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SENATORS DISCUSS FALL’S RESOLUTION
Another Outrage Against American Reported
IS, GRAND JURY CALLED TO PROBE COAL CONSPIRACIES
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(By International News Service.)
. INDIANAFPOLIS, Ind., Dec.” 4.—
BSweeping prosecutions of all persons
who have conspired to restrict the
pieduction of coal throughout the
United States, “whether they be min
ers, mine’ officars, op: ors gr deal
ers,” loomed here today with the call.
ing of a special session of the fed
eral".grand jury to meet next Mon
day to make a searching investiga
tion of every phase ofethe coal situa
tion. »~
Announcement of the calling by
Federal Judge A. B. Anderson of the
grand jury was made shortly before
1 oclock today. The eal, the gov
einment announced, was a direct re
sult of the filing of information for
contempt of court against leaders of |
thin United Mine Workers.
ale government intends not only
o bring relief from “the present ln-,
tolerable situation,” but expects to|
prosecute all violators of the law “to |
the end.” l
The investigation to be launched
next Monday will be the most search
ing, most sweeping yet undertaken
,n» the gover 'ment, it is indicated.
d SCONSPIRACY CHARGED.
' : info mation filed with (he|
: urt “sets forth facts which indi- |
fate that the conspiracy to violate
. he Liever act extends far beyond I‘lo’
officers of the United Mine Workers
gnd the mine workérs themselves,” |
the statement says."‘From the facts
mpw in our possession it appears the
cpal cperators are also cngaged in
a consp..a.y to violate that law.”
The . information: shows also that
‘ the injunction not only has been dis
{obeyed but that the Lever act “has
been and is now being grossly,
openly ‘V‘d defiantly violated.”
Upen the surrender to the United
States marshal here just before
noon of Acting President John L
Lewis, Secretary William Green and
g other :{ficxas of the Unit.d Mine
Wdrkery who face charges of con
tempt Of court for alleged violation
of the KFaderal Court mandate
against the union heads, the govern
ment abardoned its watchful wait
ing policy in the mine strike and will
throw the full weight of its power
into e task of enforcing the court's
{njunction.
Announcement of the government’s
aggressive policy was made by Dan
Simms special district attorney in
charge ‘of the coal case.
Lewis, Green, Ellis Searles, editor
of the Mine Workers' Journal; Percy
Tetlow, statistician for the unipn;
Willlam- Mitch, secretary, and Ed
Stewart, president of the Indigna
miners’ organization, were the men
who surrendered,
Both Sides Line Up
For Hot Struggle
(By Internationai News Service)
;\}SHXNGTON. Dec. 4,—Organized
labe® and the law are set for a war
to the finish. |
The government's action in citing
jeaders of the United Mine Workers
for contempt of court in Indianapolis
has crystalized the determination of
labor leaders to fight the present coal
erisis out to a finish., Officials of the
American Federation of Labor were
Continued on Page 2, Column 4,
‘She and Allan’, H. Rider Haggard’'s New Story suw:rs american
French Opera House
In New Orleans, 60
Years Old, Is Burned
NEW ORLEANS, Dcc. 4—The his
toric French Opera House, erected in |
1859, was destroyed by fire early this
morning. 3
.The origin has not been aschr
tained.
| Several years ago tha opera house
was purchased by W. R. Irby, rich
banker and tobacco manufacturer,
and presented to Tulane 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 downtown
section of New Orleans. It was three
stories high, located on Bourbon
street, 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, Pontalba buildings
and Cabildo.
The Mardi Gras or Carnival balls,
with the exception of the Rex parade,
which was held in the day time, were
staged in the French Opera House.
Proteus, Momus, Comus and ‘the
other social Carnival organizations
crowned their kings and gueens there
and the cclebrations of Mardi Gras
although 'in mime. rivalled in splen~
dor and grandeur and cost the old
court: festivities of France, b o
Modified Fuel Ruling |
Obviates Court Test
The autho.ity of the fuel commit
tee of the United States railroad ad
v nistration wou'd have heen legally
tested in the Federau Court Thurs
[day but for the issuance of a modifi
'cation in regulations governing the
’ ccal shortage.
