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VOL. XVIII
CAROLINIANS PROTEST SALE OF SHIPS AS BLOW TO SbU TH;
WAGE INCREASE FOR MINERS NOW RESTS WITH WILSON
Disposal of Vessels Hazardous to
" South’s Export Business and
Properity, Columbia Decides.
(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,
COLUMBIA, S. C, March 12—
Protest against the proposed imme
diate sale of vessels of less than
6,000 tons, by the United States
Shipping. Board, as being hazardous
A to the export business and prosper
ity of the South was made to
Washington Thursday by the _Q;‘
lumbia 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
Tiprevent 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 Ceon
gress by legislation to direct when
{ Jhe ships should be sold or the prices
and terms.
“1 should say, though, .that Con-
N gress should give expression to the
policy that the ships should be sold
as soon as compatible with the pub
'ic interest. I don’'t believe it is
Yossible 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
V\’Qod declared, “we want to build up
. as ®ood merchant marine with the
. navy behind it “
“We never had such an opportunity
to drive ahead our business,” he z«am.l
“We want Lo take advantag: of the
15,000,000 tons of deadw:ignt shir - |
ping we have and put it under the'
American tlag., Under no circum
stances allow it to be sold 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
rgservations which will American
{ge sit.” The "“big thing,” he said, is
to “save the machinery which will
enable the people to get around the
table and talk things over before they
s begin to fight.”
It had been expected General Wood|
would comment on reports that !n the
( nt of his nomination for Presi
jnt, Will Hays, Republican national
chairman, would be ousted in favor
of Frank Hitchcock. His only ref
erence to Hays, however, was a word
of commendation for the chairman’s
“Jevotion” t» the party “whose suc
cess he believed is essential to the
hoat interests of the nation.”
24-Hourd 10l ot Caiversas News | Service
Baby Helen Gurgles
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- (lee on Fast Rides
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i With Grady Drivers
~ 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 see 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 tair than sks was getting in
| her little crib in the glass en
i 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.
Wflie ambulance drivers vol
' unteered to take her with them
each Iday, if theé 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.
The first 'itness was E. P. ?ose
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
large plantation near Cross Anchor,
16 miles from here, Arthur A. Estes,
a prominent farmer and merchant,
turfed 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 latest 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.)
WASHINGTON, March 12.—The
census bureau today -announced the
following preliminary population fig
ures for 1920:
Macon, Ga., 1920 population, 52,525;
1 360 increase; 29.2 per cent in
crease;; 1910 population, 40,665.
Chattanooga, Tenn., 1920 popula
tion, 57,895; 13,291 increase, 29.8 per
cent increase; 1910 populdtion, 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,-
i.su; 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; 1910 population, 11,084.
Forest City, Pa., 1920 population,
6,004; 255 increase; 4.4 per cent in
crease;. 1910. population, 5,748,
~ 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-i
créase of 1,371, or 11.6 per cent, ;
Louisville was twenty-fourth cltyl
of the country in point of pOpulatinn‘
in 1910. It showed a growth of 9.4
per cent at that time over the censusl
of 1900, while from 1890 to 1900 ity
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. |
Wayneshoro, Franklin County, Pa., |
1920 population 9,720; 2,521 increase; |
35 per cent increase; 1210 population,
7,199, l
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 conferred
with Secretary Tumulty. The Sena
to then waited until Secdetary
Tumully went to see the President
and returned with a message for the
senator. :
“State matters,” was the explana
? tion of Senator Swanson for his visit,
‘and he refused to comment on &
report that he carried a message
from the President to Democratic
senators.
$2,000,000 Company to
Handle Sisal Imports
(By Intrnational 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 Yucatan.
The new name of the concern is
the Farmersg’ Importing and Export
ing Corporation.
Yeggmen Try te Rob
Bank at Jenkinsburg
JACKSON, Ga., March 12.—An un
successful attempt was made by yegg
men to rob the Farmers’' Bank of
Jenkinshurg 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 rohbers‘
fled in an automobile. Sheriff Lav
ender was unable to find a clew. Thls‘
is the third attempt within three
years 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 was of
fered in the Senate ‘his afternoon by
Senator Lodge, the Republican leader.
Lodge presented 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 Lodge'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 action
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 sigkt to provide the two-thirds
(64) essential to ratification. 1
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?Jenkms 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- 1
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 re-}
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-eloctrid
plant to operate his cotton mill near
Puebla.
Two Candidates for
French Envoy to Pope
(By Universal Service.)
