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®be Atlanta Saurwal X VOL. XXII. NO. 40. PEACE PROBLEMS BEFORE PREMIERS MEET IM MON Russian) Turkish and Other Questions Are Being Studied—League Council Is Also in Session . LONDON, Feb. 12.—London today had replaced Paris as the seat of deliberations to settle problems grow ing out of the World war. With the “big three” conference of premiers in session to decide fu ture allied attitude toward Russia, settlement of the Adriatic dispute be tween Italy and Jugo-Slavia, disposi tion of Constantinople and measures , to force Germany to live up to article 128 of the treaty of Versailles, and the council of the League of Nations meeting to bring about organization of that world society, London had ' become for the moment virtually the caiptal of Europe. The ‘‘big three” —Premiers Lloyd George, Millerand and Nltti —was con fronted with some of the most dif ficult questions that have come up since the closing of the main peace conference in Paris. The matters in cluded many that have been side tracked time after time because of - their delicacy. Marshal Foch and General Weig and were called into the premiers conference today. . Premiers Lloyd George, Nltti and Millerand went into conference in Downing street shortly before noon. One of the first questions to come before the premiers, it was believed, will be Germany’s virtual refusal to deliver the list of war guilty whose surrender for trial by allied tribu nals is demanded, and her delinquency in delivering coal to France, as pro vided by the treaty. Germany al ready is far behind in these deliv eries, French officials have com plained. There were many indications that r the premiers’ discussion probably will he marked by heated debate, as it was known they are at logger-heads on many important questions. Great Britain, it was said, is re luctant to allow the demand for sur render of German war guilty to be made a test case as to Germany’s in tentions toward the peace treaty, w,hile France takes the position that drastic measures must be used, if necessary, to force Germany to live up to article 228. The presence of Marshal Foch, who arrived late yes terday with Premier Millerand, was taken to indicate the French determi nation to discuss military measures, If necessary, to enforce surrender of * the accused Teutons. wMMW 1* . tfdn of Constantinople also was in- committee he favored permitting the ’ Turks to remain in Constantinople. with possible intCMiaMonal control of the city and port. ' Llb^d / Gabtge, on the other hand, recently told parlia ment that the Turk cannot be allow ed to remain in Europe. In this controversy, it was said, Premier Nltti Will side with France. Conflicting interests in the Near East also were expected to cause trouble. France, it was said, will Insist upon her full rights under the > treaty of 1918. ’ It was predicted that some solu tion of the Adriatic tangle will be reached at the conference, the first plan, it was believed, will be a sec ond endeavor to get Jugo-Slavia to accept the recent allied compromise agreement, which Jugo-Slavia once rejected. France and Great Britain, it was stated authoritatively, are ready to go almost any length to finally dispose of this troublesome controversy. M. Millerand was expected to urge further penalties against Germany for her failure to deliver the amounts of coal specified in the treaty. His debut as a member of the "big three” was watched with great Interest. . particularly for any possible change ' in French policies. PAYNE SELECTED TO BE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR WASHINGTON. Feb. 12.—John Barton Payne, of Chicago, has been selected by President Wilson to be secretary of the interior to succeed Franklin K. Lane. Mr. Payne is now chairman of the United States shipping board. Mr. Payne came to Washington •with Edward N. Hurley, former chairman of the shipping board, and took charge of the board’s legal de f partment. Later he went to the rail road administration as counsel. When Mr. Hurley resigned the ship ping board chairmanship, Mr. Payne succeeded him. He is a Chicagoan and has been active in politics and the civic af fairs of that city. ~.He was born in Pruntytown, Va.. Jn 1855. Before going to Chicago he practiced in West Virginia, where he Was special judge of the circuit court f of Tucker county and later mayor of Kingwood. He went to Chicago in 1883 and ten years later became judge of the superior court of Cook county. Mr. Payne will take over his new duties March 1, when Mr. Lane re tires at his <»»n request. Mt. Payne’s successor as feiairman of the ship ping board has not yet been an nounced. HEALS STOMACH TROU- • BLE AND TAPE WORM , AT HOME ...A sample home treatment which gives quick and lasting relief in all forms of stomach trouble, including tape Worms or other worms, is being -supplied to sufferers by Walter A. Reisner. Box C-64, Milwaukee. Wis. He is so confident of results that he guarantees absolute satisfaction in every case or there is no charge for the treatment. If you suffer from stomach trouble or any kind pf worms, send him your name and address today as this notice may ’ not appear again.