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3 FATAL ACCIDENTS
MAR AERIAL DERBY,
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Lieutenant W. B. Maynard,
Winner of Toronto Race, Is
Ahead of Field in Trans-
Continental Race
OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 9. —Lieutenant
B. W. Maynard, the flying parson,
leaving the field in the transcon
tinental air derby, arrived at Ak-
Sar-Ben Fliyng field here at 12:48
today. ■ He made the trip from Des
Moines, a distance of 118 miles, in
one hour and fourteen minutes.
THREE ARE KILLED ONE
INJURED IN AIR DERBY
NEW YORK, Oct. 9. —The second
day of the 5,400 mile trans-conti
nental aerial race opened with five
of the sixty-two contestants elimi
nated through accident. These mis
haps resulted in the death of three
aviators and injury of one. In addi
tion to the five planes which crashed, '
three were officially listed as miss
ing.
Forty-seven plahes left Roosevelt
field, New York, for. San Francisco,
while fiifteen took off at San Fran
cisco, bound for New York. The
rules provided for a flight across the
country and back, thirty minute
stops at each “control station” and
no night flying.
The first day’s honors went to
Lieutenant B. W. Maynard, known
as the “flying parson” and the “sky
pilot,” who won the recent New York-
Toronto air race. In aDe Haviland
four, equipped with a 400-horse pow
er Liberty motor, he left Mineola
at 9:24:56 a. m., and arrived in Chi
cago, a distance of 810 miles, in the
elapsed time of 9 hours, 29 minutes.
The remainder of the field starting
from Mineola was scattered all the
way from Bryan, €>., to Binghamton,
N. Y. Major Henry J. Miller, also a
De Haviland four, arrived in Bryan,
600 miles, after 5 hours 51 minutes
of flying. Captain H. C. Drayton and
Lieutenant L. S. Webster, in De Hav
iland fours, also reached Bryan,
though their time was slower.
Eleven of the fifteen planes leav
ing San Francisco reached Salt Lake
City, a distance of 755 miles.
Sergeant W. H. Nevitt, observer,
was killed and Colonel Gerald
Brandt, pilot, was seriously Injured
when their De Haviland four crashed
at Deposit, N. Y. Major D. H. Cris
sey, pilot, and Sergeant Virgil Thom
as, observer, flying from San Fran
cisco, were killed in making a forced
landing at Buena Vista field, near
Salt Lake City.
Brigadier General L. E. O. Charl
ton, attache of the British embassy,
crashed in his Bristol machine at In
terlaken, N. Y. Lieutenant G. G.
McDonald fell at Plymouth, Pa. Lieu
tenant D. B. Gish, pilot, and Captain'
de LeVergne, French air attache,
were eliminated when their planes
caught fire near Canadice, N. Y, None
of these contestants were injured.
The three planes reported missing
were those piloted by Lieutenant J.
G. Williams, Lieutenant Willis R.
Taylor and Captain John J. Mar
quette. They were last seen near
Wilkes Barre, Pa.
King Albert’s Special
Is Cheered in 3 States;
Monarch Rides in Cabin
ON BOARD KING ALBERT’S
SPECIAL TRAIN, Oct. 9.—West
ward bound, King Albert’s special
train passed through two states yes
terday, and today entered a third.
The Belgian monarch sat for hours
on the rear platform of his private
car gazing contemplatively at the
bjoad fields of corn, wheat and al
falfa. As he entered the wheat belt
at Omaha, he issued a statement to
the people of the grain range telling
them he was not unmindful of the
food they had sent to his starving
people in the desperate days of the
war.
The coming of the royal train was
heralded ahead, and at every sta
tion throngs had gathered to catch
a glimpse of Albert, his consort and
their son. At Julesburg, Col., both
the king and queen alighted to take
a brief tramp x along the tracks. Al
bert walked through the train to the
engine and climbed down there for
a walk ahead. The train conductor
had not been informed of his plans,
and signaled for the special to pro
ceed. Then some one shouted,
“Where is the king?” and the stop
was prolonged to take aboard the
most important passenger.
