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• VOL XXL NUMBER 100
COTTON SHORTAGE IN
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SftS MB. BfiOWH
Eighty-Seven Southern
Counties Will Show De
crease of 796,000 Bales,
$143,312,000 in Money
Eighty-seven south Georgia coun
ts will have this year a cotton
shortage of 796,000 hales compared
with production in 1914, and this
represents a money shortage of
$143,312,000 on a basis of 36 cents a
pound for cotton according to a re
view of the crop situation issued
Saturday by J. J. Brown, state com
missioner Os agriculture.
The cotton shortage in the coastal
plain section of Georgia is typical of
the shortage in the coastal plain sec
tion of the entire belt extending
through Texas, he further states, and
it would not surprise him if the to
tal cotton crop this year should fall
far below eleven million bales.
In view of these conditions. Com
missioner Brown considers the mini
mum price fixed by the American
Cotton association, at its meeting
last" week in New Orletlns, exceeding
ly conservative. The price fixed
there was 36 conts for September,
with an advance of one-half of one
cent per pound up to 40 cents a
pound next May.
"If it had not been for conditions
now prevailing as to foreign ex
change,” says Commissioner Brown
in his statement, “and other condi
tions affecting both America and
Europe, the American Cotton asso
ciwtion would have fixed a price of
40 cAnts a pound flat. Even that
price will not pay the producer the
• profit to which he Is entitled, as It
was shown at the meeting that the
average cost of production through
out the belt is 34.46 cents a pound.
"It is practically impossible to
overestimate the loss in south Geor
gia on account of the boll weevil and
unfavorable weather conditions.
Take a line from Augusta to West
Point. South of that line are
Georgia counties that produced 57.1
of Georgia’s cotton crop in 1518. To
ascertain the probable loss to those
counties, we must confer a normal
crop, such as that of, T 914, when
Georgia made in round numbers 2,-
750,000 bales of cotton.
"In 1914 the 87 south Georgia
counties in question produced in
round numbers 1,421,750 bales. A
careful survey of these counties jus
tifies the prediction that their pro
x duetion will not exceed 44 per cent
jof a normal crop this year. That is
Wsay. their probable production will
ibe 625,570 bales. Based on these fig
ures, the loss to these 87 south Geor
gia counties will be 796,180 bales,
w’orth at 36 cents a pound an aggre
gate of $143,312,400. This loss is a
little more than one-half of the cot
ton producing area of Georgia is
staggering.
“The conditions above set forth in
the coastal plain section of Georgia
are typical of the entire coastal
plain section of the belt, from North
Carolina to Texas. They are gen
eral conditions. They more than
justify the action of the New Or
leans meeting vhen it established a
September minimum of 36 cents a
pound.
"Every pound of cotton sold for
less than 36 cents is a sacrifice by
ness prosperity in the south.”
WANT CONGRESS
TO ACT AGAINST
INFLUENZA SPREAD
r WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—With
some cases of Influenza already re
ported by the United States public
health service, efforts will be made
this week to spur congress into tak
ing steps that will prevent a general
recurrence of the disease, as it oc
curred last year.
Representative Fess, Ohio, who has
introduced a bill providing for gov
ernment investigations in the hope
of finding a cure for the plague, Is
planning to point out to the house
this week the great danger of con
gressional Inactivity. His bill has
been slumbering in a committee for
< several months.
All scientists agree that the only
way to find a cure for the disease
Is to isolate the germ that causes
Mr. Fess states, and this prob
ably can be accomplished only
through expensive experiments in
. government laboratories.
* “Congress apparently is showing a
distinct apathy on this legislation,”
he said, “and despite its great im
portance there seems to be little in
terest in it. Congress must either
appropriate a comparatively small
amount to find a cure for influenza
or we may be confronted with the
necessity of providing large sums for
relief work, if epidemic ac
occurs, as many medical men pre-
He urged that communities hard
hit by the epidemic of last year
write their congressmen urging ac
tion on the bill, before the epidemic
conies upon the country.
Surrender of Kolchak
Army Is Claimed in
Bolshevik Statement
LONDON, Sept. 12.—The remaind
er of Admiral Kolchak’s southern
army in the region of Aktiuoinsa
and Orik, has surrendered to the
Bolsheviki, it is claimed in a Boi
sheviki wireless despa ch from Mos
cow today. This raises the total of
Bolsheviki captures from the Kol
chak forces within a week to 45,000
men, it is declared.
