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VOL. XVIII 24-Hour{ 2 JAotepaivmmt News} Service
CAR MEN DEFY INTERNATIONAL
WHICH ORDERS STRIKE ENDED
Payne Gives Figures on Receipts
From All Vessels Since thr
£ 8 §i s
Signing of the Armistice.
(By Internationaf News Service.)
. WASHINGTON, March 11.—Net
earnings of the shippig board in a
period of slightly more than six
months following the armistice
amounted to $166,493,994.85, accord
ing to figures laid before the Senate
Commerce Committee Wednesday
afternoon by Chairman John Barton
Payne of the shipping board. ‘
Chairman Payne presented figures
to show that net revenue from opera
tions to June 30, 1919, were $166,493,"
994.85 and that the balance of re
ceipts over disburse.nents for opera
tions to December 31, 1915, was $137,-,
549,508.97, g
A total annual saving of $8,659,-
072.13 has been effected by the pres
ent administration of the board,
Chairman Payn'e announced. ligures
were presented showing that on Feb
ruary 10 the total cargo fleet was
1,673 vessels, with a dead weight ton
nage of 9,282,122, It was shown that
159 cargo vessels with a dead weight
tonnage of 959,749 have been sold.
The passenger fleet now consists
of thirty-two vessels, the greater part
of which consist of the ex-German
passenger liners. Seven passenger
ships, built by the board, have been
sold,
The active program of the board
now calls for a fleet of 2,311 vessels
at a tonnage of 13,592,710, Chairman
Payne said. 1
The large earnings shown by Chalr
man Payne’s report were made dur
ing a period when the rnerchant ma
rine was being adjusted to peace
time conditions, it was pointed out,
and indicates huge profits from the
operations of the vessels.
Anti-Saloon Chief Is
Bitterly Assailed
(By International News Service.)
ALBANY, N. Y., March 11,—Wil
liam D.. Anderson, State superin
tendent of the Auti-Saloon League,
which may be subjected to legislative
{nvestigation of its prohibition lob
bying, was today charged' with fo
menting a revolution within the
United States by Assemblyman Loulis
A. Cuvellier.
“We have been asked to throw out
the Socialists,” ¥ declared Vuvilller,
who besides being a member of the
Judiciary Committee which conducted
the Socialist inquiry, is sponsor for
the investigation resolution aimed at
the Anti-Saloon League. “We are
asked to expel them for giving aid
and comfort to an enemy outsiae the
country, but we haven't done any
thing yet with Anderson, who is caus
ing a revolution within the country by
bringing the religious question to the
fore.
“Mr. Anderson is 6 feet tall, 48
years old, and big and healthy, but I
did not see him in any war for his
country,” continued Cuvellier. “He is
a moral and physical coward and the
thirty-five ex-service men in this As
sembly resent his threatening and
bulldozing. Remember there was one
man sent to the penitentiary for in
sulting the Legislature. If the Re
publican party had a leader in this
State, Anderson would be in jail long
ago.”
THE WEATHER,.
Forecast — Cloudy Thulsday
night and Friday; probably rain.
Temperatures—6 a, m. 49; 8
a. m,, 53; 10 a. m,, 59; 12 noon,
64; 1 p. m., 65; 2 p. m., 67,
Sunrise, 5:54, Sunset, 5:42,
Liquor Smuggling
.
Planes Darken Air l
.
In Florida, She Says
(By Universal Service.)
CHICAGO, March 11.—Airplanes {
and all types of ‘seacraft are car
rying on an immense liquor smug- '
gling business along the Florida
coast, according to Mrs. Roland R.
Hurford, who spent six weeks near
Palm Beach.
“The ocean is crowded with all
kinds of vessels and the air is dark
with aircraft-—mostly hydroplanes
—all engaged in smuggling whisky
to the Florida coast,” Mrs. Hurford
said. 3 s
“The source of supply is an island
called Bimini, under the British
protectorate, 85 miles off the coast.
