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COMPLETE LOCAL AND TELEGRAPHIC MARKET REPORTS
MIDDLING GOES
UP ?S POINTS
Augusta Market
Today's Today*
opening clou**
MIDDLING 27.7* 27.75
New York Cotton
(TODAY.)
(Old ) (New)
|»r**Vm* f’*r*lou»
rloMt Op»f. Noon Got* Op»n Non";
2« (Mi 27 no 27 IK M«y 2 k .in 2K in 2K r.o
20 20 2S 00 July 2* M 20 <5 20 9?
24 «0 - 24 75 Oct 24 00 21 10 25 15
■ , Deo 2( 40 2100
Ji,n 24 10 24,79
Receipts
Net receipt* 20
Net r(*crt|)tl this date last year.... 1
Sales today
Gross receipts to date 365,J77
Cross receipts this date last yr - - d2H.d« *>
r ..
Stock
Stock in Augusta today •••••IJBUM
Stock In Augusta today
Augusta Daily Receipts
Wagon 20
Weekly Crop Movements.
I*l*
Receipts • .... A2,2F»d
F|tlpmenUi 106,632
Stock I.4MMM*
Came In sight Mi 1,122
Crop In sight 9,151,767
Visible supply 6 894.148
NEW ORLEANS COTTON
New Orleans -Cold In the Is 11
rsused a strong rise In the price of rot-j
ton today Openlr.fc higher, tin- market
advanced 46 to 60 points In th< first half
hour of trading Political news was
considered unfavorable but led to no
selling of consequence
Hejillrdng over the holidays from the
long side caused it moderate reaction, j
i.ato In the *cnHlnn trading months were,
at gains of 30 to 36 points
Cotton closed, old steady at an advance j
of 31 to r.r. points and new steady at an 1
advance of 26 to 33 points
OLD— High 1.0 a- Close)
jYfay 27 on 27 00 27 «*0
July ‘.7. ... 26.00 26 00 26. v 6
October 24 22
Dace m bar ——- —— 23 66
December - —— 23 6(1
NKW—
May 27 6ft 27 40 27 36
July 26 40 26 10 26 2 r .
October 24 62 24 27 24 37
December 24 22 23 05 24 07
January 23 76 '23 76 23 67
NEW YORK COTTON
New York An unfavorable weather
iiihP and bullish w< < k end tevlews of
the goods tied. »-HV' the market a very
firm ton# «l the opening today First
priori were 24 to an point* higher on
new style months almost all of which
made new high records during the early
trading with May selling at 2X 65 and
October at 25 30 Tlic buying was ac
tive and general and'while the advance
was checked by mu Us ing, offerings were
absorbed on slight reactions.
Cotton closed steady.
Later fluctuations w«r« Irregular but
there was support on the declines With
traders evidently nerVous over the out
look for continued lower temperatures In
the belt and the .fldllty U*« further
bullish developments b*f .re the r< -open
ing of the market here on Tuesday
morning The close whs steadv at 2s 15
for May ami 25 13 for October with new
style months generally allowing net ad
vances of 20 32 points
OLD— High 1 .on* PUw«
May 27 "it 27 on 27 or.
Jply . . 25 t*r. "G 40 25 *6
October 21 75 24 72 24 50
Dwcambtii 14. M
January —— -•—» 24.50
NKW
May ?K «& 2S to 2* (5
July 27 10 r. st *5 02
October ... ... 2f 30 ‘\ r > 0.3 25 13
December 24 78 2 4 52 £4 50
January . 24 37 24 It 24 25
LIVE STOCK MARKET
ST. LO'JIS CATTLE SHEEP AND MOO
RECE NT f
St Louis. Mo flogs Receipts 7.00"
Sl end'
Lights 120 2047528 5
Dig a 15 00»i 19 25
Heavy 20 *6<fr 21 on
Hulk 20 2849 20 00
Cattle Receipts 400. steadv
Native steer* 1150# 18 50
Heifer a « Ml# 16 00
rows . 10 ar»*f 13 r.O
Flock era 10 oow n 50
Calves 7 75.» 1550
Bheep: Receipt* 800. steadv
Lambs
Fw*s 13 OP,r # 14 50
Cantor* snd chapiter* 4 50# 1100
PROVISIONS MARKET
fCorrected by Murphev A - Co >
ML AT 1* St reg plat vs. 8-lb av $ ?6’4
OATS Feed oats 9?
MlCA!#—Watergmund 100 Tb- 3“0
Wat erg round *0 lbs ** 00
Fl.iH’H Fancy. |vii self - * latug . 12 75
High talent, plain .. I** 05
CORN No X white 200
HA 3' -No 1 Timothy, ton .... 47 00
Native hay t »n 4000
FFKL Dairy feed 250
Molaaaea horse feed 250 to .3 20
rottonsee.l feed meal 48 00
rhleken feed 100 lb bags. X7O
Cottonseed hulla ... 20 00
STOCKS AND BONDS
Railroad Stocks.
Rids Asked
A and W P II It Co 1 1 iso
Chat labourite and Gulf It It 9?
