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The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15
sRITAIN's COAL MINES.

In Matchmaking its coal mines
Great Britain will have taken a far.
reaching step.
According to, the Daily Mail, Mr.
Justice Sankey's report--with which
the miners are in Substantial agree
ment," puts the decision beyond
doubt"
Private ownership" says that
paper, is condemned on two counts:
1t has failed to secure human condi-
lions Of life for the miners; 1t no
longer serves the national interest
by supplying the country with coal.
Naturalization will not only remove
great social grievance--the toiling
miner below, the coalowner, pocket
ing profits gained without exertion,
on top; 1t will also enable all classes
consumers. miners, and traders-to
have voice in the conduct of a key
industry which touches every life
and activity in this country. Coal
Is a national necessity, and as Mr..
Justice Sankey says, there is no
other industry to which 1t can be
compared
1.-THE scheme which Mr.. Justice
Sankey outlines appears sound and
workable. Public ownership will not
set up second Civil Service. Local
and district mining councils will give
the miners fair share in control.
CO. operation between adjacent COL
lieries will replace the wasteful indi-
vidualism of separate ownership.
Unification under the state will pave
the way to many economies by elm
mating 1900 companies or individ-
uals owning about 5000 pits"
Public interest in Great Britain
centers on output. If under the new
conditions the prewar production of
$50. 100000 tons annually is not re-
stored, the blame will be placed.
Judge Sankey says that IL the
output per man continues to go
down the supremacy of this country
is in danger"
If in this country it was proposed
to nationalist the coal mines we
would hear 1t said that we were
moving along toward socialism very
fast. Our experience during the war
In government control of railroads,
telephones and telegraphs has not
strengthened the movement for gov
eminent ownership. Great Britain,
towever is making even a worse
failure in the management of Its
railroads, and yet there is no dispo-
sition to turn them back.
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ANNOUNCEMENT.

AT meeting Of the directors Of
the Chattanooga News company yes
terday afternoon Walter C. johnson
who has been business manager OF
The News. was promoted TO the Of
ice Of general manager. and w. Al
len Kindel. formerly business mana
ger OF the Pensacola, Fla. Journal,
was elected business manager and a
director. Mr.. Kindel assumes his du-
ties today. He is a native. Of Ten
nessee and served his apprenticeship
In newspaper work on the Nashville
Banner. and before going TO Pensa-
cola was with the Asheville Citizen
and Columbia Record.
The News also takes pleasure In
announcing that Mr.. J. H. Akers, for
merly OF the Greensboro IN. CO Rec
ord, is now circulation manager Of
The News and was also chosen a
director at yesterdays meeting.
Other officers elected were George
F. Milton, Jr., secretary and news
editor. a position he held previous to
the war, and Gus s. Currier. treas
urer.
The reportorial department of The
News is now in charge Of George H.
Butler. who short time since
returned from the service.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

Walls "a not expected to survive a. an
result OF an automobile c ol,s,e train
an Atlantic Coast Line passsnssi
four miles east OF Bainprlases Mill
The newly organized Pacinc n1v ,n-
sail from Hampton Roads July ~ "a
stead Of July 20. as previously arraDE,Su'
Three steamers at Pensacola. Ia IN,
are affected by the strike OF stean,snnr NJ
workers, the Daca and BoconoIL. VIZ, -
ated by the United states shPpn'e
hoard. and the Hornet.
Fourteen white men were arres.eu
by Texas rangers at Longview on war.
rants charging assault with intent 70
murder a. a result of the pitcneo sun
fight between whites and negroes ias'
For the purpose of drafting legislation
governing suffrage in Alabama IN event
fhirty-six states ratify the susan u.
Anthony amendment to the federal con-
stitution. a Joint resolution was intro
duced In the Alabama senate by Sena-
tor Bedside, which provides Tor tne
appointment of COMMITTEES OF nve 20
report such laws not later than tne
thirty nth legislative day:
News has been received that KARI
Illaya, a well-nown artist. has COM
pleted the figures for the monument 10
be erected at Spartanburg. s. G., COM
memorating the HEROES OF the Thirtietn
division, which helped to break the
Hindenburg line.
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PRESIDENT AND SENATE.