Makes Fords Start Easy
A new Gas Generator, which heats the
manifold, vaporizes the gas and makes in
stant ignition possible, has been invented by
the Bear Mfg. Co., 113 Bear bldg., Kock
Island, 111. This simple and Inexpensive de
vice does away with hot water makeshifts,
etc., and gives you a ’ready to start” motor
in the coldest weather. It also saves 10
cents a gallon on gasoline because with It
you can use the cheapest gasoline all winter.
i If Am want to try this great trouble and
money saver send them $1.50 and they will
send you one of these remarkable devices
under a guarantee of satisfaction or
money back. Write them today.—(Advt.)
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PITTSBURG—Away went a billion loaves of b read —or perhaps a little less—when this Pittsburg
grain elevator went up in smoke, and wheat going up! A huge quantity of grain had been stored in
its bins. Two firemen were hurt when the walls at the right fell.
LANSING PREDICTED
DEFEAT GF W.
BULLITTDMES
WASHINGTON.—WiIIiam 'C. Bul
litt, of Philadelphia, formerly at
tached to the American peace mis
sion, testifying before the senate
foreign committee that
Secretary Liiasing told him in Paris
last May that if “tl)e senate and the
American people knew what the
treaty meant, it would be defeated.”
It was near the close of an ex
tended examination during which
Bullitt explained he had been sent
to Russia to investigate conditions,
and had later resigned from the
mission because he was out of
sympathy with the treaty and the
league covenant, that he was asked
by Senator Lodge how the Amer
ican delegates stood.
Secretary Lansing, Henry White
and General Bliss all expressed
vigorous opinions regarding the
treaty, he said. Senator Lodge
asked if the opinions were en
thusiastic.
“I regret to say they were not,”
said Bullitt.
It was no secret in Paris, he de
clared. that Lansing, White and
Bliss objected vigorously to nu
merous provision of the treaty.*
When Senator Lodge said he
thought the secretary’s opinion on
Shantung was known. Bullitt added:
"1 think Secretary Lansing was
not at all enthusiastic about the
League of Nations.”
Previous to his testimony concern
ing Lansing's alleged utterances, Mr.
Bullitt had shown the committee a
document which he said was an or
iginal of President Wilson’s League
of Nations draft, by Mr. Wilson
personally.
He also showed the committee
copies of other original drafts and
testified about his trip to Russia to
get from Lenine a declaration on
which fighting would be stopped.
Regarded by treaty opponents as
the most telling blow yet delivered
in their behalf, the testimony of Mr.
Bullitt, before the foreign relations
committee, was the center of sena
torial Interest.
“Other important developments,”
were predicted by one of the best
informed members of the foreign re
lations committee in discussing Mr.
Bullitt’s story.
Senators today were interested in
what Secretary Lansing may have to
say about the anti-treaty statements
attributed to him by Bullitt, but the
thing that is being watched even
more closely is what impression will
be left on the public.
W. P. G. HARDING
TO OUTLINE PLAN
FOR COTTON CROP
A meeting of the most vital im
portance to the cotton industry of
the south will be held on Wednes
day in Atlanta, when W. P. G. Hard
ing, governor of•the federal re
serve board, of Washington, will be
the guest of honor at a gathering
which will include the foremost
newspaper publishers, bankers, busi
ness men and cotton growers of the
south. 1
The theme of the conference will
be tie financing of cotton, Gover
nor Harding, who is one of the best
posted men on the cotton situation
in America, being an Alabamian arid
in close touch with the southern
situation, in addition to being at the
head of America’s great Ranking
system, will be in a position to of
fer the most vital advice to southern
business men on the question of cot
ton financing.
The conference is being held joint
ly under the auspices of the Atlanta
Chamber of Commerce and the Amer
ican Cotton association, whose head
quarters is located in Atlanta.
Some of the most vital plans of
the American Cotton association for
the relief of the cotton grower at
this critical period have to do with
the devising of means whereby the
small grower can secure cash on
his cotton without having to sacri
fice it on the open market. These
will be discussed in detail at the
conference, where those who are
working up the plans will have the
benefit of Governor Harding’s co
operation and suggestions.
Owing to the great importance of
the subjects under discussion, and
the opportunities which are offered
by the conference to secure a firm
grasp of the details of the prob
lems, It is expected that there will
be a very large attendance at the
meeting from every part of the
south, especially from the state of
Georgia.
