Newspaper Page Text
e ———————————————— e ———————————
The Convention City.
BUGST The Heart of the South.
ANDER Grand Opera City of Dixie.
m Georgia’s Educational Center.
=4m - The “Pinnacle City” in Climate.
QTLANIP Federal Reserve Bank Headquarters.
Distributing Center of the Southeast.
VOL. XVIII 24-Hours Tad sfaii Tniversat News F Service
WHSON 0 SEE AR CHIFFS: DPTIMISM FELT
WILSON PERSONALLY TO TAKE CHARGE OF TREATY FIGHT;
. FLOUR, EGGS, BUTTER AND POTATOES DROPPING IN PRICE
Uncertainty Prevailing During His
¢ IHness to Melt and Early
Treaty Ratification Expected.
By WILLIAM PHILLIP SIMMS,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—When
the fight over the treaty is resumed
next Monday, President Wilson will
be in command.
S 0 near to complete recovery is the
President that when the battle for
4ratification comes in the Senate next
week he will be able to sit at the
White House, like a general in head
quarters and instantly decide any and
all issues which may be put up to
him.
Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock, Dem -
ocratic whip, will continue to, direct
maneuvers on the spot, but he will no
longer have to depend so entirely on
his-own initiative.
The President, it is understood, is
weighing much more than when he
was taken ill, and at the top of his
form in evéry way save in physical
strength, will keep in constant touch
with the progress of the fight, and
whenever wanted will give the minor
ity leader the benefit of his counsel.
WON'T APPEAR, THOUGH.
. There is little likelihood of Presi
dent Wilson appearing in person be
fore the Senate at any time during
the debate, even should it drag on a
month, as some believe it will. The
sentiment of the White House seems
to be that the treaty is going to be
ratified, and though there must be
considerable give and take by both
sides of the controversy, there would
he nothing to gain by the President
making such a drastice move as ad
dressing the Senate by word of
‘mouth. Moreover, it is not believed
that Admiral Grayson, the President’s
physician, would -permit his patient to
draw on his strength to such an ex
tent, weakened as he is by months of
confinement to his room.
TO WATCH FIGHT CLOSE.
Nevertheless, from now on, the
drive for the ratification of the pact
'of Versailles will be as actively en
gaged in by the President as by any
of its proponents, though In an ad
visory capacity. Every move will be
known to him before it is made.
President Wilson is represented as
feeling rather strongly that there has
peen. at verious times during the
treaty rumpus, a deliberate effort on
the part of some to misinterpret his
attitude on the proposed reservations.
This was possible owing to his ill
ness, during which, by the striet or
ders of his doctors, he could not be
consulted. These misinterpretations,
he is said to feel at times singularly
hampered the efforts of the Demo
eratic leaders in the Senate and no
doubt contributed to dragging out
- discussion. Hencefotward, according
to reports from competent judges,
there can be no such misreading of
his position for the very simple rea
son that the active part he intends
to play im the treaty fight will' pre
clude all such misunderstandings.
WAVERING DENIED.
People close to the President deny
that he has wavered in his stand on
the quetison of reservations, insist
ing his alleged opposition to any
form of reservation has been greatly
magnified by his political opponents
for the effect it might have in the
campaign, and not only is he today
in a mood for cornciliation but that
e has always been. The treaty and
&e League of Nations, they say, are
now actual and existing contracts,
signed by all necessary parties to the
agreement, and as such now are in
Continued on Page 2, Calumn 3.
Huns to Send
Allies Demand
For ‘Criminals’
(By Universal Service.)
BERLIN, Feb. 12.—The Ger
man government soon will
send to the allies a ‘counter
list” containing the names of
allies nationals Germany ac
cuses of crimes similar to those
charged against the Germans
demanded by the entente.
Foreign Minister Mueller de
clared the list will be published
as soon as it is complete.
The decision to. send the
“counter list”. was taken at a
meeting of the Foreign Rela
tions Committee of the National
Assembly. g
Atlanta Trades Oppose Unseating
s .
