Newspaper Page Text
jhmL Weekly
VOL. XXII. NO. 34.
LODGE PRACTICALLY KILLS COMPROMISE HOPES
WORLD REVOLUTION
IBM,BOM
LENINEENVDYSfIYS
Russia, Martens Says, Can
Now Defy Other Govern
. »
ments Contracts for
American Goods Are Made
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26—Benin.? ;
has abandoned his idea of world i
revolution, Ludwig C. A. K. Martens,
? soviet representative in the United
States, told the foreign relations sub
committee today.
The success of the soviet govern
ment. Mr. Martens asserted, has
demonstrated that it can survive in
the midst of the present .system.
“There was a time when the Rus
sian Socialists believed that revolu
tion in all other countries was nee- I
essary,” he said.
"That idea is disappearing now be
cause Russia has demonstrated that
it can exist against the rest of the
world. Russia is now strong enough
to defy the other governments. That
. is the reason Lenine wrote the Ital
ian Socialists advising against revo
lution. He believes this is a period
of reconstruction.”
Tentative contracts for American
goods totaling $7,000,000 have been
made by the Russian soviet govern- I
ment and ' will be executed when j
trade is opened up, he asserted.
Commodities purchased include
food, largely tinned meat and milk,
medicines, shoes, machine tools, rub- j
ber boots and a few automobiles, he
said.
To Be Paid, in Gold
The American goods will be paid
for in gold on delivery, Mr. Martens
said. The Russian government has
between $450,000,000 and $500,00Q,000
in gold in its. possession, he asserted.
He promised to produce a list of
• 11.000 persons in the United States
with whom contracts have been
made.
The committee adjourned shortly
after noon and will resume question
i 13 of Mr. Martens probably Thurs-
Enters Objections
Martens objected to making pub
lic his instructions from the Lenine
government, as to his conduct in
ibis country when senators asked
him tp reveal them. However, he |
denied that he had engaged in any
soviet propaganda in this country.
The soviet bureau in the "United
* States is being supported entirely by
-bands from 'the Tieirirte government
in RussfS, he declared.
He asserted he was instructed that
co funds should be used for “inter
terence in the internal affairs of
, the United States.”
. Senators demanded a specific
statement supporting his asertions ,
tegarding instructions received from ;
his government.
"'There is a question as to how j
much of the confidential instructions!
may with propriety be revealed,” j
said Former Senator Hardwick, who '
is acting as ’counsel for Martens.
“Many of the instructions were
contained in code,” Mr. Martens
added.
’ "We want to disclose to this com
nit tee every instruction of anv ;
* kind,” said Mr. Hardwick, “but we
<!<•;.’t think the committee would
want us to reveal a secret code. ,
Martens’ Statement
"Together with my credentials as;
representative in the United States,
of tiie republic of Russia. I received
from the minister of foreign affairs
of the republic instructions to work
for the establishment of trade rela-
■ tions between the United States and
Russia,” Mr. MUrtens told the com
mittee. "My government specifical
ly instructed me that the funds at ;
my disposal should not be used forl
any purposes involving interference,
in the internal affairs in the United;
States. In my reply acknowledging !
the receipt of my credentials I gave’
my government a brief outline of
the establishment of my bureau and I
of the nature of its work, stating my i
intention to maintain a policy of uon-|
interference in American affairs, and;
stating that I would counsel all my i
associates to observe this rule.
"These instructions from my gov-;
ernment have, a t all times, guided my;
policy and my conduct. In all my!
activities I Lave scrupulously re
frained from any interference or par- I
ticipation in the domestic affairs of I
the United States.”
"The chief purpose of my mission
m in th? United States has been and
is the re-establishment of economic
■P’ intercourse between Russia and the'
United States. I have negotiated
with thousands of firms in the Unit
ed States who believed the estab
lishment of trade relations with Rus
sia to be a ma'ter of vital interest
to the American manufacturers and
importers, as hereby an immense
i market would immediately be avail
able for American manufacturers.
His Expenses Here
“I employ an force .of about thir
ty persons to carry on the work for
the above-stated purpose and my
r activities are of a perfectly legiti
mate nature an 1 are conducted in a
manner in every respect consistent
with law and propriety.”
