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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16

changers, selfish critics or obstruc-
tionistS.
1 believe in the righteousness of
my country's cause in this war. I
believe in the wisdom and states
manship of Woodrow Wilson.
have given to him my unstinted sup
port in the legislation he has asked,
and my heartfelt sympathy in the
task that confronts him. ] believe
in the valor of the American SOL
der and the ultimate success of
our cause 1 believe in the patriot
ism CT the mothers and fathers
who have sent the American soldier
forth to the battlefields of freedom
and justice.
With such interna tional issues Of
liberty and justice before us, the
subsidiary issue of the approaching
campaign in Georgia is well defined.
My record is the exact opposition to
that of the incumbent Senator
Hardw.ck. On that record and on
these issues l am willing to stand
or fall.
will Serve Unerring1y
For U. S. Victory in War
If the people of Georgia honor
me by bestowing commission to
represent them in the upper cham
Der, l promise them that my vote
and voice there shall rebound to
the honor of my country, my state
and my party. My service snail
unerringly be for the successful
prosecution of this war of the ma
ton, and for the betterment of the
constituency of Georgia in domes-
tic affairs.
When people of the entire state
give scrutiny to my record of seven
years as the representative of the
Fifth district, in the mouse of rep
resentatives, l feel confident they
will bestow upon me the greater
responsibility and trust that go
with seat in the senate of the
United States.
1t is with reluctance that 1 shall
come to sever the more Immediate
associations as the representative
in congress of the Fifth district.
That constituency is dear to me,
and has honored me in a manner l
shall never forget nor fail to APP
preciate. I have done my utmost
to merit the trust it has reposed
in me, and to perform faithfully
the duties incumbent upon one rep
resenting so great a district, en-
bracing, as it does, the capital or
the souths. Empire State. In the
event of my election to the SEN
ate / shall endeavor, however, to
serve the state as a whole with
the same fidelity and conscientious
ness / have sought to demonstrate
as a member of the lower house.
That, as the representative of one
congressional district, it has been
my privilege at times to assist in
the promotion of the interests of
my entire state and section is
source of qualification to me and,
/ trust, has contributed toward my
equipment for performance of duty
in another field.
Until 1 shall have opportunity
to meet personally the patriotic
people of Georgia, ! ask them to ac-
cept this announcement as an evil
dence of my commendable desire
to represent them in a service of
Americanism and unchanging fidel-
ity to the true ideals of our united
country.
Faithfully yours,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16
OFFICERS INVESTIGATE
COL. S|MONS' DEATH
Believe Commander Commit
ted Suicide, Although No
Clear Motive Is Found

The body of Colonel William H. 81
mons, commanding the Three Hundred
and Twenty-seventh infantry at Camp
Gordon, was found Friday afternoon IN
his quarters, a bullet wound in the head
and a revolver with one empty cham
Der lying close to his right hand. 1t
is believed he committed suicide, but
searching investigation, conducted by
a board OF military officers, was in
progress Saturday morning, with the
expectation that a detailed report would
be Forthcoming Immediately.
Colonel Simons' body was discovered
by colored trooper and indications were
that the officer had been dead but
few moments, although no sound OF 4
shot was heard by the other officers in
the same building where his quarters
were located.
No reason has been assigned for the
apparent suicide. An officer who dined
with Colonel Simons on Friday noon de-
clares that the latter was IN excellent
spirits at that time.
He was forty-nine years old, and has
been in command Of the Three Hundred
and Twenty-seventh infantry OF the one
Hundred and Sixty-fourth infantry hrt-
gade. He belonged to an old South
Carolina family and his record as
military man is an enviable one. his
ability and efficiency were never aueS-
toned, and he was very popular in the
United States army and at Camp COR
don.
Colonel Simons was born at Charles
ton, s. c., and was appointed second
lieutenant, from civil life October Z.
1891. He first served with the Sixth
United States infantry. He became a
first lieutenant April %, 1898, captain
February 2, 1901, and major and in
spector general by detail in September,
1914. He was promoted to the RANK OF
lieutenant colonel of infantry May 8,
1917, and on August 5. 1917, became
colonel in the national army.
He served with distinction in Cuba,
Alaska and the Philippines, and was
at one time assistant instructor at the
general service and staff college at Fort
Leayenworth During the campaign OF
General Hughes in Panay and Samar, Of
the Philippines, in 1899-1900, he was aid
to General Hughes.
Colonel Simons graduated from the
South Carolina Military academy In
1890 and from the infantry and cavalry
school in 1895. He won first honors at
the Military academy.
Major Simons, a nephew of Colonel
Simons, will accompany the body 90
Summerville Saturday night, where 1t
will be taken for funeral and inter-
ment. officers from the Three Hundred
and Twenty-seventh infantry will escort
the body to the train. Major Simons
was at the cantonment Friday after
noon. He is in the signal corps.
Besides his nephew, Major Simons,
Colonel Simons is survived by one broth
err and three sisters.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16
Senatorial Campaign
viii Open on April 20

