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VOL. XXII. NO. 54. SENATOR SMITH ENTERS TEUTONIC NATION IN CIVIL WARFARE: O CABINET SUHE Leaders of Recent 1 insurrec tion Are Reported Arrest ed —Berlin Street Railways Are Idle MAYENCE, March 24.—More than 1,000 communists were killed in vio lent fighting between Ebert troops and the reds in the regions of We scl, Gotha and Hem. ersdorf, accord • mg to dispatches here today. Fighting between Belgian troops and the German reds was reported in the Duisberg district. WESEL. Germany, March 24. (Via Berne.)—“Six thousand govern ment troops, reinforced by armed countrymen, had a skirmish with communist guards numbering about 15,000 near here last night. Re ports state sixty-two were killed and upwards of 100 wounded. NEW CABINET IS FORMED IN GERMANY COPENHAGEN. March 24—Forma tion of a new German cabinet is a matter of only a few hours, and independent Socialists are sure of getting several important portfolios, according to telegrams from Berlin this morning. Gas. water, and electric service has not been resumed in Berlin and the tramways are idle, as the in dependent Socialists have assumed the waiting attitude. They are said to be dissatisfied with the govern ment's “soft methods towards trait ors while armed Spartacists are sim ply stood against the wall.” GOVERNMENT AGREES NOT TO FIGHT EABOR LONDON, March 24.—1 n the strike settlement reached by the German government with the labor unions the majority socialists are pledged to place in their parliamentary program the claims of labor organizations, says a Berlin dispatch to the Ex change Telegraph company. The government has expressed willing ness to withdraw its troops from Berlin and across the Spree river— \ near government headquarters—and raise the state of siege immediately it is issued. In addition it under takes not tn attack workers, partic- i -ularly ifcose in the Ruhr valley, and | to negotiate with Funions concerning t the entry of labor representatives { into defense corps. The unions pledged themselves to call another meeting to decide upon the question of a new general strike in case their claims are not met and the government’s policies are bro ken. The claims of the. unions fol low: “Organization of the government ; of the empire and Prussia must be undertaken with the co-operation of ■ labor unions and the-deciding influ- ; ence upon social laws must be given the unions. “Guilty rebels must be disarmed and punished. “‘All offices of the public admin- I istration .must be purged of counter revolutionists. “‘The reform of governmental ad ministrations must be executed as quickly as possible with the co-oper- I ation of the unions. “Social laws must be extended im . mediately to secure economic equal ity for workingmen. “Nationalization of industry must be commenced at once. “Better eupplies of food must be arranged, and available stocks must be placed at the disposal of the peo ple. “All military formations which do not remain true to the constitution must be disbanded.” WOODSTOCK BANK ROBBED OF BONDS, STAMPS AND CASH WOODSTOCK, Ga„ March 24. ' Robbers lentered the Bank of Wood stock some time Tuesday night and according to estimates of the bank officials early today, got away with Liberty bonds worth about $2o,)00 or $25,000, about SIOO of the bank s cash, probably SI,OOO worth of! stamps and S4OO cash belonging to the postoffice, whose cash box is i brought to the bank each night for safekeeping, a number of nustal re ceipts and blank money orders, be sides many notes, deeds and other valuable papers kept in the bank by I the business men of Woodstock. The vault door was broken to pieces, but the main safe, in which! it is said there was a large sum of; money, stood firm. The bank was doing business as usual today, al though there -was some delay owing! to the confusion incident to the rob-! bery and the large crowd in tow: for the election, this being primary! election day In Cherokee county. March Cotton Corner Smashes; Option Drops 255 Points to 40.25 NEW YORK, March 24.