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Here are the winners of the annual tennis tournament at Washington Seminary: At left,
Mildred Kern, who won the singles from Corday Rice, 6-4, 62. Center, Florence Tunis, and right,
Carrie Lou Reynolds, winnerg oljt'he doubles mateh from Myrtle Carnes and Lucile Little, 6-1, 6-2.
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The cotton market rocketed with
’ng"lish enthusiasm Saturday, with
futures soaring about 1 1-2 cents.
As a result of the big rise in fu
tures, Atlanta spot cotton soared 95
points to 32% cents, or more than
§ &ents for the week, and nearly 7%
ecents above the year's 10w—20.0%
cents.
Extremely bad crop advices from
the belt, together with continued low
temperatures and rains and enormous
demand for the actual by exports and
abandonment of the hand-to-mouth
policy .on the part of domestic mills
furnished the principal incentives for
aggressive buying, which was led by
trade houses, spot firms and shorts.
First prices on the\Nf-w York Ex
change were 6 to 78 points higher
and just before the close the list
had risen by leaps and bounds to a
net gain of 108 to 148 points, with
Julg booming to 31.10, October 30.45,
December 30.00, January 28.75 and
March 29.55,
Futures at New Orleans started 34
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to 55 points higher and withous pause
pailed to a net gain of 94 to 159
points—s4.7o to $7.95 a bale—from
Friday's close, with January leading
the rise. Fhat position soared to 29.24,
while July rose #o 30.74, October to
29.75 and May to 31.80.
Compared with the season’s low
levels recorded January 24 last, Octo
ber (New York) at the top exhibited a
gain of virtually 124 cents a pound—
-1.243, to be exact. The same posis
tion at New Orleans showed a gain
of almost 12 cents. The JTows of
r?\:se two months were 18.02 and 17.74,
réapectively.
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33d Division Units Reach
Gordon for Discharge
‘fi-Seventy members of the Thirty
third Division arrived at Camp Gor
don Saturday morning to await de
mobilization. Their insignia is a yel
low eross on a black background. The
division was originally composed of
West Virginia and Illinois troops, but
a number of Georgia and Alabama
boys were transferred to it as re
placements. There were a number of
Georgians in the detachment sent
here, and three Atlantans—H. T.
Page, of No. 227 West Peachtree; Sol
Reamer, of No. 136 State street, and
W. A. Adair, of No. 947 Garden road.
Sergeant York to Come
To Gordon for Discharge
Atlanta will have a chance to view
at close range Sergeant Alvin C. York,
the particular hero of the Eighty-sec
ond Division, whose capture of 132
Twßches and killing of 25 others, ma
chine gunners, has been officially de
clared the greatest individual exploit
of the war. York will be sent to
Camp Gordon soon for demobilization.
His home is at Pall Mall, Tenn.
Sen. Pomerene Has Bill
_Providing Referendum
WASHINGTON, May 24.—Senator
Pomerene, of Ohio. has presented a
bill in the Senate providing an amend
ment to the Constitution for an initia
tive and referendum e
LAST CALL FOR SALVATION ARMY--CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AT BP. .|
Full International News Service
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A most exciting and spectacular
whisky raid was staged Saturday at
noon by,Officer Payne and P. V. West
in the heart of the business section,
at Broad and Alabama streets.
Nearly 40 gallons of whisky were
seized and three prisoners, R. C.
Smith, a street car man, and W. L.
Ellington and J. S. Jackson were
taken into the toils.
The sensational arrests were made
as a result of the watchfulness of the
officers. They were riding a car on
Eroad street when an automobile
passed, covered with mud, which at
tracted their attention. Payne gave
the contents of the automobile the
onece-over and decided something was
wrong. A bulky object was observed
at the foot of the rear seat. carefully
covered wath sacks and receiving the
most careful attention from the men
in the car.