Every vessel that can be stolen,
bought, begged or chartered, is sent
to Bimini and loaded with liquors.
“They bring it to the three-mile
limit and then the hydroplanes fly
out. The whisky is thrown over
board with buoys attached and
picked up by the planes and
brought to land.” l
Allied Officers Are 1
Stoned by Germans
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, March Il.—Another at
tack by Germans upon allied army
officers was reported from Berlin
‘today. A group of British, French
and Belgian -officers were stoned
while passing through Brandenburg,
said a dispatch from Berlin.
Reports are current in Berlin that
France still demand indemnity for
the French soldier who was killed at
Weinitz by a German policeman.
Herr Bauer, German chancellor, has
issued an appeal to the German pub
lic to treat allied army officers po
litely and threatens sever measures
to prevent further attacks.
Scotland Going Dry,
Bishop Welldon Thinks
| By BISHOP WELLDON,
1 Dean of Durham.
| (Special to Universal Service.)
~ LONDON, March 11.—It is possible
within twelve months of a little more
that all Scotland will have followed
America's agkample and gone dry. |
. The experiment in Scotland by pros
‘hibition forces will be a local experi
ment, and it is expected that the re
sulting officiency and morality will
induce other areas to follow suit. |
I hope Scotland will be the
pioneer in reform in which England
will perhaps, at no distant date, fol
low suit. |
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Foch Finds Politics =~
Lost in Clouds, He Says
(By Universal Service.)
PARIS, March 11.—Paris newspa
pers publish the following statement
by Marshal Foch in comment on his;
visit to the German occupied area:
By MARSHAL FOCH. ‘
Politics is now lost in the c!ouds.‘
I decline to follow it. All I can sayi
is that my visit to the occupied Rhlne{
provinces has assured me that the
American and all other allied troops‘
retain the same excellent spirit that
filled them at the time of the armis
tice.
Uses Local Anesthetic
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~ SWAINSBORO, Ga., March 11.—Dr.
Rufus Cecil Franklin performed an
!unusual operation at his sanitarium
ihere a few days ago on Mrs. Robert
‘Thompson, Because of the age of the
Ipatient and the weakness of her
heart. Doctor Franklin used novo
caine, a local anesthetic, in remov
)mg her appendix and repairing a
hernia of the umbilicus,
The patient is reporteéd recovering
'rapidly. .
Progressives Start
Boom for Johnson
(By Universal Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 11.—A
movement of Progressive senators to
the support of Senator Hiram John
son’s campaign for the presidency was
|initiated here by Senators Kenyon
tof lowa andl eorge W, Norris of
Nebraska.
l Both senators issued statements
urging Johnson's nomination,
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Many Wilson Followers Said To
Be "Shifting to Bryan's| View of
Ratification in Some Form.
By J. BART. CAMPBELL,
Staff Correspendent of the I. N. S.
WASHINGTON, March 11.—A test
of strength was imminent today be
tween administration Senators stand
irg by the President and the growing
number of Democratic Senators shar
ing 4Y. J. Bryan’s opinion that to‘
make Article X a campaign issue
would be suicidal for the Democratic
party. ‘
Bryan is expected to re-appear in|
the- Senate lobbies and ante rooms
before the last ditch of the treaty
fight is reached. He hopes to fan
the hot resentment among many
Democratic Senators at the Presi
dent’s insistence upon’ injecting the
Léague of Nations into the campaign.
BRYAN’'S VIEW.
Bryan wanws the treaty ratified.
He thinks the will of a Senate ma
jority should prevail.
Hitchcock apparently agrees with
the President that the treaty fight
should be carried into the campaign.
There are many Democratic Sena
tors who do not share either the
President’s nor Hitchcock’'s views. A
number of them are in open rebel
lion against the President and Hitch
cock.
