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Newspaper Page TextThe Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal VOL. XXli. NO. 42. CHARLES E. HUGHES PRAISES HOW FOR HIS PUBUC SERVICE Former Food Administrator Called “Diplomat, Finan cier and Statesman’ —ls Awarded Medal MXJW YORK, Feb. 19—Herbert Hoover, hailed as “financier, diplo mat and statesman,” by Charles Evans Hughes at a testimonial meet ing given in his honor here last night by the Civic Forum, declared that the “nation’s sense of duty to the greatest number" is in danger of be ing overwhelmed by “selfishness and partisanship.” In recognition of his “distinguished public service” Mr. Hoover was presented with the Civic Forum medal of honor, wita which only three other American citizens have been honored —Alexan- der Graham Bell. Thomas Alva Edi son and George Washington Goethals. In accepting the medal Mr. Hoover said he only did so on the condition that the recognition include his col leagues and the thousands of men and women of America who gave me their support in my undertakings.” It was only the “common sense” and “whole-hearted co-operation" oi the American people that had made his relief work in Europe a success. Mr. Hoover declared. “I believe this quality of co-operation will con tinue," he added, "although we are faced by another complex problem “We are in some danger that self ishness and partisanship will over whelm our sense of duty to the greatest number.” In relating Mr. Hoover’s achieve ments abroad, Horace V. Winchell, retiring president of the Institute of American Mining Engineers, re vealed that the former food admin istrator had gathered in Europe 80,- 000 volumes of literature on the war. brought them to the United States and presented them to Leland Stan ford University, his Alma Mater. “As a result of this generous bene faction,” he added, “the history of the great war will be written in this country and hither for generations will come students of the subject from all parts of the globe.” Mr. Hughes reviewed the former food administrator’s relief work in Belgium, declaring that it "was con ducted not only without reproach, but with such efficiency that it chal lenged the admiration of the world.” “Hoover, as administrator of re lief,” he continued, "was at once financier, diplomat and statesman. He came into contact with the gov ernments of tfie allies and with the despotism of the central powers. He was ready, equipped,- firm, fearless and adequate.” CANADIAN MINISTER INSISTS ON LEAGUE VOTE WINNIPEG, Feb. 19.—Either Can-’ ada or the United States would have to step otit of the League of Na tions under the Lenroot reservation proposed in the United States sen ate, and Canada will insist on its right to a place, Arthur Meighen, minister of the interior, asserted in an address before the Winnipeg board cf trade. _ Membership in the league without power to vote, he said, would be a sham. "The signs are not so reassuring as we would like,” Mr. Meighen con tinued. “Representation obtained by Can dida is essential if the right of the Canadian people to nationhood is not to be abrogated. Canada can recog nize no league in which we have a part where our vote and representa tion are not conceded.” PRISONERSnT CHICAGO WILL SEE HANGING CHICAGO, Feb. 19. —Prisoners now in the Cook county jail here will witness the hanging of "Smiling Jack” O’Brien tomorrow, despite protests from State’s Attorney Hoyne and other officials, Sheriff Charles ML Peters declared today. Mr. Hoyne sent an interpretation of the law regarding hangings to Sheriff Peters, in which he stated the sheriff would violate the statutes preventing public hanging if other prisoners were allowed to see O’Brien’s death Mr. Peters claimed Mr. Hoyne mis interpreted the law. Many protests from Women’s clubs and civic organizations have been made. The sheriff said it would be “an object lesson” for other pris oners. Among those who will see the hanging, if the sheriff carries out his plan, are “Big Tim” Murphy and four others held with him in con nection with the murder of “Moss” Enright, gunman and labor union head. An appeal for a stay of execution for O’Brien was before the pardon board today. O’Brien, convicted of killing a policeman, claimed his pal was the actual murderer. PLAN OF COOK SHEHRIFF IS CALLED “BARBAROUS” OSSINING, N. Y., Feb. 19. —“Bar- barous” was the word used today by Warden Lewis E. Lawes, of Sing Sing, to describe the plan of Sheriff Teters to hang “Smiling Jack” O’Brien in the view of fellow prson ers in the county jail in Chicago to morrow. “It can only be compared to burn ing witches at the stake as we read they did in the early days of Massa chusetts,” Mr. Lawes declared, “and it can have no effect other than ill, on either thosq who see if, or read about it. The plan reads like a press dispatch from Mexico.” 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 botfly of the same kind of medicine which be gave me He has generously promised to sehd it prepaid, free to any rone who writes him.”—(Advt.) M' ■ PEOPLE LOOKING FOR NEXT MOVE FROM MR. WILSON f '■ ' BY DAVID IAWBEHCE -(Copyright. 1920. for The Atlanta Journal.) WASHINGTON. Feb. I!