— (Advt.) -SI MRS. EDNA C. QUINSLER of Kenosha. . Wisconsin, who has been awarded D. S. M. for I bravery as a Red Cross nurse. V Ji J / /& f&W c. STATEMENT OF DR. H. H. YOUNG STIRS CAPITAL BY DAVID LAWBEMCE (Copyright, 1920. for The Atlanta Journal.) WASHINGTON, Fob. 12.—Some thing of a mystery envelopes the issuance by Dr. Hugh M. Young, of Johns Hopkins university, of a state ment describing in detail, the illness of President Wilson, and revealing particularly what the White House has so long declined to admit, name ly that the president has suffered from an Impairment of the left leg and arm. So far as can be discovered, neith er President Wilson nor Dr. Cary T. Grayson, his physician, were con sulted concerning the statement and there is good reason to believe that Its publication was hardly pleasing to them. On the other hand it is thought inconceivable that a man of Dr. Young’s position would so far violate professional ethics as to au thorize a newspaper interview re vealing the nature of the illness of one of his patients without sanction. The plain Inference is that some body in the government who has felt that the White House policy of concealing the facts of the presi dent’s illness was misleading and un fair to the public told Dr. Young to go. ahead. It is not important to know who the person was, but it is a confession that the curiosity of the public to know the truth about the president’s ailment has at • ast reached a point where the wishes of the president’s own household to keep the matter a private affair are to some extent being set aside in the interest of the public. A Question The whole situation develops out of the conflict between the rights of the public and ths rights of the president and his family to keep their privacy from being Invaded. Just where' does the right of the public end and the right of a public official begin? There are those who defend vigor ously the White House, policy of si lence on the ground that while the president was in the midst of the se rious stage of his Illness, and nobody could tell just what developments might bring, ft would have been po litically disastrous to hand over to Mr. Wilson’s political opponents a lever with whigh to delay action on the treaty by raising the question of the president's incapacity to dis charge his public duties. Now that the president has passed tha crisis, now on the road to recovery, it is in sisted that no harm can be done by revealing in retrospect the fact of the case. On the other hand, the distinct loss to the White House in the cir cumstances, is the Impression that it has given to so many persons that informal utterances on subjects of interest to the public may have to be taken with a grain of salt. There always arises a moment in every administration when the newspaper correspondents begin to lose faith in the sincerity in the public men who do not deal frankly. Correspondents “Up a Tree” Usually when an embarrassing -question arises officials have been known to make a clean breast of a case, and point out the reasons why secrecy is necessary. This was par ticularly true during the war, and there are no cases of importance on record wherein confidence was vio lated. But in the matter of Mr. Wilson’s illness, the correspondents have lit erally been “up a tree.” Torn be tween a desire not to pry too close ly into the private affairs of the president, and a consciousness at the same time that the public has a right to know whether its chief ex ecutive can transact public business, the newspaper men have consistent ly accepted statements made to them from authoritative quarters as being frank and complete. Dr. Young’s revlations give the impres sion, that on more than One occa sion, the correspondents were delib erately misled. This may not be important from the viewpoint of officials, for they frequently imagine the public much less interested in events than are the inquiring correspondents. More than one request for information has been lightly dismissed as “idle” I curiosity. In this particular in stance, however, the policy of with i holding the truth served only to in ■ tenslfy the eagerness of the public i to know the true state of Mr. Wil l son’s health. Demands for informa- I tion have * come from