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VOL. XVIII
lERRIFIC STIRUGGLE ON WITH SPARTACISTS FOR BERLIN; .
COUNTY COMMISSIONER PROMISES CROSS-TOWN HIGHWAY
Admiral Thinks American Troops
Were Endangered by Lack
of Sufficient Personnel.
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 17.--The
safety of American troop convoyvs to
France was endangered by the failure
of the navy department to provide a
sufficie’nt staff to handle the convoy
system, Admiral Sims charged today
before the Senate subcommittee in
vestigating charges against the navy
department.
Admiral Sims also said there was
a differencé of opinion as to naval
policy between the British admiralty
and the American naval officers, the
British devoting their greatest efforts
to maintaining the fleet, while Amer
ican officers took the view that the
most important function of the navy
was to operate against the subma
rine menace.
In June, 1917, Admiral Sims said,
he asked for an officer to handle
convoy problems, but, after waiting
for some time, he was forced to order
a commander of a destroyer at
Queenstown to that duty. As the
‘department’s representative with the
allies abroad,” Admiral Sims said,
he “was not supported during the
most critical months of the war,
either by an adequate personnel or by
the adequate forces which could have
been supplied.”
Referring to the large number of
reports which it was necessary to
gend to the navy departraent, Admiral
Sims said:
“I am sure every officer who had
experience over there will agree that
our ignoranc of the experiences of
the war, prior to our entry into it
was appalling.”
To show the difference in views be
tween the American and British naval
officers as to policy, Admiral Sims
gquoted a report from an American
liason officer, on duty with the Brit
ish, which said, “I will state as my
‘epinion that the present lines of ef
fort are defective to some extent. At
present the policy of maintaining the
fleet is of prime importance and over
coming the submarines is of sec
ondary importance. This is grong be
cause it will be the submarine that
will (if anything does) bring about
defeat of the allies and not the Ger
man high seas fleet.”
Lack of proper co-operation
brought about a great deal of misin
formation, Admiral Sims charged. He
stated that one of his aides reported
that the navy departmen: understood
that the British did not desire any
mines from the Unitea States, while
Jellicoe had requested “a million of
them if possible.”
Democrats Gather for
Committee Meeting
A meeting of the subcommittee of
the State Democratic Executive Com
mittee was to be held Wednesday
afternoon in the Kimball House to
consider replies received by Chair
man J. J. Flynt to the questionnaire
sent out two weeks ago to ascertain
the attitude of the committeemen on
the subcommittee’'s action in requir
ing all presidential preference candi
dates to declare their party affilia
tion before their names are placed on
the ballot.
Those here in attendance include
Chairman Flynt of Griffin; J. H. Mll
ner, Eastman; Secretary Hiram
Gardner, Eatonton; Fermor Barrett,
Toccoa; J. H. Parker, Moultrie; H.
H. Dean, Gainesville. and Miller 8.
Bell, Milledgevil'e. Chairman [ynt
stated before the meeting that of the
total geventy -three questionnaires
sent to members of the Sta'e com
mittee, he had received forty-eight
endorsing the subcommittee, eight op
posing it and that nineteen or twenty
had not been heads &om.
24-Hour{ 104 rui Tnjversss News F Service
"
ISt. Patrick’s Day Is
.
Not Quite Gay, for
in!
Erin's Sons, Today
Ny
St. Patrick was the man, they
say, who drove old Ireland’s snakes
| away, but there’s no word in his
! tory to say he banned pottheen. So
. that's why all of us today pin on a
sprig of shamrock gay and whistle
as we dodge the rain, “The Wear
ing of the Green,” A
The day is marred by clouds and
~ wet, but sons of Erin won’'t forget
} theres hope for joy in Ireland yet.
| They're’ watching their loved island.
' And while - they watch and wait
they wear with loving heart and
~ jaunty air the triple leaf from Erin
. fair. They ne’er forget “that’s my
land.”
