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BEBRD PAY, FIFTY A DAY, FOR BEST LAST LINE TO GEORGIAN LIMERICKS 'l'ho Convention City. The Heart of the South, Grand Opera City of Dixie. Georgia’s Educational Center. The “Pinnacle City” in Climate, Federa! Reserve Bark Headquarters. Distributing Center of the Southeast. BOL. XVIII 24-Hour{ 1o s Taivemsa: News| Service BPARTACISTS NAB KAPP, SAYS DISPATCH EU TH RANDALL TELLS OF STRUGGLE 10 KEEP LOVE IN HOME; SENATE DEFEATS RESERVATIONS OFFERED BY.-DEMOCRATS 3 | 1 -5 | ites Husband’s Friends! ade Advances, Which She’ Resisted at First—AlwaysWept| By JUDGE D. M. BROTHERS, l horce Chancellor of the Circuit Court of Chicago. l [ICAGO, March 18.—There is a.’ »n in every line of the diary of mandall, and I wish that (>\'vry! ~ ory woman and every boy% f an age to understand it | that story. ‘ ne reads her life story one| .e,cries of a heart not evili aure, full of generous impulses, | ing to do good. And one secsl veart crushed and forced into e ways by the acts of others, snmvl blindly well-meaning, some merely selfish, some with deliberate evil in- | tent. ‘ l Y '\'e‘f'y p-.e: t should take to heart] gtory of Ruth Randall, for It T be the daughter of any one of ho next is driven along that fi. When we have better learned | le lesson of good citizenship and} r duties to each other, we shall ive fewer such tragedies amnnq\ irls, who really try with all their ~ oth to' be good—who pray, ov(vn‘ ‘uth Randall prays in her piti- Jde a.ary: help me and keep me good— little good.” her tragic story and heip not the Ruth Randalls you meet er—for they are not few. RAMATIS PERSONAE. . Diary of Ruth Randali.) ' vail Randall, graduate of a high school and matriculate rersity of Chicago, who, plan ath, wrote a record of her life 1 own Randall, her hus ym she loved until he neg irt, Randall's chum, who ed with the wife and Dbe witness in the divorce suit. her and wanted to marry f ff Bleyer, whom trovuced to her, lay siege iffections, won her, cas. her ind then died by the pistol ook her own life, iRY OF FIRST INSTALLMENT OF DIARY first part of Ruth Randall’s vas printed in The Georgian y. She started the diary on 1, 1911, a month and a half :arriage to Norman Brown nstallment brought her ry up to October 25, y beginning the bride failure to shower on her r which she hungered. 4 how her soul was by A v n struggle to hold am‘&l ) % alsg told of how she went to York to help support them, as he had a low-paid job. He was twenty-one ”d she was twenty. The instalilment ended 'with her ex pressed yearning for motherhood. | "uth Randall’s Diary; Chapter 2 RANGEMENT, ‘—Cora was married on onth to Wallie Nie vfully glad for her , well fixed now, and ae rest of her life, I hope. o queer to call her Mrs I hope to heaven he gets Yy that pays. The kid is from worrying and I am hin as a rail. I am weary «xing at Mandel's. We are sntinued on Page 6, Column 1.) o A East Point, Thy Virtues Are Many! The Georgian has received the sub joined poem entolling the virtues and joys of Atlanta's sister city: EAST POINT. There is a place callea East Point, A famous place of some renown, Just down the A. and W. P. Railroad Seven miles South of Atlanta town. The people are all social and clever—- As clever and social as can be; They meet together often And have a jubilee. They study famous men. Those to the world best known-— And in their social number They boast of one of their own. We have a clever mayor And council true and tried, Whose laws are made far keeping And must not be defied. Such things as fuss and fighting Are seldom ever seen. And scraps’ between her neighbors Are few and far between. And when it .comes to stealing They know not what you mean, Because they have a record That's ab-solutely clean. The union in her churches And Sabbath schools as well, Just shows the Christian spirit In which her people dwell. To those who want a nrome ‘Where peace and pleasure dwell, We know no place like East Point Where they can do as well Written by Joseph H. Cook, Cook Construction Company, 124 East Tay lor avenue, East Point, Ga. Sailors on Imperator s Killed in Accident By FORBES FAIRBAIRN, Staff Correspondent Universal Service (Special Cable Dismatch.) LONDON, March 18.