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DENVER CITIZENS
VOLUNTEERFBEELY
> FOR PATROL OUTY
Officials Fear Recurrence of
Rioting in Street Car
Strike Two Killed and
Thirty-Four Injured
DENVER, Colo., Aug. 6.—Fear that
rioting by street car strikers, their
sympathizers and strike-breakers
which last night resulted in the
death of two and the injury of thir
ty-four persons would be resumed
was expressed in official circles to
day.
Citizens today were responding to
a proclamation issued by Mayor Bai
'ley, calling for 2,000 volunteers for
patrol duty. The police were help
less last night before the mob, which
proceeded on its journey of destruc
tion until it tired itself out.
Reports from hospitals today in
dicated that the injured probably
; would recover.
No attempt was made this morning
to operate cars. Yesterday was the
first day since the trainmen struck
for higher wages on Sunday that
the tramway company was able to
haul passengers. The cars were
manned by armed strike-breakers.
The mob, which remained around
the tramway building until daylight,
finally dispersed.
H. H. Tammen, one of the owners
of the Denver Post, whose building
was damaged by the crowd, said to
day he could not estimate damage
done by the mob to the Post plant.
"The town is without protection,”
said he. The Post was issued as
usual from Its own plant today.
Strike-breakers at the South Den
ver car barns today patrolled the
yard in front of the barns with rifles
on their shoulders.
Eight street cars were wrecked,
the office of the Denver Post partial
ly demolished ana damage done to
car barns in widely separated sec
tions of the city.
The dead:
—Blake, shot anj instantly killed;
A G. Smith, Denver, died of bullet
wounds.
The riots - ’followed the first suc
cessful effort of the tramway com
pany to carry passengers on street
cars manned by armed strike break
ers. Two cars were blockaded by a
motor truck just as a parade of
strikers and sympathizers was
passing. Some one threw a brick
rnd the paraders -attacked the cars
rnd crews. Car windows were
smashed, protective screens torn off
and strike-breakers badly beaten be
fore police could restore order. One
man was shot, in the foot.
Newspaper Office Wrecked
The Denver Post was the next ob
ject of the mob’s attack. That paper
opposed the strike. Every ■window
in the place was broken, presses
hammered and sand thrown into the
tollers; the business office fras
wrecked, records and fixtures be
ing thrown into the street; the en
graving room w’as demolished and
type and linotype matrices scattered
through the composing room.
While the mob was still at the Post
another crowd had gathered at the
East Denver car barns and 'a third
mob attacked the South Denver barns,
■where 150 strike-breakers who had
arrived during-the day were housed.
Several hundred shots were fired at
the latter place, at which the two
fatalities occurred. This mob did
not disperse until well after mid
night.
While police were engaged in quell
ing these mobs, four stret cars which
had been waiting in a residential sec
tion for the trouble down town to
abate, were atacked by a crowd of
5,000 persons. The cars were over
turned and the strike-breakers, after
receiving a severe beating, sought
refuge in the Cathedral of the Im
maculate Conception and were saved
iy the intervention of priests until
escued by the police. An attempt
was made to burn the cars, but seri
>us damage by fire W’as prevented.
All - during the evening Mayor
Bailey, Governor Shoup, Chief of Po
ice Hamilton Armstrong, who was
njured earlier by a flying brick, and
>ther city officials, were in conference
it the state house considering the
idVisability of asking for federal
foops. A decision was reached early
oday to rely on volunteers and spe
!ial policemen, all of whom weer or
lered to report to the city hall for
itrlke duty today.
Union Disclaims Mob
JL H. Burt, international organizer
‘ the union, and President Silberg,
>f the local union in statements is
sued last night deplored the mob
iolence and disclaimed all responsi
fflity for the strikers.
General Manager Hild, of the com
>any, announced early today that cars
could be run today. He declared
here were 500 strike-breakers here
nd more on the way.
A crowd surrounded the city hall
or a short time last night and an
ngry rnob was restrained from at
acking the tramway building where
he majority of the strike-breakers
re housed by a strong-armed guard
chich protected every entrance and
x!t.
Mr. Hild announced that 200 armed
ien were kept at the darkened win- I
ows of the buildings with instruc
ions to shoot if the police line below
hould give way
Community Fairs Boosted
BLAKELY, Ga., Aug. 6.—A boos
sr meeting for the community fairs
ras held at the Colomokee schooj
uilding Thursday evening. The of
cials of the Early County Fair as
ociation were present. The Blakely
rchestra, conducted by J. L- Under
’ood, furnished music for the oc
ision.