Wilson Sends Williams’
.. Nomination to Senate
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 17.—The
I"resident sent the following nomina
tions to ‘the Senate this afternoon:
William Martin Willilams of Ala
bama, to be commissioner of inter
nal revenue in place of Daniel C. Ro
per, resigned. ’
“Dry” leaders will battle to pre
vent confirmation of Williams.
President Wilson's appointee is
generally understood to have had
liberal tendencies on the subject of
prohibition. Mr., Williams was silent
on the liquor question except to say
that if confirmed his duty will be
to enforce the law as it stands.
Skull of Mastodon Is
Dug Up in Washington
(By International News Service.)
SPOKANE, Wash,, March 17.—A
skeleton, believed to be that of a
mastodon, has been unearthed at
Penawawa on the Snake River, near
here, it is announced by the Rev.
M. W. Fink of Penawa.
The gigantic bones wer discovered
by a road construction crew. The
skull of the animal is reported to be
two and a half feet in width between
the eye sockets, tl'xe tusks to be eight
inches in diameter at the base and
the teeth four to five inches across.
An effort will be made to unearth
the hindquarters of the skeleton. |
President Takes a Ride,
And Submits to Cameras
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 17.—Pres
ident Wilson subrhitted to the pho
tographers today for the first time
since his illness. The presidential
chauffeur was ordered to drive
slowly for the benefit of the photog
raphers.
Abattery of photographers went
into action, and the chief executive
smiled, lifting his cap and turning
from-right t oleft so all of the cam
era men might get a fair chance.
Dr. Grayson and Mrs, Wilson ac
companied the President.
Limerick Sport
Is Continued
You're eligible—readers of
The Georgian—in the in
door sport of writing
‘“last lines’” to incom
pleted limericks in The
Georgian, for which SSO
is paid daily for the
‘‘best last line.”’
Turn to Page 3, read the
rules, put on your think
ing cap—and hope you’ll
have the best last line.
Everybody’s writing 'em—
it’s a habit with a lot of
folk these days.
More than $1,500 has been
awarded so far by The
Georgian for ‘‘best last
lines.”’ o
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F. A Hulsey, Officer Sought for
{ Alleged Part in Auto Theft,
’ Escapes in His Bare Feet.
i —_——
‘While his wife fought off a squad
of detectives sent to arrest him, F.
A. Hulsey, a patrolman suspected of
a part i nan automobile theft, es
‘caped barefoot from his home at 312
‘Oakland avenue, Wednesday.
Reserves were called upon when
iMrs. Hulsey’s efforts were successful
in holding off her husband’s pur
suers. s
" The attempted arrest of Policeman
‘Hulsey followed the arrest of J. C.
King, an automobile salesman, Tues
iday afternoon, after three detectives
‘had heard the story of M. L. King
'of Jackson, Ga., who had purchased
a Ford automobile alleged to have
"been stolen from Raymond Brown, a
peighbor of Hulsey at 308 Oakland
avenue,
The rg\'elations that followed de
cided the detective department to or
der the arrest of Policeman Hulsey.
Detectives Lowe, Campbell and Stur
tevant were given the detail. Upon
arrival at Hulsey's home, one of the
squad beheld the policeman in the
kitchen of his home through the
window. Inquiry from Mrs. Hulsey,
however, brought a vigorous denlal
that her husband was at home.
WIFE FIGHTS.
When the detectives insisted that
Hulsey was in, Mrs. Hulsey is said
to have become thoroughly excited
and a hand to hand fight issuea;
which finally resulted in a ecall ror“
the police reserves. During the fight
Hulsey escaped in his bare foet}
through a back door. A general alarm
for his arrest was posted, |
It was stated that there was no one
injured in the struggle with Mrs.
Hulsey. The detectives were handi
capped by a desire not to injure her.
Her explanation of her attitude was
that she was not dressed to recelve
visitors and no one could enter until
she was.
At detective headquarters it was|
stated that numerous burglaries hava'
happened on the beat patrolled atl
various times by Policeman Hulsey. |
An investigation was started into the
former activities of the missing po
liceman. Hulsey is also wanted to
explain an alleged theft of an Oak
land automobile.
CAR TRACED.
