The Atlanta Constitution
August 19, 1920

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: § Paes See ft Bo : bol” DR ane eee ea ee yy 4 ¢ ‘ Sd 3 - ig, *: Class Matter. as Second Single copies’ Dail, bor busday ~~ , arsaw saved From B oO] sh evik ‘Tom Watson Arrested For Cursing, Woman FRENCH GENERALS ‘LEADING POLES IN BOLD ATTACK Both Wings Reach First ‘Objectives and Are Paus- ing Before Resuming Drive to Develop Their Success. . 7 MANEUVERS THREATEN LINES OF BOLSHEVIKI Reds in Brody Region Have: Already Been Driven Toward Brest- Litovsk 25 to 50 Miles. Paris, August 18.— (By the Asso- ciated Press:)—Warsaw now seems to be saved from the bolsheviki. President ~'endski’s armies no longer are obliged to fight a de- fer-'-~ battle, and the bold offen- sive on both. wings h°~ reached the first objectives and the Poles ap- pear to be’ pausing before attempt- ine to develop their success. The offensive on the left wing is eing personally led by the French generals, Henry and Bilotte, and al- ready has yielded important results. -It has once more put the Poles in possession of the key to the Warsaw defenses—the fork between the Na- rew and Bug rivers—while the forces advancing toward -: Miawa. which have.reached Tsiechanoff, 12 | miles to the south of Mlawa, will Yorce the bolsheviki marching to- ward Plock and Thorn, to beat a hasty retreat and consequently re- open the direct railroad line to Dan- gig. But the maneuver on the right wing, along the line of Garvolin and Paratchoff, between the Vistula and the Bue. is the more ‘ ‘age of the two from strategic v noints because ‘** threatens the communi- eations of the: main bolshevtk forces. Swelled by troops freed by ghorttening the front in the Brody region the Movement already has gained rapid headway and driven *the bolshevik back all along the “line toward Brest-Litovsk for dis- tances varying from 25 to 50 miles. SOVIET PEACE TERMS READ TO POLES. Moscow, August 18.—(By the As- gociated Press.j—The Russian s0- viet peace terms were read to the Polish delegates at their first mecet- Inc with the soviet representatives in Minsk t+ "av. The Polish answer will be returned tomorrow. An official statement with regard to the meeting of the delegates said: “The MinsK’conference opened to- day at 7 p. m., with a speech by Chairman Danishovski, after which ereAontials were exchanged. Dani- shovski emphasized Rugsia’s resp "t for Poland’s independence, sovereign rights and right to determine her own form of government. and said . Russin accorded Poland more terri- tory than the entente. “Danishovski said Russia must gemand from the landlords of Po- “land such -uarantees against re- newed attacks as would not be nec- essary from the workers and peas- ants of Poland. The Polish dele- gates proposed to hold the next sitting August 19, but the Russians insisted it be held on August 18, which was agreed to.” WILL RECOGNIZE : POLISH NATONALTY. Londe~ August 18.—Russian bol- shevik« peace delegate at Minsk bave been instructed to recognize fully the national existence of Po- land and not to interfere in the do- mestic affc'ss of that country, says a Minsk dispatch to The Herald, organ-of labor, quoting an inter- view with M. Danishovski, pres!i- fent of the ‘Russian peace delega- tion. The terms of pr mada =he lic by the soviet government of Russia, are not final, according to e dispatch, bt may be modified t the conference. paris, August 18.—The Poles have | saptured Novominsk, @& short dis- - tance east of Warsaw, according to | dispatch from the Polish capital today. The battle of Warsaw ap- pears to be favorable to the Poles, the dispatch says. The Polish counter offensive with horn as its base, has successfully ¢leared the Danzig corridor of Rus- Mlan*troops, accofding to a report peceived from the French mission, | today. me votion Pasian are still driv- mg eastward, the report says. TROTZKY CALLS FOR VOLUNTEERS. Moscow, August 18.—(By the As- tocited Press.)