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Fight to Finish Likely in Telegraph Strike
BURLESON STILL RUNS WIRES
Erzberger Favors Signing Treaty
(By International News Service.)
ILLONDON, June 6-—Dr. Mathias
Frzberger, head of the German. ar
m stice commissiou, after a prolenged
dircussion of the peace terms, is now
advoeating signing the treaty, said an
FxXfhange Telegraph dispatch from
Ferlin today, quoting The Deutsche
Tages Zeitung.
Previous advices had characterized
1. Erzberger as being opposed to
signing the treaty. 5
Germans Say French
Aided New Republic
(By Internrtional News Service.)
BERLIN, June 6.—A new crisis in
the peace negotiations has developed
here, growing‘ out of the charges that
the French commander.of the army
of ocecupation have encouraged and
lent considerable support to the lead
ers of the movement for the forma
tion of a Rhine republie,
Criticism of the terms of the treaty
of peace was beginning to moderate
when reports of the proclamation of
the republic at Wiesbaden were re
ceived. It is now charged in Govern
ment circles - that the French, not
content with gaining control of the
Saar wvalley for. a period of years
and with other territorial arrange
ments are now plotting the dismem
berment of what remains of the old
German empire
The Berlin press unanimously in
dorses the strong note of proétest
handed to the Allies at Paris by
Count von Brockdorff - Rantzau,
aguinst the alleged support by the
French of th Rhine separatist
movement, The head of the German
peace delegation asserted that the
geparatist movement is bound te dis
turb the fulfillment of the terms of
the peace treaty and made the pointed
chargk hat- the French had pro
voked the separatist movement in
violation of the terms of the armis
tice
(‘oup von Brockdorff-Rantzau in
formed the Allies that Germany could
carry out the terms of the proposed
treaty of peace only if her economic
ind territorial basis was unaltered,
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Germany's War Debt
To Be Known November 1
By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN
thf Correspondent of the 1. N. S,
PARIS, June 6.-Amplifications are
being planned for the peace treaty
by which the exact amount ‘of Ger
many’'s war - indebtedness . will be
known by November i, it was learned
from Allied sources today.
Another conference was held by
the experts of the allied and associ
ated powers at Versailies to consider
possible churnges in the clauses deal
ing with economijq restrictions.
The German experts are reported
to have taken the position that the
changes already praposed are "par
tially satisfactory.”
The work ,of drafting the reply to
the (GGerman counter proposals is be
ing carried oat with all possible
haste with the various groups of ex
perts contributing data,
President "Wilson and Premier
Clemenceau are said to have framed
most of the preamble which wilMear
ry the rejection of the German pro
posals,
British delegates are in complete
accord and are united with the other
envoys on the food proposals which
will be presented to Count von
Brockdorff-Rantzau, chalrman of the
German peave delegation, next week,
Not a single ane of the original
principles in the original treaty will
be sacrifteed, &
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In Rome Fair Week
ROME, June 6.-—A big event plan
ned for fair week will be the visit
of Commander John H. Towers, of
the [United Biates navy, The landing
field for the airplanes which the fair
association will bufld {8 to he named
Towers leld, in honor of the Roman
of whom all Rome is proud, and
Commander Towers has been detalled
t 6 come down and dedieate it. It is
possible the officer will make the
flight from Washington to Rome by
airplane, Furthermore planes are
being made tp gecurp the use of a
geaplane, as the Coosa River, it is
stated. could afford position for the
hop-off, i
Full International News Service
The Ji i
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By HARVE WESTGATE.
OLD KONENKAMP raps
Burley for giving back the
wires, and 'lows that he’s a quit
ter, because old “Burl” retires;
but Western Union owners con
fess their great delight and
promise now they'll go to bat
and promptly win the fight.
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Four score and three are
roasted and burned until they
die, and as we read the sad
details it brings a bitter sigh;
they charge it yp to careless
ness, and, though it's now too
late, of course they'll have a iit
tle probe and they'll “investi
gate.”
