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S B. MARKS, of Atlanta,
• who will be re-elected
president of the State Federa
tion of Labor at the meeting
now on at Augusta.
Paoai Physicians Assured Pon-
Strength Will Carry Him
Through Recent Relapse.
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
ROME, April 18.— Pope Piua X
Held Hia own throughout the
greater part of to day, although
late this afternoon reports were
circulated that he was fast losing
strength.
Inability of the Pontiff to re
tain nourishment on his stomach
and an acceleration of his cough
were the principal contributing
factors to this weakness. A drop
sical condition is said to be devel*
oping in the left leg.
On account of the condition of
his stomach it may become nec
essary to make food injections, an
was done in the case of J. P. Mor
gan.
ROME. April 38.—The condition of
Pope Pius X wap to-day subject to
conflicting: reports. According to the
morning bulletin of the doctors, His
Holiness showed improvement and
gave indication that his strong con
stitution would ultimately be able to
overcome immediate danger.
Information from another source,
however. Is that the PontlfT still is in
a precarious condition, being ex
tremely weak from lack of ^nourish
ment and from the cough which ac
companies attacks’ of bronchitis.
In support of the latter report It Is
significant that Cardinal Oreglla has
been notified to keep in readiness day
and night to respond to a call from
the Vatican.
At 10:30 o’clock this morning (4:30
Atlanta time) the following bulletin
was issued from Dr a. Marehiafava and
A m i
FOR LABOR CHIEF
State Federation to Urge Com
pulsory Arbitration and Em
ployers’ Liability Bills.
Ir
P<
Th
Th
iprovenient is shown in the
•e’s catarrhal affection. His
oral condition ie satisfactory,
temperature is 98.
moderation of the Pope’s tem
perature gave cause for hope at the
Vatican, but His Holiness was again
warned by Dr. Marehiafava not to
over-exert himself.
Sees Humor in Warnings.
“Your Holiness must not confuse a
temporary rally for permanent Im
provement,” explained Dr. Marehia
fava.
In spite of his emaciated and weak
ened condition, the Pope sees humor
In the constantly repeated warnings of
the doctors and smiled as he promised
to obey to tP best of his judgment.
It was but 48 hours ago that the
belief was general that the Pope’s
hours of life were numbered and the
amazing rally that he has made,
chiefly through his determination to
get well, has aroused the wonder of
the world.
The fear has been communicated to
Cardinal Merry Del Val. papal secre
tary of state, that the Pope may die
suddenly. Anxiety on this point has
beset the mind of the ailing Pontiff
And led to numerous requests that the
last pacrament be administered.
The life of the Pope was compared
by his nephew, Mgr Parolln, to a
flickering lamp. The flame is waver
ing, now higher and now lower, and
may be snuffed out at any minute.
Nephew Fears the Worst.
“We pray for the best.” Mgr
Parolin said, but the unmistakable
signs of sorrow in his demeanor pro
claimed the forebodings in his mind
The Pope slept for intervals of two
and three hours throughout the night.
Once his heart became so weak that
he was awakened so that oil of
camphor might be injected. As soon
as he awoke this morning and had
partaken of a cup of weak gruel, he
immediately asked to be allowed to
sit up.
Both Dr. Marehiafava and Amici
protested emphatically against this.
The following bulletin had been is
sued at 12 : 30 a. m.:
The Pope is resting more easily
than last night, but his breathing
is superficial and his pulse is very
weak.
At 4:15 the following bulletin was
forthcoming:
The Pope is sleeping and seems
f-asier. but his prostration is ex
cessive. Brandy was adminis
tered. but was followed by a fit of
vomiting.
Awoke Nearly Suffocating.
At 5 o’clock this bulletin was is
sued :
The Pope gtwoko suddenly and
seemed to be suffocating This
caused a paroxysm. He after
ward took the yolk of an egg and
•cine milk. A few minutes later
he fell into a sound sleep and his
nervousness seemed relieved.
The Italian Government is making
dai y inquiries on behalf of the King
Victor Emmanuel and Queen Mar-
ftherita.
When Dr. Marehiafava asked the
Pope how he had spent the night, the
latter replied:
”1 dreamed 1 was saying mass.”
Dr Marehiafava smiled as he said
"In a month it will be a reality.”
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AUGUSTA. <3 A, April 18 S B.
Marks, of Atlanta, will be re-elected
president of the Georgia Federation of
Labor this afternoon.
