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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-06
LEAGUE IS DEAD,
HARDING SAYS
IN FIRST SPEECH

MARION, Ohio, Nov. 5.-Making
his first speech as president-elect,
Warren G. Harding declared at an
election celebration of homefolks here
last night that the Versailles League
of Nations was "now deceased" al
though the new adm nistration in
tended to see that the nation played
it's part in new international asso-
citation founded on peace and justice.
Mr.. Harding also told his friends
and neighbors who gathered around
the front porch in a cheering con-
course rivalling the greatest crowd
of the campaign, that he had come
through the fight without an apol-
ogy or a regret" and that he would
rather not have the presidency than
to win it "by speaking i'll or utter
ing lie."
The celebration, In which many
from other Ohio cities Joined, was
characterized by all the carnival fea-
lures of an old-time political rally,
So great was the gathering that the
streets were damned for a block away
and only small part of those pres
ent could hear the speech. In a pa
rade past the Harding residence there
were many special features, one man
leading a donkey on whose sides was
painted Jimmie didn't treat me
right" while another group carried
a dummy corpse silhouetted against
a red-fire background and labelled
1.-THE League of Nations"
1t was from the latter tableau that
the president-elect took the cue for
the leading thought of his speech.
His reference to it started a laugh.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-06
FRANTIC SEARCH
REVEALS RADIUM
IN LINEN PILE

A tiny cylinder Of lead containing
an infinitesimal quantity of radium
valued at $4,000, created consterna
ton at Grady hospital on Thursday.
Or rather, the loss of the radium Gre
ated the CONSERVATION, which was
very real and very PRONOUNCED while
it lasted, which was something over
three hours.
Science came to the rescue, how
ever, in the person of Professor j.
B. Edwards, head of the department
of physics at Georgia Tech. Armed
with an electrcscope, DR.. Edwards
joined the searching party and after
a nerve-racking period, discovered the
precious metal in Il huge pile of soil
cd linen that had been made ready
for laundering
The radium had been loaned to the
hospital by DR.. j. j. Martin for use
in treatment of a cancer case. Since
Grady hospital does not own any ra-
dunn. on account Of it's enormous
cost, several Atlanta physicians who
are fortunate enough to possess
small quantities of the element have
been kind enough to. loan it to the
hospital for the treatment OF charity
patients.
On Thursday morning DR.. Martins
tiny piece of radium. encased in it's
protecting cylinder of lead, had been
placed upon the cancerouS portion OF
patient in the charity ward. When
1t came time to remove the radlum
the attendants were horror stricken
TO discover that it had disappeared.
Nurses, doctors, orderlies and other
attendants we're enlisted in the
search and the entire hospital was
given a thorough going over, but to
no avail.
A reward of 800 was posted for
the discovery of the little tube and
everybody bent to the task of locat-
ing the missing radium, not only. to
obtain the financial remuneration.
but to uphold the reputation of the
institution itself.
Finally somebody remembered that
an instrument, called the electroscope,
had been invented to register the
strength of -radium rays. Hurried
DR.. Edwards, at Georgia Tech, had
such an instrument in his physical
laboratory. He was located and
came to the Grady hospital post
haste with his electroscope.
The electroscope is so delicately
constructed that two small needles,
which constitute the registering de-
vice, vibrate violently when the in
strument is brought into proximity
to radium.
After searching all over the nos
pital for about three hours, carrying
the electroscope around to the places
where the missing tube might have
been inadvertently deposited, Prof.
Edwards noted a movement of the
needles in room where soiled linens
were piled up waiting to go to the
laundry. He finally centered his at
tention on one. particular pile, where
the needles of the electroscope show
ed more violent agitation than at
any other point in the room.
Down at the bottom of the pile
concealed in a fold of sheet, was
the vial containing the radium. 1t
had been lodged there when in some
manner it became detached from its
wrappings on the cancer patient,
and had been removed with the bed
linens.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-06
Blind Negro Is Held
Under Bond of $500
On Stabbing CHARGE

