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American Officers Displeased.
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Briton’s Memory Poor, Says
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Backs-to-the-Wall’ Appeal.
By JUSTIN McGRATH.
WASHINGTON, May 24-—Nothing
that has oceurred since the signing
of the armistice has sc¢ tended to
excite American officers to a state
of belligerency, as& the complete re
port of Field Marshal Douglas Haig.
Copies have just been received here.
Som of them are “fighting mad”
about it. The only mention which
Marshal Haig makes of the Ameri
can throughout the report is his
&tatement that they occupied Cobienz
after the signing of the armtistice.
He ignores the Ameriean divisions
which fought under him and which
took the lead in the final British
drive on Cambrai. Moreover, in ac
counting for the collapse of Ger
many's military power, he completely
ignores the effect of American partic
ipation in the war and the conclusive
work of Persihng's army when the
Allied arms, beaten and exhausted,
were unable to make a further sland‘
against the German assault.
Action by Congress Urged.
This report of Field Marshal Haig,
with its failure to say any single word
of credit for the Americans or make
any acknowledgment of the value of
America's aid toward ending the war,
probably will result in demands in
Congress upon the War Department
for the complete record of the
achievements of American arms in
France and the complete record of
the representations made by the Al
lies to President Wilson and other of
ficials of the Government as to the
absolute helplessness of the Allies’
cause, unless America came in‘ with
its full strength.
Senators and Representatives have
been expressing themselves for some
time, most weary of the policy by
which America was making vast con
tributions to European nations, and
getting nothing in return—not even
gratitude. Members of the military
affairs committee of both the House
and Senate will, of course, get the
comment of officers of the general
staff on the Haig report, and resent
ment in Congress over the unappre
ciative attitude of the Allied powers
will be further inflamed.
America lgnored.
Under the caption, "“The End of the
War,” Field Marshal Haig says in his
report:
“If the views set out by me in the
preceding paragraphs are accepted, it
will be recognized that the war did
not follow any unprecedented course,
&nd that its end was neither sudden
nor should it have been unexpected.
“The rapid collapse of Germany's
*military powers in the latter half of
1918 was the logical outcome of the
fighting of the previous two years.
It would not have taken place but
for that period of ceaseless attrition
which used up the reserves of the
German armies, while the constant
and growing pressure of the blockade
sapped with more deadly insistence
from vear to year at the strength and
resolution of the German people. IE
is the great battles of 1916 and 1917
that we have to seck for the secret
of our victory in 1918,
“Doubtless, the end would have
come sooner had we been able to de
velop the military resources uf.nnl'
empire more rapidly and with a high
er degree of concentration, or h:.q
not the defection of Russia in 1917
given our enemies a new lease of
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“Superior Morale.
“So far as the military stnlnion is
cocnerned, in spite of the great acces
sion of strength which Germany re
ceived as the result of the defection
of Russia, the battles of 1916 and 1917
had so far weakened her armies that
the effort they made in 1918 was in
sufficient to secure victory. More
over, the effect of the battle of 1916
and 1917 was not confined to loss of
Germran man power. The morale s-f-‘
sects of these battles was enormous,
both in the German army and in
. Germany By their means our sol
diers established over the German
soldier a moral superiority which
they had held in an ever-increasing
degree until the end of the war, even
in the difficult days of March and
Apmil, 1918
This was the comment made by one
of the general staff officers today on
the “reasons’ set forth by Marshal
Haig for the German collapse
“Field Marshal Haig must have a
very bad memory or else he thinks
'.h; people of his own country and
of America must have bad memories.
“He savs that, by the battles of
1916 and 1917, the British soldiers
had established over the German sol
diers a moral superiority. and it was
because of this superiority that the
Germans were not able to make an
effort in 1918 sufficient to secure vie
tory
It's Back Was to the Wall,
“Now. the fact is that the period
fl. which General Haig says he was
nreaking down completely the morale
of the German army and establishing
the superiority of the British, was
the exact period in whkich he issued
his never-to-he-forgotten appeal to
the British army in which he said,
“We are fighting with our backs to
f the wall."” .