1t has been rumored that President
Wilson was the only member of the
American peace delegation who ia
vored the acceptance Of the Shan
tung disposition to Japan, and II has
been limited that Secretary Lansing
might be called before the senate
foreign relations committee to estab-
fish the fact. The Jacksonville
Times Union, however, sees nothing
to be gained by such a course. The
Times Union opposes the league of
nations and the alliance with France,
but 1t insists that other peace dele
gates were the presidents represen-
tatives and subject to his instruc-
lions. 1t thinks it is the business Of
the senate to consider the treaties
on their merits and without refer
ence to the details of their negotia-
tion. On this point, our contempor-
airy remarks as follows: .t
1--WE do not believe the league of
nations agreement will be ratified,
and we do not believe 1t should be
that the Anglo Franco American al
lance will not be ratified and we are
sure it should not be, but whatever
Is done it Is the business OF the sem
ate to do. 1t has a duty to perform
as obligatory under the law as the
first consideration of the treaty by
the president was obligatory on him.
The president completed his work
when he signed. Now the constitu-
ton SAYS the senate must ratify or
reject. 1t requires two-thirds vote
for ratification--with a smaller vote
the result would be rejection. The
senate should act in the discharge of
the duty imposed on 1t by law with
out attempting to lean on Secretary
Lansing or anybody else"
In the last sentence of the fore
going paragraph, the Times Union
is undoubtedly correct. The senate
has resented an alleged encroach-
ment upon its prerogatives. To be
consistent--which is not frequently
the purpose--it should carefully re-
spect the prerogatives of the presi-
dent. There is altogether too much
of the personal element in our gov
ernmental affairs-too near ali APP
Proclamation to a government of men
rather than of laws. It ought not
so to be. Measures ought to stand
strictly upon their merits, regard
less of thei authorship.
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SOUTHERN TABLOIDS

After visiting Tuskegee institute and
other schools and Institutions for the
education and welfare OF negroes, the
| British commission on village educa-
ton In India has reached Montgomery
Ala
duty at the jail in Dublin, Ca, since
Friday night to protect Robert Ashley.
a negro, from possible mob violence,
have been withdrawn. There has been
no disorder since the guards were called
out and Sheriff Watson said he had the
situation under control.
The Birmingham post OF the American
Legion unanimously adopted resolutions
declaring that no member OF the legion
would attend the address OF Senator
who believed In 100 per cent. American
ism to refrain from attending the meet
ing.
Inquiry into the purchase OF land for
Camp Benning, near COLUMBUS, Ga;'
and the expenses incurred In its devel-
opment to the present was begun at
Washington by the special house COM
mittee Investigating wartime expendi-
lures on army training fields.
The total amount received in the Ala
bama memorial campaign up to noon
Saturday, according to figures given by
was Sis. 10000, leaving Jefferson county
still away at the bottom OF the list OF
counties In the state.
Boil weevil four or FIVE weeks ahead
OF the schedule and the cotton crop
two weeks late. Is putting a blue feel
ing over the farmers Of the Admission
(Ala.) section.
The United States Photoplay corpora
tion of Washington, D. c., is seeking
location in the south for motion pic
ture which 1t estimates will cost more
than half million dollars to produce.
At least twenty schoolhouses will be
built in Morgan county. Alabama, this
fall, 1t was announced by Prof. j, Q.
Tidwell, county superintendent. The
most pretentious OF these will be a
brick building at Falkville. to cost
SIS, 900; one at Trinity to cost $4,000,
and a frame structure at Wolff's pre-
cinct, to cost $4,000.
The board OF trustees Of Bethel Wom-
ans college, Hopkinsville. KY, elected
DR.. J. w. Gaines president. Until re-
Gently he was dean of Shorter college,
Rome, Ga.
One white man and one negro were
seriously injured and several other per-
sons hurt as the result of clash at
Port Arthur, Tex, between a score of
whites and double that number OF
negroes.
6. e. Hawkins and Ben WALES were
killed at cambridge. Ga, and Sam ID.
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ASCENDING PRICES.

