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VOL. XXII. NO. 68.
COTTON WAREHOUSE
AhlO TUBE MT IS
TO BE BUI LT HEBE
Shippers’ Compress Building
Will Cost $250,000, With
100,000 - Bale Capacity,
Occupying a Large Tract
Two building transactions of im
portance to Atlanta’s commercial and
manufacturing interests were made
public Saturday afternoon, both of
them involving the erection of large
plants on the Central of Georgia
railroad in the vicinity of Fort Mc-
Pherson, and the expenditure of sev
eral hundred thousands of dollars.
The Shipping Coinpress and Ware
house company, of which Richard
Willingham, of Macon, Ga., is presi
dent, will immediately begin the con
struction of a mammoth cotton
warehouse on the Matilda Regen
stein property, which they acquired j
last week, between West End and .
Fort McPherson, on the Central of ;
Georgia railroad, to cost approxi- i
mately $250,000, and to have a ca- I
pacity of 100,000 bales of cotton.
The Victor Rubber Manufacturing
company will start work immediate
ly on plant No. 2, to be located right
near the entrance to Fort McPher
son and to cost approximately SIOO,-
000. The plant will have a capacity
of between 2,000 and 3.000 automo
bile tire inner tubes per day, and
will be completed within the next
six months. The company now has
in operation plant No. 1, which also
is situated on the Central of Geor
gia railroad, not far from West End.
The warehouse will be mill con
structed and will have concrete fire
walls. It will be so constructed that
each compartment will be independ
ent of the others, and will each be
fireproof. It is planned to build the
building so that additions can be
made whenever they become m~?s
sary. A Macon construction com
pany will build the plant.
The company also will install a
modern compress to take care of the
capacity of the warehouse. It is
said that the entire plant will be
completed by September 1. to be
ready to take care of this season’s
totton crop.
The Shippers’ Compress and Ware
house company is at present operat
ing thirteen large warehouses and
impresses at various points in
Georgia and Alabama, and it is said
that with the erection of the Atlan
ta plant, will be the largest ware
house and compress company in the
south.
The property, which was acquired
for the company by John A. Manget,
of Atlanta, one of the directors,
Jirough the firm of Smith, Ewing &
Rankin, comprises a tract of forty
four acres, and was owned by Mrs.
Matilda Regenstein, of Atlanta, and
Sigmund Regenstein, of New York
City. Since acquiring the property,
a large manufacturing company has
made an offer of $5,000 an acre for j
a greater part of the tract, which ;
is considerably more than the pur
chase price paid by the warehouse
concern.
With the completion of this ware
house, Atlanta will rank as probably
the largest, spot cotton market in the
world, for in conjunction with the
Candler warehouse, which has a ca
pacity of approximately 200,000
bales and other large warehouses, the
city will be amply able to take care
of all cotton shipped here. It is
said that no city in the world will
exceed Atlanta in its warehouse ca
pacity when this new warehouse is
completed and the Candler ware
house begins to function again.
Two Dead, One Dying
As Result of Row'
In Harris County
' COLUMBUS Ga., April 26.—Two
men are dead and one dying today
as the result of some dispute tak
ing place on Tip Top mountain, in
Harris county last night, according
to news reaching Columbus.
The dead are Milton Irvin, of Chip
ley, and O. S. Williams, of Hamilton.
Henry Irvin is reported dying. Cecil
Cook, of Hamilton, was shot in
the leg. All are well-known white
planters of the county. Chief
Huling, of Harris county, was called
out at midnight, but an investiga
tion of several hours has thrown lit
tle light on the case, other than that
the trouble was due to a personal
row between the men. Sheriff J. H.
Williams is also at work on the
case.
It is reported there were Hve men
in the case, but the officers have no
clue to the whereabouts of the two
unaccounted for.
Robert and Louis Murray, negroes
have been arrested in connection
with the crime. A disagreement over
a gambling gahie is said to have been
tlie cause of the difficulty.
Re-Argument of Case
Attacking Farm Loan
Law Is Ordered
WASHINGTON, April 26.—The su
preme court today order a re-afrgu
ment of the case attacking the con
stitutionality of the farm loan act.
