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Newspaper Page TextAtlanta Stoumal VOL. XXII. NO. 45. SOME DEMOCRATS HOOVER 15 ST.WDBEffi Sentiment in Seventh Dis-: trict Decidedly in Favor of 1 Former Food Administra tor for President - . ft DeKalb Democrats Demand Hoover’s Name on Ticket The Democrats of DeKalb coun- i ty in mass meeting assembled at I noon Monday, adopted resolutions j calling on the state executive ; Committee to place the name of Herbert Hoover on the ballot to be voted in the presidential pref erential primary to. be held in April. The meeting was largely at tended. there being present dur ing the noon recess of court rep- j resentative Democrats from every ; one of the eighteen militia dis tricts of the county. In addition to demanding that Hoover’s name be placed on the ballot, the resolutions which were offered by Mayor Leslie J. Steele, of Decatur, a former member of the legislature, instructing the Democratic executive committee of DeKalb county to have the name of Mr. Hoover printed on the preferential presidential bal lot in the event that the state executive committee persists in its determination to eliminate the , former food administrator. BY WALES THOMAS (Staff Correspondent of The Journal) ROME. Ga., March I.—The Demo crats of the Seventh congressional district want Herbert Hoover to be j • the standard bearer of the party in • November. The whole district is ■ aflame’ with Hoover sentiment, and | there has been no such unanimity of j opinion since the nomination of I Woodrow Wilson in 1912, according | to reports reaching this place. Political leaders of every faction : are either openly advocating or lean ing strongly toward Hoover. A ma jority of the newspapers of the; Seventh district are supporting him I editorially. In fact, only one paper i in the district is opposed to him, j and that is in one of the smallest i counties. | Democrats of the Seventh district, the one Georgia district where Demo crats have to fight for victory at the polls, tak - the position that the at tempt to bar Hoover l(i the prefer ential primary is inconsequential and will melt before the wave of popular sentiment for the former food ad minsitrator. They state quite frank ly that the Democratic party ceases to function when it becomes callous to the will of the people, and ridi cule the suggestion that a sub-com mittee can be The judge of whether or not a man is worthy of the suf frages of his fellow man. Floyd. a Strategic County Floyd county is strategic. It has been long regarded as one of the greatest political battlefields of the state and aside from being the me tropolis of the district, the “Bloody Seventh,” it has nearly always been on the side of the winner. Ftoyd county is for Hoover. There isn’t the slightest doubt of that. Isaac May, proprietor of J. Kutt ner & Co., one of the largest depart ment stores of the state and a repre sentative business man, is authority for the statement that he believes that three-fourths of the business men are for Mr. Hoover, and there is no doubt about Floyd county’s being lor him. H. A. Hicks, proprietor of the Gen eral Forrest hotel, states that four out of five of his guests, including men of political complexion, are out spokenly for Hoover. “I am a fair ly good judge of political sentiment,” . stated Mr. Hicks. "You can quote me as saying that Mr. Hoover not only .would carry Floyd county, but that he has a great, chance of carrying the Upited States, from the information I am able to gather.” Dr. J. C. Watts, prominent physi cian. declared that Hoover is the choice of the people with whom he has come in contact. “When a man is as well advertised as Mr. Hoover, as well known by’ the women and children —in fact a household word — and when there is nothing to be brought against him politically, it is mighty hard to him off. I am for him and I think the people are.” Both Papers Together Both of the newspapers of Rome, the Tribune-Herald and the News, are not only openly insisting that the Democrats of the state be allowed to vote for Hoover, but are espousing his candidacy. This is indicative of the unanimous opinion that Mr. Hoover is the choice of Floyd county. J. D. McCartney, managing editor of the said: “You cafi quote me and the Trib une-Herald at any length and* with any degree of enthusiasm as being unqualifiedly’ for Mr.' Hoover* for president. You may rest assured that we thoroughly disapprove of the suggestion that his name be kept from the ballot. The Democratic party ceases to function when a small committee sets itself up as guardian of the people’s ability to act intelligently.” G. A. Edwards, manager of the Rome News, said: “The News’ position, taken some (Continued on Page 6, Column 1) CURED HER FITS Mrs. Paul Grain, residing at 916 Fourth Street, Milwaukee, Wis., re cently gave out the following state ment: ”1 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. 