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VOL. XXL NUMBER 90
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Senator Kellogg Introduces
Bill to License Large Cor-1
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Ordered Investigated
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Food Board Here
Ready to Organize
Major d. f. mcclatchey
who was executive sec
retary of the federal
food administration for
Georgia, stated Monday morning
that he had not yet received offi
cial notice of Attorney General
Palmer’s request for the state
food administrators to organize
r at once a fair-price committee
in every county for the protec
tion of the public against profit
eering in the prices of food.
Major McClatchey stated that
the attorney general’s telegram
would not be addressed to him
but would be addressed to Dr.
Andrew M. Soule, of Athens, the
federal food administrator for
Georgia. It was Major McClatch
ey’s understanding that Dr. Soule
now is away from the state on
his vacation. He expected to hear
from Dr. Soule during the day.
He said that the food adminis
tration for Georgia was prepar
ed on short notice to organize
the committee, and that it would
render every assistance to the
department of justice in its ef
forts to protect the public from
exorbitant food prices.
\ WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—Another
blow was aimed at the high cost of
living today in a bill introduced by
Senator Kellogg, Minnesota, to li
cense large corporations under the
federal trade commission.
This is along the lines of one of
the suggestions made by President
Wilson to congress in his message
last Friday.
Along with Senator Kellogg’s reso
lution another senate move to re
duce prices was put underway when
Senator Cummins, chairman of the
senate interstate commerce commit
tee, appointed a subcommittee to
frame measures recommended.
The subcomittee is made up of
Senators Townsend, LaFollette, Wat
son, Underwood and Smith, South
y Mr. Kellogg’s bill would require
all corporations with capital or as
sets of $10,000,000 to operate under
federal license. The federal trade
commission would be authorized to
revoke licenses of corporations at
• tempting monopolies or other activ
* ities In restrain of trade. Mr. Kel
logg, in presenting his bill suggest
-1 ed that the bill might be amended
«■ to reach smaller concerns.
Senator Kellogg’s Opinion .
‘‘lt is my opinion that prosecu
tion under the present anti-trust act
is not a sufficient remedy, ’ Senator
Kellogg stated.
.“There should be a department of
the. government having power of su
pervision. not necessarily interfer
ing with the business of the country,
but possessing the power to investi
gate, publish facts, and take imme
diate -action to revoke a license if
a-corporation abuses its power. With
this power in the federal government
there will be less likelihood of price
fixing agreements. The bill pro
vides, however, if the license is for
feited, the corporation may protect
kits rights in the courts. I would
* not give to any executive board of
the government the absolute pqwer
to bar a corporation from engaging
in interstate commerce.
The bill also regulates the issu
ance of stock and securities by such
corporations and requires all stock
issued to be fully covered either in
property or money.
On the floor of the senate, Sen
ator ROrah, Idaho, urged prosecu
tion of profiteers in commenting on
published figures showing earnings
* of eighty-two corporations. Other
senators joined in the debate.
Fanners Seek Publicity
A delegation of farmers’ represen-
< tatives arrived here today, ready for
a publicity drive to con
vince the consumers that the prices
wheat raisers are getting for their
crops are not the basic cause of the
high cast of living. This delegation
met wheat senators. Senator Gron
na, chairman of the agricultural
» committee, prepared a statement to
be issued totnorrow in behalf of the
\ farmers.
_ Meanwhile, a repeal of the govern
* ment wheat price guarantee, $2.26 a
bushel, was before the house and
senate agricultural committees. They
were to meet to discuss this propo
sition. , , , ,
AttorrMV General , Palmer s legal
campaign to halt profiteering and
hoarding appeared to have been fur
ther strengthened today by his re
vival of the “fair price committees”
of the old war-time food administra
tion. Mr. Palmer telegraphed for
► mer state food administrators ask
ing them to request their county ad
ministrators to name such commit
tees. H«ch committee will include
representatives of wholesalers, re
tailers. consumers and the public
' generally, and will denounce any
dealer wjyo profiteers.
Left-Handed Child
z s Should Remain So
< If your child is born left-handed,
don’t trv to change it to a right
handed one. Such an effort, says a
, Los Angeles college professor. is
liable to result in “changing wires”
which will cause the child to stam
mer badly.
Stomach Trouble or Tape
worm Banished.
