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Manta Stournal VOL. XXII. NO. 116. SUFFRAGE BATTLE IS WARMLY BED . AT TWO CAPITALS _,c. Advocates and Opponents Make Ready for Climax Tuesday When House Is Expected to Vote WASHINGTON, Aug. 16. The anti-suffrage organization in Ten nessee has “played havoc” with tfie ratification pledges over the week end and is working to force a vote in the house this afternoon, Miss - Ann Politzer, legislative chairman in Tennessee, informed the National Woman’s party headquarters here to day. "The antis have succeeded in breaking many of our pledges over the week-end, and are working for a vote on ratification by 2 o'clock this afternoon,” the suffrage worker said. TENNESSEE HOUSE , TO VOTE TUESDAY NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 16.—The Tennessee legislature met today aft er the week-end recess with every in dication that a vote on the woman suffrage amendment would be reach ed tomorrow in the house. The amendment was ratified by the sen ate late Friday. Plans of suffrage leaders, who still counted on a ma jority, were for consideration of the ratification resolution tonight by committee, a report to the house to morrow morning and a vote during the day. The opposition appeared to be confident of victory and was dis posed to go to the mat with the suf fragists without further delay. With a settlement of the issue in sight, hotel corridors were seething ' with ’excitement until midnight and ’conferences of leaders of the oppos , ing factions were in progress until early today. Reports o. defections from the ranks of the suffragists were encountered in various quar ters and one suffrage worker was quoted as having stated >that she knew of six representatives who had flopped to the antis. On the other hand, accessions to the suffrage ranks was claimed by ratification leaders. Whether there was any truth to such reports could not be confirmed, but it was noticeable Sun day that both factions were bending every effort to keep tlteir line-ups in There was speculation today among legislators whether a quorum would be present when the house was call ed to order this afternoon. The op position was waging an active cam ' paign to bring pressure to bear upon members who had pledged them selves to support suffrage and during the week-end recess antis were busy In various parts of the state. Some ’ of them, it was said, might not be on hand until tonight. To guard against any delay suffrage leaders late yesterday began telegraphing favorable members who had gone to their horned to return to Nashville at the earliest possible moment. Attorney General Thompson’s rul ing last week that a majority of the members present, if there was a quorum, would be sufficient for rati fication, and not the constitutional majority of fifty as generally believ ed, also entered into the discussion of possibilities today. Basing his ruling on a decision of the Tennes see supreme court, the attorney gen eral held that passing on the ratifi cation resolution was a political, not a legislative act, since the gover nors ’signature was not required. Leaders o* the opposing factions were wondering what would happen if, after a quorum answered the roll call, either side, finding itself in ma jority, should attempt to call the * resolution out of committee and •force a vote. , Senator John C. Houk, of Knox ville, announced he will demand an investigation of powerful influences he asserts are operating to bring about the defeat of suffrage. Senator Houk is chairman of the Republican campaign committee for • the state. The decision to demand an investigation was reached at a con ference which lasted until a late hour last night. Senator Houk said: *’A conference of members of the legislature, both Democrats and Re publicans, and of the leaders of both parties not members of the legislature, all friends of ratififlea tion, was held to consider the ques tion of instituting a legislation into the lobbying situation, the interests appearing to be in the saddle to de feat ratification. “I believe one of the most pow erful lobbies in the history of the Tennessee legislature is now at work to defeat ratification and if ratification is defeated the special interests of the state will be re- I sponsible. ‘‘There is belief here among pro | , ratificationists that a -conspiracy is I ’ on to get friends of ratification, who I ,are members of the legislature, to fl find it suddenly convenient to dis- I appear, and return home on account . of sickness in families and for oth- I er reasons.” Representative W. W. Neal, of the North Carolina legislature, reported I on his way here as an emissary of I . the anti-ratification element of that I state, to view the suffrage situation in the Tennessee legislature at first I hand, had not arrived, in Nashville | up to 10 o’clock yesterday, accord- I ing to anti-ratification headquarters. ?! Opposition leaders said they knew •J nothing of Mr. Neal’s