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Uljc Atlanta Smwaal VOL. XXII. NO. 14. LODGE RESERVATIONS IMPOSSIBLE." SAYS WILSON CONFERENCE STARTS CEMIL COIII. FIELD WAGE NEGOTIATIONS Miners and Operators Unite on Plan for Restricted Area After Nation-Wide Proposal Is Rejected WASHINGTON, Nov. 15.—Peace in the'nation’s coal fields drew nearer tonight. First actual steps in the work of writing a new wage contract for miners in the central competitive coal field were taken today when scale committees representing miners and operators went into eecutive sesson. This field comprises Illinois, Ohio. Indiana and western Pennsylvania. • In these districts the unions are strongest. President John L|wis, of the Unit ed Mine Workers, presented to the operators’ scale committee of the central field the miners’ demands, I The demands include the thirty-hour 1 week and the sity per cent increase that were included in the demands submitted before the strike. The ■ scale conference then adjourned untii' Monday when the operators are to submit a counter-proposal. Presenta- ' tion of these proposals is regarded as a necessary formality. The miners, it was Intimated out- * side of the meeting, will be content i with any adjustment that gives them what they regard as a suitable wage i scale. Mines in all States outside of the central field are referred to as ‘‘out lying district.” Under the plan-now going forward scales for the outlying districts would be written after completion of the scale for the central field. This method, which miners and operators | have used for years, was invoked to cover the pi'esent situation at a Hot general session this morning between miners and operators from all fields. When the method was agreed up on in the morning conference Presi dent Lewis raised a formal question as to whether operators of the out lymg districts would agree in ad vance to accept as a basis for their negotiations the scale to be negoti ated for the central field. Operators of the outlying fields considered the uestion all this after- 1 noon. “We failed to reach agreement as to our answer,”, said President B. M. 1 Clark, of the centray Pennsylvania field. "We cannot bind ourselves in advance to the writing of the central •competitive scale.” Only Bift in Sitnation Government officials tonight re garded this as the only rift in an otherwise hopeful situation. Some believe it may keep closed most of the union mines in outlying fields until the new scale is completed for the central competitive field. "Operators of the outlying fields are willing to negotiate with the miners without waiting until the cenral field makes its new scale,” said President Clark. "In any event we shall try to get the men back to work at once.” • President Lewis and Secretary Green, of the miners, both fought at the morning conference to prevent the first negotiations being confined to the central competitive field, de claring this procedure would delay a general and prompt settlement throughout the country. “We cast our vote for indorse ment without change of the proposi tion submitted by Secretary Wilson','’ said Mr. Lewis at the general session this morning. He referred to the first of three propositions submitted to Secretary Wilson yesterday. It was for a conference of operators and miners from all fields. In submitting the three proposi tions Secretary Wilson indicated he personally favored his first proposal. Operators, however, demanded that negotiations proceed under the third plan suggested by Secretary Wilson. This •was’ that first negotiations be confined to the central competitive field. Mr. Lewis is agreeing to the de mand, scored the operators and charged that they are violating the Lever bill by refusing to re-empioy returning miners unless theyy first agree to give up union affiliation. He named the Colorado Fuel and Iron company and declared operators are taking the same stand in Ala ' bama, Kentucky, Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Virginia. XfUkens Speaks for Operators Speaking on behalf of operators outside the central Competitive field, F. W. Lukens, president of the Southwestrn Interstate Coal Opera tors' association, proposed returning to the oid policy of allowing tne oasic scaie to be negotiated by the operators and miners in the central competitive field. Because outlying operators are not organized, Mr. Lukens said that no time should be wasted but that “pub lic interest in an early settlement makes it desirable to continue as in the past.” WASHINGTON. Nov. 17. —The con ference of wage scale committees , in the central competitive bituminous Coal field was postponed today at the request of the operators, who were not yet ready to submit a counter proposal to the demands received from the miners Saturday. Meantime a committee of the op erators was framing a reply. It was said the question of the renewal.ot work by the miners was one of the matters to be brought up by the operators. The miners have not yet entirely receded from their demands for a five-day week and a six-’hour day, but they showed a disposition to be conciliatory and indications today were that an agreement, if even a temporary one, would be reached. There was a report that the miners' representatives would attempt to negotiate a scale that would hold good only until the legal end of the war, when they could again come for ward with their original demands with no fear of having their strike declared illegal under war laws. t “QUEEN OF CALIFORNIA” PROUD OF HER THRONE Though kings and queens gen erally are “on the hog’’ nowadays, Miss Poppy Davies, queen of the < Uli California Livestock Show, finds no lack of solidity in her throne. •./?: .