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CUMMINGS ASSAILS 1 REPUBLICAN RECORD / IN KEY NOTE ADDRESS (Continued from Page 1) best suited to their purposes, most responsive to their needs. They will have before them many platforms and many promises. In what direc tion will they turn? There is no better way of judging the future than by the past. We ask, therefore, that the people turn ‘from the pas sions and the prejudices of the day to the consideration of a record as clear as it is enduring. Republican Leadership “The Republican party was unsuc cessful in the elections of 1912 be cause it had persistently served spe ! cial interests and had lost touch with the spirit of the time. Those who controlled its destiny derived their political inspiration from “the good old days of Mark Hanna” and neither desired a new day nor were willing to recognize a new day when it had dawned. To each pressing problem, they sought merely to reapply the processes of antiquity. “There were elements in the Re publican party which were intolerant °f its mental sloth and moral re sponsibility. These influences sought to gain party control in 1912 and again in 1916. They renewed the hopeless struggle at the convention recently held at Chicago. “Despite these efforts, the leaders who have manipulated the party mechanism for more than a genera i ,}Ji. are still in undisputed control. The Republican platform, reac tionary and provincial, is the very apotheosis of political expediency. Filled with premeditated slanders and vague promises, it will be search ed in vain for one constructive sug gestion for the reformation of the conditions which it criticizes and de- j plores. The oppressed peoples of the earth will look to it in vain. It con tains no message of hope for Ire land; no word of mercy for Armenia; . and it conceals a sword for Mexico. 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It is the work of men concerned more with material things than with human rights. It contains no thought, no purpose which can give impulse or thrill to those who love liberty and hope to make the world a safer and happier place for the average man. Democratic Achievements “The Democratic party is an unen tangled party—a free party—owing no allegiance to any class or group or special interest. We were able to take up and carry through to success the great progressive program out lined in our platform of 1912. Dur ing the months which intervened be tween March 4, 1913, and the out break of the world war, we placed upon the statute books of our coun try more effective, constructive and remedial legislation than the Repub lican party had placed there in a generation. “The income tax was made a per manent part of the revenue prouuo ing agencies of the country, thereby relieving our law of the reproach of being unjustly burdensome to the poor. The extravagances and in equities of the tariff system were removed; and a non-partisan tariff commission was established so that future revisions might be made in the light of accurate information, scientifically and impartially obtain ed. Pan-Americanism was encour aged: and the bread thus cast upon the international withers came back to us many fold. The great reaches of Alaska were opened up to com merce and development. Dollar diplomacy was destroyed. A corrupt lobby was driven from the national capitol. An effective seaman's act was adopted. The federal trade com mission was created. Child labor legislation was enacted. The parcel post and the rural free delivery were developed. A good roads bill and a rural credits act were passed. A sec retary of labor was given a seat in the cabinet of the president. Eight hour laws were adopted. The Clay ton amendment to the Sherman anti trust act was passed, freeing Ameri can labor and taking it from the category of commodities. The Smith- Lever bill for the improvement of agricultural conditions was enacted. A corrupt practice act was adopted. A well-considered warehouse act was passed. Federal employment bu reaus were created. Farm tend banks, postal savings banks and the federal reserve system were es tablished. “Tnese enactments, and many oth er provisions of a remedial charac ter had a cleansing and quickening effect upon the economic life of our country. The farmer was freed from the deadening effects of usurious financial control. Labor was given its Magna Charta of liberty. Business and finance were released from the thraldom of uncertainty and hazard. The economic life of America was refreshed by the vitalizing breath of economic freedom. “This extraordinay narration sounds like a platform of promises. The sober fact is that it is an ad equate recital of actual perform ance. It constitutes Demodracy’s response to the demands of social justice. It is our answer to the an tiquated slander that the Democratic party is unable to understand the great affairs of the country. The Federal Reserve System “If the Democratic party had ac complished nothing more than the passage of the federal reserve act, it of many southern people, rich and poor alike, after thousands had been carried away by Pellagra. Pellagra can be cured. If you doubt, this book will convince you. And it will show you the way to a personal cure. If you are a Pellagra sufferer, or if you know of a Pella gra sufferer, then for humanity’s sake, let this book bring new courage and valuable knowledge. It .will be sent Free for the asking. would be