It Is expected that the session will
come to an end during the afternoon.
This morning the report of the ieu
islative committee was made. A large
number of resolutions of various char
acters were reported favorably and
pasted.
It was decided, on the recommen
dation of*the legislative committee,
that a compulsory arbitration bill, an
employers liability and a working-
mens compensation act and the addi
tion of two factory* inspectors to the
staff of the Uommi»sioner of Labor
be the three measures on which labor
will concentrate its efforts at the next
session of the Legislature. %
It was explained that with concen
tration the labor men would have a
better chance to get these measures
passed, Instead of having many bills
and not so much force behind each
bill.
Resolutions were passed during the
morning asking that the l^egislattire
pass a “full crew” bill; a kindergarten
bill, providing school facilities for
children between 4 and 6 years of
age; a compulsory education bill; a
bill providing that shelters be pro
vided for car repairers; a bill limit
ing the amount of work to be done by
section foremen; a bill providing that
all street cars be vestibuled, and one
providing that women not be require ]
to work in telephone offices or in
stores over 10 hours a day or .*>4
hours a week.
Georgia Land Fake
Worked for $20,000
New Mexico Farmer Fleeced on Bo
gus Jonathan Block Titles—At
torney Searches Records Here.
Another victim of Georgia s hoary
land swindle was discovered Jo-day
through the presence here of Tomlin
son Fort, a former Atlanta attorney,
who came all the way from New
Mexico only to find this morning that
his client had been cheated out of
property worth in the neighborhood
of $20,000.
Mr. Fort said that the 1 land sharks”
came to the West with abstracts of
title for many acres of land In Eman
uel County which were represented
to have been granted to Jonathan
Block May 19. 1794. Mr. Fort’s client,
a well-to-do but unsuspicious farmer,
was persuaded to trade about 250
acres of perfectly good and unusually
fertile land in the Pecos Valley of
New Mexico for the worthless ab
stract.
The New Mexico attorney was in
the office of Secretary of State Cook
to-duy, poring over the old records
His investigation showed that the ab
stract was entirely bogu« He will
institute criminal proceedings against
the sw indlers on his return.
Reese Expects 7,000
Charter Mail Votes
Five Thousand Postal Ballots Al
ready Have Been Received
by Reform Advocates.
More than 7,000 voters are expected
to register their opinion on tlie ne v
charter question, according to Paul
Reese, who said to-day that 5.000
cards have been returned and that
there were many more to come In
• As fast as the cards are sent to the
headquarters of the charter reform
advocates they are turned over to the
American Audit Company, so that a
correct tally of the \ote may be kept
Mr Reese is certain thal the voters
of the city are registering overwhelm
ingly in favor of a charter vote.
■THE
TARIFF BILL
Entire Schedule of Underwood
Revision Measure Will Be
Bitterly Fought.
WASHINGTON. April 18.—In-
tending to strike a blow at the
rubber trust, Rspresentative
Hardwick, of Georgia, offered a
resolution to transfer raw rubber
from the free list to the dutiable
list, with a duty of 10 per cent.
His resolution was lost by a vote
of 53 to 33.
Representative Borland, of Mis
souri, then moved to put all the
manufactures of rubber goods on
the free list. His motion was lost
almost by a unanimous vote.
WASHINGTON, April 18.—A bitter
fight will be made on the Democratic
tariff revision bill. The forces op
posed to the so-called Underwood
measure are now ready for tlie battle.
Backed by requests from many in
terests for hearings on certain sec
tions of the Underwood bill, Republi
can Senator.” have made a demand
upon members of the finance commit
tee for hearings, and attack the “se
cret legislation” now going on in the
Democratic caucus of House mem
bers
Democratic Senators, replying to
the attack, have made it clear that
lhe finance committee doe® not plan
to grant any public hearings. Sena
tors Williams and Stone insisted full
hearings had been given by the House
committee before the bill was pre
pared, while Republican Senator.” de
clared that these heatings had been of
little value because the rates of the
Underwood bill were not then known.
Will Oppose Entire Bill.
With many complaints and objec
tions before them, Republican mem
bers of the Senate are preparing for
a general attack on all schedules of
the bill. Senator Smoot has put two
experts at work to analyze the Un
derwood bill and previous measures to
give the protectionist forces a basis
for their fight. Other Republicans,
who claim that important industries
would be wiped out by the Underwood
bill, will again insist that business
men and laboring men should have an
opportunity to he heard before the
new bill is passed.