—-The Russian s6o- *iet minister of war. today issued i eall for volunteers for service on - the, # ‘rn front. T*- call w-s Continued am Page 2 Column 6. > hel ° I-—o— * * -. Li * * * * ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY MORNING, ANGUST 19, 1920. FRAGE VICTORY NOT * * * t j * * John B. Gordon .Camp Passes Resolutions. In- dorsing Stand Taken by Atlanta United Confed- erate Veterans. Indorsing the action of Atlanta Confederate veterans, who have squarely backed up’ the American Legion, of the state in its fight upon Thoma¥ E. Watson and Thomas W. Hardwick, John B. Gordon Camp No. 46, Sons of Confederate Veterans, of Atlanta, at a called meeting: Wed- nesday afternoon passed resolutions urging all patriotic Georgians to “show to the outside that we Geor- gians are as loyal to our home, to our state and to our country today as we have been in evety crisis since Georgia had its beginning.” The resolution in detail adopted by the Sons of Veterans is as fol- lows: John B: Gordon Camp No, 46, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Atlanta, Ga., in special called meeting hereby tindorse and agree with the stand taken by the Unjted Confederate Veterans in their resolutions upholding the American Legion in the fight which they are bravely making upon Tom Watson and Tom Hardwick, who are running for two of the highest offices in the gift of the people of Geor- g ja. We condemn in the strongest terms the attitude and record, written, spoken and acted, of these two’men in all pertaining to our recent war and especially } American congressmen. to the unwarranted and cow- ardly attack which they have made upon those brave boys— privates and officers—who now compose the American Legion. Our sincerest sympathy goes out to the mémbers of the American Legion, and we call upon every son of the Confederate veterans within the cenfines of our state to use their utmost efforts in defeating Watson and Hardwick in the coming primary. Let us show to the outside that we Georgians are as loyal to our home, to our state and to our country today as we have been in every crisis since Geor- gia had its. beginning. JOHN ASHLEY JONES, Commandant. | Official: H. F. WEST, Adjutant. Officers of the John B. Gordon Post No, 46, are: John Ashley Jones, commandant; Shepard Bryan, first lieutenant commander; R. Low Reynolds, sec- ond lieutenant commander; H. Frank West, adjutant; r. J. A. Gentry, surgeon; Lewis H.\Kenan, quarter- master; Rev. M. Ashley Jones, B®. D., chaplain; Henry B. Kennedy, treas- urer; Henderson Hallman, color ser- geant; Waddy Thompson, historian. °* A Patriotic Duty. “The kBetion taken by the John B. Gordon Camp No. 46 in endorsing the resolution of the confederate veterans was inspired by loyalty to country” said John Ashley Jones, commandant of the post. “It was the ; Same spirit of loyalty and reverence |and love for country that led those gray clad soldiers to battle in the sixties, and it was the same spirit that carried the flowers of Ameri- can‘ youth to a foreign land to fight for the preservation of democracy. “It woum® cast a stain upon the great principle for whi they fought and would be ar insult for our living and dead heroes should we at this time fail to voice our sentiments and not stand faithfully behind our gray headed veterans and their gaullant sons of the Ameri- can Legion in their patriotic fight against Thomas E. Watson and Thomas W. Hardwick who so signal- ly failed and hampered the United States in her time of need.” , “The action of this. post is .not a political move and has no politi- cal significance, we have been called upon to uphold the patriotism of our fathers”and their sons, and to say to the people of Georgia that we will always folloW such a course when the government of our state and country is threatened by two men as THKHomas W. Watson and Thomas W. Hardwick. We are ready for the fight and no. stone will be left unturned and no task left un- done in our patriotic duty.” — | . PLOT TO KIDNAP U. S. CONGRESSMEN LAID TO KOREANS Tokio. August 18.—(By the Asso- ciated Press.)—Press advices from Seoul. . Korea. allege widespread Korgan plots to hold the party of American congressmen at present visiting the Far East for the pur- pose of creating complicatrons\ be- tween Japan and America. The advices report tne arrest of Yang-Keui-Taik, who once was convicted and imprisoned for an at- tempt . to assassinate tormer Premier Field Marshal ‘rerauchi. and also ten othér Koreans cnarged with political anti-Japanese intrigue and participation in the plot against ‘Sons of Veterans Backing - Fight of American Legion _ . On Hardwick and W atson WELCH INVOLVED N $500,000 L055 BY COTTON BREAKS Difficulties of Prominent Athens Dealer Caused by Recent Drops in Price in the Market. Athens, Ga., August 18.