proposed visit I until they read press dispatches ■I from Raleigh published here today, J and that thev had no additional in fl formation. Car Runs Into Lake, But Two Women and Children Make Escape L Two women, three little girls and V a little boy had a narrow escape Hl from Injury or death shortly after noon Monday, when their automobile ■ plunged into the lake at Piedmont ■ park. I They had been bathing and had I gotten into the automobile to leave I the park. The car was parked near I the bathhouse, facing the lake. One I of the women, who was at the wheel. I put her gears into "second” instead I of "reverse,” and the car, instead J o’s backing,. shot from the bank into I the lake. The automobile was almost com fl pletely submerged. Its occupants I managed to crawl out and gain the ':j shore, all wet and frightened, but Ji nobody hurt. They drove with fl friends before parkt attendants could a get their names, leaving the auto- ■ , mobile in the lake. atson, Constitution and Dorsey Political Relations Exposed By Senator Smith In Speech at Dawson Sena tor Also Discusses State’s Unhappy Financial Condi tion and Collection of Ille gal Taxes DAWSON, Ga., Aug. 16.—Welcom ed by an outpouring of sympathetic followers and encouraged by opti mistic reports respecting the sena torial campaign in Terrell and ad joining counties, Senator Hoke Smith delivered a telling address here this morning. No angle of the campaign his attention. Its every phase was discussed freely and frankly, in the calm, forceful manner that has characterized all of Sepator Smith’s recent speeches. There was no mistaking the effect iveness of his appeal. His utter ances carried a conviction that was reflected by the hearty response of the crowd. A host of friends met Senator Smith upon his arrival here this morning at 6:30 and escorted him to the hotel. He received countless callers before going to the court house for‘his address. Among those who met the senator were Andrew J. Hill, farmer, warehouse man, and county treasurer; K. S. "Worthy, pres ident City National bank; J. R. Mer cer, farmer; E. T. Lockett, farmer and automobile dealer; Jonathan Williams, turpentine operator and farmer; John A, Shields, manufac turer; H. A. Petty, farmer; M. J. Youmans, lawyer; M. H. Marshall, Jr., cotton oil; Ed Stephens, Dawson Cotton Oil company; R. R. Jones, lawyer; George Gibson, farmer; W. L. Pace, farmer and city council man; A, O. Horsley, real estate; J. D. Bell, insurance; J. D. Long, farmer; O. E. Lowe, cotton factor; Dr. J. G. Dean, surgeon; James D. Weaver, farmer; Judge W. C. War bell, J. N. N. Flowrey, retired mer chant; H. H. Melton, J. A. Lowrey, O. B. McCoy, farmer, and many oth ers. Senator Smith speaks this after noon pt Shellman and tonight at Cuthbert. Senator’s Speech In the main, Senator Smith fol lowed the line of addresses he here tofore has delivered in his canvass for re-election. He rested his case on the record of the Democratic party, and made it unmistakably clear that as a dyed-in-the-wool Democrat, who has fought under the Democratic banner since the days of reconstTuctidh, he Ts stand ing on the San Francisco platform and behind the San Francisco presi dential ticket. The legislative accomplishments of the Democratic administration— Constructive work in which he had an important hand—were recounted 'kt length and in detail by the sena tor. He illuminated the motives that prompted practically all of the great work and he analyzed the pro visions of the enactments byway of emphasizing their application as helpful agencies in promoting the prosperity and happiness of the peo ple. Alluding to his opponents in the senate race, Senator Smith provoked a hearty response when he classified them as "a wild, excitable genius for destruction,” on the one hand, and a mild-mannered inexperienced candidate, on the other, making the race against his better judgment at the behest of close political friends who are bent upon reviving and per petuating political animosities of the past in the hope of satisfying an old grudge. "Governor Dorsey’s best friends advised him against entering the senatorial race," said Senator Smith. “But he yielded to the per suasion of Clark and Albert Howell, who are seeking to wreck ven geance _ upon me. The governor’s best friends realized that if the Howells gratified their vengeance against me it would be by dividing the Democratic vote and precipitat ing a situation that might result In the election of Mr. Watson.” .Senator Smith’s remarks along this line made a strong Impression on his hearers. The people of Ter rell county haven’t forgotten the memorable gubernatorial campaign in 1906, when Clark Howell was a candidate against Senator Smith. They are not unmindful of the con tinued hostility of the Howells to ward him as a result of this con test and they are familiar with the perpetual propaganda they have conducted ever since 1906. "It is the claim of the Atlanta Constitution that their purpose