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VOL. XVIil 24-Hour{ Do rui Uaivema: Newst Service
RAILROAD STRIKE WILL NOT BE CALLED
BAINBRIDGE COLBY IS CHOSEN SECRETARY OF STATE;
ALEXANDER HITS ATTEMPT TO FORCE HOOVER DECLA RATION
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Lawyer, Leader in National Poli
tics, Director of Fleet Corpora
tion, Accepts Lansing's Post.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb, 25.—Presi
dent Wilson has selected Bainbridge
Colby of New York to be secretary of
state to succeed Robert Lansing, it
was officially announced at the White
House today.
The appointment of Colby followed
a long conversation between the
President and the nominee.
“I had a long conversation with
the President this morning and I am
deeply gratified at the confidence he
has displayed in me and I hope I
shall not prove inadequate,” said
Colby.
The nomination of Mr. Colby was
sent to the Senate late Wednesday
afternoon.
_Colby has been prominently identi
fied wi'th State and national politics,
He was a leader in the Progressive
party under Colanel Roosevelt.
He has been a director of- the
Emergency Fleet Corporation. He is
a lawyer.
President Wilson became acfuaint
ed with Colby's views on foreign
matters while at the peace confer
ence, Colby being in Paris in connec
tion with shipping matters,
It was freely predicted today that
Acting Secretary of Stae Polk would
retire from office as soon as conve
nient, as he has long desired to do.
¥t is expected, however, that Mr,
Polk will continue to act as under
secretary until the President and Col
by feel his services can be spared.
While leading senators, Republi
can and Democratic, were chary
about commenting for publication en
Colby's selection, privately they pre
dicted a storm of opposition to the
confirmation of the appointment by
the Senate. The political effect of
the appointment to the Wilson eabi
net of a Progressive Republican lead
er who twice placed Theodore Roose
velt in nomination for president, was
the subject of widespread comment
in the Senate cloakrooms,
The Senate can hold up or reject
Colby's appointment if it so desires.
Not can Colby function as secretary
of state until his appointment {s con
firmed by the Senate. That his con
firmation will be long delayed Re
publican leaders seemed to accept as
a foregone conclusion.
WASHINGTON SURPRISED,
He said he did not care to discuss
policies preferring to wait until his
nomination had been acted upon by
the Senate.
The appointment of Colby to the
highest position in President Wil
son's cabinet was a surprise to offi
cial Washington. It had been ex
pectgd either Acting Secretary of
State Polk or Secretary of War Baker
would get the portfolio,
Colby's appointment is understood
to be in the nature of a compromise.
The President has been beseiged by
supporters of both Polk and Baker.
It is understood he selected a mani
outside the present cabinet to a.vodd‘
conflict in his own circles.
Neither Polk nor Baker have sought ‘
the office, but their friends backed
them strongly. There were supmrt-!
ers for both very close to the Presl
dent. Had he chosen between Polk |
and Baker he would have lnjured;
some feelings, it is sald. |
MARK TWAIN'S FRIEND. |
Colby called at the White House
early today and personally announced |
his acceptance. ‘
The new secretary of state was a
personal friend of the late Samuel
Clemens (Mark Twain) and rep
resented the author in settling up t.he‘
affairs of the latter's publiuhmt‘
house.
He was counsel of interests who
prought about the reforms in the
Bquitable Life Insurance Company,
and other famous legal cases,
In 1912 he took the lead in the fight
Continued on Page 2, Columnmz.
Ties of Affection
Stronger Than Life;
ger ’
Pals Die Together
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By E. T. JORGENSON.,
Comrades in the battles of war
and life, two veterans in gray, were
comrades still in death Wednesday.
Through the battles of Virginia,
when the thin gray ranks grew
* thinner they fought shoulder to
shoulder.
. Through the trials and vicissi
tudes of Reconstruction, when the
thin gray line reached the thinnest
point, but, like the line that
stretched from Switzerland to the
Flanders shore, was unbreakable,
the comrades stood shoulder to
shoulder.
In after life, when to live each
day was to recount some event of
the struggles that had gone before,
the comrades still were shoulder to
shoulder at the Old Soldiers’ Home.
