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VOL. XVII
HUN ASSEMBLY RATIFIES TREATY
MAYOR’S CHARTER CHANGES ARE APPROVED
R-34 STARTS HOME A. M. TOMORROW
(By International News Service.)
MINEOLA, L. L, July 9.—Final an
nouncement that the R-34 will begin
her homeward flight early Thursday
morning was made here Wednesday
afternoon by Major Scott, commander
of the dirigible,
“We will start our flight from Mi
neola to East Fortune, Scotland, to
morrow between 4 and § o'clock,” Ma
jor Scott said. “We will fly over
Brooklyn and Manhattan. All is in
readiness and the only thing that
can keep us from starting is a break
in the machinery. The weather is as
good as we can expect.”
Weather Report
Was Favorable
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, July 9.—'“The
start of the return flight should be
made within the next 24 hours and
over the southerly course, as previ
ously advised,” said a weather re
port forwarded to the R-34, English
dirigible, by the naval department at
10 g@’'clock today.
“At Roosevelt Field,” the forecast
stated, “the weather will be partly
cloudy, becoming unsettled during
Thursday with moderate southerly
winds becoming fresh southwest by
Thursday morning.”
Favorable wind and weather will
be encountered over the western At
lantic during the next 24 hours, it
was stated.
‘Mysterious Supply of
Rum Ready for Flier
MINEOLA, L. I, July 9~—About a
ton and a half of provisions were
stored at the field Wednesday, to be
placed aboard the R-34 as soon as
positive assurance was received that
the start will be made Thursday
morning. Mineola meat markets have
been asked to hold themselves in
readiness to furnish a large supply
of fresh meat, to be roasted a few
hours before the R-34 soars away.
Twenty gallons of rum went aboard
the dirigible this noon and a rum
ration will be served out to the crew
on the return voyage. No one would
explain where the rum came from.
Maj. G. H, Scott, the airship's com
mander, said he hoped for an abate
ment before night of the unfavorable
winds that caused. the R-34 to post
pone her departure this morning, but
that he was quite certain he would
get away tomorrow morning, regard
less of the weather,
“The dirigible has now been lying
in the open four days, exposed to
danggr of being damaged or de
stroyed,” he sald. "“This is the first
time any of our big airshpis have
remained unhoused for that length of
time. The R-34 cost $2,600,000 and
we must not take unneceéssary risks
by staying here longer than is abso
lutely necessary.”
THE WEATHER,
Forecast: Showers probably
tonight and Thursday.
Temperatures: 6 a. m, 67; 8
a. m., 70; 10 a. m., 69; 12 noon,
1685 1 p.my 703 2 p. m, 71,
"Sunrise, 5:34; sunset 7:52,
Full International News Service
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Jim Ham Lewis
Refuses Medal
Of King Albert
(By International News Service.)
HICAGO, July 9.—James
C Hamilton Lewis, former
United States senator
from lllinois, anhounced today
before leaving for Washington,
that he has declined a decora
tion recently conferred upon
him by King Albert of Belgium,
Mr, Lewis explained that any
service he may have rendered
Belgium was not military in
character, but as an offigial of
the United States, and as such
an official he is prohibited by
law from accepting a decoration
from any foreign power.
United States Senator James A.
Reed of Missouri, who comes Thurs
day evening to address the people of
Atlanta and vicinity on the League of
Nations at the Auditorium, already
is assured of a.grea.t audience, ac
cording to those having the meeting
in charge here. Not only have many
Atlantans asked for seat reservations,
but more than twenty out of town
parties also have requested that seats
be set aside for them.
Senator Reed’'s Atlanta speech will
be devoted entirely to the League of
Nations, as proposed by the treaty
of Paris. He comes under the aus
pices of the League to Preserve
American Independence, and it is
hoped to have Col. Henry Watterson
of Kentucky, who is ppesident of the
league, deliver a short address also.
Regional Director Thomas W,
Hardwick has agreed to make a fif
teen-minute speech in advance of
Senator Reed’'s address. Senator
Reed is perhaps the leading exponent
of opposition to the league in Amer
ica, and Senator Hardwick also op
poses it.
The Missouri senator is rated one
of the most eloquent speakers in the
Senate of the United States. His
various political campaigns in Mis
souri, uniformly successful, have
greatly endeared him’' to the pedple
of that State, and the coming of the
senator to Atlanta will give this
community an ooportunity to hear
one side of the i.eague of Nations
discussed by the man who has made
a more profound study of it than any
other American.
The speaking will begin in the Au
ditorium at 8:30 o'clock promptly,
and no one will be admitted to the
Auditorium during any one of the
speeches to be ‘delivered.
