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WILSON FACES THE BIG TEST
Italians Seem Back
of Their Delegate
in His Homecoming
Thousands Greet Premier Orlando at Railway Station in
Rome —Among Them Were 400 Senators and Deputies—
Political Factions Unite in Endorsing His Stand.
Rome—Premier Orlando, arriving here i'rom Paris short
ly before noon today, was accorded one of the greatest de
monstrations in the history of the city.
Thousands of citizens, including 400 senators and dep
uties greeted him at the railway station.
Members of the cabinet met him in Ihe royal waiting
room.
As the premier emerged from the waiting room and en
tered a motor car a tremendous cheer went up. The crowd
sang the national anthem and the throngs lining the route to
the ministry offices alternated in cheering and singing as Or
lando and his escort passed. The streets were decorated with
flags.
At times the people pressed so closely
about (he motor cn.r that thi* premier - *
IfrogrosM wa* halted until the police
could dear away
The crowd that assembled to gfeat
Prrmler Orlando received with great en
ihtialaHm the announcement that Bab
ride d'Anmmc|o. the author-aviator, had
accepted (ho Invitation unit by the mayor
of Rome to come to the capita) to voice
"a deep protest from the heart of a
eonntrv torn by an outrage In which
its most earn'd nail'ial aspiration*
have miffered " •
The body of Hociallat* who supported
the war have adopted a resolution dr
Haring that to prevent the annexation
of Plume by Italy would mean opposition
to the “fundamental principles of a Ju*t
and lasting peace built upon recognl
, tiofi of nationality and tho self deter*
tntnation of People*."
The republican party ha* adopted a
resolution unanimously demanding pos-
HetMOon of Flume by Italy and complain
ing that the Italian government had boon
placed In an Isolated position at the
peace conference where “the cupidity of
surviving militarism prevailed over the
right* of the people*."
The democratic party ha* made pub
lb’ a statement which say*:
“I’rrsldent Wilson ha* sanctioned the
InequaJlt y of races, dominion of the
sens and the Intangible Monroe doctrine.
*nd has denied freedom of Immigration,
showing that his assert lon* of lofty po
litical and humanitarian Ideals concealed
electoral Interest*, to the detriment of
weaker pnw i* I’rrsldent Wilson I*
not now the true arid authorized inter
preter for the Ameii'Mii people."
Members of the Kvgngelicnl churches
have sent a message !o J’rcmler Or
lando denouncing "the Insincere and un
justifiable conduct of President W ilson
who after buxine bargained with the
more powerful allies, wished pompously
to uphold hi* principle* l»y offending t"he
sacred rights of Italy.'*
FARM-TO-TABLE PUN
PARCEL POST FAILURE
Washington. The furtn-to-tablo plan
of tin* parcel po t 1 i failed to dent
the higlpco*! of living, postofflea of-j
rtriat* ;inintt loOhy
ftasplte the fact that when the men*,
ure was proposed In ('ongresM it* ad
vocate* declared It would bring down
prices of farm products. It appear* to
have done nothing toward stopping the
advance of butter, egg*, poultry, meat,
etc.
“There in little Indication that the
parrel post will bring dowi war-boost -
od prices for any great number of peo.
ple.“ declared Director of I’ostofflea
Ft van in an Interview on the subject,
lie Indicated the wealthy people wvre
about the only one* profiting by tha
parcel* post short-cut
•‘Although the department has been
working years to make thi* system
general, people generally seem unwil
ling to patronise It." he said. "It's
much cheaper for the consumer I
know that by personal experiment. For
several years l have bought all my
egg* fr<ffr> a countryman in Virginia
who by the way. I never have seen.
When I wa* stationed in Philadel
phia 1 tried to Introduce the system
there. 1 first circularised the textile
workers, thinking they would Is* glad
of the chance to get prod in'* fresh
from the country at low prices Hut
they failed almost completely to re
spond
"Then I tried the more* prosperous,
aocalled middle class The result waa
practically the same
“Finally I circularized the rich peo
ple They responded rather generally.
"People seem to prefer to go to the
corner store for their produce and pay
more twecaiise It’s more handy than
ordering days ahead from the farmer
The farm-to-table plan has not done
what the department expected of It "
Under the farm-to-table plan, the
postofflce worked to bring farmer and
city consumer into contact. Post
masters of many big cities bad printed
and distributed circular* (riving the
names and nddres'-r* of farmers wil
ling to m!I and deliver by parcel poat
their butter, eggs and produce
WHEN TOBACCO WASTING
AMERICANS LEAVE PARIS
Rams.— Bx no one will the departure
of the Am-ricsn p tidier* from I'm* is I A
more Iteenlv felt than by th« humble
• b
a gnkl*'!i time foi them uti l ’‘Puna »'in
mi ant*/* who I* the r- *enl». .1 boaa >.f
ee* replies ritsds'nfulb w hen folks mini.