The desperate nature of the Allied
situation, as revealed principally
through this declaration of Field
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® INRERNATIONAL.,
Captain Edward G. Chamberlain, reported cleared of the
charge of fraud in winning the Victoria Cross
If unofficial reports from Leondon
are later confirmed, Donald Harper,
formerly of Rome, Ga., but in recent
vears one of the leading authorities
on international law in Paris, will
have won the greatest victory of his
legal career In clearing Captain Ed
mund G. Chamberiain, of the Amer
ican army, of the charge of fraud,
deception and forgery.
The court-martial convened for the
purpose of determining the facts in
regard to Chamberlain’s alleged deeds
of heroism for which he was awarded
the Victoria Cross and.the United
States Congressional Medal. Cham
berlain is from San Antonio and be
longs to one of the wealthiest and
leading families of Texas.
His aunt, Mrs. Henrietta M. King,
is owner of a I.2Bo,ooo~acre ranch in
the lower Gulf coast region; his fa
ther, Edwjn Chamberlain, is a promi
nent banker of San Antonio. Young
C‘hamberlain comes of adventurous
stock, his progenitors on both sides
having played an important part in
the stirring early history of Texas.
Before entering the army the young
man spent several years in college and
traveling. He is held in high esteem
by all who know him.
Story of His Exploit. '
It was when a lieutenant, July 27
of last year, that Chamberlain, while
on a leave viist to the British front
was permitted to make an airplane
flight against he Germans. When he
returned to the British camp he told
the story of his wonderful exploit—
how he had battled with twelve Ger
man planes, destroyed five of them
and damaged two others; how he was
forced to land, took a German prison
er, by means of a ruse, picked up a
wounded Frenchman on his way back
and carried him into British lines.
Kis wonderful story was given world
wide publicity. He was recommended
for and awarded the Victoria Cross
and Congressional Medal of Honor,
and was promoted to captain.
When word came to Captain CCham
berlain’s father that doubt had been
cast upon tne truthfulness of his son's
story, he sent Judge J. D. Crenshaw,
an attorney of San Antonio, to Eng
land and France to look after Captain
Chamberlain’s side of the growing
controversy. Judge Crenshaw re
cently returned to this country,. aftet
a stay of six months in London and
Paris. He is familiar with every de
tail of the remarkable case.
According to Judge Crenshaw, the
question at issue was one of veracity
as between Captain Chamberlain and
B-itish Major General Salmon, who,
as investigator for the British Alr
Marshal Haig, accelerated the move
ment of American troops in France.
They went over so fast that by July
1, 1918, we had more than 1,000,000
there. It was only when we got our
troops to France the tide turned.
It was American divisions that
stopped the Germans at Chateau
Thierry and saved Pariss
1t was American divisions that
helped largely to prevent the Germans
from enveloping Rheims.
1. was American divisions that led
the British assault on Cambrai, and it
was the great American army of more
thar, 600,000 that made the Argonne
offensive, which threw the Germans
out of the strongest position they had
in France and compelled their retreat
along the whole line in order to es
cape being shut off from Germany.
Repiy of Pershing. ‘
Here is General Pershing’s answer
to the exaggerated claims that Haig
makes for the British army:
“Our dogged offensive was wearing
down the enemy, who continued des
perately to throw his best troops
against us, thus weakening his line in
front of our allies and making their
advance less difficult.”
The disposition in army circles, up
to this time, has been to be modest
in relating the works and achieve
ments of the -American army, but
opinion is rapidly shaping both in
the War Department and in Con
gress that the time has now come to
le: the whole truth be known regard
less of the sensibilities of unapprecia
tive Europeans.
