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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-06
DRY ENFORCEMENT
ACT HELD VALID;
ITS BEER ILLEGAL

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-The su-
p2eme court today declared consti-
tutional sections of the Volstead
prohibition enforcement act prohib-
ittng the manufacture and sale of
beer, wine or other intoxicating
malt or v1nous liquors. containing
one-haIf of one per cent or more Of
alcohol.
Beer containing 2,75 per cent Of
alcohol is illegal under the war
time prohibition act, the supreme
court also decided
Dismissal by the lower court in
New York of injunction proceedings
brought to restrain government Off
Gals from interfering with Jacob
Rupert, a brewer, in the manufac-
ture of beer, containing approx
mately 2.75 per cent alcohol, but al
legged to be Misunderstanding. was
sustained.
Associate Justice Brandeis. who
rendered the opinion of the court,
said the right of congress to sup
press the liquor traffic was not an
| implied power but power express
! ly granted.
The court divided. to 4. Associ-
ate Justices Day, Clarke. Van De-
vanter and McReynolds dissenting.
Under the war emergency con
gress has a right to stop immedi-
ately the sale of Intoxicating liquor.
the court held.
Justice McReynoIds, in a dissent
ing opinion, said that the eighteenth
amendment had not yet come into e1.
feet and that the federal govern
ment had no general power to pro.
hibit the manufacture and sale O
liquor.
Justice McReynolds took the pc
sition that the war emergency undes
which national prohibition was made
effective had passed.
Justice Brandeis first announced
The conclusion OF the court and then
| read the opinion.
THE court believes that the q"
ton of the Volstead law defining in
| toxicating liquor is necessary to en-
force prohibition" Justice BRANDED
| said. Otherwise we might have pro
hibition without the prevention o.
Intoxicating liquor. Congress has
the power not merely to prohibit, but
to prevent.
THE Volstead law is a measure
of congress deemed reasonably neces-
sary to enforce prohibition.
THE ways and means of enforcing
prohibition rest solely with congress.
! The right of congress to suppress :
the liquor traffic is not an implied
power but one specifically granted.
That power has not ended through
the cessation of hostiIities."
Justice BrandieS pointed out thu'
the court had upheld the power Of
the states to prevent the manufa2-
ture Of all malt liquor and that t.
was evident the federal government
had the same. power as the states
He also knocked out the brewers
claim that congress had no right to
make the Volstead act effective on
passage.
The financial interests involved III
the decision today are estimated at
$1,000, 100000 by liquor attorneys, in
Guiding the amount of near beer on
hand and the property for it's manu-
facture which will be rendered viz.
tually useless. One hope Of the liq-
uor interests was to convert MANY
old time breweries into plants for
the making of the 2.75 product.
In deciding the New Orleans and
Baltimore cases, Justice Day in an
unanimous opinion held that the
manufacture of beer containing 2.75
/ - sSeept alcohol avs legal until the
! enactment of the Volstead act.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-06
WILSON TO SEND
JACKSON DINNER
IMPORTANT WORD

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-President
Wilson will send IAN important word
Of greeting" to the Democratic din
ner on Jackson day, January 8, it
was announced today at the White
House.
The vanguard of the Democrat
ic leaders who will gather here
this week for the quadrennia1
meeting of the party's nation
al committee and the Jackson
day dinner, began arriving today.
Although the only business meeting
OF the committee at which the time
and city for holding the national
be held until Thursday, many of the
leaders desired to arrive early in or
der to discuss. the coming scaInp igJ
The national committee announced
today that seven governors would at
tend the Jackson day dinner Thurs
day evening. Acceptances of invi-
tations have been received from Gov
ernors Cox, of Ohio; Cornwell, of
West Virginia; Ritchie, of Maryland;
Brough, of Arkansas; Cooper, of
South Carolina; Robertson, of Okla
homa, and Davis, of Virginia. Gov
errors Cox and Cornwell will speak
at the dinner.
No information was available az
the White House as to the form the
presidents message would take.
Secretary Tumu1ty declined to am
plify the bare announcement that 1t
would be an important word"
Some friends of the president be-
lieved, however, that he would take
this opportunity to give his views
as to future policies.
There was no wide conjecture as
t.. whether the president would dis
cuss the third term question. On
this White House officials were 81
lent. but some of the presidents
friends have insisted throughout that
he would not be a candidate under
any circumstances. They regard it
as probable that he will make this
rlear in his message.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-06
SENATOR KING, Of
UTAH, INTRODUCES
NEW RESERVATIONS
Some Senators Would Have
United States Guarantee
Integrity of Czech, Poles,
Newly Established Nations

