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Mlanta Mliedfto Sowital VOL. XXII. NO. 85. CONGRESS SWAMPED ON ADJOURNMENT EVE WOOD LOSES TWO MORE STATES MISSISSIPPI IND SOUTH CAROLINA IN LOWDENJMLUMN Presidential Candidates Be - gin Active Drive for Nomi nation as Delegates Reach Chicago ' CHICAGO, June 4.—Tn the con tests coming before the Republican natinoal committee today from the eight districts of Mississippi, a subcommittee rportei the proceed ings of the Mulvihill faction to be regular and that delegation was seated. It is uninstructed, but is counted among the Lowden farces. In the South Carolina contests, where the faction led by National Committeeman Tolbert, of Green wood, was opposed by a delegation led by J. Duncan Adams, of Spar tanburg, the committee voted to seat the delegates-at-large of the Tolbert delegation, which is counted in the Lowden column. In the contest from the First South Carolina district, the national com mittee voted to seat the Tolbert delegates also. Similar action in regard to the oth er district was indicated. Heavy Blow for Wood The Tolbert-Adams contest fur nished the committee meeting with a half hour of vaudeville in which Tol bert drew roars of laughter, cheers and applause. Former Governor Hooper, of Tennessee, presenting the case for the Adams faction, counted for Wood, denounced the Tolbert or ganization as "a oligarchy” of long standing, so repudiated by the Re publican voters of South Carolina that only, 1,500 ballots were cast for Hughes in the entire state in the presidential election of 1916. The Adams delegation was sup ported by Frank H. Hitchcock’s or ganizers and aside from disputing questions of party regularity on .which ' the Tolbert delegation rested Its case, made an appeal for a re organization in the state which they contended would bring out the Re publican vote and up-build the party. Attacking the evidence presented by the Tolbert faction, much of which he charged was “cooked up” Mr.e Hooper told, the committe “there is something rotten closer to this committee room than Denmark.” The committee showed its support of the Tolbert faction by frequent bursts of applause and closed the cstse before Hooper had finished his argument. It was the first defeat of importance that the Wood forces had met in the committee delibera tions. In the Second district contest it was charged that National Commit teeman Bean, of Florida, and former National Committeeman Bieber, of the District of Columbia, acting as Hitchcock organizers, were among those who attended the convention and organized the contest. In the reply to the charge of a rump convention the Adams faction argued that its supporters were pre vented by physical force from leav ing the hall by the doors and went out the windows. "Did Mr. Bean 'and Mr. Bieber go eut the windows?” asked a commit teeman. The answer was drowned in a roar of laughter and’ ayes as the committee voted to seat the Tolbert delegate. The committee wound up the South Carolina contest by voting to seat all 'the delegates of the Tolbert fac tion, counted for Lowden, both at large nad in all seven districts. Lines of action among the Repub lican presidential candidates are be ginning for the first time today to come out of the nebulous atmosphere of the preliminary period and move toward definite form. Candidates Active The arrival of Senator Johnson to take personal charge of his candidacy and the agreement among Wood lead ers to have Frank H. Hitchcock act as their field marshal, are the two outstanding developments which In dicate that within the next forty eight hours the situation among the Republicans will move into the stage where the leaders will begin to do business. Up until today none of the con vention forces had reached the stage where one manager was prepared to determined upon a line of action with any degree of certainty of what might be expected ffom his oppon ents. But the soundings which have been taken during the last day or two, coupled with the approach of the convention itself have advanced to the point where, as the politicians eay, things are about ready to move. The Wood forces profess to be well satisfied with the arrangements within their own ranks and lay em phasis on the statement that the hopes of their opponents for a con test of leadership between William Cooper Procter and Mr. Hitchcock, have gone-aglimmering. Mr. Procter, they say, will continue in his pres ent capacity with the Wood forces and the present agreement to have Mr. Hitchcock act as generalissimo of the forces on the convention floor was unanimous and agreeable all around. Delegates Arriving After five days of sporadic activity and Jockeying, things are beginning (Continued on Page 6, Column 5) CONFERENCE CALLED PRESIDENT DE UNION ON MONDAY - Has Left Chicago for City. Strike Apparently Is at an End Here —Cox Succeeds Vice