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®he MUtnla SemMWtWu Sour nal VOL. XXII. NUMBER 12. U. 5. KT IS SPM FOB COMMWSTS; semfmlls ! Plans to Overthrow Ameri- can Government and Its Institutions Disclosed in Records Seized by Officials NEW YORK, ' Nov. 10.—Govern ment agents, assisted by state and city authorities, today continued to spread nets about all corners In the hope of trapping 7,500 members of the Communist party, who face charges of criminal anarchy and se dition. Arrests are expected to con tinue for weeks, and many of those who have been released after being questioned may be rearrestel. ' State and police officials began a systematic reading of the twenty-five tons of “red” literature seized in ! raids or seventy-one branch head ' quarters of the Communist organiza tion. Thirty-se*ven dt the 1.000 per sons arrested Saturday night and early Sunday hu-d. me.iuersmp cards ! of the Communist party in their pos session, the polled said. Search is ' being made for the complete mem bership rolls. PLANS TO OVERTHROW GOVERNMENT ARE FORMED WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—Plans ot the Union of Russian Workers to bring about an overthrow of the American government through a gen eral strike are revealed in document's seized in the nation-wide raids of federal authorities Friday and Satur day nights and made public by As sistant Attorney General Garvan. With the government overthrown and everything “wiped from the earth that is a reminder of the right to private ownership of property,” the Russian workers, according to their manifesto, look forward to “the magnificent beautiful form of man without a God, without a mas i ■<—. ter and free of authority. The documents and publications obtained in the raids, officials said, are of the most inflammatory nature and make no effort to conceal the union's program of destruction and death to achieve its ends. Much of the material made public is of such a nature as to cause ordinarily any newspaper reprinting it to be barred from the mails. Included among the documents seied, all of which are printed in Russian, is “Novomirsky—Manifesto of Anarchists-Communists.” This publication, the most recent put out by the union, was said by Mr. Gar van- to be the most dangerous piece of propaganda ever disseminated by any' radical organization in the Unit ed States. The manifesto outlines the pur pose of the movement inaugurated by the union as “complete destruc tion of private controf of natural re sources and capital and complete de struction of power of rule and the institutions invested with powers to enforce rule of one man over an other.” Under the caption of “What Should Be Our Means of Carrying on the Fight?” the manifesto says: “What must we do, the vanguard of the proletariat? We must consciously hasten the elementary movement of the struggle of the working classes, , we must convert small strikes into general ones and convert the latter into armies of revolt of the laboring masses against capital and state. “At the time of this revolt we must at the first favorable opportu nity proceed to an immediate seizure of all means of production and all articles of consumption and make me working classes the master in fact of all general wealth. At the same time we must mercilessly destroy all remains of governmental authority and class domination, liberating the prisoners, demolish prisons and po lice offices, destroy all legal papers pertaining to private ownership of property, all fleld fences and bound aries ar.d burn all certificates of in debtedness—in a word, we must take care that everything is wiped from the earth that is a reminder of the right of private ownership of prop -4 erty; to blow up barracks, gendarme and police administration and to shoot the most prominent military and police officers, must be the im portant concern of the revolting working people. In the work of de struction we must be merciless, for » the slightest weakness upon our part may afterward cost the working classes a whole sea of needless blood.” After “capital and state” are de stroyed, the manifesto says the first duty of the Union is to start produc tion on a new foundation. Existing labor organizations should be ex tended and production should be given over entirely to them, ft ar gues. Then each "village commune” should unify with all other com munes ar.d the “one great federation” follow, the manifesto advocates as its program. Recognizing no religion, no author ity, no power other than its own, the manifesto says, alternately, its mem bers are atheists, communists, an archists. Flu Victim Sleeps 24 Days in Boston BOSTON.