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©Ljc Mlanta wnrttal VOL. XXII. NO. 61. OT B STRIKE TUKMSEtt U.S.PttSfflS Transportation Centers From ■ Coast to Coast Are Tied • ' Up—25,437 Men Arc Re ported Idle CHICAGO. April 9.—Switchmen who have been on. strike here so: nine days began returning to work this morning. brotherhood officials, who have fighting the •'illegal” walkout of their men. do not claim that the strike is broken, but were much en couraged by reports from several roads that the men, in small groups, were reporting for work. Reports today, showed railroad cen ters from coast to coast either par tially or completely tied up by the spreading strikers. Cities which had reported this morning estimated a total of 25,437 railroad men to be idle. To this number must be lidded hundreds of thousands of mem and women forced out of cmploym?nt?in directly. by the railroad walkout. Factories in many cities are clos ing down because of lack of coal or raw materials. In Chicago 50.000 packing house workers r.ie idle. Many railroads who have part in the strike have likewise been locked cut because of the tie-up in the freight yards. Yardmen in Cleveland, Hornell. ". Y.. and Denver. Colo., are to vote today on the strike question. In several cities where meetings- were held yesterday, the men voted to stick to the old brotherhoods, and have nothing to do with the “outlaw” organizations behind the present walkout. In Kansas. Governor Allen has in voked the new industrial court law against the strikers in the Rosedal: yards at Kansas City. John Grunau, president of the in surgent union, the Chicago yardmas ters' association, declared today that the question of wages and hours had become of secondary importance and that the real fight Was for supre macy over the cider brotherhoods. “We railroad men are tired of re reiving nothing but promises from our leaders. We demand results," be said. j. “Brotherhood officials spend their time riding around fn automobiles, hobnobbing with politicians in Wash ington, and drawing good salaries. The men won’t stand lor any more of that stuff. The way they are join ing the new unions shows they are determined to get some officials in Washington who see the workers get their demands.” U. S. SENATE ORDERS PROBE OF WALKOUT WASHINGTON", April de partment of justice has begun an investigation of the railroad strikes in Chicago and other cities to de termine whether action can be taken under the Lever Yaw, it was an nounced today at the office of At torney General Palmer. The senate today ordered an in vestigation of the railroad strike. Without debate it adopted the Mc- Cormick resolution directing the sen ate interstate commerce committee, through a subcommittee, to investi gate and report immediately on causes and purposes of the strike. Palmer Not Given Minnesota Delegation, Evening journal Wires Senator Smith’s headquarters in the Piedmont hoqel. Thursday after noon, gave out the following tele gram received by Mayor Murray Stewart, of Savannah, from the Min neapolis Evening Journal: “Savannah, Ga.. April 8, 1920. “Hon. Hoke Smith. United States Senator, Atlanta, Ga. "At 2 p. m. today Minneapolis Evening Journal wired me as follows: “•Minnesota delegates not in structed ahd not bound by unit rule; were elected in state con vention Tuesday without any ex pression on presidential- candi date. Outside of Fred Lynch, none has declared publicly for Palmer, and twenty-three (23) have expressed themselves as opposed to Palmer. National Committeeman Lynch has left.f' but his brother, E. J. Lynch, denies that he sent any telegram ' claiming the delegation for ’ Palmer, as announced in Wash ington.’ (Signed) “MURRAY STEWART, Mayor.” This telegram., says the Smith headquarters, disposes of the claim made by Palmer’s supporters that Palmer will get the Minnesota dele gation. Somebody Won’t Claim 360 Quarts of Booze NEW ORLEANS, La.. April 9. Federal and local authorities are anxioWs to find the owners of 360 quarts of bottled in bond whisky dis covered in the coal bunkers of the S. S. Quimistan here Thursday. In making " their rounds of the vessel which had just arrived in port, gov ernment officers noticed a suspicious bulging in one of the coal piles. Scraping away the few pieces of coa, in array Os bottle necks were visi ble. All members of the crew, denied knowledge of the ownership of the .iqUOF. 