President Nelson According to press dispatches from Chicago, E. H. Fitzgerald, grand president of the Brotherhood of Rail way Clerks, left Chicago Friday for’ Atlanta to investigate the various walkouts of clerks on southern rail roads, which he has declared as il-. legal in various telegrams this week, thus contradicting the position of J. W. Nelson, vice grand president of the organization, who has upheld the clerks as grand lodge- officer In charge here. \ Mr. Fitzgerald, who is reported as having notified all general chairmen of the brotherhoods in the southeast to urge striking clerks to return to work, has called a general meeting of the union officials for next Mon day in Atlanta. J. C. Cox, of Ports mouth. Va., a director of the national brotherhood, was given temporary charge of the situation, replacing Vice President Nelson, according to dispatches. Mr. Cox, it is stated at union head quarters, after spending several days in Atlanta this week attending a meeting of the advisory board of the Seaboard Air Line brotherhood, has returned to Portsmouth., At the meeting mentioned an embargo plac ed some time ago by clerks against shipments from the Central of Georgia road was lifted. The case of the clerks’ brotherhood, which represents 500,000 employes throughout the country, was repre sented to the railway labor board in Chicago this week, Mr. Fitzgerald is quoted as stating. In Atlanta, clerks of only two roads of the seven once involved are still out. A majority of Southern railway employes have not returned, although their jobs are open and a number of the men began to re sume their posts Thursday and Fri day. The Central of Georgia has practically rebuilt its clerical force since the strike began on that line nearly three weeks ago. A number of old clerks have returned and the management has expressed the inten tion of taking care of as many more as possible. A considerqjile number of places have been filled perma nently, however. Every clerk who walked out was back at work at ths Atlanta Joiht Terminals Friday, officials stated. The Terminals represent the Geor gia railroad, the Atlanta and West Point railroad and the Louisville and Nashville railroad. The movement of freight here and at the Central is now proceeding normally. Marked improvement was reported at the Southern railroad, where carload consignments only could he handled several. days ago. An increasingly large volume of all classes of freight was being handled, it was said. Another of the various telegrams from the grand president of the clerks’ brotherhood, declaring the strike illegal, reached the general manager’s office of the Southern rail road Thursday. These messages be gan tb arrive here early in the week, but Vice Grand President Nelson, in charge of the situation for the clerks, has so far refused to admit their authenticity. The message to the Southern railroad follows: “I am sending the following tele gram to W. P. Allen, district chair man of the* Southern railway broth erhood: “On account of extraordinary con ditions I am appealing to you to in sist on your membership at Atlanta of Southern railway to return to work. The strike in which they are participating is unauthorized and il legal and is jeopardizing our case be fore the railroad labor board and is putting our organization in a very embarrassing position. Kindly do your utmost to protect the integrity of our organization and live up to the terms of the national agree ment.” » E. H. FITZGERALD, “Grand President.” "If our men want to come back to work we will be glad to have them,” said W. W. Waites, superintendent of terminals at the Southern, Friday morning. "We don’t intend to hire anybody else for a few days.” Press dispatches from Fitzgerald, Ga., and Tampa, Fla.. Friday morn ing stated that the sympathetic strike in effect at these cities had been called off and that the clerks were back, at work. Johnson and McAdoo Favorites in Betting Along Wall Street NEW YORK, June 4. —Senator sei ram Johnson was favored for the Re publican nomination in betting in Wall street today. Even money was being wagered thta Johnson would be the choice of the convention. So far only amounts ranging from SIOO to SSOO were reported as being bet. Odds on General Leonard Wood’s chances for nomination were report ed as 2 to 1 against his selection. Eight to five was quoted against Lowden's nomination; 4 to 1 against Hoover an,d 15 to 1 against Coolidge. Dark/horses found takers at odds ranging from 10 to 1 to 15 to 1. Little interest has been manifest ed up to the present time in Demo cratic candidates. McAdoo appeared to be the favorite today with odds at six to five against his nomination. Seven to five was quoted against Governor Edwards. ADJOURNMENT OF CONGRESS SEEN JS BLDWTOG- °' r Lawrence Says Republicans Have Played Into Hands of White House by Leaving- National Capital BY DAVID LAWRENCE (Copyright, 1920, for The Atlanta Journal.) WASHINGTON, June 4.