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Offers Resolution in House to
Suspend Exemption Clause for
Two Years—Wilson Silent.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 27.—Chair
man A da muon, of the House Inter
state and Foreign Commerce Com
mittee. has struck hie first blow t
free Panama Canal tolls for Ameri
can coastwise vessels.
In Joint resolution he proposes a
suspension of the existing law for
free tolls to American ships for two
years that the cost of operation of
the Panama Canal may be, ascer
tained. Durinsr these two years
American ships, coastwise and ocean
freighters, would pay the same toll.*
as all foreign ships.
The President is given authority to
pass on the relative cost of using the
Panama Canal and its maintenance,
and at the end of two years may de
cide whether the tolls thus collected
will he more than sufficient for main
tenance of cost of operation of the
canal. In this event the President is
to enforce the law for free canal
tolls for American ships.
Beaten Twice Before.
Adamson has been beaten twice on
a like proposition, and the comm:
tee membership has not been changed
in the last two years. Adamson’s
resolution provides:
"That the operation and enforce
ment of the following provision: ‘No
tolls shall be levied ufcon vessels en
gaged in tlif coastwise trade of the
I’nited States,’ which provision is the
second sentence in section 5 of to*\,
act entitled an act to provide f or
the opening, maintenance, protection
and operation of the Panama Canal
and sanitation and government of
the Canal Zone,’ approved August 21,
1912, shall be and hereby is sus
pended subject to the following con
ditions:
"At any time after the Panama
(’anal shall have been opened and
successfully opera ted for two year.*,
if. in the judgment of the President,
the revenue derived from tolls of ves-
►els other than those engaged in the
coastwise trade of the I’nited Slates
shall he sufficient to defray the cost
of maintaining ..nd operating the ca
nal and the expense of government
and sanitation of the Canal Zone, and
a ; diplomatic q oast Jobs touching th«*
treatment of vessels os to conditions
«»r charges of traffic' at he canal shill
have been adjusted, then the Presi
dent Is authorized to issue an execu
tive order declaring such suspended
exemption of full force end effect.
Plan Is Test, He Says.
“From the date of such executive
order such exemption shall be allowed
snd enforced, but until such execu
te! • lild the
VohS-ls engaged in the coastwise
trade of the I’nited States shall pay
e into tolls required of other ves
sels."
explaining his resolution, Mr.
Adamson says:
"This resolution proposes two
thing' first, an experimental lest to
demonstrate whether or not the tolls
will pay the expenses of operating
the Canal exclusive of the tolls of
ihc coastwise trade, and the other, to
afford opportunity to adjust all quea-
'.vv< of diplomacy touching the to'
"If it is demonstrated that the tolls
arc sufficient to spare the tolls to the
coastwise trade, the State Depart-
mc nt will he allowed time to adjust
questions growing out of the treaty
stipulations, and if the advocates of
exemption are found to have been
correct in their contention as to :t
sufficiency of revenue and the diplo
matic questions are settled in their
favor, an executive order will then
put the exemption into force.”
Wilson Silent on Plan.
Representative Adamson intro
duced the resolution on his own re-
->on»iblllty, and it will not go before
Congress as an Administration meas
ure. It wan said in high official cir
cles. however, that the silence of the
Administration did not mean that the
proposed step was disapproved. Any
declaration «»f policy on the subject
of canal tolls lias been avoided since
President Wilson assumed office last
March.
When Ambassador Bryce left
Washington in April, H was vaguely
understood that he had some sort of
assurance that no effort would bo
made by the United States to execute
the free tolls provisions of the canal
act
The weight of opinion in official
circles is that now that Sir Cecil
Spring-Rice, the present British Am
bassador. has regained his health, ha
will be prepared to resume the nego
tiations at the nolnt where they wer*
suspended, though he probably will
wait a reasonable time to afford
Congress an opportunity to act upon
the Adamson bill.
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GEORGIA
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CRFS NEED!
The injunction proceedings against
the Albion Hotel in Augusta, recently
heard before Judge Hammond, seem
to shape up Intelligibly the status of
the fight in Georgia for the enforce
ment of the present prohibition law,
and members of the legislature gen
erally are Interested in the develop
ment of the same.
The application for Injunction ask
ed two things:
1 That the defendant be slopped
from carrying on any business under
its near-beer license; also
2 That It be restrained from sell
ing liquor the sale of w-hlch Is pro
hibited by law.
