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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-07
Three Appeals for
Clemency Heard by.
- zE
Prison Commission

Three cases of more than usual
interest, in which one woman and
two men are seeking their liberty.
were heard Thursday by the state
prison commission. The board re-
served it's decision in each of them.
Mrs. Stella Abbott, who is serving
an indeterminate sentence of from
four to eight years, for killing her
husband, Dare Devil Johnny Az
bott, member of the Atlanta fire
department, is seeking the commute
ton of her sentence to present
service. Attorneys Reuben r. Ar
mold and Edmund T. Martin, Of At
lanta, appeared before the commits
sion in behalf of Mrs. Abbott, whose
petition for clemency bears the sig
natures of over 1000 persons, among
whom are eleven members of the
trial jury that convicted her.
Mrs. Abbott, it developed at the
hearing. has made h,a an exemplary tSa
prison farm at Milledgeville, where
she has been since she began TO
service of her term, on June 10, 1920.
Attorneys representing Charles E..
Davis, an attorney of Rome, who
was convicted in the Fulton county
courts OF. forging the name Of the
ley to land titles, appealed to the
commission for the Communication Of
their clients sentence. Davis was
sent up for ten years, and began his
service on November 5, 1920.
Denny & Wright, of Rome, and
Henry W. Bellingrath, of Atlanta,
appeared in Davis behalf. The COM
mutation was resisted vigorously by
Solicitor Boykin and Dorsey, Chelton
& Dorsey.
The third petition heard by the
commission was that of w. L. Darby,
a wealthy resident of Toombs coun-
ty, who is serving a five-year sem
tence for voluntary manslaughter.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-07
SAYS EXPERTS FAVOR
EXCESS TAX REPEAL

PINEHURST. N. c., May 5.-Re-
peal Of the excess profits tax is IA
vored by a group of 1000 leading
American financial and industrial ex-
perts, according to an economic sur
vey drawn by John s. Drum, prest-
dent of the American Bankers as
ISOLATION, and presented to the eXecu-
tive council of the association here
today.
A large majority of these men are
favorable to a sales tax, while near
ly all opposed cancellation OF allied
debts to the United States.
Mr.. Drums survey was in the form
of a chart on which was indicated
the majority and minority opinions
advanced by 1000 bankers and bust
ness men to whom\a series OF thirty
questions on the chief financial, com
mercial, industrial, agricultural and
building problems of the day were
submitted. The survey accompanied
Mr.. DRUMS annual report.
Survey of Answers
A composite survey of answer to
the principal questions submitted by
Mr.. Drum follows:
/. Sentiment virtually unanimous
in favor Of the repeal of the excess
3. Considerable majority favor a
sales tax.
s. A great majority oppose can
collation. of allied debts to the United
States.
4. Interest rates will remain sta
tionary this year.
cause of falling prices has produced
serious situation, although the
problem is less serious now than in
the fall or winter of 1920.
6. Manufacturers and exporters
are relaxing their efforts towards
securing foreign business.
z. A surplus OF manufactured
goods was shown to be stored in vir-
tually all parts of the country.
8. Complete sterilization of prices
may not be expected this year.
Summer Trade
8. Prospects for spring and sum-
mer retail trade was considered poor
to fair.
10. Commodity prices will not be
less than rs per cent higher than In
1914, the majority opinion held. The
minority opinion held that prices will
not fall to the 1914 level within two
or three years.
II. Retailers were reported as buy
ing very Sparingly.
IL. Collections were held to be
"slow to fair"
IS. Transportation facilities were
declared to be adequate. A surplus
of cars was shown.
IA. A general reduction of produc-
ton in practically all lines of indus
try was shown.
Is. Efficiency of labor was declared
greater than a year ago.
16. A surplus of raw material was
shown due to a decreased demand.
II. Lack of abundant credit for
farming purposes throughout the
country will cause some little reduc-
ton of acreage.
IS. Building operations generally
will show reduction as compared
with last year (unless costs are re
duced) the majority opinion held.
The number of dwelling houses is eX-
pected to be larger than in 1920.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-07
McLendon Departs
From Custom of Calling
Governor ''Excellency' -

