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VOL. XXII. NO. 62
WILSON MAY MAKE MOVE TO END RAILWAY STRIKE
Lusitania Charge Is Denounced
By U. S. Senator Hoke Smith
As Stupid Campaign Slander
SENIOR'S POSIW
■H K Wffl'S
‘WERE IDENTICAL
I
s “What Would Constitution
Be Printing About Me If
Congress Had Investigated
Me as it Did Palmer?”
SY KOGESS WHITER
(Staff Correspondent of the Journal?
WAYNESBORO, Ga.. April 12. —Tn
his speech here today to the voters
of'Burke and adjoining counties,
1 Senator* Hoke Smith took occasion
t to reply to the charge repeatedly
made by the Atlanta Constitution
the Macon Telegraph and one or two
4 other papers in Georgia that he at
.' ' tempted to justify the sinking of
the Lusitania, and in addition to de
-1 * pouncing the charge as another mis
erable and cowardly lie, in keeping
with the campaign of slander being
■ waged against him by his old edi
torial enemies. Senator Smith called
attention to the senate investigation
of charges that A. Mitchell Palmer
while a member of congress, pro
cured from President Wilson and
furnished to Dr. Albert, the notorious
German agent, certain confidential
information regarding the president’s
attitude concerning the Lusitania
outrage.
Voted to Confirm Palmer
If the private papers of Dr. Albert,
lost in a New York subway are ex
posed by the New York World, had
mentioned the name of Senator Smith
and implicated him in any such
. manner, remarked the senator in dis-
V 1 cussing this matter, how many pages
would the Atlanta Constitution, the
and other papers in
ffeorgia be devoting to it now?
Senator Smith voted with other sen
ators to confirm Mr. Palmer as at
* torney general because he believed
Mr. Palmer had no relations with
Dr. Albert, and that the information
obtained from the president by At*.
Palmer - got into the hands of Dr.
Albert accidentally and without Mr
Palmer’s knowledge or consent. H“
mentioned the matter as showing the
far fetched absurdity of the Con
stitution's rehash of the New - Yora
World’s exposure of the campaign
"launched by the German-American
alliance a few months prior to the
national conventions in 1916.
Charge Utterly False
Regarding the Lusitania mat
ter, Senator’Smith raid: “A num
ber of papers continue to pub
lish that on some occasion I nsed
the following language: ‘lt is
* my opinion that the government
of the United States should not
go to war with Germany because
cf her having stink the good
ship -Lusitania. Germany noti
lled the American people to stay
elf the high seas, and we should
have done it.’
“I have never made such a
statement. The charge that I did
is utterly false. As to the sink
ing of the Lusitania, President
' Wilson took the position that it
was not a causa for war, and I
supported him in that postion.
My arch enemy, the Atlanta Con
stitution, day aftezs day, follow
ing the sinking of the Lusitania,
urged the same view.
“The Lusitania was sunk May
6, 1915. Germany did not no
tify Americans to stay off the
high seas until the first cay of
* j February, 1917. Therefore, the
falsity and absurdity of the lat
ter part of the statement attrib
, uted to me are apparent. Im
- mediately after Gei-many’s noti-
I that Americans must
k keep est the high seas I support
cd earnestly the bill to arm
American merchant vessels. My
slanderers seem to have entirely
forgotten that not only was
President Wilson’s position iden
tical with mine with reference
to the sinking cf the Lusitania,
but that more than one year
after the stupid and brutal act cn
the part of the German subma
rine commander, President Wil
sen was unanimously renominat
ed by his party and re-elected
by tne American people on the
p.aiform that he “kept us out of
tno war.”
Right to Ship to Her.train
BhA. Discussing the New York World’s
of Dr. Albert’s private pa-
and ne aemauds cf that news
palter for an investigation of A.
■ Mitchell Palmer befoie he should be
■ confirmed by the senate as attorney
gl general, Senator Smith said:
B “The Constitution on Sunday morn-
Bi-ing published columns describing
■. German organizations and German
V propaganda -ound in the united
■ States during 1915 and 1916. before
■ the entered the war with Germany.