—The former German, later American, and now British liner Imperator has completed the most sensational journey of her career. For three days the giant ves sel was virtually helpless with a list of 45 degrees. A number of first class staterooms were flooded. Some mem bers of the crew were killed. The Imperator left New York on March 8. All went well until last Sunday evening, when in the course of a concert in the first-class saloon 500 passengers were thrown from \their seats as the big ship dropped to a sharp list which increased stead ily., The passengers say there was no panic, however. The cause of the trouble is not |quite clear as yet, though it is known there was a considerable ash dis charge in the stoke hold. Chile Asked to Prevent Bolivia-Peru Outbreak WASHINGTON, March 18.—Chile was today asked to act as an inter mediary between Bolivia and Peru to prevent an outbreak between these two countries, facing a crisis. Under Secretary of State Polk conferred today with Chilean Am bassador Don Beltram Mathieu and asked hi mto urge his government to take steps to preserve peace between Peru and Bolivia. ‘Dark’ Features In Park-Lark Limerick Nearly every one of those thousands of . *“‘lask liners’’ in The Georgian’s Limerick contest seized on ‘‘dark” to wind up that froggie and lark-in the-park Limerick. The idea counted a whole lot in selecting the ‘‘best last line.”’ An Atlantan gets the ‘‘best,”’ too. Fifty dol lars in gold! And say, folks, there’s some big news coming on March 31 for the Lime rick fans. Remember the date! In the meantime, there’s more Limericks for you. (T e e THE SiR 4 ey gy, - | - N m‘g:z <] 36 7'\ 7\ oty ebl [ L Bl <lll YT A ok 5,&[!,' "«“ ,],J"% s | 5 - SR AT NG I | \ \ | |J|S|NAVY HAU ! J : | Admiral Declares His Attacks Were Not Directed at Any Par ticular Officials in Department. (By International News Service.) WASHINGTON, March 18.—Ad miral Sims today declared his at tacks were not directed against any particular official of the navy de partment, but against the depart ment ‘“as an organization,” when he concluded his testimony before the Senate investigating committee. “If any individual was responsible, wholly or in part, for the failure I bave pointed out, the fact would necessarily have to be developed by persons who were in a position to know the inner workings of the de partment dyring the period in ques tion,” Admiral Sims said. “My offi cial knowledge extends only to the doors of the department and nQt be yond them.," He explained the fact that an of ficial name was signed to many ca bles, as Secretary Daniels' was, did not necessarily mean the official was personally concerned in. the matter. He urged that the ‘‘errors” he pointed out be guarded against “in the future.” SPLENDID WORK. The American navy made ‘splendid achievements in the war, in spite of delays, inaction and violation of mil itary principles by the high com mand in the first m(gxths of the war,” Admiral Sims declafed today before the Senate subcommittee investigat ing his charges against the navy de partment. “The allies themselves have repeat edly assured us of the vital services rendered by cur navy and we of the navy can take pride in the record that we achieved,” Admiral Sims’said. “It seems to me that these achieve ments of the navy should gain great er importance l(\ the public mind, when it is realized they were accom plished not because of an equal amount of efficiency in the higher command which directed them, but In spite of long delays, inaction and violations of fundamental military principles by the high command. The personnel of our navy afloat, in ac complishing the mission assigned them, had to struggle with the enemy, and also endure the handicap of a vaccilating policy of misdirection.” RECALLS PROTESTS. Admiral Sims introduced tables to show that the full weight of Amer fcan ships was not thrown into the war until late in 1918, and that on Armistice Day there were 375 ships, 481 headquarters men and a force of 80,000 in Europe. Admiral Sims recounted protests he had made that reserve officers were sent to Europe to fill positions that only trained men should have had and also made charges that the navy department promoted men at home over the heads of men whom he had recommended for promection