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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-11
Two Million In Fees
To Be Paid Patent
Office by Inventors

WASHINGTON. - American in
ventors and designers will pay the
federal government more than ST.
100000 in fees this year to obtain
patents on their contrivances, Off
Gals of the United States patent Of
flee estimated today.
This will be the biggest year in
the history of American invention, it
is predicted. Between 10000 and
$4,000 patents will be issued by tha
government. Inventors never have
been so busy.
Hundreds of the patented devices
are intended to make life easy for
the American housewife, machines
that will wash clothing and cook
dinner automatically while the house
wife attends the movies is the aim
of many inventors.
Boss bakers can dispense with sew
eral journeymen if they adopt q ma
chine intended to trim pie crusts, one
inventor promises.
Moses w. Garden, of Opelika, Ala,
is the originator of a churn attach
ed to a rocking chair by which the
farmers wife may rock and manu-
facture butter with the same mo-
ton.
Thomas A. McCulley, of San Fran
cisco. is one of a group of inventors
which, since the early history of the
patent office, has attempted to har-
ness natural forces. McCulley pat
ented a machine to sit on the bed of
the ocean and draw it's power from
the motion of the waves.
Inventor Lafayette H. Conley, of
Sault ste Marie, busted himself with
originating a 'heelless sock" for men
on which the patent office allowed
patent letter No. 1,3S4,828.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-11
Judge Lands, Baseball
Head, to Pay Visit to =.
Atlanta at Earlv Date

Judge Kennesaw Mountain Lands.
most famous of federal district
judges, and high commissioner Of or.
ganized baseball, is to pay a visit to
Atlanta in the near future, to take
part in the presentation to the At
lanta Chamber of Commerce of the
trophy that is forever to commence
rate the fine work of that body and
it's special committee in getting OUT
to the opening ball game at Ponce,
de Leon this season the big crowd
that won for Atlanta the opening
day attendance trophy of the South
ern league.
The exact date of Judge Lands.
visit has not been fixed, and, Of
course, the ceremony and it's details
VII not be arranged until the noted
jurist says when" He has definitely
accepted the invitation to be here.
but stated at the time that several
matters had to be arranged before
he could set a date.
While in this vicinity, Judge Lam
dis is expected to go to Marietta to-
see the famous battle mountain for
which he was named, and on whiohj
his father was in one of the severest]
battles of the war between the
states when Judge Lands was born.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-11
Mexican General Is
Slain on Streets of
Capital in Auto

MEXICO CITY, Aug. General
Jose Alessio Robes, brother of the
Mexican minister to Spain and to-
the editor of the newspaper Ell Demo-
crata, was shot and killed last eve
ming as he drove in his automobile
through one of the main streets in
the residence section of this city.
Five armed men took part in the
attack which ended in the death OF
General Robes. Following the trag-
edy, General Jacinto Trevino, direc"
tor Of the federal commission re-
vising army service records, placed
himself at the disposal of the police
and is said to have been held upon
his own recognizance.
The cause of the attack upon Cen
eral Robes is declared to have been
a declaration purporting to have
been made by him published yester-
day morning. in which he criticized
General Trevino, who has been Bit
ter!ly attacked by the newspaper 81
Universal for several days. This
newspapers charges against General
Trevino caused him to threaten Felix
F. Palavicini, editor of the Journal,
who retaliated by printing many In
tervtews with prominent Mexicans
sustaining his right to criticize pub
lie officials. General Robes was
thus quoted this morning. He not
only assailed General Trevino as an
official, but declared General Trevlno
had refused to fight duel with him.
The quarrel between General IRE
vino and Senior Palavicini has been
one of most interesting Incidents in
this city for many months. The edi-
tor published the entire series Of
communications between himself and
the general, including the latter's
threat to castigate on sight the editor
for his alleged unjust charges. Seno"
Palavicini responded with the dec
faration that he carried a gun and
would shoot on sight General Ire
vino or any Of his friends who made
anV untOWard move
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-11
Seventeen Year-Old
Youth Confesses to
Staying Aged Mother