The Ford car stolen from Raymond
Brown was taken last Wednesday
night and Detectives Jack Malcolm
and E. D. Meeks were given the case.
The garage where Brown kept his
car was only a few doors from the
home of Policeman Hulsey. Malcolm
and Meeks traced the missing car to
Jackson, Ga. There, according to the
story of the detectives. substantiated
by the statement of H. I. King, a
relative of J. C. King, the Ford car
was sold for $750 in cash a few days
ago.
According to M. L. King, his rela
tive and Hulsey came to Jackson
and sold him the Ford. Afterward,
he said, he became suspicious of the
trade and came to Atlanta to report
the affair to the police. The inves
tigation that led to the arrest of J.
C. King followed and further inquiry
hrought the decision to arrest Po
liceman Hulsey.
At police headquarters, it was said,
J. (". King is an automobile salesman
and no other criminal charges have
been placed against him except that
of being implicated in the theft of
'Mr. Brown’s car.
~ Policeman Hulsey has heen a mem
bher of the Atlanta police force since
November 14, 1916, and his record
unti! recently was said to have been
clear.
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'Navv Anpropriation
Bill Reported to House
1. (By International News Service.)
. WASHINGTON, March 17.—~The
Ina\vy appropriation bill for 1921, car
rying a total of $420,450,000, was re
poretd to the House today by the
House Naval Affairs Comumiiliee
ATLANTA, GA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1920
Shields Resolution Voted Down.
Other Measures to Provide
Plebiscites for Little Nations.
By J. BART CAMPBELL,
Staff Correspondent of I. N. S.
WASHINGTON, March 17.—8 y a
vote of 21 to 54 the Senate this aft
ernoon tabled the Owen-Shields-
Thomas reservation making self-de
termination for Ireland, Korea and
Egypt a condition of ratification of
the peace treaty by the United States.
Provision for a plebiscite by which
the peopla of any small or subject na
tion could, under the League of Na
tions, secure independence was pro
posed by Senator Borah, Republican,
of Idaho, in the Senate this afternoon.
Borah's proppsal that the people .of
a small or subject race should be
| given ful opportunity to set up their
own form of government by endowing
them with the right of suffrage was
pres<nted in a new reservation to the
peace treaty.
BSenator King, Democrat, of Utah
offered a substitute for the Owen-
Shields-Thomas reservation. King's
reservation, like Borah's, provided
for a plebiscite by which Ireland,
Korea and Egypt could secure self
determination and membership on the
League of Nations,
CALLS IT “RIDICULOUS.” :
Senator Kellogg, Republican of
Minnesota, charging senators were
“playing politics,” declared the
“whole proposition to be ridiculous.”
Kellogg made a motion to lay the
Owens-Shields - Thomas reservation
and all pending substitutes on the
table. ‘
Senator Lodge, Republican leader,
is still determined that final a\clion‘l
on ratification shall come before thel
week end. He has not changed his |
purpose to ask for unanimous consent l
for a vote Friday.
LENROOT HAS “SOP.” |
Several other reservations beside‘
the Owen-Thomas-Shields one are]
ye: to be disposed of, including one
of Senator Lenroot, Republican, of |
Wisconsin, ‘
The Lenroot reservation is re- |
garded as a ‘‘sop” to the administra- l
tion forces, it is said, the hope hcing‘
expressed by some of its supporters !
that it will cause enough Democratic
senators to vote for ratification to
prevent the defeat of the treaty. It
is declared by administration leaders, l
however, that it will not accomplish!
this purpose, even though William |
Jennings Bryan is ude at the capital i
today to wield his influence to bring |
more Democratic senators to accopt-i
ance»of the treaty on the basis of the
Lodge reservations. Ratification is‘
generally regarded as remote, how
ever.
Asks Separate German
Peace if Treaty Fails
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 17.—Estab
lishment of a separate peace between
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‘Most Pathetic
Story Ever Read.’ ~
That’s what Mrs. Martin Kent Northam, of the State Board,
Illinois Kederation of Women’s Clubs, said after he had
read the diary of Mrs. Ruth Randall, the Chicago beau
ty, who committed suicide after killing Captain Clifford
Bleyer.