I he Democratic House caucus
worked over the Underwood bill
inroughout yesterday, upholding the
Democratic Ilona*- leudors and Presi
dent Wilson upon all contested points.
' r he woolen schedule was under fire
all day. Attempts to put ready-made
clothing on the free list and to alter
other rates in the bill were defeated.
Late In the day, after the wool
schedule had been approved without
change 114 caucus disposed in
short order of the silk, pulp and paper
and sundry ischedules. voting down
all proposed amendments. The free
lh»t was under consideration when tne
Democrats adjourned.
Certain Mills Doomed.
Representative Underwood address
ed the members on the scope of tlr*
bill and Its effect, lie declared that
reductions In wool rates undoubtedly
would Injure some factories?, but that
It would benefit the industry as a
whole. Certain factories of old equip
ment and less advanced business
methods, Mr. Underwood said, prob
ably woixid be forced out of business.
Such concerns, he argued, were not
economically entitled to live and with
them out of the way the industry as a
whole would benefit.
Representative Phelan, of Massa
chusetts. to-day in the tariff caucus
offered an amendment to transfer
boots and shoes from the free list and
make them dutiable at 5 per cent. The
amendment wap lost without a divi
sion being demanded.
Free Sugar Would Make
U. S. Target of Producers.
WASHINGTON, April 18.—That *lia
free suK«r provision In the Under
wood bill, if enacted Into law, will
make the United States a target for
all the sugar-producing nations in the
world is shown by a report Issued by
the Department of Commerce'to-day.
in which it is stated that this country
annually consumes one-fifth of all
the sugar produced.
The United Stales uses an average
of 8.285.771 long tons of sugar a year.
The United Kingdom comes next wi f h
a consumption of 1.707,956
The average world's production is
s,457.1 78 long tons of cane sugar and
8,982,220 long tons of beet sugar.
Republicans Not to
Offer a Tariff Bill.
WASHINGTON, April 18—The Re
publican “open” conference of the
house met to-day in a room In the
House office building.
Representative Burke, of North Da
kota. called attention to the fact that
the rules of the Capitol operated
against open or public conferences in
the House chamber. A new meeting
place, therefore, was chosen
Tariff legislation was the program
for discussion, with this question to
be determined: Shall the minority
ofTer substitute schedules for those of
the Underwood bill j • the Republi
cans merely condemn the Democratic
hill without framing opposition meas
ures.’
There has been no demand that th;
minority should otter an entire tariff !
bill in lieu of the Underwood meas
ure. but there is considerable senti- I
nient for wool and cotton schedules. 1
['
IS
AS TIFF BASIS
j Professor Patten, University of
Pennsylvania, Predicts Wilson’s
Failure to Solve Problem.
PHILADELPHIA, April 18—"The
Republican Party, cleansed, strength
ened and made more responsive to
the people, will return to national
power. The Democratic Party, 1 be
lieve can not meet the expectations of
even the minority that voted it into
control of tlie National Government."
These are the predictions of Dr. Si
mon Nelson Patten, professor of po
litical economy in the University of
Pennsylvania.
“Tariff will prove the undoing of
Democracy,” Dr. Patten writes. "It
has before it two alternatives”. One
is a small reduction of tariff and
virtually no change in the costs of
articles that are deemed necessaries
in the American standard of living.
The other alternative is a radical re
duction in tariffs and the consequent
stoppage of many important Ameri
can industries.
“Viewing the situation wholly as
an economist, it seems to me that,
whichever horn of the dilemma is se
lected. President Wilson and his col
leagues are certain to disappoint a
large body of the people who have
entrusted them with power. Hun
dreds of thousands’ expect to see cost
of living measurably and speedily re
duced.”
Pl«a for Living Wage.
Dr Patten sees the restoration of
Republicans on a platform of living
wages, equitably distributed as part
of their protective party.
"Thousands of girls are now pressed
to the edge of moral endurance. The
least pu®h will put them into the
street. Who will take the responsi
bility for this?” Professor Patten
asks.
“There is one matter upon which 1
may speak with some degree of em
phasis. That is the inevitable read
justment of wage conditions by cer
tain protected manufacturers. The
day has gone by when $5 a week is
the basis for a working woman’s
wage. When the Republicans return
to power as I believe they will in
the next national election—they must
come as a party pledged to definite
reforms, and as a party whose ener
gies will be devoted to keeping the.-e
pledges. /
“Of these promises, the most im
portant will be a readjustment of
tariff benefits, so that the worker
shall receive his fair share of the re
newed prosperity.
