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1920 FACES
HIGHEST
LIVING
COST
Old Year Boosted Prices Faster
Than It Raised Wages
BY GEORGE B. WATERS.
Washington, D. C. —The American ]x*o
ple face the new year with a higher cost
of living starinß them in the fare than
that which confronted them 12 months
ago. Despite fair-price committees, food
administrators, the Lever law and pros
ecutions, it costs 3.8 per cent more to eat
th s New Year Day than it did Jan. 1,
1919.
Legal minds say laws are ‘Mo punish
crime and deter otjiers from committing
like offenses. The amended Lever law
is an exception to this rale. Despite a
few prosecutions, and much talk, food in
creased in cost 2 per cent the first month
it was in effect.
Food is 92 per rent higher now than
before the war. The Bureau of Labor
Statistics furnished this figure. It af
fects all who eat. It is based on the
weighted average of essential foods that
make up the daily diet in American
hon*s. The smallest increase since 1913
was in plate beef. 43 per cent, and the
largest in eggs, 133 per cent.
Other Expenses Up to 88 Per Cent.
But food is only one item. People wear
clothes, live In houses, lurm fuel, use fur
niture and have miscellaneous expenses.
These are necessities. Considering these
with food, the general cost of existing
has jumped 88 per cent since before the
war. This figure is based on statistics
taken by the Labor Department in the
District of Columbia.
Figures for the nation aren’t available
—congress cut the appropriation for such
work. »ut statisticians say these tally
Pretty- well with conditions elsewhere. In
the shadow of the White House the
stately Capitol ami the Department ot
Justice—where A. Mitchell Palmer holds
for'.’.i—general living costs went up 3
per cent from April to Nov. On this Dav
of Our Lord. .'an. 1, 1929, they arc at: 11
■oaring.
Wages Lag Behind.
Wages haven't kept pace with living
costs. But they are net so far behind. 1
learned that the banker? arc getting Sfi
ner cent more, than ig 1918. What are
known as index numbers are too com
plicated to explain hefe. but this means
that when the bakers get an increase*o!
1.22 per cent of their present pay, their
wages will catch up with living costs.
This figure Is right nr to now, and is the
first and only one til its kind that has
found its way into print. The Labor De
partment will soon piblish more figures
that will reflect the. similar conditions in
e ther trades.
There- are other figjres not so optimis
tic from the worker's standpoint In
eight trades the sipijile average increase
In pay to about the middle of 1919 was
71 per cent. Steel and iron workers had
been increased 121 ter cent, hosiery and
underwear workers M. silk goods worker?
91. men's clothing workers 71. sawmill
workers 94. sash art! door mill workers
51 furniture workefe 54. cigar workers
52. Onlv two. silk goods and steel, are
ahead of 11. C. L. When these figures
were made living cfV? were up about 73
per cent. Since the-, some of these wages
have been increasfl. but the odds are
stfll in favor of H.fc. L.
In Chicago "a rtojar an hour was the
slogan and that is the approximate scale
in most trades nor. There the .workers
are far ahead of tW hounds. But Chica
go can hardly be (lassed as .enr-aenta
tive of the eountrj'generally. Tr. Pansas
Cltv building Jabottrs have h-. a lucres?-
ed '1«I per cent, fansas City it raid to
reflect conditions Generally and it is true
common laborers give fared better than
ckijied workers. While these figures
were made carpenrrs there were getting
onlv 54 per cent. core. In Cleveland car
i riters were gettijg 89 per cent more on
Oct. 1. An lncrrise of 4.4 per cent qt
their present scile there would make
their wages coinrdr with H. C. L
How D< You Stand?
Each person nu-f figure how Mr. Bigh
cost' is affecting Bm. Tho process is to
consider your 19!! wage or salary at 190
per cent Ao-er*rlng w*it per cept the
increase has bee, since Hion and add it
to the 190 per cell. This gives your index
numbe-. If vourlncrease has ben 69 per
rent then vour itflex number is 169. Sub
fact this from *B. the index number of
the living cost thisparticular case gives
sit Now divide his by your index num
ber. result 17.3 tfr rent behind H. C. L.
Ts vour index nguber is more titan is. .
then subtract f-fn it tfm IRS and divide
the result by 18'Ito determine how much
von arc ahead 4 H. C. L.
Dolls' Has Shrunk.
ft is said if >*u melt the dollar down
end take the <v«tari*s to a metal buyer,
lie will give y0u51.95 for it. But. take it
to the general ngrrhandise store and you
»et 53 cents fol it -i" following table
show s how the »nce almighty dollar has
degenerated, a compared to it* 1913
' 4lue: • Worth.
December. 191? 1™ vents
December. 1914 99 cents
December, 1915 , * cents
December, *2 ®*"‘»
December, *' cents
December 1919 23 vent*
January. 1919 . .. .- •• •• • • ""J
Another wav.to determine how ones
earnings comps*? with his 1913 wages is
to multiply his present weekly stipend ir.
dollars bv 53 ctgts.