■ Out of this they secured the state-
■ ment ‘that Senator Smith said the
■ United States will do business with
■ all countries.’ They need not have
■ hunted up Germany authority on this
I for in my speech on the
I W.cor of the senat on January 20.
j 1916. I demonstrated the right of
(Continued cu Page 6, Column 6)
Is It Treason to Think
Contrary to Mr. II 7 i Ison?
Asks II ’right 111 Hingham
‘Shall an American Senator
Be Abused and Vilified for
Exercising a Prerogative
Given Under Constitution?
Hon. Wright Willingham, of Rome,
one of the leading attorneys in Geor
gia. has sent The Journal the fol
lowing card, in which he discusses
the League of Nations and indorses
Senator Hoke Smith's candidacy for
president:
Editor The Journal: No thought
ful, patriotic American should be
required to make apology at this
time for expressing an opinion in re
gard to the League of Nations, for
the reason that/ it must be obvious
to everyone that the League of Na
tions, planned either with or without
the reservations adopted by the
large majority of the senators, in
volves a major operation and a sub
stantial departure from the inter
national policy which she Unitea
States has observed since it became
a nation.
In the light of the tremendous ac
cumulation of wealth and power ana
prestige as a nation, and for tlie pui •
pose of using this power where pos
sible for broad and unselfish pur
poses, aiding where possible the
weak and war-like nations of Eu
rope and maintain international
peace and prosperity, I for one
have been deeply interested in the
creation of some international tri
bunal to which this country might
become a party for the accomplish
ment of the ends suggested without
subordinating our government to a
super-structure inconsistent or in
compatible with American traditions,
the American constitution, or the
ideals of the founders of this gov
ernment; America having grown to
I its present positfon of usefulness
I and power by observing the funda
! mental principles of our forefathers.
It has become common for many
officeholders, office-seekers and some
newspapers to assail the democracy,
the patriotism and the loyalty ot
every man who entertains a convic
tion which in any vzise conflicts with
the opinions of Mr. Wilson.
I don’t know what it takes to con
stitute loyalty, but I have always
tried to be. at least, an, average cit<-
sen. Jf enlisting for service in tut
United States army when this coin;
try is involved in war should be con
sidered .one of the qualifications ot
patriotism and loyalty, the record is
in my favor, as this country has
been engaged in two wars since i
becamg a man and 1 w - s one o<" tne
first men to volunteer for service
189 S.
If devoting one's life to the ad
vancement of the community where
that life has been spent is any
test. I claim no pre-eminerec in this
resnect over many others, but woi’lc
Insist.if that issue shou’d be draw;-
and made the test that I have trie;;
to <’o m- part
Doesn't Assail Their Patriotism
The record is certainly in my fa
vor v.hen it comes to the matter of
seeking public or political emolu
ments, for T have never enlisted in
any of these competitive activities
I and have been content to walk hum
bly in the ranks with my fellow
countrymen.
I am not disposed to assail the
patriotism of the president or any
of his followers in their efforts to
fasten on t othis country what I
conceive to be a yoke of interna
tionalism, subordinating, as I believe,
this government to a superstructure
representing the amalgamated aspi
rations of heterogeneous Europe,
linked with the subtle and perfidious
j diplomacy of the Orient.
But on the other hand, while I do
not assail the patriotism of Mr. Wil
son and his followers’in a project
of this character, 1 am quite clear
in the opinion that these folks have
no business to assail my own good
faith, patriotism and loyalty.
It is more often true, than other
wise. that newspaper critics and
office-holders and office-seekers spend
their energies in denouncing tHie op
ponents of the League of Nations
(without reservations) than in a fair
analysis of the League of Natoins.
The American people have a right
to information and a free and fair
discussion of the principles involv
ing it. in order that every man may
form an unbiased judgment as to
the course which this country should
pursue in this far-reaching transac
tion.
The reservation, so far as Article
X is involved, simply provides that
the United States shall assume no
obligation under Article X. unless in
any particular case the American
congress shall provide for the em
ployment of the military and naval
forces of the United States. What
can be the objection to this provi
sion? And yet President Wilson says
that this reservation takes the heart
out of the treaty.