Then Saturday came the first
break in the comradeship.
Monday there was a second gap.
An affection that had lived so
long in life, was stronger even than
death.
‘Within forty-eight hours of each
other the comrades in gray had.
answered the call.
These comrades were D. R. How
ell and S. G. Marsh. Howell died
' Saturday, Marsh Monday.
A single seruice was said over
both flag-draped coffins at the H.
M. Patterson funeral parlors Wed
deaday. . T T
The Rev. A. R. Holderby com
- mended their souls to a . keeper
‘whose decisions are infinite,
' About the ecaskets were a score
of men, survivors of the thin gray
lines.. \ s i
At Westview Cemetery the com
rades were laid to rest side by side.
Affection proved stronger than
life—or death.
Beer Bill Is Passed by
House in New Jersey
(By Universal Service.)
TRENTON, N. J,, Feb. 25.—A bdill
legalizing the manufacture and sale of
3 1-2 per cent beer was passed by
the Assembly last night, 37 to 21,
with two members absent. The bill,
sanctioned by Governor Edwards and
the “wet” forces of both parties, is
practically certain to pass the Sen
ate.
Passage of the bill, introduced as
a substitute for the 4 per cent beer
measure of Assemblyman Bartlett,
was prompted by the desire of At
torney General McCran to have the
law on the statute books to fortify
him in the action he is to bring
before the United .States Supreme
Court next Monday to upset the
eighteenth amendment and the Vol
stead enforcement act.
Chicago Railway Asks
Retention of Rates
(By International News Service.)
CHICAGO, Feb, 25.~A precedent
which may be followed by many of
the country’s railroads was set Tues
day in a request made by the Chicago
Junction Railway and the Chicago
River and Indiana Railway, asking
the State public utilities commission
that they may retain the 256 per cent
increase in freight rates allowed by
the federal railroad commission after
the roads dre turned back to private
ownership. |
Envoys in U. S. May Not
BeAllowed to Have Liquor
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Foreign
envoys are much agitated over their
exact statute under the prohibition
law. Several of the envoys have laid
before the state department formal
inquiries to ascertain their rights,
The diplomats, be:&aving they were
immune from the drastic restrictions
forbidding importations of liquor,
were disturbed when told unofficially
some “delicacy yet surrounded the
question.”
BAKERS TO MEET SEPT, 20.23,
MOBILE,, Ala., Feb, 206.--Atlantie
City was selecetd as tho place to
hold the annual meeting of the
American Association of the Baking
Idustries here today by the officers
and directors. he date is September
20 to 23. |
THE WEATHER., -
Forecast—Fair, continued cold,
tonight and Thursday.
Temperatures—6 a. m., 26; 8
a. m., 28; 10 a. m., 31; 12 noon, |
33; 1 p.m, 4; 2p. m, 35,
Sunrise, 6:12; sunset, 5:31, 1
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["ssing Toombs County Farmer
Is Found Under Log in a Pas
ture—Bullet Wound ‘in Head.
VIDALIA, Ga. Geb. 25.—Here are
facts in a slaying mystery which has
aroused Toombs County and which
apparently would challnge the acu
men of a Sherlock Holmes:
A farmer living near Johnson’s cor
ner, in the southern part of the
county, went into a remote part of
his pasture yesterday morning, hunt
ing a stray cow. He noticed a mound
of fresh earth, partly covered by a
log. His curosity was aroused, he
says, and he scraped about with a
stick to see what might be buried.
A few scratches disclosed human feet.
The farmer immediately notified
the sheriff. The body was exhumed.
It proved to be that of Burley Phillips
of Vidalia. Examination showed a
bullet hole behind the left ear, this
A few hours before the body was
found, Mrs, Phillips had received a
telegram from Claxton, Ga., signed
‘with Phillips’ name, saying he had
sold_the car in Jacksonville and that
he would return home this week. This
message had dllayed any uneasiness
Mrs. Phillips- might have felt at the
conr:tinued absence of her husband.
wound probably having caused death,
although there also were bruises on
the head.
