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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-25
PANAMA CONSIDERS
h, REPLY To HUGHES
X III BID In -

PANAMA, Aug. 23~(By the Asso-
ciated Press. )-Panama' reply to the
latest note from Secretary Of State
Hughes, in which Panama was told
that disputed territory along the
Costa Rican frontier of this country
would be placed under the jurisdlc-
ton of Costa Rica, has been consld-
cred by the Panaman cabinet, and
possibly will be delivered on We'd
.nesday. American diplomatic Off
Gals here are reticent regarding the
situation, but it is known that the
Panaman reply has not as yet gone
forward to Washington.
although it is generally reported
that armed forces have already been
ordered to advance to Coto, in the dis
puted area, with a view to opposing
possible Costa Rican occupation OF
that district, the most recent Off
cial declarations here indicate that
troops have been despatched only to
David, a town some distance from
the boundary. 1t is said they have
been instructed to hold themselves in
readiness there to march toward
Coto whenever orders are received.
The Panama government, tits under
stood, will await further advices
from Washington before taking any
decided steps.
emergency calls for men have been
made. The chief of the fire depart
ment has been instructed to hold him.
self ready to relieve all police forces,
should their removal to the frontier
become necessary.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-25
Obenchain S Mother
Declares His Divorced
Wife Bewitches Him

CHICAGO, Aug. 23.-The mother
of Ralph Obenchain today declared
she would rather see him buried
than living with his divorced wife,
Madalynne, who is under arrest in
Los Angeles, in connection with the
Mrs. Obenchain came here from
her home at South Whitley, Ind,
planning to go to Los Angeles to
attempt to dissuade her son from
becoming reunited to Madalynne.
However, she decided against max
ing the trip on advice of friends.
IF Madalynne had lived years
alive as WITCH" the mother de-
"When Ralph gets under her in
fluence he becomes absolutely out
of his mind.
MY husband and myself have
scrapped together everything we
had so we could give our son an
strangers, all on account of this
One of Ralph's bittrest rivals
for Madalynne was Arthur Burch.
1 have private information that
Madalynne bought the rai roo q
back to Chicago after the murder
and before he was arrested"
Mrs. Obenchain declared she could
not understand Madalynne's power
over men.
She had them rushing around
her as though they were. mani
kins." the mother declared. She
added, with tears in her eyes, that
some praise him for, going to
none condemn him for deserving his
mot her"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-25
Steamship Reaches
Port With Marines
Guarding ; Of Crew

NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-The
steamship Alliance arrived TO-DAY
from Cristobal, with three mutinous
firemen in irons and twenty-five ma
rines, transferred to the steamship
at sea from the battleship Connect
icut, on guard, because OF reoel-
lious spirit exhibited by other ire
men.
Fearing for the safety of 124 pas
sengers, many Of whom were women
and children, Captain James stone
got in touch with the battlesh1p by
wireless last Friday and summoned
aid.
The Alliance left cristo Of a t Al
as the result of continual quarrels
he summoned three firetlen before
him and ordered them put in irons
on charges of mutiny.. AS they were
being taken to confinement they;
yelled: All hands quit work.
| There was no actual response TO-
their suggestion, but the rest OF
| the firemen muttered constantly and
neers went armed and were afraid
to sleep. The cook could not rest
| in his quarters because of the noise
made by the unruly firemen and
had to sleep on deck When the
marines arrived, the trouble sub
sided.
When the officers of the steam
| ship were reticent as 20 causes OF
| duarrels among the crew members
| of the crew and passengers said the
| trouble had been caused by com
| bination of turpentine and Haitian
| rum.
On the outward voyage someone
painted Il fireman with turpentin@
as he lay sleeping. When he awoke
he seized an axe and went on the
! warpath He was placed in irons.
| The judge who heard his case at
| Cristobal discharged him. saying
that his propagation had been great;
AT. Port de PaiX, the last OF call
on the return trip. the fremen re-
| turned to the ship with much Hal
tian rum, and the aggrieved fire
man again went looking. for the man
who applied the turpentine. He was
again placed in irons, after which
his friends took up the vendetta
Red hot slice bars and axes were
the favorite weapons in general
| fight that lasted about five hours
below decks before the Connecticut
came in sight, it was stated.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-25
RAILROAD FUNDING
| BILL PASSES HOUSE

