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WILSON URGES BEER AND LIGHT WINES
‘Railroads Will Be Returned, But Should Be Co-ordinated’
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NC-4 Flies 150 Miles From Horta
to Ponta Del Gada and Awaits
-Favorable Weather,
BULLETIN.,
LLONDON, May 20.—The NC-4 will
fly from Ponta Delgada for Lisbon,
Portugal, tomorrow, weather permit
ting, the American naval authorities
were informed today.
WASHINGTON, May 20.—The
N('-4 {s ready for the last leg of her
:ross-Atlantic journey, following her
flight this morning from Horta, the
point at which she alighted in the
Azores group, to Ponta Delgada, from
which place she will hop off.
The NC-4 covered the 150 miles be
tween Horta amd Ponta Delgada at an
average speed of more than 9% miles
an hour, Admiral Jackson reported to
the Navy Department today. The
hop-off was made at 8:40, Washing
ton time, and she settled on the water
at Ponta Delgada at 10:24,
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No Details Yet
From Towers
WASHINGTON, May 20.—After be
ing missing for 60 hours and given up
as lost by many in the Navy Depart
ment, official word came yesterday
afternoon that Commander John Tow
ers and the NC-3 were safe and had
entered the harbor of Ponta Del Gada
under power of the staunch seaplane.
The detaile of the misadventures
which resulted in the, delay of the
plane have not yet reached the Navy
Department. It is presumed that Tow
ers and his crew were exhausted by
their long vigil.
Overseas Flight
Costs U. S. a Milion
TREPASSEY, N. F., May*2o.—The
Atlantic flight represents a cost to
the United States, of ‘'more than
$1,000,0000, according to estimates by
experts who assisted in the prepara
tions. The amount includes the value
of leanes and instruments, the time
of 'men and vessels and research
work.
A quarter of a million was spent
on the seaplanes alone and the re
search work involved a total outlay
of almost SIOO,OOO. To this must be
added the expense of establishing for
eign bases, the fuel consumed by two
score warships, the salaries of hun
dreds of persons engaged diyectly or
indirectly and incidental v.\'ln‘nse-s,
An idea of the enormousness of the
task may be obtained by comparison
witk the $150,000 maximum outlay of
the Sopwith expedition. Details fig
ured so closely that lead pencils and
thumb tacks were checked off asgpart
of the equipment before the start was
made.
It was calculated that on May 16
the planet Venus would be at its
brightest at 5 a. m. over St. George,
between Fayal and Terceira, Azores,
so tHe navigators had but to aim their
seaplanes at the star and drive
through.
Another interesting evidence of the
thoroughness of the American prep
arations is revealed in a printed pam
phlet fixing 6 p. m.,, May 14, as the
time and date of the departure. This
plan was so closely followed that
even the absence of the NC-4, as the
result of an accident, delayed the get
away only two days and a few min
utes
The navigating instruments devel
oped by Lieutenant Commander Read
are conceded to have been a prime
factor in the success of the fligh
The zenith projection chart, master
compass, course and distance indi
cator and minutely detailed instruc
tiors, figured down to the hour, were
all his work. Map and instrument
makers worked vvertime for months
to complete every requirement.
The sportsmanlike spirit of the
American flyers was manifested by
the unofficial announcement that
every map and instrument used by
them was at the disposal of their
British rivals on request. Weather
information also was furnished to the
British free for the past fortnight.
COME ALONG. ATLANTA: LET'S GET THE SALVATION ARMY DRIVE GLORIOUSLY ACROSS.
Full International News Service
The Jingles in
The Headlines
By HARVE WESTGATE.
ITH Congress now in ses-
W sion and a world of things
to do, with tax and pro
hibition and some other things in
view; with war and peace and la
bor loudly knocking at the door,
there'll be no time for loafing, for
there's work to do galore.
We tip our hats to Hawker, now,
wherever he may be, and trust he
hasn't perished at the bottom of
the sea; he's sure a game old fly
er, with just heaps and heaps of
sand, and we hope that he'll be
rescued and will reach his native
land.
