Newspaper Page Text
1 )
Field Marshal's Full Report Cas
. . .
4 ually Mentions That Pershing's
Army Entered Coblenz After
-the Armistice.
.
ey
American Officers Displeased.
: '
Briton’s Memory Poor, Says
One, Recalling the Famous
‘
Backs-to-the-Wall' Appeal,
By JUSTIN McGRATH.
WASHINGTON, May 24.—Nothing
fthat has oceurred since the signing
" of the armistice has so tended to
. excite American officers to a state
of belligerency, as the complete re
port of Kield Marshal Douglas Haig.
1 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 thes occupied Coblenz
after the signing of the armtistice.
He ignores the American divisions
which fought under him and which
too‘k 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 wheh the
Allied arms, beaten and exhausted,
were unablé to make a further stand
against the German assault.
i 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 ang 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
g }
time, most weary of the policy by
which America was making vast con
tributions to European nations, and
getting nothing .in return—not even
4 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
wili be further inflamed.
America Ignored.
Under the caption, ‘“The End of the
War,” Mield Marshal Haig says in his
report:
“1f 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
«jl9lß 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. It
is the great battles of 1916 and 1917
that we have to seek 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 Df.our
empire more rapidly and with a high
er degree of concentration, or had
not the defection of Russia in 1917
. given our enemies a new lease of
& life. : :
“Superior Morale.
“So far as the military situation is
cocnerned, in spite of the great acces
sion of strength which Germany re
ceived as the resuit of thn.defectmn
s of Russia, the battles of 1916 a.nd 1917
had so far weakened hor armies that
the effort they made in 1918 was in
sufl‘iciem 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 ef
fects of those battles was enormous,
both in the German army and in
Germany. By their means our sol
diers established over thg German
soldier a moral superiority which
they had held in an ever-increasing
degree until the end of the wdr, even
in the difficult days of March and
April, 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 had memory or else he thinks
the people of his own country ‘and‘
. 4 of America must have bad memories.
“He says that, by the battles of‘
1916 and 1917, the British SO]dlel’fl‘
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 vic
tory. ;
< It's Back Was to the Wall.
“Now, the fact is that the period
ji. which General Haig says he was
nreaking down completely the morgle
of the German army, and o;tahlxshxng
the superiority of the British, was
the exact period in which he issued
his never-to-be-forgotten appeal to
the British army in which he said,
“We are fighting with “our backs to
the wall.”” .
A hf}‘h(l desperate nature of the Alhed
situation, as revealed principally
through this declaration of Field
FEurope Needs Lai ge,
Not Small States,
Declares Mr. Hearst
Editor The Sunday American: :
We should have editorials protesting against the massacre
of the Jews in Poland. This is merely one instance of the evil
results of dividing Eastern Europe into a number of inconsid
erable, irresponsible states whose main idea of liberty is license
to commit excesses. \
: (livilization has advanced through combination, organiza
tion and the superior governmental order of large units. Peace
is better promoted by coalition, by the unification of small states
into large governmental bodies. There is less con ict because
there is less to conflict.
The most peaceful period of antiquity was under what was
known as the ‘‘peace of Rome,”” where the Roman Empire was
practically the one government of the world.
The most warlike period of the world was probably the
period of the middle ages, or the dark ages which followed the
dissolution of the Roman Empire into innumerable petty states.
Out of the disorder of these dark ages, out of their perpetual
conflict, has come our modern civilization—mainly through the
union of these innumerable little countries, baronies, principal
ities, dukedoms, free cities and so forth, into larger states.
And the larger these states became and the more they,in
cluded and suppressed these warring petty subject states, the
more general peace became, and the more civilization advanced.
There was only one objection to the combination of these
small states into larger states, and that was the method by which
the contbination was accomplished. That method may even have
been necessary at the time when it was employed, because at
that time nothing much was recognized except force.
But this method—the method of uniting these smaller states
under one larger state through the power of the strong, through
the force of arms—is not adapted to our modern ideas of liberty,
and modern sentiment rebelled against it.
The United States has offered the example of a nation’s
growth largely through peaceful means, largely through princi
ples of equality and independence. I say largely, because we, too,
have been compelled to use force at times, at least, in what we
believed to be a righteous and necessary way, as a government
uses its police powers for its own protection.
