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VOLUME XXIV, No., 156
Five War Department Probes Planned
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Western Union Wire Operators Quit Posts
to Back Up the Striking Telephone Girls
Union Telegraph
Operators Go on
Sympathy Strike
Atlanta.— Union Telegraphers employed by the West
ern Union Telegraph Company at Atlanta went on strike
at 11 o’clock todky in sympathy with the telephone opera
tors of the Southern Bell and Atlanta Telephone Companies,
who left their switchboards Monday. The strikers were
greeted with cheers as they left the building in small
groups.
Union leaders claimed between 300 and 400 Western
Union employes joined in the walkout, but declined to make
any definite statement until after the strikers had been reg
istered at headquarters.
Official figures announced by H. C.
Worthen, general manager of the
Southern division of the Western Un
ion showed that ninety-two employes
quit work at the appointed hour, in
cluding Morse and Multiplex operators,
office messengers and employes in
testing and regulating departments.
The normal force was given as approx,
innately 400, while the total number of
Western Union employes at Atlanta
was said to be 537.
The company having been apprised
of the impending walkout had mado
preparations for handling traffic as
usual. About 70 operators had been
brought in from other cities and em
ployes from other departments were
transferred to the operating rooms for
the emergency. None of the employes
in the clerical departments participat
ed in the strike it was announced.
Konenkamp States the
Walk-out May Spread
Washington.— S. J. Konenkamp, president of the Com
mercial Telegraphers’ Union of America, said here today he
believed the Atlanta strike would spread until it assumed
nation-wide proportions and resulted in a tie-up of the
country’s telegraph and telephone communication.
“The primary reason for the trouble now threatening
through the Atlanta strike”, said Mr. Konenkamp, “is the
failure of the wire administration, through Postmaster Gen
eral Burleson, to appreciate the force of and carry out the
labor policy of President Wilson.”
The postoffice department’s wire control board an
nounced that reports reaching it from Atlanta showed that
the sympathetic strike of telegraphers was confined to a
few individuals and was not general.
Clemenceau to
Oppose Changes
In Peace Terms
(By The Aeaociated Preet.)
There ia reason to Relieve, according to
advices from Paris, that the council of
four will reach a decision by Thursday as
to the reply that will be made to the
German counter proposals to the terms of
peace. Meetlncs are bcinr held In Paris
today for the purpose of drafting memo
randa to be submitted to the council of
four.
Premier Clemenceau is understood to
oppose any Important changes In the
clauses of the treaty to which the Gar
mans have entered their strongest oblen.
tlons.
There are Indications, however, of a
strong under-cnrrent of smumect to
meet to the Oerman offer of a definite
sum of 100.MO.OOO.90(i marks as Indemnity
lnst-ad of the indetermlnat< sum that
might be demanded tinder tbe terms as
presented. It also seems possible that
the clauses of the p*et relating to Silesia
may be modified so that Germany would
be able to receive supplies of grain, coal
and other commodities in spite of the
transfer to Poland of sovereignty over
that region.
That the Germans have not said their
last word in objecting to phrases of tho
treaty Is Indicated by a memorandum
drafted by German experts, who seek to
refute allied charges as to the guilt of
tjermany for the war. This memorandum.
It is said, will be presented us a reply to
the report made by the inter-allied com
mission on responsibility for th- conflict.
Tbe supreme economic council has ap
pointed a committee to study a plan for
the liquidation of the world's food control
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
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(FULL LEASED WIRE)
The local Western Union office is the
largest relay point In the South and
Mann claimed 90 per cent of its employes
as union memb-rs. H C. Worthen, gen
eral manager of the Southern division of
the Western Union, said he enosidered
It a “close estimate to say that ten per
cent are unionized.”
The telephone strike resulted from
claims by the union that about a dozen
employes had been discharged for union
affiliations, which the company denies.
Inefficiency and infraction of rulea
caused the discharges, the company said.
The telephone company today publish
ed a telegram from Postmaster General
Burleson saying “strikes in the govern
ment services are not permissible,” and
asking for names of all telephone em
ployes who fail to return in 24 hours.
The company has set the time limit for
returning at B o'clock tonight Mean
while it is continuing to give service,
although admittedly working under a
handicap.
and to devise plans to meet the problems
'bat wiU arise after tho coming harvest.
OMSK REGIME IS
TOPRDTECTLABOR
Omsk—The minister of labor In the
Omsk government, a social democrat and
a member of the constituent assembly.