Socialists and Anti-
Sedition Bill,
Action of the New York l.egislature
in refusing to seat five Socialist
r
‘members was condemned by the At
lanta Federation of Trades Wednes
:
day night. The members alén weat
ion record as opposed to the firaham
sedition bill. $ 3
~ Another Important action taken by
the meeting was to vote to ask the
City Council to create a renting com
‘mission on which will rest the duty
of seeing that residences offered for
rental purposes are in habitable shape
before tenants mewe in.
Action on the Socialist legislators
-
and the Graham bill was recom
mended by Jerome Jones, editor of
‘the Journal of Labor, who suggested
these items to be taken from a reso
lution demanding the resignation ot
Attorney General Palmer and pro
testing against his advocacy of the
sedition bill. '
The resolution was sent to the la
bor council by an organization known
as the Veterans of the World War. It
condemned the sedition bill contend
ing that it abridged free speech and
the rights of liberty.
Mrs. Norman Sharp, chairman of
the city market committee of the At
lanta Women's Clubs, addressed the
meeting and asked co-operation ot
laboring men in the city market plan,
This matter was referred to the leg
islative committee.
Representatives of web pressmen
and photo engravers were present
and addressed the meeting. The
pressmen protested the action of the
international secretary in demanding
that they return to work on the At
lanta newspapers. They contended
‘they had not broken their contracts
with the publishers and they had re
signed their jobs with the intention
of going to other cities where they
could better their conditions.
} Representative of the photo en
gravers said members of their union
‘were out on strike and they will re«
‘main out until they win. They told
ithe meeting they are demanding a
44-hour week and asked full support
of the printers in preventing cuts
being made for the three Atlanta
‘dailies. ; /
Who Are the Real Heroes
.
Ot the Movies
No one can ‘‘double’’ for the eamera man. He
has to keep on eranking or there’s no picture. The
men who take the films for the news reels risk their
lives as part of the days work. There’s a f'sscinat
ing article and double page of pictures about these
daredevils in next
g ;
SUNDAY’S AMERICAN
BEREOE LAR D BMARSE S ‘ THE
-— L =y !
AI l NNt A s . ]
= ¢'Z\|,,|L[””\|,:»;u
7 : SRR R TSN
- [ExYLEADING NEWSPAPER i 3/ VRES IR ¢OF THE SOUTHEAST *|7 %]
All Parties Are Supporting Presi
dent of Germany Since His Re
fusal to Heed Allies’ Demands
: (By International News Service.)
BERLIN, Feb. 11 (delayed).—The
refusal to extradite the German mili
tary and state officers demanded hy
the allies for trial is strengthening
the position of the Ebert government,
according to indications today. Both
the extreme right and the extreme
left in the National Assembly are
supporting the ministry’s attitude.
Herr von Simson, who is acting as
legal adviser to the foreign office, is
authority for the declaration that
German submarine commanders who
were guilty of deliberately killing
sailors from allied ships, while trying
to save themselves, would he dealt
with by the German courts as m@r
derers, and if convicted would be sen
tenced to death. , ;
Herr von Simson is supporting the
government's opposition to the sur
render of the listed war offenders.
His position is outlined as follows:
“Germany is unable to regard un
limited submarine warfare as a crime.
But in cases where commanders de
liberately murdered sailors while try
ing to save their own lives they (the
commanders) will be dealt with as
murderers. But we shall allow for
eign representatives to appear in
court as co-accusers. The death sen
tence will be imposed if the defend
ants are proven guilty.” 3
Germans Deny
Threatening Note 4 &
(By International News Service.)
BERLIN, Feb. 11 (delayed).—The
German government issued a formal
statement tonight denying a note
had been received from Premier Mil
lerand of France, stating that the al
lies had suspended the time limit
upon the occupation of the Rhineland
“because of the non-fulfillment of
treaty terms by Germany.”