The officers pulled the bell cord on
the street car on which they were
riding near Broad and Alabama
and leaped for the whisky-laden
car. But for the density of traf
fic on the corner there would have
heen an exciting racey but with the
“Stop” sign showing and cars pass
ing down Alabama, there was no
room left for a speed burst on the
part of the occupants of the whisky
car to escape, and they were com
pelled to stop.
Attempt to Escape.
Shutting off the gasoline in their
car, the three men leaded out and
started a race for safety. Officer
Payne seized Ellison and Jackson at
the corner, while Smith was caught
within a half a block by Policeman
Greer. who was standing nearby and
witnessed the affair.
Suspicious Tonneau.
Under the cloth at the foot of the
rear seat was found a wooden keg
containing about fifteen gallong of
whisky. The rear seat was divided
into compartments, into which fitted
snugly two large five-gallon cans and
four small cans of the type used for
carrying automobile oils. Two one
gallon cans were discovered under the
front seat and a half-empty quart
syrup bottle out of which the men
had evidently been drinking.
Hundreds of persons were drawn to
the scene, and soon a mob of almost
uncontrollable proportions was packed
and jammed about the machine con
taining the whisky. The prisoners
were rushed off to jaily while the
plainclothes men who had made the
arrest remained for an hour with the
automobile at the foot of Alabama
street. .
Pleas for “just one drink™ from the
crowd went unheeded. A negro who
brought hig coffee can to be filled
with the precious fluid was elbowed
away by a husky piano mover, who
wanted the job of transporting the
big keg to police headquarters. The
big crowd stared thirstily at the array
of cans set out by the @fficers to be
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A A S T T e PRI
THE WEATHER.
Forecast—Showers probable Sat
! urday night and Sunday. Little
\ change in temperature. é
/ Temperatures—6 a. m. 61; 8;
{.a. m. 68; 100 a. m., 73; 12 noon, 76;
(1 p.my7B;2p.m, 79,
Sunrise, 5:30. Sunset, 7:39.
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Solicitor Boykin prepared Saturday
to at once hold a conference with
members of the Grand Jury and with
Police Chief Beavers and Detective
Chief Poole relative to definite plans
for putting under way immediately a
big jolnt crusade against Atlanta au
tomobile speeders.
The Solicitor announced Friday that
he would bring to the attention of
the Grand Jury the matter of the
fatal accident Thursday afternoon,
when one man lost his life and three
others were seriously hurt in the
racing of two taxicabs at Forrest ave
nue and the Boulevard, but he stated
Saturday that the investigation would
be enlarged to embrace all speeding
in the city, with the view of vigor
ously punishing offenders and bring
ing the practice to an end. It is to
carry out this purpose that he will
confer with grand jurors and heads of
the police and detective departments
on plans for concerted action and
drastic measures.
To Enforce Law.
Judge Humphries, it was understo_od.
has placed himself squarely back of
the movement, and it was indicated
that the h(‘:l‘f_\‘ hand of the law will
be brought down on reckless drivers
and speeders with crushing force.
In commenting on the seriousness
of the situation, Solicitor Boykin
called attention to the fact that sev
eral indictments for manslaughter
are now pending in the Crimihal
Court, resulting from a series of fatal
accidents in, the past several weeks.
One driver was convicted a few days
ago and Judge Humphries gave him
the limit—three years in the peni
tentiary.
Many Lives Jeopardized.
“The lives of thousands of men,
women and children are imperilled
daily in the streets of Atlanta by ir
responsible and reckless automobile
drivers, and the time has come to
round them up and let them feel the
Land of the law,” declared the Solici
tor.
““And, so far as this court is con
cerned, every case brought here wili
be prosecuted vigorously.”
Several Atlanta streets have been
converted into speedways, the Solici
tor said, among these being the Bou
levard and West Peachtree street,
“Speeding has reached such a stage
in West Peachtree that it ig not safe
for a pedestrian to venture across the
street unless provided with wings,”
he remarked.
A formal probe into the speeding
peril was expected to be begun by the
Grand Jury at its session next week.
A s
¢anada to Deport All
T y ,
Bolsheviki and 1. W. W.