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Senator
King, Utah, Democrat, today intro
duced in the senate a set of COM
promise reservations to the peace
treaty. Senator King announced that
If no compromise is effected by 9TH
er means in reasonable time, he
will ask the senate to take up his
plan.
The King reservations closely fol-
low the Lodge program which failed
last session. Senator King has al
tered the preamble so that affirma-
tive action is not necessary to ac-
ceptance of the reservations by 9TH
err powers. He provides merely that
the reservations shall be effective
when accepted by three other ma
tons. The Lodge preamble read
that they should not be effective un-
til accepted, through affirmative &C.
ton, by three other powers.
A flood of petitions for treaty
ratification poured into the senate
today. Civic bodies and chambers
of commerce from many states sent
urgent appeals for action.
Senators favoring the Lodge pro-
gram presented clippings from
French and English newspapers to
show that Europe is ready to &C.
cept tq1e fourteen Lodge reservations
unchanged.
A proposal that the United States
assume responsibility for the safety
of Poland, Czecho-Slovakia and other
new states created by the war, but
declined to guarantee the status quo
Of the rest of the world, has been
madn by Democratic senators as a
compromise on article ten of the
League of Nations covenant, it was
learned today.
In certain quarters this suggested
modification was being urged ear
nestly today as more likely to prove
acceptable to President Wilson than
any of the other proposed reserva.
tions on this article.
Senators returned after two
weeks spent in their home states,
where many found the sentiment for
ratification stronger than 1t has been
since the treaty was put before the
senate, they said.
Though there were no definite
plans for reopening treaty discus
sion on the senate floor, it is likely
to be resumed on the slightest ex-
cuse, leaders said. Senator Under
woods resolution for a Cancellation
committee of ten may be called up
this week, although Senator Under
wood has been advised to delay 1t
until later in the month.
Mild reservationists plan to meet
early this week to exchange views
upon the situation. Their leaders
are constantly in touch with Demo-
cratic senators who are working for
a treaty coTnpfo nnise, "a. am. ,,s.a-.y.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-06
CAPTURE QF LAST
Or TR|O0F Eeo'PED
CONNCTS IS NEAR

Joe Webb, convicted murderer and
iife-termer at nineteen, will rejoir
his captured companion, Dick Jester
on the Fulton county changing Fri
day, and the capture of Roy Dicker-
son. the third of the trio of convicts
who staged a sensational escape
Tuesday morning, is expected almost
hourly.
II welcome arrest I've had
enough" young Webb is quoted as
saying when a squad of Pike county
Officers and citizens walked into tne
negro cabin a few miles below
GAINESVILLE, where the fugitive was
eating supper shortly after dark
Thurs lay evening.
Webb was arrested at about 6
o'clock by a hastily formed posse
composed Of Mayor James E. Bush,
Reverie, Deputy Sheriff Allan Arnold,
and few deputies and citizens. His
presence at the cabin had been re-
ported by Farley Haygood, a farmer,
who had stopped by to talk to the
negro tenant about some work. When
the negro told him that a strange
hiGu was III LIlS 1lOuS01 L cI1IC III
structed that the visitor be detained
as long as possible, then fastened
to Goggins station and telegraphed
Mayor Bush.
The hunted man offered no re-
sistance whatever when his captoT$,
heavily armed, suddenly walked IN
on him. He was "alI in," he sall,
and glad to be caught. Three siren
uous days with scant food and little
shelter while evading a pursuit that
was close on his heels at all times,
had broken his nerve.
Weary, hungry, footsore, shivering
and desperate he sought warmth and
food at the cabin, knowing that his
rashness probably meant detection,
but preferring capture to a night in
the woods at the mercy of the bitter
lV cold weather
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-06
Mrs. Sturgis Tells
OF Punishment Given
Her by Mex. Bandits