1t was fitting that a blind Justice
should sit on the case of Weidner
VS.. Evans, both blind, in which all
the witnesses were blind, too.
Judge Johnson in the recorders
court shut his eyes TO become thor
oughly en- rapport with the situa-
ton, and then bound over John Ev-
ans IN the su moi 800 to the stare
courts for stabbing Wright Weidner
The stabbing, was merely a technical
name for what Evans did. >As a
matter of fact, he whitfield on Weld
ner's head until thirty-seven stitches
had to be taken in it before Weld
ner~ was at all presenable.
negroes, and it seemed from the tes-
timonv that the feud between Evans
and Weidner had. started seven years
ago. in Jacksonville, Fla, with a
lively fight that ended in draw.
Evans and Weidner,. begging for a
ward by way Of Mobile, Montgo-
merry, Savannah, Macon and Augusta
and finally got to Atlanta, seven
years later.
On the road it, seems. they were
at least reasonably friendly. and
they were peaceable. But Thursday
evening there was little party at
the home of Weidner, at "a Kenne-
saw Alley, and Evans dropped in.
There were Seevral other blind men
and women present; and in the
course of the festivities the old war
in Jacksonville came up between
Evans and his host
Evans told the court that Weidner
threatened to shoot him and that ne
knew Weidner had a big stick in his
hand.
How did you know it?" asked
the court.
Felt it," explained Evans, simply.
The carving followed; and the tes-
timony was mostly to the effect that
1t was not in self-defense, as Evans
asserted. He was bound over to the
state court
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-06
Farmer Found Dead,
His Leg Entangled
In a Buggy Wheel

GREENSBORO, Ga. Nov. 5.-Coun-
ty. authorities have given up as I'M
solVable the mystery surrounding the
death of Mr.. Oscar Edmunds, Green
county farmer who was found dead
at his home here Thursday morning,
under circumstances which seem to
indicate that he had been dragged
four miles when his right leg became
entangled in the wheel of his buggy.
When his family went to the barn
early in the morning. Mr.. Edmunds'
Hfeless body was found near his
buggy. the horse being hitched to
the vehicle. One of the dead mans
feet was enuangled in one of the rear
wheels. the ankle being broken.
A travelling man coming from
Bairdstown found Mr.. Edmunds' coat
and hat by the roadside. There is
considerable mystery as to how the
young man met his death. The gen
eral belief is that he alighted from
his buggy for some purpose, taking
off his coat. The horse, it is thought,
started off and the young man made
an effort to stop the animal by first
jumping into the vehicle to gather
UP the lines, his foot becoming en-
tangled in the wheel. He was dragged
something like four miles.
The coroner's Veuaict is that Mr..
Edmunds' death was accidental. He
was aobut thirty years of age and
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Ed
munds. Besides his parents he is
survived by several sisters and
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-06
g. Year-Old Woman
Elected Sheriff, Not
Afraid of Bad Men

ROSCOMMON, Mich, Nov. S.
Mrs. Jane Johnson, sixty-fve years
old, mother of three children, and
sheriffkelect of Roscommon county,
today outlined the platform on which
she will go into Office next January.
II can land bad man, or a bad
woman, myself, if necessary" she
said, '"but as a matter of precaution
1 will appoint my husband deputy.
In the intervals between searching
for and caring for prisoners, 1 will
look after my children-two girls
and a boy-ano the domestic duties
IN the county Jail"
Mrs Johnson added that in case 1t
should become necessary for her "to
arrest a bad man. he will know some
one has been after him."
The ~sheriff-elect gained her expe-
rience from her husband, who has
been sheriff for the past six years,
and whom she married forty years
ago
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-06
Riot Threatened as
u. N. C. Students Egg
Hilarious Republicans

DURHAM, N. c., Nov. 5.-A riot
was narrowly averted at Chapel Hill,
N. c., seat Of the University of
North Carolina, near here, Thursday
night, when a body of from 900 to
zoo university students halted a pa
rade of Republican celebrators from
Carrboro, a nearby town, and egged
the victory procession.
Enraged. the members of the vios
tory parade resorted to strong Ian
guage and general free-for-all was
imminent when Mayor w. S. Rob-
erson stepped in and stopped the fun,
persuading the Carrboro Republicans
TO return home and leave Democratic
Chapel Hill in peace.
The parade was led by Louie Cole
Lloyd, defeated Republican candi-
date for the state legislature. When
it entered Chapel Hill close to 8
o'clock it was headed by a brass
band, followed by men on horseback
and automobiles Assembling in the
towi square, the Republicans gave
vesit to their war cries, bringing half
the Carolina students on the run to
return-the compliment with a Cox
salute. The egg-shower followed,
and though greatly outnumbered, the
Republicans were about to seek sat
isfaction in personal encounters,
when the mayor arrived.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-06
BANKERS CONSIDER
HUGE EXPORT FIRM
FOR COTTON STATES
Plans for S12,000,0O0 Cor
poration to Be Furthered
at New Orleans Meeting
on Saturday