# Three days outside of Washington, talking with people in all walks of life, peo ple in New York state. Michigan and Illinois, has given the writer an idea of how a cross section of Amer ican public opinion feels about the Wilson-Lansing break. And the one part of it is, that on my return to Washington. I find hardly a realiza tion of the astounding political ef fect which the episode has had. The national capital has so many sensations that it is often calloused to cabinet resignations and regards them as mere flurries. It is true that' the editorial ex pression has been almost unanimous in denouncing the abrupt dismissal of Secretary Lansing, but even edi torials are sometimes brushed aside in this intensely political year by ad minictraton men as an ephemeral bound to pass sooner or later. Not so. however, is the judgment of the average man I encountered in such places as Binghamton and Syra cuse in New York state. Detroit or Chicago and on the trains traveling between these points. Never in my own experience has it seemed to me that opinion was so uniform. Dem ocrats and Republicans alike disap prove of what the president has done but the regrettable and significant fact, however, is not mere conedinna tion of what has happened, but won der about what will happen. The Inevitable Question No matter where one went, the question that was shot back, “did the president’s illness have anything to do with thatt Lansing letter?” Try as one might to offset such an impression, there is no doubt that every act of President Wilson from this time cn will be subjected to an embarassing scrutiny. The incident has made amazing inroads on that intangible yet all important factor in government, namely, public con fidence. Once that is forfeited, poli ticians of the opposite party seem strengthened and permitted to reap the benefits of the situation. As for morale among the Demo crats, I talked with a few leaders who are dyed in the wool Wilson men, the kind who will defend to the last ditch the president’s appeal in 1918 for a DemocrVic coTigress and who will excuse nearly everything he has ever done in seven years. But their frame of mind on the Lansing episode was one of helpless ness and bewilderment. Their atti tude was analagous to that of the hero-worshiping fans who have ad mired all season long the brilliant playing of a fielder only to see him throw the telling game in the world series by dropping the ball in the nintji inning with three men on base. They, have memories of brilliant past performance and their chagrin is mingled with disappointment of the keenest sort. Effect on Europe It is curious indeed that much of the feeling is that of pity. People wonder why the presidetit wasn’t stopped by some one in the inner circle from passing out the Lansing letter. People suspect even that the president’s outburst on the Fiume question is pique and temper. I find here in Washington a little echo of that. Foreign diplomats think the effects of the dismissal of Lansing was to create an impres sion in Europe that the president was suffering from the tedium of a long illness and now they believe his threat to withdraw the treaty is part and parcel of the circumstances surrounding his illness. It would be tragic if Europe began discount ing American action because of the indisposition of the president, real or imaginary. But out in the country, away from Washington, there really isn’t much interest in the Fiume ques tion. It is a little too involved and intricate for the average man to un derstand without study, and he is far too busy attending to his do mestic troubles to read up on the quarrel with the Jugo-Slavs. The expulsion of Lansing,from tjie cabinet is something he can under stand. He never knew much about Lansing. If one wants to discover how important a cabinet job is as rule let him ask somebody outside of Washington to give the names of half the members of the cabinet of this or any other president. It wasn’t sympathy for Lansing or even a passing concern about the secretary of state’s differences of opinion with his superior officer that occasioned the outburst on the part of the aver age man. It was merely that his credulity was taxed by the first sen tence in Mr. Wilson’s letter, which asked. “Is it true, etc,” that cabi net meetings had been held during his illness. It was a simple set of circumstances, easy to grasp. I.oss of Prestige People remembered that when the president got sick, the cabinet did meet. They don’t understand yet why it shouldn’t have met, even if tech nically it was wrong to do so. They have grown accustomed during the war period of seeing technicalities brushed aside in the interest of the war emergency and they still expect government officials to go ahead when there is no specific provision of law and do the best thing for the country. They seem to think .t was right to call cabinet meetings. That’s why it is no exaggeration to say Mr. Wilson hurt himself im measurably with the people of the country and damaged to an extent, yet not valcufcible his leadership iff the Democratic party. Instead of being the greatest asset for the cam paign, Mr. Wilson is at present writ ing a large liability to the Demo crats. They know it and they are wishing some heroic measures might be taken to recover lost prestige. Would Send Kaiser to Island of Curacao PARIS. Feb. 19.