(By International News Service.)
OTTAWA, Ont.,, May 24.—The Can
adian Government will deport all revo
lutionary agitators, Bolsheviki d
members of the . W. W. who have been
mn.n.plm%”mAset up a soviet govern
ment at Winnipeg by taking advantage
of the general strike, it was announced
today
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, MAY 24, 1919
If You're Going to Aid the Las
sies Who Aided Our Boys, You
, . .
Must Give Now.
With only a few more hours in
which to complete the raising of At
lanta's quota of SBO,OOO for the re
demption of men and womeh through
the Salvation Army, it became ap
parent Saturday that the unanimous
indorsement given the Salvation Army
by the American army has but little;
meaning to a large number of At
lanta's citizens. Fully a fourth of
the sum remained to be collected on
Saturday, and at the mass meeting
Saturday night. :
The rank and file of the American
army has never gone before the peo
ple of the country to ask for anything
until this Salvation Army drive came
up. It had been the boast of many
alleged patriots that “when the boys
come home they can have anything
they want.” But the boys have come
home and asked the home folks to pay
a tiny part of the debt they owe the
Salvation Army—a little piker sum
that should be raised without solici
tation in a few hours in big-hearted
Atlanta-—and there is a lot of twist
ing and squirming and tossing of
worn-out dimes into the basket.
Let everybody try to speak at once
—the telephone operator who handles
the Salvation Army line will put sev
eal hundred per cent efficiency into
putting your connection through. If
the line’s busy, that’s a good sign that
“everybody’s doing it"-—call again.
Committee of 40 Busy. ‘
The committee of 40 on whose
shoulders rests the burden of uphold
ing Atlanta's honor wenht out Friday
and rolled up subscriptions totaling
around $10,0004 leaving $20.000 to be
raised Saturday and at the mass
meeting in the Chamber, of Commerce
at 8 o’clock Saturday night. Earl_v‘
Saturday morning the committee was
again out on the job, being greetled
with chewing gum sized subscrip
tions. The big job remainel to be
finished at the mass meeting, when
every citizen who loves Atlanta, Whn‘
appreciates the fine work that was
done for Atlanta’s sons in Flanders
and wants to see the same glnrix-us‘
achievements performed over here is
expected to come out and join withl
others of his clan in putting the rirnve}
over the top. 1
Among all the gifts that came in!
Friday, the most vadluable of all was|
from an inmate of the Federal peni
tentiary. He sent all that he had—
sl.7s—in order that the Salvation
Army might be able to live up to its
name.
Some of the good citizens who
“came across” liberally Friday were
Sergeant Major J. W, Herbster and
friends, Camp Gordon, $73.83; S. A.
Lynch, $300; Troup Howard, $500;
National Paper CCompany, $500; W. S.
Witham, $500; Sig Samuels, SIOO.
Raise Nice Sums. 1
P. 8. Arkwright's committee raised
$1,800; W. W. Orr's committee, $410;
J. K. Ottley’s committee, $483.50;
Meyer Regenstein’'s committee, $875;
Fred Houser's committee, $365. All
of these expected to greatly increase
their totals before the mass meeting
Saturday night.
Airplanes from Souther Field !nnpmli
the loop, tail-spinned, side-spinned,
banked, did Immelmann tusns ;md'
other stunts over the city Friday,
dropping Salvation Army literature)
to remind the citizens that the drive
was still on. The citizens were vastly
entertained, but in view of the fact
that the airplanes didn't fall and pro
vide a great patriotic urge, fv,w’ sub
scriptions came in .
The committee of 40—composed of
Protestants, Catholics, Jews, and
everything—rolled up its sleeves Sat
urday to finish the job. The personnel
of the committee makes the finishing
certain.,
Salvation Planes
Thrill Atlanta Watchers
It's a cinch “that when Atlanta
wants planes and airmen for clrcus
stunts, the same will not have to be|
imported from outside the State.
