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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-02-15

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New-York tribune., 1918-03-22

the war, as the honor OF managing the
stupendous Hog Island enterprise is
perhaps the greatest civil distinction,
outside direct government service, that
the world struggle can confer.
Mr.. Robinson goes simply because he
could not get along with Admiral
Bowles and the Shipping Board. 1t
Was point of personal adaptation Of
conflicting wills, rather than of eX-
ecutive ability. In announcing Mr..
Robinson resignation ?. O. Knight,
vice president and general counsel of
the company, said:
THE building Of the ships speedily
is as necessary part OF the success
war operations on the battle front in
France and elsewhere, and it seems to
me that the discuss ION by the press of
the personnel OF the various officers
or people connected with The organiza-
tons that are building these ships is
not conducive TO the public welfare.
you know the doing of the work at
Hog Island within the time which it is
TO be done, Will be, when completed,
the greatest project every undertaken
by man in the history of the world.
and i. may be taken for granted that
as this work is going one. mole than
one man will fall by the wayside, be-
cause mans endurance and ability has
q limit. This work will cost more than
twice what the Suez Canal cost. and it
took years to build that, and many
years to plan it. 1t will cost nearly
as much as the Panama Canal, and
France was thirty years working on it,
and it then took the government Of the
United States ten years to complete it,
and many men were wrecked physically
and otherwise, as the work went on"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22

folows
1914 to end of the year, G75,61O;
337,310, 1,Ol292O.
1918 for the United Kingdom. first
quarter. 266 ,267; second quarter. l46.-
$40; third quarter, 145 500; fourth
quarter. 92.7l2. Foreign for the whole
year, o5l ,Osl; total for the world for
the whole year, ,2O2 900
1916 for the United Kingdom. first
quarter, 1856; second quarter. 1O7.-
o95; third quarter. l24.961; fourth
quarter, 2l3.332. Foreign output for
lhe whole year. 1.146,44S Total fol
the world for the whole year, 1.6SS .O00
l9l1 for the United Kingdom. first
quarter, 246,239; foreign. 2S2 200;
total for the world. 528. .439; second
quarter, 249, ,S31. 377,109, 626, $40; third
quarter, 248,2S3, 368,17O. G16.453;
fourth quarter. 419.62l, 5l2.402. 932,-
023. Totals, 3,031,5 ,555, 3,574,72O. =
606.275.
The third table shows 2.5So. .0OC
gross tons of enemy vessels captured
and brought into service OF this totaI
more than million tons was taken
at the outbreak of the war.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22
Hollands Terms
Impossible, Cecil
Tells Commons

LONDON, March 81. Lcrd Robert
Cecil, Minister of Blockade, announced
in the House of Commons tt day that
the only course of the Allies was to
exercise their undoubted right and
requisition all Dutch shipping in Allied
ports.
The Allies considered the Dutch con-
ditions, that the ships remain unarmed
and that they should not carry war
material. as impossible OF acceptance,
the Minister stated.
With the consent of the United States
and the other Allies. the government
had undertaken that $4,000 tons of
wheat, or the equivalent Of -four. should
be placed at the disposal Of Holland
in a North American port at the earliest
moment, and that another $4,000 tons
should be placed at Holland 8 disposal
in a South American port. H" hoped
that the Dutch government would I'M
mediately send available tonnage TO
lit this grain. The Allied go> ernments
in this matter were anxious to meet
Holland in every possible way.
German warfare, said Lord Robert,
was waged not only agains. enemy, but
against world, shipping, including neu-
tral countries, and it was, therefore,
the view Of Great Britain ard her allies
that it was a matter of deep regret
that any government should have ap-
peared to assist those operations by
falling to make the fulles. Use of its
shipping. The British government had
been trying for months pas to induce
every power to make evecy use of its
shipping.
The Minister explained the course Of
the negotiations with Holland and the
long delays incident thereto. He SAID
that had an agreement been put into
effect carly in January The Allies would
have been able TO arrange 10 utllizo
Dutch shipping on routes outside the
danger zone The long delay, however,
prevented such an arrangement and the
position became entirely different
Moreover, experience had shown the
government that the Germans might
by extending the danger zcrc or by
other means, render the modu5 vivendi
nugatory.
Under these changed circumstances,
re continued. 'we felt compelled to IN
form the Dutch government that we
would no longer be able to make an
agreement except one providing for the
utilization OF Dutch tonnage uncondi-
tonally, but at the same time we in
dicated that we did not oos.le Dutch
interests to suffer, and hence that we
were ready to replace afsc. the wal
any Dutch ships -hat had been sunk.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22
11,827,527 Tons of Shipping
Sunk, 6,606,275 Tons Built,
Since Beginning of the War
y. 5. to Build l5,000-Ton Cargo Ships

