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VOL. XVIII
DIVISION AMONG CAR MEN RUMORED
CAROLINIANS PROTEST SALE OF SHIPS AS BLOW TO SOUTH;
WAGE INCREASE FOR MINERS NOW RESTS WITH WILSON
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Disposal of Vessels Hazardous to
South’s Export Business and
Properity, Columbia Decides.
COLUMBIA, S. C, March 12—
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 12—Argu
ment on the petition for the disso
lution of the injunction granted Wil
liam Randolph Hearst against the
sale of the ex-German ships by the
shipping board, was today postponed
a week.
Protest against the proposed imme
diate sale of vessels of less than
6,000 tons, by the United States
Shipping Board, as being hazardous
to the export businessand prosper
ity of the South was made to
Washington Thursday by the Co-
Jumbia Chamber of Commerce.
Telegrams were sent to the
State's senators and to Senator
Jones, chairman of the Senate Com
mittee on Commerce, urging that
they work for an act which would
prevent the sale of the ships until
after the ultimate shipping policy of
the government has been established.
Payne Wants Ships
Returned to Owners
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON; March 12.—Chalr
man Payne of the shipping board,
this afternoon testified before the
Senate Commerce ~Committee that
most of his recent activities have
been with a view to getting the ves
selfs of the board into the hands of
private owners.
Payne's statement was in response
to questions by Senator Jones, Re
publican, ,Washington, chairman of
the committee,
Chairman Payne also stated it was
his belief the ships ‘“should be put
into private operation as soon as
practicable.” He expressed the view
it would not be desirable for Con
gress by legislation to direct when
the ships should be sold or the prices
and terms.
“1 should say, though, that Con
gress should . give expression to the
policy that the ships shouid be sold
as soon as compatible with the pub
lic interest. I don't believe it is
possible to establish a permanently
successful merchant marine owned
by the' government.”
Ship Sale Fought
By General Wood
(By International News Service.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., March 12—
Under no circumstances should the
United States allow its 15,000,000 tons
of deadweight shipping be sold to
foreign countries, Maj. Gen. Leonard
Wood declared in an address at the
Columbia Club here this afternoon.
Outlining his platform, General
Wood declared, “we want to build up
a good merchant marine with the
navy behind it.
“We never had such an onportunity
to drive ahead our business,” he said.
‘We want (o take advantag: of the
15,000,000 tons of deadw?igit shir
pingz whe have and put it under the
American tlaz, Under no circum
stances allow it to be seld to for
eign countries.”
Declaring himself in favor of Im
mediate ratification of the peace
treaty reservations, General Wood =x
pressed the hope that ‘“wa shall ap
prcve the League of Nations with
reservations which will American
ize it.” The “big thing,” he said, is
to “save the machinery which will
enable the people to get around the
able and talk things over before they
begin to fight.”
It had been expected General Wood
would comment on reports that in the
event of his nomination for Presi
dent, Will Hays, Republican national
chairman, would be ousted in favor
of Frank Hitchcock. His only ref
erence to Hays, however, was a word
of commendgtion, for the chairman’s
“devotion” ty the party “whose suc
cess’ he believed is essential so the
bést interests of the nation.”
24-Hour{ 1o sur niversat News F Service
Baby Helen Gurgles
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(lee on Fast Rides
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With Grady Drivers
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By PEGGY WELLS.
Baby Helen is only 19 months
old, but she is a really, truly speed
fiend.
Any sunny day you will find her
on the driver’'s seat of the Grady
Hospital ambulance with Driveer
Rawson or Trammell as they dash
through the streets of Atlanta on
their emergency, calls. Gurgling
happily and her blue eyes trying
to sge all that is of interest as
she dashes along, Helen is un
aware of the tragedy that con
stantly lurks at the call of the
ambulance.
Helen's last name is Nunn and
her mother is a nurse at Battle
Hill Sanitarium. Helen has been
a patient at Grady Hospital since
last September and has won the
hearts of all the nurses and at
tendants because of her smiles and
her sweet disposition.
A short time ago the physicians
decided that Helen needed more
fresh air than sk~ was getting in
her little crib in the glass en
closed baby ward on the roof of
the hospital. But there was no
baby carriage or no one to take
baby out for a quiet airing.