The next stop was at Sidney, where
the king and queen, from the rear
platform, shook the hands of many
townspeople, who cheered lustily.
At Cheyenne the king climbed into
the engine cab again, to sit beside
the engineer for a long ride through
the moonlight. In the meantime,
Queen Elizabeth, with the crown
prince and other members of the
royal party, sat on the observation
platform and watched the scenery as
it was revealed by a huge search
light.
Georgia’s Tobacco
Gains 600 Per Cent
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9.—Georgia’s
rapidly growing tobacco industry is
called a “boll weevil baby” by the
department of agriculture in the cur
rent weekly news letter. This cog
nomen is given because farmers did
not begin to cultivate the weed in
tensively until tne boll weevil had
made great inroads in the cotton
crop. As a result the tobacco crop
increased 600 per cent in 1919 over
the previous year. The “infant in
dustry” means to Georgia farmers
this year an average of more than
one dollar for every man, woman
and child in the state.
Clothing Prices Reduced
By Large Manufacturer
CHICAGO, Oct. 6th.—Mr. Jas. D. Bell,
head of the Bell Tailors. Adams at Green
st., Chicago, 111., said to be the largest
made-to-measure clothing establishement in
the world, recently stated that his firm is
now able to quote prices on Fall and Winter
suits 35 per cent below what others ask.
To prove this point, he showed the writer
a very attractive piece of all-wood cassimere
for which they ask only §20.00 a suit made
to individual measure, whereas the same
fabric is now being offered by merchants
at $30.00 to $32.00 per suit. Even larger
savings are offered on their, higher priced
suits. Every reader of The Journal should
write Mr. Bell for his price list, and a
free copy of his style book No. 281, which
contains large cloth samples of many beau
tiful patterns.— (Advt.)
CAPT. R. E. DALY, SR., ad
jutant of Raphael Semmes
Camp, No. 11, United Con
federate veterans, of Mobile,
Ala., whose tfriends claim is the
youngest “vet” at the reunion.
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STRIVE AGAIN TO
UNITE FACTIONS
AMONG CHINESE
SHANGHAl.—(Correspondence of
the Associated Press.) —A definite
move to bring about peace between
the northern and southern factions
in China was made thiip month when
the Pekin government appointed
Wang Yi-tang, a former minister of
finance, to head a northern peace
delegation to take up again with
the southern representatives the ne
gotiations that were broken off last
spring. At that time the north re
jected eight demands made by the
south and so brought to an end the
Shanghai peace conference.
The eight demands of the Canton
government comprised the following:
Abrogate all secret treaties with
Japan.
Punish the officials who negotiated
the secret Japanese treaties.
Dismiss military and civil gover
nors of provinces who had violated
certain laws.
Disband the northern defense army.
Rescind the mandate of 1917 by
which the old parliament—the body
that removed to Canton and there
set up the southern government—
was declared to be dismissed.
Recognize President Hsu Shih
chang only as provisional president.
What, if any, modifications the
Canton government has expressed a
willingness to make in its demands
have not been clearly defined.
Late in August it was learned
that private negotiations to withdraw
troops had been in progress between
military leaders of the north and
south -who apparently sought to I:
a peace conference of their own at
Nanking. Since the Pekin govern
ment has appointed a new peace dele
gate, the opinion has been advanced
that this military Conference may
not be held.
The great masses of people in
China have scant concern with the
strife which has been disrupting the
country.
Whatever division might have ex
isted between the masses of people
in the north and the south, was
swept away by announcement from
Paris that the city of Tsingtao and
the rights formerly held by the Ger
mans in the province of Shantung
had been awarded to the Japanese.
The whole country, north and south
saw that no action to avert the con
sequences of the Shantung decision
could be taken with China divided
against itself and this wave of popu
lar sentiment grew into an important
factor for the restoration of internal
peace.
