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ASSOCIATED
PRESS NEWS
OF THE WORLD
FORTY-SECOND YEAR—NO. 142
.BRITISH SEE CHANCE NOW OF G. O. P. DEFEAT
REAL TROUBLE IN'
MAIL SERVICE AT
LAST COMES OUT
Short, Underpaid Staff is
Overworked, Writer
Shows
BY HARRY B. HUNT,
N. E. A. Staff Correspondent.
WASHiNGT min, June 14.—Just
what’is the matter with Uncle Sam’s!
mail service?
Republican politicians and dis
gruntled postal employes sum the ex
planatitfh up in one word “Burle
son.”
Others say it is the low pay and
exacting work of postal employes,
"which has forced hundreds of men
out of the service and has drawn
few in.
The fact is that the postal service
is working under a tremendous over
load and against seriously hamper
ing conditions of transportation and
equipment.
Under these conditions the real
surprise is that it is not worse; and
THAT IT IS NOT WORSE IS AN
ELOQUENT TESTIMONIAL TO
THE LOYALTY AND PERSEVER-‘
ANCE OP THE ARMY OF 300,000'
UNDERPAID, OVERWORKED MEN'
WHO ARE IN THE POSTAL SERV
ICE.
How many persons, receiving a
letter perhaps one day overdue, con
eider that it now takes from ten days
to a month to get a shipment by
freight that used to take only three
or four days? Yet the mails are
handled over the same transportation
systems, for most part, that handle '
these freight shipments.
P. O. Carries Other Systems’ Burdens !
The public has, quite properly,!
looked upon the postal service as one •
means of communication and trans-;
portation which can be depended!
upon. And the Postoffice Depart-'
'-"■gent, recognizing this, has attempt-'
to make good. J.t has declared no
embargoes, no priorities. The result
has been that when other means of
transportation have failed, tremen
dous volumes' of merchandise and
materials of all sorts have been un-l
loaded upon the Postoffice Depart-!,
ment for delivery.
The extent of the overload to!
which the department has been sub-!
jected, during a period when, because!
of the limitation of pay fixed by Con-1
gress it has been impossible ade-l
quately to increase the working!
forces in the cities where most of'
the increase originates, is indicatedl ,
by the fact that postal revenues for
the past two months show an increase
of 33 per cent over the same period
last year, for the whole country, and
of more than 50 per cent for New
York, Chicago and many of the larg
er cities. This as against a normalp
increase of less than 6 per cent.
During the recent switchmen’s p
strike, when freight shipments into '
Chicago were cut off, the postoffice j 1
delivered to one firm alone, in one
day, 15,000 packages, totaling 870, 1
\ 000 pounds or 435 tons.
In Philadelphia, durm" the period '
of the strike, the postoffice handled I"
13,000 crates of eggs and 37,000
pounds of butter.
Each day during the strike there 1
moved into New York, by parcel post, '
a very large voluhie of foodstuffs, and ■
the parcel shipments out of New ’
York during this period averaged 1
150 cars a day.
Throughout the northern and east-1
ern states similar conditions prevail-,
ed. Yet the tremendous increase in
volume of shipments was handled .
with little delay. The mails were
the one method of transportation that <
was functioning.
Thomas F. Flaherty of the Nation
al Federation of Postal Clerks, after I
a survey of employment conditions at;
100 of the largest postoffice pre- 1
diets a serious collapse of the postal
service at the end of the present fis
cal year unless congress takes early
action to adjust wages and improve!
conditions of employment.
Congress has just passed a bill in
creasing the pay of postal clerks and
letter carriers, but the increase is
nothing like what the organized post
office employes demand.
The maximum "resent salary of
clerks and letter carriers is $1,650.
The average is considerably lower;
scaling upward from $1,200, accord-J
; ng to period of service and rated
efficiency. !
The bill passed by congress to be-i
come effective July 1, 1920, increases!
the range of pay for clerks and car
riers by from $l5O to $250 a year.
The new scale will range from sl,-
400 to SI,BOO instead of from $1,200
to $1,650.
Increases of S2OO a year are given;
men now' drawing $1,200, $1,300 and
$1,400. An increase of $250 a year
is given men drawing $1,450 and sl,-
550 a year, but only a $lO increase
is given to the men drawing $1,650,
that is, the men of longest service
and experience.
