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VOL. XVIII
WIISON T 0 SEE AL CHIEFS: DPTIMISM FELT
WILSON PERSONALLY TO TAKE CHARGE OF TREATY FIGHT;
FLOUR, EGGS, BUTTER AND POTATOES DROPPING IN PRICE
Uncertainty Prevailing During His
. lliness 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.
So near to complete recovery is the
President that when the battle for
ratification 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. 4
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 every way save in physical
strength, will keep ih constant touch
~ith the progress of the fight, and
whenever wanted will give the minor
ity leadfzr 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
be 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 1n 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
been. 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 teo his ill
ness, during which, by the strict 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
cratic leaders in the Senate and no
doubt contributed to dragging out
discussion. Henceforward, 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 in 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 conciliation but that
he has always been. The treaty and
the 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
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24-Hour{ 1o fuli Tnivershl News | Service
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.
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|Atlanta Trades Oppose Unseating
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| Socialists and Anti
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| Sedition Bill.
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i Action of the New York Legislature
'in refusing to seat five Socialist
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imemhers was condemned by the At
{lanta Federation of Trades Wednes
|day night. The members also went
%on record as opposed to the Jiraham
Esedition bill. .
i Another important action taken by
lthe meeting was to vote to ask the
[City Council to create a renting com
imission on which will rest the duty
(of seeing that residences offered for
| rental purposes are in habitable shape
Ibefore tenants move 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 andG pro
testing against his advocacy of the
'sedition bill,
[ The Tresolution 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
i laboring men in the city market plan,
iThis matter was referred to the leg
islative committee.
Representatives of web pressmen
lund photo engravers were present
and addressed the meeting. The
lpressmen 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
‘()1' going to other cities where they
could better their conditions.
Representative of the photo en
gravers said members of their union
Iwere out on strike and they wilt re
lmain out until they win. They told
'the meeting they are demanding a
IM-hnur week and asked full support
of the printers in preventing cus
being made for the three Atlanta
dailies.
Who Are the Real Heroes
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Ot the Movies
No one can ‘‘double’’ for the camera man. He
has to keep on cranking 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 fascinat
ing article and double page of pictures about these
daredevils in next
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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 extradité the German mili
tary and state officers demanded by
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 mur
derers, and if convicted would be sen
tenced to deqth.
Herr von Simson is supporting the
government’'s opposition so 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 a 8 co-accusers. The death sen
tence will be imposed if the defend
ants are proven guilty.”
Germans Deny
Threatening Note
(By International News Service.)
BERLIN, Feb. 11 (delayed).—The
German government issued a‘formal
statemert 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.—Willlam 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, Le Queux says, Is
based upon discoveries of the French
secret servide, The writer declares
Dutch Socialists are already asking
questions “if certain highly placed
persons in Holland were not heavily
bribed.”
Aceording to Le Queux certain Hol
landers are “already trembling in fear
of exposure.”
Paint Shop Cocktails
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- Rival Wood Alcohol
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Feb, 12.—Two0 more vic
tims of the newest “coroner’s cock
tail” which has killed one man and
poisonnd 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.
lJ 1 5 i P[ANS
Specifications for Aerial Dread
naught 994 Feet Long Present
ed to House Committee by Navy
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1 (By Universal Service.)
| WASHINGTON, Feb, 12.—Plans of
‘the navy department for the con
struction of the largest supgr dirigi
ible in the world were presented to
‘the House Naval Affairs Committee
by Captain Thomas T. Craven, direc
tor of naval aviation. He asked for
an appropriation of $2,700,000 for this
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
the American navy. The airship now
under construction in England and
iits sister ship being built by the
navy at Lake Hurst, N. J.,, are the
same size as the largest British ves
sel of this kind,
~ The cost of thc 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 aireraft 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
delayed 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 marh]n:
season have combined to increase lhni
crop of runaway boys to an un
usually large degree, according 101
Chief Beavers. In the last few dayfll
police’ have been asked to seek
truants in* ali 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. He
lives at ‘134 Davis street, is about 15
vears 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, wl)o lives at h‘
D’'Alvigny street, also is being sought.J
Governor at LaGrange; 1
Talks on Cotton Bank
LA GRANGE, Ga. Feb. 12.—Gov
ernor Dorsey, arriving from (}reen-]
ville, Ga., addressed 600 men and‘
women in theé 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 a local band. The Governor u..s{
introduced by W. A. Reeves, |
Kolchak Put
To Death by
.
His Own Men
(By Universal Service.)
L()NI)ON, 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 tight after the inaugu
ral speeches by Leon Bourgeois and
Arthur Balfour at Wednesday's sit
ting.
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 was not
desired, including a corps of news
rpaper correspondents imbued with an
erroneous interpretation of the words
“open covenants openly arrvived 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 territorral 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
vic.tory of secrecy in the 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
|the composition of the council’'s per
[Pl)nnvl, pointing out that the majority
of the negotiators are diplomats of
’thn old school reared in the belief
!(hnl international relations can not
‘be exposed to the glare of publicity.
United States Ambassador Davis
declined to attend the eessions, 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 is
concerned. The result of this series
of disappointments is that the public
here has already lost its Interest in |
the proceedings, which it Is )n('lmndj
10 believe will be conducted on no
more of a democratic basts than were }
the negotiations of the pre-war days
of secret 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
fce that the Italian Socialists und!