newspapers ' i usually very friendly, but these edi- ■ I torials have had little effect. Some- I body then hit upon the idea of issu- I ing an inspired statement giving de- J tails. Mystery Deepens This appeared nearly a month ago In a Baltimore newspaper, but the name of the physician was not given and the story was not given wide circulation because of its anonymity. Then the same newspaper, actuated no doubt, by the desire to keep faith with its readers, printed a second statement, this time by the authority of Dr. Hugh Young himself. Just how much the White House played a part in the effort to set the public straight cannot be ascer tained as yet. Certainly the most direct method would have been to issue a statement to the Associated Press or the United Press or Inter- NEW RESERVATION TOO DRASTIC, ® SENATORJETCHCOCK Democratic Treaty Leader Refuses to Accept Latest Compromise Offering of Mild Republican Group WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—Indica tions of the difficulties that must be overcome before the senate can reach a compromise on Article 10 of the League of Nations covenant were seen today in rejection by Senator Hitchcock of a widely heralded “compromise” submitted by mild res ervationists. Senator Hitchcock declared that its acceptance by Democrats would in volve an even more abject surrender than acceptance of the original Lodge reservation. The proposed compromise modifi cation of the Lodge reservation which Senator Lodge was declared ty mild reservationists to have accept ed, provides that "the United States assumes no obligation to preserve, by the use of its military or naval forces, or by the economic boycott, or by any other means, the territorial integrity and political Independence of any other nation.” It differs from the original Lodge reservation in the addition of the words "by the use of its‘military or naval forces, by the economic boy cott or by any other means.” In the opinion of many senators it is a great deal more drastic and unbend ing than the original Lodge reserva tion. “That proposal would rob us of every weapon we could use under Article 10,” said Senator Hitchcock. He said it could not be considered for a minute. The mild reservationists said that in spite of Senator Hitchcock’s at titude, they had assurances of Dem ocratic votes. But it was considered doubtful that enough Democrats would sup port it to insure its acceptance, in asmuch as it is conceded the much milder Lodge reservation could not command the necessary Democratic support. “Many substitutes will be offered before we get one that will prove acceptable,” Senator Hitchcock pre dicted. Senator Hitchcock is about the most pessimistic man in the sen ate about ratification. Practically all the other leaders speak confidently but Senator Hitchcock, when asked as to his view of rne prospects, re plied: “I don’t know.” The senate adjourned today as a mark of respect to the memory of Abraham Lincoln. Adjournment -fol lowed reading of Lincoln’s'Gettysburg address by Senator Keyes, of New Hampshire, who read from original manuscript in Lincoln's writing, which has been i,p the possession of the Ksyes family many years. Senator Harris Moves To Protect Interests of Georgia Hog Raisers The Atlanta Journal News Bureau, 623 Biggs Building, BY THBODOBE TILLER WASHINGTON, D. C., eb. 12. Senator Harris, on Wednesday, asked the secretary of agriculture to pre pare bulletins covering the depart ment’s recommendations regarding the feeding of hogs so that there may be additional light thrown on causes of the lower prices paid southern hog raisers as compared with those of other sections. A re cent report of the federal trade com mission showed that hog raisers in the south are paid from 1 to 5 cents per pound less for their meat be cause of the alleged "soft and oily” quality resulting from the feeding of peanuts. Senator Harris said that he did not admit that the lower price in the south is due to this. He de clared he had information that an Illinois business man is buying Geor gia hogs at the cheaper price and then reselling them in Chicago at the higher western prices. If the quality of the Georgia hog is poorer, the senator argues, this would not be possible. Secretary Meredith, of the depart ment of agriculture, has agreed to lay all available information cov ering hog raising before <he s.n'h ern farmers. Whisky Dispensary May Be Established NEW YORK, Feb. 12.—Steps to ward the establishment of a gov ernment whisky dispensary were taken today by United States At torney Ross, of Brooklyn, because of profiteering of druggists and the poor quality they have sold. On re quest of Brooklyn physicians, Ross said he would discuss the matter with the commissioner of internal revenue in an endeavor to have some federal agency sell good whisky at reasonable prices on prescription. Two More Arrests in Girard Bank Robbery COLUMBUS. Ga.. Feb. 12.