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SOCIALIST DEMANDS KAISER ASK PEAC
y ait g '
Colonel’s Activity at the National
' . g
Capital Has Solidified Demo
cratic Opposition to All the
Measures That He Advocates.
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War Cabinet-Bill Is" Doomed by
His Support—Universal Serv
ice Might Be Successful if
He Would Cease His Talk.
By JOHN TEMPLE GRAVES.
WASHINGTON, Jan. ;‘G.w'l‘hough'l
ful commentators, removed from par
tisanship and from personal animos
ities, agree that the presence of Colo
nel Roosevelt in Washington at this
time is not likely to stinfulate any
war funections of the Government,
even if they needed a stimulus, and is
certainly not likely to expédite any
war legislation, which has so far been
moving smoothly enough along cath
olic and patriotic lines of nonpartisan
statesmanship. One of these com
mentators, a friend of the Colonel,
said:
The aitmosphere which the Coglo
nel hreathes and exudes is one of
wrangle and antagonism, not of unity
and agreement. It was so while he
was in the presidency. He was 1n
perpetuaj wrangie with Congress. 1t
is so today.”"
Deepens Partisan Feeling.
It is markedly evident that the no
table first result of C'olonel Roosevelt's
arrival in Washington has been to
crystallize and deepen the partisan
sealing horn of Monday's senatorial
debate. He is a storm center of per
sonal politics always, and his ¢oming
has already solidified faction and
drawn party lines more sharply than
efore.
There is no necessary war legisla
on in which Colonel Roosevelt’'s
presence is likely to bring about unity.
Quite the contrary. The Colonel has
degenerated into an obstructionist. He
has lost the capacity to unify and
lead. It was rather a poor prelude,
Senators say, to a constructive mis
sion ‘“to enter the National Capital
s the peroration and personal incar
) tion of the consecutive tirades of
icism with which he has assailed
the administration in the profitable
columns of the syndicate which has
employed him.” ‘
War Cabinet Bill Doomed. i
Fhe Chamberlain War Cabinet bill,
which never had any real chance of
wcess, is rendered now absolutely
cure of defeat by the Roosevelt bel
izerent ‘championship.
He has soldered Democratic opposi
tion $0 almost anything which he ar
dently advocated—which is, to say the
Ist, unfortunate, if it is not crim-:
lal.
The worst of it is that the projec
ion of Colonel I{n-us:n\*(-h_ is likely to
seriously prejudice the vital fortunes
of the umversql _military service
measure, which is iust now the most
fundamentally wise and desirable
piece of legislation before the Sixty
fifth Congress. |
If Colonel Roosevelt-had remained
at home-or if Colonel Roosevelt would
Ick his trunk and go<home now, the
chances of the universal service bill
vould be materially enhanced. His
resence here is getting things out of
co-ordination, and fanning the flames
of a partisanship which has no pldce
n a serions national and internationat
is like this ‘
Reflects Sober Judgment.
This was the *language of a caim
. | level-headed Republican Senator
’ Iy, and it fairly reflects the sober
gmeént of the capital
he Colonel makes fine sport for the
wds. He is good stuff for the re
ters and food for reflective eom
it by the more serious correspond
s, He can always make a Roman
dav for the mob who follows him
h shout of “Teddyv! Teddy!' but his
d upon the judgment and action of
American people was lost at Chl
c never to be x'v,g;aiqo:l
‘Too personally ambitious to be re
-1 able or true” is the new popular
i dement 6f Theodore Roosevelt
The universal military training bill
sollow immediately upon the Wa
yinet measure
\ ¢+ ie high time that\ ail friends of
+ oreat policy:should rally with se
o and concentrated earnestness to
o most impartant of all the demain
‘ ¢ . 2 ihin wroas mariad
‘Jackies Forbi
‘Jackies Forbidden
Chocolate; Ground
‘Glass Is Feared
5 iy
; GREAT LAKES, ILL., Jan, 26,
: Commander W. A, Moffett,
§ of the naval training station
, here, has prepared an order for
g bidding the jackies to eat choco
>lates, it was learned this after
) noon,
) The action is the result of the
) investigation, which disclosed
) grond glass\in a well known brand
» of chocolates intended for the sail-
E ors, Commander Moffett has also
, tightened his food inspection de
| partment and has decided that
{ hereafter as much food as possi
ble will be prepared in the camp
and as little as possible purchased
. cutside.
