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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-08
NEW PAGE TURNED
ON TEXANS DEATH

A new page to the life story of A.
l.. George, the Texas man who suf-
fered Imprisonment for a murder to
which another man later confessed,
and whose signed confession was
found hidden in a sewing machine
drawer in Atlanta Tuesday, was
added Thursday when r. E. Byrd,
of SOB Lee street, told The Journal
of having met George in Reynolds,
Ga, about twelve years ago.
The confession found was signed
by III. M. Sharp and was dated Halls
vile, Texas, January 20, 1890" It.
set forth that he, Sharp, was guilty
of numbering a man named Ed
Konerick in Hottentot, Favette
county, Texas, in. 1884, a crime for
which A. L. George was imprisoned.
Mr.. Byrd said that George was III
Reynolds, Ga, about twelve years
ago; that he made a public lecture
there, telling the story of the injus-
tice done him; that he exhibited the
confession of Sharp; and sold pamph-
let's on which was written his life
story.
Il know the man 7 remember was
A. u. George, and am sure he l
that confession with him at that
time," said Mr.. Byrd. He told us
in his lecture that that confession
induced the Texas legislature to
recommend his pardon after he had
been in prison many years. He said
he was seeking compensation from
the legislature for the grave injustice
done him and that his only means
of support was the sale of the little
stories of his conviction and impris.
onment.
''He told us that the confession
had been mailed to the authorities
from California, and that Sharp had
written it on his deathbed.
George was rather a pitable char.
acter and his audience felt very
sorry for him. Many of them bought
his pamphlets and gave him money.
Some of these pamphlets still must
be in existence.
Eat any rate, am sure that the
confession served its purpose and
secured Georges release from prison.
Whether he got compensa Arc m
the state of Texas or not, I don't
know. I think he went to Column
bus after he left Reynolds"
Dispatches from Austin, Texts,
Wednesday said that George had
died there year ago, broken man,
and that up to the day of his death,
he. was seeking compensation from
the Texas legislature.
George, ii is said, was first SEN
fenced to hang. but on the day set
for his execution, the governor com
muted his sentence to life impriso,,-
ment. He was said to have been
convicted Ion purely eircunastancial
a1idapoa st8& F ~ 1t
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-08
AUSTRALIAN BALLOT
BILL PASSES HOUSE

BY vote of 129 to IS, the house
of representatives on Thursday pas
sed the senate bill requiring all cleo
lions, both primary and general, to
be held with secret ballot, other
wise know as the Australian ballot
bill. Numerous committee amend
ments by the house committee were
adopted by the house so that the
bill now goes back to the senate for
agreement or disagreement. The bill
passed the senate last year and
came over to the present session as
unfinished business, on the calendar
of the house.
All of the amendments in the
house were of minor Importance and
were designed to perfect the bill.
Indications are that the senate will
accept them all, so that the bill can
go at once to the governor for his
approval. In his message to the
legislature at the opening of the
session Governor HardWick urgent
~ recommended the Australian bal
lot system and his approval of the
bill is therefore assured.
One amendment adopted by the
house. which may encounter some
objection in the senate is an amend
ment, putting into effect the pro-
visions of the bill on January l.,
1924, instead of January l., 1928.
This amendment was supported by
Speaker Neil of the house, who re-
,linquished the gavel to lead the de-
bate in support { the bill. The
object of the amendment is to give
sufficient time for the study of the
provisions Of the bill before they
go into effect.
Others who spoke for the bill were
Representatives Beck, of Carroll;
Hyman, Of Washington; Brown. of
Emanuel; and Davis, Of Oglethorpe.
Representative Watkins, Of Butts.
spoke against the bill. At. the con-
clusion of the vote, which was TAX
en- without a roll call, the house adj
journed until 10 o'clock Friday
morning.
Representative McMichael, of
Marion, gave notice in the house on
Thursday that he would call up on
Friday morning his various resolu-
tions calling for an investigation of
the state highway department. He
made the statement that he had in
his possession some information
which would open the eyes Of the
members.
The bill appropriating $4,000 to
install waterWorks system, and
$4,000 to overhaul the tuberculosis
infirmary at the state prison farm
at Milledgeville, was introduced in
the house on Thursday by Represen.
tative Smith, Of Carroll.
The five superior court judges,
who recently investigated conditions
at the prison farm by direction OF
Governor Hardwick, recommended
in their report the installation of
the waterworks system, and the COM
plete overhauling Of the infirmary.
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-08
Mr. II Land,
Former Legislator,
Died IN Jackson