EVANSVILLE, Ind, Aug. 9.-Wll-
lie Deffendoll, II, held with his broth
er. Dolly, %, for the murder of their
seventy-year-old mother, Mrs. Mar
tina Deqendoll, confessed at noon
Monday, to officials at Boonville. that
he shot and killed her.
According to the story which Willie
told Coroner Kriekhause, he and his
mother were walking through the
woods in search of some squirrels
when the hammer of his gun struck
against a tree and discharged a shot
through his mothers back.
Mrs. Deffendoll, wounded, fell down
on her side. Then she turned over
on her face, according to the story
drawn from Willie.
IT didn't want her to suffer-" Willie
said, 80 I up and shot her again.
That didn't kill her, so I shot her
again in the neck"
Willie hurried to his home and then
took refuge in Boonville. He set the
date of the shooting as Friday, July
%, and said it occurred at 8 o'clock
in the morning.
According to Willie's confession h:
had had an argument with his moth
er on the day before the shooting be-
cause he had returned from Boon
vile without a job.
She fused at me-" he said, simply.
: Willte's confession clears up the
mystery as to who shot Mrs. Deffen-
doll, but his accidental version of
the shooting is not given much Gre
dence by officials at Boonville.
: The body of Mrs. Deffendoll, with
the head severed, was found in a
woods near her farm home, Is miles
from Boonville, last week.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-11
|. & n. ASKS RIGHT
To GIVE DIVIDENDS

WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-The
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
company asked authority of the in
terstate commerce commission today
to issue $53,000,000 capital stock to
be distributed as stock dividends
among it's stockholders. The carrier
also asked the commission to au-
thorize it to execute and deliver it's
first and refunding mortgage bonds
Of which one series, amounting to
$28,615,000, is to be issued. and Of
$12,753, 900 is to be sold to j. p.
Morgan & Co., at not less than "a IL
net.
Explaining it's reason for asking
for the stock issue. the railroad said:
THE management desires to pre-
sent to the commission the fact that
great part of the earnings of the
company which might have been paid
to the stockholders in cash has been
used to improve and enlarge the
company's property. In view of the
smallness of the existing capital
stock in comparison with the exttnt,
value and Importance of the com
pany's property, and the fact that
the company's surplus far exceeds
the amount of the proposed stock
dividend, it is believed that the pro-
posed stock increase is in every way
proper.
I'm the second place the occasion
having arisen for adopting a definite
plan for financing the company's
monetary needs, present and future,
careful study of practices approx
ed by the highest classes of bankers
and investors established the fact
that railway company's total is
sue of bonds should never exceed
three times the amount of it's paid
up capital stock; without which con-
dition the bonds issued under a re-
funding mortgage cannot be made
investments for savings banks in
New York state. 1t happens that
this is practically the existing ratio
between the applicants present stock
and bond issues. Manifestly then, if
the plan of making one large mort
gage to cover present and future
needs, including the refunding of
outstanding funded obligations, is to
be adopted this increase in the com
pany's capital stock becomes abso-
lutely necessary.
"Fifty-three millic-- dollars was
determined upon as the amount of
the increase, because it was decided
that the total authorized capital
stock of the company should be not
les sthan $125,000,0O", and the COM
pany's investment of earnings in
property has been far in excess of
the proposed issue"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-11
W. ]. HARRIS Tells I.
. Of WORK Of SENATE