Second Fuelless Monday Ap
proaches With All Concerned
~ Knowing Where They Stand.
Tomorrow, the second of the “fuel
less” Mondays, will be observed
throughout the Bastern States in
much the same manner as on last
Monday, except that more definite
rulings have been made by the na
tional and State administrators, clear
ihg up the_"goubts as to the effect on
several lines of business.
All facloxiea.g,ndk other industrial
enterprises are forbidden to use any’
form of fuel for heating their plants,
except to prevent freezing of pipes
and mechinery. Exceptions are made
in case of plants producing or dis
tributing foods, and those engaged in
making supplies for the army and
navy. Definite rulings have been ob
tained directly in most cases, by the
industries interested.
Plants using hydro-electric power
appear to be unaffected by the order,
except as to cotton mills in Georgia,
which was covered in a ruling made
Friday by Administrator Hardman.
He insisted that all cotton mills, even
those using hydro-clectric power, be
closed on Mondays.
All retail and wholesale stores ex
cept those handling food -and drugs
must remain closed all day, except
that receiving clerks may remain on
duty up to 1 o’clock to receive freights
delivered from the railroads.
Grocery stores must close at noon,
instead of continuing open until 5
o'clock, as on last Monday. .
Drugstores may remain open for
the usual hours, all day and evening,
but the wording of the Garfield order
was ‘“for the sale of drugs only.” The
Jacobs chain of stores” in Atlanta
announces that only drugs will be
sold.
No definite ruling has been made as
to restaurants connected with soda
fountains and cigar stores. On last
Monday these sold all lines as \.J.sual,l
and this probably will be the rule
unless some definite order is given to
the contrary.
Offices, “except those of physicians
and dentists and offices of the city,
State and Federal Governments, must
not be heated, unless by the use of
electricity derived wholly from water
Fower. ”
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6 Killed, 6 Injured
In Torpedo Explosion
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—Six men
were killed and several were injured
in a torpedo explosion at Newport,
R. 1., it was announced by the Navy
Department late this afternoon.
The news was transmitted to Sec
retary Daniels by “Captain Beach,
commandant of the torpedo station,
by long-distance telephone.
Captain Beach said no suspicious
circumstances surrounded the acci
dent, but that a full report would be
sent in by telegraph.
America Informed
Of Riots in Berlin
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON. Jan. Z26.-—Ameri
can diplomatsg in neutral countries to
day cabled to the State Department
stories current there of rioting in
Berlin No details were given and
the cables made it plain that the re
ports wore as vet without official con
firm':finn\\
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Necessity for Inducing Maximum
Possible Production Weighs in
Balance Against Immediate
Comfort of the Consumers.
Speculation Alf®ady Discouraged
to Greater Extent Than Ever
Known, on Operation of Real
Law of Supply and Demand.
By ARTHUR R. MARSH,
Editor of The Economic World.
The dally quotations of the cotton
exchanges bear witness to the fact
that the price of cotton forms no ex
ception to the general rule of abnor
mallgy and, as some would have it,
inordinately high prices for the nec
essaries of life consequent upon the
world-wide conditions of war. In all
the cotton markets of the world this
commodity today commands a high
er price than has béen “known for
some 50 years. To find a parallel to
the present price of cotton 'in the
American markets we must go back
to August and September of 1869,
when a violent but short-lived spec
ulation produced gquotations slightly
higher than those recently registered
in this country.