In the light of a number of recent
Supreme Court decisions, the first of
these prayers was denied, and the
second granted.
It was ordered by the court that
"the defendant be temporarily re
strained from selling liquor which
is prohibited by law’!”
In other words, the Albion Hotel
may continue to operate its bar un
der Its near-beer license, but it must
not dispense "Intoxicating liquors’’
therein.
The question of when it Is dispens
ing such liquors is left for a Jury
to sav, If that charge is urged against
the place.
The temporary injunction doubtless
will be made permanent that is, the
restraining order prohibiting the ho
tel from "selling Intoxicating liquors
which Is prohibited by law.” But a
jury must say finally when that or
der has been violated, if it ever is!
All of which, up one side and down
the other, seems to leave the matter
of enforcing the prohibition law pret
ty much wliere it has been all along!
In the meantime. .Savannah is fac
ing the same sort of crusade that
Augusta is up against, but the point
of view of the prohibitionists there is
a little different.
Injunction proceedings have been
brought against a number of dealers
licensed to sell near-beer in Savan
nah, and those Injunctions have taken
the same course as the one cited in
Augusta.
A Savannah prohibitionist discuss
ing the movement says: "This fight
is not necessarily a prohibition fight,
but a fight to enforce the law. We
take the position that in paying $140.-
000 annually to the poR™ department
as taxpayers that the citizens should
not be (’ailed upon to enforce the law.
It Is in the statutes and the police
should he given instructions to see
that it is carried out. We believe that
the majority of the people in any
community are law-abiding and W’nnt
to see the law enforced. If the law' is
unpopular, and there seems to he suf
ficient sentiment to support this con
tention, the thing for the people to (lo
is to go into tiie Legislature and get
relief for the Savannah section. They
should not, however, be taught to
flagrantly violate it while It is the
law.”
Arid there you are!
A package came to the Capitol to
day addressed to “Mr. Slayton, Gov
ernor of Jeorjia, Atlanta, Ja.”
"Not all the nuts one sees or hears
of at Christmas time,”.said Secretary
I*erry, who received the package, ‘are
placed in the kiddies’ stockings!”
Manager Kd Brown, of the Kimball
House, whs presented a handsome walk
ing cane by the hotel employees to-day.
with the best wishes of that contingent
for a happy holiday season and a pros
perous year to come.
Mr. Brown is well known among the
members of th< Legislature, and among
politicians and statesmen generally, real
and near The Kimball has been po
litical headquarters hi Atlanta for twen
ty five years, and the greater part of
Georgia's political history has been fash
ioned within Its ample walls.
The Georgia Railroad Commission
played a fine part in inducing Presi
dent Wilson to change his mind with ;
respect to dropping Judson C. Clem
ents from the Interstate Commerce
Commission.
Chairman Candler got wind of the
matter'when it was young, and im
mediately busied him'elf. He .se
cured the willing co-operation of his
colleagues, and with their help lodged
a protest from the commission of
Georgia that certainly had its effect.
The Rome Tribune-Herald blithely
splits an infinitive in doing it, but it
lines itself emphatically with the
movement looking toward the better
salaries for the judges of the Courts
of Review in Georgia, nevertheless!
The Rome paper says: "The judges
of the Court of Appeals of Georgia
are giving up the office on account of
the meager .salaries paid by the State.
If Georgia wants good lawyers on her
highest courts she ought to properly
compensate them.”
The demand for just salaries for
the high court judges is grow ing more
and more insistent in Georgia every
day. The next Legislature probably
will have to handle this matter.
The State commission did not un
dertake to "butt in” on the Presi
dent's business, of course, but it did
not hesitate to bring such pressure as
It legitimately could to., save Mr
Clements—and. that because the
Georgia commission is abundantly
confident of Mr. Clements’ worth and
usefulness as a member of tile Fed
eral body.
"The vote, to be given Mr. Hobson in
Alabama," said a well known political
observer from that State to-day, "will
be made up largely of extreme prohibi
tionists and Republicans. Hobson, will
not !**■ elected to the Senate, but be will
get a large popular vote nevertheless.
Wainwright and Others Make Plea
for Four-Battleship Plan to
Insure Peace.