An injunction was tiled against the
commisee by Moss E. Garrison,
d.ugg st, 233 Forest avenue, to re
strain the fuel officials from com
pelling him to close his store at 4
p. m. y ‘
A modificaticn in the committee’s
previous ecrder Thursday permitted
bus.ness to go on and resulted in the;
withdrawal of the test. l
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Two More Policemen ;
To Be Arrested, Report
That two additional policemen,
members of the Atlanta force for sev- |
eral years, were under suspicion of
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
trip. ‘They would give no further
information,
Jack Sills, who was arrested Wed
jesday in ' connection with . graft
Ilharges against two policemen, main
tained silence Thursday, and no in
formation was obtained from him,
detectives said.
St. Loujs Republic
Suspends Publication
(By Universal Service.)
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 4—The St. Louis
Republic suspended publication to
day. The paper, which was founded
in 1808, has been bought by -Globe
Publishing Company, the only other
morning paper here.
Despite its name, the Republic has
always been Democratic in dolitics.
Since 1916 David R. Fraecis, Ameri
can ambassador to Russia, has been
its, owher.
British Anxious to
Bring Foes to Trial
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Dec. 4.—The British
i government is anxious to proceed
with the trial of the Geérman officers
of state who are accused of respon
sibility for the war and crimes dur
|ing the war with the least -possible
| delay, Premier Lloyd George an
-3:“"“9 in the House of Commens to
l %ha -premier said that he hoped
that the peace treaty would be finally
ratified before the end of this month,
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The feeble state of the city treas
ury was revealed Thursday in a
statement prepared for a special sub
committee of the Finance Committee
of council by Comptroller B. Graham
West, giving an estimate of the 1920
receipts and expenditures,
It fixes the probable income at
$4,556,872.50, and the certain expendi
tures, without regard to the proposed
increases for teachers, the Spring
street improvement cost and the re
pairs of the City Auditorium, at
$4,514,872,7%. 3
This « leaves unapportioned about
$42,000, The teachers’ raises alone
would require $238,000, the Spring
street improvement about $200,000,
and the Aud torium repairs $25,000.
'All three projec.s are earhestly fav
ored by c‘auncil. }
The statement is for the sub-com
mittee’'s consideration in taking up
the teachers’' ptea for more money. A
meeting of the sub-committee was to
§e held at 2 o'clock in advance of
the session of the aldermanic. board.
AUTHORITATIVE STATEMENT.
Although purely tentative, the
statement is regarded as authorita
tive inasmuch as every possible
source of revenue was scrutinized by
the comptroller in preparing it. He
held a couference w.th the cily tax
assessors and other officials.
“This amount apparently will al
low the city barely to maintain the
statlus quo)’ said Mr. West. *“For ex
ample, I have placed but the usual
$60,000 in the ‘streets ordinary’ fund
for paving. . This is just the usual
sum for maintaining present condi
tions and does not anticipate any
large improvements.”
Altogether there will be about
$300,600 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 thésinstance of the commit
tee, takes into account, however, all
salary raises thus far granted.
The increases come chiefly from
the general tax. The sum of $200,-
000 additional has been anticipated
from this source; $19,000 from &-
censes issued by City Clerk Walter
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the stores are comfortable, the
stocks are in order and easily !
spected-~you and the salespedple are
refreshed after the night's rest--in
fact everything favors a thoroughly
satisfactory early morning shopping
trip. Besides, there's
Just 17 more shopping
days ’till Christmas.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1919
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“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 qlodlrications of the regu
lations 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 eleotrlp
light or power or heat derived from
coal, wood or gas was used, gave the
jbusiness men all they needed, it
'seemed. Every store was open'at its
;regu)ar hours, even though clerks, ac
lcountants and customers might have
{to shiver for the first hour or two.
| But most of the stores had retained
‘surflclent heat from the day before to
make thefn fairly comfortable,
! ‘The rapidity with which an after
noon newspaper reaches lis readers
lwap demonstrated Wednesday after
lnoon, 5
z The fuel committee did not give out
{its. modifications of the rules until
after 1 o'clock. These appeared for
lthe first time in the home edition of
The Ceorgian, which was selling on
the streets at 2:30 o'clock. Within a
half hour nearly every merchant
whose light and power were not to
bhe used after 4 o'clock had provided
his store with lamps or candles, and
{instead of closing at 4 o'clock the
;slnrefi were kept open until the reg
ular closing hour—a boon to Christ
mas shonpers,
CONFERENCE CALLED.
