effectnally prevemt the United
States from enforcing its indorsement
f &\e Chinese eclaims and thus pre-
Awnting Japan from getting terrttory
on the Shantung Peninsula can not
be foreseen.
No member of the American dede
gation would make amy predictions
in that direction today. However, it
s admitted that seeret treaties con
tinue to be the greatest mennce to
ward the carrying omt of President
Wilson's fourteen prinefples, which
the Americans insist shail be the
foundation and backbone of the peace
terms.
The advance guard of the German
peace delegation that adremdy has ar
rived @t Versaffes = devoting its
lime to prefimrivary matbers. T;Zeic(leh
mang are arranging a telegral and
ourier serviee between Versailles,
Agrlin and Welmar, o that the Ger
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When Memorial Day the Seldiers” Homia
) comes aroun
tell each other wh ind, they get out the old musket at the Soldiers’ H
: er what happened at Antietam and Rappahanuock:. Il gt e o
iray—Z7. M. Rogers, at left .and F. A. Fortson R e
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, wilt
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 spbmitted 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 m
vestigation of the county tax books
since his recent revelation to the
commission that the digest is short
$60,000,000, was said Friday to be
ready to go before the finante 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 muech more extensive than
the preliminary report he made to the
commission diselosing the enormous
shortage. He announced at that time
that he would he prepared to submit
to the committee a list of names,
showing exactly where the shortage
lay.
Stir Created.
The revelations by the auditor ere
ated a stir in the commission. and
the report of the finance committee,
to which the whole matter was re
ferred for a probe, is being awaited
with great imterest by all county offi
cials,
No mtimation was given by mem
bers of the committee Friday as to
the result of the informal confer
ences that have been held, or as to
the possible outcome of the formal
meeting next week., Commissioners
remarked, however, that if the county
really is due $375,000 more revenug
than it is receiving, 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
wian o the commission. .
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‘ RLA G SR P PAA 3OF THE SEUY
That khaki-clad soldiers, as Bear
as they are, have not supplanted
gray-uniformed heroes in the hearts
of Atlantans was very evident Satur
day afternoon when the thin line of
(?cmtgderate veterans marched proud
ly but with a limp and a halt here
and there through the business
streets of the city and on to Oakland
Cemetery, the bivouac of most of
their former comrades now.
Atlantans love the Confederate vet
erans because Atlantans know all
about the wonderful warfare they
waged against insuperable odds. At
lantans also know of the degperate
fight they waged to save this city
from destruetton and to keep Sher
man’s hordes from marching along
the very streets they were parading.
It required a very little stretch of the
imagination to change the uniforms
in line and clothe the brisk-stepping
heroes of the Argonne and Chateau
Thierry in the gray of the old men
they were escorting, and then At
lantans could really see the men who
fought for their beloved Southland.
Because America has never produced
a braver or higher type of soldiery
than those Confederates were in
their youth.
Old Guard Present,
Of course the cemter of interest in
the parade was the marching line of
Confederate veterans, accompanied
by a number of vehicles containing
those who have advanced beyond
their marching days. Then there was
the Old Guard, commanded by Colo
nel Fred J. Paxon, acting as the im
mediate escort of the veterans.
Among the units in line were
wounded soldiers from Fort McPher
son, companies of infantry from
Camp Gordon, camouflaged trucks in
charge of members of the. motor
transport corps from Camp Jesup,
and cadet military battalions from
Georgia Military Academy ard the
Atlanta high schpols. Thus there
were in line young men from every
section of the country, perhaps many
sons and grandsons of men who wore
the bitue in the War Between the
States, but these young men were
Just as eager to pay tribute to the
gray-haired herves as the boys from
down in Dixie,
Palmour |ls Marshal
The parade consisted of four di
vision, commanded by lieutenant
Colonel Oscar Palmour, retired, with
the divisions in charge of M‘hor
George Teachout, of the Forty-fifth
Infantry, U, 8. A.; Brigadier General
William N. Crane, R. O, T. C.; Colo-
Continued on Page 2, Column 3.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, ARRIL 26, 1919
Along with other trpubles more or
less acute, incident to the failure of
the bond election, is the prospect of
mandamus proceedings against the
eity of Atlanta to compel it to build
a suitable structure for housing the
historie C'yclorama 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 Couneil to appropriate SIO,OOO
a 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. Nome of this
money has been set aside, it is
charged.