JACKSON. Ga, July 6.-Mr. j..
H. Land. aged seventy. former rep
resentative from Butts county, died
at his home in Jackson Wednesday
night. He was stricken suddenly
while members of the family were
away from the home. being found
dead in a chair.
Mr.. Land was a well-known citi-
zen Of the county and is survived
by his wife and three sons, freeman
and Tomlnie Land Of jackson, and
Char Land. United States navy,
two daughters. Mrs. G. M. Kimbell
OF Jackson, and Mrs. Arthus Wilson
of st. Louis, Mo-
The funeral will be held in Jackson
Friday.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-08
j. S. FISCAL POLICY
ATTACKED BY BORAH

WASHINGTON, July An as
sault on the fiscal policy of the adj
n1inistration and the legislative
program of the majority in con.
gress was made Thursday in the.
senate by Senator Borah, Republic
an, Idaho. He declared hte govern
ment had failed, except in most
limited degree, to relieve the bur-
dens of the people, and that there
was ahead program which would
add to those burdens not only mil
lions, but billions of dollars.
In that program, Senator Borah
named the soldiers bonus, which
he calculated would cost from $4,-
OOO,OO0,O 900 to $4,000. 100000; the ship
subsidy bill, which he said would
cost from $5O,O00.0O0 to $1OO,OO0,-
900 year, while at the same time
relieving some special classes of a
large part of their taxes, the pro-
posed 100000 loan to Liberia,
and the bill to create 25 additional
federal judges.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-08
MOVE FOR CLOTURE
ON TARIFF DEFEATED

WASHINGTON, July THE Re-
publican move to enforce cloture on
the administration tariff bill failed
today in the senate.
The vote on the motion to enforce
the existing rule was as to 35, or
nine less than the required two
thirds majority.
The Democrats voted solidly
against the motion and were joined
by five Republicans. The roll call
follows:
For the Motion Republicans Ball,
Bursum, Calder, Capper, Curtis, Du-
France, Frelinghuysep, Gooding,
Hale, Harreld. Johnson, Jones, CT
Washington; Kellogg, Keyes, Ladd.
Lenroot, Lodge, Mccormick. Nc
Cumber, Mckinley, Mclean, Nc
Nary. Nelson, Newberry, Nicholson.
Norbeck, Oddie, Pepper, Phipps,
Poindexter, Rawson, Shortridge,
Smoot, Spencer, Sterling, Suther-
land, Townsend, Wadsworth, War
rem and Willis-45.
Against the neutrality-suspicious.:
Borah. Brandegee, La Toilette,
Moses and Norris-5.
Democrats: Ashurst, Broussard,
Caraway, Culberson, Dial, Fletcher,
Gerry, Harris, Harrison, Hefiin.
Jones. of New Mexico; KendriclS,
King, Myers, Overman. Owen, Pitt
man. Pomerene, Ransdell, Robinson,
Sheppard, Shields, Simmons, Smith
Stanley, Swanson, Trammell, Under.
wood, Walsh, of Massachusetts,, and
Walsh, of Montana--30.
Total against, IS.
After defeat of the cloture motion
| the senate rapidly disposed of a
number of fish items, adopting the
committee reduction from Sd to
Ia cents a pound on dried fish; q
| rate of IL cents on smoked her
| ring; a reduction from IL cents to
l cent pound on picked or salte.i
| herring and mackerel; rate Of 2
cents a pound on fresh, frozen or
| iced halibut, salmon and sword fish
and an increase from 26 to 80 per
cent ad yalOran on fish in oil
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-08
Man Crosses Country
To Testify in Suit
Over Identity Of Dog

NEW. YORK, July ga wander
ing Boy" who in this case happen
ed to be a collie dog so named.
brought Edwin Rayfield, a Los An
geles business man, from California
to the witness stand in a Brooklyn
court Wednesday. Rayfield identi-
fled the dog as one he had bought
while in the naval service at Pei
ham Bay. Samuel Lunswman, of
Brooklyn, had charged Rayfiefd's
mother with larceny, claiming that
she was Withholding the dog, which
had run away after he. bought it
from a dealer.
boy" wandered from the Ray
field home in Brooklyn last March,
Rayfield's sister said, and was miss
ing until May, when she saw him,
called him, and he accompanied her
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-08
The Weather

