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ROBIN J. COOPER.
SLAYER OF HRNIACK.
■ FDIffIDMJJRDERED
. Police Believe He Was Shot
by Liquor Peddlers —One
Thousand Dollars Reward
Offered for Murderers
That Robin J. Cooper, the Nash
ville, Tenn., lawyer, who shot and
killed Senator E. W. Carmack in
1908, was found murdered beneath a
* bridge on the Richland creek, near
Belle Meade park. Saturday morn
ing, met his death at the hands
of two or more whisky peddlers, is
the latest theory advanced by po
lice and county authorities. Rob-
* bery is believed to have been the
motive.
While no arrests have yet been
made, the authorities are search-
• ing for the unidentified man, be
lieved to have been a Nashville
whisky merchant, and who, it is
thought, enticed the slain man from
his home at a late hour Thursday
night, with the promise to deliver
to him a stock of liquor.
it was learned that Mr. Cooper re
cently borrowed a small amount of
whisky from a friend with the
promise to return the amount last
Thursday or Friday. Police would
not say from what source - they
gathered this Information, but ad
. mlt the facts are correct.
* It is said that Mr. Cooper borrowed
the liquor for the purpose of en
tertaining a friend from Paris,
whom he had met on his recent
trip abroad. Mr. Cooper is said to have
remarked to the friend that he was
expecting some liquor the latter
part of this week, but did not say
from whom the purchase would be
made.
Police are of the opinion that the
man who called at the house had
the liquor hidden a short distance
from the Cooper nome, and had con
cealed it near the scene of the mur
der. Mr. Cooper was to drive to the
hidden whisky, then return with it
' in his automobile, police believe.
The police are bending every effort
to learn the name of the party who
had been delivering whisky to the
Cooper home on previous occasions, as
they learned, they say, that several
deliveries had been made only re
cently.
Carried Much Money
Knowing that Mr. Cooper carried at
least |2OO on his person when he
made the trip to the Belle Meade
park, the slayer, or slayers, delibe
w rately murdered Mr. Cooper for the
money, the authorities believe.
Whether an argument or fight start
ed after they reached the scene, the
authorities were unable to say, but
are of the opinion that no argument
preceded the murder at the scene.
Body round in Creek
Mr. Cooper’s body was taken from
Richland creek today soon after his
blood-stained automobile had been
found on a bridge near his home in
the fashionable Belle Meade park
section. The skull had been crush-
• ed, but there were evidences that a
violent struggle had taken place be
fore the fatal blow was struck.
The authorities assume that the
missing lawyer was lured from his
home to the secluded bridge over the
creek and there done to death. The
condition of his cloth
ing indicated that he had been drag
ged some distance before he was
thrown into the water. Physicians
who examined the body said, the
small amount of water found in tne
lungs was evidence that Cooper was
dead when dropped into the creek.
SI,OOO Reward Offered
Mrs. Cooper, who is a daughter
, of Milton Smith, president of the
V Louisville and Nashville railroad, has
been visiting relatives in Louisville,
Ky., and her absence accounts for
the fact that the disappearance of
her husband did not become known
at first.
There was no evidence that the
Cooper home had been robbed after
the murder and some doubt has been
expressed that the murderers could
have expected that the lawyer would
have any great sum on his person.
His empty pocketbook, however, was
found in the bottom of the automo
bile.
Governor Roberts has offered a re
ward of SSOO for the arrest and con
-5 viction of the murderers of the law
yer. This letter was supplemented
by offer of a similar amount by the
family. * n
The autopsy over the body of Coop
er this afternoon developed that
there were six open wounds on the
head. - The ring finger of his left
hand was found to be broken, sup
posedly in an effort to shield his
head from the blows rained upon it.
Carmack Case
Mr. Cooper came into national
notice in 1908 through his connec
* Senator E. W. Carmack. He was
prominently connected here. His
young wife is a daughter of Mil
ton H. Smith, president of the
Louisville and Nashville railroad.
The news of his murder spread
over Nashville and all middle Ten
nessee and all morning was the sole
• topic on the streets, in the stores
and clubs.
A preliminary examination when
■ the body was taken from the water
indicated that Mr. Cooper had been
shot through the head, the bullet
coming out at the left eye. There
was also a bruise on the forehead.
His coat was almost torn from the
body and the 'trousers were torn and
bore other evidences ’that the body
bad been dragged over the rocks.
