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The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
BOLIVIA WARNED BY U. S.
Uncle Sans Aid To Prevent War 10
Sought BY The Peruvian
Government

INSTRUMENTATION representa-
tions to Bolivia not to disturb the
peace Of South America has been
made by the American government as
a result of the anti.Peruvian nantes
tations at La Paz. In connection with
the communication 1t was stated that
Peru has sought the good offices of
the United States to prevent hostili-
ties. Two notes have been sent and
a third is ready to go forward unless
a reply to the others is received soon.
The first was dispatched Immediately
after official news was received of the
attack on the Peruvian legation in the
Bolivian capital and the second was
shortly after put on the cables.
Officials view the situation as Sc
rious and the representations made
by the state department are described
as urgent.
Dispatches to the Peruvian embassy
say events in Bolivia resulted from
the influence of the Chilean govern
ment and the activity of Chilean
agents. 1t is known this view also
is held in other diplomatic and in
some official circles
Embassy officials expressed the be-
lief that there was an effort to force
Peru into a war against its former
ally in the war, against Chile in the
eighties, out of which grew the AFRICA
Tacna dispute. The Peruvians charge
General Monies, a candidate for the
presidency Of Bolivia, who is reported
to be leading the anti-Peruvian mani
festations, is being supported by Chile
and is being supplied with arms and
ammunition from that country.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
GRAVE PROBLEMS
FOR EBERT REGIME
PREslpENT AND MINISTRY, RE
:. TURNING TO BERLIN, ARE
RESTORING ORDER
DISTURBANCES OCCUR DAILY
Workers Reported To Be Making Very
Heavy Demands on The Ebert
Government

Berlin.--The government OF Presi'
dent Ebert. which left Berlin when Dr.
Wolfgang Kapp and his reactionary
troops entered the city, is again In
power In the capital. President Ebert
and the members OF his ministry ar
rived here al eleven o'clock, March
II. from Stuttgart and soon afterward
the order for state OF intensified
siege was withdrawn.
Meanwhile the signs and symbols
of the Kapp dictatorship, the wire en-
tanglements and the barricades were
being removed. Public services have
in a measure been re-established, and
Il is hoped that Berlin will soon re-
sumo its normal activities, though 1t
will be long time before the dam
age wrought, material and moral, will
be repaired.
A cabinet council elaborated all the
afternoon of the 21st to determine the
steps necessary to bring Germany back
10 her position prior to the revolt.
This, 1t is believed, viii require con-
siderable maneuvering and delicate
handling, for the Independent Social
lists and workmen are making heavy
demands for concessions, to which
they feel they are entitled because of
the commanding position some Of the
groups hold in other parts of Germany
outside of Berlin.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
TURKISH FACTIONS
FIGHT THE TERMS
DF ENTENTE PEACE

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES of the
Turkish Nationalist from Azerbaijan
to Palestine seem to be cooperating
in a movement to oppose allied pro-
posals for a peace unfavorable to
Turkey. Men closely associated with
Mustapha Renal, leader Of the Nation
alists, have been skillfully promoting
opposition to all foreign interference
it is asserted, and the Arabs, Kunrds,
and other tribes are said to be aligned
with forces planning to checkmate
any movement on the part of the en-
tente looking to the partitioning of the
country.
The whole movement seems to be
political rather than religious, it be-
ing declared by many not to be Pan
Islamic in any way. Whether Boil
shevism enters into the situation has
not as yet developed but it may turn
in that direction. Mesopotamia has
so far held aloof from the Russian
Bolsheviki
Turkish newspapers frankly say the
allies cannot muster sufficient
strength to force an unacceptable
peace upon the country.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
MAY ASK STATUS OF
UNITED STATES TROOPS
NOW IN GERMANY

