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SI) c Atlanta laaraal VOL. XXII. NO. 65 SMITH MANAGERS PREDICT SWEEPING VICTORY NEW YORK BEGINS WOBKOFREUEVING FREIGHT BLOCKADE Strikers in Chicago Said to Be Losing Control of Situ ation—Ohio Employes Re turn to Work NEW YORK, April 19.—Striking railroad employes continued to flock back to work In New York and vicinity today, despite efforts of rad icals. and railroad officials asserted conditions were approaching normal. Except to state that a majority of the strikers had returned. J. J. Man tell, spokesman for the general man agers’ association, would not esti mate the number of men who were back at their old position. The roads are filling permanently the places of strikers who failed 'to re port up to yesterday noon, Mr. Man tell said. All railroads ih this section com menced to move freight from badly congest d terminals today. Pas senger trawc improved to such an senger traffic improved normal sched ules were maintained. Tubes Still Closed The Hudson tubes, connecting Man hattan and New Jersey cities, were still tjed up, and there were no sur face indications of a break in the strikers’ ranks. The tubes now have hren “dead" for ten days, and the big commuter army has relied on ferry service for transportation to and from the city. The federal grand jury was con vened at Newapk, N. J., today to consider alleged radical activities : mo:ig the strikers. STRIKERS LOSING CONTROL IN CHICAGO, IS CLAIM CHICAGO. April 19.—The third vcek of the “outlaw” switchmen's /ike opened here today with the ■ • Ikers rapidly losing control an J nv.lroads claiming a 60 per cent re ntal situation.” Union officials and railroad offi c'a'.s today declared the strike “has practically lost its effectiveness.” A s übstantial increase in inbound and c.t-bound freight was noticed yes te'day. the railroads reported Six strike leaders re-arrested yes tr;-,’.ay. were to appear today before I’u.itcd States Commissioner Mason give bond for appearance April 24. T-? new warrants charged a con s 'iracv to interfere with the trans portation of food. Ten strike lead- ; were named. Threat of a new strike among rail- i rod employes in the Chicago district C’day confronted claims of railroad t - nagers and brotherhood officials C t the “insurgent” switchmen’ ri-ike had been broken and the sit i ion rapidly was returning to nor i* 1. Eight thousand freight handlers end 30.000 railroad clerks employed ' t:i all lines entering Chicago will i trkc a strike vote tonight after a conference today with the railroad Leads, George A. Worrell, chairman of the Chicago and Northwestern r. iiroad clerks, announced. He said ho had been empowered »to speak for »!1 the clerks and freight handlers. WorreU did not announce demands to Le presented but said there “seern td little chance of compromise” and Iho men probably would strike Tues day. In the switchmen’s unauthorized strike, continued improvement in traffic conditions throughout the cen l.;al and far west was noted. On the Pacific coast railways op erated today for the first time since I '.ie strike without embargoes on per ishable freight. As a result of a new federal de scent on strike at Chicago, ten men were arrested. Nine were released on their own recognizance to appear ttday and make bonds of SIO,OOO er.ch, but Harold Reading, chairman of the board of directors of the L’nited Enginemen’s association, was tent to jail w-hen he would not pledge himself to stay away from strike tn e e t i ngs. Senator Smith Will Cany Bibb County By Safe Majority MACON. Ga., April 10. —Senator Hoke Smith will carry Bibb county by a safe majority in the presidential preferential primary Tuesday. The race will be betw-een Senator Smith and Attorney General A. ’Mitchell Palmer. The senator made a strong Impression in his address here re cently, in which he bared the faults of the League of Nations. Mr. Palmer, who spoke two nights later, failed completely to answer any of Smith’s arguments, and as a result many inclined to support him are today in the Smith column. They confidently expected that the greater part of the address of the attorney general would be devoted to a defense of the League of Nations. He devoted just thirteen minutes to that important subject. Most of the rest of the time was aken up irf ex plaining why he entered the race in Georgia. Many leading men who have op posed Senator Smith in other cam paigns are with him this time, and are working hard for him. Among them are Roland Ellis and Judge John P. Ross, among the leading lawyers and orators in central Geor gia. Both have practically aways opposed Senator Smith, and both are supporting him this time. Judge Ross wil speak in Fort Valley tonight in behalf of Senator Smith. Roland El lis introduced the senator during his address here. CHE TBUTH ABOUT GALL ETONES A new booklet written by Dr. E. E. Paddock, Box 201-N, Kansas City. Mo., tells of an improved method of treating the Catarrhal inflamma tion of the Gall Bladder and Bile Ducts associated with Gall Stones from which remarkable results are being reported. Write for booklet and free trial plan.