—(Spe- cial.)—Recent breaks in the cot- ton market have involved John Welch, local cotton factor, and one of the largest in this section, to an extent of aout a half million dol- lars, it was estimated tonight by loeal hankers. Cc. W. Crook. local cotton man, who is understood to h-~ Mr. Welch's affairs in charge, tn an effort to determine his true finan- cial standing, said tonight he was unprépared to make any statement relative to the matter. He said that two auditors would be placed on Mr. Welch's books this week and that until they made a report, probably after several days’ work, nothing definite could be |jknown of Mr. Welch’g solvency. No action had been taken. tonight to throw the matter into the courts, but it was intimated that such ac- tion may follow shortly. Anxious to Vote For Hugh Dorsey Following Action of Ten- nessee Legislature, Geor- gia Suffrapist Says She Wants to Help Defeat Smith. When, following Tennessee’s ac- tion Wednesday in ratifying the suffrage amendment to the federal constitution, doubtful opinions were expressed as to the eligibility ‘of Georgia women to vote in the Sep- tember primary and the presidential election wfthout a legislative enact- ment specifically authorizing them to register, Mrs. Mary L. McLen- an’s Suffrage association, and members of the organiaztion pre- pared, if necessary, to petition Gov- ernor Dorsey to call a special ses- Sion of the legislature. “I want to vote for president,” said Mrs. McLendon, “and I do so want to vote for senator. I want to help put Senator Hoke Smith where he belongs. I am anxious to vote for Governor Dorsey to defeat him.” Mrs. McLendon is one of the pioneer suffrage teaaers of the state and has for thirty years been co...ucting an active fight in behalf of suffrage for women. “While we are supremely happy that the thirty-sixth state has at last ratified the Susan B. Anthony amendment,” Mrs. McLendon said, “our joy has been tempered some- what with disappointment at the disconcerting newe with reference to the doubt as to the ability of Georgia women te vote. . “It may be that our only hope lies in Governor Dorsey cailing a spe- cial session of the legislature to pass an enabling act to give the women the right to vote. We. work- ed for this act in the sesstén just closed, but it was sidetracked.” Mrs. McLendon stated that she Sbtained promises from legislators to introduce enabling bills at the j session recently adjourned, but that the matter was presented in the senate only and was not introduced in the house. PRINCE CAROL TRAVELS INCOGNITO IN THE U. S. Chicago, August 18.—Traveling in- cognito, Prince Carol, of Roumania, heir to the Roumanian throne, will arrive in Chicago Thursday for a Visit. | He will be entertained by prom- inent Chicagoans, including Charles J. Vopika, United States minister to Roumania. ®rince Carol is reported to have been sent on a journey around the world. by the Roumanian royal fam- ily so that he might forget: morgantine wife, Zizi Lambrind. He leaves Friday afternoon for Niag- ara Falls, thence to ‘New York, | where he will embark for Roumania. Mrs. McLendon don, president of the Georgia Wom-: GOVERNOR DORSEY UPENS CAMPAIGN IN FAYETTEVILLE After Address This Morn- ing in Fayette He Will Motor to Jonesboro for Speech There. | LANDSLIDE FOR DORSEY INDICATED IN REPORTS Executive Expected to Lay Special Stress Today on Smith-Watson Com- bine in May Convention. That the movement to elect Gov- ernor Hugh M. Dorsey United States senator I!n pface of Senator Hoke Smith has grown to landslide pro- portions was indicated on the eve of the beginning of his speaking campaign bv reports from all sec- tions of the state brought In yes- ter“av by the enthusiastic stream of callers that poured in and. out of Dorsey headquartere al] day long. Political leaders in many counties are climbing on the Dor- sey bandwagon and the confidence and enthusiasm manifested by those in charge of headquarters were un- mistakable and beyond question as to sincerity. The response made to the appeal for the organization