—Whether or not the Republican party in con trol of both houses of congress has made a mistake in deciding to ad journ for the remainder of the sum mer and autumn and leaving un touched plenty of measures which were recommended for passage by the executive, is something that will be threshed out in the political cam paign, but certainly the Republicans have played into the hands of the White House in betaking themselves from the national capital and leav ing the president free from embar rassing resolutions and so-called “pop-gun” bills, as proposals are called that are merely put up to a president to be vetoed. > Mr. Wilson is never happy with congress in session and the depar ture of even the two houses when the Democrats were in control occa sioned sighs of relief at the White House. But this time the Repub licans have kept up a constant .bom bardment, either by investigations through scores of committees or vex ing resolutions of inquiry about mat ters of foreign policy. Mr. Wilson will certainly not call congress into special session unless some “grave emergency” arjses, so Washington will be free from congressional ac tivity until next December. From a publicity viewpoint, the Republicans are not pursuing the same tactics as they did in the last elections in 1918. . Then it was de cided, that the halls of congress afforded a better forum than the cities and towns themselves. Os course, a speech in congress denounc ing something or exposing some move on the part of the opposing politi cal party is privileged and is bound to attract more attention than the usual run of campagin speeches. There were more chances for the Republicans to keep their Democratic colleagues on the jump by remaining in session than by adjourning. Democratic Preparations The Democrats are preparing, on the other hand, to go before the coun try with a catalog of public busi ness left undone, the principal item of which is the treaty of Versailles. Congress departs with the country In a state of war so far as international relations are concerned. The Republicans, nevertheless, be lieve they can best use their time and energies out in the country em phasizing the arbitrary tactics of the executive as the reason for the continuance of a state of war. They will insist that nothing constructive along the lines of Republican doc trine could be accomplished with a Democratic president in possession of the veto power and that the only remedy lies in the election of a Re publican so that the party may be in complete and harmonious control of all branches of the government. The decision to adjourn was not without embarrassment to the Repub licans whose membership in the sen ate is taking on more and more a definite cleavage between conserva tives and radicals. , The latter are in the minority but they can always combine with the Democrats and cause trouble. Radical Republicans, for instance, wanted congress to stay in session and take steps to curb profiteering and keep on in vestigating campaign expenditures. Campaign on in Earnest The Democrats are anxious to have the campaign under perpetual in vestigation believing that the bulk of the funds have been collected or will be collected by the Republicans. But the conservative Republicans have had enough troubles with their radical minority. Senator Lodge has had his hands full from the begin ning keeping the Republican party togeth • in the senate. Considering the fact that he has had only a mar gin of two or three votes to deal with, the Massachusetts leader can look retrospectively with a good deal of satisfaction, for in most instances he kept the party together. To have stayed in session, it was contended by some conservatives, might have meant a loss of control by Senator Lodge of his leadership for if the radical Republicans should be disappointed by the Republican national convention either in the se lection of a candidate or the draft ing of the various planks of the party platform, the capacity of the radical Republicans for political mischief in side the ranks is less with congress in adjournment than in session. Taken all in all, the adjournment of congress means that both parties have suspended public business for the next six months and that the presidential and congressional cam paign of 1920, has begun in earnest. American foreign policy remains un defined until the outcome of the November elections is known. Do mestic legislation, especially the much-talkd-of changes in the tax laws and the much-mooted soldier bonus, have all been lost in the shuffle. Both parties confidently go forth to decide the deadlock which has existed since November, 191 S, between the executive and legislative | branches of our government. ATLANTA, GA., SATUDAY, JUNE 5, 1920. Girl Made High Official of Bank CLARA PORTER / NEW YORK.