Kaiser Prepared
Refuge in 1914
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Feb, 12.—William Le
Queux, noted British author, writing
in Horatio Bottomley's paper, ‘“John
Bull,” declares he is able to reveal
for the first time that as far back as
January, 1914, the ex-kaiser prepared
a refuge for himself at Amerongen,
Holland, and that the Dutch “pledged
to protect him to the point of war.”
This revelation, L.e Queux says, Is
based upon discoveries of the French
secret service. The writer declares
Dutch Socialists are already asking
questions “if certain highly placed
persons in Holland were not heavily
bribed.”
According to Le Queux certain Hol
landers are “already trembling in fear
of exposure.”
. T e
Paint Shop Cocktails
Rival Wood Alcohol
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Feb, 12.—Two more vic
tims of the newest “coroner’'s cock
tail” which has killed one man and
poisoned a score of others here, were
found helpless in the streets today.
The “drink’™ is reported to have
been traced to a local paint shop.
ATLANTA. GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1920.
l-I 5 P[ANS
i B
Specifications for Aerial Dread
naught 994 Feet Long Present
ed to House Committee by Navy
(By Universal Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—Plans of
| the navy department for the con
struction of the largest super dirigi
ble in the world were presented to
the House Naval Affairs Committee
by Captajn Thomas T. Craven, direc
%tor of naval aviation. He asked for
qin appropriation of $2,700,000 for this
i purpose.
- The specifications of the proposed
‘aerial dreadnaught, the committee
was told, call for a length of 994
feet, fifty feet greater than the giant
craft now being built in England for
Ithe American navy. The airship now
‘under construction in England and
its sister ship being bumi ‘_;;‘,(‘j".
navy at Lakesk Loievadssiiioon 11
same size as the largest British ves-
Lgel of this kind,
' The cost of {° proposed dirigible
will be $500,000 greater than the two
now under construction, which are
expected to be completed the latter
part of the summer. It will be built
in the United States after the ship
being built in England brought over.
A crew now is being trained to make
this flight.
At least a year will be required ‘to
build the new vessel. It will have a
capacity of 2,700 000 cubic feet of gas
and will require about $600,000 an
nually for maintenance, it being nec
essary to replace the outer cloth cov
ering each year. Helium, the non
inflammable gas discovered during
the war, will be used.
More armament than now carried
by. any airship is planned for super
dirigible. A special aircraft gun,
which is practically a small sized
cannon, now is being developed by
the navy as the chief offensive wea
pon. A large number of machine
guns also will be carried.
The dirigible program can not be
carried out, however, without more
big ‘hangars, which are immediately
necessary on both coasts, said Cap
tain Craven, He urged that construc
tion of a hangar at San Diego, Cal,
be authorized, even though the build
ing of the superidirigible has to be
dolayo;i for another year.
Truant Boys Being
Sought by Police
Springlike weather, the displays of
baseball supplies in the show win
dows, and the opening of the marble
season have combined to increase the
crop ‘of runaway boys to an un
usually large degree, according to
Chief Beavers. In the last few days
police have been asked to seek
trunants in all parts of the city and
they attribute the delinquency of the
youths to the moderation in weather
of the last few days.
Hardy McWhorter, who has the
running away disease in chronic form,
is now being sought by the police. e
lives at 134 Davis street, is about 15
years old and has been missing for
two days. This is the fourth or fifth
time the police department has been
called on to look for Hardy. Willie
Jackson, 12 years old, who lives at 6
D'Alvigny street, also is being sought.
Governor at LaGrange;
Talks on Cotton Bank
LA GRANGE, Ga., Feb. 12.—-Gov
erner Dorsey, arriving from Green
ville, Ga., addressed 600 men and
women in the courthouse at LaGrange
at 3 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in
the interest of the proposed Georgia
Cotton Bank and Trust Corporation,
Music was furnished by a thirty
four piece band from Camp Gordon
and ‘4’ local band. The Governor was
introduced by W, A. Reeves.