W. Rawson Collier of the Georgila
Railway and Power Company, who is
{the public utility representative on
!the fuel committee, has called a con
| ference of public utiiity heads in At
;lanm and the representaiives of all
Southern region companies are eg
pected to arrive by Thursday after
noon or Friday morning. to discuss
the situation on lights and power.
|'l'he ruling made'“‘ednesday by the
i committee permits the use without
Icurtai]ment of light or power pro=-
,duced wholly by hydro-electric pow
| er, but it is necessary for such utili
j ties to show the committee that they
ido not use any auxiliary power de
| rived from fuel. It is said that only |
la few compafiies have sufficient |
| water power to make them en!lrely!
'independent of coal during the heav
fest husiness perieds. l
| 8. L. Yerkes, of the committee,
znnnounced that als Individuals, cnr-!
! porations and organizations which}
{have 1,000 tons or more of coal in
| stock must send immediately a re-
Iport to the commitiee. giving the
supply on hand. It may be that this
!Xn.'ormauon will be followed by a
!contlscation of a part of such sup
{llies, but the situation so far does
-0t demand such action. The com
'mittee claims the power to make
.such confiscation, under the Lever
|act and the proclamations of the
President.
| INTERPRETATIONS MADE.
! Definite interpretation of the com
rmitee’'s modification of the restric
‘tions was made officially Thursday.
Persons or business houses affected
'may accept this publication as offi
| cial, and will save time and trouble
by refraining from calling in person
lon the committee, For elght hours
on Wednesday fully fifty persons
{were in line before the door of the
icommlttee headquarters and most of
“them' were given exactly the same
| information of that published In the
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Mrs. Frank Eastman,
Daughter of Civil
War Mayor, Is Dea,d‘
Mr;z Ellle Angier Eastman, one of
At'arfta’s best known and beloved
‘residents, died at the family rési-‘
‘dence, 54 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 services will be con-!
ducted at 11 o'clock Friday from St.
Philip's Cathedral. |
The wife of Dr. Frank Eastmn.n.‘
and daughter of the late Dr. N. L.
Angier, Mrs. Eastman was desccnd
ant and related by marriage to the
ttirst families of the United States.
Her ancestors. were French Colonials
’and came to the United States be
fore the Revolution.
Her father, ™Bctor Angier, was
mayor of the city of Atlanta during
the Civil War 'perlod and also was
one .of the first treasurers of the
State of Geo fa. |
Mrs. Easti. was born in Atlanta
January 28, 1858, and resided here
most of her life. BShe ig survived,
besides her husband, by four sons,
' Major N. A. Eastman, U. 8. M. C;
Frank J., Don R., and Gerry Easl
man and three grandchildren, and
sisters ‘and brothers are Hugh, Ed
gar, Clarence ana Wilmer Angicr,
all of Atlanta. . 2
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Jury Trials Dodged in
Judge Calhoun’s Court
“Pretty 'soft” for the last two weelks
for juries in the City Criminal Court,
presided over by Judge ‘;Andy QBl
houn
Despite the fact that 205 misde
meanor criminal cases have been
dispnsed of in this time. but two
cases have heen tried before a jury.
Bighty - ¢ases have been tried this
veek and cnly one has gone to the
Jury.
' This is due to the fagt that law
yers have retuested the cases be
tried before the judge.
Commercial Congress
Head Sces Gov. Dorsey
Dr, Clarence J. Owens of Washing
ten, divector general of the Soutnern
Commercial Congress, is in Atlanta
Thursday confe ring with Governor
Dorsgey with reference to the meeting
of the congress at Savannah next
week.
Governor Dorsey, who is chairman
of the House of Southern Governors,
will preside over the meeting of this
association, which will be In session
ir conjonction with the congress. The
governor will be accompanied to Sa
vannah *y a delegation from Atlanta,
In addition to his staff. :
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Atlanta Cets First ‘
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Florida Strawberries
Atlanta beat the BEastern markets
this year in getting the firft ship
‘ment of strawberries out of Florida.