Is it the purpose of the president
to convey to Europe and Japan the
idea that this country will war when
it suits the nations of the earth for
us to war. and without a vote of our
! congress? And is it the idea to con
; vey to Europe and Japan that we will
throw our material resources into
the common pot when Europe and
! Japan so votes without the affitma
; five declaration ox congress?
Wliy a Negative Assumption?
I am not content to rest upon the
negative assumption that this coun
try cannot go to war in the face of
our constitution unless there be an
aCt of congress authorizing war.
I want to say to Europe and Japan
that the United States will not
agree to defend the territorial pos
sessions of England, Japan, or any
other member of the League of Na
tions unless in each instance the
American congress authorizes such
action. I want these people to un
derstand clearly that we do not en
ter into this covenant with any sort
ot legislative or moral obligation to
involve our resources in European
and Oriental wars unless the Amer
ican people, speaking through their
repre-entatives in Washington shall
so elect at the time.
If this takes the heart out of the
(Continued on F.tgc 6, Column 2)
SENATOR SMITH
TO START DRIVE
IN SOUTH GEORGIA
Swinging into the final week of the
campaign before the preferential pri
mary on April 20, Senator Hoke
Smith on Monday prepared to open a
series of speeches in the southeastern
section of the state.
He spent Sunday, with friends in
Swainsboro and on Monday spoke
to the voters of Burke county at
Waynesboro. On Tuesday night the
senator will deliver an address at
Augusta, and on Wednesday he will
speak at Statesboro.
The latter half of the week Sen
ator Smith will devote to a tour of
southewest Georgia, speaking twice
on Thursday and at least once a
day on Friday and Saturday. At 11
o’clock Thursday morning he will de
liver a speech at Quitman, motoring
over -to Thomasville in the afternoon
for another address to the voters of
Thomas county and surrounding ter
ritory. 'The senator will speak in
Albany at 2 o'clock on Friday after
noon, and while no definite arrange
ments have yet been made for a
speech on Saturday, it is believed
that he will close the’ week with one
more address in south Georgia.
A corps of speakers will go out
this week to carry Senator Smith’s
campaign into districts where the
senator has been unable to appear.
The speakers' bureau, under the di
rection of William Schley Howard,
will be particularly active during tile
final phase, of J.he campaign . and
many speaking engagements have
been made throughout the state for
the appearance of several prominent
.Georgians who veil) present Senator
Smith’s position on the issues in
volved.
A’ttorney General A. Mitchell Pal
mer, after his speech in Savannah on
Saturday night, returned to Wash
ington, D. C., although it was stated
by his campaign leaders, that he
might return to Georgia for one more
speech in Atlanta, where the engage
ment had to be cancelled on account
of Mr. Palmer’s illness.
Thies Alabama Towns
Show an Increase m
Their Census Returns
WASHINGTON. April 1 2.—Popula
tion statistics announced today by
the Census Bureau included:
Sheffield. Ala.. 6.682, an increase of
1,817. or 37.3 per cent over 1910.
Tuscumbia. Ala.. 3.555. an increase
of 531. or 16.0 per cent.
Albany, Ala.. 7.632, increase 1.534.
or 25.1 per cent.
Murfreesboro. Tenn.. 5.367, increase
(78 8. or' 14.7 per cent.
Paris. Tenn., 4,730, increase 849. or
21.9 per cent.
Flint. Mich.. 91,599. increase 53,-
049. or, 137.6 per cent over 1910.
Adrian. Mich., 11.878. increase !,-
115, or 10.4 per cent.
Emporia, Kan.. 1 1.273, increase 2,-
215. or 24.5 per cent.
B'reeport. 111., 19.669, increase 2,102.
or 12.0 per cent.
Population of Greenville. zMiss..
will 1 announced tomorrow at 10:30
a. in.
Eight Are Hurt When
Elevated Car Drops
To New York Street
NEW' YORK. April 12.—Eight per
sons were injured here today in a
collision between a local and express
train on the Ninth avenue elevated
railroad at the Rector street station.
