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Domestic
President Wilson enjoyed Washing¬
ton’s first real snowstorm of the year,
sitting out on the south porch of the
white house. Earlier in the morning
of December 19 the president had
walked about his room and the adja¬
cent corridors for a short time.
Victor L. Berger, who was elected
from the Milwaukee congressional dis¬
trict of Michigan to the last congress,
and declared by congress ineligible to
his seat because he had said what
congress declared to be treasonable
words, has been re-elected by an over¬
whelming majority over a fusion can¬
didate.
Federal Judge C. Pollock at Kansas
City, Mo,, passed sentence on twenty
seven members of the Industrial Work¬
ers of the World, found guilty by a
jury in the federal district court of
Kansas City, Kans., of conspiracy
against the government.
Twenty thousand persons in the
United States qpw are rated as mil¬
lionaires. The American millionaire
class is increasing at a rate of more
than two thousand individuals a year.
One hundred and thirty-four men,
Indicted In Michigan with Truman H.
Newberry by the federal grand jury
on charges of fraud, corruption and
conspiracy In connection with the
New berry-Ford senatorial election last
fall.
Two thousand two hundred and
eighty-nine war brides of United
States soldiers have reached the Unit¬
ed States, according to the Young
Women's Christian Association of
New York City, and they represent
16 nations.
An alleged plot to steal American
army airplanes and sell them to the
Mexican government is believed to
have been uncovered through the ar¬
rest of a lieutenant and a former lieu¬
tenant in the air service. The ar¬
rests took place at San Antonio, Tex.
Lieut. William S. Bailey of Worces¬
ter, Mass., was instantly killed and
Lieut. E. W. Brandenstein suffered a
broken arm when the airplahes in
which they were doing offensive com¬
ing flying at an altitude of four thou¬
sand feet collided, became interlock
ed and fell to the ground. It was the
last day of flying for naval officers at
Carlstrom field, Arcadia, Fla., which
is an army field.
In a talk made in Chicago, Attorney
General Palmer pledged the full power
of the department of justice in the
prosecution of profitters and food
'hoarders. l
A plea for the assistance of every
man and woman in the country was
made by Attorney General Palmer in
Chicago recently in his fight against
high prices!
Fire broke out on the former North
German Lloyd liner, the Graf Walder
see, recently a United States army
transport, and now anchored in the
Hudson river, at New York, pending
a transfer to Great Britain. Fire
boats were rushed to tbe assistance of
the ship.
W.Tfhinrrton
The government's anti-trust action
against the great meat packers, be¬
gun at President Wilson’s direction
last summer as part of the fight on
the high cost of living, has been com¬
promised under an agreement by
which the packers will confine them¬
selves hereafter to the meat and pro¬
vision business.
Without any disrespect, nud with¬
out wishing to deprive America of
the honor of sharing in the guardian¬
ship of Christian communities, the al¬
lies have decided to make peace with
Turkey at the earliest possible mo¬
ment. Thus declared Premier Lloyd
George in the British house of com¬
mons.
The first appropriation bill for the
regular session of congress, an urg¬
ent deficiency measure, carry ingg $ li¬
no,000 to meet the requirements of
the employees, compensation commis¬
sion and for the care of war risk
insurance patients, was passed by the
house without a record vote.
The constitutionality of the war-time
prohibition act has been sustained by
the Supreme court. The liquor inter
ests were represented by the ablest
array of legal talent probably ever as¬
sembled before the Suprme court, of
which Elihu Root, the best known con
stitutional lawyer in the world, was
leading counsel.
Formal ratification of the contract
between the United States and the
French government covering the pur¬
chase of $25,000,000 worth of machine
tools to be used in rehabilitating the
French industries has been announced
by the war department.
Great Britain's plans for establish¬
ing a constitutional form of govern¬
ment in Egypt are set forth in au
official statement made by Earl Cur
xun. British minister of foreign af¬
fairs. Tee object of tbe mission is
not to impose a constitution on Egypt
but to study the situation and make
report to the British government.
THE CLEVELAND COURIER, CLEVELAND, GEORGIA
A billion dollar cut must be made
in guveiuateui. eApeuuuures tins year,
itepuOilcan Deader .uunueil warned m
a speed! in congress recently. Dsin¬
mates of Uie meal year ending June
30, 1930, totaled ueany live ouuon
dollars. Tnese, he says, must he
slashed to less than four billion dol¬
lars.