The governor of Georgia should
not be addressed as your Excellen-
cy," nor referred to as His Excellen-
cy." in the opinion of Secretary of
State S. G. McLendon, who devotes
a portion of his annual report to the
governor to an explanation of why
he has departed from the usual GUS
tom in his salutation.
The report, which deals with the
conduct of the office of the secretary
Of state for the past year, recon-
mendS among other things that the
legislature appropriate a lump sum
of $500 for the salaries and COM
pensation of the office, rather than
authorizing an expenditure of Is per
cent of the automobile license tag
tax for the purpose.
Addressed to Hon. Hugh NJ. Dor
sey, governor" Mr.. McLendon's let
er: transmitting his report, says:
II herewith submit report covering all
year ending December 81, 1920 In Off
cially addressing the communica ton, l am
departing from the usual custom of ad-
dressing such cOmmunica lions TO His Ex-
celtency,' etc. Under the present conSti-
tuition and laws of this state. the governor
has no title save that of governor When
the trustees surrendered the colony to George
III, it was thereafter governed as q royal
colony, and the king of England appointed
his governors to represent him in Georgia.
During the period that Georgia was a royal
colony, the governors named by the royal
crown were officially addressed as Your
Excellency' When the people of Georgia
framed their first constitution in 1777,
they abolished parishes and established
counties as political subdivisions of the
vided. in Article ,, as follows:
On the first day of the meeting of
the representatives chosen, they shall
wv - . h. oIRSa nF In
shall be styled Honorable etc. This
clause, effacing all traces of royal rule,
was not repeated in any subsequent con-
stitution Of the state, but during the life
years, the practice, under foreign rule, of
addressing the governor as Your Excel
1ency," was discontinued and he was, in
able - -
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-07
Alleged Slayers Of
N. c. Policeman Sought

GREENSBORO, N. c., May "a
posse of officers and citizens, armed
with rifles and shotguns, was clos
ing in about wooded section of the
historic Guilford courthouse battle
ground early today in an effort to
capture the third member of a trio
Of alleged whiskey runners who late
yesterday shot and killed Policeman
Thomas McCuiston, when he stepped
upon the running board of their au-
tomobile in the heart of this city.
Tom Robertson, of Spray. N. c.,
one of the occupants of the car. was
shot and killed by officers near
Riedsville after an exciting forty
mile chase, and Lewis Edwards. said
to be the son of a Danville, Va,
policeman, was captured.
Edwards and the third member of
the gang whose name is believed
to be Paxton, escaped into the woods
when the automobile passed the bat
tie ground. Edwards was captured
at dusk but Paxton had made his
way into a dense section of the
woods.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-07

logically the new organization does
not offend against the principle enun-
ciated by Mahan, who foresaw that
the Pacific would be the center of
naval concentration.
Can Combine Easily
The other question of naval activi-
ties is whether the two fleet or
CARNATIONS would materially inter
fere with the tactics of the combined
fleet should the two fleets be brought
together to operate as one force.
In both the Atlantic and the Pacific
fleets we have an equal number of
division units of the ships of the
different classes, so that should the
two fleets come together, either in
the Atlantic or the Pacific ocean,
both of them can combine immedi-
ately into one tactical fleet, making
a homogeneous, whole without. the
slightest difficulty. Instead of two
there would be eight divisions. This
combination of two fleets into one
has been entirely foreseen and will
be carried out in exercises with the
two fleets combined into one.
The divisions of the two fleets
bear certain serial numbers, so that
when they come together each di-
vision has It's assigned place in the
battle formation. Orders have been
given definitely designating which
one of the fleet commanders would
be in supreme command of the diff
ferent units of each fleet, and they
know in advance Of juncture exactly
what the position Of their divisions
of ships would BE in the battle form
alton of the combined fleet.
Need of Competition
] learned after several years of
service as secretary of the navy that
supreme need is competition. With
out competition ships and fleets go
stale in periods of long peace.
Place two admirals-the biggest
and most ambitious men in the navy
in command of the Pacific and At
lantic fleets. Tell them that once
in every year they will come to-
gether for a fight Stimulating war,
and you will put all the men in both
fleets on their toes to win. The
struggle, for first place will grow to
be the great national contest. far
outdistancing the interest in the an
nual football games between the
army and the navy.
BY this keen competition, and in
no other way. will you make the
American navy fit to fight at any
time and keep it in the pink of con-
dition.
(Another article by former secre-
tary Daniels will printed to1nor-
row.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-07
Says Cruel Guest
Stole False Teeth
While on Visit