A meeting was held at the Rock
dll school house last Friday even
ig when music and jig dances af
arded entertainment.
Kodakers, Save Money
Roll film developed 7 cents. Glossy
ilnts 2x3. 3c; 2x4 or 3x4. 4c; 3x5. sc.
for samr>]o. D-6 Baldwin
tudios, St. Louis, 2,1 ci.
//'at son Meeting Breaks Up
JU hen Attack on Legion
Is Resented by Ex-Soldier
Curtis Barrett, Who Served
in France, Replies to Gro
ver Edmondson and Gath
ering Adjourns
BARNESVILLE, Ga., Aug s.—An
extremely tense situation gripped
the 2,000 or more persons at the Wat
son meeting in the Gordon institute
here Wednesday when Curtis Bar
rett, a former soldier, who made an
excellent record in the world war,
went to the stage and made a most
vigorous and scathing reply to
Grover Edmondson’s reflections on
the American army officers and pri
vates who risked their lives for the
glory of the Stars and Stripes on
the bloody battlefields of France.
Edmondson, who right 'at the be
ginning of his speech bitterly at
tacked the American Legion, stating
that it was composed mostly of of
ficers bent on perpetuating mili
tarism in this country, declared that
officers had often needlessly exposed
privates to cruel hardships In the
training camps and on the battle
fields. He charged that the service
of most of the members of the Le
gion who went to France was char
acterized by their capacity for
‘‘drinking wine and neglect of duty.”
Barrett Answers Attack
If was at this point that young
Barrett arose and asked the speaker,
who himself had been sent to France
in the uniform of his country, if he
might have a moment to make reply
to this denunciation. Edmondson
consented, and the former soldier,
with firm tread and set. expression,
advanced to the platform. Pointing
his finger at the speaker, he said:
“Your statement, sir, is a will
ful and a deliberate misrepresen
tation. In war you would be
guilty of treason; in peace you
are guilty of unspeakable cow
ardice. I enlisted in the war as
a private soldier in 1917, and 1
spent twenty-three months in
France ready and willing any day
to sacrifice my life tor my coun
try. No man knows better than
you, who has dishonored the uni
form you wore, that you wilfully
and deliberately state an untruth
in what you say of the Ameri
can Legion. I don’t propose to
sit silently by and have your
stetaments go unchallenged, and
hei e and now I denounce them
as false.”
There were cries of “put him out”
from Watson partisans, but the
youth who had enlisted as a private
and risen to the rank of lieutenant
stood his ground.
“I dare you to try to put me out!”
he calmly replied. “You have got
the crowd on me, and I guess you
can put me out, but 1 dare you to
do it.”
Whqn a few Watson supporters
moved towards him, he showed not
the slightest sign of flinching, and
the movement was halted. Mr. Wat
son checked the threatening storm
by moving that the meeting adjourn,
and the crowd filed out of the audi
torium, leaving young Barrett, who
is a brother of Charles S. Barrett,
■president of the Farmers’ union and
a son of the late Mr. Thomas J.
Barrett, standing where he was, not
withstanding the fact that Grover
Edmondson had got but little way in
his speech when the interruption
came.
Young Barrett said after the meet
ing that the repeated attacks which
had been made at various Watson
meetings on the American Legion
and the characters of the men com
posing it had so aroused him ffiat
he would have taken the step he did
if he had known that he risked his
life in doing so.
There were no personal encounters
as a result of the great confusion
which broke up the meeting, but it
'looked at one time as if almost any
thing might happen. The incident
has been the one topic of conversa
tion on the streets of Barnesville
since yesterday. Many express the
opinion that it will seriously cut
down the vote for Watson in this
county in the senatorial primary.
Watson Denies Opposing War
Mr. Watson himself preceding Ed
mondson was given a courteous
hearing, although he too vigorously
criticized the Wilson policies and
the American Legion. The majority
of the crowd was made up of his
supporters from this and surround
ing counties, and they showered the
speaker with applause from time to
time. He denied that he had op
posed or done anything to impede the
progress of the war, asserting he
had urged declaration of war imme
diately after the sinking of the Lusi
tania.