Judging by the samples now here
from Souther Field, at Americus, the
air game has no more brilliant play
ers anywhere on earth—or above it |
TAeutenant Perry W. Blackler, fly
ing in a Curtiss plane for the Salva
tion Army drive—and incidentally to
let the folks hereabout know there is
an army recruiting station in Atlanta
was joined Friday morning by Lieu
tenant Williford Warde and Lieuten
ant Wilson, of Souther Field, and the
three proceeded to put on several of
the most spectacular air shows ever
seen anywhere. They stunted over
the city until its collective neck had a
gigantic criek in it, and in the after
noon they swooped about the adja
cent ter¥itory.
The afternoon flying was featured
by a pretty little incident in which
Colonel “Bill” Bailey, head of the
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'lf You Have Been §
. Missed, Or Have |
¢ Not Done Your Bit,
' Get On the 'Phone |
} If you haven't subscribed to |
. the Salvation Army Fund— |
i If you haven't subscribed
,a 8 much as you think you
: should— {
| If one of the committees has
. not called on you—
{ Do it today, for the cam
paign ends tonight.
;| Don’t wait to be asked per- |
! sonally. You are just as good
> a citizen, as the men on the |
| committee. Why should you '
¢ ask them to do your work for
2 you? :
§ Telephone ‘to Chairman Ed. '
| win F. Johnson, Ivy 7063, or |
g send the subscription to Room ‘
{ 506 Chamber of Commerce (
S Building, or telephone the {l
écity editor of The Georgian, f!
| Main 100, 31
é Do it now. &“
.
Grins and
G in the
roans in th
Day’s N ews
Possibly the person who broke
into “Doc” Mitchell's house and
stole his wife’s silk dress last week
, saw the error of his way-——that, or
he grew sorry for his viclim—any
way, when Doc went home Wed
nesaay night he fdund the ' dress
wrapped in a neat little bundle that
haé been left on the front veranda.
Doc is a porter at the State Capi
tol. .
Several days ago The Georgian
published an account of the theft
of the dress from Doc's home in
Bast Point. Doc said he paid S4RB
for the dress and had just made the
fina! payment on it. He also told
of previous hard-luck experiences—
how a burglar had stolen all of his
furnfture and chickens and even
all the eggs from the hen house.
And then Doc claimed for himself
the uncoveted honor of being the
one and only original hard-luck
guy. He was all ‘smiles Friday
morning, however.
“1 sho’ am happy today, white
folks,” he said. “De pusson what
stole my wife’'s dress done brung it
back, and I think that theah piece
what you had in the paper done
made de thief 'shamed o' hisseft.”
Onece more the meanest man in
the world has been discovered, if
the police have correct information
concerning the conduct of W. F.
Brown, otherwise known as J. B.
King, whg says he lives at No. 280
Fast Fair street.
The police were told that while
Brown’s aged mother was in a dy
ing condition at No.eß Spencer
street he went to her home and sold
practically all the furniture, includ
ing her only bed. Officers Horns
by and Howell made the arrest at
tre request of relatives. The aged
woman was taken to the Grady
Hospital, where her death is expect
eq hourly.
Brown is being held for trial In
the Recorder's Court under a SSOO
bond.
A 4-month-old pig, complete in
all details, including a silvery tail
that curls, is missing from its wont
ed habitat, and all Decatur street
mourns. It was lifted from its pen
some time late Friday in front of a
notions store, No. 137 Decatur
street, and as late as Saturday aft
ernoon some stout hearts held out
hope for its survival.
The owner, J. J. Anglin, told the
police in reporting the outrage that
life never again would mean the
same to him.
“1 work eleven hours a day, judge,
and when I get on a street car to
go” home 1 find it crowded with
women who've spent the day at
the movies. And I am just too ex
hausted to hang on to straps and be
jostled by the crowd in the aisles.”
This was the explamation of Jerry
Blankenship, of No. 90 Means street,
to Police Judge Johnson for having
sat beside a negro in a Peachtree
car Friday afternoon. He was fined
a dollar under the Jim Crow law.