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Atlanta now is skidding, buts
hasn't far to go; she'll soon be
at the bottom, her Crackers
turned to dough; just one or two
more struggles and then she'll
fight no more, for somehow all
her sluggers can't even up flw
score,
fPerry Only Atlanta ‘
r o Golfer Remaininyg
‘ In the Tournament
i MONTGOMERY, ALA. June 6.
i Perry Adair is thg ‘only Atlanta
~ player left in the first flight in the
~ eighth Marstin tournament at the
Montgomery Country Club, C. V.
Rainwater and Vietor Smith being,
‘.t*liminuted in the first round, com
| pleted at 10 o’clock. This afternoon
~ Horace Wright, of Macon, won his
- match in the first round. The score
~ of the first flight follows:
% * Horace Wright and L. P. Good-,
win -3; P. W. Ogden and N. A,
i Dempsey, Dempscy 1 up, 19 holes;
R. L. Gregory and C. H, Allen,
' Gregory 7-6; Houston Davis and
H. G. Seibels, Seibels 3-2; Perry
| Adair and J. C. McAfee, Adair 4-3;
~ Herbert Tutwiler and W. T. Seibels,
.~ Seibels, 3-2; Dafe Roberts and C.
V. Rainwater, Roberts 1 up,; Victor
-~ R. Smith and D. E. Root, Root 7-6.
| The Macon team won the team
- match Thursday, and Horace
Wright, of Macon, turned in the
lowest score, 77. Perry Adair's card
~ was 79. The Druid Hiils Club was
fourth, one stroke higher than one
~ of the Birmingham clubs.
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Baker Approves Army
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Advertising Campaign
(By International News Service.)
‘ WASHINGTON, June s.—Secretary
of War Baker Friday afternoon ap
'y{roved the plan of the War Depart
‘ment to spend $185,000 for newspaper
advertising from June 16 to July 1 to
gein recruits for the army.
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Leading Montgomery
Merchant Is Dead
MONTGOMERY, ALA., June 6.
Emanuel Meertief, one of the best
hrown merchants in the South, died
Lere Friday after a short illness,
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A Sunday for the people, with some
viere to go and something to do
Fcsides strolling on the sidewalks or
g‘tting on the park grass, is planned |
i 1 Atlanta by t he Chamber of Com
merce committee on oublic recreation.
llt held its first meeting Friday at 11
’(\\ lock, and the first topic of discus
sion was Sunday recreations.
} No definite plan was formulated for
hindling the situation, but the com
!m ttee decided to draft a resolution
"'! favor of more recreations for the
;- eople on Sunday, and then to sound
} public sentiment on the matter as far
as possible, It was desired“to keep
’m’ ay from “commercialism"” as far |
l::: possible, and while most members
}nf the committee favored the opening
|of pieture shows on Sunday after
l ncons and evenings, it was rec \,';nizvd|
that to operate these under regular
c« nditions would cause strong o[qm-'
gMion from ¢itizens who object so t'he“f
| £ l')'."llil on of business on Sunday. |
LEGAL CGPINION. |
i A legal opinion was had on the
Sunday laws and ordinances, in which
i* was shown that more th an 50 per
cent of occupations carried on every!
Sunday are illegal in the strict sense |
of the word. The State law forbids
the carrying on of anycne's regular;
| Leecupation on Sunday, and it was :i.«vi
opinion rendered that it is a \...“\'mni
of the law to s irugs, except in
cases where it is necessary to \u\u!
life; to sell soda water O operate a
tuxicab, to print or sell a newspaper, |
t 2 sell cigars or cigarettes or to .n‘—i
('Y on any business \‘.!m‘wn--\vr.l
| Members of the committee believed |
that if public sentiment demands al
i more liberal interpretatin of the .\‘m.-‘
| ¢y laws, which will permit innocent |
reereations to be carried on, :h.nll
these recreations will follow ]
| CROWDS ATTEND GAMES.
| The demand of the publie for sumP|
;fnrm of Sunday trecreation, it was!
pcinted out, is shown in the pntrnnage“
'm the Sunday baseball games at
Camp Jesup, which is on a Govern
!n.cm reservation and . atside the ju
risdiction of State and city authori- |
ties. Many thousands have attended
these games, the crowds being far in
evcess of those at weekday games at
| Fonce Del.eon Park.