WASHINGTON, Jan 5.-Mrs. Cora
Lee Sturgis today told investigators
for the senate Mexican COMMITTEES
how she was held captive in Mexico
for eight months by Zapatistas wh05
she said, worked with the Carranza
forces against Americans in Mexico
Mrs. Sturgis said the bandits taunt-
ed her with a wild story that Henry
p. Fletcher, United States ambassa<
dor to Mexico, had been given a mil-
lion dollar bride by Carranza. When
she told the bandits this story was
a ridiculous falsehood Mrs. SturgiS
was punished, she said.
Mrs. Sturgis was asked whether
she agreed with T'letcher's' statemens
ito the effect tina Carranza has ra&
situation in hand.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-06
Whisky Poison Warning

DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 5.-Police
issued a warning to consumers
of illicit whisky against posi-
ing of a still in the basement of a
hotel here in which a lead coil was
used instead of copper.
The owner of the still had not
been located and the quantity of il
quor distilled was not known.
So far no cases of lead poisoning
have been reported. Physicians say
that such poisoning would develop
slowly, however, and that several
weeks might elapse before its effects
would be felt.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-06
HEALS STOMACH AND
TAPE WORM QUICKLY
AT HOME

A simple home treatment which
gives quick and lasting relief in all
forms of stomach trouble, including
tape worms or other worms, is be-
ing supplied to sufferers by Waite.
A. Reisner, Box C-64, Milwaukee,
Wise. He is 50 confident of results
that he guarantees absolute salts
faction in every case or there is no
charge for the treatment. IF you
suffer from stomach trouble or ar
kind of worms, send him your name
and address today as this notice may
not appear again.-(Advt.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-06
Mr.. ]. c. Clements,
Former Legislator,
Dies at McRae Home

M'RAE, Ca, Jan 5.-Mr. J. C1ay-i
ton Clements, prominent citizen, forxi
mer member of the state legis1aA'
ture and for some twenty-five years
treasurer of the Georgia Agricultural
society died Sunday morning at his
home at Towns, ten miles south of
here, after having been in declining,
health for more than year
He had served as trustee and was,
active in the founding of the SOUTH
Georgia college, at this place. Ha.
was one of the most prominent MAJ
sons in the state and was Worship
full master Of Lumber City 1olssa 9rl
many years Mr.. Clements
vived by his wife and Mr. e.
Graham Clements, and many OIL
relatives. The funeral was condx
ed Monday with Masonic rites
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-06
SCORES ARE KILLED
AVID TOWNS RAzED
BY SEVERE QUAKE
Disturbance Is Felt for 900
Miles in the Territory From
the Gulf to the Pacific
Coast

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 5.--Ten sta
were shaken by the earthquake wi
on Saturday night destroyed at
two villages and caused many de
in the state Of Vera Cruz.
states were Mexico, Puebla,'
Cruz, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Morelo
lisco, Tlaxcala, Hidalgo and @
taro. They stretch from the Ist
Of Tehuantepec in a northweS
direction a distance of nearly
miles and from the Gulf of Mexico
the Pacific.
Reports received up to II o'cl
last night indicated the center of
seismic convulsion was in the neii
borhood Of Mount Orizaba, volc5
situated about seventy miles west
Vera Cruz on the line between
states Of Vera Cruz and Pu
was in this neighborhood
most serious damage was do
ocelo, a village thirty five
northeast of the volcano,
destroyed, and similar fa
Couztlan, a small hamlet
neighborhood. Wires have been torn
down by the violence of the trelno1
and only fragmentary reports have
reached this city, but it is stated
there were many casualties in both
towns.
Many houses and churches in Ja-
lapa, a city about fifty miles north-
west of Vera Cruz, were damaged,
while reports from Orizaba, city
ten miles south of the volcano, state
that several business blocks and
churches near the center of the town
were cracked. In the suburbs OF
Orizaba the shock was very severe.
many persons being reported killed
beneath their wrecked houses. The
shock came during a performance at
the theater at OriZaba and panic
stricken people leaped from the Ball
comics into the pit in their efforts tn
escape. No one was killed but many
were injured.
Fifteen shocks were experienced at
Cordoba, city ten miles east OF
Orizaba, where eleven tremors were
felt. First reports received here
stated the tremor conferred at Acam~
baro, town near Teluca, about twen-
ty-five miles southwest of Mexicd
City, but more recent advices state
the shocks were not severe there.
While kilograms last night from
the state of Vera Cruz, where the
earthquake was more severe, stated
scores persisted, accurate estimates
of the casualties cannot be made as
yet.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-06
News F rint Committee
VIII Plan for Inquiry