KE.-\l_!_Rl_'_.‘} SUNDAY A‘VlP:l{_l_(:.‘;.\“_. _A Newgnaner for Pegnls” th Think — S_l;\'l).v\\", Mfl _E__l_‘L
Ministry, reported the exploit of the
American flyer as false. At least twe
strong points supporting the truth of
the reports made by Captain Cham
berlain were established in a special
investigation in which Judge Cren
shaw had a hand while in Europe.
Points in His Favor.
One of these points, according to
Judge Crenshaw, is the established
fact, as alleged, that Captain Cham
berlain was at the British flying camp
on leave on the date of the reported
exploit; the other point was that a
compass from the British plane, in
which Captain Chamberlain made the
parported fiight, and which, according
to the captain, he used as a bomb, by
a ruse, which resulted in the capture
of a German, actually was found in a
ditch near the scene of the fight.
The court-martial of Captain
(C‘hamberlain aroused intense interest
smong both British and American
highk authorities on the other side;
in fact, the ccurt-martial was the
direct result of whisperings and
charges and counter charges which
began to involve international poli
cies. With the British authorities, on
the one hand. branding Captain
Chamberlain’s exploits as false, and
with Captain Chamberlain and his
naval friends and colleagués uphold
ing the truth of the exploits as nar
rated, and for which the captain was
decorated with the Victoria Cross and
the congressional medal of honor, the
‘(-omru\ersy aroused great interest
abroad, Judge Crenshaw said.
Conferred With Sims.
Judge Crenshaw had several con
ferences with Admiral Sims, com
manding the American naval squad
ron in European waters, in regacd to
the charges. In fact, it was Admiral
Sims who called the court-martial for
the good of the service, following in
vestigation of a special court of in
quiry appointed Ly the American Gov
ernment.
“"he whola affair,” said Judge
Crenshaw, “began with criticism of
t%e British failure to award credit
publicly to tieeir flyers. According
to o Fritish tradition, the names of
British flyers who performed feats
were not published, and so when the
expioit of Captain ‘hamberliin came
out in the American newspapers, the
RBritish newspapers writhed under
what they termed unfair discrimi
nation. ’
“Accordingly, Major General Sal
mon. of the British air service, made
an investigation of the matter for the
British Air Ministry with the result
that he reported the story of Captan
(‘hamberlain’s exploit as a concoction
of lies and falsehoods.”
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Motor Cars Collide; ;
Nobody Badly Hurt
A head-on collision between an
automobile driven by Mrs. (', E. Both
well, No. 12 College avenue, Decatur,
and another driven by L. O. Fortson,
an automobile dealer of Washington,
Ga., at the corner of Ponce Del.eon
and Moreland avenues, Saturday aft
ernoon resulted in painful but not se
year-old son of Mrs. Bothwell
The child received several cuts on
his face. Two other occupants of the
Bothwell ear escaped unhurt, They
were Mrs. A, L. Parks of No. 12 Col
lege avenue, and Mattie Wright, a
negro nurse, Mr. Fortson and Carl
ton Johnson, of Athens, who was rid
inc with him, were not hurt.
A charge of reckless driving was
docketed against Mrs. Bothwell.
Four Transports From
France Change Course
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 24 —Four trans
porte from Prance changed their course,
the War Department announced this
afternoon. The Finland will dock at
Newport News May 21, instead of 'Bos
ton; the Canandigua, at Philadelphia,
May 31, instead of l\"éwpor! News; the
Dakotan at Philadelphia, Ma 27, ine
stead of New York., and the hattleship
New Jersey at New Yok, June 1, in
stead of Newport News.
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Railway Director Says Revolving,
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000,000 Additional. i
(By International News Service,) |
WASHINGTON, May 24.—The
railway administration’s “revolving
fund” must be increased by $1,200,« ]
000,000 to meet the 1918 and 1919 re- |
quirements of the roads under I"o-d-l
era! control, Railways Director Hmvs!
announced today, in requesting lhal'.