““It contains a great lesson for all of us. . . We can not be
too patient with such girls,”” added Mrs. Northam.
‘“Ruth’s Diary,”” the first inastallment of hich appears Thurs
day, will be printed in full, daily and Sunday, in The
Georgian and American.
Irish Give U
. p’
St. Patrick’s
Day Parade
(By Universal Service.)
DUBLIN, March 17.—For the
first time in 100 years many
cities in Ireland will not hold St.
Patrick’s day parades today. The
majority of the Irish people de
cline to apply for the necessary
permits from the government,
which has announced that the
military will break up any un
authorized pz'xrades.
]
$40,000 Is Offered Toward New
Span Over Chattahoochee
‘ at Roswell,
Fulton County has been awarded
$40,000 from the United States gov
ernment road building fund as an
‘aid in building a $190,000 concrete
;’bridge over the Chattahoochee River
‘ar Roswell, but no money was al
lowed on the county’s appliqation for
government aid in paving the Ros
well road from Buckhead to the riv
cr and seven miles on Stewart ave
we, it was made known Wednesday.
This information came in forma!l
notification 1o county officials by
the State Highway Commission,
through which the government funds
are distributed,
The report will go before the
county public works committee at
its regular gession Saturday after
noon, at wkich time the, county was
expected to decide whether it will
accept the 840,000 and proceed with
the proposed new Roswell bridg.
Undr terms of government aid, this
money will have to be used for the
purpose named.
The reason given for the failure of
the Roswell roall and Stewart avenue
paving projects was that the allot
ment of governmemt money for this
year in this digtrict hgs been ex
hansted. The iack of government
aid, it generally was concede dby of
ficials, would knock out both of the
proposed improvements for this year.
The application for government aid
will be renewed the first of next
year.
The application for the Roswell
bridge and the two road paving
projects is the first of the govern
ment road buiicing money to be asked
by Fulton County.
In evert the county accepts the
offer of $40,000, the matter imme
diately will be taken up with offi
cials of Cobb County, which would
share with Fulton in the remainder
of the expense, as river bridges are
owned jointly by the two counties,
SBOO Vote Is Cast in
Primary at Albany
ALBANY, Ga., March 17.—1 n the
closely contested primary Monday one
citizen was so anxious that no one
see how he voted that he put into the
ballot a perfectly good and unpaid
note for more than SBOO, thinking it
to be his closely folded ballot, which
he had in his vest pocket when he
left his office.
The election managers laid it aside
to be returned.
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Chamber Petition Would Bring
Paving and Improving of
Courtland St. for Auto Road.
Courtland street will be paved and
made a crosstown automobile thor
oughfare if a petition is filed by the
Chamber of Commerce with the ecity
and the County Board of Commis
sioners, said Paul S. Etheridge, mem
ber of the boarda, at the second group
meeting at the Chamber of Commeree
Tuesday afternoon.
“By making an automobile thorp
oughfare out of Courtland street and
improving ite condition so it can be
used with Juniper street as a cross
town artery of traffic much of the
\congestion around Five Points can be
’relieveq,“ sajld Mr. Etheridge.
- If the Chamber of Commerce will
file the petition, this work can be
done in six months, he said. The
work of improving Spring street will
be finished during the summer, and
can divert much traffic now in
al“eachtree and West Peachtree
streets, ;
MANY THINGS NEEDED.
“Atlanta needs many things that
will come perhaps with the change
in the form of government suggested,
but there are several things we can
do now,” said Mr. Etheridge. “We
need to open these crosstown thor
oughfares and improve them to re
lieve downtown traffic. The 'same
should be done with street car lines.
They should be allowed to use the
Washington street viaduct and sev
eral lines could use Courtland street
instead of the heart of the ecity.”
Charles D. Atkinson presided. He
talked on the future of Atlanta. He
urged all present to write suggestions
on work the Chamber of Commerce
sheuld undertal;e.
