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SOLONS TALR MEXIGAN BREAR
‘Business as Usual—ls Rule in Atlanta Again
LABOR AND LAW PREPARE FOR WAR TO FINISH
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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 modifications of the regu
lations ordered by the coal commit
tee,
Permission to oven 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
busineds men all they neecded, 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 storeg had retained
sufficient heat from the day before to
make them fairly comfortable,
The rapidity with which an after
noon newspaper reaches its reade
wps demonstrated Wednesday after
noon.
The fuel committee did not give out
jts modifications of the rules until
after 1 o'cloek. These appeared for
the first time in the home edition of
The Georgian, 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
be used after 4 o'clock had provided
his store with lamps or candles, and
instead of clesing at 4 o’clock the
stores were kept open until the reg
ular closing hour—a boon to Christ
mas shoppers.
CONFERENCE CALLED.
W. Rawson Collier of the Georgia
Railway and Power Company, who is
the public utility representative omn
the fle] committee, has called a con
ferefpce of public utiiity heads in At
lanty and the representatives of all
Southern region companies are ex
pected to arrive by Thursday after
noon or Friday morning, to discuss
the situation on lights and power,
The ruling made Wednesday by the
committee permits the use without
rtailment of light or power pro-
Kécd wholly by hydro-electric pow
ey but it is necessary for such utili- ‘
ties to shcw the committee that they
do not use any auxiliary power de-‘
rived from fuel. It is said that only
a few companies have sufficient
water power to make them entirely
independent of coal during the heav
jest business periods,
8. L. Yerkes, of the committee,
announced that ale individuals, cor
porations and organizations which
have 1,000 tons or more of coal in
stock must send immediately a re
port te the committee. giving the
supply on hand. It may be that this’
information will be followed by a
confiscation of a part of such sup
plies, but the situation so far does
not demand such action. The com
mittee claims the power to make
such confiscation, under the Lever
et and the proclamations of the
resident.
INTERPRETATIONS MADE,
Definite interpretation of the com
mitee’'s modification of the restric
tions was made officially Thursday.
Pergons or business houses affected
may accept this publication as offi
cial, and will save time and trouble
by refraining from calling In person
on the committee, For eight hours
orn 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
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French Opera House
In New Orleans, 60
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Years Old, Is Burned
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NEW ORLEANS, Dee. 4.—The his=
torié French Opera House, erected in
1859, was destroyed by fire early this
morning.
The origin has not been ascer
tained.
Several years ago the 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
dolldrs.
. 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 trom Canal street,
and ‘in the heart of the French sec
lt!on. 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 queens there
and the celebrations of Mardi Gras
although in mime, rivalled .in splen
dor and grandeur and cost the old
court festivities of France.
KNOXVILLE, Dec, 4—The trial of
Maude Moore, self-confessed slayer
of Leroy D. Harth, wealthy automo
bile dealer, in September near Bear
den, Tenn., five miles west of Knox
ville, was begun Thursday before
Judge T. A. R. Nelson, in the Knox
County Criminal Court. A jury was
selected in two hours.
Miss Moore and her mother were in
the prisoner’s box with Mrs. Morti~
mer Thompson, police matron. Mar
tin Hunter, charged with aiding and
abetting the murder, who was arrest
ed at the time of the slaying, was in
the courtroom. Miss Moore told har
rowing tales of cruelty by Harth on
an automobile ride and showed marks
alleged to have been inflicted by
Harth.
After the killing Miss Moore Lid in
Hunter's rocm here, later going to a
cave south of Knoxville, where both
were arrestod,
Judge Nelson and Attorney General
Mynatt have received anonymous
threats in a letter written in purple
ink, which notified both to prepare to
die. It was signed “A friend.” At
the bottom of the page was a cartoon,
the likeness of a bleeding heart, with
a caption, “As You Love to See
Bloodshed.”
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St. Louis Republic
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Suspends Publication
(By Universal Service.)