What lauses H. C. L.?
I . an poslth- y account so- 2.1.5 of the
high' cost of lit eg. ft gnos into the fed
eral treasury, 'nde Sam la taking from
the people $5 9' .909,000 a year more than
h. took In 19i: He gets it anywhere lie
can find It. 1 ? tells the business mei.
To raise it 1 icy add it to rent. food,
fuel. Clothe*, jnusements. It coat* the
■9 009.990 famif-s in An'eneatTl.StOOOO.-
900 to exist in 131 H. These 29 millions of
families must fay this extra five billions.
Rincc IS non.orl of these families pay no
incomd tax. il Is added to their living
costs and thefnen from whom they buy
‘food clothe* {rid fuel hand It over to
l.'ncle Sam.
Everybody a Taxpayer-
In 1919 evefy family paid Uncle Sam
*:99 One w'h thinks the men with big
incomes pay *« 'axes are as blind as the
old-sash ion ediperson who use.l to think
the saloetikeaters kept up the govern
ment. Who pys the exoeas-profit* tax.
Th#* man in tf** afreet., of course. He au»o
pavs
ttls 29 6 per cent from the *8
pej cent irtn.ic in the living cost,
'eaves 64.3 per 'ent Increase. That is.
this would If normal increase In the
cost of llvlnp.
PM It RETURN
10 FMMTE LIFE
Washington. -Uthourh no authorised
■.lament on tl 6 su*ject In obtainable. H
is underatood ' iaf reorganisation of the
Lute departme t in the. near future will
Irvol** rhar.tr In the personnel of the
aiirhr«t gmd' * and Frank I*. Folk, the
.ndpr.aecretan of elate, wilt voluntarily
return to prlva ■ life to rename the prac
•ic» of law
ylr Polk hat just return' d ‘o Amerlra
'roit- Knrop*. 'here he succeeded Hecre -
•arv I,anetne ai the hei.il of the
commission at he peace .'nfereme, and
k>sed up the inner'ion of thia govern
ment with thi euprenie rounril except
naofat as It e; sts through the presence
of AtrbssaadoHWallace In,the of
an obrerver ar reporter. /
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
FIVE CENTS PER COPY
VOLUME XXVII, No. 1
WILSON TAKES PERSONAL CHARGE OF
PEACE TREATY BATTLE IN THE SENATE
.
FEW ANOTHER
WAVE OF WOOD
ALCOHOL DEATHS
\
Authorities Throughout U. S.
Gravely* Fear Reports of
Further “Blind Deaths’’ Due
to New Year’s Orgies.
Chicago.—Authorities throughout the
country today gravely awaited reports
from New Year's eve revels for con
firmation or refutation of their predic
tions that the wave of deaths from wood
alcohol poisoning which took a toll of
appropriately 125 lives during the Christ
mas dolidays, would be repeated.
Early today there was slight evidence
that celebrators of the arrival of the
New Year had not profited by knowledge
gained of the effects of drinking outlaw
ed liquor. The more pessimistic officials
pointed out, however, that it probably
would require a full day for the serious
consequences generally to become ap
parent.
Chicopee, Mass., and the Connecticut
valley with f.’fty deaths, today still led
all localities that suffered from the
Christmas flood of fake whiskey. In
Chicago, thirty-two deaths attributable
to wood alcohol poisoning had occurred
since December Ist, according to Peter
M. Hoffman. C«ok County coroner.
Fully awakened to the dangers of con
suming the poisonous beverage, city,
state and federal officers from New York
to San Francisco today were directing
their efforts toward eliminating sales of
the liquid. Several sta-e's attorneys an
nounced their intention to ask the death
penalty for vendors of th*- polsor* If
murder indictments were obtained.
In New York, San Francisco, Chicago.
Memphis. Tenn.. New Haven, Conn., and
a number of other cities alleged sellers
of the poisonous liquors were under ar
rest .
Whiskey substitutes intended for New
Year's celebrators at San Francisco, con
tained crude oil. embalming fluid, oil of
peppermint and oil of Carmine, chemical
analysis revealed.
Thirty-five Held.
New Maven, Conn. —Thirty-five men
were under arrest in Connecticut today
as a result of the investigation of fed
eral. state and city officials into the
wave of fatalities and illness caused by
drinking poison whiskey The toll
in s ete wa* n.
Fire cAirly today wrecked the restau
rant known as Sabatini’s, where the pro
prietor. the manager and a. bartender
nave been arrested in connection with
the investigation. Several explosions oc
curred during the Are.
Woman lit.
Miami, Fla.—Leo Solomon, of Jackson
ville. was taken into custody by the po
lice today and held pending the outcome
of the serious illness of a young woman
companion, who was removed to a hos
pital today from a fashionable hotel
here. The police asserted thejr belief
that she was suffering from wood alcohol
poisoning.