The extemsion of the greater and more enlightened coun
tries, and the consequent development and civilization of the less
enlightened and less advanced countries, is, however, a funda
mental part of our modern progress, an essential step in the
march of civilization and in the spread of peaceful conditions
and relations. g
To revert to small states m Europe is distinetly a step back
ward. It is a reversion, in a degree, to conditions of the.middle
ages. It means not more liberty, but less individual freedom,
less tolerance, less progress, more jealousy, more conflict, more
acts of oppression like these massacres of the Jew.
The worst of it is that while it is probable that Wilson him
self may be sincere, the others responsible for this return to the
government or misgovernment of petty states are not sincere.
They do not take this step to adves<g givilization or pro
mote peace. They take it to interfere v4> t.& development and
suppress the competition of territory vagk sught come into
commercial and political rivalry with thelw Mn. The spread
- of democracy, the increase of enlightenmenf, g 8 dvancement of
civilization, have all been lost sight of in 1 eg¥li® international
and inter-racial envies and enmities. :
We must again come to realize that |#Bgress is made
through combination and co-operation, organization and owder,
and that the greater state is the better state, provided that the
component parts of it are not subject states answerable to a
tyrannical rule or a despotic military system but are integral
parts of the greater state and of its government, sharing in the
com rol of its administration, partaking in the distribution of its
unified advantages, as in the United States of America.
The substitution of democracy for autocracy in lurope is a
‘ distinet develqpxyent in the line of progress and civilization, bv:
' ihis substitution should occur in larger states through the satis
even to increase the size of the larger States throuzh the safis
faction which the individual units of these states find in their
beneficent republican rule.
Proof is being furnished every day that we have not ad
vanced the political social, or economic conditions of the world
by insisting upon the divison of larger states into smaller ones,
that another method is necessary in order to promote peace and
progress: and that method is obviously the collection of smailer
states into larger ones under universal, beneficial republican
rule.
That is the modern system by which progress is being made
in' all lines of thought and effort—the method of combination, ¢o
operation, organization and order.
WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST.
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 Paris.
It was American divisions that
helped largely to prevent the Germans
from enveloping Rheims.
It 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 contirued des
perately to throw his Dbest 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
let the whole truth be known regard
less of the sensibilities of unapprecias
tive Europeans.
- .
Major Craft to Discuss
Electricity in the War
E. B. Craft, assistant chief engineer
of the Western Electric Company and
recently a major in the army, will
talk on “Electrical Communication in
War Time” at the Atlanta Theater
next Friday evening, under the aus
pices of the Atlanta Chapter of the
American Institute of Electrical Engi
neers.
Mr. Craft’s talk is to be illustrated
by moving pictures and a large nurm
ber of slides and deals particularly
with the application of the remark -
able development of electrical com
munication, which played such an im
portant part in the execution of the
wur. Admission to the th=ater will be
by invitation and card only,
HEARST'S SUNDAY AMERIC4N — A Newspaper for People Whe Think — SUNDAY, MAY 25, 1917
.
Secretaries of South
To Meet Here Monday
A gathering of commercial secreta
ries of the South for a three-day dis
cussion of methods to effect readjust
ment of business to peacetime demands,
with an occasional interregnum for
more jovial conversation and diversion,
is the first of the newest offerings by
the Atlanta Convention Bureau. The
convention opens Monday.
The secretaries, w%o will come fhom
every part of the South, have been
rather too busy with warwork cam
paigns until lately to get together for
one of their justly famed conventions.
“Cousin Fred” Houser, who presides
over the destinies of the bureau, will
move around in the background of
things, seeingh that the oratory thus
pent-up may be loosed.
The official name of the body is the
Southern Commercial Secretaries's As
sociation, and its president is Morgan
Richards, of the Selma, Ala., Chamber
of Commerce.
A week later the Georgia Hotel Men's
association will open a four-day meet
ing. This will be followed by the fore
gathering here of the Oil Mill Superin
tendents’ Association for a session from
June 4 to June 6. Five thousand dele
gates will attend the biennial conven
tion of the Layman’s Missionary Move
ment of the Southern Presbyterian
Church, which will open shortly after
ward.