The Lodge reservation to Article
X will, however, muster more Demo
cratic votes this time than it did in
November when the Democratic side
blocked ratification. Even Hitchcock
concedes this. But not enough Dem
ocratic Senators will vote for it and
ratification.
DEADLOCK UNBROKEN.
Further negotiations for a com
promise on Article X between Re
publican and Democratic Senators
seeking ratification were under way
today.
But even those participating in
them admited they were not very
hopeful of breaking the deadlock.
Defeat of the treaty for the second
time seemed inevitable.
Governor Catts Predicts
Republican President
MOBILE, Ala., March 11.—Governor
Sidney J. Catts of Florida, candidate
for United Btates senator against
Duncan U. Fletcher, in an address at
Pensacola last night declared the
country would have a Republican
president.
“The truth must be told. We will
have a Republican President,” the
governor declared.
Atlantan Grabs
SSO for an Idea
Remember, of course, the
incompleted limerick
about the young damsel
named Jane and the aero
plane? It upset a mile
up from town, you know!
‘““What made it upsei?”’
That's what an Atlantan
asked—and then he got
a SSO idea!
. The winning ‘‘last line’’
ought to be a lesson to
lovers of the near future,
too.
Have not you got an idea
for a ‘‘last line?’’ If it’s
the best submitted, The
Georgian will pay you
SSO in gold.
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1920.
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Reference to Militarism Is Passed
Up as Persqnal View and
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Not Sufficient for ‘lncident.
(By Universal Service.)
PARIS, March 11.—After long de
liberation, the French cabinet has
decided to instruct the 'war office to
ta};e no official notice of the passage
in President Wilson’s letter to Sena-‘
tor Hitchcock which refers to the al
leged enthronement of militarism in‘
France. ‘
" The instructions are to the effect
that Mr. Wilson's remarks are not
to he regarded in the light of an ae
cusation, since the President was
merely expressing ‘his personal view
in a private letter to a senator and
friend, and his observations do not
offer sufficient ground for an interna
tional quarrel, or even for an “inci
dent.”
The concensus here is tnat the real
test of American feeling towara
France will be given by the Senate's
final vote on the treaty of Versailles
and the Franco-British-American
“protective” agreement. Until them|
'President Wilson’s personal opinions
}are not to be made the subject of;
official or semi-official policies. J
‘PRESS IS INDIGNANT, !
- There is no concealing the fact,
however, that publication of his let
ter here has aroused the press and
public to redoubled indignation
against the President personally,
many bitter comments being made by |
the leading newspapers of Paris. Here
are some excerpts from editorials: }
Le Petit Parisien—"“lt is certain
President Wilson would not have;
written the letter if he possessed full|
control of his faculties and goodi
health. The letter unquestionably isi
the work of a sick man, discrediting
his party as well as himself.” “
Le Gaulois—*“President Wilson is|
endeavoring to knock the strength of
those governments which advocate
order . and discipline. His anti-im
perialistic formula is bound to en
courage the international reds be
hind whom Germany is preparing for
future revenge. KEurope is disap
pointed in'the President whose ad
vertised ‘fair play’ is apparently In
coherent.”
;NOT NATION'S VIEW.
~ L’Echo de Paris—" Mr. Wilson's in
feriority is now proved. He certainly
idoes not protect America's interests.!
When he quits the White Housei
America’s policy will change, for‘
America can not express its real
feelings towards Europe until it has
a government in which it itself can
\trust." ;
L.e Figaro—"“France regrets In-|
!tensely having sacrificed the tangi
ble guarantees of her security for
moral assurances ‘which now are
being disavowed by the very man who
has given them. We hope that the
vote of the Senate will enlighten Mr.
Wilson on his deplorable error of
judgment regarding France.”
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Auto Companies at
Americus Consolidated
AMERICUS, Ga., March 11.—A
deal conecluded Wednesday has: re
sulted in the consolidation of Emory
Rylander’s automobile establishment
with that of the Georgia Motor Com
pany. Mr. Rylander sold his busi
ness to L. C. Griffin, who in turn
fnurchasod an interest in the Georgia
Motor Company. The business will
operate as the Geqgia Motor Com
pany.