Once more the wireless tells us
that we've got a fighting chance,
the NC-4 is still on deck and ready
to advance; she's going to sail for
Europe, from the Azores far away,
and if thé weather’s calm enough
she may win out today.
Dig down, you men of money, as
they pass the Army hat, peel off
a five or tenspot, and just let it go
at that; don’t try to make your
get-away each time the™Shriners
pass; dig up that roll of green
backs for the winsome Doughnut
Lass.
“If the boys of the Eighty-second
Division come in one at a time, they
will be shown the appreciation of their
home-folks,” was the sentiment of the
reception committee which met in May
or James L. Key's office Tuesday morn
ing to discuss plans for their recep
tion.
Owing to the fact that the boys will
arrive at Camp Gordon in small de
tachments, there will be no parade of
the Eighty-second Division. Instead,
they will be entertained at the Y. W.
C. A. Hostess House at Camp Gordon,
and will be given ‘honor’ badges to
wear downtown. This was decided after
a lengthy discussion by tne commit
tee.
Dr. Howard Cree, of* the War Camp
Community Service, will ascertain the
arrival of the troops, and the office of
the service will serve di information
bureau for the various sub-committees.
Mrs. Samuel Lumpkin and Mrs. Albert
Thornton, Jr., will be in charge of the
hostess house to see that all of the
plans of the committee are carried out
Mrs. B. M. Boykin will have charge of
the menu, and Mrs. T. T. Stevens will
be in charge of the program and en
tertainment.
1t is planned that as each detachment
arrives at Camp Gordon, Mr. Cree will
notify the various committees of the
number to be entertained, after the re
ception has been submitted to a refer
endum of the boys themselves and the
number wishing to attend in preference
to coming to town ascertained. Mrs.
Stevens will arrange a program, with
one speech from a member of the eom
mittee, voicing the welcome of Atlanta
to the returned heroes. She will also
provide music and girls for the dance
afterward.
A special call has been issued by
Mrs. Sam D. Jones, vice chairman of
the decoration committee, to have every
mother who has a son in the Eighty
second to put out flags and bunting.
Frederic J. Paxon is in charge of the
downtown decorations, and will urge
every merchant to display flags.
On motion of Mrs. Boykin it was de
cided to erect an enormous sign bear
ing the slogan, “Welcome Home Eighty
second,” at Five Points, which will be
illuminated with electric lights at night.
The banner will remain there until all
boys of the Eighty-second have re
turned
The committees named Tuesday will
serve until all of the boys of the
lighty-second Division have returned
home. .
Jacob Rauch, Father of
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Mrs. Milton Dargan, Dies
Jacob Rauch, 83, of Dallas, Texas, died
Tuesday morning at 7 o’clock at the resj
dence of his daughter, Mrs. Milton Dargan,
Sr., of No. 58 Ponce DeLeon avenue,
where he was vigiting. Mr. Dargan is one
of Atlanta's best known business men, be
ing connected with the Royal Insurance
Company.
Mr. Rauch was one of the leading ecit
izens of Dallas, but retired from active
business several years ago. He was in
the foundry and -grain elevator business
for many years, and was one of the found
ers of the Empire Flour Mills, of Dallas.
He also was formerly a member of the
board of water commissioners of Dallas.
Syrviving him are two daughters, Mrs.
Dargan and Mrs. R. H. Stewart, wife of
the president of the City National Bank of
allas; one son, B, J. Rauch, of Oklahoma
C'ity, and a niece, Mrs. W. W, Caruth, of
Dallas.
The body was removed to the chapel of
H. M. Patterson & Son and will be sent to
Dallas Tuesday. night for funeral and in
terment.
THE WEATHER.
Forecast—Thundershowers Tues
day night, slightly cooler; fair and
warmer Wednesday.
Temperatures—6 a. m., 64; 8
a. m., 64; 10 a. n~. 55 12 noon, 68;
10 m 8 2 p, 1
Sunrise, 5:33; s 7:36.
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Daring British Aviator and Fly
! ing Companion Are Believed
1 Lost in Flight Overseas.
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. By EARLE C. REEVES,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N, S.
‘ LONDON, May 20.—The Sopwith
lbiplzme that carried Harry G. Hawker
{and his navigator, Lieutenant Com
mander Grieve, from Newfoundland
in an attempt to cross the Atlantic,
was given up as lost thig afternoon.