AS has several times been indi-
Gated In these columns. we are
among those who do not expect soon
TO see a return OF prices TO the pre-
war level. We believe an era OF
higher prices is now upon us, which
will last good many years at least.
There are several reasons for this
state Of affairs, not necessary to emu
merate here. but mainly because
wage standards have been elevated
considerably and any very marked
reduction In prices would inevitably
involve lowering of pay to workers.
But there are abnormalIy high
prices which are not traceable to
these causes. Food prices seem to
have severed all relation to the law
Of supply and demand. Meat Is still
mt high water mark and gradually
ascending, yet prices Of cattle, we are
told, have dropped appreciably.
Larger stocks OF meat are in storage
than usual, but the consumer gets
no relief. Ominous warning has also
been given of another sensational
advance in shoes-a by-product of
cattle--without any apparent reason
in the world.
Congressional Investigations usu-
ally accomplish little, but It seems
imperative that something should be
done to check the robbery of the
people. With wheat, corn and other
crops In sight that are confessedly
beyond the needs Of export and home
consumption. there should be at least
a slight relaxation. We believe the
government has 1t in its power to
bring some relief in the wheat sit
uation, but corn, which is under no
guaranty, is now selling for more
than two dollars a busheI. And corn
is not exported in large quantities.
II Is noted that drastic action is
being taken to punish food profiteers
In Europe and to stop their nefarious
and something OF the kind
may be necessary on this side. 1t is
daily more evident that the con-
sumner is not getting a square deal.
He is being forced to pay unnatural
prices for his living-prices which
approach the limit of what the traf-
nc will bear. The test of efficient
government may be found in the re-
lief measures 1t puts into effect.
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CAPTURING" A GENERAL
By George F. Milton, Jr.

second. Other divisions were coming
along equally well. Infantry were
marching until they were exhausted;
artillery was going forward, without
hay for the horses or food for the
men, but they were going forward.
Bridges were down; engineers
swamped with work; the drivers and
cannoneers had to build their own
bridges, but they did it, and ad-
Vanced.
The confusion in the columns of
transport Immediately to the rear of
the advance elements was enormous:
the Germans had carefully mined the
remnants of roads their steel-tired
trucks had left. Bridges were all
down; flls blown out; light railways
crumpled and twisted. But the army
was demanding food and shells, so
the baggage and supply trains had to
attempt the impossible. On the road
from st. Pierremont north three di-
visions were trying TO advance-the
Seventy seventh, which was in the
sector: the Forty which was
relieving the Seventy seventh. and
the Sixth, which WAS attempting to
use all roads TO find a boche some
where. This road was a poor little
stretch of WORKOUT macadam. with
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

One of its famous feats which SOL
diers of the First division, with its
splendid record, seldom refer to is
their capture of a general!
The reason for this: it was an
American general and his striker
they captured. And this is the way
it came about.
The race for Sedan began on the
morning of Nov. /. The German de-
Tense in the Argonne, which had held
up the American advance from Sept.
g. suddenly crumpled under the
magniflcently organized and launched
attack on the first of November. Di-
vision after division began to report
that through no fault OF its own it
had lost contact with the enemy"
The Forty second was hurriedly
withdrawn from the Fourth corps
and sent to the First corps, the left
thanking American corps, to act as
advance guard in the attack,
Progress was uninterrupted, The
Seventy seventh division, after
hard days lighting, captured Cham
pigneulles; then German resistance
seemed to waver. and the march was
uninterrupted; Autrouche. st. Pierre
mont, Les Petite Armoises, became
the axis of advance for the Forty
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UNIVERSAL IN ONE LINE.