According to W. O. Parmer, the
well-known turfman and a neighbor
of Mr. Coopers in Bellemeade Park.
Mr. Cooper several days ago drew
SIO,OOO from a local bank, and it is
supposed that the murderers, be
coming aware of this fact, enticed
X him from home, under the supposi
’ tion that he would have a consider
able sum on his person.
The Carmack tragedy, the most
notable in the history -of Tennessee,
grew'out of the Carmack-Patterson
race for governor in 1908, in which
Colonel D. B. Cooper, father of Rob
in J. Cooper, was one so Patterson’s
closest advisers. In the fatal en
counter which occurred on an up
town street in Nashville, November
9. 1808, the son fired thaT shot which
ended Carmack’s life, and in the
shooting was himself wounded. Fath
er and son were convicted of mur
der in the second degree in the
lower court, but on the appeal of
the case to the supreme court, the
verdict was reversed as to the son,
the judges standing three to two.
The Verdict as to Colonel Cooper
was sustained, three to two, but be
fore leaving the capitol the father
was pardoned by Governor Patterson.
The case against Robin J. Cooper
when it came up again in the Dav
idson county criminal court was
popped.
NUMBER 96.
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WASHINGTON —This is the subcommittee of the senate foreign
relations committee which is investigating the situation in Mexico by
first-hand observation and inquiry at the border. They are, left to
right, Marcus A. Smith, of Arizona; Albert B. Fall, of New Mexico, and
Frank B. Brandegee, of Connecticut.
Expenses of American P eace Delegation in
. Paris Over $ 1,500? 000; Itemized Bill Given
The itemized list of expenses of
the American Peace delegation in
Paris has been submitted to con
gress by President Wilson. it to
tals more than $1,500,000. The v*
follows:
Expenses from December 1, 1918,
to June 30, 1919:
Travel and subsistence, $15,813.4 8.
Subsistence, $144,914.03.
Salaries, $103,815.95.
Wages to employes of Hotel Cril
ion. $53,345.33.
Stationery, office supplies, printing,
furniture and fixtures, repairs, news
pers and miscellaneous expenditures,
$40,432.71.
Rents, $5,720.0G.
Food and hotel supplies, $128,-
828.10.
Hire and laundry of hotel linens,
$31,583.48.
Fuel, heat, light an.l compressed
air, $20,038.78.
Telephone, $166.17.
Inventories and legal r.jrviees, 33.-
329.75.
Special allotments to in re.fixat
ing commissions, dispatched to the
Baltic provinces, Poland, Turkey, tire
Balkans, Russia and the Caucasus,
$105,610.26.
Confidential expenses, $13,587.19.
Purchase of automobiles, $14,602.96.
Total, $666,859.29.
Traveling expenses, stationery and
supplies, disbursements by the de
partment of state in Washington,
$38,000,02. Total, $704,868.31.
ROBIN COOPER, slayer of
ex-Senator Carmack, of Ten
nessee, who was himself vio-*
lently killed in Nashville last
week. The tragedy has fur
nished one of the South’s great
est crime mysteries.
WILSON REFUSES
TO GIVE SENATE
OTHER TREATIES
WASHINGTON, Sept. I.—President
Wilson declined today to give the
senate foreign relations committee
the tentative drafts of treaties with
Austria, Hungary, Turkey and Bul
garia, as requested by the commit
tee, on the ground that “it would
tend to take the function of negotiat
ing treaties out of he hands of the
executive.”
HUGE CLIPPER CUTS NEPTUNE’S HAIR
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This gigantic clipper is one of a number operated by the government at Summerland, Cal., to
make potash of kelp, fancifully called “Neptune’s hair.” The sea-going harvesters are driven by a
motor which also operates the cutting machinery. Six tons of green kelp yields about a wheelbarrow
full of potash, used chiefly in the chemical trades, as fertilizer, for liquid soap, safety matches and
high-grade glass. Before the war Germany had a monopoly on potash.
Reimbursement of the government
by members of the American com
mission to negotiate peace on ac
count of subsistence furnished their
wives, official entertainment by the
secretary of state and Edward House,
unexpended allotments and miscel
laneous items, $18,721.42.
Total net expenses December 1,
1918 to June 30, 1919, Inclusive of
the rent of the Hotel Crillon and
telegraph charges, $686,146.89.
IriablUties
December 1, 1918, to September 30,
1919, including damages, the amount
of which are not yet known, ap
proximately $35,000 monthly, $350,-
000.