General Sykes announced that such
a violent gale is now raging off the
Irish coast that destroyers which put
to sea in the faint hope that the men
might be still alive had been unable
‘to return to port. Admiralty officials
said it was inconteivable that Hawker
and Grieve could have survived such
‘a storm.
No further reports concerning
lHawker had been received here this
forenoon. More than forty hours have
[elapsad gince the Sopwith jumped off
from New Foundiand on the 1,950
‘mile flight to Ireland and it is cer
‘tain Hawker’s supply of fuel was ex
hausted hours ago, even had he man
‘aged to keep in the air. Both the ad
‘miralty and Air Ministry announced
‘this morning that absolutely nothing
authentic has been heard of the fate
of the Sopwith since her departure
from New Foundland.
Reports came from various sources
last night that Hawker’s plane had
been sighted, that he had fallen into
the sea and that he had sent wireless
message to incoming ships. Investi
gation disproved most of these mes
sages and the Admiralty discredited
the source of others.
The Central News Agency carries a
re,port that Hawker landed in the sea
off the Irish coast and that a boat is
going to his rescue, but this, like other
reports, is without confirmation.
A rough sea was running off the
Irish coast late yesterday and doubt
was expressed that the tiny emer
gency boat fastened over the Sop
with’s rear hood could weather such
waves more than a few minutes, even
if Hawker succeeded in launching
her.
Both men carried non-sinkable rub
‘ber suits, but the officials here had
little hope that they would be picked
up in time to save them.
; Even many of Hawker’s associates
‘ubundoned hope early today when the
report that the Sopwith had landed
lin the sea, forty miles off the mouth
[ol’ the River Shannon, was discred
lited. A late dispath from Queens
town denied the admiralty wireless
tlheru had picked up such a message.
,Knocked Cold by Low
Bridge, Sues for $30,000
' Trial of $30,000 damage suit,
brought by F. M. Corley, a switch
‘ym;m, against the Southern Railway,
was on trial Tuesday in Judge H. M.
IReid's division of City Court.
) Corley told the jury that he was
{budly hurt when his head was hit by
k!he Howell Station oridge as a
freight car, on which he was riding,
was passing under the bridge. He
was knocked unconscious and perma
}nvmly hurt, he declared. The acci
;wi\-n( occurred April 18, last year. The
railroad company was charged with
t xn'glngelh("«'.
Indications were that the trial
’lriul might cont-lu(l_o 'Tuvsduy after
noon. Attorney William K. Arnaud
{n[)pv;n‘?_d for Corley, while Attorneys
| McDaniel and Black defended the
railroad company.
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Negro Gets SSOO Fine
; For Robbery of Home
. Will Bentley, a negro accused of
'robbing the home of Miss Evelyn May
Ivey, No. 5563 Highland avenue, May 2,
’Tuosduy‘ was sentenced k_»}‘ _.!xudxe~
Humphries to pay a fine of SSOO, or
'serve twelve months in the chain
gang.
~ Judge Humphries, in passing sen
tence, followed a recommendation to
mercy made by the jury in convicting
the negro.
- Miss Ivey said Rentley stole jewels
from her home ¥ at $2085.
ATLANTA, CA., TUESDAY, MAY 20, 1919
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God Will Guard
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My Man,’ Says
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Wiie of Hawker
(By International News Service.)
ONDON, May 20.—Mrs. Harry
L G. Hawker, wife of the miss
ing Sopwith pilot, was one
of the few persons who today held
out hope that Hawker and his
navigator, Grieve, may still be
alive.
“God will protect my man,” she
said, with a brave effort to sup
press the tears, “but if he is lost,
it was against big odds. No man
could do more.”
Atlanta real estate reached its high
water mark in price Tuesday when
the Nunnally corner, the northeast
corner of Peachtree street and Edge
wood avenue, sold for $425,000 cash,
or $10,365.85 a front foot.
It was bought by Asa G. Candler,
Inc., from the Thomas M. Clark es
tate, the deal being handled by For
rest & George Adair. Mr, Candler
some time ago incorporated a num
ber of his interests under that cor
porate name, and has invested tre
mendous sums in uptown real estate
which stand in the name of the cor=
poration., .