The huge eycloramic 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 Kdgewood avenue,
between Courtlanc street and Pied
mont avenue, Financial ditßculties
arose and Mr. Atkinson sold the pie
ture at publie action, G. V. Gress
purchasing it for $38,000., Mr., Gress,
one of Atlanta's most philanthropic
citizens, presented the Cyclorama to
the city in 1891,
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 o house the
painting properly.
BASEBALL,
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
New York at Philadelphia, no gamse,
cold weather.
Brooklyn-Boston, no game; cold
weather,
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
Boston at New York and Philadel
phia at Washington, ne games, cold
wealher. .
(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. e
(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 against the meas
ures of the red government.
Austrians who volunteered in the
Hungarian communist army attermpt
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.
Polish Army Now
Fighting Bolsheviki
. LUSANNE, April 26.—General Hal
ler’s Polish army, which was recentty
transferred from France to Warsaw,
is already in action against the Bol
sheviki. Some of the troops aided
in the capture of Vilna from the Rus
sian reds, it was announced by the
Polish News Bureau today.
Switzerland May Get
Taste of Bolshevism
(Exclusive Cable by the International
News Service and The Lon
don Daily Express.)
GENEVA, April 26.—“Switzertand
is not yet out of the danger of 80l
shevism, said The Lauzanne 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 contrel™
Serbians Call More
Troops to Colors
ROME, April 26.—The Serbians are
calling three more classes of troops
to the colors, said an Agram dispatch
to The Idea Nazionale today.
Serbia is a part of the new State of
Jugo-Slavia which is disputing with
Italy for possession of Fiume.
Huns and Reds Plot
To Overthrow Finland
Exclusive Cable to International News
Service and The London Daily
Express.
HELSINGFORS, ‘'April 26.—The
Finnish Government has discovered
proof of a German and Bolshevik
plot to overthrow the Government of
Finland. Herr Bartelle, German Con
sul at Viborg, has been deported.
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not afford to overlook if you
are interested In making
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The BSunday American will
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ing territory tomorrow--so
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B U T e L e e T
Issued Dally and Entered as Second-Class Matter as
the Postoffice at Atlanta Under Act of Mar ch 3, 187¥
The oustanding news m Saturday's
developments in the Vietory Loan
drive in the Sixth Federal Reserve
District was contained in a telegram
to Haynes Mefadden, district chair
man, that Chattanooga went over the
top and beyond Friday night om its
$6,029,000 quota. Chattanooga takes
the honor, with this announcement,
of being the first big city in the dis
trict to go over the top in the Vie
tory drive and sets the pace.
The campaign in Atlanta, defermed
by reason of elections and opera, will
be opened Monday with addresses by
A. Mitchell Palmer, Attorney General
of the United States. TFollowing a
luncheon at the Chamber of Com
merce at 12 o'clock Monday, the At
torney General will%\a.ddress 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 Tabernacle at 8 o’clotk Mon
day night. .
Voluntary Subscriptions. ”
The number of voluntary subserip
tions pouring in was greatly increased
Saturday and reports to C. E. Rob
ertson, seeretary of the Chamber of
Commerce , in chrage of the lecal
campaign, indicated that a large num
ber of smaller subscriptions are being
placed with the banks direect.
Saturday was Memorial and Victory
Day in three States of the Atlanta
district, and in practically every city
in the distriet except Atlanta the
Victory lLoan driva 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 emtire gquota.
Carter Ghlass, Secretary of 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 qunota 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.
MeCord M. B. Wellborn, W. C. Wand
law, Robert F. Maddox, Dr. W, J. Bla
lock, Haynes McFadden, St. Elme
Massengale, John 8. Cohen, James
B. Nevin and Clark Howell. The
party will breakfast at the Pedmont
with members of the loan headquar
ters orgxflzatinn. »
Glass Speaks Thursday,
At 10 o'clock Thursday morning the
Secretary will address the congress
of public men and pubfishers at the
Baptist Tabernacle. Joseph A Me-
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 campalign 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. Flmo Massengade.