1 wish every one who suffers from ;his terrible disease would write R. • J’. N. Lepso, 13 Island Avenue, Mil waukee. Wis.. and ask for a bottle of the same kind of medicine which rtf gave me. He has generously promised to send it prepaid free to any one who writes him.” —(Advt.) 7. Turns Tack the Most Valuable Aggregation oj Property in TV or Id 1 | sengers increased 43 per cent i.i WASHINGTON. D. C., March 1.—■ • 1919. but payrolls and increased cost The most valuable aggregation of: [ot cOal ancl materials rose SI percent I / i-F \ uncle bam paid out to railroad la property .tn the world today goes | ! bor in 1919 approximately $2,600.- back to the hands of its private own-; ihf f t'X i 000,010. For coal he spent $550,- ers after two years in the hands of I >7 Ml tasfe, I 000,000: materials. $1,316,000,006; Uncle Sam. The railroads of the | taxes. $310,000,000; a total of $4,666 - United States, whose book value is /- ! 000,000. approximately $19,00.0.000,000, in-' ..rY L" 'lAx. I The difference between $51.7.006,- . 7: < vV // /FPEIGHT" Y/ PULLMAN IF/PAS.SENGFR.\/7 / MX// I CAR-S \ CARS Vll/ CARS y /LOCOMOTIVES It £ 2.34,000 L Aa MILES OF ] fir I Iw road.// \\ Y / 112,000,000 \ /Z RAILROAD X 1919 X Z employees/; RECE?iPTr.\ X" *5,181,000,000 ft 200 J PAILPOAD SYSTUMcS* LE.R. Hr dude almost one-third of the total lailroa'd mileage of the whole world Out of 729,845 miles of rail on the earth, the railroads of the United States comprise 233.599 miles Compared to this, Russia’s mile age of 48,955 (1916) is inconsid erable, and yet Russia has the sec ond largest railroad mileage in the world. Canada, has only 37,431 miles; France, 31.958: Germany. 39, 600, while the British lAes have only 36,286 miles. Uncle Sam hands back to the private owners a total of 200 rail- Federal Court Decrees On Re-sale Price Fixing Reversed by High Court WASHINGTON, March I.—ln in terpreting the Sherman anti-trust act today the supreme court reversed federal court decrees which held that the statute did not prohibit resale price fixing unless there was inten tion of creating a monopoly. The opinion was rendered in the government’s appeal from dismissal in Ohio of federal indictments charging A. Schrader’s Sons, in corporated, manufacturers of acces sories for pneumatic tires, with par ticipation in a combination in re straint of trade through contracts by which resale prices to retailers 8 - MORE DAYS * 8 , Left in Which to Take Advantage of the “BIG SIX” CLUBBING OFFER!! Beginning with the issue of March 9, 1920, the Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal which has been coming to "you twice a week will be changed to the Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal, coming three times a week. 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These include 62.759 lo ci motives. 53,515 passenger cars. 6,000 Pullman cars. a?;d 3.299,840 I freight r-ais cf all kinds. On these roads in 1919 Uncle Sam j collected a total of $5,181,000,000 in revenue. After paying their operat ing expenses and taxes of $4,666,0)0,- 000, there was left a net operating income of $515,000,000. This amount ed to 2.74 per cent of earnings on tl;e book values of the railroads. The receipts from freight and pas-j Monroe Doctrine Is Explained to Salvador WASHINGTON, March I.—The re quest of the I’epublic of Salvador for an interpretation of the Monroe Doc trine has been answered by Acting Secretary Polk, it was: To- day at the state department. It is understood that the reply pointed to the speech of President Wilson early in 1916 before the sec ond Pan American Scientific Congress as a recent and authoritative exposi tion of the doctrine. and consumers were fixed. In quash ing the indictments the lower court construed the act to mean that In the absence of allegation charging an intent and purpose, to monopolize trade, the statute did not make the acts alleged a crime. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, MARCH 2, 1920. 000—the amount earned net —and the government guaranteed to the rail road owners was $390,000,000, which deficit Uncle Sam made up out of the treasury. The 1918 deficit yvas s2ls,ooo,ooo—the total deficit for ; the two years of government operation amounting to $605,000,009. The roads go bjtck to approximate ly 648,000 stockholders, who own them. Os these, a record of the 20 largest stockholders in 23 of the country’s largest railroads, shows that these few control more than half the stock issued. 