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Swift, Gfl.
A Thriving Little City Where a
Live Community Spirit Keeps
Things Humming
Capital of Screven County
Growing By Leaps and Bounds
' —1920 to Be Banner Year
By HUBERT F. BAUGHN.
(Staff Correspondent.)
Sylvania. Ga. —They started off the
year 1920 in Sylvania by electing a new
mayor and council.
And the mayor-elect started the new
rear right by announcing that he would
waste no time in setting the new munici
pal machinery to working at top speed
to make this a banner year for Sylvania,
the coming city of southeast Georgia.
If the achievements of the year Just
• nded are to be eclipsed, there’ll have to
be a. great display of real action, for 1919
in Sylvania was nothing less than a pe
riod of sensational strides in every line
of public work.
Sylvania is the town that* jumped from
a population of less than GOO in 1900 to
-.000 in 1910 and caused the outside
world to marvel. And when the returns
of the 1920 census are released there’ll
be another big surprise, for just as sure
;*s the war’s over, the present popula
tion is right around 3,500.
Traveling Men Like It.
All the traveling men are “strong” for
Sylvania. They rank il as one of the
best towns in the entire state. And when
the “drummer boys” say nice things
about a town '(you don’t hear thorn do it
morr. than once a year), iis more than
apt to be 100 per cent “O. K.“ I came
down on the train with a Sidesman rep
resenting a large Augusta wholesale
house, and this is what he said about
Sylvania:
"It is the livest town on my list, and I
visit above fifty every week. The Syl
vania merchants buy more goods for the
six** of the town than any bunch in the
state. They must get an enormous
trade from the surrounding territory-”
There’s something in the Sylvania at
mosphere that grips you, and makes you
want to “hang around” awhiie. Perhaps
its the way of the people you meet on
the streets, for surely they are as hos
pitable ancl pleasing as you'll find any
where under the sun.
A survey of the building and business
onditions shows that one big improve
ment after another is being made.
'.They’ve gone wild on the “boom stuff.”
Municipal Equipment.
Here arc some of the things that cause
Sylvania to stand, out. so prominently as
the coming town of this section of Geor
gia :
Improvements t costing $15,000 have just
boen made on the city lighting plant. It
is municipal owned and operated, and
represents an investment of over SLUO.-
000. No city of any size hus better or
cheaper electric light.
The installation last year of a com
plete and up-to-date sewerage system
• ame after the town council reached a
decision to float bonds for this purpose,
and the voters ratified the action.
Modern fire-fighting equipment cost
ing SIO,OOO, has been purchased, and now
Sylvanians are well protected from lire.
The fire department at present is com
posed of thirty volunteers, but the new’
city administration plans to provide for
a paid department at an early date. This
will greatly reduce the insurance rate, it
is said.
That there is more money in Sylvania
than ever before is evidenced by the
fact that the two banks have deposits
totaling almost $1,000,000. President P.
It. Kittles, of the National Bank of Syi
vania, and President W. TV Williams, of
the Sylvania Banking Company, declare
that*business last year was far better
than they had even hoped for. Both
banks will declare neat dividends for the
year.
An up-to-date ice plant, owned by the
city and costing in the neighborhood of
$40,000, will be in operation before hot
weather.
The Screven County Oil Mill—one of
the largest in Georgia—was rehabilitated
;•» short while ago and is now’ being ope
rated by Hudmon Brothers, of Augusta,
and J. A. Davis, of Sardis. Mr. Davis
stated that business was excellent, and
that the prospects for the year ahead
were bright enough.
Standing squarely behind e ;ery move
made for the best interest «*f Sylvania
and Screven'County Is tne Sylvania Tele
phone, a newsy sheet published weekly by
W. M. Hobby. The paper is the official
organ of the county', and is now in its
thirty-eighth year.
Church Activities.
Several years ago the Baptists in Svi
va nia got. together and decided that they
wanted to show to the world what (hey
• ould accomplish. So they ianded Rev.
G. G. Ward as part or, and from the day
he came to them the church has become
a greater and greater power for good
in th«» community. The result, was that
the present house of worship grew too
-mall. A magnificent brick edifice, cost
ing $35,000. is now going up. and Rev.