Phillips had conducted an automo
bile livery and trading business here
for several years. He left home
Thursday, presumably to inspent an
automobile, it being his custom to buy
cars and take them to prospective
markets,
Deductions indicated the body had
been buried before the rains of Sun
day night. A fresh footprint on the
mound of the grave indicated some
one had visited the place yesterday
morning and had put the log over
the earth with the intention of further
hiding the crime.” :
Only 2 of Family of 5
. Remain After Flu Toll
.~ SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb. . 25.—0n1y
two children remain of a once happy
family of five in Savannah as the
result of influenza deaths in 18 hours,
John J. Axt died yesterday morning,
last night his father, P:. W. Axt,
passed away. This morning the
mother died. |
One surviving child, Fred W, Jr.,
has just recovered from a severe at
tack of the disease. Th.re is a mar
ried daughter.
General Strike Called
On French Railways
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, Feb, 26.—A general strike
on all the railways in France was
ordered by the Railway Men's Union
this afternoon. The men are to quit
work at 1 o'clock tomorrow morning.
The strike is in sympathy with the
walkout this morning on the Paris,
Lyon and Mediterranean line because
an employée was discharged for at
tending a union meeting.
Americans May Run
Roumania’s Railroads
(By Universal Service.)
PARIS, Feb. 20.—~American bank
ers and capitalists are negotiating
to take over the Roumanian rail
roads, it is reported.
Buying of Roumanian money has
been going on here for some time,
the buyers expecting a sharp rise
soon as a result of the reported
Americanization of Roumania's re
sources,
Attempt Made to Kill
Governor of Barcelona
(By International News Service.)
MADRID, Feb, 25.—A - attempt to
kill the governor of Barcelona pro
vince while en route for Madrid was
reported from Barcelona today. A
bomb was thrown at the train which
smashed the windows of the car in
which the governor was riding. Henry
INueca, an employer, has been killed
by syndicalists in a fresh outbreak
of labor disorders at Barcelona.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1920.
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Barry Hogarty, Smelter Super
intendent, Kidnapped by Ban
- dits in Durango, Mexico.
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.~ NEW YORK, Feb. 26.—Barry -Ho
garty, the American superintendent
‘of the American Metals Company,
who was reported to have been cap
tured by Mexican bandits, has been
released, according to a telegram re
ceived at the offices of the company
heer today. ]
No details of the release of Ho
garty were contained in the message.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Barry
Hogarty, an American citizen, super
intendent of the American Metals
Company smelter at Mapimi, Duran
go, has been kidnapped by Mexican
bandits and is held for ransom, the
state department was advised unof
ficially today.
Joseph Askew, an American kid
napped by Villistas in the State of
IDurango February 1, has: been .re
llea.sgd, the state department is ad
vised. z
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Mexicans Free
Two U. S. Fliers
(By International News Service.)
NACOZARI, Mexico, Feb. 25—
Lieuts. G. L. Usheér and L. M. Wolt
of the Twelfth United States Aero
Squadron, who made a forced landing
15 miles south of here February 2,
were released today by Mexican mil
itary authorities on an order from the
foreign office at Mexico City.
The aviators said they were
pleased at the treatment accorded
| them both by civil and military au
thorities during their enforced stay.
| They were not imprisoned or held
under a heavy military guard, as has
been the experience of American avi
ators who have landed in Mexico
heretofore.
The stated reason for the prolonged
detention of the aviators was a con
troversy between the foreign oftice
and the American state department
over the fact that the airplane in
which they landed was equipped with
a machine gun. This was considered
a violation of neutrality.
Senora’s Corset Had 5
Three Quarts Inside
DOUGLAS, Ariz., Feb. 25.—~er-‘
ing a galvanized lined corset conmln-l
ing three quarts of whisky and dr\lv-\
ing au automiobile bearing two extr&i
tired filled with liquor, Senora Refu- {
gia L. de Ayala, the wife of a weal
thy Mexican congressman, was ar-.
rested here by American customs au- ‘
thorities charged with attempted
smuggling.
Hearings on Rice to !
