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Stores Open Until 6:30 o:Clgli Saturday Night
LANSING TALRS ON MEXICO
OWNERS’-MINERS’ PLOT IS CHARGED
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Members of the Retail Merchants’
Asosciation will lseep their stores
open, dufing the fuel crisis, from 9
o'clock until 4 o'clock daily and on
Saturdays will open at 9 o'clock and
close at 6:30 o'clock, it was an
nounced late Thursday.
,gaturday'a late hours will be for
the sale of everything excepting jew
elry, it was announced. by Lucien
York of the Retail Merchants’ fuel
emergency committee.
Under the amended fuel regula
tions issued Wednesday, stores were
allowed to open and close when they
pleased, ' providing that after 4
o'clock inghe afternoons they burned
candles or oil lamps and did not use
heat. 4
“we feel that this encourages vio
lations,” declared J. P. Allen. “For
that reason we are not going to
iry t‘) operate other departments, nor
are we going to open earlier week
days than 9 o'clock or close later
than 4. During those hours we are
permitted to use heat and electric
lights, and so we shall confine our
gelves to these hours—9 to 4 on
week days and on Saturday, as an
accommodation to the public 9 to
6:30."”
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 Gefprgian, which was selling on
the strdets 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
jnstead of closing at 4 o’clock the
stores were kept open until the reg
ular closing hour—a boon to Christ
mas shoppers.
CONFERENCE CALLED.
Ww./Rawson Collier of the Georgia
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
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 on lights and power.
The ruling made Wednesday by the
committee permits the use without
curtailment of light or power pro
duced wholly by hydro-electric pow
er, but+it is necessary for such utili
ties to show the committee that they
do not use any auxiliary power de
rived from fuel. It is said that only
3 few companies have sufficient
wvater power to make them entirely
lidebendent of coal during the heav
kespedusiness periods.
INTERPRETATIONS MADE,
Definite interpretation of the com
mitee's modification of the restric
tions v'as made officially Thursday.
Persons or business houses affected
may accept this publication as offi
sial, and will save time and trouble
oy refraining from calling in person
on the committee. For eight hours
on Wednesday fully fifty persons
were in line before the door of the
rommittee headquarters and most of
them were given exactly the same
mformation as that published in the
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24-Hour {l3 Aotrrmations: News. [ Service
French Opera House
In New Orleans, 60
Years old, Is Burned
NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 4—The his
toric 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
dollars.
The French Opera House was one
of the landmarks of the old downtown
section of New Orleans. It was three
s«tories 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 kirgs and queens there
and the cclebrations of Mardi Gras
although in mime, rivalled in splen
dor and grandeur and cost the old
court festivities of France.®
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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
rowfng tales of cruelty by Harth on
an automobile ride and showed marks
alleged to have been inflicted ®by |
Harth, !
After the killing Miss Moore hid Ini
Hunter's rocm here, later going to a
cave south of Knoxville, where both
were arrestcd. |
Judge Nelson and Attorney General |
Mynatt have received anonymous |
threats in a letter, written in purplai
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 1
a caption, “As You Love to See |
Bloodshed.” t
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St. Louis Republic |
u 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 (;loba’
Publishing Company, the only other
morning paper here.
Despite its name, the Republic has
always been Democratic in polities.
‘Since 1915 David R. Fraecis, 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
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
$4,5614,872.75,
This - leaves W about
$42,000. The teachers es alone
would require $238,000, the Spring
’street improvement about $200,000,
and the Auditorium 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-committee 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
statug quo,” said Mr. West. “For ex
ample, I have placed but the usual
$60,000 in the ‘streets wrdinary’ 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
$300,000 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 increases come chiefly from
the general tax. The sum of $200,-
000 additional has been anticipated
from this source; $19,000 from Ili
censes issued by City Clerk Walter
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refreshed after the night's rest—in
faot everything favors a thoroughly
satisfactory early morning shopping
trip. Besides, there's
Just 17 more shopping
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days ’till Christmas.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1919
By NEWTON C. PARKE,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. 8.
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 sign the treaty ratification proto
col. The not 2 may go forward to
110ITOW.
At the same time the allies will
send their reply to the German note
protesting against further reparations
for the sinking of the German fleet
at Scapa Flow.