FOREIGN BULLETINS
WANT NEW WEAPON.
Berlin. -The Russian newspaper Kom
munarc], is offering 100.000 roubles for
a new weapon of “frightfulness" that
wotiifl enable the Russian proletariat to
“crush the armies of England and White
Russians.”
FIUME DEMONSTRATION.
Rome.—American sailors at the Ad
riatic port of Spalato stoned the Serbian
headquarters and shouted “Flume for
Italy!” yesterday, the Popolo Romano re
ports. There were farther anti-Serbian
demonstrations at *nn American officers’
ball last night, the paper adds.
CHANGE DOCUMENT.
Geneva.—The newspaper Le Democrats
learns from a diplomatic source at Berne
that the G* rman government has
changed and revised the documents in
Karl Kautsky’s book, “and is publishing
different editions for the neutral counties
to suit every taste.”
DIRECT CARGO.
Cork. —The first direct cargo to reach
*»n Irish port from America in seventy
years arrived here today on the American
steamship Gretna.
WARNS.
Berlin.—Nicolai Lenine. the Russian
Bolshevist premier, has just sent a p#>r
sonal wireless message to the Hungarian
goVemment threatening the "sternest re
prisals” if the wholesale execution ol
Bolshevists in Budapest continues.
BIG WHEAT FIRE.
Buenos Aires.—A fire thirty miles in
width in the neighborhood of *San Ger
man. a town on the line between Buenos
Aires province and the Pampa territory,
has been extinguished. Six hundred
am** of wheat were destroyed. It is be
lieved to have been s#*t by agitators.
CONGRESS ADJOURNS.
Mexico City. The Mexican congress,
which has been in regular session since
early in .September, adjourned sine din
last night. In the senate, government,
adherents elected a majority of both the
permanent legislative commission and
the body which will have charge of th,e
installation or members of the next con
gress. whi<fh will meet September 1, 1920.
ARMY SHEDS BURN.
Nante*.—Vast shed®, housing Am# : lean
army stocks on St. Anne Island near the
state railroad station* were destroyed by
fire last night with the! roontents.
PRESBYTERIANS MAY PUT
UNIVERSITY AT MEMPHIS
Memphis, Term.— E«tab"*hmcnt of a
Presbyterian University hero *t a cost
of approximately *1.500.n0t). In contem
plated by the Southern Presbyterian
Church, contingent upon th#; raising by
local subscription, according *.o an an
nouncement today by a committee of
Presbyterian ministers and laymen nam
ed to confer with Memphis business and
civic organization*.
This annotincomet’ made after a
conference with diracton of the Mem
phis Chamber of Commerce, who gave
assurance that a movement would b"
launched shortly to secure the needed
amount
'rhe proposed university would absorb
the southwestern Presbyterian Univers
ity. now lo#a f ed at • 'larksvfile. Tenn.,
it was stated, and would, hat" the sup
port of Presbyterian synods In Tennes
see, TJits.ssippi and Louisiana
(FULL LEASED WIF-EI
WILSON TRAGIC
FIGURE OF TIME
Vienna —The Neue Freie Presse,
the most influential Vienna news
paper, prints the following Contri
bution by George Bernard Shaw:
“President Wilson is perhaps
the most tragic figure of the pres
ent time. He sees the new con
querors forgetting everything they
were pretending to fight for and
settling down to ten years of re
venge and contriving rie\v humilia
tions for a vanquish**#! enemy.
“The president led * his people
into the war to destroy militar
ism, and the British army, once
succored by him, is now eagerly
I employed at Cologne to imprison
| every German refusing to salute
a Britijfh officer.”
ROOT WILL AID
IN LAUNCHING
LEAGUE’S COURT
Washington.—Elihu Root, former secre
tary of slate, will be called upon to give
his assistance and'ad vice to the launching
of the great international supreme court
provided under the League of Nations.
Of the instrumentalities which are to be
set in motion almost immediately upon
rhe proclamation of peace, the interna
tional court of justice is regarded by the
supreme council as of ranking import
ance. Consequently that body, through its
secretary at London, already has gone
as far as possible in advance of the actual
declaration of peace towrds the creation
of the court.
Information now has come to hand that
the plans have been so far perfected as t<
permit of the extension to certain jurists
of international reputation of invitations
to form a managerial committee to plan
the details of the permanent court of in
ternational justice, and to define the scone
of its activities.
The invitations are being extended
through the London secretariat with th*
design to give life immediately upon th*?
promulgation of the treaty to Article It
which reads:
“The council shall formulate and suhniii
to the members of the league adoption
plans for th establishment of a permanent
c 2 u U t . of International justice. The court
Shall be competent to hear and determine
ar !Jt .L Pllle aTI international character
w!Ui trie parties there to sunndt it. Th*-
court may alfco give an advisory opinion
•i p C n d,5p,,, 1 0r question referred to
it. by the council tir by th* assembly.”