Ward says he hopes to hold the. “house- j
w arming” and dedication services early
in April-
The Methodists have a commodious
church building, and the pastor, Rev.
O. E. Heath, has accomplished great
work during his three years of service.
The Christian Church was erected a
few years ago, and is modern in every
respect. Rev. L. A. Digby is the popu
lar pastor.
Although scores of homes were built,
in 19J9. there, is not a vacant -house in
Sylvania, nor has there been for over
’wo y€»ars. W. M. Hobby, publisher
the Sylvania Telephone, said that Jit
least fifty homes could be rented today
with rase
Sylvania is goina to issue bonds next
month and begin 'rock on a SIO,OOO high
school building. It is greatly needed,
for the greatly increased population has
likewise increased the number of school
children, and ‘the present building is en
tirely too small. There are 350 children
attending the school this year. Superin
tendent C. «*A. Strickland said that the
Sylvania school system of “local taxa
tion” had proven a great success, and
that the work being don** would com
pare favorably with any city in the state.
Sylvania is making great preparations
for the entertainment of over bank
ers. members of Group J, Georgia State
Bankers’ Association—who will be the
guests of the local banks for two days
next month.
The Pfeiffer Hotel. operated by B. II
Rawls-. is the ]>l;i<-<; where the traveler
feels at home. The service is (food anil
the meal.i are extraordinary. This Is
another fried chiekrn joint.
Three large department stores, as
.Any drug stores, scores of grocery,
■U'dware. dry goods and genera! stores
end three garages, permit Sylvania to
do rhe hulk of their shopping at home.
But the toad from here to Augusta Is
a veritable turnpike, and several cars ot
•hoppers or smusetnent seekers drive
•\.r almost every day. And. hv the
we y. almost everybody In this town owns
a nice car.
The growth of Hylvanla during the last
frtr years is all the more remarksble
when you stop to consider its railroad
-ituatlon. There are two railroads, the
Sylvanla Central and the s. & A., afford*
rig eight, passenger trains daily. But
the service is not as good as could be
wished. The Sylvania Central i* a
short line running to Rocky Ford, mak
ing connection with the Central of Ocor
gia. and the S. Sr A. operates between
Savannah and Camak, connecting with
•he Georgia Railroad at Camak for Al
ania. The belief is expressed here that
•he Georgia Railroad will sooner or lu
'cr take over the S. & A. # and place It
on a par with tht best roads of she stale.
At present, the train service Is poor.
The Svivania. city officials and the en
tire population as well are considering
seriously the paving of the streets It
wfll probably be a matter of two years
vet. before this can be done, however,
hut the work of building a tnlle and a
,ia!f of concrete sidewalks is now going
on at fun speed.
Svivania is proud of its courthouse.
And you can’t blanw them, for it's’ a
peach of a building. The 'arge structure
was erected a number of years ago at
a rort of tlVdo, and It's one of the first
things a visitor admires.
Trading Center.
Farmers residing within a radius of
20 miles do their trading In Sylvania.
Merchants tell me that there Is scarcely
•turning around" room In »h* stores on
Saturdays. Kdttor Hobby substantiates
the statement and says he shskes hands
every Saturday with more out-of-town
people than greeted Sergeant Alvin York
on his return from France. M.iybe that's
•ecause Mr. Hobby Is an avowed candi
date for re-election (o the office of 'ax
ollector which position he has held for
'our years He’s the first newspsner
man I ever knew to have nerve enough
(Continued on page four.)
THE AUGUSTA HERALD
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VOLUME XXVI, No. 5 (full leased AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 5, 1320
ROUND-UP OF REDS IN U. S. REVEALS
PLOT TO STAGE WORLD REVOLUTION
Mayor Urges Change In Form of City Gov't
BEER GIVEN
KNOCKOUT
BY HIGHEST
U. S. COURT
%
Washington.—The supreme
court today declared constitu
tional sections of the Volstead
prohibition enforcement act
prohibiting the manufacture
and sale of “beer, wine or oth
er intoxicating malt or vinous
liquors” containing one-half of
one per cent or more of alco
hol.
Beer edntaining 2.75 per
cent of alcohol,, is illegal un
der the war-time .prohibition
act, the supreme court decided
today.