‘“There** always i-b** o wfa r* A*"«r
lean* are," he imv* "M> men follow
them (tp Fine fellow*' Thex smoke
goed »»utT and. what'* lefter they m*t
chew their cigar* and throw awsv hsif
o ft h»-m That'* where we gather tn
tobacco’ ha* gone up several degree*,"
and he grinned
"Just now bu*lne** Is fine M be went
np "People are beginning to alt outside
the f*fes again, and m? men nick op
all tb. fag end* on ’hr sidewalk \n.
other squad clean* up the music halt
lounge* early In the morning People
qiimtr ha* s dr> me and sorting *hed
where the cigar *t« b* are cut up and
made Into pipe mixture and the cigar
ette end* are • fted ,«nd turned Into new
smoke* Ifo »■**.• t •• oft 75
a pound for the r«* material, "aerord
tvig to quality." he aa>*
THE WEATHER
goktH » arollna Fair, warmer Sunday.
Monday part cloudy. pfobtbf) showem
feorfi*. Parti} cloudy and warmer
Sunday shower* at ntght or Monday.
‘SLIGHTLY OKU IS
PERCENT VICTORY
LOAN SUBSCRIRED
Wa.hlngton.—Onr-thlrd nf (hi> Victory
l.lln-rty lx>«n rampalcn h«n pawnd and
lr.» thnn one-»lxth of the minimum
luolji. ha« turn aubacrlbrd.
Hale to tonlifht wore officially raporl
<'l nt T’hia reprrsenta IG.CB
(H I ccnl of thn quota of It.50(1,000.00(1.
**'«■« th « *'lo«ft of tho tlrat weak nf
thn fourth loan campaign totalled 155,.
1.'15.000, The fourth loan, however, car
rlnil a tiilnlinum quota of 0 000.000,000.
iln Ural week'll aaj. n of thu fourth la
• therefore, were M. 25 per cent nf tin
minimum quota.
lt< ports from al sources tonight told
nf well sustained efforts and Increasing
Intel eat. The outlook generally was said
by treasury official* < 0 be good. In cer
tain section* of the NorthwrHt difficulty
wh„ being experienced in reaching rural
k < uons hern linn of local conditions The
Nfime , onimiona wore said to obtain in
hx Hand and Minneapolis district
hut war loan directors in each district
' u n r they will he
iihh to reach their quotas
Lugging sales in the campaign hna
1 hum. d the -Mejory ship" f'rnne which
" "I"* "* s ail Diego-Panama Canal
• a of the victory Journey t«> slow down
her engine* (*|T the lower coast of o*ll
- Indus tho i*rai* s speed was re
•iuce.i ll.r crew naked tho navy do
i .ilmrni hy wlrrh-.H -|f th« Amrrliuin
people Imve forsaken ua “
Akron, Ohio, was the largest eltv to
complete her work In today s lists Sioux
' ") however, accomplished the
feat of ohtnlnlng her share without so
liciting a single subscription Her Job
was finished In twelve hours, war loan
directors telegraphed.
Reports received by Admiral Cowfe. di
rector of the campaign In the »i a vy,
showed the sailors’ total subscriptions to
he ft 760.000 tonight.
It iltvHopcfl lo.lay that aoveral rov
.•nuDwilul
f:irtin. nt of .luatloa, (hn IVdaral Trad*
> ommiKHkin and tho Treaary hav* i-ik.-n
atop, looking to Invaot((ration of rriwirta
tluit Liberty bond "scalpers" are doing
a thriving hiiNlnesN In nmny localities,
buying up bonds of pant issues at very
low price* These bond broker*. It ha*
bc,n reported, urge person* to sell bonds
ulr«i*d\ hciiKht and to KuhscritM' for th*
new issue of Liberty note*.
In some case* amateur brokers hav*
pmd a* little hh S7O and SBO for $10(1 Lib
erty bond*, although tho market pries*
for all past ItuMie* are above $<W Th«
Investigation Inis been undertaken to as
certain whether huyera of these bonds
have misrepresented the market value in
■*’ effort to lower th« buying price
Newspapers were Urged again to publish
In prominent imsitlon market quotations
for bond* of past Inmic*. as telegraphed
in them dally to prevent small bond
owners from being mulcted of their sav
ing*
other report* to the treason’ are to
the effect that bond buyer* In large dtlea
advertised that they "have been licens
ed" by the gnvermnenl to buy Liberty
bond* Official* today explained that no
broker* have been licensed by the gov
ernment to buy bond* unit that no form
al restriction* ar« ini|H>**d by the treas
on In several cities, pien have e*tah
fished what they call "Liberty Bond ex
change* offering to take Liberty Bonds
’n trade for cheap Jewelry or other mer
chandise sold In the establishment, and
to pav a cash balance above the price of
the merchandise
Prevention of fraud or of sharp prac
tice* In (In'**' cases rests largely with
local 1 Ihertjr loan committees, it was
said, since ground* cannot often h*
foun ! for prosecution under federal law*
"Iboort* from all districts tonight told
of well sustained interest and the out
look general!} was said to bo good," said
the treasury's revh w of the Victory loan
campaign "In certain section* of the
Northwest difficulty was htfing experi
ence.l in reaching the rural section* and
>u!r* In the mining and rural section* of
oarts of the central weat continue to he
disappointing."