La l no Id Schumllovsky has made tbe fol
lowing statement to i epresentatlvea of
the press:
"The iKdlcy of the ministry of labor Is
to combine the protection of labor with
the Interests of the state The Inter
ests of the workingmen 'an be safe
guarded and the living conditions for the
working class can be improved only on
condition that the Industries In the coun
try continue to exist and develop
"We have decided on an eight hour
working day In all Industries The state
Is interested In establishing working
conditions under which the generations
ghotild grow up strong physically and
morally and Intellectually We have In
troduced sickness and unemployment in
surance. Kmployment bureaus with the
help of the government will be estab
lished everywhere on th* territory clear
ed of Bolsherlkl.
IHE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES
TOLEDO SITUATION
TENSE FOLLOWING
RIOT BOTHERS
Toledo, Ohio. —The situation is at hiph
tension here today following: the labor
riots of yesterday when two persons were
killed and 19 others injured near tho
Willys-Overland plant. With the plant
again shutdown at the request of the city
officials, Mayor Sehreiber stated that
the situation is beyond his control, de
spite the large number of emergency po
lice.
No word has been received from Co
lumbus in response to the mayor's appeal
to Governor Cox, for state troops. There
are no reports of further violence. In
the section of the city near the plant
feeling against the soldiers is running
high.
Clarence A.. Earl, vice-president and
general manager of the company, an
nounced that no attempt woold be mado
to operate the plant, which has been
affected by labor disturbances involving
13,000 employes, pending word from Gov
ernor Cox regarding an appeal from
Mayor Sehreiber for troops to handle the
situation.
The dead men, it is said, were not. in
volved in the labor dispute and were
never employed at the Overland plant.
They were in the crowd which congre
gated about a fire station when dis
charged soldiers guarding the plant ar
rived in response to a riot calL
Peeling in the neighborhood where the
deaths occurred is running high. This Is
a settlement of Poles, and police authori
ties are apprehensive of further out
breaks today, aimed at the former sol
diers doing emergency police duty. These
emergency policemen are armed with au
tomatic pistols and rifles. They still
wear the uniform of the army and are
operating under the direction of Colonel
L. W\ Howard, who receives his instruc
tions from Mayor Sehreiber.
Mayor Sehreiber had received no word
from Governor Cox concerning his plea
for troops and fearing that an attempt
might be made to harm him spent the
night in a hotel instead of his home.
The house adjoining the mayor's was
stoned and its windows smashed last
night by sympathizers of the idle auto
mobile workers, who apparently mistook
the residence for the mayor's.
The labor unrest at the automobile
plant which has been smouldering for
several weeks blazed into a pitched
brittle at thie gates of the factory last
night as the day force was leaving.
A crowd estimated at 5,000 idle work
ers attacked the loyal employes with
a shower of bricks, stones, clubs and
other missiles.
The emergency police charged them,
firing more than a hundred shots over
the heads of the rioters. Eleven per
sons were injured In this clash, two
probably fatally. After this disturbance
had befcn quelled one of the discharged
soldier guards with a girl companion,
was seen in the Polish neighborhood
near the automobile plant. He was
tarrying side arms and wearing his
uniform.
A crowd gathered about him and
threatened him and ha took refugie In
a fire engine house. A summons for
help was sent to the commanding of
ficer of the emergency police force and
two automobile trucks filled with men
In uniform responded. These men
formed about the fire station and fired
a volley over the heads of the crowd.
When this failed to disperse the as
semblage the order was given to shoot
low and this charge killed two men
and wounded six others.
This trouble caused Mayor Sehreiber
to issue his appeal for troops and to
ask the sheriff of Luca* county to
lend his deputies to quell the rioting.
GERMAN EXPERTS
PREPARE REPORT
ON WAR'S CAUSES
Berlin.—Prof. Mans DelbrudCk, gen
eral Count Max Montgelas and Prof.
Weber, Oerman experts at Versailles
have drawn up a long memorandum
on the question of responsibility for
the war which will be presented as a
reply to the entente commission's re
port on the subjoct.
The memorandum argues the neces
sity of submitting the question to an
impartial commission for investigation
and denies there was any secret plot
between Merlin and Vienna to deetory
Herbia. Russia's Imperialist, policy,
the memorandum argues, made war
with Germany Inevitable. It says that
Germany's war agamst France was
one of defense and admits that Ger
many's naval policy was of such a
nature as to arouse the distrust of
Great Britain.
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 4, 1919
To Operate Direct
Cables Into South
American Nations
New York. —Arrangements for direct
Table service between the United States
and Brazil and thence along the entire
eastern coast of South America have
been entered into between tho Western
Union Telegraph Company and the West
ern Telegraph Company of Great Bri
tain.