He criticized Senator Smith's plat
form, making humorous reference to
his record as to cotton,, but merely
referred to Governor Dorsey and the
League of Nations. He answered
at length an editorial in the Macon
Telegraph. '
In his arraignment of the Ameri
can Legion, he charged that it was
composed almost exclusively of offi
cers.
Ware Interested in
Tobacco Culture
WAYCORSS, Ga., Aug. 6.—Consid
erable interest is. being, manifested in
Waycross ’in the tobacco industry
and from all indications-one or more
warehouses will be erected here for
next season. A number of Ware
county farmers have gone into the in
dustry on a large scale and are more
than pleased with the results, de
spite the fact that there is no mar
ket in the county. Ware county to
bacco is marketed in Douglas, Nich
ols and Blackshear, and of the many
thousands of dollars paid for tobac
co in Douglas this year, a Ware
county crop has brought the highest
price -so far. This crop was grown
on the farm west of Waycross.
L. J. Cooper, the first producer of
bright leaf tobacco in the county,
and one of the first in the state, sold
a small lot of select leaf grown near
Waycross and Ware county chamber
last week. The matter of erecting
warehouses has been taken up by the
Waycross and War county chamber
of commerce.
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Bees Sip Hard Cider
And Break Dry Law
i
WASHINGTON. Even the
honey bees are celebrating the re
cent puling of Prohibition Com
missioner Kramer that the thirstv
may a<}d a little kick to their
cider.
A farmer in Fairfax county,
Va„ is authority for the state
ment that from time to time his
bees, either tiring of their regu
lar work of filling honeycombs or
from pure devilment, drop down
upon the ground under apple trees
and drink themselves drunk from
the oozing liquid from decaying
fruit. He has made it his business
to verify this statement by elose
study of his buzzing honey pro
ducers.
BOOM IS STARTED
FOR BARRETT AS
HEAD OF LEGION
Resolutions unanimously passed by
the executive committee of James
Stanley Moore, Jr., Post No 28, of
the American Legion, in special ses
sion Thursday afternoon, indorsed
the fight being waged on traducers of
the Legion by Atlanta Post, No. 1,
and Williain B. Coleman post, in
structed its delegates to the state
convention in Augusta, August 19
and 20, to vote against and make
every effort to defeat the attempt
to strike the word “white” from the
Georgia constitution of the Legion
and further instructed the delegates
from Moore post to vote for, and if
necessary nominate, Curtis Barrett,
of Barnesville, for the next state
commander. No action was taken in
regard to other officers w’ho must be
elected for the ensuing year.
The resolution pledging the sup
port of Moore post to Mr Barrett,
was spontaneous, and was actuated
by his action in defense of the
Legion and world war veterans at
Barnesville Wednesday, members of
the executive committee stated after
the meeting.
The present state commander is
Basil Stockbridge, prominent young
Atlanta attorney, whose term expires
with the state convention. He was
the unanimous choice of the first
convention of the Legion for state
commander, his election coming as
a reward for his untiring efforts in
behalf of the organization in the
state. He was the moving spirit in
the organization of the first post or
ganized in Atlanta, James F. Mont
gomery Post, No. 1, now Atlanta
Post, No. 1, and was its first com
mander. Having succeeded in the
organization of this post, Mr Stock
bridge turned his efforts to build
ing up the Legion in Georgia, and
during his term of office the organi
zation has grown from about ten
posts to more than 100 posts in the
state, with a membership approxi
mating 15,000 former service men
and women.
In indorsing the fight on traducers
of the Legion, the executive commit
tee called attention to the fact that
its move, in common with the other
two posts, must “not be construed
as supporting any candidates.”
Members of the executive commit
tee are Samuel R. Dull, Johnny Kief
fer, C. V. Graham, J. M. Outler and
Estes Doremus, commander of the
post.
The resolutions follow:
Whereas, Atlanta Post No. 1 and William
B. Coleman post of the American Legion
have taken up the fight to defeat Thomas
E. Watson for the United States senate
from Georgia; and
Whereas, these two posts have stated
emphatically that their move is not polit
ical and must not be construed as supporting
either of the two candidates opposing Mr.
Watson, therefore
Be It resolved by the executive committee
of Janies Stanley Moore, Jr., Post No. 28,
in special session assembled, that we indorse
the action of Atlanta post and Coleman
post, and pledge our co-operation to the end
that Mr. Watson be repudiated at the polls
by the people of the state for his unwar
ranted and vicious attack on the American
Legion and the men who gave their lives
in the world war.