More than 100, many of them new
members, attended. Nearly all the
talks were on the need of improving
schools and streets. Many urged that
the city government be changed as
quickly as the measure can be passedi
by the Legislature.
MUST HAVE CHANGE. ‘
Van Astor Batchelor said Atla‘nta‘
will never vote for bond issues until}
there has been a change that will in-‘
sure the money will be economically
and carefully expended. ‘
“The sooner we get this change the
sooner we will get bonds, and the
sooner our plans will be consum
mated,” he said.
Mr. Batchelor said Atlanta has the
greatest borrowing capacity eof any
city in the United States. He said
bond issues have been defeated be
cause the people have lost confidence
in the present government.
Thomas 8. Harper suggested that
tne Chamber of Commerce let the
people know its activities so their
support can be obtained and held.
Capt. William H. H. Phelps, vet
eran of the War Between the States
and pioneer citizen of Atianta, urged
that efforts to clean streets and im
prove the system of removing trash
and garbage be made,
Benjamin D. Watkins, chairman of
th{ group meeting Monday, reviéwed
the first meeting. Mr. Watkins urged
members to aid in a building cum-’
paign. .
“The housing situation here is de
plorable,” he said. ‘“High rentals are
caused by the demand for houses and
the seeming willingness to pay fab
ulous prices. The situation is bad
and will be worse next September un
less many houses are built this sum
mer. Every owner of a vacant lot
should build on it. Building mate
rials will not be lower for ten years,
and the thing to do is to build now.”
George Gove of the American Cities
Bureau, outlined plans of that organi~
zation to find out, at the group meet
ings, what the members think the
Chamber of Commerce should de.
FINAL HOME
Issued Dadly, and Entered as Second Class Matter at
the Postoffice at Atlanta Under Act of March 3, 1879
March Seems
Bad Month
For Britain
Those interested in the march of
events (and the events of March)
will find many likenesses and con
trasts comparing Russia's revolu
tion and debacle (as tho highbrows
say) with what appearz to br going
[ on in Germany.
The Russian revolution began,
you probably don’'t remember, on
March 9, 1917, when 2,600 persons
were killed in street fighting in
Petrograd. The czar abdicated on
March 15, two days after Rodzianko,
president of the Duma, had an
nounced the formaticn of a pro
visional government with the execu-~
tive committee of the Duma at
the head. The British through their
able ambassador, Sir George Bu
chanan, had a bi(. part in the pro
ceedings, though apparently they
hoped to turn the reins of govern
ment over to ,the Grand Duke
Nicholas, the great general. The
thing got away from them and they
accepted Prince Livov as prime min
ister and real head of the State.
Now, the British, of course, were
actuated by motives of self inter
est, as most nations are. [They
knew Gierman intrigue at the czar's
court was about to vost them the
war,
* * »
However, Lvov couldn't make
good. The moujika were stirred up
and soon there arose Kerensky, the
boy orator of the steppes, who in a
few months became dictator. He was
a sort of half way Yolshevik So
cialist, not a “whole hog” (wrlch
is the exact Russian nicening of the
word bolshevik).
But not even Kerensky's elo
quence and probable purity of pa
triotism could check the tide of
bolshevism, and soon Lenin and
Trotzky who were “whole hogs”
had the thing in hand. They still
have it, if you can impute control
to the head of an uncontrollable
thing. '
We have had, then, in Russia, the
attempt to replace a rotten au
.tocracy with a strong autocracy; a
temporary success, and then a com
plete railure. ‘
. . .
Let us lock at Germany. P
When the kaiser (the Teutonic
word for Caesar, just as czar is the
Slavic for Caesar) abdicated, Prince
Max (a 4 Teuton grand duke)
couldn’t hold the reirs given him.
Then came a struggle, short and
bloody, with the Spartacists (who
were (ierman bolsheviki, called
Spartacists because cne of them
i »'vrote some newspaper articles and
i signed himself Spartacus). The Ger
man conservatism ruled, however,
~and the milder (or Kerensky-like)
Socialists got hold of the govern
ment. So came the rule of Ebert
and his man-of-war Noske, till the
revolution of last Saturday, when
the Pan-Germanisgs or Junkers, or
Monarchists (they apepar to be all
the same) seized the official quar
ters at Berlin and called them
selves the government.
