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The weekly banner 89 YEARS OLD ATHENS, GA., FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 18, 1921. ESTABLISHED 1832 PRICE FIVE CENTS KflM| IT 1 FOREIGN ELtwitNT EFFECTS HUlIl! SEEKING TROUBLE Provisions of Workmen’s!Denounces Them for Spread- Law Do Not Allow Collec- ing Political and Warlike tion and Suit. j Propaganda. (Special to The Ranner) Atlanta. Ga., March 18 —A peculiar effect of the Georgia "Workmen'* Compensation Act," and misinterpre tation of a ruling of the hoard by a number of employers throughout the state Is bringing to the C.eorgla In dustrial commission a veritable flood of lettern of complaint. (Trtder the provisions of the act. when an employe Is injured the act fives his compensation to he paid by the employer, and acceptance of that mpensatlon by the employe pre cludes further action by tho employe against the employer. When a third party Is Involved In an accident, how ever the situation Is different. As an illustration: The driver of a truck for a wholesale roncern Is In the art of hauling goods for the concern em ploying him and in the discharge of that duty the truck is run Into by a railroad train and the driver Injured. The act fixes the compensation to be paid the driver by his employer and that precludes any action by the driver agalnat the employer. It does not. however, preclude suit by tho driver against the railroad company for the Injury sustained. It has been pointed out by the state board that some of the compensation insurance companies are writing policies seek ing to subrogate that right of suit against the railroad company—ns an Illustration—to themselves and taking It away from the employe, which Is held to be Invalid because no em ployer has the power to sign nway the rlahts of the Individual employed hv him aa against a third party. The act does, however, protect the employer against further suit, and covers so far as the first and second parties to the compensation Insurance contract are concerned. In order to clarify the situation rommlssloner Stanley today Issued the following statement: "The Impression has gone abroad that-1 mode the statement that *maa could receive compensation from his employer or tbe Insurance carrier pro tecting the employer, and at the same time enter suit at oommon law against bis employer. 1 -made no such absurd statement. Tho Workmen's Compen sation Act provides a new and sole remedy for the compensation of In juries received bv employs coming under tbe act. The payment of com pensation take* away from the Injur ed employe any possible suit at com mon law against his employer. What I did say was that the acceptance of compensation did not bar the right ol the Injured employe to enter suit against the third person (not the em ployer) causing the Injury. For ev ample, nn employe might be Injured hy u train, an automobile, or street car. His Injury might arise nut of and be In course of Ills employment and, therefore, compt nsataltle. and yet this would not bar him from a suit at common law against the street car. the railroad or the automobile owner Injuring him, provided, of course, that the person, firm or corporation caus ing the injury was not the employer. A suit at common law against a third person Is not barred by the Georgia Workmen's Compensation Ael nn.v more than If the Injured employe had aceldeot or life' Insurance, and col lected tame In addition to receiving compensation.” Palace Program Is Unusually Splendid With n program featuring Anita Stewart In "Harriet and the P!per and a study In posing by the Apollo Trio," the Palace Theater offers a splendid program for the ''''''‘J' "'"’ again presenting these pleasing f a tures for today and tonight. Miss Stewart is especially »«rac live In the role of Harriet In this olden story, modernized to fit the present social conditions. She Is P ported hy a splendid cast. The vaudeville attraction la un usual and one that everyone will ap predate. There's not a word spoken nor a note sung, nor a stop danced In it but when you see it you * 1 like it not ao much because It l» dir ferent but because It, a study In posing and athhtlis > (By Associated Press) New York. .March 18. — General Pershing addressing a crowd which action i« expected at the big cotton packed Madison Square Garden here Browers' convention to be held In At- • lunta on April 12th. next, to form a tonight at a great patriotic deinonHtra- ‘‘on- bitterly denounced persons of foreign birth who seek the reedom o rewn , ]nPetl o( , h „ KlbCTt counly the United States to spread polit cal ass0( .