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HUN CABINET CRISIS IS STILL DELAYING SIGNING OF TREATY Augusta Cotton Today's Today's Jftfopening dose MIDDLING 32.12 32.12 VOLUME XXVI, No. 173 AMERICAN FORCES PREPARING TO ADVANCE ON THE BOCHES Dc Valera Here To Seek Favors For Irish Cause New York.— Announcement was made here today that Prof. Edward deValera, president of the Irish Sinn Fein Republic had landed in America and would be in New York city Sunday. Apartments have been engaged for the Sinn Fein leader at the Waldorf-Astoria by deValera’s secretary. DeValera left the British Isles sixteen days ago, ac cording to Harry J. Boland, his secretary, and is now in se clusion in this country. His mission to America was made in the hope of obtaining official recognition of the Irish re public by the United States government. American Army Is Getting Prepared to March on Hun Washington. —Army officials here said today the Amer ican army now preparing to advance into Germany could operate as an entity separate from the home base for a year or more if circumstances should require. They declared the force of 225,000 men probably was bast equipped that ever had been assembled. The personnel was described as practically “hand pick ed” with equipment of the most modem type. HINES REDUCES CHARGES FOR FREIGHT DEMURRAGE Washington. —Substantial reductions in demurrage charges were announced today bv Director General Hines. For detaining cars, either loaded or empty, the charge will be two dollars per day for each of the. first four days and five dollars per iav for each succeeding day. ' The new charges which become effec tive July 20 compare with present charges of three dollars per day for each of the first four days six dollars per day for each of the next three days and ten dol lars per day thereafter. Heretofore, however, no charge has been made for cars detained for loading. NO DECISIONS IN COSE OF PUR Washington.— No conclusion was reach ed today by the senate Judiciary sub committee which met in executive session to diecuas further procedure In the con siders t tor of the nomination of Attorney General Paimer. Chairman WlUinftham said that some committeemen desired to examine testi money given by Mr. Palmer. Senator Frellnchuveen, republican, of New Jersey, and Morton K. I-awie. former attorney ge.neral of New York. In connection with charge* of the adminlatratlon of the alien property custodian's office by Mr Palmer. Decision an to whether additional witness will be called will be made later, the chairman said. ... Charges against Mr Palmer were that while custodian he disposed of seized alien property at less than their value and to the advantage of his friends. This he denied and demanded an Investigation. Mr Palmer asserted yesterday that his accusers »*n aligned with German In toresto and there were such bitter ex changes between himself and his ac cusers that the meeting was abruptly ad journed by Chairman Dillingham. WANT FEDERAL PROBE OF N. C. STATE CONVICTS Washington—lntjulry has been mad* to the department of Justice asking wjial steps should he taken for a Fed eral investigation Into alleged brutal and Inhuman treatment of convict* In North Carolina. Correspondence between E E. Duddlng, president of the prisoners relief society, and Governor Blckett and letters from convicts at Halifax and Mount Gilead. North Carolina were made public here today. A recent complaint to Governor Blckett resulted In *n In vestigation by the prison board which, according to the prisoners' relief society, was not properly made In bringing to the attention of the department of Justice the conditions In North Carolina letters were submitted detailing the actions of the prison officer*. Prisoner* who re ported the cruelties were declared to hav keen severely punished for rvealing con- THE AUGUSTA HERALD 6 CENTS PER COPY. (FULL LEASED WIRE) THIRD ARMY GETS READY FOR ACTION AGAINST GERMANS Coblenz.—Divisions of the third army today were moving forward toward the edge of the great semi-circle which marks the dividing line between the occupied areas and the neutral sections of Ger many. Late yesterday orders were flash ed from headquarters in Coblenz to the divisions across the Rhine, ordering them to prepare to march Into tb« zone of con centration. The second division was the first to move, getting under way early today. Ordinarily the Sayne Valley which meets the Rhine near Neueweid where the di vision headquarters of the second are lo cated is cool and peaceful in summer but today it appeared somewhat like the Val ley of the Ourcq, last summer, when the Americans w* re driving the Germans back to the Vesle. All day clouds of dust followed the movement of the tractors and guns of the 17th field artillery which moved from the fortress of Khrenbreitstein out to the edge of the bridgehead, where the great valley stretches away toward Berlin. To night the American soldiers are sleeping in the open fields. With the infantry are engineers, sanitary, trains and signal corps men who strung wire as they went ahead Even observation balloons moved up to get a better peek into Germany If the allied peace terms are not accepted. The concentration of the first division Is well under way and will be completed before Saturday night. Officers said the doughboys wanted Germany to sign the treaty and after that to go home, but If the Germans did not sign—lookout Ger many.’