The attefldance at lht‘ free vaude
ville and picture whows given at the
Auditorium since the estahlishment of
t} e military camps here was pointed
cut also, and it was shown that many
| thousands of persons had been
turned away from these entertain
| laents. becanse of lack o« room inside
;:hp big building. :
| “Manufacturers here have told me
that they find it impossible to bring
workmen here from other cities be
cause. they refused to live in a city
where there is nothing to do on Sun
day,” sald Jullan Boeéhm, chairman
of the committee, “One manufactur.
er went to Chicago and Milwaykee
and brought several families down,
On the first Monday they were here
they informed him they were going
to quit, because they had no recre
ation on Sunday,
THEY DODGE AJLANTA
“Hotel proprietors tell me that
traveling men dodge Atlanta on Sun
days. when it is possible, because
they have nothing to do but sit
around the hotel lobbies,
“The well-to-do man can take his
family on an automobile ride or play
golf, but the working man and his
wife and children have nothing what
ever to do except visit a park and
they grow tired of that" .
No definite movement to open the
picture shows on a commercial basils
was discussed by the committee, be
cause it wag felt .that at this time
a strong opposition from ministers
would e aroused. But the commit
tee went on record in a general way
as favoring more extensive facilities
for Sunday recreation, referublyl
out-door recreation, and d‘;clded to
sound public sentiment,
“We do not want a wile-open
town,” sald one of the members, “I
do not think Atlanta wants a wide
open town, But I do believe—and I
have talked with hundreds of men
and women of all types—that tho‘
great majortty of pubile sentiment |
here does favor some facilities forl
recreation which will give everybody
some opportunity for amusement on
Sunday afternoons.”
ATLANTA, GA. FRIDAY, JUNE 6, 1919
THE GREAT WAR—
A GOOD OR
AN EVIL?
No man knows.
No more than he knows the
answer to any other great ques
tion buried in. the unfathomable
future,
But no man who thinks has
falled to ask himself the ques
tion, nor fails to seek every light
he can upon it.
For, in part, his may be the
power to govern the deciding fu
ture.
In an effort to bring some of the
best thought of the community to
its readers, The Georgian has
asked the question, “Do you look
upon the great war as a good or
an evil thing for humanity?” of—
DR. H. J. MIKELL,
Bishop of Atlanta.
DR. WALTER ANTHONY,
Pastor St. Mark M. E. Church
South.
DR. M. ASHBY JONES,
Pastor Ponce Del.eon Avenue
Baptist Church
DR. . 1. KEIRN,
Pastor Liberal Christian
Church.
DR. HENRY ALFORD PORTER,
Pastor Second Baplist Church.
Their replies will appear in
The American Forum
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9 WASHINGTON, June 6 —Self-de
termination for the Irish people was
lurged on both sides of the Senate
Ithls afternoon.
' Senator Walsh, Democrat, of Mas
sachusetts, presented a resolution that
| the Senate of the United Staes ex
press its sympathy with the aspira
tions of the Irish people for a Gov
ernment of its own choice
The resolution of Senator Borah,
Republiean, of Idaho, with a request
lnf the Senate that the American
| peace commissioners secure a hear
'ing for Sinn Fein representatives be
| fore the peace commissgion at Paris,
| which was blocked yesterday by Sen
ator John Sharp Wililams, Democrat,
of Mississippi, also was taken up.