Longshoremen Tieup
Shipping in New York
NEW YORK, Oct. 9.—Shipping,
with few exceptions, was tied up
along the whole New York water
front today as a result of the un
authorized walkout of longshoremen,
which began Tuesday. Between 30,-
000 and 35,000 men are on strike,
it was estimated toady. Earlier esti
mates were as high as 60,000.
M
NATHAN BEDFORD FOR-
REST, A Biloxi, Miss., who was
chosen Thursday morning com
mander-in-chief of the Sons of
Confederate Veterans, the
highest office in the organiza
tion. He succeeds Carl Hinton,
of Denver, Col.
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SPLENDID WELCOME
GIVEN BI ITEM
TO YEMS H GRAY
Colonel Walter P, Andrews
Welcomes the Veterans.
Credentials and Resolu
tions Committees Named
REUNION ATTENDANCE
RECORDS ARE BROKEN
Between 9,000 and 10,000 vet
erans had registered at the Ter
minal and Union stations by noon
Wednesday and more were still
coming, it was officially an
nounced by Robert E. Harvey,
chairman of registration, and
Fritz H. Jones, the “wheel
horse” of the registration ava
lanche. While no comparative fig
ures are available, it is said
that this breaks all records for
reunion attendance iti recent
years.
The gray-clad host of the south
ern Confederacy assembled Wednes
day morning in Atlanta’s auditorium,
received from Atlanta and from
Georgia an eloquence of welcome
splendidly in keeping with the glo
rious traditions of their defeated, but
not dishonored, cause.
Never before have decorations in
the great auditorium seemed so sim
ple and yet so beautiful as the Stars
and Bars and the Stars and Stripes,
whose intermingled folds were a
shining symbol of reunited union.
Never before has music sounded
quite so inspiring in the hall where
opera’s greatest stars have sung to
multitudes as did old Auburn’s col
lege band, when it 'played the stir
ring strains of "Dixie,” while the
unreconstructed rebels yelled again
their terrible battle cry.
Never before on any occasion in
Atlanta’s history has eloquence
reached such splendid heights as it
did when the chosen speakers of
Atlanta and Georgia faced the rest
less sea of people and looked across
the wave of Confederate gray.
Never before have Atlanta men and
women felt such a pride as welled
in their hearts when they beheld this
gathering once again as guests of
their city the men whose courage
bequeathed to the south an immortal
heritage.
Long before the hour of 10, when
the exercises opened, all streets lead
ing to the auditorium were filled
with veterans, Sons of Veterans,
sponsors, maids of honor and a throng
of Atlantians eager for seats. The
parquet floor of the auditorium was
reserved for veterans representing
the different states, each one desig
nated by a placard. Dress-cjrcle
seats and balcony seats were given to
the sons and the general public.
Pictures of Warriors
Over the door hung pictures of
Lee, “Stonewall” Jackson and other
great leaders of the Confederacy.
The whole interior of the main au
ditorium -was beautifully decorated
with American and Confederate
flegs. The Auburn college band
opened the program with a series
of familiar southern airs, Such as
“Dixie,” “My Old Kentucky Home,”
“Suwanee Ribber,” “Maryland, My
Maryland.”
Seats on the stage were occupied
by commanders and ex-commanders
of the divisions and brigades in
the several southern states. At 10:20
o'clock, as the last notes of “Old
Folks at Home” were played by the
band, General J. A. Thomas, of
Dublin, Ga., commander of the Geor
gia division of the United Confed
erate veterans, called the assembly
to ’order with repeated poundings
of the gavel.
Rev. J. W. Bachman, chaplain
general of the United Confederate
veterans, delivered the invocation,
in which he asked for the speedy
recovery of President Wilson, for
the ratification of the treaty
of peace, and for the speedy resto
ration of law and order throughout
the world.
The first speaker on the program
was Colonel Walter P. Andrews,
geenral chairman of the Confeder
ate reunion committee of Atlanta.
He was introduced by General
Thomas with the title of “Major
General Walter P. Andrews,” which
he acknowledged with a smile. He
wore a gray uniform of a son of a
Confederate veteran, and was greet
ed with enthusiastic applause as
he stepped to the front of the plat
form.