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-The adj
ministration's railroad funding bill
was passed last night by the house
The measure now goes to the senate.
The vote was PA to 123. It is not
the present intention Of the senate
20 take up the bill before the recess.
An unsuccessful effort was made
10 eliminate a section which pro-
vides that no payments shall be
made by the government to any car
riers ION account Of the so-called in
efficiency of labor" during federal
control. An amendment to strike out
this provision, offered by Represen-
tative Webster, washington, Re-
publican member of the commerce
committee, which had favorably re-
ported the bill, was rejected 145 tc
II.
Another provision of the section
which Mr.. Webster failed TO nave
stricken out stipulated that no funds
shall be used in making settlements
with carriers which do not forever
bar such carriers from setting up
any further claim, right Or demands
Of any kind or character against the
United States, growing out OF or
connected with the possession, use or
operation of such carriers property
by the United States during the Pc
Rod of federal control"
Proponents of the measure sue
ceeded in voting down all motions to
amend the bill in important partlcu-
lars and as passed, the measure, eX-
cent for a few minor changes, is in
the form in which it was reported
to the house.
During four hours of general de-
bate, three members OF the Gom-
merce committee besides Mr.. Web
ster, Representative Rayburn, Tex
as; Johnson, Mississippi, and Hud-
dleston, Alabama. all Democrats, eX-
pressed opposition to the bill. Mr..
Rayburn, however, urged retention
of the section which Mr.. Webster
opposed.
hound bv previous legislation to rec
ognize claims growing out of labor
inefficiency," Mr.. Webster said pas
sage of the bill without elimination
of the clause to which he objected
would be "a monstrous REPUTATION
of a solemn contract" Attacking the
roads were the ''pampered pet OF the
government.
"As long as congress continues to
make advances to them they will ask
for more money" he said, addlng:
"Why don't they do something Tor
themselves"
Representative Mondell, Republic
an leader, asserted enactment of the
bill would do more than anything
else ito hasten the day when trans
portation rates can be reduced"
The benefit that will accrue to
the general public, he held. Will be
infinitely greater than that or the
tn thP railroads.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-25
ATTACKS NEWED
ON RESERVE BOARD

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-Attacks
on the federal reserve system were
renewed before the joint con-
gressional commission On agriculture.
]. S. Wannamaker, of South Caro-
lima, president of the American Cot
ton association, asserted that defla-
ton of the currency and of prices had
been terribly destructive to all
American producing interests, that it
had been wholly unnecessary, but
that it had been brought about DELHI
erately by the federal reserve board.
81 heard as early as 1918 that plans
were being rugged to put on defia
ton" Mr.. Wannamaker said. This
eliminated in what was called a buy
ers' strike in 1920. We never had
buyers strike; it was buyers panic.
the result of unceasing propaganda
sent out to make people afraid of
prices, to spread the fear that prices
were to go lower"
BY whom was this propaganda
spread?' queried representative
Funk, Republican, Illinois.
"I'll first take up the case of the
reserve board" continued Mr.. Wan
namaker, "and III ask the commits
sion to ask that board the amount
paid out for publicity during the last
eighteen months for correspondence
and the distribution of newspaper
material"
Mr.. Wannamaker put into evidence
statements and bulletins which he
said the reserve board issued during
the last two years and which he said
clearly showed it's purpose to bring
! about declining prices.
Mr.. Wanamaker asserted that on
| March 20, 1920, he received a letter
from former Secretary of the Treas
ury Houston, stating the govern
! ment's policy was in opposition to
the stimulation of exports on the
ground that it kept prices high and
! tended to increase the foreign debt
The planters then had a big crop
! on their hands," he said. The fed
! eral reserve board then started to
, force def1ation. Then he had a buv-
| er's panic as the result of well-d'-
rected propaganda. 1 believe this
propaganda was started by the board
| and 1 believe this committee should
! get from the board the amount paid
| by it and the other reserve banks
for publicity along this line
The board, Mr.. Wanamaker charg-
ed, now is engaged Tn a second eff
fort to bring about defiation
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-25
LIKE HERO IN STORY BOOK
COPSTOPSRUNA WAYHORSE