of a Fulton County Dorsey club surpassed ex- pectations. Hundreds of signed cards from registered voters join- ing’ the club were receivéd through ¢ the mails at the capitol and at head- quarters and many Others wypere brought in.personally by the sign- ers. First Speech Today. Governor Dorsey will make the first speech in his campaign at li o'clock this morning at Fayette- ville, the county seat of Fayette, and will then speak in Jonesboro. He iis expected to discuss the recs ord of his opponents and their con- tinuing opposition to democratic policies, and it is predicted that he will make a warm speech. He wilh no doubt lay speciai stress on the’ Smith-Watson part- nership in the May convention, which refused an indorsement to the national party. It is understood that the Governor will have something to-say about the tobacco tax. Leading lawyers state that the tobacco tax law was sound and constitutional, The state needed the money an the collectors went out and got it. Governor Dorsey has dug up ore of Senator Smith’s speeches on the sinking of the Lusitania and it is likely that he will play that up strong. Speaks in Jonesbore. From.. Fayetteville the governor will motor through the country to Jonesboro, where he will speak to the Clayton county voters. Both of the counties are fighting ground, but the Dorsey forces are organized and they predict*that he will carry both of them. Saturday will be Dorsey day. The governor will speak at Newnan in the morning and at LaGrange in the afternoon. Hon. T. N. Hendricks of Valdosta, will spenk at St. Mary’s in Camden county Saturday morning and at Waverly in the afternoon. Hon. W. B. Grubbs of Jesup will speak at Eastman probably in the morning and at Chester in the after- noon, Hon. S. A. Nunn of Perry, will speak at Tifton at 11 o’clock and at Adel at 3 o’clock in the afternoon. Judge E. T. Moon of LaGrange will be the speaker at Alma in the morning and at Hazelhurst in the afternoon. 3 4 Letters and visitors to Dorsey headquarters have made it clear that it was the May convention which drove thousands of voters from the senator to the governor. There had been a steady drift away form thie Senator for fully four years, but the movement took on big proportions after May 18, The Dorsey leaders say that this alliance is going to reduce the séena- tor’s counties from 45 to 20 or 25 in the September primary. — RIVER PIRATES FAIL TO LOOT BOOZE PIER _New York, August 18.—A_band of river pirates caaa today attempted to loot a Nor river pier where $500,000 worth of liquor was stored and were-drivenoff by a watchman) in a pistol battle. Several of them, who umped overboard from a launch in which they drew up to the pier, are thought by the police to have been drowned. A man believed by the police to be a member of the gang. was tater arrested In a hospital where he ap- peared asking for treatment for a gunshot wound. P The police say that several at- tempts have been made recently by river thieves to steal liguor stored on pliers awaiting shipment to for- eign ports. And Threatening Man RAIN. AND. WEEVIL D0 GREAT DANAE TO GEORGIA CROP ™ Estimates of Cotton Yield for Year 1,500,000 Bales Too High, Says J. J. Brown. BY W. A. HUGGINS, With damage running into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, due to incessant rains during the pasttwo weeks, with foodand eotton crops approaching a critical condi- tion, and with the boll wéevil rap- idly advancing its line throughout the whole state, farmers of Georgia are still facing an outlook for con- tmued rain. An enormous increase in the num- ber of activities of the boll weevil throughout the southern part of the state, due to the rain, is report- ed by J. J. Brown, state commis- sioner of agriculture, who has just returned to Atlanta from an ~ex- tended trip over the southern coun- ties, and who reports that prac- tically every county south of Ma- con has-been seriously damaged by the ravages df the weevil and the continued raise. * ome “It ts disheartening to see the con- dition of some,#@f the fields south of Macon,” Mr. Brown stated, “Two weeks ago there was a prospect of a normal crop, but now, throughout the coastal plains, the Piedmont sec- tion and the extreme southern coun- ties, it is absolutely certain