The previous record for real estate
prices in Atlanta, according to For
rest Adair, was also paid by Asa G.
Candelr, Inc., for the Hunnicutt cor
ner, at Broad and Walton streets, op
posite the Nunnally corner and a lit
tle north of it. This property brought
SIO,OOO a front foot.
The Clark estate property sold
Tuesday has a frontage on Peachtree
street of 41 feet, and runs back on
Edgewood avenue 190 feet to an al
ley. It is occupied by one of the Nun
nally company's retail stores and the
Geodyear Raincoat Company on the
ground floor, and by Kuhn’s restau
rant on the upper floors.
Mr, Candler will retain the property
as an investment for some time, Mr
Adair said, but may eventually ercect
a skyscraper on it. The property is
at Five Points, and one of the corners
most centrally located in Atlanta.
Proposes Sale of Food
Held by Government
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 20.—The food
administration was directed in a reso
lution presented in the House this
afternoon by Representative kKgjtzger
ald, of Masachusetts, to release for
public sale all foodstuffs held by it
and not urgently required for Govern
ment purposes, for the purpose of re
ducing exorbitant prices.
Representative Gould, New York,
alsc requested the food administra
tion for full informatien as to all
formal or informal agreements gov
erning the fixing of prices of food
stuffs.
Wilson to Name Board
On Street Ry. Problems
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 20.—A Federal
commission to investigate street rail
way problems, particularly as regards
finance, will be appointed by President
Wilson in the near future. The Presi
dent, it was announced at the White
House this afternoon, has cabled his
approval of Secretary Redfield’'s and
Secretary Wilson's recommendation for
such a board, and has asked for their
suggestions as to the personnel. In
urging the President to act, Secretaries
Redfield and Wilson pointed out that
tifty street railway companies are ut
present in the hands of receivers
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Crawley Venue Fight
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Goes to Supreme Court
BLAIRSVILLE, GA., May 20.—The
motion for a change of venue in the
Crawley case was overruled by the Su
perior Court here today, and the case
goes to the Supreme Court on a bill of
exceptions. The Crawleys were sent to
jail in Hall County to await a decision
The Union County court, where the
trial was under way, was adjourned un
til the first Monday in June. The Craw
ley boys were on trial for the slaying
of Marshal Ben Dixon.
T hree Germans Plan
To Restore the Kaiser
(Exclusive Cable to the International
News Service From Il Secolo,
Milan.)
LUGANO, May 20—Two German
princes and one leading German aris
tocrat are here planning a coup d’etat
by which they hope to restore the
Kaiser to the throne within two
months after peace is signed.
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First Day Finds Drive Total $30,-
000 Short—Citizens Asked to
Double Donations.
With something like $30,000 to go
1 before the SBO,OOO quota of Atlanta is
reached, the executive committee in
charge of the local campaign decided
Tuesday to just go out and get it.
They efpect to get it Wednesday, or
perhaps Thursday. But they'll get it.
Reports Tuesday at the office of
Edwin F. Johnson and Mrs. Samuel
Lumpkin, the heads of the two big
divisions, revealed that the one-day
campaign had not panned out as ex
pected, for two reasons:
Too many persons gave smaller
sums than they were expected to give.
There was too much “chicken-feed” in
the basket,
The territory was not covered as
completely as expected. Many work
ers who had expected to canvass the
city were prevented for many reasons
from reporting for duty. Whole blocks
were not reached.
Telephone messages and letters and
personal calls Tuesday resulted in
bringing in a large additional sum,
and there were many voluntary con
tributions. Several contributors dou
bled their Monday's gifts.
Chairman Johnson and Chairman
Lumpkin ‘have called a meeting of
the executive committees of the men’s |
[und women's divisions to be held in‘
' Room 506, Chamber of Commerce,
E Wednesday at 10:30 o'clock. The best
‘ way to put the drive through prompt
1y will be discussed and adopted.
Too Much Small Change.