| atl0n |t „ , )r e 8 | ( |ent. O. E. Tate, and warlike propaganda to weaken wafl instructed to appoint a commit- tho tlna of frifMfKhin hpfWPCn t IIP — • the ties of friendship between the United States and her allies in the world war. The meeting was h r Id under au«- ,plceB of the American legion and oth er patriotic societies ns a protest I against the recent mass meeting nr ranged to voice objection to French colonial troops in Germany Legion Protests i Veterans Being • Treated Unfair (By Associated Pr*»*> nil polls. Ind.. March >*•— Ilea, national adjutant f an Legion, announced toils' ie Legion would soon P ro V*“ (master General Hays tha Is -discrimination agalnat Pns- plnyes because they sorm " during the wor d war He large the act giving preference In the civil ations is ignored. $908,000 Paid Into State Is 20 Per Cent Less Than Amount Last Year. Atlanta, Ga., March 18.—The $908, 000 which, up to the first day of this month, was paid Into the state troas nry hy the automobile department, figures out 20 tier cent short of the amount collected hy that department for tho samo period last year. Wheth er this decline means a permanent de crease In the automobile nnd truck tags In use, or Is attributable to de- forred pnvments. cannot he foretold at this tlnie hv the secretary of state's Ofnre. but It Is probably traceablo to th= fart that a good many pleasure ears and some business ears liavo been temporarily “laid up." *■ Under normal conditions there would he nn Increase for the year as a whole over the previous year..,as has been the case ever sine the motor vehicle law has been in opratlon. Ex isting abnormal conditions. It Is be lieved. will show comparatively little If any decrease In the total number of machines operated In the state In 1921. but the authorities nre of the opinion that the records will at least hrenk even by the end of the year. The drop off thus far Is trnreabte to two known things: In some counties the local authorities, because of the stress of the times, have been arid- Importance of . . l _m * ■ « ,1/lrnodinir trnrlly allowing an extension of time to the lMh of this month, though that her IN OF i WILL 6 EFFORT AT MEET Plan a Co-Operative Market ing Association For Cot ton Atlanta Convention. (Special to The Banner) Elbert on, Ga.. March 18.—Definite ninoonEis REAL Former New York Reporter Sits in Seat of the Mighty In Vienna., HAS NOTABLE CAREER AS SOLDIER-SAILOR tee of representative growers over the state to invegtigate the California plan os fully as possible, ho that a con crete proposition could be put before the convention for its consideration and definite action if it saw lit to do so. We have f ecu red from Mr. Saplro ;j tentative organization agreement and marketing contract similar to what other cotton states are using. We also have n copy of the model marketing law already passed In six cotton-growing HtatiWr, Mr. . Saplro will also explain in detail before the convention the principles and prac tical workings of the much-discussed California plan for cooperative mar keting of farm crops. We are conferring with railroad officials to secure at reduced fare to the convention, and are hopeful they will accord It. So all Indications point to a big and effective meeting. Postmasters Are Ordered to Take Part Civic Affairs Tho attondon of all postmasters Is directed to tho desirability of pnrtlc! patfng In civic activities In their re spective communities. By taking an active Interest In the meetings ot lo cal chambers of commerce, boards of trade, commercial clubs, and other civic and community organ! rations, excellent opportunities are afforded for the dissemination of general pos tal Information essential to the proper conduct of an eFIc'ent postal service. Postmasters should avail themselves of such opportunities to solicit th- co operation of civic organizations hi se curing the observance by the general public of the fundamental principles of mailing, the compliance with which on the part of the postal patrons is necessary to the discharge of postal duties to the entire satisfaction of the public. Postmasters should emphasize the Addressing mall to street and num „ Tliut firm letter-heads should bear •nuntry users of ihelr street address; . . . .—.