—(Advt.) IMPROVEMENT OF CONDITIONS IN 0. S. SEEN BY LAWRENCE Bonus Legislation Probably Will Be Vetoed by Presi dent, If Successful in Con gress, He Says (Copyright, 1920. for The Atlanta Journal.) BY DAVID LAWBENOE WASHINGTON, April 19.—Eco nomic conditions in the United States including the whole range of fac tors from the high cost of living to the unrest in the ranks of labor and the tremendous financial burdens left by the war are showing a distinct tendency toward Improvement. They are not changing rapidly, but such changes as have been noted are for the better. This in substance,* Is the underly ing thought of the responses that have been given the writer in the inquiry just completed among offi cials of different branches of the government as to the business out look in the United States. The rail way strike served to crystallize opin ion. There seems unanimous agree ment that while mischievous persons have taken advantage of labor trou bles to interject their own ambitions and doctrines, the outlaw strike was but another manifestation of the eco nomic troubles brought by the war. Searching beneath the surface, con servative and thoughtful men in the government find much that ails America —ail sorts of ills that fol low in the wake of war. And where political promise and partisan de fense is not involved but the view point is broad, there is an admis sion that time alone can bring re lief —that an immediate readjustment cannot be expected. America, as one member of the cabinet expressed it, thought the price of human liberty was worth paying and she is now suffering the pain and feeling the effects of her sacrifices in the war. Respect for Facts Both in congress and in the execu tive branch of the government, there is a recognition of and respect for facts. Congress is wrestling in vain with heavy governmental expendi tures, some -of them inherited from the war and some of them too deli cate to be cut out because of the fears of political disaster that may attend the party that performs the surgical operation. All sides seem to be agreed that the United States is carrying a heavy burden of financial credits and that to strain the load with a bonus to the ex-soldiers would be to Impose a weight that might bring a crash in the status of our credits, but, on the other hand, the votes of the sol diers cannot be ignored by ever so many members of congress. Therefore, the treasury department is watching, almost with bated breath, to see what congress will do. An I it goes without saying that President Wilson himself probafcly will veto the measure if congress doesn’t see fit to kill it. For of one thing the public may rest assured— the financial situation of the United States has given folks at the execu tive end of the avenue in Washing to many worrisome days and sleep less nights. If the truth be known, the Repub lican leaders of congress and the Democratic members of the executive departments have been working more closely in harmony on this phase of government than anything else this political year. They can’t help It. '■ ither side wants the responsibility for the prolongation of irksome con ditions. Each side would like to re duce taxes, but knows it can’t be done this year, possbily not next year. Certainly if the soldier bonus goes through, the prospect is considered even more remote for a relief from taxation. Don’t Like Bonus "ea. After having struggled hard to re duce the c government by a billion dollars, men like Republican Leader Mondell don’t fancy the idea of putting out another billion dollars in credit obligations to the ex-sol diers. But while government economy Is advocated in order that expenditures may be still further reduced, the pressure from the various parts ot the country affected by diminished appropriations is so