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Action Of Federal Judge In Accepting
Baseball Salary Termed “Drag
ging Ermine into Mire.”
Cincinnati.—The action of Federal
Judge Landis of Chicago, national com
missioner of baseball, in accepting
“private employment and private emol- |
ument,” while active on the federal
bench, was declared to meet with the
*“unqualifietl condemnation” of the
American Bar association in a resolu
tion adopted l
The resolution was adopted after
stormy debate, in which former Sena-i
tor James Hamilion Lewis counseled
against hasty action and moved thati
the matter be referred to a committee
for investigation. He declared that
Judge Landis should be accorded a
proper hearing before being (:o¢l~l
demned. l
The resolution was drawn by the
executive committee of the association!
and was presented by Hampton L.i
Carson of Philadelphia, former presi
dent of the organization.
The resolution reads as follows:
“Resolved, That the conduct of Ken-I
esaw M. Landis in engaging in privatei
employment and accepting private |
emolument while holding the position
of federal judge and receiving a salary
from the federal government meets
with our unqualified condemnation as
scnduct unworthy of the office of judge,
derogatory to the dignity of the bench
and undermining public confidence in
the independence of the judiciary.”
“In upholding the honor of the pro
fession of the law,” Mr. Carson said,
in presenting the resolution, “of what
use is it to prescribe canons on ethics
if we know that the man upon whom
the judicial ermine rests has soiled
thaf ermine by yielding to the tempta
tion of avarice and private gain.
“Here is a federal judge who received |
$7,500 a year yielding to the solicita- |
tion of commercial interest, sapping
his judicial strength by taking $42,500
a year from baseball players,
“It is simply dragging the ermine!
in the mire. It may be that impeach-i
ment cannot reach him, but one thingi
canot escape us, that is, that from ev-l
ery judicial eircuit and every bar in
the country rises the withing score of
protest against the man who would
stain their honor.
“To ignore this thing would have!
been to leave this convention hanging
our heads in shame at the execrable
conduct of this judge.”
Rising to defend Judge l.andis as a
man convicted by the resolution with
out trial, former Senator Lewis declar
ed it did not become the dignity of
the American Bar association to take
hasty action.
“As a member of the bar in Chicago,
having practiced before the judge in
question, I cannot permit myself to con
sent to a resolution proposed for such
hasty action,” the former senator
said. “I know Judge Landis, and I
bave differed with him both in public
and private, but I canot permit an
attack upon his character or his pro
bity as a man who can be allured by
money.” ‘
The administration of federal gov-!
ernment in the United States was at
tacked in an address before the con
vention by former Senator Charles 8.
Thomas of Colorado, who declared this
coutnry had turned from a “representa
tive republic to a continental demoo
Tacy.” .
To Have Beer Sale Regulations Issued
Washington.—Pressure was brought
on the Harding administration recent
1y to force the issuance of reguilations
allowing the sale of medicinal beer.
The fight is led by a powerful group
of senaters. Behind them is the com
bined strength of all the liberal or
ganizations in the country, ‘Thc regu
lations are being illegally withueld,”
declared Senator Broussard, of l.ouis.
i2na, “and 1 propose to find out why.”
Secretary Mellon, in holding up the
beer regulations, announced that the
anti-medicinal beer bill, still hanging
fire in the senate, clearly indicated the
intent of congress on the question,
Senate To Get Tax Change Bill Early
Washington.—Assurance has been
given President Harding by Senator
Watson, Republican of Indiana, that
the tax revision bill will be ready for
consideration by the senate on recon
vening September 21, and put through
without delay. Senator Watson. who
i a member of the finance committee,
told the president also that the admin.
istration’s railroad funding bill will
be taken up by the senate immediately
after passage of the tax measure and
after that would com ethe tariff, age.
long question.
Siight Betterment is Seen By Boarc
Washington.—lndications of a broad
general business recovery throughout
the country are lacking still, accord
ing to the review of finan<al and eco
nomic conditions during Angust 1 is
sued by the federal reserve poard.
Harding Invited To Farm Convention
Washington. — President Harding
was invited recently by a delegation
representing the Americar Farm Bu
rean federation to attend the annual
meeting of the organization at At
lanta, November 22.
W. & A. RENTAL BIDS
SENT TO GOVERNOR
It Is Practically Certain That Se
curities Wili Be Sold Without
Trouble
Atlanta, — Governor Thomas W
Hardwick announced recently that he
has received several bids for the pur
chase of deferred warrants based on
the rentals of the state-owned West
arn and Atlantic- railroad and will be
gin consideration of the proposals
soon. The governor advertised for
bids on the securities several weeks
ago. The time for submitting bids ex
pires at noon Thursday.
“In seeking these bids it was my
desire to ascertain from Georgia bank
ers and financiers what they believed
lthe denominations should be _and
iwhat the terms of the securities
should be relative to the date of ma
l' turity. I also desired to give all bank
ing institutions, both in and out of
the state, a chance to hid .on the se
curities so that I would have freedom
- of action in disposing of them at the
- proper time,” the governor declared.