"Expenses of the Soviet bureau are
about $2,500 a week. Our payroll is
$1,200 to $1,500 a week and other
expenses of the bureau are SSOO a
week. About SSOO weekly is spent
«• our publication, ‘Soviet Russia.’ ”
"soviet Russia is confined strictly
to presentation of Russian matters
and has never suggested that soviet
principles be extended to the United
States."
He has made public speeches about
Russia “to dispel the prevailing prej
udice, ” but that they have not been
regarded as “improper or objection
able,” Mr. Martens insisted.
He stuck to these statements on
cross-examination by Senators Borah
and Moses. >
Senator Borah referred to a proc
lamation by Lenine urging overthrow
of all governments.
Lsnine’s Propaganda
"It was defensive propaganda at
a time when our government was in
(Continued on Page 6, Column 7)
GOVERNMENT ASKS
FOB BISIKIL OF
RHODE ISLAND BILL
Attack on Prohibition Re
sisted Series of Legai
Moves on Amendment Are
Planned by "Wets”
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26—The gov
i ernment in the supreme court today
moved to dismiss Rhode Island's bill
attacking the validity of constitu
tional prohibition.
Argument on this motion is expect
ed to determine whether constitu
tional prohibition will stand.
Solicitor General King stated the
motion could not be argued until
March, because Rhode Island attor
neys are not yet ready. A recess of
the court during February will de
lay it until that time, so that a
decision cannot be expected before
April.
The court agreed to advance the
appeals from Ohio courts which will
determine whether states by refer
endum can override the action of
state legislatures in ratifying the
constitutional prohibition amend
ment.
The government in its motion 7 to
dismiss the Rhode Island complaint
Claimed that it presents no justifia
ble matter nor shows sufficient legal
ground for the court to take jurisdic
tion of the case.
"The facts stated in said bill of
complaint do not set up any cause of
action,” the motion says, “and there
is no equity in said bill.” ’
The argument of prohibition cases
I was assigned for Monday, March 1.
The greatest legal drive against
any law or part of the constitution,
in the history of the country appears
to be looming up in the many attacks
being prepared against constitutional
prohibition.
Government attorneys today esti
mated it will be two years before it
will be known definitely whether con
stitutional prohibition stands on a
firm legal foundation, but they hold
out little hope for any “tilting of the
lid.” during that time.
Tho attacks on constitutional pro
hibition are on the following
grounds:
1. That prohibition is not a valid
subject for a constitutional amend
ment and that it has not been legally
adopted.
2. That the Volstead law enforc
ing it and prohibiting all beverages
containing one-naif of 1 per. cent of
alcohol or more, is not constitu
Rhode Island Case ,
-the amendment., -qanywtj
.be enforced In any state against its I
will. This is to be deter.-nined, as
well as the first two questions, in the
suit brought in the supreme -ourt by
Rhode Island.
4. That states by popular refer- ;
endums, can override the actions of I
state legislatures and thus w thdraw :
previous ratification of the eigh- !
teenth amendment Ten states have i
the referendum and should all re- ;
verse the legislative action, with the ’
supreme court upholding the refer- :
endum, it would be sufficient to re- ;
peal the amendment. This is the ;
question now pending in the su- ■
supreme court on appeal from the ;
Ohio supreme court, which sustained
the referendum
5. That some states can be wet by |
passing laws increasing the maxi- j
; mum amount of alcohol permitted in I
' beverages as New Jersey and Rhode
I Island propose to c
6. That the amendment prohibit
ing only beverages which are in fact
intoxicating, and that congress under
the provision of the amendment
granting it>the right to ass appro
priate enforcement legislation can- I
not arbitrarily prohibit those drinks
which have only a small amount of
alcohol and are not generally held to
be intoxicating.
7. That the liquor interests can
! recover heavy compensation from the
[ government lerses caused by prohibi
j tion.
The supreme court will be asked to
determine all these question and it
1 is the only body that can do so.
I xThe avenue of attack upon prohi
| bition, most likeiy to s eceed, a
; prominent attorney said today, is
; through the word "concurrent” ap
; pcaring in the amendment. It states
| that congress and the several states
< shall have "concurrent power” to
■ enforce the amendment.
“This might be construed to mean
i that each s’ would have to agree
; to the beverages thAt cculd be pro
! hibited in its territory,” the attorney
I said. “If the state desired to allow
I light beer and wi to be sold Jhe
; court 'ight I it had that right
! under the amendment. I don’t be
lieve the court would go so far as to
I authorize the old we ays in any
I state, but it might agree the state
I had a right to tilt the lid considera
bly.”