—Suggestion that former Emperor 'William be sent to the Island of Curacao, off the Vene zuelan coast, are received more fa vorably in some quarters at The Hague than the idea of transport ing him to one of the Dutch East Indies, according to the Matin. The newspaper says that the last allied note to the Dutch government caused evident embarrassment at the Dutch capital. Don’t Fail to See Page 12 Readers of The Semi-Weekly Journal will be deeply interested in the full-page announcement on page 12 of today’s issue. Be sure to read it. NEW YORK SPEECH OF HOOVER WINS : WIDE APPROVAL The Atlanta Journal News Bureau, 628 Riggs Building. BY THEODOBE TII.X.F.K WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Com ment among members of congress on the speech delivered by Herbert Hoover before the American Insti tute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers in New York is generally favorable. Both Democrats and Re publicans agree that Mr. Hoover's views in the main are quite sound. Even old-line Republicans and poli ticians, who get impatient whenever anyone informs them that there is a great deal of Hoover sentiment throughout the country, had to ad mit that he made a good speech and showed an excellent grasp of pub lic question?. In Democratic ircles the comment was also complimentary to Mr. Hoover. Democrats do not get so excited as Republicans when Mr. Jlover is mentioned here as a possi ble presidential candidate, but they, too. know of the apparent country wide drift toward Mr. Hoover. Cor respondence of both senators and congressmen shows there is consid erable Hoover talk north, east, south and west, but nobody seems to know just how the Hoover sentiment got started. Senator Capper, in his comment on Mr. Hoover’s speech, said the wheat farmers were against Herbert Hoover, but this is not indicated by recent straw votes taken in western states, where Mr. HooVer was well in the lead. The New York World today iniblishes a result of how I members of congress took Mr. Hoover’s New York speech. ■World’s Dispatch The World prints the following from Washington: “Old guard Re publicans frown at the mere men tion of Hoover, for they realize, the movement for his nomination for the presidency is becoming more for midable. Southern Democratic leaders who intend to support Wil liam G. McAdoo or some other reg ular Democrat for the nomination, are still at sea as to how to coun teract the growing sentiment. Their task is very difficult, as Mr. Mc- Adoo will not permit the use of his name in the campaign, which is now in full swing." Congressmen gave these opinions of the Hoover speech: Senator Walsh, Democrat. Mon tana: 'As a general proposition Mr. Hoover’s views expressed last night are sound. The speech shows a grasp of public affairs and a clarity of thought that characterizes all of Mr. Hoover’s utterances.” Senator Hoke Smith, Democrat, Georgia: “Mr. Hoc ver's views were interesting and to a great extent sound.” Senator Kenyon, Republican, Iowa; “I am not interested jn Mr. Hoover’s views, if he wants to be president, why doesn’t he come out and say so?” Senator King. Democrat. Utah: “With the exception, perhaps, of the recommendation regarding the merchant marine, which seems to propose to keep the government in the business of building and oper ating merchant vessels, Mr. Hoo ver’s view's are sound. I concur in them. They show a grasp of the problems which face the country to day. Mr. Hoover is a big man. This and his other public utterances and acts have shown him to be cap able of performing any task or fill ing any office in this country.” Senator Capper, Republican, Kan sas: “Mr. Hoover’s presentation of the problems and their remedies is good for the most part, particularly his suggestions regarding a national budget, the labor problem and radi calism and reaction. Mr. Hoover ap pears to be a candidate for the pres idential nomination. He is not popu lar with the farmers in the west for they believe he kept the prices of farm products down during the wa v , w'hile the price of everything the farmer needed was going up.” Senator Phelan, Democrat, Cali fornia: “Mr. Hoover’s statement of the problems facing the country and the remedies as he sees them seems to be sound. It should be acceptable to the great body of the American people.” Representative Kitchin, Democrat, North Carolina: “I read carefully and could not tell where he stands on any specific question before the people. 1 have also read his state ment of a week or two ago and his elaborate article in the Saturday Evening Post of December 27, 1919. I have not yet been able to ascer tain what specific proposition in anv question he favors or opposes.” Representative Caldwell, Demo cratic: “It is all good democracy.” Representative Edmonds, Republi can. Pennsylvania: “Mr. Hoover’s recommendation that the govern ment should continue building ships at current prices shows he is not at all conversant with the present condition under which ships are operated. Any man who has studied the subject knows that, including contracts for ships at present build ing, there will be a surplus of ton nage over the shipping needs of the world. The only thing which makes the tonnage scarcity is the ineffici ency of the ship operation for vari ous causes.” M. Clyde Kelly, Republican, Penn sylvania: “As I understand his gen eral proposition, I cordially approve all he said.’’ Representative Crago, Republican, Pennsylvania: “A good sensible platform eliminating some of his conclusions. Representative Mondell. Republi can, Wyoming: “After reading it very hurriedly, it struck me favorably.” Martial Law in Saar LONDON, Feb. 19.—Martial law has been proclaimed in the. Saar re gion, now occupied by French troops under control of an allied commis sion, in-consequence of new disturb ances, according to an Amsterdam dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company. ASK MR. HASKIN Anv reader of The Semi- Weekly Journal can get the an swer to any question puzzling him by writing to The Atlanta Journal’s Information Bureau, Frederic J. Haskin, Director, Washington. D. C. This offer ap plies strictly to information. The bureau cannot give advice on legal, medical and financial mat ters. It does not attempt to set tle domestic troubles, or to un dertake exhaustive research on any subject. Write your question plainly and briefly. Give full name and address and inclose two-cent stamp for return post age. A reply will be sent to you bx mail. ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY. 20, 1920. RE-BIRTH OF RAIL INDUSTRY NEEDED. sonsi Credit Prime Need of Roads' At This Time, Southern Regional Director As serts "Settling of labor troubles, build | in" of cars, revision of terminal fa- ; cilities —none of these things.-ac complished singly will solve '.the railroad problem. We must hqYff a complete re-birth of the transporta tion industry, and must do all the necessary things, without g tying undue emphasis to any single thnifif. Such was the opinion expressed by B. L. Winchell, regional director o. southern railroads, Thursday. Mr. Winchell said that credit is the p<:me need of the railroads a>. this 1 time. He said that to accom plish the gigantic task set before the owners and operators of rail roads, confidence ,in the railroad management must be gained by the investors. Mr. Winchell’s opinion is that the nation has far out stripped the railroads in growth, that the facilities of the carriers are not adequate to meet the demands of the nation, and it now is neces sary to bring the transportation systems of the country up to the standard of efficiency reached by other industries. Text of Comment Commenting on the railroad bill in congress, Mr. Winchell said: “In advance of knowing the exact terms of the new railroad bill, no one is warranted in expressing an opinion as to how far it will meet the acute and wide-spread necessi ties of the railroads and of the na tion, the latter, of course, being the vital issue. Without 'adequate and satisfactory transportation, 'the business of the country cannot con tinue to develop. The country has outgrown its railroads, and until vast sums of money have been spent in the creation of new facili ties the situation will be unsatis factory and at times even distress ing. “When a railroad has 99 per cent of the business which it is designed to handle, good management can and. will produce good, results. When a volume of traffic is offered 10 per cent or 20 per cent or 30 per cent larger than the capacity of the rail roads, transportation chaos and com mercial demoralization are certain. The necessary new equipment is only part of whht must he provided. In addition to new cars and engines, the outgrown railroads must have larger facilities in the cities, new and larger freight houses, team tracks, yards, etc.; better facilities at intermediate division terminals; many new and longer pasrsmg tracks; in some cases second, third and fourth running tracks; lArge and modern engine houses and coal ing facilities; modern shops, capable of handling modern equipment promptly and economically; auto matic signals, etc. Condition in 1917 “The money to provide all of these facilities must come from the aver age Investor, who, for some years, has not cared for railroad securities, they have not seemed safe or de sirable, except in a few rare in stances. The public, the savings banks and the insurance companies must be fully satisfied that a dollar invested elsewhere. This has been said so often as to be axiomatic and stale, but it evidently has not been said often enough to bring about in the past the required result. "Perhaps that result is to be found in the I'ailroad bill which is now nearing completion in Washington, but I do not yet know that this new bill goes far enough to inspire full confidence in railroad investment; if it does, the money will be forthcom ing for the rehabilitation of the rad road systems which will enable them to cope with the tremendously increased volume of traffic which the country is offering for move ment. "■ “A complete breakdown was in sight in 1917. The .traffic of the country has grown steadily during the intervening period and the ca pacity of railroads has not, appre ciably. “Even if abundant capital fund?) can fortunately be had at once a con siderable length, of time will be re quired to enable the transportation systems to meet the demands upon them, because “a stern chase is a long chase.” There will in any event be a considerable period ahead of us in which the expenditure of large sums of money; honest and earnest day’s work for a day’s pay, and great patience on the part of the shipping and traveling public will be neces sary.” 801 l Weevil School Held at Carrollton CARROLLTON, Ga., Feb. 19.