Referring to q recent declaration
of Gen. Hines in favor of "a year or
less Of UNIVERSAL military training
for young men as they come to the
age Of 20 or 81 and his assertion that
within I'VE years such young men
would be Just as far ahead in their
chosen pursuits as IL year had not
been lost, the New York Evening
Post INDUCES the following COM
ment:
"Many people had the idea that
one reason we fought the war was
to spare American boys compulsory
military training. The young man
Just out of college and ready to en-
ter professional school--would he
not miss that year out of the next
six? Give the young chemist or en-
gineer a choice between an extra
year Of research and year of MILL
tary drill, and in how many cases
would he choose the latter? Would
the young farmer or young business
man choose drill or active work?
The idea Of q professional soldier
that a young civilian can best spend
year in soldering will strike the
latter as presumptious. Three mil
lion young men are being mustered
out Of the army. but we are not
hearing from them spontaneous
cry for compulsory military service.
They were glad to take up arms, and
are glad to lay them down--as they
hope. forever"
Why can the American people
never be given any respite from this
insidious agitation for universal mil
itary service? In war and in peace
and in the transition stages between,
American militarists urge the adop-
ton Of the precedent set by imperial
Germany. They tell US that 1t Is a
democratic system, but 1t Is known
that Germany didn't call 1t demo-
cratic. II 1t is democratic, 1t is
strange that none of its advocates
ever suggest that its adoption be
submitted to those who are to be
affected by IT. They know too well
what would be its fate.
There are many lines of endeavor
upon which the existence of the ma
ton Is dependent, yet we have heard
of no demands for compulsory SER
vice on the farms, on the railroads, |
in the coal mines, In manufacturing |
industry. in the professions nor in
official station. why should mil
itary service be singled out as an
exception and self determination re-
spected in everything else? 1t may |
as well be said that there is no
reason except the desire of profess
slonal army officers to keep alive the
war-like spirit and obtain promo
tons
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

England elaboration has been a
mbject Of frequent comment 1t is
)aid that that country never gets in
} hurry. And the observation seems
justified. Just now a reforestation
program is being inaugurated over
there which is to cover a period Of
eighty years. British forests were
greatly depleted by the wars de-
snands. The situation is not so acute
in this country. but it doesn't lack
nuch. 1t is high time that a con-
sjstent reforestation system were set
IN motion in this country.
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track; he scraps with bugs through
weary nights, and suffers rom mos
quito bites; he packs his wood from
distant piles, and carries water nine
teen miles. and lives on beans and has
no pies and spoils his larynx cussing
flies. / have home that's slick as
grease, and there. if sane. I'd live in
peace. all modern comforts at COM
mand, and bowls of ice cold fizz at
hand. But here l sit in cheap coop,
where mountain lions round me whoop,
and drink warm water when I'm dry.
and never see a white mans pie;- I'm
burned and blistered by the sun. and
try to think I'm having run.
copyright by George Matthew Adams)
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Outdoors.

I have home that's pretty slick, a
mansion made of wood and brick; the
window panes are mostly glass, the
doorknob is of costly brass. And there
are screens to keep out flies, and in
the pantry there are pies; electric fans
kick up breeze when torrid summer
days displease. Oh, there a man in
peace might rest and feel that he
was doubly blessed, II he had sense
enough to stay in that large dwelling
reshershay. But summer makes a man
insane; some doodle-bug infests his
brain; he leaves his mansion for a
shack in sylvan glade or mountain
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

1t is declared by the Birmingham
Ledger that two good normal schools
are enough for Alabama--that the
tate cannot support four. Tennes-
zee. however, is supporting five, but
occasionally one hears complaint Of
q lack of money for the elementary
schools.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

1t Is greatly feared that II Con-
gresham Campbell's bill to conflne
the president to Washington in
the transaction of official business
should pass it would be returned
without executive approval.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

It has been alleged that certain
Chicago man thrashed his wife every
time a state ratified suffrage. Per-
haps consideration for that wife may
explain the attitude Of certain south
ern newspapers and politicians.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