—Two more arrests have been made in the Girard bank robbery case, in which $27,000 was stolen by hold-up men several days ago, it was learned to day. Sam Morris, taxicab man of Mont gomery, Ala., and Tom Pace. of | Girard. Ala., have been taken to the i Russell county jail at Seale. Ala., ! charged with complicity in the hold up. I national News Service, which three • services reach all the newspapers of 1 the country. | But the mystery deepens when it is found that some of the things in Ur. Young’s utterance are described as "minor Inaccuracies," and while the substance of his declaration ap pears to bo admitted, it is pointed out by others who are in a position to know, that Dr. Young was not called in until the trouble with the I prostratic gland developed. The in ! ference is that he learned about the ; case second-hand from the other phy | sicians who treated the president’s arm and leg. And still there Is no full and frank statement of the president’s condi-» tion issued on the authority of the White House. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1920. EXPENDITURES ARE BEING PROBED IN NEWBERRY HEARING More Speed Is Urged by Judge Sessions —Twenty- One Witnesses Placed on Stand Yesterday GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., Feb. 12. More speed was called for today in the Newberry trial by Judge Ses sions. The court warned attorneys they must get faster action in ex amination of witnesses. Twenty-two witnesses were exam ined yesterday, the largest numbet heard in one day during the trial! Approximately one hundred have tes tified. The government today shifted its course from pursuance of the fraud angle to expenditures in Uhe 1918 campaign by the Newberry organiza tion. Many minor witnesses were to testify regarding sums spent for va rious purposes to procure the elec tion of Trurr’.n H. Newberry to the; United States senate. Publicity Fund $130,000 C. R. Higbee, of Benton Harbor, started proceedings in the Newberry elections conspiracy trial this morn ing with additional direct testimony. Higbee, who was clerk of the grand jury which returned the indict ments last fall, related his recollec tion of the testimony before that body of James B. Haskins of How ard City. He said Haskins was em ployed in the Newberry publicity de partment at $45 a week and expenses. Higbee said Haskins described ths publicity and advertising work. The testimony was that the publicity ap propriation was $130,000 at the start but was exceeded .later. Haskins was quoted as saying he understood the campaign was to be principally a publicity affair, but later he learned a good deal of money was being used. The testimony quoted Haskins as saying that William Nickel, who “pretended to be working for Hehn-e was really a Newberry employe.” That “Million Dollars” Attorney George E. Nichols, cross examining, switched to yesterday’s testimony regarding Roman F. Glocheski’s grand Jury appearance. Higbee told Martin W. Littleton yes terday Glocheski was in the room fifteen or twenty minutes on one oc casion and about five minutes on an other. Today he fixed the period at perhaps ten minutes and “certainly less than an hour.” The “million dollars” piled on a table in Paul King’s office was then taken up. "Didn’t he say this money was used for payrolls and when asked how much was there Replied that there might have been a thousand or there might have been a million?’ asked Mr. Nichols. "I don’t remember that statement.” said Higbee. "I do remember that he/ said the bills were S2O, SSQ and SIOO - add that it looked Hke $1,000,* Higbee could not remember that Glocheski told the grand jurors he never paid a cent to anyone ♦-« • r*et votes or influence for Newberry. The government yesterday kept up its bombardment on the money issue, getting into the record a quotation from one defendant that the cam paign cost around SBOO,OOO, and from another that he saw on a table in the office of Paul King. Newberry campaign manager, a pile of money that “looked like a million dollars." Expenses Near $500,000 Frank Sparks, associate editor of the Grand Rapids Herald, said he talked last spring with Richard R. Fletcher, state labor commissioner, at Lansing. He said he told letcher that he heard the expenses of the' campaign were nearer $500,000 than the $176,000 reported, and Fletcher replied that it was “nearer SBOO,OOO, and he knew what he was talking about.” The money on the table was de scribed to the grand jury by R. F. Glochoski, a Grand Rapids defend ant, according to C. R. Higbee, clerk