Rout hem Rv . com non . 27 28
Rout hem Rv . preferred . <3 fs
Seaboard preferred stock 15 if
Georgia It R A Hanking Co 230 2X5
Rink Stacks.
tlda Asked
National Rxehange Hank of
Auguata 140 |45
Planters t#oan A Savings 4 18) • 45
Clttsena A Southern Hank *25 250
Merchants Bank . 180 ill
L’n Savings i»ar value 1110 . 150 —•
DELCO-LIGHT
Electric Light and Power
The Plant With a Reputation
AIR COOLED—CAN’T FREEZE
Burns Kerosene
1
450 Plant* in Actual Use in Home* of Your Own Friends.
Don't Be Fooled by Claim* of “Just as Good" or
“Just Like.”
ONLY ONE DELCO-LIGHT
SALESMEN:
V. F. HATCHER. R. A. MAYER.
Harlem, G«. Vidalia, Ga.
C. W. HOWARD, District Manager.
Phone 1152. Savannah, Ga. 39 Montgomery St.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET
New York. -Profit-taking Incidental to
{the week-end marked the very rapid pace
! of today s short session of th< a'.ock ex
change but th** market abaoibel heavy
offerings without price it .pajrro mt. In
vestment rails were the chief features,
•their advances of one to three point! in-
I creasing strength to the general list. Oils
! Mexican Petroleum excepted, equtpm *nts,
• motors and shippings were firm to at. ong,
advances ranging from one to six points
j Ohio < 'ltlea Gas ro*i- briskly despite the
j reduction of the dividend The doling
vas strong Sales approximated 750,-
j 000 shares
New York,—The week-end session of
thi stock market opened with furtltei eg
t* naive, buying of speculative Issues, oils
hading the advance. Kails on the In
vestment and minor groups also were In
active demand and equipments and mo
tors shar'd In the movement. Gains of
'me to three point* were registered In
the first half hour by Itoyal Dutch Is
sues National Hallway of Mexico sec
, ond preferred. Atchison. Missouri Pacific,
l General Motors. Htudehaker, Industrial
' Ahohol, Hide and Leather preferred,
I nited Hallway Investment preferred
and Drilled Htattes Realty and Asso
ciated Dry Goods Mexican Petroleum
reacted one point. Texas and Pacific
j yielded half of vcHferdaly's large gain and
| I nited SUite* Steel was Irregular
Last «alc I.«m til*
*’ti»ifn«T«( 97\ bnVi'ott Corner 32V4
Am licr-t Sugar T \ a»i»l Ns*l> l!A
Amrrlran r„, m M*sw«dl Motor*.. 3»%4
Wrl,*,, <*,„,„«! N
ruMiMfr* MUtnl Copper . u .
A,!.,,,., 1,,.,.. MM.il, K’„l 4.1 V.
1,,,1, y, 1M Mm r. f.r,d- ”»%
a' 'riv. * ,r
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I'lnllin I*• IS* 1 tutiring V.%
"O’, ftuilthrrn . 1 11, %
H,< Hli.ru K.llw.j
! «, r M " *'"l Kfi.lH.Krr Til'.
1 »« Tw.ii ruvvrr 14*.
I * hlragn. f| | and T< • h Co 21*
[•''Mr V,\ T ,., ~r St 14
h.n» Ofprr #s'* i „|, n Parlflr 11'
1 l-uot an.| (’til dgnr k torsi. IS3 H
v '\ V H I-.. 1 Arl IV»‘ 4
«ri ;n « Hurl OS U p H U'lM.fr *7-%
• a « arm Hum* :!* 1 . i h Mtfrl
’*• *6 Ctali Copper TBV*
"f» 10-4 W UlnffhofUie g|rr. 50
f < \t-»tor» IH-.% willvn r»?crl»n<l *V\
•• 'l'ich Co 71 * An Tfii.snrw .207
*«* • them pf<l tr’\ ATI. 0k
r.ffai * irthfrti riulf Hibu-* Mtefl MV
Orr n: m, H A !. "t
Illltiola tVntral 101 s K S anil Iron M
I. I ■ ■•' ' * 1> ' nlt»<! Fruit 171
p.l ■ ,M' Mar pfd 117 1 » \ i Caro I’ltfrn . 67
Int I'apiT '•> S
SEA ISLAND COTTON
Savannah. Fancy Florida and Georgia
61. extra choice Florida and Georgia 60.
choice 40. extra fine 46
Low. r grades not quoted, market quiet.
Hales 17*. receipts 2X.3; shipments 230;
stock 7.607. Crop In eight 35,217.
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET
Chlr.sqo.—\V.akn«BH developed In the
corn market today as a result of the
statement from the food adrnlnllst ration
that a return to war bread would not be
necessary In the lulled State* Open
ing quotations which ranged from 7 M r
to ;;i*c low.-r with July *1 66 I«x $1 67 find
.September $1.61 to $1.62* Werb followed
by a r ally to above yesterday's finish but
then by a fresh sag
tiats paralleled the action of corn.
Tllg shipment* from here continued to
lift provisions.
Tit* cion * ■ was unsettled. lr net lower to
« 4 c ad van- < with July $1 6V \to $1.69 tifid .