—Mrs. Dora Mintz, twen ty-nine, slept twenty-four days after Rn attack of flu. t Brakeman Earns $137.00 a Week ■Some prosperity! Earl Coleman, a brakeman on the Z. & M. V. R. R., made $137 in one week just, in his i-pare time, reports the PARAGON TAILORING CO., CHICAGO. ILL. Every ambitious reader of The Jour nal should write the above company for a free sample outfit and style ' book No. 560 containing a big as s scrtment of beautiful cloth samples and a wonderful suit -offer that will save you 25 to 50 per cent. Don’t but' a suit or pair of pants from Anyone until you have written this Company.—(Advt.) Here’s Flying Coon —ljs*; 4 : URBANA, HI. —Jack, the coon ace, acclaimed as the only flying coon, is now mascot at the Alpha Gamma Rlio fraternity house at the University of Illinois. Jack was mascot to such birdmen as Eddie Stinson and Joe Leveree, and is credited with ten hours in the air. Once in the cock pit he clung like a leech. ANNUAL MEETING OF METHODISTS OPENS THIS WEEK Many unique features will charac trize the fifty-third annual session of the north Georgia conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, which opens Wednesday at Wesley Memorial church in Atlanta and which extends through the follow ing Monday afternoon, when the 1920 ministerial appoitments will be an nounced. For the first time in the history of the conference women wi attend as lay delegates and will have a voice in the conference. For the first time in the history of the body, the conference will hold two consecutive meetings in the same city, at the same church, and will be presided over by the same bishop— Bishop Warren A. Candler. Marking as it does the most stren uous and busy year ever known in the north Georgia conference, due to the great centenary campaign so successfully completed by the south ern Methodists in the early part of the year and in which the north Geor gia conference played so conspicuous a part, the 1919 north Georgia con ference brings to a close what is un doubtedly the most fruitful year in the history'of Georgia Methodism. No announced program has been drawn but it seemed to be a well defined opinion that one of the ab sorbing topics at the conference will be the question of unification. This will be only in the form of an ex pression of as the north Georgia conference has no legal power to decide the question one way or the other. Any sentiment ex pressed will be for the information add guidance of the unification com missioners. The southern branch of Methodism has contended all along for local self-government in conferences, the protection of minority rights and for an independent and separate church for negro membership. Resolutions have been passed in large numbers urging that the members of the southern Methodist churr" ref”"' 1 to conside and agree to any kind of unification that does not specifically stipulate and agree to the foregoing principles. COMMONS MUST PASS ON RUSSIAN PEACE, SAYS LAW LONDON, Nov. 10.—Great Britain has no intention of opening peace negotiations with Lenine and Trot zky until the house of commons has had an opportunity to discuss the subject, Mr. Bonar Law, the gov ernment leader, declared in the house of commons today. Premier Lloyd George’s hint in his Guild hall speech Saturday night ot an attempt to negotiate peace with the Bolsheviki in Russia has created a stir. The anti-Bolshevik press is indignant over the suggestion. The Daily Mail scouts the idea as i "shaking hands with a murderer,” I and generally denounces the sugges l tion which, it says, great amaze ment in political circles. The Tele graph and the Morning Post are also hostile to the proposal. School Warrants for $ 159,424 Drawn by Comptroller General I Discount school warrants aggregat ing $159,424 were being drawn Mon ■day by Comptroller General Wright Ito pay the salaries of school teach iers for the month of October. Os this amount, $19,476 went to ; public school systems in cities and i towns, and the balance of $139,948 I went to county school systems. I The warrants will go to the local school boards and be discounted by them under the state’s arrangement with a banking concern. On Febru ary 1, 1920, the bank will present them to the state for payment. I Lloyd George Hints Russian Peace Effort LONDON, Nov. B.—(By the Asso ciated Press.) Premier Loyd George, speaking at the 'ord mayors’ banquet tonight and referring to ‘■’•e supreme council’s effort Russian peace ear this - skid: “I hope the time is rof- t when s he powers will b*> .