St Unit* district manager* reported
H '»t th« southern part of Indiana In t'«»t
district leads other states oMhe district
with *»; per cent of the quota already
subset tfi. i Vincennes, the oldest city til
the state, ha* again over the top first
as In previous loan* Fifteen Kentuck
counties have po**c.t their goal*.
Ku beer lotion* hy district* and percent
age* of tneir quota* are as follow*:
Bercent-
Hubscriptlon* age
st l>oul* . . I in «>co 30
Chicago . . 156.538 JMM} S 3 $
Boston ........ $0 MV “h L’l 41
Richmond 3s.mm 000 U* 42
Minneapolis ....... ?4 3*l CO* IN 35
Cleveland gv,885,000 IJ.ff
> i
New York ...... Jt0.000.000 13.3.1
Kansas City 4*4.000 110$
Dali** 7.740.000 7 0?
Sun Francisco 24 040,0«» o s.|7
Atlanta 4.376.000 3.03
ATLANTA OIOTRICT
TOTAL* s2< 000 000
Atlanta. G*.—Victory loan subscrip-
I in t|re Atlanta dlatrica totalled
1 • 11 at the close of lh«- first week
f the campaign according to unofficial
i report* received at headquarters here
Seven mvr. countiea reported today that
the\ had subscribed their akdment*.
i .umit Ui. district a total to twsnty-otl
1 •■math * over the top". Those report
ing today were Hamilton County (Chat
tanooga Tenn ). !& 03*,666 Cumberland,
j Morgan and Itlnunt counties, Tcnncaee,
Hr)an and Randolph, Georgia and Frank
lin County Florida
BUte Chairman L M Boole nf Louis
iana. reported eaH.mated subscription* in
,(»!>> oulMde c>f Nr* Drlmw* o(
»' WW ' nW '-
Thrre's mighty little fxd tu Oern.any
except food foe reflect mo C;.«r.« ton
New* and Courier
Burleson, Assailed by
Big Labor Leader and
Press, Hurls His Defy
ARCHAIC AUTOCRAT
USES SIMPERS
"Labor was long ago forced to
the conclusion that Burleson was
completely out o* sympathy with
tha trend of American thought
He is totally unable to comprehend
what America meant when it de
clared war upon autocracy every
where. The only difficulty in
Burleson's way is that the world
has decided it wants no more dic
tators."— SAMUEL GOMPER3.
New York, N. Y.—<’haracterlzinp Post
master cjoneral Burleson as an "archaic
autocrat," Sanun l <tampers, president of
the American Federation of Labor, to
night in a prepared statement declared
that all the postmaster general needs
Is “a wider field and a better opportu
nity to fit himself for succeMsion to some
of the world's best known but unlament
ed ex-dictators."
The troubles of the postmaster general,
("tampers asserted, were not the result of
a plot or conspiracy on the part of large
American publishers. as Burleson
charges, "but of Burleson's autocratic
nature," the most recent example of
which Is his seizure of telegraph lines
and his treatment of those with whom
he has come In contact in the labor move
ment.
“Labor was long ago forced to the
conclusion that Burleson was completely
out of sympathy with the trend of Am
erican thought," said Gompers. "He is
totally unable to comprehend what Am
erica meant when it declared war upon
autocracy everywhere. Burleson needs
only a wider field and a better oppor
tunity to fit him for succession to some
of the world’s l> st known and unlarnent
*d ex-dictators. The only difficulty in
Burleson's way is that the world has
reached the decision that it w'ants no
more dictators. The United States im»pl -
office department is one of the very few
places In the world not yet in accord
with that decision.
"Long before the government took, over
the telegraph system. Burleson’s cold and
autocratic treatment became known to
the workers engaged In the postal serv
ice Natural resentment which followed
has Increased in volume exactly In pro
portion to the increased field over which
Burleson rules. Postal workers have
com© so understand thoroughly that de
mocracy and the postofflce department
have nothing in common except they ex
ist under the same government."
(tampers asserted that time after time
postal employes have sought to lay their
grievances before Burleson through their
representatives These pleadings have
been ns vain as they were frequent, he
said
“My own experiences with Burleson
have been of a similar nature." h»* added
“It ha* b“en a favorite poee of the post
master general to appear a* a high
minded person, genernttg and sympa
thetic with his employe*. Always, how
ever. this sympathy ha* been defined to
mean that whenever an employe had
anything to present to him ho might
feel fro* to do a<».
"In the case of th* postoffice depart
ment. however, the employes are scat
tered all over the United State* atid such
an attitude as that assumed by the post
master general becomes not only ridicu
lous and preposterous but constitutes an
affront and an Insult to the Intelligence
of the men and women In his depart
ment and to the country a* well."
