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VOL. XVIII 24-Hour{ Thi mull Taiversat News | Service
FIGHTING SPREADS TO BERLIN
KAPP PLEDGES NE ‘GOVERNMENT 10 CARRY OUT TREATY;
LLOYD GEORGE CALLS ALLIED COUNCIL ON GERMAN CRISIS
Lawmakers Expect Trunk Lines to
Close All Nonpaying Branches
to Avoid Reimbursements.
By GEORGE H. MANNING,
Georgian’s Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON, March 15.—Mem
bers of Congress from the Southern
States fear that because of the pas
safe of the railroad bill and big rail
road companies in that section will
discontinue operation of a large num
ber of short lines, conducted as
branches of the big roads, because
they are not making money.
This step will be taken by the
larger railroads, the Southern con
gressmen believe, to offset the au
thority given the government in the
recently passed railroad bill to take
all railroad earnings over 5 1-2 per
cent and turn them over to the poorer
roads, They may also take the step,
it is pointed .out, because under the
railroad bill the Interstate Commerce
Comurission is barred for 90 days
from restraining them.
There are a large number of small
railroads in the South which do not
individually make money, mow oper=
ated as branches of the big railroads,
that could be shut down now at the
will of the large roads.
TWO ALREADY CLOSED.
Two short lines have already been
shut down in Georgia—the line from
Roswell to Chamblee, and that from
Lawrence to Suwa..ee. Other shut
downs are expected in Georgia, Flori«
da, North and South Carolina and
Virginia.
“The big railroads, I believe, are
+ going to drop all the little fellows
that do not make money in an effort
to make it unnecessary to take any
considerable earnings from the large
roads and give them to the short
~lines,” said Congressmans Thomas
Bell of Georgia today . ‘“The pro
vision in the railroad bill ~iving them
ninety days before the Interstate
Commerce Commission has control
over them in this respect was a fine
‘Joker’ for the railroads, It gives them
time to drop the short lines and
divest themselves of all interest in
them before the commission can ex
tend a restraining hand.
LAWRENCE LINE ONE.
“The Southern Railroad’s lease on
the ‘short line from Lawrence to Su
wanee hr? expired. The little road
was owned by private capital, and
leased to the Southern, which owned
the engines and rolling stock. The
short line did not make money, the
Southern claimed, so it withdrew its
engines and cars from the line on the
day the railroads went back from
government operation to private con
trol and the Southern notified the
owners it did not desire longer to use
the road. We are helpless.
“At the end of ninety days when
the Interstate Commerce Commission
again has control over the railroads
efforts will be made to have the com
mission direct the b'g railroads to re
new operation of the short lines on
the ground that it is a public neces
sity and provided for under the rail
road bill.”
President Wilson Takes
2-Hour Motor Drive
(By Universal Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 'l6.—Pres
ident Wilson, accompanied by Mrs,
Wilson and Rear Admiral Cary T.
Cirayson, his pergonal physician, en
joyed a two hours’ outing Sunday.
It was the longest motor drive the
President hasg taken since his illness,
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He Gives $lO for l
Homeless Couple,
But Hides His Name
In a way, this is a very defective
story from the newspaper stand
point—for it can not even give the
name of the hero!
But in another way, it is a very
fine story—for it shouts to tne
world that people’s hearts are often
in the rightest kind of place, even
though modesty may urge them to
' hide that position from the public
gaze.
About a month ago, the Rev. L.
8. “Smith of Hapeville culminated
a soldier romance by marrying Guy
' Wallace, a returned soldier, to the
choice of his heart. A little house
was furnished in Hapeville with the
last dollar of the couple’s funds, and
they settled down to happiness—
and the valiant battlé of the age-old
dual alliance with life.
But last Wednesday, the wily
enemy marshalled the meanest of
his forces and shattered the lines,
almost at the outset of the cam
paign, with a crushing defeat. He
used General Fire; and General
Fire ruthlessly destroyed house,
furniture, clothing—evtrything, in
fact—and left the alllance without
a single possession, or g single dol
lar with which to acquire one, in
the world.