* HOPE EOR EARLY TEST VOTE UPON KNOK RESOLUTION Washington.—-Under a plan frariKid to day by senate opponents of the league of nations an effort will be made Monday to secure a tost vote on Senator Knox’s resolution declaring opposition to accept ance of the league covenant as now In tertwined with the peace terms It is considered likely that later next week an effort may b»- made to pass « resolution declaring the war at an end, so as to relieve congress of blame for de laying reace conditions should ratification of tbe treaty be 4w~j*su. ;the one paper in most homes—the only paper in many homes; German Sentiment Turning Rapidly Toward Signing the Treaty But Seeks Leniency NITTI IS ASKED TO FORM A GARINET BY ITALIAN KING Rome, June 21.—King: Victor Emmanuel has re quested Francesco Nitti, for mer minister of the treasury, to form a cabinet, the Gior nale d’ltalia announces semi officially. HAD MOCK MARRIAGE AND SPENT NIGHT IN AUGUSTA WITH GIRL; SLAVERY IS CHARGED Paul Johnson, Star Pitcher of Charleston Baseball Club, Ar rested For Transporting Girl From Graniteville to Augusta, Is Arrested for White Slavery. Case Worked Up Here Paul Johnson, star pitcher of the Charleston baseball club, has been ar rested in that city on a charge of white slavery, it being alleged that he trans ported Ollie Story, a 14-year-old girl, from her home at Graniteville. S. C, to Augusta for fmmoral purposes. It is stated by federal authoriUes that John son had a mo<* marriage, performed and in this way convinced the girl that she was his wife. They spent, the night, at one of Augusta's leading hotels the night of May 21, It Is alleged. Deputy United States Marshal Harry Perkins and the local white slave of ficer have taken an active part in work ing up this case. Deputy Perkins went to Graniteville several days ago and made a search of the, Johnson home there. Johnson lived at Graniteville be fore going to Charleston and his rela tives now reside there. It is charged that Johnson, on his way to Augusta with the Charleston base ball team on May 2tst, stopped over at Graniteville and persuaded Gills Story to come to Augusta with him on a prom ise of marriage. One of the hotel clerks where the couple stopped states that he saw Johnson and the girl at the hotel that night, although she was not reg istered. Johnson In one of the best pitchers In the entire league. He has won five and lost one this season. Triformat lon from Charleston today was that he had been released upon bond and was playing with his team Mrs Mull Story, mother of the girl In the case, will go to Charleston on July .Id to appear as a witness In the prelimi nary hearing on that data 60 BODIES RECOVERED FROM RUINS OF THEATRE S»n Juan, P. R.—Sixty bodle* now have been recovered from the ruin* of a motion picture houee at Mayaxurz, dc xtroyed by fire last night, according to lateat report*. The Injured number a hundred and fifty, many of whom may die. Women and children were trampled or cruahed to death In the panic that fol lowed the alarm of fire The frame theater building waa dextroyed within fifteen minute*. TWO AVIATORS KILLED. Houston, Tax**.—Lieutenant O. K. Grazier, Richmond, Gaflf. and Lieutenant Wm. F Bae, Detroit, army aviator*, were killed when their plane f«|| at l)e| Rio. Texa*. yesterday, according to the of ficial report received at Islington Field here today. • LLOYD~GEORGIA ILL. Pgria.—Premier Lloyd George la con fined to hi* room with a severe sore throat Hi* place at the meeting of the aupreme allied council yesterday was taken by Arthur 1. Balfour, British for eign secretary. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JUNE 21, 1919 CABINET SITUATION IS STILL A COMPLEX PROBLEM, ALTHOUGH EBERT APPEARS TO BE ENDEAVORING TO PERFECT NEW ORGANIZATION AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ERZBERGER LIKELY TO SECURE IMPORTANT PLACE IN GOVERN MENT—DR. EDWARD DAVID ALSO MENTIONED AS LIKELY HEAD OF MINISTRY (By The Associated Press) While the trend of German sentiment is declared in advices reaching the peace con ference to be continuing strongly in favor of signing the peace treaty, it is becoming ap parent that tl.c Germans do not intend to make their attitude officially known without an effort to obtain modifications in the terms. , • In the first place they wish to know definitely what they are signing and have asked the peace conferees if the terms of Premier Clemenceau’s covering note as regards re parations and other phases of the treaty may be considered as part, of the document it self and binding upon all parties. In addition they are reported to have asked the conference ff the allies would agree to admit Germany immediately to the league of nations, consent to limit Germany’s in demnity to 100,000,000,000 gold marks, and strike out the requirement for th« surrender of the former German emperor. Probable Line-Up of Huns * Cabinet Paris, June 21.