"AoHlNGTON March 2Chailman Hurley announced to-day
"' Ce onpplng Board would
SHIPS These vessels comprise the largest cargo
shps sailing under American register.
General Manager Piez Corporation who has the
e IN hand has already navy division
MS organization to draft plans ships
however probably will be delayed intention
he Shipping Board to build them the older wards on
'he Eastern coast will impossible begin construction
uht the yards finish the they are now
working.
Secretary Redfd recently build
ing larger ships vessels
under satisfactorily.
One advantage of the big ships will be
ing capacity without corresponding
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22
Holland-America Liners at
Hoboken First Boarded
by Forces From Tugs
Politeness Prevails
Work in This Port To Be
Completed To-day and
inventories Made

In accordance with the Presidents
proclamation, number of the Dutch
ships in the port Of New York were
taken over by the United States gov
ernment yesterday. Those remaining
Will not be officially seized until to day
when complete inventory Of theil
contents will be taken and a receipt
given to their commanders
Or the forty-six Dutch ships in this
port the first to be taken were seven
Holland-America Line steamships tied
up in Hoboken These vessels were
boarded by Naval Reserve sailors, and
after few pleasant words between the
enslgns in command Of the detach
ments and the masters Of the ships
the seizure was effected.
The seizure Of the ships was direct ed
by Captain William II. McGrann, for.
merly on the retired list. who was re-
stored TO active service when the
United States entered the war The
captain with force of 25O naval re-
serves and 100 customs inspectors
after assembling at the Battery
boarded the naval tugs Pontiac ano
Herman S. Caswell and proceeded tc
Ellis Island.
Details Start for Hoboken
There Captain McGrann divided the
men into four details, and after he had
delivered instructions to Lieutenant
Hassler, in charge Of the Pontiac. and
Lieutenant Gass. in command OF the
Caswell, the divisions started for Ho-
bOken.
Before the arrival Of the boarding
Of the Dutch ships. AS far as could
be learned the engines and machinery
were found to be in good condition.
AS soon as an American office,
boarded the vessel to which he had
been ssgned he became the officer
provis sonally in command, and will sc
remain until permanent arrangement
is made by the Navy Departm ent.
To Have American Crews
When all of the Dutch ships are Off
cially taken over by the governments
American sailors will take the place
of the original crews
Provision will be made for return
of the Dutch seamen to Holland. The,
may go elsewhere if they desire ant
if they prefer to obtain employment
in the United States during the TEN.
porary conscription Of their ships, the
immigration Bureau will afford them
every faculty.
largest OF the Holland America passen
ger boats, will not be seized This yes
sci had been guaranteed return voy
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22
Chinese roops
Robbing Russians
By The Associated Press !

HARBIN, March 2l.-It is reported
that Chinese troops on the Manchuran
frontier are robbing Russians and
fraternzing with the Bolsheviki.
II is ALLEGED by observers that West
ern Siberia is already economically
under German control. Omsk banks,
shops, newspapers and public utilities
are under German influence. German
prisoners serve on Soviets and munici-
pal committees and are able to travel
about freely. They are holding re-
unions and regaining the confidence of
the people.
There has been marked rise in the
value of the ruble in prospect Of
Japanese intervention. Banks are COM
pcllcd to purchase rubles in Japan
where they have been "cornered."
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22
Women's Coats of Rare Beauty
Special at $29.5O

"A collection of the most individual coats in
'roouced tor Spring, rejecting the genius of some
oi 1ulopes best-known designers Models for
Isels Ea,: occaslon-street dress and touring wear
Fashioned Of the seasons most favored ,,a+or;.1a
hned throughout with Peau de Cygne Sizes
"a to So Not excelled anywhere at such nr;ce
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22
japanese Discuss Rate
On Ships u. S. Will Get