(tampers also said that the position
taken by the secretaries of war and navy
departments and other governmental de
partments In dealing with labor, the
declarations of the war lnb *r board, ap
proved hy President Wtlaon concerning
collective bargaining, have failed to make
the slightest Impression upon the mind
of Burleson He has Insisted upon a
line of conduct as completely out of har
mony with the balance of the government
as it could well he. (tampers charged
“Burleson's troubles." (tampers con
cluded “cannot he successfully laid hy
him at the doors of those whom he may
assume are his political enemies, because
their source Is something deeper Burle
son a trouble* *riae from the fact that
he has attempted with nlngular zeal, to
carry out an archaic autocratic policy in
the conduct of hi* department.
"Any post master-general who will fol
low the same policy will inevitably face
the same public con ksnitnption and
eventually walk the same plank that
Burleson must sooner or later."
WANT A NICE LITTLE BABY
ELEPHANT FOR $2,200?
London.*—''Wild an Ini als tv+nh from tho
hush Captured and supplied at the
shortest notice See our price list Call,
phone or writs.’*
This Is the motto of the ' World's Zoo.
1 n«rleal Trading Company,*' which has
lust been organised here by Capt J A.
Jordan, well-known big game hunter,
who has turned from war on the Hun to
resume hostilities against the denisens of
the primeval forests Jordan. It is claim
ed has cant ured more elephants than
anv man living
The price list Includes ,
Elephant, three-quarters grown, and
trained . .JtnoA
Baby elephant **?*«
H Ipnopot&mus . . M 66
Oortlls young to fWW
knotted hvsna . ........... SOO to SAA
Strlpedo hyena t?S
Mandril M
Armadillo . ... *4O to
Clant tortoise ISM to Mo
Ostrich, adult ..., 1M
If von want an okanl no time limit
can he guaranteed for delivery, hut every
effort w'll he made to aecute one. cost
about |2B O<M»
FOUR AIRPI ANFS RMRN
AT BELMONT FIELD
Washington—A. P M four airplanes
which had been rebuilt for the postal
air service was burned today while helns
tested at Belmont field. New York, and
Pilot V T- Ferron of Jamslcg txmg is.
lnn»l h*j. badl\ burned \dvW* to the
t>oetofflce department gave few detaila
hut said an Inquiry had been started to
determine the cause of the accident.
YEAR AGO TODAY
Surr*MlfVl French relde were made
near 1 ol't* snd northeast of Camil
le! Artillery bombardment* were
hsaw In the’ region of I-affauv and
•i < Vurrleree Wood. and < *ham'
brelte*
South of th# Somme (ho Frerch
are reported to have "hied them.
..Hr, to d*ath" In repeated assaults
mon the driving German Hr-.- At
tempts to Pierre th, Hun lines at
Mansard Wood and north of (hr
l.noo brook hoth failed
Hr’elan* hold enemy .ftor deadly
fighting routh of t,ahe R'ankaert
W. help hr buying Victory Hondo
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
HILL STAND PST
INDICATES PIC.
"I shall not suspend the increas
ed postage rates on newspapers
and magazines though lobbyists
and hirelings of these publishers
may conceal themselves behind a
pretended desire to improve the
postal or wirs service and hurl
their phosgene gas shells of falsi
fied news or attempt to give a
a back thrust with the stilfetto
poisoned by hidden malice to hon
est officials who are doing their
duty."—A. S. BURLESON.
Washington.—Bitterly denouncing “pa
rasite publishers who. for years, have
plundered the costal revenues." Post
master-General Burleson tonight declar
ed the old time $72.000.00A postal subsidy
shall not he restored If he can help it.
That was his answer to resolutions
adopted by the American Newspaper
Publishers’ Association, asking suspen-
■lon of the law Increasing postage rates
on newspapers and magazines.
Burleson's statement follows:
"Resolutions adopted at their meeting
in Now York yesterday commit the Pub
lishers' Association to a petition for the
repeal or suspension of the law Increas
ing the rate of postage on newspapers
and magazines.
j "This makes the isstn* plain Should
the law be repealed or should It be per
mitted to stand?
"It is manifest that enough of the pub
lish* rs were interested to influence the
association to declare in favor of the
repeal of this law which deprives them
of a part of the subsidy they had long
enjoyed.
The old tactics of ‘stalling' action by
a? pointing a commission should not be
tolerated. VYe have had the Hughes
r itnmlHsion appointed at the Instance of
the publishers, and they refused to ac
rept its findings.
"The postmaster-general does not as
sume that all or even n considerable
nart of these publishers would be influ
enced to falsification or otter dishonor
able conduct by their desire to recover
this advantage.
