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Disregarded Signal From Beatty
That Meant Victory in
Jutland Fight.
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(By Universal Service.)
LONDON, Feb. 12.—The history of
a fighting signal by that fighting
Irishman of the sea, Earl (then Sir)
David Beatty in the great naval bat
tle off Jtuland, is given for the first
time by Commander Garlyn Bellairs,
member of' Parliament, in his book.
A brief preliminary resume has been
cabled éxclusively to Universal Serv
e,
The story Bellairs tells is that if
th’,is signal had been heeded, and not
wountermanded by Viscount Jellicoe,
in supreme command of the British
fleet, the German fleet would have
been wiped out,
Beatty's alleged signal has never
been disclosed by the admiralty. -
COULDN'T BREAK LINE.
“Beatty,” writes Bellairs, “made one
Hesperate efforts to save the situation
by a signal, taken in by the whole
fleet, imploring the van of the battle
fleet, led by the- King George V, to
follow him to cut off and surround
the enemy. 2
“But the rigid British line could
not be broken. The signal from the
Iron Duke, Jellicoe’'s flagship, was
the thing that must be obeyed.
“The. Grand Fleet went out of ac
tion.
“Jellicoe makes no mention of this
vitally important signal in his ac
count of the battle, but it is a mat
ter of common knowledge through
out the navy that it was made and
‘E)gged."
BRITISH HAD ODDS.
Wih twenty-seven battleships Jel
licoe turned before eleven German
destroyers, though only one of his
battleships was hit, Bellairs asserts
in his remarkable book.
’l:é:e author adds that the report
of the battle by Admiral von Scheer,
the German commander in the Jut
land fight, was suppressed and is still
locked up at Whitehall, “while Jel
licoe is allowed to parade as an ex
pert in naval affairs.”
In another passage, Bellairs de
(yares that “Jellicoe rejected deploy
ment towards the enemy in favor of
deployment away from the enemy”
Te accuses Jellicoe of having failed
to obey the first commands of naval
warfare, abandoning both initiative
and the vital weapon of surprise.
Two Michigan B
Igan Boys
Nabbed Americagls'
. .
First Boch Prisoner
- (By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—The first
German prisoner taken by the Ameri
can expeditionary forces was bag
zed by two Michigan soldiers, it was
declared today. . ”
Congressman James of Michigan
today received a letter from Major
General Harris, the adjutant general,
stating the first German prisoner,
l.eon Harde Hoffman, was captured
by Adam Vlazikowski and John
(Cochanski, both of Ironwood, Mich.,
members of Company C, Eighteenth
Infantry.
The capture was made on the night
of October 27, 1917, and the prisoner,
who was a mail orderly, was taken
while on his way to deliver mail in
the trenches.
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Books Presented to
Seaboard Libraries
Thousands of books, formerly used
by the American Library Association
in its work in the army and navy
camps, have been presented at the
Iree Traveling Libraries, conducted
by the Seaboard Air Line. Mrs. J.
Y. Swift. daughter of the former su
perintendent, Mrs. Eugene B. Heard,
who died recently, has been ap
pointed superintendent of the Sea
board Libraries and has established
headquarters at Rose Hill Plantation,
Middleton, Ga.
Under the Seaboard’s plan for con
ducting its traveling libraries, em
ployees may obtain books by ap
plying through the station agents.
The facilities of the library have also
been extended to clubs, community
organizations , and schools where
members of the families of Seaboard
employees are included and applica
tions for use of libraries by such
organization, and schools where
Mrs, Swift, the superintendent.
A reference library has beeg started
at the S. A. L. Y. M. C. A. at Ham
jet, N. C. This library is in charge
st 1. W. Glover, the general secre
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Preparations are completed by At
lanta Boy Scout troops for the big
three-ringed demonstration of scout
ing by picked Scouts of Atlanta at
the Auditorium Friday night, as one
of the features of Good Turn Week
and the tenth anniversary of the or
ganization of the RBoy Scouts of
America.