Be it resolved by the executive commit
tee of James Stanley Moore, Jr., Post No.
28, American Legion, in special session
assembled, that the delegates from this post
to the state convention In Augusta, Ga.,
August 19-20, be instructed to vote against
and make every effort to defeat the attempt
to strike the word “WHITE” from the
constitution of the Legion in Georgia as
adopted at the last state convention.
Whereas, the second state convention of
the American Legion is to “be held in Au
gusta, Ga., August 19-20, at which time
new officers must be elected for the ensuing
year,
Be it resolved by the executive committee
of-James Stanley Moore, Jr., Post No. 28,
in special session assembled, that the dele
gates from this post be Instructed to vote
for, and if necessary nominate, Curtis Bar
rett, of Barnesville, for next commander of
the Georgia department of the American
Legion.
GOV. ROBERTS”
IS RENOMINATED
BY TENNESSEANS
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 6.—ln
Thursday’s Democratic primary for
governor, Albert H. Roberts was re
nominated over W. R. Crabtree by
20,000 to 25,000, according to returns
compiled by the Nashville Banner.
George N. Welch was renominated
for railroad commissioner by approx
imately tne same majority. Alf Tay
lor was nominated by the Republi
cans for governor over Jess M. Lit
tleton, C. R. Evans and J. O. Eaton.
In the Democratic primary in the
Third congressional district, early
returns indicate the re-nomination of
Judge John A. Moon over Joe V. Wil
liams. In the Eighth district, Con
gressman T. W. Sims was defeated
by Captain Gordon Browning, re
turned soldier, by 4,000.
Reutrns from the Republican pri
mary in the Fist district indicated a
close race between Congressman Sam
R. Sells and Lieutenant Carroll
Reece, returned soldier. In Davidson
county, a legislative ticket favoring
change from commission government
in Nashville seems to have won.
In addition to the contests for
state offices and for congress, thir
teen members of the state legislature
were elected to fill vacancies and
co'iinty officers were chosen.
E. H. Crump, who has taken an
active part in Democratic politics in
Tennessee for a number of years,
W’as re-elected county trustee in Shel
by county.
SUFFRAGE ADVOCATE
HURT IN ACCIDENT
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 6.
Tennessee ratification forces may
have lost one vote, it was reported
here today, following the serious in
jury in an automobile accident of Joe
E. Wade.
Mr. Wade, who is an ardent suf
frage supporter, may not be able to
attend the special session of the leg
islature next week, it was announced.
D. F. FINNELL IS
KILLED ELECTION DAY
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Aug. 6. —
The only election tragedy reported
from this section of the state was
the killing of D. T. Finnell, former
member of the county court, by
Horace Rymer, in the Fourth district
of Polk county.
Increased Tobacco
Sales in Abbeville
•- ABBEVILLE, Ga.. Aug. 6. —The
tobacco sales were good again Thurs
day, increased amounts being offered
by the farmers owing to the clear
weather. Sales were made at from
twenty cents to fifty-five cents. S.
F. Reid sold 2,678 pounds for sl,-
107.67, and Pike & Oliver sold 1,650
pounds for $617.86. Several other
small lots brought higher prices. The
lot of Pike & Oliver was what is
called crop run, It being their aver
age crop, which turned out 1,250
pounds per
ATLANTA, GA., SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1920.
NO INSTRUCTIONS
ISSUED TO BANKS
ON COTTON LOANS
Governor Harding, of Fed
eral Reserve System, Ex
plains Status in Letter to
Federal Reserve Bank
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.—-The fed
eral reserve board has not advised
member banks as to w’hat loans they
should make against this year’s cot
ton crop, Governor Harding declared
today in a letter to the department
of agriculture.
The letter was written in answer
to reports reaching the department
that “due to an existing financial
stringency, stocks of cotton were be
ing forced on the market at sacri
fices in prices” Such action, the de
partment intimates, had been
prompted through “a ruling or other
form of instruction from the federal
reserve board, which limited loans
on cotton to that only which was
in process of shipment.
In answer to this, Governor Hard
ing explained that congress had been
requested early in the year to amend
the existing statutes which original
ly restricted loans to Individuals by
national banks in excess of 10 per
cent of the bank’s capital and sur
plus.