Political considerations enter into!
the fact that congress did not this
session grant the postal employes !
what they asked. Employes of the
mail service are less than 2 per cent
of the voting population.
Whether or not raises granted will
M I What is It but a scrip of rag. \
\ / This symbol which we call the flag, . I
- \i ( / / boll of cotton, over-full. ' \ ,Z/
i\.\ ' /. /&■ worm’s cocoon, a sheep’s lost wool? ' Sv v//
B\ K '
A scrap of rag? But in its seams \\
Are stitched men’s memories and dreamsj's" f 'I
And drum and trumpet, lyre and harp A—
Are wovep in its woof and warp;
And pregnant hopes and deep desires \\ ' J
Loved of our sons as of our sires. s's
How shall you tear its threads apart
Whose shuttle is a people’s heart?
***- V Z I
What is it but a dash of dye 1 M
Which we have streaked across the sky.
Making obeisance, proud but prone,
As hfiathen to their gods of stone? EOEta ..
<g g A dash of dye? But so appears jg =
== B The color of our faiths and fears. Ii S
sB 9 ® ur l °il and turmoil toward the light, §s §
>= g ■ Our wounds of wrong in quest of right, === g
§s s And when our wounds are turned to scars 111
S We symbolize them into stars! s s
So not the symbol makes demands, Ulff/'i
But that for which the symbol Stands. Pwj •
? z’\/ What is it but a gasp of gush i/M
« T To which we bow tne while we blush,
«! I A song, a pharse, a shibboleth l*j/|
; / To lure men even unto death? I’ I
nA S So be it, then, and rest content
V For what is life but sentiment? ys
2 We live, we love and through the years Q
UOur smiles are salted of our tears. M
Strength dies, Love vveeps, but turns away ..
To guard a laughing child at play,
And, playing, spies the flab above y
Afloat to symbol life—and love.
(Copyright, 1930, N. E. A.)
GOMPERS ASKS LABOR TO |
SUPPORT WORLD LEAGUE!
Says People Would Ac
cept It, Stripped Os
Other Questions
MONTREAL, June 14.—1 tis pit
ible that the United States has not
•atified the League of Nations cove
lant, Samuel Gompers declared to
lay in an address before the Ameri
can Federation of Labor convention,
f the league covenant were submit
ed to the American people “without
my other entangling question” it
vould be overwhelmingly accepted
le said.
President Gompers made a strong
ippeal to the convention to support
he league and said the labor draft
>f the league covenant would “help
n the union of the working people of
vorld, helping the workers in the
nost backward country.
4,619 Population
Os Milledgeville
WASHINGTON, June 14—The
census of Milledgeville, Ga., was given
3ut today as 4,169, an increase of
5.3 per cent.
told present emp'oyes and enable
.he Postoffice Department to increase
.he personnel remains to be seen.
Needj Bigger Force.
An increase in the general mail
volume of 33 per cent in one year
s certainly going to require an in
imasing, and not a decreasing force
.<> bill.d e it
The loyalty and devotion with
which the great majority of postal
?mployes have clung to their service
for the public, in spite of low pay
md overwork, is shown best by fig
ires:
For the year ending June 30, 1920,
jne the basis of figures to date, re
signation of clerks will be about 14
pet cent and of carriers about 4 1-2
per cent, and most of these resigna
tions are of employes who have en
tered the service within the last two
years.
The Postoffice Department recom
mended that congress give the post
master general the right, within cer
tain limitations, to make different in
creases in different sections of the
country depending on the cost of liv
ing.
This proposal never had a chance,
however, because it would have
meant that the men in the cities
would get a greater increase than the
men in small town districts.
And the congressmen from Peoria
and Squedunk, who far outnumber
the big city congressmen, would nev
er agree to that—never!
THE T IMEsZrECORDER
PUBLI SHED IN THE~\^< , l^ S ..HEART OF
PLAGUE FOUND j
| AT PENSACOLA
, I
Laboratory Diagnoses
Disease Following
Death Friday
PENSACOLA, Fla., June 14—Fol
| lowing the death here on Friday
• i night of George Gardina, a clerk in'
' a general merchandise store, of what
' the state labor laboratory officials de-
I i clare to have been bubonic plague, a
i clean up campaign will be inaugu
rated in the city beginning tomorrow
and warfare on rats will begin.