Every minute of the twé-hours pro
gram presenting a wide range of
scouting activities, is expected to be
interesting to the spectators—from
the opening feature, the formal
draping of national, troop and patrol
colors on a huge frame—to the clos
ing feature, a Scout movie entitled
“Men in the Making.”
‘ The bulk of the programp will be
made up of demonstrations by picked
’Scouts of pyramid building, signaling
knot tying, first aid, Scout games and
picturesque camp fire scenes. The
program will begin at 8 o'clock.
There will be no admission charges,
and all Boy Scouts, their parents
'triends and all persons interested ir
scouting from any angle are invited.
’ Spectators are warned by Assistant
‘Scoutmaster Roland L. Shine not to
‘he alarmed when Troop 15 pulls a
fire spectacle in which a cavin will
’be “burned,” and its smoke-smothered
occupants will be tirst rescuel ani
‘then resuscitated by courageous
‘Scouts, trained in firemanship.
lNeither will the live wire from which
Troop 21 will rescue one of its num
‘ber be really alive, though it is quite
probable the Scout ' “victim” will
represent himself as suffering all the
tortures of the damned while his
rescuers show the specta?ors how to
break his contact with the wire and
resuscitate him without danger to
themselves.
State Executive A. A. Jameson an
nounces as one of the main fcitures
of the program a message from
“Nationwide Scouting,” to be deliv
ered by Dr. Ashby Jones—a man who
can speak from intimate first-hand
knowledge of the subject.
Troops that have already made ac
count of how they will use the cight
minutes allotted to them on the pru
gram report as follows: Troop 2,
Scout games; Troop 26, pyrimia
building and war horse: Troop 32,
tent pitching; Troop 21, rescuing from
live wire and troop song, “A Hiking
We Will Go”; Troop 9, camp scene;
Troop 6, first aid, camp scene, “ir2
building, knot tying; Troop 12, sig
naling, knot tying; Troop 3, first aid,
resuscitation; Troop 11, setting up
exercises, pyramid building; Troop 7,
Scout games, fireman’s drag and lift;
Troop 13, fire making by friction, set
ting up exercises; Troop 2, Decatur,
first aid; Troop 4, flag raising cere
mony: 'Troop 15, fire scene, exhibit
of troop trek cart, building of all
kinds of fires for camp cooking;
Troop 19, setting up exercises, pyra
mid, games; Troop 32, resuscitation,
‘different kinds of ‘carrys.”
Atlanta Is Providing
Quota of Good Turns
Accounts at Boy Scout headquar
ters regarding Good Turn Week in
dictate Atlanta is doing her part of
the 700,000,000 good turns expected
in the United+ States this week lln
bhonor of the Boy Scouts of America’s
tenth birthday anniversary.
“Every Scout who comes to the
office,” said Assistant Scout Execu
tive Shine Thursday, ‘“can tell of
instances of his being stopped by
some one who has asked for the
definition of a good turn, or who has
remarked that he is faithfully ‘doing
nis’ this week.”
Atlanta’'s quota of good turns is
four-sevenths done, and there re
mains for Atlanta to do about 600,-
000 good turns Thursday, Friday and
Saturday.
RAIN MADE IT EASY.
“Tuesday it was easy,” remarked
one busy father of a Scout. “The
sudden rain found many persons un
prepured, and several times during
the afiernoon I found my chance to
have some one walk with me under
my umbrella through the downpour.”
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Treaty Lacks Lofty
Ideas Necessary to
Aid World--Ferrero
PARIS, Feb. 12-—We are at thes
beginning of 2 new tragedy. The war}
is over, a peace treaty has been
drawn up and is now being applied.
The first step the conquerors took
was not a very happy one for them.
Any man who is in the least impar
tia] and in whose mind the war has
still left some sense of truth and jus
tice must agree with the arguments
set forth by Holland in reply to t'll“
request of the entente that ex-Em
percr William be delivered up to
them for trial.