William j. Harris announced Friday
that he will open an extensive campaign
in his race for the United States sem
ate against Thomas w. Hardwick, with
an address at Waycross on Saturday,
April 20, the date having been fixed
Thursday afternoon at a conference be-
tween Mr.. Harris and his campaign
managers. On the same day Senator
Hardwick is to deliver an address at
Carrollton.
Mr.. Harris also stated that on Fri
day, April 10, he will attend the meet
ing of the Georgia Medical association
at Savannah.
Announcement has been made that
Mr.. Harris campaign headquarters will
be located at the Ktmball house, in
charge of DR.. L. S. Ledbetter of Cedar
town. DR.. Ledbetter is to have six as
sistants. The headquarters are to be
opened at date to be announced later
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16
WILLIAM SCHLEY HOWARD
ENTERS y. s. SENATE RACE
ON HIS RECORD IN CONGRESS

Senator Alfred H. Colquitt and other
leading men of his day.
AS a boy Mr.. Howard had his first
glimpse of Georgia public life when,
in 1858 and 1889 he served as page
in the Georgia house of representatives.
In 1S90-91 he was calendar clerk OF
the house.
In 1898 he was appointed private sec
rotary to United States Senator Patrick
Walsh, of Georgia, and served in that
capacity during Senator Walsh's term.
He studied law at nights and was adj
mitted to the bar at Wrightsville, Ga,
in 1895. Just at the beginning of his
career, however, came the call for
volunteers to serve in the Spanish
American war, and he enlisted in the
Third Georgia volunteer infantry In
1898. serving during the war as a SER
geant
On his return from the war he moved
to DeKalb county and began the prac-
tice of law. He was elected to the
Georgia house of representatives in 1899
and was a member of the judiciary
committee and the committee on county
affairs. He introduced what is now
known as the Howard franchise act,
said to have been the first of its kind
introduced in the south
In 1895 he was elected over four OPP
ponents as solicitor-general of the stone
Mountain circuit, being reelected in
1908 without opposition.
In his first race for congress he OPP
posed the late Congressman Lon Liv-
ingston, for twenty years a member OF
the lower house and considered by many
to be invincible. His majority was big
and subsequently his leads over oppon-
ents have been large. In his last race
he carried every county in his dis
trict. 1t has been expected that in the
event he ran for reelection to congress
he would have no opposition.
Mr.. Howard is most happily married.
His wife was Miss Lucia Augusta du
Vinage. OF Texas. They have three
children, a girl and two boys.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16
Z! zsQliEilRHvEY

1t is the way of woman to bear pain
and discomfort without complaint.
Women awaiting motherhood should be
given every help which will make for
less pain.
Millions of women have used the safe,
tried and reliable external massage
known as Mothers Friend" The alb
dominal muscles relax naturally and
without strain when baby is born.
Stretching pains during the period are
avoided and the crisis is rendered safer
for both the mother and the coming
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16

child by its regular use.
The woman who fails by any chance
to procure Mothers Friend" should be
furnished it by those who are dear to
her.
Write to The Bradfield Regulator
Company, Department K, 800 Lamar
Building, Atlanta, Ga, for book, Moth
erhood and the Baby" 1t is free. Moth
er's Friend" is procurable at the drug
gists' Do not go a single night with
out using it. Ask for bottle today
without fail.--(Advt.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16
Sabotage Bill Provisions
Stricken by Conferees