that there will be no top crop at all. The rains have been respdnsible for this, and it looks now as if there willl be only about one-third of the normal crop. Damage by Boll Weevil. *“The boll weevil has cropped out and has eaten all the large bolls and is now working back on the smal] bolls. “The statement that the south will raise 14,000,000 bales of cot- ton in 1920 is absolutely out of rea- son. I am in touch with the situa- tion in every cotton state and we cannot possibly look for more than 12,500,000 bales for this year. Texas is flooded, Mississippi the same way and practically every state’ reports crops below the normal. The re- port On the crop outlook. is the work of speculators and should be branded as false. There ig no ex- cuse for the present reduction in the price of cotton since tne law of supply and demand is the same Continued on Page.13, Column 4. Whisky Found in Candi- date’s Room, Following ) His Appearancé in Bu- ford Hotel/Lobby in Night Clots, May Re- sult in Prosecution Un- der Dry Law. HIS PARTNER PULLS GUN ON POLICEMAN Throws, Book at Men Seated in Hotel and Creates General Disturb- ance—Elects to Remain in Lockup, Although Bond Is Made for Him by Citizens of Town. Buford, Ga. August 18.—(Spe- cial.)—-Thomas E. Watson, candidate for the United States senate, was arrested and locked up here early ‘Wednesday night charged with cre- ating a disturbance and using pro- fanitv ¢m the presence of ~~'7s Sally Wiley, proprietor of the Merchants’ hotel, and others; attempting to strike Miss Wiley’s brother with a water pitcher, and raising a general disturbance, . ‘s Watson’s traveling partner, E. H. Miller, was also taken into cus- tody, charged with carrying con- cealed weapons, having drawn a pistol oh Policeman L. D. Lawson, who made the arrests. Both Watson and Miller were locked up. Following the arrests a search warrant was procured and Wat- son’s room at the hotel was search- ed, resulting in the finding -of a pint bottle, about a third full, of corn whisky. It is stated that he was the only one who had been occupying the room, his. companion having a separate. room. May Face Liquor Charge. Officials stated late Wednesday night that another case whl be made against Watson, charging him with violation of. the prohibition law, which will probably result in his being haled into federal court to explain the presence of the for- bidden fluid in his room. . Following his arrest, citizens here, non-Watson men, headed by Win- field Rowe, out of hospitality to a visitor; made bond for his release, but he refused to leave the jail when the door was opened. He is scheduled to speak here Thursday in the interest -f* his can- didacy for the United Staes senate, at a joint meeting with Thomas (Centinued on Page 11, Column 2) Senator Smith’s Journal has Senator Smith a letter, which so is a copy: “Dear Senator: dq will say that after sothe inquiry nominated, supported Roosevelt in at war, whe only an enemy to the democratic ism itself. “I have always given you my some way to rescue the party in tion, permitted it to fall. Another Letter to Senator Smith - He Conveniently Forgot to Publish Governor Dorsey not to run for the United States senate. Hon. W. B. Short, a prominent attorney of Buena Vista, wrote Answering your request for my views as to your chances to carry Marion county in the coming senajorial primary,° do not think you have any chance at all. “Your,complete surrender to Thomas E. Watson at the state presidential convention, together with your permitting, without pro- test, the complete repudiation of the democratic administration (see resolutions passéd by the convention, 1 to § inclusive, as published in The Atlanta Georgian of May 20, 1920), your complete surrender to the perpetual enemy of organized democracy—the man who repu- diated you when you were the democratic nominee over Governor Brown, and who sought after your nomination to elect Brown—the man who was a delegate-at-large to the Clark-Underwood-Wilson convention as an Underwood delegate, and who, after Wilson was later, if my memory serves me right, supported Hughes arainst Wil- son in the lasf presidehtial election—your former supporters here to whom |! have talked, remembering these things, do not see how you can do much