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TTTE ATLANTA GEORGIAN AND NEWS. ON FREE Offers Resolution in House to Suspend Exemption Clause for Two Years—Wilson Silent. WASHINGTON. Dec. 27.—Chair- man Adamson, of the House Inter state and Foreign Commerce Com mittee, has struck his first blow t free Panama Canal tolls for Ameri can coastwise vessels. In Joint resolution he proposes a suspension of the existing law ?:>r free toils to American ships for two years that the cost of operation of the Panama Canal may be ascer tained. During these two yea r s American ships, coastwise and ocean freighters, would pay the same tolls 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- < ide whether the tolls thus collected will be more than sufficient for main tenance of co»t of operation of the canal. In tljls event the President is to enforce the law for free canal 'oils for American ships. Beaten Twice Before. Adamson has been beaten twice on a like proposition, and the rommi - tee membership* has not been changed in the last two years. Adamson's "evolution provides: “That the operation and enforce ment of the following provision: ‘No tolls shall be levied upon vessels en- Kaged in the coastwise trade of the United States,’ which provision is the second sentence in section f» of the act entitled ‘an act to provide *or the opening, maintenance, protection and operation of the Panama (.'anal and sanitation and government of the Canal Zone,’ approved August 2 4, 1912, shall he and hereby is sus pended subject to the following con ditions: “At any time after the Panama Canal shall have been opened and successfully operated 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 Cnited States shall be sufficient to defray the cost of maintaining .,nd operating the ca nal and the expense of government and sanitation of the (’anal Zone, and all diplomatic questions touching the treatment of vessels as to conditions >r charges of traffic at he canal sh ill have be«B adjusted, then the Presi dent Is authorized to issue an execu tive order declaring such suspended exemption of full force i nd effect. Plan Is Test, He Says. 'From the date of such executive order such exemption shall he allowed and enforced, but until such execu tive order shall have been issued the vessels engaged in the coastwise trade of the Cnited States shall pav the same tolls required of other ves sels.” Explaining his resolution, Mr. Adamson says: “This resolution proposes two things first, an experimental test to demonstrate whether or not the tolls will pay the expenses of operating the Canal exclusive of the tolls of the coastwise trade, and the other, to afford opportunity to adjust all ques tions of diplomacy touching the to' s. “If it Is demonstrated that the toUii are sufficient to spare the tolls to 'he coastwise trade, the State Depart ment 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 a sufficiency of revenue and the diplo mat!'' 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- oonsibtllty, 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 tbo proposed step was disapproved. Any • v< la rat ion of policy on the subject of canal tolls has been avoided since President Wilson assumed office last March. When Ambassador Bryce left Washington in April. P was vaguely understood that he had some sort of rssurance 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 Spring-Rice, the present British Am bassador, has regained his health, hs will be prepared to resume the nego- I'.ations at the noint where they were suspended, though he probably will wait a reasonable time to afford Congress an opportunity to act upjn the Adamson bill. 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That It he restrained from sell ing liquor the sale of which 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 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, hut 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 will he 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, hut 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 dl»cussr- 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 police department as taxpayers that the citizens should not he called 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 want 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 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 Jeorjla, Atlanta, Ja.” “Not all the nuts one sees or hears of at Christmas time,” said Secretary j Perry, who received the pac kage, “are placed in the kiddies’ stockings!” Manager Ed Brown, of the Kimball House, was presented a handsome- walk- j ing c ane by the- hotel employees to-day, . with the host wishes of that contingent for a happy holiday season and a pros perous year to come. Mr Brown is we ll known among the : members of the- Legislature, and among politicians ard statesmen generally, real j and near. The Kimball has been po ll! W-al headquarters In Atlanta for twen ty five years, and the greate r part of | Georgia’s political history has been fash - j 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 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 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* Home paper says: “The judges of the Court of Appeals of Georgia are giving up the office on account of the meager salaries paid b the- State. If Georgia wants good lawyers on hei highest courts she ought to properly compensate them.” i'he demand for jus?t 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. elements—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 he 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 he elected to the Senate, hut he will get a large popular vote nevertheless. Wainwright and Others Make Plea for Four-Battleship Plan to Insure Peace. CHICAGO, Dec. 27.