of the grand jury. He testified sev eral days ago concerning testimony given by three campaign field agents and was recalled to relate what Glo choski and Frank O. Gilbert, of Bay City, told the inquisitors. Alaskan Forests May Help Solve Problem Os Paper Shortage SEATTLE. Alaska wants to throw open her millions of acres of national forests so that the billions of feet of paper wood of the north land can help relieve the pulp and newsprint famine. Governor Thomas Riggs, Jr., of Alaska, declared here recently. Governor Riggs was here on his way from Juneau, capital of Alaska, to Washington, D. C,, where he ex pected to help press pending legis lation intended to remove restric tions and allow pulp manufacturers to go into the Tongass and Chuga. i reservations, the northern territory’: two great reserves. , Pulp and paper men are anxious to go to Alaska and establish mills i s great as those operated in British Columbia not • south of the Alaska boundary line, the governor asserted. Under the present law the pulp makers cannot enter the reservatioi s with any certainty that they will be allowed to stay. Alaska’s great fob’sts stretch over approximately 34,000 square mues, an area nearly equal in size to the state of Indiana, according to esti mates made by government officials. Several tundred million feet of good pulp wood, including western yellow j hemlock,. Sitka spruce, white fir and lodgepple pine, are oa the forest reserves alone.’ Man Who Torpedoed Sussex Is Demanded BERLIN, Wednesday, Feb. 11.—A first lieutenant in command of a German submarine torpedoed the English channel steamer Sussex on Marcvh 24, 1916, according to a local newspaper, which comments on the extradition list received from the al lies. It is declared this man has since died. Captain Steinbrinck is charged on the extradition list with being re sponsible for the attack upon the Sussex, which caused the death of fifty persons. NEW YORK’S ELECTRICALLY CONTROLLED TRAFFIC TOWER, erected on Fifth ave nue for a trial, which, if successful, will lead to its installation throughout the city. It is claimed in Detroit, where the towers are used, that they facilitate the handling of traffic in congested districts.— Photo by Central News Service. liiif ’ ■ WBHMTc. dMIMII Mak GIRL HITS CHIEF, AND LATER TELLS STRANGE LIFE-TALE She stood up very straight—and very easy to look at in the feminine ward at the police station Thursday, and she told her own story, also very straight, to all appearances; all about her mother and a step fafther and her adventures as a saleswoman of Texas oil tsock in St. Louis; and how she was married last April and it didn’t take, and her mother had it annulled, and why she had jumped on Chief Beavers yester day afternoon and e>ither scratched or bit him, the fair deponent didn’t rightly know which. /Now, this may seem to the gentle or mettlesome reader to be a bit confused, and so it is. Very confus ed, for so straight a story. But, you see, a great many strange things have happened to x this young girl between the time she matriculated at a local female college and the aft ernoon-r-yesterday—she fh%w at Chief Beavers in his own office for asking her a rather personal ques tion. The Girl’s Story. Using her own calculations, the Btory runs thus: ~,, 'The girl is 'Miss Catherine Simp son, 19 years old in two months— she says; 17, according to her moth er, M?s. Jessie Spencer, of- 90 Ira street. Last April she was married to Raymond A. Gould, a newspaper advertising man in Atlanta; but her mother had the marriage annulled, on the plea that her daughter was not of age. Miss Simpson, then, was a junior at Cox college on the second day of last December, when she suddenly disappeared and went to St. Louis to seek her fortune. She found some thing resembling it. "I got a job selling stock in a Texas oil company.” she explained. “I did well, I was $1,600 ahead when my r other found out where I was and began begging me to come back home. I came on to Atlanta and got here last Sunday.” At this stage of the proceedings, to put it bluntly. Miss Sompson got cold feet on the home-and-mother proposition*. "I felt that I simply couldn't go home,” she said. “My mother had been awfully hard on me,’ and my step-father had been harsh. I went to the Ansley hotel and registered under an assumed name.” In fact, Miss Simpson was said to be living in considerable style and a suit of rooms when her moth er found out about it and had her arrested by Mrs. J. C. Davis, a po licewoman; Bit Chief Beavers The altercation with Chief Beav ers followed soon after the arrest, Wednesday afternoon. “They took me to the chief’s of fice,” said Miss Simpson, “and he asked me a lot of questions, and I answered him