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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-28
Tractors IN Alaska

IMMENSE new riches are to be taken from
Alaska, we learn from the Literary Di-
gest, by means Of caterpillar tractors
hauling supplies and mining machinery
across the SHOWS to mining camps, and re-
turning rich-laden with their products.
What has been taken out of Alaska Is
merely a scraping of the surface of it's re-
sources. Practically the only explorations
made to the interior for mining or other pur-
poses, have been transported on sleds hauled
by dog teams. For rapid carrying of mes
senger with bag of gold or mail pouch,
lightly loaded as to food supplies and freight,
the Alaskan dog undoubtedly has place
from which he cannot be dislodged, since
nothing can surpass him in that frozen coun-
try.
But 'the question of supplying material
for road construction and machinery and
equipment to mining camps in the interior"
we read in the account of the use Of the cater
pillar truck, twas the great stumbling block
which confronted all consulting engineers
The loads were too heavy for the dog teams
Hundreds of men in camp isolated in the in
terror could not be expected to depend on
dog teams to bring them subsistence in a
falling temperature and a binding blizzard"
Then Yankee ingenuity at one stroke
solved the problem of continuing the great
government highway and at the same time
opening vast new areas for mining develop
ment.
The tractors, we read, take little account
of snow ice, trees, swamps or other obstacles;
and further:
"These rugged, sturdy, power units are in
reality a cross-country locomotive, inasmuch
as they lay their own track and pick it up
after them. Snow, ice, mud, sand, swamp or
marsh are all alike to the operator of this
tractor. The broad, flat, endless tread with
the flexible articulating roller frame, which
permits the tractor to conform evenly to any
obstacle in it's path and deliver adequate trac-
| ton regardless of the unevenness OF the sur
| face enables the Caterpillar tractor to oper-
ate under these conditions.
'The tractor train is now operating in this
region on sixty-mile haul, and is delivering
approximately fifty tons of perishable food
stuff, engineering supplies and construction
dterial over the snow and ice. These trac-
| tors are similar to those supplied during the
| war to the allied governments, but a frost
pan has been added which covers the radia-
| tor pro- ects the motor and enables it to
operate at fifty degrees below zero
A single track mind can't detour over
| rough places.
| When chorus girl says Have you seen
my trunks?" she may mean the new dress she
| is wearing.
! The man who blows his own horn can't
hear others for the noise.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-28
Sb1end;d1y Prophetic

TIME Senate's ratification Of the Four
Power Pacific treaty marks a his
toric stride forward in world con-
cord and co-working. That this good agree
ment is less, dwarfishly less, than the great
covenant OF Versailles is not to be gain
said; and thoughtful Americans still remem-
Der that II the latter had been adopted, this
other would not have been needful. But
such regrets should not blind us to the sig
nificanee Of what now has been achieved for
the principles on which the League of Ma
lions is founded and for the purposes to
which it is dedicated.
Even tenth Of loaf is better than none.
il 1t be true bread. The Four-Power pact,
limited as it Is both in it's region of operation
and in its signatory Powers, is nevertheless
\ substantial gain peace, for goodwill. for
stability and common helpfulness in the
dealings Of nations, for amity and progress
in the life of the world. Every advance,
how slight soever, of reason over reckless
passion and Of orderly justice over force,
should be welcomed and encouraged. Four
leading Powers-the United States of Ameri-
ca, Great Britain, France and Japan-have
agreed to take counsel together in the inter
est Of equity and peace if the rights of any
OF them In the Pacific should be challenged,
or II they should differ among one another.
They have pledged themselves to the prin-
ciple Of conference, of cool discussion, of
elaboration, Of earnest endeavor to bring
disputes 10 d ndppy issue. InlS is mucn; not
as much, be it granted. if America stood
pledged with fifty nations to those excellent
ends, but a vast deal better than if she stood
obdurately alone.
Now that the Senate Of the United States
has given sanction, ratification by Britain,
France and Japan is considered foregone;
and 1t is not unlikely that the League of Ma
lions itself will express it's approval. Thus
are the major forces Of the world drawn
closer together. whereas. if the treaty had
been rejected estrangement would have been
inevitable, and probably grave discord. A
small beginning the Four-Power pact may
re. but constructive beginning it unques-
tionably is; and in light of the remaining
agreements of the Washington Conference
"ow assured of ratification, it becomes splen-
didly prophetic.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-28
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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-28