CURED HER FITS
Mrs. Paul Gram, residing at 916
Fourth street, Milwaukee, Wis., re
«ntiy gave out t£e following state
>>-ientt “I had suffered with Fits
(Epilepsy) for over 14 years. Doctors
arid medicine did me no good. It
seemed that I was beyond all 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 ipedicine which he gave
me. He has generously promised to
send it prepaid, free to any one who
writes him.” —(Advt.)
PARIS EATS FRESH LION CUTLETS
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PARlS.—Fresh lion cutlets are sold at a Paris meat shop for
five francs a pound ($1 at par rate). The lion was killed after an
accident in a Paris menagerie.
ADRIATIC ROW
LEFT TO ITALY
AND JUGO-SLAVS
SAN REMO, April 26.—(8y the
Associated Press.) —The council of
premiers, at the request of Premier
Nitti, of Italy, and Foreign Min
ister Trumbitch, of Jugo-Slavia, will,
allow the Adriatic question to re
main in negotiation between the
Italian and Jugo-Slav governments,
it was learned today.
Reports that the Adriatic question,
including the disposition of Fiume,
would be settled by the San Remo
council in accordance with President
Wilson’s program, appeared from
San Remo advices last night to be
at least premature.
It was stated that the settlement
proposed by Premier Nitti, although
following generally the lines of
President Wilson’s note of December
9, varied from it by including a con
stitution for the buffer state of
Fiume, to which both the French and
British premiers objected, consider
ing that it limited too largely the
character of the new state. Premier
Nitti, is was said, was informed by
both the French and -British delega
tions that Italy should either accept
President Wilson’s plan or abide by
the pact of London, which, gaze
Fiume to the Jugo-Slavs. / .-
The supreme council today adopt
ed the Franco-British declaration
with regard to Germany after in
serting a clause declaring its readi
ness to take all measures, even the
occupation of additional German ter
ritory, if necessary, to assure the
carrying out of the treaty of Ver
sailles.
The adoption of this clause gave
rise to some discussion. Premier
Nitti, of Italy, opposed military
masures. Premiers Millerand and
Lloyd George, however, showed the
Italian prime minister the necessity
of considering such an eventuality.
Foreign Minister Hymans, of Be’-
giums, and Baron Matsui, the Japa
nese ambassador to France, joined
them in this point of view, which
was adopted by the council.
The text of the declaration, which
was particularly pleasing to the
French, will be published later. It
was announced that represntatives of
the Allies will meet the German
chancellor, Mueller, at Spa, Belgium,
on May 25.
Mooresville, N.C., Gains
26.9 Per Cent in Census;
Sacramento, Cal., 47.3
WASHINGTON; April 26.—The
census bureau announced following
1920 population results:
Sacramento, 65,857. Increase since
1910, 21.161, or 47.3 per cent.
. Shawnee, Okla., 15,348; Hibbing,
Minn., 15,089; Virginia, Minn., 14,022;
Niles, Ohio, 13,080; East Youngs
town, Ohio, 11,237; Painesville, Ohio,
6,886; East Moline, TIL, 8.675; Rock
balls, Hl., 2,927; Attica, Ind., 3,392;
Lehighton, Pa., 6,192; Mooresville, N T ’
G, 4,315; East Feliciana Parish, La
17,487.
Increases since 1910: Shawnee, 2,-
874 or 23.0; Hibbing, 6,257 or 70S'
Virginia, 3,519 or 33.9; Niles, 4,719
or 56.4; East Youngstown, 6.265 or
126.0; Painesville, 1,385 or 25.2; East
Moline, 6,010 or 225.5; Rock Falls
270 or 10.2; Attica, 57 or 1.7; Lehigh
ton, 786 or 14.8; Mooresville, 915 or
26 9.
Decrease since 1910: East Feliciana
Parish, 2,568 or 12.8.
Must Go to Jail if
He Drives Automoblie
ROME, Ga., April 26.—Determined
to stop violations of the automobile
laws, Judge W. J. Nunnally, In Floyd
county city court, pronounced a nov
el sentence upon Oscar Copeland,
who will go to the state prison farm
at Milledgeville for twelve months, if
during the next year he drives an
automobile.
Copeland, a well-known young taxi
operator, was found guilty of speed
ing on the public highway. Early
last Sunday morning he dashed
through Boozville, collided with a car
belonging to A. A. Proctor and demol
ished a fence at the roadside. He
was fined SIOO and costs and given
a year at the state farm. The latter
part of the sentence was suspended,
and he was put on probation—the
prison sentence to become operative
if he drives a car during that time.