— T hal mall should he deposited early Is rontrnrv to law, and through tills leniency many of th cars trucks have deferred buying -paai man hiiuuoi or u* the tags. Then, the absence of that an( j frequently during the day and not Increase which has been shown yearly bo | d unI i; the c |ose of business; Is attributable to th» fact that the T b „t rc t urn addresses on env automobile business In the last two i n prompt return of letters If months of 1920 and the first of 1921 ,,,,,I„1 (...1 hio• has noon nraetlcnlly ot a standstill From the trade It Is learned that the numb' r of new cars put Into use has hardly exceeded. If It bns quite That return addresses on envelopes . “suit In pron undellverable; That valuable mall matter should lie eglatered; miito Tlio' postal money orders should be .•quailed the number „f old ones ««ed for remittance, by mall instead ZSZPXXXSXSi ~~ ■- «*«,«; her of tags. In the past thirty days, may occur to postmasters as behng^ap plicahle in their particular community con be discussed with distinct advan tage to the postal establishment nnd reiultlng benefit to Its patrons. Fur thermore postmasters should urge constructive criticism and Invite le gitimate complaints of Inadequate service, losses, or Irregularities, and all these matters should be given prompt personal attention. Along -these lines the postmaster general earnestly Invites the co-opera- tlcn aud help of postmasters and pos tal employees generally. (Signed) Will LI. Hays. Postmaster General Veteran Minister ' Preaches Princeton On Sunday Morning how»»v«r. thw arc Indications of a re vival of the sales business, and the last half of the year i« expected to tirlfifx the aegregate number of licens ed ties to just about the same num ber cued in 1920. Out of the present situation, bow- oyer there has come nn almost posi tive conviction that the nres-ure on the next session of the legislature uill 1,0 such th-t there will necessarily follow n revision of the schedule of license chnrses fo- those tags and that a considerable reduction will ho n-sked for From many of the dealers the Information comes that complaint is constantly Increnslm? that the rates fixed in the existing bill are ex cessive nnd flint fills rontlment has been magnlled hv the strained agrl- cullural and financial conditions of the nasi s-veral months. So noticeable has this been that II Is now admitted there ins he*m some effect from it on the truck and pleasure car busl- n< Tn the matter of distribution of rucks It Is learned, there has been declination to renew or add , - , - r pit of the Princeton church at the other line of the automobile business, j P" rn|DR hour „„ rv(oe Sunday. ' and It has been trom this angl prn Th( , Rev Morr |, lB probably one of elpallv that '‘'^""IxinsTthe prewnt'the oldest preacher. In point of IO nlalnts have com* a * 3 ' p i tl|a | experience in the south, and l« license statute. j | ie | OV ed by all who know him. Dr. Henry W. Shaw Fifty Per Cent Appointed Trustee j j eV y c , n German U. Ga. Med. College Goods fc p assed noon appointing Hr. Henry \V Shaw, f Augusta '<■ fl" "o' 'acanry on the of trustees of the Medical col- board University of Georgia, at caused hy the death recently of Hon. Llnwood C Hayne. Announcement has been made that ticks it Is Teamen, mere i Rev j v. M. Morris, of Athena, has greater declination to renew or add | af0pptl , d a „ lnV |tatloti to fill the pul i present equipment than In any j of thp p r | n ceton church at the (By Associated Press) London, March 18.—The house of rnmmons tonight passed the third rending of the reparations bill. Tho bill provide, for a Jevy of 50 per cent on German goods, hut this pro vision Is not effective until March 31. Was Hoover’s Right-Hand Man in Belgium During Relief Waj-k There. Sir William Ovule, known to his friends as "Bllly^Goode, yet mfknown to the world asW>" uncrowned king of Austria, Is a {Briton whose power over that country is almost as com plete as that wielded by the Haps- burgs themselves. Here Is a man who a few months ago was hardly known, yet whose activities and policies at FREIGHT RATE IS I BTI.C.C. Georgia Commission Rates Amended to Level Fixed By Interstate. 1 air WILUAH-An*OOPe.K-M- Uie’presentmomBSMSvnrfrelltdeDl to do with tbe rehabilitation ot middle Europe, If not. Indeed, eventiojly of all the world. “Billy” Goode has had a wonderful earner. Ho was born In Newfound land on June 10. 