“5- new that attempt with better pros pects of success.” SENATE DEBATES ARTICLE TER OF LEAGUEMONDAY Republicans May Propose Cloture to Eliminate Long Debate and Hurry Action on the Treaty ■WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—With apparently little change in the pro gram of procedure developed over the week end despite increasing pres sure from members w r ho desire early final action so they might have a recess before the regular session of congress begins in three weeks, op posing factions in the peace treaty rat ification fight lined up today for a continuation of the struggle over reservations relating to Article 10, of the League of Nations covenant, which was recommended by the for eign relations committee and the ad ministration senators desired most of all to defeat. The only step discussed today that might hasten the consideration of the treaty, was the possibility that Re publican leaders migii propose cloture to curtail the protracted debate. In this plan they were said to be sup ported by a number of Democrats. Except for the transition of one phrase, the resolution to Article ten is the same as that which President Wilson declared during his western trip he will regard as a rejection of the treaty. Its text follows: “The United States assumes no obligation to preserve the territorial integrity or political independence of any other country or to interfere in controversies between nations— whether members of the league* or not—under the provisions of Article ten, or to employ the military or naval forces of the United States under any article of the treaty for any purpose, unless in any particu lar case the congress, which, under the constitution, has the sole power to declare war or authorize the em ployment of the military or naval forces of the United States, shall by act or joint resolution so provide.” LEAGUE PROVISIONALLY ADOPTED BY COLOMBIA BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 10. —Ad- vices received by the Colombian lega tion here report ratification by the Colombian congress of provisional adhesion to -the League of Nations covenant. The action taken under special law, has been approved by the president. COUNCIL DISCUSSES SENATE SITUATION PARIS, Nov. 10.—The ' supreme council this morning considered tne situation likely to arise from discus sion of ratification of the peace treaty wth Germany bv the American senate. t HOLLANDREGARDS EX-KAISER IMMUNE FROMEXTRADITION THE HAGUE, Nov. 10.—Former Emperor William came to Holland a year ago today. Since that ime there has been no demand, officially or un officially, for his extradition or de livery up to the allies, nor has Hol-, land at all changed its viewpoint to ward him. I The Associated Press has learned this from sources that are unques tionable. Holland’s viewpoint as re gards William Hohenzollern may be stated frankly as follows; The Netherlands, which for cen turies has accorded political refuge to all, considers the former emperor and crown prince as refugees—not as royalty, but as persons entitled to the same rights as any plain Johann Schmidt who fled to Holland during the war. This principle is so strongly held by the government and also by the press of Holland that nothing is likely to change it, it is asserted. The Dutch government has reach ed a determination as to its conduct in the event the surrender of Wil liam Hohenzollern is asked for. No official statement has been made in this connection, but the Associated Press learns that Holland considers the former emperor beyond extradi tion, as there is no possible way le gally to hold him as a criminal. If they desired to insist on the privi lege. both the Hohenzollerns would be free to go where they liked, as they are in no sense prisoners. How ever, because they feel that they would embarrass Holland even fur ther they apparently have agreed to remain where they now are—the fa ther at Amerongen and his son at Wieringen. If the one-time emperor and crown prince desired to return to Germany, they would be permitted to go. While it is possible that Frederick William some day may return to Germany, official circles in The Hague are In clined to th belief that William Hohenzollern is content to settle down to the life of a country gen tleman Doorn, where he has been permitted to buy a small estate be cause his long stay at Amerongen seemed unfair to Count von Ben tinck, whose castle he occupies. Plans Dissolution of Berlin “Red” Committee BERLIN, Friday, Nov. 7.—(By the Associated Press.) —Gustav Npske, secretary for military affairs, has ordered the d.ssolution of the “red committee,” which attempted to engi neer a general strike. The police are actively suppressing incipient demonstrations of Sparticists in con nection with the celebration of the I anniversary of the revolution in Ger ■ many. Falls Five Stories, Jokes With Doctor Although suffering from a broken leg, broken nose and severe internal injuries, Conrad Dietz, 35-years-old. a window cleaner, of New York city made no complaint and even joked wfith the doctor as he was being tak en in an ambulance to Bellevue hos pital after having falle from a •meight of five floors. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1919. RAILROAD MEN CALLED TO MEET HINES_TUESDAY Director Will Answer De mands of Workers for Wage Increases, Prob ably Granting 3 Per Cent WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—Rail Di rector Hines today summoned heads of the four great railroad brother hoods to meet him tomorrow to dis cuss general industrial conditions. In the morning heads of all the brotherhoods will confer with Hines. In the afternoon he will give his answer to two of the brotherhood chiefs on demands for immediate wage increases. • The answer will be an offer of a general wage increase of not more than three per cent, it is understood. The demand of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen was for an increase averaging forty per cent and that ®f the Order of Railway Con ductors for thirty-five per cent. Anticipati: - that Mr. Hines’ offer will fall short of their leaders of the two brotherhoods are preparing for a referendum strike. The four big brotherhoods whose officials will meet Mr. Hines tomor row, although not affiliated with the American Federation of Labor, are .ng in co-operation with ten other failroad unions which are conn ‘>d with the federation. Os these ten, the chief organization is the shop men’s, including 500,000 workers, who took a strike vote in August, but postponed a walkout at request of President Wilson in order to give t.ie government oportunity to reduce the cos. of living. An adverse answer to demands of the trainmen and conductors now; would bring keen anxiety to the other railroad unions, according to union officials. . In such a situation, it is considered likely that the fourteen v.-ganiza tlons would join and present an ulti matum. The railroad workers are deter mined, their officials say, to gain wage increase before Januar; 1, when the roads go back to private rnanage r nt. COTTON MEETING TO BE HELD IN MACON NOV. 19 A great state-wide meeting over which Governor Dorsey has been asked to preside will be held in, the auditorium in the city of Macon on Wednesday, November 19, at 10 o’clock a. m., by the Georgia division of the American Cotton association, for the purpose of launching an in tensive campaign to enroll individual members. Invitations will include farmers, merchants, bankers, warehousemen and others who are directly or in directly interested in the prosperity of the agricultural interests of the state, and it is expected that the attendance will run to 1,000 or more. J. S. Wannamaker, president of the American Cotton association, probably will be one of the speak ers. For the past several months he has been devoting his entire time to a study of world conditions affecting cotton. He was the spokesman foi the growers at the recent World Cotton Conference held in New Or leans. He is one of the largest grow ers in the south, is thoroughly fa miliar with conditions in the domes tic and foreign markets, and will have a message of vital interest to every farmer in Georgia. Another prominent speaker will be A. F. Lever, former South Carolina congressman, who recently resigned from the national house of repre sentatives to go into the administra tive branch of the federal farm loan system. Mr. Lever has been a leader in agricultural legislation in congress for years. He is the author of the Lever food and fuel control bill, and one of the authors of the Smith- Lever act for farm extension work. Other speakers will be J. B. Can non, South Carolina banker, who has done remarkable work in the organi zation of the South Carolina division of the American Cotton association, Thomas J. Shackleford, Athens law yer :and cotton grower, who is on the board of the American Cotton as sociation and has devoted the past two months to organization work; J. J. Brown, commissioner of agricul ture of Georgia; Harvie Jordan, who is in charge of national headquar ters in Atlanta; T. S. Johnson/, who operates at Jefferson in Jackson county one of the largest farmers’ warehouses in the south. Judge Newnan Orders $50,000 Paid Creditors Os Bank at Dawson Following an agreement reached by attorneys in the case of J. R. Mercer, of the First State Bank, of Dawson, in bankruptcy. Judge W. T. Newman, of the federal court, Mon day signed a degree ordering the trustee in bankruptcy to pay to cer tain creditors of the bank sums ap proximating $50,000. C. M. Harris, as trustee, was di reced to make payments to creditors as follows: Waxlebaum Co.. $1,022.- 38; American Agricultural Chemical company. $14,977.03; Royster Guano company, $1,482.62; Pottle and Hoff mayer, $135; Alexander Hudgins and Jesse Hudgins, $4,602.94. The de cree directed the payment to Pottle and Hoffmayer, M. C. Edwards, R. R. Jones and J. W. Harris, attorneys for the plaintiff, the sum of $15,000; and to the Bank of Dawson, the sum of $10,848, one-half of the in debtedness to this bank. Several claims of creditors own ed by the defendants were ordered withdrawn without payment of divi dends or allowances. The consent decree signed Monday takes the place of the decree of the court in October granting injunctions against Mrs. Mercer and co-defend ants for the retention of money charged to have been transferred from the bank with the purnose of withholding it from the creditors. Told to Stay Single READING, Pa. Dr. S. C. Enock, of Philadelphia, conference superin tendent of the United Brethren church, told licensees to preach at the 120th annual conference here that they would do well not to bur den themselves with families. GREETINGS SENT TO AMERICAN LEGION BY MARSHAL FOCH | Georgia Delegation Headed by Basil Stockbridge, State Chairman, Present at Minneapolis Convention MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. 