strong that men in the government hardly know where to begin lest they be envelope! in a whirlpool of political currents that will sweep them out of office. Perhaps the most common thought that one finds throughout the gov ernment, and especially in the treas ury department, is one of criticism of the American people for their un limited expenditures on luxuries. Extravagance is the mainspring of the high cost of living. Profiteering is condemned but conservative minds do not attribute all America’s woes to profiteers. Prosecution is always urged but is considered futile with out the co-operation of the purchas ing individual, who must refrain from buying from profiteers. Signs of economy and thrift are beginning, however, to appear. Peak in Prices Beached Broadly speaking, it is felt here, that the peak in prices has been reached and that the tendency of the average American to refuse to pay the prices being asked of him is the first and necessary step in the mental process that makes economy. Any one who buys a suit of clothes, a pair of shoes, or any other item of apparel or builds a house or motors a single mile that isn’t absolutely necessary, does that much to keep up the high cost of living. That’s one principle which is being empha- (Continued on Page 8, Column 8) DOESN’T IT BEAT THE DUTCH Li -jou ■JWWBMKy i Ur B Sol W.wj !~ adMEFL ~ '' NEW YORK.—Gay Fifth avenue has fallen! Wooden shoes are appearing in the fashionable shops and the fairer sex are already slipping in and trying them on. The clumsy, yet durable feet apparel from Holland may yet get a foothold in America if the—price of leather keeps going up. LUNACY BOARD WILL EXAMINE CHURCHSLAYER NEW YORK, April 19.—Thomas W. Shelley, known also as Thomas W. Simpkin, faced arraignment in Yorkville court today for shooting Dr. James Wright Markoe, an emi nent surgeon, in fashionable St. George’s Episcopal church yester day. Police officials said they would ask for the appointment of a com mission to examine Shelley as to his lunacy. He told the police he had escaped from a lunatic asylum last Detectives questioned Shelley closely in his cell at police head quarters in a fruitless endeavor to learn a motive for the murder. He told rambling stories of his career as an itinerant printer since coming to this country from England. It also developed that he was a deserter from the Canadian army, the police said. A suitcase owned by the man was filled with religious tracts and news paper clippings on a variety of sub jects. He told the police he had never before seen or heard of Dr. Markoe. The murder occurred soon after the rector of the church, Dr. Karl Relland, had concluded his morning sermon, in which he had advised his congregation to be friendly to every stranger visiting the church. Dr. Markoe was taking up the col lection when his assailant, without warning, produced a revolver and fired a shot in the head, death re sulting soon afterward in a hospital. Before Shelley was captured out side the church he fired another shot which grazed the cheek of J. Mor gan Jones, an usher, and wounded Dr. George E. Brewer in the leg. An other shot just missed Herbert L. Statterlee, son-in-law of J. Pierpont Morgan. Pacing his cell nervously today, Simpkin told detectives in disjointed answers to questions that he worked as a printer in Gary, Ind.; Wisconsin, New York and elsewhere. He said he came to this country from England five years ago and was a member of the New York branch of the Typo graphical union. The prisoner’s statements indicated that he had a mania for hearing ser mons. He told of listening with pleasure to a Paulist priest in .New York a year ago and of having an ar gument with a minister in Gary. “The minister called a chief of po lice and had me arrested,” he said. “When I got out I decided to get a revolver. In St. George’s yesterday I felt all right until I heard the min ister say: ‘Some people seem to ig nore others and don’t treat them kindly.” Then, the prisoner told detectives, he was seized with an impulse to shott. He also said: “Since I caine out of the asylum I always carried a revolver to make sure that I’d hever be put in the asy lum again.” He added that he had resolved to shoot the first person who tried to arrest him. Government Loss in Operaton of Railways Was More Than Billion WASHINGTON, April 19.—Total loss to the government growing out of federal control of the railroads was estimated today by the house appropriations committee at $1,129,- 030,000. This includes the $225,000.