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VOL. XVII
Many Secret Pacts of War Are Disciosed by Break of Italy
U. S. WIRF RATES THROWN OUT
Crackers Tackle Lookouts in Third Game
By EARLE C. REEVES,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S, |
LONDON, Apwil 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
pitious and issued the statement en
tirely on his own responsibility.
Both Lloyd George and Clemenceau
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.
The statement that Premiers Lloyd
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. It was report
ed in Paris that both ‘Premiers had
read the statement and approved.
Premier Clemenceau was reported as
) having said, “It is admirable. I would
not change a word of it.,”
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN.
(By International News Service.)
iPARIS, April 26.—The Fiume prob
m still' was hanging fire when the
big three—President Wilson, Premier
Lioyd George and Premier Clemen
ceau—met today to continue discus
sions of matters to be included in the
treaty that will be presgnetd to the
Germans at Versailles next week.
Practically every detail of the
treaty is now complete, 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 that Italy makes.
Rome advices show that the deep
est feeling prevails throughout Italy;
but it ean not be determined yet how
far the demonstrations will influence
official action. It is realized that the
ltalians are extremely temperamental
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 Economic Relief.
At the same time it is pointed 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 Britain 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 showld quib
ble over the treaty or take advan
' tage of the temporary deadlock
“,caused by the withdrawal of the
"“lian delegates.
he greatest obstacle to equitable
understandings has been the cropping
out of secret agreements and pledges
“wmade during the course of the war.
s 'ater developments have made It im
possible ‘to stand by the terms of
some of these treaties,
- (The most notable case of a “se
eret treaty” was the pact of London,
entered into between Great Britain,
France and Italy. Italy is making
territorial claims based upon this
agreement, although it is admitted
that Fiume js 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 was
an agreement between Japan and
(ireat Britain concerning China. No
details are available, but lfi bids !n.!r]
to interfere with the settlement of
the Shantung Peninsula dispute.
Whether this reported agreement
~ will effectually prevent the United
States from enforeing its Indorsement
of the Chinese claims and thus pre
%‘onunx Japan from getting territory
on the Shantung Peninsula can not
be foreseen.
No member of the American dele
gation would make any }{)reddctlonn\
in that direction today. owever, it
{s 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 lnn{m shall be the
foundation and backbone of the peace
tex;hn: advance guard of the German
peace delegation that already has ar
rived at Ver‘mmes fs devoting its
time to preliminary matters. The Ger
mans are arranging a telelflgohlc and
courier service between Versallles,
\ Berlin and Weilmar, so that the Ger
{ gy 0y
““ Continued on Page 2, Column 1.
Full International News Service
.
Pole Buried as Jew and
- 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 Poie,
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 urrangedl
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 atf
the 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. i
That khaki-clad soldiers, as dear
as they are, have not supplanted
gray-uniformed hePoes in the hearts
of Atlantans was very evident Satur
day afternoon when the thin line of
Confederate 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 cos the desperate
fight they waged to save this city
from destruction 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 center of interest in
the parade was the marching line of
Confederate veterans, acgompanied
by .a numbker of vehicles containing
tho‘ae 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 and tHe
Atlanta high schools. Thus there
were in lind young men from every
section of the country, perhaps many
sons and grandsons of men who wore
the blue in the War Between the
States, but these young men were
just as eager to pay tribute to the
gray-haired heroes as the boys from
down in Dixie.
Palmour |s Marshal.
The parade consisted of four di
vigion, commanded by Lieutenant
Colonel Oscar Palmour, retired, with
the divisions In charge of Major
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.
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e LEAIG NS P OTR S sS OF THE SOUTHEAST 7\ %
The oustanding news in Saturday's
developments in the Victory Loan‘
drive in the Sixth Federal Reserve
District was contalned in a telegram
to Haynes McFadden, d®trict chair
man, that Chattanooga went over the
top and beyond Friday" night on its
$5,029,000 quota. = Chatranooga takes
the honor, with this announcement,
of bef’ng 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, 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 Tabernacle at 8 o’clock Mon
day night. Ak
Voluntary Subscriptions.
