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SENATORS DISCUSS FALL’S RESOLUTION
Another Outrage Against American Reported
A.F.L.TO AID MINERS LEADERS
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J INDIANAPOLIS, bnd., Dec. 4—A
special session of the federal grand
jury to probe the alleged activities of
the coal operators in restricting corl
production throughout the United
_ States was called today by Judge A.l
B. Anderson to meet next Monday.
. (By International News Service ) l
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—Organized
labor and the law are set for a war
to the finish,
The government's action in citing
leaders of ‘the United Mine Workers
for/contempt of court in Indisnapolis.
ha# crystalized the-determination of
.l*qr leaders to fight the present coal
is out to & finish, Officials of the
merlcan Federation of Labor were
preparing to offer every assistanee to
the mine workers.
Just ‘as determined to fight to a
final victory is the department of
justice and Attorney (GGeneral Palmer
has behind him the back.ng of the
administration. It is understood sim
jlar action to that taken in Indiana
may be expect®d in other places and
_that the operators will not escape it
‘there is evidence they are attempting
to tniertere with coal production. I
The public’s sacrifice in the situa
ministrator Garfield was to return
tion wls being discussed. Fuel &d
--to Wash.ington to confer with. Direc
tor weneraj riines of the railroad ad
ministration relative to further re
stricuions upon the use of coal.
"~ LIGHTLESS NIGHTS.
1t s believed here that within a
week the fuel administrator will re
establsh lightless nights and will
curtail the use of coal oy theaters and
,motfler places of amusement Doctor
£ Garueld has indicated he would Lake
" guch steps betore he would curtal
the distribution of coal to essential
industries.
Ahfilcreaslngly serious situation in
the ploducuon of coal, due apparently
to the tighten.ng ol the strike, 18 m-‘
djcaied tor Lhis wees i reports twm{‘
» Qhe COoal tields. . . ‘
The coudit.ous in the miuning dis
‘ trfua are much worse Luan they were
b b ywek| ago Wwhen wdge Legollauons
“ u-\a bioken oOLif.
Many m.nes .n Wy it ng, Colorado,
Montana, lowa, West * Virginia, aen-
E tucky and Pem}s,’xv.uua, which were
| gradually opened after the sirike on
© Novemoer 1, are agan ciosed. The
_ deciease in the product.on is such as
fi to cause grave fears on the part of
% officials of the Federal fuel adminis
i tration and the committe of operalors
i Washington,
. " BTRIKE BENEFITS PAID.
*, " Bvidenge is accumuialing through
" peports from the mine disirict that
S hat really constitutes strike bepe-
L fits are being paid to men who were
L engaged in the strikel
§ }be American Federation of Labor
P reparied as having opened com
! r‘luanes in many of the mining com-
S munities In which men on strike are
rece,ving goods and supplies with
the undersiand that.they will be paiq
ifor 'by the mine workers whenever
ithey return to work.
' These commissaries have been
(iopened up over a large area of the
- Poal producing sections of }ho coun
-3 Continued on Page 2, Column 1,
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24-Hour { £24 Jtrroatiersn News. - Service
French O%era- House ]
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In New Orleans, 60
Years 01d, Is Burned
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NEW ORLEANS, Dec, 4.—The his
toric French Opera House, erected in
1859, was destroyed b'flre early this
morning.
The origin has not been ascer
tained.
Séveral years ago the opera house
was purchased by W, R. Irby, rich
banker and tobagco manufacturer,
and predented t:%‘ulane University.
The amount involved then was said
to be close to a quarter of a million
dollars. )
The French Opera House was_one
of the landmarks of the old down{own
section of New Orleans. It.was three
etgries high, located on Bourbon
Istreet, five blocks from ‘Canal street,
and in the heart of the French sec
tion. Across the street is the French
consulate, and- within a stone’s throw
is the historic St. Louis Cathedral,
Jackson Square, Ponga.lba. buildings
'and Cabildo.