10.— To give the American legion per manent shape and declare its poli cies as a force in the social and governmental life of the nation, two thousand delegates representing all | sections and classes of service men and women started their first con vention here today. Governor Burnquist, President Emeritus Northrup, of the University of Minnesota, and Mayor Meyers de livered brief speeches at the opening session, which was called to order by Henry D. Lindsley, of Texas, na tional chairman. Discussion of candidates for na tional officers with at least a dozen prominently mentioned for first na tional head of the legion has brought an emphatic refusal from at least one delegate. “When I say no, I mean no,” de clared Theodore Roosevelt, one of the delegates from New York, when his candidacy was mentioned. Oth ers receiving support from their state delegations and other include Thomas S. Wolms.ey, of Louisiana; Milton J. Foreman, of Chicago; Hen ry D. Lindsley, of Texas, ,and Ben son W. Hough, of Ohio. Prepare Program Wjth a mass of decisions affect ing organization to be settled, first consideration today was given to se lection of committees and a tenta tive program prepared by an advance committee of state officers for sub mission to the first session. Increase in dues, said to be neces sary to continue punlication of the American Legion Weekly, will be recommended, it is announced to night. > The proposed increase was one of four recommendations adopted pre viously by advance committees and discussed last by the delegates already assembled as representatives of 1,000,000 former soldiers, sailors, marines and women war veterans. The other three proposals to be presented are: Selection of nineteen convention committees by state delegations. Adoption of a brief tentative pro gram for the organization business of the convention. Greetings From Foch Greetings frorft Marshal Foch, al lied Commander-in-chief, were trans mitted by J. J. Jasserand, French ambassador to the United States. Marshal Foch’s message follows: The 11th of November, , 1918, saw the capitulation of the en emy; vanquished Germany was craving for mercy and she de livered over to us such trophies /■ as history never has known. This was indeed the victory ot the allied armies, who ardently fighting, who had united in a supreme, continuous and violent effort all their energies as they had united, all their hopes. With head erect, the valiant American fighters of the Ar gonne, of the Meuse, of the Somme, of Flanders, after hard days, resumed once more, by the side of the allies, the march to ward the Rhine. In thjs day, when for the first time we celebrate the anniver sary of the armistice, I want to be with you to commemorate the past and to tell you that with our eyes ever raised toward the same ideal of justice and liberty, we must remain united as we have been in the days of trial and the days of triumph. Sends Cordial Greetings Proud to have been at your head, I send my most Cordial greetings to the veterans of the great war, illustrious by their immortal deeds, and to those who, in the camps of America, were preparing with ardor to come and take their part in the battle. Lastly, I wish to salute, as ever living in a memory of the past and on the threshhold of a future common to us, the tombs of those who lie in the soil of France, resting there as a symbol of our indissoluble union. The accompanying letter from Mr. Jusserand said: “You may be assured that the marshal has very truly expressed the feelings of every French citizen.” He wrote that Marshal Foch was prevented from coming to the con vention of those who “took part or were drilling to take part, in the world conflict,” by circumstances “which will be understood by every veteran of the great war.” Bull-Moose Blocks Track And Wrecks Maine Train Again the bull moose, rugged, but stupid, has begun to dispute the right of way with locomotives on railroads oi northern Maine, always with disastrous results to the moose, sometimes to the train. The other day a passenger train was delayed six hours, and partly wrecked by collision with a moore that was trotting along the track near Schoo dic lake and refused to heed the whistle. “The engine and two cars were thrown off the track, and after ploughing along for some distance against the embankment the engine toppled over on its side and was al most completely wrecked. 