,The first car of the local was knock
ed off the track to the street and the
wreckage catight fire. All of the in
jured were passengers in this ear.
Worshippers Wear
Overalls to Church
NI£W ORLEANS. April 12.—Blue
denims to knock out H. C. L. have
not only been adopted as work-day
garb at Crystal Springs. Miss., but
worshippers yesterday wore their
overalls (o church, and the pastors
were similarly garbed as they ap
peared in the pulpit.
An overalls club was formed today
at Meridian. Miss., with 3.000 mem
bers.
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ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1920.
2HWW
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; FOB ■ GIMPS
. WASHINGTON. April 12.—(8y
1 the Associated Press.) —Two oppos
. ing reports on the long congression
al investigation of the construction
of thirty-two army camp's and can
tonments were submitted today to
■ the house by a war expenditures
committee and debated for several
: hours. The majority report, present
led by Republican committeemen,
criticized government agencies and
officials in charge of the war build
ing program, while the minority re
port of the Democrats defended the
administration.
The government lost $78,531,521 .on 1
the sixteen national army canton
ments, it was estimated by the ma
jority report, which asserted this
was due to “waste, inefficiency and
graft,” resulting from cost-plus con
tracts, which were said to be “wide
! open.” No estimate of loss on the
national guard camps was made by
the majority.
Dissenting from the majority finii
: ings. tne minority declared the con
struction work was' equivalent to
building thirty-two cities, each with
37.000 to PG,OOO population, and
added:
“This tremendous task practically
' was completed in three months and,
i stands out as one of the greaty
; achievements of the war.”
Three Investigators
Representatives McKenzie. Illinois.;
■ and McCulloch, Ohio,< Republican'-,,
■ and Doremus. Michigan, Democrat?
i were the committeemen who con-
l ducted the investigation, and the!:
! divergent reports were accepted re
spectively by the ten Republicans
and five Democrats composing the
full committee on war expenditures
Tlte majority submitted six rec
ommendations for legislation by con
gress. including the submission to
the states of a constitutional amend
ment mailing “profiteering in war
time treason.” It also urged that the
department of justice be asked to
investigate work at every camp ‘‘to
j the end of bringing to book those
i responsible for losses to the gover’-.-
i ment and frauds through which they
I occurred, both by recoveries ana
j merited penalties."
j No recommendations were made tn
I the minority report, and it listen
' two conclusions, one condemning the
• majority report and the other <je
| fending Secretary Bake:-, who the
I majority declared “must bear the
! final responsibility.” The majoritv
| conclusion as to the secretary's re
i sponsibility was but one of its more
■ than four score conclusions. Along
| with, these, the majority cited sev-
i era) items. amounting to many,
j thousands of dollars, which it w.a.-
; argued could legally be recovered by
I tire government from contractors. u
Majority Findings
The majority declared Secretary
Baker should not have permitted a
; departure from the old method o1
| competitive bids, declaring that-,wit;-,
I him “must rest the final respons:-
j bility for the entire situation., includ
' ing violations of law. defraudin'?,
j waste, losses and delay.”
In turn, the minority said the sec.
i retary “was amply justified in abaii
i doning the usual peace-time method
I of awarding contracts upon comper.-
tive bidding and in substituting to?,
I it the so-called cost-plus system.”
“The minority is of the opinion.”
| added its report, “that if the views
of the majority had been adopted at
' the beginning of the war. the whole
• building program would have been
: in a state of chaos, many of our
j troops would have perished with
i cold or died of disease in the winte”
! of J 917, and the German army would
’ have been in Paris before our sol
! diet's could have entered the battle
j lines.’’
MAYOR OF LYONS
INSTANTLY KILLED
BY FALLING TIMBER
i LYONS. Ga.. April 12.—Mr. \V. C.
< Oliver, mayor of the town, and one
iof the most prominent men of
> Toombs county, was instantly killed
i at 8 o'clock this morning by a fall-
■ ing- piece of timber at his saw mill
i here. He was helping to load some
i heavy timber on a wagon, when a
, piece fell on his head and crushed it.
i He was fifty years of age and was
• a native of North Carolina, but had
lived in Lyons for many years. He
I will be buried at' Lyons tomorrow.