—March . cotton contracts broke even more rapidly and sensationall yat the open ing of the cotton market today than they had advanced yesterday. The! first sale was at 41.40 cents a pound I and the price dropped to 40.25 cents; on the next transaction, or 255 points' below yesterday’s closing figure and ! nearly sls per bale below the high I record of yesterday morning. Only on? notice of •’was* re- { pc.ted but it was believed that un protected shorts had finished cover- i ir.g yesterday as there were only one i or two buyers in evidence at the I start. The big break in March had; , a confusing effect on general senti-i ment and later deliveries were unset- j tied, selling off approximately 20 to 30 points under liquidation. Sljc Sri-Wcddn Sournal Afraid of Royalty? Not This Newsette jfEfeoliL' W- ■■■ W ' ■ • WhSIS ALFHILDE BERNSCHOLD STOCKHOLM. —Enter now the American newsie! Miss Alfhilde Bernschold, whose parents live in Chicago, sells papers at Regeringsgatan, Stockholm’s businest corner. She’s the only news vendor in the city with Amer ican pep and methods and the only “newsette” under 45. “I’ve taught this berg a few things about American democracy,” she says. “One is a newsie can be hon est and another is that a girl news kid can eat -in a swell ‘cafay’ if she’s got the price. And I ain’t afraid of royalty, neither!” Prince Erick passes her stand often and buys paper 1 ® from Alf hilde. She smiles and he smiles. FEDERAL PLAN TO STORE COAL MAY KEEP DOWN PRICE WASHINGTON. March 24.—Presi dent Wilson within a few days will sign an executive order directing all departments of the federal govern ment to purchase and Store up a three, months’ supply of coal during May, June and July, it was learned today. State and county govern ments and public utilities will be influenced to do likewise. The result will be, in the opinion of experts of -the national coal com mission, that the mines will be kept busy during the dull season, the frantic rush of work in the mines as winter comes on will be eliminated and there will be such a saving that the 27 per cent wage increase grant ed the miners by the commission will be- absorbed and not passed on to the public. If not so absorbed the wage increases granted 500,000 miners, if charged entirely to the consumer, will increase the price of coal 15 1-2 per cent beginning April 1, it was estimated. The issuing of President Wilson’s executive order will be a great step toward stabilizing the coal industry and protecting the consumer, it was believed here today. In its recom mendations the commission pointed out that "irregularity of mining op erations is the primary cause of the unsatisfactory condition of the in dustry and results in high prices of coal and dissatisfaction among min ers.” The government purchases dur ing May, June and July, if followed by state and county governments and public utilities, are expected to iron out this irregularity. Americus’ Population 9,010; Anniston Has 15,709 in Census WASHINGTON, March 24—Popu lation statistics for 1920 announced today by the census bureau in cluded: Americus, Ga„ 9,019, increase 947, or 11.7 per cent. Anniston, Ala., ’15,709; increase, 2.- 915, or 22.8 per cent. Dayton, 0., 153,830; an increase of 37,253, or 31.1 per cent over 1919. Parkersburg, W. Va., 20,039; in crease 2,197, or 12.3 per cent. Middletown, N. Y., 18,420; in- crease 3,107, or 20.3 per cent. Kewanee, Ills., 16,026; increase 6,-' 719, or 72.2 per cent. Warren, Ohio, 27,050; increase 15,- 939. of. 144.1 per cent. The population of Asheville, N. C., will be announced tomorrow at 10:30 a. m. Congressman Dies ‘ In a Barber Shop WASHINGTON, March 24—Repre sentative W. J. Browning, of Cam den, N. J., dropped dead today in the barber shop at the capitol. Mr. Browning was about to step out of the barber’s,, chair when he was stricken with an attack of heart disease. He died before phy sicians, who were hastily summoned, could reach the shop. Born in Camden, N. J., 70 years ago, Mr. Browning had represented the First New Jersey District in congress since 1911, having be#n elected while serving as chief clerk of the house of representatives. He was the ranking Republican mem ber of the naval committe and han dled the naval bill in the house where it was passed late yesterday. The house adjourned out of re spect for Mr. Browning, after adopt ing a resolution expressing regret at his death. m IN STATE OF CHAOS WHEN IS. BEGAHWAR.CHARGE Assistant Chief of Bureau of Navigation Follows Ad miral Sims to Stand in Probe WASHINGTON, March 24.—Vir tual chaos existed in the navy de partment at the time the United States entered the war, Captain Har ris Laning, assistant chief of the bureau of navigation during the war, testified today before the senate in vestigating committee. The navy not only was not pre pared when the United States en tered the war, but it did not “carry on’’ in the early days “as efficiently, as it could and should have,” Cap tain Laning said. Captain Laning, who followed Rear Admiral Sims on the stand, said his statements were based on his ex periences at sea with the fleet just before the United States entered the war and in the navy department at Washington afterwards. Flan Disapproved The witness said that at about