Wilson’s Name
.
Is Painted Off
French Street
(By Universal Service.)
PARIS, March 11.—An illus
tration of the [feellng
aroused here by President Wil
son's letter to Senator Hitch
cock, which charges that mili
tarism and imperialism are in
the saddle in France, is the fact
that the press hailed as a na
tional patriot a joker who
painted out the President’s name
from the street boards on the
Avenue Wilson and wrote in its
place, “Avenue of the American
People.g
Announcement Taken to Mean
Renewal of Old Hardwick-
Watson Alliance. |
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Thomas E. Watson will support
James A. Reed of MMLL?J Pres
ident in the Georgia preferential pri
mary, in the event his name is en
tered, which now seems fully assured.
This announcement is made by
former Representative Grover C. Ed
mondson of Bacon County, and is re
garded as authoritative. Mr. Egd
mondson, who is very close to Mr.
Watson and was in recent confernce
with him, makes the statement in a
signed card to the Macon Telegrapi,
which reads as follows:
“You are authorized to say that
the candidacy of vSengtor Reed will
receive enthusiastic support from
Thomas E. Watson. (Signed) GROV
ER C. EDMONDSON.”
OLD ALLIANCE RENEWED.
This is taken generally to mean a
line-up in Georgia between Thomas
E. Watson and Thomas W. Hard
wick, former bitter political foes. It
really is a readjustment of an old
alliance, however, as Mr. Watson and
Mr. Hardwick years ago were close
allies, and Mr. Watson is generally
credited with having been responsible
for Mr. Hardwick's first election to
Congress.
Senator Reed will begin a speak
ing tour of Georgia at Moultrie
March 20, to be followed by an ad
dress in Aganta at the Auditorium
March 22 and in Macon the 23rd. It
is expected these three addresses will
be followed by additional addresses
in Rome, Celumbus and Statesboro,
but that has not yet been fully de
termined. $
It also may be stated that Senator
Reed already has tentatively agreed
to the use of his name in the Geor
gia primary and Mr. Watson’s an
nouncement leaves little doubt that
it will be so entered.
FIGHT ON ADMINISTRATION.
Mr. Edmondson’s announcement is
taken to mean the withdrawal of a
petition now well under way to enter
Mr. Watson's name in the primary,
his promised support of Reed render
ing further progress with that un
necessary.
The Reed-Watson-Hardwick al
liance is accepted as meaning a
straight-away anti-administration
fight in Georgia, with the battle rag
ing araund the League of Nations
proposal, :
Early Report on Coal
Output Quiz Expected
(By International News Service.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, March 11,
The federal grand jury which has
just completed a three months inves
tigation of the coal industry, may
report to Judge A. B, Anderson in
Federal Court before night, it was
said. at the Feder#l Building today.
To investigate alleged - conspiracy
to restrict the production of coal and
probe charges of collusion between
miners and operators to curtail mine
output were objects of the jury's in
‘vestigation. ;
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Sufficient Allied Troops on Hand
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~ to Hold Strategic Points.
Greeks Are Taking Part,
(By International News Service.)
LONDON, March 11.—The occu
‘pation of Constantinople by allied
troops will be carried out at once,
and the United States has been urged
to participate for the protection of
Armenians, the Daily Chronicle stated
today.
The allied plans in Turkey were
‘thus outlined by the Daily Chronicle:
“The occupation of Constantinople
.
‘will be put in. effect immediately. It
will consist, at present, of posting
allied contingents at stragetic points
throughoif the ¢ity on both sides of
the Goldenhorn.
“The allies have enough troops on
the spot to put these measures into
‘elrect.
- “The American government has
been urged to participate in the
measures for the protection of the
Armenians.”