In the cotton markets iof Great}
Britain and of Clontinental Europe—in
g 0 far as these latter are now open—-‘
the price situation is even more strik
ing, since quotations equal to or ex
ceeding those at present obtaining in
those markets have not been seen
since the first months of 1365, before
the American Civil War, with its
attendant cotton famine, had been
brought to a close. At no time since‘
the early '7os has the price of cotton,
eithe~ in this country or in Europe.\
been as much as two-thirds of tho‘
present price; in but a few years has
it been 1s much as one-half the pres-‘
ent price, and therz have been numer- |
ous years in which it was but one
fifth to one-quarter of the present‘
price. Taking the average price of‘
the more recent past as the criterion
of normality, it is found that, as
against a present price of middling
cotton in New York of between 32 and
33 cents a pound, the average prices
for the same grade of cotton in the
same market during the ten years
from 1906 to 1915 was approximately
11 3-4 cents a pound, or but little
more than one-third as much.
Speculation |s Discouraged.
In the presence of these facts it is
impossible to deny that the price of
cotton is abnormally high—at least,
if the sole test of normality is that
which has happened within recent ex
perience. The cotton trade, at,any
rate, almost universally holds that the
price of the commodity is abnormal
to an important extent, and therefore
exceptionally hazardous for those en
raged in the business. As a conse-'
quence oi this feeling the order of the
day with the trade Is extreme conser- |
vatism in respect of all commitments |
undertaken and a discouragement of
speculative activities perhaps unprec- |
edented in the history of cotton—a
commodity to which for a variety of
reasons speculation has been much
drawn in the past.
It is probable that at no time since
the great cotton exchanges were or
ganized, not quite half a cemtury ago,
has the volume of essentially specu
lative trading upon them been so
small as it is at present. None of
the speculative campaligning that has‘
usually played a more or less impor- |
tan part in extensive advances in the |
price of cotton has been in evidpm;el
in connection with this most exten
sive advance of all that the existln&‘
generation of cotton traders has eve |
witnessed. This is a fact of consid
erable importance in connection with
the general question of the economlc|
propriety and defengibility of !hel
price level to which cotton has ad- !
vanced during the last year, or, per
haps better, two years, seeing that
the price rise has been virtunally con
tinuous, save for brief interruptions,
during this entire period. 5
Consumers Directly Touched.
Not only the cotton trade, but the
public generally, has been L;rofr)lxn(]l)"
impressed of late by the seeming ab
normality ‘of the price of cotton, and
not a few persons have recently been
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ATLANTA, GA., SUNDAY, JANUARY 27, 1918.
’
Its Practice for the Last Two
i Years Has Served to Increase
~ to a Noticeable Extent the War
Work of the British Nation.
lMany Industries Opposed Meas
- ure—At First Farmers Doubted
Its Value, but They, Too, Have
~ Been Won Over.
LONDON, Jan. 26.—Daylight saving
has been in operation in England for
two vears. It is apparently a com
plete success. The project had been
agitated for years, but was in danger
of being indefinitely shelved . when
war started. The pressing need for
national economy brought the subject
up again in 1916, and a daylight sav
ing bill was rushed through Parlia
ment in record time. ~
. The gquestion was revived in thé
' House of Commons by Sir Henry Nor
iman on May 8, 1916. A bill was in
‘troduced May 9. 1t was read a sec
ond time May 10. It became layg May
17, and all clocks were advanced one
hour four days later, May 21. In 1916
England reverted to normal time Sep
tember 30 for the winter only. Nine
other coutries—France, Holland, Den
mark, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Portu
gal, Germany and Austria—adopted
daylight saving in 1916.
he object of daylight saving Is to
throw the working day one hour near
er sunrise during the summer months,
thereby utilizing an hour of morning
daylight otherwise wasted. This
leaves an extra hour of daylight in
the evening for outdoor recreation,
which, it is believed, greatly improves
public health and saves a correspond
ing amount of gas and electricity and
fuel used in the manufacture of artifi
cial light.
The originator of the project was a
prominent T.ondon architect, the late
William Willett. During 33 vears he
rode in the early morning to business
through practically empty London
streets, and the reflection was borne
in upon him that the best part of the
summer day was being wasted. He
said he discovered that time habits
formed for convenience during the
dark days of winter were still allowed
to apply in summer when conditions
had completely changed.
Idea Met Ridicule.
Mr. Willett's Idea of altering the
time in summer was ridiculed at first,
but in 1908 Le was successful in get
ting a daylight saving bill through two
readings in the House of Commons.