the time the United States declared war the office of chief of .naval opera tions had prepared a jjan outlining how the navy’s first efforts should be directed, but that it was disap proved by the department with the result that when a plan of opera tions was needed the navy was without one. He charged that during the war it. always was/difficult and fre quently impossible to obtain the de partment’s approval to essential plans and policies, making it neces sary for subordinate officers to go far beyond their authority to get things accomplished, thus increasing the difficulty of carrying on the war and decreasing the effectiveness of American participation. Captain Laning also told the com mittee that the various units of the department could make no co-ordi nated effort to carry on the war for lack of a definite general plan; that the fleet was not ready for opera tions when war began, and that in the years immediately preceding 1917 the department did not take an attitude toward legislation and poli cies that would have prepared the fleet. Didn’t Know What to Do Captain Laning said-no one Knew what to do after a plan of action submitted by the bureau of opera tions had been disapproved and that the “personal characteristics of the secretary of the navy often made it impossible to get approval of real ly important policies.” Captaing Laning summoned up his criticism as follows: I.—“ln the years immediately pre- i ceding our entry into the war” the, navy department did not take an at titude on legislation and policies th..t would enable the fleet to be made property ready for. war, and the fleet was not properly ready when war was declared. 2 “Even when war was imminent, when it was apparent that war could not be avoided, the department even then did not do these things that ought to have been done to make the navy ready to carry out the war in, its full strength and along the right lines.” 3 “About the time war was de clared, although a carefully drawn up plan was prepared by chief of naval operations, the plan was not approv- '■ ed and as the result the navy did not not have any general plan” to meet, the enemy submarine campaign. 4 “The various parts of the navy department would make no co-ordi nated effort to carry on the war” be cause of this lack of a definite plan “with the result that not only was the effectiveness of the naval ef forts greatly reduced in the early stages of the war, but also the cost of the war, was probably consider ably and unnecessarily added to.” 5 "During the,war it was always difficult and frequently impossible to obtain the department's approval of essential plans and policies.” At the request of Senator Pittman, Democrat, the le-tter of General Bliss denying that he favored brigading of American troops with those of the allies was inserted in the record. Admiral Sims had said General Bilss favored the plan. World’s Highest Price For Mules Paid Here, Declare Stockmen What stockmen declare is the world’s highest price for mules was paid Wednesday morning at the Na tional Stock Yards in Atlanta for a pair of mules shipped here from Missouri. The mules were a fine sorrel pair, prize winners throughout the coun try, their joint weight 2,800 pounds. They -were a special order consigned to Weill Brothers at the National Stock Yards, and were bought by J. Walter Sanders, a banker of Union, S. C., for $1,500 for the pair. The price, according to Dr. Carnes, of Caines & Carnes, Atlanta veterinari an who examined the mules for ship ment to South Carolina, is the high est ever paid for mules, and the mules, he says, are the finest he has ever seen. Atlanta has long ranked as the sec ond largest mule market in the world, being excelled only by St. Louis. 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The note will bear the signature of Bainbridge Colby, the new secretary of state, and will be the first diplomatic pa per to be signed by him. The communication is in reply to an inquiry from the French and British governments as to this coun try’s views on the Turkish settle ment. An early announcement at the department said the note had been dispatched, but it developed that this was erroneous. Officials were not certain when it would go forward nor would they say whether it would be«sent through the British and French embassies here or through the American embassies at London and Paris. The position of the American gov-' ernment is understood to be that there is no sound reason for retain ing the Turkish capital in Europe. The United States is said to take the view that the contention that ex pulsion of the Turks might be re sented by the Mohammedans is not