“Congress acted upon the sugges
tion of the board,” Governor Harding
wrote. “The amended statute now
provides that for a period of six
months out of any consecutive
twelve months a national bank may
lend to an individual, firm or corpo
ration up to 25 per cent of its cap
ital and surplus- where the excess
of 10 per cent is secured by ware
house receipts.”
Commenting on the accumulation
of low-grade cotton, Governor Hard
ing’s letter stated that this was due
partially to difficulty in making fi
nancial arrangements necessary to
sell it to the mills in Central
Europe, adding that “member banks
in the south no doubt feel reluctant
to carry too large a volume of loans
on collateral which is not readily
salable."
APPROPRIATIONS
PASS THE HOUSE
OVER PROTEST
Although the statement was made
at the outset by Chairman George
Carswell, of the appropriations com
mittee, that 1 ' there was no money and
would be none in the treasury to
pay any appropriation, the house of
representatives on Thursday passed
eighteen appropriation bills aggre
gating $795,000 which haff been fa
vorably reorted by the appropria
tions committee.
Chairman Carswell explained that
the committee recommended the ap
propriations with the distinct pro
viso that they should be accom
panied by legislation providing in
creased revenue. This legislation,
he further explained, the house had
passed already in the foi;m of the
bill to tax incomes. Hi s idea was
that the house having passed the in
come tax bill and sent it to the
senate, now could consistently fol
low it up with appropriation bills
and place upon the senate the entire
responsibility.
"Our treasury is empty,” said
Chairman Carswell. “There will be
no money to pay a single one of
these appropriations which we have
recommended to you, yet each and
every one of these appropriations is
absolutely necessary. The Income
tax bill, which the house has passed,
will provide the revenue to pay
these appropriations if the senate
will pass it. But if the senate kills
the income tax bill and passes the
appropriation bills which we send
over, then the governor very likely
will veto them all, and I think he
will be right, and there will be noth
ing for him to do, but call an extra
session to place the responsibility
squarely upon the legislature. So far
as this house is concerned, it has
discharged its responsibility.”
' Opposition in Senate
The income tax bill is encounter
ing strong opposition in the senate.
The forces objecting to it have con
centrated their attention upon the
senate to defeat it. The constitu
tional amendments committee of the
senate is scheduled to consider the
bill on Friday afternoon. The in
dications are that the bill will re
ceive a majority of the senate, but
not the two-thirds majority neces
sary to pass constitutional amend
ments. What the senate then will do
with the appropriations which have
been put up to it by the house is an
open question.
A list of the appropriations for
additional maintenance that were
passed up Thursday by the house of
representatives is as follows:
State sanitarium for the insane
at Milledgeville, $300,000; Georgia
School of Technology, $125,000; Uni
versity of Georgia, $25,000; State
Normal college at Athens, $30,000;
South Georgia Normal college at Val
dosta, $5,000; Georgia Normal and
Industrial college at Milledgeville,
$20,000; State College of Agriculture
at Athens, $20,000: North Georgia
Agricultural college at. Dahlonega,
$5,000; Bowdon college in Carroll
county, $20,000; Georgia Training
School for Girls at Atlanta, $10,000;
Georgia Training School for Boys at
Milledgeville. $10,000; tw’elve district
agricultural schoos, SIO,OOO each,
making $120,000 additional mainte
nance for them.
Other Appropriations
A list of the appropriations for re
pairs, improvements, etc., was as fol
lows:
Waterworks system at State Col
lege of Agriculture, $25,000; repairs
at Georgia Normal and Industrial col
lege, $5,000; repairs at University of
Georgia, $25,000; insurance at Uni
versity of Georgia, $4,500; laundry
at State Normal college, $15,000; re
pairs at the same, $10,000: repairs
at Georgia Training School for Boys,
$30,000. \
There also was passed a bill carry
ing $20,000 to combat the mosaic dis
ease in the sugarcane region of south
Georgia, where this great and grow
ing industry is seriously threatened
with o—tin^4j on unless stens arc
taken to save
GIRL YEGG CRACKS SAFES
TO “KEEP SELF RESPECT”
Golden
PSA
SEATTLE, Wash. —The police are
undecided whether to refer to her as
a “yeggwoman,” a ’’pete moll” or
what.