AMERICAN BULLETINS
UP TO CONGRESS
Washington. D. C.-As soon as pe.rr,
officially Is proclaimed. conyross will bo
asked lo pass legislation providing- for
tho ultimata disposition of tho enemy
properties and funds now hold by tho
anon property custodian's office a. iord
mir to an announcement today from \t
torney General Talmcr.
JEWELS STOLEN
Oetroit, Mich. Jewelry valued a' more
rpumffc 6 ''J?° 2,?? 8, . 0,Pn from 'he home of
•rlffith O Bills, in the fashionable In
■ 'n village section last niglit. according
to a report to the police today Tim
jewelry, stolen during the absence of Ihe
family at a New Year's watch parly In
cluded a necklace valued at $29,090
TO PUNISH STUDENTS.
Macon, Ga. —Four hundred of the 1 -
”, students and a number of teachers
fl *' in * ‘‘mutiny'' at Lanier
High seliool on Monday because, their va
cation period was not extended over New
Year’s Day will be punished today it
was announced last night The punish
ment was authorized by the hoard of edu
cation, hut Ita nature was no' dis
closed.
The student* cut action], paraded the
city hut later returned to : jhool
FIVE SHOT.
Baltimore, Md, New Year’s day r.rten-1
ed In Baltimore with the shooting of four I
young women and a hoy by group or
Intoxicated soldiers racing along Ka.it I
more street i„ » n automobile shortly
after 1 o elock this morning. None of
the wounds appeared to be dangerous.
A QUESTION.
Washington, D. C.— Neither eonflrm*-
tion nor denial of the report I ha: prcsl
dent Wilson would send a communication
to the Democratic national convention at
its Jackson Day banquet, January Bth
definitely stating that ne would not »r’.
cept a third term could be obtained at
t£ti White Honac.
TO ENTER BUSINESS
Washington, D. C.— Franklin K lane
secretary nf Interior, when he quits tie
cabinet In the near future, will become
pressing of cotton and work out plane of
of Maryland, according to a report cur
rent today in financial circles. II Is re.
ported that Mr. Lane will quil the cabinet
op January *tb.
DENIED ADMISSION.
New York.—Dudley Field Malone, for
mer collector of the |K>ri of New York)
and prominent as a champion of radicals I
of all degree*. I,as been refine d admis
sion to the American Legion it was P-am-l
ed today, although he served as a Junior I
lieutenant In the navy during the war
Mr Malone'* application was rejected'
by Charles If, Fox Dost of the legion, |
at Croton-on-Hudaon. An appeal taken
the Westchester county committee, re
suited In the action of the Croton Post
being sustained.
SEEKS DIVORCE
Indianapolis.—Mr* \deiald, y Tim-*
mons, daughter-Of the late Vice-President!
t'harle* Warren Fairbanks, ha* filed suit
for divorce In the superior court on the
ground of non-support Her husband,
I’aptaln John W Timmons, Is now 10-1
eated in the Third Naval District,
Brooklyn. •
Mrs. Timmons has a suit pending to
break her father’s will disposing of SB.-
009.900 claiming that he wag of unsound I
mind when the document, was drawn and I
that fraud wa* committed by her
brother*. t
SLEEPING MANNEQUINS
Pari*. —Sleeping mannequins, diepiay
ing daiqty feminine nightwear and tiny
lace caps, have been introduced by the
leading Purlsiene drea*.making establish
ment*. Only women customers will be |
admitted to the bedroom* of tlusc rnaii-t
nequlna, and not until th? models hsvej
fallen asleep
ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY F APER IN MANY HOMES
AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. THURSDAY AFTERNOON. JANUARY 1, 1920
AMERICA GIVES
NEW YEAR A
DOUSING WELCOME
Year 1920 Welcomed in New
York by Celebration That
Lasted Until Dawn —Chicago
Nurses “Hip Pocket"'
Washington Quiet.
New York. —Celebration of the advent
of the New Year continued until dawn in
the hotels and restaurants along the
“great white way” the revel era taking 1
advantage of what they considered the
last opportunity to celebrate in the hil
arious manner traditional to New York
Police and other observers said the
crowds which jammed upper Broadway
from midnight until nearly morning were
equal in size and spirit to thone of former
years.
While unumbered thousands paraded
the thoroughfare with all sorts of noise
makers, other thousands who with fore
slghtedness had pim*h;.sed storks of
wines and liquors before July Ist were
making merry in the hotels and restau
rants. Much of the liquid refreshment
was sent in alvanee by truck and /uou
sine after reservations for the night had
been made. A heavy profit through
“corkags” and "coollnL'" charges was
reaped.