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Upshaw Greets Wilson
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In Behalf of Georgia
By WINFIELD JONES.
Washington Correspondent of The
Georgian,
WASHINGTON, D, C, July 99—
Representative Upshaw was among
the congressmen who welcomed the
President home to Washington. Mr,
Upshaw was introduced to the Pres
ident and told Mr. Wilson that he
welcomed him back to the United
States on behalf of Georgia, and par
ticularly Atlanta, Where Mr. Wilson
first hung out his shingle as a young
lawyer. The President laughed and
remarked to Upshaw that he had
never forgotten those days and that
he always had a warm spot in his
heart for Atlanta,
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Big Dirigible Brought
Letter for Georgian
SAVANNAH, July 9-——Miss Helen
Greene of Savanah has received a let
ter from Mrs. Sidney L. Thatcher via
the big British flying ship, R-34, Mrs.
Thatcher and Miss Greene are sis
ters. The former is the wife of a
former Savannah newspaper man
who now is a correspondent in Eu
rope. As a newspapen correspondent
he covered the sailing of the big ship
and , induced a friend on board to
bring over this letter, which was
mailed when the ship arrived in
America and reached Miss Greene in
Savannah via United States malls.
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. Atlanta spot cotton went over the
‘top Wednesday, soaring 60 points—s 3
a bale—to 35.05 cents a pound basis
’good middling, or exactly 10 cents a
pound above the low record of the
season—recorded early in February.
The rise was due to the sharp ad
vance in futures, due chiefly to heavy
buying for Liverpool account, aggres
sive bidding by shorts, renewal of
rainy weather in the belt and scarcity
of contracts. Futures at New Or
leans advanced almost $6 a bale—Bs6
to 95 points—while the New York
market scored a similar gain.
With the spot price ehre quoted by
the Commercial Exchange at above
35" cents a pound, it officially con
firms the repeated prediction of The
Georgjan's financial editor that such
a price would be recorded before a
new crop came into sight. However,
recently several thousand bales
changed hands her at between
85 and 351-4 cents a pound.
That was when the exchange's
price was 34.90. This means that
holders probably received even more
for high grade staple Wednesday. The
cotton business here at the moment
{s at low ebb, owing tot he embargo
on cotton shipments to Atlanta,
Canpers Scored in
War Expenses Probe
WASHINGTON, July 9.—“Canners’
representatives dictated to the war
department increased canned vege
table rations for soldiers in order to
consume all army surpluses,” /Colonel
A. M. Davis, of the quartermaster’s
corps, testified Wednesday afternoon
before the house committee investi
gating war expenditures. The war
department agreed with the canners
to keep the surplus off the domestic
market, he said.
“You pass the- buck to General
Wood. We will get him before us
later,” said Representative Reavis.
Colonel Davis said he knew little
concerning the meat surplus question,
that being in the hands of General
Kniskern at Chicago.
Reavis then announced his commit
tee would go tc Chicago to question
General Kniskern and investigate the
army meat situation and “learn why
hams worth millions wer allowed to
remain in storage and mold when an
offer of 356 cents per pound up to
$600,000 worth had been made by the
war department.”
This moldy ham sold for 20 cents
a pound later, he added.
Prince of Wales Leaves
For America August 8
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, July 9-The Prince of
Wales, heir to the English throne, will
sail for Canada on August 8, it was
announced today by John W. Davis,
Aimericsn ambassador to Great Brite
ain,
The prince is expected to arrive in
Washington October 1. The prince
will be a guest at the White House,
but will not accept any invitations to
private functions, it was stated,
Suggs and Utt Rival
Twirlers in First Game
MOBILE, July 9-The Crackers
and Maobile Bears clashed #t 4:30
o'clock /here this afternoon in the
first game of thelr series. “Lefty"”
Suggs went to the mound for Atlanta,
with Utt twirling for the Bears.
Manaker Coleman and Bob Higgins
were the recelvars
" ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 1919
Big Seamen’s Strike I¢
Likely Within 48 Hours
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, July 9-—The marine
firemen, oilers and water tenders’
union, one of the biggest locals of
the International Seamen’s Associa
tion, has voted to go on strike with
in the next 48 hours, it was an
nounced Wednesday. Leaders of the
union say the strike will automati
cally force 12,000 sailors, 4,000 cooks
and stewards, 3,000 marine engineers
and 2,600 masters and mates to quit
work. ‘As yet none of these unions
have voted on the strike proposal.
Two hundred ships now in port are
in danger of being caught by the
strike.
While the question of wages and
hours of work is affécted, union offi
cials say the refusal of English ship
owners to recognize American labor
organizations is the chief point at
issue.