The committee to which the bill was
referred reported favorably' on the
project, but no further action was
taken. Another daylight saving bill
mdvanced through two readings in
1909 and was referred to a commit
tee which reported “having regard to
the great diversity of opinion existing
upon the proposals of the bhill and to
the grave doubts which have been ex
pressed as to whether the objects of
the measure can be attained by legis
lation without giving rise, in cases in
volving important interests, to seri
ous inconvenience, your committee
recommends that the bill be not fur
ther proceeded with.”
A report favorable to the bill was
drawn up by the chairman of the
comrmittee, but it was rejected by a
majority of one. Four subsequent
daylight saving bills in 1911, 1812,
1913 and 1914 never advanced beyond
a first reading.
Farmers Protested.
Opposition to the project came
chiefly from agriculturists. Objections
by other interests were aiso raised. |t
was pointed out that if the I.ondon
Stock Exchange continued to close at
4 o'clock this would abolish the only
hour of coincidence between the ex
changes of New York and Il.ondon.
Similarly it was considered inadvisa
ble to curtail the hours of coincidence
of other New York and London mart
kets, such as those of cottonr and other
produce. I'pholders of the scheme
pointed out, on the other hand, the
advantage of exira orders from the
East.
It was also argued hat theaters
would be hit and that international
traflic and mails would be disorgan
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xThreat of Damage Suits After War
Made Against Present Plan
; of Compensation.
I (By International News Service.)
I WASHINGTON, Jan, 26.-—Railroads
| today pyesented their legal argu
ment against President Wilson's plan
for Federal control of the railroads,
Alfred P. Thom, counsel for the
(r:nl\\'uy executive advisory council,
|appeared before the Senate interstate
| commerce committee and argued
iugninm. the present bill providing for
{ Federal control of the railroads,
‘ Thom gave the Senate committee
'plvnl_\' of room to infer that the rail
iroads will not be satisfied with Pres
}idem Wilson's plan for compensation
on a basis of an average of the net in
}('umv for the last three years. He
intimated that after the war the rall
roads would seek damages by liti
!guriun,
! There was every indication today
las the final hearings were being held
|that the present railroad bill before
(‘ongress will be largely rewritten be
{ fore being brought before the House
'and Sena'e for debate.
! ’
Maxim Gorky Shot
.
In Petrograd Riots
| I
‘ (By International News Service.)
LONDON, Jan. 26 —Maxim Gourk)
l?.’xmmn\ Russian noveligt, has been
slightly wounded by being struck
i\vnh a rifie bullet during the disor
tders in Petrograd, it was reported
lhl-m the Russian caqpitai today
Wk
Offers to Pay Cost
.
If Ala. Legislature
Holds ‘Dry’ Session
(By International News Service.)
MONTGOMERY, Jan. 26.—Gov -
ernor Henderson has received a
letter from Breckinridge Mus
grove, of Walker County, offering
to defray the expenses of the
present Legislature if it should be
called together to pass on the
prohibition \ amendment to the
Federal Constitution. An extra
gession would cost the State
~ about $50,000
Governor Henderson was asked
what he intended to do about
calling the Legislature. His re
ply was:
“I’have not given the matter the
least consideration as yet. Speak
ing personally, I will say that if I
were a member of the present
Legislature, elected to the office
three years ago, I would decline
to vote on the question.
“The present Legislature was
elected when the national prohibi
tion question was not an issue,
and as there are two more Leg
islatures to convene in Alabama
before the seven years expire, I do
not see any use in being in a hur
' ry about passing on it, and feel
that the people should have a
chance to exprees their views on
the issue.”
. .
Wright Is Given
.
Committee Places
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—Repre
seritative W. . Wright, of Georgia.
successor to Judge Adamson, was as
g gned to the committees on irriga
tion of arid lands, merchant marine
‘and fisheries and election of 'presi
dent, l
(Copyright 1913 by the
Georgian Company.)
Mistrial Declared in Trial of Rob
ert Collins, Accused of Murder
of N. T. Spinks at Macon.