NEW YORK.-The disappearance
of a set of false teeth owned by
Mrs. Julia Brown, of 436 West Thir-
ty-sixth street, and her summoning
of John Mayorowitz, 125 Pitt street,
on the charge of having stolen them
when she was a guest at his house,
gave Magistrate Douras a busy half
hour in the Essex Market court.
Mayorowitz told the magistrate he
knew nothing of the teeth but be-
lieved Mrs. Brown had swallowed
them. He said he was willing to
pay for an X-ray photograph to
prove it.
Magistrate Douras asked Mrs.
Brown if she would submit to
being photographed as Mayorowitz
suggested. She declared very, posi-
lively that she would not, whereupon
the case was dismissed. Magistrate
Douras advised Mrs. Brown to bring
civil suit against Mayorowitz.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-07
GREEN PEACH rot
NEEDS ATTENTION.
SAYS NJ CL|NTOCK
BY J. A. McCLTNToCK,

Psychologist, Ga. Experiment Station
Daring the past week the Georgia
Experiment station has received from
peach growers from various sections
of this state, green fruits which were
Irotting. These fruits, of several va
Irieties. were from two and one-half
to four inches in circumference. The
rotting appeared to be more preva-
lent on the early varieties, such
as Mayflower, Red Bird and Hiley.
Examination of numerous specimens
at this station has proven that the
decaying is due to the brown rot
fungous attacking these immature
fruits,
A few weeks ago the Georgia Ex-
pertinent station called attention to
the fact that brown rot blossom
blight was present on number of
early varieties of peaches. Observa-
tons made since that time indicate
that many of the blighted blossoms
remain attached to the trees and on
these blossoms the fungous produces
after each rain fresh tufts of brown
rot spores. Under these conditions
it is to be expected that the varie
ties which had the most blossom
blight would be the ones to show
brown rot of the fruits first.
In some cases the decaying fruits
were shriveled similar to those in
jured by the frosts which occurred
about April 18th, thus indicating
that the brown rot fungous had at
tackled fruits weakened by frost in
jury. In other cases the rot appeared
to start on green fruits, at or near
injuries made by insects. In 1920
brown rot following insect INJURIES
was very serious, but it did not be-
come prevalent until harvest time.
In still other cases the brown rot
fungous appeared to have attacked
uninjured green fruits. AS these
green fruits continue to decay the
casual fungus becomes more dan
gerous to the peach crop through
the large number of fresh spores
or conidia which are produced in
tufts over the surface Of the infect
ed fruits.
The frequent rains are making the
danger from brown rot much more
serious and growers would do well
to watch their trees closely, espe-
cially the early varieties. If many
green fruits are rotting it would
pay to put on at once an additional
application of a fungicide such as
fective n checking the spread of
brown rot such a spray would have
to be thoroughly applied, so that
all of the healthy green fruits are
coated with the lime-sulphur solu-
tion.
If brown rot does not develop to
any great extent on the green fruits
it may be held in check by following
the regular spray schedule advised
for peaches in this state.
Growers who may be of doubt
about the presence of brown rot on
green fruits may have suspicious
material identified by sending speci-
mems to the Georgia Experiment
Station, Experiment, Ga.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-07
Chief of Staff March
Will Be Called Before
Bergdoll Case Probers

WASHINGTON, May 5.-Chief of
Staff March, the two army sergeants
who allowed Grover Cleveland Berg
doll to escape, and other army Of
ficials, will be called before the
house Bergdoll investigating commit
tee next week, Chairman Peters an
nounced today
All the army men who had any
connection with the case will be sub
poenaed and John O'Connor, depart
ment of justice operative working
on the case, will be asked to testify.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-07
Fire Hose Floats
Unfortunate Mule
To Surface of We'll