The Daily Mail says it is possible
a Greek army may be used to round
up the nationalist army under Mus
tapha Kemal Pasha in Thrace.
~ According to the Daily Telegraph
the Supreme Council has ordered
naval and military occupation of a
number of strategic points in Eu
ropean and Asiatic Turkey,
Daniels Denies Fleet
Ordered to Turkey
WASHINGTON, March 11.—Secre
tary of the Navy Daniels today em
phatically denied reports from Lon
don that Admiral Knapp, in command
of the American naval forces in Euro
pean waters, had been ordered to the
Black Sea. He also denied concen
tration of American naval forces near
Constantinople.
“There is nogehange in the status:
of naval forces abroad,” Secretary
Daniels said.'
Labor Body Refuses to
Join Commerce Chamber
An invitation from the Chamber
of Commerce to the Atlanta Federa
tion of Trades to become a mo?bor
of the chamber and take part in its
activities provoked a lively fight at
the regular meeting of the federa
tion Wednesday night, and finally
was declined by a vote of 25 to 13.
Several speeches were made on both
sides. 2
Andy McElroy of the Atlanta Build
ing Tradeg Council led the fight in
favor of affiliation with the chamber,
urging that this action would prove
a big aid to the federation and would
bring closer relations between the
two organizations. Paul Donehoo, C.
E. Phillips, president of the School
Teachers’ Association, and J. A. Mil
ler, reading clerk of the association,
‘also spoke favoring the plan.
Louie P. Marquardt, secretary of
the federation; W, C. Carraway, and
several others urged the rejection of
the invitation. !
Blighted Romance of the
Unkissed Floradora Girl |
Why the disillusioned Mr. Hoyt is seeking freedom from
what he terms his frozen chains of marriage, and the mil
lionaire manufacturer’s story of how chilly a honeymoon
can be, will be told in the big sixteen-page magazine of
THE SUNDAY AMERICAN
HOME EDITION
" APaper for Atlanta, Georgia,
and the South
Issued Dadly, and Entered as SBecond Class Matter at
the Postoffice at Atlanta Under Act of March 8, 1879
‘Week Hat’ Is
Newest Dragon
Paris Pugrse
(By Universal Service.)
P ARIS, March 11.—As if the
cost of clothes was not:
enough to ruin women, the Paris
modistes have discovered a new
scheme of enticing money from:
their clients—the week hat, Sev
eral of the smartest houses have
launched the idea of making a
special model for each week.
These models are, of course,
adapted to the individuality of
the clients, so that while each is
of a special date, it is at the
same time exclusive,
Consequently if a woman
wants to be well dressed she
must not only have a new hat
for each of the seasons and for
each of her gowns, but the hat
must harmonize with the fashion
dictum of the week.
Unless a day hat is intro
duced, it would be hard to im
agine a more tyrannical fashion.
By More Than 3 to 2'Trade Con
gress Votes Against Di
rect Action.
By FLOYD MacGRIFF,
Staff correspondent of the I. N, S.
LONDON, March 11-—The Trade
Union Congress by a large majority
today voted to reject “direct action”
as a means of forcing the govern
ment to nationalize the coal mines.
The vote stood:
For “direct action,” 1,050,000,
Against “direct action,” 3,870,000.
By “direct action” the labor lead
ers meant a general strike, instead
of employing political pressure upon
Parllament,
The miners: had voted by
a majority of nearly 180,000, in favor
of a national strike to force the gov
'ernment to take over the mines and
leaders of the Federation of'Mlners;
declare they will have the backing
of the other two branches of lnhor'sj
’tr!ple alliance—the transport work-;
ers and the railroad men, |
! The Lloyd George government has
’refusvd to adopt the policy of nation
alization despite pressure from or
lganlzed labor. In a statement to the
i}[(mse of Cammons the premier de
clared any attempt by the miners to
;seek a test of strength by “direct ace
tion” would be treated by the gov
ernment as “rebellion.” |
The congress represents 5,0()0,000i
members, of which 700,000 votes are
held by the miners. !