politely, and then he asked me If I was a dope-fiend.” Whereupon, to the best of the de ponent’s. knowledge and recollection, she hit him. She does not remember either scratching or biting the chief, but he had a small nip on one hand after the encounter. “I’m sorry,” she said, “but it made me so mad I dian’t know what I was doing.” Incorrigible Says Mother And so Miss Simpson, 17 or 19, five-feet-two, with very dark hair and very blue eyes and the prettiest complexion you almost ever saw, sits I quietly in the women’s ward at the police station, awaiting a hearing in ’ the recorder’s court. The mother says the girl is incor- | rigible and that she wants to get her | in the industrial home. U. S. Destroyer Talbot Reported in Distress In the Black Sea CONSTANTINOPLE. Feb. 10—The American destroyer Talbot, was re ported -today in distres near Ser pent’s Island, in the Black Sea. It Is thought, however, that the report I may refer to the Talbot’s standing by the British cruiser Ceres, which is towing- a v tanker and two tugs loaded with refugees from Odessa to ward Constanza, Rumania, under bad weather conditions. A blizzard is general ovfer the Black sea. The ' Russian steamer Gregorieff ran aground near the Killia life-sav ing station at the Black sea entrance to the Bosphorus. One hundred and fifty of her passengers were rescued in the raging storm by means of a line landed from the ship by a rock et, and efforts are continuing for the rescue of the 200 remaining passen gers and crew. The Gregorieff is a 7,000-ton ves- I sei. She left Odessa Sunday. EXPECT RAILROAD MEASURE TO BE LAW BY MARCH WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—(8y ths Associated Press.) —While some op position to the railroau bill as final ly agreed upon in conference has de veloped, senate and house leaders predicted today the conference re port on the measure would be promptly adopted so that the legisla tion would be on the statute books before the roads are returned to pri vate control March 1. The final draft of the conference report is now being made and it will be presented to the senate Saturday or Monday. The house expects to take the report up Monday or Tues day at the latest and leaders said to day it would be disposed of in two days. Chairman Esch, of the house inter state commerce committee, one of the authors of the railroad bill, and other leaders expressed confidence that opposition by house Democrats would not delay passage of the meas ure. They based their prediction up on the fact that the bill, as rewritten In conference, is substantially the same as the Esch bill recently pass ed by the house. . Senate provisions to which there was objection, Includ ing the anti-strike section, creation of a transportation board and com pulsory consolidations were stricken out in conference. The essential ad dition to the house bill was the fix ing of a guaranteed return of 5 1-2 per cent. “With the time already fixed by President Wilson for return of the roads and the widespread demand from the people that they be handed back," Chairman Esch said today, “failure to enact necessary legisla tion before March 1 would be dis astrous. I am satisfied, however, the_ house will adopt the conference report without delay.” Chairman Cummins of the senate interstate commerce committee and one of the framers of the bill, said there was no doubt of the acceptance of the conference report by the sati ate. “There is no opposition to the bill tn the senate other than which was expressed when the bill originally was up for consideration,” he said. “As far as the house is concerned, however, I have made no effort to ascertain what its fate there will .be.” Senator Pomerene, Democrat, Ohio, one of the senate conferees, said he was "very confident the conference report would be approved.” “While I have not undertaken any canvass of the house,” said Senator Robinson, Democrat, Arkansas, an other conferee, “I am sure it will pass that body and I am sure a large number of Democrats will vote for the report.” An equally optimistic view was ex pressed by Senator Lodge, the Re publican leader. "It most certainly will pass the senate and I feel sure it will also pass the house,” he said, referring to the conference report. Senator Smoot, Republican, Utah, said reports that congress would not finally approve the bill as modified by the conferees "were only part of the propoganda that has been circu lated against the bill.” Throws Away Money To Illustrate Waste NORTHAMPTON, Mass., Feb. 12. bilver and gold were thrown away here yesterday to illustrate a talk I on’the waste represented by the al-I leged carelessness among factory j employes. The treasurer of a i hosiery company told the operatives I tnat in a week 11,760 needles, worth I 1 1-4 cent each had been lost. The effect was the same, he said, I as if $147 were thrown from the : shop window, whereupon the treas- | urer took from' his desk a pile of ! 