184 Passengers Are Rescued From Ship Driven on Rocks HALIFAX. March,l, : r-Tl t e Leland fine steamer Bohemian. Ijound--' for Liverpool from Boston, with 184 pas sengers on board, went on the rocks forty miles east of Sambro early to day, according to a radio from the steamer, picked up here. S, O. S. calls said the vessel was held fast on a ledge and was in need of immediate assistance. The Brit ish steamer Maplemore and several other ships have gone to her assist ance. The Bohemian is of 5,544 tons. Later messages said that tugs had rescued the passengers and were ' bringing them to port. EARLY DEFEAT OF I i TREATY OF PEACE NOW IS FORECAST I WASHINGTON March I—An1 —An early. , .nd unfavorable vote on ratification . of the peace treaty was forecast in • lite senate today when Republican : I leaders, replying to the demands of j the treaty's irreconcilable Republi can opponents, reaffirmed their de- : I cision not to accept any change of i substance or ot’ language in the Re : r-üblicar reservation to article ten. Both sides concede that enough Democratic senators to defeat rati- : 1 ication are determined to stand with President Wilson and vote agains’ the treaty unless the article ten qual i ification is modified. The Repul , lican decision today was folk-wed 1..v evidences that all lite elements '1 the senate fight would co-operate to end debate and let the treaty issue t go undecided into the campaign. I Some of the leaders predicted a final vote by Thursday, but others though it would not come before the ‘ first of next w r eek. I Under the agreement between the Republican leaders and the irrecon- > j cilables, the latter will not carry out : the proposed program of prolonge) i debate. They will support rhe Jte i publican reservation program as they i did at the last session, but will vote.; * as they did then, against ratifica- i tion. j In the unyielding stand they have I taken on article ten the administra- i tion forces are understood to have I I been backed up by a reaffirma • tion of President Wilson’s decision not to accept the Republican reserva tion. /although it was said no for mal communication came from the White House, it was understood ad j ministration senators had taken steps | to satisfy themselves that Mr. Wil son had not changed his mind and that he intended to pocket the treaty I if it were ratified with the article I ten reservation unchanged. U. s/SENATOR BANKHEAD DIES IN 78TH YEAR j WASHINGTON, March I.—Senator! Bankhead, of Alabama, died today. Senator Bankhead had been ill for . some time. He contracted a heavy j cold and while still weak from it ihe escorted a delegation representing a good roads organization in which ;he was deeply interested to the I White House and capitol. Following i that he grew worse but a few days lago it was stated in his office here j he would be out again in a few |da»Sk<'’ Senator Bankhead was in his sev- I enty-eighth year. He was a veteran lof the Civil war, having served four j years in the Confederate army and I being wounded three times. He entered the senate in 1907. when he was appointed to fill the vacancy , j caused by the death of John T. Mor : gam He was re-elected in 1911 and I 1918. He served in the house from ‘ the fiftieth to the fifty-ninth con : gresses inclusive. I The senate adjourned as a mark! i of respect as soon as Se-nator Bank-! I bead’s death was announced in the i I chamber. “Billy Sunday” of Present-Day Baseball nni WASHINGTON —‘Eddie Foster, hew third sacker for the Boston Red Sox. and admitted “rounder” of a few years ago, built up a reputation, while with the Washington club, as “The Evangelist.” He has given weekly talks on baseball and clean living to the youth of Virginia and Washington. He believes in doing good by force of example, but does not intend to take up preaching as a life work. Eddie is part owner of a flourishing truck and garage business in Washington. Speaking of prohibition, he says, “Taking anything away from a man never strangles the desire for it.” 21 STATESWILL FIGHT EFFORT TO ANNUL DRY LAW WASHINGTON, March I.