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I III' Hi liA.MA UrA/IU i IA AMI .n r. w sv BN FREE 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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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. ASTHMA RELIEVED IN 2 MINUTES Or Money Refunded. 50c Pkg. by Mail Isn’t Our Offer Fair? Send for lie is forcing the prohibition issue “Thomason's Famous Asthma Remedy” to vlgoruslj as -an but not with marked AMERICAN ASTHMATIC CO. Inc., ATLANTA, GA. success, save in the extreme types, as ^ 1 * stated. Jt is said that many Repub licans dearly desire to see Underwood defeated in fact. Republicans generally throughout the nation are hoping for that to happen—and so they are lining up, and being lined up. for Hobson in Alabama. . "As I said, however, Underwood will win with thousands of votes to spare!” Hours: Daily 8 to 7 Sun. 9 to 1 Special Holiday Prices:-* 50c up 50c Dr. E.G. 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January I5c-any-^ c News Stand tion 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: i That all the Chicago morning newspapers open up their circulation books and records to the Association of American Advertisers and to such other represent ative bodies as may be selected. The Chicago Examiner herewith agrees to have this investigation made and it herewith invites the Association of American Advertisers to take the first step to bring this about. The investigation, under these auspices, would be fair and square, comprehen 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. If any one of the other morning newspapers of Chicago refuses to open up its books and records, then the Chicago Examiner agrees herewith to have a joint investigation made with the remaining Chicago morning newspapers. If all of the other morning newspapers refuse to open their hooks and records, then the Chicago Examiner herewith agrees to submit to this investigation alone because the Chicago Examiner insists cn proving its own circulation. 'T i HF. CHICAGO EXAMINER honestly believes that this investigation will prove that its city circulation is far in excess of any other Chicago morning newspaper, both Daily and Sunday. — The Chicago Examiner honestly believes that this investigation will further show that the net paid Sunday circulation of the Chicago Examiner is almost double that of its nearest competitor. ~h 13 U M... *>*••/< *.( 1 h<. <- kiiilj ■ '••if, Ucceinbet