Observation-Disclosures may take
steps to determine whether the $4,000
United States troops now in Germany
are to be used against the revolution.
lists, in the event that allied leaders
order such action.
Chairman Kahn of the house militia.
ry affairs committee, is preparing a
resolution calling on Secretary Baker
70 inform congress of "the exact sta
tus" of American soldiers on German
soil.
Under the state of war existing be-
tween the United States and Germany
the president can use the troops as
he sees fit, but congressional leaders
want it made plain that no such ac-
ton should be taken by the president
until congress has passed an authori.
cation resolution.
Because of reports of fighting in
Germany between the opposing fac
tons, house leaders believe Kahn's
resolution should be put through so
congress would be prepared to act
should the situation involve the other
powers.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
GREATEST NAVY IN
WORLD BY 1924 is
PLAN OF CONGRESS
Committee Report Would Provide AZ
Capital Ship Building
Program

Washington. United States by
1924 will have a navy equal of any
in the world if the program outlined
in the appropriation bill, formally re-
ported to the house, is carried out,
Chairman Butler of the naval affairs
committee says. This is in spite of
the big reductions made in Secretary
Daniels recommendations
Reports to the committee are that
Great Britain is planning very little
naval construction during the next few
years, because of the heavy latter the
war" burdens.
Under the present program the Unit
ed States in 1924 will have AZ fighting
ships of the first and second line, as
compared with sixty Of Great Britain,
Mr.. Butter says. The difference in
numbers will be offset by the fact
that most of the American warships
will be of the latest design and arm
ament
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
sINN FElNERS PAY TRIBUTE
TO AsSAsslNATED LORD
MAYOR McCURTAiN OF CORK
Procession Two Miles Long Followed
The Hearse From Residence
To Town Hall

Cork, acknowledgements of persons
resident in the city and from the sur
rounding country passed through the
city hall where the body of Lord May
or McCurtain, who was assassinated-
was lying in state.
A procession of mourners two miles
long followed the hearse when the
body was conveyed from his residence
to the town hall Bishop Colahan
walked in front of the first body Of
the Cork Sim Feiners, which Gated
ms a bodyguard and which furnished
the guard of honor in the town hall.
A proclamation printed in English
and Gaelic and signed by Father Dom
mic. chaplain of the Republican guard,
was posted about the city. 1t said:
with grieved heart. announce to
you the death Of our lord mayor,
Thomas McCurtain, commander of the
Cork first brigade of the army of the
republic. The public will observe
March 2 as civil holiday to afford
the citizens an opportunity OF testify
ing their respect to our chief citizen
and their horror at the brutal and
cowardly manner in which he was
done to death. Let no provocation
move our citizens to retaliation or to
any unseemly act"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
ALLIES TO WAIVE WAR DEBT
viii Also Ask America To Aid Further
To lnternationallze Entire
War Debt, Says Fess

Washington.-The allied nations
soon win launch a drive for the can.
collation. Of the loans OF ten million
dollars made to them by the United
States during the war and for further
contributions by this government to-
ward Observation-Disclosures OF the entire
war debt.
This warning has been served on the
house by Representative Fess of Ohio
(Rep). The warning came on a de-
bate on the bill authorizing the United
States rain Corporation to sell its sur
plus Of five million barrels Of low
grade flour to Poland, Austria and Ar
menia for cash or credit. Mr. Fess Is
chairman Of the Republican congress
sional campaign committee and one Of
the recognized leaders in the house.
The European countries, he declared,
will demand further extensions Of gov
eminent credit before the present con-
gress expires and il the demand is
granted they will demand another in
crease within four months.
But If the United States is to stay
out of the vortex into which Europe
has been plunged, the Ohio congress-
man urged, I'VE must stop extending
government credit to Europe"
Mr. Fess said he had no objection
to the pending bill, but he was GER
tain 1t would be followed by other de-
mand. The bill was passed 2S9 to II
with two members voting present"
and now goes to the senate.
Congressman Fess gave as his au-
thorites for the assertion that the al
lied nations will soon make a drdive
on the United States for cancellation
of their debts to this country and in
standardization of the entire war
debt, Paul Rlbot and jacques Sternes,
noted French financial experts, and
j. NJ. Keynes of England. Mr.. Keynes
the British treasury at the
peace conference and also was deputy
for the chancellor of the exchequer
of the supreme economic council
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
EnIan.d from coIIseInp Fees