U. S. HEALTH OFFICIALS
ORDERED TO PENSACOLA.
WASHINGTON, June 14.—Mem
bers of the public health service and
bubonic plague commission at New
Orleans were ordered today to Pen
sacola, Fla., where one death had oc
. curred from what the state laboratory
I officials believe to be bubonic olague.
i ■ Public health officials here said if
Ii the case was an imported one the
I situation would not be as serious as
I if its development was of local in-
I section.
NOT ESTABLISHED,
! SAYS WASHINGTON.
WASHINGTON, June 14—Offi-
i cials of the public health service said|
1 today that it was not definitely es-
■ tablished that a case of bubonic’
i plague had devoloped at Pensacola.
> Second Installment of
i Income Taxes Due
> _ .
■ WASHINGTON, June 14—The
- second installment of income and ex
> cess profit tatfes for 1919 are due
I tomorrow and will yield the govern
-|ment $750,000,000, it was estimated
- today by the Bureau of Internal Rev
-lenue. Collections during March ag
-igregated nearly $919,000,000.
i| fattier
si ——
s Forecast for Georgia—Generally
fair and continued warm weather to
» night and Tuesday.
r The week will be generally fair
- t and warm, but with occasional show-
I ers arid thunderstorms.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON JUNE 14, 1920
ROAD PROJECTS
IN 14 COUNTIES!
! TOTAL MILLIONS
Division Engineer Sub
mits Summary of
Work Now Arranged
W. C. Caye, Jr., division highway
engineer for the Third District, to- 1
! day issued a statement setting (orth |
jthe work under construction in this
! district and projects upon which work
I may be expected as soon as federal
■ approval is given. The statement
! covers work in fourteen counties,
! and the total cost of which when
| completed will be about $1,000,000.!
; Projects under way and proposed in |
! Sumter county including the paving l
I cf 3 miles on the Andersonville road, 1
1 mile of which has already been
i completed, paving 5 miles on the'
! Leesburg road, and the proposed
! paving of 5 miles on the Ellaville
highway. All of the work is being
done under direction of Mr. Caye and
his corps of engineers, who have
i their headquarters in the court house'
I here.
! The figures given below are ap
! proximate only, and the projects are
! those which have either already been
approved for federal, state and coun
ty aid, or are being designed for suchl
approval. The various projects are;
as follows:
Randolph County—Sand-clay road,!
| 5 miles, Cuthbert-Blakely road. Sand-;
clay road, Cuthbert-Lumpkin road!
(proposed) cost, $90,000.00.
Terrell County—-Sand-clay road,
13 miles, Dawson-Albany road. Sand <
clay road, Dawson-Cuthbert (pro-!
posed) cost, $120,000.
Ben Hill County Paving 4.2
miles and constructing one 120 j
I foot re-inforced concrete bridge, ’
i Fitzgerald-Ocilla road. Coist S9O,- I
I 000.
Irwin County—Paving 3.6 miles
; and constructing one 300 foot re-j.
I inforced concrete bridge, Fitzgerald-!
Ocilla road. Cost SIOO,OOO.
Turner County—No work propos
ed for this year.
Crips County—No work proposed ’
I for this year.
Dooly Cdunty—Sand-clay road, 111.
! miles, Vienna-Americus road, sand
i clay road, 6 miles, national highway.
I Three concrete bridges. Total cost'
I $140,000. ;
I Macon County—Sand-clay road,
14.2 miles, Marshallviile-Ft. Valley
! road, 120 foot re-inforced concrete;
i bridge, Andersonville-Oglethorpe
! road. Cost $30,000.
Sumter County—Paving 3 mijes,
Andersonville road, paving 5 miler
Leesburg road, paving 5 miles Ella
ville road (proposed) cost $320,000.
Schley County—Sand-clay, 2.5 j
miles Ellaville-Butler road, cost $20,-;
000.
Taylor County— .in!
construction of bridge over Flint'
river, Taylor-Uption counties. Cost;
$85,000.