CURED HER FITS
Mrs. Paul Gram, residing at 916
Fourth street, Milwaukee, Wis., re
cently gave out the following state
ment: “I had suffered with Fits
(Epilepsy) for over 14 years. Doctors
and medicine did me no good. It
seemed that I was beyond ail hope
of relief, when at last I secured a
preparation that cured me sound and
well. Over 10 years have passed
and the attacks have not returned. I
wish every one who suffers from this
terrible disease would write R. P. N.
Lepso, 13 Island avenue. Milwaukee.
Wis., and ask for a bottle of the
same kind of medicine which be gave
me. He has generously promised to
send it prepaid, free to any one who
writes him.” —(Advt.)
DOCKED IN THE CRADLE OF THE DEEP
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SAN FRANCISCO. CAL. —The Mount Vernon, largest transport ever entering this harbor, looks
like a tug in the big new dry dock at Hunter’s Point, where she was repaired after a mysterious leak
Sprung a month ago on the way to Vladivostok. The Mount Vernon, which used to be the kaiser's
Kronprincessen Cecile, is 685 feet long, but the dock is 1,014 feet in length and would accommodate
another 300-foot vessel if the ex-German would move up this way a little.
FRANCE AGREES
TO WITHDRAW IF
GERMANY, WILL
r-
LONDON. April 12.—The latest
French note on the subject of the
French occupation move, received
here tliis morning, says that the
French troops in Frankfort and other
occupied cities will be withdrawn
upon the withdrawal of the German
troops from the Ruhr region. It
promises, it is stated, that no fur
ther independent action will be taken
by ' France.
MILLERAND MAY NOT
ATTEND CONFERENCE
PARIS, April 12.—(8y the Asso
ciated Press.? —Nothing has as yet
been decided as to Premier Miller
and’s attendance at the supreme
council meeting at San Remo, and
it was declared today in a reliable
source that if-the conference there
was to discuss the misunderstanding
between France and Great Britain
he would not go at all.
A personal talk on the subject with
Premier Lloyd George would be wel
comed by the French premier if Mr.
Lloyd George could find it conven
ient to Come to Paris, but it is con
sidered in official circles that as the
point at issue interests France and
Great Britain only it is needless to
discuss it before the representatives
of the other powers.
It is held here that the British
government in persisting in the dis
cussion has put the matter in a form
where it is difficult to see what sat
isfaction is possible to give. France
has not been asked to evacuate
Frankfort, and the impression is
gaining ground it was indicated,
that what is sought above all is to
discipline France.
The Earl of Derby. Great Britain’s
ambassadof' to France, attended the
council of ambassadors here today.
The Hungarian treaty was the sole
matter under discussion.
CREELDECLARES
EVERY WORD OF
CHARGES A LIE
NEV," YORK, April 12. —George
Creel, director of the bureau of
public information during the war,
today wrote to Attorney General A.
Mitchell Palmer, demanding an in
vestigation of charges made against
him in the report by the joint con
gressional committee on printing.
“Every word of the charges is a
lie,” Mr. Creel said.
In another letter to Senator Smoot,
chairman of the joint committee. Mr.
Creel asked why he had never been
given an opportunity to testify be
fore the investigation.
LEGAL ACTION AGAINST
( REEL RECOMMENDED
WASHINGTON, April 12.—Legal
proceeding's by the government
against George Creel, former chair
man of the committee on public in
formation; Roger W. Babson, of
Wellesley Hills. Mass., and others
concerned in the transfer of the com
mittee war publication. The Official
Bulletin, to Babson arc recommend
ed in a report made public today by
Senator Smoot.' Republican. Utah,
chairman, and Representative Kiess.
Republican, vice chairman of the
joint congressional printing com
mittee.
The report charged that Babson ob
tained the bulletin in March. 1919.
by “secret connivance” with Creel
and others “without the government
leceiving a cent in compensation,”
and urges that suit be brought to
obtain “just compensation” for the
government.