Kansas Miners Strike
On Bill’s Passage
PITTSBURG. Kan., Jan. 26.—Four
• hundred Kansas miners struck this
i morning because of the passage of
| the industrial court bill. A mine of
I the Western Coal and Mining com
j pany at Franklin, and a mine of the
I Wear Coal company at Dunkirk were
I idle.
Clothing Prices Reduced by
Large Manufacturer.
CHICAGO, Jan. 26th. —Mr. James
D. Bell, head of the Bell Tailors,
Adams at Green st., Chicago. 111.,
said to be the largest made-to-meas
ure clothing establishment in the
world, recently stated that his firm
is now able to quote prices on spring
and summer suits 35 per cent below
what others ask. To prove his point
he showed the writer a very attrac
tive piece of all wool cassimere for
which they ask only $25 a suit, made
to individual measure, whereas the
same fabric is now being offered by
others at $35 to S4O per suit. Even
larger savings are offered on their
higher priced suits. Every reader of
The Journal should write Mr. Bel!
for his price list and a free copy of
his style book No. 492 which contains
large cloth samples of many beauti
ful patterns.— (Advt.)
MCOKHCE
SEEN FOR KfflT
IN DISCOUNT BITES
Bankers Declare That in
Spring Loans May Be
Some Higher but Cost of
Living Should Be Lowered
The advance in the discount rates
of the Atlanta ..Federal Reserve
bank to member banks, exclusive an
nouncement of which was made in
The Sunday Journal,: is not likely
to cause any serious inconvenience
in the south for the immediate pres
ent, in the opinion of Atlanta bank
ers, amdng whom the advance is a
matter of lively interest.
If, however, the advance is main
tained until the late spring, when
southern banks haveXto borrow to
carry their customers, jnoney will be
tighter and this tightness will be
reflected in , increased interest
charges on loans.
"Just now the south is flush.” ex
plained a prominent banker, “and the
banks have adequate funds for ac
commodating their customers, so
that they are not discounting paper
with the Federal Reserve bank. But
along about May or June, the south
ern banks will require cash, and It
will be necessary to turn to the re
serve bank for the advances. If the
advanced rates have not receded in
the meantime it follows that inter
est rates will be higher.”
Advance Is General
The advance in the rates, which
is general throughout the country,
all reserve banks having acted in
concert, will have an immediate ef
fect in New York and the east, how
ever.
It will, in the opinion of local
financiers, result in advanced rates
of Interest to all classes of borrow
ers, and will operate to check specu
lation in stocks and commodities,
which is believed to have contrib
uted immeasurably to the cost of
living.
The -higher rates for money will
force on the market large stores of
supplies that have been hoarded in
warehouse and carrier from month
to' month on the cheap money ad
vanced by the banks on the strength
of the 4 3-4 per cent discount rate
The most noticeable Immediate af
fect in the south of the advanced
rates will be reflected in a deprecia
tion in the market and collateral
value of Liberty and Victory bonds,
in the opinion of bankers. Os course
the real worth of these securities is
in no way impaired, but it is said
the advanced discount rate renders
them less attractive' than they have
been as collateral securities, and
this fact obviously will operate to
depreciate their market value for the I
time being.
It is the belief of local bankers,
however, that the advanced rates
were anticipated in the bond market,
and that the depreciation recently I
noted in Liberty and Victory bond
quotations was due to this anticipat-i
ed action of the reserve banks
throughout the country.
The notice of the advanced rates
was received Monday morning by the
member banks throughout the Sixth
district. The notice indicates that
while the advanced rates are applic
able generally to all classes of se
curities certain sort of paper is pref
erential consideration.
Substance of Order
The substance of the order advanc
the rates from 4 3-4 per cent fol
lows:
Member banks’ notes, fifteen days
or less.
Secured by Liberty or Victory
bonds, five and one-half per cent.
Secured by customer’s paper, eleg
ible for rediscount six per cent.
Secured by War Finance Corpora
tion bonds, ceven per cent.
Rediscounts:
Bank acceptances, when endorsed
by member banks other than the ac
cepting bank, five per cent.
Conimercial paper, including com
modity paper, maturities within
ninety days, six per cent.
Agricultural and live-stock paper,
maturities one day to six months,
6 per cent.
Trade acceptances, maturities
within ninety days, 6 per cent.