BIL LION LOAVES OF BREAD!
LODGE PRESENTS
COPTOFOIIN
TREATYTOSENATE
WASHINGTON, Sept. 15.—Consid
eration of the German peace treaty
began this afternoon in the senate. It
was called up by Chairman Lodge,
of the foreign relations committee,
and became the first great document
of its kind to be discussed in the
senate in the full light of publicity.
After having the senate adopt a
motion, without objection, to pro
ceed to consider the German treaty,
Senator Lodge presented a copy of
the treaty with Austria which he
said he had received from the Chi
cago Tribune, and which President
Wilson refused recently to transmit
to the senate.
There was little formality in the
beginning of the real senate contest
over the treaty. Contrary to expec
tations, as Senator Lodge made no
preliminary statement and Senator
Jones, Democrat, of New Mexico, pro
ceeded to deliver a prepared address
on the League of Nations. Little
over half of the senate membership
was present.
To expedite consideration of the
lengthy document, it was planned to
dispense with the formal “first read
ing” and consider the treaty article
by article. It was believed probable,
therefore, that a test of voting
strength would be reached the first
week on the foreign relations com
mittee’s amendment to article 3, pro
viding that the United States shall
have a vote in the assembly equal
to that of any other nation. Action
on this amendment, aimed to equal
ize the voting power of this country
and Great Britain in the assembly,
will be regarded by many as an in
dex of the fate awaiting the more
than two score other amendments.
Meanwhile, negotiations were to ba
continued between the “mild” and
“drastic” reservationists, with a
view to reaching some agreement be
fore the question of reservations is
taken up after consideration of the
treaty article by article has been
completed.
SENATOR JOHNSON
GETS APPLAUSE IN
PRESIDENT’S TRAIL
Now squarely astride President
Wilson’s trail and receiving cheers
for his criticism on the League of
Nations from the same localities
vyhich heard the chief executive’s
arguments, Senator Johnson, of Cali
fornia, is developing a very definite
line of attack on the president’s de
mand for unqualified acceptance of
the peace treaty.
. Insisting in his St. Louis ad
dress that the treaty was drawn
purely on the lines of the secret ar
guments entered into among the big
powers before America entered the
war, he pointed out that Article 10,
of the covenant, means that the
United States guarantees this secret
bartering as peoples and territories
for all times.
A big crowd, packing every inch
of space in Tomlinson hall, at In
dianapolis last night, rose and shout
ed its approval of the senator’s
statement that America would not
be “party to such Infamy.”
Before the Indianapolis audience,
he drew a dramatic picture of Bal
four, Viviani and other foreign
statesmen and diplomats standing
before the senate after our entrance
into the war and talking of the
rights of free peoples and other
democratic principles for which
America was fighting.
“And while they stood there and
our hearts throbbed at the thought
thftt these men had in their minds
what we had in ours, they had their
inside pockets bulging with secret
treaties carving up the world,” Sen
ator Johnson shouted. “Such du
plicity is unexampled in the history
of the world. But when the pres
ident seeks to keep up the duplicity
by binding our sons to guarantee It,
I say it shall not be.”
He asked the crowd whether it was
willing, since the other powers or
the world were bankrupt, that Amer
ican boys should go out and police
the world. The answer was a re
sounding “no” that fairly shook the
building.
Starting In Chicago and develop
ing the theme further in Indian
apolis. Senator Johnson also Is driv
ing over an attack on espionage laws
and laws of “repression and suppres
sion.” which are still, he sMd, pre
venting indenondent thought.
Wear Suit Free *or 30
To prove their prices 25 to 50 per
cent lower than average, to prove
their fit, style and quality unsur
passed. the Lincoln Woolen Mills
Co.. 202 to 210 S. Green St.. Chi
cago, 111., will make a suit or pair
of pants to leasure, and send it
delivery charges prepaid for any
reader of this paper to wear for
30 days with privilege of return
ing if not perfectly satisfactory.
WrU? nr their free sample outfit
No? 5 with big c’oth samples and
styles to choose from.—(Advt.)
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16. 1919.
FULTONTOPAYIS.2
PER CENT OF TAX
REVENUEOF SUIT
That Fulton county will pay 15.2
per cent of the state of Georgia’s
revenue from real and personal prop
erty for 1919 was disclosed Monday
morning by the final returns of tax
digests from the counties.