The Mardi Gras or Carnival balls,
with the exception of the Rex parade,
which‘was held in the day-time, were
!tx?l iu, the French Opera «House.}
Proteus, Momus, Comus and -the
other social - Carnival organizations
crowned their kings and queens there
and the celebrations of Mardi Gras
dithongh in mime. rivalled in splen
dor and grandeur and cost the old
lcourt festivities of France.
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Blaze Does $160,000 1
Damaye at Newark, O.
(By International News Service.)
NEWARK, Ohio, Dec. '4.—Fire,
which rolgwed four explosions in the
Long bardwarg store in the heart of
the business district early . today,
spread rapidly and in a short time
the Riderblick Music Hall, Odd Fel
fows’ Building and the Advocate
Newspaper office were all ablaze. The
fire raged eight hours before it was
brought ufider control and the loss
Twm reach $160,000, 50 per cent of
which is covered by insurance. |
Firemen suffered from the cold,‘
the mercury being 10 above zero. The
‘amilies escaped in their night cloth- |
ing from aprwrtmentsl ‘
Two More Policemen (
To Be Arrested, Report
That two additional policemen.‘
memberss of the Atlanta force for sev- ‘
eral years,. were under suspicion ot‘
graft In connection with the liquor
traffic, and that arrests would prob
ably be made this week, was inti
mated Thursday by Detective Chief”
Poole and Lieutenant Shaw, before
the two officials left on a hunting
’trlp. They -would” give no further
information, |
| Jack Sills, who was arrested Wed-
Ixesday in .connection with graft
| iharges fgainst two policemen, main
ained silence Thursday and no in
ormation ‘was obtained from him,
‘ detedtives said. ’
‘ . . .
St. Lovis Republic
l Suspends Publication
(By Universal Service.)
l ST. LOUIS, Dec. 4—~The St. Louis
| Repub’ic suspended publication to
day. The paper, which was founded
in HO%_ has been bought by Globe
' Publishing Company, the only other
morning paper here.
Despite its name, the Republic has
always been Democratic in politics.
Since 1915 David R. Fracis, Ameri
can ambassador to Russia, has been
its owner.
| Van Valkenburg Wins
Over Long in Decatur
J. E. Van Valkenburg Jr. was suc
cessful over A, W, Long in Decatur's
ane councilmanic contest Wednesday
in the general election. Van Valken
;burg tecelved 145 votes, and Long
121, p
| Without opposition L. J. Steele was
re-elected as mayor and W. W, Frear
born, N. G. Goss and John A. Camp
bell as councilmen.
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The feeblé state of the city treas
ury was revealed Thursday in a
statemeni prepared for a special sub
committee of the Finance Committee
of council by Comptroller B. Gmhaln
West, giving an estimate of the 19..0;
receipts and expenditures.
It fixes the probable income at‘
$4,556,872.50, and the certain expendi-i
tures, without regard to the proposed‘
increases for teachers, the Spring
street improvement cost and the re
pairs of the- City Auditorium, at
$4,514, 872,77,
This ' leaves unapportioned about
'542,000. The “teachers’. raiges alone
would require $238,000, the Spring
‘street improvement about $200,000,
and the Aud.torium repairs $25,000.
'All three projecid are earnestly fav
iored by couneil.
| The statement is for the sub-com
‘mittee's consideration in taking up
‘the teachers’ plea for more money. A
‘meeting of the sub-committee was to
be held at 2 o'clock in advance Of
the session of the aldermanic board.
AUTHORATIVE STATEMENT.
Although purely tentative, the
statethent is regarded as authorita
tive inasmuch as every possible
source of revenue was scrutinized by
the comptroller in preparing it. He
held a conference with the city tax
assessors and other officials,
“This amount apparently will al
low the city barély to maintain the
status quo,” said Mr. West. “For ex
ample, I have placed but the usual
$60,000 in the ‘streets ordinary’ fund
for paving. This ig just the usual
sum for maintaining present condi
tions and does not anticipate any
large improvements.” 2
« Altogether there wlu be aboft
$300,000 more revenue next year than
this. Costs have risen far out of
proportion to, this increase, the offi
cial pointed out. His estimate, pre
pared at the instance of the commit
tee, takes into account, however, all
salary raises thus far granted.