NEW YORK.-Patrolman Walter
B. Brown, of Traffic C, stationed at
125th street and Seventh avenue,
stopped a runaway IT spectacular
style just as automobile traffic
thronged these highways.
The horse, attached to baker s
wagon, owned by Meyer Rosenberg,
of Sc Rutgers street, began it's IN
controlled rush through heavy traf-
fic at 127th street and Seventh ave-
nue., when Rosenberg, finding one
rein caught under the animals tail,
stepped out on a shaft to remove 1t.
Nearing 125th street the horse
crashed into a motor truck, wreck
ing the bakery wagon and scatter
ing bread and cakes. Fifty feet
further on the runaway struck an
automobile driven by Reginald d.
Hart, negro chauffeur for H. l..
Belch, of 161 Park place. Swerving,
the horse cleared the lowhung rum
age of the cart after it. AS the
animal headed for a limousine occu-
pied by three women, who were
steering wildly in an effort to evade
the threatened crash, Brown leaped
for the horses head and seized the
bride. The bit broke and the bride
fell off. Brown seized the lips of
the plunging animal and retained
that grip while the animal dragged
him. The horse ran on the sidewalk
and fel lin the entrance to the AL
hambra theater. Brown also fell.
but with his grip on the lips of
the equine unbroken. He had hard
struggle with the maddened crea-
ture to hold it down. He was in
state of exhaustion and badly bruis-
ed when assistance reached him.
At the time the runaway passed
126th street Brown was holding
north and south bound traffic for
passage of east and west traffic in
125th street. When he tackled the
horse and was carried away by 1T
traffic remained stationary north
and south, so that by the time he
had completed his suddenly imposed
task automobiles were backed up
both ways for three blocks. When
he had closed the runaway episode
Brown made his way back to the
125th street crossing.
AS he raised his whistle to signal
traffic release hundreds of men
and women in automobiles and on
the sidewalk cheered him uproari
ously. Brown told his precinct cap
tain later that he never felt so en-
barrassed before in his life.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-25
NERAL TRADE CONDITIONS
IN NEW YORK BETTER
By JAMES ALLERTON
Geased Wire Service to The Journal.)

ALeGSeu wire Service TO LIE JOuTHdl.J
Copyright, 1921
NEW YORK Aug. 23.-Prices con-
tinue to play the leading role in
the development of all merchandise
ing in this section. Buying by re-
tailers continues fairly brisk, but
merchants show a tendency to favor
the cheaper grade of goods. I'M
provement has been steady in the
textile field, however, and in some
lines the demand for cottons and
woolens has led to price advances.
Demand for lumber and steel
products is improving steadily and
buying for immediate construction
son River yards could put into this
market. Prices for brick, however.
remained at SIS a thousand with 10
per cent added for handling. There
is a strong demand for competent
brick layers and plasterers both in
New York and Northern New Jersey.
has been we'll in excess Of the bust
last week.
Hides are active in this market
and Brooklyn shoe manufacturers
are running their plants at capacity.
goods, but the buying of sundry
groceries has been of purely rou
tine character.
OUTLOOK FOR SEPTEMBER
BUSINESS IN PITTSBURG GOOD
iLeascd Wire Service to The Journal.)
Copyright 1927
BY H. q. LUEFEAAN
PITTSBURG, Aug. 23.-The num-
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Harding Said to Favor
Participation Of Labor
In Disarmament Meet