BALTIMORE.-Elis Parks Mis-
souri, mule wandered away from
home. The cool, green grass and a
bucket of water beside cistern at
the Baltimore county aims house
looked good to him and he went up
the driveway to refresh himself. He
stepped by accident on the wooden
platform of the cistern and broke
it, and mule, platform and all went
plunging into the water below.
Long and vigorous brays brought
spectators from the aims house, who
in turn, sent for the fire department
down at Cookeysville. The f1remen
hitched their hose to a nearby we'll,
and giving the mule a shower bath
for three hours. they succeeded in
filling the cistern and floating the
mule to safety.
The animal was in a very bad tenn
per when rescued.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-07

weaken the protection of either Of
| this plan of organization greatly in
creases the protection of each coast,
and in that way the protection of
our nation as whole.
The protection of either one of
our long seacoasts not only depends
| upon the ships themselves, but it
also very materially depends upon
the establishment, size and location
of naval bases and navy yards.
| which must exist for the mainte-
nance of the fleet in war as well
as in peace, and it is evident that
such bases will only be properly de-
veloped when they are used by a
| large force of ships during times Of
peace.
Mahan Principle Not Violated
There can be no question that as
a general principle the policy enun-
ciated by Mahan is sound, viz: That
| the division of a naval force weak
| ems the strength of the entire force,
as it enables an enemy to attack
one of the parts of the force so di-
vided. The result of the division of
| the English navy in the Revolution
airy war, and of the Russian navy
| in the RusSo-Japanese war illustrate
this principle is only violated when
| force is divided and so widely
separated that the two or more parts
| of the force can not support each
other. For instance, the two Rus
sian fleets, one in the Baltic sea
| ing the Russo-Japanese war, were
so widely separated that they could
not support each other, or one go to
| the assistance of the other, before
| the enemy could attack.
In the new organization OF the
American navy, as pointed out above,
these two fleets, the Atlantic and
the Pacific, are not so widely separ-
ated as to be unable to support each
other. They are, in fact, SO situated
at all times that one can come to
the immediate assistance of the 9TH
er in case of any impending danger
of an attack from any enemys naval
force.
It. therefore. is clear that sra-
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-07
Amateur Suicide
Fires Four Bullets
Without Results

WINSTED, Conn.-Walter Stew
art left his wife and four children
in his farmhouse in Hartland Hol-
low last week and walked away
to kill himself. He was discour-
aged.
He was still more discouraged when
he returned soon after sunset. He
had fired two bullets from a .22-
caliber revolver into his forehead and
two into his chest and then had
thrown the weapon away in disgust
and walked home. He was drawing
disconsolately on an empty pipe when
DR.. H. w. Ward, of this town, ar
rived to extract the bullets,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-07
De Valera and Unionist
Leader Hold Conference

BELFAST, May 5.-The Belfast
Telegraph says today that Sir James
Craig, the Ulster Unionist leader, and
Eamonn de Valera, the Irish repub-
lican leader. had an interview today
in Dublin and discussed Irish affairs.
Sir ames has called a special meet
ing of the Ulster party in Belfast to-
morrow to discuss the situation, the
newspaper adds.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-07

Why there should be an Atlantic and Pa
cific fleet-Naval force OF United States
organized as two fleets for. immediate COM
crs'' are squarely overwhelmingly and
efficiency demand a fleet in each ocean
Mahans fundamental principle Is not
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-07
Jonas Kuppenheimer,
Clothes Maker, Is Dead

CHICAGO, May 5.-Jonas Kuppen-
heimer, for many years president
and one of the founders of cloth
ing firm bearing his name, is dead
at his home here. He was born in
1854 at Terre Haute, Ind.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-07
Another Indictment
For FLOYD Woodward

ceny after trust has been added to
the number already returned against
Floyd woodward, alleged chief of
the "bunco syndicate" which oper-
ated in Atlanta up until a few
months ago. The true bill V as re-
turned by the Fulton county grand
with Woodward, names three other
alleged bunco artists, Clyde Smith.
George Irwin and Ed Ellis, alias
George Walker.
The specific case in which the in
dictment was returned involves the
swindling of R. A. Williams out Of
$4,000 worth of Liberty bonds.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-07
ASPIRIN
Name ''Bayer" on Genuine