WASHINGTON, Jan. 5.-Senator
LaFoIlette announced today he will
call a meeting of the committee nam
ed to investigate the new print pa
per situation carry this week, to
make plans for the inquiry. Absence
of several committee members from
Washington prevented earlier action.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-06
A Splendid Game-Loads Of Fun
Big Awards
81, 900 FOR READERS OF THE
SENF-WEEKLY JOURNAL

Thousands of readers of The Journal having
good During
fall this entertainment
walk of life and providing pleasant pasme
would otherwise be dull
Not the incentive game splendid
of which The going
the players gold be given to those
who play the best according o the
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-06

An exciting chase followed dis
covery, by Washington police, of
a read fox in the Capitol grounds
in Washington. George NJ. Green,
passing motorcyclist, captured
the prize.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-06

James Couzens, mayor of De-
troit, gave away two Of the mil
lions he has made in the auto
mobile business as Christmas
presents. The money, which
went chiefly to institutions in his
home city for the care of Grip
pied children and orphans, was
distributed as follows: Annex
for Michigan Hospitals School
for Crippled Children, $45O,O00;
endowment fund for school,
$65O,OO0; Nurses Home, Harper
Hospital, 1000; Children's
Free Hospital, $125,O0O; St. Vim
cents Orphan Asylum, $4,000.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1920-01-06
Aabeas Corpus PINNED

Habeas corpus proceedkss will De
emf loyed in a majority 4 the cases
~. Caravan believed. I
privileges accorded the 1adicaIs I'M
GER present laws with respect to bail
complexities the departments work,
officials said. Persons he'd on sucn
charges as have been tIld against
those taken into custody in these
raids may gain freedom On $1,000
bond. But the two parties which
the department is attempting to dis
perse, are known to have a "slush
fund" Mr.. Garvan declaled and
large amounts OF this Ave been
( available for legal defense and BAIL
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1920-04-17
BRITISH ACCUSED
IN CORK MURDER
CBy United Presso

Cork, Ireland, April Thomas
McCurtain, late lord mayor of Cork
was murdered by Royal Irish Constab-
ulary, the coroner's jury decided to-
day. As the constabulary is officially
employed by the British government
as its military arm in Ireland, the YER
dict charges murder against Premier
Lloyd George and Niscount Sir John
French, governor Of Ireland The yer
dict also holds that the murder Of the
lord mayor was willful
Prof J s. Williams, superintendent
Of the public schools at Magnolia, is
here for a visit at the home of his
father-in-law, Prof. j. NJ C. Vaughter,
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1920-04-17
CURbS
REDS CAUGHT
IN NEW PLOT

BERLIN, April 17.-Dr. Geisler, Ger
man minister of defense, today order
ed the arrest of six Bolsheviki, al
legged to be implicated in the second
gigantic plot to overturn the Ebert
government. The defense minister
acted upon evidence gathered by gov
ernment agents, revealing plot on
a seal equal to that of the Won Kapp
revolt, which temporarily displaced the
Ebert government
Although it was held in many QUAR-
ters that the position of the Ebert
government is still a serious one and
is threatened by coup by the mon
archists. the revolt apparently has
been averted for time, at least.
The monarchist faction is said to have
abandoned headquarters in Pomerania,
where its largest forces had been
mobilized.
Prince Joachim, relative of tin
former kaiser, has been fined 500
marks for leading an attack on two
French army officers at the Hotel
Adlon about one month ago.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1920-04-17
j. 8.
AID NOT GIVEN
TO PREM|ERS
BY Henry Wood.

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
Paris, April 1.-THE allies will 60
into conference at San Reno, Italy
soIidly united in their determination
to force Germany fulfill all oblga-
tions, especially immediate dlsarma-
ment, Premier Millerand declared to-
day before his departure for the meet
ing Of the council of premiers at San
Reno, which viii be opened Monda.
morning.
Measures which the premers viii
adopt, unless Germany's obligations
are met, will be the renewal of thu
blockade on German commerce, and
the breaking off Of diplomatic rela-
tions.
Premier MIerand expressed his
hope that the United States may yet
be induced to return to the peace con
ference through an official representa-
tive. He expressed his regret that NJ
American representative will be pres
ent at the council sessions, thereby
causing difficulties which otherwise
would not have developed
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1920-04-17