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Plans for inviting the United Con-I
federate Veterans to hold their an
nual reunion in Atlanta this fall have
taken on a large scope, following a
preliminary conference held by a com
mittee in the Chamber of Commerce
Wednesday afternoon, which was at
tended by Fred J. Paxon, chairman;
Mrs. A. McD. Wilson, vice president
of the U. D. C.; Walter P. Andrews,
Samuel C. Dobbs, H. A, Tisdel, of
the Hotel Men's Association, and T.
J. Shepherd, representing Atlantal
Camp No. 159, U. C, V.
This committee took no definite ac-]
tion, but considered the matter of
inviting the vetrans to Atlanta from
a very favorable point of view, and
empowered Mrs. Wilson to select a
chairman for the committee on ar
rangements for the convention, and
ask that he call a larger and more
representative gathering.
- Mr. Shepherd stated that between
10,000 and 15,000 veterans are left,
and that 8,000 could be counted upon
to attend. The committee estimated
that Atlanta will have to raise a min
imum of $55,000 to make provisions
for and entertain the delegates,
A serious problem that must be
coped with, however, is .the matter
of housing. Mr. Dobbs stated that
the city is now short 8,000 houses,
and that the additional men being
brought to Camp Gordon for demob
flization will add 25,000 people at least
to the city's population, It was not
believed probable that Atlanta will
experience difficulty in raising the
money.
The committee stated that it ls‘
very much in favor of entertaining the
veterans if there is any possible way
to do so, and that every effort will
be made to provide a way.
Invest an Hour
Of Your Time
.
Profitably
.
Tonight
Go to prayer meeting,
It is a profitable Investment
of time. It repays the in
vestor in rest, recreation,
mental stimulus and spirit
ual uplift,
You will find an atmos
phere of friendliness and
cordiality. You will hear the
songs you like, good talks
and Inspiring prayers. The
Chureh invites you. It will
be a distinet logs to you If
you do not accept that invi
tation.
Again on Sunday the Churches In.
vite you. Read their programs and
their Invitations In the "“Go To
Church” columns of. Saturday'’s
Georglan.
The committee of five from the City
Council, meeting Wednesday after
noon to.consider Mayor Key's fight
for municipal ownership, voted unan
imously to recommend favorably to
Couneil the seven amendments to the
city's charter lx-oposed Monday by
the m?fyor. JA special session of ‘the
‘Council Is called for Thursday to con
slder the amendments. e "
The mayor himself- was the only
speaker appearing before the commit
tee. Marion Jackson of the League
for Municipal Ownership was present,
but tok no part in the proceedings.
Mayor Key said he simply wanted the
city's charter changed so that the
city would have the power to take
over the lighting and transportation
systems or build others if advisable.
“l want the ecity to have the right
to do these things,” he =ald. “It is
not necessarily to be done now. Some
future administration may use the
right conferred by this action.”
Jett and Kelly Are
, Held to Grand Jury
A. B. Jett, 595 Spring street, and
Watt Kelly Jr., 64 Langhorn street,
young white men, were ordered held
under SI,OOO bond for the Fulton
County grand jury by Recorder John
son in a preliminary hearing at the
police court Wednesday afternoon on
a charge of manslaughter in connec
tion with the killing of an unknown
negro at the corner of Broad and
Mitchell strets Saturday night.
Jett and Kelly wer sent to the
Tower, but made bond and were re
leased. They are represented by At
torneys Harvey Hill and Roy 8.
Brannon.
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Hasty Can Not
Face Crackers
MOBILE, Ala., July 9.-—President
Charles Frank of the Aflanta Club
has enjoined Pitcher Keller Hasty
from playing ball against the Crack
ers. He spent two hours in Mobile
today and then left at 12:43 for home,
Frank is planning some new move
in the injunction case, He announced
that we would fight for Hasty's serv
ices.
There is talk here of filig a pro
test against Ira Thomas acting as
manager of the Crackers. President
Logan says that he Is investigating
whether or not Thomas can act as
a scout for a club in one league and
manager of another club.
lLogan declares the fight for Hasty
will be fought to the Federal Court.
Deserter, Suspected
As Slayer, Arrested
CHARLESTON, July 9.~The
Charleston police were notified Wed
nesday of the arrest at Charlotte,
N. C,, of 8. B. Deitrich, deserter from
the transport Ostego, wanted here
for killing a negro chauffeur. The
negro was shot four times and thrown
into a well last Sunday. The body
was found Tuesday.