LONDON. March 2l.-Reuter's Toxic
correspondent, telegraphing under
date OF Monday, reports that the Jap
ancsc commission having i'll hand the
United States met on Saturday last.
"Amerca's proposed charter rate"
the dispatch continues, "being onehalf
the loca! rate, it is understood that
counter proposals for charter rate
TO include insurance. evinclng a spirit
of compromise, were drawn up for
transmission to America"
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22

these coats are in alsexceptional variety of
nc" ana ultra fashionable Spring models. They
nave beauty OF line, and quality of tailoring
mos. uncommon IN coats at this price Tailored
IN fopIm Burela, Gabardine Wool Velour.
oerse' Mixtures and Army Cloth Half lined
: with Peau de Cygne. Sizes "a to As.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22
Women's Spring Coats at $3.50

Dressy and Sports models, tailored in Wool
Velour Gabardine, Serge, Wool Poplin, Covert.
weeds and Army Cloth. Half lined with Peau
de Cygne Sizes "a to 49, Very remarkable values.
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22
Holbrook Now Heads
Ship Corporation
Succeeds Dwight P. Robinson
as President of Anaeri-
can International
By Theodore M. Knappen

11CO0O1C M INIIdpP0H
PHILADELPHIA. March 21.-Eyec-
utive direction OF the greatest of all
shipbuilding plants passed to-day to
the hands of Frederick Holbrook, when
he succeeded Dwight P. Robinson, who
rendered his resignation as president
OF the American international Ship
building Corporation.
The passing of Mr.. Robinson is one
OF the thousand personal tragedies of
New-York tribune., 1918-03-22

age to Holland and on its next trip
across will carry many members of the
crews of the confscated ships.
Evening journal., 1918-07-31
400 CHILDREN DO
GARDENING WORK.
Under Direction of School
Board and Delaware Ex-
tension Department
MORE THAN 100
HAVE HOME PLOTS

In these busy days Of increased food
production, the patriotic services OF
more than four hundred Wilmington
children, who are raising home and
school gardens. should not be overlook
ed. Not only have they helped TO sup
ply the home tables with vegetables,
but they have also invested their in
come In War Savings Stamps.
The school board and the extension
department OF Delaware College are CO
operatively managing groups OF chill
dren in garden work as follows :
At Third and Bayard avenue. 100
children from schools No. Z, II, % and
2s have gardens. At Twenty-sixth
street. between Tatnall and West
streets &c pupils from School No. ~. Al
Vandever avenue and Claymont streets.
80 children from Schools No. A. and
26. At Apple and Claymont streets,
co pupils from School No. T. At New
Castle avenue and Pearl street. 20 pupils
from School No. a. AZ Woodlawn ave
nue.. between Sixteenth and Seventeenth
streets, i6 pupils from School No. ~.
At 33rd and Washington streets. AZ
pupils from School No. %. And more
than 100 children have home gardens.
Miss Mary DOherly and Miss Mary
Mcguire, OF the local schools, and Miss
Agnes p. Medill. from the extension de-
partment Of Delaware College, have
direct charge Of the home and school
garden work. They direct the children
in their work on the school plots and
also meet them in groups twice each
month.
Any child or group OF children who
faithfully care for home and school
gardens under the conditions that have
prevailed because OF poor soil and dry
weather are worthy OF honorable men
tiOn.
Evening journal., 1918-07-31
RURAL PROPERTY TRANSFERS.

The following rural property trans
fers were made yesterday:
Land and dwelling on Montrose Ter
race. by Florence NJ. Carter and hus-
band TO Mary Elsie Brown Megginson,
for $500; adjoining land, by the Mont
rose Co., to Mary Elsie Brown Meg
ginson, for $500
Forty-fve acres OF land abutting the
road leading from Blackbird to Prices
Corner, by Vernon l.. Philips and wife,
TO George II. Bradley, for S3675.
Land and dwelling on Main street ex-
tended. Newark, by Clarence 5. Digs
and wife 10 Harry II. Dougherty and
wife for $500.
Land and dwelling on Chapel street
Newark. by David C.. Rose and wife tc
Daniel Clancy, for si75O: adjoining lsnC
and dwelling, by David C. Rose and
wife TO John ]. Walsh, for $3.50.
.4s3 Of an acre Of land abutting tn
Wilmington & Northern Railroad, II
Christlana hundred. by John L. Bett,
and wife 20 Joseph Cannon and Cath
crime Cannon. for SiS7.50.
Lot I'm Holloway Terrace by the Even
ing Journal Publishing Co. 20 Joseph
Cabucci, for 50; two lots on Holloway
Terrace, by the Evening Journal Pub
fishing Co., to Joseph Rendina, for $40
Evening journal., 1918-07-31
PEOPLES COLUMN