♦ C. B. Cunningham, president of ‘■y Q the California Swine Breeders’ Association, kindly loaned Miss Davies a prize-winning Chester f 'ql' White sow for the purpose. '-410 J’■'« ■■ * ST r ‘ i CONFISCATED 50G1B SELLS FOB 22 ID 31 CENTS JT AUCTION Sugar seized from north Georgia moonshiners and put on sale at pub lic auction at the Atlanta postoffice at noon Monday brought from twen ty-two to thirty-one cents a pound More than 200 people were assembled for the auction and the purchasers included both men and women; some white, some black, some obviously wealthy and others just as obvious ly poor. Five thousand pounds in all were sold, most of it white granulated sugar, the rest clarified sugar of a poorer grade. It was seized from time to time during the last few months at confiscations of moon shine stills in the mountains, and has been stored by the government in Atlanta. Most of the sugar sold was of good granulated variety, which brought an average price of about 27 cents, selling from 25 to 31 cents on different bids. Five hundred pounds of clarrified sugar brought from 21 le to 23 Vi cents a pound. Recently, when the sugar shortage became stringent, Internal Revenue Collector A. O? Blalock telegraphed Collector Roper at Washington for authority to sell the sugar at twelve cents a pound. Cdlleetor Roper wired back orders permitting the sale of the sugar at public auction, the only method, he said, by which the sugar could be disposed of under the law. Thus the sugtrr brought more than twice as much as the fixed govern ment price, but it was sold only in 100 pound lots and individual was not allowed to buy more than one lot. The sale was conducted at the Poplar street entrance to the post office, with E. Walter Trippe, a dep uty in the internal revenue depart ment, acting as auctioneer. As lot after lot was "knocked down,” the purchaser gave his name and ad dress and will receive the sugar later. At the outset of the auction United States Attorney Hooper Alexam announced to the big crowd that the purpose of the sale was to reach as many individuals as possible and was not to give anybody a chance to profiteer. If purchasers of this sugar wanted to sell it again, he said, they would have to sell it at twelve and a half cents a pound, the fixed fair price. This announcement, coupled with blds of twenty-eight and thirty cents, effectually cut off any possible plans to buy In the su gar, and sell it later at a profit. Soon after the sale opened, one man secured two lots. Mr. Alexander said he would let this purchase pass, but that thereafter nobody ‘ could buy more than pne lot, sufficient for himself and his family. The bidding was good-humored, but it didn’t take long for the sums to mount up. The first bid was ten ’cents, but this soon went to twenty eight cents. The next lot was knock ed down for twenty-seven cents, then it went back to twenty-eight cents, advanced to thirty on the next and thirty-one on the next. Ouring the rest of the auction it stayed between twenty-eight and thirty-one cents un till all the sugar.was gone. Macon Man Cuts Throat MACON, Ga., Nov. 17.—-Lemuel L. McCommon, thirty-eight, senior mem ber of the firm of McCommon Broth ers. dry goods merchants, slashed his throat Sunday'and died within ten minutes. He had been in ill health for some time. Stomach Trouble or Tape- Worm Banished Many persons who suffer from stomach trouble really have a tape worm and don’t know it. A guar anteed remedy which has proven to be remarkably effective in ex pelling tapeworms and giving qulcn relief in all forms of stomach trou ble is being sent on free trial by the Schoenherr Co., Dept. 55, Milwau kee. VVis. They guarantee it to re move, in less than one hour, any tapeworm with its head. No pain no dieting, no danger; also, to re lieve any form of stomach trouble or it costs nothing. Take advantage of their free trial offer. Write them today.