This is thought to be the first sen
tence of its kind to be pronounced in
1 this country.
FIRST CASE IS
MADE FOR OPERA
TICKET SCALPING
P. B. Rand, manager for the Cap
ital City Tobacco company of the
cigar stand in the Pedmont hotel
lobby, was summoned Monday to ap
pear Tuesday morning in the record
er’s court on a charge of selling
opera tickets at an advance on the
regular prices.
‘‘This is all I know about it,” said
Mr. Rand. ‘‘An officer came up to
my counter and instructed me to ap
pear in court Tuesday morning on
that charge. I intend to be there.
So far as selling the tickets is con
cerned. the facts are these:
‘‘People are continually coming to
my counter and giving me pairs of
opera seat tickets to sell for them.
They are people who have bought
season sets of tickets and want to
dispose of one or two pair. They
ask me to get this or that price for
them . That’s all there it,
as far as I know.” /
R. A. Gordon, chairman of the
auditorium committee of the city
council, said that more tha na hun
dred complaints had been received by
him from people who said they had
been ‘‘held up” by ticket speculators.
He said he was going to investigate
every case possible, and that peo
ple who had been ‘‘stuck” could get
their money back by reporting to the
chief of plice.
‘‘l have looked up the law on this
matter and find such cases are fully
covered by an ordinance of city
council,” said Mr. Gordon. “People
have complained to me that specula
tors have laid them up for as much
as S2O a seat for $4 seats. If any
one will report such cases to me or
to Chief Beavers we will see that he
gets his money back and the guilty
party is prosecuted.”
Pure Food Charges
By U. S. Are Upheld
In Nearly All Cases
WASHINGTON, April 26.—Govern
ment charges involving violations of
pure food laws were upheld in forty
nine out of fifty cases recently de
cided in federal courts, it was an
nounced today by the bureau of chem
istry, department of agriculture. Ten
actions were based on adulteration of
tomato products, Including catsup.
The most frequent charge was that
of the use of moldy, or rotten, to
matoes in preparing the products.
Stock feed made from cotton seed
meal or cake was the basis of eleven
actions, the most frequent charge be
ing that of misbranding.
Canned salmon was the basis of
four seizures. Spoilage was the
charge made in each seizure.
Other prosecutions and seizures in
cluded a shipment of sardines which
were destroyed, and three shipments
of olive oil adulterated with cotton
seed oil. An artificial vinegar label
ed as cider vinegar resulted in the
manufacturer being fined S4OO. One
shipper failed to appear to defend
himself on the charge of adding water
to milk and was fined S2OO and costs.
Two shipments of ripe lima beans
which were sold as green lima beans
after being soaked, were seized, as
was a shipment of gelatine consisting
party of glue and containing copper
and zinc.
Seven actions were based on the
charge of adulteration and misbdand
ing of proprietary medicines.
Retaliation Against
Canada Manufacturers
Os Paper Is Urged
WASHINGTON, April 26. The
United States must take retaliatory
measures against Canadian paper
manufacturers to protect the Ameri
can industry, Senator Underwood,
Alabama, today told the house for
eign affairs committee in opening
hearings on his resolution for a fed
eral commission to handle the print
paper situation.
“The Canadians are trying to force
all the paper mills of the United
States into their country,” Mr. Un
derwood said. “It is necessary to
use a club to protect American in
terests.”
Nearly a hundred newspaper men
were before the committee and
George McEneny, New York Times;
S. M. Williams, New York World: A.
C. Pierson and A. J. Baldwin, of the
National Periodical Publishers’ asso
ciation; E. W. Barrett, Birmingham
and Victor Rosewater, Omaha Bee.
urged passage of the resolutions.
Cotton Recovers
$5 a Bale in N. Y.
NRW YORK. April 26.—The cotton
market recovered about $5 a bale on
last week’s market during today’s
early trading. Unfavorable weather
in the south over Sunday, and pros
pects for further rain in the eastern
and central section of the cotton belt
stimulated apprehension of another
short crop.
ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1920.