The Mncreages come chiefly from
the general tax. The sum of $200,-
000 additional has been anticipated
from this source; $19,000 from li
censes’ issued by City Clerk Walter
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stocks are in order and easily in-)
spected-—you and the salespeople are
refreshed after the night's rest-—in
fact everything favors a thoroughly
satisfactory ea ly morning shopping
trip. Besides, there's °
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Just 17 more shopping
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days ’till Christmas.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1919
“Business as usual” despite the
coal shortage and the consequent re
strictions on light and fuel, appeared
to be the rule in Atlanta Thursday,
following modifications of the regu-
Wtions ordered by the coal commit
tee.
Permission to open for business as
early as desired and to stay open as
late as desired, provided no electric
light or power or heat derived from
coal, wood or gas was used, gave the
business men ‘all they needed, it
seemed. Every store was open at its
regular hours, even though clerks, ac
countants and customers might have
to shiver for the first hour or two.
But most of the stores had retained
sufficient*heat from the day hefore to
make them fairly comfortable.
t The rapidity with which an after
noon newspaper reaches its readers
was demonstrated Wednesday after
noon, .
~ The fuel committee did not give out
its modifications of the rules until
after 1 o'clock. These appeared for
'the first time in the home edition of
The Georgian, which was gelling on
‘the streets.at 2:30 o’clock. Within a
‘half hour nearly every merchant
'whose light and ' power were no!to
be used after 4 o'clock had provided
his store with lamps or candles, and
instead of closing at 4 o’tlock the
siores were kept open until the reg
ular closing hour—a boon to Christ
mas shoppefs.
CONFERENCE CALLED. -
W, Rawson Colller of the (eorgia
Railway and Pawer Company, who is
the public utility representative on
the fuel committee, has called a con
ference of public utiiity heads in At
lanta and the representatives of all
Southern region companies are ex
pected to arrive by Thursday after
'noon or Friday. morning, to discuss
the situation omns lights and power.
The ruling made Wednesday by the
committee permits the use without
curtailment of ligh§ or power pro
duced wholly by hydro-electric pow
er, but it is necessary for such utiiie
ties to show the committee that they
do not use any auxiliary power de-.
rived from fuel. It is said that only
a few companies have sutticipnfl
water power to make them entirely
indepen’ent of coa! during the heav-‘
ieet Yusiness peygiods.
Chairman 8. L, Yerkes Thursday
announced that all Individnals, cor
poratéions and organization: whi-‘!h}
have 1,000 tons or more of coal in
stock, must send immediately a re
port to she & mmitiee. giving the
supply on hand. It may be that this
information will be followed by a
confiscation of a part of such sgup
plies, but the situation so far does
not demand such action. The com
mittee claims the power to make
such configeation, under the Lever
act and the proclamations of the
President. . .
~ « INTERPRETATIONS MADE,
Definite interpretation of the com
‘mitee’'s modification of the restric
'tions was made officlally Thursday.
!Peruons or business houses affected
;l@ay accept this publication as offi
cial, and will save time and trouble
by refraining from calling in person
on . the committee, For eight hours
on Wednesday fully fifty persons
were in line before the door of the
committee headquarters and most of
them were given exactly the same
information as that published in the
Continued on Page 2, Column 3.
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Mrs. Frank Eastman,
Daughter of Civil
.
War Major, Is Dead
Mrs. Eliie Angier Eastman, one of
Atlanta’s best known and beloved
residents, died at the family resi
dence, ;64 West Fifteenth ‘\street, 'at
1 o'clock - Thursday morning. Death
was due to a stroke of apoplexy suf
fered a few months ago,
The funeral servigces will be con
ducted at 11 o'clock Friday from St.
Phillip's Cathedral,
i The wife of Dr, Frank' Eastman,
and daughter of the late Dr. N. L.
Angier, Mrs, Eastman was descen
dant and re'ated by marriage to the
first families of the United States.