toward defending the democratic administration. “Further, when it is recalied that his publications were such that they had to pe suppressed by the government when our country was our boys were being sacrificed for the protection of our government, we are justified in the conclusion that he was not sonal favors—been gratified at the constructive legislation you have promulgated, both state and national—never had cause-to question your fidelity to orgnized democracy before, and gt is a source of regret to me that as I ngw see it, | cannot vote for you in the coming primary, but feeling that you are powerless to defend yourself, or to defend the democratic party from its enemies on the inside—as a patriotic democrat | must look to some other source—select, if | can, some candidate whose hands are not already tied. ae ° “I note that you are going to, or expect to, have some joint de- bates with Thomas E. Watson, and I trust that you may be able in some way, to be of advantage to organized democracy—help in enemies, into whose bands your failure to act in the state conven- - “Respectfully, been printing letters requesting far he has not published. Here among your former supporters, I the election, as I recall; and who, party,’ but was lacking in patriot- undivided support---asked no per- the state from the hands of its “W. B. SHORT.” FRANCE IN ACCORD WITH WASHINGTON Reply to American Note OFFICIAL BELATIONS Informed Reply Has Been Associated Press.)—The and French governments are in en- ciples of the age all efforts made with a view to a character which might resultin the and in the dismemberment of Rus- ment of Rassia, that the bolshevik! spokesman of soviet purpose. actual words of Lenin are in very conference: could weaken the bourgeoise. . clude a sécond Brest-Litovsk, this }thme + with the entente. other forces which‘ are opposing us make every concession, sacrifice in order to ent cluded a truce permitting us to com- plete our preparations for a decisive onslaught th triumph.’ ruary 2, 1919, Zinoviev, the inti- ky, said: REGARDING POLES Gives Assurance of En- tire Agreement With Principles Set Forth’ by United States. | WITH REDS REFUSED Received From Italy, With Promis¢ of Com- plete Reply Soon. Washington, August 18.—(By the American tire agreement in principle as to the future of both Poland and Russia, TENNESSEE ANTIS 10 MAKE ATTEMPT T0 UPSET ACTION Opposition Will Move for Reconsideration, and if That Fails Will Attack Ratification as Illegal. SUFFRAGE FORCES SURE OF SUCCESS Claim They Have Two Additional Votes—Ten- nessee Became the 36th State When House Voted 50 to 46. i . | Nashville, Tenn., August 18.—Ten- nesee today ratified the federal wo- man suffrage amendment, the lower house of the legislature, by a vote of 50 to 46, concurring in the ad- tion of the senate wihch last Friday adopted the ratification resolution by a vote of 25 to 4. Although it was the thirty-sixth state to act favorabiy and the amendment should become effective as soon as certified by Bainbridge Colby, secretary of state, whether 17,000,000 women of the country would vote in the presidential elec- Secretary Colby declared today in a formal .- statement interpreting France’s rejoinder to the American note to Italy. His statement accom- panied publication of the translation of the French note which was de- livered to the state department on August 14 By Prince de /Bearn, the French charge. France’s declaration “of its oppo- sitino to the dismemberment of Rus- ia” is “most gratifying,” Mr. Colby said, and added: “The response is a notable. decla- ration from every viewpoint, and brings to the position taken by the | United States a striking emphasis and powerful support.” The secretary referred to Freneh recognition of General Wrangel in south Russia as a “divergence” be- tween the two governments on one point. but said the United States was “disposed to regard the declared agreement of Francé with the prin- United States as of more significance than any diver- Zence of policy mMvolved in the specific action of France in this sin- gle respect.” ~ Bolsheviki Condemned. The Frénch note declares that the French government “ig of the same opinion” as the American govern- ment “‘concerning, the present rulers Of. Russia,” and proceeds