"But the facts remain that the selfish
few do resort to disreputable methods to
accomplish this purpose. Tlndr interest
and the motive is made clear
"The postmaster-general is informed
that a certain periodical in u ninele issue
recently carried SBOO 000 worth of adver
tising. which is at the rat** of $40,000,000
a year. This edition weighed approxi
mately two million pounds and was
transmitted through the mail at :» loss
of 8 cents on every pound. In this in
stance the other users of the mail were
taxed to protect the loss of JISO.OOO for
the benefit of one publisher on this single
issue of his periodical and he profited to
that extent. The statement that the
nubile and not the publisher suffer* by
the zone rate is an insult to the intelli
gence of the American people
"However, many such selfish publish
ers rnav attempt to camouflage the situ
ation the thoughtful Intelligent render,
will not lose sight of the real Issue:
'I the law which provides that the
publisher who profits from this transi
tion. mwstb ear a part of this loss to
the postal as'ablishment. be suspended
or repealed, nud the full benefit of the
$7? «0h ’"0 of indirect graft that a few
millionaire publishers have so long cn
toved. he res ored? Their lobbvlsts and
hirelings may conceal themselves behind
a pretmded deutre to Improve the postal
or *ir service and hurl their nhomrene
•*a» ah* U* of falsified news or attempt to
rive a hack thrust with the stilleto pois
oned bv hidden vnslice to honest officials
who are doing their duly; yet thev must
cot he permitted to obscure the real is
sue Shall th* old time s72.oen non postal
snh*id\ taken from the pocket of other
users of the r* all be restored to the f**w
parasite publishers who have for years
plundered the postal revenues?
"It *hall not be. if bv the use of the
hludrfcon of truth the present postmas
ter-general can pound the honest facts
into the mlr' 4 * of those upon whom the
flpnl renponadbilltv rests."
In another statement Burleson dented
Ihe en.nlovgd convict labor In f
Answering an ItHnilr - from Gbarle* John
son Pest director of the Publishers' Ad
visory (VPsd ha Mid*
"Of course, von know sh The New
York Worn «Md when It publish-1 t’’la
falsehood that 1 did pot nee convict ta
bor on my pluntstton. but ♦hat the plan
tation was leased and cultivated by the
of Texas find the convict* used
ther*.il were »t »M tluiea under the
atsta'** exclusive control
Put agon f-m 1 ad t*»* * *cts in this . » •
h*d h.*en nreviooslv l*»ld before (*onfr* i m*
and H.tid it would be Interesting for Post
♦ o i*' before congress "details of moneva
raised and srent to sscum repeal of the
; -one coatage rate law."
LONDON SODA FOUNTAINS
London.— I The so«la water invasion is
| about te beam and It is expected that r\
| doze: or more modern fountains noon
will >«. operating within half n mile of
Pica Iny Cl rout while other will be go
ing ill Hast m the suburb*
Tl * hannv unon-tae for ih • Americans
11 vine here came through the efforts of
an American manufacturer who happen*
ed i be In loandoti on otTicr bui»ln* ss
InqiPry d*' doped that there were few
fountains In the city, and these were f*r
from nodern he set out to sell bis
ware* and within a week had sold a bill
W’blc counted far into the thousands
Tt Iced drink business has suffered a
setback since the war beean lack of
sugar fruit svrups und milk was mo se
ven*’- felt that th** poor imitation of
American sodawat r did not append to
the lon doner With the Installation of
new fountains and a plentiful supply of
fruit and milk it i« believed the <trtnk
will become popular this summer.
LAY (81 CARDS
001 SAYS POST
I challenge you to publish rec
ords of monies received by you
and the profits made by you from
convict labor on your properties,
a convict labor system which com.
petes with free American labor
and in which whipping, brutality
and ferocious punishments were
the methods of exacting adequate
labor from its victims."
—CHARLES JOHNSON POST.
New York, N. Y.—Charles Johnson
Post, director of the publishers’ advisory
hoard, w*ho was accused hy _ Postmaster
General Burleson of uttering an "in
famous falsehood" in a statement re
garding the alleged refusal to transmit
matter criticising him over the telegraph
wires and of being "chief lobbyist" of
the publishers, sent the following tele
gram today to Mr Burleson:
"I accept your challenge, issued in
your statement published In today’s pa
pers. to publicly present all figures of
monies raised by *he publishers* advisory
hoard, its expenditures and all details in
connection with rnysejf and this organi
zation before any representatives named
by you and at any time or place at their
convenience. I shall place myself en
tirely at their disposition as to examin
ation under oath in connection with till
these expenditures.
“In return, I challenge to similarly
produce and make public your records
oi' the monies received by you and the
profits made hy you In connection with
convict lab r on properties owned by you,
a convict labor system which competes
with free American labor and in which
whippings, brutality and ferocious pun
ishments were the methods of extracting
adequate lab r from its victims.”
NEW PHONE HUES
EFFECTIVE MHI
Atlanta. Ga,—Revised schedules for
local telephone rates In Georgia were fil
ed here today with the state Railroad
f'ommlftsion. which, It was said, would
Kivp the telephone companies about a 13
per cent Increase In rates. Kißht other
souther" states and parts of Indiana and
iulnois will be affected by the new rates,
it was announced.
