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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-07

Sweeping investigation of Bolshevik, I. w.
w. and other propaganda was ordered unan-
imously this week by the senate after two
hours of tempestuous discussion in which sew
eral senators declared that organizations
were plotting to overthrow the American
government by violence The senate judi
Ciary subcommittee, which for more than a
year has been investigating pro-German and
brewers propaganda, was authorized by the
senate resoluti ion to conduct the new in
quiry. The committee will begin work prob
ably next Friday, Chairman Overman an
nounced after an executive meeting Of the
committee to consider procedure. Senator
Overman said the new investigation would
cover wide 'ange and would continue in
definitely, probably even after congress ad-
journed. The resolution, offered by Sena-
tor Walsh, of Montara, democrat, and adopt
ed without a r. II cal or dissenting vote, ex-
tends the commit &c power to inquire con-
corning any effort icing made to propagate
in this country the principles of any
party exercising or claiming to ex-
ercise authority in Russia, whether such
efforts originate n this country or are in
cited or financed from abroad, and further to
inquire into any effort to incite the over
throw of the govern ment of this country or
all governmer+ by force, or by the destruc-
ton of life or property, or the general ces-
sation of industry
If 'the wave OF unemployment sweeping
over the country is not checked, 1.-The pre-
diction of Frauk Morrison, secretary OF the
American Federation of Labor, that we shall
have bread lines in the big cities of the coun-
try by May l will come true" declared
Nathan A. Smyth assistant director general
Of the United Sta 'es employment service, IN
an address in New York this week. Speak
ing before employment service examiners
from states east of the Mississippi, Mr.. Smyth
answered attacks which he said had been
made on the service by private agencies.
friends of stats employment agencies and the
National Metal Trades association.
Disclosure in the house in Washington this
week by Chairman Padgett, of the naval
committee, that President Wilson, in cable
gram last week to Secretary Daniels insisted
that congress adopt the new three-year naval
building program, was followed by futile ef-
forts of republican members to obtain the
text of the message Representative Padgett
said the presidents cablegram was RESPONSE
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-07
"The " 0rld Do M0pe!"

Who would have imagined month OF
two ago that lines like these would ever see
light in the New York Tribune:
The President of the United States
then rose and spoke for the project
that will be historically associated with
his name. He spoke Of it economically,
as the incompatible moral adventure,
and of the world as a perfectible place.
He spoke in that singular manner
wherein is the power he has to compel
the assent of mems emotions After
him spoke England and France and
Italy and Australia and Poland and
China, none dissenting.
To the Tribune's manner of thinking il
was inconceivable, when the President frs
projected his mission to Europe, that he
was not going into a hazardous and quite
uncalled-for adventure. And so argued 6
hundred other skeptics: he could &C
complish more from Washington than hi
possibly could at Paris; he could never
bring cynical Old World statesmen to accept
his idealistic plans; his League of Nations
was a day-dream; his entire program Quix
otic But now that the impossible has beer
done, the erstwhile critical scribes wax elo
quent in recounting it; and in time the per
turbed Senators themselves will admit thai
1.-THE world do move"
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-07
co M M E N T

This generation may miss the booze; the
next will wander what it was!-Baltimore
American.
The shipwrecked sailor of the future may
not be so keen about reaching dry land
Brooklyn Eagle.
According to the liquor men, 1t is uncon-
stitutional to change the constitution-Louis-
vile Post.
1t is going to take hard work for some
people to take to soft drinking.-Memphis
COmmercial-Appeal.
Certainly it must be that this country is
under a dry moon. But, all, there's the
moonshine! Baltimore Sun.
The distillers might turn some of their
plants into orphans homes. They are re-
sponsble for lots of them.-Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Just think of the foot-notes that will be
necessary to make most of Bobby Burns verse
ineligible to coming generations-Man-
chester Union.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-07
Questions and Answers