Mayor James L. Key delivered the
address of welcome on behalf of the
city of Atlanta.
Welcome for State
In the absence of Governor Hugh
M. Dorsey, who was called away
from the city, Dr. Plato Durham,
dean of Emory university, delivered
the address of welcome on behalf of
the state of Georgia.
Judge George Hillyer, comman
der of the north Georgia brigade of
the United Confederate veterans
and pioneer citizen of Atlanta, de
livered the address of welcome on
behalf of the veterans of Geor
gia. With
Following Judge Hillyer’s ad
dress, General Thomas relinquished
the chair to General K. M. Van
Zandt, of Fort Worth, Tex., com
msnder-in-chlef of the United Con
federate veterans, who presides over
al) sessions in the auditorium. Gen
eral Van Zandt delivered a brief
and appropriate address, in which
he complimented Atlanta in the
highest terms upon her splendid
hospitality and the wonderful at
tention bestowed upon the veterans.
General Wood Besponds
At this point the Confederate choir
gave another enjoyable selection,
which was followed by General
James E. Wood’s address in response
to the addresses of -welcome which
preceded him on the program.
The afternoon session of the vet
erans was featured by an oration de
livered by Hon. Luther Harrison, of
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pelling tapeworms and giving quick relief
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I advantage of their free trial offer. Write
them today.—(Advt.)
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1919
THEY PLAYED FOR PICKETT’S CHARGE AT GETTYSBURG.
The drummer “boy” is Caleb Sowers, of Salem, Va., and the filer is
S. T. Palmer, of Christianburg, Va. Both were members through
out the war of the Twenty-fourth regiment, Pickett’s division —
Staff photo by Winn.
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JAPANESE TOLD
TO CO-OPERATE IN
EASTERN SIBERIA
TOKIO, Oct. 9.—Orders have been
issued by General Oi, commanding
Japanese forces in eastern Siberia, di
recting his men to co-operate effec
tively with American authorities in
the operation of the trans-Siberian
railroad. This is a result of strong
representations made by the United
States to the Japanese government,
claiming that in sections guarded
by the Japanese troops the lives and
property of Americans have not been
adequately protected, Ip the (syent
co-operation by the Japanese trqopy
could not be secured, It is said, the
note hiiited American forces would
be withdrawn from Siberia and the
reason for the, step would be made
public at Washington.
Reports state the American note
was very frank in discussing the
situation in Siberia, and to have ex
pressed the fear, by inference, that
the of Japan there might be
open to criticism as being opposed
to the “new idea of international co
operation.” It is understood a copy
of the note of the Washington gov
ernment, which was delievered in Sep
tember, has been forwarded to Great
Britain and France, and probably
Italy and China.
Japanese officials seemed inclined
to minimize the gravity of the sit
uation. and declare they have not
been supporting General Semenoff,
anti-Bolshevik leader, who activities
have occasioned concern in allied
circles. They are said to express
belief that the question is open to
early and amicable adjustment.
Haase Is Shot on
Eve of Disclosure
BERLIN, Wednesday, Oct. B.—(By
the Associated Press.) —Hugo Haase,
leader of the independent Socialists,
was shot today only a quarter of an
hour before he expected to make a
sensational disclosure to the national
assembly in connection with the gov
ernment’s Baltic policies and the
tolerant attitude of Berlin toward
the “west Russian anti-Bolshevik
government,” the establishment of
which was the result of a hoax per
petrated by an individual posing as
the representative of a New York
banking house. This fact gave cur
rency to a rumor that the attempt
against Herr Haase’s life had a po
litical origin, but a cross-examina
tion of Voss, his assailant, indicates
he was actuated by motives of per
sonal revenge.
Gigantic Stone Mountain Memorial,
Stopped by ll 7 orld IVar, Will Yet Be
Carved in Memory of All Veterans
Memorial Association Re
news Plans to Cut Figures
on Side of World’s Great
est Rock
Sixteen miles from Atlanta there
is a big rock, the biggest in the
world. Every now and then Atlan
tians—persons born and reared in
this city—stuff their traveling bags
and go to faraway corners of the
globe to see some of the world’s
wonders. They spend months and
money in doing so, and come back
home. And then, perhaps, they take
a street car and go to see Stone-
Mountain, maybe for the first time.