MACON, Jan. 26.—Unable to agree
on a verdict, the jury in the case of
Robert E. Collins, tried Friday on a
charge of murdering N. T. Spinks
Nosember 17 in front. of Sessions’
store, near Mercer University, was
discharged by Judge H. A. Mathews
today after deliberating 24 hours, and
a mistrial was declared.
In his statement to the jury Collins
claimed he killed Spinks because he
had alienated the affections of his
wife, He asserted he saw Spinks
holding Mrs. Collins’ hands just be
fore he shot him. Witnesses for tls
State asserted Spinks was shot in the
back.
Mrs. Collins had brought two suits
for divorce against Collins, The last
petition was filed fust before the kiil
ing of Spinks
More Light Sought
In Officers’ Trial
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.—Further
nvestigation was ordered this after
noon by the War Department follow
ing the conviction by court-martial
of two medical reserve officers of neg
lect of duty The defendants, who
were ordered dismissed from the sery
ce by the court-martial, were First
Lieutenant John = Dwye: Camp
Funston, Kdns=as,. and First lLicuten
ant William Cole, of Camp Beaure
gard, Louisiana. Cole was charged
with improperly treating a delirious
patient, while Dwyer was charged
with refusing to treat a patient who
later died
THIS EDITION CONSISTS CF
The Following Sections:
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2~-Late Nows, Firing M y
Line, Autos, Farming, b—u:%o.
MantAds G6—Comi
PRICE 5 CENTS—PAY NO MORE.
Philip Scheidemann Tells Relchsa
tag Defeat of France and Ger
many Will Not End Strugglex
. . .
Riots in Berlin Reported,
Austria-Hungary Announces Wil
lingness to Conclude Separate
Peace With Russia on Temms
Announced by the Bolsheviki,
(By International News Service.)
AMSTERDAM, Jan, 26.—Complete
reinstatement of Belglum and a di
rect appeal for peace before spring
were demanded by Phillp Schoge
mann, German Socialigt leader, n
©ddress to the main committes offthe
‘Reichstag, 1 ’
. Scheldmann also eriticized Chan
cellor von Hertling’s answer to Pre
mier David Lloyd George and Presi
dent Wilson, in regard to the peace
aims of the Entente Powers.
Scheldmann laid emphasis upoi
his assertion that even if France and
England were to quit fighting Ger
many still would have America to
reckon with,
. . .
Austria Willing t 9
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, Jan. 26.-—Austria-Hun«
gary has signified her willingness to
conclude a separate peace wgh Rus«~
sia in the event the present negotia
tions between Russia and the Central
Powers at Brest-Litovsk collapse, ac
cording to a dispatch from Petrograd
today,
The dispatch added that Auntr!l.
had consented to treat with Russia on
the diplomatic basls previously an
nounced by the Bolshevik Govern
ment,
'
Trotzky Permitted
To Resume Parley
(By International News Service.)
COPENHAGEN, Jan. 26.—Leen
Trotzky, the Bolshevik Foreign Min
ister, has been empowered to resume
peace negotiations with the Central
Empires at Brest-Litovsk by the
Congress of Workmen’'s and Soldiers
Delegates of all Russia, said a dis
patch from Petrograd this afternoon,
Dr. Kuehlmann, Ge,npan Forelgn
Minister, is scheduled to arrive at
Brest Tuesday and the Austrian Fore
eign Minister Monday,
.
Finland, Threatens
.
War on Bolsheviki
(By International News Service.) .
STOCKHOLM, Jan, 26.—The new
autonomous Government of Finland
has sent an ultimatum to the Bel
shevik Government at Petrograd
threatening a declaration of war un
less the Holsheviki discontinue fur=
nishing KFinnish revolutionists with
arms, said a dispatch from Hapliran
da today,
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Scheme to Infeot
.
Bandages Disclosed
(By International News Service,)
SPRINGFIELD, lILI., Jan. 26—
Sensational disclosures of a presumse
ably German plot to infect Red Crgss
bandages made here with tetanus and
anthrax germs was m%e here today
to United States District Attornéy B
. Knott. The revelations were mada
by Dr. Walter G, Baine, State pathol.
ogist, "