The Supreme Council was in ses
sion all morning discussing the new
gitvation which has been created by
Germany’s announcement that she
will no# accept the protocol with new
terms.
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, and his colleagues who,
forty-eight hours ago, were inclined
to believe that Germany was bluf
fing, are now seriously concerned
over 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
‘tltude of his government or may
possibly be engaging in a monu
mental bluff. One American diplomat
commenting upon the latest utter
ance and actlivities 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 imformal 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
Baron von Lersner is gcorrectly con
gtruing the attitude of the Berlin
‘government.
“Germany is resolved never to sign
'a protocdl which containg phrases
‘wherein the allies and associated
'powers threaten to use any coercive
'military measures they might deem
fnflcossary," declared Baron von Lers
:ner in an Interview with the Inter
national News Service,
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,
. .
Daughter of Civil
War Mayor, Is Dead
PRI
Mrs. Ellie Angier Eastman, one of
Atlanta’s best known and beloved
residents, died at the family resi
dence, 54 West Fifteenth street, as
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 sz.‘
Philip's Cathedral.
The wife of Dr, Frank Eastman,
and daughter of the late Dr. N. L.
Angier, Mrs. Eastman was descend
ant and related 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.
l 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. ‘
Mrs. Eastman was born in Atlanta,
January 28, 1858, and resided here
most of her life. She is survived,
besides her husband, by four sons,
Major N. A. Eastman, U. 8. M. C.;‘
Frank J., Don R, and Gerry East
man and three grandchildren, and
sisters and brothers are Hugh, Ed
gar, Clarence and Wilmer Angier,
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 lin Atlafta
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 'Lyrlc. Forsyth, Rialto,
Strand and Vaudette,
Mr. Remond has been associated
with tleater management in Jacksdaa
ville for seven years and for the last
tlree years has been managing four
of the Lynch theaters in Jackson
ville.
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Dorsey Confers on
Site for State Home
Dr, Hastings H. Hart of the chil
dren's department, Russell 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
is aoting 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, attorney general.
Late ¥Friday Doctor Hastings and
Doctor Abercromble will wvisit 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 been tried before a jury.
Eighty cases have been tried this
v eek and only one haz 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
who have conspired to restrict the
production of coal throughout the
United States, “whether they be min
ers, mine officers, operators or deal
ers,” loomed here today with the cdll.
ing of a special session of the fed
éral 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
Federa) Judge A. B, Anderson of the
grand jury was made shortly before
1 o'clock today. 'The call, the gov
cinment announced, was a direct re
sult of the filing of information for
contempt of court against leaders of
the United Mine Workers.
The government intends not only
to bring relief from “the present in
tolerable situation,” but expects to
prosecute all violators of the law “to
the end.”
The investigation to be launched
next Monday will be the most search
ing, mast 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
officers 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 being grossly,
openly and defiantly violated.”
It was fully disclosed in the orig
inal complaint for Injunction filed
vefore Judge Anderson that the call
ing of the strike of coal miners was,
in {itself, a violation of the IL.ever
act, and that it was an arrangement
and consrpiracy to restrict the supply
of coal and “prevent, limit and lessen
its production,” the government
points out,
NECESSARY TO ACT.
“Under the circumstances,” says
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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
NEXT SUNDAY’S AMERICAN
lssued Dally, and Entered as Second Class Matter at
the Postoffice at Atlanta Under Act of March 3, 1879
Mother Dies; Girl
er Vles; ulri,
17, Now Mamma For
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, fills the burden of caring
for the little hiome and the children,
and the res,ou. Lility of the twin
babies, Florence Elizabeth and Lu
ther Eugene, 2 months old.
“Grandmother i{s coming to live
with us. She is feehle and can't do
anything, but sheé can tell me what
to do when the twins get sick,”
sighed Sallie Thursday. “Luther’s
been sick now for two, or three days,
and we've had to have the doctor, He
teels a little better this morning, I
think. Hes smaller than the other
taby, but bhe's been sick a good deal,
you know.
“We're iceding them on condensed
milk. See, 1 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-stricken face bore for a
moment a weary little smile. “1 just
give them their bottles and make
them hush—if I can!"”
“11l help,” said 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 do,” ventured 6-
year-old Ethel, as she wheeled a well
worn baby carriasn about the room.
