The Atlanta Constitution
October 7, 1920

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a ~~ Entered : P oO. $ 4 as Second Clase Mail Matter, ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY. MORNING, OCTOBER 7, 1920. r; O'FUBLISHED SED tH SEEANEA. — Slagia copies’ Den er Saas a = ~ ) * \ Poles ALL HOSTILITIES 0 CEASE FRIDAY UNDER AGREEMENT Head of Russian Mission Has Virtually Accepted as Whole Peace Draft Drawn by Poles. SEVERE FIGHTING WITH LITHUANIANS Claimed That Bolsheviki Are Aiding in Engage- ments Taking Place * Midway Between Grodno and Vilna. Warsaw, October 6.— (By the As- edciated Press.)—Dispatches from Riga say that hostilities between the Poles and Russian soviet forces will cease Friday under an armi- stice signed by the Polish and so- viet peaca delegates yesterday. SEVERE FIGHTING WITH LITHUANIANS. Riga, October 6.—(By the. Asso- ciated Press.)—The Russo-Polish armistice negotiations are being rushed to a speedy cdnclusion, but the Lithuanian-Polish situation . ems in the meanwhile to have eae more acute: The Polish official statement re- “ ceived today revorts severe fighting with attacking Lithuanian divisions near Orany, about midway between Grodno and Vilna, and adds: “It is stated that. Lithuanian troops are fighting alongside bol- a ; es 4 > a but | ¥ ment pledging American military | WINS IN RUNOVER ie D Sx oa RS THOMAS W. HARDWICK, Who was\nominated for thé gov- ernorship ji thre Wednesday. »* VOTERS 10 DECIDE WHICH TOLD TRUTH. DECLARES WILSON President Telegraphs Senator Spencer That He Is Willing. to Let Re- sults at Missouri Polls AR rere a ) ‘Decide Between Them. | CHARGE OF SPENCER BACKED UP BY REED Declares Address in Ques- tion Was Delivered at Peace Conference May 31,1919, and Appeared in Congressional Record. Washington, October 6.—President Wilson today telegraphed Senator Spencer, republican, Missouri, that he was content to let the:voters of Missouri decide which of them was telling the truth. The telegram referred to Senator Spencer’s charge that the president had promised military aid to Ru- mania and Serbia, which the pres- ident on yesterday said was “false.” The telegram, which was made public at the white house without comment or explanation, follows: “I am perfectly content to leave it to the voters of Missouri to de- termine which of us is telling the truth.” Replying to the president's letter of .yesterday, Senator Spencer -in a letter made public/at St. Louis last night quoted in support of. his original statement from what he said ‘was the stenographic notes of the eighth plenary session of the | peace co@ierence. He asked the president to inform him whether Mr. Wilson had made the state- ment attributed to him in the steno- graphic notes taken at Paris: _— The president’s telegram today apparently was in reply to that letter. REED REPEATS SPENCER’S CHARGE. : ‘Kansas City, Mo., October 6.— Senator James A. Reed, in a tele- Sram late today to United States Senator Spencer, asserted that President Wilson had madé a state- aid to Rumania and Serbia, in an address at the peace conference on May 31, 1919. The text of the address did not pass censor until Decémber 3, 1919, When it was brought to this coun- try by.a newspaper correspondent, and published: in The Washington’ Star on that date. The spech also appeared in full in The Congreé- sional Record on December 4, 1919, the telegram added. ~ Senator Reed's telegram was sent in response to one from Senator Spencer asking information on the subject. ; “Senator Reed’s telegram urged the president: to produce the steno- graphic records of the peace confer- ence “to show just what was said.” Senator Reed’s telegram declared the president’s statement also was copyrighted by a newspaper syndi- cate and given wide circulation. “On several occasions I challenged the attention of’ the senate to this speech,” the telegram continued. “my ‘speeches by scores of thou- Sands were circulated ‘through the country. Numerous publicists and speakers have