in putting Governor Dorsey in the race was to defeat Mr. Watson," he con tinued. “The Constitution professes alarm about Mr. Watson and the possibility of his election, but the first remote chance of his election to the senate came the day Governor Dorsey announced his candidacy.” Here again Senator Smith rang the bell. It is the consensus of the well informed in this section that Governor Dorsey’s candidacy is serving only to improve Mr. Wat son’s chances of election. The gov ernor’s following, it appears, is neg ligible, but every vote -he gets will be equivalent to half a vote for Mr. Watson. I Watson and The Constitution "But does the Atlanta Constitu tion really desire the defeat of Mr. Watson?” asked Senator Smith. “Let me read to you what the Con stitution had to say about Mr. Wat son in its leading editorial yight after the presidential preference primary.” Senator Smith read and the crowa followed with close attention: “While Mr. Watson disagreed with the Democratic administra tion concerning the League of Nations, hie voice and his pen have been consistently arrayed in I (Continued on Page «, Column 1) SERIOUS CRISIS Isl STATE FINANCES IS FACED BY DORSEY Governor Still Undecided on Extra Session Call in Ef fort to Avert Threatened Disaster Well posted men in the state house and legislature believe the financial crisis faced by a number of state Institutions and departments will render an extraordinary session of the legislature absolutely neces sary. But the general Impression is that Governor Dorsey will not call the session until after the Democratic state primary to be held September 8, in which primary he is a candi date for the Unite dStates senate, if he decides to call one at all. The financial situation of the Uni versity of Georgia, the Georgia Tech, the State Normal College, the Geor gia Normal & Industrial College, the district agricultural schools, the State College of Agriculture, and va rious departments of the state, Is not calculated to get any better while the governor is conducting his cam paign for the senate. On the contrary, the situation of most of them, especially the educa tional institutions, is calculated to get a great deal worse. The edu cational institutions are in need of additional funds to pay additional salaries to teachers who have been offered increased pay to go else where. Their decision as to whether to accept these offers, it is under stood, depends upon -whether their present salaries will be increased. If they are obliged to wait upon an extraordinary session of the leg islature which may or may not be called after the September primary, and wait again until the legislature acts favorably at the extra session in the event It is called, their offers now pending will be withdrawn, as the college terms open in September. Colleges Hard. Hit Hence it is likely that the teach ers in question will go ahead and accept the offers made to them, and their * departure will leave a num ber of educational institutions badly in the lurch. The University of Georgia and the Georgia Tech have been especially hard hit in the loss of professors. The big universities of the east, with ample finances, are going out for teachers at any price. The manufacturers employing tech nically trained men are picking them off the faculties of educational insti tutions all over the country. It was for the purpose of consid ering the crisis caused by the legis lature’s failure to pass deficiency appropriations that the board of trustees of Georgia Tech held a meeting yesterday. They remained in session about five ho’us and de cided their need is so imperative they would undertake to borrow SIOO,OOO. Tech’s bill was lost in the legisla ture, like most of the others. Gover nor Dorsey attended the meeting as an ex-officio member of the board. It is understood he indicated his dis inclination to call an extra session of the legislature at the present time. The board of trustees of the Uni versity of Georgia will meet this week to consider their crisis. The university needs about $25,300 addi tional for maintenance, $25,000 to put in repair a number of houses donated to the university for dormi tory purposes, $4,500 to’ protect the houses with fire insurance and vari ous other minor appropriations. Nearly every educational institu tion of the state, a majority of the elyomosenary institutions, and sev eral of the departments, were simi larly hard hit bv the death of the appropriation bills in the logger-head of cross purposes between the house and senate on the closing night of the session. There have been few times in the history of the state when masterful leadership was so conspjeuous by its absence. Jolted From Tower Top By 11,000-Volt Shock, Lineman May Recover It was reported at the Davis- Fischer sanitarium Monday morning that Oliver Jett, a lineman for the Georgia Railway and Power compa ny, who was jolted from a tower near the Ansley Park golf links Sun day by contact with a wire