Tlte new local telephone rates to be
come effective May Ist. Residence
te'ephone rates generally are slightly
lowered and business telephone rates are
Increased. Nearly every city and towrt
in Georgia will he affected.
LANDIS KNOCKS HIGHER
WIRE RATES "KIBOSH”
Chicago, lll.—Federal Judge Landis to*
«! iy ruled that Postmaster General Burle
son could not increase intrastate tele
graph rates. He said he would dissolve
the temporary injunction restraining the
attorney general of Illinois from inter
fering with the Imposition of the higher
rates.
LONDON PLANNING FOR A
BIG PEACE CELEBRATION
London—London Is to he a city of tri-'
umphal fiestas this summer. The pace. I
ants will Include: 1 B
A triumphal parade through London
the middle of the summer of the allied
commanders and representatives of all
British arms corps, services, ships and
regiments which have taken part In the
war. together with detentions from al
lied armies This will be the climax of
a three-days* victory holiday, to be ob
served throughout the country
The date will ilenend upon when peace
is seined. It will he one of the most
e laborate demonstrations ever attempted
in London.
i A victory parade of the City of London
: troops—i. e. troops with headquarters in
London—followed by a review by the
i Kina
Receptions to President Poincare, the
Kin of Italy and the Kin* of Belgium.
And thete will be many others, to be
I arranged later.
PERDUE HURLS
NO EXHIBITIONS
New Origins. La.—Hub Perdue one of
’ <nv;»t*st pitchers in tbs Notions!
>srm» tafl "ear*. is aga'rud spring exhl*
i WMon mme*. Tn fact, that Is n part of
I ’ * yo*>tract with \'*w Orlmni team
J -b pitches no exhibition games
» Hub was a member of the 1 ouisville
It’nm three serine a r >. The Cleveland
Tud*»oa **nme through, flub was Ip rood
I condition and wait'd to shut the Indians
1 »>ut 11 aotipmpliahed Ha ;iim. but in *o
lo'r* **»—ilnad his hack and soon after
J was released.
No«- wl i ’tub signs un with the Pell,
cans Me nuts in a clans* that he \u to do
1 *>o pitching in exhibition games
hums KM ! so
CAMP'S DOGS AND CATS
—The *i\ hundr* 1 German
>» « interred in a tkFieeeut ration c-imu
-i* n«d't«i»"rthv nea»- Svdnev. recently
killed all the *i cs and cats fn the com
j pound In ;%r attempt to compel the camp
! commandant to resHnd an order tor*
I r»or*ellv itoi'w'nt »he»r sutmly of fond
*-d wa'-r TV e|fh*r ate the
* d t o ha v <
*•• \nv-way, th* • -atsed the beads of
; th* animats on nlkes
T"* conflict s**o*rt ov#r th' 1 arrest and
confinement of two of th« Germans for
attempting to escape fro»n the compound
The ith- 'H went op stride t*» compel the
I commandant to e« j. **e t*** two men and
! when be cut off their food and water
j thev Rifled the camp ne»a Mnt of the
. rlrgM->adet-» were arrested and rh* demon
;«trr*lon end'd v hen half mtlona were Is
j sued
ANTI-BOLSHP''!K RIOTS
OCCUR IN IVANOVO
I Stockholm—A serious anti-Bnlahev'k
I revolt ha« occurred | m the feinsro roi
> ton growing distr***t. "8 miles Northeast
J of Alosoow. according to dlsoatehe# re
j celved here todav V »u»rrbar of soviet
officials were said to *4tavc been killed,
j When the dispatches were filed his cKjr
Of Ivanovo wag gtlll Ip th*- hand* <v
LlMurgttva
Allies Plan Treaty
With Huns Without
Italian’s Signature
This Attitude Said to Be Based on Assumption That Orlando
and His Government Are De termined Not to Participate
Further in the Paris Conference.
Paris.—The allies, according to authoritative informa
tion tonight, are preparing to make peace with Germany
without Italy’s signature.
This attitude was said to be based on the assumption
that Italy remains-firm in her determination not to participate
further in the peace conference. Should the Italians decide
to resume negotiations matters will stand just where they
did when Italy withdrew. At that time the British and French
were reported to be willing to stand by the pact of London
which gives Italy the Dalmatian coast but not Fiume.
WILSON IS FACING
SUPREME TEST OF
HIS PEACE POWERS
Washington, D. C. —President Wilson
this week t'ac'cs the supreme test of his
power at the peace conference, according
to friends, officials and diplomats here.
With the allied German peace meeting
only a few days off, the Paris confer
ence is in serious eleventh-hour diffi
culties for -which the President's Flume
statement is held directly responsible.
Although private dispatches to the
White House today declared the situa
tion is clearing rapidly, diplomatic quar
ters and other official quarters reflected
distinct gravity at the general outlook.
With Japans claims in China looming
ominously in the background and the
clamor of the Italian. British and French
press becoming increasingly anti-Wilson.
It is known that the president is en
countering unexpected difficulties in
holding the allies to his fourteen points.