The projected foreign trading cor
poration, which had it's incipiency
at the recent conference of bankers
at Washington, has taken definite
shape, and the enterprise will be
formally organized at meeting to
be held in New Orleans Saturday.
The corporation will be organized
under the provisions of the Edge act
and will lend financial aid to the
DEVELOPMENT Of business relations
between the southern states and
foreign countries. Obviously, for
sthe present. the chief activity of the
mammouth concern will be the fl
nancing of the cotton crop, and its
operations are expected confidently
to improve materially and pernla-
nently the cotton business.
The corporation will have a CAPT
tai stock of $12,00O,000, fifty per
cent of which will be- paid in and
from the fund for thetactive opera
ton of the business. The stock will
be subscribed by southern business
interests, being allotted to the sew
eral states on the basis of cotton
produced. Thus Georgia interests
will be the second largest in the con-
Germ, since Georgia is the SECOND
largest cotton growing state.
The new Orleans melting was
called by Robert F. Maddox, of At
lanta, as chairman Of a special com
mittee appointed at the recent con-
vention Of the American Bankers
association. The committee has
made a thorough investigation Of
the plan for financing southern
products, chiefly cotton, Ind has de-
termined that the scheme is feasible.
The report Of the committee has i'm
pressed bankers favorably, and the
Organization meeting for New Or
leans is the result.
Among the prominent financiers
who will attend the New Orleans
meeting. are: Governor NJ. B. Well
reserve bank, Atlanta; H. Lane
Yound, vice president of the Citi-
zens' and Southern bank, of Georgia;
Robert +. Maddox, r.. S; Hecht,
president of the Hibernia Trust and
Mathews, president Palmetto Ma
tional bank, Columbia. S. c.; Tom
O. Smith, vice president Birming-
ham Trust and Savings bank, Birm-
ingham, Ala; Moorehead Wright,
company, Little Rock, Ark; j. Ell
wood Cox, Commercial National
bank, High Point. N. C: J. A. Pond |
som, first vice president South
Texas Commercial National bank.
pies bank, Tupelo. Mis-; d. NJ.
Armstrong. vice president CONNER
cial Trust and Savings company,
Memphis; John X. Ottley, president
Fourth National bank, Atlanta:
a 70 nv
gia Bankers association, and many
others.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-06
Palmer S Connection
With Coal Conspiracy
Will Be investigated

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. Nov. s.
General PaImer's CONNECTION with
the conspiracy case of 125 coal OPP
orators and MIXERS will be made by
Judge A. 3. Anderson in the federal
district court here next Monday, the
date set for beginning the trial, &C
cording to a notice sent the attor
ney general today by court officials.
Judge Anderson declined to dis
cuss the notice which said certain
matters" would be inquired into, but
it was understood that the attorney
general had been invited to court be-
cause of his orders that certain evil
dence should not be submitted at the
conspiracy trial. These orders, the
attorney general has said. conform
with an agreement made during the
coal strike last year in Judge Ander-
sons presence Dan w. Simms, who
resigned as special assistant attor-
ney general in charge of the con-
spiracy case, has said that the at
torney generals order "cut the heart
out of the case."
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-06
Governor Cox Wires
His Congratulations to
Harding on Vicory

DAYTON, Ohio, Nov. Ex-Governor
Cox. the defeated presidential candi-
date, today wired his congratulations
to Senator Harding, the president
elect, pledging support "as a citizen
to the executive authority in what
ever emergency might arise"
His message, the first act of the
defeated candidate today. read:
"In the spirit of America, I &C
cept the decision of the majority,
tender. as the defeated candidate, my
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-06
Wilson, First Speech
In More Than Year
Made at White,House