~ NE OF the characteristics of Goethe's
I Mephistophelea was that he denied
~ everything-Stets verneint.
To the mind of the Middle Ages. which
placed emphasis upon intellectual obedience
to authority and Unidentified mental dociIty
with piety the Devil was supposed to be an
unbridled intellect. Instead Of accepting he
reasoned, and hence he doubted.
Modern science has disturbed many of the
notions of the theologians.
But it does not stop there.
Now the spirit of science is turning upon
itself and doubling it's own postulates.
Einstein is playing hob with the axioms.
The creeds of science are being threatened
as much as the creeds of religion.
We can confidently look forward, if we
can believe Einstein-at least as Interpreted
by Mr.. Charles Nordmann, astronomer to the
Observatory Of Paris-to the time when
self-evident TRUTH shall no more be self
evident.
A bare list Of some of the theories put for
ward in Nordmann's recent book, "Einstein
ct pUnivers," will give us some idea as to
the realm of doubt into which we are sailing.
First of all, space and time do not exist of
themselves.
Time is the fourth dimension of objects:
that is to say, we, must not only know how
long and wide and broad anything is, but we
must know what time it is.
If you know what this means you are to
be congratulated
The mass of an object is not constant as
Newton affirmed but varies with speed at
which the object is moving. AS, for instance.
II you want to know how much horse
weighs you have to first find out how fast
he is going, so to speak. The mass of an OBJ
ject is also identical with the inertia if you
know what we mean
Light is not the airy nothing we have sup
posed, but it has mass and can be weighed;
that is, some light is heavier than others.
The universe is curved. For this reason
it is lmitless. Yet although it is limitess
it is not necessarily infinite. So there you
are.
Mr.. Nordmann believes the universe is
probably finite; that is, that it has limits
But it is so immense, even if limited to the
Milky Way, that he concludes that it takes
light travelling 10000 miles a second at
least nine hundred million years to go round
it.
1t has not seemed to us so long as this,
but still you never can tell.
Even Old Euclid fares as badly as Newton
at the hands or these new doubters. For
the shortest distance between two points is
not a straight line but curve.
1t is also not possible to draw two straight
lines in the same plane which shall be paral-
lei; that is, which shall never meet AS the
straightness Of lines depends on visuality
and the path Of light is never in a straight
line, so-called parallel straight lines will al
ways meet if prolonged far enough.
So che up! No matter how certain any
thing is, perhaps it may not be true.
Copyright, 1922, by Frank Crane)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-28

Albert Apple thinks it strange that we use
$10O,000.000 worth of buttons a year. Evil
IDENTIFY Al does not send his clothes to the
laundry.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-28

Many a boy reminds his mother of his Fl
Their most forcefulIy when she decides tn;
he needs spanking.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-28

The only records man with patent leather
hair ever breaks are those Tom Edison in
vented,
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-28

The destiny of a woman, as the world
works it out, is to be housekeeper for he1
husband, supplicator for her sons and a
chaperon~ for her daughters.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-28

Another item in favor of men. They don't
advertise for Iong-lost kin.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-28

Most of the wear and tear of work on a
man comes from his going to it all frazzled
out by his play.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-28
South Africa

The setting up of Soviet republic in
South Africa was the aim of the revolution.
airy element in the recent outbreak, origi.
mating in the mining strike on the Rand,
said Premier SHUTS before the house of as
sembly recently, and there had been men,
ace of slaughter comparable with that of
the French revolution.
''The country" he said, has escaped a
tremendous danger, the gravity of which
has not been sufficiently made clear For.
t'lnately the situation was now almost nor
NAL
Premier SHUTS said he had greatly feared
that before the burghers could come to the
governments assistance the rebels would be
able to set up revolutionary government
and mete out executions, with the result that
there would be a blood bath at Johannes.
burg. The premier announced that the gov
eminent adhered to it's decision to appoint
an industrial commission.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-28