It was learned at the Capitol re
cently that it is practically certain
that the securities will be sold with
out undue trouble. Among the bidders
are several banking houses which
would be able to take the entire issue
if they so desired.
~ Provision for the sale of the de
iferred warrants was made in a bill
- passed by the legislature at its re
lcent session. The bill passed both
houses by substantial majorities.
~ Secretary of State S. G. McLendon,
who first suggested the plan for sell
ing the deferred warrants to obtain
money to meet pressing state obliga
tions, has announced that the securi
ties will not be subject to state ad
valorem taxes or federal income taxes.
Twelve Grand Jurors Are Disqualified
Fitzgerald.—Twelve of the twenty
three grand jurors to investigate the
cases connected with the strike of
the A, B. & A. were disqualified re
cently when the cases came up for
investigation. Judge Gower subpoena
ed sixty-two extra grand jurors from
what it is hoped to make up a body
qualified to hear the cases. Various
members of grand jury had contribut
ed to funds for the prosecution and
defense and other were blood rela
tions to parties on either side of the
controversy. The outcome of this in
vestigation is being watched with
keen interest here, and each step is
being hard fought. A. J. McDonald
is local counsel for the strikers and D.
E. Griffin is special prosecuting coun
sel for the citizens' defense commit
tee,
Mrs. M. C. Merritt Files Damage Suit
Americus.—A suit seeking. to re
cever $3,000 damages has been filed in
the city court of Americus against the
Central of Georgia Railway{ company
by Mrs. M. C. Merritt, of Anderson
ville. The action is based upon an
allegation that April 5 of this year a
Central locomotive set fire to a quan
tity of inflammable weeds and rub
bish on the railwa¥ right of way, the
flames spreading to and destroying
the home of the plaintiff. It is alleged
that the railroad negligently permit
ted weeds to grow and inflammable
material to accumulate, and that this
negligence was the direct cause of the
fire which caused the damage.
Woman In Athens Mayor's Race
Athens.—With the approach of the
date for the electiom of city officers,
this discussion as to who will be the
sucessor to Mayor Andrew C. Erwin
who has stated that he will not seek
te-election, becomes more heated and
interesting. Already four possible can
didates have appearad for the office
in Judge George C. Thomas, Mrs.
Samuol, J. Tribble. Judge Henry 8.
West 20d E. H. Younkin. All four
fo these persons have hundreds of
friends who ax¢ urging them to rum
assuring their election. With the an
nouncement of Mrs. Samuel J. Trib
ble for the office of mayor, the first
woman office-seeker appears in
Athens,
Body Of War Hero To Be Interred
Carrollton,—News has been receiv
ed by Mrs. Annie C. Owens, that the
body of her husband, Lieutenant Jus
tus Erwin Owens, has arrived at Ho
boken, N. J. Lieutenant Owens sery
ed gallantly with company L, 326th
infantry, 82d division, and was killed
October 10, 1918, during the Argonne
drive. The body will be sent to his
former home in Canton, Ga., for burial.
Race To Specialist To Save Child
Dublin.—Funeral services for the
81 /2-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. E.
P. Woodward, of this city, were held
recently at Glenwood. The little fol
low died of paralysis of the throat,
after an exciting and gruelling auto
race from Glenwood, where his par
ents were visiting, to Dublin, to se
cure the treatment of a specialist. Al
though he was alive when Dublin was
reached, death came in just a few
minutes after he was carried into the
house of his parents,
Claims Are Adjusted
Savannah.—The government andq
Red Cross “clean-up” squad, consist
ing of J. W. Butler, acting manager:;
Dr. W. N. Edenfield, Dr. J. §. Stew
art, of Athens; George Black and
Thomas H. Brook, and several women
workers fo ‘the Red Cross organiza
tion, has had a busy seek so far in
Savannah, adjusting the claims of
scores of ex-service men. The cam
paign for the state began in Savan.
nah recently and will be concluded
after a tour of the state, in Atlanta i
December, .
Armament Load Will Be Lighter,
President Says—World Must
Always Arm
Washington. — Hope of entirely
abolishing war is “perfectly futile,”
President Harding told officers at the
army war college here recently. |
Armies and navies probably will al
ways be necessary, he said no mat
ter how far aspirations toward world
peace lead.
The president blamed a lack of un
derstanding for the warfare in West
Virginia, and declared that a policy
of understanding at home and abroad
would solve many ills.
Practically every high officer of the
army was present in the small lec
turé room of the war college when
the president spoke. Secretary of
War Weeks and General Pershing also
spoke briefly,
“No matter where the best aspira
tion of the world may lead up there|
may never he a time without the ne
cessity for armed forces,” President
Harding said. i
“1 believe with all my heart that
we are going to diminish the bur
dens of armament, I believe with all
my heart that we will have lesser
armies and navies, but there may
never be a time when there won’t be
the requisite defense agencies.