Senator William J. Harris, who was
in Atlanta Monday, talked concerning
matters of interest to the people of
Georgia. He dwelt especially upon
the coalition of southern and western
senators whereby much legislation
designed to help farmers of the
country has been enacted 3Rs~ cis
objections OF tbs regular Republican
organization. -
"The enactment of the Norris bill
was due directly to the so-callad agri-
cultural bloc of senator's" remarked
the Georgian. 'The administration
was wholly out of sympathy with the
measure, and Senator Lodge, the Re-
publican leader, thought he had sue
cessfully INSTRUCTED its passage. He
ern and western senators, represent
ating agricultural communities, push
ed the measure through to success"
1t is the view of Senator Harris
that the provisions of the morris bill
| Will relieve money and credits in so
far as the farmers are concerned, es-
pecially with regard to next years
| crop. 1t makes available for the
War Finance Corporation $280,0OO.-
600 for farm loans, and will enable
the banks to discount agricultural
paper without curtailing their activi-.
| ties in other lines of commerce and
| industry. ~
The senator declared there have
been no new developments in regard
to Camp Gordon, and, in this COM
nection, he called attention to the
Important place Georgia occupies in
the army reorganization. He pointed
to the Fourth Corps headquarters in
Atlanta, Camp Benning, at Columbus.
| and other army activities. -
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-11
Means Death of Grand
Opera, Colonel Peel Says
.Theatef Representatives
and Citizens Complain

A storm Of protest from every
part Of Georgia has grown out of
the senate's action on Monday in
passing an amendment to the gen.
eral tax bill which levies a per
cent tax on anlusements in Georgia
of every kind and description, in-
Guiding grand opera in Atlanta.
The capitol corridors were throng-
ed all day Monday with visitors from
to Atlanta to enter their protest
against the tax and to lend their aid
in the fight now in progress to have
this section killed when it is taken
up ~ the lower house.
Prominent moving picture exhibit
tors, as we'll as hundreds of other
citizens throughout the state, have
wired members of the legislature,
appealing to them to kill this sec
ton of the bill. Officials of the
motion picture industry have plain
ly stated that If the tax is levied,
at least two-thirds of the theaters
in the state will be forced out of
business.
Colonel William Lawson Peel,
president of the Atlanta Music Fes-
tiyal association, has declared the
tax will mean the death of grand
opera. He pointed out that the orig
inal house measure assessed a tax
Of $4,000 on opera, but that the SEN
ate amendment will force tax on
the annual Metropolitan season OF
approximately $4,000.
The fight in the house over the sec
ton was expected to be one of the
warmest Of the present session. 1t
was a certainty that a large number
of members would hight for the
elimination of the section.
In addition to the flow of letters
from all over Georgia. many tele-
grams from people in distant states
have poured in, appealing to the leg
islature to save grand opera to At
lanta.
c. B. Bidwell, treasurer Of the Mu-
phatic in his statement that the tax,
if imposed, would see the finish of
the annual music season here.
1--WE are now charging as much for
tickets to opera as we feel we can
charge" he said, land 1 am conf
citation will not attempt to stage an
other season of opera, knowing in ad-
vance that they will have to increase
prices to meet this tax levy"
Willard C. Patterson, manager of
the Metropolitan theater, declared
the news of the amusement tax levy
came to him and other theatrical
managers of the city like "a bolt
from clear sky"
IT am quite sure" he. commented.
"the tax will mean the closing Of
two-thirds Of the theaters of the
state"
He declared that theaters were al
ready burdened by more taxation
than any other enterprises in the
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-11

On the eve of adjournment every
body from Governor Hardwick to the
smallest page in the legislature, seem
ed fully agreed on one point-that
they didn't care for an extra ses-
sion. A mass of legislation still de-
manded attention, and the time was
very short, but the old veterans as
sured the first-termers that its this
way every year, but everything al
ways comes out all right at the last
minute"
Among the senate bills to be acted
on by the house before the session
closes is oen which establishes q
board of regents in place OF the pres
ent boards of trustees of the educa-
t;onal institutions of the state, and
authorizes the appointment Of three
senator's, to be named by the presi-
dent of the senate, five representa-
the house, and other persons, to be
named by the governor, to serve on
a committee to investigate the edu-
cational systems in use in other
states before the plan is PLACED in
effect.
If the measure passes, President
Clay's appointees on the commission
will be: Senator Howard Cone, promi-
nent lawyer; Senator E. W. Childs,
Widely-knOWn educator, and Senator
oliver Fleming, chairman of the
University of Georgia committee of
the upper house.
The only member of the assam
bly, with four words in his name
is Representative John Brown Cor
don Logan of Banks. The solons ali
know him as the mountain orator"
He has previously served in the state
senate, and is entirely at home on
Capitol Hill.
The gentleman from Banks says
his chief pleasures in life are these:
Attending camp meeting, addressing
juries in the mountain section, and
attending the legislature.
Senator r. o. Tarpley, of Fife. Ga,
representing the Thirty-SiXth district,
has hung up a record during the
past lJrtY-eight days that probably
will stand a long time-he has not
yet taken the floor of the senate on
any question. He has made no
speeches. nor has ne ever explained
his vote. but he is always present
and he always casts his vote on every
bill.
IT don't be1ievs in so much talk
before the votes are taken," said the
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-11
CO % . =