Expressions seemed to point toward
a reopening of the peace treaty fignt
within a few weeks. Such sentiments
were voiced on the senate floor wnen
the subject bobbed up in the midst of
consideration of the railroad bid.
Secretary Causing has transmitted
to President Wiisou the reply of the
Mexican government to the American
demand tor the release of Consular
Agent William O. Jenkins at Puehia.
The official text was received and
made public by the state department.
The crux of it is believed to be toe
declaration by the Mexican foreign
office that Jenkins, having been re¬
leased, under bail deposited by an
American, "it believes that all reason
for misunderstanding between tha
two countries has disappeared.”
The house bill increasing war risk
insurance allowances of American sol¬
diers disabled in the war has been re¬
ported unanimously to the senate by
the finance committee with amend¬
ments asked by the American Legion.
The increase would be included in the
December checks of the war risk bu¬
reau.
Permission to institute original pro¬
ceedings to have the national prohibi¬
tion amendment declared unconstitu
iionai and New Jersey and federal au¬
thorities enjoined from enforcing it
has been asked of the supreme court
by the Retail Liquor Dealers’ Associa¬
tion of New Jersey.
By a vote of 256 to 34, the house
passed the senate bill continuing the
sugar equalization board through 1920.
Amendments retaining in force the
war-time powers of the government
for controlling prices and movements
of sugar were approved, necessitating
the sending of the measure to con¬
ference committee of the two houses.
President Wilson Intervened in the
peace treaty dilemma with an an¬
nouncement that he had "no compro¬
mise or concession of any kind in
mind,” would make no move toward
the treaty’s disposition and would con¬
tinue to hold the Republican mem¬
bers of the senate responsible for re¬
sults and conditions attending delay.
Foreign
Capt. Sir John Alcock, the first avia¬
tor to make a non-stop airplane flight
across the Atlanttic, died in Rouen,
France us a result of injuries received
when hie plane crashed near Cotte
vard, department of Seine-Inferieure,
Normandy,
A determined but unsuccessful at¬
tempt was made to assassinate Vis¬
count French lord lieutenant of Ire¬
land The attack evidently had been
most carefuly planned at a spot in
a narrow winding road witli high walls
and hedges affording the assassins
good hiding places. One of the at¬
tacking party waa killed and a detec¬
tive seated with tbe chauffeur of the
viceregal car was slightly wounded iu
the hand. Viscount French was not
injured. Some distance away, a po¬
liceman, patrolling his beat, was shot
in the ankle.
Four hundred and ninety-three Chi¬
namen were drowned when the Brit¬
ish steamer Lien Shing. bound from
Hong Kong to Saigon, Indo China,
sank at sea.
Reports of a fresh wave of pogroms
in the districts of the Ukraine occu¬
pied by General Denekine’s forces are
printed by a Lehberg newspaper. The
newspaper declares that about five
thousand Jews were killed in Yekateri
noslav alone.
Montfuucon Hill, in the Argonne,
France, on which are hundreds of
graves of American soldiers who fell
in battle in September and October,
191S, may be made a historical mon¬
ument by the French government.
Five persons were killed and num¬
bers of others wounded at Pondi¬
cherry, capital of the French posses¬
sions in India, in connection with a
riot iu the course of an election held
to choose a French deputy. Police
officers fired upon the crowd.
The passengers and crew of the
coastal steamer Ethie, numbering 92
persons, were brought ashore on a
life-line, which was run to land from
the ship by a Newfoundland dog after
their vessel piled up on Martin’s
point.
Thirteen hundred British troops in
Persia have been wiped out by tbe
hostile population, it is claimed in a
Moscow wireless message reaching
London.
An unsuccessful attempt has been
made to assassinate the Egyptian pre¬
mier. While he was driving to the
ministry, he was assaulted hv a school
boy. The premier escaped unhurt,
and the boy was arrested and incarce
rated.
Approximately sixty-eight thousand
young girls have disappeared from
their homes during the past year.
This statement emanates from the
Travelers’ Aid Society. Many of
these girls are from the countrj
It is stated by the clearing house
of New York City that despite the
fire at gain of the United States in
foreign trade Great Britain still leads
the world.
James \V. Gerard of New York has
“thrown his hat into the ring” lor the
nomination of the Democratic party
lor president.