Atlanta.-If a temporary injunction
granted against the collection of fees
by oil inspectors to the Texas com
pany by Judge Samuel II. Sibley In
the district court here is made per-
manent, the state win lose several hun
bred thousand dollars Of revenue an
nually, according to figures compiled
by the state commissioner of agrioul-
ture and the general oil inspector Of
the department. The "a oil inspectors
of Georgia are named in the suit, to-
eether with ]. ]. Brown as commits
sioner of agriculture; w. ]. Speer,
treasurer of the state, and M. P.
Roans. state oil inspector.
The suit is based upon the alleged
unconstitutionality of the state laws Of
Georgia, which provide for payment
Of fees for the inspection of kero-
sene and gasoline. The Texas COM
many. which is organized and charter
ed under the laws of Texas, seeks
both an introductory and final judy
ment suspending the enforcement OF
the fee payments.
Judge Sibley set the hearing for
March 25 at three o'clock. In the
meantime the state agents are enjoin-
ed from receiving fees for inspecting
oil or Kerosene from the Texas COM
pany.
Figures provided show that the
state inspectors collected in 1918 serv-
ice fees amounting to $S1O,417.9O ex-
elusive of $50, 1870 paid them as sal
aries. The state received in 1919 af-
fer deducting $97, 4S9.O2 for the pay
of the inspectors, $S575OS.76.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
"wet Measure Finding Much Favor

Annapolis, Md.-The Maryland
house of delegates, without roll call,
adopted the favorable report on the
Jones three and half per cent liquor
bill, after reaching an understanding
that the bill will be open to amend
ment on the third reading. The bill
was amended in the open house to
meet Delegate Gambrill's objections,
and the changes were approved. by
Governor Richie. The amendment
provides that the measure is not to go
into effect unless the United States
Supreme court decides that such leg
islation is within the power Of the
states to enact or unless the Supreme
court decides the Volsted prohibition
enforcement act unconstitutional
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
Hospital Patient Gets Throat Cut

Atlanta. M Thompson OF Green's
boro, who for a week had been
patient at the Piedmont sanitarium, on
Capitol avenue, was found dead in
a garage in the rear Of 260 Capitol
avenue. His throat had been cut
with a razor, which lay beside the
body when it was found. 1t is believed
by the police that he took his own
life. The body was found by negro
girl who was playing in the alley.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
Allied Occupation Precipitates Clash

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is
occupied by allied forces under Gen.
Sir George P. Milne of the British
army. This long-looked-for military
demonstration by the allies against
Turkey has been carried out with but
one untoward happening, a serious
clash at the war office, where the
Turks resisted the allied troops. An
exchange Of shots resulted in which
several Puniabi of the British East
Indian forces and few of the Turks
were killed.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
Murders Mark Rule OF The British

London. 1.-The assassination of 81
police and government employees in
Ireland since January l Of last year
was officially announced in the house
of commons by James Ian MacPher-
son, chief secretary for Ireland He
gave the following statistics; Muir
ders: Royal Irish constabulary, IS;
Dublin police, 6; soldiers, 2; other
government servants, 1; total 81. At
tempted murders: Irish constabulary,
IS; Dublin police, II; soldiers, A.;
other government servants g. Total SO.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
Admits Scheme To Evade Taxes

Admits Scheme To Evade Taxes
Newark, N. J.-Richard V. Lindabury
Counsel for the Francisco Sugar COM
pany), New Jersey corporation, ad-
mitted in the court of chancery here
that the company proposed to lease its
assets to be known as the Compania
Azucal Francisco in order to escape
payment of federal income and excess
profits taxes amounting annually to
approximately one million dollars. The
statement was made during a hearing
on a suit brought By Philadelphia
stakeholder
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
Prejudice in Certain Commodity Rate!