A recapitulation of the digests
shows that Georgia’s total tax values
for 1919, exclusive of public utility
corporations, are $983,744,239.
Os this amount, Fulton county
furnished $149,681,760 of taxable val
ues, which is 15.2 p'er cent of the to
tal taxable values of the state. Ful
ton’s increase of values for 1919 over
1918 was $6,712,875, which was the
largest year’s increase on record for
th© county, and the largest increase
ever made in one year by any coun
ty in the state.
The increase of values for the en
tire state, as shown by a recapitulat
ion of the digests Monday, was $64,-
761,761. Thus Fulton county’s in
crease of values constituted 10.3 per
cent of the total increase for the en
tire state.
Including public utilit ycorpora
tions,'' the state's entire taxable
values for 1918 were $1,079,236,826.
Excluding public utility corporations,
the state’s entire taxable values for
1919 are $983,744,239. The total
values of public utility corporations
for 1918 were $160,254,348. Assum
ing that corporation tax values show
an increase of $60,000,000 for 1919,
which is a conservative estimate in
view of the pending arbitrations,
the state’s entire taxable values for
1919 (including corporations) will be
$1,149,998,587.
Tax Group Meeting
Tax Commissioner Fullbright has
arranged a series of group confer
ences of county tax officials to dis
cuss ways and means of securing
an equalization of tax assessments
for 1920. The first of these group
meetings will be held at Toccoa next
Wednesday, and will embrace the
counties of Banks, Franklin, Haber
sham, Hart, Lumpkin, Rabun and
Stephens and White.
The second group meeting will be
held at Blue Ridge on September 19,
and -will embrace the counties ot
Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens,
Towns and Union.
The third group meeting will be
held at Athens on September 22, and
will embrace the counties of Barrow.
Clarke, Elbert, Hall, ackson, Madi
son, Oconee and Oglethorpe.
Other north Georgia group meet
ings will be held at Cedartowm, Dal
ton and Warm Springs.
Middle and south Georgia group
meetings will be held in October in
the cities of Madison, Thomson, Mil
len, Vidalia, Tennille, Macon, Cor
dele, Richland, Arlington, Thomas
ville, Douglas and Jesup.
HERE COMES MORE ROYALTY
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BUKAREST—Here are the queen of Rumania and her beautiful
daughter, Princess Uliana, who are latest of European royalty to
announce their intention to visit the United Slates. The date of
the visit has not been announced.
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AUTOMOBILE BOID
‘ TO BE CONSTRUCTED
State Engineer Neel An
nounces Completion of
Plans for Great Highway
to Be Finished in 1921
An automobile highway through
the heart of the Blue Ridge moun
tains, penetrating one of the most
beautiful scenic sections of the
American continent, will be com
j pleted in 1921, linking Atlanta with
Asheville, N. C., and the other moun
tain resorts by a 150-mile thorough
fare.
Announcement to this effect was
made Monday by W. R. Neel, state
highway engineer, as the result ot
a series of conferences with county
authorities of north Georgia which
brought about agreements under
which the various links of the high
way will be constructed.
The new road will start from At
lanta and pass through Buckhead,
Roswell, Alpharetta, Cumming, Daw
sonville, Dahlonega, Porter Springs,
Blairsville, Murphy, N. C., and
thence to Asheville, N. C., and
Knoxville, Tenn. It will provide the
shortest route to the famous moun
tain resorts of Tennessee and North
Carolina and will open up a terri
tory which, for scenic beauty and,
grandeur, is not surpjassed in any'
country on the globe.
That portion of the route be
tween Atlanta and Roswell is al
ready built; the link between Ros
well and Cumming is now being
constructed, while the road from
Cumming to Dawsonville is pro
vided for. the federal appropriation
having been made by Union and
Lumpkin counties, which with the
federal funds, will suffice to par
tially construct the highway and
make It possible to carry the work
.forward with additional financing.
The engineers have been authorized
to begin work on this link at once.
It is estimated that the grading
of the road between Dahlonega and
Blairsville will cost SIO,OOO per
mile, thus making the total cost of
this link something like $300,000.