Eagle Pass. Texas, newspapers have
: received information of the release of
Fred G. Hugo. American ranch maa
i’ger, who was liberated by Villa fol
lowers without payment of tbe ten
thousand dollars ransom demanded,
but details are still Jacking.
UNITED STATES
DEPORTS REDS
EMMA GOLDMAN AND HER PART
NER, ALEX BERKMAN,
HEAD EXILES
DESTINATION IS UNKNOWN
There Were 247 Other Exiles On
Army Transfort Buford Who
Have Been Banned
New York.—The United States
army transport Buford—ark of tbe
Soviet—sailed before dawn with a
cargo of Anarchists, Communists and
Radicals banned from America for
conspiring against the government.
Tbe ship’s destination was hidden in
sealed orders, but the 249 passen¬
gers it carried expect to be landed
at some far northern port giving ac¬
cess to Soviet Russia,
"Long live the revolution in Amer¬
ica,” was chanted defiantly by the
motley crowd on the decks of the steel
gray troopship as she churned her
way past the Statue of Liberty. Now
and then they cursed in chorur at
the United States and men who had
cut short their propaganda here. Not
until the Buford steamed out of the
narrows between Forts Hamilton and
Wadsworth did the din cease. Over
their heads, whipping in the wind, the
Stars and Stripes floated from the
masthead.
The autocrats of all the Russians
on the transports were Alexander
Berkman and Emma Goldman, his
boon companion for thirty years; with
them were 245 men and two women,
Ethel Bernstein and Dora Lipkin. Not
one of them knew where they would
embark, and even Capt. G. A. Hitch¬
cock, commander of the veteran trans¬
port, was no better off. At daybreak
Colonel Hilton, commanding the
troops on board as guards, handed the
skipper his instructions. Only a few
high officials of the war and labor
department know the ship's destina¬
tion.
The voyage will last eighteen days
unless it is prolonged by unavoidable
weather. The presumption is that the
Buford will land at Hange, Helsing¬
fors or Abo in Finland, either of
which is connected by rail with Bielo
Osporoff, on the Russian frontier. It
was intimated in official quarters that
arrangements have been made with
the Finnish government to permit the
passage of the Russians through that
country.
The transfer from Ellis island to
the Buford of the agitators who have
preached death and destruction
was an event unique in the annals of
this nation. Seized in raids in all
parts of the country, they were mobi¬
lized here for deportation. An elab¬
orate screen of secrecy was thrown
about the preparations for sending
them away.
ARMY TRAINING BY
COMPULSION FOR
ALL AMERICANS
Washington. — Legislation which
would amount to a virtual reorganiza¬
tion of the army, with protection
from outside attack as a primary pur¬
pose and with compulsory military
training for boys from eighteen to
twenty-one years of age as a leading
feature, has been agreed upon tenta¬
tively by tne senate military com¬
mittee considering a permanent mili¬
tary policy for the nation. Senator
Wadsworth of New York, chairman
of the subcommittee, sakl the legisla¬
tion would be put in final form dur¬
ing the Christmas recess of congress
for presentation to the full committee
when the senate reconvenes.
The legislation as agreed upon oy I
the subcommittee, Senator Wadsworth
said, is completely new and bears no
resemblance to the army reorganiza¬
tion bill drafted by the general staff
and transmitted to the house and
senate military committee by Secre¬
tary Baker.
While various minor details of the
plan remain to be worked out. the
committee's present agreement, Sen¬
ator Wadsworth said, calls for a per¬
manent standing peace array of 2S0,
000. although the committee may pos¬
sibly reduce this number in the final
draft of the bill
WAR CRIMES CHARGED
TO GERMAN LEADERS
Paris.—France.—Under Secretary
of State for Military Justice Ignace
has gone to London to take part in
the marking up of a list of Germans
charged with war crimes and whose
delivery to the entente will de demand
ed. A conference will be held during
the week in London to determine upon
a plan for joint action by Great Brit¬
ain. France and Belgium. France has
a list of five hundreds names ready
to be submitted.
PLANS TO SALVAGE
TREATY OF PEACE
Washington.—Negotiations toward"
a compromise on the German peace
treaty and conferences on railroad re¬
organization legislation promise to be
the only activities of the few mem¬
bers of congress remaining here dur¬
ing the two weeks' holiday recess.
By the time congress reconvened Jan¬
uary 5. it is hoped to have a compro¬
mise arrangement on the treaty pre¬
pared for presentation and action by
the senate.