It would be too much to pretend
that the treaty of Versailles—and the
rest of the allied acts—should be law
unto the Dutch, who did not partici
pate in its making.
A victorious Germany might have]
been capable of a similar arrogance,
but is not that just the reason wh‘y‘
the whole world fought against the
Prussian menace?
INDEMNITY NEXT.
Being repulsed by Holland, the vic
tors uow turn to Germany, asking
tha't she deliver up the officers and
civilians accused of having outraged
the rights of peoples. After this de
mand is fulfilled, they will ask for
the first payments on the indemnity.
Both these demands will cause ter
rific difficulties, owing to the spiril
in which they are made as well as
on account of the desperate political
condition in which Germany finds
herself. Nu one whose judgment is
not warped by prejudices can fail to
realize the gravity of the state of af
fairs in Germany today.
The war brought Germany to the
edge of a political and economic prec
ipice, threatening civil war and bank
ruptcy. For a moment she hesjtated,
aghast at the sight of the abyss
vawning at her feet; then, determined
to fly from the conquerors at any
cost, she closed her eyes and flung
herself headlong into the gulf.
This, in a few words, is the story
of what happened in that country
during the last few months. The gov
ernment constituted by the revolutioni
—a coalition of Catholics and Social
jsts which undertook to give the
country the political forms and the
social spirit of a democratic republic
not differing greatly from the forms
of Western democracy—is today on
the point of collapse.
DIVIDED AGAINST ITSELF.
Upon the one side the communists
are attacking it as a middle class
camouflage of socialism, while on the
other hand the nationalists, milita-/
rists and others who are faithful to
‘the old regime are accusing it of
having ruined Germany with its So
cialist precepts and by signing the
peace treaty.
This government, weakened in its
very foundation, can no longer stand.
It is indeed, obvious to the man in
the street that during the forthcom
ing elections it will be ousted in favor
of the nationalists and militarists and
all those devoted to the old regime,
for it would seem that the bulk of the
German people are determined to
have nothing further to do with
communism. ! ol
As for the suggestion that we are
likely to see the restoration of the
monarchy at once, that does not seem
probable. What is more likely is that
the German Republic will take the
form of a military dicmtorghip which
would uphold even those groups of
the old regime that appeared among
the least responsible for the late
great catastrophe.
This is the reason why all allied
countries cry out that the Germans
are still the same incorrigible people,
untrustworthy, full of violence and
arrogance, and incapable of living in
peace with their neighbors.
MEDIOCRE POLITICIANS.
But such judgment is pifflie. The
whole drama is more profound than
that. 1f Kurope were governed by
statesmen of lofty minds and vision,
instead of by mediocre politicians,
such statesmen would understand
that this crisis is the necessary con
sequence of the peace as made in
Paris,
The haif clerical and half Social
st regime which has been governing
Germany since November, 1918, was
the best improvisation that could
be created after the revolution. The
lang historical preparation to which
the third republic of France owes its
force and vitality was entirely lack
ing in Germany,
The German republic was, there
fore, extremely weak at its birth and
could ouly hope to gain strength by
rendering some great service to the
oountry. But there was only one
service the republic could render Ger
many which would have been capable
of rapidly deadening the memory and
the traditions of the old regime in
the hearts and minds of the Ger
man people and that service would
have been the precuring of & bet
ter peace than thw menarchy ooculd
have obtained.
In a word, the Republican govern
ment's oniy hope was to conduct its
affajrs at Paris in euch a manner
as l? appear befors the German peo
ple fas the evident medinm of rapid
A Clean Newspaper for Southern Homes
All essays must be in The Georgian and Sunday American of
fice by February 19,
Address the envelope to George Washington Editor, The At
lanta Georgian and Sunday American, Atlanta, Ga.