—Miss Clara Por ter is assistant secretary of the conservative Guaranty Trust com pany. She was promoted to this position after only two and a half years with the bank. She estab lished a bank record m that time for selling stocks and bonds. PALMER BRANDS LAWYERS’ REPORT ON REDS AS FALSE WASHINGTON, June 4.—Describ ing as utterly false charges con tained in a report of a commithtee of lawyers to the National Popular Gov ernment league relative to the treat ment of arrested aliens by the de partment of justice, Attorney General Palmer today called on Felix Frank furter, of Cambridge, Mass., one of the signers of the report, to retract them. Mr. Palmer telegraphed Mr. Frank furter in reply to a telegram from him and Zachariah Chafee, Jr., of Cambridge, asking the attorney gen eral whether he was disposed to pro hibit arrested aliens from having le gal counsel. “I am just now in receipt of the telegram signed by you and Zacha riah Chafee, Jr.,” the attorney gener al’s telegram said. “I have not crit icized you or any other lawyer for appearing as .counsel for aliens in de portation cases in any proceedings, either before the department of labor or in court. My criticism was direct ed against the fiction of yourself and other lawyers whose names were at tached to a statement filed with the house of representatives on rules ana given wide publicity in the country, making utterly false charges against the department of justice and the at torney general. “These charges had as their only foundation statements made by aliens after their arrests, which were pal pably false upon their face and the allegations of which, as you know, were denied by th© responsible sworn officers of the government whose con duct these aliens sought to impeach. These government officers are re sponsible American citizens of high character and unquestioned veracity, whose testimony is entitled to be be lieved. Some of the aliens them selves have since denied the very statements which your committee filed. Your apparent willingness to believe these statements made by alien anarchists when facing deporta tion in preference to the testimony of sworn officers of the government, whose only motive is the performance of duty, indicates some other desire on your part than just administration of the law. “I produced before the committee on rules of the house of representa tives conclusive proof of the falsity of these charges. Confronted by proof of the undoubted falsity of these charges you owe it to yourself as well as to the department of jus tice to publicly retract them.” Senator Smith Urges More Pay for Soldiers In Vocational Training (The Atlanta Journal News Bureau, 623 Riggs Building.) BY THEODORE TIX.LEB WASHINGTON, June 4. —Making an appeal in behalf of the disabled ex-service men, Senator Hoke Smith Thursday again urged .the. pasasge by the senate of the bill granting to the soldiers and sailors taking voca tional rehabilitation training, an in crease in compensation of $20.00 per month. The bill provides that those with dependents shall receive $120.00 per month and those without depend ents SIOO per month, instead of the SBO, which they are, at present, re ceiving. Senator Smith produced figures to show that the present scale of com pensation was inadequate- and said: “I maintain that the soldier who was injured and thereby made unable to earn a livelihood or to earn what he could have earned before, is en titled from the balance of us who stayed at home to have made up to him his financial losses. If we make a man go to the front and fight our battles,* and he is shot or cut or otherwise wounded, we can not afford to question the proposition that we ought, as far as money goes, to make him whole.” W LAW REPEAL. PASSED BE HOUSE. IS BEFORE SENATE Committee Reports It With out Amendment and Chances Favor Final Pas sage Before Adjournment WASHINGTON, June’ 4.—Without amendment the senate judiciary com mittee today reported out the house joint resolution providing for the re peal of all war legislation except the Lever food control and the trad ing with the enemy act. Leaders believed its passage could be brought about before adjournment Saturday. K The house adopted the resolution yesterday almost unanimously. On the roll-call, however, only three Democrats opposed the resolu tion., They were Representatives Sims and Garrett, Tennessee, and Welling, Utah. ‘ Though supporting the resolution, Democrats protested against continu ing in force the Lever act and ex pressed doubt whether the repeal bill as drafted cdvered all war legisla tion, particularly the espionage act. Representative Walsh, Republican, Massachusetts, in charge of the re peal resolution, replying to the ex pressed doubts of the Democrats, said that all war laws, excepting the two specifically mentioned by the resolu tion and the Liberty and Victory loan acts, would