SO. Are more people killed by
trains or automobiles?
A. The national safety council says
that about $4,000 people are killed
yearly in automobile accidents, while
the interstate commerce commission
says that 1926 people were killed on
railroads in 1918.
pipe line in the United States?
A The United States, geological
survey says that the longest pipe
line carrying oil in the United States
runs from north Texas to New
Jersey, a distance of approximately
connected pipe lines of different COM
panies.
90. Where was General Custer
A. Origin ally, the general was
buried where he fell at the Battle
of Big Horn. A year later, however,
err, Colonel Michael Sheridan. to take
up the body of General Custer ana
see that it was transported ana
buried with due ceremony at the
grave which it now occupies at West
Point.
SO When was the suez canal
A, Work on the suez canal began
April %, 1859, and it was opened
to traffic November 81. 1869.
TO. What color is Man O. War?
A. Man O. War, the famous race
horse, is a sorrel.
SO. Is 1t advisable to use tin
cans as containers for growing
plants?
A. Tin cans should not be used.
Besides being unsightly, tin cans
rust and kill the tips of the tender
roots. Occasionally, fine plants are
grown in tins but thew would have
been better if grown in pots.
60. What is cheddar cheese?
A. This is the most common Amer
lean or New York cream cheese
Originally, cheddar was an English
cheese, to which this hard, yellow
American cheese is similar.
100. What language is spoken
in Belgium?
A. Three languages are now spok-
en- in elgiun-French, Flemish and
German. There is a movement TO.
ward a. single language and it is pos
sible that English may be chosen
since this would not favor any one
district.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-11
Postnasters Test for :
Swainsboro Office

SWAINSBORO, Ga, Aug. 9.-Nextl
Saturday, August IS, there will be
held at Vidalla, Ga, an examina tom
for the Swainsboro postoffice. 1t is
understood that there will be about
five in addition to the present post
master, to take this examination.
1t seems that any citizen is eligi.k
BILE, provided he has been served byN
the Swainsboro postoffice for as lonaN
as two years. In line with the re-
master can be appointed by the presi-
dent from the three making tho
highest averages in the examina-
ton. G. F. Flanders, the postmaster.
has been holding ever since his cons
mission expired about a year ago.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-11
CALOMEL MAKES
YOU SICK, UGH!
''Dodson's Liver Tone" bet
ter than caIomel and can
not saIiVate

Calomel loses you a day, You know
what calomel is. It's mercury; quick
silver. Calomel is dangerous. 1t
crashes into sour bile like dynamite,
cramping and sickening you. Calomei
attacks the bones and should never
be put into your system
I When you feel bilious, sluggish
eonstipated and all knocked out and
believe you need dose of dangerous
calomel just remember that your
druggist sells for a few cents a
large bottle of Dodson's Liver Tone,
which is entirely vegetable and
pleasant to take and is a perfect
substitute for calomel. It is guaran-
teed to start your liver without stir
ring you up inside. and can not salt
Yate.
Don't take calomel! 1t makes you
sick the next day; it loses YOU a
days work. Dodson's Liver Tone
straightens you right up and you
feel great. Give it to the children
because it is perfectly harmless and
doesn't gripe.-(Advt.)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-11