Dr. E. C. Davis, of the Davis-
Fischer Sanitarium, reports that he
is one cow ahead at his home at
Fourth and Spring streets, and ear
nestly desires the owner to come
and take her away.
The cow wandered meditatively
into Dr. Davis’ back yard Thursday
evening, a rope still attached to her
neck. - She evinced a friendly dis
position and fondness for flowers,
taken internally. The cow is giving
plenty of milk, as well as a good
dea’ of trouble, Dr. Davis having no
, cow garage, but he will be very
glad for the owner to turn up.
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Vessel Burns to Water's Edge.
Passengers Forced to Flee in
Night Clothes.
BULLETIN.
(By International News Service.) l
NEWPORT NEWS, VA, May 24. |
Survivors from the steamer Virginia,
which burned to the water's edge last
night, who were brought here today
said they feared many lives were lost
One passenger—a man—and three
firedmen, they said, were reported to
have burned to death Most of the
passengers were taken from the burn
ing boat in their night clothing.
~ (By International News Service.)
BALTIMORE, MD., May 24-—The
steamer Virginia, “Queen of the Ches?
s peake,” owned by the Baltimore |
Bieah Packet Company (Old Bayl
Line), ecrowded to capacity with rel
atives of returning soldiers on lhvirl
way to Newport News, Va, to greet
their home-coming kin, was burned
fm the water's edge off Smiths Point,
at the mouth of the Potomac River, at
an early hour this morning.
After a careful check of the passen
ger list, it ways announced this after
noon at the office of the Baltimore
Steam Packet Company that none of;
the passengers had lost ,their lives.
At least twelve of l?w Virginia’'s
passenger were injured, however, in
the panic and confusion that followed
the discovery of the fire. The list of
injured may be added to as later re
ports are received.
Women Leap Into Oceand_
Men, women and children leaped
overboard from the burning vessel
and were rescued by sailors of the
UUnited States navy who were pas
sengers on the Virginia.
The Virginia left Baltimore for Nor
folk at 6:30 o’clock last night, and be
sides the heavy passenger list, carried
a full cargo of freight. The pfroperty
loss will be very heavy.
The fire, the cause of which has
not yet been determined, started at
about 12:30 a. m., and, burning fierce
ly, spread rapidly. until soon the en
tire vessel was almost enveloped by
flames. Captain W. G. Lane, com
mander of the Virginia, was in his
cabin when the blaze was discovered.
The master of the burning steamer
ran on deck only half dressed and
took charge of the work of rescue.
Captain Lane was one of the last to
leave the burning ship. He said he
did not see any one drown.
Three Ships to Rescue.
The survivors of the Virginia were
rescued by the steamers Florida, a
sister ship of the Virginia, bound from
Norfolk to Baltimore, and the City
of Norfolk and the City of Annapo
lis, the latter two vessels being of the
fleet of the Chesapeake line plying
the same route as the Old Bay Line
steamers.
It is known that a number of the
men of the crew of Virginia were
burned or otherwise injured when
they were jumped on by passengers
attempting to leave the burning ship.
The passengers were asleep at the
time the fire was discovered and in
their rush for safety all lost their
personal belongings. / ‘
ATLANTA’S
GREATEST
gavic | §
ASSET? §
Her climate? {
Her railroads?
The Atlanta spirit?
Got an idea of your own? g
{ Whatever it Is, some of the let
ters answering the cuestion in
The American Forum of the next
Sunday American will tell you a
; few things about this town calcu
;-lated to bring back that old feel
-2 ing of civic pride and triumphant
g achievement.
These people do the talking:
$ FORREST ADAIR,
g WALTER C. HILL, \
; CLLARK HOWELIL,
! ST. ELMO MASSENGALE,
§ MRS. WM. LAWSON PEEL,
{ HARRY L. SCHLESINGER,
s MELL R. WILKINSON,
é and
! PRESIDENT BARRETT, of the
{ Birmingham City Commission;
{ MAYOR LITTLETON, of Chat
; tanooga;
{ MAYOR TOOLE, of Macon.