entitled to the enduring gratitude of the nation. This act supplied the country with an elastic currency controlled by the Ameri can people. Panics—the recurring phenomena of disaster which the Re publicap party could neither control nor explain—are now but a memory. Under the Republican system, there was an average of one bank failure every twenty-one days for a perid of nearly forty years. After the pass age of the federal reserve system, there were, in 1915, four bank fail ures: in 1916 and 1917, three bank failures; in 1918, one Dank falure; and in 1919, no bank failures at all. The federal reserve system, passed over the opposition of the leaders of the Republican party, enabled Ameri ca to withstand the strain of war without shock or panic; and ulti mately made our country the great est creditor nation of the world. Achievements in War "And then the great war came on. Ultimately, by the logical steps of necessity, our peace-lovng nation was drawn into the conflict. The necessary war legislation was quick ly supplied. “A war finance corporation was created. War risk insurance was provided. Shipbulding laws re-es tablished America’s supremacy upon the seas. The office of alien prop erty custodian was created. A war industries board was established. A war trade board was created. Food and fuel regulations were formu lated. Vast loans were successfully floated. Vocational training was provided. A national council of de ’ sense was created. Industry was suc cessfully moblized. “Almost overnight, the factories of the nation were made a part of the war machine, and the miraculous revival of the shipping industry filled the ocean lanes with our trans ports. “Our flleet laid the North sea mine barrage. We sent fighting craft to ievery sea and brought new courage ‘and inventnive genius to the crucial fight .against the U-boat. “In transporting our troops to France, we never lost a man in a ship convoyed by the American navy. “One of the first decisions was be tween the ‘volunteer system’ and the selective draft. Many patriotic citizens strongly deprecated conscrip tion and dreaded its possibilities. The administration, however, placed its influence behind the measure, se cured its passage, and made possible the winning of the war. “It proved a Democratic system assuring equal service, equal danger and equal opportunity. At one stroke of the pen, bounty jumping, and the hired substitutes that had disgraced the management of the Civil war were made impossible. The selection of men to go to the front was placed not merely in the hands of the civil authorities, but actually in the hands of the friends and neighbors of the men eligible for service. No fundamental law was ever administered with such scrupu lous honor . Not one breath of scan dal touched this legislation; and so cheerfully was it accepted that to day, the term ‘draft dodger’ is an epithet of reproach in any com munity. Work in France “Partisanship was put aside in the selection of General Pershing as leader of our forces and no military commander in history was ever given a freer hand or more unflagging support. The policy of selecting of ficers through training camps avoid ed the use of political favorites and guaranteed competent leadership for the youth of the land. Ten million men were registered within three months from the declaration of war and thirty-two camp cities, complete in every municipal detail, were built in ninety days. "In France, we had to construct our own docks, railroad lines, stor age depots, hospitals and ordnance bases. We had to cut down the forests for our barracks. In June, two nqpnths after the declaration of war, our fighting men were in France; in October, Americans were on the firing line; in scarcely more than a year, we had 2,000,000 men in France, had whipped the enemy at Belleau Wood, beaten them back at Chateau Thierry, wiped out the St. Mihiel salient and delivered the terrific hammer blow at Sedan that virtually ended the war. "Les than two years ago. General Haig, with the bluntness of a sol dier, said: ‘The British arcy is fighting with its back to the wal;’ Lloyd George was crying: ‘lt is a race between Wilson and Hinden burg;’. and France clung like a drowning man to the rock of Verdun, turning agonized eyes toward Amer ica. And America came. We chal lenge the critics of the administra tion to point out how, within the limits of human possibility, the war could have been won more promptly or with less loss of American life. “It was not by mere chance that these things were accomplished. To readjust the processes of peace so as to serve the activities of war re quired leadership of unexampled skill. Petty criticism of minor de fects and individual officials may for a time attract a superficial atten tion, but the significant things, the great outstanding facts plead elo quently for the Democratic cause. “Let no one misunderstand us. These great affairs were carried for ward under the stimulus of American patriotism, supported by the courage and the spirit of our people. All this is freely and gladly acknowledged, but surely the time has come when, because of the calculated criticism and the premeditated calumnies of the opposition, we are entitled to call attention to the fact that all of these things were accomplished under the leadership of a great Democrat and a great Democratic administration. We have no apologies to make—not one. We are proud of our great navy; we are