Lee County—Sand-clay road, 12
miles, Leesburg-Smithville road, cost
$90,000. . ;
Webster County—4o-foot jre-in-!
forced concrete bridge, Preston-j
Americus road, (proposed).
Stewart County—Two re-inforced■
concrete bridges and grade improve
ment, Lumpkin- Richland road, cost
$30,000.
Quitman County—Sand-clay road
5 miles, Georgetown-Fort, Gaines!
road, $30,000.
Clay County—Sand-clay road, 9
miles, Ft. Gaines-Georgetown road,
cost $40,000.
Allen Re-Instated
After Exoneration
Henry Allen, who was recently dis-,
, missed from the county service for
alleged neglect of duty, has been re
instated on recommendation of Supt.
John B. Ansley, who has enonerated
him completely of all blame in con
nection with the conduct of the par
ty headed by J. W. Lassiter, assis-
I tant county superintendent, who dis-,
appeared following his indictment by
the grand jury on serious charges.
‘ Close inquiry into the conduct of the i
! party has developed young Allen had
no part in the affair which led to j
their dismissal, and that he was not,
guilty of neglect of duty in connec-;
j tion with his conduct on that occa- j
! sion.
Tennesseean Named
To Succeed Polk
WASHINGTON, June 14—Norman !
N. Davis, of Tullavoma, Tenn., was i
appointed today by President Wilsdn ;
to be under-secretary of state to sue-;
ceed Frank L. Polk, resigned. He will
assume his duties tomorrow.
Dr. Tramborn to Form
New Berlin Ministry
r BERLIN, June 14.—Dr. Karl
- Tramborn, leader of the Center par
ty has accepted the task of forming a
r new ministry to succeed that of pre-
- mar Braun, which resigned June 8,
it was announced today.
ANTI-JAPANESE STAND
IN CALIFORNIA LOOMS
AT TOKIO CONFERENCE
Secretary of U. S. Group Tells How Americans and
Japanese Opened Momentous Meeting
With Straight Talk On
Irritating Issues
(NOTE —Following is tho first of a series of articles written espec
ciallv for the I imes-Recordev and other N. E. A. newspapers by Harry E.
Benedict, secretary of the American delegation to the “Unofficial Con
ference on Japanese-American Affairs," just concluded at Tokio, in
which he sets down what he believe, to be the composite impression
made upoi the distinguished Americans, heade-1 by Finnic A. VandeY.ip,
by Japanese statesmen business and social leaders. Elucidation and
comment upon the in portant problems there discussed with bo contin.
ued in subsequent articles which will appear in the Times-Recorder.)
BY HARRY E. BENEDICT
(I)-’siness Associate of Frank A. Vanderlip, and Secretary of the
American Delegation to the “Unofficial Conference on Japanese-
American Affairs” at Tokio.)
Copyright, 1920, Newspape r Enterprise Association.
What are Japan’s national aspira- ( of West Virginia, and from this she!
I
Is she to be an
aggressive, trou
blesome member
of the group of
Great Powers, or
has she a national
ambition to join
the western na
tions in their
struggle for a
better civilization ■
on an equality of
ethical and moral
standards?
Indicative o f!
Japan’s desire to
approach problems
that are causing
international irri- j
(
A
bj
tation is the con !
ference, just closed, between an un-|
official group of Americans and a
very distinguished group of Japan-J
ese.
Only honest and the most frank
discusssion of these problems will |
produce important results, Baron
Shibusawa said "in a brief address
with which he opened the Unofficial
Conference of 1920 on American-'
Japanese Affairs, at the Tokio Bank-'
ers Club on April 26.
The Japanese group, of which
Baron Shibusawa is the head, repre
sent practically every great commer-!
cial, financial and industrial enter
prise in Japan. They designated
their group as the Welcome Associa
tion of Japan.
Baron Shibusawa had extended to;
Frank A Vanderlip an invitation to I
come to Japan for an unofficial but
frank and earnest discussion of prob
lems confronting Japan in her own
domestic development of matters of!
international concern, and of de
velopments in the Far East in which
Japan’s action had affected Ameri
can public opinion.
Frankly Discuss Immigration.