The contest is open to school children of all ages and class
rank. The age and class rank will be taken into consideration by
the judges in deciding the winners. More will be expected of the
older and higher grade children than the younger and lower grade
children. ;
The idea will count as much as the phraseology. But clear
ness and directness of style will be expected from all contributors.
PURPOSES OF THE CONTEST
The whole plan is to bring home to everybody in this great
country the necessity of their living by the slogan, AMERICA
FIRST. Americans must know what attitude European nations
have had toward our country in the important crises of our history.
conciliation betwean Germany and
the rest of the world
SLEDGE HAMMER TREATY.
This hope was dispelled forever by
the sledge hammer blows dealt by
the staggering terms of the treaty
of Versailles.
The great pelitical error of the
peace conference has been this: That
it imposed the same peace condi
tions upon the German republic as
would have been tmposed upon the
monarchy and that it has set spared
the German republic a single humilia
tion or a single one of those burdens
which it would bave heen quits yust
it,o inflict upon Germany had she
maintained her allegtwnce to the old
regime.
Among the worst & the terms thus
impruydently dictated to Germany
are:
l 1. The exclusion of Germany from
the L.eague of Nations.
| 2. The imposition of tha most
fabulous indemnity the world has
|ever known.
| 3. The one sided imposition of dis
armament.
Thus, since peace wpe.gred as bur
densome under the new regime as
it could possibly have been under the
old imperial masters the German peo
ple can hardly be expected ‘to obey,’
respect or love a government which
in their eyes and considering thefr
life long customs, is nothing but a
confused and incoherent fmprovisa
tion that does not satisfy the old
idealistic gravings of any part of the
German people and which is upheld
by an oligarchy much less authori
tative and much less capable than
;t'he old.
i(3()VERNMENT WEAK.
~ How is it possible for the new gov
ernment t{o endure—a government
which has not the tradition of past
glory wnor the prestige of the prin
ciple so dear to the multitudes; which
is not directed by authoritative and
capable men or groups and whose
burdens would have taxed even the
credit of a regime much stronger
in prestige and authority.
And to all this must be added the
Gordian knot of the crushing indem
nity. When I retnrued to Italy in
1919, feeling very uneasy at the turn
the peace negotiations had taken, I
wrote that an indemnity which
pledged two generations was no
Jonger a war indemnity, but a tribute
of war and that force must be used
to extract such tribute.
1 added that ! should be very
pleased to see in Germany a lasting
government which would undertake
to act for half a century as 8 re
ceiver for the allies, collecting and
paying over the millions due, accord
ing to the terms of the treaty. But
1 qualified that idea by stating that
such a thing seemed to me as being
too wonderful a dream to be real
ized.
NOTE—Another article by the
brilliant Italian philosopher-historian
will appear in the near future.
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By GEORGE H. MANNING.
WASHINGTON, Feb., 13.—Friends
of the various prospective Democratic
candidates for President here are be
ginning to show unusual interest in
the Georgia primary in April, the out
come of which may control the
State’s delegation to thé San Fran
cisco convention.
Efforts are already under way by
friends of Governor Cox of Ohio,
Attorney General Palmer, former
Speaker Champ Clark, Vice President
Marshall, Herbert Hoover and others
to capture Georgia's delegation.
If efforts are made to have the
Georgia delegation to the San Fran
cisco convention instructed for Sen
ator Underwood of Alabama, there
is almost certain to be a clash with
Senator Smith and his friends that
may politically rock the State,
It is generally believed here that if
Senator Underwood is put up for
President at the Georgia primaries,
Senator Hoke Smith will permit the
use of his (Smith’'s) name. This
conclusion arises from the conviction
of some of Senator Smith's friends
that some people in the State may
link with the Underwood nomination
an endorsement of the League of
Nations, without reservations, which
would be a thinly disguised attempll
to discredit Smith, f
Funeral of Mrs. Ellis |
Is Held Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Leila
Venable Ellis, wife of Dr. James N.