And when they see this mountain
they see something that is really one
of the wonders of the earth.
Stone Mountain is one of the
sights of interest for the veterans
to see while they are here this week.
This magnificent rock, which rises
to a dome-shaped height of 787 feet,
attracts people from all parts of the
world, and a trip to Atlanta is in
complete without seeing it. The
mountain is just sixteen miles from
Atlanta in the town of Stone Moun
tain. It is reached by cars operat
ing on a good schedule. It costs
nothing to see the mountain, or to
climb it.
While the mountain ranks now as
one of the truly marvelous sights of
the world, it will become even more
celebrated, providing the glan» •£
BRITISH MINERS
NOW ASK FOR
NATIONALIZATION
LONDON, Oct. 9.—With the coun
try not yet fullyreepyered from
the effects of the railroad strike,
British miners will take the stage
today when a deputation will call
on Premier Lloyd George to press for
a complete nationalization of mines.
The deputation, as announced, con
sists of members of the parliamen
tary committee of the trades union
congress, which met recently in
Glasgow, and members of the execu
tive committee of the Miners’ fed
eration. By coincidence, J. H. Thom
as, secretary of the National Unipn
of Railway Men, and leader of the
recent' strike, will head the depu
tation as the new chairman of the
parliamentary committee.
This step will be taken in ac
cordance with a resolution adopted
at the recent trades union cong-ress
at Glasgow, Which pledged the con
gress to co-operate with the Miners’
federation in compelling the govern
ment to accept the majority reports
submitted by the coal commission
headed by John Sankey. It will be
recalled that Premier Lloyd George,
before parliament adjourned, an
nounced the government’s decision
not to accept the majority report,
which recommended shorter hours,
higher wages and a reform in the
ownership system and suggested na
tionalization, but said the govern
ment would merely nationalize min
erals, with a sort of a joint con
trol of the industry.
Mr. Lloyd George reiterates this
decision 'today and refuses to ac
cept nationalization, as it is assum
ed he will, a special trades union
congres will be convened to decide
upon the form of action to be taken
by the miners to compel acquiescence
in their demands.
Two Killed, 25 Hurt,
In Kansas Tornado;
Loss Is $250,000
HOISINGTON, Kas„ Oct. 9.—With
two persons known to be dead and
twenty-five injured, several serious
ly, as the result of a tornado which
swept over this vicinity yesterday,
officials today were making efforts to
learn whether there had been any
casualties in outlying districts.
The storm which swept a wide
path through tb"' business and resi
dential districts here, causing a loss
estimated at $250,000 veered to the
east and it was thought there was a
possibility that further damage
would be reported.
All of those injured by the storm
here will recover, physicians said.
the Stone Mountain Confederate
Monumental association bear fruit.
About three years ago the question
of carving a magnificent monument
to the Confeedracy on the sheer
side of the mountain was taken up,
and preparatory work has actually
begun, when the war caused the
plans to be abandoned. But now,
with the war over, the gigantic un
dertaking is again being discussed,
and the leaders in the movement are
hoping that the plan will be re
vived.
It will be necessary, however, to
raise a vast sum before the memo
rial can be undertaken, and the rais
ing of these funds will not be start
ed for some time. The officers of
the association are aware of the
numerous demands made upon the
public during the war, and prefer to
postpone the campaign for funds for
the Stone Mountain monument to an
indefinite date. But members of
the association are confident that
the monument on the sheer side of
the great rock will not only be carv
ed, but that it will be a more stu
pendous undertaking than was at
first planned.