By gpecial request Green and Milam
produce dealers, got the first ship
mg¢nt Thursday from Plant City and
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 the
marke¢ when the clubs and hotels
found out they were here, :
“Don’'t blame me for the price”
‘said Mr. Milam, “but they will not
be that high again.” S 1
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,
OF IgRINGING ON WAR
Next Sunday’s Ameriean 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
historieal documents. Marked by the kaiser’s own pen
* ¢fl, they prove him guilty. Remember, they will appear
only in oA .
NEXT SUNDAY’S AMERICAN
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By NEWTON C. PARKE,
Staff Correspondent of the I, N, S.
PARI? Dec, 4.—~The Supreme
Council today degided to send a sharp
note to Germany on the reported de
cisfon of the German government not
to gjgn the treaty ratification proto
col. The notz may go forward -to
110ITOW.
At the same timie the allies will
gend their reply to the German note
protesting against further reparations
for the sinking of the German fleet
at Scapa low, |
The Supreme Council was in ses
sion all morning discussing the new
gitnation which has been created by
Gormany's announcement that she
will not accept the protocol with new
Assigtant Secrgiary of State FPrank
L. Polk made the positive anhounce
ment that he and the other American
peace delegates will leave early next
week if they can possiply get away.
ATTITUDE NOT BLUFF,
Assistant Secretary of State
Frank L. Polk of the American dele
gation, and his co!l.agues. who,
forty-eight hours ago, were inclined
to believe that Germany was bluf
fing, are now seriously concerned
ov.r 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
feeling that Von Lersner perhaps
does not represent correctly the at
titude of his government or may
possibly be engaging in a monu
mental bluff. One American diplomat
commenting upon the 'latcst utter
ance and activities of Von Lersner,
declared he was acting “like a mad
man.” 3
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
conferences were held before the su
preme council met. These were for
the purpose of discussing otrec‘ive
steps that are to be taken for the
military and economic coercion of
Germany in the event it develops that
Baron von Lersner is correctly con
struing the attitude of the' Berlin
government. ! |
“Germany is resolved never to sign
a protocol which containg phrases
wherein the allies and assoclated
powers threaten to use any coercive
military measures. they might d::em;
necessary,” declared Baron von Lers
ner in an interview with the Inter
nagtional News Service, ‘
Isued Daily, and Entersd ss Second Class Matter st
the Pustefiice at Atlanta Under Act of March 8, 1879
Mother Dies; Girl ‘
other Dies; (yirl, |
17, Now Mamma For
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Baby Twins and 5
At an humble home at 177 Davis
street, eight children are mourning
the death of their mother. |
And now, upon the slender shoul
ders of 17-year-old Sallie Slaton. a
daughter, falls the burden of caring
for the little wome and the children,
and the responsibility of the twin
babies, Florence Elizabeth and “Lu
ther Eugene, 2 months old.
“Grandmother is coming to live
with us. She ia feehle 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 or three days,
and we've had to have the doctor. Ho
feels a little better this mlorning, I
think. Hes smaller than the other
taby, but be's been sick a good deal,
you know,
“We're teceding them on condensed
milk. See, I tied a string around
Luther's bottle to tell it from Flor
ence’'s. His milk has to be weaker.
“What do you do when they both
cry at once?” Sallie was asked, and
her grief-siricken face bore for a
moment a weary little smile. “I just
give them their bottles and make
them hush~if'l can!”
~ “IN help,” said Billy. 9, as he slid
wp beside the visitor.! Billy had
scrubbed his face until it was shin
ing, and slicked down his unruly hair.
“Look what I can deo,” ventured 6-
year-old Ethel, ag she wheeled a well
worn baby carriage about the room.
Therc are five boys and three girls
in the Siaton family—Saniord, 22,
Sallie, 17; E.nest, 15; Ivan, 12; Billy,
9; Hthel, 6, and the twins, Florence
Alizabeth and Luther Eugene, 2
‘nionthe old.
The father, J. H, Slaton, is a car
penter, and will make every effort to
kecp his little family together,
Funeral services for the mother,
M.s. Florence .Slaton, were held
Thursday afternoon from the home,
and tnterm)ent was in Northview
Cemetery. 3
Mildred Swilling, 5-year-old daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Swilling,
272 Ashby street, was perhaps fat
ally burned, and her mother badly
burned about the hands in a “winter
grate fire” accident at the Swilling
home shortly after noon Thursday.
Doubts are ensermlned for the
child's recovery. She was burned
about the body, and her mother was
burned trying to beat out the flames.