The Hapeville minister told The
Georgian about the destitute con
dition of the couple last Thursday
morning, and The Georgian told
Atlanta about it in a little story.
Monday morning a young man
called at The Georgian office.
“Here is ten dollars,” he said.
“Won't you see, for me, that Sol
dier Guy Wallace and bride receive
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“See here! Let us make a story
of this! What's your name?”
“On, never mind that! I was
burned out once mvself. Just print
an announcement asking the soldier
or the prea»ck\er to come to The
Georgian office and get it. - That
will make a story, wont it? And
——er— put the announcement where
other people can see it won’t you?
I don't think my ten dollars is
enough.”
| So, a story it ig—without the
| name!
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Seventy Persons Face
| Starvation in Ice Jam
~ (By International News Service.)
. CHICAGO, March 15.—Facing
starvation unless rescued by night
fall, seventy passengers and mem
bers of the crew of the Goodrich
liner Illinois, caught in a gigantic
ice jam fifteen miles off the St, Jo
seph, Mich., harbor early today, wire
lessed their dire plight to officials
of the line here. A steamer is rush
ing to its assistance with provisions
‘but unless a fevorable wind comes to
break the immediate pack, the res
icue ship may not be able to reach
‘the helpless vessel.
The Illinois has been caught among
ice floes for a wyek. The last ounce
of food aboard the Illinois will be
consumed today, the.wireless 8. O.
S. declared. For ‘several days the
passengers and crew have been on
short rations. o
St. Patrick’s Parade in
Ireland May Be ,Banned
By DANIEL O'CONNELL,
Staff Correspondent Universal Service
DUBLIN, March 15.-—An order pro
hibiting St. Patrick's Day proces
sions throughout Ireland is reported
to be under consideration by the
Dublin Castle authorities.
It is also expected the curfew order
will be extended, making it a erim
inal offense to be on the streets after
8 o'clock in the evening in this city.
25 Per Cent Tax Put
On Paris Dance Halls
(By Universal Service.)
PARIS, March 15.—Acting on the
principle that it is inadmissible that
a small minority should be allowed
to dance while the majority of the
people work, the municipal couneil
has decided to levy a tax of 25 per
cent on the receipts of dance halls
up to 6 o'clock in the evening.
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Aircraft at Amsterdam Forcibly
Held and ‘Kaiser and Friedrich
Guarded by Many Soldiers.
(By International News Service.)
(Copyright 1920 by Universal Service.)
THE HAGUE, March 15.—Despite
semi-official Dutch assuraaces that
neither the ex-kaiser nor the former
crown prince had anything to do with
the German militarist revolt, facts
which have just come to light point
strongly to a well organized effort
of the Junkers to spirit away Freid
rich Wilhelm from his retreat on the
Island of Wieringen with a view to
putting him on the throne of the
restored German monarchy.
) A Zeppelin airship and a bhydro
plane of mysterious ownership and
purpose, which have been at Amster
dam several days, made sudden signs
of getting ready to depart late Sat
urday. The DNutch government’'s se
cret agents, who were closely watch
ing these aircraft and crews, Imme-‘
diately reported and a few minutes
later a Dutch officer with a squad
;ot soldiers arrived and forbade any:‘
‘move on the part of the aircrart
Guards were stationed to see that the
order is obeyed. It is understood from
a well informed source that the
Netherlands government feared tne
aircraft were to make an attempt to
carry off the ex-crown prince.
It was further learned that Baron
von Zobeltitz,-a well known German
militarist and Junker, arrived here
suddenly last night from Berlin, ona
mission to the former crown prince.
It is not definitely kncwn whether
the baron went to Wieringen or was
prevented by Dutch authorities.
These facts are not taken here as
contradicting the government's de
nials of participation by the Hohen
zollerns in the Berlin coup, but mere
'ly as tending to prove the Kapp re
!gfme was aimine to get Friedrich
Wilhelm back to Germany. The belief
is general here that ev.a the most
loyal Kkaiserists have given up all
hopes of restoring the ex-kaiser on
the throne.