- 000 estimated as guarantees to the roads und4r the terms of the trans portation act. Second Annual Reunion Os Old Hickory Boys ASHEVILLE, N. G-, April 19.—Sep tember 28 and 29 are the dates select ed for the second annual reunion of the Old Hickory association or Thir tieth division. The mayor, chairman of county commissioners and presi dent of the board of trade and a num ber of others met Colonel H. B. Springs, Greenville, S. C.; pres ident of the association; Cap- Captain Franks B. Bowen, secretary treasurer, Knoxville, Tenn.; Colonel T. B. Spratt, Fort Mills, S. C.; Colonel Don E. Scott, Graham, N. C.; Captain J. Laurence Gantt, Charleston, S. C., and J. C. Lattimer, of the publicity committee, Greenville, S. C. These dates were selected because at this time Asheville is better able to take case Os the- 15,000 or 20,000 visitors who are expected to attend this re union than any other, although earlier dates were suggested as being more suitable to a large number of the members of the Thirtieth divi sion. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 20, 1920. OCCUPATION OF RUHR BASIN IS BEFORE ALLIES PARIS, April 19.—Allied occupa tion of the Ruhr -basin, in western Germany, is being considered by al lied premiers gathered at San Remo, says the Petit Parisien. Premiers Lloyd George, Millerand and Nitti held a brief meeting last night, and agreed in principle on the necessity of forcing Germany to disarm, the newspaper declares, but were not agreed as to the best means of pro cedure. There was a certain coolness be tween M. Millerand and Mr. Lloyd George at the opening of the meet ing, but it vanished in a short time, and utmost cordiality prevailed at the close, according to the Matin. Demands that the allies, during the San Remo meeting, resist all at tempts to revise the terms of the Versailles treaty with Germany are made by Raymond Poincare, former president of the French republic, in an article published by the Matin. France and Belgium have been de prived of guarantees by the failure of Great Britain and the United States to put the tri-partite conven tion into operation, he says, and the League of Nations is as yet with out means of action. Premier Millerand is congratulated by M. Poincare for the wisdom he showed in pursuing a “wise policy in view of the necessity of stopping the fatal movement leading the allies to the precipice.” M. Millerand says the allied governments should sup port France against Germany, and asserts Germany is violating the Versailles treaty and avoiding all en gagements, and that France and Bel gium could not have done otherwise than advance east of the Rhine when German regulars invaded the neutral zone m the Ruhr valley. Say France Must Have 700,000 Army PARIS, April 19.—France must maintain an army of 700,000 men un til enemy countries "show their good will by executing the terms of their treaties” in the opinion of govern ment officials, according to newspa pers here. Plans under contempla tion call for 350,000 conecripts con stantly under training, eighteen months’ service being required of each man. Wages equal to those paid indus trial workers, less the cost of food and lodging provided by the govern ment, will be paid enlisted men and conscripts who are enlisted. It is expected bills to carry out this program will be introduced in the chamber some time in June. Rules relative to * the length of hair, mustache and beard, which, since early in the, war, have been strict, have been relaxed. In future a soldier may cut his beard in any way his fancy may dictate. Express Clerks’ Officers Booked for Conspiracy CHICAGO, April 19.—Officers of the Chicago Express Clerks and Freight Handlers’ Union, an outlaw organization, which has been on strike since March 6. were booked last night on charges of conspiracy preferred by State’s Attorney Hoyne. The men, formerly officers of a Chicago local of the brotherhood of railway and steamship clerks affili ated with the American Federation of Labor, were expelled from the broth erhood when they called the strike in defiance of an order issued by J. J. Forrester, president of the national organization. Lloyd George Insists on French-English Union PARIS, April 19.