MINERAL VALDES
OF STATE INCREASE
PRODUCTION IN GEORGIA FOR 1918
IN EXCESS OF $9,000,000, SAYS
DOCTOR McCALLIE
STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
Brief News Of importance Gathered
From All Parts Of
The State
Atlanta.—Figures presented by State
Geologist S. W. McCallie at the quar¬
terly meeting of the geological board,
held in the governor’s office, showed
the value of the mineral output of
Georgia for the year 1918 to be in ex¬
cess of nine million dollars which, Doc¬
tor McCallie said, was the highest in
the history of the state. The report
covered twenty-two minerals that are
being commercially developed, thereby
indicating the wide variety of the min¬
eral resources of the state. Statistics
irorn twenty of these showed a mineral
production aggregating $8,800,055. The
figures for gold and ochre, were not
available, but Doctor McCallie said
they would easily bring the total over
nine millions. The brick and tile
product led ali other items, furnishing
approximately one-third of the total,
with $2,944,869. Marble came second
with approximately $1,250,000. Iron
ore third, its value being $878,612.
The next three in order were! Clays,
$641,283; granite, $558,296; barytes,
$418,000. In variety of mineral pro¬
duction Bartow county leads all the
others, showing a quantity production
commercially of no less than five im-:
portant minerals, namely, barytes, iron
ore, bauxite, manganese and ochre.
On three of these it has a monopoly,
ao far as this state is concerned, bar
vtes, manganese and ochre.
Illiteracy Reduced in State
Atlanta.—Charles J. Haden, vice
president of the Georgia Illiteracy
Commission, quotes the following
press telegram from Griffin, Ga., to
illustrate what patriotic effort earn¬
estly directed can do: "Of the 5,569
white illiterates reported for Spald¬
ing county in the 1910 census, not
more than a half-dozen, if any, will
be found by the census takers next
year, says Miss Mattie Welden, who;
has conducted the campaign in the
county for the past three months to
wipe out illiteracy By the dose of
the year all the white citizens will;
be able to read and write, according
to Miss Welden, who has arranged;
classes for the few that remain, and,:
according to plana, the work will 1
be completed within the next two
weeks. Many interesting cases of’
how men and women above the age 1
of fity who could not write their
names or read a word six months ago,|
developed into enthusiastic students
and passed out of the illiteracy class
in a single night, are related by Mies
Welden. It is estimated by W. H.;
Bolton, Jr., county superintendent of
schools, that the class of 1,200 negro,
illiterates in the county will be re-i
duced to less than a hundred by Jan¬
uary 1, 1920.”
Savannah After Baptist Hospital
Savannah.—Savannah is going to
work to meet the conditions upon;
which the Georgia Baptist hospital
hoard has awarded one of the institu¬
tions to be established in the state
to this city. The board offers $100,
000, part of the funds recently raised!
in the 75 million drive, to he used in
the establishment of the hospital in
Savannah if $100,000 is raised here
and a suitable site is given. Physi- 1
cians of Savannah have already met
and endorsed the plan for the estab
lishment of. such an institution here,
and several plans have been suggest¬
ed. Savannah has now six hospitals
for white people and two or three for
colored.
Glynn Votes Bond Issue
Brunswick.—Glynn county voters
overwhelmingly voted in favor of
bonds in the sum of $250,000. The
money to be divided from these bonds
will be used in the erection of a
handsome technical school for boys,
as a memorial to the Glynn county
men who served in the European war.,
A colored technical school will also,
be built with the funds, as well asl
one or two new schools in the coun¬
ty.
Carrying Dynamite, Drops Dead
Macon.—While carrying a package
j of blasting dynamite through the Ma
i con terminal station. James Moody
Sims, 45 years of age, dropped dead,
Sims was taken the dynamite to the
bauxite mines at Toomsboro. There
was no explosion. Sims had been in
Macon on a purchasing expedition for
the Republic Mines company of Mc¬
Intyre and Toomsboro.
Sumter County Unit Formed
Americus.—A. F. Hodges, acting
chairman of a meeting of Sumter
county farmers and business men held
here to organize the Sumter county
unit of the American Cotton associa¬
tion. R. W. Mattox of Newnan, who
recently organized the Coweta county
unit, was present at the meeting as!
ihe representative of the Georgia as¬
sociation and made a stirring address.