Numerous abuses in the govern
ment publications, including Army
and Navy and other service
journals,'are charged in the report.
Many of these publications, it says,
are favorable to the League of Na
tions, the liquor interests and offi
cers in charge. Advertisements, the
report asserts, included “get-rich
quick” oil speculations and political
propaganda improper in 'government
publications.
A request for general supervision
of all government printing, to stop
the enormous waste and duplication
in the circulation of periodicals,
propaganda and reports, is made to
congress by its joint committee on
printing.
The committee, which includes
both senators and representatives,
conducted an intensive investigation,
and asserted a much needed begin
ning has been macle in effecting econ
omies in iiublic printing.
Couldn’t Follow Palmer
With Gang Behind Him,
Says ITm. Schley Howard
Declares Georgia’s Political
Banditti Were Ready to
Throw Palmer Overboard
and Substitute Dorsey
' Editor The Journal: The Atlanta
Constitution this morning printed a
part of in Interview which I gave
in Washington on the Bth of Febru
ary touching the candidacy of Mr.
Palmer for president. With their
customary spirit of deception, they
did not print the whole interview.
Had they done so, it would have ap
peared. from th©, interview itself thai
1 spoke therein of the possibility of
supporting someone else When the
campaign developed. At that time it
was not known What the issues
would be or who the candidates
would be. Certainly I did not then
dream that he would entrust his po
litical fortunes to the banditti who
are now using his name, not because
thev really favor him. but solely io
enable them to control the delegates
to the San Francisco convention, in
order to trade theni. as they rwould
do if they could succeed, with as
much eagerness as a gypsv would
trade a swinnied mule, and who
would betray Palmer as quickly as
we all know they would betray the
president. ,
After that Interview was printed
and on the 9th of Febriiary I called
on Mr. Palmer personally, in com
pany with Mr. John Barnett, national
committeeman from Colorado. I dis
cussed with him frankly the politi
cal situation in Georgia, and when
1 learned that his interests were ’o
be handled by the gang of politicians
who are now in charge of them, I.
told him that if his campaign were
managed in Georgia by these men
they would inevitably bring about
his undoing.
1 had an interview the next day
with his campaign manager, Hom
Charles C. Carlin, my old colleague
from Virginia, and told him the same
thing. Mr. Carlin at that time prom
ised that Mr. Palmer’s interests
would be taken out of the hands of
the men who are now in charge of
them. ,
1 have always contended that the
south, who furnish the votes for the
Democratic party, ought to furnisn
some at least of the candidates.
That was my position in 1912. and
that is my position today. When
Senator Smith came into the contest
there was no course open to me but.
to support hint, and nothing in my
interview was inconsistent with that.
Tried to Substitute Dors-ay
But I want to call attention to the
fact, as vindicating my prediction
to Mr. Palmer and to his campaign
manger, that as soon as Senator
Smith came into the campaign the
men whom Mr. Palmer is trusting
moved heaven and earth to induce
Governor Dorsey to become a candi
date. and would certainly have thrown
Palmer overboard without a mo
ment’s hesitation if Dorsey had not
declined to offer himself as a sacri
fice. Even now, today, they would
drop Palmer like a hot potato if
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they saw a chance to effectuate their
own purposes by so doing.
Os course, Mr. Palme?' does not
understand it, and the people out
side of Georgia do 'not understand
it, but the people in Georgia under
stand perfectly well that the gang
who are pretending to support Mr.
Palmer would betray anybody on the
face of the earth for their own
political advantage. When Mr.
, Palmer made his alliance with that
crowd my self-respect Would not per
mit me to become an ally of any
such treacherous self-seekers, even
if my devotion to my own state and
my own south did not compel me
/ to insist upon a southern man. Mr.
Palmer was fully aware of this sit
uation, and so was his campaign
, manager, for I told them so the day
. after that interview was published.
A Moral Revolt
: I am obliged to be doubtful of the
; good judgment of any man who
; could, with knowledge of the facts.