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He’s going to get a leave of absence from the janitor job to “work” at the senator job and cast his vote against the suffrage amendment. HEADQUARTERS OF SMITH AGAIN PALMER Hoke Smith headquarters in the Piedmont hotel Friday issued the following statement in further com ment on Mr. Palmer’s crushing de feat in the Michigan Democratic primaries and the unsupported claims of his campaign leaders to the delegates from Minnesota and Maine: • “An investigation /of the wild claims about Minnesota and Maine merely confirms our statement of yesterday that Attorney General Palmer is now a candidate nowhere in America except in Georgia. “It confirms the statement of the New York World of April 7th as fel lows: “Democratic leaders in New York, Washington and other centers regarded the Michigan results as practically eliminating from the presidential contest Attorney General Palmer, who was supported by the state Democratic machine.” "Let us briefly state the situation: I "Michigan: In Michigan, 51,940 Democrats voted against Palmer, and 9,833 voted for him. He was beaten by Hoover, Edwards, McAdoo and Bryan, who were the only other names on the ticket an\j all of whom had tried to -withdraw. Palmer went to Michigan and made the speeches. "Pennsylvania: Judge Eugene C. Ecnniwell, the most distinguished Democratic leader in Pennsylvania, has wired Senator Hoke Smith that candidates for delegate who are committed to Palmer will be defeat ed by at least 40,000 votes. His tele gram is as follows: “Pennsylvania primary laws permits delegate to pledge himself to popular choice. If he so pledges the victor in the presi dential preferential primary receives votes so pledged. Delegates who do not sign pledge are not bound by preference of law. Complete set of delegates of highest class comprising judges, county officials, leaders in business and politics have filed op positions to Palmer. Not necessary to present candidate in opposition to Palmer in Pennsylvania to insure his overwhelming repudiation. Pennsyl vania Democrats will defeat his en tire ticket by at least forty thousand votes. He Is not a Democrat, he bolt ed Democrat for governor in 1918 Tn past foui- years has opposed and sought defeat Congressman Arthur G. Dewait, Democrat; Congressman Henry J. Steel, of his own district, a Democrat; Congressman John J. Casey, twelfth district. Democrat, and Judges S. E. Shull, of his own county; Judge Charles D. Copeland. Westmoreland county; John M. Gas man, Luzerne county, all leading Democrats.” “The attorney general tries to be cloud the issue in Pennsylvania by saying that no Democrat can carry the state. Os course this is true, and this is one of the reasons why no Pennsylvanian should be chosen as the nominee of the party. But the situation in Pennsylvania goes further than this: the attorney gen eral has. no hope of getting the Democratic delegation from Penn sylvania in the national convention. “Minnesota: The claim of the Pal mer leaders that the uninstructed delegation from Minnesota is com mitted to Palmer has been exploded by the telegram of the Minneapolis Evening Journal to Mayor Murray Stewart of Savannah, as follows: “Minnesota delegates not instructed and not bound by unit rules were elected in state convention Tuesday without any expression on presiden tial candidate. Outside of Fred Lynch, none has declared publicity for Palmer and twenty-three have expressed themselves as opposed to Palmer. National Committeeman Lynch has left but Siis brother, E. J. Lynch, denies that he sent any telegram claiming the delegation for Palmer as announced in Washing ton.” “In other words, one delegate is for Palmer and twenty-three are against him. Getting one delegate, however, out of twenty-four has pleased the Palmer leaders so great ly that they have claimed the whole delegation. “Maine: That their claim in Maine, is wholly without foundation, is shown by the telegram from the Eastern Argus, the leading paper of 1 ortliind, Ale., as follows: *Delcg , ates to San Francisco convention were elected at state convention held at Bangor March 30. The delegates go to convention uninstructed, and pledged to no candidate.’ “We therefore* repeat the question we have heretofore addressed to the people Georgia: Why should the Pennsylvanian be a candidate in Georgia and in no other state in America? “No man can win anywhere who blindly indorses the League without American reservations. It would be suicidal for the party to nominate a man on this platform." NUB. TAKEN 111 INMACON.UNABLE TDGOTWCBDSS Will Speak in Savannah Saturday Night—Declares in Macon Speech That G. 0. P. Money Beat Treaty MACON, Ga., April 9.