for “gallantry in the sac of the enemy.” He sgaid he had recom mended several aviators for promo tion for gallantry, but that these pro motions were not acted on until after the armistice, while flying officers from the United States came to Eu rope with higher rank than those who had proved their bravery, Gainesville Citizens Urge Hoke Smith for President Petition to the State Democratic Executive Committee of more than 100 names of prominent citizens of Gainesville asking that Senator Hoke Smith's name be placed on the pre=sidential preference primary bal lot has been forward to Secretary Hiram Gardner by Felix Jackson, president of the Farmers apd Mer chants’ Bank o fthat city. Mr. Jackson also has addressed a teloagram to Senator Smith asking him to permit his name to be pre sented to the people of the State. The telegram charges A, Mitchell Palmer with being the stalking horse of machine politicians and says that Senator James A, Reed is not a candidate in his own State and is not t© be considered a serious fac tor i@ the Georgia campaign. oAR R e ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1920 : l Petition Signed by Citizens of‘ ~ Lowndes County Makes Mis souri Senator’s Name Elugible.l The name of Senator James A. Reed of Missouri will be placed on the Democratic ballot in the forth coming presidential preference pri mary. Qualification of Senator Reed’s a candidate in Georgia was an nounced Thursday by Secretary Hi ram Gardner of the State Democrat ic Executive Committee, after he had officially acknowledged receipt of a petition signed by 116 Lowndes Coun ty Democrats asking that his name be placed on the ballot, Senator Reed is now speaking in Georgia and will appear before an Atlanta audience at the City Audito rium Monday night at 8 o'clock. He has been speaking in the nouthern'{ part of the State and. the petition was signed by a number of those who have heard him. The law requires 100 qualified Democratic = voters to affix thelr names to a petition seeking placing of a presidential candidate’s name on the ballot. The Lowndes County pe tition bears sixteen more signatures than is necessary. ° The petition was addressed to Chairman J. J Flynt of the State committee and was signed by the following: Will H. Stanford, E. K. Cooly, B. J. Ford, J. R. Dean, J. B. Martin, H. F. Folsom, Bill O'Neal, Fletcher Hood, B. H. Husbands, John D. Collins, W, B, Tay lor, H. 8. Hardin, J. P. Fonchten, W. J, Shieder, J. B. Sentell, E. O. Trawick, C. J. Burton, 8. M. Cannon, J. B. Coody, R. M. Dean, H. W. Brown, 8 J. Cook, Walter Thurs, 0., V. Brown, J. G. Adams, J. R. Dowling, H. R. Davis, R. B. Wall, R. L. McCrame, L. H. Townsend, A. Gra ham, C. E. Stallings, C. T. Vickers, R. H. Rumph, J. D. Dowling, A. B. SBhaw, J. B. Chambers, W. L. Ricks, J. R. O'Neal, W. G. Dampier, G. E. Craig, HyC. Clgrk, H. C. Black, D. 8. Sellers, W. 'E Kelley, IR. R. Hill, Cleveland Davis, W. 8. Rick ert, J. A. Shadrick, W. C. Lewis, G. M. Howell, W. R. Keys, W, E. Murk, G. C. Williams, E. L. Long, B. 1. Chitty, C. E, Zipperer, 8. A. Kirkland, W, L. Zipperer, W. F. Arnold, T. C. Wilkes, L. F. Hunter, J. C. Brown, J. F. Wilds, J: P. McLeod, T. A. Judge, Roy M. Bailey, W. C. Faircloth, John 8. Gilbert, 8. A. Chitty, B. A. Penny, J. L. Parrish, N. B. Touchten, W. H. Bailey. R. A. Black, J. W. Sirmans, A. D. Williams, N, T. Bishop, David Levkoy, H. M. TUimer, 8. L. McCrary, J. T. Mixon, R. Y. James, H. G, Hester, R. O, Copeland, J. A, Dowling, J. C. Easters, H. ¥. Brown, G. L. Siebert, J. L. Wilks, J. G. Dorris, J. A. Cowart, W. A. Jenkins. Judge N. ;t. Zipperer, J. A. Hardee, D. E. Hartline, 'G. C. Arnold, 8. M. Cook. J. T. Griffin, W. B. Watson, J. R. Bmith, J. B McLeod, B. 8. Davis, P. H. Boyd, G. R. Davis, D. G. McLean, W. BE. Dowling, T. O. McLendon, J. 8. Rountree, Willlam Christie, M. J. Proctor, W. E. Bryan, J. V. Dasher. Marshall Objects to Name in Primary WASHINGTON, ‘March 18.