Congress make this sum “immediate
ly available and to remain available
until expended.”
The requirements for 1918, accord
ing to Hines' estimate, are $941,802,- ‘
425, for which $500,000,000 already has |
been appropriated, leaving a balance
of $441,802,438. The 1919 requirements |
total $758,197,562, |
Inland Waterways, ‘
Improvements on inland waterways,
$2,641,886,
The 1918 requirements, according to
the estimate, are:
Amount necessary to defray operate
ing deficit, $236,184,940,
For net excess of current assets
over current liabilities, partly avail
able for the immediate working capi
tal requirements, $201,938.198. |
Amounts advanced for account of |
railroad companies to enable them to |
pay in part their current liabilities '
$100,000,000,
Amount of additions and betler—|
ments expenditures, including equip- i
ment, made to the railroad rnm[‘uni(-s'l
properties during 1918, which must be|
carried by the railroad administration
for the time being $352,553,455.
lL.oans during 1918 to railroad com
panies not immediately repayable,
$48,483,959.
Teh estimated requirements for 1918 |
are: ‘
For amount of additions and better
ments expenditures, inciuding equip
ment, made and to be made to the
railroad companies’ properties during
1919, which will have to be carried by
the railroad administration for the/|
time being, $253,435,760.
For improvements to develop inland
waterways, $11,700,000,
For financing Boston and Maine
Railroad Company reorganization,
$£20,000,000,
I"or operating deficit for first four
months of 1919, $250,000,000,
For additional working capital,
$223,061,802,
Reasons for Deficit.
“The operating deficit of $236,184,940
for the year 1918, said Director
Hinbs, “was due largely to two facts: |
First, the winter of 1918 was un
rrecedented in its severity and in im‘
costly effect on railroad operations,
and, second, the increases in passen- |
ger and freight rates averaging about
25 per cent were in effect for only a
few days in excess of six months,
while heavily increased expenses due
to war conditions were effective on an
ascending scale throughout the twelve
months. ‘
“Fhe operating deficit of approxi
mately $250,000,000 for the first l'nur}
months of 1919 is due in part of the
cumulative high levels of cost brought
about by the war for labor and mate- |
rials and in part to the sudden and
abnormal falling off of business as a |
result of the cessation of war activi
ties, the sudedn drop in the demand
for fuel and for other basic commodi
ties, and the general state of hesitan
cy due to the transition from war
conditions to peace conditions, the
fact that the present period is tran
sitional and apparently on the eve of
important changes has made it expe
dient to defer, until the matter can
be more accurately measured, the
consideration of the question, now
frequently raised, of an increase in
rates,
“In my judgment, the deflcits for
1918 and for the readjustment period
of 1919 are clearly losses due to the
war and ought to be treated as such.
By reason of the abnormal after-the
war factors tending to important
changes in the gituation, the estimate
herewith submitted does not attempt
to forecast results beyond the firsg
four months of this calendar year.”
Citizens o r
itizens of Monroe
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Plan Big Reception
F rgia Editors
or Georgia Editor
[f Ernest Camp, of The Walton
Tribune, is to be believed, and he
generally is, the ctiizens of Monroe
are making preparations to put the
big pot in the little one along about
the -middle of this coming July,
when the country editors from all
over Georgia assemble at Monroe
for their annual meeting. Mr. Camp
came into Atlanta Saturday to re
new his invitation to newspaper
editors to pay a visit to Monroe
this summer, and outlined some of
the things that city is preparing to
do for its guests.
“More than 150 editors have ac
cepted the invitation to attend the
convention of the Georgia Press
Assobiation,” he said. “And early in
July when melons are ripe and the
date draws nigh, we expect all the
rest of them to come Why, the
way the weekly editors are paying
up back dues and renewing their
good standing in the association
makes me believe the whole mem
bership is coming to Monroe on
July 14.”