Ellis, who died Wednesday after an
illness of about three months at the
home of her brother, Samuel H. Ven
able, in Druid Hills, were held Thurs
day morning at 11 oclock from the
Venable home.
Mrs. Ellis was a member of the
Daughters of the American Revolu
tion, the United Daughters of the
Confederacy and of the Stone Moun
tain Memorial Assoclation. She was
also a member of the North Avenue
Presbyterian Church and was an ac
tive worker in all the women's or
ganizations of that church. She was
a daughter of the late Richard Ven
able, one of Atlanta's first citizens.
Her mother, Mrs. Cornelia Hoyt Ven
able, died three years ago.
Mrs. Ellis was a woman of brilliant
mind and marked artistic ability. She
studied first at the convent near
‘Washington, D. C., later completing
her education in Europe. After her
'marriage to Doctor Ellis, twenty-four
years ago, she accompanied him to
‘Austria, where she pursued her inter
ests along artistic lines, while he
studied in the hospitals of Vienna.
Besides her husband, Mrs. Ellis is
suryived by her sister, Mrs. Frank
Tucker Mason; her brothers, Samuel
H., Walter Orr and Clarence Venable.
Mrs. Arthur Kellogg and Mrs. Walter
Gordon Roper are her nieces, There
are also several grandnieces and
nephews.
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oyalty Week’ I
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~ Designated by
s Savannah Mayor
SAVANNAH, Feb, 12.—~Under
proclamation of Mayor Stewart, Sa
vannah will observe “Loyalty Weck"”
in commemoration of the birth of
iGeorge Washington., His proc.ama
tion is probably the most unique vet
‘issued in the United States for the
oc¢casion, being as follows:
“The anniversary of the birth of
the tather of our country is approach
iug. The passage of time has dem
anstrated the great wisdom and fore
sight of our illustrious countryman.
More than a century ago George
Washington, in his farewell address
Lo his people, said:
“Towards the preservation of our
government and the permanency ol
vur present happy state, it is requisite
not only that you steadily.discounte+
nance the irregular oppositions to its
acknowledged authority, but also that
you resist with care the spirit of in
novation upon its principles however
specious the pretext.
- “In view of what appears to be a
persistent and widespread eifort to
overthrow the standard and subver(
the principles for which we stood, and
in order to properly commemorate
the birth of our first President, I,
Murray M. Stewart, mayor of the city
of Savannah, hereby proclaim the
week of February 22 to 28, inclusive,
as ‘Loyalty Week,” and earnestly urge
that public expressions of sentiments
ot loyalty be given through meetings
and other Wise, in order that there
may be a continued adherencé to the
American principles of liberty, repre
sentative government and the su
premacy of law, }
“Given under my official signatue
and the seal of the city of Savannah.”
.
Funeral Services for
.
Mrs. Sallie C. Stanton
Funeral services for Mrs. Sallie Cox
Stanton, member of a widely known
Georgia family, who died in Ann Ar
bor, Mich., were to be hetd Thursday
afternoon at 3 o'clock at the chapel of
H. M. Patterson and Son, the Rev. I,
C. McConnell officiating, and burial
)Lo be in Westview Cfmet.ery.
~ Her brother, William 8. Cox, is
owner and head of the tacuity of Cox
College for women in College Park.
Her son, Lieut. W. L. Stanton, whom
she was visiting at the time of Wer
death, is a professor of mathematics
at the University of Michigan. She
is also survived by a son, Frank C.
Stanton of Detroit; three daughters,
Mrs. Malloy Henry of Cleveland,
Ohio; Mrs. Walter T. Forbes of Ath
ens, and Miss Lucy Stanton of Wel
lesley College; one sister, Mrs. Wii
liam Crenshaw of College Fark, anda
sister-in-law, Mrs. Mamie Cox of
Dublin, Ga. 4
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1920.