Kolchak Put
To Death b
His Own Min
(By Universal Service.)
L()NDON, Feb. 12.—Admiral
Kolchak, the Daily Herald
learns, was executed recently by
his- own troops.
The execution was carried out
despite a plea for mercy sent by
the Moscow soviet government,
it is averred.
All - Correspondents Barred on
Motion of Balfour—U. S.
Envoy Not Present,
By ROBERT J. PREW,
Staff Correspondent Universal Service
LONDON, Feb. 12.—A three days’
secret session will mark the opening
of the council of the League of Na
tions here. The lid of secrecy was
clapped down UghGßfter the inaugu
[Eagooeches by JHEOR Bourgeois and
Hiir Balfowd + 's sii
ting. il
No sooner had the formalities fin
ished when the doors were closed to
the newspaper men and all others not
having a direct personal part in the
deliberations.
“Detailed discussion is only possi
ble in a secret meeting,” said ex-For
eign Minister Balfour, and a few mo
ments afterward the hall was cleared
of all those whose presence wasg not
desired, including a corps of news
paper correspondents imbued with an
erroneous interpretation of the words
‘open covenants openly atrived at.”
Thus, in the utmost secrecy, at the
historic St. James' Palace, the states
men of eight nations are putting their
shoulders to the task of working out
vitally important territorsal and other
problems arising from war and peace.
A marked note of discouragement
runs through the comment of the
press here as a result of the new
vietory of secrecy. inuthe direction of
the fates of nations. A section of
English public opinion had hoped for
much from the “‘epoch-making” ses
sions of the league council, and to
these optimists the secrecy ruling
came as a severe damper.
‘ Some leading organs deplore also
‘tho composition of the council’s per
!sonnol. pointing out that the majority
of the negotiators are diplomats of
Ithe old school reared in' the belief
Ithnt international relations can not
\lbe exposed to the glare of publicity.
. United States Ambassador Davis
:doclined to attend the sessions, on
the ground that he was not instructed
by his government to take part.
The absence of an American repre
sentative is a further disillusioning
factor as far as British opinion isi
conegerned. The result of this series
of disappointments is that the publlc‘
here has already lost its interest in
the proceedings, which it 1s lnclinedi
to bhelieve will be conducted on no
more of a democratic basts than were
the negotiations of the pre-war days
of sceret diplomacy.
Italian Alignment
With Germany Seen.
By NEWTON C. PARKE,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S,
PARIS, Feb. 12.~French official
circles view with certain perturbera
tion a possible new alignment of Eu
ropean nations, which may result
from the changed attitude of Italy.
An official of the foreign office in
forced the International News Serv
jce that the Italian Socialists and
Catholics now favor an agreement
with Germany on the basis of modifi
icatlon of the peace treaty. Italian
bourgeois and commercial circles are
sald to hold similar views.
Italy's demandg for the extradition
of German war cgiminals was said to
be half hearted’ :Aithugh ltaly signed
' Continued on Page 3, Column 7.
|
|
Experts Predict 50-Cent Butter
and Reduction in Other Foods.
Chicago Prices Barometer.
1 AU
(By International News Service,)
CHICAGO, Feb, 12.—The high cost
of living is actually on the downward
trend
Prices of eggs, butter and potateoes
are going lower weekly, price com
parisons secured today by the Inter
national News Service show.
And flour is ‘also coming down-—so
markedly that the return of the 10
cent loaf of bread in the not too dis
tant future was predicted today.
A 50 cent drop’on a barre! of flour
was recorded today in the whole
i-ale market, carload lots selling for
$12.50, instead of sl3.
L;J)ui that retailed today at from
59 to 62 cents a dozen were selling
a few weeks ago at $1 or over,
| Butter, which last December sold
at 756 cents a pound, is today quoted
at 66 to 70 cents, while the wholé
sale price of potatoes per hundred
pounds is now from $4.65 to s4.Bb,
as against $5.25 to $5.76 two weeks
2go.