So the ambulance drivers vol
unteered to take her with them
each day, if the nurses would get
her fixed up warm and cozy. And
Helen is perfectly delighted with
the arrangements. The bell calls
forth the gurgles of delight and
she waves her arms excitedly
when the ambulance dashes madly
through the streets. Helen is no
scary female,
And the roses are coming back
into the wan cheeks while Helen
sits like a little soldier by the side
of the driver of the Grady ambu
lance,
Girl Goes on Trial for
Slaying Her Brother
GREENVILLE, 8. C.,, March 12.—
Amber Robinson, the 21-year-old girl
who_shot and fatally wounded her
brother, Jim Robinson, at her home
here February 25, was placed on trial
in the Sess:ons Court here yesterday
afternoon. i
' The first witness was E. P. Rose
mond, one of two young men who
were with Jim Robinson when he was
shot. The other, Ansell Bailew, was
not permitted to testify, the defense
proving he had been convicted some
months ago of obtaining property un
der false pretenses.
The girl will make a plea of self
defense, having declared soon after
her arrest that her brother attacked
her. ;
Tractor Rears Up, Falls
On Driver; He May Die
UNION, 8. C., March 12.—While
testing a tractor and harrow on a
largc plantation near Cross Anchor,
16 miles' from here, Arthur A. Estes,
a prominent farmer and merchant,
turned on the gas to get out of a
miry place. The tractor reared up
and fell backward on Estes, crushing
him so badly it is not believed he
will recover. KEstes was recently
married.
Armored Cars and Big
Guns Menace Dublin
(By Universal Service.)
IONDON, March 12 —The Irish
correspondent of the Daily Graphie,
telegraphs that big gune are arrivng
in Dublin and the streets are being
patrolled by armored cars. Excite
ment is reported to be running high.
Her SSO Will
Buy New Hat
There’s a Limerick winner
in town who has just got
her SSO in gold, and she
has told her husband she
is going to get a new hat.
The news of the Jatest Lim
erick winner and the new
incompleted Limerick are
in The Georgian today.
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Figures Given Out by the Census
Bureau's Preliminary Estimate.
Chattanooga Given 57,895.
(By International News Service.)
WASHING&E'ON, March 12.—The
census bureau today announced -the
following preliminary peopulation fig
ures for 1920:
Macon, Ga., 1920 population, 52,525;
11,860 increase; 29.2 per cent in
crease;; 1910 population, 40,665,
Chattanooga, Tenn., 1920 popula
tion, 57,895; 13291 increase, 29.8 per
cent increase; 1910 population, 44,604,
Cambridge, Md., 1920 population, 7,-
467; 1,060 increase; 16.15 per cent
increase; 1910 population, 6,407.
Shelburn, Ind., 1920 population, 1,-
814; 241 decrease; 11.7 per cent de
crease; 1910 population, 2,055.
Coatesville, Pa., 1920 population,
14,515; 3,431 increase; 31 per cent
increase; 1610 population, 11,084,
Forest City, Pa., 1920 population,
6,004, 255 increase; 4.4 per cent in
crease; 1910 population, 5,749.
Huntington, Pa., 1920 population
7,051; 190 increase, 2.8 per cent in
crease; 1910 population, 6,861.
The census bureau announced last
night the following 1920 population
figures and increases:
Louisville, Ky., 234,891, an increase
of 10,963, or 4.9 per cent.
St. Joseph, Mo., 77,735, an increase
of 332 or .04 per cent.
Chambersburg, Pa., 13,171, an in
crease of 1,371, or 11.6 per cent,
Louisville was twenty-fourth city
of the country in point of population
in 1910. It showed a growth of 9.4
per cent at that time over the census
of 1900, while from 1890 to 1900 its
increase was 27.1 per cent.
Lewiston, Pa., 1920 population
9,849; 1,685 increase; 20.6 per cent in
crease; 1910 population 8,166.
Waynesboro, Franklin County, Pa.,
1920 population 9,720; 2,521 increase;
35 per cent increase; 1910 population,
7,199,
Senator Swanson Is
W hite House Visitor
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 12.—Sena
tor Swanson of Virginia called at
the White House today and conferrcd
with Secretary Tumulty. The Sena
to then waited until Secdetary
Tumulty went to see the Presifent
and returned with a message for lhe
senator.
“State matters,” was the explana
tion of Senator Swanson for his visit,
and he refused to comment on a
repoit that he carried a message
from the President to Democratic
senators.
$2,000,000 Company to
Handle Sisal Imports
(By Intrnaticnal News Service.)