The man who blows his own horn can't
hear others for the noise.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-28

When a chorus girl says Have you seen
my trunks?" she may mean the new dress she
is wearing.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-28

A single track mind can't detour over
rough places.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-28

IMMENSE new riches are to be taken from
Alaska, we learn from the Literary d.
oeef NV neans If caternil1ar tractors
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-28
STETS VERNEINT
By DR.. Frank Crane

~ NE Of the characteristics of Goethe's
I Mephistopheled was that he denied
- everything-Stets verneint.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-28
More Jobs

A decrease of about 200, 900 in the ranks
of unemployed ex-service men is estimated
by Lemuel Bolles, national adjutant of the
American Legion. The decrease is due, he
said, to the drive for jobs for veterans which
the legion is making.
Every community is urged to place local
men in jobs first. Announcement was also
made by the legion that the campaign would
continue until every man had job.
At South Bend, Ind, it was reported that
every ex-service man had job, and that
there were still about 21O jobs left over.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-28
Sudden Fortune


William Mccarthy, sixty-six years old,
Civil war veteran, who has been living on
a pension in little house on Railroad ave-
his life when he received authentic word that
he had inherited one-fourth the estate, val
ued in the millions, left by his brother limo
thy Mccarthy, of Spokane, Wash.
William Mccarthy said he had not seen
his brother since they came from Ireland,
when they were young men. 'My brother
went west prospecting many years ago." he
told William L. Moran, his lawyer. 81 didn't
know he had made much money and this in
heritance comes as a great windfall in my
old age. I haven't got the money yet, so
don't know how 1 will use it,
According to the information received by
Moran, Timothy Mccarthy made his money,
after prospecting forty years, by developing
gold, copper and other mines.
Timothy Mccarthy owned about $780,
900 worth of valuable stocks in mining
companies and also about 1000 acres Of
Mining companies spent more than ST.
100000 in developing McCarthy's lands and
they owned ten-fortieths of the property,
while he owned the remainder as his inter-
est in the mines.
81 cannot tell whether the estate is worth
100000 or $10,000,O00 until I go to
Spokane in May, but 1 do know from letters
have received it is valued at more than ST.
900. The decedent left his brother Dan
iel, who lives in Ireland only SIS because he
is we'll to do, while the remainder, in quar-
terly shares, is divided among sister, Mrs.
Richardson, of Manhattan; brother, Mich
ael in Ireland, and four neces and nephews
in this country and Ireland"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-28
Shipping Claims

shipping ClaIInS
The claims commission of the United
States Shipping board has settled fifty-two
claims against the board, .aggregating ST.
S29,739,26, by arranging to collect $1,145,-
702,14 from the claimants.
This announcement was made by Nathan
A. Smyth, general counsel Of the Emergency
Fleet corporation. The settlement, Mr..
>Smyth said, was due to the fact that some
of the claimants admitted counter claims Of
$5,7O5, 949.96. The board made allowances
of $4,36O,247.82 on the aggregate claims.
1t also made cash awards of $348, 709.29 to
claimants against whom the board had no
counter claims. After making this adjust
ment the board found that it would collect
$1,494,411.43, less the amount of cash
awards, leaving a total Of $1,145,702.14 due
the government.
'This is the first time in the history OF
the claims commission where an occurrence
Of this kind has taken place for the number
of claims involved. It is not anticipated that
the situation will occur again.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-28
New Embassy