Crowds on the streois. while not lark
ing in exuberance were more orderely
than It* former years. Two thousand po
lice officers who lined Broadway from
Thirty-third street to Columbus circles,
said they had little to do and few arrests
were made •
The celebration was not confined to
places nf merriment 'J'he chimes of
1 hundreds of churches rang out as of old
at midnight while thousands of whistles
shrieked an accompaniment. Many thou
sands attended watch night meetings In
the churches. A chorus of 1,800 voices
sang at Madison Square Carden while u
pageant was presented.
Washington.
Washington, D C.—N w Year’s day was
quietly observed here today. In official
circles there was the usual round of so
cial functions ah hough at the White
House there was no formal celebration be
cause of th*- Illness of the T’residont.
Secretary of State Lansing and Mrs. Lap
sing were the hosts at a luncheon for the.
diplomatic corps and receptions were held
hv Secretary nf the Navy and Mrs. T»«n
ieis. Secretary of War and Mrs. Tinker
and Assistant^ Secretary oT War and Mrs
Crowell. Y
Tho New Year received a noisy ’wel
come last night from crowds on the
streets, but there were no public or
formal celebrations oilier than the church
and home watch parties and balls. Trie
1 customary watch party at the White
House was dispensed with because of
President Wilson’s condition. Messages I
to the nation were issued by Vice-Presi
dent Marshall and several members of
the cabinet In all of which was expressed
a note of optimism for the coming y ar.
Chicago.
Chicago.—Chicago’s huskv young New
Year nursed last, night on hlpnockct hot
tics showed no signs of being as dry as
congress and the supreme court had fore
cast.
Gafea became cafeterias last night and
serve vourself servfc* proved ad "finale
lo produce alt the traditional joys of the
New Year welcome
Illinois search and fifiztiri* law, which
nrohibits movement of liquor even aero**
the street went bv the hoards. H!p
pocket flasks were fashionable but thirst
ier ones their select private
stocks to downtown « atfng places in suit
cases, baskets, golf hair a and i* one easi
even a trunk was used.
Police threats of enforcement of the
draff!ic search law failed of execution.
Glum-faced detectives assigned to watch
the downtown cases stood idly by a rut
with envious eye watched Mu- contra
band liquor dUfapp*’ar Glilef Carrltv, who
earlier in the day had anroureed the
law would be enforced, mad the rounds
al midnight and in a well-known down
town hotel delivered a short speech to the
reveler*.
"I am glad to o*• everybody having
such a time.”
% Charleston.
Charleston, S. C. Among t)v New
Year's features here todav was t»a
ra/1* of the Emancipation Association
held by negro organizations with an ad
dress at a church aft* rwHrd by th° Rev.
f S. Lee. of York. Pn.
ATLANTAN HELD UP
BY ESCAPED CONVICTS
Atlanta, Oa.—Two unidentified men
who corresponded to the descriptions of
Joe Webb and Roy ftlckerson, escaped
convicts, held up W. N. I)upr**e on the
outskirts of Atlanta last night and rf»ado
off vln his automobile
Dupre#* said the nen first halted him
and asked for a rid*. then demanded
what money he had opening fire on him
u hen be at fljsl refits* *1 They finally
got sl2 and the ms chin#*.
W bb. who
fence fur murder, and Dickerson who had
a 20-year sentence for burglary, escaped
from the chaingang here Tuesday by forc
ing a passing autolitt to drive them sway
at high speed. Tuesday night they loot
ed a country store, taking n**w clothes,
food and a quantity of cigars and cigar
ettes
Dick Jester, who <*s*«f<**j with them,
was caught Tu**sda> night when th* au
tomobl’e party It** ssk*-d tor h ride proved
to be mad** up of deputy sheriff* **arch-
Ing for him.
WILSON’S NAME NOT
ON SOUTH DAKOTA BALLOT
Pierra, 8. D. Th* name of President
Wilson will not appear on the March
primary ballot of Booth Dakota with
party endorsement,, according to un
nounnemont from the secretary of
state’s office today. Neither th* presi
dent itor Governor Lynn J. Frazier, of
North Dakota, who was endorsed by
the non-partisan league proposal con
vention, filed their acceptance* of
convention endorsement up to mid
night last night, are quirement neces
sary In order to secure placing their
name* on tb« hat loti.
President Ends Hope of
Democratic Senators to
Compromise on Treaty
AMERICAN PEOPLE'
ARE WISHED FIERY
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Washington. -The following rneoHuve
of guidance for the American people in
the New Year was given to the Univers
al Service Tuesday by Josephus Daniels,
secretary of the navy:
“The only tiling needed by to** people
for the New Year Is faith—faith In
American ideals; faith In American abil
tty to Incarnate those ideals into action;
faith in tin* cardnal prncples upon which
this republic was established; faith in
the. courage of the men of America In
peace to solve th* difficult problems
which face them with the same coinage
and firmness with which they perfbimed
the grim duties of war.