supported by the facts, since the war in the near east was won large ly by the aid of Mohammedans. The United States, it is under stood, desires that Armenia be set up as an independent state and that it embrace as much territory as the Armenian government can cofitrol. It also takes the position that any ar rangement that is made with regard to Turkey should guarantee to all nations equal opportunities for com merce and that no belligerent should be given paramount claims in any part of the east. The position of the United States, it is said, also is that in any ar rangement for the government of Constantinople and the Turkish states a place, for participation of Russia should be made, as the Amer ican government is Convinced that no plan of settlement can be suc cessful in _ the long run which does not takS-Thtb account the interests' of Russia in the matter. 16,000 "RUSSIAN’ SOLDIERS FROZEN TODEATH,REPORT LONDON, March 24.—More than 16,000 anti-bolshevik soldiers have been found frozen to death on the steppes, it is announced in a soviet military communique- received today from Moscow by wireless. (The step pes comprise the plains in south eastern Russia and the western Asi atic provinces.) The statement reports progress by the Red troops against General Deniken’s forces along railway in the Ekaterinodar region on the Caucasus front. Have You Mailed Us Your Subscription to the “New Six” Clubbing Offer? Dan’t let this opportunity slip by! 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W. to discredit government aid and undermine the American Legion is spreading throughout the country, he said, and many "unintelligent” former service men are being gath ered into the organization as the re sult of propaganda stating that the government has done nothing for former soldiers. “It is hard to come back,” Mr. Holden said, “and see the I. W. W. undermining the principles and idfeals of former service men and plotting the overthrow of the gov ernment.” J. G. Strugham, a member of the legion's executive committee, told the committee there was much discon tent among both former service men and women and that immediate re lief was necessary. delawareTn” DOUBT OVER SUFFRAGE VOTE DOVER, I/el., March 24.—Whether Delaware/would be the thirty-sixth state to ratify the woman suffrage constitutional amendment still was in doubt today when the legislature convened for the third day of its extraordinary session. No vote in either body of the leg islature was in prospect before next Friday and the struggle for votes between the advocates and opponents of suffrage continued unabated today wrttiYboth still ' claiming victory. Governor Townsend said he was sure the resolution ratifying the amend ment would be “put over.” Introduction of the resolution was the only official event scheduled to day. Senator Walter, of Wilmington, was to offer it for reference to the committee on revised statutes headed by Senator Short, regarded* as an opponent, of suffrage. Republican leaders planned to have the senate act first because of the smaller mar sin of opposition in the upper house. The contest for votes, will come openly before a joint session of the legislature on Thursday which has been set aside for public/hearings. Suffrage advocates will be heard Thursday morning and opponents at a later session. United States Sen ators Spencer, Republican, Missouri, and McKellar, Tennessee, Democrat, have been invited by the National Woman’s party to be the principal speakers for suffrage. “Tank, Sir?” That’s the Latest! ' ’ ... V J ''' I w £.==- —— ft* 1 inasm v Y' . L . ■ ■TOLEDO. —‘‘Tank, sir?” Tank Corps Lieutenant Toni Davies, now on recruiting duty here, says he may start a tank taxi company when’s he’s out of service. Just at present his time find his tank are well taken up by Miss Margaret Bowman, stenographer. Miss Bow man rides to parties, rides to lunch and jogs and rumbles home in the evening in Davies’ tank. PAR-CLEARANCE MATTER NOW IN HANDS OF JUDGE Judge Beverly D. Evans, of the southern district of Georgia, federal court, on Wednesday afternoon took under advisement the motion of the Georgia Country Bankers’ association to remand' to tfie state courts the liti gation over the par. clearance order recently issued by the Federal Re serve bank officials. The arguments in the case were completed shortly before 1 o’clock. Judge Evans leaves Wednesday night for Savannah and his decision is not expected for several days. The case was begun Tuesday aft ernoon, when Attorney Alex W. Smith, chief counsel for the plain tiffs, presented the country bankers’ side of the case. It was , opened Wednesday morn ing with arguments on behalf of the Federal Reserve bank, which is represented by Attorneys Holltn? Randolph and Robert S. Parker. The point in the hearing is the motion of the plaintiff to remand the case to the state dburt, where it was origi nally filed, and from where it was re moved o.i the ruling of W. D. Ellis. “BULK LINE” COST OF COTTON CROP IS 28 CENTS A POUND (The Atlanta Jo.imal News Bureau) 623 Riggs Building. BY THEODORE TIIDDB WASHINGTON, March 24.