“It is perfectly futile to think
there will never be conflict when we
stop to think that in the 2,000 years
of Christian civilization and the 4,
000 years of pagan civilization we
have only lately come to a civilized
state of warfare and even that does
not apply to all nations. '
- “But America, I can say without
unseeming boasting, has come nearer
to it than any nation.
“And 1 pledge you mow that you
will never be called to service un
der this administration for any weork
that you cannot enter with all your
hearts and souls as American citi
zens.”
President Harding told thes army
officers that the principle of under
standing should govern the nation
both in its domestic and in its werld
affairs.
“We ought to have no conflict like
that which is now distressing us in
West Virginia,” he said. “That condi
tion is due, I believe, to a lack of un
derstanding.
“There ought never be conflict be
tween nations if those in authority
have understanding, and I want you
to be the defenders of an administra
tion that believes in a fullness of un
derstanding at home and a fullness
of understanding among the peoples
of the world,
Opening his brief address, Presi
The Proposed New Cobb County
Commissioner Bill
: Whatitis
- An Act to abolish the present system qf
five commissioners, and substitute in their
place one commissioner. Time of the elec
tion, Thursday, September 22nd.
If a majority of the votes cast are for
the new law, then on October 20th; an elec
tion will be held to select a commissioner
to serve four years, beginning January 1,
1922. He is to give his whole time to the
Job, and receive a salary of $3,000 per
year.
It also provides for the creation of a
Bond Commission to supervise, direct and
control the expenditure of any and all mon
ey arising from the issue of bonds of Cobb
county, during the years of 1922 and 1926
inclusive. This bond ecommission will not
function, or come into existence, unless the
people of the county vote road bonds dur
ing those years. The members of the Bond
Commission are to serve without pay.
Advantages of the one man system
A man on the job all the time, and paid
enough to look after it,
The people would know to whom to gO,
and. where to place responsibility. 3
Being responsible to the entire county,
instead of only u part, he could work to the
best interests of the whqle county.
Having an uninterrupted term of four
THE MARIETTA JOURNAL
dent Harding explained that he must
rely upon the technmical skill such as
is being acquired by officers studying
at the war college.
“The presidenmt after all is just
the agency .employed in focusing a
judgment and k_nowledge,‘ of those
who must necessarily actually con
duct the affairs of this government,”
President Harding said. “No man
even a superman, could direct {he
United States if it were othérwise,
“lI can from my own experience,
remind you that if the war college
is an imstitution which brings the
knowledge and experience to bear on
the theory it is making a contriby
tion fo this government,
“One trouble with the world is that
too many theorists know nothing of
actuality.’ |
Additionail Credit Urged For Farmer
Washington.—ln advance of the fil
ing of a report by the joint commission
on agricultural inquiry, Chairman Syd
ney Anderson issued a statement re
cently asserting that additional credit
facilities for farmers are imperative.
He indicates the commission in its re
port to congress will recommend a con
crete plan for bridging the gap be
tween short-time and long-time credits.
At the outset, the government would
render financial assistance.
Effort To Blast Dipping Vats Ended
Biloxi, Miss.—An attempt to dyna
mite dipping vats in Jackson county
recently was frustrated when watch
men fired upon the intruders and cap
tured the dynamite and other material
with which they had made an effort
to destroy the vat. This work is said
to be done by cattle owners, many of
whom oppose dipping cattle for the
riddance of ticks, believing it unnec
essary in this section of the state.
Five Die In Day In Irish Rioting
London.—At least thirteen are killed
and more than a hundred have been
wounded in the bitter factional rioting
which has raged through Belfast for
three days, and which now appears
to have burned itself out through ex:
haustion of the spirit of the fighters
and the vigorous action of troops and
police to drive the belligerents out of
theb attle zone. Four of the wounded
in the recent strife died later in the
hospital, binging the casualty list for
the single day up to five killed and
thirty injured.
Plea For Troops In Textile Strike
Asheville, N. C.—Request that state
troops again be sent to Concord be
cause of conditions arising out of the
textile strike were received by Gowv
ernor Cameron Morrison, from C. L
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Army Coats
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We have a limited number of
Army Coats and Blankets we
are offering for sale at the fol
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Smith Ward Q. Hiclés
Marietta a.
vears, he could plan and complete work to
better advantage than could a body of five
men, whose members are frequently chan
ging.
In all enterprises of today, “one man for
action and results,” i$ a business axiom.
Disadvantages and results of the present
system of five men.
All being of equal authority, there can
be no executive or directing head. Special
work in different sections of the county,
can only be broubht about by bargaining
among the commissioners. The good of
the county as a whole, is thus lost sight of.
They meet only twice a month, and
hence cannot possibly handle the county’s
business to the best advantage.
The present system has been in effect
fourteen years, and has proven unsatisfac
tory, especially of late years. Its days of
usefulness and efficiency, seem passed.
Our county is heavily in debt, and has no
credit. County warrants sell far below
their face value, and frequently go beg
ging. Consequently our ‘Of: dollars are
not getting dollar values in supplies or la
bor.
Is it not ~"gut time that this unbusiness
like hand] ‘\;’ our public affairs should
cease? |
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