proud of our splendid army; we are proud of the power ot our country and the manner in which that power has been used; we are proud of the work that America has done in the world; we are proud of the heroism of American men and women; and we are proud of the in spired and incomparable leadership of Woodrow Wilson. “Has not the time come when all Americans, irrespective of party, should begin to praise the achieve ments of our country rather than to criticize them? Surely a just and righteous sense of natlona 1 pride should protect us from the insensate assaults of mere partisans* We fought a great war, for a great cause, and we had a leadership that carried America to greater heights of honor and power and glory than she has ever known before in her entire his tory. If the American flag must be lowered, it will be hauled down in a Republican convention and not in a Democratic convention. Partisan Investigations “It is this shining record of tre mendous achievement that Republi can managers and the Chicago plat form seek to shame and besmirch. Various congressional committees, which for want of a more appropri ate term, are called ‘smelling com mittees’ were appointed for the pur pose of ascertaining whether or not there was any graft in the conduct of the great war. Over eighty investi gations have been made, over two million dollars have been wasted, and the one result has been to prove that that it was the cleanest -war ever fought in the history of civilization. "Through the hands of a Demo cratic administration there have passed more than forty billions of dollars, and the finger of scorn does not point to one single Democratic official in all America. It Is a record never before made by any political party In any country that ever con ducted a war. “If Republican leaders are not able to rejoice with us in this American triumph, they should have the grace to remain silent, for it does not lie in the mouths of those who conducted the Spanish-American war to Indulge in the luxury of criticism. What was there In this war to compare with the typhoid-infested camps and the paper-soled shoe controversy in 1898? What was there In this war to com pare to the embalmed beef scandal of the Spanish-American war? De spite all their investigations, not one single Democratic official has either been indicted or accused or even suspected; and the only dignitary in America, of any outstanding political significance who is moving in the direction of the penitentiary, is Tru man Newberry, of Michigan. “The very power of the Republican party to conduct a partisan investiga tion of the war, to criticize the presi dent, to control the organization of the senate and to wreck the prospect of world peace, rests upon a bare ma jority of one, secured through the tainted senatorial vote from Mich igan. "The Republican party became so fixed in its incorrigible habit of con ducting investigations that it finally turned to the fruitful task of inves tigating itself. For the first time since they entered upon this pro gram, they discovered fraud and graft and gross and inexcusable ex pendtiures. The revelations disclose the fact, long understood by the ini tiated, that the meeting at Chicago was not a convention but an auction. The highest bidder, however, did not get the prize. The publicity which overtook the proceedings frustrated the initial purpose. In more senses than one, the recent Chicago con vention has left the Democratic party as the sole custodian of the honor of the country. The Cost of the War “There are men so small in spirit, so -pitifully cramped in soul, that they suggest that the war cost too much. The Republican platform echoes this complaint. It was, in deed, an expensive war. War is the most wasteful thing in the world. But is money to be measured against the blood of American soldiers? Would it not be better to spend a billion dollars for shells that were never exploded, than to have one American boy on the firing line minus an essential cartridge? Was it not better to prepare for a long war and make it short, than to pre pare for a short war and make it long? When criticism is made of the expense of war, let us not forget that we bought with it the freedom and the safety of the civilization of the world. Preparedness * "Again, they say that we were not prepared for war. In a strict mili tary sense, a democracy is never pre pared for war; but America made ready in away that was far more effective than by maintaining, at enormous cost, great armaments, which neither party ever advocated and which our people would never approve. “Wars are not fought by armies alone. They are fought by nations. It is a measuring of the economic strength of nations. The front line trench is no stronger than the forces which lie behind the trench. The line of communication reaches back to every village, farm, counting house, factory and home. America prepared by making the economic life of the country sound. “What -would have been our situa tion, if, prior to the outbreak of the war, we had not prepared so that our farmers were able to feed the armies of the world? What would have been our situation if labor had not been willing to follow the leadership of the president? What would have been the situation if we had not es tablished a currency system which made it possible for us -o finance the war? What would have been the situation if the Republican party had been in control and had main tained