Thousands Cheer Peteruns
Os Three IPars In Annual
Memorial Day Parade
General W. A, Wright) With
Aides From American. L
egion Posts, Leads Proces
sion-Services at Oakland
Once more the remnants of the le
gions of Lee and Jackson have
marched through Atlanta's streets
while applauding thousands banked
along the curb to pay tribute of
love and homage to the heroes who
wore the gray, p-espite skies that
were as gray as the uniforms of the
silver-haired veterans, Atlanta’s ob
servance of Memorial day was one of
the most impressive in the city’s his
tory. The big parade that moved at
2 o’clock through the business dis
trict and out to Oakland cemetery,
where sleep so many of the heroic
dead, constituted the prime event of
the day’s program.
The veterans in their gray uni
forms of the Southern Confederacy
were of course the outstanding fea
ture of the parade, but acting as
their escort were other veterans who
marched in khaki, bearing on their
breasts ribbons which showed that
they had served in the world war, the
Spanish-American war and in the
far-off possessions of the United
States. Then, too, there were many
organizations whose fundamental
principles are in line with those
which animate the United Confeder
ate Veterans. Headed by General
Nathan B. Forrest, son of the famous
Confederate cavalry leader, the Sons
of Veterans formed one unit of the
column, while the United Daughters
of the Confederacy, the Ladies’ Me
morial association and other organi
zations were represented.
The American Legion, represented
by hundreds of ex-service men, many
of whom saw action in France, par
ticipated in the parade, the staff of
the grand marshal, General William
A. Wright, being composed entirely
of legionnaires.
Business Suspended
Business was practically suspend
ed during the afternoon. Most of the
retail stores closed their doors at
1 o’clock, while the banks observed
the holiday by transacting no busi
ness whatever. The offices in the
Federal building also closed at 1
o’clock and the courts held no ses
sions during the afternoon. The
state capitol was closed all day.
The parade formed at the inter
section of Peachtree and West Peach
tree streets, with the various par
ticipating organizations falling into
line as the column moved down
Peachtree. Headed by Chief Beav
ers and a platoon of mounted police,
General Wright and his staff led the
first division, which consisted of a
professional battalion of regulars
from the Fifth division at Camp Gor
don. This unit was commanded by
Major John Creed. Then came Com
pany A of the First infantry, na
tional guard of Georgia, commanded
by Captain H. W. Bulfin. The cadets
of the Georgia Military academy and
Marist college, the R. O. T. C. unit
of Emory university escorting Gov
ernor Dorsey and Mayor Key, brought
up this division.
At the head of the second divi
sion came the veterans themselves,
some of them-riding in automobiles
because of their physical infirmities,
but most of them striding sturdily
along, waving their hats and giving
the old “rebel yell” in response to
the roars of the crowds along the
curb. The Sons of Confederate Vet
erans, two camps of Spanish-Amer
ican war veterans and all the At
lanta posts of the American Legion
completed this division.
High School Boys in Line
The cadet corps of the Boys’ High,
Tech High, Commercial High and
Fulton High schools headed the third
division, while students of all these
institutions also marched behind the
military units. The children of the
grammar schools constituted the
fourth division, with the Old Guard
of Atlanta, commanded by Colonel
Peter F. Clarke.
Constituting the fifth division of
the column were representatives of
the United Daughters of the Con
federacy, ladies’ memorial associa
tions of Atlanta and College Park,
Children of the Confederacy, Daugh
ters of the American Revolution,
War Mothers of Atlanta and other
organizations. Decorated automobiles
brought up the rear of the parade.
Moving down Peachtree street into
Whitehall, the column turned into
East Hunter and so on out to Oak
land cemetery, where the memorial
exercises were held. Judge Peter
W. Meldrim, of Savannah, one of the
foremost jurists of the south, deliv
ered the memorial oration, Dr. C. B.
Wilmer, of St. Luke’s Episcopal
church, offering prayer. Then de
tachments of high school cadets fired
volleys over the graves of the Con
federate dead and ougiers from the
regulars at Camp Gordon sounded
“Taps.” Every grave received its
floral tribute.
The arrangements for the Memo
rial day observance were under the
direction of the Ladies’ Memorial
association, of which Mrs. William
A. Wright is president.
Aides to the marshal were:
Eugene Oberdorfer, Jr., command
er of Charles F. Montgomery, Jr., Le
gion post; Gerald P. O’Keefe, Gordon
T. Freeman, Brooks Mell, Samuel R.
Dull, Sidney F. Parham, John A.