1875. and was sen) hy his father, the Rev. T. A. Goods, to Fovle college. Ireland, for his schooling. I.lke mnnv ndventurous youths, the sea called him nnd after many adven tures before the mast In tall, fTul- rigged ships - - "wind-jammers” — w, r.nd him Installed ns a full-blown purser In tho Rrltlah mercantile ma rine. We next hear from him as a trooper In the 4th U. 8. ravnlry; later ns n newspaper reporter | n San Frnn- claro nnd New York: later again ns city editor of the New York Mer cury and as representing the Asso ciated Press on Admiral Sampson’s Oagshlp throughout the Spanlsh-Amer- lean war. We next hear fre m "Billy” In Lon don. as newa editor of the Standard: 1911 flnds him lolnt news editor of the London Dally MaP. Today he is Str William Goode. K. It. L. chairman of the Austrian sec tion of the International Renaratious commission, commander of the Order of tho Grown of Belgium, commander of the Order of Queen Isabella the Catholic, dictator and legislator, with a string of areompllshments and hon ors whlrh nil half a column In “Who’s Who” for the year 1921. HI, Journalistic oanalillltle* attract ed the attention of Mr. Hoover, who literally "collared" him nnd made him the right-hand man of tils Belgium re lief organisations. And so. when Mr Hoover's activities |„ Europe ended he turned his afTalrs over io the oa- pable hand of his lieutenant, who at once became nn Important official of the British food mlnlatrv, with a handle to his name In the next New Year's honor list. Today, as head of the Austrian tlon of the International Reparations commission and chief representative F”‘ h * British treasury In Austria, air William sits in a palatial room In Vienna, rings a hell and sends for the prime minister of Austria. "Yer, Sir William, certainly.” Marquises, grandees, counts, poll- tlclans, all u.ilt their turn outside that room where sits the man who was once a trooper In Uncle Sam's 4th cavalry! He Is a power In Austria. Soon people will realize It. He holds the pur-e strings, and Austria ha, thrown herself Into the hands of "Billy" Goode. "So long as Vienna is throt tled for financial resources." says Sir William, "so long will the whole of southeastern Europe be In difficulties: because Vienna Is, as she always has been, the financial center of that part of the world." Nobody realizes this better than -he Austrians themselves They recognize, as do those who (Special to The Banner) Atlanta. Ga.. March 18 —The Geor gia railroad commission has been of ficially notified, hy telegraph, that the Interstate commerce commission has reversed It and set aside Ite order In the recent freight rate Increase case, In which the Georgia commission de clined to allow 20 per cent Increase In the then existing rntes on cotton, cotton lintors and brick. In Intra-slate transportation. The order of the interstate com merce commission, while consistent with similar action by It In other ap pealed cases. Is another Instance of the taking over hy the federal body of state regulation, of freight rates on shipments wholly within o utate. The carriers doing business In Genr gla made application to the state com mission last your for authority to In crease all freight rates 20 per cent (over the rates existing September 1. 1920. The case was Heard by the Georgia commission and an order banded down granting tho petition exclusive of rates on cotton, cotton llnters nnd brick, of which there Is a very heavy tonnage In this slate un dor earli head. This application hy tho carriers sought to have the state rates mnde the same as the rates In I Interstate movements authorized by the Interstate commerce commission, which granted a full 20 per cent In crease. When th* order of the Georgia com mission was headed down the rail roads exrepted and appealed to the I. G. C. under the "transportation act.” after the Georgia commission had do dined to reopen the case. The I. G. C heard the appeal In Atlanta, the al legation being that the order or the Georgia commission was dlscrinilnn lory against Interstate rates as an thorized by the I. C. C. Tho Georgia commission made appearance In that hearing and resisted the motion ol the carriers. Now comes the order of th*.I. ,C. C. ovortbrowtog-the order of the Georgia commission and direct Ing that, by nr before April 23d. a rate of 20 per cent Increase bn put In effect In Georgia on all rhlpraenu of cotton, cetton llnters nnd brick wholly within this state. That makes a direct Issue nn the power of congress to legislate on pure ly Intrastate freight rates, taking the regulation of shipments moving only and wholly within a state out of tho hands of the state body. It Is the question on which the Wisconsin esae now before the United States supreme court Is made. Georgia and a num ber cf other states Joined In that ruse, whlrh has Just been argued, nnd the derision of tbe supreme court, when ever it Is handed down, will finally control. Until then the order of tbo Interstate commerce commission Is the controlling authority. Harris Gives All Draft Dodgers A - Lone Last Chance (By Associated Prats) Washington. D. O.. March 18.