Georgia: Showers and thunder
storms Saturday.
louisiana: Friday, partly cloudy,
local thundershowers in southeast
portion; Saturday, partly cloudy, To-.
cal thundershowers.
Arkansas: Friday, partly cloudy,
thundershowers in northwest por-
ton in afternoon or at night; Satur-
day, probably thundershowers and
cooler.
Oklahoma: Friday, Thunderstorm
ers, cooler in north and west por-
lions; Saturday. probably showers
cooler.
East Texas: Friday, partly cloudy,
becoming unsettled in northwest por-
ton; Saturday, local thunderstorm
ers; cooler in the interior.
West Texas: Friday, unsettled,
thundershowers and cooler in north
and west portions; Saturday. partly
cloudy.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-08
SHOP|MEN AWAITING
RAIL BOARD MOVES
TOWARD MEDIATION
Head Of Striking Unions Ap-
pears Ready for Confer
ence but Unwilling TO Make.
Initial Oyertures II

CHICAGO July 7.-By the Assoc
ciated Press.)-With B. M. Jewell,
head of the striking railway shop
crafts, still maintaining the concili-
atory attitude he assumed after the
strike was under way, but declining
to make the first move towards me-
gotiations for peace, an increasing
number of outbreaks and disorders
marked the closing hours Of the first
week since shopmen throughout the
country walked off their jobs last
Saturday.
Federal injunctins restraining
strikers from interfering with ratE
road operations, no1esting workers
and unlawfully picketing shops, were
issued at East st. Louis, ILL.,, and
Shreveport, La.
Mobilization Of state troops was
ordered by Adiutant General Black
of Illinois, following disturbances in
the Wabash yards at Decatur. The
governors Of Alabama, Kansas, Mis-
souri, and Iowa were asked to send
troops to scenes Of disorders.
Chicago, in the past twenty-foiir
hours, experienced it's first outbreaks
of violence in connection with the
strike. A mob of strikers and syTlns
pathizers, including women, attack
ed and attempted to burn the homes
Of two Illinois Central employees at
Burnside. who refused to join the
walkout. Squads of police dispersed
the mob after Mrs. Julia Gabels fifty.
nine. wife Of one of the Illinois
Central men, held the attackers at.
bay with a revolver when they at.
tempted to storm her home.
Attack on Homes
The attack on the two homes oc.
CURED during a demonstration near
the Burnside shops. Women among
the marchers screeched inpreca-
tions at the workers, and stones
and sticks began to crash through
the windows.
John Kassao, an employee, OF the
Baltimore and Ohio shops. was In
a critical condition in hospital
following attack by strike sym.
pathizers.
AT Aurora, Ill, a crowd OF strik-
ers escorted a number of negroes
to the city limits. The negroes had
been sent from Chicago to work
in the Burlington shops.
Picketing of railroad shops con-
tinued in numerous parts OF the
country and several arrests were
made in connection with picketing
and disorders.
United States Marshal Loisel, at
New Orleans, asked Attorney Gem
eral Daugherty for authority to
swear in at least fifty extra depu-
ties as precautionary measure.
The New Orleans district has been
the scene of several of the first
disturbances and the railroads con-
templated applications in federal
courts for injuncrIons restraining
strikers from interfering.
James Williamson, negro emf
ployed as a boiler-maker by the III.
nois Central at New Orleans, was
knocked from q train by several
white men and shot in the hip
when he attempted to escape.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-08
D Killed, IS Wounded
AS Vera Cruz Soldiers
Battle With Unionists

VERA CRUZ, July 6.-Twenty
were killed and seventy-five wounded
early today in a terrific battle be-
tween soldiers and the Tenants
union.
Soldiers, under orders of the dis
trict court, were sent to arrest
Heron Proal, leader of the union.
Proal resisted. Hundreds of his adj
herents gathered about his home and
opened fire on the detachment Of 200
soldiers. Members of the Tenants
union sang the "Internationa1e' as
they struggled with the troops.
Most of the casualties We're among
the union members. One lieutenant
and two soldiers were killed. Proal
finally was arrested.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-08
STATE MUST RAISE
S4,542,65O To PAY
PENSIONS BY 1924