WASHINGTON, April 1S.-Provisions
in the sabotage bill for penalizing acts
of obstruction of war materials were
eliminated from the measure today by
senate and house conferees.
The conferees also struck out the
clause permitting labor to strike for
higher wages, which the senate had re-
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16
Bandits CAPTURE Missionaries

PEklNG, April 8.-Miss Katherine
Schmidt and Mrs. Stanley NJ. Dixon,
American missionaries, formerly of
Springfield, S. D., have been captured
by bandits. They are representatives of
the China Mennonite Mission society.
Miss Schmidt was attached to the sta
ton at Tsaohien, Shantung province,
and Mrs. Dixon to the station in the
nearby town of Fangshan, in kiangsu
province.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16

WILLIAM SCHLEY HOWARD,
congressman from the Fifth Geor-
gia district, who Saturday night
formally announced his candidacy
for the United States senate to-
succeed Thomas w. Hardwick.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16

L the sprinx OF 1898 I was attacked By
Muscular and InnEmmatory Rheumatism. I
suffered as only those who have IL know. for
over three years. tried remedy after rem
edy. and doctor after doctor. but sush relief
As I received was only temporary. Finally.
ana IL has never returned. I have given 10
TO a number who were terribly AFFLICTED and
even hedridSen with Rheumatism. and Il
elected q cure in every case.
/ wart every sufferer from any form OF
Rheumatic trouble TO try this marvellous heal
srE power. Don't send q cent; simply III
70 trv. After you have used IL and IL has
proven itself 10 be that loug-lcoked-for means
Of curing your Rheumatism, you may send
the price Of IL. one dollar, but, understand.
perfectly satisfied to send II. Isn't that
fair? WIZ suffer sny longer when positive
relief is thus offered you frses Don't delay.
Write tesSav.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16
. WILLIAM SCHLEY HOWARD.
Congressman Howard
LOnq in Public Life

Congressman Howard was born in
Kirkwood, DeKalb county, June 29th,
1875, and is therefore, forty-three
years old.
His father was the late Mr.. Thomas
c. Howard, noted as a writer, orator
and humorist and the associate and
close friend OF General John B. Gordon,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16
40 Hun Airplanes
Shot Down and 70
More Are Damaged

LONDON, April 13.-"Forty hos
tile airplanes were brought down
Yesterday and twenty others were
driven down out of order" Field
Marshal Haig announced tonight
Twelve of our airplanes are miss
ing. Three hostile balloons also
were destroyed"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16
Paris SheHed AGAIN

PARIS. April 1S.-the bombardment
of the region of Paris by the long range
was resumed today.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16
Stands Ready to Defend
Wilson's War Measures.

I am willing and ready to defend
face to face, with any man who
challenges their wisdom or neces-
sity, all of these measures which
the president and the peoples rep
resentatives in congress have deter
mined to be necessary to protect
this country against Teutonic ag-
gression now or in the future.
This announcement, therefore, is
addressed to Georgians who love
their country with the same unself-
ish devotion of the forefathers who
protected IL in its infancy. 1 do not
seek the suffrage of men who see
no duty to perform in this period
of world travail; of men who feel
uncalled to make a sacrifice. This
is a time when divided allegiance
cannot be tolerated. There is no
place among our citizenry for slack
ers, physical or financial, money
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16
Has Upheld President
without Reservation