“The manufacturer who stuffs Into
hiy pocket the largest share of pro
tection benefits is the one who can
best afford to meet the changes pro
posed in the tariff laws.
"There is one fundamental law
true, both in biology and economics.
Struggle helps the strong and crushes
the weak. With cut throat competi
tion the rich grow richer and the poor
become poorer. When the tariff is re
duced, the low waged workman lose,
not their employer. And of these low
wage I ones the working girl will be
the worst sufferer.
Dollars and Virtue.
In addition to predicting what the
effect of free sugar will be. the Pres
ident should state his doctrine of the
relation of dollars to virtue.
"The Government bv granting pro
tection to certain industries acquires
a right to supervise the operation of
these industries. The protective tar
iff of the future wiil, I believe, be
based upon tome form of Governmen
tal supervision which will assure to
the public honestly and well made
goods, and to the workers a fair divi
sion of tariff benefits.
“The Republican Party of the future
Will make this proposed law and will
abide by it.
“There is no radical difference be
tween the Republican and Progres
sive Parfies. Both agree upon the
protective tariff theory. Progressive
ideas will become par: of the Repub
lican platform of the future, and Pro
gressive leaders will fight shoulder to
shoulder with honest intentioned Re
publicans who are now opposing the
Progressive Ideal.
House Views Income
;Tax at Many Angles
Many Representatives Think $4,000 (
Limit Too High—Insurance
Companies Hard Hit. j
WASHINGTON. April 18 The In-
! come tax. which is expected to yield the
! government $70,000,000 a year and make
up for some loss of revenue caused by
| the free list provisions in the Under
wood tariff measure, was discussed by
j the House Democratic caucus to-day.
The bill levies a tax on Incomes of more
than $4,000 a year.
A wide range of views was presented.
Many representatives believe that the
$4,000 limit wan too high, while others I
believe it too low. A number of com- *
plaints declared the bid as framed by
Representative Hull, of Tennessee, im
poses undue hardships on insurance.
companies. The provision which makes I
the incomes of families where the ag
gregate is more than $4,000 subject to
taxation, also has been criticised.
Jt is claimed the penalty which would
be imposed on tax-dodgers should be
graduated according to the amount of
income.
Seeks 7th Divorce;
3rd From Same Man
Michigan Woman Sues Eugene
Mors. Her First, Third and
Present Husband.
KALAMAZOO. MICH., April 18.—
Mrs. Eliza Morse made application
for her seventh divorce. The woman’s
first, third and present husband is
Eugene Morse of this city. She mar
Hed him first more than fifteen years
ago. After several years she got her
first decree and married Albert Lat-
sori. In two year® he got a divorce.
She remarried Eugene Morse, who
soon divorced her. Then she married
Will Keep, divorced him and married
his brother, Milo Keep, whom she
divorced when he was sent to prison
for life. Next she married and di
vorced William McLaughlin and re
married Morse, and has lived with
him for three months.
WILSON PRESENT AT
SERVICE FOR BONILLA
WASHINGTON, April 18.—Presi
dent Wilson to-day attended services
in St. Matthew’s Catholic Church in
honor of the late President Manuel
Bonilla, of Honduras. Members ot
the diplomatic corps were in attend
ance.
ATLANTA NEGRO TROOPER
COMMENDED FOR BRAVERY
Lionel Lewis, an Atlanta negro
serving in the Ninth Cavalry. U. S.
A., at Naco, Ariz., has been com
mended for bravery by the command
ing officer, Major Read, in orders
published at the camp recently.
Lewis was serving as a member of
a patrol near the boundary line to
the west of Naco and reports say thal
during a skirmish, in which a number
of shots were exchanged, he man
aged to capture and take into the
camp as prisoners two heavily armed
Mexicans. Lewis formerly lived at
262 West Hunter Street.
PITTSBURG SCHOOL HEAD
FREED OF GIRL’S CHARGE
PITTSBURG, April 18. Superln-
tendent S. L. Heeler, of the Pitts
burg public schools, to-day was ac
quitted of charges made against him
by Ethel I. Fisher, formerly employed
as a maid in the Heeler home.
After about one hour’s deliberation,
the jury late yesterday returned a
sealed verdict, which was presented
when court convened to-day.
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