The Atlanta Constitution
July 14, 1920

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iE. 7 Prominent Atlanta Man, Named at Meeting of| _ tepts Nomination, and Bex.. pressing his gratification i See * [Fete mes es Tesulted in his election. ' Orr, who referred to the meeting ee of a similar character years ago a which had nominated Robert “yor. ia, Yo. 30 oa : . Goodhart Willi! ake Race for Mayor;'|f atform Is. Outlined|\NDR DRAFT AW Leading Citizens, Ac- Plans Vigorous Fight. Z ORGANIZATION WILL BE FORMED AT ONCE ‘Necessity of Business Ad- ministration for Atlanta Will Be Stressed by Can- didate and: by Friends During Campaign. At an enthusiastic gathering of approximately 300 of Atlanta’s most prominent business and pro- fessional men, E. Harry Goodhart, “well known, citizen and alderman, ‘was Tuesday “night named as a candidate for the office of mayor of the city in the coming primary of July 26. Mr. Goodhart accepted the nomination, and a committee ' * was chosen to enter his name of- _fictally as an entrant before Thurs- day noon, when the lists will be closed. The meeting, called as a gath- ering of business men, was pre- sided over by Mell R. Wilkinson, and the name of Mr. Goodhart as candidate was presented by J. K. Orr. Charles W. Bernhardt and Colonel Wiliam Lawson Peel sec- onded the nomination. No, other name was presented at the session, which was held at the Kimball House. A motion was passed authorizing Mr. Wilkinson to appoint a gén- ral campaign chairman and a cen- tral committee to direct the details of the intensive two weeks’ cam- paign which is. planned for the time intervening between Mr. Goodhart’s selection last night and the date/jof the primary, the last Monday in the month of July. Business Administration. The need of a business adminis- tration of Atlanta government was the key-note sounded in the nomi- nating speeciies, in Mr. Goodhart’s brief speech of acceptance and in the remarks made by others at- tending the cal] meeting. In ex- at the evinced accept-. * ~~ confidence in his ability _ by his selection, and his ance, the nominee said, “I feel confident, not only of elec- tion, but of an ability to aid Atlan- ta, with the backing of such reapre- sentative leaders of Atlanta life as are here. During my six months in city council I have had opportu- nity to observe and study Atlanta’s municipal government. “There are many things needed, but mainly there should exist a bet- ter spirit of co-operation and effi- ciency in the city hall. The people, 1 think, are not getting the absolute limit of value from each dollar which goes into the city treasury. I might tell of other drawbacks, but that would be useless repetition, since you business men know them as well as I. “The slogan of Atlanta’s govern- ment should be, I think, ‘A busi- ness administration of Atlanta gov- ernment by Atlanta men.’” Brooke Is Nominated. Mr. Goodhart also told of the ne- cessity of electing not only a mayor, but a ticket to run with the mayor. {n accordance with thia_suggestion, the members of the ninth ward present at the meeting gathered im- mediately after adjournment and “‘gsominated Arthur Brooke to run for eouncilman of that ward to succeed W. F. Buchanan, who has not an- bounced to succeed himself. It was said Tuesday night that Mr. Bich- ' ganan will not enter the race, but _ will support Mr. Brooke. The meeting was called to order by George Watts, who suggested the name of Mr. Wilkinson as chairman. The first speaker was ¥. H. Kriegshaber, who spoke of Atilanta’s progress and the need for. ' @ government in keéping with the advancement she had experienced in commercial and other lines. Mr. Kriegshaber was followed by Mr. F, Maddox as maypr, and which had Mr. Orr said that the people of the United States allowed them- ‘telves, rightly, to become exceed- tngly interested over the outcome of presidential elections, but that they did not pay sufficient atten- : Snsnadinte officials. In offering the name of Mr: Goodhart, Mr. Orr paid him high tribute as a young busi- Ress man, “unafraid of work, will- ing to stand four-square and look at every proposition and every per- on squarely.” Mr. Bernhardt, in - “geconding the nomination, algo paid "tribute to the nominee. Iatroduced by Black. After his name had, been unani- | mously. accepted by the meeting, a committee was-sent to appraise Mr. Goodhardt of the choice, and when @ reappeared with the committee he was 7 stically received by the those present. He _., was oer cinily introduced by Eu-. - gene R, Black. | nave abpsstaatey'Calondl Pea! ata "pa rance, onel Pee that Fm oo which had been was . Bere ok Se S.8 1 concern to the en- pea art was born ngton, D. C.,°?n the year 1879 |" is now 41 yeare of age. He ried was ee on. Poae. 9, Cee “fe IN. MAYOR’S RACE E. H. GOODHART. Lying Admitted. In Whisky Case By Navy Officer Ensign Cushing, Accused of Storing Liquor in Vjo- lation of Orders, Con- fesses to False State- ments. New York, July 13.