Washington interstate COM
merce commission has ruled that class
and commodity rates from Ohio and
Mississippi River crossings, Chicago
and related points. were unduly preju-
dicial to Meridian, Miss, and unduly
preferential to New Orleans. Mobile
and Vicksburg Glass rates from Chi
cago, Cairo, ST. Louis and Louisville
and rates on grain from Cairo and St
Louis were found unduly prejudicial
to Jackson. Miss, and unduly prefer
entail to New Orleans, vicksburg and
Natchez.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
invention To Conserve Heat

Atlanta.-An invention claimed to
generate six times the ordinary amount
of heat and which will cause a fire
to remain in a crate for thirty-six
hours without being replenished by
fuel has been patented by ]. S. NICK
OILS of 1877 Lee street. The invention
is in the form on an attachment to an
open CRATE and its chief merit is the
saving of fuel. Mr.. Nichols, who has
been an invalid for several years, was
an expert in the Atlanta freight traffic
bureau prior to his infIiction with
rheumatism. -
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
Prohibition Agents Relieved OF Powe

Pronlpition Agents Relieved OF Power
Chicago.-Agents under Maj. A. V.
Dalrymple, prohibition commissioner
for the six central states, are relieved
of all power except to locate contra
band liquor, by an order issued by
John F. Kramer, national prohibition
supervisor. Mr.. Kramer directed that
the prohibition sleuths should make
no searchers or seizures without the
approval of the district attorney; that
they should obtain warrants from the
United States commissioner before
making raids, that they should be ac-
companied by United States marshal
on all raids, and that confiscated liquor
should be placed in custody of the
marshal, and not held in Dalrymples
office or warehouse.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
GIVES WARNING TOA
POTATO GROWERS
U. s. MARET MAN NOW ADVISES
AGAINST FRAUDS IN The
STORAGE OF POTATOES
STATE NEWS OF INTEREST
Brief News OF Importance Gathered
From All Parts OF
Tho State

Atlanta.-M. G. Gay, assistant mar
keting investigator for the United
States Dept, issued warning to
sweet potato growers and handlers
calling their attention to the invasion
of Georgia by number Of sweet po'
tato storage house systems, which, he
charged, had been sold in other states
under fraudulent representations. A
similar warning, it was stated, will be
sent out to all county agents by ].
Phil Campbell of Athens, extension
director.
The government has made thor
ough investigation of ten companies
handling sweet potato storage houses
of the enforced air circulation type,
Mr.. Gay stated, and has found that
none of the systems brought to the
attention of the government is an eff
ficient protection to the potato. He
advised that no one should purchase
or become interested in any system
of this type without first making a
thorough investigation and without
advising with the department of agri-
culture or the nearest county agent,
"These concerns" said Mr.. Gay
make elaborate claims for the eff
cheney of their storage houses, and,
in order to sell their products, have
conducted a propaganda against the
government system of storage houses.
They have gone SO far as to claim
that their systems will cure any dis
ease the sweet potato is heir to in
forty-eight hours. To one familiar
with sweet potato storage, of course,
such claims are readily recognized as
impossible.
MANY of the testimonials issued in
regard to these patented systems,
praising their efficiency and attack
ing the government system, come
from stockholders in the company. In
the case of one such testimonial the
government inspected the potatoes
stored in the very house which was so
highly recommended and found that
between forty and forty-five per cent
of the potatoes coming from this
house had decayed
Some of these companies are now
trying to break into the Georgia ter
ritory and l feel it my duty to issue
a warning to all prospective buyers,
advising them to invest no money in
patented system without competent
advice and thorough investigation"
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
All Efforts To Salvage U-BOat Fall

San Diego, Cal.-Repeated attempts
to tow to deeper water the subma-
rine HI which grounded off Redondo
Point, Magdalena Bay, with the loss
of four lives, have failed through the
swapping Of lines, according to radio
messages from Commander McCrary
of the destroyer Sinclair. Stormy
weather is interfering seriously with
the work, he reported. Naval officers
expressed fear that the season soon
would drive the submarine so deeply
into the sand it would be difficult to
save her.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
Dudley School Bonds

Dublin.-Dudley school district, of
which the town of Dudley, IL miles
from Dublin, is in the center, is pre-
pairing to vote upon the question of
issuing $4,000 in bonds for the inn
provement of the school facilities of
the district. 1t is probable that the
election will be called in short time.
This district is to have standardlz-
ed school, fulfilling all requirements
of a standard school as outlined by
the state educational authorities.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
Peruvian Legation Attacked BY Moi