—The two-day “801 l Weevil Institute” which was held by the trade board for the farmers of Carr oil county closed Tuesday evening. Farmers were present from all sections of the county in large numbers in spite of the cold Weather, and it is esti mated that no less than 300 cotton farmers will benefit by this insti tute, which was held by the trade board, assisted by the district farm agent, J. A. Johnson, and the county agent, E. T. ’ Jackson, following the same instructions which was given out by the state college at the boll weevil held in January. At this institute the farmers were taught “How to Fight the 801 l Weevil,” "Poisoning with Calcium Arsenate,” “Use of GFertilizers aim Varieties of Cotton to Plant in Fight ing the Weevil,” “Growing of Cot ton Under Weevil Conditions,” “Gen eral Methods of Combating the Weevil,” “Diversification on the I Farm and Its Value,” and G. ML Humphrey, live stock agent of the Southern railway, of Atlanta, Ga., expained in a very convincing way “The Value of Live Stock on the Farm.” Millerand Offers to Resign; Offer Refused PARIS. Feb. 19.—Premier Mil lerand offered- resignation of tlie en tire cabinet of Paul Deschanel, the new president, when he assumed of fice yesterday, it was learned, but Deschanel refused to accept, re questing Millerand and his ministers to retain their portfolios. Prisoners Arrested m Connection With $5,000,000 Bond Theft Conspiracy Photographed at New i ork Police Headquarters - ■ // :. r , ? ■ ■- ~ STISr S ® OilS -i » JtjCT ,Toffy 7 “• iLffißr*?.-., 'lt ill aHFy . « . - I ' ' ' ' ' . This photograph, taken outside police headquarters in New York City, shows five of the prisoners arrested in connection with the conspiracy to steal more than $5,000,000 worth of bonds and securities from Wall street brokerage houses. In the group are the Bunora brothers, Rudolph and Herbert, the Gluck brothers. Joseph and Irving, and Edward J. Furey, known along Broadway as “Big Bill’’ Furey, who gave his occupation as a chauffeur. The police have become convinced that the Gluck and Bunora brothers were tools used by a well-organized band of thieves. MELON BUYERS OF NATION HERE FOR CONVENTION 'Many of the nation’s leading wholesale buyers of watermelons began assembling at the New Kim ball house Thursday morning for the sixth annual convention of the Melon Distributors’ association, an organization founded in Atlanta in 1914. A conference of the executive committee at 2 o’clock Thursday afternoon preceded the general meeting of the delegates, set for 1S? o'clock Friday morning. The convention continues through Sat urday. Transportation problems bearing on rales, classifications, reclama tion claims, carload minimums and kindred items will occupy the ma jor portion of the convention’s dis cussions, with a number of promi nent railway executives scheduled for addresses. Plant diseases and marketing questions will be dis cussed by two government agents. Among the prominent delegates who arrived Thursday morning or who were expected during the d:.y, were R. H. Pennington, secretary, of Evansville, Ind.; J. L. Leonard, president, 08 Cincinnati; Miercer Brown and David Brown, large growers, of Albany, Ga.; C. C. Winkler, of Vincennes, Ind.; Carl Piowatz, of Chicago; Henry Kuhl meyer, of Cincinnati, and S. G. Gay, of Trenton, Fla., probably the larg est melon grower in the world. Speakers listed for addresses are S. F. Meier, assistant pothologist, department of plant industry, Wash ington, D. C.: W. A. Sherman, of the bureau of markets, Washington, D. C.; T .L. Collings, Savannah, di vision freight agent, Central of Georgia railroad; C. B. Michelson, of the Frisco linos; Robert Taylor, Orlando, Fla., of the Atlantic Coast Line railway; J. F. Hartsough. At lanta, division freight agent, Lou isville and Nashville railway; ML L. Stanley, Atlanta, assistant to the president, Seaboard Air Line rail way, and J. A. Sams, Atlanta, di vision freigh], agent, Nashville. Chattanooga, and St. Louis' railway. Acreage planted in watermelons is larger than usual this year, ac cording to Secretary Pennington, who believes that prices will con tinue high as in recent seasons. Car shortage and wet weather, he thinks, will tend to eliminate the marketin gos inferior fruit. Farm Commissioners Os South Will Hold Convention in City Agricultural commissioners and others engaged in the advancement of the farming interests 6f the south will assemble in Atlanta next Tues day. February 24, for the twenty, first annual convention of the