be repealed by the meas ure. Continuance of the Lever act, Mr. Walsh declared, was necessary so that the government would have a law to punish profiteering, in food, clothing and other necessities. Representative Igoe, Democrat, Missouri, charged the Republicans wished to continue the Lever law be cause it is “favored by certain in terests as effective anti-strike legis lation.” FIVE PROTESTANT BODIES APPROVE WORLD MOVEMENT Five of the great bodies of Ameri can Protestantism, meeting in gen eral session, have given approval to the proposed policy of the Inter church World Movement for the com ing year, according to a statement given out Friday at the headquarters of the southeastern division of the movement in Atlanta. Dr. Will W. Alexander, the divis ional director, who issued the state ment, calls attention to the fact that in the past the movement has de pended upon the indorsement and co operation of the various churfch boards and agencies for its existence; but now, for th£ first time, the seal of the highest governing bodies of entire denominations have given it approval and the future organization and progress of its work is definitely assured. Contrary to previous statements issued from Philadelphia during the meeting of the general assembly of the Presbyterian church in the U. S. A., the northern Presbyterian body has voted to continue its co-operation in the movement. The general conference of the Methodist Episcopal church, meeting at Des Moines, lowa, indorsed the re organization plans of the general committee as did the Reformed church. Similar approval was voted by the Methodist Protestant body at Greensboro, N. C. In tl>e south the Presbyterian Church in the United States, in its general assembly at Charlotte, adopt- America’s Greatest Writers David Lawrence I rv * n Dorothy Dix ;|p A Ring W. Lardner JI R x ‘R res^ent iW IHsH William H. Taft Ring IV. Lardner • Irvin S. Cobb Will cover the political conventions at Chicago and San Francisco for The Atlanta Tri-Weekly Journal The ASSOCIATED PRESS and the UNITED PRESS, the two largest news gathering agencies of the world, will flash to us over leased wires the momentous events as they occur in the national gatherings of both the Democratic and Republican parties. In addition to this galaxy of Stars, news of GEORGIA and GEORGIANS will be completely covered by THE JOURNAL’S OWN STAFF REPORTER. You will see every angle of both Conventions by reading THE JOURNAL. FMIIK L POLK OUITS JS UNDER SECRETARY OFSTATEONJUNEIS Norman Davis, Assistant Secretary of Treasury ( Is Prominently Mentioned as His Successor WASHINGTON, June 4.—Frank L. Polk today resigned as under secre tary of the state, and his resigna tion was accepted by President Wil son. Mr. Polk’s resignation will take effect June /5 and he will leave Washington to take a rest before re turning to the practice of law in New York City. His successor has not yet been selected, but the name of Norman Davis, of Tullahoma, Tenn., now an assistant secretary of the treasury, has been prominently mentioned in connection with the of fice. The under secretary’s letter of resigpation was not made public, but the president’s reply was given out at the White House. It said: “My Dear Polk: “The argument of necessity jon ac count of your health in the matter of your retirement is one which I am estopped from answering og com bating. I feel that I have in con science and warm friendship no choice but to accept your resignation, though I do so with the utmost re luctance and wish again to express the admiration I have felt for the de voted and intelligent way in which you have performed your duties in the’ department. We shall all miss you very sadly, and the public serv ice will be poorer on account of your loss. With the warmest good wishes.” Mr. Polk’s letter of resignation later was made public, at the state department. “As you know,” it said, “it has been my intention to retire for over a yeafr owing to the fact that it is necessary for me to take a complete rest, and, although I feel I have no choice under the circumstances, it is only with the greatest reluctance that I take this step. I have thor oughly enjoyed my work in the de partment of state and I shall always be profoundly grateful that I had the privilege of serving in your ad ministration during the last five stir ring years and had the opportunity here and abroad td try to help in a small way to carry out the great principles for which you stand.” Peace Treaty With Hungary Signed at Versailles Friday VERSAILLES, June 4.—(By the Associated Press.) —The treaty of peace with Hungary was signed in the Grand Trianon Palace here at 4;25 o’clock this afternoon. The Hungarian treaty was the first of the treaties framed by the peace conference to be signed/ ahead of time. , 7 ed the majority report of its special committee giving its approval of the movement and offering continued co operation. The general mission board of the Southern Methodist Church had previously reaffirmed its indorsement and its determination to continue the utilization of Inter church agencies. 