While it has been stated that Pre
miers Lloyd-George and demenceau
have tacitly supported the president in
his stand toward Italy diplomats here
today pointed to the fact that there has
been no official statement from either the
British or French delegates confirming
this. Italian diplomats in Washington
attribute the silence to a mental strug
gle in the minds of their allies between a
desire for the league of nations and de
sire to abide by the pact of London.
The effect of the press outbreak in the
allied countries during the coming week
Is awaited here with no little anxiety hy
administration officials.
Both Lloyd-George and Olemenoeau
have reversed themselves frequently at
Paris under the pressure of opinion at
home. Both now are witnessing a run
ning fire of opposition to Wilson’s state
ment In the British and French newspa
pers. Tho Italian press and populace,
according to all reports. Is registering
violent remonstrance at Wilson’s position
toward Fiume.
Authorities here pointed today to the
fact that the cry is largely against Wil
son—not so much against America —and
they profess to see in this the possibil
ity of organized propaganda directed at
the president to weaken his personal po
sition at the conference.
But Wilson, it is stated, still holds the
whip hand, with America’s ships, wealth,
and raw materials. It is indicated here
that he will not consent to pooling
either United States tonnage or raw ma
terials with the other allies until he
learns definitely what is to be the out
come of his peace’efforts. It is the con
viction of his friends here that he will
be able to hold in line the other powers
with the weapons at his command.
In the mean time a general lifting of
haze from the peace conference is ex
pected soon, ft : h pointed out here that
the situation cannot *ndure long as It
now stands, and behind the cloak of hcc
reerv. officials believe there are transpir
ing event.i that will end the deadlock In
time to prevent a complete collapse of
the conference and its resultant benefit
to the German position.
FRANCIS P. GARVAN TELLS OF GERMANY'S
ELABORATE SPY SYSTEM IN AMERICA
New York.—fnder "the master spy"
Dr Hugo Schweitzer. (ierman agents In
thl* country reported to Berlin by code
every detail of America’, business life,
kept from the Allies four million, five
hundred thousand pounds of explosives
and sent over seas the formula for thj
deadly muatard gas which laid low thou
sands of American soldiers, according to
Francis P. O irvan. alien property cus
todian who delivered art address at the
annual bannuet of the National t'otton
Manufacturer. Association here last
Mr Garva.i declared he had, for nine
teen month., born making "a study of
(lerman Industrial life and its manifesta
tions In the I’nlted t Sates " As a result,
he said. he was also aide to reveal the
far-reaching machinations of Dr.
Schweitzer, former president of the Buy
er Company, which was taken over and
re-organized by the alien property cus
todian.
'•True It is that the Hamburg Am»rl
run Line end the North Oerman Lloyd
kept faithful tab for Berlin on a thou
sand details of our business life which
came under their observation; that not
n ship of our»; not a cargo was loaded or
unloaded hut that some member of its
organlration watched and report* i every
detail to t.e sent by code to the German
gov< rnrnent.” said Mr (iarvan.
"ltm greater than all. .lid forming the
foundation of her entire esplonuge and
I rot Uganda *y tem stood the dye Indus
try. A* long as .vou w. re supplied by
the 'fog six' vour business hnd no secret
unknown In Berlin In Berlin you will
find s earl Index svstem which recites
every fact concerned with each one of
your concerns that esn be of any posslbls
value to your rivals over there
"the head of that system in this country
for .ears before the war was l»r. Hugo
« Mveltser. president of the Raver t om
panv He was give hi. .eeret service
number by the Imperial minister of war
NSJ t»! *JT. He cum. to this country
became a citlsen on t't* Instruction of
the German government eventually was
made the head of 'he Raver Comr-tnv
and led 'he espionage and -rooawvllet
movements here down *o the lev of hts
sudden death In November. iSI7.
' Schweitzer was the Invent,f of th*
Idea of th* purchase of the New Tnrk
Evening Mr d. Bchweltzer was the In
ventor of the Ide. of the German publl
eat lop society Over thirty trained chem
ists his lieutenants, are now Interned ”
Asserting Dr Heinrich F Albert com
mercial sitaehe of the German Embassy
In W-shlrgton had tum*d over about
$l *oa cen to Schweitzer, Mr. ‘larvan euld
•h* latter had fo.med th# cixe.-nlcal ex
change. by hlch .11 available uhenol
supply In Amerisa was turned . av from
the manufacture nf plrrtr add for ez
ploac <s (or the a' t with a profit out
SUNDAY. APRIL 27
The French and British are understood
to hold the viewpoint that the agree
ment not to make a "separate" peace
contained in the London pact really
applied only during the war and bound
the signatories to keep up hostilities
with Germany until she was beaten. This
has now been accomplished and the na
tions concerned in the pact are actually
free to do as they wish regarding sign
ing a peace with Germany so far as
the pact is concerned.