ATLANTIC CITY. n. J., Aug. %
President Harding looks with favor
on labor's request for representa-
ton in the disarmament conference
to be held in Washington, Samuel
Gompers said today at the opening
OF the meeting of the executive ccun-
ell of the American Federation of
Labor.
He stated that as president of the
federation he had been communicating
with organized labor bodies of other
nations, with a view Of getting their
attitude on representation in the ds-
armament discussion.
Mr.. Gompers added thar he had re-
ceived a letter of appreciation from
President Harding after visiting the
White House ami suggesting that
American labor be permitted repre-
sentation in the conference.
Labor always has been an advo-
cate of disarmament" said Mr..
Gompers, land the full force of or
ganized laborSof America today backs
President Harding in his move to
bring about world peace through dis
armament"
Wage reductions, unemployment
and tariff legislation also were con-
sidered by the council today. 1t was
planned to make a protest against
the tariff law
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-25
Attempt to Burn
Open Air Play House
Frustrated by Guard

LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Aug. 23.-An
attempt to burn the big open air
theater just completed by the Ameri-
can Legion was made this morning
at 1870 o'clock. Discovery of the at
tempt was made by Henry S. Pepin,
Legion member, who was acting as
caretaker.
He discovered a man running away
from the stage curtain but was I'M
able to identify him. Two shots fired
by Pepin at the fleeing form went
wide of the mark.
The curtain had been saturated
with kerosene. A broken bottle Of
kerosene, dropped by the arsonist,
theater would have been disastrous il
it had succeeded, as the legion pro-
duction of ''Pinafore" is scheduled to
open tonight
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-25
Four Are Drowned
At Louisiana Picnic

SHREVEPORT. La, Aug. 23.-Four
nersons are dead here today as the
climax of a party on Curtis lake. Bos-
sier parish, about twenty miles south
of here, Saturday night,
Mark Briefly, forty, New Orleans
and Miss Mabel McAlpine, twenty
four. this city. drowned when the
skiff in which they were riding
overturned Willard MCGEE, son OF
MIR. and Mrs. NJ. G. MCGEE, Shreve-
port. who We're holding the picnic
complimentary to Briefly, was
drowned in an effort to save Miss
McAlpine. All four bodies were re-
covered.
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New York Washington
Air Service Planned

NEW YORK, Aug. 23.-Plans for
inauguration of daily freight and
passenger air service between New
York and Washington were announc-
ed today by commercial aviation
company.
Six Limousine type planes have been
purchased for the route and will be
put into service the latter part o.
this week, it was stated. Each plane
will carry six passengers and 1000
pounds of freight.
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Reported Conference
To Be Held in Mexico
On OilLand Question

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 23-(By the
Associated Press 1.-The newspape
Ell Universal today says it is inform
ed that the heads of the importau
oil companies in the United State
will leave New York Wednesday fo'
Mexico City, for a conference wit
government officials here looking to-
ward an amicable and definite settle
ment of petroleum questions. It's ad
vices. it says, state tEat the meet
ing has the approval of the state
department
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Price of Beer Reduced
For Canadian Consumer

VICTORIA, B. C.,-The provincial
liquor control board has announced
that the price of beer would be re-
duced from four dollars a dozen
quarts to $3.50, and from forty cents
a single quart to thirty cents, it was
learned today. .
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-25
GLADSTONE DISEASE

Dr. e. f. Paddock physician of Kansas
City Mo. Box 5S201. is giving away a free book
on improved method of treating infla 31
ISOLATED with Gallstores. Hundreds report re-
markable results Write for this Free book
today - Advert Sement,)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-25
Japs Probe Murder

YOKOHAMA-The Japanese gov
eminent has been asked to investi-
gate the murder of Ronald Hill, son
of the secretary of the British Asso-
citation of Japan. 1t was at first be-
lieved that a birglar had stabbed Hill.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-25
$4,000 Fire Loss
In Halewine, Ala.