First Case of D. T. Since
July 1 Proves Fatal
(By International News Service,)
BT. LOUIS, July 9--John Mead,
bl, died at the City Hospital Wednes
day an hour after he had been taken
there suffering with delirfum trem
ens. Mead was the first case of de
lirfum tremens tr?au'd at the hospital
since July L ¥
Issued Daily and Entered as Second Class Matter at
the Postoffice at Atlanta Under Act of March 3, 1879
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WASHINGTON, July 9.—Every
precaution will be taken for Presi
dent Wilson when he addresses the
Senate tomorrow. Printed notice was
sent to every senator today urging
the utmost caution in the distribu
tion of tickets to the galieries in ors
der hat “no undesirable or dangerous
persons” may gainm admittance,
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By JOHN EDWIN NEVIN,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. 8.
WASHINGTON, July 9.-—The is
sues in the German peace treaty with
its accompanying constitution for the
proposed League of Nations were
joined Wednesday. With the Presi
dent back in the White House, the
advocates of the treaty had ‘leader
ship at last. The opening gun of the
ratification’ wifl be fired Thursday.
President Wilson will tell the Sen
ate and as many members of the
House as can be accommodated in
the chamber just why, in his opinion,
the treaty must be ratified. The
President’'s message and the complete
official treaty went to the printer
‘Wednesday. Both will be laid on the
ideaku of the senators Thursday im
‘medidtely after the President ends his
address. .
Those in the President’s confidence
who have had opportunity to read it
say the message Is a masterpiece, In
fact, some of the President's most
enthusiastic advisers characterized it
today as the “greatest” of his state
papers.
MESSAGE NOT CRITICAL.
Throughout the message is declared
to be absolutely free from criteism
of Mr. Wilson's opponents. It is de
signed, it was said, to lay the foun
dation for full and free discussion of
the work of the American commis
slon to negotiate peace,
The message is something more
than 5,000 words in length, Starting
off with an explanation of the diffi
culties that were encountered in
reconciling the diverse interests rep.
resented in Paris, it explains there
was evidence at all times the peo
ples of the world were looking to the
United States for guidance, The
President makes it plain the world
has depended on America to assist |t
“In getting back to work”
Tribute of the highest sort is paid
to the work of the American army
and navy. As in his speech in Car
negie Hall, New York, the Presi
dent extols the valor and dignity of
the American warriors who turned
the tide of battle and stemmed the
onward rush of the German military
machine, making possible its com
plete shattering.
TREATY DISCUSSED,
. The President then takes up the
treaty itself in detail. He declares in
open, plain terms that everywhere In
the conference it was the concensus
of opinion that only through the crea
tion of a League of Nations could a
stable peace be established, He re
cites many of the complex problems
that have been raised which could
not be settled under present condi
tions and which of necessity had to
be referred to the League of Nations
to be worked out. He asks that the
treaty be accepted in its entirety and
ratified as speedily as possible in or
der that the United States shall not
be held back in assuming its place
in the commercial world under the
new conditions now prevalling.
| The message is declured by those
Continued on Following Page.
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National League
‘R M B
Bt. Louis :
005 124 0., ol ‘
At New York
100 700 o 0 . W
Mays and Snyder; Schupp and Gonzales.
Umpires, Harrison and MeCormick.
R H K
Pittsburg
000 011 000 - 210 O
At Brooklyn— ;
000 000 000 - O 6 2
Adams and Schmidt; Grimes, Smith lnd‘
Krueger. Umpires, Kiem and Emslie.
First game:
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Chicago ........200 030 Ml—6 12 2
Philadelphia ....900 001 000-~1 4 1
Batteries: Vaughn and Killifer; Ja
cobs and Cady. Umpires—Quigley
and O'Day.
SECOND GAME.
; R WK
000 020 02 g
At Philadelphia
!i m %‘“l ¥ g r * »
l‘mnfln'-‘an% 8 Kr::;l;nn:ny and Clark.
U res, O'Day . Qu X
T
000 021 000 - 3 8 0
At Boston
000 000 010 =~ 18 2
Sallee and Wingo; MeQuillan, Gheney and
“""’g‘ Tragressor. Umpires, Quigley
and yron.
N W L
New York
000 000 000 - 0 7 O
At Cleveland
000 110. 00 =~ 2 6 O
Shawkey, Ragan, Russell and Hannah;
Coveleskie and O'Neill. Umpires, Chill
and Dineen,
R N R
Boston
W e e
At Bt. Louis ‘
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Mayer and Schang; Sotheron and Bevareld.‘
Umpires, Owens and Connolly. |
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Washington ‘
o -y s
At Detroit - 1
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Shaw and Picinieh; Boland amd Atn-mnh“
Umpires, Nallin and Evans.