PARIS, March 12.—General Liautey,
former gpvernor 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
been re-established, which is expected |
to be soon. I
Clemenceau Hurrying
Home to Deny Charges
(By Universal Service.)
PARIS, March 12.—TFormer Premier
Clemenceau is reported to be hasten
ing home from Egypt, ostensibly to
attend the marriage of his favorite
niece early in April, but really in or
der that he may reply to the charges
that he misled President Wilson at
the peace conference with regard to
the real conditions in France and the
rest of Europe,
Woman Doctor Seeks
Election to Congress
(By International News Service.)
PORTLAND, Oreg., March 12—
Dr, Esther Pohl Lovejoy, society and
club woman of Oregon and widely
known because of her work in the
devastated regions of Europe, par
ticularly Serbla ad Armenia, has ane
nounced for the Democratic nomina
tion to Congress from Multnomah
County.
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.
Collapse of Paul King, Newberry
Manager, Severe Blow to
Defenses
S AT ES R e -
(By International News Service.)
+ GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.,-March 12,
—The Newberry vote fraud and con
spiracy trial, involving Senator New
berry and eighty-four co-defendants,
may be declared a mistrial, with a
new trial of the case. to follow at
some future time, as the result of
the collapse on the witness stand to
'day of Paul H.'King, mana?f-r of the
Newberry senatorial campdign and
‘'star witness for the defense.
King was carried from the court
room after an attempt to face the
savage cross-examination of*the gov
‘emment attorneys. He took the wit
'ness stand when the day’'s sesston
?opened, despite his weakened condi
tion due to a nervous collapse three
days ago.
. In the event King can not again
stake the witness stand, it means
ieither a mistrial will be called by
‘Jndge Sessions, or all of King's tes
‘timony wilt be stricken out and the
defense will incur a staggering blow.
In faet, the case for Senator New
berry and his political henchmen will
shrink to no case at all.
The scene in the court room while
king was on the witness stand was
dramatic in the extreme. He en
tered supported by Attorney James
O. Murfin and Dr. James B. Brad
ley, a fellow defendant, and with the |
greatest difficulty walked to the
stand, nearly falling as he reached
the jury box.
Like a’ tired, sleepy child, he was
lifted to his seat, where he rested for
a moment with a dazed look on his
face. Then his amile came, and
amid utter silence Mr. Murfin arose |
and announced that another defense
attorney had several questions to ask
on direct examination.
“Ask me questions I can answer
‘ves’ or ‘no",” he murmured weakly.
He answered one or two questions
vaguely, moving back and forth in a
desperate effort to fight off increas
ing faintness. Suddenly his head
went down on his arm. His face
turned to one side, still showing his
smile. Then, in a state of almost
complete collapse, he seized the hand
of the court reported and clung to it.
Judge Sessions called a recess, the.
jury filed out and King, with his wife
by his side, was half carried from
the courtroom and taken to his hotel.
To the defense, the collapse of King
was almost like a collapse of thelir
entire case. All its power had been
concentrated in his testimony, and'
if he can not face the cross-exami- |
nation, which is very doubtful, that
testimony, together with all corres
pondence which passed between King
and Senator Newberry, will have tol
be stricken out, |
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
Dissension by Labor’s Represent
ative Causes Other Two Mem
bers to Depart for Their Homes
(By International News Service.)
WASHINGTON, March 12.—~The
question of wage increases for coal
miners rests directly with President
Wilson today. 2
The President's coal commission is
apparently dissolved. Henry M.
Robinson, 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.
Chairman Robinson declared he had
sent his report to the President and
he would not participate further.
This action may forestall any efforts
on the part of the President to se
cure an unanimous report from the
cofmmission 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 return of an
indictment against 125 bituminous
coal operators and miners by a special,
federal grand jury in the United
States District Court here yesterday.
Capiases 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 before Judge A. B. Anderson
May 4. Bonds were fixed by the
court at SIO,OOO in some cases and in
others $5,000.
i 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
strict the production of coal. The in
vestigation, It wag said, covered the
entire coal industry, including ac
tivities of operators, miners and deal
ers In sixteen States, during the
whole period of the war. |
’Hard Coal Wages
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Wait on Wilson
(By International News Service.)
NEW YORK, March 12.—The ad-l
justment of a new wage agreement
between anthracite coal miners andl
operators hung fire here today, with
both sides waliting to hear from
’ Washington.