The number of voluntary subsecrip
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, indicated that a large num
ber of smaller subscriptions are being
. placed with the banks direct. ‘
| Saturday was Memorial and Victory
'Day in three States of the Atlanta
distriet, and in practically every city
in the district except Atlanta the
. Victory 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 quota.
| Carter Glass, Secretary of the
!Treasnr_v, 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, subsecribed. He will arrive
at 8 o'clock on the morning of Mn)‘j
' 1 and will be met at the station by
a committee composed of Joseph A.l
| McCord M. B. Wellborn, W. C. Ward
law, Robert F, Maddox, Dr. W. J. Bla- |
lock, Haynes MecFadden, St. Elmol
lMauspnzale, John S. Copen, James
B. Nevin amh((‘lurk Howell. The
party will bredkfast 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 thel
lßaptist Tabernacle. Joseph A. Mec-
Cord will be in charge of the meet
| ing and Governor Hugh M. Dorsey
will deliver the address of wel(‘,ome.‘
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, chalr
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 Massengzale. ‘
The Atlanta Boy Scouts, who in
previous campaigns SBold $493,000
‘worth of bonds, Friday accepted the
request of the Victory Loan commit
tee to aid in the Vietory 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
In One Word Cable
COLUMBIA, 8, C, April 26—DIi
rect to South Carolinans from Wood
row Wilson, in Paris, came a cable
gram yesterday bearing one word,
‘congratulations.”
A few days ago Miss Jean Adger
Flynn, publicity chalrman of the
South Carolina woman’s Liberty Loan
committee, sent to the President this
message: “South Carolina leads PFifth
Federal Reserve District to organiza«
tion. Pledges continued support,”
The message was read to the audi
ence at the Columbia Tleater last
evening and received with enthnsias
tic gpplause. This one word from
Woodrow Wilson in Paris will doubt
less furnish no little inepiration in
putting over this State's quota in the
Vietory Loan. South Carolina I 8 ex
pected to invest $24.948000 in theme
Continued on Page 2, Column 5.
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1919
(By International News Service.)
BERNE, April 26.—The Czecho-
Slav army advancing on Budapest is
today reported orly 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 aezainst the meas
ures of the red government.
Austrians who volunteered in the
Hungarian communist army attempt
ed to return home in disgust, but were
arrested at the frontier and dls-‘
armed. |
- The announcement of the Rglur_m;-}
nian "~ offensive ereated " 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 recenuy
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,—"Switzerland
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 membery
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 are
calling three more classes, of troops
to the colors, said an Agram dispatch
to The Idea Nazionale today. l
Serbia is a part of the new State of
Jugo-Blavia which i 8 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.
—
Receivership Talk for
. .
Chicago Surface Lines
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, .\pr‘ll 26.—Talk of re
ceivership for the Chicago surfiace line
street 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
Publie Utilities Commisison to grant
the application of the street car com
pany for permission to increase fares
from 5 to 7 cents.
- Officials of the company declare
‘that*the present 5-cent fare does not
produce sufficient revenue to cover
operating expenses and say that with
out the increased revenue it will be
Impossibls to maintain the war-time
wage scale now in effect,
Employees say that any attempt to
reduce wages will result in a strike.
. "*“—v"‘—"-,'_’" . .
Chicago Bakers’ Strike
.
Today Seems Inevitable
CHICAGO, April 26.—Deadlocked
and with each side preparing for a
finish fight, the strike of Chicago
bakérs set for 4 o'clock this after
noon seemed Inevitable today. Al
though 460 shops are declared to have
yielded to the demands of the bakers
for the elimination of nightwork, it
i# declared that 500 shops, including
all of the larger Chicago bakeries,
have refused to grant the workers'
demands. The question of wages is
not involved, .
.
National League.
Boheuie . o 0
Cinolnnatl ... ........0.... 81000
Douk, Reinhart, Sherdell and Clemons;
Laque and Rariden Umpires, Harrison
and Byron,
FIRBRUND . i 00
BN ST e 1
H. Adams and Schmidt; Douglas and Kil
lifer Umpires—O’'Day and Quigley.