The American government has bought the
residence Of former Senator Agusto Bruna,
opposite Forestal Park, in Santiago, Chile. It
will be used as the American Embassy build
my here. The price paid was $146,000.
An appropriation Of $136, 600 was made
several years ago for an embassy site in San
tiago, but the purchase was delayed owing to
difficulties in finding neutrality-suspicious. lo-
cation within that amount Negotiations for
the Bruna property were begun two months
ago, and last week the American residents.
including Ambassador William M. Collier
and his embassy attaches, subscribed $1O,-
600 to make up the amount required
Mr.. Collier said that he had received word
from Washington Monday that the addition
al $4,000 was available from government
funds, making the local subscription unnec-
essary.
This is the first embassy in South America
to be owned by the American government.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-03-28

The Twenty-second United States Infantry
Rifle range on Governors Island, New York,
has been offered to the New York Clearing
House association for use as a school of in
struction in shooting for employees of New
York banks and trust companies.
The offer includes the assignment of an
army officer as instructor
Lessons would be given daily from 1 to 8
o'clock in the afternoon.
1t was explained that the instructor could
make it possible for students to become ex-
pert revolver shots in two weeks under
what is known in the army as the McNab
system. The offer is being considered.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-11-17
insufficient Air
Cause of Explosion
tBy Federated Press)

The SO coal miners who perished in
the Reilly mine here were victims of
neglect, or greed, or both, on the part
of the mine operators. Seward But
ton, chief mine Inspector of Pennsyl-
vania, said that the explosion was a
direct result of insufficient air in the
workings, with it's resultant gaseous
state.
The power fan which forces the air
into the Refill mine delivers 900
cubic feet per minute at low pressure.
That amount of air, according to Dis
trict Inspector Wardrop, is far from
sufficient to prevent the formation of
explosive gaseous mixtures. Ventila-
ton experts estimate that at least
100000 feet of air would be needed
to make the workings safe. Two more
facts have been learned. First, that
most Of the victims succumbed to gas
and not to the force of the explosion.
Second, that two men who previously
held the job of fire boss in the mine
lost their nosts because they reported
too much gas.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-11-17
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER IL, 1922
Tents and Stables
Are Miners Homes

Johnstown, Pa.-"Charges of strik-
ing miners against the Berwind-White
coal company have been confirmed by
testimony given our committee" said
David hirschfield, chairman of the
New York city committe that was ap-
pointed by Mayor Hylan to investi-
gate conditions under which the coal
for New York city's transportation
system is mined.
Somerset count" is controlled bodi-
ly and politically by coal corpora
ton of which E. J. Berwind is the
moving power" said Mr.. Hirshfeld.
"The same E. j. Berwind is chairman
of the board of directors of the inter-
boro rapid transit company of New
York and is a director of the Penn
sylvania railroad system, which hauls
the coal from the mines"
In supporting his claim that coal
should not be bought from coal owners
'who do not give the miners fair
living and a square DEAL" Mr.. Hirsh-
field said:
"The great Berwind- White inter
ests seem to have used some 1000
IlCIl > OOOlCo ciliel SOulo w ooilb up IOi
themselves an Industrial autOcracy.
The committee listened to stories of
hardships endured by the miners and
their families since April 6, when the
men could no longer endure the sting
Of the corporation lash.
owe have seen in the tents, in the
hen coops, and in the stables where
the miners and their families sought
shelter after having been evicted from
their homes by the coal and iron
police, hungry babies and women
whose feet were bare and bleeding
and whose limbs were thinly clad.
"Scores of these persons, poverty
stricken and unable to go through the
coming winter unless help is given
them, poured out such tales of suffer
ing and mistreatment as would melt
any heart except that in the stony
bosom of a coal baron
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-11-17
FUR WILL FLY
LIVELY TIME AHEAD > WHEN CON-
GRESS CONVENES
Will Excessive Profits Escape-Why
Stock Dividends Are Issued in
Place of Paying Out Cash