Drake, J. B. Suttles,* Estes Doremus,
commander of J. S. Moore, Jr., Legion
post; Don T. McKinnon. Samuel P.
Cronheim and Claude West, Basil
Stockbridge, commander of the Geor
gia division of the American Legion,
was chief of staff.
BRONZE TABLET
FOR CHATHAM’S DEAD
SAVANNAH, Ga., April 26.—A
bronze tablet in memory of the Chat
ham county ment who gave their
lives in the world war was unveiled
on the front of the Savannah public
library this afternoon. It is a gift
from the Savannah Women’s Federa
tion.
The table contains a border of mag
nolia blossoms and in addition to
bearing the names of the men ill
whose memory it is cast, has the in
scription, “They do not die who serve
humanity.” The memorial was un
veiled by Mrs. J. E. Hayes, of Monte
zuma, president of the Georgia Fed
eration of Women’s Clubs.
3 DEMOCRATIC AND
3 G. 0. P. ELECTIONS
SLATED TUESDAY
NEW YORK, April 26.—Tomorrow
will be the most important single
day in the pre-convention campaign
to date.
There will be three Republican and
three Democratic primaries and two
Republican state conventions, at
which 146 Republicans and 112 Demo
cratic delegates will be selected, as
follows:
New Jersey primaries, 28 Republi
can and 28 Democratic delegates;
Ohio primaries, 48 delegates each;
Massachusetts primaries, 35 Repub
lican and 36 Democratic delegates;
Washington convention, 14 Republi
cans; Idaho convention, 8 Republi
cans.
The day will be featured by Sen
ator Hiram Johnson’s fight to carry
New Jersey and win a foothold in
the east, and by Major General Leon
ard Wood’s simultaneous invasion of
two “favorite son” states.
Johnson’s followers have made no
attempt to conceal the importance
of New Jersey to their candidate.
If he wins there they believe he will
enter the Chicago convention as the
strongest candidate.
Wood has disregarded one of the
unwritten laws of practical politics
by carrying his fight into “favorite
son” territory in Ohio and Massa
chusetts, as he did in Illinois. In
Ohio he will be opposed to Senator
Warren Harding. Their names are
the only ones on the Republican
ballots. A peculiar situation has
arisen from the fact that many Wood
candidates for national delegates
have named Herbert Hoover as their
second choice, while Harding candi
dates have taken similar action re
garding Johnson.
An entire slate has been put up
in Massachusetts by the Wood or
ganization. The rival candidates are
uninstructed, but are known io favor
Governor Calvin Coolidge. with one
exception. This is a candidate for
delegate at large who is understood
to be for Hoover.
Wood is also working for indorse
ment of the Idaho and Washington
conventions. In Idaho he is opposed
by Senator William Borah, who is
stumping the country for Johnson.
Senator Miles Poindexter is the
“favorite son” of Washington. But
he will have competition in the state
convention from Wood, Johnson and
Hoover.
Governor James Cox is the only
candidate on the Democratic ballot
in Ohio; Governor Edward I. Ed
wards is supposed to have everything
his own way in New Jersey, while
William G. McAdoo is supposed to
have the call for support of the
Massachusetts Democrats.
M’ADOO FAVORS
MORE PUBLICITY
FOR FARM LOANS
WASHINGTON, April 25.—Reply
ing as a “private citizen” to the
questionnaire issued to all candi
dates for presidential nominations by
the National Board of Farm organ
izations, former Secretary McAdoo
outlined his position on various prop
ositions being agitated in the pre
convention campaign.
Presents tax laws, Mr. McAdoo de
clared, should be simplified and the
burden of taxation "“redistributed”
so that th- men who earn their in
comes by the sweat of their brows
and with their brains shall not be
required to pay as heavy taxes as
those who live in idleness and draw
incomes from safe investments.
“A distinction should be made,”
said he, “between earned and un
earned incomes.” He declared him
self opposed to all tax free bonds.
If after a two-year period of pri
vate ownership, the railroads failed
to function properly, Mr. McAdoo
said, he would favor re-opening the
railroad question. He declared for
a “fair trial” of the new railroad
law, but declared it “can NOT set
tle the railroad problem because it
does not reach fundamentals."