—Twenty- I one prohibition states, represented by | Charles E. Hughes, Republican candi date for president in 1916, today an nounced to the supreme court their intention of fighting the efforts of Rhode Island to have the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead law en forcing it declared invalid. As the court met Mr. Hughes ask ed permission to file a brief for the dry states, amici Curiae, Which backs the conthixfibhSxjf-the- gev’«r*r ment that the Rhode Island suit should be dismissed. Rhode Island, it is understood, will oppose the ac tion on the grounds tiiat it must be filed by the attorney generals of the several states and not Mr. Hughes. , The slates represented are Dela ware. North Carolina, Kentucky, Louisiana, Indiana, Alabama, Maine, Arkansas. Michigan, Florida. Oregon, Kansas West Virginia, Nevada, Ne- ■ braska, Montana, North Dakota. I South Dakota, Wyolning, Utah and ! Arizona. Every effort will be ma-de to ex j pedite the proceedings in order that I the main points of contention may ■be determined before the annual I summer recess of the court in June. Main Questions The main questions that the wet forces will visit the court to deter mine are: Is the eighteenth amendment valid? Was it legally passed by congress and ratified by the states? Does it infringe on states rights'? Can it be enforced in a state that did not ratify the amendmen't? Can states withdraw their ratifi cations by referendums as Ohio has done? Is.the Volstead law constitutional? I Did Congress have the poW.er to fix I the percentage of alcohol that may j be legally’ said to make a beverage j intpxicating or must the drink really < be jntoxicating before its use can t be prohibited? iMust the government compensate j 1 the owners of the liquor for the loss ! i caused by; prohibition?. , ■. j Does that part of the amendment I giving congress and the several ! states concurrent power to enforce 'prohibition mean that.a state may i allow the use of light beer and wines I which its legislature says are not | intoxicating? . j Three Cases in Court i Only three cases are now directly ; I before the court. One is the original bill of complaint of the state of Rhode Island challenging the validr ity of both the amendment and the ' Volstead law and declaring that it cannot be enforced in Rhode Island because the state did not ratify the i amendment. Charles E. Hughes is expected to ask the court today to be allowed ; to file a brief for several dry states, ) i attacking the position taken. by j | Rhode Island. As a political side I | light, Elihu Root, ranking with | Hughes as a prominent Republican, j will appear in one case for the wet i forces. Argument of the Rhode Island case j probably will be set for next Mon day and with it an appeal by George' Dempsey, a Massachusetts liquor ; dealer, who insists the Volstead law ■ l is unconstitutional because congress ■ in passing it disregarded the fact the j amendment gives to the states eo.i < current power to enforce prohibition. The third case is brought by’ Ch'o , | dry forces, who seek to have the ■ i court declare that legislative ratifi- ; I cations of the amendment can not l.e withdrawn, even if the people de- - elded against national prohibition by | a referendum. This has been nd- ! vaneed for argument early next week. ! Department of justice attorneys I here are watching with keen interest i the move to pass a law in New Jersey legalizing the sale of 3.5 per cent j beer despite the fact that the Vol stead law fixes the maximum at one I half per cent. They’ express the opin j ion that if the bill is passed it will : have little immediate effect as legal j steps will be taken at once by’ the I government to enjoin its operation | until the supreme court determines j its validity. Present plans are for ! federal agents tc make arrests as’ soon as the first sales are made un- | der the proposed New Jersey law. I ! These probably will be made test > I cases to be carried to the supreme | I court. I The wet forces sought to advance ! l an appeal from a Kentucky federal court decision holding constitutional prohibitions valid. The Y suit wa brought by the Kentucky Distilling and Warehouse company. : WAYCROSS DAILY JOURNAL-HERALD I OUT FOR HOOVER i WAYCROSS, Ga., March I.—ln ( dorsing Herbert Hoover for Demo cratic nominee and condemning the state Democratic sub-committee for its action in refusing to place Hoov er’s name on the ballots, The Journal- Herald today’ .says, editorially, in .part: “The thing- that the Democratia party needs to win with this year Is a business num with ’pep,’ and not too. much patience with .established party r’uleu lifid' wdrr.but theories of what it takes to constitute a Demo crat. In advocating the nomination ! of Hoover by the Democrats. The I Journal-Herald will admit that tliis i is one time when the paper may be I rightfully accused of hopping on the [bandwagon, because' Hoover is not our personal choice. We prefer Gov ernor Cox, of Ohio, or Senator Smith, of Georgia, but inasmuch as the man and not the party will be the band ; wagon this year, we are willing to | forego our personal choice and sup ' port the man who will do the par‘y ! the greatest good, and there is little i doubt at the present time about I Herbert Hoover being that man. ’ “Judge Flynt