—Ensign Windsor H. Cushing, on trial with Ensign Frank Lamb before court- martial at the New Yark navy yard, today admitted‘he “had subscribed to false statements” at a prelim- inary investigation of charges of violating an order of the Secretary of the Navy Daniels forbidding the storing of liquor aboard United States navy craft. Cushing was senior officer and Lamb junior officer of a seaplane which it is charged flew from Bi- mini Islands, Bahamas, to Key West, Fla., with more than 100 bottles of whisky stored in the gun pit. A ste itement made by En- sign+-Lambe at. an. investigation | which préceded the court-martial in which he was said to have ad- mitted that whisky had. been car- reviewed. Cushing at that investigation was said to have stated that he desired to share equally with Lamb the responsi- bility for the incident. Out of Sense of Duty Asked if he now agreed with Lamb’s statement, Cushing replied that he had “made statements at that time out of a sense of duty” and that he had not testified under oath. > “Did you testify to anything that was untrue?” the judge advocate inquired. es “There were several things said at that investigation that were un- true,” Cushing answered. “I sub- scribed te several things that were untrue.” Counsel for the defense brought out in Cushing’s testimony that he had no agreement with Lamb to make a flight to the. Bimini Islands to get whisky. Asked why he ‘made the trip Cushing replied: “Oh, to locate engine trouble.” , On cross-examination, Cushing was asked if it was absolutely es- sential to go to the Bimini Island. Cushing, ausing, replied in the negative, and to another query by the judge advocate he said he “did not know what our intentions were in going to the Bimini Islands.” Cushing testified that he had re- arded the order of Lieutenant En Cuthrell, acting commander the naval air ‘station at Key Went to take the seaplane out to see and dump anything “suspicious” overboard, merely as a routine one. Cushing Grinned. : “Tt was friendly advice,” he onl, “but I considered it unsound, [If.I had been ordered to take the sea- Plane out and sink it I would have done so.’ Cushing grinned as he said he “thought he had a general idea” of Secretary Daniels’ order concern- ing the ban on liquor aboard United States naval craft. Replying to a .question by the judge advocate, Cushing said he did not own any of the = bottles which were ordered thrown over- board at Key West, had no. per- sonal interést in them and did not know who owned them. Ensign Lamb, in __ rebuttal, that he, in a conversation Cushing decided to take the sea- plane out for a motor test, but that the destination wds nét discussed’ nor was there any mention of any purchases to be made in the. Bimini Islands. He, said he went ashote only by reading a chart indicating that the Bahamas were east of Miami. He said he was not even certain then or now that he was in Biminl. Taking of testimony ended today. ‘said with Gov. Clements Lauded By a Southern. Woman For Blocking Suffrage Montgomery, Ala. July 13.—Mrs. James &. Pinckard, of Montgomery, obese rte of the Southern Women’s ejection league, today wired. Gov- ernor Clement,. of Vermont, congratulating him upon the stand he- has taken ‘refusing to call a session of the legislature of that state for the se of ratifying the Susan, B: An A Ay amendment to the federal aauates Declaring that. the majority of posed ot of America, w ea in ng. in ai rapidly gro favor with oo aeten will eventu Inauguration of Relent- less Warfare Against De- linquents Started Tues- INDIVIDUAL RECORDS WILL BE INVESTIGATED Steps Are Beikg Taken ‘Now in Order to,Have Cases on Docket Before Time Limitations Expire Inauguration of relentless war- fare against delinquents under the selective service regulations was announced Tuesday morning bj Gordon M. Combs, assistant 4tJnited States district attorney. A general clean-up of all cases of delinquency under.the draft act in thé northern district of Georgia that have come to the attention of the government will be made. Mr. Combs is preparing to file against alleged delinquents. That many have been reported, but be- fore the cases are taken into court, a th orough investigation into the record of the alleged delinquent will be made by agents of the de- partment of justice, so that no in- justice may be done to innocent parties. Copies Are Received. Certified copies of the local draft board records of all alleged delin- quents in this district have been re- ceived by Mr. Combs from the of- fice of the adjutant general of the army. The certified records consist of copies of the registration card, questionnaire and copies of all oth- er documents used in registering and classifying the men. Each individual record will be thoroughly investigated by the bu- reau of investigation of the depart- ment of justice, and’ if sufficient evidence can be obtained to war- rant conviction, a-eriminal informa- tion will be filed in federal court by the district attorney. If the in- vestigation discloses the fact that the apparent delinquency was caused by errors in the records of .the local boards, or dther irregularities, the case will be dropped. In the event that the in vestiga- tion of a case is not completed time the alleged act of delinquency occurred, a criminal information against the alleged. violator will be filed ay, in order to have the mattér’.On the dockets of the court before the time limitations of the Gratt act expire. terorted. » Of the * 4.400 men who are ac- cused of failing to meet require- ments of the selective service regu- lations, the greater number con- sist of those who are said to have failed to submit their question- naires or failed to report for physi- -cal examination when summoned by ‘their local registration board. “The government is not going to let a single one of these slackers dues,” said Mr. Coombs. “Every case we have on record will be investi- gated thoroughly, and prosecution will be instituted if the evidence gathered warrants a conviction. “Tt is possible that a