Dismissal by the lower court
in New York of injunction pro
ceedings brought to restrain
government officials from in
terfering with Jacob Ruppert,
a brewer, in the manufacture
of beer, containing approxi
mately 2.75 per cent alcohol,
but alleged to be non-intoxi
cating, wax sustained.
EMTHQIK TAKES
SCORES OE CIS
MD CAUSES HEM
DAMAGE 111 MEXICO
* > I
(By The Associated Press.)
Mexico City.—The villages of
Teocelo and Couztlen, in the state
of Vera Cruz were virtually de
stroyed by the earthquake last
night and heavy casulties have re
sulted, according to late Press
reports received here.
TEN STATES SHAKEN.
Mexico City.—Ten states were
shaken by the earthquake which
on Saturday night destroyed at
least two villages and caused many
deaths in the state of Vera Cruz.
There states were Mexico, Peubla,
Vera Cruz, Oaxaca, Guerrero,
Morelos, Palisco, Tlaxeala, Hidal
go and Queretara. They stretch
from the Isthmus of Tepuantepec
in a neqrthwesterly direction, a
distance of nearly 500 miles and
from the gulf of Mexico to the Pa
cific. Reports received up to 11
o'clock last night indicated the
center of the seismie convulsion
was in the neighborhood of Mount
Orizaba, a volcano about seventy
miles of Vera Cruz on the line be
tween the states of Vera Cruz
and Puebla. It was in this neigh
borhood that the most serious
damage was done. Teocelo, a vil
lage 35 miles notheast of the vol
cano. was virtually destroped, and
a similar fate befell Couztlan, a
small hamlet in that neighborhood.
Wires were tom town by the vio
lence of the tremor and only frag
mentary reports reached thi* city
but it is stated there were many
casualties in both towns.
Many houses and churches in .fa -
lapn, a city about 50-mlles northwest
of Vera Cruz were damaged while re
ports from Orizaba, a city ten miles
Mouth of the volcano, slate that sev
eral business blocks and churches
near the center of the town were
cracked. In the subiiths of Orlzada the
shock was very severe, many persons
being reported killed. The shock came
during a performance at the theater
at Orizaba and panic-stricken people
leaped from the balconies into the pit
in their efforts to escape. Many were
injured. Fifteen shocks were experi
ence at Cordoba, a city ten miles east
of Orizaba where eleven were distinct
ly felt. First reports received here
stated that the tremor centered at
Acaraabro, a town near Teluca. about
25 miles southwest of Mexico City, but
more recent advices state the shocks
were not severe there.
Many Perish.
Telegrams last night from the slate
of Vera Gruz where the earthquake
was more severe stated that many
persons had perished, accurate estt
mates of the casualties cannot no
made as yet.
Mexico City.—Score* of person*
have been killed In a violent earth
quake which occurred In many parts
of Mexico Saturday night. The cen.
ter of the disturbance la believed to
have been near the volcano of Oriza
ba.
Church Collapse*
By The Aaeoelated Press.)
Mexico City.—Late reports recetv.
<Continuc4 on page two.)
Commission Form
of Government Is
Virtually Assured
Mayor White, in Annual Message. Declares Present System Is
Unwieldy and That He Will Gladly Retire When Commis
sion Form Is Obtained
COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ENDORSES THE MAYOR
Authori es Appointment of Committee to Work Out Details of
Proposed Change—New Members of Council Take Oath of
Office and Retiring Members Commended for Their Service
A change to Commission Form o f Government for Augusta in the
near future was virtually assured at the inaugural meeting Monday at noon
when Mayor W. P. White, in his annual message, declared that the present
system is unwieldy and that he stands ready to resign if Commission Form
can be obtained, and council, to a man, endorsed the mayor’s sentiments
and adopted a resolution authorizing the appointment of a committee to
work out the details of the proposed change.
<- l believe that under the Commission Form of Government the city’s
business could be transacted more like other business and more to the ben
efit of the taxpayer,” said the mayor, "The Commission Form imposes a
more direct responsibility upon the city officials and removes, to a large ex
tent, purely political influences which are hurtful to adequate and efficient
management.
mi find that under tbe P r «*e"t system we cannot accomplish as much
with the money expended as we could if we were conducting the usual bus
iness concern.