During the progress of the war the
burden of Marshal Haig's bulletins
was: There is nothing of impor-
lance to report" Now, however, he
insists that there was something 60
ing'on all the time.
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HE WILL BE THERE

Allied Reunion OF 3oth.
Washington. July 15.-(Speciall-
President Wilson today accepted an In
vitation to attend the first reunion OF
held at Greenyiiie. S. c. in August or
September. The exact date is to be
fixed later. The invitation was ex.
tended by Senator's Dial and Smith. OF
South Carolina.
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HULL IMPROVES
Attending Physician Recommends Pc
rlod Of Rest.

Attending Physician Recommends Pc
rlod of Rest.
Washington, July 16.-(Special:)-
Representative Cordell Hull, who has
been i'll since Friday, Is reported as
showing gradual Improvement. His fam
first few hours after he was stricken
and the patients condition was believed
to be somewhat precarious. His physi-
clan recommended long period OF
complete rest for the Fourth district
CONGRESSMAN, as his trouble Is in the ma
ture of nervous breakdown. AS soon
as he is able to travel he will be taken
to Atlantic City for a protracted stay.
Meantime complete quiet is recon-
rnended f- ftrF '-<t
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

While the extradition of certain
prominent Germans is being debated,
their attorneys will probably be
reading up on, the records Of the
Harry X. Thaw case.
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Al congressman predicts that high
prices will continue until liberty
bonds are paid off. And then 1t
won't matter much to the present
generation.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

Quoth the Jacksonville Times
Union: 'In addition TO the ships
needed for carrying passengers and
freight, others may be built for an
chorage just outside the three mile
limit" In no mans water, SO to
speak,
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

An exchange insinuates that ply
sicians' fees are getting SO high few
Of us can pay them. Maybe most
folks win finally decide to stay well
on their own account.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

4 Boston has raised street car fares
to ten cents. 1t is presumed that
Henry Ford will not overlook this
when providing distributing points
for his $3.50 flivvers.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

Mexico win probably experience as
much trouble in enforcing prohibi-
tion In her border towns as in sup
pressing villa.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

Col. George c. Porter. OF Nashville,
helped to frame the constitution Of
1870. But he says it would be diff
Ncult for a state to need new CON-
stItution worse than does Tennessee.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

What does Atlanta care about the
league OF nations with Macon trying
10 put the rollers under the capitol?
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

Another newspaper writer is mean
enough to insinuate that strike Of
Boston writer's would receive popular
support.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

Crusty traveller. in railway train,
causticaly: II am glad TO see your
baby has stopped crying. madam:
Mother; Yes, sir. You are the only
thing that's pleased him since he saw
tho animals at the zoov'
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

Samuel Untermeyer thinks con-
Agress has no right to decide whether
beer Is intoxicating. Samuel would
be perfectly willing, however, to de-
fs&cide the matter himself.
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L Shelby county leads on with a re-
duction in the high cost Of election
commissioners.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

No break in the sugar market Is
observable on account of the war
department. order to sell $1,000. 900
pounds.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

The working man who is not ar
xanging to own his own home win
u probably not find IL any cheaper
next year.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

AZ last, the spell Is broken ana
Chicago jury has convicted woman
for the killing Of q mere man.
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Stir William osIer is now 10 and
stiiI going strong. He has probably
forgotten that chloroform Joke OF ten
years ago.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

Election on ones record Is good.
but election at all Is the main consid-
GRAFTON.
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n The association opposed to suf-
Tragedy state or nation--will come
"A for . little free advertisement.
That's all.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

Are those who would rip up the
election on account OF suffrage also
concerned about the democratic
partyi
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

None seems 30 poor as to do rever-
ence to the prohteer. But he gets by
just the same.
The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1919-07-15

It had probably never occurred to
the average Chattanooga voter that
the democratic party was in danger.
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After all. It is not every day that a
fellow cleans UP 100000 in Joining
the down and-out club.