Her ancestors were French Colonials
and came to the United States be
fore the Revolution.
Her father, Doctor Angier, was
mayor of the City of Atlanta during
the Civil War period and also was}
one of the first treasurers of the
State of Georgia. y
Mrs. Eastman was born in Atlinta
January 28, 1858, %\d resided h(;rej
most of her life. he is survived,
besides her husband, by four mms.i
Major N. A, Eastman, U. 8. M, C.; |
Frank.J., Don R., and Gerry Kast(-
man aad three grandchildren, and
sisters and ‘brothers a@e Hugh, Ed
gar, Clarence and Wilmer Angier,
all of " Atlanta,
2,600 Men Idle W hen
Strike Closes Shipyard
MOBILE, Ala.,, Dec. 4—When the
machinists employed at the plant of
the International Shipbuilding Com-i
pany at Pascagoula, Miss., near here,i
building steel ships, quit work Wed-i
nesday, the company closed the place
‘The result was 2,600 men are thrown
out of work. The machinists want
more money. ‘
‘ A special train operating between:
Pascagoula and nearby towns ‘was
immediately discontinued by the
Louisville and Nashville road com
pany. . 1
Atlan*n Gets First |
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Florida Strawberries
Atlanta beat the Eastern markets
this year in getting the first ship
ment of strawberries out of Florida. ‘
By special request Green & Milam,
produce dealers, got the first ship
ment Thursday from Plant City al;d
included several dozen crates, ’
And was there a wild scramble to
get in on .this first shipment? By the‘
price of sl.lO per quart, there was
not, But they didn't linger on lhe‘
mark‘ when the clubs and hotels
foundout they were here.
“Don’t blame me for_the price”
said Mr, Milam, “but t#y will not
be that high again.”
British Anxious to
. Bring Foes to Trial
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Dec. 4.—~The 4British
goverrment {B’ anxious to proceed
with the trial of the Germag officers
of State who are accu=ed of respon- |
sibility ¢or the war and crimes dur- |
ing. the war with the lenst nnssihle |
delay,. Prem'er Lloyd Oeorge an
nonnced in the Fouse of Commons to
day. £ %
The prenftor’ gald that he honad
that the neace treaty would he finally
ratified before the end of this month. t
THE WEATHER,
Forecast—Fair Thursday night
and Friday; warmer.
Temperatures—B a, m., 39; 10
a. m., 41; 11 a. m,, 45; 12 noon,
48.
‘| Sunrise, 6:28; sunset, 4:29, |
KAISER FOUND GUILTY
a
CF BRINGING ON WAR
| Next Sunday’s American will be the only paper in At
lanta to print the findings of the commission appointed
by the new German republic to fix the blame for the
world war. You can’t afford to miss these remarkable
historical documents. Marked by the kaiser’s own pen
cil, they prove him guilty. Rem:mber, they will appear
4 only in
N XT U. DAY’Ss AMERICAN
P 1
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ull REFUSAL
By NEWTON C. PARKE,
Staff Correspondent of the |. N, S.
PARIS, Dec. 4~—The Supreme
Council today decided to send a sharp
note to Germany on the reported de
cision of the German government not
to gign the treaty ratification proto
cul, The not 2 may go forward to
lIOITOW.
At thes same time the allies will
send their reply to the German note
protesting against further reparations
for the sinking of the German fleet
at Seapa Flow, |
The Supreme Council was in ses
sgion all morning discussing the new
gituation which has been created by
;Ocrmany's announcement that she
will not accept the protocol with new
[urms.
Assistant Secretary of State Frank
L. Polk made the positive announce
ment that he and the other American
peace delegates will leave early next
week if they can possibly get away.
ATTITUDE NOT BLUFF,
Assistant Secretary of State
Frank L. Polk of the American dele
gation, jand his collcagues who,
forty-eight hours ago, were inclined
to believe that Germany was bluf
fing, are now seriously concerned
ovir the positive declaration of
Baron von Lersner that Germany
would not sign the ratification pro
tocol in its present shape, but would
prefer to revert, “not only to armis
tice conditions, but even to a state
of war.”