Customers’ notes, secured by gov
ernment obligations, maturities
within ninety day, secured by Lib
erty or Victory bonds, 5 1-2 per
cent.
Open market purchases, previous
rates rescinded, new rates on appli
cation.
Atlanta bankers generally share
the belief that the advance in dis
count r.ates unquestionably will op
erate to check speculation in securi
ties and commodi*ties and will tend
to reduce the cost of living by forc
ing on the market large stores of
supplies that have been hoarded in
| warehouses.
i Weaver Announces He
Will Not Be Candidate
For Governor’s Place
James D. Weaver, prominent busi
ness man and planter, of Dawson,
in Terrell county, on Monday an
nounced in Atlanta that tie would
not be a candidate for governor, ow
ing to the heavy demands of his
personal business affairs. He gave
out the following statement:
“I deeply appreciate the 'courtesy
and honor accorded me by a grear
many people over the state who have
i volunteered their support should 1
i decide to make the race for tbe gov-
I ernorship. In view of the fact that
: I stated sometime ago 1 would reach
a definite conclusion early this year,
I 1 deem it my duty to make the state
ment at this time that I will not Le
I a candidate.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1920.
Pocket Guinea Pigs to Test Your
Whisky Make Drinking Safe and Sane
'A. 8
|||| ■-
In these days of wood alcohol whisky and whisky substitutes a
new use has been found for the guinea pig. Put one in, your pocket
and if the proprietor or bartender or boQtlegger refuses to drink
with you, try it on the guinea pig. 'lf the guinea pig, whose organs
are more nearly like those of a human being than those of any other
animal, doesn’t turn up his toes, go ahead and drink. A guinea pig
costs only $5 if the first one meets an untimely end.
“FLU” SITUATION
NOT ALARMING IN
CITY OF ATLANTA
Illness from colds, grippe, pneu
monia and influenza in Georgia gen- E
erally is not above normal at pres- i
ent. Cases reported in Atlanta last t
geek showed only a slight increase,
Whereas tbe city’s death rate lor
the period was unusually low, and <
precautionary steps instituted by the <
Red Cross last fall have resulted in
lhe mobilization of resources in
many communities which would sup- 1
p’emept the work of federal, state ! I
and local authorities in the event |(
the present satisfactory status of
afiairs is not mamtaine.d.
“Frankly, 1 believe that we will I
have a little more than the normal i 1
amount of pneumonia and influenza, j £
although the reassuring situation j c
today leaves no room for. immediate j £
uneasiness,’’ said Dr. A. F. Aber- : *
crombie, secretary of tiie state |
board of health, Monday morning, i ®
‘I am thoroughly acquainted with | £
conditions all over Georgia and Ij A
know that things are normal right > £
r ow. We are bound to have colds. ' J
grippe and influenza at this sea- , L
son, - but no more than the usual |
average is in force.’’
c
According to Dr. J. F. Kennedy, j;
city physician, there were no deaths t
from influenza in Atlanta last week. I *
“Twenty cases, representing a' c
slight increase, were reported.” I j
stated Dr. Kennedy, “but our week’s ! 5
report shows that the city had an ' t
unusually low death rate. Forty- ! (
four deaths were officially reported, I ,
of which seven were caused by acci- I -j
dent -or violence and ten by pneu
monia. The latter figure is about ! j
normal. The influenza cases renor..- ' 1
ed are apparently of a much milder ! <
form than was the case last year. I t
While it is reasonable to presume i
that v|e will have a number of in- ■
fluenza cases here, I am still hope- '
ful that there need be no occasion 1
for general alarm.” ■ ,
Miss Jane Van de Vrade, head of i
the department of nursing for the I
southern division, American Red
Cross, stated Monday that four,
nurses had been sent to two towns ■
in the Carolinas in response to re-;
quests received last week, while 500 !
“flu” masks had been forwarded to
Lhe Charleston navy yards.
In speaking of activity conducted !
last fall by the Red Cross in urging |
local chapters of the organization to '
form community bureaus where in
formation, resources and aid would
be available to health authorities,
Miss Van de Vrade stated that the
most essential factor to be consid
ered at present was the adoption of
some definite -eo-operative plan as a
precautionary measure in all locali
ties.