—(Havas) —The new German cabinet, according to advices receiv ed here from Berlin, prob ably will be beaded by Dr. Eduard David as premier. The other members would be: Minister of Finance- Dr. Bernhard Demburg. Minister of Justice Herr Sinzeimer. Minister of the Interior— Herr Preuss. Minister of Revictualling —Dr. Schmidt. Minister of'Public Econo my—Herr Wissel. Minister of Labor— Herr Bauer. Minister of Posts and Tel egraphs—Herr Giesberts. Minister of Foreign As - fairs—Count von Bemstorff. Minister of National De fense—Gustav Noske. Colonial Minister Dr. Bell. Minister Without Port folio—Mathias Erzberger. SAMUEL COMPERS RE-ELECTED HEJ|D AMERICAN LABOR Atlantic City, N. J.—Samuel Gomper* was today re-elected prnsldant. of ihs Arnsricsn Federation of Iszbor In conven tion hers. Mr Oompars in a speech said the selection wm American labor's an swer to Its traducsr* sod opponent*. When the delegates arose* to their feet to cheer the veteran workmen’s leader, James Duncan, of Seattle, she only rl<*b gat* who voted "no." snd other so-called radical leaders remained seated The pro portion of these, however was small, Mr Oompera declared In his speech that a certain element. In labor had for months been trying to bring about his defeat and that many anti-labor and anti- American publications ha A been uaed as advertising mediums to attack organised labor iTi gtw ral *a»(l its lea4tr» ti* par ticular. „ The German cabinet situation is still a mixed one. It is definitely known that the Scheidemann-cabinet has resigned. Whether a successor to Herr Scheidemann has been chosen as yet seems doubtful, although the American delegation in Paris has received a report that Herman Muel ler, majority socialist leader, has‘been selected. A Berlin dispatch dated late Friday however declared that the gov ernment at that hour had announced itself unable at present to choose a new cabinet and had decided to postpone the at tempt for 48 hours. The advices seem to indicate that President Ebert will retain office at least for the time being. Mathias Erzberger, head of the German armistice commission seems sure of a place in the government, probably as "minister of re-con truction and fulfillment of the treaty,” and he is pointed to as the likely head of the new German peace delegation. Other names than Herr Mueller’s mentioned for the premiership are those of Gustav Noske, the minister of defense, and Dr. Eduard David, former president of the national assembly. It seems probable that the ministerial crisis caused by the necessity of quickly deciding upon the signing of the al lied peace terms will result in a request from Germany for an extension of time beyond Monday, for reaching the final decision. Dispatches from Paris would appear to indicate that under the circumstances such a request would he favor ably received. Francesco Nitti, former Italian minister of finance, who resigned from the cabinet last January because of a disagree ment with Premier Orlando over the latter’s foreign policy, has been asked to form the new Italian cabinet, it is semi officially announced. Signor Nitti is supposed to favor a compromise with the Jugo-Slavs in reference to conflicting claims to territory on the eastern coast of the Adriatic. During the last year of the war he was looked upon with some concern by Franco, it was reported at the time because of his intimations that Italy might he forced to withdraw frem the war by reason of the failure of the allies to come to her assistance. Berlin.—After futile all day conferences with the va rious party factions the government this evening declared itself unable to pick a new cabinet and decided to postpone the effort for 48 hours. Pari*. —Dispatches received over the American mili tary wire into Germany early this afternoon stated that Herr Mueller having failed to form a cabinet, Dr. Eduard David, former president of the national assembly had been asked to assume the task. Paris. —The council of four of the peace conference re ceived a note today from the Gorman peace delegation asking if Premier Glemenceau’s note explaining the reparations clauses of the peace treaty was a binding part of the treaty and having the same force as the treaty itself. The council at its morning session considered this note. Baron Sonnino, the Italian foreign minister was present. Before the receipt of the