Begi in Charleston
WASHINGTON, Feb, 25.—The de
partment of agriculture Wednesday
afternoon announced that a series of
hearings would be held, beginning
March 10 at Charleston, 8. C,, on the
proposed federal grades for milled
rice grown in continental United
States,
PICTURE BR|DES BARRED.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb, 25.—Consul
General A. Ohta 'of "Jdpan announced
here Wednesday that the Japanese
government will receive no applica
tions for passports for “pleture brides”
to the United States hereafter. The
ruling is effective today. ‘
Winner of SSOO Essay
Contest To Be Announced
The name of the winner and the Washington’s birthday
essay that won SSOO for less than a thousand words, to
gether with the names of the hundred other contestants
who will be presented with silver medals, will appear in
NEXT SUNDAY’S AMERICAN
Attraction to
Tourists Now
(By Universal Service.)
B RUSSELS , Feb. 25.—The
inhabitants of Waterloo,
scene of the historic battle, have
petitioned the Belgian Senate to
relieve their town of all taxes.
They cite as reason that tourists
have ceased to visit the famous
| battle field, depriving them of
their biggest pre-war revenue,
Ypres and the other battle
fields in Flanders, they add,
have “stolen Waterloo's attrac
| tion and glory.”
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California Senator Explains His
‘ View of True Ameri
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CHICAGO, Feb, 25.—Senator Hiram
Johnson of California last night out
lined the Americanism for which he
stands as a candidate for Republican
presidential nomination. He said he
would enter the primary fight in
North Dakota. -
He'léft for Grand Forks, e¢xpecting
to make at least four speeches in the
‘State this week.
“Today we hear much of Ameri
canism,” said Senator Johnson. “Men
of dll sorts and all kinds are prating
of their Americanism, and politicians
of all shades are grasping for power
by shouting Americanism. The
meanings of the terms are as various
as the individuals who utter it.”
* Senator Johnson ;aid his Ameri
canism was based on the constitution
of the United States.
U. 8. OWN ARBITER.
“l believe the best expression of
Americanism {s in the constitution of
the United States,” he said. "“Any
departure from that oonstitution in
the direction of internationalism is a
violation of all that we ought to mean
by Americanism.
“The Americanism in which I be
lieve und which I preach would main
tain America as the arbiter of her
own destiny. It would preserve this
republic in the form in which the
fathers created it, modified only as
the expressed will of the American
people shall direct.
“It would nold this republic invio
late against the wiles of European and
Asiatic diplomacy and would refuse
to make the republic subordinate to
any junta of diplomats sitting in Ge
neva or elsewhere,
“It would hold as still unlawful the
dispatch of American manhood to thg
frozen wilds of BSiberia or to any
other foreign clime in quarrels in
which our Congress has not declared
our position, in which we have no in
terest, and concerning which our
people have no information,
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Roosevelt Letter to
Johnson Made Public
(By Universal Service.)
WASHINGTON, Feb, 256.—The sup
porters of Senator Hiram W. John
son for President sprang a sensa
tion here by making public a letter
written by Col. Theodore Roosevelt,
which they claim gives Johnson a
clear title to be Roosevelt's successor
as a national political figure,
In the letter Colonel Roosevelt sald
that “of all the public men in the
country he (Johnson )is the one with
whom I find mysgelf in most complete
sympathy. You are perfectly safe in
following his lead.”
The letter was written In January,
1916, and Johnson's subpporters as
sert that friendly relations existing
at that time hetween Johnson and
Colonel Roosevelt continued withont
a break to the timne of Roosevelt's
death,
District Attorney Declares Body
Usurps Power—Cites Action
Taken in 1906 and Its Results..
¢ oY .
! The Demoecratic ‘State Executive
Committee, in its rule that candidates
in Georgia for the Democratic nom
ination for President must declare
themselves as Democrats, is attempt-
Ing 'the same tactics for which it was
condemned in 1906 by the State con
vention, it was charged Wednesday
by Hooper Alexander, United States
‘district attorney, and long a figure
in Georgia politics.