Lima, Peru,-The Peruvian legation
at La Paz, the Bolivian capital, was
attacked by mob Of a thousand men.
The Peruivia nconsulate and private
residences of Peruvians were also at
tackled. The government shields on
the official building were torn down
and windows were broken. The Pc
ruvian minister and the consuls with
their families were at the theater when
the outbreak occurred.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
Suffrage Census Taken In Savannah

Suffrage Census Taken In Savannah
Savannah.-The work of the com
piling a census of all white women of
Savannah of voting age has been be-
gun by the equal suffrage organiza-
ton which is conducting an educa-
tional campaign in preparation for the
time when the women will vote, which
is believed now to be no further away
than the summer primaries for county
and state officers. The federal cen
sus enumerators had trouble with
scores and hundreds in finding out
the accurate ages of the women. The
suffrage organization is taking special
precautions to avoid that difficulty
and will only ask if women approach
ed are cover 81" emitting demands
for the figures to indicate how much
more than 81.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
DOLLS Hused To Hide Jugs OF Brandy

Boston.-An Italian immigrant wom
ans eagerness to remove from her
trunk large china doll led to the
discovery by customs officials of 300
quarts of brandy hidden in various
parts of the White Star liner Cretic
from Mediterranean ports. The Off
GERS saw woman hastily take doll
from her trunk and attempt to carry
II away. They also noticed that two
other women on the pier We're cuddling
dolls in their arms, Upon investiga-
ton they found 4 gallon jug of brandy
beneath the dress Of the doll and a
quart bottle concealed in the clothing
of each of the others.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
N. H. Wallace Killed By Engine

Atlanta.-N. H. Wallace, fifty-four
years old, of Al Foster street, was run
over by switch engine at the Bell
street viaduct and sustained injuries
which resulted in his death at Grady
hospital short time later. Accord
ing to Engineer E. Campbell of the To-
connective, Wallace was lying on the
railroad tracks under the viaduct and
Campbell did not see the man until it
was too late to stop the engine. The
wheels Of the locomotive passed over
Wallace's legs, severing them
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
Officer Charged With Protection

Atlanta.-Policeman r. P: Waldron,
was placed behind the bars at police
headquarters and later released on a
$500 bond, on the blanket charge of
disorderly conduct. Detectives Holley
and Lowe. who made the arrest, were
acting under instructions from Chief
of Detectives Lamar Poole and Chief
of Police James L. Beavers. His ar
rest grew out of charges that Officer
Waldron was conniving at the activi-
ties of whisky peddlers, and was in
collision with some of them. The
specific case is that he captured a
car containing whisky, and, it is claim
ed, then permitted the occupants to
escape with the goods.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
British Want To Renew German Trad.

British Want To Renew German Trade
Washington. British manufacturers
are not losing any time in renewing
trade with the German Trade Com
missioner Bresel at Berlin has reported
TO the department of commerce. The
better class mercantile establishments
at Berlin are showing varied lines Of
British made goods, particularly wool
ems and leather
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
planning For Credits For Europe

Paris.--lmportant negotiations are
going on at present and have been
in progress for some time between al.
lied representatives and the neutral
government OF Switzerland, Holland
and the Scandinavian countries with
the view of participation by these
states in proposed scheme of cred
its, with the object of securing the
financial and economic rehabilitation
of Austria and other central European
states, it is learned.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
Accident At Macon Injuries Several

Macon-Several persons were in.
jured when a Montpelier avenue street
car ran wild and jumped the track
at the curve on Edgewood avenue,
crashing into telephone pole The
brakes had broken and the crew left
the car to fix it. While they were on
the ground the car suddenly started
down the hill and before they could
get aboard it had speeded away. There
were fifteen people in the car and
some jumped out, but others were an
able to escape.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1920-03-26
Sheriff Charged With MOOnshinins

Nashville, Tenn. Sheriff A. P.
Warren of Warren county has been
arraigned in the federal court and
pleaded not guilty to the charge of
distilling. Warren was indicted and
his trial will be held shortly. The
case has attracted widespread inter-
est as a result of Fred Murphy, a
government witness in the case, hav-
ing been found hanging recently in
the Warren county jail at McMinn-
Vile. Sheriff Warren was exonerated
by the authorities.