That the sum of $4,542,650 will be
necessary to pay Confederate PEN
sions in Georgia up to January J..
1924, was shown by statistics tabu-
lated Friday by Representative Cul
pepper, vice chairman Of the appro.
priations committee of the huse. Mr.
Culpepper is head Of the suhcom-
mittee on pensions, and his figures
are compiled from information fur
nished by Judge j. w. Lindsay, state
commissioner Of pensions.
Mr.. Culpepper's yapulation shows
the following situations:
There is now due to the new class
of pensioners, of which there are
6,402, the sum OF S960,Se0.
There is now due to the old class
Of pensioners, of which there {
9,64S, the sum of $4S2,4 400. This
represents a payment of $50 to each
pensioner, the increase authorized
last year.
The total of pensions now due and
unpaid for 1922 is $1,442 ,70O.
The new class of pensioners, draw
ing $175,000 each. will in 1923 re
ceive $1.126,350.
There must be appropriated, either
this year or next, the sum OF $722,
600 to pay the increase to the old
class Of pensioners.
A total of $1,849,950 must be a2
propriated either this year or next
to cover these two items.
The sum of $S,292,650 must be APP
propriated to cover the unpaid pen
sions of this year ana the pensions
for 1923. There is now appropriated
the sum Of $1,250,000 for pensions
in 1922 and 1923.
Thus it is shown by Mr.. Culpep
per's tabulation that to- pay up al
1922 and 1893 pensions, at SITS each
it will reqnuire the sum of $4,542,
$50.
1t is understood that the appro
priations committee is somewhat
staggered by these figures, feeling
that unless some means is found tc
increase greatly the states revenue
there will be a tremendous deficit
when the state closes it's books or
December 81 1923
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-08
WORLD EXPOSITION
FOR SAVANNAH, CA,
LAUNCHED At MEET

The movement for great inter
national maritime exposition at Sa-
vannah in 1925, celebrating the
birth Of ocean steamship naviga.
ton at that port, to be coupled
with a great industrial exposition
at Atlanta, the two expositions
running simultaneously and in GO.
operation, and the whole state of
Georgia to be embraced within the
exposition grounds, was definitely
launched and organized by a state
wide meeting Of citizens held Fri
day morning on the Hotel Ansley
roof garden in Atlanta.
The meeting adopted resolution
creating a commission of fifty citi-
zens headed by Mills B. Lane.
president Of the Citizens and South
ern Bank of Atlanta, Macon, Au-
gusta and Savannah, and to be
composed of ten Savannah citizens,
ten Atlanta citizens, ten farmers,
ten bankers, five manufacturers
and five citizens representing other
lines.
Coupled with the exposition prof.
ect, the meeting also adopted a
resolution heartily indorsing the
proposed state-owned port terminal
at Savannah, a full report of which
is to be submitted to the iegfsla.
ture in the next few days by the
port commission created last year
for that purpose.
The meeting also adopted a reso.
luton rendering the assistance of
the commission of fifty. to the city
of Philadelphia, in its plans for a
great sesqui-centennial exposition
to be held in that city in the same
year, 1926.
All Sections Represented
Every section of Georgia and vir-
tually every large city in the state
was represented at the meeting. Sa.
vannah sent a delegation of forty
citizens and Atlanta was represent.
ed by more than fifty from the city
and county governments and all
the civic bodies. Civic bodies OF
cities from the mountains to the
sea were represented by prominent
leaders sent here for the purpose
of pledging cooperation in the
movement. There was not a sug.
gestion of difference of opinion
throughout the whole session. but
on the contrary, the meeting was
characterized by the most whole
hearted enthusiasm and unanirsity
throughout.
A telegram was sent to Mills b.
Lane Immediately after the noon
recess, calling on him to accept the
Craftsmanship of the commission as
a great r,I1hfio snr.vicay RI hiS Stafa
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-08
.ECHOLS COUNTY VAT
DYNAM|TERSWARVED.

1--WE know the names of the mea
in Echols county who are dynamite
ing cattle. dipping. vats," said Dr..
Peter F. Bahnsen, state veterina.
rian, in a statement Thursday.
Eve have good reason to bellows
their names are known to the shars
if Of Echols county. We have not
issued warrants and had them arr
rested for the reason that we could
not convict them in Echols county.
If we caught them in the act Of
blowing up a vat and arrested them
and took them to court red-handed.
we couldn't get them convicted
But we are planning course OF
action which we believe will put
them out of business. We are not
ready to give out the details, except
to say that the state and federal
forces will cooperate.
I'VE are not going to let EchoIS
county reinfest the whole southeast
ticks. Our task is unpleasant, but
we are not going to back down one
inch" So
According to press dispatches,
mass meeting of Echols county cat
tie men was held Wednesday, and
resolutions were adopted requesting
DR.. Bahnsen to come to the county
and spend several days investigat-
ing the situation, SO as to familiar
ize himself with the problem con-
fronting the cattle men, and request
ing him to suggest a plan of com.
plying with the dipping law which
would not confiscate their property.
Commenting on these resolutions,
DR.. Bahnsen said:
mo amount OF resoluting will
ever eradicate u single cattle tics..
Nothing will eradicate ticks but dir
ping. Cattle owners in other coun-
ties have dipped their cattle and
eradicated the ticks. Why should
Echols county cattle owners be ex-
cused from the law?"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-08
THREATENS EXPOSE
OF SUGAR TARIFF