Mr. McAdoo declared himself for
broader publicity for operation of
the farm loan system; for means to
bring producers and consumers
closer; for representation of agricul
ture on boards and commissions
“when consistent with public wel
fare,” for a secretary of agriculture
whp “understands actual farm con
ditions” for reduction of farm ten
antcy; for the same service and sup
plies for far;, jts' organizations in
interstate commerce as apply to pri
vate enterprises in the same cir
cumstances; for regulation of mon
opolistic control of corporations in
interstate commerce and as “abso
lutely opposed to any abridgement
of the right of free speech, free press
or tree assembly.”
“I regard with concern,” said Mr.
McAdoo, “the tendency to r strict or
impair those great constitutional
guarantees upon which rest the foun
dations and perpetuity of Democratic
institutions.”
Mr. McAdoo’s answer was given in
i l . ct L? r t 0 c - A - Lyman, secretary of
th e National Board of Farm organ
izations.
Professor Says Scene
Os Crucifixion Is Not
At Cross of Nazarene
BALTIMORE, Md„ April 26.—The
spot near the Church of the Holy
Sepulchre in Jerusalem, revered for
sixteen centuries as the scene of the
crucifixion of Christ, is not the site
ot the cross of the Nazarene, accord
ing to Dr. Paul Haupt, professor of
Semitic languages at Johns Hopkins
university. Professor Haupt’s views
contained in a paper read before the
American Philosophical society in
Philadelphia, were made public here
today. On the summit of a heap of
debris in Jerusalem, southeast of the
city, where lie the bones of many ex
ecuted criminals, the great Christian
tragedy took place, Dr. Haupt be
lieves.
The desire of scientists to find the
real Mount Calvary was because the
present location is scientifically un
tenable, says Dr. Haupt; because the
Bible expressly states that the execu
tion of Christ took place outside the
city walls. It is established, he
said, that the spot regarded for cen
turies as the scene of the crucifixion
was within the second wall of Je
rusalem. which was standing during
the time of Christ.
New York “E” Train Crashes Down to Street
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TWELVE PERSONS were hurt, two perhaps fatally, when an
express train and a local on the New York Elevated collided, hurl
ing the latter to the street. Authorities marvel at the escape ot
passengers from instant death.
KNOX CONSIDERED
BY OLD GUARD
FOR PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON. April 26.—The sit
uation developed by the hot fight for
the Republican presidential nomina
tion today caused G. O. P. leaders in
the inner circle of the party councils
to begin casting about- for a eoijtpro
mise candidate.
They are favorably considering
Senator Philander C. Knox, of Penn
sylvania, former attorney general and
also secretary of state.
His name is being heard with in
creasing frequency among influential
Republican politicians in Washington
and a quiet tip has gone out to watch
Senator Knox when the tide of bat
tle eddies and swirls around the va
rious contestants at Chicago. x
He is favored for these reasons:
1. His experience in government,
both legislative and administrative
branches.
2. His standing in both wings of
the Republican party.
He is a close personal friend of
Senator Johnson and stood with; the
Borah-Johnson irreconcilables in the
treaty fight. He is at the same time
close to Senators Penrose, Smooth,
Lodge and other old guard leaders.
3. His reputation before the coun
try as a conservative whose record
in the senate, his friends says, show
him to have favored really progres
sive governmental measures.
The old guard leaders think that if
Senator Knox were nominated Sena
tor Johnson would support him. One
suggestion recently'made was a tha I
Senator Knox for, president and Sena
tor Johnson for vice president with
the understanding that in 1924 John
son would get the old guard’s sup
port for the presidency.
Two Southerners May
Figure in Balloting
At San Francisco
(The Atlanta Journal News Bureau)
623 Riggs Building.
BY THEODOBE TILLER
WASHINGTON, April 26.—The
Washington Star publishes the fol
lowing editorial regarding the failure
of Georgia to present Senator Hoke
Smith’s name to the San Francisco
convention.
“Georgia leaves the opportunity
unimproved. She refuses to present
the name of Hoke Smith to the San
Francisco convention. In the senate,
Mr. Smith has kept up the state’s
tradition for high service there. He
belongs in the company of Ben Hill,
Brown, Colquitt, Gordon, Clay and
Bacon, good men ail.