Mrs. Swilling, it was said, was
across the strect at a nelghbor’'s when
Mildred, playing in one of the rooms,
fell into the grate fire and her dress
became ablaze.
Mother and daughter were rushed
to the Grady Hospital.
Many Problems Before
New Labor Conference
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Deec. 4—President
Wilson's second industrial conferénce
today is wrestling with the problem
of “adjustment and arbitration.”
The conference has adopted a pro
gram for its work, outlined by Her
bert Hoover and will bend its ef
forts first to the question of means
of peaceable settlement of industrial
disputes,
Collective bargaining, hours of
labor and wages are other subjects
upon the program, which are to be
dealt with. |
Dorsey Confers on }
Site for State Home
Dr. Hastings H. Hart of the chil-i
dren's deparument, Buuell Sage
Foundation, New York, Governor!
Hugh M. Dorsey and Dr. T. F. Aber
crombie, State health officer, confer-.
red Thursday regarding selection of
a site for the SIOO,OOO State home
for the feeble minded¢. Dr. Hastings
1s acting In an advisory capacity to
the committee in charge of the ar
rangements, composed of the gover
nor, the State health officer and Cliff
Walker, atmrne% general, |
Late Friday Doctor Hastings and
Doctor Abererombie will visit Au- |
gusta to look over that city with a
view to its advantages as a site andl
may also visit Macon,
FINAL HOME
- EDITION
— "%
By J. BART CAMPBELL,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. 8,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. — Imme
diate action by the Senate in the '
Mexican situation apparently will
.
kinge upon the ability of members of
the Senate Foreign Relations Com
mittee to discuss the latest develope
Secretary of State Lansing waa
requested to appear before the Sen
ate foreign relations committee at
2:30 o'clock this afternoon to discuss
the latest developments in the Mex
ican situation with its members, . '
ments with President Wilsoh. 3
Henry P, Fletcher, American am
bassador /to Mexico, was c¢loseted
with the committee this afternoon
Wwhen it met to consider the Fall res
olution providing for a severance of
diplomatic relations between the Uni
ted States and Mexico.
Senator Fall, Republican of New
Mexico, author of the reselution, sub-~
mitted to the committee an exhaus~
tive’ report of the result of the two
lweeka"!nvestl:ation made by him of
‘Mexican border conditions as chair
man of the subcommittée appointed
to probe the Mexican situation,
There was an extensive discussion
of the evidence presented by Fall to
support his charges that the Caip
ranza government and_its diplomatic
agents in this country weére engaged
in disseminating bolshevist and 1. 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 %ake up
with. the President personally the re
quest for instant and effective action
with regard to the situation which
several of them declared they re
gard as imperative.
Senator Hitchcock, administration -
leader and ranking Democgrat mem
ber of the committee, voiced a doubt
as to whether the President would
be able to see any members ‘of the
committee just now, ‘the continued
illness of the President necessitating
his being assured perfect repose and
quiet.
What the state department’s next
moYe will be has not been revealed,
but under the circumstances it is re-’
garded as more than likely that the
Senate will take the ihiative without
more ado.
An uitimatum, plain and un
equivocal, coupled with an intima
tion of what noncompliance would
mean, it is believed here, would
follow at once a negative reply teo
Secretary Lansing's note, or no re
ply at all
Such a document would fix s
brief time before the expiration of
which Jenkins would have to be
rcleased qr Mexico take the conse
quences, .
This action, it is wunderstood,
would meet with the approval of
Congress, the leaders of which, it
is said, have already given Secre
tary Lansing to understand that
they are behind him.
American Reported
Beaten in Mexico
CALEXICO, Calit., Dec. 4—The
stote d‘:partment was informed today
ty American Consul Boyle of Mexi
¢dli, of the third outrage against an
American citizen in that place within
the last few weeks in the armst’an_d
sea ful beating administered to W. K.
Milton, fermer American soldier, by
a Mexican po'ice cfficer, it was ans
acunced today.
Milton, 24, is in a serious cohdition.
He is at Camp Beacon Hospital. His
removal to Letterman General Hos
pital at San Francisco, where his in
juries can e given closer care, is ex
pected as soon as his condition war
rants. His jaw is broken, his han‘d
js chattored and his hezad and necit
are cut and bruised in a dozen places.
As the result of the torture, his
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