May Golden is the first girl to
confess to safe-cracking in this
city.
Save for the beginnings of hard
lines at the corners of her mouth,
she looks like a respectable stenog
rapher. The hat and gown she
wore when the lolice "prowler”
car picked her up on the street In
the early morning were neat, mod
est and fashionable.
Yet her speech is that of the
world of "grist.” Parlance of the
Augusta Herald Declares
v Georgia Should Return
Hoke Smith to Senate
(From the Augusta Herald.)
Hon. Thomas E. Watson, Senator
Hoke Smith, Governor Hugh Dorsey
and the Hon. "Bunk” Cooper are the
candidates lined up up to date in
Georgia’s free-for-all senate race,
Watson is apparently running for
vindication and to vent his spleen
and hatred on the Democratic admin
istration, and particularly President
Wilson. “Bunk” Cooper has espoused
the “wet platform,” Governor Dorsey
has been put in the race by/the ene
mies, personal and political, of Geor
gia's senior senator, with the double
hope that he may be able to nose
out one of the two candidates in
the first primary or at the least that
his candidacy may contribute some
what to the defeat of Senator Smith.
The Dorsey forces apparently pre
fer the success of Watson despite his
attacks upon the party and upon the
governor himself than the return of
Senator Smith to the senate.
Senator Smith undoubtedly has
made the state an able, energetic,
forceful representative in the sen
ate. More constructive, far reaching,
helpful, nation-wide legislation has
been passed on ,his initiative and by
his efforts than any other state’s rep
resentative in the United States can
point to during the past seven years.
Hoke Smith’s record in the United
States senate has been splendidly
helpful to the nation at large, and
should be a great source of pride to
the state of Georgia. This record In
the main consists of:
“Regional reserve bank in
Georgia, system of rural credits,
federal aid for vocational train
ing, the rehabilitation of our
wounded soldiers and victims of
industrial accident, assistance to
farmers such as the agricultural
extension act affords, safe
guards to the cotton grower
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“petermen,” princes of crime, ,falls
from her lips easily. When the de
tectives tried to learn from her the
identity of her pal, she responded
with cynical banter.
May has confesed to cracking the
safe of the W. L. Keene Fuel Co. It
was her first job, she says, and she
got nothing.
"I had doped the whole lay,” she
explained to detective. "I’d rather
play the heavy grist than work the
streets. In that way I can be a
crook, and still keep my self-re
spect.”
She is 22 years old.
against unscrupulous speculators.
Think what these constructive
and protective measures have
meant to Georgia’s prosperity,
and thergt remember that her sen
ior senator is the author of
them, every one. Consider,
too, that the reduction of the
normal income tav rate is a re
sult of his effort In the senate
finance committee; and that the
freight tariff equalization, where
by Savannah and Brunswick, to
gether with the other south At
lantic ports, were given a fair
deal and an opportunity to de
velop their rich resources, came
largely in response to the argu
ments which he presented before
the railroad administration and
the shipping board. Consider,
too, that the parcels post, the
federal aid road plan, the national
merchant marine, the government
nitrogen plant, with ifs important
bearing on the production of
cheaper fertilizers, all bear evi
dences of his counsel and support.
Consider, finally, that for five
years and against odds well nigh
overwhelming. Senator Hoke
Smtih fought for fair play for
the cotton producer, and won his
battle. Some say that he waxed
too zealous in this cause, but who
will deny that he did it all for
what he conceived to be Geor
gia’s and the south’s best in
terests? Suppose that fight had
not been made. Suppose the de
pressing and sometimes design
edly hostile influences that flung
themselves repeatedly agadnst the
cotton growers’ rights had not
been resisted and beaten back.
Would all be as well with Geor
gia as.it is today?”
Even the most bitter, personal and
factional enemies of the senator can
not deny or decry this record of
patent achievement. It is a prom
ise of what further usefulness with
his experience and ability and energy
the senator can accomplish for the
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D. S. DESTROYERS
JT MIAMI TO STOP
UUDIKOF CABLE
British Consul Ordered to
Keep Ship at Sea Until
State Department Acts on
Western Union Petition
WASHINGTON, Aug. s.—With five
United States destroyers patrolling
the harbor of Miami, Fla., to prevent
a British ship making a cable land
ing there, further developments in
the South American cable controversy
between the United States govern
ment and the British cable interests
were looked for here today.