Operations will begin in the spring
and by 1921 it is planned to have
the entire road open and ready for
traffic. By that time there will have
bebn completed a 150-mile loop from
Atlanta to Lawrenceville, Gaines
ville. Cornelia, Clayton and Hiaswas
see to Blairsville. This will open
up < another section of north Geor
gia* and bind the northern tier of
counties more closely to other sec
tions of the state. Hitherto the
business of these counties has been
transacted principally with North
Carolina and Tennessee concerns,
owing to the lack of adequate con
nection with Georgia.
The construction of these high
ways through the mountainous sec
tions of the state is being pushed
as rapidly as possible, sentiment in
favor of better tranportation facil
ities having grown as the result of
educational campaigns and bond is
sues. The Georgia State Automobile
association has been active in this
propoganda, its secretary, Frank T.
Reynolds, devoting a large portion
of his time to speaking tours in
teh interest of good roads.
uniWoffTume
WITH ITALY IS
NOW REPORTED
GENEVA, Sept. 15.—Gabrielle
d’Annunzio, supported by the forces
of Arditi. which accompanied him
to Flume, has proclaimed a union
of Fiume with Italy, according to
advices received by the Serbian
press bureau here from Belgrade.
Fiume was plunged into anarchy,
the advices declare, when the brigade
of Italian troops -which previously
had evacuated the city returned with
out officers, ejected the local author
ities and arrested the Italian genera]
Pittaluga.
The British and French troops in
Fiume, the message states, barricad- I
ed themselves within their quarters,
expecting to be attacked while the
crowds in the city tore down the al
lied flags.
The Serbian authorities, it is add
ed, still remain in the subtirb of Su
sak, which is isolated.
Maude Moore Faints After
Relating Story of Killing
Os Knoxville Business Man
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CENTRAL FIGURE IN KNOXVILLE MURDER CASE. Pretty
Maude Moore declares she shot Leßoy Harth, Knoxville business man,
in defense of her honor and her life=- .
Prosecution Introduces Note
Said to Have Been Written
by Hunter Showing Plans
to Leave City
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. —Maude Moore
fainted as she left the stand, after
testifying in her own behalf in the
preliminary hearing in which she is
charged with murder of Leßoy D.
Harth, a welT-kriowh Fusiness man
of Knoxville, last Monday. She re
lated all the harrowing details of
the struggle she claimed ensued be
tween Harth and herself.
Martin Hunter, a fried of the de
fendant, who is also under arrest
as an alleged accessory, admitted
having written a note which was
found in his room Thursday, which
was introduced in an effort to show
that he at least had intended to
leave the city, and apparently to
stay.
The note reads:
“Tear those letters up. To Ollie,
old pal. I am gone, please keep
quiet—pal Martin.”
R. A. Slagle, paying teller at the
East Tennessee Savings bank, tes
tified that the defendant, whom he
said he knew as “Maudene Moore,”
drew out all of her deposit at the
bank last Monday. He said that she
remarked to him that he was “go
ing west ” however, on cross-exam
ination, Mr. Slagle said he could
not be positive that she said she
was going west, adding that she
may have said she was going away.
The evidence was not of the sor
did nature that had been anticipa
ted. neither of the opposing attor
neys attempted to question the
character of either Miss Moore or
Leßoy Harth.
The testimony of J. M. Jett, Mar
tin Hunter, and J. W. Hangstefer
was regarded by both sides as vital.
In the examination of Mr. Hunter,
apparent effort was made to prove
that robbery of Leßoy Harth had
been pre-arranged between the wit
ness and Miss Moore.
Five other witnesses, all for the
prosecution, were examined, but
their evidence was not material.
Mi- Jett told of Harth’s saying, up
on the porch of the witness, where
he lay dying, that Miss Moore shot
him, and that he “guessed” she
meant to rob him. Mr. Hangstefer
testified to Harth’s meeting Miss
Moore.
Self-defense is Miss Moore’s plea.
Chattanoogans w r ho sympathize with
her have begun colecting a popular
fund to help defend her.
At the conclusion of the two-day
preliminary hearing she was held to
next term, of criminal court under
bond of SIO,OOO, while Martin Hun
ter was held to court under $5,000
bond, charged with being accessory
after the fact. Both were released
on bond.
Deafening applause from a packed
courtroom greeted the defendant
counsel’s declaration Friday aft
ernoon that Maude Moore, instead of
being convicted, should have a cross
of honor pinned on her for killing
Leßoy Harth, stating that she had
probably saved many other from
being “debauched.”