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-President
Wilson made his first public appear
ance last night in more than a year
when he was lifted in his wheeled
chair to the east portico of the
White House while hundreds of
Washington League of Nations adj
herents gathered upon the White
House lawn to do him honor.
The crowd of men, women and
children bearing state banners and
the national flag, under the leader
ship Of John F. Costello, Democratic
national committeeman for the Dis
trict of Columbia, assembled at
Democratic national headquarters
and marched to the White House,
where the gates were open to the
public for the first time since the
beginning of the war.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-06
100000 Reported
Pledged to Cotton
Export Corporation

COLUMBIA, S. c., Nov. 5.-The or
ganization committee of the Ameri-
can Products Export and Import cor
poration met yesterday in Columbia
for formulating definite plans for
completing the Organization with a
number of members present.
The committee by unanimous vote
instructed the special committee to
proceed to obtain a charter at an ear
ly date, and 1T is understood that this
will be done within the next few
days.
Chairman Manning reported to the
committee that subscriptions in ex-
cess of $1,0OO,0OO had been received
to date and that large subscriptions
were daily being received. A tenta-
tive proposition from expert cotton
men was read and the committee re-
ferred the proposition to the direc-
tors soon to be selected. The COM
mittee adopted. the recommendation
of the special committee. including
the cooperative features of the COM
pany, as follows:
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-06
Cut Clothing Prices

Nsre's a way to save $1,000 to
$4,000 on your next suit. Simply
drop a card to r. A. Allan, SS1 w:
Adams, ST., Chicago. Illinois, and
ask him for a copy of his new tail
oring book No. 1905. with big cloth
samples and latest information about
styles and prices. He will make you
a special offer and quote you prices
that will save you big money. Ask
him about his agency proposition If
are sent on approval with privilege
of returning IL not satisfactory. Be
sure to get his new prices at once.
Send him card today.-(Advt.)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-06
u. S. Sugar Control
Removed in Formal
Wilson Proclamation

WASHINGTON, Nov. 4.-The last
vestige of government control over
sugar has been removed through sig
nature by President Wilson of proc
lamation providing for revocation No
velnber Is of licenses held by whole
porterS.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-06
IOtal 80. -. ~
Governor Cox had safely the fol
$685. Goodyear Raincoat

420S Goodyear bldg, Kansas City,
Mo-, is making an offer to send a
handsome raincoat free to one per-
son in each locality who will show
and recommend it to their friends.
If you want one, write today.
.(Advt.l
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-06
Unnamed Mexican Is
Executed for Murder
OF American Citizens

WASHINGTON. Nov. 4.-Summary
trial and execution of an unnamed
Mexican, charged with the murder Of
Arthur L. Mosely and Gustave Sala-
Ear, American citizens. has been re-
ported to the American embassy at
Mexico City by the Mexican foreign
Office, the state department was ad-
vised today.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-11-06

congratulations, and pledge as a citi-
zen my support to the executive au-
thority in whatever emergency might
arise"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
TRUCK BODIES MUST SUIT WORK THAT IS
 PLANNED FOR THEM

Motor truck utility depends much upon body design. A body unsuited for the work which it must perform causes load ing and unloading delays that sometimes result in unprofitable operation There fore, it is just as important for the mo- tor truck purchaser to give close heed to body equipment as he does to the truck he selects.
 Seven types of bodies serve most of the uses to which a motor truck is put. They are: First. platform, with or without stakes or stake gates; second, box bodies, for castings, bricks, etc; third, express bodies, covered with slated or screened sides: fourth, rack bodies, for light bulky material; fifth, van bodies, for perishable groceries. furniture. pasteboard box goods, etc.; sixth, dump bodies or elevating bod
 es for contracting work or coal delivery; seventh, tank bodies for gasoline. milk in bulk road oiling and flushing, fuel oil
 Special types of work require special types of bodies. Granite or marble deai- CTS and heavy machinery haulers, for in- stance, use a low-hung platform body; telephone companies use bodies especially constructed to accommodate tools, wire
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
IOLDF|ELD TIRES
 | ON TIE WINNERS
Barney's Pneumatics Finish First, Second and Third
 At Indianapolis