: entrust himself into the hands of
; su’cli men as are betraying' Mr.
’ I Palmer. If he. onl» knew the truth,
he would know that these men who
t are the dynamic force behind him are
, the identical same men who in 1912
, bemoaned, maligned and belittled
; Woodrow Wilson to such an extent
, as made the decent people who were
i then opposed to Wilson’s nomination
; ashamed of the associtions with
I whom they were necessarily- thrown.
> i Personally I am fond of my old
; j colleague. Air. Palmer. I am his
■ friend and admirer. I warned him
| against being entrapped by this
I i crowd that is headed by
1 I Howell. I regret very much that it
I was necessary ftflu him to come to
l>: Georgia in order to discover the
• truth about his associations, and I
■ am very sorry that since he got here
1 'he has suffered from such terrible
’ I attacks of nausea, which, though
i j seemingly physical, we all know is
> i really a moral and intellectual revolt
'■ of his whole being against the asso
-1 ciations which are forced upon him.
WM, SCHLEY" HOM"AR D.
Birmingham Overall
Club Already Has
4,000 Members
. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., April 12.—'
. The Birmingham Overall club will
[ be formally launched tonight with
. a mass meeting at the city court-
I house, at which speeches are to be
t made by public officials and business
; men.
; Reports from headquarters early
• today were that the membership had
. reached the fpjxr thousand mark, and
Theodore Lamar, temporary secre
i tary, announced it would probably be
t necessary to supplement the initial
order of the club for five thousand
• pairs of blue denims.
> DON OVERALLS IN
MISSISSIPPI CAPITAL
; JACKSON. Miss., April 12.—With
out taking the trouble to organize
many, local business men and clerks
appeared today in overalls as a pro-
' test against the high cost of clothing.
CLUB ORGANIZED
IN HATTIESBURG
HATTIESBURG, Miss., April 12.
Hattiesburg has organized an over
all club. At a meeting this morn
ing a score of prominent business
men adopted a constitution and by
laws and enrolled themselves as
charter members.
“THE OVERALL UNION’’
FLOURISHES IN BOSTON
BOSTON, Ga., April 12. —There are
more men in Boston attired in over
alls today than have ever worn them
before. Beginning last week, when
J. H. Balkcom and D. E. Wood came
downtown in overalls to have their
I seed house scoured, the idea gained
I followers, until now the “Overall
j union” is flourishing.
j (L S. Moves to Save
Life of American
! WASHINGTON, April 12.—The
| state department today instructed
| American Commissioner; Dresel in
i Berlin, to take steps to stay execu-
I tion of the death sentence reported to
have been passed against Paul 11.
Demott, an American, for participa
tion in the Rhur revolution.
OFFERS FREE
PELLAGRA TREATMENT
A new treatment which is said to
be the most scientific method ever
known for overcoming PELLAGRA
or a general run down condition is
being distributed by the Argallep
company. Dept. 601, Carbon Hil',
Ala. This remarkable treatment has.
according to the reports of hundreds
of users, cured some of the worst
cases imaginable. one patient re
porting a gain of thirty pounds in
weight in sixteen days. The Argal
lep company arfe so proud of their
treat?nent that they offer to send a
full sized §2.00 package free to any
suffererer who will write them. Ail
j they ask is that if it cures you. you
[recommend it to your friends. If
’ you suffer from PELLAGRA or a
I run down condition send them your
(name and address today for the free
5 CENTS A. COPY.
$1.50 A YEAR.
INTERFERENCE WITH
MAIL MOVEMENTS
TO BE mSECUTED
Senator Cummings, After
White House Conference,
Announces Early Appoint
ment of Wage Board . /
WASHINGTON. April 12—Possible
government action to end the rail
road strike today apparently center
ed about President Wilson.
J. P. Tumulty, secretary to the
president, saw Mr. Wilson today and
immediately • after tried to get in
touch by telephone with Attorney
General Palmer, who has just re
turned from campaigning in Geor
gia.
Sena toy Cummins, chajrmaoi o£ the
senate Interstate commerce commit
tee and W. N. Doak, vice president
of the Brotherhood of Railway Train
men, called at the White House.