147 silver dollars and tossed them out of the window. Boiler Explosion Is Fatal to Two Men FORT PAYNE, Ala., Feb. 12.—1 Charles Morgan and a young man named Everett were literally blown to pieces in a boiler explosion at a sawmill near Chevies, a small town on Sand mountain, west of here, just as the employes were quitting work. According to details of the acci dent reaching here the boiler had been allowed to become dry and when cold water was turned in it exploded, wrecking the mill and throwing mis siles for a great distance, one large stone going through a roof of a house and narrowly missing the oc cupants. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES TURN EYES TO GEORGIA The Atlanta. Journal News Bureau, 623 Riggs Building. BY THEODORE TILLER WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—The early presidential primary in Geor gia has caused Democratic candi dates to turn their eyes towards that state, with indications of a prompt showdown, particularly on the Un derwood candidacy. Published state ments indicating that Senator Un derwood had tacitly consented to the use of his name in Georgia are like ly to bring on lively complications, including the presentation of the name of Senator Hoke Smith by his friends in the state. Meanwhile, the Champ Clark, Palmer, Hoover, Cox, Marshall and other booms may be expected to show some life in Geor gia. Georgia Democrats in Washington for the past two days have been dicusslng the meeting of the Democratic committee and the com ing presidential primary in Georgia. Senator Hardwick is urging that Senator Reed’s name be put on the list of candidates to be voted for. Senator Reed had been called home >by the sickness of fils mother and will not return until Friday, when his consent to enter the Georgia primary will be asked. There is talk here of presenting to Georgians the names of Vice President Marshall, Attorney Gen eral Palmer and Hoover. The suggestion that the name of Senator Underwood be presented to the Georgia electorate for president has brought forth the query as to whether this is just a scheme of certain politicians to enter the Geor gia convention with a plan to cap ture the delegates and fight, under cover, the position of Senator Smith, using Senator Underwood’s name simply as a stalking horse to get delegates. Senator Underwood Is known to have advised his friends that he does not desire the nomina tion at San Francisco this year, and that he will not be a candidate, but that he is a candidate now in the election about to be held in Alabama , for the sante. Senator Hoke Smith has received within the past two days a number of letters and telegrims urging if the name of Senator Underwood ■is used in the Georgia primary, he will owe it to those who oppose the League of Nations covenant without rfeservatiohs to permit the use of his name for the presidential nomina tion. When this subject was bfought to his attention, Senator Smith said: "I do not wish to discuss it further ’than to say I cannot believe Senator Underwood will consent to the use of his name in such a manner, but ■I do not fear the Issue, if forced.” Wilson Probably Will Call and Attend Next Cabinet Meeting WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—The next meeting of the cabinet probably will be called and presided over by Pres ident Wilson. Secretary Lansing, who has been issuing the calls for the meetings for several months, said today he had written cabinet oficlrs there would be no more regular sessions of the president’s official family for the present. He would offer no ex planation, but ft was understood his letter was written by direction of Mr. Wilson. Throughout the president’s illness the cabinet has mat regularly and when the coal strike situation be came acute the meetings were in creased from one to two weekly. There was no meeting yesterday and none will be held tomorrow. For several weeks now the presi dent has been taking more and more of a hand in the conduct of official business. Secretary Tumulty said today he had never seen Mr. Wilson looking better. President Wilson today showed how far he had gone toward re covery by: , Taking complete charge of rail road wage controversy. Deciding to preside at the next cabinet meeting. Appointing John Barton Payne, recretary of the interior. Approving, the sale of ex-German liners. Deciding to accept an offer to. be come honorary president of the American Olympic association. Don’t Fail to See Page 10 Readers of The Semi-Weekly Journal will be deeply interested in the full-page announcement on page 10 of today’s issue. Be sure to read it. Scents a copy. $1.23 A YEAR. PRESIDENT WILSON . TO CONFER WITH RIILHJCHIEFS Settlement of Controversy) Without Strike, Is Expect ed by Officials in Wash ington WASHINGTON, Feb’. 