WASHINGTON, July 6.-Renew-
ing discussion of the Republican pc
tition for cloture on the tariff bill,
eSnator Harrison, Democrat, Mis-
sissippi, told the senate that the
Democrats planned when the sugar
schedule was reached to expose the
deal attempted to be put over by
Senator Smoot of Utah, ranking Re-
publican on the finance committee,
whereby Cuba would have restrict
ed its sugar production in return
for lower tariff duties on that COM
modify. He argued that this was
one OF the reasons why the Repub-
licans wanted to cut off discussion
on the tariff.
Senator Harrison charged that
Senator Smoot had written let
ter to Major General Enoch Fl.
Crowder, representative of the
American government in Cuba,
with a view to "strangling Cuba
into entering in contract to re-
strict it's sugar crop to 2,5O0,000
tons and in return was to receive
tariff not SO high as that pro
posed"
eve would not have the time,
under the cloture rule, to read the
letter to General CreWder and the
contract that was attempted to be
put into effect" declared Senator
Harrison.
The Mississippi senator read from
addresses of various Republican
senators delivered in 1918, and OPP
posing a cloture proposed at that
time by the Democrats. and which
would have limited general debate
to one and oae-half hours to each
senator, and discussion of each
amendment to twenty minutes for
each senator Among others he
quoted from a speech by the then
Senator Harding. in which Mr..
Harding declared that "the freedom
of debate in the United States SEN
ate is one of the highest guaran.
tees we have of American institu-
tions."
Continuation Of the fight on
presentation of the Republican PEI
LIIlOn IOT ClOLuT9; 10 SuuL Ull uS-
bate on the administration tariff
bill promised to consume much of
today's session. Presented yesterday
with 81 Republican signatures or
twelve less than the two-thirds ma
jority necessary to invoke the ex-
listing cloture rule, the petition
under the rules must come to a
vote at noon on Friday.
Although the absence from
Washington of a number of sena.
tors would reduce the number nec-
essary for a two-thirds majority,
some of those behind the movement
to invoke the cloture rule, which
not only would limit debate to one
hour for each senator. but would
preclude the offering Of any addis
tional amendments, doubted that
it would succeed. Plans to be
adopted By the majority If the clo-
ture move failed were discussed at
length at a dinner conference held
at the home of Senator Lodge, Of
Massachusetts,, the Republican
leader, last night. There was no
indications, however, of any deci-
sion being reached
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-08
100000 Population
Predicted for Atlanta

A half million population for At
lanta within 10 years was predict
e5 Wednesday by A. J. Orme, vice
president of the Atlanta Trust com.
pany. in luncheon address before
members of the Junior Chamber of
Commerce at the ePacock cafe.
Mr.. Orme sketched in an interest
ing manner the expansion of Allan.
ia during his lifetime and declared
that Atlanta front footage sells at
higher rate than business section
property in any. other city south Of
Philadelnhia
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-08
Brazil to Install
Radio Equipments

WASHINGTON, July 6.--Brazil is
installing the most complete cable
and radio system in South America,
Charge d'Affairs Crosby, at Rio de
Janeiro, reported today to the COM
merce. department.
s'It is believed" he said, 'that
during the present year the develop
ment of cable and radio facilities in
Brazil. by American. British, French
German and Italian companies will
give that country the most complete
system of international communica-
lions in South America.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-08
Assassination Rumor
Against Russians at
Hague Farley Denied

LONDON, July, GA rumor that
an attempt had been made to assas-
sinate the Russian delegates to The
Hague conference caused consider
able excitement in the Dutch cap
ital this morning, says an Exchange
Telegraph dispatch. There was no
confirmation of the report up to
neon.
Both the police and the Russian
delegation at The Hague deny thai
any attempts at assassination was
made.
The report probably grew out of
the action of the police in turning
back from the Dutch frontier fifteen
Russians, said to be monarchists,
who were travelling under false pass.
ports.