to con- demn the bolsheviki in language al- most identical with that employed in the Amercian note to Italy. Asserting that France is in “‘com- plete accord” with the United States as to-“the necessity for an independ- ent Polish state,” the note adds: “This is why there is agreement between the French government and the American government to encour- i bringing about an armistice be- tween Poland and Russia, while avoiding giving to the negotiations reocgnition of the bolshevist regime sia,” a By this declaration, France was regarded here as joining with the United States in opposing any ne- gotiations with the bolsheviki, such as had been proposed by Gréa: Britain in the once projected London ee plies te Tehitcherin. 6 Mr. Colby also issued a reply to an assertion by Foreign Minister Tchitcherin, of the soviet govern- had shown that they “strictly ad- hereto obligations,” and that if they promised to protect the United States “against agitation of the third internationale, all our repre- sentatives will rigidly fulful] this pledge.” “I do not suppose,” said Mr. Colby, “that Mr. Tchitcherin has super- seded Lenin as the authoritative The sharp contrast to the utterance of his toreign minister. ‘Said Lenin before the council of the people's commissiaries during the negotiations upon the Prinkipo “““I haye never hesitated to come to terms with bourgeois govern- ments when, by sodoing, I thought I al ~*e e time has now come for us to con- We must make peace not only with the en- tente, but also with Poland, Li- thania and the Ukraine, and all! the | intRussta. We must be prepared to romise and ce our foes to the conclusion of this peace. We shall know that we have but con- whi will assure our | What Zinoviev said. “In the same connection, on Feb- mate associate of Lefiin and Trotz- lveston, attéras, clear.. tion in November remained to. be determined. The house still has ‘an opportunity to rescind its action and er of the opposition, changed his gality of ratification by this legis- lature, if reconsideratiop should fail to upset it, already Wis been taken by the Tennessee constitutional league on the ground that the as- sembly has no authority to act. ' After the ballot today, Seth Wal- ker, speaker of the house, and lead- er of the oppostion, changed his vote from “no” te “aye,” in order to avail himself .of the privilege moving for @econsideration and fn- nounced that he would do so. Un- der the rules only Mr. Walker can at first offer this motion and it may be done at any time he so desires. He must act, however, either tomor- row or Friday. After that time any member of the body may move re- consideration and it was regarded certain if the speaker failed to do so the suffarge forces would offer a motion of this character Monday, the first legislative day after Mr. Walker’s time limit expires. Motion by the suffragists to reconsider would be followed by a motion of a member of their own forces to send it to the table and a majority vote would settle the question. Speaker Changes Vote. Ninety-six of the ninety-nine mem- bers of the house were present to- day and the alignment, until a vote on concurrence was taken, was a tie. each faction polling 48 votes on a motion by Mr. Walker to table the resolution. On the ballot for con- currence the line-up was 49 to 47 until the speaker changed his vote, This apparently would give the suf- fragists an advantage of only two votes, but thier leaders declared to- night two memebres in favor of suf- frage, who were absent today, would re probably tomorrow morn- ne. 4 The motion to reconsider may be carried by a majority vote of the mentbers present and since Mr. Wal- ker can act without & moment's notice the suffragists expected to be on hand In full force at all hours during the next two days. [t was Washington—Forecast: on » extreme northwest Filor- a: al showers Thursday and Friday, not sebaeae. much change in tem- — et tee a The Weather LOCAL SHOWERS. - Leeal Weather Re P Highest temperature oR eaten Lowest temperature Mean temperature coe oceeecece Go Normal temperature ... eeecowd Rainfall in past 24 hours, ins. .14 Excess since Ist of mo., inches. 6.08 Excess since January 1, inches.18.50 7 a. m. Noon. 7 p. m. 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