As 4 member of the hous eand it's
important committee on appropria-
tions, justihable pride is due me
that 1 have had a part in the franz
ing of ,momentous legislation in
these times of world stress. 1t has
been my duty and honor to uphold
the president of the United States
in the conduct of this war, and
neither by vote nor voice nor mental
reservation have l denied the COM
mander-in-chief the aid he must
have in the great task which en-
compaSses him. / have supported
my president and my country, and
since war overlook this peace-lov-
ing nation / have cast my ballot for
the commonwealth.
It will be claimed no doubt, that
some of this legislation was radical.
But the sincerity of this claim
fades when we realize that we are
engulfed in a world cataclysm. The
president. under the constitution Of
the fathers, is commander-in-chief
of the army and navy, and once
congress has declared war he is
promarily responsible for its con-
duct and for the safety and preser-
walton of the nation. To withhold
support of him is to invite dis
aster and to approach treason.
This country is a peaceful nation.
It was forced into war after every
diplomatic recourse had been ex-
hausted and IL became apparent
that the kaiser and his subservient
allies sought dominion, not of Eu-
rope bus of the entire world, and
that, in furtherance of this design,
American rights on sea and land
would no longer be respected.
No man or set of men are i'm
portant or big enough TO impede
the victorious progress of an out
ragged and awakened nation in it's
determination to vindicate Ameri-
can rights and preserve the lives
and properties of her citizens.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-04-16
Europe

Liberty Bonds of all denominations
can be had from any bank. Buy now
every little bond" helps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-05
FOR RIPLEY RED CROSS
Community House Entertainment Last
Night q Big Success.

The first of a series of East side
community entertainments was given
Tuesday night at Ripley park. About
1900 persons attended. The commun-
ity building on the East side will con-
tain Red Cross work rooms, and ad-
mission fees to the entertainment net
ted about 800 with which to equip
these rooms. By the sale of votes at
a penny each, $59.25 for the Red Cross
was raised, by women whose reward
for receiving the highest number of
votes was a big cake.
The program was given entirely by
East side people, including children
from Branner, Lafayette. State street
schools and the East side kindergar-
ten. The Malstrom sisters sang some
songs: George Adamson gave Harry
Lauder impersonation, and the East
side community chorus sang, directed
by F. F. Dawdy. Tom Williams and
boys from the Railroad Y. M. C. A,
gave tumbling and bar stunts. The
Santa Fe apprentice band played on
the steps of the community house from
1880 to o'clock.
Later entertainments will be given
to equip the reading room. Mem
bers of the committee in charge of the
entertainment were: NJ. E. Harding,
H. w. Jones, Charles Todd, Anna KEEL
ly, Mrs. Reuben Roser. Mrs. Alex
Voight and Mrs. Mildred Shaw.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-05
fire A BANK HEAD
State Commissioner Removes
L. B. Leach of Wamego.
Fears Run on Bank Owing to
Alleged DislOyalty.

In an effort to protect the Wamego
State bank against a possible run by
patriotic citizens, State Bank Commits
sioner Walter E. Wilson has directed
the removal of Louis B. Leach as
president. Leach refused to contribute
to the Red Cross. He converted his
Liberty bonds into cash and would not
invest in the third issue. Added to it
all, he was charged with aiding his
son-in-law, Floyd E. Fischer in evasion
Of the draft.
Trouble has nestled close to Banker
Leach for some months. Many COM
plants were made concerning his dis
loyal utterances. Local committees
which went to the bank with requests
for aid in support of war activities,
were turned away or ordered from the
bank. He defied a committee of bust
ness men to brand him as a Stacker
or to tar and feather him when he
refused a subscription to the Red
Cross. Then the bankers automobile
was given a fancy shade of yellow
paint and Stacker signs began to dec
crate the walks in front of the Leach
home.
Feared Run on Bank. g.:
Removal of Leach as president of
the bank came under orders from
Commissioner Wilson. Reports sent
to Topeka indicated a possible run on
the bank as a result of Leach's flat
stand in opposition to the war. few
days ago Leach ordered a committee
of business men from the bank when
they called to solicit funds. Following
this action a patriotic meeting was
held in a park near the bank. The
next day, it is reported. Leach started
to Kansas City in his yellow car.
Crowds stopped him, threatened to up
set his car and compelled him to buy
and carry an American flag. Another
crowd resented the flag over the yell
low paint and compelled it's removal
For some months Leach has been in
the midst of one of the warmest rows
Wamego ever precipitated. His trouble
was not lessened when Fischer re-
Gently started for Newport News to
hold down a bomb proof job in appar-
emit evasion of the selective draft.
Fischer had married Leach's daughter
since the United States entered the
war He claimed exemption because
of his responsibility to his bride. This
week Fischer will probably go into
army service Thru the efforts of Con-
gresham Dudley Doolittle, Fischer
has been separated from his Job near
Washington and will go to an army
camp for intensive training in the art
of carrying a musket.
1t is probable that a new president
of the Wamego bank will be named
at the meeting of the stockholders In
July. Leach is said to be in Kansas
City at this time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-05