There are to be several business
gsessions, and a welcoms« hy the
Monroe officials, and a basket din
ner on the beautiful old Courthouse
lawn, and an automobile tour
through Walton County. And there
iz to be a trip through the new
drainage distriet, where thousands
of acres of swamp land were re
claimed, and then a trip to the
University of Georgia at Athens
And from Athens the editors will
take a trip through the mountains
of Northeast Georgia n special
cars attached to a Southern tradn
Several noted speakers have ac
eepted invitations to address the
convention. The officers of the as
sceiation are
Paul T. Harber, Commece, pres
dent: J. Kellv Simmons. Mcßae, and |
W. G. Sutlive, Savannah. vice presi
} dents; H. M. Stanley, Dublin, cor
) responding secretary: C. E. Benns,
Butler, secretary. 3. J Howell,
Curthbert, treasurer,
Lll*llT'l‘ENAN'l‘ JOHN W,
SNEAD, of Carrollton,
who won @ enviable record
with the~Rainbow Division,
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’ Lieutenant John W. Snead, 116th Ma
chine Gun Company, who at present is
‘u! Fort McPherson recovering from
| severe wounds received at Verdun, has
an enviable war record. He enlisted ml
June, 1916. as a private spent five
months on the Mexican border, and |
| sailed with the H;A}\u-\\ Division for
| France. He was promoted steadily un ’
‘l-(il. while in France, he won his, rank
as lieutenant The following is taken
' from a letter written his mother, Mrs
|N. M. Snead, of Carroliton, a month
after he was wounded
“I am able to sit up in bed, and there
’ls also a good right arm to use One
| vear ago | sailed for France and one
' month ago I was wounded This is
' how it happened: We were making a
drive; all day we had been going for
| ward taking prisoners. Just when we
' reached our objective, a distance of six
i‘k}i““!"lf",\ and were ready to wm(}-‘
[m:nu-_ a whiz-bang explodad too clgse to
|me and put my left arm totally on '.e|
thnl\ And, worse still, about the #ame
time, a machine gun bullet passed rap
jdly through my right leg, just missing
' the bone, leaving a hole on each mda-f«.
and something—l don’'t know what, took
'a little trip through my left leg
| YAfter 1 was wounded, | was assisted
' to a boche dugout, where I had to re
' main three days before being able to
get back to the hospital Tetanas set
in and for several days | knew nothing,
' However, one morning 1 awoke and
| asked for oatmeal and vreakfast. When
the doator came he said, ‘You have
cheated a 3x6 this time.” I think I had
}llw best doctors in the hospital—Cap
tain Choffee, assisted by Captain Hoov
| er. They were a royal pair, and when
| | didp’t die they were both so proud
'ithv\ wanted to bottle me up in alcohol
and exhibit me as a specimen
‘ “The day 1 was wounded was one of
| the greatest days of all I shall never
| forget how the brave Americans went
|r‘m-\x‘.|>.i with exploding shells ‘on ‘all
| sides, and machine gun bullets wiz
izmp from every direction, It was a
| great sight as far as the eye could
i see to right and to left We were ;:nmp:'
| straight after the boches, and every
' few minutes great droves of prisoners
were sent to the rea rin charge of one or
two of our men.”
l lieutenant Snead is a Carrollton lmv.‘
brother of A. K. Snead, president of
’}lin' Citizens Bank of Carrollion.
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' Women Voters Must
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l Register Tomorrow
| Continued From Page 1.
Im“n:l,n'xlnu the attitude taken by him
| when the suffrage was last defeated
lin the Senate, he will not be able to
| do otherwise than vote for the .'nm-ml-?