its old attitude toward legisla tion? There would h ave been an in evitable breaking down of the eco nomic structure of our country. We would have been caught in the throes of a panic more devastating than any we had ever known. Industrial life would have been disorganized and the tasks of war. difficult as they were, might then have become altogether impossible. Republican Record Since 1918 “The Republicans have now been in control of the senate and the house for more than a year. They won the election of 1918 upon the faith of alluring promises. They said that they would earnestly sup port the president, at least, until the tasks of war were finished. It was their contention that they would enter upon the work of reconstruc tion with superior intelligence and even with greater patriotism than would be possible under Democratic leadership.. They gave publicity, when they entered upon the recent session, to detailed and ambitious statements as to their record, let them also be judged by the record. What have the Republicans accom plished since their political success in 1918? What beneficial results have flowed to the American people? What promises have been redeemed? What progress has been made in the settlement of foreign or domestic questions? , “Twice the president went before congress, since the termination of hostilities, calling attention to need ed legislation. He urged the pas sage of laws relating to profiteering; measures to simplify and reduce tax’ ation; appropriate action relative to the returning soldiers; the passage of a resolution concerning the con structive plans worked out in detail by former Secretary Lane, and the measures advocated by the secretary of agriculture. He suggested that the congress take counsel together and provide legislation with reference to industrial unrest, and the mutual relations of capital and labor. After more than a year of sterile debate, our country has neither peace nor reconstruction. Barren of achieve ment, shameless in waste of time and money, the record of the present congress is without parallel for its incompetencies, failures and repudia tions. Are the American people so unjust or so lacking in discrimina tion that they will reject the service of a party which has kept its word, and place trust in a party which merely renews the broken promises of a previous campaign? Attacks TTpon the President “Re publican leaders have been moved by a strange and inexplicable jealousy of the president. Their feverish animosity, expressed in gross abuse and through secret in trigue, has been productive of one of the most unhappy chapters in American history, recalling the sim ilar experiences of Lincoln and Wash ington. Political malice followed the president to the peace table. A sen atorial “round robin” was widely cir culated. Every device which parti sanship could develop was employed for the purpose of weakening the in fluence of out commission at Paris, and making the task there still more difficult. At a time when every in stinct of fairness pleaded for a whole-hearted support of the pres ident, political antagonism and per sonal envy controlled the anti-admin istration forces. “The president made every sacri fice for the cause of peace. The long-continued strain while compos ing differences abroad; the expendi ture of nervous vitality and intel lectual force in building a new order of human relationships upon the ruins of the old, laid heavy toll upon his reserve powers. Then came the return in triumph, only to find here a widespread propaganda of opposi tion, making it imperative that he take up in his own country a strug gle for the preservation of that which had been won at such incalculable cost. Following the superhuman labors of- seven years of unexampled service, this meant the wreck of his health, sickness for months upon a bed of pain, and worse than the physical sickness, the sickness of heart which comes from the knowl edge that political adversaries, lost to the larger sense of things, are savagely destroying not merely the work of men’s hands, but the world’s hope of settled peace. This was the affliction —this the crucifixion. “As he lay stricken in the White House, the relentless hand of malice beat upon the door of the sick cham ber. The enemies of the president upon the floor of the senate repeated every slander that envy could in vent. and they could scarcely con trol the open manifestation of their glee when the great man was stricken at last. The congress was in session for months while the pres ident lay in the White House, strug gling with a terrifying illness and, at times, close to the point of death. He had been physically wounded just as surely as were Garfield and McKinley and Lincoln, for it is but a difference of degree between fa natics and partisans. The congress, during all this period, when the whole heart of America ought to have been flowing out, in love and sympathy, did not find tnzie, amid their bicker ings, to pass' one resolution of gen erous import or extend one kindly inquiry as to the fate of the pres ident of their own country. “And what was his offense? Merely this—that he strove to redeem the word that America had given to the world; that he sought to save a fu ture generation from the agony through which this generation had passed; that he had taken seriously the promises that all nations had made that they would unite at the end of the war in a compact to pre serve the