O. notice in The Semi-Weekly Journal,
a statement by General March that all draft
ed amen would BE- demobilized within a
month except those retained for lover
head" duty. 1 also see it referred to in an
editorial VIII you please explain what is
meant by Overhead" duty? J. S., Estatoe,
North Caroline
A-"Overheod' duty means that enough
soldiers must be held in service to patrol
and protect the camps, training grounds
storehouses, wharves, railroad terminals
and all the other machinery of warfare both
in this county ana abroad. These soldiers
will be necessarily employed in this work
until the government has permanently dis
posed of the milliCns of dollars worth of
property of the army and navy.
Q.-How long was General Leonard
Wood in France and why did he come back L!
Interested
A.-General Wood was not in France
during the war
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-07
The Toll of Hun dir Raids.

When German aircraft were raiding Eng
land, there was much foreign conjecture as
to just what amount of injury they were in
ficting. The British Government, for OBJ
vious reasons, maintained it's characteristic
reticence, not deigning to deny the boastful
claims of Berlin. Now that the accounts are
cast, however, London issues complete
statement of the enemy's score; and it is a
score of which Germany may well be
ashamed.
The total casualties from Hun raids on
English towns were five thousand five hun
dred and eleven, of whom the great majority
were civilians, there being only a few scat
tered cases of injury to soldiers or sailors.
Moreover, of the casualties among civilians,
the majority were suffered by women and
children. Thus the killed numbered five hun
dred and fifty-four men, four hundred and
eleven women, two hundred and ninety-five
children; the injured, one thousand five hun
dred and eight men; one thousand two hun
bred and ten women; seven hundred and
seventy-two children.
Such were the triumphs Of Kultur; such
the valor of the supermen; such the efficiency
of Prussianism. There were fifty-one Ger
man raids on England by Zeppelins and fifty
nine by airplanes. These attacks, all in con-
travention of the code of civilized warfare,
served no military purpose whatsoever and
were of no more advantage to the German
cause than was the sinking of the Lusitania
or the enslavement of French and Belgian
women. Why were outrages, so futile and so
defenseless, persisted in by the German high
command year after year? The one-time sub
jects of the Kaiser well as the humane citi-
zens of the world are due an answer
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-07

chill to take corrective measures at the frst
possible moment Among such measures may
be mentioned, for example, hot drink.
good rundown, an entire change OF clothing
if necessary.
There are some people, Of course, who carry
corrective measures to extremes, and are for
ever fussing about their clothing, room tenn
peratures, etc.
Such people are not really wise folk, but
uncomm0nIy foolish ones Their business UNI
consciously helps to bring upon them the pac-
terial evils of which they stand in morbid
terror. For they are perpetually'in mental
state that itself lowers the body's resist1ve
powers again bacteria.
NV concern today is not with folk like these
It is with that other and more numerous class
of people who, alas habtually run unneces-
sary risks as to chills, and habitually fail to
take the precautions of ordinary common
sense.
Copyright, 1919, by the Associated News
papers)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-07
CHILLING AND COLDS
Rv H. AddingtOn Bruce

~HTTJ,S do not cause colds That is an
axiom of modern medical science
~ Colds, slight or serious are always
caused by tiny organisms, bacteria, that nave
gained entrance into the human BODY.
But chills, in some mysterious way, do rem
der wonderful help to these tiny organisms
in producing the uncomfortable and often
highly dangerous reactions known as colds
I say mysterious, because as Prof. Hans Z1ns-
ser confesses, in the very latest edition of his
standard work, Infection and Resistance"
"Our ignorance is nowhere more clearly
indicated than in the fact that we know prac-
tically nothing concerning the relation be-
tween thorough chilling and the acquisition
of what is spoken of as a common cold
eve can only assume that there is inter-
ference in some way with the normal bac-
tericidal and phagocytic mechanisms, making
possible the penetration and lodgment OF
small quantities of bacteria, ordinarily de-
stroyed mediately after entrance or pre-
vented from entering at all"
For practical purposes, however, it is not
necessary to know just how chills help the
cold-causing bacteria. The important thing
and most of all in epidemic periods like the
present is to appreciate that one of the surest
ways to outwit the bacteria that are eager to
lay us low, is to avoid being chilled.
This, it is true, is not always possible.
There are times when people have to- Sit IN
bitterly cold drafts, unavoidably get wet
through and through, or are, exposed to sud
den and extreme changes of temperature.
But many people needlessly invite chills,
thereby endangering not only their" own
health, but the health of others to whom they
later transmitsthe colds they have caught"
1t ought to be a matter of conscience, espe-
cially nowadays, to keep the body, and partic-
ularly the extremities, as dry and warm as
possible when outdoors; to run no risks of ex-
posure to cold if overheated by exercise, and
to avoid overheated rooms that mean an ex-
cessive contrast in temperature as soon as one
goes into the open.
Also it ought to be matter of conscience,
if one knows that he las unaVoidably subject
ed himself to conditions that may bring a
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-07
NOT TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY

Unexpected must nave been the reply of
the husband wlose wife said:
You have never taken me to the GENE
terry"
"No, dear" he answered, "that is a pleas
ure have yel in anticipation."
"Has you made all arrangements TO- your
marriage, Manoy?"
''Well, not quite ell. Dinah Use got to buy
a trooso, an "ent a house. an get NAH hus-
band job, an buy him good suit o. close
an get some regular washin' work to do An
when them's dcne kin name de happy day
''What did he critics think of Scribson's
latest novel?"
"Not much: One said it might be good
book to read in train, if there were plenty
of charming scenery to look at along the
route"
"The luxury tax will bring in lot of mon
ey,'' said Congressman Hull, of Tennessee
'but there will be a lot of grumblers, no
doubt. Too many people talk about war, and
war economies, but when it comes to show
down they hate to give up any money or go
into the trenches.
"a great many are like the rich man I en-
countered at the ountgy club the other day
was just in time to hear his caddy ask:
I" Shall I make high tee, mister?"
" No. caid the rich man; we've got to
economize and they may need it for sand
bags"
A collector for charities raising his hat to
a lady at the front door, began Madam,
am soliciting for home CHART: ). We have
hundreds of lOor ragged, vicious children like
those at you gate, and our .bject-"
"Sir, those children are NINE" broke in
the lady and the slamming of the door finish
ed the sentence.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-07

value of such a memorial is at once inestima-
BILE. Several communities have already adopt
ed the plan and arc preparing for the cree
ton of just such a memorial
The advantage of a memorial of this kind
is that it puts into operation through its So
cial and civic activities the ideals for which
American youth fought, and its constant use
will serve as a reminder of the sacrifice made
by the American sailors and soldiers of the
great war.
'"There is a growing conviction" says Dr.
Henry e. Jackson, author of the circular,
that the COW emit onal stone shaft, placed in
a graveyard among the dead, is not fitting
memorial to those who died for freedom. The
suggestion made moth in France and America
that these memorials take the form of COM
munity buildings. dedicated to civic and So
cial uses is obviously wise and ought to meet
universal app oval. On the walls OF such
building should hang a bronze tablet contain
ing the names of each community's martyr de-
tenders of liberty
"This type of memorial will guarantee that
no youth who gave his life for Justice and
freedom will be fol often The number OF
American lives lost in this war is small IN
comparison to those lost in the Civil War. II
a community ost on.y three or four, it might
not think it worth while to build monu-
ment But community building is needed
entirely apart from its memorial purpose Inc
advantage of this type of memorial, however
is not that it is economical but that it keeps
green an inspiring memory and it seeks to
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-07
RemOUe the Harmful Embargo
On Cotton Expectations