Asso ciation of Southern Agricultural Workers. The convention will last three days and will be addressed by a number of prominent speakers, including Dr. Tait Butler, Memphis, president of the association; J. J. Brown, commis sioner of agriculture of Georgia; Dr. Bradford Knapp, formerly chief of the extension bureau of the United States department of agriculture; Dr. 11. A. Morgan, president of the Uni versity of Tennessee, and various others. Among the subjects to be dis cussed are the development of larger farms, co-ordination of the work of experiment stations, breeding of wilt resistant varieties of cotton, animal husbandry, increasing corn produc tion, etc. May Not Abolish Grain Corporation WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. —Since the senate agriculture committee voted a favorable report on the Gronna bill, to abolish the United States Grain corporation, so much opposition has developed from bank ers, millers and grain dealers that passage of tlfe bill is not expected, committee members said today. Members, however, are. confident that the measure meets the approval of the rank and file of farmers, ar-' declare that the chief opposition comes from dealers who have large stocks of wheat on hand and might .suffer heavy losses should the gov ernment's guaranteed brice be made’ ineffective through abolition of the grain corporation. Fever in Russia STOCKHOLM. Wednesday. Feb. 18. Twelve thousand cases of spotted and typhus have been reported at Naßva. northwestern Russia, and ni surrounding districts, according to a Helsingfors djbpatch to the Tidingen. THREE SENATORS | WILL SPEAK AT COTTON SESSION Not a single speaker Invited to ad dress the annual convention of the American Cotton association, to he held in Montgomery! March 9 to 12, has declined the invitation, according to Harvie Jordan, national campaign director £>f the association, who, In his office in the senate chapiber in the state capitol, is putting the fin ishing touches on the program. Among the speakers who have ac cepted invitations to address the con vention are M r . P. G. Harding, govern nor of the Federal Reserve board in ■Washington; Senator Hcke Smith, of Georgia; Senator E. D. Smith, of South Carolina; Senator Joseph E. Ransdell, of Louisiana; Dr. Bradford Knapp, formerly chief of the bureau of extension work of the U. S. De partment of Agriculture. Mr. Jordan predicts that the con vention will bring together the larg est gathering '"Of cottol‘l growers? bankers and business men, ks well as agricultural officials and educators, that was ever assembled in the south. Every state division of the American Cotton association, including far away Arizona and California, will send delegations. Practically every state department of agriculture iff th» cottort belt will be represented by the commissioner and other of ficials, and so will practically every state college of agriculture. Such is the magnitude of the pro gram that it will be divided into sec tions foi- the different groups repre sented. There will be a section for the growers; a section for the bank ers, addressed by Governor Hard ing; a section for colleges of agri culture; a section for state depart ments of agriculture; a section for the women’s branch of the associa tion, recently formed. The colleges of agriculture will be asked to outline a course of instruc tion in marketing farm products, especially cotton. “We have devot ed our whole educational effort to the making of crops,” declares Mr. Jordan, “and practically none to that highly important final step in the farm program, which is the market ing of crops. Our agricultural stu dents .should get a thorough course of business training that will enable them, to market their crops to the best advantage.” The women’s section is expected to prove especially interesting. Among the speakers will be Mrs. Samuel Lumpkin, vice chairman of the City Planning Commission of Atlanta and one of the leading women of the south; Mrs. Thomas M. Owen, Mont gomery; Mrs. G. H. Mathis, Gad •- den; Mrs. Z. I. Fitzpatrick former president of the Georgia Federation of M-’ornen’s clubs, whose home is at Madison. Movie Operator Says He Was Paid $ 1,000 for Exploiting Newberry GRAND RAPIDS. Mich., Feb. 19. Additional defendants in the New berry elections fraud and conspiracy case heard their signed statements acknowledging connection with the 191$ Newberry- senatorial campaign read in court today. Further effort of the defense tc bring in the name of Henry Ford was again toiled by the government during the testimony' of Isaac U Freiberg. Detroit attorney, and i»e tion picture man. Freiberg testified he received sl.