Issued 5-11: and Entered as Second Class Matter at
the PostofMee at Atlanta Under Act of March 8, 1879
‘The Jingles in
% The Headli
' The Headlines
?, By HARVE WESTGATE. 0
2 We've dug up cash for driveat
¢ and drives, Y. M. C. A. and K. of §
) C.: we've given to the Red Cross
{ fund and scores of others, you'll ¢
| agree; we've fairly showered our g
{ hard-earned rocks upon the Bel- !
{ gians and the French, but pray )
. what have we given to the lussg
{ who helpedsus in the trench? {
i The Doughnut Girl, the soldiers )
{ say, fdced death te aid our gallant |
! Yanks; she brought them coffee, |
| steaming hot, and trailed close to !
{«the fighting tanks; she faced the |
! bullets of the Huns, and faced the |
! deadly poison gas, and surely 2
! now we'll not desert the soldier’s }
E friend—the Army l.ass. ¢
§ S 0 open up that purse of yours, (
| before you seek the hay tonight, |
! and prove to her we'll not desert |
) and leave the Army in its plight; |
) hand out a wad of fives and tené, ;
gm;z up a quart of silver plunks, |
| and see that these, our friends in )
' need, get their reward in goodly
| chunks. §
] Old Bill went up and took a ride |
| —they want our Woodrow to re
) turn—the Huns have got to take §
) the things which every German |
) fain would spurn; there’s lots of ¢
‘ news on which to muse, but we
. will let the jingle pass; get out
' your purse right now, old sport,
) and help the winsome Army Lass. )
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 24.—An
Amefica as dry as the Sahara, ~
This is what prohibition advocates
in the Senate were striving for as
they went to work today, attempting
to round up a sufficient number of
votes to pass the prohibition enforce
ment acts which were introduced yes
terday by Senators Sheppard, of
Texas, Democrat, and Jones, of Wash
ington, Republican, the two leading
prohibition legislators on the Senate
side.
Little définite success met the ef
forts of the prohibition workers, who
were busy in the Capitol today. The
great majority of members of Con
gress were shying from any definite
promises as to their future attitude
on prohibition, until some definlte
stand has developed which will show
whether or not Congress will follow
the President’'s recommendation that
prohibition on light wines and beers
be repealed.
Measure Comes as Surprise,
Only the most ardent prohibition
ists seemed willing to go ahead at
the present time to fight for a totally
dry America, The stringency of the
two prohibition enforcement measures
which were introduced vesterday has
rather surprised & number of mem
bers of Congress. Already there is
opposition to an appropriation of
$3.590,000 for the enforcement of the
prohibition laws by a proposed pro
hibition commissioner.
The powers given by the proposed
act to the commissioner to enforce
prohibition and secure as many
agents as necessary will undoubtedly
cause lengthy debate on the floor, it
was stated, as many Senators have
expressed fears that this will open
the field for a great deal of political
patronage.
Thoroughness of the most exacting
kind in the drawing of the prohibi
tion enforcement acts is admitted on
all sides. Should the act go into ef
fect, some members of Congress be
lieved that within a few years intoxi.
cants would be unmentionéd subjects,
s¢ effectually has the proposed bill
aimed to check even the public men
tion of alcoholic beverages. Ivasions
of the prohibition law, which have
been given some publicity already,
are aimed at in the enforcement acts
now before the Senate. There are
provisions in the act which would
make it unlawful to advise or com
municate information of means or
methods of securing intoxicating lig
uors “on land, sea or in the air.” ‘
No Aerial Trafficking.
These provisions are aimed to pre
vent any aerial or marine traflicking
in liquor beyond the jurisdiction of
the United States. To make the law
water-tight a clause has been added
which would make unlawful any
“shift by means of which the law
might be evaded.”