- HERE is q widespread and insistent
demand that these American COM
moditiee, c5tton being one of the
most important, which were placed on the
Embargo list as a war measure, now be re-
leased for unhindered expectation. The
rightful purpose of these restrictions having
been served, why should they be continued
to the grave detriment of large province of
the nations agricultural and business in
terests?
So long as it was needful to restrict over
seas shipments Of cotton and other products
in order to render more effectual the block
ade of the enemy's PORTS and thereby hasten
his defeat, thu South and all other regions
concerned accepted the restraints with I'M
murmuring patriotism. Our representatives
in Congress, the majority of them at least
willingly vOtS4 to empower the President to
place under embargo whatsoever cOmmodi-
ties he saw fit; and commodities so placed
could not be exported seve under such regu-
lations as the War Trade Board, which rep
resented him N these matters, might pre-
scribe. This step. we say, freely ap-
proved because it was considered essential
20 the winning of the war. But it was taken
for granted that when victory should be
achieved those trade barriers, no longer
accessory. would be removed. Such is the
sist of the appeals now made to the War
Trade Board and the President.
Cotton is suffering from needless re-
traints upon it's expectation to neutral
countries It there is no imperative reason
20 the contrary (and none has been given as
far we knJw) these letters ought to be
struck off without delay. For they are con-
tributing to the depression of prices which
Are extremely harmful to the cotton grower
and which, If long continued may prove ex-
tremely damaging 70 mercantile and bank
ing interests wei. Competent observers
declare that but Cor these unnecessary re-
strictions cotton merchants in this country
would buy freely. awaiting the removal of
the blockade on thu Central Empires, with a.
view to shipping cotton into those regions.
Certainly every rigntfuI step that will tend
to relieve the present abnormalities and in
justices of the crtton situation should be
taken; and We feai sure that the President,
with his high sense of equity, when duly ap-
prised of tho present status will direct
that remedial action be taken. Southern
Senators and Representatives are to be COM
mended for treir' earnest efforts to this end
Conditions amply warranted their cabling
the President Tor relief, and it is devoutly to
be wished that there will be a prompt and
satisfactory response
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-07
THE CHEAPNESS OF CRIME
By DR.. Frank Crane


The thing that deters decent people from
crime (and most people are decent) is not its
wickedness but it's cheapness.
We all feel an impulse occasionally to go
out and burn a hayrick throw stones
through the schoolhouse window. Contlnu-
Gus and unrelieved respectable gets on the
nerves even of senior deacons. But most OF
us find an outlet for this urge in literature,
in the theater or in play.
The trouble with personally breaking the
Ten Commandments is that there are only
ten, and when you have broken them all,
there is nothing to do but to go pack anu
break them over.
Goodness on the contrary, is of infinite
variety and contains vast unexplored fields of
adventure.
1t is for this reason that great and attrac-
tive criminals, interesting drunkards, and
fascinating home-breakers are, as rule,
found only in magazine stories and novels
In real life they are unpleasant
AS James Branch Cabell says: "In books,
Of course, may be encountered any number OF
competently evil people, who take proper
pride in their depravity. But in life the
wicked people are rather pitiable and quite
hopelessly tedious as associates. l suspect
that the root of most evil is not so much the
love of money as the lack or imagination; and
few, in fact, deny that our recognized crimi-
nails are victims of mental inability to con-
trive and carry through this or that infringe
ment of the civil code in precisely the mob
trusive fashion of our leading captains of in
dustry.
The newspapers recently printed a story OF
young man in his teens who stole $4,000
worth of Liberty Bonds His excuse was that
he loved taxi rides. He also became infatu-
ated with a lady in a burlesque show and
wanted to pay for her suppers. In frank
confession of his brief criminal career he goes
over about the same ground which every
weak-willed and feeble-minded moral slob
has trodden since the days of the Prodigal
Son.
The thing that strikes most in the gay
caperings of the high-rollers is the utter in
anity of their performance 1t is all des-
perate striving to find some novelty in naugh-
tiness, which is as old and doddering as the
Witch of Endor.
There is some sense to Prisoners Base
Pussy Wants a Corner and Leap Frog, for
they arr the interesting forthputting of exu-
berant vitality.
to play. If Red Mike and Dopey Sam could
only play Tag they would not want to crack
safes. And if those gentry who sneak about
to lead silly women captive could only get
interested in Hop-Scotch and Copenhagen
their fun would last longer and not be attend
ed by such disastrous consequences.
famous petition was Lord, teach us how
to pray" Another and almost as essential
demand would be Lord, teach us to how to
play
Copyright, 1919, by Frank Crane)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-07
The Future of Food Crops.