—Attorney- General A. Mitchell Palmer did not leave Macon at noon today for Way cross as intended on account of a return attack of acute indigestion similar to that which he suffered in Gainesville last Monday. His sec retary stated that his illness was not serious and that he would leave Macon tonight for Savannah where he has an engagement to speak Sat urday night. Three-quarters of a million dollars killed the treaty of peace and the League of Nations covenant,” Attor ney General Palmer charged here last night in an address in behalf of his own candidacy for the presi dential nomination in Georgia. “With the majority vote purchas ed In Michigan," he continued, “Sen ator Lodge organized the foreign re lations committee and refused to re port the treaty. If the Democrats had carrried Michigan—if the Re publican party had spent, say only a couple of hundred thousand dollars— the Democrats would have organized the senate and the foreign relations committee would have reported the treaty and it would have been pass-t ed. It took months of struggle to get these Democrats to desert the party.” The atotrney general defended the administration of President Wilson. He read a letter from Senator Hoke Smith, who a few nights ago criti cized the attorney general from the same platform. The letter was dated November 14, 1919, being written aft er the deportation of the "reds,” as follows. “I am just sending this one of many appreciative editorials appear ing in Georgia papers. May I add my own sincere congratulations to you and the country. If at any time I can be of assistance to you in the senate, be assured I will ap preciate yop calling on me.” He declared that the purpose of Senator Smith and Senator Reed and others was to repudiate President Wilson and embarrass the present administration and to change the Democratic policies. "They say I cannot carry Pennsyl vania, said the attorney general. “If the party will nominate some man who can carry Pennsylvania, I'll be for him, but he must bft a "better Democrat than has yet announced.” Mr. Palmer referred to criticism of his Quakerism and statements that he had refused the post of secretary of war in 1916 and could not, there fore, be the commander of the army and navy as president. “Far be it from me to deny the faith of my fathers,” said Mr. Palmer. "I couldn’t accept a post in the piping ■days of peace where I should have to spend four of the best years of my life in preparation for war that I believed impossible,” declared the speaker. “But I was for this world war. Every boy in my family and every boy in my wife’s family, all Quak ers, were in the war from the first to the last. "If you want references as to my fighting ability, I refer you to several battle-scarred Republicans.” "When I saw him attacked and vilified and no one willing to defend him, I determined to carry the flag of Woodrow Wilson to the people,” Mr. Palmer declared. Mr. Palmer will speak in Waycross this afternoon and in Savannah Sat urday night. PALMER TO REACH SAVANNAH SATURDAY SAVANNAH. Ga., April 9.—-A Mitchell Palmer. candidate for president of the United States will reach Savannah tomorrow morning He is to come from Macon. John W. Bennett, the United States Dis trict attorney for the southern dis trict of Georgia, is expected to come to Savannah with him. The visitor will be met by a local committee headed by J. Randolph Anderson and Pleasant A. Stovall, and will be car ried to the Hotel Savannah. Here he will meet many of his Savannah supporters. He will hold a reception later in the day and at night he will deliver an address at the municipal audi torium. Mr. Palmer will leave Sa •■ imivih at midnight via the. Seaboard Air Line railway for Washington. He will reach Washington Sunday after noon. Fred Shelton to Be Hanged April 30 CARTERSVILLE. April 9.—Fr«d Shelton. Hie negro convicted of the murder of Mr. Albert Brown Hughes on the night of August 19. 1919, was re-sentenced by Judge Malcolm C. Tower last Wednesday and will be hanged Friday, April 30. The crime was one of the most dastardly in the annals of Bartow county. Shelton was apprehended by the police after weeks of unremitting labor on the part of the county officials and de tectives. NOTICE Alabama, Florida, Mississippi and Tennessee Subscribers This is the last issue of The Tri-Weekly Journal you will receive unless your subscription is paid in advance. If you wish the next issue, rush a money order or check to us by return mail. The price is now $1.50 per year. The Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal Atlanta, Ga. ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, PRIL 10, 1920. AMERICA’S MOST FAMOUS BABIES GONE IN LESS THAN YEAR fiif jllll LN LESS THAN a year two of the three most famous babies in America have died and one has disappeared. Morrison Marshall (above), adopted son of Vice President Marshall, died February 2G. Vinson McLean (right), the “hundred-million-dollar son” of Ed ward B. McLean, was killed by an automobile May 19. 1919. And Billie Dansey (left), picked as the prize 100 per cent baby of the country, disappeared October 8, 1919, from his home in Hammon ton, N. J. WAR DEPARTMENT VOLUNTEER PLAN POLICY ON RETURN FOR MILITARY OF SOLDIER DEAD TRAINING ASKED (The Atlanta Journal News Bureau) 623 Kiggs Building. BY THEODORE TILLER WASHINGTON, April 9.