The Walsh resolution was adopted
as an amendment to that of Borah by
la viva vo~e vote,
Borah's resolution also was adopted
without a roll call,
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Repeal of the Daylight
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Saving Law Agreed On
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, June 6, —Repeal of
Ivhv davlight saving law, effective for
1920, was agreed to today by the
!Hnu\r interstate and foreign com
imv ce committee, The existing law
‘\\xH not be changed during the pres
| ent season. A bill carrying into ef
ir.».r this decision will be reported fa
|\'ur.|'.l\ to the House by the com
mitiec,
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Giving Firms
Who Sell Service
A Chance to Get Ahead
In the Want Ad pages of The
Georgian and American there
is a Adepartment headed
“Business Service,” and any
firm, large or small, who
sells service ~Printing, Re
pairing, Building, Personal
Service of any kind—can ad
vertise in it and build up
y his clientele of customers
He doesn’'t need to know
1 anything about advertising.
If he gives good serviece and
tells what it is and how he
may be reached, that's
enough,
That's all there is to ad
vertising - common-sense
words at the command of
X everybody,
Georglan and Ameriean read
ers read the "Business Serv
fce” columns nnd use the
service offered there,
% Anyone wh osells service has
only to write a Want Ad.
Then send it or bring It to
The Georgian and American
Atlanta’s Want Ad Directory
20-22 East Alabama Street
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| The strike of men and girl em
ployees against the Southern Bell Tel
ephone Company and the Western
U'nion Telegraph Cempany in Atlanta,
already spread to include every West
ern Union office in the Southeastern
territory Friday at noon appeared
likely to become nation-wide,
News from Washington was that
a conference will be held in Chicago
Saturday at which officials of the
Commercial Telegraphers' Union will
perfect plans for a nation-wide strike
There are no hopes for a peaceful
settlement of differences, which in
volve principally the right of organi
zation, according to S. J. Konenkamp
international president of the telegra
phers.
The strike has become a definite
issue between the workers and the
companies with the Burleson order re
storing all wire lines to private own-
- 3,000 REPORTED OUT. |
According to reports at local strike
headquatters, 3,000 telegraphers have
walked out from offices of the West
ern Union in the Southeast. It wu‘
said there are only 4,000 workers in
those offices eligible to membership
in the Commercial Telegraphers'
Union. : 1
‘Replying to a telegram sent Thurs
day to 8. J. Konenkamp, internationuli
president of the Commercial Telegra
phers' Union and Telephone Opera-~
tors’ Association, jointly with l~'oat-i
master General A, S. Burleson, ask
ing if both sides would agree to sub
mit adjudication of the Atlanta lele-‘
phone controversy to a local tribunal,
Mayor James L. Key Friday received'
a telegram from Konenkamp ataunfl
that the issue was national instead oti
local, but that the un‘on would agree,
to arbitration if the company would
agree to abide by the findings of an
iarblu‘ation board, He expressed doubtl
"thut the company would so agree,
KONENKAMP'S MESSAGE.
' Postmaster General Burleson's re
ply as given to Congressman W, D,
Upshaw was a flat refusal to arbi
\trate. Konenkamp's message to the
lMu.vor follows: 1
. "The nation-wide strike is based
upon nation-wide grievances of lnnt]
standing, of which the Atlanta con
troversy is but one. The policies of
the Bell companies are dictated from
'New York for all subsidiaries, which
imukun it impossible to settle locally.
We are not oppesed to an adjustmerc
at the hands of any fair tribunal if
ll!le employers will abide by the de
cision. Monthsg of effort along these
lines offer little encouragement for a
peaceful settlement. 1 appreciate
your efforts to help solve the problem
and assure you of my earnest hope
that it will be found soon.”