September $1 61*4 to $1,665
• *ORN—
Open High l,nw fTos' |
1 \ 1 1\ 188 HI , 183 16 .
S.pt 161 165 1 1 161 161*4
I »ATS
July . . . 70% 72* j 70% 72%
s. pi 6X‘ 4 G9V, 6H% 6'%
I*OHK
Mhv . 6345 5385 6.325
July 6170 61X5 6150 5176
LARD—
Mav 3276 3300 3275 .3287
July . . 3160 3220 3160 2192
hi ns -
May . . ■ • 2890 2890 2887 2«57
July 2820 2865 2820 2336
CHICAGO CASH GRAIN
Chicago. 111. —Corn No t yellow $l6B
$l7O No 4 vellow. $1.67«51 68; No 5.
yellow, nominal
Oats No 3 whit* 72*417 73 standard.
73%*» 73 V
lt\e N-* ? $1 Rl#9l.Rl*<. barley sll7-
usl27. Timothy |S 004-$lO 75: clover and
nork nominal; laid $32 77; riba, S2B 00(7-
$28.76
EINAL LIBERTY BONDS
New York.—Final prices on Liberty
bonds today* were; 3%5. 98.70; first 4s.
96 XX second 4s 93 14 first 4%». 96 88;
second l%*. 93 50. third 4%a. 95 10. 4th
4%5. 93 32
CHICAGO CATTI t . XHEEP AND HOG
RECEIPTS
<r S Bureau of Markets,)
Chicago. lll.—Hogs Receipts 23 000;
market woalk to ten cents lower; closed
dull estimated tomorrow* 6.000
Hulk of Miles $20.75# 2100
Heavy weight 20.90# 21.10
Medium weights . . 20 66*1 2105
Light weight 20 25« i 21.00
Light lights 18.75(9 2075
How* 18 75# 20 46
Hus 17 2591 19 00
Cattle Receipts 4.000; gm*d beef stcera.
slow b *ut stead' others and butcher
stock sli»w to 25 cents lower most sales
to yard traders some going over un
sold calves snd feeders unhut steady;
estimated today 1,000.
Heavy beef steers $n 60(1 S2O 25
l ight beef steers . 10 50# 1X25
Butcher cows and heifers.. 7 56(9 16 00
1 'antiers and cutler* 6 00(9 10 50
Veal calves u ?s*f (4 00
Stocker and feeder steers 8.75# 15 75
Sheep Receipts 4.000. market firm 15c
higher estimated todav 2.000
Lambs N 4 pounds or less 17 TM9 19 65
!*«> 85 pounds or better .. 17 26#' i 9 60
«'tills and common 13.00# 17 25
tipring* is 5049 21 00
Kwca. medium 11 75*T 15 50
Culls amt common ... 6 00# 11.75
Spring Posits.
*Tls certain something has been lost
From springtime's IdoHsomlng glee.
Whan onions are as high In cost
As orchids usi d to be
Washington Rtar.
MONEY MARKET
New York. Mercantile papVr
sterling 60-day bills 4.63»4; commercial 60
day bills on banks, 4.62V4; commercial
60-day bills 4.62‘A; demand 4.66Vj; ca
| ties 4.67*A
NEW ORLEANS SPOTS
New Orleans Hpot cotton steady and
unchanged. Hales on the spr>t 1,067; to
arrlvr- 400; low middling 22.HH; middling
27.63; good middling 2k.63.
NEW YORK SPOTS
New York. —Gotton spot, steady; mid
dling 29.50
THE DAIRY MARKET
NEW YORK QUTT2R. EGG, CHEESE
AND POULTRY MARKETS.
New York. Blitter. easier; receipts
16.872 tubs; firsts, 6263
Kggs, steady; receipts 45,595 cases;
I fresh gathered, firsts, southerns 43'&44V6
; Gheesc irregular; receipts 2,012 boxes,
average run
Poultry, alive steady; broilers 90®92;
fowls 40; turkey*, 30. Dressed steady
and unchanged.
CHICAGO BUTTER AND
POULTRY MARKETS.
Chicago.—Butter, higher; creamery,
13 a 61
P.ggs, higher; rer eipta 40.042 cases;
firsts 400 42
Poultry, unchanged.
Potatoes, steady; receipts 56 cars;
northern whites sucked and hulk, carlots
$2. 100 $2 25; western Kpssets, carlots,
)2 40012.50 cu t new stock. Spaulding
rose, jobbing 19 500 $lO 00 barrels; liliss
Trlrnuph, jobbing $3 75011.00 bushels.
AUGUSTA WEATHER
(Forecasts till H a. m. tomorrow.)
Augusta and vicinity: Fair tonight with
possibly light frost; .Sunday fair and not
quite so c»dd.
Georgia: Fair tonight, possibly light
fnist In northeast portion; Sunday fair,
not quite yn cold In Interior.
Weather Conditions.
< ’ >oler weather has spread into the gulf
and southeastern states and tempera
tures below 50 degrees are reported from
most stations.
Low pressure continues to cause un
settled weather In northeastern sections.