“There arc no lions In the path of 1920
which will Impede our progress, unless
we depart from the spirit of democracy
which has been our pillar of cloud b\
day and of f.’re by night in all the years
since Jefferson penned the Declaration,
and Washington gave the errand of con
servative progress to our national gov
ernment.
"We shall d*»al with a firm hand with
anarchy and lawlessness, no mat ter
wher*’ It rases its head. We shall find
a way to prevent plutocracy and profit
erring endagerlng just reward for all
men who labor and thluk.
‘•With a supreme faith in American
principle* and a firm resolve that class
tyranny shall not supersede real democ
racy. red blooded and contldi nt Ameri
cana regard the «*bMtsrles which stand in
the way as incentives to higher endeavor
and greater work. America is sound at
the core and 1920 will be Ihe best year
in Its history.”
Otln r New Year's greetings were:
Newton I* Baker, secretary of war
'My New Year* wish is that our country
may have new and splendid opportuni
ties for service to mankind and to use
them gen* rouidy.”
A Mitchell Uiilmer, attorney-general
“May 1920 see the successful conclusion
of the constructive work of re-ad just
nnnt from war conditions and difficul
ties; may it bring with if a settlement
of tin uniie.4 s: ary strife between capi
tal and labor, a more Juat and equal di
vision of tlk* fruits of labor, the elimlna
tion of all ‘overgrown’ federations «.r
corporations' that threaten to control or
sway th*' government and the suppres
hioii of the ulf ia - radicals who seek to
transplant the chaos of Lump* into this
country."
Bear Admiral William S. Sim* “The
world ha: just witnessed the most im
pressive manifestation of sea power that
history has ever recorded. While It is
true that navies alone cannot win a con
tlncnfal war. It Is nevertheless equally
true that, ijie allies and American navies
made victory possible In the World War
by insuring the safe transportation of
troops and the essential supplfe* for tlm
allied countries and the armies on all
of the battle fronts. My predominant
wish for the New Year Is, therefor*, that
tb< vital Jes Mon b not forgotten by tho
American people.”
Symiiel Gompers—" May the New Year
inspire ail the people of our beloved re
public* to sttil greater efforts for Justice
and humanity.”
'Charles M Schwab ”M y paramount
N* # Y* ar’s wish * , oh«:i/ , *nlrig public nf.
fairs Is to sec every influence of »hn
government, every agency in our public
life and every energy of every cltlscn of
tic United Staten directed toward the
greatest possible production of farms,
mines, factories and every other activity
of our national life Through such ef
fort, united and unstinted* alone can we
surmount our most serious and Immedi
ate difficulties.”
MaJ -Gen. Leonard W|pod "Mv pre
dominant wish for th** New Year is
peace, law and order, increased produc
tion and good business.”
Vonurtlano f’.innmu, p** Hldent rs
Mexico - "My b mi wishes ter the N>w
Y«-ar are to fsi.ibtiiih complete tranquil
!ty In th* republic of Mexico, to hand
over legally the position of first magis
trate or the nmme, which f now hold and
to tighten the bonds of friendship with
»J] nations with whom Mexico h m i*-
iat loos.”
Kamo tin pe Valera, pres dent •>( the
frieli republic *My New Year’s wNp |*
freedom for Ir* land and for all nuUons
• jbjrct to foreign rule.” ~
Mary Bickford - ”1 bad •* good resolu
tion all written out for tin Ne a Year,
but some one came alone sod told me
tin world was corning to an end in l>*
♦nobor, and I tor* It lip All I ran r*
member of jt Is thin ‘l,e| ug not toll
that little fellow 1?«20 all about the trou
bles of the last few years, let’s bring
him up happy, glad end cheerful* put a
lot of eunshlne in his heart and I am
sure he will turn out to b* on* of th*;
finest little fellows we ever knew.* ”
Raymond Hitchcock* "It Is my wi«b
that our politicians will b- pubMc-npir
it* d enough to make our country as free
as Ireland.“
Douglss Fairbanks-'The roar and
rumi lo of cannon have left the whole
world nervous and irritable What is
needed Is a soothing syrup of tolerance
and • tool* of understanding A good
flatly prescription l* B* for# ,uu make a
decision, sum up th* Ollier fellow’s vtj>
* op, than subtract his f;i <
ha me tiling with yourself, comp u the
results ami you wilt find th*** are Just
about the same.”
Hir Arthur Conan Doyle “My wish j
fbis New Year ts tha* th* people put
aside foolish Incredulity and seriously
examine the tremendous new revelation
•
realising fits methods are not ours."
(ASSOCIATED PRESS)
By JAMES R. NOURSE,
Staff Correspondent Universal Service.
Washington, D. C. President VV ilson Wednesday broke his long period
nf inactivity with respect to the peace treaty and assumed personal
i lnrtgr* of the fight to bring about ratification by the senate.