Strong military detachments have
been ordered to Amerongen and the
Bentinck castle, where the former em
peror makes his home, resembles an
armed camp, with every approach
swarming with armed guards. ‘
Dispatches from Wieringen say the
ex-crown prince is greatly excited
over the news from Berlin and is
continually inquirk z as to the latest
information.
Texas Town Is Still on !
Fire; Loss $1,500,000
(By International News Service.)
GRANDVIEW, Texas. March 15.—
With 900 homeless and property loss
estimated at $1,500,000, the business
section of this city was still burn
ing early this morn‘ng. The fire
originated in the Southern part of
the city and the flames, swept by a
45-mile wind, soon were out of con
trol.
Seven business blocks and about
175 of the city's finest residences have
been furned.
Alabaman Selected for
Successor to Roper
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 15—Presi
dent Wilson has selected Willlam
Martin Williams of Alabama as com=-
missioner of internal revenue to suc
ceed Daniel C. Roper, it was an
nounced at the White House today.
Williams is now solicitor in the de
partment of agriculture,
_The nomination will be sent to the
Senate today.
ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, MARCH 15, 1920.
NewFrenchGun
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Will Outshoot
Big Berthas
(By Universal Service.)
P ARIS, March 15.—A mon
ster gun with a range of
more than twice that of the fa
mous “Big Berthas” used by
Germans to bombard Paris has
been invented by the French en
gineer Delamare.
The first of the new type has
been constructed in the Belgian
National Foundry at Liege. The
speed of the projectile is in
creased 40 per cent.
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Polk’s Time Expires With Colby’s
~ Appointment Not Yet Con
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j firmed by Senate. |
~ (By Internatioral News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 15.—"N0
new business is being transacted by
the state department today,” it was
officially stated.
. ‘The thirty-day appointment of
Frank L. Polk as acting secretary of
state has lapsed under the provisions
of the law.
i Only those passports which were
i signed last week are being issued. It
is expected that President Wilson
will take some steps to correct the
situation. !
Confirmation of Bainbridge Colby
as secretary of state by the Senate is
in an uncertain stage.
President Wilson has examined the
laws and is of the opinion that he
can not transfer, the powers of the
state department to any other depart
ment under the Overman act, and the
situation will be left in the hands of
Congress, it was stated today at the
White House.
Crushed by Engine,
N. H. Wallace Succumbs
N. H. Wallace of 47 Foster street,
was fatally injured by a Central of
Georgia switch engine beneath the
Bell street viaduct about 2:30 o'clock
Monday morning. He died at Grady
Hospital several hours later.
Ed Campbell was driving the en
gine. He said Wallace started
across the tracks hardly more than
ten feet in front of the approaching
engine.
The body was taken to Greenberg
and Bodn's. Mr. Wallace was 54
years old, and is survived by his
wife; five daughters, Mrs. Reese
Irving, Mrs. Bessie Mahaffie, Mrs.
Susie Stanidge, Miss Ollie Wallace,
all of* Milstead, Ga., and Mrs, Kate
'Rody of Atlanta; and a son, Fredi
Wallace of Atlanta.
Buice Accidentally
~ Shot, Is Jury’s Verdict
Funeral services for George H,
Buice, who died Saturday in his home
at 26 Virgil street from a bullet,
wound, will be held Monday flflf'l‘-.
noon at 2:30 o'clock at Poole's
Chapel, burial to be in Greenwood.
Members of Capitol View Lodge No.
640 F. and A. M., of which Mr. Buice
was a member, will conduct services.
Mr. Buice was also a member of the
Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen,
representatives of which will attend
the services.
A coroner's jury Saturday returned
the verdict that the wound was acci
dental. Mr. Buice was shot through}
the heart by a bullet from an oldl
Springfield army rifle. His wife and
three small daughters survive.
Four Americans Burn
In Siberian Barracks
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 15.~Fire
in barracks of the American forces
in Siberia on March 6 resulted in the
death of four men, the war, depart
ment was adviged today by General
Graves, in command at Viadivostok. |
Marshal Confers With Allied
Commanders — Qutbreak s
Threatened at Hamburg,Report
(By Internatioral News Service.)