—(Advt.) HARDING DENIES BANKS WILL STOP LOANS ON COTTON WASHINGTON, Nov. 17. —Denying persistent rumors to the effect that the federal reserve banks have con templated the recall of loans made on cotton or the future issuance of loans, W. P. G. Harding, _ governor of the federal reserve board, in a letter today to Senator Smith, of South Carolina, stated the only change made in the position of the banks regarding cotton loans was a tendency to stricter examination into the grade of cotton shown by the receipts pledged as collateral. "The banks will not assume the value of even 25 cents a pound,” Mr. Harding said, "unless the receipts do indicate the grade or other satis factory evidence is furnished as to what the grade is. There are so many different grades of cotton and the spread between the value of the lowest and the highest grade is so great that it seems to me that some knowledge of the grade is necessary in lending intelligently on cotton as collateral.” Mr. Harding declared there was nothing to warrant the inference that 25 cents a pound was to be regarded as a maximum salable value for loan purposes, adding: "We know that some long staple cotton recently sold in New Orleans at 75 cents a pound and we know also that is not unusual for the fluctuations in cot ton to amount to as much as 200 points in a single day. "In these circumstances it seems to me that it is necessary to require a larger margin in making loans on cotton than was the case when cot ton was selling at a much lower price and was free from the extraor dinary fluctuations to which it is now subject.” While believing that the federal reserve system should do everything possible, with due regard to safety and to the "wants and requirements of other commercial interests in the country” to aid the cotton produc ers to market their products in a gradual and orderly manner, so that no one might be forced to sell at a sacrifice. Mr. Harding said the banks should not be used as a me dium to enable the owners of cot ton to withhold it entirely from the prices to an unreasonable level. GOMPERS WARNS AGAINST PLAN TO RULE BY STRIKE NEW YORK, Nov. 17.—Labor unions here are circulating a decla ration by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of La bor, In which he denounces govern ment by direct action as the weapon of those who seek minority rule. Mr. Gompers points out that the British trade union conference in oiacenw rofusted to indorse direct ac tion and urged a constructive policy for labor. The direct actionist phil osophy, he says, is to “strike at the ballot box with an ax,” or to use the strike to secure political de mands which could not be obtained otherwise. "The political system, both in Eng land and the United States, offers a periodical and absolutely free op portunity for arriving at decisions on political questions,” says the pro nunciamento. "It is the conviction of the Amer ican people and specifically of the American working people, that po litical democracy, as we know it, is the best form of government yet devised. It must not be endanger ed.” The strike weapon is too valuable to be thus misused, the labor leader says. Camp Gordon Troops Entrain at Knoxville KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 15.—Six hundred federal troops from Camp Gordon, held here for the past two weeks for possible riot .duty, broke camp tonight and enft-ained for Camp Gordon. Nine hundred other federal troops stationed here since October 27, fol lowing disorders growing out of the street car strike, will leave for Camp Gordon Monday, it was learned late tonight. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1919. METHODISTS SET ASIOE DJI TO WK FDD NEWHOSPITAL League of Nations Indirectly Indorsed and Lynchings Deplored Appointments Read During Afternoon The various reports submitted at the Monday morning session of the North' Georgia conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, advocated the observance in all churches and Sunday school of De cember 21 as a day for presenting the new Wesley Memorial hospital to be erected on Emory university campus; recommended that 51,000 be fixed as a minimum salary for pastors; revealed the educational in stitutions of the church to be in a prosperous condition; deplored lynch ings; called for a strict observance of temperance lawe, and indirectly indorsed the of Nations. Assignments of ministers will be announced Tuesday afternoon. The North Georgia conference, of the Methodist Episcopal church, south, voted for all Methodist churches and Sunday schools in the state to set aside Sunday, December 21, as the day for presenting the needs of Wesley Memorial hospital Monday morning following the report of the committee on Wesley Memo rial activities submitted by the chairman, H. Y. McCord. The South Georgia conference will be called upon to unite with the North Geor gia body in observance of Wesley Memorial Hospital day. The committee reported that at least ?50,000 will be needed for the work of the hospital this year. It is hoped that the entire amount will be secured on the day which has been set aside for presenting the hospital needs to the people. Methodists all over Georgia were urged in the re port to emphasize the need for funds to build and equip the plant. The sale of the present Wesley’Me morial hospital site and the location of the enlarged hospital on the Einory campus were approved, “To complete and equip the Wind ings necessary will, in view of the high price of materials, require a large outlay of money,” said the re port. It is the duty and the privilege of the Methodists of Georgia to meet this great repsonsibiliiy in a most generous Vay. We recommend there fore that in this year a larger em phasis shall be laid upon the Christ mas offering and that our confer ence shall undertake