He sent Secretary Tumulty to the capitol to confer with Senator
Hitchcock and other senators in the. administration group for the purpose
of ascertaining the exact situation regarding the treaty and th*' prospects
for favorable action after th** reconvening of congress. Prior so
his visit to the senators, Secretary Tumulty spent some tlms with the
president, who went over many phases of the treaty situation. Secretary
Tumulty spent nearly two bourn discussing the situation with Senator
Hitchcock and others, leaving the capitol shortly before 5 o’clock to
make his report to the president.
The immediate effect of Secretary Tumulty’s visit was to cast an at
mosphere of gloom upon the senators on the Democratic side who ha\e
been bending their energies to bring about a compromise by means of re
servations which they hoped the president would he willing to accept.
The impression these senators received was that the president Is mord
disinclined than ever to yield to n.ny sort of ratification except the un
conditional ratification upon which he has always insisted.
Senator Hitchcock declined to comment, upon his talk with the pres
ident's secretary. He said that his understanding of Secretary Tum
ulty’s visit to the capitol was that "he was just cruising around trying
to find out what the treaty situation was."
But disappointment wits wrltte n Mainly upon Senator Hitchcock *
face when he stated that Secretary Tumulty brought him no message
from the president and that ho ca rrl< d ».o message hack to tho pres
ident.
It has hern the hopes of these administration senators, who arc re
conciled to the conviction that rat.jf ~,,,f1 0n of the kind the president de
mands is impossible to obtain; tlm ‘ u 'hrn the president spoke he would
bestow on them some sort of appr ovu * 01 their earnest effort* to bring
about ratification on the 4>ost ter nia Possible.
Disheartened.
Senator Hitchcock and his as
sociates know that ratification with
<*ut reservations cannot be gained, and
the president's failure to recognize
Giis to be the fact caused them con
siderable disheartment after Secre
tary Tumulty had flitted in and out
of their offices without any message
of presidential good cheer.
Convinced of th*‘ hopelessness of the
situation ho far as compliance with
the president’s desires is concerned,
Senator Hitchcock permitted |t to he
known that he and other administra
tion semi tors intend to continue their
f efforts to bring about *ii compromise
|on the reservations \ and send the
i treaty in th* president for Ids np
| P* oval or disapproval. In accordance
with Uiirt purpose. Senator Hitchcock
invited Senator.* Pomerene, Pittman
arid Swanson, all members of the for
eign relations committee, to bin house
Mils evening to discuss method* tor
bringing t ,ch a compromise about.
The meeting at Senator Hitchcock's
lions** was entirely informal, and was
preliminary to a Meries of meetings
which the Democratic members of the
committee will hold for the purpose of
agreeing upon madiflcatlons of the
Lodge* reservations, which they will
submit to th*' senate.
Senator Hitchcock announced the
purpose of the conference by saying;
“We merely talked over what w*-
had gathered from separate fields to
see what we could do toward a corn
promise.”
Hitchcock Talks With White.
1 luring the day, Senator Hitchcock
conferred with tlrnvy White, who was
named by th** president as the Repub
lican rpernber of the American peace'
mission to the Paris conference. Mr.
White told the Hcnator that, a great
deal of mlHleading information had
been given rnjt a* to the probability
of the European nations accepting th**
American reservation*. He Hold that
oo far as Franc*- was concerned, he
had no doubt that the reservations
are unobjectionable, and that the
only serious objection <tn the part of
England would be against the reser
vation on the * quality of voting.
Mr White described «ondll.ion* in
Europe and urged acceptance of th#*
laodg* reservation* by the Democratic
senators In order that the treaty
might become * ff#»cUve.
On this same point, Senator Hitchcock
stated that Viscount Grey, the departing i
British am halloa dor, had exproseed so
him very strong disapproval of this par
tlcular reservation on tho voting power
in th** league. The British diplomat's
objection* were given at an informal
gathering and were in no son so an official
protest from Viscount Grey’* govern
ment. Senator Hitchcock laid partlculai
strejis upon this point to make it clear
that rfc* ambassador in no way contra
vened tfc*’ diplomatic convention in mak
ing knovtn his views respecting an Item
of pending legislation iri thg American
congress.
Sought View* of Grey.
\f u matter of fact, Senator Hitchcock i
stild, the views of the British ambassador I
wer* sought by him for the purpose of i
is* * Gaining the British viewpoint re
garding the I/odgc reservations The r»o I
sit ion taken by the viscount waa that
the reservation on voting power would
be highly objectionable to Australia and
Uftriada. bermum* In his opinion, its effect
would be to disfranchise both of th'-so
coup tr)#** Tho ambassador made It clear
that England alone would raise no oh- «
Jrdlon m jt, but on behalf of her aejf
goverrnng domlnlmi* might be compelled
to protest against Us acceptnnoe.
Two other cotifiren*#* held during ihe
day were of far reaching effect on the
treaty fight Moth wore at the home of
Kona for !*odge th* republican leader.
