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Augusta Cotton Previous Today’s close close MIDDLIM3 31.50 3150 VOLUME XXIV, No. 154. AUSTRIA GIVEN PEACE TERMS * * XXXXXXXXXX x xxx Freight and Wire Rates Are Upheld XXXXXXXX■ X X X X X X Rhine Provinces Declare 7 heir Independence Higher Freight and Wire Rates Upheld By Supreme Court Washington.— The Supreme Court in an opinion today upheld the government authority to interfere with intrastate freight and passenger rates under powers conferrd by the joint resolution and the railroad control act by which the government assumed control of the country’s rail system. The court also set aside lower court decrees which held that under section 15 of the railroad control act pre-exist ing rates now in effect as lawful police regulations. North Dakota supreme court decrees enjoining the Northern Pacific railroad and director General Hines from enforcing an order of the railroad administration increas ing rates in that state were reversed. BURLESON UPHELD IN RAISING THE TOLLS The court held that the authority con ferred by the resolution and the act were war powers conferred on the President and that the power of the federal govern ment “was supreme and conclusive.” z The opinion was, unanimous. Washington, D. C.—lncreased telephone and telegraph rates, put into effect last January 21st under an order of Postmast er General Burleson were upheld today by the supreme court. The court held that under the joint resolution by which the wire systems were taken over by the government therj was authority for interfering with inter state rates. Federal court decrees permanently re straining the postmaster general from charging increased telegraph rates in Illinois were dissolved by the court. The court set aside South Dakota su preme court decrees enjoining the Da kota Central and three other telephone companies from increasing intra-state toll rates in compliance wtlh the postmaster general’s order. The opinion in all of the wire cases was unanimous. Massachusetts decrees dis missing the stat ? public service injunc tion were affirmed and original proceed ings brought by Kansas were dismissed. ALVIN YORK TELLS OF TRUST 111 ODD Nashville, Tenn.—At the annual decora tion day at the Upchurch burying ground in Chief Wolf River Valey, Fentress County, Sergt.. Alvin C. York, world war hero, yesterday resumed his role of elder In his church, quitting his place beside his sweetheart on a wagon seat to speak to 500 mountain people gathered on the hillside for the service and the big basket dinner in York’s honor. The returned soU dier said: “It is with the deepest love towards you all that I speak today. Love for you and for ali my people thrills my heart again when I with you. “It has been two years since we have met here for this decoration. While we are spreading flowers on the graves of the dead, we should remember to throw flowers of kindness in the paths of those •till living and help them reach a Chris tian life. “I have almost seen in the dark hours of midnight a vision into the pearly gates of Heaven. There are things that compel men to think of God. It is hard to be in the dark hohrs of night and see no one near, yet hear men dying not far away and hear them pray to God to save them, who have put off tl|ir prayers to their last hour. It is a sari thing to hear men to your right and left asking God, be tween their groans to have morcy upon them. “It is alright to ask God 4o have mercy, but don’t put It off until the end is near. W’e should lead a Christian life, so we can lpok up and say ‘Lord I’m ready'. Christ will take you safely through the dark valley of death. “If I were a preacher—and I’m not—but Just a simple country boy—l would think it one of the highest of honors to be chosen from the multiplied millions to do God’s work. While I have been gone, God has beeti my helper and keeper. Without the hand of God I know that I would not be here today. I have placed myself in the hands of a Man who never lost and will never lose a battle." SELLING DISCHARGES TO ENLISTED MEN AT McPherson Atlanta, Ga.—lnvestigation of allega tlons that discharge* had been Hold en listed men at Fort McPherson here for SBo apiece Is being conducted at the fort, it became known Sunday, Army officers would not say how many men were Involved or indicate the number of discharges they thought had been bartered. BRYAN EXPECTS A SALOONLESS WORLD Savannah, Ga.