! ment this time.
| If the women of Atlanta fail to
| register in sufficient number, how -
| ever, the senior Senator will be justi
| fied in his attitude, opponents of suf
| frage declare. The ranks of oppo
tnvn.l.\ o! suffrage have been greatly
}1!)11‘1“4! during recent years, but suf
{ frage leaders realize that they can
| hope to hold the numerous accesslons
| to their ranks only by persuading the
Im.lzmx(\ of the women of Atlanta
who are eligible to vote to register
| and prepare to exercise the franchise
{in the coming city primaries
l.eagues of women votlers are
gprirging up in every ward, drawing
support not only from the old suffrage
organizations, but from the women of
the city who have not been members
of any organization. Ambitious plans
for the promotion of education and a
general clean up are being considered
in the leagues.
A great mass meeting of all women
[\uln-)'»’ of the city willl be held next
{ Thursday ifternoon in the C‘hamber
| of Commerce assembly hall, when a
ipvnn:m«m city-wide league of wom
i:v) Voters will be formed, a namd
| chosen and officers elected [Kvory
‘\\I»HLVII in Atlanta who is interested
| in the welfare of the city, its schools
|.’|ru| hildren is urged by the organi
| zation committee of the league to
come out and take part in the forma.
‘Hnu of the organization
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{ Striving to Hurry Action
| (By International News Service.)
| WASHINGTON, May 24, —Suffrage
{leaders in the United States Senate
( Are (riving to hasten action of the
| constitutional amendment granting
i> iffreze to women, =o that the United
| State may precede France in giving
| the vote to women An alttempt will
| he made to secure action in the Ser)-
;,n" on the ffrage imendment dar
ing the coming week iffrage leaders
| stated tonight. Senator Johnson, of
I"/zni': rnia, who is the suffrage leader
|"! the Republican party, said tonight
".'.,a? he doubted whether there would
| be action on the amendment in the
| Senate on Monday, but he was hope
!? ] it the amendment would be
| pas ed early next week
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\J. A. Harding, 70, Has
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} Strayed From Home
| Dr. A. H. Paine, of No. 115 Mclx«
ldon avenue, asked the police S 1
|da night for assistance n finding
| his father-in-law J A. Harding, 70
ly old, who disappeared Saturd
| morning and has not been seer e
{ Mr. Harding is said to be absent
! minded, and in the habit of iving
| from home He wa ost 2 i 1
| and found bv Professor M. 1. Bri r
tain, Superintendent of Schools. When |
!\lr Harding left home Saturda he
was wearing a derby hat and lar}
lit He is 140 pounds in weight and
has a white beard.
All expectations have been exceed
ed and all records smashed by the
class of candidates to be initiated in
to the mysteries of the A.'A, O N
M. 8., by Yaarab Temple, of Atlanta,
the evening of Saturday, May 31
Already on file with George . Ar
gard, recorder of the temple, are
more than 800 applications, and indi
oglions point to a total of 1,000 appli
cations by the afterncon of Friday,
May 30, when the list will close. The
largest single class heretofore es
corted across the burning sands was
180, thus showing that the class this
week is a genuine record-smasher
and trash-mover, as Professor Sni
der would say
Colonel George M. Napier, poten
tate of the temple, set up the closing
hour for applications in order to ac
commodate a, large number of Ma
gons who are now in process of tak
ing, or have only recently completed,
the degrees prerequisite to member
ship in the Shrine. Masonry has
grown remarkably as a result of the
war. The principles for which Amer
ica and the Allies fought are the prin
ciples of Masonry. Many soldiers re
turning from the service are joining
the order, while many other Masons
are taking advanced degrees, as evi
denced by the very large class of
Scottish Rite candidates recently ini
tiated in Atlanta.
Henry C. Heinz, chief rabban of
Yaarab Temple; Nobles Charles A
Bowen and Henry . Watkins, who
head the degree team, and the vari
ous others who participate in the
ceremonies incident to the crossing
of the sands, are keen for the gréat
event to be staged in the Auditorium
next Saturday night. Many gallons
of camel's milk have been stored on
jce for use on that occasion. The
rope makers of the temple have
turned out an enormous quantity of
hemp for the different uses. The
manipulators of the various and
sundry paraphernalia are getting in
trim to “treat 'em rough."