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 4—The St. Louis
Republic suspended publication to
day, The paper, which was founded
fn 1808, has been bought by Globe
Publishing Company, the only ofther
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.
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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
o! council by Comptroller B. Graham
West, giving an estimate of the 1920
receipts and expenditures.
It fixes the probable income at
$4,566,872.50, 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
$4,514,872.7C. t 2
This leaves unapportioned about
$42,000. Tue teachers’ raises alone
would require $238,000, the Spring
‘street improvement about ~5200,000,
and the Auditorinm repairs $25,000.
All three projects are earnestly fav
ored by council.
The statement is for the sub-com
mittee’s consideration in taking up
the teachers’ plea for more money. A
meeting of the sub-committeé was to
be 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 conference with the city tax
‘assessors and other officials.
~ “This amount apparently will al
low the city barely to maintain the
‘status quo,” said Mr. West. ‘“For ex
‘ample, 1 have placed but the usual
1560,000 in the ‘streets ordinary’ fund
‘for paving. This is just the usual
sum for maintaining present condi
tions and does not antjcipate any
large improvements.”
Altogether there will be about
$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 thc 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 thid source; $19,000 from li
censes issued by City Clerk Walter
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days ’till Christmas.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1919
By NEWTON C. PARKE,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S.
. PARIS, Deec, 4~—The Supreme
Council today decided to send a sharp
note to Germany on the reported de
cision of the German government not
to sign the treaty ratification proto
col. The not 2 may go forward to-
INOIrTOW,
At tl.le 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-.
sion all raorning discussing the new
gitvation which has been created by
Germany’s announcement that she
will not accept the protocol with new
terms.
~Assistant Secretary of State Frank
J.. 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, and his colleagues Wwho,
forty-eight hours ageo, were inclined
to believe that 'Germany was bluf
fing, are now seriously concerned
over the posiiive 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 latest utter
ance and activities of Von Lersner,
declared he was acting “like a 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
conferences were held before the su
preme council met. These were for
the purpose of discussing effective
steps that are to be taken for the
‘military and economic coercion of
(Germany in the event it develops that
}Buron von Lersner is correctiy con
struing the attitude of the Berlin
government,
“Germany is resolved never to sign
a protocol which containg phrases
wherein the allies and associated
N'powers threaten to use any coercive
military measures they might deem
lnecesaary," declared Baron von Lers
ner in an interview with the Inter
‘national News Service,
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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,
Mrs. Frank Eastman,J
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Daughter of Civil *
War Mayor, Is Dead
Mrs. Ellie 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. Dedth
wasg due to a stroke of apoplexy suf
tered 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 Bastman,
and daughter ¢f the late Dr. N. L.
Angier, Mrs. Eastman was descend
ant and related by marriage to the
first familles 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 trcasurers of the‘
State of Georgia. ?
Mrs. BEastman we . bor in Atlanta,
Jabuary 28,1858, and resided hn/lje
st of her 130. i Is curvived,
esides her husband,” by four sons
Major N, A. Bastman, U. 8, M. C.;
Frénk J., Don R, and Gerry East-‘
man and three grandchildren, and‘
gisters and brothers are Hugh, Ed
gar, Clarence and Wilmer Angier,j
all of Atlanta. |
N.W. Remond Manager
For 5 Lynch Theaters
N. W. Remond of Jacksonville has
been appointed general manager of
the five theaters owned in Atlafdta
by the Lynch Enterprises, succeeding
Hugh Cardoza, who represented Jake
Wells in Atlanta until Mr. Wells sold
ali his local interests in Atlanta to
Mr. Lynch, ;
. Mr. Remond is in Atlanta and has
already taken charge of the theater.
They are the Lyrie, Forsyth, Rialto,
Strand and Vaudette, \
Mr., Remond has been associated
with theater management in Jacksda
ville for sevén years and for the last
tl'ree years has been managing four
of the Lynch theaters in Jackson
ville.