Laying of 3,200 mile.s of new cable
which may be accomplished within six
months, will connect Miami, Fla., with
Belem. Brazil, by way of Barbados, the
terminus of the new line meeting the
Western Union system at Miami, and
the costal sables of the British com
pany extending from Belem to Bin
Janeiro, Buenos Aires and tlie princi
pal cities of South America's eastern
Seaboard.
FIVE PROBES TO
RE PUT IN WAR
DEPT.EXPENSES
Washington. Five sep
arate investigations of war
department expenditures are
to be made by house commit
tees each composed of two
republicans and one demo
crat, according (o a plan dis
closed before the house rules
committee today by republi
can leaders. The inquiries
would center about aviation,
ordnance, camps and can
tonments, quartermasters
corps and expenditures in
foreign countries.
The rules committee decid
ed that a resolution to en
large the standing house
committee on war depart
ment expenditures to fifteen
members should be made an
order of special business.
House consideration of the
resolution late today was
planned.
SENATE TAKES UP
SUFFRAGE BILL
Washington—With advocates of tho
metmirs confident it would be adopted
before adjournment, the equal suffrage
constitutional amendment resolution
recently passed in the house, wan taked
up an unfinished bushfess in the senate
today. While admitting that the reso
lution undoubtedly would be favorably
acted upon, opponents of the reHolutlon
were expected to oppose a disposition tv
the last, although no addresses of
length or obstructionist tactics were
looked for.
Chairman Watson, of the committee
having the bill in char#®, announced lie
would insist upon holding tbe senate in
sesalon until a vote is reached.
TROWBRIDGE TELLS
OF NEW INVENTION
Princeton, N. J. —Four details of ths
"Hound Hanging Scrv|i«" In the over
seas army by means of which the loca
tion and calibre of <inomy guns were
recorded and a photographic chart fin
ished tins minute after snetny artillery
activity commenced, were made nubile
here today by Prof Augustus Trow
bridge, of the physics department, until
recently lieutenant colonel In the en
gineer corps and chief of the sound and
flash ranging service of the second
American armv.
In recognition of his work at the head
of this branch of the expeditionary
force* of Trowbridge was recently
awarded the distinguished service cross
by the British government. Central sta
tions locked In dugouts or shattered
buildings along ths front recorded pho
tographically the arrival of sound from
German batteries These Instruments In
addition developed and fixed photo
graphic charts a.utofnatlcally In lass than
a minute after the arrival of (he aound
of the firing In one minute more In
formation an to the exact position, tar
get and calibre of the enemy artillery
could be telephoned to waiting Ameri
can battc-tea.
HURLEY OUTLINES
PLANS FOR TRADE
WITH S. AMERICA
Washington, D. C.—Plans for tho es
tablishment of direct steamship lincN con
necting: American Atlantic, Gulf and Pa
cific ports with South and Central Am
erica were laid before the Pan-American
commercial conference here today by
Chairman Hurley, of tho shipping board.
They call for direct lines from New York
to Brazil, Argentina and Chile; New Or
leans or Mobile to tho west coast of
South America and Seattle and other Pa
cific ports to western South American
ports.
The line between New York and lira
rile and Argentina. Mr. Hurley said, will
be inaugurated on November Ist, with
the former German liners Mt. Vernon,
von Stueben and Agamemnon which are
to he remodeled for this trade. These
vessels have a speed of 23% knots an hour
and wll be able to make the trip from
New York to Rio de Janeiro In nine days
and to Buenos Aires In 14 days
Mr. Hurley told the conference that
Mm of deadweight tone al
ready had been allocated to the Latin-
American trade and that others would be*
assigned as soon as they became avail
able.
"Contemplated plans," said Mr. Hurley,
"call for at least two lines from New
York to serve the West Indian trades,
one **f them covering tho eaetern Carlb-
Man and the other the western Carib
bean with canal collections at Colon.
It Is realized that nothing less than
the best will serve to satisfy the demands
of Latin-American travelers and export
ers. Therefore*, no effect will he spared
to make these lines conform to the high
est standards of modern steamship ser
vice.
It ia hoped to have them specially
designed for the flouth American trade
and equipped with tho conveniences
and luxuries which the long trips In
tropical sea-H require. The fourteen
ships under consideration for these
trades are of about 18,000 gross tons
with accommodations for about 300
first class passengers.