Other games off; celd weather,
.
American League,
Cleveland .....001 001 100— 3 10 0
Detroit ........000 100 000— 1 7 0
Bugby and Nunamaker: Boland, James
and Ainsmith. Umpires, Chill and Evans,
SNISNNO oineiviin i 00 008
O BOME .. h.iiwatineiia 100 800
Shellenback, Faber and Lynn;s Daven
‘xfi)n. Rogers, Koob and Billings. Umpires,
oriarty and Hildebrand,
- Southern League,
WD
New 0r11b1n1.....................001
Day and Coleman; Lankenan and Kitch
eéns. Umpires, Blackburn and Schaefer.
B-rmirfiham ae b eßasibbesenipaiens
POV )il
Sigman and Peters; Jomnard and Street,
Umpires, Campbell and Williams,
Along with other troubles more or
less acute, incident to the failure of
the bond election, is the prospect of
mandamus prgoeedlm 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 buliding exposed to
perils from fires.
The State Legislature of four years
ago revised the Atlanta charter, re
quiring Council 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. None of this
money has been set aside, it is
charged.
The huge cycloramic painting of the
battle: of Aflanta 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 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 to house the
painting properly.
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Representative, Gored
By Bull, Is Killed
(By International News Service.)
BRAZIL, IND. April 26.—Ralph
W. Moss, former Democratic repre
sentative in Congress from the Fifth
Indiana district, who was gored by
a bull on his stock farm at Ashboro,
near here, Thursday morning, died at
2:456 o'clock this afternoon at the
Rawley Hospital in this city,
Moss, who was 567 years old, was
elected Indiana State Senator in 1904,
and served four years, Afterward he
was elected to the House of Repre
sentatives and served in the Sixty
first, Sixty-second, Sixty-third and
Sixty-fourth Congresses,
He was a member of the commis
sion appointed in 1913 by President
Wilson to study rural eredit systems
in Europe and was the spansor in
Congress for the farm loan act. He
was an official of the Fedglal Farm
Loan Bank of lm:lsville, Ky.
Mrs. Abbott’s New Trial
.
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 Hnturdary, The continu
ance was granted by Judge Humphries
‘on the showing that Attorney Reuben R.
Arnold, of counsel for the convicted wo
man, is engaged hefore Judge Bell in
contempt procéedings afmlm\l the Ar
mour and Morris Fertilizer companies,
The hearing was scheduled for next Sat
urday,
.
Light Frost Expected,
Then Wagrmer Sunday
A ligh tfrost is predictel for Sat
urday night by the Weather Bureau,
but the promise is held out that it
will begin to warm up Sunday and
soon be warm again,
Issued Dally and Entered as Second-Class Matter at
the Postoffice at Atlanta Under Act of Mar ch 3,187 r
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Chattancoga ..... ... ceee. 053 0
PABIRNE L drewaian 2004‘
PONCE DE LEON PARK, April
26.—With two straight vlctoriec'
packed away in the old bat bag, thal
Crackers took on the Chattanooga
Lookouts here this afternoon in thel
third game of the season, determined
to win another. Today's fracas be
gan at 4 o'clock, with a good crowd
present.
~ Joe Thorburn, the young right
hander, showed an abundance of stuff
during the warming up session, and
Captain Mayer sent him to the
‘mound, with “Doc” Neiderkorn® on
the receiving end. Vines went in for
the visitors, with Bob Higgins as Kl 3
catcher,
FIRST INNING,
»Gl@ason fanned as a starter, Higgins
hit weakly to Thoerburn and was out at
first. Graff walked, but Graham ended it
with a fly to Gooch. NO RUNS. NO
HITS,
Christenbury walked and reached sec
ond on Galloway’'s bunt to Vines, “Chick”
Eoing out. Bratehi grounded out, Democ
to Graham, and ““Chrig” went to third.
{Gooch drove a long triple to right, scor
g Christenbury with flga first run. Mayer
Auashed a hot one through third base,
scoring Gooch, but went out in an ate
tempt to steal second, Higgins to Demoe.