LONDON, March 15 (1 p. m.).—All
of the allied ministers and ambassa
dors at prsent in London were called
into conference by Premier Lloyd
George this afternoon.
Millerand Asks
Council of Premiers
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, March ; 15.—Premier Mil
lerand has telegraphed to Premier
ith;)yd George and Peemier Nitti sug
gesting a' special meeting of the su
preme. council for an exchange of
views on Germany. If the develop
'ments warrant, the conference may
‘be held in Paris Wednesday or Thurs
day to outline a new allied attitude
toward Germany.
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‘Heavy Forces 1
Being Concentrated
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, March 15.—French troops on
the Rhine have begun a forward
movement on orders from Marshal
Foch, it was reported today.
Heavy forces of French infantry,
supported with artillery, are being
concentrated in the French zone of
occupation in Germany.
The French army of occupation is
already making its way through the
Rhineland villages, it is reported.
The French foreign office received
a long cipher dispatch this morning
from the Freneh charge.d’affaires in
Berlin. As soon as it was decoded
a copy was sent to Marshal Foch at
Mayence. This was the first direct
official telegram from Berlin in more
than 24 hours.
Fighting between German political
factions is threatened at Hamburg,
the chief German commercial port in
Northern Germany, according to ad
vices to the Journal. One dispatch
reported troops, led by Colonel
Schwinfurt, were marching on Ham
brug. The dispatch did not explain
which side these troops supported.
Immediate doubling of the French
fgarrisons at Wiesbaden, Neustadt and
Bonn is under consideration by the
government, according to the Petit
Parisien, according to the Petit
corporated today, adds 175,000 to the
French army.
Washington Awaits
Report of Gen. Allen
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 15.—The
war department is awaiting a re
port from Maj. Gen, Henry T. Allen,
in command of American troops in
Germany, as to the effect of the Ger
man revolution on the allied forces.
Marshal Foch was to have conferred
with Major General Alien today and
it was expected that detailed re
port of the plans of the allied lead
ers would be forwarded to the de
partment.
While officials here declared they
can not comment until they have
more complete information, it was
generally believed that the American
forces would be ordered to maintain
peace :n districts over which they
have jurisdiction. There were some
predictions that the general strikes
would cause the first trouble, as press
raports reaching Washington indi
cated that Major General Allen had
given orders that he would take over
control if strikes threutened the or
der of the district he commands,
Advices. to the state department
have been meager,
Prediction that the revolution is
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Eitel Friedrich, second
son of the former kaiser,
who, it is reported, will be
proclaimed emperor by the
new (German government.
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President’s Reply That New
Wording to Article X Reserva
tion Won't Do Is Curt.
By J. BART CAMPBELL,
}Suff Correspondent of the I. N. S,
| WASHINGTON, March 15.—A curt,
flat rejection by the President of
;Senuto-' Lodge's proposed substitute
for the original reservation to Article
X rendered ratification of the peace
treaty more hopeless today.
It was learned that what was de
seribed at the White House as “an
other letter” from the President to
Hitehcock was a short communication
written by the President on the back
of one he received from Hitchcock.
The President wrote that the Lodge
gubstitute was unacceptable to him.
He indicated he was displeased that
he should have again been asked
to pass upon a proposed reservation
to Article X which, in his judgment,
was just as objectionable to him as
those which had previously been sub
mitted t ohim.
The President made {t plain that
unless the Senate was- prepared to
accept Article i substantially as he
himself wrote it into the League of
Nations wcovenant at Versailles he
would refuse to deposit the treaty
at Paris.
He left no doubt in the short,
pointed message he inkcribed on the
back of Senator Hitchecock's com
municatiop that he was not only
vexed by the latest developments in
the treaty situation but that he ex
pected senators profssing allegiance
to Ism to again vote against the
Lodge reservation program- even in
its present modified form.
} Hitcheock refused to make public
the President’s latest ‘“note” on the
treaty although at the White House
)il was stated ehre was no- objecion
to the senator doing so.