While they are fighting, the Spar
tacists are about to pre-empt
them all, v
. - .
The Eritish apparently were sup
porting the Monarchists, believing
their interests were safer with a
sul‘onger party than Ebert's in con
tol.
But once again, bolshevism has
frustrated Lloyd Geocge. For it
has been the Spartacists that have
ousted Von Kapp. .
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Truly a strange parallel, E.C.
‘Brother Isaiah’ Rests
From Curing; He's Tiredl
NEW ORLEANS, March 17.—
“Brother IsaiAh,” the miracle man,
refused to treat patients Tuesday,
saying he was tired. Thounngl
cried for him to do so, but he re
fused, announcing, however, that he
would resume healing Wednesday. l
THE WEATHER.
Forecast—Cloudy Wednesday
night and Thursday, probably
rain; somewhat colder Wednes
day night.
Temperatures—6 a, m., 54; 8
a. m., 56; 10 a. m., 54; noon, 52;
1 p. m, 51; 2 p, m., 50.
Sunrise, 5:46; sunset, 5:47.
EDITION
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Conservatives Say Ebert and
New Government Must . Fight
Together to Prevent Chaos.
e e i
(By International News Service.)
BERLIN, Mch. 17.—(1 p. m.)'
Wolfgang von Kapp, chancellor
in the revolutionary government,
has resigned, it was officially an+
nounced this afternon. J
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By FRANK MASON,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S.
BERLIN, March 17.—A terrific
struggle for possession of Berlin is in
full swing.
| The conflict began Tuesday after
| noon at 4 o'clock (the hour set for
the general strike), when Sparticists
seized the Strasburg and Vogelburg
railway stations in the suburbs of
Berlin.
] The Americans took refuge in the
old American embassy building.
Troops were active.
Officers reported the German bol
sheviki are planning to proclaim a
soviet republic and then release the
200,000 Russian prisoners in Ger
many.
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, March 17.—Wolfgang
'von Kapp, chancellor of the revo
'lutionary government at Berlin, had
‘}not resigned, but was still in control
}thiu morning, although his authority
‘was hourly growing weaker, said of
ficial dispatches from Berlin to the
foreign office at 11 o'clock.
~ Soviets had been proclaimed by the
German Spartacists at Frankfurt,
Dresden and Ruhr, the official tele«
grams to the foreign office added.
Serious trouble is looked for, espe
cially in the Ruhr district, where
many workers are armed.
A state of siege has been pro
claimed in Munich. : .
The foreign office announced Von
Kapp demanded recognition of his re
gime, but Lord Kilmarnock, the Brit
ish charge d‘affaires in Berlin, re
fused to make any promise on this
point and broke off all relations with
Von Kapp.
The Central News correspondent at
Copenhagen reports that the com
munists at Berlin sent an ultimatum
to Von Kapp, but the latter disre«
garded it. The dispatch follows:
“It is reported that the communists
in Berlin sent Von Kapp a list of
names from which to select a new
ministry. The list was accompanied
by an ultimatum. Von Kapp replied
by tightening martial law through
out the city.”
By. FRANK MASON,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S.
BERLIN, March 16 (midnight).—
Firing has continued in many sec
tions of Eerlin. The shooting was
especially heavy in Potsdamerplatz,
Alexanderplatz and Hallenghe square.
The revolutionary government fears
to withdraw its troops because of the
threat of the Spartacists to occumw
the city. Tle Spartacists are cone
stantly receiving reinforcements of
armed workingmen.
The communist leader, Herr Lev, {8
reported to have been shot.
The real crisis is believed at hand,
and conservative leaders express the
belief that it will require the co
operation of the revolutionary gov
ernment and the old government of
President Ebert to prevent bolshe
vism.
The government continues to
threaten public utility strikers with
death.
It is reported that severe fighting
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