—ln hla address In Sa vannah Sunday William Jennings Bryan declared he expected not only to see a saloonleaa nation, but a aaloonless world “I am sorry the president made the recommendation to congress regarding the lifting of war-time prohibition," said Mr Bryan. "I don't believe he would have made It had he been In this coun try. I don't want to be understood as criticising him for being In Paris. I don’t think we would have had the league of nations had he not gone. Don’t worry about hla recommendation. A republican congress won't follow him when he, goes right, much less when he goes wrong." THE AUGUSTA HERALD 5 CENTS PER COPY. (FULL LEASED WIRE) European Situation In Summary Form (By The Associated Press). Austria's delegates at St. Germain re ceived today the terms of the peace form ulated by the alliPd and associated pow ers. The treaty was not presented In its entirety, however, clauses being reserved for future communication to the Aus trian representatives. The presentation occurred in the St. Germain palace drawing room, the cere monial opening shortly before 12:30 o'clock with a brief address by President Clemenceau as president of the peace conference. The Austrians were given 15 days to reply to such of the terms as were presented at today's session. Meanwhile, a situation which may af fect the peace settlement with Germany has arisen through the proclamation of an independent republic of the Rhine province, stretching along the frontiers of Holland. Belgium and Luxembourg and extending from the lowlands along the Dutch border to tile hills of Ihe Sarro. This province contains vast fields of coal and iron, great industrial cities and the centers of some of the most Im portant textile manufactories in Ger many. Announcement that such a declaration ■ was to be made has been forecasted for .several weeks, reports from Belgium, Holland and Berlin reflecting the immi nence of a move of great Importance. Last week a. statement was issued at Berlin denouncing those who were behind the movement and declaring them to be traitors to the Fatherland. It was charged that the French were active in propaganda work in the province, it be ing alleged that General Mangin. French commander at Mayence, was the prime mover. If the Rhineland province becomes in dependent. a buffer state will be set up between Germany and France and Bel gium, the Sarre region will be in the control of the new state and Germany will have lost all hep possessions west of the Rhine. Bremen and east and west Prussian and possibly other prov inces In Germany are said to he contem platinga similar serious step which might mean the disintegration of Germany. Recognition of the all-Russian govern ment at Omsk, headed by Admiral Kol chak, is expected to be delayed until Ro land S. Morris, American ambassador to Japan, has reached Omsk and has re ported to President Wilson. it appears that various Russian factions object to the terms said to have been proposed to Admiral Kolchak by the peace conference and advices Indicate that the head of the Omsk regime may ask for a modification. Ignace Jan Paderewski, Polish pre mier, who Is In Paris, has asked that an American commission* investigate re cent reports of mistreatment of Jews in Poland. FROHI AGENTS 00 UPON TRIAL TODAY Mansasas, Va.—Trial of State Prohi bition Inspector W. C. Hall and Depu ties Harry F. Sweet, Sr., W. B. Dun lea vy and J. H. Sullivan, Indicted In Shenandoah county for murder in con nection with the shooting und killing of Raymond C. Shackelford and Lawrence D. Hudson, alleged bootleggers, and re moved to Prince William County was called here today by Judge Brent. The Shenandoah county irrnnd Jury returned indictments on May 12th against Hall, Sweet, Dunleavy and Sullivan each being Indicted for the murder of Shackel ford and for the murder of Hudson, mak-, ing eight Indictments in all. Shackelford and Hudson were shot near Fisher's Hill enrly on the morning of March 26th while transporting 240 quarts of whiskey from Baltimore to Petersburg. Va. They were the first bootleggers to be shot and killed since the state went dry and public sentiment was much divided over the tragedy. The Anti-Saloon league claimed the liquor Interests were making capital out of the affair and Governor Davis was even petitioned hy a meeting In Washington to call the legislature Into extraordinary session to protest against the shooting of the two men. Ministerial associations and law enforcement leagues regretted tho "ne ceaslty” for shooting the men. but plead ed for a fair and impartial trial of the accused officers. KENTUCKY LIEUTENANT DECORATED FOR BRAVERY Archsngtl—Lieutenant Milton Rogers of Lebanon. Ky. Is the first American to be decorated for gallantry during the fighting on the Murmansk front. He has been awarded the French war cross for leading an attack on the Ttolshevlkl tranches at I.’rososero on April llth, with the cooperation of a French ar rr.orod 4r^in. THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES Terms Are Presented to Austrians; Certain of Clauses Not Ready Summary of Terms Offered By Council St. Germain.