20,000 Insects Gathered For American Museum Twenty thousand insects and a fossil of “the little pair-horned rhinoceros” stand high on the proud list of the new acquisitions of the American Museum of Natural His tory in New York. The chairman of the museum’s publicity committee has announced today that the rhinoceros was found by Albert Thomson and George Olsen, working at Agate, Neb. But it took three collectors, Frank E. Lutz. Pearce Bailey, Jr., and H. F. Schwartz, to get all those insects. Theodore Beard, Sapulpa, Okla., was credited vith finding “a good example of a very rare specimen of snake hitherto known only by two type speciments.” Want Shells With Gun DUBLIN, Ireland. —Nenagh coun cil has accented the war office offer of two German field guns on condi tion that they are in good order, and that a supply of shells is included. wmiira is yeroict rewfd IN IRWIN TRIAL —— Sentence of One Year Im-' posed by Judge De fendant to Move for New' Trial Refusing to admit Rush Irwin, slay er of George J. Moody, to bond pend ing the hearing of his motion for a new trial, Judge John D. Humphries on Monday morning delivered from the bench a scathing denunciation of the action of W. H. Irwin, broth er of the defendant, in issuing through a local newspaper a card of thanks to nine jurors who he thought urged the acquittal of the defendant. Irwin was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter and sen tenced to serve one year in the state penitentiary, the penalty being fixed bv the jury under the indeterminate sentence law. The verdict was re turned at 11 o’clock Sunday morn ing. On Monday morning there appeared in the press a formal statement from W. H* Irwin, of Birmingham, Ala. brother of the defendant, thankin,', nine of the twelve jurors and criti cizing in some degree another news paper. The author of the statement had the impression that the nine jurors had stood out for acquittal, but had compromised on a one-year sentence. The same newspaper car ried an alleged statement from So licitor Geenral John A. Boykin de claring that three jurors started the case with the firm determination to acquit the defendant regardless of the evidence. When Judge Humphries opened court Monday morning Attorney Reu ben R. Arnold, counsel for the de fense, moved for a new trial and the cour then took occasion to voice his extreme disapproval of the action of W. H. Irwin and of the statement attributed to Solicitor General Boy kin. “I have thought seriously on the matter, and I must leave this case just where it was before the start of the trla," said Judge Humphries. “My opinion to this effect also has been strengthened by the deplorable situation that has arisen since the verdict was-rendered. Respect for the purity of jury trials demands that I leave the case just where it is without any change. Judge Humphries fixed November 29 as the date of the hearing on the motion for a new trial, but refused to admit Irwin to bond ir. view of the situation which has developed since the verdict was returned. It is entirely within the discretion of the court to admit a defendant to bond pending a motion for a new trial, ac cording to the law. D’ANNUNZIO WILL LEAVE FIUME IF U.S. ADOPTS PLAN WASHINGTON, Nov. B.—-That Ga briele d’Annunzio, the Italian poet soldfer, is ready to evacuate Fiume if the United States accepts Italian Foreign Minister Tittoni’s compro mise offer for the solution of the Fiume question, was the statement here today at the Italian embassy. “The national city council of Fiume, which supports d’Annunzio. gave its word to the Italian govern ment that if President- Wilson would accept Tittoni’s solution the council lors would go to d’Annunzio and ask him to leave the city,” it was said by an official of the embassy. “This practically meant assurance that d’Annunzio would accept Tit toni’s solution and leave, as the council and d’Annunzio are in ac cord.” The Tittoni solution, it was stated, provided for the acceptance of a buffer as proposed by Pres ident Wilson with modifications. The modifications assigned to Italy a strip of territory on the eastern shore of Istria, which would give Italy possession of Volosca. Fiume would be created a free city in the buffer state, which would be con trolled by the League of Nations. Control of the harbor would be by a joint commission appointed by the league. “Unless the United States agrees to this latest solution, Italy will keep Fiume.” was stated. Toledo, Without Cars, Fights Rail Company’s Effort to Beat Ouster TOLEDO, 0., Nov. 10.