Friends of Herbert Hoover in
Georgia have accused the executive
committee of hitting at-the former
food administrator as a Democratic
candidate. Mr. Alexander, however,
declared Wednesday his position was
taken without regard to the personal
ity of Hoover or anybody else as a
candidate, and merely because of his
convietion that the committee was
wrong. 3 vilady ,
~ Mr, ‘Alexander said the committee,
in seeking to get from Hoover a dec
laration that he {s a Democrat i.2fore
permitting his name on the ballot in
the preferential primary, is exceeding
its authority,
QUOTES OLD PLATFORM. |
Mr. Alexander reecited the pled;e*‘
of Democracy which the committee in
1506 caused to be put on the h.lloti
in an effort he declared was intended
to exclude Populists, The platlorm‘
adopted at Macon September 4, 1906,
was quoted to show the disapproval‘
of the convention. The relevant pu.r-i
agraphs read: : ‘
“The Democratic State Executive
Committee shall be a ministerial and
executive body only. Its duties shall
be discharged with judicial Lrnpnr-‘
tiality. It shall not assume unusuall
authority and shall be guided by
precedent, in so far as precedent can
be applied to existing conditions.
“We disapprove the action &t the
recent State Exccutive Committee in
printing unnecessary pledges as nl
caption to the ballot. Such action
was unwise, contrary to the unbrokenl
custom of the party, and calculated
to divide the white people of the
State into two parties, rather than
buid up the Democratic party by
obliteration of factional lines.
“USURPATION OF POWER.”
“Moreover, we regard such aetion
as opening a wide possibility in the
future for the usurpation of power.
We declare it to be a permanent
principle of the Democratic party or
ganization that all qualified white
voters in Georgla, irrespective of past
political affillations, who, in good
faith, desire to align themselves
with the party, are cordially invited
to do so upon the sole condition that
they will abide by the result of the
party primary and support the par
ty nominations.”
The application of precedent was
made mandatory by the convention,
the district attorney pointed out, and
he decisred there was no precedent
for the subcommittee’'s action, which
he construed to be almed against
Hoover
“1 dislike very much to get into the
present controversy,” sald Mr. Alex
ander. “TiLe attorney general, who
is my chief, Is among the prenldcno;
tial possibilities. There is a dalmm‘yi
to be observed. The question is one,
however, which has to do with the
Democratic party in Georgla, rather
than with candidates,
“There is no doubt that the two
situations—the one of 1906 relating
to the pledge, and the present situa
tion—are synonymous in prineiple. It
is an effort by the State Democrat o
Executive Committee to usurp au
thority.
COMMITTEE MECHANICAL.
“The committee’'s sole function sis
mechanical. It is intended to take
care of detalls, and detalls only, Its
duties are limited to setting the date
of the election, naming the managers,
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_EDITION )
Issued Dadiy, and Entered as Second Class Matter at
the PostofMice at Atlanta Under Act of March 3, 1378
U.S. Vessels
(By Universal Service.)
PARIS. Feb. 26.~A French
boyecott of American ship
ping is the first concrete re
sult, it is believed, of the recent
report of Secretary of the Treas
ury Carter Glass in which he op~
posed the idea of further Amer
ican government loans to France
or any other European nation.
American shippers here are
alarmed. French sghippers re
fuse to patronize American ves
sels,
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Message on Fiume Delivered.
Correspondence To Be
: Published.
(By International News Service.)
; LONDON, Feb. 25.—President Wil
son's AdPiatic note reached the coun
eil of premiers here at noon.
The premiers turned again to the
Turkish treaty terms today and dis
cussed the disposition of Smyrna at
length. The observations of the
Hungarians upon the Hungarian
treaty terme will be taken up in a
B N . i
The council adjourned this after
noon without taking up conslderation
of President Wilson's note. The note
will be considered tomorrow, it was
‘announced,
Financial experts will be heard by
‘the council Friday, when means of
relieving the present financial situa
tion will be discussed. Details of the
Turkish peace treaty will not be
‘made puyblic until the document has
‘been <ompleted, the council an
nounced. The premiers expect to fin
ish work on the treaty by the end of
the week.