, Under the present system we have eighteen councilmen, no one of
whom is directly and finally responsible for his acts. . J . It cannot
be reasonably expected that a man who has a business of his own will be
willing to devote much of his time and talent to the city’s business.
. ,* I de,i . beratio £’ council approves of the suggestion, and if the
character of Commission that I have in mind can be obtained, I shall gladly
upon * h u e . of « bill authorizing aucl. a change/ I in
vito your criticism of this suggestion.*
Hearty Endorsement.
The foregoing statements are ex
cerpts from the mayor's message,
which also stated that the completion
of the municipal • lighting- project (lur
ing the year was hoped for, and sum
marized the working of the various
city departments during 19]it,
Immediately after the reading of the
message Councilman McGovern stated
that he heartily endorsed the. Com
mission Form recommendation, and
moved that council go on record as
endorsing if and that the mayor he
authorized to appoint, a committee to
work out the details. Councilman Al
len quickly voiced a second, nosing
out Councilman Arrington by a hair's
breadth. After a few minutes' discus
sion, in whieh every man took the floor
endorsed the mayor's recommenda
tion, the motion passed unanimously.
"X have always been for Commission
Form, and am still for it," said Mr.
Arrington.
"For years 1 have desired to see such
a form of government,” said Mr. Pil
cher. As a member of council J have
seen that the affairs of the city are
not handled in * business-like way.
and they never will be under the pre
sent system. lam ready to tender my
resignation as councilman a.t any
lime.” he added.
Councilman Bush said: “I am thor
oughly in accord with the mayor's rec
ommendations.”
■‘While I think tjommtssion Form
would save the city something, the
saving would not he as great as some
of us expect,” said Mr. Bell. “It would
probably bo between $50,000 and SIOO,-
000 per year.”
"I heartily commend the mayor,”
said Mr. Mikell, “and am willing to re
sign in favor of Commission form at
any time.”
Present System Unwieldy.
“I don't believe any other carpers -
tion the size of Augusta could be op
erated successfully on the system wo
new have,” declared Councilman Rey
nolds. There Is too much lest mol ion.
If the members of council devoted full
time to matters they should attend to
it would up much of their time
each day in the year. I repeat that
no large corporation could he operat
ed upon such a system unless, like city
council. It had the authority to go in
to the taxpayer's pocket every nos
and then. We must have a more di
rect system. There is absolutely no
doubt that a Commission Form, under
compel ent management, would save
us a considerable amount of money
each year and would result in more
direct and quicker 'service than the
present system.” «
"( fully endorse the roenmmendu
tlon." said Councilman Callahan, "but
I bdlievc that, the present administra
tion should go to its conclusion be
fore it Is put Into effect Tho may
WHAT’S YOUR
NAME ?
IF YOUR NAME IS
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AGATHA
VIOLET
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ELEANOR
MINNIE
Watch the Herald thin
week and learn the facta
about your name, it# hintory,
its meaning, it# derivation,
your lucky day and lucky
jewel.
Read What’s in a Name,
daily in the Heraid.
THE ONE PAPER IN MOST HOMES—THE ONLY PAPER IN MANY HOMES
or ha-s ‘mudr good,’ and I believe mo
city’s progress will be rapid under Ills
guidance."
"Ther''« no time like the present
time," remarked Councilman Murphey.
Mr. Reynolds agreed, saying that his
observations had led him in (lie eon
elusion that such a change should be
made oilher at (he beginning ot’ an
administration of early (hereafter.
“It's a good thing,” said Mr. Cashin.
“I will resign at anv time. Rut I
would like to see W. 1\ White on (lie
commission."
At this point Mr. Reynolds stated
that he thought council should know
that the finance committee had re
cently discussed increasing the may
or's salary to SS,OOO, and that when
Mayor White and learned of It, he hud
stated he would not accept of it.
think the public should know of If.*
said Mr. Reynolds. "It shows that the.
city’s chief executive is not a man
who desired to burden (in- taxpayers."
Present at the meeting were: .Mayor
While, Councilmen Arrington, Mur-
Phey, Callahan. Allen, McGovern,
Bush, Pilcher, Oashln, Hell. r. Harr"
Johnson, W A. Johnson, K. A. White,
Mat.tkson, Moore Miket] and Reynolds.
