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Offers Resolution in House to
Suspend Exemption Clause for
Two Years—Wilson Silent.
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GEORGIA
POLITICS
JAMES B. KEVTN
®. B. HEfiRST,
THE PLAYS
THIS WEEK
WASHINGTON, TVc. 27.—Chair
man Adamson, of th© Houma Inter
state and Foreign Commerce Com
mittee. haR struck hie flrat blow t
free Panama Canal tolls for Ameri
can coastwise vessel".
In joint resolution lie 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 asoer
tatned During- these two yea^s
American ships, coastwise and ocean
freighters, would pay the aume tolls
as all foreign ships.
The President 1s 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 coat of operation of the
canal. In this event the President is
to enforce the law for free can'll
tolls for American ships.
Beaten Twice Before.
Adamson has been beaten twice on
a like proposition, and the commu
te© membership has not been changed
in the last two years. Adamson's
resolution provides:
"That the operation and enforce
ment of the followin'* provision: ‘No
tolls shall be levied upon vessels en
gaged in the coastwise trade of the
United States,’ which provision is th
second sentence in section 0 of to *
act entitled ‘an act to provide f or
the opening, maintenance, protect!.n
and operation of the Panama Canal
and sanitation and government of
the Canal Zone,’ approved August l i,
1912, shall be and hereby is sus
pended subject to the following con
ditions:
"At any time after the Panama
Canal shall have been opened and
successfully o[xerated for two years,
If. in the judgment of the President,
the revenue derived from tolls of ves
sels other than those engaged in the
coastwise trade of the I’nited States
• hall *be sufficient to defray the cost
of maintaining . nd operating the i-
nal and the expense of government
and sanitation of the Canal Zone, and
all diplomatic questions touching the
treatment of vessel as to conditions
or charges of trnflu 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 fore* , nd effect.
Plan Is Test, He Says.
"From the date of such executive
order such exemption shall bo allowed
and enforced, but until such execu
tive order shall have been issued the
vesjeds engaged In the coast wis ■
trade of the United States shall pnv
the same tolls required of other ves
sels."
F.xplaining his resolution, Mr.
Adamson sa\ s.
"This resolution proposes two
things—first, nn experimental test to
demonstrate whether or not the tolls
will pay the expenses of operating
the Canal exclusive of the tolls of
the roast wise trade, and the other, to
afford opportunity to adjust all ques-
■ ors of diplomacy touching the to’
"If It Is demonstrated that the tolls
are sufficient to spare the tolls to the
. eastwlse trade, the State Depart
ment will be allowed time to adjust
(mentions growing out of the treaty
stipulations, and If the advocates ot
exemption are found to have been
correct In their contention as to a
sufficiency of revenue and the diplo
matic questions are settled In their
favor, an executive order will then
put the exemption into forte."
Wilson Silsnt on Plan.
Representative Adamson intro
duced the resolution on his own re-
»onaibillty, and it will not go before
Congress as an Administration meas
ure. It was said in high official cir
cles. however, that the silence of the
Administration did not mean that the
proposed step was disapproved. Any
declaration of policy on the subject
of canal tolls has been avoided since
President Wilson assumed office last
Alai. n.
When Ambassador Rryce left
W ashington in April, 1* was vaguely
understood that he had some sort of
assurance that no effort would he
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
Bpring-Rice, the present British Am
bassador. has regained his health, he
will be prepared to resume the nego
tiations at the noint where they wer*»
suspended, though he probably ViII
wait a reasonable time to afford
Congress an opportunity to act upon
the Adamson bill.
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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 he stopped
from carrying on any business under
its near-beer license; also
2. That it be restrained from sell
ing liquor the sale of which 1s pro
hibited bv 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 he 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 say, if that charge Is urged against
the place. |
The temporary injunction doubtless j
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 where 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
A ugusta.
A Savannah prohibitionist discuss
ing the movement says: “Tills 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 polio* department
.as taxpayers that the citizens should
not be called upon to enforce the law.
It is In the statutes and the police
should be given instructions to see
that it is carried out. We believe that
the majority of the people in any
community are law-abiding and want
to see the law enforced. If the law' Is
unpopular, and there seems to lie suf
ficient sentiment to support this con
tention, the thing for the people to do
is to go Into the Legislature and get
relief for the Savannah section They
should not, however, be taught to
flagrantly violate it while it is the
law."
And there you are!
A package came to the Capitol to
day addressed to "Mr. Slayton, Gov
ernor of .Je<»rjlH, Atlanta, Ja ’
“Not all the nuts one wees or hears
of at Christmas time,” said Secretary
Perry, who received the package, "are
placed in the kiddies’ etockings!”
Manager Ed Brown, of th* Kimball j
House, was presented a handsome walk- J
inK cane by the hotel employees ♦«> day,
with the best wishes of that contingent
for a happy holiday season and a pros
perous year to corne.
Mr Brown is well known among the
members of the Legislature, and among
politicians and statesmen generally . real
and near The Kimball has been po
litical headquarters In Atlanta for twen-
ty five years and the greater part of!
Georgia's political history ha been fash- j
Joned within its ample walk
Th© 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 himself. He se
cured the willing co-operation of his
colleagues, and with their help lodged
a protest from the commission of
Georgia that certainly hud Its effect.