—Great Britain and France are “united and must remain united,” Prime Minister Lloyd George declared in an interview at Marseilles, a dispatch here said. Lloyd George landed at the port in southern France while on his voy age from Southampton to San Remo to attend the conferences of the council of premiers, which opens Monday. Whitfield Acquitted Os Cordova Murder NEW ORLEANS, April 19. “Not guilty,” was the verdict re turned by the jury in the case of Andrew J. Whitfield, on trial for a week on the charge of murdering Dr. Leopoldo Cordova, former Hondur an consul in New Orleans. Whit field fainted when the verdict was read. . - V’ DEMOCRATS VOTE TUESDAY DM CHOICE FORTHEPRBIDENCY Preferential Primaries to Be Held in All but Few Coun ties —County Races Also Scheduled Democrats of Georgia on Tuesday will express at the polls their choice for the Democratic candidate for president to be nominated at the San Francisco convention in June. In all but a few counties in the state preferential primaries will be held. Many of therp, as in Fulton county, will be held In conjunction with the regular white primaries for the election of county officers. Some counties already have elected their officers and have been unable to ar range for the preferential primary in all precincts. Thus, under the rule of the state Democratic execu tive committee requiring the primary to be held in all precincts, they are eliminated. Since, however, a large majority of Georgia’s counties have been able to arrange the primary, the expres sion of the voters at the polls Tues day will be, in the main, the ex pression of the majority of the peo ple of the state. The result should be known early Tuesday night. The Journal has ar ranged to receive returns from its correspondents in every part of the state, and, as usual, will flash re turns on a screen on the Austell building and will publish election extras. There are three candidates for president in the Georgia prefrential primary, Attorney General A. Mitchell Palmer, Senator Hoke Smith and Thomas E. Watson. Each has qual ified under the rules of the execu tive committee, and the name of each will appear on the official ballot. OVERALLS LATEST ATLANTA FASHION; THOUSANDS JOIN The 4,000 or more overall-wearers noticeable Monday morning on At lanta streets and in stores and of fices are only the vanguard of an army that will cover the state when thousands of other citizens accustom themselves to the comfort, conven ience and economy that the thrift crusade represents, according to leaders of the movement. About 1,000 additional pledges re sulted from the mass meeting at the Baptist Tabernacle Sunday after noon when speeches outlining the plans and objects of the overall idea were delivered by Rev. John W. Ham, Fair Price Commissioner John A. Manget and Mayor Key. Many worn* en at the morning and evening serv ice signed pledge cards promising co-operation by home dress-making and similar means of retrenchment. Commissioner Manget now holds options on 20,000 pairs of overalls which he will distribute among clubs anywhere in Georgia at wholesale cost, he announced Monday, and should any profiteering be reported despite this convenient supply of low-priced raiment, vigorous and im mediate action will be taken, he says. Approximately 2,600 pairs of over alls were sold at the city hall Sat urday. All buyers paid fifty cents extra per garment for charity, the total sum making possible the distri bution of SIOO each to thirteen lo cal institutions. The stock unsold Saturday will be handled by the S. H. Kress stores, beginning Tuesday morning. The stores will make no charge for the service and the fifty cent item will be eliminated. The following charities will re ceive checks for SIOO each during the week as a result of Saturday’s over -3.11 s3>le • Atlanta Child’s Home. Baptist Or phans’ Home, Hapeville; Catholic Or phans’ Home; Methodist Orphans’ Home, Decatur; Jewish Orphanage; Clington Presbyterian Orphanage; Carrie Steele Colored Orphanage; Home for Old Women; Confederate Soldiers’ Home; Home for the Friend less; Home for Incurables; Shelter ing Arms; Ex-Slaves’ association. OVERALL CRUSADE SPREADS INTO CANADA ST. THOMAS, Ont., April 19. —The overall crusade in the United States has spread over the border to Can ada and clubs have been organized here and at several nearby towns. More than 300 employes of the Mich igan Central railroad have joined the local club. The Wallaceburg, Ont., club was organized today with a large membership. Senator Hoke Smith’s Work for Wounded And Disabled Soldiers Editor The Journal: The vocational rehabilitation legislat4on for maimed, crippled and disabled