—A plea for four new battleships a year and praise for William Randolph Hearst, were the features of an address made here be- 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 15, 1898. 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 Games, ably seconded the rear admiral. “Unless we have a strong navy for coast defense it will he as easy for foreign armies to capture Chicago as New York and Han Francisco,” 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 decide questions of na tional honor in the future,” he said. “They fail to understand that the court must have a strong rftikitary 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, hut we are hopelessly outnumbered by the great military powers, and we need a navy frtr defense. The coun try is rich enough. “You can’t got recruits on the eve of war and get them into fighting trim in a few w'eeks. 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. He is forcing the prohibition issue as vlgorusly as he can. but not with marked 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!” And So Five Will Have Charge of Sunday School at the Cen tral Baptist. The church can no longer he 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 is the best method for Increasing the yoope of its influence.” In these words the Rev. Dr. Caleb A. Ridley, pastor of the Central Bap tist C hurch, epitomized his experi ence of fifteen years as a minister. He was discussing the selection of live business men to be in charge of the Central Baptist Sunday school. These were J. \T. Autrey, of the Barclay & Brandon Co., superintend ent; J. ( . 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 hoys' 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 t ho 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.” Santa’ To Be Tried For Shooting Child S. G. Rutledge, No. 51 Fades street, will be tried before Recorder Broyles Saturday afternoon on a charge of shooting the 4-year-old daughter of Mrs. William L. Johnston, No. 229 McDaniel street, while impersonating Santa Claus Christmas Day. Rutledge was playing with the child and flourishing a pistol loaded with blank cartridges. The weapon was discharged accidentally, the wadding in the shell striking the child on the arm. The wound is not serious. Chief Beavers ordered the arrest of Rut ledge. He was released on $300 bond. Demands Reward for Dog; Wilkinson Sues Bail trover proceedings were taken out against D. L. Echols by Ordinary Wilkinson Saturday for the recovery of a collie dog lost by the Ordinary several days ago and said to be in Echols’ possession. Echols declined to turn the dog ov^r to the Ordinary unless a reward of $25 was paid. But the latter failed to see wherein a dog was worth more than $2 and would offer no more. Edward VII’s 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 King Edward shall be destroyed. King George has been anxious since 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. WEDS ARKANSAS GIRL. LITTLE ROCK, ARK., Dec. 27- Miss Pearl Caldwell and D. E. Hunt, of Daisy, Ga., foreman of the steel bridge workers of the Seaboard Air Line, were married here by the Rev. Mr. Millan to-day. They left for a trip to Central America. They will reside in Daisy. GRIFFIN, Dec. 27.—At the regular nv of the City Council here last night license for near-beer saloons for the comin» r year was fixed at $15,- 000. Last January the license was fixed at $6,000, 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 Flynt Introduced an amendment increasl""’ 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 buildings and only then after the police committee has approved the application and each dealer shall give a bond of $1,000 that lie 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 _ begin. Inasmuch as practically every room In the present building is now occupied it is regarded as certain thTt work on tne new structure will h« started in a very few months. The present building cost S700.000 and when the annex is completed an investment of more than J1.500 000 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 storv 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 “Thomason’s Famous Asthma Remedy” to AMERICAN ASTHMATIC CO. Inc., ATLANTA, GA. Daily 8 to 7 Sun. 9 to 1 Special Holiday Prices:- $10jFined 1 58c lip $3; ESSSm 50c Dr. E.G. 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The habit of learning how cold it is before dressing for the day may pre vent many a old. JOHN L. MOORE & n “ ve WINDOW THKKMmMK- i EUS that will give you the exact tem perature. 42 N. Broad St.—Advt. I 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 lor 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 doubTm" the mmdsoF 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 al[ 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. HE CHICAGO EXAMINER honestly believes that this investigation will prove that its ty 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. This announcement km printed as a full page i/t £he L'hteagu trammer on Saturday, December -CK i9JZ.