Telegraph and cable service
through the war department, bills
not yet received and amount not yet
known, though the expense will be
large?
Expenses of the commission from
July 1, 1919, to July 30, 1919, in
clusive of rent and telegraph service,
$150,629.74.
Expenses of the commission from
August 1 to August 31, 1919, in
clusive of rent and telegraph serv
ice. estimated, $125,000.
Expenses of the commission from
September 1 to December 31, 1919,
estimated for four months, $4’40,000,
Total estimated and actual lia
bilities so far as known to date, sl,-
250,629.74,
Less rental of the Hotel Crillon
to June 30, 1919, which is payable
out of the appropriation for the na
tional security and defense, $245,000.
Total appropriation required, on
the assumption that the conference
may be prolonged to December 31,
1919, $820,629.74.
Total expenses of commission, ac
tual and estimated, $1,506,776.63.
GEN. PERSHING
LEAVES BREST ON
HIS RETURN HOME
BREST. Sent. I.—general John J.
Pershing, commander of the Ameri
can expeditionary forces, sailed from
here today on the transport Levia
than for t United States. The
steamer left port at 3 o’clock this
afternoon.
Marshal Foch came aboard the
transport shortly before . she sailed
and made a feeling address to the
departing American commander.
“In leaving France,” said the
Marshal, “you leave your dead in our
hands. On our soil we will care for
them religiously and zealously, as
bearing witness of the powerful aid
you brought us. These dead will
bring from America many thoughts
of remembrance and pious visits, and
will bind still more strongly our
already close union.”
"If,” concluded the marshal, “the
clouds of war should gather again
in the future, would not these dead
rise from their tombs and make their
voices heard once more by a world
which already knows that the same
cause, the cause of liberty, has
united us since the time of Wash
ington and LaFayette?”
General Pershing replied by bid
ding farewell to France in the per
son of the marshal, “to her gallant
poilus, to her patriotic men and to
her noble women.” Then the general
and Marshal Foch walked arm in
arm to the gang plank, exchanlng
final salutes as the marshal stepped
ashore.
Countess Elopes
With a Mason
MUNlCH—Countess Felicitas von
Hohenthal Unterbrugen, 22 years old.
has eloped with a stone mason. The
family is among the oldest in Ba
varian nobility and Gqrman nobles
are in a ferment.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1919.
HOUSE WILL SPEND
52.D00.000 TO CUT
HIGH MG COST
Campaign of Wilson to Re
duce Prices to Get Bigges!
Boost This Week —Hoard-
ers to Suffer
WASHINGTON, Sept. I.—'Thq
house this week is planning to give
the government’s high cost of liv
ing campaign its biggest boost— the
providing of cash for the department
of justice’s prosecution of profiteers
and hoarders.
A deficiency appropriation bill car- I
rying the additional money -thought I
necessary to bring down prices will ■
be placed before the house late in |
the week. The committee members j
already have given the assurance that ,
it will carry ample provision for the
nation-wide campaign against profi
teers planned by the department of
justice. Sentiment in congress favors
wholesale prosecutions as the only
means of stopping exorbitant charges.
Attorney General Palmer has asked
about $2,000,000 for the campaign,
most of which will be used to employ
additional attorneys, United States
marshals and secret service opera
tives to run down profiteers. Evi
dence already is being gathered for
the prosecutions as soon as congress
authorizes the ppropriations neces
sary to carry the fight to the finish.
Supplemental appropriations may
be granted other departments for pub
licity campaigns against prices, but
the bulk of the high cost of living
fund will be given the department of
justice so that It may “get rough
with the profiteers,” as Chairman
Good, of the appropriations commit
tee, has expressed it .
MORE PRODUCTION
IS PLEA OF WILSON
IN LABOR MESSAGE
WASHINGTON, Sept. I.—ln a
message to be read at Labor day
meetings throughout the country to
day and in which he announced he
soon would call a conference of rep
resentatives of labor and industry
to discuss issues of vital import
ance to each, President Wilson ap
pealed to every citizen to promote
production ajad to refrain from, do
ing anything that would tend, to
increase the cost of living; ex
pressed gratification with the man
ner In which leaders of organized
labor had received his plan to meet
the wage demand situation and
said he hoped the workers would
move with the government instead
of against it in the solution of
the great domestic problem.