—The last opportunity for draft dodgers to escape the broadcast publication of their named a, deserters during the war was given today by Adjutant Gen era I Harris. Persons who think they will he (-Barged with evading draft, hut Who did not actually do so. nnv escape the odium of being publicly branded as deserters by communicat ing all the facts in th* case to him Immediately. Usls ate soon to le mailed to th* newspapers. Packers Employes Vote to Strike (By Associated Pr*ss) Chicago. March 18.—By a vote of 21,482 to 217 union workers In favor of a strike It unable to Induce the packers to maintain un eight hour day. Telegraphic reports al union head quarters wer said to Indicate similar majorities In other packing centers. White Sox Players May Be Indicted For Second Time (By Associated Presst Chicago. III., March 18—The sec ond Investigation Into the 1919 world', series which the Chicago White Sox are charged with throwing to Clncln- know hint personally, hi, wonderful! natl was started todav by States At- powers of organization. Onlv to the! tornev Crowe before the Cook county Austrian, he Is not "Billy." To them , grand Jury. he Is law. order, government and ruler In outlining his plana, Crowe prom- rolled Into one—(Ills Excellency. Sir Ised the Jurors new evidence to re- William Goode. Indict the men whose cases were (Copyright. 1921. U. 8. Feature dropped and said the public would he Service, Inc ) even more surprised at development, Han at the first Indictments. Dublin Castle Statement Asks Citizens to Influence Them to Cease. (By Associated Preta) Dublin. March 18.—An official state ment this afternoon from Dublin Castle charges Cashel Burgess. Rich ard Mu I caliv and Michael Collins with responsibility for the organization and control of attacks on crown force, here. They are Sinn Fein members of the British parliament, but thus far have suaceeded In evading ar rest. Attention was railed to tho eco nomic loss due to the curfew necessi tated hy the attacks, which are de clared only “slightly successful." It Is sugge-ted the citizens take oppor tnnltv to Influence the three to cease the attackf. Since .Innuary 1st, the statemeift says, there have been fifty attarku In Dublin, in which one eol dler was killed and twelve soldier.) wounded; four policemen killed and eight -wounded; seven civilians, chiding women nnd children, killed and fopty wounded. Bottled Drinks Contain Five Per Cent Food Value Washington. D. C. March 18.—A sin gle elght-ouncp bottle (the ordinary retail botfle) of carbonated beverage properly made, contains five per cent of tbe total dally food requirement of many children .according to a stnte ment by Dr. C. I- Alsberg. chief of the bureau of chemistry of the U. S. de portment of agriculture. The govern ment official statement was made af ter an exhaustive investigation by hli department Into tbo food value of soft drinks. •‘The average eight-ounce bottle of soft drink contains about three-quar ters of, an ounce of sugar,” Dr. Al* berg explained. This represents. t« use the language of the nutrition scientists, a food value of T9 calories And seventy-eight calories Is t con slderabls amount of energy. "A person at rest, of average sire will require during the day somethin* In the neighborhood of 2,800 calories By at rest I mean Just moving around If a person works, as the average bus Iness man who does not do nny me chanlcsl work, he will need three thou sand. If he Is digging a trench he will need four thousand and above. “Of course, a smaller man will re quire less than 2,500, and a child be ing still smaller will require propor- tlonatey less. Co that In the rase ol a child, seventy-eight calorie*, a sin gle bottle, may represent five per cent of the total dally food requirement •( far as energy power force Is con cerned." Government Loses ’ Important Suit On Estates Tax (By Associated Press) Washington. D. C. March 18.—The eovernment today lost an Important tax suit when the United States court of claims hpld that every estate the net amount of which exoeedp $50,000 and which has been or hereafter Is compelled to pay a federal estates tai is entitled to deduct the amount so paid from Its Income tax. If the supreme eourt upholds the de clslon the government will have to re turn such taxes already collected ant' In the future permit estates to deduct such taxes from the total Income oi nuking their returns. RUS80-P0LI8H TREATY SIONEO LAST NIGHT (By Associated Press) Ijandon. March 18.