.
‘Hero Returns to Find
‘ Parents Dead of Flu
(By International News Service)
MANSFIELD, OHIO, May 24.-—Lieuten
ant Edwin C. Richardson was duty ser
geant in Company M, One Hundred and
Forty-sixth Infantry when the soldiers left
Mansfield. He went across and fought
during the war with honors coming to him
for his faithfulness and bravery. But
while on a transport returmning'home, his
‘father and mother both died of the in
fluenza at their home in Redlands, Cal
He came to Mansfield to enlist because of
his close friendship with Captain A. X
Harrington, of this city.
€ » »
Efficiency Fatal,
.
Says Ohio Coroner
CINCINNATI, May 24.—Coroner A. C.
Bauer, who has gone to his country place
on the Chesapeake Bay for a rest, gives
this parting shot:
“Bfficiency is killing as many people
as automobiles are, but not in so speétac
ular a manner. ' Efficiency properiy care
ried out should be a life-saver It is de
signed to secure the maximum amount
of results with the minimum of wasted
effort. But as the craze has it now it
produces the maximum amount of result,
with a ecorresponding amount of wear and
;var'"nn the nervous systems of its vie.
mms.
. I
Senator Tells of Conferences
2 . .
While Abroad Regarding Ships
and Cotton Exportation,
WASHINGTON, May 24.—Senator
William J. Harris, of Georgia, has just
returned from France to take his seat
at the extra session of Congress which
is now at work. He was delayed five
days because of the U. 8. 8. Mt, Ver
non, on which he had reservations,
sailing a day ahead of schedule to
carry Secretary of the Navy Daniels
and party. Senator Harrig made the
following statement upon his arrival:
“When entering on my duties on
March 4 | realized that two things
were uppermost in the minds of the
people of Georgia. First was getting
the soldiers home as soon as possible,
and second, markets and ships for
cotton. In the first matter I{ound
that the War Department wids re
ferring all such matters to General
Pershing and his staff, and | therefore
visited him in person, spending two
days at general headquarters giving
personal attention to these matters.
“Units of the Thirty-first Division
had returned, and my first work was
to make sure of no delay in the move
ment of the Eighty-second and Forty
second Divisions, which sailed shortly
after my arrival. I was assured that
the 106th Engineers of the Thirty-first
Division, composed principally of
Georgians, would leave Irance not
later than the end of June. The re
turn for farmily and business reasons
of a large number of Georgians for
immediate discharge was secured by
me, except in rare instances where I
was informed that their services could
not be spared at this time,
Cotton Exportation.
“Before leaving the United States I
conferred with Chairman Hurley, of
the shipping board, in reference to
exportation of cotton, and I confer
red in Paris with the different Govern
ment commissions daling with ships
and cotton. I went to Italy and con
ferred with Baron Cantoni, of Milan,
chairman of the Italian board for the
purchase of cotton, and Commissioner
Tobler. Italy has consumed a small
amount of cotton up to this time, be
cause of the financial condition of her
country. She hag spent three-fourths
of the value of her total wealth and
lost three-fourth of her shipping dur
igfi the war. The Government con
1T ¥s the purchase of everything. They
need cotton next to food.
“1 conferred with representatives
of Poland, Czecho-Slovakia and other
European nations whyp are interested
in cotton. These ne£ nations alone
need 400,000 bales, and their Govern
ments are aiding manufacturers in
the purchase of cotton. There is al
shortage of food and clothing in all
these countries, and, after food, cot
ton will be the first purchase. There
is not enough cotton in the world tOl
supply the shortage in cotten goods
if these countries can get the cotton
they need. ‘
“Chairman Baruch, of the United
States economic board in Paris; Mr.‘
McCormick and Mr. Hoover are ren
dering every assistance possible to
our people in getting markets and |
eredits for countries needing cotton.
“Markets are being arranged in
Paris, and I wanted to let them know
that cotton has friends.
Confers With Wilson.
“I conferred with Pwesident Wilson
about helping the cotton situation,
and he is doing everything that can
be done. My earnest hope is that my
efforts will materially benefit the cot
ton growers of Georgia.