soldiers stands on the federal statute books as a monument to Senator Hoke Smith’s interest in the future welfare of the patriotic veterans of the world war who risked their all on the battlefields of France and Flanders. Senator Smith drafted the vocational legislation and directed its successful course through its various stages in con gress. The legislation provides the funds and the machinery for the vocational training of disabled soldiers. Under its provisions, thousands of American boys who were wounded are being trained and fitted to pursue useful occu pations. No member of the United States senate has been more active in behalf of the returned soldiers than the senior senator from Geor-t gia. He has taken a leading part in the preparation and passage of all legislation designed to aid the veterans of the world war. WALTER O. MABSHBTON, Captcln in Eighty-second Dlvlrlon “I Will Win the Election And I Have Confidence In County Committees” —SENATOR HOKE SMITH. BEFORE leaving for Cartersville, where he spoke Monday, Senator Hoke Smith issued the following signed statement: “I am perfectly sure the county executive committees will do their duty. I do not for a moment suppose any commit tee will yield to Senator Harris’ thinly-veiled appeal to stack delegations against me in the hundred and more counties I will carry. “I know he belonged to the opposition, but I admit I am surprised at any public officer attempting so barefaced a scheme to pilfer an election. “The campaign against me has gone through its usual stage of Clark Howell’s lying and its usual reaction. “I expect to carry the state overwhelmingly and no one can persuade the county committees to take it from me—cer tainly not the junior senator. 1 have the utmost confidence in the Georgians who compose these committees. “HOKE SMITH.” VALIDITY OF DRY LAW UNDER FIRE IN U. S. COURT WASHINGTON, April 19.—The su preme court reconvened today with out rendering an opinion in any of the various pending cases involving the validity of the prohibition amendment and portions of the en forcement act. Seven suits, attacking prohibition from every angle, are under consid eration, all having been argued dur ing March. The court is expected to hand down a blanket opinion cover ing all, which will settle definitely whether the prohibition amendment is valid and the Volstead law enforc ing it constitutional. The court may uphold both the amendment and the Volstead law, may knock out both, or may hold the amendment valid, but the en forcement law unconstitutional. It might pass on validity of the amend ment, and leave the question of con stitutionality of the Volstead law to a later opinion. Cases which await decision are the original proceedings brought by Rhode Island and New Jersey as states, and appeals brought by indi viduals from New Jersey, Massachu setts, Kentucky, Wisconsin and Mis souri federal courts. Ed H. Rhodes Says Ex-Service Men Are For Senator Smith As an evidence of the inaccuracy of some reports which have gone forth from Clark county to the effect that ex-service men are opposing Senator Smith, the following tele gram from Carlisle Cobb, of Athens, will be read with interest: "ATHENS, Ga., April 19. —Edward H. Rhodes, of Athens, a prominent young broker, who was one of the first from Clark© county to volunteer his services, who spent twenty months in France and Germany, and who at present is adjutant of the Allen Fleming post of the American Legion, here, brands as false the eleventh-hour reports that have gone out from Athens to the effect that ex-service men are opposed to Sena tor Smith. "Mr. Rhodes heartily Indorses Sen ator Smith and his principles as the salvation of the Democratic party, and. in his opinion, a large majority of former service men in the Eighth congressional district are for Sen ator Smith. (Signed) "CARLISLE COBB.” Brooklyn Steamship Terminal Threatened By Fire on Monday NEW YORK, April 19.—Fire start ing on the steamship Halfried, which was loaded with nitrates, today threatened the destruction of the Bush Terminal, in Brooklyn, one of the largest steamship terminals in the world. Two piers quickly caught fire and firemen,. attracted by four alarms, endeavored to prevent other piers burning. After two explosions were heard across the East river, ambulances were sent to the terminal. Early re ports were that at least five men had been seriously hurt. Tugs from over all New York harbor hurried to the scene to remove threatened ships to safety. Mine Workers and Operators Agree on New Wage Increase BALTIMORE, April 19.