— Following is a summary of the conditions of peace as presented to the Austrian plentipotentiaries at St. German-En-Laye today: The conditions of peace of the allied and associated powers with the exception of military, reparation, financial and certain boundary clauses were handed to the Austrian plenipotentiaries at St. Germain. Those clauses which are not yet ready for presentation will be delivered as soon as possible, the Austrians in the meantime having the oppor tunity to begin work on the greater part of the treaty in an effort to facilitate a final decision. The Austrian treaty follows exactly the same outline as the German and in many places is identical with it except for the change in name. Certain specific clauses which a plied only to Germany are, of course, omitted and certain new clauses included, especially as regards the new states created out of the former Austro-Hungarian empire, and the protection of the rights of the yungarian empire, and the racial, religion and linguistic peoples in Austria, Czecho-Slovakia, RourAania and the Serbian-Croatian-Slov enian state. Austria is left by the treaty a state of from six millions or seven millions people inhabiting a territory of between 5,000 and 6,000 square miles. She is required to recognize the complete independence of Hungary, Czecho-Slovakia and the Serbian-Croatian-Slovanian state, and to cede other territories which previously in union with her, composed the empire of Austria-Hungary with its population of over 50,000,000 people. Austria agrees to accept the league of nations covenant and the labor charter to enounce all her extra European rights, to demobilize her whole naval and aerial forces, to admit the right of trial by the allied and associated powers of her nationals guilty of violating the law and customs of force and to accept detailed provisions similar to those of the German treaty as to economic relations and freedom of transit. In the following summary, part one of the treaty, con taining the covenant of the league of nations, and part twelve, containing the labor convention are omitted as being identical with corresponding sections of the German treaty. Part six dealing with prisoners of war and graves and part eleven with aerial navigation are also identical except for the substitution of names, and are likewise omit ted. Part thirteen of the German treaty, containing guar antees of execution is not paralleled in the Austrian treaty. The preamble is longer and more detailed than in the German summary and is as follows: “Whereas, on the request of the former imperial and royal Austro-Hungarian government an armistice was grant ed to Austria-Hungary on November 3, 1918, by the princi pal allied and associated powers in order that a treaty of peace might be concluded, and, “Whereas, the allied and associated powers are equal ly desirous that the war in which certain among them were successively involved, directly ordirectly, against Aus tria, and which originated in the declaration of war against Serbia on July 28, 1914, by the former imperial and royal Austro-Hungarian government and in the hostilities con ducted by Germany in alliance with Austria-Hungary should be replaced by a firm, just and durable peace, and, • Whereas, the former Austro-Hungarian monarchy has now ceased to exist and has been replaced in Austria by a republican government, And whereas, the principal allied and associated pow ers have already recognized that the Czecho-Slovak state, in which are incorporated certain portions of the said mon archy with that of the kingdom of Serbia as a free, inde pendent and allied state, under the name of the Serb-Croat Slovene, and, Whereas, it is necessary while restoring peace, to reg ulate the situation which has arisen from the dissolution of the said monarchy and the formation of the said states to establish the government of these countries on a firm foun dation of justice and equity. • “For this purpose the high contracting parties, duly named “Who having communicated their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed as follows: "From the coming into force of the present treaty the state of war will terminate. "Austria is recognized as a new jxnA independent state under the name of the republic of Austria. “From that moment and subject to the provisions of this treaty, official relations will exist between the allied and associated powers and the republic of Austria.’’ AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 2, 1919 Paris, The terms of peace were presented to the Austrians today with the problem of the Adriatic claims of Italy unsolved. The council of four held a bi'ief meeting before going to St. Germain this morning, Premier Orlando of Italy, and Col. E. M. House of the United States being pres ent. During the meeting the Adriatic question was dis cussed. St. Germain—Austria was tqday given 15 days to reply to the terms of peace presented by the allied nations. M. Clemenceau, president of the peace conference was the first prominent. flg wre te arrive today at the meeting: at which the terms or peace were present ed. Secretary of State Lansing and Henry White were the first American repre sentatives to arrive, Premier Orlando of Italy and Premier Paderewski of Poland and Arthur J. Balfour follow ing. At 12:10 o'clock President Wilson had not arrived and the ceremony of pre sentation was delayed somewhat The president however, reached St Germain ftt 12:14 o'clock. A puncture In the tire of his automobile had held him up on the way. The Austrian representatives arrived at 12:22 o’clock entering the chamber by a rear entrance. The delegates were attired In conventional morning dress The Austrians were escorted In by an Italian officer. Immediately upon their arrival at 12:22 o’clock the session was formally opened by announcement of the head usher. Premier Clemenceau, president of the peace conference at once began his ad dress. Paul Dtftasta, general secretary of the peace conference presented the terms to the Austrians at 12:27 o’clock. I)r Karl Renner, the Austrian chan cellor and head of the delegation then began an address In German. COBLENZ Will BE CAPITAL FOR NEW REPUBLIC OF RHINE Paris.—Coblenz will be the capital of the new Rhine republic, which was pro claimed yesterday in several Rhine cities. The new government and national assem bly will meet there, but the provisional government will sit at Wciachaden. Por tions of the proclamation have been tele graphed to the Kcho de Paris from Metz by Meurice Barren One significant sec tion of it was: “We declare the autonomous Rhenish republic to he founded In the bosom of Germany. It Is a pacific republic which Is composed of the Rhenish province, Old Nassau, Rhenish Hesse and the Palat inate. The foundation rests on the fol lowing bases: “1. The frontiers will remain the same, Including Blrkenfeld. “2. changes In frontiers can be rrmdo only with the approval -of other natlotis • nlered ;ii «'M,il)||hli-'<l by a p|cHbisc|te “3. The provisional government of the Rhenish republic Is exercised by the un dersigned delegates of the people. “4. Fleet lons for the Rhenish national assembly will !»• held without delay, aC cording to the methods of the German na tional assembly. “Coblenz Is to he the capital of the new government and the national assembly will meet there. “The provisional government will sit at Welsehaden IjOcml authorities will con tinue to exercise control for the time be ing. The provisional government will take thep lace of the central government, and the Prusslori, Bavarian and Hessian gov ernments. (Signed). “Rhenish. Hessian - Nassau Committee. “Palatinate Committee, “June 1. im.“ Another passage shows the movement not to he separatist, but anti-Prussian. It says: “Violence from whatever side must dis appear. The Knerilsh people honestly and sincerely Wishes peace based on a recon ciliation of all ocopies, That is why It separates Itself from the Institutions which are the bases of so many wars, feudalism and militarism. It thereby eliminates an obstacle standing In the way of a genuine pence," M Bar res says that Mr. Dor den, the president of the new repuhlln Is the soul of the movement. He Is from Bonn arid before the war was a magistrate. During the war he was a German officer. "He is one of those Idealist Rhine, landers who have never been reconciled to the subjection of the left hank of the Rhine to brutal exploitation by Prussia." M. Barres writes “We are In the pres ence of the re-appearance of the old Ger many with which our fathers were able to enter Into ageeernenta and sometimes to entertain friendship This happy event became possible only through the admir able conduct and political sense of the allied armies." (ASSOCIATED PRESS) League