Actual organization of the Sumter
county unit will be consummated at
a later meeting, the meeting being 1
preliminary to that occasion.
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*32 jspll IS O! Christmas hear the morn! silv'ry 'Tis bells! Christmas morn!
/IlHow softly rare upon the air
Their mellow chiming swells!
Behold the skies whose million eyes
Through silent spaces peer.
Like brilliant gems, fair diadems.
High set in vesper sphere.
[MM /C^kLET And welcome us be merry the Prince and happy with and gay, vireiay;
a sweet
We’ll garner the holly and ever be jolly,
•2SS For blessed is He Who is coming today.
The bells we'll ring, to bliss we’ll ding,
Our myrrh we'll bring to greet the King,
For blessed is He Who is coming today;
Cheerily chant Him a sweet roundelay.
Merrily, merrily, merrily!
T IS Christmas morn! Tis Christmas morn!
s How swift the hours fly!
m And winged-fleet on magic feet
S They vanish like a sigh;
Now dreamy-dim o'er Orient rim
The gold-fringed eyes of morn
Shed loving light on drowsy night
Ere yet the day b born.
Now gleams the star whose beams afar
Weave Heaven s stiver hem.
How dove-demure, how seraph-pure.
Bright Star of Bethlehem I
v! 'HEN let us be peaceful and joyous and gay,
1 And welcome the Prince with a sweet vireiay;
j We’ll garner the holly and ever be jolly,
, J For blessed is He Who is coming today.
The bells we'll ring to prayer we’ll ding.
Our incense bring to praise the King,
For blessed is He Who is coming today;
Soulfully sing Him a sweet roundelay.
Merrily, merrily, merrily!
—Clare CeralJ Fcneriy
nr
Christmas Joy
UZANNE! Please!”
“I won’t do it!" Suzanne said
very promptly.
“But you don’t know what ’it’
is," Nancy objected.
“Granted. But I haven’t
known you intimately from the
age ’of five years and seven months
without learning the implications of
your voice. I repeat it; 1—will—not
—do—it r
Nancy's pretty eyes darkened. “Oh,
Suzanne dear, if you knew how much I
want it! You just couldn’t refuse me!
You couldn’t! It would make me hap¬
pier than anything I could think of.”
“I suppose I can let you tell me,"
said Suzanne relenting, “although I
warn you that I know you’re just ’get¬
ting round me’ and I'd be much wiser
to hold to my original position.”
"Nancy's face flashed into radiance.
Nancy, happy, was always irresistible.
“You will be good and sweet and big
and generous and let me have my way!
Oh, I knew you would! It's about
Christmas, Suzanne. Yon see, while
your father has been piling up a for¬
tune my dear dad has been having
hard times, and we are ail having to
be very careful. It isn’t anything
dreadful, you know, so long as we
have one another and the home; but
there isn't much margin for extras. So
I can give only a tiny little gift—it
cost me exactly 49 cents in money—
and please, please, please, Suzanne, be
good and do the same to me! You
know it’s you I love; not the lovely
gifts you shower upon me. Christmas
isn't money; it’s loving.”
Suzanne put her hands on Nancy’s
shoulders and looked down into the
pleading eyes.
“I can use your argument, too.” she
answered. “If Christmas is loving, not
gifts—-and you know I agree with all
my heart—then why are you making it
a thing of even exchange in dollars
and cents? Are you doing it for my
sake?”
“N-no.” Nancy faltered. “Only—”
‘‘You know the money is nothing to
me—that the only joy I can get from it
is to use it to grant the little wishes
that those I love have wished, or for
things that I know they’d love even i£
they haven't actually wished them.
Would you rob me of that, dear? Is it
fair—when it’s Christmas? If you hap¬
pened to have the money instead of
me, would you want to have the one
Joy of it taken from you?”
For a long, long moment Nancy was
silent. Then she looked up with a
bright smile.
“I surrender, Suzanne,” she said.
It was an exquisite gift that shone
up at her from the little white box
Christmas morning—a pink tourma¬
line pendant set with pearls. Beneath
was Suzanne's card:
“I bought it long ago because It
looked so like you, Nancy dear. But
It Is you who are giving me the real
gift—the joy of sending you this.”
Nancy lifted it to the light. It was
the loveliest thing she had ever had.
but the heart of the joy was that it
meant joy to Suzanne, too.—Youth’s
Companion.
Merry Old St. Nick