Many persons who suffer from
stomach trouble really have a tape
worm and don’t know it. A guaran
teed remedy which has proven to be
remarkably effective in expelling
tapeworms and giving quick relief in
all forms of stomach trouble is being
sent on free trial by the Schoenherr
Co., Dept. 55, Milwaukee. Wis. They
guarantee it to remove, in less than
one hour, any tapeworm with its
head. No pain, no dieting, no dan-
I ger; also, to relieve any form of
■ trouble or it costs nothing.
advantage of their free trial of-
.Write them today.—(Advt.)
NO, NOT THE MODEL, BUT A LIFE SIZE REPRODUCTION
in bronze will be presented to President Wilson. It’s to be named
“The Victory Girl.” and the sculptor, J. V. Dernunsky is giving the
finishing touches to the little plaster cast from which he will work.
The model is Irene Wiley, one of the Mack Sennett beauties, and
he wouldn’t part with her.
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A Dog That Wouldn’t Scare; Kept
Seat as Car Plunged Over Cliff
V. Ellis Simpson, a young busi
ness man of Columbia, Pa., stopped
his car, putting on the emergency
brake, and went into a shop, leaving
his dog on guard in the car. While
he was gone the brakes slipped, the
Masked Man Gags
Mother While Her
Daughter Sleeps
Nathan Turner, hostler for the
Southern railroad, left his house at
10:30 o’clock Sunday night to go to
work with the satisfaction of know
ing that he had In a little tin box
at home, 5180 with which he was
going to make the first payment on
a. small farm,. When he returned at
7 o’clock Monday morning he found
that his house had been entered, his
little tin box smashed and ?80 of the
SIBO missing. #
• The entire SIBO, which Mr. and
Mrs. Turner had laid-aside for that
little farm they’ve been thinking
about, was taken from the box, but
SIOO was dropped in the Kall as the
burglars made their getaway.
Mr. and Mrs. Turner live at 314
Cooper street. Mr. Turner’s hours
of work are from 11 o’clock in the
until 7 o’clock in the morn
ing. Just after he left his home
Sunday night, Mrs. Turner, sleep
ing with her seven-year-old daugh
ter, Jessie Mae, was awakened by
a knock on the door of her room.
“It’s a telegram for Mr. Turner,”
said a voice on the outside.
Mrs. Turner went to the door and
opened it. and drew back when a
pistol was pointed in her face. “I’ll
blow your brains out if you speak.”
said a negro, who, accompanied by
a white man, entered the room.
The negro took a sheet from the
bed and bound Mrs. Turner fast to
a chair and stuffed a gag in her
mouth, while the white man went
into the front room, prized open a
cedar chest which contained the lit
tle till box. and smashed the box.
The SIBO was in envelopes. After
getting the money the white man
returned to the room where the ne
gro was guarding Mrs. Turner, and
the two left the house by the 'rear.
No words were spoken and the whole
job was completed in about five
minutes.
Five Hundred Persons
Now Own Airplanes
Over five hundreds persons in
America have purchased airplanes
within the last three months, and
over five hundred more are anxious
to place their orders, but cannot do
so, as the manufacturers are too
badly rushed to accept such orders.
The factories have put on extra
shifts, and are working night and
day to supply machines.
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WASHINGTON —“Lolyd George,” “Clemenceau,” “Orlando” and “Wilson” are going to do a lot to
aid in the obtaining of a bridge across the Tombigee river on the Dixie Highway. The birds mentioned,
however, happen to be roosters confined in four of the cages here pictured, and not the distinguished
statesmen whose names they bear. The roosters will be sold at auction. President Wilson, with Sen
ator Bankhead, of Alabama, at his was inspecting his namesake when the photographer arrived.
car traveled down hill, plunged over
a cliff and landed right side up
against a boulder. It was then hauled
back by a motor truck —and Simp
sen’s dog was still sitting placidly
on the front seat.
Not a Single Whiff of
Gas in This County
What is believed to be the only
county in the United States in
which not a single citizen owns
an automobile has been discover
ed. It is Pickett county, Tenn.
There are quite a number of na
tives of this county who have
never seen an automobile, and
whose views on the subject would
doubtless be “there ain’t no sich
animile!”
Leading Spokesman for
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A new picture of Senator Gil
bert M. Hitchcock, the ranking
Democratic member of the For
eign Relations committee, and
the leading spokesman for the ad
ministration in the senate fight
on behalf of the League of Na
tions and peace treaty.