—Toledo to day entered its second day of non street cars, determined to fight to a finish the avowed effort of the Toledo Railways and Light company to effect repeal ot the ouster ordi nance passed by a vote of the people at the election last Tuesday. City officials also reiterated their stand of yesterday that the ordi nance would not be repealed, neither will the company be given a fran chise. They are angry because Henry L. Doherty, of New York, head of the concern which controls the lo cal traction company, spirited the cars into Michigan before daylight Sunday morning without —'notice to the public. Mayor Cornell Schreiber, who in troduced the ouster ordinance in council last June 30, will meet with the common council tonight, when a resolution will be introduced looking to the repeal of the ouster. It is un derstood the councilmen will vote against repeal. It is pointed out should it be repealed it would have to be submitted to the voters and law authorities have not yet found away in which a special election could be held, under the terms of the city charter. Frank R. resident pres ident of the tract.on company, de clared today the cars will be re turned only when the ouster ordi nance is repealed and the company is given a franchise. In this he only repeated the statement made by Mr. Doherty yesterday. Meantime, the car riders who voted to drive the cars off the streets are paying all the way from 10 cents to 50 cents, getting to their work this morning in prD--ite motor cars. Under the rate of carfare they were riding for 6 cents with a 2-cent charge for transfers. MR. LI. T. LAMB, federal manager of five large railroad lines in the southeast, who died Sunday at Birmingham as the result of a stroke of apoplexy. I I 11 tSlfc '1 MShI /I I ‘ I Ok, « I bo IK ' wIiWIBIb I flu I 1 FIGURE PUZZLE GAME AROUSES MUCH INTEREST Readers of The Seml- Weekly Journal Are Play ing This Newest Pas time Last week The Atlanta Semi- Weekly Journal announced a new figure puzzle game for its readers': That this game has gained instanta neous popularity is evidenced by the number of readers of this paper who are already playing the game. Unlike a great manjt puzzle fcatnes, there is no known answers to the Figure Puzzle Game. The players themselves decide as to the correct answer. Here is the idea: . The Figure Puzzle editor drew up a chart with 810 squares in it. Then Ihe placed figures in most of the squares, but left a number of blank spaces distributed all over the chart. ' These blank spaces were then filled j in by Hon. M. L. Brittain, state su perintendent of schools, and Hon. J. W. Nimmons, superintendent es Ful ton county The purpose of this was so that no one would know in advance what the answer to the Figure Puzzle Game might be. The Figure Puzzle editor, in order to de termine what answer he would get, woul3 have to play the game just , like any other player. In this way every one taking part lin the puzzle has the same oppor tunity for winning a prize. The highest correct answer sent in will be the one winning the first prize, \ the next highest correct answer win i ning the second prize and so on un i til all the prizes have been awarded. Read the complete rules, instruc- I tions and prize list on page 2 of j this issue and start playing the ! game today. The time you send in your answer will have no bearing on the awards as the last answer submitted before the close of the game has an equal chance with the first one sent in. Drys Lead by Only *45 • Votes in Ohio Amendment Election COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 10.—Fate of the federal prohibition amend ment was made more uncertain to day as additional official returns were tabulated at the office of the secretary of state. The ofjicial re turns from 86 of the 88 counties tabulated at noon gave the drys a lead of only 45 votes in favor of the amendment. SEEK EARLY OPINION ON WAR PROHIBITION WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—Steps to secure an early opinion upon the validity of trie war-time prohibition act were taken today by the gov ernment which asked the supreme court to. hear arguments on Novem ber 20, next, in government appeals from federal court decrees in Ken tucky holding the act unconstitu tional. Turks Propose Alliance With Bolshevik Force LONDON, Nov. I^o. —Mustapha Ke mal Pasha, head of the Nationalist Turkish government set up in Asia Minor, has proposed an alliance, with Nikolai Lenine. Russian Bolshevik premier, according to an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen. An army of 3,000 Turks to attack the Nationalist forces, the report says, has been organized by General • Ahmed Bey, at Belu Kessenu. PUZZLE QUESTION BOX ■ AH questions in regard to the puz i zle game will be answered in this I colump. None will be answered per- I sonally by letter. 1— Q. —How many blocks can be marked off at one time? I Just as many as may be marked i off on large chart without touching ! anywhere except at corners, as stated . in rules. 