Is Assailed As a “Gigantic War Trust” By Johnson '"■ 1 * Washington. —Assailing the league of nations as a com bination of armed powers “in a gigantic \rttr trust” Senator Johnson, republican of California, told the senate today that the Paris conference dared not amend the league so the declaration of future wars would be decided, not by established rules, but by a popular vote of the peoples con cerned. “It; is not a league of nations to prevent war” he as serted. “It contains within itself the germs of many wars, and worse than that, it rivets as in the Shantung decision the chains of tyranny upon millions of people and cements for all time unjust and wicked annextations. It is a great world economic trust, wherein a few men, sitting in secret, may control the economic destinies of peoples. It is not a league of peoples nor does it anywhere concern itself with peoples.” PHONE OPERATORS 10 STRIKE TODAY IFPLEA REFUSED Atlanta, Ga.—^What union leaders as serted would prove to he s nation-wide strike of telephone and telegraph em ployee appeared early today to hinge on the question of reinstatement of less than a dozen telephone girls here. The strike would go Into effect at 3 o’clock this afternoon. The operators wAro discharged for join ing the Commercial Telegraphers Union of America, according to their leaders while the company Just as i»oslttvely as serted that union affiliations had nothng to do with the cases Ineffclency and Infraction of rules was the, reason assign ed by President J. Fpps Brown of the Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company for discharge of six local “hello girls.” Union leaders said seven young women and two men wore discharged for joining the union. At a meeting last night an ultimatum demandng the reinstatement of the ope rators, with the alternative of a strike, which was served on the company Sat urday, was ratified by members of the telegrapher* union. Thf company In the meantime had put the case up to Postmaster General Bur leson through the government operating Ismrd In New York, hut as far as could be learned here early today no word had been received from either the board or Mr. Burleson. The latter, however, an nounced last night In Washington that he had ordered an Investigation. Telegraphers employed I y the West ern Union and Postal Companies would be the only Morse men affected, union men said, except for union telegraphers working for the Bell system. George Yundt. vice-president of the Southern Bell Company In charge of op eration, said this morning no communica tions had been received from the wire operatlhg hoard In New York in connec tion with the local situation. “The situa tion remains Just as It stood Saturday evening.” he said. ”We made a report to the operating board Saturday. Since then we have had no advices from the hoard and nothing further from repre sentatives of the union. There have been no reinstatements of discharged em ployes, to my knowledge.” Washington, D. C.—H. J Konenkarnp. president of the Commercial Telegraph ers’ Union, stated here today that no date had been set for a natlon-wtde tel egraphers' strike, and that the tlireat (Oontlnued on Page Fight.) MORRIS IS TO REPORT ON KOLCHAK REGIME Psrls— Until Roland H. Morris, Ameri can ambassador to .Xajmn, rein lies Omsk, from Tokio, It seems Improbable thul further steps toward extending recognition to the Kolchak government will he sanctioned hy President Wilson, as he is anxious to have a report from Mr Morris after he has fully discussed at Omsk Because of slow communica tions over the trans-Hlber lan route, it Is probable lhat It will he another week be fore Mr Morris reaches Omsk. While It is generally believed Admiral Kolchak will accept ine majority of the conditions under which the entente na tions and the L'nlted Males offer rec ognition, it is likely thlie Omsk govern ment will seek modifications of the sec tion providing for Russia's recognition of the Baltic, Trans-Caucasian govern ments, as nutomlnous and stipulating many difference which may, arise be tween them and the Kolchak government shall be referred to the league, of na tions. The Russian commission In Paris which Is supporting dial Kolchak, Holds this section lo he prejudicial to a re-united Russia for which a struggle Is being made The irans-faspinn and trnns-Paucaslan sections contain Rus sia's chief cotton and petroleum supplies and (he provisional governments there are largely creations or the British army, It is said Consequently their recogni tion as Hutomlrioua would In the opinion of Russians make Turkestan