Washington-Wit elections over
and another session of congress loom
ing, the legislative decks are being
cleared for one of the greatest nom
partisan cat-and-dog fights that has
been staged bv national lawmakers
for many year.
Other questions, such as the ship
subsidy and farm loans, will furnish
fireworks, but these will be min wheels
compared to the sky rockets, bombs
and flaming Niagaras that the people
will behold if it is seriously proposed
to levy On wealth.
The country faces an ever-increas-
ing deficit which cannot be concealed
by skilled accountancy. The common
folks have been squeezed about dry
and the new tariff law shows no IN
dication of forcing the walls of the
treasury to bulge because of increased
customs receipts. This situation is
causing some lawmakers to look to
large incomes and inordinate profits.
The moneybags "sense" this attack,
and while screaming that "furriners"
are plotting to wreck the constitution,
word is bein" quietly passed to block
the attack by declaring stock divl-
dends.
To understand how the stock divi-
dend works, let it be assumed that
S10,000,000 corporation has profits OF
$10,000,000 piled up. These profits
are "velvet." They are outside OF
preferred dividends and all other
charges. These profits are proof that
the corporation has made unreason-
able charges on the public. Ii the
corporation declares huge cash divi-
dends the attention of the 0ublic>Will
be called to these vast profits and
stockholders, who already have large
incomes, will have to give large uor-
tion of their profits to the govern
ment, under the income tax law. The
remainder of the cash dividend would
be reinvested, of course, by these
stockholders.
To avoid the income tax, and at
the same time have their profits re-
invested, the stock dividend has been
invented THROUGH this system the
corporation divides among its stock
holders an additional $10,OO0,OOO
worth of stock and turns the $1O,--
100000 profits into capital account, ="
or back into the business.
The corporation now has capital
ization of $20,000,000 and future
profits can be spread over larger
amount of stock without attracting
attention.
The system is not favored by the
little stockholders, who would rather
have the cash, but stock dividends are
of value to the corporations "in-
siders," whose problem is to get hold
of the cash and at the same time avoid
heavy income tax charges that are
levied with increasing severity on in
comes from 100000 up.
The united States supreme court
legalized the stock dividend The
court ruled that a stock dividend is
not cash.
Newark leader. ([Newark, Ohio]) 1917-1946, 1922-11-17
German President
Has Term Extended
(By Federated Press)

Berlin-There will be no ~residen-
tial election in Germany until 1925.
instead, the provisional president,
Friedrich Ebert, member of the So
cialist party, will be declared legal
president until June 80, 1925.
This latest development in German
politics means that not only the mem
bers of the Coalition of the Middle
the Socialists, the Democrats, and the
Catholic Centrists-but the SHINES
German Peoples party as well have
agreed to the Tightening of Ebert's
term of office. The Great Coalition,
which shall include the SHINES group,
appears we'll under way, assertions to
the contrary on the part of Socialists
leaders notwithstanding At the Augs-
burg convention of the Socialists, the
idea of the Great Coalition was vigor-
ously denied from the platform, but
discussed in the lobbies. Neither the
German Nationalists nor the Com
munists will have anything to do with
the coalition idea.
1t is safe, therefore, to predict that,
before many weeks have elapsed, we
shall see Ebert and SHINES marching
arm in arm politically, as thev are
already doing socially.
The position of foreign minister has
not been filled since the death of
Walter Rathenau. Everybody knows
that the SHINES party wants this po-
litical plum In all likelihood Ger
many will have foreign minister
soon who is agreeable to it, if not a
member.
Friedrich Ebert is one of the sur
prises of German political life. He
astutest politicians in the young
renublic. Long ago the gibes and
jeers OF men who take offense at see
ing the highest office awarded to a
man who was once manual worker
ceased. Ebert mixes with SHINES or
with the directors of the gigantic
Siemens concern (the Commonwealth
Edison Co. of GERMANY as readily as
he does with all strata of the German
WORKING class excent the communists.
He is travelling president who visits
fairs and exhibitions and centenary
celebrations and the like.
Only widely known and respected
person could hone to run successfully
against him. There was talk of Hin
denburg-but he is old and has shown
that he is child in nolitics. The COM
munists are agreed on Clara Zetkin,
but they we'll know that she has no
chance just as American Socialists
knew that Debs would not be presi-
dent to succeed Wilson.
The acquiescence of three leading
capitalist parties to Ebert's continu-
ance as president was by their being
up against it for candidate to op-
pose him.