NEW ORLEANS, March 12,—
Through the Equitable Bank of New
York, Royal Bank of Canada, Inter
state Bank of New Orleans and the
Commercial Bank of New York the
Comision Regulardo de Henequen
has been re-oragnized with a cap
ital of $2,000,000 to handle all sisal
shipments from Yuecatan.
The new name of the concern is
the Farmers' Importing and Export
ing Corporation.
Yeggmen Try to Rob
Bank at Jenkinsburg
JACKSON, Ga., March 12.—~An un
successful attempt was made by vegg
men to rob the Farmers’ Bank of
Jenkinsburg at 1 o’clock Friday morn
ing. The lock on the wvault door
was blown off. The explosion aroused
citizens of the town and the robbers
fled in an automobile, Sheriff J.av
‘ender was unable to find a clew. This
is&h: third attempt within three
yedrs to lob this institution.
ATLANTA, GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 1920.
By New Phraseology, Republican
Senator Hopes to Reach
~ Compromise on Article X.
By J. BART CAMPBELL,
Staff Correspondent of the I. N. S.
WASHINGTON, March 12.—A new
compromise on Article X i§ to be of
fered in the Senate this af{ernoon by
Senator Lodge, the Republican leader.
lodge is to present a new reserva
tion to Article X embracing changes
in the phraseology of the original
one, but with no alteration in the
“principle” of the original one,
The new reservation was agreed to
at a conference of Republican sen
ators held in I.odge's office.
The Senate continued today to
dodge a final show-down on Article.
X andratification of the peace treaty.
There is scant prospect for astion
until next week. ;
The treaty was thrust aside pend
ing the outcome of the negotiations
for a compromise between Republi
can and Democratic senators. |
Several leaders declared again
they entertained little hope for rati
fication. There are not enough votes
in sight to provide the two-thirds
(64) essential to ratification. ‘
Jenkins Would Give Up
His American Citizenship
(By Intrnational News Service.) ‘
MEXICO CITY, March 12.—Wil
liam O, Jenkins, American consular:
agent at Puebla, who was arrested
on the charge of conniving with reb
els for his own abduction, has sent
a communication to the department
of agriculture offering to renounce
his American citizenship and be
come a resident of Mexico, in reé
turn for a water right concession on
the Tequisquiasti River in the State
of Tlaxcala, it was announced today.
The offer is based upon article
twenty-seven of the Mexican con
stitution.
Jenking is said to plan to use the
water power for a hydro-electrie
plant to operate his cotton mill near
Puebla.
Two Candidates for
French Envoy te Pope
(By Universal Service.)
PARIS, March 12.—General Ligutey,
former governor of Morocco, and Gen
eral Castelnau, hero of the Grand
Couronne of St. Mihiel. have been
named candidates for the French am
bassadorship to the Vatican.
The appointment is to be made
as soon as diplomatic relations have
heen re-established, which is expected
to be soon.
Clemenceau Hurrying
Home to Deny Charges
(By Universal Service.)
PARIS, March 12.—Former Premier
Clemenceanu is reporte’dl to he hasten
ing home from ¥gypt, ostensibly to
attend the marriage of his favorite
niece early in April, but really in or
der that he may reply to the vharges}
that he misled President Wilson at |
the peace conference with regard ro;
the real conditions in France and the
rest of Europe, :
Woman Doctor Seecks ;
Election to Congress
(By International News Service.)
PORTLAND, Oreg., March 12.—
Dr, Esther Pohl L.ovejoy, society and |
club woman of Oregon and widely
known because of her work in the
devastated regions of FEurope, par
ticularly Serbia ad Armenia, has ans
nounced for the Democratic nomina
tion to Congress from Multnomah
County. l
Pastor Turns
Down Raise
In His Pay
(By International News Service)
ETROIT, March 12.—Here's
D something new under
the sun:
The Rev. H. Ford, pastor of
the First Baptist Church, de
claring the ‘“public has been
bled long enough,” and that the
time has come to call a halt on
the clamor for higher wages,
has refused to take an increase
in salary.
He declared he will not ac
cept the proffered salary boost
and recommends the money be
used for repairs to the church.
Pioneer Atlantan and Veteran of
Civil War Dies Early
Friday.
Col. John 8. Prather, pioneer At
lantan,-died early Friday morning at
‘his-home, 250 Lee street WespsHind;
la‘ftel' a long illness. Colonel Prather
had been confined to his home for
nearly three weeks, and during the
last four déy.s, had remained in a
Spmi-conscious condition, He was
86 vears old.