ATLANTA, GA. TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1919
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DEMESWING
President Wilson Refuses to
Give Senate Committee
Copy of Letter He Received
From Bliss '
WASHINGTON, Aug. *ll.—Exis
tence of the secret treaty between
Japan and Great Britain regarding
the Shantung, China, peninsula was
“concealed’’ from Secretary Lansing
by Viscount Ishii, Japanese ambas
sador to the United States, Mr. Lan
sing testified before the senate for
eign relations committee today.
On September 6, 1917, Mr. Lan
sing said, during the negotiations
leading up to theLansing-Ishii
agreement, Viscount Ishii told him
that he had assured Sir Edward
Grey, the British foreign minister,
that Japan would return Kioa Chow
to China, “but would have to retain
the German Pacific islands because
no Japanese government could stand
without retaining them.”
“Did Viscount Ishii make any fur
ther statement regarding the dispo
sition of German claims in China?”
asked Senator Borah, Republican, of
Idaho.
“No,” replied Secretary Lansing.
“But you know that at that time
Japan had an understanding with
Great Britain for Japanese control
of Kiao Chow and that Ishii con
cealed that from the secretary of
the United States?”
“That’s the truth.”
The secretary said he first heard
of the secret treaty on the subject
between Japan and Great Britain,
France and Italy in February of this
year at Versailles. He said he had
investigated “very thoroughly” and
that these secret treaties nevr were
published in Russia.
President Wilson today replied to
senate resolutions requesting infor
matio non various phases of the
peace negotiations.
He refused to send the senate a
copy of a letter written by General
Tasker H. Bliss, member of the
peace commission, advising the pres
idnet as to his fellow delegates’
idea on the Shantung
(Secretary Lansing has told the
senate the Shantung settlement did
not agree with this advice.)
Wilson also informed the senate
he has no knowledge of any nego
lations with rgard to an alliance
between Japan and Germany. .
He stated he knows nothing of
an allegedT attempt by tne Japanese
delegation at Faris to intimidate
Chinese envoys.
The president also wrote Chair
man Lodge today that it would
not be possible to comply with the
committee’s request for the docu
ments used by the American peace
commissioners at Paris in negotia
ting the peace treaty.
"The various data bearing upon or
used in connection with the treaty of
peace with Germany,” said the presi
dent, “are so miscelaneous and
eroneous in mass that it would be
impossible for me to supply them
without bringing from Paris the
whole file of papers of the commis
sion itself, and would include many
memoranda which, it was agreed on
grounds of public policy, it would be
unwise to make use of outside the
conference?” _____
Here’s a Yank Who Believes
Thirteen a Lucky Number
Just thirteen times has the fig
ure thirteen crossed the path of
George T. Heller, of Lewistown, Pa.
Hb left for overseas on July 13th,
in a train bearing thirteen coaches;
he sailed for France with thirteen
boats in the convoy; they were
thirteen days in crossing the At
lantic, and, arriving in France,
were assigned to Baracks No. 13.
Starting as a railroad engineer in
the 13th Grand division, Hellar was
assigned to Engine No. 13, and giv
en a train with thirteen box cars.
At Verdun, the thirteenth officer
joined his unit. They sailed for
home on April 13th, and again were
thirteen days in crossing. Alto
gether, he served thirteen months
in the army—and there are thir
teen letters in his name!
Andrew. Carnegie, Steel .Magnate
And Philanthropist, Dies Monday t
At Summer Home in Massachusetts
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CARNEGIE EPIGRAMS
There can be no hereditary aris
tocracy of wealth.
Where wealth is left free as a
rule it passes in three generations
from shirt sleeves to shirt sleeves.
We may safely trust those who
have not made the money to
prove adepts in squandering it.
To keep a fortune is scarcely
less difficult than to acquire it.
The man who dies rich dies
disgraced.
It is not actual war we have to
fear, but the danger of war, which
hangs over the world like a pall.
I don’t expect to fly until na
tural wings sprout from my
shoulder.
You cannot boost a man up a
ladder unless he does some of the
climbing himself.
LENOX, Mass., Aug. 11.—Andrew
Carnegie, steel magnate and philan
thropist, died at his Lenox summer
home, “Shadow Brook,” at 7:10 this
morning after an illness of less than
three days with bronchial pneumonia.
So sudden was his death that his
daughter, Mrs. Roswell Miller, was
unable to get to her father’s bedside
before he died. His wife and private
secretary were with him at the end.