“Georgians were found everywhere.
At Brest, where I landed, Colonel Asa
Singleton, chief of staff of the base,
is stationed. His home is at Fort Val
ley, and he, like thousands of other
Georgians, distinguished himself at
the front in the war, and is now en
gaged in the great work of getting
the troops home.
“Just before leaving France I was
joined by my brother, Major General
Peter (. Harris, and we spent two
weeks in the devastated region and
visiting the battlefields in which his
son commanded a company. The
_ | scenes of destruction beggar descrip
tion. Hundreds of towns are com
pletely destroyed—in some not a soul
remains, while in many there are only
[ a few people.
i “All military men, from: General
" | Persing down, had nothing but praise
| for Georgia troops, and their graves,
, | from the English Channel to Switzer
" | land, told of their bravery and devo
' | tion to their country.
4 “Among the first Americans killed
* | was Captain Jewett Williams, of Ath
| ens, of the Eighty-second Division,
1 | whose grave 1 visited at Abbeville. In
- | visiting the battlefield on which my
" | nephew, Captain Charles D. Harris,
. of the Sixth Engineers, lost his life
I{in the Meuse-Argonne, 1 found the
¢ | giave of Captain George Munroe, of
s | Buena Vista, who was killed just be
fore the armistice was declared.
4 To Be Brought Home,
< “1 visited the headquarters of the.
;. graves registration service and per
sonally saw the work being done in
s | zetting the bodies of our brave sol
-{ diers to American cemeteries in
- | France so they could be brought home.
- | There are 3,000 soldiers searching for
. graves and moving bodies. Up until
"| a month ago the whereabouts of every
~ | Amercan soldier «was accounted for
1 | except 2,000 of the 2.000,000 who went
- |l across, and many of these are being
found daily—many are alive. Every
soldier who was killed or died in
France will.be brought home at the
Government's expense, unless request
is made to leave the bodies in France,
/ These remains will be left in our na
tional cemeteries in France.
. “Our soldiers had to undergo great
1| hardshiss, and on the battlefields
t | where the Georgians fought it is a
t | wonder that any came out alive They |
‘g reflected credit on our State :mcl‘
s | added new luster to the glories of our
- | Georgia soldiers in past wars. )
¢ “The women of Georgia over there
.| rendered splendid gervice, and their
accomplishments are tributes to the
womanhood of our State. Our soldiers
praise their work.
“No work of my life has been more
* | gratifying than to secure the return
.| home of a large number of Georgians
> | whose families had written me of the
| importance of their return. and with
, | few exceptions where their services
- | could not be spared for the present, I
- | secured the return of all who had re
. |quested. It was a labor of love
\ “President Wilson has done the
tl greatest work ever done by a public]
I'lman. Republican partisans have done’
, evervthing to embarrass and retard
him. * His work has been successful,
1
' v v v
$ I IEUTENANT JOHN W, '
§
2 SNEAD, of Carroliton, |
, : !
{who won an enviable record j
|
iwuh the Rainbow Division, |
)
N o o A
b 5 Siaeany |
™
"\\?A,“.' \QS'};Q.::_:;-‘ :
R & i
iR
SR A
S ST
Bl A
3 1:3‘.-"-‘:‘ e 3
g g
N
SRR N R
TR A R i
$ s .:;‘ i l
TR 1 |
R i
e 1 !
|
|
.
Lieut. Snead, Wounded,
y
Has Great War Record
Lieutenant John W, Snead, 116th Ma
chine Gun Company, pvho at present 18
at Fort McPherson recovering from
severe wounds received at Verdun, has
an enviable war record He enlisted in
June, 1916, as a private spent five
months on the Mexican border, and
sailed with the Rainbow Division f&r
France He was promoted steadily un
til, while in France, he won his r,nll<|
as lieuetnant 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
is also a good right arm to use One
vear ago 1 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 prisoncrs Just when we
reaciged our objective, a distance of six
kilometers, and were ready to conscl
idate, a whiz-bang exploded too ciose to
me and put my left arm totally on the
blink. And, worse still, about the same
time, a machine gun bullet passed rap
idly through my right leg, just missing
the bone, leaving a hole on each side—
and something—ll don’t know what, took
a little trip through my left leg
“After 1 was wounded, I was assisted
to a boche drugout, where 1 had to re
main three adys. before being able to
get back to the hospital Tetanus set
in and for several days 1 knew nothing.