charged with 11,000 volts, had a fair chance to recover, though his condition was desperate. Jett, with several other linemen, was at work on a transmission tower by the Southern railway tracks op posite the Ansley Park Golf club, about 10:30 o’clock Sunday morning. One of the two 11,000-volt circuits was cut out and Jett was working on it. It is believed his safety belt came in contact with the live circuit, drawing his shoulder against the wire. There was a blinding flash and a ripping sound, and then Jett fell limply from a heighth of about thirty feet. His body struck a cross beam of the tower and then fell forward into an X-shaped brace, where he hung unconscious, a dozen feet from the ground. His fellow-workmen lowered him to the earth while golf ers ran and telephoned for an am bulance and first-aid equipment. His mates regarded his escape from in stant death as little short of miracu lous. Two Passenger Trains Left Rails Sunday MACON, Ga., Aug. 16. —Two pas senger trains on the Macon and Bir mingham railroad were derailed Sun day, one near LaGrange, Ga., and the other near Thomaston, Ga. The trains were running, in opposite di rections and the accidents occurred thirty miles apart. Engineer Homer Barnett, of Macon, and Fireman W. A. Reeves of Yatesville, the only ones injured, according to railroad officials, were taken to a hospital in LaGrange. ATLANTA, GA., TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1920. GEORGIA PRIMARY Elm LIST CLOSED SUNDAY AT NOON Four Each in Race for United States Senate and Govern or of the State —Other Races The entry list for the Democratic state primary was closed at 12 o’clock non on Sunday, and the com plete list was given out Monday in Atlanta by Hiram L. Gardner, of Eatonton, secretary of the Demo cratic state executive committee, who was in the city. Walter R. Brown, of Atlanta, en tering the race for governor, was the last one to add his name to the list. His announcement was made in the Sunday papers, and his en trance fee was telegraphed to Secre tary Gardner Saturday. Although the state committee did not fix the entrance fees for candi dates for the house of representa tives, the state senate and congress, it ordered that the entry lists for these contests be closed at 12 o’clock noon. August 15, the same as the entry list for the state contests. The primary will be held on Wed nesday, September 8. The state con vention will be held in Macon on a date to be fixed by the subcommit tee on rules of the state committe. In the event of a run-over primary being necessary for governor or sen ator, or both, the same will be held on Wednesday, October 6. Some doubt was expressed Satur day as to whether State Senator W. H. Dorris, of Cordele, whose name was entered in the race for court of appeals by friends without his knowledge, would consent to make the race. Senator Dorris Monday telegraphed John W. Hammond, At lanta representative of Secretary Gardner, that he is in the race with the indorsement of the bar of the Cordele judicial circuit. A complete list of the entries in the state contests is as follows: For United States Senate—John R. Cooper, Hugh M. Dorsey, Hoke Smith and Thomas E. Watson. For Governor —Walter R. Brown, Thomas W. Hardwick, John N. Hol der and Clifford Walker. For Secretary of State—S. G. McLendon and Claude A. West. For Attorney General —George B. Davis and George M. Napier. For Comptroller General—Wil liam A. Wright. For State Treasurer —William J. Speer. For Judges of the Supreme Court —Judge Hiram Warner Hill and Judge Walter F. George, unoppos ed for re-election to their respect ive places. For Judges of the Court of Ap peals—Judge Alex W. Stephens, un opposed for re-election; Judge O. H. B. Bloodworth, opposed by State Senator W. H. Dorris; Judge Charles W. Smith, opposed by Judge Benjamin H. Hill. For Commissioner of Agriculture —J. J. Brown. For Commissioner of Commerce and Labor—Hal M. Stanley. For Railroad Commissioner—Paul B. Trammell and W. Trox Bankston. For Pension Commissioner—John W. Lindsey. For Prison Commissioner—E. L. Rainey. For Superintendent of Education —M. L. Brittain. The President in Car Picks Up Boys and Takes Them Home WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.