Highest temperature yesterday. 70 de
grees; lowest temperature this morning,
46 degnaes Precipitation y* u.-rday 0
ltlvei™Htage at X a m., 9.9 ft . fall In
24 hours ending 8 a. m . 0 1 ft
K. D. KMIGH.
Peace Conference Is •
Severely Shaken hy
The Italian Clashes
(Continued from S’nge On ft 1
land and (lie lialiaiiH the outlying Is
lun<lrr.
The territorial Issue n<\v Is fr It 1o
»>e less important than the personal
Isatie which the Italian premier has
raised by hiu plan for going before
parliament and asking a vote of con
fident »». Should this be given, it is
thought probable in some quarters
that it would renew the Italian issue
before the council in a more pro
nounced form than either President
Wijson or tin* council as a whole, has
thus fur been willing to admit. Should
it not be given, the probable result
would h**? cabinet changes, bringing a
new delegation with a new* policy to
the conference.
There are evidences that President
WiLon his avoided using anything
which might I** construed as economic
pressure upon Italy, although some
quarters have suggested this as an
offensive weapon. Secretary of the
Tn 1 sory Glass has r ~ked a credit of
$r 0,000.000 for Italy and this request
is now on the president's desk for
final determination.
WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST.
Washington, D.C.—Weather predictions
for the week b elnning Monday, are:
South Atlantic and Hast Gulg States:
Generally fair weather Indicated during
the week Rising temperatures first half'
becoming normal Tuesday or Wednes
da y
West Gulf States Local showers prob
able first half of week, generally fair
second half, with nearly normal tem
peratures
TABLE NECESSITIES
AND THEIR PRICES
F’our. self-rising 24-lb sk $1 70. $1 78
Flour plain 24-lb sack $1 75 190
Meal, per peck 60
Grits, ner peck 60
Best rice per pound . 13*4r. 1.3
Fore lard per pound soc to 45
Goffer, best grades, per lb.. 35c. «0
Tea per pound 60c to 125
Hut ter. j>#r pound, country 65c
creamery tub 73c to .73
Oleomargarine, per lb. 40
Fgga. per dozen 50
New Irish potatoes, per ot 20
Old Irish potatoes, per pk .40
American cheese ner lb 38c to 4(1
Tlnv sifted English peas, can .... 25
Tomatoes. No 2. can 12
1 Dry lima beam, per lb 15
Blackeye peas i»er lib 10
Sugar cured hams per 1b 33*4
Strip brenkfast bacon, per 1b..., 45
Surar. per pound .11
Cube sugar, pound 12
Evaporated milk, 10-os. cans 15
Fork chops pound 35c to 45
Lamb, chops pound ....7.40c to .60
Foter house stank, lb 40
Dressed hens, not drawn. $l5O to 176
Evaporated anrlcota. 1b 30
Prune*. pound 16c to 25
Green Groceries.
Green peppers dozen 50
Spinach, bunch 10c to .16
Beefs, bunch 10
Turnips, bunch .10
Carrots, bunch 10
Lettuce h**ad 10c to .25
1 Onions, bunch .10
Radishes bunch .10
Ovster plant, bunch 10
.Fresh asparagus bunch 36
Fgv plants, each 19* to 38
I Lemons, dozen ... 30
''ranges doaen 65c to 100
j Apples dozen 30c to 76
Grapefruit, each IfUe to 16
Bananas dozen 35c to 45
Strawberries quart 60
Cucumbers enrh 10c to .90
String beans quart IS
Tomatoes pound 25
PRODUCE AND LIVESTOCK
The Auguata Stock Tarda quotes hog*,
cattle and calves today sj follows:
HOGS (Com - fed > Her Lb.
Seventy - five pounds and up 13 #ls
C \TTI.K Beef A pork on hoof—
Common 6 ft 7
Ordinary ?H# **%
Good 9 O 9%
Fancy .10
Common 7HO *H
CAI.VKS -
Ordinary *HI» »H
flood U OIS
V.ncy 11 OK
G.n.va,—fl.rman *ov.-mmrnt trooi*.
ar. atlai'klnit Munich nnd Molrnt fighting
l. .oiit. >.*ll lhe leura b'(lie h<-»v\ on
both .id.., ftOi-ordlttß to ndvh-p. rpclv—d
h.r* bv »*> (I Ita.lr Th.- giiTir—Hbt
troop. «rr ..Id to B.tnhiK Bround
Munich t. v«r> «ol.l«d {lull, the ret
o( Urtm.ir,
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
C»[ ARMY USES
COURTMARTIAL
IS I CLUB
Hearing Concluded in Bar Asso
ciation Investigation of Sys
tem.
Washington—Hearings of the commit
tee of the bar association administra
tion of military justice wire concluded
here Friday and the committee adjourn
' d subject to the call of the chairman
Judge S. 8. Gregory of Ghlcago. The
views of many officers arid others re
main to he obtained by the committee
and chairman Gregory said he would Im
mediately communicate with those who
might not he able to attend subrequent
hearings should the public sessions he
resumed later in Chicago Gregory has,
Indicated that he desires if possible to
get the viewpoint of a number of en
listed men before closing the record and
he expects to do this in Chicago.