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 aild 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 helmet will be awarded the
Scout from each troop wmaking the
greatest number of sales, and the
Scouts are expected to break all their
previous records in this drive,
Wilson Praises
b,
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,
‘eongratulations.”
‘ A few days ago Miss Jean Adger
Flynn, publieity chairman of the
’Hnuth Carolina woman's Liberty Loan
‘commlttm-, gent to the Presiden! this
message: “South Carolina leads Fifth
Federal Reserve District to organiza
tion. Pledges continued support.,”
. The message was read ‘o the audi
ence at the Columbia Tieater last
evening and received with enthnusins.-
tic applause This one word from
Woodrow Wilson in Paris will doubt
less furnish no little inepiration in
putting over this State's quota in the
Victory Loan. South Carolina is ex
pected to invest $24 948 000 in these
Continued on Page 2, Column 5.
INIGH T |
LEDITION
The Jingles in
The Headlines
By HARVE WESTGATE. ‘
ONIGHT when afl the hghts )
T amcwt.am'ahmnhit;
the hay, the opera stars will
fold their tents and then theyll
steal away; they'll leave us emply
pocketbooks, and short of ready
dough, bdt what care we for things
like that, we lowve grand opera so.
But ere Caruso says good-bye,
we'll hear another tune; they™
sing us all to sleep tonight, and
sing this afternoon; they'll give us
Purftani, and OM Cawalleria, too,
80 let's dig up ten bucks or so
) and see the opera through. Be
) patient, foiks, and cablmiy wadt,
for peace is coming fast; old Ftaly
is rounding to, and she'll give inat
§ last; just wait another month or
two, untfl the trouble’s ofer, and {
tmomflobevmbbvhhhorn‘
upon the golden shore. Atlarsta §
trims the Lookout bunm.-d}
S'mhsmemmme.mdm,,]
the boys from Tennessee loots
peaceful like and tame: they shut
‘e out on Thursday last, without
a single soore, and then came tear. (
i’ back, b’gosh, and trimmed them ¢
up some more.
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Bank Teller Shoots |
Wife; Then Himself
~ (By International News Service.)
CLEVELAND, OHIO, April 26—
Walter E. Edwards, teller tn the Fod
eral Reserve Bank here, sought toi
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 penectrating her thigh. Ae
cording to Edwards' G-year-old
daughter, who was aroused by the
shooting, Bdwards, soon after his wife
fell to the floor, turned the revotver
on himself and fired a bulkt into
his chest.
Both are in a hospital 'Their re
covery is expected. The wife is
wounded the more serionsly.
Neighbors say a quarrel of long
standing has existed in the Kdwards
home. Edwards is under guard,
charged with shooting to kifl
Heavy Damage Is Done
By Alabama Frost
HUNTSVILLE, ALA., April 26—
Heavy damage was done in North Al
abama today by a severe frost, the
latest in many years.
CHESTER, 8 C. April 26.—This
section was visited by frost and some
ice today. K is feared erops have
been hurt. Irish potatoes upon many
farms have been killed.
COLATMBUS, OHIO, April 26. ATt~
er receiving more ecomplete reports
of the damage done by the freeze in
Ohio Thursday night, Vernon H. Da
vis, head of the Bureau of Markets,
today predicted that the damage to
fruit alone in Ohio will reach nearly
$1,600,000, besides. the damage done
to wheat and tender plants, which is
still uncertain. Not much damage
was reported today from the temper
ature of Friday night.
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MacCauley Again to Try
»
Texas-New York Flight
(By International News Service.)
FORT WORTH, TEXAS, April 26,
Major T. C. MacCauley, who started
from Fort Worth yesterday in an at
tempted one-day fHight to New York,
but who was compelled to land be
cause of a storm encountered on the‘
Arksansas line, announced today that
he would attempt the flight again
next week. Major MacCauley expeets
to leave Fort Worth after breakfast
and eat his dinner that evenigg in
New York. J
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Mrs. Abbott’s New Trial
4 - .