—(8y the Associated Press.) —Three kids, just out of a swimming hole in Rock Creek Park, were picked up today by President Wilson, treated to a 45-minute motor ride and dropped out at their home In town so proud the folks there could not hold them with a rope. The trio had just come from a dip in one of the park’s streams and were hiking along the roadway when they saw the White House car and recognized the president. Off came their caps and as Mr. Wilson ordered the car stopped, they timidly ap proached and asked how he was get ting along. “Hop in,” said the president, and they hopped. All along the ride they kept their eyes on the president and Mrs. Wil son and answered more questions than they asked. Water from tousled heads trickled over three sunburnt faces and dropped on the president’s shoes. One youngster ducked to save the president’s shine and apol ogized, but was told not to worry. Coming down Connecticut avenue, the youngest of the trio, a thin, frail lad, barely eight years old, spied a kid he knew and called to him by name. The youngster in the street dropped a loaf of bread and gasped. When the kids got out all three shook hands with the president and his wife. "So long, Bo,” one shouted to the secret service man on the front seat. The president smiled broadly, lifted his hat and started home. Southern County and Other Census Figures Announced by Bureau WASHINGTON, Aug. 16—The census bureau today announced the following 1920 population results: DeKalb, 111., 7,811; Lawrenceville. 111., 5,080; Middlesboro, Ky., 8,041; Salem, N. J., 7,435; Massena, N. Y„ 5,993; Raleigh township, N. C., In cluding Raleigh city, 28,674; Ficher, Okla., 9,676; Conroe. Texas, (revis ed figures) 1.858; Sylacauga, Ala., 2,141. Increases since 1910: Lawrence ville, 1,845 or 57.0; Middlesboro, 736 or 10.1; Salem, 821 or 12.4; Massena, 3,042 or 103.1; Raielgh township, 6,269 or 28.0; Conroe, 484 or 35.2; Sylcauga, 685 or 47.0. Decrease since 1910: DeKalb. 231 or 2.9. Uicher, Okla., no comparison; or ganized since 1910. Conroe, Texas, was previously an nounced as 804. The following county figures were given: Cumberland, Tenn., 10,094; Obion, Tenn., 28,393; Fayette, Tenn.. 31.- 499; Harriman, Tenn., 22,278; Webs ter parish, La., 24,707; Pecos, Texas, 3,857. Increases since 1910 —Counties: Cumberland, Tenn., 767 or 8.2; Fayette, Tenn., 1,242 or 4.1; Pecos, Texas, 1,786 or 86.2. I mrrMiEmmmK fiL • ). JIM/ DAYTON, Ohio. —A huge delegation of jubilant Democrats from Marion, Ohio, Republican Candidate Harding’s' home town, whooped things up in the great parade staged in Dayton on the day Governor “Jim my” Cox was notified of his nomination for the presidency. They came with banners and the now famous “Coxsure” stove-pipe hats and “Harding’s goat” and many other unique devices. STATE MERCHANTS DEMfflimOOF ’ EK TJffl TAX Declaring that they have been forced to pay an illegal tax and, when a refund has been made after protest, they have received only a portion of the amount they paid, mer chants in various sections of the state are making vigorous represen tations to Govenor Dorsey and other state officials. It has developed that six special tax investigators appointed last year by Governor Dorsey collected about $450,000 in occupational taxes from merchants selling cigarette tobacco; that this tax was found to be illegal, having been repealed by act of the general assembly in 1918; that the special tax investigators were paid a commission of 20 per cent on all collections; that in making refunds to merchants who had paid the illegal tax, the amount of the commission was deducted except in such in stances as the special tax investi gators were willing to refund their commissions. From 1909 to 1918 there was an occupational tax of $25 on all mer chants selling cigarette tobacco, but in 1918 the general tax act was amended so as to eliminate this tax. In 1919 Governor Dorsey appointed Sjix special tax investigators to go out into the state and collect past due occupational taxes, and also to collect the cigarette tobacco tax from merchants who, it was thought, were evading the law or wl»o were delin quent in meeting its requirements. The appointees were Marshall Nelms, for a long time Governor Dorsey’s executive secretary; R. E. Church, A. S. Allen and W. E. Christy, of Atlanta; J. F. Roberts, of Greens boro, and C C. Buchanan, Jr., of Way cross. BIG NEWS! Red-hot, three-cornered races are now raging in Georgia for the United States senate and the Governor’s chair. Cox and Roosevelt are bidding for Democratic vic tory all over the country, while Harding is rallying the Republicans from his front porch in Marion. The Bolsheviki and the Poles and Ireland and other peoples and nations are turning things topsy-turvy over in Europe. 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The actual figure is 173,931 against whom desertion charges have been recorded, and this represents, the statement says, a “tremendous improvement over the draft record of the War Between the States." ' The department will soon make public the names of those branded as deserters and the statement adds that the government "desires to ob tain the co-operation of the various state and local officials, patriotic societies and other agencies, includ ing the department of justice, in bringing about the apprehension of these men.” Pending publication of the Hfit, the Statement, continues, any man charged with desertion may avoid arrest by surrendering at the nearest army post, where his case can be in vestigated and his status determined. If his record is cleared, his name fill be omitted from the deserter list when it is made public. Those in doubt as to their status are urged to