The only* ray of optimism is the
fedling that Von Lersner perhaps
does not represent correctly the at
titude” of his government or may
possib'y be engaging In a monu
mentgl bluff. One American diplomat
commenting upon the lat. st utter
ance and activities of Von Lersner,
declared he was acting “like 3 mad
man.” ¢
PEACE ENVOYS CONFER,
Before Mr. Polk left to attend the
council meeting he discussed the
German situation at length with
Henry White and Gen. Tasker H.
Bliss. |
A series of informal early morning
sonferences were held before the su
preme council met. These were for
the purpose of discussing o"raotiv&}
tens that are to be taken for the
military and ecopomic coercion of
rmany in the event it develops that
Baron von Lersver is correctly con
siruing the -attitude of .he Berlin
govvrnmo‘nt. -
“Germary is resolved never o sign
a protocol ‘which containg phrases
wherein the allies and associated
powers threaten to use any coercive
military measures they might dwm{
necessary,” declared Baron von Lers-
Continued on Page 2, Column 4. 1
lasued Dally, and Entered as Second Class Matier at
the Pustofiice at Atlania Under Act of March 3, 1878
Text of Senate
l Resolutions on
. - .
Mexican Crisis
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(By Universal Service.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—The text
of the resolution on Mexico, intro
duced in the Senate by Senator Fall
of New Mexico, and which will be
taken up today at 2 special meeting
of the Foreign Relations Committee,
called by Senator Lodge, is as fol
lows:
“Resolved, That the action taken
by the department of state in ref
erence to the pending controversy
~ between this government and the
| government of Mexico should be
approved; and further, that the
' President of the United States be
and is hereby requested to with
draw from Venustiano Carranza the
recognitior heretofore nccordethim
by the United States as Presltient
of the Republic of Mexico, and to
sever all diplomatic relations now
existing between this government
and the pretended government of
Carranza.” .
The resolution introduced by Sen
ator Ashurst of Arizona, which calls
for an increase in the armod forces
of the United States along the Mexi
can border and which was referred
to the Committee on Military Affairs,
1s as {ollows:
“Resolved, That the secretary of
war be and is hereby authorized
and directed to employ the mili
tary forces of the United States in
protecting the lives of American
citizéns in the United s\m-., but
whose safety, nevertheless, is im
periled by the threats and obvious
ly ghostile attitude toward citizens
of the United States on the part of
armed Mexican bandits, murderous
outlaws and the various belligerent
factions now assembling in Mexico
adjacent to the international boun
dary line separating the United
States and the Republic of Mexico.”
Mother Dies; Girl
other vles; ulirl, -
17, Now Mamma For
Baby Twins and 5
At a humble home at 177 Davis
street, eight children are mourning
the death of their mother.
| And now, upon the slender shoul
ders of 17-yeur-old Sallie Slatom; a
daughter, falis the burden of caring
for the little home and the children,
and the responsibility of ‘the twin
babies, Florence KE'izabeth and Lu
ther Eugene, 2 months old.
“Grandmother is coming to live
with us! She is feeble and can’t do
anything, but she can tell me what
to do when the twins get sick,”
sighed Sallle Thursday. “Luther’s
been sick now for two ro three days.
;and we've had to have the doctor. He
feels a’ little better this morning, 1
think. Mes smaller than the other
; kaby, but be's besn sick a‘good deal,
you know. «
~ “We're fceding them on condensed
milk. See, 1 tied a string around
Luther's bottle to tell it from Flor
ence's., His milk has to he weaker,
“What do’ you do when they both
cry at once?’ Sallie was asked, and
her gricf-stricken face bore for a
moment a weary little smile. “I just
give them their bottles and make
them hush--if I can!”
“I 1 help,” sa.d Billy. 9, as he slid
up beside the visitor., Billy had
scrubbed his face until It was shin
ing, and slicked down his unruly hair.