A parade of all the uniform di
visions of Yaarab, and of every noble
who can attend, with all the candi
dates in line, will be given Saturday
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock, starting at
the Auditorium and moving through
the principal streets of the ecity.
Shriners all over North Georgia
are expected to attend the cere
monial, and among the candidates are
many prominent men. The initia
tion fee of Yaarab will be increased
from SSO to SIOO on the first of July,
and the coming ceremonial will be
‘the last to be held before the rate
goes up. Yaarab Temple's goal is
4,500 members by 1920, and there is
every indication that the goal will be
reached.
Three Southern Soldiers
.. . |
Are Killed in Explosion
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, May 24 —Four Amer
ican soldiers were killed and eighteen
injured in two explosions at Camp Wil
liams, Is-sur-Tille, France, May 12 and
16, General Pershing this afternoon in
formed the War Department May 12 a
car of powder blew up at the construc
tion engineers' quarry, killing four and
injuring eight, Four days 'ater ten
were injured, one seriously, when 400
tons of assorted high explosives blew up
Among the dead are: Corporal Clifton
Gordon, Greenville, S. C.; Private Tom
Addison, Trenton, S. C.; Private Joan
Smith, Bethupe, N. C.
T AR R W R R Y
@
Nearly One-fifth of a
Nearly one-fifth of a million people in 35,500
homes in Georgia—have grown up with and lived
in the atmosphere of Cable-made instruments.
And in addition, countless other thousands
come in contact regularly with Cable-made Pianos
in churches, clubs, lodges, studios, concert halls,
theatres and hotels.
Who could be better judges of the unchang
ing quality of Cable-made instruments than these?
Who could be better fitted to help you settle
YOUR Piano problem?
Ask any owner why he has grown so love
and cherish his Cable-made Piano or Inner-Player.
Then you'll know why so many thousand
people—in this vicinity alone—have chosen Cable
made instruments. i
(‘able-made Pianos, Grands, Uprights and
Inner-Players are sold in this city direet to you
from our factory salesrooms—the salesrooms of
the world’s greatest makers of Pianos and Inner-
Players.
Piano Company
82-84 N. Broad St. Atlanta.
Home of the celebrated Mason & Hamlin
Surplus Hand
Girenades To Be
{
'Made Into Banks |
(By International News Service.)
ASHINGTON, May 24.—~The )
W Government has found a |
unique use for the 15,000,-
000 hand grenades left over when |
the armistice was signed They
are to be converted into dime sav
ings banks, it was announced this |
afternoon, and several large con
cerns are being interested in the
proposition. )
{\Surplus stocks of all kinds still ¢
to be sold By the War Department
are valued at $1,605370,000, Sales
since November 11 have reached a
total of $236,130,000 |
A AN NI NSNS INS NINN
May Festival Held
At the Wren's Nest
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Uncle Remus’ Home
The annual May Festival given
by the Untle Remus Memorial As- |
sociation at the Wren's Nest Sat- |
urday afternoon drew hundreds of
women and children to the old Har
ris home in West End, and a con
siderable sum was obtained for the
association through the admittance |
fees and the sale of candy and ice
cream. It was one of the most
beautiful of the series of festivals
presented there,
Margaret Massengale, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs, St. £imo Massengale,
wae¢ the queen, and Alice Stewart,
laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred S.
Stewart, was the retiring queen.
Her attendants were Aileen Harris
and Norma Tucker.