to contribute to the work of the hospital this y r at least $50,000.” The committee rec ommended and urged that all pastors anu Sunday school superintendents organize to give the needs of the hospital a central place in t cele bration of Christmas. ” « In commenting- upon the rep t Bishop Candler directed attention to the fact that the late Mr. Henry Hirsch left SI,OOO for the hospital. “You laymen should be prompted to good work by this example,” said Bishop Candler. The committee on entertainm .t reported that it ' al not yet selected a meeting place for next year and was given authority by the conference to determine the next meeting place at a later date. Outside of the commit tee reports the morning sessio,. was devoted largely to the completion of reports of individual pastors. It be came certain early in the in rning that the conferenc would not ad journ until late in the afternoon or possibly at night. The new superannuates received, a welcome surprise in the announce ment that- the Asbury Brotherhood had a check for $250 for each of them. Those receiving checks were Rev. W. O. Butler, Rev. A. W. Bailey, Rev. M. I. Patillo, Rev. J. D. Ham mond, Rev. L. L. Landrum, Rev. O. M. Ponder, Rev. F. R. Smith and Rev. Fletcher Walton, the last-named having been given supernumerary relations for a year. PUZZLE QUESTION BOX AU questions in regard to the puz zle game will be answered In this column. None will be answered per sonally by letter.*' 1— Q. —How many blocks can be marked off at one time? Just as many as may be marked 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 may verify the totals and see that blocks are marked off according to the rules. Q. —3. Is it necessary to subscribe for The Semi-Weekly Journal in or der to enter the game. A.—A one-year subscription at $1.25 must be sent in with each so lution to the puzzle. The subscrip tion may be sent for the participant or for some friend. If the partici pant is already a subscriber his sub scription will be extended one yeai from his old date of expiration. CURED HER FITS Mrs. Paul Gram, residing at 916 Fourth Street. Milwaukee, Wis., re cently gave out the following ' state ment: “I had suffered with Fits (Epilepsy) for over 14 years. Doc tors and medicine did me no good. It seemed that I was beyond all hope of relief, when at last I secured a preparation that cured me sound and well. Over 10 years have passed and the attacks have not returned I wish every one who suffers from this terrible disease would write R P. N. Lepso, 13 Island Avenue. Mil waukee, Wis., and ask for a bottle of the same kind of medicine which he gave me. He has generously promised to send it prepaid, free to any one who writes him.”—(Advt.) SERVICE MEN AND WOODSMEN SEEK BARRICADED REDS Reinforcements Awaited Be fore Attempting to Storm Stronghold of I. W, W. in Forest Near Centralia CENTRALIA, Wash., Nov. 17. Former service men and woodsmen, members of a posse attempting to arrest alleged Industrial Workers of the World, reinforcements from here before attempting today to storm Hunter’s cabin on the head waters of Hannaford creek, eighteen miles northeast of here in which is was believed the men they sought had taken refuge. Since Saturday night possemen have guarded all outlets from the dense woods surrounding the cabin, somewhere in which is believed to lie the body of John Haney, a posse man, missing since searchers and the pursued men exchanged shots late that afternoon. Too few in numbers to take the cabin by storm, though its defenders are thought to number but three, the former service men sent out a call for additional forces. These were sent from here, but ow ing to the difficult nature of the country to be traversed, it was not thought the reinforcements would ar rive in time for an attack before late in the day. Captain Lloyd Dysart, commanding former service men engaged in rounding up suspected Industrial Workers in this part of the state, believes Bert Bland, a man named Hansen or Loughtenoff and one oth er, are in the cabin. Bland is ac cused of firing the shot which killed Warren Grimm during the Armistice day parade here. I. W. W. SOUGHT TO FORM UNIONS AMONG MINERS MORGANTOWN, W. Va., Nov. 17. Miners in the northern counties ot West Virginia were urged to join the Industrial Workers of the World because it is tha "only revolution ary organization that is hated by the capitalistic Class.” They were asked to pay an initiation fee of $2 and monthly dues of 50 cents, but it' they de.sired they could transfer then I membership from one ’'local” to any * othei- “local" ty simply getting In I touch with the Industrial Workers ot I World de.egate in the camp where they might happen to be. This interesting information was found in the mass of Industrial Workers of the World literature seized by agents of the department of justice when they raided the head quarters of the organization on Scott’s run near here nad captured a dozen of the leaders last Saturday. The Scott’s run local, officially known as Industrial union, No. 900, had its most important membership among the Randall mine workers, where only 65 of the 175 miners