Dorsey Confers on %
Site for State Home
Dr. Hastings” H. Hart of the chil
dren's department, Russell Sage
Foundation, New York, (}ovemor
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
is acting in an advisory capacity to
‘the committee in charge of the ar-l
rangements, composed of the gover
nor, the State health officer and Cliff
Walker, attorney general,
Late Friday Doctor Hastings and
Doctor Abercrombie will visit Au
gusta to look over that city with a‘
view to,its advantages as a site and
may also visit Macon,
Jury Trials Dodged in
~ Judge Calhoun’s Court
“Pretty soft” for the last two weeks
for juries in the City Criminal Court,
presided over by Judge Andy Cal
houn. ]
Despite the fact that 205 misde
meanor criminal cases have been
disposed of in this time, but two
cases have heen tried before a jury.
lighty cases have been tried this
veek and only one has gone to the
Jury.
This is due to the fact that law
yers have requested the cases be
tried before the judge.
(By International News Service.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Dec, 4-—
Sweeping prosecutions of all persons‘
whoe have conspired to restriet the
production of coal throughout the
United States, “whether they be min
ers, mine officers, operators or deal
ers,” loomed here today with the call.
ing of a special session of the Ted
eral grand jury to meet next Mon
day to make a searching investiga
tion of every phase of the coal situa
tion,
Announcement of the calling by
Tederal Judge A, B. Anderson of the
grand jury was made shortly before
1 o'clock today. The call, the gov
cinment announced, was a direet re
sult of the filing of information for
contempt of court. against leaders of
the United Mine Workers. |
‘ T@e government intends not only
to being relief from ‘“the present in
tolerable situation,” bus expects to
prosecute all violators of the law ‘“‘to
the end.”
~ The investigation to be launched
‘next Monday will be the most search
ing, most sweeping yet undertaken
by the government, it is indicated.
| CONSPIRACY CHARGED,
' The information filed with the
court “sets forth facts which indi
‘cate ‘that the conspiracy to violate
the Lever act extends far beyond the
‘of!lcers of the United Mine Workers
and the mine workers themselves,”
the statement says. “From the facts
now in our possession it appears the
coal operators are also engaged in
a conspiracy 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 Dbeing grossly,
openly and defiantly violated.”
Upon the surrender to thé United
States marshal here just before
noon of Acting President John L.
Lewis, Secretary Willlam Green and
other officials of the United Mine
Workers who face charges of con
tempt of court for alleged violation
of the Federal Court mandate
against the union heads. the govern«
ment abandoned its watchful wait-
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OF 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. Remember, they will appear
only in S ;
NEXT SUNDAY’S AMERICAN
Issued Dally, and Entered as Second Class Matter at
the Pustofice at Atlants Under Act of March 3, 1879
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Mother Dies; Girl,
17, Now Mamma For
.
Baby Twins and b
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 iome and the children,
and the responsibility of the twin
babies, Florence Elizabeth and Lu
ther FKugene, 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,”
gighed Sallie Thursday. “Luther's
been sick now for two or three days,
end we've had to have the docter, He
feels a little better this morning, I
think. Hes smaller than the other
taby, but be's been sick a good deal,
you know,
“We're ieeding them on condensed
milk. See, I tied a string around
Luther's bottle to tell it from Ilor
ence’s. His milk has to be weaker.
“What do you do when they both
cry at once?” Sallie was asked, and
her grief-stricken face bore for a!
moment a weary little smile. “1 just
give them their bottles and mnke‘
them hush—if I can!” |
"Ll help,” said Billy, 9, as he slid
up Leside the visitor, Billy had
scrubbed his face umtil it was shin
ing, and slicked down his unruly hair.
“Look what I can do,” ventured 6-
year-old Ethel, as she wheeled a well+
worn baby carriage about the room.