commission appointed by the National
Department of Agriculture to study crop
conditions and prospects in the principal
countries of the world announces it's belief
that the staple food products grown in the
United States will maintain strong demand
and that prices will probably continue
steady and at a high level" Representing
expert and conservative judgment, this
forecast should be taken seriously to mind
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-07
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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-07

in a circular sent out to all
the school communities Of
the country urging the build
ing of Soldiers Memorials in
the form of community
buildings, dedicated to
civlc and social uses, and,
wherever possible, built
With bonds of the Fifth Lib
art7 Loan"
This circular deserves the
widest circulation and is
worthy Of the support of ev-
cry true American. The
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-07
Makers of Prosperity.

The Merchants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton of Atlanta is one of those rare institu-
tions which work so quietly and so funda-
mentally that the general public is scarcely
aware of their existence, but which neverthe-
less produce vast deal of the community's
prosperity. The record of this organization
holds large place in the history of Atlanta's
upbuilding. From it's broad-based efforts
have rung forces of enrichment and prog
ress in which all fields of business have shar-
ed. The development of manufacturing and
jobbing interests opens new doors of employ
ment and opp ortunity; it multiplies payrolls
and puts money into circulation; it quickens
the flow Of trade for the smallest shop and
for the largest mercantile house; it increases
bank clearings, augments population, creates
a demand for homes, and in one way or an
other contributes TO every province of the
common good.
Particularly is this true where the devel-
opment of these interests is in the hands of
men as broad-visioned and public-spirited as
. those composing ire Merchants and Manu-
facturers' Association of Atlanta. At the re-
cent annual meeting of this body it's newly
elected president, Mr.. Meyer Regenstein,
struck the keynote OF vigorous address with
the thought that the association would find
its largest usefulness to it's own members in
seeking the broadcast industrial promotion of
the community; a1lC of the same purport was
the address Of the retiring president Mr.. j.
X. Orr, whose able administration has so hap
| PLY eXempl1teG that spirit. fortunate is AT
| lanta in having business helmsmen of this
calibre. The Association enters upon an
other year of enterprise with officers amply
capable of sustaining it's splendid record: Mr..
Regenstein, c:esid ?nt; MI Boiling H. Jones
and Mr.. James ]. Rasan, vice presidents; Mr.
H. B. Wey, ,reaou"er; and Mr.. Harry T.
Moore, secretary With such leadership and
with zealously loyal body of members, the
| Association VIII &c prosperously forward
with it's constructive work.
| %
| The 14-inch railway mounted gun recent
| ly returned from rance, and now at the
Aberdeen, Md, proving grounds, was built
| by the navy for use in the army. This is the
first time in the history OF the United States
that the navy has ever built anything for
the army in the line of ordnance.
Coal has been located near Advant Bay
Spitzbergen. This is said to be the most
northerly coal deposit known. Should iron
or other metal be found there, Spitzbergen
might yet be the seat Of & great industry.
The American peace delegates are not
going to prolong the peace congress beyond
the opening of the baseball season, if they
can help it.
| The moyie is the ten-cent store of art.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-07

One of the most commendable and useful
made recently by the ou-
reau of education at Washington is contained
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-07
The Journals Service Flag

nc JUUI IIdI OCT IIdS =,
In honor of the seventy-three Atlanta Jour-
nal men who have entered the service of their
country. The two white stars are in memory
of Captain Meredith Gray and Captain James
S. Moore, Jr, Journal men. who gave their
lives for our countIy in France.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-07
CURRENT EVENTS

In of The Atlanta Weekly
appears throughout the
during The opinions Of the
States Of foreign countries
are epitomzed editorial staff.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-07

Time does fly. Only little less than
year ago we were specializing on where and
when the Germans would make their next
drive.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1919-02-07

The American peace delegates are no
going to prolong the peace congress beyon'
the opening of the baseball season, if the
can help it.