are American citizens. Meetings were held every Sunday afternoon in the forest near the mine, always under the leadership of some Russian miner. Other meetings were held at a number of other points in the district at the same time, it being the policy ot the organization never ! to unite in great gatherings all the members in the region. LEGISLATION NEXT MONTH ; TO FIGHT RED DISTURBERS WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—-Action | on Attorney General Palmer’s re- I quest for additional legislation to I fight the radical disturbers will be I taken at the regular session of con i gross next month, house leaders said | today. i Such measures will be first 1n order at the new Session which opens Dec. 1. Leaders realize the seriousness of thfe situation but are inclined to blame Attorney General Palmer for not having called the attention of the country to the tvide activities of the radicals earlier. Representative Volstead, chairman of the judiciary committee, which will consider the legislation, says he feels certain congress will grant all the authority needed. Much con sideration already has been given to deportation legislation by the im migration committee and Chairman Jchnson says more drastic laws will be recommended early in the regu lar session. FIGURE PUZZLE GAME IS IN FULL SWING When The Semi-Weekly' Journal launched its Figure Puzzle Game on November 4. it did so with the feel ing that it would create a great deal of interest, but the Figure Puzzle Ed itor was not prepared for the wide spread enthusiasm with which it would be received. As a puzzle game it is something new and original. It is different from most puzzles in that there is no known answer to it. Th ebest an swer sent in is the one which will be adjudged the winner. In this game there is no Chance for any one knowing in advance what the correct answer will be. The chart was filled in by three people, the Fig ure Puzzle Editor filling in the fig ures in light-face type and the fig ures in black-face type being filled In by Hon. M. L. Brittain, state super intendent of schools, and Hon J. W. Simmons, superintendent of schools for Fulton county', two prominent citizens of Atlanta. As neither of these three parties knew in advance what figures the other two would use, it is easy to be seen that no advance answer could have been decided upon. This makes the guess the more interesting, as the players themselves will fix the correct answer. Turn to page 3 of this issue, read the rules, instructions and prize list and start playing the most interest ing and entertaining game ’you have ever taken part in. Remember, SI,OOO will be divided among the winners. 20-MINUTE SENTENCE FOR AIDING EVADER OF DRAFT , . V' : ■ " ■ ■' • . . . - | Harris 1 W-l 8 SEATTLE, Wash. —“Twenty min utes in the custody of the United States marshal!” This was the sentence recently Im posed upon eighteen-year-old Farris Peterson because she elected to be grateful rather than patriotic. In part payment for kindness re ceived at the hands of Walter Arend a waiter, she agreed to pose as his wife in order that he might evade the army draft. She told a pathetic story tn court —how she had been mistreated by a husband who married her in San Francisco at fifteen; how she had fled EARLY TRIAL IN FAIRBURN BANK CASES SOUGHT Steps ate to be taken this week not enly to br'ng abnut, if passible, the early trial of William B. Green, Mrs. Catherine Queen Bradstreet and her husband, Clarence F. Bradstreet, charged with embezzling the funds of the Fairburn Banking company, but also to rehabilitate the bank and enable it to resume operations on or before December 12, 1919, when the report of W. O. Martin & Co., spe cial auditors, will be made to State Bank Examiner W. J. Speer. On Monday morning at 11 o’clock at Fairburn a meeting was held at which a large precentage of the 600 or more depositors in the Fairburn Banking company were present. this meeting there was presented a petition already signed by almost 100 depositors, urging Judge John B. Hutcheson? of the Stone Mountain circuit, to call a special term of the Campbell superior court to try the Green-Bradstreet cases. The situation was thoroughly explained to the depositors at the Monday morning meeting. Attorney Henry B. Troutman, counsel for the bank directors, pointing out that the directors and stockholders desire to reorganize the bank, but that it is necessary to clear the whole matter up through a court trial in order to show the truth or falsity of rumors circulated in Campbell county to the effect that the directors of the bank were responsible for the present con dition of affairs. According to statements from those attending the meeting, more than 160 names were secured on the petition, thus bringing the total number of names to aproximately 350. A com mittee was also appointed by the depositors to present the petition to Judge Hutcheson at Conyers, where he is holding court this week. Justice of the Peace Homer Mc- Daniel declared Monday morning that he proposed to give a hearing on Wednesday at 10 a. m. on the charges against Mrs. Catherine Bradstreet and her