However, one morning I awoke and
asked for oatmeal and nreakfast. When
the doctor came he said, ‘You have
cheated a 3x6 this time.” T think I had
the best doctors in the hospital—Cap
tain Choffee, assisted by Captain Hoov
er. They were a royal pair, and when
I didn't die they were both so proud
they 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
forward with exploding shells on all
| sides, and machine gun bullets waiz
| zing from every direction It was a
| great sight as far as the eye could
see to right and to leftt We were going
‘sn;llgh! 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.” ‘
Lieutenant Snead is a Carrollton boy,
brother of A. K. Snead, n»nresident of
the Citizens Bank of Carrollicn.
- .
South $500,000 Behind
- .
In Salvation Drive
Atlanta is not alone in being behind
in the Salvation Army fund, it became
‘\l,n\yl last night, when the Southern
division headquarters announced that
the South was approximately a halif
million dollars short, which must be
raised by Monday night Only about
half the quota for the division has been
raised
There was too much over-confidence
and enthusiasm and too few ontribu
tions, and those given were too small,
according to the opinion of officials al
headqaurters The campaign started
with a whoop and a bang, and the
opening day gave big promisa But it
lagged from then throughout the week
Rain in many sections ‘prevented work
The following statement was issued
t{rvwn headquarters last night
‘““Monday is the last day of the Sal
|\M|un Army home service fund cam
paign, and if the South is to ‘go over
llh.- top Monday will have to be the
biggest day of the entire week of the
drive It is very necessary for every
chairman and every committee to do
their limit on Monday and roll up for
the Salvation Army in the South not less
than $500,000 on the last day,of the
drive
“We have great confidence in the peo
ple of the South, and believe that they
will make an herculean effort on Mon
dayv to push the campaign ‘over the top.’
The South has not failed to measure
up in any of the campaigns of the war,
and I am sure it will nat fail to deliver
‘Hu- goods to the Salvation Army In
order, however, to do it, a mighty ef
fort will have to be made on Monday
the last day of the drive.”
.
Pigeons Come Prompitly
.
To Breakfast at Nine
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, May 24 One do n't need
1l a clock to tell when it's prec ely 9 a. m
in the office of Assistant District Attor
ney James Smith, on the third floor of
the Crimin Courts Building For at
!p.' that pre ¢ hour every morning A
flock 0 pigeor ghnt on t} A r ow siil
| looking for breakfast And ti bhirds ar
never ol ippointed Corn and ot} I grain
| ind bread crumbs vitl D nuts 0116
| times for desert nvariably awaitZ Then
they top off with a drinl of distilled
|x-'v no common, garden variety of wa
ter for those bird and they fly away,
| not to be seen again t th next morn
ng
’ Tke” Van Leer ho for « 1 heen
econfidential cler} n Mr. Smit office
s the one to whom the j o 1 are in
debted for their daily breakfast. At first
' only a couple of t} birds paid regular
4 v v ts to the Crimir Courts Build
ing, but now wecording to Mr Van Leer
there 1 whole flocl They consumd
‘ timost ten pounds of corn a wee not to
mention the tilled water
and the world acclaims him as the
first citizen. 0
st | %reatly enjoyed a visit to Geor
gia's distinguished son, Hon. Pleasant
A. Evans, Minister to Switzerland. It
will be gratifying to Georgians to
know of his wonderful record in the
diplomatic service.”
Senator Harris was accompanied
home by Captain Cranston G. Wil
liams, of the Fifty-sixth Infantry, who
will immediately take up his duties
as private secretary after a visit to
Georgia. He was formerly editor of
The Americus Daily Times-Recorder
and is the son of Editor J. C. Wil
fiams, of The Greensboro Herald-
Journal. Earl Williams, of Carrollton,
who has been on service in France,
preceded Senator Harris home about
two weeks, and will take up his duties
as assistant secretary at once.