and trans- Caucasia virtually British tones of In fluence A, F, Kerensky, the former Russian premier and his sympathisers In Paris are strongly opposing the extnslon of recognition to Admiral Kolchak. HOME EDITION THE WEATHER—Augusta and vicinity! Cloudy tonight and Tuesday. Instead of coming closer to those most concerned, the men and women for whom governments should exist, the league goes a step farther, from them. The repre sentatives of ruling powers sit far away in secret. “The answer is this Is not a league to promote peace, but to protect power. I'hoHe who advocate it dare not amend It so that thp issue of war shall be made by the men and women who must tight and die for It.” Urging adoption of his resolution ask ing the state department for the full text of the pcac.e treaty. Senator Johnson read into the record the oft-quoted utterances of President Wilson regarding open di plomacy. “open covenants openly arrived at," continued the senator, “are now a byword and a Joke. Their mention brings but a eyhlcal smile." The revised covenant, Mr. Johnson con tinued. far from preserving the Monro* doctrine, would mean its destruction He declared the leagjje would he a. partner ship between Ihe world’s one great “go ing concern” and bankrupt nations, and charged that, government propaganda was discrediting league opponents. By the Paris negotlations, he Hald the United Slates has made many powerful enemieH. On the llth of November, America, as no nation ori earth ever had been before, was respected, revered and beloved. After six months of meddling and muddling in Furopean and Asiatic, controversities and contests over territory the end of th* peace conference finds Italy detesting us, France secretly despising us. Fngland using us, and Japan bluffing us. “They are all willing and anxious that we should have our league of nations, and willing and pnxiouH because of the same spirit which has ruled them in the peace conference. The one going solvent con% cern nationally is about to enter Into partnership with certain national bank rupi Wo i* • "i our aseta both moral and material and assume a part of their liabilities.” Quoting the Monroe doctrine amend ment to the league covenant Senator Johnson continued: “If an American with the purpose in view of protecting the Monroe doctrine, wrote this article, his affection for it was tepid, arid his allegiance feeble. It could not have been written with any other purpose tfian the destruction o? the Mon roe doctrine. “The blackest page in all our history was written when our name was signed to the treaty delivering Shantung to Japan. We have not only committed the crime, in the first instance, hut we have guaran t*ed fin- « r‘.in*- for all time. We give by the peace treaty Shantung to Japan and hy the league of nations, part of the same document. w»* guarantee Shantung to Japan and guarantee It with our treasure and our blood. “It is absolutely clear that questions like immigration, those arising from the alien land laws of California and similar matters will he within the Jurisdiction of the league. Remember that there is in existence an offensive and defensive al liance between Japan and Great Britain, arid that wtlgnt be question of Shantung recently was up. Britain very frankly said this treaty alliance still existed. As a Californian, I am not ready to submit any race problems we may have to the Juris diction of the council of the league of na tions, or to the league itself. “I arn unwilling that either body should pass upon jK>sslhly the gravest question that confronts us. You gentlemen from tlie South would resent the suggestion that a race problem of yours should b* decided by nations bound to the race af fected by secret treaties.” COTTON CROP WHS 75. G PER CENT OF NORMAL MAY 25 Washington— I Th* condition of tho cot ton crop wan 76.6 per cent of a normal on May 26th the department of agricul ture announced today In Its first report of the sea eon No estimate of the area planted was made. That will be an nounced In July. Condition by state* follows: North Carolina, 65; South Carolina, 76: Oeor kU. 61; Florida, 75; Alabama. 71; Mis sissippi, 71; Louisiana, 74; Texas. 76; Arkansas, 66; Tennessee. 64; Missouri, 70, Oklahoma, 65. California. 11; # Ari zona. —; New Mexico. —. CLEVELAND JEWS PROTEST THE POLISH POGROMS Clsvslsnd. Ohio.—With muffled drums and with every marcher wearing black hands or mourning gsrmenls approxi mately 5,000 Jews paraded through ths downtown aectlon of the city today in protest of the reported sntl-Jewlsh per secution in Poland and Galicia.