The flra’ caller was Kenator Pom'rone
democratic mrmhß of the foreign r«ls-
Uonafwmmlttce. nsi the second was Urn
atorib.rry H. New. of Indiana, one of sh«
republican membsfi of the same com
mittee Kenator Lodge'g position was
made perfectly clear to both of these sen
ators.
To senator Pofiorene, Kenator Lodge
pointed onl ’hat so fkr as In- was con
cerned tip* administration senators and
anv others Oft the republican aide were at
entire liberty to go as far as ihry could
toward working out » scheme of com pro
mi*## which they thought the iena’#j
might br willing to accept
No Compromise Possible
But Kenator l/Odge informed Senator
Roitiarefie that to agpmplish this the
copipromiaars will have tn get the votes
of Cl senators, and rhat he did lot h*--
llijyj. tin y would have an **aav time doing
it. Lodge does no’ odtove that
HOME
EDITION
WEATHER—Georgia: Fair tonight except
r*in near the coast, colder.
rtiy compromise la possible except on the
Midge reservation*
Senator lx>dge mild that In all ha talks
with democratic senator* he had faib.l to
riml on.- w ho had any Idea of what tin %
were going to do by way <jf compromise.
Senator New told Senator Midge that
•le i-oiild I’OUnt upon -W repuWlean 'honu -
tors who are agreed Chat the only way
the treaty .-an be ratified l.s hy tin d.-m.
ocrats accepting (hr Midge rewr-rwaliens
le (old Hepatnr l/Odge alio that in his
Ulk with (Istnucrii tic sons tors J,« i,arl t.i
cnrne convinced that a majority „f them
would awpport reservation* rcga-dloas ~r
what the prculdont might advise them to
do.
Senator Lodge auounoed that there
was no chanee for the Imtri wood n s .,.
lutlon providing for a coneillatlon coin
mittee to he panm-d and that tlu Knot
resolution declaring the war at. an .nil
w ill be held 111 reserve until H I* detinitel
proven that ratification of the treaty or.
term* acceptable to the president ia im
possible.
OFFER PRIZES FOR
AVIATION STUNTS
New York. Prime aggregn ting more
than $-,000,001) will l>. divided among
aviator* in compelttlono living ar
ranged throughout the world In 10:10
under the direction of ihe Interna
tional Aeronautic dV-di ration, accord
ing to aiinonnceinciit here W» dne.vdn'
American competitor* will la- selected
hy the Aero Club of America, which
reprneent* the I’nlted State* in the
federation. j
The big event 1* the aerial derby
around the world, which mind be com
pleted between duly 4th, 1020, and
January 1. 1021, arid for which »1,000,-
000 In prl7.cn will be offered. The
principal American competition ia
the International aerial derby across
the I'rilted States, living organ fiscd by
the Aerial 1,.-ague of America, with
SIOO,OOO In prize*.
B. L. BUGG WILL
HEAD A. B. & A.
Atlanta, Ga H L. Rujo:. man
<*r of tli#* Atlanta. Birmingham Mild At
Juntic Railway Company, han hocp ju»rrwuf
upon by th« #**i i uth • committei
roiiij'h board of dlrrrtora as president nf
•ha company whim It i* returned to pri
\at»- control, it wan Raid in railroad cir
cle#! here today. The director* \tfll meet
Iti January to elect a prcMdcnr
DUBLIN WOMAN DIES
BY HUSBAND’S HAND
Dublin, Ga. Mr*. Mutt Kdwards died
Wednesday from guriMhot wound* aaid
to have been inflicted by her husband
follow Inn n quarrel at their home top
miles from here Tuesday night. The po
ller are hunting for Kdwards. Accord
ing to county official® fSdwards rang the
farm-houi** hell and aa the family ran
out he opened fire, i'onr children and
young farm hand cacaped.
TWO KILLED WHEN
STEAM PIPE BURSTS
Norfolk, V*. —Two men were lulled
end one no b.idly burned t>»t he died
later hi a hospital last night, when a
steam pip. on the jltramahlp Kyota buret
end flood'd Hu rnglm room with Hloatn
Tilt dead men nr. F. VV Met; I ur», of
S'gttU'. awl Fat rick WaUh.of Ireland,
who dhd immtdJatily, and W. h, Tlm
mlne. of Ohio, wit" died after he wan
taken to th< hospital.
After the aicloent an examination of
the engine rotm. war made, hut no
cause for ilie accident could be fonnd.
STORM WARNINGS
Wmhlngton.—An advisor; northwest
storm warning was ordered by the
weather bureau for today at 12 mam.
Norfolk, Va , to Kant port. Me. The dis
turbance Is over I-ow«r tit I,uwrei>i-e
valley movlnr northeast, aiyl Increasing
strong west and northwest winds were
forecast tonight and Friday morning ex
cept southwest tonight on eastern Main*
coast. '