Mr. Vanderlip was asked by the
Baron to select a small group of
representative American business
men, bankers and educators, who;
came to be known in Japan as the!
“Vanderlip Party.”
During the conferences at Tokio
where Viscount Kaneko and Mr !
Vanderlip acted as joint presidents,!
the conference freely and fully dis-!
cussed immigration into the United'
States, the Siberian, Manchurian,!
Mongolian, and Korean questions, co
operation of Japan and the United'
States in the Developme..t of China’s 1
Industry and Commerce, and Cable
Communication between Japan and
America.
The whole general subject of im
migration is vital to Japan. Only
17 per cent of her limited area is
I arable—an acreage equal to the area
MERCURY HITS
100 ON 3 DAYS
I
!
Friday’s Temperature
Fraction Above Max
imum For Sunday
Maximum and minimum tempera
! tures Saturday and Sundr were top
! ics of wide discussion here today, but
! few people will willing to believe
I that both these days were really
! cooler than Friday, when the official
! thermometer reached a shade above
; 101. “Humidity,” it was said, tend
; ed to make the heat Sunday more op
| pressive than it would otherwise have
I been, but, whatever it was, people
5 felt the sun’s rays keenly, and fans
I were kept goinet in many homes all
day. Cars were kept going, too, and
people sought other means of keep
ing cool as well.
The official thermometer readings
I as given out this morning were as
follows: Saturday, maximum, 100'
minimum, 69. Sunday, maximum
• 101; minimum, 70. Friday the read
, ing showed a maximum of 101 plus
a minimum of 67.
lis attempting to feed her 57,000,000 j
people. The increase in population!
has outrun the increase in produc-'
tion of foodstutis despite the most!
intensive form of agriculture, and)
the per capita production of the prin-!
cipai crops—rice, wheat, rye, barley,!
soja bean—shows in each instance'
a steadily declining ratio.
Hurt by California Legislation.
■ The specter og emfwypvbgkqjbgkq!
The specter of a hungry nation is!
lurking in the minds of Japanese'
I business men and statesmen as they
approach the subject of immigration. I
Restrictive legislation in California!
( especially in the recent proposal of
a referendum to be voted upon in!
I November, is a matter of profound
i interest to the Japanese at present.;
j This referendum is a measure de-!
, signed to cancel the leasehold of'
! Japanese farmers, and to prevent the 1 ;
I guardianship of Japanese children by,
Japanese parents. Far more impor
tant that the material injury that
might be done their nationals is, the!
Japanese say, the discourtesy, the!
harshness of the language of the pro-J
( posed legislation, the hurt to Jap-!
anese national pride that would re-l|
| suit from such legislation.
The do not insist, in fact, they
J seem to have no desire, that further;,
| fresh Japanese immigration be per-!,
mitted by the United States.
Were they laboring under any il-;
lusions as to the American attitude in
I respect of this matter, they would,
have been dispelled by Mr. Vander-
I lip’s statement at the opening session!
when he said:
“It seems to me that your popula
; tion is growing too fast to make it
| possible for you to solve a problem'
by emigration alone. Certainly you
must agree that there is no outlook
for relief from the problems of such;
a rapidly growing population by em-'
igration to American, Were you to;
send your surplus population to us, it;
i would flood us. Any such course
i would not be good for use, nor would
II it be good for you.”
! “Came at Request of Americans.”
The Japanese insisted that Japan
had the firmest intentions of living
! up to the spirit and the letter of the!
1 "Gentlemen’s Agreement” in the fu
ture emigration of their nationals to,
the United States. Their plea is for
| courteous, just and considerate treat-;
I ment of this embarrassing and diffi
! cult question.
;! Tljey are anxious, they insist, to
i, encourage the thorough assimilation
l!of the Japanese already in Califor-i
I nia. They wish to have assurance'
■ that these Japanese may pursue
’ peaceful, restful lives. They point
> out, with some force, that the Japan
i (Continued on back page)
11st Baptist Picnic Date
Changed to Thursday
I The First Baptist Sunday school!
I! decided yesterday morning to have;
; their picnic at Myrtle Springs on ■
I Thursday of this week, June 17, in
! stead of Friday. The change was
! i made on account of Thursday being;
a half holiday which would enable'
more of their members to v get off
from business and attend the picnic.!