Mr. Carnegie had spent most of
the summer at Lenox, coming here
late in May and up to a few weeks
ago enjoyed himself in almost daily
fishing trips on Lake Mahkeenac,
which borders his big “Shadow
Brook” estate, and in riding about
his grounds. «
He was taken ill Friday and grew
steadily worse. His advanced age
and lessened powers of resistance
hastened the end.
Mr. Carnegie came to Lenox to
make his home in May, 1917, and had
spent the last three summers here.
He intended to spend his declining
days at his country home here and
when he bought it announcement was
made that Mr. Carnegie would spend
all of the spring and summer months
there. He came up from New York
late in May this year.
Mr. Carnegie leaves his widow, who
was Miss Louise Whitefield, of New
York, and his daughter, Margaret,
who married last April Ensign Ros
well Miller, of New York.
Mrs. Miller was at her home in
Mill Bank, N. Y., when word came
of her father’s approaching death.
She hurried to Lenox, but did not
arrive until a few minutes after
her father’s death.
Although Mr. Carnegie was taken
sick Friday, it was not until early
today that his condition took a
critical turn. On Saturday it was
said that he was suffering from a
severe cold, but it was not differ
ent, apparently, from other attacks
he had endured, and no fear was
entertained that it would prove fa
tal. It had been announced that he
was remaining indoors under the
care of the nurses, who had been
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Bela Kun Fires Engine
To Escape to Vienna
It is rumored that Bela Kun,
who resigned his virtual dictator
ship of Hungary, is now at the
Hungarian legation in Vienna,
with the permission of both Ger
man and Austrian governments.
He escaped, it is said, by acting
as fireman on a freight train.
“Human” Census Machine to Classify
Information From a Billion Cards
Experts in the census bureau at
Washington, have been at‘work since
1896, on A machine which is destined
to simplify the enormous task of tak
ing the census of the United States.
This machine is called “human” be
cause it performs lightning calcula
tions which stump the human brain.
Experts say that the same calcula
tions could be made by human brains
but that it would take an ordinary
lifetime —while the machine does it
with lightning speed.
The machine looks like an ordinary
filing cabinet, except for the motor
Would You Call This Theft
Or Just Plain Insanity?
If a man steals an overcoat,
while the thermometer is hover
ing coyly around the 108 mark,
does that prove that he is a luna
tic? The court of Dallas, Texas,
opines that it is. The thief over
looked quantities of cutglass, sil
ver and jewelry—stealing nothing
but an overcoat. The thief was
arrested and bound over as a
lunatic.
Bird Mother Hatches
Brood in the Rain
Progressiveness of modern ways
seems even to have reached the
birds of the air. At any rate, a
whippoorwill motherbird laid two
eggs on the tip-top on one of the
highest buildings in Reading, Pa.,
without a sign of a nest to pro
tect them, and then calmly hatched
them out, despite a pouring rain,
which threatened to sweep both
her and the eggs away. The bird
lings hatched are husky and thriv
ing youngsters, however.
The Spirit That Rules Young Japan
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TOKlO.—Playing at war is the most popular sport of the little
Japanese boys and this picture is typical of the spirit that rules the
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at the top, Qards, containing thirty
answers, are fed into this machine,
widen classifies the answers, than
prints them in tabular form on a big
sheet of paper. This machine is ca
pable of “eating up” 390 cardg a
minute.
The credit for the development of
the machine is given to E. M. L. B.
■ —a man who is distinctly unique in
this day of publicity-seeking, a man
whose name is withheld from the
public, at his own request, with the
modest statement, “I don’t want to
claim all the credit for the machine!”
Battling Sea Hog
Kills Large Shark
According to natural history
books, the dolphin, a “seahog,” is
a “most sociable and gregarious
fish.’” But according to fisher
men who witnessed a strange duel
from the Galveston causeway, the
dolphin can fight when occasion
demands. There was nothing at
all sociable or gregarious about
the dolphin who attacked and
killed a huge shark which had
menaced the dolphin’s single
young one.
Farmer Finds Genuine
Antique Fowling-Piece
An old fowling-piece, crumbling
with its centuries of decay, but
with the date and name “1630
London” still plainly discernible on
its stock, was unearthed recently
by James W. Adams, a farmer, liv
ing near Whiteburg, Ky.