2 Q. —Should blocked off charts be sent in with answer A. —Yes» in order that we piay ; verify the totals and see that blocks 1 are marked off according to the j rules. Scents a copy. $1.25 A YEAR, MUST SEND NOTICES CALLING OFF STRIKE OT 6 P. MJESG.W Court Orders Strike Lead- ers to Cancel Order to Miners Union Leaders Are Silent Union Leader Doesn’t Think Men Will Obey CUMBERLAND, Md., Nov. B. If acting President Lewis, of the United Mine Workers, should re scind the strike order, the men would not have to obey in the belief of William J. Trickett, sec retary-treasurer of District Union No 16, “and I don’t think they would,” he said tonight. Cancellation of the strike order which since midnight of October 31 has kept 400,000 union bituminous miners out of the coal pits of the country, was ordered by Judge An derson m the federal court at In dianapolis Saturday. Violation of the war-time federal food and fuel control act, as alleged by the attorney general’s department, was affirmed by the court, who said the strike not only was illegal, but that under the circumstances it ap proached rebellion. If left to pursue its normal course, the injunction proceedings probably will rest until November 20. The defendants have until that date to file (i formal answer and when that time expires it is within the prov ince of the government attor •**rs to ask that the temporary Injunction issued today be made permanent. It was pointed out by governmens officials that this was expected to result, inasmuch as Judge Ander son decided the issv-'- in the case today. Attorneys for the miners indicat ed they will take the case to th« United States circuit court of ap peals at Chicago at th,e ?"’'”<’st pos sible date. Such action, however* will not affect the injunction pro ceedings nor the gover- ent’s plart to ask that the tempor-’-v injunction be made permanent on November 20. In the meantime, it is pnfvt*'’ the court’s order to call off the strike .must be Carried out. INDIANAPOLIS? Ind., Nov. 10.—« Leaders of the United Mine Workers of America went into session at 11:25 this morning to decide fh4 fate of the strike of 400,000 bitumi nous coal miners. One hundred and one men were present at the meet ing in the Lincoln hotel when Act ing President John L. Lewis rapped for order. They were members of the scale committee, district presi dents and members of the executive council. They met to consider whethe< they would abide by the mandatory order issued by Judge A. B. Ander son, in United States district cour£ on Saturday, demanding the union order for the strike be recalled be fore 6 p. m. tomorrow* The recall order must be submit ted to Judge Anderson by 10 o’clock tomorrow. There was no indication before the meeting that the court’s Order would not be complied with. A strong sentiment was manifested among the few who would talk on the probable action of the meeting that the strike would be called off. U. S. Flans Secret Reports from various fields since the strike was called indicate many union men contend the general com mittee of the miners has no authority to rescind the order for the strike, which, they assert, was decided upon by the regular convention of the United Mines Woikers’ meeting in Cleveland in September. In case the recall order should be issued by the miners’ general com mittee ar.d some of the Individual members of the union refused to rec ognize the authority of the order and remain idle, any action contemolated by the government co. id not be learned this morning. A hint, how ever, was given during the proceed ings in the United States district court Saturday, when Judge Ander son said: “The Lever act makes tt an unlawful conspiracy for two or more persons to arrange to lijmt the production of coal. That is perfect ly apparent to me. Everybody knows that.” No action, It was said, Is planned by the government until aft. r the time limit set by Judge Anderson for the Issuance of the strike recalt order. Meanwhile attorneys for trie union were said to be busy preparing their case for an appeal to the Unit ed States circuit court of appeals in Chicago. LABOR LEADERS PREDICT STRIKE ORDER WILL STAND WASHINGTON, Nov. 10.—Labor leaders predicted today that interna tional officers of the United Mine Workers of America, meeting at In dianpolis would not call off the coal strike as directed by Federal Judge Anderson, whatever the legal consequences might be. One of the spokesmen for the miners’ organization said he doubted if Acting President Lewis and his associates had the power, even if they had the inclination, to Comply with the mandate. “The strike was ordered by a dele gate convention in the event the operators refused to grant our de mands,” the spokesmen said, “and Lewis merely carried out instruc tions in ordering the strike. The convention must call it off.” A. F. X*. Backs Miners The American Federation of Labor stood today before the country as an unqualified indorser of the strike of soft coal miners and as bitterly op posed to the action of the govern ment in attempting to end the strips through injunction proceedings wh'ch it characterized as “so autocratic as to stagger the human mind.” Indorsement of the strike was nounced last night in a statement is sued by the executive council of the federation which pledged to the strikers the full support of o.’ganj<?d labor and appealed to the citizensnip of the country tc give like “indorse ment and aid to the men engaged in this momentous strure-ie ’