After the vote on Commission Form
had been taken, the incoming mem
bers of council were conducted to tne
mayors cfialr and took the oath of of
fice. They were escorted by the re.
tiring members from their respective
wards: It. O. Smith, firs) ward, by
Bother Arrington; T. T\ Darien ey,
third ward, by .1. M. Bush; C. Vernon
Klllott, fourth w.ird, by W. B. Bell, ann
B. W. Andrews, fifth ward, by Fran*
A. White. Mr. Callahan of tin- third
ward, and Mr. Mikell, of the sum,
who were elected to succeed them
selves, stood side by side.
After the Inaugural the retiring
member: of council gave a vote or
thank to the mayor, and were In turn
commended for their services during
the past year.
The Message,
The mayor's tm ssage in full fellows:
Augusta, (la., January S, I9M
To the Honorable Members of the City
Council of Augusta, Georgia.
Gentlemen: I have the honor to sub
mit herewith Ihe report- for the year
)9T9 of the heads and sub-heads of the
various departments of the city govern
ment. | invite your- attention to th.so
reports, and ask your earnest considers.
lion of such recommendations as are
made therein.
I particularly call your attention#'* the
comptroller's report, as it Is very eases -
tlal that each oiernber of council should
know the city's financial condition at all
tlm.-n, I desire to say that through the
sptendld co-operation of the mernte-rs of
council and the heads of the various de
partments th, city has been able in pay
all current expenses for the year J9l!i
and, In addition, we have paid the fob
lowing amount-:
Hills made prior to 1919 r,j :;<pj Ik
Cost to date of widening Wal
ton Way west of Kve xt 9 ',51 85
Detention Home. Xa/ely /one-.
Delegation to Thll.idelphla.
I’lnv Grounds, arid •
Ifnafl tens m
Reduced the Motes Buyable. IFMCHI
Paid for repairing old paved
(Continued on page two
AUGUSTA MARKET
fawned
40.50 MIDDLING 40.5)
Receipt;* 6*6; fial** I.€7•#; xVx-k 204 73<
NEW YORK COTTON
Opor- High Low CloM '
October 30.r,0 ,u 09 30.15 n zo ux
.Jtuiunry 3ft fiO 38.70 33. IS ft*!go I
March 37.00 37.21 36.56 34.84
May 36.50 35.66 36 10 35 43 i
July 3815 33 M 33.36 33.82!
NEW ORLEANS COTTON.
W C. Taylor report* X*w Orleans mar
kot aa follow*:
Op*n High Ixmv I
October 3*i.70 31,07 36.13 31.051
January ........ 40.00 46.69 ' 39.62 80 62
Mawti 38.20 38.20 37.16 37.20
May 36.46 36.48 36.70 38 15
Jul> 31.66 34 44 34 01 3115
The Inaugural.
Radicals to Put Up Stitt
Fight Against Deportation;
Friend of Trotsky Held
TAFT FAVORS
ANY LEAGUE
New York.—“l am hi favor of the
League of Nations aw It. Is. wit (.our,
any reservations at uTI. But I am
also in favor of it with the “our
teen reservations. T want the
league, reservations or no reserva
tions, and T do not want it oh
structed by remedial differences.”
said former IVosident William it
Taft in an address In th* -Brooklyn
Academy of Music Sunday.
Mr. Taft Paid the chief objection
lo the reservationß is that they are
too •‘bumptious’* in spirit. He
recommended that they be revised
on more diplomatic fines, leaving
out personal and political bias And
the “offensive assumption of power
on the part of the United States.''
SMITH AND
KING MEET
ON TREATY
Washington.—Henator King, of
(Hah. who Ih th«i author of a atirlon
of rwervationw to th#» peace treaty,
And Senator Hnko Smith, of Georgia.
heir! a conference Sunday at tin
homo of the latter, and today Kona
(or Klnff xv ill present his re*ervu
tionp to the senate.
If was Info ruled Sunda> as if moon
to hold a conference of the member*
of the new group In the a*nat«,
which ha* emerged from the treaty
rrht. and wno are known as the
“leadorleffli democrats”. They were to
have met. at Senator Hmith** home,
hut when Senator* Smith and King
looked over tho hKnation ihey found
that only Senator* Chamberlain and
Trammell of the ten or twclv* odd
member* of their group wore in the
city. So it was decided to cane, l ibe
me*ting called for Sunday and await
the return to Use city of other Defla
tors.