and his sub-commit : tc- say that Hoover's name cannot I go on the preferential ticket in Geor j gia because he is not -a Democrat. I There is not a man in Georgia who : knows Mr. Flynt who does not know i that the sub-committee is not. doing I a thing but playing politics. It is ; nore of Jim Flynt’s business if the i Democrats o,f Georgia want Hoover ;as their candidate, regardless of , whether he be Democrat, Republican j or Progressive. They have the right and should have the privilege of ex ! pressing their wishes, and if the sub committee fails to, give them tins I privilege they will write the name | of Hoover on the ticket, and Hoover j delegates will be seated in the con ; vention if he is the choice of Georgia ; Democrats. “Hoover voted for Wilson in 1916, I ard has been a consistent supporter of the Wilson administration. We think that this makes him a Demo crat at t|ie present time. This pa per knows, and the world knows, that Herbert Hoover is a business man who does things and does them right, and this is just the kind of k man that the business mer-, the farmers i and the laboring men want for presi ! dent. We believe that Herbert Hoov er is just such a man.” Wealthy Cotton Buyer Mysteriously Missing From Social Circle, Ga. Mystery- surrounds the disappear ; ance of (?. A. Banks, a wealthy’ cot i ton buyer oi Social Circle, Ga., who I was last seen in Atlanta Saturday j afternoon soon after he had received i a large sum of money from a local, J bank. The police Sunday’ made, a [ fruitless search of the city. All hos- • I.itals were rearched, but no jone an ! .severing the description of Mr. Banks ! was found. ■ In the conduct of his business, Mr. Banks conies to Atlanta daily, ! returning to Social Circle every evc i rung. He left home Saturday morn ' Ing as usual, according to his wife, with the intention of returning home [ early Saturday afternoon. : In communicating with the police > Sunday. Mrs. Banks stated that she feared her husband had met with foul play* /soon after, he received some j money from one of the banks. He !is sixty years old, and one of the (leading citizens of Social Circle. His ! daughter. Miss Anne Sue Banks, Is ;a student Agnes Scott college. Saves $15.00 On a Suit THOUSAND of men are now paying about the same price for made-to-measure suits I as they did four years ago, according to I Mr. James D. Bell, the prominent clothing i manufacturer ot Chicago. These men, how | ever, are buying from a new source. They ! are ordering their clothes direct from the i laauni'aeturers at actual c:.-s’t with only one 1 small profit added. Headers, of this paper I interested in cutting their clothing costs , should write the Beil Tailors, Adams at ' Green streets. Chicago, Illinois, and ask for , a copy r of their new Fashion Book, No. 758. ' With a -large assortment of cloth samples •in many weaves and pattern-. An illus ' tration cf the unusual values offered by this j firm is a guaranteed all wool cassimere in I ye r y attractive pattern at only $25.00 for I three-piece, made-to-measure suit—the i quality generally sold at $37.50 io $40.00. They offer cv—,i larger savings on higher priced suits. This company, the largest in the world.uis thoroughly reliable and will gladly scnfi you f-oe of all cost their big new Fashion Book with simple instructions for taking measures. Write them today. Scents a eopv. $1.25 A TCAIt. WILSON SIGNS BILL RETURNING BOJDS TO (PRIVATE OWNERSHIP | ’ ‘ • • - - ■Director Hines Says Both Public and Owners Have Been Benefited by Period of Government Control 1 WASHINGTON, Feb. 28.—Presi- I dent Wilson sighed the railroad, bill . Saturday night, on the eve of the | return of the roads to their owners and ■to private operation. L . In proclamation issued •at the time the bill was signed, Mr. Wilson vested in Walker D. Hinds, difectoi general of railroads, virtually- ail powers conferred upon' the executive by the bill. Mr. Hines will also con- I tinue to exercise the duties of direc-, | tor general which continues beyond I the return of the roads to private I control at midnight tomoirow night. ' The White House also made’ pub-,. lio the text of the president’s reply ’ to a recent request of representa tives of the railroad brotherhoods that he appoint a commission com posed equally of employers and em ployes’ delegates to consider wage demands made by the brotherhoods. It deals wholly with the wage de mand settlement and docs not refer directly to the memorial later presented *by the brotherhood heads, asking that .he veto the rail road bill. Announcement of the signing of the bill came after officials had be come convinced Mr. tVilson did not intend to act Saturday, although