husband, Clarence F. Brad street. Demands have been made for an immediate preliminary hearing in these two cases and Justice Mc- Daniel is anxious to dispose of them at once. The petition of the depositors will be presented to J Jdge Hutcheson in support of the formal a special term of court. A hearing on this motion was held Saturday and Judge Hutcheson has indicated that unless a better showing is made, he will not call a special session. Preacher 70 Years, Michigan Record MUSKEGON, Mich. —Lambert J. Hulst, ninety-four years old, has been a minister for seventy years. Clothing Prices Reduced ‘ By Large Manufacturer Chicago, Nov. 17. —Mr. Jas. D. Bell, head of the Bell Tailors, Adams at Green St., Chicago, 111., said to be the largest made-to-measure clothing establishment 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 his point, he showed the writer a very attractive piece of all wool cassimere for which they ask only $20.00 a suit made to individual measure, whereas the same fabric is now being offered by mer chants 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. 386. which contains large cloth samples of many beautiful patterns.—(Advt.) from him to Seattle; how Arend had I I befriended and protected her in the I dark days that followed; how she | dreamed of his death on the battle ■ field if she did not save him from i j military service. : i Arend, who had been in the navy, i took all the blame for the false ques ■ 1 tionnaire which lie and the girl had ■ I filled out. Because of his previous ■ i good record as a service man he : I escaped with a sentence of six months i in the county jail. The girl hopes to marry him »as ' | soon as she can divorce the San i . Francisco husband and the jail sen i I tence has been served out. ■HOTaESTO ATTHD SDDTDffI W COSRESS ■ WASHINGTON, Nov. 16.—Several thousand delegates, Including govern ors, members of the Presidents cab inet and congress, diplomats and rep resentatives of trade, commercial or ganizations and municipalities, will attend the eleventh annual conven tion of the Southern Commercial Congress at Savannah, December 8, 9 and 10. Commissions are now be ing issued to the 100 delegates to be appointed by the governor of each southern Coincidentally the annual conven tions of the woman’s auxiliary to the congress and the House of South ern Governors will meet at Savannah. The official call for the congress was issued here today by Dr. Clar ence J. Owens of this city, directoi general of the organization. The sessions will begin on the six ty-third anniversary of the meeting of the organization in Savannah prior to tlie civil war. Honorary Presi dent Duncan U. Fletcher, United States senator from Florida, and President Robert W. Bingham, of will preside. The woman’s auxiliary meetings will be guided by Miss Louise G. Lindsey, ' of Nashville. Governor Hugh M. Dorsey, of Georgia, will pre side over the House of Governors. A feature of the meeting will be tgm formal report of the organization’s trade commission which recently re turned ‘after an exhaustive study of trade relations between the south and Europe. Secretary Daniels lias indicated a number of vessels of the navy may be mobilized in the Savnnah river during the session of the congress. The fleet of the Department of Commerce also will be present. Delegates will be given an oppor tunity to inspect the vessels and i several short cruises are being planned. It is expected the war de partment may be represented by General Pershing and his staff. Ac ting Secretary Sweet will represent the Department of Commerce and will deliver an address. The congress* will group its dis cussion under the following genera] divisions: The south's part in the American merchant marine; the south’s part in the solution of economic problems of the nation; the extension of the trade of southern states with Latin- American countries. Governor Dorsey, of Georgia, has issued an official proclamation in viting the governors and citizens of all the states In the Union to visit Savannah during the sessions of the congress. Stock Market Breaks On Railroad Decision NEW YORK. Nov. 17. —The stock market was subjected to another sharp break at noon today. Heavy selling was precipitated by announce ment that the United States supreme court had decided against the South ern Pacific company in the suit in volving 6.000 acres of valuable oil lands in California. Southern Pacific broke on extensive sales from 106 5-8 to 101 1-2 in less than ten minutes. The stock closed last week at 108 7-8. Union Pacific, which had been al most the only strong feature of the morning, also relinquished a larg<! part of its five-point advance. The entire list broke with South ern Pacific, although some stocks ! held over their extreme losses of the ■ morning, when steels, oils, motors i and equipments were 3 to 15 points j under last week’s final quotations. | CENTS A COPY. <>sl.2s A YEAR, PSESIIW TELLS BITCMCK KE WILL HDLD UPJIESDLUTIEM Democratic Leader Confers at White House and An nounces That G. 0. P, Pro gram Will Be Fought I WASHINGTON, Nov. 17.