Under the original plans of Gut
zon Borglum, the sculptor, the mon
ument to be hewn out of solid rock
was to be a memorial to the Con
federacy, with hundreds of figures
representing the Confederate army,
including Lee and Jackson on horse
back, more than fifty feet high. But
since the outcome of the war in
Europe many persons feel that it
would be even more appropriate to
the monument represent not
INDUSTRIAL TRUCE
SOUGHT BI B«H
FOBTWMOmS
Creation of Board of Strike
Adjustment and Arbitra
tion of Steel Strike Pro
posed by Gompers
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. —An imme
diate industrial truce to continue
three months; creation of an arbitra
tion board by the president and con
gress and immediate arbitration ot
the nation-wide steel strike were
among proposals made today to the
industrial conference. The first two
were presented by representatives ot
the public and the last by the labor
group.
Bernard M. Baruch, chairman of
the public? group, made the proposal
for the industrial truce, while Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation of Labor, and chairman
of the labor group, proposed arbitra
tion of the steel strike.
Mr. Gompers’ plan contemplated
immediate return of the steel strikers
to work pending the outcome of ef
forts to arbitrate the dispute.
Gavin McNab, of San Francisco,
proposed a permanent arbitration
board, his resolution, which had the
approval of the public group, pro
viding that all living expresidents be
members.
Compere’ Principles
Mr. Gompers’ board for arbitration
of the steel strike would be com
posed of six members, two to be ap
pointed by each of the three groups
in the conference —capital, labor and
the public.
Mr. Gompers also presented a reso
lution embodying eleven fundamental
principles, which, he emphasized, had
the unanimous approval of the labor
group, including the representatives
of the four railroad brotherhoods.
They were:
Right of wage earners to organize.
Right of collective bargaining.
Right of wage earners to be rep
resentatives of its own choosing in
negotiations with employers.
Freedom of speech of the press
and of assemblages.
Right of employers to organize and
bargain collectively.
Minimum eight-hour day with one
day of rest in each week and with a
half holiday on Saturday encouraged,
and overtime discouraged.
Payment of a living wage.
Women to receive pay as men for
equal work.
Prohibition of labor for children
under sixteen yegrs of age.
To secure a greater share of con
sideration and co-operation to the
Workers In all matters affecting the
industry in which they are en
gaged.
A national cqnference board was
proposed to provide for the sys
tematic review of industrial relations
and conditions, the board to consist
of an equal number of repreesntatives
of employers and workers, having
due regard to the various sections of
industry and classes of workmen.
6 Prohibition of Immigration
Formation o fthese boards Would
be encouraged by the department of
labor.
Prohibition of all immigration for
at least two years after the declara
tion of peace and at such times
thereafter as there may be an abnor
mal condition of unemployment. At
no time would .igration be per
mitted to vxceed the nation’s ability
to Americanize the incoming foreign
ers.
After being in session an hour and
a half, the conference adjourned un
til this afternoon. Meantime the
committee of fifteen cor-'dered the
resolutions submitted. t was an
nounced that the employers’ group
attempted to prepare pre--“'’ls ac
ceptable to all elements o- ‘ s e group
for submission to the -rence.
Mr. Gompers proposed that the
conference appoint an arbitration
board to mediate the steel strike and
that the strikers return to work
pending a settlement. Under the
plan each group of the conference
would name representatives to the
board.
A plan for labor adjustment pre
pared by Secretary Wilson, of the
department of labor, also was pre
sented by Mr. Baruch, while Gavin
McNab, of San Francisco, presented
a resolution, assented to by the pub
lic group, providing for a national
arbitration board to be appointed
jointly by congress and the president
and to include all living expresi
dents.
only the Confederacy, but the south
in the world war. In any event, the
carving of a memorial on the great
rock will be a prodigious undertak
ing, and will be worthy of the
south’s highest traditions and ideals.
Stone Mountain is really : a won
der of wonders. The mountain, as
recorded above, rises to a height of
787 feet. Compare it with other
wonders. The Washington monu
ment, though 555 feet high, is dwarf
ed by comparison with the steep
side of the mountain; the Eiffel
tower, although 985 feet high, is like
a giant needle when placed along
side Atlanta’s big rock; the Sphinx,
65 feet high, is reduced to toy size.