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Premiers Want
Dutch Reply
LONDON, Feb. 25.—The council of
premiers today debated the advisa
bility of urging Holiand to make an
early reply to the allles’ second note
regarding the ex-kaiser, but it ig
understood decision was held up. |
areias |
Nitti Opposed to i
Pressure on Holland ‘
-~ PARIS, Feb. 26~Premier Lloyd
George has proposed to the council
of premiers that pressure be ex
erted against Holland to compel a
prompt answer to the allies' second
“kaiser note,” but was opposed by
Premier Nitti of Italy, said a special
London dispatch to the Echo de
Paris today. |
U. S. to Take Part |
In Hungarian Treaty ‘
WASHINGTON, Feb., 25.-—~Ambas
sador Wallace has been instructed to
participate in the final drafting of
the Hungarian peace treaty at Parls,
it was officially announced today,
Ambassador Wallace will not have
full power, but will act under in
structions he will receive from time
to time.
ins SSO in Gold
It didn’t take a housewife
long to figure out what
would happen if the hens
went on strike,
Do you recall the limerick
about the hens and the
threatened walkout? It
was No. 14 and the ‘‘best
last line’’ to it appears in
the Georgian today. :
An Atlanta woman won
No. 14 and she gets SSO
| in gold for writing the
few words that appealed
| to the judges.
i The news of this latest
writer of the ‘‘best last
line'’ and still another in
completed limerick ap
pear ou Page Nine of this
edition,
Try your hand at rhym
ing,
NO. 189,
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Rather Than Strike, Workers Be«
lieved Planning to Throw In<
fluence in Political Campaignef
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? (By Universal Service) ™|
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.—Presidens |
Wilson was requested last night in #
brief letter by representatives of rafle
road unions to withhold his aimtugi
from the railroad bill until they cars
voice their opposition by filing &
brief,
This action, especially in view of
the fact that immediately thereafte®
they began leaving Washington om
their homeward journeys, was intere
preted as being the swan song of the
‘threatened railroad strike,
By electing congressmen friendly
to labor interests, it was argued, the
railroad unions can secure through
legisiation the concessions they had
planned to demand while striking,
and this expectation of the fulfille
ment of their hopes through the en~
try of the American Federation of
fL‘abor into the political arena, was
the clinching argument for abandone
ing the strike, it was declared.
Democratic members of Congresss
who voted against the conference re~
port on the bill also have prepared @«
statement in opposition to it, which
they will submit to the President.
The Farmers’ National Council has
asked that the President give it &
hearing to oppose the measure.
The President still has more thas
a week in which to act and there i
every indication he will not ach
precipitately. : 1
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Non-Voters to Jail b
Is Couzens’ Idea
DETROIT, Feb. 26.——Addressing &
mass meeting in support of a muni=
pal street car proposition which goes
before the voters on April 5, James
Couzens, Detroit’'s millionaire mayor,
said men who fuiled to register and
vote should be sent to jall
“If T had my way about it” sall
the mayor, “I'd send o jail every eli=
gible man and woman who had nege
leced the bllit. To neglect the ballot
means failing to qualify as a voter by
registering before election and by
falling to vote one way or the other
on important questions on election
day.” / 1
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Labor Trouble Again ;
Breaks Out in Italy
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Feb. 25—Many personst
have been wounded in labor disordems
in Northern Italy, said a Central
News dispatch from Rome today., Ag
Pieve the workers proclaimed a soviet
and seized the municipal building.
Carbineers attacked the crowd and
severe fighting folllowed. 4
Disorders are reported from Vige
torio, Montebelluna and elsewhere.
At Naples the workers have pros
claimed a general strike in sympathy
with the striking metal workers, :
Irish Home Rule Bill
Comes Before Commons
(By International News Service.) 1
LONDON, Feb. 25.~The governs
ment’'s new home rule for Ireland bill
was introduced in the House of Com«
mons today. It provides for a double
Irish Parllament system-—one for Ule
ster Province, the seat of anti-home
rule sentiment, and the other for
t(he south of Ireland. .
l A boundary commission will settle
the extent of territory to be covered
by the two legislatures, ' ‘
Polish Troops Occupy
Town on German Sf&
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Feb. 25.~Polish troopd,
have crossed the frontier and ocotie
pled Stokki, sald a news agency dise
lputch from Berlin today. Berlin M
ports that counter measures will be
taken Immediately. """‘M