—The war department has amplified, its recent statement rfegardffVgf TITF rSUu'rn of the soldier dead from overseas and explained that the government will bear all expense of the return of these bodies, as well as expense of reinterment in permanent cemeteries in France in cases where the rela tives desire that the bodies remain in French soil. Further, the depart ment says, no expense will attach to American relatives except when they insist that the bodies remain where they fell instead of being transfer red to the permanent cemeteries. Up keep of the isolated graves, under these circumstances, will be borne by the family here. . “It is the policy of the war depart ment to return the bodies of our sol dier dead to their homes in this country when relatives so request, and this will be entirely at govern ment expense,” says the statement. “In cases where the relatives have so desired,.the bodies of the deceas ed soldiers will be permanently in terred-in Europe in the Surenes cemetery, hear Paris, or in other cemeteries not yet established. “The war department will reinter i also the bodies of all deceased' sol diers, concerning whose disposition no specific request is made, in per manent cemeteries in France. The expenses incurred in burying the bodies in these permanent cemeteries, and expense for future maintenance will be borne altogether by the gov ernment. Relatives of soldiers bur ied in these permanent cemeteries will have no expenses whatever in relation to transfer or upkeep of the i graves. “Some relatives insist upon having I the bodies of their dead remain where | first buried. Necessarily, the deci- ! sion adopteS by the war department places responsibility of the conces sion and future maintenance of the graves thus remaining scattered through England and France upon the relatives of the deceased. “The better plan would be for the i relatives of the deceased to permit > the war department to place these ■ bodies at its expense in our perma- j nent cemeteries in France, where • they will be under government con- ' frol and maintenance without there I being any expense whatever attach- J ing to the relatives of the soldier ; dead.” Fruit Crops Hurt In Stephens County TOCCOA, Ga.. April 9. —A. careful | survey revals the fruit crop pretty badly damaged in some sections of this county . In the New Switzer land community, the crop is report ed a total loss. They have shipeJ ait average of seventy-five cars from that place with normal crop. It is estimated they will ship about three or four. Below Cornelia and Bald win, the crop is better. In some sec tions it is unharmed, while in the lower sections, it is badly hurt. They I estimate about seventy-five cars I whereas they ship about four hun-1 dred from normal crop. It is reported the apple crop isi safe. It was too early for the ap pie trees to bloom. If no more cold 1 should come, it is estimated that this! ■section will produce the largest ap ple crop in the last three years. It I was not more than half last year, due ! to the late cold in May. The Truth About Gall Stones A new booklet written by Dr. E. E. Paddock, Box 201-N, Kansas City. Mo., tells of an improved method oi treating the Catarrhal inflammation of the Gall Bladder and Bile Ducts associated with Gall Stones from whibh remarkable results are being reported. Write for booklet and; free trial plan.— (Advt.) WASHINGTON. April 9.—With compulsory universal military train ing virtually discarded in the senate, supporters of th<f plan renewed their efforts today for the. adoption of a volunteer plan of training as a part of the army reorganization 6111. In dications were that the vote on the now plan under which all volunteers of eighteen to twenty-two years of age might be trained for four months in a year, would be reached before adjournment tonight. The senate situation again sent the compulsory training question back to the house, where Representative Kahn, Republican, California, chair man of the military committee, an nounced he would press adoption of a separate bill, but probably not un til thj? next session of congress. Meanwhile, he said, hearings would be held by a sub-committee. A Six-Yolk Egg LONDON, Eng.