“But the south has two opportuni
ties left. She may still, in her own
right, figure in the balloting at the
national convention. The Virginia
Democrats meet next month and in
structions are suggested for Carter
Glass for president. 'Later, the Dem
ocrats of North Carolina will meet,
and instructions for F. M. Simmons
will be asked.
“No outside objection to either of
those men has been heard. True, Mr.
Simmons was in open consultation at
one time with senators who were
urging reservations to the peace
treaty; and, had the negotiations suc
ceeded, he would have voted for such
reservations as appeared right to
him. But such was the attitude of
many other Democratic senators,
probably not half a dozen In all would
have held out for the treaty as ne
gotiated, except for the fact that the
president, as leader of the party and
the negotiator of the treaty, insisted.
“Mr. Glass and Mr. Simmons are
among The most competent men in
their party. Both are of presidential
size. Both are students of govern
ment, and have been in congressional
harness for years. With the large
knowledge gained on Capitol hill,
either of them in the White House
would soon become entirely familiar
with his new duties.”
Texas Company Raises
Price of Gasoline
NEW YORK, April 26.—The Texas
company here today announced the
following advances of 1 cent a gal
lon in the wholesale price of gaso
line: Alabama to 29 1-2 cents: Geor
gia to 28 1-2 cents; Florida to '26
cents and Mississippi to 27 cents.
9 RAIL UNIONS
NOW ON STRIKE
LOSE CHARTERS
NEW YORK, April 26.—Charters
for nine local unions of the Broth
erhood of Railway Trainmen, approx
n.ately 2,000 men, were revoked be
cause members joined in the “outlaw
strike,” Edward -A. McHugh, strike
loader, said today.
In a last effort to induce the rail
road labor board to take a hand in
the strike, a delegation of five strik
ers was en route to Washington to
day. They will appeal to the board
to provide for the restoration of
their jobs without loss of seniority
rights.
Railroad officials reported service
showing a steady improvement in the
New York district.
CHICAGO MANAGERS CLAIM
TRAFFIC IS NEARLY NORMAL
CHICAGO, April 26. —Develop-
ments in the strike of insurgent rail
road workers in the Chicago dis
trict today were confined to issuance
of statements by the railroad man
agers and strikers. The managers
said 1,892 men were at work yester
day and that freight traffic was 90
per cent of normal. The strikers as
serted the number of men the rail
roads said were at work was less than
one-fifth the normal number, that the
dustrial situation rapidly was grow
ing worse with a number of plants
facing shut downs because of lack
of coal and that because the rail
roads could not continue using high
priced men as substitute switchmen,
a compromise would be forced soon
er or later. Elsewhere in the cen
tral and far west a gradual return to
normal freight movement was re
ported.
Kills McKaysville
Mayor and Himself
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., April 26.
Mayor J. B. Hendrix,' of McKaysville,
Ga., and an unknown man are dead,
while Deputy Sheriff James Harper
is shot through the hand and Special
Deputy Sheriff Weaver is shot
through the abdomen as a result of
trouble near McKaysville late Sunday
afternoon, according to a telephone
message here from Copperhill, Tenn.
The unknown map shot Mayor Hen
drix and the two officers when they
attempted to arrest him on a charge
of drunkenness. He then shot him
self.
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New Invention Makes Fords
Run 34 Miles on Gallon of
Gasoline Other Cars
Show Proportionate Sav
ings
A new carburetor which cuts down
the gasoline consumption of any mo
tor, including the Ford, and reduces
gasoline bills from one-third to one
half, is the proud achievement of the
Air Friction Carburetor Co., 213 Mad
ison street, Dayton Ohio. This re
markable invention not only increases
the power of all motors from 30 to
50 per cent, but enables every one to
run slow on high gear. With it you
can use the very cheapest grade of
gasoline or ’half gaspline and half
kerosene and still get more power
and more mileage than you now get
from the highest test gasoline. Many
Ford owners say they now get as'
high as 45 to 50 miles a gallon of
gasoline. So sure are the manufac
turers of the immense saving their
new carburetor will make that they
offer to send it on 30 days’ trial to
every car owner. As it can bo put
on or taken off in a few minutes by
anyone, all readers who wantj to try
it should send their name, address
and make of car to the manufacturer
at once. They also want local agents,
to whom they offer exceptionally
large profits. Write them today.