After returning to the capitol, Mr
Cummins announced that he had re
ceived assurances that the wage ad
justment board provided In the Esch-
Cummins railroad law will be ap
pointed today or tomorrow.
Mr. Cummins then called a meet
ing of the interstate commerce com
mittee, to consider the situation. He
said he proposed to have the com
mittee report an amendment to the
railroad law which would permit the
wage adjustment board to get to
work in Washington as soon as ap
pointed. Under the law as now
drawn the board's headquarters
would be in' Chicago.
Fostoffice to Frosacate
The postoffice department todav
announced that it “will take vigor
ous action” if there is any interfer
ence with transportation of mail as
result of the strike.
The following instructions have
been sent to superintendents of the
railway mail service:
“Instruct all chief clerks, trans
fer clerks and others to report any
obstructions directly or indirectly by
conspiracy or otherwise with pas
sage of mails as result of strike to
gether with name of person or pei
sons involved, Bring to jmmediai'
attention of " ideal postoffice inspect
ors, inspector in charge and United
States district attorney with request
that offenders be vigorously prose*
cuted if facts warrant.”
Advices concerning mail move
ments from New York. Chicago an I
St. Louis were described as “en
couraging.”
IV. N. Doak. vice president of the
Brotherhood of Trainmen, and Sen
ator Cummins, chairman of the sen
ate interstate commerce committee
which is to investigate the strike,
called at the White House today to
discuss the situation with Secretary
Tumulty.
Postoffice department officials said
today that thus far there had been
no serious interruption of the mail
service, but that mails were being
delayed at a number of places, in
cluding Chicago, St. Louis and other
cities. Mail coming to Washington
11 om New York is several hours late,
as is also that going into the south,
STRIKE SITUATION LOOKS
MUCH BETTER IN WEST
CHICAGO, April 12.—Developments
west of Pittsburg in the switchmen’s
unauthorized strike today were re
garded by railroad brotherhood offi
cials as pointing toward a gradual’
dissolution of the insurgent .
but in the east, where the walkout
was joined' in several districts by
tiainmen, the situation assumed- a
more serious aspect.
In the central and far west nu
merous reports of defections from
tne strikers' ranks followed the re
port of the first important break :at
Columbus, Ohio, where 600 switch’
men voted to return to work.
At Chicago, admitted keystone ot
the walkout, railroad officials were
presented “terms for settlement At
the strike,” which included recogni
tion of the new union formed by dis
senters from the Brotherhood ids
Railroad Trainmen and the Switch
men’s Union of North America. ¥
Claim Strike Is Breaking
In addition to the gradual improve
ment claimed by railroad head*in the
Chicago district which the brother
hood officials said presaged a return
to normal throughout the country,
the organization leaders pointed to
the votes at Columbus, Fort Wayne,
Ind.; Akron, Ohio, and Saginaw,
Mich., is marking definite breaks In
the strike.
In the far west and va’'-“-> cities
in the middle west local unions voted
not to join the strike, Seattle, Ta
coma, Everett and Auburn, Wash;,
and Cincinnati, Little Rock, Ark.’;
Memphis, Tenn., and St. Joseph, Mo.,
switchmen registering that intention.
Steel Centers Idle
In the Chicago district and ax
neighboring steel centers thousand
of men were idle today because of
the strike. At the Chicago stock
yards promises of a minimum delliy
ery of 186 carloads today brought. »
more optimistic outlook, although
hundreds of men still would remain
idle.
Because eastern ship-zoents wftre
cut off, killing necessarily was re
duced, said Everett C. Brown, presi
dent of the Chicago Livestock Ex
change.
1,000 SWITCHMEN MAY
’ STRIKE AT NEW ORLEANS
NEW ORLEANS, April 12.—-Unless
wage increase demands are met by
3 p. m. tomorrow, 1.000 union switch
men here will go on strike, is was
announced today by officials of the
Y’ardmen’s association’ local. The
Illinois Central and Public Belt rail
roads will be most seriously affected
in event of a strike, it was statcdyW