The Mount Vernon, the von Steuben
and the Agamemnon make 23% knots
an hour, so that, the trip from New
York to Rio Janeiro can la* made In
nine days and that to Argentine capital
•an be made in 14 days. There will
thus be a saving of at least a month’s
time on the round trip.”
Mr. Hurley told the conference that
226 ships of 863,334 dead weight tons
already had been allocated to the Lat
in-American trade and that others
would be assigned as soon as they be
came available.
Mr. Hurley announced that fn in
augurating the service to Brazil and
Argentina he planned to take a party
of 700 American officials and business
men to South America on the Mount
Vernon.
THE POOD SURPLUS
LARGE ENOUGH FOR
THE WHOLE WORLD
Paris#—There is a sufficient surplus
of food indicated from ths coming har
vests to supply Europe and meet the
needs of the world unless some unexpect
ed catastrophe happens to the world's
harvests, according a statement today by
Herbert. f *. Hoover, head of the allied
organization.
Since the war it Is estimated Europe
has loaf 18,400,000 cattle, 39,000,000 hogs
and 8,600,000 sheep.
The European consumption at 2,260,-
000,000 bushels of which between 700.-
000,000 and 800,000,000 will have to he im
ported.
“The available breadstuff® to Europe
from the producing countries will prob
ably be between 770,000,000 and 860,000,-
000 bushels. It would appear therefore
the world's bread budget will balance
next year but within narrow margins.
In any event the present Indications are
that the American bumper wheat and rye
crops will be needed. The principal Im
porting European governments have all
guaranteed that farmers prices at higher
levels than the American guarantee and
all are Involved In bread subsidies There
will not be much likelihood of rnueh pri
vate trade in wheat next year outside of
government buying
“The Europeon production of sugar wifi
be apparently about 66 per cent of the
pre-war normal and before the war im
ports averaged 2,260.000 tons per annum.
The buying power of the people so great
ly affects the consumption of this com
modity that no estimate of the probable
Import demands can be forecast.
HUNS MAKE PREPARATION*.
Paris—A report has reached peace con
ference circles that Oust a v No«ke, the
Herman minister of defense recently
made a tour of the Herman coast defense
and directed the personnel to be prepar
ed for emergencies.
(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Bomb Explosions
Traced To Doors
of Big Anarchists
Pittsburgh. —Evidence that anarchists responsible for
bomb explosions at the homes of Judge W.H.S. Thompson of
the United States district court and W. W. Sibray, chief in- j
spector of the bureau of immigration Monday night were
operating under orders from Russian radicals’ headquarters |
in New York, was in the hands of the police here today.
According to Superintendent R. J. Alderdice, of the
bureau of police, John Johnson, president of the local I. W.
W*. organisation who was arrested yesterday came to Pitts
burgh from New York two weeks ago at the instance of
“No. 1001.” William Haywood, president of the I. W. W.
according to Mr. Alderdice, bears the pass No. 1001.
Johnson was held in jail today with a score of other al
leged anarchists who were arrested yesterday and last night.
In a partial confession Johnson is said to have named a
Cleveland man as the maker of the bombs exploded here.
Among the important suspects arrested last night was
Mike Bielesta, said by the police to be a delegate from the
Petrograd council of workmen and peasants sent to this
country to spread Bolshevik propaganda.
Washington—Although virtually every
agent ann operative of the department
of Justice and the police In eight citleH
have been working on Hewn which It
w&h hoped would lead to the apprehen-
Hion of the plotter* who Monday night
placed high explosive bomba In i• t
cities, so far rh is known in Washington
no really important arrests have been
made.
More than sixty suspects have been
taken into custody In various parts of
the. country hut no indications have been
received here that would indicate tho
capture of the actual plotters.
However, department of justice of
Keenest Rivalry Apparent In
Salesmanship Contest Being
Conducted By The Herald
Proprietors of Augusta Stores Endorse Plan and Clerks Are
Busy Preparing to Swamp the Contest Editor With
Answers to Questions Propounded
Judging from expressions of Interest
that a Herald represcntstl ve encountered
in Augusta stoics on Wednesday, the
salesmanship contest, that has turn initi
ated by this paper, in which three prob
lems arc presented, and for which eight
cash prizes, aggregating S2B arc offered.
Is iiiHj west lona l»ly one of the most popular
innovations that lias ever yet engaged the
attention of the, hundreds of clerks of the
city.
And this Interest Is not confined to the
man or girl behind the counter, for prac
tical! y every store proprietor in the city
is Interested in it, and has Indorsed It as
a commendable method of stimulating the
Interest of clerks In the solution of divers
problems that arise dally In catering to
the whims of a not-too-easily pleased
public.