—Mine workers and operators today agreed on a wage scale at their confer ence here. The new scale, which rep resents virtually a 45 per cent in crease, covers the “pick” and “ma chine” mining of bituminous coal in thin and thick seams and for wide and narrow work. Representatives of northern West Virginia coal operators association and district No. 17 United Mine Workers of America signed the agreement, effective at once. The new scale affects virtually 27,000 miners and 450 mines in northern West Virginia. Requested Rail Fund Reduced $30,000,000 WASHINGTON, April 19.—Reduc tion of $30,000,000 in the $420,000,000 asked by the railroad administra tion to wind up its affairs was made today by the house appropriations committee. The new appropriation would bring the total of funds granted the rail road administration to $1,750,000,000. ARKANSAS STORM KILLS SCORE AND INJURES MANY LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 19.—A score of persons were killed and many injured in storme which swept several counties in northwest Ar kansas last night, according to meagre messages received today over demoralized wire service. WOMAN AND TWO CHILDREN ARE KILLED FORT SMITH, Ark., April 19. — Mrs. Charles Zacharay and two chlldre were killed and more than a score of persons are reported se riously injured in a tornado which badly damaged the village of Hickey town, Ark., last night. Hickeytown is sixteen miles south of Clarks ville, in Johnson county. Its popu lationis estimated at about 200. JIM CROW LAW UPHELD BY U. S. SUPREME COURT WASHINGTON, April 19.—The United States supreme court today upheld the Kentucky separate coach act requiring the separation of white and negro passengers and holding that it applies to the South Coving ton and Cincinnati street railway and the Cincinnati, Covington and Er langer railway company while op erating betwen points in Kentucky. Justices Vandevanter, Pitney and Day dissented in part. Levee Gives Way on Mississippi River and Orange Groves Suffer NEW ORLEANS, April 19. —The first break in the Mississippi river levee system since the present high water took place today when a sec tion o? the west bank of the river caved in just above Fort Jackson, fifty miles south of this city, and carried with It about 450 feet of the levee. Two feet of water is pouring through the crevasse over orange groves and a rich trucking section. The area to be flooded is small. The break occurred just above Fort Jacfl son, which is just a few miles above the end of the levee system. The government reservation probably will be flooded unless the break is closed, and engineers left this even ing in tugs with material to repair the break. The 'United States engineer’s of fice’ issued a warning to all steam ers to limit the speed of their ves sels to the lowest point consistent with the safetly of the ship during the present high water. Robbers Secure $ 16,000 In Two New York Hauls NEW YORK, April 19.—New York today had its second payroll robbery in two days. Three masked men took $6,000 from George Kond chier, 57, treasurer of the Hope Clothing company in Brooklyn as he entered the firm’s building on re turning from a bank. Kondchier was removed to a hospital with a skull fracture and three broken fingers suffered in the fight with the ban dits. Yesterday robbers obtained SIO,OOO when they held up the cashier of a firm situated next door to a police station. House Votes Increase For Disabled Soldiers WASHINGTON, April 19. —By unanimous vote the house today passed a bill increasing by S2O a month the war risk insurance pay ment of the government to 25,000 dis abled soldiers and sailors now re ceiving vocational rehabilitation. Un der the measure, which now goes to the Senate, single men would receive SIOO a month and married men $l2O. V ious organizations of world war veterans supported the bill. French Morale Low In 1917, Says Pershing NEW YORK, April 19.