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Supreme Court Declares
Combination of Railroads
/
and Mines Was Used in
Restraint of Trade
WASHINGTON, April 26.—The
government today finally won one
of the famous anthracite coal cases
when the supreme court decided that
the ReadTng company must give up
holdings in various coal companies
and in other roads.
The’ coal combination of the rail*-
roads and mining concerns was held
to be a violation of the anti-trust
law.
The court declared the whole com
bination be dissolved.
The decision was a complete vic
tory' for the government, the court
emphatically denouncing the combi
nation of the railroads and the coat
companies and declaring that the
great power obtained had been used
to restrain commerce.
The merger of the Reading, the
Central Railroad of New Jersey arm-”
the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal
Company were declared a plain at
tempt to eleminate competition and
to virtually control the anthracite
coal supply of Pennsylvania.
Combination Dissolved
The decree dissolves the combina
tion of the Reading Holding Com
pany, the Philadelphia and Reading
railroad, the Philadelphia and Read
ing Coal and Iron company, the Cen
tral Railroad of New Jersey and th"
Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal com
pany.
The decision of the court was four
to three, Justices White, Holmes and
Van Devanter dissenting. Justices
Mcßeynolds and Brandeis took nc
part in the decision.
The court’s opinion was deliverer
by Justice Clarke. •
The decision came on appeals bj
the government and a cross appea
by the Reading company, the judg
ment of the lower court being uh
satisfactory to both parties.
“This court holds that the great
power lodged in the Reading holding
company, which is the combinatior
of the railroads and the coal com
panies, is a flagrant violation of thr
anti-trust laws of our country,” th
opinion feaid.
The suit grew out of the financial
reorganization of the reading and as
sociated lines in 1896.
Called Evasion of law
The court held that the organiza
tion of the holding company was an
attempt to evade the anti-trust law
and the constitution of Pennsylvania.
The great power of the combim
was used in plain violation of the
anti-trust laws,” the court said.
“It is difficult to imagine a clear
er case of violation.”
r l he suit was filed by the depart
ment of justice charging a number
of railroads and coal empanies witn
restraining and monopolizing the
tiade of coal. It was filed against
the Reading company and others,
known as the anthracite coal com
bination, September 2, 191 . The
case was argued in the supreme
court, October, 1916, restored to the
docket for re-argument May, 1917:
re-argued November 1917; restored
to docket for re-argument June, 1918.
October, 1918, continued at the re
quest of the government on account
of war conditions.
HOW STOCK IS HELD
BY READING RAILROAD
NEW YORK, April 26.—The Read
ing railroad, which, by order of the
supreme court, was forced to dis
solve, owns all issues of stock of the
Philadelphia aftd Reading Railway
company/ totalling $42,481,700, and of
the Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron company, amounting to
$8,000,000, according to the Dow
Jones financial news agency. The
company also owns $14,504,000 opt of
a total of $27,436,800 stock of the
Central Railroad of New Jersey,
wchic, in turn, owns $8,489,400 out of
a total of $9,210,000 stock of the Le
high and VV ilkesbarre Coal company,
the report declared.
the railroad company also own
equipment used by the Philadelphia
and Reading railway, carried on the
Reading company’s books at $43,890,-
418, besides floating equipment at
$4,331,267 and equipment pledged un
der struct certificates at $20.08
The road holds real estate valued on
its books at $16,721,423, consisting
mostly of water front property in
Philadelphia.
Aside from its stock interest in,
the coal and iron company, the Read
ing company holds an open book ac
count debit against that company,
which on December 31, 1919, was
$69,919,770.
The reading company’s other se
curity holdings include $20,000,000
bonds of the F. P. & R. railway and
$24,587,500 bonds of other companies,
mostly leased lines and subsidiaries
of the Philadelphia and Reading
Railway company. It has also charg
ed these subsidiaries with $10,647,135
of advances for improvements.
Shoots Wife, Turns
Pistol on Himself
RICHMOND, Va„ April 26.—Mrs.
Alene Tracker is at the point of
death in a local hospital following
the climax last night of three months
of alleged stormy married life, when
her husband fired three bullets info
her body and then turned the pistol
to his own neaa.
No Decision Rendered
On Prohibition Act
WASHINGTQN, April 26.—The su
preme court failed again today to
hand down a decision on the consti
tutionality of the prohibition amend
ment and the enforcement .act.