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First Game-— RHE
Philadelphin, , . . .400 010 002— 7 10 0
Chicago. . . , . . ,000 200 23x— 8 11 1
Batteries—Rogers, Loudermilk, Kinney
and MeAvoy; Kerr, Danforth, Faber and
Bchalk. Umplires, Moriarty and lllldo-‘
brand, ‘
SECOND GAME, 1
Philadelphia |
o AT £ T
At Chicago
Johnosn and Perkins; Faber and Schalk.
Umnires, Hildebrand and Morlarty.
R. H. :.1
Atlanta {
Wi 00l e
At Mobile |
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Buggs and Higging; Utt and Coleman. Um
pires, Johnson and Willlams,
First Games R HE
Birmingham. , , , .101 010 0003 7 3
New Orleans « + 000 000 000 0 6 2
Crews Ana Peters; Roberts and Deßerry.
Umplres, Brennan and Campbell ‘
R. N LK
Chattanooga
20, >4 » ° - - - -
At Little Rock
W, il e e s
Kelly and Niederkorn; Hengeveld and
Brottem. Umpires, Blackburn and Lau
ron
XB n K
Memphis
00, o TS wmie T
At Nashville
0. =, = .wah, .
Barger and Bischeff; Hodge anw Street.
Umpires, Shibleyr snd Pfenninger.
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WEIMAR, JUI( 9~The German
National Assembly b’y a vote of 208
to 150 Wednesday afternoon ratified
the peace treaty. The action of the
National Assembly will result in the
immediate lifting of the blockade, it
is expected.
WEIMAR, July 8 (via Berlin, July
9).—The initial step toward raising
the great war indemnity imposed en
Germany by the allies, was taken here
this afternoon when Dr, Mathias
Erzberger, vice chancellor and minis
ter of finance, introduced ten new
revenue bills, désigned to increase the
income of the republic by 900 per
cent,
The measures provide for ex-pro
priation of large (portunes.
Special taxation on all fortunes in«
creased during the war,
Taxation on the profits ?t real es
tate transactions,
. Taxation on amusements.
Inheritance taxes,
! A federal tax on the profits by Ger
man States from the sale of lands
‘used for military purposes during the
war.
-~ Additional taxes on sugar.
.~ Three bills for additional taxes on
tobacco, matches and playing cards,
OUTLINES NEW PROO‘AM.
The vice chancellor introduced the
bills at the conclusion of a speech in
which he outlined the program the
new republic must adhere to if it
hoped to fulfill its obligations and
at the same time escape bankruptcy.
Germany's first step toward re
habilitation, said Dr. Erzberger, must
be the restoration of life and labor
throughout the republic; then she
must turn her attention to the pay
ment of war indemnities.
The vice chancellor declared it
would be necessary for the govern
ment to raise 25,000,000,000 marks
(about $6,000,000,000) annually for an
indefinite period.
The vice chancellor urged all Ger
mans to cease talking of revenge on
Germany's enemies and to get to
work.
“The word of the German republic
must be honorable” he said. “We
must work, else there will be no food,
We must not agitate for revenge, but
seek to shqw the justice of our case,
superfluous riches. A
“I am firmly resolved to tread the
path of hard economy. Beginning the
first of October, there will be no more
items of expenditure without detalls
The war finance system will cease,
There will be no more unproductive
expenditures. It is necessary for the
propertied classes to surrender their
MUST MAINTAIN INTERESTS.
“The govefnment does not intend
to annul the war loans, We must
maintain the interest ypon them. An
inheritance tax and a big levy on
property will be the inaugural steps.
The republie’'s income must be ine
creased 900 per cent and that of the
States’ and communes' 100 per cent.
Bankruptecy must not selze us.”
The vice chancellor was loudly ap
plauded when he concluded.
The most revolutionary steps in the
government's financial program as
announced by Dr. Erzberger, was the
flat statement that "It Is necessary
for the propertied classes to surren
der their superfluous riches.”
Huns to Make Final
Plea to Save Kaiser
WEIMAR, July 7 (via Berlin, July
9).—The German National party will
propcse in a resolution tomorrow that
before the National Assembly ratifies
the peace treaty it make a reserva
tion that Germany will not surrender
the ex-kaiser for trial before an lin
ternational commission,
The bill for ratification of the peace
treaty is composed only of two brief
paragraphs, 1t follows:
Article 1--'The treaty of peace be
tween Germany and the allled and
assoclated powers, signed June 28
1919, and the protocol belonging
thereto, as well as the agreement
concerning military oecupationlof the
Rhineland, are hereby approvéd.
Article 2--This law was e
from date of publication, ik