the impression OF having been perfect
ly good furniture a long, Ions time
ago.
In some cases we ind people who
are charging forty dollars per month
for the privilege OF using bunch Of
Junk which fathers grandfather was
probably very proud Of. II is usually
set out in some second or third floor
back with a beautiful and unObstructed
view Of the next door housewives
weekly wash. In other cases we find
persons asking thirty dollars for two
rooms with nothing in them except
the wall paper and sometimes not all
the wallpaper, because, YOU know,
the people who were here last were
awful rough" and this in house which
would rent for about thirty-fve dol
lars entire.
When one interviews these land
ladies they are loud in their denuncia-
ton OF proflteers. Proflteers, indeedl
Repeat Il to yourself and imagine what
Indignation such persons must feel to-
ward these human vampires, when
they themselves are the worst Of the
class. They smile in your face while
they bleed you of your wages. I asked
one woman as to her method in deter
mining the value Of her rooms; but she
like a good woman, did not bother her
head ebOut any returns on an invest
ment. she simply knows that Mrs. So
and-So Is getting such and such
a price for her rooms and she knows
perfectly We'll that her rooms are much
nicer than Mrs. So-and-SO's.
Nicer Imagine the word as applied
20 a sanitary couch for a bed, with a
piece Of blue ribbon tied around its
leg to make 10 look cute2 Some OF the
things one sees and hears, when in
quest Of a place to live are enough to
afflict one with mental indigestion.
The patriotism OF some Of these p0-
tential landladies is overwhelming.
They have never been accustomed TO
sub-letting. Oh. dear, mol But on ac-
count Of the war. they open their homes
and their hearts to the newcomers,
but neglect 10 mention the fact that
they have also opened a large pocket
Evening journal., 1918-07-31
PATRoLM,N GILLING RETIREs.

At the meeting OF the Board OF Po-
lice Commissioners yesterday afternoon,
Patrolman George Gllling was placed
on the retired list, after 25 years OF ser
vice. His time expired about one week
ago.
Patrolman James A. Riley, who de-
clined TO face charges OF being asleep
while on duty. sending his uniform and
equipment 10 police headquarters, was
discharged from the force.
Alexander w. MCGOWAN, OF No. 1916
West Second street, and Edward De-
vinney, OF No. rs West TNventy-seventh
street. were appointed as patrolmen to
MI vacancies.
Fines imposed for the week amount
ed 20 s4si Al; thirtr-flve prisoners were
committed TO the workhouse and there
were i72 arrests.
Evening journal., 1918-07-31

and studied the experience OF Europe.
At the end Of that time he believed he
had learned all he could Of the subject
and began his fighting in Congress for
federal control. Wires. he said, held a
natural monopoly and should not be
in private hands. He thought the House
was willing to adopt his ideas, go ran
for the Senate in the hope that he
might convert that body. but was de-
feated, and later was appointed TO the
tariff commission by President Wilson.
One OF the frst orders 10 be issued
BY Postmaster-General Burleson as wire
director will be for the keeping Of sep
arate operating accounts from August
1. The order viii provide that all op-
Grating moneys and balances on hand be
set aside for operating purposes.
All Of the finances and the accounting
sections Of the companies are 10 come
under the city postmasters In first and
second class Offices. At the start the
pOstmasters, through their cashiers and
/
accounting divisions, merely Will Keep
supervision Of the figures and audit
them. They will not Immediately take
over the books and the accounts, but II
is the intention OF the telephone and
telegraph committee Of the Postoflce
Department ultimately to bring the
accounts and accounting divisions into
the various cashiers offices OF the post
Offices Of the country.
Issuance Of the order oyerins
finances Of the companies taken under
control will follow closely upon an op-
Grating order TO be issued at midnight
| instructing all OF the companies 10 &c
ahead and perform their services al
usual subject 10 further orders. Al
officials, operating officers and EN-
| ployes will be instructed 10 stay on th'
I Job and perform their services in tn
usual course.
Evening journal., 1918-07-31
From Poor Boy TO Head of
Nafion's Wires--DaYid J. Lewis
BY The United Press.