German note the council had resumed consideration of the uncompleted portion of the * ***** Wzi-i* * (ASSOCIATED PRESS) HOME EDITION THE WEATHER—Augusta and victattj Fair tonight; Sunday partly cloudy. RIGID CAMPAIGN •> ACROSS BORDER \ IS NOW PLANE! Washington. Recent devefeopmejttßS along tlie aouthern border and wtthtnu Mexico itself, It is learned ollidiilly todays ban brought, a radical change In the n.tw« titudo of this government towards Mux*. ci>. It ran lie stated on positive ainhort*. ty that "watchful waiting" has been di»M carded lor "watchful preparedness". The war department has perfected! plans to throw a punitive expedition of? adequate strength across the P,*lu I iran<l» the moment olheial word is received of" reprisals on the pari of Villa, for thw Juarez Incident, or ill case of other con- Ungeneics tending to bring t fie Mexican mt nation again to a stage approaching:'' the crisis of last Bunday. Orders for the advance of this column, however, it wan said, would be accompanied by instruc tions for (he military occupation of terri tory necessary lo Insure the safety of the. expedition and absolute protection of the border through tin- creation of a tw.utraL cone south of the line. Put t her movement of the expedition, would depend entirely on subsequent de. velopments. Military observer* hHTO plAcft liUle ere dene* in the reports that Villa h aru abar»- Honed his offensive to the north. Econ omic, as well a« military necessity, it wan pointed out, cal! for the elimination of the CarranSn garrisons now statoned on the flanks of the territory Villa now controls and for ponsoHsion of a principal frontier entry port which would give the rebel chieftain fresh sinews of war in the shape of custom* duties and equipment. Although three federal generals are now operating against Villa in northern Mexico, confid«-Jitiiil reports to the war department are not optimistic- regarding the success of the Carranztsta campaign there., while the withdrawal of badly needed troops from the south. It is ex pected. will be foLiowed by fresh incurs si oris of the Fel Icl stas—already at the very gates of the capital. The Carranza military establishment, according to of ficial reports filed here, actually includes less than 40 per cent of its proper strength of 160,000, and its military value in decreased by the doubtful loyalty of so me of the high officers and the fact that hundreds of recruits were forcibly conscripted. Of the rebel factions of which there aro said to be seven opposing Carranza. Villa is reported to he the strongest. Angeles is characterized In official circles here as “undoubtedly the most skillful military lender south of the Itto Grande.” The Vllllslas are conservatively estimated to ' number 10,000 equipped with fairly mod-* ern arma. Including cannon up to 10S+. mllllmctrcß In calibre. Ho serious Is the rendition faced by*. President Carranza that he is nald to bonding every effort to secure the direct, support of the United State* in maintain ing his i*»wer. Tills, according to of— flclals here, account for the haste wttt|4 which the Juarez Incident was rinsed. One of tlie principal purposes of f h*| recent visit to Washington of Generali Candldo Aguilar son-in-law of the prrsfc* dent and a member of his cabinet, ft ft* declared, was to secure this support b/ 1 the United States. ! S. S. NORTH 'i RUNS AGROUND" OFF COPE COD New Bedford. Mast,—The nreames* Northland of the Eastern Steamship Lines, hound from New York to Boston with several hundred passengers and B large cargo of freliftit, ran aground oA West Island, about ten miles from tlB Blizzard's Bay entrance to the Cape Coo eanal shortly after 6 a. m today. Early reports said that the vessel*’ bottom waa badly damaged and that the passengers were being removed to the island In smalt boats. CALL FOB ASSISTNCE SENT OUT BY CREW. Boston.—The following radio meesagw j was received at naval communications of- 1 flee at 4 28 a. m. today: "Pro,., H. H. Northland—Rf earner ashore t West Island. Buzzard's Bay at 2 SO a m. Send Immediate assistance and boat to I remove passengers from New Bedford. No j danger to passenger*. Double bottom. \ Numbers 2 and 3 holds full of water NO Immediate prospect of floating ship. Thick j fog there now. Resting easy on West; < Island ledge, star buoy No. 2 (signed) “CAPTAIN SNOW.- Washlngton.—A later message recedes* at the office of the Eastern Steamehfp Company said that all the ISO passengers, on board had been taken off safely an” carried to New Bedford. The transfer was made bv tugs and small boats. A special train will bring the pas senger* to this city. Boston—The message to the steams ship company said the damage waa con fined to the outer hull of the NorthlamN The ledge Is near West Island ten miles* from New Bedford. It was said that an. effort would be made to haul the steamer* Into deep water today and bring bar BB|