Officials here said the order of
President Wilson to the navy depart
ment to prevent by force if necessary
the landing at Miami of the West
ern Union cable from Barbadoes was
fully supported by the federal stat
utes. Congress at its last session
passed an amendment to the law,
strengthening the president’s power
in this regard, as a result of this
very controversy. Some doubt had
arisen as to the power of the gov
ernment to require a company wish
ing to land a cable to bbtain a per
mit.
Congress was informed at that
time that British Interests were seek
ing a monopoly of the South Ameri
can cable business through an ar
rangement with the Western Union
company for a Miami-Barbadoes-
Brazil cable. As a result of the
facts laid before congress at that
time the law was made clear and
definite as to the government’s pow
er to prohibit cable landings.
The Western Union’s application
for a cable landing is before the
state department, but has been held
up pending satisfactory replies to
government inquiries concerning the
terms of a contract between the
Western Union and British cable in
terests controlling the Barbadoes-
Brazil portion of the cable.
The whole controversy will be the
subject of discussion at the inter
national communications conference
which will meet here under the
League of Nations auspices on Sep
tember 15. Officials said there are
questions involved which should be
settled in the revision of the world’s
communication code.
Meanwhile, officials said, the pres
ident’s order is ample evidence of
the determination of the government
not to permit American Interests
longer to be “frozen out” of the
South American field by foreign ca
ble monopolists.
Through a combination of un
friendly South American and British
interests Americans who have for a
long time been trying to establish
more direct cable communication with
South America have been thwarted it
was stated by those familiar with
the situation. At the same time, the
British Interests were given addi
tional concessions, and have gradual
ly been getting a strangle hold on
the South American cable business.
This government has been appealed
to many times by American capital,
eager to establish cable and radio
communication with Brazilian cities.
Officials here said that the con
tract between the British cable com
pany and the Western Union was
known to contain some features
which are considered unfair to Amer
ican interests.
Atlanta Ready for
Entertaining Retail
Dealers in Southeast
All preparations for entertaining
the biggest gathering of merchants
ever assembled in Atlanta have been
completed by the Merchants and
Manufacturers’ association of At
lanta, which is sponsoring the event,
and all that remains is for the next
Thursday to arrive and bring the
merchants. x
James R. Little, of the Dougherty-
Little-Redwine company, who is in
charge of the barbecue which will
be given at noon of Thursday at
Lakewood park, says that he has cor
raled the most "scrumpious” menu
of viands that has ever been assem
bled for one ’cue, and a score or \iore
of chefs to prepare them. Two tlwu
sand are expected to enjoy this event.
Much interest is centering around
the proposal to form a retail mer
chants’ association of the south. The
advantages such an association would
be to merchants is invaluable, local
wholsalers point out. J. K. Orr, of
the Orr Shoe company, declared dur
ing the past week that such an or
ganization would save its members
enough In the first three years to
pay its cost for a solid generation.
Norman Johnson, of Richmond, will
present the idea.
All of the stores in Atlanta are
preparing for the event, and will
have all of their traveling men in to
see that all visiting merchants are
promptly waited upon. As many
merchants as can possibly spare the
time are urged to come.
Peanut Growers
Os State to Meet
August 12 in Albany
ALBANY, Ga., Aug. 6.—A meeting
of the Georgia Peanut Growers’ as
sociation will be held here Thursday
morning, August 12, at the municipal
auditorium. Many matters of im
portance to the peanut growers of
the state will be discussed, the'most
vital toopics to be those of prices and
marketing.
According to W. W. Webb, presi
dent of the association, it is the be
lief of all the farmers that the price
of peanuts is far too low, and all in
terested in their production are
urg-ed to attend the meeting, for
which an interesting progrrjm has
been ararnged, including exhibits of
many peanut products.
It is believed by the growers that
the low prices now prevailing are due
largely to the present extensive Im
portation of the Oriental variety,
which has been taken advantage of
by the “bears,” and Mr. Webb
strongly Intimates that the question
of requesting the congressmen and
senators to work for an import duty
vhifli will curtail the importation
the Oriental nut will be discussed. '
Scents a cost.
$1.50 A YEAR.