HALEYVILLE, Ala, Aug. 23.-An
early morning fire of mysterious
origin destroyed a downtown office
building here in which the postoffice
was located with an estimated loss
of s150,000. Quick work by fire
fighters saved adjoining buildings.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-25
$1,000, 900 IS VALUE
OF WESTERN GRAIN CROP

Der of inquiries for products in the
industrial plants OF this district in
dictates that September business will
show an increase over that of this
month. The August record SO far
has bene we'll in exces sof the bust
ness for July and the turn for the
better in Pittsburg's major indus
tries shows no tendency toward re-
duction. On the contrary it is fol-
lowing the upsWing.
djustments still are in prog
ress but as each problem is solved
trade revival becomes more pro-
nounced. The latest cut in wages
by the United States Steel corpora
ton was not unexpected, as indie
pendents now are paying as low as
25 cents an hour for unskilled labor.
Reduction in prices of steel products
has followed reduction in wages, al
though the tendency to cut prices is
not so pronounced as it was few
weeks ago. Sales continue to be
made below official schedule how
ever.
Gains in manufacturing schedules
have not ben sufficient to make de
cided impression on retail or whole
sale merchandising but the volume
of business compares very faVorably
with that of other years.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-25
5000 Miles for Theft

BEIRUT, Syria.-Lionel Wet, ar
rested for the theft Of $4,000 worth
of Jewels from Joseph Smouha in
Paris, confessed that he had followed
Smouha for 5000 miles about Europe
before he got an opportunity to steal
the Jewels.
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Ey T.. S. NcKENNA
LEASED Wire Service to The Journal.)
Cartwright 1921


Copyright, 1921
ST. PAUL, Aug. pa crop Of
S00,000,00O bushels of grain of all
sorts is predicted for this territory
this season by reports from one
thousand banks situated in produc
ing centers in the Ninth district FED
eral reserve bank.
At prices based on present quota
lions for September futures, these
crops will bring the farmers $780,
100000. This survey exceeds the
August / department of agriculture
estimate because threshing has
shown somewhat better production
than indicated. The quality of the
grains is better than a year ago.
Business in this section continues
slowly to improve, and jobbers and
manufacturers are optimistic con-
corning fall and winter trade. Deal
ers are not buying full requirements,
but stocks are low and they are
expected to return to the market.
Spot sales are in small quantities,
but orders are numerous and the
volume of trade satisfactory.
Shipments OF hardware and butch
ers' supplies are about equal in ton
mage to those of 1920. Mail orders
and house trade in dry goods no
tions, foot wear and mems furnish
, ings continues fair while millinery
lis active
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COMMODITY NEWS FROM
TRADE CENTERS OF Z. S.

(Leased Wire Service to The JournaI.l
Copyright, 1921
BOSTON, Aug. 23.-The ,shipbuild-
ing plants on the New England coast
are nearly all idle. The operating
head of one of the largest yards de-
clared today that he did not expect
any marked revival in the building
of merchant tonnage for the next
five years.
BOSTON.-The New England sum-
mer resorts have had a poor season.
The number of vacationists have
fallen far below normal, and the
Boston and Maine railroad reports
that not in recent years has 1t car
ried so few -passengers.
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Peggy Hope has the most beau
tiful legs in the world, says John
Murray Anderson, who picks the
chorus beauties for New York re-
vues. She came from Paris.
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Dollar Replaces
Pound as Basis
OF Italian Money

ISOLATED Press. 5-The Replacement
of the pound sterling by the gold
dollar as a standard upon which
the Italian gold Ira is based, an
nounced recently from Rome, is not
likely to affect international eX-
changes, according to Italian bank
simply means change of the basis
for the calculation of duties pay
able in gold and similar gold trans
The dollar standard has been
adopted. it was stated, because the
United States is Italy's largest
creditor and because New York has
become the principal gold market
of the world since the var:
DOLLAR is REAL MONEY,
REASON GIVEN FOR CHANGE
ROME. Aug. 23.-At the national
exchange institute the reason CIV,
sterling to the gold dollar, as the
basis Of the italian gold Ira was
that dollars are real money"
"The pound is no more the stand
ard for gold while the dollar main
tains an equal par with gold, said
an official of the institute; Italy
las been losing money an the tine f
lected all obligations owed her on on
the basis of the pound and al
italian customs duties have been
fixed that way. with the result that
the Italian treasury was being de-
prived of many million lire annual
Nv. The dollar being the best mon
ey in the world, we. will now nave
lira-that which nearest approaches
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By II. q. LUE1EE aAM
Aug. 23.-The mum,