repeatedly referred to and. commented upon this dec- laration of the president. Its au- thenticity was never diapated.' ea | second primary ; HARDWICK VICTOR IN FULTON COUNTY BY 132 MAJORITY 10,080 Ballots Are Cast in Runover ‘Primary on Wednesday to. Decide the.Governorship of Georgia. “ BALLOTING IS HEAVY - LATE IN AFTERNOON Hardwick Receives Ma- |! jority’in Country Pre- cincts, Walker Running Ahead in City Wards. Running neck and neck in Ful- ton county in their second race for the office of governor of Georgia, Thomas W. Hardwick was victor over Clifford Walker in the primary of Wednesday by the close margin of 132 votes. Mr. Hardwick re- ceived a total vote of 5,106 and Mr. Walker 4,974. The successful: candidate led his opponent in the country districts by 383. votes, ut Mr. Walker ran ahead in the city by 251 votes. Complete returns of the eleven wards gave Mr. Walker) 4,322 bal- lots: and’ Mr. Hardwick 4.071. At the country. polls. Mr. Hardwick rolied- up @ total count of 1,035, while the figures for the defeated candidate were reported as 652. In the entire county 10,080 bal- lot&, were cast, which is considered @ rather large vote in a run-over primary, dnd exceeded the predic- tions of many close political ob- servers. ‘The ideal weather that (Continued on Page 3, Column 4.) SLATE 1S NAMED. FOR EMPLOYEES Will Represent Labor on the Compensation Board. Clyde Mathews Succeeds Him as State Game Com- missioner. @ On being informed by J. Gordon Saussy, of Savannah, that De would be unable to accept the appoint- ment as representative of employees on the workmen’s compensation late Wednesday prernoon board Governor Hugh M. Dors@ appoint- ed Sam Slate to the position_and named Clyde Mathews, of Tryofi, as vacancy created ceptance. ' The governor was informed Wed- nesdayv morning of the possibility of Mr. ussy refusing to accept the appointment on account of being unable to devote his entire time to the office as he has too:-many in- terests in Savannah, it wag staced. by Mr. Slate’s ac- information ‘from Mr. Saussy that he could not accept and he immedi- ately considered the question of an- other appointment, naming Mr. Slate in the afternoon, with Mr. Mathews as his successor as gaine commissioner. An immediate ap- pointment was made necessary as CommiSsioner of Commerce and La- bor’ Hal M. Stanley hai cailed a meeting to organize the Loard Thursday afternoon. Mr. Slate has been game ¢ommis- sioner for several tarms and is known throughout the stata, having made public each year since he has been in office a forecast of the hunting season with a thorough ex- planation of federal and state game laws. Mr. Mathews, the new game commissioner, will begin his duties immediatly. The workmen's compensation board is composed of a representa- tive of employees, one of employers. the commissioner of commerce and labor and the attorney’ general. The board was created by the last Session of. the state legislature re- quires the two members appointed by the governor to devote their en- tire time to their duties and pro- vides a salary of $4.900-a: year each. On the 55th Day Of Hunger Strike Lodon, October 6.—Terence Mac- Swney, lord mayor of Cork, passed rather a bad night at Brixton pris- on, aceording to a bulletin issued by the Irish Self-Determination league this morning. A- physician is quoted at saying MacSwincy’s pulse rose a little, which might be due to some Hittle excitement, and adds that, generally speaking, the condition of the lord mayor was unchanged today. This is the fif- Continued ot Pare @ Colman & ty-fifth day of his hupear strike, ? Pa 4 : © ‘ state game commissioner to fill the, ’ } Mayor Unchanged COUNTIES. _ Hardwick ME ke Scab ed dc os dene ace SS ee Bacan ee eer eeeeeeeeeeenens Baker .... este haha eS OTT e*eeeee ee Bleckley Brooks ... Bryan .. Bulloch Catoosa Chariton, .. Chatham .... Chattahoochee Chattooga ....