Little could be done by the miners’
Ireprosentatlves 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 lL.ewis are now in confer-'
ence in Washington to decide on a
course of procedure with regard to*
the commission’s report which White |
refused to sign.
The general conference resumed to- |
day at the Continental Hotel and th"{
subcommitte continued its uc-nnionsi
at the Union League Club, |
'FINAL HOME)
Issued Dadly, and Entered as Second Class Matter at
the PostofMce at Atlanta Under Act of March 3, 1879
Captain James W. Eng
lish, the report of whose ill
ness at Savannah has dis
turbed his countless friends.
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Suffers Attack of Stomach Trou
ble While on Business Trip
to Savannah, = -
Capt. James W. English, chairman
of directors of the IFourth National
Bank, is recovering from the illness
which attacked him suddenly Thurs
day afternoon in Savannah, telephone
messages said Friday at noon, 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 1,
Ryan, vice president of the bank,
from Doctor Fowler. The physiclan!
'said Captain English was suffering
from an attack of stomach trouble. h‘
had been reported that he had been!
attacked by pneumonia. 1
Captain English was attending a‘
\meeltng in Savannah of the directors
of the Central of Georgla Raliway
'when he became ill.
Captain English’s
Condition Improved
SAVANNAH, Ga., March 12.—The
condition of Capt. James W. English
of Atlanta is much improved today,
his physicians state, His illness had
been diagnosed as influenza. ' His
daughters, Mrs. James R. Robinson
and Mrs. Gordon Kiser, with their
hushbands, and his son, Harry English,
arrived here this morning.
Captain English was stricken yes
terday afternoon at the Desoto Hotel.
He complained of not feeling well
while attending thd annual meeting
of the board of directors of the Cen
tral of Georgia. i
Harry English announced this
afternoon that his father is not se
riously ill and the family will take
him home tonight to Atlanta.
1.20 Inches Rainfall
Here in Short Time
During Friday morning 1.20 inches
of rain fell. At times the rain came
in a deluge, flooding *he streets,
Clear and modavately colder
weather Jjs the forecnst for Friday
afternoon, |
EDITION
Decision to Resume Work Reach
ed at Long Meeting of Union
Members at the Wigwam.
Striking employees of the
Georgia Railway and Power
Company by a majority vote Fri
day agreed to return to work at
5 o’clock Friday afternoon. All
cars will be taken out of the
barns on schedule time and the
Aisual trips will be made.
Full service on all city|lines and
interurban lines will be resume §
at b o’clock”
Hope for end of the street ¢
strike was held out soon after no.
Friday, in view of several signii
cant circumstances.
RAIN BIG FACTOR.
Not the least of the circumstances
working toward settlement of the
strike was the weather with the gen
eral public 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 a
communication to the strikers urg
ing them to return to work.
Definite reports came from the
meeting hail of the strikers in the
Wigwam in Central avenue that a
proposal had beea made that the
strikers return to work for thirty
days. Within that time, according to
the proposal as reported, the Georgia
Railway and Power Company would
be asked to petition the State Rail
road Commission ®or permission to
increase fares, the increased revenue
to go toward granting the 50 per cent
wage raise for which the men are
holding out.
Soon afterward it was rumored a
vote was to be taken on a proposal
‘tn return to work before nightfall, .
EOPPOSITION AROUSED.
. Every proposal made to the men,
it was understood, aroused opposition.
At one juncture a large body of the
men left the meeting hall, apparently
in vigorous opposition to some de
velopment of the meeting. They re
turned to the hall soon afterward,
however, withotu a declaration of
their position.
Another circumstance indicating
sentiment for an end of the strike was
the announcement of Mayor Key that
if he were given an opportunity to
address the strikers he would urge
them to return to work. At the Wig
wam, however, it developed that the
men wo'ild not invite thecity’s execu
tive.
“If I should be invited to appear
before the men today I should advise
them to accept this award and go o
work, as the only thing they can de
in the path of duty and. honor.
“I should tell them that 1 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 report
of events at a conference of union
officials and H, M. Atkinson, power
company head, Thursday afternoon.
A report of a conference with Mayor
Key Thursday evening also was to be
made.
The power company rested Friday
Continued on Page 3, Column 1.
THE WEATHER.
Clearing and colder tonight;
Saturday fair and colder.
Temperatures—B6 a. m, 57;
8 a. m, 58; 10 a. m., 58; 12 noon,
68y 1 p. m, 68; 2 p. m,, 58
Bunrise—b:s4: sunset, 5:48,
alnfall 1.20 inches. :
NO. 202.