Turtle Bearing Father’s
Initials Found by Son
A large turtle was found near
Pomp, Ky., by William Henry, and
on the turtle’s back he found the
initials of his father, carved togeth
er with the date of 1885.
SUkWIS A COPY.
$1.26 A YEAR.
LOCAL STEIIKERS HIE
URRED BT LEKS
TO RESUME WORK
Electrical Workers Return.
Convention Called —Men
Virtually Everywhere Arc
Going Back on Jobs
Principal developments Monday lu
the strike of the allied shop craft?.
wore:
Personally delivered appeals to
Atlanta strikers by national lead
ers to return to work on the bacis
of President Wilson’s recent appeal
and promise of an adjustment.
Assurance on the part of theca
leaders that the entire matter would
be adjusted satisfactorily if the men
return to work within ten days.
Reiteration on the part of Atlanta
strikers that they will remain out,
regardless of what other locals do,
until their domands have been grant
ed.
The calling by Atlanta leaders cf
a convention of delegates from locals
in the southeast to bo held in this
city as soon as the delegates can ba
assembled to discuss the entire sit
uation and the stateiiiont that Atlan
ta strikers will abide by the vote of
this convention, even to the extent
of returning to work.
The return to work of the electrical
workers in Atlanta.
Announcement by the local offices
of the railroad administration that
strikers have returned to work at
numerous points in the southeast.
Press dispatches from Washington
to the effect that practically all men
are back at work west of the Missis
sippi, less than 50 per cent in Chi
cago, Ohio, and the central west; all
back in the south except at Atlanta,
and practicajly all still out in Now
England.
MEN ARE RETURNING
IN MANY PLACES
WASHINGTON, Aug. 11.—Be
tween 15,000 and 25,000 unauthor
ized railroad shop strikers returned
to work this morning in response
to President Wilson’s decision that
there would be no wage conferences
while the men were out, it was
said at tne railroad administration
today.
Reports here were that practically
. all men are back at work west of
the Mississippi, less than 50 per
cent in Chicago, Ohio and the cen
tral west, all back in the south ex
cept at Atlanta, while New England
railroad shops still are almost
without workmen. According to tel
egrams received at the railroad ad
ministration, 6,000 men returned at
Baltimore and 5,000 at Kansas City.
All shops are operating, officials
said, on the Seaboard line. Other
towns where men are reported to
have gone back to work are Ma
con, Ga., Richmond, Nashville, Lex
ington, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Cin
cinnati and Cleveland. Some, it was
said, have returned to shops at
Indianapolis.
Strikers also went back at 2>
points in Wisconsin and 25 points
in lowa.
Plans for holding the national
conference of strikers called so.-
next Thursday went forward today
by the Chicago district council.
“Action to be taken at this con
ference is now up to the director
general of railroads,” J. D. Saunders,
secretary of the Chicago council,
said. “We expect word from Wasn
ington, some time today. Should th.j
administration delay action further
the men will refuse to return to
their jobs.”
Widening of the breach between
local units and the international I
heads was made apparent with re
ceipt of a.telegram from B. M. Jew
el, head of the railway division ot
the American Federation of Labor,
declaring that striking locals would
not be permitted to cast ballots in
the vote being taken on the ques
tion of a strike August 24.
Reports were received at council
headquarters tliat strikers had burn
ed some of the ballots sent out
from international headquarters.
QUIZ
ANSWERS
1. Persia.
2. St. Lawrence.
3. "The Dark Continent.”
4. In New Orleans, by the French
Creoles, in 1827.
5. Gen. James Longstreet.
6. Philosophy.
7. A small object in the heavens,
having the appearance of a bright
cloud or small patch of light.
8. William MacClure.
9. By Remington, in 1873.
10. The sacred books of the Per
sians.
NEW ’QUESTIONS
1. What church is called tlu
"Mother and Head of all tne church
es in the world?”
2. When was the British Museura
opened?
3. How many popes have borne
the name of Paul?
4. What instrument of punish
ment was once used to punish scold
ing wives?
5. What cruel and bloodthirsty
ruler died of sorrow?
6. What people are believed ’o
form the connecting link betwee i
the Aryan races of Europe and Asia .’
7. Who was the founder of th*
first dispensary in America?
8- Who was the most persuasive
speaker during the “Golden Age” of
American oratory?
9. What state leads in fruit grow
ing in the United States?
10. Who was Attorney-General in
Washington’s cabinet »,