* Cherokee ... Colquitt Columbia Cook Coweta Crawford Gwinnett .. Habersham ~ .. Hall... x: or Hancock .... Haralson ... Sey ROE eer REQUTR k co an Henry Houston MOE seucc,. Jackson. . Jaeper ..... Jefferson Lincoln SEI Re Fe Macon .... Madison .. Marion McDuffie McIntosh Meriwether Beier oi Milton Mitchell Monroe Montgomery Muscogee Newton Oconee Early in the afternoon he received | Oglethorpe Paulding Pickens .... owls Elerce .... PERO -.33. Polk Pulaski Putnam Quitman Rabun a Randolph ...... Riclsmond Rockdale Schley Screven ‘ eae Spalding Stephens Stewart ES ae Talbot .. Taliaferro Tattnall . pabkeae Tages foe me i cca cs Terrell] Thomas .. .. 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Georgia in the democratic primary Wednesday, defeating his opponent Clifford Walker, in the runover contest made necessary by there be- ing no nomination in the regular primary held on September 8, when four candidates cémpeted for the nomination, resulting in Hardwick receiving 190 county unit votes, Walker 174, and John N. Holder 22, Walter Brown receiving no county unit votes. According to unofficial returns, Hardwick carried 100 counties in the runover primary Wednesday, with 236 county unit votes, while Walker carried 54 counties, with 148 county unit. votes, tone county, Towns, repotting that no primary election was held. The outstanding feature of Wed- nesday’s contest was the ‘light vote cast in practically every precinct in the state, a comparison of the total vote from the counties reporting full returns showing great lack of interest as compared with the prie- mary held -in September. Total Vote From 44 Counties, .Forty-feur counties filed complete de wont: last night. these counties giving Hardwick a total vote of 27,383 and Walker 24,124, and while some of these counties were not fa~ behind in the total vote as compared with the previous primary, others showed that the voters lacked-intere est in the contest, ‘and even the beautiful weather could not lure them to the polls. Barrow county, which In the firsg primery gave Walker 285, Holder 509, Hardwick 1,151 and Brown 20, dropped off considerable by give ing Hardwick 962 and Walker 439, a total of 1,401 votes cast, as com- pared with 1,955. Likewise, Ber- rien, which cast 1,243 votes in the first primary, could muster only 794 in the second. Other counties, which are given merely as an in- dication of the lack of interest of the voters, are: Bibb, with 38,453 votes in the first primary and 2,964 in the second; Bleckley, 631, as compared with 900; Bryan, with a slump from 510 to 264; Chattooga, from 1,771 to 825; Crisp, 1,378 in the September primary and 800 in the October runover: Dougherty, with a slump from 1,175 to 550, and Emanuel from 2,243 to 1,446. Hardwick Gets 27 Walker Counties, Twenty-seven counties which went for Walker in the previous primary gave majorities to Hardwick Wed- nesday. These counties were: Ba- con, Baker, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bleck- ley, Butts, Gedier, Chattalraochee, Clay, Clinch, Cook, Crawford, Deca-~ tur, Dougherty, Karly, Fannin, Gil- mer, Grady, Jones, Macon, Morgan, Pierce, Randolph, Stewart Stephens, Terrell and Webster. , Five counties which went for (Continued on Page 17, Column 3.) The Weather FAIR. _ Washington.—Forecast: Georgia, fair Thursday and Fri.« day; somewhat warmer. Lecal Weather Report. Highest temperature Lowest temperature Mean temperature Normal temperature ..e«-ss+ess Rainfall in past 24 hours, in. .. | Def. since first of month, in. .. .50 Excess since Jan. 1, in. .....-17.29 7 a. h. Noon. 7 p. ms 58 68 67 51 63 eeeeeeeve aeeeeeee8 Wet bulb ecseeese Rel. ‘humidity ... Reports of Weather Bureau Statiop™ STA'TIV NS | Temperature. | main, WEATHER. - | 7 p.m. | High. { inches. ATLANTA, cle@r | B’ham, clear ... Boston, clear ... Buffalo, clear .. Charleston, p. c. | Chicago, clear .. Wenver, clear ... Des Moines, clr. Galveston, clear Hatteras, clear . Havre, pt. cy. .. J’sonvitlie, clear Miami, clear ..; Mobile, clear .. M'gomeryrgelr. . NN. Orieanaibelr. N. Platte, clr. Pittsburg, cy. Raleigh, clear sco, Pp. c. * *