Let young Americans show those growing into citizenship
with them and the older folk why we can not depend upon Euro
pean friendship or upon the attitude of any European nation as
permanent. :
Any one of the nations of Europe may be friendly toward us
today, and any one, or all of them, may be hostile tomorrow.
America must depend upon itself, upon the spirit of its own
people, the wealth and resources of its own country, the power
of its own arms, and the independence and self-reliance of its own
government,.
In a pkrase—AMERICA FIRST! ’
And, remember your essays must be in The Georgian and
Sunday American office by February 19, when the SSOO cash prize
and one hundred medals contest ends. You have a full week ahead
of you—get busy. ? .
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the latest note on the subject which
was rorwarded to Berlin.
There is keen anticipation as to the
attitude which Premier Nitli assumes
at the meeting of the premiers in
London. * It is reliably reported that
Premier Millerand expects that slit‘;‘l
arguments will be necessary with Pre
mier Lloyd George and Premier Nitti
to sustain Franece's position on the
question of German extraditions.
France does not cate whether Lhel
ex-kaiser, former Chancellor von|
Bethmann-Hollweg and other ,so-.
called responsible neadas, are surren-!
dered, but does insist upon the extra- |
dition of German officers who m'el
specifically accused of crimes while
the German troops were on F‘renchi
soil. :
KEngland is contending that the de~]
livery of the higher officials, A who
wielded supreme authority, is morel
important than the surrender of the
lesser army officials.. | |
Italy is said to be holding off, and |
in the meantime is urging France to|
adopt a firmer attitude towards Bul-|
garia. & s {
Schleswig Votes to |
Join Denmark, Report. ;
(By International News Service.) |
COPENHAGEN, , Feb. 12.—The pxe-}
biscite in Schleswig (to determlne|
whether the province shall be re- |
turned to Denmark or remain Ger-\z
man has resulted in a victory for"
the Danes, according to information |
received her Wednesday. The re
turns at hand show 35,000 votes for a |
return to Denmark, against 13,000 for |
Germany. 1
Sixth Victim of Riols '
Dead in Lexington
(By International News Service.)
LEXINGTON, Ky,. Feb. lZ.—James:
Mesengale of Lexington died today,,
the sixth victim of the riot in whichi
members of a meb storming the
courthouse in effort to lynch Will |
Lockett, negro slayer of little Geneva
Hardman, were shot down by militia
men.
~ Martial restrictions were declared
off today, but martial law still re
mains in effect. City police will re
sume their duties. Former President
'Taft hes written to Governor Mor
row, commending him for his standl
in behalf of law and order.
(By International News Service.) . *
CHICAGO, Feb. 12.—8 ix members
of a postoffice “ring” charged with
robbing maimed soldiers and the
widows and other dependents of
Americans killed in battle during the
war wére under arrest here today.
It is believed the amount stolen will’
run in excess of SIOO,OOO.
According to the postoffice depart
ment, the six belong to a ring he
lieyed to be operating in every large
city of the United States. They are
alleged to have a regular system for
stealing soldiers’ bonus checks, afl
lotments for injuries and A. E. F.
death payments from the mails. A
The actual stealing, according to
confessions obtained, was done hy
the postal clerks, the women being
used to cash the checks. The women
masqueradéd in mourning to do this,
General Wood Favors
.
Lodge Reservations
CHICAGO, Feb., 12.—Replying to
Senator Borah's request for com
ment on the League of Nations, Gen
eral Leonard Wood said today:
“We should accept the League of
Natioys as modified and safeguardel
by the Lodge resolutions. :
“T believe that America should be
left absolutely true and untrammeled
to follow the will of her own peopls
in all questions of foreign and do
mestic policies,” ¥
f;xf.“f&m,; !
GRI_T i
TODAY
LEW CODY
o
“The Beloved Cheater”
—Also— i
Harold Lloyd
In “From Hand to Mouth”
MUTT and JEFF FOX NEWS
CRITERION ORCHESTRA
Dave Love, Conductor
Ben Potter, Organist
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