—An egg four and a quarter inches long, eight inches round and weighing 9 1-2 ounecs was laid by a cross-bred fowl. On being blown the egg contained six yolks. The Successful Farmer Studies His Farm \ He studies it intelligently, and he makes bigger crops be cause he studies the methods of other successful farmers and then applies what he learns from them to his own work. Here’s Your Big Opportunity, Hr. Farmer Every successful farmer is a reader of farm papers and magazines that point to new and better methods of farm ing. And for only three or four more weeks now we of fer you the following Six for only $1.55. HERE’S THE LIST: The Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal The Inland Farmer Household Journal Gentlewoman Better Farming The Weekly Alabama Times All These to Your Address for One Whole Year for Only $1.55 The Tri-Weekly Journal Alone Is $1.50 a Year. 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Republican leaders said il e motion would be defeated and the resolution adopted soon after debate closed automatically at 5 o’clock. Democratic leaders conceded that the Republicans had the votes to carry cut their program. The six hours debate today was opened with Representative Clark of Missouri, the Democratic leader and former speaker, opposing the meas ure and Reprsenetaive Madden, Re publican. Illinois, speaking in its support. Mr. Madden opposed the view that •he measure would be an invasion of the constitutional rowers of the resident. He said that since the president had “refused to com promise” on the peace treaty, it was time for “the voice of the people to le hear' 1 ” adding that the resolution “presumes to express their voice.” Representative Clark declared that the title given the resolution was ‘a palpable misnomer,” that the meas ure would bring "confusion twice confounded” and that it would lead to “all sort sos international quag mires." Five features of the resolution de claring peace which is expected to pass the house late today are: A declaration that the state of war against Germany is at an end. This follows a preamble which claims that President Wilson has so stated. Repeal of many war laws. A requirement that Germany must accept the terms of the resolution within forty-five days or a commer cial embargo is to be ordered by the president. Germany must agree to give the United States all advan tages it would have received under the treaty. A provision penalizing all viola tions of the resolution. A declaration that the United States reserves all rights and bene fits it received under the armistice. Inspector Indicted in New York Vice Drive NEW YORK, April 9.—Police In spector Dominick Henry, command ing the tenderloin district, a central figure in New York’s vice war, was indicted late Thursday by the regular grand jury on a charge of neglect of duty. John J. Gunson and Joseph Mo- Iqney, plain clothesmen on the staff of Inspector Henry, also were in dicted. They are charged with per jury in connection with testimony given concerning the arrest of a broker’s wife, whose home they raid ed. Gunson already is under indict ment on charges of bribery and ex tortion. These Little Pigs Did Go to Market li O NEW YORK —These little pigs went to market. Their owner, Miss Evelyn Young, of a circus troupe, took them shopping with her in Fifth avenue. TEUTON REGULARS WITHDRAW FROM SOUTH OF RUHR BERLIN, April 9. —The German regular troops which had crossed the river Ruhr were withdrawn yester day to the northern bank of that stream, it is announced here. (The Ruhr passes just to the south of Essen in the nothern central part of the industrial district.) The burgomasters of the cities of Barmen and Elberfeld, it is stated, requested the minister of defense not to allow the troops to enter those towns. Great excitement prevails in Dus seldorf in view of the threatened entry of the regulars. The majority Socialist newspaper, Vorwaerts, has advices from Dussel dorf, which declares that a general strike is impending in which all parties will unite. The town coun cil has sent a petition to the minis ter of defense asking that the regu lar troops be kept out of Dusseldorf. Their entry would be inexpedient, the petition declares. The number of persons who have crossed the line ffom the Ruhr reg ion into occupied territory is in ex cess of a thousand, according to the British authorities. French reinforcements have been sent to Frankfort according to tlie Tageblatt. Tho newspaper said three regi ments of infantry and many tanks crossed the Rhine yesterday from Strassburg, for various destinations in German territory. Ban on Chicago Freight Placed in New Orleans NEW ORLEANS, April 9.—An em bargo on all freight for lines con necting with Chicago was placed in effect here late today by the Illinois Central and other lines, as a result SCEXTS A COTY. $1.50 A YEAR. HOKE SMITH SWS GREAT AUDIENCE IN HISATLANTASPEECH . T ".