For many years he had been con
nected withk the old Franklin Print
ing Company, and became widely
known to the business men of the
section due to his asscciation with
the Harrisons, then the leading print
ers of the State. Of late, Col6nel
Prather has been connected with the
Byrd Printing Company and has had
been a frequent visitor at the State
house, where he knew and was known
by every politician in eGorgia.
Colonel Prather was born in La
Grange. At the outbreak of the War
Between the States, he volunteered
with Gen. Joe Wheeler with whom
he served during the entire four years
of strife. After the war he ¢ame to
Atlanta and entered uvon his success~
ful business career. He was a char
ter member of the old Fulton County
Confederate Veterans, crganized to
greet Jefferson Davis on his last visit
to Atlanta. He was also on the
charter list of Wheaier's cavalry, and
has since been one of it'« most active
and influential members,
Colonel Prather is survived by his
wife; who is very ill, but who was
at the bedside of her husband con
stantly during his illness, and three
daughters. Barclay and Brandon are
in charg= of arrangemenis, which will
be announced as soon as Mrs. Prather
is able to attend the services.
Japan Now Spending
$60,000,000 on Aviation
(By International News Service.)
PARIS, March 12.—Japdn is spend
ing $60,000,000 annually upon aviation
equipment, it was stated today by
members of the Japanese aviation
delegation that is now in Europe
seeking new ideas for the Japanese
air forces, An order for 300 airplanes
for the Japanese government has just
been placed in France,
“The next war will be fought in
the air,” declared General Nakoa,
chief of the Japanese delegation. The
nation best equipped will dominate
both land and sea.” |
Blighted Romance of the
Unkissed Floradora Gl
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
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Dissension by Labor’s Represent
ative Causes Other Two Mem
bers to Depart for Their Homes
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, Mar(‘)n 12.—The
question of wage increa for coal
miners rests directly with President
Wilson today.
’ The President's coal commission is
apparently dissolved. Henry M.
ißOblnsnn, chairman of the commis
sion, left early today for his home in
Pasadena, Cal, leaving a statement
that he is through with the coal
miners’ wage controversy.
‘ (hairman Robinson declared he had
sent his report to the President and
he would not participate further.
]'l‘his action may forestall any efforts
jon the part of the President to se
cure an unanimous report from the
commission by getting Robinson and
Peale to confer further with John P.
White, the labor member of the com
mission, who has dissented from the
majority report.
Operators and Miners
Indicted in Indiana
(By International News Service.)
INDIANAPOLIS, IND., March 12.—
Arrests within two weeks were fore
cast today following the returnof an
indictment against 1% bituminous
coal operators and miners by a special
federal. grand jury in the United
States District Court here yesterday.
t(‘apiasos were being prepared today
for the arrest of the 125, approxi
mately two-thirds of whom are op
erators and the rest miners.
The defendants will be arraigned
here befate Judge A. B. Anderson
May 4. Bonds were fixed by the
court at SIO,OOO in some cases and in
others $5,000.
The arrests, it is believed, will re~
veal sensational developments in line
with the government's charge prior
to the jury probe that the Lever act
was being “grossly, openly and defi
antly violated,” in conspiracy to re
striet the production of coal. The in
| vestigation, it was said, covered the
entire coal industry, including ac
tivities of operators, miners and deal
ers in sixteen States, during the
|whnln period of the war.
‘Hard Coal Wages
Wait oen Wilson
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, March 12.—The ad
justment of a new wage agreement
between anthracite coal miners and
:operators hung fire here today, with
‘both ®ides waiting to hear from
Washington.
Little could be done by the miners’
representatives without the counsel
of John J. Lewis, president of the
United Mine Workers, and John P,
White, who represented the miners on
the President’'s coal commission.
White and Lewis are now in tonfer
ence in Washington to decide on a
course of procedire with regard to
the commission’s report which White
refused to sign. ‘
The general conference resumed to- |
day at the Continental Hotel and the
subcommitte continued its sessions
at the Union League ("lub, ‘
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ble While on Business Trip
to Savannah,
p Capt. James W. English, chairman
of directors of the Fourth National
Bank, is recovering from the illness
which attacked him suddenly Thurs
day afternoon in Savannah, telephone
lmessagos said Friday "at ndon, "and
Doctor Fowler, who reached Savan
nah Friday morning to attend him,
said he expected to bring Captain
English back to Atlanta on the Fri
day night train.