Cars will leave the church between'
8 and 9 o’clock and a great day is I
• anticipated by the members and their'
- friends.
j Veterinarian Killed,
Vance Peacock Hurt
e
. HAWKINSVILLE, June IL—-D.
_ O. A. Hash, veterinary surgeon and
B overseas veteran, was killed Sunday
e'when an automobile in which he was'
si riding turned over. Vance Peacock,
1 driver of the car was seriously in
j i jured. Dr. Hash’s body was sent to
; his home in Indiana.
s Allion Brewer, of Vienna, was a
s! well known visitor here today, com
i- ing on a business mission.
i :
I- Mr. and Mrs. R. V. Emmett, of
s’ Atlanta, are registered at the Wind
sor.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
SEE POSSIBILITY
OPENED UP BY
CHICAGO RESULT
Senator Harding Back at
Desk in Washington
For Few Days
LONDON, June 14—Senator Hard
ing’s personality and record being
virtually unknown here newspaper
comment this morning on the Repub
lican presidential nomination at Chi
cago, was limited. Several papers re
fer to him as a “dark horse” and infer
from the cable reports tlffit he repre
sents a compromise.
Two or three assume that the re
sults of the Chicago convention have'
opened the possibility of the election
of a Democrat to the presidency,
which of late has been regarded here
as extremely impossible.
FRENCH WRITER SEES
TRIUMPH OF MACHINE
PARIS, June 14—Few newspapers
here venture to comment on the re
: cf the Republican national con-
vention at Chicago, although all de
vote considerable space to the news
of the nominations. Pertinax in the
Echo de Paris said: “It was a triumph
for the machine, of the party organi
zation, or the bosses, over personali
ties sufficiently powerful or well sup
plied with funds to be in a position
to appeal directly to the nation.”
HARDING EACK AT
DESK AT CAPITAL
WASHINGTON, June 14—Senator
Warren G. Harding, the Republican
nominee for the presidency, was back
at his desk at his office at the cap
ital today. *
Accompanied by Mrs. Harding his
secretary and a small group of sena
h° “ rn .Y ed Portly after midnight
and went directly to his home.
. , en ? tor Harding said he expected
to be busy a couple of days cleaning
up senatorial business. t,Lanl «K
by ?K y „S“ e p,rt !>'»'
ineton" 1 !! YjS" B • rri « d '« Wa«h.
wh “ h "™ d e<lthf n „K
><&
•ppMudei Mnf v ‘S»'ou»ly
the station rn i ■ lle P dss ed out of
COOLIDGE BACK AT DESK
TO FINISH HIS JOB.’
Cooln?ge ( ’x-turneTta
question as to whether d
FUSION, June 14. Governor
Coolidge, when notified that he had
been nominated by the Republican
convention for the vice-presidency
sav h t°h»f e k the Associated Press to
twn. th IheV ° U d accept the nomina-
Governor Coolidge received word
tn P° mina t ion in his apartment
tr Adams house in company with
Mrs. Coolidge and his aide, Captain
Charles S. Riley, and his secretary,
'i"?'.?The governor indi-
Ca lu a. 1 le was very well pleased
with the honor.
Governor Coolidge had followed
the balloting with the keenest inter
est and in an announcement of Sena
tor Harding he immediately sent the
senator a telegram of congratula
tions.
The governor issued the following
statement:
the nomination for vice-president
coming to me unsought and unex
pectedly, I accept as an honor and a
! duty. It will be especially pleasing
to be associated with my old friend.
Senator Warren G. Harding, our
| candidate for president.
“The Republican party has adopt
led a sound platform, chosen a wise
leader and is united. It deserves the
I confidence of the American people—
' confidence I shall endeavor to se
| cure.”
To the newspapers, he said:
“I am pleased and shall accept. I
I am particularly pleased that I am to
: make the run with Senator Harding.”
HARDING TO BE OFFICIALLY
NOTIFIED AT HOME SOON
MARION, 0., June 14—United
States Senator Warren G. Harding
will be officially notified of his nom
ination for the presidency by the Re
publican party at his home in Marion
within the next few days, it became
known today.
(Continued on Back Page.)