ARBITRATION REFUSED,
One of the last acts of Postmaster
General Burleson before relinquish
ing control of the wires apparently
was to wire Mayor Key refusing the
offer of arbitration. A curious fact
in connection with this message was{
noted in Atlanta P‘rhl;u‘~vvullhouuhl
the Postmaster signed an order turn-‘
ing back the wire lines at 5:39 o‘rlock‘
Thursday afternoon, Washington
time, his telegram is marked 6:16
p. m., indicating that his interest in
the strike was to continue. Here il{
the message:
“Thanks for your telegram. It does
not require an arbitration board to
ascertain the truth about a diaputed‘
fact. 1 am having the facts aws to‘
whether any employee of the South
ern Bell Company has been dismissed
Continued on Page 5, Column 1, ‘
THE WEATHER.
Forecast — Fair Friday night
and Saturday,
Temperatures—6 a. m, 66; 8
a m, 72; 10 a. m,, 77; 12 noon,
82; 1 p. m, 84; 2 p. m, 86,
Sunrise, 5:26; sunset, 7:47,
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Atlanta soclety will grace the hoxes
at the Atlanta Theater tonight to
witness ‘““The Magistrate,” presented
by the Oglethorpe Players, Miss Er
nestine Campbell, above, and Miss
'.\lu;lh Schoen, belagw, will adorn the
l)\'.ng»p.L Alpha box
Huns Send Congress
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Treaty Copies, Report
(By Internationsl News Servize.)
WASHINGTON, June 6-—Germany
is sending the Senate and the House
of Representatives photographie cop
e of the pgace treaty, according to
a press dispateh read on the floor of
tre Senate this afternoon by Senator
McCormick, of Illinois. The report
was received with interest by Sen
ators and Representatives alike and
muny were inclined to believe that
such a course mighs be followed by
the German Government, in view of
ite fight that I 8 being waged in the
Senate as a result of the treaty not
Laving been submitted,
A careful inquiry developed the fict
ttat as yet no copies had reached
Congress,
Wants Hoover’s Job
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Abolished by Congress
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, June 6.~Legisla«
tion abolishing the food administra
ton and requiring the Department
of Agriculture to “reduce the price of
vheat to a level based on the 'law
of supply and demana on world mar
kets, the United States Government
to assume the loss between this price
ard the guaranteed price of $2.26 per
prshel” s provided in a resolution
introduced in the House Friday after
rovon by Representative Fitzgerald, of
Mogsachusetts, ®
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the Postoffice at Atlanta Undsr Act of March 3, 1879
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f What promises to be one of the best
amateur productions ever staged in
this eity will be presented at the At
lanta Theater Friday night when the
Oglethorpe Players put on Pinero's
“The Magisirate.” &
The Oglethorpe Players are perma
nentiy organized, and they are am
bitious to outshine any other college
performers in the country, They re-
Learse frequently and faithfully and
maintain their star performers year
after year. in order that practice may
bring perfection.
Willlam R, Carlisle and Marion
Gaertner, veterans of siner perform
ances by the Oglethorpe Players,
stand out prominently in the cast.
This will be their last appearance, as
both are to graduate this year, Ches
ley Howard, Jr., star of "The Melting
P'ot,” who has just returned from
service overseas, also has a prominent
role. Miss Sarah Wagstaff has tae
leading feminine role, closely rivaled
by Miss Gertrude Kelly, who huu;
shown such ability as an esthetic
dancer that she has Feen asked to go
to New York to prepare for the stage.
Cther girl stars are Miss Elsie Trippe
and Miss Marybelle LaHatte. ‘
The play is sponsored by the wom
#n’s board of the university and lha\
proceeds will go toward the erection
of a Greek theater on the campus
Miss Carolyn Cobb, of the Uzlelhorpe‘
faculty, will be the director. Atlanta
society is taking a great interest in
the performance ani will make the
cecasion a social event. All of the
boxes were reserved several days
ago. The cast follows:
Agatha Posket .. Miss Sarah Wagstaft
Chariotte (her sister), ;
Miss Gertrude Kelly
Beatie Tomlinson (mugic mistress),
. Miss Elsie Trippe
Popham (a maid),
Miss Maryfelle LaHatte
Mr, Poskert (magistrate), |
Marion Gaertner
Mr. Bullamy ‘*(magistrate), |
K. E. Moore
Colonel Lunkyn ..... Wiliam Carlisle
Captain Vale ......Willlam Johnson
Cis F'ur‘sl,"‘gdim‘ . Chesley Howard, Jr.