Senator Jones' bill, which provides
that beverages are intoxicating when
they contain one-half of one per cent
alcohol, will meet with considerable
opposition, it is believed. This con
tention of an intoxicating liquor will
conflict with several State laws al
ready in effect and will be attacked
on that ground, leaders said
FINAL EDITION]
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Poland Defies Peace Conference
and Crosses Dniester River in
Advance Through Ukrainia.
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, May 24—The German
counter proposals to the peace treaty
terms probably will be handed to the
Allies tomorrow, said an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen
this afternoon.
The German press in detailing the
Allied military activity, notably the
preparations for transportdtion of
fully equipped troops, expresses the
conviction that “it is not an empty
demonstration.”
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, May 24.—The Polish situa
tion today was causing great anxiety.
Word has reached the peace confer
ence that the Poles, in defiance of
that body’'s wishes, have crossed the
Dniester River and are fighting their
wav through Ukrainia.
President Wilson is known to have
drafted a statement, in the name of
the “big four,” which, it is reported,
states clearly that the Allies and as
gociated powers will not countenance
Polish aggressions. Puplication of the
lstut(*mant is being held up until Pre
| mier Paderewski arrives from War
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| By ROBERT J .PREW,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S,
PARIS, May 24.—Final settiement
of the rival Italian and Jugo-Slav
territorial claims on the Adriatic will
not be reached before the middle of
rext week, it was learned from an au
thoritative source today.
Progress is being made toward a
sojution that will satisfy all parties,
but it is not yet known whether the
conferees will make Fiume a free city
under the league of irations or confer .
upon Fiume the same regime as ap
plied to the Saar Valley. 2
Fremier Orlando is making a final
effort to retain, in some measure,
Itaty’s preponderance at Fiume by
having Italian diplomatic and consu
la. representatives abroad to look
after the interests of Fiume, evea
thoughJt is made a free city.
Free City Favored.
A canvass Of the peace delegates
leads to the belief that the plan for a |
free city will eventually be adopted.)
but Signor Orlando has expressed his |
disapproval of the proposal to havs |
the league of nations supervise the |
administration of Fiume's affairs. Ho |
desires the city and port to have fuil
sovereignty in thergselves.
In connection with this same sug
gestion wa.. the demand that the
whole of the Istran Peninsula bs =
granted to Italy. In the earlier stag:s
of the negotiations President Wilson
drew a frontier line between Italy and
Jugo-Slavia immediately northward
from the Arsa River. When Premier
Orlando returned from Rome he ob
jected that such a frontier would |
leave Fiume isolated in Jugo-Slav
territory. He therefore proposed that
the border follow a line laid down in
the pact of London running north-.
ward from Volosca, which is only a
few kilometers from Fiume.
House Represents U. S.
Colonel 1. M. House has been rep
resenting the United States in thess |
negotiations. When the proposals ara
crystallized and the situation clear,|
the plan will be presented to Presis’
der:t Wilson for his approval.
it is considered probable that Pre
mier Orlando will give way and wilk|
make the claim for Italy’'s diplomatio!
representation of Fiume. It is now
very certain that the,big islands in
the Adriatic off Fiume will go te
Jugo-Slayia and only a few smaller
islands to the south, such as Lussim|
and Unie, will be given to Italy.
On the Dalmation coast Italy will
receive Zara and ‘\febenio and will be
grented a port on Lissa Island. Italy |
is receiving the friendliest support
from the United States and Greaf
Britain in regard to her claims im
Asia Minor. In the northern part of
Anatolia, however, their demands ar®
in conflict with French claims. It
is likely that Premier Clemenceau wi'l
w'n out in the negotiations over this
territory.
italy and Greece Agree.
Baron Sonnino, the Italian Foreign
Minister, and M. Venizelos, the Greed
Premier, have settled the differences
between Italy and Greece on the basis
of Greek concessions to Italy. ind
Northern Epirus.
In return, Italy will surrender hen
claims to the Dodecanese Islandsy
which will revert to Greece. .
In behalf of Great Britain, Lord
Milner has announced that part of
Judaland will be ceded to Italy, ex=
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