Chicago, April 17.-With no fur
ther arrests Of leaders in the strike
started by railroad switchmen. signs
today pointed to a formal and com
plete end of the strike will be reached
within the next u hours Twenty
one of the % strike leaders arrested
have been released on bail or on their
own recognizance.
Railroad traffic is being resumed
throughout the west, as the strikers
drift back to work In the New York
district the crews reported as units
on the Baltimore & Ohio and the
Reading railways
Practically all companies are max
ing an effort to resume freight traf-
tc. 1t is generally predicted that
all the strikers Will be back at work
b. noon Sunday. Railroad officials in
the cast are more optimistic, believ-
ing that freight traffic will be restor-
ej to 90 per cent Of its normal pro
portion by night
Federal grand juries at New York
and Chicago will on Monday begin
their probes of the strike and its
eauses.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1920-04-17
WILSON TO ASK STRIKE ENDS
PARTY UPHOLD AS WORKERS
MEXICAN ACTS BREAK RANKS

Washington, April Continuing
his evidence before a senate inves-
tigating committee, Henry Lane Viii
son, former American ambassador to
Mexico, declared that President vii
son has drafted plank for inclusion
in the Democratic platform affirming
that peace has been re-estabished in
Mexico and his policy vindicated Nh
Wilson vouched for the source Of his
evidence, and asserted that the pro-
posed plank as written by President
Wilson pledges the party to uphold
his record in maintaining American
relations with Mexico.
Mr. Wilson in his initial statements
to the committee declared that Will
liam J. Bryan while member of the
cabinet ran the department of state
like the back kitchen of a restau-
rant He told Of instances where
Mr.. Bryan had asked him to present
his universal peace documents to the
Huerta government for signature,
although Huerta was not recognized
by the United States. and where the
secretary Of state had sent messages
to him at Mexico City uncoded and
wrongly addressed Mr. Wilson was
ambassador under President Taft and
served d short time under President
Wilson, being succeeded by Henry p.
Fletcher.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1920-04-17
CIVIL WAR IMPENDS
IF SONORA ATTACKED
Ipv United Pressl

Washington, April 17-Civil war
throughout Mexico between the forces
of General Carranza and General
Obregon, his rival for the presidency,
may break out if the Carranza govern
ment proceeds to use military force
in the suppression of The secessionists
IN the state of Sonora.
A disturbing possibility in the gen
eral situation is that other states
may join the revolt started in Sonora,
as the Carranza government has the
support Of a minority of Mexican
states
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1920-04-17
Knox FLAYS WILSON
POLICY ON CARRANZA

Washington, April IA lively de
bate broke out in the senate today
on the request by General Carranza
for permission to move Mexican troops
across United States soil, in order to
reach the revolt faction in Sonora.
Senator Knox, Republican, or Penn
sylvania, led the opposition atta1
on the stand of the president in not
Immediately refusing the request. He
admitted he based his assertion, that
the president has not refused the re-
quest, on statements appearing in
newspapers.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1920-04-17
SAY SPUD PRICES
GIVEN BIG BOOST
tBy United Pressl

Chicago, April Charges of
prohteering in food, in connection
with the strike Of railroad switchmen,
occupied the attention of federal Off
tcials today. Agents Of the district
attorneys office had 80 dealers sum
moned for examination by the fed
cral grand jury.
Dealers here, it is charged. have
boosted the price of potatoes to $7.75
per 100 pounds and have greatly in
creased the prices Of other food COM
modities.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1920-04-17
BILL TO RELIEVE
PRINT PAPER COST
(By United Press

Washington, April 17.-All print
paper valued at eight cents per pound
or less will be admitted to the United
States duty free, under provisions of
bill passed today by the senate.
The measure already had received the
approval of the house and goes to the
president for signature Trainers of
the measure drafted as relief to the
present high prices of print paper.
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1920-04-17

Illinois, were buried here today with
honors approaching those accorded
royalty. Thousands gathered near the
home of the former Democratic chief
tain. 4 detail Of mounted police, 500
iremen and 500 patrolmen formed the
honorary guard which accompanied
the casket from the home to the
church
The log cabin Democrat. [volume] (Conway, Ark.) 1908-current, 1920-04-17
SULLIVAN BURIED
With MUCH P0MP
(By United Pressl

Chicago, April 17-The remains of
Roger Sullivan, the car barn worker
who became the political leader of