—Vice President Marshall, through his sec retary, had instructed Georgia friends that he will not consent to the use of his name in the Georgia presiden tial preferential primary. He says he s in favor of uninstructed delega tions. Fulton May Choose Any Candidate Voters of Fulton County may vote for any candidate for President in the primary of April 20, regardless of whetner the name {8 on the of ficia! ballot, according to a ruling Thursday by the subcommittee of the county Democratic executive com mittes. Under this ruling, supporters of Herbert Hoover or any other can didate may insert his name with pen or pencil on the official ballot and it will be counted. BLANK ON BALLOT, Claude C. Mason, chairman of the subcommittee, said a blank will be left on the official ballot for in- Continued on Page 3, Column 5. . Slip by Porter May Cost Good . Customer Wife (By International News Service) CHICAGO, March 18.—An Ethiopian faux pas, perpetrated by a Pullman porter is expected to win a divorce here today for Mrs. John A. Martens. Mrs. Martens testified in the hearing of her case that when she hparded a train with her husband, often taken by him on business trips, the porter looked her over appraisingly and re marked to Mr. Martens: “Well, boss, yo' sho’ made a pretty good pick this time.” \ Per-ecution, Neglect and Cruelty Charged to Him by 1 His Wife. ‘ . (By Universal Service.) | LOS ANGELES, March 18.—Mil dred Harris "Chaplin, vouthful bride of Charlie Chaplin, has found mar riage with her film comedian hus band a failure. Mrs. Chaplin today adamitted she will file suit for di vorcee, | And with her confession, made at her home, 674 South Oxford street, that she and Chaplin had separated several months ago, ¢ame a story of heart aches, cruelty, mneglect and charges of persecution. It is on one of these grounds that Mrs. Chaplin will seek ner freedom. Without cause and so frequently it has made life unbearing, Mrs. Chaplin asserts her husband has left her alone and neglected) while she waited for him in wvain at home, finally deserting her altogether and making his residence at the Los Angeles Athletic Clun. Several times since, she declares, he has appeared at her Oxford street home with declarations that unless she accepts $25,000 and file suit for divorce in Nevada on ‘“nominal grounds” he would institute a di vorce action against her. After these threats, she said, detectiyes followed her constantly from home to studio, from studio to home' of friends, mak ing inquiries and making life un pleasant. Pleas, she declared were in vain. Finally, unable to stand the strain of persistent worty and the pity of her friends, Mrs. Chaplin asserts she placed her case in the hands of an attorney. The plans for the divorce action followed. When informed that her plans had become known, Mrs. Chaplin, showing the effects of the strain of trying to keep her marital troubles a secret, broke down and wept. She declared she had hesitated at a divorce be cause of the publicity certain to fol low and because of a dislike of taking the stand and exposing to the gaz» of the world her family secrets. U. S. Denies Asking Conference on Russia (By International News Service. WASHINGTON, March 18.—For eign reports that the United States had asked a conference March 20 of the allies to discuss resuming trade with Russia, were denied today by the state department. ‘Most Pathetic Story Ever Read.’ That’s what Mrs. Martin Kent Northam, of the State Board, Illinois Federation of Women'’s Clubs, said after she had read the diary of Mrs. Ruth Randall, the Chicage beau ty, who committed suicide after killing Captain Ciifford 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’’ will be printed in full, daily and Sunday, in The Georgian and American. . | \ \ | Lodge Seeking to Clear All Loose ~ Ends for a Decision Friday ~ Senate May Remain Tonight. By J. BART CAMPBELL, Staff Correspondent of the |I. N. 8. WASHINGTON, March 18.—Final actlon on the peace treaty by thg Senate is scheduled for Friday— four monthsg after its firet defeat on November 19, Late Thursday Republican leaders were making an effort to secure an agreement for a final vote on the treaty before adjournment. | By a vote of 27 to 48 the Senate rejected this afterncon a reserva ‘tion proposed by Senator Reed, Dem ‘ocrat of Missouri, that the United States reserve “exclusively the right to decide what questions affect its ‘national honor or vital interests.” | The Senate took up another reser ’vo,uon offered by Senator Reed that “the United States assmues no obli gation to employ its military or