The acting Judge Advocate General
Brigadier General Kreger was among
the witnesses heard Friday. This offi
cer. who succeeded Lieut. Col. Ansell as
Acting Judge Advocate General when
General Crowder, the Judge advocate
General, went to Cuba, gave only a
brief statement of views he has for- 1
mulaled as the committee was pressed:
for time.
General Kreger took the position that
the ends of military discipline and of
justice were the same and that in secur
ing the one the other a I :-o was to be
secured. For this rea?M>n, he thought.
It would be well to take any steps which
might be neceH*' t py j 0 improve the actual
trials before eourtsrr art ia! The ques
tion of how this should be done, whether
by creating a system of pre.'tding judges
or by appointing law members through
the courts, he said, was one of details
on which he made no recommendation.
General Kreger did not believe that
the fact that a large percentage of the
accused in the wartime rases were de
fender! bv Lieutenants dictated by ser
ious Infringement of the rights of the
defendants through the Inexperience or
military relationship of counsel. The ex
perlenee and ability of the defending
counsel and the trial judge advocates, he
thought, out balanced, and Lieutenants
were selected most often because they
were acquainted more intimatelv with
the accused enllpted men General
Kreger told the commission the practice
of ending court martini findings and
sentences hack for revision in cases of
acquittal or of sentences which appeared
inadequate to the reviewing authority
could well be abandoned except for clear
cases of technical error *
Two members of the clemency hoard of
which Colonel Ansell. president; Colonel
James FT. Kasny-Smith and Lieut. Col.
William Minor, also testified Both em
phatically supported the existing court
martial system hr well calculated to get
at the sac ts and not likely to bring about
the punishment of innocent men.
Colonel Connor said his main objec
tion to the courtmartial system was that
it did not provide for a careful summing
Up of the evidence extracted from the
showing of facts.
The only other witness was .! B. W.
Gardiner, a New York lawyer, who for
merly was an officer of the regular army,
ii- a the only on< oi tl i or® of
men suggested to the committee by
Col. Ansell to appear before the com
mittee to testify. Onrdh 4>r Insisted that
the attitude of the regular army was all
wrong because it held the court martial
system to be an exclusive agency for
discipline whereas It was In fact a por
tion of the judicial framework of the
country, duly recognized hv the Supreme
Court ns such. The army was Inclined
to use the system as a club to create
discipline, lie said, whereas its only real
function was to secure the punishment of
offenders against military law.
Final authority over court martial
procedure, Gardiner - thought should he
placed iu the Judge Advocate General
of the Army and not In the president,
who might delegate It to the secretary
of war and he in turn to the chief of
staff.
Orlando Given Ovation
at Rome; U. S. Forces
In Adriatic Get Orders
(Continued from Page One )
APPEALS TO CLEMENCEAU
TO PROTECT INTERESTS.
Rome. —Prof. Luigi Luzzatl, former
premier and minister of the interior, has
sent a telegram to Premier Clemenceau
of France, appeallnr to his friendliness
toward Italy and asking him to exert his
b st efforts to ob'ain satisfaction of
Italy's demands. The telegram con
cluded
"All Italy. In this hour of passion,
trusts In you ”
A demonstration today at Genoa in
protest against President Wilson's atti
tude culminated In the changing of the
name of the street that had been named
after the American President to "Flume
street."
T ur | n .—When Vittorio Orlando, the
Italian premier reached this city today on
his way from Paris to Rome he was
greeted by an Immense throng Stand
ing in an automobile, the premier spoke
briefly to the crowd.
"For the pats six weeks 1 have been de
fending Italy’s rights, but at last I was
conscious that my responsibility had to
end with a no.' (Great cheering.) Doubt
has been expressed whether this mono
sylsble truly corresponds to the thoughts
behind it and whether It has echo In your
hearts How should l have answered?'
Thereupon there rose a great united
shout of "no." the whole crowd repeat*
Ing the word "no" again and again and
waving flags hats and handkerchiefs
The demonstration lasted for ten minutes.
Similar enthusiasm followed speeches ny
Signor Band la t and General Diaz
At the prefecture, to which the premier
nnd his colleagues were escorted Signor
Orlando again addressed the crowd, speak
lng from a balcony There was renewed
applause and when his train left for Rome
at 6 45 O'clock there was great cheering
from the people
VIENNA ELATED OVER
ACTION OF ORLANDO.
Vienna Tht* withdrawal of tho Italian
delegation from tho ponco conference was
received here with elation, the people
generally being glad to see the allies in
conflict w Ith each rot her. The Neue
Frele Press* says: .
"premier Orlando is bluffing probably
in order to square his position In Italy to
ward the Intercenlionists. It Is Impossi
ble for Italy to withdraw as she is fed
by America ”
The newspaper adds:
"President WI Ison’s position Is baaed on
the idea of right and justice and *t is
hoped lie will act In the same way toward
Hoh< iiiia and Tyrol where the people will
be driven to desperation If subjected to
Csech or Italian control."
DOWN WITH WILSON
CRIES ITALIAN PEOPLE.