Text of Message
The Labor day message as made
public last night at the White
House follows:
I am encouraged and grati
fied by the progress which is
being made in controlling the
cost of living. The support of
the movement is widespread,
and I confidently look for sub
stantial results, although I
must counsel patience as well
as viligance, because such will
not come instantly or without
team work.
Let me again emphasize my
appeal to every citizen of the
country to continue to give his
personal support in this matter,
and to make it as active as
possible. Let him not only re
frain from doing anything
which at the moment will tend
to increase the cost of living,
but let him do all in his power
to increase the production; and
further than that, let him at the
same time himself, carefully
economize in the matter of con
sumption. By common action in
this direction we shall over
come a danger greater than the
danger of war.
To Steady Situation
We will hold steady a situa
tion which is fraught with pos
sibilities of hardship and suf
fering to a large part of our
population; we will enable the
processes of production to over
take the processes of consump
tion, and we will speed the
restoration of an adequate pur
chasing power for wages.
I am particularly gratified at
the support which the govern
ment’s policy has received from
the representative of organ
ized labor, and I earnestly hope
that the workers generally will
emphatically indorse the posi
tion of their leaders and there
by move with the government
instead of against it in the solu
tion of this greatest domestic
problem.
I am calling for as early a
date as practicable a conference •
in which authoritative repre
sentatives of labor and of those
who direct labor will discuss
fundamental means of bettering
he whole relationship of cap
ital and labor and putting the
whole question of wages upon
another footing.
WOODROW WILSON.
Flying Through Arc de Triomphe With Only Fifteen Feet Leeway
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Freak performances with air planes are recorded almost every day. Landing on the roof of sky
scrapers soon will be stale. This photograph shows the most remarkable feat yet accomplished. It
shows Charles Godefroy, a French pilot, guiding his plane through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The
wing clearance was only fifteen feet.
CAPT. J. S. MOORE’S
BODY WILL REST
IN AMERICAN SOIL
The body of Captain James Stan
ly Moore, Jr., who sleeps today in
the American cemetery at Barle
duc, France, will be brought home
to Atlanta ■when negotiations are
completed between the American
government and the French govern
ment for the removal of American
dead to the United States.
His mother, Mrs. James Stanly
Moore, of Greensboro, N. C., has
so requested, and H. M. Patterson
& Son, the Atlanta undertakers so
whom she wrote after communicat
ing with the war department, have
replied to her that, as a tribute
to the heroic dead 'knd as a help
to their families, no charge will
be made for such service.
The friends of Jim Moore in At
lanta, where he went to school at
Georgia Tech, where he worked as a
reporter on The Journal, where he
lived the best years of his life apd
where he bound to him ties
stronger than time can Sever every
man and woman who knew hitn
well, will read this announcement
with Interest.
So, too, will every mother, father,
relative or friend of any boy who
rests in foreign sell, for the ques
tion of bringing them home has
been uppermost in their minds for
many months, and while it is not.
yet decided, it has reached a point
where the removal of the dead soon
may be possible.
At the beginning of the war, the
government issued a statement giv
ing two choices to the next-of-kin
of those who died in France: to al
low their bodies to remain in the
land for which they fought, where
the American cemeteries would be
made into fitting memorials of their
ow,. sacrifice and their country’s
part in the war; or to request the
return of their loyed one’s body
to this country.
Many bereaved ones, such as the
late Colonel and Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt, perferred that their dead
stay permanently in the soil they
fought to free, and» as a result, with
infinite pains and care to make
identification complete, thousands
of dead have been placed in such
permanent cemeteries as that at
Romagne, France, the burial
ground of 32,000 Americans, which
will be made into a spot of such
beauty and reverence as will fitting
ly keep their memory green.
Others have been waiting, mind
ful of the war department’s state
ment that no steps toward the re
turn of soldier dead from either
France or England could be under
taken until after the formal sign
ing of the treaty of peace. With
the near approach of the closing of
the treaty, the war department is
preparing to make possible the re
turn of the dead.
The principal matter that remains
to be settled is to get the permis
sion of France, which, while anx
ious to co-operate with the Ameri
can government and the American
people, wishes to safeguard the
health of its own people in every
way possible. It may take time to
complete these negotiations, and.
after they are completed, it may
take a very long time to remove the
dead.
MUNiCHTBAVARIAN
CAPITAL, IS UNDER
MARTIAL LAW
COPENHAGEN, Sept. I.—-Munich,
the Bavarian capital, is under mar
tial law, the Deutsche Tages Zeitung
of Berlin reports. Soldiers with ma
chine guns have been posted in the
streets.