address inquiries to the adjutant general of the army. The list for publication was com piled after local boards had been instructed to segregate and send to Washington records of all men class ed as draft deserters during the war period. A total of 489,003 records were forwarde, but on examination at the war department it was shown, that 163,000 of these dealt with cases disposed of during the War. They included registrants who en listed voluntarily and failed to notify the draft board; men who failed to report when drafted, because of their ignorance and who subsequently re ported at the camps for duty; few men discharged as physically unfit an some convicted of desertion dur ing the war an registrants who died between the time they received their call to the colors and the date on which they were ordered to report. It adds that because of the tre mendous expense which would be in curred payment of the SSO reward for apprehension of draft deserters has been temporarily suspended and the task of rounding them up left for the present to the patriotism of the nation DEFINITE UM INSEmHIALfIfiCE ■ ESTABLISHED The senatorial campaign has reached the point where it is pos sible for observant persons accurate ly to gauge alignments, discern mo tives and formulate estimates re specting the relative strength of the candidates as reflected by develop ments. The period of chrystallization has been reached, and the last three weeks of the campaign yet to come will witness the opposing forces in the throes of unremitting effort— the one seeking to encourage the swell of the sentimental tide that to It assures certain victory, the other bending every energy to dis count and discredit unmistakable evidences that leave no doubt as to the way the wind ' blows. The Hoke Smith forces in At lanta apd throughout the state pro fess a confidence that is supported by visible, manifestations on their part, strengthened ny the results of personal inquiries, hundreds of let ters and telegrams and voluntary , and unsolicited expressions from leaders in all parts of the state. The line-up Is apparent to the Hoke Smith men. The race in a contest between Senator Smith and Thomas E. Watson, as they view the situation. Governor Dorsey's candidacy has made no headway and his presence In the race, according to them, is contributing only to help Mr. Watson. The effect of the governor’s un willing candidacy, they remark# is realized by the rank and file of.the voters, and this, they add, accounts for the many deflections that have been noted during the past week in the forces that heretofore have fol lowed the governor, in his political ambitions. Senator's Friends Active The ominous silence that greeted Governor . Dorsey’s announcement and which occasioned so much re mark, amopg his friends in the legis lature, who were then in Atlanta, Is even more pronounced today, two weeks after his entrance, than the day after he unwillingly yielded to the desire of certain factional po litical leaders and launched his can didacy. The silence Is confined, not alone to Atlanta. It is the subject of remark in every section of the state, according to advices received at Hoke Smith headquarters. The reported activity of the gov ernor’s friends here and there, in dif ferent sections of the state, finds ex planation in the fact that his cam paign managers have sought to en courage the organization of Dorsey clubs in various section of the state. Thus far even these efforts have met with little encouragement, according to reports being received at Senator Smith’s rooms. None of the so called initial meetings have been well attended, it is claimed, and in no instance has the launching of a club been marked by any enthusiasm. But the Smith forces, according to men familiar with the details of the senator’s campaign, are aroused all over the state. They are militant, confident and enthusiastic. The week | was bv far the most encouraging the senator has had. His speaking trips were successful beyond the hope and expectation of his advisers. Visiting Conyers and Covington, in Rockdale and Newton counties, and Vienna and Cordele, in Dooly and Crisp counties, Senator Smith re turned to Atlanta confident that his time had been well spent. Communi cations that have since been receiv ed from these communities strength ens the senator’s confidence in the effectiveness of his speeches, and has led his advisers to believe that the counties he visited have been re moved from the doubtful column. Rockdale and Newton counties fell to Mr. Watson in the presidential preference primary. Crisp went for Palmer, and Senator Smith captured Dooly county. There isn't a doubt in the minds either of the senator or the men who advise with him. from the character of reports that have been received from Newton and Rock dale counties, but that they will be found once again in the Smith col umn. The reports from Crisp and Dooly counties are equally as reassuring. At both Cordele and Vienna the Smith forces are sanguine, and their re ports have brought to the senator the most encouring tidings from adjoin ing counties. Scents a $1.50 A "AB. ANTI-SOVIET CHIEF HAD BEEN WARNED, SIRS LLOYD GEORGE Russians Within Five Miles of Warsaw—U. S. Cruiser Is Ordered to the Baltic Sea LONDON, Aug. 16.