London.—The Italian embassy here an
nounced this after noon that It had re
ceived reports that shops were closed In
most Italian tout s and that business was
at a standstill whi’* crowds of demon
st rants paraded, yelling:
• Long lt\e America, down with Wll-
I aon “
NOTE OR CONFIDENCE
GIVEN TO ITALY.
Romt. The . v utlve committee of the
Italo Hrittantc Institute met today under
the chairmanship of Marquis Centarionc.
It unanimous!) adopted a resolution ex
pressing 'h.- trust that the • undeniable
rights of Italy, which have been brutally
outraged in « manner unprecedented In
history, "ill receive the most loyal and
the most sincere empathy from the en
tire British world.”
WELFARF WORKERS DO
NOT FEAR TROUBLE.
Rome American organ Ist a ions includ
ing army and navy representatives, the
Red Groin. Y M C A. and Knights of
I Columbus are not taking any extra pre
cautions to guard aga ant demonstrations
as it is universally felt there will be no
viol, nee directed against Americans
Military offlc rs aay they expect no
trouble and "ill continue their routine
work.
“Moral Intervention” By U. S.
Wins in Mexico
But Uncle Sam Tightens His Purse-Strings Just When Brilliant “Friendship Drive” Has Pre
judice on the Run.
Capture of Corseted Spy and
Zimmermann “Invasion” Note
Are Fruit cf Yank Campaign.
By Jack Neville.
(American Newspaperman and
Investigator who has lived for
years in Mexico and who has just
spent four months there on special
detail for th*e Daily Herald.)
Mexico City—“l-see-the-cow."
A small woman j
stood before a I
chart, a pointer j
in her hand, sac-j
ing several score )
Mexicans, old and j
young. They re- j
cited in unison, ;
with odd inflec. |
tion “Aye see
the keow.”
The second bat
tle of Cowpens
was on; the ene
my in tv treat.
Moral interven
tion in Mexico |
had begun. It was j
yy -y-L lie.
a session of the’ English class on the '
U. S. Committee on public informa- I
tion. j
The three score or more Mexicans 1
were gently being led into friendship
for America instead of hatred for the .
“Gringo.”
On the walls hung portraits of
Washington, Lincoln and Wilson, sac- j
ing portraits of Miguel Hidalgo y Cos- .
tilla, Benito Juarez and Venustiano j
Carranza.
There wore no oil cans in the fore- »
ground, no ore sacks in the back- j
ground. They didn’t chant, "I see the i
bullets,” but “1 see the cow.” I was im- !
pressed with their earnestness and the j
friendliness with which they spoke to
their teacher.
"Too bad,’’ the little Mexican-Amer
ican woman In charge told me. “Eleven
hundred Mexicans come here daily to
learn your language. They are poten
tial friends. • ,
“But we have orders to close the •
school, from the United States!
“Too bad. Chances are now that they
will never learn English, and never
be real friends of yours because they
cannot understand you.”
I stepped around the corner—to the
French alliance.
There a man stood before a black
board. "Parlez vous Francaise?” he
wrote. And that group of Mexicans
studying French “parlezed” to beat the
band.
“I suppose the school will soon close,
now that the war is over?” I asked the
English-speaking Frenchman.
“No,” he replied, "W>e repain open
indefinitely. We want Mexican friends
ship, and this is the best way to get
it. W f hen they know French they'll
like us- trade with us.”
The United States was fleeing the
field on the verge of a great and in
calculably beneficial moral victory.
Fncle Sam spiking his own guns!
Hun propagandists during the war
had kept dinning this at Mexico. “The
United States can't fight, will not
fight.” Then Robert H. Murray, head
of thie U. S. Committee on Public In
formation here, conceived a brilliant
idea. He engineered a tour of the j
United States by 20 of Mexico’s best
known editors at the expense of this
government. They found Uncle Sam
could fight, would fight and was fight
ing putting the finishing touches to
Kaiserism. „
Poland Sacrificed to
Huns by Lioyd George
Says Frank Simonds
Crowning Tragedy of Congress of Vienna It to Be Repeated,
He Declares.
(By FRANK H. SIMONDS.)
(Copyright 1919. by The McLure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
Special to The Herald.
Paris.—As we aproach the end of
the Paris conference. It becomes
more and more unmistakable that
the crowning tragedy of the congress
of Vienftk is tq be repeated. A cen
tury ago the conquerors of Napoleon
perpetrated a crime against Poland
which was contained in several parti
tions begun by Frederick the Great,
in the interests of Frussia. Today
under tin* direct impulsion of Lloyd
George. Poland is again to be sacri
ficed. i as been sacrificed so far as
the present draft of the treaty of
peace is concerned. From the very
outset of th« war it has been the
conception of all those who knew*
eastern Europe well, that the erec
tion of a strong Poland was not
inertly necessary as an act of Justice,
giving freedom t » more than twenty
millions of people, but alto that it
VII tht fust *t*p In r« storing condi
tions created by the downfall of
Russia by erecting a barrier, both
against German expansion into Rus
sia and Bolshevist progress from
Russia into central Europe.
DENYING POLAND AN
OUTLET TO THE SEAS.