If the last industrial crisis—the
}railroud strike—is . a criterion, it is{
'pusslhle labor leaders, other than
migers, will act as a mediating body
ibetwnen the government and the Fed
eration of Miners in the present dls
}pu(e. l
| The coal miners have been con
ducting widespread propaganda, but
it had not the effect anticipated, Pub
lic interest on nationalization has'
‘been only luke warm,
' However, in all parliamentary de
‘bates on the coal situation, the miners
have more than “held their own,” al
though the government always has
possessed a steam roller vote,
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Telegram From Chiefs Advises
Men to Accept Arbiters’ Award
of 15 Per Cent Increase in Pay,
In the face of a telegram froix
an international official of ;v
union, ordering them bac Ao
work, the striking emplo é;’
5 + i
the Georgia Railway and &gg !
Company voted Thursd j;;;x
‘‘stand pat’’ on their st Efi
tion and their demand for: B 0
per cent wage increase. i
It was announced by strike
leaders that an effort would'®
made to obtain a conference ‘ja
A s
H. M. Atkinson, chairman o [ the
board of directors of the p L 3
company, to seek his acceptamce
gy
of their demands. f
The order from the interna 7‘;; 1
board came as a reply from g
quest sent to Vice President Kifze
gerald at Detroit Wednesday. Re¢Og=~
nition was refused the Atlanta “ -
out on the basis that the woRH 3r's
struck after refusing to accep ' g
Gecision of the board of arbitrafien
which awarded them a 15 per
increase in pay effective from B~
uary 1, 1920. Rules of the intEEgs
tional recognize arbitration a 8 &
'means of settliug wage disputes.
‘VOTE TO “STAND PAT.” 4
Decision of the internatiom! as
‘rcu(l at the morning meeting of' ghe
‘strlkors by J. H. Reardon, memper
of the board, who is here to assist
in the strike and who sent the tdle~
gram to Viece President Fitzgerald
Wednesday.
Immediately a motion was made
that the union vote to “stand pat”
until granted a “living wage."” Shouts
seconded it from all parts of the room
and after the meeting it was declared.
that a unanimous vote had been cast
for its adoption.
The meting was addressed by Har=
dy O. Teat, business agent for the
local union; Madison Bell, attorney
for the men, and Mr. Reardon.
Attorney Bell declared after the
meeting that it had also been vot
to seek a conference with \Mr. At}
son Thursday afternoon to make
further effort to get the company
aceert the scale offered by the uni
in its demands.
LOWEST WAGE PAID. 4
“The street car worker in Atl ;
has been receiving a lower wage r
the commonest laborer and far ‘
than he received in other cities,” /
Mr. Bell. *“ln Augusta and Colu :
the men are paid 52 cents an Bour
with two weeks’ vacation in the sum
mer. Seattle pays her men 60 ¢
an hour and in Chicago they t 65
cents an hour. In a hundred o .
cities the 52 cenls an hour scale pre
vails. The increases asked for by
the Atlanta men is just the average
paid in manv cities and is not im
keeping with the advanced cost of
living, when compared to the salaries
paid in other cities that I have just
named. ?
“Mr. Atkinson stated on the stand
during the arbitration hearing that
he wanted to see the Atlanta work
ers receive a living wage. Assum
ing that he meant what he sald we
are going to seek a conference n:
him durivs the afternoon to see if
we can reach an agreement. We have
every confidence in Mr. Atkl 's
honesty of purpose and his um
and we believe he will yet give tlgg
men what they are asking for, which
is nothing more than right and just.
“The men have voted to stand 3
until they do get a living wage. .
only way this strike can be ended is
for the street car company to give it
to fliem.* We are going to give them
every opportunity to do so.” £
My Reardon, who also spoke to
men, declined to comment on tI;Q u,
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