WASHINGTON. July 3i.-Forty-nine
years old. unusually small In stature,
energetic. optimistic, unschooled, for
mer coal miner, lawyer and politician
that's David J. Lewis, OF Maryland, who
at midnight tonight Will assume the
responsibility Of administering the great
wire systems Of the country under gov
ernment control.
His life, now crowned with one OF
the greatest tasks OF the war govern
ment, has been, for most part, one OF
toll. lie learned the point OF view Of
labor when for ii years he mined coal.
Tie learned the wire business from the
ground up by studying il for many
years. Today he is charged with ap-
plying his knowledge OF the worker TO
his views on wire operation, TO develop
an efficient system that will bring
about the realization OF his govern
ment-wire-control dreams
AT the age Of seven, Lewis went 20
work in coal mine in Clesrfleld coun-
ty Pa. his birthplace.
poor and needed his help, Sc he should
cred pick and shovel-llttle ones his
father made for him-and marched TO
work with his father.
After four years at this he ran away
from home. his mother having died. He
became breaker boy at anthracite
mines, and at the age OF i6 a contract
miner-the youngest in the district.
When he was 20 he was working in
fire clay mines at Mount Savage, Md.
1t was a newspaper man who then
stepped in and changed his career.
Lewis was a fluent speaker. thing he
learned from his father, who had been
Welsh Baptist preacher
He went 10 Cumberland as a labor
delegate, and after speaking there. a
newspaper man said TO him. "You
should be a lawyer and not a coal
miner" The idea appealed TO the
young man, and he was introduced TO
B. A. Richmond. a lawyer, who gave
him a copy OF Blackstone. He read the
600 pages In a week.
But II took only a minute TO convince
him he knew little. lie could read,
but not write. and Of Latin he knew
nothing.
So he started the study OF Latin and
Of law and kept at II day and night for
four years Then he was admitted TO
the bar and with little money and few
friends began practice at Cumberland.
His studies led him into the field OF
economies and he read every book he
could lay hands on. When the fght
against the railroads was under way in
the '90s he prepared a brief In favor
OF Naturalization"
Lewis was a Republican. but changed
his views and Joined the Democrats.
then in a minority. He tackled politics
with the same spirit that he did law.
In 1903 ne was nohinated for Congress
as "forlorn hope" and ran against his
law partner. He put up such a spirited
campaign that his election followed IN
the next campaign. One OF the biggest
Jobs ne did in Congress was in connec-
ton with the parcels post law. Friends
say he read everything available in all
languages.
Then he started intensive study OF
wires. a subject that had previously
interested him ard for two years read
Evening journal., 1918-07-31
.BULGARS PUT GREEK
GIRLS into SLAVERY
Army Officers Make Them
Live in Their Own
Quarters
MANY PEOPLE IN
GREECE STARVING
lRy Newspaper Enternrisc AssoA

ROME. Italy. July 3O,-The Blugarians
have learned the lessons in brutality
taught them by their German masters.
According to a dispatch from saloniki,
the Bulgarian officers are forcing Greek
girls to become white slaves and live
in the officers quarters in the occupied
towns OF northern Greece.
A French artillery sub-lieutenant who
remained in Kavala after the town was
captured by the Bulgarians has finally
escaped and reached SaloniH.
He reported that 1900 people in Ka-
vala have died OF starvation since the
occupation. and when he left there the
people were living on the flesh OF dogs.
All the shops had been pillaged by the
Bulgarian soldiers, and the outrages
committed by the German troops in Bel
glum and northern France were repeat
ed in Greece. Fifty thousand Greeks
were eeported TO Bulgaria, he said.
Evening journal., 1918-07-31
WHERE FACES ARE REMADE.
. TInlted Press.

By The United Press. ~.
LoNDONt July 3i.-In Sidcup. KENT,
there is a hospital which devotes itseu
entirely to treatment OF injuries OF tlie
face. .....
soldiers enter the hospital win faces s'
.,,osbed beyond recognition. Very few
,.,si,ors are admitted, and most OF the
,nen would rather die than meet their
sriends and relatives. Doctors ana
nurses work untiringly in their efforts
90 repair the ravages Of shrapnel and
bjoh explosives, so that sooner or later
,heir patients can face the world with
ont ont causing beholders to shudder IN
often the treatment takes months
.nd mon who are perfectly sound ply
sicaliy sic, just hide-themselves away there nnsr
mill their faces assume some sem
blance of Gods image.