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LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS
Doings of Georgia Lawmakers
Gathered For The Benefit
Of Our Reader*
seat J. E. Davi'dson as' the, rep-
resonatlve of Peach county. ;
By Shettlesworth of Gwinnett—To-
mpolnt a committee to investigate!
:he status of the Mason’s Annuity. ;
By Greer of Macon county—To ap
propriate $3,000 to the state board of
lealth for the free distribution of diph
theria antitoxin.
Atlanta.—With a bare quorum pres- j By DePoor of Clayton—To reappor- 1
ent the house of representatives, held :,on . the , hoU8e of representatives so
, a . . . is to give the eight larger counties
the first tu day afternoon session • ;w orepresentatives and th other coun-
of the year last Saturday, the session j e s one each.
(being featured by failure of the bill | -- ■■ ■ -
jby Elders of Tattnall to aprpoprlate Will Not Appeal From Recent Decision
State funds to match federal funds j Washington—The government will
(provided under the Sheppard-Towner not appeal from the recent decision
act, better known as the "better-ba- of the United States court at St.
ibies” bill. The vote was 82 .for and Paul, in which it was held that the
123 against the measure, falling to se- interstate commerce commission had
(cure the necessary constitutional ma-' authority to consent to the lease and
|jority required of appropriations seek ownership pi the Central Pa-
Ijneasures. jcific railroad by th Southern Pacific
| Representative Covington of Col* railroad. This announcement was
jquitt spoke in favor of the bill, call* made by Attorney General Daugherty
iing upon the chivalry of the house to after several conferences with Pres-
(provide this sum for tho sake of fu« ident Coolidge at which were discuss-
ture citizens of the state. led exhaustively the various adminis-
Huxford of Clinch opposed the act, tration policies involved.
declaring that its inception was in _ . rr—; TTTTTl—n
the. th a ,Zmu, i Coolidge Begins White House Duties
the theories of Socialism. The speak-
«r was asked by Parks of Terrell if , Washington. President Coolidge
uni , took up his duties for the first time
woman ISS ° y at the executive offices in the white
greT L nnsw ref’’yes ‘ but lt h ^ The chlef executivo arrlved at
sJJJh y ® 8 ’ 1,ut Mr : nt his desk early in the morning from
A™ / 1 WtlB “ 0t th New Willard hotel, where he had
i WaS ^.established a temporary headquar-
of Fulton asKeU
* gm .T„ th ? UK ™ hoi Ho w« a “omJaJod
«■« *&&*•. 8 a »* l » *!»« by hla secretary. Edward T. Clark,
BERGDOLL SHORTS TWO MEN
Frenchmen Concealed Selves in Fugl
five's Hotel While Others Were
Outside In Automobiles
■£3 to appropriate money for the sake
4>t hogs.
jljyhe bill originally .called ,for $24,-
020.55 for each of the years 1024 and
1025 to match a like amount of fed
eral funds, but an amendment was
Adopted roduclng the amount to $5,000 Norfolk, Va.,
for each of the two years, f | Norfolk, Va
and was met by Secretary Christian,
who will remain on duty for a few
days to assist the president.
Elects City Manager
—Col. William B. Cau-
A bill by Guosb of DeKalb to legal- sey, an engineer and executive of in-
izo cash bonds in criminal cases in ternationai reputation, was elected by
Jieu of surety was passed. Another unanimous vote of the city council
bill also by Representative Guess, city manager of Norfolk at a sal-
which would have made the burning ary of $20,000. Colonel Causey will
of a house by its owner in rural die- take office September 1, on which date
iricts for fraudulent purposes a penal the retiring city manager, Charles E.
offense with punishment from two to Ashburner, will report for duty as
tour years in the penitentiary, was head of the city government of Stock-
tabled when no quorum could be ton, Calif. Colonel Causey returned
rounded up to vote on it. I on the Leviathan about ten days ago
Another bill by Milner of Dodge, to from Europe. For several years he
authorize an increase from $1,000 to has engineered in Austria,
ill,600 for traveling expenses of tho 1
Eberbach Baden.—Grover Cleve-
land Bergdoll, the American draft
evader, shot down and killed one man
and wounded another recently when
men concealed in his hotel apartmen.
seized him in a kidnaping attempt
Two other men waiting outside la
an old American army automobile
with an American shield on the side
were arrested after being menaced
by a crowd. The German authorities
said one was an American army lieu
tenant and the other a Russian
prince.