- 000 as his share of the money paid by -the Newberry committee for the hadling of the picture “Our Navy" featuring Senator Newberry. “Did your concern handle any oili er pictures gratis?” cross-examine! Martin ML Littleton. “Yes, the Ford Weekly." answered the witness. The answer was made quickly lor Judge W. D. Elchorn for the prose cution was on his feet objecting be tore the sentence was completed The testimony wifs ordered stricken out by the court. ‘Jumbo Brand” Olives Ordered brom Market O. S. Lee, pure food inspector of the Georgia state department of agriculture, has been notified by the federal pure food authorities in Washington to locate and remove* from thd market all “Jumbo Brand” ripe olives of serial number G. 3602. He has located of this number only one shipment into Georgia. Olives from this brand and serial number are believed to have been the cause of seventeen deaths in vari ous parts of the country from botu line poisoning. I RAILWAY UNIONS WILL PROTEST ON WAGE PROVISION MTASHINGTON, Feb. 19.—Protest against the wage provision of the completed railroad bill will be made in lettersxto President Wilson and Director General Hines, which rep resentatives of the railroad union or ganizations and officials of the American Federation of Labor were framing today at conferences at the federation headquarters. Wage provisions of the redrafted /ailroad reorganization bill, reported tb the senate and house yesterday, were counted on to enter largely into the deliberations, beginning today, of the conference between Director Gen eral Hines and twenty-five leading railroad executives. Sections of the revised, measure which, it was considered, would at tract most attention fro-m the rail road executive were those prohibit ing any reduction in the wages of railroad workers prior to September II and creating a permanen tarbitra tion board of nine members, repre senting the public, the workers and the corporations. The conference with the railroad executives was called by Mr. Hines to ascertain the attitude which the railroad corporations would assume toward the proposal advanced by President AVilson in his reply to the demands of railroad employes that a, federal commission be appointed to consider the wage problem. Official Committee The committee of railroad officials appointed by Thomas DeWitt Cuyler, chairman of the Association of Rail way Executives, at the request of Director General Hines, is composed of the following: Harry Bronner, E. N. Brown. S. T. Bledsoe, H. E. Byram, ML R. Cole, Howard Elliott, S. 31. Felton, W. H. Finley, Carl R. Gray, Charles Hayden, L. E. Johnson, Howard G. Kelley, Julius Kruttsch nitt, E. E. Loomis, L. F. Loree, Rob ert S. Lovett, C. H. Markham, Wil liam Church Osborne, Samuel R ( ea, Bird 31. Robinson, W. L. Ross, A. H. Smith, F. D. Underwood, 11. AValters and Daniel Willard. While the executives were meeting with 3fr. Hines, rdilroad union of ficials in Washington continued their study of the revised legislation. ..These officials generally expressed satisfaction with the provision pro hibiting any reduction in wages be fore September 1. which through an erroneous interpretation placed on it before the redrafted measure was presented to the house was construed as establishing wage scales until September 1 at the level in effect when the properties are returned to private control 3farcb 1- Railway union officials who talked with President Wilson last week will receive another communication from the president concerning the railway wage controvery in a few days, they stated, after a conference. today with Secretary Tumulty. President Wilson, it is understood, will reply to the counter-proposal de livered to him last Saturday by rail road men. They suggested that he ask railroad executives to agree to abide by the decision of a joint wage tribunal which would be established as quickly as possible to investigate the wage demands. They asked that this be done so that when railroad union heads meet here February 23 a definite plan of action may be laid before them. RAILROAD EMPLOYES DISCUSS WAGE MATTER DETROIT. Feb. 19.—The rail road wage situation was considered at a special meeting here today of Rhe executive committee of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Railway Shop La borers. . . , • Plans of the union- to participate in the conference of general,, chair men, of the railway .brqtbe'r.bbods to ' be held in Washington next Monday were also discussed. Heads of the union declined to say. whether any independent action was contemplat ed. although President Allen E. Barker declared in calling the meet ing that the strike organization, set up for the’ walkout that was sched uled for last Tuesday, but was post poned, will be kept intact. The union officials were hopeful, they declared, of an early settle ment of the wage controversy. ’ A committee of railroad executives today, tendered their co-operation to Director General Hines in carrying cut the proposal of President M’ilson for the creation of a committee of experts to gather data on the wage problem. They expressed themselves as “fully appreciating the desirabili ty of expedition” in handling the wage question. Scents a copy $1.23 A YEAR PRESIDENT STICKS TO POSITION TM . IN ADRIATIC NOTE Dispatches Indicate Pie miers’ Rejoinder Is rayor-' able and Asks That Sug gestions Be Made WASHINGTON, Feb. lH—Presi dent Wilson today completes hl* re ply to the allied supreme council’!’ note on the Adriatic question and sent it to Acting Secretary Polk, who is putting it in form for trans mittal to the council. It is expect ed to be on the cables before night. There was no indication as to the note’s contents or its length. The president began drafting it early this morning, and completed It in two hours. 