CHICAGO, Drc. 27.—A plea f-r four
new battleships a year and praise for
William Randolph Hearst, were the
features of art address made here bc-
for the Hamilton Club by Rear Ad
miral Richard Wainwright.
Rear Admiral Wainwright was ex
ecutive officer on board the Maine
when that ship was blown up in
Havana harbor on February 1'. J8S»8.
He sharply criticised the “inadequate
naval program” outlined by Con
gress. Colonel Robert M. Thompson,
president of the New York Athletic
Club and chairman of the American
Committee on Olympic (fames, ably
seconded the rear admiral.
'‘Unless we have a strong navy for
roast defense it will be as easy for
foreign armies to capture Chicago as
New York and San Francisco.” said
Colonel Thompson. Rear Admiral
Wajnwright said he was in favor of
peace, but that his methods were
different than those of the pacificists.
"Preachers of that false security
called peace think an international
court will decide questions of na
tional honor in the future,” he said.
“They fail to understand that the
court must have a strong military
power at hand to enforce its de
cisions.
“We should build four battleships
each year, with the necessary auxil
iaries. Up to the present time we
owe everything we have accom
plished to William Randolph Hearst
for his untiring efforts in behalf of
a larger navy. He has aroused the
nation and will arouse it still fur
ther, we are sure, until we get some
action taken that will insure this
country against the attacks of its
possible enemies.
"As our navy stands to-day, it is
efficient as to officers, men and ships,
but we are hopelessly outnumbered
by the great military powers, and we
need a navy for defense. The coun
try is rich enough.
"You can’t get recruits on the eve of
war and got them into fighting trim
In a few weeks. By the time they are
ready to\fight the war is over.”
Twenty members of the Farragut
Naval Veterans' Association were the
guests of the Hamilton Club at the
luncheon.
THE PLAYS
THIS WEEK
And So Five Will Have Charge of
Sunday School at the Cen
tral Baptist.
"The church can no longer be run
by women, children and faddists. Ii
must have the svmpathetic co-opera
tion of tiie business men or it will
gradually fail—it will go into bank
ruptcy.
“The Sunday school is an institu
tion not only for the children, but for
men. and men of ability.
“Systematic newspaper advertising
for a church is the best method for
increasing the scope of its influence.”
In these words the Rev. Dr. Caleb
A. Ridley, pastor of the Central Bap
tist Church, epitomized his experi
ence of fifteen years as a minister.
He was discussing the selection of
five business men to be in charge of
the Central Baptist Sunday school.
These \ver*» J. W. Autrey, of th"
Barclay & Brandon Co., superintend
ent; J. C. Harrison, a traveling man;
H. D. Sorrells, an insurance man; E.
L. Fowler, of the Index Publishing
Company, and F. L. Irwin, of the
J. M. High Co., heads of the boys’
and girls’ departments, respectively.
"They are all business men,” said
Dr. Ridley, "and I am glad of it, be
cause the work of the business men
in the church or Sunday school is
the work that produces results. More
men of this caliber should realize
that they have a vital part to play
in the uplift or downfall of the church.
If they Stand bv it, it will rise to the
heights; if they neglect it, it will
sink to the depths and disintegrate.
'‘The same methods of business
employed by the bank or any other
business institution are applicable to
the Sunday school, and If news-
! paper advertising does a bank good
It will aid the Sunday school. 1
heartily favor Its use.
"Owing to business methods my
church has grown from 125 members
in the last seventeen months to 925,
arid our Sunday school now has 500
members where it formerly had less
than 100."
"Within the Law” Closes To-night.
Thi.* Atlanta public has but two
mor* chances to see the smashing big
hit. "Within the Law.*' It will be
given at a matinee this afternoon,
while the last performance will be
played to-night. The matinee is at
2:2" o’clock, The play has more
thrills th- any presented here In
many years and all Atlanta is ap
plauding it.
"The Blue Bird" Next Week.
The New Theater production of Mae
terlinck’s "The Blue Bird.” a treat
that has bee” ’ong expected, will be
the holiday offering at the Atlanta
Thursday (New Year’s Day and Sat
urday. The theme of the play is ‘he
pursuit of*happiness, f’-dplled by lit
tle Tyltvl and Mytyl’s search for the
elusive Blue Bird. The poet carries
the boy and -'H through many splen
did scenes, through (""ions of despair
and up to the very gate of Heaven It
self till returning at last they And
the object of their sear”'' in their
cottage home. A performance of ex**
traordin&rv merit and charm
is said to be ”"*ured.