The bottom has not been reached
on these commodities, dealers de
clared today. Fifty cent butter is
predicted within two weeks.
Conference of Carmen
To Be Resumed Friday
Unless the illness of Preston Ark
wright, president of the Georgia Rail
way and Power Company, necessi
tates another postponement, negotia
tions between the union carmen's
committee and officials of the com
pany will be resumed Friday after.
noon at 3 o'clock. The conference
will be the one postponed from Tues
day by consent of the conferees.
Negotlations so far have concerned
complaints under the old contract, ac
cording to company officials, and the
increased wage demands presented hy
the carmen will be taken up in sub
sequent meetings and an agreement
sought. Hopes for settlement of the
dispute are entertained by both sides,
and the situation is not regarded at
present as acute.
Army Store Puts More
l Foodstuffs on Sale
¢ Additional foodstufss have heen
’plnced on sale at the United States
army quartermaster retail store, nc
cording to an announcement from
Lieut. Co). W. R. Kendrick, zone
supply officer. The additional Hsti
and price follow: Lye, granulaged,
9¢ per can; macaroni, bulk, twent-{
five pounds to case, $2.06 per case or
8 1-2¢ per pound; mirrors, trench,
41¢ each; hominy, coarse, bulk, 100
\ pound bags, $6.40 per bag or 6 1.-2¢
per pound; oats, rolled, bulk, ninety
pound bags, $3.560 per bag or 4 1.2¢
per pound; pineapple, No. 2 cans, Ibc
per can. :
onmertsnsmnnisiilidiasim gy
.
Father Mitchell Chosen
Viear General of State
SAVANNAH,. Feb, 12.—The Rev.|
Father Mitchell was appointed today
)by Bishop Keiley as vicar general of
|lhe diocese of the Roman Catholic
Church of Savannah, to succeed the
late the Rev. Father McMahan of
Augusta. He will retain his resi
dence in Savannah, with headquar
ters of the diocese at the Cathedral
of Bt. John the Baptist, where he has
been a priest for many years The
new appointee is one of the most
prominent and active priests of
Georgla,
Issued Daily, and Entered as Second Class Matier at
the Postoffice at Atlanta Under Act of March 3, 1379
Woman 67, Is
Growing New
Set of Teeth
DITBLIN. Feb. 12.—Mrs. Mol
lie Curry of this county,
who resides with her son, J.
W. Curry, on a farm near Dub
lin, is just now undergoing the
experience of cutting a new set
of teeth at the age of 67 years.
Friends of Mrs. Curry have
just been shown a new tooth
which has just pushed through
the gums on the right of her
upper jaw. The gums on the
left side are also swollen prepar
wtory ‘to new teeth coming
through as on the right side.
Dentists say there are one or
two instances on record where a
new set of teeth has grown in a
person’s © mouth Wwhen they
Icahied an advanced age.
Twenty-four Hours’ Downpour Ex
pected to Swell Chattahoochee
i . o High Mark.
5 .
1’ Rain Thursday, and probably all
day Friday, will cause a tharked rise
of the Chattahoothee that may reach
flood stages, was predicted Thursday
by Forécaster C. ¥. von Herrmann.
It was declared the rain would be
general over practically all of the
cotton .belt, and. that the fall would
be lieavy enough in the next twenty
four hours to cause:a marked rise in
the river, ;
“I am not yet sending out flood
warnings. for [ have yet to wait un
til wé ®an determine how heavy the
rainfall’ will be,” said Von Herr
mann. . “However, the river will go
up considerably, and 1 should not
be surprised to see flood stages
reached all alon gthe waterway.”
FThe rain began falling Thursday
morning, following close on a heavy
fog that hung over the city all Wed
nesday night,
The storm, it was was said, drifted
over the southeastern section from
the vicinity of New Orleans, where
the barometer was falling rapidly.