peace of the world; and that he relied upon the good faith of his own people. If there was any mistake, it was that he made a too generous estimate of mankind, that he believed that the idealism which had made the war a great spiritual victory, could be relied upon to se | cure the legitimate fruit of the war j —the reign of universal peace. “In one sense, it is quite imma- CARRANZA’S LAST STAND! S’"'' ""W. ,***■ •" lOk. . MEXICO ClTY—Carranza is shown here inspecting his positions before the ‘‘last stand” battle of Rinconda shortly before he was slain. With the ex-president is General Murgia, commander-in-chief of the Carranza forces. MEREDITH NOT CANDIDATE FOR THE NOMINATION SAN FRANCISCO, June 26. —Secre- tary of Agriculture E. T. Meredith issued a statement today in which he declared he was not in any sense a candidate for the Democratic nomi nation. Joint headquarters for Meredith and Former Ambassador Gerard, also a contender for the nomination, had been opened here. Their names were linked in the sign announcing the whereabouts of workers for the twin boom. “I am attending the invention merely as a delegate at ge from lowa,” the secretary sale.. “I ap preciate more ’than I can say the friendship and confidence expressed by lowa friends in their suggestion of my name to the San Francisco convention, but I am not in any sense a candidate' for the nomina tion. lam perfectly happy as secre tary of agriculture and if I may con tinue until March 4 next to serve the entire people of the nation by en couraging agriculture and by urging proper support of it through ade quate appropriations to the depart ment of agriculture, I will feel that I am working in a field in which I can best most effective. “Democrats are confident of suc cess with Senator Harding as she Republican candidate and with the Republican platform drawn at Chi cago, leaving the people in doubt as to just where the Republican par ty stands on the League of Nations issue.” Palmer Delegation at San Francisco Names Committee Members SAN FRANCISCO. June 26.—The Palmer delegation from Georgia to the Democratic national committee, in a caucus tonight, named the fol lowing committee representatives: Resolutions—W. T. Anderson. Rules—Ogden Persons. . • Credentials—Albert Howell, Jr. Chairman of the delegation—P. a. Stovall. Clark Howell, of Atlanta, was re elected Democratic national commit teeman from Georgia. Aldine Chambers was appointed to the permanent organization commit- W. H. Wheaton, Jr., Griffin Postmaster WASHINGTON, June 26.—1 t was learned here today that William H. Wheaton, Jr., will be appointed act ing postmaster at Griffin, Ga., the ap pointment becoming effective July 1. He will succeed the present acting postmaster, Frank C. Willis, who will resign to become a postoffice in spector. Mr. Wheaton is prominently con nected in Griffin and.is a veteran of the world war. terial what people say about the president. Nothing we can say can add or detract from the fame tnat will flow down the unending chan nels of history. Generations yet un born will look back to this era and pay their tribute of honor to the man who lead a people through troublous ways out ot the valleys of selfish ness up to the mountain tops of achievement and honor, and there showed them the promised land of freedom and safety and fraternity. Whether history records that they entered in or turned their backs upon the vision, it is all one with him — he is immortal. The Requirements of Honor "There are men who seein to be annoyed when we suggest that Amer ican honor is bound up in this con test, and that good faith requires that we should enter tne League of Nations. The whole Republican case is based upon the theory that we may, with honor, do as we please about this matter and that we -have made no promises which it is our duty to redeein. Let us turn again to the record. “The Republican party in its plat form in 1916 had declared for a world court, “for the pacific settlement of international, disputes.” The -Pro gressive party in 1912 and 1916 had likewise declared for an arrangement between nations to make peace per manent. TAie Democratic party in 1916 had specifically declared in fa vor of the establishment of a League of Nations. The senate itself, on August 2, 1916, by unanimous vote, passed a measure requesting the president to take the lead in such a world movement. “On December 18, 1916, the presi dent addressed an identic note to the nations at warfi requesting them to state terms upon which they would deem it possible to make peace. In this note, he proposed the creation of a League of Nations, saying: “ Tn the measures to be taken to secure the future peace of the world, the people and government of the United States are as vitally and di rectly interested as the governments now at war. . . . They stand ready and even eager to co-operate in the accomplishment of these ends when the war is over with every influence and resource at their command.’ “This was four months before America entered the war. "To this identic note, the Central powers answered evasively, but the allies, in their reply dated at Paris. January 10, 1917, declared: “ ‘Their whole-hearted agreement with the proposal to create a League of Nations which shall assure peace and justice throughout the world.’ President's Words “On January 22, 1917, the presi dent addressed the senate with ref erence to these replies, and said: “ Tn every discussion of the peace that must end this war, it is taken for granted that the peace must be followed by some definite concert of power which shall make it virtually impossible that any such catastrophe shall overwhelm us again.’ “Speaking of the league of peace which was to follow the war, he said: “ 'lf the peace presently to be made is to endure, it must be a (Continued on Page 8, Column 4) LABOR SHORTAGE IS DISCLOSED IN SPECIAL REPORT Labor shortage averaging approxi-. mately 25 per cent throughout the state of Georgia is shown by a spe cial report made to Governor Dor sey by H. M. Stanley, commissioner of commerce and labor. The report was compiled at the governor’s re quest and on the basis of individual inquiries directed to officials in every county in the state. Exodus of negroes from the coun try to the cities and to the northern states is given as the prime cause of the present labor situation, while high wages paid to negroes in indus try in the larger centers is a con tributing factor, the report shows. In some counties the shortage is reported as high as 50 per cent, while in a few there appear to be no- ap preciable lack of labor supply. The average condition, however, is shown to be a 25 per cent shortage of la bor for the state as a. whole. During the present session of the general assembly bills will be intro duced at the instance of Commissioner Stanley and Governor Dorsey placing stringent regulations on the recruit ing of labor by immigration agents for industries outside of Georgia. The present laws are held to be too lax to meet the emergency demand and prevent wholesale emigration of la bor to other states. Governor Dorsey is expected to in clude in his annual message to the legislature a warning as to the labor shortage in Georgia and to recom mend immediate action by the legis lators to remedy the situation. SAVANNAH CENSUS COUNT IS 82,667, GAIN OF 1 7,603 WASHINGTON, June 25. The census bureau tonight announced the following 1920 population re sults : Omaha, Neb., 191,601; Butte, Mont., 41,611; Savannah, Ga., 82,- 667; Douglas, Ga., 3,401; Mansfield, Mass., 6,255; Dartmouth, Mass., 6,493; Summit, New Jersey, 10,174; Oregon City, Ore., 5,686; Taylor, Pa., 9,876; Morse, Wis., 639; Snohomish, Wash., 2,985; Mannington, W. Va., 3,673. Increase since 1910: Omaha 67,505 or 54.4; Butte, Mont., 2,446 or 6.2; Savannah 17,603 or 27.1; Mansfield 1,072 or 20.7; Dartmouth 2,115 or 48.3; Summit 2,674 or 35.7; Oregon City 1,399 or 32.6; Taylor 816 or 9.0; Morse. Wis., 446 or 231.1; Man nington 1,001 or 37.5. Decrease since 1910: Douglas 149 or 4.2; Snohomish 259 or 8,0. Bolsheviki Shoot Group of Officers, Torture Prisoners WASHINGTON, June 26. —Bolshe- viki at lavonvka, in Southern Rus sia, shot a group of theirty officers on June 10 and tort,ured other pris oners. according to a report to the American commissioner of Constan tinople, which was received today at the state department. * The report stated that the prison ers were horribly treated. One wit ness, Lieutenant Commander Koeh ler, said he saw the hands and feet of some of the officers cut off and the officers’ eyes gouged out. The population in the region of Southern Russia occupied by Gen eral Wrangel’s anti-Bolsheviki forces continues very friendly owing to the good behavior of the troops, reports to the department said. A new lew has been promulgated in that sec tion by General Wrangel providing for the distribution of all the gov ernment land and large estates among the peasants. $50,000 Reward Offered For Her Missing Husband MONTREAL. —The police picked up trace of John Doughty, secretary to Ambrose Small, a theater owner of Toronto, who was reported miss ing soon after his employer disap peared mysteriously December 2. The secretary’s bag was found in a board ing house here. It was learned he had stayed in this city for a month. Mrs. Small, who recentjy increased from $15,000 to $50,000 the reward she has offered for information con cerning her husband’s whereabouts, has been quoted here as saying sh*; has received letters from a New York lawyer demanding ransom for her husband. According to Doughty’s landlady, the secretary seldom left his room. Several men visited him, she said, but none of their descriptions fitted Mr. Small. Plan to Open Coosa and Alabama for Navigation ROME, Ga., June 26.—Captain W. P. Lay stated today that he contem plates calling the Coosa-Alabama River Improvement association to gether in order to make plans for going before congress with a scheme to open the Coosa and Alabama rivers to year-round navigation. The association has not met in sev eral years because of the adverse re port’ made by government engineers on the rivers, but since their reports were mostly adverse because of the cost entailed in making improvements suggested and since much of the cost has been eliminated by the cer tainty of the building of vast power dams on the Coosa, it is deemed prop er to call the body together at an early date. Athens Man Killed When Train Crashes Into Auto ATHENS. Ga., June 26.—Frank M. Johnson, of Athens, was killed Fri day afternoon near Union Point when a freight train collided with his automobile. Mr. Johnson was en route to his farm near Union Point. He was brought back to Ath ens by Dr. S. H. Dunbar. The de ceased is survived by his wife, one daughter and three sons. Funeral services will be held -Sunday, \ TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 1920 PALMER MEN WIN FIRST SKIBMISH IN GEORGJHWTEST BY ROGERS WINTER (Staff Correspondent of the Journal.) SAN FRANCISCO, June 26.