All expectations have been exceed
od and all records smashed by the
class of candidates to be initiated in
to the mysteries of the A, A, O, N,
M. S, 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 B§oo applications, and indi
cations point to a total of 1,000 um»li-l
cations by the afternoon of Friday,
May 30, when the list will close, 'l‘hv(
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, |mon-‘
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 ml(-l
ing, or have only recently vnmplvn-d,‘
the degrees prerequisite to member
ship in the Shrine. Masonry h:m"
grown remarkably as a result of the
war. The principles for which Amnr-‘
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 ('\'i-}
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 . Watking, 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 great
event to be staged in the Auditorium
next Saturday night. Many gallons
of camel's milk have been stored on
ice 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 city.
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.
. .
Tenth District School
Holds Commencement
SPARTA, GA., May 24.—The ecom
mencement exercises of the Tenth Dis
trict Agricultural School at Granite
Hill will begin tomorrow morning at
11 o'clock and will continue through a
program that will be rendered by the
pupils of the school Bgmd‘d_\' night.
~ The commencement rmon will be
preached tomorrow morning by Rev. R.
G. Watking. John T. West, of Thom
son, will deliver the literary address at
\thv exercises on Monday morning. The
delivery of Mr. West's address will be
followed by the awarding of diplomas
to the graduating class of twenty
| three members.
*
Nearly One-fifth of a
Nearly one-fifth of amillion people in 35,500
homes in Georgia—have grown up with and lived
in the atmosphere of Cable-made instruments,
And in addition, eountless 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 to 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. ‘
(‘able-made Pianos, Grands, Uprights and
Inner-Players arve sold in this city direct to you
. from our factory salesrooms—the salesrooms of
the world’s greatest makers of Pianos and Inner-
Players.
Piano C p
82-84 N. Broad St. Atlanta.
Home of the celebrated Mason & Hamlin
} . ¢
Former Premier
{
. Of France Urges
. Vote for Women
$ By RENE VIVIANI, ]
' Former Premjer of France. }
' (Exclusive to the International ¢
' News Sérvice from The §
Petit Journal,) $
d ARIS, May 24.—Now that the ;
{ P C‘hamber of Deputies has
voted in favor of womhan suf- |
{ frage the Senate is about to take \
up the measure. France lags be
hind on this question, and it will §
5 be a disgrace to the republic if we ¢
wait until Ecuador or some nther;
) such small nation grants votes to §
women before we step into line, 5
] I sincerely hope that this bill i:«\fl
‘nnt rejected, Rhetorical hnm:ngo;
§ will not longer satisfy women,
They are entitled to vote for an
infinite variety of reasons, partic- ¢
§ ularly now, when grievous taxa
tion confronts them. $
| 43 .
. .
Submits to First Arrest
When Only 18 Months Old
(By International News Service.)
SAN FRANCISCO, May 24 -—Jack Theo
dore Walters, 18 months oid, was arrest
ed recentiy on a warrant issued by Super
rior Judge B. J. Flood.
He was brought into court in the arms
of Sheriff Thomas F. Finn and awarded
to the custody of his mother, Mrs. Ha
zel Walters, so to remain until further
orders from the court,
A few minutes before Jack's mother had
placed on the secret file a suit for diverce
from nis father, Jack Otto Walters.
In the affidavii, Mrs. Walters declared
her hushand was planning to kidnap lit
tle Jack and take him beyond the State
line, where the San Francisco courts would
have np jurisdiction.
Mrs. Walters accompanied Sheriff Finn
and her baby into court and identified
Jack as her son.
The warrant accused Jack of being the
son of a man who, it was reported, wi\twl
to kidnap him, He was released on his
“own recognlzance.'
.
Shimmy Shook Before
.
Court to Prove Morality
(By International News Service.) ‘
SALEM, MASS., May 24.—1 s it immoral
to “shake the shimmy?' Are the (levo-!
tees of the newest of new jazz dances
guilty of an immoral dance when they
perform it? 1
The Watch and Ward Society says |
“Yes' to both questions. Joseph (‘hnn-‘
inard, proprietor of a dance hall at Bev
erly, says “No."” ‘
Judge Sears, of Salem, acted as a court
of last vesort. The *“shimmy' was danced
before him.in court. The Judge will decide
whether the “shimmy' is to go down in|
terpischorean history with the fox trot,
the one step and other perfectly propet
“jazzes,” or whether it is to be taboo in
good seciety. s ‘
Chouinard was arrestéd at Beverly for
conducting an "irpprnper dance hall.” |
e I romsmiricas i
.