"Slave of the Mill.”
It i« promised that the biggest suc
cess of the stock season will be put
on next week at the Bijou by the
Jewell Kelley Stock Company, when
“A Slave of the Mill” will'be given Its
first performance at this house. While
strongly dramatic and sensational in
some of Its features, the characters
of the play are such as one would
meet in everyday life, and the story
so human in the telling? that one is
said almost to forget that it is only
on the stage.
Edward VIPs Letters
Are To Be Destroyed
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Dec. 27.—Queen Alexan
dra at last has consented that a cer
tain portion of the private corre
spondence of the late Ivin? Edward
shall be destroyed.
King George has been anxious sin-'e
his accession that these letters should
be consigned to oblivion, and last
summer, while Queen Alexandra was
at Balmoral, some of them were
burned, but the Queen Mother in
sisted on retaining the bulk of them.
GRIFFIN, Dec. 27.—At the regular
m of the City Council here last
night license for near-beer saloons
for the cumin- year was fixed at $15,-
OOh. Last January the license was
fixed at $6,000. after a strenuous ef
fort had been made to raise it from
$S,000 in 1912 to $10,000.
When the ordinance was read plac
ing tlie tax at $6,000 for the coining
year, Alderman Paul Flynt introduced
an amendment i-crea'i"- it to $15,000.
Alderman Janes offered as a substi
tute that the $6,000 tux be continued.
The substitute was voted down and
the Flynt amendment adopted by a
vote of 5 to 4.
In addition to the tax of $15,000,
no saloon shall operate within 100
feet of any office, residence, store or
other building without the consent of
the occupants of such buildings and
only then after the police committee
has a pproved the application and each
dealer shall give a bond of $1,000 that
he will conform strictly to the State
prohibition law and shall be subject to
prosecution and revocation of the
City Council upon its violation.
This is the highest license tax upon
beer saloons in any city in the Unit
ed States. Just at this time it can
not be stated what step the near-beer
dealers will take in the new license
tax. Since the tax is so high, a test
case may be made as to whether or
not the tax is prohibitory.
Work on the annex to the new
Hurt Building, the construction of
which will give to Atlanta one of the
greatest office buildings in the coun
try. is expected to begin within a
short while, according to announce
ment by Joel Hurt. Just as soon as
the present building fills up with ten
ants, work on the huge annex will
begin. Inasmuch as practically every
room in the present building la now
occupied it is regarded as certain tha*
work on the new structure will be
started in a very few months.
The present building cost $700,000
and w hen the annex is completed an
investment of more than $1.500,000
will stand upon the triangle of Edge-
wood avenue. Exchange place and Ivv
street, which for threescore years
was covered with nothing but shacks
Architecturally the present building
upon which the finishing touches are
just being placed, is one of the most
beautiful office buildings in Atlanta.
The decorations of the annex will
follow along the same line.
Joining the eastern end of the
present building, the annex will ex
tend in two wings, one along Edge-
wood avenue and the other along
Exchange place. The first three floors
will be solid, with the court opening
above, thus allowing plenty of sun
light to each room. Six new eleva
tors will be installed.
The annex will contain one more
story than the present building, the
grade of the street bringing the floor
line of the present subbasement even
with the Ivy street level.
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j N a statement, in which it substitutes fiction for fact, the Chicago Tribune asserts that it has a
1 larger net paid city circulation than any other Chicago morning newspaper.
Lest anybody whom it may concern should be deceived into mistaking bluff tor genuine circu-
lation. the Chicago Examiner makes the following proposal:
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That all the Chicago morning newspapers open up their circulation books and
records to the Association of American Advertisers and to such other represent
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herewith invites the Association of American Advertisers to take the first step
to bring this about.
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sive and comparative. It would remove all doubt in the minds of national ad
vertisers and Chicago merchants as to the circulation, particularly the city
circulation, of each of the four Chicago morning newspapers.
The period for this investigation shall be the six months beginning July 1,1913,
and ending December 31, 1913.
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books and records, then the Chicago Examiner agrees herewith to have a joint
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'T i HF. CHICAGO EXAMINER honestly believes that this investigation will prove that its
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