There was more undiluted gloorn
rampant in the rank* of democratic
senator* over the treaty situation
than at any other time in the pant
few week*. Senator Hitchcock, of
Nebraska, minority- Wader, war ask
ed what he thought of the situation,
and he replied that he believed there
might he Rome action by the end of
the month. But lie added.
“Thi* may b ri a pretry strong
statement.**
King Say*.
Senator King pOHftesfleH l*>pe: for
hi* reservation*, however, and If
Wven an opportunity, today, he will
<1 well on them for norne lenrtli
He. naid;
**My reservation* are fourteen In
number, and 1 will make some r*
mark* In explanation of them If f
ain yen the opportunity. So many
senators were absent from the capi
tal today that It wan Jmpo**ibl<- for
u* to hold our conference, hut it will
bo held a* norm a* they return.
"I have discussed my cnmpmmi*e
reservation* with practically all of
the senators who now are here, mid I
have received much encouragement.
• 1 thi v may he, t h
some compromise and that an a re
sult tho treaty jAdJI he ratified.
“There is almost general belief
that noinethlng should t»e done wlfli
r* gard to the, treaty at the earlierf
possible moment, and some, senator*
believe a conciliation commltte*
entirely Informal in (Mtfure-should
undertake to work out. a. bast* for
common agre# menL
“Th* chief trouble with the fJtuler-
resolution Is that the member*
of the conciliation committee would
be chosen from the rank* of th> for
sign relation* committee, arid If fh(*
wer* done nothing would he Achiev
ed, as all the members of such a
conciliation committee would h#
committed In advance. ’An rffeetlv**
committee will have to b made up
of senator* who are not iricnibm of
the foreign relation* committer
Furthermore, the members would all
hav# to be friend* of tho treaty, and
they should all bo willing to rusk'
MfM liCfiiflii. 1 *
A Suggestion.
One suggestion pertaining to *n
srnendmotit to article ten emanated
last night from the “leadarJess
group" The amendment would
commit the member* of the league
of nation* to a policy whereby ♦hey
would assume prof or tlon of the ter
ritorial Integrity of state* created by
th*' league- such an Boland, .fugo.
blavbt, and Caex-Ho-Holvskhi—but
would not assume thi* obligation on
b'half of ail states’ members of the
league.
Ho fur as the King reservation* are
com * rued they are generally approv
ed by Senator Smith, hut ;it the
meet In"' between him and Senator
King Sunday h«- HUK*e*iH»j some,
changes Until a conference of the
“lead*-rlees group” is held, however,
there will be no general Approval or
ri'Hftpprovnl voiced with regard to the
King reservation*. Senator Smith
;biid last night:
'Two-third* of tie senator* tin
doubt'*ll} fnv' •* • Vat. Jon of th'
pi' tlculy, and we o jght t© be
(Astoourrgp ptoms)
Washington. UarijcatF taken ! o the government rioos on the communist
am! labor part in* have all machinery mhl for fighting desperately against. •!«
porttion. it was announced today at the department of justice. Lawyers hav*
been engaged In practically every city where raids were made and officials pre
dicted they would take advantage of every tcoMnt<*»l!ty until their clients actual
ly were aboard vessels bound for their native land.
In view of this Information Assistant Attorney General Gsrvan pave, in
structions to speed the work of completing lire chain of evidence with which
he hopes to make deportations certain. A«H»2jnbling of the data concerning the
radicals' activities present the most difficulty Immediately confronting; the gov
ernment, officials said. Mr. Garvnn said that while the government lielleves
proofs of membership in other organizations to bo sufficient basis for deporta
tion, there must bo considered the likelihood that many of the persona held
might attempt, to show they renounced their ;i.ffiliations prior to the govern
ment's declaration Uiat the entire alien membership of the communist and labor
parties were doportable subjects. Habeas corpus proceedings will be employed
in a majority of the cases, M. . Garvnn believed.
Privileges accorded the radicals under present laws with respect, to hail
also complicates the departments work, officials said.
Persons held on such charges an have been filed against those taken in
to custody in these raids may gain freedom on sl,oofi bond. Hut the two parties,
which the department Is attempting to disperse, are known to have .» “slush
fund,” Mr. Gnrvan declared, and large amount* of this have been made available
for legal defense.