INNER DEFENSE OF
WARSAW REPORTED
BROKENJY ENEMY
British Navy Ready to Act
in Twelve Hours and Is in
Position to Seal Up the
Black Sea
Russia Armed for
Five Years of War
WASHINGTON, Aug. 6.—(By
the Associated Press). —Soviet
Russia is in possession of suffi
cient munitions to carry on for
five years warfare on the scale
of that now being conducted
against Poland, according to es
timates made here today by mil
itary authorities. Practically all
of the stocks on hand are from
supplies furnished by the allied
governments to the old Russian
regime during the world war.
LONDON, Aug. 6.—Today’z cabi
net meeting, at which the Russian
reply to the British note on Poland
was considered, was followed by no
official indication of the trend of af
fairs. The best information, how
ever, was that Great Britain would
accept the Soviet reply, notwith
standing it is not wholly satisfactory.
War More Bnmored
It had been seml-officlally re
ported today that the British
cabinet had decided to talk* no
tion against Russia which virtual
ly amounts to war.
s Premier Lloyd George consider*
that the Bolshevikl have broken faith,
in continuing their advance against
Poland, it was stated.
Preparations for aiding Poland
have been ordered rushed, accord
ing to this information. The block
ade will be re-established and muni
tions will be sent if the plan decided
on is gone through with.
The reported plan calls for ttw
soviet government to be notified
that British aid will continue to b«
sent to Poland until it is certain that
Russia will grant Poland a just
peace, after which the sending o<
thi s assistance will ba stopped.
The cabinet was in session
throughout the entire morning.
Situation Xs Critical
While the actual military situation
in Poland is not much clearer than
it was yesterday, it is admitted to
be critical. Reports, however, are in
some respects contradictory that the
precise degree of menace to Warsaw
as a result of the «recent Bolshevik
advance cannot be estimated. » - -
Reports yesterday stated the so
viet armies had reached points thir
ty miles distant from the Polish cap
ital, but later advices indicate they
are twice that distance away and
that the soviet cavalry is far ahead
of the infantry. A Warsaw dispatch
to the Daily Mail states the Polish
counter offensive on the southern
front has been successful and that
the Bolsheviki have been hurled back
forty-five miles.
Most newspapers express great
anxiety over the situation this morn
ing and the statement by a high offi
cial yesterday that the present po
sition is as grave as that in August,
1914, is given great prominence. Re
ports that the British government
has already ordered the fleet to re
sume the blockade of Russia, which
was partially raised last November,
receive great emphasis in some jour
nals, but no official sanction Is
claimed for the statement, and such
inquiries as were possible early this
morning tended to discount the ru
mor. It is asserted that, notwith
standing the fact that the cabinet
has not yet considered the reply of
the soviet government relative to an
armistice with Poland, it has been
determined to send the Kameneff-,
Krassin trade delegation back to
Russia.
British Havy Beady
Britain’s navy is ready to Impose
an absolute blockade upon Russia
within twelve hours after it is order
ed to do so, the admiralty stated to
day.
The admiralty made the following
statement to the United Press:
"We will be able to impose an air
tight blockade upon Russia within
twelve hours after the orders are re
ceived. The British fleet around Con
stantinople is in a position to seal
the Black sea, while three cruisers
and a score of destroyers in the Bal
tic are ready to draw the cordon
there.
“There is nothing to fear from tho
Red fleet, which is small and inef
fective/’ A
Lincoln County
Primary Results
■LjINCOLNTON, Ga., Aug. 6.—ln a
hotly contested primary in Lincoln
county Tuesday, James H. Boykin
defeated W. B. Crawford for the
state senate, and J. M. Price was
elected representative over M. Bus
sey, the incumbent.
S. L. Wilkes was nominated for
ordinary over C. D. Smalley; W. M.
Cartledge had no popositlon for
clerk; J. J. Bentley was nominated
for tax collector; T. L. Perryman for
county school superintendent; R. T.
Cullars, coroner, and L. P. Elam»
county surgeon.
The race for tax receiver will have
to be run over, and perhaps the race
for sheriff.
Kept Alive 24 Hours
After Breathing Stops
ST. LOUlS.—After having been '
kept alive with a pulmotor for
twenty-four hours, Robert Stans
bury, sixteen years old, died at
the city hospital recently.
The boy underwent an opera
tion for an ear affection. While
on the operating table he ceased
breathing. His heart continued to
function and a pulmbtor was
brought.
Physicians at the hospital as
sert their belief that this is the
longest time in which a pulfnotor
has been used continuously.