It was stated that there may be a
slight drop in the thermometer Fri
day, but that it would hardly be no
ticed. However, the rainfall, if it
ends Friday night, may be followed
by decidedly cooler temperatures
Saturday and Sunday.
Ex-Soldier Confesses -
Slaying Chorus Girl
(By International News Service.)
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Fen. 12.—A1l
mystery which surreunded the mur
der of Mrs. Frances A, Stockwell,
chorus girl of Philadelphia, was
cleared late last night, according to
police, when Frank W. Whited, an
ex-soldier, who has been held under
suspicion for a week, confessed. He
sanys he killed the girl during a quar- {
rel.
An Atlanta Girl
Gets SSO Gold!
The award of the
‘““best last * line’" 'for
which The Georgian
and Sunday American
are paying SSO gold
daily, is announced to
day on page 1, second
section. .
The 'latest limeriek
appears on page 1, see
ond section, 5
Get into the game!
Fifty dollars for a
few words!
EVENING )
" EDITION |
|
1
i :
|
|
|
|
[ ;
|
|
|
| 5
More Conferences to Follow Wil
son’s Decision, but General
| View Strike Situation Hopeful,
' (By International News Service,)
| WASHINGTON; Feb. 12.—Presi
i(lent. Wilson will meet three repre
lsentati\'es of the railroad workers al
;(he White House at 10:30 tomorrow
’lO discuss with them their wage de
| mands. '
‘ After conferences lasting more than
a week between Director General
Hines and representatives of the rail
road workers came to a halt last
night without an agreement, .the di
rector general prepared to take the
entire matter to the President.
{ Director Hines has prepared a fuil
‘utatement of the case whieh was w 9
be ‘laid before the President today,
It is believed the President either
will offer to appoint a commission to
consider railroad wages or will ask
that the demands be withheld uflti’:
they can be submitted to the. -,u“)afl
ery of adjustment which will be’pro-'
vided by legislation now pending in
Congress.
MORE CONFERENCES, g
The director general and the m)
resentatives of the workers will meet
again after the President has taken
action. g
The demands of the maintenance of.
way employees, who have agreed to
strike on February 17, and the de
mands of the trainmen will be taken.
up in separate conferences with the
director general today.
Optimism ran high today and there
were hopes that there would be no
general strike. It was even believed
the strike called by the maintenance
of way employees would be averted
before next Tuesday. b
| W. G. Lee, chief of the Brother
hood of Railroad Trainmen, while in+
islfllunl upon the demands of his
lbrotherhood. was in no mood to.
threaten strike, and expressed hope
llhut action would be taken by which
a strike could be averted.
TUMULTY VISITS HINES. :
. Secretary Tumulty called on Direc
l\«»x- General Hines early today aad
held a long conference. He took to
‘the President all of the data con
i(:erning the wage demands and the
briefs presented by the representa
tives of the merkers, as well as the
reply of Director Hines, :
l The representatives of the workers
'discussed the situation with Samuel
|(:umpers. president of the American
Federation of Labor, who adyised
that they *“deliberdte carefully.”
The railroad men held a confer?
ence today and discussed their fu
'turo plans. There was considerabie
strik® talk in the conference and alsc
‘(ll’s('ussion of the submittal of the
‘demands to a wage tribunal.
At the White House it was an
nounced the President would act on
the basis of a report from Director '
Hines, but there was no intimation
as to when.,
Calling Off of Cabinet
Meetings Unconfirmed
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb, 12.--Reports
that President Wilson has declared
that there be no further cabinet
meetings until he so ordered, could
not be confirmed or demied at the
White House today, Secretary Tum
ulty refused to comment on the re
port. It was stated, however, that
theére probably would be nd gabinet’
meeting tomorrew. The cabinet did
not meet on Tuesday. :
It is believed that if the Prelident
hds suspended cabinet meetings it is
only until he can preside at m%‘ved'- .
ings which it is expected he will dov
very shortly, . ; ;
NO. 178.