Catholics now favor an agroememl
with Germany on the basis of modifi
cation of the peace treaty, Italian
bourgeois and commercial circles are
gaid to hold similar views.
Italy’s demands for the extradition
of German war criminals was said to
be half hearted, ajthough Italy signed
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Experts Predict 50-Cent Butter
and Reduction in Other Foods.
Chicago Prices Barometer.
(By International News Service.)
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CHICAGO, Feb. 12.—The high cost
| ik :
‘of living is actually on the downward
} trend.
i Prices of eggs, butter and potatoes
iare going lower weekly, price com
‘pnrisons secured today by the Inter
inalional News Service show.
‘ And flour is also coming down-—-so
‘murkod]y that the return of the 1Q
}com loaf of bread in the not too dis
itam future was predicted today.
A 50 cent drop on a barrel_of *flour
was recorded today in the whole
sale market, carload lots selling for
ISIZ.SO. instead of sl3.
Eggs ‘that retailed today at from
69 to 82 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 whole
sale price of potatoes per hundred
tpounds is now from $4.65 to s4.Bh,
|flfi against $5.25 to $5.76 two weeks
ago.
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.
Negotiations so far have concerned
complaints under the old contract, ac
cording to company officials, and the
increased wage demands presented by
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|th(- earmen 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
'x-reeu,-m as acute,
Army Store Puts More
‘ Foodstuffs on Sale
Additional foodstufss have been
placed on sale at the United States
army quartermaster retall store, nc
cording to an announcement from
Lieut. Col. W. R. Kendrick, zone
supply officer. The additional list
and price follow: Lye, granulated,
9¢ per can; macaroni, bulk, twent
five pounds to case, $2.06 per case or
8 1-2¢ per pound; mirrors, trench,
41c each;. hominy, coarse, bulk, 100
pound bags, $6.40 per bag or 6 1-2¢
per pound; oats, rolled, bulk, ninety
pound bags, $3.60 per bag or 4 1-21-i
per pound; pineapple, No. 2 cans, li¢c
per can. I
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Father Mitchell Chosen |
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Vicar General of Staté
SAVANNAH, Feb 12-~The Rev. |
Father Mitchell was appointed tu(l;l_\"
by Bishop Keiley as vicar general of
the diocese of the Roman Catholic
C'hurch 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 St. John the Baptist, whére he has |
beepn a priest for many years. The
new appointee is one of the most
prominent and active priests m'l
Georgia.
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the Postoffice at Atlanta Under Act of March 3, 1379
Woman 67, Is
Growing New
Set of Teeth
DL’BLL\', 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
atory 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 when they
reaied an advanced age.
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Twenty-four Hours’ Downpour Ex
pected to Swell Chattahoochee
1 High Mark,
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- Rain Thursday, and probably all
day Friday, will cause a marked rise
of the Chattahoochee that may reach
flood stages, was predicted Thursday
by Forecaster C. F. von Herrmann.
It was declared the rain would be
general over practically all of the
cotton belt, and that the fall would
be heavy enough in the next twenty
four hours to cause a marked rise in
the river. /
“I am not yet sending out flood
warnings. for I have yet to wait un
til we can 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.”
The 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, Fev. 12.-—All
mystery which surrounded 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 upder
suspicion for a week, confessed. .He
says he killed the girl during a quar
rel.
An Atlanta Girl
Gets SSO Gold!
The award of the
““hest last ‘- line'” for
which ' The Georgian
and Sunday American
are pu_vihg SSO gold
daily, is announced to
day on page 1, second
section,
The latest limerick
appears on page 1, sec
ond section, :
(et into the game!
Fifty dollars for a
few words! )
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More Conferences to Follow Wil
son's Decision, but General
View Strike Situation Hopeful.
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(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—Presi
dent Wilson will meet three repre
sentatives of the railroad workers at
the WHite House at 10:30 tomorrow
to discuss with them their wage de
mands,
After conferences lasting more than
a week between Director General
Hines and representatives of the ruil
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
statement of the case which was to
be laid before the President today.
‘,lt is believed the President either
will offer to appoint a commission to
consider railroad wages or will ask
that the demands be withheld until
they can be submitted to the machin
ery of adjustment which will be pro
vided by legislation now pending in
Congress.
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.~ The director general and the rep
resentatives of the workers will meet
again after the President has taken
action.
- 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 sepatate 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.
W. G. Lee, chief of the Brother«
hood of Railroad Trainmen, while in
sistant upon the demands of his
brotherhood, was in no mood to
threaten strike, and expressed hope
that action would be taken by which
a strike could be avelted.
TUMULTY VISITS HINES.
Secretary Tumulty called on Direc~
tor General Hines early today and
held a long conference. He took to
the President all of the data con
cerning the wage demands and the
briefs presented by the representa«
tives of the merkers, as well as the
reply of Director Hines,
The representatives of the workers
discussed the situation with Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, who advised
that they “deliberate carefully.”
The railroad men held a conferv
ence today and discussed their fu
ture plans. There was considerabie
strike talk in the conference and also
discussion of the submittal of the
demands to a wage trlbugal.
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 denied at the
White House today, Secretary Tum
ulty refused to comment on the re
port. It was stated, however, that
there probably would be no cabinet.
meeting tomorrow. The cabinet did
not meet on Tuesday. N
It is believed that if the President
has suspended cabinet meetings it is
only until he can preside at theymeet -
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