—The mor ale of the French army and the French people was so low in the spring of 1917, it required great ef fort to keep France from getting out of the war altogether. General Persh ing said at a dinner to Hen ry P. Davison, head of the Red Cross, at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel General Pershing said the “whole truth about the matter has never been told.” 5 CENTS A COPY. $1.50 A TEAR. NOW SftY SENATOR i WILL WIN IN 115 CDUNTIBTUESDAY Assert That Claims Made Saturday Night Were Too Conservative in Light of Later Reports From State Pulaski Committee to Follow Rules Despite Senator Harris’ Appeal J. M. Lanier, of Hawkinsville, has wired The Journal that the Pulaski executive committee will elect delegates to the state Dem ocratic convention in accordance with the rules of the state execu tive committee, notwithstanding the urgent letter of Senator Wil liam J. Harris asking that dele gates pledged to indorse the ad ministration’s position on the League of Nations and all other measures to be chosen. Mr. La nier’s telegram to The Journal follows: "HAWKINSVILLE, Ga.. April 19.—County committee will '’ol low rules of state committee, del egates to be friend of winner in county, whether friend or foe c* Wilson. No outside advice fcought. "J. M. LANIER." With the primary one day off, Hoke Smith headquarters In the Piedmont hotel announced Monday that reports from all over the state Indicated a sweeping victory for Sen ator Smith. It was stated by the Smith cam paign committee that their estimate of 107 counties for Senator Smith, made in the Sunday papers and based on reports received up te Saturday noon, was too conservative. Tele grams and letters that poured In Saturday night, Sunday and Monday morning, they said. Indicated that Senator Smith would carry at least 115 counties. H. Y. McCord, X. R. Smith and Arthur Lucas, campaign managers for Senator Smith say that the senator’s position on the League of Nations is In line with the practically unanimous thought of the state. The campaign of vilifica tion and abuse, which .they J been unparalleled In the history of Georgia’s politics, has stirred the Indignation of the people, and they are planning to go to the polls to register their protest against such tactics. Palmer’s headquarters In the Kim ball House had no additional state ment to make Monday. On Sjinday the state campaign committee claimed ninety-five counties. Headquarters' Statement Senator Hoke Smith’s headquarters today authorized the following an nouncement: "We wish to revise the estimate given out Saturday as to the prospect of tomorrow’s election. Based on the reports which we received yesterday and this morning from all parts of Georgia, we feel perfectly safe In stating that we are certain of not less than 115 counties. Several coun ties which we had In the doubtful column have reported that there can no longer be any doubt as to Senator Smith’s carrying them. "While we place our certainties at only 115 counties we confidently be lieve that there are many of the oth ers which are now placed in , the doubtful column are strongly Inclined to Senator Smith, and that the num ber actually carried by him will ex ceed 115, which number we state merely as a minimum. "It looks like one of the old-time Hoke Smith ground swells, which starts about ten days before the elec tion day and reaches its full flood on election day. • "We have already heard from a surprising number of sections In which Senator Harris’ astonishing in terview of yesterday Is creating the bitterest resentment. "There is nothing on earth the peo ple of Georgia resent more than an effort to stack delegations, tamper with election machinery and pilfer from a successful candidate the fruits of his victory. The county ex ecutive committees especially resent this appeal of Senator Harris. They tell us they are not that kind of Democrats, and that whoever carries their counties will get an honest, fairly selected delegation. "The resentment of Senator Harris’ unfair appeal, the prospects for a large vote, and the reports we have received since Saturday fully justify’ us in revising ,our estimate and in creasing the statement as to the number of counties we will carry.” Dr. Tracy, Anti-Toxin Pioneer, Is Dead TROY, N. Y., April 19.—Dr. John G. Tracy, pioneer in the use of diph theria anti-toxins and for forty-five years prominently identified with the medical profession in this section, is dead at his home in Chestertown. HEALS STOMACH TROU BLE AND TAPE WORM AT HOME A sample home treatment which gives quick and lasting relief in al! forms of stomach trouble, including tape worms or other worms, is being supplied to sufferers by Walter A. Reisner, Box B-364, Milwaukee, Wis. He is so confident of results that he guarantees absolute satisfaction in every case or there is no charge for the treatment. 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