—The Russo- Polish treaty was signed tonight, says a Riga 'dispatch to the Times. It adds that the treaty is to be ratified at Minsk within thirty days. Carl Wanderer b Sentenced to Die Murdered Stranger (By Associated Press) Chicago. Ill March 18—Carl Man derer was todav found guilty hy a Inry of the murder of a ragged" strait- cer he shot to death In an allege) tnork hoid-no ami the penalty fixed „( fifath Wanderer was previously convicted of tho murder of hts wife who was shot at the same time, and sentenced to twentv<flve years. Wanderer once signed a confession that he hired the stranger, who wo, never Identified In stage a fake hold , aq fi hsd killed the man. hU wife d h-r ..nhorn hsbv, but later repu (listed this. MAYOR KEY ASKS Atlanta’s Police Board Being Shaken Up By Conflict Between Officials. (Special to The Banner) Atlanta. Ga.. March 18.—Following a meeting In the Fifth ward In At lanta last night. In which James W. Maddox reversed himself and declared he has concluded he will not resign from tho city police hoard, although the mayor requested that he do an. the situation between the mayor and Mr. Maddox today became somewhat strained, and Mayor Key has address ed another letter to Mr. Mr.ddox. In the former communication he merely "suggested" that Maddo* resign and Maddox announced he would do so. Todnv'p letter from the mayor Insists that Maddox withdraw from the board In the interest of good government. Maddox was a candidate before council for election to succeed himself on the hoard, and was opposed by Fills Barrett as a candidate for tho place. By a mistake on the part of the reading clerk In recording the vote of councllmon, Maddox was de- lared elected, and okas quickly sworn Into office. It was almost Immediate ly discovered that the vole was a tie, and neither Maddox nor Barrett had been elected, 'rhdlgnntlon was 'Xpressed hotly all over the dty the 'allowing day, hence the mayor's let ter. In the Interval, after Maddox nxpro sed Ills determination to abide ly the mayor's suggestion, there has ■eon something of a warm campaign 'n the Fifth ward, which- came to a head al a public masting last night, addressed hv Maddox with the dec- 'aratlon that he is going to serve out •he term as police commissioner, de spite the' mayor's request. Barrett 'old the same meeting he Is going to fight the case to the cm). Mayor Key, who has always been a strong nolltlcal friend nnd supporter of Maddox, today expresses dlsap- colntment In Mr. Madfifax, and gives him notice thst cltv council has di rected proceeding* be, Instituted to de- Mare his seat vacant. He calls on’ Maddox to "stand aside" and not try •o serve on th* board. Maddox was, vigorously ot tankeirhy • tbe Inst grand Jury hud that hodv asked. In Its presentments, that coun cil not re-elect him. (By Associated Press) Detroit, Mich., March 18.—IA suit against grand officers of the United Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes and Railway Shop Laborers to restrain the removal from office of Leo I. Kennedy, general chairman of the Pennrylvnnia system for the un ion, to bring about an accounting ot the brotherhood's funds ami to com pel grand officers to act aside money for the brotherhood provident funds, was begun In the circuit court hero today. Temporary injunction was granted, returnable March 16th. The suit was filed by Kennedy and other officers of th» Pennsylvania system of the broth erhood and It was learned Kennedy is suing Grand President Orahle. Grand Vice President Roberts and th ■ brotherhood for $’00,000 libel, on tho grounds that Crahlv announced can >ellation of Kennedy's credentials and charged him with spreading dls- lentlon in the ranks. , Big Strike Faces Plants Copenhagen (By Associated Press) Copcnhanon. March 18.—A lookout of workers In tho Iron and metnl in- dtistriotf. twitlln, shoo, bnck factories ’nd sawmills wan declared by employ- ors’ organizations ill relation to the coop*rntlve trades unions, who have •’ailed a strike for March 29th in all olanti owned hy members of the em- nloycrs* organization. The strike wilt involve 200,000 worker**. Employees Took 'Whiskey While Trunk Enroute (By Associated Press) Macon. Oa.. . March 18.—How ax is* messengers, a baggagemaster and a railroad conductor lock eighteen quarts of whiskey from a trunk was one of the numerous incident* told today by W. A. Hughe*, fttrmer ex- nreas messenger, at the trial In the federal district court of more than fifty persons accused of conspiring to steel from the government. Hugh** said they delivered the empty trunk at Byrou. Ga.. and could hear tho two men who received It cursing because they could tell hy Us weight that the contents had been removed.