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Kiel, Essen and Hun Capital Fear More Blood=
shed—General Strike Is Spreading—Ebert’s
Government Refuses to Enter Into Negotia+
tions With the New Regime of Von Kapp, §
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By FRANK MASON, q
Tnternational News Service Staff Correspondent. ]
BERLIN (by wireless to New York), March 15.—Gustav
Noske, IMinister of Defense in the Ebert government, was reported
today to be marching on Berlin at the head of an army.
The new government, headed by Chancellor von Kapp, made
formal announcement that it has been given assurances of support
by the British.
The foreign office announces the military situation has been
settled. The heads of the government declare they will rule stern.
ly, and that if the labor element and Sparticists attempt a counter
revolution, they will *‘make blood flow and deal with the situation
in an ironfisted way that will make Noske's methods seem like
the gentlest dove of peace.’
The city has begun to seethe with excitement. It is declared &,
fall of the new government and the return to Herr Noske might
lead to bolshevism.
LONDON, March 15.—Reports reaching London at 1:30 thid
afternoon indicated fighting had broken out in Berlin. According
to a dispatch from The Hague, based on late reports received in
that city from Berlin, Imperial Chancellor von Kapp's revolution.
ary troops control only the government buildings seized Saturday
morning.
PARIS, March 15.—Herr Bauer, chancellor of the Ebert gov
ernment in Germany, may ask the Allies for military aid against
the new Berlin government, according to the Journal today.
PARIS, March 15.—Persistent reports were current here to
day, based upon advices from Switzerland and Holland, that Prince
Eitel Friedrich, second son of the ex-kaiser, would be proclaimed
German Emperor by the new Berlin government, ;
Pledge to Carry Out Treaty
By FRANK MASON, A
Staff Correspondent of the I.N. S.
(Copyrighted 1820 by the International
News Service.)
BERLIN, March 15.—The new
government recognizes all financia!
obligations and the foreign policy of
Germany will remain unaltered, de
clared Dr. von Kapp in an interview.
He described the present situation
as being purely internal,
£ Thrbughout the interview, Doctor
Kapp spoke German, although he
speaks perfect English, having been
in the United States.
Outlining the policy of the new
government, he said:
“The termsg of the peace treaty
will be carried out in every respect
which is compatible with our na
tional honor and fidelity and so far
as it does not mean the nation's
suicide.
“Strikes and sabotage will be
ruthlessly suppressed,
“The new government guarantees
the freedom of r.ligions and the re
establishment of religious educa
tional institutions.”
“CIVIL DICTATORSHIP.”
Von Kapp declared he wished to
emphasize this is not a movement
for a monarchy. He described his
Ebert Refuses to Negotiate
By FRANK MASON, :
Staff Correspondent of the [. N. S.
BERLIN, March 14 (midnight).—
Frederich Ebert, president of the oIQ
German government, has refused to
enter negotiativns with the new re
gime headed by Imperial Chancellor
;Woltgang von Kapp.
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and the South
-government as a ‘“civil dictatorship.®
-~ “A monarchy is far distant from
our thofights,” he said. “The Ebert
government was powerless. It was
filled with corruption, and those who
have taken over the government have
fulfilled a patriotic duty to the fathere
land.” | :
Germany Is ready and anxious, he
asserted, to establish cordial relas
tions with the western powers and
“particulariy the United States.”
Concerning soviet Russia, Doctor
Kapp declined to talk.
“You must understand, gentlemen,®
he said to the correspondents, “that
at this time I can not discuss quese
tions of a diplomatic nature.”
;ENSORSHIP PROTESTED.
The interview was given at the
chancellor's palace. .
About a score of American and
British representatives were present
at the invitations of Ignatius T,
Lincoln, the former spy, who has
been established as chief censor.
The correspondents voiced an ine
dignant protest against the rigid cene
sorship on outgoing dispatches which
the new gavernment nas imposed.:
This protest was met with polita
regrets and the information that for
the present it was impossible to pere
mit uncensored communications.
y Germany has two governments. Tha
inew regime holds Berlin. The oid
| government was temporarily estabe
lllshed at Dresden, Saxony, but is ree
| ported to have moved to Stuttgart,
{in Wuerttemberg,
{ Both sides are preparing for a bits
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