they were certain he would' not permit the measure to law by the | expiration of the ten-day limit ai ' lowed for presidential approval or , veto of an act of congress. There ■ were indications the president’s ac | tion on the bill was delayed pending : his completion of his reply to the ■ brotherhood heads. President Wilson signed the act after he had carefully investigated its provisions, and obtained the ex pert opinions of Attorney General Palmer and Rail Director Hines as to its constitutionality and work ability. In signing it, he opposed the railroad unions and farni or ganizations associated with the Fanners’ National Council, which re- I quested hint to veto it on the ground that it would result in delaying ae -1 tion on wage demands, in higher ! railroad rates, and a consequent hl - crease in living costs. Other groups of farmers, however, urged him ■1 c sign it. r AL. LLo.I a. m., the- ‘government handed over to their owners 140,000 miles of main line railroad and ter minals and equipment, valued at ap proximately $20,000,000,000. over which its direct authority has been extended since December 2s, 1917. The properties were .returned, leav ing the government with a deficit <>l $715,500/100 for its twenty-six months of operation. But while the 'deficit appeared large, “federal, op eration has cost the public consid erably less under the conditions, through rates and taxes, than would have been the case under private control,” Director General Hines de clared in a resume of government management. WASHINGTON, March I.—Pail roads of the country, operating for. the first time ih twenty-six months under their own management, were formally notified today, by the inter state commerce commission of , the ‘ne'z powers delegated to that body and of the rights and privileges ac corded the carriers by the new rail road law. The commission’s announcement explained that provisions of the law against rate reductions prior to Sep tember 1 without the commission’s ■ approval were mandatory, but that changes in rate regulations, classi fications and practices In yhich a decision had been entered by the commission, would bo effective on the date designated. All changes in rates and classifications effective prior to today will stand, the state ment said. The United States railroad admin istration. the governmental agency which for more than two years has controlled the opcratoon ot the :nh : tion’s railroad systems, today, _wpn\ out of existence. With its passing, at midnight the 230 lines that wfefe merged into what was practically one gigantic system again came un der control of private interests, free to operate in competition as of Ohl. The transfer from government to private- control was without incident and there was nothing to indicate to the trameling public, that there has been a change. Hines Alone Remains Os the staff of directors and execu tives who controlled the roads during government operation Director Gen eral Hines alone remains. He will have no authority in directing the operation of the systems and remains simply to clear up matters left pend ing when the government relinquish ed control. These include thousands of claims, contracts and grievances’ yet to be settled and among which are eighty-three compensation con-, tracts with various roads which, sti H are the subject of negotiations. Under the so-called railroad re organization bill, which governed the return of the transportation system*- to private ownership, but little juri"- diction is retained by the govern ment. Under its terms the inter state commerce commission is given greater’ power to control rates and compulsory arbitration of labor dis putes is required. The government also retains a certain amount of con trol over their bond issues, but at the same time insures a fixed per centage of profit and makes it pos sible for the corporations to secure loans from a federal fund set aside for that purpose. Specifically, the bill authorizes tlw president to settle all questions, in- ' eluding compensation, and appro priates $200,000,000 for this purpose. . Provides Standard Batura Provides guarantee of “standard return” to carriers for a period of t six months after the termination of federal control. Creates a “revolving fund” of S3OO.- s 000,000 for making new loans to car riers. Creates a railroad labor board and other machinery for the amlcabl* settlement of disputes between em ployers and employes. Directs the interstate commerce commission to fix rates will provide for two years 5 1-2 per*cent (Continued on Page 6, Column 7)

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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, March 02, 1920, Image 1