The Candler building, one of Atlan
ta’s finest skyscrapers, three times
over fails to reach the top of the
mountain.
Under Mr. Borglum’s original con
ception, the infantry, cavalry and ar
tillery of the Confederacy were to
be carved .on the face of the moun
tain in the line of march, until it
seemed that all the Confederate
forces were reproduced there in the
stone. It had been planned to chisel
the figures to a depth of eight feet
or more, and to make the whole face
of the mountain a part of the me
morial. It was Mr. Borglum’s in
tention to carve the army in stone
at a point about 400 feet above the
ground. Before the plans for the
memorial were temporarily aban
doned, the sheer side of the moun
tain had been cleared of loose stones
and steps had been constructed down
the side upon which the ■work was
to be done.
REV. J. W. BACHMAN, of
Chattanooga. chaDlain-general
of the United Confederate Vet
erans and one of the most her
loved figures at every reunion.
—Staff photo bv Winn.
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SENATOR SMITH
HEARD AT FAIR
IN GAINESVILLE
BY I, M. MERLINJONES
GAINESVILLE, Ga., Oct. 9—The
first day of the Northeast Georgia
fair Tuesday was all that could
have been desired from any point of
view for a succesful opening. The
weather was perfect, the crowd was
immense, the enthusiasm was at its
best and the esprit de corps was
magnanimous; while within the
stalls and pens and booths were dis
played to advantage the many rich
products of northeast Georgia. Nev
er before was such a concourse seen
in this section. The throng was
gathered not tc view the fair with
its various attractions only, but also
to hear and meet Hon. Hoke
Smith, United States senator from
Georgia. Word came here late Mon
day afternoon that the senator would
speak Tuesday morning, the news
was spread as much as possible, and
in'response the people came from far
and near.
On the platform were some of the
leading citizens of Hall county. Col
onel Felix P. Jackson, prominent in
overseas work, introduced the sena
tor. •
Senator Smith In opening his ad
dress explained -how glad he was to
be in Gainesville. He had declined
the invitation of the committee to
attend as he thought he would not
be able, but late the day before he
found that he had to return to
Washington and found that he could
attend by stopping here on his way,
leaving on the afternoon train. He
was glad to see so many of the chil
dren of the county schools present,
and urged them to take advantage of
every opportunity afforded to be
come intelligent men and women of
this great country. After paying his
respects to the advantages of in
telligent education, he spoke on the
war, and how we got into it, and
er germane topics.
Then the senator referred to the
League of Nations Covenant. He said
there were two parties in the ex
treme, one advocated the passage of
the league as handed over to the
senate, and the other party advocated
the absolute rejection of the treaty
and league. Both extremes, he said,
are usually wrong; the right course
is usually found in the middle. He
said he did not wish to reject the
treaty, nor yet accept it entirely
without any reservations or explan
ations of how we understood it. It
is the duty of the senate to study
the treaty.
Reservations were to make clear,
to remove any future misunderstand
ing. These reservations or explana
tions could be arranged between this
country and England, France and
others, so there would be no doubt
as to the meaning of certain phrases,
ambiguous, and capable of several
interpretations.
He said that it was not good sense
to first sign and accept the treaty
and League of Nations and its cove
nant and then to amend the terms.
It would be a poor business prac
tice for two men to enter into a writ
ten agreement which was ambiguous
and then after signing the docu
ment to amend it and to interpret
it.
The senator advised the people to
raise more foodstuff, live stock, hogs
and less cotton; and urged them to
be cautious in selling, so as to get
better prices.
The address was listened to with
the utmost attention by the hun
dreds of men, women and children,
and several times he was interrupt
ed with long and hearty applause.
MAJ. PETER M’WILLIAMS,
of Raleigh, N. C., one of Mos
by’s Raiders, who is one of the
picturesque figures at the re
union.