'The council’s communi cation was received only yesterday, and the speed with which the reply was preapred here was said to con stitute something of a record. The allied note received yester* da/ is “about as long as the dent’s first note,” it was said at the r White House. Renorts from Lon don said the allied reply contained about 40,000 words, and this figure was accepted by White House of ficials as being approximately cor rect. Comment on the reply was with held and it will not be made public without the approval of France, Great Britain and Italy, but it was learned authoritatively this govern ment looks with favor on publica tion of exchanges and has taken steps to ascertain the wishes of j those governments. One reason th* publication is desired here is to pre vent further prejudiced interpreta tions of President Wilson’s note such as have appeared in the for eign press. Cable dispatches Indicated the re ply was conciliatory and that the whole question of Fiume and the Dalmatian littoral was at least , re opened to negotiation. There was a suggestion also that the allied pre miers had asked the United States to Indicate th® practical steps that could be taken to carry out the orig inal agreement as to the Adriatic, under which Fiume was to be erect ed into a free state under the League of Nations and the principle of self-determination followed in disposing of the Dalmatian coast. It was said to be the European view that the seizure of Fiume by d’An nunzio and his Italian troops had brought about such a delicate situa tion that any attempt to restore the status quo might bring about more war. President Wilson, !t was learned, has taken the position that this country is interested in the Adri atic settlement as a co-belligerent ' in the war, despite the fact that th treats’ of Versailles has not been ratified here. On Similar questions, such as those affecting Armenia and Turkey, this country likewise is pre pared to keep in close touch with de cisions reached by the premiers at their London conferences, at which the United States is not represent ed. All such decisions have to be approved, by the supreme council in Paris, meetings of which probably' will be attended in future by ah American representative to keep this government in quick touch with what is going on. Adheres to Position The president went to his study at 9:30 a. m., and, summoning his stenographer, immediately began dic tating the reply. He was understood to. have answered the council’s con tention point for point and to have adhered to the position taken in his note of February 10. It is now pretty well established that in that communication the president informed the allied COuTi tries if they proceeded to a settle ment of the Adriatic question with out the consent and participation of the American government., the United States might have to decide whether it could become a party to the treaty of Versailles and the Anglo-French-American pact. The note received from the cotlh cil yesterday was sent to the While House immediately after it was de coded and the president studied..it very carefully during the afternoon and evening. When he was ready tb . begin work today he was understood to have had his reply well outlined in his mind and consequently was able to dictate it in a short time. . The president was represented as being perfectly willing for the ex changes to be given to the public after he had “completed his case” which was done with the drafting of the note today. However, no de cision as to making the communica tions public will be reached until the allied premiers have been heard from. They have been approached as to their wishes. Hillquit Says He Was Paid Counsellor for Russian Soviet Bureau ALBANY. N. Y., Feb. 19. —Morris Hillquit. Socialist leader, who -de fended Soviet Russia while testify ing as a witness for the defense -at the investigations of the five sus pended Socialist assemblymen charg ed with disloyalty, yesterday denied he was “a paid counsellor advocate” of the Russian Soviet bureau in the United States or of L. C. A. K. Mar tens, Russian Soviet "ambassador." Under verbal cross-fire from Mar tin Conboy, Mr. Hillquit admitted he •was counsel, but not “counsellor.'’ for the Russian bureau. He declar ed, however, his appointment had not influenced his testimony, and as serted he had “never received any payment, big or small, from the So viet govqi’nmfent or Mr. Martens, 'di rectly or- indirectly.” •Wasn’t "a check drawn to your order for $3,000?”’ asked Mr. Con boy. “None for $3,000 or 3,000 cents." “And I presume it will be a sur prise to you if we will produce the check?” “It will be a welcome surprise if you hand it to me.” No check was produced and Mr. Hillquit continued his testimony. He said that for the last year he had advised Mr. Martens regarding the best way to accomplish his “worthy" mission in this country, and had aided him in organization of .Ais office. Jk

Georgia Historic Newspapers

Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, February 20, 1920, Image 1