—The department of agriculture . today made public a. preliminary report on • the cost of cotton production for 1918, WhicH shows a "bulk line” cost of twenty-eight cents per pound of lint. ( Department of agriculture special ists explain that “bulk line” is the line that marks the point on a scale of costs about which the price of a commodity must hang if an adequate number of producers are to be kept in the business. At a price fixed on this basis, 85 per cent of t.het cot ton produced on which cost figures were obtained would have been produced at a prof it, and 66 per cent of the farmers concerned would have made money. At a price fixed on the basis of average cost of production, 23 cents, onlj- 351 of the 842 farmers, or 41.7 per cent, would have made a profit. The data from which these figures were divided were gathered by the office of farm management during May and June, 1919, in parts of Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Texas. The records* which are for the 1918 crop, show in detail for each of the 842 farmers the ex penditures that should be charged to the cotton crop for labor, seed, fer tilizer, manure, baskets, sheets, and sacks used in picking, ginning, bags, ties, use of land, use of machinery, insurance, taxes and overhead. These figures have just been tabulated, and the results of the survey will soon be published in full. Costs and Production The department says it was found that the net cost of production rang ed from 8 dents a pound to $1.07. Three farms, totaling only 35 acres, produced cotton at the minimum cost. Only 22 farms produced at a cost.of less than 14 cents, while over 50 show costs ranging from 50 cents to $1.07 per pound. The average yield of lint cotton for all districts was 227 pounds per acre. There was a variation in yield from 78 pounds per acre from the lowest producing farms to 481 on the highest producing farms. Yield per ace, in general, shows a controlling influence upon cost per pound. Where yields were high, the cost per pound was usually found to be comparatively low, and vice versa. For example, the operator who is found to produce 300 pounds of cotton per acre at a cost of S6O per acre, produces at the rate of 20 cents per pound, while the operator whose yield is but 150 pounds, though he keeps his acre cost down to $45, produces at the rate of 30 cents iier pound. It is pointed out that the. “bulk line” as determined for these 842 cotton farms, almost coincides with I the price actually received for the crop in question, namely, about 29 cents. The season of 1918 admitted ly was an exceptionally prosperous one for the cot >n growers, and 12 per cent of the farmers from whom cost figures were obtained grew; cot ton at a cost in excess of the price that prevailed for the 1918 crop. “Bulk Dine” Principle The United States government used the “bulk line” during the war for price fixing in industries other than agriculture, setting a price so that froni 80 to 90 per cent of a commod ity could be produced at a profit. A , certain percentage of producers may i be expected to lose on a given staple iin any given year, but economists ; agree that if prices sink so lov; as : to make this percentage very large, I say as low as the line of the aver i age cost of production, so many will lose that production of that staple will tend to fall off until prices rise to a point where they will again cov er the cost of the bulk of the prod uct. “The more generally farmers study their costs and adjust their produc ! cion on the basis of costs and prices, I the more readily will economic I forces operate to maintain production on a profitable basis,” says the-de partment. 