It had been expected that the SBO,-
000 fund would easily be raised in a
day, with the Shriners and the men's
and women’s divisions, the Salvation
'Army girls and the overseas soldiers
all working hard. And it would have
been raised, too, if Atlanta had only
understood just how an SBO,OOO pot
must be made up. There were $5
gifts from men counted for §lO. There
were dollar contributions from chaps
who should have given $5. There
were hatfuls of small change where
there should have been dollar notes.
All the Monday workers and every
other man and woman who could
gpare the time, was asked to meet
Tuesday morning at 9 o'clock at the.
Chalber of Commerce and to begin
work again and clean up the fund be
fore night. In spite of the rain many
of the workers reported promptly and
expressed confidence that they could
go out and round up a lot more coin |
Workers Not Depressed. \
At the great mass meeting held at
the Atlanta Theater Monday night,
Chairman Edwin Johnson, head of
the drive in Fulton County, stated
that, while the results were some
what disappointing, still the cim
paign workers were not depressed,
and would double their energies to
assure the success of one of the most
popular drives Atlanta has ever
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Growing Business Calls
For More Equipment
An additional typewriter
another file or two—perhaps
a desk or a cash register.
If it,is more than one of
them, price may be a rather
serious consideration, for a
growing business makes
many demands for money
The way to buy these things,
well and economically, is to
consult the “*Business lquip
ment”’ column of The Geor
gian and American over in
the Want Ad section
Both used and new equip
, ment » reaches the buyer
through this medium
If you are disposing of good
office and store equipment
of any kind, the “Business
Equipment” column is of
equal importance to you, for
through it you can reach
practically everybody in At
lanta and find ample oppor
tunity to sell promptly and
satisfactorily.
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The Georgian and American
Atlanta’s Want Ad Directory
20 -22 East Alabama Street
Read for Profit-Use for Results
Text of President’s
Message to Congress
. WASHINGTON, May 20.—The text
of President Wilson's message, sub
mitted to Congress today, follows:
Gentlemen of the Congress:
| I deeply regret my inability to be
present at the opening of the ex
traordinary session of the Con
gress. It still seems to be my duty
to take part in the counsels of the
peace conference and contribute
what 1 can to the solution of the
innumerable questions to whose
settlement it has had to address it
self. For they are questions which
affect the peace of the whole world
and from them, therefore, the Unit
ed States can not stand apart.
I deemed it my duty to call the
Congress together at this time be
cause it was not wise to postpone
longer the provisions which must be
~made for the support of the Gov
ernment,
Appropriations Necessary.
Many of the appropriations which
are absolutely necessary for the
maintenance of the Government and
the fulfilment of its varied obliga
tions for the fiscal year, 1919-20.
have not yet been made; the end
of the present fiscal year is at
hand; and action upon these appro
priations can no longer be pruden
tially delayed. It is necessary,
therefore, that 1 should immediately
call your attention to this critical
need,
It is hardly necessary for me to
uree that it may receive your
prompt attention.
I shall take the liberty of ad
dressing you on my return on the
subjects which have most engross
ed our attention and the attention
of the world during these last anx
ious months, since the armistice of
last November was signed, the in
ternational settlements which must
form the subject matter of the pres
ent treaties of peace and of our
national action in the immediate
future. It would be premature to
discuss them or to express a judg
ment about them before they are
brought to their complete formu
letion by the agreements which are |
now being sought at the table of
the conference. 1 shall hope to lay
them before you in their many as
pects as soon as arrangements have
heen reached. |
Domestic Legislation.
I hesitate to. venture any opin
ion or press any recommendation
with regard to domestic legislation
while absent from the United
States, and out of daily touch with
intimate sources of information and
counsel, I am conscious that 1 need,
after so long an .absence from
Washington, to seek the advice of |
those who have remained in con
stant contact with domestic prob
lems and who have Known them
close at hand from day to day; and
I trust that it very soon will he
~)ssible for me to do so. But t.ere |
are several questions pressing for ‘
consideration to which [ feel that
I may, and indeed murt, even now
direct your attention, if only in gen
eral terms. In speaking of them I
shall, I dare say, be doing little
more than speak your own
thoughts. 1 hope I shall speak your
own judgment also. |
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New York Correspondent of The Georgian,
NEW YORK, May 20.—Sergeant Alvin
€. York, 328th Infantry, Eighty-second
Division, was met by a delegation of the
| Tennessee Socicty when he arrived at
. Bush Terminal on the transport Scran
toh today.