Mr.. Fairbanks was recognized as
one of the national leaders of the Re
publican party and as such was made
chairman of the committee on reso-
lut.ons at the Philadelphia national
convention in 1900. He resigned from
the senate March 4, 1905, having been
elected vice president on the Republi-
can ticket with Theodore Roosevelt
While he was vice president, Mr..
Fairbanks, in 1908, became a candi-
date for the nomination for president.
He was defeated by William H. Taft,
ended, he went back to the practice
of law:
Last Log Cabin Statesman.
The distinction of birth in a log
cabin, which illustrious Americans of
an earlier day commonly had, was
also that of Former Vice President
Fairbanks. 1t is probable that he was
the last of American statesman to
have been born IN one of these humble
cabins.
He was born on May II, 1852, at
Unionville Center, Ohio. Mr.. Fair
banks father was Loriston Monroe
Fairbanks, a wagon maker of Ver-
mont, who emigrated to Union county
Ohio. His mother was a sister of the
late Williim Henry Smith. once gen.
eral manager of the Associated Press.
The Fairbanks home frequently was
the hiding place of runaway slaves
and no black man ever was turned
away from the door. Fairbanks was
8 years old when Abraham Lincoln
was elected president. Then followed
the civil war, the stirring times of
which the future vice president fol-
lowed with keen interest.
Mr.. Fairbanks took a deep interest
in politics and assisted in local, state
and national campaigns, managed
Walter Q. Gresham's campaign for the
Republican nomination for the presi-
dency in 1888 and later 1abored in
dustriously for Benjamin Harrison's
OOminatiOn
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-05
COBB HEADS BANK
TOpekan Succeeds Late John r.
Mulvane, B. of L.
JOab MulvaHe, V. P.-Arnold,
MuIyane, Directors.

S. E. Cobb has been elected presi-
dent of the Bank of Topeka, to sue
coed the late John R. Mulvane. Joab
Mulvane has been elected vice presi-
dent in place of Cobb. Ed. C. Arnold
and ]. D. Mulvane have been made di-
rectors to fill the vacancies caused by
the deaths of Scott Hopkins and John
R. Mulvane.
S. E. Cobb, the new president of the
Bank of Topeka, came to Kansas in
1900 as the cashier of the old Pru-
Dental State bank. Hardly was he set
John R. Mulvane, ever on the lookout
for executive timber, fell on him, and
many approaches were made in vain.
Finally, in order to get Cobb, Mulvane
engineered the consolidation Of the
Prudential State bank and the Bank of
Topeka, Cobb emerging from the deal
as vice president of the Bank of To-
peka
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-06-05
FEAR A JUNK ORDER
Patrons of Salina Northern Hear
Road May Be Abandoned.

Salina, Kan, June 5.-An intense
feeling of anxiety prevails among the
people along the line of the Salina
Northern railroad over the report
that the national railroad administra-
ton contemplates the abandonment
of the Salina Northern in the inter-
est Of the branch lines of the main-
line roads in this part of the state.
The people in the towns along the
line declare that if the road is aban-
doned as transportation line it will
mean that the road will be sold as
junk, as one or two other roads have
been. The Salina Northern road runs
from Salina northwest to Osborne,
and it is intended to extend the line
further to the northwest.
The people in central and western
Kansas have been working for 80
or more years for this north-and-
south line, and the Salina Northern
has cost the people more than ST.
100000, and many farmers and bust
ness men along the line own stock.
There are a dozen towns along the
line that were not in existence before
the construction of the line, and two
or three small towns that were off
the survey were moved entirely to the
road and consolidated with new towns
that were started, to take advantage
Of the possibilities offered by the
road.