5 CENTS A COPY. $1.50 A TEAK. FORMAL STATEMENT FROM GEORGIAN IS TO BE ISSUED SOON Senior Senator to Go Before Voters on April 20 as Candidate for Democratic Nopiination Senator Howe Smith will enter the Georgia presidential primary to be held April 20 and within the’next twenty-four hours will isshe a state ment to the voters of state. A: his rooms in the Piedmont Ijotcl there was given on Wednesday morning the following announcement: “It was learned Wednesday morn ing at Senator Hoke Smith’s room: in tme Piedmont hotel that he had definitely determined to permit the use of his name in the primary of April 20 and that he would within twenty-four hours issue an announce ment to the Democratic voters ot Georgia.” The decision of Senator Smith to' enter the primary was made in re sponse to requests that have comt to him from all parts of Georgia to give expression to a viewpoint not now represented by the candidacy of Attorney General Palmer or the can-/ didacy of Senator Reed. How Democrats Feel Many Democrats feel that tin great body of loyal Democratic opin ion in Georgia is neither in favoi of such an unqualified indorsement of every act of the administration as Attorney General Palmer repre sents, nor in favor of such an un qualified repudation of the adminis tration as Senator Reed represents They have represented to Senatoi Smith that the overwhelming, senti ment of the state is in favor of the ratification of the peace treaty with reservations, rather than complete re jection of the treaty because the sen ate insisted upon reservations. In view of Attorney General Palmer’, announcement ipade when he enter ed the primary that his cftndidac should be understood as an-indorse ment of “every phase” of the a<< ministration, it is generally believe I that he supports the refusal of Pres ident Wilson to accept the treaty in the form passed by the senate. Gcoi gla Democrats have insisted t - Senator Smith that this extrern .■ view dies not represent their feelin;; in the • treaty matter —that rathe than see the ratification of th treaty delayed twelve months, i. not prevented altogether, they prefer it in the form passed by th ; senate. . u t On the other hand, it’has been pro sented to Senator Smith that GOOrgi : Democrats do not demand, as doe • Senator Reed, complete rejection C.' th3 League of Nations; that the great body of Georgia Democrats, in othe words, are not “bitter enders;’’ tha; they resent personal antagonism to ward the president. An Unwilling Choice Hence the feeling among Demo crats all over the state that the?-, has developed in the prcsidentic 1 primary a very unfortunate situatio.’. They have told Senator Smith the they are presented with an unwi: - ing choice of which two extreme . neither one of which would, be an e: - pression of their tri/e sentiments K • garding national affairs. What they desire, and what the;.- have urged Senator Smith to repri sent in the primary, is the midd'. ■ ground viewpoint between these ex tremes; the viewpoint which they be lieve to be typical of the overwheln - ing sentiment of loyal Democrats al! over Georgia. u It has further been urged upc i Senator Smith that a large elemei of the party in Georgia were denic I p -tlcipation in the primary in con • nection with the suggestion of Her - bert Hoover as the nominee at Sr i Francisco; that another large ele ment favoring uninstructed delegati • cannot express itself; that the pre - idential primary as it stands now is choice between sending to San Fran cisco a Palmer delegation or a Rec 1 delegation. x As stated by Senator Smith in i statement issued. Tuesday, his fee’ ing is that the Democratic party < ' Georgia has honored him with mai.. ■ evidences of its favor and its co - fidence, and not to be willing to re - der a service to the great body < Democrats in this peculiar situatic i would amount to ingratiude. Hem he has determined to place himsc’ at disposal of the party without regard To the effect upon his politic I future, and he makes it very pla: i that the delegates to San Francisi > • ill be placed by him in a positir i to vote as their best judgment di - tales for the party’s nominee fj.- president. Lower Clohting Prices Mr. James D. Bell, head of tl‘ • fell Tailors, prominent colthii r n-anufacturers, Adams at Gre. . streets, Chicago, Illinois, says th t by dealing. direct with the mam - facturer anyone can save from sl2/ • to $30.00 on every suit they buy. A typical value offered by this cc >- cern is a guaranteed all wool cam mere suit made to individual me? -- ure for only $25.00. This suit, Bell states, is in every respect, eqv '. to the ones generally sold at $?7." • to $40.0J? The Bell Tailors Ofl • even greater savings on their hig - - er priced suits which include w<- - steds, serges, flannels and oth ’ high grade fabrics of the latest p- - terns and weaves. Readers of th s paper interested in reducing th/- ■ clothing costs should write Mr. B< . for a free copy of his big m Spring and Summer Fashion Bo No. 761, which contains simj charts for taking measures, a lafr ■ assortment of samples and han-'- some illustrations of all the latt New York and Chicago styles. Wri.e him today.—(Advt.)