COMMUNIST FORCES
PLANNING UPRISING
MUNIC-1, Aug. 31.—(Delayed.)—
Communist forces are planing fresh
uprisings in Munich and surrounding
country, it was reported here today.
This report follows recnet evidences
that the Spartacans are organizing
for a new demonstration of strength.
In communist circles it was de
nied today that any new movement
was planed, but the government has
taken means to prevent disorder.
The authorities believed the gov
ernment would be able to check any
troubles which may arise, owing to
the postponement until spring of
complete demoblization of the army.
This was done with the consent of
the allies.
The strikes at Ludwigshaven. in
Bavaria, which was the scene of
riots last night, will resume work to
morrow.
Cuts Clothing Prices
Chicago. Sept. I.—The Bell Tai
lors, Adams at Green St., Chicago,
Hl., said to be the largest tailoring
concern in America, anounces a big
reduction in price on men’s tailoring.
Their most popular value is an all
wool cassimere at $29.00. a very at
tractive pattern, which is generally
sold at $30.00 to $32.00. Even larger
savings are offered on their higher
priced numbers. Their latest cata
logue, No. 153, containing large cloth
samples of many beautiful fabrics,
will be sent free upon request to any
reader of The Journal.
42Gray Giants of U.S.Navy
Reviewed by Daniels as They
Sweep Through Golden Gate
Thousands Line Points of
Vantage on Shore and
Crowd Craft to Witness
Momentous Spectacle
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. I.—A
far-flung covenant of protection,
forty-two gray giants of the Ameri
can navy, today steamed from their
overnight anchorage off Bolinas
bay, north of San Francisco and,
piloted personally by Admiral Hugh
Rodman, commander-in-chief, swept
through the Golden Gate and passed
the famous old battleship Oregon,
the revlaw4ng..j®lp in. a majrirre spec
tuple which thrilled of
spectators. I$ . w?is- the review here
of the new Pacific fleet before Sec
retary of the Navy Daniels and oth
er national state and municipal of
ficials. In addition to those in the
review a train of nine supply and
fuel ships later entered the harbor
and cast anchor.
San Franciscans who, ashore, lin
ed the Marina,, off which the Ore
gon was anchored, and San Francis
cans who, in a myriad of small
craft, lined the waterway of .the na
val processional, sought through
. cheers to express the patriotism
they felt as they saw and heard the
ceremonial. /
From every hill and structure ov
erlooking the broad sweep of the
harbor, countless thousands had
gathered since early morning to
view the pageant. Not since May,
1908, when the Atlantic fleet visit
ed this part on its tour of the
world, had San Fransicco been spec
tator to a naval review.
Home in Pacific Waters
Not a few thrilled at the thought
New York Youngsters Keeping Cool by
Diving for Pennies in Library Fountain
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New York kiddies are wide awake if anything. During the re
cent hot weather the policemen turned their heads when the young
sters took a dip in the fountain at the public library. When they
were refreshed they just happened to remember that they needed
some money for ice cream cones. So by a process of mental sugges
tion they got a crowd to start a diving contest by tossing pennies into
the pool. Whether the contest was “fixed” our sporing editor could
not find out, but when the youngsters left each seemed to have about
an equal number of pennies. “Certainly looked crooked,” reported the
sporting editor. But he didn’t even put the twenty-one cents he
tossed into the pool on his expense
that the fleet had come to make its
home in Pacific waters.
Majestically the long line of war
craft swept carefully through the
Golden Gate, past the Presidio mil
itary reservation, and the once im
pregnable old Fort Point, whose
thick brick walls the engineers of
civil war days built to withstand
the solid shot of enemy frigates;
past the modern forts Miley and
Winfield Scott, on the San Francis
co side of the harbor, and under the
long range guns of Forts Baker and
Barry, hidden In the golden brown
hills on the opposite shore, where
Mount Tamalpals stands sentinel tn
the Golden Gate.
As the battleship Oregon passed
by the leading dreadnaughts, Tele
graph hljl, a landmark famed for
its association with San Francisco's
early history came Into view. Its
rocky slopes thickly crowded with
sight-eeers. Thence the fleet swung
Into the upper bay past Goat Island
and came to rest While the harbor
resounded with the shrilling of
whistles from scores of welcoming
craft.