The Rome Tribune-Herald blithely
splits .in 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 la wyers on her
highest courts she ought to properly
compensate them "
The demand for just salaries for
the high court Judges is growing 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 the Fed
eral body'.
“The vote to be given Mr. Hobson in
A la bams," 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 be elected to the Senate, hut he will
get a large popular vote nevertheless.
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Wainwright and Others Make Plea;
for Four-Battleship Plan to
Insure Peace.
CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—A plea f"r four
new battlenhipa a year and praise for
William Randolph Hearat. were the
features of an address made her© be
for the Hamilton Club by Rear Ad- |
miral Iiichard Wainwright,
Rear Admiral Wainwright was ex-j
ecutive officer on board the Maine
when that ship was blown up in
Havana harbor on February 15, 1898.
He sharply criticised the "inadequate
naval program" outlined by Con
gress. Colonel Robert M. Th ompson,
president of the New York Athletic
Club and chairman of the American
Committee on Olympic Games, ably
seconded the rear admiral,
"Unless we have a strong 1 avy for
coast defense it will be as easy for
foreign armies to capture Chicago as
New York and Han Frandso- ” said
Colonel Thompson. Rear Admiral
Wainwright 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 dcoble 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. lie 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,
hut 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
w'ar and get them into fighting trim
in a few weeks. By the time they are
ready to fight the war is over."
Twenty members of the Farragqt
Naval Veterans’ Association w r ere the
guests of the Hamilton Club at the
luncheon.
And So Five Will Have Charge of
Sunday School at the Cen
tral Baptist.
"The church can no longer b© run
by women, children and faddists. It
must have the sympathetic co-opera
tion of the 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 1* the besj: method for
increasing the scope of its influence ”
In these words the Rev. Dr. Caleb
■ 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 Sundav school.
These were J. W. Autrey, <,f the
Barclay & Brandon Co., superintend
ent; J. C. Harrison, a traveling man;
H. D. Sorrells, an insurance man; B.
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 by 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,
and our Sunday school now has 500
members where it formerly had less
than 100."
"Within the Law” Closes To-niqht.
The Atlanta public has hut two
more 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
2:30 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 be**' ’ong expected, will be
tin holiday offering at the Atlanta
Thursday (New Year’s Dav' and Sat
urday. The theme of the play is ,v *e
pursuit of happiness. D'lipfied by llt-
tlc Tyltyl and Mytyl’s search for the
el dve Blue Bird. The poet carries
tl boy and through many apian-
di scenes, through regions of despair
ai 1 up to the very gate, of Heaven it-
8. f. till returning at last they find
tl * object of tb*ir sear*^ In their
cottage home. A performance of ex-
tnordin&rv nrmerit and charm
is said to be. -‘-cured.
"Slave of the Mill.”
It is promised that the biggest suc-
c* ss of the stock season will be put
o! nex! week at the Bijou by the
J. well Kellev Stook Company, when
••A Slave of the Mill” will be given Its
first performance at this house. While
s rongly dramatic and sensational in
s- me of Its features, the characters
<v the play are such as one would
it et in everyday life, and the story
y. human in the telling that one is
s.iid almost to forget that it is only
on the stage.
GRIFFIN SAL
Edward VII’s Letters
Are To Be Destroyed
Special Cable to The Atlanta Georgian.
LONDON, Deo. 27.—-Queen Alexan
dra at last has consented that a cer
tain portion of the private corre-
snondence of the late King Edward
shall be destroyed.
King George has been anxious sin 'e
his accession that these letters should
he 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 minin'* year wm fixed at $15,-
000. Last January the license was
fixed at $fi,000, after a strenuous ef
fort had been made to raise it from
$8,000 In 1912 to $10,000.
When the ordinance was read plac
ing the tax at $6,000 for the coming
year, Alderman Paul Plynt introduced
an amendment Iccreasln"' it to $15,000.
Alderman Janes offered as a substi
tute that the $6,000 tax 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 buildlnfes and
only then after the police committee
has approved 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 tafx is prohibitory'.
Work on the annex to th* ne»
Hurt Building, the construction or
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 everv
room In the present building Is now
occupied It is regarded as certain that
work on the new structure win be
started in a very few months.
The present building oost $700 000
and when 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 year,
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 wlli
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 mors
story than the present building, the
grade of the street bringing the floor
line of the present subhasement even
with the Ivy street level.
ASTHMA
He Is forcing the prohibition Issue as
vigorusly as he can. but not with markon
success, save In the extreme types, as
stated. It 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!”
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j N a statement, in which it substitutes fiction for fact, the Chicago Tribune asserts that it has a
* larger net paid city circulation titan any other Chicago morning newspaper.
Lest anybody whom it may concern should be deceived into mistaking bluff for genuine circu
lation, the Chicago Examiner makes the following proposal:
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 ffpen 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 books and
records, then the Chicago Examiner herewith agrees to submit to this
investigation alone because the Chicago Examiner insists on proving
its own circulation.
*T 1 HE CHICAGO EXAMINER honestly believe? that this investigation will prove that its
city circulation is far in excess of any other Chicago morning newspaper, both Daily and
Sundav. ~
The Chicago Examiner honestly believes that this investigation will further show that the ne
paid Sunday circulation of the Chicago Examiner is almost double that tf its nearest competitor
This u.a» printed a* J lull page M 1_/K Chicago examiner an tSaiurdap, December tO, 1913,