Achille Blond .......... Ernest ‘)uffy
Iradore (French waiter),
Charles Tidwell
Inspector Messiter (metropolitan
POHOO) . isvisaiiireniitdics SRS
Sergeant Lugg (metropolitan po-
JOB) siiiioinssrnies T M DUy
Congtable Harris (metropolitan
police) ... ies.e..Ted V, Morrison
Wyke (serveant at Posket's),
Henry Walker Bagley
1,500 CZECHS EXECUTED
WASHINGTON, June 6.-—-At least
1,600 Czechs were executed by Aus
tria during the war as a result or
drum-head courts-martial. according
to the results of an Investigation
cabled to the commissioner of the
(‘zecho-Slovak republic in the United
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ABOLISHED
IPERATING
BUARC
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, June 6—*“There
has been no actual return of the
properties of the telegraph and tele
phone companies to their private
owners, nor is such action contem
plated,” Postmaster (leneral Burle
son announced this afternoon,
“Responsibility of the Government
to these systems in no wise ceases,”
Burleson added.
The Postmaster General’s statement
follows: - *
An order issued by me vesterday
relative to the operation of the tele
graph and telephone systems has
been construed by some as actual
return of the properties to the
owners. No such action has been
taken by me, nor is any contem
plated. This order simply dissolves
the operdting board ‘appointed hy
me under date of December 13,
1918, and directs that the systems
again be operated by the regular
operating officials under Govern
ment supervision. Responsibility
of the Government to these systems
in no wise ceases,
LEGISLUATION NOT AFFECTED.
It being evident that these prop
erties are to be returned in the
veéry near future, it was necessary
for the Postmaster General to take
steps immediately to set up the
regular operating organization of
the companies, so that. when th‘.
properties are turned back it ecan
be done without confusion to the
serviee, which was the purpose of
the order.
This order in no wise affects the
legislation pending before the com
mittee of the Congress. It will en
able the company to begin steps
immediately to prepare the data
and collect the information to be
submitted to the State commis
sions for the rate cases, which will
probably be taken up immediately
after the period of Government con=
trol ends,
Postmaster General Burleson has
NOT turned back the telephone and
tr'egrapl. systems to their private
owners, in the opinien of Nathan C.
Kirgsbury, vice president of the
Anmerican Telephone Company. Tes~
tifying today before the Senate in
terstate commerce committee, Kings
bury said Burleson had “simply done
sway with the board of operations.”
“Ihe companies are now in opera~
tion with control of their own offi
clals” Kingsbury continued, “but op=
erating for the Government and re
porting direct to the Postmaster Gen
eral instead of to the board of opera
tions.” L
Serator Kellogg, author of a meas
ure providing for the return of the
wires, with the present rates to con
tinue for 60 days, today character
lzed Postmaster General Burleson's
crder as “simply flimflam.” The Sen
ate committee, he said, would proceed
to report the bill and urge its pase
sage.
SUBJECT TO BOARD,
“The Postmaster General has, sim
ply turned back the responsibility and
kept his control, hasn't he?" Kellogg
asked Kingsbury,
“L think that is a little unfair™
Kirgshury answered. “We are now
controlling matters of rates and
wages ourselves, but, of course, it is
all subject to the consent of the wire
control board, which is headed by Mr,
BEurlegon himself.”
“What was the object of the ordep
issued yesterday?’ asked Senator
Kellogg.
“Oh, simply to pass the buck on the
strike,” interjected Senator Watson,
“The publicity bureau of the Poste
office Department made a grave error
i* putting out an announcement of
the order that was misleading,"
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