He was informed there was a Ssuite
waiting for him at the Waldorf and if
there was anything in New York or
Tennessee he wanted, to make it known.
As soon as the ship docked, Sergeant
York was taken in charge by Dr. James
J. King, president of the society, and
E. A. Kellogg, committee chairman,
and escorted to the suite reserved for
{ him at the Waldorf
| Until Friday he will be shown the
] city, and on Friday night he will be
. guest of honor at a dinnér at the Wal
' dorf that will make his eyes hulge At
I this time $2.000 in Liberty Bonds will
| be presented to him.
I October 8, 1918, the army records
| duly attest, Sergeant York did this
& Killed 26 Germans, captured 132 prison
| ers, incluling a major and three lieu
| tenants, put 35 machine guns out of
’ business and smashed the counter-attack
. of a whole German battalion.
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John Holder Sees Self
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Back in Speakers’ Chair
i John Holder, Speaker of the House of
Representatives of the last Legislature,
stajed Tuesday morning that his re-elec
tion to that office is practically assured.
Mr. Holder was in Atlanta wisiting the
| State Capitol, and calling on Governor
Dorsey Mr. Holder said that he has been
[;l:-~nx‘wv| of 174 votes out of the total of
192 votes in the House, which will be suf
ficient to elect him.
lasued Duily and Entered as Second Class Matter at
the PostofMee at Atlanta Under Act of March 3, 1879
front of all others in every country
amidst the present great awakening
is the question of labor; and per
haps I can speak of it with as great
advantage while engrossed in the
corsideration of interests which af
fect all countries alike as I could
at home and amidst the interests
whick naturally most affect my
thought, because they are the inter
ests of our own people. {
Question of Labor.
By the question of labor I do not
mean the question of efficient in
dustrial production, the question of
how labor is to be obtained and
made effective in the great process
of sfstaining populations and win
ning succes amidst commercial and
industrial rivalries. I mean that
much greater and more vital ques
tion, how are the men and women
who do the daily labor of the world
to obtain progressive improvement
in the conditions of their labor, to
be made happier, and to be served
better by the communities and the
industries which their labor sus
tains and advances?
How are they to be given their
right advantage as citizens and hu
man beings?
We cannot go any further in our
present direction. We have already
gone too far, We cannot live our
right life as a nation or achieve our
proper success as an industrial
community if capital and labor are
to continue to be antagonistic in
stead of being partners, if they are
to continue to distrust one another
and contrive how they can get the
better of one another, or what, per
haps, amounts to the same thing,
calculate by what form and degree
of coercion they can manage to ex
tort on the one hand work enough
to make enterprise profitable, on
the other justice and fair treatment
enough to make life tolerable. That
bad road has turned out a blind
alley. It is no thoroughfare to real
prosperity. We must find another,
leading in another direction and to
a very different destination. It
must lead not merely to accommo
dation, but also to a genuine co
operation and partnership based
upon a real community of interest
and participation in control.
Community of Interest.
There is now in fact a real com
munity of interest between capital
and labor, but it has never been
made evident in action. It can be
made operative and manifest only
in a new organization of industry.
The genius of our busines men and
the sound practical sense of our
workers can certainly work out
such a partnership when once they
realize exactly what it is that they
seek and sincerely adopt a common
purpose with regard to it.
Labor legislation lies, of course,
chiefly with the States; but the new
spirit and method of organization
which must be effected are .not to
be brought about by legislation so
much as by the common counsel
and voluntary co-operation of cap
italists, manager and workman.
Legislation can go only a very lit
tle way in commanding what shall
be done. The organization of in-
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Gen. Pershing’s Visit
To England to Await
Hun Action on Pact
(By International News Service.)
I.ONDON, May 20.—General
Pershing has canceled his proposed
visit to England, for which elab
orate preparations had been made.