TWO RUNS, TWO HITE.
SECOND INNING.
Dewmoe singled dewn the third-base line.
Moore took Bates' Eroumlvr and threw De
moe out at second, to Galloway. Deve
reaux bunted to Thorburn, and both run
ners were safe when Thorburn made a
poor throw to second Flynn hit to Mayer,
who threw to second to force Deve reau,
but Chris dropped the ball and all hands
were safe. Vines grounded to Moore, who
booted the ball, and Bates and lmwrenux{
scored. Flynn reached second and Vlm-s‘
was safe at first. Gelason flied to Bratchi,
Higgins walked, filllng the bhases again.
Graff shot a double to left, scoring Fly%n,
Vines and Higgins. Graham went out,
Thorburn: to Mayer. FIVE RNUS. TWO
HITS. /
Herndon beat out a slow roller to third,
Moore forced Herndon at second, Vines to
Demoe. Gleason took Neiderkorn's pop
and doubled Moore off first, to Graham.
NO RUNS. ONE HIT
THIRD INNING,
Demoe walkod, Bates singled to lefts
and Demoe stopped at second. Devereaux
beat out an in?eld hit, ?Hing the bases,
Flynn hammered a triple to right, scor
ing DeMoe, Bates and Devereaux. Vines
fanned, Gleason lined to Christenbury.
Higgins grounded out, Moore .to Mayer,
THREE RUNS, THRERE HITS.
- Thorburn grounded out to Graham, un
asmisted, Cheistenbury pouued to Graham,
Galloway was safe at ?rst when Higgins
Cropped his fly Brachi doubled to right,
sending Galloway to third. Gooch fanned.
|NO RUNS, ONE HIT
FOURTH INNING.
‘ Gra& flied to Herndon. Graham walk
ed. Demoe went out, Galloway to Mayer,
Graham advancing to second, Moore toss
ed out Bates, NO RUNS NO HITS.
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Bank Teller Shoots |
. .
‘ Wife; Then Himself
~ (By International News Service.)
. CLEVELAND, OHIO, April 26—
Walter E. Edwards, teller in the Ft-d-l
eral Reserve Bank here, sought to|
prove his wife's devotion to him, with |
a pistol in hand, at the Kdwards home
in East Cleveland early today. .
~ He sald he undertook to kiss her
‘'when the plstol accidentally exploded,
a bullet penetrating her thigh. Av.;
cording to Edwards' 6-year-old
daughter, who was aroused by the
shooting, Kdwards, soon after his wife
‘rpll to the floor, turnea 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,
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
fce today. It is feared crops have
been hurt. Irish potatoes upon many
farms have been killed.
COLUMBUS, OHIO, April 26,~Aft«
er receiving more complete 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 uncertaln. Not much damage
was reported today from the temper
ature of Friday night,
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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'll hear another tune; they'll
sing us all to sleep tonight, and
sing this afternoon; they’ll give us
Puritani, and Old Cavalleria, too,
s 0 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
lakt; just wait another month or
two, until the trouble’'s eo'er, and
then Old,Gabe will blow his horn
upon the golden shore. Atlanta
trims the ILookout 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.
~ The proposition under consideration
lhy the county to increass its annual
lrevenue 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, wil
be acted on formally by the cpunty
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,
Leen 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 Dod‘g‘:ng‘
County Auditor J. L. spess, who
has been continuing his searching In
vestigation of the county tax books
since his recent revelation to the
commissgion that the digest ig short
$50,000,000, was said Friday to be
ready to go before the finance com
mittee with a detailed report, giving
names and figures in Instances of al
leged wholesale tux 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 cre
ated a stir in the commission. and
the report of the finance committee,
to which the whole matter was re
fetred for a probe, is heing awaited
with great interest by all county offi
clals,
No intimation was given by mem
bers, of the committee Friday as’to
the result of the informal confer
ences that have been HReld, or as to
the possible outcome of the formal
meeling next week, Commissioners
remarked, however, that if the county
really is due $370,000 more revenuae
than it is receiving, it easily could
find a use for it. The report of the
committee, whatever it may bhe, was
expected to bring on a lively discus
sion in the commission.