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Slight Improvement Wed«
nesday Continues Thurqjl
—ls Well Enough tfl
Resume Emergency Duties'®
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9
Wilson continues to hold the sligh*M
improvement in his condition noteaM
yesterday, said a bulletin issued tojj®
day by Rear Admirals Grayson and®,
Stitt. The bulletin follows: • »
“White House, October 9,
11:30 a. m.: While there is no ma.«®
terial change in the president’s
dition, the slight improvement notei®
yesterday continues.”
For the first time since he waj|K
called in a week ago, Dr. Sterling®
Ruffin, of this city was not preserijffij
at this morning’s consultation. DrJO
Francis X. Dercum, the noted
auelphia neurologist, who was
moned to Washington when
president’s condition took*a turn
the worse more than a week
probably will see the president agali®
Saturday. •
The president continued
h .• a good appetite and accora|®
ing to officials at the White
had a very good night last
o- o r the best he has had. ®
Cooler weather was credited
by President Wilson's physicians
aiding in his recovery, which
has reached the stage where he
able to spend part of his time sllM|
ting up. The unseasonable heat dua|H
ing the past few days was declarej®|
to have greatly retarded the
progress, and with the change ho®
is able to sleep better and to
more strength from his rest.
The president stilJTtvas prohlbiteM|
today from doing any work,
his physicians said he was weS«
enough,to resume the duties of
office should any emergency arise.
Dr. Cary T. Grayson intended
let him sit up In bed at
as he did yesterday, If examination®
showed he has maintained the slight®
but steady, gains in strength an|®
nervous energy which were noted duiSR
ing the last few days.
A slackening of the tension. dB
the White House was easily
ticeable. Mrs. Wilson, for the
time since her husband became seSH
riously ill, left the executive
sion and -went for an
ride. Some members of his famjlSK
are returning to their homes for
few days, but the understanding
they will come back to the
House next week.
Baltasar Brun, president of Urd|B
guay, cabled the following
to President Wilson:
“I read with intense interest a|B|
reports of your excellency’s stat©
health. Making the most
wishes for your excellency’s full
speedy recovery, I have the honor tifO
reiterate to your excellency the ex3B|
pression of my highest
and esteem.”
Blind Sixteen Years, |
Mrs. C. A. Rodgers 11
Recovers Her Sigh®
COLUMBUS, Ga., Oct. 9.
of her eyesight, after being
blind for the past sixteen years, idH
the happy fortune of Mrs. C. A®
Rodgers, of Gentian, Ga., in thgjg|
northern part of Muscogee
who is well and hearty despite
fact that she Is eighty-seven yeaiwß
of age. fl
Cataracts over both eyes caused®
the loss of Mrs. Rodgers’ eyesight I|B
1903, and she has been unable to
anything since until a few
ago, when her son, L. J. RodgeroM
who is a prominent Citizen of COj®|
lumbus, noticed her looking at tIMK
heading of a newspaper, and
asked, "Is that the Columbus
er?" This was the first intimatltflß
the family had of the returning
Mrs. Rodgers’ sight. From that
she continued to notice things anaß
today—just one week since—
Rodgers can see fairly well agaln.-BW
“All of my children have grown®
beyond recognition,” Mrs.
said, when looking the family'-
“and everything about the old
place looks very strange to me.” BS
Mrs. Rodgers belongs to one
the best known families of
gee county and news of the
of her eyesight has caused
Interest and gratification among
many friends.
Alpine Stream Is j
Alarming PeopM
GENEVA, Switzerland.
spondence of the Associated
—Anxiety is felt by the
of several villages in the Engadii®B|
district because of the vagaries o®|
an Alpine stream which has appear®!
ed in three different places
the past six weeks and as prompt 1®
vanished. The stream after
beds near villages disappeared ove®
night.
In one instance the torrent
quite close to the tourist resort
Bergun, causing the resort to
come deserted. Swiss engineers
traced the source of the stream
Lake Raveisch but failed in
experiments with colored water
follow it to its discharge. ®
Inhabitants recollecting the
edy of 1592 at the health resort -W®
Gervais when a similar stream
lecting under a mountain caused
rible landslide destroying the i
killing and drowning several
of persons, have appealed to
cantonal government for assistance®!
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