5 CENTS A COPY. $1.50 A YEAR. SENATE AND HOUSE ■KING BO TO FINISH_BUSINESS Several Appropriation Bills to Be Passed Before Sat urday Night Armenian Resolution to Go-Through WASHINGTON, June 4.—With conference reports on several impor tant measures and a .mass of routine legislation remaining to be disposed of, both the senate and house, after long night sessions, were making ev ery effort today to finish their pro gram by Saturday, when congress will adjourn. In Xhe senate, which remained in session until after 2 o’clock this morning to pass the third deficiency bill carrying appropriations of $58,- 467,000, or $5,000,000 more than the house bill, the conference report on the merchant marine bill was made the unfinished business to be taken up at 11 o'clock. Several appropria tion bills also were yet to be ap proved. A similar program was before the house, in addition to which leaders in that branch expected to consider the senate resolution refusing the au thority asked by President Wilson for a mandate over Armenia. Pas sage of the resolution was said to be assured, although Democrats ex pressed hope that the vote would not be as decisive as that in the sen ate. The merchant marine bill was be fore the house yesterday but was sent back to conference because it was held the conferees had exceeded their authority in making several changes. These were eliminated by the conferees last night and the measure was expected to meet little opposition when again presented to day, which will be after the senate has acted. The senate today accepted the con ference report by a vote of 45 to 14. The bill outlines for the United States shipping board a general pol icy for sale of war-built ships to private American interests insofar as it is possible in the board’s opinion to find American purchasers. MANY CITIES SEEK HEADQUARTERS OF COTTON BODY The conference of the national finance and executive committees of the American Cotton association acme to a close Thursday, after a short business session held during the morning. It was announced that a commit tee from the Georgia division of the association would hold a meeting with Atlanta business men some time in the course of the next ten days to discuss plans of the as sociation. Colonel William L- .Peel told the association that he was positive that Atlanta’s business Interests were be hin dthe association and that he was certain that Atlanta would back them up. Telegrams from various cities in the south, as wel las Boston, New York, Balaimore and Norfolk were received by the association, offering their cities as permanent headquar ters of the national association, and also pledging financial assistance. Columbia, S. S., and Augusta, Ga., specially urged that the association consider their cities as logical na tional headquarters. The matter of selecting a perma nent headquarters was postponed un till a later date and will for the present be continued in Atlanta. Harvie Jordan, of Atlanta, was re elected secretary of the association, while Joe McCab, of St. Mathews, S. C., was named assistant secretary. Miss Helen Campbell, of Atlanta, was named treasurer, while B. F. McLeod, of Charleston, S. C., was elected chairman of the finance com mittee to have charge o fall finances. Thomas A. Shackelford, of Athens, was chosen national attorney, with headquarters in Washington, D. C., while each state organisation was empowered to appoint two delegates to attend a conference in Washing ton with the New England spinners, the southern spinners and representa tives of spinners from abroad. The conference decided to postpone the election of a second vice presi dent and general manager, and named a committee to visit the various busi ness centers of the country and in vestigate several men whose names were placed before. the conference. The business manager of the associa tion will have entire charge of the business end of the body and will be selected from among the out standing business men of the coun try. Mrs. Pearl O’Dell Is Found Guilty, Sentenced From 20 Years to Life ROCHESTER. N. Y„ June 4.—A verdict of guilty of murder in the second degree was returned against Mrs. Pearl Odell in the supreme court at midnight. Sentence of from twenty years to life imprisonment in Auburn prison immediately was pronounced by Judge Robert H. Thompson. Mrs. Odell Was charged with as sisting her husband. James Odell, in the murder of Edward J. Kneip, January 6. She testified that Kneip after be traying and refusing to marry her, later threatened to expose her rela tions with him to her husband. Odell, convicted of murder in the first degree, fs awaiting execution in Sing Sing,