-; i \ Introduced by William Schley Howard, Senator Gives Masterly Presentation of His Position BY ROGERS WINTER Senator Hoke Smith scored one nf the greatest triumphs of his public career at the Atlanta Auuditorium Thursday night. His magnificent ad dress on the League of Nations and other issues In the campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination was heard by an audience probably larger than any in Atlanta since the memorable throng that heard him speak from the same rostrum In his campaign for governor in 1910. Esti mates of the number ranged from 4,000 to 5,000. In spite of the un comfortable coldness of the audito rium, which cannot be heated while the stage is being rebuilt, almost the whole audience stayed throughout his speech. It was tl»e best he has yet delivered In his campaign and one of the best he ever delivered be fore any audience. Its complete suc cess was a repetition on a larger scale of the other successes he has scored everywhere he has spoken since he launched his campaign ten days ago. Colonel Walter P. Andrews, presi dent of the Young Men’s Democratic League of Fulton County, and one of the senator's warmest supporters, presided over the meeting. William Schley Howard, former congressman from the Fifth district, who was thrown in direct personal contaci with Senator Smith in their respec tive lines of work in Washington for several years, delivered the speech of Introduction, winning high praise for his eloquent tribute /to Senator Smith’s record in public life for more than a quarter, of a cen tury. Senator Smith spoke for near ly two hours and covered the whole range of issues in the present cam paign. Splendid Attention The audience gave him splendi I attention all the way through and h? held their interest completely. Spunk ing in the auditorium is always dif ficult for any speaker, owing to th? great size of the building and i. > ? noisy (loot's, which magnify tn slightest shuffling of feet. Sen .'.-i- Smith not only Rfeld the attention ■ ’ his audience but x made himself rm.'r’l on the farthest rows of seats. r t' remarkable ‘ carrying power of ivn voice was*never, better. He s)ioz with a cold draft of wind blow nJ on his back through the open st:" but warme/d to his subject in a fv.v minutes after starting, and did tie seem to be conscious of the discom fort. Some members of the au.lienc? were less forutnate, and the coll drove them out, but none seemed t > be leaving for the purpose of em barrassing the speaker, as some times men do at a political meetiu r. They left at appropriate pauses i the senator’s speech, where he had completed one point and -was start ing another. Out of the total au dience of 4,000 to 5,000 people, there were probably 300, who took their departure, and all of them did not stay out, but returned to the hall At the close of the senator’s speech the audience seemed as large, Hiking it over from a good vantage point near the stagb, as it was when be started. I Numerous friendly interruptions punctuated the speech. All of them could not be heard distinctly by Sen ator Smith or by the audience. A man on a seat in the dress circle would yell out something byway of emphasizing his approval of a point the senator was making. He would stop and ask the man to repeat the remark. Sometimes it would be re peated, and the audience would laugh and the senator would smile. Some times the man on the faraway »eai would not attempt to make the sen ator hear him distinctly, but would answer by telling him "to go ahead and pour it in ’em,” or something to that effect, and the audience would laugh and the senator would proceed. The Rival Attractioni Numerous rival attractions kept hundreds away who wished to hear the senator’s speech. The Shriners gave a circus at Ponce de Leon park that took away many. Several re vival meetings were in progress in various churches and kept away many. Among the late arrivals at the auditorium were observed nu merous Shriners wearing the red fez, and citizens who had been detained with other engagements were drop ping into the auditorium all the way through the speech, almost up to the last. At 8 o’clock, which, was the hour announced for the meeting to begin, several thousand people were In ’.he auditorium, and a stream was flow ing through the doors. About 8:15 Senator Smith appeared at the main entrance, accompanied by ?udge George Hillyer, H. H. Cabaniss, J. R. Smith, Carlos H. Mason, James B. Nevin, Colonel Walter P. Andrews, William Schley Howard and Jac> Patterson, editor of the News. His appearance was the nal for an outburst of applause which continued as the party walked down the aisle. Senator Smith waved a greeting to many ft lends in the au dience and stopped to shake hands with many who were seated near the aisle. A small rostrum erected in front of the regular stage, which is being rebuilt with a fire wall in prepara tion for opera, seated the senator and the party. Colonel Andrews waited a few minutes for the lat arrivals to get seats. Then he open- (Continued on Page 6, Column 1.)