12.—Presi dent Wilson will have a personal conference tomorrow with three rep resentatives of the railroad brother hoods to discuss the wage demands of the 2,000,000 railroad employes which are to be referred to him to day by Director General Hines. Bert M. Jewell, head of the Amer ican Federation of Labor, railway de partment, was named chairman of the committee of three to meet Pres ident Wilson. Other members of the committee are: J. E. Manion, of the Railway i Telegraphers and Timothy Shea, head of the firemen and enginemen. To Meet on South. Lawn The union leaders will see the 1 president on the south lawn at the (White House, where Mr. Wilson spends a portion of each morning. Before meeting the brotherhood Offi cials the president will study in de tail the report on the wage negotia tions which Mr. Hines will submit 1 through Secretary Tumulty. The director general was In con ference with Mr. Tumulty this morning, and then returned to his office to complete his memorandum for the president, who will be asked to make the final decision on the de mands presented by the railroad workers nearly a year ago. Mines* Memorandum Mr. Hines’ memorandum, which was sent to the White House shortly before noon, was understood to have embodied the claims and arguments of the union offlcals with whom he has been conferring since February 3. Railroad administration officials and union representatives apparently , were Inclined to regard the situation as quiescent while White House offi cials expressed concern at the grav ity of the problems presented. With out disclosing what these questions were, it was declared the general pub lic did not realize the serious nature of issues involved. Mr. Hines has made a tentative appointment for this afternoon with J. B. Malloy, vice president of the brotherhood of maintenance of way employes and shop laborers and his committee of ten, to discuss the or ganization’s alleged grievances which led to its call for a strike next Tues day. Administration officials were en gaged today in resurrecting all claims submitted by this group of workers before its wage agreement was signed last November 22. Tho agreement shows it became effective December 16 and federal officials say they have not been formally notified of an abrogation of the agreement which provides that a 30-day notice of cancellation must be fflvSn. Officials Concerned • W. G. Lee, president of the broth erhood of railroad trainmen, also was to confer with the director gen eral on his individual reasons for in validating the agreement which his organization has. Notification of in tention to break the agreement was given Mr. Hines January 23, which, under the thlrty-day clause, will leave that oragnization without a working contract with the railroad administration on February 23, six days before the roads return to their owner. The action of Mr. Lee admittedly is giving administration officials con cern. While his representatives have participated in all sessions of the general conference, Mr. Lee contend ed his organization had reserved the right to press its grievances for ad-, justment separately. He declined ‘to add to his statement of yesterday which asserted the trainmen had waited sufficiently long for the gov ernment to force down living costs. Optimistic View . Just how much time the president will require in considering the state ments is problematical, but it was believed it would be short. Whether he upholds the views of Director- General Hines or decides that the de mands of the employes are just and should be granted, the opinion was expressed that a settlement finally ■will be made through the machinery to be set up by llglslatlon now pend ing which will govern the return of the rail properties to their former owners. HOUSTON GIVES’ REASSURANCE ON MONEY OUTLOOK WASHINGTON, Feb. 12.—An no.'ncing that the last remaining floating Indebtedness of the gov ernment would be redeemed Monday, Secretary Houston said the posi tion of the treasury was “very bright,” and that government offi cials saw nothing in the present financial situation which they would regard as extremely grave. Savannah Puts License On Passenger Airplane SAVANNAH, Ga., Feb. 12. The Savannah city council is right up to date in the matter of garnering reve nue. It has fixed a license of $1 per day for all airplanes used to carry passengers over the city for hire. ASK MB. 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