naval forces or resources Or any form of economic discrimination un der any article of the treaty.” It was defeated by a vote of 17 to 52. { ' Senator Reed offered a tmr;d reser lvnum-n that the United States assume no obligation to employ its military or naval forces or resources under any article of the treaty.” It was de feated 16 to 57. GERRY RESERVATIONS. | The Senate then took up a reser vation offered by Senator Gerry, Democrat, of Rhode Island, that “in consenting to the ratification of the treaty with Germany the Unitéd States adheres to the principles of self-determination and to the reso lution of sympathy with the aspira tions of the Irish people for a gov ernment o ftheir own choice adopted by the Senate June 6, 1919, and de clares that when self governmer.t is attained by Ireland, a consummation it is hoped is at hand, it should promptly be admitted ‘as a member of the League of Nations.” Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Colorado, offered an “amendment so as to include Korea in the Gerry resolution. A tie vote of 34 to 34 resulted in the defeat of a motion to table Thomas Korea amendment, made by Gerry, author of the Irish reservation, who urged the question of self-de termination for Ireland be passed on® alone, LODGE SUBSTITUTE, Senator IL.odge, the Republican leader, proposed a substitute for the ;Gerry Irish reservation by which the Senate in ratifying the treaty would adhere to the expression of sympathy for the aspirations of the Irish people as expressed in the resolution adopted June 6, 1919. The reservation stated it to be the *“hope” of the Senate ‘that such Irish aspirations may be consummated and Ireland admitted to the League of Nations, | lodge objected to the use of the Continued on Page 8, Column 6. J VLTI TE _EDITION Issued Dally, and Entered as Second Class Matter at the Postoffice at Atianta Under Act of March 3, 1879 - Kaiser Decreed . - Right to Live In Holland (By Universal Service.) LONDON, March 18.—Queen Wilhelmina of Holland has published an official decree granting the ex-kaiser the right to reside in Holland, according to an unofficial dispatch from The Hague, L Spot Staple Reaches 42.15, but Sale at Higher Price Is Reported Here. While Atlanta spot cotton here Thursday was officially quoted 15 points higher at 42.15 cents a pound basis good middling, the Cotton Warochouse Company seold 335 bales for H. H. Fitzpatrick of ,Madison to the Latham-Bradshaw Company of Greensboro, N. ~ at 43 cents, basis. “This is the highest price ever nald for this grade of cotton here in more than 50 years. At 43 cents this meant that each bale brought §215, or the entire transaction involving more than $72,000. Atlanta spot cotton last Saturday was officially quoted at 41.40 ceats a pound. New high records were recorded in all future options,” with March con tracts at New Yory selling up to 40.29 and October to 32.35. Continued rainy weather, scarcity of tenderable cotton in New York and better po litical news from abrcad were the outstanding stimulating items. Newberry Case Given To Jury Late Thursday ' (By International News Service.) GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.,, March 18, The case of Senator Truman M. Newberry and eighty-fougco-defend ants charged with conspi‘cy to vio late election and postal laws in the Michigan senatorial campaign of 1518, went to the jury in the United States District Court heer late Thurs day afternoon. The court urged the jurors to lay aside any political bias or prejudice. “This is not a political case,” he de clared. “It involves vastly more!im portant elements than that—the very rights of American citizenship. No political party is here on trisi.” Judge Sessions then delivered his expected interpretation of the mean ing of the conspiracy charge con tained in the first court. “If you are satisfied that the de fendant, Truman H. Newberry, was informed and knew that his cam paign wculd require the expenditure of more money than is permited by law and, knowing this, became a can didate and thereafter participated in the expenditure and use of an unlaw ful sum of money, you will be war ranted in finding he did violate this gtatute.” . Judge George Hillyer Has 85th Birthday Judge George Hillyer, Atlanta