Vo create suqh a Poland it was
plain that it would not be sufficient
to Join the Polish territories of Rus
sia and Austria. It was clear that
even a a< of lustice. which ould
be the r< s fion vs I'russion Posen
to its old Polish asociation would not
suffice. Poland thus constituted
would have no outlet upon the sea
nnd would be economically as com
pletely at the mercy of Germany a*
Serbia was at the mercy of Austria
before the Hslkan war Such a Po
land would, in the nature of things,
be no more than a dependent of the
German empire, and inevitably sub
ordinate in the new* Mittel-Kuropa
To make a real Poland It was plain
that there must also he added dis
tricts along the Vistula taken hy
Frederick the Great in the first par
tition and containing n vary consid
erable Polish population together
with the Gity of THints!g. in torlcally
the Polish gateway to the sea This
solution, which Justice and common
sense alike demanded, was recom
mended unanimously by the allied
commb on appointed hy the confer
ence of Paris to investigate the Pol
ish question. This comm last on fixed
the frontiers of Poland in such a
fashion 1 1 corri
dor on either aide of the Vistula,
gdaclng this river out of rant*' of
German art Mery, and gave Danttig
and a ce-tain stretch of the coast un
conditionally to the PoVa
LLOYD GEOMCE WANTED
THE PLAN ABANDONED.
Poland thua created woul<* have a
population of more than twenty-five
mllions of people and all necessary
circumstances of national life This
recommendation of the commission
was provisional!' a proved by the
conference Hut to the amazement of
everybody, no sooner had Lloyd-
Ce©rre come to Paris than he de
manded that the Polish solution
should be abandoned He personally
araailed President Wilson who had
up to this moment given no stun-
UNCLE SAM’S AGENT AND HIS JOB
Robert H. Murry (insert), and vj ew from U. C. Committee of Public
Information bureau’s window down the Avenida Francisco I. Madero, Mex
ico City’s principal thoroughfare; a t the right is the man, a typical Mexi
can peon, whom Uncle Sam’s new propaganda of friendship must reach
to bring about better relations bet ween the two countries.
When these editors returned to Mex
ico they looked over the American war
cable and educational service, got out
the war cuts and photos, and unwrap
ped the l’. S. yar posters. “Use them,”
they ordered.
Murray’s educational campaign got
into full swing, and the literate people
of Mexico rapidly fell into line with
the Allies.
In addition to war cables, cuts and
matrices to 31 Mexican newspapers,
and daily translated bulletins to 419
papers, Murray established an English
school with five capacity classes.
With no money except for legitimate
display advertising of Liberty bond
campaigns, and few assistants, he
fought the German subsidized press to
a standstill and a backdown.
Mexico’s miota on U. S. Liberty
Loanswas oversubscribed more than
100 per cent, a large number of the
bonds being bought by Mexicans.
Murray exhibited the U. S. war film,
“Pershing’s Crusaders,” at the largest
movie house in the capital, at a time
when Pershing’s popularity in Mexico
wasn’t exactly high.
It took 25 Mexican policemen 25 min
utes to halt pro-German demonstra
tions in the audience when Pershing
and Old Glory flashed on the screen.
But by the time the last reel un
wound, there was nothing but applause.
Th*» Germans had packed blocks of the
audience, with instructions to “raise
hell.” They did. And they got it in
tion to this matter as having secri
ficed his principle of self determina
tion of people because in certain
areas of German population prevail
ed. As a consequence the w*hole
subject was sent back to the allied
commission, but this commission
steadfastly refused to modify its de
cision and reported in favor of its
old solution. Thereupon. Lloyd-
George renewed his attack, and after
lejfg and Intricate discussion has suc
ceeded in imposing a solution which,
in fact, will not only depriv'd Poland
of her outlet to the sea. but exposes
her to immediate and continuing at
tacks from Germany.
FORECASTS COL\_aPSE
OF POLISH CORRIDER.
All the corridor from tjie old Rus
sian frontier to the sea. is now to be
placed under the control of the
league of nations, which v ill dele
gate some of its powers to Poland,
but certain areas, including the city
of Dantzig. will preserve autonomy,
and since the league ot nations has
no method of imposing its decisions
nor defending Its principles, the
speedy ooU*| so of the Pottsn corridor
must be expected The purpose of
Lloyd-George in this persistent at
tack upon Poland is plain. T’. e de
sire to placate Germany, to provide
peace terms which Germany will ac
cept fears stimulated by the growth
of Bolshevism and its advance to
Budapest, these have combined to
produce the sacrifice of Poland to
Germany. If Poland does not receive
her gateway to the sea. then there
is a much greater chance that the
Germans will sign the treaty of
peace.
MEANING OF SACRIFICE
CANNOT BE MISTAKEN.
If the Germans sign the treaty of
peace, political profit is apparent.
But thexJ* ran be no mistaking the
meaning of this sacrifice. More than
twonty millions of Polos win 1 loft
at the mercy of a new Germany
without any economic outlet aside
from that which Germany may grant,
for no one believe thst the Pol
ish corridor will long stand against
opportunities provided for German
lnt»*rfer« nee. and the Poles will be
driven to choose between Bolshevism
m. They will have to
<l« ode whether to follow the example
of the Hungarians and go to Mos
cow*. or obey the cooler advice of
other of their statesmen and seek an
understanding with Berlin with a
sacrifice of all their legitimate na
tional aspirations. The tragedy of
Poland Is the outstanding circum
stance lr. these last hours.