As the secretary reached the
quarter deck and the navS.l form for
his advent was fulfilled, the big
guns at Fort Scott, boomed a sa
lute of nineteen guns.
By this time a long line of the
fleet —coming single-file—was ap
proaching the gate, led by the
dreadnaught New Mexico and with
the dreadnaughts Mississippi and
Idaho following at Intervals of 700
yards.
The flagship of the vice admiral
bore a blue flag with three white
stars from its foremast and those
of the two rear admirals blue ban
ners with two white stars from the
corresponding masts. The other ves
sels flew the national ensign at
foremast and mainmast and tern.
SCEMIB a UOPX.
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VOTE DE MPH
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PRESIDENT S OFFER
Ballots So Far Receiveo’
Would Indicate Willing
ness to Accept Increase of
Four Cents an Hour
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. —President
Wilson’s proposal for a wage in
crease of four cents an hour pend
ing reduction in living costs will be
accepted by railway shopmen now
taking a strike vote, It is indicated,
in early returns received at the
American Federation of Labor.
“About one third of the 7,000 lo
cals have voted and reported,” said
Secretary John Scott of the rail
way department. “There seems to be
a strong sentiment aginst strike ac
tion now, especially on the part of
those men who walked out last
month and lost several days. Sev
eral locals in Chicago voted strong
ly to accept the president’s pro
posal.”
SUSPENSION OF STRIKES
RECOMMENDED BY LABOR
NEW YORK, Sept. I.—Suspension
of all strikes throughout the United
States and the declaration of a labor
truce on the basis of the status quo
for six months or more to enable
President Wilson to bring about a
reduction In the cost of living Is
recommended In a report of a com
mittee of the Ne wYork state fed
eration of labor made public here
today.
The recommendations urge Ameri
can organized labor to cease wage
and hour controversies In order to
increase production and restore nor
mal conditions. They express the
hope that no new strikes will be
ordered except.to relieve workers
from “Intolerable’ oppression.”
The committee was appointed by
James P. Holland, president of the
federation, on July 29 and made its
report aJter conferring with repre
sentatives of Industrial, commercial
manufacturers, financial, transporta
tion and other Interests with a view
to devising plans to lower the cost
of living.
Business men, It explained, were
In a state of apprehension due to
rapidly changing conditions since the
signing of the armistice and “in
dustry had been disturbed and dis
located to a degree never before ex
perienced.*
"Your committee Is convinced,*
says the report, “that this condL ,
tlon Is wrong and cannot be permit
ted to continue unless we—and by
'we’ your committee means not la
bor alone but the people of the whole
United States—wish to Invite a dis
aster unparalleled In history. The
people must bo given a breathing
spell. There must be a suspension
of struggling for class and party ad
vantage. All Americans must bend
their backs to the cars and pull
steadily against the storm-tossed
waters until our boat again rides
safely on the placid sea of pros
perity.”
NEW-TIME LAW ' ‘
NOW IN EFFECT <
IN THE STATE
The Barnes law establishing the
present Central time, which Is thfc
equivalent of normal Eastern time,
as the uniform standard of time In
Georgia, went Into effect at one
minute after 12 o’clock Monday
morning, but the measurable results
of the law are still rather vague
and up in the air.
So far as Atlanta and other Cen
tral time localities are concerned,
they have nothing to do but keep
their clocks on the present stand
ard and not turn them back when
the federal law repealing the day
light saving plan goes into effect on
the last Saturday In September.
Then they will be In conformity with
the Barnes law.
So far as Savannah, Augusta and
other eastern time localities are
concerned, the Barnes law provides
that their clocks shall go back
one hour today (Monday), so as to
put them on the normal Eastern
time basis. Whether they will slow
their clocks today or wait until
September 27, when they would have
slowed them regardless of the
Barnes law, appears to be uncertain.
Reports from Savannah say that
the city hall clock, the courts and
others still were running Monday
by fast eastern time, and that steps
were not being taken to come back
to normal until the first of Octo
ber.
The time zones established by the
interstate commerce commission
place the state of Georgia in two
time zones. The eastern part of the
state is in the eastern time zone,
while the western part of the state
is in the central time zone. Both
eastern time and central time now
are run forward one hour under the
daylight saving plan, but congress
has passed an act repealing this
arrangement on September 27. The
act provides that the clocks shall
go back to normal on that date
and stay there.
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New Limp Has No Wick. No Chim
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