The suggestions of the Red Cross,
through which many communities
are now well equipped to meet any
possible emergency, include the es
tablishment of a central office where
all cases of illness should be re-1
ported and where a tabulation should I
be kept of the names and addresses
of physicians and nurses, volunteers
who may be relied upon for help in
housekeeping and nursing, agencies
and volunteer:- available for relief
work, hospital facilities, local equip
ment. means for effectively distrib-i
tiling supnlies and service and other!
concrete data .
MACOX ASKS WHISKY
TO FIGHT THE “FLU”
WASHINGTON. Jan. 26.—The in
fluenza epidemic has spread to
Michigan, Minnesota and North Da
kota, the United States public health ;
service announced today. Two thou- !
sand cases were reported by Mich-1
igan; 450 by Minnesota and 105 by i
North Dakota.
Kansas City reported thirty-six
deaths.
The disease is reported as “scat- !
tered” in California. Florida. Geor- 1
gia, Idaho, lowa. Mississippi, Ohio, !
Texas, Wisconsin and Wyoming. ;
New York City with nearly 3.000
new cases, headed the list of .cities '
where the epidemic is strongest. I
Macon. Ga„ telegraphed the public !
health service for whisky, statiug 4 f>
that the disease “is spreading- rapid- ;
ly." The public health service re- ;
plied it has no whisky or authmii' >
to arrange for shipment.
The senate today took up Scn-itor.
(Continued on Page 6, Column 6)
MEN NOT INVITED,
OFFICERS REFUSE
TO DANCE IN ROME
ROME, Ga., Jan. 26. —Officers of
an army detachment here for recruit
ing purposes Saturday night refused
to attend a dance arranged in their
honor because enlisted men of the
detachment were not invited. The
commanding officer refused to allow
the military band to play at the pro
posed dance, and the young ladies of
Rome, who had arranged the affair,
deeply hurt, called the function off.
Major J. A Heywood, commanding
officer, asserts : that “if my enlisted
men cannot be entertained, my offic
ers will not be. I welcome this in
cident as showing democratic spirit
of the new army. In the old army
this would not have been possible.
We expect to travel throughout the
state and I put the people on notice
that where the enlisted men are in
vited the officers will go, and not
elsewhere. That point was decided
before we started on our recruiting
trip.”
Major Heywood declares that a
committee declined to arrange a
dance for the enlisted men after be
ing requested to do so. The commit
tee says the only reason for declina
tion was that it was impossible to
obtain dancing partners for nearly
200 men in Rome, and that no hall
was large enough to accommodate
that number, while plans for a street
dance were abandoned due to the op
position of church people and bad
weather.
The troops are from Camp Gordon
and Camp Benning and have been
here for a week, stimulating re
cruiting and illustrating army life
to the people. They left Sunday
morning for Dalton.
“Big Six” Special Subscription Offer
The Semi-Weekly Journal, Alabama Times, All Six Papers f only
Southern Ruralist, Better Farming, Gentle- One Full f *1
woman and Household Journal > Year
THE TWO BEST NEWSPAPERS, TWO LEADING
FARM PAPERS AND TWO EXCELLENT MAGAZINES
Two weekly newspapers, two fine farm jour
nals, two interesting magazines that will appeal
especially to the women of the family—all for
$1.40. Such an offer is unprecedented in these
times of the High Cost of Everything, and our
friends and subscribers are showing their appre
ciation of The Semi-Weekly’s offer by rushing in
their orders for the “Big Six” combination, which,
under ordinary circumstances, would cost you
just twice as much as the price for which we of
fer them in this special combination.
Most of our readers feel that The Semi-Week
ly alone is worth the price, as every issue is full
of news, good fiction and interesting features. The
Alabama Times is also a weekly paper from which
you may gain an abundance of information on
many subjects. The Southern Ruralist and Better
Farming will interest every Southern farmer. Both
journals, which are devoted solely to farm activi
ties and related subjects, will prove helpful to
every man and woman on the farm. The Gentle
woman and The Household Journal will provide
readable fiction and good articles of general in
terest to womefi.
S OPPOSED TO HIGH U. S. ENGINEERS AND REFUSESTDCHANGE
■DS TO MEN i RED CROSS WKEBS RESERVITIONS ON
ND LOST SB CORED BT BEDS TWO PACT GLIOSES
Secretary of Navy to Testify
Later —Board Named to
Investigate Charges of J.