‘Glad She Did It Says
.
Wife Who Shot Husband
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, April 26.—~Elmer E.
Simpson is fighting for his life in a
hospital here today while his wife,
‘who flréd four shots, two of wnich
took effoct, at him late yesterday, 1s
%hnld in the county jail awaiting the
outcome of his Injuries. She faces
trial either for murder, if Simpson
dies, or attempted murder if he lives,
‘Mrs. Simpson shot her husband in
Judge Brothers’ courtroom while the
;lrlul 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, |
Mabel Taliaferro Asks
Decree From Carrigan
(Ey International News ‘Service ) |
NEW YORK, April 26,~~8u%dme,‘
Court Justice Clark to‘m{d has der
congideration the plea of Mrs. Thomas
d. Currlgnn,'known on the stage as Miss
‘Mabel Tallafero, for absolute dlvorc%
She acctuseg her husband, also wel
lknown on the stage,»of misconduct,
NO. 228
%
(By International News Service,)
CHICAGO, April 26.—Judge Landis,
in the Federal Court here today, dis
solved the injunction granted Post
master General Burleson two weeks
4go restraining the Attorney General
of Illinois from interfering with the
operation of the new telegraph rates
scheduled, which became effegtive
April 1. The court then granted the
State an injunction which restrains
the Postmaster General from putting
the new rates into effect,
The ruling reverses the whole tele
graph rate controversy in Illinois. The
}fiuli(‘e powers of the State were up
held by Judge Landis on the ground
that when Congress took over the
telegraph lines It did so purely as a
‘war measure and that it specifically
stated that the GGovernment would not
‘yinterfere with the State’'s rights in.
| the matter of rates.
Plan Concerted Fight,
Thirty-five States, through their
public utilities commissions, are plan
ning a concerted fight to challenge
the right of the Federal 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,
flndi.wnu_ lowa, Georgia, Illinois, Ne
braska, Minnesota, Kansag and Ala
rh»mm Most of those in attendance
are attorneys, who will aid in the
‘pn*purutiun of briefs to be presented
to the United States Supreme Cowurt
on May 5, when three important test
suits will be heard.
Charles E. Elmquist, of Minnesota,
announced he is prepared to sign for
thirty -five States the briefs which will
be prepared.
Burleson Defends
Rate Increase
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, April 26.—That he
‘had a legal right to increase intras
Umte telephone rates under the reso
lution of Congress, giving him econ
trol of the nation's wire communiea
tion, was the contention given by
Postmaster General Burlegon today in
a brief filed by him in the Supreme
Court of tne United States. The brief
asks that the case of the Kansas pub
lic service commission, questioning
his right to increase telephome rates
in that State, be dismissed.
~ The commission also filed a request
with the court that argument on its
case be heard May 5, the date fixed
for argument on the Massachusetts
and North and South Dakota tele
phone cases, which are expected to
develop a final test of the Postmaster
General's authority.
\ SRR SO e AASRRIRN T
.
Shotgun Salute Fired
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. Cobh, of Athens, de
livered the oration. \
Following this a salute was fired over
the graves by several veterans. They
used shotguns In rlaco of rifles be
cause it was impossible to got rifle am~
munition. This was the first time in
years the veterans have performed this
ceremony. It was necessary this year
because of the apsence from the eity
lof the \ Macon military cempany, now
returning from France with the 151st
Machine Gun Battallon,
e e e
Four Die, Including
. 4
Major, in Auto Clash
(By International News Service.)
CAMP MERRITT, N. J., April 26.~—
Four persons were killed near here
last night wheg 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.
Major H, E. Bunch, medical officer
'with the 168th Infantry, was among
ithe seriously Injured,
et
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 i an at
tempted one-day flight to New York,
but who was compelled to land be
cauge of a stoym encountered on the.
Arksansas line, announced today thit
he would attempt the fight i
next week. Major MacCauley & e
to leave Fort Worth after breakiass
and eat his dinner that evening i
New York ) A 2 i