great many of these alleged delinquents are not really delinquents, through some er- ror on the part of the local board, or of the allegwed delinquent him- sel. For instance, investigation of one caSe._disclosed the fact that the young man who was on record as a a delinquent had volunteered in the army service and had served a long period in France, but as he had fail- ed to notify his loeal board, the members of the board were holding it against pine because he did not report for xqmination when they mailed him his summons. LAND AT GORDON VALUED BY JURY AT $175 PER ACRE A jury in the case of the United States government against 51.36 acres of land located within the Camp Gordon reservation. ~--‘urned a verdict Tuesday afternoon plac- ing the value of the land-at $175 per acre. The land is owned by the Fulton County Home builders, who had maintained. that the prop- erty was worth $475 per acre. The parcel is one of s-- “1 tracts being obtained by the government through cdéndemnation proceedings. Witnesses for the claimants testi- fied in federal] court that in -their Opinion the tract involved was worth $475 an acre. Witnesses for the government said that the land was worth from $125 to $17§ per acre. These Witnesses included SamicC. Dobbs, Forrest Adair and Henry Y. McCord, prom- inent Aflanta men. The jury re- $175 per acre thirty minutes after retiring. Another land case involving 59.39 acres of land at Camp Gordon will be trieti today before gudge Sibley. The land involved is the property of the estate of the late W. lace. The government has $275 per acre for the tract, h heirs maintain that it is more. WOMEN’S SHOES PRETTIER IN FALL AND JUST AS HIGH Chicago, July 13.—Women’s shoes will be prettier than ever this fall, but just as expensive as at pres- ent, Frank P. Meyer. president of the Illinois Shoe Retailers’ asso- ciation, said in addressing the or- Wal akbleation’s annua —iiconvention here today. The price of men’s shoes also will- continue high, he said.. He declared the association planned tb fight profiteers and the | luxury tax on shoes and this re- worta mers quce prices. : = day by Gordon M. Combs/ nearly 1,400 criminal informations | rior to a date three years from the} go without giving him his just |} their coal proposition. He regretted turned a verdict fixing the price at ! \* gang of birgilars. bd Deadlock R suck a WAllies Preparing To Force Trouble Chanat , and to select a leader when Chris- son’s announgement made it evi- dent there was no hope of the plat- form committee reaching common ground tonight. P Threatened te Expire. Earlier they had found such a ground. and completed a draft of nine planks. It was on thé con- Sideration of these that the new- born party, fused from the labor party, committee of forty-eight iy e and a half dozen other minority groups faced their first split, and for a time the infant movement threaiag d to expire in a flow of / An acceptable compromise was reported in sight when representa- tives of Senator La Follette> ap- peared before the resolutions com- mittee to announce his acceptance | of the nomination expected to be tendered to him would not be forthcoming until certain planks were rewritten, _ His objectiona, it was announ,ed, ‘are based principally upon a for- eign relations tplank which in- dorsed a league of nations, favored recognition of Irish freedom and Soviet Russia and lifting of the Russian blockade and on another ‘radvocating nationalization of all, essential industries and raw ma-e- terials. Hasty conferences were called in a effort to placate the sena- tor’s agents, Gilbert E. Roe, of New York, his former law partner, and Robert La Follette, Jr. The cone vention marked time for. while the conferees argued and then adjourned. Malone Fliays Old Parties. While the conferences proceeded, Dudley Field Malone was called toe the chair to fill the gap. He flayed both major parties and touched on tHe prohibition question. He was the‘first speaker to mention liquor and was given an ovation when he declared for. strict en- forcemént of the Volstead law, “good or bad.” Malone paid his respects to the republican party with the*comment that “a porch campaign’ represents the speed of its platform and candi- date.” On the democratic side, he singledout Attorney General Pal- mer and Postmaster General Burle-: son for especial attack. i Early moments of the, new party's life were fraught with menacing situations, The joint chairman of the labor party and the committee of 48 battled for hours to keep the jealousies and distrusts of the rivat groups submerged and the road open + for the transaction of business. _ f The Weather LOCAL THUNDERSHOWERS,. Washington, July 13—Forecast: : Georgia—Loeceal thundershowers Wednesday and | Tharsday. Weather Report. Highest temperature . Lowest temperature Mean temperature Normal temperature .....++.s-. Rainfall in past 24 hours, ins. 09 Excess since ist of . inches. 1.17 Excess since January 1, inches.12.37 a, mm. oom? ps m. $s. : RE, Dry temperatur “T4 Wet bulb raturelr it 71 Rel. humidity ...° 86 Reports of Weather Bureau Stations sia = (OD | Temperatare. | Kain, __ "WEATHER. 7 p.m. | Bigh. ATLANTA, pt cy! Birmingham, cly] and three small children, and his} Buffalo, pt cly. at | *. Boston, clear ... Charleston, pt cy hicago, rain .. fog cldy ... Des Moines, p cy Galveston, Gear. atteras, pt cly . vre, clear ... Jacksonville, cly Kan. el eh Memphis, ah «= ely. Miami, cldy ... Mobile, cldy **¢ = ¥esssbsesieeesse te —— hours... inches. ¢