Motion Is Continued
Hearing on the motion for a new trial
for Mrs, Stella Abbott, under sentence
of ten years for killing her husband,
was continued Saturday, The continu
ance was granted by Judge Humphries
on the showing that Attorney Reuben R,
Arnold, of coursel for the convicted wo- |
man, is engaged before Judge Bell in
contempt proceedings againet the Ar
mour and Morris Fertilizer companies.
The hearing was scheduled for next Sat
urday
Mabel Taliaferro Asks
Decree From Carrigan
(By International News Service ;
NEW YORK, April 26.-Supreme
Court Justice Clark today has under
congideration the plea of Mrs. Thomas
J. Carrigan, known on the stage as Miu,n;l
Mabel Taliafero, for absolute divorce
She accuses her husband, also wel
known on, the stage, of misconduct.
NO. 228
(By International News Servicad
CHICAGO, April 26.—Judge Taxmdis,
n the Federal Court here today, dis
solved the injunction granted Post
master General Burleson two wesks
ago restraining the Attorney General
of [lHnots from interfering with the
operation of the now telegraph rafes
scheduled, which became effective
Aprit L. The court then Zranted the
State an injunetion which restrains
the Postmaster General from. getiing
The rufing reverses the wholorSeen
graph rate controversy in IRinots. The
police powers of the State wese up
held by Jodge Landds an the groswnd
that when Congress tnok - ower e
telograph Mnes it did so pardy as a
war measure and that i specifically
stated that the Gowernment wouldmng
interfere with the Stateds rights in
the matter of rates
Plan Concerted Fight,
Thirty-five States, through Chedr
public utilifies commissdons, are plan
ning a concerted fight to hallenge
the right of the Pederal Government
to fix telephone and telegraph rates
and intrastate railroad rates, it be
came known here today, Represen
tatives of eleven States are in ses
sion here to lay plans for the fight.
The States represented at the meet-
Ing are Oklahoma, Missouri, Vermont,
Indiana, lowa, Georgia, Ilinois, Ne
braska, Minmesota, Kansag and Alas
bama. Most of those In attendance
are attormeys, who will aid in the
preparation of briefs to be presemsted
to the United States Supreme Conre
on May 5, when three dmportant sest
sults will be heard
Charies E. Elmquist, of Minmesota,
announced he is prepared to sign for
thirty five States the briels widehrwill
be prepared.
Burleson Defends
Rate Increase ’
By International News Sewsod)
WASHINGTON, April 28 —That.he
bhad a legal right to toeresse Sotra
‘.nue telephone rates under the reso
lition of Comgress, givéng him con
trol of the nation’s wire L
}flon. was the contention giwen by
Postmaster General Burteson today-in
a brief flled by him In the Smpreme
Court of the United States. The heief
‘asks that the case of the Kansag pab
his right to mcrease telephone sates
iln that State, be disrmissed, :
~ The commission atso Medazeguest
‘with the eourt that argument on its
case be heard May & the date fixed
for argument om the Massachusetts
and North and South Dakota tele
phone cases, which are expected o
develop a final test of the Postaster
General's awthority,
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Shotgun Salute Fired
By Civil War Veterans
MACON, April 2%.Confederats Me
morial Day was observed in the usual
manner today., At noon the Sidney
Chapter, Daaghters of the Confederacy,
served dinner to the gray-baired ser
vivors. Rarly this afternoon they wese
)lmuled in auntomobiles to Rose Hill Cem
etery, where the exercises took place.
Judge Andrew J. Cobh, 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. Il was necessary this year
ibm:aum of the absence from the city
oft the Macon military company, now
returning from France with the 15dst
Machine Gun Battalion.
Four Die, Including
Major, in Auto Clash
(By International News Service.)
CAMP MERRITT, N. J., April 26—
Four persons were killed near bhere
last night wheyg two autebuses col
lided, it was established todam. It
had been reported that seven persons
were killed, Omne of them is a major
in the army
' Major H. K. Bunch, medical officer
with the 168th Infamtry, wWas among
the seriously injured,
Light Frost Expected,
Then Wgrmer Sunday
A ligh tfrost is predicted for Sai
urday night by the Weather Bureau,
but the promise is held ont that it
will begin to warm up Sunday and
soon be warm again,