pi oneer, former mayor and former member o fthe Georgia Railroad Commission, was 856 years old Wed lnesday, and still strong in body and ‘mind. He spent the day at his home, 668 West Feachtree street, with children and grandchildren holding a family reunion at dinner. Judge Hillyer has for many years been one of the most prominent cit izens of Atlanta. "He helped to re store the city in the reconstruction period, was one of the leading spirits in building the improved city water works system, and until a few years ago took a prominent part in all civic affairs, He is a veteran of the Confederate army. Former Turkish War ‘ . * ) Minister Arrested (By International News Service.) LONDON, March 18.—The allies at Constantinople have arrested IDjemal Pasha, formerly Turkish minister of war, according to a Reuter dispatch from the Turkish capital. A prince and a senator also were arrested. Allied forces took over Comuntl-‘ nople after a short clagh with tnative NO. 208 Soviets Said To Be Springing Up and the Spartacist Movement Appears To Be Spreading Out, (By International News Service.) London, March 18.—The Central News Agency circulated a report this afternoon that Von Kapp, who re signed late yesterday as revolution ary chancellor at Berlin, has been ar+ rested by the Spartacists. According to advices to this agency, communists in Westphalia were attacking both the Von Kapp and Noske troops. The Central News is authority for the report that ‘the allies are ready to advance into the neutral zone (ly ing just beyond the allied military lines in Germany), in the event of further disturbances. 1 (By International News Service.) LONDON, March 18.—~An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Amsterdam said that in addition to rdering the drrest of Von Kapn and General Luettwitz, President Ebert had issued orders that court actions be brought against Von Jagow, Trotha and Ehr hardt. (By International News Sarvice.) WASHINGTON, March 18.—~The state department has received official confirmation of the resignation of Von Kapp, leader of the German rev olution. No advices were received as to the return of Ebert to Berlin. - (Summary of Cables to International News.) : NEW YORK, March 18.—The real situation in Berlin today was un-= known, as no messageg had been re ceived direct from that city from midnight up to this afternogn. Nu merous reports from Copenhagen, The Hague, Liondon, Paris and elsewhere indicated the Spartacist movement was still making headway and it had gained impetus from the collapse of the revolutionary regime of Von Kapp and Von Luettwitz, There were conflicting rumors as te the fate of Von K? One uncon firmed report from®Berlin said he had committed ‘suicide after fleeing. A later report had him arrested by the Spartacists. It was unofficially reported Presis dent Ebert and Minister of Defense Noske of the Ebert government had arrived in Berlin; but this was doubt< ed by the German charge d'affairs in Paris. ¥ The Hague heard a report that Von Luettwitz, who fled from Berlin fol lowing the collapse of the ‘“‘upstart™ government, had begun negotiating wit hthe Spartacvists for the estab lishment of a soviet republic under military co-operation: No further reports of fighting in Berlin had been received this after noon, but the Spartacists were said to have erected barricades throughout many suburbs ahd ‘were strongly armed. There was a violent battle at Leipzig where twenty more per sons have been killed. Spartacists have seized the barracks at Nuern berg. A soviet has been proclaimed at Furth, one of the biggest indus< trial cities in South Germany, Von Kapp and His Chiefs Flee ’ By FRANK MASON, "M Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S, BERLIN, March 17 (11 p. m.).—+— Three of the chief leaders of the revolution—Wolfgang von Kapp, (ieneral von Luettwitz and Colonel Bauer—have fled from Berlin, it was learned tonight. Von Kapp and Von Luettwitz left immediately after They handed in th{%x‘ resignations to Vice Chancellor Schiffer (of the old Ebert constitutional government). General von Seecht, who was leit in command of the revolutionary troops, promised to remove them from Berlin immediately. - ol The situation is bad. TUnter den Linden, the chief thoroughfare