—8 y unanimous vote in executive session the Democratic national committee this afternoon seated the Palmer delegation from Georgia on the tem porary roll of the Democratic na tional convention. The action of the committee was not a surprise to the members of the regular Georgia delegaton elected by the state convention. They quite ex pected that Editor Clark Howell would win his fight before the na tional committee. He has been a member cf the committee for twen ty-five years, making him its oldest member in point of servce, and is immensely popular with his col leagues, most of whom address him by his first name. He has been in San Francisco for nearly a week in behalf oil the Palmer delegation. It was not surprising, therefore, that on a personal issue between him and a delegation of strangers un known to the national committee, the decision should go in his favor. The seating or unseating of the reg ular delegation involves his continu ance on the national committee, and so long as that issue is left in the hands of his colleagues, they will keep him where he is. Assured Minority Report The principal fight involved in the Georgia contest will come be fore the credentials committee, which will not be made up of old personal friends of Editor Clark Howell, but will represent practical ly all shades of political opinion in the convention. It is expected that the credentials committee will hear contests on Monday afternoon. The regular Georgia delegates will prob ably have more time to present their case than they did tpday, when only thirty minutes were allowed to each side. In the event of an adverse decision by the credentials committee, the regular delegates have assurances that there will be a minority report which will take the fight to the floor of the convention, and when it gets there for an ultimate de cision some of the biggest oratorical guns of the Democratic party are not unlikely to be unlimbered in their behalf. The action of the national com mittee on the Georgia contest was taken at two o’clock Saturday after noon by San Francisco time, which is the same as four o’clock by At lanta time. It came at the close of a lengthy hearing of the Georgia contest and the Missouri contest* in volving the credentials of Senator James A. Reed. At the outset of the hearing the committee had voted to go into executive session when the arguments were finished, but be fore going into executive session there was an effort by Committee man E. H. Moore, of Ohio, who led the fight yesterday for the regular delegates to get them a hearing tie fore the whole committee to recon sider the previous action and have the contests decided in open session. This motion was lost by a vote of thirty-three to fourteen. The vote of the committee on the Georgia contest was taken in less than ten minutes after going into executive session. Judge Who Sentenced McNamara Will Make Intercession MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 26.—Judge J. E. Richards, who sentenced Al len J. McNamara to death after his conviction in criminal court here on a charge of criminal assault? which sentence was affirmed today by the Tennessee supreme court, an nounced that he would intercede with Governor Roberts to have the penalty commuted to life imprisonment. Judge Richards said he had de cided to ask clemency for the youth because of conflicting statements made by the young woman, now the wife of McNamara’s brother, who ap peared as prosecuting witness. McNamara was found guilty after a trial last October which continued seventeen days and aroused more in tense public interest than any simi lar court hearing in years. A few days after his conviction the young woman he was alleged to have at tacked was married to his brother. Weds Twin, She Dies, And Qther Fools Him SAN FRANCISCO.—Arthur J. El ler, who fought in France, filed suit in the superior court for divorce from a woman he says is his wife’s twin sister. His complaint states he married Mrs. Nellie Lenehan Eller In Liver pool, England, April 10, 1919, and three weeks later sailed for home on a troopship, expecting to send for her. Last August Eller was hurt In an accident and went to a hospital for six months. His supposed bride ar rived from Liverpool in September and made her home for about a month, he says, with his parents at 424 Cole street. Then Eller says she became Infat uated with his friend, Charles Gua casco, and together they came to the hospital and told Eller they were going to get married, that Mrs. Eller wasn’t really his wife at all, but his sister-in-law. The twin he had married died, he was told, and the woman he believed to be his wife showed to him a pic ture of the twin sisters together and defied him to pick out the one he had married. Later she and Guacasc" ran away to New Orleans and air living there as man and wife, he say • Dreams of Bees and Falls BERWICK, Pa.—Joseph Madamec of Berwick, dreamed he had beev caught in a bee hive and that th bees were swarming around him. He jumped from bed, then out a second-story window onto a porch roof, and from there tobogganed to the ground. The jar did not fully awaken him, and his screams of “They’re after me,” aroused the neighborhood. Neighbors went to his aid to find him with a wrenched and crushed knee. 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