Comparisons were made between
the character of the defendant and
that of the dead man, and defendant
counsel referred to Harth as a rich
man “with a diamond ring worth
enough to buy a poor man’s farm;”
also as a man who had “money,
whisky and an automobile and a de
sire for nothing but to satisfy his
lust.”
Counsel for the prosecution in
sisted that Maude Moore had intended
to rob Harth, but admitted Harth
was going on a mission of immor
ality. When found Harth had a $3,-
800 diamond ring on his finger, the
defense said. The brother-in-law of
Harth while on the witness stand
was hissed by the crowd.
INTERESTING NEW FEATURES BEGIN TODAY
Beginning today. The Semi-Weekly Journal will publish two
new features of much interest. One is for the grown-ups and one
is for the children.
For the grown-ups a series of Bible rebuses wijl be given, the
first of which appears in today’s issue. They will afford diverting
competition among the members of the family to see which knows
the Bible best and can quickest figure out the Biblical verse from
the pictures given.
Next Thursday the rebus will be reprinted with the correct an
swer in order that each person may verify his reading of the rebus.
The children’s feature, which begins today also, consists of
numerical drawings by which the youngsters can amuse themselves.
Full instructions are given with each picture, and if the children
will follow instructions they will find quaint pictures and interest
ing words forming as if by magic under their pencil.
One numerical drawing will be printed 9n each issue.
NEW MEN WILL
TAKE PLACES OF
BOSTON POLICE
With the organization of a new po
■ lice force already begun, and the
I striking police barred from return
ing to the force under any conditions,
tfi.e last chapter in Boston’s police
strike is now being written, city au
thorities believe. The latest devel
opment in which the issue at stake
was discussed and disposed of with
firmness came when Police Commis
sioner Curtis declined to meet John
F. Mclnnis, leader of the striking
policemen, and ofher labor officials.
He subsequently sent word
through Henry F. Long, secretary to
the governor, that he talk
with them “in my own behalf” later.
This phrase was interpreted to mean
that he wished to remove any offi
cial status from the interview.
Commissioner Curtis Saturday is
sued an order finally dismissing
from the force the 19 policemen
found guilty of violating the rule
against joining an outside organiza
tion. The men had been under sus
pension and technically were still
members of the force.
At the same time Governor Cool
ige, replying to a telegram from
Samuel Gompers, in which the lat
ter requested that the authorities
withdraw their rule against police
affiliations with the American Fed
eration of Labor and reinstate the
police temporarily, sent a telegram to
Mr. Gompers in which he stated he
would support the commissioner of
police of Boston.
Commissioner Curtis telegraphed to
Governor Coolidge that “under the
circumstances he did not deem it de
sirable to have a conference” with
the labor leaders.
By permission of the civil service
commissioners, backed by an opin
ion of the attorney general, the com
missioner will recruit his new force
without civil service requirements
from veterans of the army or navy
who are residents of this state. The
commissioner published the promo
tionXto lieutenancies of four ser
: geants who have been active in train
ing the volunteer policemen.
The city, though restored to vir
tually normal conditions of order
under the presence of the state’s
military forces, is concerned over the
immediate future. The threat of a
general strike is in the air. ; The
statement of President Gompers in
New York that he supposed that
Commissioner Curtis was “willing to
assume responsibility for the conse
quences of his action” directed at
tention to the next move likely to be
made by the central labor union.
Fire Still Bums
At Standard Oil Plant
NEW YORK, Sept. 15.—Raging
fires from which giant smoke clouds
poured still burned at the plant of
the Standard Oil company in Brook- I
lyn, where thirty tanks of oil and 1
by-products have already been de
stroyed. With the fire under con
trol, Assistant Fire Chief Joe Mar
tin said there was no way of stop
ping the flames, but firemen will
guard surrounding property to keep
other tanks and buildings cooled to
prevent -ignition. The damage, he
said, might reach $5,000,000.
The fire started shortly after noon
Saturday.
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PRESIDENT GIVEN
NOISY RECEPTION
BY OREGON PEOPLE
Spends Whole Day Motoring
and Resting for His Speech
at Portland on Monday
Evening
PRESIDENT TO SPEAK
IN GREAT GLASS CAGE
SAN DIEGO. Calif., Sept. 15.
President Wilson is to be “caged”
in San Diego. When he speaks
. at the huge stadium here on
• B’riday he will stand in a glass
' cage with 250 members of the
press and the official reception
committee.