Warning! Unless you see the name
"Bayer" on package or on tablets you
are not getting genuine Aspirin pre-
scribed by physicians for twenty-ons
years and proved safe by millions.
Take Aspirin only as told in the
Bayer package for Colds. Headache,
Neuralgia, rheumatism, ,Earache,
Toothache. Lumbago and for Pain.
Handy tin boxes Of twelve Bayer
Tablets Of Aspirin cost few cents.
Druggists also sell larger packages.
Aspirin is the trade mark of Bayer
Manufacture of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Of Salicylicacid.--(Ad "~
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-05-07

logically the new organization does
not offend against the principle enun-
ciated by Mahan, who foresaw that
the Pacific would be the center of
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-23
FERRY BOAT IN
OPERATION HERE
Conducted by W. B. Allen and Harold
Oakes-NO License Necessary,
Public Service Commission Says.

w Il. Allen and Harold Oakcs have
started a ferry boat below the Connect
cot river bridge site here and are carry
ing teams, automobiles and other vehicles
and passengers. The Vermont end is be-
low the Barrows coal sheds and the New
Hampshire end on the island below the
Grant granite works.
When the question of putting in n
ferry came up President c. 5. Hopkins
Of the Chamber of Commerce wrote the
New Hampshire public service commits
sion relative to the necessity of securing
a license to operate a ferry boat Mr..
Hopkins has received a letter from the
commission stating that when the toll
bridge here was made free the towns of
Brattleboro and Hins,lale were given the
right to operate a ferry if desired, SO no
license is necessary.
The boat in use is the ono Mr.. Allen
formerly operated between West Ches-
teriield and Dummerston.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-23
HOPS OFF TODAY
FOR NEW YORK CITY
Wealthy California Sportsman Attempts
Coast to Coast FIight-Dis-
tance $500 Miles.

LOS ANGELES. Cal. June ga
non-stoD aerial dash for New York will be
started this afternoon from Riverside,
Cal. by David II. Davis. wealthy young
Californian sportsman, and Eric Springer,
veteran pilot of Europe aud America. The
flight. if successful, will not only prove
epoch making as the first of its kind. but
probably viii bring to America and an
American machine two of three most COW
seted records-markS now held by foreign
flyers .--...
In completing the coast-to-coast fight,
distance by air line of approximately
$500 miles. the flyers would break the
nonstop distance record of 1.94O miles,
made by Alcock and Brown in crossing the
lstlantic shortly after the war. Indica-
tons are that successful trip also would
establish a new record for continuous
flying, the present mark being "A hours.
10 minutes. seconds, held in France.
The third of the most coveted achieve
ments of hyers-the record for straight
away speed-prObably would not be af-
fected in coast-tO-coast flight
The plane in which the attempt will be
made is an especially constructed machine
in which every modern mechanical appli-
ance tending to insure the success of the
trip win be installed. Every detail of it
will be of American design and manufac-
ture. Designed by Donald w. Douglas it
has been chrlstened the "tlOudStep. 1t
viii not be particularly large. the wing
spread being 56 feet the length 30 feet
and the height l3 feet. Many war planes
were larger
The tanks will carry go gallons of
gasoline for the 400 horse power liberty
engine. An instrument of special con
struction viii enable the pilot to tell
whether the plane is flying level. even
though he is in fog which makes the
earth invisible.
Other instruments will register the
gasoline consumption per hour, the oil
consumption, the direction and speed of
the wind, the air speed and ground speed
of the machine and all other data useful
to an aviator in attempting such a record
breaking fight.
The plane has been completed for
nearly two months. Its speed has been
found TO be close to 40 miles an hour as
a maximum.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-06-23
WOMAN FOUND MURDERED.
Murderer Ransacks House and Steals
SiIYerware ....

NEW YORK, June 13.-Mrs Minnie
:. Bartlett was murdered Yesterday
morning in her shomc on the Lynbrook
road near Hampstead, L. l.. by a man
who, it is believed, entered the house
under the pretence that he wished to
purchase it, After stabbing her i'm the
throat and shooting her twice in the
right temple the murderer hid Mss
Bartlett's body beneath pile of rugs
in the kitchen and ransacked the house,
stealing a small quantity of silverware
and a few small art objects, but over
looking considerable sum of money
which was III a bureau drawer upstairs.
Her house is a fine old mansion. sit
ting far back from the road in the cen
ter of a ten-acre plot, screened from
view by a high hedge and a large grove
of trees Because of the loneliness of
the big house and the danger to which
her friends and relatives have felt she
was exposed Mrs. Bartlett had been try
ing TO sch the property. She intended
to build a smaller house nearer the Wiz
lace