The message came to Charles T,
Ryan, vice president of the bank,
from Doctor Fowler. The physiclian
said Captain English was suffering
from an attack of stomach trouble. It
had been reported that he had been
attacked by pneumonia.
Captain English was attending a
meeting in Savannah of the directors
of the Central of Georgia Railway
lwhen he became {ll.
| Captain English’s
' Condition Improved
SAVANNAH, Ga., .March .12.-~The
condition of Capt. James W. lnglish
| of Atlanta is much improved today,
| his physicians state. * His iliness had
been diagnosed as influenza. His
daughters, Mrs. James R: Robinson
and Mrs. Gordon 'Kiser, with' their
| hushands, and his son, Harry English,
| arrived here this morning.
| © Captain English was stricken yes
itf»rduy‘aftnrnnon at the Desoto Hotel
i He complained of not -feeling - weli
I\\'hllv uttending the annual meeting
| of the board of directors of the Cen
|tru| of Georgia.
| Last night he was thought to be
| dying and his condition was critieal.
| Strong hope for his recovery Is held
| out today. r ¥ ‘
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Predicts Clearing
1 Weather for Atlanta
Clearing weather Friday afternoon
| is the prediction of C. F. von Herr
| mann, offjcial forecaster, who added
Ilhaf the temperature would be mod
| erately cooler.
J Before 9 o'clock Friday morn‘ing.
| the rainfall, he said, was li%le more
| than one-third of an inch,
NO. 202.
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Rotary Club Urges Men to Re
turn—Signs Seem to Point to
a Resumption of the ‘Service,
Hopa for end of the street cag
strike was held out soon after noon
Friday, in view of several magnifi
cant circumstances.
Among these was the announéement
of Mayor Key. that if he were given
an opportunity te address the strik
ers, he woul durge them to return to
work.
Another was an apparent division
in the ranks of the striking motor
men and canduectors, which was in
dicated when a large body of the
men left the meting hall just before
noon. They returned afterward withe
our a declaration of their position.
J. H. firmn. member, of the inw
ternational executive board of the
Street car employees’ union, was bee
lieved to’ liphdld the position of ‘the
board, which was expressed Thurs
day in a request that the men return
to work. The strikers decided then
to maintain their position. >
RAIN BIG FACTOR. 3
Not the least of the eircumstances
working toward settlement of the
strikewas the weather, with the gén«
eral pubiic put to great inconven
ience by a downpour of nearly two
inches of rain before noon Friday.
The Atlanta Rotary Club Friday
through- its' directors' ‘addressed &
communication to the strikers urg
ing them tp return to work.
Mayor Key's attitude was express
ed in a statement concerning the
likelihood of his appearance before
the men. -Afterward, from develop
ments at the Wigwam, it appeared
probable the men would" not invite
the city’'s executive,
The mavor said: ] :
“If 1T should be invited to appear
before. the-men today T should advise
them to accept this award and go to
work, as the only thing they can do
in the path of duty and honor.
“I should tell them that I would
be in no position to ask this company
to accept anything in their behalf un
less they keep the agreemnt they al
ready have made with the company.”
' MEET AT WIGWAM,
| The strikers met at the Wigwam
'to hear from their leaders a repors,
!nf events at a conference of union '
lofficials and H. M. Atkinson, power
I('omnany head, Thursday afternoon.
lA report of a conference with Mayor
Key Thursday evening also was to be
made,
The power company rested Friday
on the ultimatum of Mr, Atkinson
[tha( the company will stand upon the
decision of the wage arbitration
'hoard for a 15 per cent increase for
’str(-nt car workers, dissatisfaction
'»ith which is the cause of the strike.
COMPANY’S STAND.
) Details of the earlier conference,
| between striker leaders and Mr, At~
kinson, were related in a statement
by Mr. Atkinson, presented in an
‘nth,--r column of The Georgian. Fol
lowing .this- statement, Mr. Atkinson
prepared another, written “To the
Public,” and presenting the company's
attitude in the strike situation,
The latter statement follows:
I have heen literally besieged with in.
quiries as to what we proposé to do under
existing “conditons, 'ahd’ by ‘encouraging
offers of indorsement of our petition. To
all such inquiries let me make a brief
statement ol our position as follows:
The strect railroad is A mere incident
in this labor situation. The position of
the union is a deflance of law and order
and the foundation of society. .
The unien, by the condition its action
has created, sets itself up as above and
superior to the law and government:. It
says in effect to the public of Atlanta,
“We will not furnish street railroad service
except upon our own terms” Byt worse
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