This precaution is to be taken
because of his physician's ad
vice against outdoor speaking.
Thousands who fill the big
stadium. however, will hear
every word he utters through a
new Invention, the “Magnabox,”
which magnifies the voice of a
speaker and carries It a great
distance.
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 15.—Presi
dent Wilson, stumping the nation in
behalf of the peace treaty ratifica
tion, arrived in Portland at 9 a. m.
today to make one speech and spend
the rest of the day motoring and
resting.
The president had a noisy recep
tion here. It began before his spe
cial train pulled into the station.
Every crossing had an applauding
crowd and at several places people
were strung along the tracks hold
ing their hats in their hands.
Mr. Wilson’s train stopped four
hours during the night so it would
not reach Portland before 9 a. m.
The original time of arrival was 5
o’clock, but this was set back four
hours so the persident would have
a chance to sleep longer and eat his
breakfast without doing it in the
presence of crowds looking in the
window of his car.
The president alighted from hts
special car, the Mayflower, under the
escort of Governor Ben W. Olcott
and Mayor George L. Baker. His
step upon the platform was the sig
nal for an outburst of enthusiasm
that Continued during his progress
through the streets of the city.
Tumultuous acclaim from scores ot
thousands greeted the president dur
ing his journey through the business
section, keeping him on his feet con
tinually bowing and waving his hat
right and left. Mrs. Wilson rode at
his side.
Mr. Wilson’s departure from Se
attle last night was marked by a
demonstration in which cheering peo
ple lined the streets along several
blocks of the route from the hotel
to the railway station. The pres
ident stood up in his car during a
portion of the ride, flourishing his
hat in a characteristic gesture.
The president, when he enters Cal
ifornia, is expected to get some’ more
information with regard to the proj
ected strikes in protest against life
imprisonment of Thomas J. Mooney,
labor leader, convicted of implication
in the preparedness parade bomb ex
plosion in San Francisco in 1916.
James A. Duncan and other Seattle
labor leaders informed the presi
dent of their version of the condi
tions leading up to the projected
strike, and told him how it was un
derstood that unrest would make it
difficult to avoid a strike.
President Wilson broke his long
established rule of transacting no *
business on Sunday in order to hear
these men, and it was learned he
has taken under consideration the
information they gave him.
Sheriff and Striker
Shot in Clash at
North Carolina Mill
ALBERMARLE, N. C., Sept. 15.
As the result of strikers at cotton
mills here attempting to prevent non
union men from golrig to work this
morning, a serious clash took place
at one of the gates of the Wiscasett
mills, in which two persons, Sheriff
Blalock, of Stanley county, and a
striker named Porter, were injured
by bullets. ""~lt is not believed they
are seriously hurt.
The Stanley county jail was al
piost filled with prisoners at 11
o’clock, scores of arrests having
been made following the trouble at
the mill. It is reported that the
strikers have threatened to storm
the jail and release the men taken
into custody today, and great ex
citement prevails throughout the
town.
z ithough Governor Bickett, at the
request of local authorities, has or
dered three companies of troops to
proceed to Albemarle at once, it is
feared that further trouble will oe
cur before the soldiers can amte
here.
CLOTHING PRICES
GOING HIGHER
Chicago, Sept. 15.—Manufacturers
of men’s clothing are notifying their
trade of anotherbig increase in
price. Cloth is yery scarce—trim
mings have increased in cost over
100 per cent —the mills are far be
hind with their production—working
hours have been shortened and work
ingmen have been given a big in
crease in wages.
Extensive inquiries among large
tailors brought only one hopeful
suggestion. Jas. D. Bell, head of the
Bell Tailors, Adams at Green St.,
Chicago, 111., declared the only way
to keep prices within reach of the
average purse was to cut out the
middleman; to save two or three un
necessary profits by buying direct
from the manufacturers, the same
as the government buys its sup
plies.
The Bell Tailors are said to be the
largest tailoring concern in the
world making and selling its Clothes
direct to the consumer. This com
pany does not handle readymades but
makes all its garments to individual
measure and guarantees to save from
25 to 40 per dent. Readers of The
Journal should write for a copy of
their style book No. 154. showins
Targp cloth samples of many heau4"i
fnl fabrics pk! all the latest New
York and Chicago styles.— (Advt.)