A • ••nttirv ago qt Vienna there was
a period when Polish hope*, sup
pmt'd by the Russian Pznr. seemed
certain of result. There has been a
similar period here at Paris, but ones
TPor« Jealousies and political aapirn-
of selfish ehanstter has tri
ui 1 hed Mr Lloyd-Georgs’* pres
et.t concern for some twro millions of
German* whose rights have bulked
larger to Mm thun the rights of
of r-> « >I s ■ tin
sted anxii ty to produce a pears
which Germany will sign, have re
suit' ll In a compromise which cannot
last, and tn a sacrifice which Is al
ready apparent. There can be no
thing bitterer in all tl# history of fbi*
peace conference than the fashion in
SATURDAY, APRIL 26
turn. They were dragged into the
streets by the police and never re
turned.
Mexico must have been impressed
with the campaign, for shortly after
ward a queer incident occurred.
A woman rowed across the Rio
Grande at Laredo one night. She
might have walked across the inter
national bridge unmolested. Insted
she even jumped into the, water to ex
cite the American sentry,s suspicion.
Search revealed a water-proof pack.
«et in her corset, containing a message
in code. Deciphered, it proved one of
the most important finds of the war,
according to American officials.
A short time afterward our State
department announced interception of
the Zimmermann note urging Mexico
to war on the United States and offer
ing as bait parts of California, Texas,
New* Mexico, Arizona, Colorado and
Utah.
Few outside the American State De
partment know how the Zimmermann
note was secured, but down along the
Rio Grande they’re still t Iking about
the woman and her water-proof cor
set.
The general opinion is that a high
Mexican official used his own way
of tipping off this Hun plot to the
United States without involving him
self.
'More’n likely the ‘Old Man’ him
self,” said a Yank officer reciting ths
incident.
which political exigencies have pro- |
cured the surrender of the hopes of
the aspirations of those smaller na
tionalities whose liberation was pro
claimed as one of the main pur
poses, one of the chief justifications
of this hideous world war.
BAYS WE’RE SURRENDERING *
POLES TO THE HUNS. \
We are surrendering the Poles to
the Germans. We have practically
abandoned the Roumanians to the
Bolshevists, whose “troops are already
threatening Bessarabia, while a Bul
garian invasion is gathering along
the Dobrudja frontier. Finally, bv
denying to the Jugo-Slavs their own
outlet upon the Adriatic, we are lay
ing the foundation of another war,
following more betrayal. It is not
only the precedents of Vienna that
must come to mind today. More re
cently in the congress of Berlin. Eu
rope adopted towards the Balkans
exactly the same course the western
allies are now pursuing towards the
east. To please Russia, after inflict
ing many humiliations upon her,
Roumania was deprived of Bessara
bian toritory; to placate Roumania,
the Bulgarian Dobrudja was taken
from the Bulgars: to satlsfv Austria
Bosnia herzegovina was turned over
to her tinder conditions strongly
reminiscent of the new* mam' .tory
system while the Greeks were de
nied possession of Crete and promises
made to them in Thesally and Epirus
proved to be as empty as those now
being made to Poland. Some months
later, one of Lloyd-George’s prede
cessors stated that Great Britain had
"backed the wrong horse".
BALKAN WARS CAUSED
BY SUCH BETRAYALS.
Since the congress of Berlin, w#
have had three Balkan wars, and a
world war. growing out of the be
trayal at Berlin of the little people#
by the great powers, yet notwith
standing the examples of the recent
past Poland. Roumania and Jugo
slavia are now being sacrificed as
Roumania. Serbia and Bulgaria and
Greece were sacrificed a little more
than a generation ago. and for tbs
sacrifice of Poland, the most disap*
pointing and tragic of all. the re
sponsibility must rest uniquely witß
Lloyd-George. since up to the
ment of his arrival In Paris the Pol*
ish prospects were of the brightest,
and to his persistant attack has beea
due their almost total collapse.
SUPERIOR COURT
OPENS MONDAY IN
LINCOLN COUNTY
Grand Jury Expected to Return
Indictments in Number of
Liquor Cases.
Sp«-cl«l to The Hfrnld.
Lmcolnton, Q,.~Th« roati!.ir trrin of
I. i?oln County Superior <‘ourt will con
i'. l « "**« Monday April ?I|h. Judfr 11.
K alkrr, f QDwon. will prrMdti. So
lu-itor-ii. n. ral 11. r. Norman, of Waih
melon, will !»• on linn I tn look after tho
mu re,l of the tfalt Ju tho prosecution
of criminal ca*e«.
There la eonaiil. •mhla Imalneaa on tha
court dock -ta and i. it . <l. .-t..,| that tho
*e«mon will loot longer t!,.m uaunl It
l» limlenttorot that the Rrnr.d jury will ho
aak—l to tln'l hill* of Inillcimenl mralnat
*ev»r»l inrtk* who It I* all. red. hnva
law" v,p! •'“** prohibition