—Announcement that the Polish and Russian armistice and peace delegates had met at Minsk was made by Earl Curzon, secretary for foreign affairs, in the house of lords today. Negotiations were doubtless proceeding, he added. LONDON. Aug. 16.—Premier Lloyd George stated in the state of commons today that the govern ment had made it clear to General Wrangel, anti-bolshevikl leader in South Russia, that if he further at tacked the soviet forces he must da so on his own responsibility. General Wrangel since then had opened further operations, the pre mier added, and the responsibility, consequently, was his own. Beds Have 100,000 Men The Russians are pressing their fight for Warsaw within a dozen miles of the capital on the northeast, it is indicated from Sunday’s official statement from • Moscow, received today. They re port the capture of Radzymin, In thio seetjr, and the continuation of the battle along this front, and also near NovO Georgievsk, to the northeast of Warsaw. One hundred thousand Bolshevik troops are in the army which ie assaulting Warsaw from three sides, according to a Berlin wireless re ceived here today. The Russlane were said to be hammering the eity from the northwest, nortty and from the east. To Beslst Labor Pollay Replying to a question in the house of commons today concerning labor’d ultimatum against war on Russia, Lloyd George declared that any at tempt to dictate the policy of tha government or parliament by Indus trial action struck at the root of the democratic constitution of the coun try and would be resisted by all the forces at the government’s disposal. BOLSHEVISTS WITHIN FIVE MILES OF WARSAW MOSCOW, Aug. 16.—The bolshevik! have pushed their lines to a point five miles from Warsaw where the battle is continuing, it officially announced today. The communique said there wa» fighting on the Radimin-Okunieft line, which is five miles from War saw, on the eastern side of the capitol. The Russians have flung their lines half way around Warsaw, it was officially announced yesterday. On the north they had captured Serock, fif teen miles from the capital, when the communique was issued. The strong fortress of Novogeor gievsk, of Modlin, which is situated only ten miles from Warsaw, con* fronted the Russians on the north eastern side of the city. The stato* ment indicated they had not yet at tempted to assault it. "Fifteen miles north of Warsaw we occupied Serock,” the statement said. "Twenty miles east of the city we captured Novohxmitsk. Our troops, twenty-five miles" northeast of Warsaw, have occupied a 11ns facing the great fortress of Novo georgievsk.” AMERICAN BATTLESHIP TO PROTECT CITIZENS WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.— Rear Admiral Huse, commanding ths United States cruiser Pittsburg, has been ordered to the Baltic sea to protect American citizens In that dis trict. The Pittsburg will be accompanied by a destroyer. The navy department took this step in the belief that American refugees will be fleeing to the Bal tic ports from Poland and possibly soviet Russia as the result of the bolshevik offensive against Poland, it was announced. The vessels are now at Cherbourg, France, and it was announced to day at the navy department that they would proceed immediately for Russian waters. Tattoos Jail Record On Arm; Judge Helps NEW YORK. A peculiar fancy in tattooing was exhibited in special sessions yesterday by Henry Stevenson, a piano player, at 292 Schenck avenue, Brooklyn, charged with stealing an automobile fire ex tinguisher from the car of Eli Stur gen at the Hudson Terminal build ing, on July 29. When a justice ask ed Stevenson if he had previously been convicted, the prisoner rolled up his sleeve and displayed “Work house. 1918.” tattooed on his rlgnt arm. Stevenson then said the tat too record on his ar mwas not com plete as he had served another term in 1919. “Well, you’ll be able to add t® that record the words: ‘Workhouse, 1920,’ at the end of the next four months," commented Justice Freschi, announcing the latest sentence ot four months on Blackwell’s island. Deer and Turtle Caught in Fish Trap BOSTON. —Fishermen along the cape tell that they now look to find most anything in their traps. At Woods Hole a huge turtle weighing 800 pounds caught in a lobster pot line. Now comes a story from Province town that a 300-pound deer was found entrapped in the fish traps. More difficulty was experienced in getting it free than in the case of the turtle. The creature became when the owner of the traps fried to release it and thrashed around. After a time it was liberated and was apparently uninjured as it is said to have made off into the woods.