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©be Manta ©rMlttW Soiwnal 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. NOTICE Georgia Subscribers 'This is the last issue ot 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., TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1920. 2HWW !. MWTK ; 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 « '• ." / - 8 I v ■ B * i 'IT g I k I v v ’7**" a<K ' —ser-— — J 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 The shortage of news print paper has become so acute on account of the railroad strike that it be comes necessary to cut down the size of The Tri- Weekly Journal in order to continue publication. It is now impossible to get paper already shipped and on the way. We cannot tell how long this situa tion will last, so in order to continue publishing The Tri-Weekly Journal it w*as necessary to curtail and use a smaller amount of paper. By the way, if your subscription has expired you had better renew at once, as all of the expira tions on our list are being taken off as fast as possi ble. THE ATLANTA TRI-WEEKLY JOURNAL 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