Premier Orlando who arrived in
Home shortly before noon today Is ex
pected to put the issue squarely up to
the Italian parliament he goes
before that body Monday. He probably
will outline his stand in the conference
and ask a vote of confidence. Upon the
verdict will depend Italy’s future course.
Ts his ministry is .sustained he will be
in a position to return to Paris and re
new his demand for Fiume under threat
of seizing the seaport forcibly—or even
to seize Fiume without the formality of
resuming relationship with the allies.
If the vote goes against him he must
resign to malep wav for another prime
minister, possibly Signor Bissolati. who
recently resigned from the cabinet, os
tensibly in protest against the annexa
tionist program of Orlando and Foreign
Minister Sonnino. Another version of
Orlando’s attitude was contained in re
ports circulated tonight. These reports
had it that he left for home convinced
that Fiume could not be secured and
recognizing the Ameriman. British and
French arguments to the extent of pre
paring to present them fairly to his
parliament.
He is said to have declared just be
fore he departed that he was going to
address parliament in support of the
compromise offered by the "big three"
instead of asking for support of his de
mand for Fiume. The Italian govern
ment. however has built up a tremend
ous propaganda in Ttalv agitating an
nexation of Fiume until it has become
a national issue.
Orlando in case he actually supports
a compromise must face the sentiment
bis own government has created and
eYideavor to swing the people into line
on the compromise.
It was learned today that Orlando car
ried with him a statement bv Premier
Lloyd George and Premier demenceau,
outlining their position on the question
of Italian territorial claims. He was
said to lie free to publish this i? he de
sires While this statement was not.
made public it was believed to contain
an outline of the compromise on which
Great Britain and France are willing to
agree. This is unofficially stated to
make Fiume a free city under the league
of nations, give the Italians and Jugo
slavs equal rights in the Dalmatian
hinterland under the league and award
the Dalmatian coastal islands to Italy.
Orlando’s journey through the Italian
provinces en route to Rome was report
ed to ke a veritable triumphal profes
sion. At each stopping place, particu
larly in Pisa and Turin, he was greeted
by huge crowds who urged him to ro
main firm in his demand for Fiume and
not return to Paris. When he reached
Rome tho enthusiastic crowds pressed
about him so densely that it was diffi
cult for his automobile to reach the gov
ernment offices, according to advices re
ceived at Italian headquarters here.
Tho Italian leader’s first official act
was a conference with King Victor Lr*i
manuel today. The king has openly en
dorsed the attitude of Orlando and hid
colleagues.
The departure of Sonnino and former
Premier Salandra from Paris this af
ter’ non completed withdrawal of the
Italian delegates A crowd of Italian
officials ar.d civilians accompanied them
to the Gare de Lyon and cheered them
as their train pulled out.
of America's pool et, to Germany of JL*
650,00(1.
In praising Schweitzer's work, Albert
Is quoted by Mr. Garvan as saying:
"Now one should picture to himself what
a military coup would be accomplished
by an army leader if he should succeed
in destroying three railroad trains of
forty cars, containing four million. Ovs
thousand pounds of explosives."
Mr. Garvan added the Germans "hoped
to corner” bromine produced only her*
and In Germany, anil deadly In Its effect
when combined with nitric gases,
"At Bo.:ota, N. J.. in the New Jersey
Agricultural Chemical Company. Dr.
Schweitzer employed Dr. Walter Scheele.
who was the inventor in that little town
of New Jersey, in 1913. of mustard gas,
the formula of which he transmitted
through Captain -in Punen to Germany
ns soon as the war broke out," continued
Mr. Clarvan. "Thl* la the mustard gas
which laid low your brothers on th*
plains of France."
FINE QUARTERS FOR ’EM
Zurich.—According to reports reaching
here from Berlin, the ruler* of new Ger
many have resolved to surpass all th*
“ff irt* of their predecessors In the exer
cise the preflt
Immediately opposite th» *Grman fare
ilen office stands one o flhe palaces Of
the t -al hnus* of Prussia, which of
late year* has b *0 occup.ed by Prlnc*
Frederick Leopold, a cousin of the former
emperor This palace Is to be come th*
headquarters of th* new press bureau
which the government will create soon.
It will he more than a m«r* government
d oartmetit. for It also will contain a club
for journalists
One part nf the palsilal building, a
Rerlln dispatch say* will be devoted to
the office* of officials whoae work win
be that of inspiring thr press, und th*
remainder will b- transformed Into luxu
rious club-rooms.
There will be a llbrsry, writing-rooms,
reading-rooms smoking-room*. Millard
rooms, a restaurant, an American bar.
'nnr.ee rooms and a gymnasium with a
telegraph office conveniently attached.
Every conceivable device. It I* stated,
will be employed lo capture snd rstaln
the sympathlt* of newspaper men.
The pear* conference persist* In It*
policy of a closed door and then wonder*
why everybody Is knocking—Brooklyn
Eagle.
Most bartenders will be pleased to get
Into huelnes* where ft* best eia'omers
will not want to kits them good-night.—
Toledo Blade.