Attendants to the queen were Eva
Moore, maid of honor; Muriel Per
king, Mary Hill Bloodworth, Ada
Nichols, Lounise Arnold, Edith Beas
ley, Annie Griffin, Mary Brown
Spalding, Edward Harper, Huarris
Robinson, Aidell Walters, Clinton
Hugeley, Tom Body, Robert Griffin,
William Heath, Homer Miils,
Others in the juvenile pageant
were:
Scepter bearer, St. Ellmo Massen
gale, Jr.; crown hearer, Walter
~mith, Jr.; herald, Jack Cathcart;
war and vietory, Martha Hender
son, Uncle Sam, Louis Ramson;
fairy queen, lda Beckham,
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Bryan’s Talk Won’t Be
g age
All on Prohibition
It is reported that subjects of interest
other than Yrohihition will be touched
upon by William Jennings Bryan in his
speech at Wesley Memorial Churgh nexr
Saturday at 3 o'clock and at the Bap
tist Tabernacle at 8 o'clock that night,
Mr. Bryan comes to Atlanta, under
the auspices of the Georgia Anti-Saloon
League and in the interest of iaterna
tional prohibition. /
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Atlanta Art Association
o
- To Hold Annual Meeling
. The annual geeting of the Atlanta
Art Association will be held in the as
sembly room of the Carnegie Library
Wedlnesday morning at 10 o'clock. The
election of officers will take place, and
there will he other business of impor
tance A full attendance is urged.
(By International News Service.).
BALTIMORE, MD, May 24.-—Seve
eral members of the crew of the OJ4
Bay Line steamer, Virginia, which
burned to the water's edge off tEo
moutl of the Potomac early to %
were still missing tonight, but offi
cials of the company sald that none
of the 170 passengers had lost his
life More than a dozen plssengers
and several of the ship's officers ana
crew were burned, some of them se
verely
Three negro firemen, several of the
Virginia's passengers agree, perighed,
but it is not believed that the dead
number more thn five or eix. The
burning hull of she Virginia was still
afloat tonight and the light could be
seen for many miles,
Captain Lane, who refused to leave
the bridge of his doomed vessel until
his clothing was aflame, said that it
wus a miracle that there was not
heavy loss of life. All the passengers
were asleep when the blaze broke out
‘at 12.30 this morning and the flames
spreal so rapidly that they barely had
time to dress
A boat load of women and children
capsized just after they had been low
ered into the water. John Murphy, of
Boston, and Robert MeCaffery, of Bal
timore. sprang overboard and swam
wiinh the victims to nearby boats. A
party of enlisted men from the Unit
ed States battleship New York also
gave ({fective aid.
T4e survivors were brought to nort
by the steamers Florida and City of
Annapolis. Many of them were only
partly dressed, Police ambulances
carried the injured to hospitals.
. .
Marie Dressler Fined
For Contempt of Court
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, May 24.—Marie Dres
sler, the adtress, must pay a fine of
SBOO in SIOO monthly instalments or
go to jail for contempt of court, Jus
tice Allen announced today.
Miss Dressler failed to pay a judg
ment for SBOO obtained against her
by Owen Hitchings for services per
ifmmm! and supplies furnished. When
'she failed to pay it, he obtained an
‘nrm*r for her examination. Instead
of appearing in court she sent word
ivhnl che was too busy selling Liberty
‘bonds and would appear later. Hitch+
[mL's' attorney waited until the Lib
erty Loan campaign ended and then
‘nlfi\'f‘li to have her punished for con=-
tempt of court .
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Jury Disagrees in Suit
Against the B. of L. E.
SELMA, ALA., May 24 —After de
liberation of fifty hours behind closed.
doors, the jury in the case of J, W,
Green versus the Brotherhood of Lo
comotive Engineers finally reported
ln Jdisagreement on the case Saturday
afternoon. Three times the jury re
ported a disagreement while sitting
on the case, and they were sent back-*
and instruected to reach some agree
ment each time by Judge B, M. Mil
ler
Quit was entered against the B. of
1.. E. for $50,000 by J. W. Green for
a'leged damages sustained when he
was expelled from the Brotherhood
because of a remark which he made
just prior to the national railroad
strike which was to be called before
the United States entered the war.
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