It was learned today that it was
considered necessary for him to re
main in France,
It was reported fror: Paris that
the Aynerican commander in chief
might postpone his visit to Eng-
Jand until after Germany had given
a definite answer on the peace
treaty. President Wilson is under
stood to have requested him to re
main because of the possibility that
ntilitary measures might be needed
in case Germany refused to sign.
.
Lake Erie Is Lashed
By a Terrific Storm
SANDUSKY, OHIO, May 20—A
terrific gale sweeping over lLake Erie
from the northeast today caused
heavy damage to docks, lake craft and
otker property along Lake Erie and
the shores of Sandusky Bay. Much
damage also is reported in the Lake
Eric island region.
The waters of Sandusky Bay are
at the highest stage ever known.|
Many of the docks are entirely under
water, and furthe: damage is feared
if the waters continue to rise. All
boats are being held in lake ports on
account of the storm.
'HOME EDITION
A Paper for Atlanta, Georgia,
and the South
Repeal of Luxury Taxes and Tax
'
on Retail Sales Also Is Urged
'
by President.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 20.—Presi
dent Wilson today called upon the
Sixty-sixth Congress to amend or
repeal the wartime prohibition meas
ure in so far as it applies to wines
and beers.
In his message—the first that he
has not delivered in person since tak
ing up the reins of the Government—
the President asserted his belief that
the demobilization of the army had
progressed to such an extent that it
would be “entirely safe” to remove
the ban upon the manufacture and
sale of wines and beers. He rlainly
indicated that had he the authority
he would take the necessary action
himself; but, lacking it, he urged the
Congress to act.
President Wilson also anounced the
railroads would be ré€turned to their
owners at the end of the calendar
year, but recommended that they,
with the telegraph and telephone sys
tems, be co-ordinated so as to furnish
complete and certain means of com
munication with all parts of the cbun
try
The wire lines will be returned, he
| said, as soon as it can be done with
out administrative confusion.
Other Action Urged.
The President also urged:
I—Adoption of the equal suffrage
lamendment,
1 2—Certain revision of the tariff
lI:lwet,
| B—Repeal of the so-called luxury
lt:ixpfl and continued high levies on
|incomes, excess profits and estates.
| 4—Legislation to safeguard the
lpubllc interest before the telephone
land telegraph systems are turned
[back to private ownership.
j s—Laws to facilitate American en
terprise in foreign trade.
| C(—Assistance for returning soldiers
|in finding jobs for which they are
| fitted:
| The message does not touch upon
|the international situation, but the
| President promises to address the
;t'm.grvss upon these matters on his
return.
Refers to League Briefly.
“It. would be premature to discuss
them or to express a judgment about
them before they are brought to their
}A-mnp!m.- formulation by the agree
'ments which are now being sought at
'th: table of the conference,” the
Prasident asserts.
| The President's only reference to
the league of nations is but a passing
one, but at the same time it reflects
his confidence that the league will
be consummated.
Dealing with the necessity for na
tional action to bring about an en
lizhtened labor policy, the President
observes: 7
“Agencies of inrornati,onal counsel
and suggestion are pr-sont/ly to be
created in connection with the league
of nations in this vwr}' field; but it
is national aetion\ ®*.. * ¢ that
must bring about )he actual re
forms.”
Repeal of Taxes.
Recommending the repeal of the
taxes upon retail sales, the President
pointed out that they are “unequal
in incidence,” on industries and indi
viduals and that their collection is
difficult and expensive. While they
were justified by the pressing war
time necessities, he observed, “they
can scarcely find sufficient justifi
cation under the easier circumstances
of peace.”
In urging certain tariff changes,
the President points out the close re
lation that has existed between the
mnufacturers of dyestuffs on the one
hand, and explosives and poisonous
gases on the other. He then say::
Chemical Competition.
“Although the United States will
gladly and unhesitatingly join in the
program of international disarma
ment, it will, nevertheless, be a poi
icy of obvious prudence to make cer
tain of the successful maintenance of
many strong and well equipped chem
ical plants. The German chemical
industry, with which we will be
brought into competition, was ind
may well be again, a thoroughly knit
monopoly capable of exercising a
competition of a peculiarly insidious
and dangerous kind.” %
NO. 248