R, Rathom
WASHINGTON, Jan. 23. - Rear
Admiral Austin M. Knight, chairman
of the Naval Decorations board, took
sharp issue with Secfetary
Daniels on the matter of nava)
awards.
Testifying before the senate
investigating committee, Admiral
Knight said the board could not agree
that officers who lost their ship
through enemy action were entitled
to high decorations unless they had
engaged the enemy.
Admiral Knight said the cases of
officers who lost their vessels
through submarine attacks were not
comparable witli those of Lawrence
and Perry as Mr. Daniel said in his
recent letter to Chairman Page, of
the senate naval committee. Law
rence’s name was immortal, the wit
ness declared, because of the spirit
he showed during the engagement
witli the enemy, while Perry’s name
will ever live in history because of
the skill and daring he showed in
transferring his flag from his sink
ing flagship to the Niagara and then
leading his almost defeated fleet to
victory.
Admiral Knight declared that Sec
retary Daniels placed “much em
phasis” on cases where Commanders
lost their ships in contact with the
enemy. .
“The board is unable to accept the
view that mere contact with the en
emy constituted in itself a claim
to recognition even when followed
by meritorious Service, unless such
service is in some measure connect
ed with operations, offensive or de
fensive. directed against the enemy,’’
Admiral Knight stated.
Secretary Daniels will be called
before the committee in a few days,
it is expected.
Recommendations for awards made
by the Knight board were overruled
in many cases by Secretary Daniels,
according to figures laid before the
committee by the admiral.
Chairman Page, of the senate na
val committee, has appointed Sena
tors Ball, of Delaware: Keyes, New
Hampshire, and King, of Utah, to
determine whether an investigation
should be made into charges by John
R. Rathom, of the Providence (R.
I.) Journal, that immoral conditions
exist in the navy with the full
knowledge of Secretary DanlOTM.
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, in
a statement today, said Mr. Rath
om’s Charges were, “in view of the
circumstances, a deliberate and ma
licious attempt to create trouble, in
addition to being false. His state
ment can only be considered a'ma
liciously vicious, dishonest and dis
honorable attack on the United
States navy.”
Assassin Wounds
Erzberger, German
Minister of Finance
BERLIN, Jan. 26. —Mathias Erz
berger, the minister of finance, was
wounded by a shot fired at him
today.
Herr Erzberger was shot as he
was leaving the criminal courts build
ing after a hearing in the Helfferich
libel suit. Only one shot struck the
minister.
His assailant, wh ogave his name
as Oltwig von Hirschfield, was ar
rested.
Polish Army Also Falls Into
Soviet Troops’ Hands.
Some of Red Cross Force
Well Known Here
LONDON, Jan. 26.—Russian so
viet cavalry has entered Persia and
Inidia, a Warsaw dispatch today
quoted BolsheVik sources as report
ing. Latest reports to the British
war office showed the Bolshevik
forces 500 miles from the Indian
frontier.
A Moscow wireless communique
announced that Admiral Kolchak,
former head of the all-russian and
anti-Bolshevik government, had been
made prisoner and was held with
his ministry at Irkutsk.
Siberian insurgents, the communi
que claimed, have handed over seven
carloads of silver to the soviet gov
ernment. The red advance in Si
beria continues.
BOLSHEVIKI CAPTURE
AMERICAN ENGINEERS
'CHITA, East Siberia, Monday, Jan
uary 19. — (Via Harbin, Manchuria,
Tuesday, January 20, by the As
sociated Press.) —Colonel Blunt and
seven other American engineers,
Miss Ford, Captain Charette, and
several other members of the Ameri
can Red Cross and an entire Polish
army, composed of former prisoners,
have been captured by the Bolshevik!
at Kliuchlnskaya, according to a
garbled telegram received from Jo
seph H. Ray, former American con
sul at Irkutsk.
The dispatch from Mr. Ray was
sent from somewhere beyond Nizh
niudinsk, January 14. It was some
what garbled in transmission. Kliu
chinskaya is on the Trans-siberian
railway, 100 miles west of Nizh
nludinsk.
The Czechs are fighting a rear
guard action with the reds near
Krasnayarsk. Bolshivism is gain
ing in Chita. Ernest L. Harris, for
mer American consul at Omsk, is
still in Chita.