“Look what I can de,” ventured 6-
year-old Ethel, as she wheeled a well
worn baby carriage about the room.
Therc are {ive boys and three girls
in the Slaton famuly—Sanford, 22;
Sallle, 17; E.nest, 15; Ivan, 12; Billy,
9; Ethel, 6, and the twins, Florence
£lizabeth and Luther Eugene, 2
months old. (
The father, J. H. Slaton, is a car-|
penter, and will make every effort to
keep his little family together, |
Funeral services for the mother,
M:s. [lorsnce Slaton, were held
Thursday afternoon from the home.
and Interment was in Northview
Cemetery. E |
Rome Elects Hamilton
To Succeed Vandiver
ROME, Dec. 4.—Judge Harper
Hamilton was elected successor t‘l
John M. Vardiver on the bo-rd oq
ety commis ioners from the Secoad
Wird defeating Samuel M. Lowry
by a vote of 129 to 84, Judge Hamil
ton will' take office at the meeting
of ’::ne city: commission Thund&yl
night.
ISR
; A Paper for Atlanta, Georgta, !
- and the South :
By J. BART CAMPBELL,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N, &,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4, — Imme- "
diate action by the Senate in the
Mexican situation apparently will
hinge upon the ability of members of
the Senate foreign relations comse
mittee to discuss the latest develop
ments with President Wilson.
Henry P, Fletcher, American am-+
bassador to Mexico, was closeted
with the committee this afternoon
when it met to consider the Fall res
olution providing for a severance of
diplomatic relations between the Uni
ted States and Mexico.
Secrétary of State Lansing wasg
requested to appear before the Sen
ate foreign relations committee at
2:30 o’ciock this afternoon to discuss
theglatest developments in the Mex«
ican siiuation with its members, !
Senator Fall, Republican of aNew
Mexico, 84tH6F 8 the resolution, sub
nitted to the committee an exhaus
tive report of the result of \he wo
weeks' investigation made by him of
Mexican border conditions as chair
man of the subcommittee appointed
to probe the Mexican situation, -
There was an extensive discussion
of the evidence presanted by Fall to
support his charges that the Car
ranza government and its diplomatic
agents in this country were engaged
in disseminating bolshevist and I. W,
W. literature in an effort to make
trouble for the American government
and the American people, :
A -desire was expressed by mem
bers of the committee that Fall and
others on it be allowed to take up
with the President personally the re
quest for instant and effective action
with regard to the situation whieh
soveral of them declared they re
gard as imperative,
Sanator Hiteheock, administration
leader and ranking Democrat mem
ber of the committee, voiced g doubt
as to whether the President would
be able to see any members of the
committee just now, the continued
lilness of the Presldentmecessltatlfls
his being assured perfect repose and
quiet.
American Reported
Beaten in Mexico ;
CALEXICO. Calif, Dec. 4—~The
state department was informed today
ty American Consul Boyle of Mexi
col, of the third outrage against an .
American citizen in that place within
the last few weeks in the arrést and
sea ful beating administered to W. I,
M.lton, fcrmer American soldier, by
a Mexican po'ice officer, it was an
acupced today. o
Milton, 24, 18 in a serious condition,
He iz a¢ Camp Beacon Hospital. His
removal to Letterman General Hos
pital at San Francigsco, where hig ifi«
juries can be given closer care, is ex«
peeted as soon as his condition war
rgnts. His jaw is broken, his hand
s shattered and his’ head and neck
are cut and bruised in a dozen places.
As the result of the torture, his
voice 13 gone, and there is small hope
today that he will recover it. v
Milton was ' seized by a . Mexican
police officer in Mexiecali Novembefr
3, according to information here. He
was told he was to be jailed for in«
toxication, - Protesting he had pot
tcuched any liguor, Milton sought to
break away. -He was set ongby the
officer and beaten into insensibility
with a club. Fo. hours he lay un
conscious. Fina'ly he was removed
te a crude Mexican hospital, but
given no medical attention save a
bandage over a cut in his head.
Amdrican friands, learning of his
NO. 108.