Thero are five boys and three girls
in the Siaton family—Sanford, 22;
Sallie, 17; Ernest, 15; Ivan, 12; Billy,
9; Ethel, 6, and the twins, Florence
Klizabeth 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,
Mrs, Florance Slaton, were held
Thursday "afternoon from the home,
and interment was In Northview
Cemetery.
§ Wi §
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 “wipter
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 sald, was
across the street at a neighbor's when
Mildred, playing in one of the roorms,
fell into the grate fire and her dress
became ablaze.
Mother and daughter were rushed
to the Grady Hospital,
Commercial Congress
Head Sees Gov. Dorsey
Dr, Clarence J. Owens of Washing
ton, director general of the Southern
Commercial Congress, is in Atlanta
Thursday conferring with Governor
Dorsey with reference to the meeting
of the congress at Savannah next
week. ’
Governor Dorsey, who is chairman
of the House ¢f Southern Governors,
will preside over the meeting of this
association, which will be in session
ir. econjunction with the congress. The
governor will be accompanied to Sa
vannah *y a delegation from Atlanta,
in addition to his staff.
FINAL
By J. BART CAMPBELL.
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. §,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 4—The con
sideration of the Mexican situation
today by the Senate Foreign Rela
tions Committee centered around a
c.Bpute as to President .Wilson's
knowledge of the situation.
Senator Fall. author of the resolu
tion pruviding for severance of diplo
matic relations wi“x Mexico, declared
that the Preside is unadvised of
the situation and that it would be
useless to pass the resolution unless
he was prepared to act upon it.
Senator Hitcheork, Democratic
leader, declared that the President is
advised of the Mexican situation.
After a sharp®wrangle, the com
mittee called upon Secretary Lansing
to appear this afternoon to testify
as to the President's knowledge of
the situation.
JOINT COMMISSION URGED.
Greation of a joint commission of
Mexicans and Americans to arrange
for the settlement of claims of United
States citizens in Mexico was pro
vided for in a resolution in the Sen
ate today by Senator King, Democrat
of Utah.
The resoution provides for a com
mission of United States civilians
and army officers to appraise the
claims which Mexico refuses to ad-
Judicate,
“The situation in Mexico is the
same today as it was a half-cenutry
ago,” Senator King, Democrat of
Utah, said.
King presented a message from
Andrew Jackson, telling «5! acts
against United States citizens by
Mexico at the time Jackson was Pres
ident, "
Ambassador Fletcher gave the Sen
ate committee a detailed account of
the Mexican situation, as he regarded
it, and it wag reported he also pre
sented to the committe a communica
tion from Secretary Lansing.
The committee agreed to ask See
retary Lansirg to personally en
lighten itas to the exact status of the
situation after differences of opinion
were a‘red as to whether the Presi
dent should be advised as to the sit
uation,
SESSION IS STORMY.
Senator Hitchcoek, the administra
tion leader, and ranking Democratic
member of the committee, insisted
the President had been advised. Sen~
ator Fall, Republican, of New Mexico,
declared that he had been reliably in
formed that the President had not
been so advised.
A war of words between Hitchock
and Fall ensued,
The upshot of the dispute was that
it was agreed after two hours and a
half to adjourn until 2:4% o'clock.
In the meanwhile it was agreeed
the Fall resolution should be held in
abeyance,
Senator Hitchock insisted the Pres
f{dent even knew of the Fall resolu
tion. Fall denied that the President
knew anything whatever about it, or
if he had been told about it he had
not been informed sufficiently of
the whole Mexican situation to be
able to pass judgment on the pro
posed severance of diplomatic rela
tiong. The meeting of the committee
was a stormy one,
Voices of its members could be
heard repeatedly through the closed
doors of Senator Lodge's office as
they were unable to agree that the
President knew what was going on in
Mexico,
HITCHCOCK SUBSTITUTE.
Another cause of trouble between
the Republicans and administration
members of the committee was &
resolution offered by Senator Hitch
cock ag a"substitute for the Fall res
olution, which provided that in the
event of the President breaking off
diplomatic relations with Mexico he
would be assured of complete sup
port by Congress.
Republican members opposed
Hitcheock's substitute on the grounds
that'its adoption would commite Con
gress to follow any course or policy
the President might decide to adopt
Degins in Next
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