Reports of more arrests dribbled into the department today. These
showed that plans of the department to round-up the ringleaders of the two or
gan i/at ions were continuing unabated. Mr. Gnrvan said
MARTENS* CHIEF LIEUTENANT ARRESTED
New York.—Gregory Weinstein, chief of staff for Ludwig C. A. K. Mar
tens, self-styled ambassador to the United Stales of the Russian soviet republic,
was arrested on a. deportation warrant today by agents of the department of
justice. Weinstein, according to department of Justice officials, la the most in -
flucntlal Russian communist, next to Martens, In America.
Weinstein was taken into custody at the Russian soviet embassy where
he was head of the diplomatic department. An exile from Siberia, he arrived
bore with Leon Tro»zky, Russian sorter minister of war, a few years ago, and
his dose personal friend. Ho was formerly editor of the Novy Mir, the organ
of the Russian Socialist. Federation.
Washington, while the department of Justice Sunday was busy as
sorting and cataloguing its catch of radicals throughout, the country, the
state department made public a “memorandum on certain aspects of the
bolshcvlftt movement in Russia" showing the soviet movement is aiming to
spread Its doctrine through the world for the avowed purpose of establish
ing an International republic of the proletariat.
The report was compiled by the Russian division of i.hc state depart
ment ami soot to Senator Lodge, chairman of the senate foreign relations
committee. The greater part of the information was obtained from holshe
vist. sources, such as newspapers, official proclamations and radio des
patches direct from Petrograd and Moscow, McCreary Lansing, in transmit
ting the memorandum to Senator Lodge, .-ays;
“Since the overthrow' of the autocracy in March, 1917. the department
of state has studied developments in Russia with the sympathy which
America has traditionally shown for till movements for political and toclal
betterment.
“The study which has been made of the hoishevist movement* some of
the objective* are shown herewith, show conclusively that the purpose of ths
iMjfshevistH is to subvert the existing principles of government, arid soviet
the world over, including those countries ip which democratic institutions
are already established- They have built up u political machine which, I.
Die concentration of power in the hands of the few and the mthlessncs? of
its methods, suggests ihr Asiatic despotism of tlie «iar!y Tsars Tbe result *
of their exercise of power, as shown hy the document* presented in the ic
eompanylng memorandum, have been <h-morallzation, civil warfare, and
economic collapse.”
2.000 LEADERS OF
MINERS’ UNIS
BEGIN CONFERENCE
Columbus, Oklo.—Mure i.han
gtttea, reprra. utloK the 400,000 soft nut I
miner, of the Unlterl were jtKxeni
hl.xl Imre today for (hr noav.nlkin which
la to (iiHruw. the settlement of the nation
wide strike, terminated on December 10
by n truce proponed hy President Wllwon,
whirh Rave liie rnlnera n ft per cent In
creaee in waxee Plans are »leo to tv
formuialed for presenting*lo the commis
sion of three men appointed hy the prcsl
denl to ronsjder all matters In dispuie.
'and retHjrt within sixty davs the final
; l e/Tru. of settlement.
John I'. White, one of the mem lairs of
' he president's commission, will attend
the convention and obtain from the miners
their attitude in the controversy before,
taking up with the scale rximmlUT.e in
Washington, next week. hearin«s on the
miner*' demands
The miners are not satisfied mllh tha If
]»cr cent ndvunne, but are confident rh«
otninlsxlon, up»m full Investigation will
find they are entitled to more. They have
Ki'liered n max: of data, relative to Hu
Increased eost of Mvlnx In mining districts
wiilcli will he presented to the eotnmis-
Hlon
Tiie Columbus convention, If wai point
'd out by the officers. Is not called for
the imrpose of ratifying or rejecting the'
notion of thf officials in aecoptlng the
tirofsisal of tht- president. President
Be win and members of the policy commit
tee take the position that not to have as
vepicd would have meant defiance of the
government II Is expected tliat tiie riuii
cal element In tiie convention may take
> xeeptloni to Ihe actions of Ihe offlcars.
hut they are suid to constitute a small
minority
Alleg'd discrimination on the part of
operators In Alabama, Tennessee, eastern
Kentueky, Colotado and parts of Illinois
ayalnsi union officials Is expected te com,
before the convention. Secretary 1 1reen
said the alleged discrimination had been
brought to the attention of Attorney (Jen
cral Palmer.