Htre Art ths Problems.
Hut before going further, let’s take n
glance at the three problems that The
Herald has asked Augusta clerks to solve.
Here they are.
Here are three test problems from
a course in salesmanship In The Au
gusta Herald Tea, they are difMeiilt
to answer; but in order to make It
worth while The Augusta Herald will
pay $28.00 for tbe eight best letters
(of not more than 600 words> detail
ing the proper procedure iri each case:
i Taras <us turners approach your
coupter at the same time Mrs. Jones
is small, nervous, daintily dressed.
£he says, “1 don’t know Just what I
want.” Mrs. Hm Ith admits that she
is "only looking.” but pause* tn ex
amine some neckwear In which she
appears to be Interested Hhe Is stout,
caps Me looking and very determined.
Mrs Brown Is so tired that site ran
.hardly walk Her clothes are shabby
and she loojes discouraged. All the
other clerks are busy. How would
YOU handle the trio?
2. A mother and daughter, aged 17,
enter ths suit department and request
you to wait upon them. Th* mother
soles a dark blue suit that she thinks
“would bp Just the thing". I>nlighter,
however, has her heart set on a lav
ender costume, costing considerably
more. pr>th appear to be determined
In their choices Therefore It Is a mo
ment that need* diplomacy of the
most, delicate nature. What kind
would YOU use?
3. A woman of 46. rather washed
out und ashen In appearance, comes
Into the millinery department de
termined to purchase a very loud red
toque. You. the saleswoman, are cer
tain thst this particular hat would
riot suit her; It’s something that a girl
of 20 might wear, hut not a woman of
hin- age. You know that the customer
Is a steadv patron of the store and
you naturally want her to be satisfied
with what she purchases. But she’s
HOME
EDITION
ficials today seemed hopeful that shes
efforts eventually would bring results
Not since the early days of the wai
when tho efforts of the department word
centered on apprehending spies and
dangerous enemy aliens lias there boon
such a man hunt.
Secret service operatives of tho troAS*
wry department today were co-operattnd
with the agents of the department ol
justice. I’ostoffico department inspect
fors also were assist Ins:.
It was announced at the department
of Justice today that the identity of tho
(Continued on page two.)
made up her pilnd to have that hat
and none other Would you sell it to
her and risk the chance of future dis
satisfaction or try to Influence her
taste toward something less glaring?
If the latter, how?
Address Replies to "Salesmanship
Problem," Augusta Herald.
$lO for the Meet Letter. $5 00 for
the next. $3.00 for the third and $2.00
each for the next best rive. Eight
PHxes in all. totalling $28,000. Contest
closes Saturday night. June th.
With every clerk in every store In An
gusta eligible in this contest—whether It
be dry goods, clothing, shoe, jewelry or
what not - there will unquestionably be a.
large number of contestants, and while
only eight of them will receive prizes, it
is the opinion of proprietors that every
contestant who sends In a paper will de
rive Horne benefit, for he or she win
have been -caused to debate this problem-
In such a manner that will result in bet
ter salesmanship.
“It Is u capital Idea,” said one of tto
managers of a big department store in
the center of the himincMM section, “and
one which I cordially In does* I havft
given Instructions that the attention of
every one of the seores of clerks In this
store be directed to the contest with tho
request that they compete for the prize*
offered. I think It splendid of The Herald
to put forth this effort to draw to the at
tention of salesmen and women difficult
problems that they have to confront soon*
er or later.”
Much Rivalry Evident.
When It comes to the clerks themselves*
they are all agog over the contest, and
each night since Monday has found many
of them with pen and paper In hand
framing up their answers to the ques
tions. While the questions propounded,
are such as are more likely to be encoun
tered by women clerks than by men. yet
the men clerks are taking a lively interest
in the cgrjtest, many of them Insisting
that they know beter how to humora wo
man’s whirns than does another woman,
and Judging from several answers already
prepared by inen clerks as to how they
would handle the situations presented, It
appears that the women clerks will have
to “go some" to present better argu
ments.
A Broad Btreet show denier expressed,
his interest In tlMf contest, declaring that
while the questions mentioned concern
mostly wearing apparel other than shoes,
yet similar problems arise in his busi
ness. and thst he has already overheard
his clerks planning their Answers to the
questions. Interest In ths contest is
quite general, and the rivalry between the
men and the women clerks Is a feature
that had riot been anticipated by the con
test editor, yet it Is rendering It all Ui*
more Interesting. »