(Any reader can get the answer
to any question by writing The At
1anta Journal information Bureau,
Frederic J. TZaskin, Director, WASH
strictly to information. The bureau
can not give advice on legaf, medical
and financial matters. 1t does not
attempt to settle domestic troubles,
nor to undertake exhaustive research
on ANY subject, Write your question
plainly and briefly. Give full name
and address and inClose cents 10
stamps for reGurn postage. All re-
plies are sent direct to the inouirer-)
New Questions
Can l enlist in the United States
army or navy at present?
What part of the total area OF
the United States is Alaska?
3-Why do some people call whisky
"HOotch?"
HAS there been a marked de-
crease in the number of beef cattle
raised in the United States?
5-Do owls do any damage?
GLOW does Ireland compare in
size and population with small Eu-
ropean nations
lis it possible to be naturalized
as an American citizen without sub
scribing to the oath of allegiance?
S-What causes the hot springs
at Hot Springs, Ark?
9-How did the forget-me-not re-
ceive it's name?
1O-Which is the fastest known
fish in the water?
Questions Answered
10. Why is man who is given
years sentence, sentenced for "a
year and a day."
A. The department of justice says
that there is no federal statute MAX
ing it compulsory to give a sentence
of year and a day. This was the
time fixed by ancient law to which
certain actions were. limited. A stray
horse or other animals had to be
claimed within this period or it be-
came the property of the lord of
the manor. A person wounded had
to die within this period in order
to make a person inflicting the wound
guilty of murder.
%. When were corsets first
worn in France?
A. Corsets were first worn in
France at the time Of the revolu-
tion-17S9-but had been worn pre-
viously in Germany, where they were
invented.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-11
French Invent Light
Produced by Pressure
OF Hand on Lever

PARISH mere pressure of the
hand furnishes the juice for an cleo
trical searchlight that has appeared
on the market here.
The light contains no battery but
instead a miniature dynamo oper-
ated by constant pressure on lever
The first time the lever is squeezed
by the hand toward the body of the
searchlight and against a spring, the
dynamo is set in motion and the
light CLOVIS family.
By the third successive pressure
the light is shining full strength. 1t
is only necessary to continue the
pressure slowly and regularly.
A similar light is used by BIZ
cyclists. Friction with the front
tire turns small wheel, which in
turn, reVolveS the tiny dynamo.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-11
Officers Hunt for
Plane That Riddled :.
Launch With Bullets

PROVIDENCE, r. l.. Aug. 9.~~l
Army officers urged on by civil au-
thorities. sought today for an armed
airplane which yesterday sprayed
Narragansett bay with machine gun|
bullets, wounding 81 girl seriously
and nearly sinking a launch. II
The plane, marked with what ap-|
peared to be the figures 1913" and al
blurred letter, dived toward theI
launch as it lay at anchor. Fiv8I
persons lounged in the boat.
AS the plane came on, the sharpI
rattle of a machine gun was heard
above the roar of the engine. The'
water was splashed with the hail of
lead. The boat was directly in lines
WITH the fire and before the pas-s
sengers could move 1t had beenI
sprayed, bullets tearing through itsl
sides, letting the water run through
Four Of the passengers escaped un-
harmed, but one Of them, Grace BuX-|
ton, was shot through both legs. The
boat nearly sank several times -
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-11
Tax on Advertising
Suggested in Congress

WASHINGTON, Aug. "A sug-
-gestion for tax on all published
advertising has again been put for
learned today the project has been
given no serious consideration by
the house ways and means commit
tee where the new tax bill Is in the
making. It is known, however, mat
"a member Of the committee whose
name was not revealed has written
Ito Joseph S. Mccoy, actuary Of the
treasury, asking what yield might
be expected from such a levy. The
suggested rate of taxation also was
not revealed.
A blanket advertising tax was
talked of when the 1918 revenue bill
was framed, but rejected.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-11
News Ar0CoMmENrr IN
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY

senator. IT study the bill before
the senate, form my opinion about
it, and then vote my convictions with
out consuming the states time to
tell the rest of the senate why"
Representative M. L. Howard, of
Forsyth, holds another record. He
has worn different colored necktie
every day of the session. He ad-
mitted the other day that he brought
sixty ties to Atlanta with him. He
is a merchant. and gets 'em at cost.