• I>l* t«> tofcfthf.r In a non partl
■ in v i>. Tu vifw of th-* fart tb*r
ih**«' riAtur* practically of oik
mind un r*MervAtlon*, an ayrr*«rn< rit
ahotJld ft rnar!i#»«L
“I will bo triad to any rr*n
faraiicr aujc. for can* 14<»r*tlon
of * comprornl**, but *uch m con
furanen ahoiild not havo a Um6«r, and
I M4.V (III* Wltll Hi! rlU* H'Mpnf t to (liA
pr»i*kimit ahH Senator* Hitchcock
in 4 Lodi - / Mk • I* that lln **n •
• tor* Biuiuld simply it* tofjcth*r.“
Tb trf wiir little activity on (hi
r«put» ‘.m *Mr of Ihr nonste Sunday
on th* trenly f but wl»h th<* rniomp
:ion of buslntv* today oil manner of
<
and not alt of (|i#*rn urr expect
<l .0 be devoid »>f r» siult*
HOME
EDITION
TTIK WEATHER—Augusta and vicinity:
Fair; not quite so cold; near U 0 degree*.
MEMORAf+OUM IN
THREE SECTIONS
•The memorandum is divided lot*
three sections of which one relates to
the character of the bolshevtst rulo.
Reports, speeches and articlea hy Len
ine, Trotsky, Kullntn a.ritl other lead
ers explain the "distatorshlp of rh*
proletariat.”
The extraordinary ronirnlsaJonw arid
organized terror an dcursed and
aupplementod hy official proclama
tion* hy the president of the All-Hua
stan-Kitraordinary Fornmlsslon. One
telegraphic order frorn Petrovsky, dat
ed Heptoniber 2. 1919, is an example ol
the official fin-tics. It reads:
"Knd thould Is- put to W'-aknesaeg
and sofiin ss. All Right Sorlallst-Rev
ohttlonnrle* known to local sovi"t«
should he arrest<<l Immediately. Nu
merous hostages should lx- taken from
l.h« iMiurgents and officer classes At
the slighted, attempt to resist or the
slightest movement eniong the White
Guards, mass shooting should he ap
plied at once. Initiative In this tinn
ier rests especially with tho local ex
'Sitlvc committees,”
ITre second section toils some of the
economic results of bolshevism In Rus
sia. Tin budget for the first, six
months of 1919, tt is pointed out, shows
n delicti of thirty BUI lon ruble,<. This
fact was obtained from one. of the liot-
Hhevlst tn wspaper*. In January of
last year, according to similar aulhe.n
tlc Information, there wero fifty bil
lion ruble* in circulation in bolvhev Ist
Russia. Kxtracts front holshevist iia
pern tell of the disorganization of tne
idininialratlve machinery, the di
crease la the productivity of lalsir m
diislrtfij collapse and the break-down
of transportaliori.
WORLD REVOLT.
Hertlon three deal- with the plan ot
world revolution, as conceived by the
bolrhcviaia. It was discussed partic
ularly at the communist toternatlonal
In Moscow loot March At that time
It apimirod ns though Hungary and
Itavarlu. und fOKsibly all of Germany
would iticeuml) to bolshevism snd
hopes wi re high In Rusala.
A proclamation that came out of
Oils condition, reads:
'Ts>n* live civil war, th” only Just
war. in which Ihe oppressi-d class
fights its oppressors. In 1919 was born
the great communist International.
In 1920 will he liom the great Interna
tional imvlcf republic.'’
When the Itrest-Bitovsk treaty he-
Irwcen Germany and Russia was Sign
'd the heads of■ the soviet government
never meant to observe it. Tin* t«
shown by a statement frrtrn Joffe, for
mer bolshevlsl ambassador to Ger
many. and lately one of the bolshevtst
emissaries at the 1 >orpat conference,
lie said:
“Having accepted this forcibly im
posed treaty, revolutionary Russia, of
eourse, had to accept Its second ar
ticle which forbade 'any agitation
against the slat- and military utstl
tCorUnued on Rage Four.)