The British, Japanese and French
missions, and members of the Amer
ican Red Cross have arrived in
Harbin. ■ v
COLONEL BLUNT’S HOME
BELIEVED IN NORTHWEST
ST. PAtIL, Mirn , Jan. 26. —Colonel
Blunt, reported last night in dis
patches from Siberia as having been
captured by the Bolsheviki, with sev
en other American engineers, several
members of the American Red Cross
and an entire Polish army. Lieuten
ant Colonel Blunt is in charge of the
engineer corps on the trans-Siberian
railway, according to Colonel George
H. Emerson, of this city, organizer of
the American engineering corps in
Siberia. ,
Colonel Emerson could not say
where Lieutenant Colonel Blunt came
from, but believed he was from the
northwest
Colonel Emerson organized the en
gineer corps on the trans-Siberian
railway. He left Irkutsk, December
10, and was succeeded by Lieutenant
Colonel Blunt, whose headquarters
vjere at Kiasanarask, 1,600 miles
west of Kliuchinakaya. He said when
the American engineer corps left this
country it consisted of 288 men. Many
of them have returned. Most of the
corps were railroad employes from
the northwest.
The offer is unparalleled. It gives you these
six publications at just half the regular selling
price. It is such an attractive proposition that
those who wish to take advantage of it had best
send in their subscriptions immediately, as we can
not tell just how long we will be able to sell them
at this price. Send in your order today.
Then tell your neighbors and your friends
about this splendid opportunity to get in touch
with national and state news, advanced farming
and general activities through the six publications
offered. They will appreciate your having called
j their attention to the “Big Six” offer. Use the
’coupon below.
No commissions are allowed on these orders.
The Semi-Weekly Journal, Atlanta, Ga. Gentlemen:
Enclosed find $1.40 for which send me your “BIG SIX”
combination offer.
Name
P. O
I z
I R. F. D State
I
Scents a coi i
$1.25 A YEAR
Article Ten and Monroe Doc
trine the Stumbling Block,
Democratic Decision to Be
Announced Tuesday '
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—Senato.-
Lodge, Republican leader, todays re
fused to resume bi-partisan treaty
conferences except upon the definite
understanding that no change what
ever be made in the Lodge reserva
tions on Article X and the Monro*
doctrine. He delivered this virtual
ultimatum to the Democratic mem
bers at a brief meeting today.
Democratic conferees immediately
went into executive session to* de
cide on their answer. Senatoi Hitch
cock in a statement issued after the
Democratic conference, announced
that the Democratic reply to Senator
Lodge will be delivered at another
meeting of the bi-partisan conferees
tomorrow morning.
Senator Lodge’s action is believed
to have made certain the breaking
off of the conferences, and to mark
the failure of this effort at treaty
compromise.
Senator Hitchcock and other Demo
crats seemed agitated by today’s de
velopment. In his formal statement
Senator Hitchcock said:
“When the conference assembled
Senator Lodge advised the senator*
present that he had been called int>
a meeting by certain Republican
senators and foi' that reason had
not been able to attend the last con
ference Friday. He regretted to say
that he found it impossible to re
sume the conference for a compro
mise except upon the understanding
that no change shall be made in the
reservation of Article 10 or on tha
Monroe doctrine. The Democrat-j
members retired for a private con
ference and will make their reply
to Senator Lodge Tuesday morning
at a meeting at 10:30.”
“The conference up to the time its
meetings were interupted hud ten
tatively agreed upon the preamble
and all sections of the reservations
except that relating to Article 10.
the Monroe doctrine and one or two
minor matters and an agreement
was apparently almost consummated
on Article 10 when adjournment sud
denly tame, ”followed by the inter
vention of the “irreconcilable Re
publicans.”
Senator Lodge made this statement
after the conference:
“I have ohly this to say about the
committee meeting this morning:
That I said to the committee there
is a very strong feeling among many
senators against any change in the
Lodge reservations, either in words
or in substance and that I thought
it only fair to say now what 1 have
already said in public that there can
be no compromise o fprinciple and
that it would be impossible to secure,
in my judgment, two-thirds of the
senate if any change was attempted
la such Articles 2 ana 5, those re
lating to Article 10’ and the Monroe
doctrine. I said this was a mere
statement of the situation.”
The position Senator Lodge assum
ed was said to have the approval
of a majority of the Republican
membership in the senate, including
Senators Johnson, of California, and
Borah, of Idaho, as well as others
of the group who have opposed any
modification of . the reservations
which the Democrats at the last
session declined to accept.