Sergeant Shines Shoes
Of Corporal After Bet
(By International News Service.)
COLUMBUS, OHIO, May 24.-—Military
courtesy and tradition have been violated
in Columbus. Top Sergeant L. N. Jones
18““’\(‘!‘ the shoes of Corporal Charles J.
Riegger at McKinley monument, in front
of the Ohio Capitol, while hundreds. of in
terested gpectators looked on. Jonea bet
Riegger that the Thirty-seventh Division
would land in New York by April 1. It
landed April 3 And Jones did a good
job at shoe shining.
Gl Al Hl M[N Tfl
e
Memorial services of the Grand
Army of the Republic will be held in
the National Cemetery at Marietta
Monday morning at 10 o'clock, pre
ceded by church services at the
Ponce Del.eon Méthodist Episcopal
Church, South, Sunday morning.
Major Trammell Scott, formerly
with the 164th Brigade, Eighty-sec
ond Division, will deliver the memo
rial address, and tell of the soldiers
in the late war, who fought for free
dom and “Old Glory” in the trenches
of France, as the dead for whom the
exercises are held fought more than
half a century ago.
All Confederate veterans and re
turned soldiers from the late war
are invited to take part in the exer
cises, The Woman's Motor Corps
will have charge of procuring flowers
and in transporting the feeble and the
ladies participating in the exercises,
Special cars will leave the Atlanta
Northern Railway Company's termi
nal, opposite the Walton Building, at
9 and 9:30 o'clock Monday morning,
and the company will provide a
thirty-minute schedule throughout
the day. ;
The following program will be pre
sented in the cemetery at Marietta:
Assembly, bugler; music, “Nearer
My God to Thee” Marietta choirs
and audience; prayer, Comrade W. H.
Kimball, Post 4, Tallapoosa, past de
partment commander; “Duty of the
Day,” Comrade Charles H. Cox, com=
mander O. M. Mitchell Post No. 1,
Atlanta; musiec, “Star-Spangled Ban
ner,” by all; reading of department
and national orders, Comrade W. M.
Scott, adjutant Post No. 1; musie,
“America,” choir and audience; Lin
coln's Gettysburg address, Professor
J. Colton Lynes, ex-adjutant general
Georgia Division, Confederate Vet
erans; “Tribute to Our Dead,” Com
rade . A, Jones, Post 4, Tallapoosa,
rast department commander; ad
dress, Major Trammell Scott; music,
“Columbia,” choir and audience; ad
dress, Edgar Turner, historian United
Spanish War Veterans; salute to the
dead; decoration of grawves; taps;
benediction.
.
Form Georgia Breeders’
. . -
And Fanciers’ Association
Twenty-three of Atlanta’s enterpris
ing citizens met on Friday evening and
formed an organization for the pro
motion of the rabbit industry.
H. E. Newberry was elected presi
dent; R. O. Williams, vice president; C.
M. Lancaster, secretary; C. M. Kine
mar, treasurer,
This is to be a branch of the Na
tional Breeders’ and Fanciers’ Associa
tion, and will have for a guest next
week (. 8. Gibson, the secretary of the
national association. Mr. Gibson is now
in Chattanooga and will be a judge at
;ho rabbit show there before coming
nere.
The assogiation here expects to num
ber 200 or more In a few months,
v e —
Spanish War Velerans
. . s
Join Civil War Tribute
Spanish War veterans will -{_())in in
payving tribute on Decoration ay to
those who died in the Civil War. Mem
bers of Fitzhugh Lee Camp, No, 6, of
the veterans, will take part in the serv
ices to be held at the National Ceme
tery in Marietta.
A firing squad of honor has been se
lected from the forces at Fort McPher
lson by Colonel Pickering, the comman-~
dant, and it will accompany the vet
erans in special cars to the ceremony.
3A