Therc are five boym.‘tlhree girls
in the Slaton familys-Sanford, 22;
Sallie, 17; Ernest, 15; Ivan, 12; Billy,
9; Bthel, 6, and the twins, Florence
flizabett and Luther Tugene, 2
nionths old. ;1
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,
‘Mrs. Florence Slaton, were held!
‘Thursday afternoon from the home,
and interment was in Northview
[Cemetary. 1
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MiKred Swiiling, 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 entertained 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 street at a neighbor's when
Mildred, playing in one of the rnoms,;
fell into the grate fire and her dress
became ablaze. ‘
Mother and daughter were rushed
to the Grady Hospital,
.
Commercial Congress 1
Head Sees Gov. Dorsey
Dr, Clarence J. Owens of Washing
ton, director general of the Southern
Commerecial Congress, is in Atlanta
Thursday conferring with Governor
Dotrsey with reference to the meeting
of the congress at Savannah next
week,
Governor Dorsey, who is chairman
of the House of Southern Governors,
will pregide over the meeting of this
asgociation, which will be in session
ir conjunction with the congress. The
governor will be accompanicd to Sa
vannah »'v a delegation from Atlanta,
in addition to his staff.
NIGHT
EXTRA
By J. BART CAMPBELL.,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. 8.,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—~—The cons
sideration of the Mexican situation
today by the Senate Foreign Relae
tions Committee centered around &
cispute as to President Wilson's
knowledge of the situation,
Senator Fall, author of the resolu
tion providing for severance of diplo
matié¢ relations with Mexico, declared
that the President is umadvised of
the situation and that it would be
useless to pass the resolution unless
he was prepared to act upon it
Senator Hitcheook, Democratic
leader, declared thar the President is
advised of the Mexican situation,
After a sharp wrangle, the com
mittee called upon Seeretary Lansing
to appear this afternoon. to testify
as to the Prastdent’s Kknowledge of
the situation. 1 it o
Hanry P, Fletcher, American am
bassador to Mexico, was closetad
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.
Senator Fall, Republican of New
Mexico, author of the resolution, sub
mitted to the committee an exhaus
tive report of the résult of the tweo
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 presented by Fall to
support his c¢harges that the Car
ranza government and its diplomatio
agents in this country were 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 take up
with the President personally the re
quest for instant and effective action
with regard to the situation which
soveral of them declared they P
gard as imperative,
Senator Hiicheock, administration
leader and ranking Democrat mem
ber of the committee, voiced a doubt
as to whether the President would
be able to see any members of the
commitiee just now, the continued
illness of the President necessitating
his being assured perfect repose and
quiet.
What the state department’'s next
move will be has not been revealed,
but under the civcumstances it is re
garded as mor. than likely that the
Senate wil! take the initiative with
out more ado.
An ultimatum, plain and unequive
cal, coupled with an intimation of
what noncompliance would mean, it
is believed here, would follow at once
a negative reply to Secretary Lan
sing's nots or no reply at all’
Such a document would fix a brief
time before the expiration of which
Jenkins would have to be released
or Mexico take the consequences.
This action, it is understood, would
meet witl, the approval of Congress,
the leaders of which, it is sadi, have
already given Secretary Lansing to
understand that they are behind him.
American Reported
Beaten in Mexico
CALEXICO, Cslif, Dee. 4~—The
gtate department was informed today
ty American Consul Boyle of Mexi
cali, of the third outrage against an
American citizen in that place within
the last few weeks in the arrest and
fearful beating administered to W. K,
Milton, former American soldier, by
a Mexican police officer, it was an
aounced today. '
Milton, 24, is in a serious condition.
He i at Camp Beacon Hospital His
remoyal to Letterman General Hos
pital at San Francisco, where his in
juries ean be given closer care, is ex
pected as soon as his condition war
rants. His jaw is broken, his hand
s ghattored and his head and neck
gre cut and bruised in a dozen places.
As the result of the torture, uis
NO. 108.