—Presi ■ dent Wilson will pocket the peace treaty if it contains the Lodge reset- I vations, he told Senator Hitchcock : at a conference today at tha White i House. , J "The president has read and co:t --i sidereff the Lodge reservations,” San ' ator Hitchcock said, “and he consid ers them a nullification ot the treaty' and utterly impossible.” The program outlined by Senator Hitchcock after he had sCen Presi dent Wilson last week will be car ried through in the senate, Mr; Hitchcock said. This contemplated defeat of the ratification resolution, with the Lodge reservations attached and the offering of a resolution for ratification without reservations. With the defeat of this resolution a deadlock would follow and a compro mise be sought. Senator Hitchcock was with th ’ president for an hour. “I find the president has read ami considered the Lodge reservations, and that he considers them a nuflifi- I cation of the treaty and utterly im -1 possible," the senator said. “Did the president tell you what i his course would be in the event the I Lodge reservations are accepted hv the senate X” lie was asked. "The president will pocket thh treaty,” was the reply. “Even if reservation 15 is stricke i out?” "Yes. That would make no differ ence in president’s decision.” Underwood Calls ‘ Senator Underwood also called at ( the White House today and conferred I with Secretary Tumulty. i Upon leaving Senator Underwood > declared: “The Republicans will not i dare to send the peace treaty back : to the foreign relations committee." This was in answer to the sug j gestion that the opposition might prevent u new resolution of ratifica tion from being introduced after the ; first one is defeated, thus sending j the treaty back to the foreign rcla j,Cions committee, where it would die. 4* “The Republicans, ’* Senator Under wood asserted, “will not take the re- , sponsibility for killing the treaty." | “The president is much better and he's full of fight," declared Sc re lary Tumulty today. After President Wilson’s confer ence with Senator Hitchcock, he rode in the White House grounds in hie wheel chair, the first time he has left the executive mansion since early in f'ctober. • He planned to stay out doors two hours. Republican Leader Lodge appeared to have marshalled his forces for the final fight. A tentative plan had been agreed upon, it was stated, by which the Republican majority will vote to'de clare the treaty rejected in ‘event the Lodge resolution containing reserva tions, is defeated. This plan was practically agreed uptn at a conference, of all fa r, ‘ ! ons on the Republican side today. Both mild reservationists and “ir reconciliables” are reported to have agreed on the following program: When the Lodge resolution of atlf ication is defeated, the mild reserva tionists will vote with Senator Lodge to declare the treaty rejected. Compromise Seen Then a motion for reconsideration will be made in which the so-called “irreconcilables” will vote to recon sider, and the treaty can then bo brought back for further considera tion. Although there is disagreement over the rules, it was one opinion that under this procedure, the cloture will cease to be effective whqa the treaty is declared rejected. It would then be brought up again for recon sideration minus the limitation psi debate. This would pedmit entirely new compromise suggestions to be. adopt | ed. And during the time that would | elapse, it is believed that the Demo- I cratic side and Republicans could I get together and agree on a program I that would permit ratification by •a, I two-thirds vote. This tentative agreement was 1 reached before President Wilson’s ; plan to pocket the treaty if Senator i Lodge wins was received and th* agreement may be overturned. Sentaor Hitchcock did not inter pret the president’s stand to mean that the treaty was dead, declarftig he» still believed the compromise res ervation program could be worked O’.’.L May Withdraw Treaty The preamble of the committee resolution, requiring that the senate reservations must be accepted by three of the other great powers, was said by the Democratic leader to be, particularl to the president, who regarded it, he de-~- clared, as killing the treaty abSo- r lutely.” He indicated also the Article ten reservation was entirely unaccepta ble to Mr. Wilson, but said the execu tive might be willing to accept some of the other proposals on the coih mittee program. -• As soon as he left the White Hous< Senator Hitchcock began plans fos a conference of Democratic frienas of the treaty. It was said it might, be held tonight. The plan at first had been to have the mild reserva tion Republicans in the conference, but it is understood they informed the Democrats they were unwilling to negotiate until the committee, program had come to a vote. Senator Hitchcock predicted the mild group would give the Demo crats enough support to uphold the vice president in ruling that.further ratification resolutions are in order, thus opening the door for a Com promise. Mr. Hitchcock did not go into de j tails as to the exact stage at which • the president might intervene in the j treaty proceedings, but indicated tho ( ‘ (Continued on Page 9, 2,