I Indianasolis, June With the eighth
 international motor sweepstakes a matter l of history. motordom has had a chance 1 to study the sensational performances II developed. and to marvel at the ensi- neering progress it proved
 l The new racing class is plainly aole to I fully equal with motors Of only lo5 cuVic l inches piston displacement, any feat ol speed or endurance possible to the 0V- l inch motors of former yeafs. 1 Tire improvement has kept pace wlth
 motor development. A year ago, Wilcox the winner-made but three tire
 changes, and experts wondered at the 1 endurance of his equipment. This year victor, Gaston Chevrolet, made the entire | flight of 800 miles on his Oldfield tires without a single change Barney Oldfied, former race champion who also manufactured the tires used by Thomas and Milton who finished sec ' ond and third, credits racing tests with much of the progress so conciusiVely proven.
 "In no other laboratry can the tire builder secure such immediate and con- elusive results declares the Master
 Driver,'' in reviewing the event. ''ChevroIet's 800 miles over the bricks were easily equal to 200O0 miles of tour
 ing, yet they enabled us to prove our product in a few hours.
 Another advantage of the racing test is it's frankness. The Indianapolis race was not a private test but took place
 before the eyes of more than 1000O0 per
 sons And the battle of the tires was
 this year just as competitive as that of
 the motors, with three American and
 one British tire builder represented.
 '"The fastest car in the race can no
 longer shoulder a tire handicap and win.
 De Palma proved this statement. It was
 tire trouble that set him so far back in the
 ra ce that he had to drive a large share of it at terrific speeds-speeds which
 finally crippled his engine and made it
 possible for cars without tire trouble"to dafaat him
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06

| Possibly. if you have driven past their place at night, you noticed their window display. Y'can't overlook it, for it consists of sew erai high-po,vered searchlights shining right in your path.
 
 R, G. Enell, truck expert for the Bir- mingham Motor Company, has gone back to the Federal factory in Detroit to see about the shipment of some more trucks. Enell is putting in the most of his time at the factory now seeing to it that the Feeerals keeI coming this way. He is forced tC drive the trucks from Detroit to Gin cinati, one carrying another, and ship ping from that point.
 
 Sterling Floyd of the Whitman Floyd Motor Company, has just re- turned from the Scripps-BOOth fac-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06

The race for selling honors during the month of May staged at the Ed wards Motor Company has come to an end and Bob Steadham finds himself with the laurel wreath decorating his noble brow. Steadham got away in Front of the pack and was never headed. Sterling Edwards refuses to say what sort of a bonus was hung up for the boys to shoot at, but a. any rate it was a business stimulant and Edwards has another one planned For June.
 Milton E. simms and Thomas H.
 Simms. Jr., have acquired control
 of Simms-Densler, 122 South
 Twenty-first street, and the or
 ganization now will he known
 Simms Brothers. They are in the
 automobile supply business and
 are making quite success of it..
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06
CLEANING SPARK
 PLUG PORCELAINS

Spark plug porcelains may be freed of all carbonaceous or other foreign matter by soaking them in a solution of carbon disulphide, obtainable at any drug store. This solution dissolves the carbon and leaves the porcelain bright.
 Of course this treatment applies particularly to the type of porcelain which is removable from the shell of the plug, but the same method of cleaning can be used even if the plug lis of the so-called one-piece type. Just soak the whole plug, shell and all. It don't do any harm, and is one req sonably effective way of attacking that carbon which resists the efforts to dig it out with a knife or other tool.-Motor Life Tinkle, tinkle, little boat,
 You have everybody's goat
 Violating every code,
 In the center of the road
 Motor Life. Georgie Porgie of Little Rock Sold some fraudulent auto stock; When the boobs began to cry Georgie was living in Uruguay
 -SMotor Life. There was a man in our town, Who owned the shrewdest wits, He drove into ditch and put Five spring leaves on the fritz. But when he saw five leaves were
 snapped,
 He did not tear his hair; He plucked five new ones from a tree And made a quick repair
 Motor Life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-06-06

and equipment. Winches usually are mounted on these bodies. Barrel makers use bodies which enable them to pile barrels high and even on top of the cab.
 trucks are equipped with huge van bodies with enclosed cabs for driver protection. One big furniture dealer has had marked success with interchangeable van bodies, pre-loaded body being swung quickly