Both of Bergdoll’s assailants were
Identified as Frenchmen, tti the. serv
ice of the Americans.
Bprgdoll said the men seized him
but that he succeeded in breaking
free and then drew a revolver end
fired.
The police arrested the two Ameri
cans in order to save them from the
crowd which threatened to lynch
them. Those in the hotel said that
the two men who went inside tried to
choke the draft evader.
Tho reported attempt of Americans
to kidnap Bergdoll and spirit him out
side the jurisdiction of Germany, ,was
the second since he escaped from
military authorities in the United
States In. 1920 and sought refuge
abroad. j
Bergdoll and his brother, Irwin,
were the most notorious draft evaders
in this country during the world war.
Irwin served a sentence at Leaven
worth and only recently was released
to return to the home of his wealthy
mother, Mrs. Emma Bergdoll in Phila
delphia.
Grover made several attempts to
escape the custody of federal authori
ties^ At last, while he was on leave
at his mother’s home, in custody of
soldiers, he made good his escape.
After he had escaped the surveil
lance of his guards ho drove away
in a big automobile, across several
states and into Canada, eluding cap
ture . and getting aboard a ship bound
for Europe, although all police of the
cities through which he passed and
hundreds of secret service men were
bending every effort to make him
prisoner.
The escape was so sensational and
Bergdoll so openly taunted the govern
ment about the ease with which he
accomplished it that a congressional
inquiry was held, and those responsi
ble severely reprimanded.
Hardly was the fugitive comfort-
fttate school auditor likewise .failed Predict Governmental Saving In 1023'
to receive a quorum vote and was 1 ^ asliington. Preliminary budget
tabled I estimates for the next fiscal year as
A bill to create a bureau to by P „ re8ldaa L^°” lid f
-termer service men of the world war vido a total of Shi 00,000,000 tor the
ond Snnnibh-Amorican conflict was 1 running’’ expenses of the government,
nassed bv thohm.se at theiaturrtav Pared with $1,826,000,000 for the !.“*“"? wu “ «*. comlon '
passed by tho house at the Saturday. PoBta . denartment ex- 1 ably set up ln a hotel In Ebervach,
morning session and ordered trans- ^ver 'which arehandled Baden ’ when early ln 1921 - men
inittod to the senate for action. pe ” 8es ' nowever, wnicn are nanaied attempted to abduct him and his con-
batcher of Burke, author of the bill,! wder separate account, and Provi- £e p « “ a ™ n ™ co <>
.fivnlninert (Pm mnnniirn wenirt sion for interest and retirement of j ’ C-v , ' A -a-meri-
yexplalnod that the measure would exneeted to brina can glrl was woun( Ied in the ensuing
fro ate a bureau under direction of an la0 puunc aeDt a F e expected to bring p lsto j batt i e
official appointed by. the governor J he ^^? aa ® a L tot w t0 approximate- Two Qf the
-from throe men recommended by the ly ?3,a00,000,000. ^ For last year the
fitate executivo committee of the total was ? 3 * 542 » 000 .° 00 *
American Legion. The director would | .
assist war veterans in counties in Auth0 rl«d To Sign President’s Name
which the American Legion was un* Washington. — President Coolidge released, enlisted in the American
Able to render aid. h aa B j gne( j a paper authorizing Mrs. forces on the Rhine, and returned to
An amendment was attached to the y lla p Pugh a c i erk j n the general this country late in 1921.
bill providing that dhe bureau direc- JaU(1 o£Clc0( ^ slgn hls name to land
lor report to the federal government grants> SUe i B the only person in the
names of persons receiving compensa- RervlcG o£ tUe country with authority
tlon who were not entitled to it. £o a i ga the president’s name to offi
cial documents,
would-be kidnapers
wore reported to be American military
intelligence operators. One, Carl
Neuf, was sentenced to a German
prison for 18 months. He later was
A salary of $2,600 as compensation
for the bureau director was fixed by
the bill. An annual maintenance
fund of $2,GOO was also outlined.
Daylight Bandits Black Roadway
Alma.—George Langford, manager
The bill outlines duties of the director of the Langford Lumber company, a
s»f the bureau, providing that he shall big sawmill situated about eight miles
disseminate all information given out north of Alma, was held up and rob
hv the government for benefit of dis- , bed of $550 in money, his watch and
abled veterans and assist veterans pistol by two white men as he was
of the world war and their widows on his way from Alma to the mill with
in obtaining benefits and rights of- the payroll. Mr. Langford, in com-
terod bv the government. ( pany with another man, had been to
Representative Atkinson of Cam- town for the money. When about six
den introduced a resolution asking miles out he came to a log and when
that Lieut. Cen. William J. Hardee he stopped to move .the log the men
of the Confederate army be memorial- covered him with guns and took the
l«ed in the central group on the Stone money, watch and pistol.
Mountain memorial. |
The general tax act, which would
Increase the state’s revenue approxi
mately $2,600,000 annually, according
to estimates by several , legislators,
was passed and ordered transmitted
immediately to the senate. Last year
the tax act brought into the state
treasury about $5,500,000.
A sharp increase was made in the
tax on horse traders, gypsies and for-
'•rne tellers, which was raised from
$25 to $250. An effort on the part
of ReDvesentativo Woodruff of De-
ICalb to increase the tax on pawn
brokers was defeated.
An announcement relative to the
tax on labor agents was passed. It
oi’ovidea that in addition to paying a
tax v of $1,000. all afcents taking la
borers out of the state must give
bond sufficient to cover debts of the
laborers.
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Bills Introduced In The House
The following bills and resolutions
The Cuno Government Ha6 Fallen
Berlin.—Unrest is on the increase in
Germany, food riots, strtvj disorders
and agitatipn fostered by the Commi;
nif-ts are c^nong the troubles the gov
ernment of Cuno conteded with
before the chancellor han.W hia res
ignation to the president. To makr
matters worse, the government’s ten
ure c.f office, by reason of the “n<
confidence'’ decisipn of the United So
cialists, appears to be over, for there
was every indication some time beforr
that the government would renounce
its retirement at almost any moment
Death List Mounts In German Riots
Berlin.—Unconfirmed rumors from
various points of middle Germany in
dicate that there has been fatal riot
ing owing to shortage of food money
Twenty persons are reported to have
been killed in Hanover and 16 in
Jteitz, Rioting also is reported in
Neisse, Silesia. Chaotic conditions still
prevail in various sections of Ger
many owing to the situation created
by the shortage of food and the gen
eral spirit of unrest.
Mexican Recognition Awaited Harding
Austin, Texas.—Details for the rec
ognition of Mexico by the United
States were complete and awaited
only the return of President Harding
to Washington when the president
was stricken in San Francisco, accord
ing to reports brought here by John
A. NorriB, chairman of the Texas
board of water engineers, from Mexi
cans in El Paso.
U. S, Will Move To Avert Strike
Washington.-—Governmental inter
vention designed to prevent a suspen
sion in anthracite production after
September 1, it was indicated the oth
er day, will be taken early in the
Coolidge administration. While infor
mation as to the exact method to be
followed was lacking, there is'said to
were introduced in the house of rep-; be a probability that the federal coal
resentatives: j commission will invite officials of the
By Bowdon of McDuffie and oth- 1 miners’ union and representatives of
ers—To appropriate $500 to purchase I tbe anthracite mine operators to re-
fc portrait of Thomas E, Watson to sume negotiations for a wage, con-
be hung in the capital, I tract.
i-J3y Etmis, oi. BaLcLwltt and otherj—J ~ '
Plan Consolidation Of Cuban R. R
Havana.—The tariff bill, passed by
the lower house of the Cuban con
gress, after an all night session, pro
vides for the consolidation of all the
railroads in the island. It "is speci
fied that all new railroad construction
must join the consolidation unless the
now lines make a network joining at
least four provinces together.
Richmond Papers To Change Hands
Richmond, Va.—S. L. Slover, owner
and publisher of the Norfolk Ledger
Dispatch and part owner of the Pe
tersburg Progress and Index-Appeal
and the Portsmouth . Star, completed
negotiations for the purchase of the
controlling interest in the Richmond
Times-Dispatch and the Evening Dis
patch, formerly held by J. O. and T.
S. Winston of New York and Virginia.,
the management of the latter paper's
announced recently. There will be no
immediate change in the policy of the
two issue of the Dispatch. j , 4
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